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brick bad been timid ; that not a finger bail been pointed ; that, in fine, no resistance what ever wila offered. Ile was proceeding to describe in strong language the conduct of the military; when The JUDGE remarked, that this could not be gone into. He might prove the peaceable con duct of the people, but he could not be allowed to take the course with respect to the military on which he was about to enter, Mr. HUNT resumed—lie demanded why the stones, bricks, and bludgeons, which had been brought to York, had not been produced in Coat t; where too were the pikes which had been men tioned, and the other weapons with which the assembly at Manchester %vas said to have been armed ? He wished they had heeu produced. He should have liked to ask Mr. Milton it he could recognize the form of any of the stones, and the peculiar make of some of the bricks. Then, as to the caps of liberty, which had been Called re pablican emblems, that hall was decorated with ' Roman fasces and caps of liberty. Why might not these he cart ied lu I ancasl tie s as well as ex hibited at York ? It so, what became of the bo a st e d li!iery of Englishmen i He trusted than the sentiment of the " lie wlhu ewnends fir frved.m lie jtl,lly triune d his So, 'r , i4ti . • Luc:" Would ettr be respected in this voimity ; and he biped that moment would be the last of his life, when he should be furund unwilling to struggle, eieu to death, in the sacred cause of ,freedoun— lie then entered on a long vindication of his own political principles, and with great animation ar s< .the right of the people to act as they had acted, before the passing of the late Bills, in call ing a Returns in Parliament- The evil, it it were such, Was now corrected by the measures alluded to ; and it was onoecessary for them to give a verdict to prevent a recurrence of such meetings, as that Was already ; done by the law. They had simply to decide on tjle particular merits of the case. He supported his opinions by referring to a variety of speeches which had been made in Par ; and contended, that his exposition was not at variance with what had been advanced by some of the most distinguished characters in the nation. He desired to know where the bloody chgecr was. This, and the attempt to connect hi m (M r . H u nt) with Mr. Carlile, had a greater terirlency to prejudice Lis case with the respectable July wino were to try it, them Any thing else.— The bloody dagger had never existed hut in the fettered brains of such men as Mr. Warren and B(arlett. By the language used on this subject, it was clear, that they wanted to connect him with those who had lately been apprehended io Lon don. It was not enough to connect him unjustly with blasphemy, but it was sought to call him the accomplice of assassins, This was meant to be in binuated, though it was known that the wretches lately discovered, (hut it was not for him to speak of their critars as they were at present untri , •d) -whatever their ultimate object might be, had in tended to make him (Mr. Hunt) one of their vic tims. The black flag he would show, had been made black, from its being accidentally discovered that tine motto-previously painted on white calico would not show well. To correct the defect it was made black. The motto, " Equal Represen tation" did not mean that the people would obtain an equal representation, or die in the attempt ; it did but mean that starvation was come, mid that death must follow, if they were not relieved from their distress by equal representation. Ile was confident, that if he had omitted to mention any thing of importance in the course of his address, that the deficiency would be supplied by the evi dence. He could not for a moment believe, that any Jury of honourable men would find him guilty. He rejoiced that the cause had been brought to York for trial, instead of being taken to Lancaster, where Mr. Hulton might have been one of his Jury ? After some comments on the evidence of that Gentleman, he stated, in COI-- toboration of what be had previously asserted, that a public dinner lied been ordered, to which Ire and most of those with hint were to have repaired after the meeting. This would show what had been, their object. Atter some further ob,erva t ions, he renuo ked, that nbeCounsel for the prosecution would have the right of reply. The Learned Gentleman had great weight, but his ta lents would not suffice to put down the evidence— let him then use the tight of teply---let him use it to explain what he had said of the dagger—let him• reconcile the evidence of Mr. Hutton, with truth, and let him produce tine bloody dagger Mr. Hunt closed his address at a quarter before three. An expression of applause was heard its Coot t, but it was repressed, am disapprobation be ing intimated by the Judge. Edmund Grundy, examined by Mr. Hunt— Has retired from business ; lives at Bilsworth in Lancashire ; was a calico-printer ; has not made any deposition ; was at Smedley Cottage on the Ioth Angust. On Tuesday previous to the Man chester meeting, saw