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France, Itafy, Spain, and Fortugal, C O N S I D E RED : With Some OBSEiR.tATIONS on the Treaty of Commerce betweea Great fBritain and prance. ■y*. :^ rfl.f; ^^ ^> ^^ ^^ w^ ^^ 4^ ^ -ife':v^ L N D Ny Printed for J. Baker aFthe Black-Boy in Pater-nofier-Row. M. DCC. XIII. (Price Three Pence.) ■ i 1+ ...■,. 4 "^ I I I 1^: \. (?) % i I The Trade with France, Italy, Spain and Portugal, conjider dy &c. THAT the Nations, that favour us moft, ought to be moft fa- vour'd by us, is a Maxim in Po- hticks not to be deny'd. Which of the Nations above-men- tion'd favours us moft, is now to be con- fider'd. L The SfAjtifb Trade furnifhes us, i/. With Wool, to imploy our induf- trioiis Poor. 2/y. With Oil, to work up that Wool. ^ty. It takes from us great Quantities of Woollen Manufa6lures. ^ly. It confumes great Qiiantities of P/7- chards, Herrwgs and Salmon from Great Britam and lrela»d. A 2 sh* It «s: f > (4 ) ^ly. It vends abundance of Beef, Butter, Tallow, Hides, 8fc. from Ireland. 61), But above all, it takes off great Quantities of our Fijh from NewfoundUndy which may beefteem'd our Mines of Gold and Silver : That Trade being of fo much more Advantage to us, as the Hands that are imploy'd therein, are not only ufeful to us, as they get that Wealth out of the Sea by their Labour; but as they are thereby rendered capable of ferving on board the Navy Royal, which is both our Glory and our Safety. II. The Portt/galj and, III. The //4//4;i Trade, Take off our Herrings, Pilchards, Sal' mon, Woollen Manufactures, Leather, and all the Produfts of Ireland in great abun- dance ; and have all other Advantages in common with the Sfanijh (the furnifhing us with Wool only excepted.) The Portugal Trade furnifhes us with feme dying Commodities ; and the Italian Trade with Ratv Silk, to imploy our poor induflrious Weavers of London j Norwich, C^fiterbury, S(C, i All Pi ^reat Undy Gold nuch that jfeful f the y are ig on cli our [j, Sal" ?r, and [ abun- ages in nifhing IS with : Italian )\K poor Wormch, All f ( 5 ) All thefc Trades have as coaftantly in- creas'd every Year, as we have increas'd the Demand for their Wines ; by which means the Navigation and Seamen of this Kingdom have been greatly encouraged, efpecially tothe A/f^/>frr4iiM»; where, by Ad of Parliament, fuch Ships as carry out our Manufaflures are to have 16 Guns and ^2 Men, of which there is now a much greater number than there were 16 or 20 Years ago. But fmall Ships, with an eafy Charge of Men, can fetch Wines from Irance', which will difcourage the bring* ing in other Wines, and have this further bad effed, that the greateft part of thofe Ships muft lie and rot, or come home dead freighted : the Charge whereof will fall on thofe Britifb Commodities they carry out, which rendring them dear, will leiTen their Exportation ; as will alfo the Incapa- city the Sfaniardsy Portuguefgy and Italians will be in to pay for them. For no Na- lion fno not the Spanifb it felf with all their Mines) can take off the Commodities of another Nation, unlefs they Jikewife take the greateft part of theirs. From every one of thefe Nations, to whom we conftantly export more than wc import from them, we bring the tiillance in Mony. 1^ pi (6) IV. The F/^^w^ Trade, i/, Inftead of furnifhing us with ll^ool^ deprives us of a great deal from IQnty Suf- feXj and heUnd* 2lj, It fupplies us with no Comndodities for the Improvement of our fVoolien, Silkem^ or other Manufadlures, as thofe other Na- tions do. ^ly^ On the contrary, it takes from us whatever dying Commodities we are fo unwife as to furnifh them with ; which they are willing to receive from us, the better to carry on their own Woollen Ma- nufacture, in order to beat us out of the lurkej Trade from Mar fellies ; as they will alfo out of the Spamjh Trade, by their much nearer Ports. 4/jy We cannot fend any of our Barrel- Fijb, if we mull pay Duties, 47/. 10/. Tourns, or 3 /. 11/. 