The Sun. — London, England, 1836-08-17 00:00:00

104 P 5 110 90 102 02; PROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. JAMES WINDWOOD COSTER, farmer, Great Burstead, Essex. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. stree RO, esß WERT BAGSHAW MANN, linen-draper, Parliament frr An August 19, t o O cto b er 7, at two, at the C ourt of Bankruptcy. JON BANKRUPTS. BesetTHA-:i FUSSELL, curr i er, Old -street, St. Luke's, Mid. , A August 22, at one, an d S ept. 27, at eleven, at the Court 441 " - uPtcY• aFr • Chea side ; Turquand, Copthall-buildings, offi ciaul assignee, ), P t —, UGH MASSY, surgeon, Bath, Aug. 31, and Sept. 27, at twelve at the Castle and Ball Inn, Bath. Frankham and Dixon, Indleall.-street, London; Physick, jun., New King-street, Bath. L,;`-'l-1',.1 WRIGHT, jun., and GEORGE LOCKWOOD, coal -1-i°l-5, Trinity -square, London, Aug. 24, at twelve, and Sept. 27, , I °'.2e, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Abbott, official assignee ; 1 -son, Squance, and Tilson, Coleman-street. RENRY WADE SMITH, builder, Greenwich, August 27, 'll-I,d September 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ed 'w-t,ftrda, Official Assignee, Pancras-lane ; Gaines, Caroline-street, 45e d,rford-squar e . ittdOHN ROPER the elder, miller, Svleham, Suffolk, Sept. 26, four, and Sept. 27, at ten, at the king's Head Inn, Beceles. rake, gay'BuryrSuffolk ; Ling and Harrison, Bloomsbury -square, London. s ROBERT DONKIN, bookseller, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sept. 4 at , , eleven, and Sept. 27, at ono, at the Bankrupt Commission t,,,"m, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. M. and J. Forster, iNewcastle-upon '9ne ; Battye, Fisher, and Sudlow Chancerv-lane, London. WILLIAM M‘DONALD and ' ALFRED I3IRKS, linen drapers, Manchester, Aug. 27, and Sept. 27, at ten, at the Corn- Inissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Makinson and Sanders, Elm Court, Middle Teml,le ; Atkinson, Birch, and Saunders, Man thPster. FREDERICK ROBERTS, builder, Salford, ug. 30, and Sept. 27 , at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, A Manchester. iohnson, So% and Weatherall, Temple ; Hulme and Andrew, 4anchester, DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. ,T. upholsterer, Finsbury-square, Sept. 6, at one— i,„''• Wilkinson,Wiseman, wheelwright, Putney, Surrey, Sept. 6, at two—W. z,t, wiogton, wine merchant, College-street, Sept. 6, at three—C. raerett,n asnedpt.B. Ware, wholesale cheesemongers, Great Tower- Putney, SurreyB,,saetpte.lB7n—S. Cronshey, grocer, High-street, at half-past one—W. R. Townley, hatter, kteaton-street, Sept. 8, at two—H. Kerr, tailor, Woolwich, a r e teuet, Gr t' Sept. 8, at half-past twel ve —W . B . S tuart, tailor, Mount osvenorsquare, Sept. 8, at one. IL IL hound I n n ' e, pastry cook, Bath, Sept. 9, at two, at the Grey- Tyne, , Bath B. Dryden, common brewer, Newcastle-upon- Ty•ue Se twelve, at t ' he George Inn, Newcastle-upon :shir ,' • A shworth, woollen manufacturer, Haslingden, Lanca roll.,e, oept. 29, at the Commercial Inn, Bolton—J. Haworth, manufacturer, Haslingden, Lancashire, Sept 22, at three, at Tr e u Commercial Inn, Bolton—P. Mackennal, common brewer, A . r • t e vis ? o rovvall, Sept. 15 at eleven, at Pearce's Hotel, Truro— R oyal ~..te, cabinet maker% Cheltenham, .Sept. 6, at one, at the S u , ilotel, Cheltenham—G. A. Fielding, brewer, Portsea, tioutt.ia,rpton, Sept. 15, at twelve, at Totterdell's Commercial 7k. Hotel P rortsea—J. Riste, jun., lace manufacturer, Ilminster, So .,rsefshire, Dec. 10, at twelve, at the George Inn, Taunton—S. the".'r builder, White Cross-street, Brighton, Sept. 8, at two, at 'town Hall, Brighton. J. Bi • CERTI FICATES—SETT. 6. y sun ste jun., lac and Je manufacturer, Ilminster, Somersetshire—J. g, G. Ballard, . Sutherland, merchants, Calcutta, ---""t I ndies— S. Clarke, flax dresser, Great Ea s t e h eap , PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. White and J. Bowden, painters, Ludlow, Shropshire--W. and R. Cole, architects, Liverpool—J. Mirfin and Co., drapers, ihrds (as far as regards E. Mirfin)—W. Pratt and E. Ingarfield, 4-i„,"Toligers, Knightsbridge —E. A. Bissett and M. Harrison, reaers, Birkenhead, Chester—J. N. G. Thompson and J. Ped or, solicitors, Liverpool —R. Pullet anti F. Brasley,. publicans, ~ olive Branch, Crawford-street—S. and C. Slater, tailors, Ger- V`ard street, Soho --W. Kirk and S. Lord, cloth merchants, Leeds e• Sowerby and R. Clarke, chemists, Sunderland, Durham—J. and S, a nq S. Edmondson, calico manufacturers, Manchester—J , Welch ''. lalimphrey, maltsters, Birmingham —H. C. Pidgeon and R. she ars , Printers, Reading, Berkshire—J. Moseley and R. Bellamy, to i„., ,•.v.vi makers, Brightside Bierlow, Yorkshire—H. Mallet and reg ards "'wro Risca Coal Company, Pyle, Glamorganshire (as far as e ir C G. and C. Rawlinson )—C. and B. Attwood, glass makers, ttrtesead, Durham—J. Bourne and G. Hudson, bone merchants, Ti e "a, Staffordshire—AL Bleasdale and W. Robinson, fly makers, „ sketh-ane, Lancashire—W. Pagdin and W. Dunston, traders, h'eto'!t Stockwith, Nottinghamshire —J. Hicklin and J. Bradshaw, Sri end Nottingham —M. and E. Thomas, tea dealers, dgend Glamorganshire. 4AMt, SCO TCH SEQUESTRATIONS. , op t ---S DICK and CO., fl es h ers, Kilmarnock, Aug. 20 and • 5 , at twelve, at the Town Clerk's Office, Kilmarnock. isicic"j[ES BUCHANAN, cattle dealer, Drumclog, East Kilpa 'lig. 8 and Sept. 1, at the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow. .............---._......... c ht rt - Wedn es d ay last, a public meeting was held at " th„ ! m ford in aid o f t h e Society for teaching the Irish to read Scriptures in their native tongue. • kft• MIDSIIIPNIA V E ASY• —If an author may be 4 ,.,, 4 dged f . " - • ... o by his productions, we think that Captain Marryat si te t !loe a fund of drollery. in his composition. His " Peter th cr P , e, ' "Jacob Faith;ul," and " Japhet in Search of a Fa pear'e are admitted to be superior to any works that have ap 4or .d since the days of Smollett. We observe that another is fo e i l , is just ready, called " Mr. Midshipman Easy " (the title it, 'of humour), which pro Mises to be as popular as any of ;riP_rre,decessors, the subject being admirably chosen for the ,t,,,L.7,,.8 talents. The heeo of the piece Mr. Easy, is, we under -1,,,10 an individual who overcomes all the difficulties of life J nig . hoieriown peculiar philosophic system of taking things coolly, B eri ous n g all to be for the best, and never suffering . the most ld not b e e ,nl . :s to ruffle his equanimity. A better subject could Tit u?• 9 tred in the hands of Marryat. hi s • e Earl of Westmoreland, although verging on tpas°,lffhtieth year, is almost as gay and as spii•it-stirring as he Je tse ' ll his youth. His Lordship took leave of the Countess of gone Y h is to her departure for the Continent, and is 1 1 , _ to rusticate at Brighton and Tunbridge Wells, whence Ttoiceeds to entertain a party at Apethorp. FL, BOOIC OF FLOWERS AND LANGUAGE OF I,of ttyfell1;•"--Plowers have always been considered as symbols n all a p q n eeti° ". The expression of these feelings has been ti".ltasat'eiosipleiprovince of poetry, and the talented authoress where s., and fro %ail a b i . Y g caned from such sources of the East as were . m writerson the manners of Oriental nations, Least 11°Wers are even the chosen messengers of the • hi uric en now 'ode of f 4, rorme r of these elegant little works, a multi /4%14r (Ie flowers are illustrated by verses, selected from multi are boibt°P-Is, accompanied by many colored prints. They ~4t,h tleirlioidhe.ed go . t tp ' in a style of elegance corresponding , Inuit ..ieresting and pleasing contents. V rid, b ll Op A f; , BY His SON.