"The public are respectfully referred by G.E. to his _enemies_ as
the judges of his capacity to _instruct_ and _correct_.... To his
_enemies_--if it be possible that he can have any--G.E. offers the
most entire absolution for their sins against the _best of men_,
on the following most reasonable terms: That they henceforth
zealously trumpet forth his merits; and on his part he agrees to
receive their children at his academy, as hostages for the
performance of these conditions. _Quid rides?_
"Bond Street, July 2, 1823."
Mr. Edmonds's trial, so far from impeding the popular cause, gave it a
forward impetus. It was contended that the jury had been improperly
impanelled; and Mr. Peel, afterwards Sir Robert, was compelled to admit
in the House of Commons that such was the case, as the panel did not
contain the proper number of names. The great Jeremy Bentham took up the
case, and published a pamphlet impugning the legality of the whole
proceedings, and exposing the utter sham of the special jury system.
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