"not even been mooted by the voters | narchy means the government by one "to those who were candidates for man; and they, feeling themselves "their suffrages. In Yorkshire, for pressed by taxes, apply to the servants "instance, the candidates were not of that one man, to take the taxes off; questioned at all upon this point, and and their representative in Parliament “in many other places it was the same. seems to look upon the matter in the "The farmers in the country were, to same light; for, he goes to the servants "be sure, indifferent upon the subject of the King, and applies to them for the "to a certain extent, because the taxes purpose of taking off the said taxes; and "in question did not affect them so these servants of the King, send word "materially as many other assessments. that they will think of the matter; just "It had, he understood, been said, that as if the matter were absolutely in their "Ministers must either procure the power; and without any of the parties "repeal of the assessed taxes, or go out appearing to entertain the smallest idea "of office: but this, he thought, was that the matter does not entirely depend an alternative which the thinking upon the absolute will and pleasure of portion of the public would not wish the servants of the King; and those "to impose upon them. A reformed servants actually not appearing to know "Parliament had been obtained, and that there is a House of Commons, with"there could be little doubt that without the consent of which they can “ time all that the public desired would neither keep on nor take off these or "be accomplished. It would be for any other taxes. At last, however, the "them to elect which would be the servants of the King having refused to "most judicious course, to submit for a promise to take off the taxes, the dele"time longer to the imposts complained gates, bristling up, recollected that 66 of, or to cause the present Admi- there is a House of Commons; and "nistration to retire. (Loud cries of threaten that they will make use of that, ¿‹ Hear, hear).

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"Mr. BROWN made a few observa-means: they absolutely threaten, that ❝tions, and

"Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE suggested that possibly the repeal of one of the taxes "would give satisfaction. (This ob"servation was answered by loud cries "of No, no; both, both).

A resolution in furtherance of the objects of the meeting was then put "and carried, together with votes of "thanks to Sir J. C. Hobhouse and the "chairman.

“It is understood that a public meeting of the inhabitants of Westminster "will be shortly convened, that all the "members of the metropolitan boroughs "will be invited to attend, and that an "influential member will be requested to bring forward a motion for the repeal of the taxes, within seven days from the meeting of Parliament."

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There never was any thing like this heard of in this world before. It would seem, that these parish-deputies have no idea that we are not under a real monarchical government; that is to say, the government of ONE MAN, for mo

they will go lawfully to work; and that, if they cannot get their ends by the means of monarchical sway, they will get it by the means of democratical sway. If this be not anarchy, no man ever saw anarchy.

But, the most curious part of this affair, is the threat of HOBHOUSE, that he and his brother servants will quit their places, or, as other servants call it, go away they will go away if the people will not let them have these taxes. Now, observe, in the first place, that delegates, Hobhouse and servants of the King, are all, at present, equally ignorant with regard to what the people really wish in this respect; and they cannot know what they wish, until the House of Commons shall meet. There is no doubt about the matter, indeed; there can be no doubt, that the millions of this nation wish to be eased of this burdensome batch of taxes; to petition against the longer existence of which, the whole country is meeting or preparing to meet. But it

