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Alt i ' 11'4 . . _ 1, 44 itt4 —td 1 e - v i 111 41;, • • 'l77A' us lEzll. FR IDAY, APRIL 27, 1821. ~ tf7 -" '— :--;" ---------x 14 --- ....------ ALLi - s r `-Eign.f.O.N. of E.NG-R ' AYI NGS, by par r „ i'ING BRITISH ARTIST S, .I:Ssocia`ted 11::(!er t!:,• OPE;i ag . e ,,„ . f HisivlAJEsTy.—The above Exhibition is NOW o• 0, Sohn Square, from Ten o'Clock till Dusk. Admission Is.—catalogue Is. W.% B.' COOKS. Hon. see. GAS UGH I' AND COKE COMPANY. - London, April IS, 1/;2 Y OTICE is hereby given, That the flAta TOR, EA RLY GENERAL COURT Orlhe PROPRIE of th ' of his t COMPANY, to be held pursuant . to the Act pl ace " 5 9th of his ,Lite Majesty George th e Thi r d, w ill t a k e CROW" . NDAY, the 7th d a y o f M a y nex t, at t h e rouN 411ro and ANCHOR TAVERN, in tlie sTRAD, in he ntY of Mid.'les t x, ,;t Eleven o'Clock in the For N enoon. t B 7 Order a the Court of Directors, tz 3. PEDDER, secretary. Glair will be token at Twelve o'Clock pre - Yi nv , Stock-Broker, 2, Cophill, and lick,t;-inabard-strtet, has to antionnce to the Public' that b e deeM: 3 , 4 IR,res. of Chances for a New Lottery, which will ttap r „7 " 7 tii ,Nlar, are now on - Sale at his fortuoatt , Office Half 71.`"etiteci lots Prices; viz.,Ticl3LA poly 14 Guineas, , 20 Cl,:arter :31. It. Vis.Gd , Sixteenth Erery,Ticliet decides its own tate,.nd no other. ate t.:apitals, in&,lulin4 Two of 21,0(4:ti.; Two of I,ON, the sure 1 0 Lc eraw in the rit hoi EITON solicits , • 1 , CORpl PatrOn'tt Of b K c Public at his fortunate (Kee, 2, Z.i'1. 141, where T, all Business in the Funds is transacted ant. despatch. fly Ml r '1 B 0 E SOLD BY AUCTION,! Si S OTHPsy. at hi; House, Yo. 3„WEI,LINGTON• I\•?Y'ET, W"L 'AY, the 'ZATEHLOO.BRIDGE. S'l RAND, on WED , . il of May, IS2 I , Twelve °Thick . ; Small but ValUabl e C o ll ect i on of GREEK T4th, , 44 d ROmAN COINS, the entire and genuine Property ito Lieut. R. COB N Elt, Harhour'Nlaster at Malta, is- a Gold C o n ' Mille City of F;pliviiiis; also, a eery 4 tl4 nct , ton; Coll ec ti on of .-14sieni GREAT SEALS, and fitl y front the Time of Edward ahe Fiyst. The whole re leoported into this Country, for Sale, by his E :te , e viewed, and Catalogues bad at the place of Sale. s - TO BE SOLD BY AOCTION, • A•p urr ,k) , T w HEBY, at his House, WELLIN °TON ATERI.OO BP,IDGE, STRAND,, on p.HURS -i;u4Ythe 3d day - of IllAY; 1821, and Five following Days exeepted,) at Twelv e o'Clock, 11,st Yalu -able Collection of PRINTS and, hi, I L'aA I VINGS of th e l a t e W. LOCK, Esq.rem o ved fr o ni tiRINAt, `, Resid ence, Norfotry Park, Sorry, consisting of. Tch„„3t'i b ut b y Ancient and Modern Mast e rs o f th e different. ip particolarly of the Italian ; English and Foreign 4arr' t g . t t,APbY ; capital Drawings,y 13artiiiiizzi and Cipriani, ,J"( r it s , nd Gilpi n , Um isseau, Paul liandby, L. - Gaupy, Sig 4ter &e.; and a numerous Assemblage of the Works ; a suite of highly-finished Drawings, 41, ek:r. Ue,&c., by G. IX Campiglia ; a few Paint of", vieued, and Catalogue's (price Is.) had at the • Place _ . . .' fi r. K TO BE SOLD BY ALICTION, • ,„,,,..ipTI-lEBY, at his House, Well'ington*Street, Wa -41 -- p, ridge, Strand, on THURSDAY, April SR, JB2l-, Afl'C!,,c:Ur foilutviNg Days (Sunday excepted), at Twelvc N t x , II „, i, L kivp.., , ent COLLECTION . of f M J IS D C . E .LH tit re (:1 1 i, _," l - , S BOOKS; in which will be nun! , return ii.ills•tiist,:llsi Frangois, et Latin, par M. de Guignes ; Ra..' 1. 4 d I l ii t ;' . .Y of England, with Tindal's Continuation, 5 vol. Pro, ' 1 40 14, &c. !Wade Logge nel Vatican ,,, 4 volt; Tay.. pi 4. til,, 'ew C.icordance, e• vol. ; Westall's Bible, with • Ih i ,, ' i ''.i a ; Pennant's Tours in Wales, 3 vol. with proof. I„iir(ir,l),""lia priper; Lai doer's Works, It• vol.; many of. in 11; 4. ltei 4 ° and Dolphin Classics; some Books of Priots. 7 , ,, 4 ,k I.;,; t t q curious Selection of Old Plays, many of them of :;•„''e vi e ; Early English Poetry, &c. &c. -----'''. -", Rild Cataloguis (price 25.) had, at the place Ll', 1i 5 j7 7 . , ... 7 „...... tpk;') ' '` ,3 lniiilndied, in 2 %lois. 450., price ds. di. o f the RIG-lIT HON. WILLIAM Il i . ( l'it)i-t r ., Pirr, to February 1793. Pri„ td` TONI LIE,. D. D., Bisho of •Wincliester. • - Munn-iy, Alliem p arli Street. 1 i i' A CKING'CON'S CATALOGUF.. P ritp vii l, . 4 , )ay i was tr pulil;slied, price 25.. I.' la NEW GENERAL . Lin. ,CP'.I‘ ALO GL.I}..I f k B I OOK ° S, in'the Ancient and Modern ' 4 % ,I 'll g v ', and in ( ,i., o f I iterature, with low prices N e '',„..• By i „..,.-' Te rry class ( larding, din Mayor, and Le cat.o)‘, ---iiington, Lingoes, /..ar g, Ot ''' A% a • !} ,""are• ' e ..,,h ,ticiticement to large purchasers, a discount of 10 i, , r r prompt payment will be given: _ I, 'N A L:: : H. and Cu. may be had, published t hi s day,'COT r,44l.q) '_v ELS t huitigh ENGLAND, WA LE, an i, d i6 h rarii, nt i 41, 1 :' th-e Year 1 816. By Dr. S. FI..SPIKER PtirNl t r;"Y the King of Prussia. Dedicated to ;he: Fri ends it li, , 4'. Translated * front the German, '2 vui,. 1 mo. ters'lll. Ai ll lv, ~" aatir,or of those Travels was welt kn ny,wn I to a l n l e n x d . , ilitr, . . -- . . . ' . 4 t,, . -r3 circle during Isis residence in r.tig . an( i... ,id I%,l4ilitc, 141-kable for the (Oickliess of It is obeys ratio!! ! 1 4, 4 7. ti,:ce ot his inquiries, as for the catvjour of his re i,'4..L,4' in - .,. ' ',`,", nity of his manners, awl the friendly disposi i.:,,,,ilyi„--''oy manifested towards this Country. ~ 111in,p,)tICAI. D OCUMENTS and R.EFLEC;TIONS . on 4'4 ;•xiNINtENT (if HOLLAND. By LOUIS BEJONA it,r,i'xcl'ix Kin g of Holland ; 3 vols. Sy°. price 11 . I f / .'" . I ''ts- " ' dui , i l4 - 31v' e of the History of Holland, both pu o b_lT ., a u n .s d , .17,,t1,41"4",_ the important period of the teigolL Napoleon, , 1, , ,, is ally cirri contain some original Getters of .)s lloN Piii,vil'Th)lis Anecdotes of hint and the various hi aiicNl Na- It tuna.