The Sun.
London, England, 1813-06-09 00:00:00

INDIA puiur SIiUWINU.

•
A ..')vetch of the Petition .Tweitty respect.,,
ahleUentioneit designatiog theinseites the
of Persons resid?nt in the Eitst Intlie4, Owners at
India•bailt Ships, rendered into English by a Brit

"We, the said twenty gentimen, for-Minisi*
commercial houses in the litjlia trade,
,beg leave
to present ourselVeStiillte notice of the
lure on this occasion, under the followilig
thcitm-
stances :---We readily acknowledge that without
any other authority from .theONVllel'S of'
built ships, than that %ye possess as co-partners of
our ru r. p'..-)c establishments in India, we step
fOrWa4:l 'lf thil`b ventrtd ctis'i's to claint from the
legislature indulgence and protection. for c...rtant
speculations in ship-building, Which we mean to
carry on to a great extent in Yirit iii India. We
readily acknowledge that no ship now in exist-
ence, and' India-built; is exeluded,,frzun the bene-
fits of British register.: It• is not theretorc tije
existing owners of ludic-built ships for whom we
lay in our claims, but for, tinie whi(i, under the
high privileges and ememptiOns we expect wilt be
be granted, shall in future'choose, to join in V.V..**
lations such as we propose to enter
readily acknowledge that.we lndla
are totally .exempted front all those oppre-
sire takes an inipostis to which those of thvb

United Kingdom are necessarily, as inhabitants
of the parent• state, expos,:d.—We readily ac-
knowledge Chat no'British subject can he a free-
holder in India of one acre j and drat the forests
orAndia pay no contributions to the state, no laud
or income tax, ands belong to no proprietor:—
We acknowledge most yeadily, that if the whole
fifty millions of Indian • native population were
employed in ship-building' and ship-store mann-
factory, they would not collectiyely consume so q`
much of British produce or manufactore as any ,
one individual artificer employed in such pursuits
in the United Kingdonz.—We further do franlcly
and honestly acknowledge, that all we have in
view h the employment of our capital to the best
advantage. for our own interest, having literally
no other stake in: our Indian empire than the es- .
lablishments-we have alread-y noticed'; and which
haVing no rook or foundation in the soil, no su-
persti octave but what` is raised On commercial ad- ,
vantages, may, on a very shoit notice, be remov-
ed to another quarter of the ‘vorld at our plea- ,
sure. ',We' have -already acknowledged that though
we do mean to employ a great number of native
Indian shipwrights and manufacturers of cordage,
sail-Cloth, and other stores, iron-work, copper.
work, &C. &c. we do not pledge ourselves that
they' shall Ilse one iota of - -
wye pledge ourselves to as.
sent to any proposition that the timber so ensi-
ployed, and the Indian colonial manufacture) of
ship-stores sri extensively introdnced into the mu-
tiler country, shall pay one iota-on their arrival
home of those heavy imposts which the parent
state thinks proper.annually to odd to the burtheus
of the British landholder and manufacturer.

" most frankly acknowledge that our ob-
ject is to oppOse the interests and capitals of our
six commercial houses to all the great au(l widely
extended interests of the landholders of the

United Kingdom, the great Ship-building estate.
fishments in the parent state, together with the

various and almon innumertibip manufactories of
cordage, sail-cloth, copper, iron, &c. txor con•

nected therewith and above all, to the interests

and comforts of two millions of the most vitio.

Ode class of our tellow.subjeets employe►l in those
branches.

" NVe likewise frankly acknowledge that the
population of India meant to be employed by us,
at the same time that they contribute nothing to
the exigencies of the state, cannot be characterized
as forming any thing but the most distant resent:,

blance to that important article in political

econotuies—THEl ACTIVE, SINEWY, AND' INDUS.

,TRIOLIS.NATIVEVOI3I.ILATION OF THE BRITISH ISLES.

