The Express.
London, England, 1858-12-16 00:00:00

THE SHIPPING TRADE.

A public meeting, convened by advertisement, of
shipoweers and others interested in British shipping, wee
held at the Loudon Tavern yesterday, " to take Into mad-
dentin the present ruinous =Widen of British na
sad to nor arch measures as may be deemed expedient ia
referral threw" Mr. Demme Dtres_aa presided and on
the platform were B. Ingham, M.P, J. Mal, M.P.,A. W.
Young, M.P., H. Paall, M.P. J. Clay, M.P., Lord Ashley,
ILP., end Mara. F. Bowes, trumwe, G. Marren, Anw-
ar, and deputatioes her the several shipping Feta
The body of the hill and galleries were mined with
person ensaseen with the shipping trade.
Mr. G. F. Your', who was loudly cheered, moved
first reenska se follows :—" That British ship-
ping is at present, in all its most important breathes,
in a stated deplorable and ruinous depression; sad that
this depression has been partly caused and is greatly
aggravated by the unequal competition to which, by the
raped of the Navigation Laws,' British navigation is now
exposed with the shipping of foreign countries." Though
he had always advocated the principles of peoteotka,
he wee not bigoted either to protection or free trade
se a principle—but he objected to carry ont prin-
ciples that were fa themselves good to roam thee were
pernicious. If the navigation laws could not be rehaposed,
sad he admitted that in their integrity they ought not
to be reimposed, still he contemned that than wee meek in
them that must be restored if it was desired to prevent
Great Britain from sinking from Its present high point P
The park most, in fact, make up their minds whether they
would be content to see British maritime commerce languish
and die, or wiener they would give it that just protection
and that fair play width every other nation under heaven
afforded to these Wends in which Its welfare was bound
sp. (Chews.)
Mr. AnDisION roman the mohair, which wee pot
and carred araimerly.
Mr. 8. 8.. Gaavas, of Liverpool, moved the next resolu-
tion That, after the experlimes of eight years, it is
proved that the indirtiminate admirer of ell foreign ship-
pbg to the privileges of British ships has failed to iaduoe
miry &riga governments reciprocally to admit British ships
to equality of privilege with their own ships ; and that
British navigation Is consequently, In many nab impeded
sad injured by 'nobilities', restriedeas, endmintier in-
orisisteat with fair and equal competition, for the express'
purpose of meeting which ocaftgeacy the following clause
was interred into the ant by which the navigation
laws ware repealed, end was °peened by the
Act 16 sod 17 Via, cep. 107, sad is now the law of the
lead."—[The realpresa :par bwisczeroted.]
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Mr. °mama, the resolution. sad
sherved that he sad be brelair shipteraers of the Clyde did
sot want to bauble with the
_peeper of free trade ; ell
they wanted wee fro trade. idler eight years' ups-
rience of the orage is the ariplisa laws, surer from-
ab eiremenener—lb the rid eden end ether circus-
arllms MI gaud Ise thi emphysema el ship-
-0•—w• bless& la Ile prima deputed
sten wherrikes=lis milieu het doss Ihseareige
ebeausimees ass aim Whoa they sew than is the tea
yam ladies 1849, the dais of the verb of the navigation
Isms, British_ teenege—that weeber: of wale
erred end cleared—hed lammed per oast., sad
dg! per amt., end that War that to the end !IV
barge in the seas way had inoressed 44 per art,
sad kedge 122 per cent.
The resointice was passed unarmonaly.
Mr. H. ATIINROM (of Hull) moved the next resolution,
declaring that the time had arrived when all who were
interested in British shipping should comer in en appeal to
her Majesty to place the ebbs at all son countries as re-
fused to reciprocate the conosere made under the act for
repealing the navigation laws r nearly es parable on the
same footing as British ships were pawn in their ports. He
expressed confidence that their ore would be fairly con-
by the present government, ego:ldly after the letter
which Lori Maimesbury had eat to the Greenock Chamber
of Commerce, which in offset sad that if the shipowners
moved themselves the government would help them. In
reference to the trade of Hull he observed that in the pest
ten months the desire of British teenage had been 6 per
mat., while the ineresee of Warr had been 24 pee
oral. within the same period,, making a barter of 274 per
mat- ___

Ws.ws Oats M.P. for ShirdaYperededthe resoliarret,
which also pared onanimoualy ; am did a fourth—moved by
Mr. Mitchell, of Montrose; seconded by Mr. Stephen, of
Cork; sod supported by Mr. Haman, of the waren pore—
adopting a memorial to her Majesty, praying that the reci-
procity clause In the sat might be pat in force.
A vete of thanks to the chairman, moved by Mr. Richard-
res, of Swamis, and rounded by Mr. °nage, of Jamey,
concluded the proceeding'.

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