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1..1W ASSOCIATION.
ve.oollay evening the Anniversary Meeting of the friends and
cor...srters of this Institution took place at the Freemasons'
Tai„ro, Glia: Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields; when, at about
sis o'cl,cit. nearly two Mondred persons sat down to dinner.
h.nye. Esq. in the chair. supported by a numerous body of
resel-bible gentlemen, tinily in the law.
the cloth was removed. the usual Anthem was sung by
)10,,,. C. Taylor, Jolley, Philips, Tema, and Brow.
a•nd the King aml other to um, were dra..k—
The SECIIXTABY rose to arnonnee in the meeting that he had
ft cirri a letter from 3lr. Justice eiaselee. apolegising for his
enclosing a 'lntuition of 20 guineas, and expressing a deep
▪ co. the I acitivinn. (Applause.)
'fiie Secretary afterwa.tis read his report, which sated that,
ehintiugh the capital fond hail been inccea,ed by the purchase of a
j‘rher sum of 12001. Three per Cent. Stork. amounting together
I;00/., the amount of rmusl subncriptiocs had ditr.inisited :
• was to he regretted, as appl miens for permaneot relief by
t!, nf deceased mcnibers had occurrcd. Under the per-
io grant 111/. per annum, for aiding the fainilien of thiine
cemnee. who might have died in distress, assiatancc had been
F aved in thirteen instances, seven of which were new eases, and
t..tt in which dorocions had previously been given. The See:etary
voted several peculiar canes of tlicreai where the parties had been
Fins:ly relieved, and the company seemed to feel the deepest
Irecrest,
The CuAlltllAw rose to propose the health of Mr. Gilbert Jones,
on," of the 'Trustees to the Institution.
Mr. BTRT JOXER"oge and returned thanks. lie said that it
was incumbent on every individual to promote the ohSeet of the
In•-itufon ; for while they were doing Po, they were upholding the
hecour and respectability of the profession to which they Lt longed.
The health of 11. prool:11.. Esq. was next drank; on which Ile
rise. Ile felt the honour which they had conferred on him. He
ins clod to witness an assemblage of iedividuals, belonging to a
h:rnl profession, coming forward to turyort so interesting an
oh: Pct ; and there was nn Peer that, under their auspices. the lnnti-
tiiiion would flourish, and ultimately would ba established on a
lirm basis, which nothing could sb:Cie. fly rendering their %up.
roil to mid, InVitutiett, they wire affording • great benefit to
B,6.ly—they were suppliyirg the riven' of foal and education to
oo.e who would of nceessiiy ire kit under poverty and affetion.
ti-less they received their and. Ile begged of them to increase
exertions in eupport of the Charity. and by doing which they
w.ittld have the plias:rig reflection that :hey were reaping for them-
selrn an ample reward. by providing for the necessities of those
• csuld not relicre thcoiselv s.
other speeches were tiniveterl in support of the Charity,
and the meeting did not separate until a lane hour.

MEETING OF if ERCII.. X IS, SHIPOWNERS,
AND UNDERWRITERS.

