The Sun. — 1819-06-08 (London, England)

PARLIAMENTARY RPFORM.—The rejection of the Electors' Oath Bill has made a strong impression on the Public Mind, unfavourable to the GENERAL body of the Oppositioly—lt is now evident that they advocated such a Reform in Parliament, as they knew would never be conceded by the ELfLECTING part of the community—hut the moment au opportunity is afforded to them by the disinterested and patriotic conduct of a few independent Members, who were anxious to obtain a rational Reform, and to place the Close Boroughs on a footing, in point of regulation, tvith Counties and Cities, and Towns which are Counties of themselves, they shrunk from the vote, and left these respectable individuals in a minority, though the night before they had rallied in the support of the Reform of the Scorch Boroughs, which they carried. But the vYil is drawn aside, and the Public now know how to appreciate the sincerity and consistency of the Opposition, who are sunk lower in the estimation of the People than they ever were at any former period. It is, however, satisfactory to observe, that the. Country at large are feelingly alive to the r importance of Mr. WILLIAM IN ILLIAMS'S Bill, and we have no doubt but that io the next Session of Parliament, the Electors in the Close Boroughs will be put on such a footing as to prevent in future OCCASIONALTY, and the other corrupt practices, which have too long been allowed to prevail in them. The Constitution and the Government do not require aid of Cot nature ;—to prosper;, they must be supported by the good sense and loyalty of the People, which they will always enjoy, so long as they maintain ,the purity of the law and the genuine principles of freedom. The silence of the Opposition Prints on this portant subject is easily accounted for—Arid in the course of the summer recess, we shall submit to out Readers some observations on their- patriotism and consistency, and revive the Cousiderat'oo of this great question, with a view to its enlarged discussion in the next Session of Parliament.  TIMBER DUTIES ,---Considerable anxiety is felt at the Out Ports, lest there should he an intention to impose a duty on Wood from British Norlt America, titan shied we do not know so impolitic a suggestion ; not only as it affects the interests of those loyal Provinces, but as it will most even. sive-ly injure the British Shipping and Navigation. The present duties were, on mature reflection and consideration, recommended by Lord BATHURST, and the late Mr. Rosa, in order to countervail the diffetence of the distance of the voyages to British America, as compared with those to the Baltic; and we wish to know, with reference to the actual state of the Timber Trade from British America on both sides of Great Britain, whether it can brat  any taxation wit'aleyer It' the exi.;,ncies of t!'e State require further taxation, -there probabli would he no objection to the duty mew itmed ou Colonial Timber, if a correspondent increase 01 duly was impoaed on all Foreign Timber imported; but to tax Timber from oar own Colonies, to gra" tily the Northern States of Europe, would be an act of political Suicide, more to be deplored than some of the unaccountable sacrifices which have' recently been made to the United States. To the' King's Colonies in America the Timber; Trade is A secondary object ; its importance arises from the annual employment it affords to one thousand three handled square rigged British Vessels, atul the Exports it gives rise to on account of ,the's.mall charge of freight out wards. If any duty is impos' ed on Colonial Wood, without an equal advance 00 Foreign Timber, the English Ship-Owners n►u't abandon the Trade altogether ; for it is owing to the present duties on Foreign limber thatihcy arc capable of carrying it on at the present rate of reight. We trust that the Members for theMaritimo Comities and the Out Ports will look to this sub' ject, and -not suffer their political partialities to .prevent them from supporting, in times of depression like the present, THE SHIPPING INTERS of Great Britain.  EXTRACT OF A LRTTEIX FROM TRINIDAD, APRIL " Let me hope that the advice 1 have so unceasa ingly giVen you with regard to the Spanish Main, • has been attended to, as, be assured, that inevit" ab:e ruin must follow every person who places confidefice in the people of that country. An elavcs are equally bad, Royalists as well as Indepeo' dents ; and if the Government of tl3e latter was composed of good people, has it' not in its power to pay its engagements. In place of being a sera vice to this Colony, it has played the devil with it. A number of shiPs have some days since gone from hence to Margaritta with troops, tinder a Coloacl ENGLISti their object must be to approach the Carraccas ; but should they succeed, what benefit are they to derive by it ? There is 110'; a dollar to he procured in the Province, and the long continuation of war has drained it of evert description of property."—(,',Morning Fog.)