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<DIV1 TYPE="list of proposals for the coal trade">
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<HEAD>Expedients propo&s;ed for the Ea&s;ing and Advantaging the Coal-Trade, and Le&s;sning the Price of Coals in <HI>London,</HI> and other Places, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></HEAD>
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<ITEM><HI>I.</HI> THat all Ships may have Liberty, (if they find it for their conveniency) to take in &s;uch Beer and other Provi&s;ion, as they &s;hall at any time want for their Voyages, in or about <HI>Sheilds,</HI> and not to be forced (as now they are) to &s;end Seven Miles up the River to <HI>Newca&s;tle</HI> for the &s;ame, whereby they often lo&s;e the opportunity of a fair Wind, or a Convoy, and by con&s;equence their whole Voyage.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>II.</HI> That it may be lawful for any Ship in Di&s;tre&s;s, to make u&s;e of any Pilot or Carpenter, though no Freeman of <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> (which is now by no means permitted) for whil&s;t they &s;end &s;o far as <HI>Newca&s;tle</HI> for help, (which when they do, they cannot have from thence, but at Exce&s;&s;ive Rates) the Ships that want, or have wanted &s;uch help, may be, and often have been ca&s;t away, before &s;uch Pilot or Carpenter could come to them.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>III.</HI> That a Free Balla&s;t-Shore, may be Built by the Owners of <HI>Jarrow&s;like</HI> near <HI>Sheilds,</HI> or any other Owners of Lands and Grounds there. And that all Ships may, (if for their own Benefit) be at li|berty to lay Balla&s;t there, and not forced (as now they are) to carry it &s;everal Miles, up a dangerous River to <HI>Newca&s;tle</HI> Shores; In as much as <HI>Jarrow&s;like</HI>-Shoar, when Built, will be greatly for the Ad|vantage of the River, and all Ships Trading upon the &s;ame. And it is farther offered to Con&s;ideration, and it will ea&s;ily be Demon&s;trated, That if the&s;e things were done, the River would be much Bettered, and made Deeper, and more Navigable, which would Encourage the Building of Great Ships, which are the mo&s;t proper for that Trade, and &s;uch as would be &V;&s;eful for the Defence of the Kingdome, in time of War: Be&s;ides, by the&s;e Means, Ma&s;ters of Ships might make Two or Three Voyages in the Year, more than now they do, by rea&s;on of the quick Di&s;patch they would then receive, above what they now have; the con&s;equence whereof mu&s;t needs be, That Coals, Gla&s;s, Salt, and Mil&s;tones, which are the proper Commodities of tho&s;e Parts, would be much Cheaper to the Subject than now they are, and the great Duty laid on Coals for &s;everal years to come, be le&s;s felt by the Poor than now it is.</ITEM>
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<DIV1 TYPE="letter">
<HEAD>The Town of <HI>Newca&s;tles</HI> An&s;wer to the Propo&s;als above|mentioned.</HEAD>
<P>TO the Fir&s;t, it is an&s;wered, That the Mayor and Burge&s;&s;es of <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> have by <HI>Pre&s;cription</HI> the Survey and Government of the Port and River there; which Port and River, are within the Bounds and Limits of the Borough of <HI>Newca&s;tle.</HI> And the &s;aid Mayor and Burge&s;&s;es have from time to time (whereof the Memory of Man runs not to the contrary,) had the &s;ole Vending of all Beer and Ale &s;old to Ships Trading to that Port: And this is, in effect, no more than all Cor|porations by <HI>Pre&s;cription</HI> enjoy, That none &s;hall exerci&s;e a Trade within their Corporation, but the Members of it. And it &s;eems to be as rea&s;onable to take away the Priviledges of all other <HI>Corpora|tions,</HI> as to take away this: And be&s;ides, the publick is no way injured; for Ships do not lo&s;e their Voyages by it, becau&s;e the Ships may take in their Beer and Ale at <HI>Sheilds</HI> from <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> in a quarter of the time they can take in their Coals; for they go two, three, and &s;ometimes four Miles above <HI>Newca&s;tle</HI> for their Coals. And this very Point, as to the &s;ole vending of Beer and Ale by the Mayor and Burge&s;&s;es within the &s;aid Port, has been lately Tryed in his Maje&s;ties Court of Ex|chequer, and found by a &s;ub&s;tantial Jury for the Mayor and Burge&s;&s;es, and a Decree thereupon made for the &s;ame.</P>