" We acknowledge that India, as a ramifica-
tion of the parent state, has far other and infi—
nitely more valuable indulgencies and immunities

than the other dependencies of the empire ; that
it is allowed an unlimited intercourse and trade

with China and other foreign nations, in direct op-
position not only to the colonial system in prac-
tice with all other nations, but in direct opposi-
tion to our own practice with every other colony
voe itave.—We acknowledge thatyle West India

proprietor is not only the freeholder of the soil,
but that he has; on the faith- of Parliament, and

wider the sanction of the'most solemn national

engagements, embarked many millions in the ne-
cessary stock and establishments to render that
soil productive ; that he exports and uses on his
colonial property British produce and nianufac-

titre to a very great extent, with which even his
he
coiiitsmcoonmpe
ied
labourersl :ire e
lei aig
lotvhe(4ltil that
and fats;
nai:tti
t utetheei(paGNrtea4i otstnolafn hpk olptrioodouce to tog
°clmother r country
.x.°
‘Thich is allowed in barter for provisionesol7;),e,,!:
ChaSC3 for that produce), but d,it it sltAll.he. Ahip-
-ped in the t essels of the utothet 'country,
gated hy her Seamen ; and in add:tioa to all
thia, after it has reachM i.s destin4tion ilt tier
ports, it shall be subjeoted ton duty folly aileilo.tto
to the sun't it costs the proprietor in real e\pen,u!,
without making any ullowitute -to'hintsell tor the

use of his capita ,
rr we ft cely acknowlege too that the West h-
at the same time that he is con-
rt-I:°)rir
I.)leextic:r' a
om
exporter of British produce and mai-
stitil'eP
ae7ture, expends every shilling of his Income
within the United Kingdom.
" 'We acknowledge that the landed interest it
the United Kingdom expend the value of the
timber, iron, copper, lead, &c. they sell from their

estates, and- that the manufacturers tO the ,above
number of two millions expend, the prodnce of
thiß hthOur within the. precincts of the_United
Eing-tiorn, exposed to all the weight of taxation
and impost, ~and which said eqendlture being
eompOsed of the ag.gregatevalue of the raw mate-
rial, and the difference between such value and the
rtme article in its manufactured state, yields to the
exigencies of tha government a contribution of
iess, by the best calculation, than 15s. iii the
pound of such manufactured value.
Anti finally, withobt a hlttsh, we do most rea-
" acknOwledge that the- tfremcfer of the ship-.
building Mannfuettire, to India, would deprive- the
piweut state-oflhose imniense resources she now
poSsessesfor increasing her naval force, or repairing,
or refitting her shaltered jlrets.
"We do most frailkly and freely acknowledge
all this, and though we confess that we' haste not
urged one argument in favour of our claiths, not
one shadow of argurnent which is entitled to rank
as such ; yet we do hope and trust, the legisla-
ture will perrult us in their wisdom to continue in
the enjoyment of those !immunities which now give
vs such advantages over our fellow subjects at
home ; and that we shall be allowed calmly and
quietly, as we have hitherto done,, to amass im-
mense fortunes, to heap Pelion Upon Ossa, with-
out any regard being had to the paramount in-
terests of the British empire, whether those in-
terests consist in remitting our naval establish-
ments at home, and within our reach in every
exigency, or in guarding the' ights
.and property
in the soil of the parent state, and providing for
two millions of our most valuable class of native
pOpulatiou." .1. F.
Hull, May ,n.

Exalletlcy, AVe are glad to announce, enjoys the
best state of health.
ST. Jon r,r (N. 13.) APRIL 8,-,--Srrired lais Ma-
jesty's ship Rattler, Copt Gordon, Emulous,
Captain Godfrey, and schooner Bream, Lieut.
Hare, from a cruise; the Rattler and Brearn.jrave
captured during their cruise, five schooners and
three sloops, chiefly laden with luinber, most of
which have arrived.
The priVateer schooner Cossack, of Salem, 48
tons, pierced for 10 guns, but mounting only-one
long 18-pounder amidships, with a xomplement of
40-inen, J. Upton, Commander,: prize .to tire
Emulous, arrived this morning. The COssacit bad
been out eight days, and made no captures.