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

N;tiher elinfeeading the Pe Boos : our ith the Op.

r.. 111.4415.•
For there is ono Ministry of Old Bags, another of Dern/
Down 1 riangir (I); and another of the Doctor.
But the Ministry of Oki Bags, of Derry Dons Triangle, and
of the Doctor, is all one; the fully equal, the passion 4.4 •
eternal.
Such as Old Bags iv, such is Derry Down Triangle; and such
is the Decor.
Old Bags a Mountebank, Derry Down Triangle a Peto:•de-
bank, the Doctor a .Mountebank.
Old Bags inc.salprehendble, Derry Down Triangle incorupre.
hensible : the Doctor incomprehensible
OA Bags a Humbug, Oerry Down 'lrlaugle a Humbug s aml
the Doctor a Humbug.
And pi dairy are not three Humbugs t but one litunLag.
As into they arc not three in:umprehenstWes, sine three tu.:nt..n.
tebanks: but one Mountebank, and one tneompribrosilule.
ho Armin Old Bessie All ',maid,. (.9, Daisy Lloteu friend.
All-twatiie: and the Doctor Altiwattk.
• ya they are not three All-twattles butt one All-ter:4*U..
lia3s is a Quark, Drury Du -.r 'I :tangle as nii,e-ca
and the Doctor is a Qiiack.
Atoll yet thy arc no: three Quacks: but one Quark.
tio Imen•tto. trel bass is a Fool, Miry Wows+ Inangle Is a
Foot: and the Ducar is s Fool.
And yet no: Foot.; h.!. one Font.
For 'the ai wt. :re compelled if :.at verity : to acknowledze
every Minister by hions:ll to be Quack and Foul.
Sc arc we lorbidden by Safe etiquette: to say there he three
Quack,. or three
Diary Down Truan4le Is made of none: neither barn nor be-
gotten (
Old nags Is of himself alone: a La*yer bred, a Lord ereciird,
by his Father bezumen.
'lime Doctor is of Uhl Bags, and of Derry Down 'Friarglet
neither nude, nor created, nor begotten, btitproceedifig.
So there is one Old Bags, Tim tiiree Old lia,,s: one Derry Dims
Triangle, Cut three !'mangles : one Unetor, slut throe Dot:fobs.
AM in this Ministry none us is:ofe or after the other: none is
greater or les.. that& another.
But the whole threurAluels:cts are co• Charlatans together, :rid
co-tritkners.
So that, in all:things, as is aro, Essiit : the Majority wilt :he
Ministry, and the bulmistry in the Majority, us to be woe-
•
lie therefore that will be a Sktecurltt, must thus think of the
Ministry.
Furthermore it is necessary to its Somecure's,presereLtlon, tat
he also bellete rightly the inistaication of Derry linwn Triangle.
Vat the Sinecurist's right faith Is, that be believe awl coulees;
that Deny l)ns. a Irlangle,the 1201 n td the Ministry of the great
man now no inure, is now both Minister and ildanageri
Minister. last belling the substance of Ida own country t•th!,;
Manager, :catering the substance of shisoaver all she wield

Perfect Knave and porter Fool ; of unsparlas despotic views;
oar overarratned taxation subsisting;
Equal to Oki Bags as timeless grave Trickery; and inferior
to the tiottor as touching his Mummery.
Wi•i, although be be Knave anti Pool, yet he la not two, but
one M ale.. r.
One; n by a coeversion of the Charlatan into the Minister;
but b. sh.iniing A more showy Juggler. who wanted, and *ill
wan•s, II b. • Minister.
' One aliogether, squanderii gin prolusion oar substance; by
ewes of corrupt majorities
For as by pow-er ot Dupery, and our Money, he makes whom
be will hi. own; so by Intrigoe and Cajblery, be is Ministers
Who to mit for our ha yawn descended to kiss the Nether.
most had in ; and rose again as %giant refreshed;'
He ascended into a higher Place be Worth at the right head of
the Chair, from wt.eree be shall hear kw those who being
starved,--, by tug Viii a. roe r Goo,--became Dead.
