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SURREY AND SUSSEX TURNPIKES. sTn xsacu NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Tolls arising at the Toll Gates upon the said Turnpike Roads (Weighing Engines excepted) known by the names of Newington Gate, Camberwell Gate, Kennington•Comnion Gate, Vauxhall Gate, Kingston Gat e . an d Croydon Gate, and at the Ban across the entrances Into, Harleyfard-street, on Kennington Common. and Tiverton-.treet, at Newington Causeway, an in the County of Surrey, will he LET by AUC I'ION, on Lease, fur the term of One Year, from the 24th day of June next, to the best Bid der, at the house of Mr. SAMUEL TOccut the Three,Tmsa 'raver:), St. Margaret's HiU, Southwark., in the Cegnty of Surrey, on Tuesnav, the 9th day of April next, between the hours of Twelve and IWo, In the manner directed by the Am passed in the 13th year of tke reign of his Majesty King George the Third, " For regulating the Turnpike Roads ;" which Tolls (ex. elusive of the Tolls at the Bar across the entrance into Tiverton 'Tett), were the last year let for the suns of 213410, the Lessee payin g tee expenses of collectiesg them • and the said Tolls (in. eluding the Tells at the last -mentioned Bar) will be put up at that Sum, and subject to such condition' as shall be then stated. Whoever happens to be the best Bidder must, at the same time, sign an agreement for takieg such Lease, and give security, with sufficient Sureties, to the satisfaction of, the Trustees of the sed Turnpike Roads, for payment of the Rent agreed for, by equal Monthly Payments. One Mouth's Paynsent is to be ad vanced and paid down to the Ttea.nrer at the time of signing snob Agreement, and One Month's Payment is to be shays paid in adVance till the expiration of the pill Lease. SAMUEL WICLCHMAN, Clerk to the frustees of the said rumpike Roads. • • For Particulars relating to the Lease. enquire of Mr. Werth:sun, No. 12. Stamford -street, Christchurch, near Black trims Bridge, Sorrel. _ lENT embarked er packet, fn mess intent s to t hat. Archdukes, ;inking How. City, aame i n eet. 4, A, if. aela , eub Woes, wa s e of Surgeqo s , the Lakes et Ca. at Derfort Sce;ii. app o i nted anti Dr. tuns% the Director' 4 Koala Hood. nlacr for ti , ellty commenced o• bir Ph 11 Mu. Curvren 92; fat 85; :lir P. Mt* rake out la the ice Place, Chat. D rapid were the cap ed with that am Marshall, of nsiderable qua& the overyles et lug, salsa wets W• bad area I rather doper. no yellows. 'bit Cruet/ Did Jebridge. Tie with titat M. !lion and Quip etu Us was throws; Aka, althoudt of Cords out the right at the attrr fell short, • fell, la endear bits ; but Cm, but the cuapt row' is demi. but be we re lat.—Bout wen aite pod dibt• smartly os do rok. Ho wro alos .tio, toe)** :I 'hewed bed uspleseli. sad 4 which mit* many knocked d fewer pane! AND. MARCH L four o'clock, house of Mr. head of North. I faintly comic. • ma:tl savor, operations 14 . they d raise • rkr •ofloced a WV framable now lore sorely and llantalaSle nth' uO powJec sad was a fkuN tunatalT " GU ' could kid; arm the 101111 • . a n and Swag lowing Whs . k Pt° l 4 6 bang 1 to the luta& ratable circa* lf pitchfork In two strands r, and rent t 56 shattered; tld r of the kit* * ry of the 01 . 4 3 ' ser vant, he ltn' f a bluuderbllks dow, w Wat h. c at... a t sonic On y dart 'l ° 1°44 filis /211. LOTS, on kal i " Ouse , and .1 al man the Piig ;tie 6rins.'i li " uff 11 1 of Ow Dithts 7 J: i -011.4 farag. 01 h!! he fft,l4krl eph, wiio t ,Intirsl HU° urgeot esuil let Plac= glyle tSit CONTRACTS FOR BARRACK STORES. 1 MEETING of the BANKERS, MER- A C HANTS, and ThADERS of the CITY of LONDON, ..li a the Mutants Houle yesterday (March 6), 'n t e Right Heti. the LORD MAYOR In the Chair, o e f o llowing Resoluta:a werepassed : . Resolved unanio tonsl y , wt . Thar tae Property or IneomesTax Is to its principle stbl ory, at var i ance w ith the spirit and general practice of our Con • din right only to be submitted to in cases of the most own. woo recoil y. "' Resolved unanimously, pi. 