The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-06-29 00:00:00

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Government
;well and Sir S.
the commence-
less than 1800
be no danger of
to secure Sir F. I
Sir S. Romilly
much with respect
'w trouble them
It was stated
Hustings, that
. Cleary), requesting
Reform Committee of
something towards de.
'he prisoners at
he received an
asserted, that if
Derby to bang
he person. lit'
was asserted on
would probably
he heard it be
the People pre-
to produce the
said to be contain.
Hunt said it was
now demanded a
of it, but he was
tudowever in his heart,
eaglawmett it, or put it
letter alluded to
lajor Cartwright
Ltine, and their an.
done by the Weal,
in the way awl
that thq did ask
men under each dki
this la substance*
that what be then
of shirrs against
',eggnog, as "Pell to
/retried st. Darby,
all he cosyd in re.
behalf of tbosel
~riots. He was partly
option for paying
,Solicitor for Watson,
mgoa. When a sub.
Roberts, and the etl•-
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—.matt% to his
independent in cir-
sobsctibed as moeb
o he believed, Ws.
ilW4derninded that the
• ietta bis. hand for the
the place is which
bat,did not produce the

Hoot did not seem
Aanded, he would go
produce the 4etter Mont.)]
letter in his pocks
have to its being
contents as well as
t, and never could
,eetings, because he
fly legal, hot there
Approve of the riots
Dolby. It was from

