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EAST INDIA HOUSE, Sepr.s, 1824 THE COURT OF DIRECTORS -Of the UNITED COMPANY of NIERCHAN ; FS of ENG LAND TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Notice, had been convicted ? • By suffering it to go to. the Jttir, they may ME]; a meaning totally different to what the indf(.'lment in t:Nu:lo to charge, and how wOuldit be possible far'AD :defen_ -zhunt td guard against' the impressions they might actti:pon? Mr. Jiistice - HOLROYD Bald the Jury must have the whole rectird Mbie them. LIEi)UTAVON FROM _LONDO : NDgRRY, TO LORD ypcot.lNT. SOCIETY for PROMOTING . CHRISTIAN RNOWLEDGE, - and the INCORPORATED SOCIETY for the PiI.PPAGA TION of the GOSPEL in FOREIGN, PARTS. HE following.. Gentlemen -attended a Meet . -111- in! , of the above Institution on Tuesday the Huh inst., :at•the ; from whence they pio&eded to' Church, where a sernion, on the occasion, was preached by the Reve - rend Richard Davies, after which a Collection was made at the Door, which amounted to upwards of 321. Sir Henry Halford i Bart; and the Rev. Dr. Madan, Rector.of Bostock; Sir F. G. Fowke, Sart. ; • and Richard Cheslyn, Esq., held the Plates. Plates. After Divine Service, the Meeting returned to the Town Has, where the Report was read by the Reverend F. Mereweather, and the following Resolutions passed. .Sir H..H ALFORD, Bart., in the-Chair. • On Tuesday, the„2.1.4.0f August, a Deputa= tion•front the City of Londonderry waited upon. Lord Viscount StrwouTn-, at his apartments in Cfstlei 'for the pUrpose of presenting his 'Lordship with The Freedom of thataucien't and loyal Lify'i and . of expressing theirhigh...approUa tion of his 'plibliCseryices as"'aArm; upright, and efficient Minister of the crbwil. The DePtifatiOu consisted'of-- ." That the Court having in the }•ear 1818 resolved to en "urage Dr. JOHN . BORTFIWICK GILCHRIST, in his LECTURES in the HINDOSTANEE LANGUAGE,- by • granting to } lim a for the term of Three 'Years, a Salary of 2001 • per annum ; and the Court having,, on the 20th ult. come to a Resolution to continue thk. Salary for the further term of Three Years . , and 'to- grant to Dr. Gilchrist for that 'period-an allowance' Of 1 , 601. per annum, to enable him to provide a suitable LectUre Room, the said Resolution" will. •he.suUrilitted to the Proprietors for their, approbation, in cootor;uity to the Bye Law, cap. 6, sect. 17, at time Quarter- Ge!ierar Court, appointed to be held on the 2Gth Instant, which is hereby made Special for that purpose. ' The said Resolution is open at this House, for the Ipspec . of the Proprietors. JOSEPH DART,- SGcret3ry. OLsE tr ,, TIONS on the EST'ABLISHMEN'r.of STEAM- B "A'rs between BRIGHTON and DIEPPE. RP numerous advantages which have ap. Peared wherei•er-Stearn-Boats have been established, :• " : l ei t t l ' e great importance which they are to the public, .give etle it:tyjo r theyare e f.success, when mployed at any port Where a • • passage-b Oats oecoasting-vessels are required. Sinc e steam-v esse l s h a ve traverse d stormy se a s, d ur i ng a ll i whlt er, between Glasgow. and Btlfast,..Holyhead, Liver 101' a t : D ublin, and from America to St. Petershurgb, the which existed against them has completely sunk never t o rise again." It must appear evident, that to en re a journey and - passage 'from • London to Paris, by the - I n ' e ( e it r e‘i route, and in tKe shortestlime, will hold out . that t.Yeement which travellers are always seeking, and which t "2 will avail themselves of. • • fl i r ,the present moment, the average time occupied in mak ',„'alais from London; via Dover, in a sailing packet; is . .„, l o t (A/o' s : and a night, or 36 hours.. It must be recollected. ceCtires is the favourite pasiage, on account of the greater ain,t there is o n th e sea , a n on un other, for it is 20 'yes a nther fr om L ondon an d 90 f rom 'P ar i s (in - all 110), 1 t • in journey and. passage vin Dieppe. r • pra t he year 1817, 74,550 persons passed from F.nglaod to There h as been no official account kept' since that who f_ n for is there an account of the number pers o ns tilose ' vita _ co le into England ; but Computing i t at less than oswent to France, there will be 140,000 going to and re thronni,g ill the year. The passage into France from Brighton, w 41 :0 much frequented, is still - (from the uncertainty of • I • e " 4 te th er) liabJ e to s o muc h l oss o f time, that none . hut tie k-1: tr,,' who are moving for pleasure only. ever think of it their route to the Continent and butfew of those o se to tak e the risk nf all the miserable shifts which they t ces3 a - rily must make in a sailing packet crowded with pas -Benig.!".s. and neither room nor convenience. .th e establishing Stearn-boats between Brighton and Dieppe, so re Trney and passage from London thither might he M. ne a • In if 3 hours. The traveller would then be 110 miles rer Paris -than by any other route, an d m i g h t t h en reac h 34 Fre nch metropolis 1 s ten or twelve hours. This is the e,l*}“taia which would make B r ighton the principal port for a n d: 4 "ton; it wonld benefit as much as Dover has done; a t otco ,• it possesses •many more attractions to the ener. tb" - Patronage of the Freticli C;or'ermitent would wholly be tt the efitablishipent, Therhave heel] for rears anx- Bri g h t e r 3 r espectable and . speedy betransit by Dieppe via onis i L t ll Ln dein; and there.cart no doubt but it will be 'be ci , frie • t ;,i i.v ottr own Government, immediately its merits .seatitlgli;' ue lit.