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under the same legal pretence, 

 would involve the country and 

 sovereign in similar difficulties, if 

 suffered to persist. Itthereforebe- 

 comes the imperious duty of every 

 real friend to the country to resist 

 their mischievous designs, by re- 

 curring to the genuine principles 

 of the constitution, and by using 

 every legal means for obtaining a 

 full, fair, and free, representation 

 of the people in parliament. 



X. Resolved, That, inseparably 

 attached to our constitution, we 

 admire, venerate, and will support 

 and defend our king, our lords, 

 and our commons, in their respec- 

 tive and collective capacities, with 

 all their just prerogatives, rights, 

 and privileges ; but we can never 

 consent to grant separatively to 

 king, lords, or commons, a power 

 contrary to, and above, the laws 

 of the land, which are and must 

 continue to be the results of their 

 collective wisdom and authority. 



XI.Resolved, That notwithstand- 

 ing the rejectionofour late petition, 

 we still feel it our duty to give to 

 the House of Commons every op- 

 portunity of hearingand redressing 

 the grievances of the people, and 

 that an humble address, petition, 

 and remonstrance be presented to 

 that honourable House. 



XH. Resolved, Thatthesaid pe- 

 tition be fairly transcribed, and 

 signed by the lord mayor, the al- 

 dermen, and ten liverymen, and 

 presented to the House of Com- 

 mons by H. C. Combe, esq. one 

 of their representatives. 



Xni. Resolved, That the thanks 

 of the common hall be given to the 

 right honourable lord Erskine, 

 sir Samuel Romilly, knight. M, P. 

 and Samuel Whitbread, esq. for 

 theirable, constitutional, andinde- 

 pendent conduct on all occasions, 



particularly for the stand tliejr 

 have lately made in favour of the 

 dominion of the law, against ar- 

 bitrary discretion and undefined 

 privilege. 



XIV. Resolved, That the thanks 

 of this hall be given to Hervey 

 Christian Combe, esq. alderman, 

 and one of the representatives of 

 this city in parliament, for his sup- 

 port, in the House of Commons, of 

 the right of the livery to petition 

 the House, and for his general 

 conduct in the House. 



XV. Resolved, That the thanks 

 of this hall be given to the right 

 honourable the lord mayor, for 

 his readiness in calling this hall, ' 

 and for his independent and ho- 

 nourable conduct in discharging 

 the duties of his office. 



XVI. Resolved, Thatthe thanks 

 of this hall be given to Matthew 

 Wood, Esq. one of the sheriffs of 

 this city, for the independent man- 

 ner in which he has always dis- 

 charged the duties of his office. 



ThefoUowing resolutions, passed 

 by the ward of Farringdon With- 

 out, are inserted as a summary of 

 the reasonings adopted in the po- 

 pular questions at issue between 

 the country and the majority of 

 the House of Commons. 



I. Resolved, That in the 29th 

 chapter of Magna Charta it is de- 

 clared, that no freeman shall be 

 taken, or imprisoned, or be dis- 

 seized of his freehold or liberties, 

 or free customs, or to be outlawed 

 or exiled, or any otherwise de- 

 stroyed ; nor will we not pass 

 upon him, nor condemn him, but 

 by lawful judgment of his peers, 

 or by the law of the land. 



II. Resolved, That the commit- 

 tal of Mr. John Gale Jones, and 

 sir Francis Burdett, to prison, dur- 

 ing pleasure, by the order of the 