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them *rime the umpenssow —.— _ _
was by sock prommaggsOat..the 'riot
parte( Retiree,. Mr. Cnhbett wu ob 'lo.--
the ;wintry. He informed Mr. Hest t he had
Ispokee to-Major Cartwright upon the itly..a.
sabscriptios, bet that he disapprovedd Irthloklog
that it would be injurious to the cause-ioti Ritforrelf-
sissy interfered in such emitters. Seek wade the con-
tents of his answer; if it conleined more, Mr.
pout was booed in honour to produce It, or to ad-
mit his error. Though Mr. Hunt'i proposal was not
agreed to, ke(Mr. C.) exerted Monet, as mach as he
could in behalf of the prisoners at Derby, -end wrote
to a friend there requesting that be would doorty,
thing in hie power for them.
Mr. HUNT now attempted to address the Electors,
but was received with such universal espressions of
horror and contempt, that it was a considerable time
before he could make himself audible, and we could
oly collect a few disSinted words here and there.
We understood him to say, that in consequence of
hearing that the unfortunate men tried at Derby-were
without frienda'or money to procure them a Counsel,
ho bad promoted a subscription in their rid.—(Cafes
in the crowd, " you brought them to it.")—
Withoot thinking it necessary to consider what their
crimes were, be thought it his duty to sssist Enellitt-
men about to be brought to trial for an offence likely
to effect their lives. In so doing he obeyed the &-
totes of his own heart, and he had used every effort
in his power to procure the assistance of the Citizens
of Westminster in the cause of hoesanity.—((.ties of
the Letter, produce the Letter.)—With respect to
Mr. Cleary's letter,
,he (Mr. C.) had admitted, not
only yesterday, bat this very day, the .whole'of the
contents, which he (Mr. H.) had. ascribed to it, with
the exception of one expression, with respect to
which Mr. Cleary was misinformed. He (Mr. C.)
had never beard him (Mr. Hunt) use the expressions
of which he complained, and whoever had informed 'I
him that he (Mr. II.) had stated those words to be
contained in the letter, misunderstood what he said.'
—[Cries of " Ah ! you coward--you swallow your
words do you ?" " Down with the cowardly ruf-
fiao." " That is always your way." " That's a
way you have of lying." " Remember Morley, you
coward !"]—What he meant to say was, that Mr:
Cleary said, in one pert of his letter, that he was
so enraged with the conduct of the Derby men, that
he would go down and hang them himself.--f Cries of
" Produce the letter, you coward ; you do more
mischilf to the cause of Liberty and Reform than
the Most worthless hireling. You are an enemy to
the-People. Of, of, you ruffian !")
. Mr. WISUANT stepped forward and said, that
Mr. Hunt ought to finish his speech or retire.
Mr. HUNT then attempted to proceed, and re.
mained a considerable ,time upon his perch, without
gaining any attention. An universal demand was
made for Mr. Cleary's letter. "Produce the letter,
or the pound of flesh," were the terms of the de.
wand. He (Mr. H.) said the reason why they were
so clamorous for the letter, was because they knew'
he bad sent off one of his family for it 60 miles ioto
the country. It was in the country.—( 0! shabby
subterfuge, a cowardly, mean apology.")—Here
Mr. Hunt pointed out a Gen-Herman on the Hustings
to the crowd, and endeavoored to incite them to vio-
lence against the itulividual.—(" That's onother
proof of your cowardly meanness : it is cowardly to
point out any body.")—He (Mr. Hunt) resumed,
and said, that this was a step on the part of Mr.
Cleary to suppress the letter altogether. His (Mr.
Hunt'd) family was knocked up last night, between
twelve and one o'clock, by three or four drunken
ruffians, who came and abused his servants.—(Cries
of " Produce the letter," were reiterated from all
quarters.)—He (Mr.'lll.) said that be should prodece
the letter as soon as it came to town. Last night,
between twelve and one o'clock, be received a letter
from Mr. Cleary, which he should read, together
with his own answer. The Electors should see how
this man wrote.—" Westminster, June 26, 1818.
Sir,—Your conduct at the Hustings this day, when
you endeavoured to tern popsiar fury against me,
by statements which you knew to be false, was as
cowardly as it was wicked —( Very true from several
voices)—as ungenerous as it was engentlemsnly.—
L. You have not a spark of it, you ruffian,' follow-
ed this from several personalt—You boast of your
courage.—You have not an atom, you dung.' You
have now an opportunity of proving it. Cowards
only insult without being reedy to give satisfaction.'
—(Cries of 6 Bravo, Cleary 07—Yee cannot
therefore misunderstand what I mesas,. when I say, I
wait for your appoiottneet."—(The reading of this
letter was followed by espressions of the strongest
indignation against Mr. Horst, such as " Air!o
coward, you dung— remember Morley.")—Hero
Mr. Hunt poleted to a band of his town party, and
..directing their attention to Mr. Cleary, and the Gen-
.tioliee about bins, said 66 At those fejlows for me,"
but:no one obeyed the mandate:" 'Phis was followed
•byftrtntes, hisses, and other demonstrations of in-
Mende..
'Mr
Mr. CLEART then. asp for d addressed Mr.
Hunt to the following effect :--66' . publicty proclaim
Mr. Hunt an infamous liar, and "dastardly coward.
-Why not produce my letter, wltictrbe ssid he said he
laid in his box ; I offered to 'go .for it myself, or
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ley a porter to fetch it. There' are friends around
alto, who aver that he said yesterdaylte'had the letter
in his pocket. Let him prtidece it now. This
ter-bully relhati lma dared to insert a slander
last' me, wbliti eight have cost me my- life. I
might have been thin to *cello the lap of freedom,
le consequence of this elands,. lie says that lam
the paid agent.of Sir Francis Bartlett s it is false.
66 Mr. limit was the uniform, tradeeer of every
man who bad Ifflisseatedalle case of freedom. Who
woothere that belied otalt shrugged ? he bad traduced
the venerable; (be honoerebrit, the lone-tried friend
of Reform, iller Cartwright ; Ire had traduced Sir
F. Bartlett ; in fact, white 'wes ;the real, and the
lesion, and the cordial friend of rational liberty
that belted not traduced.—(tiii/M, and loud cap.
plan se.)—Wes this to be bailor,:,' Vote Englishmen
thus tamely to be insulted by an mowed poltroon,
who bad assumed the 'tinier %he Hoe, bet who, now•
he was stripped of his *avowed. disguise, showed
what he was a noes., contemptible, cringing.
ass !—(Hisses from Mr. Hemet friends, mad rel.
terated shouts of applause from those of Mr.
Clear gave hies the fair—tbe manly op.
i) i— He
portailti et proving wketete he was possessed of•

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