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London, England, 1821-09-04 00:00:00

CUMBERLAND Assails.

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or suds a melees eaters es were esetaiited its that lest pear.
The int theme le the ealeitiar, Wit Met pima is the
with" time. wash he a capital *Seem out if. derives the
slay, would rely he a etiolemeseer ; therefore, they orepld
be well aware of the emereity which misted f
jot
being very eertaie se le the time ; they would iset Is 1114
day from the rielece of the see bet frees its ' t
they would likewise he very esetatis wet le Sad a ge
the confeenium of as ementplies; bet he shield
to Shat to take isle reesideraties the meth of the Mt
and the age of the otter; lied if they *seta God the mew
femiun of tier younger sehmeallated. by any Mber- i
it would perhaps mower the reds of justice bettesill=
the bill ageism tbe Mier ease may. The secant ewe he the
calendar was • await aSuheet a lemmas for the faun
der of her beetaesi Mild: la this awe the evWeees of the
surgeon 1.10614 be very material; sod they wools" Altewiee
he very vitals that the MOM Coned was the ewe he which
.Ire hail giver hitch; they would likewise Sake into siege
tonvideratloe. whether any moms/ was to he heed- epos
its busty whirl, would eremites iamb, mid Abet the wooed
was intentionally give*. After alledieg ..-te some ether
eases in the telemeter, his Lordeliip wished le direct the
attention of She Gess" Jury to the Mate of the Uwe of
Curves:lieu, sued he leaped they would be elrefel to lied
emphrineent fur the Mama Primroses essilleed there to
hard labour. He we aware of the, dillieeltirs that existed
to hod employment, bet be trusted they knew their defy
so far as to midrange by erify MOMS he their power Se
overcome those diSeviltire. um order that the Primmer,
'night not lose the beadle to be derived (ruts herd labour
and wholesome diseipllee. He did not know of say thing
further be could add, but be shook! be happy to assist
them ili the diecherge of their lel/oars by every lames is
Lir power.
NISI PRIUS COURT.

