Star. — London, England, 1822-04-15 00:00:00

EfiE Aft3.ff. A few days ago we announced the exchange of Colonel Cactou, of the Ind Highlanders, with Colonel limey Mumma, of the el st Regiment, now lying in Nova Scotia . Wednesday morning the brave Colonel Citteon took his Anal departure from the 93d, a Regiment he so long commanded as home and abroad with credit to the country that gave him birth, and to the noble cause which he so ably defended. A General Court Martial has been sitting sewn* days in Dublin. The let Royals, from Nam, have replaced the Nth is the jet tison of Waterford. Monday and Tuesday last, six companies of the 3d Royal Ve terans marched into Armagh, and proceeded the following morn on their route to Derry, where they are to be stationed.— The detachment of that Regiment stationed in that city, will continue to do duty there until relieved by the head-quarters of the 31st Foot from Belfast, which are not expected there until the latter old of this week. MILITARY PROMOTION& WAR- OFFICIL APRIL 12, 1822. ed Regiment of Life Guards—James Cuthbert, Gent. to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lord Francis Conyngham, promoted iu the 9th Light iragoons. !loyal Regiment of Horse Guards—Lieutenant Lord 'William Pitt Lennox to be Captain, by purchase, vice Villiers, who retires; Cornet Stafford lletcbkin to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Lord William Pitt Lennox. 3.1 Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Major John Martin, from the 93d Foot, to be Major, vice Brice, who exchanges. 4th Ditto--Cornet William Henry L angford: Brooke, from half-pay of the 19th Light Dragoons, to be Comet, vice Gen. ge Page, who exchanges, receiving the difference. Ditto—Lieutenant Benjamin Ererard, from half-pay of the Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Henry Cuffe, who ex changes, receiving the difference. lit Regiment of Dragnons—Honourable Henry Talbot Leeson to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Knatchbull, promoted in the :t Dragoon Guards. e.l Ditto—Lieutenant William Sturges to be Captain, by pur chase, vice James, who retires ; Cornet William Henry Oram to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sturges; William Hull, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Oram. I Pth Regiment of Light Dragoons—Rowland Unwin, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Scarlett, promoted in the 9th light Dragoons. Irt or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieutenant Do nald Cameron to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, - vice lion. Henry Vernon, who retires; lion. n James St. Clair to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cameron. 4th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Robert Gregg to be Adju tant, vice Kelly, appointed Quartermaster; Ensign and Ad- J *tant Edward . Ke . i . ly to be Quartermaster, vice Mullaly, - deceased. €th Ditto—Brevet Colonel Mark Napier, from half-pay of the ?nth Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Archibald Camp- hell, who exchanges. f!h Ditto—Assistant-Surgeon George Scott, M.D. from half pay of the sth Royal Veteran Battalion, to be Assistant-Sur peon, vice William Steele, who exchanges. 13th Dtto—Captain George Aitken, from half-pay of the 21st Li;ht Dragoons, to be Capfain, vice Thomas Fenton, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 1:;th Ditto--Lieutenant Frederick Hope, from half-pay of the 9:21 Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Alexander Barnetson, who exchanges, receiving the difference. • .tith Ditto—Ensign Edward Ireland Clayfield to be Lieutenant, by purchase, v►ce Kyle, promoted; Peter Perceval Brebant, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Clayfield. 40th Ditto—Lieutertant Molineux Dalrymple, from half-pay of the 2d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice James Mill, who exchanges, receiving the difference. .51st Ditto—Lieutenant John Styles Powell to be Captain, by purchase, vice 111inchin, who retires. 54th Ditto—Lieuienant Alexander Burnett to be Captain, by purchase, vice Emett, who retires. 57th Ditto—Lieutenant James S. Keating, from half-pay of the Ist Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Albert VlTilliasn Tinliug, . . who exchanges, receiving the difference. 