WHereas by severall Orders of the House of Commons in Parliament assembled, and by a Letter to the Speaker of that House, from the Committee of the Countie of York, this day delivered to the Common-councell by a Committee of the said House of Commons, it is declared, That the Parliaments Army in the Northern parts are in a sad and distressed condition for want of Food and other necessaries; And that a present supply must of necessitie be made: and to that purpose it is desired that Twenty thousand pounds should be forthwith advanced by the City, out of the Arrears of the severall Assessements made within this City and Liberties thereof, for the Army under the Command of the Lord Fairfax. And for the better getting in of the said Arrears, it is required by the said Orders, that the Common-councell doe forthwith send and certifie to the said Committee, the Names of such persons that hav [...] not paid their said Assessements, and the summs they are in Arrear, to be by the said Committee reported to the said House of Commons. Upon the reading of which Orders, Letter, and severall other relations made by the said Committee concerning the great necessitie of the said Army and Northern parts; the Common councell have declared their sensibleness of the Premises, and their desire to answer the expectation of the said Committee, in effecting to their power what is desired, as a thing of great consequence to the City and Kingdom; And in pursuance of an Order of the Common-councell thereupon made; And for the prevention of further inconveniencies that may ensue; These are to will and require you, that presently upon sight hereof, you call the severall Collectors within your Ward before you; And that the said Collectors, with some of your selves, doe on Thursday and Friday next use your best diligence and endevours for the Collecting and getting in of the said Arrears; and acquaint the severall persons that are to pay the same, that the Names of all that doe not now pay their Arrears are to be certified as aforesaid; And that they may expect that further trouble and dangers will fall upon them for their neglect therein. And further, that you or some of you doe examine the said Collectors accounts, and take notice what moneys every of them have in their hands; and require them on Saturday next at the furthest, to pay the same unto the Treasurers at Warre, in the Guild-Hall London: and that you on Monday next in the afternoon make return unto the grand Committee for the Arrears, sitting at the Guild-Hall London, in the Orphans Court, of your doings and proceedings therein; and also a List of the names of all such persons within your Ward, as shall be found to be in Arrears for the said Assessements, and the summes by them owing, and the reasons by them given, why they refuse to pay the same, under the hands of the respective Collectors, with your opinions therein: And if you find any of the Collectors or others, remisse or carelesse in the performance of their duties, in any thing herein required, or that might conduce to the furtherance of the worke, that then you also certifie to the said grand Committee at the time aforesaid, the names of him or them so neglecting or refusing to per­forme their duties concerning the same, that they may be also certified to the said Committee of Parliament, and otherwise proceeded against, as the neglect of such a weighty businesse shall deserve. And herein I require you to use all diligence for the effecting what is desired, as you will answer the contrary at your perill,