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LIN G Ilidr ..11-I.IESTra IT do hereby give " j ee ' tha t un• Tuesday, thc VA of May, they will be ce c„ :he Y to re e Tenders in writing (sealed up) and treat for nalPPly (i separat e C o ntr ac ts) of what FRESH BEEF, r ,e7ucd for the use of his kajesty's Ships aud Fes- C a s t vnd n erinentio e d Paris, during the space of Twelve ~.4-e h e np d arw i l:t .7 . : 11s, to commen c e from the days noted against Penzance Green oc k G uernsey and J erse y N ewcastle and Tinmouth flaxen CaMphelton Galway - /3 " lf4 st, .Carrickfergus, Larne) . 7 , 4 e r ("arbour, and Newry tary , , ~"litiOnB of the Contracts ma', he seen at the Secre °f at this Office, or'bg applging• to the Collectors Ca 4°,leny's Cuviorns at Penzance, Greenoch, Aeweas wianerpMeltown, Galway, and Belfast, and to the Post . .21 0 2 „ t C ''ernsey Jersey,respi•ctively. erall ;,„* st ' r ,dn , ill be had to ail'', Tender in which the Price Not inserted in words at length, or that shal . l 2!,,, - I "eizt , ere c t to the Board before One o'Cloelt on the saul 7nak a ll.' Me of alai/ .nor unless the Person who nn sz f. e c t4 ,e 'render; ~or some Person on his behalA attends to z _ t when ea/ter/fur. 1„ ," 11 Tende r must also be accompanied by a Lettrr, signed trite Ll' responsible Persons, engaging to become ',mind with ta` -a rtY te•fidering-, in the Penal Sum of L. 500, for the Performance of each of the Contracts. FREEHOLD" ESTATE of 520 Acres, .at STOKE KENT, as an Investment by order of the Mortgigeest. To be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs. DRIVER, at the AUCTION' MART, on FWD AY, the 25th May, at' Twelve o'Clock, in One Lot, without reserve, unless an acceptable offer should be previously made by Private Contract, .Very'degrable and improveable FREE HOLD ESTATE, containing 820 Acres of rich Marsh Land and Salts, including about 54 Acres of very fine deep Arable Land, with a good Farm-house, Barn, and all requi site Outbuildings, and amen-accustomed Public-house, called the Nag's Head, with two Cottages, and a valuable Close of above 2 Acres adjoining, most conveniently situate at Stoke, in the County of Kent, about 10 miles from Gravesend, S from Rochester, and 34 from London; and in the occupation of John Mackay, Esq. the Proprietor, who will spew the Estate. Printed specifications may be had on the Premises ; at the King's Head; ItOeheSter; Bull, Dartford ; New Inn; Graves end ; of Messrs. Statham and Forster, Solicitors, Liyerpool ; Messrs. Slade and Jones, Solicitors, John-street, Bedford row; of Mr. Morgan, Solicitor, Great James-street, Bedford row; at the Auction Mart; and of Messrs. Driver, Surveyors and Land Agents, 13, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, where a Plan of the Estate may be seen. The only . material deviation from these recommendations, is in the classing arid the remuneration of the Landing Waiters, as we have proposed them. The scale suggested by the Com missioners did not appear to us to hold out quite sufficient en couragement to respectable officers filling those important situa tions, nor to approach near enough to the rate of pay bestowed upon officers of the same description in London. We were unwilling, however, to present to your Lordships any sugges tion for an increase of expence beyond the proposal of the Com missioners (although we felt fully satisfied, that if our view was correct, it' as in fact a point of public economy to adopt it), without first communicating with the Commissioners them selves, and we had the satisfaction of finding, in a conference with them, that upon a re consideration of their proposition, they entirely concurred with us in the alteration which we sug gested. Officers. Present Establishment. No. Per Annum. s. d. 1000 0 0 4235 0 0 666 13 4 1425 0 0 1841. , 1 TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION. By Mr. SOTHEBY, at his House, No. 3, WELLINGTON - STREtT, WATERLOO BRIDGE, STRAND, on FRI DAY, the 4th day of MAY, 1821, and Five following Days (Sunday excepted,) at Twelve o'Clock, THE Valuable Collection of, PRINTS and DRAWINGS of the late W. LOCK, Esq removed from his late Residence, Norbury Park, Sorry, consisting of PRINTS, by Ancient and Modern Masters of the different Schools, but particularly of the Italian ; English and Foreign Topography; capital Drawings, by Bartolozzi and Cipriani, Barrett and Gilpin, Clmisseau, Paul Sandby, L. Goupy, Sig nora Rosalba, &c.; and a numerous Assemblage of the Works of It. Wilson, R.A. ; a suite of highly-finished Drawings, after the Antique, &c., 'by G. D. Campiglia ; a few Paint ings, &c. &c. May be viewed, and Catalogues (price Is.) bad at the Place of Sale.• - 21 1 - 10 156 0 2000 0 0 8750 0 0 4900 0 0 3300 0 0 2400 0 0 400 0 0 150 0 0 4 - 25 14 15 6 • EXHIBITION' of the BATTLE of WA t T ERLOO in au ALLEGORY, painted for the Direc srs of th e Institution by JAMES WARD, Esq., R.A. 1. 1 4 „ 3 5 feet by feet, IS NOW OPEN, at the Egyptian "") Piccadill y. Admission Is.