The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-29 00:00:00

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`OT; t:ONINIFITEE OF SHIP OWNERS
PRFS,Ivt T) ;iri) x'aFtl/41RR'NL.M.FRTING HRLD AT tHit
CITY LO DON TAVERN, 3lstT. 25. 1817.

In i It the Resolotion of the ar-
tier...l ,reeting thvnert-, held at the Cjty
don ravens till lite 26th September last,
tin Committee aitlininted by that Meeting now
hez. irate i•epnri the prnt:teatt they have.twitle

ill Ow gli,,ttri.ti ill WI their, attention

\vat; cdhed by the Report of Ate former Commit-
tee; the further objects to which their extr-
thms have breo duvet:et! ; with the result of their
pro eutitoo "therein.—The points to
which the irt iltion.of this Committee was thus
culled, wet e, •

Tile ► ea vv. rates .4 pilotage :

Q4is rti; I I e I)u►►rc

'1 he hArges ~f Mediterranean Paws.; .and the
incon•ruiences arising from the :existing system
respecting them : _ _

The inc..nvepivnet•s anti delays arising from the
npide ..f t g a ii.det itib busiurss tt the Custom House

ii, Lundo.; :

The t.ea‘v ch4rges on shipping frequenting the
Rivet Tii:nne., beyond thnse payable at the Out-
port,. ; particuLtly .the tonnage rat-es, under the
W‘ t 11-ck Arts

The new• cow:unction of the law, respecting
the Owes of insidv, nt part owners.
The .Committee, adapting fire recommendation
of their pred.ressois. and having entered into cor-
respondence teitli, and obtained the co-operation
at the principal Oust-ports, commenced their pro-
ceediuv by' addressing emot hits to the several
public Drpavntetog upon smell objects as -conld
be eft', cut d without the aid ot.Parliament ; and in
con•veli.lenee, on the 16t It October, the Hight Hunt.
Lot cis of the Tre.ssiry , %vele . pleased to issue
an omit r to the Hon Commissioners of the Cus-
toms, "_ not to charge. the Quarantine dusty upon
ves-sell, which, having sailed in ballast fronoa
place declared by his Majesty's order in Coun-
cil liable to infection, should afterwards import
into ihis Kingdom a cargo from another place, not
so declare 1 liable to infection "

Jt
,a; !tearing to the Committee, that mulch of
the inconveniences and delays in transacting bu-
siness at the,.Custont [-Incise arose from the prac*
fice of the lion CommisNiunets, of requiring that
applic,,tion's Amok! he •malle to them, upon nume-
rous t‘tihjects, which might, without impropriety,
1`..1e kit to, their principal Officers in the -several
elepartments,, the,attention of their Honours was
drawn to .a variety of rases 01 that, description ;,
and in conscquente, they-have ordered (subject.
to excepf loos • in .orate sp4ial case..) that the lot-
lowittg matters shall iii intuie be transacted with-
out the, i:errogriv and delay of peti:jorierg
Where artirrrpt:l6ly or error shall he di-scovered in a.
ltasto's Itup,,rt on the day in which it is made, and liefore
any seizure has t'd,en place. the Cdh-crors and Controllers in
the Oilt- potts Ibt'ing' satisfied that no frand is intended) are
to permit thellep .rt to heaineroyd. in' Loodon,Btich-e.a.es
arc tv csaltniu, ho the subject of petition;. but the Othcers
atv,iiistructid-n. tole -etipreial c:nv, that tiny be brought
tinder the iwmeiliate con jai:ration-a ;he Board.

-LA I. it shall be iucessary to. pia no hoard to
stiffen a . berove the cars''' alidi&eheirg, it, the same may
be tl..tte upon application to the Inspector of the weer, g,e•
the pr ocipal 'bees at the Docks.
3. The requiiite nu. tier of Wether Sheep for .the •coo-
sumptinn of passence r. ou boatd ves,tels outward hound, may
be shipped by perin;ss,on of the Se,tretters in Loudon, and of
the Cnliectcrs and C .iort!lert-011 he.Out-,Ports. •
4. When lyiog at a. port to which they do not be-
long, requi c nc+, registers, the Collector Ontwardsin Lon.
doni and the chief Officers at the (kit-Potts, -may direct a
Surrey for ti,e ale Regis, er,,anti t the awl transmit the Nlas-•
tee,- bond to the Co Officers of.the purr where the Owners
reside, who thereupon are to register he'ship de novo..
5. Ballast inn bt- uniadvn from ships (whose cargoes bare
been .cliscliar:fed).. by ,vermission of the :Tide Surveyor, the
ballast remaining in his charge. until a fair saMple bbail have
been produced usu di to the Lotting Sin veyoror principal
Officer at the and the Commissioners-lhal-directions
bare been given thereon.
6. Foretell 1114'.e Cables tnay-be adateasurcd- foe-duty, neon
appneatimt to the Officers in the Wood Farm Departuant, or
lts the Does; hot if an allowance he claimed for wear, or
use, the Hoard's order must be otnained.

