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aCMr. CHESS Sheeeh continued.

this article particularly, IN relation TO the
supply of the West Indies; and the rather,
as he traders TO these Islands have been
s foremost In urging the British hostile or
sders. recollect sometime since to. have
srcn report made, ! believe TO the House
of Commons, showing the proportion OF
siose articles imported to the West Indies,
from the United States, In relation to the
same articles, imported thither from all the
resi- Of of the world md the proportion
of these. articles was So issthe 100, import
ed from he United States 1t is known.
. that these arsicIes are Indispensable to the
s 49, from those islands particularly !
rum, sugar, and molasses. And am at a
loss TO know from whence those articles can
be supplied, except from the Unittd States.
1t should also be recollected, that timber
and lumber are not of annual growth, they
are Fart of the veteran sturdy oak itself ),
and therefore that their deficiency eannotaa Be,
so easily supplied as is suggested in relation
TO cotton.
The next article shall mention is tobac-
5 cc--What says the Liverpool merchants re-
speeding this article!
s During the last month tobacco has ex-
perienced some auctuation, and sales have,
{ been made at prices undtr these quoted !;
but scme considerable orders having ap-
pesred fer experts the market has again set
tied at these rates, and if any opening TO the
continent Of Europe, through the medium
J. of Holland, should be found, an advance
may be exrecsed on the contrarysh we
.rpon, nttte alteration can taas ra.ce nnti,
.sne sentiments of the American soye,n merit
be known at the meeting Of Congr--- II,
November next.
Isis admitted that tobacco is ret IN arti-
Gle of the FIRST necessity, it is however ma
terial 10 the manufactures, and highly lm-
portant to the revenue.
Naval stores are, also, certainly entitled
to some consideration, although some sup
ply Of these articles, is new furnished from
Sweden.
l have selected these articles as specimens
of the intimacy and importance of the com
mercial connection between the Z. States
md Great Britain and to demonstrate,
that it cannot be Withdrawn on our part
without essentially affecting her interests.
Again, sir, what effect will this recession of
intercourse have upon the revenue OF that
country / shall make no minute estimate.
hut 1t will certainly have an effect which
cannot be disregarded; and the rather when
1t is recollected that Great Britain has IN
posed an export duty of a per cent. upon her
goods sent to the United States which pro-
duces to her, an annual revenue of about
SeooCco, probably much more and that
tbs IS discriminating duty against the u.
States which ought. to have been repealed
the moment it was laid--and especially, as
itwas ayowed, that it was imposedupon the
United States, with the view of placing
them on the same footing with the British
colonies.
TIE gentleman from Massachusetts, MIR.
Lloyd tells US, even suppose that your en-
barge laws drive fifty thousand, or more,
manufacturers from their employment in G.
Britain, it viii only add to their naval and
military strength. 1t would only give her
fifty thousand seamen or soldiers more than
she now has. This, sir, is an unfortunate
specimen of the prosperity, which Great
BRITAIN is supposed to derive from the en-
barge laws. If am rightly informed, ge-
serally, and particularly yesterday, by the
learned gentleman from New York (NIr.
MitchelD of the materials of which the ma
nufacturers consist, am disposed to think
they would make poor seamen, and sorry
soldiers. 1 do not think the world would
have much to fear from their prowess.-
They ere tit tor manufacturers, and if driE-