The Sun.
London, England, 1819-10-25 00:00:00

RADICAL SQUABBLES.

„ LETtER 6i EiENRS GN.T7 laguire.
To the hr(it'e -Thforme-s of Loimi,hire.. Cheshire,
Yoi ksinre, pf the No; thiiiEng:und, and
Sc'oclund
M BELOVTD FRIENDS AND FEILOW C.UNTRYMEN,

our coemies to:ve ce,:altof open
against us and the laws of Eng!' rout. The infa.
mona Authorities of Mattliesfel, under he sanc-
tion of a critrut and cruel Ministry, were the
first to " cry havoc, and le! 'sli(l. the` dog, of
wall" On the never-to•he-fotgotten 16fh of
August, they 'polluted the histOry a the present
age with:flue foulest Burin, clue crimson gore
of their women': arid chiHren.—
Every ext:i-rtiOn to' bring the instigators and rr-
petrators'a Ihtsb artily to justice, has
hitherto felled, and•we have .noi theyefore 'been
c.%"eri the show fair plc;/ All
diSguiS'e 14s'beeo off, and the unmasked
hypocriteithints tiOW`before us in the t-aked Win
Of- -a Milititty 'armed rufliao. But, toy Friends,
we most be pa'tit;nt Lind perseveriag, end not suffer
onrselvei to be driven off Om' goN'id '; these lawluss
pioceedings arc meant to irritate us into some
i'rvrTiej-eet;shew ot 'reistanep, of which our watch-
f,l enemies 'are anxiously inspired to take inane-
dime advantage ; well knowing.; as They do, that
nothing st-rengthens'and consolidates the iron eral
of despotism',bo much as the premature and un-
stteressful attempt to destroy it.
I am induced to urge this caution, from the
knowletige'whic4 I have, that spies and informers
are abroad, and sent amOtigst you. The system
of espionage is now carried to such au extent,
that there is not a tap•room or a pot-house in the
metropolis, or scarcely in the country, without
one or two of these worthies being in nightly
attendance ;' and not only my Lord Sidittimth, but
the Lord Mayor of London, knows
,the substance
of every conversation that pAseg tliere, as well as
those who freqUent these lint-bee's of every thing
that is base. and profligate. " •Thtle mons•ers
human. form are -hired and paid to make !dots,
And entrap the unwary into a participaon of
their hellish'plans. Your parts of the coutvty
are fall of thent; that I Itty may hatch op some
imuigi ary trot:lon, preparatory to the Meeting
.of l'arliament, whiz!) is to take place, as " The
Coot ier" infOrms us, to pot dOwn treason,
which, of Course, they will not fill to manufacture
for the occasion. I know that some ot these are
about to urge you to simultaneous Meetings, its
.the ratty part of Nuvember,bilt he ware,my friends,
and disappoint the tigers of their prey There
are those who toe gone ft nun the Metropolis to
Manchester and elsewhere for this purpose, the
money to pay for whose expilices, there and back,
I have not the least doubt, may be traced to
Whiueball, slaw-ugh those who have been the in-
centiout and un.nspecting instruments may not be
aware of the fact ; but recollect, my friends, that,
at such a period as the present, an ignorant
and itudiscreet zeal nuay produce more mischief
titan es enau Oliver him,elf. I am the last mAts
on earth "that would advise you to refrain from

