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• SAST-I.E.•DIA HOCSE, Anwar" 22,1813.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS• of the UNI7E*
COMPAAvr of MERCHANTS e' ENGLAND, trelog
to'the EAST INI.:DES, Jo het-rho:ire Notice,
That a General Court of the said Company, will he held, by
Adjournment, at their House, In Leadeultall-street, on Tuesday
sett, the Seth instant, at Etevest o'Ci.oce in the Fottestoore,
PRECISELY, to take foto further consideration the Papers laid
by the Coen of Direct ors before the Gateral Court on the kb et
this Month. I JAMES COEB, ilidstaNl4eavkirs
MANSION4RAI:;E, JANUARY 111, 1111 S.
AT a FtbrYnumerous and highly respectable
MEETING of MERCHANTS, BANKERS, TRADs
au, sad ethers inteseeted in preserving the IMPOR C 'TRAM;
from INDIA and CHINA to the CITY and PORT of isOkie
DON, held la the EGYPTIAN-HALL :
The Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR, la the Chair t
Resolved, on the motion of Hemar Esq. seconded by
Roams]) CASIPB2I.I. BAZZTT, Esq. That for a long series et
years, the East.lndia. and China Trades have been exelvelvely
cazried.on to and (rpm the Port.uf London, under thee:prom
provisions of various Acts of Parliament made for that purpose, '
both before and-since the partial opening of :he Trade, on she
bet renewal of the East In&a Company's Charter.
Rooked, on the motion of Sir Roster WIORAM, Bart. in.
cooded Wm. FALILLit, Esq That and .r the regulations of
tbdse Acts, and the restrictions thereby in'roduced, numerous
Haase, of his Majesty's subjects have established themselves le
London in different branches of • bodiless connected with the
East India and China 'Trades, and have for the purpose of carry-
ing on the same, formed %Omissive eatabliehnients, and embarked
large capitals; and that for the purposes of this etude as now
conducted by the East India Company, and by Individuals, ware-
homes have been built in the metropolis, and wet docks have
been formed in NI vicinity, at an imnnsense expence ; and yeti'
large spms have been invested in the *hipping employed therein
almost wholly by persons in I.ondon, and those inintedioteli
concerned in the East India and China Trades.
Resolved, on the motion of JOON JOONSTONt. F.aq. seconders
by Jour+ Homier PALNIIIR, IE4. That it appears by the I.rinted
, journals and votes of the last Parliament, that numerous applier
dons were then made from the out-parts and provincial towns 4
the united kingdom, with a view to the East India arid CMGs
trades being carried on to and from such out-ports, should them ,
trades be still further laid open at the expiratien et sheFastliella
Company's present charter : and from a letter of the Right Hoes 1
the 1-resident of the Commissioners foe the Affairs of India,
dated the 4th of January, 1818, to the Honourable the East India
Company, it now further appears, that the Ministers cif big
litoyalHighness the Prince Regent's Government, bare abant
countenance to the object of such applications as fares therriewg.
late to the Exit India trade ; and that this Meeting feels •
deeply interested In any measure of this extended eaters; es die
gime must materially affect the numerous classes and descriptions
of persons now engaged in these trade:, which, whether mined ,
es they now are, or %miser any extension thereof, must orttientaa
rily form the means of support to those who have ambesied
therein, and to whom any removal or dispersion of the traikvoil
be highly injurious and detrimental.
Resolved, on the motion of RICNAIDSON BOIIADAILI, Ear. .
seconded by FRADZILICK MOLLINGI,.EIq. That the expeLlo
of many years has proved, that the Legislature, by condor to
the metropolis the trade of India and China, has benefit:loy
created one large and open market, enabled purchasers to meet
in one pekoe, preserved to importers the foil benefit of coatipede
tion, and to purchasers the advantage of the greatest assortment,'
and the best opportunity for their respective selections ; and that
.:•et means thereof the revenue has been most effectually secured
land materially benefitted.
