The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-04-12 00:00:00

tDsd insnrrectioo, and to eacite hatred and contempt against the Itovernment. Mr. BENION roar on the part of the prosecution.—l, Nu doubt, the Learned tlentletuan said, th e Jury w ere ! already aware that the priesCnt proserntion arose not of! one of those dangerous meetings which hail heen held in 'heshire, aril in the adjacent counties, dnring the last 'slimmer : meetings which were calculated to terrify the pet.reable subjects of the realm, and which had been I , •at , letl, and principally promoted by itinerant orators. he Jury, however, were called spun—and f, the i non ledge which hr (Mr. Bra)•o's) had of want of them. I.e doubted nut that they would fulfil their duty : --they were called open by their oaths to disolis front their minds every circumstance which they had previously heard upon the subject, and to try the ca'e upon the videnee, and only upon the evidence, whirl, would hr a.:doced before them. The two defendants, Sir Charles 1. olseley and Mr. Harrison, were well knowit ; the first was a gentleman of estate in the etstinty of Stafford, and ht It inheri:e.l a considerable paternal promrtv..itecther with the rink and title of Baronet, which hail 'wen con ferred upon one of Isis ancestors in the reiett ot Charles the First the second defendant, Mr. Ihri.i.,•ll, Itad t ern, tint,l lately, a stranger in thr county of 11 ise:.trt ; was. the Learoird Counsel believe:l, a di• sewing. e inister, and a schoolmaster. Upon the 1:!416 of July 1 Ist a public meeting haul been am ttttt 'iced c.. Stockport, and. presiosts to that slay, the reablents in the steieit bonel,oo,l h a d been advised that a meeting nas to take Flare for the real or pretended psorpose of petitioning for reform in Parl'auteut. I• p.m the slay appointed anu :ll bee of is, rson.. ase less than five tl old. atilt, at -410 plug to the statement u+ one of the deremlatos, amounting nearly to tett thonsand, assembled; and it would he n sn,i that, previous to that meetine, Sir Charles Wolseley and Mr. Ilarrnam linteven Loots it to each other, and that they had e.irrosponsletl; and it would be shown that, upon the 2:stls of July. they were intimate ',slivers:it' fur at least an hour before the a ....Inlay took idler. The meeting in spiestion, the S.earried I 01111Sel aOlllll rho', 11311 not been a ps•Jrenlile assenting, for the purpose of petition. It 114.1 beets at tended by persons carrying banners, inserihell with the 4-Ammon rant terms of o No Coin Laws, - " I•: , iversal Suffrage," " Annual Parliaments." and " Voting by llallot. ' alt a particular Louse a platform had been upon whirls the leaders ttttt tinted ; and the Jury wo-11.1 hind the tw o defendants taking a leading part in ~.e ensttitte transactions. He (Apr. Broven) mould not s ate, word for atoll, the evidence which eolith! be •sen; he would only show the general effect of what had passed. Mr. 'lemon:o (Connsel for Sir Charles Wolseley) re gnested that all witnesses might be ordered to spot the Court. rise Otter JOITICt.—Let the witnesses on both sides Lave the ('unit; and let notice- he given that ins witness o!to remains shall be permitted to give evidence. Prupelattneinti to that egret was mask. Mr. nexus's eosttinue,L—He was about to state to the Jury the expressions 114441 he Sir Ohmic, Wolseley, u hen he accepted the other of Chairman. Sir Charles ivolselev had said, " that hr was in Paris a t the b eg i n . tsg of the French revolution: that lie was the firm r• in who made a kick at the hastily and he expressed ~; boys" and tier Jury would hear in what direction I'e then pointed, " that be %intuid be present at the oltes volition of another bastile.'• Ile then abused tier 11i. slaters of the Crown, ansl said that he could not hail • 'rum in whirls to speak with sufficient detestation of toes'. Alr. Harrison, the Gerund defendant, followed Str Charles trolarley. lie declared against " petition in su more,• which be eistisidered degrading and hn t 1t .ere wouhLbst a resselse (he said) 4d de . irsisellmt srltiestlesm, on the iftrtsday foth.witir, at the I:slat-room. for the purpose of establisliltig ~ national *.,aarettlitarl ; and it at oul.l .also he une of it. dittivt to tturise _farther meatus fur extending and conoilidating fte rational uni,on.” The intimacy betoren t h e de ri4tiatts erould ne clearly made out, and the Jary would )1 JitAt what u..