The National Register. — London, England, 1819-08-30 00:00:00

4 2SF I ostscript. LONDON, AIONDAY, AUGUST 30. ?Arm o'clock. p. m. .r ...... >MANCHESTER. • We stdei.tin the particulars aft he last examiwation or Mr. Hunt an his fellow-prisoners, With the dad tion of the• Magistrates, which we have extracted from ftit-der s Mandesler Chronicle, a paper which, or most of our readers know, is &voted to the ruling party. NEW HA COURT-.HOUWE, • rata r. Alp.. 7. Mr. }feint owl his fellow prisoners, it wimandeos ood. were to he brought up for a final examination this day, in eitaseqot ia•e there was great anti, ty in the palate to he present. A crowd g le•red alsont the gates of the prison, an , : it bera•neneressary *.o rest rain a sudden rush into the Conti. Coastaliles and military were actively employed for the porps.ce. At t..e 11l,gwtrates presented thcmselses on the Bench, and Mr. M irriott directed the, este. to he opened. The Court was invirediately filled to excess and Site prOeflPdillr OCCII I IiI`fI between four and tit e hoott.,, the heat latasone almost intolerable. l'lte deco . rote of the f'oort was well pre,ael tell by those present, although it was evident a nreat•many of Mr. flint's sop• porters were there...fit one iiistairee this title was departed fiiin:,•ind 31r. Norris, the presiding Magisttate,inte rfered.. Inderrd, is his sensilde, "suilieions, and sinimoassioned con• • shirt, tn. great a compliment casinut be paid. and the 11 , ness which be evinced lir.' its peculiar use ; it. was railed for, and watt esedlently enforced. Wherever Reformers make their appearance, the usual suavities of personA enminnideation Ar rifler illy J, Med. It was so on 'lle present orrdgion. Mr. Ham's Settings and style of itrzii. jog hurried him on by times to a nitrite of to.foreing has which is somewhat contrary to the charac teristic propriety pf a Court of Law. In several Instances he bowed to the decision Norris, and it. one ur two , he apolntized for his abruptness. The sildrosses fn ,n, the Bench, the examination of wit nesses by Mr. Hunt, the oh - lions,. and the replies to those observations, which occurred •dating lbe protect:- . inns, went to * gitat length. They,woald, If fully report ed, fill A great prawn thin at a Newspaper. We can only attempt, from the lar.ame of time, inlet, a sketch as would give our rea•lers some view of the CiIe.IIII4IIOICCA. Of the twidenre, for tihrioit*Aea.no.,, we shall say writhing. Mr. !font was sii prrettiptoty and enrol ring to• ;hem, the Mr. Norris hail freipieutly to intetferc ; ard Hunt's whole de meanour vre.10.14 to att e.stresne. He iirostell on know ing the Ils.l.es,charaeters,,situations in lite, and residence of the iAitnevw., her in several id those respro;•ts he was not allowed to be lolly gratified. Ile was aii:oweil to know every thing, nevertheless, which in the remotest degree related to his.neeessary condition as a prisoner. Present : —Jame. Norris, Esq. in the Chair ; 11. Wright, Win• Holton, Wits. Marriott, 4'. W. Tatum, Esqrs.;•.C. W. Elliektoo. Clerk ; tie. Bouchicr. the Solicitor to theTreit ss.ry, sat 14141. 1 ,r the Bench he prisoners, Henry Hunt, J4‘elth Johnson, J. T. Saxton, John Kull:W..l:nm.* Moor tion,e,Sontiel Brinford, Jahn tfeeirl , , Geo. Soul, Taylor, Robert Wilde, and Elizabeth Gaunt, were brought uy together. Elizabeth Gaunt was mulch agitated, trod not able to stand at the Bar; she was ;dared it, a chair behind. 111norl 1 11 1 l ap kiss e d his band to the people behind, Sept his white hat my, and for a •hort time refused to take it off. A great rourasion pretailcil for some lime in the Court. Mr. Sof ris was ennsineneing to adds VA the pri soners : Hoot said, in a peremptory tone, " I can't hear, there was inure ostler at the ,Meeting the office 4.1 y than here." Sileuee brine at levied' obtained, Mr. Norris addressed the prisOn.r4 to the feliowitig etlect : Henry Ilunt. and all you severally, you have been reeianded on a charge of High 'treason; and you were informed that the whole of the evidence had been sent up to London, to be laid before the Law Officers of the C,r,wn. and is the mean time you were to be detained. It was pot until this morning that a cum. Inunicetion was made from Government; not to use, but thsire is a gentleman present I Mr. !touchier), and heattends with orders t proceed upoe a lest charge. The charge of Treason is pot to be gone into at present limit—le the charge of murder then abandoned? I under stood I was reminded