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rrr ), v ! 'flare r.liOit be LOO people there at that time. Boland Cmht, one of the corporate Ma gistrates its Macclesfield, said, he remembered the numerous meeting at Manchester on Monday the 16th Aug. On the Tuesday evening there were only six men of the 3lst regiment in Macclesfield. They were stationed in the Town-hall, to take care of the bageaee. lie did not know of what the baggage consisted ; he (lid 'not see any arms. On Tuesday eseoing, ahaar e i g ht o ' c l oc k, a great many propior assembled together. 'rimy did not then appear disposed to riot, lie thought they were assembled merely to lean) news from Man chester. They had d the so on the Monday even ing, and aft erwArd4 dispersed very quietly. On the Tue“av evening, the first disposition to riot which lie saw seas their crying out " Cobbler," opposite Mr. Wilson's house. He did not see the defendant among them at all. As soon as he heard them call " Cobbler," he thought, as a Magistrate, that it was proper to read the Itiot Art. There Were about 300 or 400 people opposite the house when they called " Cobbler." 'f tiny had been collected abort half an hour before the Mot Act was read. When the Act had been read, the Magisti ales deemed it ex pedient to get as many Horsemen as they could ; tier got some horses, and sallied forth immedi ately upon the mob. The witness himself got pretty ofi. They threw stones at the Mayor, at the witness, and at others: ilr about an hoot and a half after they dispersed the mob. The rioters broke the windows' of Mr. Grimsditch, the Attorney ; of Mr. Barnet, a Special Constable; of the hotel-keeper; of the Witness;' of the Mayor ; of the News-room, sod of a great many Others, about 30 or 40 al' ogether. The peace able inhabitants were very much alarmed ; he did not hear any words used except " Cobbler;" but there were other expressions. William Hail, a silk-manufacturer at Maccles field, said, he gave his assistance on the 17th to the Magistrates, by order of the Mayor. lie saw the defendant in Mill-sneer about ten o'clock, and took him into custody. Ile was then about 700 or SOO yat ds from the house of Wilson ; the mob were then dispersing,. Mr. Gould re-called. —The defendant was brought before him as a Magistrate. The de fendant said, that some person had pot a cockade in his hat in a drunken frolic. There was writ ten in his hat, " Hunt and Liberty." Witness did not see the hat, but said to the prisoner that lie had heard of it. Nr. Hall re-called,—The defendant was shout ing, and witness took hint into custody, as h e ap peared to be taking part with the rest. Winless was at the Town-hall with the soldiers; the in habitants were much alarmed. Cross-examined.—The prisoner was making a noise like a drunken man. The mob consisted principally of manufacturers, but there were some weavers and others amongst them. - • The examination of the defendant was then put in and read. Mr. Gould, the Magistrate, said, that no threats had been used to induce the de fendant to sign it. It was ac follows Sa muel (lantern says, he had Hunt and Liberty' written on his hat, but did not shout. May wrote the words on his hat. Joseph Wilshaw was with him when he went into Cope's. Wilshaw is a silk -weaver." This was the whole of it. Mr. Hall re-called.—These was at that time no local dispute between the masters and men in Macclesfield, respecting wages. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, that this was the case for the prosecution. Mr. JONES then arose and addressed the Jury for the defendant. The Learned Gentleman rested the defence chiefly on the drunkenness of the pri soner, and on his business as a wood -cutter, which not being subject to fluctuations of prices like that of the Weavers, gave him no reason for joining its their tumults. Ile also called as witnesses a Mr. Orme and Mr. Corbisplay, with whom the prisoner had worked, to prove that be had hitherto borne a decent and loyal character. The CHIEF JUSTICH then summed up the case to the Jury. He said, — That this was an indictment for a misdemeanour, and it charged the defendant with a riot. The legal meaning of the word riot was a disturbance of the public peace, by three persons or more assembling together, of their own authority, to assist each other in some enterprise of a private nature, and afterwards conducting themselves in a tumultuous mati- The first witness in this case was Nr. Naylor, who said, that the