Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-05-29
THE EoLoNIAL TRADE


The plan Tor opening he hack door for the er
p0Ts oil the Productions OF our Lake country
hT0uSb Canada 10 the British w. Indies IL randi
~ gong into execution. The Committee OF Trade
oi Quebec announce the arrangements, 10 which
the British Ministers have assenled
- Montreal, and Kingston In Upper Canada.
are to be declared Free WarehousIng Ports; and
to extend the benefit oi the bonding system 10 The
utmost limits, permission Will be gwen TO enter
all commodities admissible under 9Th Geo .t,h
cap. Il3, al the Provincial Custom Houses. on
giving security for their deposit in The Kings
warren use IN any OF The free warehousing ports IN
the Province, and TO Halifax. And 10 enable Ms
10 supply the West Indies at the lowest rates.
fresh pork and sie- beef VIII be admit, d, euEU
JTse, as VIII also fresh hsh, saw logs iifewood Sc
lhe ~. 4. papers describe the consruuenc es
OF taese measures Here weSee (says the T. Pos)
that the disastrous Consequences which we pre-
oicted begin already 10 disclose themselves The
administration have not lost us he West India
trade, only on have actually brown II Into the hands
Of rivals. the Canadas, and the British minis.
ieTs are prompt in availing themselves OF
he advantages sc have put ,yiihn their reach
lie proluce OF those particular states on the
frontier VIII now fad It's way down the ST.
Lawrence, not only 10 The exclusive benefit of
Montreal and Quebec. but II will afford emolov
men' 10 large amount OF British navigation, i'll
transporting 1t 10 the w. Indies, which few
moHths ago, they scarcely participated in. Bless.
ed effects of presidential poIicyi''
However Injurious (says the ~ AIyocafe\
the present state of The colonial trade NAV he 10
the states OF Maine, Connecticut and Nor;l, Care
iina u j. certain that by the late British regulations
on me Canadian trade, all that portion Of the n
States which borders on the western lakes mr. n,
canada, VIII ENJOY very prosperous summer bu.
sness. Fionr anu various other articles q, for ,bc
consumption of the West Indies, are now aJmiss;
Die under certain regulations into the CsnatIas.
vermont the western section OF Maine, ~ York
fennsyiVanla aud Ohio, will receive by this ar
ranssme"' great accession OF trade Il Syracuse
journalist recently stated that tie pIosfeI fro,yo
OF Inc est would be benefited by the late pro.
ceedmgs OF Congress on the colonial trade. and a
Rochester paper nov informs uS that active ar
rangemenls are making by the merchants and
VII gers OF that nelghbo' hood 10 AL then selves
OF the present favourable state of things in the
wesl There is ope remark which the present policy
oil y g and on the colonial trade suggests to our !
minds, which may be properly made at this mo- |
ment. The alterations made in Canada Indicate |
most conciusively that the British West Indies !
cannot receive sufficient supplies from any other I
part OF the world, but the United States Abou,
the middle OF last year, number Of Engl.h COM !
mercIsi writers appeared to think that the Baltic
ana the colonial possessions OF England on this /
continent, would always be equal to supply with |
ihei productions the wants OF the British West
Indies. If such had been the case would the British
have relaxed their commercial regulations in Cana.
da on 6eur, Sc? They have been compelled viz !
iually by this act 10 acknowledge that the West
Indies ave more indebted 10 the IT, States than the
U. ). 10 the w. This now Canadian poljcv il
probably intended also to benefit the colonial nayi
CATION and TO check the cYcuitOus trade 10 the w
from The Atlantic ports through the neutral islands
Another point IN the subject, are regulations which
have, or about TO be adopted in Canada, relative
TO the Introduction OF American manufactures into
that colony, and the importation of teas &C. INTO
the ports Of Quebec aud Montreal, with view,
no doubt. Of supplying clandesiinely the states On
their borders They will, doubtessly, endesvouT
20 pay for the flour which they receive from citizens
OF the United STATES, not with cash, but with Eng
fish manufactures or East India productions This
mus' be checked If possible, By countsrvsiling re-
gulaiion- by our government. IF the Canadian
shipping interest is 10 be benefited by the trans.
PoTiation Of United States productions 10 the West
Indies, ew manufacturers and tea importers should
not be injured by contraband trade which the
Canadians may create IN the frontiers"
Such is the effeci Of the diplomacy ofihe Admin /
istrstion. ibis state OF things is calculated 10 en-.
rich the merchants Of Canada at the expsneo Of our
own 10 employ the ship-buld and Sailors of q
Britain, at the expsnee Of our own; and TO csrry
oil the productions Of the back county on the
lakes, ~ the expenre Of our Atlantic citizens.
AT this moment the Planters Of Virginis are suf
isrioS IN tho reduced Tfise Ct Gre OF bor res;ssi