The Sun. — London, England, 1816-11-16 00:00:00

SPA-VIC:LDS MEETING. - -- , Yesterday, in consequence of the placard, a number of persons assembled in Spa-fields,. near the house formerly known by the sign of " The, 'Merlin's Cave ;•' hut now The Leval . V o ? l mmo% , The meeting. it appeared , from the hand-bill just a lluded to, was convened in pursuance of certain resolutions come to by a select body of Patriot*, In the habit of smoking their pipes at a pot..house in Shoreditch,. called " The Carlisle;" who, he order to carry into effect t h eit projects for amend intt and perfecting the Constitution, deemed it 'necessary to veil to their aid all the mobility of .Southwark, Vlrestminster, trod parts adjacent. The morning was most propitious, but as no Hustings or other preparation fur the great work of Reform aprared to have beet' made on the chosen spot, many %rho strolled that way in hopes of tieing regaled with a little pettrintlC elotittenee, retired in the heiiel that 'is new hoax had been played Wl' upon them. Between ten and eleven a - few ragged boys commencid the solemnities of the . day, by kicking each °Otte. bats übdut the greens nod this at once furnished a rallying puha for the friends of the Coostittoirm, Who now began so rapidly to multiply their numbers, that before an other hour had clapseti several hundreds of idlers were seen loitering about in sarimib pdrts uf the plain which lies opposite the chapel. A party of labourers, mumployed ii) digging a trench in : the field, attracted the notice of the growing crowd, and were presently hammered with a o honer of . mi.asiles from the Pat riots,which a . eo ally impeded their operations. 'I he hackney coach we mentioned yesterday WAS nostrse6n vb• ceeding towards the Loyal Volunteer. This was hailed at an auvivious omen by the m ultitude, and the /elm teas forthwith presented with some of the finest specimens of- the turf that could he procured, 4 p4 truce, howeyer, was demanded and granted, sod rm pewit) put forth his heath from the window, and advised the crowd to be orderly iii their conduct, and aiinnotaced •to them that Mr. limo would be there presently. 'lids intelligence diffused great satisfaction, as the mots now felt satisfied they should hear something to compen sate them fur time lime ti t ey had lost. They were 'not disappointed, for in a few minutes another heath almit.oitck (the. lattek adorned with a belches. bautikerchiel) was thrust out of the coach, which was saibsequeetly tonnd to be the property of's" Parson, of time name of Parkes, who opened the last Westminster netting. This person told them he was unacquainted with ' the Gentlemen who had called this meeting, hut mievertheless, as a friend to his country, be had thought it right to attend i and if the proceedings of time des were ,maikeml by propriety and dignity, he should support the Itesolutions which might • be proposed to then) ; , flit if they turned out to. le of a thlierent deseri tht, he should certainly desalt them. The' solemn pompous tone in which this as -sonnet: was given, made a deep impression on the medicine, and the Parson observing the happy r tfeeta thus produced, presently. re. prated it, standing on the roof of the coach. He further told them, that a crisis was now approachimig, when, on their exertioes, their 'derma salvation Inii , t depend. lie militated them against being disorderly, as they had enemies among ' them ready to •twice advantage of such a circunt • stance ; and having entertained thou with a dister ' tuition on political immorality and corruption', he once more repeated it was his determioation to give the proceedings of the day time boon of his lipprobat inn, -anti another speech or two if he found them sufficiently dignified, and again warned them cif the uswfnl consequences that would attach to their pursuing a different line of conduct—the loss of hint and his eloquence for the day. Ir.