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London, England, 1832-05-19 00:00:00

EDINBURGH, MAY 16, 1532.

AT a GENERAL MEETING of the
COMPANY of MERCHANTS of the CI flr of
EDINBURGH, held this day within their Hab in Hunter_
square.
ROBERT SCOTT, Eeq. Master, in the Chair,
Which day the following Re.olution*, moved by Mr.
ANDREW SCOTT seconded by Mr. JAMES SPITTAL, were
unanimously adopted by the Company :
I. That this Company have learned with feelings of the deepest
regret the late vote of the House of Lords, by which the manage-
meet of the Bill for reforming the Commons House of Parlia-
ment has been taken out of the hands of its friends, and placed in
those of its enemies, a proceeding which, combined with the re-
fusal of his Majesty to exe.tise his royal prerogative in support of
his Ministers, and for the prevention of an otherwise inevitable
collision between the two Houses of Parliament, has rendered
necessary the retirement from office of those Ministers, who, on
principle and with consistency, would hare conducted into law
that measure which this Company consider essential to the
peace, good order, and prosperity of the country.
2. That in these circumstances of disappointment and alarm,
it is matter of much satisfaction to the Company to have ob-
served the Commons expressing its unabated confidence in the
late Administration and renewing it- pledges to support the Bill
for reforming its own Constitution, thereby reviving the hopes of
the community, that threatened calamities may be averted, and
the benefits of a reformed representation obtained by peaceable
and constitutional means.

a. 'Eh t provided the seasonable and salutary advice and prayer'
of the House of Commons to his :Majesty, shall fail in obtaining
the restoration or appointment of a Ministry pledged to carry a
Reform equally efficient and extensive as the Bill now pending,
this Company consider the crisis will have arrived which will
warrant that Honourable House in exercising its constitutional
control over the sutplies for cam ing on the Government.
4. That the commercial interests of the country having al-
ready suffered so deeply from the long-protracted agitation of this
question, this Company consider that the speedy enactment of a
law embracing the measure of Parliamentary Reform proposed
by the late Ministry, is of essential importance to the trade and
commerce of the country.
5. That a petition, founded on these resolutions, be presented
by the Company to the House of Commons, and that this peti-
tion be forwarded to Francis Jeffrey, FAq., with a request that he
will present it to the House.
Extracted from the Minutes of the Company by
WALTER JOLLIE, Conjunct Clerk.

ROYAL ACADEMY, SOMERSET HOUSE.
THE EXHIBITION of the ROYAL
ACADEMY is NOW OPEN.
Admission (from Eight o'clock till Seven), One Shilling.
CatAloEue, One Shilling.
HENRY HOWARD, R. A. S,,cretary.

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3IEMORIALS of HAMPDEN, his
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By LORD NUGENT.
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DR. LABDNER'S CABINET CYCLOPIEDIA.
In Monthly Volumes, small Svo. 6 ix cloth.
On June 1, being Vol. XXXI. of the above,
HISTORY of SWITZERLAND.
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On July 2, HISTORY of SPAIN and PORTUGAL,
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Pub ished May 1, HISTORY of SPAIN and POR-
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