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' se Ifnuse, an d also the Report of the Creates Land Stamm's, w ither of which had proved satisfactory to his mind. There was ore circumstance which had not been noticed at all by the cervevors. He alluded to a detached building belonging to the et o -pi ' I, which had been half pulled down by Colonel Gordon, ta pursuance of his improvements. It did not appear , however, i f : n i t any compensation had been made to the Hospital on that account. If the Surveyors had considered theinterest of the pub lic a t well as of Colonel Gordon, some report should have been m ade on this subject. He thonght the pleasure grounds ought to h a ve been kept for the benefit of the ptor wounded soldiers who h a t' fought and bled in the service of their country. In the Re pel; of the Surveyors it appeared that a sum of 381. a year had tiren allowed for keeping up the pleasure grclunds, he would have undertaken to have kept them up for ten. Much stress had been leid on the value which Colonel Gordon's house would be of to the public at the expiration of his lease. The plan of building row was, to build so as to last precisely for the extent of time to which the interest of the proprietor extended. Upon all coml. dcr ati ors, the Surveyors were of opinion that no bitchier ground rent ought to be paid by Colonel Gordon than the sem of 551. a sear : ne had made some inquiry on this subject, and he had been informed that many gardeners in the neighbourhood would gladly have given 201. an acre for the land ; thus there was a less of 251. pe r annum to the public. On a view of the premises which he had taken, the infirmary, from the high row of trees one side, and the new-erected buildings on the other, appeared to him rather like the Court of a Prince than a place intended for the re novation of invalids. He was not actuated on the present occasion by any motives of enmity to Colonel Gordon, but it was his opi nion that no individual ought to have been in possession of the grou nd which had been disposed of to hint ; and if the House would agree to the motion which he should have the honour of srbmittirg to its consideration, he would pledge himself to prove, at the bar of the I louse, that most of the officers had objected to the plate to the Governor,Sir David Dondas, if not to the Board. Under these considerations he should move, That a Committee of the whole House be appointed to in- Ore into the circumstance of erecting an Infirmary at Chelsea jisspital ; and also into the grant made of certain Lands to Co. ford Gordon ; and that the several Officers of Chelsea Hospital be examined at the bar of the House on the subject." The CHANCELLOR of the LXCHEQUEK could not agree with the Memorable Baronet in the propriety of appointing a Committee of the whole House. If the House thought proper to appoint a Committee at all on the subject, it would be proper to appoint a Sul, ct Committee. But after the statement which be should submit to the House, he submitted there would be no necessity for the Honourable Baronet pressing his motion. The Honourable Gentleman went into a long statement on the sub ject which has already been before the public. He observed also, that the Court had had the opinion of • physician and surgeen, (not belonging to the Establishment) as to the propriety of erect ing a building in the situation proposed by Colonel Gordon ; de termining, if their opinion had been contrary to the measure, to have induced that Gentleman to give up the premises. Under these circumstances, he hoped the House would not feel the in quiry necessary. Mr. BIDDULPH entered into a long explanation of the con duct of Lord Yarborough in the negotiation with the Board for the purchase of the ground in question; and insist that the No ble Lord had not, as had been insisted on, attempted to drive a bard bargain with the Board on the subject. He eonclud:d with supporting the motion for the House going into a Committee. I ord MILTON defended the character. of Lord Yarborough from the insinuations that had been thrown out against him, and by which the Noble Lord, than whom there was not a more honourable man in existence, had felt himself very much hurt. The premises had been valued by a surveyor i employed by Lord Yarborough, at £BOOO, by other