The National Register. — London, England, 1820-03-26 00:00:00

Witness —I gave ordma to Col. I:Estrange to adv:ture In the support of the Yeomanry : and I adl ad.!, that we had uu previous intention whatever of di.pershat the eroh d. I went down stairs just as Mr. llmit was thiright in pri soner. I did not see any of the killed ; I believe I did see one man wounded, who was brought into Briton's house, but 1 would rather not swear it. t saw a w led person—a woman carried in a chair tiro or three hours atter. I saw a woman Irmo ;lit ion Bu stun's House in al . :jut state, but not wounded as I eau ter 011-et. By the Court, at the request of Mr. Hunt —" Had you heard that a warrant had, under similar eirettm , tanees, been peaceably executed at a large meeting in Smithfield 2" Mr. Hulton—t certainly had, and this was one reason which induced me, Is hen I had consented to sign the war • rant, to order its execution at the meeting. I never heard till this moment, that Mr. limit had, on the Saturday pr ceding the I .allied t., sa.iendei himself if there %vas a warrant against him. 1 had heard that Hunt had called and asked whether they had a win - taut against hint, but Wi Mole. After this wialeman's examination clirect Mr. Justice Bayley oh!.erved to the Jury that as lbr y unto now fatigued, he would have the court aajoisreted to alouda). FOURTH DAY: The Court was not so mulch crowded this morning as it was on the preceding days, the attention of the inhabi tants of York having been called to the electiou of the comity member*. The number of ladies who graced the Court with their presence was, however, much greater than on any previous qitestion. No less than four ware on the bench with the Judge. John Walker, John Willie, and several other witnesses were examined for the prosecution, and cross-examiue l by the defendants, hat no new tact of importance W 45 es tablished by them. The ease for the prosecution hnVillr Alr.B A attow, who is retained fur Moot-house and John son, them proceeded to address the Court. He submitted to his lordship whether the evidence a inch had been ad duced, as it Affected his clients, was nnifiCient to implicate them in such a way as to render it necessary for their case to be sent before the Jury, or whether his Lou &Mill would not direct the Jos y to acquit them imineiliotely. Tile charge in the indictment did nut seem at all sitstonittil by any part of the evidence. The evidence, as it affected his two clients, applied to the 4th. and .Stn counts; the former charging them with 4.1e-optiling maliciously on the 16th of August, wile 64,008 other persons for the purpose of moving the sithjects of the King to hatred and contempt of los person and govet tttttt ; the latter with maliciously assembling in a formidable mate Der, with inflammatory tttiers, i7mt.. agai:,st the peace of the King, his crown and dignity. 'file second count charged theist with riot, acid wilts inspiring terror and alarm. It was now the duty of the Jury to apply the evidence which had been brought forwaid iu support of those charges to the case of his clients, and to determine whether upon any of them his clients were implicated. If the assembly was declared to be what it was stated iu the indictment, let the leaders bullet what the laws of their country awai ded; hut n bat was the evdience that implicated Mr. Nloorhouse as a leader? when was he introduced into the conspiracy? where was he intro d uced? and how had he conducted himself on t•e 16th of August ? The first coolie% tttt of al •house with the case under trial was by his taking a ride out to Bullock's Smithy on the nth of August, to mere Mr. Hunt, who was coming to preside at a meeting to he lola at Nlaticii.Nter on the 9111. lie did not there see Mr. Bunt, but he met hint at Stockport, where he asked htm to his hnmuse. Mr. Hunt ai cepted the invitation. On the 9th Mr. Hunt proceeded to Manchester, and Moor house accompanied him in one of Ills own car, inges. 'I he meeting had been putt oil; owing to the objectiou which the the magistrates slated to the objects for winch it was called it did not consequently take place on that 41.0. But if ilia object of Mr. 31trothuatie had been to :mead an wild% lid and riotous assembly, why was it postponed, and wily did be afterwards proceed to anotber,accompumed by his wile? fifr. Moorhouse had long been a married man ; he had I childreo,and his wife wits six-mouths pregnant with another. Now, could it he b,lieveil Mr a tttttttt ent that lie would m a_ coed to an anticipated Beene of riot and confusion, accom panied by his wife in this condition ? Uir er these circumstances, the Jury would consider it as almost fancifin to implicate the defendants .vluorhouse mid J ttttt don. He would read is narrative f • Mr. Illoorleothe linos. if, hick would show his know ledge eh . 