Mr. Hunt there ; recollects some conversation relative to the Manchester meeting, and expressed an intention of returning home immeaiiately ; he (witness) endeavoured to prev a il upon him to stop till the meeting ; Iris ad vice and request had no influence at that time ; he l e f t him without Mr. Hunt's determining any thing ; he learnt that on the Wednesday his inten - lions were altered ; saw him again on the 14th of August, the first time at Smedley Cottage; he communicated to Mr. Hunt, that he heard there was a warrant against him ; be saw him on the road to Manchester; he (witness) afterwards waited on Mr. Norris, the Magistrate, with the de fendant Johnson ; Mr. Norris is chief acting Ma gistrate ; be told Mr. Norris, that if there was a warrant against Mr. Hunt he would pint in bail; the Magistrate said, there was no information laid, or warrant granted, nor any intention of is suing one ; be lives about seven miles off; saw numbers going to the meeting, but none armed with bludgeonS; be has property in that neigh bourhood ; had no fears for his property ; has tiieods Matichester, but nothing he saw gave Li ra oriv lineaaines 5. Cro-exilinioeit by Mr. ScsRLETT—He had the ti,iine town with Mr. about r.:vde e nl,ntha ago; found nobody with Mr. went there to pay him a visit ; saw a )31c:i ,I.)out, signed by him. H e was his 3, ,, ! %, examined by Mr. Bamford— Lives at Middleton ; is A wear er ; 'vat ten the Bar row-fields on the I.:ith of August last, at ten o'clock in the morning ; there were six or ,even lltlb met:, women and children there. Saw Bamford there walking about ; he then got a chair and addressed' the people, and said---" Friends and neighbours, those of you who %visit to join in the procession will endeavoUr to conduct yourselves orderly and peaceably, that you may go as cotwort able as possible ; if any person Insults your, or gives you ()fictive, take no notice of him, for I make no doubt but there Will be persons, who will make it their business to go about, in eider to dis turb the meeting ; should yon meet with such, keep them as quiet as possible, aver if they strike you, don't strike them again,; for it would serve as a pretext fur dispersing the Meeting. If the peace officers come to arrest me, or any other person, offer no resistance, but stiffer then, to take them quietly, and when you get there, endeavour to keep yourselves as select as possible, with your ban tiers in your centre, so that it 'ley of you should straggle, you will know where to find one another by seeing your bowers. When the meeting is dissolved, keep close to your banners, and leave th e (owe as soon possible, for it you should stay (hi •king, your enemies might take advantage of it, and if they rook) raise a disturbance, you ,could he [eke', to the New Bailey." Thinks he does recollect Bamford saying there would be no diNhubutice, or if there eves, it would be on their return. Saw some sticks, but only with those who usually carried them. Ile had. thought of taking tore, as he had experienced fatigue be tore ; he took the stick to Barrowfi, Id, where be met a man to whom he lent it ; they had not gore efrove a mile before he returned it again. Some persons called out that no sticks should gn there, that it had been agreed that no sticks should go, and so he sent it home by his father-in-law. Ile then went on in the procession ;'e saw no thing but peace and good order. They walked tour a-breast. Saw Bamford go upon the hest ings hefot e Mr. Hunt's arrival Saw 13 iliford on Hunt's arrival, standing near witness, about 40 yards front the hustings. Did not know that he (Bamford) got on the hustings after Mr. ileet's arrival. Never saw him on them afterwards. Did not see him any more that day , Cross-examined by Mr. Serjeant Ilueeocx— Of the Middleton people that joined the process sion, there might be a thousand, or not so many. Some tat the further end of the procession had laurel ; be did not know whether there were aoy officers. Witness was not a serjeant ; joined in as au individual ; there were men walked by the side to keep order, and when they missed the step, to call " right" " left," and so our. The Rochdale and Middleton parties were nearly t qual. The meeting had banners ; there were bettor.' s inscribed " Pal :laments Aunual," and " Suffrage Universal," " lieity and Strength," and " Liberty and Fra ternity ;" and. marched with one party before that matched through the town. This had met (as he heard) at Tandle-bill after six o'clock. Lie went there al.