'Mr inasmuch as it operates ladlicrlndnately upon all L . well u permanent Incomes, it is not equitable•• and ra, la in application to Trade and Commerce, It bas been iw ol iotrisitorial and oppressive. • g o oier) unanimously, i t The, during the long and arduous struggle in which this has been engaged, we have patiently . submitted to h o wver burthensome, and even to this imposition, how- Do we e' vexation., in the confident reliance that, upon the eetura of ittne , we s hould be relieved from those contributions , at least, vik h we r e professedly raised for the purpose of defraying, O f, e x . , year, a rainsideralilY portion of the extraordinary and somidable espences of the War. • Resolved, with one dissentient, et ch That the faith of Parliament has been expressly pledged te the cessation ofthelbcome fax with thrWar, which alone i f, , fie l establishments and expenditure as rendered lig E • lmo bunhen necessary; and that, in our *pinks° and.be , wo w , rover berkeoodnued or renewed without Its being accompanied with she same pledge. • . • Reglad unanimously, sw. That no mod;fication of its details, or abatement In the we of its immediate exaction, can remove the obnoxious prin t* of this Tat, or compensate fur the alarrning precedent of its textment during Peace. Resolved unanimously, al , u a t to annepate In time of peace those extraordinary mo ues • which should be reserve& for the defence of the na tional honour and independence. when either is endangered by forego aggi talon, appear to this Meeting to be injurious, not only to our domestic comfort and prosperity, but to oar repute ** and influence abroad. R e wile-tt unanimously, rah. 'I hr. a Petiton fouaded on :he foregoing Resolutions, be raved .o b.th Houses of Parliament; and that die Mover tad Seconder of the foregoing Resolutions be appointed a Cum. w oe to pr e pare the same. Resolved unanimously, • soh. that the Pedtlon now read be approved ; that it be 'a vowed, and lie for sgnature at the Atanalos-House, wail Mos. day wit the !Rh instan at twelve o'clock. Resolved unanintously, 9t h. Th a t his Royal Highness the Doke of Sussex bereepect fay „ lunge d to present the Petition to the House of Lords ; and that the Representatives fur the City of London be respect ! f a y retrar wd is vreseni the Petition to the Honourable the 'isnot of Commas, and support the same. Th e t o goneg Resolutions' were then moved by Mr. Walth am), and seceded by Mr. Harvey : Resolvni usianiniously—That this Meeting view, with hr cooed a:Fro and abhorrence, the unnecessary ..nd uuconstitia natal project for which this arbitrary, unjust, and Inquisitorial iatirc is tequirtd--the maintenance of an enormous, and be fore unhurt: of, ,raticing Army, of nearly '50.000 Met., In timed Peace—a p:orct no kss burtheosotbe and oppressive to t h e Iwo, than bulking at the very roo: of their Liberties, and thrwiteiag the total overthrow of the LritishCouetitution. stiche ,d Nwan i ato w.ty....sri3: the Thanks of this Meeting be gins to the R.gli: Hoir.to able the Lord Mayor, for bra prompt atentian to the Requktion for the Meeting, for the reception sad accamanodaiion he Las afforded to it in the Manion House, aodferhis Lordship% able and impartial conduct in the Chair. The Rwolatienpowere th en ordered to be published in all the • Ilsraiag wervening Loudon Newspapers. (Signed) MA I'HEW WOOD, Mayor. STENOGRAPHY. FR.ASER begs to inform Gentlemen of the Profession, and their Clients, who may be inPtr.:sted in soy hoportaut oti the ensuing Circuits, that be wII be at bole afier the present I.ondon Sittings, to attend at any of the hens, Is order to foru..it them with VtlillATlll Reports, *fat such may b^ deemed necessary for further investigatit.:‘, sr ether elSe sate facury to the Parties concerned. b giviiir this notice, & 'r. Fraser must racer • rhurtlay, the lob of March instan., o Len it will be beet-nary fur him to be Town, in order to be presont at the Banotting for the Seers. sryihip oI u e scottish Corporatiori, for which Why^ he is a Car. ease, a, previously inuatut7ed in an Address to the G 4 vemors ted Patrositssci. tf that lostittition ; and upon Oa, I .CC 