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I • *ON' . 0 ' V i r..-""`" Ve• /IL,c e • • t SUN. / t z - NUMBER 8902.] THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1821. [PRICE 5 nvEzc PENCE. I - 1C 7 1 7 .11 L PFICE, MarcA li2l THE COMMISSIONERS for VIC7'UAL , LI NG Ills .11_ , IJES TY'S .1:i Y tlo hereby give .VO - 'that on Peit7ay, the I6M Instant, they will be renew to reerier Tenders in writ in f . ! . (sealed np), end term for One Thousand Sacks of KILN DRIED HOUSEHOLD FLOUR, to be sulject to the usual. warrant,/ of Twelre Months ; One Theasand Qoarters of ENGLISH PEASE Fi ve ll u adred.co.chs i.V . BISK ET M EAI,;- rind Fifty Tons o f NEW OATMEAL; to he delivered into His - Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, in the spare Olt? month, by equal weekly propertrans, rind to br raid Ai' by Bills, payable, willto,at Interest, sixtu days aflet date. The Conditions of the Contracts may be seen at the Secre tary's Office. No regard will be had to any Tender in which the. Prier "hall net he inserted in words at lentil/e, or that shall not be delivered to the Board before One o'Clock on the said Friday, the 1614 Instant; nor ,unless the Per son who ,IfEkl'A the Tender, or siwie Person OH his behalf, ottes:ds to answer when calledlor. STATIONA Le RY OFFICE, F. 1521. THE COMPTROLLER and STORE KEEPER of this OFFICE are ready to receive TEN DERS for the Supply of PAPER, PENS, and QUILLS, for the Public Service. MINERALOGY. FOR THE SUN. NAVIGATION AND TRADE saved their country by their valour, to be ba-i lanced in the scale of our political economists, against the cupidity with which foreigners envy their labours, and have felt the effect of their prowess ? Will the patriotic feeling of Britons turn the scale against their deliverers ? If then the public spirit which actuated our forefatherS is hot entirely fled—if we are not totally absorbed in considerations foreign to the public good, let me conjure my countrymen to rally round the btilwark of our Carrying Trade, the Navigation Laws; let - us endeavour by stre iitious exertions to maintain them in full and tine vigour ; nor let Us, slop here, but unite our efforts to revise and aniend them that we may preserve to our country and to our posterity the empire of the _seas; that invaluable legacy which has been handed down to us by our brave ancestors, founded and nurtured by their fore.; sight and wisdom, and by which we may still lie enabledlO.conttnd sin g le-h an d e d , whenever. our friefidlY'enemies think they have a favourable opportunity to confederate against us, and when we are again called upon to defend ourselves for all that'is dear to us as Men and Britons:. Strpticy, March 7, 1821. NAUTICUS. _ _ MR. EDITOR-Your attachment to the interest of your Country is strongly evinced in tile sup port you have uniformly given to the relations of British Shipping: It seems, therefore, unneces sary to apologise for having addressed to you a few observations on the ruinous conseqUences that must result, if the measures which ate under the investigation of the Legislature should lead to any innovation in the Navigation Laws ; or to any alteration in the timber duties, which would diminish the Carrying Trade of the British Ship ping. As their welfare, and the welfare of my Country, is the object I have in view, I trust those motives are a sufficient excuse. . Printed particulars will be delivered, and Samples of the Articles required will be exhibited at the Storekeeper's Office, from Eleven o'Clock until Three, for twenty-eight days froM the Date hereof. ROYAL ACADEMY, SOMERSET-HOUSE. NOTICE TO ARTISTS.