The Sun.
London, England, 1838-11-06 00:00:00

TRIAL BY JURY.

Last night some stanch friends of Parliamentary Reform
dined together «t Radley's Hotel, to celebrate the forty-fourth
anniversary of the acquittal of Hardy, Horne Tooke, &c., from
the charged high treason. Major REVELL was in the Chair.
The CHAIRMAN proposed the first toast, " The Sovereignty
of the People," and he contended that no Government could
be powerful and beneficial that did not result from " Univer-
sal Suffrage"—that was not founded or " the sovereignty of
the people."—( Loud cheers.) It was greeted with three
times three and loud applause.
The CHAIRMAN next gave " The Queen and an honest
Ministry." He was grateful, all Radical as he was, to Lord
Grey for having introduced the measure of Reform ; but he
must say that for the Whigs to retain power they must b
of the " movement" party.—(Cheers.) It did very well for
the Tories ito proclaim " as you were," but that would not do
for the Whigs, if they desired the support of the people.—
( Hear.) The Whigs had the trumps in their hands, and
it would not do for them, like old ladies, to change „teats in
order to improve their luck. Why should they not, at the
commencement of the next Session, introduce a Bill for tri-
ennial Parliaments, to which the people had as much right as
the Queen to her throne ? Another, regarding pensioners
having seats in the House ; and a third, for the Ballot—and
stand or fall by those measures ?—( Hear.) He had no great
faith in the Ballot as regarded England, but it would be of
immense use to Ireland. And if they could not carry those
• measures, then the Ministers ought to leave the carrying on of
the Government to those who chose to undertake it.-7( Hear.)

Mr PRITCHARD proposed the next toast—" The Purity of
the Trial by Jury.' Ishe particular object which they had
met to celebrate was the triumph of 1793-4, when the tyran-
nous objects sought to be effected through the forms of the law
were defeated by virtue of a jury.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The Memory of Thomas
Hardy, John Horne Tooke, John Thelwall, John Augustus
Bonney, Stewart Kyd, Richard Hodgson, Thomas Hol-
croft, Jeremiah Joyce, Thomas Wardle, Matthew Moore,
John Baxter, and John Richter," requesting that it might
be received in solemn silence. He spoke 'highly, from his
own personal knowledge. of several of the individuals named
in the toast ; and, from his personal knowledge, arid all he
could learn, he had every reason to believe that all those in-
dividuals possessed the most virtuous minds, and the most
honest intentions,—( Hear.) Counsellor Erskine had told
him th it if there had been a verdict of " Guilty," there were
400 warrants ready to be issued to victimise and destroy some
of the best men in E.igland. He had iinagined that state-
ment to be the result of the exaggerated zeal of the Coun
sel ; but Mr. Humphreys (Mr. Er,ltitte's clerk) had con
firmed the statement, adding that he had the list, and that
one day it should b, pub'iitied. Unfortunately, Mr. Hurn
phre)s had died without the list being made public; and he
now feared that it never would be made public.
Mr. Corroca proposed " The " Liberty of the Press." He
did so with great pleasure, as he felt assured that by such
power slaves might work out their freedom, and freemen be
enabled to advance their own rights, and issist these who
were struggling for liberty.
The toast was enthusiastically greeted.
The CHAIRMAN tivn gave " The memory of Margarot,
Gerald, Skirveu, Muir, and Palmer, victims to the arbitrary
sentences of a vindictive Scotch Court, in 1794," which was
feelingly honoured in solemn silence.
Mr. HEPPLE proposed the next toast—" Radical Reform."
—( Loud cheers.) There were appended to the toast these
elements—" the Extension of the Suffrage, Equal Represen-
tation, Annual Parliaments, and Vote by Ballot." They had
his decided support, and he thought that " the extension of
the suffrage" was wisely put at the head of the list.
Mr. GALLOWAY rose to propose a toast respecting an In-
stitution that bad been of the greatest benefit to this coun-
try from 1792 till 1798, he meant " The London Corres-
ponding Society."—(Loud cheers.) . It' had nobly done its
duty through a most persecuting period of our history ; it had
been a school which taught men their rights, and above all
that the Commons' Mouse ought to represent the whole
people. It taught also the principles of Universal• Suffrage
and Annual Parliaments; but the Ballot, requisite as it was,
certainly was not taught by that body. He gave an impres-
sive description of the Society's proceedings, until at last the
boroughmongering Parliament put it do-vn by name in 1798,
after various efforts to destroy it by other means. In propos
ing this toast, he had great pleasure in saying that though 45
years had passed over his head since the successful result of
the trials which they had met to commemorate, he was as
firmly convinced as ever of the necessity of Radical Reform—
(Cheers)—and that without it there was no security for good
Government.

