The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-10-05 00:00:00

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LIVERPOOL ANNUALEXHIBITION

THEIXI-1111ITION of the LIVERPOOL ACADEMY
of WORKS of MODERN ARTISTS is now OPEN
rto
at the EXHIBITION-ROOMS, Old Pos (lice-place, Chureh•
oN-noo
street, from Nine in the Morning' Dusk.
Admission, Is. ; Catalogue, 1 - • Season 'rickets, Ss.
SAMUEL EGLINGTON,
Secretary to the Academy.

CHESTER. AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next
GENERAL HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the
PROPRIETORS in this COMPANY (under the provision
of the Act of Incorporation) will be held, at the Clarendon-
rooms, South John-street, Liverpoi4lon THURSDAY, the
7th day of October.
The Chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely.
WM. DIXON,
Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Birkenhead, IGth September, 1841.

BOROUGH. OF LIVERPOOL.
PUBLIC MEETING.
AT a MEETING of the Inhabitants of Liverpool, at
the Amphitheatre, in Great Charlotte-street, the 2d
October. 1841, called by the following public notice of the
Mayor :

" Having received a Requisition, as follows, most nume-
rously and respectably signed,, We, the undersigned Inha-
bitants of the borough of Liverpool and its vicinity, consi-
dering it important for the two Houses of Parliament not to
be prorogued until lull inquiry into the causes of the present
National Distress has been instituted, do respectfully request
that you will convene a Town's Meeting, to afford the Mer-
chants, Traders, and others of this great community au op-
portunity of expressing their sentiments on the subject, and
of Memorialising her Majesty the Queen.'
•' I do appoint Saturday next, the second day of October,
at the hour of seven o'clock in the evening, at the Amphi-
theatre, in Great Charlotte-street, for a Meeting of the In-
habitants, to take into consideration the subject of the Re-
quisition, and to determine in favour of or against the pro-
posed Petition to her Majesty as to the Meeting shall appear
proper and expedient :"
THOMAS BOLTON, Esq., Mayor, in the Chair,

It was moved by Mr. RICHARD KELLY, seconded b
WILLIAM RATHBONE, Esq., and resolved unanimously,
That we have heard, with surprise and despondency
that the Legislature have declined to take into cousi

deration the present alarming condition of the social

commercial interests of the country ; that the a'
destitution of the Working-classes all over the

demands that this reckless and impolitic determination
recalled; that, irrespective of all party distinctions, ar,
united only by our determined opposition to all Monopolie
we are met to PROTEST against this heartless and unneee:

nary delay ; that it is our opinion that the present National
Distress is mainly, if not altogether, to be attributed to the
Restrictions which our Commercial Tariff has placed upon
the National Industry ; that, of these Restrictions, those
which prevent the people from exchanging their Manufac-
tures in the open Market of the World for Food, so as to
supply the wants of a population increasing at the rate of
400,000 per annum, are the most severe in their effects, and
that no sufficient relief can be afforded otherwise than by an
immediate consideration of our Tariff, commencing with the
CORN and PROVISION LAws, with a view to the adoption of
the principles of FREE TRADE.
It was moved by Mr. ROBERT Josits, seconded by LAW-
RENCE HEYWORT/I, Esq., and resolved unanimously,
That we fully concur in the admissions made by Lord
Stanley, the present Secretary for the Colonies, at his Re--
election for North Lancashire, that the operation of the Corn
laws is, Ist, to raise the price of Food above its natural level;
2d, to increase the Rent paid to the Landlord proportionally
to that price ; and, 3d, that the price of Food has no effect
on the rise and fall of Wages : that, from these admissions,
we are confirmed in our opinion, that the Landlord (not the
Farmer) is unjustly protected by a law which raises his Rent
above its equitable value; that the Consumer is taxed to pay
for that Protection ; that, as Provisions form, by far, the
largest item in the expenditure of the Working-class, so the
Working-class is thus Taxed more heavily than any other.
We are further of opinion, that the Corn laws not only
directly Tax the Wages of Labour, but that they indirectly
diminish their amount by destroying the natural proportion
which the supply of Labour bears to the demand ; and that,
by endeavouring to limit us to a single country, as the source
of the national subsistence, they produce unnatural fluctu-
ations, both in price and supply, disappoint calculations of
the Farmer, fetter Trade, derange the Currency, and render
the prosperity of all classes dependent upon the most variable
climate in the world.
It was moved by Mr. CHARLES HOLLAND, seconded by
the Rev. WILLIAM GILES, and resolved unanimously. ,
That the Petition embodying and supporting the Reso-
utions of this Meeting, now read, be adopted, and be
transmitted to her Majesty the Queen, signed by the Mayor
on behalf of the Meeting.

THOMAS BOLTON. Mayor.
The Mayor having left the Chair, the thanks of the Meet-
g were unanimously voted to him.

NEW CARPET AND FLOOR CLOTH WAREHOUSE.
ALFRED WEBB (late of Church-street) respectfully in-
forms his Friends and the Public that he has OPENEI)
extensive Rooms, (entrance No. 6,) in SLATER-STREET,
(Bold-street,) for the Sale of CARPETS of every make,
FLOOR CLOTHS, MOREENS, DAMASKS, FRINGES,
and every description of UPHOLSTERY TRIMMINGS.
It is his determination to sell the very best quality of
Goods, (which gave him the preference for 20 years,) and at
such prices as he doubts not will give entire satisfaction.