The Sun.
London, England, 1836-07-13 00:00:00

1 Wheat.

CASE OF nil. DBAUMON T.

A very numerous meeting took place this day at the Crown
Anchor Tavern, for the purpose of
.taking into consider&
ithnq. Vucto;. Arthur James Beaumont, who has been
imprisoried fly 'fad Giver. meat. At half-past one
o'clock Mr. O'Connell recortifidiliell CY); Thompson, M. P.,
Mr. Buckingham, M.P., Dr. Wade, and geijeffi'llther,gen-
tlerren, appeared on the platform and were loudly cheered.
Mr. O'CONNELL, on taki 'l3. the Chair, observed that they
ttssernbkd for the purpose of taking into consideration
the case of Dr. ilo=nont, who had been illegally imprisoned
and condemned by the authOrities at Paris. It.was but the
caw of an individual ; but they should recollect that nations
40,r'e-i.rars the ner,rree-ate of indiiiduali, and no nation had ever
yet piVitir4o I'r'l•lerties which was incapable of aiding its
humblest merabe....--'(0-/Oirm0 Dr. Beaumont was born-of
British parents in America, anti gild therefore as much a Bri-
!!4, subject as any person present, and rat=tled to the -pro-
tectiori et 1,!4:1 4171 otnpire in the world. Until he (Mr.
O'Connell) haft( the British people shrunk before
their enemies, and yielded the palm of victory, he would never
believe that any human being dare. trample on the lowest
British subject, 4,-;ie,:g the Government abandoned its duty,
and the per_r„ple forgot the giori,Ns cause of liberty.—( Loud
cheers.) Vie Men. Member then pia:: ceded to detail the
circumstances connected with the arrest of Dr. Beaumont, for
being connected with a society of tiid working clacs7-the
ttartic4lars of which have been already before ftie He
denied the right of the French Chamber of Peers to try Pr,
Beaumont ; and if he (Mr. O'Connell) understood the fain
guage sufficiently, he would have gone over to Pais and de-
fended. hirn.—(Much cheering.) The lion. and Learned
Member then referred to the case •of Mr. Churchill, who'
was lately imprisoned' at Constantinople, when the British
. Minister had insisted that the Turkish authorities should not
treat an English subject unjustly. The British Minister did
,not enter into a discussion of the law of Turkey—be threat-
ened, that unless the officer who had treated Mr. Churchill
with such cruelty was dismissed, England would send out a
special messenger, who, if he did not speak Turkish, would
speak Greek to them.—(A laugh.) And what was the con•
sequence ? Mr. Churchill was liberated, while Mr. Beaumont
was still languishing in gaol. France was certainly more
powerful than this coThitrY; but had England ever feared
France ?—(Loud cheers.) 'I he Bon. and Learned Gentle-
man here entered into the particular circumstances of the case
of Dr. Beaumont, both with relation to the charges. made
against him, and the mock trial to which he was subjected.—
(During this part of the speeah of the lion. - and Learned
Gentleman several persons left the room, which caused some-
confusion, and cries of " Order" and " Chair.") The Hon;
and Learned Gentleman proceeded. If, lie said, a French
subject had in this -conntry been imprisoned upon such childish
and trifling charges, was there a British heart that
would not throb until the stranger's wrongs wore redressed ?
—(Loud cheers.) It was particularly necessary that British
subjects should be protected at the present moment, when they
knew what crimes were daily committed' in Spain, where so
many of our fellow-subjects were engaged in a sanguinary
warfare, and where the pass was sold .on both sidcs.—( Hear,
hear, hear.) The Learned Gentlemen then referred to
the circumstances that placed louis Phillippe on the throne
of' France, and called on the meeting to mark the gratitude of
him to those who had placed him on the Throne. He con-
cluded by'calling upon the meeting to raise their voice' on
present occasion, and to insist that wherever an Englishman
stood, there should there be a spot dedicated to liberty.—
(Tremendous cheering.)
Mr. CLEAVE then read the resolutions seriatim, and

Colonel Mow-son rose to move the first resolution, to the
effect that this meeting called upon the British Government
to interfere on behalf of a British subject.
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