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heat and most constitutional mode of expressing the opinions of the great body of the people. The Duke of Latwerga, alluding to the term which the Noble Duke opposite had been pleased to apply to county meetings, adverted to the trans. Octimmot a Isle alerting of the county of Dublin, whereat the Sheriff had refused to comply with the wishes of the meeting, and trail introduced a mill. lacy force for the porpoise of dispersing it. He should shortly have to present a Petition to their Lordships on the subject. when the hoe character of the proceeding would be fairly placed before :bun. .111 w Earl of MAUSTON' thought it necessary taw a few words on the subject of the meeting to which the Noble Duke, who had just sat down. hod shortly adverted. The Noble Duke and the Noble Earl opposite had stated that they had no A. bjectiou to make to county meetings where a full salad fair hearing was given to all parties. What tied *the Sheriff of Dublin done at the • meeting which had been held there? Did he give a fair ftearrog to all parties No; when en amend. meat was proposed he would not allow the question to be pot, but decided in dirre: oppo aeition to the sense and feelings of the meeting. and afterwards sent in an armed military force to dis perse them, and the officer who conumatitled the 'troops seised Lord Cloncurry by the collar, and by force turned him mit of the chair. IT county meeting+ could be called a farce, what term could he opplied to a proceeding such as he had mew t,triord ? The Earl of CaRMAILOON said, the Noble Doke boil stated that lie did nut object to et:sooty meet. Jugs, when they were not convened by one _party only, and for the purpose of carrying a question on sae side. But lie (the Eat! of Carnervon) was at a loss to conceive how, on occasions where only dif. frresice of opinion existed, both parties could be brought to join in the expressioo of their opinion. Did the Noble Duke remember any instance of a Requisition signed by both patties ? Was the runnier-rrirpoisiiioas to which the Noble Duke had tiliuded signed by both parties As to what had ',ten said about the collection of a mob at such meeting., he could assure their Lordships that he believed there had never been a county meeting at which there lied been less appeararice of a mob, or st fuller attendance of freeholders and yeomanry. But to judge folio the Noble Duke's preference of the Address which had been privately circulated far signature, to a Petition adopted at a public meeting, it would seem that in his judgneut the only fair expression of public opinion was that which neither party bad been allowed an opportu. oily of disclissing, As to what had been said of fairly hearing both sides. if the Noble Duke or his tries Is had wished to oppose the Pktition. • fair opportunity had been given them of attending the meeting for that purpose, the Member for the County had certainly been heard, and no further interruption loot been given lain than those marks of disspinobstion which generally proceeded from any assembly when addressed by a speaker whose opinions were at variance with those of the majority. Lord ELLENROROOOH said, that lie hail heard with regret the expression respecting county meetings, which had fallen, from the Noble Duke; Pend if he hail understood it in the same sense as his Noble Friends seemed to have done, he should bare gone along with them in the censure with which they had visited it ; but he did not think if,. the Noble Duke meant to apply it to all pub lic meetings, or to county meetings in general. Uut he must observe that in his opinion county meetings had, in many cases, deserved eaiion of the term, not so much front the conduct of those who attended them, as from that of the persons who absented themselves. If those who enterteined opinions different from those of the persons by whom such meetings were convened, iosteed of bring led away by the dread of being in a minority. attended and stood fairly forward to express their opinions. the result would often be very different. II in the case of the Hampshire meeting, for instance, the 9;000 persons who signed the Loyal Address had Seen present, and dissented From the Petition, they would have outnumbered the 7,000 petitioners, and might have fairly put forward their Address as expressing the sentirneute of the majority of the county. If the ancient practice of lair and opeu public discussion were restored, lie felt convinced that the expreasion of the opiiiious of county meet ings would be much mere effectual than it was found to be ut present. The Petition was then read, and ordered to be laid on the table. CONGRESS AT TROPPAU. Earl GREY said, that having been unsuccessful in