150 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



II. 



IlESOlrTlO^■S of DuBLIX MKECHAIfTS, AND OF THE CoilillTTEE OF 

 MkRCHAXTS, KELATITE TO THE ESTABLISHMKNT OF A ChA^LBKK 

 OF CoilMEKCE. 



Royal Exchange, DrsLix, 



7fh February, 1783. 



Present — Travers Hartley, Esq., in the Chair. Messrs. "WiUiam 

 ColTille, James Horan, John Binns, Denis Thomas O'Brien, David 

 Dick, Alexander Armstrong, George Lang, Henry Lyons, John 

 Cowan, Samuel Dick, Robert 3Iagee, Arthur Bryan, Paul Patrick, 

 James Anderson, George Lunell, Edward Forbes, Edward Patrick, 

 WilHam Bruce Dunn, Daniel Marston, Joshua Pirn, Frederick Geale, 

 George Sutton, Leland Crosthwaite, Thomas Mitchell, Robert Black. 



A paper having been introduced, containing " Propositions for the 

 Establishment of a Chamber of Commerce in the City " — 



Resolvkd — That the said Paper be referred to the Committee of 

 Merchants, and their opinion requested thereon. 



The meeting adjourned to Tuesday evening next at seven o'clock, 

 when the answer of the Committee of Merchants will be received. 



Royal Exchange, 

 Fehruary 10, 1783. 

 Present — 



Mr. ColvHl. 

 Mr. Hai-tley. Mr. O'Brien. 



Aldennan Sutton. Mr. Cosgrave. 

 Mr. Carothers. 



At a meeting of the Committee of Merchants regularly convened by 

 summons for the special pru-pose of taking into consideration a plan of 

 instituting a Chamber of Commerce in this city, Mr. John Patrick and 

 Mr. Joshua Pim presented to the Committee the plan hereunto annexed, 

 which being received, read, and considered, the following resolutions 

 were entered into : — 



" That we highly approve of the said plan as forming a broad and 

 fii'm foundation on which may be expected to arise a superstructure 

 of eminent usefulness m the commercial department. 



That fi'om this measure the trading interest is likely to derive 

 great additional importance and respect, and the public in general the 

 advantages consequent thereto. 



