The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-04-09 00:00:00

SATURDAY.

S:r Francis Burtbat was e :peered at the Tower,
at two o'clock, on Saturday afternoon. The Earl of
Moira arrived at twelve, and remained in the Go-
vernor's house.—The concourse of people on the
omit le W:l4 not so great as might have been ex-
pected front the anxiety which prevailed.—All the
officers were tat gourd, and the Iltrieteet inquiry
took place of strangers that wished to gain admit.
tuner to the Tower ; all the gums In the ramparts
were ordered to be iu re:ohm..., awl, at six o'clock,
au atlilitronal guard was placed on them, and 16 av
tillery men, belonging to Woolwich, were added to
the moat complement doing duty. At seven
o'clock, all was quiet, but every soldier wars under
special orders cut to be off his post, or at most out
of the Tower limits. The Earl of Moira's groom
and horses left the Tower, at silt o'clock. Ills 1.0141-
ship dined ut the Governor's house. All the officeis
occasionally pl wed themselves near the gate, and
closely watched ;hose that vertu in and out. The
Mounter' were also a great place of attraction Bor-
ing the whole of Satinday, large bills being stuck
up at the front of several stationers' aud booksellers'
wholows, with the words—A, Just published, the
Rights of MagNa (-lams." Those words were
shaded with Ted ink. On Corn-101 was exhibited
a caricature, representing the large gull in the
Tower, called Queen Elizabetki packet-141Ni; and
Sir Fraiicis Burdett discharged from it, with a
broom in hi. hand.

The scenes iii the West end of the teen, which
Presented themselves on Saturday, t trif reasons to
apprehend the moat serious c•ousegneuees. At usi
early hour a crowd began to asseneWe in the troi.t
of Sir Fruucis Burdi•tt's house, l'iccad.lly, cad
there were not less than three or four thousand per-
sons collected, who had recattrise to the same con-
duct as on the preceding day, pelting with mud
those persons on horseback, the drivers of coaches,
carts, or waggons, who did not take oft their hats
on passing the house of Sir Francis. The Baronet
rode out on horseback In the morning, and re-
turned to his house shout twelve, when be was
greeted with enthusiastic shouts of applause and
respect ; shortly after which, a troop of the florae-
guards arrived, attended by their Colonel, in co-
loured clothes, and Mr. fluid, the Nlagistrate, to-
gether situ' a considerable body of the civil forces.
Their appearance excited the most alarming fer-
ment. Groitoe, hoots, shrieks, and every exclu-
m• (Mu of contempt and indigmition, were thun-
dered forth from all quarters. These expressions
were succeeded by snore dangerous symptoms, and
showers of stones were hurled at the gouda, with
vengeful fury, frern the populace, whose irritstion
seemed to increase every moment. The soldiers
were frequently struck, and so daring were tinily
of the most prominent iu the disturbance, that they
threw dirt in the faces of Colonel O'l.otighlin, sold
Mr. Reid, ulthough within a few paces of the
gunids, added to w:tich, they taunted them by the
mo•t gal.ing and insulting language. Mood Ore
o'clock the commotion was so tremendous, that
Mr. Reid deemed it 'itemise', to read tire Riot A. t,