his endeavour to obtain satisfactory answers to. the quest' which lie had pat on a former occasion. to the Noble Earl opposite, lie could hardly enter. Elio • hope of an answer to tbut which lie had now to Put. The following circular Declaration of the sentiments of the Congress of Sovereigns held at Troppau, had been addressed to several Posers on 'the Continent, and, among others, to the Senate of Hamburgh : "The overthrow of the order of ablate in Spain, Poe. and Naples, has necessarily excited the cares aud the uneasiesss of the Powers who combated the revolution, and convinced them of the rieeessity of patting a check on the n.w calamities with which Europe is threatened. The • Principles which untied the great Powers of the Continent • to deliver the world from the military drspoiiam of a• individual iesoiog from the revolution, ought to act ataiust the revolutioaary power which ism just developed itself, "The Sovereigas assembled at Truppau with this Mien on, venture to hope that they shall attain ibis object. They will take fur their guides in this great enterprise the Treaties, which restored peace to Europe, and bare suited it. nations together. " Without doubt the Powers have lire right to take is ammo general measures of precaution against those States, whose reforms engendered by rebellion is openly opp - sed to legitimateGovernmenis, as example has already demon. tainted, especially when the spirit of rebellioa is propagated to the neighbouriag Mutes by secret spats. In consequence the klesarchs assembled at Troppau have connected to gether the measures required by circumstance., and have communicated to the Courts of London and Paris their in. tentios of attaining the cud desired, either by mediation or by force. With ibis view they bare invited the King of the Two Sieilies to repair t• Laybach, to appear there III• ameiliator between his miegusdrd people slid the Stairs whom tranquillity is endangered by this state of things; sod as they have resolved not to records* say authority established by As seditious, it is only with the King they ass roofer. " As the system to bs followed has no other foondaison dim Treatise already vitiating, they have no doubt of the await of the Courts of Paris sad London. Mealy object _ o f i hi a s m og i s I. reaso liade tba Alamo betimes the their former Resolutions, and of holding a meeting, soveseigas t - it kss no view aresemseelsi or t• eiolottose ad in consequence of which this meeting had been . called. The object of it was one of the greatest i t n ier the aisae riomemee peadessee n o t f:r i r a P t o bo wers im . pe V d o . l d wata T ry hey easal em iora re ti o r o ; importance on which commercial men could he as tir, asaiotain traoquillity, and protect Europe room the scourge of new revolutions, and to pelmet tbem u far as sembled to deliberate. The true point at issue possible." wrs, whether the great trade of this metropolis was How far the conclusion of this document was con- to btu conducted on a system of monopoly or of sistent with other parts o f it, it was n o t now his fair and open competition.—(Hear, hear.)—lf they intention to inquire, nor was he at this moment referred to the debates that took place in Partite. inclined to discos* the question of its general merits, went when these Docks were established. they All he wished for at present was, an answer to this would find that the designs of Mr. Pitt were to question. The resistance contemplated by the make the port of London the great emporium of Allied Power. to the new order of thing. in coun- the world. The object which we have in view, is tries named in the paper which he had read, was to place the port of London on an equal and fair founded on certain Treaties to which France footing with all the other ports on the Continent, and and this country were parties, and thence it was thus to 'ford to us au evert and fair competition. inferred that the Courts of Loudon and Pails would He adverted to the state of the foreign ports, assent to the measures in contemplation against where none of these heavy charges were imposed; those countries ;he wished therefore to know, voile. and it was reasonable to summate that such a sys. thee any communication had taken place between tem persevered in would drive away those foreigners the Government of this country and the Sovereigns who were disposed to trade higre. This certainly assembled at Troppau on the subject alluded to in was not the lase with respect to our colonial ports, the paper which he had read, from which they for they were compelled to come; but with respect might have been led to infer the acquiescence of to foreign ports, it undoubtedly was the case, and the Government of this country in those measures? to