38th Ditto—Lieutenant William Firebraee to be Captain, by purchase, vice Montgomery, who retires; Ensign James Sey mour to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Firebrace; Hon. R. Metre to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Seymour, promoted. 6!d Ditto—Lieutenant John Godfree to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Eaton, who retires. 71st Ditto—Lieutenant Alexander Wilton Dwhwood, from half-gay of the 19th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Carique Lewin, who exchanges, receiving the difference. B.lcl Ditto—John Sigismund Gore, Gent. to be Ensign, by pur chase, vier Charleton, who retires. 86 !i Ditto—Lieutenant Matthew Robert Grey, from half-pay of the 33d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Duncan Maclean, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 91st Ditto—Cornet Charles St. John Fancourt, from the 17th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Farmar, promoted in the 7th Dragoon Guards. 95tt Ditto—Major George Tito Mice, from the 3d Dragoon Guards, to be Major vice Martin, who exchanges. Rifle Brigade—First Lieutenant Charles Lostock Boileau, from half-pay of the Regiment, to be First Lieutenant, vice Thomas bane Uniacke, who exchanges, receiving the difference. Ist Royal Veteran Battalion—Captain William Appleton, from the late Gth Royal Veteran Battalion, to be Captain; Lieu tenant John Robert Stewart Longworth, from the late 10th Royal Veteran Battalion, to be Lieutenant, vice Hann, whose appointment has not taken place. 2d Royal Veteran Battalion—Ensign Hugh Mair, from the late 4th Royal Veteran Battalion, to he Ensign. ZJ Royal Veteran Battalion—Captain Charles Douglas, from :'at• late 10:h Royal Vet:rah Battalion, to be Captain ; lieu tenant Stanley Ireland, from the late Gth Royal Veteran Bat talion, to he Lieutenant, vice Drewe, whose appointment has not taken place. Royal Veteran Battalions—Paymaster George llounsnm, from the half-pay of the 4th Royal Veteran Battalion, to be Pay ;miter of a Veteran Battalion. A 'Veteran Company—Brevet-Major Albert D'Alton, from the 90th Foot, to be Captain; Lieutenant Samuel Borges, from the late lOth Royal Veteran Battalion, to he Lieutenant; Ensign John Walker, front the late sth Royal Veteran Rai l:diem, to be Ensign. BREVET. Ht , utenant-Colonel Hon. Henry Beauchamp Lygon, of the lit Life Guards, to be Colonel in the Army. Alajor Lord John Thomas Henry Somerset, on half-pay Watte ville's Regiment, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. The undermentioned Officers of the Honourable the East India Company's Service to have the Temporary Hank of Captain in the Army : Ciptain James Macfarlane while employed as Adjutant of the Company's Depot at Chatham. Captain John Paterson while employed upon the Recruiting Service for the Company. WS MAJESTY'S frigate, which is to convey Sir GEORGE NAYLER to Denmark, sails in the course of next week. It is commanded. by a son of the excel- lent Earl SPENCER, and his Lordship, merely for the pleasure of the voyage, will accompany his son. Ills Majesty's Stag-hounds meet on Friday at Btdfont, being the last day of their hunting this season. 'the Latest:own Fox-hounds meet on Thursday at Flass, and on Saturday at Lanchester. • . KING 3 THEATRE.—The Opera of I Due Preten elenti Delusi was repeated on Saturday with increased effect, and went off with universal applause. The Di vertisement and Ballet were also highly applauded, and offered an exquisite treat to the brilliant circle. Daunv-Lars.—The diverting Comedy of Wild Onts was ex- . ceUently performed at this 'Theatre on Saturday evebing.— Giovanni in London appears to have lost none of its attraction; and the audience. which was numerous, testified their unquali fied approbation of both performances. COV/JiT.G• RIM TIONATIIO.-SaSlirilly night Henri ettillfll was performed to an overflowing audience. The part of Henri was faithfully delineated by Ildacasairr. Miss M. Tazz's Lostison was a pure specimen of rustic simplicity and female innocence; and Lisron's Jocrius kept the house in perpetual laughter. ENGLISH Orin* HOUS/L--Mr. MATMEWS appears as COOll - At Bonus as ever he was. His Performances on Satur day were honoured with a brilliant display of company. Tar Aref.ent.--.Monsieur ALUANDIS, the ventriloquist, at tracted a numerous assemblage of persons on Saturday last, at the above Theatre. The Appian* be received was only doe to his estrOrdiuray powers. lITIFTIrWrr ..