The Sun.
London, England, 1816-12-03 00:00:00

SPA -F1 ELPS..,M F',ETI Nu.

Yesterday, in const.quence of tic h;3n~l-T}ill3
stuck up in all parts Of the town, and distributed
with mischievous diligence during seye,rul days
previously, a great crowd assembled in Spa-fields
to receive the Answer of the Prince. Regent' to
the Petition of the diStr.ssed Manufacturers and
Mechanics of London and its vicinity, voted at a
former Meeting.

After the proceedings we reported yesterday,
A few minutes before one o'clock- M'•. HUNT
appeared, and a general movement of curiosity
anti interest was flirected towards him. He drove
up to the Merlin's Cave in a handsOme tandem,
muffled in a great coat, apparently copying the
applause that lie excited, and disposed to show
that he was both a man of substance and a sled.
ful jockey. Alluding to his former appearance
inn stage-conch, he descanted a little on the emn.
trust---told his audience that this WWI his own
carriage—that these were his own horses, and that
his serrant was ready to take the useity Hs goon
its he alighted; As-itemcant to ride home on Lor=e.
back. Resisting an affempt thlt was made by the
mob to carry liittret their shoultiars, he entered
the front room of the ale.house, already
filled with tobacco-smoking and gin.drinking tas.-
triots. Mr. W. Clark, the Chairtaan of the last
Meeting, was. immediately called to the same
on this occasion, and extorted 'the Nletting
to commit tio riots, as spies and iaformers were
among them. • -
Mr. flusre then came forWatal amid the 'Most
tumultuous applause, nod ;td,reising, the crowd by •
the usual title of " friends and fellow-centivry.,
men," exhorted them in the usual 'joke to keep
silence, by holdiog their tonsneft,noti not by calla
ing out silence. The' assembly before him was
such as bad never been seen in this happy laud,
Since last be had the honour of addressiug them
he'had endeavoured, to ihe teit of his ability, to
fulfil thecammands which, they imposedayou Mtn,
and to execute punctually their
,initructions in
presenting their petition. ll.tviog learmal that
Sir Francis !larded, Who was at Brighton, couhl
not come to town, he resolved to consider of the
best mode of executing their commands without
him. Ile proceeded, as he told them he would do,
first to Carlton-house; and having obtained ad..
mittance to. Colonel M'Malion, he inquired if he
could have an atttlience'of his rtnyal highness time
Prince 11,-gent, for the purpose of delivering into ,
his bands the .{,,,won voted at Spa-fields. The
tottWer'retun:cd to him' wat,'that there were tatty
two modes of conveying to the Prince such a Pe-
tition; the one by giving it into his hand at
levee, and the other by transmitting it through'
the office of the Seem etary of State for the Home
Department. lie therm asked Col. M'Maliiin if
there wOulti be a levee soon, and when it would
occur ; and being told that it might not be soon,
and there was no certainty when, lie used his die.
metion and determined to apply tri LordSidmouth.
Being uncertain whether he might hod his Lord.
ship at home, and wishing to advertise him of the
object of his visit before he waited upon him is
second time, if he should happen to he out at his
brit call, he wrote a letter, enclosing the petition,
and stating the instructions he bad received relaa
tine tri the obtaining of an answer. He however
found Lord'Sithu-outh at home, and was receiVed
by him,tvith that attention and politeness which
was due to the agent of such an assembly by *
great Minister of the Crown, IFIe told his Lord•
ship the importion business he had undertaken,
'and his Lordship assured him be-Would attend to
it. The conduct of toe HoMe Secretary (41614
the whole of the Intercourse which the Orator had
with him *as marked by that urbanity, politeness,
and attention which a Minister of State owed to,
the application of so great and respectable a body
of • his countrymen. The Noble Secretary re.
quested hint to represent every thing fairly, and
he engaged to do So, 4,1114 hint at the Same time,
that he was resolved to attend the next Spa-fields
meeting, to account for his management of their
meeting, if he was alive. The aneeting would
judge, after bearing the letters read and the Matta
*write bad cOnducted himself, whether he had dis.