0M and 11. M ems of chinewit hon. The Learned Comae' bele read a paper of Mouritonse's, in whiten he denied a knowledge of in ost of the detenamos, and awed the peaceable commit of the people un time !nth, giving au account of lute it at. condoci neatly as it apoears in the learned Counsel's speech. loch being the case with leis two (hems, lie would leave it with coulident e M tae Jury. Ala. Holt sit;•l he had to address (hem on the part of the deentlaiit Saxton. A case of clia,piracy wilAgeldom proved in it, origin, and the ants given in aid of proof her .urea be ill a broad and palpable character, which not only inuved the criminal lion) 'Would establiSh the fact iiseif.- 11i. iie•ant to say (lad it :IN 1111111 mere ca,ual or incitteolal act which (snail prove Mow lacy ;.t .stmt be proved by strong ev wen. c. Ile ( iii. Iluii ) won Id toil say huts many Might Inver, awl whether all the 'Mo t ile of En-land odd a tight to meet Altogether w one place., fir eve, y i 14.11 de pended on Ilerea,uualdeme , ut it. It should ivory' levied, that when these pil;sllC meetings began, in 11117, they were nut C4/11 , 41161 ed as Illegal. Itiiiiivisse Were held 111 Spatieltls and Other plates, add couillimeit Will 1111 l 1 inlet rololool WOO lin 1 1 4.11,1,11111, in Its tear Ine the ineti upon-, pa s sed .111 art..-1111 %trial ? pill .1;8011 *ll such meetings? : bid 10 plevellt the.. 4, Clll'lllll4 Wlllllll one esidtaisiei - - dad Jnaing ilie sitting l'aridainesit and lite Courts Or dleiner, so Mat tile ray lt+ to nicel Was only lest.lttell to a pat Ile ular spin, the genera. fight being hell as betine. It was Ilie right of the people to inert and disenst proper subjeci,, and 111 the cduilly 10 which he belonged ( 111: 114.1 110 dusibt, that if a question nut ut I epealiiig, but hid% easing, the duly on sit importation of ecru was padp..aed lily 111ml:11 , bl:111, there Would be ti 1111 l . ..1111dg atttunuls at tile incelieig tid such dis cussion. 11 was said, that some of thu4.• wets 1101 1111 l ye, aal sulfragu and 4.11111:11 parli•nienis. He I ,eli col.- denuu el liinse eioct Ines As touch as Any limn, es Ile 111 pug. it that if wry were sueeeaatnl they uu.lid prul , e tiled de alt-nett% e 111 111 e r'llll , ilrlllloll. 11111 iiiis was 4 p .011 oil Witten the Oohnutis "I . sonic ; 41 ea nien 11.111 net ii didei It ;night be remembered, Iliat al tar. 11141 , W . a. I ) aid lloruse Tooke, 4 Irl.er lout. die Diilse 111 .t.chwuuU war redil, in *inch that dial. lite was i diotic, avowed. as to the evidence against fast 411. witutp,e..l4.lissin lam could nut potttively bay tinit.tuxtvo woatoa Use usumniis THE NATIONAL REGISTER." before Hunt came. It was said by witnesses, that Saxton appeared to address the people, but he could not hear him. Suppose he was in the cart with Mr. Hunt, that did not colistitute guilt. It would be proved that Saxton was a Reporter for a Paper in Manchester, and attended to take notes of what passed. Mr. Horton was present as a Reporter, and he was not considered as having acted improperly; he was even locked with others. It Saxton was guilly from the mere circumstance of his being on tbe hustings, why then Mr. Fitzpatrick was guilty, tbr lie was on the hustings at Sinitafield, and mithe cart next to Hoist himself; but Mr. Fitzpatrick was there as a repot ter for the IX, w Tinos, and would, no doubt, be tar from join ing in any improper contliset ; why. then, *1 it be said prat SelXl. , ll was culpable, who was a revolter for a paper un d,th. erlit principles the Jury ahontd be satisfied teat Saxton had had uo other connexion with the meeting than in his capacity as a reporter to a paper, they would, lie had no doubt, give him the benefit of at. Bau►fuid nest addressed the Jury, and in a speech of uo inconsiderable talent, defended 1a i aaa self against the eli.trges which were made against hint. He was followed by Swat, Healy, and Johnson, whose speeches oil:mined the Court for some time. At ...tit' past 0 o'clock the court adjooriied till 10 to mow, vi*, at toe request of Mr. Hunt, aim said lie would quire till lhoi lime, in order to look user the tit ry volu minims nape's to alio h he had to refer. 