The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-03-19 00:00:00

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.

FALMOUTH MARCH 16.—Sailed the Bee, Wilson and Me-
ridian, Salisbury, for London.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH I7.—Arrived the Rawlins, Rigoiadeo g
and Killingbeck, Smith, from the Downs. Put back, the Cam-
den, and remains, with the Exeter, Thetis, Larkins Ihwn,
Ladles, Sarah, Spanish Patriot, Richardson, and Killinibeck.
DEAL, Maack! 17.--Sailed the Old Maid, for Sierra Leone ;
Cessnock, fur Dontilica ; Osprey, Bishop, for Boston ; and
Hottentot, Sinclair, for the Cape of Good Hope. Arrived his
Majesty's ship Gloucester, from Ilavannah, last from Purtsmou.b.
GRAVESEND, MARCH 17.—Arrived the Duke of York, Fin.
layson, from St. Michael's ; Lady Mackworth, Capes, from Hon.
duns ; Oporto, Covey, from Oporto ; Elizabeth, Wickham, from
. Berbice ; Halley, from Cadiz ; Norfolk, Grig fromßen-
gal. Sailed the Burdon, Pearson, for St. John's' N.ll'. ; Lanark,
West, foe the Isle of France; Wilhelmina, Schultz, for the
Baltic; Albinia, Shadforth, for Demerara; Lady Combermere,
Sandford, for Trinidad; Catherine, M'lnto.h, for Madeira ; Bell,
Waters, for Rio Janeim.
LIVERFOOL, MARCH 15.—Arrived the William Wise,
Winder, from Demerara ; Thomas Fowler • David Shaw ; and
Adeline. Martin, from Savannah; Ann, Rend, from Charleston :
and Thorn, —, front Demerara.
MARCH 16.—Arrived the Frederick, flume, from Wellington ;
and Diana, 1111• Lean. from St John's, New Brunswick.
WHITEM•VEN, MARCH 16.—Front part of a mast and sail cast
on shore near Lancaster, fears are entertained for the safety of the
Amity, Mackinnon, from Dublin to Lancaster. The Brothers,
Graham, which was on shore at Harrington, has been got off with
considerable damage.
BEAU Isaiah, al 16.--The Matilda, from Jamaica to
Liverpool, is on shore at Alaltreath, Carnarvon Bay ; all hands
arc safe, and the vassal has taken no harm.

CARTHAGENA, FEB. 24.—The Britannia, bound to —, is
loaded and ready to mil, but in con.equenee of two vessels tthe
Eagle, nom Pernambuco, and the Roseville), bound to Trieste.
being ordered in here by a British .loop of war, stating that war
was declared by the Algerian against West Britain, it is danger-
ous putting to sea. There are seven British ships here.
The Criterion Paine, front New York, is off listings.
The Vigilant, from Nevis ; and the Henry, from Danerara, are
suppos.d to be arrived, letters having been received marked by
them.

The Three Ftrothm, from Boston to Newcastle, toning a leak
and wink in Whitby Roads oo Monday. Crew sawed.
Th• Chevy Chase, Iluripphy, has put back to Maeaio, leaky.
The Portsmouth, Woodman.. WO was abandoned by the
crew 4th inst. off the Flemish Mb.

The Ocean, Heron, front 'Newcastle to Memel, was driven oo
share the 4th inst. near the Scow, but expected to be got off.
A letter front Sir John Doyle, of the Royal George stein, vessel.
at &arias, dated 7th February, has been received at Lloyd's,
wherein be mentions having soM his vessel at that place. The
Royal George, we untlersumd, is sold to a committee of Spanish
merchants.

LONDV CHAN BEk CONAliiirkt
A denend Meedhg of the Men:Lents, Dude" Atipailtillni
and netters of the City of Londe*, was held yeetindsyeAt that
City of London Tat ern, for the purpose of receiving the repenter
a Committee, appointed in August lest, to consider the =
of establishing a Chamber of Commercein the City of
The meeting was mott respectably attended Amami:wog the
men present *eft, John Smith, Ert. M. P., Pause
M.P., and Thome! Wilson, Esq. M.P.
At two o'clock, the Rout flied for the elennesseeineet w thd
business, Mr. Jchn Smith was, by the general voter, WI WI as the
chair.
The CHaIItPIAN, having taken hik beet, mldteleed the fib erg
to the following erect ig--Oentlemen, at you have dew me the hetL
Dour to call me to the chatt the duty devotees upon me to state,
that era large Meeting of Merchants, Bankers. and Ttellete, held
in this room, it was determined to consider bow he the ameneretal
interning of this tnetrepolis would be benefited b$ tier mteldish-
ment of a Chamber of Commerce, in imitation if whet leMite:
tions of a similar nature in variant pent of the easelm A Car
mittee was then formed, to take the important wheels hers
deration, and I, from my own peraonel obeentedee, eies heat
witness tb the Incessant end anxious labour, bfMAI gendeMen be-
longing to that Committee, and penicularly Awe Hal,
absence this day, I much ,ear, will be unavAlleililp heAdlebei
indisplisitiont The report will be laid on the seMe, r teleethat
gentlemen may take it borne with them, and esethhAr the elbject
at their leisure. A future day, not Say distant, AB, I tub it fur
granted, be appointed, when the Al erdianta NA Medal of that
City Of London may have a full opportunity Of dieenotiog that
question, and of confirming or rejecting the reminmeelledeee of
the report. I feel it my duty to state this psnitolastis WWI Mar:
tainly it appears to the gentlemen who advocate the el
well es myself, that till the report has been weal
' ally aa it Is obvious that the details will require meek
any debate In the prlesent state of the question will,' it AM;
say, be superfluous: I can hardly imagine that dlblindediag She
be at once prepared to discuss the report,se fully as It Immo as sue
its melts requite. I trust, that if 1 have In any empeet enmesh.i
ceived the object*, or etisreresented the designs of the Oseneette 4,
that I shall be coneetedby the gentlemen who steed we rte.
and who have been Active on this occasion.

