of Waggons & Other Carriages passing by at all House of the Night,
together with the Milk People, and the help of our present Patrole, Lights
and watchman, maintained by Voluntary subscription, a full & Sufficient
Defence against any Attacks from the Street

Thirdly, Many of The Houses of the said Village are old and
un fashionable the roomy & proper for Letting out Lodgings and tenanted
by persons in years, Particularly by many of the tendes Sex, who have
formerly known better times but now are reduced by the Calamities incident
to human Life; to earn their livelihood by their some & laborious
method of Setting out Lodgings, who if this Act was to be enforced would
be greatly distressed, as their other taxes within these Six years last past,
and very nearly double what they were before.

Fourthly we, are informed that no legal pound Rate can be
Assessed on a particular part of the Parish, and if this Tax be lard on the
whole parish including Holloway, Hornsey Lane, Newington and
Kingsland Green Etc. the Inhabitants of those parts of the Parish who
would not receive the last benefit themselves must contrary to all the Rule's
of Equity be taxed to Guard the worthy Gentry of the Village of Islington

Fifthly, many of the Constable & Head boroughs some
times happen to live at the distance of between three & four miles from
Islington Watch house, Etc it would be a piece of great Injustices as
well as Cruetly & Barbarily to force them to leave their families in
all Weather merely for the Service of Islington with which they have
little concern, Yet if they were excused, the duty would fall too
offer on those in this Village as the Number of