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Supplies, to DELIVER COALS at ANTIGUA' and BARBADOES, iit4reeeire particulars of the Contract at this Office, between • the Hours tif Ten and Four; and . deliver their Tenders sealed up and directed to the Agent for Commis sariare Supplies. marking thereon—" Tender fur .Coals e' on or before Friday, the 91st Instant ; hut none will he received after Twelve o'Clock on that Day; nor• will any Proposal he noticed unless made tin or annexed to a vrinted Particular, and the 'Prices inserted 'Pt Words at length ; nor unless a Letter he subjoined "to 'inch Proposal, signed by two Persons of known property, -engaging to be- Nome bound with the Party tendering In'the Sum expressed in the Particulars, for the doe - perform ance of the Contract. BRITISH INSTITUTION. PALL-MALL. rrifiE GALLERY for . the EXIIIBITION and SALE of . the WORKS of MODERN ARTISTS OPEN . laSty t , frw4 To in the Moiiiing untiaive. in the E'v'etring. ' ' • . . Dv Orderi:, JOHN YOUNG; Keeper. Admis-ion is.--Catalogue Is. The Subscribers to the Print from Mr. West's Picture of " Our Savivnr Healing the Sick in the Temple," who have not already leceived their I*n:scions, niay eccive them %won. payment of the Remainder of tileirSubtcriptions,at the British' Insiitution rirM'E FiETITCON to the HOUSE of COM MONS, At a GENERAL MEETING of PLAN: TElts, MERCHANTS, and others interested in the WEST INDIA COLONIES; held this day at the' CitY of London Tavern, lies for Signatures at Mr. flolden's.,office, No. 23, New City Chambers, Bithopsgate.street.. ~IgaT O 12, 1823. • DISPE Sis, SUNDAY MOIVNING, •March 113th, vo s il the ANNIVERSARY SERMON fur the BESEFIT dt this CHARITY will he preaChed'at the Parish Church of *T. 01,AVV4,. .01:/THIV,ARK,. by the Rev. GEORGE D'OYLY; D.Dt, Rector of St. Mary, Lambeth, and Domestic Chaplain to his trace the Lord Archhishop, of Canterbury ; Before the 'Right Hon. Lord Viscount Middleton, Lord Lieu, tenant of the County, President.. VICE=PILESII)eNTi. The-Right RQU. Earl Spencer Sir Robert WIN*, M.P. The Rt. Hoh. Lord Orantley George H. Sumner, Esq, Lord Viscount Althorp, M.P. W m . J. D en i son , Esq. M.P. Lord William nussell,M.P, Charles Calvert, Es . q. Theßt.tion.G , - AL .TieineyP. Samuel Thornton; Ein• Sir John. Frederick, Bart. , Robert Barclay, ,Esq, Str Thomas TurtOn, Bart: • Charles Barclay.; 'l.;g Elerenee Young,Esq, : TFeesl4ier; awl the rot tlie tiovernott of this Charity. • Prayeni.to been at Ehveno'Clogluo The ANNIVERSARY DINNER will be on TUESDAY, April 15th, at the CITY of LONDON TAVERl% , Bishops.. fate.street. / :. . retATA.n.pf. OharlesNicliobutPallmer,Esq. Willmott, Esq.' gioronce Young, Esq. Thoinas Gates, illiam Robinson. Esq. • George Whiting, Esq.. Thomas Nixson, . William Gadd, Esq. , William -Davis, • Esq. Thomas GtidwartVEsq. William Thomas, Esq. Thomas cotsworth, Eq. Tickets, 12s. each, to bq had of the Stewards, at the ltisPen nary, of the Secretary; and at the City of London Tavern. Dinner on 'Table at Four o'Clock. No Servants hilt those of the 'NobilitY, Vice-Pivaidents, and Stewards, will be admitted. - ThleCharity is ettliplitired'hy v - oluittary' Contributions, and the Terms T , . • o become a Life Director 15 Guineas. a Life Governor - 10,Quinetts. an Annual Governor 1 Guinea per annum. Substriptions are received by the following persons, viz.. Messrs. Hoare, Barnett, Hoare, and Co. Lombard -street Messrs. Sikes; Snaith; and Co: Mansion Mule-street Messrs.' Rogers, Towgood, and Co. Clement's-lane ; Sir Peter Pole, Bart. Thornton, Free • Down., anti Scott, Bartholomew-lane ; Sir John Pinhorn, Weston,- and•Son ' Borough Bank ; by the Treasurer, Florence Young, Esq. High-street, Southwark ; by, the Collector, H. Chrichard, 4, NVeston-street, Sialttiwaric - ;' ar the Dispensary, Union -street, Southwark ; and by FREDERICK WILLIAM CARTER, Secretary. 48, High -street, Southwark: 'FIFTv.'ruiREE FIRST-DRAWN. PRIZES CAPI- TAM, 9th . AMR,: and J. St VEWILIG HT congratulate their lax • Friends on the continued Success which has attended the Furchnsersnt their Offices, • 37, Cornhill ; 38, Haymarket, 11.13othorn ; C Corner of Coventry-street ; Raving Sold in Shares a Prize of 4:16,000, and other Capitals in the Lottery Jost ended, in addition to the Grand hilt of Prizes Sold by them in the Lottery which - finished 15th Jri nnary last, viz.:— _ - - 1,4417. £lB,ooo 11,749 .. .£3OO • 14,318 • b.- 10 ; 000 401 ... 9OO • 9 ; 612 . • .•...-• •,. 2,000 3 , 6 0.3 - 900 -11,291 ' 3,808 ' • " M)0 9,41 - - 2OO 12i844 • • . 900 ' 14 .920 ..., 2OO 4079.......... 900, 18,830 The present Lottery' fiegint on the nth April. l'tid Setienie 'eontairli THREE of .096,000, and EIGHTY other Capitals, All Nloney—the FIFTY-THREE First drawn Prizeswill he each entit fed to a Capital, viz.—the First drawn will have .1.:0000 ! ! ! .kile Two Next £9,000 each, and the Fifty Next- ell.her..Cf.On, ..t 100, or X2OO. Tietets and Shares are on Sale at SIVEVVRIGITI"S Offices, ay above. irist 7 puhlished i i Iti 12mo. wit!: as. in Watch. C HRISTMAWSTORIESI containing JOHN wILDooc.:4, the Poacher ; the SMUGGLER ; and C.;0613 NATLTRX, r Parish Matte r s. Printedft , rl.l.'ssnit J. Itivlngidri, St. Paul's Church-0;A, Old Wast el 100-Paee, ; and .1. Parlier, Oxford. The Tllrer Yelps may be ba d . on inferior. Paper, separately, at f).(l..etlelt. ruttEs cuitEd. Ipirlr a new Method the above. troublesome AJF Complaint is entirely eradicated, without the Use of tt C t . • (1 Me or ens tc, whether of long or Shutt standing, (ex crpt constitutional), as well as all weaknesses generally ae compariyingit, and in a short time the whole system is re- Nvtitisli*hed, being Out of the greatest tliscoreries ever made. fly .10/-61 LYNCH, Duke-street, St. James's. 'Respectable references will tie .given, if reryolred. 