Star.
London, England, 1821-03-30 00:00:00

TIMBER DUTIES.

Mr. WALLACE having moved the Order of the
Day, for the House to resolve itself into a Commit.
tee for the consideration of the Report of the Com-
mittee on the Timber Duties, proceeded to call the
attention a the Committee to that Report. He said,
that all the important circumstances connected with
the subject were detailed in it. Previously to the year
1819, timber was regularly imported from the Bal-
tic only ; but subsequently to that period it had been
imported from Norway and North America. He
then quoted various statements from the Report, to
shew that the reduction of the quantity of colonial
timber imported, bore no proportion whatever to that
imported from the North. Whatever protection it
might be necessary to afford to our colonial trade,
those Duties were by no means essential to it, nor
were they consistent with sound policy towards those
countries in the North of Europe, with which we
ought to carry on a commercial intercourse upon a
liberal principle. The system of Duties was exorbi-
tant, and the protection to the Colonies enormous
(Hear).—The Right Hon. Gentleman then urged se-
veral arguments to prove the necessity of an altera-
tion in the Duties as they now existed. He was well
aware that the Shipping Interest was opposed to any
alteration, but he was happy to say, that this was
the only interest hostile to it. Protection to that in-
terest might be carried to an extent injurious to the
other important interests of the country. He was
ready to allow that a commercial marine was essen-
tially necessary to a commercial country ; but when
carried to excess it became a burden. In his opinion,
the regular trade of the country had always been
found sufficient to meet any emergency. He thought
that the Marine Establishment of 1792 bore no pro-
portion whatever to the present one. The establish-
ment now kept up exceeded it by many thousand
sailors. The shipping employed in the timber trade
was of the very worst quality, and fit for nothing
else but the conveyance of timber; yet this was the
very shipping which pressed so heavily upon all the
good shipping of the country. It was essentially ne-
cessary to the existence of a prosperous trade, that a
reduction of the shipping should take place. A tem-
porary advantage might be derived from keeping up
a large number of ships, but ultimate loss to a very
great amount must be the necessary consequence. It
was on this account that he wished an immediate re-
duction. The trade of the country was to be pro.
moted, not by forced but by gradual means. We
ought to give foreign nations such an interest in
trading with us, as would tend to the advancement
of our commerce in its several branches. The great
principle at which he aimed, was that of bringing
timber into this country at as cheap a rate as possi-
ble. From a comparison which he had made of the
portion of the timber trade carried on by this coun-
try with that of other countries, for some years, he
had not the least cause to fear that whatever altera-
tion would be made in the Duties, the shipping of
this country would still enjoy a fair proportion. Of
the various classes of persons who had been examined
before the Committee, all, with the exception only of
the Ship-owners, were of opinion that some altera-
tion was necessary. In looking to the evidence, Hon.
Gentlemen would observe, that considerable admis-
sions were made as to the utility of American timber,
for various purposes. Most of the Gentlemen who
were before the Committee thought that two-thirds
of the consbmption of the country should consist of
American timber. The Right Hon. Gentleman re-
ferred frequently to the Report of the Committee on
Foreign Trade, and said, that the measure which he
was about to propose to the Committee, was not in-
tended, by him, to be a permanent measure. The
consumer would have timber cheaper by continuing
to import it from both America and the Baltic. The
measure which he meant to propose, though, per-
haps, not commercially the wisest, yet was morally
just, and not, he believed, politically inexpedient.
His Resolution would go to ;he alteration of all the
Duties, as they at pretent existed. With that view,
there were three points which became the subjects of
his consideration. The first was, whether some part
of the Duty were to be taken off the timber imported
from the Baltic, leaving the Duty on the timber from
the Colonies as it was. The second point was, whe-
ther an additional Duty should be put on the Colo-
nial timber, leaving untouched the Duty on the Bal-
tic timber. The third was, if it were not better to
make an akeration on both. With respect to the first,
he was of opinion that the taking off the Duty on the
timber from the Baltic would have the effect of im-
porting that timber entirely, to the exclusion of the
American timber. It was fit that we should at length
adopt a system of liberality on this subject. He be-
lieved that with respect to the importation of timber
and linens, the Powers of the Continent were discon-
tented on account of the Duties imposed by us on
those articles, The system, then, on which we had
hitherto acted, ought to be departed from. After
several other observations, the Right Hon. Gentleman
concluded with moving as a Ile:dation, "That the se-