• Hunt did not arrive so soon as was ex pected, anti Mr. Parkes, commiserating the situa tion of his congregation, refreshed them flees , Mortally with new exhortations, and himself with some comforting &alights at time window of "The Loyal Voliinteer." Having finished his glass, ,the Rev. Gentlemen left the house and proceeded to the coach, which was some thirty yards dis tant, agaiu ascended the roof, and once :Moe ha - Tangoed, the crowd, and was join becoming finely animated, when the arrisal of the Bristol per l'ormer attracted their attention, attil the address of the orator on laity legs to his fellow-counti poen tlwindled into a soliloquy. . . :The coach in which Mr. Hunt was, drove near ly to time spot which bad been consecrated by the labours of Parson l'a'kes, and be had just mount ed the root to speak, when he was Wormed that _ time C o mmittee appointed to manage the business of the duty, was at " the Loyal Volunteer," and would be happy to receive him. He then en- Matti( as an indulgence It) him, that the c r o wd would permit him to pass to the !rouse. This was 4.4euted to, and he, we's forthwith conducted to time apartment - In which' the Cammittetrweited to receive hint.. • A large silken flag haMog been pre vionsly mounted an a lomsg pole, bearing time fol lowing inscription : .N.yrunc, 1 trvEn Tut tibrinnY. Tituni, I, to PROTELIT THE OPPILESsia. ..It.NTR:Ii, ) ' 'rums!! crtimss4 - Tile colours of time flag were green, white, ant ?ed.' The first Alistintinbaleti that wide's. eaglet to Nature, &c, ; the , second, Truth; and the third, Justice. : ~h, Mr. Hunt havingAntared the rootts, immedi. ately presented himself sit the window, and pro posed that :NJ.. y..Chrk should ,be called to the Chair. This was carried by acclimation, and the - business of the day commenced. Mr. lit/NT, in coming forward to move certain : Resolutions which 'bad been put into his hands, `stated to the Meeting; that when applied loon • this occasion be was nearly a hundred miles otr. H e h a il, however, lost no time in answering the call which had been made upon him, and he never Would, it he could help it, let one Of the sort be matte in vain. He did not consider that he con ferred a favour on the 'netting by thus coming for ` ward, but lie felt they had done !aim a great )16 - *tour by the selection they had toads. The distress of time nation was great. :This was admit ed on all bands. But what wasibeejoise of this distressl— (Caries of "Want orell1P 14. ?") --4t was said WAlltni employment was the cause of this "less i but wheat, he would 'was die cause of this =tit of ethployment ? The answer toThis was, _aria t t ion— hetwy. immense taxation.—Opplause.) --- Wha t had brew the mitt 'et this tavation ? A war, it long, eirjust, and hloody war, carried on by cor rupt:ton, not only against the liberties of other countries, but against the liberties of this country also. It was acknowledged that the object of the war bad beers to establish tyranuy end restore persecution. We hail restored the Bourbons to France, we had restored the Bourbons to Spain, and we had re-established the Pope in Italy.,, We lord done (bests_ things, end we had restored the Inquisitroir. When Burma parte invaded Spain, the Inquisition was atm lished in those parts where the power of the French was established. Where we had con quered the Inquisition was restored. And did those who 'maid him know what the Inquisition was If they did tint, he would read them an article, on the subject. which would give them sonic idea of it. He then t'ea'l a ettlitePlnieatiOs from Mr. IVileox, afterwards Bishop of Ro chester, sent from Lisbon to this country, giving no a c etonic of an Auto da Fa a hundred years ago. Such was the Inquisition which we hard been at war to restore, and to re-establish which, we hail subjected out.elves to the overwhelming taxation which now depressed our industry. The only re medy for the evil, and fur the distresses of the Country, was to be found in a Pirliamemary Re form. The cause had two sorts of enemies; those who openly opposed it, and 11106 C WhO pretended to be its friends. He particularly cautioned the meeting agaiisst the latter, whom he described to be wolves in sheep's clothing. He wished to know where, on this occasion, were those who had been in the In.bit of calling themselves the Friends of the People I—(Applause.)—Where were the City Pa triots ? Those to whims he adverted, and who called themselves " the Friends of the People," could do well enough in their own conclave, and sun wooded by their own myrmidons, but they no more dsrea to come before a meeting like the present thais did Lord Castlerciigh.