Star.
London, England, 1822-12-13 00:00:00

SIIIP-OWAERS' SOCIETY.

Yesterday, the Anniversary Dinner of this Society
as held at the City of London Tavern, Bishopsgate-
street, the Earl of LIVERPOOL in the Chair. The
Noble Earl was supported on his right by Lord Met.-
emus and Mr. LUSHINOTON, and on his left by the
Hon. FREDERICK RoniNsos and Mr. MARRYAT.—
The company consisted of upwards of three hunired
individuals of the first respectability among the per-
s .ns connected with the Shipping Interest.
On the cloth being removed, ".ion Nobis Dwaine"
W. 13 sung in excellent style. After which" the King"
v as given with three times three. Air—" GOD save
tip,; King." The next toast was, " The rest of the
Royal Family." Air—" Hail, Star of Brunswick."
Then followed, " Lord Melville and the Navy."
Lord Met.sna.Le returned thanks. Considering the
important station which that Society held in the ma-
ritime concerns of the country, he was not surprised
that they should feel warmly with; respect to every
thing that had reference to the British Navy. If they
might judge of the future by the past, they were fully
justified in believing that the officers and seamen of
our Navy would never be wanting to themselves or
to the country in the hour of trial—(Applause).—The
maritime power of Great Britain was our strong hold,
it was on that we were mainly to depend ; and he was
confident that as long as our navy was kept up as it
was, so long should we maintain the proud situation
we now held among the nations of Europe (Applause).
He had nothing more to offer, but to beg that the
company would accept his best thanks fin- coupling
nis name with the toast that had been proposed.
The next toast Was," The Army ache United King-
dom."—Air, " How merrily we live that soldiers be."
The Earl of LIvERPOOL then rose, and observed,
that he had a toast to propose, which he was confi-
dent the company would receive with warm and ani-
mated feeling. He meant to propose—s, Prosperity
to the Shipping Interest of this Kingdom." He pro-
posed the toast because he considered the shipping
interest to be essentially connected with the interests
of commerce at large, and he proposed it upon still
higher groundi, because he considered the shipping
interest to be intimately connected with the security
and independence of the country—(Loud applause).
We owed our security to out navy, and we owed our
navy to the navigation system under which this coun-
try had so long flourished. It had been supposed by
some that we owed our security to our insular situa-
tion. He admitted that an insular situation was cer-
tainly an advantage, but history informed us that it
was not of itself sufficient for the purpose of national
security, while, on the contrary, it had frequently ex-
posed us to invasion. Our navy and our national
security were coeval with the navigation system—
(Applause). It was by supporting the shipping in.,
terest that the security, the honour, and the happiness
of the country could best be supported ; and by cone
tinning to do so, he trusted that we should long boast
the enviable blessings we now enjoyed. The Noble
Earl sat down amidst reiterated cheers.
Mr. BUCKLE (the Chairman of the Committee),
after an appropriate tribute to the merits of the Noble
E.trl, then proposed—" The Earl of Liverpool, as
Pi esident of the Ship-owners Society."
The Earl of LIVERPWL said, that, from the senti-
ments he had already delivered, it was not necessary
for hint to offer anything more than an expres•ion of
his thanks for the honour the company had done
him. In being elected President of the Society, he
felt that he had received an honour which was quite
riasolicited on his , AI ; but he felt at the same time
that it was one of ~liich lie had every right to be
p: nod, considering the great respectability of the par-
ties who had conferred it. He mitllit also be per-
niitked to say, that while he prised it highly on pub-
!se grounds, he was peculiarly gratified with it, as
tut, lying a mark of personal respect to himself..
uowcaorx next addressed the company, and