--All WORKS intended for the ensuing EX must be sent in on MONDAY, the 9th, dr by Six o'Clock on TUESDAY, the 10th of APRIL NEXT, after which time none can pos sibly be received. The Regulations necessary to be attended to may be found in the Catalogue of last year, or obtained at the Royal Academy. HENRY HOWARD, R.A. Sec. This Day was published, price 2s. Dedicated to the Right Honourable itoBERT PEELE, THE RIGHTS and STABILITY bf the PROTESTANT CHURCH of IRELAND ENDAN GERED 'try any further .Concessions. to the 'CATHOLIC CLAINVi. • PICTU.,i I LI NG-OFPIC E, March IS. 1821 TE COMMISSIONERS for VICTUAL- L ING ESTI' Ydo hereby rive Sa tire That ou Tuesday, the 3rd of .dpril next, they will be reaky to receive Tenders in wilting ( Fended up), and treat Jra the supply (on separate Col/Inlet.) of all sru h quantities of SE.-' PROVISIONS, MINI, and VEGETABLES, rat may be demanded for the use 61 . Ms Majesty's Ships and Vessels at lite Ports undermentioned, viz.:— 13y a CLERGYMAN of the ESTABLISHED CHURCH. Printed for J. Hatchard and Son, ►8;, Piccadilly. Belfast, Carrickfergus, Larne liar- SEA PROVISIONS hour, and Newry, Lotlondi:rry and LoughSwilly, Galway. RUNT, Londonderry and Lou4hswilly. VEGETABLES, Leith, Leith Riutds, and the Firth of Edinburgh. For the space of Twelve Calendar Months certain, front the 17th of May nett, and further until six 01 Intits warning shall ite given fir the terininafion. of the Contract, the Conditions of which ntrty Ire seen at the Secrrear,'s Office, at this Office, yr by applying to the Collectors of His Alfrje,ay's Customs ltt Londonderry, Galway, and Leith respectively. X regard will be had to any Tcseler in which the Price 44(111 not be inserted in words at length, or that shall not he de livered to the Board before One o'Clock on the said .Tues day, the Sd of dpril Wit, nor ilnicss the Person who mnicci the Tender, or some Person on his behalf, attends, to unewcr when called for. ST. PATRICK'S DAY WILL DECIDE ALL!—Every Capital--Every other Prize—Every Number—Every Ticket —And every Share—Must he determined on the I7th of THIS MONTH, (March), the Last Day of Drawing and close of the Contract. TBISII respectfully remindsbis best Friends, 11 • the Public, that in a very few days the Lottery will be entirely concluded, as the THREE PRIZES OF 21,0001. Consols. and Money, with every other Capital and every other Prize remainin‘r in the Wheel, must be drawn on St. Patrick's Day, 17th of this Month. There are still a few Tickets and Shares left on Sale. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. [FROM TARIOUS SOURCES.] T. BISH begs to congratulate the Public on their general and individual Success on the previous days of Drawing,— No. 2,053, Class A, 21',000; No. 2,122, Class A, 2,000, and Six other Capitals, were all sold and shared at his fortunate Offices, 4, Cornhill, and 9, Charing Cross. *** The Price of Stocks is affixed hourly against BISH's Offices in Cornhill,by which the Public may see the fluctuations. Each Teoder tiato [ t also be accompanied by a Lefler signed 6 y - to'o responsible Persons, engaging to breonte bound with the Party tendering, in the Penal Sant of 500/. for the due Performance *feeds of the Contracts. REAL JAPAN BLACKING, MADE BY RICHARD TURNER, 114, LONDON-ROAD. CONTRACT FOR BU rCH ER'S M EAT. ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SEAMEN Xl' GREENWICH, Feb. 20, 1821. SUCH Persons as may be willing to Contract for Supplying this Hospital with BU l CHER'S MEAT for S i x or Twelve Months, (the Meat to he killed 4S hours before delivered, if required!, may deliver in their Proposals to the Directors of the said Hosrita!, at this Place, on SA TURDAY, the lath of March ensuing, at Eleven o'C:tuck in the Forenoon; and in the mean tune be furnished with Forms 'of Proposals, and acquainted with further particulars, by inquiring at the Steward's I.:Mice here. N.B. No Proposal will be received after the hour afore said, nor will any he attended to that are not agreeable to the said Forms; Par unless the Parties personally appear. CONTRACT FOR FLO:71:. ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SEAMEN, AT GREENWICH, March 3, 1841. UGH Persons as may be willing to Contract KY for supplying this Hospital with Five Hundred Sachs of FLOUR, may deliver in their Proposals to the Directtos of the said Hospital, at this Place, on sxrunDiy, the 10th instant, at Eleven o'Clock in• the Forenoon ; and in the mean time be furnished with Forms of Proposals, and ac lualuted with further particulars, by inquiring at the St eward's Office here. N.B. No Proposal will be received after the hour aforesaid, 'ar will any be attended to that are not agreeable to the said r . c;ra li; nor unless the Patties personall: . appear. EAST fNDIA HOUSE, March 7, 1821. THE COURT OF DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ' ENG "ND 'TRADING to the EAST' INDIES, do hereby give Notice, That sundry Articles of BAGGAGE and PRESENTS are remaining in the Company's Warehouses, which have been detained for the payment of the Duties arising to the Crown thereupon ; The Proprietors thereof arc hereby informed, that all Goods falling tinder the above description which shall have been unclealed six months (ruin the clearing inwards of the ships by which they were imported, will be sold at the Com pan)''s Candle on WEDNESDAY, the 28th inst. Particulars may be known by mahing application to Mr. MTliam Evans, at the Ba_ gage Warehouse, in New-street, bishopsgate street. JOSEPH DART, secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, March 7, 1441. WHEREAS, in pursuance of the Sixth Sec tion of the Seventh Chapter of the Bye-Laws of the UNITED COMPANY of MEHCHANTS . of ENGLAND, ted ( L ng to the EAST INDIES, it is ordained— " That a List shall be publish, - d thirty days before the An mial Election of Directors, containing the names of such Proprietors, qualified agreeable to Law, as shall signity in writing, to the Secretary their desire of becomiug Candidates 1., ;r the Direction thirty-two days before such Annual Elec tion." The Court of Directors of the said Company do hereby give Notice, in order that the Proprietors may conform to said Byre-Law, that the ensuing ELECTION of SIX DI 111EC1O/tS uf the said COMPANY, for four years, is ap- Pointed for the lith 41'RIL .NEXT, and that such List will 469 - Published thirty days bef o re th e said Electi o n, as the ve-mentioned Bye-Law directs. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. SALE OF ESTATES. AT STOKE, NEAR ROCHESTER A VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE of EIGHT HUN DRED and TWENTY ACRES of RICH LAND, (as an Intestment), ' WHICH WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY Nlessrs. DIUVEIt, some time in MAY, unless previously disposed of by Private Contract, AVery Capital FREEHOLD ESTATE (with PUBLIC 110USF. ant SUNDRY TENEMENTS) comprising about 8.20 Acres of Rich Arible, and Falling Pasture Land, with a good House, and all requisite Out buildings, situate at Lower Stoke, in the C,onity of Kent, about a miles from Rochester, and only 36 from London. For further Particulars apply to Messrs. Statham and Fos ter, Solicitors, Liverpool ; Messrs Slade aud Jones, Solici tous, John-street, Bedford-row; and to Messrs. Dicer, Sur veyors, and Land Agents, at their Offices, No. 13, New Bridge -street, Blackfriars. VALUABLE FREEHOLD and COI'YHOLI) LANDS, con tiguous to the New Barking-road, Plaistow. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, • By Mr. HOGGART, at the Matt, on Friday, April 13, at Twelve, in Eight Lots, A. Very Valuabl e FREEHOLD PRO PERTY, near the Iron Bridge, on the Barking New road, and also contiguous to the Abbey Arms, consisting of sundry pieces of capital Marsh and Pasture Land, containing together about Fifty Acres, a part of which is bounded by the high road. Also a Copyhold Estate of about four acres of Arable Land, and two Acres of Pasture Land ; the whole in the occupation of Mr. Morris Bailey, who will spew the re spective Lots.