11 ' 6 , price of the Medicine is Four POOllll4 a pared. perfect. Cure for Bilious Affections and Obstructions in the bliWits. th t bett ;oft to statet bat I was afflicted with a Stricture of e Urethra for Ithe space of fifteen years, accompanied with t i tle octal di str . sting symptoms attendant on that Complaint, r : e aknest, incontinence, and a coot innal excruciating the Oftt la. MOO. had reduced me to so exhausted a inte 'that myself and friends bad despaired of any relief., . 1 " frfitateil trials of the skill of niedical Men of the first •eptite in vain (for I co nld o n ly o bt a i n temporar y re li e f), I u nd, in the month of August, 1816, to Mr, Lynch, 44, e ltreet, St, lames's, merely from 'seeing his advertise- Pro I fftlu rrir , anygreat expectations of success. th e r ," "'flowing the plan and directions of Mr. Lynch, I had threie',Ppiness to find so much relief in the shin t space of eith" ' w eeks. that my despair was changed to the most -!ian- Vill'ar thort, kora being one of the most 1 reCeired, as m it b were, it were, tieW, life, and in six 0t e ,,," %vat wifely rid of thesetirtmlaint, and CAll wow boast ilee - ,,,"J ° 7 l ng the greatest of blessings, health, in an eminent ''hick is heightened by thecontrast with former suf-, ht.oFt• gratitude Si' Mr. Lynch, as well as fur the bete lino *Offerers, I bare been induced to make this '!)C. , tai t h ' et rgrrtatrt, and •trust it will be the weans of relieving ro e ": r iltrilar Case ; and r befell authorize Mr. Lynch to 44N:1 tient tertian tu me, should' they requiie further /aims "114 .; attract, C P LES; TANS WELL • All Letters post-paid. PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS; MARCH 12. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a Petition from the Mayor and Corporation of Lynn Emig, in the County of Nor follirpraying for the repeal athe Insolvent Debtors' Act. Lord (IRANTHAM presented a petition from the owners and occupiers of land in the neighbourhood of Pontefract, in the County of York, against that part of the Turnpike Act which impost% tell on carts and waggons with narrow.- wheeliNrkliS Lordship observed, that he had reason to believe, from other soirees of information, that the hardship from the operation of WA act on those persons who lived in the vicinity of large towns was , very great.—Petition ordered to lie on the table. The Assessed Taxes' Repeal Bill (Ireland) was read a se cond time. On the motion of the Earl -of LivEnvoot.,-it was ordered that an account of the number of appeals brought before the House since 1818 (the date of the last account), up to the pre sent time, be laid on the table.,' • THE MARRIAGE LAW. Lord ELLENLIOROU(IU, on the question of adjournment being put, rose to make a few observations on the state of the Marriage Law of the country. Their Lordships were aware beat they had passed two Bills in lite" present Session on the subject. The object of the first Bill was ici'make valid those Marriages which had been solemnised,: ander the licenses of surro. gates exercising peculiar jurisdiction, wilt) had granted such licenses before they were aware of the operation of the Act of last Session, which deprived there of their jurisdictions. That Bill had passed the ocher House of Parliament, and received the Royal Assent on Friday last. The other Bill was to repeal the prospective part of the New Marriage Act. The object was to place the country under the Old Marriage Act, with the exception that marriages soletimised 'without consent of parents and guardians were null and void : that clause was repealed. That Bill, as he understood, was not road the second time in the House of Commons ; and he feared that much misapprehension prevailed in .the country at present as to the actual state of' the law. Indeed, lie knew a Right ReverenePrelate who had received a letter from a per son in his dlocess, professing his inability to act on the subject of licences, and his ignorance whether he was to proceed under the old law or not. Much inconvenience also would arise, if persons who possessed the peculiar jurisdictions were to proceed to grant licenses under the idea that their powers were revived, for then a fresh Pill would be necessary, to make those marriages valid. A more serious inconvenience would lie'the penalties to which parties would be liable,' if marriages were celebrated under the old Law without the observance of the formalities required by the Act of Sese sion. It was to lea presumed, that the House of CoMmons had taken into its consideration the Bill which their Lordships hid passed.; and he now rose to call their Lordship? attention, and the attention of the public (threugh those channels by which their. Lordships' proceeding's clime to the public ear), to real state of things ; as it seas higMy desirable it should be known, thaeat this time no elterauon had taken place, becanse, until the bill passed by their Lordships received the Royal Assenr4,:the act passed last session remained in force. When that act passed, the inconveniences, though not unforeseen, were underrated ; and there was,. besides, an anxiety to secure a great principle. The first measure of their Lordships ' thit ses sion, had been to remedy those inconveniences, and therefore, as far u that. House was concerned,. no , blame could attach. 'The mischiefs arisingfrom the present state of things were very great: the number of marriages had diminished; people, to use a com mon expression, took each other? word for it, and waited till a more convenient mode of solemnizing the ceremony should be appointed. He took this opportunity of saying, that the Cent= mitten hid ;used every diligence on this important sulkject. Much had been done An the- way of clearing the ground; and he trusted that ere long the result would be, that a general law would be before their Lordships which would prove satisfac tory both to that House and the public.