„ .), and of different Public Characters of other i a 1t,,,A SvAted wi th the eventful cireitinstances recorded. . h ---N' i t, c e .r•-:1 ot EIPHCATION for the INFANT KING of N I rt up 141 other Iti,,NCH PRINCES of the Pti4t9lievi,l7.tit, Imperial Council of Sta . te, tinder the pe r so n.t i, 4 yendanee of the Emperor Napoleon. Elegant ly t t v' Il i i ").• with a fine Portrait, price ss.. hd,l?, r N, ',,t, xtraordinary production was found in the Cabi '3' ; Non,Claud ; it is printed with the strictest 4 d the original MS. may be seen at the Publishers. i 1 S11; --- ---- , ----j__________________ Nt s i,,. e t . '..S.§ED with a just and humane . . seuse o. , 4 1,. (444 alnitous resilts arising from the injirdicions treat 4relll; 4 ,N'n to "rt4in rualadv, contracted in a manner too well iCvitt.te(Plire conin;ent, and often entailing on its .31)- ti4tetin4l iT, a grries of distressing arid almost insupportiablee ;I;_trited). +.!--.ADY respectfully call! the attention of f t ., i i 7s e_ tt,:!re the'',l.nis.preuliar and most earetool method . 0 1... _r_ e,,s4sleo„Allutertisolig empiric of the day, or the equall) cri Izeit,datidviyeast.of th ose ‘, who hold the word of promise to the t hp Re i ttfa Tt it our hope." Dr. Eady will nut presume . t r m i l liar t ti ., . ibility in every description. of case, but as far as i 44; ti NJ, h e us assisted by niedical and surgical skill can lie ap- It,tfiroorises a certain, speedy, and permanent restore tit„44riott,:?K .nlarie species of Syphilitic affection, and restore 'lt 141;,.`rairt of diseases, the primary objects of his .proles. ,;thaha d oes, and being flattered by the trauscendant success Nl,t 0. ?ccorntinied his mode of treatment during the li te 4.4 'ortg,and l ed practice, he is 'enabled to ~f er, ,i i 444 t'ullest confidence, pretensions at once the most hope-- 41414 w ?couragiiig. Innumerable instances can be adduced h l tll to ti l 'e of the superiority of Dr. Eady's system, which has th l'obli,4 to Prevail, Lven where eminent talent, retained Ottscosiortsatitutions, has .been .ineffectual. In addition to rt,:ioN at " e . I tory .advairces, I)r. Eady will he found equally le.h u n reviving the sluniberiug and debilitated energies hOitettitst,d 41an constitution, which einbit ter, and if not timely ,1 til7ilet.frequently render nugatory the eery principal of t i ,_ es 4,, !roil) this desolating state, of inanity and sterility. trtl4"27li.aing- the frame and 'affording tone and elasticity to di:trt e ,7ttjh4d)rpo.s, Dr. Early is happy to convey the most 4i 4 1)» positive assurances that the sufferers of both i, Ihted heit;:escued ; a steady perseverance in the means V.,,l_lise, 3,,`l'snlyreqiiired.--Dr. Early is consulted at .„oty lot: t4ed street, Soho, by patients of both sex l es s .— i,r`Hs, 14„ '„vis rneet iespectful •r. t.' "et 'n , i l tret,, ,, ,._ , . . .•1 ett lon. 1 ,,,, i .011 e ..,,, 1 ' '), I , ,1 crivi-.!.e liott?,e,oppite red's I,4.oi,„s'kit:th'-',..ftznean Str.et leads into Gerrard Street, • Ilitc. 9 0 . A ~.; entral Two -penny P is tand the --sf•st.asr.sit . 1 ~• . - ' - .I;t.e..grat:s.to tliq.Popr., SPECIAL REVENUE REPORTS. PORT OF LONDON. TO TUE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORDS COMMIS' SIONERS 01. 7 HIS MAJESTY'S TREASURY The Seventh Report of the Commissioners appointed by His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, to inquire into the ex_ isting. Regulations for the conduct of the Business in every department of the Customs, and of the Impoja and Export Departments okhe Excise ; with a view to suggest such al terations therein, as may be considered necessary for facilitat ing the dispatch of Business, for affording accommodation to Trade, and for securing and improving the Revenue. WAREHOUSING SYSTEM East Country Docks, Commercial Docks, Surrey Canal, and .Sufferance Wharfs. In our Second Report to your Lordships, we took a general views of the origin and present •state of the Warehousing Sys tern. We afterwards, in our. Fifth and Sixth Reports, laid be fore-yau the result of kr inquiries concerning the duties per. formed .by the several officers employed at the principal este* blishments connected with that system; viz. the West India DesekA, the London Docks, and the East India Department ; and also concerning the regulations by which those establish •mentsare severally govern e d. I n t h ose R eports we submitted • the'elterations and. improvemerts (some of them of considerable im . portante) which a pp eare d to us to b e either_necessary or useful for the public service; and it noW only remains for us, in order to complete this branch of our inquiry, to lay before your Lordships, in a 'similar manner, what has occurred to us in the investigation of the existing practice at the East Country Docks, the Commercial Docks, and the Surrey Canal, and also at those places appointed for the receipt of goods, which are denominated. Sufferance Wharfs, Legal Quays, and Up -town Warehouses. The two former of these arefor the deposit of Timber, Deals anti European Woods, on whi c h th e d ut i es are not paid in the first instance; the latter are for the receipt and deliveries of goods, and for the warehousing, under your Lordships' autho nty, of such articles as are not strictly confined to the several establishments already noticed, by virtue of the Acts of Parlia ment in their behalf. The revenue derived from the duties on - Timber, Deals and Wood, is of