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sr` , 1 . :', ? 7 '. t I/ it being directed. If. therefore, these does ilattlnle *Pon the alupplog of the country • hadbto mulch greater than by She specific purpose Air which they were authorised, Is ren ewed its any drgetg weft's'', ypsy Committee asserts , it to bo costrsey to the inteatien with which MIA impost was laid, aid affordioa a fair claim to relief au the part of cons official interests that are affected by it, Your Cwountillee bows annened referent front Om Trinity Howse. shelving lite ".paiablishment, capenttii sire, and receipt of path Light, under Os •••nageoseat of that Corporation. They do oat feel it 'pvressary, in skim plate, to dwell upon lib. details they far ' 11l is skiktient to stns,, limit, asswising the co/revises , ' illite papers dr livered io by the Tensity Honor. they And ' d , sum collected from bisippiog foe 23 Lights, has been ~4 1. lit 1000001 upon the average of this wars itt le, 1011, sad . 41 ' 1121 k, while the sums orgessafg fur their maintemance (in tat the commission pair l on efill.CtiOn. ansomsiiing to id 11,000) has unmounted in shoat 38,000 f. leaving am r 4 " l i ft a*/ "'Oaf a" lila Orme ler Ogle I.tglits only, of pot loss • I.au 52,0001 The proportions which the speed lore hears Its the re. i most vary ill 'fort et 10 the differewt Lights from tie lances peemime to rash. Its the older established • ht., a large surplus .111X61 OW have been feeekto, and Zi Ite fairly assigned ',the great increase of ow conswiertg ' shipping; bat that sooppositirk will tint apply to the • Ant pies arising (rum soy ref those which have bee* erected at I c il n r in t w g P :w t r h i l t i d e a ls, pp u a l f , te e. i i: , a s i r oo ll'lS Pf i n f i l :M: r i b i kr e e on "e p ig a e t h en ii r t li i a:gibe e pu lt e l s: fr a loe rr ini ed, ssed Pewee s" st '. loch steads, therefore, nu a dilrerent grosiod. Bet whether, s oilgi gully, the does were sot noire than mithi be neceptsrp, I, bate ,lore, from et's 0111POIM' A''. befOlf , e MN us libeilieff •I ti p were Cak`olated with a view to a *peplos, they appear 4 . obeit Ms be patty beyond the ostensible purpose fur which they were gimlet/. or which any emstimgemcies comueeted pita the mitibilmsaiko. of the Lights, sad the orlvanloge navigation. is.. reader srcernry, this in *hewn by pArs sccuits•tailon of • fend fruits the insepbor roller pun, sod the rents it! estates, amonotisig to a runt, the iii. rime arising from "duels k stated at 10,0001. per linanni. Of the essisuer in which this eurplea so crested tins beat (with. d icy far its greate.t part, y o ur Cempr.tiee feel it right to enviers' their appeutration. It has been distriimited in small peartions to seafking peruses, or thus' ctioneirsed with them, ?fluted to a start of distress and poverty, in various parts pf the ki opium, and may beissusideved all "twill time 1.. ( a io mita of time kosdens that Wert otherwise hare fallen ippon the commufsity for the wasnlosiauce of such persous ; sad though thereanay be appeorawert, is the distribution, of partiality to e.rtain places, which ore explained in the ireiPlfe of Mr. Court, your Committee de su i t think theist ,Poltletent to imam, flu in to withhold the rapressiou sif am . prahation they bare already applied, In the mode in which the distriholiwo of this Nod is generally condor led. The gpra•nn is less es in the application lino to the priuciple on ashieh the surplus reissue to is collected, and whether for rPsterimell of sloth a distribution, meritorioris as it may a large sum Wight 10 sofilit•Oe .0 10 he directly levied on the shirttail, either of this country or of foreigners, OPPI"- sieges it out only is to our shipping directly, bid productive pf restrictions mill impolite upon it in foretell ports, highly likjerintot to Ohl► comincreinl is is, sod avowedly deems pant on the ensitinwavire of this, together with other (liaise glens rinfavoursble t.i foreign NaT i rl fj o g, let order to form some opinion of the extent to which the lllAN•rtiefl of the sums for Light Dues, and other purposes, pay he Ir. cloyed, cut oo itt roily with a sufficient worisiew for *security of the objects for which they were intended, it will be necessary to advert, net only to the ditties them selves, but to the expew•es atteadiog the establishments re. roired fur the 4 eolbetion and management. These esta. Viiiiiments are to be foond in *boom every poet, and appear ta your Committee so be placed us is scale mach beyond *hat a fair rcmonerstien fur the services turfursord cats re : quire. In most cases, Ilse relleanitoi at the suit-ports is its- Oradea to the Cultertos of She Comosns ; it is enforced by ~ boa ant hority as swab, it appears seldom to have Men goes . lined (though sometimes etrade.l), and is attended with little ' additional troulde or expense to that niftier, rut pt perhaps ... _ . . . . Dr..al, a plate peculiarly rircumelaisired. It appeal's, No t lieso. the eviilrare, that as various places ihe doilies roulfi be • witnessed by respectsble perm:ins, u,dee on o. " trin it y . for 211 or to per smut. ua the collective; whiroaii, out of 41 piece', at which collectors an established, no k. than tipper In receive a remuneration of 40 per feat (snaking a 'collator about 11,0001. per owsoirn), in addition to other •p -enema, is agent! for light hoover, commiwioriere of superwieors of pension., collectors of surplus pilotage, rte.; she email*. ate uf which are equally derived front charge. ut the sloppier. Your f'onotittre tibial' it their duty particularly to call the siitention of the House to the matinee in which the collection of the rhos Is iroodocie4 to I.noilon, us described in the ref *nue of Mr Cowl sad Ms. R. a.ir, to Ow amount of the ~,a 601 0 . 