The Sun.
London, England, 1823-12-13 00:00:00

OPINIONS ON PORTRAITS.

' ( Prom ad Somerset House Weeny ilflrcellanyo
CHARLES 11. AND RILEY.
1 1.110 best likeness of this social monarch is said
to be that on the ceiling of the King's Audience Chamber at
i Windsor 'Castle. It is represented as a head in an oval gilt
frame, as a picture held by one of the figures in the 'allegorY,
who exhibits it to the Queen.
When the same King sat fur his portrait to Riley, nod the
artist W.-completed it, his Mistygotfrom his neat to exittujna
the work. " Does that resemble me, Mr. Riley ?" said he.
The painter answered, " I trust It (foot, your Majesty."
" Odds-fish I then I must bean ugly fellow indeed !" said the
King.
The features of Charles IL, judging from the mail portraits
extant, making due allowance for the flattery of :the,art, must
have been strongly marked; for in those which represent him
in his infancy, there is a facial expression that is seen in those
of his advanced years.
QUEEN ELIZABETH AND DANIEL MYTERS.
This extraordinary queen, when on the verge of 110, must
have been an easier theme for the flattering pen of the poet,
than for the pencil of the portrait painter. Her address on this
subject, when she was to be limned by Daniel *lrene, Wag
worthy of her sex. "I do not approve of shades in painting,"
said her Majesty. " You must strike firmly likeness without
'bedews." An elegant method of getting rid of her wrinkle*.
QUEEN MARY.
Sir Antonio More was sent to England to paint thertrait
of Mary, the intended bride of Philip, King of Spain. po
He was
well received, had a reward of 100/., (a great sum, according
to the then value of money,) a gold chain, anti was afterwards
retained as portrait painter to their Majesties, Philip and Mary,
on a pension of 400/., paid quarterly.
&mann says Mary was very handsome If this he true, one
might infer that she sat to none but heretics. '.Certainly the
limners of her day (and there were many portraits of her) were
exempt from the sin of flattery.
LORI) CHANCELLOR THURLOW AND MR. PHILLIPS.,
This gentleman hid the honour to paint two portraits of the
Chancellor, at the distance of three or four years ; the first at
his own house, in George-street, Ilanover.square ; the last At
his Lordship's, who was then aged, petulant, and infirm—it
was but a few months before his death. They were esteemed
admirable likenesses. When the painter had taken the last
sitting, his Lordship contemplated the picture in ailenee, and
then compared it with himself in the glass. He then turned
round and observed, "Sir, you have been faithful—very faith-
fol." Then shaking his head, he added,'" Ay, Sir, I behold
the chang . that time has rapidly marked on my visage since I
sat to you before. Yes, Sir, you have been very faithilil, and
I have a,still higher opinion of ycur art."
Mr. Phillips had the picture home, to finish the accessories
in his own study; and among other distinguished persons who
called to see 'this last portrait' of the venerable senator, Mr.
Fox paid a morning visit totleorge-strees.—lle contemplated
the picture for stone moments, and then exelaimed»." What
a countenance I 11 looks more wise than man ever tvis."
In addition to these two faiththl profiles of this great man,
is one by Sir Joshua Reynolds, from which there is a print by
Bartoloui, and another by the present President of. the Royal
Academy, which is honoured by his Majesty, who hail a per-
sonal regard for the upright Minister, with apiece on the'walls
of the most magnificent apartment in Carlton Palace.

When Oliver Cromwell snt for his picture to tel hig ob-
servations to that great master of his art marks the Lord Pro.
`actor's masculine notions I desire, Air. liely," said he,
" that you will not leave out the warts and excrekteaacta on my
face.; for if it be not a faithful picture, I would not give you a
penny for your work."

We understand, that in consequence of the im-
mense importation of Dutch hare and rabbit skins, Engliah are
not worth half the price they fetched last year.
A few days ago ft young lady visited a family
of respectobility at Pondersend. Shortly after
her arrival she went into the kitchen with her
friend, who had a message to deliver to the cook.
A conversation arose respecting a plum.pudding.
whjell was boiling, when the,dereased observed,
how much better those puddings we,ro when
boiled for a long time. The lady: ,of . tho house
observed an unusual palenest,pervade, the court.
tenartce of her friend, and said, Pear me, you
look to ill, you will not live to eat anyof it !"---
In an attempt to replyL the deceased ,instantly
fell; and the vital spark mme extinct. Medical-
aid was procured; but all efforts to restore anima.
tion proved fruitless.

