The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-06-20 00:00:00

BIRKENHEAD,

FURNITURE, SEMI-GRAND PIANO-FORTE, TWO
SHOWER BATHS, CASES OF ORIENTAL INSECTS,
DOUBLE-BARRELLED GUN, TWO BRACES OF
PISTOLS, GOTHIC CORNICES, GASALIERS, V.
By Mr. GREEN,
On THURSDAY next, the 22d instant, at Eleven o'clock in the
Forenoon, at the Auction Mart, Market-street, Birkenhead,
AMISCELLANEOUS Assortment of - genteel
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. Semi-grand Piano-forte,
by Tomkisson, in Mahogany Case, Four Cases of Oriental In-
sects, Pair of rich Gothic Cornices of Papier Mache, Two
Portable Shower Baths, Double-barrelled Gun, by Clark, Two
Brace of Pistols, several Two and Three-light Gasaliers, and
other Effects, removed for convenience of sale.

May be viewed TO-MORROW, (Wednesday,) the 21st instant,
and on the Morning of Sale, when Catalogues may be had.

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&ales bp luttion.

1 RE" TO MERCHANTS, STATIONERS, LETTE -P '
AND COPPER-PLATE PRINTERS, .s'c. STOCK OR
A STATIONER AND BOOKSELLER.
By Mr. T. BRANCH,
This DAY, (Tuesday,) the 20th instant, at Eleven o'clock, at
the Hanoverßooms, Liverpool,
THBEcorKerEaLiziEnitg,
consignedSTOCK
foffo r
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Sale R. n
and
Stock includes a large quantity of Enamelled Printing Cards,
by the most celebrated London makers, a great variety of 131ack,
Bordered, Enamelled, and Plain Cards, Thirty Thousand
Mourning Envelopes, and a quantity of Mourning Letter an,cl
Note Papers, of the first quality, numbers of Ledgers. Cos
lßßaoromozokekaysso, be l Journals, and Day Books, Post and other Writing
Papers, Envelopes. Papetries, Pocket Books, Patent Memoran-
dum Books, Skin Tablets, Writing Desks, Whatnots, Portfolios,
Bibles, Prayer Books, Church Services, Hymn Books, Psalm
Aiol
Miscellaneoust; aiaren Services,wdeAdarrcuilprior
number
rs teTorlAior the
ifeseo Irona
fine Safes,
Copy ando numerouso
zar
t hsWorks, other
from Mr. BRANCH. fiSnaeleE,wen Catalogues
nghavings may be bad

MEERSCHAUM PIPES, PIPE STEMS, 6,c. ••
By Mr. T. BRANCH,
TO-MORROW, (Wednesday,) the 21st instant, at Eleven o'elgcl4
at the Hanover Rooms,
ALARGE Assemblage of MEERSCHAUMPIPES'
Imitation MEERSCHAUMS, PIPE STEMS, TIPS, —ri
-G d
TUBES, AMBER MOUTH PIECES, TOBACCO BAGS, T 1
various Articles connected with the Tobacco and Cigar Trades'
which will be found worthy the notice of Private Individuals,
as well as the Trade.
To be viewed on the Morning of Sale, when Catalogues ro
be had from Mr. BRANCH.

CABINET-CASE MAKER'S STOCK, FURNITURE, 6'C'
BOLD-STREE7'.
By Mr. T. BRANCH,
On THURSDAY next, the 22nd instant, at Eleven o'clock Pre-
cisely, on the Premises, No. 41, Bold-street, near Newington,
THE valuable STOCK-IN-TRADE of a CABINET;
CASE MAKER, a few Articles of modern FURNITURE
a brilliant-toned MUSICAL BOX, to play Twelve Tunes, an
other Effects of a Gentleman leaving town.
The Stock includes Ladies' and Gentlemen's Rosewood and
Mahogany Dressing Cases, completely fitted up, Portable Desksl
enriched with Buhl and Pearl Work, Sets of Papier Mache. an'
Pearl Trays and Waiters, several sets of Britannia Metal Coffee
and Teapots, Sets of Cruets, Knives and Forks, Portmanteaus,
Sze.

