Star. — London, England, 1820-03-23 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX ELECTION. FIFTH DAY. Upon the hustings to-day, among other distinguish- ! ed characters, were Lord SEFTON, Sir ROBERT Wu.- SON', M. P. Mr. CALVERT, M. P. Lord JoRN Rue s-m.l, the HOn. Mr. G. BERKELEY, Alderman WooD, M.P. &c. besides several elegantly dressed females. The morning was occupied with the usual humours Of an election, and there was exhibited along the road an endless variety of effigies, placards, addresses, &c. The state of the poll, at the close, was as follows: Mr. BTNG - 2410 Mr. WHlTllltrAil 2095 Mr. Mesctsu - 1629 Mr. Whitbread having a majority over Mr. Mellish on the day's poll of ?9.—Enthusiastic approbation. Mr. BYNG, in the course of his speech, said, there was one question which he hoped the electors of Great Britain generally would put, in the first in stance, to every Candidate who solicited their suf frages: namely, " in these times, when the people . are already loaded with excessive taxes, will you or will you not support any increase to the Civil List ?" (Great applause.)—This should be the test, arid he hoped it would be everywhere Applied. They were anxious to support the crown; they were anxious that the King should be beloved—Were there seas a z;,:ne r,7l shout of " And the Queen ! the Queen ! Ood bless 11.:r rj—and so his Majesty would be beloved, if his IY‘inisters would give him wholesome advice, and prevent him from ever thinking of an increase to an allowance, which was already not merely sufficient, bat amply sufficient—(Great applause.) But if this attempt to increase the Civil List were really to be made at a time when every private family was obliged to make great sacrifices, owing to the exist ing burdens, it would tend to alienate the affections of this great people from the Throne more than any thing which happened during the long term of his political services. Mr.Wirrr. BREAD was received with much applause. As the exertion of the Electors increased, his ability failed him in expressing his additional thanks in a manner to do justice to his own feelings. The eyes of the whole country were upon the contest, and the result would have its influence upon public opinion. This was a war of paper, produced in abundance from the mill, and the greatest manufacturer was a l Bank Director, who thought to succeed in his views when supported by the Treasury, the Ordnance, and the Civil and Military Departments. All this had not shaker. his (Mr. Whitbread's) confidence. The Freeholders had proved that the cause of the County w ses worth defending, and honest fidelity would prove victorious. Their powerful exertion, for which he again thanked them, wanted no incentive to urge them on. The more the Electors showed their powers, the stronger would be the lesson to those who v:ant to make Middlesex a County of Government dependency—( Loud c.l:ee..ia,;). Mr. MELetsii next advanced, and was heard with fairness until towards the close of his speech. He began by saying, that he thought it was not acting like Englishmen, to hear accusations brought against a Candidate, and not to hear his reply to them— (.4 cry rof " Well done, ; we willl.-11 Elec. ti , ns for that, or any other County or Borough, were to be carried by noise and tumult, and the accused iedividual was not to be heard in defence, he was very certain that such a system would not reflect any credit on the Freeholders of such place or county.— He concluded by observing, that he was, in the words of Mr. Whitbread, undoubting of success, because he was certain that his friends would fulfil the promises they had made to him—( Hisses). Snme altercation then ensued upon the hustings, in cea.seTtence of Mr. Mellish's objecting to Lord John Foeiseil's add' essing the Meeting ; it was at length terminated by the latter's corning forward. As soon a, the enthusiastic gtceting with which lie Wits re• c;:i-s-ed had subsi•Rsti, Lord Jotts congratulated them because PI;-. I;vng stood so high upon the poll; he congra talatej them that hi:bread stood so high upon the poll ; and he also congratulated them that Mr. Mellidi was so low upon the poll—(Applause and , 1 ni47,!fcr ).-1f :hey went on in this way, he did think would soon convince 5.!r. Mellish that he was not the choice of the Electors of Middlesex. His Lordship observed, that he had seen it asserted that Mr.tlellish was the friend of Liberty ; it seemed, in cleud, that they and he had very different notions of I:b clt y...._(App/a!f::).—And he (Lord John Russel: theaght it peril time that they should separate. The ad.vocates of "Mr. Mellish maintained that he was the ft . .t.nd of the Constitution , —(" They are liars"). — Why ?—by the word Constitution they did not mean that old and glorious °lie of - Englishmen, but the Constitution or—the Cabinet—(Great applause).