5^. Sterl. per La ft of 12 Barrels ; and then we (hall want iMar- kets for our Herrings^ Pilchards, Cod and Salmon: for, as was fa id before, the Sfa- niards^ Portuguefe^ and Italians^ cannot pay for them unlefs we take their Wines. 5/;, They will take off none of our re* frPd Sugars, unlefs we pay them 22/. 10 . Tourns, or 3 3 J. () d. Sterl, per 100 wherein the great Caie the French lakeof their i JVool, ,H- 3dities Silkeffy :r Na- om us are fo which s, the n Ma- of the sy will r their Barrel* '. 10 s. Laftof t Mar- od and Spa- ot pay • )ur re* 10 . oo • takeof their ( 7 ) • their Manufaftures and Plantations may be feen. 6lj/, The Trade of Tobacco is farm'd la Trance^ by which means there being but one Buyer, if they fhould be induc'd to take off any of that Commodity (which being fo bulky, is of theutmoft confequence to the Shipping and Navigation of this Kingdom) it will be at fuch low Prices, as will ex- tremely deprefs the Colonies of FirginU and Maryland.,, which will force thofc Co- lonies to make among themfelves the Ne- ceflaries they ufed to be furniOi'd with from hence, and very much lefTen the Cuf- toms. 7^, The French will take no New found- land iifljy nor will they have any need of it ; for if they rranfplant the Inhabitants of that ^zxt oi Newfoundland ^\\k\\ they are to yield up to us, to the Ifland of Cape- Breton^ they had as good have kept where they were before : efpecially if they are to have the liberty of |*etting up Stages, to cure and dry their Fifb ion the main IJland of Newfoundland. Nay, we fhall be exrreme Lofersby what they yield us, if the Charge of Garifons is to be laid on tne Fifli ; for that Charge will inevitably ruin the Trade, i And if ih^ French hdvcCape-Bretan, and ."ialfo the liberty of drying their Fifh on our Ifland ^ If n ) Ifland of Newfoundland^ where they hVM before ; they will, 1 . Furnifh their own Country with Fifh, which we us*d to do, before our former Princes fufferM them to have the liberty of curing and drying their Fifh in New- found/and, 2. They will by their Situation have their Fifh ready much fooncr than ours, and thereby be able not only to fupply themfelves, but will alfo in time of Peace foreftal the very Markets o[ Portugdl^Sfain^ and Italy, where ours ufe to be vended. ^. They will hereby keep upandincreafe their Nurfery of Seamen ; for 'tis chiefly, if not wholly, to this Trade, that the Greatnefs of France by Sea is owing : their Maritime Power having begun to be con- fiderable from their fir ft trading at New^ foundlandy and has kept pace with their Increafeof Trade Vvj&rfince ; as appears by the infignificant Fig&'e they made at Sea in the time of Qu^»/«'<^^^^, and even fo lately as the Siegi^f Rochel, compared with the mighty Fleets they have fince put to Sea, and with which they have thrice fought the united Fleets of Great Britain and Holland ; where, tho they were twice beaten, yet once they got the better : and had we been either times alone, they muft in no M ly IivM h Fi(h, former liberty 1 Nevf' n have in ours, fupply )f Peace ied. I increafe { chiefly, that the g: their ) be con- at t^eW' ith their ppears by at Sea in \ even fo compared fince put ve thrice tt BritAtn ^ere twice itter : and they muft in (9) in all probability have defiroy'd us; (b much fironger are they by Sea, than either we or the Dutch alone. 8/y, They will furnifli us with abun* dance of Linen and Paper, to the great detriment of chofis Manufadures in Qre$^ Britain and IreU»d, i)lyy They will alfo fapply us with Brart- dys, to the great detriment of thofe Coun-^ tries that abound in parley, who have borrl fo much of the Burden of the War by thtt Duty on Malt ; the Duties on which Spi^ rits bring into the Revenue prodigious Sums^ in comparifon to what the Commodity ii worth when in Barley. Their Brandy will have an influence on our Weft-lndiA Trude^ by hindring the making Brandy of Md- loflTes, which are drawn from our coarfd Sugars. icfy. But to over-ballance all thefe ttt* conveniencies, they think it is enough that