The Sun.
London, England, 1827-10-31 00:00:00

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS.

COUNTRY DIARY.—FeInsv, Nov. 2.
Griffiths, H., Swansea—Public rooms, Swansea ll
Grimston and Co., Preston—Mr. Noble, Preston 1
Hagarty, J.; Liverpool—Clarendon-buildings, Liverpool
Ham, W., West Coker—White Hart, Bath
Harrison, W., Manchester—Clarendon-buildings, Liverpool 1.
Haselden, W., Liverpool—Clarendon-buildings, Liverpool 12
Hird, R., Wakefteld—Sessions-house, Wakefield ......
Hooton and Co., Bordeslev—Royal hotel, Birmingham U
Hudson, T., Ramsgate—Guildhall, Canterbury
May and Co., Deal—Guildhall, Canterbury 1
Sayner and Co., Leeds—Court-house, Leeds ll
Tunstall, G., Worcester—Crown, Worcester l2
West, W., Trowbridge—George, Trowbridge 1

INSOLVENTS APPLYIN(
Petitions to be heard at Portugi
Nov. 3,
Hudson, J., Bell-street, Mary-I

G TO BE DISCHARGED,
ral-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields,
AT NINE. •
'Merrick, W., Holloway
Moore, J., Que.:a-street, Edge.

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Levison, W., Carburton.street,

Fitzroy-street
M'Carty, D., Tothill-street
Mooney, 8., Cartwright-street,
Rosernary-larie I

ware.rod—
Stackhouse, T., Ostend
Watson, J. jun., Stoke New
ington

COUNTRY.—At the Court-hc
at Ten
Blakey, T., Mould-green
Nicholls, J., Leeds
At Plymouth,
Baker, J., Plymouth

ruse, at Wakefield, November 2,
Sykes
and Co., Sheffield
Taylor, R.,. Wooley
ov. 3, at Ten.
iHislep, J., Plymouth

ABUSES IN TRADE.

(FROII A CORRESPONDENT OF THE TI)tES.)
Six,--You have very properly called the at-
tention of your readers to the abuses in trade :
by pursuing your inquiries, and tracing these
evils to their source, you will confer a great be-
nefit upon the community, and render an essen-
tial service to the fair and honourable tradesman,
who is most seriously annoyed and aggrieved,
and between whom I fear, and a set of unprin-
cipled sharpers, who practise the grossest impo-
sition under the deceptive appearance of cheap
selling, you have not made a sufficient distinc-
tion. When I shall open further to view the '
manner in which these deceptions are carried on,
and trace them to the fountain-head, it will be a
matter of astonishment how these practices could
be carried on to such an extent, and how persons
of common understanding, much less those in a
superior and the highest ranks in life, could be
so deluded—but
" Doubtless the pleasure is as great,
In being cheated, as to cheat."
There has within the last few years been a com-
plete revolution in business, Articles of supe-
rior excellence are no longer sought after, goods
of the very worst description have a vent, and,
provided they appear cheap, little anxiety is
evinced as to the honesty or dishonesty by which
they have been obtained. Such is the prevail-
ing mania, that persons even in the highest
ranks of life are become the most notorious bar-
gain hunters : deserting the fair and regular
trader, they are running after a set of adven-

turers, bankrupts in character, as most of them
have been in fortune ; thus encouraging, and, as
it were, holding out a premium for dishonesty.
The carriages of Peers, of Members of Parlia-
ment, of lawyers, physicians, divines, and ma-
gistrates, are daily to be seen at these resorts ;
nay, indeed, it is said that one of the most pro-
minent bargain-hunters in the town, is the wife
of one of the Judges, making proselytes of her
friends and acquaintance ; and, what might per-
haps be least expected, the contagion has reached
the ladies of some of our merchants and bankers,
who may often be seen in these groups.
While this rage continues, and such induce-
ments are held out to trickery and dishonesty,
can, it be- a matter of wonder that our manufac-
tures, instead of improving in excellence, are de-
teriorated, that they are often superseded in
foreign markets by. those of other countries ?
Can it create surprise that business is in a state
of stagnation, that the fair trader and the repu-
table manufacturer are reduced to insolvency, and
that the most ingenious and skilful of our arti-
sans and workmen are thrown out of employ-
ment ? There are those who are well versed in
the science of political economy, who discourse
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profits on
loovlallgtteihsae,dseae t(tlohptehi caesg,rai
agricultural
redundant
u whora deplore
thetolnie,
and consequent misery and distress : and yet
many of those individuals, by their own conduct
and example, or that of their ladies, conduce to
this deplorable state of things.
It is not my present intention to'dilate upon
these topics further. It is a wide field, and I
may resume the subject should you deem this
worthy of insertion ; but I shall proceed to give
you very accurate information as to the manner
in which these unprincipled persons are set afloat
in business, the way in which they are supplied
with goods, and the description of goods with
which they are supplied. This, Sir, will tend to
elucidate and corroborate most of the facts you
have stated in your articles on the subject, and