considerable magnitude, and it i s therefore of consequence that it should be carefuaiy ascertained and col lected. In this particular we find that a laxity in practice has pre vailed, whereby too much of the managementand responsibility of the service has been allowed to devolve upon inferior officers. The duty upon Wood being charged upon the solid contents thereof, the measurement of the articles should not only be al ways made by expert officers, but those offic ers s h ou ld them selves be checked and controlled by a vigilant superintendence. At present this is not the case. The officer appointed, under the name of Timber Measurer, for this service, leaves it in many (and as it appears to us in most) cases, to be performed by a person denominated an Assistant Measurer, and who is, in point of fact, only one of the, Tidewaiters, an inferior class of officers. Wo arc of opinion, that this practice should be reformed ; that a Timber Measurer should always be stationed at each of the places where Bonded Timber is deposited, and that a con trolling officer, to check the conduct of these persons, should be in regular attendance. In the collection of the duties on Deals, Battens and Staves, it also appears to us that the present practice is materially de fective. These duties are levied both 'upon the_ number•and the dimensions.Of the pieces, and the particulars are ascertained by the Tidesman only, who is . elected from the general nurn berfor that purpose, and stationed i on board the importing ves sel. This• man enters in a book, th e account w hi ch he takes of the goods, and it is from this book that the Landing Waiter (termed in this department, the Boat Officer) derives his whole knowledge of the quantitiesofthmaods liable to duty ; whereas, he being really the delivering ofEcer ought, in our j u d gment , to ascertain those particulars himself, and be held responsible for doing it carefully and correctly. With a view to establish a check upon'the proceedings of this branch of the service, we find that the Commissioners of Cus toms have recently. directed the occasional remeasurement of Timber by the Assistant Surveyor of the department ; but we have learnt at the same time, and with some surprise, that the duty so ordered to be performed, has been delegated by the Assistant to a Locker, an officer inferior in rank to the one whose conduct he is to control. Another instance of this • improper delegation of important functions in this department, has come before us in the case of the Landing Surveyors who being appoi n t e d to superintend the • conduct of the Landingl Waiters have thrown up on an as sistant, who has b een a ll owe d to them, the most essential and efficient partof their duties. It is needless for us to point out to your Lordships' attention how - pernicious this system of substitution must prove to the pubhc service' in all cates'of duty or responsibility, but more . especially in tho se of superintendence and co n t ro l over t h e con= duct of others, and. how much the interests of the Revenue are concerned in the vigilant prevention, by the Commi ss i oners , o f an abuse:to which the re is naturally so strong an inclination among their subordinate officers. Raving offered these general obse rva ti ons upon points of practice which have appeared to us to require additional at tention and amendment, we shall proceed, without' entering into a more det a il e d exam i nat i on of the duties of - each officer occupied in the department now, under our consideration, to suggest to your Lordships some specific regulations, by which weconceive that it would be matenally . improved. First :—We think that a Landing Surveyor should be sdec ted and specially appointed to superintend and control the eon duct of all the officers or persons employed by the Custonis in this branch, comprising the Commercial and East Country Docks and the Surrey Canal, whether in the assessment of duties, or in the care and custody of goods warehoused under bond ; that he should be responsible for enforcing the regular attendance of all these persons, as well as the punct ua l an d care ful disch a r ge o f th e i r several duties, and for reporting all cases of miseonduct, or of inattention or neglect, to the Com missioners. It should be an instruction to this officer to in spect frequently the books of the delivering officers, and to check their accuracYfrom time to time by the re-examination of goods • and also as a check up on hi s own con d uct, to note in those books the times when . he has inspected them, whether he is satisfied with their accuracy, and - in 'case of re-examination of goods, what has been the result thereof. We think also, that an officer of the same description, and vested with similar powers, should be appointed to sup er i nten d the business co n d uc t e d at the Sufferance 'Wharfs. Secondly :—We recommend that the duty of the officer now acting as assistant to the Landing Surveyors be confined to what are termed the " Up -town Warehouses," and to those places where goods are deposited under bond, either in warehouses enjoining to the legal quays, or at other pl aces not i nc l u d ed i n either of the 'preceding divisions. Thirdly :—We submit that the office of Assistant should' be 'discontinued, and that a S urve y or o f 'W are h ouses should ' be appointed, who should be liable to such responsibility, and sub-' Jett to such regulations'as before recommended with respect to the Landing Surveyor. • In addition to these specific 'appointments and changes, there are some points of practicein this department to which we think it necessary to direct the consideration of your Lordships,' in order that you may issue