11iiiit was followed to ins lodgings by a considerable olioshei of h s whit. cheered t um his entrance. - - It is considered here, that the case will last till Thurs day evening at least ; and we understand that Mr. Justice A V LK% he, despatched All express to Lancaster, for the pm pose of lamming the parties concerned, that the cases which he is to try will not come on before Monday the 27th. FtFM IMY. According to the kiljoornowitt of the preceding evening, to accominomite Mr. Hum, toe court did not sit this mug till 10 o'clock, at which hour precisely Mr. Justice Ildy ley entered the court, and Mr. Hunt commenced his .I.lence. He said he had entreated the hour's postponement, that he might tie the better enabled to arrange his defence, but that he had been SO much indisposed as to be enjoined by his medical attendant to iudnl,,e in relaxation, he had therefore to solicit the excuse of Ilia jury for any oinissiore lie might make, whirl) he had no doubt would be entirely supplied by the kindness of the learned Judge, to whom he repeatedly expressed his thanks for his patient impartiality. Mr. Hunt then went into a very lung and able, though mecum's:vied re view of the circumstances preceding and Mewling the ineetiag of the Itith August, and need with aspe rity and great liege y upon tile evidence. lie tam eluded by expressing his regret at the imperfect luau. tier in which he had been able to defend himself. He was sure he should have a verdict of acquittal. He would produee evidence that could not be resisted. Mr. limit concluded his speech, which he began at ten o'clock in the morning at a quarter before three in the afternoon. He appeared to be quite exhausted in oudy, butt at the sa u te time as collected in his d as at toe commencement. As he sat down, there was go - eat ap plause among the audience, which indecency tile Jude repressed in a dignified manner. It immediately ceased. flue jury retired for a little, at the suggestion of Mr. Justice Bayley. On their retain, and that of his Lo d snip, the evidence for the defence commenced. EA'mutat Grundy was the first witness called.—He was examined by Mr. Hunt. The witness said, I am not in have retired from business. I I eside hear iii Lancashire. I was a calico-printer. I have made iio depositloll. I was at Smedley cottage on the ltith of August last—it was on 'I . nesday previous to the ;Manchester meeting. I saw Mr. limit there. I recol lect a coriversatiou relative to the Manchester uieri ing, and Mi . . Hoot expressed his nitration of relit' a ing home i 1111 l ietliattly I endeavoured to prevail upon Mr. Hunt to stay till the meeting. My advice had no itillipei.ce at that time. l think I tett Mr. Hunt undetermined. l heard first of Mr. 111111eS &Its till. 1141lon to stay nn the day folios i ig. IL saw that deternua nation in a printed circular. 1 saw Mr. Hunt iterin uu tar Smttrday, , August 14, at Smedley cutim, •. li remember a I:Miters:Woo then, idiom( a %arrant to uppreheurel .vlr. Hoot recollected wool; Mr. Hunt go to Manchester to toe magistrates out that d.l). 1 myself waited Upon Mr. Norris, the inagisl tales, with Johnson the defendant we told 1111 l the report In CllCUtalltio, Unit Mr. Itilol Was gone to Its New Halley to surrender himself, and 1 tufo red to pm emir for ins appewraiire at any time the onaisi tale appoint. Mr. N orris said there was sto warrant, iiiroomationo, 0 , went' to issue ulte, 1 was not in Mailelleaer on the lbw of Au A rret. 1 saw some persons het uu orals nor bludAe -• 1 have property nr that lies 11- nothing that occurred oil lost day, ur pre. 510 us, give isle any renal or it. Curs, exam ours rot by or. carlett-1 ain just come into Coati. I knew Air. Hunt before the 10th Air.orst. l doled at flu:Sine:id Cagle with hi in in Janitor) preceding. Ihere wait alt sunedicy nwbudy on the lOtie not Mr. thirst, Air. inlock, a n d myself. I louad n pdy ours Ale. Hoot. arm to i t.t) Hoot a visit. I had heard he was there. I le:slued this Isom getierat report. 1 maw a letter posted :Wool Ille lawn, signed toy Mr. Hum, on W eduraday. 1 Was Mines n.,sl.llterw.trds. Was IleAi called, and examiiied by Bamford. I reside at Midibrims. 