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^CqVlTTM, OF MR. IICKVE. The acqoittal.of Sir. Hone upon three several iufununtions filed a-, gainst Idm bv the King's Attorney Hfcacral, lias elkited^&ftiit sf ttjft dxsaicA fo-nggfawrt thn Lest informed oKubiet of the British empire.? It ik spoken of w ith the lof tiest exulUfow; aam iiwumhr man age of moral and political prostitution, aafl <<B>1^!W a tBwnphant eKam- < pie of theforca of truth crumbBughv tTon an^sins^perior ces of ministerial -power. our readers to hav4c selected hich we ng's pa- j most able and public journals In Jfy' i i11nstratlu*?fe?* re woald be Brollccted, " Black Dwarf" wtoe job of oppasi kffimn b*tr ?$ur?gr and trl ptya | |f i|y Qp.(.U| ft?e ad theMitorney-Oeneral imsc lf, and felt how ted reason The *>iik without trial, shall Mtiibly him* by >11 tlik venial jiycoj^luiiits, 4hf^ Courtly hypocrites, artdMie babbling; fools of the day, was withdrawn from tile informations. Perhaps his lordship may have now m more oor^ rcct idea of what is really blasphemy, to tioW iirtagiue that it if something j rnort) like blasphemy, tcP stand be^ tweeo man and his Maker, and ?>rbvont* the lij&t of heaven and The' ooa of day from beaming ?*i the wretched victims of his Hispisio$i than to parody ^ity, service of t!it Church, in imitation t>f the best of the minUteirg, and the most learned of Ks defender#^ 'There inno donbt, but that the qjfenc* of Mr* Hon ; was a political one? ; There in toothing more danger ous to folly, than the ridicule which it ntorita. it cannot bear the laugh which it is sure to excite* While it struts in the robes of office* it is eon scions of the ridiculous appearance which it offers to the crowd. It would render laughter high treason, if possible ; but it would have gained something if it could have obtained the verdict of a jury to establish that, to at, was to libel them. This would have be<*n an adxutuv, ?it anv % rule, to tlie t'uwo* when tlu turn shall be crowned king a f t'.e forest, and a grave administration exist, composed of sanctimonious owls. J This period it howere* postponed. I AU the grave airs of the J udge, jntd fjeheral have io their intended effect ;.Tha fiinns of the Lgi^urixouM not I tl>e casuistry employed to sendji prison, a man whose crimes W?<fc opjmitio n the ministers of th#twira. The ^Sry ivinced 1 - , ' > vj ; ? "? ? ,kV 1 it such crimes were of so atrocious ^description* as to merit the ruin of his famHy , an# the incarceration, perhaps the death, of himself. , They h ave^decUred that he is not tiiaflie has commiUed -go < that the accusation ag^int him i? tliat he has been libefUdr-* that he hah been the sij^iWrHUid if awfcetton could Jf M# maintained asainst -tiie Attorney General, thereisno question but that a itiry of his coun- ? try men would award him a compen sation fbr the expense, aud lahot1, -?i which he has been coinpel yote to bis defence. ^ < spirit of the oldldw , the ^pubtib or the private accuser ?My mm wm. obliged/ to ^ ^ bflbat hSKid prosecute, and if he rdS^ tK^ hi^ke good&is charges, lie ' should be liable hunseif to the penal ties which conviction would liave eq tailcd on the oth* party. T Inform ui the .substance ;^f^he Two! [fictitious name# of j* John Doe and. Richard Koe, are place of real mcuritie*; and prosecuted/ lo?e?jtU*ttdv his iaieinaUy? The pro? uxform^^dlroeasea^S o! justice:. It is only tutpiy aud metciles8 to:c. is%nigh for ?e courts, f-WTf ??