On the part of the Paris Ministerial Journal, that'
the elevation of this Nobleman to the head of
affairs- in Spain was ..not‘ effected without the
knowledge and reconittiendation Of France. It
is also likely thatllritish, if not Russian, influ-.
ence may have been exerted to farther the same,
object; for Russia cannot have been blind to
the probable consequences of the dangerous
system pursued by Ferdinand under the guidance
of Saez and the Members of the late Re-
gency, who had retained , all. the power of
Regents., even after they had resigned that
name for the humbler one of Ministers. In
whatever manner tbe, shange may have
been accomplished, it i,s evident that it must
prove beneficial ; though to what extent must
remain a question till the acts of the new
Ministry are known. composed as it is of
men of different parties, It holds out a gua-
rantee to each, that the one will not be sa-
crificed to the other, and that the interests
of all will be duly considered. It seems,
well calculated therefore to meet and to sur-
mount most of the difficulties of the period—to
restore the national union which "all the mea-,
sores of the preceding administration tended to
destroy, and to enable. Spain to procure the
means necessary for her relief, by doing justice
to her previous engagements.

:iiik Itj.o-i)Ol:.joiiiti'Ag.

.DAlt,y
Eapfraces from fist Morning Papers, Dee. 13.

NOIIIING cuoosl”..E.
i
441\0#gh it would not 1)e rilasottable to look
ijOsitOecity and fair dealing in the Royal Decrees
14, liqive from tiff. Continent, yet the cant and,
ity o,osy of t:',erditntntl'a surpass whateTer could
rtiiO'k!e*R.,,anticipa4o ey'en :from. hiui.and his ad-:
. YA.WL '.Clio nt,iud, turns with disgust from the
tlnttnner. ' in which thew creatures employ the
..pary, of op. vi.4ty, and affect to clothe I;itkl. his
, , ....
amobali,on, and, support, principles and practices,
flit:, most r,leal;ly opposed to !the , attributes 411 a
kiti,,vki;lion.,4 of tit,. Supreme. Oh ! that some
. Ihsch,ts Oyer could .at once break, and distnern-.
r, vi sVoer, tlo.
. the change of ignorance c 1 super-
-46
.4.-011,4 which so fair a portion. of .I;:urope is 1
,Oiptned. liut.the great work of , reformation,'
dicing il certain, will, kt is feared, be, slow, and
the ill-rated Peninsula have Many bitter years,
pass over its disgrace and misery. The subject
is painful, but it almo,it provokes a smile wheli,
reFdinaud? in his Pecree of the 27th of Novem-
.bfit, tar iegulating tin emoluments of Public
SetVabts, is made se truly to describe the
csharacter of his', reign. " Spain," says he "is.
ito longer what it was to the haPpy times of my
predecessors. An unititerrUpled, Course of wars,
troubles, tend misfortunes; tic: 4,. has plunged:
my -people' into poverty." And then, " the
refiel4, by exhausting the Treasory; have de-
prived the Patriot Monarch of the sweet cotiso-
. latithivtrernedying all this evils', of his people,
and raising their. opulence above that of the
.other nations of Europe." What could these
rebels have exhansted frein the perfect vacuum
found by thew under the name of a Royal Trea-
sury? Their principles were calculated rather to
replenish it, not only by creating a credit for Spain,
in the money markets of Unrope, but by doing,
what:is sill More valuah)e and important—giving,
to their country liberal institutioos, an open and
• impartial administration of justice, and touching
and awakening the true, springs Of uational
wealth---the industry and enterprize of, a free;
people:. : All this would fiaVe been achieved by
•the, 'late' Government, had Ferdinand posiessed.
heart and head enough to resign despotic power,
and to have ameliorated, by a Wise and prudent
. o..,operilOon, the objectionable, features, of the
Constitution. As it is, this reign will be miser-
able,, unquiet, and coutemptible—nnd his name
will go down to posterity, us that of the greatest
,destroyer of national honour and prosperity that
ever filled ,a Throne.

[New:rums.]
Consols maintain, their high prices ;' they
opened yesterday at 851 for Account, and ,closed
at the same. In the course of the day they were
depressed u by a considerable sale, but the elas-
ticity of the Market soon raised them to their
former elevatiem The abundance of capital con-
tinues to be such that Exchequer Bills bear the•
extraordinary premium of 56 to 58 shillings. It
is said to be the intention of Government to re-
duce the interest on the species of securities from
2d. per diem to three half-pence, among the
various measures contemplated for reducing
still further the. public expenditure. The
French ExPresses, bring the price of French
Rentes on Wednesday at qi, AO., and Scrip at 34
premium.. Our private letters contain much mur-
muring on the part of the Royalists at the disso-
lution of the Chamber of Deputies, which it is
said will take place on the 23d inst. by a Royal
Ordinance.; and which is professedly adopted
for the purpose of Introducing in the new Cham-
ber a Septennial Bill. We profess ourselves
unable to comprehend why the Royalists should
be so hostile td this measure. Some few of
them who are uncertain of their re-election may
naturally be expected to dislike tlyi chance
of soon loosing their seats; but apart ffom per-
sonal views, they ought to feel that the present
mode of renewing the Chamber by fifths it quite
inconsistent with the necessary steadiness; of a
monarchy. The continual, succession of partial
changes is an absurd revolutionary invention ;
whereas the integral renewal is not only conform-
able to the example of England, but it is alone
agreeable to the true genius and spirit of Rem...
sentative Goierament. It is alike better for
King and far People, The Only shadow of olvf
jection that we have heard to it is, that it is
deviation from the Charter.