such instructions thereupon to 'the Commissioners of Customs, as may appear to be necessary. The goods intended to be deposited what are called Up town. Warehouses, are. landed either at the London Docks, or at the legal quays. • In the transit from the quay to the warehouse, they have been frequently uncial- the guard 'of the lowest description of persons as the service a. the Revenue. We recommend, that in future, a weigher, either established or preferable, be always empleyed in this duty. ; The receipt, the custody, and the final discharge of the goods in these warehouses, is intrusted to the care of Lockers, who are at present condoned in -the warehouse as long as any goods are there deposited,.. The Revenue i s not sufficiently protected under this arrange ment. We recommend, in the first place, that these officers be changed at least once in tWomonths ; and further, that the Su perintendent of this branch be very strictly enjoined to visit the warehouses frequently, to look to the state of the packages, to re-en . amine the• goods occasionally wherever. there may be grounds for suspicion, and to note-all his proceedings in that particular in th e b oo k s o f t h e L oc k er i n charge of them. All these r. reedu dons. would belong to any well-regulated system, a t ud theparemore particularly-called for in the Up -town WaIL- houses; because we find, that under the present practice, these warehouses have been left open, and under the sole care o f th e proprietor or his servants; that there has been, in other re_ spects, much neglect . concerning thern, and that many of the articles allowed to be deposited in them are subject to high 'du ties, and of great importance to the Revenue. The foregoing observations and recommendations have rela tion-to the custody and examination of goods previous to their delivery from the warehouse for home consumption or -expor tation. In the case of home consumption, the delivery of the goods is intrusted to the lockers, and there is nothing before us to warrant the conclusion that this part of their duty has been im properly performed. • The conduct of those officers, whose duty it is to examine warehoused goods entered fur exportation,' and to take charge of such goods flan the warehouse to the exporting vessel, came next under our consideration, and the result of ourinvestiga don makes it itcambent upon us to state, that the public service requires a more constant and regular attendance of the several officers employed on this duty than what now takes place, and that a more strict examination of the warehoused goods en tered for exportation (to be executed with as little delay, and inconvenience to the merchant as the case will admit of) ought to be enforced. As a: first step to introduce , greater regubrity into the busi ness relating to the exportation of gaods'a-Wa think the SurVeyor of Searchers should be made to exercise the same superintend ence and cbntroul over the Searchers, and be subject to the same responsibility for keeping them to the strict performance of their tiaties, as we have suggested with respect to the Land ing Surveyors; a controul which does not appear hitherto to have existed. It is obviously of much importance, although we fear not hitherto invariably attended to,- that goods delivered &Om the warehouse for exportation should not be out of the charge of an officer until placed on board ship, or under the 'care of a licensed lighter man (where such are employed). The increased strictness with which we recommend that the duty of the , Searchers should be exercised, need not, we con ceive, lead to any impediment or delay of business injurious or inconvenient to the merchant. As a remedy for any delay th a t might arise from th e re - exam i nat i on of goods, so-far as this of ficer is concerned, we think that the Searcher, upon notice being given to him that a re-examination of goods about,to be deli vered for exportation is deemed necessary, should 'attend at the warehouse to witness the operation, after. which he should only have to ascertain the identity of the packages in their passing from the warehouse to the ship. Having thus laid before your Lordships the several improve ments which have occurred to us as being requisite - in the va rious Warehousing Departments which have come under our consideration in the Fifth, Sixth, arid present Reports, and the effectual introduction of which (if your Lordships should adopt our suggestion) will principally depend open the ieal: and: in dustry of the Commissioners of Customs, concerning which we entertain no doubt, we feel it our duty to recal your I.andShips' attention to the general view of the Warehousing Act, winch we submitted in our Second Report, and the extension of the system itself which we there recommended. We think that some increase of commerce, and some addi'- tional employment to the induStrious classes connected with it; might be derived from a measure of that description, such as would at all times be 'of national importance, but at present wouldhe more particularly advantageous. We are aware, however, that the extension of our suggestion would require the previous consideration of many important questions, as the portS into which various articles may be brought for the purpose of being warehoused ; the 'places (in London) where they may be allowed to be deposited ; th e t i me during, which the goods m a y b e perMitted to remain there; the countries to which certain articles may be exported directly frOni the warehouse • and the various securities and regulationswhich it may be necessary to adopt. . It only remains for us, in concluding our present Report, to advert to a question upon which your