$5 tch ; is M< infetaatpn. m it a moment'* bimpUcft. omit libels, as they are ridiculously called. Vf hen tiie removal to the bench was eifcred him, he complied with their i wishes, and filed a lew informations as a 'sort of Return courteous 'for his ! promouon. *xt -was then nothing to" him* Perhaps lie only lent his name to th? record. hfcj; became the wi* ?2i- tfe ? Bhepherd v v Hiis name and reputation as a JaWjfer,* to keep - in poeseaiAw of iliivm/ Tfacke infor mations were not however filed until near>y thre& months afteMhey had^&plonr denounced f?fcnd two 'month* after tbfc|wbKcatioii had i>een voluntarily storied - without any being fci lo force Ir iM^ dm^?bead(y> orto p a cripie " vx'" * * 1 ' neither . ? <>?* pi tin for religion which he had MBf( nur commit. ^There was _ ^ in this case ? , where tlp. nr_ i>f proceeding hy information ... _ months after tite object of the mfur matioa win accomplished, and three , mouths alter Air, Hone -had done wh*t;"tteee juries say he had a w? uot Uio whole.' Biat system ace which 1. jwodlbr the KSP - Oliver, Castles %: neccswft lachinerv of irr tiirally that the Judgo and ? v _ ,jeral were agreed in r,?ttd tint" the charges oftha tiKpe . mere ecltoee of - WigK ctMurv nglU pniptr to refuse UiWfc^H^rqBRPW; if of ?** ? <w>u TmihU the cktfcrmiity^-faf tiaatt fa ,ppblc.#^t?u^|j jlestory Intended all PoQounccd hy twh * ig a 1. 1 soon be ficfrtod^d, and| wba bring accusations of libel will be compelled to prove not only, that flieV ve been libaHed (if tiieV wilUlfl have it so called) but that Al ? Itive be libelled* lo Wiroiij will then !>e no longer, inity for ittetf $ nor to proclaim 1 it bondage to the unhappy victim of *0 adherence to truth, and the detes tation of guilt. t The oppression which Mr. Hone ! lias undergone, and which was doubt less intended to crush him, has cab ; led forth an eut'&y which lias alarms ed - and defeated his * prosecutor#, while it has placed him on an emi nence in the public estimation from which may ^.he long look down J with contempt on hi* enemies, and live only to deride their impotent ma*- ' lice. Never did man act noibi no bly never did man fl^ht against j apparently such fearful ; odds.? ; \v hat with the wigs, and what with : the gowns, w hat with the frowns of the Judge, and the cant of the At torney-General : ? -what with the counsel employed to speak? and the couusel employed to nod- ? there seem ed no hoM'?AO possible chance for the btimKfe "bookfceller to escape. The jud^e ind -ed was kind ttongh pen he \v?t* brought up to receive judgm* xt, there were sorre ciiviuuiOances that mi^ht mitigQte his puitishmeiit ! 80 sure wens the owls of die law thai ilic mou^e 111 flieir trapp. It is said tii&t 21 IWli?h 11 mistook lor a iamb, wliich proved to be a lio ufe cub, and it got * (rank led for its pains. rl Lis simile ueede no appIiq?jUqp? 7 .. , li now becomes the duty r of the TraWhr^firscc Aat bit. is i\-* aianemtefl for iiis expense, and re warded far big public exertion*. He had a strong private stake? the ex? UtenOB of Jaw ikoiity and oi hifiiself; his rqmtitttoJIj his happiness. But, V has eilected a .gi cat public good . H0i?9pip a lesson to opjtrexrivn that way teach it mudvsty in luture; ? he has, giVeo an exaamt* to the ou ? ? thrt jUSSlbTANCK i8 ?N LI' M E.NiEDY', and that trvth is ototdpofant, where it is bold ly aiwcrted. A committee has .toco formed to arrange 'for a public meet-. ing.at the City of London Tavern, iu order, to condeope the s, expression of public optyjbiii awk to ; raise a Subscription to defirty the expencea already incurrvdv tjy /th? resolute ehampiofc of life owtt liberty, and- of ?b*ltl??hn* Mt'5;vTh^ hand?of/ rrom JPatrwt. J i The tchwncr Patriot. Capt Tl?itapsOu,lS^^I morning, in 04 days from liueiion Ayyo, w ith a cargo of hidcygpecie, the ifolWrtttg uL t - evening', to telUgtuce I letter Pi? rti# Myrw, Jan. #3, my not being iting tJia- iNato is not for fto Another extract, ?**% ioq cotnpl regular in cpnn of thi?- eoantry Want ofiadioa* turf of the gove we live. It is