—Catalogue 6J. cr i ne§ptire Catalogue, with Etched Outline, 2s. Gd SO,C,IETY FOR PROMOTING THE .ENLARGEMENT prBUILDING OF CHURCHES AND CHAPELS. Annual General Meeting of the SO of for promoting the Enlargement and Building CIitIRCHES and CHAPELS, will be hold& at No. 32, t)„Y"! ,, 's I nn Fi e l ds, on THURSDAY, the 17th Instant, at 0 Clock ptecisely. WM. JOHNSON RODBER, Li ncoln ' s Inn Fields, Sub• Secretary, May 1, 1821. j°1 - IN PORT LATIN.—The ANNIVER cat, ,SARY DINNER. attic Noblemen and Gentlemen edn- Th' L a t St•Jolin'i - College, Cambridge, will be liolCen at the I:uched liouse Tavern, St. dame's -street, on MONDAY, the 'AlLDinner at Six &Clock. t i . a rquess o f Huntly b!'colitot Cliveol.l. P. ipeount Weymouth ~ Robert Clive, M. P. % h ,x. Stew ar t, E sq. NI•P• ' 'Rev. • t WaltutleyaD• iiCeotlemen intending to di i l . 4l ts to theOtfice of 'the Thi otter may he provided accort STEWARDS. I Edmond York, Esq. Bodychm Sparrow, Esq. I It. P. W. Benyoq, Esq. Wiliam Longley, Esq. Charles Peers, Esq. I inc are requested to send their atched House, by the sth, that dingly. KIN c . x r S CONCERT. ROOMS, HANOVER-SVARE. C onsequence of the Lamented DECE AS E 4, 14 0 ' MR. RTLENI AN, the CONCERT which. has been ~b344 t leed for his BENEFIT on FRIDAY, the 11th of MAY, :,re e ‘ he given on that Evening for the Benefit of the BARTLEMAN, his Orphan Sisters, who, by ~"`atic,je distressing Event, are left in very limited Circum 'ears a 'rhe Concert will he on the Grand Scale of former „Tic'k l'artieulars will be speedily published. "` llalf a Guinea each, are now ready for delivery all a ,, :ii" A II.TLENIAN'S, No. 45, Berners-street; at Birch- Music NVarehouse 133, New Bond-street ziar i r :„ - and Co.',, No. '2E4 A side;CLap and at the Royal kret.t•-tid: l uttitutcon, Lowet Saloon, Argyll Rooms, Regent . .I,lllder la, NEW MUSICAL FUND. NEW e of his Most Gracious Majesty, and their 1(t:%90',.,-j,lrohnesseS the Dukes of York, Cumberland, Sussex, Chde. and Gl ouces t er . v g THURSDAY next, o , • • May the 3d, at the 4 q t , 1 -, s I heatre, in the Haymarket, will be performed kp4(lMiscillaneous CONCERT of VOCAL and INSTRU tsT - ti-e ' r' st ,`"" MUSIC, for the Bene fi t of this Fund, assisted by kist,-?wint; emin;tit Vocal and Instrumvntal Performer , s ;,"4110h, Mad' Albert Signora Corri, Miss R. Com, "rtodall, and a N m l e adame eamp ' orese ; Mr. Bellamy, Mr. • 4 .1 r. 7e", a nd Signo r A m b rogett i , M r. Ki eseweLter, Mr. I3Ochsa, rcuidley, and Mr. Tkin. e Orchestra will be on erected on the Stage on the same band scale of last year. Leader of the Band, Mr. F. Cramer. Conductor, Sir George Smart. thFull Particular; will he shortly annOunced.—S . ubscriptie . ns dri e j, % ed, and Tickets delivered, at the Treasurer s, dos..Kr n ‘i Esti I , r, t rs A"- 6, Upper Marylelionestreet ; at , the Secrie "Per:‘,-,•'• J. King, Little Chapel-street, Soho; at t s ' t ne; and at ali , stfe f;rinciOal MUic Shops. e e Ors 4 . e ts for the Pit and Boxes, 10s. 6d. ; Gallery, ss. The open at seven, and to begin at Eight o'Clock. „ IS wonderful, when we attentively consider lt),„ Schem e of the NEW LOTTERY, that the Contrac -114,1041d have been able CO make so great a Reduction in 11 11y r iee of Tickets and Shares for the Drawing of the 17th 1114,1) Ch ances are now so c h eap , t h at 4 21,000 C onsols I'it e eai ned for 14 Guineas on that day. tlra w'l'lllol eltvnie contains no less than 4,007 Prizes, all to be re Day (the 17th May), with the c e rtainty of Tkvo,PRIZES OF .£;11,000 And the additional Chance of 100 Nnml.ers for As TWO PRIZES OF £20400! Ch the first 100 Numbers drawn will each receive a New litt ti n " of another Number fur the Drawing on the 6th of (N ett ' , When 3, 00 2 more Prizes will be ail decided, and come t( "Y the Holders of those Numbers will have the Chance th e Prizes in hot h Schemes for a Single Purchase. , A Sixteenth Ch ance i s only Twenty Shillings. b u si Vet and Share LSV RIGHT, s o le Chances, for May 137,7, are selling t 11, Holt and rtu. Contractors, Combat ; 11 and 38, Haymarket. PUBLICATIONS. —.....8. T -lis Day Was published, io 2 Vols. 4t0., price 11 I , PE of the RIGHT HON. WILLIAM L PITT, to February 1793. Y UP.ORGE TOM LINE. D. D., Bishop of Winchester. ....... s ...._._____Priutetl fOr Jou ti Muttaa, Albemarle Street. This Day wa s published, with In (Inane Fourteen Plates, engraved by CHM , LES HEATH, price 21. 15A. 4 TOUR through the SOUTHERN PRO VINCES of the KINGDOM of NAPLES. 'a By tbe Hon. RICEIARD K EPPEL CRAVEN. ~.. 0 which is subjoined, a SKE'rcH of the immediate lir eUtnstances attending t he late Revolution. Printed for Rodweil .and 'Martin, New Bond-street, London. This D ar was Published, In One large Volume, Octavo, price 12;, in hoards, A C OURSE of SERN I ONS for th e FESTI VALS and PASTS of the CHURCH of ENGLAND. Arclideaco By 3t)SF.PH HOLDEN Po rr, A.M. n of London, and Vicar of St. Martin in the Fields. (:,oriel,_l)rinted for F. C. and .h Rivington, ya ( rd, v and C . 