0 01 5 - 11be distribothso of fe.• to officers—and the permeation aollines sod collectors, where a single °lice, with inibiaoss of oar clerk, if is orhositled would be sufficient, fry *hie% so sionstssl •111•4111, of shows 4,600/. might be smile, sits ioirestrenienite to whirls Ilinse are *object by whom ebe dreit are paid, io is Errol wears avoided. Your Coon ismer •Ilosle to the apputosine• is hetet ost4 Bolin discliarc. by Mr. Muller Mr. Verde, Mr. IVetatted, and Mr. %relief; lA► duties poiferiund hy the three loiter ►oning here formerly inten.std to n sisal.. pergola. TAP eonismiesioe paid ►y the Trinity Corporation, in the Jeer 1818, for the eutt►rtioo of the Light and Thistly Due; parries pilotage, kr. is the port of London aluee, •mounted In no le.g n eons shin ohoot 6t,200/.. %bile it,. total amount of rnttallUr►lPn, for collecting the sate► defies moiler this antlinrity in the differ's, parts of the kingdom, ansuenneel, if.r that pear, to about 16,0001. ifooroited inWrnsalias, on these rubies, will he Nand in gbe ,a a m in alinas of tha idlicers of she Cospreatisto, and par ker-Marty of Nr. Court, the Sr err iary. Pee to this for the lights, 'oof Committee have directed the Pr astensioa to the collection smokm she head of Ballasloae. Owed in she manner already waled, and ceirlistited Ly 24 George IV. the ri venue eif whirls is expressly dsterssei is be *relied to She 'Felicia decayed beans.% their elves, widows, lies rlepartmeat is tinder the saperiatendence of two rider brethren (chosen by re:natio,, and who.* retired. once is stated to be constant), and consists of • chief clerk and establishment of eleiks. inters. waterlines, and ballast men. The mensal oftergate reeept tie holloware is about end the espeaslituie, Independent of rwablishineat, a 9.000/. The entintili•lmicst asnounhi to shunt 11,3001. per 44,111111, iti•ing a aet balance of 3,001 U. eel of which shout 1,0141. ia imneselly appropriated so dissressed hallastneem time sires and widows. avid (Niteroi of ballastmen. The charges roi British ships vary according In the service its whirl, She, are espied; no referoace is liven in the sap. pip of ballast. txcept re the ease of transports and King's ships; all other ships, wbeher fore*. or British, receive lbw ballast in thew proper tetras; but the charge nn fu. virlir, ships is (sow!. rattly higlirr liken on British vessels. bi.,rh has breis stated so your Cwormsittee Is. hare beta 'free-fret by she siltation of tbss department, in favour of 4 *.i g atiou, by the Orating liar pressiage of the River Thames. . out Committee hare nu reason to question that, or any :pmt of the performance of the duties assigned to it ; at the • 'Mute time. rens;ieritg the nature of those duties, the num_ lire to lightest', awl of iudivithials ate,thed to them. abase service, sire to be ahrt.ool anal superiotended, it dues ao rtae to )our Cunkii.rtiee, that an esteblinhaellt at the 'Wail, Potter, trinii.tomet at retch au annual coat, is 'pore mum is ri p tig i, g d, apt mteht admit Of tedortsou. The Trinity dues, 'winding the charges fur bnoyage, belt tiladimiliage. and priinage, formed the next head of erglioation. These are regulated tinder the 39th of Blip- Biodl e and the Cl.eirter of James 11. No specific appropriation *lO .!nand, I scent shat may he collected fium the 6sll :Drown of the Nat mentioned Charter, ,hook directs the op eglitration of monies secreted by decrees, orders, agreresseuts /toes, whet terra, or uther•ine.lu the repairing of the Triuity. borne, ♦ins.tbuk.se, Ac. aad the relief of poor Welber', fihalk wive!, said pour seafaring men. The charge made lan lerrengoaluiss"does nut appear to Ise guthorised by any Aet, Matter, ur Patent, and the amount on British shipping ex ceeds emestelerabip the rate atuctruesed by the Chaster under lAels ft I. collected. In* ditty attached to this grant is that of taking care of lbw beep asset bearding ikse I average expense of veld* to the Corpuratioa, appears to be about 5 0001. The annual gran income to be upon an average of the five years, WPM *mud is the appelvtia,4ollll U,000(. j and the towlatissiera alloweill foe Ishotiltin it bits, is I 0! yeses, augmented to sbopt S.ASIL, which, accenliag ho Mr. Court's erldeocc, is divided beerecen the secrets., mod elerks of his Aria, is odilitio• to regular