<P>To the Second, it is An&s;wered, That it is lawful in that Port, for any Ship-Ma&s;ter to u&s;e his own Carpenter; and if the Ship be in di&s;tre&s;s, the Ma&s;ter may u&s;e any Carpenters what&s;oever at <HI>Sheilds:</HI> and be&s;ides, Care is taken that there be always Carpenters and Pilots that are Freemen of <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> that live at <HI>Sheilds,</HI> near the Mouth of the Haven, to &s;erve &s;uch Ma&s;ters of Ships as have occa&s;ion to u&s;e their Services there, and that at Rea&s;onable Prices, lower than in other places. And the Mayor of <HI>Newca&s;tle</HI> may regulate the Prices, if unrea&s;onable Demands be made; and it is a great Mi&s;take to affirm, That any Ships have been lo&s;t in that Harbour, for want of Carpenters or Pilots, and the &s;ame cannot be proved.</P>
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To the Third, the An&s;wer is, That <HI>Jarrow&s;like</HI> is no fit place for a Shore, being near the Mouth of the Haven, becau&s;e the unavoidable fall of Balla&s;t would make a Sand-Bed, which would hinder Ships to pa&s;s in and out. It would be a Nu&s;ance to have a Shore there, there being no Foundation to erect a Wall for a Balla&s;t-Key. And it would be further inconvenient, the Channel of the Ri|ver being Narrow in that place, it would make the Currant &s;o quick, that no Ships could lie at Anchor there, or Keels come to ca&s;t Coals or Balla&s;t there. And it would hinder the pa&s;&s;age of Ships in the &s;aid River, and would be an injury to the Mayor and Burge&s;&s;es to make an Act of Parlia|ment to erect a Shore at the place de&s;ired; for they do pre&s;cribe, That no Shores &s;hould be built upon that River without their Licence; if this were not the River had been long &s;ince blockt up, and it were impo&s;&s;ible to prevent <HI>Nu&s;ances</HI> to the &s;aid River, if the Mayor and Burge&s;&s;es had not the Survey and <HI>Government</HI> of it: For every Man that has Land upon the &s;aid River, might be at Liberty to build into the River as far as they plea&s;e.</P>
<P>This <HI>Pre&s;cription</HI> has been likewi&s;e Tryed at Law at the Bar of the Court of Exchequer, and found for the Mayor and Burge&s;&s;es: And why may not all, or any the Franchi&s;es of all other <HI>Corporations,</HI> be taken away by Act of Parliament as well as this? And there is no inconvenience to Ships that Trade to that Port, for want of a Shore there, becau&s;e there are Shores four or five Miles lower than <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> &s;eated in convenient places, where Ships ca&s;t their balla&s;t, and take in their Coals without danger.</P>
<P>The Mayor and Burge&s;&s;es being Con&s;ervators of the River and Port of <HI>Tine,</HI> (a place of great Import to the Kingdom, and Nur&s;ery of Seamen and Navigation) and having an ancient Court for the Government and Pre&s;ervation of the River and Port, do never give leave to build a Balla&s;t Shore, until the place be viewed by a Jury of Ma&s;ters of the <HI>Trinity-Hou&s;e</HI> and Pilots, and they upon their Oaths give a Verdict, that the place is convenient, and without Prejudice to the River.</P>
<P>That the <HI>Expedients</HI> propo&s;ed, will not in any &s;ort le&s;&s;en the <HI>Price of Coals;</HI> for the &s;ame Tide that will carry Ships to the place de&s;igned for a Shore, will carry them to &s;ome other Shores or Wharfs that are already erected. And the &s;ame Wind that will carry Ships out from the one place will carry them out from the other. And the Balla&s;t is ca&s;t out upon as cheap and ea&s;y terms from &s;ome of the other Shores already erected, as it can po&s;&s;ibly be from the other place de&s;igned for a Shore. Be&s;ides, the Charges for Lighters to bring down Coals to Ships lying at <HI>Jarrow&s;like,</HI> will be greater than the Rates are at the other Shores already erected upon the River. And Lighters which bring Coals to the Ships riding at <HI>Jarrow&s;like,</HI> will not be able in great We&s;terly Winds (which often happen) to go up again to fetch more Coals to Load the Ships there; although from the other Shores they may go up, notwith&s;tanding the greatne&s;s of the Wind.</P>
