police officers and constables who were actually on foot, was swelled up into a most formidable insurrection, and, though it was well known to every one in London, that the rioters had no connection whatever with the Veeting in Spa-fields, every endeavour was made use of by the corrupt press so to connect the two, that every person of property should feel alarmed whenever a Meeting for Reform was about to take place.

possess a large sum of money, before he can take one single step towards the prosecution of them. And, they know that he has no money, while they are wallowing in wealth. Here, indeed, is a case which calls for the activity of the law-offi cers of the Crown; for, if a poor man's liberty and life are thus to be assailed with impunity, what safety is there for him?

But, still, base and infamous as the conduct of these sons of Corruption must appear, it is not seen in its true colours, until the following curious facts (stated in Mr. HONE's account of the Riots, part 2d.) are known to the world. DYALL, as appears by this statement, long before Mr. HUNT came to town for the first Meeting in Spa-fields, was taken before GIFFORD, a Police Justice. After some talk with Dyall, Gifford got him to shew him the Petition, or Address, or whatever else it was called, which he (Dyall) and his asso

The people in the Country now know how false and malicious these representations were; but, the people in the Country are not yet fully acquainted with the infamy of the corrupt press upon this memorable occasion. As the matter now stands exposed, the exposure will do great good; but, still, justice has not yet been done to it. It is already known, that the first meeting in Spa-fields was called by an advertisement, signed by a person of the name of DYALL; that Mr. HUNT was invited and requested to at-ciates intended to bring forward at the tend that meeting; and that the meeting was conducted chiefly by him. It is already well known, that the words plot, conspiracy and insurrection, found in what were called Mr. PRESTON'S "confessions" were foisted in by the infamous press, and that Mr. PRESTON never uttered any such words. And is not this a species of wickedness committed by nobody in the world but by the men who conduct this corrupt press? Was it ever before known, that men could with impunity publish a false statement of the examination of a prisoner, brought before a Magistrate on a criminal charge affecting the life of the prisoner? Was it ever before known, that men could, with impunity, put into the mouth of such prisoner, words which amounted to a confession of his having been guilty of treason? What means of defence has Mr. PRESTON against the prejudices which these men have thus excited against him? What means has he of obtaining justice against them? He must

said first meeting. Dyall, who had no
idea of any thing wrong in what he was
doing, suffered Gifford to take a copy of
this curious document. "This to Lord
"Burleigh shall," Gifford seems to have
parodied; and, away he sent it to Lord
Sidmouth, the Secretary of State for the
Home Department! Thus, then, did this
very chief conspirator, Dyall, actually
put the government in possession of what
was meant to be moved upon the occasion!
The petition, though it must have been
harmless as to intention, dit nevertheless
contain some very gross absurdities,
some wild project, some of those whim-
sical projects and sentiments belonging to
the Spencean Plan:
vernment in full possession of all that, as
they must have thought, was going to take
place. But, up came Mr. HUNT and
spoiled the whole thing. When he came
to the Meeting and had the documeut of
Messrs. Dyall and Gifford presented to
him: "Oh, mo!" said he, "I will have

Thus was the go.

from your own prince-like mansion and
estate. This JACKSON has published a pa
per, price three half-pence, the object of
which is to defame me and to throw suspi
cion upon my motives. This paper is called
a Register and my name is placed in large
characters, at, or near, the head of it.
So that here merely in the typography of
the thing, is a proof that this Jackson
and his abettors and patrons saw no hope
of selling it, unless they could entice
purchasers by the lure of my name.
The manifest intention of the use of these
names was to make people believe, that
the work was written by me. Imposture,
however seldom succeeds in the end;
and that this Imposture, though well
enough contrived, has failed, the follow-
ing curious facts will prove. JACKSON,
the dirty tool at Romsey, has, it seems,
a brother in London; or, at any rate,
a person not ashamed to own that de-
gree of relationship with the Romsey
man, went, a few days ago, to Mr. HONE,
Bookseller, in the Old Bailey, London, and
offered him a parcel of the Romsey trash
for sale. After some conversation upon
the subject, Mr. HoNE declined the pur-
chase, giving it as his opinion, that the
thing would not sell in London.
discovered from this brother, who very
grossly calumniated me, that the Romsey
Fabrication would not sell in the Country;

