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at various times procured Acts or isment Peri
mitting, for rosexportation, the importation of diffe.lt
rent commodities. As these Acts, were the result of I
a more
enlarged txperience, were obtained after dili-.
gent inquiry, and accord with the spirit of our best
theories, there is reason to believe they were better
calcolated to increase the public wealth than the sys-,
tem to which they stood opposed. The present Ware.
housing Bill proceeds on the same principles. In fact,
it not only embodies these separ ate Acts of Parliament,
but extends their provisions to all commodities, forming
one general and comprehensive law. Of course it re-
peals these separate el !tctments ; and if the measure
had no other merit, this would, in our eyes, be suf-
cient to recommend' it to suppoit. But it has other
and greater merits.
"In the recent preparations," says Mr. ENDEssox, in a pam-
phlet he has just publi.hed on this subject, " of a considerable ship.
ment for South America, the shippers proceeded to I lamburgh for
the procuring German linens,where they were induced
purpose of
(rather than incur the expense and delay of returning to a British
port) to purchase glass, steel, woollens, and printed cottons, of
foreign manufacture, which articles it was their original intention
to have bought in this country, with other British manufactures,
and which they unquestionably would have done, had our ports
afforded a supply of foreign listens; besides it Is universally ad-
mitted that in this and other numerous instances, the opportu-
nity of assorting the Foreign and British linens would have pro-
duced the shipment of an increased share of the latter."
Now, although the Bill, owing to the jealousy of
our linen.manufacturers, does not remedy the evil
complained of in this passage as to linen, yet there
are many other commodities which, hitherto, like
German linens, weie not allowed to be imported into
our country on any terms ; the consequence was, that
ships went to those countries where they could get
them, and not only took these articles on board there,
but others, which they could and would have pro-
cured, but for our prohibitions, on mote advan-
tageous terms in this country.
That this measure will be of considerable benefit to
our shipping interest, and to our trade generally, no-
body denies; but it is contended that it will be inju-
rious to some other interests, particularly that of the
Irish linen manufacturers. We believe that this as-
sertion is trade principally on the old notion, that one
class can only prosper at the expense of some other;
while, on the contrary, experience fully convinces us,
as far as commerce is concerned, that the prosperity
of no one class can arise from the ruin of another.
The real benefit conferred by the Warehousing Bill,
and which may be shared by all classes in our country,
and by many foreigners, is, that it saves labour and
risk ; it favours the natural facility which our country
possesses, from its situation, of becoming the fair or
market for the whole of the wcrld, ensuring to every
merchant who may come here to buy, a more extensive
choice of commodities than he could find elsewl....re.
No merchant need take a second journey, or make
another voy age, because all he wants may be supplied
here. As to the particular objection made on account
of linen, it is well observed by Mr. HENDEasosc

That the coarse linens, formerly coming from the Baltic, are
is the progress of being so completely superseded by the menu-
balms of Dundee and Barnsley (which have advanced in a most
extraordinary degree within the last two or three years), that a
comparison in British ports with similar ones of foreign produc-
tion cannot fail to establish a confirmed preference for the formero"

On Wednesday, at a Meeting of the Woollen Mann-
factuTers, another objection was started. We are now
also to dread that German woollens will be imported
into our country, and thence sent to all the other
parts of the world in preference to English woollens.
But it was well stated by a gentleman, at the Meet-
thathe was satisfied, from his own knowledge of
the superiority of English cloths, how the advan-
tages of machinery, of skill, of long experience, which
England possessed over other nations, that if she was
only put on an equitable footing with other coultries,
she would resume her American trade, and maintain
an ascendancy in this important branch of merchan-
dize." It is also notorious, that since the peace this
Country has imported immense quantitiel of wool
from Germany, and sent back to that country the
sloth manufactured out of the raw material of their
on growth. On the same principle, of grant-
ing a monopoly and protection to a certain class, to
which the Warehousing Bill is opposed, the Legisla-
ture laid a duty on foreign wool for the benefit of
our Agriculturists, and this duty discouraged the im-
portation, and would have driven our woollens from
the foreign market, had not the ingenuity of our
manufacturers more than counterbalanced the avarice
of the agriculturists. The Warehousing Bill is one step
towards that general freedom of trade which theory and
experience unite to prove is of pre-eminent advantage
to the country that acts on such a system. For this
reason we support it ; and nothing but acting on such
system can make the Government of this country,
instead of being, as hitherto, the umpire, and not
always the impartial umpire, of the squabbles and
contentions between the rival interests of manulactu-
lent agriculturists, and merchants, the enlightened
Protector of the interests of the community.

The Dowager Marchioness of Lotenownsamr has left town for
ha seat, North Cray, Kent.
The
Earl and Countess STARNOTS have arrived in town from
lam seat in Kean.
Monday Mr. and Mrs. HUGHES BALL arrived at
Broadstairs, in Thanet. It was the intention df the
haPPy pair to have visited the Continent; but on
their arrival at Dover the weather proved so unfa-
vnnrable that they retired to the above. mentioned
Pleasant retreat, where it is their intention to sojourn
a week.

The Cork Paper of Monday last, received this
sa. °ming, states, ,'That it is rumoured that martial
is to be immediately proclaimed in the county of
.aiPperary."