3, IVate-r1“0 place, Pall-Mall. No. ti, St. Paul's .- ~, , .)t !ion? may be had, hy the same Author, ~...1 i • !lir!! I,.clitioo of a COCKS Fof SER.IONS for the I.lu. lasi.)i.iSi lii)u;74.throughout the Year. 112 k'uls. evo. ii 1 1..,2 ~ ~~~ SPECIAL REVENUE REPORTS. PORT OF LIVERPOOL. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORDS COMMIS SIONERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S TREASURY. The Ninth Repoit 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 Export and Import Departments of the 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. TRADE OF LIVERPOOL. Our preceding Reports have contained all that we have deemed necessary to submit to your Lordships, relating to the consti tution and practice of the department of the Customs in the port of London. The next object of our attention has been Liverpool, upon which we shall now report separately ; and previously to the general view which we intend to present of the remainder'of the outports, not only because it holds the second place in the United Kingdom, in point of commercial importance, but also because the business of the Customs has until very recently been imperfectly conducted there, and is even at this time in a state requiring considerable amendment, to make it effective for the security of the Revenue, and the convenience of the merchant. - _ The irregularities to which we allude are principally attri butable to the rapidity with which the trade of Liverpool in creased during the late war, and the consequent difficulty of making permanent arrangements to meet the continually grow ing pressure of business in the department of the Customs. The following statement 6f the progress of the Dock Duties, and of the Tonnage of Shipping entered inwards and outwards, for the last . twenty years, will show how great that increase has been, and the subjoined account of the bxports of British pro duce and manufactures from Liveipool, as compared with the rest of Great Britain (distinguishing Scotland), will, exhibit at one.view the ielative importance of this great commercial port. The progressive Increase of Dom( DUTIES and TONNAGE at LIVERPOOL, from the year 1801 to the year 1820, ending the 24th June each year. Fears. I Number of I Tonnage. Ships. 459,719 510,691 494,521 448,761 463,482 507,825 ,662,309 516,836 594,601 734,391 611,190 446,788 547,426 548,957 709,849 774,243 653,425 754,690 867,318 806,033 Declared VaJ tctures export , and 1819 ; d :her Ports of t glue of Britisl td froth Gre iistin<►uishing the Kingdom. The other Ports of England. Duties. s. d. 28,365 8 2i 28,192 9 10 28,027 13 7 26,157 0 11 33,364 13 1 44,560 7 3 62,831 5 10 40,638 10 4 47,580 19 3 65,782 1 0 54,752 18 5 44,403 7 11 50,177 13 2 59,741 •2 4 76,915 8 8 92,646 10 9 75,899 16 4 98,538 8 3 110,127 1 8 94,412 11 10 Scotland. Great Britain. h and Irish at Britain in the Port of 1817 1818 18W 13,243,594 17,333,995 12,792,551 25,568,663 26,653,549 21,057,180 4,813,991 4,911,216 4,039,775 43,626,253 48,903,760 37,939,506 After the close of the war, the , unsatisfactory state of the Customs at Liverpool attracted the attention of your Lordships and of the Board of Customs, and Surveyors General were sent from London to inquire into and report upon it. This measure was followed up by a deputation of two Commissioners (one of them the present Chairman) from the Board, to pursue the same inquiries. Tip Reports of all these persons, contain ing their several suggestions for the improvement of the Cus \toms Establishment of the port, are now before us. After having carefully considered these representations, we deemed it necessary to examine personally two intelligent of firers (Messrs. Smyth and Morris),_ who had surveyed the port, and also to hive a conference with the Commissioners above mentioned. In addition to the information derived from these sources, we have had some personal communication with gen tlemen of great mercantile eminence at Liverpool, among whom, were 11r. Gladstone and Mr. Ewart ; our desire. being to ascertain from persons of this description, in what manner the dispatch of business, as it concerns the merchant, might be capable of improvement at that port, without weakening any of the checks which are indispensable foi the safety of the Revenue. he result of these personal examinations and interviews has confirmed the general propriety :of the several Reports which we have alluded to, and has convinced us of the expediency of adopting thevarious suggestions 'which they contain. In what we are about to submit, we have the satisfaction of agreeing always in principle, and generally in detail, with the recommendations which have already been brought under your Lorcl,hips' consideration. Our .observations and suggestions will be comprised under. fhtee heads Ist, The constitution and discipline of the Department of the Customs at Liverpool; . . Secondly,—The'number and salaries of the officers as they An ACCOUNT of the Produce and Manufak the Years 1817, 1818, Liverpool from the