The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-05-23 00:00:00

• TRIM/V1(114g. W WCUT IF.,
MAY 111, 1111.0.
. ,i T a MEETING of Aso. MERCHANTS.
AT
!'HIP-OWNERS, TRADE ' isatilelata
Wetted ist the welfare of Mai , ..
hdflts• this Shy in ',unman*, a
GEORGE FOTH WWI U... Esti.
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the Master of the -Maki Moose. I. the Chair.
This Fleeting hating heard with great Mardi, that hie
Slai"ly'a Ministers contemplate so ob.-esti°. i* the existing
Prom of Foreign All.l British Colonial Gooks open Wood.
a twenaorewhieb (oto., the sorignitaste of the varioos interests
to be affected by is is sainsidrred) appears to he pivoting
with 11.- most ruinous effects to the country at large;
Resolved unanimously,
1. That Petitines be forthwith prepared and presented to
both Honors of Parliament, esprcsaive of the feeliogs of Ibis
Meeting struts the sithjeet.
I. That the Pelisiou son read be adopted, and be es-
g►nosed for signatures.
3. That a Committee be formed for the porpoise of ea►ry.
in she inientsons of this itlesiting into effect, and shot awls
Commit tee he composed of ell the Committees of the Marine
Insurances of this Port, and of the Members of those Rode.
UPI, and that seven shalt he a qnoram at any meeting.
4. That the time and mode of presenting the Petition's,
sod other niesoorea to be adopted fur effecting the purposes
of the Meeting, be left in she discreti•.o of the Committee,
oho shall al-u leave 'woe, to appoint a Deputation, if neces-
sary, so attend the Board of Traile ur Parliament,in conjunc-
tion wish the other ports.
GEORGF?. FOTH ERGILL, Chairman.

Thai the Thank■ of this Merging he Riven to the Mao
ter of ihe Trinity-Hntiar, for his promptitude in calling This
Meeting. and For his tendert is the Chair. •

TO THY DroIorMARLE THY COMMONS OF TINE VNITFD
KINGDOM OF
['SANEST Asserentep;
The tumble Petititss of the undersigned Merriest,ls,
Rhip-owners, and others, interested is the Port of
Newcastle-apron-Tim.,
Soya, RXH,
That your Petitioners; hate heard with extreme anxiety
and alarm, that it is in the contemplation of Ma hiajetuy s
Ministers to effect an alteration lit the existing.system of
Foreign and British Colorist Duties upon Wood; your Pe-
titioner, bomb!), submit that the adoption of each a eitemotre
will tend very grievoissly to their iajwry, if not to their utter
retie, Without, as tliey conceive, materially benefiting may
other classic'. his Slajeety's subjects, inasmuch as it will hove
the effect of throwing nearly the whole of the carrying trade
from the Battle and Niamey Into the hands of foreigners,
and will prove moat itsj•rioue to the bleittoVCOSlalry, and le
the Colonies.
That while your Petitioners admit. to the fullest extent,
the claim of the manufacturers of this kingdom to the high
eoneitieration and protective of Government, yet they do, at
the same time, must humbly augge.t, that the admission of
the ships of foreigners to engross the principal part of the car-
rying trade preach a bulky commodity as timber, will nlti-
mately more than counterbalance any pretest advantage that
tbeniannfacistrec might gain by the adoption of the measure.
That the carrying trade will be thrown iota the Iran* of
foreigners Is most certain, owing to the wood bring the pro-
doer of their own country, combined with their unquestioned
ability to navigate at lower rates of freight; and although
it might clltiSe a present demand fur a small quantity of the
goods of our manufacturers (probably not exceeding the de-
creeeed ronsumption of our Otrit Colonies), should this alter-
ation of the duties he carried into effect, yet it i■ respect-
fit'ilv submitted, that ruinous eonarquences would tissue to a
great proportion of time shipping interest mirth, kingdom, of
shirks,, large a portion is employed in tie conveyance of
lumber from North America, and to the numerous branches
of trade connected therewith, and dependant thereon, whew
every encuarsigtmeot ought rather to be lellieU to the geode
"from 0111.1001 Colnnira, upon which so cousiderable a part of
the community depend. for it. existence.
Your Petitioner. heir leave to state the great value of this
trade in a national point of view, and that owing to the
length effete voyage. more than double the tonnage is requi-
site to •upp!y the eowntry with timber and deals than rould
poasilily he employed, hsil we eves the whole of the carrying
trade to ilw Baltic, sad from the invitonating nature of the
climate, a noisier, for British seam's, almost assesmalled has
teeth formed; hut even this vain:dile sourer of mss fit for
manning mir hitherto invincible navy will he utterly lost,
should the proposed alteration take place.
That Site ?fleet of the alteration coatemplated in t►e system
of duties will be to prohibit the importation of limber from
the American Colonies iellogethev, and in this manner the
eatablishments of Ilse subjects of Great Britain will be broken
np, and the Colonies deprived of almost their only medium
or exchange for the manufactures of this country, and the
immense, numbers of people who have bad every encourage-
ment held slot to them to emigrate to our North American
Colonies, Hypo the faiths of the trade beige piutected, will
thereby be thrown not of employment.
l'our Petitioners further beg leave to state, that a great
number of the .hips belonging to this port are almost ex.
elusively calculated for carrying timber from British Arne.
ries, being too large for the Baltic trade, and .from their
!went ia r COOSI moo." ate. trellerall, apeakisg,itl adapted for
I the West India Ur oilier tfidleNlUd eli.eU were they so adapted,
thin► trades are ■lready glutted with a sorplus of shipping.
'f he only advantages to this tertiary which your Petition-
er., can 'oppose to be contemplated to arise from the propos-
ed alteration, will be an increased demand from the North.
tan States fur our manufactures; yet it is most isbvtoos that
a• tin article of commerce, if the onnseitspliou on the one
hand is to be regulated merely by the demand for the coin.
msdity offered in ',wheelie ne the other, we 'hall everitnally
Irlin nothing, lint are merely carrying our goods to another
market, while we are losing the market formerly afforded by
CU/ 411.0 CNIODiee, and by such a meatiba hewellting States
m.l opposite in t , and alt.•gether unconnected with us, at
the earliee of one of the must valuable depeudatieies of the
British Crown.
Your pruhonrn, therefore, cannot hat yteette upon your
must serious conaideratton, th► effects of a measure
ing the employment and eves the existence of so considera-
ble a portion of the British rommunity, and humbly trust
that your Homiarahle Howse will not think them unrrastora-
tile, is. rerpiesting that is piHrioll of that protection may be
extended to them, shirk has harm most eateasively afforded
to other branches of contta red. and manufacture, mid to anti-
: culture, Rod which protecting r►gulations, proved in Shoat
imitator s so beneficial (s.. n dimTlroirtslunt duty), in this case.
i wit be futoittl uiisultorly immense, to ensure the welfare and
I increase the iworrrisy of the kingdom.
Your Petitioners Aerators honstilv pray, that emir
I linoouralile !louse will be pleased to take the foregoing cur-
lrorranore. iuin your most *CUM'S consul, ration; and that
yon will he pleased not to allow any alteration its the exis-
ting system of the Datita nn Virilfld.
ISO rote Petitivaers wilt ever prey.