The Sun.
London, England, 1823-06-18 00:00:00

•HIS is to give notice, that in Pursuance
of Directions- from the COMMIS4ONERS fur VIC-
TUALLING HISMAJNSTY"S NAVY, I shall be ready at this
place, on WEDNESDAY, the 25th inst., to receive Tenders
in writing (sealed up), from such Persons as will undertake to
Purchase .the HIDES, (except -what may be wanted for the
Dock Yard), and FAT that may be produced from-the Oxen
slaughtered for the service of His Majesty's Victualling De-
partment at Portsmouth, from the Ist day of July next en-
siting, until the :10111 day of September' following. •

The 'renders to contain distinct prices, expressed in words
at. length for each article.--Tl►e same to be paid fur a
the end of each month.

WILLIAM MELLISH.

Shathvell-Dock, June ii, 1823.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

ALL Persons having any Claims or Demands
on the Right Honunrable JOHN EARL of EGMONT,
or upon his Son, LORD VISCOUNT PERCEVAL, are re-
quested forthwith to send an account thereof (in writing) to
us, with the amount of their Claims, and the date and par-
ticulars of their respective Securities, in order that an Ar-
rangement now in progress to secure and discharge the saute
may be carried into execution.
VINES and ADEY, Solicitors,
6, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's Infs.

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CITY OF LONDON TAVERN, JUNE 16, 1823.
AT a SPECIAL MEETING OF SHIP.
OWNERS of LONDON, held here this day, conforma-
ble to public advertisement, to consider of the Bill proposed to
be introduced into Parliament to authorize His Majesty in Coun-
cil to equalize the Duties on Goods imported or exported in Bri-
tish anti Foreign Ships;
GEO. LYALL, Esq. in the Chair ;
Resolved, That the Bill which is proposed to be introduced
into the House of Commons to authorize His Majesty's Go-
vernment to admit the Importation of Merchandise in Foreign
Ships at the same rates of duty as Importations in British Ships,
from Countries the Governments whereof may think fit to act
upou a similar principle, a. • ars to this Meeting to contem-
plate a departure from the : ritish Navigation Code, fraught
with the most dangerous consequences to the British Shipping
Interest.
That the British Ship Owner is not in a situation to main-
tain an open competition with the Ship Owners of those
countries which will be principally aft'ected by the proposed
measure.
That for objects of great national policy the British Ship
Owner is, by legislative enactment, subject to the must rigid
restrictions in the building, equipping, and navigating. hisahips,
and is made to pay heavy duties on some of the most important
articles used for these purposes.
That the Ship Owners of the ports in the Baltic and Norway
have the means of building, equipping, and navigating ships at
. infinitely lower rates than the Ship Owners of this kingdom,
the former having all the materials for these purposes at hand
in their own countries, and being permitted to consume them
free of (titles' the wages paid to their seamen being not one half
those paid by British Ship Owners to seamen in the same
voyage, and the cost of victualling in Foreign Ships being also
much less.
That the present protecting duty in favour of importations of
British ships is not found even adequate to enable them to
sustain the competition to which they are exposed, the propor-
tionate number of foreign ships employed in importing goods
to this country from Prussia, Norway, Sweden, and Holland,
having within the last three years materially increased over the
proportionate number of British shipping employed in the same
trades.
That ship-building has been rapidly on the decline in this
country, as will appear from the following official returns for
the last five years :
In 1818, the amount of tonnage built in the Bri- Tons.
tish dominions was - 104,366
1819 112,173
1820 - - - 84,582
1821 - 74,847
1822 - - - 62034
That, since the restoration of pease British shipping has de-
. dined in value full one half, and the remaining halt has for
the most part been unproductive of income to the owners.
That, under these circumstances, any decrease of the protec-
tion now afforded to British shipping appears to this Meeting
to threaten its gradual and certain decay, and
,to deprive the
empire of that resource for seamen for the supply of its na-
tional marine, which the commercial shipping of the country
has hitherto been made the means of affording.
That the principle of protection to domestic industry from
foreign competition has been recognized by successive legisla-
tures from the earliest periods of our history, and has from time
to time received the sanction of the highest authorities.
That under the operation of this principle, British Shipping,
as well as many of the most valuable branches of native pro-
duction and manufacture, have been fostered into importance,
and are maintained in existence. That its relaxation, there-
fore, in favour of Foreign Shipping, to the injury of British
Navigation while its protection continues extended to Agri-
culture and Manufactures, would be a manifest act of inequa-
lity towards the British Ship Owner. That this inequality is
rendered doubly severe by the expensive restrictions in man-
, tying and navigating, to which for objects of national policy he
is subject, in addition to the burdens he sustains in common
with other branches of the community.
That if, therefore, it be now deemed expedient to alter the
laws, upon the faith of which British Ship Owners have been
induced to embark their property, the principle, which has been
so frequently recognized in other Acts of Parliament, of in.
demnifying vested interests, ought, in common justice, to be
extended to the present proprietors of British Shipping.
That a Petition, founded on these resolutions, be presented
to the House of Commons, and that Thomas Wilson, Esq.
M.P. be requested to present and support the same, anti that
the other Members of the City of London, and the Members
for Middlesex, be solicited to give it their earnest support.
That tha Thanks of this Meeting be presented to Thomas
Wilson, Esq. M.P. for his kind attendance and able assistance
on this occasion.
That the Thanks of this Meeting be presented to the Chair-
man for his able and impartial conduct in the Chair.
S. COCK, Secretary.

This Day were published,
LETTERS to the CONTRACTORS of the
- COLOMBIAN LOAN, on the Illegality and Non.
gratification of M. gefeS powers, under which the Loan was
contracted, and the Debentures created.
BY a Member of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn.
Printed fur Hurst, Robinson, and Co. N 0.90, Cheapside,
and No.,a, Pall Mall, London; and Archibald Constable and
4:0. Edinburgh.

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ftOBINSON'S PREPARED BARLEY, and PREPARED
.GROATs,. for making SUPERIOR BARLEY WATER or
GRUEL, tn Ten Minutes.
MATTIJIAS ROBINSON, Inventor of the
above highly esteemed Articles, respectfully cautions
the Public against spurious imitations offered for Sale ; and
which the Venders have unblushingly stated to be Robinson's
Preparation, or 'the same as Robinson's.
The Prepared Barley, and Prepared'Groits, are Patronized
by the first Medical Practitioners in the Metropolis, and in
every part of the Kingdom where thy), have been introduced,
and as they are generally used in cases of Illness, or as a pe-
culiar fine Food for Infants, ton much cat': cannot be taken
to prevent an improper commodity being substituted.
R, begs to state, his Pteparations are made front the
finest Pearl Barley, and best Emhden Groats, under his own
immediate inspection, and will keep in any Climate.
Sold wholesale and retail, by Matthias Robinson, 64, Red-
Liao-street. Holborn : Messrs. Butler, Chemists, 4, Cheap.
side, St. Paul's, 920, Regent-strCet, London; Waterloo-place,
Editthurgh ; Sackville.street, Dublin, sole Agents for the
country ; and Retail by the principal Druggists in the King.
don,, in Ob. Packets at tad. and Tin - Canisters of tabs.
each at 4s.

*** Be careful to ask fir Robinson's Prepared Barley and
Prepared Graati, and to observe. none is Genuine which has
Ptot his Name and Address printed on each packet.