—Particulars and Conditions of Sale, 'with a Map of the Estate, may be had three weeks previous to the Salo, at the Auction Mart ; at the Inn, at Westharn ; the Swan, St ra tf or d ; Abbey Arms, at Plaistow; of Messrs. Fyn more and Clarke, Solicitors Craven street, Strand; and of Mr, Koggart, Gt, Old Broad•street, 1...:44 , ..ri) - ., i i.,i r ,.i„.,tiqq„,, f .„„4.,,,.. 4 ,, „.--- -, ' . !;!;} '. .i' - ' 1 1 1 ';'Ii. '1 1 !;1111 1 . 1 1 ; ::' 4 1 ,, '' 1 614ii1," ' '.'. 6 rii'ii?l,i if •1!;i11 , .,i' , 7 - :';? (/,tli' —JI le ''-6 . .:r ~ , j, 6.0 6 Ifii^l ll , 'ii,! .. I, r . ~. •• .....,,,, , „,„.„,„„„,,,„„,,,,, ~ , ~. i “,,, ,:,,,„„, ~ „,„,,,,„,,, USE TURNER'S BLACKING, which way be had at every principal Druggist's, Ironmonger's, Brushinalices, Perfumer's, Buotinaker's, at every City and Town in England, Scotland, Wales and the City of Dublin, in Stone 13ottles at 6d., Is., and 114. each, and Paste Black ing in pots, at W. and is. each. bbsere—Wholesale Moises desirous of selling this Black ing, on their respective Jonrnies, may be supplied to any amount, at 40 per cent. and the usual credit. RICIL TURNER, Blacking Manufactory, 114, London-road, Southwark. MAJORITY AND MINORITY ON MR. MATIERLY'S MOTION FOR REDUCING TWO MILLIONS OF TAXES BY A REDUCTION OF THE EXPENDITURE OF THE COUNTRY:. 111ARC/1 6. MAJORITY. , . Attvrood, M. Don, Sir A. Marryat, JO9. Acland, Sir T. Doveton, Gab. . Mansfield, John Arbuthnot, Rt. Hn. Davis, Hart Macnaghten, A. C. Dodson J. Alountcharles, Lord Alexander, James Ellis, Thos. Nightingale, Sir M. Binning, Lord French, A. Ommaney, Sir F. Brownlow, C. Fane, - John Pitt, Jos. Burrell, Sir C. - Grant, F. W. Phipps, Gen. Burrell, W. Grant, C. M. Prendergast, M.G. Browne, Rt. Hn.D. Grant, A. C. Portman, E. B. Browne, P. Grant, Rt. lion. C. Paget, lion. B. Browne, J. Giddy, D. Rae, Sir Wm. Bankes, 11. Gladstone, John Russell, J. W. Blair, J. Gordon", Hon. W. Robinson, Rt. lion. Blake, R. Gifford, Sir R. F. Burgh Sir 11. Holford, G. P. Soinerset, Lord G. Beresford, Lord G. Iluskisson,ltt.Hon. Suttie, Sir J. Beresford, Sir J. . W. Stuart, Sir John Bathurst, lit.Hn.B. Hamilton, Hans Scott, Hon. W. Castlereagh; Visc. Hill, Sir G. F. Stopford, Lord Cust, Hon. P. Harvey, Sir E. Sheldon, R. Crawley, Sam. Hartopp, G. Townshend,LordJ. Cockburne, Sir G. Hart, Gen. Thompson, Wm. Calvert, John Irving, John Tulk, C. A. Clive, H. Innes, Sir Hugh Vansittart, lit. Hon. Cheere, E. M. Knatchbull, Sir E. N. Collett, E. J. Kingsborough, Ld. Vernon, George Clerk, Sir G. Kerr, D. Ure, M. Courtenay, I'. P. Lovaine, Lord Wal ker, J. Cooper, R. B. Littleton, Ed. Wallace,Rt.llon.T. Cripps, Jos. Long, Rt. Hon. C. Wood, Col. Cocks, Hon. J. Lethbridge, Sir T. Warrender, Sir G. 'Calthorpe, Hon. F. Lascelles, W. Wodehouse, Ed. Cumming, George Lindsay, H. Wilson, Thos. . Childe, W. L. Lloyd, J. S. Wilmot, It. Clinton, Sir H. Lockhart, W. E. Wemyss ' J. Douglas, W. K. Metcalfe, H. Wells, John Dorsally, Lord Martin, R. Wilson, Sir H. TELLERS 7 .II. Goulburn and S. Lushington. MINORITY Allen, J. H. Griffiths, J. W. Ramsden, J. C. Barratt, S. M. Hamilton, Lord A. Ramsay, Sir A. Becher, W. W. flarbord, Bon. E. Ricardo, David Bennet, Hon. 11-G. Hobhouse, J. C. Ridley, Sir M. Benyon, Benj. Honywood, W. P. Robarts, Ab. Birch, Joseph Hutchinson,Hon.C. Robinson, Sir G. Bright, H. James, W. Rowley, Sir W. Bury, Visct. Johnson, Col. Rumbold, C. Campbell, Hon. J. Lennard, T. B. Russell, Lord W. Calvert, C. Lambton, J. G. Smith, JOhn Coffin, Sir Isaac Lloyd, J. M. Smith, Hon. R. Crespigny, Sir W. Lushington, S. Smith, Sam. Crompton, Sam. Lockhart, J. J. Smith, Abel Creevey, Thos. Moberly, John Scarlett, James Cholmeley, Sir M. Macdonald, Jas. Sefton, Earl of Denison, W. J. Martin, John Stanley, Lord Duncannon, Visct. Monck, J. B. Shelley, Sir John Dickinson, W. Majorbanks, S. Taylor, M. A. Ellice, Ed. Neville, Hon. R. Tierney, Rt. tin. G. Evans, Wm. Newport, Sir J. Warre, J. A. Farquharson, A. Nugent, Lord Webbe, Ed. Fergussor., Sir R.C. Ord, W. Western, C. C. Folkestone, Visc. Ossulston, Lord Wharton, John Farrand, ltobt. Palmer, C. F. Whitbread, S. C. . Gordon, Robt. Parnell, Sir IL Williams, I'Vni. Graham, Sandford Price, ltobt. Wilson, Sir It. Grant, J. I'. ' Pv m, Francis Wy v ill, M. Grenfell, Pascoe Rice, I'. S. TELLERS—John Calcraft and W. L. Moberly. MINORITY. Iji FAVOUR OF RECEIVING A PETITION COMPLAINING OF CRUELTY AND OPPRESSION IN LANCASTER GAOL.