this cattle may principally be traced the ex- The Esti of LIVERPOOL said he had not the traordionny depression of trade at present. It may smallest difficulty in answering the questions of the be said there were other circumstances, besides the Noble Earl. With respect to the paper which the rates of charges, that. operated on our trade. He Noble Earl hail read, it appeared to him to be an granted that there were; bat lie would contend., incorrect copy of a paper which hod been commit. that the enormous rate of charges in the London nicided by the Sovereigns in Congress at Troppau Docks was one principal cause of the diminution. to the Government of this country. In answer to He spoke from experience, having been long in she question of the Noble Emt, lie bad no difficulty that trade; and he could assure the meeting that a in stating, that no Treaties of the nature alluded cargo arrived to him, which in these docks stood to, to which this comilry was a party, were in ex. him tit 1,500/ which in any other port in Europe istence. He hood also no he•iiation in assuring would not cost more than 3001.—nor even here, the Noble Earl, that the Court of London wee if these monopolies did not_ exist, more than 400/. not a party to any of the proceedings going on on These restrictions on air commerce were the the Continent respecting the occurreoe•es in the greatest mi.fortune that could belel this country. countries which had been tmeetiotted. But he must Iloy their influence. trade is wrested from our hands.. also add, that in consequence of the Declaration of The foreign merchant, who would feel disposed to the Allied Sovereigns, contained in the paper to trade with England, goes to foreign 'mote, in order which allusion had been made, a paper had been to avoid the restrictions in the British ports, and addressed to them from this Government, a copy of by this means that capital is taken away from this which he should have tin objection to produce, if a country to. increase the trade, mat wealth, and siu motion were made for that purpose. bility of foreign nations—(Cheers.)—America, fur Earl GREY said, that in the confident expects. instance, carried on • most extensive trade with lion that the paper alluded to would completely London ; now it is not the ease. But perhaps the contradict the inference drawn from the paper strongest ;wool of the evil influence of these re. which he had resit% of season having been given to strictions that could• be adduced, is our own fruit 11w Courts of St. Petersburgh, Vienna, mud Bar. *hilts, instead of cooling into the port of Loudon, tin, to calculate on the swat and cu.operation land its some of the out-ports, and find it more of this country in their designs against the people cheap to convey their cargsus to London, than to of Spain, Portugal, and Naples, he trusted the laud in the pole of London-- Meow, hear.)—lt Noble Earl would lay that paper on their Lord- might be said, that this war the consequence of ships' table, the sudden peace, and that trade would gradually The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, he beano twai.- recover ;. this he was ready to , grant might be in Linn its saying that the paper to which be had re- some measure the cause of our distress, but cen leered would give the fullest and most complete tautly not entirely, and he was convinced in his contradiction to any such Ilirelrellee• soul that the trade of London would be in a coin. PETITIONS. negatively flourishing state if these evils were The Duke of BEDFORD poesented• w Petition removed, for the striking advantages which this front the County of Bedford, and another from country possesses would command • trade; the town of Bedford, in which he stated that the the superior situation in which it stands with respect petitioners exp d their wish to see economy to other nation., preserves it against attacks from substituted for profusion,_and the abuses which had without ; itao/1/11 free constitution I it from crept into the Constitution reformed. He also• domestic rapacity; and, above all, he might add, stated, that two moat Respectable individuals had the high honour and integrity of the British iner. attended the enmity meeting, who unloosed the chant:—all combine to render this country a de. proceedings, unit received a fair and patient hear- i.irable mart fbr the foreign merchant.