iolociett, beeides gra. trilka and other allowitaas, leaving a net larritait of oboist 11,405 L •pphrable to the purposes shove mated. Teter Greenroom is out aware of a sufficient resew' to weirrant Ils• ch•rgea Made on 'hippest/ of soy description, not beina strictly confined to the amount allowed by Charter and Act. of Psrliameut, and is of °paws, that the comm.esag upon the reveres of the Trinity dose might be sawed, as they ram be collected with other dollen at the Teittity Home, The wont spowtally collected from foretios ships fur Ten. nay dirties, after deducting the comsoiessou of rake. tine, boo bees very aemoderable; the authority mare which 11 hoe bens collected. as well as the appropriatio• of it, is that of envied cossoni. It form., in It. appli. ratios, • principal part of the remanerstiop of the elder brethren. lo egraerierce of the Wurl solos. of trade, the colkction ha. varied torch in 110141.01 ; in 1010 it as as high se StfifrOf ,• in ISIS it was redoei el to shout 10,0 4 10/.1 and has mace been imperially lammed. The appogena. thin is described to take place angler the maw of Vac Torso, and, according to hag meiotic., in the following err : —The sum collected itt divided a it the elder her. Area generally; the Imitate of t h e shares of thew who take so srlive port in the heftiness of the Corpastiou, rood arp therefore distinguished ag honorary elder brethren, after &dating the fines fur their rowatterilatia, is csaiel to the gears! fend of the Corporatioo • the remainder, with the addition of those fines, is divided among Ilse eclat mn. anworeling, as simml in the evidence ups.. the average of 'treaty years, to about 34101. per annum to eseh number. Tie this anti must hp added the torments attached to their situations, whom members of Committees; to woo that roe of which, how, ter, no elder hooker can berloar. cscrOt the deputy master, oat arm ea chairman so the Committees for Lights sod for Pilotage. Your Committee cannot misted to the remuntrai ion revived by the maim , members ed the Guporatimt, without feeling it imcsiatleat upon them indirect thositeot Sou orate House lathe deities of various kinds asa.gu. .4 to them, which will be faimidelailed is the evidence gives by Mr. filloitey ; they ON slated to consist in the manes int**. &ore and m meet of the lights—dot plai iiig of the buoys and beacoom—the tiopeetion of the evasts nod bar. stun—the ear• of the navigatie• of the Thames.—the ex. apposing into the proficiency of boys educated fur Ilie ravel service—the arnartmaing of the gnaldlottiona of masters and pilots (Eptiets of great impatience to the maritime tor ten's/en( Ike beldam), and io ariditi .... to Ihrsr , the silting u essessers to the Judge of the Admiralty Court, ibich is mentiourril by Lord Stowell se • fuactium met esseatial to the adraWiteration of jaatice vetoing to maritime cases. His Lorehehip bears also the highest testimony to 111 . aoll uer in which it is oerforiadottol the assietance he has &ro e. ed Gum it in his judicial eitratior. It is not therefore from any disparities to queation the propriety of • renioncratitia to the elder brethren for the valuable services performed by them, that your Committee are inducer, Is. make soy übseremdkra 'pow these payments; they arkuowledge the just ice of the title *Niue* who devote their time and attention to tee public air. . 4 . 1 * fair 8 .1 1 liberal revamstmatios in this as well se oilier caste; but they think it desirable it sho•ld he taken fines the g I lead of the Corporainin to some fixed moment (which it may be collected from the SCSI loopy of 111 r. Mosey hew brew the wish of the members of the Corpoestioa themselves), tether than be furnished by the •pplicatina of a particular ciellatime, of ascertain extent, deiivedeachisiorly from Po. reign shipping, sad forming one of those distinctions which, upon reciprocal favour being sheers§ to British shipping is foreign countries, poor Committee are uf opinion It is moat expedient should be abrogated. The next load to which your Committee directed its exa. urination, was that of Surplus Pilotage. This is levied ur dee the kid Geo. 111., nod in the proportion sit 1 on the grout of the pilotage of every foreign vessel. The object of-it is to establish a fund for the relief of pilots who shall harp become incapable of discharging their duty, from are or accident's, or perfumes'', infit 'mtg. The I amount of collection upon am of yeses sheer the isle was int • pored (the interest opal the fond already treated yielding about 2,6001. per siinnon), is about 11,04101. The annual de. inand for the objects of the charity upon that fund, does not appear to exceed 1,500 f.; and as the perassnent I in. come apes the capitol exceeds the expeirdiinic by nearly 1,0 0 01, as the inteirtion of the Art appears to be SUMClellily provided for, there does not appear any reneein why this tat upon foreign shipping should be clout lured, except in respect to the of such countries as rehire to remove form British shipping every mufavourado diatiortium in thcie