Lordships have' required our opinion, but upon which we are not enabled at present to offer any specific suggestions, because the whole of the mate rials upon which our judgment must be founded, are not before us. We allude to' the question' concerning the• expediency of renewing or modifying the exclusive privileges en;oyed by the several Dock Companies after the expiration of the Acts under which such privileges are now secured to those companies ex clusively. Your Lordships have referred to us a Report of the Commis. sioners of Customs on this subject, and we are informed that the opinion of the Commissioners of Excise upon it' will like wise be laid bethre us. When we shall have maturely consi dered the remarks, of these two Boards,. we may probably find it expedient to communicate with the heads of the respective companies, or other parties interested, before we - submit any suggestions in detail upon this question to yoOr Loniships— ln the mean time, we take this opportunity to observe, that in pursuing our in qu iries into the vario us ob jec t s o f our com mission, we have received much information relating to the esta blishments in question, the effect of which has been .to create a strong impression on our minds of their great public utility. We are fully satisfied that they afford the means ' of protect inn the Revenue, not only more elVetually, but more economi cally than it could, under any regulations, be secured, if the vast transactions now conducted within the docks were carried on as formerly u p on t h e open qu ay s; and We find it' generally admitted on the oth er h an d, t h at they have been highly useful to thamercha.nt, by the safeguard which he has found in them against the frauds and pillage to whiCh his goods were fOrmerly exposed. These are advantages of great value, and more especially under a general warehousing system. It is, therefore, in our view of the subject, most desirable that the Dock establish ments should be maintained upon the present respectable foot ing. But we are, at the same time,,far froni being prepared to state that, for that purpose, the continuance of the whole of their exclusive privileges would be necessary or expedient. We are sensible, on the contrary, that the interest of the mercantile community is deeply concerned in bein enabled to obt a i n th e accommodation which those d oc k s afford (and to which, for the advantage of the Revenue, they are compelled to resort,) at the cheapest,rate at which it can be yielded ; and after all the consi deration that we have hitherto been able to bestow upon the subject, we are not aware of any other mode of securing - that object, than by opening a competition between the several Dock establishments and other warehouses and quays, such as cannot* exist consistently with the exclusive rights by which the former . are now otected;and which rights hava been granted for certain periods as pr a fair remuneration to the proprietors 'for the ex pence of the original undertaking.. By what modifiCations of their several privileges at the expiration of those periods, this competition, which in our j u d gment can alone protect the Mer chant against arbitrary charges, may best be effected, we pro pose to consider, and submit to your Lordships in a future . Report. (Signed) CHARLES - LONG. GRANVILLE C. H. SOMERSET. R. FREVaN. J. C..IIERRIES. W. J. LUSHINGTON. Office of the Commissioners for inquiring . into the Customs and Excise, 29th April, 1820. (Copy.) Nath. Thorns, Sec. Copy LETTER from S. R. Luszir - NoTcn.r, sci: transmit ting Copy of Treasury Minute on Seventh: Report of the Commissioners of Inquiry into Customs and Excise: • Treasury Chamers, 21st July 120. GENTLEMEN, - _ . I herewith transnli b t for your informa B tion,' by command of th e L or d s C omm i ss i oners of his Majesty!s Treasury; a Cony of their Lordship? Minute of the 13th on your Seventh Report. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient t Servant, • (Signed) S. It. LUSHINGTON. To CommiSsioners for inquiring into CustomS, &c. • Copy of TREASURY MiiqurE above referred to, dated 13th July 1020. My Lords have under their consideration the Seventh Re port of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the exist ing regulations for 'the conduct of the business iii every Depart- . went of the Cnstoins, .and of the Expoit and Import Depart ments of the Excise, with .a view to suggest such, alterations therein as may be considered necessary for facilitating the dis patch of business, for affording accommodation to - trade; and inr securing and improving the revenue. LiirdS entirely approve of the diff'erCnt suggestions. of the, Commissioners of Inquiry, and are pleased to direct a coily . of the Report to be tr a n sm it te d to the' 1.3&:..d- Of Customs, with in structions to prepare such measures as' may be necessaryfoi•car ryinithd sameinto-effect; ifura - Ciftiainting them that niy Lords will have under their further consideration, the extensien of the Warehousing System, when the Reports of the Committees of the two Houses of Parliament shall be printed. The REPORT of the Commissioners of Customs on the Sug gestions contained in the Seventh Report of the Commis sioners for inethring into the Customs and- EXcise. To the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury. May it please your Lordships, Mr. Lushington having by his letter of the 21st July last, • transmitted copy of the Seventh Wood of the Commissioners of Inquiry into, the Customs and txcise, containing their ob servations upon the. existing practice at the East C oun t r y D oc k s , the Commercial Dock s , an d the Surrey Canal; arid also at those places - appointed for -the receipt of goods, which are denominat ed :iufferance 'Wharfs, Legal Queys, and Up-town Ware hoeses; and deSired that we would propose such measures as might be necessary for carrying the suggestions therein con tained into effect. 