The Sun.
London, England, 1819-11-02 00:00:00

MEETING ol"rriv, RADICALS.

The Meeting called by Poetor 'NV ATSON took
place yesterday in Finsbury Market-place. As the
persoweorsvicted of ,trifirrde;- on Friday was exe-
csued yesterday, it 'wee expected that as on the
celebrated 2d December, the 'day of the Spa-fields
Riot, the Ralficals wouldin the first intance mus-
ter in the Old Bitiley, and thence proceed in a
body to the intended place of Meeting. But the
weather %YRS too untavotirable to admit'nf their
assembling so early on this as on the former oc-
casion.; and when ilst murderer who suffered yes-
terday was cut down; no expression of a political
nature escaped from the accumulated rabble. No
regularity or system was observable in their move-
ments. One-patty followed the cart which con-
veyed the remains of the miserable being who had
just e;spiAted Isis crime with Isis blond, to the place
of dissection ; a considerable number of persons
remained to see the apparatus for the execution
removed, and the remainder dispersed in various

directions.
The rain, with little intermi:sion, continued to
fall for sow:. hours. It was not a strong torrent
that fell, but a still, small, severely searching rain,
that soon found its way through hat)ilitnents of
the closest, texture, and gave the Reformers' faces
a washing,•of which, through their conseieutinus
objections to coottibute to tire revenne by con-
suming soap, many of them had stood much in
tired tar some time. The vrects were, of course,
extremely dirty ; • and perhaps. the acentnulation
of mud was the greater from the absence of most
of (tic suit...pets, who were engaged in preparing
the Resolutions of the day, and in attending the
patriotic Committees where they were discussed,
to obtain for the People the invaluable blessings
of Parliamentary Refortn rind Ullivetsal Suff-

I rtge.

The place on which the Fellow Syfferers, as the
Radicals (using a phrase that may not always be
pplica hie to their condition) think proper to
style tht !melees, %vete to meet, was a fil!hy swamp
of coosiderßble size, and of a shape—the mathe-
matical figure for which does not immediately
occur to us, and which, without more circumlo-
cution than it is worth, we could tint exactly de-
scribe. It is probable that General Thistlewood
considered it a fine military position, Ns he might
be of opinion that the rail which defended its en-
trance from Moorfields would oppose a formidable
obstacle to the approach of cavalry ; whilst two
enormous stagnant ponds (or puddles) he might
expect would secure the two wings of his army
from being surprised by infantry, or by the Gen
times, expected to be despatched" in a hurry
from Worsfrip-street. Behind was a small emi-
nence, well defended by posts, on which General
Preston was expected to be stationed with the
reserve, amid from the summit of which it was sup-
posed the red waistcoat of the Spartan hero would
be seen to more than common advantage.
Early in the morning, three or four carts were
seen on time field of action—a quantity of earth
was brought to dry up the swamp,- and eight or
ten men were employed to pick out the bricks
and stones from the rubbish there deposited.—
These proceedings filled the few patriots who
Lad beets dispatched for the purpose of making
•a reconnoissance with infinite surprise. At first,
the least informed among them—we mean
those who were not in the confidence of the
General—were Inclined to suppose the swamp
was dried up for the accommodation of 'the
bare-footed gentry who were shortly to be march-
ed there, but this idea was soon refuted by the
well-known fact, that Mr. Hunt had not as yet
refunded the fire pound note, and .the penny sub-
scription at the Carlisle amounting to but two
shillings and eleven pence, it seemed quite impos-
sible that their Chancellor of the Exchequer (Dr.
Watson) .out of " Nays and Means" so scanty,
could set so many horses, carts, and men to work,
without having recourse to a loan, a measure of
finance which he disdained to countenance, as it
would create a new National Debt, of which the
" fellow-sufferers" would be likely to complain,
wloen the sponge shall have been constitutionally
spptied to the existing debt of the Borough-
enongets.
Ready money and a loan then being equally out
of the question, it was at length resolved that the
wart's in progress must be that of the Magistrates;
and it was concluded that the swamp was to be
filled up, that cavalry might be 'able to charge
nore effect ; and the stones and bricks were
st!ted to be picked out that the Reformers might
no ha ve the :Heaps of pelting their assailants.
These i rersons, however, declared that arms were.
ISA to I re carried by those who attended the meet-
it g. his was said to be a mere newspaper flam,
bu it wi ms triumphantly announced that front 40
to 60 nit wings would take place iu the course of
the day ; and as General Thistlewood had more
than a w eek ago announced that the people, if at
all, must triumph over their enemies in Me course
of a mom 4, it seemed a little improbable that he
should et .pect the great work to be accomplished
merely b y means of reason, ;unaided by arms,
h4laly as he might think of his own argumenta-
tive powe rsj and much as be might expect from
the brilliam3 efovsence, profound researches, and
lofty dechsentstion Dr. Watson, Mr. Preston,
and though last not i,a_`l,(il) intel*Wal power),
blr. Samuel Waddiugtou ! •
The measures of the Alaist:
ejtes, wete,however„;
condemned . without scruple reserve, and the
Army Estimates were forthscith taken into con-
sideration by-the. first straggfcrs Oat assembled.
All conderrmeift he augmentatitmu of t he army—all
declaimed against the military ; and i'soe Orator,
though " be admitted it was rskry to sPeqt
of the soldiers its public, as beisi.g theii 'friend
_s;'
and fellow countrymen, yet in p.'•)4,!"` -of
tact, there was DO doubt that the SuViddies
fight against liberty to the utmost ; and for Lis
otaon part, he never saw a man in a ret 1 coat, b.ll
he set him down for a rascal !"