otl Years. From Liverpool. now stand, and as we think they should be permanently regn latea ; Thirdly,—The state of the warehouses and places of deposit for bonded goods. Under the first of these heads, we find that the classes, sub ordination and duties of the department at Liverpool, are simi lar to those of London ; the whole being superintended by a Collector and Comptroller, who correspond with the Board in London, and receive directions from it. - The duties are also stated to be performed in the same man ner as in London, and with equal accuracy, since the Surveyors General by their inspections have prottced more regularity in attendance, and more industry on the part of the officers. The new method of paying the Landing Waiters at Liver pool, in part by.fees proportioned to the work they perform, is an exception to this similarity ; but as it is now carried on exe perimentally only, and as it has been the subject of separate reports from us to your Lordships, we shall take no further no flee of it in this place. - The point in which the discipline of this port has appeared to fis most prdmineidly defective, is the want of a constant and real superintendence over the conduct of the out-door department. The authority for this purpose, and the responsibility for ex ercising it; resides constitutionally in the Collector and. Coin)- troller ; ,but we are fully satisfied by our inviries and by 'ell the evidence laitk e before ua, that the duties otiebese i persons in their own officeiovhere theylare constantly eittiged in .the pre paration of documentary papers, and in the business relating to , the receipt and remittance of the Revenue, render it impossible for them personally to superintend the transactions which be long to the qua •s and warehouses. The only responsibility therefore which can, as we conceive, be made effectually to attach to them for the duties of others, is that which relates to the conduct of the in-door department, connected with the dis charge of their Own immediate functions. We think that some of the laxity which, we have alluded to, may, in addition to the 'causes we have pointed out, be attri butable to this circumstance, and we are-strongly of opinion, that no time should be lost in applying a remedy to it, and in assigning to some other officer the important charge which the . Collector and the Comptroller are unable to execute. We concur therefore with the Committee of the Board of Customs, in recommendin g ; the appointment of a new- officer for this'purpose, and we think it most essential, that he should be chosen with care upon the ground of experience and ability, and that he should be selected from among those e of the prin cipal officers of the department who are unconnected with the port of Liverpool. ' With respect to the nature of his appointment and authority we have considered,—First, whether it would be best to consti tute him an Inspector General, with power over the whole in door and out-door departments, and a corresponding responsi bility.—Secondly, to make him subordinate to the Collector and Comptroller, and the instrument, under them, of preserving efficiency and regularity among the out-door officers.—Thirdly, to place him upon an equal footing, so as to form with them a Board to deliberate and act under the Commissioners in Lon don ; or, lastly, whether he should be invested with a distinct and separate authority to control the out-door department only, without being at all responsible to the Collector and Comp troller, but acting under instructions from 'the Board in Lon don, and reporting directly to it. After bestowing our most careful attention upon these diffe rent views of the subject, and receiving the opinions of the par ties most competent to guide us in forming a correct judgment, we recommend the latter preposition, which will have the effect of taking the control and management of the outedOor depart ment entirely from the Collector and Comptroller, and leave to them the exclusive charge and authority over the indoor esta blishments, which is inseparable from them, on account of the duties and' 'transactions for which they are pecuniarily respon sible. The only inconvenience which has been suggested to us as likely to arise from the separation of the authorities over the in-door and out-door departments, is a jealousy . between the two superintending parties, which might be prejudicial to the service; but this, we think, will be easily obviated by the con trol of the Commissioners, who will, under the proposed ar rangement, have the conduct of both departments more imme diately under their own view and cognizance. We think the title of the officer thus to be appointed should be, that of Inspector General of the - out-door officers, and that the salary should be 7001. per annum. So great, however, is the importance of filling such an office with a very efficient per son, and more particularly in the first instance, that we should even recommend a larger allowance for it, if