The Sun.
London, England, 1819-09-03 00:00:00

S(.)urnr.vro.

ham RlThorne,
Johnson,

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MY DEAR FRlEND—Excuse the has7e and agi-
tation in which I write; I call scarcely command
either my thoughts or my feelings, so as to write
with any coherent or definite meaning.
The Mevting in.i?alace-yard is over, and, like all
other Meetings set on toot by the Junto who-Con-
trived it,- has proved an • infamous juggle, and an
insult upon ;The public feeling, . ion, will ,smile
with contempt when I inform you, that the
only persons allowed to play a part in this
"miserable farce was the 'Grand. Conjurer him-
-self ; his pupil Iloh,ouse, 'the newly.awaken-
..,,ed Itefornrr ;, Professor Thelwall, and f!eter
Walker Voila le tout ensemble ! This was the
delectable banquet of congregated talent 'and
.patriotisth that was set before the guests in .Pa
lace•yard. The Baronet ,cantionsly avoided every
thing that could commit litupselt upon the
great principles 'for which you have so nobly
• risked your personal liberty and your lite ;
and whe.n compclled to notice Vol.- did, as the
roei emphatically describes it, •i damn you with
faint and feeble praise!" I attended very early
at the king's Arms Tavern, having prepared
three Resolutions, to be kept in abeyance in
Cae they should be 'necessary ; one of them
respecting your,elt, and Lunched in such terms
as 1 conceived to be in unison with the ge-
neral feeling and stilt as you justly deserve. Will
you --believe it ? liavery elftni was made by the
‘Vestrnitister Rump to exclude me ft om the Hust-
ings : and when at length I succeeded in making
my stand Oleic, although I repeatedly called out
to 11:odett, in a voice and tone which it was im-
possible for -hitn /tot to hear, and demanded as
A right to deliver my sentiments ; he all Owed a
cold and qualified vote of Thanks, confined en-
tirely to your recent corvine' at ..Matichever,
be pit to the Meeting,. rcidwut a single comment
or observation ; and atter receiving the Tnanki
of his Erteuds, hastily put an-end to the busi-

ness of 'the day without suffering me or any
of your personal and political friends to ad-
dress the Chair Universal Suffiage ,and Annual
Parliaments were as caret,lly kepi out of sight
at.(l nearing as though they had been entombed in
the graves of the * * * * * * *,
and but tor the, crimson flag that waved triumph-
antly in front of the hustings, and which your

mends had judiciously. placed there, to keep the
worvesing liarollet steady to his text, and remind
hint of his duty,. would 1'01..4 heeo..completely ba-
ni,bed front consideiation, as beneath their 'artier
or regard !—What are we to think of this 1 To
me it appears that the liarotet, anxious to retrieve
his credit and. recover the cohfidence l►e bas lost ;
jealous, also, of your present merited ascendancy
in
the public opinion, and detertnit•ed, if possible, to
he himself the foremost in the field, couttived.tbis
Aleeting as a theatrical exhibition, to obtain po-
pularity,-and late himselt at your expence. You
are at liberty to make what use you please of tills,
and indeed .1 wish it were published, to put the
Reformers on their guard, and for the bent:fit o-
, tire public cause.

Yours, truly,
Strand, sd Sept. 1819. JOHN GALE JONES.
P. S. I scribble this in West's parlour. I w:sh
..e bad been present -and au eye witness of the
proceedings. Never was there a more glorious
assemblage, and never was less advantage taken
of theirgenelous enthusiasm, or laittul devotion
to the cause of British freedom. .Considering the
immense, number that. atiendt d, and the infinite
importance of the occasion, it was altogether rue,
oi the most. tame, spititless, unintereating Meet-.
ings I every aTtended. Burdett and Hobhouse
alone consumed nearly three hottrs between them.
and chiefly upon vague a►►d desultory topics. I
have just Itea.d that Dr. Watson %vas grossly
abused, and Olt eatened to be thrown over the
Flus:ings only for endeavouring to procure me a
.hea►ring. And these are the men who talk of
Unanimity and Conciliation !