THE DECLARATION Of the Citizens of LONDON TO The Lord Generall Fairfax, and their Propoſitions touching the Army.

THe Lord Major, Aldermen, and Common councel having ſeriouſly debated the deſires of his Excel­lency the Lord Gen. Fairfax (in order to the acom­modation of the Army) upon mature deliberation thereon, made choiſe of a Committee, to repreſent and declare the ſenſe and propoſals of the Citizens of London, to his Excel­lency, a copy whereof followeth, viz. 1 That the City for their ſecurity of 40000 l. deſired, may have all the arrears upon any aſſeſments made for this army within London, and2 the Liberties thereof, which did g•ow due to be paid before the 25. of March laſt, freed from all ingagements. 2 And of thoſe arreares all that money paid into the Treaſury ſinde the 30. of Novemb. laſt, to be accounted part of the 40000. deſired. And that with the money received out uf Weavers hall, and the 5500. l lately received of the Treaſurers, the reſt ſhall be paid on Munday next. 3 That a Common-councel have undertaken to diſcharge the Generals ingage­ments concerning the money taken out of Weavers Hall, to pay the ſame thither out of the ſaid arrears. 4 That the Common councel hath promiſed to get in the reſt of their arrears, and alſo to make the new aſſeſments for the ſixe moneths ending Michaelmas laſt, and to collect the ſame withall expedition. 5 And upon thls ingagement they doe humbly pray, that the army may this night be withdrawn out of the City and Liberties thereof, according to the in­timation of col. VVhaley, and col. Thomlinſon.

Guild Hal, London,9 Decem. 1648.

His Excellencies Anſwer to the ſaid Declaration and Propoſals.

I Have peruſed your paper, and I find the point of ſecurity hath much troubled you and us, whereby we are yet without our money, and neceſſities daily grow upon us. To prevent which and to make things cleer (which I do not conceive your papers do) I deſire that you will within 14. daye, or ſooner if you pleaſe cauſe all the money charged upon the City of London for the Army until the 25. of March next, and in arrear. This being done, I ſhal both repay the Money from VVeavers Hall, and withdraw all the Forces from the City, the continuance of which in the City in the mean time, wil (I conceive) facilitate your work in collecting your ſaid monies.

The Lord Generals Declaratson to the City.

HAving ſent ſo often to you for the arreares due from the City, and deſired ſums of money to be advanced by you, far ſhort of the ſums due from you, yet I have been delayed and denied, to the hazard of the army, and the pre­judice of others in the Suburbs upon whom they are quar­tered; wherefore I thought fit to ſend to ſeize the ſaid Tre­ſuries, and to ſend ſome forces into the City to quarter there untill I may be ſatisfied the Arrears due unto the Ar­my: and if this ſeem ſtrange unto you, 'tis no leſſe then that our forces have been ordered to do by the Parl. in the ſeve­rall Counties of the Kingdome where aſſeſments have not bin paid, and there to continue untill they have bin paid: and here give me leave to tell you, the Counties of the kingdom have born free quarter, and that in a great meaſure, for want of your paying your Arrears equally with them; wherfore, theſe wayes if they diſlike you, yet they are meerly long of your ſelves, and are of as great regret to me and to the Ar­my as your ſelves, we wiſhing not only the good and pro­ſperity of your City, but that things may be ſo carried to­wards you, as may give no cauſe of jealouſie: I thought fit to let you know, that if you ſhall take a ſpeedy courſe to ſupply us with 40000. l. forthwith, according to my for­mer Deſire, and provide ſpeedily what alſo is in Arrear, I ſhall not only cauſe the monies in the Treaſuries to bee not made uſe of, but leave them to be diſpoſed of as right they might, and alſo cauſe my Forces to be withdrawn from be­ing in any ſort troubleſome or chargable to the City; And let the world iudge whether this be not juſt and equal dea­ling with you. I reſt, My Lord,

The Armies Impeachment.

