Star. — London, England, 1831-07-08 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE JOURNALS. ' TIMES —The reform Bill has, then, passed the House of Commons with a magnificent majority. Can it be denied that this is the cue, or that the majority is mag nificent, when it is observed, that those who voted against the bill are hardly more in number than the members re turned by rotten boroughs, now about to be wholly or In o at disfranchised ? We do not by this mean to say, that 311 the Members of nomination boroughs voted on one ; ide ; no doubt there are many and honourable exceptions : :tut we recollect that Madame de Steel, speaking, in one of nee writings, of the different advantages of the two sexes, ,: ay s, that the female cannot confer a favour without making -.sacrifice, and therefore Nature bath formed that sex the .nore generous and devoted of the two. In the same manner )i• the boro igh patrons and nominees. The reformists canna confer a favour on the people, cannot advocate our just rights, without making a sacrifice, or striving to make a sacrifice, of their interests : while the other side are struggling' under the powerful motive of selfishness and their own ad vantage ill-understood, to keep what they have got. It is pretty obvious which have the strongest motives. HERALD.—If the Tory Lords should treat with dis respect the determination of an unreformed House of Com. mons, we shall begin to question the sincerity of their attachment to that Constitution, for the preservation of which they are ready to sacrifice their lives, or their windows, as the case may be. We attach no importance to compari sons between England and other countries ; we are altogether after the manner of John Bull, and we think that the Chem ber of Peers in France has something the sort of proportion to the English House of Lords that the Emperor of Elba had to the Emperor of France. Yet we cannot think that the time would be fortunately chosen for opposition to the representative body on a question affecting the mode of elect. ing that body, when the maintenance of a hereditary Peerage was the great controversy In a neighbouring nation. POST.—The most amusing feature in the debate on Wednesday night, and in the remarks of the Ministerial Press upon that debate, is the ludicrous attempt to deceive the public mind as to the impression produced by the speech of Sir Robert Pe:l. To those who heard it, it is unnecessary to say a word respecting its effect. In eloquence, argument, reasoning and constitutional learning. it equalled the best ora tions which have ever been made within the walls of parlia ment. It left 1/0 point in the dt bate untouched or unanswered, and it withered, even to annihilation, the prosaic verboseness of Lord J. Russell, as well as the flimsy and unsubstantial, al. though it must be confessed eloquent, sophistries of Mr. Macaulay. As Englishmen we are distressed to see the mi. actable situation to which our Ministers are reduced in the House of Commons. There is not one among them, except Mr. Stanley, who can make even a decent speech upon a great and national subject. We never heard a more dull and wearisome speech than that of Sir Francis Burdett, who was put forward to answer Sir R. Peel, from the want of power on the part of Russell, Althorn, Graham, and Co. It was in the worst style of the Hon. Baronet's effusions in Pelace-yard or Covent-garden. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty was much better yesterday. The Dul:c and Duchess of Cumberland, accompanied by Prince Gorge, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Princess Sophia, and the Princess Sophia Matilda, partook of a de )(sloe l estteasy, with ber Majesty. The Duchess, Princess Augusta, and Prince George of Cambridge, also visited the Qucec. Her Majesty, accompanied by the King, took an airing in the afternoon, in an open landau. Ills Majesty gave audiences yesterday, to the Hanoverian Minister and Lord Clinton. The Duke and Duchess of Cumberland,the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Princess Sophia, and the Princess Sophia Matilda, visited the Princess Augusta testerday. A meeting of the Ministers of the great Powers was held yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign Office. The Duke of Dorset has, we regret to state, been dangerously indisposed. His Grace was a little better yesterday. His Majesty, the Duke and Duchess of Cum berland, attended by Lady Sophia Lennox, Miss Cooper, Baron Linsingen, and Colonel Poten ; the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Duke of Saxe-Coburg, the Prince of Lciningen, and arteended by Lady Charlotte St. Itlaur, and Sir John Conroy ; the Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Baroness Ahlefcldt, honoured the Ball for the Relief of t h Distressed Irish, at Drury-lane Iheatre, with their presence last evening. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. YARMOUTH, JULY 7. This morning arrived from St. Petersburgh, with wheat and hemp, bound to Liverpool, the Urina, of this port, Tennant master—quarantine flag flying, part t f the crew on board being very ill. Wednesday a splendid entertainment was given by the Hon. Colonel Wodehoase, and the officers of the East Norfolk Militia, at the mess-room of the Naval Hospital, Yarmouth, to the numerous visitors—sea-bathers—and the principal inhabitants of the town. Yesterday morning the first stone of the church n.. , ar the White Lion, Jetty-roai, was hid, by the Rev. -- Pellew, Dean of Norwich, attended by the following procession, viz.—Bell man, with staff of office ; beadles, two and two ; corporation band and colours ; posse of police ; principal inhabitants of the town ; children of the charity school, and other foundations, two and two ; town and country clergy ; Corporation, viz. the Mayor, Hon. Colonel Wodehouse, and the Dean of Norwich ; Deputy Mayor and Lord Ne vill ; Aldermen and Common Council, two and two ; the church vestry and a posse of police closed the procession. The Mayor returned to the New Hall, where a grand collation was served up. Married yesterday, at St. George's, Hanover- Aquarc, Sir John Ogilvie, of Inverquharity, Bart. to Juliana Barbara, youngest daughter of the late Lord Henry Howard, and niece to the Duke of Norfolk. The Marquis of Lothian will, it is said, shortly lead to the altar the amiable Lady Elizabeth Talbot. A splendid establishment is in formation. The lady menses a handsome fortune in her own right. Dr. BELL, in addition to his other munificent bequests, has announced his intention of endowing a Pro. fesu,rsliip of Ecclesiastical History IE Edinburgh, for the use of students for the Episcopal Church in Scotland and the Colonies, Yesterday the news-venders held their anniver sary dinner at White.Conduit.House, when upwards of three hundred of them sat down to a magnificent repast, furnished at the expense of the newspaper proprietors. The greatest hilarity prevailed. The newest and most popular songs were sung with considerable ability. NORFOLK AN D MA RY - LA-BONNE..—ThiIB grand context commenced on Monday, at Lord's Ground, Mary la.Bonne, and the field throughout the match was well attended by the admirers of the game. The following were the players : Norfolk—B. Caldwell, Esq. H. Jenner, Esq. H. C. Partridge, Esq. G. Caldwell, Esq. H. Wodehouse, Esq. J. Copford, Esq. G. Fauquier, Esq. F. Fitzroy, Esq. Leathes, Esq. V. Pilch, and Fuller Nell. Mary la- Bonne—Hon. Col. Lowther, W. Ward, Esq. H. Kingscote, Esq. Sir F. Bathurst, R. Kynaston Esq Lord Strathaven, Sir Vincent Cotton, T. Brown, Esq. Broadbridge, Wen man, and Lillywhite. The Norfolk gentlemen went in first, and sco re d 00. 'limey-la-Bonne then went in, and obtained 28 above their opponents' first hands. In the second in. flings of the Norfolk Club, 113 were scored. The Mary la.Bonne having 86 to win, obtained that number in their second hands, with only three of their wickets down. Mr. Ward, sco re d 34 ; Wenman, 22: and Lillywhite seven unly ofthe 86, the tao latter leaving their wickets standing. BALL AT DRURY LANE THEATRE. The ball for the bens—oihe distressed Irish, which has been for some time past in preparation, and which has excited so much interest, as well in consequence of the benevolence of its object as from the announcement that it would be honoured as well by the presence as by the patronage of their Majesties, was celebrated last night at Drury Lane Theatre. The alterations to which the thea tre had been subjected, in order to render it fit for such an entertainment, were admirably contrived ; and the novel decorations which gave additional lustre to the splendour of the edifice on this occa casion were marked by extremely good taste. The appearance of the house was brilliant without being at all gaudy, and elegant without any thing of af fected or fastidious elaboration. The pit and the orchestra were boarded over to a level with the stage, and the renters' boxes were concealed with panels, which were painted to resemble marble. The stage was hung with broad red-striped drapery, so as to give that part of the theatre the appearance of a tent, and was lighted with 10 gilt chandeliers, of