The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-06 00:00:00

TRIAL BY JURY• her
The friends of Parliaulentary Reform dincd toget
yesterday evenittg. at Anderton's 'Hotel, Fleet-Oreet.' IS
celebrate the Fortf-seventh Anniversary- of the acquitt 1
of ThomaS'lla.ldy, John Horne Tooke, .1-olln Thel,vo.!
&:..c., froin the charge of nigh treason. At half-past 51113.
o'clock about one liundrjd and thirty gentlemen sat doll_
fleeted ery aubstantial and excellent dinner, Nail' time
much credit upon the taste and liberality 0. '

caterer, Mr. Harding(?).
- •
When the cloth was removed, lose
The Chairman, Colonel PEYRONNET THOMPSON'
and said, the first toast on his. list was one .4the
was the foundation of • all social and political rigu___„'"
--(Hear, hear; 'and cheers.) It was the source 'fit
whence was ascertained what was legal power and InT4
was not. -The reeOgnition of that principle to
the grand distinctiOa between nations boasting to Wry:
and nations which were 'not. They had received fro:
their forefathers what they believed to be the rights
ot°
free subjects, and free institutions, and they ah°l-titi+bneae
hesitate to acknowledge the source from whente '•„nse.
rights and all legitimate power was derived. Tile
felinity was the only source from 'whence, as
brave forefathers had declared it, legitimate Puh “ese
could be derived. They' had handed down t
principles as a heritage to their consenting e°o(
terity. Recognising the people, then, as the source
all legitimate power, he thought they should nest
to the sovereign of the people's choice as. the repol
tive of the power of the :people. -NO would
giro
with all the honours—" The Sovereignty- of thef)r
—(Great cheering.) ised
Tlm CHAIRMAN said—Having stated and. reog°o
the source from whence all sovereignty flowed, of be
now their duty to give the health of the Sovereign yoke°
people's choice. It had lately happened that th° t )
of Modena (had it net been for the Act of Sovereign:lo
would have been the sovereign of that country nntlebtee
reigned over them—(oh!)—but the sovereignty .tee
people had willed it otherwise, and having recount of
their power, he would now give them—" The health
the reigning Sovereign the Queen."—(Three
three, and great cheering.) lista
The Cuaraseasi said he now came to the itnute' the
toast of the evening. They were met to eelebrate,ose
anniversary of a great constitutional triumph of t" ha
who might be called 'their forefathers, althoug°
believed there were some individuals present alio ololt
conversant with the times and circumstanced ";b0
the toast alluded. It was known-to all of then) to:od
period when bad government and arbitrary pole,
wa
obtained a powerful sway in that country, an eilbehteell
made to invelve innocent and deserving men ins urere
of the laws of' the highest and most serious clorae'tiees
namely. an act of high treason. The wise prePrii
and
and precautions of their ancestors in such case inauchich
provided, and the manly and powerful engird w to
they brought to bear upon the charge, enablevd thief
set the innocent at large, and let th oppressed g°.,,n in
—(Loud cheers.). They met to celebrate an nett jaw'
which, if he might be allowed to express it, t'ia°,„Lan
teeth of tyranny were broken in its mouth. the
event which must give hope to all who follovie"
same glorious cause, and who had only 'virtue cia.",,ener
telligence fo put these irinciples into action. h tiott
stances bad occurred which would render the celeloil
of the present year more than usually interesting. f the
they not see something like the return to power 0 dipl
same dangerous faction ?--(Hear, hear.) Were 'pro.