- Effectual means would be taken to prevent T here are now five steam-boats constantly plying, between nd klar gat , which carte down on an average 4,000 Ithiee are n tt r e w ng ar ema e r : P er week, who S take the voyage for the enjoyment Vaeutsion, the time being certain; and perhaps ~f o. : 50 out of the 4,000 who would ever have thought tei-Marg,ate, were it not for this mode of conveyance. titert, hair „inch novelty attracts, it is fair to suppose that . sands would Visit Brighton, to be landed in France. where iti,_,ltir,ht remain twenty-four hours, and be back in London I ree days to a certainty. rione foll owing.estimate is made of -the expense of fitting liieworki.ng one boat by steam between this place and ee l it it is intelided to start with two, and let it be observ st4lge n.umber of passengers calculated on is only 180 in the Iner,'arril that the average is 2,800 per week, with all of "; 411 , time is- an object. • resat Packet, properly adapted for the Brighton and PPe station will require to be from 140 to 180 tons-bur liteifii:t.ed up ' in a complete manner with all requisites, l an t a with twis engines of 40 horse power each, wtl cos A ll.. ‘• sterling .tj i ! i gig• thi:ressel to make three trips to xr i'lte and hack, p er wee k, an d on an average b tr i: .. 3o Vasselfgers over, and the same nom -7QO h; 180 pas sengers a week i• 1 month, and for six months 430 passengers, at N ri l; Gd• ............................... '.. . 06,804 0 0 t wi . c !;..ti . lesi x w i nter and spr i ng mont h s, say th e 4 W months ee k; witis 26 - passengers over and e 4 Q.,P 2 n per' number bdck, isBo passengers . a • .er mo n th , n in six , at or 1 '‘• A 3,024 0 0 • • ,••, ...... -9,820 . 0 . 0 .'113.(1.11Z3_,' which are incl u d e d f ue l, wages, dd na.lugs packet office,' agents, boatmen, too end every othelincidental charge 3,640 0 0 s t . - . . ~ . ea r ~ 3,188 0 3 4112 . . • . ... we ar, 10 per cent., on 7,000! 7OO 0 0 1.0 4 ,i .---. Lkg a nett income per annum on 7,000 of ,C3,48S 0 0 ~..I n th e , I , OR FIFTY PER CENT. -- "a_ 6 our""°‘'e statetnertt, tio outgoing has been omitted, and gages "l 1 1 - Profit has been estimated, such as extra baggage, on 1 r r ses &c which is considerable, and must attend eg. nt i et f1 43 1 3 -4 " l ,_ ii htl; ; A boat might run four times per week —.en la ti -a cK; but en ;his also has been reduced, to make the trip s n''tri°ll Plain and reasonableallowing her onil.y. will then r ' l ,, ‘ v eek in the smuttier and one in the winter, s 1... It is ` 4 r more than 25 per cent. Pitalv iillt merely the income of a large interest, for, the ta 'Will f o l 'eh will be employed, but the great advantages whic h .i lett risn l Q,w, when Brighton becomes the resort of all tra%e - alad li: rt ng to the Continent, which should be. contemplated . ; drati'PPears strange it was never made a matter of raise a • are 1 0 Yen' times the amount , if wanted. W hen the profits Th Cl'ed at. theie needs no spur for the undertaking. , „,, e establi sh - -ne eted ~ went of Steam Packets seems so intimately an o Pport es ,It!th another necessary improve . men , ,-..r) Pier t th • it gi‘• on e a . .Inity of recommending the erection of a Chain It tiewhtato Brown's plan, similar to the one nowcompletet a . qualifi e r+ neat Edinburgh. They have received the u n it . gine ers aPprobation of Mr. Rennie, and other em inen t r e no,s hat e al ' and are proof against any gale of wind. The adv"" this improvement are incalculable, a nd the aenotimmßoats alone could afford to pay 5 per cent. 'on the unload the to erett One. It would permit vessels who to are ~,a rt la e r cargoes without grounding; give all persor, oft ty.'" " 1 to boat sailing, an opportunity to land an d g o . at h ' ij i aLl ' e ts, and vessels of all sorts, ;Wight come alongside hle a 4 ° r low water, which would avoid the most Thsagz4,4l - • da ngerous part now attending the going tto bir 1 a ti sito s ilt the O ffing. It would be a most delightful walk for Isl e q r 4 . 7 . ind lead to the establishment of passage-boats to t he l vest 'gilt. So uthampton, Lyrningtan, and the whole south . sj s ° _ aB t of gngland. • lever"a;ctiNons to each undertaking will be 'received at the .11)tIrst_eisslir:tils). ,and Brighton Gazette Office, Brighton ; and • ' l nes. Lloyd an 'eni4ts way 11 e teen: . ' dCo I3ankers London, .wbere hill PRESENT. Sir F. G. Fowke, Bart., Rev; Dr. Madan, Rev . -Dr. Lloyd, C. Winstanley, Esq., T. Babington, Esq., K. Citeslyn, Esq., W. F. Major, Esq., Rev. W. R. Tysorr,• Rev: G. Beresford, Rev. J. Powell, Rev. S..Hartopp; Rev. W. E. Hartopp, - Rev. - nouns JOnes, John D. Biainaby, Esq., Rev. J. Beresford, Rev. G. Mettatn, Rev. T. Adnutt, Rev. It. Davies, Rev. W. Easton, .W. Elarrison, Esq., Rev. F. Mereweather, Rev. H. Browne, Rev. R. Marriott,- J. S.. Coleman, Esq., Rev. Bel grave, T. E. Dicey, Esq., Rev. A. Morgan„ Rev. R. Gutehi -Rev. S. Madan-. Rev. It. Burnahy, ILet-. Itoie,' Rev. Galt' Peaky, Rev. J. Cooper, Rev. G. B, -Mitchell, Rev. E. T: Vaughan, Rev. Jemson Davies, Rev. 'l'. B. Paget; Rey. F. T. Corrance, "Rev. H. Clark, Rev. I. H. Harrington, Rev. M. Browne, Rev. E. E‘arri ' Rev. J..lnge, Rey. Charles Inge, Rev. W. Madan, Rev. J..Green,Nr. S. Hardy, Mr. W. Cooke, Mr. Dewes, Mr. ‘leeson. . . REsoLvED, That the Report now read and approved, be adopted and published. • Resolved, That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to the Rev. R. Davies, for the Orthodox, Religious, Loyal, Con stitutional and very eicellent Discourse,. delivered by him this day, in support of the above Societies, • Resolved, That the Thanks of . this Meeting be given to the Rev. F.