—Adjourned till to morrow (this day.) HOUSE Q} cOMIONS. There being, at 4 o' c loek, only N Sternberg present, the- SPEAKEn adjourned the House till to=morrow. mimmoorimage :REFORM MEETING. EDTSBUROII,MARCII 10.---On Saturday a Meet ing 'of the Inhabitants was hell in the Caledonian 'Theatre, for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning Parlia ment to confer the.right of voting; for the Member for the City on the householders, under such limitations as t o P ar li ament shall seem proper.. The doors were opened at half past twelve, and the crowd which surrounded them was so great that the house was filled to excesa in a few minutes. The Chair for the President, and farms for the gentlemen who signed the requisi. tion to the LordProVost,'were placed on the stage. This part of the house was also crowded, and among the gentlemen present we observed Sir A. M. Gibson ; Henry Cockburn, Esq.'; James Moncrieff, Esq. t. Francis Jeffrey, ; J. A. Murray, Esq. ; Thomas Allan,. Ettq. David Ramsay, Esq. ' W. S. ; Win. Inglis, Esq., W. S. ; John Horner, Esq. ; Patrick Miller, Esq. On the motion of Sir A. M. GrusoN, John Craig, Esq. was unintously called to the Chair. Mr. (NAM said he deeply felt the honour which had been done him, but he attributed it more to their kindness than to his own tnerits ; he trusted, however, he would exercise the office conferred on him with that partiality and firmness which tit required. Mr. Craig then read the requisition to the Lord Provost, which he said was signed by gentlemen of the highest • respectability, both for wealth and importance in the community; it was also signed by gentlemen who have raised themselves "by their talents and abilities to the highest emine nce a t t h e &Amish bar, by writers to the signet, and by a number of citi. tens of Edinburgh, who, he was proud to say, would not shrink :in comparison for respectability, for intelligence, or talent, with the citizens of any city in Britain.— (Applause.)—The Chairman -then read his Lordship's mire; in which'he declined to call .a meeting for such a purpose. 'He (the Chairinair) did not mean to say -any thing on .t - his subject. His Lordship was a gentle. man who was justly esteem ed—t Applause ).—for his private worth ; and ids public conduct, but he could not but think he had acted wrong in not granting the meeting,the more particularly as h edid mot state that heentertain ed any fear that the peace of the city would be endangered by such an 'assemblage, and also when he saw it urged by gentlemen superior to himself in talent, and not in ferior to him in respectability. It had now been called by pub lic advertisement, and when he saw so crowded and so respect. able an auditory, he need scarcely mention that he trusted they ,would preserve order, and listen to every gentleman, whatever might be his opinions, even although he might state that the thirty.three gentlemen who at present returned the Member to Parliament from the City were .the only persons who „should possess that right. He hoped that unanimity would prevail, as it would tend very materially to strengthen their cause, The Petition had been drawn up by gentlemen on whom they might rely for candour and prudence. He concluded by thanking the Meeting for the attention they had given him.—(llear, hear.!) Mr. AstnnEw SCOTT felt diffident in addressing the meet , ing, when he loOked round him anti. saw so many'Gentlemen of distinguished talent ;`but he would endeavour, to the best of his ability, to discharge a duty which he considered incumbent on him. There was ri propriety of uniting to obtain our just rights, and these we could not say we possessed when the bur. gems of Edinburgh were represented•by theVown.Colincil.— The term Reform was at one time of so appalling a nature that in order to get quit of it some other word was searched for, (nano mathematician ever rejoiced more at the solution of a problem than the 'enenlies of , Bitrgh Reform did when they substituted the phrase Burgh Polity.—(A hu{r}t.)-:-He trusted the meeting Would succeed in ite object, and he looked forward to such success with the more confidence when lie considered that the Burgesses were now united- with Gentlemen in the . College of Justice, and from the moderate way hi which the petition WAS drawn up, he flattered himself, it would be supported by the . English mem bers.' Looking at the constitutions of town councils, they were the offspring of the dark ages,. and could scarcely now be understood,i being ridiculous in their intricate details. did not blame the House of Commons for being list- less in the cause of Burgh Reform, when they theniselveX did not understand, and could not follow the_ intricacies Of the constitution of town councils. But they had here a clearer - prospect anti they were asking a boon, whiCh, be trusted, would .be granted. They were entitled :and they were more likely to receive astelition when they' were petitioning, that a number of the beuseholders of Edinburgh &Mid hare the privilege of choosing •ti Member' of Perlis.' rent than the few who had the present choice.. In his ides, the right of eleeting a Mather , was not a vested right, but tt' public truet.—(llear !)—Were the reform, which was asked, ganted,'it Would impreve the gener a l habit s of the community. They came here to support the Constitution:, not to.destroy it. He congrattilated' die 3leeting, that they had tnet under cir cionstances, lvtien the'country was lahottring under no cala mity, but now We hail britiliter prespects its view. lie felt for the important transactions that Vl(.'r:: gamy, on in Spain and Greece. He trusted, by meetings such as th' pr,. , sait, that the best interests of the people would he secured. lie concluded by. reading the' itesolutams, and piopasi4: that a Petition, founded on theth should - be presented;to Parharnent. 31r. R. B. IILYTA, read the petition: ‘. " Mr. .Itrt:iti t roxY'antl seconded th e Resolittiona.—(Lobel cheers.)