The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-11-08 00:00:00

That the axe onts which have bees made to
obtain as interview with the Right Hon. Jobs Atkins,
the Lord Mayor, fully justify this Meeting in coacluding
that his Lordship has kat the &suedes of his high authority
to the Report which we an now to entesioler.
That the assertions made by the Right Rua. the Lord
Mayor, as expressed is the relict Report of TNIII Ransom
Pans, and other Papers, of Tuesday, October 11, are an
founded in face, and inapplicable to us as a body of irides.
mes. We deny the imputation therein esoisioed. We have
so wish to obtrude either eisnelves or use professing as the
notiee of the public, on agitate • .abject involving that
respect which is due to the Cork Chair; but the unsparing
sad isditerintinate censure isdolged in by hi* Lordship no
-that *religion, and so widely circulated by the public
Papers, iniperioosly dreasods 401011 us, as men estimating
the value and importance of character, sa public • corns-
diction. We, therefore, solemnly affirm, that we hove no
interest incompatible with the good seder of society, new
do we hold out einvoingesion so soy breach of moat obli-
gation; we ourselves are as much, or mon, interested (from
the extent mid nature of our penossf otiosity) in the pro
serration of public hotiesty, than any other society of mem.
Tint Moo no persons mono have the this
kingdom ever received such deferring and respect art from
the pawnbrokers, who, cosactotie that • public rejoin,
prevails against them, sod that an injurious expression
from • Janice, however hasty or improper, is immediately
eireolated through the Rimpire,have too gently submitted to
aspersion which they oner merited, sod received reproofs
when they have deserved commesdation. That this into
'Wiwi evaded has failed in in expected effect, and, that as
character is the primary object of every bosom man's am.
buses., we are hound oleos then collectively slandered, to
express is a body our sense of this grievou. aggression.
That if it be the desire of hi. Lenolskip to reduce the
profession in the slate is which be hill represented 11‘ it
canon be mole effeetsey dose than by the onion •bie-h
he I. resorting to, as every malt of honour and character
may be Wined thereby to quit it, and the orsigenry of II tbir
HMIS woslel offer • string isineement to unprincipled per-
sons to moon their place. That whenever the stoic
vilely censured, it generally happened that the *object of
complaint is hide more this a vehicle to coney the abuse.
In the ponest onsialoce a cursory reader would conclude that
une bundled ponds had been lest fur the porpoise of
obtaining twenty, when the fact is, eleven ponnole eightees
shillings soil sispeine were all 'bat was *Avineri', and had the
goods bee. redeemed in a month, there shillings sod otia-
pence would have pan for the use of it. The oink*
too, so &Ileum appearing to be the property of one having
no
occasion to pledge, were a parcel of odd spouse, MD old
sod worn as to be well" foe use.

That io comideriag the peculiar circumstances of this Re.
port, it is vexatious to this Meeting to be (Mewl to rovarrient
am what it is feared may be thought trivial. Yet a strange
asserima requires ibis reply—that irlais Lordship bad .isle.
ed to addioce au teatime of the Pawalirokers' I wipuvidrest
waste of their money, be could nut have curds swagger
that, that they sumetimes take iu odd volumes of Preach
sad Spanish works. It is admitted that to ells harry of
boobies. they may base dime so, for they suasetimes through
a mails, oversight taken in add stuekiags, bet it is obvious
such Things will out titmice their mature by b. iug ia their
possession, soul panel produce termite kiss wh. u they ire
parted with. it is leaped me man could be billy esough is
lead more than sixpeure ois mach a book, as it is rentals
that if be did, twopence is all it would prduce him, for be
mast sell it for Iroise paper.
.

It is deeply to be r;sr'etied that the Right Han lbe lo►d
Mayor should bare sionetiourd by hla example the Modal.
'steer smelt orboirsale caisson,. If amstral bodies of oars
two is be irstimed sad •ilrbed by swropmg sanersions dr.
assnetag all for individual act•, she.. is no estimable, im-
portant, or secret iaslsttttirs I. suotiety lost "bet may los
sitivekod in the same libber.' said arjonotillaide .arms.
Perfretiaa is out the attribute of bessitaisp.-lortiory ud

daily et. nts prove slat the most merest lusaWte imittitiosts
are mot exempt from sets of delimpresmy antorsgst their
asearreret parts.
Thet we tenant pass over the prrorel ripprwhieity of pubs
(laity expressing titer gratitude to these bostaerable soil
liberal-minded blagissratirs who, knowing the diffietritims we
are repined to from the native of err profession, work
the dieliwethse between team of dlserrowerot owl erinsiwal
lemetiou, sad whose ram rimier we ore gungdmit bits for.
eisbed them with sorb authentic pnrufs as fully justify the
(severable epioiun they Cult stain of our integrity sad es-
setstml utility.
That Ibe Thsoks of this klertiog are swanimoosly stotrti
the Chairman fur his titillation to the 'Merest of the
Trade, said fur his impartial conduct is. the Chair.
That them Itesuluttum be plabliabed sad Messed by him.
JOHN ROBERTSON.