graced himselfor them. The letter Which accom-
panied.the 'petition was the folloWing:
" Landon, la;:ar. 19,
"MY Loan,—At a very nomerous Meeting, held in Spe-
fielda an the tbth instant, a Petition to the Prince Regent was
agreed on, and it by the same Meeting, , resolved that
should have the honour of presenting the said Petition,
consequence of this resolution, I have this day waited on Co-
lonel MtMehen, at Marlton-house, in order to aieertain a
Isnowledge of the 'pleasure of his Royal Highness, es to Ohs
time and Place when he would he graciously pleased to re.,
Ceive the Petition committed lb may charge. The answer
which I received from the Colonel *as, that there sv,!re list
two ways of presenting. it Petition to limo Prince I one at a
levee, which woul.i nut tape place itist yet ; the other through
the Secretary of State fur the !limit, Depeitmeat,
" My Lord, when I read in that aill whivh is so
much nousted of, and !Akio, contains the grounds on which
tLe family of Stuart were exejuded from the Ozone t when 1
rt se,l in that greet Canstittitional that one of f'4c- ti Vas
.• di-Jimmied and hoisted roe' by time people of Elt4)aud, was
the right to paition ate laig, or either House of Pat '
I understood, a* a Mahn' of course, that right to iaiii;ea iu-
eluded the eigAt to present petitions; beetto:w it could net
appear to me to ,be etmmmun sense to declare that the people
had a right to pray without having it right to cause their
prayers to he heard. And, therefore to tell a distressed, a •
mm it tni,cr;thit,
for s},cvdy relict,
turn urricitl of a taeliit:et:ot their
'tp(riPael ;:::Ire'Aa;:hsltuti sr
ttorleiv)af ii)tatumialy
Inn
eePtl,ll2?el:l,gf.' • •
State, is a hat I shall not be able to do without great pain'and.
mortificat ion
". Nevertheless, that T may discharge my duty tai the utmost
of toy power; 1 the atiove,ineutionvil Petition, re-
quest yorir Lordship to present it to his aosal Highness
the Prince Regent, fee whose answer, throegh yi;ur
I slal %snit with the greatest anxiety.
" I have the lamina to be, my Lord, your Lordship's mutt:
obedient, and moat bumble servant, ,

IL HUNT,
" 1\ the Right Hon. Laid Viscount Sidatooth,
" Leg your Lordship, to have tho goodness to coma
the answer of his Royal liighriesh to be 44(1R:sok:a to at
Middleton-cottage, near Andover." ,

His Cordship promised hint that not a night
shimid pass over till he hod delivered the Petition
to his ; and he kept bis word,
the answer of the Noble Secret ay arrived, cis
veered, in the emintry, at the Orinor's boost: :fs
T gr
Soon as the Orator himself. ht. tidlow .
a copy of toe letter hi tpiervion
" Noe. 9u, Ista _
.Sta,—l 'twee laid before time Prinev Rifgent the Pe-talon
a+,l tit at ;be meeting lietti rn sp,i-deltas utt the 16. th mitt.
you delivered 1., me yerterd4y at thi," iii. on
by a 3 Lettire itt tot- from youtell, by which Letter yon
appeared to have imeen correctly !wormed by Culonel -.N.l4Mrt.
homi, that, according to an ittrariablu rote, 'the Petitivn itt
question coaht uotbv raceired by bls itoyal Ilia:burls, except

sit a Levee, or flirough the Secret wy of State fer the Home,
Dtrp,rt your obedient Inviable Sereal!H.t,
SIDMOU'I "
1! Hunt, Esq.
'This, friends and fellow-eountrytken; -said
Mr
ILI it, was the angwer—(No answer at. rail gets
the reply of the crowd) non the rectir of this
'letter he route the following, .tool the ceirrespon-
&net tluded between him nod Lord t—
' iddleton-eott age,. Nov. ,23.
be to acknowledge the recerpt of your
fiivoor of the with permit me to assqe our
•LOrd*hip,ttitt it will afford toe sincere pleasure to be able to
'state to tt e Mectin to be bell hi Sp:l-AO& Ott Moaday, the
to of December, that your Lordship has paid attention to
their 'application. 1 hate the hontair to be, 1,4 Lord, your
Ilordsby's most obedient and most humble scream.
H. HUNT,
" To the Rizht Hon. I Viscount Sidnsouth."
