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rhi. , I F in cYt- lie iblic i by f-bis I tiat He elk( Itry. Itect to t all , bi ;wit. Id a °pie latto Mtbit raliY on .1411 %" )t r I 11 ). A =so 4,00 Int;lisbuirto, have felt.a.rnydets tpacquaint the authorities eiti it. I left the ground for the purpose of guitig to meet ?tun I saw you surrounded by a crowd, near the Exchange ; the people were huzzainz. I applied to you to procure me a 'lace on the hustings, which you Promised to do, and told br to keep near the carriage. Yaks said, that being a Re- Porter you would give rue Is seat in the carriage. I held by The door, and walked close by the catriage ; it stopped at The. Star Inn, and the people hissed. Ido not snow whether the earrisge stopped by accident or by design. You did not Wit the comtuaed„ or direct the people to hiss ; you 4nl not i ce op in the carriage, nor did you hiss; had you dune either, I must have seen you. 'There was also some I ,"ting at the rod of the street i ts which the Police office was.- funk no part its it. SoMi after this you called to Mr. Moothouse, who was un the opposite side of the street, and he got into the carriage at your invitation. On arriving on the field, the .Lands played,' "'See, the critique, Mg lien, temes.'4 You were received with the loudest cheering I ever brand in my life., You "bore your blushing honours meekly:" 'here was a Liar:lt - flag at one end of the hustings, and you said it was eery foolish, or words to that effect. I recollect Your complaining that the hustings were erected in such a manner that you had to speak against the wind. I followed YOV upon the hustings, as did several other persons, among whim were several females. I think they were taken up in t.oisequetice of the pressure. I observed the banners its the Middle rf the crewd, and noticed several women arooligst the &en. The crowd itself was more dense and more crammed together than any I have ever seen before or since. The pro , tile kept cheering. Johnson proposed that you should lie the 'Chairman. There was no military appearance in the Clued. I could not perceive whether the people near the Itu-aiogs had their arms locked or not, though I was inone flier!), orer them. I saw nothing to keep the people Iron the hostioes; they were pressing so close that you expressed ?our fears that they would upset it ; I heard you complain of Attie. Ilad those close: to the hustings had their arms locked, I Must.have,seen them. The crowd stood as crowds generally 4n• t cannot s say that the first row had their hats oil. It is Usual for the'erneed to take their hats off when the hero of the (lay arrives. I saw nothing oda warlike appearance 'shout the trneeting.—(Here witness read front his notes the account of the meeting which he had sent to The Timr.r.)—When the abilitary appeared a considerable alarm was manifested in the _outskirts of the meeting. The cavalry came up .at a smart trot, halted before Mr. I3uaton's, and flourish ed their _swords over their heads. Mr. Hunt and Mr. Johnson desired the crowd to give three cheers. This, I conceive, was to show the military that the meeting were n"t.to . be daunted in the discharge of their duty from their unwelcome pi eselice. Three cheers were given. Mr. limit told the people that this was a mere trick to ititer eupt the proceedings of the meeting, bitt lie trusted they wssuld all stand firm. He had scarcely said these words 'when the Manchester Yeomanry Cavalry rode into the mob, which cave way before them in the must peaceable manner, anal directed their course to the hustings. They arrived there, .and took the several individuals into custody. I recollect an , teltater came up to you Kith his sword in his hand, and told yuu to surrender; . that he must arrest you. You said you • would not surrender to a military officer; hut if any peace „it'll:re came up, you would go with him. No peace officer had ?resented himself to the hustings before that. Nadia (as I was afterwards told' then came up. He appeared to the to corue horn tinder the waggon. He arrested you, sayinie, he had information upon oath against you. Yint immediately surrendered, first desiring the people to he quiet. On the approach of the yeomanry, the people used no resistance ; 'they got out of the way as fast as they could. My utters- Cult was directed to the yeomanry from the time they left lair. Buxton's, till they reached the hustings. In their pro. tress to the hustings, I saw no stones, brickbats, or bludgeons hurled at them. I cannot say whether you turned pale, - as my hack was to you. You certainly did riot urge any one to any acts of resistance. If stones, brickbats, and bludgeons 'were hnrkd at the military in any great quantity, I must have seen them, hut I saw no such thing. Ido not recollect having seen any foot soldiers before the yeomanry came upon the ground. If any military had appeared, and that you, Pointing to them, said to the people, " there are pinr ene asies; if they molest you put them down and keep down," I renst hare heard of-it ; hut I heard no such thing ; I swear