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mac presented to Oa pre* Session,. era &at.
hoed on account af- several charges, marked
on the nason dieted, and because no credit was
given of viLtt was receivild from the Trophy-Tax
Commencing At Christmas 17911; that accotiot has
sever been *flowed tap no this 'period, end the tax
ilits 'moo collected without coy interruption wh it-
-

. aver. On account of the difficulty of iwasing these
accounts with the Quarter -Seamus. they. never
brought them there again. but -brought then* be-
forethat Court of Common Council, and three they

passed. In In), an account ofshe receipt and ex-
pendttore of the ituid tax, Apt to the 2211 of October,
was i;tesentect. to the Quastor,SeaviOlia, and &nil-
lowdd (*vita/nobler real:int as before. Another ac-
count woo brought forwer din 100. in which seve-.
ral charges were objected to and dedacted, which.
after some furthp charges were.struck out, was al.
lowed--t he late. Itecotder. however, (Sir John
Rote) deieenting thereto. The Oomrnittee beg me
remark, that whoa the seine ac.:olint was divallOw-
od in the forrnet year, the balance in hand ap-
peared to be only 2541, tie, and in the same account
as [l9l Posed. the Jaolance in hand was 29531.2 e.
4114. instead of a duplicate of this account being

vaunted tothos Court, llowever the .tth nt.ty br
worded, he would venture to say that • gross de•

eeption was practised, ■nd that by such mean' the
very recount that wes 'wrote disallowed, with this
east balance, was pawed. and the balance never ac-
counted for to the present tuoineet !—On the 26th
of April 1402, tht accounts were again presented
sod allowed at the Quarter Sessions, and no ba-
lance brought forward; although, independent of
former balances, there was an admitted holance.
of 3981. 4s. •d. Who were the Magistrates that
passed such accounts, arid have entirely evaded the
Ace of Parliament. lie needed net to tell the
Couit that these Magistrate.. were Officers of the
Court 'he now addressed. The late Recorder, a
man of honour and integrity, would not piss that
stoma he had mentioned, because tt.e balance

was sot brought forward; ant yet in the teeth of
such rensal, three Nlagistrates had the hardihood '
in that account passed without ally satisfaction
ithstaver being alluded as to the balance ! Upon
thowhole. there appeared to be an actual h.ilsoce
upon the face of these accounts of ft,1641. 13. 7,1.
which titaitht to be, or norrtis, in the hands of
Commissioners. Of their Treasurer, but which re-
assess unaccounted for. Ile knew nut by what
Wed of swearing this had been effected ; hut it ap-
peared to him that it might be dennininAted
bad double superfine swearing
the Act of Parliament, it appeared toot a new
Trophy Ts could not in' levied so long as the
Commissioners but a Tronhy Tax in their hands.
Tory bad th.:refore no right to levy such a TaA
upon the Citizens of London, an long as such a
balance remained in their hands. Ile had given
the M4dthlrotes notice that it was his desire and in-
tention to attend at the Quarter S•saiona altimeter
the neat account of the Tro:thy Tat is to he pre-
rented, so as to show that at e. be allowed with-
out a gross violation of the las.. They had also made
St their duty to inquire into the use and cervices of
the two Regiments of London Militia; and the re-
sult lye° that point had been. that they did nut
Lid that any practical good had arisen front them,
whale all the I.:turners Attending them would be far
shove hairy nuihon of money. or nearly as much
as all the revenue of the CO? of l uu.:.nt.They
aro actually of 110 ore, 4,9 t .itteivied with consider-
-114111 dattger, by in•fothicing persons rho are not
eilasetts. Tire *rooting imittettar property t.. stub
eras not the police of our acce.rore,
who, 4,11'111 .11 nee:l.lolW, raper I the gl. Atria it.
this respect ; and :t wa ild thereto, e well
become no to follow thew es supple. There was one
other eire•tinot4ner, which she Committee bad
11.0. ALAted (bur perhaps they could not), and that
was (.s it load been iritmeated to hum), that there
bad been formerly an application made to the Nli-
wows of this country, during the mayoralty of Sir
Rteberd Carr Glytir, for a loan of 6,0001. for these
very liegtairute Militia, which was oblitiN.A.nurl
tweet repaid to this tooment. if this circumstance
could he contradicted he shoots) be well plea*. tl, as
ba was persuaded there aroald be enough upon the
shoulders of the peroas implicated is the Report he
was about to Is; upon the table, initeprndent of
this chetgr. Ile then concluded with moving,
" That this Report he now read."
This -notion bettig unailumnslv carried. the
Clerk accordingly lead the Report aloud, the rub-
Liaise, of winch, as nearly as our short-hand writer
enfold collect below the her. was as follows :
To TUB RIGIIT DONOIDASI.I Tilt LORD MAYON,
Al WANES. AND CONVONS. Or TUB cITT OV
Bosep,,N, 111 C^MlttiN COUNCIL •SSESINLIP.