defendant was among the crowd, hissing and shout ing ; so that he was not in the assembly by ally of those acci dents which the Learned Counsel for the defence had sug gested. He was among them, calling Mr. Wilson " Cob bler," by which it was evident that he was taking an active part in the disturbance. He encouraged the boys to thrum stones, saying, " Now, lads, go it." Stones were then thrown. A great part of the defence of the Learned Counsel was that the defendant was a drunken person ; but drunkenness was no ex cuse in law. If a drunken man killed anotheravouldit be allow ed or tolerated that be should set up that as as answer ? A man iii that situation was answerable royal] he did. The defendant said, that they had injured him. Who was meant by the word gentlemen had no explanation in the course of the trial, but the Learned Counsel had said something upon it. The Learned Counsel had contended with great ability, which on all occa sions he displayed, that the defendant might have been in the crowd by accident. Port what wai his motive for being there Ile disclosed it when be said " The gentlemen have injured sire ; " and then he added, that the mob were under his eon troul, and it was clear that all which the others did was by his instigation. When they were goin g to break the lamp, the witness saw birn reconnoitring. The Learned Counsel asked, Low could a man tell that ? Certainly, he might tell it very well, from observing the conduct of, the party. The defend ant saw the door broken, and the casements forced in ; and yet, though he said he could lead off the mob, he took no steps to do it, but joined in their proceedings. This took place after the military were drawn away to another quarter, and, no doubt, the attack was made under that knowledge. Fortunately fur the preservation of Macclesfield, the Gentlemen of that town assembled, and saved it front destructiun. As to the memo randum made by Naylor, if it had contained any thing contra dictory of his evidence. to-day, t he Jary would i.are had heard it from the Learned Counsel. Mr. Jones here said, " I did not zidithe paper." Then the Learned COorssel must have believed what the witness said. This case was proved by that witness, and by time that followed hiut. The next witness said, that sit men only were left to plural the baggage. 'the first word he heard ins the croad aas " Cobbler," opposite the house of ner. 'Wilson, a word used in hastiiily 'to Wilson; and the firs witness deposed, that he heard the defendant call unt " Cob bler." It was of no consequence whether he broke the win dows, aied forced the door; he was with the mob, and was answerable in law. Then there 'Were two witnesses, clearly proving the interference of the defendant, and his taking part with the rest in the riot and disturbance, not op posed by evidence on the other side : it was only said, that be: was drank. The law of England admitted of no such defence. Suppose they had all been drunk, and had burnt Macclesfield to the ground, and killed all the inha bitants, would the Learned Counsel have them excused on that account ? All the witnesses confirmed tine evidence of Naylor, that the defendant was taking an active pint; and the Jury must not find a verdict of acquittal, even if they thought he was intoxicated, unless they discredited the evidence which the Counsel fur the prosecution had adduced. In Iris Lord ship's opinion there could not he a clearer case, but he left it to the Jury to pronounce their judgment upon it. The Jury, in the course of five minutes, re mined a verdict of Guilty. Ralph Wright, aged 24, a silk-weaver of Mac cle,field, was then indicted upon a similar charge. Mr. EvANs, his Counsel, said, that lie would admit the evidence of Mr. Gould, as adduced in the former rase, and any thing which related to the general kind and qualify of the riot ; he merely required evidence as to the presence and behaviour of the defend3nt. Witnesses were then called, who deposed that the defendant was among the clowd. and Ow he encouraged them, by calling out, "That's right; the.t's your sort; God speed the plough ;" but he had nothing in his hand, and did not comtnit any Violence, Mr. Samuel Stone, of r%tacclesfield, attorney for the prosecution, said, that the defendant had lately returned from the army, and that he had, never observed any thing improper in his conduct before. Thomas Wright, the defendant's father, said, th a t hi so n had been in the Artillery; that lie was at the battle of Waterloo, and afterwards received a medal for his services —(The defend ant wore the medal in Court.)