The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-05-09 00:00:00

hr totally 4:l'r/I up, tit:a of endeavouring rrosw
rtery thing o ithin otarselres; and in this view he
ght the probiltitory duties upon foreign timber
peculiarly objectiainaltie. They nut only diminished
oar trade in toss artitle, but the restriction upon the
iniporta:lion of I; tended to excite
its abeeesi.- especielLs-in_linaaja. than.ang utber re-.
grietiop whatever. Nbt that he meant lor e 1111 l ity, an
excitation of hostile feeling, hnt Cult disposition to jea-
lousy Which retaliated iijwn Wse min piodisce and'tna-'
ne rietures with as num:• profit/Attune us could be cres-
t, against 'them. To bins It was a clear and obvious
propositlon, that every protection which tonhl be af-
to (dell to out own industry should be CiVirn toit I hat
tt,.•t suunld not he to the extent which would render
it •Inwelcoone• in the foreirn market. The prohibitory
tad restrictive s;stent, thoto.:11 oorieinally ,It.v6ell for
the purposes of reeNine, had really an itijnrions eret,
as was erstletot from the com:otrative r0.10c.• of the
customs, in which there seas a fallitie ..!!. I ist yrar of a
and a h.:lt —4llear, hear!;—chat loss, luny-
ever, aid more than that, !Melt be re, ‘is ereil by the
removal of these prohibitions, partienlarly t!io,r which
which were directed against certain articles of luxury.
liar vets prohibition of th aut tended tt Iv. iv T'.l whieb
sex he would not say, to increase the desire ing
them. Silks, gloves, and other artistes or th.,t Ile-
seription, were to he had in Paris f..r per cent. less
than they could be olotained here, awl the practical
rt.•lnsion of thew from the home usa:l et, I h t-lit
.•n a temptation to resort to the foreittn one. lie
,oercly alluded to these articles as a find-
i:..r instance a the eNvesliettry 411 011$,'S v tan trittrjr.
:1..11 1111011 01,111. be sal:n• Itriu. tole o i•:ht be more
generally applietl. As to the he
;.olirlit that they also nii:•ltt ‘,ry 11111erel, a
retisiou. For ittst.oire, what iris. y ti..ui Ihe dune
to the community, that coals ! he brought from
New,.astle in German or route!' v....ti11, if tl.ry cuttlel
thus he obtained at half their present linepri••et Some,
.:.tails, at least, its these laws, tei.4ht be altered.
I hey went chiefly, he believed, upon the principle, that
is, rirels sh•oabl be sent into this country by any ship,
tiniest it was British, ;or unless it was of the country
in which the fowls with which it was laden were pro-
dared. Now, where wiedil der the in.i,ury of a!liming
a 4 foreign ships to import foreirn produce c 'I he next
o Sect of the petit' o.ot was the freedom of the linen
iole from transit duties. If any parsons, or bodies,
thourht that they would suffer by such freedom, they
nimbi of course come before the Committee, and every
attentian would be due to what they ha.! to say. All
that he at present wanted, was to ro nith them, and
all the parties interested, into an investirat:on of their
olijectious.—Haelt trade would, no doubt, think itself
eatitled to protection ; but lie trusted that neither the
oiiiiiiittee nor the House would to any partial
,;.tint. unless they convinced theteselves of its justice.
I. hail been said with respect to Ceram,' linens, that if
sto restriction upon their importation existed, the
linen trade of Ireland would be materially affected.
Anil whets the question was under consi.leration at a
period, lie believed that the inttuomee of a Noble
connected r ith the North of Ireland, bore down
tLr suggestions which were made against the conti-
teiance of the transit ditties on linen, that Noble Lord
Living bovu induced himself to believe that if a faci-
-1;•v were given to the importation of Berman linens,
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r.d staple trade of Ireland would he ruined. For his
pill, be hoped, when the suNeet was fairly examined,
i • would be seen that no injury to Ireland %could arise
•frsni the abolition of the antics. Ile would ronsent 'o
I:see the Irish trade protected by every means, as be

felt convinced that no part of the ettipire deserved
greater attention than Ireland.—(Near. 1-•:ar, hear !)
—But the general advantages of a free trade should
rot he sacrificed fur !aria! reasons. One of the
He disadvantages aris;fig from the want of that free-
d en was the impossibility of an English ship oroing
011 i with a cargo of assorted goods, which should not
be more limited in their description than an American
o: any other foreign ship c .ul,l carry. And hence it
I:1114C, that in this trade this country was in many in-
stances already outstripped.--(Near)--Much stress 1,3,1
Ii 'en laid upon the necessity of having a runttnerrial
treaty with France concluded at the pear.. lie, for
One, did nut blame the Noble Lord who negotiated
that peace, fur not making such a treaty.—(Hear,
boor: from the Ministerial benches.)--Ite did nut
hi sane him on account of the hostility to the trade of ,
England, which it would have exerted throughout that
country. The restrictive system stood in the way of
t 'is country's greatness, and there is little doubt that
other countries would not have adopted it, if they had
'Mot the example Gotta England, a country which, as it
has been pre-eminently successful in its e ttttt nierce,
th-y supposed it must also have been in possession of
thin true principles upon which that pre-eminence was
bun ied. The trade to India might, perhaps, be more
estentled thin it bad already been. If it could be
ihawn that any injury mould arise to the intonate of
the Company from that extension, either in India or
C;r,'na, he would not pursue the Idea further. (Inc
eroment he load heard against it, that it might un-
•-ttle the arrangements which existed between the
Clynpany and the Government of China. But it was
well known that even from our own Forts American
slips were cleared out for China, while one own ves-
sels were excluded from that trade. This was not
oin;y injurious to our merchants, but it save a less !
security to those who employed the Americans, than
they would have possessed if they were allowed id em-
ploy British vessels. If any damage accrued, if any
smuggling transaction tOO% place, they would be sure
*nu time or other to catch hold of British owners:
whereas tee American vessels might go from port
to port, and never be met with to render any ac-
count. As to the difficulties with respect to the ar-
tangements with China, they might he got over with-
out difficulty. The trade to the Eastern seas opened a
large theatre to the enterprise of British merchants.—'
((fear, hear!)—The Americans might go where they
pleased upon thlso seas, while British vesseis were ex-
cluded. Greater consequences would foie from open-
ing this trade than he could at present describe.—
(Bear, hear!)—No one could tell what the enterprise
bf Liverpool would do when such a field sof enterprise
was extended before it.—(Cheers.)---He would not wish
ti do illy thirty/ which might interfere with existing
aerselltinas, nor wortfd he be in any degree disposed
to iaterfeie with the rights of the India Compatty
bat they should tome . &marl and state An tea! 'MS-