--MARCII 7. Bennet, lion. H. G. Guise, Sir Wm. Palmer, C. F. Bright, H. Hobhouse, J. C. Robinson, Sir G. Byn,g, G. Hume, Jos. Rowley, Sir W. Bernal, ltalph Hutchinson,Hon.C. lticardo, 1). Creevey, Thos. Hughes ' W. L. Ri ce , T. S. Calvert, C. James, Wm. Smith, W. Cu!craft, J. Lambton, J. G. Tuilt,"C. A. Dickinson, W. Latouche, Itobt. Wood, Matthew Denman, Thos. Lockhart, J. J. Western, C. C. Duncannon, Visct. Markham, Adml. Wilson, Sir R. Ellice, Ed. Monck, J. B. • Wyvill, M. Gordon, Robt. Power, R. DOCTOR CLAIthE'S LECTURES. CAMBRIDGE, MARCH 6.-This day had been announced for the commencement of these inte resting Lectures, and the room in the Botanic Garden was crowded by . twelve o'clock. The man of science and the admirer of genuine elo quence have always found equal gratification in these Lectures, but the interest of them was very considerably increased by the announcement of the exhibition of a new Hydrostatic Blowpipe, capable of maintaining, during two hours, a de gree of heat sufficient to melt platinum. In ad dition to this principal new object of attraction, the Lecture Room had received several valuable awfmentations ; among which were a specimen of feldspar porcelain ; a curious concretion formed in the condenser of a steam-engine ; petrified remains found in a mine near Chester, of some tree not known at i.re.ol:At in this country ; and a piece of Arragonite, sent by Mr. Ber,zost, being a part of the great soeos. Various other mine ralogical specimens enriched the Lecture Room, presented by Mr. OLDHAM ; Dr. WAVEL, of Devonshire ; Professor SANTI, of Pisa ; Mr. FRANCIS, of Caius Coll.; Capt. MARItYAT Mr. SKRING ; Mr. ARCEDECKNE, of St. John's Coll.; Professor SEDGWICK ; Mr. COLLINS, of John's Coll.; and Mr. TUCKE R , o f Cornwall. An accession of interest was also derived from several curious articles presented by the New Zealand Chiefs who lately visited Cambridge i and particularly an amulet made of the Poonamoo stone, formed into a grotesque human figure, and, probably, of the same kind with the Tera , phim of Scripture. Dr. CLARKE observes of this, as of figures of a similar nature among the Egyptians, that one of the eyes is somewhat more elevated than the other, resembling the apparent face in the full Moon, to the worship of which he thinks it ,may have some reference. Ile re marked that the New Zealanders differ greatly from the other Islanders of the South Seas, and have many points of resemblance to the Egyp tians. The Poonamoo stone is found among these savages, who are ignorant of the use of iron, in all possible shapes; while Europeans have vainly endeavoured to work it, and it has resisted the hardest diamond : this suggests the probability that the stone is itself a composition, and the figures formed when it is in a ductile state. It is procured from a place called Poonamoo, and the Chiefs were ignorant of the manner of working it. They manifested great anxiety to be ac quainted with our manner of " boiling" iron, as they called it.—A drawing of SHUNGIIE, the principal Chief, by Mrs. CLARKE, excited consi derable interest. The Professor then began his usual introduc tory Lecture, in which, after having divided the visible appearances of Nature into living and un organized, he defined Mineralogy to be the study of unorganized existence, and proceeded at some length to show the necessarily extensive nature of the science ; its necessity, in some degree at least, in savage life ; and its constant attendance on a state of cultivation and refinement. He proceeded to show the relation subsisting be tween organic and unorganic