(' staid about en hour. There were some drilling (as they called it,) marching eboot. Ile did not tall in that day. He marched to Manchester without any drilling ; lie could match, so as it did. lie believed that the meviug, of which he bad polten, might be about two or three hundred, men, women, and children. tinny c'ccn ; l 3 rh tps ;here nr:glit he not so many as SO. Each company had a commander to give the word " right, left," and so 00. Stayed 6!) tun y di,misscd. They were at last drawn up ► one line, he believed, standing two deep. Did not know who cornmanded them. Curiosity led witness there; he heard of drilling, and went to see whether it was so or not. Had no sticks or any thing of that sort. Witness had peen a local militia-man. The party drilling did their exer cise, as far as facing right and left went. At Middleton witness fell in with the party marching to Manchester. Could not say who formed the hollow square at Middleton. [lad never seen the man that gave the word of command, to know him, since. Saw Bamford distribute the banners; he might possibly give them to the commanders of sections. Nobody but Bamford spoke from the chair. Did not take notice where the person went who had formed the square, nor who it was that formed them into line again. Understood that they were to meet divisions from other places at Manchester. Did not hear Bamford say, that when they hot back there would be any thing to do; did not take his wife with him. lle described the advance to Manchester; this division remained stationary on the ground when they arrived there. Be-examined by Bamford—Brarowfield (where (lie people met at Middleton) was a public place. At Tan We-bill there were as many spectators as . others. There was no secrecy thst he knew of. "'lcy might pass through Mi“ldleron at about eight or nine o'clock on Sunday morning, throngh the public highway. Many women and children accompanied the procession Of the 16.11. Some of them lie knew lo be related to the patties. (less never betore appeared in ii Court or to give evi , 'ence. By the JonGa—Saw none of the women and children at Manchester ; saw many of them on the load had no thought of taking his wile there; she had something else to do at home. Win. Kendall examined—Before I quitted my !loose I left my wire and child there whh my sou ar hotne• 1 saw nothing particular in the move ments of the people, except their passing to and fro. I saw no bludgeons among them, but a few old persons walking with common wa Id a-g sticks. I saw them from an eminence, front which I could watch them. They went on wiih. a deal of wo men and children, and seemed very joyful : I saw oo symptoms of alarm on the road ; I ant no Re former 1- I don't profess to be one of any ,political knowledge, though I am a member of the Loyal Orange. Cross-examined by Mr. LITTLEDALE—I knew a. good many of them ; they were doin g no h a t m at Middleton, and marched oil regular ; women, smite bv the side of them, and others after them, joined in the procession. James Frankland examined by S. Bamford— I reside in Middleton, and am a slogger anti lea ilier-eutter; and farm a little by keepiOg a few cows, I have eight children and a wife. I re member the people assembling in Middleton on the ICth August, and after Wards going, on. I looke'd after them. They were on the way to Manchester. I heard the substance of %viol you said; which was-, that they 'would he conducted to Manchester in a body as they were, and when they got to the place where the meeting was to be held, they would remain in a company by them selves, and not intermix with others, and return in a body also, when this meeting was over, with out straggling in the multitude. You also recom mended them not to mind any insult, nor be in (breed to resent it, if offered. The people were all quire peaceable. Ido not belong to any body of Reformers, nor did I go to Manchester with the procession, though . 1 had a son nearly 18 years of age who went. t knew o f his . going, and gave no orders to prevent him. I believe he marched io the procession, and did not appre:•end any danger or riot, - or I should not have allow e d him to go. Cross-examined by Mr. SCARLETT—I know Mr, Bamford for a great• many years, bat I did not know who was to take the command of the party. My son did not tell me be was to go. I saw him in the procession, and it was mentioned in the family he meant to gO. There have been several public meetings of the Reformers in our neigh:. hourbood, hut my son is not one of thstn. knOw nothing of private meet logs. I don't know whether my son t oo k either re f re shment or money in his pockets for the march to Manchester. John Turner, a tailor and draper at Middleton, examined by- Bamford—Recollected the ;truces slot) there on the morning of the 16th August, and its music and banners; be saw a number of women and children among them. I saw no large sticks, but a few old men carried their comm on walking sticks ; I was no ways alarmed while they passed, as I had no occasion to be alarmed ; saw none drunk or riotous ; I am not a Refor mer ; 1 ()ever gave a penny to the concern, nor ever did I see Mr. Hunt in my life, unless I see him in this Court, and yet I don't know him ; I felt no alarm for Manchester by any means. Mr. Serjeant Hut.eocK--,-Well, then, you have had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Hunt by coming to York. Mary Lees said, she resided at Middleton, and -had five children ; her husband was a plumber and glazier ; recoll e cted the procession passing her house on the 16 , 1 i August ; she was then standing with her children at the door, and was afterwards assisting