—lle secoticred them, he said, With.,the 'greatest sails faction, and with less scruple than anv ildod th4t evqr attended the act of any private individual. t ey were etilinently and undoubtedly fitted for - the purpose, for wrf the were intended, and came recommended ; as being founde " the individual tion, sciousness of those, who might subwriri lots„',;They dill requite in their support, any lengthenea d4,iton; end he felt \ it unnecessary to say much, after the v e ry excellent :remarks already given by the proposer. 'lndeed he apprehended, that the question was self.evident and s p o k e f or , itself, Ile did not consider, 'that a meeting, such as this, was a proper place to discuss . abstract point 0f... politics ; but,, with out entering at all into the views , of he conceiv ed, that the plan, proposed to be adopted'. by the.resolu , tions, was well fitted 'fortlie purpose intended. It, Wintld se. cure the return of a Meniher, who, while he wptilit anttplitalla on all occasions ,exereise his own jodgment and dtsciOron, would neverltele° sight Or the interests of his constituents.— Ile considered that- the dignity cif individ ua l ch a rac t e r o r th e glory' of national count:W*ord the - result of that freedom of discussion which gave such force.' to . public., opinion. —Our liberties and the due maintenance of our constitution, depended on the intelligence, the industry, andthemoral habits of ;he community; and these qualities the i people of this country possessed in an eminent degree: They had given a spring and an impetus to the people, which.matie them enter with spirit into all public transactions, and were the surest pre ventive against all encroachments on public liberty. Every ono must.ecknowledge that no Governoteliti can stand . against the expressed opinion of the country . over which, it rules.— Men' were in general disinclined to come from the . privacies of domestic life, and take a part in political discussion ; but when they were roused ionic their usual torpor, nothing- could he so beneficial to the liberties of their country than in meeting to consider the propriety of correctingpublie grievances. He had comennprepared for addressing them 4. bur he trusted they were convinced of the necessity that the measures recommended in the resolutions shouid be adopted.. He thankall,the meeting for the attention they had given him, and trusted their petition would be as successful in Parliament as it so well deserved.— (Applause.) . : . . .. . The eigAlltAfAM then rend the Resolutions, which, with the petitien, wero agreed to unanimously. . Nr.- Ca stPitt Lt., of }Wherry; moved that. It . Cothinittee' be appointed to procure subscriptions to the petition, And „read the names of a number of Gendennen whom lie proptised should Farm the . COnunittea. The motion was unanimously agreed to. Mr. jAsits.ll4loi.cutEr concurred entirely in the sentiments contained in the resolutions and petition. Ile thought the peti titin should be con Mitted us one in whose wisdom, whoie pa triotism, whose talents and ahoseattachment to Scotland, they could con fi de. Hapioposed that the Ilan. 'lames Abercremby be requested to present and support the petition.—(Grent ap plause.)—Although their effints On die present occasion might not succeed, yethe had do doubt-than that sooner Of later they would be successful. . . . . . • • . Mr: H seconded t he ' 'motion. thought it must be a high gratification to those' who had grown grey in the cause of Reform, to marle7the rapid strides which their opinions were Making. and which' would ultimateir,aceed. He trusted that those who had joined with the Nfonuers, would maintain - steadily their szntiments, that they would not fhtetuate or rise and fall like th e price of wheat. e . ‘ hard no doubt, from the talent and intelligence on the sitie of the reformers, that their cause would ultitOtgely prevail. Mr. Cot:arm - 2x piesumcd, that, ait'the Resolutions and Petition had beenagreed to, they should pass vote of thanks to the Chairman, who had reckoned it his ditty and hiajionour to accept the situation assigned him.--(Cheers . )--He, therefore, tnoved the thanks of the Meeting to Mr. Craig, for the ability with which he had discharged the office of Chairman.—(Cireat applause.). Mr. Cnato thanked the meeting for the honour conferred on him, and also for thegood order that had beep preserved, which had rendered his duty extremely pleasant and gratifying to to.—( Appian se.) Mr. josEPit Gonnote,".writer to the signet, proposed, that a vote of thanks should be giVen to Mr. Jeffrey, Mr. Scott, and Mr. David Ramsay, which was unanimously, agreed to. A vote, of thanks wa4 also unanimously given to Mr. IL Johnston or his kindness in granting th e use of the Theatre. Te 'meeting, which was very respectable, then separated in the greatest order. The doors of the Theatre were crowded tiy twelve O'clock, and by half-past twelVe, James -street and King-street were filled with people. The rush When the doors were opened was very great, and several persons were hurt by the pressure. A great number went away who could nut gain admission..., ( Edinburgh Courant, March 10.) lIIETROPOLITAN LITERARY INSTITUTION. A Meeting of the Proprietors of this Institution took place at one o'clock yesterday, at their temporary Establishment, No. 11, New Bridge-street—Sir NV ht. PAXTON in the Chair. Atr..lvotraros, the Honorary Secr e tary, having read the minutes of the last fleeting, laid the Report of the Committee before the Proprietors," when it . appeared that they were in treaty, for the purpose of taking a house well calculated for the purposes of the Institution ; that they h a d o p e ned a temporary suit of Rooins at NO, 11, in New Bridge.stiTet, where the Papers anti otherperiodical Publications Were regularly taken in, and Reading anti conversation_ towns open to all Sub. scribers, from 8 &clock in the morning until it/o'clock at