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Rid Gloves, Ilipair. Art ow Root, 1131 b% Gl4; Tuentolers ,6 No. Eau de Cologne, 6 bottles. Otto of Roar+►, I ditto. Anchor., 1 No. GrippeNs, 1 No. Moo, Smn:.king Pipes, 3 No. Cherry Brandy, 9 Gallons. Brandy 31 • Rum 94 Gallons, Proof, fit tor Beakrs. Geneva 31 ) Wine $ Gallen. Two Open Boats and Materials. Sundry old Casks and Stores worn out in the Service: •LMS, FOS KOMI CONSUMPTION, The following Goods which have remained in the Warehouse beyond the Tame allowed by Law, Rum - - 4 Casks. Wine - - 1 Ditto. The Goods will he put op In Lots fir the accommodation Purchasers, and may be viewed on Monday and Tuesday pre adios the Sale, at the Hours of Ten and Two &Clock. Custom- House, dated the 2d September, 1126. BY WARRANT of the LORDS of the TREASURY. ALL LOTTERIES END FOR EVER, WEDNESDAY, 14th Neat Month (Oct.) T AND J. SIVEWRIGHT, Contractors, beg to el • remind the Public, that the only Opportunity that will ever be offered to gain an Independent Fortune for a few Pounds is sow before them. The Scheme contains a greater Number of Ca pitals of Sterling Magnitude than was ever koown before, being— SIX PRIZES OF £50,0001 No Blank 4! every Ticket a Prise! forming the unequalled ag gregate •f X 389,000! All in One Day! Wzovasomr.lllthof Next Month (October), then All Lotteries End for Ever! Tickets and Shares are Selling by .1. and J. SIVZWILIONT, Con tractors, 37, Cornhill ; 11, Holborn ; and Si, Haymarket, who Shared and Sold No. 12,478, a Prize of £30,000! No. 3,413, a Prize of £21,055! And in the very last Lottery, No 1,783, a Prize of £21,000, 3,925, a Prize of £21,000. BUTLER'S FLUID EXTRACT OF SARSAPARILLA. IN this Preparation are concentrated all the Medicinal Properties of the Sarsaparilla Root, even to a perfect satura tion of the Menstrum with which it is prepared. To such persons, therefore, who, from various causes,aould experience great incon venience, or with whom it would be utterly impossible to prepare the Decoction, the Fluid Extract, which poseesses the advantages of portability and of keeping in any climate, win be found a most desirable mode of employing this much-esteemed Medicine. The Diseases in which k has proved most beneficial are them of the Skin, such as the Scorbutic Affections, Eruptive Diseases, Secondary Symptoms, &e. inking frosts a diseased state of the system at large. It is taken in Water, rendering it of the mew strength as the Decoction. Sold In Bottles, at 4s. Gd. 71. 6d. and 204. by Butlers, Chemists, 4, Cheapside, corner of St. Paul's ; and 54, Sackville-street, Dublin ; and 75, Princes -street, Edinburgh ; Savory and Co. 156. New Bond-street, and s2O, Itegeut-street ; and by the principal Medicine Venders throughout the United Kingdom. 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Ilegstee and Thanes, printers U 4 r/llolousew,elese ; Mr. Phillips, bookseller, George-yard, Lon:. bartatreat, and by tie Proprietors of all Country Newspapers. Committee -room, Three Herrings, Dell-yard, Temple-bar, 3 orttulter 7, 1526. S S 5 6 S 0 2 0 WEDNESDAY EVEN DIG, SEPTEMBER 13, 1826. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, Sur. 12.- BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED. Harry Holman Criddle, New Bond -street, hatter, from Sept. 1, to October SO, at eleven, at th e C ourt o f C omm i ss i oners o f Dank ., rupts, I3asinghall-street. Hustings 'Moore, Suffolk-street, Battle-bridge, builder, from Sept. 12, to Sept. 16, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners of Bank. rupts, BasinghaU-street. Stephen Lakeman, jun. late of Dartmouth, Devonshire, maltster, from August 26, to Octob?r 6, at eleven, at the Court of Com missioners of Bankrupts, Basiughall-street. BANK RUPTCI RS SUPERSEDED. Thomas Bower and Richard Guest, Manchester, silk and cotton maim fac urers. John Holmes and Frederick Erasmus Edwards, Derby, booksellers. Samuel Allen andltichard William Kerly, New Sydney place. Batbwick, Somersetshire, schoolmasters. Thomas 1-lubbert and John Fern Franks, Nottingham, drapers. Thomas &inciter and John William Bythell, Shrewsbury, attorneys and solicitors. Rolm Coldwell and John Jackson, Wahefi:ld, Yorkshire,' woolataplers. Jesse