—( Loud ing, eheers.l-1( all the produce of Europe, Asia, and Lord -ANSON presented • Petition. from the City America were sent to London, they would sell to of Lichfield praying for the restoration of . .the Inure 'dunage than in any of the other ports in Queen's name to the Liturgy; against which there Europe. if these unfortunue restrictiou did not was a protest, to which the name of the Dern of exist. In many of tick Fiord koperty was sarri- Lichfield was rubscribed, freed fur want ilcapital, and all we wanted in this The Earl of CARN presented a Petition similar in its pr.iyer to others which had , bren pre sented in the cour.e of the eve. 1111 l g, from certain parishes of the City of Witicheetvr. The Holll.e adjourned at seven o'clock, totem o'clock on 11 edorsday next, . - country is • fr.e trade. to make this nation what Mr. Pitt contemplated that it would he—the great emporium of commerce.—(('heering.)—Thus we find that we not only stiffer in competition with foreign ports, but even with our out-ports. If he were to,apply to a West ladle planter, he would answer, that he would find it much more adsatt ligroin to transact his business in any of the out ports than in the port of London. These were some of the difficulties under which they laboured, and he hoped they would soon be effaced. Any addi tional charges that were imposed, operated as an unfair tax on the trade of this port. It appeared to blur, that even the justice of the Dock Companies themselves required these duties should be effaced. One Dock Company was establutlird as neer the metropolis as pos.ible, that it might enjoy all the advantages ; others ware further duwu the River. The London Dock Company completed their pre mises for 1,i00,000/.—the West India Company at • larger expense ; arid under the existing eircum stance's, the West India Duck Company is less !no. ductive than that on which the lesser capital has been expended. If the renewal of this charter was granted, other Companies would be applying. But it would be asked, " What was that to them ?" —He thought it was every thing to them.— They paid severely for it by the losses they sustained; and the advantages resulting from tl-tu was by no means a compensation. It was not only of the great expense they had to complain, but also of the great inconvenience and delay. Goods were put 1010 thefre Docks in an improper state. If the* mostopnlies Here done awry with, every man might place his goods where he thought most convenient. Vends were often delayed there at considerable inconvenience. During the war, they could not forget that two vessels had arriied there, one from Jamaica, another from the Leeward Isleeds. and that one of three vessels was detained, long artier tire freight hart been discharged, at a must serious loss. Arid although we are not now at war, when we look at the state of things, we can not say how long we may remelts so ; and it should be our business to 'guard against these inconveniences. All America?* vessel had also been detained there so long that she lost her season. and by that deter). lion experience(' a loss amounting to 1,5001. He deprecated in the strongest terms all systems of ex elusion. Monopoly was nu unnatural mother that devoured its oan offspring.—( Hear, hear%).-11e was at a loss to anticipate what arguments could tie adduced against him. It sleight be said thirst the Duck Complus) , did a great deal for them by affords log them a security for their property. He was aware of that, unit dud not by any means intend to de tract from the merits of the Directors; but if they did confer all these advantages, they were too well paid for them. lie next alluded to the irregula rity of the syatem. But even. if the classification were perfect. it would not be worth prying for at the advanced rates. It might then be said that our peal object. wail a reduction Mille rates, and that HOUSE OP COMMONS, THURODAY, JANIPAIIT 26i The SPEAKER entered the House at half-past one o'clock. At half-past two o'clock the House adjourned, for the purpose of taking up the Address to the Throne, agreed upon on Tuesday. RENEWAL OF THE CHARTER. •r TUC WEST !INDIA DOCK COMPANY. Yesterday • meeting of the Ship Owners and Traders of the Port of London was held in pur suance of a Requisition, in the City of London Tavern. Its objects were to take into consideration the application of the West India Dock Company for a renewal of their Charter, and to take such steps as were best calculated to evert a measure so injurious to the commercial interests of the nation, and to secure to the public at large those advan tages which they bad a right to expect at the expi. ration of the charters of the several Dock Compa nies.. It was numerously, sod, from the great ill.* portance of its objects, we need scarcely add, most respectably attended. Shortly after one o'clock the Gentlemen com posing the Committee entered the room, and on the motion of 1!. WILSON, Esq. Mr. MARRYATT was unanimously called to the Chair. The worthy and respectable Chairman opened the meeting in a speech of considerable ability. oommetrord, by. stating else circumstances that led to the present meeting. Early in December last a deputation of Geol.