The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1817-03-05

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application. ! have the honor 70 Be, my
Lsrd. your Lordship's most obedien,, and
most humble sefvant.. "H. HUNT.
"To Tho Rixht HIN. Lord visceuns SID
December 10.
CITY ADDRESS.
yesserd- y the Lord Mayor, st,ended by Mr.
Alderman Geodhe here, the Recorder, 6her.
i9sy city ohcers, ssd scvera! members of the
commos Council, proceeded 70 Carlton. House
where they presented the following Addrsas,o
his royal Highpess, The Prince ReEsnt, see. !;
ted on tho Throne.
IA. Ais Rsyoi HgAssss, fAe Prisse ef Wales,
Regesf @ sAs United Kingdom e/ Great.
Brifois and Lrsissd
The humble address and peti,ion Of the
Lord Msyor, Aldermen and tho Common
Council Of the city Of London, in Common
Council assembled.
Moy IL fleece your Royal HsAness.
Ws,his Nsjesty's most faithful 4 lloyd cub
isets,sh bord Mayor Aldermen and commen
Council Of the city Of London, in Common
Council ssse enbled, hvmbly spproaeh yous
Royal Highnsss,so represent our national sui.
srings 4 grievances, b respectfully 70 suggest
the adoption OF measures which We conceive
10 Be indispsnsably necessary for the safety,
the quiet aud the prosperity Of the realm.
We forbear TO enter into the details Of tho
s@ictiag prisations and suGerings tina, every
where exist; the distress and misery which,
for 90 many years, has been progressively &C.
cumolsting, has at length become insupporta.
BILE. 1tis no longer partially felt nor limfsed
to one portion Of tho empire the commercial,
the manufacturing asd the agricultural inter.
ssts, are equally sinking under its irresistible
pressure, end il has become impossbls to knA
employment for q large mass Of the popnla.
tion, much less 10 bear up agsinst our prSsens
enormous bvrdens.
We beg leave to impress upon pour Royi
highness ihst our present complicated evils
have not arisen from mere transition from
war 10 pesces nor from any sudden or aeciden.
'ssl cause, neither can they be removed BY amp
partisi ~ Temporary, sxpsdiesss,
Opr gpisvspees ere the natural effect of sssh
and rsinous vsrs, upjus,ly commenced and
pertinaeiously persisted in when 40 rstionsi
object vac TO b obtsined-of immense sub.
sidies to foreign powers TO defend their own
serrito,ie', OF to eommi, sssrss.ions on thoss
of their neighbours--ofs delusive paper cur
reney-~sf an uncons,iiutionsl 4 unprecedent-
ed military fores IN time Of pesce~-of the ua-
exsmpled B increasing magnitude Of the civil
list--of the enormous sums paid for unmeri.
ted pensions and sineeuses, end Of ioug
course Of the moot lavish and improvi8sut sx-
psnditure of the public money thvoughous
every branch Of the government oil arising
from the corrupt and inadequate state Of tho
representation of ihe People in Parliamsn,,
whsrsby all constitutional control ovsr the
ssrvsnss Of the Grown has bsen lost, and Par
lament have become subssrvisu. 20 the viii
Of ministcrs.
We cAouo, forbssr expressing ourgrief snd
disspoihtment, that notwiihsisudsng youv
Royal Hishness' gracious recommendation Of
ecouory st the opening Of the les, session Of
Parliament, your ministers should have been
found opposing every proposition for lesssnln4
the hA,ionsl expenditure, end that they shocld
have been able to ob,sih msjori,isa 10 support
and sanction their Conduct 10 defiance ofyosp
RoyA Highness' reeommenda,iou, and the
declared sense Of the nations, afording ans,hss
proof Of the corrupt state Of the represents.
tioW, in addition 10 those facts so often stas>d
and offered 10 be proved q the bar ofshs
House ef Commons, in petition presented
in 1875, BY ths Hon. Charles, nov Lord Grey,
whsrsbyi ID appeared thss the great body Of
the people were excluded from oil share In
sbs eleeio6 o. members ssd thN the msiority
Of that Honcurabls HOUSE we're returned Sy
the prossistors Of rotten boroughs, the influ.
enee. OF the Trsssury. and . few powerful
families. 80
We can, sirae longer support. out Of on,
dilapids,sd rssoussss, % overwhslmipg load
Of tsxstiea, snd We humbly submit, TO your
Royal hishness, that ooships bss rsforma.
sios Of these sbssss, and restoring the people
to their jua and eons,its,ionsl right in the
election Of msnbers Of Psslismsns can afford
security sgsinss theis recurrence, calm tho
sppFehensiens Of The people, sllsy their irsi,s.
ted Sesling's and prevent those mislouunss 10
which ne nation @us, bsssitabIysse involved,
By sn o6ssinats and infasuased sdhsrsnee TO
the present ystem Of corruption and eatrsvs-