meeting- tO express your grievances, and to
tlernand your rights. Nay, 1 would urge a Meet-
ing in evety County, City, Town and Pat its
the United Kingdom, where they have not al.
ready met to express their-opinions upon the
at Marichester, and to take measures for
bringing the and their abettors to jus'ice.
But if any one.•bas been from London to advise or
yecotnne‘nd a Meeting at Manehester,underthe pre-
lent agitated state of the public mind, hi must be
a'remorseles's fiend indeed. No one will go to
such a Meeting unartned, after the cowardly
and motilationi which %%ere perpetrated in the
16th ; and 'Where is the man who would advise
you to meet armed ? I say. my Friends of Blan-
chester, meet not till every effort has been male and
tailed, to bring to justice the ; and then,
and not till then, will there be any question whe-
ther you ought to meet or not.
I know, and can naturally feel, that all those
who were present at Manchester on the 16(1i,
must be anxious tO have arms to ptottct them-
selves frran a repetition of such wanton cruelties,
Etid as I know of no law yet Mat prohibits ats
nglishman` from having arms for his own pro-
tection, I will not take upon myself to recoils,-
mend you not to have them, but of this 1 ant
quite sure, that no titan should procure arms stir.
reptitiooly, or keep them secretly ; all should be
i•liine as orenly (;(• at all), and the purpose as
openly avowed, as the armed associations that are
training in &El-crew parts of the country.
But above all, my friends, enter not the doors
of a' rublic-house; refrain from all spirits and
intoxicating liquors.
~.Ret»ember that nine-tenth;
Of the publicans are your enemies ; they are tools
in the, hands of the Magistrates, and must do any
thing they v.ish them to do, hoWever disgraceful,
iu order ,to secure their licenses. •

Abstain from beer, spirits, and 'tea, and your
be4lth, yotir mbrals, your pockets, and your cba•
r4eter ks in4,n, will he improved. Your enemies►
encourage you to gamble and get drunk for a two-
told purpose, the one to pick your pockets,• the
utber to render you slaves.
As I 14 tu now pressed for time, I shall do my•
self tl►e honour of addressing you again very soon..
I,► the menu tsmr, hrii,:tre me your sincere friend,
Middleton Cottage, Oct. 19, 18t9. H. HUNT.

LETTER FROM THISTLE WOOD.

Dear Friends and Suffering Countrymen,

I little expected I ever should be called upon trs
address to you a word to repel so foul and wick•
ed an iniinnation against myself, of being a spy,
and much Ices did I expect, a tew weeks 'lgo, that
such insinuation would proceed [ram Henry Hoot,
the supposed friend of the People, of Justice, and
of Liberty. I beseech you to read his letter to
" The Morning Chronicle" of the 23,1 October,
it3l9, and judge of his pretensions of being the
real character he wishes to appear; indulge me
with your attention, while I examine many of his
acts, and many of hi* expressions.
It is now become necessary to show men in
their trite characters, that we may have as few
knaves and dictators amongst us xs possille, its
the great change about to take place in the af-
fairs of this country.
With many of you, I once believed this man to
be a brave, a valiant, and a proper person to
push forward the great C 41.130 of Ltberty, and gsva

