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London, England, 1816-12-31 00:00:00

would give a 'yeer's growth for a row/ hut they
shrent have a rev.: I do not wish you to he cowards,
bitt if a man kick ynn to-day, don't return it ; but
give him a good kicking to-morrow, and than won't •
make 'a row! Let-them surround us with their ea-
valfy and :raillery, we will rippete to them the artil-
lety.of 'Truth, Reason: and Justice.— (efeerkeee.)..e.
Tire tools of Corruption had said tint Benerartess
Government was a militery despotism. Let me ask
whether the asseriablage of yo many red-coated gentry
.this day does not wear the appeAraeee ot military
ilespotism ?—Bur. will this ply the ea:int:al debt ?etc.
All sorts ot intintidetiOn had been empl4.eestl te pea-
vent people from iii.:ending the Meeting., Tle ene-
mies of Truth had as many tricks as an old m nkey."
Here Mr. Hoe r havitne read his Erie Itteoletion,
asked why seine et the Cerperat,on—emie of the
Parsons or other friends of Corruption—die tee !wee
there to preside at the idretieg ? He was aseteished
that they should be compelled to send fir Linn—.
'‘ Have you no Gentry; :n -moan yeti ?•—ln old times
the Barons, the Nobiley, and Gentry c:troe t igen!, ;
but now we have an ignorant Gentry aol an eeltgbe
treed Popeleceeand, iestead Of You- rights.; the! Atue
you a li;.tle sinecure suup 1 It leas .1 ptetty I,ttiness to
tax t!.eir !.,Seeed, and give them :t ilde Soap ! Bit this
would do tto longer, and the frends of Cetruption
should make good use of their Orme lie had been in.
formed that their enemies had threatened to take any
person into custody who should attempt toerect hus-
tings for the Meeting. He was surprised that his
:rim& should have been so ignorant as to he ietimi.
dated by such a threat. He was not to he incimi.
dated. His enernies wanteel to shot him; but it they
shed one drop of his blood, hogsheads Of theirs would
flow !...46 BUt they wilt never begin this, and we will
never begin it, We want no tumults, no riots—we
went oily our Rights. The People had now got
the genie in their own hands, and thiy were sure to
succe•eci." Ile next alluded to the Spefields Petition.
observing', that there never was a .1' etitici iv which had
produces greater effect; fer• in•three days afterwards
tie Prince Regent had sent £5OOO to the soup Corn.
miuee. He agein adverted to the means employel
to prevent persons from attenainf, the Meeting. Me.
Weise he said, it;ar nii doebt emplod in gieing, his
men a .danner; and Mr. M— had offered oae Of his
soap-kettles to :make soup for them. But all would
nut so, . They could.not prevent theta from signing'
tbe.Petitiun.-=[llere there was a considerable noise
'in the crowd (if it 'may hi so called), and Mr. HeST
repitttteil his usueteiutiOn—fiat the beit way to keep
silence was for every -1164 T, to 11411 d his tongtfeel •••
Nir. HUNT contir is, • 1—" I .et our ewe& es go -oil—
they with be their otereezeertinners. Give them rope
eitopgl," said the Orator. " and they will•hang them-
selses."—He next adverted to the astemblep of
troops.' Poor felhiwsr the'y Stood shietrine on the tried
side as he passed along. At the !Kari of soar of
them be had seen a man who wit' kncivn ht Bitli Ety
the name of Captain ,13o6arfeL He d teed say this fei.
lot' would get two or three hundred pounds lay relta•
hug out his troop on this occasion. —" But we amas-
sttribled for a legal and eenstiretionel perpose, and
hive nothing to le.ir. Weiner been robbed of our
rights, and we are ;ssea-.13:e.1 'lac • o tell the toleber.i,
Give ur 144 our Cnutitution —lye want no S app- tittle: I--
They weated Reform—and as for himself, a Re.
form would be the hest way of getting rid or him, as
in that case he would go home, and spend hisdays
in:peace and security. He adverted to the siihjeckof
a general election ; observing, thetlw woeld be among
theta again, if the people would suppott him. The
List pill he bad administered was not easily digested;
another such would shake the Bank in —sheet.
•(eliyakare.) He again advised his friends, if they
were insulted, not to resent it ; " take. no notice r f
them for this day, for the sake of the. cause, but trek
at your enemies"--otherwise, he s tid, the advocates
of correlation wonld.get some Pat son Parks to swear
there was a plot. Tney would give any thing to get
rid of him. " 0 Loan !" said tory, "he Wall IS lo be
a King !" " No, no, I want no such tiling—l *Want
to see my countrymen happy—give them their jest
rights, and they will be nappy." Some years aeo,
he bad posted on the walls ot Bristol the names '.f
thirty public robbers. Sime of these thieves were
Rontilites —.some the friends ot Mr. llevis—and semi
the ftient!s of Mr. Protheroe. He again cautioned his
friends against acts of violence, observing, "it will be
our faults if our enemies have a plot to-d ey." They
shall not save me es they served Quigley—that is,
they put a plot in his pocket, and then pulled it out
again, crying---" Olt ! Oa 1 here's a plot !" He
made some remarks upon the conduct of Mr. Davis,
with retard to a former petition, alleging, th.tt whits
it was presented to the House. Mr. I)." pretended to
Irma nothing aboiu it," because it was net signed by the
respectable part of the inhabitants. The "pat/foeglee
Editoerof reieliristol newsmen" would, n, doubt,
ahnsetirm, §dt he cared not. He idr tel his friends
to read•Cob,batOr Rester, adding, t'iat 100,000 copies
of it were Edel weekly.. The Register, he said, cen-
tained toiStng but the truth--so that the truth was read
by.twie at,hree millioni of the people eery week 1
ThaelitisolutiOns. and the Petition wee then read
bi mi.. . c '45 st N 4 and carried unanimously.
k' Mr. Herr said he had entitled the Petition the
46 PetiAion of the freeholders, Inhabitants, &c. of
13:11toi ;;' because all the freeholders and inhabievits
enitilih have 'encoded at •the. Meeting if they be 4
otta!4.PtOner. ' Ity;:tailing,qata.g, the whole City save
lieliqtraft-toithe Petition.
trldit t ossixs moved it Vote of thanks to Mr. Hunt,
Which was carried unanimously.
Thanks were not voted to Sir F. BURDEI7.
• The Petition is to be presented to the House of
Co.settilent/ dty Lord Ccietsuma; as Mr. HUNT was of
opinion that Sir. FRAkts BIIVETT would Oat be able
titeattend the House, id conitfpnce of the illness of
his son. • . • •.‘ • •• n
Mr. Piste was to have been in the Chair. •
le We mart not omit to'addithitlM6 fiverintima.
/led his incitation of meeting :his flint's- in..Spi*lds
'the *and Monday sifter tin atoning of Parlisstens.

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