-011 to o "Y er e • L Al ITER n Mr, a are of Caller dreadful tragic act was perpetrated in the °as follo w The particulars of the frightful transaction ttl_l_esr, iiidos_,o"--A blacksmith, named Thomas . Spearman, a )i' ep r i re ''' us and worthy tradesman, having had occasion retir sofa a ,, n e d , o , ! o ie of his SOIIS, a lad about sixteen or d seventeen i_ro.lo biro 1861. r the neglect of his business, nn receiving r_llated sou:,lcFxtrentely rude and offer,sive answers, b tt ' i ' L •justi 3 , co '° (. ll that lie partly destroyed aog too nsl ered as the cause of his son's idleness, by pigeon . - ox: e which t h i l i i ,he tyrleZei_b_iolohis time from his occupation. On seeing tc ,"olles s Of his` -1. o y, after some further altercation, in tli . e in t he ,Yet a scert s a i i n n f e u d l I, T . , ris rhaiethh,),thr w a ~ burly "or a stone (it is ltir, , e ' e ft eye with Inch violenacteehaiss "ttite rnocan, instantly poor f the orbital pa,e.alidornemreaieneeivdin t f : father, ev;ahni extensivewhisk struck f r h e i em or e r t e a l hours blow, iffntehrae lags nsensibilit a g bo th u e t . t m h het . .Th e ~,,, ,3 7 , when death put a period to his su f o ,, Whi c h h."iled parricide, on discovering the dreadful O. c g niornino• %wi n c had committed immediately fled; but on the surrenc'el:ed himself to Mr. Anderson, 410 _ • , appare illy to re re s ln great agony of mind. There was no man nielh Peeted i n tit..?ehot i , f , , his spher e of life than poor Spearma his . v •. J ate is univ I , tv f , ersally regretted by rich and - ' , ° %.•aher.— Tipperary Paper, n poor in .. __ ...... 2,500 Aylesbury 9 01. ah. 11. pd. d 5a ng 9,5(0 Birmingham and Glou c e s t er 5/. 7,5:X1 Birmin g ham, Bri s tol, an d Thames Junctiopn 1 15,. 00 .... ..... Bristol and Exeter 1 001. sh. 21 pd 21 660 7,500 ... ..... Cheltenham and G. Western...loo4 sh. 211 21: 2,000 Cl a ren ce lOO l. s h . 100/. pd 43 2,000 2,500 19 s . F orest o f D ean 5O/. pd 28 s (rand Junction 1004 sh. 401. p I 167 Great North of England ~•..... -41. pa t.l 25,/:31 Great Western lOO4 sh. 20/. pd 38a :z,olo llartlepool 100/. sh. 1001 pd 100 2,100 Bull and Selby 504 sh. 5/. pd 4 10,001 Leeds and Manchester 100!. sh. 5/, pd 18 7,100 Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 120 1,500 Leicester and Swannington -.504 sh. all pd 48 5,100 10 per cent. I.iverpool and Manchester...loo4 sh. 100/.1.d 260 Ditto Quarter Shar es 25/ pd 61 10,00 n ... ...... London and Brighton lOO/. sh. 51 pd 6 45, 0 00 Ditto ditto (Gibbs'l...2o/ sh. 1/. pd Of 16,000 . Ditto ditto (Rennie) -501. sh. 2/. pd 01 8,000 Ditto ditto (Cund))...loo/. sh. 24 pd oi 12,1/00 Londo, and Dover 30,000 London and G ravesen d 2Ol sh 1/. pd r 1 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich . ...... VOI. 04. 'AI. pd 241 25,000 Loni4on and Birmingham -.1004 sh. 601. pd 130 20,100 London and Southampton ....' 01. sh. r5l. pd 27 7,000 12,000 London Grand Junction 541/ sh. 21. pd If 10,0)0 M. nchester South Union 110 1. sh. '`2/. pd 31 North Midland lOO/. sh. 51.1x3 91 Northern and Eastern lOO/. Ali. 31, pd . 1 • 2,60 1 1 Preston and Wyre . 504 sh. 8/. pd 28,000 .... .. South Eastern and Do ver 2 /. pd 31 1; CO 64 percent. Stockton and Darlington 100441h. /240 9.000 6,00 J York and North Midland 5O/. sh. 11. pd la MINES. Albion Copper 51. sh. 31. pd 0; Alten 15/. sh. 12110 s pd 10 Anglo Mexican. iss. 5!. pm.... 1004 sh. all . pit 5 Ditto Subscription 0 .5/. pd 5 13oLinos 150/. sh all ;A 145 Brazilian Imp. is,. 51. pm '3s/. sh. 201 pd .81 Macanbas ie Cocain United 251. sh 2•N. pd 9 Ditto St. John Dal Rey 2111. sh. 91. pd 5 Bolivar Copper Company 204 sh. 2114 pd Ii Ditto Scrip 101. sh. 51. pd Sf British Iron 50/. sh. Si! pd 38 British Copper ,/ sli. 3/4 pd 31 Cata Branca 91. pd 7 Candonga 7;!.i'd 71 Copiapo 2O/. ah 1211 pd 20 * Columbian, iss. 5/. pm. English 12/ Ks. pd 22 General Minhig A ssoclation...2o/. sh. 15/. I'd 11 Mexican Company 10.'4 sh 531!. pd 1 Polberou Consols 10/ sh. 8/. pd 8 Real del Motile, Unregistered l9l Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 135 United Mexican, iss. 2pm -.401 sh. all pd 31 Ditto Scrip :It I)itto New Scrip 5l pd 4 West Cork 50/. sh. 50/. pd 35 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS, London, with Bronze Ticket ...... ...75gs. sh. 201 London University 1001. sh. all pd 241 Russell 25gs. sh. 8 King College lOO/. pd 30 MISCELLANEOUS. 0,000 15s. Australian Agricultural....loo4 sh. 2('1 1. pd 41 6,010 i B ritish American Land Company lB4 pd 14 1 .0,000 6/ per cent. Canada Company 1001. sh. 23/. pd 3.3 200,000 5/ p er cen t. U pper Canada Loan lO3 City Bonds, 4 per cent lll3l 15,000 114 General Steam Navigation ...151. sh. 134 pd 271 10/. per cent. H u d son ' s B ay Stock 2,000 IL London Coin, Sale Rooms.. ....... Av. 75/. sh l9 2,754 5/. New Brunswick Land Company ..... 081 pa 25 1 per c-nt. Reversionary InterestSoc...loo/. sh. 1004 pd 131 2,631 5/. per cent. Ditto New 1004 sh. 4.V. pit 771 4,00 i ...... .. 1 Names Tunn e l 50/ . s h . all }xi 8 10,000 ...... :.. Van 1 / l emei.'s Land 100/. sh. 17/. pd 13/ LIST OF SCO7'77SH COMPANIES' PRICES, AUG. 1, 1836. B A N KS. 1,500,00 V. 04 P. et. Ba n ! : of Scotl and 4 3/. 6s BJ. sit. all pd 204/, 2,000,051. 51 p. et. Royal of Scotland 100/. sh, all lid 17 , 21. 500.0 X/. bp. et. British Listen Company 1004 sh. 411 pd 245/. 3,000,01(1 64 p. et. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 100/. pd 1821. 45„00,,x,e/. sp. et. National lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 1514 0 wet. 41. p. ct. Glasgow Union '2591. sh. SW. 631. 40000(04 4 P. ct. NVestern ot Scotland 2001. sh 30/. p 4 394 INSURANCE COMPANIES. 250.0005 h 9p. ct. Scottish Union 9 04 sh. 1/. pd 2Cs - , 500 sp. et. Hercules .. „ ...... .. . lOO/. sh. 101. pd 3/ 1. 100,000 5 p. e t. Nort h Co.o or Scotland ....101. sh, all pd 1 7115'. 50,000 6p. Ct. British. 2004 sh. 104 pd 15/. 1 , 000 sp. et. Caledonian Fire.. lOO4 sh. 104 pd 16/ Os 5,000 (p. et, Edinburgh Life lOOl. sh. 104 00,000 • - . • pd 1 4 / 1 38 .................. 104 pd 10/ Os MISCELLANErYiI s Edin. 2 iiit Was Un. Cana1...504 sh, all pd 22/. _ Ditto Allocecd ........... . 9t 3 /. sh. all pd 65/. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb...lo4,l:•!tock N.V ater... 1 .254 sh. all pd 381. Carron . Iron l .ompany ...... 2504 sh, all pd 4501. 2,000,11. 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery„ ....... 50 ,.. h. 384 pd 351. 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass ....204 sh. 164 pd 714 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas ..•... 23/• rib. all pd 6.1. 4,430 per cent. Glasgow Gas 5/. sh. all pd 60/. 750 6 per cent. Leith Coal (ias 21.1/.sh. all pd 4 01. 1,200 5 per cent Edinburgh rnd Dalkeith Railway...so/, h. 004 Loan Company 25/. sh. 9/ pet }Ol a s l " 5 1 Per Cell Equitable , A,OOO 4,000 10,000 31.:'s, 100 , 0 10,004) 20,0 ot 6,000 20,000 ejss 3,f4X, 1,500 31. 30,000 4,810 this reason, that in civil actions derendants' council did not PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, call witnesses, to prevent the plaintiff from having Ply; and th e a d option of s to r at- U e- ASSR M w ANCE COMPANIES ; . &c.tec, 48;48;uch a course, by hich tyv ni.. ter of f act would be kept from the jury in n et' pro- , .- pro ceeding, m i ght be attended with N . ety great mi sc hi e f. H e had no doubt if they adopted the clause it would often lead to this compromise, that neither the counsel for the pri soner nor the prosecutor would speak in reply, and thus the case would be fairly stated by both parties, and when the evidence had been gone through the judge would ad dress such observation s to the jury as be thought fit. He hoped th e i r Lordships would receive the Bill as it came from the Commons, After a few words from Lords WYNFORD and WHARNCLIPFE, t Lord LA ND HURST said that it was scarcely regular ° adopt e f"D':l an argum en t upon the course which would be d elsewhere, and his Noble and Learned Friend UPC,n the woolsack should be the last of all persons to do so. rilt;ord HO LLAND denied that there was any irregu in spec u l at i ng upon what might htbe the co which e oth er H ouse would take. It certainly was urse an irregu larity which regularly took place every day—(A laugh)— to say that an alteration in a money bill would ensure the loss of the measure, because that was a privilege of the other House, which, though m os t expe di ent , h a d never yet been distinctly allowed by that House. The Noble and 'Learned Baron had for some time been destroying the Bills zotfroo;hinegr person a , and he was n ow amus i ng hi mse l f by &- one of his own.