+ said by the WI.: da fetulant was a, Spipti by the other. The favt evidence upon this p..pint wissitl he, the Learned Counsel said, a letter, writtea by Sir 4 li.arlps Wulseley a day or too after the asteeting, which would prove that the iflendants had Eurrespostied previous to the meeting. The ieteer was .i..ted jOt'a Jane, ISM and directed to the Postmaster ..t Swekport. It expressed surprive at a letter not being .t livered which Sir C. W./tacky expected from Mr. I iarrison. To Sir Charles Wolvelcy's letter, the answer of the Pqstmaster was thi • : "Sir—ls, reply cont. letter of the 3llth June. re ce v ercertias. be.; In el iy. hat no lettert belonrinit to any • person. l i aioiever have ever bees, detained or ~,cued in this irdiee ; neither has any one ever prestlitled al• reedy. or inilirertly, to require ante so gross a breach of my duty. I 3.11 littJUll I.) say that I ant in a service s; time snit . ' base compliances never are required." Phis t videme fir ive.l, the Learned I 'ruining enntinmol, tl:at a letter had be.gi written to Sir Charles Wolseley by Pr. Harrison tour days Itrfure the meeting. If any one st . sit opinion that no seditious words had been e:-yployeil by Harr:sem, still the TEI wool" lir setlieiere. lie yrnad not, however, leave the vase to Brit tipug grouni's so slight; a lett,T shoal , ' hr read to ti.e Jury, striven by liars ison to a man ilatneil Bagueley, row suffering imprisonment in Chester gaol for a similar uSence to that with which lie hinisell stood ettarrell, two i:ay• after Ow of the 2`..6th July. Itagneley's cenduct in prison Irol liven Mb bad, that it hail been e•ought uchisub*.e to open his letters. The letter was • I.—(lt referred to the meeting, and !fare Ilogueley a veneral meeting of the procersliogs. Sir I•. Wolsrley'n r..gie was familiarly mentioned.)—After this, the Learn- I ej tient INA len eon tlOO , .!, it won id scarcely he slid that H irrison was not implicated in the trati :odious of the "rtfir:nty: - Toot tar the iirielltiiEe 4-601 Wing bore En drtendarts, or either of them—indeed, if it dial to ore, it must to b.ith--the charge which was alieged ag.litust thmo, it ires.ll , l I.r for the Jury to determine. As to the seditious language there Fnulil be no ; the Jnry wmild judge of the intention and of the tuniiiltus ctrl tnertim;:. The right of peaceably meeti lig together ter the i;arrite of petitioning the Sorereigil or the lo- gisieture against crievAirei, either real sir supposed, I was the right, the birthright, of Vaiglishitien, and Ilea• ten forbid that he (11r. Iletician) shirailil stand before the Jnry to deny that right. There mas no impropriety in a peaceable meeting far the purpose of seeking re. torn' in Parliament, lint the meeting. at Stockport had hot been a mertime of that character. The language, the conduct, the whole insignia of that meeting showed that the purpose was rat petition lint intimidation.— 'I here were men of character in the country who though' ✓iiforns in Parliament desirable lint the i.neoltici 'the it:.feting ou the :Sill Jule had been calculated, not Pir the reform of the British "Coustitntion, but for the sub- 1 version of it. The learned Counsel would say no mare a: that titne to the Jaws-, ns be should prohafily, in the course of a few hours, have an opportunity of address pie them again. John Kenyon IVinterbottom, evamined by Serjrant Coots, said he was a solicitor in Stockport. lie Faw n public meeting in the town of Stockport, between I and 2 &cluck on the ?Sth July last. Ile attended In a Wild ing (aSundaygichoul) near the merging. The place is called Sandy Brow. lie should think there were OW or 5,11)0 assembled. Several persons were on the scaf fold. Sir Charles was pointed out so him as one : he koew'Mr. 