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" to the supresion of British Free If on the

more

" other hand the obaracter of the Trade " when conducted in British Vessels is

" unproved it is to be hoped that the " respectable of the Chinese, who are obviously " fully capable of aertaining and appreciating " such a result, will prefer these Vessels to others, " and if there is

" to jown in the Enugration it can only be

by giving

any chance of preceiving formaty

to it a character of expectability " and security of which recent events have

" alsuost entirely deprived it"=""

The above passage relates to Excigration to British Ports with which the forent Bill doy not

propose

propose to niterfore, as well

as to

Emigration to Foreign Pecks; but

most of the consederations there stated

apply to the latter

су

well

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the former, and My Lords still

think that they

have

very

considerable weight - My Lords

are

especially impressed with the

considération that to freevent the

Trade in British Ships, will not,

if that Trade is a

preofitable

one