—(Loutt ap (anse.)—These puny Reformers -- these usilk•sop Patriots (as Mr. H. described them to be in (lit ferent parts at hit speech) did mute harm to the cause of Reform by their equivoCetlng pnsil lisuintity, than it sustained from its avowed enemies. What their petriotisur was worth was sects from what their co n duct had . beets two years ago, when. oil ,their .bcios . ,boot to petition, against the Property Tax, Le, : in C9101,` iteration of the Poor being compelled to pay ten shillings per barrel mare fur their beer flow was paid by the Gentleman who could brew for him self, had propose& that 'they shoeld also petition for the taking off this ten shillings per barrel.-- They had, however, decided against doing this—. they had petitioned for all they wanted tor them selves, and left the Poor to go the Devil.-hr(Ap plensei—Tbey had tried to put isitu dowel, but in that they had not succeeded. They had said that Ice quarrelled with all public men, but In answer to this , he would ask the meeting if, be had ever quarrelled wit It Sir F. Bitrdett ur Majo,r! cert wright„ or dissented from one seidettee'sthiel , ettOet of ootsk Gentlemen had tittered l---i(Appleinse,'"Und tries of " e had now a book to read to t VI is book consisted of reports made by Committees of the !louse of Commons. They cootai oral li s ts ut the PC1154)111 granted to different perilous. When these reports were made it was not expeeto that they would be brought before a meetingiike the present, nor was it expected that they would be bound up and bear such a title as he h a d giien the book in his baud.' The list of Pensioners to which he had referred was distinguished in his library by the title of ,“ *Nadir! Paupers." lie then read over a list of the allowances of the Royal Family, and particularly da clt on those of the amiable Prince and Princess ut Saxe Cobottrg, and of the patriotic Duke of Sussex, the liohmonger Tile couto ry, Lie observed, was blessed with ammo:- runs Royal Family. God bless them all ; but tie was sort y they trials° much from the pockets of the peo ple.. The Orator went on wish Isis bunk. Here was Lady Grenville down h 001,,. tirs doubt for her meritorious public services. Lady Chatham 30001.; Lady Esther- Stanhope 15001., the dangi l ter f that great patriot Lord Stanktaire. Ali parties were pensioned, whether %nig! or Nries, whether the Pitt or the Fox Vecchio, whether bit or outs ; all f at t en ed themselves ots the spoils of the people, all were tarred with the satire brush.--(:Applause.) —Here the Orator said, he hearth some one . calling hho to be short, and the person most mean by such a call to remind him of the necessity of con eluding. This would not shorten his harangue, lie Would trot be deterred by such insignificant arts front performing his dui y.—(Lotol Applattsc,)— He had been too long in public life to be so put down'. It there were here any of the milk mid water reformers—any of the wolves in sheep's clothing, let them come forward, and he wOnlif answer them.---(Loud 'Applause.)—lirre was. fur Lady Oxford 5001. After mentioning the name of a foreign lady, and asking who the t4evil she was, the Orator proceeded, as he called it, to the most preciims page of his book. The Meeting had allheard of no impudent fellOsi called George Can using, a unto who hod the audacity, the unparalleled insolence,theall the peopleof England swinish mid titude. off-sconrings, and all sorts of opprobrious epithets. Swinish multitude was the most delicate name they received.---(Great Commotion:)-THere the Orator paused, and wished lie co u ld Make ilk whole crowd understand how they were used by these insolent men.--(Looll Applause)..