'of him in sincerity, 411 lire %option 'Meek lev, in
taly power, to raise him 're the '4 Pinnacle of Po-
p:, eery," in expectation, when he ern the, e.
would proceed onweed to the completion .11
task he ,Vas expeeted by all real Reformers to me-
. siet in. Whether he is doing so by throwing rio-
t:in:brands eft •discord amongst those who have
(eh hfully co-operated in the cause, I shall leave
you, my friends, and the world,to decide.
Prtvioirs en going ieto detail iu my remarks
upon his letter, I beg to say a few words upon
that of an enonyuores coward, who writes from
Manchester ; I deny having vuede any exertion to
tiodersnine the popelality of Hunt, particularly
hi that patt of the kingdom. 1 had no occasion
to do so; his own condoct since the der preeions
the procession is feducing it faster than any
exprefsion 1 can use to lower him, and I defy the
essassin-like writer to prove when and. where I
toeotioned Hunt's name, but to defend myself or
1)r. Watson against his attempt!' to destroy
us—
bring more desiroes nor to injure the cause.
If simultaneous
,l‘leetings were proposed, had
they not beet: propitsed also by Hunt, at the first
:Spa•fiel<ls kliet•ting Is there any law to prevent
out .thoits-ind Or, tme million,. or more people of
these coituirhs to ;wet at one place or more
pl4ers in one day, with arms or without aunt,
with flags or without flags, rtt theie, option ? Hes
stronger language been used, by myself than by.
Hew ?: Are not sinoiltatreous meteiogs desired
by all the seffering 'Hopie all over the three kitee-
limns ? Will they ever obtain the reform they
seek, moil the great inejority of the poor meet
on one day for one purpose, and continue meet-
ieg until their prayers are :answered; and their
constitutional claims arc grinned ? Does not
Hilo. know this to be true ? Could he not, after
his liberation from prison, after his extraordinary
introdeetion trinmpliently into Lontlan, accom-
panied by half a million of people, l ask, could he
ii instantly have called a Sillitiltanecms meeting
Of the kingdom, and brought the catote of Reform
fo a conclusion, favourable to the people ? Do
you think hiM sincere in the cause for not doing
it ? Do you think he ever means to do so? If
lie does, do you believe be ever will again have
so fair an opportuaity ? Do you conceive that
the anottymoua writer mites like in honest pa-
tiiot, or a breve man. when he speaks of " the
woundad pride of the Alagistreey, awl the infu-
riated spirit of the Yeomanry" being a motive for
delaying to assert the rights of Englishmen to
inert to consult
,upon their grievances, and ap-
peal to the Prince upon the subject ? What, has
not the voice of the nation taught the Magistrates
and the Yeomanry the error of their conduct ?
11 nut the Magistrates end Lord Mayors of
Loudon, York, &c, done the same, by allowing
meetings in their,respective cities and districts in
rtriny pdrts of the kingdom ? ties/hie stated so
fer in answer to the anonymous writer in The
Chronicle, 1 proceed to comment on the treprin-
eipltel letter of Flint himself. In- doing so, it
will be necessary. to crave your patience to the
oio.ereatietis I shall make, to rebut the effect he
wishes to baYe upon the minds of the public,
whose favourable opinion I only look for as far
as I am honest in the common cause of the people
ag,iust the faction which oppresses ibern, and as
ter a,e,my humble (Irons can be useful, in con-
,junction with their own, to extricate them from
tie thraldom they have fallen into ; farther than
this, I disclaim all desire of idle and vain popule-
riey, and defy my worst enemy to th.e proof where
or when I ever have shewn such a disposition, al-
though I can appreciate with great respect the
esteem of lily much-injured countryfolks.
After Ilunt's cawing introdeetion, and his
abuse of your enemies for the-evident purpose of
exciting a feeling amongst the people, who, I now
verily believe, he cares as little about as the worst
of their enemies, no longer than they serve to
raise him to be the demagogue of the times; after
this introduction, lie proceeds insidiously to at-
tack those be does not name (procuring some auo-
iqmous tool to do that dirty work for him), al-
though it is clear to whom he alludes, knowing,
Ili he says, " that some of these are about to,
urge simultaneous Meetings in the early part of.
November, there are those who are gone from the
IVietropnhs to Manchester and elsewhere for this
purpose, the money for-whose expenses there and
beck I have not the least doubt may be traced to
Whitehall." Read the words of this insidions
sottadrel, without principle or feeling ; mark
well- hi; language, and'believe, if you can, that
leech a man cae be the honest friend of any maw
of the people, and judge if he does not stand most
in net of a retort-it of his own dishonourable,
assassin-like conduct. I appeal to the world, and
even to our enemies, if Elunt'S conduct is not the
extreme c,f iiceutio,s depravity and bad faith.
He has-broke the heart of Cleary, he has dis-
heartened mauy a man from exerting himself
in the cause of liberty ; but he will not break
mine; he attempeed to crush, by his impetuous,
vulgar, and brutal attack, the sincere Dr. Wale
tee, bet he will fail in this attempt also. I call
upon ‘ltroe, of Manchester, to tell you from what
treasury 41. came to defray the expenses of the
party " there and hack." I refer them to Mr.
IYevison to confirm the payment of that sum, and
1 refer them to Mrs. 'fhistlewood, who can pro-
duce, the documcnts for the remaieder of the ex-
peeces much for his infamous insinuation
aboet the Treasto y 4t Whitehall.
_Now for his
wise observation that " indiscreet zeal may pro-
thiee tooremischiel than en Oliver himself;" it is
familiar to this man to Ilse 01ivei's name when it
1,41:t3 his purpose to throw odium upon others.—
W.ho doubts the evils which may be proditeed by
iutemperete zeal ? But if we are to he 'cast down
and ruined in our character by may be's, 1
ci,1;(1 say that the people's chains may be ri-
vette:llllkm them by their tyraets by the delay
this man seems willing in advise for the purpose
of wraogling with Judges and Counsellors
.in
Courts of Law. It is very easy to pass opinions;
but I esk you, whether the people, wihout a
prodigious quantity of of greet perseverance,
wt.! ttl uficomuttin exertioas and bravery, can ex-
pect to succeed in rtA'orrning. the abuses which
howeet th"Cin deign to the earth ? And 1 ask
yoo, ethetker it will ,not requii.e the united co-
r,:tioe to desCeeee time d6spotistu
e'de.avotiring.t,i be OtaTilished I y the factiooio
eeeeet ? seld-my Lord toelireite;the brave,
end active friend of Liberty? Did he not

