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I NUMBER 12,351.] BAST INDIA HOUSE, &member 13, 1826. THE COURT V DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY ? MERCHANTS ENGLAND, trading to the BAST INDIES, do hereby ;in Notice, That the LISTS of such PROPRIETORS as by tie COW N Y'S BOOKS appeared to be qualified to VOTE at the GENERAL ELECTION cm the 11th of April,lll27l will be 'delivered un the 9th of November next. JOSEPH DART, Secregasy. EAST INDIA HOUSE, September 13, 1826. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of Me UNITED COMPANY of MERCHAIoirs e ENGLAND trading to Ike EAST INDIES do hereby gioe Notice, That the QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY, appointed to be held at this House oil Wrosessuos also 117th instant, is made SPECIAL, for the purpose of sub sultdag,lor CanSrssadou, the Resolution of the General Court of the Ulu Of haw; approving the Resolution of the Court of Di rectors of the 3d of May last, providing that Captain Mimosa., of the Madras establishment, upon his resigning the Military Ser. Vice, in order that be may continue to act as Mabratta Translator to the Tanjore Commissioners in England, In which capacity be receives a salary of £6112 10s. per Annum, shall be granted, upon the Terms and Conditions therein stated, a continuance of that Salary for Life; and further providing, that whenever the period shall arrive at which, if Captain Minoan bad continued in the Military Service, he would have succeeded to the Command of a Regiment, and a Share of Off-reckonings, the said Salary of £6BB 10s. per Annum shall be increased from that date to £1,050 per Annum for Life. Copy of the Resolution before-mentioned, together with the Documents upon which it has been formed, are open for the in. wed= of the Proprietors at this House. JOSEPH DART, Secretor,* SALES BY AUCTION. BYPLEET, SURREY, BETWEEN WEYBRIDGE, WOKING, AND EIPLEY. FREEHOLD AND COPYHOLD ESTATE; Desirable Cottage Residence, Coach House, &able, Farm Yard, and Buildings ; Garden, Cottage, &c. AND SIXTY ACRES Cif Meadow, Pasture, and Arable Land, WIT• LILT romnstolt, TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, • By Mr. ROBINS, (Of Warwick How', Regent-atreet,) At Garraway's Colfee-house, 'Change•alley, Oo taguassar, tho2lst of September, 1826, at Twelve o'Clock, ADESIR ABLE FREEHOLD AND COPYHOLD . ESTATE, LAND TAX REDEEMED. WATERSELL'S FARM, SM/ATE At BTFLEET, in the County of SURREY, between Weybridge, Woking, and Ripley, about Two Miles from the latter, in a beautiful part of the Country, A seat BRICK BUILT DWELLING-HOUSE, convertible at a small expense into a RZUDZINCI r ♦ GIMITL11131•11)1 FAMILY, With conVenient (Aces, excellent Gardens, partly walled and clothed with Choice Fruit Trees, well stocked and cropped, Green House, Ac. Coach House, Stables for Seven Horses, Harnesi Closet ; Farm Yard, with Barn, Cow House, Calf Pens, Waggon and Cart Shed, Stu neat Brick-built Cottage, with Trellis Porch and Viranda at the back, with a Garden surrounding the samr, and adjoining the Chertsey Road, and nearly SIXTY ACRES Of excellent Meadow, Pasture, and Arable Land, and, Plantation. the principal part compact, iu the occupation of Mrs. Williams, till Michaelmas nest, except the Dwelling Muse, which Is in hand. The situation is healthy, the neighbourhood genteel, excellent roads, about a quarter of a mile from the Basingstoke Canal, and conti guous to the Coaches. To be viewed by Tickets. Particulars may be had on the Pre- Ulises ' • at the Talbot and Sun, Ripley ; Bear, Esher; Griffin, King ston; Swan, Chertiey ; Sun, Guildford ; of Messrs. Dyneley and Gatty, Holborn.court, Gray's Ina; at Sarraway's; and of Mr. Robins, 170, Regent-iltlVt• HIGH HOLBORN. CAPITAL EXTENSIVE PREMISES FOR BUSINESS, OPPOSITE SOUTHAMPTON-STREET, LOOKING INTO BLOOMSBURY AND RUSSELL. SQUARES, AND COMMANDING A VIEW OF HAMPSTEAD. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. ROBINS, (Of Warwick House, Regent-street), At Garraway's Coffee-house, 'Change-alley, Cornidli, Co TIVZSIDAY, the 21st September, 1526, at Twelve o'Cloe k. AVALUABLE LEASEHOLD ESTATE, held under the CROWN for a term upwards of SIXTY ONE TEARS, at a kw Ground Rem. A substantial and very commodious newly erected DWELLING HOUSE. Centrically situate No. 212. High Holborn, opposite to South. amptcm-street, looking into Bloomsbury and Rassell-squares ; and commanding a view of Hampstead; occupying a frontage of Twenty-one Feet,extending backwards upwards of Ninetpone Feet. The House is Four Stories high: contains, on the Upper Floor, Poor good Sleeping Rooms, Landi ng . l arge Closet, and Door to the Roof. The 'Third Story planned in a similar manner. Second Floor —a spacious airy Bed Chamber in front, with a Closet, Two Bed Chambers at the back; Closet, with Sink and Water laid on. First Floor—a spacious Drawing Room in front, elegantly fitted up ; roomy Landing, large Closet, and a Dining Parlour, with Door to a Lead Flat. Ground Story—Private Entrance, and excellent fight Staircase • a very convenient Sk o p, Counting House, Ware room, and Par lour; Water