Amongst the FURNITURE may be enumerated Four excellent
Maple French Bedsteads, with Half-tester Roofs, French Rods,and Rings, a Mahogany Four-post Bedstead, Rosewood MO;
nieres, with Marble Tops, Rosewood Circular Tables, Sets
Chairs, Couches, in Hair Cloth, Fancy Inlaid Pearl and NW/.
Mache Tables, Lounging Chairs, in Maroon Leather, Imitation
Rosewood Cane-seated Chairs, Hatstands, &c.
To be viewed TO-MORROW (Wednesday), the 21st instant,
when Catalogues may be had on the Premises, or at 311.•
BRANCH'S Offices, in Hanover-street.

VALUABLE FREEHOLD PROPERTY IN EVERTON
By Mr. T. BRANCH,
AaYt ntehxet,
Cthlaere2n2ddeinnstßaenet,msa,t Tsewuotio:c
jleohckn.is'ntreetk:
OnLATTit.eeHrrpnuoeßoesnl,D,
duced,
subject to such conditions as will be then pro-
ALL that Piece or Parcel of LAND or GROUND,
with the Three several MESSUAGES or DWELLING'
HOUSES erected thereon, situate in Everton, near Liverpool'
on the east side of a new street of 8 yards wide, called Clifton'
street, and leading from the northerly side of Prince EdvriP;
street, in Everton aforesaid, containing in front to the sat
~1
street 19 yards 2 feet 6 inches, and in breadth at the back
c,":
yards 2 feet 7 inches, and in rear depth, including a passPE
of about 4 feet wide, leading into art ew street of yards wn",;
leading into the said street on the' northwardly side 60 fee 7
inches, and on the southerly side 65 feet, be the several dimen-
sions thereof a little more or less, bounded on the north D 2
land now or late belonging to the representatives of thclai;
Mr. Whitehead, on the south-by land now or late belonging
Mr. John Ilaygarth, on the east by land now or late of witha
Brown, Esq., and on the west by Clifton-street aforesaid; __
gether with the full, free, and uninterrupted use and enjoynll.,
of the said several streets and of the said passage for all tens),
able purposes, subject to the payment of a poi tion of the Y_eal.',.
quit-rent of Fonrpence to the representatives of the late Da'—
ber Gascoyne, Esq.
The Houses form Nos. 6,7, and 8, in Clifton-street, two o.
them respectably tenanted, and the other at present unocca
pied.
For further particulars apply to Mr. W. R. HORNBY.
tor, Beckwith's-buildings, South John-street, or to Mr.
BRANCH, Auctioneer, Hanover-street, Liverpool.

FURNITURE, NEWINGTON.
By Mr. T. BR,
On FRIDAY next, they 23rd instant, atANCH Eleven o'clock, on the
Premises, No. 27, Newington,
THEnI.I)
remaining Part of the useful HOUSEI-h,--ed.
FURNITURE and other Effects of a Gentleman deceas
To be viewed on the Morning of Sale, when Catalogues lot
be had on the Premises, or at Mr. BRANCH'S Offices, in Ilan"
ver-street,

TO CLOTHES DEALERS SLOP SELLERS, V'
By Mr. T. BRANCH, ny
• t
On MONDAY next, the 26th, and TUESDAY, the 27th Inst
at Eleven o'clock each day, at the Hancver-rooms,
es,
N AAssortment of WOOLLEN CLOTHS, Linsn-evr
Stuffs, and a large quantity of Men and Women other
and Second-hand WEARING APPAREL, Shirts, on,;,`. wire-
Goods, removed from the Premises of the Proprietor
served Sale.
Catalogues will be published in due time.

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SALE OF THE VALUABLE FURNITURE. 773%,-A" vb
INTEREST, AND GOOD-WILL OF LEGETPS HOT-

HANOVER-STREET. --
By Mr. T. BRANCH,
the27th
_instant,
at Eleven o'clock each day, on the Premises, in H noyer.
street, known as " Leg Bank ofett's Hotel and Commercial Boarding-
house," and being next door to the Branch of the
On MONDAY next, the 26th, and TUESDAY,.
eEngland,—by order of the Assignees of Mrs. Legeft, a Bank-
rapt,
THHEOz-DhoFlue
RofNtihreuaapEp,reopnirniaat, eGalansds,VpaileUtea,hTleabilei Oaniidt
i
Linen, Fixtures, and other Effects of the above extensive Esta
blishment, whichl are of good quality, and in excellent condi'lol;
The TENANT'S RIGHT, GOOD-WILL, and INTERE,,,,r of
the Bankrupt in the Premises will be offered at the same
or may be treated for previously by Private Contract, by aPPII
cation to Messrs. CLA R 7 and HILL, Solicitors, Peel-buildingst
Harrington-street, or Mr. JOHN S. BLEASE, Accountant,
Liver-court, South Castle-street.
inThsinentF,uwrnbietiuirceamtealel.
ynbneessieniwieiyd
be
en
bSeAdTunanDtAbYe nperxemthi
s et Isi,ef 2lab
Messrs. CLARE and HILL, Mr. BLEASE, or Mr. BuAricil,
Auctioneer, Hanover-rooms.
i.
04

EXTENSIVE SALE OF GOLD AND SILVER r,
SILVER PLATE, JEWELLERY, dc., UNROII-"--11113
PROPERTY.