they furnifli us with thofe delicious Wines^ which our Nation is famous for being fd unmeafurably fond of, and which we mu(| pay them for in Mony, For if they take no Woollen Goods, no Fi(b, no refinM Sugars nor Tobacco, we (hall have nothing but Mony to exchange for their Wines and Brandies (of which in a free Trade we Ihall take feveral thoufand Tuns/>fr annum) l^ becaufo becauFe our dying Commodities, our Lead, Tin, and other Goods from Great Britam^ and our Providons from Ireland^ will never be able to anfwer for their Linens, Silks, Paper, and other Goods ; the very Article of Black Silks only, amounting to a prodi- gious Sum. For allowing out of the feven Millions of People, which Sir fViUiam Petty computes by the Duty on Hearth-Mony to be in Eng 'and, that three Millions of them are Women, and that one in fix of them fpends 20/. yearly in Hoods and Scarves (which furely is a very modeft Computa- tion both for Number and Expence") that alone will amount tor 500000/. without mentioning what is fpent of that fort in IreUnd, and ail our Plantations, which muft amount to a great deal; and this without including colour'd wrought Silks, or thofe brocaded with Gold, Silver, and Silk; the Value whereof muft be an immenfe Sum of Mony, confidering the bondnefs our People have for any thing that is trsmh. This is but a fhort View of the Advan- tages arifiog by our Tvade to Spam, Por» tu^dy and Uxly ; and of the Difadvantages of our Trade with prince\ if it fhall ap- pear that they have retus'd to admit four of our chiefeil Commodities, and that we have not the Equivalent of refufmg four of theirs, Lead, never Silks, Article prodi- ; feven n Petty ony to F ihem F them karves mputa- ?) that without fort in :h muft without r thofe k ; the Sum efs our snch, lAdvan- , Por^ ntdges all ap- four of lat we four of theirs, ( 11 ) theirs, which might, in feme meafure, hive helped to mitigate our Lofs by the French Trade, viz. Their Wines, Their Brandies, Their Silks, Their Linen of all forts, For our Fifh. For our Refined Su- gars. For our Tobacco. For our Woollen Manufa£luresotall forts. But the Difadvantages will yet be in- finitely greater, if the Wines and other French Commodities are to pay no more Duties then what are payable upon the like Commodities from other Nations. For the Wines and ufeful Commodi- ties which we receive from other Na- tions, come to us in exchange for our own Manufactures and Produ6ts; but it cannot be fo from France^ when they will not receive them ; and therefore their Wines ind other Goods ought to pay more Duties than others. ""^ ' The Linens we receive from Holland^ Germsny and Flanders^ are in exchange for our Plantation Goods, Sugars, Tobacco, ^c. and alfo for vaH: quantities of the Woollen Manufacture from all the parts B 2 of •^ # { 11 ) of this Kingdoni, efpecially from the Wejl pnd the North. ' 1 is a great miftake to f*y, (as 'tis reported it is faid) that the fafne Com- modities pay, or ought to pay ^quaffj^ the fame Dttths from all Countries, and that therefore the French infift upon its being fo nowi They that fay fof muft fay it out of Ignorance, or fomc other Rea- fon, I/?, They ought not to pay alike, be- cauie in Reafofty Fradence and Juftice^ the Produft of that Nation that takes off moft of our Commodities, ought to pay le(s than that of others; which makes ft juft that all Fren^ch Goods fhould pay more than the like forts from other pla- ces. ' 2dly, It has generally been otherwife in FaO, for which we appeal to almoft e- very Page of the Book of Rates ; Portfi" gal Wines, and Spam/b Wines, have time out of mind paid different Duties, as well as FreKch Wines. And the Linens and Silks trorn feveral Countries have alfo paid differeni Duties, according a$ they are in goodnefs; and as rhofe Countries f om whvjnce they come, have defer vcd better or worfe of us in point of Trade. *f is fuppofed Fnnce will h»v4 the Modifty not I r cWep as 'tis Com- Ty, the id that ; being ift fay r Rea- ke, be- ice^ the