The Sun.
London, England, 1821-08-10 00:00:00

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anrortunately fOr himself, -hemA i - so intimately
connected with the recent treasonable movements
in the manufacturing districts, particularly in the
West Riding of Yorkshire, in consequence of his
having been in the service of Government, and
having been industriously loaded with the-odium
usually cast upon the character of a Spy. The
Journal to which we allude, not satisfied with
having thus pointed out what it believes on
mere rumour to be the residence of, this man,
has .been guilty, in order that he might be ex-
posed to the risks. of popular fury, of the gross
imprudence, not to say inhuman rancour, of point-
ing out'by name a person called JONES, VC h 0 holds
a trifling situation in one of the Colonies !
and whom it alleges to be the Spy -Ourca !
—The whole of this devilish story is found-
ed on a paragraph which appeared in an
Irish newspaper; and which very properly threw
discredit upon it as a mere rumour, for which
there did not appear to be any foundation. Indeed,
we believe that OLIVER is now somewhere in
Scotland. The London paper, however, which
has .trumped up this new wonder, neither states
the authority from which it is drawn, nor,ex-
. preSses any doubt of its truth! Supposing (what
is in all probability the fact), that the person
named JONES• lS not OLIVER ; and that this in.
nocent man should fall a victim to the popular
fury which has thus, without one feeling of corn.
punction, been directed against him! We shud•
der to. think of the cold-blooded Malignity which
can thus, sport, with the good name, the peace,
and even the life of a fellow-creature ! Granting,
even, that this individual should really turn
out-to be OLIVER, and that he had really de-
served all the opprobrium cast upon him by
the enemies of Government, there is some-
thing shocking in this barbarous attempt-to hunt
him throughout • the globe,to cut him off from
the, means of obtaining an honest livelihood, and
of evincing, by-his future life,. repentance for his
past errors. We know nothing further of Ora-
FER than what has publicly appeared respecting
him; but, after the insatiable rancour of the
Morning Paper, which thus pursues him in his
supposed voluntary exile from his country, and
seeks to consign him to unpitied expulsion from
society, it is only an act of justice and humanity
to state the following facts :—First, that in the
House of Commons, Mr. lIILEY ADDINGTON, as
well as other Members of Government, after the
factious clamour respecting OLIVER had been
excited, solemnly pledged themselves to the
'general respectability of his , character, and
assured the House and the country, that
though he had certainly undertaken to fur-
nish information-to Government, he had neither
stipulated for, nor asked, nor received, nor, as
far as they knew, even expected, any reward for"
such services ; and that it si as not intended,
nor ever had been intended, by Government, to
confer any reward upon him. If the knowledge
of a treasonable plot was accidentally obtained by
OLIVER, we hesitate not to say, regardless of the
unpopularity which may attach to the expression
of such a sentiment, that it was his garret! duty
to apprize Government of the fact, and to furnish
all further information respecting it which might
be in his power. For such conduct any man is
entitled to" the gratitude, rather than the execra-
tions, of his country. And, with' respect to
reward, though OLIVER might not expect re-
ward for his services, nor Government intend
to bestow it, it is obvious, that, having been
driven from society in England, robbed of his cha-
racter, and shut out from all means of obtaining
a respectable livelihood, -he became justly enti-
. tled to protection, to an employment or a pension,
for his subsistence, or to some other compensation
for the deep and irreparable injuries sustained by
him in consequence of h's zeal for the public
service.—Secondiy,—lt is well known, having
been established beyond the possibility-of doubt
or suspicion, that, so long as three months before
0 LIYER even had any communication with Govern-
ment, the Earl FITZWILLIANT, then Lord-Lieu.
tenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, stated
to a meeting of the Magistracy of -the
called by his Lordship's order, . that, ,from
Lordship's knowledge, as Lord Lieutenant,
the " district was on the eve of insurrec-
tion!" and that there was an immediate neces-

city for the organization of a strenz, volunteer
force, " the formation of which, both horse and
foot, he stronglg recommended! ! ! "—When
OLIVER, some months afterwards, appeared on the
field of disturbanc.., Lord FITZWILLIAM, forget-
frig that he himself had prov:d the contrary, by
his declaration as Lord Lieutenant,Which we have
quoted, joined in. the, outcry which attributed
the rising in Yorkshire to the agencyqf Oliver! !
About the time that his Lordship's declaration
was made, a Reforming Magistrate in Yorkshire
published an address, the tendency of which was
to intimidate the country intothe surrender of the
Constitution to the Radicals ; and in which, from.
his knowledge as a Magistrate, he stated that " the
blood qf civil strife-was about to flow down our
streets !"—From these facts, independent of
numberless others, it is evident, that the out; ages
in Yorkshire were not produced by the agency
'of OLlvEn.—Lastly—The very Morning-Paper
which has renewed, by its malignant conduct, the
agitation of this question,—this very Morning
Paper, long ,after • all the trumpery respecting
OLIVER had been exploded, "rejoiced" that 30 or
40unhappy men, " charged .with high treason, had
been apprehended at Huddersfield in the \Vest
Riding,"—and " hoped that. they would be
urought to trial, fuund guilty, and punished !"
adding, " this is what we wish! !"—ln the same

paper, it expressed the murderous expectation,
that disaffected workmen, (though, God knows,
at that period too many poor workmen might
have pleaded severe suffering in extenuation
of their offences)—that '; disaffected workmen,"
wherever found, should without hesitation, " 4 be
hanged!? !"—Compare the language of the same
writer, in addressing the same workmen, when it
suited his purposes to rouse and direct their feel-

ings of " discirection," during the unhappy pro-
ceedings respecting the Royal Family, by which
the country was recently agitated.