'Harrison, and saw bins there. Mr. Ilarri!on THE ~. Wight a school there. Sir Charles bad no tonosstioo that he knew with Stockport. The first thing he oh a-srved was a hissing by the whole multitude. 'llse next thing he observed was passing some resolutions. fitere was A Chairman. he believed Sir Charles Wolseley.— He only !sear,' Sir CbarLis say. " unanimous," ou pas sing the resolutions; he was in an upper room, shout Ilk) yards from the arasinid. He heard Harrison say. " The House of Con ti nuos was the people's servants, that it was as absurd to petition them as it would be for a master to petition his g fur his horse." lie said "that there WA, a harrier between tile ,lirone awl the peo pk. which must Is' removed eigt..r by firer front heaven or hell, in order that they see whether a man or a pig Was upon the throne." He t" .ittglit there. was laughter. The expression o f ,lerisi u it was General. I lir rison s.iid,'. The united will of the penile was sure to prevail. It was an axiom that timid not be confuted.— t Wight he necessary in some eases to petition the House of Lords. were, by the Con , ..i:ution, placed in H different sit woks to the Wits,- of Count. ins; but in the present eiirrupt state of tliiaes it Was useless, afi.l lie would not recommend it." l'o• did nut remember any thini; else. The dist:loot-se lids s ert:tinly run eh With al/041W% Sir Charles Wiibeley Was on the same stage, nut two yards fr larrisu,. Cruss-enAguirgell In. Air. Pt:irson.--11e r.•a•• perhaps less, perhaps more, tlimi . lllo yank distil'''. 'l•hrre were wu• men, about It 11 ur •31111. Perhaps there were elgilglrro, he did nut sre auk•. lie would not sat• that there were not many cig;hlren playing, on the side on w i ti.•h he was. lie s;.iike lie meant that the *lode Inert-' ing hail sticl.s. 'the stig ks were hell op only utte . i. lie could take upon ,as. Inukitug at a meeting u: $,llOO, a hat prigi ortigin hrhi up sticks. [Herr Mr. Pearson read a speech of Ilarrison's front a newsp.gper,anil askegl the witness to repeat it after hint.] Mr. Serje:tot Alabstgau. batil, that it was nut proper to read that. l'eAusnx sail, he uo'ihl have taken any other piece of writing as sotto. u!iPt'l WAS to try thy Wit nevi's memory. _ _ Witness said, he total not rerent it. He 531 T nntliinL in the laugh to tlistinpui-b it ..s i!rri.iwe. Ile heard ull the speakers, but moue of thou distinctly, except Mr. Ilarristot. l'rosa-exansined by Mr. liarrison.—lie took notes that elity t he had not gut theses now. The expression " in distinctly" applied to others; he heard Mr. Malmo sliminrtly. Sir. llarrisJn was one of the whole--a pro minent one. Re.eariiiiiiini.—Willan. Lewis, Fitton, and Knigl.t, were %here ; none of thefts inhabitants of Stockport. Thomas Holton examined by Mr. Asnwontit.—Lived in Shickinirt. He sass tuntilwrs of country people none into the town on the 24!b of Jitlv. Ile ma, lately it London ; he had been II months in Storkport: Ile thonght those that passed hilt R u nic were country people. They hail nothing more than usual. Some hail walking takks, and urre walking e. his them. Ile was at the isseetinc. Ile had before seen Sir Charles IVolseley ips •p John-stteet Illiectly ton anis Sandy-II:ow. A voting gentleman named Lewis walked inn in arm Wills him. lie saw a fag at the niertinv ; on sine side was .' No Corn Bill," oil the oilier" Universal Suffrage, and Vote by Ballot."—( the further eviaelire of this witness tient to confirm the statements of .lie !wrestling one.) 4:toss-examined by 31r. 1 ) .1111‘.—Ile felt not the least slant.. Ile remained at the 'meting two hours. The meeting dispersed quietly. .%t the time the rap of li berty was put on the dag, Sir Charles turned round, and said something he did not hear. There was a ticittur. The cap was then hoisted. John Johnson intansined by Mr. WaLIA ,t.—Said he Was a laattsorangor st Stockport. 110. was *a tbe meet hug hefur• Isiir Ohnrire V• w6rliry •ppoillhiL Illbrillwrii. son \\ .I 4 there when h.. meta up. Me had witnessed the Irollection of the peop:e. II: w.!4 in the ei•ntre, and email turns ten itulguwnt of the 'outlier. There Was no- thing dome till Sir Charles cattle. As soon a s Ni t . : I tourles got on, hr began to speak. Sir Charles was appointed to the chair. Witness heard hint proposed. Sir (liar's., lwgan to speak immediately. Witness was about six yards from him. 