The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-05 00:00:00

IMPORTANT TO SHIPOWNERS

AND OTHERS.

The following has been received at Lloyd's :
° Downing-street, Aug. 2.
" Sir,—l am directed by the Marquis of Normanby to
transmit to you, for the information of the Committee at
Lloyd's, the enclosed copy of a Report from the Agent-
General for Emigration, stating that British passenger
ships become liable to a penalty at New York, ia conse-
quence of taking their passengers in proportion to tonnage
by British, instead of by the American mode of admeasure-
ment ; and I em directed by his Lordship to suggest that
measures should be taken by the Committee for making this
circumstance extensively known to the shipping interest.
" I have the honour to be, your most obedient servant,
"JAMES STEPHENS.
" The Secretary to the Committee at Lloyd's."
" 2, Middle Scotland-yard, July 24, 1839.
" Sir,—l have the honour to transmit to you a copy of a
letter from Lieutenant Low, accompanied by one from the
British Consul at New York, to the Collector of Customs
at Liverpool,l pointing out that British passenger ship be-
became liable to a penalty at New York, in consequence
of taking their passengers in proportion to the tonnage by
the British instead of the American mode of admeacurement.
" I have no information on the subject further than is
contained in this letter from Lieutenant Low, and the
point appears one on which a judgment can best be formed
in the Department of Customs; but I have thought it my
duty, as the communication has reached me, to transmit it
to the Secretary of State, to take any steps which his Lord-
ship may consider the occasion to require. I have, &c.
(Signed) " T. F. ELLIOT.
" James Stephens, &c. &c."
" Liverpool, 23d July, 1639.
" have the honour to enclose a letter from the
British Consul at New Yo,l, addressed to the Collector of
Customs at this port, and which he has sent me, it being
relative to the treatment of British shipping arriving there
with passengers ; and which the public functionaries there
consider too many in number, because, by the American
mode of admeasurement of shipping, they compute the
tonnages at much less than we do under the last Act of
Parliament.

Perhaps the same should be promulgated at the un-
derwriters' room, and at Lloyd's, as welt as in the news-
papers.
T. F. Elliot, 4E‘lsqh.a„ve, &c.,
(Signed) "ROBERT LAW.
" British Consulate, New York, June 29, 1839.
" Sir,—l have the honour to call your attention to the
subjoined statement ; and earnestly request that you will
communicate the circumstance, either through the medium
of some of the public papers, or in any other way you
may deem expedient, to the public at large, that the cir-
cumstances may be generally known, and in order to pre-
vent a recurrence of the same difficulties for the penalties
to which the owners of ships are rendered liable, which I
have no doubt will for the future be strictly enforced by
the Government here ; though, in the present instance, I
trust they will be remitted.
" The Dauntless, of Liverpool, William Miller, Master,
registered at 698 45.100 tons admeasurement, under the
Act 5 and 6 William IV., cap. 56., arrived here about the
9th of June inst., with 279 passengers, and is charged with
having had on board about 45 passengers more than her
tonnage allows according to the American admeasurement,
which makes her only 553 21-95 toils, making a difference
of upwards of 145 tons.
" The barque Andromeda, of Dundee, Stewart Patrick,
Master, registered of 345 10-94 tons admeasurement,
under the same Act, which arrived here about the 11th of
June inst., with 133 passengers, is charged with having
had on board about eight passengers more than her ton-
nage allows, according to the American admeasurcment,
which makes her only 322 77-88, making a difference of
upwards.of 22 tons,

" I trust you will give these statements your earliest at-
tention, and have them published for general information.
" To the Collector of her Majesty's Customs, Liverpool.
" I have, &c.,
"J. BUCHANAN."

( Signed)

STATE OF IRELAND.--In consequence of the
present tranquil state of the County Galway, the grand
jury have resolved to apply to Government for a reduction
of the police force.—Limerick Chronicle (Tory Paper).
VISIT OF THE KING AND QUEEN OF THE
BELGIANS TO HER MAJESTY.-It is now arranged, we
believe, that their Majesties the King and Quecu.of the
Belgians, with an extensive retinue, will pay a visit to her
Majesty at Windsor Castle, immediately after the termi-
nation of the fetes at Brussels, which will take place about
the 20th of next month. It is not expected that her Ma-
jesty, the Queen, will leave Buckingham Palace for Wind-
sor before the end of this month, or the commencement of
September. It is expected that her Majesty's stay at the
latter will be prolonged till the middle of December, and
isthhartisittmas ho4day
not improbable
Brighton.bablethat the Queen will spend the
Christmas
STATISTICS OF CRIME.—HORSE STEAL-
ING.—The diminished number of persons committed for
horse stealing during the nine years ending 1838, as com-
pared with the nine years ending 1t329, affords evidence
equally satisfactory and conclusive of the policy of mitigat-
ing punishment, and of rendering it at the same time cer-
tain. From Official Tables now before us, it appears that
in the first-mentioned period, during which there was not a
single execution, the committals were less by nearly a
thousand than during the other period when there were
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forty-six executions.
CHARTISM. —The
of the north, that they are not represented, and that they
are taxed by the Corn-laws for the benefit of others, is a
tangible grievance which only an improvemeni, of the Re-
its application is to an equality of ri _
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specimen of modest truthfulness. The Conservatives seem
to hold with the honest horse-soiling fraternity, that " all's
fair in a deal," and that
BrightonitEP
matter :_<< We are happymisrepresentation is quite a venial
to receive almost daily reports
of the triumphant success which attends the canvass of
Colonel C.
Wyndham. Even at this early period, we may
venture confidently
to predict that West Sussex will not,
'n any l_ future Parliament, return Radicals to represent a
Crnservat:ve constituency. The electors are under deep
obligation to the Duke of Norfolk, whose attempt to thrust
a Jew, as well as a Papist, down the throats of the Pro-
testant electors, has roused a flame that will not easily be
quenched. There have been reports in circulation tha
the Earl of March, whose principles are said (and we be-
here truly) to be Conservative, will also be a candidate;
and we hope the report may prove true, for there is abun-
dant strength to return two Conservatives in the Western i
Division."