Star.
London, England, 1815-03-04 00:00:00

idEETINGS ON THE CORN BTLL.
MANCHESTER.
TIIE LARGE ROOM OF THII EXCHANGE
BUILDINGS, MANCHESTER.
T a very numerous and respectable PUBLIC
IsIEETING of the Inhabitants of the Towns of Man.
r .intlSalford, to take into 'moldered's the measures now
~, in the House of Commons relative to the PRICE of
and the propriety of petitioning Parliament against the
ploing into Law;
it uH HORNBY BIRLEY, Esq. Boroughroooo of Man.
cheater, in the Chair ;
It was unanimously Resolved,
. lbat the great importance of Trade and Manufactures in
.;nontry bas been fuUy evinced during the period of the NW
by enabling us to call forth resources impracticable in elbji
• that was merely agricultural.
Ma a large exportation of our Manufactures is die**
an to their support; and their sale in Fort* 114rbp
11,e insured only by their superiority and cheapness.
~ neat the great extension of Manufactures in France. Saris.
Germane, and the Netherlands, where they possess don
se advantage. trout the low price gibbose, Is severed/ kit*,
. country, and i. truly alarming.
i. 'fiat the proposed restrictions on the Importation of Coil
tet materially raise its face, and consequently that of evert
ter visict of provision. ; and as a great propertioo of It
manufactures it and must be mimed, It wia be us
hie to carry on competition with the Continent for nip
rh of time. if the projected measure be adopted.
That whilst the Landed Interest was enriched by the war,
e class of Manufacturers sustained, Lt a variety of ways, ire'
.vieA pressure.
e. That no policy can he more short-sighted or unjust, than that
• rich would redress the temporary grievances of a part of the
• .aunuuity by permanently sacrificing the best interests of the
.10k.
7. That the sense of the Country having been generally mad
. expressed last year against this measure, further rept*.
,;.,lions have lii.lierto been abstained from • more especially le
n,equence of the relief expected to be afforded to both lands
d and tenant, by the cessation of the Property Tax.
F. That under these circumstances, the proposed alteration of
Corn Laws not only merits the most serious attention of do
,sic community, hut calla fur our prompt and decided oppositioe.
9, That the Petition submitted to this Meeting, and new read,
adored, and presented to both Houses ofiParliament.
Th.t a Committee, consisting of the Boroughreeves, the
notable;, and the Churchwardens of Manchester and Salford,
r. Robert Peel, Mr. T. Lntwisle, Mr. Jeremiah Fielding. Mr.
v, Mr. Ewan Mr. Fleming, Mr. G. Wood, Mr. N. Phillips,
'r. Richard Wood, Mr. N. Heywood, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Shut?.
• worth, Mr. Bright, Mr. George R. Phillips, Mr. John Ken-
dy, and Mr. Gregg, be appointed to carry the objects of this
' .eetin:7 into effect ; with power to add to their numbers.
11. That a copy of these Resolutions be transmitted to the
may Members and all other Membersof Parliament coo-
sued with the County. .
11. That these Resolutions be Inserted in all the Mendota,
:pert; in three of the Louden Papers, and in such others no
s.e Committee may direct.
is. That the Petition be left for Signatures at such places Ile
.'Committee may appoint; and that the same he forwarded by
e Chairman to the Members for the County, requesting then
present the same to the House of Commons, and to support
• prayer. HUGH HORNBY BIRLEY, Chairman.
14. That the Thanks of the Inhabitant, be given to the Bo-
ughreeves and Constables of Manchester and tildford, for their
tention to the subject in the appointment of this Meeting ; and
t'a. Chairman for the very able and satisfactory gunner in
. nth he has conducted the business of the day. •
F.bruary 27, 1815. • R. PEEL.

TOWN AND COUNTY OF POOLE.
T a MEETING of the INHABITANTS of
1. the Town and County of POOLE, holden at the Guild-
c:, on Wednesday, March 1, 1815,
10sEPH GARLAND, Esq. I.beriff, in the Chair :
Iltiolved, That we contemplate the measures now before Par-
.cat for regulating the Importation of Corn, with feelings of
^c re regret, that the public sentiment an the subject so lately
1.0 strongly expressed, has produced so little effect, and with
710Ui appreheusions, that, by the efforts of designing men, an
•iue prcterence may, by a Legislative Act, be given to the in-
'iits of one pert of the community, to the manitest injury of
other.