are
now
imp:eaidd iorittlierZ e;
venal Duties which
ported into this country, do cease and determine, and
other Duties and Drawbacks be
Lord ALTHORPE entered into a review of the
Canada trade, which he described as operating in the
shape of an immense tax upon this country, kept up
for no other purpose than that of working ships tha
were rotten and unfit for any other service. He sug.
Bested the propriety of imposing a duty of 50i. on
Baltic, and 10s. on Canadasimber, and of regulating
the Duty upon deals by cubic measurement, instead
of by mere length, as at present.
Mr. MARIRICATT expressed himself at a loss to
know why the Colonial and Shipping Interests should
not meet the same protection which was afforded to
the Landed and other Interests of the country. It
was impossible that, without such protection, they
could enter into successful competition with all the
Shipping Interests of Europe. The proper line of
policy for this country to adopt towards other coun-
tries, was that of justice and reciprocity in trade, not
liberality, for it was to be feared, that if they relied
upon the latter system alone, they would be disap.
pointed in the expectation of a similar conduct from
other countries towards them. He thought a duty of
ten shillings on American timber would be consistent
with the evidence, though beyond that he would not
go. But if the Resolutions should assume the shape
of a Bill, he should most decidedly oppose the re-
duction of the duty on Baltic timber.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER es.
pressed his hope, that the suggestions of his Rigs*
Honourable Friend, and of the Noble Lord, would
lead to a more liberal policy. He recommeskkd,
the more convenient course, to agree to the Resoles
tions, in order that •they might be printed, Aft
they might be recommitted, and any Amendment,
introduced.

After a few observations from Sir H. PAnNtt.ti
Mr. DOUGLAS, Mr. BARING, Mr. GLADSTONE, Mr.
RICARDO, Mr. BENNETT, and Mr. WALLACI, die
Resolutions were agreed to ; and the House having
resumed, the Report was ordered to be received dim
day.—The other Orders of the Day were then dis-
posed of, and at One o'Clock the House adjourned.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

FRIDAY, MARCH '3O, 1821.

The accounts which we have to-day to present to
our Readers, appear to concur in ,establishing that.
the cause of the Neapolitans has not been attended
with that success which we had at first fondly anti.
cipated, and which every succeeding account seemed
to render more and more probable. If the Austrians
are not as great romancers in matters of fact, as they
are knaves in matters of principle, they have indeed
triumphed, for the present, over the attempted regene.
ration of one of the fairest portions of civilized Europe.
The Neapolitans have vanished from the field; the '
old, rotten, despotic system of Government has been
restored ; and the PRINCE REGENT, of whom we had
hoped better things, has added himself to the num-
ber of those with whom the most sternn Oaths are
nothing, and appeals to lIEAvEN to be held sacred
only in as far as they meet with the approval of a
certain impious Alliance, which has not scrupled to
arrogate to itself both the title and attributes of
ONI NI POTENCE.