, .
''eretalm—" Thosemen (meaning St. Sic,Theu's
' gang) can tautly be influenced by their fears ;
meet, therefore, as usual ?" And 111(1 he Out, in
conjunction with Hunt in Spafields, meet sitnni-
tatwously near Portamouth I But the latter great
pet soilage never approves of ought but what is
proposed by himielf, even to the colour of a flag,
it it is not red. . -
But.pray, my friends, why am I to be called a
spy for having an opinion alt well as the brave
Cochrane, or Haut, the vt ould-he Dictator, and
for entertaining an opinion in common witii your-
selves, that we ought to proceed on 'with Meet-
ings-, and that in greater numbers than ever ? But
does be, by endeavouring to endanger my life,
wish to exonerate himself frtsm all responsibility
of danger in your cause ? Or does he not show
himself a hid General, thus always to be quarrel-
ling with, his Lieutenants ? Can a General ever
succeed if he ill-treats his Officers ) Does a single
trait of hammy or principle • seem to influence
this mart's conduct ? Without provocation, is he
not flinging the firebrand of disajou aaeryarLera,
and troiongst all he associates with ? Butt read his
letter—look at his inconsistency. Will not the
satyr's rebuke to the 'traveller apply forcibly to
hint ? Dors he not blow hot and.cold- with the
:same breaqi ? flow then can he he trousted ?
IVlten it suits his purpose, be blows warm, he
rerommenda Meetings aed arms ; when it is his
pleasure in ihe next" paragraph he blOwc cold, and
calls the person a remorseless fiend indeed to re-
cotumend a Meeting at Manchester muter the pre-
sent agitated state of the public mind. Who
created this agitated state? And arc they not to
be pub!iely told of it, and publicly and powerfully
opposed.? Did not the last Smithfield Meeting
take place wider the same agitated state of mind
Did not the Palace-yard Meeting also take pl.a.ce
under the same agitated state of the public mind ?
Are the tyrants of the country to be suffered to
organize their forces against the people and esta-
brush instant despotism ? Meat ! shall every man'
of energy be stigmatized as a " remouseless
fiend ?" If so, the best Generals would deserve
the imputation on the eve of every battle he en-
gaged iu.

Does this man, or can any fool in the kingdom
expect that a Reform will as etisily'be obtained
from the tyrants as the shelling of a nut when
ripe, which falls from its busk into the hand which
gathers it
Perhaps the Gentleman has had enough of dun.
gers, and as he declared to the Manchester Ma•
gistrates he would be willing that all were buried
hi oblivion, he would perhaps wish whet- people
to do the same—that they would let the slaughter.
ins; of the people pass away without condign
punishment. Whar. then becomes of his vaunt.
ings, that i‘ the tiny:• is not far distant when the
people must tight for .their libertie,, and he would
not be totted in the rear ranks V.' liot I ask,
ought he to wait till the people begin ? Ought
lie not to be in the front ranks ? After what he
has so often told the people, ought he not to leaf
them forward, instead of declining attending
meetings for the purpose of (tittering away the,
spirit of the people, by wrangling "whit big
wigs in Courts of Law," and asking pardons af-
terwards, when men should be prep'aring to do as
he has told them, to fight for their liberties, is it
rght for this' fighting min to be gabbling in
Courts of Law ?