- =""nTRIFF 7 . , • ..le 1 e ° ' . •4 ' . 4 . . .. ~ . • " l OUS ' Tf. rams TAX DUBLIN JOURWAL COP MONDAY. On the night of Friday, the Bth inst. William Nash, Esq. Chief Officer of the. Police, stationed at Roscrea, having heard some shots near that town, proceeded immediately with a party to the quarter whence they were fired. At a distance of about a mile from Ros crea he met two men on one horse, and arrested them. In the breeches pocket of one, the son of a very re spectable man, was found a manuscript book written with great clearness, emblazoned with various de vices, and containing the oath, pass.word, and a com plete system of insurrectionary organization, the ob ject of which is truly diabolical. It would appear from this document, that a general union and conso lidation of the several systems which have for years back distracted various parts of Ireland, have been effected. The prisoner was forwarded on Saturday to Captain Wilson, the Magistrate, at Thurles, to wait the decision of Government relative to him. The fol lowing is a copy of this extraordinary document, which is signed by the Delegate to Captain Rock: Ist. I do voluntarily swear to keep secret the test of my oath, which I made before my Committee. • 2d. Never to come as evidence against my Committee, or the man who brought me in, or any of my brother Unitedman, on any account whatever, through spite or malice, or at the persua sion of any persons. • 3d. Any man who turns out contrary to his oath to be brought to trial, and, if found guilty, to be either hanged, drowned, or burned, dead or alive. • 4th. Not to stand by and see my brother Unitedman struck or ill used, without assisting him hi some manlier; and not to hear him ridiculed or run upon without letting him know; and not to hear anything concerning United business, or our bro therly combination, without reporting to your Committee. • sth. To contribute to the support of my brother Unitedman when in prison or sickness ; in that case not to have one shilling without dividing it with him, if he wants It, and to know him to be in the United bonds; and to lodge the money in the hands of the Treasurer or Committee.• Gth. Not to have carnal knowledge of my brother United nun's wife, sister, or mother, without lawful permission.° 7th. Not to rob, or steal, or keep company with a robber, and know him to be one, without liberty of your Committee.• Bth. To rise out upon all lawful siocasions, when called upon, by getting proper notice, as by letter, or word of mouth, from the Committee; and, also, not to commit any act concerning United business, without liberty; and, also, to be upright to all regulations issued out try your Committee." , 9th. To fight knee-deep in Orange blood—the crying of chil dren, the moaning of women, or the groaning of men, net to daunt me, for the restoration and continuation of the long-pro mised liberty to the Catholic Church. Signed by the Delegate, X IN. . • ... ~:-~, • ".; 7.13,114PT1FL • UGENaiI. IngingligllV KANO'S BENCH, AP . RIL 15. 211 00114ntlitT ASSOCIATION. 21111 Multßealr, Sill JOUS S IwftU,,, LOIVOU RIM AND JOREVII BUDWORTSI truAttPlt. '" r . T cr i o c w z d too ed k to his eze ittat osaw . - Ot t th an g o arash n as At an early bow ;in anuessioir tb. CoArt was tba cit aa se Cn a rs: Ars- King v. Mont/ and sullen" wag called -on by The King ABBOTT. Nine 4beial JUrori answered totheir names, but one wag excused by consent of both parties, on the ground of argent business. A tales was prayed on behalf of the prosecution, and four common Jurors introduced into t h e box. T he Special Jurors were, John Leach, Edward Hughes, William Whitworth, Thomas Fenn, John Scott, Thomas Todd, and Thomas Parker • the common Jurors —James Pumniell, Thomas Illchardsoc, Richard Wilson, and John Thu. • The Jury being sworn, Mr. EVANS stated the sub stance of the charge. The indictment alleged that the defendants, being evil-disposed persons, and de signing to usurp several of the prerogatives of the King, and to bring them into contempt, to subvert public justice and t h e lib ert i es o f t h e realm, and to oppress certain individuals, and to extort from them money, goods, and chattels, did conspire to threaten to indict, and did indict, divers of the King'sisubjects for publishing pretended s e di t i ous an d treasona bl e libels, they (the defendants) not being personally aggrieved by the pretended libels;. nor