The Sun.
London, England, 1811-02-04 00:00:00

manufaaures; but an Fcgl;shman of dislicguisbed
rank,. who professed a sincere friendship for the
Spanish Noble Man, beeretly thwarted all his 'plans,
and succeeded at last by this vile pra6tice which the
English denominate refined politics, not only to
cause the failure, of the plan, but to injure the
Nobleman in the opinirin of his Sovereign, who de-
prived him Of all his official' situations. This noble,
man was the Duke of Iliperda.
About the same time a very
,distinguished manu-
facturer was at the head of the maritthitture of cloths
at Guadalaxara. All imaginable Malls were em-
plied to corrurt him ; be was offered 700 doub•
loons for his voyage to England, and was promised
all manner of as.istance and facilities lor establish-
ing himself there ; but not choosing to yield to
these applications,- this honest man was at last assas-
sinated in tle streets of Guadalaxara.
A very skilful cloth-dresser in this same ma
nnfaclory, %VW?
,WJS not proof against scdudion,
disappeared with Ott: sum whit:4 had been paid
to him.

A silk tninufailory at Seville fell also into dek line
by Mo.!ns o 1 Etiglish gold svotiercd arou.% the wOrk;.
men. 'The manufadory bcting at
.List sold, the work:
men wale sent nut of the country, and:the instrut
Ments 'and tnavbinery thrown into the riv4r, iu
drder thilt no traces of them might remain.
Alter these examples, there cannot remain a
doubt Iliac the tiestruttion by tire of the fine tin-
nidnufaelory at itooda must be attilbuied to the
same C.ttOti.

But while- the English make these desperate at.
tacks on the ,progress of tie industry efother no.;
lions, in the same proportion 'do they lab Our with
carr .
to pro.note their own manufactures. de.
pries: other nations ‘of 1111 lIWOOS of rivalship, they
are not permitted to export from their isle mane-
bathing plocesseN or oily atlher instrument of mit.
nulattnre; the sedncthm of workmen and hiring
them tor another country are bill' more lievael
plobibited. lir the tOrrner case, the pe,ialtyiii-
flitied iq a -fine of rut 50-01716-itTairl'ailit in dal
latter, imprisonment or exile,

At t frtt satnelinte other laws, not less severe,
hihtt the import-mi') of goods of. loieign fabrics.
We 'shag cite a kw of them.
An act of l'ailimitent 01 1784, pronounces the con-
titcation of every and cargo wh;ch ;shall be
ikund at the .li`taooc of tour leave., front the coast,
on board whiCli shall be touud liqUeWs or brandy
in barrels of a s:!•Apatily under 6.0 gallons or, 44
with the excrtiiho of Ships at too tons ourden, oft
board which prohibited 000ds otity shill b!,.1 seized.
By another act of t;',873, all masters of vessel:; des.;
titled for Briiisli ports must be provided threo
copies ()rack ship's .pitPers, 'to be able to give an ac:
count of their cargo to more than one Cuteaotn•liouse
officer, should he btmrd them. They Mal have
these paprs iti reacia*si tit the distance J.,4 four
leagues trotn• the cuan, where the otliceri
already the right of search. The least false
meat which the masier may give to the °the& is
punished by a tiiie of 1001. Two Otliccri leilialn on
boird till ti.: arrival of the ship in the *port of its
destination ; and nothing must be unloaded till 'all
the requisite lorcnalittre are gone through.
By a law of 1736, every arii6e oh the cargo is
liable to confiscation if' out mentioiled in the billet
of lading. Should the Master of the vessel be ac.
quaint.] with the trawl, ho
.ts condemned to pay
it iple the value.'

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A taw of 4;64 cinklenins to a tine of ,201. 1,4110-
ever shall dare to cut eat 'goods of a toicigli tnA.
utdatture.

These examples will thintrtiess be silificlent to do-
inonstrate,.thar in. all have 14-
booted to obtain a monoixily t..at the industry of
rope; and Mat their tneicaritile policy is perniciouit
to the whole woad. •' '