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London, England, 1817-12-22 00:00:00

144446 liPas coda •>t stand tilothird day—,tint
he would sink under his fatigues and want of physical
iv- r. al He can't Stan f th• thin trial." said these
i one and Cho istiau 14 ,6.,e, ~ - w .11411 hive•hini
now; he must hr crestPe—t first :haw #.41/Itlhnise.)
" Oh, no I no I be must mit be crtistied." He had
a sparhot lioeruy in his breast, which, the mitre it
as farnivd, became more intense in its brsghtuess,
And never would sutler him to be crushed iu a just
cause: This spirit would support him under the most
rut ociating suffering—ihe most grinding oppression
.'.—and would go with him to Ids grave. The con•
,seiotisness of his innoc-nee gave him life, spirits.
and strength to go through this third ordeal ot per•
secutton acid oppression. Hr should -rder a frame
fil Elijah's mantle in !iis way home to his family, be-
cause he had no doubt that the Jury would acquit
bim without retiring horn the box to-day -( Great aji•
blotto.) He next adverted to Lord S imera's tracts, 1
1 and called in aid the parody of the Genealogy of
Chnisr, and accumpanied it with a powerful appeal
io the Jury, upon the iniquity of this last elf 41 to
.verwheim him—to send him to Gloucester gaol to
rot and perish under the weight of his afflictions.—
l'he Harleiaa Miscellany contained a parody on the
Loao's Prayer.
. The ATTORNEY GENERAL objected to its being
read, as too indecent for the ears of any persons in
these times.
Mr. Hon li did not persist in reading this work.
He then went over the same ground which he had
pursued yesteid.y. bringing under the attention of the
.c..ry a great variety of &demi parodies written by
,chtlyclimen and many other persons considered it%
their times as most religious and venerable mew. One
which he had,oot before read, was by the Rev. Mr.
Topiady, whose object was to ridicule Lord Chester-
find's Letters, and the morals therein inculcated. It
was entitled ~ Christianity reversed, aka; or, Lied
Ch. stribeld's N. * Creed," and we, as follows: •
A I behave, that this world is tar object of my hopes sad
morals; and tits, the little prettimetees of life Will answer all the
ends of lotion mistimes.
" I believe, that we are to lllCCired ID ail thillp, by the green
*roomy stud automat ; t at there is no shit' tv.tt agaost good
matinees ; and that all -religion and virtue consist in outward
atpearauce.
. •• l believe. that all women are children. and all men fools ;
except a ew canines people, who see through the rest, and make
' their use us them.
' 4. Ibtlievr, that hypocrisy, &Wotan mu. and adultery, ars with.
• in the bows of morality; that a wangle may be honourable when
she his kat net Namur, and virtuous a ken .he has bet liar vi.-toe.
w • I.hb. sad whatever .Ise is necessary to obtain my awn' lude,
ano Innis ...e stitu repute, i rooms to tollaw; and to avoid all
mural oftences such as scratching my head before cumpaity, spit-
ting uputt the iner,and og to pick up a ladei lad. And in
dos p. (Nino's* l will persevere. without any regard to the reSlif.
section oh the body ur th- lite tr.:lasting 41111 n.
. " V.' Wilt tilos b • imitated into the.. principles?
- • w .4- • I hat Is my suclivauto.
w Q. Wil . ii.ou keep up to he rides of the Cksarrfiefirmitalltyi
• , 6' . • 1 will, Leal elarat.rheki bat% my wino:Abstr.
" Tice the °Plater 14all vsy,
• .64 b1:14118 this chial.—.4 1 net ..;111/11LZDIAlla
• Thar Ise ad 1.40.-j, •
" • I introduce thee to the %emit:, the 11:sh, and the devil, that
Ohs utopia triumph ever all aw kronur's, and grow up in all
pelitiasets; that thou mayo.' be nee . able cu the Ladies, ado-
loatt4 tor reboot breed, og, able to sprat Fr. neb sad read Italian,
wiresed with dome pubte superninotras y oaracia 111 a tiesiee
Leis: get Imo east amens (lersaps, hue .he Privy Corinail)i
Mid tj:st. when thou set dead, Sae later. wriiten to' thy billiards
Amy be pablohed, tn seven edttons, fur the Umelelo.lpli at- all
lbw tandlios. • • •
-!* • Ye are to take care, that dile child, when he bog 1.1111/e
age, be brought, to. C-..at, to be taisiassed.'. '.! .. .--• .- -..-
lelletiket Viol ill -I. b which tie periiittlaely allude
at Mt: Reeves' ••• British
.freeholdee's Political Ca
it:chile? 'fiat'Oeolleataii he'd hiniselt beep probe.
