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t a-~ ~.. 01 15 the )o' s [are or were 'therefore, eFe ore. closeted together, and acting to n „!ther b e f or e t h e M eet i ng ; and what was more, L vi ney - had two "flags, the inscriptions on syliich "id - be found e nti re l y i n un i son w ith their s 4 r , v , a sl[ed :political feelings. They were necessa psuch as se e me d M ost lik e l y t o exc it e disaffec t" and discontent towards the Government,— r" one .was - "Nfaior. Cartwright and the Bill of . % ; h tsi and .Liberty." This . was a Bill _which -,;as a favou r it e w ith those who called .themselves ; the 'other side had the remarkable ' 4v ., csr ds " The Sovereignty-of thelleople." Indeed LL matterofsurprise that they should have ! al isted under such aabanner, for they were about t° exercise an act of 'the highest sovereignty—one the" Constitution denied to the ►ling him less: than to alter the Constitution msf the ,Realm, and ,give ',us a new 1- mnons. The l a ngnage they used was en- House . of ° it i rt lY of th e same- character.; the despotic" A house of , the people was asserted ; the of ,CoMmons was painted as having be -- t ra Yed its t ru st, a nd th e people to whose y hands I t w as - returned, were called upon to exercise their E° 4 v ereignty without reserve. As' to the other side t ' e inscription was "Sir Charles Wolseley:and 10 Corn 'Laws." He did not mean to .say any th ing of Sir Charles Wolseley, who was a 13,1- a` 4 et of good family in Staffordshire ; with him present be had nothing ,to do ; but, if neces sary, he could connect him with the meeting. -s—. rums was th e ge ntleman whom they chose for t:11 . the ir tlif, Legislatorial Attorney. .On another side flag was'" .Jonathan Thomas Wooler, and h le Lib er t y o f t h e Press." There was no greater i..; es sing or curse in a free country than a free, , e r ess• Let it keep within bounds, and it was `e best safeguard of our liberties ; but to what Purposes had it not been prostituted in the pre sent dray ? Through k disaffection, rebellion, an d discontent spread abroad the poison of their infl uence ;' it was the vehicle for irreligion, the n s T r gan of private malice, - and the engine in the 14 ands of the Democrat. Long might the Liberty ° j the Press b e preserved, and he hoped never see it ,shackled ; but every good man should' rPlore the uses which had lately in some l ands b een ma d e of it:" /With such an instru //'i:eut did th e d e f e nd a nts go to their bad work, and it ' was the re f ore na t ura l th a t they shouldmagnify s importance, by deifying its licentiousness. ir 'lying thus arranged their flags, the principal act „ t ° IS met at the Major's lodgings, and they de ertnined to. go in procession to the place of meet iin order to give sonre -eclat to their move -I:lents. All the other defendants would be found i t ec umpanying the Major. They set out for the Veeting w ith mus i c ,. t o a pl a c e called Ne wall near Birmingham, and hi the , same parish, " ; ' l ere the ground formed a kind of amphitheatre, Lry proper for their purpose. In a little time, t „° less than GO,OOO ~ persons were gathered, as • • 4 dlnunds, one of -the • defendants, himself con fessed in a report. in his paper. The greater Part, of course, went on foot, . but Major Cart -I.ri„ht, wh o WilS ver y infirm, and is still so, was fted out of a barouche, and placed like a rally 'kg, point upon the hustings. Lewis, Edmunds, Wooler, had come to the spot in the carriage tmt i te h nd h e .d a }ring? ail of whom' together with Maddox, Meeting af his lodgings in the morn , 4.14 and Were alike - involved in the conspiracy, had given- their assent to the Resolutions n ‘ l ' e n were afterwards adopted. But having t. w Come to the ground, it was found necessary t c l lat sntne one should preside, and that " fearless l anipion o f t h e i r lib e rti es , and undaunted as-_ Lemur of their rights," as he called himself, zr e :rge Edmunds, modestly put himself forward, was called to the chair. There was more in d vs Meeti ng t h an fi rs t mee t s th e e ye, for a great _ w ea l was c a l cu l a t e d u po n the good example it ould set to the rest of the country. And in t" if one were to -consider the great number of ta e etings which were held at the same, time, and f„ , - , r the same purpose, in Manchester, Stockport, ' l