The Sun. — London, England, 1817-02-21 00:00:00

REPORT OF THE sEcittn; COMNIIT'rEE tio:.'sE LORDS. By the Lords Ctomitittees kipialiated a Secre eowniiitee to inquire into cettain Meetings ant latintpuendangering the public tranquil. lity, and to report to the House as they dial see .oveasion: ORDhitRO TO n.P.PORT, 7112-lt Oil: COIIIIIIII CC(' hit ye met and have lira ceetted in the examination of Itie-pitpersi•eferret to them. Their attention was in the first instance direct ed to those which relate to the metr6Polis ') and they have fontid therein such evidence us leaves no doubt in their tniods that a traitoroua con spiracy has been formed in the inetropolh for the purpose of overthrowing, by means of a general insarrection, the established Government, Laws, trod Constitotion of this Kingdom, And of effee a general plund er a• nd division of pr i operly. Iu the last autumn various consultations were bell by persons its the metropolis engaged in this conspiracy. Different measures, ot the most ex t (mai ve and dangerous unwire, were resol. ed upon ; partial prepitratioos were made for their execution, add vitriol's plaits were discosseal for collec:itig a force sufllilent for that purpose. But at a subsequent consultati m another plan was adopted, which was to get a great ouinher of mess together to see what force could be raised ; and it was agreed, that ihe best et:ay to get thesis to gether wrth! be to eail a public meeting. Spa fields was fixed upon as the place affording the greatest faciliti t as for entering the town, and at tacking the most important points in the city. fir pOrsnaoce of this tiod in order to assemble in the neighbout hood of Loudon a grunt number of the poorer classes of the community, and par tietdat ly of those in , whose minds the pressure of the times mii.:lll he supposed to have ascited this affection and discontent, advertisements were M. svrted in newspapers, told hand-bills were indus triously 'distributed, inviting the distressedauanu faccarers, mariners, articans, and whe t s to as semble at that place on the 15th of November. A large body of people accordingly assembled at the time end place prescribed. The most iiiflama moot) , language was there held to the multitude, having a direct teudeney to excite them to out rage aml violeoce ; and the .Meeting was in fact followed by some acts of plunder and riot. A petition to his Royal flightless the Prince Regent 'vas agreed to at that meeting, and no adjourn teetit to Palace-yard au the first 'defy after the meeti! . g of . Parliament was proposed : butt 'the 2d of D.cember Nis subsequeutly fixed upon (on the proposbiou of one of the persons coecerned in the plans already desetihed) for another MCCI. in Spa-fields ; and that day a pp e a rs t o ha t e beNt determined oho t for the execution of their design. Various schemes ws ere formed for this purtiose: amongst them was a general and forcible 'libera tion of all persons confined iu the different pri sons in the metropolis: into some Of which, in order to facilitate its exermion, nut eddress to the prisoners wee lots oduced, asatising them, that -their liberty would be restored under a new Go vernment ; announcing the intended attack upon .1111 then prisons for that clay; apprising the pri• trotters that. arms would be ready for them ; ex horting theta to he prepared with the national tri-colour cOckade,.and to co-operate by the,most violent and sanguinary means to ensure soceess. It was also proposed to set tire to various bar racks, and steps were taken to nscertaio and pre pare the means of effecting this purpose. Au 'attack upon the Tower and the Bank, and other points of importance, was, after previous consol tations; finally determined nom). Pikes and arms to a certain extent were actually provided, and leaders were imbed, among whom the points of etturk were distributed. It further appears, that the interval between the two meetings was ein‘ • ployed with nevem tting asaidnity by some of the most tinier' agitators in taking regular circuits through different quarters of the town. lu these they either resorted to the. esta l klished clubs or societies, or laboured in conversatiims, npparently casual, at public-houses, to work up the minck of • those with whom they conversed into such astute of feisnent and ,irritation as to reinter them, when collected iu safacient !mothers, for whatever osten sible nurpose, the fit nod ready iostruments for tha execution of any project, however rash tool despe kale. 1:t the: course of these 'circuits, one