The Sun.
London, England, 1820-07-08 00:00:00

THE THEATRE.

DRURY LANE.—Mr. KEAN last night took
leave of the audience at this Theatre, in the
character of Othello, and, in justice to this po-
pular Actor, we must acknowledge that we never
before saw him to so much advantage in that or
any other character. He seemed resolved to leave
the most favourable impression on the minds
of the audience. He evidently -gave scope to
his feelings, and, fully possessed of the weight of
the character, and the passipn of the scene,
towered above all his peculiarities, and excited
strong and general sympathy. We sincerely hope
that his reception in America will be commen-
surate with his popularity in this Country, and
that he will return with a comfortable provision
for the autumn of life, though we do not wish that
his admirers should he deprived of the pleasure
which he affords then), before good sense, pru-
dence, and Time, shall warn him to retire. We
willingly bear this testimony to his merit on the
present occasion, because we honestly confess that
we have not been among his warm admirers, though
we readily admit his talents. We think it proper t,
add, that from all we have heard of the liberalit
of his conduct in private life, we venture to r
commend him to America as a persoi w'ao
will deserve its protection on the score of his
private character, as well as on that of his p ro-
fessional abilities. The Lady who acqui',:ted
herself so well in the character of Portia, last
night was not less successful in Desckmon a, to
which she gave so strong an interest as r ower-
fully to awaken the sympathy of the audience.
She is, we understand, a Miss Menet-Leta, and we
predict that her name is likely to be beater: known
to the Public next season. Mrs. GLOVR:II, us usual,
made a strong impression, and %vas much
applauded, in the part of Emilia- The part
of Ingo was supported by all that judgment
which arises from good sense, feelite4, and, ex-
perience, by Mr. POPE, yet, in one yassage, he
was assailed by the venomous 1)0961 ity of some
secret enemy, who attacked him in the same cha-
racter on a former occasion. ite come forward
with a manly and modest firtnne',s, desiring that
any person would state to hien the cause of the
displeasure which, had been directed against
him. The " perturbed spirit" shrunk into silence;
amidst the general applause of the audience, who
gave a cordial support to ay, Actor who hes been
always respectable in hie profession, who has
never been negligent in 'his duty, and whose ta-
lents, as an Artist are demrvedly held in high ad-
miration. . _

The season closes this night, after a spirited,
liberal, and judicious irantigement on the part of
Mr. ELLISTON, nod wilicts, we are assured, has
been highly advantageous to the Theatre, sup-
ported as it has been by his own talents, and
a zealous prottetion of Lbose of others, both thea-
trical and dramatic.

CITY AND TOWER HAMLETS MILITIAS.--In
consequence of an adequate military force being
in and near the Alctropolis, it has been considered
inexpedient to continue the London and T> er
ilarniets Militias embodied ony longer ; and an,
order to that effect wit yesterday sent to these
Corps, and lead at the head of tite several Regi-
ments, ordering them to be disembodied on I'l'etl-
nesdey until further orders. The time tor
which they
mere in the first instance embodied
was 28 days—that bas Rot yet expired ; it was,
however, intimated. that orders for receiving the
foll pay for that period would be issued.
Yesterday the Earl and Countess of 13eowsLow
left town for their seat, Belton House,
shire.

Mr. end Mrs. CoUTTS and flintily enjoy rtiNti
retirement at Stil,-I,ill. Ills numerous tr;eitils
will be glad to learn that M C Mr. ourrs is perfect-
ly rcpovo.eti;rcra 1!33 late acchlcut.

FOR THE SUN.

ON THE RELENT PETITI&N FOR A FREE TR IDR
(No. VIII.)

