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.ing up to theist for preferment..--(here the Judge expressed an opinion that such au assertioe ought not to be made.) Sir Francis, with sub miesion, contended that the remark was very ma teriel for his defence, because, when it was known vu whom the Attorney-General depended, the motives of the present prosecution would be clearly understood. Why (lid not the Attorney- General send him to a Grand Jury in Middlesex, and try him there ? The reason was, that Lie de spaired of a conviction in Middlesex, and expected he should find men in this courtly who entertained strong prejudices against him for his supposed po litical principles. In doing this, the Attorney- General libelled the Juries of both places. He libelled the people of Middlesex by despairing of obtaining a verdict there; and he libelled those of Leicester by supposing them all possessed of political prejudices ; and what must the Jury think of prosecuting, him in a place, which, in poilit of Lew, W 33 rt disturbed district. lie next adverted to (lie undefiued character of a libel ; it was impossible for eny man to tell what it was ; (lie term was borlowed front the worst part of the ittiff24fi 14w, end edepted first in England by the ietamotts Court of Star Chamber. It was known that what 'WAS declared to he K libe l i n one county, wits declared in 'synth( r comfy nut to be a libel. This was the clearest ;roof h e cou ld g ive o f the opptestiolos practised against men on charges of published libels ; indeed it was difficult tor any mat; eharetti with such au offence to know how to drtend himself. It he was charged with I murder, he should know how to drfetid biles, It ; but not se heel charged witls witat was • a iihh I. The ten' of libel was even more ondefilod than the rnillraty for every militery nom keetv bee , i() emotion hiutseif so his tO avoid put isiourot. Bat 110 MU! cueld rell tt heilier lie !Digit( out he h im:reined for any thing he \A rote. Atter d *tiller; for some time on these topics, he enteleui into all examination of the letter i:e teas cluarged with wilting; and onset yeti, that he could not conceive why it should he considered disaf ticlion in him to that had cut p e ople to pieces ; or hos it could excite itissatis faction in the military. Ile weeieti to excic no dissatisfaction, but to seek tot legal redress, by appealing to the Ives of the country r and he contended that there was no libel in that. lie had addressed the letter to his Coostituents, sod to the Country Gentlemen of En g iand, with the vet y view of obtaining legal redress. Thiele was nothing in the letter more than the words which it contained, for no innendo could be made out ruins it ; and it was most unfair in the Learned Counsel to attempt to infer an inuendo Ironer:my part of the letter. But he maintained that the whole proceeding was out of teat Court,—out its proper jutisdietion,—for that letter was published its Middlesex alone. In that paper there teas no slander thrown ou the osiiitary, any mitre than on the Government ; but it was a jes- • tification in his favour that he b4d stated iu the letter that he had his authority only from the newsp-llh2rs. As to whether the Manchester wee; tog was or was noelegal, the people assem bled there wished to put thettiEelses under the protection of the law ; they did not think they were acting illegally, and the very Magistrates dill not know whether the meeting was legal or illegal. They had, however, done the same thing which the Attorney-General charged Lim, with doing, namely, to provoke a breach of the peace; for instead of arresting Mr. Hunt in the first instance, as they might have done, they wait ed till immense numbers sere collected to gether, and then sent the military to at tack them. lie contended, that the Manches ter Meeting, which was the subject of this letter, was not illegal ; for he had been in Parlia ment a quarter of a century, and he always under stood any number of persons might legally meet to present petitions; and it was not until very lately, that a Noble and Learned Lord had twisted out some oh,cure points of law to prove, that a `nee ro t s , when it became very numerous, be came Mega]. Until that declaration was made, all public meetings were considered as legal.