surveyors they were subsequeetly valued at £4700. Sir J. Bankes, a Gentleman of high character, dissuaded Lord Yarborough irons taking this latter sum; but the Noble Lord conceiving that Government required the premises for the use of the Hospital, closed with them on those terms. - Not six months afterwards, however, the lease was granted to Colonel Gordon on condition of his laying out £3OOO and paying a rem of £SO a year. rolr. HUSKISSON explained his statements on a former nisY.; that it was not understood by Lord Yarborough, or the lreasury, that the purchase of these lands was made for the pub lic use. He never meant to make any reflection on the honour of Lord Yarborough, or his conduct in this transaction, but mere ly to state that his Lordship, after taking every proper means to ascertain the value of his possession, had obtained the full suns for it. He then adverted to what had fallen from Mr. Biddu!ph, and repeated, that the ground had not been purchased with r üblic ninnen but with money arising from the sale of Crown Lands. He dtfendecl the Lords of the Treasury from having any know ledge of the circumstance, that it was intended to build the lice.se co a scite which would annoy the Hospital; and in order to prove their attention to the comforts of the Pensioners, mention ed, that understanding some buildings might be erected on tee Ra ntlagh Estate which would have that effect, they were in treaty to purchase it, and prevent that happening. Lord MILTON General T a ‘lll.-E FON wished the Motion to be persevered in, and a Select Ccmrnittee appointed. Colonel Sir MARK WOOD spoke highly of Colonel Gordon, as a man who had devoted his lite to the service of his King and Country, in almost every clime, ar.d the last man in the world vello would accept of any favour which would deprive a British veteran of a single comfort. Lord PERCY observed, that Colonel Gordon bid for this ground as say other man might have done ; and if any blame be longed to the transaction, that blame did nct appear to attach to that Officer. Mr. Yersuct expressed 16 lisdignation at die manner in which the Hon. Baronet had misreiSiesented the ilEt--4/lear Hear /), that of describing the soldier as a priiodnir. He di d not envy the Hon. Baronet's understanding, whied was so different front I his as to misconceive and misrepresent SO plain a fact.' • Mr. W. SMITH expressed his bead, that from some means or other his Majesty's Government had been imposed upon; and could not for a moment imagine that any thing hsd been done ' which would warrant the appellation Of Job. He went into the papers, and from a computation deduced, that the Reports of the Surveyors were very favourable toteh lessee. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER and Mr, W. SMITH explained. Mr. LONG stated positively thit it never was Dr. Mosely's opinion that the whole ground Was necessary for the Hospital.— He noticed that Colonel Gordon's being obnoxious was easily ac • counted for, and if the grant had not been to him, it would never have been heard of. He then went into the detail of the case, and controverted many of the statements made by Sir F. Burdett. He would be as anxiowS For retaining the ground as any one fur the purposes of the hospital, if it could be shewn it would be ad vantageous to the men e'en as pleasure-grounds, of which they had already fourteen acres kept up as these must also be, were they appointed for that purpose, at a considerable expence. Ail he wished was, that the minutes of evidence taken should be laid before the House, and then the House might determine what course to adopt, and he would consequently make a motion for all the proceedings since 13th April last. Mr. WORTLEY, after , what they had just heard, would not have risen, but to notice what had fallen from the Honourable Baronet (Sir F. Burdett), who had denominated this, from its atrocity, the job, the jobrometer, and the job of jobs. If it was so, there appeared to him very little justice in the cry of corrup tion and reform which the Honourable Baronet was so ready to join in, as if this was the worst of jobs the present day could pro dace, we might safely reckon these the purest of times. The Honourable Baronet ought to be very cautious how he stood up in his place and undermined the character of officers