O other plac e s, such an expectation would Q l 7 appear very visionary. There simultaneous itrngs argued a deep laid and extensive con diracy to over t urn , or a t l e ast to re-model the c °v errunent and Constitution of ithiS country. , ' 4ll -Inds being then Chairman, bespoke silence a l til ° who were to speak, in the usual way, And though he would not disgust the Jury - by ix a k ning- this person's speech, as it was .reported th" lis -own paper, yet he could not help calling err attention to certain passages it. He be tan,l,l expressing a hope, " that the benefits of h. al ts .nleeting. would not be' confined to this place °1: le) but extended to the empire at large.", It ° ,s i mpossible to read this speech, and not see how It Ore out th e c h arge i n th e indictment „of en d °ea vouring t o b r i ng th e G ove rnment, and more v artic alarly the House of Commons into con thePt• The Learned Serjeant then described mischievous tendency of the whole of the ` l `: e ,,-cnes delivered on the occasion, and which ta i 'July neticed at the time. He read the seve rsolutions passed at the Meeting,,and com b:tatted upon each of them, spewing that ,these Wh ,'endatit s had arrogated to themselves a power kl a r ti the Constitution refused to the King. They tl rtz e.d• the right ; but with 'what materials did at, e 3 ' go to trial.? Was a trial with 62000 men f ..k ed P r oper way to decide it. 'They would in that • seat their. Member in the House ; .was -legitimate or constitutional trial ? The t i g Birmiugham concluded by voting ° rCartwright,for . having at his. ad ‘4li • -c,dajo• -ge, undertaken so great a journey to for ! Naa s. tii t'ir Cause, a clear proof that his being there . tve not enti re ly t h e e ff ec t o f accident.—Thanks the ' then vot e d t o th e Ch a i rm an,Mr-Wooler, and ea . 1 1 3 ''' .n ciPal actors, and the Meeting was adjoarn7 pa ack t o time Major's house, whither tbe „greater r t °r them accompanied him in. the barouthe. s „' e Y returned in the same order in which they d a Q ut• • Here ended the Meeting, and the next info dePutatio n ' wa it e d upon Si r C. Wolseley to' rna hi m of th e resu lt, and induce him to un ticeatice the office, of Legislatorial Attorney.— I, l !€_!it purpose wou ld h ave b een t h en completed. h o ''' Learned Counsel concluded by expressing a h e Pe t of bein g a bl e t o prove every statement-Which then he did not c'utex(ain. a doubt of the result.—The Learned Selieant then proceeded to call witnesses, the "chief of which - ---•- were the following : James Bovee—Examined by Mr. BeanEa—He is a brass founder in Birmingham, and lived there ii July, I Si 9; M•sjor Cartwright came to his house on the inth of July; he stayed wail the 'Mb ; his' house is in Cannon-street; fie lodged there, and Was quite a stranger before he came; about seven in the evening Mr. C. &hounds, Mr. Miuldoeks, Mr. Lewis, and a Mr. Whitworth, called vision him; did not see Mr. Wooler on the Sunday; ,on the Mondav morning - Mr. Woofer carne,,and also Mr. Maddocks, Mr, Edmonds, Mr. Lewis, and Mr. Whitworth ; they came-separately, but were all togrtber at one time ; they were with him about an hour; one other person was with.them, but be does not recollect whO he Was ; there were two flags bctiught while they were so assembled ; , they were deposited in the passage of his house before the meeting; they left his house .at about half past two, in an open landau ; all the defendants were in the inside of the landau, and Whitworth . on the box ; -the-flags - preceded the procession; the procession was composed of a vast concourse of people, be should 'think sonic hundreds; lie went to the Meeting some little tinte'atterwards; there were a great num . her ,if persons collected, and hustings were erected ; he Saiy the whole of the - defendants or, the hustings; after te' Meet ing was over they returned to his house in the same order they went Mr. Maddocks was not with them ; Major Cart:- wright went the next day to Sir Chat les Wolseley ;- he went in a post-chaise, accompanied lay Mr.. Edmonds only ; 'he re turned to his-.