The truth—if such be the truth—carriescbovrever,
consolation along with it ; it is not in the nature of
things that such a triumph can be of long duration;
there is a spirit of liberty abroad which no physical
power on earth can ever subdue, and which, sonar
or later, must prevail over everything that tyrants
and the tools of tyrants can oppose to it.
A Supplement to the Gazette Extraordinary of Flo-
rence, published on the 17th, states, on the authority
of accounts of the 15th, from Rome, that after tire
affair at Rieti General Pare had been abandoned by
his troops ; that the force at Gaeta, under General
BEGAN!, had revolted ; and that, on the return of
General FARDELLA, and the Minister at War, free
an interview with CARASCOSA, at Averso, the Par-
liament had authorised the PRINCE REGENT to itlTiie
the KING to return to the Capital, and then dissolved
itself. It is added, that General FARDELLA, had
passed through Rome, on his way to Florence, wide
dispatches from the PRINCE REGENT to his father.
We have endeavoured, but in vain, to identify any
of those discrepancies which some of our contem-
poraries have thought' themselves fortunate enough
to discover in this account. It is with pain we con-
fess that it appears to us to be in the main sufficiently
consistent, and to have altogether a great air of veri-
similitude about it. It is stated that, on the evening of
the I I th, dispatches were received at Naples, annaon•
cing the desertion of General PEPE by his troops; and
from the private letter which we have subjoined, from
Naples of the• 9th, and which is, we believe, the latest
intelligence direct from that city, it will be seen that
it was on the 11th that the Neapolitan Generals had
determined on coming to an engagement with th°
enemy. So far, therefore, both accounts are in off*
cient accordance ; and, as to the events of after dates
they appear to succeed in order consequent enough.
It is to be farther remarked, that all the advices from
Paris, down to as late a date as Wednesday night,
concur in giving credence to the statements in the
Florence Gazette; and, indeed, the adoption of them
in the Moniteur may be considered as furnishing the
demi-official sanction of the French Government to
their accuracy.
SUPPLEMENT TO THE EXTRAORDINARY
GAZETTE OF FLORENCE.
" FLORENCE, MARC'S 17.
After the publication of the Gaxtte of this day, we have re-
ceived from Rome, dated the 15th, the following ofsys, *lda
appeatt to us of the greatest importance :
" 04 the: cyoung tai rho i l tlta thjs r diseatcbti arrived at

son to his Royal hem the Dale of Calabria. The first,
loft frem the Abruzzi, announced that General Pcpe had
wee absedebed by his troops after his first rencontre with the
bows; the second, that at Gaeta the army had revolted
ow &Myra Begani ; the third brought a request to his
bpi Highness from General Carascosa to proceed immediately
• mem, in order that be might have an interview with him.
so oral Highness thought it better, instead of going himself,
• one Gaeta Fardella, with the Minster of Wa r.
pi the 14th, these two personages returned to the Capital;
viitae haying explained the state of things, thi Parliament
sobial, and ordered the Duke of Calabria to ad _Tess a Mes-
• ale ging' the name of the Assembly, to declare their
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writ sad submission to his Majesty.
• The town or Naples is quiet. Some women haft been ar=
lewd whilst they were distributing ammunition and cartridges
is Yields* In prison.
▪ The Ovarian army now occupies the Abruzzi, and the
raw pest of the Terra di Lavoro."
eher Wen freer Terracina, dated the 14th, announce that
wis ended, and the Parliament dissolved, after having
wowed all their power into the hands of the Prince Regent.
, Ileatenant-General Fardella, dispatched by the Duke of Ca-
Ws, arrived on the 15th, at half-past nine in the morning, at
sale, aDd presentei: himself at the Palace Farnese, in the hope
d imdiDg the King Mere. Being informed that his Majesty
meat Thrace, he continued his journey for that Capital.

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.
44 PARIS, MARCH 28, One (Mock, rat.
wile news in the journals of the day is most im-
portant. The article from the Florence Gazette first
ppeared in the &ode 4 Soir, a paper of violent
itra-loyal.politics; but it is copied this morning; *lit°
the Iliortiletsi and all the other journals, and there-
fore acquires the stamp of authority. It is certainly
received and reasoned on as authentic by the majo-
ity in the Paris circles, where the cowardice of the
Neapolitans has excited disgust among all parties.—
Some wish still not to believe it, but none state any
ground for doubting, except as to the degree of vil-
lainy ascribed to the Neapolitans: this, it is thought,
must be exaggerated.

a. One of the French Ministers told a Gentleman
with whom I was in company last night, that he had
received a dispatch with news (the sum of which, as
k was then communicated to me, proved to be exactly
the same as that in the Monitcur of to-day), which
he(the Minister in question) believed ; and added,
that the Austrians were everywhere received by the
Neapolitans with shouts of Viva el Rey!'
From the same party from whom I heard of the
bah Minister's dispatch, above alluded to, I heard
oho that it was confidently believed that the Emperor
Alaander had written to the late King Emmanuel,
to tell him that in sixty days an army of 120,000
lussians would arrive in Piedmont, and that nothing
old alter this determination.

Some of the letters from Italy state that Caras-
tosa has been bribed."

" PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, Six o'Clock.