•Mereweather, for his able and interesting Report of the Proceedings of the. Society; and fur the assistance he has given to the purposes of the Society on all oceasions Resolved, That the Thanks of. this Mectlng.be given to .the Worshipful the Mayor, for the use of the Guildhall, this Day. • • - • • • (Signed) HENRY HA LFORD; Chairman.. The.Chairman.basing left the Chair; It was Resolved, That.the Thanks of the Meeting besiven to Sir Henry Halford, Bart. for hisahle conduct in the Chair.. After which, the greater part of the- Company dined at the Three Crowns W. F..Miiidr, Esq. Chairman. Additional 11Iethbersproposed.—The Reverend Mr. Green, Mr. Nlersoo, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Miss Linwood, Leicester,. Mr. John Needham, Surgeon, ditto. DEANERY OF SPARKENFIOE. • The Clergy and Laity of this Deanery are• respectfully-re qnested to attend a Meeting, to be holden in the Town Hall, at Hinckley (with theljerMission of Thomat Sansoine; Esq.) . on. Friday, the 20th instant, precisely at Twelve. o'Clock, under the sanction of the Lord Bishop - of the Diocese ; for the purpose of establishing a District Committee, hi aid of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, and in co operation will] the c4her Deaneries of tho County of Lei cester. T. WRIGHT, J. PHILLIMORE, J. FISHER, G. W. -LLOYD,. • - GEO. METTAM; T. JONES, • SP. MADAN, T. NEALE, • • - T. ADNUrF, C. INGE. Day was published, In Four Volumes, 12mo. price 11. 4i. boards, T HE FESTIVAL of MORA L .an. Historical nonce. By LOUISA SYDNEY STANHOPE, . Author of Montbrazil Abbey, the Bandit's Bride, the ru _ • saders, tc.C. &c. &c. London Printed fur John Richardson, 91, Royal Exchange. TAE• ASSIZES. LANCASTER, FRIDAY, SEPT. 21. LIBEL—PROSECUTION BY THE CONSTITU TIONAL ASSOCIATION. THE KING vfnsus RIDGWAY. [Further Particulars.] • Mr. TrNDAL opened the case, which he said to be an in dictment charging the defendant with having published a li bel on. the King, the Government, and the Constitution of the country. • Mr.Serjeant HuLLOCE said his friend had already informed the Jury of the nature of this indictthent, and that his duty, as the prosecuting Counsel, would lie in a very narrow com pass : and he felt no inclination to exceed the limits of his duty, because the language was'too plain and manifest to be misun derstood, and if they, on hearing the passages read, were not convinced that they were of a pernicious and evil tendency, he could use no argument that would bring their.miud to that conviction. The defendant was a fustian-cutter in Manchester, but adding to that business the selling of political pamphlets. The libel was to be found in " A New Year's Address to the Reformers of Great Britain," which be should prove to have been purchased of the defendant. The Learned Counsel then read the following passages of the.libel " To talk about the British Constitution is, in my opinion, a sure proof of dishonesty. Britain has no Constitution : if we, speak of the Spanish Constitution, we have something tangible. There is substance and meaning as well as sound. In Britain there is nothing constituted but corruption; the system of Go vernment—our very laws, are corrupt and partial, both in themselves and in their administration: • In fact, corruption, as notorious as the sun at noon-day, is an avowed part of the system, and is denominated the necessary oil for the wheels of the Government. It is a most pernicious act to the.interests of the people." And in another part he- says--L" Reform will be obtained when the existing authorities have no longer the power to with hold it, and not before; we shall-gain it-as early without peti tioning as with it, and 1 would again put forward my opinion,' that something more than a petituting attitude is necessary.— At this moment I would not say a word about insurrection, but I would strongly recommend Union, activity, and co-Oe ration. Be ready and steady to meet any concurrent circnin stances." Publications of this :deseriPtion, vere_. usually sold low, So that they miglo: be within the reach of every one. This docu ment was published at the low price of two.pence, in the heart and centre of Manchester, a.place of great population, and sub ject, as we all know, to great political agitation. Their judg ment was to be exercised in considering whether this libel could be innocently published or whether it was not published with the intent ascribed to it . in the. irglittme.nt. The man who, would say that the laws were corrupt, he would say was not contented with his situation. .They . had. only arrived there yesterday, but no Than who had been in attendance for the last ten •days would •say that our laws Were' not duly ad- . ministered ; the poor man, could contend his rights with the proud man under a 15erfect reliance of receiving justice frcrm .the hands of those to,whom the administration of the_ laws of the country were intrusted. He would put it to them to say, whether a man who could give publicity to such &document, " that Reform would be obtained without petitioning," and. -" that something more than a petitioning attitude was neces sary," could have any other motive but to stir up, insurrection • and discord. Mr. BROITAHAN objected to that, part of the libel going to' the Jury, and also to hisfriends'pating a meaning to the pas-. sage on : which the record