Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1817-03-04

Wat Tyler was well defesying of the
praifc Of his country The MiniIters had
rined With our liberties, and refuied 20
grant the people their rights. !" "hl
you take them II (l'fs, sss, fran ~ n1i'f
fifnde. !" Win yo 20 and demand
them = (Tu, ~. yey. +" 1t jump
down will you follow me (lef,yf'' yes.
The man Immediately Ieaped from the
vehicle, and, embracing The two flags III
his arms, he proceeded towards the city,
followed BY fome thoulands OF perions
and their track was foon dilcoverable by
fragments Of lamps. windows. &c. nc
direction they took was, in the hrit IN
ftancc, through the city TO the Tower.
In the Minories they entered, by violence,
three gun makers ihops, emPtied them OF
the arms they contained and paraded the
ftrcrts with them, difchafging the muik
cts and pifols generally IN the air, bur
occafopaly at the houfes. Prior 10
thelc deprcdatlons. thefe diiturbcrs had
in their progreis entered the lhop of Mr..
Beckwith, in Skinner Street, gun. maker,
whole premifes they treated in the man
ner we have deicrI5ed but there was
this additional misfortune, that they put
the weapons into immediate employment
and lhot MIR PIatt, factor in Catea-
ton lfreet, in the groin, infiicting, as We
hear, fatal wound
Government and the Municipal Mag.
iftrates were, during rhete illegal and
milchievous proceedings, not inactive.
The Militia were Immediately ordered
out, and ltrong attachments of the Light
Guards, horfe and foot, as well as of the
Light Dragons, appeared in the itreets,
and occupied the Change, the Bank, and
other iituations. The hrit fcene of con
futon, near Cotnhill occurred at the Roys
al Exchange, within the walls, of which
fome Of the rioters had the audacity TO
enter with flags, and difcharge their pie
ces, Sir James Shaw being fortunately
on the lpos, grappled with one of the ring
leaders, took his flag from him, aud the
gates being infansly clofcd, two Of the
delipquents were feized, and detained in
cuaody.
We mutt now revert again TO the Gtua
tion of things at Spafelds, where, before
the clofe of the meeting it was computed
that upwards of 10000 Perions had al
lcmbled. AT about one O'Clock, Mr.
Hunt, in an elegant tandem, advanced to
the public houie called Merlin's cave,
where he was received by the loudeR &C
CARNATIONS and having Attended to the
window on the 6rit floor, he moved that
the Chair be taken by Mr.. Clarke the
Chair being 70 occupied
Mr.. Hunt, in the exordium of his
/ fpeech, recommended to the people to
prsierve order, and then nated the cir
cumRances Of his reception at Carleton
houfe, and the particulars with regard TO
! the Petition, which are Efficiently noto-
rious. He afterwards read letter which
he had written to Lord Sidmouth, and
the anfwer Of the noble Secretary, adding
that his lordfhip had, during the whole
of the trsnfaction, behaved with that ref
peet which was due to the organ of 70
important Meeting.
Having difpoied of this PREDATORY mat
ter, he congratulated his auditors on the
good effects their attending had already
produced, fnce it had occalioned his
Royal Highnefs 70 grant iSooo out of
ibe funds of his Majcay, for the relief Of
the neceiitous. Bur he contended that
the Prince had not gone to the extent Of
the implied prayer Of the petition, which
was, to beltow on the inhabitants of the
metropolis or I3oo,ooo out Of the Civ
ii Liz. and not to follow the advice of
corrups Miniiter, who had perfuaded him
to apply L5eoo out of the Dfoits of Ad
miralty, which belonged 10 the failors.
The followingisa copy of the corrcf
lpondence that has taken place between
MIR. Hunt aud Lord Sidmouth
(coPY
LONDON, Nov, Io. 1916
"My Lord-A, a very numerous
meeting, held in Spa Fields, on the ! :
infant, petition to the prince Regent
was agreed on, and il was by the fame
meeting relolved, that fhoud have the
honor OF prefenting the faid petition. In
consequence Of this refolution, have this
day waited on Col M'Mahon, at Carlton
ioute, IN order TO sicertain knowledge
of the pleafure OF his Royal Highncfs, As
to the time and place when he would be