'We have now to report to your Lordships upon. the several matters alluded to by the Commissioners of Inquiry, and in the order in which they stand ; and in so doing have consider ed it proper to state the existing practice for your Lordship? information. The first observation of the Commissioners, relates to the rnode of me earring Timber and Wood, and in taking the account .thereof for the duties; and they propose, that Timber Meas surerS may be always stationed at each of the places where. -bonded timber is deposited. • • At present there are four established Timber Measurers, at salaries of 1501. per annum each upon the establishment, and an allowance of 501. per annum - taeh for boat hire. There are also seven Assistant Timber Measurers, who are selected froni the most experienced and capable of the eata hlishedand preferable Tidewaiters, and paid at the rate of 1001. per annum each, when employed, and 501. per annum each for boat-hire. These Assistant Timber Measurers have all been re gularly instructed in their duty, and do not act as deputie s t o th e established Me a s urers , b u t are properly supernumeraries, and are employed only at particular times of the year, when their ser vices are specially required. For about 4or 5 months in the year, when fewirnportations take place, the established .Measurers have hitherto been found fully adequate to the busineSs of the Port ; andvee beet hesitated to propose any -augmentation of the perma nent establishment of timber Measurers, in order to avoid as Much as possible unnecessary expence ; but should it be deem ed expedient, either from an increase of the importation of Timber, tn otherwise, to add to the present number-of esta blished Timber Measurers, we shall not fail to recommend a proper addition to the present number of of f icers for your Lordships'' approbation. The recommendation of the Commissioners to station a Tim beaMeasurer at each of the places where bonded timber is de posited, we submit may be adopted ; and by this arrangement a saving will be effected of the present allowances of 501. per annuity to each of the Timber MeasurerS for boat-hire; but we arc of opinion, that they should not be permanently stationed at such places, but be removed at the expiration of each year, or oftener. • With regard to tlee.controul, which the Commissioners ob serve is necessary, upon the conduct of those persons, we have to state, that they are at present under the superintendence of the Landing Waiters in the Wood Farm Department, called " Boat Officers," that these officers are expressly required by their instructions to re-admeasure a certain nuneber of piec es (tWo at least) in every flo a t or ra f t o f t i m b er ; and. in order that this duty should be duly attended to, the Boat Officers are su pervised by one of the Landing Surveyors in quarterly rotation, who is also required, occasionally, tore-examine the contents of such lighters or craft as have been passedby the Boat Officers. These regulations, if strictly enforced, which can only be done by the activity and zeal of the,superintending officers, we consider calculated to give the 'requisite security, and we rake care to give such directiOns as may ensure a due Observ ance of them in future. • The next observation of the Commissioners ofinquiry relates .to the defective practice in the collection of the duties on Deals, Battens, and Staves, wherein they state the account to be taken by a Tidewaiter, from whose book the Lending Waiter derives his whole knOwledge of the quantity of goods liable to duty, whereas .the Landing Waiter being really the delivering of ficer, ought to ascertain these particulars himself, and be held responsible for doing it carefully and correctly. We would beg to state, that the Tid ewa it er ta k es an account of these articles (as he does all other goods) on their being put over, the ship's side • but . Landing Waiter o r B oat Officer, is in all cases .considered to be the delivering officer, and is held responsible for the account; and in the discharge of timber and :wood, he is directed to ascertain the particulars, by examining and counting the number of pieces of every description himself, ; before they are removed from the side of the importing vessel ; and the smaller articles of wood are, under the existing regalia ,tions; so arranged and stowed in the craft alongside the ship, as to admit of a most minute examination with the greatest facility. The deliveries are also subject to 'supervision and re-examin ation by a Landing Surveyor, who is directed to visit every ship discharging timber or wood, once, at least every clay, to in spect the account taken of the quantity and species Of goofN unshipped,. to see that they agreeevith the entry; to check • the admeasurement of timber e masts, &c. by frequenly ref-measur ing some of each sort, and to superintend and control the Tide;: waiters in the deli Very of wood ships. • The above are the standing instructions of the Board, in re gard to the delivery and account of wood goods,. notwitlistand. ing our constant vigilance, it may be p ossi bl e th at our o ffi cers may have been negligent in the execution of their duty. We trust, however, that the alteration proposed to be adopted with regard to the station of the boat Officers and the Supciinten dent, will more effectually prevent remissness on the part of the officers. With regard to the observations of the Commissioners upon the nature of the duties of the