— In sepoort of this assertion, he quoted the opinion that had been given by Lord Chief Jus tice Holt, who declared that any person who killed another on account of being in a great meet was guilty of mender. As to reading the Riot Act, it ought not to be read till there was a riot ; their an hour was allowed to the people to dis perse ; and there was nothing in such case to jestify the sending of military among the rioters. After dwelling for a considerable time on these topics, Le concluded by expressing his conviction, that a verdict could not be found against him. Set ji ant VAUGH kN addressed the July at considerable length, enforcing all he had stated in his opening speech, and at the same time he re plied to time legal objections which had been iukt o by Mr. Dsteetee. Mr. Justice BBST, in his charge to the Jury, declared be hail tin hesitation in pronouncing the letter of Sir P. Burdett to be a seditious libel ; Bed with respect to the county; its which it was published, there was strong presumptive evidence to show, that it was written in Leicestershire. That iv riming was a publication, and the olus lay on this to prove that it was not written in that County. It was for Sir F. Burdett to show that letter got into the County of Middlesex. lie was in Leicestershire at the time the letter was written, and the Jury were wart anted in believing that it bed been published Oleic. iu that letter he spoke of blood beving been spilled by the soldiery. Was it tit for a Gentleman of his education an d knowledge of the laws of his country to make such an assertion on the mere authority of news pepet s ? Then the defendant spoke of the uncon stitutional measure of a standing army ; but there was no such thing, for the army existed only by the authority of Parliament from year to year. The defendant stated, that in his defence his object was to call on the Country Gentlemen of England to support the just riehts of their country. He believed no men in England were inure noxious to do so than the Count ry Glen le men. With respect to the other expressions in the lettei, it was impossible for any man to justify them. The defendant knew very well that there was no such thing as a reign tut terror, or deneer from milliaty execution in this country. In the allusion merle to the military in the reign `i.l.pies the Second, there was nothieg particularly No Pat is Papers have arrived this morning. We have the pleasure to state,. that our letters this morning bi ing favourable reports from Lei cestershire and Westmorland. Also respecting the Devon County Election. LOH EBRINGToN declared from the Hustings that a letter, which has appeared in public, calculated to injure his opponents, had no foutidation in truth. He de clined farther contest. The LOWTHEBS are secure of their return in spite of all the vaunting pre dictions of Mr. BROUGHAM, and all the riotino of his Radical Myrmidons. • The Conviction of Sir FRANCIS IiSADITT must be a subject of triumph to every loyal and wise than in the Country. Ilis friend Cut:31307 de• clared that the first impression which the Baronet made neon his mind was, that he was the Most ambitious and dangerous man in the kingdom.— We wish there was as much reason to rely on COBB ETI '3 principles as upon his discernment.— These are perilous times, and never was tLe coun• try so mulch in want of sound, intelligent, an d honest Juries. The great space occupied by the Trials of IIoNT and BURDETT (for such Radicals, we pre sume, despise all gentlemanly additions to their names) prevents us from taking due notice of the progress of the Elections for Middlesex an d Westminster. If there could be any doubt of the evils which would result from Annual Elections and Universal Suffrage, let the People look at the Ruffians who bellow for the Rndical Candidates, BURDETT and Hosnousa, in Covent-Garden, and those who in the same manner support the Coa lesced Radicals, BY ING and WHITBREAD, at Brent ford. The howling', yellings, and disgusting sounds of all kinds, that are directed against Mr. Mau.rsit, the real Constitutional Candidate, afford an admirable specimen of the temper of that Gentleman, as well as of his political firm ness. Most earnestly do we hope that his perse vering confidence in the good sense and loyalty of the Majority of the Freeholders will be justified by the event. The very circumstance of his being a Director of the Bank is one of the very best tests that can he offered in his favour ; for it is well known that it is impossiltle for any man to attain to such a height of commerciel dignity without the fullest proofs of his integrity, good sense, knowledge, and opulence. Mr. MRLLIsH blends with his mercantile eminence the manners, t h e spitir, th e hospitality, and all the qualities that can adults private life. We thrtefote title( (hilt the despicable miscreants who howl for