The Sun.
London, England, 1822-08-01 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

MR. EDITOR—In your paper of ,Friday you
inserted a paragraph, * stating the liberation
of Mr. WOOLER " from his prison at Warwick,"
,and that a dinner was given to him on Thursday,
,by the artisans of Birmingham, in honour thereof,
at which several speeches were made. Your Cor-
respondent was a little mistaken in the latter
part of his communication, as yesterday was " the
day, the important day," for that festival, which
had far some weeks been announced by placards
posted against the walls. About one o'clock,
yesterday (a day for ever memorable in the an-
nals of the Bruins, being that appointed for a
wake, at which all the and
town generally assemble—e sociis noscitur),
the Black Dwarf arrived, accompanied by
two or three hired carriages, and some half
dozen greasy fellows on horseback, and at-
tended by many of his lricd friends, who occa-
sionally made " the welkin ring" with their gra-
tulations on account of his liberation, a few mu-
sical instruments preceding them, which ever and
anon " sounded an alarm" through the streets; '
but from the vox populi it was impossible 'to dis-
tinguish whether the performers had chosen the
Rogue's-March or the Black ----- , for the occasion.
After calling at the head-quarters of the cele-
brated George Edmonds, who, out of respect
to IC the God of his Idolatry'," rode into town
bareheaded, they adjourned to a place ap-
propriated to cock-fighting and other respectable
amusements, in a retired spot called Lawrence-
street (known among the Torn and Jerry lads as
the back slums), there to regale themselves at
three shillings per head, no one being admitted
without tickets, in order to render the party
select. The renowned Mr. COBBETT was an-
nounced as one of the Junto who was to
meet his brother compatriots, but it appears that
dudgeon arose among them : Sir CHARLES
WOLSELEY, the lately elected 64 Legislatorial
Attorney of BirminghaM," but who has _never
yet " taken the oaths and his seat," and a Mr.
NORTHMORE, were named in the Bills, as gentle-
men who would grace the festive board ; Mr.
COBBETT'S name was also introduced, but it ap-
pears to have been without his consent, and al-
though the getters up of the farce wrote to hitn,
stating the disappointment that would occur, should
he persist in refusing to come, Sir Tristram
Fickle remained inexorable, turning " a deaf ear
to the charmers," and asserting that he could not
be supposed to be acquainted with the views of
the Committee. This object, however, it would
not be very difficult to divine, it being at
this time of day pretty well ascertained. "Having
neglected to purchase a ticket of admission, till
too late to avail myself of that glorious privi-
lege, I cannot impart to you an account, of the
speeches uttered on the occasion, or the bursts of
applause which followed the delivery of them ;
but from the numerous opportunities lately af-
forded to us, we may very easily judge of the
burden of the remarks. Thanks to the returned
good sense of the inhabitants of the town, who
very generally partake of the returning prospe-
rity of our native land, the day passed off with-
out any of that disturbance which was probably
calculated upon by those who chose such a day
for the dealing out of their nostrums.
I remain, your's, &c.
Birmingham, July 30, 1822. ARGUS.
* The paragraph in question was taken from one of the
Morning .Papers.