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we cannot be difappointed, and as we can boldly affert that we can vie with any other people 
for quality, or texture, in the manufa¢turing of Velveteens, Cerds, Thickt ets, and every pele 
article of Cotton Goods. 
‘¢ We look forward with.Confidence that the Patronage: of the Nation, will be: given by 
adopting the general ufe of a fabric, that for a feries of years has fupported upwards of 
Twenty ‘Lhoutiend of its Inhabitants, moft of whom otherwife Will be found to feek ina frange 
laid, that fuppert which their induftry wilk not afford them in their native country.” 
ced Shefield, entered a-Proteft again the Bill entituled “For enabling his Majefty i in 
Council tu permit the importation and Exportation , into and from his Territories in the (Vet 
Indies and Continent of South America, of certain Goods and Commiodities.in Neutral Ships, 
Fay ee of War,” in the following Form:— 
iff, ‘¢Becaufe no proof whatever has been adduced to fhew either the expediency or necef- 
Be; y of a meafure which facilitates and fyftematically eftablthes the fufpeafion of our Navigation 
and Colonial Laws; and thereby fucrifices to foreigners the fupply trade of the Britith Wef- 
tudia Jertlements, to which the United King: jem ‘and its dependencies are rightfully entitled - 
in’ retura fer the facets they afford at their own market to the produce ‘of’ - fet- 
tlements, 
Qdly, £*Becaufe the Bill will transfer refponiibility from the Wef-India licneiaes to his 
Majefty’s minifters at home; that is, it will take reiponfibility from thofe whe alone can be 
yudges of the neceflity, and will give it to his Majefty’s minifters at a great diftance, who 
cannot pofiily have any information in due time to enable them to a€t on emergency 3 there-~ 
fore; the power of fufpending the Laws muft be ultimately delegated to.the perfons from — 
whom the selponGbvlity will be removed, to perfons who actually derive great emolument - 
from the frequency of the abufe. 
fdly,  Becauie it will ultimately render our Weft- India fettiements dependant on the — 
American States. 
4thly, ** Becaute che British colonies in North America will be ruined, or greatly prejudiced, 
in confequence of the admiflion of foreign American fhipping into the fupply trade:to the 
Britith Weit-Indies... 
Sthiy, ‘* Becaufe Ireland, in particular, | will be dependent on the di ferétion: or ome of 
minifters cr governors for the provition trade tothe Weft indies. 
othly, ‘« Becaufe through the relaxatioas and fufpentions. of the Navigation Laws our eer 
rying trade and commerce are transferred to foreigners; the value of “Britith fhipping greatly ' 
depreciated; and the increafe of foreign thipping emploved in ou¥ trade, compared with the 
increaie of Britith fhipping being in proportion of twelve to one; fhip-building is fo alarm- 
ingly difcouraged in this kingdom, that only two ships ior the merchants Service, hawe been 
built in the river Thames fince December 1802, a period of nearly three years and a half; and 
only two more are now building there: and fhipbuilding, in general, in the feveral ports of 
this kingdom, has decreafed nearly in the fame proportion. : Ne 
@thly, ‘¢Becaufe if the United Kingdom and its dependencies cannot at all times furnifh _ 
the fiecefiaty articles to the Britith We Indies (the contrary of which, however, may be 
proved), the intercourfe with the American States for fupplies m2y and can be moft furély and - 
iteadily carried on as heretofore in Britith thipping, navigated according to law, of which 
there is and hasbeen a large number unemployed fied néutral vefiels have been aaa te 
enter the ports of the Britith Wef india fettlements. 
Sthly,. ** Becaufe if the fhips of the American States are permitted to enter the Ri of 
the Back Weft Indies, they will at the fame time introduce, as they do at prefent, all Eait-- 
India and Kuropean goods, to the great detriment of the Britith Eaft-India Company, a and to 
the Whipping, the manufaiures, and commerce of the United Kingdom and its depen= 
dencies. 
Laitly, “Becaufe the Petitioners againft the Bill, who prayed that they amte allowed 
to flate how they shal! be aggrieved thereby, have been refufed to be heard, notwithitanding 
the ‘ftrong allegations. {tated in their Petitions, which they offered te prove by the imoft re- 
ipectable evidence at the bar of this koufe. 
The following are the Average Prices of Navigable Canal, Dock, and gee office 
Shares, as fold ‘by Mr. Scott, of Bridge-ftreet, London :—. 
The Trent and Merttey, or Grand Trunk Canal, 6401. Ber Shate, paying 401. per annum ; 
—Cuoventry, 3601., paying 20]. per annum, nett;—Leeds and Liverpool, 1761. paying gl, 
per annum ;—Grand Junétiop, 951.;—Grand Surrey, 691.to 721. ;—Afhton and Oldham, 
7C1. s—Kechdale, 401. sateen, Z01.3—Afaby de la Zouch Bonds, 201. ;—per Cent. 
difcount ;—W eft Pia Dock Stock, 144]. per Cent.;—Eaft India Ditto, | 1921. ;—-London 
Ditto, 1041. to 1051. ;—Globe ipeace 102 per Conk. -» for the opening ex dividend ;— 
Caeliea Water Works, 13]. 15s. per Share, paying 10 Shillings per annum. 
The Court of Direftors of the London lock Company have. lately finithed Four additional 
Stacks of Warchoufes en the North Quay, each of the. meafurement of twelve thoufand 
tons, or thereabouts; together with Two Vaults beneath aad they have ordered a further 
quantity of i Meaetwat and Wault room t6 be erected on the South fide of the Dock, whith 
will contain about Thirty thoulfand Tons of Mexchandize.. 
“The 
