Star.
London, England, 1825-12-16 00:00:00

MEETING OF SIIIFOWNERS:

Yesterday the Annual Meeting of the Ship-owneri.OF
London was held at the City of London Tavern, for the
purrose of electiog eight Members in thera.m of those
who go out by rotation. GEORGE LTA Lt., Rig. Chairman.
The CII.IIII.IIAN hritfly explained the obiaet of-the 'Meeting, after
which the Seertt icy read the Report of the Committee.
The elfalltUAN then said, that the Committee bad
neither been ne4ligent nor iii.ttentive to the interests O:
the Ship-owners, and if any Gentleman far any
exclamation of aly part of the Report, he would..frel
happy in affording them every in or mationin his ',Owen,
—tie wished t.) di' ect Limir attention to the Maritime
.COde, which had beet consoNdated an drawn into ni:e
Bill by. Mr. Hume, who had been indefatigable in his
attention to the interests of the Ship-owners. He con'
gratulateJ thern on 'the .succcss which had attended the
labours of the Committee:

Mr. Brous, in Moving that the Report be adOpte..l,
saidohe improvemtnts in the mar ice regolfatioas•w e
,most impoitant, mil there was only one subject velikk
he regretted bad not b en saLis'actoli:y &flanged. *future
Should have been a gra:amt.' reduction in the rates of
char...es tor pilotage in the Cinque Ports, and he hoped'
the Co ssniitiee would not abandon their efFor s t.) effect
that object in the next Session of Parliament.
The CHAIRMAN EA d, the reduction 'in the 'rates of
pilotage was eel tainly inadequate to their expectations.
There were in all one hundred and thirty•five Pilots Who
did duty in rotation, and the amount of each man's
earning was from 110/. to 1201. per annum. Such a
remuneration was net tro great, but the number of
Pilots ought to be reduced, which, of course, would les-
len the per tentage paid by.thc Ship-owners. This Go-
vernment alleged, that if they lessened the number of
Ps:ots in time of peace, there would be, in the event of
a war, a scarcity of Pilots to give security to the naviga-
tion. If that were the case, on his opinion, the expense
ought to be done by the nati,h. Alter s )nie funt,er
ks, he moved that tie Report be adopted.
The motion was afterwards seconded and carried.
A desultory conversation then took place between Mt. Urqtabirr,
Jr. Marshall, and the Chairman, after which
Mr. BUCKLE said, ti:e Ship.ownets were much in-
debted to the Officers of his Majesty's Government,
and particularly to J. D. flume, Eq. for the attenthu
they had paid to the interests of the Ship-owners. Mt.
flume load been indefatigable in his exertions to compile
and consolidate the various Acts of Parliament re ative
to Yiipping, in which the public generally took a great
interest, and he knex no person su capable of executing
the task he had undertaken. He then moved a vine lot
thanks to his Mdti,ty's Government fur the as.is ante
they bad affords d the Shipowners.
Mr. NIARSHALL, in seconding the motion, observed,
that there never was an AdruiniAration so muck nu-
oled to the gratitude of the Shi,-,-owners as tire pre-
sent, which Lad she:ten an anxious .93lic;tude to Promote
their interest in every po,sikle war,
Mr. YOUNG, in a short spetch, moved, that Masters
of Ships be recommended to purchase Mr. Hume's
%Volk, which was carried unanimously.
Mr. URQUHART moved, that Mr. Manning, one of
the Bank Ditectors, be elected Vice-President, in the
room of Rowcroft, Esq. deceased.