rich and costly workmanship. The drapery which formed the sides of the tent was open in the middle, and through the vacancies thus afforded were seen the most pictur esque views in Mr. Stanfield's last diorama. The ef fect of the pictures so disposed and brought to view was very striking and agreeable; and this part of the arrangement does great credit to those with whom it originated. At the back of the stage was constructed an elevated orchestra, composed of gay scenic de corations, and lighted on either side with chande liers, which, though smaller, and of different work manship to those of which we have just spoken, were little inferior to them in elegance and splen dour. Over the centre of the upper part of the orchestra there was a very tasteful gas illuminated crown, supported by laurel leaves. The principal stage box, which was reserved for their Majesties, was splendidly decorated, and made to project pro minently over the floor, so that there was scarcely any part of the house from which a view could not he obtained of the Royal party. Immediately over this box there was suspended a very large and richly chased chandelier, the massive apearance of which was beautifully relieved by the glittering and many-tinted reflections which sparkled from long slips of polished steel, that were inlaid into the yellow metal of which the ponderous chandelier was formed. The boxes adjacent to that of their Majesties were set apart for the Court and Royal suite, and the boxes immediately opposite to these on the other side, were reserved for the Foreign Ambassadors—but few, if any of them, were present. The only other box which challenged notice was that of the lady patronesses of the ball, and this was situated in the centre of the circum ference of that segment of a circle which is known by the name of the dress circle. It was formed of the centre box, and a box on each side of it, o p en in the front, and from this opening a flight of steps bad been let down upon the flooring over the pit. To the right and left of these steps, and at a short distance, four other boxes had been removed, and two similar flights of steps thrown down from the spaces which were thus opened. These steps formed the communications between the floor and the other parts of the house,—one of the flights being for the entre, and the other for the sortie. From the upper boxes were suspended a number of flags which had been sent to the theatre by the Earl of Munster, and all of which were said to have braved both the battle and the breeze. The 2s. gallery (on this occasion a ss. gallery) was fitted up for such as were content to be mere spectators, from that distance, of the greatness and gaiety below, and who were admitted to it by ss. tickets. The seats in this gallery had under gone the convenient improvement of baying backs put to them, and the appearance of them was rendered decent and neat by their being covered with red cloth. This gallery was quite filled with company. A lion and a unicorn with their accustomed charge, the King's arms, were the only occupants of the Is. gallery,—a part of of the house which was allotted exclusively to them, and to the admission of fresh air. The floor, which was formed of the stage and the boarding over the pit, was nut covered, because intended for dancing and the prome nade ; but it was curiously chalked, and in the early part of the evening, before the chalk was rubbed off, had very much the appearance of a carpet. As soon as the house became filled with company, the coup d'rel, from whatever position, was extremely splendid. The number of beauti ful and elegantly dressed ladies was very great, and of the gentlemen a large majority of them wore military uniforms, which, of course, vastly heightened the richness of the spectacle. At about 12 o'clock, the King, who had pro ceeded in state from the Palace at St. James's, arrived at the theatre, and entered the Royal box, attended by his Court and suite. The company received his Majesty with loud plaudits, which His Majesty acknowledged by repeated bows. The king looked remarkably well. Her Majesty, we regret to say, was prevented from accompany ' ing the King by indiposition. The appearance of the Royal party was the signal for the commencement of dancing ; every other species of which, however, was abandoned after the first half hour in favour of " the Waltz." That most la borious of all pastimes was prosecuted with a degree of vigour that would almost make one be lieve that giddiness was not a disagreeable sensa tion ; and that a violent perspiration was as pleasant