At whose nodding an Siiircipiess shall the &gals and slain;
and with their voices cry Ayt ! aye! and the Laureate in token
of joy, shall mourniiiity chant the most slides' Lay hi his works.
And they tbai love said Ai t ! Aye! shall so into Place ever.
lasting; and they tbat have sand No! shall .so into everlasting
Minorities. • .
And Cawley shall have a Jew's Harp. and a Rabbinical Tat.
on:cf, and a i.omin Missal; and Wird:owed shall haves Psal•
ter, and a Primer, and a needing made Easy; and unto &Alp
Sacksbut shah be dub added; and with Harp, Sack-bus, and
Psaltery, th y hbal make merry, .nd discover themselves before
Derry bown Triangle, and Hubs his most gracious meaner, whose
Kingd.ini stall have no end.
Ibis is the S.necurist's duty, from doing more than which ex.
itept he abstain fatthlnlly, be cannot be a Stueeurist
Obey be to Old Bags, and to Derry Down Triangle, and to the
Doctor.
As It was in the Beginning, is now, and ever shall be, if such
!kyr be, withnu, end Any a
eadera he Creed sr Belief]
(1) Triangle, e. a Wag having erre* tidal the meanest .04
most tinkiit.g of eh musical autrastras ; machinery used In W.
Wiry tectena.—Dictionary.
(it) Allameettle:-- 'Vaults, er a. to prate, gabble, chatter, talk
idly.—Entick's Vitt.
(I) Neither born nor begotten,, but the
bellool.lol'.ll SAYINa.
Mr. Hoax then commenced his defence. He was
most happy to see his Lordship there to-day. because
he had, iii the. course of yesterday, sustained what
appeared to him to be a mist grievous injury. He
.knew that in making any observations on his Lord-
ship's conduct, whilst presiding on a solemn trial,
he roust be most guarded in its expressions; but he
.must say, that in his Lordship's charge to the Jury
• last tiiglit, his Lordship had done him great injustice.
Lord ELLenteonotiou here observed, chat he could
not allow the defendant to proceed in this strain of
observation. The defendant might proceed to ob-
serve on the particulars of the case-before the Court ;
but he, as a Judice, could not-flit, there rind bear ob.
servations made on a charge dclivered4ty him on a
former occasion. _

The defendant resumed. He would not have stated
any dung ffelt.ive ; but be would, after this intinsa.
more on the subject, but address him-
self to the Jury, who, to-day, were his judges, and
who aloes were his judges. He then proceeded to
observe at large upon the law of libel as established
by Mr. Fos's Bill. and contended that, under that
act, the Judge was not bound is give any opinion on
the question, whether the thing under consideration
was libel or not, but that it was left discretionary fur
him to do so or nor, as be thought proper. His
Lordship seemed to think otherwise, and that it was
pastl of his duty to• give that opinion.' His Lord-
app would, therefore, no doubt pursue that course,
to-day; but he trusted his Lordship would give his
opinion evil r and 41, lui,sioa4Bs y). without using either
expreiskin ur gesture which could be construed as
eouveying an entreaty to the Jury to think as he did.
He was now brought to answer to a third accusation
for a similar afledged offence, by his Majesty's At-
tothey-General. He did pot know how tar be acted
in this business from his own private judgment, or in
what degree he was subject to Ministers. He was
unacquainted pith the relation in which be stood ;
but bad he received any intimation from Ministers to
that effect, he believed he would not that have pro..
coded to bring him into Court a third lime ; he
• should mot have been once More dragged from his
bed to appear before a Jury. Before coming into
Court, he was so ill that he thought be should not
'have been able to proceed. He had taken nc‘refresh.
meet since yesterday, esoept cute glass of wine, and
• wee on feeble last night, that be' could not get into
bed without help. He was apprehensive that he
• thoeld not have been able to stand spiroCourt ; but.