on such grounds as these, and he was sure when the country came to ex amine the faprs, they would be convinced that the Government had done nothing that could fairly be called a job. Sir 0. MOSELY shortly rLplied to the statements of the Ho notir.lble Gentlemen who had spoken against his motion, and pledged himself to prove that the Officers had remonstrated, and stated to the present Conmhuider in Chief that the whole ground was necessary. He agreed to the suggestion of big Honourable Friends, and would propose a Select instead of a General Com mittee. A division took, place, when the numbers were—For the mo tion 7.t—Against it 170-14Ljority 97. Strangers were not re-zdinitted.—The House adjourned at half past eleven. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, MAY 6. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Consols, for money, 6714—Dino for May, 67.11 Omnium I prom—Exchequer Bills. los. to I 2s. pre. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock 24.51 3 per Cent. itcd. 6611 3 prr Cent. Cons. 4 per Cent.B4i YI 5 per Cent. Navy Long Ann. 18 3-16thsi Imperial 3 per Cents. 6511 Imp. Ann. 7 3-16* India Bonds, 1.35. 14s. Exchey. Bills, Bs. 11s. pr. Consols, for sec. 67i* Lir F.BURDETT animadverted upon the Report of Dr. Mose ley, which appeared to manite:.: such an extraordinary solicitude for the genteeler inhabitants of West Squar, who were truly so Much annoyed by the exhibition of the beds and blankets of the r bor i'eusimiers, whose comfort did not scent to excite any ve. y correspondent interest. As to the panegyric of the Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Wood) upon the character of Colonel Gordon, that panegyriederived itsjustffication trout the magnanimity of that Officer in this instance taking all the advantage to himself. Upon the fullest view of the whole of this case, with all the papers and explanations whiclr Ministers brought forward about it, he could rot hesitate to repeat that it was a job, a most disgusting and oh roxious j-ib. It formed indeed a sort of rule, by which to appre ciate the real character of a job. There were barometers to as- C . -irtain the gravity of air, and thermometers the degree of heat, and he would aall this a joliremetfe. (A !cue.) It was impossible that any man who could look at this transaction impartially for a moment, without his remark, although it exposed him at the outset to .o much animadversion ; and that the comfort, conve nien.ie, and pleasure of so many deserving men, who were, com paratively speaking, so ill rewarded for their hard services, should be sacrificed for £.5:2 a year. In fact, he would give double the sum tort-event such a disgrace, such an injustice. He wished to be distinctly understood as making that offer to Ministers for the ground in question, and he was ready to secure the payment tither from any estate of his, or from money in the funds. (A 7" . krar,hear.) From the part which Austin took in thisbusiness, it would appear that he was in full scent of a job, and knew what he Was about. But the privation of an exercise, which the proposed buildirg would occasion to the Infirmary,waa the most afflicting part of the case. Why should not the whole of this ground be appro priated to a place for the pleasure and enjoyment of the Pensioners? Thty were much in want of such a place. As the case stood at Frmrit,they were not permitted to walk in the green plot which fronted the river, and which was originally laid nut for pleasure Freund, the pensioners were not permitted to tread upon.— no, that spot was set apart for the accommodation of about twelve or thirteen families, the wives and daughters of the Offi cers, who had the " good births" of the Hospital. And a. to garden, not a leek from it was given to a Pensioner. 'The Gr vernors and the Treasury could not be ignorant of this, and why :arm did they not avail themselves of the opportunity which the ayplisition of ti.is ground afforded to remedy such injustice ? This would hate b e en a g o o d act of reform, without any appt o:deflation to the davger of that general reform which seemed to create so :such dire alarm among the whole ministerial world. He might fur censure for contributing to that alarm; but while such scan 4ahais abuses were permitted to exist—while even charity itself was made a pretext for prodigal expenditure, and a cover for the basest corruption, be would persevere in provoking such censure. His ctniors might call him Jacobin if they would—and if that epithet was out of date, they might fabricate another. He was rolling to hear any name affixed to those who were active in their endeavours to det, et and to punish injustice and corruption. The Yon ..urable Baronet concluded with expressing his disposition to Last night, in the House of Commons, Mr. MA.