[Barna( Pacts.) 111
The Morning and Evening Papers from Paris,
of. Wednesday, contain nothing of any interest.
Isolated addresses continued to be presented to
Ferdinand.;.among the rest', a servile address has
been sent from the Navarre. Cromwell was the
iirstrin this. country, who got things of this sort
prepared to suit his purposes ; they were pre-
Inltuted Wholesale to his, son Richard, after his
death, who, in Some yeaf3 subsequently, seated
'on an oh chest, containing; a number of these
addresses, declared he sat on the livei and for.
tunes of the good people of England. The
attempt to. establish the Knights of Saint John
of Jerusalem again in Europa seems to be de-
termined'on, and is applauded by the Etoile ;
but this is the age of sophisters and calculators,
and that Rhotlian chivalry is, we fear, gone for
ever, There appears, as yet, no likelihood
whatever: 14.1 f the Constitutional Loans being re-
cognised . by Ferdinand' or his Ministers ; and
Spanish Bonds are, in consequence, sunk to' al-
most nothing. This is one of the results of our
foreign loans ; yet another to the dishonest ty-
ran,t,ii at this very moment in contemplation, to
be raised from English capital. Oh, shame 1.
Aere is thy blush ? Can the merchants of Lon-
don descend to such a traffic, and provide the ex-
ecrable despot and his satellites with resources,
dqstitute of which, he cannot maintain his ab.
solute tyranny an hour ? His only, check will
be hi* wants : let these be satisfied, and he
wilt run riot in oppression.

tytta TIMES.]
The Ultra Royalist French Journals appear
uneasy lest some debt of gratitude which they
owe to Russia'should remain long unpaid. An
article in, the Oriflammo is .full of sentiments on
this subject. It undertakes the defence of the
Emperor Alexander against the Radicals of the
English Press, whom the writer declares. tn. be
incapable of comprehending the noble and ge...
neroui conduct of his, Imperial Majesty, evinced
towards Ferdinand VII. P,,!rhaps the Royalist
Knight Errant has made a mistake OR this
occasion. We believe that the Press of Eng-
land is not behind the rest of Europe in clis•-
cerning the motives of the Russian Emperor and
of his Allies—nay, we are much inclined to
suspect, not only that the free 'rev of this'coun..'
try has comprehended clearly, and has justly
preciated, the whole merits of that " generous".
policy, which has its origin in the will of the
Emperor Alexander, but that it is the same "
44 capable" press which has brought home the
motives and natural consequences of that policy to
the understanding, of every European subject
whose Government permits him to rend. Let us
see, then, how far, according to the Orifiamme,
the generous mind of Alexander has carried him.
64 He has sent one of his diplomatic agents" (he
has, indeed,. no less an agent- than M. Pozzo
di Borgo, once, if not on the English
pension. list) to congrattilate King Ferdi-
nand on his. restoration. But his Imperial
Majesty was equally " generous," if that be the
word, to Louis XVIII., since bq directed the
same M. Pozio to reside at, the Court of his
Most Christian Majesty, before he sent him to
Madrid. Now, whatever service this Minister
may have done his own employer, the French
Cabinet writer does not eXplain in ,what bits con.
slated his usefulness to either of. the Unurbon
Princes—an explanation which would taire been
no more than necessary towards informing us
how the generosity of, the Russian Emperor was
manifested by such a

imortNiNo eusT,,j
e recei/ed.jait night, by express, rrencli
Eipers to the 11th instant, and the klOile of
Thursday. Teir, contents, without *lug of high
importance, possess some interest: They confirm
to a. certain.degree.the impression prodUced upon
tts yeeterday by the cotnposition, of the new. Spa-
lii,4l4itliitry and tlu hopes to which it gave birth.
Qui single fact wilt she w the IE6IIIOOI tyof the change
Wfilshas taken place. It is well ittiown'that the
lite Administration consisted exclusively of men
d4yoted to the 10611101 of religious and political
PkgsPotism, attd that the , principle on which it
*Matti was, ttet only the removal, but the perfe-
ct:idea.of every intjivid int l who had either. sup-
purod or tiertied , the Constittitional Govern-
/Ont. 'rite idea of admitting a former agent' of
the :Cortes to the iiprobiriiii situation iii the
VOlrest,dePartnient of the litata, would have been
deemed a crime against the : Monarchy
capjpg, aloud . for signal, piwishinettt. How
iintqf -the calm.. 'now stand -? Not only have
snito unconnected., with
,the.,Plergy, mkti:,-there-
t,r4#, free films,:. that , spirit , of. cOrporste ego-
tism and resentment which Would' -have sa-
crificed the peace and happiness of - the country
to.the advancetnent of its -interests' and the
gratification Of.tia revenge, been pPoluted to the
various branches of. the Administration ; hut the
most imporvirit'orall, thd'First Secretaryihip of
*tate is entrusted 'CO the Martinis of Casa I rujo,
Who was sent Atilbassader to France by the
Cnrtesi and :retained that peat till a short time
'before the war, when he was "suCceeded by ' the
fluke of San Lorenzo. 'The heed of 'the itew
Ministry is therefore a, Coostitutionalist. This
ffict is attested hy the Journal Darik, whiCh
adds the fut:ther recommendation, that the
Marquis of Case Irdjo -'44 is .11 mail of great
moderation, well, "arghainted with inisiness,
slid' ioset- continet gave`,; the Froach (3overn.
thint.the gteatest setisfa c lion all t,to time that he
held a -dipleirfiaic'situation at, the Court of
France." it may s)s supposed, from this tribute