Gouldimith and Charles Burls, Old Jewry, warehousemen. James Kenway and Peter Kenway, Brldport, Dersetshire, twine manufacturer. BANKRUPTS. John Holmes and Frederick Erasmus Edwards, Derby, booksellers, , 1 to surrender, September 21, at six, 22, at eleven, and October , 24, at nine, at the Court of Commissioners of Bankrupts. Basing hall-street. Attornies, Messrs. Adlington and Co. Bedford-row. Charles Smith, Sible Hedingham Essex, straw-plait dealer, Sept. 15, at mete*, 26, and Oct o b e r 24, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners of Bankrupts, Basinsball-street. Attorney, Mr•l Fawcett, Jewin-street,. Cripplegate, and South Sea Chamberi, Threadafedie-street. • Thomas Fowler, Sc. Alban's, Hertfordshir e , brick-maker, Sept. 19, 26, and October 24, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners of Bankrupts, Rasinghan-street. Attornies, Messrs: Alexander and Co. Carergueet, Lincoln's Inn. John D.dlisson Brown*, Waithamstow, Ewer, surgeon and apo.. dietary, September 21, at six, 22, at eleven, and October 24, at nine, at the Court of Commissioners of Bankrupty Basingha t n. street. Attorney, Mr. Twynham, Regent -street. George Christen *right, Hedge-row, Islington, grocer, September 19, 26. and October 24, at ten, at the. Court of Commissioners of Bankrupts, Basinghall-street. Attorney, Mr. Thomas Beaneu, Tokenhouse-yard. Joseph Hilton, late of Raveley, HontingdonsMre, farmer, Sept. 21, at six, 22, at eleven, and October 24, at nine, at the C ou rt of Commissioners of Bankrupts, Basingball-street. Attorney, Mr. Cole, Great Charlotte -street, llackfriars.road. William Aldersley, Gravesend, Kent, coach-master, September 22, at eleven, 29, and October 24, at ten, at the Court of Commis. shiners of Bankrupts, Basingball-street. Attorney, Mr. Tat man, Great Russell -street, Bloomsbury. John Powell, Wellington Terrace, Waterloo-road, draper and tailor, September IS, at one, 19, and October 24, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners of Bankrupts, Basinghall-street. As cot w, Mr. Gregsen, Inner Temple-lane. _ _ Lancashire, " 1n5y,..... John Bardsley, Heaton Norris, 2. lIIIIENTIaIIUISCIUMTp October 4,5, at Ave, at the Warren Bulkeley Arms, &ockport, Cheshire, and 24, at one, at th e & ar I nn , Manchester. Auor nies, Messrs. Lowe and Co. Southampton-buildings, Chancery lase; or Mews. Newton and Co. Heaton Norris. Thomas Wood, Buford, Nottinghamshire, tallow.ebandler, Sept. .1, 27, and October 24, at eleven, at the Punch Bowl, Notting. ham Anomie', Mr. Hurst, Nottingham ; or Mr. Knowles, New Inn. Thomas Cox, Kasha's,• Oxfordshire, innkeeper, September 116, 27, and October 24, as eleven, at the boos. of Robinson Barium, Oxford. Attornits, Mr. Looker, Oxford; or Mr. Thomas Miller, Ely-place, Holborn. James Norman, Tokenhouse-yard, broker, September IS, U, and October 24, at eleven, at th e C ourt o f Commissioners of Bank rupts, Basinglaall.st. Attornirs, Messrs. Tottie and Co. Poultry. Robert Bally, late of umberland.gardens, Vauxhall, tavern. keeper and ethic-merchant, September 21, at twelve, 22, at eleven, and October 24, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners of Bankrupts, Basinghall-street. Attorney, Mr. Frederick Boson, Pinner's Hall, Old Broad-street. Richard Curtis, Bleasdale. Lancashire, paper-manufacturer, Sept. 46, 27, and robes 24, at eleven, at the Commercial Inn, Lan caster. Attorruies, Mr. William Norris, John- st r ee t, Bedford row ; or Mr. John Hall, Lancaster. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. Thomas Nunn, Qty of London, merchant, is in insolvent circum stances, and unable to meet h is engagements with his creditors. —Fried September 0. Robert Wright, jun. Stockport. Cheshire, grocer, is in insolvent circumstances, and unable to meet his engagements with his creditors.—Filed September 12. Jonathan Gustavus Foster, late of Lower PhWimore-place, Ken. aington, bill-broker, is in insolvent circumstances, and unable to meet his engagements with his creditor.