Ma. Enrron—l am happy to see that the Ship
Owners and ColOnial Timber Merchants of the
Out Porte as well as the Metropolis, are now ac-
•ire in sending in petitions to both Houses of
Par:iament, on a subject most Closely and inti-
conv'ettetf, nay in'erwoven with the vital
interests 'of tie Empire.
Jr is very true that the advocates for the Free
TradB exclaim, " The boon we ask is very small ;
and it will amply repay you 1"; brit Sir, 1 contend
that however small the boon will be to them, it
will nevertheless piodoce a most ruinous loss to
those concerned in the Colonial Trade. Ars ac-
quiescence with their demands Allay give them
half, or perhaps more than half, if not the whole
of the Trans-arlantie Trade, in addition to what
they now possess ; but it rides not follow that
they shall therefore ship British manufactures in
return to that amount, as is now done by the Co-
lonial Merchants. Of course, they can only ex-
Peet profits upon the imports, for a considerable
part of which, as at present, they must pay its
gold or in Foreign Bills.
By the way, Mr. Editor, this introduces a very
important objectional query, which is—If an the
Timber now imported front the Baltic as not paid
for in British manafrictities, upon what rational
principle can we for a moment believe that an in-
creased import will be paid for by increased export ?
This question must he well and satisfactorily
answered before the Free ede advocates ca
hope to persuade Parliament or Ministers to sty
the experiment. In fact, we might almost he
content to let the point in question rest upon this
simple query, on a firer conviction that, until it
is satisfactorily answered, neither the Government
nor the Legislature will think it necessary to pay
any attention to their claims, at least upon:the
score of increased export.
But let us now see what the Baltic Merchants
would really gain by the " small boon" which
they ask for.
I have not at this moment before me any
statement of the Baltic and Norway Tonnage im-
ported later than 1817. In that year, the British
Tonnage was 75,972 tons,and the Foreign Tonnage
equal to 206,817, making in the whole, 282,7h9
tons. In that year, the ships cleared out from
Great Britain to our North American Colonies
amounted to 194,996 tons, or about two-thirds of
the Baltic ; but in 1819 the outward Tonnage
increased to 340,537--Hine iliw Lachryme I.—per-
haps the " Poreign Agents" can tell us whether
that is an increase upon the whole Shipping Trade
of the Empire, or whether rite Baltic Trade
has lost in consequence ?, In either case
the ,Country at large cannot complain ; for
even supposing that, part of the Colonial
increase, has reelier produced an eqii ivalent
Baltke reduction,. it roust still be remembered
that we have thus been changing Foreign Ship-
ing into British, and extending ut Trade that takes
our MAnulactures in return, instead of one that
does niot. But, if the proposed arrangement wet e
only 1:o give the Baltic Importers one half of the
Colonial Trade, a calculation far within bounds,
thei.: profits upon ONE }mermen AND SEVENTY
,TH OUSAND additional torts, would make up a very
pr etty account in profits, brokerage, &c. &c. for
Coeir private purses, even whilst the Native and
%Le Colonial Interest were suffering a rot,l loss
to that amount in.the employ of lzr t si Shipping,
and the export of British ,alanufactures, jolted to
the fact of 'languishing Colunits, v,nilst our Eu-
ropean rivals would be getting rich upon our
folly.
But why shall we grant this boon ; stippoaing
that we even grant eo more than the question re-
specting the additional dilly of 10s• 3‘l. per load ?
This is a question, Mr. Editor, that has two
beadles. It we remit or repeal that duty, we
give up so much actual revenue; and we cannot
expect any ultimate gain as au evivaleot, unless
we increase, not only our Baltic Exports, bat the
stun total of our Exports ! Rot that is a point for
the Free '!fade advocates to prove. Uniil they
do so, we are not to incur the certain and abso-
lute loss of Colonial Export. Again, Sir, it we
are to impose a .countervailing Colonial duty of
10s. 3d., which, it has been hewn, will destroy at
least one-half of our Colonial Timber Trade,
what sum total of Financial and Commercial
profits shall we have, in increase, to instil the
measure ? 1 ask, " in increase," because, it it is
to be a losing concern to the Nation at large, the
less we meddle with it the better.

It is needless to go into the precise calculation
of difference between loads and tons ; but, if we
lay a duty upon Colonial Timber of 10i. 3d. pet
load, and thereby reduce our Colonial Import
one-halt only, that Import will be reduced, let us
say, to about 170,000 loads, or thvreabouts, cal-
culating roughly, which will not give us 100,0001.
of increased Import Duties, to repay us for the
loss of one-foorteentb of our whole Shipping
Trade, to say nothing of the loss of exported
Manufactures, of Maritime labour at home, and
of Colonial labour abroad. Why, Sir, the whole.
receipt of Duties would he insufficient to pay the
consequent inetease of Poor Hates; ;:nd yet this i
what the agents of Foreign Countries have tite3
modesty to• ask, nay to claim, upon a new philo-
sophical prinetple of stttiog a li:)ercti exam pie to
-the Nations of Europe,
In good truth, Mr. Editor, if we are to com-
mit a conmetcial !tlt► de sca, for such Il wonld
literally be, it were better, instead of doing the
job by slow poison, to !kettle the bysiness at
once by a rt,pettl of all our Navigation Laws 1.
Bltt that leads us to points, the consideration of
which would note trespass 100 in up• n your pus-
stbie space ; I Shall, thetettue, postpone it to
f 41,t 11r,ie,,I)1)1)01' y.