but that the King or Spain thoughthim a rebel, and 1
that therefore he assumed the right of destroying
him', there- also can be no question. The difficult
thing is, fore a stranger to be a competent
itidge of such, extreme cases. Oliver Cromwell
succeeded, and Charles the First lost his head.
fled Charles succeeded,.ollver's head would
probably have been taken off. William the
Third succeeded, and James the Second died in
exile; but had James the Second succeeded, and
had William the Third, at the battle of La
Hogue, been taken prisoner, it is more than pro-
bable that. James 11. would have hanged William
111., in which case, there would have been no
works written respecting the glorious Revolution.
Ferdinand, fiir what we know to the contrary,
may have had these historical facts in his recol-
lection, and they may have prompted him to have
ordered the cruet and apparently iiieless de.
struction of Riego. To us it always appear-
ed that the Spanish Government could no
loops' go on for want of Money to pay its
oldiers, sailors, and clerks in Office; and when
that is the case, the latter are sure to become
enemies, instead of friends to the Govern-
ment. The National Debt got the better of the
Spanish Government, as it will eventually get
the better of the Government of another country
that we know of, provided there be no more
virtue in the people and representatives of the
country we have in our eye, than appears at pre-
sent, if we are to judge from their indisposition
to reduce the interest of the Debt, and to lay
on a heavy tax on Income derived from real
property.

SHIP-OWNERS* SOCIETY.