positively that nothing of the kind was said. The cheers of the crowd to the cavalry were of the same kind, but if possible Usuderthantheseou yourapproach. ! heard no Wising, hooting, •qvgroaning e the cheers would present that from being heard by me, if there had been any. The crowd did not advance to the military brandishing their cudgels; on the contrary, they 7retreated. Had there been any such thing I must have seen I. saw some special constables beating the people with - their staves. This seas after the military had collie to the 'hustiugs. The constables were in the rear. The constables 'were beating those who were round them. Had the people, seisms the military arrived, instead of cheering, hissed, hoot ed, groanded, and brandished their cudgels at them, I must hare seem it; hut I saw no such thing. If there•had been a 'general resmatauce to the Yeomanry on the part of the people I must have seen it; but I did nut see any attempt at resistance. Estaix;;;Rd by Mr. BARRow—I am the son of the late Mr. i)a., a ve; y eminent proctor in this city. I k now o f Moor use getting into the carriage. I recollect his hand having been butt bathe carriage door. I do out know whether be gut upun the busting,: CrOss-exarnined Scsnerr—As the cavalry advanced the people made way. As the yeomanry advanced the consta bles appeared to be striking the people between the cavalry amid them. From the time the cavalry appeared to the period a! Mr. Hunt's arr e st did n u t e xc e ed six or seven m i nutes. Feeling myself its danger, I placed myself under the protec tion of a constable. I was taken to the New Bailey. I saw Ito brick-bats or stones flying at any time. [Witness here described the inscriptions upon the di ff erent flags, as w e h ave already giv ers them]. 'Die Itoyton . fernate Reformers bad a eaig, on whiCh were the words, " Let us die like then *tut not be sold like slaves" on one side, and on the other aide 6. Annual Parliaments and Universal Suffrage."— S lr, Huot said he would invite me in, were it not that the t'srriage was full; but be afterwards took up Moorhunse. I 'taw Carlilr in the carriage. 1 did not then know Cathie, hut L have see n [inn sine. I think Knight w as a l so i n th e car . tiage. do not recollect Passing. two military officers atter ;'' . e passed the Star Inn. There was every symptom of popu 14E disapprobation shewn both before the Star and the Police ° lnce. I knew that the Star was the place where the Ma- Fistrates had their head-quarters. • The cheering was 40 4 d when. the Cavalry cause. It seemed to nie to say, W e are came here for a specific purpose, and you shall not highten us." It was not a cheer as it to say, "If you attack us, we will resist." If that be a cheer of defiance, tin hen it was not a cheer of defiance in that sense, but it was another. That is, it seemed to say', " We are here in the t aecution of a legal purpose, and you shan't prevent us froth e secuting it." I think there were about 650,000 persons pre acnt. • Many of the persons in the different divisions had Walking sticks. I did not take particular notice of the Stock port division. I knew nothing of the meeting but what I learned by public adrertisen.eht. • • .kne-examined by Mr. Hunt—l w r o t e part of my report of :" Meeting in the New Bailey, and part in London, when got to town'. A part of what I had written being stale When I got to town, was struck out, and some observations, `yflrct ing very strongly on th e con d u ct o f th e yeomanry, were ftenett down. I saw no such thing as a flag with a Woody tlagger painted'upon it. When the military appeared, there Was a disPositinis shewn in one part •f 'the crowd to run away, and your cheer was recommended by you on that 'arcuntit. heard you. say to some one near you, " the people are running away—let us give three cheers to re-assure them." As far as I could discover, there was nut the slightest .attack Itiladeby the. people. It did n o t s t r ik e me th at t h e people fe;l Hs behind the : military to cut off their retreat, but to avoid the fressure they endured by being driven on each side; when t he military had passed they were pressed back to their fernier /44 " 3 * They m a d e n sort o f rus h , as i f driven by the pres sure- I did not observe the general flight of the people until aifter the yeomanry commenced cutting at the flags and the i t ' i t :"Ple- I was struc k at wh i le on ' the hustings twice wh e n e Yeomanry came up, and I made no resistance. Mr. Hunt i,". 4( 4 MO effort.to promote resistance ; quite the contrary, all 4w re corumendations were pacific. lie did not think there as •any hissing or b oot i n g at the m il itary—the people seemed qui te orderly ; b ut t h ere might have been hissing without his Q h.er • , , lug the circumstance. t":),..lawns answer to questions from the Learned Jonas, he said saw nothing dune by the persons engaged in the Meeting ~ Produce disturbance. At the hooting and hissing at the Office Mr. Hunt and Mr. Johnson did not interfere.. v.:,te.hissing in . that spot did not last long. The carriage in e l l 4 •Hunt was appeared to have the horses 'led; they , 4 nlY gave no orders. to stop the horses when before the lexliuceOtliee. Mr. Hunt was continually and very earnestly reting the multitude to remain quiet after the appearance t ;: t h . , military ; he entreated thesis nut to resist, and begged, -11. they wanted to take him they might be perMitted. He that t" advnced tn the hustins. H thug Ir. JOhnson didpot out his hand to preve g nt e the hiss ht p - th e P o li ce Office and at the Star, but he would nut 4t. Tositively. all -pest six o'clock adjourned until to-morrow. .