was silent. No meaning or inuentio had been placed upon the record, nor had the defendant had any' notice that a meaning was intended to be put upon it ; be was therefore unprepared to meet it, and he should take his Lord ship's opinion whether that part should at all go to the Jury. Mr. Sergeant HULLOCX—Certainly his friend was . prema-. ture in his abjection, and he did not think it could be maintained, in law. Mr. Justice HOLROYD said it was a matter • to be 'urged in arrest.of judgment, rather than at this time. Mr. 13R 0 1.1 6 II AJkl•--W ith respect to its being a matter for an. arrest of judgment; he differed from his Lordship. If two7pas sages were charged as libellous, and one contained inuezidoes and the other did not, and the Jog found 'a verdict generally, how wits. the Court afterwards to say upon .which the. defendant • 11 , 1r.'Bir e ttroxAm—Then he felt it his duty this. early: to make an eption to that passage going before them.. Mr. Serleant - Hur.r.ocK• resunicd. He had nearly finished, and had Silly a few words further to add. What,, lie - said, could bc the meaning that something more than a petitioning attitude was necessary, and his allusions to theSPanishOovern 'ment ? • Why, hiS object was so palpable, that ".he who -runs may read, and reading understand.' , It could only'be to raise ,up tumult - and confusion, and he beseeched therii seriously to coirsider if'it could have any othei motive. Ile rejoiced, he said, that the defendant had employed the assistance of so much - talents, .an&after they had heard his eloquence on his behalf, he would venture to aft= that they would come to the conclusion that this was a false and scandalous libel. - • Evan Aliller iznew the deferidan't, - he lived in Man Chester, 'either in 'Swaibeick or Sackville-street. He keeps a small shop, chiefly consisting of pamphlets , and books. ,B e also saw checks and . linens. lie recollected. seeing a prihted paper upon his window shutter —" Just published, an Address to the Reformers of Great Britain." He made 'an application at the shop to, purchase the pamphlet on Tuesday, 27th of March last. 7 He was ditected to apply 'there the .It. by Mr. Thotnas W:6l, ..,Solleith'r of '-'ilauchel;ter. - He is his rleile. He saw the defaftent himself, and asked him if he had . the pamphlet called, Ins Vear 3 Address to,the ReforMers. of - Great Britain." He said he had not, but waS writing - that evening, and he shonld have it by the latter end of the week, and if the witness.would come towards Saturday, he made no doubt but he should then have it. The ivitness.pro. raised to call again on the Saturday or Monday following, and after looking at Hunt's Life and some - other Politicid . Books; he left:. He. called on the Monday. Morning folloWing, but th e defendant was absent from home ; .he repeated his_Visit in the evening, and saw . the defendant. He said he had'-'not got the book, but that _be_ should most probably have it by the . Iriday following. He said he had somebefore the witness called the first time, but he had sold them all. The witness said. it mighi be proper to observe, that, there was a sign over the door, on which was written, " David Ridgway, Dealerrin Tea,,Coffee; TObacco,*andSnuff." • The defendant asked the witness if he had a book entitled the." Right Divine of Kings to Govern Wriong. 4 ' He said he had, and .the defendant stewed it, and . read several parts of it, by way of explaining those passages that referred to pictures that were on the back of it. He called again onthe.fith April, and saw the defendant, and got one of theAddTesses from his hands. Cross-examined by Mr. BIIOIIGIJAM—He is zot one of the fainily of the Millers, of Huddersfield. He is not an articled clerk to Mr..Nadin, but is bound an apprentice to. him.. It is Mr. Nadin, jun., the man who was a police officer, that he is with, not old Mr. Nadin, the gentleman who had retired . .into the country, t 9 live upon his fortune. Mr. Nadin; jun. married the daughter of Mr. Lavender, - once a Bow-street Officer, but now the Deputy Constable of Manchester, and not yet retired upon'his fortune: Mr. Nadin does not read thoSe books himself. He had some difficulty in "getting it ; ,he went four times for it; but - he was,promised it the first time. It is a small shop, the front room'of a small house, with a little flat windoW. The de fendant was generally at his work up stairs when he went. He saw ,several pamphlets, and there were shelVes around the shop, - but not many. books. He saw . the defendant folding up news papers, and he believed he supplied them to those who ordered. them. . Ilis'wife soldrin the same shop, thread, sand, potatoes, tea;'and children's books—Mother Shipton and Jack the Giant 'Killer. He did not know, that the defendant had been a Volunteer for six yeais ' and a Local Militia man for fo ur y ears . He. was,lB yearsold. He made memorandums of what passed between himself and Ridgway. It was not for his own reading that he purchased the Addresses. He did not expect to be . paid for his. trips, He .came to Lancaster on Thursday last, with Mr. Murray, the :Solicitor of the Asiociation. He had lived ;with him eser since at the King's Arths, the principal inn in 'the town. 11 henhe was. sent to purchise the Address he- : had some idea that it was for, the purpose of giving it in as evidence against the defendant: NO one was present but Mrs. Ridgway whenever he 'conversed with the defendant; - • Re-examined by-Mr. Seat At- the time he, took Pis . place t, come