The Orator went on.. with his speech :-.-1 he
statement. of Lord gidtmiuth to hint 'was, that
'peither :toy King of the House cif 13rups'wick,
nor the Prilice Regent since he had attained so-
verei!.n power, ever gave.any answer to petitions,
'except they Caine front the Corporation of the
City of London or from the two Universities,
,whirli kid the privilege of being heard and
answered front the throne. '' If I were l'":":'71.‘1
:your prestuit petition to. the levee, (ht.-Heti ltis Lord-
ship), I should deliver .ir into. his Royal lit.gh-
neit', kind, In iL, rhylOiy, and walk on ; and if
you ynimteif!, ilr. flout, were to appear, you
just do the s!:ute, thing ; you won't! deliver
yoir petition, make your bow, and walk on
This, Gentlemtlt, , continued thik Orator, i 3 a
little mote about Court matters than I was aware
of helore—(Loud laugh and applause).---The
Meeting had the consolation to think, that if their
petimion was trot; answered by the Prince Regent,
it had met with no worse a fate than other pea.
firms presented to the 1-louse. of Ilanover since
the accession of this -faidy to the. tbsone—(4,-;
plituse).--41e pxpPeted in have seen this clay a
(irritation from the Sonp Committee for tire, par-
pose or returping thanks to the Meeting for ob-
taining the five thowand ponnds wzitieb ON Prince
11- gent bail gvauted.---((Grent epplansc)-7tie
was convinced Oat it was owing to thsl-11;cot eNttr.
s and patrititism of the last assentrnY to tlinsA
6ela that his liOyal highness was induced togiyp
this p.“ tance ; but his 40Yal flighOgts had not
gone, the fail length of the request which had then
been made. It was reqpired that he should he
itoW on ttie inhahitants of the metropolis two or
300,0001. out of the Civil List ; but instead of
thir, what had been donel Some enemy to his
conntry, sonic corrupt Minister, had persuaded
his' R oyol highness to send five thousand pounds I
mit of the Droits of the Admiralty, wbich proper-
ly bdonged to the sailors. ; those denims, the pi-
ratical seizing of which had, caused so mach
biorodshed, and the loss of so many British lives.
1-10,vever, lip had reason to believe, that the last
Ileeting and the peesent bad had narrater bene-
ficial effect, and that his Royal Higliness had been
induced to call the Parliament together much
earlier than it other.wise was intended, So much,
then, had been effted ; and he would ask what
tsliouti he done iteNti ? , Should the t, be given
up altogether (No, no),—tle, had anticipated
the answer that wonld be made,. anti;had tlicrOor,
come prq ,red to subunit
,siime rescdutions,witieb
hC tviiuld hereafter reati to the meeting.. 1-10
ed be had a
.voice lytnl coongh, be would give
three year of his file if he MAR the VOntiti
11ssi'Oihly hear him hitt hp, was eonyinced that
it would give him credit lot' doing bit befit.
l,e prat list the honour of addressing 'the meeting,
for haring appeared before it, and baving,done
that which he conceived was his duty, he had been
most inderentls, ?ind abused. been
IthnOttrttl With the confidenceof such anitutnettse
assemblage of his fellow countrymen,. and it was.
in his e.,,imation a very ItHi hononr, be should
have thought himsclf unwor,tby of their, fittnre
&proh it hin if he were for one moment to sillier his
pri%ateterlingst-9 interfere, by making one word of
‘ reply hity of those vile calumnies, do many nnt-
rdgtPilS lies had been told, that no one who hadiany
sense could believe them. It was first asserted, that
after he (Mr. IL) departed Jiont,the last meeting
be was taken op and put into it mad-house,
Mr. I-i. was interrupted by marks of disapiiroba.
thou in the room.) lie. would, obliged„to.the
gentlemen behind him . to let hint tell his., own
story. the 14441'0 that the multiplieit of.adyiee
()Ore(' to him front. behind arose filth' the hest
intentions ; but having been deputed by such a
respectable meeting as, that which was last astern.
bred in these fields, lie hoped he might be allowed
to take his own et-nose, It was next asserted ,by
one 'of
~thesa vilifyink, prints, that he gut drunk
one clay, and was killed ; and they sent•oll these
false .stories forth to the puhlie through' their own
papers ; hut what was. the Why, they had .1
convinced the Whole world that nothing they had !
stilted in any of their papers was worthy of be-
had no dciubt but that Mitt. ,
auditors had also beard of Many great public meet.