While legal and military despotism is preparing
to go hand in hand, does it become this man :0
skulk to his farm, under the vanity of styling him-
self a Cinemnatis.? But will he, like that virtuous
man, be found at ,the plough ? li he content with
four acres of Ilnd and a bard tire) Does be not
rather prefer washing his hands and hair with,
sweet scents and sweet waters, and all the vanities
ar,d luxuries of lite ? Is ire prepared to shar'e with .
fortitude and equanimity of the hardships
of the oppressed people struggling to be free ?
". I sly my friends of Manchester," as well as all
other Reformers, if you
.do wait " till every effort
has been made and failed to bring to justice the .
Magistrates and Yeomanry of Manchester in
Courts of Law," you will never gain your rights,
but will have restriction laws and stispension bills
passed to prevent you ever meeting again. I give
it as my opinion, my friends, if you do not suc-
ceed within a month to bring your enemies: to
reason; to answer your claims, your liberties are
g'one, for no man can say to what distant period
or what other favourable opportunity ; and if
you are to " fight for your liberties," the longer
you delay, the longer the fight will continue. See
what the tyrants are doing against you ; that every
the. Whigs 'must join your cause, or be lost in the
tide of despotism,is now but too evident. The funds
belong chiefly to the landed aristocracy, they arc
the chief holders ; witness the late Duke of North-
rimbet land's investments therein :o the amount of
1,200,0001. Will you not open your eyes, they
extort heavy rentals, invest a large surplus in the
Funds, nod make you pay an interest by taxa-
tion t'u those very extortions, and may keep up
the bubble perhaps till this generation has passed

Respecting Hunt's insinuation about public'.
h closes, 1 appeal to you, it either your faithful
friend, Dr. Watson, or myself, ever gave you an
example unworthy men of chat aver or moral
principle—whther we were ever seen disguised in
liquor—whether you cannot bear witness to our
extreme temperance—and whether we did not
eotne amongst you for tar more teputable motives
than drinking and gambling, or any immoral
practice ? What does this universal slanderer
mean by his unmanly insinuations and vulgar at-
tacks upon different people, in so many parts of
the kingdom, where I shall wepare to follow him ;
after asking you if the Retormets are of
.the de-
scription of drinking and gambiiug people, he in-
sinuates, did they get (hunk wt,en they so Olt
and generously guarded him for many hour 3 to-
gether to and front the hustings, at the West-
minster Deerion the nine-tenths of the
publicans feel themselves oblige(' to him for the
general libel he has passed upon their characters.?
Who is it he applauds ? Who is it that can re-
tain his good grains for a twelvemonth tpgeticr?
Let him examine into his own perlectionS., Does
he not a'tki,e every wan who opposes him with:
the mostunqualitied, abusive, fißd scorriloos lan-
guao;ilitaxging them as sties, Ste. ? Does he not
qua, rel with his hi!st-trienit•Vipo'n.eret'y
without any provocatiuu, but which floats tit Lls

own t options Mind, and unfeelintl. and .unptin,
cipled heart ? Did he not chive from him a ft kit dly
Committee at Bristol, by the violence of bis pas-
sion and abuse? Did he not there charge a man
with being guilty. of an linnarurill crime? Did he
not endanger the life of a Gentleman at the Crown
and Anchor Tavern, by charging him with being
Oliver the spy ? Did he not also accuse one of the
Reporters to a London Journal, who hissed him
upon the hustings in Covent-garden, of being
one of the Were-street gang? And was he iiot
execrated by the public for his cowardly, wicked,
and blackguard brutality ? Did he not charge
another Gentleman at Charing-cross with being
of that description of miscreants, to the clan.
gee of his life ? And did he not, in Water,
loo•place, Carlton-house, charge a Ciendeman
with being Oliver the spy, who received very se-
vere treatment in consequence, and his hat broke
in by the populace ? Did he nor, after Lis
tion front Lancaster tnison„ grossly insult and
abuse. his "Manchester mends ? And did he not,
after the cxertions which had been so long and
unremittingly used by the si;icere-hearted
Watwn, co support his bine, and to raise him to
the " pinnacle of popuhrity,": tvitliont any pro-
vocation whatever, grossly insult and call
him " officious, meddling fellow," fur cotn-
plyjng he wishes. of his friends to nominate
a personal friend of Pint's: to the chair, where,
as Cliairman, he would have been able to have.
eulogised the supposed Champion of Reform—to
say iinthing,of the indelicacy of flunt's taking the
chair himself.

