The Sun.
London, England, 1827-02-21 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTEREST—(TItts Der.)

Deputies •having been appointed by the Shipowners the
principal butports, to confer with those of London, en the present
distressed state of the Shipping Interest, and to consider the best
Incacis of obtaing relief. A General Meeting of tl•te Shipowners
was held this day at the City of Lotazirilakern, for the above and

other purposes.
GEORGE LTALL, Ese. having been,called ,to the Chair, pro
tosexplOinsthecohjustssof stshe4leetiug. sess'Ehe Comas Itree of,
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interest, in elherelarithof theisingdam, andefeeling:also themselves
the iitne,ntable state teeessshissll. thSsmext anti's! travy oithecouutryliati
'bein'reduted, dig/twined' ualiissg stagediers the previa Meetiude
iiiith'the view of obtaininfestlaksesen*insents sof :tiles alsipowesere.ak
lite': The meeting mig,ht siiffer.esstostheeettutets, ofeetkies,peesene
stress,.. butelle Aptgrititutleactluiti-A meet fedmiteasse kunentahlee
' fact 'Of its existences -.lndeed ,Committee had long 'felt.
-the" necessity of the adoption of some measures to. relieve
that distress, and had accordingly. presented. memorials
to the Board of Trade, suggesting the nature of the remedies
which, in their opinion, might be advantageously applied ; and
although from some indisposition on the part of Mr. Hus-
kiseon, to whose department the matter more immediately
belonged, see from disinclination on the part of the Government,
nothing satisfactory had as yet been done, still he assured the meet-
ing that, from_ the tone and tenor of the correspondence which took
place on the subject, he entertained the strongest expectation, that
Government would -ere long afford all the practical relief in
its power. It must be satisfactory ..to the meeting to learn,
that there was no insensibility on the part of the Government,
indeed it would be most extraordinary if they betrayed an ;adiffer-
ence to the prosperity of the British Shipowners, who, it must be
remembered, supplied their country with the means of preserving
its independence and glory, amidst the dreadful convulsion which
at no remote period shook the political world.
Mr. CHAPMAN, after congratulating the meeting on the co-
operation of the Deputies from the various outports, proposed
a resolution, which set forth the expediency of having the Com-
mittee consult with the Deputies as to the best means of obtain-
ing relief.
Mr. YOUNG wished, in the first instance, to hear all the reso-
lutions read ; the meeting would then be .irs possession of the
views of the Committee.
The CHAIRMAN intimated, that, for the present, it was
deemed prudent to confine themselves to the resolution just read.
Mr. You NG expressed his astonishment at the adoption of such
a course, and insisted that the public laboured midex, a delusion
as to the real state of the shipping interest : it was therefore in
his opinion incumbent on the meeting to furnish them with the
necessary information.
3fr. URQUHART was also of opinion that a siinple rcsolution,to
the effect already proposed. could produce no beneficial effect,
Mr. FREDERICK Youxc suggested that perhaps the objections
of the two last gentlemen might be obviated if the resolution was
so amended that the Committee appointed to confer ,with the
Deputies should consist, not only of the usual Committee, but ef
such other gentlemen as the _Meeting should then appoint.—
(Hear !)—lf the object of the Meeting were to do practical
good, this he thought would be the best course to adopt. Let it
be for the gentlemen so appointed to consider whether it would
be expedient to apply to the executive government for relief, or to
seek fe' the formation of a Parliamentary Committee for the pur-
pose of .considering that question, which interested nut only
Ship-owners, but the Empire at large. Mr. Young felt satisfied
in a great measure with this amendment, but still felt anxious
that a resolution should be passed, declaratory of the distressed
state of the shipping interest, and of the necessity of some speedy
relief. The Meeting, as British shipowners, and as British
merchants, should not confine themselves to the appointment
of a Committee.—The lumber trade at all events, should
be reserved for the British ships. It seemed, indeed, to
have been forgotten by the Government, that we were the
only consumers of wood in Europe—we, therefore, had a right
to say to the Prussian and the Swede, that we would not use
their ti eser unless they permitted us to, carry it in our own ships.
If they rsiend, then in God's name let us tell them that we have
colonies of our own, where we can procure, if not all the timber,
at least the greater part required by us. He conjured the meeting.
to bestir themselves, if not for themselves, at all events for the good
of theit country, for on the shipping interest depended mainly, if not
exclusively, the protection of their freedom-and-independence...ln-
deed it must be a matter of wonder to any- man- that there could,