-torts waited on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for the purpose of holding a conintuniuntion with Inns on 1116 ',object. He stated that he was await. that the Ship Owseers were averse to the measure, host that he had irceiv ed no intimation on the subject from the City of London ; upon which it was suggested that • grim ral meeting might be held for that purpo•r. He observed, that it was tint necessary to calla general meeting; that it would answer the purpose if he got ,an intimation to that effect from same of the commercial nien of Loudon. in cintsequeoce of this • meeting was held, and Res elution* acre linseed, repressive of their complete thsapprobat ton of the renewal of the Charter. Tnese R.snlut were forwardetl to the Chancellor of the Exchtliser, together with a note, which lie (.11r. hlarrt•atu) a. Chairman of that lisretiog had the Imeour of send ing, stating, that if any thing snore was ucces•asy they were natty to do it. After a lapse or three weeks he addresse &another letter to that Gentle man, suiting, that they were driei aimed to act On this might be effected without interfering with their charter. If we were to depend solely on their own accounts, they might be found erroneous. as they once were before a Committee of the House of Commons, of which he had the honour of being ■ Member. But besides all }hinge, who could foresee the price of labour, the vitae of money, and 'eve. ral other things for twenty-one years to come, which should be well considered before the charter should be renewed. They might as well pretend to say what would be the price of bread and meat for twenty-one years to come. All these ntininrsixesonid sofurth, had been now exploded in theory. and should also in practice. A fair and equal compe- Idiot' is the only true principle on which trade could be carried on. It is infallible and unerring in its operations.—(Cheers.)—He next alluded to the annual receipts of the Dock Company. It had been said, that not one single 'trusty of the accumulated fund was given to Ministers. lie thought, that if this were the case, the charter would not so easily be renewed; for he recol lected having heard the Chancellor of the Ex chequer say that he raw no reason why the people ►hould nut participate in the profits of the West India Dock Company. He had beard of aggregate as well as individual monopolies, H e would suppose* caw, where any one of these Gen denten by whom lie was surrounded" 'lstria in a ed. loge, in which there were three butelwrs: one sold beef, another lamb, anal the third veal, and that • monopoly of each existed between them, lie would be glad to know what sum each would be likely try charge. But they would find that if they had the privilege of going from shop to shop, tout they would soon reduce their priers, and then the pub lic could purchase their provisions at a fair and res. son•ble rate. If Ministers would consider the sub ject as a subject of interest, they never would renew the Charter.. When trade is depressed the reve nue must sink, and trice versa. We all know that one-tenth of every income find• its way into, the Exchequer, in the shape of taxes; so that if trade was douriehing, and capital increased, then the revenue mid taxes would increase in the same proportion. If the Minister incepted a con sideration for such renewals, it would be nii:st 11111• just as well us foolish, like Ergo selling his birthright for a mesa of porridge. lie would not detain them with explaining the odious nature of monopolies; they have beets deprecated by our ancestors and all writers on government. Adam Smith denominates them nuisances ; and in the last Act of Parliament in which they are mentioned, they are emphatically styled " lit11111111CeS." In the reign of Queen P.lizsbeth many exclusive (orivi leges had bees' granted ; its conseryseepice of which the House of Commons presentrd an Address, to which. her Majesty most graciously answered, that she thanked her faithful Commune for ex posing these harpies ■nd horseleeches (this was tine term she applied to the monopolisers) ; and she assured her faithful Commotis that she erred from ignorance, not from and that she thanked them for exposing an act that would have eternally redounded to her dishonour. He could not believe that Ministers would persevere in a sys tem which always had. and always would create discontent ; but if they did so b lie trusted they would be checked, as their predecessors hod been, by the Representatives of the people.—( Much ap plause.)