To the Right Honourable William Nash< no role > Esqr
Lord Mayor of the City of London and the rest of his
Majesties Justices of the Peace for the sd. City at the
General Quarter Sessions Assembled

The Humble Petition of the Wardens and Assistants of the Fellowship of
Carmen London for and on the behalf of themselves and the rest of the Members of
the said Fellowship.

Sheweth

That your Petitioners beg leave to represent to your Lordship and Worships
that the expence of Horse keeping has for a long time past been greater than at any former
period and the Price of Horses and every other Article in their Business (as well as the
necessaries of Life) is greatly advanced since the making of the last Rates for Cartage.
Your Petitioners being likewise deprived of near one third part of the labour they enjoyed
at that time by unlicensed Carts are by the concurrence of these Causes much hurt in their
Circumstances within the course of these few last Years and are thereby constrained to
apply to your Lordship and Worships for relief.

That as absolute necessity obliges your Petitioners to make this application so they beg
leave at the same time to assure your Lordship & Worships that it is with great reluctance
they now take this Step as they hoped to have been reestablished in their Ancient rights &
Priviledges before the Commencement of this Sessions in which case the increase of Business
would have some what alliviated their Burthen & enabled them to have waited in expectation
that the Price of those necessary Articles which are accustomed to vary in their value would
be reduced in the course of the succeding Year and thereby super side the necessity of a future
application of this hind.

Your Petitioners therefore being thus necessitated to make this
application & being restricted from doing it at any other Sessions that the
Present Do humbly Pray Your Lordship & Worships to take this matter into
your Consideration at this time & to grant them such an Augmentation of the
present Rates of Cartage as may enable them to carry on their Business and
support their Families.

And your Petitioners shall ever Pray Etc.

Jno Miller< no role >
Wm Murden< no role >
Thos Cooper< no role > }
Wardens of the said
Fellowship