Mr. WOLLASTOL who acted o ettMlirr, •FOS dioh data le
raid the following
REPORT:
" The Committee beg leave is ropoits-That, (Win twin rte:
menu to which your Committee have had access, the odvoistagise
tb be derived from the estantishinent of a Chamber of Otomoreos iw
the City of Londe*, appear to have tamed the atulladel of
*Wong of its leading mercantile dm/eters toe some tines plain
"In the year lftl private nieettasi were holds it Whitt the
=hien conitidersd and discuseed, the es pcsamap of seeing
such an institutidil was Unanimously admit teN mil did FM/party
of convening a general meeting Of merthantS, banhoess
and others, at moo contenient period, for the putpatell=
the object into effect, was determined open.
" Front a variety of circumstances, onus of Ithith Width' hew
been influethed by any charge of opinion as to the unpothamey at
the measure, the convening of nmeet,.^ hes bow blohniet
',depended ; the delay has nevertheless opersbAtio give niallisaal
force to the sentiments which no* so g6enerally preyed, id wain et
the forming an association of tos and others, iMoilianid
id the trade, manufactures, Oavigation, and ectament of tin awe
tool* the objects of which shall be to promote thy thiseases of those
ellen *Me *immunity in general, and of the ecummeree of she
poet of London in particular.
' "In the expectation that mash useful infbralatido Inlet be
acquired from the several Chrtnbers of Commerce, and ocher Men
motile Aisocintions already esuiblisbed in the prinelp4 pone end
'manufacturing Districts of the united empire, your lininsmittur
applied for and obtained the rules and regulatious by which melt
of
them ate governed, accompanied by detailed Reports elf their
tenective procetengs : from the moth highly importact and
valuable information has been colleted ; and your Committet take
the earliest opportunity of expressing their ants of obligation to.
wards those gentlemen who have been instrumental la poseurbig it
for them, and also to the fespeetive offices of the strand sets-
blishments In the folloiring place! for the readiness with ithich
they hale furnished the desired information, Olas.
gow, tireenock, Edinbargh, Newarde, Live/peel, pesareae
Marehester, Birmingham, and Plymouth.
•• in the consideration of the "object your Codunltteli Mtn de.
.rived much ormistsnee from the proseldingi detailed in than does.
meats ; they furnish conclusive evidence of melt impotent dem:
tape having been derived by the cOmmerelal loterosts through the
medium of those institutions, sod establish proses beyond contras
diction, in support of an mention of the system to ether pent of
the United Kingdom,
" Your Committee, hi the code* of their Innen/0116m Kind
lesson to regret that the merchants and others commend With doe
ommerce of the metropolis, impressed as they appear to have Wei
etch the importance of the benefits WIN derived frau web am as-
sociation, should not more sealously and effectivelg hose esereed
themselves to secure those advantages to the et? of boades. Am
institution eothpriaing id Itself fen tinlon of every dedirlAth
me candle interest, possessing a Faded !equations, 01111 Ale
trade and mitigation of the empire, and an intimate bileditholgt
all that locally concerns the port of Lundell lama MI is lit be.
tended with great and ;oculist advantages:
" Placed sear the seat of Goverarestn, It woe* IR villkly Ii
famish to his Majesty's Ministers .*date mud pfolleall
lion on all points csmisseted with the commerce of the 111110., awl
to submit, as occasions arise, socb sitggeresse mussy neat lloode
improve the regulations, and the municipal and flotai he twee.
ing the trade, manufactures, and navigstkst of the Unts4 Kings
don ; it may oho pont out inch resumes and bunters sefteme
ing to operate injunously upon any branch Misr enneseneu
•• In lookiog for a period favourable to the estyttithateet death
an institutiod, it would be difficult to find one la whitli
misled ornmilareti more to the public advantage that the limm
The attention cf the Legislature, and of his bleiesty's Pievaiie
went, has lately been particularly drawn to the sultiosse gloms
niece, trade, and navigation. The defects roue WOK dm
system arising out of our code of commercial law has
have been clearly demonstrated ; and the invaluable =it
Parliamentary Committees on foreign Trade have k 4 masts
aunt of laws distinguished by a mote enlarged MA
policy, which have thus given • new eharucter and Imposed Om.
nide to the ortemtime of the country, as well es in its sielesselie
relations with Foreign States. Important advantages Mee OW
resulted from the inquiries of the Conmaissioners into the boandsoo
of the revenue of the Customs and have Excise, bwhich Riff
and new facilities, in the operations of neje, been
and remedial measures are in pregrers in rerpest of the bud me-
lotions by which those branches of the revenue are govonaL Ia
the further prosecution of similar objects of great nathilloi he.