1.4i0il he Fe, to be suppr.ed by those whom he now addresses, as wcl. a whelk who may ilaV, Votes. No. 27,1 havies Inn, March 4, 1816. COMMISSAkr-MCHILF'S 1816. SUCH Persons as are desirous of Corm acting with the Commissary in Chief to supply LINEN AR TICLES or BEDDING, ISLA NKETF, l It O. MUNCIE RT , I IN WARE, EAK THEN-W Alt 11, isI.ES, CHAIRS, WHEEL IARROWS,COOPE.Rh..WARE,COAL-MEASURES, TUR. MAY ARTICLES, and PIK I/ LATE l'S, may receive Patti olusof the Contracts at this Office wean tke•bours ut Eleven fiw,and deliver their 'fprieen seated up and directed to the Ctonsany in Chief; marking thereon " Gender for ilari:ick lit tetif . *or before TU ES DA Y, the I 2th March, but none will irrneised after Twelve eClock on chat Day; nor will any Pro- Pune Noticed unless made on or annexed to printed Par- Wier, and the Prices inserted in Words at length ; tint unless Inter be subjoined to such Proposal, signed by rwo Persons. of hewn Property, engaging to. become bound with the Party wog, in the sum expressed in the Particulars -tor the due Prforatance of the Contract. OFFICE OF ORDIVA.IVCR,Fekturry Q 8,1145, THE PRINCIPiIL OFFICERS of iu Md. JiiSTY 't !Mb NANC a torsi, give taties, That Proposals will be received at their Office in tail-Mail, Nit before WEDNESDAY, the Vith March peat. from ma Naas su may be wdlin to ender take the Participants of the P LASTERtith' WORK, for service of this Departmeat, frolswing Stations, viz. TO WiR,PALL-PAALL, GgEEN RICH, LEWISNAM, WOOLWICH, YURFLEET, FORT, and GRAVESEND; for a Period of throe' l 'fildeterminable af. er the expiration of theirst Year, upon Met of three Months, at the option of tither party. finber particulars, together with the Terms and Cooffitions of Contract, may be knawn at the Secretary's Office is Pall.' Molduressid, any day between die hours of ten and lose o'clock, :len die Propobals must be delivered, sealed up and endorse! - Proposal; tor Piss trey; Work; but no Prepaid can be ad.. tilted alter the said 13th instant, at twelve Veleck at noon the same clay, neither will any Tender be noticed unless the ilny making it, or an Agent in his behalf, shall attend. gY Uruer of the Ikaril A. H. USW, Secretary. CUb ft,,isE.,iniLL. To ea Sotto iv Atm 1 mi. h Oilier of the Honourable Commissioners of his Billi_estol Customs, at the Custom-House, Hull, on FRIDAY, Muth', 12, Jails at len o'c.ock in the Forenoou, - TH' . . GOODS UNDER-MENTIONED,, Tull moss comsourrion. 1 *flure bundred inn fourteen odd De.tl Buds, 0 Plices Black Thread Lace, 26 liar, of iron, 20g qrs. le Deals mid Slab UPteces fir 'I briber b.itl,, 4 Aildtsts, 1 qr. 10 odd Spars ,, *Norris, 20It qrs. 2; i.tevea, 11 Oats, 1 Open boat, 04 4 0 11... us Brandy, 1 U Yards Cando le, 4 Val cla Linen, 173 W aich ...II ki lltbs 0 Clock bit.° DoLto, t•2lbs. nututictutad i'obszeo. Vat LXVOIL/ Al IoN. „roar Gallueui Diattly, get toollous fit neva, 34 Silk Haodker • ni_h and Shawii 17 l'air blik ...:tuck:np i Oa Yards silk, 13 .ilk hearts. Ihe Goods tor Hon.e Crstin. l .tiou are allottri in 1144 , Quantities, for the better accuuoauAletion of the trawall "Iv dime to becoutit Ver.:beim* M4NSION HOUSE MEETING.' Yesterday a very numerous Meeting of tho Bankers, Merchants, and Traders of the City of London, took place in the Egyptian Hall of the Mansion House, in pursuance of :: Requisition, signed by some of the most eminent Bankers, Merchants, and Traders, di rected to the Leto) MAYOR, in order to take into core sideration the propriety of petitioning the two Houses of Parliament, against the renewal of the Property Tax. At one o'clock the Lotto MAYOIt t in a short ad dress to the Meeting. ...wed the purpose for which they were convened. His Lordship stated, that when he came into the distinguished situation he now held, be bad distinctly intimated that he would never take up any party matter, bit act, on all occasions, as an independent Magistrate. That feeling bad hitherto actuated his conduct, and be was determined still to ,persevere in that line of action. But on an occasion like the present, be felt no hesitation an complying with the desire of his