`.tee e is ,utr 4 l Witnesses rensa i nist ill to b e examined.—The T ria l Arm . exPected .to terminate before SaturOaiot Monday TRIAL Ok' SIR I.T.ANCIS BURDETT. LWESTp, THURSDAY, MARCH 23. This long-expected and important case came on to be tried this day befure Mr. Justice BEST and a Special Jury. The Court was immensely crowded.—About a quarter past nine o'clock loud huzzas on the part of the populace outside the Court announced the approach of Sir Francis Burdett ; and in a few minutes atter the Baronet entered the Court, accompanied by a friend, and took his scat at the Barrister's table, nearly un der the Bench. The information set forth, that Sir Francis Bur. nett, late of Westminster, in the County of Mid dlesex, Bart., being a seditious, malicious, and ill-disposed person,. and unlawfully and malici ously devising and intendmg to raise and excite discontent, disaffection, and sedition, among the liege subjects ut - our Lord the King, .and particu arly among the soldiers of our said Lold the King ; and to move and excite the liege subjects of our said Lord the King to hatred and dislike of the Government of this Realm and to insi nuate, and Cali:2 it to be believed, that divers of the subjects of our said Lord the King had been inhumanly cut down, maimed, and killed by cer tain troops of our said Lord the King. The in formalion then went on to state, that the said Sir Francis Burdett, Bart., did, on the 22d day of August list, at Loughborough, in the County of Leicester, unl a wf u lly an d ma li c i ous l y compose, and write, and publish, and cause to be corupored, written, and published, a certain scandalous, ma licious, and seditious libel of and concerning the Government, and the troops of our Lord the King. Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN said, that he rose in obedience to the duty which devolved upon him as Counsel for the Crown to address the Court and Jury upon the information which had been just read—an information filed by his Majesty's Attorney-General against the D, tendant, Sir Francis Buidett. NVhen he considered the nature of the indictment, it was not matter of surprise arm this trial should create so much interest. The Law Officer of the Crown had thought fit to bring to trial a Gentleman of ancient family, of large (outset, of extraordinary relents, who for many years had been the Repreteetnrive, and now the favourite Candidate, of• the most populous City in the Empire, upon a charge of writing a scandalous end malicious libel, with intent to ex cite odium and indignation against the Govern ment of the Country. If subtlety of argument, or extraordinary eloquence, were necessary to con. vince the Jury that the letter in question had such a tendency, lie (Serjeant V.) should regret that it had fallen to his lot to state the nature of the indictment. Ile had but one direct course to pursue, and the Jury but one plain and easy, though serious, conclusion to arrive at. He could not contemplate two plainer question, than those which twelve men were now called upon to determine ;—first, whether the defend ant, Sir Francis Burdett, published the letter in question, arid, 2dly, whether it was of that sedi tious nature charged in the indictment. It was right and fair to take an accurate view of the charge. The information charged Sir Francis Burdett, being an ill-disposed person, with pub lishing and writing a seditious tied malicious libel, with intent to create discontent, disaffection, and sedition against the Government, and the soldiers in particular, by causing it to be believed, that on a certain day mentioned in that indictment certain' soldiers of our Lord the King did kill some of his Majesty'a subjects. To convict the defendant,' the Jury must be convinced that the publica, tion had a tendency to excite disaffection among the people in general, and that it related - to ' the soldiers and the Government. When inquir-' ing into the intention of a party, which was properly speaking a secret between man and his Creator, it was uncharitable to say that we ought to judge of the intention by the acts and declaration of the party. If, upon a c l ear v i ew of the case, it appeared that the letter in question had a direct tendency to excite what was charged in that indictment, it was the duty of the Jury to decide, that such was the intention of the party, and on that ground they were only justified, and ought, in the honest discharge of their duty, to find a verdict of Guilty against the defendant, as every