'Mr. Harrison 5;1104 next to Sir Charh s, alai spoke, and said they wanted to ;;et to the throne in order to see whether there Was a pig or a • man on it ; and if there were 11.41:011 walls betwixt them, they svonlit blow them np . ither to heaven or to bell. The expres.ion abated the pig, and that of the walls, was re reised by acelasuatioes. Sir Charles was next to :•vr. Harrison while hr spoke. Cross-examined by Mr. PFsatinat.—The first account tof this Ise gave to ileorge !hillock, about a fortnight `ego. Mere the witness' repeated t Itilltfolly, word fur word, the %Anse expressi.ins iif Si r Charles's o hid! hr ! hail given in chief. Sir I herbs lushes twice: lie slid not know whether the whole he mentioned uas spoken at ones.. rie,..-eNatnineil by Mr. Ihrri•iin.--lieorre Bullock was Ilk bed4ellow, 11:111 v.t4 1:1/%1" ;i prisoner here fur felony, in 14 )11111 tritu , .r hail no Thomas Webilt examined !,y Air. Dame;:.—Was 10 yards fruit, the hard Harrigan read a let ter. Ile on.iile a low notes in thr evening on Isis return ; the pal er he now h, ld Wil.l lint the same. Ile writan loose mars, r.liiclt he h 4.1 entlsotliail in this paper, and 111111 destrilyeil. 'risk paper was objected to, anal, after some argument, nut ;Mowed to lie read. Witness desired to trust entirely to his recollection ; said that Mr. Harrison had read from a letter that the Deity had intended 111411 fur happiness, and prurimied a sufficiency ief all good thing's to make him so; but as the niatority of that meeting was extrisively unhappy and misera le amid rendered so by tbrir rulerv i i the intentions of the hall been frustrated, and rebellion against that Uoverminieut became :minima a duly. Sir Charles Wofatiev was not there at the time. He sot rs-rol .--1"-•+0Fortiver. - 14ir /*irk" Mr. era . Sit Charles Harrison. liarrisOn wa; reading, who then _ was proposed to the chair, he thought by Mr.. lie believed tiny shook baud,. Sir Charles thawked them for the honour dome him; hr was no orator, hit a deter mined friend oldie people, and a frirud to.4nnnal Parlia ments and I ni %Tr. al SulTraar,and if any spies or informers were Isearisez Ititiu, let thrust tell their l'astleteaghs and Sidtnonthr, and the others who employed-thew, that he abhorred and execrated them and their proreedings. There 41111% much applause. Sir Charles reed the resole •iostos, anal put thy's, to Ibe meeting. One of the resolu tions %vas, that Lord Siolittouth Lail !wen guilty of high treason. Another was, that a general meeting of dele gates should he held at Oldham, or other places, as might he agreed upon. Pcsasus objected to penult. *violence of written resolutions. The 'objection teas oyes Another rrovolutiun was, that a subscription should be entered into to &fray the expense of prosecuting, his Majesty's Mini.tere. The resolutions were put soepa ratele." U. did not recollect who read thew. All the resolution. were agreed tn. One of the Hags was stir tnonntrolu ilk a cap of liberty. Mr. Harrison recapitu lated the speeches, and said a dermation frown the dele gates should resent their petiman to the Theroar, and to remove all uonproliment, for they did cot knew whe ther !herr n.ls a men or pig there. As Minister,, Mr. I larrison added, had screened t beusselvm with* Pa of Indemnity, in• proposed, that this meeting 010 iodensnify the speakers, its case any thing seditious hill been gala. Tisk was eartiell with cries of" We do, we sic" CrO 4 S-PT:lNNtnefl In Mr. PARR.—The meeting disposed qui, Cy at iuur 1;e %%as at thr rneetin ... ~ -- ~ , I _____„.„; andistarthed all the time. lie would bate thought it defendants with unlawfully.asoembli ng, to the d , , i trooblesome to carry the Stirkg; they might hare thought ante of the public pence, and having so is „ mhie. : l7 " 7 l - otherwise. He felt no alarm. lie was sent to watch i attempting, by certain speeches, :0 excite his 31 , ,,, 11, the meeting by 3lr. liarrop, publisher of a newspaper in : subjects to insurrection against the s; ora , n , ren ,. I's Alanchaster. Ilia memory might he assisted by the ! other count rlsargial them wi:11 l: : , in; n .