fellow citizens, in calling them together s and it was a rdost gratifying circumstance to him to °bottle so highly respectable and nume rous alleeting, noon such a question. Although i this was not a k occasion for him to enter into a de. tail of his owls sentiments upon the subject of the Property Tax ; yet he thought he had a right, even in that situation, to declare his opinion that, of all others * this was the most obnoxious impost ever in vented. He should forbear entering into a detail ,particulars - juttift Mg -that opinion, but he could net abstain from mentioning one instance within his awn knowledge, where the operation of the tax was most oppressive —it was the case of a Gentleman in Or country who had sustained a loss in trade of eighty thousand pounds, and the Commissiowers in the country nut knowing how to act with respect to Ilia assessment, represented the ease to the Commissioners in. town, who. after taking the subject into roosidera. lion, the result was that an extent was sent down against the Getelernan's property for two thousand pounds, and his Lerdshir had himself become surety for the deism. He then read the Reqii.eition, Mr. HIBBFAT opened the busiiiess of the day, and commenced b; adverting to the part he had himself taken in the year 1798, when in that very Hall he had prrpeseal a string of Resolutions, which were ea tied by a very numerees meeting of Merchants Imo Trotters. in the presence of Sir Richard Carr Glyn, the then Lord Mayor. Ile availed himself of nis opportlinity to read those Resolutions. the object of which was to induce the City of London, by vo luntary contributions, to lend its aid in defraying thel expenses of the war in which the country was then engaged. Unfortunately, these Resolutions were the forereitnere of that Tax, against which the present ' Mectiti t; was convened to express its sentiments. No ' idea, howevcr,.ve,s then entertained that*luch advan tage would be taken a the feelings and sentiments of the Citjetin that occasion. '1 hat certainly was a seas"n which required great exertions, and for his ownpart, in adopting the course which he then took, he was actuated oily •by 'an anxious regard to the public welfare. He crefld put his hand upon his' heart and say, that then. as now, he hhd had no com munication with the Minister. Actuated by a sincere apposition to the •priesiple of a tax, with the conti., nuance of which the country was now threatened. he, had come forward to invite his fellow-citizens to raise their Unanimous voice against a measure threatening the best interests of the country. Every one knew that the Property Tax had continued ever since the 25th of April, 1798, with little intermission. But who', could have imagined that the Ministers would have had the hardihood to continue it, after the grounds upon which alone it could be justified had ceased ?. Altar the Negociatioos at Lisle had been broken off,, it was found necessary to make some great exertions) for therettoration of peace, and therefore the country cheerfully volunteered in a cause which promised ulti- Mate success • to make such exertions effectual, they consented to ;hit novel and unprecedented tax—a tax,l which be wok leave to say, had dethroned Bonaparte; and yet, for seventeen years had imposed shackles upon the commercial and agricultural resources of the country. He would not say that it was, an un-, constitutional Tax, because any Measure concurred in by the three branches of -the Legislature, could not strictly be called unconstitutional ; but most cer tainly it wanted that which alone could render it acceptable in a constitutional point of view, namely, the tree assent of the people. To speak in detail of the principle pnd operation of this Tax was unneces sary —every man's experience upon the subject bore out tie eeclaratini, that it was unfair, unequal, and Ont. It reuuced all to one common level. The profits arising from the works of genius and industry ! were subjected to its influence, although there was no capital engaged in such works. The sick and helpless were confounded with the healthy and pros