The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1817-02-19

public money. was It surprising the
people were in distress, when theif re-
sources were thus squhdered? What
an insolcnt fellow he was who said that
the Immortality of the people was the
cause Of their sufferings. when such OBJ
yious causes of another kind existed.
In looking over the list, he found pen
.aipn of -lOl to Thomas Auston, who
assisted in saving the Royal Charlotte !;
and little furthcr, one Of a lOO0l to a
lparson who did nothing. Was this JUS
,tceS Would this happen if the people
were properly represented? Mr. hunt
then proceeded to indulge in some per-
sonalities against the Editors of the
Times and Morning Chronicle, and con-
cluded speech, which lasted near two
hours, with moving the following Re-
solutions:
4 That the country was in state. of the
most fearful and unparalleled distress and
misery, felt by all classes, excepting
those, who derived their fortunes from
4 the taxes levied upon the people; the
farmer. the manufacturer, and the trades
man, were all involved the same lament
able oppression.
That the sole cause of these abomina-
bic pactices was a want of reform in par
,lamcnt, and the return OF members to
the House of commons by such means
rs were confessed to be, by one of its
1 members, as notorious as the sun at
noon day.
That "a petition be presented to his
Royal Highness the Prince Regent, be-
sseeching him to take into his consldcra-
ton the burdens Of this suffering and pa
tient, but starving people; and impioring
his Royal Highness to cause parlument
TO be assembled, in order that measures
might be adopted to redress these evils,
20 feed the hungry and to clothe the max
ed, 50 that the unhappy aud starving peo-
4 PIE might be preserved from desperation;
and, above all, to listen, before it was too
late, to the earnest and the repeated pray
crs of the nation.
Mr. Watson, seconed the Resolutions:
and in so doing, remarked, that rhe pres
ent step was the most likely one to OBJ
tain the long looked for and desirable end
~~the happiness and comfort of the
people.
i Mr. James Watson moved, that the
present assembly should be convened
sthis day fortnight, or the FIRST Mond9
after the petition had been presented to
his Royal Highness. He observed, that
the Prince Regent might not receive the
petition--that the parliament might not
assemble until the year 1913, and gthou.
sand interruptions might occur He
therefore conceived, that the safest mode
would be to convene the present me eting
again in MoorGeIds. in fortnight from
this time.
Mr.. Quin seconed the amendment.
This motion was carried unanimously,
and it was resolved that the petition
should be presented to the Prince Re-
gent by Sir +. Burdett and that Mr..
Hunt should accompany him.
Mr.. Hunt thanked the meeting for
their kind intentions toward HIM. The
sax.gatherers, he observed, had still lett
hin a horse or two. aud If Sir Francis
Burdett was ready, he would propose
finding the Pcince Regent to- morrow
(Creas APPLAUSE, lie would ride after
his Royal Hlgness wherever he was, aod
pay the unwcicome visit that was inpos-
ed upon him. If he could not find him
at Carlton-house, he would try Hampton
court; then again Brighton, and last
Of all Manchester-square. (Great ap-
picsse.I ab
Some other arrangements relative to
the publication OF the Resolutions were
entered into, and the meeting slowly sep
Grated about S o'clock.
The utmcst order was observed
throughout the day; and although all
the Police Magistrate Of the metropolis.
attended by their subordinate officers,
Il.