The Sun. — London, England, 1819-10-22 00:00:00

IiNUIsFORD QUA TER SESSIONS, Ocr. 20 CHARGES OF SEDITION WAND CONSPIRACY. [From The Times] Joseph Harrison, being called on, appeared at , the corner of the - Counsels' table. He was re -spectably dressed, and spoke uniformly in clic whine and manner of a Methodist Preacher. Sir JOEIN STANLEY (the Chairman.)—Are you rrepared to be tried now Mr. liarrison—That does not rest with me, but Avith the Cont' r. The Clerk—Are you guilty, or not ? That is the first thing to be stated. Mr. Harrison-1 feel it difficult to answer that. --(A laugh.) The Clerk—Can you not answer whether you are guilty, or not ? Mr. Harrison (openin7 a large parcel of pam phlets, which he held rolled in his hand.)—lf to be a Reformer be guilty, I am certainly a Ite lormcr. Chairman*" Reformer" is not in the iudiet silent. lie had bttter have the indictment read t( {Tim The indictment was here 'Tad. It set forth, that Sir Chas, ‘Volseley and Joseph Harrison, be ing persons of turbulent and seditious minds, did, on the 28th of June last, at Stockport, trttr cer tain seditious and inflammatory expressions, tend ing to excite hatred and contempt of the consti tution, &c. A second count charged thtm with eonspiring, confederating, &c. to excite hatred and Contempt of the constitution and laws. Mr. Harrison—Sir Charles Wolseley is now se parated from HIC-• The Chairman—All that the Court has at pre sent to do, is ro ask whe:her von plead guilty or vot guilty. We don't know the evidence before the Grand Jury, upon which they found the bills. Mr. Harrison--1 can enter into recognizaoces as Sir Charles Wolseley has done, two in 20/. each. The Chairman—You must plead first. If you do oot, you roust be committed. Mr. Harrison—l hope there is no objection to bearing an argument or t wo— The Chaiman—We will not hear any thing till you plead. Mr. Harrison—l protest against the jurisdic tion of the Court, as Sir Chalks Wolseley is se parated— The Chairman—lf you will not plead, you must be removed. Mr. Harrison was again beginning to make some . ohservation. Mr. Trafford (a Magistrate.)—We have a great deal of business. We cannot be wasting tiwe in this manner. The Chairman—Mr. Harrison, will you have the goodness to tell us whether you plead guilty, or not guilty ? Mr. Harrison—Tice indictment is so serious, and so strongly founded, that I must not be hur ried. I hope lam not in a court of inquisition. The Chairman—No. You arc in an English ' Court of Justice, where equal justice is dune to all, Mr. Harrison—l ought then to be beard. The Chairman—We are not trying you. Mr. Trafford—The Court is not to be trifled With. We are losing a great deal of time. Mr. Harrison—l have bail. Mr. Trafford—We refuse to receive bail till you plead ; that is the decision of the Court. Mr. Harrison—l refuse of course to plead then. The Chairman—You stand committed. Call the next business. Mr. Harrison—Call Edward Sanderson and Thomas Massey. The Chairman—We will not receive your bail. Take him away. Mr. Harrison (while the officers were dragging away)—l wish it to be recorded that I have appeared here in Court— The Chairman—Take him away. Other business of no public interest was then resumed. Sir Charles \Volseley and Mr. Pearson had stood in Court close by Mr. Harrison; they followed him out of Court. Mr. Pearson soon afterwards returned, and obtaintd a copy of the warrant for this last commitment of Mr. Harri son. At a late period of the day Joseph Har rison was again called, and he presented himself in the prisoners' box. The Clerk was proceeding to read the indict• cleat again. Mr. Williams—lie knows it all; it is not ne cessary to read it to him. The Chairman asked, if he wished it to be read. Mr. Harrison—lt is not necessary. ' The Clerk—Are you guilty or not guilty of this misdemeanour ? Mr. 114rrison—As my family and friends, and suy mamicaptors may suffer inconvenience, aud any health suffer— The Chairman—We will hear nothing but your plea. _ _ _ Mr. Harrison—This Court has no jurisdiction to rucord my plea— The Chairman—lf you don't plead, I shall or der you down. Mr. Harrison—Mr. Chairman, Sir John. To save my file I plead, Not Guilty. These are my reasons why I did not plead helot c. A paper was handed to the Chairman, which was not read, but which we bfliC ascertained was in these terms :-1 appear before the Court to plead, irissintich as my myself, my family, my mends, and my nilwicaptors, vrould be exposed to inconvenience, and my health Would suffer in- jury from a protracted confinement in a newly both prison, the walls of WLiCh are damp, and the atmosphere consegnently iinwholesome and dangerous. My objections to plead were and are founded upon the opinion, that this Court has no jurisdiction to recut(' my plea. I. 13ecaute the 1%94 of certiorari is to remove the record itself to a superior Court, and not to remove it so far as regards one defendant only. (Vide March. ll 1.) 