The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-12-29 00:00:00

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MEETING AT THE TOWN-HALL, NO
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REPEAL •r m CORN BILL.

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On Wednesday, a Meeting was held at the Guild-
hall of Nottingham, for the purpose offort,i.lptingtl.ei
propriety of petitioning the House of Common; to
repeal the Corn Bill, passed by the late Psil.•.oent.
At half-past eleven o'clock the Mayor, Isaac Wool-
ley, Esq. made his appearance in the scrota•
ponied by several of the Aldermen, the Town Clerk,
and a camber of the Gentlemen who had signed the

Requisition.
Raving opened the Meeting, the MaYon desired
Mr. Enfield to read the Requisition, and as soon as
that Wit done, _

The MAYOR took the Chair, on the proposition
of Alderman WiLsor, seconded by Mr. Titcrauts
WAKEFIELD.
Alderman Vlrtmos, in a short speech, proposed
to the Meeting a string of Resolutions and a Petition.
'These were read and seconded by
Mr. THOMAS WAKEFIELD, who commenced by
1 some observations on the thinness of the Meetioitt
which he thought might be amounted for by the ex-
treme rigour of the weather, by the day on which
the Meeting wet held, which was too far in the
meek, and lastly, by being Christmas week, when.
the labouring classes of the community were unwil-
ling to leave their work.
A GENTLEMAN in the Hall observed, that th.
Meeting was not sufficiently known—it should haw,:
been announced by the belittle', or some Gibe •
means.

Mr. W. resened. He bad no doubt, though this
'Meeting was not large, that the Oistition would !,.•
numerously signed, fur there was scarcely any suti
jest *bleb had excited ;nitro interest, or created morn
di4cusaion, than that of the Corn Laws. Ile deilicl-
ed the evils ati4ug from the I;i4h prices of grain, sod
expressed his wish to %PP all piohihitory laws repeat-
ed, whether they telitpd to ne.liculture or vornmerce,
:Intl purticolarly thew the attention of the Meeting to
the conduct of those who are actively preparing lie.
siliolis in some parts of the country, to induce rt.is
Logi.Louie, if pothitile, to Clow the price of era.
s,ill higher, and pi.ce Ow rnsiiiiity of the Pool&
Ow. country still tielrer the confines of siarv.iiion.-
The names of.thebe Pe.itioneri had hitherto been con-
crated, but he hoped Cley would yet be publisiseii.
and, along with their Petition, be held on to •the
ro.rited execration of the whole coniiiry. Mr. W.
in the course of his remarks, alluded to the circunt-
stance of the town having two Rein esenr .t Ives wh'
would join together in the promotion of the abject of
their Petition ; and he was authorizoti to say, they
would giie it every attention and support in their
power. Ile congratulated the 1100tii•g, that they
had not one Member who would vote sloe way and
another the other, by which the itvresentation of the
town would be rendered a inanity ; but they hail
two Men:bets who did difflikg.ausa dp,pledge them.
i selves to the Peo;,le; and 4 hail al w art and,
that those who he•itated in p'ezlging thorns rPI to
the People, were generally /1.4,1 snot liberal in their
promises to the Crown. Ile hesrtii seconded the
motion.
The Iti,solotions were then read seriatim. pat
from the Chair, and carried, as far as we could sees
iu the most unattimous manner. .
-`+W hen -est • Perisirnt Nir 61 read, en otsfeiliew was
taken to its being stated as the Petition of NOLCIIig.
CIO'S 'and Rs nci,ghbourhuod. •
Mr. ENFI ELD observed, that if the Inhabitants of
the neighbourhood Were precluded from signing this
Peition, they would most probably provide one for •
themselves, and by this means two or three Petitions
would go op to the (louse ipotesi] of one.
. 4f44 some conversation, in which Mr. WYLDS
end 11114 AV`AKEFIELD participated, it was agreed that
tkeTetkinn-ihnulJ only be the Petition of the town
and county of the town of Nottinchsm.
The Petition and other It•solutions were then
evert] to ; cod after Thanks had been toted to the
Mayor, the Meeting was dissolved.

SURREY TiIEATUE•—This well regulated establish.,
merit opened on Saturday, and gives the fairest
'nonage of hscpmiog, under the management of
Mr. T. DIBDIN, as attractive as on any former sea-
son. Three pieces completely new were produlced.
and sanctioned by the warm plaudits of a crowded
house. Mrs. Ilosm, from Drury•larie Theatre, was
particularly successful in both the characters assigned
to her. Mr. T. P. Coo KE, Mr. Grissom, and a'M r.
FRITH, from Brighton, were honoured with well_
merited approbation. Coosce, in the performance of
five characters in one, exhibited a versatility of talent
which would not have disgraced an 12.1.r.rsTurt. Gro.
BON'S voice had a powerful effect, and Mr. Frturit's
country waiter was natural arid correct. A host of
old favourites, particularly Mrs. BROOKS, Miss T 4 Y.
LOKI FITZ WILLIAM, Crimes, GIROUX, MM.,
BRYAN, Mica SIMPSON, &e. %PPM welcomed most
cordially. The music,..by WHITAKER and PARRY,
was delightfully effective; and the new scenery cha.
ricteristically magnificent, particelarly the new drop
scene, which ii equal to any of Wicsox's best speci-
mens.
The average standard price of copper ore has, in
the present month, fallen at the general public weekly
sales in Cornwall, full 321. per ton.
It is one of the important results of chymical
science, that the various products from the distillation
of coal amount to nearly sit times the price of the
original article. A chaltiron of Newcastle coals,
which costs about 31. will prOdisce—.,
I} Chaldrow. of Coke. as 91... LI 19 9
11 Ca!l •ets of 14.4 r, at 10d.
18 GO noof Amen.bnini Ligt of, iii 6dl.
10,000 Cubic fret of Gai, at lap. srm WO cubic feet 15 0 0
at
3417 17 9

The inhabitants of Cdeff hive tithscrihed 8001. to•
wards lighting the sitops of that town with gas.
Early yesterday morning a fire broke out at the
hoese of a hsir.dresser, citrate near Blenheim-alerts,
Oxford-street. It raged with consider-Ole fury for
some time, to the great terror of the inhabitants of
the vicinity, who apprehended the mod deatractiva
consequences; but the speedy errisal of the engines,
and the active exertions of the firemen, were happily
successful in subduing the flaws before their privets
had occa;iuned much damp.

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