FIVE POUNDS REWARD.-Frida...
The Times, 1824-05-15T00:00:00

VfiI'E'" POUNDZ REWARD.- Friday, Mfay 14, 1824. -STOLEN f aM tabl% In Little Cnnterbury..place, Lainbeth, a BACt MRLctadaabot 4 and h bg,ndit btieo oe lih Cb ,d Cart, pointed green, thietallhoard lets dowln, both abafta oRe - tke~. On recovery anid conviction of the oibenders the above Rewd w iu ba given by Lazarus lasaacs, 9, China-walk, near Lambeth l-'eO, JUSTICES of the PEACE for VT HE: Rev. JORN OUSBY, after inore than three A. rmnoths'experience of the natureof the duties and character of 'the clargce committed to him by the kindnieRs of the magistrates of Midlea~, n eecinghimCl-APii~to the HOUSE of CORREC- hON ?dbath.eieda on the 13th of lJanuary last, be-s to return temds rmost sincere and grateful thans: and to those ?riends who induce binm to the Lstrates, with such earnest and Incessant ,cxrtlnaandanxet fo h's uccss,hepresents blsl cordia acknow- 'ed geoentsslth theY mostlivelyoRns^eof gragtitude. 15, Sloane-terrace, May 15, 182t4. . .erkeley, 29: Rev. J. Baylle, 7; Rev.C. avIs,7 Re. L V.Daves,1:-otal. 109. COM fON COVUNTFIL,Nhodn in tbe Chamber of ~theui-lidhal of the city of LQondon, oni Friday, the 14th day of Tesolved, That this Court, deeply senAllle of the Inadequate state of the representation of the people In the Commons House of Paullh- ment. more especially as It regards the citles of London and West- mnlnster, the county of Middlesex, and the borough of Souithwark. comrpared with, the reit of t he kingdom. That the Chancellor of the Exchequier having stated tbat tbe coun- try wa in a conditiion of unexampled prosperity, they conicelve that all those objections usually raised to thie dl-cisssion of this subject in tianes of war and ecslanity nitust new fall to tle ground. That the present Enode of electing menibers in close boroughs Isa vtioLtlon of the essential principles of the constittition, as appears Jronm the 3d Edward 1. the BiU of Rights, 'the 2i and 31 George II., In which It Is declared that the electi,n of tneinuers ought to be free, alid that the freedom of election to serve in Parliament is of the utmost consequence to the preservatlon of the rights and libertles of the kinecdoni.I That amnong the numerotru violations of these last they hiave re- cently observed that the in'iiabitants of Doindalk lsave puiblished re- soluttlmn declaring that a r4ablenian, the earl of Rodeo. monopolizes their,rorporate lands and o.,ts, or otherwise dlsposes of their rights of representati,,n, eontrary to the re-olutions of the House of Cuni- mons, which deelares tbht it is a higho breach of privilege, and an iih- fringement of the rihhts ofthe Conmmon , for ally peer of the rasil; to interfere in the electIon of moemnbers of Parliament. That glaring lnes1 unitles appealr eenerallY in the state of the repre- sentatio-., cspv.cl'l vIn th.e cases <.f flId Sarun., Castle Rising, and e v ;n,w In the Isleof Wlght, wit: send as many mernhers tn Par- hamnent. hy The votes of S *,r fi e,ectors, as the cities of London alId Ve't.oinis:er.svh,s hays. lerweelltsV r ryand thilrty tholsand electors. And thse towv n of Notriobam. ivith, ? melnhbers, hsLn more !nhabitant; tan all the electors together In the co,unty of Cornrwall, wtho sezid 44i nsennbers. That in the ifte ,-ne of C.ra'npound and by the ar)inowledgment of one of the Mllnistersof the Crown, it appears that the couinty of Yort ought to have an additional nurl:Ier of members. This Court feels that the cities of l.ondon alid Westminster. the county of Mid- ilesex. and the borough of Southwark, bave an unlanswerable elaim ilp.-n the just:i-e of Parliamoent for a niuch larger number of members to) represent themn in the House of C'ommons than they have at pre. sent. especially when the pop'ilattion, pro.perty, taxation, jildicial amid comnmercial Importance mif the said dis,trict is conmpared wvith- the rest of the kingdonm. Thiat hy the lhte censuis of 1821 it appears thlt the said distrlet -tnprLseg,snetenth ofthewhole population in England, Scotland. and Wales, end scnds only It rntmnhers to Parliament; wyhile the othier partsi OT the kingdom send .540. ThAt the rald district paid to the property tax in 1814 urpoii seven millf-ons of preperty. while the wskmle of the kingdom were eharged at 2' rillions-, lr thereabotts: making aearly one-sevelith part of the tz'.. with less than one-fiftieth part of the number of representatives. That the said district contains the gaol of Newgate, prison for tdebtoc, Ludgate. ltGispir.str-t, Clerkenwell prison., King's Beneh. r,nd Westminster prisons, counrts of laws, numerous pollce offices, all of which require the attention of members locally connected Nvith the distrIct. Thas the Port and City of London contain oinnierous docks. cor- nected wvith the shipping interest, the Bank, Custon House. Excise amid Post offices, Insurance offlices, and Various rising institutions, rwhi,h often require the ald of parliamentary regullarions. That the ('oru.oatlon of L.ondonl. as gnardlans of the interests of their fellow citizens, are often hafiled in the parliamentary eom- lnltt.ees by the wveight of private Interest, froni the small nDimber of th elty memnbers beingunable ton priotect their rights. That the same lnefficienry of Parliamentary representation often Ind,uces the merchnnts. and great piublic'bodmes, to negotiate their ParlIamentary ii'isinesq with the Treasury, vhich leads to a system of favrsrifism: and. during the swar. special licessees were granited to mnercantile IllIses, by wh!ch they obmtained Immense profiti; and sich mr ns of corrupt influelice bas ;ed to thge return of memlbe.-s wvholly devoted to) the MIiIister. unworthv of the publlc confidence, and highly derogatory to the characterand independence of the House of rommon.s ThaLt the hiusdeqinate state sf the representation of the City of l.ondrm was mazsifeated at the revolution of 1688, wvhen the Lord MayGor, Aldermeni, and 50 ilienbers of the Corporation were called to sit In the Convention Parliament, to transfer the Crown from the i-ouse of Stuart to another dynasty. That a committee of the t onse of Commons having reported that SO of their members receiveshbove ?18o0o00 per annLm of the public money, in places and emoluments, besides the patronage that rminis- ters bestow upon their friends, and rhat such ahbiues have been defended As e'sentisi t.m ca7ry on the governmeuit af the couintry. That the tabile of the i-ouseQ of Comtnotis having been loaded wvith petitionn from all parts of the kinigdom. during the last 40 years, pr-aying foraParliamentaryreform and deeply Impressed writh the sentimients of SIc, Pitt.--..~ if there had al-ays been a House of Cam- mnons,the faithful stewards of the interest.s of their comuitry-the dili- gent checkf rohn tha administration of the finances--the constitutional *dsma of t- executive branch of the government-the steady and unOinfueend iriends of the people, t?e hurdens of the country could That a ?etti,-n, fiiunded upon the above RTesolutions, be forthiwith Prsentrd to the Honouirable the House of Commons, praving for a speedy rnd effectual Constitutional Reform in that House. WOOnDTHORPE.