not on the point of having the same dangerolls their,
ceedings over again ?—(Hear, hear.) -Unless scoubs
enemies were grievously disappointed, an attempt
be made to establish the very same tyranny °hese)
their , forefathers had put down.—(l-lear, ago
Nay, it had ben distinctly stated, in the avoWeet,..,, oeer
of the party, that it was tune to put a stop to to
gram wealth and commerce of the metropolis, !hand
an
disperse the people -under the care of the landlot`bor-)
clergymen of the agricultural districts.—(ll°°' ratio'
That would show the necessity of union and cooPe coo
among the Working and industrious classes. lee
of their failure hitherto had been the want of $ll
tion between them and the middle classes.--017re'e 0;
cheers.) It was time to put an end to tba(t
weakness and defeat. He did not mean to COtl e
i) eari-d
and
the working elasses should give up their tlO
adapt those of the middle elassea •, but he thoug",,,„elit •
all should agree to struggle in the way they tPilio
most judicious for tho general good.—(tfear, 11,e;aer„,' h'
complained that the Government had plaice "Ttafsr
direct o.ppoaition to the great commercial and ors,
turinginterests of the country. So long as these 0'
the principles upon which they conducted the sleet,
the Government, they could not hope for the
and sympathy of the people. (Hear 1170esifig,
cheers.) He was rather surprised to read in then
Chronicle, a short time since, that Mr. Pitt Was re
si
man.—Great laughter.) But if any man ea "
Horne tooke's trial, and the examination of T9°-‘'sell'
see how Pitt shuffled and lied, and disavowed ev,ear,' thef
timent he had professed in the early part of hie ",..-e'ecee'
would admit that he had exhibited himself °11.,14" 045°4:
sion as the advocate of a corrupt and tyrann°Thattio°
cracy.—(Hear, hear.) After sonic further obse'_„rtance
in which he impressed upon the company the it°l-7„eets;
of endeavouring to effect a full, free, and fair rePl'e-ide''
tion of the people in Parliament, the Chairman e„°"fardi'
by proposing " The Memory of Tooke, TheliveA,
and their illustrious compatriots." r Orr
Mr. RICHARD TAYLOR said he would call tbett,onls---
tion to the toast which had been put into his 'o
The memory of those:great and good incn who' 111 gev"
did the institutions and liberties of the country sneost°:
service. At that period a great portion Of the It!
cracy, who were supposed to be the friends 0f "nftle
plc, fell av, ay from them, and became the slaves :t
potism.—(Hear, hear.) At that period, the gee,' oo'
to whom he referred had nobly and magnaninions4„eweri
forward to resist the encroachments of arbitrary are
On some former occasions they had had the Pie,495013);
meeting there one of these mon—Thomas el or;
(Cheers)—who had for nine days stood the otill'ee reeo';
trial unprecedented in its nature and objects.
cilroeses
lected on one occasion havingbeen-deputed t.
Lord Erskine to meet them there on the 5111 ot
her, to celebrate the acquittal of these men, and of 1„13e
tinguialled Judge had expressed his high italiNs'ited.i•
character and conduct of Hardy, and had regr,ef The
inability to. attend. He gave them " The memory;;
Wall, Tooke, and Hardy, and their compatriots' osea frit
Mr. J. H. PARRY-begged to say a few words ,!:,eiet
subject of Lord Erskine. It should be borate I"atalse;
that lie had stood forward as a man who thatsYl 0(1
with them on, higher and nobler grounds than 1 0,
mere advocate, and declared that he avowed all thero
acts and principles and that he would have,loat.
as a martyr to those' principles. Thomas leare-sl
ele di
honest and consistent throughout his be
Ott'
When he was called upon to defend Tom I'3:ca 0
not shrink from his duty, altherugh he was es:;(
torney-General to the Prince Regent. ge itve; bfrai‘
upon to decide between his appointment at,',eatbiettat
and he threw-down, not his brief,. but his nu'iceeiw
plema, and stood forward as the honest and in`,' Je ad' a
asserter of those rights and principles
sated by his client.—(Cheers.) It was only ),i7,rek.',ol
that they could estimate the character of Thonni 50r1
There was only one of his contemporaries syli° of A.llhleci
him, and that was the man who made the tour itiPaho
rica with the deist Volney, and who from 101;11.) %'
principles of Christianity and retigion.---(s die tic
which: 000;0;
Ins
was that man ? He was now the keeper obo swa)dia
so e
science of the pure and virtuous verei'n tlait
the destinies of the British empire. lle boPe and I) of
conscience and the character of that high litho-4e r,)
minded sovereign would not suffer front
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r
the person who affected to be their lteeria' st° to
In Erskine they saw the consistent politician.i statioit.log,
man who had -sacrificed honour, office, a"upea feet]'
principles Which, to men of honour and e%",`Onght- 'Olll
were " the' jewel above all price ;" and lie 1-"drielca`oot,
were bound in all honour and good feeling t° obi°
the most profound feelings of respect and
" The Memory Of Thomas Erskine.' '11';
The toast was drank with solemn silence. of :„0.9
Major REVELL rose to propose the unr"itaaue'irollt
London Corresponding Society." He ‘,l° 'at d
ohs
with many of the members of that Society', t!
