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London, England, 1804-05-02 00:00:00

W.gDNESD4Y. MAY 2 13C4.

LINEN TRADE OF IRELAND:

AT 3 MEE LING .of the MERCHANTS, MA-
NO FAcTu E RS, and. others concerned in. the
IRISH LINEN. TRADE, summoned by, Public Notice,
aad held at the Linen-Hall, Dublin, on Thursday., ith
April,- 1804, for the-purpose of considering the expediency of
presenting a Petition to the Imperial Pai•liainent, .praying
Repeal of the Dutylately • impbsed on the Export of Irish
Linens to Foieign Market-4 . .

Al,:ermau CRC) ruERS in the chair ;
Resolved, That it appears to this Meeting that a Duty ex- .
tending front t t-3d to 4 per Cent. advalOrern, has.beeitlately •
laid by the Imperial PArlianient, upon the Export -of Irish
Linens to Foreign Markets.
Resolved, That the Bounties formerly granted by
.the Le-
gislature of Great Britain.and Ireland, on the Export of Irish
Linens, tended in a very eminent degree to the extension and
improvement of the inen Manufa.fture,of this Kingdom. by -
enabling i• to meet the FabrickS of the Continent at Foreign
Markets, on equal terms ; and it appears to. this Nleeting.
that these Bounties have been alike the result of wisdom and
necessity. . .
Resolved, That it appears to this Meeting,, that if
,the
Bounty on the Export of Linens has had the etE7CI of pro-
muting and extending the Linen Trade of this Country, .the
operation of this Duty must be attended .with a direct con-
trary elect. -
kesolVed, That it appears to this Meeting that the Rates
of Linens have within the space of. a few years advanced on
the Irish Manufaciurer in • the proportion of at least ao•per
Cent.
Resolved; That it appears to this Meeting that the Exert
of Linen Cloth from this Kin,-,lnitt -ttas from the year 1790,
little vanati:Jii, continued to i.ecline.
Resolved, That it appears to this Meeting, that under these
circumstances we cannot but feel an extreme anxiety from
,the operation of a Ditty Which must so materially :aid our
Staple Manutadure at • yoreign Markets, and the obvious
tendency of which is to deprive.us of the only means we had
.. of -there contending with the Fabricks of Germany, France,
•and Russia.
R,:solved, That it appears to this Meeting, that a Petition
should be finthwitli presented to -the huller-141 Parliament,
praying for a discontinuance of the Duty on the Export of
rich Linens, and that a Committee be. appointed to prepare
said. Petition, and submit it to this Meeting-on. Saturday next,
and that the following Gentlemen be, and they are hereby
appoin,ted a Committee for said purpose :
Alderman Crothers, William Harkness, ESq...
Hugh llama', Esq. Nich. Fleming, Esq.
Denis Thos. O'Brien, Esq. . Francis Beggs, Esq.
john Allen, Esq. , James Esq.

DUblip, Saturday, April (Lk acia.
AT a EETING held by adjoutoent from.
HUGH SaturdMay the 7th inst. m
CROTHERS, Esq; in the Chair;
The Committee appointed reported a Petition to the Im-
perial Parliattient. " praying that the Linen Manufacittres
or this Country may be exempted from the Export Duty to
Foreign Markets," svhichheing received and read,
Resolved, That the Petition, as it-has now been read, do -
stand the Petition of this Meeting ; that. it be engrossed and
signed, and that our Chairman da forthwith forward it to
the Right Hon. jOHN FOSTER, with a request from this
Meeting, that he will be pleased to present it to the_ I mpe-
fiat Parliament, and give it the support of his great abilities
and perfect know lenge of the subject.
Resolved, That our.Chairinan, and such of the Gentlemen
present as can conveniently Attend, do wait on our w rthy
Representatives, lotia Latouche and Robert Shaw, Esqrs.
(or, it absent, apply to them by Letter) praying their con-
currence in Parliament,- in support of our Petition.
Resolved, Thar this Meeting cannot close its proceedings
without feeling a sentiment of grateful recollection or the
many eminent services rendered by the Right Hon. it /1-IN
YOST E tit, to the Trade and Manufactures of this Kingdom
id general, and to whose ersevering assiduity and superior
talents its Linen NlailufaCturz in particular stand so hignly
indebted.
Resolver& That nor Chairman, in transmitting the Peti-
tion to Mr. FOSTER, do accompany it with. a Copy of
these Resolutions, and our cordial expressions of the most
mpodful acknowledgment.
lIUCH CROTHERS, Chairman. -
Mr. Alderman Crothers having left the' Chair, and Wil-
liam Harkness. Esq. being called to it, -
Resat ied, That the Thanks of t his, Meeting be returned to
our kvortio, Crothers, Esq. fur his very
polity and proper Conduct tu the Chair.
Resolved, That these Proceedings he published.
WILLIAM HARKNESS..

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