said that he had very great pleat re in proposing
Mr. Frederick Robinson, the President of the Board
of Trade." Whether trade was the mother of the ,
navy, or the navy the parent of trade, he should not
now stop to inquire. It wai a question that did not
materially affect those interests which it was the object
of the Society to promote. It had been said, two
th:atsand years ago, that those who had the command
of the sea, had also the command of the land ; bet
now something more was sought than the mere poli-
tical defence of the country. Mr. Rowcroft then
proceeded to take an historical view of the progress
of navigation from the time of the Carthaginians
down to a recent period; and urged, in a strain of
eloquent and cogent reasoning, the great advantages
which the country derived from the shipping interest.
The toast was received with the warmest demonstra-
tions of applause, and
Mr. ROBINSON rose to express his acknowledg-
ments. He assured the company that he felt ex-
tremely grateful for the hosour they had done him,
and he hoped they would allow him to say that he
had entered on the discharge of the duties which de-
volved upon him in his official situation, with a
perfect knowledge that, in every step he took, he was
under the eye of men who were fully competent to
judge of the props iety of his being 'appointed to it.
Therefore, from the experience which they must since
have had of him, the present compliment was the
more grateful to his feelings. Long before he had
been connected with the navigation system, he felt
deeply impressed with the truth of those opinions re.
specting it which his Noble Friend in the Chair had
so ably delivered. He knew that the Navy was the
basis of our security—that it exalted the glory, and
confirmed the prosperity of the country—(Loud
op-
plai man could recollect the unexampled
bravery of our seamen in the late unexampled war,
without feeling how much our success had been pro-
moted by those whose representatives he now saw
around him. We who had received from our fathers
the most convincing proofs of what the Navy could
effect, might feel assured that posterity, in future,
would find the Aiil:ping interest the same, and en-
titled to the same eternal gratitude—(Applause).
Mr. MA RIITAT then presented himself to the corn-
pony, and observed, that the clouds which for a time
obscured the commercial hotizon, had now passed
away, and that our Ministers were engaged in labo-
rious investigations, with the view of extending the
trade of the country. They were willing to allow
the utmost possible latitude, without, however, ad.
rnittiog the principle of a free trade, which some
theorists were so strenuous in supporting. South
America was now rising from tyranny into inde-
pendence, and we must therefore look to the new
world for indemnity for all that we had lost in the
old. It WAS to that quarter that we were to look for
a new scope for enterprize, and for a mart which
should give a new impulse to our manufactures,
whereby other interests would also be benefited. It
was impossible but the Agricultural Interest must
flourish in proportion as commerce was extended.—
From all that had transpired respecting the proceed.
ings at Verona, we might see the predominance of
British feeling over selfish views of policy ; and he
thought that his Majesty's Ministers were entitled to
the gratitude, not only of England, but of mankind
at large. He should now conclude by proposing the
" health of Mr. Canning and the rest of his Majesty's
Ministers, and may they long continue the guardians
of the Commercial Interest of this country.'
The Earl of LIVERPOOL returned thanks on the
part of Mr. Canning and the other Ministers. For
Mr. Canning he could say, that it was his most anxi-
cans desire to have attended on the present occasion,
and nothing could have prevented him but a cir-
cumstance over which he had no controul. His Right
Hon. Friend wished to assure the company how gra-
tified he should have been, and how disappointed he
Wits—(Applause.)
Mr. F.-RoaiNsos gave—" Prosperity to the City
of London."
Mr. Alderman BRYDGES, in returning thanks, La-
mented the absence ef his worthy colleague, Sir Wil-
liam Curtis, a man who was never absent on such
occasions, if he could avoid it.
The CHAIRMAN next gave—" Ships, Colonies, and
Commerce."
Mr. R. H. MARTIN proposed " the health of Mr.
Marryatt," which was drunk with applause.
The CHAIRMAN gave successively, " Success to
the Seamen's Hospital," and the " West India
Schools;" and Lord MELVILLE returned thanks as
President of both those Institutions.
The health of " The Stewards" was next drank,
and Mr. GUTHRIE, in returning thanks observed,
that as the objects of the Institution could not be
effected without recruiting their funds, a subscription
would be opened for that purpose.
The CHAIRMAN next gave " The outward and
homeward bound."
The CHAIRMAN said, that before they separated,
he would propose a toast which was peculiarly ap-
propriate to that Meeting, " The wooden walls of
old England."
This toast Was drank with applause, and at half-
past ten o'clock the Earl of LIVICRPOOL left the Chair.
The company shortly after separated.

LAST FRIDAY was the Fourth Day of Drawing,
when No. 16,52'2, drawn a Prize of TWENTY
THOUSAND POUNDS, was Sold in SHARES by CAR.-
Rom, 19, Cornhill, and 26, Oxford-street. This
is a continuation of that good fortune which has
for so many years distinguished CARROLL'S Offices.
The above is the on'y Prize above £2,000 yet drawn;
there are but Two Days snore, and the Wheel contains
91 Capitals, including l'%‘o of 1:20,000, Two of
£lO,OOO, Two of £5.000, and 85 others of £2,000,
£l,OOO, £5OO, &c. &c. NEXT TUESDAY, December
17, is the Last Day of Drawing but One.
A plan is in preparation to light all the public
clocks in London with gas.
Yesterday morning, about two o'clock, a most
alarming and destructive fire broke out in the house
of Mr. Seabourn, grocer and cheesamonger, Foie-
street, Lirnehouse, which completely destroyed that
and the adjoining house, together with other pro-
perty. No lives were lost.
Wednesday se'nnight, seven stacks of corn, with
out offices, consisting of barn, cow houses, and sheds,
were destroyed by fire, at Ballinvoer, the residence
of James Wall, Esq. near Castletown-ltoche, Done-
, raile. The fire commenced at ten o'clock at night.

Tili: ARMY.

The detachments of the 40th, 47th, and 67th Regiments of
Infantry, which marched from Aliso6y Barracks and Gosport,
on the 6th and 7th inst. will arrive at Chatham to-morrow, pre-
paratory to their embarkation at Gravesend, on the 28th inst.
for Bombay.
A detachment of the 4th tight Dragoons Wbrdered to march
to-morrow from Maidstone, to Chatham, preparatory to its fur-
ther proceeding to Gravesend, for the purpose of embarking on
the 98th inst. on board the ship Inglis, for Bombay.
The following °facial Circular has been issued from the War-
Office, signed W. MIRRY, and addressed to the
,Adjutant s of
Regiments : -

(Clacut-aa.)
Sia—lt appearing expedient, with a view to secure the swine-
quent services of such Militiamen as may enlist into his Majesty's
Regular Forces, or those of the East India Company, or into
the Marines, or Royal Artillery, during the period of their en-
gagement in the Militia, that the expiration of the respective
periods of service in the Militia should be known to the Corps
of Regular Cavalry, Infantry, Divisions of Royal Arti!lery, and
East India Company's troops, into which the men may have en-
listed, lam directed to convey to you the Secretary at War'a
desire, that when Militiamen, who have so enlisted, and have
been given up to the Militia, hall have completed the period of
their engagement in that force, you will take care to apprise the
Commanding Officers of the Corps into which they had enlisted,
of the dates at which their services in the Minds shall have ex-
pired, intimating also to the men themselves, that if they fail to de-
liver themselves up to some Military Officer, they will be pro-
ceeded against as deserters from their respective Corps into which
they had enlisted.
The notification to Commanding Officers of Regiments of Ca-
valry and Infantry, and to the Commandant of the Rest India
Company's Depot at Chatham, may be made through this Office,
by unsealed letters, those for the 'Marines to the Admiralty, and
those for the Royal Artillery to the Board of Ordnance.