„, abs . o Te r paper, and he would nut take upon Limself to swear with the purpose of disturbing the 1 -0,14. 1 ,,,.,, e. 11, .. I • accuracy to the expressions. Ile did nut reeollect Sir it was not necessary for hint to say ,„„,. 1 , in :2' 11 1.r Charles railing upon every one to assist in keeping the to %hew that nu conspiracy had t::en proved. li . 1 ,..,.. pe a ce. T o the be a t of his belief, he thought Sir Charles e u ‘ , •e o r i ,...t i l e a y e n it i l u d s i t etli m l i e te ti t t an.cq l . 7 ,: d itt:, ?... i n li ,: t,in ti se l l .a as t rog::c , ,: p .ir c : , :a , ,: * did rot read the resolottions. eesis . I Itemesamin.:4l in chief. —III. did not think it safe to hold proved. • How, op his hood against anv of the resolutions. Ile saw inaile out . He felt surprise-I tr.'' tile opra' atg e r f ;; , ,,s' sticks held op, hr ll •ht in defiance of the soldiers, of his Learned Friend, us well as ii: in whit had fit,. an alarm having been oirasiottett by a report that they i from the different witnesses, that tl:is part of t h e , ; were coming, and some of the people having first Os en hail not been abamlone.l altogAser. He did , .". ':, way. A great shout announced that Sir Charles nos corifess . .usi from his Learned friend, that the root . comine. bail mouldered from beneath his feet. Wh ere , , F lie-examined by Mr. Fit:K.—lle saw no troops there prated, 11' AS there an y proof of conspiracy? ii i : ol - at all. After the sapposed alarm he refusiurti on the evoletwe of the premui arti•3l•Vetner of Ihr pach.s. wi, ground and felt no iltimger. their Isavin;r been sera together a few minutes lvtom Edward Slime/oft examined by Mr. Li.orn.—Was at the meeting was 110.. But sr .s a casual canora,c6„. Stockport on the . 2stls July, and •at the meeting. As in the streets, the sithstance of which n01t0.4 h erw :; stem as he arrived sou the ground, Collier, a losike. be tortnred into a cottopiraev ? The 1,,..., rm .;;A mt ° mlieer, seas knocked down. 'they said he was a spy, and G en er a l had, h i tt ! • c o urs e of his open h. ad iuiel to Weir then would do oil the rest so. Sir 011001 % u ls e ley t r i a l s ; hr limped, therfore, he . 1 : , Jl,l lbr altaithi to 4 w.ia nut there then, and witness did nut take cotice ler to a Iris! of great interest, and It hit Is 2i:rams{ p si s,: whether Mr. Harrison was there. lie attention for a considerable tiame-11.. IN, e a r :I A Lite Cross-esniiiinetl by Mr. Peiasimr.—lle w: o there as- proceedings at York. On that mice4..o;, the inr.ed sitting his father ' who was clerk to the police. Judge who presided, act, who rondo . l e d 1,ii h ,,1i„,, John Staivelv Barrett. a euti.t3hle at Stockport, saw that, as well as on all whirr uecas:or,, , , nth ads. Sir Charles Wolselev half an hour before lie went to nity and an ability which comma:id Pi: ,tk a i ret ii,„ . the meeting, wills Parson Harrison, near the 1 . 111101- 11141 .sterna of liar public; Mr. s'usti:-e :ierlev Lid r . They appeared up lie acquainted. Ile was at u it down as the has, that the de:cumlailis ruoild' eat t, the meeting as a 911'11.00r —lle was well known to be a convicted of a conspiracy sinks, it was saran tt, r 11 , ev rommotahle. Sir Charles It'u:seley said he laud began his r acted in the attainment Of a CiMlllo,l 00141 ht irriiois political tarter at the beginning of the revolution in (tower% ;'-!141 v. jai the privity of ill the i • lSt ip s . _ I rt , t_rrelf We. and at the taking co the Ilastile, and had ro hud it been %hewn that the parties in this ease 6d ia , ohjection to he so in this ror.ntry. There was a csv presiaris a unreat ".• l! Witi nut denied that the parti e s A t ,: t that time soldiers were coming, and Sir Charles called I spoken a few ow:tient, before the trial, hat was tk:, upon the populace to be tiro,. They lipid up the legal proof of a conspir i 7v ? If n o', that there ea u sticks. They were nut tt alking-sticks, but pieces ut proof at alt. Oh, !rot said his Learned Friend,l J ul peeled oak. prove beyond a doubt that a tonaPiracy did va s t ; h is Crots•examineil by Mr. Ptlili.