is to the House of Commons that the legates, that they had to choose between application for the purpose is to be continuing to bear the tax complained made; it is to that House of Commons of, and causing the present servants of to which we are now to look for the re- the King to retire from their offices! dress of every grievance; to ask for re- A gentleman, having a turkey to be dress of every grievance; to ask this from roasted, left it, as would naturally be the servants of the King, except in a very the case, to the "administration" of few cases, where the evil arises from his cook, who, being of the monarchithe misapplication of the King's prero-cal taste, represented the necessity of gative itself; to do this, is to show that half-a-guinea's worth of truffles, wherewe understand not our own rights and with to stuff the said turkey; and, in' our own duties, nor the powers which we spite of all representations relative to ourselves possess through the instru- the taste as well as the resources of the mentality of our own House; but, to master, insisted upon the supplies, or make such an application in a case of else gave the dreadful alternative extaxes, to impose, to continue, to repeal, pressed in a very soft voice, accompa to abolish, to diminish, or to do any nied with a certain look from a pair of other thing with regard to these, be- sparkling black eyes, that she must go longs solely and exclusively to our own away! To which the master replied, House of Parliament; to make an ap-" I am very sorry to part with so pretty peal to any body else upon a subject of" a girl; but, really, half-a-guinea is this sort, is to discover political igno- "too much; I cannot afford it, and, rance quite disgraceful to the commu- "therefore, we must part." For us to nity, or else to give a proof of a most lose the benefit of this Whig set of serbase abandonment of our own rights, vants, to have the whole set turn out at and of the rights of those whom we once, would indeed, be a prodigious evil. have chosen to represent us. What! They have done so much for the liberty good God! get à parliamentary re- of the press; they have been so mild in form; threaten to resist the payment their sway; they have so relieved us of taxes unless we get it; hold jubilees from the terrible Six Acts; they have to celebrate the getting of it; in virtue been so sparing of our purses, especially of it, choosing men to go and represent as relating to persons of their own faus faithfully in a House of Commons; milies. They have made such improvetell them to go there and take care of ments in fortifying the belts of their our money, and to manage all matters police-men; they have shown such a of taxes, particularly, with a due regard disposition to rule by the municipal and to our interests and our safety; all this, not by the military power; they have so and then, even before these representa- plainly signified their intentions to put tives that we have chosen, have had an end to the workings of corruption time to get together, go crawling to at elections, and to shorten the duration the servants of the King, and beg of of Parliaments, agreeably to Lord them to take off some of the taxes that Grey's petition of 1793; and, above all most oppress us; and, as if all this things, they have made such a Paradise were not enough to mark us out for the of Ireland; that, for his Majesty to lose ridicule of all mankind, convey these them, must naturally give the most acute our supplications to the King's servants, pain to all his dutiful and affectionate by one of the new representatives of subjects! But, still, we are in the situthe people! ation of the poor gentleman with his Monstrous, however, as all this is, it languishing, black-eyed cook: loath to falls short, I think, of the confusion of lose them, fain would still have the ideas; the truly anarchical notions inexpressible delight of hearing their which appear to have prevailed in the sweet voices; of observing the gentle mind of Mr. Hobhouse upon this occa- and unassuming manner in which they sion, when he (a servant of the King bear themselves towards us, and of prohimself) told these strange sort of denouncing the right honourable" pre

fixed to the names of the tallow-men tain day; and it threatens you with and brewers who belong to the respect- heavy pecuniary punishment if you do able set. But, the price is too high: it not obey. When you have filled up the is a saying, that "gold cant be bought pages, and made a declaration of your too dear" therefore, if we must lose possessions, the man to whom you dethem, or still have these taxes to pay, liver the paper puts down as much lose them we must. I am by no means more to your account as he pleases to insensible to the magnitude of the loss! put down, and taxes you according to I am aware that it would deprive us of his account, and not according to yours; divers things which we do not at first and according to his account you must think of. Amongst other things, we pay, unless you go in person and petishould lose BROUGHAM and all his multi-tion and supplicate and prove into the farious appendages; and amongst others, bargain, that you are right and that he his poor-law commission, consisting of a is wrong, the burden of proof lying brace of bishops, STURGES BOURNE, fee- with you and not with him who makes losofer SENIOR, late reporther COUL- the charge against you. The deciSTON, and one TAIT or TAIL or some- sion is at last in the breast of the thing, together with HARRY GAWLER, taxers, and you have no appeal to a brother of Burdett's celebrated second. jury; and you must pay or have your We should lose these, and the precious goods seized or your body lodged fruits of their deliberations, together in jail, agreeably to the decision with the honour of paying them the of those taxers. I, for instance, am trifle of money which their modesty constantly charged with a shopman at would permit them to demand. But, Bolt-court; and I have not had one for when, against these losses we put the two years. But, I must submit to the gain of a riddance of the execrable-tax-payment, or crawl upon my belly to the payers, the surveyors, the inspectors, taxers: I prefer the former; thus I pay the commissioners, the surchargers, the for a shopman and have none. exchequer-writs, and all the rest of it, with regard to the partiality of the tax, besides the payment of the money: I pay more house-tax for my house in when we put this gain against the losses Bolt-court, rented at forty-five pounds`a above-mentioned, the gain has it! year, than a great number of the country gentry and even the nobility, pay for their country mansions. Nay, I think there is the country-house of an earl which does not pay nearly so much house-tax as I pay for the said house in Bolt-court. And, yet, unless we will continue to pay these taxes, Mr. Hobhouse and his co-servants will GO AWAY.