7. 1113 of Store-may he isened by; the Bench Officers; ;4nd
the Landing Office!, are to exaniii.e the gooits, and report to
the Board, iteCordiO4 to the pre•eut practice.
8.. Marine Lis!, - delivered- in after,tjle.tirrictitnith bylaw,
?nay he received by the Collectort and Controller, at the 0:17
?or: s, (taproot that the defaymoge from the sitl,tiess of the
Itlaster, or Other unavoidable cause : in ;Ando:l.-the Board's
taller is to be obtained.

9. Ragtzage and River Sofferaners may be issued hy .the
Landittez,surveyor,„a4 principal Officer. at the Docks; And
executed by-the proper etlicer, under the same regulations
in all (111)re respects as-at present.
10. Ships nay be, (ight to.etiable them to proceed to a
_place of discharge, before the entries are passed, upon the
certificate of the proper. Officer, 1 that.. the Ostial bond has hnen
given for seeming the Revenue. This role to extend to ships
frout.the East Indies, • when the draught of water !shall he
certified by the inspector of the "liver to exceed eighteen
feet:

11. Ships ma retell r nut wards. with the necessary quantity
of Dun,.age on Waid dilly reported inwards, and which u►ay
appe-., to nine IVuod, Farm Officers, or Tide'Surve”tr, to he
really such:. _

12. Ships outward-bound receiving damage, may be dock-
ed, for purposes of repair; the Sei,rchers and inspectors of
the River being first satisfied of the necessity of the case; and
(if require d` part of the cargo oily be Unladen, and sectired un-
der the King's lock till re-shipped.
'het inittortasice of the foregoing regulations to the ship-
ping interest, must he too ollsions to nilke it necessary for
the'Committee to obser've upon them ; in the ',articular cases,
the advantages to the Ship Owners will be great brit when
it is considered how vastly the labours of -.the Bolin,-and the,
multitude of petitions are thereby reduced, and what midi-.
tional dis atch in he general !rosiness must be thereby ob-
tained, tie benefit-is incalculable.
The Duties of the C;orvevor for the •Aet of.Navigatioo, hare
also been arranged by the limitation Of a period, within which
certificates of survey -are to be prepared • and of regular
hours for his attendance-at the office. '
The delays and im;:ediments in the clearance ,of -vessels
oufnlird hound, have also been brought under the particular
who have in consequence
atteotion the Honourable Board,
issued the following directions for the government of •the-
S-e,rehers, viz.:—
That instead of a second bill being required, containing a
declaration of the qnautity, quality, and value of the g,)0,15,!
it will he itifficient tf th„sg pat ticularS lie, inserted 'fully and
accuratelyin the shipping bill.
That the Gr:tvesend Manifest, or copy of the Ship's Con-
tents, he -in future disknsed with.
That when a stop he put upon a cocket ; (Sr a seizure
made of goods outw:ird-bound, - the Searcher concerned is
to tend up by the first messern,rer,the.fyll particulars of the !
seizure,. to be entered in a book kept ill a public place in the
olln e.
_

That wltencer such detention or seizure shall occur,the
-
cricket and - bill airs he deposited with 'the Surveyor or
Strehers, wit trir note a!titelleil theretn,..siperitying the cause
Of such •detr wino or seizine, with the mrtile Of HT detaining
el.:kers; and the Suivryor •r"r to receive, for thetr" user any
sal kr-actin:, 11.14 may he warded as the condition of the ric7
rivvry.of the a I 14c1cP, Seized ; to directions in•COlifill'flii-
ty with the ci'dr-r3 of the fount t—and In give up the docu-
nreht: so that the ,hip may he despatched.
"That in All case, or cle:irinz. gmtils; th-e I ighti•rze: note; are
tltre stamped, as is' ni.w the Gist: .with regard- to goods shipped.
iu the Guidon mud West India :Jocks.

Thai (upon tlii, riqiUgof th€ eltliotter) goiitts are to be
relandrd, hy authority of the Searchcrs.

That. the iurnicr practice of trans-shipping goods is to be