ports. By the authority of the same Act, • rem of three games' is lip collected from ouch of the London Trinity pt lots, and of two guineas from each of elbow at the wit-ports, which I. required from them for the I rem o•I of licenses. The average of the collection is oboist 2,000!. which appears to be appropriated in part to the ornIUSICI at Sur of the elder brethren who compose the Pilotage Couimitigg in London, and of the sub conatiesioavre of pilots :tattling in the °migrate, sod in part to ilefra)iiig the milieus.. of csrry ing the Act inter elocution. These, your Cumsnitt.e are of opinion, may admit of awl require reduction. particularly the ert•blistaseeit at Gravesend. Fur the details Oil thin bead, they desire Its refer to the accomot prwloped by the Corporation, which will be (wend i* the Appendix. The fees arising from the heatable of certain bosh, to enable them to be employed use Ike river Thames. wore granted to the Trinity House by the 2.1 of Gporge 1!1. ; no particular application of the fee is eujoimed by the Act ; bat the amoral of Sues awl penalties levied under it are (brewed to be applied to the (Imitable punning, of the Is. Initiation ; the fees are of small amount ; it 'prat from the evidence of Court ikst a Ist ger soar than tines authorised by the Act is usually received or braises heist granted ; the whole IS d,eishsl amongst the clicks of the establishment. The receipt of the Sur d mon appear, to poor Committee to bears ribose which ought to be corroded, awl they trust that the Trait, Corporation will put an end in it ; soil your Committee cannot loop bete übetrving how such preferable it would lie that all tine ;Acres said elerks eif the establielment should, in any future arrenvitincol, be paid by 'digitate and ostensible salaries frosts the general Cards of die Corporatist*, the. by a multiplicity of s emolu ments under different name*, which elude oho-cesium, sod make the seal 'mogul. of their receipts difficult to be • . tater& In considerimg the reductions that may be advissbk, your Committee beg to disclaim all wish to struck upon those funds which are raised outlet the authority of Charters or Acts of Ike Legislature, and have been charitably destined is their •pplitatioo, to the relief of that valuable body of men, to whose services ibtfr country is so highly indebted. These footle, In their aggregate ge, mount to about 18,0001. per antrum, and will he further augmented, should the establishments of she 8611v:to Office, mid expensep at leading the Pilot Act, undergo the reduction of which your Committee think they are susceptible, mad the large com mission on ennectiug the Light still Trinity doses in Ildiodon, be distontiuucd, in pursuance of the setunisscodatiim your Committee. The collections foe lights staid me a &Remit foot img.The patents must be 'opposed to presume, that *bit a unposed on the 'object, is necessary for the erection and mniurreaure of the light by 'high he is directly beuelited. The I grew of It beyond drat is retwoorble fur these objects, might, se. cording to as opinion Hated to have been delivered by Lord Hardwirke, draw into quebilissi the validity of the patriot it self. Looking then to 11. e income shrived from Ike beds, as legitimately confined to, a• well as to be measured by the repeueliture necessary fur their .erectiou and insistenance, your Committee have culla/diced to what degree relief may be justly aliurded to the commercial interest, by the redtie lion of the rsktiug charges spun ibipsdue us, ibis areussm. Its doing this, they hare referred to the expenditure io itself, the expenditure as compared wish the collection, sad as tom. pared with the same appropriated to, and found amtlicient for She support of other light., which, •lilsough it perhaps might mot lead to • perfectly accurate conelussuu, bright 1.1111 materially assort them in fuming a judgment. The actual espetulitarr, including commission, as gated its the accounts of ISIS, 11814, and 1820, 5111011113.1 lo about 38,0001., the income to about 90,000/., leaving • 111111.11./, amounting to about 22,000/. This expeaditore appears to your Committee to be much angusenied beyond its necessary tumuli', by a wart of pro per attention to economy in regulating she slieburseiterits in cident to the tosiotettejeee of the jighte, by the .illovraase of 011•110essilre tomenipsiem mut agency, sad other things which would. if restrained, reduce it very, coustderably, sod propore tionably Increase the surplus. The sum calculated as above, it pet light, without charging the lights with say slate of the lepers! estsenees of the establishment ma Tower-hill, amount urns SO light establishments, to about 1,9001. each, ausanaget shirk, however, nine floating Heise (attended with as 'spear 'feeler than thus► ou shore, anal which, therefore, increase t►e average; are included. From • comparative Oatmeal of the expenditure on account of the Norther. Riven in the evidence of Mr. Stephenson, and to whit h th. Committee beg to refer, it appears that the number of light s.t•hli.htwewts mulct the management of the North ern cwmwia.iu• 1114 ; that the amount of the dues emits. ally colleettst, it about, 53,0011 g. ; that the roams each Sushi establishment, itteloailsoit all repair., amoo•ta to about Ague. ; the resistor of the receipts beteg applied to the general ashiblishwieat of the Norther■ Cdllllllllo.billiterll ; and the surplus fumi to paying off the luaus and meeting the gee oast contiogrmies. Foe the lailiMme of 'applying this expenditure, each ship whirls poseurs any one light, irsubiert to a payment for the whole, ansonntuig to awn pence p.r register ion, or about ome•tlehlk Part of a pemity per bus per light. 