—(Laughter.) Lord LYNDHURST had objected to the observation of the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack, not be cause it was made as a matter of speculation, but because it had been held out as a piece of information to the House, for After a few words from Lord ROSSLYN, the motion Was agreed to without a division. TT I RISH TITHES SUSPENSIO N BILL. was p e n(- the mot i on o f V i scount MELBOURNE, the Bill d. a secon d t i me, after a short discussion, in which the Ma• a rquis of Westmeath, the Archbishop of Armagh, Lord Ilatherton, and the Marquis of Downshire took part. STANNARIES COURTS BILL. The report upon this Bill was brought up and received. The Bill was then ordered to be read a third time to knorrow (as we understood). A messa ge f rom the Commons brought up the Grand Jury, Presentment (Ireland) Bill, the List of Voters Bill, tile Borough F un d Bi ll, the Medical Witnesses Bill, the for Borough Bound ar i es Bill , the Borough Justice Adminis tration Bill, and the St. Clement's, Oxford, Marriages Bill. These Bills were read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. The House then adjourned. LONDON, TUESDAY ) AUG. 16. Zs/umber Dividend Price of yr! CANALS. .per Sham: Alihum. ~ PAill. BhAre id i ot/ 7 per cent. Ashton and Oldtiaiii.::: 2 )..vii - ih6 971. 18s. sh. 162 I, iB2 61. Atrililli:t:.lC.V,' , ..iiiill .. Average 113/. sh. 65 1,260 .•,-.•.'. I' li. lOOl. sh. 5 1,,5 . ....8? . . Brecknoef. and Abergavenny 150. sh. 90 8,000 la.'.fish. 91. 2s. Birmingham, 1.16 th share ..... , )81'. & 71/. 206 4,000 Ditto and Liverpool Junct in 1 VZ.V;slt. 100 pd 301 600 , Bridgewater mi t t Tlinithm ,„,100/, sh. a ll pd 64 400 41. Milner and Bleckwater 1001. sh. 102 500 47/. Coventry . 1004 sh. 725 ,515 Croydon 2,0601 4f. Os. Dudley ‘,.. 6,4) 71 . Decoy 100/. sh. 120 2 .1 ,000 . 3,575 Z ... Ellesmere and Chester Av e r age 13.3!. Bh. 80 211 40/. Erewash 1001. sh. 400 1,297 28/. Forth and Clyde . Aswan anni,lizs. sh. 600 11,500 121. Grand Junction ..100/. sh. 212 2,.491 1/. ((rand Union Ifo/. sh. 25 1 501 Grand Surrey lOO4 sh. 1 20,000/. V. percent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOO/. 75 3,4)93 Grand Western rim 131. Its. std. Glain , rganshire, Average cost 172/. 13s. 44. 230 749 Int. Grantham 150/. sh. 202 6,234 1/. 10s Hudderstii. Id Average 57/. 6. 64. sh. 32 100 Kensingbin 100 sh. all pd. 10 27, 0 29 I!. Kennet and Avon, Average 39/. 186.10 d. sh. 2l; 2,5971 20/. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 510 5451 10/. Leicester 1, 4 97 I/. 10s, Leicester and North:imp:on...Aver ;S:3l. ifli, 78 2,4'00 9/. Monmouthshire I 00/. sh. 200 50 101. Melton Mowbray 11)0/. sh. 200 1(0) 251, Mersey and Irwell lOO4 sh. 580 3,000 11. 18s. Macclesfield 1004 sh all pd. 54 247 171. Neath 1,786 301. Oxford 100/. sh. 581 2,400 4/. Peak Fore s t A verage a b out 781. sh. 1(4 21,418 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. I6s. ed. sh. 17 5,qi9 6/. per cent. Rochdale Average 85/. sh, 117 500 8/. Shropshire . /4/. sh. 140 800 9/. lOs. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 160 45,1)001. 5 per cent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock IQ/. 10s. sh. II 700 36/. Stafford and Worcester 1 2 ,1. sh. 69f 500 11/. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 24' 300 8/. Stourbridge 3,647 1/. 15s. StratforcLon- A vor i ...Average 791. 9s. 04. sh. 533 13/. Swansea 100/.0. 2' 5,762 1/. Severn and Wye and Railway ...Ar 35/. sh. 2,6011 n. :32/. 10s. Trent alai Mersey, 4 share 1004 sh, 5 8 ,119 Thames an 1 Medway...Aver. 191. ss. Bd. sh. 1,0005h.1 15/ Warwick aid Birmingham lOO/. sh I ,0001111. j 980 los. Warwick and Sapton lOO/. sh. 6,000 4/. Os. Worcester am' Birmingham...A v. 78/.Bs. sh. 5,000 20s. Wilts and Berks ~ Average 07/. 10s. 84. sh. 800 3/, Wyrley and Essington 125/. sh 126 Wisbeach . ..104/. sh. 905 U. Wey and Arun llO/, sh. DO!'.KS. 2,6001 k 1,06545 h -'C. 3 n Commercial lOO/. sh. 108,0671/. 51 per et. East India 3,235,31011. 503. p.ct. London Stock Ditto Bonds 1,380,000/. 5/. per ct. West India 2.200 94 I lls. Bristol 63,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts 1.352,752 4 mr cent. St. Katharine Stock 500,003 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years Shoreham Harbour 2.530 .... ..., Deptford Pier °W. sh. 3/. pd BRIDGES. 1,600 11. HammersznAl• 5O/. sh. 20 7,231 Southwark, Old Av. €3!. 2s. Bd. sh. 4 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of% per cent. 5O/.30. 14 5,000 5,000 1/. 2s. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/. 6O/. pd 18 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 15 60,000/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Bonds 6,000 1/. Vauxhall Average 70/. 10s. 3d. sh. 22 AS , URANCE COMPAN3ES. 2,000 3/ lns Albion 5001. sh. 501. pd 78 50,000 [ 5 I .7 d c , e s n . L l Alliance, British & Foreign 100/ . s h . IC I / . p d Jig 50,000 II per rent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 51. pd 51 21,000 11 per 20. Atlas 501. sh. 5/. NI 13/ 1,200 fsh. 51. Birmingham i ire 0 .504 sh, 55/. pd 105 20,000 4/ percent. British Fire 2501. sh. 50/. pd 45 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 5(1/, sh. 5/. pd 61 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical, Medi...al,&c. Life, !CO/. sh. 12/10s pd 34 4,000 2/ 10$ County 100/. sh. 10/. pd 42 40,000 ss. Eagle 5O/. sh. 51. pd 6 ow , S 5 per cent.l --" Land 30/ bs.s 1000/. all. 250/. pd 375 Economic Lilo 2,271 51/. per cent. European Li,. °W. 50. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 0 04 sh. W. pd I/.12 4 1,000,000/. 71 . per ct. Gl o b e Stock 158 20,000 5/. Guardian lOO/. sh. 2711 pd 351 Fire 5 pct.} 40,000 [ Life sp c Hope 50/. sh. 5/. pd 6 2,400 51. 7a. (hi. Imperi a l Fi re 500/. sh. 50/. pd 1251 7,500 9s. Imperial Liie 100/. sh. 10/. pd 10 13,458 Iths.6d.'ner sh. Indemnity Marine 11)01. sh. 5/. pd 17 2,020 31 108 Kent Fire.... 50/. sh. all pd 92 31. Ditto Life 10,000 16 e. Law Life 100/. sh. 104 pd 29 3,900 London, Firs 25/. sh. 121. 10s. pd 15 31.000 Lamina, Ship 0 5/. sh. 121. 10s. pd 15 30,010 5/. per cent. Palladium Lite 50/. sh. 2/. pd 217 s fig 250,003 ......... Protettor Fire 2O /. s h . 2 /. pd 19 . 6 d 2,500 11. lOO,OOO Provident lore lOO /. s h . 10/ . pd 191 ......... Rock Life 20/. sh. 21. pd '7 859,220,51. per cent. Royal Exchange Stork... 225 6,000 5 per cent. University tote lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 5/ 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 2/. pd JOINT S I'OCK BANKS 25,000 ......... Agric. and Cumm. o f Ireland 251. 50. 10!. pd 14 5,000 Australasia 4Ol. sh. 404 pd 60 10,000 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham 5O/.13h. 10!. pd 13 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/. &h. 5/. pd 14 30,000 4 per cent. Lonslon anti Westminster...lool sh. 20/. pd 24; 3,000 ........ Lancaster 100/. sh. 201. pd 34) .c.:5,000 6 per cent. Liverpool 1001 sh. 101. pd 22 50,000 71 per len t . Manchester arid Liverpo o l/ Discount lO O -/. sh. 15/ pd 22 20,000 11 percent. Manchester 100/. sh. 251 pd 20,000 8 per cent. Provincial Batik of Ireland 1001. sh. 25/. pd 42 20,* CO i per cent. National Bank of Ireland 5, 1/. sh. 121/. pd J 4 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. IOU sh. 254 pd 27 :9,000 10 per cent. Gloucestershire 5O/. sh. 10/. pd 20 6,000 74 per cent. Hampshire 50/. sh. 5/. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 500 1 / 7 4 Bath 2O!. sh. lli/. pd 25 5,000 British 4O/. sh. 16/. lid 21. s" 000 r 5/.percent.l rov Ditto Provincial /and Bs. 5,3. 5 20/. eh. 19 pd 21 ' 929 5/ lOs Birmingham 5O/. sh. 105 4,250 2/ Os Bristol '2o'. sh. 40 1 ,50(1 Brighton 2Ol. sh. 14 750 Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 18/. pd II 2,471 5 per cent. Brighton General '2O/. sh. all pd 19 4,000 4', Continental Consolidated lOO/. 621/. pd 9 , 1 1,000 101. City of London 1()0/. sh. all pd 185 1 , 1 00 11/. Ditto, New 4,000 4/. 10s. Equitable 10,e00 5/. per cent. Imperial 5Ol. sh. 43 SOO 51. per cent. Isle of Thatiet '251. sh. 20/. pd 19 2,350 6/. per cent. Independent V/. sh. all pd 48 9,900 3/. per cent. Phrenix . • 5O!. sh. 39/. pd 22. 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratcliff 101. sh. 80/. pd 4,010 South Metropolitan s 'l. sh. 1711. pd 17 8,200 5/. per cent. United General, 50/. sh. 46/. pd 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50 400 8/. per cent Wakefield 25/. sh. 22 2,000 3/. Westminster Chartered 6,001 Ls. Ditto, New 5ll. eh. 10/. pd 10 81)0 Yarmouth 20/. sh. 18/, pd 1) WATER WORKS. 4,800 Birmingham 25/. sh. 25/ pd 25 4,133 61. East London lOO/. sh. 136 4,500 2/ lOs Grand Junction Average 41/ 131. 4d. 20. 53 2,000 2/. Kent 100/. sh. 46 3 , 8 10/. Liverpool !Mode 220/. sh. 310 1,500 2/ 108 New River London Bridge Water Annuities .58 6,186 1/ 15s Manchester and Salford 1,000 4 per cent. South Lon.lon lOO/. sh. 85 5,'300 3/. West Middlesex ....Average 63/. 