to Lancaster, he had not _seen Mr. Mur. ray ; but Mr. Murray came to their OtHae the same evening, and said he was going the next morning early, and it was then arranged that the-witness should travel with him.:, (Vier . this witness had been examined, it waS proposed by Mr. Brougham that certain Parts of the libel should be read, with a view to show, that when connected with the preceding and subsequent matter ; the offensive passages were disarined of their evil tendency. Mr. Tindal also proposed to follow up his Friend's reading by paragraphs that he should select ' This plan was abandoned, as being likely to'consuine more time than it would save, and. the whole Address was - then read. It Contained more matter than our liniits will here allow ua to insert ; and, among other subjects, in addition to the above ex tracts, it contained a long exhortation to his readers to abstain from malt liquor and other exciseable articles, as a means of 'giving strength to the body and vigour to, the mind. . Mr. Bnotronasi said, he rose as the professional advocate of this poor man, to. defend him from a new order of political persecution- In most cases where the author could be found, he was* the object of prosecution, and next to him was his avowed and -confidential publisher, because he was in terested in disseminating his writings, and was a partner with the author in the publication. This was pot an ordinary case ; it was' his misfortune not to meet an open' and avowed prosecutor; appointed by the Government-1(Y be the guar dian of the law, who, in exercising, his, discretion. on those he Would:prosecute, always brought before a Jury those that werereallk the offenders, where they could 'be found, and disdained to take those who had acted a- mere subordinate part he always struck at the head, and was ever cautious in not se lecting improper cases to be the subject of prosecufigns; he Maintained m dignified reserve over' the little unhappy trades:. man who was ignorant of what he was dealing in, and. would* not stoop to such a case as this. This mock Constitutional As sociation knew yeho - the author was, and why had they not pro. secuted .him. - ? No, they knew a Middlesex Jury would not countenance them, and thatSs soon as they showed their head into Court, the Jury would turn their backs upon theM; and so they had sent down their agent, 11.1urray, to see what a Lanca shire Jury-would do.. Murray says ; I will go down to Lanca shire, and there I know we can get .a Jury that will . give us- a verdict; but we have no case, we cannot take Carlile there for an offence committed in Middlesex ; well, and if we cannot have him,, we can hunt out some ether trader, who has sold a copy of his Address e we will . employ young • Nadin and old Nadin, and Lavender, and they shall engage their ferrets and Spies,' and we will employ s Lancashire Jury—ive shall then make up.a case, nd by the serslices of the wretches, the Nadin's and Lavender's favour, .we shall be able to get a-verdict; and they do accordingly get the poor defendant, after foils ayplica. thins-to him; to commit what they call an - act of. publication, and it was upon a case so got up, that they attempted to obtain a verdict from a Lancashire Jury. ,He called upon them not to give credit to this solitary witness, wii6 'had been employed for -no other purpose than to entrap -the defen dant into a breach of thelaw, as they, were pleased to term it. The witness had gone at the desire .of his master, who had received his instructions from Murray, who acted under the direction .of . an - Unconstitutional Assembly, to go to the defendant's house; he .went, and there.saw a .bill posted Up; that an Address might be had Within ; he wentin, but he did not ask.fOr that Addreis, lint for Carlile's New T'ear's Address to the Reformers of Great- Britain. He was told he had not got it ; but this poor miserable man, who could searcely"by any means make Out a . scanty means f existence., •being reduced in his own trade'by the pressure of thelimes, and his wife, lending her aid. to obtain an honest living by sell ing snuff, potatoes, sand, and children's books, in this hook se ltr ' e spacious dimensions, being the front roem'of a little house, .promised to obtain it ; and we find that he was not .suffered to rest till he had fulfilled Lis promise ; for the witness himself confessed that he had great difficulty in procuring it; and when he had received it from his' hands, this prosecution" for a libel on- the King and Constitution, which they were then' trying, was immediately commenced.. .At the tiMe.that Address was purchased, the witness bought another Address,, and for aught they knew, (and in all-casos where doubt existed; they were:bound ,to give the -benefit of that.doubt to the defendant) ; that was the very Address be had advertised at his parlour win dow, (for lie would not call it a shop), and that he wivi tenipted their pressing importunities to -sell this offeniiVe . AddreSs. Ibis, he said, was a rank conspiracy, formed against the de-' fendant, and that too at.the very time . when this Society stood 'indicted In tbe'County of Michlleses fer • another conspiracy.