Folio(s) 151-153. Letter from [the Reverend Alexander Bunn Haden], Bilston [Staffordshire],...

Folio(s) 151-153. Letter from [the Reverend Alexander Bunn Haden], Bilston [Staffordshire], reporting that the meeting of inhabitants called in Wolverhampton, ostensibly to petition the king to negotiate peace, had intended to go further and call for the dismissal of the Government. The notice being defective, the meeting had not taken place. However Haden points out that there are 100,000 people in that area who are ready to listen to those who would 'alienate their Affections from their King and Constitution'. Three of the requisitionists of the meeting had been in the Volunteer Association of Infantry, and the captain commandant shared their views. Haden will immediately report any further attempt to convene such a meeting.

Enclosed is a printed notice dated 15 December 1800 protesting at the intended petition to the Crown for a dishonourable peace. Sir John Wrottesley can give information on the status of the signatories if required.

Signatories: Robert Morrison MD, George Molineux, James Hordern, Thomas Walker (Minister), Thomas Perry, John Jesson, Joseph Tarratt, Henry Jesson, Samuel Stubbs, Joseph Lane, Isaac Scott, John Simkiss, Thomas Gibbons, Thomas Phillips, Henry Wood, John Kaye, Thomas Shaw Hellier, Richard Jesson, J Tregent, William Thacker, William Wenman, Robert Adams, Henry Roliston, Robert Dickinson, John Savage, William Foster, Joseph Olarenshaw, William Chrees, Henry Smith, Thomas Bromhall, William Chrees jun, John Thomas, William Warner, Joseph Smith, R Gough, John Tarratt, John Scott, John Lea Hayley, Thomas Foley, John Mansell, Samuel Lilly, Thomas Dadford, William Mitton, Thomas Brooke, William Savage, William Steward, John Felton, William Bickley, James Nailer, Samuel Addey (Constable), Robert Hildick, John Worrallow, Thomas Beetlestone, Samuel Peard, John Cale, Robert Bill, Thomas B Herrick, R S Pountney, George Pountney, John Pountney jun, Robert James, William Sheppard, Henry Lovatt, William Perry, Thomas Lilly, John Lilly, Thomas Savage, William Allen, Clement Hardwick, Benjamin Smith, T Clarke, William Cooke, William Cooke jun, James Adshead, Thomas Cox, John Devey, F Andrews.