The Sun.
London, England, 1819-07-22 00:00:00

prrsans 'who svcre preying on :Ole restr.:-
Me raised front the wants of the conntty. They—
A person in the crowd,—" Pray, Hunt, how
much a year does Castleteagh allow you for
apoutiug ?"
TI unlucky wight who put this question was
about to suffer for his temerity, when --
Mr. 1-31.1 N-r requested the mob to desist. A
luestion was fairly pot to hits. He was nut
envy at it, and he trusted that the Mob, in com-
pliment to him, would uot serve the questioner oat.'
He (Mr. Hun) was born to a small independent
property, and had never in his life been paid for
any act of 1,14, vt, once that his expences as a
evilness in a law sni:. w- re paid. He never hall
been employed either in his public or private cha-
racter, and he hoped he never should. He bad
served the publiejtom choice, and he found it
was an ungrateful office. When he had gained
tine public coufitience by his conduct, knaves
came forn.trd and insinuated that no man could
act as he had done from any but interested -mu.
lives. He did not blame tine Mall who questioned
-him on this occasion, on :'.ne contrary, Inc admired
his courage for having done so.---(Grits of
" Turn itim out.")
Mr. I.luNT—" No, no ; let hint remain ; I see
that mutt has been Ihiowtt at line j I hope
End) conduct will not be pursued here." lie then
proceeded. All Reim niers wkre taxed with im-
morality ; every act of !hens was blamed by the
corrupt part of the press, and yet not a word was
said about the grain to the Duke of Yo; k, a grant
given for the purpose of separating the people
from the loo} ,l Fann;ly. Tine 9MI of the lion.
flilcy Addington had a sinecure of 3,0001. a year
ns Clerk of 'be Pens its Ireland, flue saintly
Sidmfnith gaVe to a school-b.)y son of his a sum
of 3,0001. a year ,from the public. Lord Arden
honoured the public by accepting of a sent of
35,57-11. from cite public revenue. All this was
the fact, and yet the corrupt 'press passed it over,
While they attacked the real friendi of the conintty
for attempting to advocate Parliamentary Re-
form. Earl Bathurst also enjoyed 32,0001. front
the public purse, and yet those wino attempted to
expose this glaring profusion of expendittne were
branded as seditious 11101(CrA.

[Mr. Mint was here interrupted by some com-
motion near the cart in which he stood. 4‘ That
Dan," said be, " is in company with the person
who questioned me just now. Pray make way
for them it they wish to go out, or if they remain
let them be quiet—let them stand in the water."
The crowd seized hold of one of those persons,
and in a few seconds be was gently ducked in the
kennel. Whether or no this damped his ardour
for disputation we do not presume to determine,
but at all events there was no further interrup-

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Mr. HUNT cautioned the meeting against lay-
ing bands on any individual, it they did so, ilae
aggressors would undoubtedly be taken into
custody. He had already said, that it was held
sedition to speak of the large stuns taken by indi-
viduals limn the pockets of millions of starving
individuals. ~le had licaid of Lung Parliaments
and Short Parliaments, of Rump Pailiaments, and
Praise-God -Baiebones Parliaments, but he
scarcely knew "row' to designate the present Par-
liament. They reminded him of a couplet which
he had somewhere seen—

" The King of France, with twenty thousand men.
Walked up the hill, and then—walked down again."
all due respect tur the present Parliament,
be should call :hem the drivelling Parliament—
there was not a club of artisans in London who
could not manage better than they had done.—
(Applause.)—He did not mean now to speak of
any particular party : let the people of England
generally tollow the example of the North, in
endeavouring to assert their rights—let them meet
iu large assemblies, quietly, brit boldly and firmly,
expressing their opinions ; and, if the whole coun-
t; y were to do this, their claims would be irre-
sistible. Vox Populi, Vux Dei—The voice of the
Peopie was the voice of God, and must be ef-
lective. it the meeting separated peaceably,
as he hoped and trusted they would, it was
one out of which would grow occurrences most
beneficial to society ; if not, it would be one of
-the must unfortunate meetings that ever nas
held, the consequences of which both himself
and the country would feel. Let then every man
to quietly to his home, satisfied that be had used
his endeavouts to advance the general interests of
the public. For himself he had received the
bigbest reward of his ambition—the thanks of his
teow citizens. He had grown grey in their st r-
vice ; and when in his grave, he nusted it would
never he said that be had acted in a manner dero-
gatory to the character of an Englishman, at that
he had ever deserted the cause of the peo-
ple.—(Applause.)-11e would rather die that
night jib this conviction, than live for
ages in ail the luxuries of wealth, under con-
trary imputaton. He then proceeded to state,
that for tie last 18 months he had paid no taxes;
he had been called upon several times•_in ;be
country by the tax-gathereis ; but, at one time,
he was very sorry lie had no money in the house ;
at another, be bad some money by bins but
really he expected his butcher and •'baker •to
call,—with theM be. had contracted' debts, and
was bound to psly them ; having contracted no
debts with the tax•gatherers, they must -wait.
Threats were held out that they %%void dis-
train—he gave them leave to do so ; 'but still
it was not (hue. They a short time since
seized the carriage of a friend of 'his, at his
house, but he received notice that the tax-gatherer
bad paid the money, and would return the car.
riage, trusting to his honour to pay him at some
time—(Cheering).—Parliament were nut the Re- •
preservatives of tine peOple, and they ought not ,
to be bound to pay the saxes imposed illeg Illy.
For his part, he was resolved hutubly to follow
the example of Jolla Hampden, and resist the im-
position of such taxes—(loud cheers).--One word
more : 1)1.. Slop had insinuated that a penny sub-
scription, set on.foot at the Palace-yard Meeting,
and of which licehad been appointed treasurer, was
expended by Dr. Watson; and that he (Hunt) was
keeping out of the reach of John Doe and Richard
[toe. Now, this subscription,amounted to no more
tian 4/. 14s. 6d. and if the meeting should consent
th..t it should pay the expence of the cart, and. of
the advertisetneats"for the meeting, he could as-
sure thernithat he never parted with any money
la his life with more, -satisfaction than he should •