Star.
London, England, 1821-02-28 00:00:00

No answer being given, the SPlacal
lo put the question upon the Retinas .aireil"rded,
cited, which were agreed to. es.
Mr. GREN FELL rose to ask a questions the
swer to which might remove a nusunderssaadiet
which possibly he laboured under. Did he lite
stand his Honourable Friend (Mr. Baring) to
aalia',„h_
it was the object Of the Chancellor of the g '
intended proposition to lender the cent • A.
Bank paper into bars of bullion of a ceri •w•
411111;
a pernianent plan ?
Mr. BARING explained, and then monad ht.
'account in the form of an account current, diasaii
the total receipts and payments incidental ta
coinage of silver, under the last regulations as
subject of the silver coinage, comprising and
any sums or amount issued or on hand, so ns
the profit arising upon the coinage of silver since*
passing of those regulations--such silver I.:—
different prices to be distinguished. Also an ao
—g
of the profit arising from the coinage of saber
out of standard 'liver. Also a statement of thypit
which would accrue from a silver coinage
to the present price of standard silver. also a tau.
ment of the number of persons convicted of ao,
crimes connected with the forgery of Bank cfEa
land notes from the year 1790 to 1820.--Orden
rItTITION FROM THE MERCHANTS It :13 SlLLMirlas
OF THE FORT OF LONDON.
Mr. MARRYATT rose to present a Petidon fag'
the Merchr
don, ap
Compat
tion win
had been
a Deputation
waited
of obtains
not be
satisfactory
of London
agreed
was adt
voice
by between _
able Merchants
during
market
nature'
felt wit
vert the
into other
were
the various
his objectiot
hecaw
lonial
country
and in
elined.
tertait
ales; ,
her ports
that,
Pmt
other ,
tended ,
the pfincit
housing
the rates
came -
he
the confiscation
comner -
and beginning
housing, --
for that
teen by
ports
coast
time,
this count
houses i
charges
enormous
cowmen

chugs

rium ,
foreign
the apr
ation
rope, ,
ger of
while,
he was

reigners
suffered

ports,
that the
in London—that
there '"
theref(
at the
of the
Justice
that the
establii
while
twice.
impress
jest, and
Sir "
Gentleman
namely
that the
♦eggar
Mr..
necessary
it was''
the Doci
but for
time -
also,
House
Mr.
the House
establ;
Government
Charter,
give
newel
asy.

still L'•
ilia DOC 1
tiia Dock

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lerchants and Ship-owners of the Port of La; 4
against the renewal of the West Indiiilki
)any's Charter. in consequence of an iiiii •
which had been received, that an appleciii
Teen made to the Government by that • •
potation of the Merchants of the Port offish,
d upon his Majesty's Ministers, for the
itaining from them an assurance that it .. • di
e granted. Ending it impossible to obtain C
actory answer, a Meeting was called at die s'
ondon Tavern, when several Resolutiou . •Is
!cl to, and the Petition he now held in la , la
idopted by the Meeting, without one ••. .• EJ
or hand against it. The Petition was ageoi
itween five and six thousand of the mosttepm to
Merchants in the City: he should obsove, dia
ig the wet., when England was by neon** of
et of Europe, the charges were not of a mini be
*; but since the return of peace, they had la
rith the greatest severity, and threatened no, ell
the commerce hitherto enjoyed by &hoping Ig
other channels, and to ports where the dale ' •
upon a more moderate scale. In adverting a '',
arious branches of trade, he must admit, Oa '
bjection did not apply to that of the Cakese, INI
use, by ahe enactments of the Legislature, Ake Ist'
I produce was directed to be brought to di I
try ; but that was not the case with maws* s'.
in those branches commerce had mate* s.
d. The meat sanguine expectation had been Ili
fined from the emancipation of the Spanish b' SI,
yet so long since as 11309, Cuba had &din*. lel
ens the Bar of all nations, and enjoyed the •• . mi
for a considerable time, had been vested is . • 1
of London. It might be said, that there ela
• reasons, besides the high rate of charges, • w
pd to diminish the commerce of this country,
principal was, the want of facility in our s
ing system. But referring more particularly .
aces of charges, he would state an instance., • ,
within his own knowiedge:—la the year Te
'ported 2,200 chests of Havaanah sugar; .
isel
onfiscation in the Baltic, the state of
Pelled him to keep them until the end of ! '
beginning of 1813. The chairs made fce "
ing, rent, &c. by the West India Dock . • •
hat time, amounted to between fourteen ia
hundred pounds! The demand at anyof the .
; on the. Continent; in the Hanse-towni, ore
of Flanders; for the same quantity aadthe . al
, would not have exceeded £33o—and di'
:ountry, had he been permitted to Wed de
es in which to have deposited those ph, Ai
ges would not have exceeded £4OO. With ,to
nous burtheus, could it be wondered at tit
lime of die country declined? With •-: 116
ges, the port of London might still be the Li
trade. Its insular situation protected s m
gn invasion, the system of Government . - go
pprehension of domestic rapacity, its cam'
I rendered it eligible to form the muketd
the temperature of its climate removed tie SI
of a blockade from the severity of the • 4
p the honour and integrity of a British • •• S 1
as bold to say, was a strong inducement si h
tens to visit our shores. The port of . . El
red materially from the competition of it
; • and West India planters had often , '
the prices at the outports were nearly as
)'don—that the charges were lower, aid • ' •
they must send their produce. 'The ;• . 11%
fore, of the charges of the Dock Coe fel of
e outports operated as a premium upon de '
le one, and a drawback upon that of the . to
ce to the Dock Companies themselves • ,ii ,
die Charters should not be continued. One !.'
lishments had fixed itself in the centre of . 49
P the other bad selected a spot at three , *
With these observations, he would
..." II
ess upon the House the important* of we if
and to move that the Petition be brought eli 1,
r ISAAC COFFIN said, that the H. . : ""
/strum seemed to have forgotten one ' • 1"
ely, that there was no friendship in ID*
the maxim with merchants was—Mss' 41
zr my keighbour 1 • ...:.
,
r. FRANKLAND LEWIS said, it eig' ''' : i
isary these subjects should be investigated; m
is fortunate for the Public that the 0 ' . r"
Dock Companies near London were d
for a limited time, and as the expiration ll/
were liable to investigation, and to • • A
should Pailiament see fit. He thought ii° j
se should give serious attention to theeabl° a
r. ROBINSON agmed that it erne *id!
louse to watch narrowly all Bills
nehr0:01101 •
.1
dish monopoly. The Petitioners had s d
~ i
eminent on the subject of the re
ter, and complained that Governs g° . . 0
no assuradee that they would rant r. . _ r.- :.j
il. It was true, Governmentwelatennt • - I
rance— and for these reasons, &mine " •
two years to run, and the London encl..., , :
lock Charters still longer; and as the w'''
)ock Company lad not yet applied fee.e . 4
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