<P>And in truth this is but a de&s;ign for &s;ome particular Mens intere&s;t, (upon pretence of Publick good) which they have long endeavoured by &s;everal means to effect at the Council-Board, and at Law, but could not prevail.</P>
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<HEAD>The Reply to the An&s;wer of <HI>Newca&s;tle.</HI></HEAD>
<P N="1">1. THeir An&s;wer to the fir&s;t Expedient confe&s;&s;es matter of Fact to be what is complained of; And whether it be a rea&s;onable thing for any Town by Pre&s;cription only, to hinder all per|&s;ons, though eight or ten Miles from the Town from &s;elling Beer, Ale, and other Provi&s;ions to Ships, is left to the Wi&s;dom of Parliament to Judg; And 'tis humbly conceiv'd mo&s;t proper for that High Court to Determine, &s;ince by their own Papers they &s;ay no Remedy can be had for it el&s;ewhere. And whereas they &s;ay, it &s;eems as rea&s;onable to take away the Priviledges of all other Corporations, as this; We joyn I&s;&s;ue upon it, and &s;ay &s;o too, in ca&s;e there be any other places that un|der pretence of their Priviledges, hinder all but them&s;elves from buying or &s;elling any Commodities (e&s;pecially Victual) eight or ten Miles round: But as yet no other &s;uch place is known; When 'tis, it may be complain'd of with hopes of Redre&s;s. And 'tis a fallacy to &s;ay 'tis no Injury to the Publick, becau&s;e Ships go two, three, or four Miles above <HI>Newca&s;tle</HI> for Coales: po&s;&s;ibly &s;ome &s;mall Ve&s;&s;els may go &s;o high; but great Ships which are chiefly intended to be provided for in this Bill, will not willingly venture to come within five or &s;ix Miles of the Town.</P>
<P N="2">2. To the &s;econd, That Ships may u&s;e their own Carpenters which come in their Ships, is true, becau&s;e they cannot po&s;&s;ibly hinder it; but if any other Carpenter (on what occa&s;ion &s;oever) that lives thereabouts, not being a Freeman of <HI>Newca&s;tle</HI> pre&s;umes to help any Ship in Di&s;tre&s;s, he will certainly be impri&s;oned and arbitrarily puni&s;hed for it, as &s;everal have been. And 'tis no mi&s;take to
<PB N="3" REF="3">&s;ay that &s;ome Ships have been lo&s;t, and many damaged for want of help in that Port, which hath formerly been proved upon Oath: and the great damage that Ships come to by re&s;training Carpen|ters and Pilots will be made plainly appear when it comes to proof; and all Ship-Ma&s;ters and Owners hope for Redre&s;s in it.</P>
<P>Whereas they &s;ay, that <HI>Jarrow&s;like</HI> is no fit place for a Balla&s;t-&s;hore, becau&s;e &s;o near the mouth of the Haven, why then were Balla&s;t-&s;hores permitted to be made below it nearer to the mouth of the &s;aid Haven where the River is narrower than at that place? And the &s;ame rea&s;on that they give again&s;t this Shoar holds, and is more again&s;t any other Shoar in the River; &s;o that by this Argument there ought to be none at all for the unavoidable fall of Balla&s;t into the River will be more in other places than here: For when Ships throw their Balla&s;t out into Lighters fir&s;t, much of it often falls into the River, and the re&s;t is &s;ometimes at Night thrown over-board into the River to &s;ave Car|riage up to the Wharfs by Lighter-men, and al&s;o &s;ome will fall out as it is unlading there: Where|as, if there were a Balla&s;t-&s;hoar at <HI>Jarrow&s;like,</HI> great Ships might the fir&s;t Tide come up to the &s;ide of it and unlade their Balla&s;t where there can be no po&s;&s;ible fall of Balla&s;t into the River, but what falls in unlading 'twixt the Ships and the Wharf, which at Low-water may and will be ea&s;ily thrown up again that other Ships may come and unlade there. And whereas they &s;ay that it will Choak up the River, It will clear it of the Sand which continually wa&s;heth out of <HI>Jarrow&s;like,</HI> and &s;ome other Sand now in the River. And as for their &s;aying there can be no Foundation, why do they then oppo&s;e it? &s;ince if it cannot be done, it can be no prejudice to them. And it will not at all alter the Current of the River at times of Lading and Unlading Ships; it being 3 quarters Ebb before the Coal-Lighters come down. And to what they &s;ay of We&s;terly Winds hindring Lighters to go up to fetch Coals down to the Ships; Surely, Lighters that are Low-built may more ea&s;ily go up for Coals than Ships which are much Higher and have Ma&s;ts. And the Pre&s;crip|tion they plead again&s;t any of this, (though 'tis believ'd they can never make't out to have been without interruption) however 'tis the Grievance de&s;ired to be redre&s;s't by this Bill.</P>