'Thus collection to sogginess, snit only for the purpo.es of the actual mains,- napre of the lights, bet so Ca exe..edis them, that a fund has hens created, which has already lignitlated • pail °film heavy ealeominences to *heels they are subject, sal which will, in a oudernia sjiary liquidela the whole, and produce a fund ableyeate to the neresesry poppet of the lights, from which lice all glaarge on nsvigation, un this account, sa to be at ass end. Your Committee are aware, that the diffirent modes of gollertiug the flues Cro there respective lights, make an me eur.te control ~,,, very &Meal' and tint the same rate, if collected at per light nifty ma the lights actually passed, puuld not he by any mean% Ito productive as it nuts *sad perhaps 11411 much more than viewer the actual militate; that in such a case a higher collection per light would be meter eery to provide Cur that as well as the contingencies,. But tiu yore out cmieriors of soy circumstances that should ree dier the 'arose of staistiatning and aitendiag the lights under the ntanagetwent of the Trimly Cuiporation 50 much larger than that fur the lights under the management of the North stn Commiasitmeis, which is evident, even with a reasonable alluwaace for the merest , tt expenses incident to the niece of the floating lights. From the relents made to your Committee, II appears that there see several lighto, viz. Firth°lm, Smalls, Fern, Lungvhips, Mumble Head, Burnham, coo iginally granted to the Tenney How, the lulls of which have bees subse. qoesetly les by them to individuals on lease, at rents not ex ceeding ITU per annum for the whole, a sum that beams a very small propornoia Ito she actual receipts, some of which will be semi is the Appetitlie. Suite explanation in respect to these I will be footed itt she last exareinatioo of Mr. Cowl, by which it appears, that the ram awl convesiestem of a light is a 'particular situation, Mien% been suggested by some individual, aid ar •pplication made to the Trinity house, the Coepuralson petinuued the Cru•a in the usual form, and upon reunites the authority for the erection of the light hominid colleenua of site duties fur their mainteonace, delegated bulb to the iallivoloal who iris suggested it, in cooridcrat haw of a small quit-rent, tag to themselves a right of soperiusemleace amid maseactinent. Its the degree is which that superintendence s and management is actually exer el•fd or neglected, Weight the tratasactioa it each ma leo on public grommets objectionable or otherwise; even if every at tention bad bees bestowed on the part of the Triaity Corpo ration, so see that it was lies made the interment of Using a much larger (Merge on the sopping than the maintestanee of the lights so be erected required. No previous Isseessiga lion oss this subject, however, according so she statement of the witness alluded to, ever appears to have taken place, and of this your Committee custom but express their dsssppruba. lion. The grants to the Corporation, semivowels me authority to levy money from the subject, wire evideutly intended for the public ammo, and uut to be converted tutu a rouge of private esnolumemut. Theta is another deeeriptioa of lights, of which the patent, have also beim produced to your Committee; the erection of which have been, as different times, assigned to iadivi d•als by the Crows, and she poocr of collecting dues at the same time ranted so Ibem, under time obligation of erecting cud manifesting such lights ; she Imelda at Dinginess, Har wich, Wyolerion, Orford, Spurn Slserrosonid Tyaesnonth, are those alluded to. Your Commence have sot before them accounts of the Receipt and expeuditurs of each of these light.; as however she rates are out lower this of those under the immediate inamtgemsull of the Corpo ration of Trinity How, nail the expenses Weeding thins, nut apparently lager, they have so reason so believe that the turonie doe, not 4l the useeasary expenditure, in the same degree that it this I. the various other lights referred to, and the, great incomes are toot de. rived front Wogs, and cujoyed by imiividualr, at lb* reunite of the shipping of the country. By a reference lo the pa. teats granted for treeing them, it appears that some have reeesitly sapired, which your Committee undermud have been 'crewed fur further periods, on sew conditions; and others well expire its the course of a few yearn, which