the mistress of the public-house opposite in filling liquor for a great many who called as they passed ; they all seemed quiet and cheerful ; they paid for_what they got. These people came from Rochdale, with a great number of women, both young and sold. .1 heard them drink several toasts, and amon g the rest 1' God S ave the Ki ng ," which, th oug h not a common toast, is made use of by the country people. I saw many of the people retur n in the evening, while I was again called upon to assist at the public-house. They many of them burst into tears, and others re mained silent. Crosi-examined—" God Save the-King" was not a common toast. " Hunt for ever 1" was often heard; butt she did not know whether this leas good or bad. In answer to questions from the Court, she said she saw Middleton women go with the procession, and return back again in the evening. Two other witnesses were examined, Some were in ranks, others were watching. Th i„ he believed, was on the Sunday Inn one before the meeting of the 16th of August. The procession .• was afteroled to Manchester by men callin g out " left, right," &c. It (lid not go by the nearest Way to Manchester on the 16th: They had music with them. He gave the names of the owners of the different instruments. Some of These had played on them occasionally at church.. Wben (he procession, marching lour a-breast, had ar- rived at ter's-field, the banners were taken to the bustiogs, but afterwards removed by order of Mr. Mr. Bamford ; he had remembered the speech of Bamford. ever since last Aqgost. He never saw it it 4 writing, but when it wag taken down, at the time of th e d e p os i t i ons , by Mr. Pearson; he had seen his deposition, in the middle of th e last week but one, at Samuel Barntord's ; it was . _ there read over to him; he began to repeat the speech, being directed to do so by the Counsel, but he had some difficulty in recollectit►g - the. whole. Did .not precisely remember what 1U:-. Bamford had said about .sonic dist ut bv nee takimg place when they .carne back ; r be. ren►embervd something about it. J33uitord went oti the.hust. logs. Re-examined by Mr. Baniford—Knew Torn Ogden, the church musician ; believed that. -b e and others of the musicians were in the habit of performing in the church at that time. Examined by the JUDGE—Witness %vas !Har ried ; did not take his wife to Manchester ; some bqndreds accompanied the procession all the way ; saw a number of boys on the way; did not see any of the Middleton women on Peter's-field; they did not press so far ,into the crowd as wit ness did ; the men who went in the procession allowed, in some instances, • their wives and daughters to go; at the wakes in Lancashire it was common to have banners and music ; never marched as they did ou the 16th of August, having sometimes processions, of which carts, fancifully ornamented, form a part ; had seen as many as 45 persons with one cart ; but several carts some times moved in the course of one day. John Barlow (examined by Bamford) was a weaver ; recollected l3amford's addressing the people of Middleton on the 16th of August ; he described the speech then made by Bamford.nearlv US it had been described by the last witness ; went to the Manchester meeting ; saw no insult offered on the way, nor at St. Peter's-field ; saw Btranford there—on the ground ; first saw him on the host ings, for about five _miontes ; saw him afterwards near witness opening an avenue among the peo ple ; did nut see Bamford on the hustings while Mr. Hunt was there; saw Bamford 50 yards, or within some few yards of that distance, from the hustings; the banners stood in the midst of the people. Cross-examined by Mr. Sedeant Caoss—Had no knowledge of any Committee. On the-16th of August the Middleton people were hesemble:l for the first time. Was on Tandle-hill on the morn ing. of the Sunday before. There aught he about 800 men there (trilling; they were then in com panies of about 30 men each. Could not say how GRNERAL CLt:c NON. wEstikArNsTElt. ELECTION—TWEr-Fll4 DAYS Tie state of the Poll, at the close yesterdgip tvai to;lovvs := Sir Francis Burdett Mr. I lobliouse ....... 4108 Mr. 1.311,1 i -3587 Mr. LAMB proceeded to address the crowd.—' They would naturally enticipate that he was noC :•0 nitich SAliSfitd with the state of the poll that day as on the pi ereding. He stedfastly however, on the promises of hiS feierids to cot to firs assistance ‘vbenever he should call upon them ; and all he pow intended to say was, to rd 4 quet they wonld trot put &Salty longer, big contd. op Io poll as speedily as possible. Mr. lionnousE—ln the words of Mr. Lambi he believed the poll that day would speak a littl4 for him. Those who might have felt any feari or doubts ab out t h e Jesu i t o f the contest, woulti now see that it was Ilex( to a moral impossibility that the Electors of Westminster, alter having. come for ward so gloriously at the beginnings should fall off towards the end. Ile appealed to them it it was not as notorions as the 'salt a: noon-day that undue influence had been used by his antagonist in this