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130 Miscellanzes.[Feb.-

3 That, on inquiry; it will be found, that, at times, under.the operation of the present statute, particular kinds of grain cannot be transported from England to Scotland or from Scotland to England-- Day eyen, that grain may he imported from foreign Countries into the one part of the kingdom, when it can be exported from the other. Such a state of CoRy Laws unquestionably requires amendment, And, it is to be wiShed, that instead of the average price of England and of Scotland taken Separately, the average price of the whole mari- time districts of Great Britain, Should regulate tbe importation and ex- portation throughout the whole iSland, provided the free transmition of grain be allowed, from any. one part of the kiogdom to another.

4 That the benefit which, it was Supposed, this part of the country zvould derive from the importation of grain from Ireland, is by no means of the magnitude or extent expected. Even in the most plen- tiful years, this part of the country must have recourse to importation. And the grain dealers, both in Great Britain and Jreland, knowing that grain must be had for the conzumption of tbe inhabitants of this dis- trict, have itin their power to take advantage of the high price to which, according to the present act, grain must rise, before importa- tion from foreign countries is allowed, and can, without. risk, retain the grain which is the produce of Ireland, until the prices in this coun- try arrive nearly at the prices at which grain may be produced from foreign ports.

5 That to render the permission to import grain from the Britsh Colonies in America, at lower prices than from other foreign Coun» tries, of any advantage to the inbabitants of Great Britain, it is ab- Solutely necessary, that the ports be allowed to coptinue open for Six months at a.time, in order tbat the grain dealer may not incur the risk of the ports. beingshut, before the cargo he has commissio0ned can arrive,

6 That a humble petition be presented without delay to parliament, Stating the above mentioned facts, and praying the legislature to reduce the prices at which grain 1s allowed to be imported from foreign coun- tries, on payment of. the low duties; to regulate those prices accord» ing to the average of the whole maritime districts of Great Britain; to allow the free transmission of every kind of grain, at all mes, from any one part of the kingdom to another; and to enact, that when im- portation from the British Colonies in America is permitted, the ports Shall continue open for 5ix month at a time,

7 That Boyd Alexander, Esq. of Southbar, representative in Parli- ament for this district of Burghs, be requested to prezent the petition from the City; and that the right honourable lord Archibald Hamil- ton, reprezentative in parliament for the county of Lanark, and Wil- liam M“Dowall, Esg. of Garthland, representative for the county of Renfrew, be requested to Support the petition, and to concur with Such other members of parliament, as bave the Same object in view,

8 That these resolutions be published in the Glasgow, Edinburgh, London, Manchester, and Liverpool, newspapers-

JOHN HAMILTON, Provost. Glasgow, 22nd January, 18035-

At a Meeting of the Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and

Manufactures, establishcd by Royal Charter, in the City of Glasgow, JOHN" GORDON, Esg. in tbe Chair.