kes off to pay takes rt Id pay ler pla- wife in moft e- PorfU' Ive time as welt ns and ve alfo as they ouiitrrcs lefcrvcd Trade. Modefty not ( M ) not to pretend that they defervc any fa- vour of us in point of Trade ; or elfe muft acknowlcdg, which they will hard- ly do, that their Wines and Manufac- tures are not better than others, or not more efteemed by us, and that therefore they cannot bear more Duties. However, there are fome Rcafons given why French Wines ought to pay lefs Du- ties than they do. jfty Thefirftis, that People may drfnfc it fo much cheaper. But fure this Reafon can never weigh with any thing that has the Name of a Gentleman^ and far left with a PATRIOT, when he fees 't!$ againft the truelntereft of his Country. idtj^ The fecond is from the Incapacity that the Gentry in England will be fhort- ly in, of purchafing it at high Prices, This indeed may have fome weight with it, if it fball happen that the Silk Wea- vers, and thofe multitudes of Hands that are ufefully employed on the Woollen Ma- nufaftures, fliall find no Work by the Importation of French Silks, and by the Prohibition of our Woollen Manufadlures in Yortu^dj (which will infallibly enfuc, and which they are waiting to do, on the equalizing the Duties on French and Por^ 1itg4 Wines )) ^s alfo t>y the fctting up the 4 i r !4 ) the Manufafture of Cloth by Coum her- geick in SpAtny as our Gazette (an Autho- rity not to be quedioned) gave us an ac- count he was doing, in the Gazette of the 9ch Indant ; and when thofe Hands that might expcd to find jQmpIoyment in the FiQiery granted to the South-Sea Com- pany, and other Fifheries of this Kingdom and of NewfoufidUnd, (hall find themfelves difappointcd of Work, (for of what ufe will it be to catch Fifb, if there be no vent for it?) When all thefe Woollen and'Sllk Manufactures, and the Seani'en, and Fifh- crmen, fhall find little or no Work, they muft inevitably flarve, or be a burden upon the Lifjded Intereft : and then the Poors Rates that are already in many place^ 2 s. 6 d; ^ s ', ^s,6 d, and in fome others 4 j. and more in the Pound, will advance to 8/. or lo s. in the Pound; and then die remainder will never afford to buy dear French Wines. ^dly^ The third Reafon that is given, is, that by the prefent Treaty of Commerce with Francey this matter is agreed to by her Majefty. To which we humbly pre- fume to ofifer the following Anfwer. I. That the Treaty with Portugal, which is univerfally allow'd to be advantageous |G us^ pleads (he fame Authority from her Majefty's "1 It her- Autho- an ac- £tte of Hands nenc in L Com- ngdom nfelves bat ufe 10 vent ndSlk i Fifh- k, they sn upon 5 Poors ice J 2 s, iers 4^. a nee to hen die uy dear \^en, is» nmerce to by ly pre- which tageous lorn her ijefty's I I ( '5 ) K!ajefty*s Ratification, that this with Frdnce does ; and if we are not mifinformed, more, becaufe this Treaty with France is not to have effeft till fome Acts of Parliament now in force are altered. 2dly^ That there's all the Reafon in the World to hope, that her Majefty, out of her Princely Tendernefs for her People, if it (hall appear to be prejudicial to the Trade of Her Kingdoms, will be gracioufly plea- fed not to think Her felf obliged to make good to the French King any fuch Agree- ment ; which we are the rather induced to hope, from the Inftance her Majefty has given of the fame Care of Her People ia the Alterations that have been made in the Firft Barrier Treaty with the States^Gene- ral^ upon the Humble Reprefentation of this Houfe of Commons, that it was pre- judicial to the Trade of this Kingdom. '^dly^ This is the only time to regulate our Commerce with France^ and what is now fettled we can never hope to be re- lieved from hereafter. Therefore 'tis of the laft Confequence to let pafs any thing that may iidve the forementioned fatal Ef- fects upon both our Home and Foreign Trade. /i^thly, Tho the Duties now in queftion, when they were laid on, were not intend- ed ♦"•r ( «<5 ) ed to continue exaflly