44 News has just reached Paris of the resignation
&die Regency by the Prince of Carignano. This is
Mentioned as certain, but his successor is not named.
" I had scarcely finished the above sentence when
&following statement was put into my hands ; and
lam assured by the Gentleman to whom 1 am in-
debted for it that it may be relied on as official :
"The Prince of Carignano left Turin in the night
ef the 21st. Before his departure he published a Pro-
clamation, in which he announced the restoration of
Mende:et order of things. The Prince is gone to
Novara, with two Regiments of Cavalry, to place
himself under-the orders of General La Tour, who
is appointed Generalissimo by the King.
" Before Prince Cariguano quitted Turin, a courier
vas sent to the old King, -to invite him to return.
" The tentes have been as high to-day as 821.35 c.
and they closed at'B2 f."

NAPLES, MARCH 9.
".• • • • In the way of news, I have only
to say, that the two armies are in sight of each other
since yesterday. The Regent went to Capua last night.
'o
-day he will be at the Etat-Major of the first corps
of the army, which is at St. German's; he will return
to Naples on Sunday, for his visit is merely to drew
himself in the camp.
"If the Austrians do not attack, the Neapolitan
army will do so on the 11th, forcing every point at
the same hour, if possible; for Pepe. by a flank move-
ment, operated on the 6th, has brought his corps in
communication with that of Carascosa. The result
eithe war la ill be the destruction of Austria as a Power.
Russia is of course glad enough to have that accom-
plished ; but how England could act such a part as to
look tamely on, is strange indeed. Imbecile as her
Ministers are, we never could believe them such dun-
derheads as to suffer the commerce of England to be
so annihilated in this quarter by their, short. sighted
Policy in this business. The Austrians pretend they
*al be here by the 20th (the King of Rome's birth-
day). I rather think they will find the task more ar-
(loons than they imagine that they have some-
thiog more than a few rebels and a sea to fight against
"ill be shewn them. Nothing can equal the entliu-
own of all classes in the cause, and every thing goes
admirably."
FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS.

• PARIS, MARCH 28.
An extraordinary courier from Laybach, who left
that place on the 18th, arrived yesterday in Paris.
Count Ferronnaye, Ambassador from France to
Russia, who attended the Congress at Laybach, is
speedily expected here.
!tlAn authentic letter from Chamberry, dated the
t, announces that the Constitution of the Cortes
been proclaimed there.
Feral journals have announced the arrival of the
in
Victor Emmanuel, at Nice, on the 15th ; some
Imre teat Wm w on to Marseilles; and oue, more hasty

than the rest, informs us that this MO 'arch had passed
through Brignoles. None of these accounts are cor-
rect. The King had not arrived at Nice on the 19th,
and was only expected on the following day. The
indisposition of the Queen, and difficulties experienced
in passing the Col.de-Tende, had occasioned the delay.
For some days past the journal of Liege has not
arrived in Paris. An account of the event at Grenoble
was transmitted to Lille by a telegraphic dispatch.
The result of the late news from Italy is, that the
march of the Austrian troops in the Abruzzi expe-
riences no obstacle, and that the people' everywhere
teAify the greatest attachment to the person of the
King. All the forts which have been summodici in
the King's name have hastened to open their gates.
In several places the garrisons have been composed
half of Neapolitan, half of Austrian troops.
At the date of the 13th, the head-quarters of Ge-
neral Frimont were approaching the position of San
Germano, which must be already turned by the Aus-
trian column descending the Abruzzi. It is conse-
quently not believed that this position can be de-
fended ; and there was no other available for cover-
ing Naples.
A private letter, received from Italy, states, that
after the departure of the Prince Regent from Naples
for the army, a counter-revolution was brought about
in that city.
A letter from Frankfort, dated the 23d, contains
a report of the death of the Grand Duke of Hesse-
Darmstadt, on the preceding evening.
It is reported that an insurrection against the Turks
has taken place in part of the Greek provinces. It is
said to have commenced in Wallachia anti Moldavia.

Price of the Funds, March 27—Five per Cent. Con-
sols, 77f. 95c. Bank Actions, 1,4721. 50c.
TftiF,STE, MARCH 14.
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Several private letters state that the Neapolitan
squadron.has attacked the Austrian flotilla, in the
port of Ancona, and done it considerable damage.
We expect the confirmation and details of this news.