—He had only to add. that some Resolu tions would be proposed fur their adoption, and a Petition had been drawn up, founded net these Re siilutions, to be presented to Parliament, which would lie on the table for gentlemen to ►ign, to prevent the necessity of. troubling them to return for that purpose. Mr. Nlarryatt, on concluding, received the warmest approbation. The audience bore tesnmony to the poweiful impression which so able a speech was calculated to make upou their minds. T. WiLsots, Esq. M.P. rose for the purpose of proposing the first Resolution. The whole ground had been gone over so ably by their respected Chair man, that it would render ally ob.ervations from I• quite superfluous. He would then simply content himself by submitting the Resolution, %Inch was so sound that he hid no doubt it would meet their unanimous approbation. J. W. BUCILI.S. Esq. rose to second the Resolu tion. He congratulated the meeting on having. the subject ►o ably end so fully handled. He held in his baud an extract from the accounts of the Com pany, from which it appeared. that previous to the reduction of 25 per cent. there were in their hands a sum of 400,000!. and now not lees than 300,000. He sincerely hops& the comniercial interests would never rest satisfied with a reduction of rates, nor with any fixed rates. All the commercial interests required was protection for their property at the lowest possible charges. He Lad the honour of seconding the Resolution, winch was carried nem. eon. Mr. SMITH addressed the meeting oitthe dis tresses resulting to the country from the system of monopolies ; they tended to drive away many foreign traders from the ports of London. FORBES Mitt:HELL, Esq. proposed - the second Resolution. He was of opinion that if they did riot resist the Company, they would be saddled for twenty-one years with all the inconveniericies to which they had been so long subject. He wished to call their attention to ri singular circumsta n ce, !hat would illustrate pretty strongly the eilormous expense of there. Docks. Some years ago a large vessel urine here from Calcutta (the Ilatiings); it was• too large to enter the Docks, sod was obliged to unload in the stream. The ronsequetwe was, that it was then calculated that the expense of un losdn►g in the docks would have been 4904, whereas in the stream it only cost lin/.—(Hear.) Mr. RUOCAS seconded the Resolution, which was carried morniinnusly. Mr. RICARDS rose to propose the third Resolu tion ; and he would beg leave to preface it with one observation. The meeting hwl beeti already so ably addressed as to reorder it quite unnecessary for loin or any one else to addre►s them : but eve►. if it were, lie would be quite unequal to it. The worthy Chairrusn lied alluded to a deputation that waited on lliliniaters relative to this subject, lle had the honour of being one of that deputation, and he certainly never heard a inure able or perspicuous statement than was made to them by Mr. Marryatt, it was such as must have brought home conviction to every hearer. But notwithstanding all his abi lity mid eloquence, they were quite unable to ob tain. a satisfactory onewer; and. he mu* confer. that he should feel indttced to dispair for ever if this Petition were not presented and supported :iy all the influence in that House, which, individitatty and collectively, they could procure. lie hoped their exertions wunld not evaporate on the preseot occasion, for the port of London was swhiecteet h. wester hardships and issuotreetaienen. its tootle (pellet' of these restrictions, than any other pert iet the world. JOIIN MEL. Esq. being called on by the Seem. lacy, said, that lie did not expect to be honoured on the present occasion. However, he was Rot sorry, as it was a subject to which he had paid considerable attention. He woe one of the tosny who thought that any restrictions imposed on com merce mast always be attended with injury to tuition. it was most material in considering th:• question to press on those who were intruated witty the Petition not to give up'one siiije iota, but to ituoist on the full demand. lollioliand goods could loe warehoused for SOL whirls in the Wet, Indite Docks would cost 200L—(Hedr.)—Could we Oleic be surprised to see in the present tunes our troil trodden under foot by such excessive &urges .? and SI the chartered Comporoirs consulted their own interests they would actually come forward Rad demand what we require. If they reiloced there chiuges, and itiereaseol their trade, they would. serve themselves by serving their country, fur the great increase of trade *obid more than compensate hit any Ins* they cowls♦ sustain by the reduction... lle could , not think that hi 4 Majesty's Ministers. *mold oppose them, for lie had understood it was. their intention to ut the question ; It bo'ouied them so to do ; for if they dirt not put their shoulders to the wheel along with them, they would have too foreign triode at all. lie eionclnded by observiug, that as. her as the exertion* of am humble individual' could go they should, have his most cordial cmoperat iiiii „(yeep%) Mr. Alderman A Till NS- wished to know from Mr. wherlier in Holland waretiou,es were indivi dual or public inoperty ? Mr. Ha Et observed, flier in Milani, the Govern► mein and the merchants had joint quays. Mr. Md. AT•rets• then addressed the meeting. He said. that although one of the Dir e ct or , o f th e %Ve.t India Dock Company, lie had always sup-. potted the principle of lair and equal competition, to which principle lie hail that day given his sup port.