contest. His voters %sere actoally dragged to the poll. Burt he woold tell Mr. Lamb, that even it he had 200 of a tnajority to. (morrow, it would Le of no avail ; but it teas bia opinion he leave none. He bad told them* yesterday of some of the vdrioas shapes Mr, Litnitr assinned in the tionsse of Isis canvass. He was not then aware, however, that amongst others he intemled to conic into Palliament as a Mem her for the Attorneys. lie then read a cir cular letter, sigri , ,qt ‘` An Attorney," callito4 Import all the Gentlemen of that deseriprio n Ui snake a sinsoltaneoos c , thvass" for Mr. Lid), as the profession wanted some " realy usettil member whose (loots would he always open to the attornies." He could tell them a good rea son for she doors of I‘lr. Lamb b e i ng HI , A ays °pea to those gentlemen, fo r he was a barrister; hue he hoped the Electors of . ‘Vestminster wottlO find in this one more reason why their doors should, be closed against his opponent. To-morrow, therefore, they were to expect to be over-crowd ed at the hustings by a flight of attornies.--- (Laughter.)—He had a satisfaction in assuring them that neither the Aitornies, the Tories, noC the Whigs, would be able to cope with them on • the present occasion. - He concluded by coojorio4, them not to relax its their exertioos,, butt to stand firm at their posts, and not believe the victory was won nntil•they saw the popular Candidates at the head. of the poll, at the final close of the contest.-- (Great applause.) MIDDLESEX ELECTION.-FIFTH DAY. A brisk Poll was k , pt up for Mr. MELLIstr• iron) ten till twelve o'clock y.:*teidny, and Ii • headed Mr. WillTrifigAD nearly 150 votes ; carriages were. not known as they passed throagli the town. as thy had no coi , oirs flying, and thereby the voteis saved themselves front the in- terruption of. the populace. The scene was chaiiged at one o'clock by the arrival of about 20 - carriages with Mr. Whi?bread'S colon's flyi ng ;iit the foremost of these carriages was.. Mr. Alderman Wood, surrounded by banners, l►rece<led by bore. men and a bend of music, which had a funni:ahlo appe,irante, and placed Mr. Whitbread before Mr. Mellish on the day's Poll.---At four o'clock the. State of the Pull was declared as follows : • Bvni.; estio mut bread 16'29 Mr. IlYnc briefly thanked the E'ectors ; ma le the usual protestations of his rectitude ; spoke of taxation, a , td of the necessity Of resisting an in. crease of the Civil List.—(lie roust kno , v that no , such increase is intended', and we regret that his party teelings should so tar prevail as to induce hint to lend himself to the base falsehood whicit we have repeatedly so fully exposed.) • Mr.:VH/113'18AD also returned thanks in T 3 short speech, and repeated his nucandid and unfounded• insinuations relative .to the &ink. Air. MELLISH Was received %Aid) the usual up roar. He complained again of not being allowed . to justify his conduct against the calumnies hf-aped upon it. Such was not creditable t o the multi tude.—(Much clamonr.)—He again replied to what bad fallen Itom Mr. Wflitni:ead, that the Bank Directors pr , cketed ti million a•year front' the people. The persons be were ged,essin g had too lunch sense to believe this, or that a port' of that money had enabled him to carryon this Elec tion, as bad been already sated. The tvhole Was Alr. W.'s electioneering stratagem. Here again Mr. M. was prevented going on, and he was inn'en, insulted. Ihe uproar continned,• and we could only further hear flow Mr,. Mellish, that be en tertained no•doubt of ultimate success. Lord JorrN flussr,u, theti spoke - , but what said was mete common place, such as is daily heard from the mob, • • Mr. Sheriff PARKINS mvie some professions of I,,yally and p4triotism, an►! alluding to his'il— terc3tion %s*iti► I%lr , Mellish, said he Was there to keep the peace, and he was determined to do - his duty. Admiral Sir ELIAB EIAHVEY, the, course of the' d►►v of his eieci ion ; had his rocket 'picked by sonic of the London rifle corps ++r pocket book, at Cheihisford, anti also his Trafalgar medal ; but both have since been sent to bill). DIED. . . On the 74th instant, at his scat Archer's Lodge, near Spothamptou, Samuel Harrison, Esq. many years a Magis trate of the Cuortty of Hants. • On Tuesday evening, harin: , List week g iven birth to a •hoe girl,' which still survives, Helen, 'the wife of Mr. Ainottp MuAsap:, met, Lino)lo'3-inn-fields, aged =:zo.i•-••• Her exemplary Sii tue and Christi:di piety endeared her to a!1 who linew I:er. Tile sudden demise of Mrs. Arnatt long and deeply lamented by her afflicted husband (?"'• numerous friends. - • • • -. . . A few-days a g o, at Lympstone, 1, 1 D evons hi re , i n the 2st 4 ' year of her A . ge, Airs. Liowartli, a Lady well lnown in the terary world for the many admirable productions of her.. pencil, but much more so for her many amiable qualities ill' private.lile.—Mrs.'l-itiwartb was the relict of the late Captain' Ilowrfftli, of the lto!al Navy.—(,y/orning Herald.) LONDON:Printed by J. 11. 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