- DOCKS preferred a format charge against two of his Majesty's Ministers, Mr. PERCEVAL and Lord CAS TLEREAGH, for corrupt practices relative to the elec tion of Members of that House. It came so unex pectedly upon the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, that he withdrew from the House. Objections were taken as to form, but at length by a general under standing Mr. MADOCKS'S motion was negatived for the purpose of having it again brought forward on Thursday in a more regular form. Owr readers will see, by the conversation which took place on Colonel GORDON'S business, that there is now some prospect of the ground at Chelsea re verting to that use from which it ought never to have been alienated. It is true the Majority decided in favour of Colonel GORDON, but it is apparent that Ministers will find means to induce him to relinquish his lease. agree to a motion tot a :-:elect Committee, to which Ministers :night refer ar.y papers they pleased, and that they thought, ac cording to their system, could avail them. At the saint time that he agreed to a Select Committee, he begged it to be understood, that he by no means thought a Committee of the whole House too ~ !t Inn cr too Important a mode of proceeding fur a case of this :u: " VALENCIA, MARCH 14. ' "We have this day received the news of the enemy laving token possession of Marcella, which is in this province, and only 18 leagues from us. They hive 3000 infantry, and 700 cavalry, and nothing to prevent their forming a junction with the division of Arragon, and advancing upon this Cir 7." " GUERNSEY, MAY 2. " The &iv) IPster Of marque arrived here last night frOm Meant, from whence she sailed on the last day of March., In. telligence of a late date bad been received there from Colonel Doyle. The Freush ire positively retreating from Spain, and two or three posts have been recaptured from them. The senti ments of our friends are favourable, and I am rejoiced to find that things are going on so well." Besides the above letter, one from Alicant, of the 30th of March, also joins in the statement that the French are abandoning Spain. They mention that 15,000 armed peasants had been collected in Arragon under the command of General DovLE, and that they were to take possession of Belluna. Three Members of the Junta of Valencia and the Intendant, had been removed at the request of the people, being suspected of infidelity to the Spanish cause ; but this had been done without the least in terruption of the public peace, and had given general satisfaction. Various contradictory reports still continue in cir culation, both in this country and in Holland, on the subject of hostilities between the Austrian and French armies : a Gentleman who left Holland on the 28th ult. states, that he read in the Royal Courant, an ac count of a victory gained over the Austrians by the French, at the Lech, (where we know; from various accounts, the French meant to make a stand) in which the former lost five thousand men. At the same time the Gentleman adds, that the intelligence was by no means credited; as accounts had been received in Holland, from various quarters, that the French had been defeated with great loss. No papers or let ters are permitted to be sent from Holland. We are sorry to be obliged to add, that the report that the Austrians have been defeated is in very ge neral circulatio'n in the Government offices—so much sn that M inisters are said to have received some in formation on the subject which can hardly be ques tioned. Mr. Mese, the Chief Cashier at the Bank, Tester, day, attended at the Stock Exchange, and informed the Gentlemen there, that the Minister would on Mon day give an interview to such persons as were disposed to treat for the approaching Loan. It was understood that the amount required would he t'16,000,000; but