until Me Coroner's Inquest hail sat; fted a Magistrate tool me I was to be tried fur murder as e_ll as trea son. ' Mr. Milton, from the Bench said, I did not tell you so; but tbat before the charge against you could be ultimately shaped, MI Coroner's verdicts must be keown. Mourliouse— this : then turns, out to be a farce. Mr. Norris—Moinhouse. I shall feel it my duty to remand you links, you conduct yimrself properly. ' Mr. Milne called over the nam e s of the witnesses, whose writ ten depositions he held. On putting the book into the liked of the first, Huntdesired he might tie examined alone, and the re.t ordered to leave the Court. Bouelfier said Ile should not object to this. Many questions were pint by Ilunt to another of the witnesses, several of which the Cuurt overruled. On one being objected to, Hunt said, in a loud energetic voice, I demand it as an set of itetice.--Mr. Norris: When you* make a refine t, we unit •rstand that you mike it as a demand, and as a British subject. The aline attention will be paid to you as to tiny other. if you treat the Court sith respect.—Hunt: I have been told I have mated 'the Court with disrespect: I du nut wish it : It would not become Hunt was examining one of the witnesses and Mr. Oswald Milne put &question to hint at the same time. Hunt was very passionate with Mr. Milne at the interruption. Mr. Norris stopped Lim, and said be would ;allow no intimidation. To a question syMe.i Hunt put to the same wititcbs, the witness said Redid not cbaose to answer. Hunt to the !tench : Here's a witness din, 'n it ch.unie to ansser: what will you do?—'sir. Norri, : He is not nithged to answer it.--Hunt : How are you to get at the Uiteu NOWs : He has made oath to it Orr:4.-11nm p .t some other 'lllations to the wii.anss, to one of shic . a Mr. Norris oisserred, you can put that on your OW, not now.— Ii .tot: Then you s-e determined to send me to trial, wh.itever evidence is l—This sort of ronitict he fell into fre,luentl. As the es4.enee of on of the witnesses related to Elia:lll.th Gaunt only, - she was hrou4ht to 6se front of the dock. After it was read, she stated that she was amongst the crowd at the meet inti; that in vet confusion some one hud put hi,r into 1141)eit eniriev, hut' did not know who put her there. She had no right to be in tbe coach. but we. put in by , two persons (from motil e• of hutninity.i" appeared( for safety:—she fainted away, and m she cunt to herself she found she had get a blew ; —she • - ..e:,*gterwards into a privw hsiuse, and eemaiurd then' ;ant, and :night 11.64 got away. THE NATIONAL REGISTER .' Mr. Bouchier here requested she might be discharged; as the evidence was ai slight; and the Bench ordered her to be dia. charged.—The Chairman, Mr. Norris, eldressed her with great humanity. Hunt—This. after twelva days' solitary confinement ! After the whole of die evidence had been lead, Hunt said to the Rend); May i he permitted to ask who is the prosecutor?— Mr. Norris : The Crown. Hunt: In ppoerson I—Mr. Norris: The Solicitor of the Treasury is here.—Hunt: Your name.—Mr. Bourchier Bouchier.--Iltint : I mu kuoe the name of the prosixtror. as I may have oats ion so bring an &elan ! Mr. Norris: Mr. Botioh , er has been sent by the Crown.— Hunt : I wish to know who is the responsible person, in order that iEit should torn out that after being eleven days confined, I have committed Ito 111KIICe. 61)1111: we may he made res ponsible. Mr. Norris . J take it, that those who have sworn to the parti cular facts are in the present instance responsible. ' Hunt : But is it not necessary that there should be a prosecutor ? Mr. Norris: The Crown prosecutes: if there he any particular prosecutor. it must be the Attorney General. Mr. Ilitn• theft ad.lressed the Benci, 'o the following effect : " I know that I ton now addressing the stone magistrates who took the first depositions against me: but after that evidence, and the amended evidence, has been real, is it for them, silting as his Majesty's Justices, to administer justice.