-house, but whether on the Friday following or 'Friday week lie cannot specify; he was paid for his lodging by Major Cartwright. Fraucis Johnson—Examined lay Serjeant VAUGTIAN—rfe is a griacer at. Birmingham, beard of the meeting on the 14th July; he was there before the defendants; 'saw them all ;trrivc, . . get out of the carriage, and get on the hustings; they had two flags. with them :' the inscriptions were—" Major Cartwright, and the Bill of Rig,hts;" on the other side—" The Sovereignty of the People. ", The other flag • had on one side—" - Sir C. - SVolseley mud no Cern Bill ;" on the reverse, " Thos. Jonathan \Voider ; ' he observed them •on the Hustings; Ire saw pearly all the defendants on the hustings ; he did not know who first addressed the meeting,' was for the purpose of calling Mr. Edmonds to the Chair ; he was proposed as the " fearless champion ;" be in consequence took the Chair, and addressed the meeting. He commenced by thanking them for the high honour they had -else ferret, on•birn, and requested attention for those persons who might offer theinSelves as speakers; he' opened the proceedings by observing, that they had two impor tant 'objects to obtain—the one, to obtain a Parliamentary Representative for Birmingham, tin' other, a more equal repre sentation tot the country at large. He then made some violent remarks upon the gross corrnption and 'misrepresentation in the country ; he said," we have long been talking of the right of the •people to a representation, we are now about to exercise that right Obis will be doing something and something which, from its novelty as well as its justice, will excite a general sensation throughout the country." He also used the• words " gross, and corrupt, and base," as applied to the Mi• nistry and the Horne of Commons, and he said, " the Bank of England, aided by an important grant of our Legislative Body, has swindled you out of your gold, and in lien thereof forced upon you their worthless paper. The House of Commons have carried on a ruinous arid expensive war, in order to enrich themselves; that the majority of the [Luse of Cem . - - - mons was as much under the control of Ministers as ever slaves were to their drivers. Nothing more Was necessary to spew the necessity_ of repairing . the Representation altoge ther." He concluded by requesting their attention to a Gen tleman near him, who,. he observed, would propose to them. certain Resolutions, calculated to olasoin the object they had in view, which lse had no doubt, would receive their approba- tion and support. Hr then read a remonstrance and and - a letter from Sir C. Wtslst ley. He was succeeded by Mr. L)laddochs. He said, the cause of all our calamitieS, and in a great measure, the calamities of the whole world,were creat ed by the corrupt state of the Rept esentation of the Pepple of Eny,land in Parliament. lie afterwards read a list, purport 7 ing to be a statement of pensions granted bye-Governmeut; he does not remember the names of any. He proceeded by proposing certain resolutionS; the first mas a complaint, re monstrance, and petition ; he believes this was read by Ed monds. He moved that that sliquld be adopted as the act of that meeting. Another resolution was, t hat tin,' should elect a cent ii man as their Legislatorial Attorney, anti Repre sentative, in whose person they would try their right to Par liamentary Representation, and who shall he instructed to claim its their. hebalf admission to the House of Commons, as the Member th”reof. Another resolution was, that Sir C. Wolseley, of Wolseley, is elected LegiSlatorial Attorney and Representative of the inhabitants of Birmingham, and is in structed to pray in their behalf, by letter to the Speaks!r of the House of Commons, admission. into their House, as a Member thereof. These • resolutions were • read together and adopted severally There was another resolution, ap- pointing Edmonds and others to wait on it C. Wolseley with the resolutions of that meeting . Major Cartwright and Mr. Wooler.were put in afterward s, as au addition to the deputation. AI! the resolutions were approved and carried. Samuel Dickenson, surgeon, Birmingham—He was at the Meeting on the 1211, July; he thin': there thin' there Were if; or 20,000 persons; the hustings were erected at New Hal l• hill; he saw Edmonds,' Woofer, Major Cartwri!..ht, Lewis, and has a faint recollection he saw Maddocks there, and several other persons. The proceedings comnienced by some un khown individual proposing 1 dmouds as Chairman, as the fearless champion of the people, and the undaunted assertor of their lights and