it should be found that a person now serving at a higher rate of pay were particu larly eligible for the situation. In such case the special grounds for granting a higher salary to such a person would not be a precedent for a successor to the office hereafter. The instructions for the Inspector General should, be prepared by the Board of Customs, and might be submitted to us, if your Lordships should think fit, before your final approval. The_ times and descriptions of the periodical reports to be made by him, will of course be therein described; and we think that it would be expedient, that copies of them should be uniformly supplied to the Collector and Comptroller for their information, which, in addition to being useful to them, would a ; the same time serve as 'a check upon the communication of the Inspector General to the Board. Among the other Reports which this officer should be di rected to make, we think there should be a half-yearly general Report, such as we have recommended to be prepared in the port of London, and which should be submitted to your Lord ships, with the observations of the Commissioners upon it.— If the Collector were also to be instructed to make a similar Report, at the same periods, of the state of the department un der his immediate charge, anid that of the Comptroller,your Lord ships would have the state of the whole of the Customs at Liver pool twice a year before your Board. ' • Upon the duties of the Collector and Comptroller as at pre sent executed, we have no particular observations to offer ; they appear to be conducted with regularity, and we have no cone plaints of them before us: The remittance to London of the monies collected, presents apparently an opening for improvement, by shortening the term at which bills are now taken for that purpose ; but as this question is of a very general nature, and not solely applicable to Liverpool,. and as we are aware chat •it has been before your Lordships in its various bearings, we feel that vie could have no observations to offer which have not already been under your consideration. We should in this part of our present Report, have called your Lordships' attention to a very extensive and 'defective branch of the out-door department at Liverpool (we mean the whole of the water guard,) if we had not already in our special Report upon Mr. Smyth's suggestions for the establishment of a nightly watch, submitted our recommendations on that sub ject. We presume that your Lordships have deferred the execution of that plan until our general Report concerning Liverpool should be laidbefore you ; we have therefore only to observe, that our opinion of the expediency of giving a Vial at least to it, is confirmed by all the information we. havesince eb tained upon the subject, which leads us also to suggest,' that in carrying it into execution, your Lordships should choose as few as possible of the persons who are to compose that watch, from among the inhabitants of Liverpool. We are aware, thatfor employments of such little value, the requisite number of per-• sons from other places could not perhaps be found to undertake them, but we think, that to a certain "extent, a selection might be advantageously made for the purpose, from 'persons dis charged from military service ? and from among the late con ductors of stores in the Commissariat and Storekeeper General's departments. • " We shall conclude this head of our Report, by recommend ing, in the strongest manner, the adoption at Liverpool of the several regulations relating to the admission into the Customs, promotion, attendance and superannuation, which we have sug gested for the port of London ; and further,-that-in all cases of promotion, from one degree or class of officers to another, the opportunity should bi taken of effecting an interchange of of ficers between Liverpool and London, or one of the other great ports, by making it imperative "upon the Conenissioners of Cus toms to present one at least of the•persons to be submitted to your' Lordships, for the vacancy from the departehent at ano ther port.' Such a regulation Might also, we think, be applied with ecpial advantage at Bristol, Hull and London, as at Li ; verpoOl.. 11. THE NUMBER AND SALARIES, OF THE OFFICERS AT LIVERPOOL. Under this head we have made the fullest inquiries in our power, to enable us to judge whether any and what reductions could be effected; without detriment to that due dispatch which is required by the merchant, and with Out danger to that whiCh is the paramount object of consideration, the 'Eafay of the Revenue. The result will be shewn to your Lordships in the following table, wherein we state the establishment at the lowest possible scale at which in our judgment it ought . to be maintained, as compared with that which exists at the .pry sent time. Tnis statement differs Vet little front that which has teen Collector - - - - - Clerks - from COL to 500 L, is all Comptroller - - Clerks - from 601. to 3001., in all Extra Clerks to the above Officers, at per week, 11. 