The ax laid to the root of the corrupt tree, or, An essay on the hard case of the retale-traders, citizens, shopkeepers, &c. of the city of London : in regard to their trade, as at present invaded by hawkers and pedlars ... with advice to the electors ... shewing that the principal cause of the decrease of the legal trade of this city is more owing to our own faults therein, as citizens, or to our imprudent choice of some of our governors, than to the government /