— They said that he was the ft iend of the Laws, and so be hoped wet e they all of them friends of the Laws ; and yet mote, that they were friends of Freedom ; for, without the regular execution of laws, there might be power, there might be corruptions, but there could be no real liberty—(Cheers).—The laws of which Mr.' Mellish was the friend, therefore, were the new Laws. —The difference between him and them was, that they were friends of the old ones. He had as yet seen no one of Mr. Mellish's advocates who would say that he was the friend of the People ; and he owned this had puzzled him not a little till yester day, when Mr. Vancittart had comedown to vote for 1 - im, and then it appeared that he was the friend of Mr. Vamittart, and not of the People. He would not detain them longer—(Cries of " Go on, go on, Russelr)—but he would lease them with the hope, that the Election for the County of Middlesex, not withstanding that vote, was now secured.—His Lord sbip then retired amidst the most enthusiastic plaudits. Mr. 'Sheriff PARKINS addressed the Freeholders, relative to the altercation between him and Mr. Mel- Vsh, whom he accused of interrupting him in his dety. He was there to keep the peace ; and he had seen Lord Sidmouth yesterday, who expressed a hope ' that he would do so, and he would—(Bravo, Par ki'.;). Mr. Mellish had roused his English blood, and she cared for no man. If the Election continued sifter to-rrioirow, he hoped it would finish peaceably and according to the peoples' wishes. Tuesday veining, as a youth, of the name of Goocher, was drivbkg out of the Isleworth into the Bath road, with two female:in a one-hone chaise, they were crossed by a landau, 1114 with voters, and overturned. The youth had his arm broken in two places, and the wheel of the landau went over the chest of one of the females, who was carried away Knacks', gird axe other female was severely hurt. 1L: . . . . . . determined on, and the parties approving a rk went' tlie question trit'dosely pitt . to ihat witness, he hat different Ways to see what was going oil. -But r said he would not poSitively swear that he neier de this evidence, it might have been supposed that that dared he would rather "be rowed to his ow we which had actually taken place had caused the dis- in the blood of the Reformers, than walk to it on the persion of the Meeting. But why, he asked, had paiement !" He at first denied this, but did not they not proved the reading of the Riot Act ? He choose to swear that he had not used the words ift had witnesses from the same house in which the Ma- question, because he recollected that those were in gistrates had been, to prove that it wa s never read. attendance ivfiii eoula coiittijia him. That saitebia If it were read, why was it not proved ? Why did then described him to have proceeded to the Star, not Mr. Ethelston, who sent word to the Oldham In- where the Magistrates were assembled. He con quest (not daring to go himself), that it had been plained of the description given of his conduct on read—why did he not prove the reading on the pre- that °erasion, and of the inference drawn from it by sent occasion a He (Mr. Hunt) had not put the ques - th e L earned Counsel, and 'declared, that when cal- tion to him. That would not do for him, for he ducted to the Star, he could no more tell that it was knew that Mr. Ethelston would have said " yes," the Star, than he could the names of all the stars in bang, but indirectly he had got him to swear that it the firmament. Enlarging on this point, he, in the was not, kir he had made him admit that the crowd most solemn manner, conjured the Gentlemen of the had received no warning of that which the Magi- Jury to dismiss liom their minds the prejudices that strates intended to do. This was swearing that it might grow on the misrepresertations a hich that mail had not been read; for what was the Riot Act but (Mr. Scarlett) had endeavoured to instil into then.. a warning ? Where ware Mr. Trafford, Mr. Norris, The JUDGE interfered, and objected to such leis: the Rev.lllr. Hay, and the other Magistrates, who guage. might have proved the reading, if it had taken place? Mr. Hunt apologised, and hoped allowance s r orld Mr. Hay was a bold man. Aby bad he not been be made for his feelings. Ile proceeded to contend put in the witness box ? He (Mr. Hunt) had too that misrepresentations had been addressed to them, much experience to put a Magistrate in the box for and noticed the evidence of three of the witnesse=s examination in chief, who had received a living o f one had been a lunatic, the secon d had been a de £2,500 per annum for what he did on that occasion: setter, and the third a confessed thief; as the hot had but could be hare had him there to cross-examine admitted that he had robbed his master 14 years ago, him, he would have given a Jew's eye for him. It and had only paid the money which he had taken since was his intention to put witnesses of high respecta- the commencement of this prosecution. Cowper, it hal bility in the box to meet the evidence of Mr.H ukon. been stated, went to the hustings as a R e p orter,eo and The question which the Jury had now to try was, not Mr. Orton, another Reporter, gave evidencea he whether or not he (Mr. Hunt) was guilty, but whe- had said, that " if any one creates a disturbance, put then or not the last spark of liberty should be ex- him down, and keep hint down," and both contra tinguished in England?