The Sun.
London, England, 1815-02-15 00:00:00

EXE'rEll.

A ficr::isition.•having been made to the Mayor
of this City, Jori.s: HART; signed by.several
iub.abiT:,nts, to convene a public Meeting for the
purpo,e Of petitioning Parliament against a Re-
neWal of the Property Tax, 1 very cotrsiderable
number assembled in the onlipirsday
the 2d inst. when a series• of Resolutions waS
proposed, recommending the nocessit y of a Peti-
ticin against the T,tx, as 'being Unconstitutional'
unjusrand oppressive..-.
The Rev. Prebendary DENNIS then rose, and
combated, in a very impressive Speeeh,.the'argu-
ments adduced in favour of a Petition against the
renewal, observing, that the thanks of the.coutr-
try were eminently due to the talents and exer-
tions of the present iNlinistry; by whose counsels.,
and perseverance we were now indebted for our.
proud and exalted situation ; having spoken •at
some length on the difficulties which,.exi§ted iu
the science oifinance,..he considered
.it moSt_pro-
per. to, leave the question with the Legislatur'e;
where certainly it would be best understood, fat:
if.the Property Ttlx was not continued.for a-short
period, some other Taxes must be substitute. f:
He concluded, by moving an amendedPeiition to.
tale above effect.7--He vas ably supported

The Rev. JOHN DENNIS, wtio 'reminded :.the
Meeting Of the readiness this City all evineed,on
former occasions of contributing- to the wants of
Government; aritt hoped their gratitude would be
displayed in aiford;ng cheerfully such supplieS' as
might beregnired to enable Ministers honourably
to fulfil their numerous engagements.

.•• • . .
Mr. NOR MORE, native of this neighbour-
hood, and a Member of the Hampden Club, then
addressed 'the. Meeting in a tridy Purclettitc stile..
" Fellow CitiienS ! Patriots of the Metropolis of
the West of England I—We arc not met here to.
consider of hydrophobia, or the Dog Tax,;but of
that aboniinable"l..ax, justly stiled the ')ritish In
q.uisition. It was founded • in. Corruption, los-
tered in. iniquiy, anci is noW about to (lie the
death of an incorrigible sinner: :there be any.
friends of corropiion, or enemies of freedom to,
this City„ I would, recominend them to march to
the Cathedral, and chaunf a solemn dirge: at the
funer'al•of their best friewl." : After many.. violent.
and deelamatory Observations tO the sanie purport,
Northtnore_ concluded a most extraordinary
and impassioned speech, calculated to arouse the
the•fecling-s of the• popidace,f(whiCh was much.
more suitable to the meridian
.of- Palace-yard,
Westniinster, than .to the temper of our loyal
City); and,sat down amidst an_ almost genefat
burst of hisses, Murmurs, and disapprobatioil,
mixed with the applauses of his party.
Mr. FLINDELL, in ayeryable and manly man-
ner, replied to_Mr. Northmore's inveetive.. He
claimed the indulgen`celtil the. Meeting, by -first
stating, that he Was no orator, not, haying.had the
honour of either •to the 'London Cor-
responding Society, or to the Hampden Club,—
He deprecated any interference on the subject,
and was strongly of opinion that it-ought 'to
left entirely to the wisdom of Parliament. The'
Property TA had been called by'sOme. persons a
machine formed to grind and oppress,the people,_
this he.denied, and if any one had been
oppressed,
,that person was linonaparte,• and. to
him, poor man ! it .had been a very oppressive ma-,
chine indeed-. If, as Mr.."Jortinnore affirme&l, the
Tux was founded in corruption and injustice, tin:
country was assuredly highly indebted to his war_
04 friends, "...The Talents," for doublint, theam • •
-
,Speech tivns..repeatcdly cheered
throughout, and was concluded by a recommenda-
tion to. the people, not to aim _at instructing Par-
liament in the science•of
The amended Petition was. then proposed by
Mr. I)ENsts,
_and negatived. and the original Pe-
tition against the retiewal was carriedhya small
majority.

. .
In consequence. of such apparent, division" 'of
opinion, the'Mayor, with many other Gentlemen,
adjourned to the Hotel, where a Cotinter Petition
was framed, requesting that Tailiament would
.adopt such means for liquidating the Public Debt,
as would be the least burthepsoine tp the com-
munity 'at' large, which PetitiOn hasreceived the
signatures- of a very large- InajoritTof.,:thc most
highly.-respeble :iphabitants, poessint the
greatest idroportfon of property,:- •--
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It should be: observed, that in consequence of
the disgust excited; throughout the City by the
knowledge of the politicrii sentirrie:its by whicb
the requisition was to• be supported ; eleven out
or the
,eighty-onc RequisitiOnists withdrew their
names prcriouslv to the Meeting,. and that sore
others of them iiidalOt attend, but .actnallysigned
Oise counter Petition
.and by fat (lie greater part
of the Payers to' the Property Tax displeased at
seeing the City. thrown into commotion, refused
to sign either of theTetitions, thereby decidedly
grecing to the tenor of the counter. petition,
whiph
.kaveS thequcstion ,Lckibe judged by Par-.