of their chief objects appears to have been to take every ()ppm tunny Of attempting tea ,reduce front their allegiance the soldiers of the different guards, and at the barracks. The principal persoist colicerneri in this plait actually proceeded to Spafields out the 2,1 of December, some of them with concealed toms, nod wish ammunition :ireviortsly prepared : they had also provided theolosetves with tricolour flags, and with it standard bearbig the following inscription :—" The brave soldiers are our bro• flogs : treat them kindly." Arid also with tri cOrkmies, evidently Adopted as'the of re volotion. After much mtlammatto y language, a direct invitation ivas by one of the:at: persons addressed to the toeitirode to proceed immediately to denial insurrection : and it appaars quite cer tain, tit U the acts of pluoder which acre peepea rrated far the porpoae of Ittootring arms, ktotrtite ..th er owar.;orrf i of open iasurrection which frig-;, towed, were not iecidental or imprernediteted, but: had beets deliber rt.:concerted, as parts of a gcner" l nod revolutiou. There anneal's alas, Stron g reasou to believe that the. execution of ,those look:T s at I hat Par iVtihr tltrte was expeeted by, some of the associations its distort parts of the couot y, The couspirn • tors aeon er a have bad the fullest cofflidence of success; and a perattasioo lota sobsequentlyheen expressed amongst them, that their plans could ilAve oceoticteateti hy tthexpecteil tirentostattees. Eveltekat'er the failore or this tt . tleoii)t, the sathe'pluns tippcar not to .have belt) tibtatitloneit Your Committee are deeply concerned to be compelled, in further execntion of their duty, to . report their full conviction that designs of this nature have not been confined to the Capital, het have been extended, and are still extending, widely in merry other parts of tireet Britai», particularly in some of the most populoa's . and initinfatturing Districts. e• . • At the illeetiitk tif_tbe 2d iif . De'cenibelein Spa. fields, that part of the ..tis'Semidy which had not engaged in the nets of plunder and insurrection hefore-mentintiO, came to a - lesohltlol/ to 1•10 i 011111 the Meeting to the second M011(ly after the meet ing of Parliament, namely, the lOth of February; and it appears by the papers 'referred to the Com mittee, that Meetiegs in various p a rts o f t hi s country, conformably to a plan settled by the leading persons in Louden tit an early period, Were hitt:Hired to be held oil the sante day. It appears manifest that the persons engaged in varioae parts, both of England and Scotland, ie forwarding the plans of revolution. have eonstaut ly waited for the example of the Metropolis. In telligence of the event of the Meeting there on the ‘2,1 of December was anxiously expected ; and as the first report of the begitinitig of the diet nub anee excited 30 a high degree the fpiliti of the disaffeeted, so its speedySuepression prodecrd the expression of strong feelings of disappoaitment. fiad it even partially sticeeeded, there seems tench ,remit to believe that it would leave been the sig oal for a more general rising in other parts of the kingdom. Since that time it appears to be the prevailing impression amongst the leading mal contents in the country, that it is expedient for them to wait till the svlede kingdom shall (ac cording to their expression) be mote completely organized, and more ripe for action. • IVltet is tnealit by cempletely organizing the country, is but too evident from the papers before the Committee. it appears clearly that the ob ject is, heemeens of Societies of Clubs, establish ed, or to be tetablished in all parts of Creat.:liri fain, tinder pretence of Ran oneetary Reform, os infect the minds of all classes of the eon:4011110y, awl particularly of those whose situation most exposes them 10 such impressions, with a spirit of discontent and disdieetiou, of insubordmation, and contempt of ell law, religion, and morality; and to hold out to them the phinder awl division of all property, as the utaiii Ohjelt of Elicit efforts, and the restoration of their natural tights ; and no endeavours ale ()Witted to prepare their; (0 take up ,allll3 011 the first signal fur accotoplish. big these designs. .11 is on these grounds that your Committee hove been led to look Will particular ausiety to the formation, principles, and conduct of those societies or clubs by which the ends of the dis affected have been hitherto so ; much for wattled, and are expected by them to be lucidly accom plished. Many