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CERTIFICATES-JuLv 80.

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J. 'Null, late of Si. Nicholas, 'Worcestershire, intihohlei•—J.
Hill, Axminster, Devonshire, iankohler,--G. Nt.eid, we of
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chant—n. Crawley, Bristol, rectilier—: 1. K. Malcohn,llo:ly-
well-gtreet, Shoraiteh, carpenter-7-J.. Kirkman, Clea-fuorps,
Line")lnsp re, intifieeper—J. Young, Fool ow, Deibyshire,
shopkeeper--J.Wristit,. Aliphinton, Devonshire, I,:aelt-
.smit'h_t.i. Hampshire, Butt-lane, Deptford,-cabinet-maker--
WV. Ham, Bristol, innholder. , ..

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. • •
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Sheffield, cutlers—R'. P. Sumnierstield, I) ley, L. and R. Lloyd,
Wortley, seli• J• Ogle,' J. Ogle, 'l. Oliver, and'E. Wort-
lev,and T. Owen, Coventry, brewers —C. and J. 'Warner, . *New.
street, Dock Head, Bermondsey, plumbers—T. B. Barrow,-I-L
Mai, arid T. Hoskins, jun. GaspOrt, tiro
B. King and J. Close, Todmorti,oi, Lancashire; currier—
T.' Evans and G. 'Unwin, of LYtro's Inn, naYvagents.-T„
vet. and W. Whyman, of Witham, Lincolnshire, tanners---.C.
Crook and G. Kition, 'Bath, apotbecarits—J. Thorp, J. Bo-
ler, and J. Greases, Newark-upon,Trent,,Nottinghanisitire,
confecttoriels—J. and' P. Wylie, Abchurch-lane., ilrug-
gists--W. and J. A.'Palmer, a.nd Bouclw, eficapsidc,—
OXilii1)1, J. CorniSli; an 43. Mjcheil, Gwack,
niercliants—J. Gear and C. Cusack, Liverpool, inerchatils—
W. Lang, ti.. LAng, and R. Lang, Ot!ent,ek—:J. and .1. Wa'. ti,
Liverpool, pawnbrokers--J. Bi4.tithwaite. and J. Sandl.l:;d,
Liverpool, grocers—T. ;f nd T. E. Bowdiclr, Bristol, batters—
M. Fawcett and .1. Brownill, Sheffield, cutlers--It.. ALue..-4 toil
R. Shaw, Nottingham, hosiers—S. Leonard, G. Bush, and
W.'Spiring, Bristol, common-brewers.
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INDIA SMITING BILL.

[From a Correspondent.]

