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London, England, 1820-12-07 00:00:00

prentices attaching to any particular trade, ves-
sels iu general, exceeding, 80 tons burthen, but
under '2OO tons (with the exception of Coasters,
Whose Crews are by
,the existing laws to be
wholly
.British),f-hall be.required to take at least
one Apprentice, under 17 years of age, indeuted
for theee or four years.: -

...
" That all Vessels abbve 200 tons wall be corn-
pelled totake ApprentiCes, so indented, by the
fill Owing scale :
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From 200 to 400 Tons 2- Apprentices.
- 400 to 50il , 3 Ditto.
500 to 700 -- 4 Ditto.
70D and upwards 5 Ditto.

"That such Apprentices Shall be protected from
t',e Impress.until they respectively attain the
age of 21, provided they have never gone to sea
before being apprenticed, and are regularly
.serving theirtime, either with their first Master,
or with some other Owner or Master of a Ship,
to whom their indentiires- shall -have been -regu-
larly transferred.
The LORIS of the Admiralty have also been ,
pleased, upon. the pressing solicitation of the
Committee, •to- consent that the .First Mates of '
all Vessels above the burthen of so tons, and
also the Second-Mates of all Vessels above the
burthen of 250 tom, shall be protected from the,
Impress, provided they be regularly entered •as,
.such. upon the Ship's. Articles. f.‘
" Registry cf Merchant Seamen.—This Esta
blishment advances as its objects become knowili,
and its effects- are perceived. Since May last,'
343 Masters' of Ships have made returns to the.
Office, of 'the characters of their Crews ; of
which 131 have availed thernselvea' of the eon,-
venience•of paying the Men's Wages at the Office
No. .2,- Commercial-road, and the Committee
have had the satisfaction of receiving`numerous
letters highly commending the principle of the .
Institution ; which, as some-of them truly state,
requires but to be generally acted upon, to make
it productive of extensive public good.- Were it
only,that the Masters are • saved the trouble of
giving individual Certificates, or answering in.:.
i'quiries as tc' character; and that those issued by.
the Office, contain such minute particulars' of. the
identity of the Seamen, as to make it next - tdf
impossible that they should be= misapplied,-•:-
these alone would he found objects of itriportance :
but when to them are to be added, the advantage
of the moral effect produced upon the men, from'
the consciousness that their conduct Will be put
upon record facility afforded to their rela-
'fives or employers, (especially when wanted for
evidence) of tracing them'frOm Ship to-Ship, and
through their various places of abode ;----and,
that Means are afforded for the dete,ction and pu-
nishmen tof such Who are in the practice of quitting
one Vessel when abroad-, with the view of being
employed to bring home another, at extortionate
wages ;—the Committee ti ust that the Esta-
blishment will Obtain that support from Ship-ow- •
tiers and. Masters in general, which is alike ne-
cessary to effectuate its objects, and afford an
,adequate recompence to its conductors.
, Change in the appearance"of G uernsea from
Sea.—The Committee have received 'a' commu
nication from Lloyd's, that' theisland of Guern-
sey has changed its appearance from the sea,
' in consequence of the Totver erected in honour ,
of. Sir John Doyle, standing on, the high EaSt-
' South-East point of the Island; haVing been
' rebuilt : This ToWer is one hundred feet above
'its foundation,
,and five hundred feet per-
' pendieular height from the sea. Ships falling
in with Guernsey from a north-,west .direr-
' tion, wile see only part of this'Tower, but
6 N), hen Guernsey bears, from'East•Nortli-East to,
North, both. this 'tine Column and the New
Church steeple of Fel-It:Nal, situated on the
4 west-south-west high ground of Guernsey,
will appear very lofty and remarkable, so that
ntariners will•never be deceived as formerly, by
taking Guernsey for the • Land's End or Scilly
.‘ Islands : Doyle's Column will be discovered
seven or eight leagueS at 'sea, in all directions,
but particularly from the-south and south-west,
and west-south-West. This Coltirim and For-
teval Church Steeple; bear nearly east and west
parallel with the south Coast of -Guernsey, and
' distance about four Miles. -A new Church has
4. also been built on the Island of Sark this Ore-
sent year, and stands two-thirds the distance
from the south point of that Island to the
north; and will be most conspicuous, when the
Island of Sark bears north and north-West:
This Church has no :spire, but a small tower On
its western extremity.'
" Many other subjects have engaged the at-
tention of the Committee, and though they do-
not deem it necessary to letigthen this TReport by
elite; • ; into the details of them, they have the
satisfaction of reflecting, that their labours
_have.
in -most of tile cases been, or that they promise to
be, productive of benefit, viz—Fees in the Co-
lopies---Dessertion of Seamen in FOreign
COndemnation of British Vessels abroad Shi-
pbuilding "at Sierra, Leone—Salvage' Law9—Free
korts—Light-houses in time Ilumber„ and at
BardsleyExemption of Ships in ballast from
the payment of Light Duties, &c:
• '‘ At the present time, the rAtention of the
•
CoMinittee is among other matters directed-to
'the eqUaiiiationlof the Port Cha6?,-eg on• Shipping
by theestablishment of a. principle of recipro-
city ; so that. Foreign Ships in our Ports may par
no more than British Ships ; and the latter in
Foreign Ports, may pay no more -than ships of
the respective Countries : the conside-
_ration of an improvement in the mode.of classify-
ing Ships, in the Registry Books. in use at
Lloyd's COffee-hOuSe."

ItOBBERIES.-thi Tuesday. evening, as
a Gentleman was passing;along,the London-road,
he was attacked by a gang of thieves, who in-
fest the vicinity of the I.3oFough, and robbej. of
his gold watch, sealS, 8.:c., with which they effec-
'ted their escape, afterbehalving with the utmost
imitaiity towards Anderson, of Web-.
:4'r-street, was alio- knocked down neat -the same
spot-a few eVenitigs'since, undersimilar.circum-
stanceS, and robbed of his watch.and seals.