—.l hope, and do not donbt, they will dismiss from titer minas all prejudice, and and act upon the evidence. Some witnesses say that those bodies , which came from the country came in military array, but they could not explain what they meant by military array. Solace say they came with sticks. One says, they were so far in ndii tary array as to have clubs at their left breaats„ similar to mus lets. But they all agree that none of thesu did any act to inti midate. !Can the magisirates say we should be committed on such evidence for a mistleincattoor,after eleven days'confineruent? Is not this a sufficient punishment for any offence that we have committed? The eyes of all England are fixed upon this matter. I stand 4ere with a eastiction that.l have reed right'y ; but it is doubtfulirlicilier those who hear tie have that cunt:Action. The Country is in a very agitated state, and will be in amore agitated state till this education is settled. Are you upon this evideoce to send us back to solitary cot finement ? (Mr. Norris No.) One of the maoitarates.whom I do not now see told me all the blood that had iieen shed must be set to my account. After having been remanded for tieagm—after having been held up to the country as a traitor—and alter having b. en committed on that charge, and now there beiqg no evidence (geed to support it, I appeal to. you to lay aside all private feelings. (Here there was applause in Court. Mr. Norris : No tumult shall be made ; if there is I shall commit the parties guilty of it. Hunt : There is nnt . .ttempt on my part to make tumult ; the man who makes any disturbance is my perminal enemy. Hunt resumed. I expected to have stood here on a much greater charge--on a charge of high treason; and 1 have also been charged with murder. I submit to you there has not been one particle of evidence of these. Many of these prisoners I never saw till they came Into the box. I admit that I did attend the meeting for the purpose of addressing it, coma tiering the laws of the country allowed me. I did not coneider it .as a matter of pleasure, but on the contrary, • painful duty. Having had the honour to yresent to the Secretary of State. Remonstrances from other meetings, thin' him to be laid beture the PrinceJtegent, it was intehled a Iteuictistrauce LC: oblides nature should be sent front this meeting. It was the unanimous opinion of those cone rned in this meeting, that we should nut imitate BirminAliam. The proclamation had pronounced that object illegal ; and though I did, nut thin/. it at first illegal. yet in my opinion it was foolish. Without three months' notice given to all the inhabitants, I, as Chaimian, would net have put such a question ; and it was entirely given up, even if the meeting an the 9th had been held ; and we have moat respectable evidence of it, from men of as much property and respectability ax any in this Court. The resolutions intended to have been proposed, were lost in the late bustle. Bat it will be proved it was intended to convey, certainly, a strong vote of censure on Lord Sidinuatit for refusing to pre sent petitions fruit Manchester and Stockport ; and then a solemn appeal to lei.. Royal Highness the Prince Regent, to take ,„*. A tto consideration the distressed state of the country, and anew the connection between the people and the throne. I shall not trust to my feelings as to what took plate on dis persing the meeting ; it would be much better if a grect portion of that were buried in oblivion. Upon this evidence, I beg that you will not commit. you thane down the apple of discord for perpetual contention. and continue the people in agitation 7. there the Bench interrupted him). Mr. Norris: your iangutige is now improper.—What account of this you may have to make nowt be conveyed to Powers ln ; ,lier than ourselves. If the Countty were in tenfold theacgitation you speak et', 1 sod my Brethren should do our duty. !font resumed : I did opt mean to throw out any imputation, nor AA any thing as a boon. hut I demand justice; nor will I accept any &your. I certainly did ask ;he Governor whether I might be permitted to walk in the garden, but the moment I knew Mr. Johnson had been refusal by the Magistrates, I would have sawed ofr my right hand .betorwl would bate gone into it ! Mr. Norris—Dins-tans were given to a surgeon, a most eta alienable man, to see Mr- Johnson ; and if necessary for Lure to walk out. that he should have pernusaion to do .o.—(Joan.on ad seined this.) Hunt resumed—l most say I suffered much bodily pain from the blows of the constables :mil bom.rabres. They are risible. I scorned to tell the Ibs.tor of U. My health eel:Aunty has, by toy apprehension and oinfitkownt, been preserved: the exerthas I sulff have trade to keep that meeting quiet, would have 4.fie , (:. ted me for years. I have slept on a bed such as I would not have ppt my .ervants on ; but, thank God, 1 have dept well and have suffered nothing, but front the rem:lxtion of my fr Ilow pri. boners, an.l the manglzd creatures cut to death. 