acting Surveyor of Warehouse s , and that he h as d e l egate d hi s d uty to a Locker, it may be pro per to state, that this officer was appointed for the express purr pose of aiding the Landing Surveyors in the superviiion and inspection of the Bonded Warehouses, the present number of Landing SurVeyors not having been found- sufficient to enable them to perform. this extended duty in addition to their own ; that the services of this officer have been exclusively - confined to the objects fot which he was appointed, ,andit;does not ap pear that he has, in any instance, been called upon to'superin tend the conduct of the Landing Waiters ; and with respect to his delegating the duty ,to be performed by hi m in the occasional *measurement of timber to a . Locker, we would beg to observe, that from the extended situation of the Bonded Warehouses under his inspection, it has been found impossible for him to visit the Wood Docks.,every day, and on this consideration he has been allowed the aid of two Lockers in remeasuring bonded timber ; but it appears that he has performed a portion of the .duty himself, by visiting the 'Wood Docks twice a-week, and checking these Lockers by re measuring after them a certain number of pieces of timber taken promiscuously. With a view to render the present system /non efficient ; the Commissioners of Inquiry propose : • Ist. That a Landing Surveyor should be selected, and Spe ciallyappointed to superintend the officers- employed in the Commercial and'East. Country Docks and. Surrey Canal: m 2d. That an officer o f the same description should be ap pointed to superintend the business at the Stifferance Wharfs ; and , . ... . . 3d. Thatin lieu of the present..ofßce of Assistant - Sur v ey o r, a Surveyor of Warehouses should be appoinAed,, whose duty should be confined' to the I,egAl Quay and.Up-towa- Ware houses, . • . . . , •• . . The present Stations of,the Six Landing Surveyors in the Port pfLondon, are as follOw :- Ist Station for the Office - - • 1 2d• Ditto at•the London Docks - - - 1 . 3d Ditto on the Legal-Quays•. .• - - - 2 4th Mat). a the Sufferri('4l, Wla.ifs • ' - - 1 sth Ditto for the River and the WOOd Docks - 1 . . and one'Assistant Surveyor for • the *arehonses, ponds, and other places of deposit for bonded goods, except the East India Warehouses, and those at the West India and London Docks. • Underthe' arrangement propOged by - the ComMisSiOners of Inquiry, the last of the above five - statiOiis would - be. divided • into two ; namely, one for the River, and another for the Wood. Docks ' • and the duty of the office. of Survejor of \V rehouses would be co4incd to the Legal 'Quay 'andlip-townlirarf:- houscs. Undtr this ;:istributiOn Of the duty; anew and add;,:- tional station will be.ereated i a.nd theaddition of another Laztl ing Surveyor' would become necessary, unless, under a diTurent ammgernent Of. the busines s . 4 reduction could be effected a t the ottfer statlons.. Upon full consideration or thit44ihject, we are Of opinion that such an arrangement arid redaction may, . (•:'t ' ":4' I \f 1 1,111 0.!);(1 . PRICE SEVE.NPiNCB • . - . „ . under the existin g extent of' the warehousing business, be ef ! feeted, and the expense of an additional Landing Surveyor thereby saved to the Revenue. • • • • •;* The arrangement we . propose is, that the person to,be ap; pointed Suiveyor for the- L:101 Quay and ilp-tow,n Ware.. houses, shall have a sea t i n t h e Lateline Surviyors'•oflice, and act as ianding Surveyor generally for. all business in the oiiice, and in the legal quay; in.aid of one estabits'iled Landing Sur veyor for the Legal Qnay station ; and we are of opinion, tliat with such assistance, one Lending Surveyor may perform the whole duty at present reouired on that station. The Stations of th e Landing SuiVeyors will then b e as fol., low . :- Ist Station for the Office - - - - - 1 2d Ditto, at the London Doeha - - - I 3d Ditto on the Legal Quay s 4th Ditto at the Sufferance • Wharfs, - and for the goods) . bonded at those wharfs - -• ••- j sth Ditto for the River - - • I Gth DittO for the 1 1 7631.D0Cka • - - - • . 6, and one Surveyor for Legal Quay and Up-town Warehouses, and to act generally as Landing surveyor for all business in the• Office and on the legal q ua y s .. Slibul.d i your Lords!iips approve of this arrangement, we only - wait your directions for its being carict - : into effect ; and. '7 , a will; with your Lordships' . aiiprobation, smbniit the name of ti;:; officer we may consider most fit•and - competent to be appointed to the office of Surveyor for Legal Quay and Up-town houses, in lieu of the present office of Assistant. Should one of the Boat Officers be' exclusively stationed at the Wood Docks, as proposed, one bc.at and two watchmen in. that case be reduced, and by. attaching one of the Lpidir l o Surveyors to the inperinteridence of the 'Sufferance Wharfs at; Warehouses adjoin ing , a s proposed' by the Commissioners of Inquiry, . a farther reduetion ma . ) , be:.effected by discontinu ing the boat and two.watermen appropriated. to this ofifecr ; but as he will have occasion to cross and recross the.river daily, wt - are of opinion it will be proper to make him an allowance of I Os. per week for. the expense of boat hire. The next propositions of the CommisAoners are,- that esta- Wished or prefera'ole Weighers Should be always employed as cart followers, in the guard of bonded goods from the quays to th-e Up -town Warehouses, and that the Lockers employed at those warehouses sho u ld b e c h ange d every two months; to thi. - ;se we will not'fail to pay attention, subject to such modification with reference to the state of the Stores and other