Closet, &c. Steps to the Yard. In the Basement, a range of Offices, Pump of excellent Water, Area, 'auks, &c. In the occupation of Miss Brodhurst and Miss Dawson (successor' to Mr. Tolson), for a short term. These eligible Premises are substantially built at a very consider able expence, under the direction of an eminent Surveyor, and in sae of the first situations of Business, and by which there is a cow asset intercourse with the East End of the Metropolis. To be viewed by permission of the Tenant, of whom particulars *ay be had ; of M e ssrs. Burley an d S ons , S olicitors, Lincoln's fun New•square ; of Messrs. Green and Ashurst, Solicitors, Sambrook ervirt, Ittgitiehall.street ; at Garrawajs; and of Mr. Robins, 170, Begun -street. • SALE BY AUCTION. NORTON HEATH, HIGH ONGAR, ESSEX, BETWEEN CHIPPING ONGAR, CHELMSFORD, INGATESTONE, and BRENTWOOD. FARM HOUSR, GARDEN, FARM YARD, with BARN, STABLE, OUTBUILDINGS, AND • MUT TWENTY ACRES, Of Meadow, Pasture, and Arable Land, TO BB SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. ROBINS, .(Of Warwick House, Regent-street,) At Garraway's Coffee-house, 'Change-alley, Conklin!, On Tisuaarkty, the 21st September, 1226, at Twelve o'Clodt, • • IN ONE LOT, A • COMPACT COPYHOLD ESTATE, =WATS as NORTON HEATH, in the Parish of HIGH ONGAR, In the County of ESSEX, COMPRISING A neat Farm House. erected within a few years, with Fore Court end Garden, Farm Yard, Stable, Cow House, Piggery, Wood House, double Bay Barn, &c. and about TWENTY ACRILS Of Meadow, Pasture, and Arable Land, Lying Compact, in the occupation of Mr. Joseph Burrell, a re. spectable Tenant at Will This Estate is situate about three miles from Ongar, frig from Inptestooe, seven from Brentwood, and six from the capital Market Town of • Chelmsford. To be viewed by applying to Mr. Joseph Burrell, on the Pre. misc.., or at High Ougar, of whom Particulars may be had ; at the Crown , Chipping ()agar • ' Black Boy and Saracen's Head, Chelmsford; Spread Eagle, Ingatestone; White Hart, Brent. wood and Romford; Saracen's Head, Dunmow ; Crown, Hoc kerill ; George, Bishopatoriford of Mr. Roper, Solicitor, OW Burlington-street; at Garraway's • and of Mr. Robins, 170 1 Re gent-street, where a Plan of the Estate may be seen. ANTI-IMPETIGINES; ti/R, SOLOMON'S DROPS. FEW Families are entirely , exempt from Diseases caused by Impurity of the Blood and Depraved Humours. In fact our artificial habits. and the vices of Society, are continually introducing such complaints where they were unknown before.— Hence the prevalence of Scrofula, Cutaneous Eruptions, Bilious Complaints, and Chronic Rheumatism, not .to speak of diaeises more immediately connected with an Infected System. The Anti.lmpetigines attacks this Hydra at its seat, and by a mild but effectual operation, purifies the whole mass of blood, and gives new vigour to the vital organs. One or two bottles have succeeded, when every other means have been ineffectually resorted to. Cases and Illustrations may be seen in the Guide to Health, price 3s. to which the reader is referred for much valuable infor mation on subjects most interesting to all classes of persona. The Anti-Impetigines is sold by Mr; R. Johnston, 68, Cornbill ; Mr. Sanger. 150, Orford-street ; Mr. Ward, Holborn ; Mr. Strad ling, Royal Exchange, London • and all Medicine Venders, in bottles at I Is. each ; there are al so family bottles, price 335. each, containing the quantity of four at Ile. To prevent counterfeits, the words • " Sand. Solomon, Liverpool," are engraved on the Stamp, to imitate which is felony. • Patients requiting advice may obtain it by application to Gilead House, accompanied by a iemittance of a One Pound Note. NAVIGATION LAWS. MIRO* OF TIM MONT HON. W. HUSLISSON IN TIM HOURS OF VllllllO/18, FRIDAY, TIM 12TH OF MAY, 1826, ON Till 'MINT RTATS OF VIZ SHIPPING INYERRET. (Concluded from the Seas of yesterday.) A few observations on our commercial policy . , with regard to our Colonies abroad, will bring me, I hope, to the conclusion of this important investigation. The former colonial system of this country was simply this, that ottr possessions abroad should receive all their supplies from hence in British shipping, and they were' prohibited from trading directly with any other country.' But, so early as .the yrar .178.5,—the year in which we recognized the independence of the United States of America,—it occurred to the Government at home, that it might be somewhat hard to require of the West India Colonies to draw all their supplies from the mother country. What, then, was the line adopted? Orders in Council, allowing those Colonies to trade directly, with the United States of Arnerica in British Shipping, were passed, from time to time, as occasion required, and the Ministers, as often, came down to Parliament for Bills of Indemnity, for having so far violated the Plantation Laws. In process of time, however, the Government of the United States, jealous of a tra de in which British Ship ping alone was employed, said to this country—" If you want the productions of our country for the use of you: Colonies, and will not