The Express.
London, England, 1851-02-26 00:00:00

ST. ANDREW'S HOLBORN.

Last nighiaiult;llCmcc.tinioiTEeraabitants and
occupiers of premises within the united parishes of St. An-
d Lew, Holborn, and St. George the Martyr was held in the
hall of the workhouse, in Gray's-inn-Lute, " to consider the
propriety of petitioning parliament against the imposition
of a house tax and to reduce the general expenditure of the
country, so as to allow of the remission of many taxes which
injuriously press upon the industry of the country." Mr.
J 4 q Iforwoon was unanimously called to the chair,
and resolutions in accordance with the objects of the meet-
ing were unanimously adopted.

ANoTUER ANTI-WINDOW TAX MEETING.—A pub-
lic and influential meeting of the ratepayers and other in-
habitants of the parishes of St. Margaret and St. John the
Evangeli,t, Westminster, was held last night at the Lec-
ture-rooms. Vauxhall-bridge-road, at which a series of re-
solutions condemnatory of the obnoxious window tat, and
the proposed scheme of the late Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, were unanimously passed. The meeting, which was
numerous, was presided over by Mr. D. Mallock, and was
addressed by Mr. Ucesin, churchwarden of St. James's,
Mr. Saunden, Mr. Wright, and other leading reformers of
both parishes. A resolution was adopted recommending
district petitions against any substitution in lieu of the win-
dow tax. The suggestion was received with great enthu-
siasm by the meeting, and will be immediately acted upon.

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