-bad be not been able to walk.heabooid have ordered '
himself to be brought in his beds, ea& laid upon the;
' table, fc.r the purpose of make that dilate, even in a.
.state of feebleness, whichhe unexpectedly found him-
'self now able to enter upon with more strength than
he bad hoped to possess.. He. should, even under
such Circumstances. have defended himself effeiese
lbe charge of circulating a pubhcatioa which wee
called a libel, but which he knew, cad should Few.
to be no such thing. He should regret mash, it in'
the course of his trial any such expression of feeling
• should be manifested es occurred yesterday. They
who were present ought to command themselves, and.
remember that he was on a trial of life or death..
Such was truly the case; for, if found guilty, he
night be sentenced to such a term of
,imprisonment
as to deprive him of health, and eventually of life.
Such as caused any interruption yesterday did what'
was wrong, Kat It :Was not the only. weongtobeiein.:
`plained of.. He had applied to the Sheriffs for per.
mission to have two of his witnesses admitted into
Ceuta but they were refused' that privilege by the
persons who stood at the door. That little medal.,
Fern might have beep granted to those who livedl
in his service, and entertained some friendship for'
him, merely because he bad treated them kindly. it
was attempted to torn the laugh which bad been
sited yesterday in Court to his disadvantage. It was
attributed by the Attorney-General to an irreligious
feeling, occasioned by the parodies which he had I,
published. This be could not cousider very fair it 1
bad a tendency to make the Jury believe that this'
laugh was one of the irreligious effects as rising from ,
proggoitios be had published. The parody for
which he was at present upon trial, had been reserved,'
''he believed, for no other' reason bet bieausti it was'
she; weakest of the Ow. Thi Atom*, General,
so doubt, had selected the parody on the Cute.,.l
egos as the first object of iccusatlem, for owl
Odle Mims bet because be looked tipon it as the
strongest diet;.. that on the Litany was the nail;.
tie. last .was beyond comparison .the wain& It
gm as old saying, than experience mad., loots
finperisike,' Wenner, never mad* boll wise.
"It mad, waif understanding !leer, but not goals.
if there wit ant truth in be *Os* be amid out
bar* been aims a third time bids. Court, after Wolf

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!twice acquitted upon similar chtrges. He did not
impute folly to the Attorney-General. On his part
the proceedings arose perhaps from an error in judg.
meat; but there were others who, after the expert.
once of the last two days, were so foolish as to allow I
him to be brought a third tints to trial, though the
chance of being found guilty was reduced even to
less than the proportion of I to 999. The Attorney-1
General, neither upon this, nor upon the former'
trials, had quoted much by way of authority to en-
forte his opinion. All the authority was upon his (Mr.
Hone's) side. It was contained in the books that lay
upon the table. He had selected many passages from
them which he should have occasion to read once
more They all proved that parodies upon the Scrip.;
nue had been in frequent use even among pious and
enlightened men. The opinion of Sir Matthew
Hale had been mentioned and quoted as the highest i
authority upon the subject of religion as connected'
with the State. He was, no doubt, an honest,
wise, upright, and pious Judge. He could not say
he was in error, is die particular opinion alluded to
on a former trial, but he was not infallible, and might
have been deceived, as well as others. That pious
and uptight Judge actually condemned to death some
persons for being witches He might have, been a
great man, but this was a proot that he was weak at
least in one respect. With respect to the authorities
he bad Quoted upon the subject of parody, there
was a great difference of opinion between him and
'the Attorney-General. He shoutd, however, quote
them again, and should tell the Jury that Martin
Luther was a paiodist as well as William Hone. In
i the tide page of Wilkes's Catechism he had stated
that it was never before published—be afterwards,
however, discovered that it had been printed and
published before. Tnis information he had from a
%temleman of the bar, Mr. Adolphus, who came into
his shop to purchase use Catechiim, and seeing it
mentioned in the title-page that it had never before
been published, informed him that it was printed and
published in the first volume of the Msrsing CAromitk,
remarking, at the same time, that the title-page was
an imposition. Such was the fact. WAS Mr. Adol-
phus in Court, he believed that gentleman would
have no hesitation iu admitting it—truth was always
axis leading principle, as it should be that of every
other man. He defied any person with whom be had
the least dealing to bring a charge of falsehood
againq him. With respect to himself, he wrote the.