allow us to send them in our ships, we will entirely prohibit the exportation to your Colo nies. in British Shipping, of these articles of whit!) your Colonies stand in need:' They did so. The British Government had then recourse to another expedient, in order to avert the threatened inconvenience, and at the same time to avoid any positive alteration of our Navi gation Laws. A sort of open mart or fair was esta blished, at some half way place between the Coast of America and the West Indies, to which the ships of the United States came, and where, being met by our traders, the respective parties interchanged commo (fides, according to their mutual wants. • But the Government of the United States again inter- fered, and prohibited their ships from this trade. After a suspension of intercourse had continued for some time, Parliament, in the year 1822, passed an Act, by which American Ships were allowed to trade, directly, between the United States and our Colonies, in the West Indies and North America. Now let me ask, was it politic, was it altogether consistent with impartiality, and our friendly relations with the North of Europe, to grant to the shipping of the United States, first, in the trade between them and this country, by the treaty of 1815; and, secondly, in the trade, by this Act regularly legalised, between those Stales and our Colonies, pi ivileges, which we continued to deny to the shipping of Prussia, of Denmark, of Sweden, of Hambuigh, and of other trading commu nities of Europe? Upon what principle of fairness, upon what principle of sound policy, were we to con tinue this preference exclusively to a Power, towards which, Gov knows, I entertain no feeling of hostility,— far from it ;—but, when I am speaking of that nation in a British House of Commons, it is not improper to say, that, in matters of navigation and naval power, there exists, tovwds. us, a spirit of rivalry in the United States ;—a spirit of which I do not complain, but which should incline every Englishman to doubt the wisdom of any measure, tending to eucourage the growth of the ... ' • • ' 441 ; , ;1 I f il • , N. . oe = , . . . .. ~... . / • fir') v.iumuipti. 1 . . .. _ , g i A4 . 4 1.41, , . A v i , 1 0 ----,......._ N- • i 47 4.- . . . ( f( ( ‘ Sb e , _.•A 4 . ir. riv i '.... s st,lial IN! 4 F '',...,.‘, , 4 THURSDAY lEPTEMBER 14, 1826. [PRICE SEVENPiNCE. commercial marine of America, by giving to it privi leges greater than are permitted to the shipping of other States :—States less jealous of our marine i n ascend ancy time of war, and, at all times, confining their views upon the ocean to the industrious° employment of their sea faring people, without looking to the ulte nor object of, one day, disputing with us the dominion of that ocean: Considering, therefore, the Act of 1821, and the changes which had taken place in the colonial system of other Powers, it appeared to me, that the time was arrived when, upon every sound principle, it would be right to extend, to the foreign shipping of Europe, the same privilege of trading with our Colonies in the New World, which had been granted to the shipping of America ; and also to give a greater facility, and exten sion, to the intercourse between foreign countries and our Colonies generally ;—strictly confining, however. to British shipping only ail . trade between this country and the Colonies, and all inter-colonial t ade between the different foreign possessions of the British empire. Whether we look to the interests of our commerce, which are also the interests of our navigation;—whe ther we look to the separate interests of the colonies, or to the general interests of the 'went country ;—or whether we consider the changes which have recently taken place especially in the New World ;—all these considerations appear to me to concur in support of the measures to which I have referred, and the enlarged views of policy, upon which they are founded. Shipping, like other branches of business in this country, is liable to A•rctuation. There may be great excitement at one period, and great depression at an other. Last year, for instance, the demand far exceeded the means of the British Ship-owners to supply it. The price of freight for foreign adventures was, in conse quence, so much raised as to become a very serious in jury and interruption to other branches of navigation, more especially to our coasting trade. Yet, such was the unbridled rage for speculation which then prevailed, that our tonnage could not keep pace with it, and foreign vessels were taken up in every port of Europe, not from a preference, but because British ships could not be procured. This is not the proper occasion to in quire into the origin of the almost universal mania, which appears to have seized upon merchants and ma nufactures, not of this country only, but, more or less, upon these of other countries, during the last year. It is now too generally seen and admitted, even by thbse who were ntest infected by that mania, that their spe cUlations were carried on without reference to the , habi tual scale of our consumption, or to the