The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-04-12 00:00:00

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL —2'4 0
Stn,—As in my last I only endeavoured to refute id
the reasons urged by Mercator against the adttlis°3lol,l
ships, of foreign sugar and coffee for use or CO' of 0
in return for British merchandise, lest the lens 0,1
nervations might preclude its insertion in your 0114
therefore, proceed to attack the remainder of his fit
and, that I may be.the better understood, quote tbefte
letter of the 23d March, as inserted in your paPer ° vi„,e
He says, " It is well known that the Brazils der; ir
sive market for the sale of British manufactures ;
sent out in British ships; the returns are made to °of
and coffee. A large portion of the ships so empitget
back with cotton, which is consumed in the Unite"
some part is loaded with sugar and coffee, which i 5 /
here, and afterwards exported, as the whole foreigliv
this and every other foreign country might be at
its owners. The rest of the returns are loaded I,
manner in British ships, for British account, and
either to call at Cowes for orders, or sent direct to
ports, where their cargoes are sold, and the proceeds,'
payment to the shipper of the manufactured goods.
This betrays great ignorance of the subject tile
taken in hand, as of. the extent and nature of 0°641
with Brazil. Does he not know that the value of lir,
ported for consumption from Brazil does not Wee
seven hundred thousand pounds, and that by the re ip
to Parliament, the gross value of all our imports frelecof
try has never reached oue-third the real value of
exports ? And does he mean to assert, that the sisll:
vessels which sail annually from this port to Rio deo
Bahia, freighted with valuable cargoes of our iiial3ll4sio
capable of bringing back to Europe their procee
cotton, or coffee ? No, nor three times sixty lesset,o'
then, is the surplus produce brought to Europe hu;eiP
bottoms? Before Mercator "denies this fact with°,%io
he should have looked to the published weekly Olt; r
those ports, where he would have had unquestioeeht.4%
the great preponderance of foreign over British bhjr,
homeward carrying trade, although four•fifths, if °°t to
of their freightage, is furnished by British capital. joy'
of Bahia alone, during one month of last year,(oo
arrived no less than forty-two foreign ships,--',
Danes, Swedes, &c., almost exclusively in ballet
number of British ships laying and loading at th3t
same period, was only ten. ' vior
Mercator then goes on to say,—" This is a glas'le
monopoly, which iil accords with the liberal pritacifto
by the petitioners. We can only claim or 0;10:to/I'
returns in produce for the goods exported, and 11/
have an equal right to do the same." If Mercatol
the shipowners' petition without his spectacles, bety
seen that this is the whole extent of the prayer efi,
ers ; they ask merely for the removal of those rear
at present prevent their bringing back their owli?
own ports, and forces such an important branch e
foreign bottoms. tbe
In the succeeding paragraph, after denying li''
out evidence" that foreign ships are so erupl'Y
capital, he says, " But if this is the case, I beg td,,i
it happens that so large and increasing a proporVit
ton exported from America to Great Britain is 0° I

British ships, which enter into fair and open emit,
the ships of the United States in their own ports'
the petitioners to reconcile this apparent discreP
is the strongest arguinent Mercator could havens PI,
of the petitioners and in support of their praYer:py
ask is that the trade with Brazil may be place° itY
footing as that with America, and the productions:i
as freely admitted for use or consumption as thoserta
in which trade he represents the British shipoviliAeoef"4
tamed an "increasing proportion" over the 0
then, British ships can successfully compete rst
when returning to their own ports, how far greats tilt'
would they enjoy of the carrying trade from 13,,r°1,
having no shipping to contend against; and i°
(Hamburguese, &c.) could not, by our navigatili
any portion of the produce of Brazil to this kill: del!
consumption. I think Mercator here so c0n3P`e,,1,,1
himself with his own argument, that 1 might sa'
to expire by his own hand, and close my renntr!ir
subject is worthy of some further consideration of
our manufacture and revenue, and as being one °
importance to the town and port of Liverpool. the'
I have already shown, in my first letter, that 1 '
Brazil and other countries were only admitted 1,
our refineries, that every cwt. imported for that 13,
leave to this country from 12s. to 15s. in freights'ili;
labour, (uow gained by the Hamburguese) bei,„
would extend our commerce, give additional eniPtiii4
shipping and manufacturing population; and, if ;$
coffee were also admissible for consumption, °
scale of protecting duty to the colonies, theifoilei
would be greatly extended, and with it the re`l,,et
forts of all classes of the people. Then, as Lls
main channel for the export of our manufactnreoi
be for the import of these productions in return,,i,
no reason why it should not become the chief li
dpi
for sugars and coffee, as it is already for cotton;
peculiar advantages it would possess, (as o'l re
former letter,) become also the chief seat of tbeior
Europe. The French government, seeing thet I)"
this branch of trade to their shipping, have .les-aio
admitting all kinds of foreign sugar to be refine fl
try, on most liberal and advantageous terms,

those asked by the petitioners. 600!
Before I conclude, I must repel with indiga3"
tion which has been cast upon the petitioners'veli°,
well as merchants, of being actuated by hostile
the colonists of " shewing the cloven foot.''
of any such feeling having been evinced by 01:01))1
scriber to them, but on the contrary much SPllit st';
expressed towards them. It is true, we have 10reol'
ever protest against the system by which they ll,'
be bolstered, that of "monopoly" and
principle, injurious and oppressive to the sbiPP'ltlit
ing, and commercial interests of the country' reoe
quate advantage to the parties intended to be blisD'
have admitted the claims of the colonists, as /3: Ot;
the same preference, support or protection as
of the mother country; and should parliaot-,
any of their just rights or property, we would"