2. Beeause inch writ being duly flied, and operates as a supersedeus, as well be• fore as atter its return. (Vide Yelverton, 32. Dyer, 245. 1. Salk. 148) 3. Because I appear and oder two maaucaptors, viz. Edward Sander- of Stockport, cottivraitter, xt►tl Thomas Abut- hey, of Stockportwoor, weaver, to plead to the said iudictuieut iu the Court of k:iug's Bcucb, ' and at my own charges to procure tile which shall be joined on the said indict ment, to be tried at the next Assizes to 'be holden for this County --(Vide March Z 7, auil sth anti 67h of William and Mary.)—Upon these groncds I protest against the right of this Court to record my plea. 1, however, plead not guilty, in order to save my life from falling a sacrifice to my perseverance in claiming the benefit of the law of the land. A.lr. Williams—lt may not be immaterial, Mr. Chairman, that the reasons handed to you should be kept. The Chairman—l cannot keep them. Mr, Brown (A Magistrate)—Are they private? Mr. Williams—Mr. Harrison, I understand, intended to have spoken them ; and as he [(Mild smite difficulty its that, he handed them to the Court. Mr. Brown—ls he sure that he i 3 doing right ? Mr. Williams—Mr. Pearson is `►is adviser, and knows what he is doing. Mr. l'eaison—lie is atkisca. 1:11e CliAirinin now spoke of the aknount of bail. Petoson—You are aware that Air. Justice liay!ey fixed the amount of bail for Sir Chatles Wolseley, at 401. for hitmelf, and 201. each of two sureties. Tl:e Chairman—Take the same of Mr. Harrison. We don't mean to ask any thing out of the way. Mr. Pearson—l did not suppose it. Edward Massey not being then present, Mr. Harrison was removed till the rising of the Court, when he was again brought up, and booad him self in 401. and Edward Sanderson and Thomms Massey in 20i. each, that he would appear to take his trial a: the next sessions. Mr. Harrison ob jected to be himself bound, but being told by the clerk that it was usual, and being advised by Mr. Pearson, he consented. lie paid 11. 18s. of fees, and was discharged. At an earlier period of the day the following persons were Called to plead to an indictment fur sedition and' conspiracy :—Joseph Swann, Robert Swindles, Wm. Buckle, Joseph Birtewhaw, Jo seph Sutton, John Stubbs, and John Richards. Joseph Swann, Joseph Birtensbaw, John Stubbs, and John Richards, appeared. The indictment charged them with having, on the 31st of July, at Macclesfield, nulawfully and wickedly conspired, combined, and confederated, and with having assembled 100 persons and up wards, to vilify and degrade the Commons House of Parliament, to excite a spirit of discontent, and induce the persons assembled to be guilty of riot, They pleaded " Not guilty," and were dis charged upon haii to appear at the next Sessions, themselves in 40/., and their sureties in 201. each. Stvann was bailed upon two ►ndictments, the last of which he said was for a seditious libel. The Attorney for the prosecution said, if more of those blasphemous libels should be found in his possession, he should he again taken up. Mr. Pearson--That is prejudging the question. Wait till you see whether they are blispheo►ous or not. At Swann's request, copies of the indictments were promised to be sent to him. Mr: Pear§on paid 81. 10s. for fees for the re cognizances of these four persons. The other business which occupied the Court Will'of the most common and most uninteresting kind, we therefore offer no account of it. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, Ocr. 21.—The following Gentle. men were on IVednesday last admitted to the undermentioned Degrees : DOCTOR IN PHYSIC. Frederick Thacketay, of Emmanuel College; MASTERS OF ARTS. Wm. Elisha Law Faulkner, Corpus Christi College. William Barlow, of Trinity College. BACHELORS OF ARTS. T. W. Freston, of St. Peter's College. Thomas Brown, of Queen's College. Edward Royds, Fellow Commoner of Christ College. Henry Turton, Fellow Commoner of Sidney College. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OP KING'S BENCH, OCT. if . HACK V. BERRYMAN AND OTHERS. This action was brought by James Hack, a brickmaker, against John Berryman, to recover the pr ice of 281,700 building-bricks, at 503. per thousand; also a few pounds, the value of several minor article, delivered. The defendants having a contract with the Ma gistrates of Surrey to bit;hl a new gaol at Guild ford, applied to the plaintiff on the 14th of Octo ber, 1818, and agreed to receive hicks at the rate of 50s. per thousand delivered. The bricks were accordingly laid upon the ground, a short distance from Guildtord, where the gaol was to be built ; and in the present instance the plaintiff sought to recover the price agreed for,'which was refused in January last, on the ground that the plaintiff