circumstances. as in the exercise of our discretion in this respect we may judge most condutive to th e security of the Revenue, and the good of the service. - ' • . A more frequent visitation of the Up-town and Legal Quay Warehouses, and more constant superintendence of the officers employed in them, as suggested by the Commissioders, will necessarily be . effected by the arrangements propos;:d; for con fining this duty to a Surveyor to be appointed. specifically for this purpose. The concluding suggestions of the commisSioners t 3 the introduction of greater regularity into the busiliffs respect ing the exportation of goods from the Bonded Warehouses ; and they propose,— lst, That the Surveyor of the Searchers should exercise the same superintendence over the Searchers, and be subject, •td the same responsibility for keeping them to the strict perform. ance of their duties, as has ben .suggested with respect to Landing e Surveyors. 2d, Thathonded goddk delivered from the Warehouse for ex: pollution, should not be out of the c h arge o f an o ffi cer, unt i: . placed on bo ar d ship; or under the care of a licenced lighterman. 3d, That a more striet'examination of warehotisi'd goods km.; tered for exportation, should ,t a k e place,. and that inardtir N.) prevent any delay or inconvenience to the merchant,,by the r& examination of such goods ; the Searcher,. upon 'notice being .giveri to him that re-exathination of , goods abut to be de, livered ri , r exportation is deemed necessary, should attend at; 10 the warehouse to witness the operation. With respect to.the first, we will give the necessary dire'. dons to have the same duly enforced, with your Lordsl.il:,s' sanction. - The second is in conformity to the existing, practice, has recently been enforced by express directions upon the sub ject ; and as to the third, we. are &:b/Impressed. with the ne cessity of a strict examination being made of warehoused goods entered for exportation, as far, as the same can be effected Wit -. out delay or inconvenience to the exporter and we shall not fa.il to pay due attention to so i m p ortant a, subject. (Signed) R. 13. DEAN, MT. BOOTHBV, S. BAP NE; J. BULLER, W. T. it( .13, J. WILLIAMS. H. mewl ONI), Custom-House, London, Sept. 12, 1820. Copy of a LETTER from the Secretary of the Board of Inquiry to George Harrison, Esq. returning the Report of the Com missioners of Customs on the Suggestions wntained in the Seventh Report of the Commissioners . of Inquiry. Office of Inquiry, &Lc. 13th Nov. 1820. SIR—In reference to . your letter of the 27th September last, transmitting, by command of the Right Honourable the Lortls Commissioners of his Itlniesty.'s Treasury,' for the consideration and report of the Commissioners of.lnquiry.`" A Report (here :Aithreturned) of the - CoMmissioneis of Cuitoros„ dated l'lsh September, on the ObserVations contained in their Seventh Re port,-respecting the existing practice at the East Country and Commercial Docks, Surrey Canal, and Sufferance Wlt4rfs," I have the honour to acquaint you, for their Lordships' infor mation, that this Board approve of the suggestions proposed by • the Commissioners of Customs, and they beg to recommend, that directions may be .given forthwith:for carrying the same into effect. Ih a ve t h e h onour to be,'Sir, " • Four roost obedient humble Servant, (Signed). NATII. TIIOMS. George Harrison, Esq. &c. &c. &c. Copy of a LETTER from S. R. tushington,Esq. to the Com missioners of Customs, approving of their Report on the Suggestions contained in the Seventh Report of the Corn missionei-s a Inquiry. Cr'ig - .,'lTl.Eartri,il—The Lords Coinmissioners of his Majesty's Treasury - having had under consideration your Report of the I2th-,September last, tin the Report of • the Commissioners of Inquiry; respecting, the existing practice of th e E ast C ountry. and - ComMereial Docks, and Surrey Canal, &c. I am coin inanded to acquaint yOu, that •Triy Lords entirely approve- of your suggestions, and desire you will muse the same to be car ried into effect. lam Gentlemen, • • YOur obedient Servant, • (Signed) S. R. LUSIIINGTON. .Commissioners of Customs: Copy of a LETTER from 5.,11; Lashington, Esq. to the Cerny. missionerspf Inquiry,, apprising then that the Lords. Com : raiSsioners of. his ,MaJeSty'S Treasury had approved of the measures proposed by the Commissioners of Customs, - for carrying into effect the suggestions contained in the tic:venth Report of the Coremissionersof 'l l r..asury Chambers, 22t1 Nev. 1820. , . NT L KEN,Hz - ving: laid before the Lords Commis sinners of his: , ,Mi..vesty's-Treasury your Secretary's letter of the 13th inst. I am commanded to acquaint you, that my Lords, have informal the (oniinissioners of Customs, that they en— tirely approve of the suggestiOns - contained in their Report' of: the:l2th, Sgptemiser 130, and have desired they will cause the same to be carried into effect. Coramissicners of Tfiguiry. (Signekl) rgamtisemar „ . I am, Gentlemen,- Your obedient Se . rvant, S. R. LLIS'IIII,4OTON. LETTEk raol, TUE KING.—We are requested to ,announce the - PlihlicatiOn of. .t..kte Twentieth Edition of t,he, interestinc. Letter. The unkeeedented sale of Twenty Thousand (d' . .ppies, in:the sbort . Spiicr of a few weeks, of itself prc ? veJ the intrinsic, merit Of the V.vprk ; but, as an .ad diiinnal cia,i.m . to - z theAttentiort of the Public, we are inforrned by 111'r, Sims, : tbejublisher, .that that he,has'i'eceiyeti letters from most respectahl, individuals,. in vaiiqus iwti-ts:orthe United iiim-r -dorn, .be'aring Oat.terins.,teltimony to the good . (ff,ecti produced pubic 'mind by the Let . • jilt! pubJ ter"'froin - the'Kiito his People. \ 1 ~~ .~ ) - :' ,c)