—tie did not hear Sir I hoar did he go about putting it? Why, he pet in &letter Charles desire them to keep the peace, and he should written two days after the alerting, referriag to i l ette , hove heard him if he had said so. Ile did not hear the written from one of the defendants to the other, km hejning of his speech.—(The witness here said, nn- which it was proved had never been received. ri ce aslred, I saw one ismi a wit., had a pis•u! its his pocket.) wa s no e vid e n ce o f ;char the contents of this letter were; Mr. Harrison.—flow did you know ? i hut even snppositig that it was en iimitation to ateti Witness.-1 saw the battik the meeting, liow could that be called a aorispirsey:; Si ! Mr. Ilarrison.—Waa it not the handle of a knife, or C. Wolseley never saw it—he dial met kill% it was writ. of a tinder-boa ? t ten until the meeting was over. The tylio;e case the re . .. ; I know the handle of a pistol well. fore must fall to thegromml. He cared sus %Lieber kr. Thomas earn% right, a mercer and draper in Stuck- . Harriron was a f r i e nd to Animal Parnetnews and port, saw persons from Ashton come tit the meeting ; versa' Suffrage, or if similar opinions Mete ellettillfti with sticks frc:do cut f trees. The bark was peeled by Sir Charles Wulseley. Ile ilol no; arm in tly Id, and •ha I kooks. Ile was certainly rtruck with , fence of solidi doctrines; he argued the ease ea a smote apprehension and fear. He went. in consequence, much more impotent prelim!, namely, fit sword. to %lr. Lloyd's other, and represented the circumstances. ing to the law of the land no conspirary 'Omsk Ile went then to the meeting, and saw many of them it war, in fart, a waste of time to dwell kiegey B p" flornislied with sticks. Several meetings u t the %Mlle this part of the ease. The next question ion an Jon kind had been there. He olid not discover a female or I wou'd be, whether the meeting was a legal v v . ! 16 1,,i a chilit amongst them, excepting- on the outside. He I, this he trusted he should 'coot inre them briers ut tli.niglit the tirst thing he heard Sir Charles say wait s ! down. On this point he shetdd refer to the 01145.ual(: " Three hiss• s to the roseenturs of Bog ueley, Drum- ; Mr. Serjeant Ilan kins, who was ail authority mai leak. rooms., allot Juhnson." Three hisses fisliowed. Those ed up to moon this .11bil . 11. Ile did no; feel it serenity persons hat attended form-r meetings there, and were to go hark to other great authorities, tholek Ike opt there proseroted for cunspir.acy. As an ittolividual, he libels of such great men as Hall so could be s:t u e g ly is did not think the aspect spry agreeable. lie thought, his ;favour. Mr. Serjrant Hawkins said, " that sty when inflamed lov the speeches which they had been ac- meeting assembled in such nambers, sad tinder mit coestomeol to hear made un such occasions, the conic- circumstances as to croeote terror in the paldic wind, was openers might be serious. utolais toil." These were the wards of Hankies, who was Cross-ex ontineol.—The weapons were !forge branches I pronounced by the Learned Judge as the best sethorier. of oak trees. were large hong hi. Ile saw great many bid they think a man like Sir t harks Ifoolselry mount hundreds of theta,. The hisses were given, but he co-1.11 Isis large property,, his family, his ceentry, ern not hear Sir Charles tali upon them to gise hisses. klll4 Die Isiesenl of A diet TO a l itilo s o, would stets little oa ,( saw a gentleman COMA: f.11,V111%1 and gise direction's for , the feelings of human nature. In rionnoosion, &skeet. hisses. It was the prison pointed out :u him as Sir ed Colima said he had to thank ;:oe Airy fir &pl. Charles t% olselev. feere with which be haul been heard, and ssiol berm. Nlr. P applied to have Mr. Barrett called back, to onittelhill client with the most motile conlideees tette ask hint respecitiog an expression which he was stat•.l liatfoltlbf the Jury. Sir Charles i; u!seiry definite& to have used after he had left the box, and which might ! to meet the calutuny contained against him ia dui:- perhaps give a eh:trailer to his evidence. i dictment in the face of day—to plead far nolisg—Os The Court postponed the point at present. urze no pleas of his family or liberty, Or kis moils is Ralph Oldham. —ls Postmaster of Sttwkpurt, prodeees society ; but no civet 'be ease upon its merits. Arai a letter. i he thanked the Jury for the indul g o tilt' :fry loadings 11 r. John Lloyd looks at the letter, and believes it to him, putt committed his client to their impa.