The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-11-20 00:00:00

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rPRTcE FivEpENcE

AT a GENERAL MEETING of the SILK MER-
CERS, LINEN and WOOLLEN DRAPERS,
['OSIERS, LACEMEN, &c. &c., held at the CLARENDoN
Rooms, on WaDNESDAV EVENING, the 14th instant.
Mr. WILLIAM SLATER in the Chair:
It was resolved unanimously, on the motion of Mr. BRISCOE,
seconded by Mr. GIBBON,
That the conduct of those Priippipals who continue to act
in direct opposition to the fcelingeof nearly all their fellow-
tradesmen, by keeping open their shops after the hour agreed
upon by a majority, at a late public meeting, is reprebensi-
bie, inasmuch as by so doing they unnecessarily prolong the
hours of business, extort undue labour from their assistants,
and obtain an unfair advantage over -such as do close at the
stirmlated time.

--Moved by Mr. G. B. TAvt.oit, seeonded by Mr. MASON,
and subsequently withdrawn in favour of Mr. WHITE'S
amendment,

That an Address be published, calling upon the Ladies, the
Press, and the Public, to exercise their powerful influence,
by recommending all purchases to suspend their encourage-
ment of those shops that keep open after eight o'clock during
the winter months, and to buy from those houses only which
close at, of earlier, than the above time.
Moved as an amendment, proposed by Mr. CooPER, se-
conded by Mr. ['Eel:, and rejected by a considerable majority,
That an Address be presented to the Public, showing the
advantage of closing business at an early hour, and request-
ing the co-operation of the Shopkeepers and the Public to
the attainment of this desirable object.
Moved as a second amendment, proposed by Mr. WHITE,
seconded by M 3nt.rH, a nci carried !yidarge_majority„..,,
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n 45431vbe published; calling up Ladies. on_ the Laes.
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t e Press, and the Pubtic, to exercise their powerful influence
lit fording their envoura;!ement to those Shops that close
at eight o'clock, to make their purchases at an earlier hour,
and to recommend their dependants to do the same:
Resolved unanimously, on the motion of Mr. HUGHES,
secootied by Alr. LLOYD,
That this Meet.mi views with regret that no steps have
been taken by the other Trades of the Town, to bring about
a general curtailment of the hours of business, the attainment
of which would be productive of incalculable benefit, both to •
the Employer and the Employed, and therefore suggest that-
all Shopkeepers, including: every trade and class, he respect-
fully requested to close their rlaces of business at the same
hour.

Resolved unanimously, on the motion of Mr. WOOLL-
RIGUT, seconded by Mr. JUPEERY,
That the Drapers' Committee be empowered to call a
Public Meeting of the whole body of Tradesmen, for the pur-
pose of ascertaining their sentiments and seeking their co-
operation, with the view to carry out the foregoing , esolut ion.
WILLIAM SLATER, Chairman.
Proposed by Mr. Wonu HIGHT, seconded by Mr. LLorn,
and resolved unanimously,
That the best Thanks of this Meeting be given to Mr.
WILLIAM SLATER for his able and courteous conduct in the
Chair.

BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
I, PRINCE'S-STREKT, BANK, LONDON.
CAPITAL. ONE MILLION.
DIREcTons,
Robert Eglinton, Esq.
Erasmus Robt. Foster, Esq
Alex. Robert Irvine, Esq.
Peter Morr:son, Esq.
Henry Lewis Smile, Esq:
William Shank( jun.,'Esq.
Thomas e , Lsq.
- MEDICAL OFFICERS.
W. Stroud, M.D., and Ebenezer Smit i, Esq. Surgeon.
SOLICITOR.
William Bevan, Esq , Old Jewry.
MEDICAL OFFICER FOP. LIVERPOOL.
Robert Hector, Esq , GreAt Newton-street.

William Bardgett, Esq.
Samuel Bevington, Esq.
Win. Fechney Black, Esq.
John Brightman, Esq.
George Cohen, Esq.
Milli. Coventry, Esq.
Joha Drewett, Esq.

AGENTS FOR LIVERPOOL.
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