The Sun.
London, England, 1826-10-21 00:00:00

VENABLES, Maeoe.
IN a MEETING or ASSEMBLY of the MAYOR, ALDER-
MEN, and LIVEItYMEN, of the aiweral COMPANIES of
the CITY of LONDON, in COMMON HALL assembled, it
the GUMMI/a:I of tha said CITY, ,on THURSDA.Y, the
19th Day of October, 1826, - • • • ,
RESOLVED t3)TANII•1011SLY)
THAI' the Thanks of this Common Hall be given
to the Right Honourable William Venables, Lord Mayor,
for the zeal, talent, and independence with which he has dis-
charged the important duties of his high station—for the dignity
and hospitality with Which he has upheld the ancient character of
this City—and for his uniform attention to the Privileges and In-
terests of all Classes of his Fellow Citizens—but more especially
,for the judgment and firmness which he has displayed during the
late crisis of commercial embarrassment, whereby the dormant
spirit of public confidence was called into action, and evils which
threatened the most vital interests of the Country were averted.
WOODTHORPE.

VENABLES, MAYOR.
fn a MEETING or ASSEMBLY of the MAYOR, ALDER-
MEN, and LIVERYMEN of the several COMPANIES of
the CITY of LONDON, in COMMON HALL assembled,
at the GUILDHALL of the said City, on THURSDAY, the
19th day of October, 1826.

ILESOLYYD UNANIMOUSLY,
THAT this Meeting contemplates with alarm and
dismay the present state of the Country, in which, after
many years of profound peace, they see the Agricultural and Ma-
nufacturing Population, to a melancholy extent, dependent either
upon charitable contribution or parochial relief—the Shipping
and Commercial Interests depressed—the Public Revenue dimi-
nished, together with an increase of crime, alike frightful in its
extent and threatening in its consequences.
That from whatever causes such a combination of evils may
. hare arisen, it is the opinion of this Meeting that they have been
greitly aggravated by the operation of the Cot% Laws, which,
adopted under the speCious pretext of maintaining the general
Agricultural Interests of the Country, but really for the . purpose
of supporting a high, scale of rents—have exposed the Tenantry
to fluctuations in the value of their produce' hitherto unknown—
whilst the Agricultural Labourers have, by the effect of
.these
Laws, combined with other causes, been driven down into a state
of the most deplorable degradation, and the advantages of Capital,
Enterprise, and Talent, possessed by the British Manufacturer,
have been constantly interfered with, and controuled by the opera-
tion of Laws, the object of which has been to protect the exclu-
sive interests of the Landlord, while the greater and . more impor-
tant and universal interests of the Consumer have been wholly
overlooked.
That Since the first enactments of these Laws, in 1815, the
very slight securities they gave to the popular interests have been
several times broken down by averages taken upon fraudulent
and false returns ; and that, upon a recent occasion, the Execu-
tive Government has seen the necessity of interfering, by an un-
constitutional stretch of power, to arrest the progress of the evils
which this pernicious system.seemed, by its legal operation, likely
io produce.
That it appears highly important that the Legislature should
be called upon to revise these Laws, and to allow at all timer the
importation of Grain, under such regulations as the general jute-
rests of the community demand.
That in making this appeal to the Legislature, it is the anxious
wish of this Meeting not to recommend any course inconsistent
with the support of Public Credit, which, on the contrary, it is
their wish strenuously to uphold ; but that, to avert the possibi-

lity of so great an evil as would necessarily arise from a breach of
faith with the Public Creditor, it becomes the duty of the Legis-
lature to reduce the whole system of the Public Expenditure, and
to put an end to all unnecessary Establishments, both at home
and abroad : That, by the adoption of a rigid system of economy,
and an honest application of all the resources of the Country, its
character may be maintained, the taxation may be diminished,
and the welfare of all classes of the People secured :
And the Drafts of Petitions to both Houses of Parliament, agree-
ably thereto, being prepared, were read and agreed to.
Resolved Unanimously—That the said Petitions be fairly
transcribed, signed by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, two
Aldermen, the Sheriffs, and Twenty of the Livery, on behalf of
this Common Hall.
Resolved Unanimously--That the Sheriffs, attended by the Re-
membraneer, do wait upon the Right Honourable Lord King, and
request his Lordship to present the Petition to the Right Honour-
able the house of Lords.
Resolved Unanimously--That the Representatives for this City
in Parliament he requested to present tine Petition to the Hos. the
Homo of Cumulous.
Resolved Unanimously—That the Representatives of this City
in Parliament be, and they are hereby instructed, to support the
Laid Petition in the Hon. the House of Commons, and by every
means in their power to promote the object of these Resolutions.
Resolved Unanimously—That the thanks of this Common Hall
be given to the Right Hon. Lord King, for his manly and patriotic
exertion in the House of Lords, on the question of the Corn Laws.
Resolved Unanimously—That the thanks of this Common Hall
be given to Samuel Favell, Esq. the Mover, and John Bowring,
Esq. Seconder, of the Resolutions and Petition, for the able,man-
ner in which they have brought forward the business of this day.
WOODTHORPE.