liberties. Mr. Edinonds accordingly took the Chair. He thanked them for the honour done hint. — There were others who would address the Meeting, and he hoped they would hear them patiently ;,they had established their character fur peace and order, and he trusted they would not give their enemies any opportunity of caluinniatiog them on the present occasion. " You are assetobled here for two_ important objects, one to obtain a Representative for your self, the other to procnre a Representative for the whole County. There are many persons of highly moral and Teti gious characters, Nt ho think Birmingham ought not to be represented, and their ohjections are' founded on the gross wickedness, fraud, and perjury, that continually disgrace the country." -• Mr. DENMAN made an•oblection to the mode of examina tion. as the -witness'could not swear these were the precise swords read. The .lonoE thought this was not action of wards s and there fore this was the proper i»ode'of proceeding; he had no diffi culty in saying this was the proper mode. The witne,s proceeded.—Edmonds said,," he. believed he was echoing the sentiments of the greater body of the town, when he stated, that he should object to the town being re presented entirely but would only agree to it.as a temporary arrangement, and not suff.a . the possibility of its becoming a seat for Court inffuener and patty corruptiOn. The claims of Birmingham were fbunded on the same ground as those of any other place in Ens:land, and •it is therefore one of the means for advancing the general cause. It is very difficult for people to reason npon abstractqueStiohs, the.present pro. reeding supplies a fact ; we have been lung talking about the r , ghts of the people to representation; we are now about to exercise that right. ',This is doing, something, and somsthing which, from sits novelty as well as justice, will excite a very general sensation throughout the (mithy." Heattri• bitted all the distresses of the people to - the corrupt state of the Representation by the misrepresentation of toe people. • Did not that arch traitor William Pitt, by his corrupt influ ence, obtain an 'Act by which the Bank was authorised not to pay its notes ? Ilitve Ilia these corrupt men, by having carried on a system of war, created a debt of many hundred millions ? This is the gloriona result of the Pitt system. He does not recollect what he said more; he observed that some persons were near him • wh o wou ld propose some plaits to th e m, w hi c h would, no d ou bt, mee t w ith th e i r a ppr o bation; he then read a letter from Si r C. wob o ty, and stated, that it , related to the dea t h of his mother. Maddocks followed him. Mr. Lewis and Nlr. Wooler then spoke, but he did not hear what they said. Maddocks then spoke to the nature of the Resolutions. As soon as Sir C. Wolselev was elected, some one cried out for two Members, which, however, was not attended to. The Deputation was then moved and carried ; it was composed of slajor Cartwright and Mr Edmonds. Isaac Pemberton —He saw the procession pass him in New (this witness also spoke to the inscriptions on the slags, as before stated) ; he saw all the defendants at the meeting ; he heard sonic uric propose Mr. Edmonds, as the un danntedchsunpion of the people's rights ; and Mr. Edmonds . .took the chair, and addressed the Meeting. He requeste,t silehee ; and informed them, that the purpose they met •for was fns obtaining a Representation of Itiravnghani, and sill the unrepresente ' d• persons - in, England. Maddocks read the four first Resolutions ; he gave this original mieufe of the proceedings to Mr. Spurrier. Mr. Spurrier examined—He does not know any thing of . the paper the last witness speaks of ; he might have given it to him, hut he certainly knows nothing ut it. .hie has looked for it Only in that drawer where he kept the whole of these pap, re ; it does not appear to him that be. has pelt this .paper in some place wheie he has not searched for it ; be looked tor it its consequence of the witness Basing he had givers it him, but cannot find it him. Pemberton contineled--sThe threesfirst Resolutions were , to the corruption of Boroughs and the interference. of Peers.' The fourth MIS, that a: Biel ofillghts and 'Liberties aught to tse passed int.ra law, that the remonstranc e and petition be ,;adopted t h e next, that the•-ihhabitants of 13-irtiinthatu shoitlct forthwith proceed to elect a. Gebtlertan -- ,whoui they could. confide as the LegislatOriai Attroey a::ii Reve,entatire the seventh was that Sir C. Walse•ley, of Wtils - „iley, in the County. of Staffotd, is elected Legist.itziri , ti Attorney.finit Re presentative of the Inhabitants of Birmingham, at+ 1. 