Star.
London, England, 1811-06-08 00:00:00

MAN(.I:ES, UPON SUPERIOR IitItINCIPLIIIS.
. BY Ills MALES ROYAL LhTTERS pAnucr.
'THE Nobility, Gentry, and Public in general, are
tik respectfully informed that S. DAVIS having purchased the
Patent of Mr. Mosaic, for his escetlent hIANGLES, has re-
moved the Busine,s from No. SS to N 0.4, Skinner-Street, Snow-
hill, I.onelon four doors from Fleet-:Vlarket, where he respect-
fully solicits Le attention of the Public to his superior Mangle,
which, lor power of executibn, rims of .working, substantial
compact construction, and every useful advantage, stands
unri-
valled, and which, upon inspection, hi is confident will be ap-
proved and universally adopted.
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AT a General Meeting of the PLANTERS aid
WEST INDIA MERCHANTS a aLASGOW, held in
the Tontine 'Lavern, op the fl9t 11 of May, 1 4 11,
CHARLES STIRLING, Esq. in the Chair,

It wailftininitimtly Resolved, -
7. That the West India (.:•isibnies are of the highest importance
to the wealth, constneree, and prosperity of this •country ; as
their oroduce forms fully one-third of our whole Imports ; as
their Empties amouut to snarly ene-fourtis of our exports ; as the
shipping employed in the trade affords the best nursery for bra.
men ; and as the duties paid to Government constitute a prince
pal branch of the revenue.
C. That it Is, therefore, oar best policy, as well as our incum-
bent duty, to nourish and protect our fellow subjects hi the Co
loniet, from whom we derive such immanent advantages, ate'
whom we place under the restriction of sending their produce to
this country in a raw.4tate, and in British bottoms;
3. That it was proved before the Pirey Council in 1713, that itt
the cultivation of Estates in the West Ipthes there was a Priti• .
capital embarked of 286,5511400, which, with iebsequent ad-
vances, must slow amount to nearly ,Amble that sum ; and it was
reported by the Committee of the House of Commutes in 11,07,
.4WAltit4ealsJuive. 'adman yAilildhitheiti ie.*. 104 14 pee 410.4
till, at the present moment, there a no return of inter est whatever. i
4. That, by the Report of the Committee in I eO7, the import
of Sugars into Britair. was 3,651,666 cwt of which the export
Amounted to i,t $0,534 cwt.—since which time the import, from
the capture of the tort ign islands, has been largely au •mented
'tivisile the export, owing to the continental restrictions, has alnaost
wholly ceased ; so that, unless a remedy be provided, the surplus
above the home consumpt, which is nearly a third of the whole i
produce, must be thrown pit the market, useless and unsaleable
5. That it appears by glacial returns to Parliament.' hid in the
year 1110, the real value of Foreign Grain imported juto Great
Britain, amounted to 0,077,165, which would have been con-
sderably more, had not Sugar at the time been substituted ha
Corn in the distilleries.
6. That the real value of Grain annually consumed in the di,.
Cherie% was estimated in the, Report of the Colmuitlet at 470,00 e
quarters, or about 29.30,000.
T. That the corresponding quantity of Sugars, which may have
been used in the distilleries, during the suimension of Grain, ma,
he computed at 770,000 cwt. or about 60,000 Ithds. of 13 cwt.
sock.
a. That, under such circumstance', no policy could be more
obvious—no duty could he more imperious, than to husb.md on.
iners
resources; to save the food of the poor; to counteract tilt
anthoommercial system of the Continent—to render this county.)
as far as possible, independent ee- foreign relations ; to consume
at home the serene produce of our Colonies, and to give to shot
by the use of their Sugar in the distilleries, that boon which we
bestow on the enemy, by the importation of their grain—tilt s
cherishing oar best friends. in place of encouraging our inveterate
foes strengthening their sinews for the prosecution of the war,
and giving them our bullion, at the very time that they refuse to
receive a single article of our commerce or manufactures. .t.,,
the agricultural interest of this country (ft° justly dear to us all)
the measure would I. ve been beneficial, in place of being injuri-
ous; for not only is the value of Land intimately connected with
.he progress of commercial prosperity, but the supply of Grain t•
increased, by the importation Cram the Continent seven tims•
more than its consumption would bare beets diminished by its
exclusion from the distilleries.
9. That the Equalization Bill, lately lost in the House of Lords,
although a benefit far short of what the Colonists, under existing
circumstances, were entitled to expect, was certainly calculated
to allay the fears, and to soothe the prejudices, of the opponents
to the measure—and, if the comparative rates at which Barks
and Sugar were admitted by this Bill into competitios, were
deemed unequal, any suck disparity might easily have been cor-
rected, in place of altogether rejecting the plan.
- 10. That as a considerable proportion of the Sugars imported
into this Country, is of a middling aid inferior quality, they cast
be applied to no other use, during the present state of trade,
than Distillation.
11. That, in addition to the miserable prospects arising from
the Sugar Markets, and to consummate the distress of the West ,
India community, the aitiees of Coffee and Pimento, owing to
the same Continental restrictions, have become absolute drugs ;
accumulating in imnitense quantities, and scarcely worth more
than freight and charges.-
12. That we have seen, with sorrow and regret, a spirit of
hostility arising against the Colonial interest—and if the rain'
which now seems to impend over them, by the prosecution of the
present system ; if the toes of the Immense capital which has been
invested on the good fahlsof this Country ; if the consequent dis-
tress which must be or by a numerous body of Merchants—if
these be not subjects sufficient to awaken attention, :Ind engage
support, it is to be hoped, that the other effects which must in-
evitably ensue at home, will he duly weighed befor it be too
late, as the fate of the Colonies may involve, in their downfal,
the commercial, manufacturing, maritime, and financial interests
of this kingdom.
Resolved—That a Copy of these Resolutions he commtmicated
to the whole West India Bodies, and to all commercial and ma-
unfacturing Towns of importance in gteat Britain ; and, that a
Deputation be appointed immediately, to proceet to London,
where Delegates tram other quarters shall be requested to con-
vene, and to impress, in the most earnest and respectful manner,
on Ilia-Majesty's Government, the great importance of the case,
and the nece.sity of immediate relief.
Signed In name area by appointment of the Meeting,
CHARLES S :IRLING, Chairman.
• ' C. D. DONALD, Secretary.
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