of these societies pass under the denominat:on ut ihmipden Clubs. Uuder this title societies of very various deserieliens appear to have been formed, all professiog theirsohjett to be Parliamentary Reform, .This !fume and their professions may have induced many persons to be come members of such societies - who may not be aware Of the eltimate inteotions of netey of their leathers ;• and the Committee would by no menus ascribe to all these societies the same practices and designs which they have found to he but too pre valent amongst a large number of them ; .but they find that, particularly among the to anutaeotrieg and labourin g classes, societies of this detiotnioa- ion have molt t'viticty extencletl, nod typear , o have become some of the ebief inllllllllerllts disseminating doctrines, and of preparing for the CXCCIITion of plans, the most dangerous to the public security and peace. Others of these Societies are called Union Clubs, professing the halllC üb j rct of Parlilutentary form, but under these, words understanding noi versill stitirage and annual rarliainenes—:-projects which evidently involve not any gunlitied or par tial change, but a total subversion of the British Constitution. • It appears that there is a London Union So ciety, and branch Uninus corresponding tVitlt it, and affiliated to it. Others of these Societies have adopted the nanie of Speticean Philanthropists; and it was by Members•Of a Club of this descrip tion that the plans of the conspirators itl London were disc ussed and prepared fgt. execution., • The principles of theie last associations seem to be spreading rapidly among the other Societies is Welt have been formed, and arc daily forming, under that and other denominations, in the min , try. Among the persons adopting these princi ples, it is common to disclaim Parlistillentary Re forni as unworthy of then...attention. Their objects arc avowed in a handbill dispersed by the Society of that description in London, and in numerous other publications. These objects are, " A pa.. " rochial partnership io land, on the principle f 1 that the landholders are not proprietors in " chief; that they arc but the SI e%carcis of the " pohlie haw he laud is the peoples farm ; that " landed monopoly is contrary to the sph it of " Christianity, and destructive of the independ " ence . and morality of mankind." The Bopierivs under these different twines are so numerous, and so various, that it has been difficult .to 'obtain' a complete view of all of them, Or to comprehend them under any general description. The Country Societies are 'principally t o b e found in and near the neighbourlimul of Leicester, Loughborough, Nottingham, 4lansfieltl, Derby, Chesterfield, She Plackborne, Alanchester, Birmingham, and Norwich, and in GlasgOw,and its vicinity ; hit they extend and ate spreading, sou): parts of the country to almost every vil lage. to addition to all the arts of seduction, re sort is also had to « system of intimidation, and threats are huh! out to those svll refuse to join. Their combinations are art fully contrived to secure secrecy in their proceedings,. and to give to the leading members undisputud au - thorny over the rest. Oaths of secrec y have been frequently adminis tered, some.of which are of the most atrocious and dreadful import. They do not, however, trust to this security tIIOIIC to prevent discovery j their proceedings are seldom reAcea to writing ; they pass and are communicated by word of mouth. The more nu merous meetings delegate all authority to &ma naging Committee and by that Committees and by meetings of Delegates from, the Committees of diircrent Societies, every thing of importance is transacted. The qnmmittees themselves are alto cautious of , rei hie in g !lily of their proceedings to writing, corn mu IticKt i lig with each o the r only hyDelegates and Alissionaries. It appears, that in SWile parts ofite counter, arms have been lately procured by individual members of these Societies hi considerable quan tities, .evli;i,h tag Only have been done wirhaNie w to the use of tome. Subscriptions are, also gene rally. requited, which, although the amount paid by each individual may he very small, may pro duce, from the large numbers of the contributors, no inconsiderable fund. The destructive Objects which the 'leading niem hers of these societies have in view are demon strated by their publications and by their proceed ing,, all equally calculated to inflame the minds of the rdembets, and in general of the poorer classes of the