as it is sometimes wholesome. At the expiration of about two hours, His Majesty and the Royal party retired, as did many of the more distinguished of the company; but the rest remained till a much later period of the morning. The ball was most numerously and fashionably attended, there being few families of any mark or likelihood among the aristocracy resident in town who bad not some member of it there, and a list of whom would fill much greater space than we can afford fur such a purpose. In conclusion, we have only to observe that, if too much money has not been spent upon the decorations of the theatre, (and we have no means of ascertaining what sum has been devoted to that purpose), the profits of the evening must form a large and timely contribution, towards the relief of the unhappy persons whose sufferings were tho cause, and the alleviation of whose sufferings the object, of this gay and gorgeous gathering. Wednesday the ancient and highly respectable Lumber Troop mustered to the number of abont two hun dred. at the Eyre Arms, St. John's Wood, to a most sump , tuous dinner, followed by a ball and supper. BOROUGIIMONGERING SYSTEM. A reasonable antipathy to the borough system may be entertained, because, among other mis fortunes it has to answer for, it appears that owing to its influence we lost America. That loss can, in its consequences, scarcely be estimated. To say nothing of its having made dire enemies out of partners, and deprived our population of the means of emigration to friendly shores, which enjoy a moderate climate, it brought on our enormous debt, and feathered the nests of the boroughowners at our expense. The continuance of the system also determined the French war and its consequences. It is true, with respect to America that the nation partly from a domineering spirit, and partly from ithe wish to make others share in taxation, contrary to acknowledged constitutional principles,was easily lured by a government of arbitrary disposition to enter into that fatal contest; but it soon saw its error—at least, whilst retrieving and settling dif ference3 was practicable—and the elections of those days for counties and open towns show it; but the very great majorities of close boroughs stuck to the headstrong administration, and their own pro fitable intercourse with it, and America was lost. The analysis of the list of voters, at different pe riods, given in the Parliamentary history, affords the following proofs :- 1775.—Address to support the coercion of Ame rica, and continue the system of taxation, car ried by 278 to 108, viz.— County Members, of which no Scotch, . 23 Open cities and towns, including one Scotch, 56 Out of 245 close boroughs, . 29 los 1778,—Mr. Fox's motion to send no more troops to America, and to enter into terms of concilia tion ; against, 259 ; for, 165. Subdivision of the last— County Members. . 41 Cafes and open towns, . 79 Boroughs. . . . 41 Only five Scotch Members, 161-4 not made out. 1780.—Dunning► against the influence of the Crown ; for, 233 ; against, 215. Majority—County Members . . 63 Ditto, Welsh, • • 7 Ditto, Scotch, • . 2 72 Cities and open townsAiglish, 60 Ditto, Welsh, .5 Ditto, ..—.— Scotch, 4 Burgesses, . . . 72-161 233 Minority for Ministers—County Members, English, 7 Ditto, Welsh, 3 Ditto, Scotch, 111 Of this description . 28 only 1782.—Sir John Rous's motion to withdraw con Hence from Ministers : for, 227 ; against, 236. For— English counties, . . . . 55 Wel4h ditto (no Scotch), . . . 7 English open towns, . . . 98 Welsh towns, . . . . 2 Scotch ditto, . . . . I Boroughs, out of 242, . . . 64 227 Against—English counties • • . . 19 Welsh ditto, . . . Scotch ditto, Open towns, English, • . Ditto, Welsh. • . • 9 Ditto, Scotch, • • . 11 &roughs, . . .118 216 IatiNSINTAIIIINN OF 'NOLAND. As nearly as can be made out from the lista and statements in the Parliamentary histories, and in Prynne and other authors, the representation of • England at the acces s i on o f ! Henry V 111. consisted in number of Mimbers of . 296 Of which for counties 64 Cities and towns now of open representation Boroughs, of which the greater part were not then private property, and consisted of more voters, Cornwall, for example, having only six boroughs 298 This King added twelve Members for Wales, and two for Cheshire, and either by grant or restoration of some of the sixty-tour boroughs which bad ceased to send Members to Par liament, added in a11. . . .. 58 Edward VI. at his accession bad therefore in the Commons . . He added in large towns and boroughs now closed 44 ......... Queen Mary therefore found a House of ... 