his oppo nents will he mortified by the result, and that the Redicul Intrudtrs of both Middlesex and Westminster will not only be disappointed upon the present occasion, but disheartened trout ovrr ins kiting tie Elecors by their un founded preteusions. We repeat, that Mr. llon- Housst is only known to the world by publications too licentious to excite any thug but contempt for such a degradation of talents ; end Mr. WHITBREAD is so little known for talents or at tainmems,that the Freeholders of Middlesex would expose themselves to contempt and ridicule it they were to choose a young man n hose only pretensions are founded upon an insult to their understanding as well as their loyalty; inaf.much 43 those pretensions arise from his inheriting a determined hostility to the measures of Government, whether tight or wrong. exprelicil ; but there WA% A 1 41 .0 st d•AI hl,e Government of this contary did not depend for its support on a standing Army, hot ou the affections of the people; yet soldiers were wanted in the country, and it WB9 a most mischievous thing to paralyze their duty by such a publication as this. A British Army was (lever employed for any other purpose, except that - of our pre servation: -1 - Ie would put it to the Jury to say, whether that letter was a calm appeal to the Gen tlemen of England, or whether it was not in tended to ha addressed to the passioas of the peo ple. It was evident it was not written in a hurry, or in an incautious moment ; because the letter which Sir Francis Burdett atterwards ad dressed to Lurd Sidmouth, and in which he maintained every sentiment he uttered in his first letter, clearly showed that it was not a hurried thing which lie had done.--But hay : iitg deliberately avowed it, be mast have vrrit ten it in a mnment of deliberation. The Learned Judge added, that he must declare it to be a paper to be the most calculated to do mischief of any he could conceive, and he never saw more poisonous ingredients condensed in any one paper than were to be found in that letter. Jury, without %I ppearing to deliberate eit It oilier, iminediitely pronounced a Verdict or GUI LT?. The 1 rid VIRB 110 t concluded tilt lialf-past Five yrtterdAy evening. .0......7••••14 , 1 .1 . lIEATRICA It (; ISTE It. Performed I,ast TIIEA rag ROYAL. : LUCIUS JilnlU3 Britt us, Ntr. Kean ; Mr:t. W. West. After which, J•icit and the Bean St:tik. FULA' HE ItuvAl.. CovENTIGannaN --Ivanhoe: Isaac, Mr. W. Fan Cu ; Rebecca, Miss Foute. After which, The Critic. PRICE OF STOCKS 04111 PAY AT rw us*: P (Loch. 3 f•cl Cent. Cons Gtii I South Sea Stock ~ per Ct. Nxry Ann. 1031 10i Exch. 11111 s, 2d.... is. Ss. cti.. Imp. s per Cent. Aim..... US Cons. for Account GPii IxotA Bends .... 1:16. I. pr. M.ll LS. A.knivs_P-1 9 Waterford. 1 Guernsey and Jersey. Holland, 1 Lisbon, 1 Malta, 1 llatuburgh, I Flandeis. 111 G ii WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-NIORROW. 17 minutes after 11. I Evening, 45 minutes attar 11. THE SUN. aOLEM QUISSIit IFAI,SUM AUUCAr ? LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 24. 1820. GENEItAL ELEcTioN. WESTMINSTER ELECTION,--.FOURTEENTII DAY. The following was tLe state of the poll at two o'clock this day : Sir Francis Burdett. Mr. Hubhouse Mr. Larnb 4lss THIRTEKNTIi DAY. P,Aling went on sinwly yesterday; the num bers at the close %vete : Sir Francisl3urdett Mr. Hohbouse • Mr. Lamb Mr. LANtu and Mr. llosairousc ses - craily adlressed the rind titude ; but there Was nothing iu their speeches worthy of particular notice. Thcy conskted chiefly of uninteirsting quibbling with respect to the influence alleged to base been exeleited on both sides to induce the E.lectota to vote. MIDDLESEX ELECTION.-SEVENTII DAY. The following was the state of the 1),,11 this day at Twelve u'Clock '28'29 . SIXTH DAY. The polling was Linguid yesteiday, after twelve o'clock, previously to which time, Mr. MELLI3II was placed at the head of the day's poll. At the close of the poll, the numbers were declared 35 follow : Ilyng Whitbread 19,47 The Candidates severally addressed the Meeting. Mr. MEL LISH, in, conseynence of his superior number un the day's Poll, took pi ecedence of Mr. WIIIT EINEM), but from the usual factious illiberality, he could not obtain a heating. ,The speeches of the other two Candidates contained nothing a l of t than their former common-plate party invectives. WESTMORLAND ELECTION. Uu II)t Seventh 1).,1'3 Poll, at a quaver before elevcn, the nualbel w tre Gros, Poll. Lord Lowther Colony' Lowther . , ........... 