10s. - - - - Landing Surveyors - - at 5001. - Landing Waiters - - at 3501. - Temporary Do. - - Ist class, 3501. Do. - - Do. - - 2d class, 2201. Seardiers - - at 4001. -•- - Coast Waiters . - at 2001. - - Clerk to Searchers - - - - Extra-Do. to Do. and Coast Waiter, •af per • week, 11. Is. - - - - Principal Surveyor of Warehouses - - Controlling Do. - - , - - - Clerks - - at 301. and 1001., in all - Extra Do. - - at per week, 11. 10s. - Warehousekeeper for general goods - Clerks to Do. - - at 801. - - Extra Do. to Do. - at per week, 11.10 s. Warehousekeeper for seized goods - - Jerquer - - - • - - - Clerks - - at 701., 801., and 1001., in all Extra Clerks to Jerquers - at per week, 11. 10s. - - - - - - Tide Surveyors - - at 2001. - - - Extra Clerk - - 'at per week, 11. Is. - Timber Measurers - - at 1501. - - Noon Tenders - at 151. - - - Acting Registrar of Tide Waiters - - Yard-keeper - - - - Riding officers - - at 951. and 1101. Principal Coast Officer at Runcorn • Tidewaiters - - at 51. per annum and 3s. perday - - - - - - Weighers - - at 51. per annum and 3s. 6d. per day . - - - - - - Do. - acting as Lockers - - at 51. per an num and 4s. per day - - - Cart-followers - at 51. per annum - and 3s. 6d. per day - - - Boatmen -at 51. per annum and 2s. 6d. per day Glutmen : Tidewaiters - - ;233 Lockers - Cart-followers J 76 -- at 2s. Gd. 'Weighers -87 per day . - 402 Boatmen - - - 6 425 17 300 0 30 0 80 0 50 0 205 0 100 0 5616 10 2987 10 2066 5 1377 10 1560 0 303 15 780 0 688 15 506 5 327 12 0 700 0 0 550 0 6 180 0 0 312 0 0 200 0 0 160 0 0 858 0 0. 150 0 0 350 0 0 250 0 0 156 0 800 0 54 12 300 0 30 0 80 0 50 0 205 0 100 0 5616 10 2066 5 .780 0 688 15 505 5 18341 5 0 X 64194 17 4 Officers. Proposed Establishment. No. Per Annum. Collector - - - - 1 1009 0 - 0 Clerks - - from 601. to 5001. in all - 21 5235 0 0 Comptroller - - - - - - 1 666 13 4 Clerks - from 601. to 3001. in all - - 10 1425 0 0 Extra clerks to the above officers - at per week, 11. 10s. - - - - • INSPECTOR GENERAL - - • Landing Surveyors - - at 5001. - ADDITIONAL DO. - - at 5001. Officers for the whole duty of Searchers :-- 156 0 700 0 2000 0 1000 0 Landing Waiters Gaugers - - 60 Coast 'Waiters - Viz. Ist Class - - at 3501. - 20 2d 4 ,p0. - at 2501. 3d Do. - - at 2001.. - Clerk to Searchers - - - - - Extra Clerks to Do. and Coast Waiters - at - 20 - 20 - 6 . 1 per week, 11. Is. - - Principal Surveyor of Warehouses Controlling Do. - - - Clerks - - at 801. and 1001., in all Extra Do. - - at per week, 11. 10s. Warehousekeeper for general goods - Clerks to Do. - - at 801. - - - 2 Extra Do. to Do. - at per week, 11. 10s. 11 %Vareliousekeeper for seized goods - - Do. - - - FOR BONDED GOODS - I Do. - - - FOR EAST INDIA DO. - 1 Jerquer - - - - - - 1 Clerks - . at 701., 801., and 1001., in alt 3 Extra Do. - at per week, 1L 10s. - 2 13/SPECTOR OF THE RIVER - - I Tide Surveyors - at 2001. - - 4 ADDITIONAL Do. - - at 2001. - - 2 Extra Clerk - - at per week, 11. ls. - 1 A DECKED BOAT, A MATE, AND 6 'MARI- - 4 - '1 NERS • - - Timber Measurers at 1501. - - • - 2 Noon Tenders at 151.. - - 2 Acting Registrar of Tidewaiters - - 1 Yard keeper - • • - - • - 1 Riding Officer, at 951. and 1101. - - - 2 Principal Coach Officer at Runcorn - - 1 Tidewaiters at 51. per annum and 3s. per day 94 ADDITIONAL Do. at 51. PER ANNUM. AND 3s. PER DAY - - - Le Weighers at 51. per an and 3s. 6d. per day 30 ADDITIONAL WEIGIIENS, at 51. PER AN- - 20 NUM, 414 D 3s. 6d. per day Do. Do. TO ACT• As _LOCKER AT 51. PER - 20 ANN. AND 4s. PER DAY ' - DO. WEIGHERS, TO I.6STST SEARCHERS, 51. PER ANNUM, AN k) 2s. 6d. per day - 6 'Weighers acting us Lockers, 51. per annum • and 4s.• . per day - - - 10, Cart-followers, at 51. per annum and 3s. 6d. per day • - - 1. Boatmen, at 51. per annum and 2s. 6d. per - 10 cia,y . _ ADDITIONAL Do. - AT 51. PER ANNUM AND 2s. 6d. 'PER DAY . - - - 6 303 15 SUPERINTENDENT OF WATCHMEN - 1 1 20 : 0 C HIEF WATCHMEN, AT 5.4. PER DAY - 6 .547 10 WATCHMEN, AT 2S. 6d: .PER DAY 84 3832 . 10 OCCASIONAL OF EXTILA MEN, AT 29. 6d. PER DAV, ABOUT . , 7000 0 6000 0 4000 0 150 0 - 10 - 125 5,703 0 x61;964 /9 4 -• Note—The number of occasional or " Glutmen,' L ' Must de, pencr:upon the press of business at the port, but it is ctn. putetlthat vdionnution of 277 Of these personS•maybe.effect, ed by theadslitien of. the regular Tidewaiters, &c. and the establishment of the'' niglitly watch ; leaving only 125,--ac tattling tO • the nuinber , nowrequiied, - and'atabcive stated.: • ,•,• • • • . In the statement, the alterations, as . between the pre.J sent and the propes:Al estalinsnment, are expressed in .52,1.1.1.1, Capitals. , • • 111. THE WAREHOUSING ESTABLISIIIIIENT AT LIVERPOOL: • Upon the advantages of the General Warehousing system, as connected with the COMintieial interests' of the country,: we have already espresied a very :decided opinion.; and we have; in our Second and Seventh' )reports, .submitted•to your Lord, ships a general plan for the extension of that system, by which we conceive - that Still further benefit might be derived from it. • • • • . •• • • • . •-• .