XAsr. MEMOIRS and CORRESPONDENCE of JAMES ACLAND, Proprietor and Editor— written by Himself, " I LIKE HONESTY IN ALL PLACES."— Judge Bayley. Printed and Published by JAMES ACLAND ( S'OLK PROPRIETOR ANB EDITOR; at No. 4, All Saints'street, Bristol. VpL. II— Mo. XVI.] WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1829. [ Price Hd. MEBCHHBBBMW— aai^ jM To the ASSOCIATED BREAD EATERS " One and one make two.'' COCKER'S ARITHMETIC. Brother Shareholders, The almost immediate approach of the period at which the Association of which you are members, will be in full and bene- ficial operation, renders it necessary that I call your attention to some of the most pro- minent of the regulations which affect the practical working of the Institution. The delivery of pure flour at the rate of 4lb. per week per share, commences on Monday next, the Nth instant. ' Individuals may now hold as many shares as they please, the clause restricting them to twenty not forming a portion of the pre- sent constitution, ana,, as I think, having been very properly rescinded. The restric- tion as to votes ( no member having more than five) still exists ; but it was found on experience, that the clause now rejected was only so far operative as it induced Share- holders desiring the benefit accruing from a" greater number of shares than that allotted one person, to practice the deception of holding them on the names of others. On the ground of its inefficacy and also of its holding out a premium to deception, this well meant but useless regulation was not incorporated with those forming the present Constitution of the Association. The compulsory clause still exists— each Shareholder being obliged to take one quar- tern loaf or 4lbs. of flour, or a proportionate quantity of offal per week, for each of the shares he may hold. This compulsion, how- ever, will not be anywise burthensome ; for, as by a regulation of your Committee, the Association will not be " dealers and chap- men," because selling only to those for whom thev act, viz. the Shareholders— these will be enabled to re- sell the bread they will be compelled to take of the Association, and for which they may not have sufficient means of consumption, to non- Shareholders or Strangers, at such increase of price as may be adequate to the additional expence in- curred. Nor is this a deceptive theory, for I shall presently shew you that the plan sug- gested will secure you from any of the incon- veniences which may have been supposed to attach to the compulsory legulation in ques- tion. It is my intention, as it is, probably, the intention of others, to open a retail shop for the sale of the surplus shares of flour, bread, and offal, to strangers • With such view, I announce to such of you as may hold more shares than you can consume in your families, to favor me with a call before Sa- turday night, for the purpose of signing a paper which shall give me authority to re- ceive from the Association Store, such quan- tity as you may desire to be relieved from the necessity of taking. E, verv Shareholder must pay in cash for his purchases, and I shall do the same with regard to the spare shares of others assigned in this respect to me, as to those which I hold in my own right. I shall then sell them to non- share- holders at an increased price— thereby se- curing myself against loss from the expences it will be necessary for me to incur. I think I shall find that at the end of a year, ample profit will result to me in recompense for my speculation— whilst those who desire to pos- sess a greater interest in the half- yeatly divi- dends than their home- consumption ( without the assistance of establishments such as I have proposed) would permit, may do so. Now, it will perhaps be as Jwell if, for the first time, I offer for your consideration my views of the pecuniary advantages which wiil result lo you as Shareholders. In doing so I will not content myself with a simple statement ofthe profit per share, which crude imagination or too sanguine hope might suggest. I will anti- cipale nothing, which experience has not proved or which prohability will not justify. In the present uncertainly as to the extent of the folly, pride, and obstinacy of your beaien ex- committee men and thrir factious adherent!-, I am unable to judge precisely of the number who taay prefer rather IO forfeit their shares than to sign the Book of the Constitution. But 1 think there can be no doubt that the number of Shares which will have been signed for by the evening of the Tenth instant ( to- morrow) will be 7.500; and on such number I will there- fore make my calculation. The profit made by a miller who buys his wheat, grinds it, and sells the flour, is two shil- lings per sack, independently of the offal pro- duced from six bushels of wheat ( the quantity required for a sack of flour), and which offal is worth on an average, five shillings. From every six bushels of wheat, thcrtfore, the miller expects to derive a pre fit of seven shillings, and as the Association will be its own miller, grind- ing and consuming S28 bushels of wheat per week, and that quantity < f wheat di titled by six giving 88 sacks of flour, the miller's profit at seven shillings per sack, will amount to £ 30 IGs. per week. The profit m- ade by Bakers who sell at the Assize price, is ( at least) one penny per quartern Ipaf, and 7,500 quarterns at Id. each will give as the baker's profit per week <£ 31 5s. If we add these two amounts of<£ 30, 16 and ,£ 31. 