The following is the REPORT of the C. 041-
11ITTItE, omitted for want of room yesterday :--
REGISTRY LAW5.—The Committee have had occasion; for
several. years past, to advert to gievous operation of the Re-
gistry Laws. In their Report fdr the. year 1820, they were
enabled to express' theirexpectation that anew law would be in-
troduced into Parliament upon that subject. This expectation,
much raised but still deferred, was repeated by the Commit-
tee in their Reports for 1021 and 1023, at which time they
were aware that the general frame and principal enactments of
an amended and consolidated Register Act had been prepared,
and was in the hands of Ids Majesty's Ministers.
The Committee have now to congratulate the Society upon
the passing of such an Act, under the guidance and section of
the President of the Board of Trade, in the-hist'Session, which
is to come into operation on the lit of January 1024 ; and con-
sidering the great importance of the subject, they think it
right to point nut to the Society those features of the new law
in which it is chiefly distinguished from the laws heretofore in
force.
Ist. It does not invalidate the title of an owner who fails to
record his purchase at the Custom Rouse within a limited time,
but only renders the recording necessary to the completion of
his title.
2dly. It permits, recognizes, and, records a direct mortgage
of an interest in a ship ; gives security to the mortgagee,
without subjecting him to the responsibility of an owes.
3dly. It eghihits the proportion of interest held by each
owner, thereby facilitating bode eales and mortgages, and 'giv.-
ing a new value to shipping in the monied at well as the mer-
Candle claeses.
4thlle It permits the slaws in the ships of 'co.partners to
be registered as joint property, and to be eubjeet to the genie
rules as other partnership/effects.
Mthly. It provides that the endorsement of a transfer shall be
made and signed by the officers of the customs on the produe.
tion of the bill of node thereby coropleting the title, and die_
penning with the production of the bill of eele, on any subse-
quent regietry.
daily. It permits registry in the names of three Trustees of
Joint Stock Companys, Instead of requiring the names of all
the Members.
7thly. It contains excellent summary provisions for the cases
of loot or mislaid registers :—of registers hostilely detained
from the use of the ship ; And of difficultlyd arising at any time
from the absence'of owners ; or of ships from their ports of
registry.
&lily. The extent of repairs which a vessel may undergo in
a, foreign port without forfeiting her British privileges, is in"-
creased from the 15e. to 20s. per ton ; and the course of pro-
ceeding pointed out, In case of repairing beyond that amount,
is greatly preferable to that directed in the former Act.
9thly. It contains a provision intended to guard against the
fraudulent disposal of ships abroad, under a false or etaggerated
pretence of unseaworthinese.
The Committee also conceive that the division of the pro-
petty, in ships, into sixty-four assumed shares, upon the binary
principle of halving the ship, and the proportions tinder each,
down to a sixty-fourth part, will be found in practice to be 4
Most convenient system.
BAST DIA TRADE.—The new act on this subject (4 Geo.
IV. cap. 00.) repeals several complex and contradictory parlia-
mentary enactments, respecting the East India Trade; and
consolidates Into one, all the provisions which it was found use-
ful to retain on the subject of the Free Trade, and many most
important alterations and amendments letve been superaddati,
amongst which, the' following More particularly affict the ship-
ping interest : viz.
British registered vessels of every description, are to be
allowed to, enter into the coasting and. general trade in the
India Seas, without tieing subject to :any other restrictions
than such lot are itnposedpn India-built ships. AR the remain-
ing-disabilities. on these litter, ships (whichavere more nominal
than real, teeing to the ambiguity of the several Acts regard-
ing them, though they created ;much onharnasament• and un-
certainty,) are removed ; and they are now put upon the same
footing as the ships built in ,any other part of 'the King's do.
minions,
British registered vessels of .any size, may now trade to and
from India with any part of the world, except China, and with-
out the expence and trouble of taking a licence previous to their
clearing out and departure from ahis country ; :the only restric-
tion'being, the necessity of their first proceeding to one of the
principal stitiertienti in India.
*WTHERX WHALE FISHERY.—AII limitations and re-
strictions as to latitude and longitude, are also removed from
ships engaged in the Southern Whale Fishery, and vessels
of any, size, fitted put agreeably. to the Act of 36 ilea. Ill.,: are
new at liberty to fish in all the seas to the eastward of the Cape
of Good llone,- and westward 'of the Straits of Magellan, and
without being obliged to take a license from the Company or
Boerd of Cootrool.
Seine useful end salutary, provisions have; alsobeene introd ue-
ed. inns the Act, for the better regulation end controul of Lasear
seArnln, •
AppßEsylpf.s.---Vbe Act .37. Geo. M. cap. 74, which re-
. spired 011A,ships in Out Westindiatrade should have on board
one apprentice for every one hundred tone measurement, has
been at length rep led by an Act of the last session, cap. -AV,
This Act providesetheteafteeitte Ist •of .January next, every
rMoa I,N G. ship exceeding 00. tons, shall, on clearing out, have on, board
one or more apprentices tinder the age of 17 years, indentued
in our paper of yesterday we gave an account for at fiettat fouryears (who.* indentures are to be enrolled at
of the Meeting at Guildhall, citi-tlie part t)i the the Custom-bodes), in the folloWing proportion to her register
Common Council to consider of the propoSition
t°ll4alciiii)inrrel# tons, and tinder 0.00 tons, 1 apprentice
for the erection of a Monument. to, General • 200 - ' 400 - .ftlitto
Itiego. We do not wonder that the proposition 400 - - 5.00 - p ditto
800 700 - 4 ditto
was rejected. The best. use that could he. made .700 and upwards - 5 ditto
of any money the;,City.-Corporation has at pre- Every apprentice so enrolled is to be exempted' front !serving
to in-the tiney until he shall have attained the .itge of 21 years;
sent in hand, and to spare., wOuld be,
provided he regularly serving out his time th Me drat
give it to the unfortunate General's widow master or ship owner, ar with some ether .to whom his 'Judea-
und relations. These mutaumeuts have, in cures have been transferred.
general, their ,rise -among. artists ; same one of The firs' mate of every ship exceeding 00 tons, •antl'the first
and second mete o f evert‘ehip exceeding 300 tons, are also et.
whom, wishing to profit by the tnortamenti takes eatp tf being im
pressed.
care ng mpreeecL
care to produce a nrcely. printed,. Or written ri AbteN Detsetturleto.—Further provision is made by the
foreign ports, by Allbjeethig the sui-
prospectus, wherewith .to influence his ,privatej
Man tteforfett not only the wages that mey be due to hint for
Aet te prevent desertion ine
Parliamentary, or Lam frttilds, in general, the ;his services on board the ship trout which he may have so de_
bait takes place, Aid the_artist pockoss the, profit. serial, but also whatever wages shell be due, or have- bete
aoteed to be }laid to hint by the owner or master of arty sl
This we take to be tits history of most. mono- .•
.''• •113
Ot vetted the service. whereof he rimy have engaged on the
molts, of either a ,monarchical, aristocratical,, or yoy_apee back to this coentry.
•of a deinoiritial no.tP re •ir Hat every one MU-oiliest desire of the Committee, that the cOrtip'
,inn n Itti..:4lli to nate a tertitin number' of el rrenticee
Englatiettinit'l'arirent the inl:timan 'and- wanton cuss, .1 t. • 0.1 ,Ty
,rmg Agave been 'done away en att t exemption
destruction of Riego, there can' be no queMion, fra:n impress, of sea-appreetices is getteralonfght-inireefieen

