The Sun.
London, England, 1817-02-11 00:00:00

MEETING IN SP,I-11 EMS.

Etruturnea aTteueses.]
At half-past twelve o'clock great Unnibers sepa-
rated from the crowd, under thrilled that no chair
would be teken, and the getieral belief ti as, that a
hoax similar° to that which took place last Mon-
day had been practim'ed upon them, About this
tittie the numbers thinned to at least Out' half, and
those who reinained seemed noire anxious for
sportive frolics than Serious ddiheration. An
immense number of Magistrates rode constantly
anionit the people, and Mr. Stafford, the Chief
Clerk at Pow-street, with a phalanx of police
officers, paraded in the vicinity of the •ground.
Several divisions of cavalry were statioued ili the
City..road, and a very strong party' of them was
drawn up at the top of Gray's-inn-lane, with
swords drawn, Hod provided with their full
accoutrements. • There,. was :not, however, the
least appearance of a military force where the
Meeting was assembled. At one o'clock universal
shouts announced the arrival of slime leading cha-
racter in the field. fining the momentary agita-
tion which this anxious suspence occasioned,
gangs of pickpockets were evidently on the alert,
and had, for the instant, apparently succeeded, in
treating among the immense crowd that sort
of
pressnre and clamorous interruption which are:so
welLsolited to tie maoagetisent of their depreda-
ions.---This Friend to the Pickpockets proved to
be linnt.
CealiKe., the Chairman, then notified to the
Meeting that this was an adjourtied Meetirig, lie
also informed them that their petition, agreed to
on the occasion, had been presented to the
House of Commons, and ordered' to lie on the
The Chairnian then stated his having mitten
to Lord Cochrane on the subject of Reform, and
requesting his Lordship to present the petition of
the Meethig to the House of Commons, and. to
attend them this day, shwild he tind it convenient.
To this the Noble Lord had nothing would
give him more pleasure than to present their pe-
tition, but tit. • he could not attend the Meeting,
as he was going to latend one at Hampshire.
A letter of a. similar nature was sent ;el- Sir
Francis Burdett, but he had not returned any
written answer, He had, 'however, told a Gen-
tleman Who waited on him, that he had no oh.
itetion to support that part of the Petition which
supported Parliamcntary Reform, but he never
would conseot to support the lirriptiSition, for
granting universal suffrage or for voting by ballot,
as they were mere visionary theories. No man
felt more than he did the necessity; of ft eforni, hot
impracticable schemes were the most likely to
ruin it, and these he never should support,
Mr. Hot:rr then come forward, anti in his ac-
customed manner addressed the meeting it, a long
speech, and intived ten resolutions, of which the
last. only contains any novelty
10. "Resolved, that a Petition he presented to
the Honourable House of Commons, praying
them not 'to give their 4.lla!vaance to any mea-
sure, which shall haVe a tendt.'lley to abridge the
Right of'. Petition ; and !nimbly imploring them
oot to listen to the vile calumnies aid false asper-
siona.so basely urged agaiest the 'People by those
wholatten,•eed those ‘vho wish to fatten, upon
the wealth of the tsatinu ; but, nu the Contrary,
Jo afford, as far as they are able, the sufferings.
of a patieut and starving People immediate re-
lief, by the übolitioo of all Sinecures; and of all
Pensions-and Grants, not merited ny well-known
public services,; 'by the reduction of all Public
Salaries and Funded Annuities, in propottion
to
the reduction which has taken place in the wages
of Labourers, and in the profits of Tradesmen;
and, above all, by listening, before it be too late,
to the humble and earliest prayers of the People
for a Reform in their lionourablerlionse, upon
the principles of a Hill, presented to the House of
Lords by the Lite Doke of Richmond, more then
30 years ago, which Bill proposed Anneal Parlirt7
menu and Universal Suffrage, and .Elections to
be taken by Ballot:'!
A Mr. PENDRILI; seconded the Resolutions,
which, it was agreed, were carried utianimmisly,
and the, Petition was sons lifterWattlS brought
forward and read.,
Mr. Huts? thin, addressed the Meeting, am;
sai4, as at this moment Lord Cochrane and Alt
Cnbbett were addressiog t he'people on Portsdown-
hill*, near Portsmouth, he fillo4l now move that
this Meeting do give three cheers to the cause
Isere he commenced, and the 'multitude followed
loin, giving three times thtee cheers..
The rest of the primeedings were of so ridicu-
lous and contemptible a nature, thet is 4 cannot
repeat • them. Hunt complained of not having
had fait play at elle' last Common' Hall, and lic-
ensed a oerson in the room of having misrepre-
sewed him.. This person proved to be
llitchins, an auctioneer, of IVaitiontin's party,
as appeared train a speech. which •he attempted to
make, but which he was, not suffered to-priieeed
in, being repulsed by eltimoors and hisses; Hunt
then repeated bis assertion that the Livery-waS
packed.
The business concluded by agreciog that the
Petition should b- lined immediately by nineteen
persons, to render it,legal, and that it should be,
presented in the course of the evening, if pos-
sitdt% Tijithkg were then Vail d to Lord Folk.
Stone, and the INlte:ing ii as adjourned to that clay
sit weeks. •

Hunt, as 'usual, WM; escorted by the mob on his
returning home, and cheered repeatedly by them.
.At the end of the Aleeting several persoits foinnt they had lost their watches, and one Gentleman
pocket—book conteining- ttevtral notes.. A
Gentleman near Turnstile, flolliorn, bar! his watch
and gold seals abstracted, in consequence of his
being hustled by a gang of thieves.