be found a House of Commons to sanction the recent alterations
in the navigation laws. If such propositions had been made 20
years baek, the man bringing them forward would almost subject
himself to an impeachment for high treason.—(Hear!)
Mr. YOUNG inquired whether there was any objection to a de-
claratory Resolution ? In his opinion such a Resolution might
very properly precede the appointment of a Committee.
Mr. BUCKLES coincided with the last Speaker, that if it did
not interfere with the regularity of the proceedings, it would be
much better to put the declaratory resolution first.
Mr. Charmer; said he was quite ready to defer to the opinion
of the meeting, and would withdraw his resolution for the ap-
pointment of a committee, in order to, give the declaratory re-
solution the precedence. He believed there was not a se-
cond opinion on the subject before the meeting.—(Hear,
bear, hear.)—All admitted the necessity, the urgent necessity
of that relief for which the shipping interest pined ; and as an in-
dividual his opinion was, that that relief was not far distant.—
He was confident that his Majesty's Government, would lend an
attentive ear to the calm and moderate representations which the
meeting had assembled to make. He had some reason to
know, that one Member of the Government, whose opinions
on this subject was much canvassed, he meant the President of
the Board of Trade, was quite alive to the subject, and would be
very ready to receive any representation, emanating from so nu-
merous and respectable a meeting.
The declaratory resolution, proposed by Mr. Young, was
then put.
A Ship-owner, whose name .we did not learn, seconded the re-
solution, and animadverted strongly on the facility with which
laws were passed upon the suggestion of theoretical and unprac-
tical men. Any one who looked at the London Ducks would
see the effects of the system in its worst colours. Foreign
ships had their colours flying round the Docks, whilst the
British ships were laid up in the midst of those Docks
rotting. He was glad to hear that there was likely to be some
change in the opinions of one of his Majesty's Ministers. Of that
Gentleman's good intentions there could be no doubt; but whilst
he permitted his mind to be weighed down by theorists, who
treatedlri facts as prejudices, there could not be much good expected.
oiersciople. Thethought resolutionthedeclar shouldatory notresolut alludeionsras
too itsco'nFtineTinkicm Y
principle.
particularly to the lumber trade, which would be taking too
narrow a view of the subject.
Mr. SAMUEL COCK said it was thought by
somegentlemen,
that Mr. Huskisson was opposed to the Shipping Interest
but he knew that no man alive could be
more anxious
for the prosperity of the Shipping Interest. His opinion
was, that the simple course would be to appoiut the Committee
with instructions to meet the Committee from the Outporte, and
to lay their joint sentiments before the Board of Trade.
A SHIPOWNER did not think there was any use in resorting to
the Board of Trade, which had not attended to the former repre-
sentations.
Mr. YOUNG insisted that the lumber-trade was the life of the
Shipping interest, and that it should be made the most prominent
feature in tee decleratte y resoiution. He had no objection,
however, to any alteration which did not involve the gene-
ral principle, and would produce unanimity.
After a long desultory conversation in which several Gentlemen,
took part, the declaratory resolution in a modified form was put
and carried unanimously. It was then proposed, that the Ship..
owners Committee should be requested to continue their services
for the ensuing year, and to communicate with the Committee from
the out-ports.
After some observations from Mr. Urquhart, who said he
would oppose the resolution on the ground that the Committee
should be appointed from amongst the meeting, and entirely inde-
pendent of the Shipowners' Society, the resolution was put and
carried by a decided majority.
The names of a number of Gentlemen were then added, in ad-
dition to those already on the Committee.
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the Meeting
adjourned.

DREADFUL ACClDENT.—Yesterday a man named
Robinson, while employed cleaning the outside of the windows of
the house of Mr. Van Heythuysen, of Castle-street, Holborn, ac-
cidentally fell down, and the rails in front of the house en-
tered his side more than three inches deep. He was carried
to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where he lies without hope of
recovers.
A GOOD APOLOGY.—Erasmus, who was of a
sickly constitution, and had, therefore, obtained a dispensation
for eating of flesh iu times of abstinence, being reproached by the
Pope for not observing Lent, " I assure your Holiness," said he,
" that my heart is a Catholic one, but I must confess I have a
Lutheran stomach."—Liverpool
Last year there was coined of gold and silver at the
Aunt, about six millions and a half in value. All the gold has
been delivered to the Bank, or elsewhere, and there is very little
of
the silver remaining.