-tiality pa be the hanobwrotionfol Sir Charles Woiselev. i their sense of justice. The letter of ;he 30 It of June, from Sir i'. Wulseley to Mr. Ilene:so spoke nearly as follows:—Gfeelenw. the Postmaster of Stockport, given by Mr. Benyon in his . • o • y I stand whore you to a very particular situation lea opening, clol that from Harrison to Liagueley, also given by 11r. lienyon, read. I rompelled by force to plea dtothe inotictu.sat, sal I sleaoleol no: guilty. The cause was anent ardsreweiti Aaron Collyer.—Bo•lungs to the police of Manchester, s to the Court ul icing's Pouch, and as I stand !whoops and was sent to watch the meeting at Stockport. Am the tuntoter that I do, I think it nereseare towels , rived between 12 and lin the tiny ; a great many people thic . prbans „,,„, • • were there , and more were rooming. Some one said, that b o f • . things. even for flan.* et In is a Nadir's minter front Niatieltester. Witness took no onrs. rg you, lorn.feinen, to exereist . 61 t eatience .Itad first, must call slew OMNI notice, and W. 111041 on alhOnt 10 yards , when he was struck „ b'of Marshall , ,„e with a stick or smoso•thing. As he is as going away ; B ench, to the s 1 of ••10 b e fore the blow, he heard solve one saying ; be WAS coolie as it rents particularly ea r laltmi as a spy. Was hit on the }trail and knocked down ;was I bumble ."4"1'1" as ani l.i l!er , e the woe, ; se:octets l iner t h e Learne d .11ItIlle.1 and the next tiding hr remembers lois finding c moment hoe on that part wlsirs talked ett ole-perde himself in a house, and a WOtisall washing the wound. I r thekl , renown loving abroad, be s a id it would .... Crooss-examined.—As he came from Nl a ncl oe st e r to Stockport did out search :hey person ; did not take DO. Ito determine from the evidence they heard. Atelier lu 041' ul rause El mini rimier the title of ilespersys T e tire who said, that a Nailitt's runner. OROI% Saw no OD was vetourers. It copilot never have keen desiee for t" . upon the hustings. Ilunourable 11 oronet ; and if it were not is Here the case for the proserotion closed. tug,it tees wholly irrelevant to the In•ssiness of the.l 9 - Mr. PEARSON then addressed the Jury on behalf of i size., I below. the only person charged frith 1 . .. Ow l Sir C. Wolseiev. Ile commetoced by stating that hr never alluded t o . F it it were no: for tloie specyla I flu Polito. felt himself e embarrassed than he did on that ocea- Gentlemen, that I nuld • have address's! you; sod m g sion. His embarrassment, however, did nut arise from having alllner 10 fro a C ouns el, 1• wa ,,,,,tfu e s N defer any doubt of his client's ease. lie felt no dimity at the ! myself. Hilt if I fall the earths shall q+:-' aside:ldol evidamce given for the prosecution; he had not the. I ! mot fill without visdetwe—that is, the N rliglste•d doubt but his client would hr acoopoitte , l on the sreators. If in the heat am disronrse at: merits. It was a matter of congratulation to his client been too strong, what pahtie 'raker 0 th a t the d a y bail at length arrived when hr could tinoli• steno, before you comocioue of - este himseltto the public of the many rr.mou es and reports would feel it. Had I any i which, had gout• absuittl t•tept•ute4ll( him. Ti. Lisaysiowl emissary rervletiatt,l woitri Counsel felt a satisfaction in knowing that what he then ty. When 1 considered the sham t,- uttered, as well as what passed that day iu Court, would considered 1 was bound stand oral foul a. be sent before All enlightened public, olio would re judge. Baronet, I looked to see where I WAS to be P the judgment given in the case. His apprehensions, thee, aye, eveu