340 She added, chiefly in boroughs, now private property 25 Queen Elizabeth at her accession, in the Commons ... 403 She added or restored chiefly in boroughs now in nomination ... ... .. .. 62 James I. therefore found He gave representatives to the Universities, and grants or restores ... 467 - 27 Leaving the representation at ... Charles I. and 11. added to the representation .. 19 In the last reign the county of Durham was added, some boroughs and some towns, the last writ being to Newark, malting a repre sentation for England of .. The alteration from the accession of Henry VIII. being for counties .. 16 For cities or open towns not more than 26 For boroughs chiefly become nomination 173 ... 513 Total aided .. 215 So that the counties, which, at the accession of that king, bore a proportion to the whole repre sentation of about 1 to 3i, were reduced to that of about 1 to 5i ; and the numbers and weight given since that reign to the boroughs which for the greatest part have become nominations, compared with the aggregate added to counties and open towns, is more than 4 to 1. THE GA Ram,: Tit EAT RE. — Wednesday last, just before the usual period of opening the doors, th 3 following notice was posted upon the wails of this house : —" The public are repectfully informed that, in consequence of the serious inconvenience arising from the warmth of the weather, the Gar- Theatre will not open this evening, and will continue closed till early in October." There were but few persons present, so the notice occasioned but little diiappointment. This house, though unlicensed, has' been decently conducted, and might, had not the example set by it occasioned the opening of many others in the neighbourhood upon the same plan, have turned out a tolerable speculation. As it is, we fear it has hastened the ruin of several persons. Of the true causes induced the proprietors to close the House so suddenly, we are totally unacquaint ed. It is raid, but we cannot vouch for the au thenticity of the statement, that in consequence of the great increase of such ploces of amusement, in and about the metropolis, the Secretary of State had directed certain police regulations to be put in force against them. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JCL"' 7. Fox AND OTIIERS V. CLIFTON AND oniEns.— This was an action to recover two thousand pounds and odd for work and labour done at the premises of the defendants. It will, no doubt, be recollected, from the circumstances of the case, which has been once tried, having been frequently before the public—that a Joint Stock Company, called the Im perial Distillery Company, which had been partly formed, failed for want of fnnds. Several tradesmen who furnished goods, orcontributed to the election of the buildings, were unable to obtain payment of their accounts, as the defendants and others who were possessed of money denied their liability on the ground that they were not bond fide partners in the company, and that the company itself had not been formed, the whole of the shares which were advertised for sale not having been engaged. The persons who were concerned as directors, and in the getting up of the company, they contended, were liable. On the first trial a verdict for the plaintiffs was found ; but it was allowed to go down again on some objections being taken. The Court was yesterday occupied till peat ten at night on the second trial, which terminated in a verdict being given for the plaintiffs. OLD BAILEY-TIIIS DAY. Mary Jackson, a fashionably dressed female was indicted for stealing from the person of Mr. Mc Cullum, Stock-broker, a valuable diamond pin on the 26th of May last, in Rathbone-place. The prisoner met the prosecutor about one o clock of the morning in question, and requested him to accompany her home. This he refused to do, when she struck him in the breast, and stole the pin in question.—Mr. Phillips said he had the names of 14 gentlemen who, fearless of exposure, were willing to come forward and speak to the honesty of the prisoner. The Jury found her Guilty of taking the pin, but not with an intention to steal—which of course amounted to an acquittal. THE EARL or DUNDOWALD.