third';' hot, hcivistir,..tur his Catechism, but for haw/
tit- depicted the British Coiastitution as a Inc, the,
branches of which" might .tie &opt off, and yet the trunk
'main. kOr tnis libel he was prosecuted under the
dirkiiion of the Hoise of Commons, Although st;was.
tamed on very unwillingly. Mr. Reeves' ' Cate:
CDISID was, no dotibt, written with the best intentions,
. ' acre be used the Parody as a popular relotie of
iicaliating wit &souse truth. Such was the object
"ot toe Parody now Prosecuted. But what was the
shit rirocp between his situation and Mr. Reeves's I
he was tlaskingunder the sunshine of the Court, and
hneris a i'laceman. It, be (Mr. Hone) was ensivic-
ted, there was no. doubt that he also world become
a Gtairetiment l'laceiiian—but where t-ri# •Glopcitb-
.
Ire Jail i To the Jury, however, the Gnosis ocit. hie
ireicsk• truss this bigotted persecution. He wr
'charged with parodying tholanguage and style of
heeled Works. ' But whatever was that style and lap.
'guasS f—Waa it nut quaint and obsolete ? Mere was
iota doubt that. it Use bib'..:w:as revised, it n.ust be so
altered as hardly to be known, except by its sense. If
'a parody on :lie style only was, the offence, even Mr.
nig himselt, as a literary man, es a man tat taste,
and a man of words, would acquit him. Whatever
aught be the, motive of this persecution, there could
madly be any doubt that at was an unchristian feel-
ing on the pert of my Lord Sidnouth, to suffer bins
its stand here tot theftnird time, to take his welter
ad offence which two Juries of indepen ant English-
men bad prottuthiCA tiattO be libels. •He would woo
say that Lord thslmouth was a bigotted man ; but he
must say. that-the xpirit of persecution and unehris-
Ban trek:lie-nudged' this abominable attempt to-ia.
orifice,' by ad or toy means. a detencekss and laro..
cent man, for party purposes. Bishop Latimer, who
bad been burnt it the stake as a martyr to religion,
had written Parodies of religious works for the pur-
pose of promoting the object of religion. Profane-
ness and irreligiou must be the same at all times and
in all places; 'and theretore if the must venerable
and sacred ;Alan' of religion had resorted to this
mode ot iocuicating religious sentiments. the olfince
must have been as culpable is their times, it it-was
an-offence, as in the present. Bishop Latimer bad
spiritualized the pack of cards, as John Bunyan,had
the fig-tree, for the most mural . purposes. Ale
blamed the 'Attorney-Genera for the cruelty of cut-,
ting one crime into piece-meal; for all these thief
informations might 'have been . Incleded in ouse.e=.
AV hbndred libels might have beenwistirseml-inlistin
freforinalion. Buti no ; the, object was to elibirtgits"
him with snares. . One chance of catching hitavas.
ivot sufficient for the lribilietife 'Spirit of his Majesty's•
Ministers. They were deter:eh:4.d to hate him at atk
events; and therefore threestMoks were Limieti ; *bet
-he hoped the Jury would rescue bin: trim uie theta
relate. 'He thenoaddresied himself to the pipiciAg
' ,parody chattni as n libel,' and adduced Genial- tit
. iltanees 11001 'the old aunt. Neer Finedirerirotirt/A
~where tie Creed..ot it: Athanatiut MI
lietOly:pirodidAhei with .thii differentiii'
Piirodiestiziocis'ot the'Creediasa4ll*

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