, We expected, from the general feeling which
so universally prevails dgainst the East India Ship
ping Bill, and the- removal. of the building of
ships for the ladle. and- China Trade, from the
United Kingdom to Asia, that his Majesty's Go-
vernment stould either have abandoned it, or have
declared their relict-Mess to introduce into the Bill:
such clauses as will afford adequate protection to
the Ship-building and Manufacturing Interests of
this country, and give them some chance of par-
ticipating
in the building of ships for the trade to'
India and China. This expectation -was held out
last year by the opposers 'of the East India Com-
pany, to the Ship-builders of London, and the
Out-ports ; who were likewise told, .that the
most extensive national advantages were to -11,c ge-
nerally derived from the opening of the Trade to
India ; yet, notwithstanding these flattering:as-
iurances, which were relied on by the trading
and manufacturing classes of this country, we are
now told by a few Indian houses, that India
wants little how England ; that India is the ex-
porting country t that the exports consist prin-
cipally,of remittances made by the private India-
Mercantile Houses, of the wealth accumulated
by British Residents in India ; that such remit-
tances can be made upon better terms, and more
inlvantagebusly in bills of exchange given as
'the medium of remittance, if this whole trade
is carried on in teak ships built in India ;
and these persons have, by some • strange and
incomprehensible influence, so far succeeded in
their views as to have induced the Govern-
Inent to bring a Bill into Parliament, framed
by the Board of Controul, and, of course; Most
strenuously supported by the Indian Interests,
-which annihilates at once all future hope, and de-
stroys all chance of competition between the Bri-
tish Ship-builders and' those .in Asia; and, for the -
purpose of increasing the overgrown wealth of the
Indian Interests, and throwing the
.whole trade
into the hands of the Mercantile Houses establish-
- et! in India, the ancient establishments of this
country -are to he sacrified, and all the hopes of
the Nation disappointed, by finding, that the Mo-
nopoly of the East India Company, Which, ,with
all its disadvantages, still kept the trade, and the
resources arising out of it, in this country, has
been put an end to, only for the purpose of trans-
ferring all the advantages of the trade to India.
That the discussion of a measure so pregnant
with mischief—so subversive of the former and
succesful policy of the country—so uncongenial
to the feelings, sentiments and .interests of the
Nation at large, should be postponed from clay
to day until a very large proportion of the Mem-
bers of the Legislature are from necessity obliged
to leave town; is as' unusual as it is reprehensible
and then that the second reading of the Bill should
be fixed for a time, to-morrow, when many of the
• emainiag Members are obliged to 'attend the
ineighbouring Quarter Sessions.
The surprise excited by so tenacious an adher-
ence •to this impolitic and unpopular measure is
naturally great,
.and-is increased by the recollec-
tion of what has hitherto been the uniform course
of feeling and sraiment of the Majority of the
Members of his Majesty's present Government on
subjects of this nature, " who not swayed by in-
considerate attachment to general principles," and
• recollecting that the Naval and Military Power,
the wealth, and the preponderating influence of
the Empire, have all arisen out of,
,and been pre-
served by, the wholesome and beneficial restric-
tions under which the trade and navigation of the
country have been for centuries carried on ; should
at the present moment, when further restrictive.
measures are necessary to preserve at home the
strength and resourses arising from commerce, al-
low this Bill to proceed, because the mistaken
opinions of some, and the prejudices of other in-
4lividnals, are . still died:led, notwithstanding a
bodyof evidence moreclear, satisfactory, and con-
vincing, than has ever been offered to Parliament
upon any similar question has unequivocally shewn,
that "if this Bill passes into a law, it will create a
mischievous monopoly in favour of the India
Ship-builders, to the total exclusion and ultimate
destruction of ,those in Great Britain. His Ma-
jesty's Ministers, should themselves, in justice to
the country, peruse the whole of the evidende
given before the Select Committee, before they
give their farther sanction to a measure so preg-
nant with injury to the general interests of the.
country ; for a subject of more universal 'in-
terest, whether as affecting the country with
.reference to its naval superiority, or the interests
of the Landholders, Merchants, or Manuijicturers,
has never been before Parliament. It has recent-..
ly been asked, who are the persons oppos-
jug this Pill It was answered. the Members
for the maritime counties and-the out-ports—the
great landholders—the manufacturers of articles
used in the buiWing and equipment of-ships—and
various other classes' of society—..that it was in
fact a. British Question supported by British Inte-
rests With such a feeling existing, is it'uot
astonishing that the Bill, in its present shape,-
should be still pressed an the. attention of Par-
liament It Must be painful to those who exult
in the success of the present Administration,
from a conviction that .the,-general views, feel-
ings, and conduct of the Members of it, are iu
unison with the best interests of the country, to
see them permit a few individuals to persevere in
a measure
,which catruot fail to produce extensive
injury, and great dissatisfaction, and which must,.
.11 not .abandoned, throw a shade over their other
measures,. and weaken that confidence in their
judgment and firmness, which has hitherto united
..56 large a body of the country in their support.
It is admitted by all practical men, that. when
try the peace, a free commercial' intercoUrse shall
have been established between Europe and the
remote parts- of the trading world, that England
various well-known causes, to must expect from v
be excluded from a considerable part of the carry-
ing trade, especiall,- front those
,countries where
the cost of building and equipping ships is so much
cheaper than in Great Britain. This inconve-
nience, arising from the immense sacrifices made
'bv.the people of this country, to retain its free-
dom and recover the independance ,of Europe, is
only to be counteracted by an adherence to the

