The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-09-25
From the New York Gazcttr.

Prom the New York Gazcttr.
| LONDON PETITION AGAINST AUCTIONS
1t is a haokneyed truisin that like Causes pra.
doce like effects. aud il will IN all probability =.
yer be proserbIally true. Neither the historian
nor the mo,alist, has discovered in the Lapse of
It thousand years single trait of eharacter
that may he considered new. OF of which t. cir
! predecessors he'd moi bad he most numerous and
diverse examples. / have been led 10 max.
these remarks from having just seen in vol.
ume al Parliamentary Debates. a memorial n
gdulst auctions, presented by the Lord Mayor
Aldermen and Common Council of the city of
London, 10 the Parliament in England in 1914
| II rs cur ions 10 observe the eXact parallel whicb
may be drawn between this petiIion and thar
which has been prepared by eur merchants
| he evils felt in the city of London were Of eA-
dcty the same character aS those under whcb
our citizens suffering. VI have no otbar
evidence that they were as those felt under tbs
american System of auctions, except thar the
Corporation Of London felt themselves called I'm
on 10 denouuce them as an " intulerabir public
nuisance although IL mistake mol there WAC
a ihIs very time, atax Of five per cenI on sales
by auction. IL may be, however, that tina Cor.
pofaion being placed as the temporal athers of
the cttv, felt bound 10 watch over the haUpin..e
- the people, aud To sndeavor to extel inmate
every nuisance however public it NAV hay.
become, even il II should he " one Of John
Bnlls good old iami'y nuissnces'' Win.
onl further comment give you the petition IL
self:
The memorial of the Lord Mayor. A der.
men and Comma" Council OF the CITY OF Lon.
don respectfully represents, That frauds and de.
captions are carried on to "a considerable extent.
by means of numerous auction rooms for tic
SAFE OF manuihctnTed goods, IN small lots in WI.
rIons parts OF the metropolis, and most oftha
provincial towns, 10 the great injury ofihe man
uiacturer, the talr trailer aud the public gepet-
ally; aud that they have long become an In.
t0fefd0te Ph0hc ha'adace, not only on the nun .
her ct pcisonS coitclrd toge her, aud The rlcat.
md deceptions there prdc',ssd bur Ivy the pomef.
FIJI inducements hey hold out 10 sw india,sta "a
unprmciplPd persons 10 obtain goods upon ere,
dn to defraud their creditors, and 10 servants
70 rob their masters as well, also, as by t,e
Ira"'ls committed upon the public revenue and
that they md 10 encourage the manufacture o.
interior and disrrputahle articles, 10 the great
INJURY "t the manufactures aud commerce Of
The country and which viii now p,oye still
more Inju IouS, when shall have 10 contend
"iiltthe rUal manufactures Of other countries:
anu lha' "hlie the pelSous vending ~ thee
safes eluit that responsibilities. as well As varioas
waves. winch a'tacI 10 Inc regular trader dsre.
l'o'dhi' ait'cits sIe not only Vcndrd With imm,.
my M - me petitioners ar we'll informed
the auction dnty is, to great extent eyaded
that hill was brought in o the house a,ti,,
''e iasl session, and aiI",wafaS witbd,,v.n =,
account oil some niormaty, but. for co..
known TO the petliian eis, he .r,e
s''" IN 10 '"eed, aud pr, ~ the house IN ,ot4
'''S' ,''ious grievances into Consideration and
~ s''ch rert IN the premises as to Them
should seem m..rt !" t!ISY,s,,on,