rapid accumu lation of goods, or to any of those circumstances which, in their calmer mOments, direct the operations of com mercial men. When prices Lad risen, in the first in. stance, from natural causes perhaps, speculation soon forced a further and more rapid rise, and the only inference, for a time, among buyers, seems to have been, that it would continue progressive, and almost indefinite. Connecting this rage for speculation with the em. ployment of Shipping, the House will. be surprised to hear in what a degree the quantity of bulky articles from foreign countries, and from oar possessions in North America, in the last year, exceeded the importa • tions of former years. In the year 1822, the total im portation of timber from foreign countries was 140,715 loads—in 182.5, it mows* to not less than 301,548. Cwts. Of fax . . 111 ' 1822 . . 607,143 Do. . . . in 1895 . . 1,042,956 Of talbw . . in 1822 . . 805,958 Do. . . in 1825 . . 1,164,029 Lbs. Of wool . . In 1822 . . 19,048,879 Do. . . . In 1825 . . 43,708,553 Bushels. Of linseed . in 1822 . . 1,411,137 Do. . . . in 1325 . . 2,876,571 From British America. Loads. • Of timber ' in 11122 . . 345,741 Do. Cwts. • Ashes Do. Masts from all parts of the world, under Nuinber. twelve inches in diameter . in 1622 . . 14,464 Do. . . . Above twelve inches in diameter Loads.. In 1822 . . 4,577 in 1825 . • 8,698 The result of all this overtrading of last year, of which I have selected only a few instances, is the depres sion which now prevails, the interruption of colonic' cial credit, the great diminution of employment for manu facturing labour in this country, and the getieral de rangement of business in the countries a ith which our principal interchange of commodities is carried on. I deplore this state of things, not the less, certainly, be cause it is not confined to this country: and in alluding to the sufferings of others, I do so, not as a source of consolation to ourselves, but as evidence, that this de rangement is to be traced to some cause of mere eaten• sive effect than the municipal regulations of this country. It would be matter of surprise if, amidst this almost universal stagnation of demand, the shipping interest, which had fully participated in the extraordinary acti vity of the preceding . period, should not partake of the langour by which it is now succeeded. In looking dis passionately at this or any other of the leading interests of this country, we must not draw our conclusions from extreme cases either way. We must also recollect that shipping, in common with every ether mode of em• ploying c§pital and industry, when it seeks a foreign mu ket, i liable to be effected by a competition with other countries, and by acts of foreign states, over which we can have no controul. As far as exclusion is within our reach,—in the Coasting trade,—in the Fisheries,—in the trade between this country and our foreign pos. sessions,—we grant a strict monopoly to the British Shipowner. It is our duty to maintain and enforce that monopoly, not for his special advantage, but for the public interest. It is further our duty to give him every legitimate countenance and protection in the trade-of this country with other maritime countries ; but if any branch of that trade is interfered with, either by new regulations in those countries, or by the erection of territories, once colonies, into an independent statek however we may regret the circumstances, as affecting our ancient navigation system, it may not be in our power to overrule those circumstances. In such a state of things, our policy must be, retain mg the important principles of that system as much as possible, to adapt it to the change in our situation, and to the altered relation in which we stand to the patties with which we have to deal. The first effect of inch inevitable changes, either in navigation or trade, is, usually, m ore or l ess , to d erange theinterests, upon which they, immediately bear; but the temporary difficulty is generally overcome by the speedy opening of fresh channels of employment, and is soon merged in the increased enterprise which attracts capital and shipping to some other quarter. This was the case after the separation of the British Colonies in North America ; and I hope for a similar issue on the present occasion. We are all agreed that our commercial marine is the foundation of our naval power, and that the maintenance of that power is the paramount duty of those who ad minister the affairs of this country. In an inquiry like this, therefore, the most important Question for the con sideration of the House is, not the detail of each separate branch of trade in which our commercial marine was employed in any particular year, but its aggregate amount at this time, compared with the aggregate amount at some antecedent period.' Now, Sir, I have already stated what that amount was at the breaking out of the last war in 1793, and what it is at the present time. The comparison; taken by itself, certainly affords no ground for despondency or alarm. But, in making this comparison, in reference to our military marine, we