12s. 9d. sh. S't 1,360 1/ 143 York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 1%000 10,000 0,0 0 19.0110 1:4,500 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 17, 1536 REPORT OF THE SELECT COM MITTEE ON SHIPWRE:CKB. PRESENTED ON MONDAY, AUGUST 15. The Select Committee appointed to inquire into the causes of the increased number of shipwrecks, with a view to ascertain whether such improvements might not be made in the construction, equipment, and navigation cf mer chant vessels as would greatly diminish the annual loss of life and property at sea, and who were empowered to report their opinion thereupon, together with the minutes of evi dence taken before them, to the House, have examined the matters ref:A-red to them, and agreed to the following resolutions : I. EXTENT OF LOSS IN PROPERTY AND LIVES AT SEA. 1. That the number of ships and vessels belonging to the United Kingdom which were wrecked or lost in the periods specified below appears, by a return made to the Com mittee from the books of Lloyd's to be as follows : Number of Vessels Stranded or Wrecked. 1816 343 I 1833 1817 362 I 1834 1818 409 1 1835 1.114 , Number of Vessels Missing or Lost. 816 817 818 1,573 89 I 129 Making a total of 1,203 ships or vessels wrecked and missing in the first period of three years, and a total of 1,702 wrecked and missing in the second period of three years. 2. Thrt taking the number of vessels wrecked and lost in the two periods named above at the assumed value of 5,0001. for each ship and cargo, on the average of the whole, the loss of property occasioned by these wrecks would amount, in the first three years, to 6,015,000/., being an average of 2,005,000/. per annum ; and in the last three years to 8,510,0004, being an average of 2,836,6661. per annum. 3. That the number of ships, in each of the years above specified, of which the entire crews were drowned, though the exact number of each crew is not stated, appears, by the same return made to your Committee, from the books of Lloyd's, to have been as follows : Number of Vessels in each Year, of which the entire Crews were Drowned. 1816 l5 I 1833 1817 l9 I 1834 1818 l5 11835 49 8 Making a t o t a l o f 49 in the l first period o f th ree years,l and a total of 81 in the second period of three years. 4. That the number of persons drowned in each of the years specified, in addition to the above, and of which the number drowned belonging to each vessel is distinctly known, appears, by the same return from Lloyd's books, to be as follows : Number of Persons Drowned in each Year by Ships named. 1816 ... 945 1833 . 181 7 49 91 1834 1818 256 1 1835 1,700 1 1,714 5. That assuming the average number of persons in each of the vessels of which the entire crews were lost to con sist of ten individuals, including officers, seamen, and pas sengers, it would appear, that. in the first three years the number of persons drowned were 588 in the 49 vessels whose crews were entirely lost, and 1,700 in the vessels of which the exact number in each was known, making a total of 2,228 lives, or 763 per annum ; and that in the last three years the number of persons drowned was 972 in the 81 vessels whose crews were entirely lost, and 1,710 in the vessels of which the exact number in each was known, making a total of 2,682 lives, or 894 per annum. 6. That among the special cases of loss by shipwreck on particular parts of the coast, it has been stated, that during the last four years 272 ships were lost belonging to the port of Tyne, averaging 68 vessels per annum ; the whole num ber of vessels registered in that port being about 1,000 sail ; that these 272 vessels measured 60,489 tons; and assuming these to have been total losses, and the average value of the whole to be 101. per ton, the loss of property from this single port would be 604,8901. in four years, or 151,2221. per annum, while the number of lives lost in these 272 vessels during the same period was 682 ; the number of widows and orphans left for relief 147 ; and the amount of money paid out of the funds of the Seaman's Association at Shields, for relief of members of that so ciety only, amounted to 1,9351. 15s. 9d. ; the ships em ployed from this port being principally colliers, which per form eight or nine voyages in each year, and are continued in occupation during the winter as well as summer along a dangerous coast. 7. That during a period of sixteen months, from, Jan. 1, 1833, to May 1, 1834, the number of vessels reported in Lloyd's books as missing or lost, and which have never since been heard of, amounted to 95 in number ; and these ships being principally engaged in foreign voyages, the cal culation made on their value, and the number of their crews, including officers, seamen, and passengers, assuming 8,0001. as the lowest average value of ship and cargo throughout, and 15 persons as the average number of per sons on board the whole, gives a total lois in these missing ships only, within the short period of 16 months, 760,0001. sterling in property, and 1,425 lives. 8. That these results do not embrace the whole extent of loss in property or lives, occasioned by shipwrecks, even among those vessels only which belong to the United King dom, inasmuch as these returns include only the losses en tered in Lloyd's books, from which the returns adverted to were made out ; whereas it is well known that many ves sels and lives are lost by wreck or foundering at sea, of which no entry is made in Lloyd's b oo k s , an d of which, as no record is kept, no return can be produced. 9. That the whole loss of property in British shipping wrecked or foundered at sea, may therefore be assumed as amounting to nearly three millions sterling per annum ; the value of which property, though covered by insurance to certain parties, is not the less absolutely lost to the nation, and its cost paid for by the British public, on whom its loss must ultimately fall. 10. That the annual loss of life, occasioned by the wreck or foundering of British vessels at sea, may, on the same grounds, be fairly estimated at not less than one thousand persons in each year, which loss is also attended with in creased pecuniary burdens to the British public, on whom the support of many of the widows and orphans left desti tute by such losses must ultimately fall. PRINCIPAL CAUSES, OF SHIPWRECK. 11. That among the various causes of shipwreck, which appear susceptible of removal or diminution, the following appear to be the most frequent and the most generally ad: mitted 1. Defective construction of ships. 2. Inadequacy of equipment. 3. Imperfect state of repair. 4. Improper or excessive loading. .5. Inappropriateness of form. 6. Incompetency of masters and officers, 7. Drunkenness of officers and men. 8. Operation of marine insurance. 9. Want of Harbours of refuge. 10. Imperfection of charts. 12. CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS.--That the defective con struction of ships appears to have been greatly encouraged by the system of classification, which, from the year 1798 up to the year 1834, was followed at Lloyd's, by which the age of a vessel and the port at which she was built were made the chief tests of her strength and safety ; and by which all new vessels, however slightly constructed, were entitled to he registered in the first class for a given number of years, varying from six to twelve, after which the strongest ships were placed on a level with the weakest, being excluded from the first class when the prescribed pe riod of years had expired : the tendency of this system of classification being to induce shipowners to build their ships in the cheapest manner, and with the least degree of strength that was sufficient to sustPin their vessels through the shortest period named (some having foundered and others having gone to pieces on their first voyage), after which period their value would be greatly reduced by their exclu sion from the flrst class. 13. EQUIPMENT, REPAIR, AND LOADING.—That the ' frequent replacing of such vessels as had thus passed into the second class, by building new ones to occupy their sta tions in the first class, led to an increased supply in the number of new ,ships beyond the healthy or profitable de mand for them ; while the lessels which had run out the short term prescribed for their continuance in the first class, being sold at very reduced prices, and the purchasers having no inducement to put them into an efficient state of repair —since no amount of reparation would restore them to their original position—such vessels were navigated on a lens capital and at less freight than others, and by thus com peting on lower terms with the al rea d y supera b undant num ber of ships afloat, contributed to produce such general depression of freights and profits, as to compel the most rigid economy in the outfit and expenses of shipping gene rally, and the greatest efforts to make a moderate interest on the capital employed, which too frequently led to the in adequaey of equipment, the imperfect state of repair, and the improper and excessive loading enumerated among the causes of shipwreck. 