parody from a manuscript which had been put into
his hands by a gentleman, who told him, at the same
time, that it was never before published. That gin.
unman belonged to the profession of the law. He
was a regular attendant upon church—but whatever
might be the consequence to himself, no considers-
lion could induce him to disclose the name oldie
palm who furnished him with the manusesift of I
Wilkes's Catechism. If he conceived it to be-a bier'
phemous publication, or to have the evil tendency at-
tached to it upon the trial, the gentleman to whom
he alluded would have been the last man to put such
a production in a train for circulation. The Attorney
General, in his reply on a previous day, seemed to
think that the Litany was not published before. The,
truth however was. that three weeks previous to its
being sold in his shop, it had been circulated widely
in very populous districts. It was sent to fuss, mot
by the author, whont he did nor know at the time,
but by another person, of whom he never heard voy
thing since. It would* have been courteous in that
person to visit him in prison, or at least so have
s.utt him a line, were it only with a view of coaviling
him in his trouble. It was true be (Mr. Hose)
made some alterations in it. He introduced the sup
plications, the Glory be to George," and w Oft
'enlighten our darkness." This last prayer, however,
had no effect on Ministers, for otherwise, alter being
acquitted twice before, they would not have pat hint
a third time upon trial. He did nut pi rtend to be
well acquainted with the law of libel. If any person
were to be wantonly calumniated or abused, or
grossly reviled in any production, he would not hesi.
tate to admit that it was a libel, and deserved pu-
nishment. Ia such a case a man must be looked
upon as clearly guilty ; -but he was far from thinking
.that all truth was a libel, though there were many
things true that should not be told or written. Were
_heoor instance, to give a history of all he knew, or
'Could learn, of a certain great personage, from his
birth to the present day, however true or scandalous
it might be, nu person could say that the publication
of it would not be equally scandalous. Suchepubli.
cation differed very much from what might maidens
tally or carelessly occur in conversation, Or slip hem
a person's pen while writiog. The doctrine of libel
was quite undefined; but he had. no doubt that the
day would come when nothing would be considered
libel until it was declared so by a Jury. Parodies, it
was said, should not now be defended by the produc-
tion of similar publications, by other persons, and at
-former periods. But why, he would ask, single him
out. after he bad been twice before acquitted by two
Juries, even after all the picking and packing of the
Crown Office ? Why send him now a third time
before another Jury, selected in the same way t With
respect to p. rody. it was as ancient even as the time
et Homer. .the guest productions el griller were
produced in ancient as well as modern times. They
were parodied because they were generally known,
and were in themselves original and beautiful, oh:
taming for that reason art extensive popularity. The
thing was not done from motives of contempt—quite
the contrary. If parodies on Scripture were criminal,
they must have been so at all times. and whoever
might have been the author. The informations
against him were filed by the Lite Attorney General.
He was brought into Court on the 5.h of MAY last,
and that very day Sir Williath Garrow resigned his
situation. He would no; say the resignation arose
tram his being ashgenedof his conduct, but the info,.
mations filed by him upon that occasion were the last
acts or his political life as Amuse, General. No
laformatfon Was bled against others who had wikten
parodies. An information bad not, and wofild not,
he believed, be filed against Kr. Calming, ler his
parody on'ltib. The tealint was. perhaps, that Mr..
Canning en makes good defence, while be (Mr.
