The Sun.
London, England, 1816-11-18 00:00:00

ciTizr,N HUNT.

MELANCHOLY rsDisposrrtON OF CiTlZr,:i THOMAS

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: believe it to be wholly unnecessary to assure
Our Readers, that no .intirnalist•of the present
slay entertains a deepe7 abhorrence .of the politics
end :proceedings pf Mr. MINT than the conductor
of this paper. Up to our lost publicet ion, we have
undeviatingly relit-Mimed tire' Misibievons course
of conduct pursued by dolt unhappy man. Not-
withstanding all this deteitation and hostility, our
feelings have been subdued into 'lionised compas-
sicM, fit'a piece of intelligence which reached us
on Satnrday evening Wit. Mr. HUNT is at present
in a state of strong, and, we fear, incurable men-
tal derangement: For a wretched teing.labouring
under this roost ,deploroble of human: calamities,
the bitterest opponent must cherish a sentiment of
pity. All physical suffering sinks into nothingness,
when contrasted with the dreadful mental malady
Which we have just "'liveried to.—We protest
:Most solemnly that lee should have preferred
hearing that Mr. HUNT haul been )ranged, rather
than that be should heve.been visited with the in!
tellectual infliction which now so horribly buini-
lives him.—ln order to secure the sympathy of
the Public, we shall now proceed to communicate
the details which have been supplied us respect-
ing the lamentable progress of Mr.` [losr's :dis-
order :---On the morning of Friday it was ob-
served by some friends who called upon Mr.
VUNT, in order to accompany him to the Meeting
in Spa Fields, that there was a more than usual
'incoherence in his conduct, language, and manners.
Contrary to the earnest exhortations of his corn-
:patriots, he dressed • himself for the Meeting, and
'betrayed in his whole deportment an: aristocratic
foppery, which very considerably tended to
Weaken the regards of his staunchest adherents.
•It was remarked too, that Mr. litirrfs oaths
'sitre more refined and classical than he hall been
.accnatomed to use in his (milky '.of popular
blasphemer, As a conclusive indicant of some
portentons Change, it was noticed that 'Mr. HUNT
assumed a lofty and condescending air' towards his
former compitiOns, which however well-Meant,
was certainly • very ill-taken—Mr. HuNT's speech
is already before the public ; but although there
*re some palpable proofs of alienation of mind in
that energetic oration, it was reserved for the
critical vigilance of his immediate friends, co ,:de.
Itect more infallible symptoms of derangements in
Certain eccentricities of ids conduct. For ex•-
iuple, Mr. ilosyr quitted his plebeian elevation
Ott a Hackney-coach, and addressed the people
front one of the windows of the " Loyal Polun-
tter,"—antl thus screened from the winds without,
and warmed with good brandy placed providently
within, he declaimed his two long hours to the
tldranun'd and unsheltered multitude.--,-ln the
course of his speech too, Mr. HUNT wandered into
episodes which were little relished by the friends
of equality. A passage accusing Mr. CANNLNG of
being " a new man," utterly unable to trace a
long line of noble ancestors, gave particular
umbrage to the " Green-coated Orator" (Mr.
MALL), who temarked, with much fairness and
not less asperity, that Reformers had no busi-
ness to talk df jinny-ologies, as nu man had a
tic:terra right to have ancestors to the prejudice
of other worthy citizens." It would be incom-
patible with our present purpose and limits to re-
cord all the inconsistencies committed by Mr.
Bowl., and which his friends (now that his mi-
serable state of mind is ascertained) recollect to
have been markedly indicative of insanity. At
length, however, the removal of Mr. Hour to
his hotel, by the instrumentality of certain asses
who suffered themselves to be yoked, in the room
of the nobler animals dismissed by acclamation,
exhibited the second stage of his terrible indispti-
sition. Mr. HUNT, in a majestic attitude, fre-
quently expressed his satisfaction tic 4.4 the sub-,
missive conduct of the mob," and muttered some-
,tbiog about his bowing better than the Peiptce
RKOZNT, whose ,Mansion and State Coach
be hoped he should very soon have the plea-
atwe of residing and lolling in. The patriot
: mite. stood nearest asked Mr, HUNT, 1f he
alluded to the approaching Reform ? Upon
which the Orator, whose reason began rapidly
to fail, replied, in the words of SHAX•SPRAItit,
"114 moats shall he the Parliament of &Omni."
" What yon, Tons HUNT," exclaimed another
blend of eqoality—" Hence 'forward," again
quoted Mr.HUNT, front time same Poet, " it shall
be treason for any that calls me other'than Lord
'a-ft...." We could not 'collect the title, butt we
werastrock with the air of freniied dignity with
which Mr. HUNT delivered his decree. pn
lag Past Somerset-house, some jolly tars, who had
been Inquiring about prize-money, stopped Mr:
We?, in order to add their testimony to ltiVpre-
',loos declaration, that he had seen many thon-
sand distressed ,tailors passing by his house. Oue