—and whether the Jury, their dieted what bad been sworn to by Mr. Entwistle, wives, and children, in common with all other, Platt, who was so well acquainted with theyi-isies, should be left exposed to be assailed by a drunken came next, and swore that Bamford and Moorhouse infuriated soldiery, at the will of any young hot- were on the hustings. This would be disproved in headed Magistrate, who might think proper to order both cases by evidence ; Moorhouse, in particular, the Military to advance to disperse a popular As- had no more to do with the blanches er Meeting sembly ? He commented on various parts of the evi- than the Gentlemen of the Jury had to do with it. deuce in which he discovered contradictory allega- He reminded the Jury of Plates connexion with the tions. He reminded them of the evidence of the flimsies, and he further commented on the alacrity mushroom Serjeant, who had represented Bamford as which Platt had manifested on the succeeding day of addressing the party at Middleton, and telling them the trial, to swear to the cons ezt of a person who that there would be no disturbance till they came was committed for intetrupting the Court. He had back. It would be proved that no such words were first sworn that he saw the man jumping up and used, and that the sole object of Bamford's address down—then, that he saw him moving his hands up was to peace d - good r. The 80. and down—and, at last, (on the words bein g unin roughreevesreserve had c alf d a an Meeting o in der 1819., to con_ tentionally put into his mouth by M r . Scarlett ) , that sider how far they should congratulate the Prince he saw him clapping them! and he added, another Regent on the prosperous state of the country, a hen p erson in th e g aller y could swear to the same thing! nine-tenths of the population of those parts were in Who was this p er s on in the gallery? It was the wit extreme distress. Then it was legal to call a Meet- ness Murray !—He felt that it would be unnecessary ing, to which those who inhabited the neighbouring to detain the Jury longer by comments on such tes townships were invited. No objection was then tiinony.—After noticing the evidence given by the started to the legality of such a Meeting. He took witnesses Orton, Green, and Ellis, he complained occasion to advert to what had been said of him. that the Learned Counsel, who had with propriety He ha'ck been described as an illiterate, vulgar raga- treated lightly the case of Jones, ought to hare taken muffin, without means ! What was the fact ? He with that of Moorhouse a course somewhat uifferent was a Lord of the Manor of Glastonbury, in Somer. from that which he had pursued. setshire, %Oleo his property lay. He had been, per- , The JUDGE reminded Mr. Hunt, that it was to his haps, one of the greatest farmers in England ; his own defence that he should confine himself. property had descended to him by inheritance; on Mr. Hunt submitted, that if the defence made for that account he was less proud of it than if he had Moorhouse had a tendency to acquit Moorhouse by acquired it by his own exertions; but such was the convicting him, that then he had a right to touch On fact. He had ever lived as a Gentleman ; and in this subject—The JUDGE acquiesced. every village where he had resided, he hod been Mr. Hunt now applied himself to shew, that hav delighted to associate with the Clergyman. He ing al ived at Manchester on the 9th, on account of never read any part of the works of Thomas Paine, his private affairs, he thought of returning imme, till he attended in the Court of King's Bench on the diately, and had no intention of remaining till the occasion of Carlile's trial. In consequence of this, 16th. His servant would prove that he had not he had been described as the associate of Carlile. made up his mind to stay till the Wednesday after Of that person's opinions, as he was now suffer- the 9th. Several Gentlemen would also prove the ing the punishment of the laws, he would not say efforts which they had made to prevail on him to what he might otherwise be disposed to express. stay. Notwithstanding all his sufferings (which he He must, however, be allowed to assert, that he minutely described), he rejoiced—he was delighted had never participated in them. The Learned that he had been prevailed upon to stay—that he Council knew that his indictment of Dr. Stod- had been numbered among the defendants, and had dart stood for trial the next to that of Carlile.