The whole of the system of taxation is bad; but, this part of it, in addition to its oppression, is degrading and insulting to the last degree. It is very bad to make the man in the middle rank of life, and the working man, pay, under the Stamp Act, forty times as much tax as the greatly rich man pays: this is very bad; but it is not so degrading; it is not so insulting; it does not come and touch the person so immediately; it is not so incontestable a proof of your being in a state of absolute subjection. First, comes a man with a paper, which takes you a week to read and to clearly understand. This paper commands you to write down various things concerning your private affairs and possessions; to make certain disclosures as to those private affairs, and as to your means of private enjoyment. It commands you to sign the said paper, and to carry it to a certain place and deliver it by a cer

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This is, doubtless, a fine taste of that which is to come!" We shall see, whether the new Parliament be to be frightened thus; whether they will be of the opinion, that we of this day, like the slaves of the Stuarts, have "no breath but through the nostrils" of Hobhouse, Poulett Thomson and Co. ̈

CITY MEETING.

THE ELECTORS of the city met on Monday last, the Lord Mayor in the chair; and they agreed unanimously tỏ

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the following three petitions: 1st. for a "peal to the people, choose itself to sit repeal of the Septennial Act; 2nd. for " for four years longer; and an act now the enactment of the ballot (which Major" called the Septennial Bill, did conCARTWRIGHT pleaded so hard for, forty" tinue the usurpation by enacting that years ago); 3rd. for a repeal of the as-" Parliaments should be of seven years' sessed taxes. The petitions were all" duration for the future, and that this carried unanimously, the resolutions on usurpation has been continued until which they were founded, having been "the present day. very ably proposed and seconded, first "That in the year 1793, a petition by Mr. WILLIAMS and Mr. NICHOLSON; was presented to the House of Comand, indeed, all the movers and se- "mons by the Honourable Charles Grey conders having shown great ability, and" (now Earl Grey), praying, amongst a thorough knowledge of the subjects," other things, that the duration of of which the petitions treated. "Parliaments might be shortened; "To the honourable the Commons" " because such shortening tended to "of the United Kingdom of Great │“ produce a happy union and good "Britain and Ireland in Parliament":" agreement between the King and "assembled. people,' that, nevertheless, the "The humble petition of his Ma-" aforesaid usurpation was still conti'jesty's dutiful and loving sub-" nued; and that as there can be now "jects the Liverymen, House- " no pretence relative to a popish facholders, Electors of the City of" tion; as there can be no ground what"London, assembled in the soever for continuing this usurpation, "Guildhall of the said City, this" which tends to the contary of a happy "21. of January, 1833 the union and good agreement between "Right Honourable the Lord" the King and people; as there can be "Mayor in the chair, no motive, now, for continuing this usurpation, other than that of lessening the influence of the people, and finally giving them masters instead of representatives; and as your humble petitioners would feel deep sorrow in believing that such motive could exist in your honourable House, they hope and pray that your honourable House will be pleased to proceed, "with as little delay as possible, to the