night. Mr. litismr.n, in a very nem,. speed s expatiated upon the probable utility of the new institution, :and argued that, from lts vicinity twabieto G a u d Yyliilig flose to l‘ied pitttiandithe Temple,*it would becom an inmie cal Oentleinen, and - Civilians especially ; ha thought even the publleetionof a fharilal ticable and desirable. ile conchtdid by moving that the Re port now read be confirtned by the Meetin g , Mr. (putout) remarked, that he, iii common with many other Gentlemen upon:the Committee, had thought that the consideration of By-Laws should be delayed until the list of Subscribers was coMpleted, as it would scarcely be jost that the few should legislate for the many. ',yes& t se: hint H rums un . Mr. JENNINGS, the Honorary Secretary, cou ld not but avail alluded. was the proposed pub, observations upon a particular subject that had been referred himself of the opportunity that ter).l tine rh of e c O c e t i t t o l eni which ew t h l e o i n u d d lication of a journal of the new 3letropolitan Instittition. thought establishments of this kind were a sort of literary fici, and that every thing that could disseminate to others, or draw to themselves mental advantages and improvements, sliotild be sought ruler, and, if possible by any Means acquired ; therefore, thought 'that either a monthly or quarterly-joutruil should be published simultaneously with the establishment ofthe . a M m eir o g n P th " l n y t" pitb in li s c t a itu tio t n i 7 alltsfPUlitrllZgliht herittlier quarterlyindinetl to . works were at this tune rather out of taste with the Upon the subject' of gratuitous lectures, whi c h hind been slightly touched upon, lie thought that gentleman who came forward so handsomely to give their gratultoui as. shamus, in the cause of science anti literature, bad not been encouraged as they deserved. lie thought there were other ways of encouragem it encouragement than that of - peru. Mary nature; and as h e saw several tieniterneti near him who were.perfeetly colupeteut to lecture upon. various branches of the arts umiseiences,,he trusted some Of th e m 'n i g h t b e in. duced to signify their inclination of so doing in writing to him self, and he should even in that event propome the tromediate repayment of the interest of the capital of the share-holders in the best possible manner, namely, by an eNtension or mental information, through the gratuitous agency of those literary gentlemen, who should signify their willingness so , to contribute o the hiforniaticin of the irlmprietors. The liott. Secretary then moved, that it be referred to the Committee, to consider of the proplety of connecting the pub-. lication of a Journal with the Institution. . After some conversation and euStehaary thanks, the itlettimr adjourned. • WEST IN 1)1A TRADE. Yesterday a . most respectable Aleetitig, coh-*; sisting of upwards of 300 Merchants, Planters 4 ezt. wait - Ind& it the City pt London Tevern„ for,tho pnrpgaanf ) netitioninn.liar.: liarnenr against the adoption of a measure prayed for by Ow East India ( s - niperty--tittmely,' the eipiltlliefforlof lto tics upon all Siigais imported into the United Kingdom, - --Ctrairt.ts Ews,..Esq. in the Chair. . . Several Gentlemen having been added to the Standing Corn- Mittee of West India Planter and Merchants, - •• • • • Mr. Ett. Lta addressed the Meeting• in restrly.the 'following words :---Gentlemen, the purposefor which I felt it my duty tomtit . this meeting is,.to submit to your consideration 4 petition to the !louse of .Commons against a proposition of which Notice has been given for the equalization of the Duties upon East and West India Sugar. The petition wao presented poratiant .to the instructions of your Standing Committee ; it. WAS after.wards_ revised., by that Committee, and, by their instxuetiona I now submit it to youfar your signatures and approbotion,• Gentlemen, the avowetLas jeer of the proposition of which notice has been given,- and the infalible consequence of it will be, to. put an and to the growth of St; ar our, Wean India Colonies, .autl to, transfer AO the East' India, Company the ,eupplying of the . markets of the United Kingdom. At the tune when; the renewal of the East Intlia.Oompnny's'Cliarter WWI under diamiseion, it was -claim ed on . behalf of the West India Colooies. , -"That such an ad. dition should be made to the. duty Upon. all aug.tr and coffee imported front the East Indies after the opening of the.trade, as shalt be equivalent to the facilities which will be afforded to importatien by such opening, and be sufbeient to pro. serve to the West India Planters substantially die same pro. to ctiort against the competition of East India Sager and Coffee in the new state of things as was afforded to them during the existence of the Company's monopoly;" end tin.asiatranee Was given, on the part of the Government, That the. Government had thoughs.it right to leave this point, with many other or. moments,. tatiskeettled separately in th e next,Sesslon; but that they, felt the negessity of bringing forward a measure the the purpose of protecting_the Colontes against the competition which would be created-by the opening of the 'trade;- and of placing the two interests of (East and %Vest India) on.,the sante tooting towards each other ntt they had hitherto stood 4WartlS each other t.And:tbat an: additional duty , would with, that View be uecessary‘" . This itasurante was. matte •by a Noble Lord (Ceatlereitgit) then at the head of Yoreign . Atfeits, and I state it now to show the extent of. the claim made by the West India Colonies, and to thew that the duty then • im posed upon East India Sugar waa imposed for the purpose of affording to West India Sugar that protection which his -Ms jesty's Government considered it deserving of. • Bow far that duty has proved to be a protection, is to he seen by the returns of the importation of Sager by tbe East India Company,since that In 11113 the quantity of Sugar icaported.hy:the Lust IntliaCompany wa5.13,000 cwt. but in.! 021„their Minolta tions increased ,to 114,000 cgf.' Sugar haring Undergone a process similar to claying has been introduced by the East India company, and a yrOtraion against it was subsequently grant id, by the imposition of ; the duty imposed .upen 'Test India Cloyed Sugar. Sugar front Java and China has alio been intro dueed., and a protection aguindt thafwa4 afforded by imposing upon it the samealutyrimposed upon all foreign Sugars imported front foreign countries. Such is the gate:of raw allording protection to West India Sugar—protection still hurt of, that which was promised by Ilia 11l ajesty'v Government-namely, a protection subsfnrrtially eqgivalent .to that affbnied- to the co loniee during the existence of the Et* India Comn t any mono. poly.