The National Register.
London, England, 1816-12-02 00:00:00

Thursday, we have not given them in the proceedings of that semi-
biy. ":'iley were as follow :
Rest:dyad, That the Livery of London, 'partimlarly in the present
&Ares, al state of the country, deeply lament that at ea alarming a
snide they should have been debarred the exercise of their ancient
right of *mess to the Thrum. Under such circumstance, they can
lie: no utility to renewing their claim at the present moment. At
the same tins.: they cannot abandon the exercise of a right so itnpor.
tint and an freiprently atserted by the Livery.
Resalved, That we highly approve and r,minntend the adoption
of the most eifkirions means of administering to the urgent wince of
the Pnerer Clasies. anti deprecate all attaroput to mislead and in.
tone:heir minds into any eteete.a. a: highly iaituiltu to the cause
of Reform. NVe arc nevertheleu of opinion that such relief can only
be temporary, and that kisiscerku7 to march into the cause of the
pewit etas. end asikla ollktual remedy.
Resolved, Tbsifkis oar weak the Poorer Classes that are affect-
ed, but the great bail 0 Shilligmi,./derchants, Manufacturers, and
Irartn:rs ; and as it liall tatelas • ble fur them to find employ.
ment the tie labomingehnieg; much less would they long be able to
support them withoartabox.
itesnivel, That out stlethig and multiplied grievances have arisen
from unjust wars—an estarbitaut load of taxes—and wasteful and ex-
travagant expeodittant et aleney—useless Places, Pensions.
and listabliihments, . statenling army of one hundred
and fifty thousand men is•time Pease t all having their source and
pel4e
origin in the corrupt and deomsnate stall d the Representation,
whereby all salutary and causthatiamd ceatneul over Ministers is
lost; and Parliaments, instead of lisilig a costroul for, have become
a coatroul upon the People. A.R. deaf to their complasnts, they meet
for little else than to Iny additionikklitheas upon the People.
Resolved, That as the only nammitif of permanent relief,
quieting the. minds oft pausit../elyel, and suffering people..aad
guarding against a recurreneeurgehmenees, we do most earnestly its.
vita . all the amities, earperolityroties, tows', wards. and parishes
:tarOM kllolol.laWai. tiezate. and peaceable man-
pot 40 throne, and before par-
d liagneth,,sesseerAan 'lf sad sbuseurea. for a io-
ise**. all, that parliaments
asap be t•-lblig duration. aad that the people
thmy lay saithied to *Rif there In the election nf members
at* .
liesilvai. That wei:o4:oaftestl y invite all these who, from
talk mak. alms, sad" sAave the greatest coas!deration in
stets*, to unite fa* is their just and coastitudonal
red, That is 41 ' t state of commerce and agricultural
adthis, when it lasi impossible to Bad employment for a
auipolail papuladost. to meet the present exorbitant taxa.
Oak 4 *Pests to this to be so less He interwar than the
4
ig_ rm. those, who been so long participating in the
aliasii. voluntarily to relinquish that to which thiy cannot
• vs. as the score of public asevises, any just or rational claim. and
•krad thidg aid to promoto the necessary reformation ; and we would
'naiad *so. ~that hotrever the waste of public money may have
low ovideaited in the days of wealth and affluiace, the necessities
of As pewit times can no longer endure the same system of cur-
isiptiosead sprudigallity.