are also to bear in mind, that in 1793, both the military and commercial marine of France and Spain were much more numerous than they are at present. . The navy of Spain, once so powerful, has dwindled almost to nothing : her merchant ships have nearly disappeared from the ocean. The navy of France is less numerous and less formidable than,it was at the breaking out of the kevolution, and her com mercial shipping, though reviving since the peace, is probaby, at this moment, not more than one half of its amount in 1792. On the other hand, whether we look to the number of ships of war, to the means of manning those ships, to the general spirit which pervades every branch of the service, or to any other element of naval potter, what a contrast between our situation at the close of the last and of the American war! Can we forget the period when the combined fleet of the House of Bourbon was master of the British Channel—when a West India convoy was obliged to assemble at Leith. and go north about, in order to escape capture by an enemy's fleet, within sight of our principal seaports ? Can we forget when Gibraltar, blockaded by the united naval forces of those same powers, was relieved, as it were, by stealth? when it was considered matter of just praise to the highly distinguished Officer who command ed the British Beet, on that trying occasion, that in per forming this service, he was able to elude the vigilance of a superior enemy, and to return to England, without having risked a combat ? These are among the recollections which belong to the American war. How different from those which connect themselves with the war by which it was suc ceeded That our sway on every part of the ocean was undisputed by the naval power, not of France and Spain only, but of all Europe, before the close of the last war, is matter of notoriety. In fact the British navy was then occupied in the blockade of every naval arsenal of its enemies; and this, for the last years of the war, formed its ptincipal employment in Europe. When we began that w.f . , in the course of which we achieved 54 many victories. our commercial marine was three-fifths of its present amount. Our seamen in the King's navy, 16,000, instead of 30,000, their present number. We had then no reserve of veteran seamen, receiving for former services an annual allowance from the State. We have now such a reserve, amounting to many thousands, all of whom are liable, upon an emer gency, to be called upon by the Admiralty, and of whom a large proportion would, I have no doubt, be found as efficient as before their discharge. Our ships. likewise, are in a more complete state, and better pre pared with all the means of speedy equipment, than at any former period of peace. • Never, I will venture to affirm, was there a time when the country might rest with greater confidence and satisfaction on the sufficiency of its naval resources than .t the present. But we are told, and I am ready to admit it, that if the naval resources of France and Spain have declined, a new and formidable power has grown up in the United States of America. I have already stated, that the ma ritime means of that country had, from peculiar circum stances, been considerably benefited during the late war. which lasted so long, and spread so generally through Europe. But, if the commercial marine of the United States increased, during that period, our own advanced in a greater amount. Since the restoration of a general peace, the Shipping of both co untr i es has rather de creased. The diminution in that of the United States has been stated at 168,000 tons, which I believe to be fully equal to any di m i n u t i on drat has occurred in this country. lam warranted, therefore, in concluding that, upon a comparison of our commercial marine, with the commercial marine of other powers, we have no reason to apprehend any of the difficulties now which the Petitioners predict, and that our naval means are fully adequate to any possible emergency which may compel us to call them into exertion. lf, Sir, I have trespassed too long upon She time of the House, my apology, 1 trust, will be found in the vital importance of the subject. The severe distress under which the country now labour; is attributed, in some quarters, to the changes which have recently taken place in our Navigation Systlm, and in our Commercial Policy. If any Hon. Members entertain that opinion, all that I ask of them is to come forward, and point out dia. tinctly to the House the specific changes to which they 'ascribe these consequences. It is for them to show,, if they can, by evidence, er by argument, the connexion of cause and effect between those changes and the dif ficulties in which the country is now, unhappily, in volved. Let them give a notice, and appoint a day for that purpose. This would be the manly course to pur sue;—it was the course taken by the Hon. Member for Coventry*. on the question of the Trade in Foreign Silks. For having taken this course I return him my sincere acknowledgments. To follow his example is the only favour I ark of those who heap abuse upon