- It liagainit this law' that the East India Conspitny in. tend' to Maktun attack, for the Purtiose.which I have already stated. It would be a waste of ume for nu to pint out to 'I you, who so convers. ant with IVest India trade, the ruin. Otis consequences of this propolition, it carried into eifect; not only' to the West India Colonies,, but to all the important British - interests connected with them. It %vmilt' be equally. a waste of time if 'l' were to' state to you the argumettni ut favour of .014 piotection' which • might td - be"afibided the West. India Colonies; arguments, w hich must tie, obvious to all. I shall therefore, without detaining. you longer, read the Fetition . which I have - been instructed to submit to your con sideration. The following petition was then read : " To the Honourable the Commons of, the United Kint;tiom of Oreat Britain and Ireland in Parliament asserntiltd. ""The Petition of the Planters Mei-Claims, and others interested; in the BWI ritish est 'ndia Colonies, 44 u NIB T.Y Sit wE ti —That your peth ioners tre, Proprie tors of Plantations or Settlements in the British W.i.‘st India Co. Ludes, or .gents representing 'those Colonic*, or Alerchants trading thereto . , or, us Al or toNcees,, .Annuitants, Legatees, or otherwise, are interested therein. • " That your petitioners havtaleurned, that A petition has been presented - to your Honourable House, purporting to be the pea. tion of Merchants, Agents, Shipowners, suet otherrinterest ell in the trade to the East Indies, anti resident in London, which, upon. grottas therein allegvi, prays, that certain measures which havebeen recently adopted by the Legislature may be followed by an equalization of the duty: on Sugars imported from the East and West Indio, and a just olaisitication of the qualities of East India Sugars. • " That, to a just classificatim of the qualities of East India Sugar, for the purpose of proportioning the duty Payable, upon the importation thereof, to its degree of refinement, in confor mity with the principle adopted by the British Legislature, with respect to British Plantation Sugar, your vetitionevi, tar from objecting, beg to express their ready assent; and add their prayer to that already before your Honourable House, that whatever is wanting clearly to ascertain the facts upon which such elasification may be made, and justly to fls the duties pay. able upon each class, tray be forthwith enacted. g • " But that the other prayer of the petitioners engaged in the Eruit India Trade, that there should he an'equilisation of the Duty on Sugars imported from the East anti Vest .Indies, asks ter a direct violation of that protection to their produce at the markets of the Mother Country which the Colonies claim, as being subjected to every restriction which she -has finintl it for her commercial utivantageor for the advancement of .Iter naval pottier at any time to impose upon them—a protection Which, in every essential point, has been invariably afforded to them, and which halt been reengniaed as their right by repeated' Acts and proceedings of the Legislature, after full anti deliberate discussion. 4 ' That tile pretention now advanced, that your - Honourable House, by passing the Acts 3 tie°. IV. cr44, and sgi, • has re.. Moved the restrictions which confined the Trade of the British West India Colonies to, the Mother Corintry,` and that the tangs of the world is now - afforded to theni for the sale of their produce and the purehase of their supplies i * cannot, in the just estimation of your Honourable House, be fur a moment ail, mined to cancel the claim of the Colonies to the protection granted to their produce tit the Horne Market. "rhat the Act of the 3 tie°. IV. cap. 44. far from having been sought fur by the Colonies, was on their behalf deprecot ett; if it were afterwards to lie understood as impairing their rights under the Colonial System; and h petition in that sense was presented to your Honourable House. They were well aware how little under their circumstances that Art could 4111i1 for their relief; and it was a mealtime adopted by the Legisla ture in consistency witivotho. laws respecting British shipping. That the other Act which has been cited, that of if Geo. IV. • c. 44. permits indeed an intercourse, carefully guarded and limited, betwixt the British Colonies and the United States of America, in the shipping of the latter, a licence hymn:kiln* at different times permitted under the' trong necessity of the. c a s e , which, thus groonth-d, limited, and guareltd, is indeed an illustration' and proof of that system of Monopoly in respect to shipping, to which it fonhs an insulated. lard iridispensahle exceptem. • That your Honourable house will not hesitate to acknow. ledge the wide and striking -distinction betwixt Colonies which are strictly centincti in all their imports and exports (with the tangle exception above stated) to British shipping, and which :cannot import any supplies which shall interfere with or sup. plant British