will shots fall into the hands of the Croat* Impressed with an oposiou that moth advantage would arise (was the Lights lector gesocreilly placed Heiler the Trustily House, your Csiessistre feel it Meorehent upon them to suggest, in loch au event, that us Ike expiration stf the terms, the meats in questioo, imaged of beteg reamed to iadi. widish, should be transferred to the Corporation, and the lights made subject to the PBlll/1 rundiliuns , aril placed in every terprct on the same footing as she other lights soder it. management. Your Committee, also, strongly cubviaced that public convenience would be greatly pro moted by she whole of the light duties payable in Lou don, besog is (stare collected is one and the same office, reroasniended it so the proprietors of the private light., *oil of the light* which have been les on lease, sod also to the CA.lllMlififtefte for she Northern Lights, and Trustees of Greenwich Hospital, to stadowiso the collections of all nag duns of she said several lights by the Tritely Corporation, at lien house on Tower-hill, allowing 2 per cost. fur the col lection, and accounting with them for the procacds respec tively, at slated periods. Your Committee now proceed to submit inch inaggetO nous as they behave may usefully be adopted by the Trinity Hoille, wills a view to affording some relief to the as resist highly desirable; nod so doing this, they trust it will appeer they have, noses., lust sighs of what is either stemeary for she nes int ensure sat the establishments cottoected with the public service; the reseuisenstioe sal the members of the Trinity Corporation, for the duties performed by them, or she attention due to slip objects of their charities. On the other hand, they have to hope, that having regard to the{( socrossry proposes, they shall not poorer to have retont• mended she tO11111.0.10(7 of each mos mum of charge ois the shippers ul this country. or of fignilaers, as may not be fully warrasted by the objects for which it intended to provide. With respect to the Billsotage deportment, your COT mince has already salves seal so it; our does any alteration appear rooming, but 'bat of reducing she expense of she establishment. nod she equalisation of she rates, under the condition aimed in respect to the charge uu British aed Foreign ships. (To Ire concluded to morrow.) MILAPCNOLY CI•CUMSTANCE.—A young named MOFFATT. residing with her rriende in .I'Bl - Village, Westminster, was to be married to LI pint% tradesman on Michaelmas Day. The young man had takes apertmenta, purchased far inure, and carried every nther necessary arrange. meat into e tree so 111,. t nothing remained bat the elver:mei itself. On the very day the intended bride was seized with violent illness, which was anon ascertains: to be 14 relapse a • pleurisy the caught at Horsham about three years age; phy. octane were procured, and under their cure she lin. gered until Tuesday morning last, when she died, to the great grief of her parents stud foudly.attoche4 loser. I- - -- & IMPERIAL PAR4LCUEIr. HOUSE Op LORDS, Tneanair, OFrotreit S. PPRTHER PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. At three o'clock the Lords Coiammiionera. she Earl of SuArTitssunv, the Earl of LiessrooLi and the Bi.hop of Loa post, dressed in their robes. took their seats before the Throne. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY directed the U.hrr of the Black Rod to lotions the House of Com mons that their pre►ence was required to hear the Royal C mission read for the further prorogation of Parliament. In r few minutes J. H. Ley, Esq. Chief Clerk of the House of Commons, accompanied by Mr. Whittain, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Bellamy, moil other officera of the House, were in attendance, as repre. sciitimg the House of Commons. The Col 1111 l lasion was then read, after which The Earl of If !Tim RT declared, that by an 4 in virtue of the Royal Commission, the Parliament Faa fort her rrorogued from this day to Taunts/ the 46th of November next. PARIS PAPERS. PARIS, OCTORRR d. It visa on the 29th ult. that the King of Prus►is. who travels incognito under the name of Count Ruppiti, entered Strasburg. The august traveller alighted at the Cathedral, where Gametal Pompeii!. Lacroix, Commandant of the division, the Prefect. the Commandant of the department, and the Mayor, were presented to him. After viewing that breams fad edifice, and enjoying the admirable prospect, which Alsace presents front the Tour, his Majesty proceeded to the temple of St. Thomas to view the tomb of Marshal Saxe. He then visited the pro. anenades of Broglie, Contades, Robertson, and the Orangery, whence lie repaired to the Isesd•quarteus of the division. Being informed that the Lieut. General had assembled the principal futictionaries at a beroptet to celebrate the anniversary of the birth of the Duke of Bordeaux, l►e was pleased to join the party. and gave the following toast—" l'he King, the Dnke of Bourdesux, the Royal family, and mull their faithful servants?' He afterwards