The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-04-07 00:00:00

tad heard with treat ;les-
sur : the t.t•werfoll refistetka of the principles put t...rti
.
ids • t In the speech deiivered that night by
r Francis Harslet:. He bad another speech of that
ft:ght Honourable Uentlso.sn's to obserbe upoo. 'to
u..e his oval words or Shakspeare it wou!d, itoteso, be
pstatal

• "To lose one drop °relit Immortal nisi,"
(J laugh.)--liere the Hun. Heatlnnen went into a long
auJ able refutation of a Plwecli pronounced by litr.t.'en-
oti.g. at the Hark-bone Club in Liverpool. Af:er devil
on the subject of !totem. to whirls he sa'.•i t.r was
so solemnly pledged, the fur.. beutletnatt coat itose4l 17
say!ng. that Le stoma! etuleavuor to merit the appleunw
and pottirienee of the citizen, of trettioirst•z. by follow-
irg in the fAststzps at &great, but hunali:c dis•unce, their
wonlay Representative, Sir Francis Burdett.—(t.irrat
apt:ease.)
I he next toast was—" The RetUrrners of A:iJdlrge,c,
16 MD, by their spontaneous note-ages, have elected Samuel
I-614ft Whitbread, Esq. the ple.lgctl advocate of tl,o.
tough Reawat in pargament," which was reas.vell with
the lueslest and oust lively applause, athl utahl with
three tie,., three.

Mr. 4:. Snaw /Ascent/. in the ',Were.. of Mr. Whit-
breed, returned tbattks, and cuttrrstsilliten the country
u;ort tee fete Je.,:i•iva triumph of J:i.JJlri,•x.
I or swirl Last, by Mr. Merrill was—" Lord
Couhrerik the intrepid Llimnpion ut South Auseriran
latlepvutiksee, and the Loose ut Ltbvrty all over the
Norid„ —'tone, Peruvian
el Song by Mr. !Kurt by.
" 4 lee p, loteAss itetututiots of Spain, and may her eth.
a•:•plr eu:,vitice de,puts of the futility bud ►sirkrdness of
rely Miff ua tier twee Of arms au repress the tures ul'pub-
Z. optniyo.'•
ell peat propeesr,l--
•• The Liberty of the frees—it is like the air we hreath,!
if we bete it but we die"—olsich nr, drAilk will three
tubes titre. J

'I he asst toast • was-1. The Trial by dary"—(Ap-
planar.)
Immediately after this toast was drank the rhnirtnan,
followed he Sir Francis Burdett. Mr. ilublwase, and the
•titosrarda. left the room.

Mr. Hunt M:IS rrtiring also. when he eras recalled by
the voice of the company. Mr. Piorr immediately jumped
tioon the table, and proposed that Mr. Hunt sheuld take
tLe Chair.

.s:r. Hurst, after a considerable pause and clamour,
reaanted on the table, anil prepared to address the meet-
av, when he was assailed by a most jiscorslant mixture
of .beers niiii hisses. '1 hose continues' fur some time ;
a'..ter they had subsided, he informed the meeting that
I:e Lad come to the dinner for the purpose of partici-
patng in the victory which they had obtained.--(11ravo.)
-Nis intention was to see and hear what passed, nut to
tske any share in it. he had listened nith the utmost
p..rasure to all that hail been said or dune; and nobody
. oak! Le snore glad tiutti he was at the choice made by
tl e electors of Westietinster.—(f'aravo, my boy.)—On a
f.;:iner um:salon he had thought it his duty, iterisps im-
properly, to oppose their return ; but hr W.ll now con-
vie:eJ that if the people of Englan I returned sorb men,
t'.cy would soon gain nut only a Returns in the Curia-
ruins house of Parliament, but also terry thine which
I:ertuen ought to have. Ile would nosy say word on the
last toast. When his name was called on, in contr.
kitenve. he supposed. of a late trial at York, it had the in-
sant:means effect of breaking up the party at the centre
u: the room—(Cries of " \o, nn.")-11 hat slid they,
1.. wryer. mean by rising the " Trial by Jury i" Did
t:tey mean to constituent tliat Jury %hide would be the
reuse of sending one of their Representatives to prison ?
or that Jury which, in spite of the evidence, in spite of
the law, and in spite of the Jul!ge's charge, had given a
rdict of guil:y against innocent —(l:ries " No.
'.")—Then a ity did the electors of Westminster send
it forth as their opinion to the world, that they were as-
/hided with the mode of trial at Leicester and at York ?
Lie could only say that it would have been the finest
specimen of a trial, and the noblest instanre of justice,
if thry bad nut hail a packed Jury of 31416qt:rtes. Ile
would tell them how that Jury had been struck. He at-
tended at the strikin,r of them with the Mier:er ul the
I:rows-office, and tier Under-Sheriff of the County. The
Cnder-Sherilf asked their names, and who they were.
iYheuever he came to a Whig, lio struck him off, saying
to him (Mr. hunt)," he is one of your friends, and must
he atrark off." he slid not know any thing but the
names of the Jere, and he therefore sent then. down to
the Whig Club of York, in order to le arm who and what
they were. Would it be believed, that they advised him
to strike off every good name in tneJury list ? and when
the trial came UV, none appeared but a set of Ultra-
Loyal Alagistratesi ? Yet they were railed on fur an
union with the Whigs. Nu, noise should be made nith
them, but with the people only. he was obliged to Omie
who hail called him to the Chair, but he coml.' n it take
ir. Mr. Hunt left the room amidst cousiderab!e sip-
piause, and the titePlitog broke up.