• • • The discussion of a measure of such general policy was not perhaps strictly within the scope cf our commission rbut thi intimate connexion between that subject and the establishment , of the Customs, which we are specially appointed to inquire, into, led us naturally into the consideration of it; while on the: other hand, we were impelled, by the pectiliar circutostanceS under which the foreign commerce of the country was placed, in consequence of the great change produced in the general economy of Europe by the . close of thc war, to suggest t a cit improvements as appeared to us calculated Le promote and im prove it. Among the ports of the unit: Kingdom Which' are enabled, by the extent of their tratisactions, and the sufficiency. of their establishments, to participate •in the benefits of the general warehousing system, Liverpool, after London, holds the first place.; and there is probably no other in which there are so many wealthy, respectable and enterprising inercitanh, ready to avail :themselves of any general measure, Cal- culated to extend the operation ofs the Watehousing:Acti,, and to give a greater encouragement than new exists to the transit trade between this Kingdom and Foreign Countrie.i. There is, however, one point in which, as compared. with Lorte don, Liverpool is imperfectly prepared for such it measure, yrl. in which it is much less completely adapted for the prat-Li :La of the Warehousing Acts, even as they now stand. It is gratly •inferior in its establishments .for the. deposit of bonded. good, which are neither so concentrated nor so secure in their struction as those of London, nor, in our judgment, such as i 3 a port ofso great magnitude they, ought to he. , , . • are consider this subject as one ought the most seriOus ccrlsideration, with a vie* to the interest of Abe trade.of Liver pool, and the Revenue to be derived from it. . For, stronglris we have been impressed with the utility of . the Warehousinz, System, and the sound policy of giving every possible encou ragement to it, we have no less strongly felt, on the other hand, that every step towards-extending its 'finks, should be accom panied by corresponding securities „ against the fraudulent,iri- troduction of goods prohibited, .or without payment of 'duty, far home consumption. Without a constant and vigilant attenti6n to these safeguards, the due Collection of the present large R - venue of Customs wduld hardlybe compatible with any plan for affording greater facilities to the ,merehant than he at preient enjoys. It was tinder this conviction, that in reporting lately upon a Memorial from Liverpool, praying that the alterations recently introduced, in upon our suggestion, to the practice of re.o'reig in h ing goods the port of London should be extended to:that place, we recommended to your Lordships to comply with the request, only with respect to the goods depesited. m one ware house (the Tobacco and East India Warehouse) a recommen dation . which was founded upon our examination of two:expe rienced officers of the Customs, who were supported by ,seeee intelligent merchants in their opinion, that in point of sectirity, that warehouse was the only place of deposit for goods at LlV•er pool, fully equal. to those of the several dock estahlishmentaein London. In pursuing our inquiries further into this subject,ove have found, that the . places in which merchandize is allowed to be warehoused in Liverpool, are in number no lesi than one hundred and sixty-four, and that these are of various sizes and descriptions, the property of individuals, and dis tributed over a space of several miles in extent throughout the difFerent quays, streets, and alleys of that extensive town.. •',A list of them is annexed to this Report. These warehouses haye all been licensed upon the survey and report of the proper of ficer, declaring them to be sufficiently secure. " We have no positive evidence before us, of goods having been improperly removed out of theme and we believe that they have latterly been superintended with more Vigilance , nailer the direction of the Surveyors-General, who .have inspected the Port. • But notwithstanding all the care that these, or any other su perintending officers could bestow upon them, the scattered po sition of these warehouses, their admixttire•among the private dwellings of the town, and the unavoidable removal occasionally, if not frequently, of the persons to whose charge they must be intrusted, not only from the inspection of any superior officers, but even from the observation of others in the department, whose presence would, act as checks upon thein ' cannot but hold out obvious facilities and temptations to frand; while :11 , 4 also require the maintenance of a large numberof of is from whom, on account of the distribution, no security ran be phtain edfor the Revenue equivalent to the • expence of thien. We are, therefore, clearly