On WEDNESDAY, they 28th, and TH BRAN
URSCDAH,
Y, the 29th • ;nstant•
at Eleven a'clock each day, at the Hanover-rooms, Liverb
A LARGE and valuable Assemblage of FORFEITS
1-I,_ PROPERTY, from the extensive Establishments of Messrs.
Critchley and Deverill, of Park-lane ; Mr. William Critch
yr
of London-road, (including Goods forfeited to Mr. 9r„..,-,oo_
Richards;) and from Messrs. Smith and Hammond, 0,
street. This Sale will include valuable Gold and Silver Watcke,',
by eminent British and Foreign makers, with lever. borizonta..
and duplex movements; modern Silver Plate, including SP°l-4
Forks, Ladles, Tea Services, gic ; fashionable Plated Tea !ed
Coffee Pots, Urns Cruets, Clindlesticks, and other 'll
PI hIY
Goods ; elant' Silver-mounted Table Lamp, with .e,
Cut Glass Pillar; elegant and fashionable Jewellery, consist":
of Gold and Silver Guards, Ladies' Neck Chains,l3rooche:'
Ear and Finger Rings, Shirt Pins, &c.; Reflecting Telelnliti:
on Brass Stand; a Barrel Organ; valuable Paintings, Pr w-
and Drawings ; Fowling Pieces, Pistols, Musical and 318,0
matical instruments, Household Furniture, and nurnel
other Miscellaneous Property. Ca
-
To be viewed on TUESDAY next, the 27th instant, when
talogues may be had from Mr. BRANCH.

FREEHOLD LAND AND COTTAGES, HOYLAIq•,-44,
1/TR. HOGAN is instructed to SEL L by AUCTr 00
U. at Mr. John Ball's, Gre'en Lodge Hotel, Hor,e,;on,
THURSDAY, the 29th instant, at Three o'clock in the A er"7" ed
subject to conditions of sale and in lots to be then deterollano
on, all that MESSUAGE or COTTAGE, with the GARDEor ee
Close of LAND thereto belonging and adjoining, and the
.several DWELLING-HOUSES, STABLE, and BUlLDic',,ose,
on part thereof erected, situate in the Hulse, otherwise nu or
in the Parish of West Kirkby, in the county of Chester, foe
taining, by common esti nation, One Acre and a Quarter °,d of
large measure there used or thereabouts, being FreelioL
Inheritance. choral'
The above Property is eligiby situated near the
within a short distance of the Hotels and Sea Beach of HO ros-
and fronting the turnpike-rod, and commands pleasant P
pects of the surroun.ling country. to Mr"
For further particulars, and inspection of plans, apP vo•6,
JOHN BLUNDELL, on the Premises; to the Auctioneer, of
Ivy-street, Birkenhead, or No. I, Paradise-street, corner,
Church-street, Liverpool; or to Mr. RHODES, Solicitor, La
pool, or Eldon-terrace, Tranmere.

TIIE RUNCORN BONE-WORKS COMPANI,:I,
THIS COMPANY begs to intimate to the Pubi
that, in addition to supplying
BONE DUST and BONE SAVINGS,
For Manure, they have become
BUTTON AND SIZE MANUFACTURERS i• „
Also, Makers of ANIMAL CHAR, for Sugar Reim"'
LAMP BLACK, &C.
13 ;yew
Apply at the WORKS, or to MAGEE and CORCORAN, -
Quay, Liverpool.

CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT THE GLOBE.
TJOLLOWAY'S CURE O: FISTS SORES
OINTMENT.
ANDIN
Extract of a Letter from Mr. Robert Calvert, Chemist, Stokes-
_ _
__ ley, dated September 3d, 1847.