Hone), who was ilnabk to Utak. one, Was hiought
before a Jury three clouts successively. He never be.
fors in his life spoke in the presenie bi more than tea
persons. It •Paoennuren ever interfered to protect
weak and defenceleis men, that interference was most'
surely Manifested in his case. It had interposed to'
protect a:helpless and sieleseeleas man against
the wage and malice of his cumin. Re could end=

bate his defence to do other agent, fot he writ-mak
and ;scalable himself. (litre a misled *mum
applause and pity was heard from the crowd amen-,
Wed.) As the law of libel stood at. present, it was
not possible to be understood. It was, in its present
state, only calculated to entrap and deceive people
into punishment, and reminded him of the conduct
of one of those despots, who, in all countries, fie-
quench get into the possession of power, and Use it
only for the purpose of punishment and opt/session..
The person to whom he alluded was the tyrant of
Syracuse. It was his custom, when laws wereipro-
mulgated, to have theni written in very small Witte,
and placed in so high a position that they could! sot
be read ; but whoever dared to transgress them were
punished with all the severity of a despot, thmigb the
wretches who suffered the punishment could not pos
sibly have known the law for the pretended transgres
sion of which they suffered. Such exacily was the II
law of libel. In fact, there was no such thing as a
law of libel : or, it there was, the law was written
upon a cloud, which suddenly pissed away, and was
lost in vapour. Nothing was a libel until a Jury
pronounced it such. He was pointed at, and :hewed
as one guilty of publishing the most blasphemous
productions. When in the King's Bench, he was
shunned as a pestilence, even by those who were, or
pretended to be, formerly his friends —by those whom,
as David said of Jonathan. his heart loved. His ac-
quaintance, it was true, recommended him to Coun-
sel, but some objections were urged against all whom
they pointed out to bins. Some from motives of eti-
quette, could not attend upon him in prison. Others, ,
though they might have talents, had not courage t-t
undertake his defense. Without courage it would be
useless to attempt it. The question he put to himself
upon such recommendation of Couniel being made,'
was, has he courage enough ? Will he be able to
stand op against Lord Ellenborough ? It was neces.
sary coat a person undertaltine his defence should be,
a stranger to fear, tor it he persisted in saying any thing
when mice his Lordship had made an objection, the
consequence would be to lose his Lordship's ear.
The Ammon Garoutai—l cannot sit here quietly
and hear such language directed to the Court. I sub-
mit, my Lord, whether it is right ?
Lord Eizisnonotma—Perhaps, Mr. Attorney,
jou might have interposed your objection sooner; but
you have heard the sort of attack which was made
upon rte for the slight interruption which I thoitght
it my duty to give to the defendant's observatioas at
the outset, and I think, therefore, the best course will
be to let the whole thing blow over us.
Mr. Hens would, he said, entreat pardon if any
thing painful to the Gentlemen of the Bar had fallen
from him. Talent and courage, be perCtived, were
necessary to his defence. As to talent, he possessed,
if any, but a very humble Share ; but mental fear
was a thing to which he was, and ever had been, an
utter stranger. • He did not know what it was : and
while he conceived himself to have truth and justice
on his side, no earthly consideration could deter him
from expressing his opinion. There was a circum-
stance which occurred previous to his coming into
Court that gave him great pain. It proceeded from
one of those publications that were always ready to
perform any dirty work which they deemed accep-
table to men in power. It stated, that a person who
was his friend, was to receive twelve months impri-
sonment on account of publishing one of those pare.
dies, for which he (Mr. Hone) had been twice ac-
quitted. and would, be hoped, be acquitted again
that day. This tended to deprive him of one of those
friends who might otherwise be inclined to stand by
him in Court, and assist him with advice or instruc-
tion. This man came up to town, and applied to a
Solicitor. by whom he was recommended to let judg-
ment go by default, as the best course which he could
adopt.
The A r room Gann tc—l am quite sure nobody
on my part, or by my desire, ever had any communi-
cation with the person alluded to. or ever advised him
to either plead guilty or not guilty.
Mr. Horst: observed, that all he meant to say was,
that the man first pleaded not guilty on coming up
to town; he withdrew that plea, and suffered judg-
ment to go by default. There were, however, com-
munications between this man and the solicitor, who
conducted the present prosecution ; and yet he re-
ceived a sentence equal in extent to any thing which
might have been expected, even by a man who lied
been found guilty by a jury of his country; and what
was very extraordinary, on the very morning he re.