14. FOREIGN COMPETITtION.--Tilat in addition to this operation of severe competition, among diff eren t c l asses o f shipping belonging to the United Kingdom, the British shipowner had also to meet the competition of foreigners, in the ships of Continental Europe, who, from the many advantages enjoyed by them in the superior cheap-73s of their materials for building, equipping, and provisioning their vessels, and the lower rate of wages paid to their crews, were enabled to realise profits, on terms of freight, which would not even cover the expences of British ship:. 15. Foasts OF SHIPS.—That the inappropriateness of form in British merchant vessels, whi c h o f ten i ncapac i tates them from beatitig lair a lee shore, and consequently leads to their being wrecked, has been peily f} m result of the na ture of British maritime trade, and partly of the defettil'e systems of measurement, and the heavy tonnage duties for merly levied on British ships ; many vessels being necessa• rily constructed of a flat form of bottom to adapt them to the shoal harbours of' England, and enable them to lie in safety while aground ; but though these last are causes which no system of fiscal regulations could remove, yet it is established and admitted that the system of ad measurement and heavy tonnage duties which formerly existed presented a strong inducement to shipowners to build their ships of such forms and dimensions as should unite a small nominal tonnage by admeasurement with a large ac tual capacity for carrying a cargo considerably above the tonnage at which she might be registered ; which united qualities could only be obtained at the sacrifice of speed, buoyancy, celerity of evolution, and consequent incompe tency to escape from the dangers of a lee shore. 16. CLASSIFICATION OF SHIPS.—That the system of classification has been very greatly improved by the forma tion of a new association, entitled " Lloyd's Registry So ciety for British and Foreign Shipping," the basis of whose regulations appears to be a bona fide attempt to clas s ify vessels accordi ng t o th e i r r eal and intrinsic merits, including their age, construction, materials, workmanship, and stores ; but though there is good reason to believe that the ulti mate result of this new system of classification will be to effect a great improvement in the general character of the ships of the United Kingdom, yet this society possesses no authority beyond that of any other private association to onforce the observance of such rules as may be necessary to secure the greatest degree of strength and safety desir able to be attained in merchant ships. 17. ADMEASCREME,NT OF TONNAGE.—That though the system of admeasurement, as recently changed, may de fine, with sufficient accuracy, the cubic space of the ship's hold, it is a problem well worthy of attention to discover some method that shall fix the admeasurement of tonnage .at the actual amount of dead weight which a ship can carry without sinking, a fixed proportion of which might be deemed the registered tonnage ; in order to remove every inducement to build ships of inappropriate forms, with a view to lessen their tonnage duty. IS. INCOMPETENCY OF MASTERS AND OFFICERS.— That the frequent incompetency of masters and officers appears to be admitted on all hands, this incompetency sometimes arising from the want of skill and knowledge in seamanship, but more frequently from the want of an ade quate knovils.dge of navigation ; it being proved that some masters of merchant vessels have been appointed to com mand after having been foe a very short time at sea ; that others have hardly known how to trace a ship's course on the ch ar t, or h ow t o ascer t a i n th e l a tit u d e by a meridian I altitude of the sun ; that many are unacquainted with the p u e s e ofthe te n t t n chronometer, ascertain the and h longitude a t very b 3, few lunar indeed are u observations c o while some are appointed to command merchant vessels at periods of such extreme youth (one instance is given of a boy of 14, all of whose apprentices were older than him self), and others so wholly destitute of maritime experience (another instance being given of a porter from a ship owner's warehouse who was made a captain of one of his ships), that vessels have been met with at sea who were out of their reckoning by several hundreds of miles, and others have been wrecked on coasts from which they believed themselves to have been hundreds of miles distant at the time. 19. DRUNKENNESS AND USE OP SPIRITS.—That drun kenness, either in the masters, officers, or men, is a frequent cause of ships being wrecked, leading often to improper and contradictory orders and directions on the part of the offi cers ; sleeping on the look-out or at the helm among the men ; occas):ining ships to run foul of each other at night, and one or both foundering ; to vessels being taken aback or overpowered by sudden squalls, and sinking, upsetting, or getting dismasted, for want of timely vigilance in pre paring for the danger ; and to the steering wrong courses, so as to run upon dangers which might have otherwise been avoided. 20. Th a t th e pract i ce o f ta ki ng l arge quant i t i es of ar d ent spirits as part of the stores of ships, whether in the navy or in the merchant service, and the habitual use of such spirits, even when diluted with water, and in what is ordi narily considered the moderate quantity served to each man eartfysss sea, is its e lf a very f requent cause o f t h e l oss of sh i ps and ; ships frequently taking fire from the drawing off of spirits, which are always kept under hold ; crews frequently getting access to the spirit casks, and becoming intoxicated ; and almost all the cases of insubordination, insolence, dis obedience of orders, and refusal to do duty, as well as the confinements and punishments enforced as correctives, both of which must for the time greatly lessen the efficiency of of the crews, being clearly traceable to the intoxicating in fluence of the spirits used by the officers and men. 21. EXPERIMENTS IN AMERICAN VESSELS.—That the happiest effects have resulted from the experiments tried in the American navy and merchant service to do without spirituous liquors as an habitual article of daily use ; there being at present more than 1,000 sail of American ves sels traversing all the seas of the world, in every climate, without the use of spirits by their officers or crews, and being, in consequence of this change, in so much greater a state of efficiency and safety than other vessels not adopt ing this regulation, that the public insurance companies in America make a return of five per cent. of the premium of insurance on vessels completing their voyages without the use of spirits, while the examples of British ships sail ing from Liverpool on the same plan have been produc tive of the greatest benefit to the shipowners, underwriters, merchants, officers, and crews. 22. MARINE INSURANCE.—That the system of marine insurance, though affording the means of protecting indi viduals from excessive loss, has nevertheless a tendency, by transferring the pecuniary responsibility for such losses from the owners of ships to the underwriters who insure them, to induce less care in the construction of ships, less efficiency in their equipment, and less secur it y f or t h e i r a d equate management at sea, inasmuch as the risk of such loss to the shipowners can be covered by a fixed premium of insurance, which, being charged on the freight, and then re-charged on the goods conveyed, fixes the real responsibility and real loss ultimately on the public ; as all the parties ac tually engaged in th e t ransact i on can secure themselves from any participation in such loss by tho aid of marine insurance. 