general policy and salutary restrictions xvbiell
the Legislature at different times lirs made for
maintaining and- carrying on British-- commerce in
British-built shiPping. This adherence to prac-
tical experience, admitted by all who hare can-
didly considered the subject (with reference to
practical experience, as contrasted with theory
and speculative principles), .to be essentially ne-
cessary for the protection of the trade, the navi-
gation, and the naval ascendancy of the country ;
will secure a continuance of prosperity in every
suit, whether of home manufactures or foreign.
commerce, in which we may be engaged.-- An
abandonment of this policy may appear to b- pro-
ductive of temporary advantage, and may be at-
tempted to be defended on theoretical principles,
but will: in the end be found to be productive of
the. evil consequences which always follow -a de-
parture from maxims established by experience,
and- which hare been productive of result so gra-
tifying to the interests and prided this country.
The British conimunity has unquestionably .ar-
rived at a state of luxurious refinement in living',
unequalled by any other nation. Its wants are
more artificial, its modes are more costly, and its
general habits of expellee so far surpass those of
neighbouring States; as to defy comparison. The
labouring classes should enjoy proportionably the
blessings and comforts of life with all the other
members of the community. The wealth of the
nation is derived from their toil, and its security -
is on their arm : our seamen can no longer be
served with'black bread and stock-fish, 04 our
Mechanics will not be satisfied with rice or cam-.
vancers ; all ranks in society have advanced a
step above their cotemporaries in other quarters
of the globe ; and the existing spirit Of enterprise .
will continue to ensure to this country all the ad-
vantages which have hitherto been enjoyed by all
ranks of society, notwithstanding any trifling ex-
cess of freight, which must of course be borne by
the public at large, in return for the Safefy and
many benefits they have enjoyed, and which will
always result from the employment of British
built ships and British seamen ; but the fact must
not be stifled, that the price for freight has not
been in the least degree diminished by the use'
of teak-built -ships, and the whole cost of freight
from India- upciu coarse articles does not amount
to twopence for a pound weight, Ind the utmost
diminution of freight that the most sanguine
advocates for the New System of sailing with two-
thirds British seamen and one-third Lascars, can
venture to hope for, will not amount to one far.-
thing in the pound weight °tithe coarser articles,
and not one-tenth part of a farthing per yard upon
cloths and muslins ; and for this insignificant say-
ing,which cannot be even known, and cinch less felt
by the consumer, the whole system of ship-building,
and with it, of course, this proportion of the
carrying trade of Great Britain is to- be transferred
to Asia, to the positive diminution of the em-
ployment of British seamen, ruechaniszs, and
others, and the absolute loss to this country of
the intrinsic value of every ship not built within
it ; for. every ship built in Great Britain being mostly
the. produce of the soil and of native industry, adds
to the British capital without any deduction for
the cost ; whilst every ship built in Asia purchased -
by British capital, deducts from the public or
national stock, a sum equal to itt-amount.
For the present we shall conclude our remarks
on this vital question with the following quotation
froin the appeal of the unfortunate Shipwrights,
Caulkers and others, who, not having the means
to employ Counsel to support their case in Parlia-
ment, have been obliged to resort to a printed
-Address on this occasion.
" That a measure of- this importance should be attempted
to be passed, without adequate qoalificatiosi or restriction
favour of the home-interests, in the absence of so many in-'
dividuals, whO, as land-owners and otherwise, are so deeply
interested in it, is astonishing. It is to be lamented, that
• while such generous feeling and sympathy is shewn,_and
lusty shewn, for the injured sons of Africa—for. the inhabi-
tants of Germany and other countries, who have been ruined.
by the 'desolations of war, some consideration is not erhiced
by time advocates of this Bill, for the thousands of useful and
meritorious British Artisans, Mechanics, and Manufacturers,
who Will he injured and ruined by it: It surely is not consis-
tent with sound in a maritimecountry, to drive these
inestimably classes of its population out of it from the want
of employment. It is not the way to secure cheap ships or
cheap repairs, but on the contrary, to use the moral of the
fable, to dry up the resources of our strength, and to render
it difficult to rear. and maintain those men, to whom, in the
hour of peril, the country has hitherto .resorted for assistance
and aid, which has always been rendered with promptitude and
success.

" The Shipwrights, Caulkers, Sawyers, and others, , who
have hitherto been employed in
.building and'repairing yards
on the Thames, but who for many, many months, have been
totally destitute Of, and with no prospect of employment, not
having the means of employing Counsel in support of their
case before Parliament, are obliged to make this simple, but
true and honest appeal, to the generosity, sympathy, and jus-
tice of their country. They are convinced, as must beevcry
disinterested and impartial man, indeed it is admitted by its
promoters, that if this Bill passes into a Law, not another
ship . will be built in Great Britain.. for the India knd
China trade : and as no rational person can expect any
general building for the merchants' service for. some
years, 'until the. transports discharged' from the King's
service are; worn out, the industrious individuals making
this appeal, must emigrate, as they have no means 'whatever
of maintainitt; themselves and families in this country. To
'other trades they cannot with any prospect of success resort,
from the competition for employment created by the discharge
of men frogs the navy, army, and militia. Under all these
circumstances of misery and hardship, with no gleam of hope
before them, but driven by despair to other regions, they will
be, from dire necessity, obliged to submit to an involuntary
banishment Prom 'the highly faroure4 land of their ances-
tors, to seek from strangers the relief_ they cannot obtain at
home.