fisheries, -or it single article of Britishmanufac- Jure, and Dependencies of the Empire, not Colonies, which neither ever were, nor ever can be, subjected to colonial regu lotions, which are open • to every source of supply, - and` have . access to every market in the shipping of all the world. ," That the British West India Colonies have moreover to plead that they have (the- old Cohmies more especiallyy beeit planted and settled by BritiAh subjects; 'and that ,the cati.tal em barkeil in them (a capital not less than It* millions 'is British capital—that they ate portions of British agrkculrure anti in dustrytlevoted to the production of articles neeilfr:i in the eon- Sumption of the Mother Conntry, and Which tic does not and cannot tilltirate at hone -, ; anti that such intimate union betwixt theta and dui 1 4 r:1ether Country, that ofvlistever they have acquired, or, de'sotittire, 'has -- beett i • anti is titrettis MA invert. ably returned ter The . Mother Conlin', a•-f.i lidded to-her, wealth and Vesouicei. , T- - • • • • " That your petiti.onero, calling to taind that these Colonies ~. . . ~...,, „ „ - , , , : l ii. 14 7 i - :. / 114, Ypbpo.v4ablis,heci. wider tit , fit 1 ofoutoy oil of Oprne -Iment, which lidiebeeri "fratrult techiredlY'for theft Chironlo- ' ' . `Mello and exien&lett—sittitt /hey that? ,been (proroitt float; itery • alvautagasus ,to- fi-reat IA it OA OW therhave, fpr,ainwst •'- two c9 t :tulFl) reXtcnil, „f, protection at her. Markets,' Nair claim . to4nich iis"tiete4 till ritivt; toiefori'ealledin eriiestiefiLL '- - will not= idertibt, Abet .1 yotir Alitrinotrsible , •Houros will AittoTVOin s fs' ..• eonsistePtillistitthe , ank99otdgefl aitti3OYOrilleinftiev.9l tfie ~ ll l S 9 til 1 al*,,holniAii giot.auteOrOtee#AM mlO be wit/Argon }vilout tolegOitte onnitenitation'tdthese who may loolnjureihy. , 'suds 4 change of pplloy,i f_ ,, , , ".' ~ -" i; ii i_ .. .. ': ~' ' ' '' 4 a - 1 "..That your powwnora,, rem „nauses, which 1 1uk*e on otncr 1 occasions been loafed to our . 11ori.'liditse, haVelten fortiOtite ' time plat labourind.:Urtiliii . 'greiOdisteess, and dtrivlng It ' wthsy scanty, if any; return from thoipProPottle* ifs the Q 91094; that they have endured, their th,sktr . siss patiently ; tinaltaken kit their attachment to the Mother Cdontry, and .their loyisi °be- dience to her t.46Vernment ;, that they.have.folt a Cat C4141W0 in her continned =, protectionioonl. have looked, forward witli .{top . to, sock focheoge qf circuntstaoces,, as p rotOt again affbrif tit 'tk, , articles, of their production a riOnOttetitig.. prim Rut" tilt sr . 4 tinder a saltation 'so depeiSaad.P.thttoOottottalt AO their proftlum St the ,home tnecria* Irolso. away. stfitu; ,foo43,lnA,Atiell, : tr.eif eLiSe will, diltlet4 t _ . • dppexat,, anal t t hei r ruin *ban.. -''' • I'ltat' 'tittle' P OfreiO titt ' init, Under' the oxisting Ltno% enjoy- a monopoly: oPthe British ..Market for the gr e w so4lts. li,, gar. The.. protecting ~tluty. io, gradually Ititnivioc4, 4' tos2 averitge ,price may exceed altare remuneratton to the British Planter, until It is wholly 'aoh'e , a wit, and, the , DtltielAn.:Xsit ' and West India Sugar sn i that * casts, bccaTtx , VtitiAligt ll .;' 4 * o • Oita, thus, the BrittahClonsumor.lutelds protect - len prOol:‘d by the very same Law. Which protects the pi-Willaliter. .e . '' 1 ''. That there is; in foot, lio ;pi - naafi,* apprehending a /01e;:l for Seim oppressiielipon tits British conswtier,, as the I.ll#o.`tt Colonies produce at greet sorpluS, beyond Brittih consunipttor. ; while the increased prothicoon of 'ffubti;' Braid; and. the Rash Indies, _amply Tiede • theisel markets or ,Burops i .whioh. are .nut supplied bl. Colonies, of their own. lois the glut tiutylevieO. Oti the Arttel,. \viten . consooted iti Grcat Britain,' which cliteliy eotistitutes'the priee'pold by Our consttlitiFt fettlliti utmost dit:- Terence' tru the: d uty luvied upon ~ tioloni alttiugr, Obi : that ' al.;)11 the Easto exceeds by a,more.trtil a one pcimyi per pound. That your Petition ers do not pretend to est imate, 'and. will ' not attempt to depretiate, - the advantages which Groat Britain : may, in'tho course or, ointeo derivo.tioni the Depentiencies.of the Empire in the East lialies—but to thaw the cultivation of Sugar," for the eonsumptitin of 'Oreat Britain, lea new Object, without necoss•tn which they have prospered; and which, whiles. the consumption of all the rest of the world ix open to them, they nay well leave' to the lio4aession of the British Colonies, so long as these can supply the Home Market amply, and at a reasonable rate. That many other articles may be presented to the industry and edventure of the Natives of India, advauto lgeous to theinselveS and to Great Britain l and which may still eave to the British Colonies tbe:means.or.prosperity wider tl:e • " tabli 4led , BP.ogetainn ql . tho.. Mother Country. • That whatsoever he the speculations cobeerning.theadvan tages wlikh the East Indian trade may cootAto on Great 'Britain & yoor Petitioner& humbly represent, that, whether your Irtio.. If °use may look to the trade ot the West India Colo:tits in its ri*. section with the export of British inanufacutreo-- with the Ceti,, Bunn employment of a oust Motive of British,shipping t wit 4 , its importance as a part of the capital ,of the Empire, and as a portion of the industry of Britiitt Subieetet with its returns to the Revenue, and to the wealth lot, tht Mother Country; with its resource as a Commercial Marine., always at hanO, all our own, the sure and tried 'means of our naval great ness ; when it is considertd, too, that the. rakish's. C•Olanitts on which,, these great advantages depend, sre identified with our intereits; controulled, far every useful purpose by our Com mercial 1 and capable by their insular position of defence, At all times,- by a mutt exertion. of that Naval. Power of which they are the ropio support—with these considerations in your view, you -will not, ut your wisdom, think it fit that such a cotnmerce and such resources shouhl be sacritickoltpartyoro. cortah)•speetilations whatsoever, .. . ‘.