as they ftand, yet were defigned to give Time and Opportu- nity to the Parliament to conHder maturely what was proper to be done in a Treaty of Commerce with France. N. B. When Mr. Methwen^ by Her Majefty's Order, was concerting this Trea- ty with Portugal^ the French were at that moment tempting them to break it ; and in order to it, offerM them to take off their Uraz^il Sugars and Tobacco : yet they prefer'd us, becaufe we took off their Wines. But if they are difappointed in that too, they will doubtlefs accept the Treaty which the French are ready to en- ter into with them now. And here we cannot but take notice that the Portugueze Sugars are almoin all of them fine Sugars, which the French are willing to take of them that they might break our Trade, tho they refufe to take from us any Clay'd or Refin'd Sugars. So heartily do the French favour our Trade. There is no notice taken here of the Benefit we receive by the great quantities of Corn lately fent to France ; becaufe that is but an accidental Advantage, arifing from the Dearth laft Year ; for in commoa Years they abound in Corn enough to ferve themfelves, and for Exportation too : fy that ind, y€t >pportu- laturely reaty of )y Her lis Trea- at that it; and take off yet they )ff their inted in cept the y to CB- bere we rtugueze ; Sugars, I take of r Trade, r Clay'd ' do the e of the [uamities laufe that Ping from cominoa [i to ferve too: fa that ( 17 ) tiiat this is not to be mentioned, as an Ad- vantage in a regular courfe of Trade. One thing further muft not be omitted, which is, That during tiie very great drug- gie that has been made for feveral Years paft, to keep the high Duties upon Fremh Wines, it has been frequently necefTary both byfpeaking, and writing, tadifclofe very openly the Nature of our Trade with Portugal, Sfnin and Italj/y and to prefs that all the Favours that were poflible might be continued to thofe Nations, from whence fo great a Ballance was yearly paid us in Mony. This has already a- wakenM the Portugueze, the Confequen* ces of which may be very fatal to our Trade, and by that to the Landed Interefl^, which are infeparable. But it muft be remembered, that all thofe ill Confequen-' ces are jul^ly chargeable on thofe that occa* iionM that Difcovery ; The unthinking im^ moderate Lovers of French Wine^ to whom it is wholly owing. Some Ohfervations on the Treaty of Commerce between Great Britain and France, SINCE the above- written, the Treaty is PublifhM by Authority. The 8th Article is againft the Portugal Treaty, by propofing an Equality. C By r^ IRRP f ( '8); ■ By the 9th, 'tis provided. That the* Tartff q{ 1664, fhall not tak^ place tlH two Months after a Law Ihafl jiSfs fi^ie, to reduce the Duties on all Commoditii^ to an Equality with what, is paid ibr Gobdii' of the like'ii'ature, imported from at^y- other Country in £/^;'g tiiay ind the" [jfiyabte^ ! Two 11 ' take^ oflTd-: loesnoc L fhall ne Ar- 1 1 here and s fame Mcr- may anding :ter re- ). may, ' Com- miflio- i miflioners; which if they do not agree, as 'tis very probable they may not, then by virtue of the 9th Article, it remains as it was ; ^hat is, a Farm dill .\and then nei- ther the Subjefts of Franc(;^ f^or EngUndy will have any liberty of Selling, but 10 the Farmers only, at what Price they pleafe : which amounts to a Prohibition. The fame. may be faid of the Infpeftlon of all our Manufaftures in France^ which is the firfl: Matter refer'd to the Commit doners, fag, 49. that if it is not agreed, the French will, 'tis probable, find Preten- ces to fuffer none to be imported. The nth Article fays. The jo Sals French Mony, paid fer Ton on the Britijb Ships, fliall ceaie, and that no fuch Duty fhall be laid hereafter : but that will not prevent their exafting a further Duty that has already been laid for fome Years, of 20 Sols more than the abovefaid 50 Sols ; for we have been forc'd to pay 70 Sols fer Ton on all Ships that have carry 'd any of our ManufaQures or Growths (^except Corn) ever fince the Tariff of 1701, which being laid in time of Peace, and not men- tioned now, 'twill not be ftrange if it be infifted on. In the 29th Article, the Bail to be given in England, for Ships taking Letters of C 2 Mart, — . ^Mp",^- «» p ( 10 ) Mart, is to be 1 500 /. Sterl. and jooo /• Sterl. according to their bignefs ; that to beenter'd intoby the Fr^/i^/^, is to be but 16500/. Tournois^ and ^jooo/. Tournois : v^hich, rtckofiing the exchange at 4/. 