At twelve o'clock a number of stragglit, idle"
took their station in, fbe Market-place, amtk rallied
St-ind Waddington, kvlio stood at the nort side
of the, open space, waving the large tri-colt ured
flag, on which 4110 words '' England, Ira did,
pind-Scot!antl," were inscribed. IVaddington se; 'w-
ed quite his element, acrd occasionally E
lat.ged Lis auditors; while he waved the flag iu
cue must imposing manner. At this* time a 'e

numbers assemplolc,l did not exceed -3;43 they we, e
chiefly of the woe king classes, inclu a num-
ber of,ikile boys and some women.
Shortly after one o'clock, a .bustle at the side
next Finsbury-square indicated the approach of
some person of note, and a haeknepecoach, which
was followed by a number of boys, drove up to-
wards Waddington's flag, and set down the leaders
of the Meeting, who were—Dr. Watson, Thistle-
wood, Preston, a person named Walker, and one
or two others. The hackney coach Was followed
by an open waggon, which was- drawn up
near the pavement, and immediately graced by
the personages we have already mentioned, and
several others of lesser consideration. As soon as
they were placed in this imposing attitude, the re-
mainder of the Radicals, or, as they are called,
the General Committee and Committee of Ma-
nagement, advanced to the spot with one Or two
musicians and nice or ten flogs. This part of the
procession did not consist of more than about 50
persons.

As soon as the flags were arranged in the wag-
gon, Mr. Walker came forward, and moved that
Dr. Watson be called to the Chair.
This was instantly acceded to, and the Doctor
came forward and thanked them for the honour
they fiNd conferred noon him.
This part of the business being disposed of, Mr.
Walker proceeded to read the Requisition in put-.
.sosince of Which the Meeting was convened. •
Dr. ‘VATsoN then addressed the crowd;--fie
asserted Isis readiness to come' forward at all times
in the cause of the people, and he hoped, under
similar circumstances, there world always be
found persons ready to do the •same. He de-
plored the massacre at Manchester, but had it
not in contempla.iots that any t king of the
kind was I.lcely to take place in London, as he
was convinced that it attempted—that if but a
few lives were lost, the public would repair to
their homes—seize any missile weapon that
might present itself, return and rally together; and
exterminate those who had presumed to infringe
their liberties. He set forth the necessity of
having'simnlranenas meetings to appeal to the
Regent ; he attacked Mr. IVooler and the Editor
of the leading Whig journal, and entered into a
calculation which went to show that the poor fa-
milies in the kingdom, which comprehended
1,6,000,000 out of 16,000,000 of its inhabitants,
contributed in taxation, by the price which from
the operation of the Corn Bill and other measures
they paid for their bread, annually, not less than
36,000,0001. to the public revenue. He main-
tained that a revolution was not wanted, or it
could have been effected before this time by the
people. On the day of the great meeting in
Smithfield, for instance, it might have been ac-
complished ; on the day of Hunt's entry into
London; or even on this day. Stich, however, was
not their object. He then defended Mr. Carlile,
and, after a variety of miscellaneous.obsertations,
finished by moving certain Resolutions,'
Twenty-five of the Resolutions were then read,
the last of which was as follows :
" That as all hopes are at an end, that the
Members returned to the Commons House of Par-
liament under the present system of borough pro-
prietorship and corrupt influence, will ever reform
the present eritremely partial representation of
the People, and as that for time immemorial the
King has occasionally exercised a privilege of en-
franchising the People of local districts, towns,
or villages ; that for the advantage of the People,
and as a peaceable and legitimate mode of com-
plying with their desire, and their right to share
by their Representatives in the Government they
by their industry uphold, and the better to secure
their Liberties, the Prince Regent, in the said Ap-
peal, he admonished to listen to the voice oldie suf-
fering People, forthwith to issue his 'rits to the
Sheriffs of Counties, and to all Chief Constables;
Ileadhoroughs, and Constables, or other proper
Officers of the United Kingdom of Great Britain,
and Ireland, to call upon the People to assemble
and to elect, out of every 7000 adult male per-
sons, one adult male person of fair and reputable
character, to represent them in the Commons
House of Parliament. That every male adult of
sound mind, not incapacitated by crime, be eli-
gible to be elected (save those persons here-
after excepted) ; and that peace and order
may 'be preserved, and bribery and corrupt in-
fluence may be avoided ; that the People be directed
to elect the said Representative by Ballot ; and
that all cause of offence, envy, jealousy, and malice
may cease. That no religious opinions, or the
possession or non-possession of property, be a dis-
qualification to any person being elected ; but that
nevertheless all persons directly or indirectly em-
ployed under Government, or enjoying place, pay,
or pension from Government, be ineligible to be
returned to represent the People in the Commons
House of Parliament"—

