The Sun.
London, England, 1807-04-09 00:00:00

NOIUKHAM.PTON, Aritit 7. qO7.
AT a Nubjerons'abd llespeetable MLETING of
the I NHABI C'A'NTS ot t i TOWN', held ttn•st,tay,
in coniequence of a Requ'isition the 3,1„,y or, tor the pur-
pose or talking intnednsnieraitint.:tne pruptiety bf addrebbing
His Majesty at tins important Crisis, - • •
, '[UsHtJA COOL:11, Esq. ALyor, in the Chair;.

The folLowing.Addrcss.,was carried by a great Majority, and
• •o.dered to b; prepared tor-Signature's

TO THE KING's MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY,
Mosr,Gk.etou,i SOVEItEIGN!
We, yourAijesty's'nio cl 6c utlini:and loyal Subjects, the
NlarerL Lailitia, Burgeoes, other Innabiunts of the
Town of Northampton, acg leave to approach, your, At,-
jesty with increased sehttimuts ofAttachinein, Veneration,
atid Gratitude.

We have long acknowledged, with the warmest senti-
ments of gratitude to kimighty God, his great -mercy to
these kingdoms, raising up a King wins, wno, in the days
of Innovation and Change, has been ever found firmly and
unalterably attached to those Principles on which our Coil-
stitution'is established, and to wziich not only your Majesty
owes your. Crown, but we, your People, owe our Civil and
Religious 'Liberties, and Happiness and Prosperity As a Na-
tion.

•
We trace, in humble admiration, the Principles of Modera-
tion and f ustice, as-wei I as- Firmness, which have direded your
Majesty's Condud towards your Roman Catholic Subjects.,
'sour Majesty's attaChinent to the • Established Relivon of
your Dominions, and your conviction of the truth or those
Principles winch, at the Reformation, rescued the Inhabi-'
tants of these Relalnis front Papal §upersinion and-Jteligious
Tyranny, have been uniformly seen to be accompanied with
the most just and enlightened Principles of Christian Tolera-
tion. All the Laws which partook of a spirit of -Perseed-
tion and Intolerance, have, in your Majesty's mild and truly
Christian Reign, been repealed.; and your Majesty has only
rettised to yieid to tiistse further. demands Which are in no
degree necessary to the more tree protession of Religious faith
and enjoyment tit•Keligious Liberty ; but which ann only at the
possession of Power, Civil or Al wry, and which, it grant.
ed, without satisfying or-removing discontent, would fur-
nish only fresh:pretences and arguments for new Claims, and
fresh encouragement
.to the hopes ofstill further advancement
to. Political,Power and to Religious -listablishinent. ,These,
therefore, your :Ildjesty's Wisdom ,has-lound -it necessary. to
withstand, as the only .mode of securing the Lstablished Re-
ligion 'of , your liominions from those inroads which could
nut be made upon it wtdiuut shakiog the title to yoitr Ma-
jesty's Crown— without endangering the Voundation of our .
Liberties, and 'without lung Ling our
.best hopes for a con:.
tintylce of those. Blessirigs'which the Almighty, in his
mercy and bounty, has so long continued to [MEOW upon
ffris,erotestant Land.

. .
We humbly beg -leave to assureyour Maje;ty,-with the
Most perlect contikience,that your Majesty,mhurnced by these
Principles, and acting With tiieseY sews, has established your
Thiiine in the hearts and atteetions of your Subjects, and
will.contutue to experiehce•the most zealous and .adent sup.,
port from the duty, attachment, aid loyalty of an atfeCtiull.te
anitgratetul People-,a People who,'devoted to the- interestA
and 114 ppitle4S nt their Country, think inein.,ei ve4 strong-
ly called upon to express their sentiments 01 loyady and (lazy
to the CrOWD., wtiezi they behold the Sovereign who wears it:,
exerting authority in the preservation 0t those barriers
which time Wiatiorll of our Ancestors rhunglit" pe,,essaiy for
the Defence of time Establishments and tne.Security of the
Conga utuin ol 11115 Kingdom. . .
RESOLVED,
That time Members in Parliament for the Town be request.
ed to,presein the apoVe Adoress.to
IcEsuLvED,
That the Andress be ,inserted in.' the NorttiaMptOn Met-
,
cury, Tlid Suit, the Courier, the Morning Chrouicte, and,
the Star. . . •

RxsoLvEn,

, lOSIII/A Mayot.-:

That the Than kS•of this Meeting be given to the Mayn't'
itrr his readiness in calling the Meeting, and tor his inipar.
tiality in the Chair.