being required to give evidence respecting them, nor holding any affice under the Crown and also, that they conspired to extort money, goods, and Chattels from certain persons, under colour and pretence of abstaining from further proceedings against them, and for so abstaining to proceed. There were various overt acts of the con spiracy laid in several counts. There was also a count for administering an unlawful oath ; counts for extortion without laying the conspiracy : and a count for improperly compounding prosecutions, to the prejudice of public justice. Mr. SCARLET? rose to open the case for the prose cution to the Jury. They had heard, he said, the nature of the charge against the defendants, which divided itself into several branches. Before, however, he proceeded to state the general principles on which the accusation was made, he must premise that it was promoted by no one concerned in the publication of libels, or desirous to support them. For his own part,, he never would be ashamed or afraid of avowing, that those who assailed personal character and private worth, or who attempted to bring the Constitution into contempt by seditious writings, deserved to be punished by law, and to be execrated by the world. Let no one, therefore, suppose that this prosecution was intended to protect such persons, or was dictated by any feeling of tenderness or compassion towards them. But it was apprehended that the conduct of those who were the defendants on this record—con-• duct far different from the* professions—brought them within the lash of the criminal law of the realm, and entitled those who had an anxious feeling for the Constitution of their country, and especially for the pure administration of justice, which was its soul and vital essence, to call on them to answer the charges on which they were now indicted. The Jury were, doubtless, aware that the defendants had formed, or at least were members of, a very extensive body, call ing itself the " Constitutional Association." Of what numbers it consisted, and what objects it ostensibly sought, would be of little importance to the present inquiry. In this country it was scarcely possible for a projector to propose a subscription for a public ob ject of captivating sound, without finding many who would advance their money without much regard to the character of its agents or the practicability of its ends. Some individuals were sure to profit by the credulity of the subscribers; because nothing, cf course, could be done without properly constituted officers. There were, first, the Treasurer; next, the Secretary ; and third, and most important of all, the Attorney. A house was then taken, the parties were installed in office; and, so long as the subscription lasted, they at least were the gainers. It must not, therefore, be taken for granted that because public benefit was proposed, there were no private ends to answer, or that the conduct of the managers was right because the motives of the subscribers were ho nourable. Most of the individuals whose names were published to the world as subscribers to the Associa tion (whether truly or falsely, he had no means of ascertaining) might be divided into three classes : The first class consisted of those who, having abun dant means, were ready to subscribe to any object prima facie for the public advantage, without nicely scrutinizing the purpose of the scheme, or caring for the administration of the fund. The second class consisted of those who were desirous of giving a public pledge of their political opinions ; for which he did not blame them, as every man had a right thus to declare his loyalty to the whole world.— The third (and he feared the most numerous class) consisted of those who thought that the administra tion of our Government was incapable of sustaining its most important faculty ; that the functions of cri minal justice—that power, the exertion of which brought the Government in direct contact with the People, which produced the deepest sensation of re verence and of fear, which was the most delicate and sensible part of the social system, and which required the nicest discretion to wield—had been unworthily directed, and that the Attorney and Solicitor-General were inadequate to the discharge of their high and momentous dude , . With this view they associated for the purpose of quickening the course of the cri minal