" At a moment like the presept—at the zenith of the glory
of the country—when her character stands pre-eminent in the
circle of nations for heroism, generosity, and loindness, shaft
its splendour hi:neer-shadowed by the ruinous consequences
of a measure, the only result of which can be-to enrith a few
whilst extensive individual misery will be created by it, and
-prolobly at no distant period, serious public disaster. To this
glorious character of the nation, the objects of this address
have probably in some degree contributed.
.‘ It has been emphatically and •truly said, ' That if this
Bill passes into a law, it will remove the corner stone of the
maritime power of the country.' • Let any man, not preju-
diced by interest or influenced by power, or swayed by incon-
siderate attachment to general principles, without recollect-
ing they require in practice many limitations and restrictions,
say, how tins country can again venture upon an extensive
naval war, if the large ship-building establishments are suf-
fered, from the want of building, to moulder to decay and
ruin.
" The political horizon is at this time calm and serene, but
how long it may continue so, the wisest, best, and ablest.
cannot tell. Jealousies between States, like the jealousies of
individuals, rise into action from the must trivial causes; and
when it is known that great difficulties exist in the commer-
cial arrangements to be made with foreign Powers, the dura-
tion of the present peace may not perhaps be one-third of the
period contemplated by the great personages who made it.
" The unfortunate persons interested in this Appeal, hum-
bly hope it will not be wade in vain, and that some kind and
generous heart will become their advocate and friend on this
important occasion, and not let it be said, that though for
strangers their countrymen can feel themselves itre ncglestei
and deserted.--Retherhithe, 4th Jul, 1514.",

ANI Cal CAN PAPERS.

Is:FM YORK, M. 23.
tFroni the Albany Register tit Fridty last. 3

THE BRITISH A6A114 AT 05W1 GO.-7-After a /Jail
.of our impression was struck off last evening, we
had a conversation with
.a gentleman from Onon-
daga, who left there on Tuesday nioruing, and
informed us, that an express arrived the evening
before from Oswego, with the disagreeable intel-
ligence, that 16 boats and other water-craft be-
longing to the enemy had it their appearance
again off Oswego about noon on that day, and
that they contained a very formidable British
force, which were about landing when the express
came away. The bridge between Oswego and
the Falls, where our stores were deposited, had
been destroyed, and the people were• felling trees
in the road to prevent the approach of the enemy
towards the. Falls.

A lamer from Washington of the 4th instant,
mentions, that an -unsuccessful attempt had been
made to burn one of the old frigates at the navy
yard, in hopes also to burn the new one building
near her. The incendiary is supposed to be a Bri-
tish partizan.
NEW YORK, MAy 24.

The reports, relative to the British fleet off SE
Mary's, have been much exaggerated. Two ves-
sels of war appeared in sight off Amelia Island,
and two, more were said to be a little further in
the offing, but nothing like a demonstration to
land have been made. A printed proclamation
was sent on shore bv.a Spanish pilot-boat, and
stuCk.up at Amelia, dated at Bermuda, in which
Admiral Cochrane said, that, understanding there
were many persons who Were desirous of re-
moving from the United States to the European
or the West India possessions Of his Britannic
Majesty, such persons were informed, that, upon
giving information where and when. they would
embark, vessels would bein readiness to take them
on board : and that it should be optional with
them to enter the army or navy .of Great Britain,
or to settle in any part of her dominions. .The
proclamation appeared to be of a general nature,
and addressed to the people in all parts of the
United States.

The ..money found .on board the •Epervier
amounts to 118 dollars. About 10,000. .dollars
are stated by Captain 'Warrington 'to have been
plundered by the crew, after the surrender.' Two
of the crew, named SeMon And Murray, have
claimed protection, as natives of the- United
States,'who had been. impressed and compelled,to
serve.