"Authority to alter this proportion, notwithstanding change of
"Circumstances; and although Convinced that the Equity of the
"late is with the AppellantsAs to what is said of the
"Justices discretionary power, it is applicable to the time
"when? and not the manner how". and added " that
"the grievance complained of could only he redressed by
"Parliament."

That your Petitioners humbly apprehend the only
proper and just principle of rating in according to a
fair valuation of the ratable property in each parish
Liberty and place in the County.

Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray
for leave to bring in a Bill to empower
the Justices at the Quarter Session for the
County of Middlesex to make an equal
County rate upon every Parish or
Liberty according to the valuation of the
ratable property therein respectively