The Sun.
London, England, 1812-05-11 00:00:00

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LLOYDS,

May 8, am.
THE COMMITTEE for, cooduEthig the Sub-
scription for the Relief of the Widows and F.imilies'of
the•MUcers and ~4.en lost on boa& his Majesty's Ships
S'L. GEORGE, HERO, DEFENCE', SALDANNA, and
FANCY, feel it their diity, and- have'greatsatisfaction to
report, that the liberal- attention wlich has been given by
the Public, and by the Naval and Military Servi:e, to this
unexampled Calamity and Distress, enables the Committee
thus early to state, that the Subscriptions already received,
and• the Contributions from the Navy, Army, and many of
the principal Towns; of which they have—intorMation. ;and
expect are in course of remittance, are together considered
by them to be suffjcient for the humane purposes of relief
intended by this Subscription.
TI-10N1AS•TERCUSON Secretary.
• __.

The Widows and Pirnilies of the-Otfic:fis and Men lost on
board his Majesty's Ships St, George. Hero, Detente, . Sal-
danlia, and Fancy, who have not yet applied for relief, are
requested to rnake,application to Mr. Thomas Fergus,.l), the
Secretary, No -3,George.vard-, Lornbard;sireet, with proper
Certificates; -or to• the Magistrates or Clergymen at the
plaLes•of their dwelling, who are-earnestly solicited to make
this Subscription known in their

. .
CI nt (IF LONDON TAV ERN,
• May 7,181 z.
A T a MEETING of the. MERCHANTS-,
TRADE &S, and Othcr,• Of the Tort of Lordon, in-
terested in-the East India and China Import Trades,,held st
this House the :3d day of 'April last.
. • The Right Hon:the LORD MAYOR, in the Chair;

The followipg Petition ryas read, .approved, and very nu-
merously signed, and has since been presented to the two,
!louses of Pat-Lumen&

To the Honourable the Commons or the United King-
dom ,o - Great Britain and I.ciand in Parliament as-.
seinbled.
The humble Petition of the undersigned Merchants,
Traders, and Others, of the Port of London, interest-
ed in the East India and china. Trades.
•
• .Sherveth, • •
That for a-long. series of yearS. the Eap India and China
`f iades have been exclusively carried on to and from the Port
of London, under the express.pnivisions of various Acts -of
Parliament made for that piirpose,- both before and since the
partisl opening oft he 'Prase on the last renevval. of the East-
ndia Company's, Ch.,: ter:
• That under the regulations of those, A as,. and the 'restric-
trittions thereby introduard; numerous classes of his_Nla--
jesty's subjects have esfaniishert theinFlVes iii London in
different branches of business conneiled with the Elist
and China Trades,- and have,- tbr"the purpose of carryine on
the same, formed extensive establishments and =narked
large capitals.
That for. the purposes of this Trade, as now carried on
by the East India Company, and by In.iividitals, Ware-
houses have been built in tne Metropolis, and Wet Docks
have been formed in its vicinity at an•imrnense expense,
and very large sums have been invested in the Shipping em'
ployed therein, alMost •wholly by persons in •Lontioti,"and
those immediately concerned in the
_lndian and China
•
Trades.
That your Petitioners are informed by the printed votes
of your Honourable I louse, • that numerous applications
have been made from the Out-ports and Provincial Towns
of the -United Kingd_iin, that the East India and Ciiina
Trades may be ilit,3`Xed to be carried on t, and hum stich
Out-ports, should those Tsales be still I..rther laid open ,
at the expiration of the East India Company's I,,selit
-.Charter:

That your Petitioners feel themselves deeply, interested to
any measure of this extended nature as the sagie :dust ma.
tonally ath t them in common. with the numerous accts
and descrniiions of persons now engaged in these- TLtdes ;
which, %ll:a:Atter continec: are, or under arc; ex.
tension thereof, must necessarily form ttrg rnedns ui sup.
port tto those who lidvernbarked therein, and to whom any
romoval-or dispersion.of the Trade will be highly injurious
and detrimental.

That the experience of many years has proved that the
by confining to the Metropolis the Trade of In-
dia and China, has •beneficially created one large and open
Market ; .enabled Purcha,crs to meet in one point preserved
to Impofters the fall benefit of competition,and to Pur.:.
chasers the advantage of the greatest assortment, and the
best opportunity tor their-respective saledions, arid that by
means therCof the Revenue has ot.n Most ettedUally se-,
cured, and materially benefitted..
• That by the present Method of condu►`,}ing the Import
Trade, and its being confined to the' Port of London, smug-
gling is prevented, and ttge ad valorem duties are colleded,
not only with the•utmost exaclness and facility, but on the
full vatt: of the commodity, and
.at the least possible ex-
pence to the Natiton Whereas, should the Import Trade
be dispersed, smuggling codid not be pr.evented,• and not
only would the Revenue be exposed to this loss, now so el-
kdualiy guarded against by well proved Regulations in the
Colledion; Out the duties paid, ad valorem, would be ma-
terialty 'diminished by the Want of those regular Markets
and concentrated cqmpetition, by which they are now aug-
mented: •

That as the most considerable part of-. the articles im-
ported fr,,rri artr for toreign consumption, it has been
pradtice to mare the-sales in London at fixed periods of
the year best suited to'aiiract Purchasers from abroad, and
to have the trearest variety of each species OfigoodS put up
to sale at one time, that their demands may be more exten-
sively supplied, and their motives for visiting this country
strengthened. But it. appears to your Petitioners, that if the
present Salutary system should be changed, it would be im.
possible.so to regillate the sales at the different Out-ports in
point pt time or assortment or g ods as to induce the Foreign
Merchants to come to this Country ; and this circumstance
would nut only be a great loss to the Revenue, but would
be highly detritnental to the manufacturing inn:re:As of the
Country.
And your Petitioners humbly submit that no advantages
commensurate with these sacrifices, ant with the losses
which would be_ sustained by your Petitioners, and the int-
merous 'classes of petsons now carrying on' this Trade in
London, will be obtained by the public at large from its
dispersion in the Mt- ports; and that such a radical altera-
tion
,in the system now established by law, could only in
Justice be made upon an indennUfication to those who would
be injured by .the change.
Your Petitioners, therefore, 'humbly pray, that an any re.
newel of the East India Company's Charter, the homeward
Trade from India and Cfiina may be continued exclusively to
the Port of. London.

ARMY REGULATION WATER I'ROOl, CLOAK
• - AND GREAT COAT WAREHOusF,
KINC-STEET ST.,IAMES'S-SQUARE.
p
ULSFORD and, SERGEANT, Regimental TA-
lon and ManufaElurers of WATER PRO.QF CAM.
}MET to his Voyal Highness the t'riuce Regent, Dukes of
York and Cumberland, have the honour to intorm the Airily
and Navy, that their PQRTUGA L %VAT ER PROOF
CLOAKS being approved/and established a regulation for
Foreign Service &from their perleft impenetrability to wet),
the same can only be had of them, the Inventors and sole
Proprietors, King-street, St. James's-square.
• March 23, 1812.

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Bank of England, and the Borrowers are invariably entitled
to the-privilege of deduding the. Property Tax from the
Annuity Interest.
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