The Spa Fields Riot, December 2nd, 1816
Two hundred years ago today, a mass meeting took place at Spa Fields, Clerkenwell. The first Spa Fields meeting, on 15th November 1816, is believed to have attracted some 10,000 people. Its object was to seek popular support for the delivery of a petition to the Prince Regent, requesting electoral reform and relief from hardship and distress. 'Orator' Henry Hunt addressed that meeting and was elected to deliver the petition, along with Sir Francis Burdett. The second meeting, on 2nd December, was called after Hunt was refused access to the Regent to deliver the petition, and may have been attended by 20,000 people. This meeting degenerated into disorder, perhaps aided by the use of agents provocateurs, and led to the Government passing, the following year, what became known as the 'Gag Acts'.
...1816....1916...2016...
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
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Sue Perks was reported to be absolutely livid...3
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Let's wait for Shay Givens thoughts before hanging Sue out to dry.Oakster said:Sue Perks was reported to be absolutely livid...
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Fascinating stuff!0
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Ah yes..I knew Centre Circle would be involved somewhere as well...Anna_Kissed said:I'm posting this for information purposes, acknowledging the anniversary of a large public meeting concerning social change in England.
Two hundred years ago today, a mass meeting took place at Spa Fields, Clerkenwell. The first Spa Fields meeting, on 15th November 1816, is believed to have attracted some 10,000 people. Its object was to seek popular support for the delivery of a petition to the Prince Regent, requesting electoral reform and relief from hardship and distress. 'Orator' Henry Hunt addressed that meeting and was elected to deliver the petition, along with Sir Francis Burdett. The second meeting, on 2nd December, was called after Hunt was refused access to the Regent to deliver the petition, and may have been attended by 20,000 people. This meeting degenerated into disorder, perhaps aided by the use of agents provocateurs, and led to the Government passing, the following year, what became known as the 'Gag Acts'.
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The Prince Regent was vegetarian and only refused to receive the petition because it was on parchment.Anna_Kissed said:I'm posting this for information purposes, acknowledging the anniversary of a large public meeting concerning social change in England.
Two hundred years ago today, a mass meeting took place at Spa Fields, Clerkenwell. The first Spa Fields meeting, on 15th November 1816, is believed to have attracted some 10,000 people. Its object was to seek popular support for the delivery of a petition to the Prince Regent, requesting electoral reform and relief from hardship and distress. 'Orator' Henry Hunt addressed that meeting and was elected to deliver the petition, along with Sir Francis Burdett. The second meeting, on 2nd December, was called after Hunt was refused access to the Regent to deliver the petition, and may have been attended by 20,000 people. This meeting degenerated into disorder, perhaps aided by the use of agents provocateurs, and led to the Government passing, the following year, what became known as the 'Gag Acts'.
...1816....1916...2016...
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Great when they work, but too risky to be worth it.Anna_Kissed said:what became known as the 'Gag Acts'.
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partly another example of returning victorious soldiers (from Wellington's army) being left to rot by the powers that were and rebelling about it .. the early 19c was a time of great change and reform0
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Indeed. Much unrest was to follow, one of the bloodiest events occurring in Manchester on 16th August 1819. Luddism, Chartism, Socialism, Suffragism.....
Bankers' bonuses, the Credit Crunch, Food banks, The Jungle.....
"Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf..."1 -
The World is an awful place.Anna_Kissed said:
Bankers' bonuses, the Credit Crunch, Food banks, The Jungle
Wayne Bridge should never have been kicked out.
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I was away that weekendAnna_Kissed said:Indeed. Much unrest was to follow, one of the bloodiest events occurring in Manchester on 16th August 1819. Luddism, Chartism, Socialism, Suffragism.....
Bankers' bonuses, the Credit Crunch, Food banks, The Jungle.....
"Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf..."0 -
PeterlooAnna_Kissed said:Indeed. Much unrest was to follow, one of the bloodiest events occurring in Manchester on 16th August 1819.
commemorated in the Britons Protection pub0