he brought forward a set of Resolutions and a Petition framed by himself; and, of course, the document, the precious document, the "treasonable" document, as the Courier and Times called it, and which Gifford had so highly prized, was left to be a monument of the latter's sagacity and vigilance, but into the trammels of which Mr. HUNT'S good seuse and promptitude and straight-forward views prevented him from falling. But, now, mark, GEORGE, and, I hope, the people will mark it well. The COURIER, which is printed about the middle of the day, did, on the day of the meeting, state, that the meeting was at that moment going on, that the Petition had just been moved by Mr. HUNT, and that it was very seditions and treasonable, containing, amongst other things, a part which it then inserted. But, this part, was a part of Dyall's document, no part of which document was ever read at the Meeting from first to last! So that, it is clear, that, in the full tip-toe expectation, that Mr. HUNT would fall into the trammels of Dyall's document, that document had been given to the proprietor of the Courier before hand! Thus, was that son of corruption ready armed to pour out upon Mr. HUNT the charge of treasonable language, and thus did he send that charge forth amongst all the tax-eaters and all the timid fools all over the kingdom! How this darling son of Corruption came in posses-as, indeed, how should it, seeing that it is sion of Dyall's document; who it was that gave it to him; what was the purpose which it was intended to answer: of these I shall leave the public to form their own opinion, and I am not at all afraid, that, with these facts before them, the great body of the people will derive confidence in the cause of Reform from the fate of this vile attempt to make it a subject of

alarm.

From this odious picture of the more general efforts of Corruption's Press, I come to the particular instance of JACK

He

a tissue of misrepresentations and lies, consisting of garbled extracts from my early writings, and being, all together, a mass of incomprehensible nonsense, having nothing intelligible to plain honest people, and being, in short, a poor feeble effort at malice against a man whose writings are so clear to the understanding and so manifestly intended and tending to produce peace and happiness in the Coun try. Brother Jackson, not finding Mr. Hone willing to purchase at a penny each went on lowering his price, till he came

to about a half-penny, observing to Mr. | testation and contempt of that same peo

ple. But, that the party, be he who he might, had plenty of money at command will appear clearly enough, if we observe, that the 400 sheets of paper did not cost less than sixteen or eighteen shillings, and that the printing could not have cost less than sixteen shillings more, to which if we add half a crown for carriage and a shilling for postage, here is a loss of one pound five shillings upon those 400 papers only; and, of course, the Romsey Jackson must be a person of rarely disin

Hone, that money was not so much the object as circulation. At last, though tendered at this low price, he was obliged to carry his trash away, four hundred of them in number, with a recommendation from Mr. HONE to carry them to the Trunk Makers ! Mr. HONE, however, upon reflection on the baseness of such a transaction, and thinking that justice towards the public required that I should have the means of exposing it, and especially reflecting on what Brother Jackson had said to him about those who were interested and most generous devotion to the back ground in this publication and about money being no object in the affair, went to, or sent for, Brother Jackson, bought his 400 papers for ten shillings and sixpence, which is a little more than one farthing each; and, of these 400 papers Mr. HONE has been so good as to make me a present, and I have them now Base as this trick is, there is one CHAPactually in my possession, together with PEL, a Bookseller, in Pall Mall, London, Brother Jackson's receipt, in the follow- who has been made the tool to play off a ing words: Received of Mr. HONE, still baser trick. This man is a downright “27. Dec. 1816, Half a Guinea for the Impostor, without any possible shuffle; for "Bundle of Romsey Register, sent to me he has advertised a thing, called, The for sale, 400 Copies." (signed) "DA-" Friend of the People, an entire NEW "NIEL JACKSON."

the cause of Corruption, or he must be
supplied with money from some quarter
other than his own purse.
Not knowing
the man, I cannot decide this question:
you, who are his near neighbour, possibly
may be able to form a better judgment
on the subject.

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"Work, by William Cobbett." This is a Now, GEORGE, this man told Mr. heap of trash also, a mass of misrepresen. HONE who were the real authors of this tations and falsehoods, taking detached base and foolish performance; he told parts of my works, written many years him besides, that he need be in no fear of ago, garbling them, and disfiguring the any prosecution for publishing it; and he whole. But, what a proud thing for me, told him that he would be sure to be safe that the abettors of such men as this in publishing against me. But, GEORGE, CHAPPEL, with all their means, are unable I will not imitate the baseness of my and to get people even to look into their publithe people's enemies. I will repeat cations without cheating them into it by nothing against any one upon the words the use of my name, by making them of such men as the Jacksons; but, I will believe, that the thing is actually mine! say, that, according to Brother Jackson's What! have I beat them all to this destory, it proves, that I was correct, when gree? Can they, amongst all the pensioned I said, that it was impossible for LORD and sinecure authors, find no one who is PALMERSTONE to be guilty of an act so able to write any thing that the public will base, so cowardly, and so infamoùs. look at, without stealing my name to put Who it really was, who was thus guilty, at the head of their things? If this do not I will leave the people to guess, and will satisfy my desire of fame and victory, leave the guilty party to the hearty de-nothing can. This Imposture of CHAPPEL