250 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1810. 



House of parliament ; and more 

 forcibly demonstrates the neces- 

 sity of a speedy and substantial 

 reform in that honourable House. 

 HI. Resolved, That weliaveview- 

 ed with mixed sentiments of indig- 

 nation, concern, and pity, the ad- 

 dress of certain persons styling 

 themselves, " an adjourned meet- 

 ing of liverymen, held at the Lon- 

 don Tavern, the 4th of May" in- 

 asmuch as the statements contained 

 in that addre.«s, imputing to the 

 great body of their fellow-citizens, 

 in common hall legally assembled, 

 motives and designs to " villifyand 

 degrade thelegislature:" to " a! ien- 

 ate the affections of the people 

 from tlie government;" to " pro- 

 duce contempt and distrust of the 

 House of Commons;" to "intro- 

 duce anarchy ;" and to " subvert 

 the constitution ;" are false asser- 

 tions, originating witii individuals 

 who derive influence and emolu- 

 ment from the heavy burthens of 

 the people. 



IV. Resolved, That amongst the 

 names of those annexed to that 

 address, appear the signatures of 

 contractors, commissioners, and 

 collectors of taxes; of placemen 

 and place-hunters, with along list 

 of their agents, and clerks of their 

 dependents, emissaries of minions. 



V. Resolved, That it is undenia- 

 ble, that power, influence, threats, 

 anti delusions, have been employ- 

 ed, to prevail upon many to con- 

 cur in the said address. 



VI. Resolved, Thatwhilstwedis- 

 claim any imputation against the 

 motives of several, who, b}' gross 

 misrepresentations, by arts of the 

 basest kind, or by downrightintimi- 

 dation,havebeencompelledtolend 

 their signatures to the said ad- 

 dress; it is to us a source of high 

 consolation, that the address car« 



ries within it its owh refutation, 

 consisting only of allegations un- 

 substantiated, and of calumnies, 

 which those who have propagated 

 them must know to be groundless, 

 VII. Resolved, That the said ad- 

 dress appears to have for its real 

 object, the excitement of civil dis- 

 sention, the increase of public 

 abuses, and the further and fuller 

 participation in the wages of cor- 

 ruption bymany of those who have 

 signed it, and who, faking advan- 

 tage of the present unhappy con- 

 test between arbitrary privilege 

 and constitutional freedom, have 

 endeavoured to confuse and dis- 

 tract the public mind, for the sup- 

 port and continuance in place of 

 a corrupt, weak, and wicked ad- 

 ministration. 



VIII. Resolvedunanimously, That 

 in the years 1679 and 1680, under 

 the infamousgovernmentof Charles 

 the Second, the city of London, and 

 other parts of the country, peti- 

 tioned the king for the redress of 

 grievances, and the sitting of par- 

 liaments. That various counter- 

 petitions were presented to his 

 majesty, expressive of their abhor- 

 rence of the said petitioning, as 

 tumultuous and seditious, and en- 

 croaching on the royal preroga^ 

 tive. That on the 21st of October, 

 1680, the parliament met, and its 

 first acts were to expel abhorrors, 

 and to pass a vote, " That it is, 

 and ever hath been, the undoubt- 

 ed right of the subject to petition 

 the king for the calling of parlia- 

 ments and redressing grievances; 

 that to traduce such petitioning 

 as a violation of duty, and to re- 

 present it to his majesty as tumul- 

 tuous and seditious, is to betray 

 the liberty of the subject, and con- 

 tribute to the design of subverting 

 the ancient legal constitution of 



