The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-11-17 00:00:00

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TEA-DEALERS;
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test eight &Risen SO and 60 Malin bi tee mit
kt the Leaden Coffee-hOote, hedgale.hill, for that
porpoee of toosideting of What meths fee ougkt Nib"'
tette by sheds, *ith regard to the " 110.40111
salts Tea Gimped', Ledgete.hlll.". • l *
Mr. BRDWILL being called In the their, • e, • •
It was proposed, lb the first intiante, to rtlsd stile
reply of the London Genuine Tea dridtpaby to the
Resolutions published some lime shwa by the Tit-
dealers.—The reply wee accordingly
Mr. Beate proposed, that the deems et theet".4lo.l
lent should be teed, in order that ttolliproper
MI should be allowed to mit with the proceedings
Of the aselialtddge, as Was the cies ea a tinnier eta
l•gradeit.
tW. Thep position being t td,f Aft names Sets
teed.
Mr. SRAM!' enaltritsleted fhb defined's* present
Avon the good that hed.been done by the Resolutione
..ttich had been passed at the former Meetii;g; fort'
by those Resolutions, the Public were now and,.
:calved as to the character of the Institution al.
laded to.
Mr. SPARROW thiesadeerted open an article Which
appeared in a Sunday Newspaper of yesterday, which
he understood Rae subject to the influence of the
Leedan denebottea Company, This artialei with
Mr, SperrosOt reply to it, was reed the one being
en abuse, end the other a vindication, of thlecooduct
'of the 141-deelers. The Juuraolitt mllO.ll,
'sees admitting, ss was alleged, that %pollens
were present at the last Meeting, their d nn wed
*et to be taken as the sisal, of Hie Tesidetiars set
Landon, whose member eeceeded 2001, ell the mord
respectable anal ,important indiriduiti of Which de.
dined to have any concern in sect, a Meeting, This e
Mr,. Sparrow, wile avowed himself the author of that"
Vindication, positively denied, asserting, ;bat many
of the most respestehle Gentlemen In the node ins
terteredoo this occasion, as well to sate the Pub id
from deleslee, as to mice* their own eitateetiel
calumny...
• 114 r. MARSH 411. stated, that althsegh this tt Lem
'Ono .0.440.1 e Tea Company'' was said to consist of
Ifiition merchants, eat one merchant was connected
with it: •
Here Mr. BsowNE read the Reanlotions which it
was proposed to adopt, and Mr. Woo moved their
erinpfloe.
Mr. Glass expremed hit approbation of all the
Ilkeelvtions, and his wish that nothing should be seift
be done in retaliation of the scurrilities promulgated
by the agents of the London Genuine Tea Company.
For to imitate such a precedent would be unworthy
of that Meeting, whose proceedings should be mirky.'
by that moderation and decottim, Which best beeline
their Amster and object.
Me. SPARROW thought that some reply should be
made to the verities poblicetions of the London de.
seine Tea Company. For instance, the assertion
ought to be contradicted, hem* it was untrue, 'het
this Coteleany sold better tea, and et a cheaper rem;
,thelp,ettier persons- concerned la the T.. trade.
Resolution in that effect eight, indeed, to be imbed
diet'', published.
Mr. M‘LAVAIR said, that he decidedly disapproved
of this as well as of the former sleeting, and of all
the proceedings adopted sod proposed—for he could
not see why those Medbegs, while they protested
hostility to the litecolations of a Lauri-00cl-
keeper*. should combine to puff big. Of- alt
Lottery-puffs of which he had ever heard,,this op.
peered lo him the most extraordinary, end be thoeght
it as unbecoming to accede to it es it was on disport
of the Tee-dealers of London to 'epees, or to feel
any fear of thecompetition of a few speenlators.....
He•would rather let these speculators go on and set
as cheaply ar they pleased—they could not wit
cheaper than 'sealer traders, tp whom he would re!.
commend • redaction of one penny a pound on their
sugars, to such as bought their tea, and the attieldi
in his opinion, be the best way of meetinglhe cam.
petition of those boasted T....dealers.
Mr. PAILITT deprecated the idea of any leek re&
election in the price of Sager, as he had don. 14 year*
ago, when a similar proposition was brought forward.
On that occasion, indeed, be declined' to sell Sugar
at all, confisAsig himself to theists of Tea ' and Ito
apprehended that any tech reduction week; be only a
delusion upon the Pubic, al those' who made a re-
duction in the price of Seger -would most likely in.
classify themielve" by so advance in., the price of
Tn.- As to the allusion, in the reply if the Lamina
Genoine Tea Compeny, to Balite Tia„he maintained
that it was quite erroneous, as Bohm was geeerally
better than most Souchnfige imported, while it we.
much cheaper, and according to the triiitriern of me.
dicet men, its liquor was pecoliertrselobrinos.
After a few further observations, the Itesolatiooti
teeigleelly proposed were agreed Se, with some addl.
dons, and ordered le be pohlitheCin ill the Papers.
A eebstription wa. entered into to defray the et.
pence of the publication, and a Gentlernee es
said
.th
he.had received 201. in aid of the abject from .inik4it •
the wholesale tea houses in souk, tie. paricfpilie .
in vrttich did, hrilvever, repress seiledisaliprebatioo
of the conduct of those Meetings.
The Meeting broke op at *boot ten n'clork, after
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eotifirthaeks to the 'Treasurer and Committee, se
well auto the Chairman.

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Pr!day, the 13th inst., the Commissioners of Rack.
ney.cOacbes convicted the. following coachmen :--
Tee driver of No. 75, in the penalty of 10s. for re- • •
fussing to drive a shilling twee from Palace yard to.
wards Teinple.bar, which they ire compelled by law
to do %/hp) required by the Public; the Moo of
No. 417 Wat impended from driving for one month,
for'very redo behaviour to the Complainant in Corn.
hill, and threatening to give him in charge to the
watchman, on the 3J November; the owner of No.
583, in the penalty of 10s. for exaction ; the driver,-
of No. 818, iothe penalty of 109.1 for misbehaviour
to the Complainant in Smithfield ; the driver of Neat
901, in the penalty of 10s. for election; thedriverelV
NC 1112, in the pensity•of thilbefisvictor44.
illai Complainant, at Brampton, on the Ist inst., irt
calling end shooting after him, andibresieoing sulk:
to carry hien spin In hit roach ; Ibitdriver of 1141116:
in the penalty of 10s. for mete** ; the otrutekr
licence of No. 344 was 'upended, for working
'efficient benee.•

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