—_ . They had circulated letters defamatory' to the defendant, and they had wickedly tempted him to do an act for which they had afterwards prosecuted . him, and nJt . intraties to 'a breach of thelaw, the Jury woaid never have heard of this defendant. If his pr . oseeutors had descended from tbllr vaunted grOund to an ordinary - level, and instead, of tbi3 poor doleml: , ,nt, brought the writer to his trial, it would have had mote the appearance of justice—first, because it was impos nblethat :Ridgway could know the. contents of the beak, and secondly, because the, book night be read,. through, without finding a passage in _the talons Of. these .harpies could be fix•ed: His • friend had preathed up the dtire which this • Ackitess had manifested to.create an: insurrection; and it,par .tien_l4r.sentenqesoalywereto be considered, . and abstracted from . tile. general purport of ihebook,,he hardly kne-W one. to .Which that, or some Other prejudicial remark, would not apple; Read the passages ininieffiztely before and - aftettliose ecimplained-of; and they, could have a tao noubt,of -the meaning of the author, and ' that he Was a clar-ieitled • honest-hearted than. • Look at the whole boOk collectiVely; and , he *Vuici aSleif it smelt of 'blood :The Author's attention hatthectielqin , to. the Spanish Consti4 tution, because in that a favourable change had been effected without • bloodshed, and the seine meaning • would apply to Naples - up to the time of the in:tit-lei-once of Other powers ' and -it Was an . thil light ••t1 atileheld,.thenf up ..to . the:,view of Eng lishlnera ; with the.exgeptitin.iir, these ,pastage, the whole was ati,exhortation to teinirerance .and 4)slinence, and a war with the revenue; which are-did notitnow 4 was. 'Waging-. war . With the King. .The Author had. taken himself ,from. the mechanic's bent by his attendance to economy, and the whole,airn was to 'wail on Others tOimpinve their condition hYlike means. Ile begged of the Jurynot to look atiSolated passages; in oue part of Ins Addres4o called hitnself a I:l7,pntgigan, the, general mean-, in;; of which 4-a: forth of G 7 rveinment opPosed to Monarchy f' thiS., - ifread detieheir - Would• be bignly- , prejudicial-‘6lll/14 but if conuectect with. that, which ft - 410,w, would: be seen that, he, only wished that.the Throne should bend to the inte rests of the people, and • in 'that Sense he, 'and' eirety person present, Niere,.Qr huglit , tci be; Republican's v for the-very spirit of the Hridsh . Constitution •was, that. the •tltrone..should bend to the interests or the peOple. The atiihoi- c s . , notions of Reform maybe mere chimera; but lie Ira& been supported in those cipi: .nions -by- sonie.of: the greadst alikl.noblest. men:of the country from the time of the 'Duke, .of >Richmond: in 1782 . dotnwards, and - by some of the most strenuous that ever'the: coun try gave birth to-.even DeanS*lft had '6U-I3• deprecat4An nual :Parliaments, .because they -were liable to. abuse.. He - begged the Jury not to place ; implicit confidence in one witness; the grohnd "was . tezidei, and sthey:should be cautious how they 'trod upon it. It was upon this.' 'single-testimony that the other jackall of the Associationhad-.calledupon them .to .give a ver . diet against,. the, defendant. Miller had, said that there was a sign over the door indicating that the 'defendant dealt in tea; 'coffee, and 'other exciseable Ware; and could they think - that a man who sold them.for gain would call onhis verycustomers, . and dissei - ninate . ainatigtiieni : arguments_to prevail on them not to use those very' things ? The evidence waS, that he had been drawn into thd act .by Tiler, and those who..iet. him onovlio• only seem to know one or two defects, which the most perfect , 'system of GoVernment was liable to, arid they were made the vehieles . Of their gain they called it 'precious, because- they knew its value, and only. clung •to it . because ,they, were its bloodshckers ; he warned them against such Associations, and to do their duty. by..defendilig.the country.. front such harpies and, leeches. . . . • • - •'- •• .• *- Mr. JuStiee Ildr.noYt3.• commenced the sumtning•tip of the . evidence ; at-.the time the writer : said he would ; 'not say a . word about insurrection, he strongly recOrilmended them to union, activity, and co-operation. His Lordship was remarking on the evidence and tendency ; of thelibekwhen, . -• BnouGHaat said he was ready to addiesii his Lordship on that - part of the libel err iiiiichhe -Wished to - tale his Lord • shiv's • • • . • " • Justice mite.. go to the Jury for them to form the'Sudgment on it: " Mr. 1311 . 411 - G 11 A m -objected :tathis; _and begged to be allowed to hand in an exception,. with a view to a bill of exceptions and. a future discussion, if necessary, that Part of the libel upon which no meaning was 'put upon the'Record.:- • '• • k Mr. }_:vitit, - s- (with .1)1.r.-litiotlGH.pi.),-.—Evcry charge 'in a Court of J ustice_ must be fully stated .on the .Record. , Mr. justice floinoiD.-‘That is matter for an arrersia judgm en ti•and ot:for argument-at this• period.! , . . • Mr. thought that it_was nckso. , illr. Bit.° u c handed in his etc eption in • wilting. Jiistiee li otn4i D ‘citntintied~ his tharge to the .Tury.— The publication was- inhis•cpinion decidtdiy a libel _When he sold the New Year's . Address he also sold a nother A and it did hot appear which of thcrif the At•the.tiine when the witness purchased thelibet, thc-clefendant asked . him if he had the " Right Divine of Kings to Goyern 'Wrong ;" - tlii:s was not - evidence in the cause, but l it Shewed . that he dealt in political tracts-or pamphlets. . It - had beers repeat edly laid down as the law, that if a man sold a book. which was proved to be libelous, he is liable to - the consequences, unless 'he can she* that he has a laWful excuse for."