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SATURDAY, Marti -}!, 1794.] THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE AND, » - * ' - __ GAZETTE of the STAtE. ... - — O. ! ■ r f... ( —_ FREEDOM of the PRESS, and TRIAL by JURY, (hall remain inviolate. Ctnjlitutitn of Ctorgi «. 9 ... _ . . - - ~ —■ ■ ■ ■- 1 11 ■ ' ■■ ■ —■■■ 1 —* 1 ’ 1— i AUGUSTA: Printed by JOHN E. SMITH, Printer to thi State; Essays, Articles of Intelligence , Advertisements , &c. will be gratefully received, and every kind of Printing performed. ' - - • . V ' *■•' .• '.•••• . f ■ ' ■- -■■■ ■ - - ■ TL ' - * fieport of a committee of the Lords of the Pri~ *uy Council , on tbe trade oj Great-Britain with the United States, 'January 179 • trade between America and Great firitain is principally carried on from the ports of London, Liverpool, Bris tol and Giafgow. P.evious to the late con ftitutiun, the United States were governed in all commercial,mitten by ftparate and difistd Itgijiatures . For this real'on Great-Britain thought it inoft wife to suspend the considera tion of a complcat commercial arrangement with the United States; and to make oaly p’rovifional regulations f.»r this purpose. The Briiifti legitlattire, in each year lines 1783, Iras veiled in bio majesty, with the advice of the privy council, powers fufilcicnt for making such provifionai regulations. Condudl of Great-Britain. Hjs Majesty, by his orders in council, has made the f»l.owing regulations : 1 ft. That any goods, the importation of which into this kingdom is not prohibited, being the production of the United. States, may be imported diiedly from them thence into any ports of thin kingdom, not oniy by |}ritifh veftels, but also by ihijpS built in the United States add owned by Americans, and whereof the m#fter and three-fouiths of the manners, at haft, ard subjects of tbe United States. . ' ; . , Oljfrvation. This permifiion is dircflly contrary to an ancient liatu’e, which had ne ver till then been dispensed with ; for by the ja Cha. 2d. ch. 38. fe&. 3d. “ No goods whatfeever of any jiart of America are to be imported into any of his tnajefty’s European dominions in any other vsjfel than such as be long truly to his majesty, under pain of for feiting the goods and veH'cl.” B7 this regu lation then, the commerce of the United States, as far as 1 elates to the vcfTeis in which any goods ot the United States may be im ported, ttands on the fame footing on which the commerce of every independent European nation now Hands. 2 dly. His inajcft? has permitted by or ders iu council, that any goods unmanufac tured (except filli oil, wh.t'e fins, blubber and fpcrmaccii) and also any pig iron, bar iiiy), pitch, tar and turpentine, rosin, pot alh, pearl alh, indigo, malts, yards and bow fpnts, being the production of the United Stales, may be imported dire Sly from thence into this kingdom, upon payment of tiie fame duties Which the like fort of goods liny be lubject to if imported from auy Britiih pof feflion in America. And tbit fifti oil, blub ber, whale fins, fpermaccti, and also allother goods not herein enumerated, being the growth of the United States, may be import, ed from thence into this kingdom, upon pay ment of Inch duties as are payable on the like goods from other countries, not under the Britiih dominion, according to the table marked A, D and T, annexed to the codfo- Jidation aft; and in cases where there are different duties, upon the payment of the lowest nf such duties. „„ „ Obftwation. By this aft the fame prefe rence is granted to the commerce of the United States, with refpeft to the articles above deferibed, as is granted to the com merce of the Britiih possessions in America j and in many of the articles above mentioned, the commerce of the United States derives GEORGIA great benefit from the preference thus given, to the detriment of the commerce of other foreign nations, as wilt be ieen by the follow ing table: - , ... Duties payable if imported from the United States . Pot a Hi per cwt. Free Pearl alh Free Iron bar per ton Free Pitch pet last £.O 11 o Tar oiio Skins, bea7er, each 001 Tobacco per lb- o 1 3 Duties payable if imported from otb.r foreign countries. Pot alh per cwt. £.O 2 3^ Pearl aftj 023 Iron bar per ton 2 16 * Pitch per last 0125,.' Tar ~ 0 12 4 1-2 Skins beaver, each o o 81-4 per lb. , 0,3 6 Besides all woods, except malls, yards and bovyfprirs, may be imported from the United States duty fiee j whereas the hke woods from other countries are fubjeft to various high duties, which produce a revenue of more than 250,000!. per annum to Great-Britain. And with refpert to all other articles not enu merated, the commerce of the United States has been put upon the footing of the tnoftfa vored liatiou, except Jucb nations only with w(iom his majesty has made treaties founded on the principles of reciprocity and mutual good advantage. t 3d His majesty has Exempted (he mer chandize of the United States, though im ported in vell'cls of the United States, from aliens duty. Obferyation. The merchandize imported in veftels of all other foreign nations, is Tub - jett to aliens duty, and frequent complaints have been made from other foreign nations of the diftinftion thus made to their prejudice in favor of the United States. 