Whilst the Orators of Spa-fields ttere, hOlding
Forth
.yesterdity, the pugilistic -corps were as-
cembled the SWIM range.of fields, on th.e other
side of l'entomiille. A pitched• 'map for tire
guinots teas fon& between Israel, a little Jet,
and a youth named Coulthard. Thus, while the
orators were tearing grammar to shivers., The
boxers were distorting features
l'he Jew Bare' stone in weight, but his good
fighting gained him victory in sixteen minutes. His
fistS were constantly adversaty's face, and
Ac was only returned upon in one instauce.

THEATRICAL RILGISTER.
~Performed Las, Night.
Darner-LANg.•:—A New way tai Pay Old Debts : Sir Giles
Orer-rcach, Mr. Kean; !July Aliwurt It, Mrs. Knight. Af,
ter which, Harlequin Horner.
Covt;Nr-U.A nnEr.l.—llain let : Hamlet, Mr. Yound
Miss Stephens. After which, Harlequin andlthe SyiPli of
the Oak.

P•anlvF.U--1 Dublin.
Due-1 France 1 Tolland, 1 Gotten-
burglo, 4 iTaruburgh, I I'Guernsey and Jersey,
It aLerfurd.

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T 1 E SUN.

IMLEM QUIS DICERE FALIU AVM:

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TUBSDAY, FEBRIIIARY ;i, 1817.

REFORNIERs.

SKETCHES CHARACTER.

"I see a Cherub which secs them," says tramlei,
when speaking of his own clear percepti►►n of
things which policy forbid hin► to specify in
direct terms. We see n Chernb which secs a'
great deal of the doings of the Mob Demagogues,
►tnd there is no policy to induce its to withhold
our opinions front the Public.

Of the Worthy Individuals recently 5
It vreSted on
.
charges of High Treason,
t
EVANS, senior, is lodged in Coldhitri.folils.i
:VANS, junior, in Tothill-fields ; and
.WArsoN & PnesroN in Giltspur-street Cotnpter,
There is said to be a Letter from Birmingham
stating the arrest of Yotmg WArsoN there ; but
we are persuaded thnt he is not OHL of London.
These arrests, no doubt,' produced an excel-
lent effect in intimidating the turhulent„t4d con-
ucing to the quiet of yesterday's. 81104eldg

Meeting.
.Batt we may attribute the harmlessness of time
mob to. several other causes : and first, we rejoice
to mention as one of them the broad and obvious
fact of the return. of public feeling into a better
chaund. The vileness of the Mountebanks who
have taken the lead in these outrages, and the un-
disguised villainy of their plans, have done much
to open the eyes of the People: the proceedings of
Parliament, the highlypopular conduct of our truly
Illust ions REGatiT, the evident devotion of his

Servants to a system of the utmost practicable
economy, and their noble sacrifices from salaries,
unanimously confessed to be inadequate, have
done a great deal more.
The bubble of the hour has burst, 'and what we
now observe is only the dissipation of its frothy
1
particles.
Another came of the tranquillity yeittir ay:was
the well ascertained measures resortedirtbi by the
~,
Noble Secretary for the flume Department, fur the
repression of riot and the preservation of the
,
pea& of this gre4rMetropolis. Ilaeso Measures
were commensurate :o any possible danger; they
pervaded every part, and might well ~he,de.stribeires
.stribeires- -enclosing Anarchy in a ringtvi3Order.
HUNT at Ids Associates were fully sensible of the
force of these admirable dispositions. ,firkjeledi-
tious are invariably cowards, and they Wed ac•
rot (tingly.
' But they had still another reason for keeping
within prudent, if not Within leo) bonods. They
are aware that legislativeanactments are about to
be proposed to put. an end to.these babitua4l as-
seMblages of the multitmle,. and Cunning tatiglit
'tem to furnish no *new.argument against their

atl-practises by any ebulitiots on this occasion.
libus to'the imprisonMent of some of the Con-
spirators ; the 'returning' sense Of the Country.
(only partially and momentarily deluded); the no-
ble and patriotic conduct of the Prince; the wis,
ilom, integrity, and regard, to the rational wishes
of the People displayed by his Ministers ; the
salutary terror inspired by Lord 'Sll?Witit/TteS pre-
cautions ; and /the very nattiness of the Factious
themselves, are we indebted for the raliti ;hicli
- -
attended the Spa, Fields Meeting. ; of
,rl2l "(I'r
But are these, or any, or all of thern'osefPeient
reasons for allowing the general p.eaal lo be
alarmed, 'if nor broken-, by the eonstitnt habitude
of gathering mobs together under the weakest
prefenees----of adiottruittg 'Meetings of this cart
from time to time, and holding a terror over good
Citizens, and over the constituted authoriti s—of
evading► the laws to insult them; and:Mt mind
the ConStitution to brave and overthrowdV? As-
7iurealy not ! Mockety and Mischief have a. eddy
ticen too long combined and endured. . .
We do not conceive ourselves Called on to ani-
madvert upon the vv.,- ridiculous busincbs- in wide'