-having This prosecution is not carried .on .by •the -Attorney-General, but by an Association of Gentlemen ; by the la* no -combina tion of - persons are alloWed . to carry on - proSecutiOns hilt by the .permission of - a Court.of Justice, or - by the sanction - of the At-. torn.ey-General. This prosecution was brought before,the Court through the medium of a Grand Jury. The Jury *ere in consultation rather - less than two minutes, when they returned a verdict of " Guilty of the crime laid to his charge." Justic.:e HOLROI'D."DO you find the defendant guilty uportall the countsin the indictment.?-,• . . . • „The Just .—We find him guilty generally. 'While the • Special Jury were being called, there 'appeared great'delay,• and sonie- differences between. the Attorneys for and against the prosecution. Mr. Broughapa observed this,. and asked the officer, if, in calling over the names, he was . guided by any priVate list ? lie • said he bad a list of. midi mimes as • were not to be called.- Mr. Brougham said,, with,great• warmth, that the Jury should . again he ballgtted for, and that he would not stiffer 'a packed jury . of that desCriPtion to try the -Mr...Sergeant Hum.ocic.-The Attorneys havc•each been • making objections Jurors, and if his Friend called the Jury. packed, lie could not give it any othei name than repacked." . . • Mr. :fouls; FJ:nny: a gentleman 70 years of age, who resided at 3To. 2,:Greville-stfeet, ton-garden, has 'bee'n Missing . from home s'Ome days... His frieilds olfered a large`i:eWard for his recovery, and poSt:m4 bills were widely circulated, giving a description ofliis person ;" he was found. drowned on Sunday morning •in the' Reg - ent's Canal, Paddington. -A , letter" svritteb in short hand, with his name and addresi to it, Was Nund in his pocket. There was a wound on the side of his head, but whether it was caused from his falling, or by any person, remains yet unknown. Mr. TnomAs FraxrAux, the young man who made an attempt to desti-oy himself by discharg-;- ing a loaded pistol at his head, is a watch-cap maker, residing in Northampton-place, Clerken well. Ile is still at White Conduit-house ; but so far from having the left side of his skull car ried away, he was yesterday observed walking arm in arm in the garden, with the young woman on whose account lie committed the rash act. The. Surveyor of Mail Coaches from the Ge neral Post Office in London, has been for some days in consultation with' the principal officers of the Post Office here, 'on various intended ar rangements of the mail Coaches to .and from the south—and throughout Scotland—the general object being to accelerate the conveyanCe ofJet ters, and to increase the comfort and conve .nience of travellers. It is proposed, we under stand, that the LondOn Mail should. arrive, in Edinburgh about nine or,ten o'clock ::t . night.— On Monday a meeting orthe Chamber of Com merce was held in the Royal Exchange Coffee house here, to consider of .these arrangements, when it was resolved tomemo riala to ,the Postmasteri-G.eneral againA a proposed -delay in the arrival of the North Mail.—(Cale dOnian Mercur4i) . • Sir JoliziMagiunis7, the Mayer; the Rightlltn.SirO. Hill, Bart. tha Re order ; Aldermen Alexander, 11,i11,..,curr Solaoales, Dysart,. and Murray ; .t4lF.l!igh Silo ills, 1411e,spie atA Gage ;. Burgesses,, Ferguson, Rett;;iroung,?lurrar,:Boycl, Bateson, Aryl, Nicols , p,4ccomPal?i-ed Py a nuipbci,:of. Fespect.- Able. liTreemenpf that City, amopgst whan-wc.re i t'Aigimaishect Provost.of Trinity College, Dublin; ~ IV. l tjcr,General . Sir Andrew Barnard ; the ArChtleq.cou of Dublin ;10bert Tor seas, Chaim - tan of liihnainham Lien.t.X.olonel Illat,lt.cr,; .J ac Cxai raitii;; and ,Captain Steivart ; lierry.men.. • , . . . . TiTy wi.re grhoiously- r6tertPd i -"-wtot . -. Sir G F.ORGE% 1 LL addressed- -his • Lettkhil), by stating— .~ . _ , "'That . the Mayor, - Cdnitnonalty; and Citii.ihs bi ficiti cid • • . • derry,an'xious to testify tháli.retiiect fot and tharaetei, Seized the pr And p4.e sentilig" td his Lo'rdshilS the 'Freeudm of 'Mat Incie4t.' And loyal . . . . " That atriong the . distinguished Characters wpc surround ed their belOved . SOvereigit; and had liaa the lionimr of-accom panying hi ei. to this - rottntry., they...Obsenred,.Nvith sure, the Ministers 'Who, ,in :limps of great i Aoiopal peril ali3 alarm, guided those emit - licit thich; clfosen in Wi's. l ,oui.; and executed with firmnes saved 'the , Eitifire iituf presbrved the -Throne ;..and•that to the policy,yrjrich Oictagf.t,..and tite..energi which accompanied those salutary measures, the Ringdsoa was indebted for the - tranquillity it no" enjoys.'' • ' • • - The freedom wii , theffPreented - 63- the 'Mayor to . Viscount SiOmountiti the ustraL•fOrm s . -'lihera -his Lordship expressed:— 7 ". 1 "To . the- ayer, the Gent-let - nett of the , Corporktfki l .and . his brother Freemen, his most grateful- faclings.for4l4e lery-Aistin guished compliment they had just been .pleisedto r honcur bins with: -- • ' • " lie knew not how, in . adequate .tetrruci. sufileiNitly to re turn thanks for the kind manner in which their Address had beeh conveyed ;..that, next' o the ipprbbation of his own thind, there was nothing he so highly yrized;.no.reviaid lie se 'proud ly eF,teemed, as the.good opinion of his fellow-co,untrymem in this denorninatiou. he was happy,.. and no less, happy . than proud, to include the people of Irt.land. 