5s. together, we shall have a su of £ 62. Is. as the gross weekly profit the Association on the consumption of 75 Shareholders, and if we multiply this umpu by the number of weeks in the year, t | 48 THE BRISTOLIAN. total gross annual profit will be .£ 32%, the Book of the Constitution." Not that By a most liberal calculation, 1 make the your signatures are wanting, but because annual expences of the \ ssociation to amount vou should not hereafter have any excuse to « £' lo8i. and if that sum oe deducted from left you for your suicidal attachment to an the gross annual profit, thete will remain a imaginary sum of money in the hands of net sum of o£ 2,14" 2. t2. v. Oil.— which, divided detected rogues, and because, when you find among the 7,501) shares, will leave the sum that you are not Shareholders you should not of os. 8per share \ ear— about 57 per be able to say that it was the fault of any cent, per annum on the capital employed—! but yourselves — the result of no persuasion and give wholesome and nutritious bread but that of the Avvuiites and the rogues ! into the bargain 1 j These men nave endeavored toalarm you by Should it be imagined I have out- num-; urgipg your liability as partners for the debts of bered the shares that may be signed fcr, 1 am the Association; and they allege that your quite content that any probable reduction i Counsel, Mr. Follelt, has decided that you are maybe tnade— for, if less luavt. s be eaten, j so liable. It is false! ' I hit gentleman told yt. u there wiii be less Shareholders among whom | that a lecem verdict seemed to legalise sucii to divide the profits- - and the difference in j supposition, but that the parties to that case the annua! p-. ofit on each share will be per- j lVere sull before the Court of King's Bench ori fectly immaterial. j the subject of the verdict, and that it was his To those among you who have not signed j ( Mr. pollen's) opinion, that the verdict would the Book of the Constitution, I beg to ob-| m) t stand. 1 have now the pleasute of reque- t- serve, that if you continue obstinately loolish,' , no your perusal of the ulterior proceedings, and blind to your own iaterest beyond mid- j whereby you v. ill learn that by the unanimous night of to- morrow ( to which hour I shall keep the office ' open) your shares and inter- est will become forfeited beyond redemption. You cannot urge that \ ou have not had suf- ficient notice Your Committee will not possess the power of counteracting the effect of the resolution of your last General .\ ieet- injr— and application to them on the subject will therefore be utterly useless. Your shares not being stamped will not be saleable, and cannot be offered by you for sale as shaies in the Bristolian Bread Association, without renderi- ig" the person so offering them, liable to indictment for fraud. On the other hand, by signing the book of the Constitution, you become entitled to all the benefits of the As- sociation— Pure flour on Monday next — Pure bread on Friday three weeks - and up- wards of 50 per cent, per annum on your Capital. There may be soma among those who have signed, who desire that you should continue in your folly, that the forfeiture of the instalments you have paid may enhance the value of their shares in the Association. For my part, 1 disown any such desire, in- viting. desiring, entreating, and advising that you cease to be the dupes of the factious and dishonest men who would have you sacrifice your property and your right to pure bread, for the mere gratification of their wrong- headed fancies and evil dispositions. Recol- lect, that it is I who have resisted the ma- chinations of the Bakers and their friends of the Ex Committee— that it is I who would have bean most injured had their evil inten- tions been as successful as they were in- tended to have been— that it is more or less through my instrumentality that the Associ- ation is still in a healthful state of existence— and that it is I who say to you " Consult your own interests by immediately signing division of the Judges, yon are not paitueis, and therefore ( lot responsible for any debts thai might be contrac ed by your Committee of manage- ment. The following is the report to which 1 allude as it appeared in the Times newspaper:-— COURT OF KING'S KE. NCH, Nov. 25. OICKINSON I,'. V A LP V, USQ. This case came on for nrgmuem on a rule nisi for a nonsuit ot H new trial. The action was on a bill of exchange for .100/. drawn bv the agent of the late Dornvvail and Devon Miui< Company, mid accepted by the Secretary of that Company. The defendant was sued as li member of the Company by the plaintiff At the trial, before Mr. Justice Burrotigh, at the sum- mer assizes f r the couutv of' Somerset, in 1827, a verdict was for the plaintiff. The