The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-11-06 00:00:00

ANNIVERS4RF OF THOMAS ILIRDrs
ACQUITTAL.

Yesterday was celebrated at the Crown and An-
chor, with the usual punctuality and importance, the
Eighteenth Anniversary of the acquittal of Thomas
'lardy, and others, on a charge of Treason against
the Government of their couv.try in those trouble-
some and feverish times, winch characterized the
commeacement and progress of the French Rem-
lution—a Revolution, the convulsions of whose
shock still cootiaue to agitate and affect civilized
Europe.

After a most excellent dinner, the worthy chair-
man,-Mr. HCLL, of the Temple gave, as the first
toast,
The Prii.ceßegeat.aod may he recalled (not. mop Si sever
fowl, re it WI usually hero given). his declaratiou, that the
Clots m is held but in qua fur the people.
With three.—[iipplausc.]
The next toast was,
The Rights of Mon;
After which followed,
The Trial by Jury.
On this occasion, the Rev. Mr. Dit.traa addressed
the room al some length, commenting on the value of
that inestimable institution.
The tout of
Thomas Hardy. sod the re,* of the acquitted Patriots of
1791,
on which occasion, Mr. HARDY and Mr. RITCHTER
severally returned thanks. The latter noticed one loss
they had sustained since the last Anniversary, namely,
the death of Horn Tooke. He knew well the cha-
racter, the firmness of that individual • and he was
' sure that they would cheerfully mark tie ineesooyof
the man, while they drank his health with all that
lawfulness which they would feel on entering a ca.
thedral, or in visiting a tomb. Ile would propose
that they should drink
The 611rminly /lora Tooke, P.q.
which was accordingly given in silence.
The other toasts were
Yhe Jun that destroyed the doctrine of accumulated TIPSI4OII
--Sir F. Burdett—Lord Erskine—The Liberty of the Pres-.
&c. &c.
- - - - - -

Mr. 1k NT, the late Candidate for Biistoll then
r: opose.'--

A Nil, fair, and free Iteprese•ntatba► in Parliiunent.
He then said, that he had come forward with the
sole view of giving the people of Bristol an oppor-
tunity of asserting their freedom, not from the mere
motive of opposing Sir S. itomilly. He had failed—
yet be had triumphed, for no perjured or solicited
man hnd voted for him. lie could not say that of
his opponents; on the contrary, they had exercised
the most corrupt means to obtain their majorities, as
he could prove, if called upon. Sir S. Romilly had
himself, by his agents, as he acknowledged on the
hustings, purchased freedoms for seven hundred
inhabitants previously to the opening of the poll, in
order that they might vote for him.—Men who had,
under the authority and direction of the said Sir Sa-
muel, taken the Bribery Oath. But Mr. Davis had
acted as humanely, for he too had purchased seven
hundred freedoms for seven hundred men, who swore
that they had received neither fee 'tor •reward for
their vote. Mr. Protheroe had purchased only five
hundred.

Mr. llAaata proposed as a toast—
Ni-sonsiosier's Pa tdc and Lngl.uur• Hope—Sir F. Bardettind
Lord Cochrane. • _ _ _

Nlr. Mutts, and others, who had neither the
same trust in, or hopes of, Lord Cochrane, as they
had of Sir F. Burdett, opposed the toast; and after
some uppositiuu, it was withdrawn.

We understand that the famous Five
.Letters from
the Duchess of Bnesswics to the Princess of %YALU,
which were printed and suppressed in 1802, will al-
most immediately be republished. These letters,
with the subsequent observations, and the history of
their suppression, will create a great deal of interest
in the public, and occasion much alarm to certain in-
dividuals.—( Bath and Cheltenham Gazette.)
A play was acted at Madras on Monday, the 29th
of June (The Seknol for Scandal), patronized by
Ladies Hoon,lia 1.0 w, !`ln r, M ACNAGHTEN, and
Mrs. CoNwAv, for the benefit of the widows and
orphans of tho.c aho fell at JAVA. About 3000 pa-
godas were subscribed.
The terms opon which Mr. Berry has been en-
gaged at Covent-garden Th.,atre, are 501. each night,
for twelve performances before Christmas, and at
the same rate for twelve nights after that period.—
He is, besides, to have a benefit free of all ez-
pence..
A farmer named MAST, at Holt, in Buckingham-
shire, undertook, nn Monday, far a wager of 50 gui-
neas, to go on foot 120 miles in 30 successive hours.
He performed five miles an hour for the first ten
hours, did the 100 miles in '25 hottrs, 'and finished
other 20 miles in four hours and a half, with much
difficulty, having hatf an hour to spare.- He halted
but two hours during the jouroey. •