The Sun.
London, England, 1819-10-13 00:00:00

TO THE MULTITUDE.

LETTER U.

You bear a vast deal about Mr. Flusis wis•
dom, and spirit, and patriotism ; and about his
underlings also, who are almost as wise, as spirit-
ed,
and as patriotic, as their master. But, my
good friends, there is not in all this one morsel
of originality; it is nothing else than a close and
bumble copy, taken by a very inferior band in-
deed, from the Radical Reformers of four cen-
.turies back. You shall judge if it be not.
In the year 1381, JACK CADR, JACK STRAW,
JACK MILLER, and some dozen other such JAcKs,.
being set on by persons of higher rank who chose
to keep their own necks out of the danger, called
together the Sovereign People against the King
and Parliament. They announced a Meeting at
Blackheath, for the discussion of their grievances,
and the consideration of the best mode of obtain-
ing redress. Two hundred thousand Radicals at-
tended : and the Parsou HARRISON of that day--
PRIEST BALL—delivered a sermon ; the account
of which I will translate for you out of the
Latin of the old historian XVALIINGHAM

g‘ To impress his doctrines upon the multitude
assembled at Blackheath (where two hundred
thousand of the common sort were assembled)
be commenced his discourse in the following

manner :

" When ADAM delved and 7,VE span,
Who was then a Gentleman ?
" Ile 'then attempted by the words of this
proverb, which he bad taken for his text, to prove,
that all men being in the beginning created by
nature equal; servitude was introducer) by the on-
. just oppression of worthless men, contrary to the
'will of God : for, if it had pleased God to make
servants, he would have settled it in the begin-
sling of the world who was to be the servant, and
who the master.—They should consider, there-
fore, that Goo bad given them the present time;
in which, having cast off the yoke of servitude,
they might, if they pleased, enjoy their long de-
sired liberty. Wherefore, he advised them to
take heart, Hod with the diligence of a good hus-
bandman, tilling his field, and cutting and rooting
out"—There's a Radical for you !—" the noxious
weeds which over-ran the corn, they should make
themselves ready at the instant ;—first, by slayirg
the great Lords of the Realm ; then, by destroying
the Lawyers and Judges that, afterwards, they
should turn out of their land all whom they knew
would be injurious to the future commonwealth.
Thus, they might obtain peace for themselves,
and security for their descendants ; if, when the
great folks were cut off, they might have among
them equal liberty, equal nobility, equal dignity,
and equal power."
Now, my good friends, if you can find one
flower of Radicalism, which Orator HUNT, or
Parson HARRISON, or Doctor WATSON, have not
picked out of this Posey to adorn their own hot-bed,
I will fairly acknowledge them more eloquent and
more ingenious than Priest BALL. You will say,
however—and very truly—that in one point the
Priest and his Jacks have not half the merit of
your Leaders ; since the commonalty of that age
were really in a state of oppression which—thank
God !—we have never known ; and which our just
and merciful law has long abolished. Much less
applause is to he given to the describers of real
sufferings and provocations, than to those skilful
Orators who can work up fancies into realities.—
The Physician, who ascertains and relieves an
existing malady, is not half as ingenious as the
Quack--praise be to Doctor Watson !•—who makes
you feel yourself. ill by the very smell of his drug.
Priest BALL obtained his object too—for the
time being—inasmuch, says the historian, " he
worked so well or. time mob, that they voted him
by acclamation Archbishop and Lord Chancellor."
What a noble example for you to follow
I beg you of all loves to make Parson HAR-
RISON, at Captain TstrsTLawooo's November
Meeting, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Orator
HUNT, Lord High Chancellor !—I dearly wish
that the Priest's preferment may be patterned in
all points : for Putarr BALL. WAS HANGED.
His Reverence, however, was not the only
Spouter. The other Jacks had their share of fine
speaking and fine writing; which was circulated
among the lower orders as cheaply and as actively
as the blasphemies of our modern Ultras. I will
extract a few of these choice morsels for you ;
and I am sure you will think them at least as
emphatic and as intelligible as the twopenny
trash of HONE, CAELILE, CORBETT, or SUER-
WIN. It may be my bad taste ;—but I protest I
like Cie lucnbrations of this Reverend Priest and
cumrogues as well as any speech I ever heard,
even of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT'S, Mr. CAM
floacrouses, or Sir RoBSET WILSON'S.
The first is from the Pt first himself ; who found
it his mnvenience, for some reason or other, to
take the alias of JOHN SHEEP.
Joast Stiaer, sometime Sa-int Mary Priest
of Yolk, and mow of Colchester, gresteth well

We received this morning the Paris Papers of
Sunday last. The Moniteur contains a. Royal Or-
donnance, directing that the young soldiers of the
classes of 1816 and 1817 shall juin, and be
corporated with the Legions of their respective
Departments.—The following are extracts :
" Prt's, OcT. 10.—Yesterday Marshal Gott-
vion St. Cyr, the Minister at War, paid hia re-
spects to the King, and remained nearly half an
hour with his Majesty ; his Excellency appeared
in good health. The King also gave a private
audience to the Count Barbi Marbois. At two
o'clock his Majesty proceeded to tbs' of