deemed sufficient for the-, public .putioset of _the Art;
though, the Cominittee.have 'not succeeded to this extent, th
trust that the modificatiOnt in thelaw which hare been,elfeeted,,i
he foUnd to of great'relfef to the &Mersa:if ships in
West India- trade, and. eventually.to introdueer&inpemor class
of men into the merchant service, without bearing, hard upon'
the ship-owners.
PASS EN GE1111! .Aest;The pewit= advantages of this Act,
4 Geo, IV. cap:ll4, (hi addition to the •acinsolidatiotrof several
statutes into one), consist in the exernptiori from its`proVisions,
of all ships bound to any port of Europe or the Mediterranean ;
and of all ithipit wherever bouml, not having :raore.persons on
board, influding the passengers and crew, than one to every
five tons ; and in the definition...that two tons which every
adult passengeris, to have,, shall be (not thatpropertion of the
register measurenieht but) two tons of the space in the vessel
not occuple& by goods. By thistregulationohips are permitted
in many cases to carry amuch larger number of passengers
than were deemed legal tinder. the former Acts, at the same
time that every requisite provision is made for the health and
accommodation of the passengers.' -
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPART MENT S.—The Committee
have to Report that an Act of last Session, cap. 69,.contains a
clause (sec. 34.) empowering the King and Counsetto place the
management of all duties of importation ,under the. Comniis-
sinners of Customs; and although the same power is givetto
place under the Commissioners of .Excise those articles which
are now partly under the two Boardft,the bonunittee confident.
ly hope that the power will eventually-be exercised, themaki.
ing that separation between the two departments which has
been so long the object of their wishes. • . •
GOODS NOT CLRAnzz.—The . same. Act contains's: clause
(sec. 39.) for enabling the Officers of Customs, upon applica.
tion, to clear any ship of the remains of the cargo, when the
' principal part hati been entered and landed, Without waitinkthe
time of twenty days before allowed to the merchant to remove
thein from the ship. • •
TRADE wi'tu lasti.A.l4 By the Act.cif: ISM &Mien, cap.
72, for consolidating the duties in Ireland, the Cross Channel
Trade between Great Britain and Ireland, is declared and
made in.laiva coasting trade ; and the duties in the two coun-
tries being equalized, all articles of Foreign production may
now pass between the two countries Without the inconvenient
prodeps of drawbacks in• the 'exporting; and duty in the im-
porting cotintry.
STONE COASTWISE.—The duty on Stone brought coast..
wise has also been repealed, so that considerable' improvement
has been made in the regulations relating to the Coastieg Tiede
of the whole United Kingdom.
WAREHOUSING At:T.—The Committee regret that their
opposition to the clause which permits the. importation and
:warehousing for exportation, of any.goods whatever. (except
tea) from any place whatever (except the British possessions
OT China), in any Foreign vessel, has been unavailing:
On the measure being brought before Parliament by .his
Majesty's Ministers, the Committee presented & mernorial,
urging that such relaxation of the navigation principle would
not only be an unjurious interference with British shipping,
,but also with tile ships of countries engaged in trade with,-the
United Kingdom, for the benefit of those rival Stat2s which pos-
ies's peculiar advantages ies.ship.huilding-countries.
The Committee are still of opinion that this departure froin
the principle of the navigation laws, will encourage Foreign
ships to enter into trade with the distant parts of the world
(to the exclusion of British ships), they have now the asset.
Hance, that if prevented by the, severity of the winter. from
-reaching their destined ports. in' the north of Europe, the
ports of England are open for the depoiit of their cargoes
and that no material benefit will; arise to , the British com-
mercial interests as very. few or none of those cargoes Will
come to this country, except for the tempOrsry convenience: of
the owners.
TRADE WITH SOUT ' A MERICA.—Upon the subject of the
intercourse with the Spanish Parts of Smith America; which
has engaged much of their attention, the Committee have to
offer the British shipping interest their: most cordial congratu-
lations. , .
The recent appoihtment of Consols at the principal ports,
will obviate many hardshipt and-inconveniencies to which the
trade'Wat exposed; and whilst the, Measures which iiiii:3la-
jesty's Government have procured. to, be adopted, for the pro-
tection of British shipping engaged therein, will, it is to be
hoped, protect the property of .the. British merchant .and ship.
owner from further unjust seizures and confiscations, the Cen-
vention which has been entered into with the. Spanish Govern-
ment, will procure compensation .to those, who have already
suffered from such proceedings.
The Committee take this opportunity.of .reminding parties
who have claims to prefer to the Commissioners (whose office Is
at N0.'12, in Manchester.huiltlitigl), that they must he - pra-
sented on or before the 11th of April next.
Buss lAN UXASI4.—The Committee having observed. that
an Ukase or order had been issued by, hie Majesty the Engle,-
ror of Russia, prohibiting;, oreign vessels to touch at the
.Russian establishments along the north. west coast'of America,
t''rom streiglits '6l degrees; f north, ;As
well as La the Aleutian islands Prt,.stia. east coast of Stbasdet, slut
the Kurile islands :—(that .is.to sayt'from Behringts Stypights
to the South Cape in' the island of Ooroop ; viz. in 45 degrees
51 minutes north latitude;) or or even to approach them with.
in a less distance than 190 Italian miles and it being genre-
handed that the seizure and contiseation.of British ships fishing
in those setts might take place,., upon the -plea of their having
been within the'prohibited limits, the Committee thought fit to
make application on the Subject to his tilajesty'S Secretary, of
State, and had the satisfaction of , beteg :Wonted in reply, that
representations have been. madc,,to tlie ltusitian Government, and
that, in consequence, orders have been, sent out by the Court of
St. Petersburgh to their naval commanders, calculated to pre-
vent any collision between Russian. ships, and those of other na-
tions ; ,and in, effect suspending the Ukase.
RN.CIPIIOCITY or DUTIES ittve..— This. Act having
passed, "notwithstanding tht most strenuous opposition of 'the
shipping interest, 4. Memorial, numerously' signed, :has been
Presented to the Lords of his Najesty's Most Honourable
rivy Council, stating that thete are many branches of the
carrying trade in which it is itnpoisible fer. British shipping
successfully to ;compete 'with oreigners, without the aid of
seine advantage in respect of duties • and _therefore earnestly
entreating that their Lordiliipa would not excercise thi yowere
giren to them by the Act:; of.'Parliament in question, without
atrordiug the petitioners an opportunity of 'proving: te their
Lordships in what manner and degree the interests of ,pritish
shipping *Ube thereby affected.
Inn reply; their Lordships have caused it to be signified; that
they mil at any time be ready to receive the further evidence
which the Memorialists state themselves prepared to give; and
that their Ijordshies will feel it their diity, to bring such evi-
dence, together with the said Memorial, under the notice of
his- Majesty's Government, in reference to the exercise of the
diaeretion vested in the Crown under the Act above referred to,
for the protection, of the commerce of the United .Klrigdonri
against the system of discriminating duties adopted by other
Saito." •

