Star.
London, England, 1817-05-21 00:00:00

. CHARITY will be In the Cathedral Church of Sr. Paul,
the Cittl of. May ; urban a Sermon will be preached
'we to Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, his Grace the
rl, clibisbop of Canterbury, their liordship. the Bishops, the
t Finn the Lord Mayer, Sheriffs Albs[ men, Cle. g• , &e. by
![7. Laurence Gardner, te.G 11111:Tioterni Curzon Chupei,and
Avant Morning Preacher at St. George., Hanover square.
jj'EWARDs.-His Royal Highness the DUKE of KEN I',
gt keit 11.11 the Earl Verulam, the Right :lon. the I.otd
yrior, tih. Hon. Mr. Justice Burrough, Francis Zlitton, Esq
'itanc.:l,vabey, D.C.4-.Chancellor of the Diocese of i:ochatt-r,
ree. J.111:e. Wood, D.D. Vice Chancellor of the Univsrsity of
,*ledge, John Archer Houblors, Esq. M.P. George War sat
0:or Esq M P the Rev. Thomas S,kes, A.M. Vicar of Guile-
Nortliantp.on Jake; the Rtv Harry Powell, A-M. lee-
' Fs./ hionidon,Esks ; Stephen Guider, John Marks, John
W Wain Meredith, and Lancelot shadrrell, Esqrs.
Music vri.l tonal*t of the Overuse of Esther. Mr. Hans
Grand Deft:risen Te Deism and Jubilare, with the Chorus
the " Hallelujah, for the Lord God Omnipotent
...eh," an Anthem composed on purpose for this Charity, by
ll,yce, and Mr. liandeFs Grand Coronation Anthem. That
to be conducted by Mr. Grestoree ; Leader of
.the Band,
Ware.— -*The Tickets tor the Cathedral and for the La.
Mtechanr 'faylors Hall to be had grans., of Messrs. Nur.
and hell, Booksellers, Bond-street ; Hatchard,
ts.rs Piviegrens, St. Paul's Church-yard; at the First Fruit,
en.ple; and of Chants Bicknell, Esq. Spring-garden
or. she Srcrrtary to the Stewards, by whom benefaction,
Chancy wilt bt thankfully received.—Doors open at to.
.he v hole of the Collections at St. Paul's and Mgr.
qiegie Hall will be appropriated by the Stewards in Ato
1.1,i the Children of necessitous Clergymen.

N Ttli. SioNB BOTTLES plat' BILL.
TO THE EtHIOR OF THE STAR.
!any Ariel vations on the tendency ot the proposed
tor t ling a dirty of Ss. per cwt. on all Earthen-
, Bottles under the size of two quarts, as far as
,irae will affect Blacking Makers and others, who
these la tries.
is uneerstood that the Glass Bottle Makers corn-
, that they are injured in the sale of their bottles,
the Clay Bottles not paying duty. But the fact
, that glass bottles never were, nor can they be em-
ployed for the purposes to which the stone bottles are
principally applied ; seethe, tan the glass bottles be
for these pnrpos.s, even should the duty be im-
posed en the stone ware.
The only effect-that can be produced by-laying on
'proposed duty, will be to ruin, to a certain extent,
Potters who make the bottles, and to Thin entirely
Blacking Makers in London. For the commo-
- of the latter can only be made portable by ern-
sing bottles able to stand the rough usage of
alters 'and a hirfingers—since the low price of the
-..tmodity admits only of the coarsest and cheapest
pickages as crates, old baskets and t ' ike. Indeed,
trade cannot bear the expense f• kages fit for
protection of glass bottles. Nast diminu-
of the potter's trade, together - ‘•
the ruin ot
trades which can only use slob ,bottles, be
only public loss ; for a great q lily of salt
licit pays a high duty to the revenue) is employed
Jere them their glazing in the furnace. Thisaleiretill
ae entirely lost to an extent far beyond what the stone
bottle duty will bring in ; whilst a number of people
employed in the manufacture of salt, will be
thrown out of employment in proportion to the quail-
thus ceasing to be demanded.
L'o this it should be added; that a considerable
qdantity of Blacking is now exported to foreign parts,
`d yet this trade must be entirely annihilated, if the
Pivoted duty is laid on, when we consider that one
:taunt of our possessing that branch is the cheapness
which the article can at present be exported.
The coals employed in burning the stone-ware
yield in duty a considerable revenue. This
late will be lost, and-the number of sailors re-
suited for the transport of the coals, as well as the
tunnage, will be reduced in proportion ; without any
adequate increase of revenue from glass, the Blacking
trade being ot such a nature, as entirely to exclude
`* use of glass by way of substitute.
:hr are these the only evils which the revenue will
sustain from any reduction of the Blacking Trade ;
the articles chiefly employed in the manufacture
high duties, as the Oil of Vitriol, Vinegar, Stegar,
Sealing Wax, Cori:, Paper for Labels, and other
ttides which areas. Bret known only to the makers;
licks the great revenue paid in Advertisements in
the London and Provincial News-papers. Besides,
be observed, should any rise take place in • the
-of Liquid Blacking, and which must inevitably
4 the consequence of an advanced duty on Stone
Bottles, the country people would immediately make
lot themselves, and thus the manufacture of
'king would we entirely destroyed.
Dot, above all, and setting the individual interest
the Blacking Proprietors quite out of the question,
tnnot well escape the notice of the Legislator.,
the Pottery Traue must suffer with the Black-
-6 Trade, and also that numbers of persons will
coni,•quently be thrown out of employment, as Pos.
Workmen, Clerks, and -Agents of various kinds,
iperred all over the country—a circumstance at any
to be deprecated, but peculiarly so at tbe present
menu, altest Covet lament ire obliged to apply tot
sanctio:. t Parliament to measures for assistiosi.
unemployed Poor.—.l remain yours, very truly,
RICHARD TtIMUSR4

Blacking Manufactory, 11 I, Lcn4on JiTuad, boutlawark.