Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-04-18

This morning, the following Placard |
was stuck up III the avenues leading tn |
S2a-helds
PLACdRD.
REFoRM.--Whercas, a placard has !
been posted, entitled Spa fields Ro,s p
concluding with most airocious recon-
mendation 10 commit outrage the pub
lie are informed, that the Right Hon. the
Lord Mayor has, by IN examination on
Saturday last, traced the above mention
ed iuiiammatory paper 10 certain corrupt
backbone enemies 10 freedom, one OF
whom his Lordship has held to ta,l.
:" Friends IF the C0asiiimt;oa-As Won va
lue Your country, and the grand casse of
reform, abstain from the slightest breach
of the peace. aud thereby prove tlatyou
are he r-al lovers of social order
Aboutten o'clock, groups of persons as
semb!rd in various PARTS If the meiropo-
lis, prenaratorv 20 their march to The place
of meeting. The precautionarv measures
resorled TO by The civil power, and The
proper disposal of the Police Officers, pre-
vented, IN great measure, that nconve-
nience which might otherwise have arts
en-. Special cousiabes were sworn IN on
the occasion, and tie Police establish
mems of the metropolis, were stationed
in Spa-fields and It's neighbori,ood. A
great number OF The military arrived in
town last night, IN order 70 be in roadi-
ness in the event of anv disturbance 10
king place, whici, the Civil Power n,ight
be foundinsutiicieni toaapeaSe.
As early as ten O'clock, great many
Persons at the lowest deScria;ion. had as
sembled in various parts of,hc field. par
ticuarlv opposite the Slcrlin's Cave Pub
lie House. MANY of the Magistrates Of
MddieSeX stationed Themselves ri No g,
next door 10 the Merlin's Gave in order
to be in rea'liness III The event Of any tu-
multi occurring.
DIAL, the chairman of the meeting, was
in the crowd immediately under tls, wan
| dows of The N,erliu'S Cave. His appear
| ance was wre.ched IN the extreme. Ifc
| did not seem 10 take en- active pari hnt
| impaired what he knew 20 az about him,
with great deal of detected compo-
sure.
| Mr.. Clarke, who, on the former occasi
| ons, was called to the chair demanded
admission to the room ut Merlins Cave.
but was refused.
AT 10 o'clock, about 1000 Persons were
| assembled, but the greatest order and dc
| cornm were observedthroughouith Whole
Of their conduct. Crowds &c PEOPLE were
to be seen at considerable distance on
spots commanding a distant view Of The
proceedings of the popHlace, but tliev
very iudiciously kent themselves apart
from any danger likely to ensue.
We shall pursue our accounts TO as late
an hour as possible.
london, Feb. II.
We gave yesterday the arrangements
made by Government to preserve the
Peace Of the Metropolis, andthe Proceed
Iunc of fi,a tot r.
ing 10 Press. The following are further
particulars
After MIR. Hunts arrival, the mob some
whatincreased. On the hill behind Bag
| nigge-wells, upwards of 500 Persons were
collected, who, experimenting personal
danger from commixture with the more
active part of the assembly, deemed il
prudent to content themselves with dis
| tant view of the proceedings Similar
crowds, actuated bv similar feelings, wer
collected in almost all the other elevated
spots commanding view of the Merlin's
Cave.
Soon after IL, a Person, whose name we
understand 70 be Stewart, being dissen-
! ii, = Preacher, or what's more commonly
called a Field Preacher, addressed few
| Of the Populace Ill a short speech. He
| commenced III style of religious exhor-
| taton, calling on the People to conduct
| themselves with peace and Guieiness (; but
! at The same time, he pointed out the ne
cesslty of straning every nerve, in con-
stitutional way, TO obtain a radical eiorm
Ill Parliament, and reduction os those
abuses by which the State was oppres-
ed.
Among other incidents which created
confusion, while the anxious multitude
yvprp PxneCfju0 fhp :,r, wal of tIr HINT
was the appearance Of a bullock. which
ran in among tie mob, overturning nlan
and alarming all. HAT length became ter
rified in its turn, and was driven from lhe
field and before the noise excited by It's
appearance had subsidized, The approach OF
MIR. Hunt was announced amidst lie load
est shouts About 300 Persons inmedi-
ately ran off from the corner of the field
next COppicc-row, tomeet him, and come
up with him at thc eud of Elm-streef, with
TIER hats of. Opposite tie entrance TO
the House of Correction, the POpulace
manifested an Intention 10 take the horses
from the tandcnl, and TO conduct him i'm
triumph TO the Merln's Cave. By the
earnest persuasious OF Mr.. Hunt and his
servant, however, the crowd was dissua-
ded from this atiemDt, and he vas allow
ed TO proceed az SLOW pace. There was
no impeachment whatever to The Police Of
iicers in attendance. At one o'clock, he
reached the Merlin's Cave, and proceed
Ell 10 the room appointed for his receipt
on. He Immediately opened the proceed
ings, by moving that Mr.. w. Clark should
take The chair All ihe preliminary ar
engagements were conducted in the same
manner as on the i7,o former occasions.
and the different speakers addressed the