The Sun.
London, England, 1818-01-07 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY MEETING.,

At a MEETING of the FRIENDS of the ABUSE
OF THE PRESS and the TRIAL BY PARTY, held on
Monday, December 29, the following Speech was
delivered by an infamous Scribbler. Such an
analogy, as might be expected from congenial
spirits, will be perceived between it and that-
spoken by Satan before the assembled Daemons at
k'andaeu►onium, after his return from his too suc-

cessful expedition against unhappy
man :
As be the sharper came, " the Stygian throng
" Bent their aspect; and whom they wished beheld.
" The Sharper back retuned: loud was th' acclaim,
" Forth rush'd in baste the vast consulting crowd,
" Haled from their dark divan, and with like joy
" Congratulant approach'd him, who with band
" Silence, and with these words attention won:—

•*" Thieves, desperadoes, humbugs, blacklegs, cheats,
" For in possession such, not only of right,
" I call ye and declare ye now; returned
" Successful beyond hope, to head ye here,
" Triumphant out of that infernal pit,
" Abominable, accurs'd, the house of woe,
" And dungeon of our Tyrant: now possess
" Licence, uncheck'd, to that of frenzied France
" Little inferior, by my adventure hard
" With peril great achiev'd. Long were to tell
" What I have done, what suffer'd, with what pain
Voyag'd th' unreal? wa'st,",uubounded depths
" Of Law and its Confusions; over which,
" By trick and impudence, is now made good
" A way to pass your Squibb —1" secure; but I
" Toit'd out my uncouth passage, fin c'd to track
'' sly unassisted course, without the aid
" Of Counsellor bewig'd, or Lawyer spruce;
Who, jealous of their secrets, thUught it strange
" That I, without their clamorous uproar,
" Should venture on my fate; I dar'd, and found
" No terrors in the Court ; which fame, indeed,
" Long had proclaini'd a fabric wonderful,
"Of absolutz perfection therein men
" Sat in a box apart, with ample powers
" To judge me : theus,by arts I have induc'd
" From their just duty, and, the more to increase
•
" Your wonder, with mere prating; he thereat
" Offended, worth your laughter, hash given up
" Both his beloved Law and Juries too
" To trick and impudence, and so to us
" A prey, without our hazard, or alarm,
" To turn them as we fancy, and to rule
" O'er Juries, as o'er all he should have rul'd.
" True is, he gave my deeds their fitting name,
" And judg'd me guilty of the crime alledg'd.
" then ? if I the Jury could deceive,
" On whom my doom depended: me he gave
" Oft stern rebuke, and reprimand severe;
" Yet what he got quite equall'd what he gate ;
" And had it not, is there a comrade he' e
" Who would nut buy pre-eminence like !nine,
" By much More grievous pain ? ye have th' account
• " Of my performance; what remains, my friends,
" But up, and at Subscriptions fill my purse."

" So having said, awhile he stood, expecting
" Their universal shout and high applause
"To fill his. ear ; when, contrary, he hears
• " On all sides, from innumerable tongues;
" A dismal universal hiss, the sound.
" Of public scorn."
It cannot be added, that these infernal City Sp'
rits, like their prototypes of Panhemonium—

•" Were all transforni'd

" Alike, to serpents all, as accessaries
" To his bold riot."

But I may assert, that in their own shapes and
tatures, they are more mischievous Wan all the
" Complicated monsters head and tale ;
" Scorpion, and Asp, and Amphisbcena dire,
" Cerastes horn'd, Hydrus, and Elops drear,
" And Dipsas, (not so thick swarw'd once the soil
" Bedript with blood of Gorgon, or the Isle
"Ophiusa.)".

This may be said, as certainly as that they have
the " public scorn;" for though there are spirits
amongst us of Stygean mould, the great mass of
the British Public are, no doubt,, enlightened
enough to see through the hypocritical cant and
insidious calumnies of these foes to order and re-
gular government, who make an-outry about Li-
berty of the Press and Trial by Jury, things'ex-
Cellent in themselves, but used by these Dema-

gogueslOr the promotion of their own traitorous
designs—designs which, in their ultimate issue,
would make England what France was.during the
most horrid of her revolutionary frenzy. Tire
Devil can quote Scripture, but not for Scriptural
purposes.

It may seem extraordinary that these terms, generally
considered as vituperative, should be applied by the Speaker to
his compeers; but when we consider that vices are the virtues
of devils, we must allotv that these may be regarded as te:-ins
of praise by men who have so much of the devil in them.

j- The infamous profanations of our Prayers were called
" Political Squibs," forsooth, by this Mob-Orator.

The increase in the Revenue must, be as pleas-1
ing to every lover of his country, as the increase
of fortune is to every lover of himself. The first
has happened—the second must happen to many
in a very few weeks ; for the one hundred Capir
tals in the present State Lottery cannot fail to
enrich' Adventurers, who, by making their pur-
chases now, have a much greater variety of Num-
bet s to select the Three Prizes of 30,0001. from,
than can possibly remain for those wh6 defer to
buy until the approach of the drawing, which is
fixed for the 4th of Mat-ch.-1n addition to the
Scheme, and exclusive of the full Money paid by
Government, the Holders of the first-drawn
Blanks, on the three days of drawing, may re-
ceive Twelve Pipes of the choicest Port Wine, for
one or two thousand years, to be selected by them-
selves, and for Shares in proportion, free of any
Custom. or Excise Duty whatever.