.ceived his sentence, he (Mr. Hone) received notice
of, the present trial. It was equally estraoruinary
that this person called on him three or four times
previous to his going up to Court, to ask him for his
advice, although antecedent to those occasions, he
had actually taken advice, and had determined upon
the course be should pursue. Williams was what
was described as a loyal man ; that was to say, a sort
of thick and thin man; who, it a person in autho-
rity were to say Go, and he goeth ; Come, and he
conteth (murmurs of approbation from the crowd).
He was in a corps of yeomanry, and be told him
(Hone) that be had often printed fbr Government.
His full conviction was, that it he (Hone) had been
*gad guilty,thir Mgr would tart long have remained'
in prison. He thought he had a sarong sight to
complain of one or two gross and infamous false-
hoods inserted in a paper which was published every
morning at six o'clock, and which then had been
tinkle. therefore, for every one of the jury to have seen
before he entered the bos. At six every morning did
the ghost of Dr. Slop walk forth in Crane-court, Fleet-
stow. By this ghost it had been stated—for what pur-
pose. airless to prejudice him on his trial, could not be
magfueo...sbai Williams bad been found guilty by the
verdict of a Joey for the same publication. This was
as false as was another statement, that he was in the
practice of selling obscenity, which he detested and
despised is ouch as any man. Such falsehoods, put
forth at such a time, when be wasstanding up in that
Court in the hour of peril to vindicate his innocence,
cited only have proceeded from one who was a
lath tithe back bone.. As such he would proclaim
him to his tees whenever and wherever he should
meet bias.

Lord ELIANDOROtIGIL—Do not use such expres.
ions. Yoe sky you have got through life free from
iZate and acrimonious framing ; do not say that
which may hereafter provoke it. I say this
leer* for your Qom preservation, and net with a
nits* to intertitpt low. •
• Mr. lions assured his Lordship that be sincerely
acknowlOsitd the propriety of his interference,

I though it was Melt for hint to restrain
logs. It was neverth :less true that he c.,-1
hatred against this iielivideal ; he was tod.,, ,
jest of contempt, and not ie hatreteand w art!
by him in no other light than as a lon, unti
and abandoned matt. He had come into Coui
strung feelings of irritation, which he could
"restrain, when be found that this mates
went to impute to him the publication of ,
blasphemy, and obscenity. He denied thp:
ever suffered any obscene work in his shop
it could- be proved that he had, he called upon'
Jury to lard him guilty of blasphemy, in order
under that verdict he 'might receive the put
due to obscenity : for, in et to blasphemy,
dered obscenity the greatest offence wirier
could commit. He had, however, no hatred I.
a man; and although Dr. Slop had attempted
him this tejury in the moment of peril, it he
distress tomorrow, and it was in his power to
him, he would not hesitate to hold him nut a
band. This feeling had been cherished in
ever since he knew right from wrong. (Nu:
oftlaute). He wished he toted have had it
power to say that his trial had nut time on ti
merely for the sake of being able to say smelt
favour of his persecutors. Those persons seer.,
doubt, to the Chapel Royal with their Puri
on the Sabbath-day. If this were the case,
be lamented that they lost sight of those ;
Christianity ;vetch they were no doubt in
accustomed to hear. lie by no means
justice should not be. done; fur to neglect to
oce would be injustice; but be thought, is
case, they. might have borrowed a little of
.racier, tee precept, and the example, of one
name lie could not mention without revert.,
humility—he meant Jesus Christ. H. court
read any passage to illustrate the character
Divine. Being ; bet he well recollected that
Jesus was on earth, lie continually ezherted
lowers to the esercise of mercy, charity, lr
good-will. This was exemplified in mall in,
but in one more firmly Walt in all the tate
heard various sermons on this subject, but
them produced an impression equal to the:,
by reading the passage .to which he referred
Testament, when alone in his room. THAI.'