visited the theatre, and departed at ►ix in the evening. ex pressing his regret that be could tut continue longer tr► the city. The two Prussia• Primes, Frederick %%Tatham Lewis end Frederick Charles Alexander, were exiwered oil the following day ut Stra►burg. They keep at the distance of a day's journey behiud their august father, who iutends to pass through Switzerland. and to proceed lay the wav of Mont St. Gotha►d on the Simplon to Italy. It is believed that the Russian Minister Count Capo d'lotria will also pass through Strasburg. and take the same route to Italy as the King of Prussia. A letter from Constantinople, dieted the 4th, stales that the Tartar who brought the intelligence of the earthquake of Aleppo, announced that the French Consul and the French interpreters bud fur. tunately escaped from that climates. Letters from Odessa stale, that in the last con ference between Lard Strangford and the Reis Effendi, the latter insisted that Russia ought, in fulfilment of treaties, to surrender the fortresses in Asia. He also observed that the forte would not send a Commissioner to negochite, and that it was for Russia to disavow the conduct of Stroganoff, and to send a new Minister. Lord Strangford, it is said, takes a report of this conference with him to Vienna. M. de Cliateaubrisad is expected to set off to morrow for Vermin. _ _ A letter from Bordeaux, dated the Ist of Octo. ber, states that a company of the train of artillery had arrived there from Bayonne, and was to pro ceed to Angouleute. It was expected to be fol lowed by a corps of horse artillery, which ceases to form part of the Corps of Observation. The Steer Merlin, bookseller, having been tried before the Tribunal of Correctional Police, for pub lishing • seditious work, offensive to the King and the Royal Family, called Memoires de Ichiea chea•-/i, a horsed Mandarin," and for exercising the trade of bookseller without a brevet, was found guilty on the first charge, but acquitted on the se cond. Thole, of 1814. however, requires that book sellers should have brevets, but inflicts no penalty for the vista of them. The prosecutor brought the case before the Royal Court, which confirmed the judg ment of the Correctional Tribunal. He then ap pealed to the Court of Cessation. The Public Minirter referred to • regolatios of 170, which inflicted • penalty of 800 francs on ■ bookseller trading without • brevet. In 1791 brevets were suppressed, but the Public Minister contended that the law of 1814, which re•esusblislred brevets, vir tually received the regultrtiou of 170. The Court of Caseation agreed in this opinion, annulled the the judgment of the Royal Court of Paris, and re ferred the case to the Royal Court of Orleans. 'THE BRITI S H PRESS. LONDON, WEDNESDAY. OCTOSEIL 9. 1822. It is stated in a Paper or yesterday that the at tendance of the Duke of WELLINGTON at Conger.' will be mere matter of etiquette; that his Grace will deliver a communication with which he is charged; but that he will take no part in the conferences. This indeed would be letting down the Great Captain of the age with a vengeance ! An ordinary courier dispatched to the Maiquis of LONDON DERay would answer the purpose equally well. if it be meant that his Grace will take no efficient or influential part in the conference., we acquie.re in the statement, because we .believe the Sovereigns will have their own way. and that it will be only for his Grace to give his assent to their de termination. We are nut aware that the late Mar quis or LONDONDERRY did more at the Congress of Vicuna, and we do not expect more from his mouton:or at ‘'etiorts. The new Constable Act, one of the legislative ;ensures of Ira Seaton ter imp:Wiest the Internal Nor trOaod o trill pose be tidied iota tifeet. Its operation will be confined to the province of Monster, the scene of the present outrates. Major WiLcociti has been pi-it'd at the bead of the Ms. gistrates and Constables employed tinder the Act in that prosiime. One of the ever, asserts, that in the distribution of places wider it, o ,, vernineut has abandoned all idea of patronage, end that merit will he the only title admitted to ab uppiiintment of any rank whatever. This protonic at the outiot will probably be fulfilled: we hope it duty never be violated. The Second Report of the Select committee of the House of Commons upon our Foreign Trade has been printed. The Committee have s. 