.! Meeting of Merchants. Ship.iwners, and Underwrite's, wan
ester:lay at the City of London Tavern, for the purpose of
..g the Report of the Committee ai js tinted on the 22:1 of
January, 1824, to collect the fullest information on the subject of
the sostem at present pursued in the classification of merchant
in the tegistty hooks at Lloyd's, and to consider and re-
port to a etibsegeent General :Meeting such alterations in the
prevot system, at:d to suggest such rules and regulations for the
future classification of shipping. as they might coneider expedient :
with their opinion as to thu hest mode of raising, a fund adepiate to
tweet the expenses of conducting the system recommended for
ad option.
At two o'rleck a great many Gentlemen were assembled, and by
their unanimous concortence—
Mr. Tnnytsa Wit.aou, M.P. took the Chair. Thin, he eh-
memo' ass probably the 11.4 ac: he should bate to perform an one
of
their Representatives; but whether it wan the first or the lent,
he always had been, and always should be, ready to attend to
their ell!.
The Requisition for calling the present Meeting having been
Mr. JAMES I.IMI3IIAY, jots. rose, and said that the Commitfee
whin h wan appointed 0:1 the 22d of January, 1324, had done him
Cur honour of placing him in the Chyle, and it therefore now be-
came his duty to report to the present Meeting the result of the in-
v .stieatirms I that Committee. The Report which lisd been pre-
pared was necesaarily so long, that lie would not detain the coin.
p tar by making any preliminary remarks. The inten.ion of the
(' anntittee was to stiggest the! their Report eliould be printed and
gmerally circulated throughout the country. and that a further Ge-
rent( treting 'tumid be hell six weeks or two months hence, for
taking the Report into consideration, after every person interested
; the sul.ject itch made himself master of the various matters it
contained. and was prepared to vote either for its adoption or rejec-
ton , an hie judgment should incline bin,.
The Report was then read, which, as it refers to a suhject of can.
siueratile impart >nee to a lar,ts anthrespeet &Lie body of persons in
iis country, and ban a great hearing on annther roesti et which has
Leen recently agitated both in and out of Parliament., it is our
ttetion to publish at length. The first part of it will be foiled in
towhee part of cur Paper anti ye regret that a great press of tem.
ovary matter prevents us from giving inure than the introduction
mi. meth:.
Tile Report having been read,
Mr. lite:Dial- said berme he proceeded to move that it be re-
rived, he wished to ray a few words with refcrenee to an interview
1,1,16 the Committee had had respecting it with some Members of
the Breed of Trade. It erns with great eatisfaction he had to stele,
that the result of that interview was that there was no o*z:ion
made on the part of the Members of that Board to the allowing
the superintendence of the system to be entirely in the hoods of
the Committee. although Parliament might grant a sum of money
tar the purpose of establishing that system. It was also very int.
portant to know that the private opinion of Al,. Grant was to that
effect. A copy of the Report had been lid before the ll•fard.
and it was with the highest gratification that the Committee could
state that the propositions contained is it were not only deemed by
tee Board to be of a very proper nature, but also that an assurance
vi been given that the most (medial support would be afforded by
a, Majesty's Government for the enrryire, this system icto effect,
provided it should be approved of at a general meeting of tho.e
pe-sons whose interests it would in attywi.e airect. Ile then movrd
to it the Report be received, and that a further meeting be held on
the '20.11 of Jaly next, fur the purpose of taking the same into con.
Mr. B. F. YOUNG thought it was right that he shooM sure to
the Meting that a written commumeatioy had been received from
ha 31.,jtaty's Government on the subj nit. At the interview by
ttie Committee vita the Board of Trade, the Board eateined to
euitimit his Alajesty's Government to any epecifir expression of
etitino upon a question involving so many consideration.. They
prot•ofed, however, to take it into their consideration, anti to com•
e the revolt to the Committee. The folios ing lemr had
aecuia'....gly been received Irony Mr. Themes Lack.
" Office of the Committee of the Privy Council
fir Trade, April 6, 1823.
'• Ste—A :feinted Report of a Committee of Alereitants. Ship.
,•1•. and Cederwriten of Condon. anti of the pritteipel out-
ir Great Britain. Oct the elasetfication of rterettant vessels,
.g r. ee..tly been communicateca to the Lot cis of the Committee
Privy (: 'moil for Trade, their Lordships direct me to acquaint
• they c•nnot hut approve of the alterations which the Gen-
I•lren of the Committee have in view, anti which era reeom-
itiet.d II in the Report, since they optima to the lords of this
:re c deulated to introduce great and solid improvements in
u.e aan..! ner!ihrritire of this country ; and tinder these cirectn-
ital. rt I am to add, that it the Rem rt shall be mitt-need and
by the vetions panics (mothering the body to which it is
• e.t. t.. bi presented, and it the measures proposed, or which
1 10 ind to be nece ..ary for attaining the object in eontem-
i t., •1. 'hail not be attended with any inconveniences' of which
..r Lordship), are rot at present aware, tile Loris of this Corn-
t.• t ee alli be disposed to entertain the subject in st more replay
it tray he egai.l brom;ht before them, atil to assist
• et . ; the adootim of the proposed new system in any
• t upon mature deliberation and further information,
5•••;1! m. 0.: to their Lorthihips asivisabk.

" THOMAS LACK."

I'nGttuAa7 rose to says few words as one of those persons I
• ..a.l been appointed to the Committee. Ile was one of the
men on that Ctrittnittee who possessed a practical knowledge
; la.! mere few had brought tirward more points
it tlii:to liimseir. But neither he no; the other persons of Dan.
test es:,etir,ce sere scarcely allowed to give an opinion. It was
irw.;it to this :tle•lng to say, as east stated in the Report, that
vie Cote which had elapsel Infer,: the Committee closed their la-
lit-s ea. urtavnld:.ble. Area every information he had ofrered was
t• ltd, Mr. Marshall proposed about four or five items, Lavin
isiecii he( Mr. U, (inborn put an anieLdn.etrt. in which nautical men
agreed with hl.n, but it was rejected. A. Sob-Committee was then
s'Pf-ontert, to the f,rir.at ion of which he made some objection, but
it irrot of no use, and he therefore declined attending any more on
the Coninii.tee. This goestinn might as well have been brought to
Lime in two of three months as now ; but the fact was, none of
or tient:en:en on the Comotitt‘e knew anything of the business.
blear. hear, and laug'itec) lie was told that It we, necessary to
rnosult the opinions of the navy. But what were the navy ? The
t,avy learnt their science from the merchant service, and not the
merchant service from the nary. Mr. Urquhart then complained
of the Cretinitiee having snugly managed the brainess with ilie
;laud of Trade, instead of canting before a General Meeting. lie.
:re they proposed t Government to tax this body, they ought to
;,see consulted them upon It.
The Feta in or tailed the Gentleman to order, and reminded
Lin that the ohj.nt of the pharut seeing was nut to eouoider the
itruort. but rcerely to 'mitre it.
Mr. Cartuit ART was not going to consider the Report; he only
:!laded to these things because they ..fleeted his own Charaeler.
ass useless for any:nautical man to attempt to join that Committee,
tar they would not be heard.
0. V. Vorsu defended the conduct of the Committee
tsina the "Penions of Mr. Urquhart, and sad that the delay had
entirely occasioned by an anxious wish on their parts to',
or:lank-ate • ith all persons in all parts of the empire, whose in-
t..vests were cones/nett in their proceedings, in order that they mlg'lt
not bring before the Sleeting ;ha crude eonceptiona of their own
train', but the result a that practical deformation which they were
u-.yairly charged with having diatomic!.
31r. t itgL ttaaT said, that it was London against the out-ports.
:Ad that Mr. young was not a fit persun to be on the Commuter.
'they tied tight or have a budder of ships oo it.—!Cries of
" lie was not Mae:" and " Ile was appointed by the General
3leetine!")
The CHAtimme spin tilled :11r. Urg.ihsrt to order.
bra Ultfilitilaltv—lt was an insult to ell professional men to
----(Cries of Chair, Chid'!)
The (:aLua:4.SX aside was a clatter of indifreredce whether the