To Professor Hoi.iowAY.-
desiresSß—inAlit.oTsherld Thompson,
the, National
particulars Sclmooflnhilt:st
bad for three years and a half, and has received the great:,
benefit by the use of your Pills and Ointment. He is of a ecwof
fulous constitution : a pleurisy had left a large collectiotileb
matter in the chest ; this eventually formed a passage 1111,;11
the wales of the chest, and ended in three fistulous sores w
discharged large quantities of pus, when he was induced to_l_,
your Pills and Ointment ; at this date lie was apparently
01`,u,
dying condition, the stomach rejected every thing it twat
Your Pills and Ointment had the effect of completel are
the cough and stomach affections, his strength and 11011 e is
Son, of
who thhi sa
had Town'h -:
also restored, his appetite keen, and digestion good. Theredi.
every prospect that a little further coleinuance of your irk
eines will finish the cure. (Signed) ROBT. CALVE
The " Mofussulite" Newspaper, published at 11feerut. has;,es
the 15th October 1847, copied an article front the 'Pei'
Recorder," of which the following is an Extract wog
" The Prince of MA HA RAJAH BISSONATH SI Nall, W.l,oofitri
asked for Holloway's Pills and Ointment,
temporarily residing at Chittercote, was suddenly taken l'often
Spasmodic Colic, and during his illness His. IliglineEs „,,uch
of their virtues, but none could be obtained in the Tieig,,,os
hood, and Professor Holloway, no doubt, unfortunate). list of
certificate which would have graced und dignified bis
cures." . as he had hear boar'
vino
The native Princes are now using Holloway's celebrate",seid
and Ointment in preference to every other medicine, they v
so wonderfully efficacious in the cure of diseases in In of
THE TESTIMONY OF A PHYSICIAN IN THE CV
Copy of a Letter from IV. Ff. Powell, M.11._,
SKIN DISEASE'S.
street, Dublin, dated February 91b,1847' Tars t°
DEAR SIRS Having devoted my attention for sonic you
cutaneous or skin diseases, I think it but right to infw
that I have in various cases recommended the use of voni-_,ost
and Ointment, and invariably found them to have the
perfect effect in removing those diseases. 3f.P.
(Signed) W. E. POWF,LL,
le 800
Sold by the Proprietor, 224, Strand. (near Tenn, edicill'"
don ; and by all respectable Vendors of Patent IVI
throughout.the Civilized World in Pots and Boxes,yelisi
cow
2s. 9d., 4s. tid., lls., 225., and 335. each. There is a
siderable saving in taking guidance larer sizes. good t•
N.B. Directions for the of Patients are
each Pot and Box. 16, Mess/

FANCY BASKET-DEALERS,

For whole of Life.
Without Bonus.

Yearly. Half do,

AF s. d. I s. d.
2 2 6 1 1 1 11
2 8 6 ! 1 5 0
216 3 1 9 0
3 6 4 1 14 2
3 19 8 2 1 0.

With Bonus.

Reduced
Premium
instead of
Yearly. I Half do. f Bonus.

4 s. d.'
2 9 5
2 16 5
3 5 5
3 17 2
4 12 7

s. d.
1 5 6
1 9 1
1 13 8
1 19 9
2 7 9

s. d.
1 12 9
1 17 4
2 2 9
2 10 0
2 19 1

Specimen of the Addition to the Sums Insured inythe cage of
Policies of .tl,OOO each, to be taken out at ,the Bonus
Premiums.
ißy the addition of the further
Age First Then 'Decennial Bonus, the amount
When Bonus Annual payable in case of death will
Insured after Ten
PaymentEl Bonus. be.—after
20 Years. 30 Years. 40 Years.
d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
30 90 8 4 9 010 1271 5 C 1542 10 C 1904 3 4
35 94 11 8 9 9 2 '1283 15 0 1567 10 C 1945 16 8
40 101 13 4 10 3 4 '1305 0 0 1610 0 0 2000 0 0
45 107 1 8 10 14 2 1321 5 0 1642 10 0 2000 0 0
'5O 116 13 4 11 13 4 1350 0 00700 0 0 2000 0 0

35
40
45
-50

The SCALE Of REDUCTIONS which are guaranteed ranges
T:lnt sal to 52 per cent. on the amount of Premium, and the
Bonus contingent only on the continuance of the life doubles
the amount of Policy.
No LIABILITY of Partnership, these reductions and addi-
"otts not being contingent upon Profits.
PoLicrEs are issued for the Half Premium system, and on
an ascending scale.
SURRENDERS of POLICIES are accepted on very liberal
r`erms ; and claims are paid within: three months after satis-
. actorY proof of death.