'coed; as the first objects of their itivestittation, the Light Does, Trinity Dues, BsHostage, Surplus Pilione i and the Ramsgate and Dover Harbour Dues; which appear to be burdens pressing heavily upon the navigation and commerce of the country. A portion of this document, which is of coiiiiderable length, Is given in another part of our Paper. A Ministerial Paper of la.t evening contained the fallowing extract from a private letter : I' ?AIM, OCTOCIIM 3. " M. do Chatesubris•d will leave P,ris on Friday near . ghat is to say, to•morrow, to proceed to the Congress of Teresa. This precipitate departure is attributed to the arrival of so extryoritinary count r yesterday at the Depart ment for Foreign Affairs. Our Cabinet has much dirfieol y is believing the reality of the Duke of 11'ellingiou's position ; some doubts were even expressed on this point is the Cursed held yesterday, and this appears to excite Isles*. disquietude. The fear was musifested that England was nut entirely to accord with the French Government relative to Spain, snd it was supposed, whether right or wrong 1 know not, that in travelling gas he does by easy stages, the Duke of Wellington had in emitenipla. lion an interview at Tegernseis, with the Emperors of Austria sod Russia, previously In ►olding ronissonies lion with soy one of the French Fleulpoiestiaries. You ought to know how far this suppositious is cornet. With respect to myself, it appears to me to he within the pale of possible things, fur it is mo►e particularly the commence ment of hostilities with Spain that certain men most ir rstionstly desire. if, indeed, the veal motive which has prevented the Christi's' Princes frost taking part with the Greeks ►es been the fear of seeing was stirred sp in Europe, is it possible that the same relation does sot exist with regard to Spoilt ? This groestios answers itself. Ose circumstance concurs to phew how enter!, a war with Spats is desir,d. It is known that M. de Yillele has wisely sail unceasingly opposed it in the Council, and, in consequence, issionstlows are commenced against this upright Minister. During several days pest, it has bees circulated is the Sa loom., that he is in active correspondence with M. de Talky reed, sad that the latter cusiducts the Ministry through his medium. Judge how far this Is probable." * Tegers is a town of Bavaria, with a celebrated Ahlwy, sealed es a she call .d the Tegeru See, thirty sides S.S.E. of Munich. Yesterday his Royal Highness the Duke of YORK held • levee et In. Office in the Horse Guard'', which wits •trended by •lout eighty military officers. flinßuocweri T titiii h is e .hihs f au o uis: l t i ma n eLti w rieri i is t oe t dt g ;:b i g h isirudedn:ecidideraeiresh:losaw:ranyig.sesiv;v:re.arinilititehlemeiryttti.yttGcliiiehe,,:nvos::::iiii,,:eyi a frigate, having under convoy twenty sail from Jamaica, put into flavannah on the 16th August." To sail with convoy, as our readers know, is a very inconvenient mode of protection. LIVERPOOL, OCTORIIR 6.—Extract of ■ private letter :—" There are four vessels arrived at this port from Yew York this day ; but, in conse• 'pence of the prevalence of fever in that town, the ships are placed under quarantine until it own he ascertained whether the c re w and passengers be in a healthy state." The repeated outrages committed upon our Wrst Indio commerce, and the apathy with which they have been viewed by Minister., have raised the re- Rl)* premiums of insurance to Jamaica stud oilier West India Islands from thre to five per cent. It is really surprising that Ministers, with such ample means of protection in their power, should leave our commerce thus exposed to' increasing depredation. A further rise in insureoce must attend the Conti nuance of this neglect. Pitusstaw I.oAII or 1812.—Monday, the 7.11 instant, his Excellency Baron WEItTIIER. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Maje*ty the King of PRUSSIA to his BRITANNIC &JAJISTIr, jointly with Mr. N. M. Roinsctittn, and accompanied by Mr. CHARLES GREEN, notary public, deposited in the Bank of England the prin cipal obligation of his Majesty the King of Pars siA, gumauteeing the said loan, together with the additional security wanted in Prussian state bond'. THE FUND4. —The market yesterday was very steady, and nothing particular done. Consols for Account, 82/I 81j 821; ditto for Money, 82i 81i 82; New 4 per Ceuta. 102 1011 1 ; India Bonds. 39 55 pr. ; Exchequer Bills, 5 7 pr.; ditto Small. 5 8 pr. Foreign Stocks: New Spanish, 7011; Old ditto, 79i; Neapolitan, HI i; Kontos New 89! 9 0 . A lever from Harrogate relates the following circumstance as having occurred there a few doss ago :—Twu officers, ranking high in the army, har ing frequently seen a couple of pretty milliners in a shop, the daughters of iespectahle tradesmen, per aptiaardtieeld a t ru he e n n it ) o ird tak r e he a re t:n u r o t d o ( D io u r ;c l a h s e t i e lc r e ra t c h e r s y : P t r i:: retried with all expedition in London. The idiom being given, the Luther of one, sod her brother, in stantly posted after them, and osi reaching the nit tropolia, made application to the police, and a general search commenced. Fortunately. so the t 4. thee and a police officer were sitting at the window of a hotel at the west end of the town, they saw the two runaway females, eleganify attired, woo toe house. They were immediately secured ; sod ii ter many h y tearsure. O ne t o a dr t r mt; Ibs officers e sto remain, w is a , .eres: old brought d eaustorota, and much afflicted with the gout: the two scoundrels had provided elegantly furnished apartments for tha ehildssti, neither of whom 'O 4 seen se ayakteets. • 1.•