—Filed September 12. DIVIDENDS to be made in BASING H A LL-S VitHEIT. Oct. 7, Henry Warland, Lad-lane, silk warehouseman and agent, at ten. Oct. 3, Thomas Burwash, Bishopsgate-street, Without, pawnbroker and silversmith, at twelve. Oct. 3, Charles Stocking, Paternoster-row, bookseller and stationer, at twelve. Oct. 3, Thomas Bodenham, Commercial-road, grocer, at eleven. Oct. 3, John Blake, Zeales Green, Wiltshire, draper, at ten. DIVIDENDS to be made in the COUNTRY: Oct. 10, James Bewwn, Liverpool, cabinet maker, at glens, at the office of Mr. Richard Irmlow. solicitor, Harringtoa•ureet, Liverpool. Oct. 10, James Woo Mall, jun. Liverpool, grocer, at twelve, at the office of Mr. Richard Finlow, Harrington-street, Liverpool. Nov. 10, Anthony Mannino and Richard Carr, Pres ton, Lancashire, corn merchants, at one, at the Golden Lion Inn, Dale -street, Liverpool. Oct. 5, John Diabase+, Exeter. grocer and jeweller, at eleven, at the Globe Hotel, Ratter. Oct. 6, Jobn Gorton, Tottlegton ' Lancashire, cotton spinner, at ten, at the Star Inn, Manchester. Oct. 5, Mary Myth, Usk, !Monmouthshire, shopkeeper, at two, at the Bush Tavern, Corn-street, Bristol. Oct. 6, Wm. Seagrove, Common-Hard, Ponies, Hants, draper and tailor, at elelin at the White Hart Inn, Bath. Oct. $l, Ababa++ haw, Del ph, Yorkshire, grocer, at nine, at the Star Inn, Manchester. Oct. 3, Sir William Mord, Bart. John Ting eombe, and John Were Clarke, late of Plymouth, bankers, at eleven, at the Royal Hotel. Plymouth. Oet. 3, Joseph Rutter, Winterton, Suffolk, merchant, at eleven, at the Dug end Duck Tavern Kingston-epos-HI& Oct. 2, Michael Whitehead. Pres ton La ncashire, innkeeper. at twelve, at the olllce of Messrs. Blanchard and Bickerstaff, solicitors, Preston. Sept. 26, Edward Lunn and George Lunn. late of Halifax. Yorkshire. chemists and druggists, at eleven. at the White Swan Inn, Halifax. Oct. 4, John Thurtall, Norwich, bombazine manufacturer, at four, at the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich. Oct. 6, John Clarke, deceased. late of Liverpool, banker, at nue, at lee George Inn, Dale-street, Liverpool. CERTIFICATES.-On. 5. William Caine, jun. Penzance, Cornwall, merchant. Peter Riding, Derby, builder. James Wilson, Coekbrook Mill, Ashton. under-Lyne Lancashire, cotton spinner. Christopher Johnson Spencer, Ca ' Male, upholsterer. Robert Owen, late of Warringtoa, Lancashire. corn and Boor dealer. Thomas Purchas, Bond-street, wine and brandy merchant. George Harrison, Wuoburn. Buck inghamshire, paper manaticturer. Joaquin Rues de Alzedo, Bank-buildings, merchant. William Mead and Charles Edward Macomb, Battersea, Surrey , colour makers. John Conway, Upper Stamford -street, i ackfriars Surrey, builder. John 111'111' Dowell, Regent -street, Piccadilly, boot and shoemaker. William Turner, Coleman -street, plasterer. Joseph Brindloy and Thomas &Mary. Frindsbure,. Kent, and. Commercial Sale-rooms, Mincing-lane, ship builders. Huston lialteredge, Norwich, raanufalturer. Elizabeth Il,mphreys, Size-laws, &palter. John William Fried ' man, Finsbury-square. boarding-house keeper. Handy Ralg ettaabe,Tewkesbeiry, GlotteePterShirrs cabinet malign 'Janata Homers Liverpool. merchant. William Jlarcdeu , Salford, Manchester, mac hi ne maker. Wrathy Jackson, Birmingham, button factor. PARTNERSHIPS .DISSOLVED. Benoit JRCiil and Edward Henry Leyyssohn. Manchester, and Brussels; Netherlands, merchants. John Beily and Dan Vickery, Bristol, coal merchants. • Geddie Mane and William Pears', City. road, smitha and gas fitters. Robert Wunderly, Francis Wunder. ly, and Jusepb.Glats, Manchester, clock makers, as far as regards Robert . Wainterly. William Oamar and James Hamilton, Brunt ? ley, Kent, boot and shoemakers. Henry Dean and Thonta* Dud ley, Aldgate.linen drapers. George nerrjes and Thomas Pigott, Newgate-market, poultry salesmen.. 