Tugs having been held in the city of .London : one
was catiVetted at the Mansion-house, another was.
a Common Council, and a third a Common
11414 bud the honour of being a Livery-
man, and where he had the power to
r etNerv.! :the indispittable tight of an Englishman.,
upon public occasions, there 'he attended, not
for- th.e porpose of ditreiing tt ith one Man Or the:,
other, but fairly and manfully to come forward
bmore rrta countrymen; am( th,ltve-t to, them the
sentiments of his heart. There had beet) several
-atteinp.ts made
.by various persons to prevent him
front giving utterance to his feelings i"but !they
It liets very littit of his character if thist.tholight
that he was to be pot down by. &Imam% or del.
ven from the field by calumny, There might be
grunt mumber of persons is ho might tftink pro-
per to attack itim.,at the Meeting in Spa.fiettls.
Every man had his Ot tie priVR.IC reeling,
Canning before such a Meeting as this was, if he
were to insult it by giving way to any personal
cu tsi lerations
,by" nwking One Word of rt..ply, to
these little petty dabblers in pOlitics, he should he
unaynethi their notice, lie had (het done with
tht :- but Whenever any of them shoulddo more for
the ptibli7,,gotol than he did, ho. Would bow with
--'attbmigsli-:n !mid worship theni til that
day arrived, lie should coot inue it) the same path,
ft)i*tnin4 IN conccived, his duty as an Ung-
pet bt. .
iisitozao. The Meeting at he Miliwtm-h"5.0 turd,
Ne beliesed, the Same Object as thOiSOVes, at-
though they had adopted a different course of pro-
.
eeediug. 'Charity tvaa moor, the best of:vlrtues

and the first a• : bit where. Was 'thetng-
lishtnan, or the Christian, who was not et all
times ready to psSist a felloVir.countryntau in As-
tress ? Which, tntowever, wanld they prefer, a
penny Worth of soup., Or a penny wortir Of their own
earnings ?-,(Applause.)--A poor.weaver had gone
to one of these soup Committees in Lancashire,
and when he WAS tarred the fruits of their
bounty, answered, nn
.! he • wanted not their
.onp ; he wanted only the rights of an English-
Lou,t Applause.)-11e hoped they were all
Of his mind, and prepared to die, before they would
accept the soup of these charitable indiViduals.
Was there any real charity in the' paltry donations
of opulent Hunkers, of Contractors, anti of Bank
Directors, who bad heaped together immense for-
tunes 'during it long period of national calamity
and distress ? i s tradesmen, and Men of busi-
ness, they well kneW that when they had a debt
to claim, it was necessary to use perseveritnce, it
was necessary to renew their applications ; and
wet e not they, if they failed the hest timei'ready
to knock again?--(:Applause.)---If this were the
ease With regard to a particular sum of money
which might be due to them, ought it not to be
their disposition when they were contending for
their dearest rights ? He had beard thilt a con-
siderable nutubtr of police magistrates were pre-
sent on the former occasion of their meeting, and
most probably they were now present, aided by a
fOrce of liOrse, foot, and artillery. But he Would
tell them what he would oppose to this forte : he
would oppose the artillery of, sense, and the force
of irresistible argument. 11 the sign was Made
for putting the fiaMbeau to the touch-hole, be
would assure them that it. would not deter Won':
he should recollect, as he had no doubt they would,
that a man could be killed but 00ce.7--(Applause.)
—lt had been announced, that Parliament was to
assemble on the 2f3th of 'Tannery: it wets his inten-
tion, therefore, to propose that they should, on
the present occasion, resolve to petition the
bottom able House, corrupt es it was, in a wey
which' Must show them that the sentiments of
the Petition .was the sentiments of the people at
large. Ile trusted they would not.nuglect to apply
tbeirreveetivesignatures to this Petition,an d show,
the florid tilt they were not ashamed of publishing
tiieir names.
,If they did this, be was confident thin
parchment would be so scarce as to throw the
lawyers. Out of employment. He hail come that
thy from, the country ; he wits.!t country gentle-
man ; his. tine was pasted, when not engaged in
effort s , for hiS fellow-countrymen, in the r, ports
anti exercises ache field. His time was, not con.