‘ I our. Petitioners way that your Honourable Houie will not, by any measures which you may adopt respecting , tho' duties on Sugar imported feum various partsof the East ludioot entertain the (location of either taking away, or diminishing, that protection by means of duty,- which the Legislature has granted.toSugors imported front the. West India Color/lea in Ureat Britain." . eir. Li MURAT tuoved, that this, petition might be adopted by the ineetiog, and left us long at junetible at That Tavern for signatures t• and that the tietitlemen present tnight theri uifix their signaturtra.,,, lie knew that a paper, of this kind, agreed to in a large assembly, was open to much critieisin ; but as it bad beenrevSseil . by the Stantliiig Committee, he thought it better that the company simuld,adopt it than that they AtIQUI4I cuter into the consideration of any other, although the erguments in favour sit the 11'est India Colonies might not he urged se strums , : ly in this petition as in anthers and that whatever additional arguments might be noise in the course of this day's discussion, ehould be suggested to the Gentleman who was to present the pstitiop to die !Souse of Commons. Indeed it was impos. undo to state In that petition all the arguments which could by urged lo suppoit of the claim of the "Went India Colonies; be lie WWI convinced the more that Claim wits diecussod, the more it was examined, the more it would be round to be - ent with jnstice, anti the promotion' of the bet.intereeta of the Mother Country. lie therefbre :conelutied that the, petition which had been just read should be adopted by the tueetmg. Mr. cAItRINCI TUX said, he felt geetit pleasure in seconding this petition, which, as the Chairman bad said upon a fornier occasion, was it petition upon a *object titan which 4 more inn. portent kid nut been discussed since the abolition of the Slave Trade. If it were viewed in a commercial point us matter at rivalry between East anti West India dugitri it was pf . sisal, importance to those whose property was in the West India Colonies ; hut, net hail . been well stated, the arguments in support' of this proposition involved the steely of the \Vest India Island* ; because it cannot be expects eel that those hostile to West Indian interests:would continii, themstivem to the commercial part of the question. ',this was not a question which would be treatid ari a eommetcial °tied . a Committee were granted, but the great question of mitts cipatiou would be opened by granting that Committee. He saw nothing !. thingermia in the appointment a Colltrilittee it were merely for the purpose of considering the ditties upon certain deserips dons of Sitgar - ; but this proposition did not %top there ; it Went farther, and -prayed for on equalization of duty upon t asl'and India Sugar. 14e should oppose such a preposition, ljist. catt,e it wt.nt to familiarise the mitt& of the public tat etrituteips tion, and , famtlitaise their minds to the opinion that : Falkland ! could do without the Welt India Coloniete if he did riot sess a single shilling the West Indies, be would merely say, as u country gentleman, that the interestinfliegland and of the West Indies were rouged together; end.that Engitilid, in minus twining. West India interests, was but confirming her then mist ettseimal inn.rests. They were called upon now to her away with all which had been done for centuries; to say all thst been done by their ancestors, was bail; anti to rash into the untried field of speculation-. -.,pe cu lation lat ion involv ingru in to theinseives, arid bankruptcy to .t great portion of the best interests Of the nation: Not having the means of obtaining the neeessayMform.stion upori this subject, he did not know upon what ground. to tr. , :ad but he hoped, that in the House ar Commoos the twwertUl limdtd interest of England would rise, and soon the atteticpt to familiarise the public: mind to the inevitable ruin the West Indies; awl he hoped, that the ,diecussititi upon, • proposition would not be treated in a commercial Pont ot . view, like a tltiky upon soap, but that it' would 'be taken on the broad groundse-Are we, or ore we not ' to Abe/Won' the Colonies to ruin I , 'They were idled that' the adoption of - this pioposition Would be advantageous to the. Mother Olen , try, anti that rthe East India mereharion.could Sufiar ' better WO Cheaper' than the West Initiate. Ile itnetv' tout the West Indians could not ceitupttOwitb:thitn t and be hi Pett that, those (lentlemen_ in the., How of Oorarnomt ''svho sup ported the West Iridia interests would . argue the queetion upon that "round. lie acne to this meeting, net- clattd ttphopti, but depressed_ by melanetioly'; and he would give tlyss,yttrY tensions to . prescience, if this question:Or a COlll l l l '42* WOO he appointed) did, not take a greater 'stretch than the considisser don of the anustint of-duty anti lies s hoped:shot liontisettett ww.thl see the drift of the prpposition whaeht AisltolnesiigkaP send no very a - latent day, WO)1144 productive-of tile.- - swd n our tuifinti Colonies. • ' The Itetttion.wis then put, told tuntkeegatslylatiopted. • - , ' On the metiowor Mr. Mates; 1141 , 4 , die -thanks; ot tine:neer* sits;wee voted to the Chairman Is i his indefatigably estettiolok • tct promote the in tereste of the !Writ, intlitt P.lssritycs t Ettini returned th... .." , Inte"filtd '* 44o , l ,tut tr$V"1111 if they had been louse satiable tutu they w sure ttlett hilfm to by sever.-paid , and that wash as ,they,,ist Tr, way*, IA it it the services the reit India Y. , The itliseting woe-then . 4feettlitid; and sevens' Gentltnieis affix-SA tiseir signature:rem the _Petition. •