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TIMBER DUTIES.-Anether the change in -We Duties
on Tiraber, effected by the Act of the last Sessiorr; (founded
upon the Report of the Select Committee of the House of
Coatmons'on Foreign Trade,) and which the utmost efforts
of the Ship Owners and Ship Builders were Unable 16' 'avert,
will be productive of benefit to our Trade with the Colitinent
of Europe, in a degree to compensate for the serious,infury of
which it has already been productive to British Shißpiug, re-
mains to be seen ; on the present occasion the Cordiniiee have
only to express a hope, that wheneVer this most irniortifit sub-
ject shall again come under the consideration,of tho•Lsgisia-
ture, it will be viewed not merely with reference,tp,its influ-
ence upon Foreign Trade, but as a question involving iqterests
of vital importance to Britjih Shipping, and consequently to
the security, strength, and prosperity of the Empire:'.

The Report also refers to the proposed change
in the Navigation Laws, and details the.provi.:
sions and regulations of the Bill which was in-
troduced into Parliament last Sessions on this
interesting subject, and states that the apprehen-
sions which such a Bill had naturally.
_excited is
the minds of the Committee, had" been greatly
gg removed by the assurance given by Mr.:Wallace
" to their Chairman, that it is intended 'to propose
" higher duties upon goods, the production of the
" distant parts of the world, which shall be im-
" ported froM other countries than those of their
" growth or production." It seems, however,
that the amount of this protecting 'duty is still
unknown to the Committee. - -

After; the Report had been read,. the.itight'
Hon. the Earl of Liverpool was elected President
of the Society for the ensuing year, and the'Com-
mittee and other officers were appointed.' At six
o'clock the party adjourned to the great ,room,
where about 200 gentlemen sat down to a ()inner
served up in Messrs. Peacock's usual style of ex-
cellence. The Chair was filled by Mr. Bilickle,
the Chairman of the Committee, supported on
his right .y Sir William Curtis and Mr. Alder-
man Wood, and on his left by Mr. Marryat, M. P.
for Sandwich, Mr. Robertson, Mr. RoWcroft,
Mr. Lack, Secretary to the Board or Trade,
Capt. Young, R. N, kc. &c.
After the cloth was removed, Non Nobis Do-
mine was sung by Messrs. Leete, Terra'', Bel-
lamy, Broadhurst, &c. &c.—" The .I(ing,"---
" The Duke of York and the rest of the Royal
Family,"—" Mr. Marryat, the able. and Steady
supporter of the Maritime Interests" of Great
Britain,"—" The City of London and the Trade
thereof,"—" The Members for the City,'---"" The
Vice-Presidents," and a variety of other toasts,
were given ; amongst which we oughtl"!lot to
omit to mention " The Seaman's and.
the zealous and indefatigable promOter' of it,
John Blackburn, Esq." They were. AV:drank
with great -enthu.siastn, and the harmOny and.
conviviality Of the evening were kepOip with
great spirit till near midnight, whon,tifie,:CHAin-
'3l‘ t.'itifOrined.:the'party., that 'the hour had ar-
rived'When it was his'cluty to propose them
that'excellent sentiment; " Happy to meet, sorry
to pail, and happy to tneetagaiii," 'opoo,which
the- company rose- and' -seratrajed.
,•Thyrhilarity-
of the party. was much promOted by many very
eXcellent gleciS. and catches'froi/ Mr.J...eete and
his' friends, Which were agreeably,varial. occa-
sionally by songs very approPriate to' the meet-
ing', with which some of the Gentletnea present
favoured the company, and which Werciaiven in
adniirable style.

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NAVAL TACTICS.-Inconsequence of using
improper Proportions in IVlasting some of His
M . ESTY'S Line-of-134de' Ships, they frequently
miss-stays. On the 2Dth-of May, 1794, by one
of the, British hree-deckers having,missed-stays
in: her station in line-or-batt)e, she was obliged
to stand on along the ;enemy's line by, herself,
and receive the.fire of seventeen of their. heaviest
ships, in which situation (as the British' fleet had
separated some miles,) had the French van taken
advantage by tackingor w:earing,sthey must have
cut her off, which would haVe been a. serious loss
to Earl HowE, as the Audacious had parted com-
pany the 'preceding night, and the French fleet
was reinforced by six sail of the line,. on,the
30th or 31st.—For ships .so- tircumstanced, and
being out of trim, Lieutenant Jou,' Concu, of
the Royal Navy, by very,siniple means (although
the.boats,mity have been deStroyed,)affords the
Admiral ComMander-in-chief, as -.as the
Officers on hoard such ship or ships, a method to
prevent their ships missing-stays (even although
their after-:ails may have been rendered useless)
or getting out of their station in line of, battle,
when they have. not room to wear without fall-
ing into the hands of'the enemy, or being sunk.

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BIBLE SOCIETY.--A Meeting was held last
nigbtat4,l2,e Crown -„and Anchor Tavern, to re-
ceive -tike eighth the Bible .Society of
St. Clement Pines, The Rev. Mr. GURNEY
was in .the chair; and.he, and several other Pi-
scime appropriate speeches on the
.The.Aepcirt gave_ a sketch of .the suc-
cess of th labours of the Committee and noticed
the wide dissemination;urthe ilible,rm every part
of the globe.—By it, also, the fundf of the So-
ciety were announced to
..b.e in a itou,rishing con-
dition ; and, at the lireakii44,;_up o.t dig,. Meeting,
,the assembly appeared highly,,,,,ratitedpat the in-
creasing ithportance Of the SocfclY.
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