tnan was supposed to contemplate his own act, and mest be answerable for it. Now came the subject of the prosecution. It was a Letter addressed to the Electors of Westminster, dated Kirby Hall, the 22d August, 1819, relative to a meeting which took place in Manchester on the 16th of August, which was now a question trying in another county, and on which he had not, therefore, any wish to raise any collateral extra neous question. Ilia Lordship would tell the Jury that the question to be inquired into was not whether the meeting of the 16th of August was, or was not illegal, and he (Serjeant Vaughan) would take the liberty of saying, that no reason. able than, judging from the faCts admitted by all partirs, could say it was not illegal. Though he would admit that the right of petitioning for a redress of grievances was the birthright of an Englishman --a right, et•ith which he would be the last to interfere ; yet it must be exercised as a right compatible with the tights of the people at large; and if at Kily tinie it was thought necessary to im post restrictions in the exercise of that right, it must be imputed to those who collected meetings of such a description as to make it dangerous to ex ercise that right with safety to other rights equally. dear and Valuable. Ai the right of property wits the right of the subject, no person had the power of Calling a Meeting which would inspire reasonable apprehensions for the safety . of that property; such a Meeting, if Jot) strong for the Civil Power, he would say, was illegal. But whether the Meeting was legal or illegal, or whether the *soldiers did or did not commit excesses, was not the question. The sole cinesiOn for the Jury to try was, was this letter a libel against the Go vernment and the soldiers ? If every fact stated in that letter were true, yet it would be no answer to the charge against the defendant. Th e Learned Serjeant 'then read th e lettir whi ch was the sub"- lect of prosecution, and commented on each sen tence scparitely....[We litrOnsett the Letter, as it may not be sufficiently in the recollection of our Readers, and will sufficiently justify the Ver dict of the Jury.] TO THE ELECTORS OF WESTMINSTER. " GENTLEMEN—On reading the Newspapers this morning, having arrived late yesterday evening, I was filled with shame, grief, and indignation at the account of the blood spilled at Manchester. " This, then, is the answer of the norwigh-mongers to the'Petitioning People—this is the proof of our standing in no need of Reform—these the ., practical blessings of our glorious Boroughtuunger's thrmination—th•s the use of a standing Army in time of peace. It seems our fathers were not such fools as some would make us believe, in opposing the establishment of a standing army; and sending King Williain's Dutch Guards out of the Country. Yet would to Heaven they had been Dutchmen or Switzer'," or Hessians, Or Hanoverians, or any thing rather than Englishmen, who hare done such deeds. What ! kill men unarmed,. unresist ing, and, gracious Gun 'women too ; disfigured, .maimed, cut down, and trampled on by Dragoons ! Is this England? This a 'Christian Land ? A Land of Freedom ? Can .such things be, and pass by ns like a summer cloud, unheeded ? . 1 Forbid it every drop of English blood in every vein that dues not proclaim its owner, bastard. Will the Gentlemen of Eng land support, or wink at such proceedings ?. They have a great stake in their country; they bold great estates, and they are bound in duty and in honour to consider them as retaining fees on the part of their country, for upholding its rights and liberties; surely they will at length awake, and End they bare duties to perform. " They never can stand tamely by, as lookers on whilst bloody Neros rip open their mother's womb; they must join the general voice, loudly demanding justice and redress; arid head public meetings throughout the United Kingdom, to put a stop, in its commencement, to a reign of terror and of blood; to afford consolation as far as it can be afforded, and legal redress, to the widows and orphans—mutilated victims of this unparalleled and barbarous outrage. " For this purpose, I propose that a meeting should be called in Westminster, which the Gentlemen of the Commit tee will arrange, and whose summons I will bold myself in readiness to attend. Whether :the penalty of our meeting will be death by military execution, I know not; but this I know, a man can die but once, and never better than in vin dicating the laws and liberties of bis country. Excuse this hasty address. - I can scarcely tell what I have written ; it may be a libel, or the Attorney-General may call it one just as he pleases.. When the seven Bishops were tried for libel, the Army of James IL, then encamped on Hounslow heath, for supporting arbitrary power, gave three cheers on bearing of their acquittal. " The King, startled at the noise, asked, What's that ?' Nothing, Sir,' was the answer, ' but the soldiers shouting at the acquittal of the seven Bishops.' Do you call that no thing,' replied the misgiving Tyrant ; and shortly