— now to make that defence which he was then ad- Had he been absent but for a few minutes, the dressing to the Court. Fortunately for him, while Learned Counsel knew that if Carlile's trial had gone be remained near Manchester, he had never gone off, in his (Mr. Hunt's) absence, a verdict of acquittal more than two miles from kr. Johnson's house.— might have been entered for the defendant in the Though invited to the houses of several Gentlemen, other case to which he had alluded. This was the he had not attended to them. It so fell out, and he cause of his (Mr. Hunt's) being in the. Court on the was glad that it had happened so, that he had not occasion of Carlile's trial. On such grounds it was gone where he was invited ; had he done so, then too much to impute blasphemy to him (Mr. Hunt) what a tale would have been got up on the subject as well as sedition. Adverting to the allusion of Mr. of his conspirings! From his conduct in calling at Scarlett to Hogarth's representation of a mob de- the Police-office at Manchester, on the Saturday mending that the eleven days, added to the Calendar previous to the 16th, as well as from the placard when the change of style took place, should be given which he had issued, calling on the people to repair back, he remarked, it would have been More to the to Peter's-field, armed only with a blameless con purpose had he spoken of the poor people confined science, and inviting the Magistrates to come among at Manchester on a groundless charge ; he might, them, he maintained that it was to be inferred that with reason, have supposed them to cry out—" Give he was prepared to yield ready submission to the us back our eleven days of sweet liberty r He re- constituted authorities of the town. He then no marked on the absence of the Attorney-General on ticed the testimony of several witnesses, and, in par this occasion. It was thought that his presence was titular, that of Andrews, on the subject of the sticks unnecessary, and that without him they could dis- said to have been carried by those who attended th e pose of a poor country Esquire ! Had the Attorney- Meeting. This he shewed was not confirmed by other General been there, he would have put the book into witnesses, and he promised to repel it by the testi his hand, and proved from his own month, that the mony of persons whom he proposed to put in the Meetings at Smithfield and Manchester (for he was witness box. After noticing what had been stated consulted on them) were legal. by one of the witnesses, who, as a Reporter to a Lon- The Juneo said, that had the Attorney-General don Paper, had attended many Meetings without been present, he might have said what lie thought seeing him (Mr. Hunt) urge the people to violence; proper on that subject, but he (Mr. Hunt) must have he animadverted on the levity and malice evinced taken the law from him (the Judge). by another witness, and the manner in which reports Mr. Hunt replied. he should have made the exile- were, in some instances, got up for Newspapers.. He riment, though his Lordship might have stopped him. went on to explain the "locking of arms," respecting He then noticed what had occurred at White Moss, which so much had been said, to be merely a mea and contended, that though the Learned Counsel had sure of precaution adopted to guard against the re expected to prove him (Mr. Hunt) deeply and cri- currence of an accident, which had, on a former oc minally connected with those transactions, this had casion, forced down the hustings, on which occasion not been done. It would be proved by witnesses for those who were on them only escaped with their lives the defence, that Mr. Bamford (whose wife, child,' by a miracle. He would prove that a constable might and cousin, had geneto Manchester in the terrible have got to the hustings without being molested.--. military array) was at home when the proceedings He would have received any communication that took place at White Moss, on which so much stress they might have been inclined to send to him, and had been laid. This had been proved by a female proving this, he could also prove that he, in such a relation, who had seen him preparing for bed, on the case, would at once have advised the people to yield preceding night, anck could speak to the time of his obedience, and thus dispersed the Meetin g without rising on the following morning. For the " Witness the loss of a single life. He should prove, that what of All work," who had spoken of the leader of the had been stated by Mr. Hulton, on the subject of Middleton division as being concerned in the affair the danger to which the soldiers were exposed, was at White Moss—that witness, it could be shewn, was unfounded ; that not. a bludgeon had been raised ; unworthy of belief: he had, within the last month, that not a stone or a brick had been hurled; that not declared to his fellow-shopmen, that "he would a finger had been pointed ; that, in fine, no resistance swear against any one if he could get paid for it.”