into hell. l'or the indictment:it is salOw" arose from &feeling that the Gentlemen of the Jnry must reading. II:1.1 I been unjustifiable in my romlelli all of them mare !ward observcions made and opinions should not ulojert to bring tried, lent lam enoveho" l ". l given, nay, not knowing that they were to be called on crime. I lave my monntry• ' and if lam asked Ad! as Jurors, must have made (observations and given opi- my c ountry to me, I say f iore it, and it is nettetut Moans upon the charge pending against the defendants. sue to vindicate my chant :ter to volt and to uqe. l.ll " . Let it not at the &tole titer he understood, that he meant It I stn torn front the • to infer from this, that the Gentlemen of the Jury had will Succour her ;if ! am rouse into Court with their solitools made up, as to the my ersitutry will maintait verdict they were to give; far from him were any such titer they will find ten. opinions. fiat the numerous reports sent through the shall now improve the country, must inevitably have biased their meads in vindicate troy eltarvetrr. It. some measure, and this bras was formiolable only from its not for plunder; and however being unperceived by the Jury themselves. That the Gen. nostrum," I say that vs' tlemen of the Jury were titan of education, and of s trict anti b 441 men good, must honour soil integrity, he had not the slightest doubt ; nifty. lleform would, I hut all this was necessary, in order to re mm re from their these desirable ohjects. minds in one hour, that which heal hems accumulating others, nor do I think for months past. This was not a political question, nor nia4s c imot nom' rich, were the Jnry to expect from him a dis-ertation on ;soli- wroar lt.lll to my tiral subjects. In a Court of Justice. neither polities or will rectify it. " Mee party should ever be introduced. If he abstained then unP for ever ;" I ; from giving any political opinions, in urging his clients, surs"thtt is what the !Witmer, how wore imperative on th e J nr y to di.snits any such, take it for grasted.Urntlee if •they existed, from their minds. They were in that pert, tlastyon read what i. box in the exerci s e of the hi g h es t an d most glorious' and youean judge of :be privilege of Englishmen. the administratios of justice. by die Ilatarned Judge. His Learned Friend. the Attorney-Genera,l, w bal k in wen losee•reati the Chester opening the case, had conducted himself with that is coufatnA 3,1 d it is on honour 211 4 liberality of fueling. which a lst s y s cherries upon it. That the rorsti , tailed him, had stated that the first count cl;arged the cellesit none or us,datiV, I fall t he earl %%Ma; lAA violente—that is, the villenesdayr e lseat of a (list - muse tor tigi:resawrillor what pahlie speaker con roar? MI tmoscioua of rehir", Inv estadowe /ad I any intention of prociatiag a lo - in, II woitfi take the har - tottliglifer' nsidered the sham i to:iattuent—irlwa I I bound hand at.sl foot wide tie 1 • rd to see where I wus to ett 11. roe the intlictmen:,l! is mR I unjustifiable in my coalitat l to bring tried, lint I an conscious tf• country; and if I sin asked Ail e, 1 say lf uta it; toil it is necestallit tly chars :ter to von and to my mar 144 the partner of my tsy eMsll ;:f ! am banished Irt . tnt Lly !UST)! Ili, maintain them, and iostesi m Id ten. With the strength of Ikea I ire the opportunity Illon:ed tero. l6 r.ieter. I wish not fon r.tpine. 1 W :Intl however Iteform may he =RA 1 that whatever makes knavrs lAA ti, must prove a servire to the east 44041, I know, in a meat n t rairetei g _ t , Arjects. I du not want the riches ri l think Parliamentary litters Om ' rich. or rich torn poor. 111 gel: I to my i.ord's speech; • " Once the tipostitation it gitnr."'" o say. 1; en ( ”lilitary despotism 4 1 the Reformers bare all along rlsias d.tlentletsien,tlvit you read the ogir. .chat is doer in the HonsedNalt ice of :be prop icy of slat is lodge. I tithe it also fur passid. r Chester Chronicle. is vtiuti d it is on that at retort I d w elissio - tte "tr•titattlaso d (hire SOWN loft 4(bub!, but nut tha t at lA*7 l r ire. ,•, t. 11 .. it.. • Ir I