1312 Mr. Brougham • 1275 APPLEBY, MArclr ?T. Mr. BROUGHAM lust ground thronli the whole of tester day. His game is wholly up. At the close of the day, Le was 18 under Colonel Lowrrtrn, and Ile under his Brother. The Colonel's majority of the day was 91. The Blues are in a terrible humour; and a rote would not be surprising, as the only mode which the Universal Suffragists yet awhile have of giiin; their votes. Mr. LA MEITON arid coade.a must Niotent speech, exciting the mob to attack the Yellow Flag. Mr. Bann GIiAM . . speech was a tissue of clamour, and viru lence, and misrepresentation, sthich does nut deserve any detail. One part of it,.howerer, should be noticed. In com menting on the "subaltern situation," as he styled it, held by Laid Lows Hsu (who is a Lord of the Treasury), he said that when his (Mr. B.'s) party came into power, which he assured his hearers was an event neither remote nor improtrable, his station among them was so eminent, that they could nut " venture" to offer him any but the hiyhest zitaalion. In which case, he said, he would bold his due sway in the House of Commons. What will Mr. TIERNEY, and the other Leaders of the Op position, say to this assumption, or presumption of Mr. BROUGHAM ?—For the first five days, he was a puddle in a storm ; yesterday, he was a pigmy 'Ton stilts. Half-past Ten, Irednesday.—The Pull is going on satis factorily. blr. BROUGHAM is now under the Colonel. CONTESTED ELECTIONS.—STATE OF' THE POLLS. MIDDLESEX, MARCH 23. nytqc . Whitbread . . . 2 `301 Dt.vos, .... 2546 I Ehrington Acland 179 k 1959 nast4rd Elected I3ERKSHIRE, 'MARCH 29. Charles Dundß' Neville WESI'MuRLAND, MARCH 22. Lord Lowther. 1416 I Brougham Culone/ Lowther GLAMORGANSIIIRE, MARCH 22. Cule ... DROGIIEVA. Metcalfe HADlNnrorf. Sir J. G. Suttie TAVNI OH. riage. Yesterday the nincess AUGUSTA dined wit' ) ihe Duke and DtiCheSS of GLOUCESTER. Yesterday evening their Royal Highnesses the Di•eliess of GLOUCESTER and Princess AUGUSTA , visited her Royal Highness Princess SOPMII, " Cambridge House, South Andley.st rev, Another Gazette, similar to the, one of Thurs. day last, was yesterday published, containing additional number of Addresses to his MAJEsT I MEMBERS RETURNED. I from various parts of the emi ire, of eondolent s Devon—Sir Thomas D. Adana, gait. and P. Bastard, Esq. on the much lamented death of his revered father. P estun—Sarnuel Borrocks, and E. tiursiby, Esys. and of congratulation on his present IMa3 sTIC 4 Waterford County—Lord George Beresfurd, and .I.l.aard accession. tower, Esq. Meath—lord Ilectire, and Sir M. Somerville% A NGYLL 110U;13 —This very inadequate duc lit W. ter ford City—Sir John Nea putt. mansion has lately been mu , b improved by its pie" lio,s--Auhn Carroll, Es q . lladington County—Sir James Grant Static , Bart. sent p ossessor, the Earl of ABERDEEN, who ha s taken down the old Wed roof and replaced it bf an a:tic. Tl.e whole front is plainly but neaL4 Ito( cced, and the addiion of its courtlegef is rendered a handsome lordly residence. DaetAncut. Flag —A file broke out about nin 3 o'clock list that at the Printing House of 1400 11 ' (iv a arid BAI.NE, in Graceehurch-sti eet, which el" tirely consumed their extensive premises and marl surrtnindisig houses. several pet SOII3 eared th e; 4lee4 with went difficulty, and many were siver el l hurt. Baring Wane Yesterday afternoon, about five o'clock, 11:s MAJEsTY arrived at his Palace in Pall Mall, from the Pavilion at Brighton. The Coronation is fixed for the 12th of August, fte Anniversary of his .MAissTY's birth-d.y. Mr. WEBB, his MAJESTY'S Robe-maker, its liolywell street, has received an order for Corosnttiott Robes to the amount ut 36,0001.—Many other robe-makers in the %Vest end of the to.sn ate also Actively employed for the sane purpose. A great bustle has in eon,eqtience prevailed in the fur market. Ermine I/44 been in great demand fur the last tell days, and is ru:itY all bought itp.-- (Ar c r%ing t hronicle.) —. .... - 'i+t , LONDON: Print. d 111. B. C.‘nsTAlTtti, of tin. 2r/r ( , Ir- A , Orrnmil-strvet, (Inc•cu-s,inare; and ptiniiihrd by % I '.: .; 1,,, SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South Molton,street, at Tag ,--,,, Ott'cr, No. 11?, strand ; whvrg Atlvtitisernentio Oi ie. 4 1 L..t;vis, &c. (po.t-oligl) must IA aldtescrd. SHIP NEW±3. POSITSII6I;Tif, MARCH 23 —Art iced Iti3 jetty's Chip Sapphire from the Cape of Gov' Hope, with Lurd CHARLES SO:vIERSET and Suite CM bus rd. DEAL, MAncti 23.—Arrive4 and sailed for the River, th , Talbtrt, from Bombay ; left at Bombay the Albioli to sail i❑ a few days, and Bombay Merchant, to sail in aboat a month ; the Barrossa and Marquess of !lasting, were load' ALDBURGIT, MAIICJA 23.