—The Scottish Peerage of Dundonald, to which Lord Cochrane has succeeded by the dissolution of his noble and venerable parent, was created by King Charles 1. who conferred it on Sir William Cochrane, of Cow don, for the zeal which he displayed in the service of that unfortunate monarch. At the Restoration he was appointed one of the LordsConimissioners of the Treasury,the functions of which he discharged to the satisfaction of the nation. The family of Cochrane is allied by intermarriages with the distinguished houses of Hamilton, Cassilis, Montrose, Twee dale, Eglinton, and Dunmore. The late Earl succeeded to the family honours on the death of his father, the eighth Earl, in 1788 ; and was married thrice—first in 1774, to the daughter of Captain Gilchrist, by which lady, who died in 1784, his Lordship had issue, the present Earl, who is now in his 56th year, the Honourable William Erskine Cochrane, Hon. Captain Archibald Cochrane R.N. By the Earl's third Countess, who died 1820, he had an only daughter, Lady Dorothy Cochrane. The exportations of the precious metals have been carried on to a very large amount within the last four days. The entries at the Custom House since this day week have been to the extent of nearly one million and seven hundred and fifty thousand ounces. The prin cipal part of the bullion sent out of the coun try has consisted of silver coin and bars, of which about 900,000 ounces have been entered for Calais, and 80,000 ounces for Hamburg. Of gold coin and bars there have been entered for shipment in the last week, nearly 90,000 ounces. The shipments, it is eaid, are principally intended to pay for purchases of foreign grain, a large quan tity of which will be imported into this country during the present year. The shipments of wheat, &c. from the Baltic ports for this country will be very large, although the stock of foreign corn in bond in the pool of London is very considerable. DIEPPE, 31.71. v 4.—Our election will com mence to-morrow, when it is expected that the late respected Deputy, M. De Berigney, will be re elected. We learn from the Memorial Dieppois that th:ee females (sisters) named Howard, have been apprehended on suspicion of setting fire to the cottages, the destruction of which we !stay reported. The eldest having been strictly ques tioned by the Procureur du Roi, is supposed t) have swallowed poison. While under her second examination she fainted away, and shortly after expired. Arsenic was found in the stomach. The sisters of the deceased are still in custody. From the length of time that the Reform Bill will necessarily occupy in the Committee, a fort night, we imagine, must still elapse before it finds its way to the Lords. We have received a letter from our Correspon dent at Lisbon, dated June 18 ; it contains but little news. The following is an extract The wea ther has cleared up after a continual rain of near three months. The corn in the low lands on the banks of the Tagus is entirely destroyed, to an im mense extent—a serious loss to the inhabitants of Lisbon, as it is the source from which the city is principally supplied. Information was given to the police yesterday of the following robberies committed on Wednesday night :—John Williams, gunner's mate of his Ma jestv's ship Revenge, was robbed of five 51. Bank of England notes, which he had received shortly before. He was drunk, and could give no account of the rubbery, further than it had taken place near tlte Sar ey side of Waterloo-bridge, where he was futaid by the M division of police. On the same night, Mr. Booth, a commercial traveller of Denton, near Manchester, was induced to enter a house of ill fame, while in a state of intoxication, and robbed of 10001. including a hank post bill for 1001. drawn and endorsed by W. Chapman, another bank post bill for 5001. particulars not known, and two Bris tol bank notes for 201. each. The autopsy of Grainer, which was performed 50 hours after his death, has disappointed in many respects the expectation of medical men. The stomach, far from having collapsed by sixty-three days abstinence from food, presented its usual size, so that, from the mere inspection of it, the death of the individual could nut have been attri buted to want of food. This organ contained about a glassful of greenish liquid, presumed to be gas tric juice : the intestines presented nothing extraor dinary: the muscles, although reduced to simple membranes, by the effect of a complete marasmus, were red, and their fibres rigid, which is very re markable. The body, naturally strong, and five feet one inch in height, weighed only 52Ibe.—a criminal, who refused to take any food who* in prison. —Paris paper. LAW REPORT. