The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-11-02 00:00:00

THE COURT LEET.

At Ire o'clock the Williams of the Court Leda was pro-
ceeded spun.
Mr. HUNT then delivered • charge to the constables
sworn in, in which he pointed out to *hills the nature of the
duties that bad devolved upon them iii pursuance of their
respective offices.
To-morrow it is intended by the officer* 'hiss sworn in to
proceed directly to business, by hewing down some punts
and enclosures, thrown up in the wastes by trespasses upon
the jurisdiction of the Lied of the Nlanor, who have bee■
already presented by the local constables in the Court Leet
of the Lard. After the business of the Court was finished,
Mr/ Hunt proceeded, with mine formalities, to put Mr.
Narthmore in possession of • small tract of gronod •ear the
Abbey, by which be acquires • freehold of the county. Throe
essenti■l ceremonita being performed, the company at six
o'clock hastened to the snore substantial enjoyment of • good
dinner, provided for all such customers as wished to pay
switably for real solid fare.
Mr. NORTH MORE took the Chair.

After the cloth was removed, the CHAIRMAN rove and
rave—'m The Newly, the source of legitimate power."—
He seat read a letter %hid; he received from Mr. Mann,
whom be described as a staunch reformer at Leech, and which
enclosed an Aiklrere front she Reformers of Halt place, for
presentation to Mr. Hula at five Glastoohury dinner. The
writer untitled that public dinners, upon this oecasiots,
would be given in various parts of the coeutry. The Address
was then read.

After the Address was pretested, the CHAIRMAN said,
that ►e wished to preface the toast which he was about to
propose, with a single observation. An elm:pest Member of
►im Majesty's Goeernment (Mr. Certain) had, with reference
to as illitstrions Lady (the late Quees) said, that she was
" t►e grace, t►e life, awl orwastent of polished society ;" per.
haps it was for that tribute that ►is Mejesty had lately called
to his counsels that tit-wont individual. Bat that Mioitter bad
lately thought proper to 'all the Reformers, a body whose son
sod object was the overthrow of the Constitution—the subver-
sion of the tripartite government. He (the Chairman) solemnly
denied the charge—he denied it in behalf of all the real Re-
former. of the Kingdom.—(Cries of r• Hear, ►ear.")—Their
object was not to destroy, but to restore she Constitution, for
the sake alike of the King ■od t►e people—(Applause.)—lt
was, tberefore, that he gave this tot-- The Kioz,and may
he never forget the exprestiou of Lord Chancellor Fortesette
—that he has the delegation of his Alec front and for ate
people"—a iOl%Si which he (the Chairman) gave with as notch
zeal and fervour as Mr. Catin.itg could, its proposing his
Majesty's health.—The toast erns drank with great applause.
Sir CH ARLES WIILSELEN then. in doe form, prevented
to Mr. Hunt the Addresses of the Reformer. of Manchester,
and of t►e Bottom Union, which were i■ Dearly the same
strain as the Leeds Address.

The silver A•gen and salver were next brought into the
room and preitnted with egg's' ceremony to %fr. Nunt ;
they were hooded down the ruoas,statl muc► admired by the
cowspowe.

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The CHAIRMAN then propotril the health of Mi. Haat.
In doing su be percaiseel wills no small degree of witisfactime,
that impatience which sat nn army brow for the toast he was
about to give. It was ime to which it was difficult fur him
to do alleges* jnytire ; but the notoriety of the man for.
Mewl, reviewed may pauegyrie unseemlier', for, as the
poet utsl—
" When Phoebes does its beams display,
" To tell them gravely Slott 'tie day,
" Is to suppose them bliad."—(lllear.)
His Hunt's) flitelity, his skill. his Armless to the pro'
plc is every situation, it was as difficult as it was,' bippily