1 have no coot plaint to make artainst the jailor, nor of the air of tie jail. Aloorhouse—As the law presume, persons innocent until :on vinyl'', 1 beg to say we ought to be used as well as possible, whit: we are kept in prison. wris : Yon may all of you hay^ Enid. loorhouse: When brought pp here Inti:re,t was warm, and co: ducted myself in a way for which I am rather sorry. 'the Magistrates then withdrew. o w their return, %Ir. Norris snit': Ileory Dont, aril you all: we sent for %Ir. Bouchier in order that we might ili:4111 fully peruse the depositions.—lt is a most painful duty to me to commit you for Conspiracy. We can, however, lay our bands on our hearts and say, "we have done our duty.' As to the charge of Conspiracy. though you might not have been &hive. titer previously to the Meeting, yet in the eye of the law all those who commit separate rots, tending to one illegal object,are guilty of that crime. Coupling the two Meetings together, taking' into consideration the manner in which the last was arise:ll6lNi, with such insigwa. and under such demonstrations, with the black flag, the bloody dagger, the words equal representation, or death—the coming in a threatening niannAir tinder these banners —these were a dire.:t stiewing that the overthrow of the Govern ment was unavoidably eonteinplatul. So discussion cduld be bad, where that 11.4! wa-; intimidation was its direct object. Toe charge now is, ..that of having coop red to alter the law by force and threats." It is an illegal procedure sufficiently made mu; and calls upon us imperatively to commit you for trial he. fore a proper tribunal. It is now my painful duty to commit you to Lancaster Castle. Last night Dial net tieing produced. Henry Hunt, Robe. Jones Ilacton (Dr. Healew.essagge s w ift, .1, T. Saxton, Sam. Bamford Rob.= Wild, AO Jekta Kaisht, were sent off to Lancaster Castle ..m.:nittcd to Lake tea' trial at the mining Al4lAlt4 Jesepli AUGUST Stt Johnson wu admitted to bail, himself in l,nonl. and two sureties in 5001. each. The same bail MIS demanded f,.► kl tint ; half that amount for the others. Johnson was borne home on men's shoal. deer.. folk wed by a Libble of women and boys. Moorbouse is also bailed. The loser clam:L*l4d got hold of some very curious notions shout Hunt. and expected not only that he would be immedi diately liberated, but that the Magi.trates were anxious to induce hive .o walk out of the prison. far did this view pretail, that many said he would not lease its walls without • premium of thirty thousand pounds ! Others said the Duke of York wag conung down to set him free. So little right apprehension had the populace of Il unt's acktal condition. and what a sober-minded tenacious thing the law of the land is. They could DM undentand that the crime of Conspiracy has any terrors in it. Zutbs. Is float les Wee. lllnnthesler wrote. Lady OgiHoy, or a son. Al . Down ludic, Wo o Ito. 14d) ko J. 1.. thodsnild. egg. of dainchicr. west MonGsy, , Mirrey, the lady of I. Wk WA, esti. of a &netts,. At i.CNtr, lad) to $4 Ites. I wo,gs ,ltture, 01 a soli. Its Wavle l WUIIII/1111, the lady ul W. l'rtell.k,d, nrl, of a son. %Vaunt. Al Westbury, Mr. G. Kendall. jun. of Reslngliall Street, to Miss Glass, daughter at It. Glass, emu of•✓+l.o.l miser, bk ills. As Ilampslead, Mr. A. Baden, of •lotteikh un, Middlesex, In Eliza Ann. stood danghtes of the lake Mr. T. ant, ot Caution Wert. Al m. Saints's shard', Mr. I edd, of bath, to Mary, daaghter of Mr old lerin street. . . _ At HI Haul, by the Hey. W. Carmel,. Rector of M. Michael's, Haab t does. F.. es+ In Sarah Elio, yuaugest datiester of the late T. Gois, es+ "(the siiil Al hi. tie. 'Wu church, 11. ..... ver rupture, John Callatthan, cp. of 'red/nation. to Gruen Lltualuellt, eldest daughter of M. (..u.aet, esq. of wickeithana. 