The motion was then put and carried.
The CHM RM A N said that he had just received a lever
from Mr. Manning, one of the Bank Directois, which
ha begged leave to read, as I e was ceitain it would he
gratifying to the Meeting to learn that things were nog
really so bad as some had supposed— (ticar,/war! and
Read !)—lt was as-follows:
" Stlit am sorry to say it is not in my power to attend the
Ship-owners' 3lreting, as every moment or toy time for the last
few days has been devoted, together with my colleagues of the
Bank, in endeavouring to devise means to dispel the terrible and
unaccountable pole which has pet vaded the mercantile world. I
am happy to say that it is soon likely to .usside ; -and the accounts
from the country, received this morning, .ire highly sat W.:ivory.—
Your's, very truly, 6, WM. MANNIX(i."
This letter was twice read, and w:is listened to with the strongest
demonstrations of satisfaction.
Tl:anks were then voted to the Chairman and Corn.
mime fOr the attention they had paid to tie intialests
of the Society ; and after electing; the new Members the
Meet ins sepii ated.

A county meeting is appoin'ed to take p4ce at Lin•
colts, on 'Friday, on the subject of tie Corn Law
Friday, a fire br, ke out i the machine room of Long
All.l fl tx•mills, at Bishop's I i.tll, Taunton, which was
got] und. r in about an hour, and the mischief confined.
to the room in which it originated.
Two men were severely burnt the other day, by an]
explosion of fire damp, at a colliery, near Leeds.
Wednesday moruing,.the house of J. L. Lowe, Eq.
-of 'York-place, Camberwell, was broken open, and
rJbbed of plate, apparel, &c. to a considerable amount.]
Fr id .y, an inquisition was held on the body ot
Mary flow, aged 116, of Turnmill-street, Somers'. n,
whO struck her leg sligh ly again,t a clothes h: r e,
which caused the rupture rf a V•e 5,.!1, :tad t!e:ch ensue r
from excessil e hernor rhaw]. Tie leg bad been previ-
oasty diseased for marry )ears.—Accislerral
Tue-day evening, the travelling-carriage of TIIONIAS
OUNCONIBE, Esq. arrived at his town resiience,ln Cum-]
b rlatJ place, when it was discovered t!at a ►•aluab;e'
red can i]ige box had been cut away from the hind boot
of the carriage. The contents ot the box were mo•t
valuab r, consisting of elegant female apparel.
Friday, a toy-balloon, with two pasteboard figures in
it, pus,ed over the Exchange,,:t Liverpool, and excited
great attention!
Churchwardens should take care tin it a printed copy,
or cop'es, of Sections 134,135, and 136, Act 6 Gt:o. IV.
ch'ap. 80, be hung up in one or more place, in parish
workhouses, in default of which a penalty is incurred.
Settiorf 137 of the same Act is as follows:

" And be it further enacted; that every Master and chief officer of
every workhouse fOr any parish poor, shall prnco re one 'or more copy
or copies of the three preceding clauses to be printed, or fairly written
And hung up in one of the most public piaci:A of hi, workhouse for
parish poor, and renew the same from time to time, so that it may
he always kept fair and on paht of forfeiting the 'urn of
ten pounds for'every wilful definft; to be levied by warrant of any
Justice of the Peace of the county, -division, city, town corporate,
or liberty, where such gaol, prison, house of correction, or work-
' house shall be situate, to be granted on conviction of such default
-in a 'summary* way before Such Justice, by the oath of one or more
credible witness or witnesses, which oath such Justice is em
powered to administer; and it shall and may be lawful for every
Justice of the Peace to enter into any gaol, prison, house of-cor-
rection, or workhouse for palish poor, within the limits of his juris-
diction, and &Maria a sight of such copy so bong up as aforesaid; and
if the same shift not be forthwith shewn to him so hung up in some
public place fair and legible as aforesaid, such Justice shall and-
May immediately convict such gaoler, keeper, master; •or ofi-;
ter,
,of such default, and so from time to time, as often as' he
shaft think fit."
The GRIPER, one of the disceirety ships to be fitted
out. and placed under the command of Captain:MlN-
I
GAY, of the Coast Blocicatle Service; and is to moored'
A:few' miles tO.the' cattwat.i.of Pot rff