But why Should I have taken all this trouble ?
Let him be more cautious of his own character.
1, is usual with this man to inake infamous cirerges
without the shadow of a shade of truth in them:
Let lain prove -himself honest ; let Lim answer
Mr. Blandford's letter. Hitt bow came he to
keep ano!her 51. subscribed fur INLijor Cart.
wripht's Committee, ~-Which was covered by the
veuerabie Major subscribing it back again for
; whet eas the 51. should have been applied.
by the Majf2r for public purposes printiug to
promote lielatn.

lint I cea.,e : Hunt is called up to London—not
like Cincionnttrs, to save the country, but to an-
swer his defdruation, and clear, it can, his
character.
siVly time is inipottantly occupied, I
sha:l do myself the pleasure to avail myself of an-
other opportunity to addiess you if occasion re-
quires it'; in the inteiiin

I remain your faithful fellow-sufferer,
ARTEII3I THISTLEWOOD.
Stanhope-street,
F.elth., Oct. 24, 1319.

P. S.. Does it, I would a>k you my friends, fol.
10w,..as a matter of course, that the people are
again to be sabred as. at Peterloo ? How many '
Meetings baye since taken place, and the Borough
iyrt6ts hire failed te) perform the second part of
the 011ie drama Is it not the same clamour.
raised now as at the last Spazfields Meeting, the
two Smithfield Meetings, and at the procession of
Hunt ? But you are fiat disposed to listen to the
hue anti cry, you will treat it as it•deserves, with
scorn' and contempt. •
A, T.

LETTER FROM BLANDFOIID TO .THISTLE WOOD.

DPAti SIR-With the greatest relnetatice I have
to conmunicale s circumstance evhich J would
most attrihute to forgetfulness, and con-
sign it 'Altogether to oblivion s'but that there are
other circumst,ances attar:ht:d to it which entirely
set aside such a conclusion. 1 confess I do not
like is compleiion, which leas fir some days oc-
casioned some very unpleasant reflections ; I say
this in Confidence, as I mould not on any account
that it should ,go forth to the world, being;. of that
:nature 'which evould
,give our enewies fill scope
.to descant 'eery unfavourably upon the ,conduct of
our champion,

'lso state it fairly, and submit the whole to your
candid auil impartial appreciation, I most refer to
'some .circumstances anterior to that nhict4 l lit re-
in allo4e.to.