171111 a weaver, I Nab on the Barrow hells of the Ibul of Asiost, between ohne and ten o'clock. There were b4XO or 100 people there. Tory consisted of men, women, sow enamel,. l kaw some slicks, but acmt except to the fluids of those who usually had sticks nom aid 1111.4.1). I had itiongnis of lawn: a stick myself 550 ex pedstiOal. 1145 m , , ex pet mitred fax s A us berm r. l took soy stick nail me lid the top of sisal lent it to sue Juno II irrel, wilts was 'Mum, dad Who Hat to the meeting. They had not gout Ualir Man a quinter of lurk beithie this John Nitwit returned my sticks Ilene s omebody criesi out, ". Nu sinks shall go with us." 'l' hie processiou said, that they had agreed that uo bllelal should gal. I s.sitl, ode stis k rauuol noske hooch liiirefellCY, auu they s.tish I was u> .•bielligu 141111011 f a sit the), luau 1,10.1 lease in stick. Jo I stilt It home Illy III) filllWl' 1.5•14 • 1.11 III) toIICA, alai aria whin the procession to .11aiis thest..r, slosh ass oth 1111 l but peace tad g I miler We naked f,, a avas t, 11 r h im des.igr, concha is) the way. 15.511 41.1 nruu 4/11eit'a• lint any holm ruph given to :toy per.mo on laie WAIL ;t• het.lli, 1/01 . 1144.1•, jecrinA word. rlied.• auras acre II•Vtl to i a'a i ole sr Ito blood to sc.. the psosession. 11 e p.os ceded ill tons 111,1111151 to I. Peter's-held. It.uulor s men st cm upon hue iiustiii4s. It wan liefohe Air. Ulna'. almmi. I saw Mr. Hunt arrive. tiamturd then was •tdodino _ low near me, about 40 yards from the hustings. This was at the time of Mr. dust's arrival. I never saw Mr. Bamford on the hostings afterwards. I went nearer the imstinz,s after Mr. Hunt's arrival, but did out see Bamford un them, our Oil that day. hlr. Hunt wished to ask the witness a question. Mr. Justice Bayley said only one should e ;4111111e, to save time, but Mr. Hum might call the a fitness afterwards. Cross.examitied by Mr. Sergeant Ilullock.—There might be 1000 of the Middleton people that joiiir.d in the procession fr llrst to last. There were men who called " Keep order." We never had been mustered before August Oise Sunday mor g berme the me..ting a party of young men marched through the town, 1 went to see them as tory proceeded itown (helium. Tuey said the ) met at the Tandle 11111. They came from all parts. N e continued together about an hour on Caudle Hill. We walked together, and drilled, as it was called. 1 never was drilled to in, lite, hut marched on the Itith so as they dal. Bahaism d was isot there. We had music OM thst day. We arrived at St. Peter's area a ithout much hattiug. There were mutt, dtvi ious when we arrived. Our banners were takeii up to tile hustings, but Bamford ordered them hack again. Ke were not rouila the bus. logs, but altogether, every man standing where he thought pitycr. I iie%er beard Mr. Hunt speak before that day. 1 was not at the January ineetiog. Examined by the Court,—l ant married Ny wife did not go with me. There were ohm) , women. They went All the way to St. Peter's Field. I saw many of them to 31ancliester, who Milt! train Middleton. The women kept along with us thew hole of the way. There were buys and children, but L dolma telt the number. L (Oct not see the Middleton women on the field. Tile women who marched with the procession were the a sees and daughters of the men whir formed it. It is customary to have banners mid usiede at the wakes. The decorated cars at wakes go in lb. IPCOSbIOII. There are sometimes several cars in procession with rushes and decorated. Seven other witnesses were then examined for the defence. The trial continued during the sixth and se%entli day's, without any occurrence of importance, except the examinations of Mr. Juan Tyas, a most respectable reporter lin THE TIMES, and Mr. Edward Baiues , the proprietor of THE LEEDS NJ EKED EY, both of whom were upon the hustings. The two examinations ap plied nildeviatingly to the same points, the perfectly peaceable demeanor of the multitude.—We give that of the latter gentleman because we think it the fuller of the two. li.lward Baines, examined by Mr. Ifunt.—.l hive not given any depositiou of my et idence. 1 aui counected with the Leeds Mercury. 1 have not rend the account of this trial iudhe London or other papers. 1 was at the meeting at Manchester fist the 16th of August. 1 array. din Manchester al half - pain eleven, and was at St. Vacs's-field at half-past twelve. 