23. HARBOURS OF REFUGE. —That there are many portions of the coast of Great Britain in which the want of harbours of refuge has led to the loss of many vessels that might have been easily saved had such harbours existed ; of which the two following instances may be named :—ln three different gales of wind which occurred in the years 1821, 1824, and 1829, tkiere were lost on the east coast of England, between the Humber and the Tees, 169 vessels, of which 73 were wrecked on the rocks off Redear, where peculiar facilities exist for constructing a harbour of refuge, by which the loss of nearly all these ves sels might have been avoided. In the present year, 18!.36, no less than 39 vessels were seen on shore in Holyhead Bay at one time, 20 of which were totally lost with all their crews on board ; and within the same period many vessels have been wrecked between Holyhead and Liverpool, where an excellent position exists for forming a harbour of refuge between the Great and Little Ornie's Head, near the entrance of the river Dee ; at which, had such a harbour been formed, the greater number of these vessels might have been saved. 24. IMPERFECTION OF CHARTS.—That the imperfection of charts is more particularly the cause of shipwreck in the newly-opened regions of the Eastern Archipelago and the China seas, where, notwithstanding the highly valuable la bours of the East India Company's maritime officers, and the zealous perseverance and ability of their distinguished hydrographer, the late Captain Horsburgh, whose directory and charts of the Eastern seas have been invaluable safe guards to life and property in those regions, there yet re mains much to be achie'ved towards obtaining correct nau. tical surveys of the islands and coasts. 111. REMEDIES PROPOSED OR SUGGESTED. 25. MERCANTILE MARINE BOARD.—That it is a matter of the first importance to authorize, by enactment, the for mation in London of a mercantile marine board, to direct, superintend, and regulate the affairs of the mercantile ma rine of the United Kingdom, on such a plan of organization and control as shall unite a due regard to the private in terests of the shipowners, merchants, and underwriters, whose individual property may be embarked therein, with an equal attention to the public interests in the preservation of the national capital from destruction at sea ; and, above all, in securing as tiar as possible the safety of the lives of those who may be engaged in navigating the ships and con ducting the maritime commerce of the country. 26. That this mercantile marine board should be so con structed as to embrace a competent number of experienced officers of the Royal Navy, and masters in the merchant service, united with .experienced shipowners and ship builders, assisted by a skilful hydrographer, a professor of snautical astronomy and navigation, and one or more men of eminence in the legal profession, the election of such mem bers to be vested in certain proportions in the Admiralty, the Trinity Board, and the shipowners, and to be irremov able from office except by the concurrence of the three bodies named ; and that to such a board should be entrusted the power to carry into effect, both in London and the out ports, under the sanction and authority of Parliament, the followingprimary o bj ec t s ODE OF MARITIME LAW.—The com pilation and consolidati on o f a code of maritime law, embracing so muc h of the existing common and statute law of the realm as should appear to the board to be most important to be adopted and made generally known, adding thereto such otherprovision s as might seem necessary to the completion of such a code as should clearly and accurately define the relative duties and obligations of shipowners, officers ) and seamen ; with a view to supply the remarkable defect under which Great Britain now labours, in being' almost tae only maritime country of the world in which no such special code of maritime law eaiats. 28. NAUTICAL IMPILOVEMEIVii--...The promotion and en couragement of nautical improvement, by receivin g ; exa mining, and reportinr, upon plans pres e nted to them for flidt purpose , whether in science, art, or discipline, em bracing therefore ettbjects connected with nautical astro nomy and navigation, hydrovaphy and surveying, naval architecture, seamanship, rigging, stowage, sailing, regula tion of crews, and other matters conducire to the improve ment of British ships and British seamen. 29. CLASSIFICATION OF SHIPS. —The perfecting a sys tem of classification of ships, to the utmost attainable point of accurately defining, by such classification, the real state and condition of every ship registered. 30. BUILDING, SURVEYM;I, AND EQUIPMENT. The collection of information as to the best methods for build ing, surveying, fitting out, equipping, loading, and furnish ing with the requisite supply of men, provisions, water, and boats, all ships built and registered in the United King dom ; and the suggestion of the best means of giving prac tical efficiency to the information thus acquired. 31. EXAMINATION OF OFFICERS.--The formation of certain standards of qualification in seamanship and navi gation, to be attained by officers before they should receive licences of appointment to particular grades in the merchant service ; and certain higher standards of qualification in seamanship, navigation, and nautical 'astronomy, to be attained by masters before they should be entitled to receive licences of appointment to the command of vessels of dif ferent classes and for different voyages. 32. The appointment of examiners in seamanship, navi gation, and nautical astronomy, for the public examination of all candidates for appointment as officers or commanders, with power to remand all who should be deficient in the requisite degree of knowledge for the class to which the candidate might aspire, and, with a power also to grant licenses to officers of superior skill and knowledge, autho rising each class to wear a uniform, as was done in the late mercantile marine of the East India Company, differing from the uniform of the Navy, but at the same time suffi ciently marked for the purpose of distinguishing the persons wearing it as passed officers of the merchant service. 33. SAVINGS BANKS AND ASYLUMS.—The preservation of fie health, strength, and moral character of seamen, which are material elements in the efficiency of ship's crews, and tend to lessen the risk of shipwrecks, by the es tablishment of savings' banks for the wages of seamen, and asylums for the reception of the men and their effects, either in ships to be moored afloat, adapted to their recep tion, or in buildings erected on shore ; for the purpose of saving these seamen, as far as may be found practicable, from the misery and degradation into which they are so constantly plunged almost immediately after their return from sea, when, being made intoxicated, and sometimes stupified by drugs, they are robbed and plundered by crimps who make them their victims, and who hold them in actual bondage till all their wages are drained from them, when they are often taken in a state of intoxication to a ship, of the officers and crew of which they know nothing, and their advance of wages, instead of being applied to the purchase of an outfit or the voyage, is seized by their ori ginal betrayer for a real or pretended debt incurred while in his custody. 34. REGISTRY OFFICES.—The formation of registry offices for merchant seamen, at which certificates of the age, name, capacity, and character of every seaman (which, by the late Act for the Registration of British seamen, must be granted to all seamen demanding the same from their commanders at the time of their discharge) may be depo sited and recorded in a register book to be kept f or th a t purpose ; such .registry - offices to be bound to furnish, free of expense, authenticated copies of such certificates of cha racter to all seamen applying for the same ; in order to af ford the requisite facility for the selection of the best men; and to furnish inducements to commanders, to engage at early periods of the vessel's fitting out, the actual crews by which their ships are to be manned for the voyage. 35. NAUTICAL SCHOOLS.—The establishment of cheap nautical schools, either in ships afloat adapted to the pur pose, or in appropriate buildings on shore, in which the practical duties of seamanship and the elements of naviga tion should be taught to the young apprentices w h o are training- up for the sea ; and in which, under proper direc tions, some attention should be paid to their habits of cleanliness, order, acd sobriety, and the preservation of their moral characters, fill of which are at present unhap pily neglected. 36. COURTS OF INQUIRY.