The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-02-02 00:00:00

NUMBER 281

SHIP-OWNERS.
AT g numerous and respectable MEETING of
SHIP-OWNERS, convened by public Advertisement,
and held the First Day of February, 1803, at the London Ta-
vern, to take into consideration several matteni of great impor-
tanc.! to the Shipping interest, and in particular such further
measures which it might be necessary to adopt to give eaect to
the several applications to Parliament for the R :moat of the
Ihsties on the Toimage of Ships, and on Oil and Skins the
Produce of the Brit

JOIIN BILL, Eiq. in the Chair.
The Resolutions of the last General Meeting were read and
confirmed.

The Secretary then read the report of the Committee for
the Port of London, containing several statements relative
to the present state o. the shipping interest of Great Britain,
*lid also a letter from the Chairman of the Committee of
Ship-Owners at Hutl, containing the reselutions rezently
entered into there, exprovsive of the determination of the Ship-
owne3 at that Port, to support the application to Parliament
for the unseal of the Tonnage duties.
Resolved unaiiiinous'l, That the letters received by the Se-
erebry from the Ship-Builders on the River Thames, respe-t-
-mg the number of Ships bu!.t in the Port of London since the
Peace, be read.
The Secretary then rod the letter aCCfrifiney.
noway, That the thanks nt the Ship-Owners
r, ine ting, be given to the Committer of Sisio•
tru •Itri f.r the Po! t of L-ondnn, for their constant and intl...
f o.lr att..titinii to interes of shipping, and in
pan:cular for the trouSle they li lye exitcrienced in th.or investi-
the sr!veral sr.hjects edative t 3 the Tonnage Duty, and
that tlii Coramitux b.t instructed to use such I meth er lAA
*rhoh nay e;.•». 4r t ea --:n moat advisable to be ado,.ted to ob-
tain the of thi, Tonnage Dutiee.
Itir,rlrvl unininwiu.lv, That Anthony Calvert, Yu". he
:stied to the Committee of Ship Owners fur the Port of
fir the current year.
!Z.:salve I unaiiiitious'y, That the Chairman be r‘spiested to
rim-respond with the Chairman of the Committee of Ship
Owners for the Port of 1101, and to communicate to him the
information tethered ti in b s letter.
R,-inilsed unanimously That these Relocations be inserted in
the Neivipapires, transmitt.td to the Ship Owners at
Alt the tViit-Pints.

nnanimmiste. Teat the Mant.s of the Ship-
Owners prayer t at this hi *ening, bo given to the Chairossn,
fo, h.. invest:4i cfrtia3 in the etwyke, and for his !Out atten-
tiLia to the geneta toten•skof Skip-Owners.
(Signed-I J. HILL, Chainnan.

I R. THOMAS will commence the SPRING
• COURSE efea LECTURES on SURGERY, THIS
EVEYINiIIot Segos o'clock, athishouic is Let,!e-41t-syssore.
where Putscultrs may be kiwon; or at tlw An itoffill'al Tit:o-
lio, %Vlndmill•ttreef.

CHAMBERS IN 'CHE INNER TEMPLE, ur LiNet-IL:Nrs
INN.

WANTED, in either of th, ahn re INNS, to
Rest or PUTChaft, a Set of ChAntbvt- eonsictin of
1. One or 4 S.uinl, !Corns, Two &d Rooms, iad a Sorranes
Room and Red Koons.
Apply to- Later, ad iressed to R. C. No 32, Ftesw or.fet

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A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY of the
PEOPLE railed METHODISTS, of the Connection rf
t;ie late Rey. JOHN WESLEY, from their Ris in the Year
1719, to their la,t Coot:Noce io ISO?.
By WILLIAM MYLES.
SIN by the Author at Nu. IR, King-street, Southwark; J.
Butterworth, Fleet-street; W. Baynei, Paternoster-row; and
by J Bruce, City-rimil.
Dublin! Sold by B. Thigclale, No. 6, Darne-street ; by
J. Cooke, No. 5, Ormond Quay.
'Else following are wine ofthePartiettlars contaiail,il in this

Work:
An Acenunt of the rise and progress of 11,1!thodi-m in Great
no:tam, heath!, America, the: late of Man, the West-Indies,
the Neiman Isles; with an account of those Preaches who
were Instrumental in carrying (Li this work: :11,0 of their Doc-
triner, K oleo of Society, eurtfcrenccs, dec. The different Offi-
cers in the Societies: the Superintendants, Helpers, Local
Preachers, Leader,, Visitors of the Sick, Trusters and Stew-
ards, wits the rules of each; and a defence of Lay-preaching:
Also the Names of all the itinerant Preachers ; giving an ac-
count when they set out to travel, specifying those who were
Ministers of the Established Church before their union with the
Methodists, arid those who were made Ministers afterwards;
those who shed in the work, or departed front it; those who
were expelled, and those who arc now labouring with their bre.
thren with an account of same useful Local Preachers: toge-
ther with Abstracts of the several Acts of Parliament made in
favour of Liberty of Conscience, with the law Act relating to
licensed Teachers serving in the Militia; the Form of a Pets-
bon to be presented to the Courts, in utder to get a House or
Chapel licensed for the worship of God—A Copy of the Deed
for settling the Preaching-houses, with the Conference Deed
exeeuted and enrolle 'in Chancery by Mr. Wesley. Au ac-
ernmt of the Sunday Ss:houls, the Stranger's Friend Society,
the Itinerant Preacher* Anninty Society, the Preachers Friend
and the Friend.y Union Society. Au account of
'mood School, with a List of Preaching-houses in the Unit-
el tingdom of Great Britain and Ireland —Also the otwebew
be the whole Connexion; together with every remarkable cir-
esinletasak, which in acv wise relate; to this People.-a• The
whole interspessed Reflections and Observations.