rule nisi for a non suit, or a new trial, was obtained in Michaelmas term 1H27, by the Attorney- General, on several geounds, the principal of which was, that there < va » no evidence at the trial to shew that the defendant was a partner in the company io question, or that he had done any act to render himself liable to be sued on a bill of this description. The defendant, it- appeared, was a shareholder of the. company. Lord Tenterden, before the learned counsel for the defendant had concluded his observations, said he was satisfied that there ought to be either a nonsuit or a new trial. Mr. Justice Bayley said it was the duty of the com- pany to take- care that they had ready mouey to carry on their concerns ; aud it was not for ihem to say that every shareholder, not beinga partner in the compauy, should be responsible for every hill of exchange drawu in their name, In this company it appeared there were 10,000 shares, and there might be. as many shareholders. Could any man, on becoming a shareholder, be supposed to understand that his name was to be pledged for all the hills which the company might draw. The directors might, bysigu- ing bills, pledge themselves personally, but they could not bind the shareholders without some authority. In this ease there was HO evidence to shew that the de- eudant had given anv authority 10 the directors to draw bills for which he was to hold himself respon- sible; and, in tire absence of such evidence, or of evidence that the defendant had held himself out a partner in the concern, he ( the learned Judge) was of opinion that the plaintiff could not recover. Mr. Justice iVittledale aud Mr. Justice James Parke delivered their opinions to the. same effect. thrd Tenlerdeti saW. that he- would speak to the-* learned Judge who tried the cause; and the Court would then decide whether there should be a nonsuit or a new trial, —— COURT OF KING'S BENCH— Nov. 23 DICKINSON V. YALPY. Mr. Justice BAYLEY stated, that in this case, which was ffrgiied a few day's ago, on a rule nivj to set aside the verdict tor the plaintiff and enter a nonsuit, or for a new trial-,.. the Court bad already expressed its opi- nion, hut had deferred its decisiou, as to whether the rule should be made absolute for a nonsuit Until they spoke to the learned judge ( Mr. Justice Bur- roughs), before whom the cause was tried They had now had a communication with Mr. Justice Burrongh w ho stated that he believed he had reserved all tlie points raised at the trial The rule must, therefore, be made absoiute for a ujomenl. , Now it will be obvious to you, that not only have vou not committed yourselves by gning any instrument whereby \ ou have incurred a. legal liability for the debts ( or vour respective portions of the debts) of the Association, but that the Book of the Con- titution which the majority of you have signed, distintly releases you from any such liability, throwing all iesponsibility for debt on the Committee of Management indivi- dually and collectively. To vour Constitution, a majority of the Shareho. ders have attached their signatuies, with a majority of the shares and a majority of the votes — so that it is really laughable to sec the boyish efforts of the would- be Com- mittee- men, to enaet the ridiculous farce of a sham Association. You want bread and they tell you they have got Exchequer Bills. Y* ou desire the Association to prosper, in tne hope of securing to yourselves and perpetu- ating to your offspring and their children's children, the blessings of a wholesome loaf— these sapient gentlemen tell you how you can most readily destroy that Association! Was ihere ever such folly? Was theie ever such impudence ? Was there ever such roguery ? 1 he Alum ites are canvassing you to sign a book for the division of what they call your money, but which is not your money, but that of Messrs. Haythorneand Wright. They have your money and that offered you by the Moores, the Alloways, and the Salters, is the amount of which the Bankers havo been defrauded by men who preferred being rogues, to the not having every thing their own way. If I kept a banking account with - Messrs. Havthorne and Wright, and any of the faction had obtained from them .£' 1,900 on the forged signature of my name, to a checque for that amount, would not the Banker be legally bound to make the sum good to me ? What is the difference between the two cases ? None. The Faction of the late Committee meet at a strange place and without giving notice of such meeting to their fellow Commitiee- Mm. Was [ this a legal Committee? They vole a checque THE BR1ST0LIAN. for ^ 1900 which the regulations of the Asso- ciation require should be voted by a Committee legally convened, and legally assembled. Was this vote legal ? The Bankets are directed to invest thisofl'JOO in Exchequer Bills, and thev doso notwithstanding that the rules ( with which they had been furnished) forbade the diminution of the iunds unless for the purposes of the Asso- ciation. Are not the Bankers responsible to your Committee for the amount thus impropeilv paid? I have no doubt the Lord Chancellor will tell them so. In the meantime 1 inform you that yon ought not to sign any paper for a division ot property which is not your own.