The Sun.
London, England, 1818-05-19 00:00:00

MR. HUNT.

(From The Bristol Journal of May 18.)
•
This celebrated Mob Orator having lauded at Lamp-
igliters' Hall, from one of the Irish Packets, on Saturday
last, a few of his old friends availed themselves of the oppor-
:unity of again inviting him to become a Candidate for this
city at the next election. So favourable an occasion for col-
lecting a crowd together was too tempting to be withstood
and the early part of this week being usually holiday timer
with the labouring classeS, Mr. H. fixed on Tuesday, at 12,
to meet his friends on Totterdown. Notwithstanding the
beauty of the day, and the numerous idle boys and girls that.
were about our streets, not more than 3 or 400 persons were.
collected on the
.Exchange, to listen to. his edifying haran-.
gue, so contemptible has this man's*eonduct rendered him in
the opinion even of his former admirers. We really think
that the little notoriety at present attached to him arises.
merely from the publicity which our brother Journalists in.
the Metropolis give to his foolish and contemptible sersti•
merits. If we may judge from what he let fall in the follow-
ing Address, it is probable we shall, at our next election, get
rid of this turbulent demagogue; for that he will find one.
thousand electors in Bristol, without whose support he has
publicly disclaimed his intention of troubling us, is we.think
as improbable as that he will-succeed at three other places,
where he has pledged !linnet" to oppose the nomination
of the present sitting Mt misers: Accompanied by a
man of the name of Cranidge, a schoolmaster in this
city, he made his en'ree, and the following was the purport
of the speech, which he delivered front his usual ros-
trum, one of the brazen pedestals on our Exchange.—
He commenced his harangue by relating the often-told story
of the boy who was taken into custody fur tearing down a
paper respecting himself (Mr. Hunt); 10,000 copies of which
paper, lie said, were printed and posted up, and paid for with
money produced by the taxes. He then -adverted to the de-
tention of his portmanteau by the Officers of the Customs.
charging them with having unjustly singled it out, because it
belonged to hin; but he said, he could assure them they
would find no Irish poplin; there; they would only find a few
"Shirts and other articles of wearing apparel, and his " Pra/ier
Book ."' for he never travelled without it ; it was bound in
red—the French called it Le Lirre Rouge; it contained a list
of all those who fattened upon the public. When he shoold
recover it, he would, if agreeable to his auditors, return and
read them a few passages of it. This book, he repeated, wat
hii constant companion ; and he never failed, whenever he
met in his travels a conceited coxcomb, who prated' in favour
of the Ministry, or au overbearing fellow, who declaimed
against reform and the expressed wishes of the oeople, to look
into it, where he generally found the person's name, or those
of some of his relations,with two or three fipires at the end.
Heafterw:rds alluded to his declared intention of offering him+
self at the next election; expressed his willingness to per-
form his promise; hut said that surely no reasonable man
could expect him to waste his time and his without a
fair prospect of success; he never would be made the tool :)f
one party to distress the other—he conlenmed opposition
merely for the purpose of causing tanoney to be spent ; and
therefore, unless the electors would manfully come forward
and support him. he could not be expected to place himself
in the sitoation of a candidate. it would appear by a poll..
book in the posses:sian of his friend, that 4000 electors had
yoted on the last occasion, and unless one thousand would, be-
fore the day of election. enter their nanmes as his supporters*,
he did not think there was sufficient chance of success to war-

rant his offering himself as a representative for this city.
The worth,/ orator then advised the crowd to 1w peaceable
doting the ensuing election, saying his motto was, " Peace
and good-will to all men;" hut observed, that if his partizans
were insultril, they might, like the Quakers (whom he warmly
eulogized), put out theh fists, and tell their Opponents io.• to
run against t hem; he hoped, however, as a peace-offering,tbat
the" Blues" would burn the 1500 bludgeons which,he affirmed,
were secreted in their solicitor's cellar. Atter venting a vol-
ley of abuse on the rich and respectable inhabitants of this,
city,.insithiating that they were the unfeeling oppressors of
their poorer fellOw-teitizens; declaiming against the torn-hill
and the increa,ed issue of paper currency, the former of
which be said had raised the price of the tioartern• 1 qif to Is.
and the latter would have the etf,ct of still to:tiler tai.ing it,
evert AS high as Is IA or '2s: LcHniparrn4 the present sAtta-
.