-But who was thisCatining—what wax his family—who were his ancestors—where was his nobility? He did not Iduiselt, the Orator wesnore, know if lie had 'at grandfather. Mother Hums, however, was well known, and he would stick by her, She . %TM dOWII here fur 5001. with the reversion to her • datighter, and had already received, in the course of twenty years, I 0,0001„ ofe the public-in4r4gYm Was it surprising the people were. 4 diattatils when their resouiee4 wertahos senandeted. What Sit insolent fellow he was, who said that the irof m or a lity of the people was the cause tit their .4111. ferings, when such obvious cnirses4 another kind existed. He noticed the pensioatof otherpersons, and among them that of Montague Burgoyne, the mat lssex Patriot, who, neemaliog to his Meta, receiveS annually 1600/., of the public Um ney. There was also a Lady Dc Aiinier-Who the devil was Lady A holey ?....she, Supposed. she '‘tai !Wine foreigire r, With-ever ate _she was a pen.sioncr on the Politic. While persons were tons enriclred - fve 4loing nothing, those who rc4lly served tli'e;e . comitiy %eere inaticonately.it wattled. The poor sailors were forced to travel op bai.efooted from the sea-ports to the metropolis to receive their scanty pittance ; halt of them al most died for want on the road, and the other half were lodged in his Majesty's gall!' for rob. hing the turnip fields on their way. He had seen thousands of them pass his house in the greatest distress, but robbed as he was by the tax-ga therer, he tad only been Able to give them a tear, and lament that he could not relieve them.— He proceeded at great length on a variety of topics. He persisted in the profligate and unprincipled conduct of the Whigs while in office. He ani madverted on the cm rupt state of the Press, and personally attacked the conduct of the Proprietors of two Morning Papers. Ile ridiculed the Stib veription at the London Tavern for the Labouring POett ; and arraigned the Hampden Club as worth less, as having no claim to respect but for the possebsion of two such Members as Sir F. Bur dett and Major Cartwright. in speaking of those %%110 had most served the cause of Reform, he said there was one man who lied dune inure than all the rest, be meant Mr. Cobbett.—(Hisses and cries of " No, no'.")--He concluded a very long speech by reading to string of Resolutions. setting forth the distresses of the nation, and call ing for a Purliamentary Reform. A Mr. WATsoN seconded the Resolutions. WATSONMr. .1. said, the people of this coun try had no right to expect or desire that the peo ple of other commies should not get into the way of Manufacturing for t h e twelves. it was neees ,sary, therefore, that we should turn to agricul ture, as iT was from the earth that the ,sustenance of man must be raised ; and l)e, would assert we bad land encore!), allowing earls man a joint of meat anti a pudding on his table every day, to sustain'a populatiiin of one hundred . tuillions. One of the Resolutions, be understand, proposed that the present Meeting should adjourn, to meet again in Palace-yard on the day when the Parliament next assembled. lie shonld propoSe at en dttaentl uncut, that it should adjourn only for a fortnight, or till the Monday after an answer had been ob tained it uul thc_l'ritice Regent to the Petition it was in contemplation to present. A Mr. Quits, a'young man, urged the Meeting f9,per.severe, ;toil aistard.thttuo that Lisul WASS with them, After some further discussion on this snhjeet, it Was finally reiolved - tO adjourn to Monday fort night. The resolutions were read and agretd.to. The petition was then read .and (wiled ; and it was resolved, that Sir Francis Burdett shottlit be quested to 'give the petition into the Prince Re• genes own bands, It was moved, that Mr. Hunt should secant: piny Sir-Francis to present 11:e p e tition. Mr. Iltityr said, that lie hail never been et cgiurt ; he never wished to I.to, and therefore rayed the meeting nut to send hint there. tesolut.ion was put and. carried. Mr. HUNT assured the Meeting; though tie h: t d wished the Reodui ion not to be carried, he would cheerfully comply with their Wishco,4l - Ja was not one of those Milk op Patr!ots who could not walk up Cheapsitie to serve their nountryinen, and he shoold propose to Sir F. Burdett to endeavoor to present the Petition to the Regent to-morrow, an d t o find hints, whether he was at Carbon-house, or the Stull-house, at Brighton, or at. Manalies ier-tiquare. After about 20 more speeches from the same Gentleman, he challenged every Whig or indivi dual connected with the press who hail heard hint to come forward, and answer him, if he could.