That Land and the produce of Land have been more than
...Ailed in value in the last Twenty years, during which period
c Merchant, the Manufacturer, and the Mechanic have suffer-
: accumulated distress( 1, from the depreciation of property,
e tagtiatioti of Trade, the exclusion from alithe usual channels
'Commerce, and the numberless other disasters conscittent on
rilarnitous and long protracted war; mid while the Land-
titer and the Agriculturist have experienced an unceasing flow
rruspetity, and becu exempt from those cruel deprivations
.1 aggravated distresses, which thousand, of the other classes
the community haw sunk under, they have contributed to the
,rite exigencies at the same rate only on their permanent incomes
real property, as has been imposed on the uncertain,
a ire, and temporary profits of trade; and which contributions
el have been more than amply repaid in theincreased tents of
a;:tli and the enhanced prices of the produce of them.
'f hat to impose a Duty on Cont, which must necessarily ope-
'as a prohibitiou to the importation of It at moderate prices,
. in fact, to fix a Minimum below which It shall not be sold,
'O, must inevitably have the effect of enhancing the prices of all
ai(st necessary ankles of life, fur k has ever been found by
:p...ienLe that the value of all other articles of human subsist.
,:e i, afFected by the price of Cern.
Fha the measure now before Parliamett for regulating the
•port.mon of Curn, evidently originates in a design to keep up
e rnees of the most necessary articles of consumption, for the
•:•.ost of perpetuating the present enormously increased Rent
1.3116—a n•.•asiire in just in principle, oppressive in its opera-
'.• and ciimms in its cassisequences, as our Manufacturers, who,
experience a formidable rivaisbip in the perfection which
radars, ./a.'t ~:rained in the fabrication of various anicks
r Irttich tips t y has hitherto been celebrated, must ileces-
'7ll,Y tail a competition with those possessing the advantages
frMd consequently of cheap labour.
that the harmer and Renter of lauds has no right to claim a
for his disappointed expectations, at the expense
`fie other cia-tes of the community, nor the Land Owner a
t to expect that his property alone shall be exempt from tele
'anger incident to human affairs; if the one has eoneonted to
t, and the other to hire lands at a fictitious and exorbitant rate,
itch the uocontroubble eh cunistsnees of an unprecedented state
warfare could only warrant—they must both be content to re-
"to the natural order of things,produced by the restoratitnt of
"; and the Farmer must seek relief of the Landholder, who
lOW
cr his rents, and the Landowner must look for a com-
e'4tion, in a reduction of Taxes, and which be bas in fact sa-
ni/tit in the termination of the Property Tax, but which can
ht
cßeatually accomplished by abolishing all useless Places,
mot
rigid economy and retrenchment in the public departments.
,_.:at at the preseat crisis It is the incumbent duty of the People
,ert their claims with firmness, and to maintain their in.
with magnanimity.
'ttl,at Petitions therefore be presented to the Right Honourable
imuw •
of a.ords, and the Honourable the House of Onni-
tai. praying that the interests of the community at large may
_''l.4,lconiproniked by any Legislative Act for the promotion of
•cittne‘cr. tsts ot ally particular class of the community.
14,21" d, Th-t the Petilons now read, be the Petitions of the
""all:s of this Town and County to both Houses of Par-
ene:t.
Rtuilti (1, 1.1
iat LTSTIII I.arraa, Prq. and Mi-
„•'_ANGF.I TAYLOR, gsq. the Representatives of this Town •
n c't•Lr•nity in Parliament, be requested to ptesent the Petition tea
I,_,•Grnotirsith: the House of Commons, and to ghee the rupee of
;, anpport ; and also to request seem Noble Member to pre-
":.Tne Petiti‘n to the Right Honourable the House of Lords.
"Itetts That the Members fui tits Count, of Dorset be re.'
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