THE GHRONIELE. 
by fubfidizing allies abroad, and 
fupporting a fyftem of corruption 
at home, to the deftrution of pub- 
lic credit: thus evincing a difpo- 
fition to facrifice the blood, trea- 
fure, and liberties of the kingdom, 
in fupport of meafures repugnant 
to the principles of the conttitution, 
derogatory to the dignity and fafety 
ef the King, and inconfiftent with 
the happinefs of the people. 
Refolved, That it appears the 
more neceffary that we fhould at 
this time have the full exercife of 
the right of petitioning, becaufe 
the unprecedented calamities of the 
_ country demand that his Majefty’s 
faithful fubjects fhould reprefent to 
him the true ftate of affairs, and 
pray the difmiffal of thofe weak 
and wicked minifters, whofe mif- 
conductand incapacity have brought 
this once great and flourifhing na- 
tion into its prefent ftate of unpa- 
ralleled diftrefs, and who have 
proved themfelves utterly incompe- 
tent to conduct the war, or nego- 
tiate a peace. 
Refolved, That whoever advifed 
his Majefty to refufe receiving the 
Petition of the Livery of London 
with the accuftomed marks of at- 
tention and refpect, thereby placing 
a barrier between the Monarch and 
his fubjeéts, is an enemy to the 
King, and to the rightsand privileges 
of the people. 
Refolved, That any complaint 
made againft the tyrannical or op- 
preffive meafures of his Majefty’s 
minifters, muft neceffarily be una- 
vailing, if the immediate communi- 
cation with the King be fufpended, 
and the reprefentation of the Peti- 
tion is todepend on the ebfequious 
minions of authority, or criminal 
confpirators againft public liberty. 
Refolved, if hat the reprefenta- 
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tives for this city in parliament be 
inftruéted to make a motion, or 
fupport a motion, “* That an hum- 
ble addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, praying him to difmifs 
from his prefence and councils his 
prefent weak and wicked minifters, 
as the moft likely means of obtain- 
ing a {peedy and permanent peace.” 
And they are hereby inftructed ac- 
cordingly. 
Refolved, That the proceedings 
of the common halls on the 12th 
of April and on this day, be figned 
by the town-clerk, and publifhed 
once in every newfpaper in Great 
Britain. And that the electors 
throughout.the kingdom be earneft- 
ly invited to affemble and inftruct 
their reprefentatives in parliament 
to addrefs the King to remove his 
prefent miniiters,-as the only ftep 
by which the deftruction of the 
conftitution and the ruin of the 
country can be averted, 
Refolved, That any petition to 
counteract the decifions of this and 
former numerous, refpectable, and 
uninfluenced common halls, will be 
departing from the great and gene- 
rally adopted political principle of 
majority and minority, legally col- 
lected. 
Refolved, That the Lord Mayor, 
by diffolving the laft common hall 
ona frivolous and unfounded pre- 
ténce of the irrelevance of the refo- 
lution which was moved to the oc- 
cafion on which the hall was affem- 
bled, by refufing to convene ano- 
ther common (hall for all the pur; 
pofes fpecified, on a like frivolous 
and unfounded pretence of the Li- 
very of London not being a delibe - 
rative body; and by convening the 
prefent common hall, for ‘pur- 
pofes fhort of thofe’ which were 
fpecified in the requifition, has vio- 
F3 ‘ lated 
