To Sir JAMES SHAW, Bart.,...
To Sir JAMPS SHAW, Dart., Pre-ident: TtOWLANDSTEPURENSON, Eqq., Treasurer; anld the GOVERNORS at large of St. BARTISO- LOMEW'S HO-SPITAL. hly i.ords and Gentleman, ReOR tbe honour you have this day conferred on me, F*in electing roe an ASSISTANT-SUIIGEON to y-our most valuable and Important Inlstittion, pernit me to ofrer to you, collectively aLid Individually, my heartfelt aeknowledgments. Be assured, I am deeply seussible of the value of your kindness, and of the velghty responslbility of the trust you liave reposed In me; aiind by a strict and zealous attention to the duties which it Involves, I hope to prove, better than by any professions tvhieh I could make, hor mnuch sd ho%v truly I fee, the obligatlon. Wlith the highest respect I have thie honour to remaln, Mly Lords and Geirtlemeui, Your inoAt oblIged and obedient servant, Falcon-square, May 19, 1824. EUSERIUS ARTHUR I.LOYD. A T a nu MEerous iNtEETING of the HOLDERS of A< BONDS under the Real of the Corporation o1 London, held at the London Taveri, this 19th day of May. 1824: Sir CLAUDIUS SrEPIiMN HUNTER, Bart. I the Chair; Resolved, That tkis meeting, tvith equal surpriae and regret, has observed the introduction of bills Into the House of Commons, piir- sUant to the resolutions of che Court of Lord Mayor, Aldermen., and Common Council of the city of Londoni, to authorise that Corporation to diseliarge the seyeral annuities raised under the authority of varl-ousacts of Parliament secured by the bond of the said Corporation, and.charged Orpon the Orphans' Fund, the Navig-ation Tolls, anid ttie dutIe ptayable in respect of the establislirscnt of a market for the sale of coals. That suc2i proceeding appears to thIs meeting to be in direct viola- tion of the con tractsen tere In to, destructive ot the good faithwvhSch should alwrays prevail betwseen debtor and creditor, anid seriouisly de- trimenaSl to) the hISgh chlar'tctr hl?thserto mai ntained 1JY th eCorpurintion Of Londonl. That such measures have been undeitaken wIthout retection and due consideration, aid will prove to be wholly delusive, nod that the baving to beetected will not In any degree be adequate to the losses which will be sustained by the bondholders. That a Petition be pres;ented to the Honourable the Co,mmons Thoue of Parliament against the ftirther progress of such l ills, and that, f necessary, a requlsition he obtained tor a Court of Conmmon Council, that meamsures so prejudiclal and inexpedient be reconsidered. That the thaliks of the neetin g be given to Sir Claudlus Stephen Hunter, bart. for his attention so the business of the day. That these resolutIons he pubilshed Sn the foUowiiig daily, papers: The Timen, Chronaclee and CourIer. N. B. The peti tion w; Il lie fiar signature at tile oSfice of litr. J am es, 29. Bucklersbury._________ -_