somed.in lounging about Cheapside, or gossiping
at tradesmen's doors. He was a man of iude•
pendent foritine, and one who look rare to live
with in his Means, He was tooold to walkjn
striogs, and he could assure them that he was as able
to ride as to walk.--(Applause.)-(--They might he
satisfied that lie neverwould affect any coacealment ,
tiOr think it essential to his safety to ridein a bul-
ler7proof carriage. Ile must however declare, that
the. worst way of supporting any cause wa4 by:
,acts cif i'ioleuee,i that these afforded to their cite-
aka the surest meens Of casting disgrace upon, it,
`and 'entihled evv,ry, man to say how had nwst he a
cause., which is supported by melt of this.descrip-
tint). Who was there..atootig them hese. awl
wicked enough to invade the, rights acrd, property
of his neighbour ; who was there among.. them.
baSe enough to surrender his owto., lip viout4
trouble them no_ farther for the, presen,t, Plow
propose his first, retokntion, which they. would
was but prtltminary to several ()titers,
('1 fits resolution, was. in substane,- that a
corrupt press had strenttously,laboured to ,con,
einee the people that., Napoleon Boottaparte
was a military Pespin, but that, the
preparat toes
made (Or intimidating that, Meeting, sunteiently
provad that we ourselves lived pinky a military
Govert,ment.) This Itesoletion
,pelt and
tallied, several more i.vere.Adopto, to the effect
of declaring the general misery which pre.valletl,
which, was Manifested in the:lists of bankruptcy,
the crowds that tilled the gaols, the dejection on
every countenance, and all tbe symptoms of, op-
roach despair. That to attempt. the vernetly
of such enormous •evils by the mere demonstras
turns. of a charitable disposition, was not only au
ineltecttial remetly,,lurt a gross insult on the under-,
ttrttdin;;sof the' people. 11 is coontrymen,, 11,.
Continued, ought not to content ttitinselveA with
such poor and wretched subterfuges, They aught,
t0,,100k, the danger fairly in Ate face.. T ir.at.
tentitin should
,be particularly directed to that
CiVil List, that had been so powerful.
eal.?.e of the sanguinary and calamitous, warfare
whieh hail led them to their present sitoation„ it
should be directed towards that standing arlOy of
one hillldre(tand fifty thousand, men,, which, had
never before been heard of in ,the history of the,
Cimstitution. Every thing w:is hopelese,wit,huat
reform; nothing could he t tainetlaurtif the Muse
of
,Commoio
.beca,me the real representatives of
the,nation, instead of .being what they .were at,
present-r-tliC instruments of an all-grasping ;oh-
;urchin) faction., General reform :was inditiptql- •
vit*, a reforal that would give every man of full,
age the right of .voting the: election Of those,
who were to decide onthelisies and properties of
their 'fellowto
eortrynten. Perhaps the mode of
eleetieg by ballot would be a great improvement
in this plan, generel :reform. These, were the
only me4DS,of restoring the country to &moth.:
peace and :foreign independenee,--to tranquillity
at home anti respectability abroade—(Applause.)
'l2lloe were the coeclasious to whichall in.;
quirks Arad .led him :these were ,hoar views,es,,to
ilie 'cause: as Well as the remedy of the evil.--,(Apr
plausei_ _

Mr. ilsynon seconded the Resolutions, ob-
sprviki.g,, that he hopeft no attitices syouhl
tointloce theft! to
,devitste trout that.. orderly ano
petteefui derncatioty which they had that (lay main".
tained.. thilt ttity would
.alfretite to
their, respective homes, to consider in silence.anti
iellection the doctrines which they bad heard. He
never, before had had the honour of addressing So
rinmerons a Mcd,iog, and was actuated in
.ting
forkv4i.4.l l>y ita other principle, 013)4 rcr
rod for the libertic,s zof his teilow eotttryinen.
lie feared that the misrepresentation of: particular
classes of society had
their genera) •objet ; _and that it they, were to pe.,
tition 80 rnwny tiIMMUOS of petition*
must produce some. practical effect.. They would
then appear to IA t4e.ctlight!ned prayer (it' a

firang;poTrle, Vina..tlot ;flint of an • irt
tilted mob.
Mr. WA ID n't florae; t ben oak 'To ricatti to 'second
the motion for pretenting the retition' founded
on the Rtsolutious to the House Of tdmmons.
He had seen largi aSSenthiks of people doting the
PrenCti ltevolutiottl and on other Occiteiotts ; but
he never witnessed so orderly, so reasons:Ml, and
so respectable a popular assembly as the present.