—lie continued in the army till about a year, Ile was a sober good lad, very respectful to his parents, and was as good a lad as ever was known, The ATTORNEY•GENERAL said, the only pies tions for the consideration of the Jury were, was the defendant present with the mob, and was he acting: with them ? This was clearly proved by Alr. Naylor; and unless the Jury disbelieved his evidence, there could be no doubt as to the guilt of the defendant. The CPIEF JUSTICE summed up, and said, that this case was made out as clearly as the former. Whatever the character of the defendant might have been before, and at, and after the battle of Waterloo, it could not be taken into considera tion by the Jury; but it might weigh in the amount of the sentence to be passed upon him, if the Jury should find that he bad acted with the mob. The Jury immediately returned a verdict of— Guilty. James Parr, aged 36, a clock-maker at Wigan, who was indicted at the last Assizes for the county of Chester, and a true hill found against him for sedition and misdemeanour, to which he did not appear and plead, was now placed at the bar and arraigned. The ATTORNEY•GRNER AL said, that from cer tain circumstances which had occurred, he did not wish to prosecute this case any further at present. lie would, therefore, consent that the detendant should be discharged on his own recognizance, in the sum of 100/. to appear when called upon. Mr. JoNes, Counsel for the defendant, signifier', his assent. The defendant then entered into the recogni zance, and was discharged. JOSEPH HARRISON. We stated in our last report, that a true bill had been found against Harrison, and that he in tended to traverse till next Assize : he was to-day brought up to plead to the indictment, when he requested to bawl: a copy of it. The Court said it was not usual to grant a copy till the plea was recorded. The indictment was then read, and t he defendant pleaded—Not Guilty. He then renew ed his application for a copy of the indictment, which the Court granted. He obset ved, that he should wish to be tried during the present Session. The ATTORNEY-GENEBAL—He bad understood that the defendant intended traversing till Spring; in consequence of which, the wit tessea for the prosecution had returned home ; directions, how ever, should be given for their re-attendance on Monday. The Court said it might be more con venient to the parties to fix it for Tuesday. Harrison said, he Should be ready on that day, and pledged himself then to go to trial. CHESTER CITY SESSIONS, Ave. 31. Our City Sessions commenced on Tuesday last with a Calendar presenting the unusual number of 20 iaisoners. The following is an extract from the Charge , of the Recorder to the Gentlemen of the Grand Jury " Before I sit down, Gentlemen, I will trouble you with a few words on a subject of deep impor tance at the present moment, and which every one must advert to with great regret---I 'allude to the political dissentions and disturbances which have recently occurred in a neighbouring county. I may congratulate you, Gentlemen, that in the midst of these distressing occurrences, this city has remain ed steady and tranquil ; and I am convinced that you will feel it your duty, by your precept and by your example, setting aside all local and minor differences, to support the laws and constitution of the couotry, under which we enjoy so many blessings; that you will stand on your ground against the endeavours of discontented men, who, either by secret machinations or open violence, would subvert both, and manfully oppose all their rash attempts to accompliNli the overthtow•uf our rights and liberties, and in their stead s,t tip system of anarchy and riot. This, Gentlemen, I au► petsuaded you will do; and we shall bete alter find, that it is the hest mode of present pre servation, and of handing down to oilr posterity those invaluable privileges which at present we enjoy. Gentlente•n, 1 will no longer detain you j from the exercise of your important d.i; y."l THEA'T'RICALREGISTER. Performed on Saturday 217ght. THEATRE ROYAL,' }IA YAM 10:FT.