The Sun.
London, England, 1815-03-01 00:00:00

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Vest-era:ly, bcif.!ir t he -day a oputu Lea. foi•
41;
Icl. ~.? the nrw Member for the Borough,
We are sorr: ft, state presented scene of Wictetl.
insubordination and vii!.chievoas rlOt, alitte repug-
nant to the laws and fatal to the welfare of the
Country, disTracefid to its actors, and infamous to
itscontrivers and siimidators The opponents of
Mr. BAUCLAY, we tvell know, tin; Ilardettite
Faction of the Borough., are those who are
prone to "seize every opportunity which they
can convert into ari instrument to inflame the
pissions of the rabble and disturb the peace
of the .rcalin. On this occasion, by falsely re,
presenting Mr. BARCLAY as a Parliamentary advo-
cate for the high price of Corn, they partially
succeeded in their .efforts to agitate the numerous
population, of Southwark, and produce a tumult
dangerous to the deluded creatures who engaged
in it, and injurions to the dearest rights of society.
For this purpose they had, for several days preced-
ing, heen,employed in placarding the streets with
inflammatory haad-bilis,,describing Mr. BARCLAY
as au enemy to the people, and -tirring up the this--
taken multitude til_avenge their own cause.—We
are sorry to hear it said that these misrepresenta-
tions obtained countenance (unintentionally, we
have not tht•slightest doilin), from an unguarded
letter, addressed by Mr. CALvEnT, the other
Mein ner,, 'ln a Mr. Divls, in which he writes
that " he had just been left in -a minority of six
against the Corn Laws, and that his colleague,
Mr. BA RCL Y, 'reulametl in the House, with a
considerable 'majority in faYonr of the question,"—
and this communication being ,scandaionsly pub-
lished, without explaining that
ed to was unconnected with the question of price,
haul 'its" share in exciting the popular resentinenL-
But we must leave the earis of this disturbance,
to detail its circiithsrances. BAROLA‘iti
frien4s; iii order to remove :he iiwpre.;sion agaii:st
him froM the minds of the -people, very generally
posted the following notice

" Tuesday Morning, Fit'. 28.—Electurs of Sonthwarli !
Attend-to this plain fact: vast night your itepresentatie,
CnARLES B. UtCLAY, Esq. moved in the mouse of Co !unions,
Thai. the fLeliort of the itesolations on the Corn L;lws should
not fie yfecierd. Is not this decisive proof' of his dutermina-
tiJn to support your interests, and of his attelii-oit to the
poor, in thus,heeping down the price of bread?"
At ten o'clock that Gentleman- arrived at the
Town-hall, and a bout eleven great ermvds had
tie different parts of the Borough
through which it was nutlet stood the procession
was to pass to the Horns, vt Keonington, where
the entertainments in celebration of I\f r. B.'s re-
turn 'Were to take place: At first, the procession
was received with weat applattse.-, its progress
doWn Tooley,street, hisses began to mingle with
t he cheering, and on the cavalcade reaching Hors-
leydown mottliglers-lane, not only did disapproba;
thin prevail, but act-s-of lawless viol.ence were com-
menced. After experiencing much insult and out,
rage, the Electors and their llepreseotative arrived.
opposite St. George's Church, where the mob had
accumulated to a terrific number, and manifested
the most turbulent spit it. Here wet e exh.ibited
loaves of various sizes, covered with black crape,
and cloth, to induce the belief of an advance in the
price of- that article. These things, as Was in-
tended be the villains who. paraded them, Hug-
mewed the fury of the populace to an ungovern-
able pitch they continued to increase in nu:tu-
bers, and stones, brick-bats, and ,other
missiles were burled at the supposed Oppressors.
many persons were struck, the carriages wet e
broken, and the windows of most of the hotises
in the vicinity suffered from the assaults of the
mob.—Mr. BARCLAY at length succeeded in
reaching the Tavern, to which four or live hun-
dred of his fri-ends also made, after' their expeti-,
cueing every specks of injury and danger. l'he
Magistrates, Sir N.CoNANT, Mr. Co natt non N, and
Mr. BIUNIE were here,. and had scaratly bad'tinie
to swear in a number of extra constables, when.
shouts announced the near art ival of the Rioters,
who soon 'Surrounded the house, awd attacked the
windows with stones. The doors were imme-
diately barricadoed, and every-means taken to-pre-
vent the entrance of the assailants, who made de-
monstrations of sw,h ao. ihte.at. eines 0f..,
4' No Corn Laws !": were repeated with ad-
ditional cla*nionr',. and .the conduct of the populace
became so infuriated, that, after some defibera,.
tion, it was deemed prudent to send I.if a messen-
ger to the Office of tld Secret try of ''State for the
Home Department to demand the assistance of
the military. This requisition
,was imuttediatelY:
-.complied with, and at halt-past three ,o'clock a
detachment of sixty Life Guards marched from•
their gnarters.at the Horse-Guards.to,-the scene of
action. They were at. first received with. shouts_
of indignation, and-by some trifling resistance,
but by a Cdol 'perseverance in their duty they suc-,
ceeded in gaining possession of the ground in-the
immediate front of the tavern,•,and then by de-
grees, but not without difficulty, they eon: iveci to-
disperse Over a considerable space the masses of
people who were assembled. . .
The tumultuary assembly after
.this gradually
diminished, till at length only a s-Aitary Ruffirn
was heard here and there breaking the silence of
the night with his .clamours.
Two or three persons werc\takert,into,custody,
one in the act,ot tbrowiog a statue at -ckne.of the
Life Guards, another with a loaf covered with
crape, and committed to the custody of the civil
power. A;detachment of the Foot Guards from
the Tower, attended at ii:iferent places in the vi-
cinity, to use their exertions incase of-necessity.
We have not space to describe the dinner con-
vivialities which took place—they were such as
• are usual on these-occasions.

No very scrions accident took 21 .rice. Me. rER-
KINS (iltr.riARCLAY's partner) was slightly wound-
ed on the head by a brick, which penetrated the
Windows of the Tavern, which a few bruises and
hurts are all that we have to record of this most
shaman! outrage.
This forenoon all is quiet, and the lloroogh un-
molested, except by a tew of the Curious tialsiuo
41eont to surveptst broken windows.