e
Thelwall, one of them, he had learned innehO a' We. 0° si
jects and nature of that institution. Tilsit' epee ill
principle was, that the people had a right t_°,corWtbese
and that the Government was made for the
not the people for the Governthent.—(CYthesf ot
were the principles laid down by Locke, n!"... sees' the
the principles advocated by the Correspond awe Vito-
London. He wished to' correct a statement: the Atter
last speaker, namely, that Mr. Erskine ';eof the 'frlea
ney-General of the Prince Regent instono he de to,
ney-General of the Prince of Wales, fee 1, apPllold
Thomas Payne. Mr. Erskine having ue'llid be sbar t'
to conduct the defence of Mr. Payne, 60f the ~cord
certainly not sacrifice the- independence he 11-1,
any application made from Such motives' and he hao
ingly resigned his appointment rather thtn`rea toy ii
cause of his client.—(Hear, hear.) •It °gel' was 1;0,3,
that the education of the people politic:olY well ill!, ave
means what it ought to be. If they wet,_ atee".tad,
with sound political and moral
t
'ere long, that their position would be muel!„t P:.1,„-hi
and that they would be better able to renolotig;astae
stop to the encroachments of the most tyrant'.
that ever existed.—(Cheers.) He would Wifontpai.eif
" Memory of the Corresponding SocietY o', hill her
principles tilvYanialiorP ,
A person named BECKWITH, N, ho 1"°."-r ROC' f the
Chartist, here rose and complained of 3lajo.,eoe
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ing.cast some aspersions upon the iii3e co-ops
Chartists as a body, and of their not havni.g.
_oce 51:4
in practical measures of reform. He thoughiti;io, atiw
ceeding was not calculated to produce lin°
the middle and industrious classes: d referee,'neo'
Major REVELL explained--What he Ws, never '
laws, Wag n an
Th
was the interruption given
suchChatist lYnfef the Cc)
sures of practical reform, as the repeal
of
Ca was
A RbroughtmANresent' lie
her of the London Corresponding Society II bodY*ool+
therefore they could not treat it as a deces.s.t.he
ten
should therefore give them the toast with all og
(Muck cheering.)
fs°ltridwahrediTinVrhsteoeo7)there
you- ote,.
Mr. BECKWITH, as a member of theo
Society, returned thanks. In the e e ~cerecavita
Society to extend the principles which ureatiti'tea
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Scotland, they were pounced Wan °_lat„pled it, he
degree of harshness and barbarity tutu-
ere seat fore)
annals of cruelty and tyrant)) . Thecvreaaltilriee
nishuient, and to banishment in its nice,:
their slaw
was added a mental torture, which me t tole
still more severe. He trusted, notwit.h
never
be le th
ferings of these men that they wonuld ot.edy
wanting whenever the interests a(I jaea Tory,
he- woulo heir con Corresl3tihet
country required it, and that t of owl , e
to stand forward as martyrs in the-cause iwpreyeet 06
Much had been said of the benefits of an ,standing
boastings and vauntings of the polities; vesorral the
teal of education, but he believed,
in the present day they could not fi120.,!: tilt) rtistb
would compete with the Reformers Of Infdte CA: yea
men unless they descended to the rank!
reei A thes
—(Loud cheers.) He did not wondy
n: for the",
being denounced as ignorant and inn:ate
notr'eciti.o,ooo,ists3,
wh,o