'Richard tilisard and Thos. Heppell, Guildford-plate, - St. Janice. .11erkenweU. upholsterers, cabinet makers, auctioneers and appraisers. J. Kernot and Andw. Simpson, Ft. Ana'aiplace, Liniebotiat i , Juliso warakoescpeot NAVIGATION LAWS. SPEECH OF THE RIGHT HOW. W. HUSLISSON IN THE HOUSE OF C •MMONS, FRIDAY, THE 12TH 01 MAY, 1826, ON THE PRESENT STATE OE THE SHIPPING nincitypr. :rave from our last.) From what I aave now read, the House will at once understand the nature of the measures adopted by the Prussian Government, in the year 1822, and the motives which influenced then! in that proceeding. What was the consequence of these measures? Why, that; in the next year, 1828, the Board of Trade, and other depart ments of the Government, were assailed with represen tations from all quarters, connected with .theshissping and trade of the country, against the heavy charges imposed upon British ships io the ports of• Prussia. .In such circumstances, what comae did his Majest,y's"Go vernment take? We felt it to be our duty, in Me first instance, to communicate with the Prussian Minister=s this country; and our Minister at 11.alin. was, I believe, 'also directed to confer with the Prussian Government on the subject. I myself had a conference wiih the, Prussian Minister at this court, and I well recollect the substance of his reply to me—" You have," he said, " set us the example, by your port and light charges, and your discriminating duties on Prussian ships ; and we have not gone beyond the limits of that example, Hitherto, we have confined the increase of our port and tonnage charges to ships only ; but it is the inten tion of my Government next year (and of this he chewed me the written proof) to imitate you still more closely, by imposing discriminating duties on the goods im ported in your ships. Our object is a just protection to our own navigation; and so long as the measure of our protection does not exceed that which is afforded in your ports to British ships, we cannot see with what reason you can complain." Against such a reply, what remonstrance could we, in fairness, make to the Prussian Government ? We might have addressed ourselves, it may be said by some, to the friendly feelings of that Government; we might have pleaded long usage in support of our dis criminating duties; we might have urged the advan tages which Prussia derived from her trade with Eng land. Appeals like these were not forgotten in the discussion, but they were of little avail against the fact itated by Mr. Consul Gibson—that le the - Pruseina ship owners were all going to ruin."- By others it may be said, " your duty was to reta liate, by increasing your own port-charges, and discri minating duties, on Prussian shipping.", I have already stated generally my reasons against the policy of, this latter course. We were not prepared to begin a system of commercial hostility, which, if followed up on both sides to its legitimate consequences, would only tend to reciprocal prohibition. In this state of things, more prudently, as I contend, we entered upon an amicable negotiation with the Prussian Goveriiiiient; upon the principle of our treaty with the United Stites—that of abolishing, on both sides, all discriminating duties on the ships and goods of the respective countries in the ports of the other. Having concluded an arrangement with Prussia upon this - basis, we soon found it necessary to do the same with some other of the Northern States. Similar con ventions were accordingly entered into with Denmark and Sweden. Reciprocity is the foundation of all those conventions; but it is only fair to add, that they contain other stipulations for giving facility to trade, and from which the commerce of this country, I am confident, will, in the result, derive considerable advantage. When his Majesty's Government had successively made the concession of these. discriminating duties to the United States, to Prussia, to Denmark, and to Sweden, I should have been ashamed of the Councils of this country if we had hesitated to enter into a similar agreement with the free Hanseatic towns of Hamburgh, Bremen, and Lubeck. These little states, I admit, had imposed no discriminating duties upon our ships, though they had the power to do so. But would it have been worthy of the character of this great country, consistent with its justice, or honourable to its generosity, to con tinue to levy, upon the trade and shipping of these ports, duties which were no longer paid by the subjects of more powerful states—to have made their lorbearance the plea for our exaction, or to have waited to do an act of justice until they had deprived us of that plea ? In our treatment of these free towns, this country ought not altogether to forget that, amidst the barba