community. At. the ordinary meet ings of these Societies., which are often, eontinued to tt late hour, their time is principally employed in listening to speeches tending to the destruction of social ot der; recommeoding a general etitlelrW'. lion of property, and at the same endeavour lug to corrupt the' morals of the hearers, and to destroy ail reverence fur rt The landholder has been repesented as a monster which must he hunted down, and the fundholder as test ill greater evil • and both have. be. , en described us farad ous creatures, who take from the people 131. out •Of every qiitirt n-loaf. They have been told that Parliameotuiy Reform.is,no more than a half tnea- Sore, changing only.Oqe set t,f thieves for ano ther; end that Ohl must go to the laud, as no thing short of that would avail them. Another principal employment of their time is to listen to pu'Aications of t he same descriptiotr as the speechei, containing the same doctrines,.ttbd leadiog to the samelmrposes ;. and the Meetings arc freqneutly terminated,. pa vicularly •in London, by profane atilt seditious songs "and parodies of parts- of the liturgy, in which the responses are chanted,by the whoie company. By such means and by the pro-. fession of open infidelity in whielf some of the Members indulge in their speeches, the minds of those who attend their Meetings are tainted and depraved ; they are taught contempt for all de- ' coney, all law, all teligion and morality, and are thus prepared for the most atrocious scene; of l outrage atilt violence. Amongst the mot eileetual means of furthering these dangerous desigot, the Committee think it their duty particularly.to call the attention of the. House to the unremitting activity which has been employed througont the •kingdom in circulating: to tan nnprecedented'ext cm, at the inkVeSt or gratiti:misiy, ptiblinations of the most seditious and inflammatory nature, 111:uked With 'n pccitliar character ot irreligion rind hlasplierny, :Mil tending not only iii Or yr! fun the existing for m of Govern r;icnt order of society, 1)111 to root out those principles • upon '‘vhich itlone any government or any society can be supported. The Committee estrumt hitt conicfer the late smock optm his Itoyitt Ilighttess the Prince Re- geko; i►►i his tvay from opcidng the present Ses,in of Parliament, t►s o-►n additional and n:cl:►nchol (►roof of the efficacy of this system► to deStrt;yai re.verettve for authority, aud all sense of duty, ant to expose to insult, indignity, and haul(' the per. soli of the immediate reple.entativc of the,Sove. reign, even in the exerri of one, of the 'MOSE int. vortaot l►arts of his royal funetion3. It appears to be an eiSeutial part of the system to take advantage of the opportnnities lty public meetings, convoked either by tl►e leaders of these SuCieties, nr by others in the metropolis, and in populous places and districts, to address the nt►►l. ticncle in terms of unprecedented lieenee and via . - knee, antounti►►g even in somt• instances to an open declaration, that in C3se of non-compliance with their Petitions, the 'Sovereign 'will have for feited his Malta to their allegiance. These p►ro ceedings are subsequently printed land circulated, and thus become a fresh vehicle for sedition and treason. By the frequency of these Meetings, and by the hew practice of continuing them (under varions pre texts) by ft equent adjournments, the minds of his ji est y's•well-disposed and peaceable subjects are held in a state of perpetual agitation and alarm. The appointment of such public Meetings in a va- Hely of different places on the saute day appears to hefmnsidered as the most effectual means of ac complishing the designs of the difatfected, and must evidently, in a high degree, embarrass and impede-the exertions 01 all civil powers applicable to the stippression of disturbances, distract the at teption of Govertlivent', and oblige 'them so to subdivide and harass the military knee which it may be neeesiary to call in for the aisistanee oft he civil power, as to render it inadequate to the inain- . tenance of public ttanquillity. Such a state tit things cannot be suffered to con thane without hazarding the trust imminent and dreadful evils ; and although the Committe.. do, dbt presnme to anticipate thr tlecisiun of 11101 t HS to the particular measures to be adoped in the present emergency; they feel it to be their* duty to expr4ss their decided opinion, that farther prorkiotts are neces•ary for the preservation ot the public peeve, and fort he protection of interests in which the happiness of every clasS of the commu nity is deeply and equally involved,. %vas taken last night, at St. BartiodotlieW'S * Hospital, upon the body o f Amelia Lyme, housemaid of Jamos Aubrey, Esq. SL.licitor, No. Titokes-coort, Cursitor7street, Chaneery•lrte, who was diseovered on Thursday mona ug , In c Kith of February, in tim coat cellar, with her throat ea. She was a handsome young woman, only 22 years of age.