revenue, and to the of thellferChitilt ; and, that orders
should be given to e Commissioners to inspect other vale'
houses, for the purpose of ascertainVo. if, with adqu,t,ttse"
curity, to the Revenue, the privilege .rwarehottsiviAalatif
goods may be extended to them ; and, if' such be the rdalL
the exit' Mtnation, that it Should be So extended." 4
" Br. this means," the Select "Comnii- tee acid, " the ohyet
of setting free: many articles of trade, and establishing coral'
tition, may be in a great degree obtained, at an carly.persAi
and provision efl'ectually Made for its complete and undisturiga
*petition in the year 1827, when all the .tots convrelttritX'
elusive privileges will have expired."
The Committee most cordially concur in the wisdotn of tifit
recommendation, as the further removal of the unnecesitO te•
strictions thereby contemplated, must essentially contritnte
te
the success of our commerce and navigation. •
SEASIEN'S HOSPITAL.—The Centimittee particularly desire
to draw the attention of the ship owners to the Seamen':
eatablished.on board the Grampus, lying; between. DOPIIIMIRD"
Greenwich;. the. institution (which is ,supported by, volution
contributions), has, in the course of two years and a half,4ol°'
' ed relief to 2,000 sick seamen, and there are now on boate
Yardikof 100 under cure.
REGISTRY OFFICE FOR MERCHANT Stastrst.-eThit
establishment gradually increases in utility ; and, in propor-
tion as the returns of the crews of merchant ships shall bete
larly made to the officers by the masters, ort their arriv
London, it will be found to afford facilities; particuletly,io. we
d
enforcement of the laws against seamen who desert from titer
ships in foreign ports.
UNION JACK ,-.--The result of the Committee's eorrl
enee with the Lords -of the Admiralty on the subject,.
signal Jack to be used by merchant ships, has been, that- ti /,"
Lordships have oidered„that it shall be the Union Jack, "
e.
a white border all round, such border being one-Tall':•00b
breadth of the Jack itself Without the Voider.
LIORTS AND TRINITY DUEL;.-oG•thili suect the Cedn'
mittee have the satisfaction to state, that considerable reflec-
tions and amelioration were made by. the TriOrrY:C9TPQmt:lor'
at the commencement of the present year; and altheogh they
are aware that the ship-owners entertained and expressed
confident hope tharthe Corporation might' have deemed it es--
ppti!ept to extend the scale of reduction still further in•rdoe.
particulars, yet they trust the following specification of the
duced rates will"thew that material relief has actually heetz
alitided : and the Committee are induced to believe, frog
correspondence they have had with the Corporation, on tlitvinif
ject, that the Elder Brethren have every disposition to magi
reductions, if (after due experience of the dint up
their revenues, of those already adopted), it shall be festal
lpracticable to do so, consistently with a just regard teeti
egitimate objects of the important institution entreated
care.
(The Report then proceeds to state the ilames;of 1101t,''
foofr d
t,
duties for which the Corporation have orderedreduc
oe'n ScisliolYne h3al
With the former and present rates of toll. The reduced 11,,g//t,„
ta
i'lleheEdrerd'uwetin
three:fourthie)
Low now PORT INITY AND PILOTAGE. The Select Cent-
mittee asitasi
South
in
Stink
mittee of the House of Commons have closed their in(iPtiel
regarding the rates of pilotage and boarding.moneY, nt'"
Committee have teceivecl a.ss urance that ts imporraPte"-'.
jest, as well as the London port duty, will enghiage the at
of Parliament in the next Session.
IVIISCTLLAWEous.--The attention of the Committee has jII
• the course olthe year been directed to the charges on shiPPY.
in foreign ports, particularly in Russia and Prussiaaudao
Hitietnnah. The proceedings on the subject being yoluieinoe'
the Committee invite the suggestions of such ship-owners WRY
7 be of opinion that more remains to be done, after they sliallhite
perused the correspondence that has taken place, for which AT,I,
opportunity will be afftirded whenever they may think Vitro OP
at the office. t the
1: The Committee have in conclusion only to state, tta
subjecti to which their attention is now particularly tt.t'etzctii,
'ere rates of pilotage and' boarding-money : reduction ,
, , private light dues : the tittarantinelaWs : the fees end Otrit
of Consuls : the London port duty : stamp duty on 7,-*
▪ .fers of property in shipping :an improvement in the 4.
. of classifying ships in the registry books at Lloyd'io
ther consolidation and simplification of the laws of re" .ebtl
▪ and the entire separation of the departments of Castre
. Excise.
GEORGE LYALL, Ch
▪ '
London, Dee. 5; 18.23."