1 4 , " he in structed to claim on their behalf 'admission info tha 1-7.:pise of Commons as Metirber thereof; Ow 'erehtli-v , %ei, - that in ;he event of his being ad.mitted a Nleoiber, he be requested to wore for an adoption of the hill of Rights., 0o putt tug the fifth liesolutioh by Mr. EdmondS, witness objected to the Re solution, and held up his hand against it. •Eiluititidt • wen,. tioned this to the Meeting, - and pointed to hint; he'b . egged silence, .and stated they were coming to the dmist partico!ar point; they' had petitioned, u,til they had petitioned in rain, ,they were now about to ex• rcise their right of teturning their own Representative. He then read the next liesoluZion' Mr. DENMAN addressed the Court and Jury, as Counsel for the defendants Edinonds and Maddocks. Jie hoped the Jury would year in mind the.particular merits of the case, and on them -alone he : trusted they would form their- opiniOn, as to the. guilt or innocence of the defendants.,--- His Learned Friend, in opening the case, had evinced -very - considerable ability and .poWer, - and his argument was fraught with great eloquence and elaborate research. When he •made these observations, he ,did it with the utmost deference, not questioning the motives or views of his Learned Friend, but rather giving him the full meed of /credit for the. anx.iett—evipced towards his client, which. it - is the absolute duty of every Counsel to do, both as advocate for the accuser and accused. This case was one of very great importance, and he called on the Jury as individuals, who had a trusty and difficult task to perform, to give it that fair, calm, and dispassionatelearing, -by phich alone they could arrive at an unbiassed and just deci sion. With these few observations he should ,proceed. to the consideration of the particular features of the case, in doing- vghicli he should first remark upon the preliminary circumstances that had occurred at the commencement of the trial. —He „thought it due to his clients to -bring- both the conduct of the Master of the Crown Office, as.well as that of the Sheriff, before the Court, if any ground existed for it. lir4is case, he thought there was full and ample . g'Yound.. If the conduct of these parties is not to be made the subject of strict and jealous attention, then the Statutes_relating to the striking of Special Juries are nugatory and useless ; and he was sa tisfied the Court would think itself neglected and disgraced . if any improper influence that might be used by any of its Officers was not made the subject of Complaint. His Lordship had considered the objections which he had made not satisfactory, and he bow ed with much submission to such opinion ; but he complained of the unbecoming severity of some of the observations of- his Learned Friend opposed . to him. The same spirit had, however, been manifested throughout the whole of this vexatious -and tedious proceeding ; -the very in dictment itself is so multifarous in its charges, so various in its constructions, and so .difficult to comprehend in all its bearings, .that it required the'aid- of the strongest human understanding to fathom it minutely. What the charge of cons spiracy had to do with the case he could not imagine ; it- was a very sweeping charge, and - as his Learned Friend said, would impose the re 'sponsibility of one man's act on the whole of them, should that act be fully established:in evi dence. He did not mean to say that it- was not in some cases a very proper mode of proceeding ;* -but, in this case, it:was so totally unconnected, so completely removed, that he could only ac count for it by supposing that the prosecutors were anxious to shieldthemselves under this sweep ing charge which the law had so unjustly provid ed them with. When, indeed, a common design had been 'she . wn; in any particular movement or action, then there mightbe some pretext for such a charge, but he would ask the Jury, was any com mon design shewn to exist among the ,defendants ; the evidence, their