The Sun.
London, England, 1817-02-06 00:00:00

sp,t-riv.l,l" PETITION.

riOttl COCIIRANIt.rku to prettent the Pitlitiooo
the distressed Inimbittnits of the Me:r(Tedis ant
the vicinity, praying fot, 4tf,trot, agtt•cil to a
Sim-fields nn Cite 2(1 of -I)eccinber kst. Jr wic

aigred,. he miht, by 24,400 natoes • It complAineil
of the ititolet able weight of t•O4-ation, of. the dis-
' tresscs nt the country, and of the squandering of
umney extracted from the poet:eta of an pp.
pressed and impoveriblied people; to support sine.
cure placenten 'and pensioners. - The petition was
I.l;•rittett in temperate respectful language- more
temperate indeed than he (Lot d Cochrane) would
have employed had he dictated the tetras in
which it should he conveyed. lie was instructed'
'to sav, in answer tc> tollSellONlS and 101114itptClliC1lt3
that hail gone uhrntid, that the tweeting which hid
toted this petition had not heett in the least ac.

*eels°, y to the riots and disturbances which alarm-
et' the Metropolis on the day on which it, was
..Noted, These dist tirliattet;s originated in the .vio-
lenee'of eertaiu persons called the Spenceens, who
had "adopted the wild theory, that the ' land of
thecutintry . did not belong ao the present pro-
prietors, hut Lb the 4".overbblent, who were bound
to make' a fair distribution of its produce oolong
*the people. Notlilig cook lie sourer fro and
labsord than stieli a bcbetne•l tot what would
rrititers, who 1141 Arcady made such rapid stlides
the,,,eonsus y, with the With!! pot
into tneir huks.ll,,er„tros, execute it they caidd gra,p
ell the landetipaprorty of the nation Ilene, and
laty,b,)--.l.l4!OaßtiiW high we wet c reaticedcoold
only bate bt!ell inrotighe about by a cOrr opt mode
ot sending membe.ts,., to -Parliament. The'Nohle
Lord :Arsine& again 14 his (twit electioneering ox-
:pretence 'ar,Hossitoss, uhrtre rotes were openly,
steatredly; air4l:-Olibpit
,hinglY sold. Ile could pt 0-
duce bilN„"4,,Visil,,tnotiey he. hail paiii foe tcizß
seat, and couldJappealtto.the testimony of
ber of tile [louse, who saw him discharge them,
When he asked who wes the favotirite candidate,
lae wee told by the'electors of this, bototigh that
If was Mt'. Mmi, for they mould give their support
'to hint' whit would 'ray them most for it. A, Re-
' form. was not only necessary to put an end• to
such 'disiqaceful scenes of bribery and corrup-
tiots, but to prevent the Governmetit front stilton-.
dyeing the public money in procuring the return
or 'Members, Wlui, lii the first, instance, 'cost
the' contitty the pa ice of 'their seats,' and ever
afterwards 8.441.1, themselves to .the
wit btfallieJell, isay,, that twiny obstruct ISM •
W4B thrown in' the req., of procuring signitnres to
this' petition. Publitans „'Wel e threatened With,
Iseing deprived:of their lit:ekes if they either sign-
ed it themselves, or sillt4ed it Ito remein fOr-sig-•
Oat itre3 at their. louses. The gas light meat were
likevOiSe.intimidated by their masters. The Noble
Lord %vital& slot pledge himself for' the truth of
these statements but %Otto the people were std.
fering so nmcit, when they wete labouring :mlct%
. the most grievous distresses of which we can have
any conception, or which Hoy tyranny could in-
flict, death hystatvation being as terrible as sfdro.
cation in the black hole of Calcutta, he did think
that they heir a right to state their 0114'441E5, and
to bomMand an attenz ye consideretion at hem, The
petition proyed,as a ruaaemly, for animal Pm liaments
and universal stafroi4e, The. Noble moved
that it be brottglivnii'asul lead, which it was ac-
cordingly.
Mr. Gaasynn,,wis,l44l' to submit to the [louse
an, observation or two in consequence of this aml
other Petitions, although he,was sensible of how
little weight his opinions were, Ile would not '
touch 'the great question of Parliamentary Re-
form ; but, feeling us he did, the blessings we en-
joyed as a nation, .venerating the Constitution of
his conntry from the deepest conviction of Ale
heottitsrit conferred, and the excellence of the
institutions it protected, believing (het, it seettred
to all who had the happiness to live tinder it a
greater degree of. rectical liberty and. individual
enjoyments thou cier tell to the lot of any 'other
ttation in any otLer age, he could not free his mind
from some alarnt at the disorganizing doctrines
that were now SO induetrionsly propagated—
doctrines which had forinerly been propagat-
ed in wait country, which bad becta aball•
sense of the evils 'pith which they
weve pre 1;0011t, 0110 iVbigli be. never expected to
see again ,prvvslent i,liseerines which, being
wittily followed in a neighbotning conntry, had
produced result; not. only d.sgracefill to human
nature, from their atrocity and cruelty, but de-
structive of liberty itself, Acting nutter the int•
pression of danger front the wild sch,enies afloat,
but' not relaxing its his vigilance in watching the
expendittir*e, and recommending every practical
reduCtion t het might allay poptder irritation, or
alleviute national distress, tae wits prepared to
eoileur in any measures that might have tor their
object to reitist the mitehinations of those men,
sonic of limit deluded, but others wicked and
dangerous, who, under the name of reform, were
endeavouring to ktfeet • revolution, and to involve
the country in anarchy and.
Lear!) •

The Petitioo was Theo'ordered to lie on the
table.

Lord Coettlt*No presented petitions from Lee;
in Lancashire, and front h u t t:forth, hi York -
tithe; 'Lord J. iti=iisv.ax.., one. front the
t. Totistock isild Mr. iinttVllY, (Iris front the
City 01 NOI ‘4ll lir:lying tor reform,