after ab- dicated the Goternment. • • 44 true, James could not inflict the torture on his sol diers—could ant tear the bring flesh from their bones with the.cat-o'-nine tails—could not flay them alive. De this as it may, our duty is to meet; and England expects every man to do his duty, " I remain, Gentlemen, most truly and faithfully, " Yuur most obedient Servant, "FRANCIS 1317RDEIT." The Learned Serjeant concluded by observing, that the letter was one of such a nature that the Attorney-General would have been guilty of a de reliction of his duty if be had not instituted this prosecution. It was difficult for him to conceive any thing that could be delivered in stronger terms ; and it was the thorn( Government to put down libels of this description; for if such things were tolerated, no one knew where they would end. The press was a most tremendous engine when it was abused, and a source of the greatest blessings when decently conducted. The Jury were the censors of the press, and the guardians of the law, and it was their duty to see that the administration of the country should not be brought into contempt and hatred. With these observations he should conclude what he had to say, and be.confident that their verdict would be the result of a sound and correct judgment. Mr. Samuel Brooks was now called—He said be lived in the Strand, in London. He knew the defendant ; he was acquainted with. his hand writing ; he believes the letter now shown him to be his hand-writing ; it came to his hands' in Au gust last, through the hands of a professional Gentleman, Mr. Bickerstaff. The letter came in an envelope; I have not got the envelope, and do not know whether it came by the post. I had a. copy of it sent to the Papers. I waited on Lord Sidmouth on the subject of the letter; I cannot recollect the day. Q. Whose band-writing was the envelope ? A. It was Sir Francis's. Q. What was it ?—A. A desire to publish the letter in the papers. The date of the letter is An- . gust 2'2d. I received it a day or two after. Wit ness being shown another letter, was asked if it MS the hand-writing of Sir Francis ; he said be did not know. He was shewn an envelope, and asked if it was the band-writing of Sir F. Bur dett ; he -said he did not believe it was. Wm.Tooke, the next witness, said, he was ac quainted with Sir F. Burdett's hand-writing. Be ing shown the direction on the envelope, end asked if it was bis Land-writing, he answered, souse of the letters were like his hand-writing, and be believed the whole to be his. Wm. Sin►pkin said, he kept the Toll -gate near Kirby, about one hundred yards from Kirby Park, where Sir Francis Burdett rettided ; be saw bin) coining by his gate on the 22d and 23d of August last ; he was riding each time. Cross-examined by Sir Francis Burdett.—The gate is on the borders of the county, not tar from Oakham, in Rutlandshire. Mr. Brooks being again called, said that the letter was published in the British Press; witness sent it to that Paper ; it was not paid for as an advertisement, but was left to the discretion of the Editors of the Paper, whether they chose to insert it or not. Here the letter was read by the Clerk of the Court, and tte British Press, containing the let ter, was produced ; the envelope was next read; it is directed to Lord Viscount Sidmonth, dated August 28, and signed " Francis Bordett.t! This letter has been already before the public ; it we, thrit in which he ackuovrledged his being the au thor or the letter addressed to the Electors of Westminster. Mr. DENMAN UAW submitted to the Court, that 2ert was no gAse proYcd which regui r ,itt suiwer, or which could come before the Jury, There was no proof of the letter having tiren writte n in Lei cestershire. It was merely proved that Sir Francis was seen on horsebaat hear Kirby Park on the day of the date of tire letter, -and tie nii.ht ha:a rode into another county and dropped the litt:r in some Post-office there. The bare writing of letter was no offence ; for there must be it public's tion proved by direct evidence. Thecharge was, that he had published this letter in the county of Le, cester. But it migist as well have been published its arty other county. It Was quite as consistent, that he might have written the letter in his study, taken a ride out, met Mr. Uickersa a ir in ano d icr county, and there delivere d the letter t o him.