—Pigeons and Crows :—Prin cipal Characters by Nir. Terry and Miss E. Blancltard. A fter 4 which, Ladies At Horne. To which was added, The Siirprice. THEATRE itOYA L. ENGLISH OPERA •lIOUSE.,—A Cure. for 110- nutnce : Principal Characters by Mr. WriAigi std Mr,. W. S. Chatterly. Alter which, The Brown ',Co Which was added, The Tailors. TO CORRF; lalloTtis to .TotIN ANAmuuPtiuN, Au riNDAVNTEt) RE- FutoltH, and other Articles, PRRI OF sTocKs THIS DAT AT TwEL.vr: Bank Stock stint I India 80mi5,.....11a. Ms. pr. S per Cent. Itrd.. shut Exch. Bing, , ?d,....25. Si. dis. 3lper Cent. Cons. "144 71 Do. Connnereial, I 3s. 153. I4s. 4 per Cents. I . per Cent. Navy Ann.. tUli 1 I Owniom . :•1 pr. Bank Long Ann shat Cons. for Acc0unt,.....71 414,J, ____ ~L\ t 1,~, ARRIVEIt-2 Dublin, 2 Waterford, 1 Guernsey and Jersey, 1 Holland, 1 Outtenbur.7ll, 1 Malta, i France, 1 Flanders. I)uE-1 ilulland, I Gottenttur4l,, 1 liatnburgit. H IGII WATER AT LONI)TiN BRIDGE TO•NIORROW. Nlornizi..;, 25 minutes after I Evening, 50 minutes after 4. E S •OLEM QUIS 1110EIIE FALSUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1819. We received yesterday the Paris Papers of Thurs day last. Those of Friday, which were due this morning, have not arrived. The KING on Wed. nesday held a Council of Ministers which sat for three hours and A half. Ministers at Carlsbad were, it is stated, to (pit that place the latter end of last mouth. The accounts front Constantinople state, that the plague continued its ravages in that capital, and in its environs. The tumults among the Janissaries had been at length quelled, at least for a time. The CAPITAN PACHA, who was ac cused of not being sufficiently zealous, had been deprived of his office, and banished to Smyrna ; his successor, in order to give a striking proof of his activity, caused twenty•two of the ring leaders of the mutineers to be strangled. An English frigate and a brig, under the command of the lion. Captain PELLEw, had arrived off Te ncdos; their further destination was not known. From Madrid, the 19th instant, it is stated, that the Russian Minister there, the BAILLI TATtscttgw, was about to take his departure. The Count AsiseAL is said to be charged with fo menting the conspiracy at Cadiz, in order to have the eclat of putting it down, and his conduct is therefore, it is added, to be made the subject of inquiry. FIVE PER CENT!. Wedile3day. 711% 95c. DEFFRRED STOCK. Of tile 22d March, 1817, 91 f. 20c. 22d Sept. 1817, 22d March, 1818, 97 f. 20 c. 2? Sept. !XIS, Bsf. '2O e. 22d March, 1919, B3f. 2.5 c. (From (Le frasltilloin G,:zette, July Extract of a Letter trom an ()dicer in the Ex pedition against' the Province of 'Texas, June 26 : " We have at length got into our new country; we got on to Alexandria very well with haul rowing, from tha mouth of the Red River, it be ing high and rapid. Our force is augmenting daily ; the object is laudable and popular ; many are preparing to join us Irons different parts of Red River ; the citizens of this part of Texas are pleased to. have an opportunity of th rowing off the Spanish Monarchy ; in fine, every thing at present seems to smile on ns. Am ins! re!enned from riding all night on business for the Army. We leave this afternoon in put-knit of a party of traders, supposed to be Royalists, going to St. Antonia with goods. The troops are busy clean ing their guns for a warm chase, shall probably overtake them to-morrow night. General LONG arrived here on the 21st June, and on that day we raised the flag of Republicanism. Men are arriving daily as well as Citizens, enrolling themselves as Militia. Some Republican Spaniards of note and considerable wealth have afforded us great assist ance. You shall hear from me again shortly." The following is an Extract of a Letter front Trinidad, dated June 27 : " The Royalists have left 300 men in St. Fe ramie, and DiAs has sailed with his flotilla and gun-boats to drive them out. I think it a chance if a man in the garrison esciipes. Thus lii the interior of Venezuela every thing is going on well. lam happy to inform you that on the 13th inst. sailed the Expedition front Margaritta, composed of thirteen armed ships, and five transports, having On board 1011 British and 3-40 i\largarittatts ; on the 16th, watered at Santa F 6, taking in 30 men of Bermudas, and that its des tination was Cabo Blanco, near Caraccas ; thin «"e may expect to heat the Patriots are in posses sion of the Capital of Venezuela, as well as New Granada." THE FUN ns.