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, 01.11.DRA1.1 ....JOLV 7 Sittings at Nisi Penis, before Lord TENTIRDIM ..o.d Special Jury. TIM BIRO V. CORBETT. This was an indictment againet the &fen& nt, Nlr. Wt... Cohbett, for the publication of a libel, calcuLtcd to ram: the labouring classes of the country to acts of outrage anti violence. About half-past nine o'clock, before the Judge had yet appeared in Court, Mr. Cobbeu, accompanied by hi. son and several friends, entered, and took his seat belliA the bar, amidst loud cheers and clapping of bards from the spec tators, which continued for some time. As soon as the cheering had in some degree subsided. Mr. Cobbett turned round to the auditory, and said, It the truth prevails we shall but them." This was followed by another demonstration of feeling, after which quietness prevailed. As soon as Lord TENTICIIDEN took his scat on the Bench, the following Jury were sworn : John Evans, Joseph Bishop, Richard Beeston, James. Il'ilkin‘on, Joseph Leggin's, Thomas Jenkins, commou JUROR. Richard Storey, John Sceley. Hari Grey, Lord Durham, and Mehl's:l'k of Blandford, took their seats on the Bench; and Mr. Itelactt, or was also In Court. SPECIAL JURORS. Thomas Morley, John %Vox& Junes Frisby, Win. John Lawaon. The ArtrozwEr-Otwzitax then proceeded to a ate the case to the Jury. Before he made any obarva to a upon the case itself, he felt it to be his duty to adve t oac r oes:ranee which had taken place under :heir own ob er a. tion, becaue he felt it was calculated o irate fere wi h .he due adnfniuration of justice. He had been - nforised that the de indent had entered the Court et ended by a large body of persons, wl o n he had himself calved together, by an ouncing in his &Atter that the trial was to come on, and who might therefore be a mimed to be a betted to his in rest, and to participate in h s principles. He u tder•tood alto that the defendant had aid:. sal these persoas, stating to hem that if truth prevailed ha should have a v,:rd:ct„ and th t hie obserta ion was teceiv.d with shouts of applause from th_ sarrounding crowds. This, however, he should not have no iced had it not happened in the pre t ence of those from whom the Jury were t t Le chosen, who, it they were tmd ar weak me.., m ght be thereby a:armed. He was c minced, however, that, whatever spirit might exist =angst p.irsons then in Cour, the fen 1 mea whom Ire t e addressed would think eu.h api it o un-afe guide for the:, judgment. He did not Wall to imply that he enterta ned any idea that they would yield to this spirit of intimidatien, but he el d mean to say that it was calculated, sad pro:Addy also was intended, to produce that effect. Ile did Lot, believe, hoe ever, that they would permit such an imputation to rest upon them, or that they would be by such means diverted from the exercise of their duty. The question for their consideration was, whe. ther the defendant had been guilty of publishing a libel cal. culated to excite the agricultural population to Kt. of vio lence and outrage, to the disturbance of the peace of the country, and whe her he published it wilfully with that in. tendon ? The paper which con:tilted the libel was published on the 11th of December. He felt that it was unnecessary for him to call the attention of the Jury to the dreadful a.tel alarming state of the country at that period. Instead of Inflaming at such a period the minds of the lowest and the moat ignorant of the community, one would suppose that any person possessed of the common feelings of humanity would have endeavoured to allay the irritation, and prevent those mischiefs to which it had unfortunately given rise. Mr. Cobbett h re interposed, and said the opening of the Attorney. General charged him with intending to exist., whereas the indictiLent charged him with taming—a very material difference. Toed TENTERDEX said that the Counsed had a right to state his argument as he thought proper, and in due time Mr. Cobbett would have an opportunity ot• being heard. Mr. Cubbett said that he was also in the indictment stated to be a labourer. bold Trams's= sail that, in law, the designation was 001Tett. The Arruaoar •GICSLRAL—You see, Gentlemen, the spirit of this gentleman. Mr. Cobbett—Labourer if you please. You called me 34 in the indictment, and you must stick to it. Lord TENTIRDEN intimated that if the defendant did not conduct himself better he would try the cause without him. The Arronsair-GziomaL then proceeded to say, that whether gentleman, as he had perhaps improperly called him, or whether labourer, as he might have been called with equal impropriety in the indictment, still the Jury had then the opportunity of witnessing the spirit by which he was animated. He culled upon the Jury to say, when they should have read the libel, whether its tendency could be doubted. Unless a man