The Express.
London, England, 1849-05-19 00:00:00

REPEAL OF THE NAVIGATION

LAWS.

MEETING AT LIVERPOOL.

At Liverpool, oa Thursday, a meeting of merchants,
shipowners, and *Men, was held to consider the question of
the repeal of the navigation laws. W. Raemsonn, Req.,
was shed to the chair, and several speakers having ad-
dressed the meeting the following resolutions were nasal-
mend,' adopteci :
let Moved by CIIIIBTOPIMUI ILLIrDoW, Eq., asoonded
by ETIM EVANS, Eeq , and supported by CRADLES BODUrr-
SON Elq
"'That u the individual who have originated the calling
of the public meeting to be held to-morrow are personally
interested in the met burled enactments of the navigation
laws, and are M • position to fill the largest budding in the
town with their own immediate dependents, it is nct deemed
expictient to interfere with the proceedings of the tad meet-
ing, as any competent conflicting demonstration. which
could only be effected by the excitement of bur clams of
°pestle's, might endanger the public peace."
2nd. Moved by HUGO. EOHOBT, Er. seconded by
°nouns Maxwsixx, E-q., and supported by RICKARD
BROIL, EN.:
That this meeting having hoard that a ball is now before
tie House of Lords, having fim its object the 'modification of
the navigation laws, desire to express their approval of the
Measure, as one in the right direction for abrogating the re-
strictive and injurious machinery of those laws ; and that
they learn, with great satisfaction, that this is only the pre-
cursor of other measures for the removal of all restrictions
and cimptesory enactments which now injuriously affect
the British shipowner, and the general interests of the com-
munity at large.'
3rd. Moved by JAMES MrLutriaux, Esq., seconded by
Joint CLow, Esq., and supported by CUM. Euw. RAW-
Lum, Jan.,
" That • petition to the House of Lords, embodying the
foregoing or second resolution, be prepared, and laid in the
Exchange-room fi r signature ; and that it be forwarded by
the chairman to the Marquis of Lansdowne, for presentation."
Resolved unanimously, on the motion of 6 Bolton Hoyt.,
Jan., Esq., seconded by Josue FINCH,
to Jon.
Mr. , ERa q , thbone forat the
cordial thanks of the meeting be given th
his able conduct in the chair.

