The Percy anecdotesCollected and edited by Reuben and Sholto PercyVerbatim reprint of the original ed., with a prefby John Timbs . t me remind you thatjustice is, in every situation—and in nonemore than in that of a jury—to be adminis-tered in mercy. Upon your .strict attentionto this grand moral maxim depends your owniinal doom and unalterable allotment; and to those who refuse to practise it. the throneof mercy will be inaccessible, and the SavioiUof the u-orld will have been bom in vain. IMr. Gerrald was found guilty. Indeed,his very eloquence seems to have done himan injury, and to have be
The Percy anecdotesCollected and edited by Reuben and Sholto PercyVerbatim reprint of the original ed., with a prefby John Timbs . t me remind you thatjustice is, in every situation—and in nonemore than in that of a jury—to be adminis-tered in mercy. Upon your .strict attentionto this grand moral maxim depends your owniinal doom and unalterable allotment; and to those who refuse to practise it. the throneof mercy will be inaccessible, and the SavioiUof the u-orld will have been bom in vain. IMr. Gerrald was found guilty. Indeed,his very eloquence seems to have done himan injury, and to have been urged in aggra-vation of his alleged crime. The LordJustice Clerk, in his charge to the jury, said, When you see Mr. Gerrald taking a veryactive part, and making speeches such as youhave heard to-day, I look upon him as a verydangerous member of .society, for I daresayhe has eloquence enough to persuade thepeople to rise in arms. I\[r. Gerrald. My lord, this is a very im-proper way of addressing a jun,; it is de-scending to personal abuse. God forbid thatmy eloquence should ever be made use of forsuch a purpose. ««0. ANECDOTES OF THE SENATE In senates rose The fort of freedom ! slow till then, workd that general liberty, that soul,Wliich generous nature breathes.—THOMSON. Origin of Parliaments. The origin or first institution of Parliamentsis so far hidden in the dark ages of antiquityas not to be very easily or distinctly word Fnrlia7>ie7it was first applied togeneral assemblies by King Pepin of France,in the year 706. In the reigns of the firstkings of France, justice was generally ad-ministered by the king in person, assisted bycounsellors of his own selection and appoint-ment. Pepin being obliged to go to Italy,and apprehensive that his subjects mightsuffer for want of justice in his absence, in-stituted a Parliament, composed of severalof the wisest and greatest persons of thekingdom, who were appointed to meet twicea-year for the decisio
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