—The arrangement of a plan for the institution of courts of i nqu :ry to examine into the circumstances of every shipwreck that occurs, as far as may be practicable, with power to pronounce ea verdict of censure on the owners or commanders of all those vessels where the result of the inquiry should establish the fact of such wreck being occasioned by any fault or deficiency cro the part of either, as well as to acquit honourably the owners' and com manders of those ships against whom no fault cOld be proved, and to m a k e th e ev id ence an d ver di ct i n eac h. ease public in every port of the kingdom ; with further power to suspend, for a given time, the licenses or certificates_ Of such officers and seamen as should be proved guilty of gross incompetency or gross neglect of duty ; and to reward, either by reimbursement of their loss of wages and effects, or by gratuities, or medals of honour and distinction, those officers and men who should have particularly distinguished themselves by their skill, courage, or humanity, in preserv ing the lives and property of others, whether actually be longing to the ships that were wrecked, or coming to their assistance from other vessels or from the shore. 37. SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES.—The formation of special tribunals i r the cheap, speedy, and open trial and adjudication of all quotions arising between shipowners, officers, and men, relating to claims for wages, breaches of discipline, and such other matters of dispute as might be fitly submitted to summary jurisdiction ; in order to avoid the great delay, expense, and uncertainty attending such trials in the ordinary courts of law and prilice, as at present constituted, the effect of which is often sufficient to deter parties from seeking redress, and thus to defeat the ends of justice, equally to shipowners, officers, and seamen. 38. FUNDS . FROM FEES.—That the funds for the sup port of the Mercantile Marine Board in London, and its auxiliary establishments at the principal out-ports, might. be raised by the payment of moderate fees on the registration of ships, and on the granting of licenses and certificates to officers and conmanders, aided by such contributions from the public revenue as the institution might require. 39. ASSISTANCE GOVERNMENT.—The, while the Marine Board should be t.igaged in carrying out the prin ciples and accomplishing the objects hereinbefore enume rated, there appear to t hi s C om mittee to be others well worthy the attention of the Government , by the promotion of which they can render material aS3isl.7nce towards the improvement of B r iti s h s hi ps , an d t h e re li e f of British sea men, more especially the following : 4. 40. REDUCTION or DUTIES.—The gradual rett,:ic"°n of all the duties, imposts, and taxes, which press, in I.l i 'e first instance, on shipping, and which tend to enhance the cost of their building, equipment, and navigation, so as to enable them the better to meet the severe competition to which they arc now subject with the ships of other nations. 41. DIMINISHED USE OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS.—The encourageraent, in his Majesty's navy, of the system—so happily followed both in the ships of war and merchant ves sels of America, and in some instances in the merchant ships of England, with the best results in every case—of discontinuing the daily supply of spirits to the seamen as an article of necessary use, and substituting the more nutritious and wholesome beverages of coffee, cocoa, chocolate, or tea : so as to restrict the quantity of spirits supplied as stores, to the amount required for special and urgent occasions, to be served under the direction of the commander and medical officer of each ship, and at such periods only as they might deem necessary. 42. LOADItiG AND PROVISIONS.—The prevention, by such means as may be deemed most efficient, of the prac tice of carrying any portion of ship's cargoes on deck, by which vessels arc frequently upset and water.logged or sunk; and the securing th e reservat i on o f an a d eq uate portion of the provisions, and water for the crew, to be kept in some part of the vessel that shall be accessible in. such cases of peril, to prevent the dreadful scenes of hunger, misery, and lingering death, to which so many are sub jected, every year, for the want of some such securities as those proposed. 43. INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS. — The opening a negotis'.ion with all the maritime powers of the world with which Great B r it a i n h as e ither political, or commercial re lations, in o rd er t o e ff ec t, if possible, a comprehen s i ve treaty u with each a nd a ll o f them, to use their b es t en d eavours for the preservation of the lives and prOperty of those who may have the misfortune to be wrecked on their shores, first securing the lives, and affording sustenance, shelter, and protection to the persons of those who mly be cast upon their coasts, and then disposing to the greatest advantage of tht property saved, holding th e proceeds for a given period at the command of the lawful claimants, if any should ap pear ; and after such period, should no claimants apply, transferring the amount to a shipwreck fund, out of which to defray the expenses incurred ill the preservation of life and property saved on their coasts ; in order to supersede, if possible, tile present barbarous practice of plundering the ships and men throw n by misfortune on dangerous shores, Es well as to transfer the proceeds of such wrecks from the funds of the droits of the Admiralty and lords of the manor, to a fund for the relief of shipwrecked mariners, and the restitution to its lawful owners of shipwrecked property. 44. PLANS AND '.MODELS.—That among the various Plans and models of proposed improvements in the con struction of vessels,. which have been submitted to the Committee, there appear to be none more worthy of se rious attention than those which shOw the great superiority, in strength anti powers of resistance, of the solid bottoms for ships, as evidenced in the case of his Majesty's ship Pique, over the ordinary method of construction in. Mer chant vessels, by which open spaces are leftibetween.ever}f pair of timbers. They conceive, also, that the apparatus oolTe rCe'd of Captain Manby, for conveying a rope from the shore to the ship, in cases of paratus of Mr. Trengrouse, for convey nication from the ship to the shore, or another, are deserving of national encou Jilted to rescue many lives ham desi speedily and judiciously applied. 45. AMERICAN SHIPPING.—That the Committee! can. not conclude its labours without calling attention to th e fact, that the ships of the United States of Araerice, fre quenting the ports of E ng l an d, are s t a t e d by several wit,. nesses to be super:or to those of a similar class Amongst the ships of Great Britain, the commanders and officers: being generally considered to be more competent as s.urn . cis and navigator s , an d more un if orm l y persons o f educator' than the commanders and officers of British ships of a situ lar size and class trading from England to America; white the seamen of the United States arc considered to be mom carefully selected, and to be more efficient ; that American ships sailing from Liverpool to New York have a prefers over English vessels sailing to the same port, both as the freight and to rate of insurance ; and, higher wages being given, their whole equipment is maintained in a higher state of perfection, so that fewer losses occur ; and as the American shipping have increased of late years in the pro portion of 12 : i per cent. per annum, while the British ship ping have increased within the same period only per cent. per annum, the constantly increasing demand for sea men by the increasing maritime service of the whole world. the numbers cut off by shipwreck, and the temptations of fered by the superior wages of American vessels, cause a large number of British seamen every year to leave the ser vice of their own country, and to embark in that of the United States, and these comprising chiefly the most skil ful and improving of our m ar i ners , p ro d uce t h e d ou bl e e f- Feet of the efficiency of the American crews, arid in the same ratio, diminishing the efficiency of the Britislt merchant service. 46. LEGISLATIVE ENACTIVIENTS.