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"Most respectfully showeth-That" your humble petitioners, while they express their gratitude to his Majesty "for having graciously given his assent "to the act for making a reform in" your Honourable House, perceive, "nevertheless, the urgent necessity of" beseeching your Honourable House to 66 pass an act to repeal the act com"monly called the Septennial Bill. "That it was declared, to an act" repeal and total abrogation of the passed in the sixth year of the reign "said Septennial Bill, so that the pre"of King William and Queen Mary, "sent Parliament may not sit for a "that 'Whereas by the ancient laws" longer time than three years. "and statutes ot this kingdom, fre- "And your petitioners will ever pray." 866 quent Parliaments ought to be held, "" and whereas frequent and new Par-" "liaments tend very much to the "happy union and good agreement of "the King and people;' that on this 66 express ground an act was then passed "to confine the durationsof Parliaments "to the term of three years, that in the "first year of the reign of King George "the First, under pretence of the ex"istence of a rebellious popish faction,

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"Most respectfully showeth-That" corporations, have possessed them"selves of wealth and power.

"That your humble petitioners mainly "attribute to the general exercise of

your humble petitioners are of opi"nion that every elector in the kingdom "should be enabled to exercise that" undue influence, and to the effect of

"most important public trust, the elec"tive franchise, fully, fairly, and freely, "6 according to the dictates of his own "unbiassed judgment.

" bribery and threats on the old con"stituency of the country, the manifold "miseries which have been inflicted on "the great mass of the people for so "That your humble petitioners are of " many years past, and under which "opinion, that in this country, where " they are at present so severely suffer"the land is principally held in large" ing. "masses by comparatively a few indi- "That with regard to the voting by "viduals, and where, from our exten- "ballot at elections, your humble pe"sive manufactures, commerce, and "titioners beseech your honourable "trade, the great portion of the people" House to look at the recent scan"are dependent on each other for em

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dalous proceedings at Liverpool, at ployment and subsistence, it is to "Norwich, and at other places, where, "be expected that the landholders, and in the language of Scripture, the "the other possessors of wealth, who hands were full of bribes.' Your are generally of the class of employ- "humble petitioners beseech your hoers, will endeavour to promote their" nourable House to look at the sanown private interests, principles, and "guinary scenes at Coventry, at Walprejudices, at the expense of the inde-" sall, at Warwick, at Stockport, at pendence and consciences of such Sheffield, at Stafford, and numerous "electors as may be placed under their" other places; they beseech your ho"control or influence.

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"nourable House to think of the thou"That your humble petitioners con- "sands of well-meaning men, who had "ceive that the Legislature, when be placed before them the horrible alterstowing any privilege or franchise" native of violation to their consciupon any portion of the community," ences, or ruin to their families; they "should at the same time secure to it. implore your honourable House to "the power of fully, fairly, and freely" look and to think of these things; "exercising the same, and that to ne- "then to be pleased to consider, that "glect to do so is to defeat their pro-" all these disgraceful scenes, all this "fessed objects, and to stultify their bloodshed, all this violation of men's "own proceedings." "consciences, and all the ranklings in "That your humble petitioners de-" the heart thus created; they anxiprecate the exercise of any influence" ously implore your honourable House "arising merely from the possession of" to be pleased to consider, that all "wealth or station in society, as unjust, "these would have been prevented by "tyrannical, highly demoralizing and the use of the ballot; and when you injurious to the common weal. "shall have been pleased so to consider, they know that they shall only

"That at the recent general election" "of members for your honourable" need to pray your honourable House

"House, your humble petitioners have "witnessed, with feelings of indigna"tion, the most shameful acts of op"pression on honest but dependent “individuals, in various parts of the "kingdom, but most especially in the

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agricultural counties, on those elec-"To the Honourable the Commons of

"tors known as 504 tenants at will;

"the United Kingdom of Great Bri"tain and Ireland, in Parliament "assembled,