fr Ms sawrollemps to desievibe. .0;4 be refused. t.. oaf ea
the eisfiertiatioVelblis Me di is Its hellos of
eitemeal No( ,;.bilip.)--11.ad be oink fromii. don
.rhor all Me sostrify policemen' Had he iefitied• to
/Me Ins•fellisehpriimielts iw the dungeon at Itlvoclieker?•:-
.oad he comprogsisea ht character or the people', eights in
bei wody. aril mostnetienal definer at Yoh '—(llfearl—
.Lailtest hies i.s Mis.stglit of tbst yeemattry which, sewelint;
lovelier, struck their swords into the Woe* of It•lritel4
amen and isenmeat rillidreb. urged N (geseioin 6•10,)
by iniiiiistere Of the veligne of Cbristiantly.-qHear, hear.)
-.-Look at lino ruder hie iseprismusest -.uotes. that tome
sod evangelical saperisleademe winds, like that of %Var.
trick was dese.ibed as the custom of benignity itself—a
• system whide ins described so the best of all good iqs-
le or-age roam mammal by u gooier who was almost ton good
for every pantos, of liameuity.--(l.segbitr) —Amid the
aid keel awe wf Mee gaoler and this systeas, be re-
posed the cruelty mud teenier elsicb afflicted the rapine ift
kis dungeon. Had lie. Hint, while so pieced, ever }Nieto.,
from his day! awd yeetbst *on* ono who was fuund guilty
epee onetime., or 'ether OW • roust, of the ladietinent
buratto spinet him by liatemeraies. mid who was Ikes mi-
lker:l so *seigneur, borresivefrwm the time of the SIPWatiO•
who Man,. aggrainted the severity of the beery 'none, of
the bon, by Ilse still heavier weight which they supersddeill
to the punish:nest. No part of Mr. Hunt's seatenee necked
the severity of solitary cneormost; he believed it was never
routemplated by the Judges, yet it was ivaieted epos him
(Hear)-essad in additieu was levied apes his propeity a
Crows client fur preparieg for the public a cheap and on-
tritious betatron beverage. It was clear, therefore, that the
man, not the crime, was the object of resentment Hear,
hear )—Nelltiegomild in fact satisfy the borosghtnoligniiig
oligarchy, but the ion of the man who exposed it —'Hear
Mimi might be well applied the puet's words.--
" Foe deep within their rankling veugean,.• lies,
And must be Satiate."