perous; nor did even the reverses of fortune,- and the fluctuations inseparably incident to all .commer cial transactions, make any difference in its operation. But this was not the worst of its features—its inqui sitorial and oppressive exactions rendered it intole rable in a free country. The Honourable Gentleman adverted to instances bearing out this statement, and illustrative of the character ascribed to it. It was true, when first this Tax made its appearance, there was nothing very alarming in its aspect ; but year alter year it presented some new and ugly featuroo affright the people-e-year after year it put forth its rapacious hands, grasping all within its reach.— The arrival of Peace had now put it into the power of the people to exterminate that dreadful monster, aid he trusted that power would not be exerted in vain. He had heard some apologies made for it, in the nature of vindieation, byline of pal. flue all that he had heard upon. the subject was fallacious 'and dehasive ; and he could not but look with a great deal of jealousy at such arguments as had been urged in its favonr.— 'rhe thief argument suggested for it, was the facility 1 it afforded in supplying the wants of the State. Such an argument was most dangerous, for it was to raise money rather too easy. Temp Tary cooed; ency, as matter oi police, might Instily the suspension of the Habeas Corpus ; bailie argument now relied upon in support of the Property I'es, would go to overturn the Constitution. Somethiog had been said of taking some classes of people out of its operation; but that would no. make it less objzctienable, for he objected to the principle of the Tax itself. It was not the Smallness of its amount which could render it palatable. The Tax must be put down altogether, and he invited every man present to concur with him in the Resolutions which he should have the honour to propose. He could not conclude, without advert ing very shortly to the strength of the country, with regard to its outer defence, although that subject was not within the scope of his present objection. lie could not conceive upon what principle a standing army could be justidA. It was high time that. the soldier should return to domestic retirement, and that-the dis tinctions of soldier and citizen should cease. What had the Minister to fear ? Was it the loyalty of the people, or their attachment collie Constitution? He had always considered the strength of a country to consist in the excellence of its government, and the disposition of the people—not in standing armies.— The s tidier lived in his native land separated from domestic habits, and a stranger to many of the feel.' jags of his countrymen. No free constitution could endure long where the government placed its trustin any security except the loyalty and and affections of its subjects. Well had the poet exclaiened, M For oh ! may neither fear, aor stronger love— Love, by thy virtuong princes nobly woe— Thee last of many wretched nations more, With mighty armies gradated round the throne, To trod thy every. Then, farewell the c'astua Of heeling ! tier proud records to the dames! Then bear an offering at Ambition's shrine; Whate'er thy ancient pairio.s dared demand From furious John's or tabbies, Charles's hand, Or what great William seard for big adopted lbw.* H e shout-1 trespass no longer on their time, except to express his hope that, from that same Hall where the first invitation which led to the tax was heard, a de cisive voice might now issue, declaring that the only. object of the tax was now eccompiiihed, and that its existence was therefore no longer necessary.;--(Lotid a/t/t/atue).