jurisprudence of the realm. Regarded in this light, the institution was pregnant with dan ger—not because it was a crime to entertain an opinion of the inefficiency of any public officers, but because it was fearful to think of a voluntary Asso ciation usurping to itself functions of this delicate, and awful kind. The Jury were aware that the crimes punishable by law were divided into two lead ing classes —those immediately affecting individuals, and in the punishment of which individuals were im mediately interested, as assault, robbery, and subtrac tion of property ; and those which, like treason and sedition, did not affect any particular individual, but were directed against that political fabric which em braced all social relations. In some count; ies an in dividual was not allowed to prosecute either of these classes of offence. In England it was otherwise ; and he (Mr. Scarlett) would not now discuss which course wa. preferable in a case where all honest pre judice would lead us to prefer our awn. In the OF TUE PASS•WORDS. The first or general pass-word is A. P. M. which signifies Almighty Pow *dui Blaker, who was the first, and will be the last. TUE GENERAL UNITED TOAST. May we, poor Erin's far degraded race, Rise and live to see a peace, And all our bondage o'er ! May the prevailing Church of heresy, Like a lucid star from the firmament, Fall to rise no more ! But we, the Milisians that fall, and wandered n'cr and o'er, Like the radiant aries in the East, rise to fall no more ! THE FOLLOWING ARE CORRECT EXTRACTS FROM THE CATECHISM ACCOMPANYINO THE OATH. Q. What are you ? A Christian.—Q. Who made you a Christian? St. Peter, the !lock.—Q. How do you prove your self a Christian? By being baptized, arid openly professing and adhering to the Catholic Church and the sign of the OM until death.—Q„ What school were you brought up in ? In the school of St. Patrick.—Q. flow are you known to be a Christian ? By my charity and goad works, and love to Gon and my brother.— Q. Who is your Brother? 411 good fellows of the name cf I. A. B.—Q. What is your Arne? My name is told is letters three, Which I will make known to thee, And is-1. A. B. Q, What signifies I. A. B? I and my brother.—Q. Are you up? yes..—Q, What are you up to? The Union.—Q. Where did this united business come from ? This glorious scene came from France, to enlighten Christian nations.—Q. Were you up early? I was.—Q„ What did you first see? Clear air and a bright star. —Q. Did you meet any one? I did; a carman from the North. Q. What kind of loading had he ? A load of parcels and small pri nters.—Q. Did he give you one? He did.—Q. What to do with? To teach the alphabet to my younger brother.—Q, What is the alphabet? L F.. F. M.—Q. What is L. KF. M.? Lord Ed ward Fitzgerald's memory —Q. Who comes there ? A Friend. —Q. What friend? A friend to the Knight? What Knight? The Knight of St. Patrick. What do you think of the sun ? I think it will shine as bright in the year ins as it did in the years 1316 and 17; when it shone without interruption, and be fore Henry.—Q. What signifies the three L's? Love, loyalty, and liberty.—Q. When will the three L's shine ? The three L's will shine When heresy will decline; And Henry's usurping train Will weep and bewail That Luther ever began the Reformation; But I, A. B. will join, And in union will combine, To vanquish the heretical legion; And A. P. M. well knows They are the Church's foes, And will be awaked in the pit of desolation! Q. How far do you travel? As far as the sea coast.—Q„What to do? To aid the boys from Orleans to cut down heresy from shore to shore.—Q. Where is the hardest ground you ever stood upon? Upon the firm rock where I was tested.—Q. When will we have full moon? When the two ends meet. for Liberty or Death. (Here a figure of a pike in the original.) Q. What is that in your hand? The rod of correction.— Q. Where did it grow? In the wood of Orleans, in France.— Q. What do you call it? Rue.—Q. What does it skew? Ter ror and destruction.—Q. How does it thew it? With fire in one end and steel in the other.—Q. How long is it? Three feet two inches, or the length of St. Patrick's cross. (Here a figure of a musket in the original.) THE CARAYAT TEST. By AX n. lit. This oath being voluntary, I do swear to be true to my Captain Caravat. 