Here was A meeting of 50,000 individuals, be-
having themselves like sages, demanding their
riglos with firmness, but rich quietness, in a
constitutional ;intoner, and with tt pet feet ab-
sence of all riotous dispoAtion. The press, how-
ever, that always vilified. and abissed inch aiteM-
blies, would give out to-morrow that they were:
an ignorent and tumultuous rabble. The se-
conder of the Resolutions had said that he never
saw this great mat), Mr. hunt ; 'but lie (the Ora-
tor) knew' hiM—he had been intimate with him
for many years, and could bear testimony to his
public spirit and private worth. The Ministers
seemed to dislike petitioning, and endeavour-
ed to prevent it by not answering the applica-
tions made ; acting on the precept in Tom
Thumb. " Petit ititt toe no more Petitions." Ito
1776, when the right Of petitioning wit., opposed by
wicked Ministers,' as it was .tt present, Jobe
Wilke wrote a, letter assertive it, which would be
found in the *Geetlentan's Magazine, and. which
showed that the abilit y of that great patriot would
have been very effective in the cane of his coon-
, try, had he always retained the principles on which
ltethenacted. rst: Orator, ill ZtliTiTtillt; to our grit v -
tutees, said, that we had not now an advantageous
Treaty of Commerce with Fratiee,ond France, ie
consequence; did not takeour manufactures. The
Treaty that was mode with. that power in 1786 ,vas'',
obtained in consevenee of a bribe of a million and
a half, contributed by our Government to the
French Princes, ?old the other insignificant drones
who buz about the throne. The whole papers
and documents couccirting this infamous trans-
action were found at Versailles in the beginning
of the French Revolution, and was the cause
why the Bourbons were. chased from the tluones.
into twenty years of exile.—;(Loutl Applause.)—
Ministers might deny this, but he 'pledged himself
to prove It: lie would brine Gyrieard: evidence
irresistible.; and challenge&Government to con-
lrediet him--(Lund applause).—We might now
have an advantageous enmmercial Treaty with
Frince, if we' Could pa f; ih our'present State of
poverty and ruin, a million:and a halft of morier
iu bribes.; except, .indeed, the present Ptinee,
like burnt childreit dread'the fire, had taken
warning by the sufferings which they had alreatly
endured, anti were. detertnintd. note to sell their
`:country again.. France now. manufactured for
herself, and otir.mattufactnres. could not find a
market ; so that our people were without till, .tr,
and our ships, rotting in .001 m-boom As a rc:oe-'
thy for out' present distress, hi had transmittee
morning to his Majesty's Government a " gr:it:(l
and extensive plan for a' general relief to the ma':':
factoring interest; and through-that to every 'lass
de the community t4i-otighont- the' United-Kite?,-
0011)," a copy of. whieh lie wouliftiend to each of the
betespapers, that ,a lenowledge.uf it might circu-
late • through the country to levive the hopes 'it'
eommerce, and point Out the means of preveroine
nationel ruin.—[This proiettoe, who hair all'ithe
uppearance of a uniniet,, then went Ovevids eut;
lilac of 'a'plan for establiOtiog 'a company to bI
entitled The .Royal-Commercial Company of
the United' Kingdom," for the leirpose 'opette
itig a market for our surplus matinfactures; to'be
directed by a hoard acting gPatis, and-eonsiating
of d 0 or 12 of the:most ostensible sittecurhts. Our
readers will forgive us for not stating its details.
cOneluded by expressing its hope that the Of-
ficemol• the British Navy who chola& be ethploy.
ed in cortutiereial transaetiohs with the natives of
the countries they should be led to visit, would
avoid all disputes while occupied in the laudable
work 'of:relieving millions, bj*'this grand cortunev;-
cial operation.) He setondeke the'. motion 'fur
signing aod presenting the Petition.
Mr. Aurd said, that olthotigh he was not
personally known either to Mr. Hunt or 'Me.
.Waddington, yet he was acquainted with their
V oriteteta• and sentiments, and respected them-.
rope," to the question of shzeing the Peti-
tion, he hoped five acres of parch tt,ent woultfilot
be stiffieient' He expressed` himself a welt-wisher
co the cause of hiacoontryaten-, trod .assured the
Meeting that their sentiments would be regarded.
The question on the Petition •was' then put, and '4
darned with acclamations.'