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Mr. littOUtiliala addressed the Jory...—He observed that
the Plaiutiff was •inaa in very humble cireenestanees, a
joiner, with a large family, mid in a Mate of poverty.—
These certainly were est very extraordinary ciressarleacea;
but when he aboold Mate the feels of the ease, the Jury
would be convioeed that few eases of more importance, or
that could call foe • moss full soil complete iasestigatiint
soil ateopestastioa, had ever came before them. The De-
featism,* was • gentlanno, whose as.. 'ad avocations rea-
ders, him important, peoseeeng great wealth and respects.
!slaty. He was a warm portions at the last election fur
hlembers of Parliament See this city, and attached to the
party Who invedelleated. Plaintiff had attended to watch
the proceediege of the Menial on the 14th of May. as a
silent and calm, though ae4 ao waseoaremanl, spectator.—
Afire phwWww • great pert of the sranraiog there he retired,
mad oss reforming fogad a military force at the cod of the
Um ll—eoldiers with mookets and Isiyosteta, and in Ilse
net of Ininhog their piece. with hell cartridge. In the
sooty part of the day there bail bees use of those
histbaspers, or rather bustles and einfosiosta, graerally
aties.deat on elections, and it was made a grimed fur
scream emit!. men to read the Riot Act; after which they
*opposed. with others of their espial sad very xealusis
1.-usher Nlagistroes, they world he kiditra Ia doing say
*tong. This was dose at two, sad Plaiatiff eases so the
Rail at the elopes( the poll, sad as his annum, perceived
the *risible array of soldiers and deadly weapons. The
crowd who, mehsequently to the east reading a the Rost
Art, had disappeared, now roared by the nousual presence
of the military, collected a seemed time. The Plairtilr,
struck with the ansinal sight, inquired, se he wail in duty
Wood do do, what seteaMoned it ; and as assn was more
oper to apply to this • Magistrate, he west to Dr.
U. yahoos, • friend of the Defendant's, and attached to the
same aide in politics—sad civilly and peaceably asked why
the military were there, and whether the Riot Art bad
here read' Ile was iuforiewil that Dr. Lawry, another
Magistrate, also attached to the same political party with
s! e Defendant, bad read it; and immediately, iastead
sir participating in, or being p.esent at, nay riotous act,
Le endeavoured to allay the highly iirttateal feelings of
the crowd. who were exclaiming. " Manchester massacre!"
by exhorting them to be quiet sniff -peaceable. While
eocage.l is thee act be was driven back by the he-
iress!! persoire that took place, and was throat violently
into ard towards Dr. Heysliasn. That gentlemen home-
diately *cited him by the collar, and Mr. Forster, the
Defendant, who was behind, rushed forward, and after
mono the same, del:vend him in custody to some soldiers,
walk ditto-toms to eerily him to the Castle. About two
boors afterward., Mr. Forster made out a warrant, which
it war pariterlaily necessary to observe was fur further
examination, and this, of course, presupposed that be
roold know Merle of the case at the lime. Bust would it
be believes!, visowithstsoding this warrant for further ex-
amination, the Plaintiff was never examined further, etre
was any oath ever afterwards made. This, let it be recut-
ierteal, occurred on the 24th of May. When a Magishate
ahead a titan for farther examiaatino. it was his
s sp. cis! dusty to cease such examination to be instituted
a. speedily as possible, foe the purposes of law and lustier.
{Pill, three slays elapsed sad then soother warsaat was hems-
.d, but of a very different description, which was followed
by the conserounices now complained of. This warrant was
directed to line constable of °shims/gate and gaoler of Car-
lisle, as,d instead of Leine fur a coalmen assault. contained
II use strange and particular terms—" this said Wm. Crosby
to mg then sod these with twelve
,persows, unlawfully, riot-
oast', and tionoltssonety ass-nsbled together, °Per the Med
hod bees read, sad before Me cumuli hued brow ewes-
milled." This of coarse was soflicseut to snake any person
Indorse that Plaintiff was committed for felony, which the
Itsot Art would have made his alleged offence. They (the
J.ir)i would ask what look place in Ihr iaterios Isetwien the
24th and the 47111„ to make this difference-4c could sot tell.
,n the 25th. Mr. Ellis, of Croftheed, a highly respectable
geinteanam asol a near relative of Sir James Graham, of Ne-
teethy, with the Key. Ms. Stanley, • must respectable Magi-
tit rale, took an interest to the liberty of the Plaintiff, and
from that circumstance the Defendant would immediately
know to what party Crosby belonged. Mr. Ellis, bearing
that the poor man batl a wife soil children to provide for,
went to offer bail, mid, on tellisig the Defendant so in the •
✓oot, was ordered to get out of the was, or he would .
knock him down with a bludgeon he held in his hand.
thi this he proceeded .to the Prisoner—on inquiry found
that Platoonf had been companies! for further examiner ;
Le accordingly wrist again after the expiration bf three slays,
%hell he was iu by the Wallin' warrant, upon which no bail
could be lake... The poor Plaintiff was kept in genius from
the 241 b of May to the 24th of July, a period of tau month.;
his name was inserted among the felons fur trial, sad be
was loaded wills every species of degradation. However,
• sobjectisig him to aisaserous injuries, instead of
lug bias to lake his trial, so prosecutor was ever bityllel
Over to appear against bine, or to prosecute; or if soy oath
was taken, it was lakes illegally in his sheenier. They then
mot three times to order his immediate liberation; they
they bad nu farther occasion fur him. Thus the pour fel-
low, after being lucked up for Iwo mouths, after having
entopletely rained bins, and after exposing him as a common
feline, they knolly said to the gamier, 4 Let the man go about
his basiness." It atm entweemary for bits to eumairst upon
the case, he should simply prove dial facts. He would only
say, if such things could be dose with impunity in Ibis
eusentry, without redress, it is sot wood. living is.. The
iaoguage of a Learned Judge, sow on the Beach, who was
out very Inimical to the puwers that be. be meant Mr. Park
—hat he trusted they would teach the Defroilart a different
home—that he was sot made a Magistrate fee polititsl
spires, for the ern iroK of a party, or for his awe tedivithetil
-I pomp, bu* to benefit the people, is cameo the

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CRIIIIIRM: COURT.
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