—lt appeared that th e (let:east-a had lived twelve mouths whit Aubrey, and hod been very unwell for tire weeks. Verdiet—,, lo....Atity at the time she committed the ttet.ot suietsk." 'EAST INDIA lIOCSE. Yesterday a - General Court of Proprielce held, pursuant to.ll‘9olllllMelit, for the polp t . continuing the discussion re-pet:ring thes dd i l , l PrpreSSOrS I) at liaileybury Col le g e ' ' ll ,l ' • r0c7.4 prevents us from enteting int o tie At o'clock the business °Pc/1t14,1 M. ROBERT GRANT, Who ekhOrgi t ', l l and elegant sp eech in defence of the Insittp illßT.Ciie l GE P ) E ll Y eg e e x l P la i r in 16; : sri Ge o l fencc v and lie congratulated Own in the ciP,oi their Advocate, whose arguments %vocal'!" in his mind. , cf -"NNAIRD had not I c atool On the Geotletnan (Mr. Grant)it,itcoti"d vote, as it was impossible to conceive-lij3tilit not intend to vote in favotir of the 0010:capi challenging all manner of ingttiry . in Ons on ne oi College. Aft er many anitnadverstl' and regulations of" the Institution , he conro,,i with decl a ring his opinion, that it 1/81" defective, and must fall, . 00 4 Mr. JACKSON ruse to propose an a i ro ) u r iii nd l ot t v a rel v iit e el a(einegtloreoit:lpl to t Pt t lr i l lit tv y ea. : t l i f tel b r e r e t4 eci-ul l s ts e rae3tl : i :l a . :l's di " t u tiott were extinguished this evening , it wa disrepute ou the Institution. Mr. Dixow spoke to the tante effect , A 6 4,0 Mnt C. GRANT, sell. desired it to 6e that he wasiully in favour of the prop u 1 j°"""lent, that no unfair tni sre p ico44 might go abroad. I V l ' It was at length unanimously agre e ''' I discussion be resumed on Tuesday teat' OLD BAILEY. --....--- helii Yesterday Joseph Pullet was Pot t° 1 ,10 I.arged with having feloniously to r lr" l f istf ed as true, h nowilig.to 1) , . forged , illvel6;:iti counterfeit notes, with intent to tittnifflii''l'o, vernor aunt Company of the Bank of E" pll3otlCl' pleaded guilty r olt! The .* . of leaving uttered the notes knotvillt Il' cl ~0 fur g t d i. 'lhe aelute,uce .of the Court il l 3 ' Y' casts is:transporta:ion. 1 till T. W. Penton wits also L.l uttol ' B ' l ' ,lii still "Irelice ; and having pleunled milt} 1 1 ) • , ie j it crime, he also will receive t he niitig at ' . teller of the Court. to the don 0 10 On ThtirsdAy night, or early no Fri d ,litt iJ 145 t , tuts iiuy-btocki the ropertY.°,'l,le i v ed. of- Scullion. ll:rts, ' ' l6ll° ' Or L. ... le fire in at close near Keishall, and 0 111 ' 1 sword. Yesterday inornini , about (oar o' 6)&4 ' ia a l i° 4ll ti•ff raper 01.. t ar I .l\ li l a r i . n 4 en df t l !s; Y i: a c y et% . li: : } i e lis robbed, and 11131 :: ! ,111 ) I)y two men, %Ow were seen 10 104 -. 1 ';„[00 house ; one stood poll Allot ber'S to tud bri,li e one ~t* the shop Wiil(lolt's nstiument through t h e b o le of til t i t . unit ith stick l),tvi t) , a b o ok lit tile 1.1 1 ,' 4 , , .. 1 ' . ) Six sim:s 11,e0..1101 % ‘vbiell they got • v l olired setenit bundles s',..so t ofi trough . , but the 'hole ti.. sliottcrlol ID '!' ,l l l it them. A milk 11 2 :;!)20 11 eY. " t• I I!" time, saw them rtto off tot' -1 ' ;mons n non- tr. .; 111t e j5NL i i ). 1; t F.). v 7 : 1' :: 11} :i lt : I l r a g t C 1 1 :7 I: I c I A 7 L 1 f 1 3 CA C ll:a i r l r fl iiC l:C i CS: t ib I ('l:t):';' ). 4 a i llother Medical 110,int 'i n W oo dstorly sie „i:ri, adjoining New lianta-strcfl,, I "'' - itysician and Surgton, Siernburs cx{ol , t o i l culicge of London, of thirty P: 3rs health-esble• 'f li nt thousands nre o r 1 have by their mi!tvit is lixlisputahle, after l hog( I %_rtiptions On the head, face, and boHY , oe I roilt,, swellings in the neck, "' lee Ibanes, """'rs, strictures, tistula9, heal and limbs . , and nervousilebilitv , which appear years utter, awl Otto , (1451r,„4 AiUc 00 1 ‘i tic happiness. Mess's. co„;,611,.11011'''-ii are- consulted daily at both houses , ', I it i n: ight where all the Members of ll'C !lately attend, l'herc are side "use , and private rooms for fell )4c i 'irttg h l ,:i treated with the Iv eat . 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