The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-11-07 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PLYmovra. Nov. s.—Came down out of harbour and
anchored in Cawsand Bay, his Majest)'s shin. Sripton, of 00
:tuns, and York. of 74.

Came dow❑ abo out of harbour and anchored io the
Round, the N intro ft ignte.

Sailed this afternoon, the Harlequin arun•:i ship, with fleet,
under convoy fur the Downs.

Do • irk. Nov. 6.—Came in the trartiports C.K. J. F.. and
V. 11, 'with sick troops from Flushing.

Majesty's sloop Oheroa, recaptured and sent in here
-yesterday. the Jane and-Phoebe collier. belonging to Sander.
land : Are and f tiff other colliers here captured ooWedneida'v
trAht of Bess by Head, by a Lwge privateer belonging to
Itoologne, with 50 men, who, after taking all the crew out,
except the slate, made fur ilia French roast, and It is much
feared the latter vesseh n ere can ied safe into the enemy's
hat boar.

Wanted immediately, a few Secretaries of State,
and half a dozen other Mitiiiiters to whoil hand.
some Wand will he given. They must be able to
turn their bands to alb work....Thiv advertipcment
merits the attention of bridles, Barristers and
broken-down Attornies. As many of that de-
scription are now in place, the advertisers dill nut
be very nice as to reference ; several pet suns of
character having already refused theseemployments.
Application to be made to the Right lion. S.
Farcical, at the Cockpit.
A person %li) had been transported to New
Smith ‘Vgles, set up the trade of a Itiok A actio-
urer. Ode d‘y putting up a lot, a New ljailey't
Dictiupary, he could flint nu bidders ; and on es.
pressing his aito'nishment, a wag convict told
that it was quite natural, as must of stir cuo (((((
had had already too much of the Old Bailey
edition.
The report of Mr. K Ell ILE'S intention to re.
!impish his share in Covent-Garden 'theatre is re.
pealed, with the addition, that Messrs. Mot.
TO r 4, RBI, NOLO!, and FAWCETT) had become the

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, TRI4L BY JUICY.

The Anniversary of the actriitfal of Mem,.
Hardy, rnoke, and others in 1794, %vs% y, stcr.
day celebrated by near 200 Gentle ne 1, at the
Crown-and-Anchor Tavern. Thl Dinner, which
was served up at five o'clock, pre universal tau.
tisfaction.

Mr. JONES BURDETT tra% In the Chair.

Alter the retnovill of the clutiii
" The King, and the Priaciples waiehaeated the Famed,
on the flaron,.,

way given.
To which succeeded,
" The Trial by Jury,"
which way drank with enthusiasm.

The CHAIRMAN then, addressing the corn.
pany, observed, that the commemoration of the
event which had produced that Meeting, was of
the highest importauce, as to iJuig on eac'b suc.
ceeding Anniverslry• to Gin to recollection tho
oonduct of that independent Jury which had so
nobly, by their verdict, derended the lives and
liberties of their fellow countrymen. Tue
by Jury wits as institution co..val with the state
of civilized society in this kingdom ; the value of
such an institutiot it was impossible correctly
to appreciate ; and he trusted th It the pea.
ple of England, whatever might be their sat.
ferings, their privations, or their oppressions,
would never become insensible to this important,
and fundamental position, that to maintain 'instil.
Tied the Trial by Jury, that palladitoua of the
British Constitution, is an i:nreriums duty on every
individual. The respectability of the Meeting he
had the honour to addresis gave him unfeigned plea-
sure; and although he had taken the liberty of
thus ezpressiii4 his sentiments and hopes on the
important subject of the Trial by Jaen he was
uell aware that nothing which he alight say could
afford any additional indireinent to a persevei &net
in their attachment to this intztimahle right oir
Britons. On tho state of the country he could
not avoid saying a very few words. It was in
truth most alarming ; and northing but reform
could rescue us from the imminent dangers with
which We were surrounded. Cl' this he believed a
great majority of thsteuuntry Was Now convinced
—and the opinion of the 64 uptiversid Eitglith
Nation" could not, he thought, toe lung vesistonl,
by even the most strenuous ates for thr cur.
rept borough.miingering syst n,, »hich was dis-
grace to the kingdoni. Mr. J. Burnett concluded
a very forcible speech, by proposing the he:tithe
of