substances, and that digestion is not peculiar to animals, inas much as stones are found to be actually digested by plants, and the smooth surface of cane was discovered by Sir HUMPHREY DAVY to be sili cious, from accidentally observing the scintilla tions emitted from two canes with which his younger brothers were fencing in the dark. The Professor refuted the idea of the existence of any real elementary substance, but stated that all the substances we are acquainted with might be re duced to fifty natures incapable of farther analysis, and therefore vulgarly called ele mentary. The modes of elementary existence he divided into solid, fluid, and aeriform; the former of these states being produced by the power of attraction, the latter by that of repul sion, the only two principles acting on material existences. The latter principle is supposed to be the fluid matter of heat, and the repulsive powers of this matter were exhibited in the Photometer. The natures of hydrogen and oxygen gasses, the solid and fluid bodies pro duced by them, volcanoes, &c. came next under the Professor's consideration,' and led to the ex hibition of the glass blowpipe, by which a thick wire of platinum was melted; and afterwards the new hydrostatic blowpipe, which, although not so wi t p h o %e danger. vrful a s e f o I r 3 m r o e f r e , s i s s o j r ) e c r o f e n c c t l l u y d e u d n t i i t s e ted Lec tures with a general panegyric on the Science, and an exhortation to the study of it. MURDER AT DEPTFORD.—During this week the inhabitants of Deptford have been in a very great state of alarm, in consequence of a most diabolical murder committed on the Lower Deptford Road, it is supposed, during the last week, but which had not been discovered till last Sunday morning, when a Gentleman' was going along the bank of the Canal, near the COmmercial Dock, and he discovered the body of a man in the water ; he gave informa tion to the toll-taker at the Halfpenny-hatch, and they procured a boat, and brought the body on shore. The skull was found cleaved in two, and the brain protruding as if from a blow of an axe or a sabre. The unfortunate man appeared to be about thirty years of age ; was dressed in a blue coat, buff coloured waistcoat, trowsers, and boots, but was without a hat ; his pockets were turned inside out, and he wore a bow of white ribband in his breast, and had in every respect the appearance of a Gentleman.—Bank, the Po lice-officer, has been sent for, and information has been given to Mr. CARTER, the Coroner ; w ho was in the country. In viewing this important subject, it is neces sary to look back to the early periods of our History ; from them we learn the high value our ancestors set upon the Shipping Interest of the Country. From the infancy of our Trade, a series of wise and salutary regulations, called the Navigation Laws, were fostered for the express purpose of preserving to British Shipping (un der certain restrictions) sundry portions of our trade with foreign Powers, together with the whole of our coasting and Colonial Trade.— The great benefits which have resulted from this wise system, are too obvious to require detail; it is sufficient to observe, that it has increased the wealth and Naval strength of Old England, to the highest pitch of prosperity and power, and placed her in the most distinguished and pre-eminent situation as a great Maritime Nation. Happy would it be for us—happy for our posterity, to maintain the glorious resulttinimpaired ; but, alas ! it is already obscured with threatening clouds. From the inattention and indifference ,which is shown to these invaluable Laws, and the at , tempts which are making to infringe their princi ples under the most weak and frivolous pretences, which, if carried into effect, will cause the most serious evil, not only to the Shippin g Interest of Great Britain, as the emanation and support of the Navy, but the vital interest of the