had entered into a contract to take the money quar terly, as the defendants received it from the Coun ty Magistrates. Another ground of defence was, that the bricks were not of the size required by Act of Parliament. Two questions, consequent ly, arose in the case ; the first related to the contract bet %Teen the parties us to the time of payment, the other referred to the size of the bricks. The Act of Parliament requires bricks to be made of a certain size, and a case was cited from the King's Bench, in which it was decided that a plaintiff could not support an action for bricks! of smaller size than the law H:lok ee d. It was proved that part of the bricks delivered were under the Parliamentary size ; but it was contended that the deficiency bad been occasioned by unavoidable accident i n the kiln.— It did nut appear that the defendant had given any notice to the plaintiff of his intention to ob jtct to the size of the bricks, bur, on the con trary, he had gone on using theta until no mote than 4000 were left. It was also proved by the plaintiff's witnesses, that no agreement hid been entered into to take the money at quarterly pay ments; and the Jury, under all the circum stances, tound a verdict for the pldintiti—Da witsei 7001. • THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed lalt N; -At. 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I Erviiiiig, 54 tumult., alter 5. Tll SUN. soLum Qulg DicEHE FALSOM unzAT ? LONDON, FRIDAY, OCIOGLR 21, 1319. The l'Hris Papers of Tuesday last, which were ;loe this morning, have not a rriveJ. Extract of a Letter from au Officer in the Repabli- can Army, in the Province of Texas. " Fort Gibson (Miss.) July 22. It appears to me that nothing can put a stop to the Expedition. The country through which I passed is all in an uproar, prefaring to mr)ve. There are a great number of troops over the Sa bine, and many more going daily. Dr. ROBIN , SON, of Philadelphia, has sent 500 from that city, and it is expected a great number will leave Bal timore. Several regiments are raising at Ken tucky, and several boats are ascending the Red River with troops. Large appropriations are making in New Orleans. The tide of emigration is bearing to the South-east like a torrent. Gen. LONG has sent two Commissioners to Galveston, where General LA FITTS is stationed, to bring him into measures ; his' co-operation is expected. We are about to start for head-quarters iu one hour. Some of our most respectable citizens have offered their services to assist us in our grand undertaking." By letters from St. Thomas's, of the 13th Sept., it appears that an A mericon Sqnadron, consisting of the Constellation, John Adams, Ontario, and the Nonsuch, were expected time, with orders to be stationed in those seas. A considerable depression took place in the Funds this day—a fall of no less than I per cent, was noted after twelve o'clock, Consols having been done at 68 for money ; Omnium was at 1 I discount. Letters were received yesterday from Lower Canada to the 14th and 15 h Sept.—They repre sentthe universal regret which is telt throughout thy Province for the death of the Duke of MOND, whose memory will long be atfectionvely remembered by its inhabitants. fltd his Grace been spared, there is little doubt but that the most beneficial effects would have resulted front bis Administration.—The Military Command of British North Ametica devolves on the Earl of DALHOUSIg, who, it is presumed, will go from Halifax to Quebec but a Commission, appoint- ing him successor to his Grace, must go out be fore he can take the Civil Administration of the Colony upon him. In the interim it is entrusted to the Senior Executive Counsellor, who is the [lon. JOHN You NO. in consequence of the ill state of health of the Chief Justice of Montreal. The departure of the Earl of DALuousig will be greatly regretted in Nova Scotia, where he has endeared himself to the People, by the liberidity and firmness of his Government, and the great attention that he has shown to the agricultural and commercial interests of the Province, whicli under hie auspices have been progressively and rapidly improving. It is observed in The Times of this diy, that " Royal Declarations are attempted to be smug. gled, and Loyal Declarations substituted in their places." This is an absurd distinction, but it slims the rancour, as well as folly, of the Paper. Surely, if the People at large are disposed to come forward with Loyal Declarations, there can be no necessity for issuing Royal Declarations, except by way of approbation, and it would be folly in deed to " smuggle" such Declarations.