-- e Such a thing could be in no way inconsistent with the facts just given in evidence. There was tio proof that the letter was published in the county of Leicester ; and a Jury would be perjured if they found a man guilty of an offence alleged to be committed in one county, without proof that it was committed in such county. Mr. CLARK is objected to this mode of argument, RS being an address to the Jury, and not a point of law submitted to the Bench. Mr. Desolate said, there were many cases in point, and one of them was the very case al luded to by Mr. Serjeant Vaughan ; that of the Seven Bishops,wbere the Judges gio,e their opinion that there Was no proof of the petition to the Ding having been published in the County of Middlesex, moil Lord Sunderland proved that he had presented it to the King on behalf of the Bishops. Now, he submitted that there was no proof as to what County the letter was written in. But even if the letter was put into a post-office its the County of Leicester, it was no publication to that County, because it was not show!) to any one there; nor was it arty pulalieet ion at all, until it arrived at the place of its destination. Mr. D. quoted sortie, other cases in support of his argil• went. lie admitted that Sir F. Burdett might very properly have been brought beture a Jury its Middlesex ; but he maintained that the fact of publication ought to he clearly shown, that the case might come within the jurisdiction of that Court ; and that it could not be tried in airy jurisdiction except where it was published. The simple fact of writing the letter was no libel ; it was not a libel until it was delivered. Sir Francis might have rode out as ter us Oekham, in Hut . . landabite, which was not tar off, at the time wilco he was seen riding out on the 22(1 of August, rind lett the letter there. It was then, in his opinion, a case which could not go to a Jury. The Seven Bishops wrote their petition) in Surrey, yet they were not tried in that County, but in the County in which it was delivered to the King. There was no proof of this letter having been Seen by any human eye in the County of Leicester, until it was ShOVWli in the Court that day. Therefore there was'no proof of its having been written or published there. Mr. PHILL;PS followed on the same side. The writing of the letter was not a publication by Sir F. Burdett ; it never was published until it came to Middlesex ; and there was not even any evi dence to show that the letter was ever written in Leicestershire. In the case of the Seven Bishops, they admitted that they wrote the paper in Surrey ; and then it was adnotted on behalf of the Crown, that there was Hot any evidence of publication in Surrey. The Present was a case not only in point, but was even 'much stronger ; for there Was neither admission nor evidence to show that this letter was written in Leicestershire. There was not the slightest evidence to show where Mr. Bich ersteff received the letter. The onus rested on the Crown to show how it came out of the bands of Sir F. Burdett to Mr. Bickerstati. No such thing was done; and therefore there was a com plete chasm in the evidence. Mr. Justice BesT said, he was or opinion that there was evidence sufficient to go to the Jury ; and the objection .now put might hereafter be urged in another place, in arrest of judgment, if a conviction should tak = place. The case of the Seven Bishops was different, for the libel then was tried in the count y in which it was alone circulated. Its the case of Justice Johnson, it was decided that he might be tried in Middlesex for the letter which be had sent to Mr. Cohbett, and which war published in his Register : but that decision did not show that he might not be tried in Ireland, where the letter was written. On the same principle, it did not follow, from the cases quoted, that Sir F. lindett might not be tried in Leicestershire. It would be for the Jury to say whether they thought there was sufficient est *knee to show that the letter had been mitten is Leicestershire.. After a lapse of about ten minuses, during which the Judge, Jury, and Sir Francis Burdett retired, Sir F. BUDDETT, at about half-past twelve, rose to address the Jury. He began by thanking the Learned Serjeant for the handsome manner in which he had spoken of him ; and in what he should say about ex-officio informations, he should not throw any reflection on the Attorney-General personally, but on the office itself. But he now declared such a mode of prosecution to be unjust anti unconstitutional. It was the doty of the At torney-General to have sent him before a Grand Jury ; and it he had, he (Sir F.) would have been saved all the trouble he was now put to. 'The first question the Jury had to try, was a fact of which there was not a tittle of evidence btt're them ; so far from there being any proof to show that the letter was put into emy Posh. office in Leicestershire, he deckled he did not know himself, nor did any of his servants know what office it had been put into ; so much was he in the habit of going about to different places, writing letters in different places, sod putting into different post-offices. He was therefore brought to trial in Leicestershire, while it was not known whether the act he was charged with had been done in this County. He next adverted to the unconstitutional power possessed by an Attorney.Geueral of filly!: ex officio istfur.- mations—a power repugnant to Magna Charta,and the Constitution. The Attorney-General was called an officer of the Cr o w n ; b ut t h at was not the fact. He ( Sir Francis Burdett) wished he was, for he always wished to see the Crover.pcsa sessed of its full pOwers, but the Attorney-Gt-ne. tat was the officer and creature of the Ad.. reiiistratitn, depending on their will, and loci-.