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The. Special 'COMmittee of Ship Oivners to whom the subject
his heen reared, being anxious that tho prods to be lard be:
fore their Lordships should be this ;post authentic, clear, and
convincing, have endeavoured to obtain evidence from the several
ship-building- countries in Europe ; in which -ohji4t they hive
bad much difficulty to encounter; hut hive- at length been able
to submit to their Lordships such statements, al will, they
trust, be found unanswerably to establish the propo%itions ad-
vanced in the 'memorial.

RIS.BITILDIXiI • LOWDON.;,IIIt/Dllll.--4 strong StMatiOn
Wfl3, excited in the month of May, last, b a rumour that a r
entertainedsition had been entertained by the Select Committee qf_p the
Hohotiisible the Hdtiiia of Commons' to • whom was referred the
consideration of the necessity of re-bitilding London Bridge, of
imposing a tonnage ditty on all shipping entering this port for
the purpose of defraying a part of the expence of removing the
preaeet bridge, and building anew one. •
The CoMmittee considering that the burthen in& ship Owners
with the expellee of a localobject, from which Shipping. ould
derive no 'benefit whatever, Wbiild be a measure 'exceedingly •
unjust in principle, lost no time ill offering the most active pppp..
position to it, and had soon the satisfaction of 'learning that die
idea was abandoned.
WEST INDTA DOCK COMPANY.--The Coinmittee are
happy to be able to. congratulate thethipping interest uptm the
result,of their etibrts to ;prevent the renewal of the charter of
, the. IV-est India Dock Company ; whereby they hope an end is
put for ever-to the principle of motopely as 'applieable to the ,
eormriereial institutions of Bngland.-
By the notion of the. Select Committee of the Honourable
House of Coniieos on 'Foreign Trade (ordered bythe flouat
to be printed 3d June, 1923), It will be seen, that the Select
Conimitteehavo,atitted, as their opinion, that the charters of
the several pecJs Vompanies ought not to. be renewed :- and,
with respeet'to the sum of 393,910/., accumulated he the Welt
India' DOCk Company, the Select Committee have recommend-
ed-to the filnltuhation of 'the 409$P, a proposition made by the
Directors, ipac they. should make such a reduction of the rates
of the Conipithy as will bring., that sum down 'to 130,6031.
(which is deemed necessary as a fund in reserve to meet eon-
t iugeeelea) fter- the. completiort of certain specified repair*,
previous to the 30th of January, 1826.
The rate* have' accordingly' placed on a reduced scale ; ,
and hrtimking-ithis:regulationi the Directors appear to have
acted with liberality and fairness towardsthe Ship Owners.
The Select Committee have further reported; that, in their
°tll3iein"bimer( ‘et o'gtr'•ertattit'a(te*ricanratapegeti*ti66nur a'tiiertmillegt6st.dtheockPou.bilritet'haelldportht of
Londo, would Peln a great degree established. if the T4-ea-
sttry sliou'lil 'coif fit to recalFthe rarieus orders 'and: warrants,
issued.titidefthe infhority Vested in° them by any Acts of Par-
liemenls: ai)/10(!tin* the l'eflOhliPtalltontling of artiettle aztielee to particular dock's or places', and alloVithernp to he landed and
bonded, wlierever a sufficient security could be affbrded :to th'e

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great solemnity, on the sth of last month.
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and the progress made in the useful
arts. Prior
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on the Ist of the. last month.
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The unfortunate man who Wag soole6—od
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at kilmainham.