own evidence, did not warrant any such interpretation. An accusation of the same nature might, with as much consistency, be made against him and the defendants ; they were all united in one common object ; they all hoped, and N%ith some expectation of success, for a ver dict of acquittal ; and it would be equally as consistent to charge them with a conspiracy to obtain that object, as the defendants with an in tention of subverting the lawS of their country, and of bringing into hatred and contempt the Commons House of Parliament. The evidence against Maddocks, said Mr. Denman, is, for so grave a charge, the emptiest he ever met with it is proved that he went .to Major Cartwright's lodgings on the . Sunday morning ; he walked in through the street door, and in broad.dav-light, the master of the' house seeing hini at the time. He is not even .charged with. having gone there on the Monday at all; .it is.not even hinted at; he is seen at the meeting at New Inn Hail, tak ing a part in the proceedings'; and thus ends the evidence of this monstrous conspiracy as affects Well, .now, what is said of Ed monds ? There is the. evidence of Johnson, Dickenson, and PeMberton; Johnson relates a very long speech, which he said Was made by Edmonds at the meeting. :He certainlyT,Oes into very -great detail; but when he is- questioned whether the ,words he swears ,to were those ac- Wally' used by Edmonds,' he 'tells' you they are the spirit of what he , said. Now, ,Gentlernn, recollect the • manner. in which this , person. gave his evidence ; he tells yon a that he did not make .his note: until ten days after the meeting, and not : until he had seen Me. Edrnonds's pnblication; and the account he give,s happens to t a tf teleleprecisely - in every syllable., very word, tion itself. Then comes Mt. DiCkenion, and `he happens never to hose seen the p -abik at a a a at all, and yet -the aCCOUllt:11 gives :oUtito:speoch e . ty, Virg of .Mr. o h n son i;esanyderlyipocillotsbeeliyil-gwraitloir minutelv interrogated he tells you that his account' is Merell' the Johnson'ssOh 11N.It.ra.1ity.to ag.sa. precisely g . b e ll; p ti e l sta u c e o f what he said,' and Ibis 44thstance not only pas agrees with s w a i ra tl e i the account' in -ttimond's pablicafia, al - thou - 0i he declares he never saw it. But he took neites :the day. after the tf-eeting ; and. }p-on. i laging Waed .w hy he did !ip, be replies,,be_thooght_they-would 'be of uSe ; and up on anothei',question, why he . did -not them - Itrihithaand pr&luce-thistii in Court, he in the same breath tells pit he thought they were of no use. Really' gentle hen, to deal with this in the mildest manner, I must say that this evidence is "very falls (ions, and extremely unsafe and. dangerous for you to rely upon. The other witness, Mr."Pem herton,. is the onl y one then remaining, and really it I had occasion to quarrel with him I should cer tainly forego it, for really feel very midi indebt ed to him:for the life which he hasThrown•intothis heavy, - langnid case, by the pleasant manner in which 'he'-gave his nvidence; . but-•so far 'from having any thing to say against the evidence of my friend, Pemberton, I think he is a-very:ho nest fellow, and shall leave it to make whatim-; pression it may have created on your minds -Much Laughter.)—There is another• strong *vet int I am afraid against Edmonds, namely, the - 4;aper which has been put in as eManating from his pen ; that certainly 'gives an .air of authenticity to the statement which it would not otherwise have, but however much .that may operate against him per sonally, it certainly cannot extend to Maddocks, against whom I declare, I do not perceive the, least semblance of evidence that tends to criminate him. The Learned Counsel then went into a very -eloquent argument on the right of representa tion, and traced the progress of it back to the Septennial in the course of which be exhi bited some deep and elaborate research, parti cularly as regarded the fundamental principles of our Constitution, the beauties of which he ad mired quite as much as his Learned Friend, and he felt disposed to cherish most gratefully all the blessings it bestowed upon hiin, and also to extend. to it 'all the benefits his humble talents were likely to effect. - lie however thought there were some defects in it, which produced a'series of