rous ignorance, and habitual violence, of the feudal ages, those little Republics were the refuge of commerce, and the nurseries of civilization. They were the sanctuaries in which the arts and pursuits, most conducive to the enjoyments and improvement of mankind, were re spected, amidst the scenes of bloodshed, rapine, and insecurity, by which they were too often surrounded. With these recollections I shall, perhaps, be excuses! if I e;press my regret, that several of the little trading communities on the Continent have ceased to be free and independent. In point of policy, it has always appeared to me that the incorporation of these com munities, with the military monarchies of the Con. tinent, was not the most satisfactory part of the late settlement of Europe. This incorporation was, pro. bably, more the inevitable consequence of the general derangement of the war, than the legitimate result of the principles which prevailed at the restoration of peace. Were I disposed to illustrate the inconve nience of that incorporation, in reference to the present subject, I might, not inopportunely, refer to Dantzic.-... Ifoostead of passing under the dominion of an abso lute monarchy, that town , (formerly. I believe, one of the. Hanseatic League) had continued tree like Ham. burgh, and . had the liovernthent of Prussia then said. ‘‘ You shall not trade with us, exeepfon such and such c mditions"—our aniWer "bight have been 0 the com modities which we want from your country we cad pro. cure at allltZie, where no such conditions are imposed on British ships." 4 0 1 0 0 5 0 5 [PRICE SEVENPENCE. If we look at the present question, as connected *ith our maritime strength, I contend that the,e can be little or no danger from the arrangements which I have now described. The states to which those arrangements extend, from their situation, and from many other cir cumstances, which it is not necessary for Ire to mention, never can become formidable as maritime powers-- they .never can dispute with us the ascendancy on the ocean, nor have they an interest in assisting others to obtain that ascendancy. Their cornmercia' inte►ests, and regard to their own security, must alike incline them to our side. In time of peace, it is well known, the policy of this country excludes, as much as possible, from our com mercial marine the natives of all foreign. countries ; but, in time of war, when our native :cativo are required for the King's service, we are under the necessity of admitting volunteers from other countries to man our Merchant ships. The consequence is, that from odr multiplied intercourse with those secondary states, their seamen, in time of war, tempted by higher whges and other advantages, assist in manning our merchant ships and thereby afford us great facilities for carrying on our extensive commerce. On the restoration of peace, these volunteers ale, most of,ahecn, forced to seek employ ment again iri the merchantmen of their own countries ; and their return thither contributes to give increased activity to the commercial marine of those countries. If. therefore, by this system of extended reciprocity, a somewhat larger share of the carrying trade between [ Great Britain and these secondary states devolve to their shipping, in time of peace. so far as this partic:. pation is obtained at the expense of any diminished employment for our own shipping, we may regret the diminution; at the same time, if the circurrs,tances which lead to it be unavoidable, it is some cAisolation to know, that the corresponding increase, elsewhere, is divided among those countries which cannot be dangerous, and are likely to be most useful to us in time of war. The timber trade with Norway has, at all times, been carried on chiefly in the ships of that country, Trey are built for the purpose, in the cheapest manner, but so rudely constructed, as to be unfit for the conveyance of almost any other article. In respect to the Prussian timber ships, they are also of a construction very inferior to the shipping of this country. built for the purpose of general trade. We are told by most of the Petit oners, and figures are adduced to prove the statements, that they are sent to sea and navigated at less than one half of the expense of British ships. If it be so, the restora tion of the discriminating duty, to the repeal of which these Petitioners attribute all their present difficulties, would be of little avail to protect them. That protec tion was 2s. 9d. upon a load of timber, being the differ. ence between 575. 