— Your oflSOO is still at the Bankers', though they deny it. 1 he money paid by them on the frau- dulent checqu- ofthe faction has no more to do with your property than the payment of a like amount to any oth- r of their customers or lo any fellow that migh- foige a name or effect a fraud. As soon as a sufficient number of pence shall have been paid at the office for the Chancery proceeding, I doubt not ] shall be able to read Messrs. Haythorne and Wright a lesson on pru- dence and ihe Ex- Committee a lesson on honesty which ii will well become each and all ol them lo study at their eailtest convenience. Your's faithfully, JAMES ACLAND. To GEORGE ESSEX, Formerly a bookseller, now a dealer in, Blue Pills and Accounts, and one of the Ex- Committee- men. SIR, You are not your father, and I think you should tell people so— for many take you for him— which is a libel upon a respectable tradesman, who never would have lent him- self to a conspiracy for depriving ( or attemp- ing to^ deprive) poor hard- working men of a wholesome loaf of full weight at cost- price. You really should tell the good folks you would fain deceive, that you are- - what you are, and not what those who do not know your history may think you. JAMES ACLAND. To the SHAREHOLDERS in the BR1STO- LIAN BREAD ASSOCIATION. " What have I done, that you dure wilt) your tongues in noise so rude against trie?" bil AliSf'EAtiK. Brother Shut e- hotders, I conclude my last or introductory letter by pledging myself to prove the misconduct of the " Faction" as well as the honest perseverance with which your intrepid founder has consulted your interest, and it is in redempiion of such pledge that I now again come before you, - to detail the indefatigable exertions of your Provi- sional Secretary from the time he first imagined the foundation of the Association to that at which the sale of TEN- TIIOUCAND Shares was completed, would be to trifle with your time at your own observaiions must convince you beyond any thing I could write, of ihe toil and fatigue, and trouble, mental and bodily of the sleepy nights, and restless days, endured and patiently and cheerfully endured by the intrepid sup- porler of your privileges and interests, you must be well aware that no effort of praise. I could ma e would be sufficiently expressive of the, laudable interest he has taken in our welfare.! But will you believe it? No sooner had he, overcome the many obstacles that j. rsenied | themselves— no sooner had he gained the, battle and shaken from his shoulders this most labori- ous task, and prepared himself to settle the con- stitution of the Association on a firm basis, and IO originate its several officers in order that he might perfect the work he had begun, and make ihe Association worthy of imitation by ihe inha- bitants of every City and County throughout the kingdom, than some of the imperious members of the Committee began to display a desire to dispense with the assistance of the talented founder— they imagined ihey weie themselves clever enough todo any thing, and every thing; or ( iriore properly speaking) th:- y perceived it impossible to make a " good thing of it"— to serve their relations or religious acquaintance whom they seemed exceedingly inclined to serve — solong as the Editor wiih hi- s falcon eye and keenness of perception, sat there to scan their movement; and check the progress of their corruption— they knew well calumny insult ami clamour were the most likely means to drive him from their meeting, because where there is in- sult and clamour, there cannot be reason and justice, and " ihe howling of the beasis of the foiest is not ofien pleasing to the ear of life ex- perienced Musician," and they consequently endeavoured by the bullying phrase of Salter, the pomposity of Ilamley, the extreme ignorance, impudence and folly of Roger Moore, and thr Billinsgate slang of Ilybart, to drive him from his post in an Association of which he is the founder, and has ever consulted your interest. He retired in order to awaken you to your dan- ger. On certain conditions being got tip to be presented to Mr. L- incasler, prepara: ory to the taking of his Premises in Temple Street, one of which was that " instead of Mr. Lan- caster's repairing the premises we accept the amount agreed to be paid Mr. L. by the tenant who had last occupied the premises," which amount was ascertained by Mr. Fo- terfor Mr. Lancaster, but was not known to the sub com- mittee when they passed the resolution. There- fore 1 asserted, it Was buying a cat in a bag, a blind speculation," and was about to argue the unreasonableness of their conduct— when in- one clamorous ouicry they, Messrs. Essex, Tripp, Hamley, Alloway, Mondey and Hybart exclaimed, " a vote of censuie shall be passed on Phillips," which in effect was, that I should nut consult your interest or express- my opi- nion in their inquisitorial committee. On the next evening, in the Provisional Committee these worthies ( notwithstanding the heavy ana- thema hurled by them at my offending