Star.
London, England, 1820-09-20 00:00:00

THE TIMBER TRADE.

A Report from the Committee of the House 4
Lords, relative to the Timber Trade, and one from
the Committee of the House of Commons, referring
more generally to the Foreign Commerce of the Em-
pire, have been published. They are highly inte-
resting documents, and deserve the fullest considera-
tion. They are both framed upon principles of libe-
rality, restricted only by that cautious regard for the
vested rights of individuals which have been suffered
to grow up under the existing system, Lnd which,
though originating in error, cannot be treated with
indifference and neglect. It is fortunate fcr the coun-
try, that sentiments of enlightened policy, with re-
spect to its relations with Foreign Powers, begin at
length to influence the Legislative Bodies. The in,
dividual interests that now militate against the free
expansion of those principles must gradually con-
firm to the general prosperity, and will at length be
found inseparable from it. The system of restric-
tions and protections, as they are absurdly, called,
must soon be exploded, and the embarrassing kind-
ness' of Government will not be suffered to contmul
the vigour of national exertion. It must never be
forgotten that a protection extended to one branch of
commerce is a restraint imposed upon all the zest,
and that the restrictions which short-sighted jealousy
imposes upon the industry of other States, recoils
upon ourselves, and operates as a check upon the
productive powers of the country. The Committee
of the House of Commons, in the commencement of
their Report, remark " that the means of improving
;he foreign trade of the country, consisted less in af-
fording any additional Legislative protection or en-
couragement to the Commerce of the United King-
dom, than in relieving it from a variety of restric-
tions which the policy (query, impolicy) of a former
period imposed upon it; and which, whether expe-
dient or otherwise at the time when they were
enacted, having ceased to be necessary for the purpose
which originally recommended them, tend to embar-
rass its operations, and impede its extension and pros-
perity. Your Committee are satisfied that the skill,
' enterprise, and capital of the British Merchants and
Manufacturers require only an open and equal field
for exertion ; anti that the most valuable boon that,
can be conferred upon them is as unlimited a free-
dom from all interference, as may be compatible with
what is due to private vested interests, which have.
grown up under the existing system."

* We are authorized to state, that Sir FRANCIS CO..
LOMBINE DANIEL, M.D. has accepted the appoint=
ment of Treasurer to the Medical Board established
by Messrs. COOPER and Co. of Charlotte House,
Great Charlotte street, Surrey.—Messrs. CoopEa and
Co. have frequently inserted letters from varksis
individuals who have been radically cured, not
only of Ruptures, but of other dangerous diseases,
too often deemed incurable by Professional Men,
whose practice is confined. The late Duke of Bed-
ford unfortunately lost his life in a few hours, by
a strangulated Hernia ; Mr. Mills, of the Kent-
road,• also loot his life in a few hours; Mr. Sher-
man, of Mile-end, was also afflicted fOr many years,
and was cured ; and many, many others, whose
names will never appear without.their request—Mr.
Johnson, of the Borough, who had been seven-
teen months under the care of several eminent Sur-
geons, with a most dangerous disease, and whose
life was given over, as appeared by his Affidavit
before Mr. Alderman Wood, then Lord Mayor, and
whose case has been seen by more than one hundred
Surgeops, was in a few weeks restored to perfect health.
—Such are the proceedings at the Medical Board,
Charlotte-House, Great Charlotte-street, BlackfriatS-
road ; and Woodstock-House, near Bond-street, un-
der the immediate direction of Messrs. coopen and
Co. who are consulted daily from Eight in the Morn-
ing until Eight in the EVening.—Mechauics have ad,
vice Gratis. every evening, from Six to Eight, and
on Sunday Mornings wink Twelve o'clock.