A fight happening to take place while the Reso-
lution• were being read,

Dr. WATSON desired that the combatants might
be parted, and called out to the crowd to keep the
must quarrelsome person quiet.—He then read
over the 25th Resolution to the crowd, and made
another speech on the subject,
Mr. Foil LSTER seconded the Resolutions.
Dr. WATSON again addressed the crowd at con-
siderable length, after which the Resolutions
were carried.

Lie then read an Address to his Royal Highness
the Prince Regent, in which the following pas-
sages occur :

" And we owe it as a duty to you, our country,
and ourselves, to declare, that considering the
unsatistactail answer you were advised to return
to the Citiiens of London, when they addressed
you Upon the cruel enormities committed .upon the
11unit-ending, defenceless people of Manchester, by
a ferocious Yt.omanry, igitorant of, and disre-
garding the rights of Englishine.n that the People
assembled to' aetermine upon this Appeal, expect
your Ministers will aaiise a.trde explicit and a
more favourable answer.

" %Ve should. deem Ourselves wanting in that
C,onesty towards you, which becomes men possess-,
a high sense of their liberties, to conceal froth
that another such answer may. endanger the
stabiOfy of that thronecou whiCh your ancestors
were Watt(' by our ancestors, and the Crowti
which you hold in sufferance (so long as you con-
form tt, jth'tice) by the will of a great:people.
1' The pcuple are now. grovin wore wise; and

at:ain Oriven ley the' ololoracv end oppression of
0 irked Counsellors, into another Revolution, be
assured they woold render it more glorious, more
permanent, and more secure than the nue of IGSS.
In the confusion which might prerede its final
coMplerion—in the summat y and strict instiee
which might then prevail, the most elevated person-
ages, if then found opposed to the welfare, the liber-
ties, and happiness oldie peopleonight be involved
in their high displeasure and condemnation. They
have for 40 years patiently waited (or a Reform of.
Porliument, -and of abuses, which have drained
them Of their wealth, and driven them into de-
spair and misery. They have asked for the bread
of freedom, and their oppressors have given them
the stone of despotism. They have legally met
to consult upon their rights and grievances—and
their tyrants have, in cold blood, snbred . and
massacred defenceless men, women, Find children.
Your Counsellors, miitaking the love of peace,
cherished by iodu!tuions mei), for cowardice,
have, in their monstrous folly, advised you to
thank the ferocious perpetrators of .these enor-
mities. Can you suppose that the descendants
of the Britons who armed at Runnymede, com-
pelled a tyrant Icing to obey the voice of reason
and justice—who brought another to plibl-c exe-
cution—and compelled a third. to. descend from
the throne he unworthily occupied—can yon sup-
pose that that people, front .who'un were taken in
later days the brave men., who Lave filled the
would with astonishment at the valour of their
deeds—can you, Sir, be so deluded by Ole misre-
presentations HMI intolerance, bnifirouery, and
hypocrisy of the men who surround you, as to
imagine it nossible for such a people for a longer
season to bear with insult, blonder, and murder."
Mr. PRESTON moved that the Address should be
adopted:

Mr. GoUI.n seconded the motion ; took a gene-
ral view of the state of the tiade, and condemned
Ministers as a woolly-headed Administration, fur
not better attending to its interests.
Dr. WittsoN made another speech, after which
ttie Address was carried.
The following Resolutions were then moved :--,

. ,
" That Dr. Watson he requested to present the
said Appeal of 'the People to the Prince. Regent.
to the Secretary of State for Home Affairs ; and
that Mr. Suet, Mr. Davison, and Mr.'Gale Jones,
be invited to accompany the said Dr. Watson to
present the same; and that they be instructed to
signify to the Secretary of State, that the people
now assembled will meet again on the 15(11 day of
November, to hear the report of the Secretary:of
State for Home Affairs, whether he has laid the
Appeal before the Prince his Master, and whether
the Prince Regent will deign to listen to the ad-
vice, and consent to the desire of the myriads of
suffering and aggrieved people of these countries.
" That we will use every means in our power,
and never cease to inculcate the principles of the
foregoing Resolutions into the minds and upon
the hearts 'of our children, our families, and our
friends; and that we will, from time to time, read
them over, that we may never forget the glowing''
feelings of patriotism and lore of liberty excited
in our breasts by die plaudits of assembled iny-
riadi of our Countrymen, panting for the enjoy-
mew of Freedom and the Rights of Man."
Mr. PRESTON spoke at Some length on the ne-
cessity of declaring war against a paper cuireney.
Dr. %VATSON made another speech, and the Re-
-5014164.113 were catfied.

Seven or eight other speeches were made by
Dr. Watson, and the multitude were also addressed
by Mr. Thistlewood, by Mr. J. IVaddington, and
Mr. Davison. Thi last mentioned pe'sou (a man
of colour), in returning (hanks for thanks voted
to him, announced it to be-his intention to bring
arms With him to the Meeting of the 15th instant
for self-defence. Thanks were given to Mr.
Tbistle.wood ; and Mr. Davison moved that the
thanks of the Meeting should he given to their
Chairman, /)r. Watson. The Doctor upon this
made another speech, in which he desired them to
reserve their thanks till it should be seen whether.,
or not he continued to deserve then,. A vote of
thanks to Mr. Hunt was put into his .hands, and
upon this he was proceeding to speak of the dif-
ferences' which. had arisen between them ; this,
however, was violently opposed, and his friends
attempted to pull him down. He then finished
by adviiiqg the crowd to disperse: A fight, hOve•
ever, subsequently arose in the waggon, trout some
persons having entered who had no right to be
there ; this was terminated by the vehicle moving
forward, but it had not proceeded far when it went
into a slough, inclined on one side, and seemed
about to turn over. Many jumped out, ,but some
declining the plunge into the mud and water which
awaited -them, still remained in the• Its'aggon.
These were assailed by a storm of mud and stones,
which pursued them nearly all round the market,
and in the confusion the •.Doctor got bit with
some of the missiles. The select band who re-
mained in the waggon bore this severe discipline
with exemplary fortitude for :Uwe time, bttt
growing desperate at last, they severally made
their escape covered with filth, and the proprietor
of the .vehicle found himself once more in'posses- •
don of his property. .
The Ragamuffin Rabble did not disperse till after--
five o'clock.

A CRUEL LIOAX.-7-Captaid Sir .40bellt Mends,
who has a son, at the Royal Naval College, nr:
Portsmouth Dock-yard, received a letter a fe‘v
days since, stating that he 'had hint n over the
banisters of the stairs, and was kilted on the split:
Sir Robert, as soon as the effect of such melan-
choly tidings had subsided a little, dispatched' his
servant to an undertaker, with direction's tnr bins'
to proceed to Portsmouth, and make the neces-
sary mourning arrangemenis, preparat6i y to the
interment of the youth, and Sir Robert's arrival
there. The undertaker arrived on -Wednesdav,
when, on the servant going to the Ci.llege,' he
was. most' agreeably surprised to find his yonng
Master in good health, no accident whatever_ haV.
jug happened to him. We will not at tempt to de-
scribe the fcelins of Sir Robert and 'Lady Mends
on the occasion but most sincerely do we hope
that the author of the letter will be discovered,
as he plight to be severely punished for his folly,
and despised for his cruelty. Lady Mei,ds, we
understand, is in a bad state of 11,:a!th.—(ifamp- 1
shire Telegraph.)