RALErGit.

The Ilev. MALYN, cl-rtain
on b•irird Princ, MU) of t% or, a .the
tztiong of Lotii-hurgh. end was prreetit et ',,,e
de, :h of Gen,red VVo:7tt br'dtl,r tolting
bec in 1759, died a trw day, ego, at • Stif•
tLe year of ege, 'F r' (he last
59 years C,lis veorrahle Citugymm, bad been ilic.
01. Niiton in Olio coliwy,.

,MOUSE OP CUNT \IONS, JULY

(Continued from our Second Page.)

ALIEN BILL.

Lord CA4TLERE UGH moved the Order of the
Day for the second redoing of the Alien Bill.
The question being put from the Chair, that
the Bill he read a second time,
111 r. BERNAL opposed the motion. He felt it
his ditty to protest fit inly and sweet ely against the
particularly now, when they were in the
sixth year of peace. The first instance of an
Alien 13,11 in this Country was in 1793, when
it was introduced for the purpose of guarding them
against the machinations of the enemy; hut there
never was a measure of the kind passed for
guarding against the machinations of Foreigners
as directed towards their own Government. Why
shoetd they now, without any ground, abandon
the generous principles which reeulated the con-
duet of their ancestors? Thinking the Bill on
necessary under present circumstances, he should
move, as an amendment, that it be read a second
time that day six months.
! t
Lord A. HAMILTON did not wishto prolong
this disr ussion He would merely ask, whether
it was intended to pass a Bill of this kind every
two years, until at length it should come to be
looked upon as a permanent measure to remain
Upon the Statute Book ? The Irish Search for
Aims Bill was another that had been introduced
for temporary purposes, but continued after the
necessity ceased to exist. It was now ten years
since it had passed, having been enacted five
times successively. He protested against such a
system of legislation. The present Bill was just
as likely to be required at the end of ten years as
at present.
Colonel DAVIES said he protested against the
Bill. The same circumstances under which it was
first introduced, and continued at various times,
did not now exist. It was not, therefore, neces-
sary; and the continuance of it, from time to
iime,shewed how circumspect Parliament shuttld
be in giving temporary support to any measure
founded on exceptionable principles. It a similar
law existed in the other countries of Europe it
might justify the introduction of it here. But
that was not the case. Such a Bill was opposed
tire Laws and Constitution ; to the law of
nations, as well as the laws of God and nature.
Mr. J. W. WARD said, if this Bill had not been
•usually opposed whenever it was brought before
that House, it would, in all probability have been
long since a permanent measure ; in place of being
introduced every a cond year, it would have had
a perpetual place on the -Statute Book. His ob-
jection to such a Bifl was, that it deprives fo-
reigners of the privileges they enjoyed in this
country during that period of history which every
person looked back to with most satisfaction.
-After all the argument 'he heard in support of it,
he could not yet perceive any real grounds for such
a measure. He was desirous to know whether it
was to he passed for the protection of their own
.or of foreign Governments ?—(Hear I)—The rea-
son alleged Its' year in its support was, that Eu-
rope was over-ran with French emissaries, and
that it was necessary to guard against their ma-
chinations. They were told to look to the Ne-
therlands, which was the workshop of sedition till
an Alien Bill was passed there. It should be
remembered, that these very French exiles, against
whose machinations the Bill was provided two
years back, were now recalled by their own Go•
vernment, If there were machinations going on
against that Government, it was not here they
were carried on but in France, in Paris, in the
Electoral Colleges, in the Chamber of Deputies
itself. This Bill was originally passed for the
purpose of guarding against jacobinism ? but there
were no French Jacobins here. They did not wish
to come here ; they could carry on their plots
much mare conveniently and successfully at home.
The severity of the measure was felt only by
harmless people who were led here by motives of
business or curiosity. He did not pretend to dis-
regard the danger of jacobinical principles. He
would acknowledge himself an alarmist, but hiS
fears did not arise from foreign Jacobins. He
saw much ground for alarm and apprehension in
the state of Ore country, in the disposition of
their own Jacobins, who, he believed, were little
inclined to coalesce with the agitators of any
other nation. Foreigners could no more attempt
to rival them in jacobinisne than in the manufac
hire of hardware or cotton goods—(A laugh.)—
There was little fear that cargoes of Jacobins
would he imported. There would be no
market for them. Their own were superior in
every way, , more determined, more restless,
more atrocious, more bold made of the true
old English stuff.—(A laugh.)—lf they looked
back to the most disturbed periods of history,
to the most important changes, and events that
took place here, it would be seen that fo-
reigners took no share in glen]. When one King
was murdered, when his son was recalled ; when
another son was dismissed and deprived of his
Crown, all this was effected without the assistance
of foreigners. • The people could always do their
business without such aid. They never desired
It was, impossible at present to mix in any
society without. hearing it observed, that foreigners
• were not 'to be believed upon their oath. Such
being the impression, What cantle was there for
apprehending that Englishmen .would be disposed
to join in any toachinationi -With them ? The dis-
sentions which existed'" in thii) country were not
Jacobinical, but tlieii-tions between the higher
and lower orders. fie thought the transactions
which took placent' this country fur the last two
years, sliewed.,P?W Unnecessary the introduction
of such a Bill as the present was. • During these