imrs, Hard., Tooke, :LA the other Patriots, whew,
in the .ear 17Y-;. Mr. i'itt

Mr. IiALLOY telt it incumbent on him, as the
only out' preStbilt of thee.,' Mien wvre 110 highly ho.
11,turcul by the toast that bail be. Is drAtik, to re.
snrn in their names, and his Imo, thanks fur that
honour. Mr. Hardy then gate a sucrinct %tate.
meat of the Association% fur notaisiing Parlsauten.
14ry K •forro, in which the !Lk.. of itiehmond,
Mr. Fox, and Mr. Pitt, etch nor •ta very cuptin.
calms ;tart ; as shoo dui the 8. v. Mr. WY.
•11i., in the Yorkshire Ass.tcoation. Fur hiatrelfs,
Sir. Hardy had became a Membor of the S.rciety
for :;ons.stutiosiai bilormation, mid subsequently
of another which he k sew nut whither it *era

now safe evim to metitiou.--•ae Correspondiug So.
(lily. The sole obj •et oi his political life had
the pursuit of tlsosi• principles which bad
:welt (hightail), proposed and streuoutisly support.
ed by Air. Pitt himself --an.l for tit • avowal of
those very principles, the lives of himself and
others had belt sought—from which per.l.itis situ-
ation they hal been happily rescui'd tile eter.
ease of that inseoima ile ins.itutiou the T ill by
Jars. Mr. Pitt, worn out is, place, hat talked
of reform for no other pnrpo,e bin to Wise and
perplex those who were in—whets he gnt in bias.
se;f; his principle. of
.reform went out. In short,
every thiag he had "seen and heart for the last YO
'years, coutinced him of the indispensible times.
sity of a Reform Parliament. [Mr. Hardy *as
loudly applauded.]
the 11,;,. Mr. I. JOYCE, hewing been one of
the victi-•ts of that sytens under which the PM
M.n.nistration acted, beggill to sny a few words,
and partite:arty of the cause of bas imps isJtonent.
He was a :Member of the Sueicty for Constitutional
Information—a Comn.iitee of which having been
appointed to investigate the contents of the •4 Reg
Book," a meeting to receive their report was sp.
pointed to b. held at the house of a,geutleman in
Spital-square. Of this 'netting he had given no.
nee to Mr. Horne Tooke, iii a short note, stating,
" that we shwild be ready un Thursday." Mr.
T.was taken up onlluiitlay,unil happeuing to have
the note in his puek.i, h:,(XIv.J.) was take', up on
the IVednesday, for what he knew not; but when
brought brfore Mr. Militias and 'Lord Loughbo.
rough, hue first thing he mar,, w4t+ ttut.vxry nobs
in the hand of his Lordship. On that note, and
that note only, had he been imprisoned sit
t bbbbb 'the, at the expiration of which he was dis.
charged, without the slib,utrrt reason bi lug as-
signed fur his imprisonment. Tnt fail was, that
his known attachment to constitutioual Reform,
was the foundation and true ~rigin of his offence.
He had never beets brought before a Jury. The
•noble decision of the Jury in the eases of the
Gentlemen whose health' ;tad beets drank, deterred
Mmiaters frooi any furtli..r attiropt un the lives of
the people. Thu Trial b) Jury, and that alone
had set b mends to .tor unwarrantable attempts us
the Minister of the tlay.
Mr. Harris then swig a sung composed for the
occasion.

" Lie linooor.shieril-gri- Frking and Sir Vicary Mb!.
the 4 le.enuters of Al.-vbis roo.r,

" full and fair itepreltatatiou of the People in the
II use of G raaiues."
" The Liiseny of the Preib—wilich is like the air we
tweashe—if ae have it our se die."
were drank—the two latter with the most fervid
enthusiasm.
Mr. CLIFFORD, in rising to propose the
health of Sir Franca Burdett, ttri whose st ell-
known wattles it Were superfluous to expatiate,
felt it 41..1uty, however he migitt risk incurring
the ditiploasocts of that eicellent man, to state a
fact, respecting which only a part had been in.
eidentalty mentioned in a late discussion in the