—Mr. Hibbert then readhie resolutions, for which we refer our Readers to the Advertisement. Mr. Tunt.en, in a neat and appropriate speech, seconded the ResoititiOUlL He strongly argued against the renewal of the Property Tax in a time ot Peace. It had always been held to belong ex clusively to war, and what had been recently said of no pledge having been given last year that it should not be revived, inasmuch as the words " and no longer" had been omitted in the Bill then passed, he held to be a quibble that would disgrace the meanest pettifogger of an honourable profession—( efolaare). —lt was singular that the worthy Gentleman who moved the Resolutions of 1798, should be- the first :to come forward this day, to oppose the continuance ,of that impost which had grown on those Resolutions. , He trusted this circumstance would have due weight, and that he who had in some sort been the means of causing this Tax to be imposed, would succeed in his ',frau to abolish it. This Tax, it was said, touched 'the miser, who could not by other means be brought to contribute his share towards the exigencies of the State. In criminal law it was a maxim, that 99 guilty prisons had better escape punishment, than that one innocent man should suffer unjustly. A principle diametrically opposite was adopted with re. spect to the hoarder of money, when on such grounds a measure like that now in contemplation was, re. Arted to. Much was said of the ,equality of this' Tax, but how was its merits in this respect establish ed I Two persons of the same profession, and with the same means, paid equally to-the Property. Tax, though one had no family, while the other had an aged mother to support, and a wife and children.to maintain. The one could spare from his luxuries, what was extorted from the necessities of the other. What the one could well afford, the other could not pay without a dereliction of duty as a husband, a father, or a son—without diminishing the comforts of the aged, or withholding improvement from the Y °u nit• — ( 4l o/ 4 ""). Mr. PLUMMER supported the Resolutions. Mr. ROWCROFT with some difficulty obtained a hearing. He ag'reed in the first three Resolutions, but he was a,little jealous of the honour of the Fe. sent Meeting, with respeet to the fourth Resolution, which asserted that the faith of Parliament had been pledged to the country, that the Property Tax should continue only during the mar, and that upon. the re storation of peace. it should not be continued nor re. Wed. lie gays all the credit that was doe to the I respectable Gentlemen who harm d the !tacolations, but he objected to the absolute manner in wkich ilia tact was asserted. For li;s own part, sle had neither memory nor opinion ulna the subject ; be, however, denied that the faith of Parliament or of the Minister had ever been pledged to discontinua the Tax. If this were the fact, how came it that the fealings of the people were so blnot or obtuse upon the sniiject, as to endure the Tax so patiently fiar the last Ity years? Such things as these would not have been enslaved, had any pledge been given. (Here the oftl2 sition to Me Honourable Gentleman was so deanout Jill, 113.0 he could not proceed for some minuter).—Many days would n a elapse, before those who were so clamoumus against him, wauld concur in his sentimo‘as. He had nei ther knowleke nor memory on the subject, but ire would venture to ,assert, that Parl:ament had T v) pacer to give such a plede.e.—(The Honourable Gen itlentan was here ki sse d i n t o e i!fi nee ). . i Sir WILLIAM ,CURTIS then came forward amid st tbe cheers of the Meeting, and said he tit:light it ne. • cessary to say a few words in answer 1 4 Ut..t 1)14 fallen from the Honourable Gentleman who spoke Inst. As a Member of Parliament, .'e decl are.i tins it had heen his understanding, and he lent •sed the understanding of every man in the House. when the Min;sterintr gifted the Tax, that it was merely a War l'as, f'.r the purpose of rai•ing a large slim of money within the year, and that when the war 0. , “Lit cease, the Tat should ccase—(Hear, hear.) Tiv. Act of Parliament itself did oat, to be sure. use the words " no longer," but it was a more cribble to su l yoan that the Legislature intended it slin,dd c-ntinue lone g er than the war, or that tlt Citinceilor ..f Itar Ex. chequer would shelter himself under suet. an omis sion. He was astonished to hear the Honourable Gentleman make the observations which h..d laden Irian him. It the Chanctilltir of the Exch , quer did not use the words 66 ilf) longer," he