I'Volt doubtless remember, that prior to the
l Smithfield Meeting, the Committee 'for the Penny
Subscription was Summoned to attend on Speci4l
business ; that they voted the sum of 41. 14s. I.
then remaining in the hands. of the Treasurer
plr. Hunt) 'should be applied to the defraying
of the expellees gf that meeting in Smithfield,
and •instructed their Secretary, Dr. Watson,
to make our an order to draw the same,
which he did, and gave it to me as Secretary
to the Committee of Two Moulted for that
purpose, whirh order I presente'd to Mr. Hunt ;
he looked at it, and said,' he had no , cash
till he had sent a cheque to the Bank ; this was
on Monday morning, the 19th ultimo. In the
afternoon 1 called again, and urged our want of
money for present use, be requested me to call
in the, evening. 1, in your presence, borrowed
one-pound note of Mr. Baldric, and in theeven-
.lng called again upon- Mr. Hunt, who after
someitesitation, said he could not pay the said
sum without the sanc:ion of the public, which
must be obtained at the public meeting; this,
I observed, would place us in a very aukwurd
situation, aril that if lie persisted al must be
necessitatea to borrow more money, or the
business must "tend still, and the object of the
Meeting weakened, if not defeated; here I left
trim, and Dr. Iliatson advanced One pound to-
wards the furtherance of what we were in pur-
snit of. The Meeting past, tire following
Morning the obtaining hail for Mr. Hairisoo
Occupied our attention (or some time ; af-
ter which I tigitio urged the payntent of the Penny
Subset iption money, and was by no meisos pleased
With this seeming reluctant,e to comply. Ile ask-
ed me fif there were any deficiency ? I replied,
Sir, I believe there \viil be a deficiency of up-
wards of six I,ounds.—He exclaimed,. '' what,
after the 4/. 14s. (id. is :Tait! ?"—Yes, Sir, a:-
tinf,ingh the ex;ientlitute is nearly !even polinds
under our calculation, lie requested me to call
again its two or three Lours, and he would have
emetic a cheque. 1 called :at the time, and
he 0i2P6.4;:et1 rue it I wonhl take a cheque to the
hanki u
tig-lsose of William Will(:ms and Co. Bit.-
chin-1,4,11e, to be cashed t. I agre.ed. Tire eht title
foutO wa,m')rawri by.Chades;Pearsoo,
fke potoids. *I eseoted try Ji..ndhadflte,a mourns ,
i 4 five one-ponied notes ; these I gave to Mr.
Hun:, anti be requested 11ir. Giles, W.lO was ist

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the room, to oblige him with silver for one .°f
them. Mr. Giles did's°, and Mr. flitirt t'.A`re lie
tour of the notes, and. 143. Gil. iu -silver, the,,l
ainuant of the penny sithscrity ion, which Ohniir,''‘
lie, as 1 (bought-, seemed reluttantly to mart seitn/,
lie said he was glad to get rid- of.
Now, Sir. we come to the point which ball"
my conjectures, and which I 'float unwillinglY
touch upon, You had informed me that Mr'
Pearson had promised, that after the Meeting'
should there be a deficit, he would snake it up to
the amount of five pounds.' Mr. Hunt' had leiC
town, and at your instigation I waited upon. Nii.
Pearson relative to the abovc; Itecompanied bt
Dr.. Watson, bit Mr. Pelrson (-ad not-returned
from Birmingham ; vvas expected at four o'clock'
r. ax. On the following day] had an interview, told
producing three hills due for printing, posting, 846*
the placard offering the'revvard of ten guineiisi
Mr. Pearson! observed, " what have I to do will:.
them ? do they expect more money from me ? '
have given five (pounds towards the expellee of (1):
Meeting, and do the Committee expect more 0`
use -:'" Sir,-1 replied, I have callediu conseq,,el
reek 01 your having bs:ctred Mr. Thistlewood, .thtt, II
eh were any deficit after theAleefing, you %conk'.
cover it to the amount of sh. Mr. Pearson 911.
strcred, I did not wait till aster the•neeting ; I gel°
it.; I. gave a cheque for .5:. to Mr, 11,1 pr tor tbil
purowie, and " sorely they do trot want more °
me!" Guess my liStOlifiShnirnt! Out O I
f (hart cheque
had received the Peony Subscription,-aA hot thel
amount of . it, as ii.tentled by Mr.. Pc ,Arson. I
could only reply, that I was quite in the dark fl''''
t her than I had explained, fedrrig• to's:„y, ntore
lest tile exposure sir aid suhiect Mr: How "1
public censure, and sink him into nothing. Thi".*
of this and be silent. for a hiemit Would devil
him ; therefore be durn4 for riii'sEilie- for ours!.
and for the cause. YoUr's sincerely. • '
(Signud) EDWARD JC)S..hLANDFORD.`
London, Aug. 4, 1919.
To Mr. A fiOstiewood.
Do not show this to any person except the.
Doctor.