Star.
London, England, 1815-03-21 00:00:00

1.7111 ER 8751.,

BIRCH, MAYOR,
t COMMON COUNCIL, holden in the Cham.
h(r of the Guildhall of the City of London, on Monday,
(lay of March, itl1:1;
That this Court has viewed with feelings of asto-
. -lit :los wief,the proceedings in Parliament relative to a
• ini; further Restrictions upon the importation of Corn.
' • •:, :wish.taittiteg the veice of the country has been con-
?(• and most decidedly declared against that measure
.:13, which in point of number, and the number and re-
, „I,t) of the signatures thereto, have not been exceeded in

:I;.ury of these realms, the Howe of Commons has passed
.141 Bill; and its proceedings thereon have been marked
ttlia precipitarty, and a pertinacious adherence to the most oh-
,Niou• hatures thereof, which plainly evinces an utter disregard
the trait gs of the people, and of that public opinion whose
i:‘iught to be.
z•
Thit we have observed in the other House of Parliament the
irecipitancy and the sante determination to resist Ihrther
spiry. or to hear evidence, notwithstanding a Committee of
..at Itii;ht Hon. House had !rated last Session that the investl-
- was not complete, and that funher enquiry would be ne.
s,ty before any alt,Tation takes place in the laws affecting the
ult.t., of the Growers and Consumers of Corn.
•fht 3; have seen the Mini.ters of the Crowo, with the same

.fregirJ of the genera voice of the country, and whose especial
xi it was to watch over the interests, not merely of the Land-
Arne,. hut of the community at large, lend the sanction of their
y to the support of a measure which in its operation can-
, a :.:1 of proving most seriously hijurtotis to the manufacturing
• coatniercial interests or the kingdom, in a very high degree
to the Fuor, and dangerous to the tranquillity and
.!!ey 0! the empir:.
n..ra humble l'etition be presented to his Royal Highness
It OUNCE RaGCNT, praying him to extend his Royal Protec-
or to int eret su cl..sely conotcted with the prosperity of these
;,y withholding, on behalf of his Maje-ty, his Royal As-
-1: to the said Dal; and further praying hi, Royal Highness to
;,se.e, the Commulls Hzuse of Parliament, who have furnished
•It• in,st en r:u.ive evidence that they do not support the in-
Itftr,, nor rqre,ent the feelings or opinion of the People.
Roolvi d, I hat a Committee be appointed, assired by the
ttv Othcers, to withdraw and prepare the sane ; and, being re-
x:, d, presen• ed the Draft of a Petition to his Royal Highness
P+ince Rector, which was read and agreed to.
F.esolvetl, .1 hat the Thanks of this Court be given to the
.:;at Hnn. Lord G Nirtl.l. e, tor hie vet y firm, able, and pen
n t-
iros, in opposition to the Corn Bill, and particularly for
,t re.:!2r.d lbiiity with Wok's he supported this City'* Petition
t the same.

ftts, Wed, Tint the Thanks of this Court be given to the

:h: lion. Earl Geer, fur his zeelons and able conduct on the
vraston; and to the rest of the Peers isho opposed the
. .

'. gill.

nrwlvecl, That the Thanks of this Court be given to Mix-

7is i3Asiso, E‘q. and FRANCIS HORNER. Eitl. for their shit
&fatigable exertions in opposing the Corn NU in the Ho.
• . House of Commons.

,Iveti, Chat the Malik, of this Court be given to the Re-
tto:nts:ives of this City in Parliament, and the rest of the
,lothwr; of the Honourable House of Commons who opposed
Corn Bill. WOOLYIHORPE.

E.187-1A 1)14 h OUS E, February 92, 181 S.
iIHE COURT of DIRECIVRS of the UNITED
I. comr,tivre- MERCHANTS of ENGLAND, tradias
hereby give notice,
ti!e Quartisly General Court of the said Compaoy, ap-
.n)lttsi to be held at their 'louse, in Leadenhall-street, on
VEDNESDAY, the 9.M March next, at Eleven o'Cleck in the
drcuoor, is made Special, for the purpose of laying before the
':oimeturs a Report hose the Committee aPPolined b 1 else at'
u.:-I Court un the Yild June; isle, to inspect the Bye Laws.
11.4: Court of Directors do hitcher give notice, That at the
General Court a Resolution of the Court of Directors of the
~.h ult. permitting the Rev. Dr. }UNLIT to retire from his
1:.• as Principal of the East-India College, upuu a Pension of
Annum, will be laid before the said General Court for
tikir a ill...U.:lien, agreeably to the 19th Section of that tith Chapter
he Cornrany's Bye-Laws.
Ali; a Resaution of the Court of Directors of the Ist in.:
appohait.r, Mr. Richard CAIN GLYN,of the Bengal Civil
:mce, a temporary Assistant to the Professors in the Oriental
fartment at the College, with a salary of £4OO per Annum, and
allow:tat': of ,CI 00 per Annum for liouse-rent, for the period
thr riracity, will ai,u he Lid before the said Ge-
tral*Court for their appt obation, agreeably to the 18th Section
the Wh Chapter of the Company's Bye-Laws.
ALAI that t. c Coact will also he 111,1 d on other Special
T.:10 J.IIIIES coBB, Suretrty.