4thly. J;lis majesty has permitted all pro duction of the United Statss (except fait pro visions and the produce of their fiiheries) to be imported into the Britiih Weft-Indies and pofieftions in America (but in Brttsjh vrjjels only) as might have been imported into them before the declaration of independence: But his majesty has at the fa ijit time prohibited all dommercial intercom fe between Onft ed States and Britiih pofieffu ns in America, ia ftiips belonging to the United States. Obfer-valien. This regulation, firft efta bliftied by order in council, has since been confirmed by aft of parliament } and though the Americans complain Os this more thau any other regulation, yet it is |not new, but is founded on the ancient laW of this country, which forbids any goods to be imported in to or exported from any of the Brifilh colo nies in Alia, Africa op America, except in > Britiih veftels. It is founded also on a prin ciple of public law adopted by all European nations, who have ever claimed the right of retaining the trade of , their colonies in such manner, a* in their judgment will be most conducive to their refpeftive interfile. . The committee think too, that the policy of Great- Britain in thi* refpeft is much more liberal than that of France or Spain. Cchdufl oj tbt United States . .<■ ‘tfhe committee hire enter into a difeuflion of the prohibitory and iwpartuUaws of vs -1 % [Voi. VI. No. CCI XXXVI.I rious dates against the Britiih trade. The re gulations, fay they, made in thcfe reipefte, are so numerous, that it is hardly possible to obtain a compk-at account, of them* The merchants of Glasgow efiimate the tobnag* duty imposed (between the year 1783 the firfl l'eflion of the preient congtefr) ots Britilh Hupping through all the tJuited State* to have been on an average of a». 3d. morti per ton than on American (hipping; abd this charge on a (hip of ioo tons amounts to, 2z\* 1 os. each voyage. And they eftimatd the duty imposed during the fame period 01* goods imported in Britilh (hips through all the United States to be upon.an average of two per cent, more than on the like, goods im ported in American (hips; and that this charge on a cargo of 2400 k amounts to 40U ,Th* committee regard these laws at Jeaft 4s friendly ; but complain dill more of other*, tending to defraud more or less ib variou* manners the British creditor o(. his , lawful debts. The committee however acknow ledge, that the late congress used such mean* as were in their power to correct and prevent limilar laws. -> LOND ON, pteetAitr to.: . . MR. Hamilton, the treasurer to the Am*- rican congress, paid, the ifth of Oc* tober, a million of dollars to the French mi ruder, at a loan to. the government of St, Domingo. In proof of the inct?aiing wealth of ihe dates, the money was paid within hours after it was demanded. .. . t , „ ... No people in Europe are improving faftefc in arts and arms than the Danfes ; every ac count from Copenhagen dates some new dif coveiy iu one or both sciences ; insomuch, that if they.make the fame progtefs during the next, that they have done through th* pad century, Denmark promises fairly to ri val the molt potent in. the north in power au4 science, as well as wealth. < , , When an Iridi gentleman heard of th* death of Mr. Pearl'on, the Almanack com piler, be exclaimed, “ well,, by J —a, he wa* an adoniihing fellow, for before he ended th* year ijrfU he finilhed that pf *7 1 1 - • 15. The pioud, the haughty, the JdmU nee ring Priuce Potemkin, luppofed t.o.bave. died worth more than sixty millions of crowns, besides very large efiates and many thoufands.*f vaifals, breathed hia lad on th* bare ground, unable to bear aov longer,, th* pains of/his difteraper, or even to enduresi| joking of his carriage. What a piffurebet* bf the vanity of all grandeur I Behold iff 1 ? Pomp, and take phytic !—— , < ... i'7. Among all the defcriptjoa of favag* ■ manners given hy our different fcavigau rs, nothing equals the Aborigine t of Ne>w Hollutri, They live entirety in caves,., and have! not th* (mailed idea of the rudsft hut. Qtv otb*« ; Bay Governor jately got poffeflion of °* them, and endeavoured to cpnciliate their re ■ gard by clothiiig, feeding them, dre»* but watched a favorable opportunity* dripped Om their garments, and ran away. *■/**’*''/ Xi.. A was lately tried befori^ ’> one of the tjibuna?4 f of Paris., The wife i a national guard, who was ordered out oh, ; duty for th* nighty invited a female take part of the bed. , The fmjband return^ ■