9d. the duty in a foreign, and 555: the duty in a British ship, exclusive of some difference on account of lower port charges, and light money paid by the British ship. Against this advantage, therefore, in_ our pert% was to be set off the al'en duty of Bs. lid. a ton, imposed on British ships in the Prussian po r t., whether with a cargo or in ballast. The balance, there. fore, on our side would be next to nothing,totally in. adequate, upon the shewing of the Petitioners, as pro• tection ; but just enough to excite irritation, and to afford a pretence for vexatious restrictions on British commerce, and the introduction of Bi itish manufactures into the Prussian dominions. It has also been stated by some of the Petitioners,that ship building in this country is rendered more expensive by taxes on the materials, from which otber countries are exempt. I am not aware that, in the petition from the Shipping Interest in the port of London, praying for a continuance of the dis; criminating duties, the Petitioners urge the direct taxa tion upon the materials employed in ship building, as a ground of complaint. It has been alleged that. the Americans build their ships upon cheaper terms than we do. This Ido not believe. Timber, I admit, is cheaper in the United States, but almost every ether article employed in ship building is as dear as, and se veral of them dearer than, in this country. Labour like wise is dearer, and the pay of the crew full as high as, if not higher than, in England. After all, there is nothing new in the complaints now made of the increased employment of the Shipping of the Northern powers, in their trade with this country. Similar complaints were made after the American war. In the year 1786, the ship owners represented that our laws gave too great an advantage to foreign ships, and especially to the foreign ships employed in the importa tion of timber from the Baltic. In consequence of this representation, the Board of Trade of that day entered upon an inquiry into the sub ject. Mr. Reeves, in his work on the Law of Shipping and Navigation, states, in reference to this inquiry, that 4 4 1 n the year 1788. it was observed, that the quantity of foreign ships employed in the impotation s of goods from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and tbeEsst Country. was mach greater in proportion to the British, than the foreign tonnage employed in other trades; and that it was Increasing in general, and the British Shipping em ployed in some of these trades was, at the same time, decreasing. A reference was made, an Consequence, to the Board of Customs, to see whether it might not,be proper to augment the duty, cilled the Alien's Duty, or petty custom, on such of the goods enumerated. and described in the eighth and ninth sections of the Act of Navigation as were then subject to it, and were imported from the before mentioned oruntries ; and whether such increase would materially operate to increase the bur. then: on, and consequently the prices of, those articles, if such duty were increased gradually ; that is, by An 4 k ing it double from the first of January, 1787, and treble from the first of January, 1788; and in case the Board of Customs should be of such opinion, then they were called upon to consider, whether some advantage might not be given to British-built ships employed in those trades, by lowering the duties on those articles when imported in such ships ; or whether both these methods might not be pursued in such proportions as might best attain the end proposed, and not materially affect the revenue." " • ' • As it does not appear that recourse was had to these expedients, it is to be inferred thin; upon tuit:ier consi deration, it was fouad it would 'net be safe to risk the experiment. The Northern - Powers had not then cow l:stained of our saints% alien charges grin ihifir dhipping; r •- r