— If they did not, let them confess themselves to be a disgrace to their country, awl the greatest cowards upon earth. .The Chairman re-echoed the challenge, as king aloud if there Was any Whig present. The mob, being at length wearied out, began to disperse as darkness fell, and Mr,llunt lien suffered himself. to be carried off' in a' hack. i,y-coaCb. , RIOT. When the persons who - issembled in Spa-fields began to disperse, a mob of boys culte.,:ted to gether, and put a loaf at' the top of a stick, and proceeded t9wards the west end of the tov;;;.-- • . They passed up the Strand, and stopped at a baker's shop near Norfolk-street, Ina did not at tempt any thing there; on theft arrival at Mr. Caws's, the butcher, in the Strand, they seized some pieces of beef winch were exposed fur sale they took some bread from the shop of Mr. ALEXAN»KiI, the baker, sear Exeter 'Change ; on reaching' Mr. Wasp's, the baker,' opposite Beatifort-buildings, they slid not demand any bread, but they forthwith attacked the windows, in which they broke eight panes of glass ; at e td also took some, bah from the shop of Mr; (litany/toe, the fiahmonger, No. 41, Strand, throwing about what they did tint take away : they then went up St. Martin's-lame, where they attacked the premises of Mr. NIoRaISON, a baker, in King street, St. Giles's ; .they broke the windows of Mr. linoottsuang, baker, at the corner, and took some bread away with them ; the mob went from thence to Cranboutne-street : they broke the window of a baker in Cranboarne-street as they wire taking down the shatters ; but when they fund that cheap bread was wraten upon a paper, they wetit away, witbout dpinv±eny further da mage ; and went again towards. King's -swat, St. Giles's; nod were preeeetling to tin - titer excesses at a baker's shop, when the 'Bow-street Officers atro,e Mlle up, and a general attack took The, Officers secured tre nf the ringleaders. who had flambeaus and bread, btu the stub seeded them, and in so doing beat Aslielhy, one of the pa- Trak, in a dreadful manner. Several of the Otherrs were hurt. They were only able to retail) one Of their prisoners, whom they lodged in St. Mai fist's wretch-houise, The mob then divided into tern parties; one party went toward Drury-lane, slut the other remained about Sr. thiet,•ii. The, police in a very few minute: dispersed those who tv , !twined in St. Gags's, and went into Mary-lane ater' the otter part, -detritisid much, 8 9 4 continued . to tici .s o at i lke ; appl:flAi, the 'rade,' kid in the apace of tt-sinervera " hour the whole h.til disippeared without any mote ,datnage than a few htoken wiodow6. The mob, as they, passe& through Ncirport . market, cleared acverat butchers' of thrir meat. We believe this ii, the whole of the out rages which have heels committed.—At nine o'clock all was quiet. The following account from llow-street con-. tains some farther particulars : " Bow-STager.—From the excellent arrange ments and directions to the officers, conductors, and patrote belonging to the above Office, one of the ringleaders of the mob was secured, which dis graced the Metropolis last evening, by pargding ire various neighbourhoods, with lighted torches, and loaves of bread stuck on the tops of poles, breaking the windows of a number of shops, particularly bakers. About 7 o'clock, a mob, amounting et least to between 200 and 300 persons, attacks' the shop of Mr. Morrison, 1 baker, the corner of Green-street and Castle-street, Leicester-squar e.- A party of the patrote belonging to the Offices amounting to five or six, were in readiness to se" cure any of them as soon as an act of violence commenced, which they boldly did. when the mob began breaking open the shop. They seized man who was carrying a long pole, with a half.' quarter's loaf at the t o p, when a number of voices called out a rescue and the man was released from the custody, of the patrols: ; bon:erer, succeeded in keeping the pole with the l oaf at the' top, and brought it to the ()dice, where Mr.Nsiice end Mr. Biltrittt were in attendance till midoigh t, to receive ail charges brought before them respect*. ing the peace of the town. " Ashelby, one of the patrote belong in g to the office, , had his head so moch cut, and was in other re; to be carried Write, in consequence of th e i r it' was Wig tweets so teonntled by the mob that he ° tacks upon him to -rescue