certainly meant it, and every body understood ham so; and dins could now shelter himself under such a suatertuee, he would be unworthy to hold his station in ih. Ga.. vernment. The Tax was ins; osed open the grounds of necessity—the necessity had now ceased, and in his (the Worthy - Baronet's) opinion it (l b in to be alao. 1 lished (Loud am:tau:et.) • Mr. WAMISIAN was sorry to obtrude himself upon the attention of the Meeting; but he could not be silent after the observations of the Hol. G. nth man who spoke last but, one.. He totally disagreed with him in his assertion that there had been no pladge given to abolish the Tat at the end of the way. If there had been no express pled.:e upan tie subject, there had been a tacit one in the conduct of Minis. ters, and the continual assurance that this was only s war tax. The time had now arrived when the coun try, as it were with one voice, cried aloud for the re demption of that pledge. The Honotirable Gentle. man renewed his observations upon the principle of th. tax, repeating those objections which he had so frequently urged with so much eloquence and ability on this interesting question elsewhere, coutendmg against its invisitorial and unconstitutional opera tion. He next adverted to what the Honourable Mover had so delicately touched upon—the estabish ment. of a standing army in time of peace—a thing unknown before in the annals of the country. He regretted that this point was not embraced in the row solutions. - It was his decided opinion, that it the Property Tax were continued, it:would* be absolutely necessary that the collect o rs of it should wear red coat:, and carry muskets upon their shoulders (Hear ) Adverting to the history of the country, it was re. markable,• that in the reign of William 111. when there was a pretender to the throne, anJ when the Stuarts were supported by foreign arms in their pre tensions to the Crown of these realms, at a time when a standing army seemed most necessary, the then Mi. nister of the country dared not propose a standing army in opposition to the teelingsand prejudices°, the people. The standing army was then no more than 10,000 men, and yet, in these modern times, when n6' dan ger was threatened to the country, the standing army was 150,000 strong. W a s i t from France—was k from the Allies, or was it from the people of England that danger was to be apprehended ? Had the peo ple endured all manner of privation and taxattoit s and were they to be told that at the present moment they could not endure the relaxation of taxes ? He deprecated the Germanizing system, which the Mini ster was so desirous to encourage. The proper and natural defence of England was her wooden walls, and the stout hearts of her people. After a variety of other observations, of the like tendency, he con• chided by • proposing a Resolution similar to that passed at other meetings against the standing army. But, at the suggestion of Mr. Hibbert and other Gentlemen, he agreed to postpone this Resolution until the others were passed, as it was not compre. hended within the Requisition by which the present Meeting was convened. Mr. Rawcaorr explained, but met with the like opposition as before. Mr. Alderman 1 - 11/MATS warnily opposed the Re. solutions. Mr. EMMY. in a warmly applauded speech, se conded Mr.• Waithman's Resolution. The original , Resolutions were severally put and carried unanimously ; and on the motion of Mr. Nib hem a Petition to both Houses of Parliamcnt, founded thereon, was agreed 10% Mr. Waithman's Resat:don (for which see the Advertisement) was next put and carried by accla• mation. • A motion was agreed to, requesting the Repre sentatives of the City is present and support the Pe tition in Parliament. • Sir Wii.uale Cuarn and Sir JAMBS SUAW rally assured the Meeting that they should readily comply with the request thus made.. The Thanks of the Meeting were then voted so the Lord Mayas for his ready acquiescence in the Itegmi. laitios. and bit impartial . conduct in the Chair. A siataat vote was passed far thanking the Mover and &Noir of Os Resolutionls.4clioorna‘