Excerpt from The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, 1823, Vol. 9: Historical Register The 'ommon Council of the City of London have agreed, at a late meet ing thereof, to petition Parliament, early in the ensuing Session, for a more adequate representation of the people in parliament, or for what in common palettes is denominated Parliamentary Reform. In Devonshire and Lincoln shire, requisitions have been issued for the same purpose. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.