a man he had seized he received several inicatnan kicks by those en"'" posing the mob who broke the shop of Mr. Drs,' l a biker, in King-street, Soho., " A young man who was secured opposite e t ' Mr. Morrison's house s ip Greeweiressir-14454"5" log locked up in St. Martin's watch-bouse Ol t " mob fend - dispersed front that neighbourhood, was 11 "`"g l i t to the office, and onderwent an exam ine tiort• lie bail much the appearance of haviog hveu to sea. He said his name was JohaSearri,l he was of no trade. but was C!vrk to Mr. Hith ll dytevin Little Pulteney-streety Golden -;square' ,r pltdaru Maidment, one of tiie pstrole, tle" scribet,l, the mob, consisting of, two or three tar. tired persons, being aswinhied round Mr. 01'; lok'PhOttse, their riotous behaviour the'e , 7, 4 Several of them throwing at. and breaking kr° window; among them was the prisoner, we o stod nt .he iteit4l, or in tite front of else marts t"bl, pr , isinced a large piece of b ard ceriten.4 ;flitch found lu Mr. Morrison** sliver * 1 had h.:en thrown inio it.l too :. On 'marching the prisover, fowl( Sinitil piece* of i o ta c emented mortar, ;vit'll%ii. sen t hied th.lt found on the eibuuter io Mr. sun's shop. Maidateues swot tent, and said , h e soecee l " Richard Wagon , a n other p atrote, c`v' gird id securing the prisoner by hard fighting truncheon stair; but by the nintiberi 01 the teas who attacked him at the sam e time, his CO torn to rags. 'es Of " Mr. Mattison stated , that nine b 4 glass . in his shop-wigsslows had been broken slid pot know of his own kn owled g e !")". 1 loaves had been *totem, but hi.; daughter ,_ tot had told hint that some loave s had been take . ', l 3 cf of the windows by the mob, alter the silth'lt glass had been broken. re his '° The Prisoner, on beiag called 11 1 1 °" to ld dOettee, acknowledged being w here the P al or desciilted ; hut denied throwing an y thing 1 ,, P od breaking. the windows ; but the patrols; sws' the sitively to this fact. He neconnted for bol4ket, two pieces of hard cemented mortar 10 hi.' resembling,' that found in Mr. Iklorrison's 511°P' heti l" saying, it- was used in dying Ha tipp b tt stitttitte to ; but the Mugl s trates nOt c ' d fei tiering it a bailable offence, he was coition" flirther i 011." 13vilbrci i l' ire :, I'OI.IP-Rl7•6,—A fdrtner horn i i o ck' named Luten, was hustled by At gtioi; 0 ' ' s t ir Plickuis between lingnigge Wells anti the ° I ,, pike•gate yesterday, during the eottinsion in • M fields, ancl , robbeil , of his pocket -book, c"ntslicil, More than 1401. in provineisl bank oil s ' „, t i,t rPhbcll,abott:t Ogitt it, number,. hail the v iit i t ,, city to 4 . lety rtsisiance, snit bis arms N ere I f ol up to prevent self protection. lie bates:sit (Y:it.i, tunity.Or identifying the whole of th.ia:t'v-,01 gave infornotipn to one nf the Vulice l‘W'r7,- vi upon the tillpt. Officers went wi th hitti /P P P stit Of ill!. thieves, but they liml decamped. i(ti, otberitudacions robbery etas committed .. 1)1 ot li , same time in the tieltia by b Sifillistf gAt'li' 1 , 0 , stole a switoldown tippet and a v,tiod f )l :,:c front tile Ifiek of a Lady of the name of " d 1"; :if Pettlolltiiiir , W tit) liitti hold a her Ittish al % s bj st the time.. 'llie theft was committed by - 1 01 r-rounded by men accomplices. _ __......---------- aCI I Tbc another of convicts at Sheerness 11litto v_ait tionibtr of bad characters to 'bat iiitt eg :it' tI .n. associAtes ; and scarcely a tiny Voic:l4o taut some depredations being eniainittga. C:A1:10 sidence,of one of the inhabitants w*, l I , ) iiv , al 'i" ce hrokeP open amino be tittle th e “ , 111 i ht"',..ding Divioe worship, and tl [ , is ll * 1 in noluey still elfects clinic(' l'tf. l 'ili ! trig rite / Aloud robbery within a sliurt I One, ti"e'' the ') lice Orer, is now al t hi t t p i d ac, for the r r i l i i t 4 i vering the ofretulfr, bur hitheito svti ..,„1 tot I ' ~-'.' lit tie clitcovorettill 4 lif/kie 'e Ve.' f stores, wolch 1)1141 been stolen from sw lle l' e Illn of `ft"' 'll vs it `uses done by solo ' been -I° nekktioner. An . ...,',, ntpt, ittiti 01;01 .0 !jv oilemi tilt convt i to escape in ais loll 1 ":Itieltil'ults tliscnvered, and the delitql btoed in till old biittatiOil 011 bOttrd t hOnti** p 1