The Sun.
London, England, 1817-06-23 00:00:00

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11-1 E SECrttcY'.

The 'Corot itiee of *.s.eerecy,,t6 ‘vircm the sevtrAl
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Vapert-wAtch were,,pruse.nt4 (sealed to,
11 mse, by Lord Viscpuot CAsTLEitv.so
tht..stti day. of thiy cononaml ot
his Royal Highn'ess the I'iu -Nce. ruG4.l,, Were
• referred, and who were directed to examine the
matters thereof, and report the stritis.,.,as"tirey
• shauhlrappear to them, ,to the. Ilinisai-44raVe,
pursuant to the Older Of the lionse, examined
the same accordingly,. and agreed to the follow-
ing Report :
In forming an opinion on • the present .internal
sitnation► of the country, your Committee could
not fail to bear in inimi the information kid be-
fore them, At en. early 'pat of the SeSsion, upon.
ti1:44,;) to,t4 first llypori %%a. founded,
The Papers :now communicated to the Com-
mittee, continue the narrative of the proceedings
of the disaffected in the counties before reterred
Ltnrashire, Ldcestershire, Nottinghalu.
shire, and Derbyshire (to which, part of York-
and the town of Birmingham andStockport,
'loilit now be milieu), troth the period ot that Re-'
port down to the present time.
Your Committee find in these papers, not only
a complete corroboration ot the justness :01 the
apprehensions which they then expressed, but,
proofs grittily decisive of the contittuance of the
same machinations and designs, breaking out into
fresh eels of Violence and insurrection, up to the
preseto Moment.
-Your Committee stated in their former Report.
that " even where petitioning was recommended,
" it was proposed to he conducted io such a than
"tier, by an immense number of Delegates,
tending in London at the same time, in several
'' parties, attached to each Petition, as might in-
duce. an effort to obtain by force whatever. they
" demanded ; and that a general idea seemed
" prevalent, that sOme fixed day, at no very
" great distance, was to be appuinted fur a se..
" venal rising."
The first attention of your Conimittee has been
directed to the proceedings of the,public meeting,
held early in March, in the town of Manchester.
At that meeting, which consisted of '
persona as •
VEICHOiIS CUIViII and populous villeges
in the vicinity of Manchester, as well as Uf,
11.0bitants of Manchester itself, it was propuse,l
.11 the same leaders, who had previously attract •
ed the notice at four Comutittee,, that the Peti-
tioners shoold assemble, at the sante. place, on
Monday the 10th of that month, prepared to set
out.on a Medi to London, it' present.their 13err.
i..ritithetirselVeisto the. Prince Regent in person I
that they 51101114.1(nm themselves into parties.ol
ten :each ;, (which arrangement was proposed
with the professed view of nut transgressing the
law) and that they should supply themselves with
provisions tor .the mardi, and with blankets fur
the purpase of sleeping on the ground.
At many other meetings pjevious to the 10th,
which, though comparatively private, were yet
ntiniernuily attended, is was represetAed to them,
by their orators, . that they would be surrounded
by. the police and the military, and that they would
be an easy prey it they prOceetied Witlidet omit
kir their protection. They were assureditotre%er,
that their numbers, which, in the course of their
progress, would amount to.not less than 100,000,
would snake it :itttpOssMe ultimately to resit
them. It was stated, that all the large towns, in
Yorkshire were adopting the same plan, that the
Scotch were actually on' their march, anti that it
the Petitioners could once reach NottinghatiG or
Birmingham, the business would ha done. They
were advised to choose leaders over each
sion of tens, fifties, and hudreds, anti to appoint
a treasurer to receive contributions, which were
actually Made iri a great number 'of small stints,
put of which fund they were taught to expect that
each man would be supplied with a daily al:

lowance.
A Petition was accordingly prepared, with a
copy of which every tenth man was furnished;
and which concluded by stating to his Royal High-
pelts,- that, without the change which they demand..
ed, g! they could neither support him, nor them.
Selves ;!,' and they were told, Mit it their 'Petition
was rejected, they must demand it ; it still rtject.,
ed, they must • force it, and say !hey would
righted. It appears, that some of the persona
appietiended, svere luny prepared 40 act up to
these instructions ; thotrAll it is to be presumed,
that many of thent had no very definite idea at the
Way in which their services were to be employed;
and that evils among their leaders, some of the
More moderate reckoned rather upon intimidation,
titan upon the actual employment of 1'664. At
one Of those more private meetings, however,
svhich preceded t he general
.assembly, one of those
personi, who appeared ;if have 1'11(.91 influence,
avowed himself's -Repriblicatu and L-selier ; a d
professed determination never to give up till
they had 'established a Republican Go% erionent
The examples of the hiSnrrection in the reign of
Rithard IL, and fit the rt bellinn in Ireland in
1708, wer,,,e held out, as: objects rat insitation ; and
the most violent of such declarations was gene-
rally received with the stroug'est marks of eV-
piamse.
In consequence of these preparationti therh-
lic meeting propmen tank place at the tirue
panted, and was attendettby probably near 12;000'
-persons i many of these proceeded to the 'won't&
in regular order, pith knapsacks on their hacks,
and not w ithitanding the assemilly wos disperstd
by the Military, acting under the Oiders 4,t the
Meglitrates, and the princip4l leaflet wire ale
prehentled, under warrants from the Sebretat y of
State, a considerable trumber actually rosrched oft,
tall ilteir way .14 London wavy were interceptcd