Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1817-02-18

is wife and aged monitor; Il has exit
ed for more than one hundred and fifty
&c ars the mott profitable and beit coun-
fcllor the Bri'iih monarchy ever poiicssed.
And fincerely hope that our country
will draw much profit and inttruction
from the f. fOu,ce The following
account OF that act greatly abbreviated, is
| taken from Chit Us law of nations lome
of the additional acts have received mod
i6cation iiRce he wrote ; particularly IN
relation to this country
The great navigation act as I'll called,
of Great Bri ain pafed before the reitor-
alton. viz 9th Oct. 1851 and was inten-
ded +" to ctIPk he D.tcb trade" The
| fulfilling act Of navigation, vas paaed II
Charles, I'D c. IL. Its principal prOvi-
| Gons are three told.
/. Relating TO the coating trade of
Great Britain
2: Her trade with other independent
ffates.
!. The trade Che carries on hsrfelf, or
permits other faies to carry on, with her
plantations and foreign pofiellions.
The frt is confined solely TO Britiih
bottoms the matter and three quarters
at leait of the feamen Englifh land is
from one port or creek of L gland, Tree
land, &c. to another port or creek in the
fame
The fecond is reRricted to Englifh
veiIels, or vellels of the country produc-
ing the article--the matter and three
quarters of the crew of that country: or
TO ,efels Of the place where the article is
Gra ihipped BY 6 Geo. III { IS. Tim
Der from Germany confined to Engliih
veiIe,s Certain enumerated articles ad-
mitted from Europe The trade with
Ala, Africa and america, rellricted to
Britilh colonial vehcls of hers BY Il c 2.
CI8. !, Exceptions in favor of the
Por,ugurfe, 4s Geo. 8 {. II-products
direct from Beazil in Portugueie veHels,
owned by fubjec,s of that government
Glen, in fdd country.
Exception as TO the United States, AZ
Geo &C o7-American products in
American AID Briti(h illips the matter
and three quarters Of the mariners of the
country any goods, wares or mer-
chandifr, the growth, production or
manufacture of the United States, nor
prohibited by law 81 fec. this act to
continue in force 70 long as the treaty
between his majety and the United
states fhall. The treaty ceafed- but this
ftatute was continued by fundry acts to
So8--then continued another year, and
the 4o Geo. ; c So re enacted the fame
without any Limitation. importance of
thefc legislative acts not repealed by
wary This act then is permanently in
force, except when effected for time,
by our non intercourse, embargo, or the
Britifh reta,iations thereof. Some ex-
eepsions from the general law as to
unmanufac.ured tobacco, indigo and
cochineal Exceptions and permanent
abfrnce of all refrictions as to mats,
timber or boards, pitch, tar, roGn. hemp
or fax, by AT Geo c III, may be
exported in any veael belonging TO any
tate in amitY with his majeRy, nayigated
in any manrer Ounce altered ALTO bull
iisn and prize goods BY original act
IL G. : c. IS, l5-al(o temporary
peniions during war. BY faid OFT
act, the trade of Great Britain ych
colonies, which was the thip'ome
above named, is confined toas by
and colonial fhipping E WOOD,
as Geo. 8. c. s7-enaeg, hories,
cotton wool, sc. mill INTO certain
cattle. &c may be imynari' La Mar
ports,viz. Kingston Aotry Of their
&c. sc. from manufacture in
S : Of fuch FITS, (Goce altered
permits certajed, the king by proc
Wheo war unit merchant veiIels.
lamation. differently from the nav
&c. to b
igatiopf object of these hws is 10 en-
,r,frengthen the maritime power of
Tsand as one OF her political wri-
AaFks, they impose burdens on for
10 encourage domestic industry ,ha
Ct Of navigation is perhaps tie wisest
the commercial regulations Of Eng
I" 1t The wisdom Of any scheme OF
Y is 10 be measured by lis effects and
.quencsss our navigation system i En-
tothe praise OF having attained tbs
- - e. .s,..n IL