A large subscription was raised for Hone, headed by the Duke of Bedford[409] for L105. Many of the leading anti-ministerialists joined: but there were many of the other side who avowed their disapprobation of the false pretense. Many could not venture their names. In the list I find: {183} A member of the House of Lords, an enemy to persecution, and especially to religious persecution employed for political purposes--No parodist, but an enemy to persecution--A juryman on the third day's trial--Ellen Borough--My name would ruin me--Oh! minions of Pitt--Oil for the Hone--The Ghosts of Jeffries[410] and Sir William Roy [Ghosts of Jeffries in abundance]--A conscientious Jury and a conscientious Attorney, L1 6s. 8d.--To Mr. Hone, for defending in his own person the freedom of the press, attacked for a political object, under the old pretense of supporting Religion--A cut at corruption--An Earldom for myself and a translation for my brother--One who disapproves of parodies, but abhors persecution--From a schoolboy who wishes Mr. Hone to have a very grand subscription--"For delicacy's sake forbear," and "Felix trembled"--"I will go myself to-morrow"--Judge Jeffries' works rebound in calf by Law--Keep us from Law, and from the Shepherd's paw--I must not give you my name, but God bless you!--As much like Judge Jeffries as the present times will permit--May Jeffries' fame and Jeffries' fate on every modern Jeffries wait--No parodist, but an admirer of the man who has proved the fallacy of the Lawyer's Law, that when a man is his own advocate he has a fool for his client--A Mussulman who thinks it would not be an impious libel to parody the Koran--May the suspenders of the Habeas Corpus Act be speedily suspended--Three times twelve for thrice-tried Hone, who cleared the cases himself alone, and won three heats by twelve to one, L1 16s.--A conscientious attorney, L1 6s. 8d.--Rev. T. B. Morris, rector of Shelfanger, who disapproves of the parodies, but abhors the making an affected zeal for religion the pretext for political persecution--A Lawyer opposed in principle to {184} Law--For the Hone that set the razor that shaved the rats--Rev. Dr. Samuel Parr, who most seriously disapproves of all parodies upon the hallowed language of Scripture and the contents of the Prayer-book, but acquits Mr. Hone of intentional impiety, admires his talents and fortitude, and applauds the good sense and integrity of his juries--Religion without hypocrisy, and Law without impartiality--O Law! O Law! O Law!