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TAX ON PIG IRON.
I ATa General Meeting of Iron Masters, princi-
pal Iron Merchant,. Manufseturers, and Exporters of
Iron Wore., and others concerned in Makieg, Mantes/hiring,
and Vending Irnu, and Iron and Steel IV:0111", held on the
15th of April, IRO6, in the Crown and Anchor Tavern„
in the Strand, pursuant to publ.c notice, at which were
',resew, a very romiderable number of persons of the shore
desriirtiono, siting on behalf of thernseves, and many of
Ihem. o Deputies also, from the Trade, in dimwit Pore of
the Empire--
WILLIAM GIBBONS, Esq. in the Chair.
When the following Gentlemen were appointed a Cori.
mittec :
WM. TaM, for Clouds Wales,
Jo h°l Walk", t for Yorkshires
John Slivers,
Themes Botfield, (or Shreoshire; .
Thomas F.dingti.n, for Stinlond,
John A. A.drlittihroollie, for Staffordshire, •' I •
IVin. pont, for London,
Thomas Hadley, tor Birmingham ;
Who after taking into s-rious consiiieratim, en theca:ft.
that it is the duty of al good subjects to contribute,
murreutior reluct.ince, to all just and reasonable in. •
mar dnl by the necessities of the State, and to pies
in leering the same ; urd ori the other hood, that it Is the •
duty of all mro haring particular miens of information wren
s..bjects in which the national welfare is concerned, to sidneit
'their opinion of the same to Government, with all due deep.
trice ; considering a'arr, that the Individuals present at liii
M.-etiirc. tumid be generally affected by the proposed Tao,
without a e...sideraole consequent shock to the National pros-
verity, proposed the following Resolutions, which were unanie
mend, agreed to
loco
Resolsed—That the making of Native Iran from the
Ore, is, in the opinion of this Meeting, one of the moat tee*
portant hlanefact ores of the Country, as tending to resider the
Natitm independent of foreign rupply, for an Anicht of the
.a.. a..m•••••••.0.. AL •

fused wealth, and the nurse,/ of a most valuable and incteetimg
population
tdiy. Resolved—That this Manufacture, although greatly
improved and incieased, within a few sears, is yet by no means
so far polecat, or so firmly established, as to be able to bear
the proposed Tax, which, in the opinion of this Meeting, must
hart the efeet of nearly annihilating our export trade; even
now very mate,ially interfered with, by the Manufactures of
Iron Wares abroad. and of creatly diminishing oar home coo-
sumptiOn, and will, at the same time, give an advantage to
the competition of Foreign loon imported, which it duos as
now possess.
.3.11 y. Resolved—That the prompted Tax will be opprersive
to the Manufacturer, by the consequent nenirenty of an in-
crease of about one third of their present capitals, which are
in general already inadequate to the most advantageous punting
of the trade, and by subjecting it to the regulations of the Ex-
cise, which cannot, in the opinion of this Meeting, be se
modified as to provide an adequate security against flaurf, with-
, sin creating enabarrassinent, which will be oppresses and ruin-
ous to tha Trade.
4thly. Resolved—That it will be oppressive to the public,
by its necessarily advancing the price of art:clts in their pro-
grew from the raw n.aterial to their finished state.
ResnlYed.w.riat it wilt be unjust to subjeel Iron to a
heavy and oppressive tax, whilst tin, copper, lead, wool, and
Other has 171,tte,hlk, the produce of the CuelOtte, and the pro-
duction or hemp, timber, and other used stores, in our dia.
Lint dependences, will continue to be encouraged by bounties
and protections, a!thougli Iron is the meat important, and
stands most in need of protection.
6th. Resolved... That from the nature of the articles manu-
factured, it ail be exarerue:y difficult, if not totally irupracti•
cable, si form proper regulations for the calculation of the
drawbacks; a id even if a sufficient dtawback could be allowed,
it would at nr .. mine time, in a reat in.wsure, defeat the ope-
ration of the Tax.
7th. Resalvol-sThat it is utrw;ce and imprudent, Irvesee
Government are great cormoniers if lion, for the sapidy cf
ordnance and meal etore,, toe cost of which wi'l be mute.
chanced be the tax

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Ilth. Illesolved--.4hat the Chairman and the Gentlemen
denisitA from the c...intry cl, wait ilia, the Fir.t Lord of thse
Tres, Jrv, and the Chariot:tor of the Exchequer, with II .
these Resdotins, and request theta to accept the Thrsiau
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this %feeling for the aateuti.m which hat been sheen to the
representati.an. already sohnsitted to them, and for the reach-
now wilt which they agreel to postpone the second reading or
the Bill.
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9th. Beselveal-.-Thst th•se Resolutions be signed by the
Chairman, and published an the London and provincial News*
pa All. WILLIAM GIBBONS, Chairman.
Reisolsed—That the Thanks if this Meeting be Riven
in the criairinan, for his unwearied 'neutron and exam,.
lien an this and all f.arner occasions, for the beneht of the
Iron trade in gametal.

FASHIONABLE GLOSSY BOOTS AND SHOES.
NAT BAYLEY bets leave to recommend the
• rase o: his PATENT BLACKING CAKES, wbigh
for rbote than thirty year. pant, have been found superior to
any thine°, the }clod offered to public rewire.
The I.:Parkin mid, from these Cake., with Water wolf,
will kovp the Leather .o(t, Otani' and mellow, to the evy
lair, and give it the nowt beeutifol Wink Gloss, net of the
Jaoan hue, which is modrtred by wring Vtlletar instead of
Water, or Vit•itil mixed with Water; but it should be obi
sewed, that the corrosive quality of either is itatterne:y
Som. to the Leather.
There being many eoultstfeit Cakes, sold by unptinri-
pled Person., nettle rnembling the true toes it epees-
move, the Patentee We tw otateive, thnt they may be dittia•
muud by his Name hn the Label tieing d ffetently spelt, or the
word (at) or 'is formeilv) Mantic, liefote the word In'iw`wd •'
The roulne Cakes bite engraved Label. pasted on poem.
with these words : " By the King's 1 atent, Cake. roi shin ,or
Liquid Blackimr, plepat-d by VI Nas ey, the Patent
•• and sod by syley and Blew, C:icksi:u istreet, Lo,,' o.:
PriceSnioence nett, whivb w1:1 teaks a toll pint of track.
tog. A large allowance la made to Chase eke hut them for
eliminating, or to tell *phi, with a liberal Dimatwat to stilt
as take Quantities 1., 'Real", Monet.
N. The Bill, ef Dine net
an signed as bele:likelier".
pausal tie outstrip 'death Cake.

m .red danger appear, to be found invtromental to the pbblic *mite.
4th a-'fhat the piescnt meeting do adjourn until the new
arrangement% nn. pending in Parliament are passed lege a law;
Hill, also. the Chairman be imposered, and respsested. to gall ace-
lbw 1001611 i. t• further thototoreintenrsts of ghe Orme
&goo :Ith ✓.. That the Thanks of this Meeting be piece to the
gmat Chairman, for his impartial conduct, and polyp attention go , •
the litnniess of the evening.
umit That the above ✓solutions ►e inserted in The British Press, •