INSURANCE OF CAPITAL SUMS.
The Directors are prepared to receive applications for Poll-
Ci", which, though available for many other purposes as well,
have the effect of rendering Property held under Lease for
'ears equivalent to Freehold for all purposes of mortgages or
it,lvestment. The followin," Table will atibrd
'Peeimens of the Prentiommfor the Insurance of -t'looo,payable
after the lapse of a Oren number of years.
Y,ars. I Rate. I Years. 1 Rate. I Years. I Rate.

„,‘ Is. (1.1 , s. d. S. d.
1 16 8 60 6 10 0 40 l3 17 6

AGENCIES.--The Directors are prepared to receive applica.
_*fts for Agencies in Towns and districts, in which appoint-
:llents have not yet been made. No application will be attended
" Unless accompanied with unexceptionable references.
SWINTON BOMA', Secretary to the Company.
//gNI TIENDERSON, Residept Secretory in London.

AT a PUBLIC MEETING of the INHABITANTS
of the BOROUGH of LIVERPOOL, convened by the
Mayor, in pursuance of a Requisition, and held in the Ses-
sions-house, on TUESDAY. the 13th day of June, 1848, " For
the purpose of considering the late MEASURES of the GO-
VERNMENT in connexion with our WEST and EAST
INDIAN SUGAR COLONIES, and how far they have been
effective in carrying out the VIEWS contemplated by the
SLAVERY ABOLITION ACTS; and also to consider the ex-
pediency of giving our approval and support to the Resolutions
recently moved andcarried in reference thereto by our Member,
Sir THomits B. BIRCH, in Committee of the House of
Commons,"

THOMAS B. HORSFALL, Esq., Mayor, in the Chair ;
It was snored by F. SHAND, Esq., seconded by CHARLES
LAWRENCE, Esq.,
1.--LThat the Imperial Parliament, in passing the Emancipa-
tion Act in 1833, pledged the national faith to the honest and
effectual working out of that act, with a due regard to the
maintenance of our Colonial Property and the encouragement
of Free Labour in our Colonial Possessions.

Whereupon it was moved, as an amendment, by WILLIAM
RATHBONE, Esq., seconded by CHARLES HOLLAND. Esq.,
That the experiment of emancipation has been crowned with•
a most gratifying degree of success in so far as concerns the
condition of the black population of our Colonies, comprising
nine-tenths of the whole ; that the neglect of improvement in
the mode of cultivation and management, the extensive preva-
lence of absenteeism, the want of sufficient capital, together
with the injudicious treatment of labourers, both during the
period of apprenticeship and since its termination, are some of
the palpable and direct causes of the present depression of these
Colonies; that a return to the system of protection would con-
stitute a virtual acknowledgment that the labour of nondmen
is more profitable than that of Freemen, thus affording to other
nations a plausible reason for adhering to Slavery.
And the motion and amendment being put from the chair.
the original motion was declared to be carried.
It was moved .by ADAM HODOSON, Esq., seconded by the
Rev. THOMAS NOLAN,
2.—That the course of legislation pursued since the passing
of the Act of 1846 has been such as to prevent the attainment
of the Dbjects contemplated by it—to destroy our Colonies, to
aggravate Slavery in Foreign Countries, and to stimulate the
Slave Trade. _ _

Whereupon it was moved, as an amendment, by THOMAS
THORNELY, Esq., M.P., seconded by CHARLES ROBERTSON,
E sq
Tilt inasmuch as the most eminent public men of our own
and former times—supported by the all but unanimous voice
of the country—have pronounced monopoly to be in the highest
degree detrimental to the classes for whose benefit it is im-
posed, as well as to those from the fruits of whose industry this
unrighteous exaction is levied—this Meeting protests against
the proposition recently made by a Committee of the House of
Commons for maintaining, during the next six years, a differ-
ential duty in favour of British Plantation Sugars of Ns. per
cwt., which on the quantity imported thence in 1847, would be
equal to a tax on the community of no less than £2,400,000 per
annum, for the benefit of the Monopolists, and to a loss to the
Exchequer, by the reduction of the duty from fourteen to ten
shillings, without any compensating advantage, of .4960,000
per annum. _ .