THat whereas Denzil Hollis Eſq; Lionel Copley Eſq; Maj. Gen. Maſsy, and others of your members, were in the year 1647. impeached by your ſelves for treaſon, or for high crimes and miſdemeanours, in relation to the treaſonable Engagement of the city of London, &c. and upon cleer proofs againſt them, were by your cenſure expelled the Houſe; yet by the prevalency of their Faction the ſame perſons were afterwards readmitted to ſit in the Houſe, and vote as formerly, without any tryall or ſatisfa­ction in the things whereof they were accuſed: We demand that all thoſe members ſo impeached may be forthwith ſe­cured, to be brought to juſtice or tryal for their ſaid crims, and that ſuch others of their faction, may be ſecluded from the Houſe, &c.

That whereas by the confederacy of Major Gen. Browne (now Sheriff of London) with the ſaid impeached members, and others, the Scots were invited and drawn in to invade this Kingdom the laſt Summer, inſomuch as when upon the actuall Invaſion the Houſe proceeded to declare them ene­mies, and thoſe that adhered to them traytors; yet the ſaid confederates and other treacherous members (to the num­ber of ninety and odd, as upon the diviſion of the Houſe appeared) did by their Councels and Votes endeavour to hinder the houſe from declaring againſt their confederate invaeers; We deſire, that the ſaid M. G. Brown may bee alſo ſecured and brought to judgment, and that the reſt of the ninety and odd perſons diſſenting in the ſaid vote, may bee excluded the houſe, and not truſted further in your Coun­cels.

That whereas in a continued Series of your proceedings for many moneths together, we have ſeen the prevalence of5 the ſame treacherous, corupt, and divided councels, through factions and private intereſts, and in their late Votes decla­ring the Kings paſt conceſſions to be a ground for the houſe to proceed upon for the ſettlement of the peace of t•e king­dom ▪ notwithſtanding the viſible inſufficiency and defects of them in things eſſentially concerning the publike intereſt & liberties of the Kingdome

That ſuch as by faithfulneſſe have retained their truſt, be­ing ſet in a condition to purſue and perform the ſame, without ſuch interruptions, diverſions and depravations of coun­cels, as formerly, We ſhall deſire and hope you will ſpeedi­ly nnd vigorouſly proceed, 1 To take order for the executi­on of Juſtice, 2 To ſet a ſhort period to your own power, 3 To provide for a ſpeedy ſucceſſion of equall Repreſenta­tives, according to our late Remonſtrance, wherein diffe­rences in the kingdom may be ended, and we and others may comfortably acquieſe; as (for our parts) we hereby ingage, and aſſure you we ſhall.

Col. Pride having received Orders from the Generall, to ſecure a certain number of the Parliament, on Wedneſ­day laſt marched with his Regiment to Weſtminſter, and took divers of them into cuſtody, viz. Sir William VValler, Major Gen. Maſsey, Sir Benjamin Rudyard, Col. Hollis, Col. Fines, and about 30 more, who are committed to ſafe cuſto­dy, and whether they ſhall have their inlargment upon pa­roll, or be continued priſoners ▪ is uncertain.

A Declaration from his Excellency the Lord Gen. Fairfax concerning the Excize, and the Citizens of London.

VVHereas upon the 8. of this inſtant moneth, a party of Horſe and Foot came to the Excize Office in Broadſtreet, which perhaps will occaſion ſome to think the Army came thither with a purpoſe to interrupt any more levying of the Excive; Theſe are to declare, and aſſure them, that the ſaid Forces came thither by a miſtake, and that there was not any intentions to give interruption unto the due levying of the Excize, or to ſeize upon any money in Caſh; and that you may proceed as formerly, ac­cording to thoſe Ordinances, and Orders of Parliament, which you have received concerning the ſame.

Severall Propoſals have been preſented to the Houſe of Commons, by Col. VVhaley, in the name of the Officers and Souldiers of the Army in order to an impeachment againſt Major Gen. Brown, and divers other Members now under reſtraint: Whereupon the Houſe ordered that a Commit­tee ſhould be appointed to treat with his Excellency, con­cerning the ſaid Members.