head) were obliged to acknowledge that they were missaken— that I was right and they were wrong— and Messrs. Alloway, Essex, Tripp, Mondey, and Hamley then asserted, that if ihey had taken Mr. Foster's valuation for the repairs, they, " should have been completely done," as the sum awarded was but ^ 5, " but of a bad job" said they " we have made a good one, for we have agreed that Mr. L. should allow the Association c£ 30 for repairs. This I observed would be ,£ 20 or c£" 30 too little, if I had been allowed to have given my opinion deliberately and as a builder. I certainly thought myself entitled to that attention from the other members of the sub- committee upon this occa- sion, which 1 should willingly have paid to Roger Moore, had the subject been the' dipping of candles or ihe amassing of .£ 300 per annum " independent properly." I should iu such case have valued the necessary repairs at nearer 100/. than 51. Thus has the Association bs* en injured by the ignorance and arrogance of these self- opinionated comjnitiee- men. Thus you will perceive that for thus attempting to serve you truly and faithfully and to render the Association a service by which ( had prudence been the rules of their conduct instead of arrogance and head- strongness), your Committee might have saved 951, of your mi^ ney. A vote of censure was proposed against your humble servant by. tHese lords dictatorial— 1 hail frequently at- tempted to address this overwise and self- con- cfrited portion of your committee, and as fre- quently have I been put down by the sarcastic sneers of an Essex — the clamours and conceit of a Tripp— the imagined importance of a Hamley -^- orthe slippery chicanery of an Alloway. I have bet- n told that " such trifles as these,' were not worth contending about— that my dis- position was a factious one— that I rejoiced in disturbance— that we should endeavour to avoid distention and disunion, even though we submit to some " trifling losses." But I ask should I as a member of your Committee have dene my duty towards you if I had not endeavoured to prevent the sacrifice of your property. This letier has reached to some length and I shall therefore conclude in th* language of the brute King Henry VIII. to the unfortunale criminal Anne Boleyn. '' No more for fear < f tiring you. This is written by the hands of him wlio would willingly remain your's," ALFRED PHILLIPS. To WILLIAM SCOTT, Now a Tailor, and one of the Ex- Committee men. SIR, I am credibly informed, that in 1814, you I were a private in the Renfrew Militia, a re- giment which had mutinied, under the most THE BR1ST0LIAN. disgraceful circumstances, T he Cavalry com- pelled you to take up the arms you had mu- tinously grounded, and from that period to the time when you were disbanded in Ireland, the War- Office took especial care that you should not remain at any one station long enough to seduce the people from their loy alty arad good faith. Your regiment was broken up in Ireland, whence you found your way to this City, took a wife, and at divers timt- s subsequently took more than • your share of apprentices from the Mint, taking with each as much money in the shape of a premium as you could get. And thus you have got on in the world. Now if you had not been one of the muti- neers against the interests of the pure Bread Volunteers, all this might have been for- gotten. As it is, it is right it should be remembered. JAMES ACLAND. To JAMES ENGLAND, Tuner of Piano- I'ortes, and the Cat's- paw Chairman of the Ahuu- ites. name because it was precisely that of an opulent Squire residing in Somersetshire, and because people would not know that the head of your; Banking firm was a pauper, when his name should be set forih with all tbe advantages of a copper- plate engraving ? JAMES ACLAND. I have received communications from Froome, and, you are injamous! so infa- mous, that your roguish compeers themselves will be defiled by the very touch of you. I write nothing that I. cannot prove, nor until the proof is in my possession. Your's in abhorren^ disgust, JAMES ACLAND. TJOI1N ALLOWAY, Grinder of Bones, Manufacturer of Promis- sory Notts, and one ef the Ex- Committee- men. SIR, You are going " round " to the Shareholders for the purpose of seducing them into consent that that the money your associates have fraudulently obtained from the City Bank, should be divided among them. Take my advice, and wait the result of your trial for conspiracy, before you put down more names against the express wish and declaration of the parlies. I allude to Green, one of Mr. Hare's men. Tell your associate Marriott, to be careful ^ he next time he procures signatures under the belief that he is James Acland; and tell him futthcr, that Mrj Thome wishes bis name scratched out of such list. He need not take my word for it, as belh he and Mr. T. reside in the same street with myself. Meanwhile, I beg tn ask you. whether, in 180S, vou did not start a sham Bank under the title of the Axbridge and Somersetshire Bank, wiih the firm of Liscombe, Paden, & Co.