2d. Not to come as evidence against my Captain, or Caravat, until death. _ _ 3d. To rise out, on all lawful occasions, when called on by my Captain, or Caravat; and to assist all Caravats ; to cut and slaughter, or hang and burn, any Caravat who turns out con trary to the Caravat Oath or Constitution. 1114favut Bzusco.—Both of these pugilists are in active training ; and takers at 6 to 4 are not wanting.—The Israelite is confident of success. CORN EXCUANON 111 A RK-LANIr, Aran. 15.—We had but a small supply of Wheat fresh in this morning, and that from ES.. sex and Kent, a very small proportion of which was of fine qua lity, which description sold rather freely on full as good terms as on this day se'nnight, but we continue without any demand for the inferior samples. Barley is Is. per quarter lower than on last Monday, although the arrivals have been but moderate; but owing to the dull state of the malt trade the Maltsters are not disposed to increitsc their stocks of Bark), even at the present reduction. Oats sold on as gond terms as this day week, but the trade was far.front brisk. In Beans and Peas no alteration. SMITU YIELD MEET, Aram 13.—We bad a plentiful supply of all kind of Cattle this morning, yet prime Beef fully sup ported last Monckay's prices; but the inferior sorts are very heavy. Mutton and Lamb are rather lower in price. In Hay, Straw, &c. little or no variati.m.—Current prices : Beef, 2s. Od. to 3‘. Bd. pi r stone of albs.; Mutton, as. Od. to 33. 6d. Veal. 4s. 0.1. to Ss. 4d. Pork, 25. od. to 3s. 10d. Lamb, Ss. to 6s.6d.—Cattle at . Market : Beasts, V. 340; Calves, t2O Sheep and Lambs, 13,920; Pigs, 260.—11ay and Straw per load Hay, 31. ISt to ti. 4s. Clover, 41. 41. te 41. 151. btraw, Ss. to IL Ifs. eases bf • dual, that individual 'ieedings, although he them nominally at the also true that societ secution of such to protect each and felon; nor course,wheie the definite, BUtatt any individual was the ancient , them as , peculiar of the Crown. and wise ; for it, ness, delicacy, and rashly wielded, _ ight In our own country, a revolution-in which, indeed, all good men bore part—was occasioned by an indiscreet prosecution for libel. But for the prosecution of the seven Bishops by James Y. that ill-fated monarch might have ssmtitiued to reign. History was full of similar exaielplet. And was it, then, to be tolerated that a volinitary Association should usurp the power of the State, and drag into public day offences, bliich, however criminal, a 'wise Government might shrink from attackiiii ? What would the Jury say when they knew that this Association had presumed to seek out offences which Government had thought k unwise to prosecute? Although he thought it right to make these observations—though he would, while he lived, resist all power but that which was recog nized by the Constitution, all government but that established by law—he would not new call on the Jui y to decide, in a large sense, on the illegality of the avowed objects of die Society. He would try the defendants by their practices, not on their professions; as the tree was known, not- by its blossoms, but by its fruit. Helldal in his hand a paper, signed by Mr. Sharpe, which he should give in evidence, pur porting to be a circular addressed to Magistrates, and assuming a style as official, and an authority as graves as if the letter really issued from the Home Depart ment. Here it was stated, by way of boast, that in dividuals had received mercy on giving up their stock of sedition on oath—on abandoning the publication indicted, and expressing their contrition. The publi.. cations attacked were designated as " disloyal, libel. loin, and seditious"—terms which, in the abstract, would excite feelings of detestation alike in all ho nourable minds, but in the application of which men would widely differ, as many Grand duties had done, if report were true, from the Secretary and his minions. These were the avowed conditions of their compro: Raises; but there was one not avowed—that money was taken from parties indicted or threatened with prosec u • dons. What! if the Attorney-General were to institute or to threaten a prosecution, and then to take money for forbearing to proceed,would not he be impeached ? and should individuals dare to combine for a pur pose so atrocious ? The circular then went on to speak of " the peace and good order 9f society," as protected by the Association. Were, then, the King and his Ministers laid aside? Had the Government of the country