There were three separate trials held in the Guildhall, London, on December 18, 19 and 20, 1817, and in each trial the Jury found a verdict of _Not Guilty_. Here, again, the government prosecutions defeated their own ends. Hone became the hero of the day, the martyr in the cause of the liberty of the Press; a large sum of money was raised for him by public subscription, and what was worse, the parodies were republished, and, owing to the publicity given to them by the trials, the sales were enormous. Even now these little pamphlets are eagerly sought after by collectors of literary curiosities, and of _Cruikshankiana_, especially those relating to the Prince Regent and his illtreated wife. The most successful example of Hone’s skill was a parody entitled “The House that Jack built,” of which more than fifty editions were rapidly sold off. A few extracts will show the bitter tone of this parody; and Cruikshank’s portrait of the _Dandy of Sixty_ was scarcely more complimentary than Leigh Hunt’s written description of the “fat Adonis of fifty.” The subjects of Cruikshank’s illustrations are given within parenthesis. THIS IS THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. (_A Temple of Liberty._) This is the WEALTH that lay in the House that Jack built. (_Magna Charta_, _Habeas Corpus_, _Bill of Rights_.) These are the VERMIN that plunder the _Wealth_, that lay in the House that Jack built. (_Court Official_, _Bishops_, _Lawyers_, _Army_, _Tax-collectors_.) This is the THING, that in spite of new Acts, And attempts to restrain it by Soldiers or Tax, Will poison the _Vermin_, that plunder the _Wealth_, That lay in the House, that Jack built. (_A Printing Press_.) This is the PUBLIC INFORMER, Who would put down the _Thing_, That in spite of new Acts, And attempts to restrain it by Soldiers or Tax, Will poison the _Vermin_, that plunder the _Wealth_, That lay in the House, that Jack built. (_The Attorney General_.) These are the REASONS OF LAWLESS POWER, That back the _Public Informer_, Who would put down the _Thing_, That in spite of new Acts, &c., &c. (_A Gaoler, an Artilleryman, a Horse Guard, and a Grenadier_.)