of opinion, that under any irianage ment, however careful, a great .number of warehouses .ace vlr cumstanced must, in point •of security. and : economy for 'the public, and of safety fur the merchant, be greatly inkhrior to a contiguous chain of warehouses adjoining to chocks, and snr rounded by walls, or otherwise insulated from places of public access ; and as the expediency of extending the \l!arehourialg System, and of re!axing its checks,. where they operate.'as r:- stnetions upon commercial enterprise, must (as we. have before observed.) Materially upon the, security with which- it may be practicable to collect the ReVenne under such a change; we conceive that the merchant of Liverpool is no less& interested than the Government, in the general adaptation of the Ware housing Establishments to thatomportant object., A great *- pediment to any other .than .a gradual alteration in tins respect at Liverpool, arises, however, out of the large amount Of, pri vate property invested in the present ovarehoases.•• TO that circumstance every attention would e no doubt, be paid lay Tour Lordships, whatever courseyou may be pleased-to gthopt i anth a view to effeettheirnprovementwhich we deem of sonanch import ' .ance. That which to us appears the best calculated toaceomplish it if. that your Lordships should declare, and perar.vereain a re solution to confine all indulgenrieS and facilities licreaTter to be granted with" respect to the warehouSing•of goods to - thoae esta blishments only which are as complete on .point of •sentrity , ei the docks in London ; that no new places of deptisit should.be sanctioned for the reception of bonded goods . not possessing the reouisites which we have pointed out.; .and, above all,.that every fair .encouragement should be given„to the erection of warehouses at the new dock called the Regent's completed at Liverpool,• or any other to be so constructed in future, by bestowing upon them exelusive•privileges for terms of . years, similar to those enjoyed by the docks in London. From the information winch we have received upon the sub ject, we are led to conclude, that with these encouragements, or such -part of them, as could safely , be given, • combined with its . own advantage in point of situation and conveni ence, that dock, would soon obtain a decided preference, and probably supply the- place of -about one-fourth , or one-fifth of the present. warehouses. • • . • Other, establishments of the same nature, or at least upon the same principle of concentration and locality, would not long be wanting in so- tieh and enterprising a port as Liverpool,. it the contintied Prosperity, or.the inarease of trade should hoick put a sufficient inducement to_ undertake them ; while, on-the other hand, the preSent Warehonses, unable to subsist under the corn pCtition, would be gradually abandoned, and the port of li verpoel, with respect to its warehouses, would be ultimntely itpoo a fopting.similar to that of London, where the greciter and inore import uat part of the bonded merchandize is deposited in hitildings unexceptionably -secured, and a smaller portion only diseaibutsdinthe eingle e scattered, and far less,cligiole deposits, calla Atte Up-town Warehouses, liven these however, are less objectionable, as we are given . . to . understand', in poi of situation and security, than, the larger, proportion of the warehouses et Liverpool ; Lut the, prin ciple of, our foregoing obServations is applicable to them also anti we avail ourselves - of this, opportunity to rail:the 'attention nil your Lordships to•thewarehouses.of this description in Lon den. - We think it would he advisable Ter your Lordships to 'take inatnediete steps for their gradual reduction, by giving notice to the several proprietors, of yout intention to continue to each of them the privilege of warehousing goods• under thei43 (3-t0,,3, c. 13;1, for a limited period only from the presenatime ; 'such period. being in no case longer than threeyears e .and.being e • within that extent, proportiOnate to the quantity and- nature of the goods now deposited in the respective warehouscS, • We do not conceive that the adoption of this measure for the public interest,, can be complained of by the, proprietors of thew plates of deposit, as an act of injustice to them. • They Werel ,eensed. in .the igiviloges which. they LOW bold by -your -Lord- Whgll thLrtrade of the port of London required t r he 4PSpol rnodation ; and it cannot justly lie collo:IWO, *lien the sane actommodation can be afforded by other.establishnients,?w4ch are greatly preferable both in respect. of aeeurity arel!aToPorni, that tile same. privilege should still be centjnited , tothaMeee: (Signed) • . • • '' . • CHARLS LONG • • • :134- J. C, Ilk' J. 4:13513114GT0N. Office of the Commissioners forinquitingeee into the 24th. August, .1820.. (Copy) • , NATHANIELtTIIO3I9, Sec. Mere follows 'eniitribratitift •••Ofqiid names of the several Bbndeds-N.Varehousea and States vitldn titte-Bprt of •Liv4tpecl.] •