ALTERATION OF TH,.-E
,POOR LAWS,
As proposed by a Bill noiN pending in Parliai4ent.

A T a Diii,'ETING Of ..tho COAL. and IRON
44 A hIANUFACTUREWS, and TRADEs.
M bisT:of the litlN 1)1( E L.) ofSCARS DALE., in the COUII..
TY of DERBV, Meld at-the House of Mr. William. Lovett',
the'Aligel Inn, in Chesterliaa, in the said Ilutultett,Att
Thursthy the zct por. of Aprd, and (by Adjourinnenq
on the hay but one following ;

Esq: in- the Chair r.
It Was tiOahlinously resolved, That the 'Alteration of the
Poor Laws, as proposed by the said Bill, will be lushly ob.
jet,tionable, for the followinge. atuoagst many other, red.
5011$, VIZ.

-zst, tiecause it is thereby proposed to .Assess to the Poor,
arid, alSoto the County Rates, all Stocks Trar.Li, and ail
other personal Property. ;. to ascertain the annual value of
which, by-the means of Parish °dicers, will not only he es_
tremely harrisAog to the Sobjett,..but must also occasion an
increased price to the Ptiblic tot every Raw and Mauutadured
Article whatever. • •

zdly, Because the proposed Bill will Completely;prevent
all getters of Raw Mat.rials and-Alanutattures from getting
and accumulating (as is the Common case) large Stoat& on
hand at times of the year .when (from scanty of Water in Ca-
nals, atvi a variety of other causes) they eannot find a sale or
consuniption fot their Commodities ; the• consequence of
which will tie, that large numbers of Workmen and La-
bourers must,• in the first instance,_ be tenyoratily thrown
Out lA...Employ, to the charge of the Parishes ; and-the Conn.
try at large will in consequence be thereby ultimately' both
oppressed and inconvenienced.
idly, Because the ascertaining the correct annual value of
"Stocks in Trade, and other Personal Property, by the means
of Parish Officers, is, in the opinion of this Meeting, imprac-
tiCable ; an'rtherefine, that the Oath, if-noosed b the Bill
upon the PariSh.Officers, when taking
their imposed
Assessments
to the Quarter Sessions for adoption by the Magistrates as to
the County. Rates, must be alike embartassing to the Offi-
cers, and nugatory in-its effects. •
it • •
4thly, Because is proposed by trie•said 13111 to extend the
Plan of assessing Stocks tit Trade and Personal Estates to 'tie
County, as- well as to the Poor RateS, except in the Counties
of Middlesex and Leicester, by mesas of whicitexemntion
the Manufadurers, Merchants, and 'frActesruen of, those two
Counties will, it is apprehended, be wholly or partially
exempted fromithe operations (at.tlie hill; which is conceived
by this Meeting to ,be sit Ullthltidistinzlion, and manifestly,
vying the"Mercharits and Tradesmen of those. t o Counties
great commercial advantages over the Merchants and TradvS-
men of the other parts of the. Kingdom. •
And, lastly, Because no Tradesman can have sufficient
confidence ih his "frade -(when ,subjected to so h'eavy 411:i no-
vel an impost) to warrant him in keeping a usually large
Stock on hand ; While the Hawker and Pedlar (with a con-
stantly small and transitory Stock) will escape the full ope,
ration of the. Bill; and be' thereby enabled to urt4erstil the
regular and stationary Trader.
Resolved, That these Resolutions be signed by the Chair-
man, and pubtislied in Tue Sort, Star, Courier, and Pro-
vincial Newspapers ; and that tins Meeting do co-operate
with every other' 'Provincial or Parochial . Meeting (aiready
called or to be called) in petitioning the Honourable House
of Commons against the said Bill being passed Musa Law.
-IOS L PH 'LW I•Ltiit, Chairman.

_ .
STQCKELD PARK; ,
TO BE LE 1-I`, and Entered upon at Pleasure,

"THE CAPITAL MANSION of • STOCLELD
.P A RK, and r oo Acres of Land lying, contiguous thereto,
and now occupied by the Countess of Aberdeen.
STO Cl 4. E Li) is situate .two Milcs front Wetherby and,
the great•N'orth 'Road, ft • trott •figyrorigatei 7 ,fai.in-KHAret..
botough, and 16,fr0.0 York, in a pleasant, healtny,. and gen-
teel part of the Coatity, and in the Vicattty of tit:. Iliantluun
The 11:•use will be Lett Ready Furnished..

Further Particulars may be 'known by A vrlicatien to Mr.
Chadwii:k, and Mr of Ott.;y, or too
ir, MULLIS Horner, arStockeid„