— whatever was offered. He was proceeding to de- This was known, and persons had been sent for to scribe, in strong language, the conduct of the mi prove the fact. The evidence of Murray, which litary, when would be opposed by other evidence, - did not prove The Juvos remarked, that this could not be gone that he (Mr. Hunt) had been guilty of what was im- into. He *might prove the peaceable conduct of the puted to him. The hi"' would remember, thitt when people, but he could not be allowed to tike the TRIAL OF MR. HT:NT AND OTHERS. i 14'; ~1 4 FIPTII DAY. YORE, TUESDAY The Court assembled at ten o'clock. The crowd was fully as great as on any former day. At a quarter past ten Mr. Hunt entered, attended by Mr. Pearson. Mr. 'HUNT then proceeded to address the Jury.— He commenced with, brief description of the diffi culties under which he laboured. When he came to York he had been labouring under indisposition arising from cold, which had been increased by sit ' ting in that Court, exposed to the air coming from I one or two doors. On the preceding night, when he solicited one additional hour to prepare for his de fence, be had hoped that he should be able to go through the whole of the evidence, but this had not been in his power. From increasing indisposition he had been obliged to put himself under the care of an eminent medical man, who has told him that rest was absolutely necessary. " It was on this account, (said Mr. Hunt) that I made an application for the Court not to sit until ten o'clock this morning—an ap plication which was to:feeling/4/ opposed by the Learned Counsel opposite." I'lr.Justice BAYLEY—. I4 Prav, Mr. Hunt, don't use the word unfeeling—let us refrain from personalities." Mr. HUNT proceeded—lf then, in referring to the evidence, some little inaccuracy should occur, he hoped that it would not be supposed to make an improper impression on the minds of the Jury. The case was a very different one from that which they :had supposed they would be called upon to try.— They might have understood that they had a mon ster in human nature to try, but the .evidence must have satisfied them that they had a very different duty to perform. He commented on the inconsistency of Mr. Scarlett, in expressing satisfaction at the case being referred to a Yorkshire Jury, which, in the first instance, the Counsel for the prosecution had la boured with all their might to oppose. The cod duct of those connected with one Morning Paper he next censured, the writersfor which, while these pro ceedings were going on, had accused him of a design to subvert the Throne, and overthrow the sacred altar of Religion, with which even the indictment had not charged him. Where was the proof of this? There was no proof. It had been attempted to hitch the name of Carlisle with the case against him, but without success. What he had professed he would avow before GOD and man. He was a Reformer but no leveller —he was the friend of lovely Liberty, but he was not the friend of licentiousness, which dif fered as much front true liberty, as truth did from the black and premeditated falsehoods which lie would prove to have been delivered from the wit ness box. The Learned Couirsel, in his speech, had charged him with what he had not dared to prove. Mr.Jutice BAYLEY.—Thb Jury cannot, with pro priety, hear such a remark. • Mr. Hunt thinight he was justified in what he had said. Where was the bloody dagger, where the flags, the banners, sticks, the bludgeons, the bricks, and the stones, which had been said to have been used? One witness had said that they were in York. Why then were they not produced against him? He still con tended, that the Counsel knew that could not be proved which had been asserted. He• commented on the evidence of Mr. Hulton, and remarked, that it was wholly unsustained by other testimony. If the question to be tried turned wholly on the moral guilt or moral rectitude of his own character, he de clared to Goo that he would let the case go to the Jury on the evidence brought forward by his ac cusers, with the certainty of receiving an honourable acquittal. But after the misrepresentations which had gone abroad, he felt it to be his duty to rebut them by calling evidence. He was proceeding to eulogize the conduct and character