Star.
London, England, 1816-10-09 00:00:00

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. WOOD, MAYOR.
IN a MEETING or ASSEMBLY of the
MAYOR, ALDERMEN, and LIVERYMEN of the pe-
',era' COMPANIES of the CI rir of LONDON, in Coistdsion
Hall assembled, at the admen of the said City, op 1 hestl4,
the Sth day of October; 1816,
Resolved Unatilmeuely, That the Thanks of tliti Com\tsc
Hall he given to the Sheriffs, for their impartial eoliffett &deg
*e Pelt-forth* Election of a Lord Mayor tor the ensuing Year.
Resolved Unanimously, That the- f hanks of • this Common
Hall be given to EDWAIg D W 111714E8i. for leis strenuous and able
• eYerttons in promo.ing the, returti 'if the Right Honourable the
'Loan Marua as their Chief Magistritti for the ensuing Year.
WOODTHOR PE.

*OoD MAYOR.

IN a MEETING or ASSEMBLY of the
MAYOR, AL.DER MEN, and LIVERYMEN et the' se-
veral COMPANIES oPthe CI FY of LONDI)ON, in Common
Hall assembled, at the Guildhall of the said City, on Tuesday,
the Bth day of October, 1916, •
Resolved. That it appear". from the Report of the Sheriffs of
this City, that tie Petition unanimously voted by the Common'
Hal 10 his Royal Highnew the. Prince Regent on the gist of
August last, has not been presented, Lord Siehnouth, Secretary ,
ty State for the Home Department, having informed the Sheriffs,
. that the Petit'on will not be received by his Royal -Highness but
at the Levee, or thrash the medium of his Secretary of State.
' Resolved, That it is the deist of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen,
and Livery of the City of London to present tbeir Potions to
the Rio, stated on his Throne, by which mode only can they be
as•ured'of (heir Petitions being heard or answered; and that this
right has been exercised from time immemorial—new. indeed.
denied, during the reigns of the most arbitrary of our Mimes—
nor called in question but by Administrations the disgrace of the
resent nigh.
Resolved, That, to surrender the right of presenting the Peti-
tions of the Livery of London! in Common Han assembled te the
Sovereign seated on his Throne, would not only be a base dere-
Veda!' of their Constitutional Privileges, by them uniformly as-
serted, but a gross violation of duty toward. the People through.
out the British Empire, 'and ultimately prove subversive of our
boastid 'Pishrof Petition; as srccesdolly maintained by our
incesioria'and confirmed by Magee Charts and the Bill of Sights.
Resolved, Thar all somplaiuts to the Throne of National Di.-
t-eu, however great or complicated—of lontproseseted Wars,
however unjust, sionecessacy, or blOody—of increased National
Ezpeudi!ure atienrsCrer wasteful—of Public Robbery, by venal
Pbeensen and useless Sineturrholden, however enurtuotts—sad
ref the State of our Representatioo, however corrupt—must be
unavailing, if the only means of conveyance of such Complaints
ere the very Ministers personally interested in the continuauto,
elf these enormities.
Resolved, That the Livery of London', disregarding ammo-
teniptit4eabsee heaped on them by corrupt hirelings, aided by a
• 'lnstituted ant licentious press, are determined to maintain their
•canadtadanal rights against all the varied means of power, mo-
lls*, misrepresentation, and falsehood.
Resolved, That the Sheriffs, attended by Mr. Reinembrancer,
do, at the next Levey, wait on the Prince Regent, and deliver
Into the hands of his Royal Highness, in the name of the Lord
Mayor. Aklermen, and Livery of oodon, a fair copy of the
foregoing Resolutions, signed by the Town Clerk. •
ILesoßed, That the Thanks of this Comtism Hall be given to
• Mr. Benjamin Blerever, the Mover, and Mr. Samuel Thompson,
the Seconder of the Resolutions agreed to this day.
Resolved unsalmomly, That the' foregoing Resolutionsoigned
_by the Town Clerk, together with the Petition agreed to on the
214 elay of August last, be published in the usual London
?WM WOODTHORPE.
[Copy of the Petition.] " •
To his Royal Highness the Pewee of W zits Regent of the
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and wits,
The PETITION of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Livery of
London, in Common at assembled.
We, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Livery of the City of
London, in Common Hall assembled, approach your Royal.
Highness in full confidence that your Royal Highness will gra-
.eieusly receive the represeggisdons of his Msjrsty a faithful Citi-
zens on subjects the most Etoresting so their country.
That it Is with the &resit regret we state to your Royal High-
ness, that the distress which weigh, down the Agriculture, Com-
merce, foreign and dome,tic, and tlielManuftectures of the Ens.
Aire, is impiralleletin the history of the country, and deeply
siarenitrg to an whoTtave at heart its true greatness, real freedom,
and lasting prosperity: that this distress is the natural result of a
•merttpt system of administration, ind of a long and prolipte
waste of the pubEe treasure during a period of upwards of so
years warfare, w hich has occasioned an expenditure of fine Thou-
•mod Millions, Increased our Deht,lises, and Poor-rates, to an
• insupportable end frightful extent, brought our liberties into im-
minent peril, sod proved destructive to the prosperity of this
country, whilst also it has terminated disastrously with regard to
the best interests of a considerable portion of civilised Europe;
and that the oppressive weight of Taxation under which the
People groan, is producing rapid depopulation, increasing and
widely extended pauperism, threatening consequences the most
ruinous to all classes and ranks of the community.
' That your PeSdoners further represent to your Royal High-
ness their firm persuasion, that all attempts to redress or arrest
the progress of these overwhelming evils, by Subscriptions, how-
ever laudable the motives of the Subscribers, must prove Inc-