which lie did in an audible race, amidst the hint
and groans of an immense cur:course. past
huished, he warned them to cease their tumult,
he should be under the painful necessity Of pp,,
ink to unpleasant extremities. This was oe
productive of more violent conduct; he.ws,drfie4
to put his threats in execution ; the pe'ple .014
their fingera at him; and, iu fact, licliiite4l in des
most determined manner. A messenger was thee
dispatched to the Palace. NO,iu a few owes
two hundred of the foot-guards arrived iipe4Ava
spot, and drew op in the front of Sir
den'. house, where they ordered onus, ,„.
mained with theirsbayonets list,l, cad' Mall 11, II
provided with his box full of hall cortridg.g, wit
officers of these men met with the cone fate el
these of the horse-guards, and were well pelted sn#
mod.—This wag borne with patience for a ceilsidt..
ruble time, ti!i the approach of a haw detschinon
of horse from Iv inglastoidge barracks, when old: .1
were issued to disperse the multitude. ionacoit
the horse-guards gallopped atnotigil ilie eine
drove thew up owl down PlecudiUy, and tutu Me
adjoining streets, leasing vita open spoor in tlie
front of S.r Fraud• Burdett's house, ellitit
kept clear fur tile remainder of the alArnirron,
*offering, any person to stand still for a nutmeat.
Some huildreda of the populace, as,es,l.l‘J
in the Green Palk, the little gate epporate to Sr
James Pulteney's boast was opened, and lilt fot
soldiers having passed through it into Mr parr
dispersed the crowd assembled there. In tee er
three iustauces, where resi►tance was made, some
slight wounds were given. The number. of die
' psople w..re not. however, diminished. they kW!
kept walking to and fro, using the most opprobrious
epithets to the 091cers and soldiers, and cries sr
" The Piccadilly Expedition," re-sounded from all
quarters, with exclamations of " litre yea
murdered enough at Walcheren ? Are the pee.
pie now to be saciiticed to your baseness? Are
the citizens of London to fall the victims of
ninny ? Are impotent Ministers to erect the stand.
arJ of deiipotisin oa the shoulders of Englishiaery
borne down and heart-broken by a succession of
the most horrid calaruities and unprecedented op.
pr.-salon ? Let Englishineti defend their ri4hts
and the Constitution of their country • Support
Sir Francis Bartlett

About eleven at nigl:t the populace attacked the
nsilitary with stones and brick-bat. ; several of
whom, we are sorry to state, were so dreadfully
cut and bruised in the face. lib to be obliged to re-
turn to their quarter. ; nod an officer, it ass confi-
dently reported, was shot is the jaw, and Sided ea
the spot. The military were then under the se-
cessity of ihispeising the snob. which lied collected is
every court and avenue in especially
Derby-court, where the soldiers galloppid through.
tiring several pistol shots.
One young man, apparently • brickNyer, els
carried up Swallow-stre"t, ou a bier, to the
tel. severely wounded. About u di, cn odors we,*
brought to u chemist's shop, in the in igliboarliood.
to hate their monads ilresied. They were all, ex-
ce,it three, slight cases. In the eicdog, For frau-
cis seat the fullonipg letter to the Slur& of
iddleseit

• GENTLEMEN—In fulthentuee of an attempt to
depute ine of iris liberty, under the authority of ais
iustruuseut which I know to be illegal, sir. a War.
rant by the Speaker of the !louse of CO1114)0111., ray
house ts. at this moment, beset by a military finer.
Ai I am determined never to yield a voluntary obe-
dience to nn act contrary to the loon., I ani resolretl
to resist the execution of such a ‘Varrant, by all
the legal nivans in my power; and, at• you are the
Cointitutional Officer appoilite I its, protert the in-
habitants of your Bailiwick fiorn violence stud op-
pression, from whatever quarter they may come, 1
make this requisition to you.Gentlenuen, to Munk
me with your aid, with which the laws have pre.
sided you, either lay calling wit the posse runiirw
attl, or such other as the case and clicuinstaucta
an.y retinae..

. .
" It is for you to consider, how fur you may be
sh•iuld 1, by, any unlawful force, retie.;
under ail tiolow fill authority, be takeu from u•)
hunae. " 1 here the honour to be,

" Gentlemen,
" S'nnr very n'iedient bumble Servant.
•' rstAxcia BYnusTr.•
'. .11M II„ I* t 4."

" Matthew %%0.1 nuldJulau Atkinf, r•grs.

" Sher3l,,t 311ithUestu "

The iview nod eotifutitun emiti,itied (letting the
Nhule of the night, and Pprostl lioltrom ;
wherr, rt four ticlot iis the morning, the .treet4
were us insteli croAded its Hp:le-Park on at ti e

Sunday.
The houses of the Earl of F....sez. Lord Cawdor.
the Lid of I)attmouth, NI,. Boone, and *event!
others in B, rlirley-wittare. were lighted sap is ankt
to Pits a tbi it windows from destruction ; but at It
o'clock att URirer belonging to the 13th L•ght
Dragoons went round and ordered all the lights to
be wit nut, which was immediately complied with.
During the night four piers-sof artillery were placed
in ihr aquorrs at thee West-rnd of the town, via. St.
Jaistrs's.spiarr, li••rlcrlry.square. anti Grosvenor-
artare.— flits e.inulti.leit the business of Saturd:•s.