1815 - 1817 Scroll Book - Nine Incorporated Trades of Dundee

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to the Council and Burgesses for their approbation and when approved of that a Petition by the Council and all parties concerned shall be forthwith presented to the King in Council praying his Majesty to sanction and confirm the alteration agreed upon.” The motion was seconded by Deacon Mudie and unanimously agreed to by the Council. The Council appoint the present Magistrates, Dean of Guild, Treasurer, Hospital Master and Mr Small one of the Town Clerks to be the Committee of Council for meeting with the Committee of the Burgesses for the above purpose, a majority of them to be a quorum. The Senior Magistrate in Toun for the time being to be Convener. The Council authorize the above Committee to make the necessary arrangements for convening the Burgesses, and ascertaining previous to the Meeting who are Burgesses and to give them Tickets of Admission it being declared that no person shall be allowed to attend the Meeting without a Ticket of Admission signed by one of the Committee. Thereafter Provost Riddoch moved that the Council shall authorize the said Committee to meet with the Guildry or their Committee and make arrangements with them for delivering over the funds, Books and papers of the Guildry to the Dean of Guild and to the Assessors who were chosen by them at their Meeting on the eighth instant. This Motion was seconded by Deacon Mudie and agreed to unanimously. It was moved, seconded and agreed to that the thanks of the Council and Trades be given to Provost Riddoch for the very clear and manly retrospect given by him of he proceedings of the Council regarding the System or Set of the Burgh, the liberal and disinterested view he had taken of the necessary alterations and the comprehensive plan of Reform on which this motion is founded. The Council repeated the Resolution of the last Meeting of Council to take the Petitions of the Guildry and Burgesses into consideration that day four Weeks.” Mr James Ivory thereupon moved the following Resolution. 1 st That the Guildry hail with feelings of unmingled satisfaction this new era in their history; when after the lapse of so many years of disuse they are again enabled to stand forth as a distinct and independent Corporation and to resume their ancient rights and privileges as such. 2d That they feel still higher satisfaction in the new situation in which they are thus placed because after a protracted and very painful and distressing contest with the Magistrates it restores peace and harmony to the Toun – and because it has been brought about in strict accordance with the unanimous voice of the whole Community. 3 rd That the Guildry own their best thanks to he Convener, Deacons, and Members of the Nine Incorporated Trades for the spirited and increasing support which through the struggle now so happily terminated they have received from that Body. 4 th That the Guildry vote their cordial thanks to the Provost, Magistrates and Toun Council for having at length yielded to the decided and unanimous expression of the public sentiment in favour of a reformation in the Borough Set thereby not only removing the existing cause of all those differences and heartburnings which had already subsisted but too long, but likewise restoring their own claims to public favour to a basis on which the claims of the Magistrates should always rest – the gratitude and confidence of their Constituents. 5 th That these Resolutions be communicated in the proper manner to the Nine Incorporated Trades, and Magistrates and Council, and that they also be published on the Dundee Perth and Cupar Advertiser. Mr David Blair Junior seconded the Resolutions which were unanimously carried. It was stated that in consequence of Provost Riddoch’s letter the Committee of the Guildry have unanimously resolved not to publish the Resolutions passed at the last General Meeting. 56
Mr David Blair Jr thereupon moved the following Resolution. That the Guildry unanimously approve of the conduct of the Guildry Committee in suppressing the publication of the Resolutions passed at the Meeting of the Guildry Incorporation held on the eighth Current. The Motion was seconded and unanimously adopted. Mr David Blair Junior stated circumstances had taken place at a Meeting between Mr David Miln and himself and Provost Riddoch whereat the Provost had addressed the following Letter to them: “Gentlemen In consequence of a conversation which I had with you and several of my friends today I beg to acquaint you that I have resolved upon calling a Council to be held on Monday first for the purpose of submitting to them a proposal for appointing a Committee to meet with the principal Inhabitants of Dundee to concert assures for making an application to the King in Council to grant a Constitution for the Borough similar to the Constitution lately given to Montrose, if it shall be approved of by the Burgesses of Dundee. I have the honour to be Gentlemen Your very Obedt Serv (signed) Alex Riddoch P. Dundee Octr 9 1817 To David Blair Junior and David Miln Esquire Dundee.” Mr James Ivory thereupon moved the thanks of the Meeting to Messers Blair and Miln for their able and conciliatory conduct in their conference with the Provost, which in the first place gave rise to his letter of the Ninth of October and ultimately led to the very satisfactory and liberal Minute of Council submitted to this Meeting. The motion being seconded was unanimously carried. The Assessors present were sworn de fideli administratione. It was unanimously agreed that the Assessors seven of whom to be a Quorum, and John Jobson Esquire Convener, shall be a Committee to meet with the Committee of Council as expressed in their Minute of the thirteenth Current to arrange the business of receiving the papers Books and other documents belonging to the Incorporation, as well as the funds and with power to grant a Discharge to the Magistrates and Council for their intromissions hereto fore which Discharge shall be binding on the Incorporation. Mr Ivory moved that the Committee appointed to carry on the process against the Magistrates and Council shall suspend proceedings for the present and ultimately when the Magistrates and Council shall be discharged withdraw the process. It was agreed that the Dean and his Assessors shall attend the first Meeting of Council and to present to that body the Resolutions of this Meeting by Mr Ivory. The Meeting agreed that a Copy of these resolutions subscribed by the Dean and Clerk shall be sent to the Convener of the Nine Trades. The thanks of the Meeting were voted to the Dean of Guild for his impartial conduct in the Chair. At a Meeting of Committees of the Toun Council and Guildry Incorporation held in the Guild Hall of Dundee the twenty second day of October 1817 William Bisset Andrew Garland John Croom William Ellet Present Bailies David Brown Patrick Anderson Dean of Guild Patrick Whitson William Small Toun Clerk Messers John Jobson Henry Blyth Edward Baxter Thomas Neish Junior 57
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