'The praises of that people, he observed, had been spoken . of by MAT tvhrise con sideration awl favour were of far higher *pinta* 1215 I reland than his could he ; but it . gaVe him pleasure, while he repeated those sentiments of gracmus-regard,iiidiViiitially: . to bent. :tt.sti mony to the high merits of the _lrish . people. .For, •to their steadiness,. their valour, and their loyalty, the empireduid been deeply indebted during the late eventful yeaisiiThielt Flailrolled Over our heads in times of daiger ; they bad fallk.tl rotnid the Constittition and.the Throne ; ,strengthened - the efforts cf. their loyal fellow-subjects in the sister country, and sustaiued.their good cause. That cause' had triumphed,, and ItelandlaU ac quired immortal honour by her powerful co-operation..- • • His Lordship then stated, that while lip paid thil. - tribute.,':9 the Irish nation at large, he ,could not pass over the unitbrai and undevatiitg loyalty of theeity of LOndonderry.' f lie com plimented them " on the heroism of their andestarg; •to wieso. principles tbe.y remained true, - pre se r ving, . untarnished, that re putatkoli which had 'cleseended to them, and r.-ItiCh it rtes their pride to cherish i•and conclude/3 an animated by asy.tritg them "_he felt sincerely gratified in. being enrolled a. freeman among such t',l body as the'citizens of Londondar}l.;': •, -Each GentlemanOf the Deputation wa4 then introduced Ito Lis Lordship liy Sir G. Hal: - lie de.ta:ined them it. considerable time in affable, c'on . when they took, their leave, ,greatly pleased with the sincerity . and frankiies's of . his ~ Lordship%•derneanour.—(Dublili Patriot.). .)V, I .E§4 Y A . il.F.rlviio.6-i5.11'..: On the.late visit of his MAJESTY to . Iceland, .the following loyal Address of Congratulation was presented to his MAJESTY on the part of the Wesleyan Methodists in that TO.TUE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. . • • . • „ • MAY IT PLEASE Y01.7n MAJESTY..—'We, your Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects the Ministers of the'R'eligious So cieties in Ireland, • originally founded by the Rev. 3k• 'Wesley ; A, M. ; and now in full connexion with ,the Conference of the p.eople called Methodists, established by him in England 'most r humbly beg Have • tnoffer to yoUr • Majesty Mir 'he a rtf e lt con gratulations•onyour happy arrival .in this part of .your domi nions event which is justly considered as most a,uspicious in ' its inlitience on this portion of the British Enipire, and which is hailecrwith ftelirigs Of uritionnded satisfaction and gratitude by .every class. and• description of your: Irish people. •!! H We take this opportunity. of tendering . to your Majesty the cordial assufarices of oili'ufideviAting "attachment to your Sa cred Person,' fO the illustrious House-Of Hanoidi;'Ailil , to the unrivalled Constitution of our Country. , Instruettd •by the • Scriptures to " Honour the King," . as well as . to t,L,Fekr,tiod," 'we abhor and detest all 'priniciplei of disloyalty ; and, as far as our: influence =may exteral - among those- of boar Majesty's subjects who' are . under gur pakoral care, we shall conti nue; by our constant teaching, adVice, and. example, to dis countenance sedition atiVdlsorder, in all their fOrms,' and strongly to - enforce wtheerful-subjection to the laws, and to al civil authorities constituted by the State. • In these sentiments and purposes we are confirmed, not, onli.bk the deep,rpoted feelingS of OM. Own hearts; and byour views of Moral craty, but Also by the unifOrm example of the • Founder of our Societies, • and by. that of our Brethren. in England, in whose repeated ex &elisions of Christian Loyalty, made on 'behalf of the whole body of Wesleyan MethodiSts, in every part of the Empire, we have always .most entirely and zealously concurred. - • In the prosecution of our humble labours for the 'advance ment-of religion and virtue, we have had ffequent occasion to notice the- protection which =we have received from the-magis tracy of our country, .and from those who have exorcised, from time to time, the authorities of your Ma jesty's gO- Veinment in Ireland ; and we 'feel it our duty .gratefully • to acknowledge the privileges which we' thus enjoy,• and to pray that Almighty God, whO " giveth salvation - to Kings," may have yoUr Majesty in his constant care and keeping; that his wisdom may: direct all your MajestY's 'cothielli, for the benefit of your people and of ,the world at hake ; • that it may please him to grant to your : Majesty a long, a happy,- and prosperOus reign ; and that at last; full of years, and full of blessings, you may be ailinittedinto his everhiSting kingdoM, and receive -a crown of rig,hteopsnesS that fadeth not away. Signed by paler, and on behalf of the Methodist Ministers of Ireland, as directed atilieir annual Conference, held in White friargthipel, at Dublin, this W • Ilth day. of Jtify; I. JA BEZ 13!..11,•; TIN 0, .President. It:mas transmitted by the flev. Matthew Tobias, and the Rey. (harks Mayne, and presented by ViseOurit Sidmotith, froth whontithe fbllowing answer was received:— • • Phoenix' Park, Aug. 20, 1821. GEN.I4..EMEN,I havelad the honour of laying before the King the loyal and dutifid address of the Methodist Ministers of Ireleind which you transiiiitted to me on the 18..1) of August, and I have the- satisfaction of acquainting you th a t. his Majesty was pleased to recciveJ.he same in the most gracious manner. I am, Gentlemen • Your most obedient humble Servant, • SIDMOUT.R, „ . . I The Rev. M. Tobias and the Rev. C. Mayne.