The Sun.
London, England, 1810-04-07 00:00:00

SIR FRdNCIS BURDETT:

We are sorry to nod that some persons, profesi.
ing to be the Friends of Sir ATRANcrs BtranEll,
have endeavoured to excite something like Publ'c
• disturbance, in consequence of the Vote of 11'6
House of Commons for committing the Honourable
• Baronet to the Tower, but, at the same time, We
feel it to be our duty to correctthe very exagger--
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accounts which have been circulated respeing the fer°
ment in the public, mind. It was stated that an im77l°ll'
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crowd was assembled in the avenues to the flone'-'•"74
Commons during Ole debate on Tpursday night.* -
point of falEt,• thpre were never more than tw° 6-t
three hundred people collected in the lobbies and it'
Palace-yard' (and the greater part (1 them_ were
hays), and they were easily dispersed by a few C°ll.
stables. It has also been stated that grouper of Pea'
pre were, during the whole of yesterday, colle&ed ir/
different parts of the town. This is also inaccurate)
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at least if by groupes is meant considerable bodies 01
people. ,
Early yesterday morning, a bill, printed in large
letters, was pasted up in many parts of the tow°,
calling a meeting of the inhabitants of Westminster)
in consequence of the Vote of the House of Cory'
'mons respeaing Sir F. BURDETT. Many people, of
course, stopped to read these Bills, and these were
the only groups assembled during, the day, except
one opposite Sir FRANCIS BVIIIIETT..S house, and 0°
upon Tower-Hill.
We stated yesterday, thCt as soon as the result of
the debate was known, Mr. JONES BURDETT, WllO
attended at the -House during the whole of the-
debate, had a 'conversation with the Serjeant
at Arms, and told him that he would ad °fl

for Wimbledon to acquaint 'lts brother with the
event ; ,and to arrange the time and place of big
surrendering himself into custody. 'As soon as it
was known that Si FRAucts was orddred into Os'
tody, people began to collect in Piccadilly, opposite
to Sir FRANCIS'S house. As the crowd increased
they amuse 4 themselves with compelling all persons
passing by, either on foot :or in carriages, to pull
off thOr hats, or in the event of a refusal, 1)64
them with Mnd. This was the extent of the Fqir
chief which they'dici till night.

Sir FRANCIS arrived A his house from Wimble'
don about . one o'clock, and was -a course loudly
cheered by the crowd. The Serjeani at Arms, with
the warrant for the. commitment of Sir,FRA,NGts, ac"
companied by' tvvo Mesqengers of .the House °
Commons, repaired to the'Euronet's house; but 13°

was not coveyed to the Tower. There are different
reasonss-assigned for the non-execution Of the visr"
rant. It is positively stated in A paper of this moriP
ing, that Sir Faarrots refused to. obey the 1.174"
rant, and, that he told the S.erjeant at Arms that
he would repel force by force, However We

disapprove of the, Ooriclua of Si: FRANCIS,
cannot suppose that he would hold such lan"
gunge, or that he would adopt a conduEt

must inevitably lead • to. such fatal conse-
quences. We are rather inclined to attribute
non-execution of the warrant to, a desire Of Sir
FRANCIS not to increase the confusion. wre • trust
that in giving him. credit for so. good a motive, we
are not deceived. But whatever was the cause, it
is certain that he was not conveyed to the To'ger
yesterday,. •
At night the crowd opposite Sir FRANCIS'S hollge,
.increased.very considerably, and became extretneli
noisy and tumultuous ; al length they proceeded 19
aas of nrisclner,- and began breaking windows. 'l4"
party of them went to St. James's-square, and
i broke the windows of Lord CASTLEtRAGH and Lord
DARTMOUTH, but upon the appearance of a gaga'
they dispersed with uncommon rapidity. They af:"
tervvards broke the windows of Sir JO:HN ANSTEti'•
THER and Mr. YORKE, and were proceeding to Lord
CHATIIAaI'S housp, in Hill-serest, with the vile
iiitent, but they. were interrupted by a party of tile
Guards, and fled in all dire&ions.

Many persons, tor the purpose of saving theft
windows from being broken, placed lights in thern)
particularly in Piccadilly, Pali-Mall, • St. James'''.
square, and Bond-street. We trust, however, that
effeEtual means will be take to prevent a repeti^
lion of similar scenes to-night. • -
A number of people assembled yesterday uPoc'
Tower-hill, and remained there during the wbulP
of the day ; but at dark they dispersed without
doing any migchief.
The reports of Sir FRANCIS intention of resisting
by force, have, been again circulated to-day, but no-
thing but the evidence of facts shall induce us to give
credit to them.,

Sir FRANCIS, we have been assured, 'requested per-
mission of the Serjeant at Arms to remain with his
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family last nights and promised to accompany h 1.03
quietly to the Tower this morning, but he had
not been conveyed thither when this paper was 'JUL
to press.

Thursday his Mk.TESTY and the PRINC7SSBS COi1;
an airing on horsebick, in Windsor Park, mitt'
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