it was not ascertained whether this sum would include the pecuniary accommodation which we understand it is proposed to give the Emperor of Austria. Yesterday, a General Court Martial was held at Chelsea, on the Hon. Captain COCHRANE, on a charg. preferred against him by General CLINTON, for im proper conduct, in having quitted his post without orders, on the retreat of the British army to Corunna. General Ceteeros and Colonel GRANT were heard in support of the charge. The evidence of the latter was decidedly in favour of Captain COCHRANE, who will be heard in his defence this day. The Princess of WALES, with some of her suite, and Lord COCHRANE, brother to the officer uneler accusation, ss ere present. Thursday and yesterday, four troops of the 18th Dragoons marched into Oxford, on their route to Chichester and Arundel. The 51st Regiment has removed its quarters from Sandown to Kingsbridge, in Devoushire. Last week the 3d battalion of the Royal Surr©y /1i- His Majesty's ship CALEDONIA arrived yesterday at litia marched into Lewes, on their route from Reding- Portsmouth, from cff Rochefort. Letters from the street, Kent, to the barracks at Little Hampton, in CASAR, one of our ships at present off Rochefort, Sussex. speak of an attack intended to be made on the French Monday marched into Maidstone , to remain till further orders, 400 volunteers from afferent Militia batteries on shoye. If there be no mistake in this $ Regiments, designed to form a part of the 3d battalion we may expect to receive important intelligence from of the 7th Regiment of Foot, or Royal Fuzileers. that quarter in a few days. About 300 foreigners, taken in French prizes, and A letter from an Officer on board Lord COLLING- confined ameng the prisoners at Mill Prison, have WOOD'S ship (the OCEAN) states, that his Lordship voluntecred into our army, and have been sent to the has no intention of returning home this Summer. His Isle of Wight, to join the foreign corps in our service at that depot. Many more, both at Plymouth and Lordship, as has been already reported, was engaged at Dar. mouth, have expressed a desire to do the same, in preparations for an attack on the coast of Naples. being, as they express themselves, weary of fighting under the banners of so restless and ambitious a mas- SPAIN. ter. It must be ob ved, the greater part of those The Recoosz sloop of war has arrived at Ports- who have thus volunteered, are chiefly composed of mouth from Gijon, which place she left on the 29th Danes, Swiss, Germans, and Italians, who had been compelled to enter in:o the service of the Usurper. ult. The Racoon had been sent from Cadiz to Gijon Died lately, W ILLIAM MAS;ETER, Esq. Surgeon with money for the use of the Asturian armies. The of the 26th regiment, or Cameronians, and J BOYCE, Marquis ROMANA had arrived at Gijon, on his way E sq . Surgeon - lst battalion 36th regiment ; both lost through the Asturias, for the purpose of personally their lives in the zealous and humane execution of enquiring into the resources possessed by the Patriots their duty, attending the sick of their regiments, who are ill of the malignant fever, which they brought in that province. At.cuo, the Governor of Corunna, with them from ~}rain. Never were men more re has been sent prisoner to France, in consequence of spected and beloved by men and officers than these being suspected to be a Patriot, notwithstanding his two Gentlemen ; they were followed to the grave by having taken the oath of allegiance to King JOSEPH. j the whole of their corps. Mr, MASSETER had been The following is an extract from a letter from ; wounded at the battle of Corunna. Gijon, brought by the Racoos : Letters from the Brazils state that a duel had been $4 The Marquis de la ROMANA has honoured me • - ! fought between Mr. GAMBIER and Captain Weseartv, of the AGAMENINON man • of war, which terminated with a visit. He has lately been engaged in inspect- without bloodshed. ing the state of the province. His Excellency pro- I Yesterday morning an English Officer arrived at poses to make some alteration in regard to the Civil Lord CASTLEREAGH'S Office, with dispatches from Authorities, with the conduct of which lie is not per- S p ain ' fectly satisfied. It is supposed that a part of the I The Diana frigate, with Admiral DE COURCY on Asturian