—But The Times is placed in a very perplexing predicament it has already brought itself into so much dis grace by the Radical spirit which it lia•i lanely betrayed, and finds The New Times pining such ground upon it by au opposite conduct, that it has become mor e caut i ous, yet still it cannot , to use its own word, "smuggle" its bustiliti tcl Government. Every friend to the Country must derive Wi t ' faction from the result of the Pr ceedings yester' day hi the Court of Common Coe Ail, as i t she s that a loyal whit has prevailed over that Radical ardour which prompted some of the City Orator s i to vent their spleen against Government, aud t° condemn, without inquiry, the coneuct of 111° Manchester Magistrates, &c. &e, . It was yesterdai proposed to omit the epithet "Most Gracious," °I. Gracious," prefixed to the Record of the PRINCE REGENT'S Answer to the City Address, in 1 11. Journals of the Court, but a sense of decency, 116 well as loyalty, over-ruled this Jacobinicalirr e ' 1 verence, and the question was carried, that IC shvold be recorded in the usual manner. We b° this triumph over the Radical Reformers ° I the City, and the more so, because Mr, WAITS' MAN had the efl'routery to say that " 11° mati was so hardy as to deny, that the Al ilit ary rushed without offence upon 114 multitude, and committed indiscriminate car nage !! !" Mr. FAVELL, another Radical Orato r ' had previously said, that " the conduct of Ile. Military at Manchester, rather resembled that 0f the Janissaries in Turkey, than that of a body 01 men under a tree Government." We are " h a rdy enough, positively to deny the assertions of.die ldt Radical Speechyliers, and liberal enough to we; patiently till the whole of the transactions has` been fully examined berme the proper tribunala• ST. MARTIN'S IN THE FI ELDS.—The Vice' Churchwardens, Vestrymen, and other respect' able Inhabitants of this Parish, anxious to avoi d . the tumult of a Public Meeting, but not les s anxious to manifest their attachment to the Gr vernment of the Country in Church and Stater circulated a printed notice, importing that a De" claration to that effect was placed in the Vestrf Roona for the signatures of all the Inhabitsoo who maintained the same sentiments. In conse vence of this notice a Meeting was called iu or position to the measure, and it took place yew(' day at Wmeev's Rooms, Spring Gardens. It i t said that from 200 to 300 persons attencled.—Mo . CHAPMAN BAILEY was called to the Chair. Na briefly condemned the Proceedings of the Vestry Ile WEIS followed by a Mr. CHANBRRS, who weighed with great bitterness against the Vestry! Government, and the Manchester Magistrates, it s the hacknied style of Radical Prejudication. Some' Resolutions of the sante nature, were propose' and seconded. Mr. THOMAS reprobated this eons duct in a candid and judicious speech, proposio' an Amendment, expressing approbation of the Declaration put forth by the Vestry. Mr. Criar BCRS replied in the same strain, and tittered sonic very improper reflections against the Duke Pi Northumberland, intimating that his Grate might have been induced to sign the Declaration, because it was reported that be is to obtain the vacant Blue Ribband ! We may judge of ill° complexion of the Meeting when we find that to' attempt was made to repel this most reprehensible attack upon the honour of so amiable and elevateti a character as the Duke of Northumberland. Tbe Amendment, as might be expected, was nee; B ' Lived, and the Resolutions cartietl. The Meeting then dispersed. We cannot conclude without ex"' pressing our sincere approbation of the measure* adopted by the VICAR, .as it was calculated to' draw forth the real sentiments of the Inhabi:anl*P without exposing the Parish to the confusions turbulence, and outrage of an open Radical Meet• ing, in which, of course, amidst the general cl.l' moor, no sentiments would have been heard but such as were delivered by Mr. CHAMBERS. %S may fairly add, that the character of the Vlc4 l e is so much esteemed for learning, piety, so d every moral quality calculated to excite the re spect of the Cotntnuni , y, that his rccommenda" lion of any measure may be considered as powerful claim to confidence and support. SNOW STORNL—Between one and two o'clock this morning a great fall of snow cot rnettC l ' accompanied by a violent huriicane. The wiraa blew from the N. W, and has done considerab le ' damage in and about the Aletropolk. The roads at the entrance of London were in several [O ll5 impassable, particulaily at Walthamstow, %O' er° a number of trees were torn op by the roots, 104 liy across the highway, compelling travellers t° make a circuit of several miles. The snow , 1) 4 also accumulated near a toot deep, and the pa o4 ways in the fields were not passible for foot Pas; mengers. We fear witch mischief to outhouse 9 o p gardens has taken place. Sir TIJOVAS MAITLAND was expected On Tit i e : 811 i last NAple..s, of, his return to Corf",:ii; beiArtl the Glas gorr f r i gate , commanded id Y ft) in J 1114 taf bu tv; rII E tli i 110 N il 11 4 Iti ,Slt.