two years the country was exposed to plots and
conspiracies, compared with which all the con-
test's which—had ever existed between Protestant

and Catholic, or between Protestant Dissenters,
would appear trifling. These conspiracies aim at
, the overthrow of Government and of Religion, by
means the most atrocious, by murder and assassi-
nation, and though to this ,day no foreign con-
nexion whatever could be traced, yet this
was called for at if the Provisional Government
of Glasgow was composed of Spanish Patriots, as
if German students had found their way into the
tiortbern districts, as if the Cato-street conspira-
tors were so many Buouspartiots, as if every plot

in this country bore the marl of foreig6 in? er-
ference. This Bill was a paltry Bill, because the
feelings of the people were sufficient guard against
Foreign interference, and it was, paltry because
it pressed heavily upon those who were not
Did they think the people felt so because they
feared Foreigners No, the dislike of the peo-
ple should be sufficient reason for not
.caing
for such a Bill. He was one of those who did
not slit ink from giving power to the Government,
when he saw the necessity for giving that power,
which so many Hon. Gentlemen thought would
be subversive of the Constitution. Did the same
necessity exist now, he would again give the same
vote ; but he objected to granting power where a
shadow of reason for calling for such power did
not exist.

The LORD MAYOR said, he felt it his duty to
state to the House his reasons for calling out the
Military on a recent occasion.—(Laughter, and
Question, question !)
The SPEAKER wished to know what connec-
tion could possibly he between the conduct al-
luded to by the Hon. Member and the second
reading of the Alien Bill, which was the question
before the House.

The LORD MAYOR then apologized to the
House and sat down.

Mr. BRAGGE BATHUR3T said, the Hon. Member
who had last addressed the House in opposi►ion
to the Bill bad stated, that the English Jacobins
required no foreign assistance ; that they would
nor receive any assistance from foreigners, and in
comparing them to articles of trade, seemed to
Ruppose there was a glut in the market. The
Honourable Gentleman argued, that because the
Jacobins in the country were very numerous they
therefore desired not foreign assistance. But
was it so in point of fact ? When the Hon. Gen-
tleman spoke of the Revolutions in the times
of Charles and of James, which had been effected
without foreign aid, was it fair to pass over he
occurrences of the French Revolution ? Was
it not true that a delegation from different re-
volutionary societies in this country appeared at the
Bar of the French .Convention ? Who ever heard
of an overstock of loyalty or rebellion ? Was it
not probable, if Jacobins should come from other
countries, they would be welcomed by those who
entertained similar opinions in this country `? The,
argument of the Right Hon. Gentlernarar did not,
appear to be bottomed upon what had lien the
practice of other times. The Hon. Gentleman
took but a narrow view when he omitted to men-'
lion the French Revolution. Itvereply to a ques,
lion put by the Hon. Member, he would say,
this Bill was for our own, and not for the pro-
tection of the King of France. We had no right.
to look to any thing, except our own protection ;
but could any person look at the occurrences of
the last two years in England, and not trace
them to the successful operations of revolutionary
principles in other countries I %Vas it not clear
that the success of those principles in one coon-
try encouraged their adherents in another ? He
thought the entire argument of the Hon. Gentle-
man was founded upon misconception. The
Honourable Member had said, the present dis-
sentions were between the higher orders and
Ike lower orders—the body of the peciple.
the Honourable Gentleman look to France,
and not be furnished with a practical example of
the dauger which must arise from agitating that
body ? The House would, in his opininn, act
unwisely by putting out of their hands the means
of guarding against that danger. The Bill was
not meant to operate against the harmless and
the innocent, who had always receivedi asylum
in this Country, but it was meant to preitent the
machinations of those who had it in their power,
and were inclined to agitate the people. He
hoped, when the Hon. Gentleman said this Bill
was popular, he did not mean to say, that it
had the support merely of the lower orders. It
was popular among those who were not capable
of judging the policy of the measure. He denied
the truth of the assertion of the Hon. Member
that this Bill was popular, because it was against
persons born in a foreign country.
Mr. MAXWELL (amid cries of Querion!) sup-
ported this Bill on a former occasion, but at
that time the Queen had not arrived in this.
country. As Ministers,had since refused to give
relief to the starving manufacturers, lie would
not vote for a Bill which would give them any ad-
ditional power..
The House then divided, and the numbers
were—