—That it is, therefore the opinion of this Committee, that the earliest opportunity should be taken, in the next session of Parliament, to call the attention of the attention of the Legislature to the pre sent state of British ships and British seamen, with a view to the introduction of such enactments as may be best cal culated to elevate and improve the general character of tha British mercantile marine, and to place it in such a state of safety and efficelley as to make its ships the most perfect structures that art and science can form ; its officers the most distinguished le' their competency and skill, and its seamen as respectable air character and as happy in the en joyment of adequate rcmckeration for their toils, as their de votion to their country in wer, and their services to com merce in peace so just!yentitle them to expect. J. S. BUCKINGHAM, Chairman. COUNTY AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. (From the Cork Southern ,Reporter, Aug. 4.) :refer We had n o t s p ace to at th,l length we could h ave desired to the interesting proceedings of our County Agri cultural Dinner on Thursday last. We are anxious to pro mote the objects of th e S oc i e ty, an d h a v t l no doubt of its working great good, if su pp or t e d b y these who, in the county of Cork, are directly or indirectly, dependent on agricultural prosperity ; not the county of Cork alone, but the majority of - the inhabitants of this large ant! populous city mainly depend on the cultivation of the soil, and we look up to all parties for the support of so valuable an In stitution. In condensing, to meet the space we could afford, the many appropriate speeches made at the dini.,er, we were obliged to omit a most interesting communication made by J. W. Anderson, Esq. We allude to his having stated that a Company had been formed in London for the purpose of manufacturing sugar from beet -root, and that it was their intention, as soon as the necessary arrangements could be made, to establish beet-root manufactories in Ire land. This is as it ought to be ; Englishmen coming for ward with English capital, to promote the mutual interest of themselves and their sister country. We promise them a hearty welcome ; and we do so with the greater satisfac tion, as they have been pleased to make the communication through our intelligent and highly respectable countryman, Mr. Anderson, to whose father Ireland owes a debt of gratitude that it would be impossible to repay. The Com pany to which Mr. Anderson referred has been established in London, with a capital of 250,000/., for the manufacture of sugar from beet-root, by a patented apparatus and pro cess imported from France ; in which country, and in Germany, extraordinary success has attended the produc tion of sugar from beet-root. Our own soil and climate are peculiarly calculated for the production of beet—a species of cultivation of the utmost importance to the farmer, being capable of yielding a much greater remuneration than is obtained from any other crop now produced on his land ; and it has this additional advantage, that successive crops can be taken from the same ground without any deteriora tion of either the soil or the produce. Mr. Anderson's interesting communication on this subject at the dinner was received with inu.ch attention. In conclusion, we would rnpress on the country gentry, that it is only by active and vig.:%rous exertions agricultural produce can be raised from t h e depressed state which it exhibited during the last season. -/ .., ,- ,• A ‘N,N3. , -,,-), . .N . . ---,q*. s /4 . ._ c i„,;4l c e .`74' . :lztid _ ,I-Iti ape ffitlyll( at 1011 l'. l- it fil4 l .,allti the ar ) . -Lig- a `,ltkp e cornmu. from',; . 31p tiT. iragemc :;-+ ''‘ ;truction, Allttlili)] SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. •TVOL VElilf-TAIIIPT ON RACES.—MOVDer. The Trial Stakes of 10 sovs• each, with 20 added. Mile and a q . narter. 4 Subs. Ld Stanley's Verbena, '4 yrs, 7st. 121 b ...Arthur, jun. 1 Mr. E. Peel's Morrison, .3 yrs, 7st 31r. Nanney's Cymro. 4 yr.', Bst. "lb 3 A Stakes of .50 so s. each, h. ft., I:1r foals of 1833 ; colts, Bst. 61b ; fillies, Bst. 31b. Once round. Mr. Mists :tw i tll. f. by Cain Mr. T. EiliNfrby Pantaloon . Mr. Price's Elfi Rev .. .... . . The Wolverhampton Stakes of 25 sovs. eizch, 15 ft., with 100 added by the Town. Twice round and a distance. Second horse to save his stake. Mr. E. Peel's Tamworth, 5 yrs, Bst. 71b . t_%.pring 1 Mr. Giffard's Traveller, aged, Bst. 6b 2 Mr. J. Hammond na. Altamont, 4 yrs, 7st. 91b . 3 The following were not placed :—Mr. King's Lucy, aged, Bst. 71b ; Mr. Aston na. Independence, aged, Bst. 61b. ; Mr. G. Holy oake na. Theoplilus, 4 yrs, 7st. 91b. ; Sir E. Smythe na. Bravo, 3 yrs, Est. 71b. The, Lady's Purse was not run for when the post left. STOCKTON RACES.—Fninir. A Gold Cup, value 70 soya., by subscription of 10 sovs. each, with 10 added. Two miles and a distance. Duke of Leeds's Zohrab The Cleveland Stakes of 20 sovs. each, h. ft., for two vrs old ; colts, Bst. 51b. ; fillies, Bst. 31b. T. Y. C. Mr. Bell's Golden Drop ... Heseltine 1 Mr. IVormald's Fieschi Mr. H. Claridge's !Arty, Fitzhugh The \Vynyard Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 30 added for horses that never won 100 sovs. before naming. Two miles. Mr. W. Wise's Lady Jane, 3 yrs, 7st Grey 1 Mr. Fox's Tiffany, 3 yrs, 7st SATUIt DAT. Fifty Pound for all ages; three yrs old. Gst. 10Ib. ; four, Bst. ; fire, Bst. 91b. ; six and aged, Bst.. 121 b Heats, two miles. Mr. ttwnod's Theana, 3 yrs Chilton's b. f. by Voltaire, 3 yrs Three others also started. AQUATICS. The Tower Scul...ns' wa g er, announced for yest er d ay , did not come off in conseq onlce of an accident having o ccurre d to the b the resident officers of the T ower , and nextltpatronized . Tuesday isn am . 1 ) Y e da r the contest. The Rotbcrhithe match was Contested yeste r d oy . Th e at tendance was very in:ign iffeant, ari.-1 the contest of a mediocre description. Pcndrell was the witi!;er., The a pprentices at Hors'elydown rowed a match for a wherry. It seas in four heats, with six pairs of sculls, and the distance f ro m Pickled Herring-stairs to East-lane, hack, and round ag „i n . Lovell Has the winner, and Terry second. The second annual grand rowing match for two boats, and other prizes, given by the inhabitants of St. John's parish, Westminster, in commemoration of the birth-day of her Royal giemess the Duchess of Kent takes place this day. ARCHERY. The first meeting for the present year of the Herefordshire Bow Meeting took place on Wednesday last, at Hope End. The shonti n g commenced at one o'clock, at four targets, and continued until :I' . "' tent, and 200 sa t (.:. when the company marched to the large •NIIII to a fine dinner; at five shooting was resumed. and closed at seven. First Lady's prize to Miss H. Rocke, for hits ; second :.adY's prize for numbers, te Miss Pardee ; first Gentleman's pr ,...-e, for hits, to Mr. John Rocke : second Gentleman's prize, for nu:`b.ers, to the Rev. F. Mere to the bull's eye, wether. Eleven arrows were shot I,:' SHIPPING INT-ELf,h74ENCE. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS A'i' THE CUS. TOM-HOUSE, AUGUST 16. • Rot- The Trader, Cullen, from Livorpool; Maas, 'brad 31ake, Attwood, terdam ; Northumborland, Reynoldson , 2 Strannack, Hamburgh ; Soho, Morfec, _Antwerp. ENTERED OUTWARDS IN CARGO, AUG. 36. The Britannia, Downie, for Hamburg"'; Cherry, Partri3ge, ditto; Alexander, Ghlers, Rostock; Orontes,. Currie, Cape of Good Hope and Madras; Endeavour, John, Gibraltar; Hain, Corfu and ',ante; Wilson, Jordan, Esineur ; Barlow, Burns, St. John';; Lud d, J ackson, Antwerp; .Hopt, Boxer, Rotterdam ; Tyne, Moiler, O s t en d an d Gf m , n t ; Hymen, Bell, St. John's, New f3ronswiek, and Jamaica. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO, AUG. 16: The Britannia, Dow die, for Hamburgh ; Sir Edward Banks, Norwood, Rotterdam ; Atlas, Hunt, Mauritius ; Patriot, Mul lins, Elsineur ; Kent, Boulogne ; Harlequin, Middleton. ditto; Euphemia, Turpin, Lisbon ; Toronto, Willianwon, Montreal; Trois Freres, Antwerp. CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, Auo. 16. The Vrou Dorothea, Franking, for Restigouche ; Joanna Catherina, Bobiens, Norway; Vrow Melte, Biel, Keentrin sinsul; Centurion, Neppenstall, Quebec; Minerva, Fredricks, Denmark • Wilhelmina, Stockholm ; Fortuna, Stederman , Cadiz.; Ant,, Smith, Elsincur; George, Freycr, Resterin. gersiel. --- A lieu, the propiirty of Mr. M'Danald, engineer, of his Majekty's packet Viven, at Milford, sat upon nine eggs, eut of which ten chickens were hatched.—Cambrian, 1. , ..... l!crs [io Pe' fir hry , rot in-