be alluded. was where the woman was taken
tery. The; Phaiisres went to Christ in the ,
ani,brought to him a V/01714.1 whom they had
in adultery, is crime which was the greatest
was posaihle for a wife to be guilty of. Site
deny her guilt,
.but Christ, turning to the Pe,
said, " He that is without sin, let him cast
stones" and her accusers went away, leak
woman alone with Jesus, who addressing
a Go, and sin no mere." If there were nothing
`this to excite veneration in the humeri mint
Divine Being, it was sufficient; and .tie hid
lament that such an admirable example had
followed by those who had brought him were
day. By the Jewish laws, the woman who h.
gritted adultery was liable to be stencd lode,
yet none of her accusers could say :Ley o
were without sins. Were his prosecutors without
be would ask 1 Were they not open to imp.
He would impeach them ! They were irtilt,
same crime for which they .sere now teekio
nith him I The vrredcheel MarreerrAii.nehe
That was a strong; a very stroll Seneeofilie
mean to apply it to any pet son an iarticalar ; all
meant to urge was, that ll4 accusers had diiL
done what they ought not to have done, and ou,
therefore to look with the greater lenity towards?
He had now to ask the Jut y, tor it was too '
ask bit accusers, to follow the precept of our Say
In another part of the Testament, vis.-6, to du
others as you wish others to do unto you." He
much better to-day than yesterday. He wa.
mated by the consciousness of having dime nu
For any wrong he might have unwittingly
was exceedingly sorry. He was exceedingly so
any thing he had written or published had a
tendency. His Lordship had misconceived the cat
of stopping the sale of his publications. He hail as
stopt it because be thought the publication ttrong, bop
because persons whom be respected had been hurt by
them.' He esteemed the hearts, thrugh he amid not
respect thejudgtnent of those persons. He *mild hut:
no metes mind. Sorry, eorry,Was he that the prosecution
was not wept. Although his prosecutors had thought
of bringing him to trial at all, and had actually cat
him qn his trial; although they had done so a second
day, after a Jury of honest Englishmen had acquit-
ted him; yet he should have been happy tor theft'
own sake, that his prosecutors had made some core-
went by a twelfth-hour repentance. " See the odds
against me," he exclaimed in a fervid tone, e it is
one farthing against a million of gold. My prosece-
toriehave laid a wager with puelic opinion; but they
will lose it to their irretrievable shame. Skin for
skin,' all that a matt has will he give for kis life. I
am here on trial for my life. If yon don't protect
me, my lite must tall a sacrifice to the confinemeet
that shall follow a verdict of guilty. My prosece-
toes, my persecutors, are unrelenting. I'll sbew yea
'that they *rimy persectiters. " I talk to yeti as fa-
miliarly as if you were sitting with ate in my owe
room. But there I have not twelve chairs.--
My pride is the pride of being independent. None
is supposed to be independent without property. I
have never had any property. Within the last twelee
months my children bad not beds enough in my house.
At this moment there is not furniture sufficient for
the necessary enjoyment of life. For the last two
years and a half I have not had a complete hour cf
happiness, because my family have been in such M-
any that it was impossible for a man of my tempera-
ment to know any thing of happiness.. I have trete
asked, why I have not employed Counsel? I cot's
not fee Counsel. I have been asked, when I 'rioted
publish my trial! I could not pay a reporter ; and at
this moment I have no reporter in Court. Genee-
meth You see I am not in that dress before you whir%
my respect for you and for myself would make me
anxious to appear in. I did resolve to get a suit of
clothes for this trial, but the money I had provided
for that purpose I was obliged to give for copses of
the information! against me. All these things 1 ate-
Lion to thew you what difficulties I had to encounter In
order to appear to possess indepeudeace of mind, and
to let men know how cautious they should
judging of men. Seven. or eight years ago I went
into business with a friend in the Strand. Iliad then
a wife and four children, and I was separate! true&


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