— and whether you did not purchase from a. pout stone- breaker on the road of the name of Lis- combe, for £ 20 permission to use his name—, and- whether you did not desire the use of his COMMITTEE ROOM 4 All Saints' Street. Saturday. Dec. 5th. Mr. BEVAN, Chairman. The Minutes and Resolutions of the last Committee were read and confirmed, Mr. Neyler staled that he had advanced the sum voted by tbe • Committee at their last Meeting for the completion of the purchase of Wheat. That tlie Provisional Secretary do inspect the Title Deeds of their Premises in Avon Sreet, with reference to their precise extent, and report to the Committee thereon. That the Provisional Secretary be authorised at all times to receive Samples and Tenders of Wheat of the best quality, at Cash price. Persons making such Tenders to state the quautity they may have to dis- pose of, the lowest price, ai. d where the Wheat so offered is stored. Mr. Phillips reported to the Committee the Tenders of several individuals ( Shareholders) to further the interests of iheAssociatioti by gratuitous assistance in iheir respective trades; when several persons present also volunteered every pecuniary assistance in their power to promote its welfare. 1 hat whilst this Committee express their deep sense of the kind feeling manifested lowards the Association in the offers of Cash, Services, and Goods, so generously tendered to them, tney beg to record ifceir unlimited confidence in the means they shall possess when the Shareholders, who have signed the Books shall have paid up tlnir Instalments, and of which result ihty have every reason lo hope and no cause to doubt. The Provisional Secretary placed in the hands of the Chairman the sum of Twenty- five Pounds, received by him on Instalments, which was placed in the hands of Mr. Neyler, he giving an acknowledgmenftfor that sum. That Lieut. Rottou, Mr. Cossens, and Mr. Neyler do form a Sub- Committee for the in- spection of the Buildings of the Association: That it be conspicuously Advertised in the Bristolian of Wednesday next, that in pursuance of a Resolution passed at the last GENERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS, held on ihe I9' h November last, and which Reso- lution it is not in the power of this Committee lo alter, such SUA RES as are NOT STAMPED on or'before the 10th inst. will be VALUEIMSS ; and any attempt lo dispose of them a I'll A u t). COMMITTEE- ROOM, 4, AH Saints' Street. Monday Evening, Dec. 7. Mr. HENRY NEYLER, Chairman. The Minutes of ihe. last Committee were read and confirmed. The Provisional Secretary read to the Com. mittee a case reserved for the deeisic- n of the Judges of the Court of King's Bench, and which was decided a few days since, as lo the liability of Shareholders for the Debis contracted by ihe Directors or Committee of Associations, which case they requested him to insert in his Bristo- lianfor ihei information of the Shareholders of the Bristolan Bread Association. Lieu;. Rotton report! d that the Miller had returned from Warminster, having conipltted his purchase of Wheat, which was now on its transit lo the Mill. That Mr. Thome, jun. be requested to effect the removal of ihe Cow Shed on the premises in the course of to- morrow, at tbe expence of five shillings. That ihe Provisional Secretary be repaid bv the Chairman the sum of One Pound advanctd by hitn for tbe Rent of a Shed, for the use of Mr. Thome, Sen. duiing the building of the Ovens and Bakehouse. The Provisional Secretary placed in the hands of the Chairman ti e sum of Thirty- five Pounds received this day in Instalments— taking his acknowledgment for that amount. The Provisional Secretary read a letter re- ceived from Mr. Rawlins, of Poulion, in answer lo one wiitien lo him, some days since, lelative to such pari or parls of the Sieam Engine sliil remaining there. That the Provisional Secretary be directed lo acknowltdge theicceipt of his letter, request' iug him to ha\ e ihe kindness to lei ihe property remaining iheie be in his cuslody,— and that the Committie felt every disposition to act hoi. ourably towards him as to certain injuries done on his premises in consequence of the re- moval of the Engine. That 100 Sacks of the description sent in by Mr. Gane be oidi- red of him. Mr. Phillips laid before the Committee apian of a Cart for ihe delivery of the Bread. Thai Messrs. I'arr, Neyler. and Lieut. Roltori meet at the Office to morrow morning, at eleven o'clock, lo inspect ihe plans and specifications to be tben pioJuced by Mr. Phillips. Tuesday, Dec, 8. Present only six— consequently no Com- miltee, the number required for a quorum being seven. > The Provisional Seeretary, however, handed to Mr. Neyler £ 5 ( is. on the claim of the au- ditors and „£' 20 on account, taking hts'receipts for ihe same. NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. The Monty enquired about has not been jxtid me. The two tettrrs about Mr. Harvey, of Montague- street, and his un fortunate Son, are received. Shareholders may obtain " Flour Tickets" by exhibiting their Shares at the Office on Friday or Saturday. | Printed aud Published by JAMES ACLAND, sole Proprietor and Editor,) at the BHISTOMAN- OPFICK ! ' No. 4, All Sainls' Street, Bristol.