Country in all its bearings, for without the Carrying Trade is maintained, our Mercantile Navy, and all depending on them for support, must in a short, time be ruined, and nothing can avert this calamity, which threatens our existence as a Mari time State, but a bold and energetic struggle to maintain these old venerable principles, from the innovation of visionary Theorists, who are pre suming to question the wisdom of so many cen turies. There undoubtedly should be a united effort made to prevent any infringement of a body of Laws, Which have stood the test and experience of so many ages, which raised this country to a state of prosperity and greatness unrivalled by surrounding nations. It is, however, a lament able fact, that our theoricians consider our greatness as one of the reasons that the tonnage of the country should be reduced, in order to share our carrying trade with foreign Powers! It has been declared, that however wise and sa lutary the Navigation Laws might have been in the infancy of our commerce, that they now are unnecessary, and cramp our operations (or that we have grown great in spite of them.) But surely this opinion ought to be reversed, and read thus— that howeverwise and salutary the Navigation Laws might have been in the infancy of our commerce, they are become now more imperatively so, not only from the increase of foreign shipping, but likewise from the heavy expences and taxes at present imposed on British shipping ; for it is evident that in the first essays of trade, the com petition between us and other Maritime States depended on the respective exertions which each made in industry and 'good management ; our ships were not then fettered with heavy du ties, which have since been imposed upon them by the exigencies of the State, and which our rivals in trade do not bear in the same proportion. British ships now stand charged with heavy duties on every article ne cessary to their equipment; added to these bur thens, they have to contend with the high price of provisions and great wages, compared with foreign powers. Under all these united disadvan tages is it a matter of wonder that the British ship owners are no longer able to continue a contest with their rivals at the same rate of freight ? compare their situation with Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Prussia, or the shipping in the Mediteranean : naval stores are the original pro duce of the former ; provision they have cheap, and seamen's wages low ; so that they are en abled to take freights at a lower rate than the British, and as the smallest difference in that re spect determines the preference of the Merchant, the carrying trade will be entirely wrested from us ; this indeed will be a new era, by the de struction of British commerce: what a lament able prospect for the lover of his country ! It surely cannot he known to the wise and public spirited legislators of Britain that our ships, and all those who depend upon them for support, are actually in a state of ruin. Yet that is an undeniable fact. Happy should I be if I could arouse my countrymen to a just sense of the danger which threatens them from such in attention to our vital interests ! Certainly the great importance of the subject deserves the most serious consideration of the Legislature ; for it requires very little argument to demon strate, that we depend on our carrying trade for support, as a great maritime nation. Let us then endeavour to promote this interest, by all possible means ; it is not too late to prevent such impolitic measures. I am aware that our Libe rals will persuade us that foreign Powers will re taliate. Are our seamen, who have so many times [tio. PREVENTION FROM DASIP•---,Mr. JOHN Fas. 7 gRox.E, Surgeon of Ross, is in possession of a che mical combination, by which buildings, cements, walks, painted or damp surfaces, in or out of the external air, may, by simple washin g , at a small expellee, be pres erve d f rom the future growth of obscure vegetation, as the green mould, lichens, &c. and even diScOlodratiOn. REPEATING MIJSK ET.