_ •
Mr. HUST again came forward. He wished to
iscertain the manner in which the petition now
darriedriliontil be presented to the House of Cont.
mons. Those wbo have ..the disgrace of belong,
iug to that assembly (hissing within the •rodin,
and. Mr. 11. was interrupted- for some momer.ts by
gentlemen exclaiming, " Burdett belongs to that
house." The Orator continued). He did not
mind this mark of disapprobation from .a gentle.,
man behind bibs, but would still repeat, that if he
had- the misfortune'and disgrace Of.being obliged
to sit in such company, he .had no doubt, but that
his fellow-coUntrymen would depute him tb carry
that petition whiel had juMt now been voted:- HE
should have t steemed.it the highest honour to be
chosen the hearer of the sentiments 'of such a
meeting, and Would to the-best of his abilities
sOpport it : hut as he did not beliMg to that
house., he would submit to the notice of the as
setnhly a malwvelto; at the .present'aontenr;
labouring tinder the iron baud of oppression. - He
;had not the hanaur of behiglactivartited' with
llini,bot it was enough for him tti know diet lse Bey
nerseeuted by' the- hand of potter to Make 'him his
friend. There were other Illenibers, oite of than,
at least, -who might-he selected, and Who would
do his duty to his:country; but. he wished it tebe
considered ,at thetathe litue, Whether thire wits
not "a frithul tb -tree ,from distress. " Let us it-
dmvour to ret that titan, who has been persectited
both inrittniout of the'Hotise,- again irtml Iris le ;s.''
Ile•wmild take. tipon himself'to ray, that if it We're
Alicpletisure.ot the Meeting to depute'Lmi Cud,-
lithe- to carry' -the Petithin, that hir' Lord Shirr
:would be sonar out- -of prison to Obey' -the'
suntmorts,: b..eanse he hail sin doubt that 'there
were-many snore than pennies'enough subscribed
,to pay his fine.--(Cheering:)--'--Ultder tbk consi-
deration,- that the PeOple of England - would al-
ways sUpporta -lci!ow-conutryitianin .districis., he

make, that tile cuci,. two
a
be repiested to presennhe Pvt ttion this dal voir.l
to the House of Commons, upon its first ss-
sembling.
Mr. Gess( iTiSitetl to address the Meeting, CO
the purpose of preventing an' iiicoisSistency
proceethugs. It Was resolved Kt tI:C last Asieintly,
that Sir Francis Burdett be requested to preietit
the Petition then voted. Mr. Hunt, very
perly, had ascertained tvbetlier the Petition would
would not he rCCeit'etlifeitqCS!l; Fritheis
was called to toWn. Ile now Arpealed,therefori,
to his auditors, whether the circumstance of
choosing Lord .Cochrane to present this Petition
would not be withdrawitig its cteititentince front
the Hon. Baronet. He should thefefore otaititOt
that Sir Francis Burdett anti Lord Cochrane be
both requested to presets: the Petition.—(AP*
plause,)
Mr. ‘TrantitNOTON ofpresse el a hope that Lord
Cochrane would be employed in this honourable
task, accompanied by Mr. Hunt. His Lordship
tett, pars avis, and should be eonsitkred as a per-
seeuted inclividnal. Why did not Sir Francis 13ora
alert cotreirom Brighton to present the Petition?
:4-er s of d:sapprohation .) —Was this,a time to
talk about his.aon tumbling oot ef a gig or a cur'
rick ?—(1-1ii31ng, and cries of Chair, Chair!)
111) ttolliri'dire:st(tteaY int should
tatigitullitcol aatc'ececrtojel7oiltiliaehlaek;:sin'tie:eviLlety°orSfdilsrtifsiPrest;in°ll:ll.'
try. 'lie was happy to have this opportunity to
bear testimony to the charaster of Lord Cochrane,
and considered him most worth of the confidence
ofithe Meeting; but when Sir Francis Burdett lisd
actually' dinte nothing to lessen their regard, he
could see no reason why hotli these distingeislied
personages should not be-reteuested to ptcsent the
Petition.
`sr. ELLtOT seconded the proposition of lite
,
lest Speaker. Sir Francis 'Burdett was the tried
friend. of the. people.
Mr. HUNT expressed his regret that any Per'
should attempt to interrupt the harmony ot f"e,
Meeting.—(Leughtorand confusion.) —4-le
come at once to the point, krul- put it to theta
whether he had elver uttered a word disresPec:6l,
;towards Sir F. Burdett, the man who for the: Intl
24) ;ears had been almost the only consistent ad'
.vocate of the people. It; was a false' OSSertiOn
it !IC that he had acted without consulting the
lion.