forces, under General BALLASTEROS, board, bound for the Brazils, and supposed to have been lost or captured, arrived at Madeira on the 20th proceed in a short time, against Santander." of March. Another vessel, the ECHO, has arrived at Guernsey, i A vessel is arrived from Hayti, which sailed the from Catalonia, and the intelligence she brings, al- 21st of March from Cape Francois:: At that time the war continued between the rival Chiefs with varied though somewhat contradictory, is rather favourable success. The crops of coffee on the island had been to the Patriotic cause in the South o f Spain. We have very small, the chief part of the inhabitants being en been favoured with the following letters on the subject . : gaged in war. Cape Nichola Mole was blockaded by " VALENCIA, MARCH 23. CHRISTOPHE'S squadron. "We have just received the pleasing intelligence of Reus and Last night, at ten o'clock, a fire was discovered in Vales having been evacuated by the French. The encampment the workshop of Mr. Chandler, a carpenter, i n Li tt l e was breaking up, and the communication by land was again open. Wild-street, Lincoln ' s-lnn-fields. Several oth er h ouses Bonaparte had ordered 50,000 of his troops to march inunedi- besides that in which the fire originated, su s t a i ne d • partial injury. ate'y into France.' SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. .NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING, 18011. FRIDAY, MAY 5. Lord Grosvenor's Eaton, Bst. 31b. beat Mr. Shakespeare's Zo. disc, set. 9113. B. C. 260 gs. h. ft,-4 to lon Eaton. Ld C. Somerset's White Rose, 9st. beat Major Wilson's c. by Delpini, 7st. 71b. Across the Plat, 50g3.-2 to lon White Rose. Duke of Rutland's Salvator, Bst. 9113. beat Duke of Grafton's japan, eat. 71b. Across the Flat, 200 gs. h. ft.-5 to 2 agst Sal kator. Lord Grosvenor's Plover, Ist. beat Mr, Shakespear's David, Rat. 121 b. Across the Flat, 100gs.-7 to 4on Plover. Sir C. Turner's Mr. Gundy, 7st. brat Mr. Shakespear's Brain worm, Bst. 7113. Two-yr-old Course, 100 gs. h. ft.---5 to 4on Mr. Gundy. Sir S. Sitwell's Clinker, Rst. Rib. beat Mr. Ladbroke's Chester, Bst. 41b. Two-yr-old Course, 100gs.-6 to 4 agst Clinker. Sir C. Turner's Mr. Gundy, 85t. 2113. beat LA Sackville's De ceiver, 9st, 2.1 b. Two-yr-old Course, 50gs.-6 to 4 against Mr. Gundy. Ld Lowther's Hylas,Ost. beat C en. Grosvenor's Trump, 7st. 21b. R. M. 100gs.-Even. Sweepstakes of 50gs. each. Two-yr-old Course. Ld Darlington's Levant, 7st. 4113. 1 Sir C. Banbury's Overseer, Rst. Ld Grosvenor's Pack. 7st. 21b. 3 sto 4 agst Levant-6 to 4 apt Overseer. Mr. Vansittart's Burlrigh heat Gen. Gower's Ander ids, Bst 41b. each. Across the Flat, 200 gs. h. ft -Even. Gen. Grravenor's May, 7st. 71b. beat Ld Foley's Cecilia, Bst. D. 1. 100ga.-5 to 2 on May. NAVAL INTELLIGENCY. FALMOUTH, MAY s. Arrived the ship Apollo, Captain CORY, from St. Domingo, in 42 days.—Sailed his Majesty's brig Locust, on a Oulu. PLYMOUTH, AND PLYMOUTH-DOCK, MAY 4. Arrived the Danish ship Hamlet, laden with brandy and wine, from Bourdeaux, bound to the West Indies, captured by the ARETIIUSA frigate, Capt. MENDS, who put five men and a prize-master on board. The day after her capture she was cliaced for several hours by a French privateer, of 10 guns, who, on coming up, fired a gun, as a signal for the captured Dane to hawl chwn her colours ; when the Prize-master ordered all hands on the starboard side of the ship to give three cheers, and open the ports, which was immediately done; uron• seeing which, the privateer crowded sail and made off, which - was a most fortunate circumstance, as the prize had not any guns on board, and only six persons, as above stated. Came in the WILDBOAR sloop of war, from a cruize.—Sailed the EMERALD frigate,,Capt. MAIT LAND, to join the vessels on the Cork station ; the Gleaner hired ketch, for. the Mediterranean, with two Spanish Officers, and a Government Messenger, with dispatches, with which he arrived from town last niNht ; the GLUCKSTADT, of 18 guns, and the SWAL LOW, of 18, on a cruize. A fleet, under convoy of three ships of war, passed up Channel -this day, but kept tco great an offing to discern what they were., PORTSMOUTH, MAY 5. Arrived his Majesty's ship CALEDONIA, from off Rochefort ; and the GLOMEN, from Plymoutli.