— (Hear.) . —lle was well acquainted• with the commencement of that Company, arid , became a subscriber to it become! lie thought it would benefit the trade of the country. But an disgusted was he with theipirit of monopoly he discovered, fled he withdrew his subscription until au alteration had. taken place. —( Hear.) Mr. Alderman BRIDGES- lamented exceedingly he had not been present at the commencement. Undoubtedly no question could be of greater im portance than the trade of the port of London. It was a pteatiott iii which he always had, and always would mice a must lively intereet, lie alluded to the commencement of these Docks+, and was ex tremely sorry they had' not proved, what Mr. Pitt so zealously hoped they would be, a benefit to the trade of thin country. It was their duty and his wish that such measures should be taken $l6 to , make she port of London what Mr.. Pitt thought to make it, the great emporium of the world.--- (Hear, hear.) Mr. F. KESIBDE rose to propose a reesolutioo. It was cot his intention to travel over the ground which had been so.obly gone over. 11a was* plain matter-of-fact mercantile man, addressing men of the. same description, although higher in the scale of importance. He would not enter into the ques— tion of political economy. It required no sage tip point out the serious disadvantages that must result front a restriction on commerce, it was deeply im pressed on the minds of all these around him, and he was of opinion that this W4ll a subject that not only concerned those in the foreign trade, but those in the domestic trade, from the highest down. to the lowest retailer. They had been long suffer ing from. this inconvenience. All applications had been treated with a kind of dignified courtesy.— ' (Hear.)—But it was the duty of every hottest man to join hand and heart to put it down. Independent of the expense of these Docks, the system of ma nagement is as bud as human ingenuity could de vise. The speaker then entered into a detail of the manner in which goods are stored there. The sugars are generally warehoused in such a way as to become immediately deteriorated. One would sup pose that the interest, of the Directors would in duce theintu lbok to these things ; but ao it is, and. the experience of twenty years proves that they have not yet learned wioloin. Ile concluded by moving the fourth Resolution. It was secoodtd by Mr. FRAMPTON, and carriedt unanimously. Sir CHARLES PRICE, Bart. held a Resolittion in Ilia hand, which he would have the honour of pro-- posing. He would go further than his worthy Friend who had just vat down ;• for he thought that not only every retailer was concerned, hut every in dividual who could purchase a cup of tea.—(Near.) It had been observed by a Gentleman, whose name he had not the pleasure of knowing, that he came away in despair from the communicstion with Ministers. He (ir Charles) was of opinion they must have some interest in suppurtiog the system. and it was their duty to oppose •11 their exertions,. It was most important to the country to-preserve their commercial interests, and that could best b.: done by attending to domestic comforts. Hi• wished to advert to the out-ports, for it was tow material.that they should be understood by them. They did net complain of the out-ports, bat they complained that they had aniongst them those no the metropolis who deprived them of these mitten mgrs. which us British subjects they had an equal tight to with them.—(Hear.) Mr. Geonat L‘si.t, begged to second the Re solution. He would not detain them with any ob srr►stions, they were quite unnecessary ; all they required was a fair open competition. That dour. • every thisig would go on regularly. Mr. flotsam, (of the Douse of Baring, Bro thers, and Co.) haul • Resolution to propose, and he 1)+14 no doubt the meeting would be mush better pleased if he simply read it. He could not, however, omit this oppurtunity of expressing his most cordial approbation of every - sentimelit dint had been expressed. (Hear, hear.) —Ile con cluded by moving the sixth Resolutiou, which wall