The Statesman.
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of the manor of I,Pickinghati. came next under the con-
aiderstion of the Gull:
The Court determined that Mr. Herbert had nut made
out his claim.
Mira was given that no more petitions *mild be
received after Wedn..eday next, to which day. by Pro-
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cdamation. the Court'taudt adjourned a; twelve o'clock.

MR.VOIICS ur HENRI lit NT, Es q.

In the lst Aivaiber of the " Memoir; of Henry Hunt,
EN." written by himself, and addressed to the Radical
Reformers, the following is a portion of the intro-
.tuition :

In addressing this work to you, my brave. patient.
and persecuted friends, I hope to have an opportunity
of communicating with von once a month. during my
incarceration ; and during the progress of the work I
shin take care to avoid all exaggerated statements.
I shall coWine myself to a sfrkt relation of facts, and
I shall be very particular not to gloss over or slight
any one pobtical or public act of my life. %on shall
be in possession of the faithful history of Mal man
whims you have so unanimously honoured by the de-
roniasstion of your rhan.pit,n, and in whose incar-
ceration a deadly blow is. with savage lewdly. aimed
a! your rights and liberties—one. who, during his
whole political career. will be found to have been
the consistent and undeviating advocate of real ur
• reArtn; tone who aln.9 s. under every dilli-
• nity, at all !init.s and seasons, tmlilly and unequi-
vocally claimed for the people, the right of every
r.atr to have a vote for the Nlembers of the Commons
flutist. of Parlionseist, and who inner, under any cir-
suusiances, paltered or compromised the great votintitu-
t ioi4l principle. that "so Eneilsha.am shall 6c la 'ill
r.:'ivul his un n ev.zsent.- Es en when its insist zee-
loas professed advocates had abaniluned the intention
v. maintaining this proposition. PVC/I at the risk of
iv ins the frietolship of his deafest political connexions,
he stood tirns upon the solid basis of that itirontro-
vertible principle " jcsti..r aad 1; r. dual Iv sit',"
N`i p"n.naell "Prillenq• no craft)* 1"'11'...v. alliumgh
v-red with the greatest force and zeal, by the most
rc•.erienceJan.l acme rea.c ners, neither Ilatterv, bribes,
• threats, could eser, for one 1110111,111 t. •lial:e his ile-
t •rosinatiou to support the principle of l•xlvEnsvi.
"EL rrnsits, Or, in other words, the right of every bee-
wan to have a share by his representatise in the making
th those laws, by wide% his life. Lis liberty, and his
j• °petty, are to be goverted and disposes, 4.f. I allude.
Inure particularly. to the meeting of d. lezate• (by
4 :lA. called deputiesl, in London, some time in the be•
gi•sning of the year
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In the latter cosh of the year Izs I 7., and the begin-
ni!v• of the year I F,16, the evil effects of the oar be-,
gen to be sev. refs felt amongst all cla-ses throughout
tbe country, aqtl in the north of Englund it was par-
ticularly felt by those employed in the manufactories.
Great dista(banres prevailed. and the Luddites, as
they were called, committed repeated depredations.
by destroying the enal•lsinery of their employers. This
•Itimately led to the employment of spies and in-
fo-mers by the agents of the Government ; by which
13 cans many of the unhappy men were convicted and
executed. Major Cartwright and Mr. CoMari!, in the
r•ose laudahl,• tel praiseworthy manner, endeavoured,
by Theis aritints. and the Major I believe, by cuing'
amongst theut per•onnall), to draw the attention of
t!.- s:arsing ettatiefactur••rs Le the real came of their
el rrss, aced ree•otioneneleel them to petitiOn for re-
form instead of Jestro int, the machinery. This had
tbe desired effe,t, and petitions drawn up by the Major,
praying for reform in the Commons House of Par-
Jianient, and demanding suffrage for those who paid
t.ixe-, poured in all from quarters. In the beginning
of Nut•eneber sonic per.ous in London advertised and
rayed a public meeting of the distr. ssed inha-
bitants of the metropolis, to be held in Spa-fields
or the rstle • IL • originated wi•ls Itr. Watson and
'tone of th.e-e• who called themsels es Spenreans.—
As I have learned since, they sent invitations to Sir
Francis Burdett, Major Cartwright, myself, and Lord
C••thrane, and yen to Mr. Waiihman, and several
usher politi••al characters, earnestly requesting theta to
agent" the meeting, to advise with and to assist their
distressed fellow creatures, as to the best means of
raining relief. In the mean lime, the parties calling
the meeting bad drawn up and prepared a memorial to
tie • Prince Re;•ent, which was, if passed, to have been
carried iussaediately to Carlton-house, by the whole of
the meeting, awl presented in person to the Regent.
When the day arrived, of all the persons invited as
political characters to the meeting, / was the only one
who &nestled, and, having prevailed upon those who
called the meeting to abandon their famous memorial,
and to relinqui-h the plan of going in a hotly to
Carltoo-house, I proposed the resolutions and the pe-
tition to his Royal Highness the Prince; which the
next day I caused to be presented to him by Lord
Sidmuath: on the following day his Royal Highness
was pleased to far to comply with the. reqnest of the
petitioners as to send Four ilsou•tand Pounds as a snip-
scription to the Spitalfielels Soup Cotnenittee: The re-
solutions proposed by use, and unanimously passed by
the moot numerous meeting ever held in this country,
avowed the plinciple of 1. NlVltaltat SCY/F14.30E; and
the petition to the Regent claimed his pecuniary
assistance, as an immediate. and temporary relief;
but declared that the petitioners had no hope
or expectation of permanent prosperity and happi-
ness, till a Reform of Parliament was ellocted, which
would give 10 (my MIX a vote in the representation.
This was, therefore, the first time. that universal sitr
fOsge Was petitioned for at a public. meeting; and I
had the honour, and I shall ever feel a pride in the
refiectioa, of being the first man who publicly pro-
posed, at a meeting of the reformers, this measure,
and of having caused to be presented the first petition
to the throne, praying the Prince to assist the people
in recovering their right of universal suffrage, in the'
electio• of Members of the House of Commons. Yon
must all recollect the infamous manner in which I was
attacked sad assailed by the whole of the daily Lon-
don press at the time, with the single exceptiab of
TM/ STATISIIA3I.

Thursday awing the Electors of the Borough. of j
Southwark (friends to Porn uoeutary Reform) celebrated'
the &clad Aassitenary of their ludepeudeoce,
pslehe *haw at )be tieuve-house, Camberwell. Mr. Al.
stentati Thorp, bathe Chair.

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