For the Motion
For the Amendment- 63

Majority in favour of Ministers 50
The Bill was then read a second time, and or-
dered to be committed.
. .

UNION DUTIES' BILL•

.The CH ANC 111- LOR of the Exca`EQUER moved
that the Report be brought up.
Sir H. PARNELL complained that the,,Right Hon;
Gentleman bad heried this Bill throno a Com-
mittee, when he arid the Member fOrßeblin (Mr.
Shaw), who were anxious to examine the details
of the Bill, were absitit.
The CHANCBLLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he
bad understood that there bad been no, Abjection
to the Bill passing thrOugh a Committee, pr,ciiid-
ed there should be an opportunity of ctiseuisineit
on bringing up the Report. •
Mr. LITTLETON said a few words in favour of
recommitting the Bill. '
Mr. &taw expressed his regret that the Bill
should have passed through a Committee without.
an opportunity of examining its clauses delibe-
rately.
Mr. Hume.said, that it was of the utmost con-
sequence both to Great Britain and Ireland that
the commerce between thetwo countries should
be free and unshackled. The' ten per cents. were
re-enacted in this Bill, in a manner that afforded
a prospect of their total discontinuance only at
the distance of 25 or 26 years. Ten years was
a period long enough for the interests of both
countries.

It was then agreed that the Bill should be re-
committed.

Sir H. PARNELL, in the Committee, objected,
that this Bill, instead of being a protection to the
Manufacturers of Ireland, was, in fact, a direct
taxation. Potteries might be imported to.lreland
without any injury to the mannfacturers of that
country, and he should therefore more that •the

clause ey.eutiln,4 that article be left ont. English
machinery was also taxed 10 per cent. What was
this but a tax of 10 per cent, upon the manufac-
turers of cotton-wool in Ireland There was also
a tax of 10 per cent. on apparel imported to Ire-
land. He was aware that there was considerable
trade in old clothes between Bristol and Glas-
gow, but he had never heard of such a trade with
Ireland. The duty on cabinet ware from Ireland
proved an injury to the-cabinet-makers in Ire-
land. The same remark applied to coach-makers.
He conceived the whole principle of the Bill to
be wrong ; and nothing could justify the pass-
ing of it. except it were the proof that great in-
jury would be done by not passing it, to some
particular individual whose property was already
vested in these articles. He also thought, that
it the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite wished to
protect the interests of the Irish manufacturer, he
ought to exempt from these duties the poplins,
which were of much superior quality to those
manufactured in England. Ile should propose,
as an amendment, that, instead of the preamble
running "a Bill to continue the whole," it should
only be "a Bill to continue a part of the duties ;"
also that the time for which they should be con-
tinued should not be twenty, but ten years ; in
fact, that, after a gradual diminution taking
place in them every quarter, they should finally
expire in July, 1830.
'The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER supported
the preamble as it then stood. He thought that
a term of considerable extent should be fixed for
the continuance of these duties, and that they
should be allowed, after its expiration, to expire
gradually.
Mr. LITTLETON said, that he had instructions
from his constituents to present a Petition, which
lie had not yet received, to the House, praying
that crockery might he exempted from the opera-
tion of this Bill, to the prio:iple of whit!' he ex-
pressed himself to be extremely averse.
Mr. W. P1%111111.14_ spppotied ;she Amendment,
stating that these duties were nothing else than a
heavy tax upon The resident property of Ireland.
Sir G. HILL eulogized the original project of
his Right Hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, as one devised in the utmost spirit of
liberality towards Ireland.
Aster a few further observations from the Chart-
cellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Wilmot, and General
'l-lirt; Sir H. Parnell said that he would not in-
terrupt the buiiness of the House by pressing his
amendment to a division ; he should, h-'wever,
draw the attention of the House again to it, upon
the bringing up of the Report.

After a few words. from Mr. GLADSTONE, the
amendment was put and negatived.
The House having resumed, the Report was
received, the amendments were read a second
time, and the third reading of the Bill was fixed
for Monday next.