American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-05-15

Our Commercial Intercourse 7e!h GTeas nr'ln :, 10"
aa,uc;e. We present our readers To-Day WIN az "e
sro note f,om MR. Secretary Canning to MT. o6ndHn
under date Of the 9th January LAST "ch appears w ~
been RECENTLY laid before the British Parliament, WIN m
correspondence which has PASSED Ee I tenor of
ths note il ould seem that there sno prospect OF
ment of that question by negoiauoh. ",I !. 49,
closed the correspondence or not. We ase uaoe IS '
NJ fonniur repored have said III the House Oh Co
mops in alison to this subject and WITH some sen COM
ulacency if not e,,y, that he had had me aa nou
we have very little doubt. from the spirit aeaoy
by our Government IN this controversy 'a. ms o' NV
nubished has hardly been suffered to pass wrhout coH
ment For We presume that the Executive mas nc. .e,,
tself bound by the testiness of Mr. Canning, Who W"
aow himself to be drawn sgn mo ~ abs,
topics already than sufficiently debated, aos,a
from any observations which it may consider as pee cal
led for by the terms or tenor OF that note. ~
Mr. Canning states that an instruction was ss".
Yu,gdon grounded on the belief of the British govern
men, that Congress would not separate without soohg
The resolution then under consideration In .hat cast A
upon receiving assurance frn the American 1891.
ment that the restrictions and charges on nrtish sPPs
and British Colonial produce would be Withdrawn hy we
u states Mr. " was authorized to deliver Note to the
American Secretary Of S,ae, declaring that The dschn-
mating duties imposed on American ahps and ,e ca'soe
| in the West Indes should Immediately cease
From this statement It is clear that something more was
required than the simple repeat OF the American asct
nang duties, although he restrictions ana enaIses orc
specified This instruction Mr.. Vaaghan never cpmnunl-
ca ed 10 The American Government, out ~ lieu 81 such
communication. thc22d March, leo (a' me M mem
above mentioned undit ubeu INSTRUCTION. Mas ~
his possesson) he invited the American Government, p
the direction of his own proceed IN the regotiatoh en-
oracing Colonial Question. Gould any tng nc pesef
adapted than such invitation to divert the attention q
the American Government, from legislation and direct i
negotiation Whateyt may have been the design ne
ect Of the double and opposite instructions OF me b
Government to its Minister at Washing must nave aeeh
to msead the Government of the United States.
We do think that Mr. Canning makes out any J,siii-
cation for the acknou lodged omission TO cominumeae
officially 10 lie Government If the United States the BRUSH
act OF Parliament of jolly 1925 Whatever may be the
usage the interchange generally Of reciprocal acts OF
the respective Legislatures Of the two countries when
particular act passes which is intended to supcisede az,
NsnP contemplated negotiation, the poprley OF ITS
Deng officially communicated with notification that sue
is lis intended operation eyiden, be contested
We tn nix that il qrte apparent that the Hri
Government had altered ats with respect To the Cooni-
al Intercourse, AND las awaited itself OF one OF those pre-
texts with which dpomatists familiar, TO occasion
rupture in the negotiation. From some statements OF me
British and foreign tonnage, recently laid before farla-
ment il would appear that British navigation incapable
Of aiming competition equal principles with foreign
lsippng. With the exception OF SPAN, Portugal and
Russia, those statements present to the British statesman
the appalling fact that foreign tonnage is employed TO an
extent of nearly hree.s Of the navigation concerned i'll
Hence the complains of tile British shipping interest, and
the apprehe OF increase Of the dspropoton and
hence, probably, the charge Of the policy Of the British
Government in regard TO the Colonial int
We perceive that crcuiuns trade between the United
States and the West Indies has been substituted for the
direct intercourse which is intercied by the laws of the
tuo countries We shall probably derive from this circuit
trade nearly all the advantages which could be obtain
ed from the direct inter recourse, Aa intel.