_Baronet. He had written to Sir F. 13lifi
dktt, statiog the object of the Meethig, and shoal!
:be'sorry to state the seqffel •of
anonhis•applicatiel:4
He hoped at least that he had proved tl'
that lie himself had done his duty.—(APPcatl'Veti:el
If was' fOr them to say whether the answer
1100. Baronet WKS-satisfactory, whets he
that he teas out ut town, and could nun theref rc
ore
comply with their wishes. If it wits satisit'clur;
he'desired.to say nothing more, eiccept to assur
tlie that-he was &Call titiles'et'.thilr service.
m be
The CHAIRMAN tilll. CatJettviAtred- to It" t
question, as to uniting the DAUM of Sir Fijncl
'Burdett with that of Lord Cochrane, amidst
con_ Euston and disorder. It tens fintittY rate' s!
an immense, majority; that the name- of eStiro.;44,
Burdett should be associated with that of
Ceteliratte its their Resolution. ,
Or: 11tsNr declared it gavehlris sinrer' •1 wett
factiou to see such mittnimoits feelin hngs. c`:ldnott,
et the ostoe of Sir Francis Burdett. H° firoti,
hut two motions [1101'.1.: it) Sitbrnil tn„lbn e!-,I eCr
that they do adjoitra— to the secederosono;
4;e
cl.7t!tricialetlityciitg
‘uru:ritice.:dtcel it:aut:tteil:tletf.,:ind :tiin,etCli °I sc,l eiii)11111:11c.11t (ee'rtet
tps:
iwool
rir
(fir, oe rtiov. an): :111.1(61 ipiv
carried With' gretit applause. ,
et.„.o
voted
.0.,
:The thinks of 'the nieetioti' were t •••
c.'nsciott. that 14C. • had (lone all that litY in. :
hNrigt'is'...terojonstp;lat44:7'l‘ ,litetecntcs ciseVheed'iv::;:sl
t •sos
power to deserve it. The approving rOice
countrymen tent' the' law he WO ever "8,
obey • He pledged himself that as long as o
taiiied life he would Adhere to these Pri"ci.Potie
Whatever might take place, they had at le:111‘,0„;
frieitir Who; wool(' never desert then"
,„Ide.seoar
treated them to retire peaceably °"
their abhorrence nod. coittempt
:olda disorder by which . few boys ant'
'lea vitro
in en, tit sti'tl
t)4
theireit cPtleuerss')-1 s
tut
affer....tl their euensks,- or the hired pOsss "3"rui ,
importunity 00r:saucing them, ticWO' oii,ta
4silso not to flatter hint with that sort of etre .
ivhich bad: be'ett shewn him at theiC
nor tlegrede themselves from the character
to the office of beasts. Let than Berri" 0'1;7;
innocent in their condttet, but firm in
fi
holOn ; aird:tf their' way should he interrtt
the military,: lieforone should not be'serotnclot,
(Applause.)--the hatl, been just. ittfortitt:
there was a riot in the city. He hoped tne•iflsoiii
was not the rase, attd iturethat none 0! ins it,
who a ere I;st ening; to him had participate _elves
It was their Own faith if they 'tottered thew_
IFt?'
to he diverted from their great object; tl Linton
they find Itioi Wasitinglin readiness otl
lite itself', if it should prove necessary, in
port uod.viri,tication of their rights. t .•
T
hisadderis WWI received with the lotto..,st of
Inther
nosiest eations Of 14.1'0:Anse, and a great 11,1
t 4
;f its`
populate toga teed -the apetiker; tO It
nouveric-street. 1
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At one period, of 11;e meeting Lauotiftttr
-
I o'elot.-.k), to dreadful liellowiro, thew floe.
lion ;of the 'peo e all OPPOSire dn. eet too
,:;-11
iii which ()tutor Hunt Wat-Spiliking• I 11;101
uproar, terror, and emsfusions 'and "II dtic,,nii•AY•
;to fly: Mr. Hoist in vain endeavottred
irlopoproas::.
ofole,osinrfecwo',:riirttatistefaitiiiii:ll:l::cr7oV__,°,t
to Vain. - At-length, on laves-110'1'4r oreii°
with ,tnit 7`,
into the ranks, to unite her groans ,
citVratitilis' Of flit Orator. Smile mit
the Or at or 'wt.:a allowed to 'p roceed •

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