The Sun.
London, England, 1817-11-04 00:00:00

MEETING OF JACOBINS.

'On Saturday the Ist of November a Meeting of
the most Honourable Society of Jacobins was
held at the Gracchas Head, in Liberty-Row, for
the purpose of celebrating the Memory of the
late Right Honourable Charles James Wolf, Lord
Dapple in the Chair. The 'Meeting was name-
rentsly and respectably attended. The Dinner was
-served up in the first style -by Le Brute. When
the cloth was removed, and after the usual dis-
loyal toasts, Lord Dapple rose.—He was glad to
see,so respectable and numerous an assembly of
Jacobins as that he was now addressing. Be-
fore he gave that toast which he thought. it is his
duty, and which he was proud to give, be in-
tended making a few preliminary remarks and
observations., ~They had now arrived at a dread-
ful crisis. Plenty, alas, was now beginning to
fill our granaries, and when men's bellies were
• full, he was- ashamed to.say it, their loyalty in-
creased. What would be the consequence Heaven
only knew. The sacred and never-to-be-violated
latis of Jacobinistn, which be had once hoped
were gaining pound, would now lose that little
advantage which they had before gained, when
. Famine was making her havoc among the lower
orders of the people. But there was still one con-
solation, until all the men of the country grew
• .
itch, till there was-universal equality, the spirit,
• the sacred spirit of Jacobinisru could not be era-
' •dicated entirely from the hearts of men. During
the last winter, the times had been very bad, and
some poor men- bad, it is true, been guilty of
excesses, and by that means had injured the Ja-
cobins more titan served them, although they,
poor creatures, meant well. Bttt was it fit that
for the folly of a few poor wretches the whole
country should be punished by a Suspension of
their best and most sacred rights ! What was to
be feared from a few poor wretches with a stock-
ing full of gun-powder.—(Here the. Noble Lord
enriched his Speech by copious quotations from
Mr. Wetherall's Speech for Watson, but the
Noble Lord did not acknowledge the favour. He
then entered fully upon the subject of the Habeas
-Corpus Suspension Bill, 8:c.; but as the remarks
:were nothing more than a repetition of all .the
eloquent orations on that subject during the last
Session of Parliament, it will be. useless to repeat
them.) With respect to Parliamentary Reform,
hiS opinions were Ike sameas ever.—(Lood and con-
tinued cheers.)—Bet his opinions were-a Nile tni-
ligated, a little changed. He did not now go so
far as he did in his younger (lays: He did not
advocate the cause of Universal Suffrage and An-
nual Parliaments, not but that he thought those
who did so true and good Jacobins.—(Hear,
bear !)—But that he thought it better to go on
by degrees. Triennial Parliaments once gained,
the path was open for Annual ones—(Loud
cheers.)—We must work by degrees. 117 ho could
be so foolish as to think that most glorious pri-
vilege of human nature, Universal Anarchy, was
to be gained at once.—(Hear, bear, hear!)—The
Noble Lord entered fully into a review of the
atrocious acts of Ministers for the sins of pro-
moting the glory of the country, the liberty of
Europe, and the extinction of Jacobinism. He
'riper thought to have seen suck days. Was it not
abominable, that a man might now pounce in upon
them as they were now assembled, and dissolve
the Meeting, and even commit hint to prison,•and
why, be would ask. lie would call all present
to witness that he had not abused the Icing,
though he wished to exert the sovereignty of the
People;—he had not reviled the Regent, though
lie would alter the Government ;—he did no
speak against the Constitution, bet he only wish•
ed to establish Jacobinist», the surest safeguard of
the Constitution.—(Londamicontinued cheers )
As these were his opinions, he should now pro-
pose that they drink to the memory of the Right
nonourable Charles James Wolf, in profound
silence—which was accordingly done, as most
of tile • company were asleep, the Noble Lord
haviug spoken six hours and a half. A Gentle-
Juan, whose name we were unable to learn, but
who, we hear, was a Tory, thought " the Noble
Lord bad forgotten his subject, for he had given
his own sentiments and opinions when he should
have bean mentioning the praises of—.l-Jere the
Honourable Gentleman was interrupted by loud
cries of Off ! off! No Loyalist ! no Tory !—The
Honourable Gentleman stood up for about five
minntes, and then sat down. Wieonly heard hint
exclaim, while standing up, " Are you the Ad-
vocates for Freedom, who deny a man freedom of
speech i"—Mr. Brootnly then rose to propose a
toast, which he knew would be received with
applause, but availing. himself of the example of
his Noble Friend, he should speak a little about
the state of the nation before he gave the toast.—
He here entered folly into the state of the nation,
much in the same- style as -be did in a former place