<P><HI>Whereas 'tis Pretended to be carried on for Private Intere&s;t only; The contrary will appear by reading the Reports and Rea&s;ons of the</HI> Trinity-<HI>Hou&s;e; which are as followeth.</HI></P>
<P>According to your Maje&s;ties Order in Council bearing date <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> the 5th. We have con&s;i|dered of the Allegations of Sir <HI>Charles Adderly</HI> Knight, and <HI>John Crook</HI> E&s;quire, concerning the e|recting of a Balla&s;t Shore at <HI>Jarrowes-Slake</HI> near South Shield in the County of <HI>Dure&s;me;</HI> And do humbly make our Report that we are of opinion That a Balla&s;t-Wharfe at South-Shields will be of great u&s;e and benefit to all Ships Trading in the River <HI>Tine</HI> for Coals, for the&s;e Rea&s;ons.</P>
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<ITEM>1ly, That it will prevent the lo&s;s of Ships in their coming for <HI>Tynmouth</HI>-Bar, for that they have and do at this day ca&s;t out great part of their Balla&s;t before they come to the Bar, &s;o to avoid the great charge after they are in the River of carrying up their Balla&s;t in Keels to <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> after which meeting with foul weather they have many times been Ca&s;t away by rea&s;on of their Lightne&s;s.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2ly, It will be a means to Secure great Ships from the Ca&s;ualties which befall them; by their com|ing a Ground many have been Lo&s;t going up or coming down the River, at Lea&s;t it will prevent the wronging of them when they lie on hard Ground or Rocks, going to or coming from <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> whereby the Ships will la&s;t the longer; and it will al&s;o give them a much quicker di&s;patch in their Voyages.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3ly, It will be an Encouragement for men to build great Ships for that Trade &s;uch as may be u&s;e|ful for defence of the Kingdom in time of War, and much more proper for that Trade than &s;mall Ve&s;|&s;els.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4ly, That the Price of taking out the Balla&s;t at Sheilds being moderately &s;et, It will be a great Incouragement to Navigation, for that the price of taking it out by the Town of <HI>Newca&s;tle</HI> is very high.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5ly, That by means hereof Ma&s;ters of Ships may make two or three Voyages more in a year, the charge of taking out their Balla&s;t being Le&s;sned, and the time of going up the River being &s;aved and their Ships hereby the better pre&s;erved, and being great Ships mo&s;t proper for that Trade they may &s;ell Coals much cheaper to the benefit of the Publick and get more money to their Own|ers than now they do, and all this with le&s;s hazard; All which we humbly &s;ubmit to your Sacred Maje&s;ties mo&s;t prudent Con&s;ideration.</ITEM>
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<CLOSER><SIGNED><LIST>
<ITEM>Thomas Middleton</ITEM>
<ITEM>William Wileey</ITEM>
<ITEM>Edward Cri&s;pe <HI>Deputy Mr.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Henry Shears D. Warden,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Henry Tederman</ITEM>
<ITEM><LIST>
<HEAD>Wardens.</HEAD>
<ITEM>John Cox</ITEM>
<ITEM>Edward Seaman</ITEM>
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<P>Tinmauth Bar</P>
<P>the Harbor</P>
<P>Ballast Shore</P>
<P>Iarrow Slike</P>
<P>Ballast Shore</P>
<P>way to Newcastle</P>
<FIGDESC>rough map of Tyne near Tynemouth</FIGDESC>
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