—Scarc,ely any business has been Elnsactett in the house since settlinz-,tly, ©t,(l 1 .1 " 1 . `" l ' e T le ntly ; Stocks iiave remAinctl I late tremendous losses have rendeted Jobbers nn Brokers more cautious in making; such bow/ 5 P c ; culations. They now look to the respot)sibilitY their princip a l s b e f ore t h ey c loset 11. a r g`' . ; m r, r Account 1 1 i C s o b n : s it ols this mo rn i ng commenc ed tit lit , tle b atul illisaivneess doing , notvar varied a n f s ra a c t t o i the re r o , ti lay i 5 noon at thr ee , an hour when the house 11, s fo en rn t t , aerll);a thos e doingolowscled, tlt nothing.ere‘l• were not 20 Broker s Pr We have i nserte d t hi s d a y a Letter from skif ROBERT WILSON to the Electors of S . " 1"v81 : which almost exceeds th at o f Sir Faaac ts 131 J -; DETT, in a libellous attack upon the Ye° 3141 ,, , 1 it Cavalry at Manchester.—Like the Baronet,. Rotterrr avowedly derives all his infortnauoir from the Public P r i n t s; h ut as he is win, a t pa' ris, he must of course be less able to form a C 0:: rect opinion of th e rea l state o f t he case th an Baronet, who was nearer to the scene of actiololl‘ had more opportunity of balancing probabiliiieg:i Sir Rot ERT boldly presumes to affirdi, b er '' ' a legal investig a ti on o f a ll the circums taucc has taken place, that the transactions at chester, meaning the conduct of the I # cor n4nri i Cavalry, in dispersing a riotous Meeting wh ictl violently assail e d th em , w as " san guinary s n ' i ; legal." Sang u in ar y it un f or t una t e ly proved , bu t the fault was in the PLabble, who assaulted an! is provoked the Y e om anr y ; b ut to A rm t hat it " r illegal,'' after the most respectabl e inli bitants of the place, Ivho had the best roc k° of judging, and who had deemed it the ir to thank the Yeomanry for their services , in (`rnois; persing a vast crowd that might, most probably have proceeded to the most ar ea fill extremities, is such a stretch of rob Pre' indication as ca ll s f u r th e not i ce o f the 14 ; c : and we sincerely h o p e t h at t h e YeomanrY u" te ' valry will resort to the Lave 10 viadilie their character, and to make the authOr of letter answerable for the obloquy w hich lie " 4 attempted to cast up o n th em . Sir 110B" 11° : 0 that the transactions in question a ppear t o be " sanguinary and ill e g a l, ev e n acc ording i n accounts published in the Newspapers most foe% able to the abuse of Power." To accuse anY f the Public Prints which support the Goverom et't the Country, when an infamous (Sang, beatkii t))f f, Men Men who disgrace their rank in society, of 1)61 ' 1 5 : " favourable to the abuse of power," is " r° 0 libel upon a loyal Press. What Public IN' e oe the Knight may read, we cannot say, thoo o at can easily guess, and we presume that th c Y the same as those upon which Sir FRANCIS /W 5 DETT founded his iudgment, before it wl' 3 sible for hint to have any other than garb ied • counts, and probably gross misrenreSerlt3ti°ll9' ii yet the Baronet and th e K n i g ht, w ith ol wil t , merity, confided in them as the records of itt,ps tiality and truth. It spews no slight degree; It intrepidity, intrepidity, to use the mildest term, in the to venture again in a capital, where be his ' - f , e punished for having released a Traitor ; oc has thus involuntarily paid a compliment i° i ! e liberality of the Monarch, in supposing 111 ' 3( „f harboured no resentment for such a br e4cl h l o ts the law, if we might not, indeed, rather t4t ll ' - o f to the insulted King the more natural le eli" contempt. We refer our Readers to a very interesting i content, in our fourth page, viz. Tog tc " r° l e or THE ANTI-NIONOPOLY CONINILTTEgo "" Subject of BEER LICENSES. «'e !tare of fell c9 es ed the attention of the Public to those Liceill-• : anti . the Report in question fully deve l .olt cs I " is injurious effects. In fact, the PVI3LICAN9, °I of the most useful classes of the couttusinitY, nrciti with few exceptions, in a state of slavish °ll4 age, and there seems to, be no effectual 1:0167, fur an evil, which affects the ColliMUDity in g ene , i ral, but such as is suggested in the It e l )(ut alititie tt to, which is, ther e fore , well entitled to the n-ntic of our Legislators. o thif Tit E KING'S IIEALTII.—On Saturday a 10-noc Council was held at Wilo!sor Castle, or" • •tate of his MA JEsTY,yrslurtlay the (011(;)reli /3/411Ctin ()t the state of the cXl)lit at 6t. James's Palace to the ihtiatrers B ig " WINDSOR CA SErr. " Ilk MAJ ES l'Y continure in good gcut . i al but Nita' out any I.limiuutiou of his disorder. " 11:11.10111), J. WI" I ,!' " NI. II:111.1.1E. h. 1511.1-, lIEBIAMEN, 11 (Her 00 11 : LANCASTER. 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