—A New York Paper says,-" the new invented and destructive Re peating Musket' is calculated to discharge eight single balls, in regular succession, within the space of about sixteen seconds. The musket has two locks, one at the usual place, and the other nearly half way down the barrel ; the balls are perforated, and a small fuse passes through each, which is lighted by the pre vious diseharge,and communicates with the car tridge, to which it is attached. The priming hi the first instance is set fire to by the lock fixed on the barrel ; the trigger of which is drawn by a wire, and the charge in the chamber of the gua may be kept in reserve." RUINS OF POMPEII.—The streets of the City of Pompeii are said to be daily disencumbered. Mr. WILLIAMS, a late traveller, informs us that he entered by the Appian 'way, through a nar row street of small tombs, beautifully executed with the names of the deceased, plain and . lei ble. At the gate was a sentry-box, in which tle skeleton of a soldier was found with a lamp in hand. The streets are lined with public build ings, the painted decorations of which are fresi and entire. There were several tradesmen's shops also discovered, such as a baker's, an oil man's, au iron-monger's, a wine-shop, with money in the till, and a surgeon's house with chirurgical. instruments. Also, a great theatre, a temple of justice, an amphitheatre, 220 feet long, various temples, a barrack for soldiers (the columns of which are scribbled with their names and jests), and stocks for prisoners, in on of which a skele ton was likewise discovered. The priuncipal streets are above 16 feet wide ; the subordinatt: ones from six to ten. ROMAN SOLDIERS.—LateIy, as some men were digging brick earth in a field opposite to the west front of the Roman camp at Caister, near Nor wich, they discovered, about live feet in depth, the remains of two bodies which were, no doubt, those of Roman soldiers. Nothing was entire of them except several teeth and a brooch of copper (now in the possession of Miss Dashwood), ex cellently preserved, although they cannot have been interred less than 1400 years ; the time when the Romans left this Country entirely, being A. D. 427. The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAN D has lowered the rents of his agricultural tenants twenty per cent. This is certainly an effective way to re lieve the present pressure on the cultivators of the land. M A IILIIO ItOUG 11-S Tr.r.ET.— Important to the Public in general.—A case of a new complexion came on to be heard at this Office yesterday, on an information made by Mr. StOckdale, of Pall Mall, against Mr. Steinman, a respectable sta tioner and news-vender, in Whitcombe-street, for refusing to sign a receipt for 141. and u,•.:- wards, and paying sixpence for the said receipt, as requireriby the 55th of George the Third. SINGULARLY DARING RORBERY.—Yesterday, Mr. Hope, the Deputy Clerk of the Peace for the County of Surre:- while at e:;ding to the duties of his office in tite Court at the .Sur rey Sessions, was robbed of a pocket-book, containing two cheques for 1501. each, arkd of other property. It appears that Mr. Hope was Standing near some people who came to give a prisoner a good character, at tire time he was rob bed, and he strongly _uspected the good pe pie of having relieved hiru of his property. Upon the circumstance being communir at .r.l to e Bench, strict orders were given to the Police Officers to prevent the admission of all suspicious chAratters into the body of the Court. REMOVAL or CONVltT3.—Tuesday, at five O'clock, about fifty convicts, sente'Rced to trans portation for life and fourteen yea. s, «ere re moved from Newgate, in the ga)l carala , for the hulk at. Portsmouth, where a transj:ort is fitting to convey. them to Botany Bay.