The Sun.
London, England, 1803-01-28 00:00:00

At a NUMEROUS 'MEETING ofthe LAND-OWNERS
HOP PLANTERS, and otherS interested in the CU L_
. TI VA.TI ON of, HO P.S :in the COUNTY . of, KEN T,
held at the Bell Inn, Maidstone, on Thursday the 13th of
(winery, 1303, in pursuance of Public Advertisement,
1014 N. LONG LEY, Esq. In the Chair;
TT was Unanimously Resolved, That the late Ad-
./ ditionat Duty till Hops is partial and oppressive,. and'ivili
have the etli t, if continued, to destroy a considerable pro-
portion of the Plantation Of the County. •
Resolved therefore, That it is essential to the interest of
0-- ?tamers. and other; int; • •-a etifon be imme-
diately presented to Farther` , ' epeolyt,
last-mentioned Duty -
That the Copy of; Petition read this Day front the Chair,
ba presentedto the Hon, the Commons of Great Britain and
Ireland, and.that the same be signed by those preient, and
continue at the Bell Inn, Maidstone, for the Signatures of
such others as may concur in the intended Application, until
Five o'Clock this Evcdng. • .
That the County Members be requested.. to present such
Petition ; and that Copiesof the same, anti also of these •
solutions, be transmitted to them, and also to the several
other Members in the County, requesting their assistance to
promote the object of this • Meeting.
-That :Messrs. Durilow and Burt, of ToWn Mailing, be
appointed the Solicitors to conduct such Application.
That the following Gentlemen be appointed a Committee
to superintend the same :
The'Chairman.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Thomas Adams, Esq. .
Romney, Lord Lieutenant. Major Austen. ,
The Right Hon. the Earl Of Edward Cutteis, Esq. •
T !valet . W. F. Woodgate, Esq.
The High Sheritr. • • Stephen Amhurst, Esq.
Sir Henry Hawley, Bart. . Rev. Richard. Warde. •
G. T. Haley Foote, ESq. Thomas Mereer, • .Esq, of
The Rev. W . Foster, I). D. Green Trees.-
Thomas L. Hodges, Esq. Mr. John Spcmg, sen.
john Larkin, Esq. —Mr. Robert Rugg.
Thomas Turner, Esq., . Mr. Packhatn,
Thomas Rider, Esq.. • Mr. Randall: • .
That any three or snore ofthem shall constitute a Meeting,
and be 'considered competent to ad. *
That a Subscription be immediately entered into, to defray
the expellees 'attendant on such Application ; and that the
Committee shall direct such. call to be made upon the Sub- -
scribers, as exigencies may, front time to time require, which
shall he paid into the hands of Messrs. Dudlow and. Burt,
who are hereby appointed Tre34urcrs for that purpose.
pe-ria', haitnttliiiee these Resolutions
it :leoldlui‘o
tiitiirins be published in the County Pa-
ing Chronicle, and in out County
raper, at least in the several !lop Counties.
GLE y* . .
The Cha7rmari having left theLO ChN air,. the Thanks Chairman of the
Meeting were unanimously voted to him, for his able and
'impartial Conduct. •

INDLOW and BURT

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Parsh of %%talent, City of Bath, and County of Somerset..
AT a VeWy,
in the belong.
ing to ,the Church nf the said Parish, on Thursday
tile._ loth (1,4 v fanuarA—do3. pursnant to-mn ice fiver is
the said Church the Sunday . preceding, at fold. o'Cla‘X ii
tin:Afternoon, to appoint a Committee of Five l'er;:ons to
meet the Commissioners at the-Guildhall, on Ftid,ty next, at
Eleven &Clock in the Forenocair, to consider and determine
on the propriety and utility of certain Alterations proposed
and intended by theM in the :let of Parliament by which they
are constituted; and in particular of a Clause propoied, and
intended to be introduced by them, imposing a Pound Rate ;
CHARGES CROOK, E.q. being appointed Chairman,.
It was Resolved, Nemine Contraditente, That any Bill,
having the measure of a Pound Rate on the Property.in-this
Parish, shall receive all possible opposition in every stage.
Resolved, That the parties now present, do bind them!.
.selves to this measure of opposition.' •
It was Resolved also, That there be no Deputation from
this Parish;; the Commissioners being unauthorized by the
Inhabitants to prepare any 13i11-whatever.
Resolved, That thiS Vestry will resist the Payment of any
Expenees incident to this intended Bill. _ _

•
kehOlVe4, That Copy of these Roolutions be delivered
by the Vestry Clerk to the .Coroinissionert, ati their Meeting
to.ntorrow, and inserted in the Bath an& principal • London
Papers.
Resolved, That the Thanks of this Vestry be given to the
Chairman, for his able and obliging Canduetin the Chair. •
' Signed by the Chairman, and upwards of' forty of the
Gentleinen and iespeelable Tradesmen of the l'arFsh.
Mr. John Fielder and Mr. W. Phillips, two of...the Corn.
missioners for Waleot Parish, attended, find -elpli.ined the
proceedings rdative to the Business,, in so candid a manner,
that they both personally received th'e Thanks-of the whille
Vestry.