" We shine sanwo ale larressitn sslweeihril, of your Spcnlall
CP4M/tittees, to wltinn, on tie •toth day ;sae leo% it woo
tamed, ds 'frond • To this r..nre, whether it seas net
tie elsoirub's to pr. pare • Ran for the rossilireatre • of Hoe
Overt. in he prearided to the llosoorshie the Hume of I
Comistous. wholly to repeal th: tof the 36th of Hie •
peewee Mari. sty, aothosisise the raring of the Iwo Re.
'Worsts of Loudon Milit:a; and to enable the said two Re.
giewsta, after ouch repeat, to offer their iotemird terriers
to MS Majeouy. Opolas suet, ternandeainlitioos a. His !
Majesty may le pleased to prispo.c, and as the Of firers I
sad Friesen' way, in %hear sem!, loyalty, and off. china far
HI. Mtrierty's person and G. %crosscut, be *inanely is
skated to wept ft-fury.
" That, is porioanee of the shove reference., we felt it nor
fiat) to ester autos minute toga.. v respect of the Caine Tina ,
la tto progress u: s.ch inquire at irgoreed the attends:KV
of %le John lamer .owl Alderman Hooter, t;oloaris of the re.
speeder Hivigico to ; and at. of Lieut.-Col. Wargo 'ad M..*
Wilson, lately bedusgi it to the Silent; to whom WS peOpMtell
vcrol issesnourt, relative to the cartage., ressuita,4ioc the
two 11(.pusetsto of Leaden Mum, the ramng of the men,
Oven pe.senotion, dnehatze, theertion, and ;coeval wet...es ; •
Ito, sea. ret dive to the Moth Porte, it• am toot, as./ *pp..- I
roam* We afterwaerb cause' estritao.e. of the 4a141
goelosooo tole conoutttont o fiti.l:. VIA dei.erreil to then'
retpecluelir, senesconste there onswert
Tome I..ltuoltur have not, .airs able to oh.
tale soli estietwoory totoneetalo ou any to tio se posi.. film
Vidossels cir John Ramer Hooter , ohi:o Lsentetiont-
4..^ltend Wstest and Major Wioion, an 4 otteo
hove throughout crowed noe greatest readiness to torni•h the
tof...astioo repine.' M throe 1.14 w our...lves tom-
pelted to state, AM Mr John Cower and ( oloael Master,
after repeated delay, wool regimes: forgivr nose for roninde,
t. 4.•., hare !,-tw0.74041:, refooot to g.ee ao.wer to the
groat...es pr0p...n.4, vA, is see sioneee to sc.-oast foe the
swags sf atroistatemsois, the amount, or oi•pr,iartatiou of the
Sloth Perot.
" That Colonel. !lie John Eimer ant floater 11014 then.
vim puponiuble slope b. the l'ontrtilesionere of Lieote.
sansta.a opp-inte.l 17 the and of whet,
fire, limatoloo. as. .tileweiyet; fiftgeth.ol at the 1,311011 time,
lieNt Ploy iieveltres one V. the Corp .5.'4-.3 I.* td"dirt• and
1.01. an imp.'. Italy t,s noel. .•itistus who
open tau that ibitAuits.... Visas Sat .101 is X•iarr is Wuxi, •