Yesterday, in compliance with a requisition pro.
muted by the shipowning interest, J. Bromley Moore, Esq.,
the mayor, convened a meeting for the purpose of affording
another opportunity to the inhabitants of expressing their
opinions on the navigation laws. The meeting took place
in the Amphitheatre.
'1 he MAYOR, after reading a letter from Sir J. Glad-
stine in favour of the objects of the meeting, said they had
now assembled to exercise one of those constitutional privi-
leges which were the birthright of every Englishman ; and
when he saw the vast assemblage there before bin it was •
convincing proof that the question had tsken dee p root in
the minds of the people net the tows. lie explained the
object of the meeting, and said they were to consider the
matter not only u net affected the interests of the artificen
sad others, but to look into the vista before them, and con-
sider the effect the till might have upon our maritime Cu.proar eiy and our national defences, and consider whether
they mold recommend such a measure when they took into
somas our enormous national debt—and every man in
the *wary contributed his quota to the interest of that
debt—(heer)—it would be for them to consider this mo-
mentous questim in all its various bearings, and having dose
se, to put the question to themselves, how, with a people
t zed at the rue of 30e. a head, and with reduced wage" if
that should be the effect or the bill, how, with such a state
of things, demands might be met.
Mr. Ald. T. B. HORSFALL said, before proceeding to
the duty which has been assigned to me in moving the first rie
isolation, I should like to put a question to you, sir, or to some
ether gentlemen in this building who may be competent to
answer it. (Hese.) I hold in my hand a copy of the Liver
pool Mercury of this day, and in that paper 1 find an Raver-
thesannt headed" The Navigation Laws," which states, that
at • meeting of merchants' shipowners, brokers, end other
inhabitants of Liverpool, held yesterday, the 17th day
of May, 1849, certain resolutions were adopted.
Oar Mend Mr. Itsthbone was is the chair, sad
the resolutions were in support of the mildew-
dal measure for the repeal of the navigatlca laws.
Now, what I want to know is this: was that a private or a
peldis meeting? lf, gentlemen, it was • private meeting,
I think there was no necessity for these gentlemen to have
published these Trott*, ions to the world. If, sir, on the
other hand, it was a public meeting, I should like to know
where it was held. With regard to the object of
the present meeting, the speaker went on to nay, there
is a very long speech is the House of Lords from
Lord Carlisle, and this noble lord gives us • string of
reasons for strongly objecting to the present navigation
laws, some of which statements are not founded on fact,
and others of which are very. easily remedied without affect•
ing the principle of the navigation laws. The first state-
ment to which I shall allude is this :—" That copper ore,
now produced in great and growing abundance in Aus-
tralia, cannot find a sufficient number of British ships to
convey it to this country, and the high freights, which
are the necessary consequence, diminish the profit of what is
sent, which has led to the project of establishing smelting
weeks in Australia, instead of employing, first, the shipping,
and, next, the manufactures of England, for that purpose. '
No, I venture to my that that statement is not founded on
fact. I venture to say, that so far from there being a defi-
ciency of British shipping, vessels are continually going from,
Australia to searchfor freights in India. Yes, going in
ballast. Now, air, with r.gard to the establishing of smelting
works : the object of establishing these we. k. it not bettor
they cannot get the ore brought to England, but owing to
nese portion of the ore being so fine, and as they want to
pins it on English soil ai cheaply as they possibly can, they
relit it before they ship it. By the last advices there
was no ore offering for shipment. The next point
* which Lord Carlisle alludes is this—" That at Bombay
and Calcutta, though there is constant uncertainty whether
there will be ships to carry rodeos to England, and the
freight has been as high as eight guineas a toe, and though
Vet use puts are filled with ships not Daly seaworthy, but
efficiently commended, and which would bring home that
predate if they were suffered to do so, yet, because of that
preposterous disability which attaches to ships manned by
Lour sailors, they are not suffered to do se." I will not
gems Lord Carlisle of practising a wanton deceit on the
ban when he told them about freights being 81. or eight
guineas a tom. I venture to assert that, for many years, ship-
swum have sever had a freight approaching to anything of
its kind. Mr. liondell cot traded by moving the following
:deletion :
" That this towhee, believing the second reading
.of the
bill in the House of Lords for the al=repe f the navigation
laws has been curled contrary to the epressed wishes of
the electors of the united kingdom, is of opinion that in
the present disturbed state of the continent, se well as of
Our colonies, it will be more than ever impolitic to proceed
further with such organic changes as those contemplated in
the bill."
The second resolution was moved by S. Houtz, Esq.,
seconded by J. A. Tures, Esq
" That her Majesty's ministers having, however, declared
their determination to proceed with the said bill, their lord-
ships be again respectful/1y urged to retain intact the vital
principles of the navigation laws, revising and adapting them
to the present and prognesive aspect of our national, colonial,
and foreign commerce, securing, at the same time, that dee
encouragement which is 'Neutral to the maintenance of all
British interests."
Third.—Move! by C. Breams, Eeq., seconded by G.
Town, Esq. :
" Thlt • petition to the House of Lords be adopted, and
signed by the mayor on behalf of the meeting, and that it be
forwarded to Lord Harrowby for presentation, peeving the
House of Lords will so adhere to the Title of the Bill, is to
retain intact the vital principles of our navigation laws, re-
vising and adapting them to the eresent sod progressive
aspect of oar national, oclonial, and foreign commerce, seeun
ing at the same time that due encouragemeat which is essen-
tial to the maintenance of ell British interests • and so
preserve the misty, honour, and welfare of the' British
dominions."
Tree ranting Shen vaunted.

VACANCY IN THE REPRESENTATION OF SOOTS
WARRICIIIIIIII.2.-Mr. Evelyn Shirley, the member for
South Warwickshire, has announced his acceptance of the
stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds, and his consequent
resispatioa of his mat in parliament. He empresses a hope,
in his printed address, that a younger person will be found
to represent the feelings of " thii agricultural district."—A
Warwick correspondent, writing yesterday, says, " Pre-
sent, it is mere speculation as to who will be the probable
candidates ; for as to a contest, one there must b• if Mr.
Leigh, the eldest eon of Lord Leigh, coasts forward on
liberal principles, an occurrence which is looked upon as a
settled thing among the liberals themselves. The tories
will, it is expested, try their fortune in Lord Guernsey, the
eldest son of the Earl of Aylesford."
THE DEFALCATIONS AT THE BRIGHTON SAVINGS
Bfarn.—A special genresl meeting of the trustees and
managers was held on Thursday last, to receive a report re-
lative to the amounts consequent on the frauds commit•ed by
the late actuary. The chair was taken by the Berl of
Chichester. The minutes of the stoerintending committee,
ordering the closing of the bank in the early part of Much
last, till alter the amounts had undergone a systematic exa-
mination by an acmantant, having been read, Mr. W. Hat-
ton, of the Beading Savings Bank, the g•ntlemen appointed
foe that purpose, brought forward his eer)rt, the result of
which statql the total deficiency to be 6781. 8a 24. It was
announced that, in consequence of a sum of 6001. having
been received from the late actuary's sureties, which had
not been included in Mr. Hatton 's statement, the bank
would be able to repay every depositor in full, and still re-
tain a surplus of 211. 10s. 10d.