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London, England, 1820-07-27 00:00:00

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MR. Eynon—So much having been said both
for and against the removal of the Duties ou Fo-
reign Timber, more particularly that from Nor-
way, and very little having yet been stated as to
the real causes why the importations from that
:country are not so extensive as they formerly
were, allow me, Sir, to state some of the actual
"-uses to which such a falling off in the importation
is t') he attributed, and I trust that the same will
tie suillcient to spew- that the Norway Agents are
not altogether right when they say that the dis-
tressed state of their Trade has been occasioned
113 r the Duties
payable on their goods, when at
tide same time so much Timber has been imported
from our own Colonies duty free. I certainly
must admit, that the great importation from the
Col •
°lnes may in some degree affect them ; but
there are other causes, not a word of which has
Yet been stated. For instance, no mention has
• been made of how extensive the Government
Contracts were, not only for the Navy, but for
the Ordnance Department, previous to the year
1807, and that since that period there has not
been tore than one or two contracts for Norway
• ge°ds, and those very limited ones, being for
4°thing more than a few small Hand-masts and
Spars. The whole quantity of Norway goods
Purchased by the Navy Board during the last
seven Years, does not exceed one moderate sized
eta,rg,O,_ annually ; but formerly the quantities of
l,.:11C" Thither, Deals, Hand-masts, Spars, and
ciu.ar-rafter
sio
annually contracted for, were pro-
us ; and I know of no official documents
thatat ;
would prove that fact better than the books
the
ul'Navy and Ordnance Offices ; and I can take
~f...°11 myself to say, the reason why Government
merely
the use of Norway goods was not
Ame-
rica because our own Colonies in North Arne-
tata; Presented themselves to their view, but be-
dif;e numerous other channels were opened in
rlo erent Fads of Europe, from whenCe goods are
w brought, and which are considered as far
t'hul erior for Naval purposes, compared with those
• had before been brought from Norway. I
believe, Sir, if the Commissioners of the
navy had advertised a contract twenty years
ad° for short .Deals, Hand-masts, Spars, and Fir
oar-rafters, to be brought from any other coun- •
tb-,3: than from Norway, they would actually have
thowtht mad for so doing ; but how dif-
„-,r,ent is -rifie case now, when they get not
.I,'ltY their Timber and Plank, but their long and
a---,,(,)it Deals from the Russian and Prussian ports,
t 11:4 r Masts and Oar-rafters from Canada.
tpriall'ir) is one of the causes that has most ma-
the -I,l4,lreeted the Norway Trade, and surely
his IS/1;:"e will never blame the Commissioners of
that ‘,-„3:t,_Y's Navy for obtaining the best goods
aervic'e—:7°lY could be obtained for his Majesty's
the for v hut assure you, Sir, so defective have
lland -Nri vaY goods been found, particularly the
ders bavaasts and Oar-rafters, that poSitive Or-
Yards discontinue
issued to the officers of the Dock
t The n ° (liscontinue the use of them altogether.
rated efts thing which I consider to have oye-
Way ti,:risieusly against the importation of 11\ or-
great uer, is the discontinuance of the use of a
1.412.6 e_ial of it at the collieries, in the North of
any ; some few years ago they used scarce
tnakining, else for shoreing the coal pits, and
from --tfi tile waggon ways for conveying the coals
Side b Pit's mouth to the staiths at the water
the w but
now Scotch fir is used for shoreing, and
loppernigr ways are made of iron. This has
Ivay tract-- a very considerable branch of the Nor-
'which (---• I could mention several other causes
in an have
operated against the Norway trade
equal (I,
Passin, • re ,
e
but, being fearful of tres-
tlnde 1" much upon your limits, I must cot-
Israv fi Y saying, it is not only my opinion, but it
were t 11 conviction, that if the whole of the duties
o bethe taken off foreign timber, not one half
col,(llllni'antity of Norway goods would be annually
or 20 in this country, to what there were 15
year ago. I am, Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
Lambeth, I
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24, t sAop. OLD TIMBER MERCHANT.
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St ,etter, dated Santiago de Chili, April 9th,
ates, that the port of Callao bad been closed
411311')rder of the Viceroy of Lima. The Venganziai
after
per
frigates were gone to .Guyar _
raison the Prueba. A brig had arrived at Va pa
07°) from the island of Tumaca, bringing an
the leer of 13oLivAn's army, with intelligence o g.advalice of the Patriots from Pastos upon
s,lislit°- The island of Tumaca was in the pos-
ing of the Patriots. An expedition, consist-
ras of 2000 /nen,
was about to sail from Valpa-
tilrf? and the Port was to be laid under embargo
„.elr departure. •
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given
,:„`understand the Loan MAYoR has ,
Pti°47:le orders to the City Police to pull down
ir4ifilfarnous placards which are stuck upon the
,IQ s 5 and Which are of the most inflammatory
seeripticii. 1.,
•T re hope the Magistrates at the
t* • Le of the Town will exercise the same
Igi.
lancedep .
tnun. resident of Hayti has dispatchec I" a com-
the
pro 'cation to the societies in America, for
.1 place of
of colonizing Africa, stating, that in
pit_cte- of sending them to such a distant and inhos-
txrcile climate, his territories are open to the
Wration of the blacks from the United States.
he the SNovv.----The fungi, now generally held tot,
Teti ! cause of the redness, in the specimens o
13 and Swiss snows, have been found by Mr.
Tht,alle,r to vegetate when placed in fresh snow.
dtice.'.4" vegetate in water ; hut there the pro-
Is green instead of red.