11. C. CoHorton, S.D.. In Eti,s, Vary Ann, &Hitler of Wit. C. Ileidino. , Bl. • -pit.olfeelols. j u i n , .4 A) lesbury, to Min Tomer, daughter of tie late .1. Ini uer , esq. 01 Ih DI, Becks :. • -" • AI ro o committer, 11. K. Pearson, esq. of Golden square to Aisne, elilrut daughter of 1 Hart is, mi. S. Loran, es.' oi Ntilliiie I einule, to Frances, daughter of John Ilan. esq. Late of %Jo :liositain, Cornwall. Willi4lll Ilurolilge, jnn. c - q. of Gray's lon, to Francis. fourth Ilausl•tel OP A. Mug, esq. of Gone street. At Chelsea, A. luring, esq. of (•iouelettia, Hums:), to Pan), third a:viable, or L. Garutin, of sloatie spout. erq. Al it. George's, Itlooinsbut), Ili. L. I bonsai, of Tea Idock place, lac A. Laito.ight r ot Iluoter knot, biuusotek square. Dab • On Wednesday last, at his house at lieatlifield, le miles from Birmingham) in the Seth year of Ids age, James Watt, .Esq. In announcing this mournful event, we anticipate the sympathy not only of all the enlightened of our eau country, but of every other also, to which the tame of this truly great man has extended ; and we, as Britons, may proudly what part of the .civiltzed woad remains unbenetited by his seh•ntitic labour,? Directing his comprehencive mind to philo sohy, be became highly distinguished in its various deptuenients, but pre-eminer.tly so by his individual inipmvethents of the Swam EiTine, which he rendered econotnicaliy applicable to tnc purprees of mines and manufactories, and nil) to the art of na vigatios.. In short, it is difficult to imagine the stupendous teaks of his discoveries, which already justly entitle him to tank as one of the greatest benefactors of mankind. As a husband antis father we have had personal opportunities of knowing how creditably he dhcharged every domestic duty, and as a tarchartic, whoever: future ages may product, hitherto we hate certainly not seen his etpai. At a 'orig...., 1011, Edmonton, T. Hrnsvne, esq. forme; ly of Geoid square, and late of sonae Nen inetool, agef 7'J. 3lootaja, esq. of /-aekhasor horse, Wilts, ard 41. Mr. Fasoolley,of hamlet , noose, Walthonnow. At lirittoon, Sarah, a tie of Bich:mg Kook's!, esq. of Last street, Ned Lion square. At bewloato.ot ,even, Mem. Itenle , eq. aged dd. At berhooolve .PS C Mts. 15.0ne, d 92. In Tenon ti ,tt. Hesooninster, Sir. John& 000 e r, In tower 110)44 lames Brookes, esq. ay. , ' 71. on the 21st lady, on his lolallife from Desoto lett to tie.rfm.nd 1414. Mr. r. AU too CA. coil the to is lei is, Capt. I). Ai. Lona!, Lart►tts. —•- CORN EXCLIANCE, WEDXF.SnAY. Ara. 25• We have had but very few arrivals of %% heat from hest. Kent, end Suffolk. since Mob( , tut the ft.est simples met .s ready sale at the rims of that day. The supply of Barley v, it very smell , but thedru:and ss as scarcely ttillai to the sui that sales were effected were at Monday's piers. Oats Ws plentiful, but dull in sale, at a trifle ekvapir. In Peas, Belts.. and other turceles, iliac is no alteration in price. CORN EXCIIANCE, FRIDAY. Aug. r 7. We have bad but kw arrivals of Wheat since Wednesday fiy our own coast. ang what appeared met very heavy sale at Cm prices of that day. There was scarcely an) demand for Foreign Barley. which, however. was rather Mauer. l'he supply of Outs wa s sLort„and sales dull. at is. to vs. per qr. ul.e4per. In l'est, Ruins, &c. there is no alteration. -COKS-EXCH ASCE. Mown v. August 30. We have had but very few arriiials of %Vilest from Ems I, Kent, and Suffolk, sioce last Akindity, and the Wheat mule lies been. during last week, very dull. This morning very little hu- Silllo4 etas digit. lint Friday's prices were required for the finest siiniples of Wheat. Foreign hurley was eery dull, but rath er cheaper. Th•e supply of Oats was very mood, but what sales were effected sere at our last prices. In other articles there is tar alteration. SA114'1114E1,1) NARK El. Mormsv, Avo. 30.—We had a good supply of rime betels this morning at market, which met a ready sale at the prices id last Kriday. The show of Sheep was also large, and prices tl c same as last week. Veal and Pork are both cheapt r, and brink a sale.—The liminess in the flay market was very• dull. Hay was rather cheaper. Clover supported our last prices with difficult). ttaiw was escaper, but vet) 4ull in sale. SUbjainell is a correct statement of WV numbers and prices at market: PKit..i; MEAT, exclopiis eof the Mir% whu•h cmici,ti I Head. Cu' nail-, awl II and iy *unto athait. 11,1. pat lb.—Per . u( $4l). 61.611t1. 1611)16. Beef 4. ail It. 5s 64 neer 4• al te. 5 , 43 Xliuttoa 64 (1) 5. G I 14uoIol• Si fill 5. .:31 :.• 0I ~, •li.l Lamb 53 IPd to i. `A Ipi to da 2 e.. 1 n. .63 to di 411 Park S. 4 1 u• 66 4.) I PUI k y 1 n 4 In ft 41 Ilea(' ul t_4ltie at Maeket. &ti l e at M,.ke•. Beat. . • 2.430 I Beasts . .. • . 560 •sisee t . and 1.41111µ 17,b4/0 Sheep and [Anil* 111,11 V) . VlO I Pip 3:W Calve. Ca - hes • L NI/1)N : Printed and Published by ibe Proprietor JOHN TwiGG, at tL•e Office. Ili, Fleet-Street, whe , e all Letters tu tae Eslits.r, de. (rset-raid), roust be addressed.