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of ti►e Colonial Tin,lice 'trade is of recent date, retet•. This
Act has been continued by subscqueknt Statutes down to the
present period, and an Act has just paSsed both /louses of
Parliament to continue it further till March Mt. The rapid
extension of the Colonial Timber 'Fratle, under the protection
of•these Statutes, and the assn.' antes, which, it is understood,
were given to 108 to the Shipping Interest and the British
North American Merchants, that-they would be peznia.nettt, is
well ;mown. , • • -• • - _ • -
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is, we Ircjir-e.lroe,: that-no expettat.iion:was:_therrfornir4,

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that the. War Doty „imposed .by the Act of t 809; wfAnixl
continued or increased ; it was, however, found necessary
do lioth, And Foreign Timber is not only liable to the Pttprit-
xENT tkoly.iniposed by that Statute, but also to the War or
etnfineary Diity, and its subsequent increase by later Statutes;
and which we contend ought to be contir.ued on the principle
mentioned in the Lords' Report, to enable British Shipping
"- to enter into a successful competition with that of every
'" other Country on the Globe." •
For the present,-we must &intent ourselves by stating,
ttiat *e • are convinced we shall be able to satisfy the public
wind, that the Timber' of British North America is not of that

inferior quality which has been represented by tbe few wit-
neiscs who -have' been examined before the Lords' coin.-
wittee for, on -the ediltiaty, it wiri be seen,.thallheWood
which has been described by a ceitaln- Contractor as only fit
t•iipietnre fraascs ant inniicAl..instru:nents, is used for eX-
ttrior pnrpoAeii, and that 'Most of the Public Pttildings 'of
(7anada and the Sister Provinces are, tinilt of it, and hate

stood, many of them, for 11401'e than a century. «'e may
prubibly have
.oecasion to ask sumo. of these . v,:itaesses,
if, 6;1 never kntw Buildings which were built with Bal.
ticjimher affected by the dry rot; we can probably
jo their memories in this 'respect at. another opportu-
nity. It is, however, Unnecessary for Us to pursue this sub-

iect further at present, than to refer to she printed et idence

given before the Committee of the House of Corwin:is on
East India Built Shipring, and there they'will find the un-
qu'aliffed approbation given to Canada Timber by disinterested
persons, and especially in its use for masts; yards, and how-
syrite,_as prefetable in hot climates to the Baltic Timber, and
as being lighter and better adapted:for, these purposes than
Leak ‘VOO4I.
We do, therefore, hope that in the next Sc:sions=of
Parlia-
ment the Ship Owners and British North Ameriran Colonists
will be allowed the opportunity of tendering and examining

witnesses to prove their case before the Committees of both
Houses. It is not enough, in times like these, that they

should send their witnesses into Select Committees, but the
means should be allowed them to examine them, and
to put such questions as will elicit the truth from their
own, and the witnesses of the.For6gn Traders for We can-
not admit, there is any other than a. Foreign Interest now in
crimpetition With the Bt itish Ship-Owner and British Colo-
nist. It will then be seen that British Ships can neither be
built nor navigated at so cheap a rate as Foreign, and•that
any one should have ventured to advance that position, is to us,
in a matter of such public notoriety, almost incredible. But

so it will appear.
To the Evidence* annexed to this Report we refer our
Readers, and When it is gone through, we will resume thC
subject ; yet before we close these remarks, we cannot but
express our surpiize that no account was given to the Lords
Committee of the price Of-Tinther in. Norway and the 111.1 tie,
from 1750.t0 the prrs}•ut time, and the prices of it in the Britilh
Musket fur the same period. If there had, it would most on-
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equivrically have appeared; that the system recommended by
that enlightened and distinguish,4Statesuntn,LordßATti 1.1 Hsi*,
and bis Colleague, the Iate.Mr..ROSE, had produced in addl-
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tion bt all the other adrantages of it, a reduction of price in
Norway and Baltic Timber to the Bs itish Consumer.
• This Evidence shall certainly appear to-morrow.'

Mn. DE:imAN.-----We cannot but express.. our

surprize at an extraordinary passage in a late
speech of this Gentleman :---" It might become a
question," said the Learned Counsel, " with his
colleagues and himself,, whether it was not due
to her MAJ EST Y and to public justice (if a list of
witnesses were refused) to abandon the defence
altogether, and leave it to the indignation of Pos-
terity to pronounce upon the transaction." The
menace of abandonment reminds us of the old
fable, " how we apples swim." We conceive,
however, that such abandonment, in the present
state of matters, would not evince much respect
either for TILE QUEEN or for public justice, and
that it would anticipate " the indignation of
Posterity."

ARRIVAT, OF THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE.—Mon-
day afternoon, at three o'clock, his MAJEsTv's
packet, the King George, Captain KtNo, arrived
in Dover Roads and landed the Duke of C,IM.
BRIDGE aDd. sulte,,under salutes.frojntbe guns at
the Heights, and his Majesty's brig Brisk, in the
roads.—His Itoyal Highness was received by a
guard of honour, and a crowd of persons asseni-
bled, with every.demOnStnition of, loyalty. Yes-
terday afternoon his Roy al :Highness reached
town, accompaniect by Ma3or'DAVISON, Colonel
PR OTT, and COlOnel RE..Nlii4,` ltoyal
Ifighness was received -by' Colonel ICEAT and
Major JONES. We -.are happy to say. his Royal.
Highness appeared in ex!:ellen(health. Soon
after his arrival his }royal Highness.
,went to pay
his affectionate and dutiful respects, KING.

It is rather strange that only three Petitions
against any alteration in the present Ditties on
Foreign Timber appear from the title to the Re-
port to have been referred to the Lords' Com-
Mittee on Foreian Traile,• nan%ely, from thajghip
Owners of Sunderland, the London. :Merchants
engaged in the Trade to' British North Aierica,
and from the Ship Owners of Leith, Kirkaldy,
and other neighbouring ports ; when so many
were presented from the other Out-Torts, to the
House of Commons ;—bnt whether Petitions were
presented to the Upper House from these places
we have yet to learn. If they were, they should
certainly have been referred to the same Com-
mittee.

Considerable collision is likely to arise between
the Importers of Wood from Russia and Prussia
and the Importers of that article from Norway.
The proximity of the latter to the English. ports
precludes.all competition from the more -.distant
places; and indeed,.it i§ literally even a prohi-
bition to the importation of Larch and other
woods from Scotland..