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London, England, 1826-12-28 00:00:00

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*Mil no humiliation- In 'the sentiment let
i(rittlttade; that a grateful mind ie at once ledibted and
d. tseharged, and recovers its level, by a jest acknoln.
ledgment ; that there is no room for either commercial
or political jealousy between Great Britain and Porta,
gal; that the world is large enough bo.h for Perte.
,guest and British commerce; and that Great &kat%
whole she has never been wanting to her Ally in time
101 need, seeks no other reward for all bar exertions, and
till her sacsifices, than mutual confidence and common
prosperity. I am sure that I shall he rightly nude%
stood by all those ic whose presence I spe k, not only
las to my meaning, but as to my motives. The delicacy
of the situation in which the local Government of thit
kingdom is placed, the weight of their responsibility.
and the anxiety which (as 1 have witnessed) necessarily
attends it, entitle them to peculiar corfsideratitin:l.
have no fear of their disavowing the assurances which &
give you of their friendly disposition towards the meet.
,ng ; and I venture, therefore, to propose to you, Gen-
tlemen, in the confidence that you will receive it sorb
dially, and that your cordiality will be duly estimated
and seturried—, The health of their Excellencies the
Governors of the kingdoms.'"

MEETING ow SHIPOWNERS AT NEWCASTLI.

Saturday, a Meeting of Shipowners was held at the
Trinity House. to take into consideration the distressed
state of the Shipping interest. smd the means of affording
relief.—The Roo. H. T. Luteati.. M.P. was present.
The Chair was taken by Mr. JACKSON, the Trinity Masten,
The Hon. Member for Northumberland stated that
he had come down from London for the express purpose
of receiving instructions from the shipowners with re.
spect to their views on the alteration in the Navigation
Laws, previous to the subject being discussed with Mr(
Hu‘kisson and his Majesty's Ministers.
Mr. Rtcusloun observed, that since he had bad the
honour of presiding at the Meeting at Shields, be bad
received assurances from several shipowners in different
sea ports in Scotland of their subscribing towards the
expense of sending deputies to London, and their highly
approving of the efforts of the Shields shipowners to in-
duce the Ministry to return to the salutary laws area.
Wished by our ancestors. Without them, he contended.
nothing but the foreign flag would be met with at sea;
and, for his part, he would rather that the Baltic trade
were totally abandoned than carried on by foreigners.
The Hon. H. T. Ltonsta. said, that in a converse.
don he bbd had with Mr. Huskisson en the subject,
it appeared that, previous to any alteration in the Na.
vigadon Laws, the Prussians could both build and nevi.
gate their ships at a cheaper rate than.the English could.
In this Mr. Richmond acquiesced, but' added, that en referring
to his statement, which was published la a pamphlet 'moue week.
ago it would be seen hew impossible it was foe twee omoprte with
the foreigner in the Baltk trade.
Mr. G. STRALKILIt noticed the strangeness of the man.
ner in which this Meeting bad been got up. For his
part, he knew nothing of it till he arrived in Newcastle,
though two of the Committet came up froin Shields
with him in the same steam boat. With regard. to the
price of foreign ships, he 51M.:20 difficulty-moor cam.
peting with the foreigner. Government bad only to
reduce or abolish the dutron foreign oak timber, which
was 21. 'Super load, and this would enable the British
shipowner to build cheaper. than the foreigner; for he
had made a calculation that in a vessel of 200 tons,
saving at least of 6401. might be thus effected.
Sr.-Stetassen root to propose MK itoorationNwlrersepas
'Mr. Rayne addressed the Meeting. He did, not come
ihere, be observed, to support his Majesty', Ministers) or
to advocate their general measures, but be came there to
approve of what they had done to relieve. commerce
from some of the restrictions under which. rtdaboured,
more particularly as related to the slit/yin& It
was not necessary for him *to enter into 'any di tails,
for these bad bein much better explained ISY Mr. Huss.
kisson himself than he coubu do. In his opinion the
shipowner bad no tight to complain, He possessed a
monopoly which no other country could boat of. Look
w the East and West India trade, our Coasting trade,
and all the Lumber trade from North America, in which
so large a capital of the Carrying trade of the shipownst
of this part of the kingdom was embarked. Mr. Rayne
concluded by stating it as his opinion that the present
distressed state of the shipping arose from its redundancy,
and it was not reasonable for the carrier to expect to bet
employed when the merchant and manufaeinter had no
occasion for his services..
Mr. G. T. Dune observed, that In a meeting of this kind, where
there was so mach deselteri conversation, Rood was to be
eapected, and he therefore 'proposed that the meeting should be
dissolved.
The Camino' accordingly dissolved the Meeting.