tioti of this country to that of Fr:tut:ea short time before the
'Rev()lotion, and aeclari.lc a national bankruptcy to be in-
evitable; condemning the measures of Government as we.sk.
mid corrupt; .he expatiated upon his own principles, atir.te4
to lament the stilferitegs and talked about the rights ant! pri-
vileges of the poor ; and conclinkil by saying- that Le sh

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Aro to the Custoin-hone to ohtaio his trunk, isi hit
friends not to follow Into (hillier, lest they hould lie ". viuwn
up" he the explosion Of the ititt 4 ultlitioa)' ri,ds it 0,41.
tallied. Mr. Host then descended (ruin the petit •at were
. . . . _

he had " frett►•d hi: h►►nr away," and, aecoini awe.' y i ft,;-
tuerolispArty•of his hearers, procee►led to regain his trunk.

• . . ..... . .
In n short tine he returned, ref-moulted the petit.. to , and,
with the gesture, tope, and look. of the Delplite_or.,cl , rend

several extracts from the lied-hook, not oinitrit.c t !oak*
some tally sapient comments as he proceeded. He .inaliy
promised his auditors that. if they would Lire hid lieu . r en-
couragement, he would meet them on the emmo, n rot of
the election. Mr. Hunt then ascended his v,: i c and de-
liheratt ly drove out of town: soon after which tue mote U-
r:titled without tumult ur cunfusion.

LITERARY REVIEW.

CORIttCrION. A Not•et,. In three V01111)1(.1'. LONGMAN,

HURST, 'REEF, ORME, and BROWS.

As we entirely approve of this work we sick•
with pleasure, the following letter, instead
f resuming, us we intended, it farther notice of

its merit ourselves. We recommended it warmly
to the Public in our own critique, And we are glad
of the opportunity of again drawing the atte:ition
of our Readers to so interesting a production. -

FOR THE SUN.
" EDIT fl itter myself you will
allow me, thruugh the medium nt your Paper, to
cdr,e the following remarks on a %cry meritorious
work Yeuit ii I was induced to read by your une-
lnivocal recommendation, but to which I am
persuaded you have not hitherto paid the atten-
tion which it fairly merits. The wolk to which
I allude, though a Novel, is of a serious reli-
,gio is cast, and calculated to produce salitary im-
pressions on those weaker minds, ionised to the
effort of thinking—and unprepared for serious
application. The object of COtIRECTIoN lc,• as
you have justly observed, to expose the errors,
and exhibit the fatal consequences, resudtinglrom
the modern, or rather, perhaps, the fashionable
sys (111 of female education ; but it has also ano-
ther Him equally landahle and important, that of
offering fur imitation an unexceptionable, but not
ilea!, model of female prudence and maternal
virtue. In lady FsANcEs Ross and her interest-
inK family, the Author has presented a deliglotod
picture of domestic life—in that school of wisdom
and felicity the accomplishments are held suitor-
(home to the acquisition of knowledge—the cati-
'cation of useful pursuits—the exercise of the do.
tnestic affections, and above all the formation of
those religious principles which are the only per-
manent basis of happiness and virtue. I lament,
for the general interest of the work, that the per-
sonages are so numerous, and that so little ine-
quality is admitted in their respective sitnations ;
but the leading characters are well discriminated :
that of LAURA, the vain Coquette, the unthink-
ing gamestress, the indiscreet, bust hot unfaith-
ful, wife of OSSORY is admirably sustained, and
affords many useful lessons to females of the higher
class, who, from childish impatience of the re-
:ttric.ions that custom, or, perhaps, decorum, im-
poses on the single state, often embrace unre-
deemable captivity, or devote themselves to eter-
nal disgrace. The following passage contains
some momentous truths:-

" If you would marry a child, educated on the modern
plan, and totally unacquainted with the duties of a wife,
could you expect consistency or domestic happiness—what
ye sow, that likewise ye shall rears."

" Why don't you get married 1" said Captain Alsop to the
pretty Miss Tyrwitt, a belle of three winters' standing,
" that you may become a leader instead of a follower? See
with what an air Lady Ossory takes the upper end of t 4
room, and dispenses her commands to the gaping multo
tulle!"

Witii an air, indeed'. an air very unbecoming anj• mar.

ried woman I"

" Oh, you mistake, it is married women alone that may
take that air; in yuu it would be boldness, in them it is self-

possession."
" And in the vocabulary of my day," said Lady Grahame,
who just then joined them, "it would have read impudence,
absolute want of decency! But the nomenclature of fashion
is as much altered as that of chymistry, in the last thirty