The Sun.
London, England, 1820-04-12 00:00:00

LONDON JOUiiNALS.

FROM THE MORNING lx,r)p-,Ls OF THIS nAY.

[New Times 3
”ISTCII.I3..INCES IN SCOTLAND.
(Extract of a Private Letter.)

" GLAcc;Ovv, Ar[cu. 8, 1820.—The sittration of

th:s ci, y and the surrounding country. has for the
last eight days been most perilous and alarming.
Amidst the various accounts which you will see in
the public papers, you will not be able to trace
the teal extent of the dan-ger. It is a most
appalling fact, that the whole manufactitring,
mechanical, sod 141911 Ting population of a par
of the country, fitly sq•tare miles iu extent,
a,l con'atoing the densest popnlation in this
K'tigtlorn. lett their work la :t Nioutlay, (or the
poi pose of open trbellion, arid iu obedience to a
treasonable address published la•t Sunday.—
Sowe these might be tntimtdated. hut the mass
were er Wing and re.adv, wale anal female, (or the
lisost desperate designs, Din dig Monday,. Tues-
day, and Wettro.srlay, their confi.fence was un.
bounded and openly vxpressed. The tot totn.ding
altar, ice was traversed by great 134:•ds ()f armed to-it
lo evert; direction, cart yiit2, alai to 141.11 the most
a sfol nit, dot amongst the mode inn of the coun-
try' and small vill.ges. The manufacture and pre-
para!ioir of arms was °poi, ntedisgwsed, and inces-
sant night sad da) ; and Wednesday evening Ls:
vv,s !be night appointed fur a general attack upon
this city and the militat y in it. The formidable pie•
par atioits,bo icev. r.ni,ole to r.ceive t liemit he energy
and rapidity with which these werecalled forth—but
mote than rill, the unsatisfactory accounts which
the Radirals had of their friends in England,
' where no rising h.ol taken place as was calculated
upon, cooled a great netr.ber, and upon muster
ing their tot ccs in different stations toilful this
city, the numbers were found so small in compa-
rison to the numbers calculated upon, that the
intended attack was abandoned, The chief in-
stigators from that time dispersed, and arms were
tnttod thrown away in all di:v.6(ms. During
Nilreduesday rtitht, this city was absolutely like a
place hesieg,d by a powerful enemy
Ili expectation of a genet al and concentrated
attals, the military were kept together. The
force, Regulars BA Yeomanry, was very con-
sitierab:e, and animated with the most determined
spirit. The issue of any contest must have been
to the Radicals most rit.astrotts. A etmeral
?'arch for arms was made ye,tet day. In the
stihntbs of this ci'y most of these had been thrown
ast ay and carried off, so that kw compatatively
could be found. In the eeiglabf,uring villages
more tvere got. Very consi 'erable quantities of
hall cartridges have been tomtit,- and a considerable
number of fir, -arms. Many of the cartridges
weredoulde shott• d, If is said, a chief leadet,
a person from E gland, is arrested, with im-
portant papers and plans. 11:s name, whether
real or .assumed, is George Washington. A clue
is certainly to unravel the whole
and hting 'be guilty to punishment; Fol-
lowed up with enet gy, as we hope it will bs, it
vnil at last restore peace and quietness to a dis-
tracted country, and disclose a scene of danger,
which, while it convinces, must artpal the most
incredulous amongst us. Too quirt) praise cannot
be given to all the military. The insolence of the
.Radical multitudes was of the most flagrant and
insufferable kind, and in many imstances deserved
the severest chastisement. Much, however, re-
mains to be done, the Radicals are disconcerted,
bat not turard aside flour their designs. But we
may hope by energy to get at its roots—roots
strong, deep, and wide."