• Sailed his Majesty's ships SOLEBAY and TIGRESS, with a convoy for Africa ; and the FURIOUS, with a convoy for the Downs.—Wind W. N. W. . SHEERNESS, MAY 5. Yesterday the ALoxzo sailed with a very large fleet under convoy for Gottenburgh and the Baltic ; and this day the RICII•MOND gun-brig was paid, and sailed with the trade for Heligoland. The STARLING gun-brig, Lieutenant C. F. NAPIER, has come into harbour,, and the NED ELVIN, Captain O'CoNtNoa, , has sailed on a cruize. The crew of his Majesty's ship STANDARD were yesterday paid wages, and the ship will proceed to sea immediately. GREENOCK, MAY s. Arrived yesterday morning the Isabella, LITTLE, from Honduras ; sailed Sth March, in company with the ship Harmony, DUNCAN, for London ; and Com merce, DENNISTON, for this port ; and ship Ceres ; parted with the:Harmony 12th March,. and with the Commerce and Ceres Htli March—fell in with tl. two last 20th March, and parted again on 'the Spoke the American brig .Lady, from Londo i .0 New York, out 14 days, long 45. W. Left th , ! d,r • • liant, Mumusos, loading for this port, to sail in ten days. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 3.. THE KING v. JOHN HANSON, ESQ.~ Having been under the necessity of giving a brief account of this case yesterday, far want of room, we now st:bjoin a fuller de . tad.] The ATTOiNEY GENERA L prayed the judgment of the Court on the defendant. Mr. Justice LE BLANC read the report of the trial, which had taken place at the last Assizes for the county of Lancaster, rrom the report, the nature of the case appeared to be that . of an indict ment against the defendant, stating, that on the ttsth of May last, a great number of evil-disposed persons, principally. weavers, had assembled torther in St. George's Fields,.in the neighbourhood of Manchester, alledging that they could not live by the wages which they then received, insLiting — that they met‘t have more wages, as the price of their labour; and that the defendant, Mr. Hanson, had come arnor.g them, addressed to them a speech, en• coirraging them to persev• re it their demands for an increase of wages, and using such expressions as these—•t Your cause is good, and I wilt support you as far as 50001.—Stitt to your cause, and I will support you as, far as 30001. and if that ib not sufficient, 1 will go further.—My father was a weaver—l was born a weaver, and I am a friend of the weavers." The witnesses on the part of the prosecution proved then words In substance to have been used by the defendant oa the above occasion, when there were presen: about 7000 persons, tis'it was supposed. On the part of the defendant, a great number of witnesses ap peared at the trial, who negatived these words being uttered on this occasiorr in their . bearing ; but stated, that they heard Mr. Hanson tell the mob, that if they had a regard for their King, for their country, for themeelvei, and for him, they would go home quietly and peaceably; and that his conduct was that of a good subject ; and that he did not Came there for the purpose of encou raging a riot, but to quell It. 7 1'be Jury, bowever,aftera full investigation of the case, foultd the defendant Guilty. sow, affidavits were produced on behalf of the defendant from some of the most respectable persons of the neighbourhood in which he lives, stating that they knew him well, had known him for the . greater, part of kis life, that he was a man of perfect inte grity, of unquestioned loyalty, was Colonel Commandant of a Corps of Volunt( era in that neighbourhood, a man of large pro party and great influence there, &r. Mr. GARROW and Mr. R►IN addressed the Court in nli4a tion of punishment, and observed, among other things, that it was rather difficult to discover the points on which the vtrdict turned, and therefore they had thought of movhig for a new trial; but as there was evidence on both side s,and .1% the I a.arned Judge had left it to the Jury to consider on which side the evi dence preponderated, and they had decided that point against the defendant, it was judged, upon consultation of his Counsel, not advisable to attempt to disturb the verdict. The ATTORNIT GENERAL and Mr. PARK spoke in aggrava tion of the offence. The Court ordered the detendant to stand committed to the prison of the Court, and to be brought up tor r judgment on Friday se'nnight.