evils deeply to be lamented. Where an abuse existed every nerve should be exerted to remedy and remove it. The people were the legitimate source of power,.and he thought they had a fair right to_ meet and discuss grievances, -as these defendants had done. There was nothing like violence or turbulence -about the Meeting, all was quiet and orderly ; the individual elect ed was merely deputed to Wait upon the Speaker of 'the House of Commons, and he thought it hardly worth while to pursue the de fendants for so trifling an offence, if indeed it'be any ; but there appeared among some of the Law Officers a taste for these prosecutions WhiCh he hoped .would "soon be 'gratified. The Learned Gentleman concluded by observing that he had spoken according to his „feelings and his con science, and if he had'succeeded in iniparting the convictions with v,hich his mind was' filled, he could not doubt for a moment of the acquittal of his clients. Mr. HILL then addressed the Jury on behalf of Major Cartwright. He inforced with much ability the arguments of. Mr. Denman. The main part of the charge was attempted to be supported by sentences from speeches of several of the de fendants. Now. he would show, froM a variety of works, what several great men thought and said upon the subject matter, charged as crimes in their speecl*s. He then read extracts front .everal works in support of his positions. He. would not remark upon the evidence—that ha'd been sufficiently dispos,ed of by his Learned Friend. Coming to the immediate subject under consideration, he would refer to Grey's debates upon the subject of the Borough of Newark, and there it would be seen, that it was a matter of ar gument at least, if it was nothing more, that the election of a Member of Parliament was a service hich in process of time, and. by the change of manners, became a privilege. If this Were the case, looking at it with a legal eye, where was H the harm in any set of men performing this ser vice voluntarily ? The Learned Gentleman pur sued this subject with.a long anti elaborate argu ment. But, in point of fact, the election here executed was an election of a person to - Cari , y , a letter—it was the election of a postman—and ,not a Alember of Parliament. If even this point. fxiled, the fact of Sir Charles.being conditionally elected, would make hiS -election void. The meeting, so far from wishing to insist upon the election, did actually give a petition to. thi.s Gentleman, to te•presented by him If he should be admittt.d, and iu case he should not, :to be presented by some Member a friend of Where then was the . shakingg - off of allegiance.? Where was the disposition to excitellisaffection ? He concluded 'by paving a compliment .to -the moderation of Major - Cartwright, who had never before been brought into fitonrt of '3 nAice. The Learned Gentleman haying concluded., stated,to the Judge, that he was requested by Major Cartwright to read a defence written'by himself and tirhich he thought •necessary to - tho viodi'cation - of his character and reputation. The CntEr.BARON said, it - was contrary.to,ait rule .to allow its .being reai"tiEgi*liad the Learned Gentleman ittteoduced it zig part cf hi speech, he 'might have read it but it was too !nub ti; expect of the Ceti - A to allow a Counsel, .af.ter :making one speech, to 'get up : and make anothei7. It .being now near ten o'clock, Mr. Wooler, „ho was next to address .the Court, he would...have to occupy-seyerat . 'hoUrs of the•time •Of the Court, and if it ..was :the . pleasn're : olJtis Lordship 'to adjourn the eottrt, he would prefer . making his. addresS- to4rnitroW.. • After a short conversatien,"the Ccurt adjoUrned 'to ten o'aock tc4riorrow. . • IFT-LAY , P 1) A fitinAY, 4.:---The Coart- met this mg rarsuant to udjournrucut tk-ri TilE‘ defcitniants iliit not,"horVeNer, arrive until ;past ; .but Major )VriS not .vyit.: them, nor ^tvere•an y of the•gentieti!_.n Oho yesfQl-,. day_`accornianieti him. The •Major, .howe-vc•-•-; very3toon entered...-The July beio' Tilr.\Voor,Ert rote t.nd raid, it rui,• : ".ht ever sin.P., - niar for tiitir.to ihatOlt: real .f 5 : 62 . , t. , :!res of the case were not-before•fhe Cou - rt m ikt rear question -to fry • was I.lt .of Th. 6. eriglnr of thiS .was, to ,b t •t ra roil - to a - period low antkc.edent tit), rre ! acifa.iter•-Rs'e • betii advocator -f'ti;