And the motion and amendment being put from the chair,
the original motion was declared to be carried.
It was moved by the Rev. HUGH M'NEILE, D.D., seconded
by CHRISTOPHER BUSH ELL, Esq.,
3.—That this Meeting highly disapproves of legislation so
much at variance with British justice, British consistency, and
British honour; and implores her Majesty's government to
adopt such measures as shall carry out the original intentions
of the Emancipation Act.
Whereupon it was moved, as an amendment, by WILLIAM
BROWN, Esq., M.P., seconded by H. K. CLAYPOLE, Esq.,
That, although the return from a vicious to a sound system
of legislation must necessarily affect at first the interests of
those who have profited by the continuance of such a system,
this Meeting does not consider that either this result, or the
existence of any restrictions on the trade of the West Indies,
are reasons why the industrious classes of this country should
be taxed for the support of the colonial interest; and would
further express its opinion, that any restrictions now pressing
on the trade or industry of the colonists, if such there be,
should be forthwith removed. . _ _

And the motion and amendment having been put from the
chair, the original motion was declared to be carried.
It was moved by HAROLD LITTLEDALE, Esq., seconded by
JONES, Esq.,
4.—That this Meeting considers the plan proposed by Sir
Thomas Birch, and recommended by the Select Committee on
Sugar and Coffee Planting, well calculated to promote that ob-
ject, to prevent the immediate and otherwise inevitable ahan
donment of the majority of the West India estates, and to
secure time for bringing into operation the intended measures
of relief, do adopt the following Petition
;
"To THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED
KINODOI4I OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN
PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED.
" The humble Petition of the Merchants, Tradesmen, and

others at the Port of Liveriuml.
" Showeth,—That when the Imperial Parliament, in 1833,
passed the act for the abolition of slavery throughout the Bri-
tish Colonies, the national faith was pledged to the honest and
efficient working out of that act, with a due regard to the
maintenance of colonial property, and the encouragement of
free labour in those possessions.
" That the course pursued by the Imperial Parliament, since
the passing of that act, has been such as to prevent the attain•
ment of the objects contemplated—to destroy the Colonies—
to aggravate Slavery in Foreign Countries, and to stimulate the
Slave Trade.

" That your Petitioners deeply lament that a course should
have been pursued so much at variance with British justice,
British consistency,. and British honour.
" That your Petitioners consider the plan recommended by
the Select Committee on Sugar and Coffee Planting well calcu-
late? to promote the original intentions of the Abolition Act
to prevent the immediate and otherwise inevitable abandon-
ment of the majority of Colonial Sugar Estates, and to secure
time for bringing into operation the intended measures of
relief.'

" Your Petitioners. therefore, pray that your Honourable
House will adopt such measures as shall preserve the Colonies
from destruction, and as shall carry out, with full integrity,
the original objects contemplated by the Legislature in passing
the Act for the Abolition of slavery throughout the British
Colonies.

" And your Petitioners, &c."
Whereupon it was moved, as an amendment, by JOHN
TAYLOR' Esq., seconded by M'LEAN, Esq., that the follow-
ing Petition be adopted : _ • _

"That in the distressed state of the Commerce and Manu-
factures of the British Islands, a great and immediate abate-
ment of Taxation is required ; and that the entire abrogation
of the duties on Sugar appears to this Meeting an advantageous
and necessary measure.
" That the admission into this country of slave-grown sugar
for home use is inconsistent with justice; as it aids a system
of robbery from men of their dearest rights.
" That the project of the transfer of Africans to the West
Indian Islands, under the pretext of providing free labour,
would be in reality a revival of the Slave Trade, acknowleged
to have been and to he the greatest public enormity in wicked-
ness ever perpetrated by man, and that the project ought not
to receive sanction or countenance in any way from the British
Legislature."

Ana the question being put from the chair, the original
Petition was declared to be adopted.
Raolred,—That the Mayor be requested to sign the Petition
on behalf of the Aleeting, and to forward the same to the
Members of the Borough for presentation to the House of
Commons.

THOS. B. HORSFALL, Mayor.
It WRS moved by Wm. BROWN, Esq., M.P., seconded by
JOSEPH 13. YATEs, Esq., and
Resolved wzanimously,—That the best thanks of this Meeting
be given to the Mayor for the courtesy and impartiality with
which he has-presided over this Meeting.

NOME.
Any Proprietor of Warehouses not having received the said
Prospectus and Form, can obtain the same on application at
the Office of the Provisional Committee: 30, traliord Chambers,
South John-street.