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.dent, and afford but a trifling and temporary relief even to the
•infoin distressed class of the People:—That we therefore cannot
• but deplore, not only the ma-grin:dei but the very inadequate
•means of relief hitherto proposed, and are painfully apprehensive
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that she sufferings of many usands of our countrymen will, in
the event, be aggravated; n than alleviated, by holding out
expectations which can nr er be realized; and that they feel It to
be as insulting to the understandings, as it is injurious to the in-
dependence of the People, to receive a miserable pittance, In the
taupe of alms, from those Placemen and Pensioners who derive
their unmerited and exorbitant incomes from the very Taxes
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which constitute the grand cause of the People's buffering..
That your Petitioners assure your Royal Highness, that they
have seen with shame and indignation the poverty of Great Bri-
• min proclaimed to the whole world; and that. chit once prove.
rous and independent People are reduced to the necessity of ac-
cepting charity from a Mince of the House of Bourbon ; and
-that while lamenting this 'degradation of the national character,
• your Petitioner' cannot retrain from entreating your Royal
Highness to instruct his Majesty's Ministers to demand payment
from Foreign Powers of the, many mi Moos borrowed fonn-this
ollisry under the faith of Treaties, in addition to the *ill larger
BubsWies, lavished on those Powers, to enable them to raise their
own armies, fight their own battles, and promote their own in-
terests and ambitious projects, to the manifest prejudice of the
dearest interests of the country.
That your Petidtloners beg leave to impress it in the mind of
our Royal Highness, that the &ending Army, at &rime' an ob-
sec of jislousy to the livid& People, irof a magnitude, is a arne
'of peace, unparalleled, and the mere alarming to us, as a coo.
adorable portion of it has been employed is union with abs
• , Armies. of Continental Despots, in vidadon of promisee, so-
lemn and repeated, to impose se the people of Prams s Go.
. veronica in opposition to the declared choice of her Repo...ero-
des', and to prevent 25 million of people from exescl•ing that'
right without which a nails cannot be tree.--n right repeatedly
exercised by the people of this country—a right, the asserdon of
*itch plated the House of Brunswick On the Throne of these
Reams, vin, that of forming and reaming a Government for
. themselves; and the enormous expense of which Army _being
wee of the causes of oar national poverty, we are impelled by
esMe d duty to represent to your Royal Highness, that the
immediate ind effectual reducdon of this unconstitutional force
,is iiwilapensibly necessary to the freedom and prosperity of Bri-
ton!, and of the people of Europe in genera, with whom. true
welfare our own is vitally connected.
That your Petitions* further beg leave to state to your Royal
• Iltsbness, thatd=espisisnce has proved, that the only radical
us
cute of our Evils is a 111101 U IN TUB Coptwous
' /loose or PARLIABIBUT, by which the People nay be restored
to their Constitutional Right of a TILL, sass] and YILLOOLIIT
IBaLSBUTATION as the possession of such a air reigataden
"dB be.the only tranquil, sere, and effectual mode of Obtaining
lIMPLUNITT ion Taa urr, and, iIiCUSITT vox TIM RoT9III.
we. your Petitioners, do therefore earnestly linplore your
Royal Highness, as the natural Guardian of our dike, to as-
semble Parliament as speedily as possible, and that your Royal
Highness would eatnotly recommend to their mint salons con-
signation the distressed state of the country, the most prompt
• abolition of all useless places and pensions, an immediate and
accusal reduction of the kandinji army; of a system of the
timer rigid economy la every department of thopublie espendi-
- titre; and such a Itefosta of Parliament asithali nooks ind se-
' sere io the People their indent, constkutionni, aed,jasbaubb
• viols ; all of which ineasstres your.. Pei:idealize are deeply sow.

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