1 !new parties art lye on the ground. They advanced iu rank, arm in mut, and on their anoint they were received a nil twee times three. They took up their stations not in any regular manner, but as mar the hustings us they could get. 't hey came its budies, not straggling; some of them were iota sided w lib music and b •rs. They played many tulles, but tdo not recollect any of them. 1 took particular notice of the slacks. My attention was drawn to this, trout previous information. I saw nothing in the hands of any one person but common walking sticks. A considerable nuinuer had sticks. but every man had not. I could not say the proportion ; 1 think they had nut•more sticks than on - castoffs ; 1 saw nothing resembling staves foac and a half feet lasig, shouldered as soldiers do their muskets. looked at all the parties as tney came on the field, and did not see it. it sot o a circumstance had occurred, t think it would have excited my atieutioo. 1 advanced to tae hus tongs, or rattier to the cart, which was in the situation where the hustings were afterwards placed, at hail-past twelve. I realesitted in that situation till about one, when another cart, woos we boards that formed the hustiugs, arrayed. About a quarter of au Dour was occupied In framing the hustings, dud hen they ,were formed,l mounted them. There was uo rein oval of the hustings. I saw the several parties as they arrived. The meeting received accessions of strength continually. Clue or tail youtag men frequently recom mended order, during that tune; and the order was ob. tel us perfectly as wider such circumstances it could be. About one u'clock, some of them who cane from at distance appeased to wash for some refreshment, and a suli-ci tonna was movie to get some ale from a eteighboarim; public-house. They however citituged their mind, and would not have ale, and a call of water was sent for. About half-past one, the pa °cession titwhachh bh. Clan was, advaneed at a slow peer. It wits headed b a y the carriage ill witica Mr. Hunt and several 141114 - 14 were. SS lieu %lr. Hunt came, he appeared rather mit of humour at liie manlier in which the lau•liaigs acre pun - ed. lie then got oar them, and bevel al contra were then tatted 011141 the bustiii4s. They were dressed in while and had caps. lii y wear 14, 1 !Mak, its natiuher, out idiot um count .harm. They were oat toe aver4 4 c, about V f years ad age, soave younger, and 'Ville a 1'41144 , 1114•141:4ie Tiee object a as, I tIC llt. V e, to selteve them titan the pressure of the crowd, a inch was very great. 't u w •ia load pre viously fronted, from the pressure. Air attempt was now le by the people to force themselves trom the hustings, au order to leave it space open ramrod aloe oustsug•, but at only succeeded very partially. To the best of au) knowledge the crowd aarsClase up to tale buslitsAs all the time. Mr. 11iiirt their begins his speech. I took holes oi that speech in short hand, and have tneni here. I have also the copy a loch wrote from my motes. It was stoned diificult to take the note*, owing to the press on tlh. hustiu s. Witness th.li read los account of the speech. It beg.sit —" Friends and fellow e 4111114 rpm n, I most entreat your Malta grace for a short time, mid beg that you a ill preserve perfect silence.— hope you will exercise the all ;powerful tutu of the people iii an orderly an 1111 l er —the ward, " orderly manlier' were not in my original notes, lint 1 supplied them I - MIA the smarm', e was left Imperfect in the short-leans. wale% (I he words " orderly maniarr" were used) " aim any man that wall is to breed a disturbance, let hiiii ire put (tan... For the honour .nu have dome me, lay electing me a set mud ti•ee to pr.sede at your meeting, 1 return y.. 0 my th a nks; and all I have to beg of you is, that wig tnilulge us with your patient ;Mem 1111 l . It is imeassible that with the t patient alit tit we shall be able to make Ollrselves heard by the whole of this tremendous II is ',stirs% tor me to attempt to a elate to y a w l i..e pro. ceerlings of the lest week air ten days in this loan and larighlabirlorfal Yasu will know them, and that. Call••• of hit Illeelllll4 a t .1.04114A for lest H lay ps eV ell ell. It as 1111 . 1 elore useless for me to say one waaad nl 111,41 S l lll,llll I, only to oirserve, that tam... vas his poi as duo d pi eveuled n• from met:isogon Monday ...st by 1114'11 11l 411,4,- 11001 eXellloll4l, have produced twofold the 111111111er to day. (For einstinuation ace jag.: 104•) - -