were a lunatic, he must be aware of the consequences of pub. fishing Mel language ; and the defendant, who was , per. haps, one of the greatest masters of our language that had ever ' written in it, could not, therefore. he taken as one who did not know the effect which was likely to be produced by that which he had writt.n. It was impossibl. to dive into a man's he a rt to know by what motives be was actuated, and the motives, therefore, could only be drawn from the obvious tendency of his acts. tie could not see why the defendant should object to the term labourer being applied to him; for every one, no matter what his profession, who had no fortune, and who earned his bread by the sweat of his brow, was in his opinion, so prop e rly designat. ed. The defendant mtglo, perhaps, indulge in some hurnoroas °hurried/at:a upon this, in order to raise a laugh, and create an indifference in the minds of the Jury as to the probable effects of the ItLel thick on the minds of the r feLow-crattures. It was quite unne cessary fur him to call evidence to shoe the s ate of the country at the time, for in the very &gist, r which eon. tained the libel it was fully admitted, (torn the defendant's own pen. Violent mobs went about breaking 'limiting machines. and for the first time acme tires took place, per petrated by masses of people. It was no uncommon thing for a proprietor of large stores, at night, to wake in tt•e morning, and find himself a beggar, and a houstlesa wan. derer. The whole of the Regiater, cf the date he had men. cloned, was of importance; but he would only extract Well parts as would bear out the indictment, and tie would then leave it to the Jury to say, after they should have heard the defendant, whether it was or was not a libel. The libel was ushered in with a motto, taken f. um it former Number of the Potence! Register, to this effect : " At last it will become a question of actual starvation, or fightiug for load ; and wlton it conies to that, I know that English. Imo sill not submit to sit down by hundreds, and starve by y e way-ilde." Then came the general title—" A Rural War," a• if the peasantry were titan in the nature of troops carrying on war with Cte Gaverimietit. Titan came a lett r t ) the people of Hampshire ei..d shire about tithes, and other matters ; but the pan cult paragraph to which he wuuid caul their attention sam to this effect : " In tie w4.ipubile the I arsons are reducing their uthes with consfelgfable alacrity. tl ought it comes from them lik e dropsof blood . ; but it must all c me, and quickly come, or England will never know even t e wppcarance of peace. We should not do evil that goof mey come of it ; but without enterin g iota the motives of the rioters, it is certain that their acts do good. g. 0.• g cud ton. They have been always oath told are told now ; and by the same parson whom I have quot•tl above, that their acts o: violence, and paeticularly their tmrning, will do Ito good ; for they destroy the rood which might re lieve them. But, alas ! they know Letter. Tile j ow well that one throilitng-machine takes the wage,, trout ten men ; acct as for the food, it would not come to them ; and potatoes and salt do not burn. The argument, therefore, •as not worth a straw. They see that good dots come, and come quickly too ; foe they get some bread iiistearai of toe corn Ihey burn ; and while they know this, it is in vain to en. deavoar to persuade them that their acts of violence do co good • • • • Wiih respect to the tithes, the farmer knows very well that they are an evil, for what the parson takes in the shape of tithes, is just so much taken from him. They take a tenth of the produce of the whole land, all of which is so it arch loss to the agriculturist, with the exception of what is egsisi laid out its labour in the parish ; and this is a nitre uifie com pared with what goes to the East and West Indies, to the wine growers, to footmen, and to othet uopnaluctive classes and so far front applying this in a wage .beuefioal to the payers of tithes, it is generally applied tossoischievous put. poses in the perish." Here the people were partly told eh.. r mach no breaking, burning of corn, violence, *;.,lead s— led to the reduction o f t i t h es . S uc h a libel, ho samoodest., was calculated to produce a r ep etition of those canoes • which the Special Commission had thought it necessary to punish so severely; to the extent, in some instances, .4 death itself. Another part of tha libel went onto say that ; t• I 1 r It I 1• ! 11 1'. I , 1 . 1. • ' 1 , ti .1 4 .1 E t y. I ; ; I , 11 .1 • i ;