devolved on a commission-agent, who had been twice a bankrupt, and nho came from the hole in Bridge-street to take care " of the peace and good order of society ?" The manifesto then pro ceeded to advert to caricatures, and stated that the attention of the Committee would be particularly di rected to those affecting the person and character of the Soiereign. Surely this point was the most delicate of all—the last in which strangers should venture to in• termedille, lest they should point out an offensive meaning to the world, which, even if intended, would otherwise be understood by none. Such were some of the professions of a Society which, dangerous as it was to the world, might be useful to an attorney who would travel to prosecute all through England, and take care to be well remunerated for his expenses, In former periods of our history, a commission to en force penal laws was given to two men, of whom all had heard —Empson and Dudley, whose proceedings created the most extensive disgust, and who were at last called on to answer for the mischief they had done. Empson made a speech before the Privy Council in his defence, in which he urged that he only put the existing laws in force : yet he and his colleague were convicted and beheaded. The offence of which the present defendants were accused—that of using the law oppressively for corrupt purpches—was a crime both by common law and statute; and he would now State the particular instances on which it was founded: The first case was that of a man named Atkinson, who never was indicted at all, but was arrested on an affidavit made by Mr. Sharpe, that he had been guilty of libel, After passing the residue of the day and the night in custody, he was brought before a Judge, and offered sufficient bail ; but Mr. Murray insisted on his forty-eight hours of notice, and he was committed to Horsemonger-lane Jail, where he remained five days. While he was in prison, a friend interfered and procured his liberation, on condition of his giving up his stock of what the Society thought seditious, and taking an oath to sell no more. Then a man on horseback goes to his house and demands money ; and no less a sum than ElB. 16s. Bd. was demanded afterwards by Mr. Murray, for the ex penses of a prosecution in which no indictment had been found! The poor man demurs; Murray offers to take 1:15. This he is unable to,raise, and goes to the Committee itself, where, after waiting a long time in an adjoining room, he is called in and addressed by Sir John Sewed, the Chairman, in the presence of tlic other defendants—" Well, in consideration of your imprisonment and your contrition, we will only fine you five pounds!" This was not all; for Mur ray pressed hard tor payment, and threatened that if it was not paid directly the proceeding should go on. Was this to be endured? It was as grave an offence in point of law as it was an outrage to natural feel ing and justice. lie would cite, though it was scarcely necessary, the opinion of Lord Chief Justice Holt—. a Judge whom he ws,uld not characterize as perfect, for it was no compliment to a man to say that he was an angel, but who, lie would say, was one of the most high-minded Judges who ever adorned our (loons—one who was equally superior to the flats series of a Court and the clamours of the People-- one who held an even and a steady course, and who had secured the admiration of his own time, and the gratitude of posterity. In the Queen v. Woodward, IL Modern Reports, IV, which was the case of as indictment for extorting money by a threat to send a p u er ide sia A n b t e o vh N v e u se l g d at g e i , ve at n id iol li e r y cis a ec rid ut a e nohitme• 11 for perjury, Lord Holt y - , ~J • , • • I kmeedillteit sarget totirteal g'wilmargi, liv idual iisstjrt ough he was nhligatedto ta, yat the suit Of the Gown, i lk Mal ocieties hid long existed fgr the 13 . (P. 'h offences; individuals hafil cd . other ag a i nst t h e n i g h tly, dap, r, was there, any objection to siyEts. s. le injury was personal, and as to the Giber order of criggyse,6ollo might, in poi nt of law, , t practice of the CoiAstitO ttots per arly muter the controul of. thi OffiCer And this course was erninesstly ju4t. (functions requiring the utmost 0901- and discretion in their exercise, were , society rniht be torn up by the ruot!. 1 ... . i ! If I ; ; P ill . i I . ! ii 1 i. 4 41 -..‘i • , Y ry. I