Mr. .R. TAYLOR proposed " The Cause of Civil and Reli-
gious Liberty all the world over." He alluded to the recent
case of the poor widow who had been cited before the Bishop
of Winchester's Court, on account of a .churchyard inscrip-
tion, and said that they ought to exert themselves to assist the
widow under such priestly persecution, and to make the case
known to the country an-t the Bishop.—( Hear.)
Mr. PRITCHARD (of Doctors' Gnomons), without reference
to any professional emoluments, should be most ready to assist
in the furthering of such object.—(l2leers.)
The toast was most enthusiastically honoured.
A GENTLEMAN (with reference to what had boen said about
the 400 warrants) observed, that during the three days that
the Duke of Wellington was in power, on the temporary re.
tirement of Earl Grey, there were twenty-seven warrants
made out to arrest the leading members of the political unions
in the midland district—a fact that was mentioned by Mr.
Joseph Parkes in the presence of 150,000 people, and to
which be now referred to show, that if the Tories could gain
the ascendant it would be found that the old tyrannous spirit
had not been destroyed.

Thanks having .been voted to the Chairman, &c., the
meeting separated.

MURDER AT BIRMINGIIAM.—An inquest was
held on Thursday last at the Sailor's Return, Birmingham,
upon the body of a young woman named Ann Evans, who was
found drowr•ed in the Warwick Canal. It appeared from the
evidence that Abraham Hollyoaks (now in custody), had kept
company with deceased for nearly three years, and that al-
though they had occasionally some slight altercations they
were much attached to each other. On Tuesday the prisoner
spent the- whole afternoon at the Malt Shovel public-house,
and left there at half-paq ten o'clock at night, and went to
visit the deceased at her mother's house. The prisoner was
rather fresh. At one o'clock in the morning the deceasiA's
mother got out of bed aid went down stairs, and told the p.i-
soner it was time for him to g home, and for the diughter to
be in bed. The prisoner mad no reply, hut appeared sulky.
The Mother ',gain said, " Abraham, arc you going, or if you
don't I will charge the watch an with you ?'' He replied,
" Charge the own imps." In a shert dem after the prisoner
left, and Anne followed him into the entry, where they
stopped a few minute•, and he started to go up Coventry-
street, and Ann followed him She asked him if he was
going home, and he told her 'he was going to meet two
gentlemen. She said to him, " Where you go, I will
go." Ho tried to persuade her to go home, but she would
not. They then went on along the towing path, until they
came under Great Barr-street Bridge. He then said, " Ann,
are you going home?" She said, again, " Where you go, I
will go." He then said, " Well, then, here goes ;" and he
plunged into the water, and Ann plunged in after him. The
prisoner got out himself, but the deceased was found drowned.
Upon being taken into custody, the prisoner said that what he
had done was owing to the mother threatening to charge him,
and nothing else.. After two days' investigation of the evidence,
the Jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against the
prisoner.
Last week Mr. John Bartrnm, of Milk-street, in
this city, butcher, slaughterd a cow, purchased vf, and fed on
the farm of Mr. Robert 'Reeks, Topsham-road. It was six
years old, weighed 30 score 21bs. and carried the extraordinary
quantity of 1321b5. of rough fat 1— Western Times.
The sale of the effects, the property of the late Lord
Carrington, removed from Deal Castle, part not being taken
by Lord Maryborough, took place this week at Deal. The
property realized enormous prices, in some instances nearly 60
pc r cent. above the actual value. Some old wale, bougl,t in
the wood by the late Mr. Pitt, when Lord Warden, fetched
a great price,