6d, fer Trench Crown, which is the highefl: that it can be reckonM at, makes this dif- erence; that in the 1500/. we muft give more Security by 262/. 10/. and in the ^000/. we mud be bound in 525/. more than the French. Since by this Treaty, four Britijb Com- modities excepted out of the Tariff of 1664, mu(^ pay the high Duties imposM in France in 1699, fure 'tis highly reafon. able that Four of the Commodities c£ France fbould pay the Duties impos'd in England in the 7th and 8th o^PViUiam III. And the better to fee how high thofe Duties are, here is a Comparifon between the Tariff of 1664, and that of 1699. Whale. that to ) be but ^ournois : 4 J. 6d. highefl: i this dif- luft give d in the /. more fb Com- fariff of impos'd 1 reafon. :if Frame England And the ities are» le Tariff Whale. 4 i 1i a "n »» «•/% o o » M n a. vO '^ O M O o o M O o o M OS o a* 0^ o o o o o o 3. I 19 M M O O o o o 4^ O M O 19 M O W o ^ ^o\ ^ w f ' ^ 4>' ^f It ( 21 ) By the 9th Article, and by the Expla- nation in pag 54. of the Treaty, 'tis j4B' •SOLi;f£Lr agreed, that the abovc- mention'd Duties Qiall be paid for thefe Commodities; which how -jnreafonable it is for the French to demand at the time they iiifift to have the Duties taken off here, the rollowing Obfervations will fliew. A Cioth of 50 Yards, coarfe or fine, mud p-ay, for every 2 5 Yards, 55 Livers Tourns, that is, inSterlingMony, 314^.6^. per Ffe»ch Crown^ 8/, 55. Sterling. A Ratine the fame. Serges proportionable. " • Barrels of Herrings, which one Year with another cod, put aboard, 16 s, a Barrel, muft pay in France above 5 J. 11 d, ferPjzrrtl . Refin'd Sugar 35 y. 9 d. per 100 ib. Sut* tie, which is above SoLpe^r cent, of the Value here, one fore with another. Can any Man fuppofe thefe Duties don't amount to a prohibition ? Befides, the manner of F.xpreflion in the fecond Article, pag, 84. is to be taken no- tice of. 'Tis there faid, that to facilitate the Trade of Cloths ^ Ratines and Serges (Pour en faciliter le Comeree) it fliall be al- low'd to import them ; Where ? not in all or anj Port of France^ but only in three Pla- ces, e Expla- 'tis JB" above- jr thefe bnable it he cianc oflFhere, w. '■ •" or fine, 5 Livers 1 4 i, 6 4. ic Year i6 s, a ; J. lid. ib. Sut' of the ies don't 3n in the ken no- fm lit ate Serges II be al- lot in all hree Pla- ces, c€s, 5^ Vdletj^ Koan^ and Bourdeaux. The Intention of fr4;?c?, in which Reftriftion, is with dedgn, that being afterwards tranf- ported by Land, or if by Sea in their own Ships, the Carriage (hould render them dearer. And by the 9th Article 'tis agreed, That if the Commiffioners on both fides fhall not adjuft the Matter of thefe ex- cepted Commodities, then they fhall ftand as before ; that is, they may be vifited and infpeded. The 9th Article alfo feems to want an Explanation, as to what Provinces are mention'd in the Tariff of 1664. and of what Provinces are lexcepted by the words, Otherwife than according to the Rule at that time prefiril?*d. The French are fo kind, i/t order (no "doubt) to facilitate our Commerce^ to per- mit our iaited Barrel Fifb, upon paying thofe high Duties, to be admitted to an £ntryinfive Places, viz. the three above- imention'd, and Nants and Lisborn ; the lad is a Place of no Trade, bur ferv'd on- ly to make up the number of Places, and IS about twelve Leagues from Bcurdeaux in t' e River Dordone : but in all other Parrs -of France to remain p'Oiiibited. Av\6 fhall "" )ur Trade be thus incumbred, and theirs Vee > Better no Trade than a Dejlruifive One, FINIS. ••-4