—The sloop John and WiMarl, Smith, from Yarmouth to Ipswich, sunk in the Hallestal Bay, in 7 seven fathoms water, un the 41st instant. Tho clew landed at Oxford Low Lighthouse yesterday. 111ArtGArr., MARCH 23.—krrived the Young ProteuSt Holmes, from Para fur London, with loss of au anchor. tS writing desk, containing papers of the vessel's accounts, &C , belonging to Captain Storey, of the Flora, lately from Shield!, has been picked up near the Reculvers. COMMON COUNCIL. The LORD MAYoR held yeaterday a Court of Common Council at Guildhall, at which his Lord.. ship reported to the Court, that the Address of Coudolence arid Congratulation, agreeii to at die last Court, had been presented, agreeably to his :IIAJt:STY'S wish, by a small Deputation ; that hti MAJESTY received them ►ery graciously, and was pleased to make a most gracious Answer thereto, ►chich his Lordship laid before the Court, and, upon berg read, the same was ordered to be cu. tercd On the Journals. Upon the motion of Mr. Alderman WooD, reference was made Niche Committee, to cons Aler the propriety of reducing the two Itegi• mews of Looduu Militia into one. Sir Wit.r.rAm CuaTis having entered the Court, Mr. OLDHAM requested to be informed whether the statement of the Hon. Bironet's speech, at tlitS close of the last Election—that the Court were led by a Deruagogut—a Bully—and a Priest,—was correct ur nut I--when S;r iVILLIAM replied, that the words he had used were---a Dents• gogut.—and a Jesuit. - Mr. OLD am. 4 then moved a Iteeoln ion repre• bending hint, which was wothitnuusly agrecd too and ort!ered to be advertised. The Loin \lAYc►n Lill betore the Court a letter from the Hon. Ldtly Allll Seymour Ddmer, in te hpeCt to the situation of the , llust of the late Lord Nelson, presented by her to the Corporation, and it mss reierred to the City Lands Com►nittee to cause it to be placed iu iis plistitte dignified situ• at ion. The Court were then informed that the Marquess Of CAMDEN had arrived at Guildhall, for the pia. pose of being admitted to the Freedom of Abe, City. The ;Moulders put on ti,eir gown's and took thtir seats, whet' the Marquess was introduced iu (win, and conducted to a table • at the upper end of the Court, where he was sworn into the Freedom by the Chamberlain, who, after enngra tasting him in the accustomed manner with the sign of Fraternity. and giving him joy,, addresseri him in a neat speech, to , the AlarqUess re,' plied in an appropriate .niatiner, 'I he ! Lynn MaYon ut was also duet'd'ib the Court. „ , • ' ' CORN EXCHANGE, MARCH 24. —Our market was plentifully supplied with all grain this morning, hum the superabun dance of Motida)'s arrivals; yet both Wheat and Batley of fine quality support Wednesday's prices, which were . 2s. pre quarter below those of Nionday.—Qats were dull sale, t/se . supply far exceeding the present demand; and although fol , I. per quarter less was asked hut a snaali .quantity was cf* - posed of. In Beans and Peas there is no alteration. SMITHFIELD NIATIKET, ;tIARCH :.!4 —This morning's Mariset was but middlingly supplied with all kind of Cattle, and th+ lake of good Cattle could scarcely obtain last Monday's prices ; but the inferior sorts were lower than last Monday; Mutton its price as per above; Veal as per last :Market-iLtyr Mirk the same. No material alteration in the Hay Markel• Straw and Clover remain as usual. Catl:z letters mention that the Hilt 3h tranuorts had been 4 lischarged by the Spanish Governtottif , and that they had already begun to temOve the stores out of them. Yesterday morning the Doke of YORK left io , %n tor Oatlands. His Royal Highness retur►►" ei t t o to►tcn in the evening, and dined with Eat' of SHAFTESBURY. Prince LEOPOLD left Claremont for Londoli yes erday afteinooo. his Royal Highness stop ped on his way at the King's Palace at Kensing ton, and dined with the Duchess of KENT. The Princess ALEXANDRINA, the intant (laugh' ter of the Duchess of KENT, +vas taken out an airing yeiterday, in Prince LeoPoLD's car' to the ~'~ ; 'ions i encd b A to induct: first da b ively ren trii~;ni, 1 rep and R, adtnira ztlise u th e Pet- King a Acti. n'Y pu!: Progres kirastu rynsub and 41 grovel: 6 , ppose( form. It ha ihat I h and JO; persoil:k Ilttrop, Ihytt tiv 1!(,) , Ir i/1 tally at The +sl) beg by the uni -________ Pr , lii E , r eason t F aye not Ai!! b e a th e LI Th e t t l'•e Free th e „, Bishop I)is!ricl "ANG, El E „ Ti nt . ' lll Fsl e Se t x,i th etiled 4 . sc tt, 1 1[ 10 d 1 s o , kill,lo V?' of "t g 1%. ‘. t 7 11 . 1d:o Itistl-