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London, England, 1818-06-18 00:00:00

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MR. HUNTS CANVASS.
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Irlitt%%ailAtit 'trNacie a second tour to three
other parishes in the City of Westminster, viz. St.
Martin's, St. Ann's, and: St. Clements, to visit his ,
friends previous to the ensuing election. Twelve ,
o'clock being the appointed hour for the appearance
of this Candidate at Charing-cross, a considerable
body of people were then assembled in expectation of
seeing the orator. About half-past 12 o'clock, Mr.
Hunt at length appeared in an open carriage, much
more elegant and more substaruial than that from
which he harangued the multitude on the preceding
day. On this occasion, also, he was not preceded
by the hackney-chariot, but the flag was hoisted on
the box of the carriage. Mr. HUNT was accompa-
nied by three of his sons, and two other persons. As
he came towards Charing-cross, be was greeted by
the multitude, and the carriage drew up opposite to
the figure of Charles I. on horseback.
Mr. HUNT then mounted upon the seat of the
carriage, and very shortly addressed the people. He
said, that as he had fifteen days' work before him on
the hustings. he should not now trespass long upon
the time his heavers. He repeated what he had as-
serted yesterday, that his principles were well known,
and that he would be found to do his duty.
A person from the crowd cried out—" Hunt. pay
your debts."
Mr. Hottr.—" So I say : let every man pay his
debts. I know of no debt which I have contracted
which I have not honourably paid. Every one knows
that the law will make us pay. That man, I sup-
poet, is one of the Bow-street runners." He would
now give way to the Gentleman who had proposed
him as a candidate for the city of Westminster at the
Crown and Anchor Tavern, and every word that gen-
tleman uttered he thought he could answer for.
Mr. HARLEY' then rose upon one of the seats of the
carriage, and in the most 'vehement manner, both ,
by word and action, enforced upon the people the
necessity of supporting Mr. Hunt, and represented
the dreadful alternative of losing their liberties foe
the next seven years. He went on with the same
warmth to describe the manner in which his noble-
minded friend had been caluvnniatei by his enemies,
and concluded by accusing Sir P. Burdett of having
sill:filed on some occasion, and refused to be the
Friend of the People.
Mr. HUNT again rose to say a few words, but was
prevented for a short time by a person'in the crowd
attempting to speak. He then continued ; and,
pointing to the person who had interrupted him, said,
a. Hoist him up into the cut, or turn him out; he is
some spy belonging to Government, sent here to
1, create a disturbance." (The name of Oliver was the
$ general cry.)
The people then attempted to take the horses out
of the carnage, but Mr. .litrat prevented its being
done, observinl do• not want any man to turn
himself into a beast: I have sent for my horse from
the country, and I intend to ride to the hustings
every day."
The carriage then proceeded to Wardour-street, in
the parish of St. And 's, and stopped opposite the
house of a stationer. Against the building was posted,
in a conspicuous place, a placard which was headed
" Freedom of Sufferance, and which proceeded to
state that it was for bankers, lawyers, and courtiers
to send their spark of tor: r$ to the hustings,
but theftvesfi sad mad, Mixt was himself present
before eM people.
nerelie. Heart and his friends alighted, and went
isle she bore. The carriage drove Off. On this spot,
although very =inch confined, there was a larger as.
sensblage of people than in any parish which Mr.
-Meat had previously visited.
le a few minutes Mr. HUNT made his appearance
mkk osttrm erected for die occasion, on the leads
ef the first hoer OE the house, and was again loudly
amid by the populace. He was heartily glad, he
said, to see such a large concourse of the friends of
liberty now assembled, and observed that the borough-
mongers would be alarmed at such a sight. He then
went over the arguments he had so often before en-
forced, and had the satisfaction, at the end of every
sentence to be applauded by the mob.
Mr. H-u ar.sy vain, addressed his fellow-citizens
with as much animation as at Charing-cross, and
drew a distinction between the various kinds of spies.
There were, he said, spies who dipped into the pri-
sate affairs of men, and spies who sucked the blood
of their fellow-creatures, and these were the spies of
Government. But there was another species of spy,
which ought not to be forgotten, viz, a spy on Go.
ilernment, a man who would lay down his life to
maintain the liberty of the people—and such an one
was the gallant-minded, noble-hearted Hunt. Ile
entreated the friends of liberty to be early at the poll
to-morrow, to give their vote for this intrepid man.
?'jr. HUNT a second time ascended the rostrum,
with a glass half full of beer in his hand—(Cries of a
limper, a Luniper.)—The glass was filled, and he then
drank-0 The health of the people. and may they
soon be restored to their liberties"—(Bravo.)—This,
he said, was the 'first glass of beer he.had drank for
a twelvemonth, and he recommended all present to
imitate his example: The-duty now paid upon beer
was enormous, and he had little doubt but that no
less than a halfpenny duty had been paid for the,
small
.glass of ale he had just drank ; and of what
materials it consisted he knew not; he supposed it was
a mixture of quassia, laudanum, and other poisons,
put inby the brewers to fill their own pockets. If
the people would drink only water for the next twelve-
month, he bad little doubt but that Government, as
well as the brewers, woul I be brought to their senses.
orator then retreated itzto the house in order, as
he said, to take a little refreshment, and the mob par-
tially
dispersed.
It was not until near four o'clock that Mr. HUNT
made his appearance before St. Clement's Church in
the Strand. Ile here made a very short speech, ex-
cusing himself in consequence of the severe cold
which he caught in his exertions yesterday. He par-
ticularly alluded to the tnanner in which his placards
had been defaced by that Harlequin of Drury-Lane
(the Hon. Dotighu Kinnaird), who had had the au-
dacity to paste his bills over his (Hunt's) placards.
The auditors here *ere not so numerous as in

some of the other parishes. The most respectable
part of the ir.dividcall departed in consequence of
the rain, which fell at that tune rather heavily. The
horses were taken out of the carriage, and ,Mr.Huwr.
was drawn home to his own house in Norfolk-street.

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