of the Judge, but desisted on receiving a hint from the Bench, that the course he was pursuing was unpleasant to him (Mr. Justice Barley). He then proceeded to take a review of the evidence. Ile described Caadwick, who had been almost everywhere, to be a " witness of all work." What his conduct had been at Stockport, or at Man chester, he would prove by evidence. He happened to have had a servant with him, a simple lad, who had been in his service for seven years, and who had accompanied him to every Meeting that he (Mr. Hunt) had attended during that period. This ser vant be would place in the box, and the Counsel for the Crown, if he pleased to descend so low (and he knew that he would descend to anything to carry his point), might enter his stable if he pleased—nay, he might penetrate even into the inmost recesses of his bed-chamber. This youth would prove what his con duct had been on every public occasion, and shew, that if ever there had been a disposition to tumult, he had met it by calling on the People to cheer and con duct themselves peaceably, and with good humour. He then shewed that the Meeting at Manchester, which had so frequently been called Mr. Hunt's Meeting, had been called, not by him, but by seven teen hundred resident inhabitants of Manchester. —. 1 Vain and ambitious he might be called. Grant that he was ambitious ; he would confess that he was so. But he was not ambitious of doing evil—No, he was only ambitious of doing that, which his liekt told him would be doing good. He had never en deavoured to inflame the lower orders to commit acts of outrage , he had never taught them to look for anything, but what they might gain as the re ward of honest industry. The numerous Reporters, with the exception of one (Mr. Roger Entwistle) bad not deposed to his using any very inflammatory lan guage. Mr. Orton had spoken of his using the words—" pot diem down and keep them down r had said this called forth the remark— ,, why that is I killing them ;" but, asked if he understood him (Mr. Hunt) to have intended anything _of the kind ? his answer was, " Certainly not." Mr. Roger Entwistle had said these words had been applied to the Mili tary. He (Mr. Hunt) would prove, that at that time the Military were not in his sight; and that the words were spoken with reference to some idle boys, or drunken fellows, who were making a noise be hind the hustings. He then proceeded to shew from the evidence, that no outrage had been committed on the morning of the 16th. From Mr. Walker, evidence had been obtained which threw a new light on the subject. He chewed that a meeting to form a deposition to enable the Magistrates to disperse the Meeting, without reading the Riot Act, had taken place on the Sunday, but they could not agree about, it then, and a new 'meting was called on the folk lowing morning, at which ate famous Affidavit was 1 kit';). 'Mr. Mellish had rouseu nis zitglisn DlOOO, nine me nustivga. ray - and he cared for no man. If the E lection continue d the evidence, that no outra g e had been committed at White Moss— th at witness, it cou ld b e snewn, was untounded ; that not. b r ick had been hurled ;that nc Diuugeon nau occii afte r to-morrow, he hoped it w ould finish p eaceabl y on the morning of the 16th. From Mr. Walker, unworthy of belief: he had, within the last month, that not a stone or a and according to the peoples' wishes. evidence had been obtained which threw a new light declared to his fellow•shopmen, that 44 he would a finger bad been pointed ; th3t, in hne, no resistanc OR the subject. He shewed that a meeting to form swear against any one if he could get paid for it."— whatever was offered. He was proceeding to dl Tuesday evitning, a% a youth , of the name of Goocher, was driving out of the Islewortb into the Bath road, with two a deposition to enable the Magistrates to disperse the This was known, and persons had been sent for to scribe, in strong language, the conduct ot the m Prnales in a one-horse chaise, they were owne d by a landau, Meeting, without reading the Riot Act, had taken prove the fact. The evidence of Murray, which litary, when finest with voters, and overturned. The youth had his arm place on the Sunday, but they could not agree about, would be opposed by other evidence, did not prove The Junes remarked, that this could not be got broken in two places, and the wheel of the landau went over • it then, and a new meeting was called on the folk that he (Mr. Hunt) had been guilty of what was im- into. He might prove the peaceable conduct ot tl the chest of one of the females, Wile was carried away senseless, lowing morning, at which ale famous Affidavit was puled to him. The Jwy wool' tometabcr, thitt whim people, but he could not be allowed to take tl a nd thc uthex female was severel y hurt. I 4t . , , i, I