Resolved, :I the motion of RICNA RV Twirciara, jun. Esq. se•
corded by Jousts TAT Lea, Esq. That by the present method of
conduct rg the import trade, and its being conftm4 to the poet
of London, smuggling is in a greet degree prevented, and the ad-
valorem duties are collected, not only with the utmost etatuges
and facility, but on the full value of the commodity, and at the
least possible expencc to the nation : whereas should the import
trade be dispersed, smuggling could not be prevented; and not
oily would the revenue be exposed to this 10-s, now so effects...
ally guarded against by well-proved regulations in the collection,
but the duties paid ad-valorem would be matertilty diminislisd
by the want of those regular markets, and that concentrated
competition by which they are 311 W secured and augmented.
Resolved, on the motion of THOMAS Baowsr, Esq. seconded
by Was. Davis, Esq. 'I hat as the most considerable part of the
articles imported tram India are for foreign constimp.ion it has
been the practice to make the sales in London at fixtsi periodseil
the year best suited to attract the purchasers from abroad, and
to have the gt eatset ty of each species of goods put up to
sole at one tame, that their demands may be more extensively
supplied, and their motives for visiting this country strengthened;
but if the present salutary system should be changed, it woo*
be impossible so to regulate the sales at the different out-Orfil-
point of time, or assortment of goody, as to induce the • . •
merchant to corn: ta this country, and this. circumstance • t 4
not only occasion a vet y matetal diminution of the large menet
arcing trom Indian importations, but would bet %lily detrain*.
tat to the manufacturing interers of the country; as it is an in
disputable fset, that the foreign merchant, induced to come t
London, as betng the sole emporium for Ir.lnui produce, p
chases to a still more consideraltleratent the manufactures of
. !Juiced Kingdom.
Resolved, on Ore motion of Charles Hampden Turner. Esq
seconded by It obert Humphrey Martin, Esq.• That ho silvan
tapes,
tares, cornmen,urate with these sacrifices, and whh the .
which would be sus•alited by the numerous clams of peeve
now carrying on the trade In London, will be tilialce,l by ,
public at large from its dispersion in the out-ports, and that m
a radical alteration in the system now rtabliehed bf law cool
only In justice, he made upon an indemnification to those wk.
would be injured by the change.
Resolved,.on the motion of Mr. Sheriff Blades, seconded •
Sir Robert Wigsam, Ban. That a Petition be presented to hot
Houses ce Parliament, In the names of the Merchants, Bank
Traders, and others of the City ant' port of London. Interest
in the Fast-Iticlia and China import trades, praying that t
homeward trade from India and China may be continued rt
sleety to the port of London.
Resolved, on the motion of Henry Smith, Esq. seetinded by
Robert Wipeam. Bart. 1 hat the Petition now read,be the P .
dots to both Houses of Parliament, and Chit the same be
by those present, and do Lay for signature at the City of •. • •
Tavern until the Ist of Pebruary next.
Resolved, on the motion of W. Cotton. Esq. seconded •
Robert Humphrey Marten, Esq. That the Members of the Cit
of London and Westminster, the Borough of Southwarit,
counties of Middlesex, Riser, Surrey, and Kest, be requested
support the Prayer of the Petition in Parliament, when any
ciosion on the subject shall take place.
Resolved, on the motion of Abel Chapman, Esq. seconded
Mr. Sheriff Blades,That the Comminee of Merchants, by w •
this Meeting basbaen convened, be requested to continue
manent • uring the discussions in Parliament, and to use the.
best endeavours to promote the object of this meeting.
Resolved, on the motion of Abel Chapman. Esq wended •
Mr. Sheriff Blades, That the thanks of this Means( be given t •
the Committee for their continued and unremitting attention
this important subject.
Resolved, on the motion of John Taylor, Esq. seconded .
William Cotton, Esq. That these Resolutions be published In th
Morning and Evening papers. SCHOLEY, Mayor.
The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor having retired fr. ••
the Chair, the same was taken by Sir Robert %Vagrant, B
and it was thereupon moved, by Richard Campbell itazett, ' •
seconded by Aldermau Heygate, and unanimously Resolved
That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Right Hon. t •
Lord Mayor for his able, polite, and impartial conduct in t
Crhairs and far the 146 C of sike lariats J-1811 on this occasion.
9.OIIERT WIG