The Sun.
London, England, 1816-10-30 00:00:00

TO TUC EDITOR OF Tun SUN.

Stii,,llaring now waited three weeks relyin`
on the well-known justice and impartiality at the
Morning Chronicle, London Newspaper, to rescue,
my character from the scandal with Which its
unfounded assertions had overwhelmed me, I aft
determined through -.your columns, which arc
much liked here, at length to do myself
,justice•
though more in the habit of doing justice to
others.

Party manoeuvres are, perhaps, all very fair in
the way of trade ; hut when it is considered that
lam an Officer under the Crown, and so gravely
connected with the administration of the laws, I am
'litre you will agree that I was not a proper per.
son to l'ave my name brought into question for a
silly hoax. Let these would-be geniuses scribble
away as much as they please in their own shapes
to defame our Governors, and get their friends
into place ; but do not let them say that there ate
any respectable individuals, like myself, to go along
with theM in
.their. wicked designs.
Sir, in a pretended.report ,of a Public Meeting
at this place on the 4th inst. the Morning Chro.
nide falsely affirms that I seconded a motion made
by my Worthy Friend, Mr. John Chamberlain'',
upon which a long debate, ensued. Now it is
well known ibat at Every Public Meeting at this
!dace, where I have found it my duty to appear
upon the platform, my arguments have been so
Conclusive that no further discuSsina ever took
pluce ; and as for this Assembly of the 4th, it not
only did not happen, but I was not there ! Of

coarse it is not true, as stated in the Chronicle, that
" Mr. Chamberlaine concluded a speech of some
length, by proposing, That a subscriutiou be
entered into to alleviate the distresses likely to in.
crease during the ensuing winter--and which were
to be attributed to the rapid change from a state
of war to that of peace.'--Or that Mr. Samuel
Butroughs seconded the motion. But he did not
see any reason for all that gloom which the wicked

were attempting to throw over the country.. It
-was 'only the idle and the dissolute, the heirs ap•
parent to the gallows, from whom all these fore-
bodings sprang:.
There may, for once, he truth In what this
Journal has put into my mouth, but for the res.
son&, above stated it is clear that it did not
proceed from my lips, whatever it might have to
tto with the conscience of the Writer. Besides,
it is not in the brief way that I use :—the forger
allows me half 'a dozen of lines, whereas it is
notorious that I would not use more than ona for
him or for any of his, purposes.

r ant grieved that, when informed at this,
the 411orning Chronicle dirt not contradict its state-
ment, disabuse the Public, and exonerate me ;
tout the more so as I am (since my salary was re•

fatett to be raistull a little bit of itt own way of
thinking on the subject of Reform. Rut lam it
practical Reformer, and not a wild speculator. I

have seen the conv►eniency of changing from the
Olt? Drop to the New, and after much experience
cases. of imprisonatent, whipping, pillory, and
transportation, without producing any good, I

tm a fairly say that half an hour's suspension, being
a radical reform, puts au end to every conoitu.

Copal evil.

I hove confessed this much of my opinions, to
spew that I bear no animosity to the Writer who
has 30 cruelly belied me. On the contrary, let
him only do the right thing by me, and r will at
*ll time% be harpy to do the fair thing by him or
any of his frie►►ds. /r►tmble though I be, I !kill

prove that Tarn not unmindful ot the obligation,
and as tEe Mouse told the Lirm in the table. there
is no creature so lowly but lie may by some chance
Itavelt in his power to slew Ms bratitude to the
most exalted'.

!loping y►►►► Wit! do me the favour to insert this
Joel., I ain, Sir, &c. &c. &c.

Claster, Oct. 24.

SAM. BLIIII.OUGIA C. 11. C.

Note.—We cannot refuse insertion to so tem-
perate a letter as this of Mr. Burroughs, who fills,
as we are informed, with high credit to himself,
the important office of Common Hangman of
Chester, which we suppose the capitals after his
'signature are meant to express. The absurd Re-
port of a Meeting which never took place, was
Dot perhaps the most exquisitively ludicrous cir-
•ettumatice connected with this hoax. The pa-
triotic !tatting remarks of the Morning Chroxide—
the luminous re&xious to which Mr. Burroughs'
fancied harangue gave birth, were still more de-
lectable than the original jest. We cannot deny
our Readers the ansuvement of perusing them
wiih the sauce piequant of Snowing, that the'
ileeting was altogether a trick and fable. *nay
follow

" Oar readers will see, by the account of the
'Alerting it Chester, another proof that di. time
$S Past when the Pitt faction ;night insult with
impunity the understanding of the nation. The

toliabitatits Were convencd-for the purpose of con-
sidering the means of relieVing the distresse• of
the poor (luring._the ensiling winter. It would
naturally have been expected that the meeting at.
the City of London Tavern would have been a
warning to the persons who originated this meet-
ing, to avoid mixing up politics 'with their pre-
tended charity. Instead of this being the case, a
Mr. Chamberlainehecan by denying, its an utter
falsehood, that the distress of the country arose
front places and pensions ; he then asserted that
the peace was the cause of all the et'', and that
we hail come out of the fire of war purified and
more valuable that all who supposed the con-
duet of the Govvrnment bad any thing to do with
the distress were evil-minded persons, and foisted
in his opinion, as to the change from war to
peace, into his resolution for 4 subscription. The
seconder (Lc. our Correspondent, the Hangman)
rose to a still higher flight; he stigmatized all who
thought the prospect of the country gloOmy, as
the idle, the. dissolute, the heiri apparent to the
galloto.' A third speaker spoke of the transition
from war to peace, and a fourth of snip. At
last a gentlomm who thought the extravagance
of the Govt.t nment had sonic curet on the nation,
was provoked to speak, but strange to say, was it,-
tempted by cries of order from the chakr ; and
Mr. Chamberlaine, who had entertained the meet-
ing with his virulent invectives, told him they..
were not assembhd to disctiss politics ! nit was
a high touch of impudence. Our readers' will see
the result. ilfler thig let the Mipisterial4:ts beware
how they charge the Reformers with violeare or jade-
ceac y.---(Morning Chronicle)-11a ! l a ! Ha !
This is a lesson tor the " I'itt faction'' with
vengeance ! Mier :this let us beware ha* we
charge the Reformers with violence or inde-
cency ! !