He would always declare that the treatment of Mr. Hunt Wilt
against lOW, and be verity believed that it was the tad erre. t
of dying desprdisna.—(lleur.)-11 was dearly contrary to the
ancient principles of the writers upon British law.
A petitlessen at the Sable begged to express his er ,s-
-sneel Meath loan, and his desire to have it drunk with chorea
times three, which was done accordingly.
Hr. HUNT lose to return thanks. Ile said it was quite
imptsaible for him to give utterance to the feelings which
were in his breast. He could assure then. that he felt proud
of the hemmer they lead conferred upon him ; it should never
be eradicated from his memory emit the last moment of his
life. After the eloquent, witty, and flattering speeeh of the
Chairman, it would be presumptuous were he again to 'peak
of himself; bet he hoped he might be permitted, without
flattery, to say, that in the conaplimeses paid to his perm.
Vffellee in the canoe of the people be had only received jets.
lice.—(Hear, hear.)—He had never flinched from hia duty
*heather his country galled upon and him conscience prompt-
ed him that he ought to obey. It was, however, some-
what singular, that while so engaged, he bad been attack-
ed by ell parties—by men wbe had liberty on their tongues.
bet malice in their hearts.—(Heas.)—ileeie were reason
for such malignity—they werejealomy, envy, and such pm-
Mons. There was another very pineal,' inceativres-sohese
mew were anion to send forth their opinions through the
public press geaserallp, bad they could not; sow he al.
' ways could through envy channel of the mehlie press.
Without mewing essevessarily to impugn any parties ..f
that pewee, he would at the same time say, Hest when he woe
sanded he his dungeon. the great portion of It had dose
him ample justice, and, aided by the voice of the people,
and willow that the press was nothing, It knit assisted
in achieving hie victory over his oppressors—it had defeated
the nealwe of these oppressors, and brought him out alive
this day, though he ken/ his opponents meant to have
stifled him fur ever. He had, however, prepared for the
worst ; for he knew that wheat the emissaries of Coven-
meat seized hold of their prey, all that the victim bad
to do was to meet his fate with fortitede.—(Hear, bear.)—
He had straggled hard from beginning to esti against his
oppressors—he had, he trusted, made • bold, a manly, and
constitutiosal defence at York—(hear, besi);—but such was
the stale of his special jury, that after five houra`coosultetioe,
they enmeshed • verdict which was, in factors verdict at nil—
it was only half • count, and that •poa the mildest part of
the charge, negativing conspiracy, iuspiriag terror, and so
forth. Notwillastandieg that sort of verdict, what had been
hie sentence? Two years and a half imprisonment. The same
description of enmeshment was also inflicted upon Sir Charles
Wolseky, for being chairman as constitutional meeting; beet
be, being • baronet and* magistrate of his county, had the leek
to fall under the ease of humaue person. is Ahimplue gaol,
and to enjoy all the comforts of wheel, his situation, iu such is
place was susceptible; far different had been biatreatmeat: as
they must have all long since heard of it, he should be bile(
upon that topic. During the two years and a half of his in.
racceration, not • single charge of any misconduct had
been brought against him, or any of hie visitors. Y.t,
lie bad not bees there three months, when the Magis-
trates deprived him of the society of his family aid
friends: ;they moony made and variuded four under.:
first, his family were permitted, and again they were
refused; thus • system of b dug was practised agalitiet
him, and persevered in, until a commissites fans the
Crown was sent down to leggin halo the pris tot abuse.:
that commission was composed of too know.' alioiaterial
supporters, and a uephew of Lord Sidmouth's: he Bail co
hesitation in saying that this commission was Wig-1.004
intended fur the purpose of sending hick • rrpoit to she
House of Commons, negativing and falsifying all' the
charges, and declaring that bulb the 31agistrates and tie
gaoler were cruelly abused men. The first day the Condole-
sioners came dine, and tried from 8 o'clock in the muiestere
until 7at right to tarry their point. In vain bad hr written
Inters to Ana claiming the justice of bang present to an..
tan the charges which he had brought—is vain did he ask to
cross-examine the witnesses—no answers were donee that
day sent es receipt of his uoles. Nine prisoners weer, Item
ever, called op by Bridle, cud of course they some in
menoest that all the charges were false: at length, by stri-
dent, he got a eemaisaintion with the prisoners, and oh- ir
one sod till refused to gat up sad be examined berme si
f;omesietioders, until Mr (feat was presto!. There was 4.1. e
of them in the room, Charles Hill, who had been at the time
Mitten years in Mehemet gaol fir a Government debt sal Sit.
(Cry of Shams.)—At his (Mr. Hunt's) own expense he
ducted that Ilcheater inquiry—it had cost him at least 30111 ;
every thing be was obliged to do in it at his own ripens. ;
every wherein ill that Baetile investigation be had hero
to bring up, and io the end the Commimioners wne
obliged to make a report, which, in paint if fact, set fain
that the charges were all more or Ira peened. Thy all
knew how the Winton of that gaol had Ihres morseled ; the
Magistrates made their own regulations under • pertine-
nt. Act of Parliament. sad to give them the sanction of
his name (for the haw requited the name of a Judge),
Justice Best went that circnit—whether be went for that
purpose or not, he wuald not positively say. In consequence
of these regulations, he hail remained forty days sod eielos
whitest being allowed to see a human Wog, save his gaolers.
He was at the time labouring under severe indispantitun
from a cramp in his stensach, and be repeatedly begged sod
prayed both of the intro and the Magistrates far She admis.
Mon of hie surgeon, but in vain. Poe neven dept they. re.
fiord hire this medical aid, and then the request became the
subject of long diocesans somas Ave Magistrates, direr
squire*, and t wo angrier (Dr. Coulee* and yes% llteitrid,
and the prow bled against his request. I. that *ghoul
the surgeon he must have remained, wee! Wit oat .thq
the Court of Meng's Peach 4d made en eeder...foi
his seal • solicitor's admisidea. is the taut the Ma.
entrain Newer rented, until as nee from the Se-
cretary of State for the Home Department Mapped
their machiestioes. With respect to the present
gaoler, Mr. Hardy, be had unilec*ly rap. rienced f,„

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