purtance, such an institution must be of value to the Ofindentainst
itself. The Board of Trade, and other of the public depelome.
' would find it advantageous to posses the means, as aseenesseee
might require, of resorting to those, who, from their Woo sod
experience, would be qualified to afford the best infonnotion, and
which being furnished by an associated public body embeedoi iri
Loeb**, many interests, would not be exposed to the suipieles of
interested or partial motives t but retitle their opinions as veareet,
and aid molt yoweifit I in resisting importunities which knee flu
their ohjcct undue protection in favour of particular classes, or the
I establishing of regulations fee partial purposes, in matters of corn.
ohne manufacture, or navigation--a system, which has been
th. sauna of all those restraints falsely called protections, that up
to a r cent period had, by degree, so interwoven itself with our
e numercial legislation, as deeply to affect the best intermits of the
British Empire.
•• The association would likewise afford an easy mode of convey-
ing to the councils of the nation the deliberate opinion of the great
mercantile body upon any. public commercial question which might
core under its consideration ; and, if rquireu, furnish inanediate
evidence on any particular points to either of the Ranges of Par-
!lament. hien:hoots, and others desirous:of making representa-
tions to his Majesty's COVCV.IIII:I3t or to the Boards of Revenue,
touching commeiclal matters of Importance, might avail them-
selves of the practical knowledge so respectable and useful a body
would be supposed to possess, and resort to it in the first instance
for information and advice. The Chamber might, in many caws,
remove misconceptions, satisfy parties by explanation, and thereby
render such representations unnecessary I whereas, In cameo in
which it might be expedient to memorialise the Doveramen, the
applicants might derive the advantage of such suggestions as the
Chamber could alford ; and where conflicting pretensions of pee-
-1 nes, involving commercial questions of a general character,
appear dangerous to the public interests, the Chamber might also
advantageously lend its assistance to conciliate or reduce those
pretensions within just and proper limits.
" Your Committee, in the progress of their inquiries, have also
availed themselves of such information as they were able at the
moment to acquire, touching the Chambers of Commerce in foreign
Europe. They find that the establishments in France and Holland
are in each country regulated and governed by legislative enact-
ments; they are also invested with a power of hearing and deter.
mining matters in dispute between parties relating to trade and na.
sigation, and of undertaking, under certain regulations, reteremos
which are confided to sworn arbitrators selected by the Directors
or Boards of Management of the respective ChambCrs.
" To the advantages which such a regulation presents, en coon.
tries in which the parties engaged in any suit, whatever may be i.
issue, see compelled to pay their own costs, your Committee am
in many cases bear testimony : at the same time they ate 'crib,:
that a system which unavoidably exposes panics to have their coni-
:medal differences adjusted by judges, Kama whom frequentle
have an indirect interest in the question propounded, and other
woo from local connections and prejudices must find it next to irr.-
possible to administer justice impartially or with satisfaction to the
litigants, is open to serious objection.
•• It appeus indited to have been complained of ; and the fact •
lines of appeal which exist in those countries, frequently &pro e
the sorrowful party of the benefit of the judgment he may hat:
obtained. An attempt has been model's some of the British con,
torrid! Associatioas to establish a regulation founded upon a si-
milar principle, with a view to the more speedy and ecommit.il
settlement of disputes arising nut of commercial transactions.
•• Your Commute cannot but approve of that principle, y.i
consider it in pen:tine surrounded by gnat difficulties; and thisy
are confirmed in that opinion by the fact, that the measure do,
not appear to have been actually brought into practical operatic
by any of the institutions before referred to. Some insurance con,
panics indeed, lately established in the n.rtropolis, have adopted
eeruhatich of the like deer ip:ion in the adjustment of dispute:
demands, the entimants being entithd to the option of having them
determined by arbitratihn.
" The subject however is one of considerable importance,
your Committee entertain a confident opinion, that great advancer
might be derived from the no hinatioo of referees, miner suita
regulations, to whom recourse might be hail, particulcrly in qt,
lions involving matters of account and the usages of commie e
the subject may therefore usefully occupy the consideration o'
propcnil Chamber of Commene ; but it should rather be