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London, England, 1820-04-06 00:00:00

MAJOR 044RTWRIGHT, AND OTHERS.

The following it the stsbotonee of the indictment
preferred against the above parties at Warwick
The Rest count charges the Defendants, George Edmonds,
Charles Mattocks. Jebel Cartwright, nooses inseams
Weeer, and William Gerathesof Lees's, with brief muM.
times, seditious, and evil-disposed permits, bad with umlau-
fully and malkionely desiring sad inteadieg to rise mil
excite discontent and disaffection in the minds of the
Ring's subjects, and isteeding to move them to hatred mod
eontempi of the Government end Constitution as by low
established, and of the Commons House of Perhameet
as by law established heretofore; to wit, on the ltth
of July, 1819, and on divers other days and time*, as
well Isadore as after, with force sod arms, at Birmingham
aforesaid, unlawfully, maliciously, and seditiously, did eons.
hiss, conspire, and confederate with each other, and with
divers other disaffected sad ill-dispomul perms'', fur the pur.
poses above-esentiorred, and snlawfolly to nominate, elect,
and appoint a person to be the Representative of the inhabi-
tants of Birmingham, and to claim admission into the House
of Commons as a Member thereof, neither they, the said
deft-13.1mila, uor the said other conspirators, nor the iehabi.
tams of Birmingham, being then lawfully authorised to
nominate, cleft, ur appoint any inch representative. And
that she defendants and various other person., in pursuance
of the said conspiracy, ansembled to the ',timber of 20,000,
for the purpose of hearing divers scarddatoids, pedaloes,
and iiiflenimatory speeches, resoloitinos, anti writings, con-
cerning the Government aged the House of Coatrooms, uttered
fur the purposes aforesaid.
The D. fendants, &r. so aseembled were charged with haw.
ing uttered speeches of the shove description for the par.
poses already stated. And that' the said conspirators, in
further pursuance, &c did with a loud voice say, utter, seed
publish divers seditious, malicious, inatromatury matters
and things of and concerning the Government arid Csiorito-
Hon of this realm as by law established, and of and concern..
leg the Commons House of Parliament as by law established,
owicosgst other stings is substance as follows, the said other
conspirators joining with him in further pursuance, &c. that
Is 10 say—
Resolved, 4th, That a number of gentlemen, in whom this
meeting conllde, having stated that there has now for a
year and a half past been before the public, pnblisbed by E.
Wilson, London, `. A Bill of Stride and Liberties," for ef-
fecting a radical reform in the Commutes House of Parlia-
ment. on the simple principles of voting for Representatives.
which is a common right, being ellemiard by all turn Of
mature age and sound mind, who have mot forfeited that
right by any crime, the votes being given by ballot, and the
representative bud) Niue renewed once a year, it is the opi-
nion of this nieetistx, that the said Bill ought to be adopted
and passed into a law.
Resolved, Rib, That by ruttier on a stew and equitable
ems* their jostimmil suallenishbe sigh to • Ball rojoyonsot of
the uscreil lone. liberties,and free coolants of their country,
as largely sad wholly as they ought to be enjoyed, the said
inhabitants of Birmingham will now forthwith proceed to
elect one Gentleman its whom they can coal& as their legi..
tutorial attorney and representative, in whore person they
will try the digestion of their right of parliamentary repro.
sensation, and who shall be instructed to claim on their be.
half admission into the Commons House as Member there-
of, and its the event of his being acknowledged and received
as their representative, accordingly then and there to um
his utmost endeavours towards obtaining equal and com-
plete justice 10 the Commons of the realms, universally weer.
Mg hi them an annual electiurd of legislatorial represeutation
to be elected by troika.
Resolved, lilt, That Sir Charles Welsch, be elected Le-
gislatorial Attorney and Representative of the ioliabitauto
of Birmingham, instructed to claim on their behalf by letter
to the Right Hon. the Speaker of the Hones of Commons,
admission into that House as a Member thereof, ire well as
to commilnirate on the occasion the present and the forego-
Mg resolve of ibis meeting, to be by glee Speaker laid before
the House.

And the said conspirators slid aid and assist in emoting
and procuring one Sir Charles Wok"ley, Berl. to be throe
and there nominated and appointed the Representative arum
said, and to claim admission into the House of Parliament
as a Member the rs esf, neither of the said conspirators being
in any manner lawfully authorised so to do.
Second count—charges the conspirator' with devising and
intending as aforesaid, to traduce ■od vilify the Govern.
ment as by law established, and to raise and ratite discon.
111111 t and dissaff.ction in the minds of his Majesty's sub-
jects, lanolin miter them to hatred and contempt of the Go.
"eminent and Coast it 'llion of the country.
Fourth Count—cha►ges to the foregoingeffect, and also
unlawfully nominating and electing a person to be repre-
sentative of the inhabitants of Birmingham, and to claim
admission into the Muse of Commons as a Member there.
of; and also for unlawfully meeting, to the number of
20,000 or mane, for the purpose of hearing and passing divers
sediteuus and iiillammatury speeches, resolutions, &c.
The sth, 6th, 711 i, Sth, and 9th counts charge to the same
• Illreo, and with conspiring and confederating to subvert the
Coratitution, 311, by law established.

The rillowing is on interesting letter relating to
the *nor* of Spain, an the northern part of the
country :

" BILIIIOA, MARCH 22.

"We gni In Ssntiagn the day after tie Proclamation of
the new Constitution, and found every thing very different
to what one eXperienees travelling through other parts of
Spain. The motes were open—nu guards, and no precau-
tions—and we proceeded to the Email() without a single in-
quiry. AU through the streets every body appeared joyful
and roll of conversation. We could hardly imagine that too
impintatit an affair as a revolution had Inked place, sud that
only un the preceding dsy. The people were glad beyond
measure; hilt they hardly knew hnw to !whist their senses.
The Governor (art littering), ACEVIIDO, told us, that iu all
the province of Gsllieis, excepting at Orense, we should be
as free as in Englaml; but in those situations where the
limo still retained his authority, we should-meet with im-
pediments.
" The people here (Rilhom) begin to breathe again. Their
expectations are very high as to the benefits they will derive
from this gluri changrohe more su as it has been brooght
about without ilieshesldoie of one drop of blood, at least in
this direciiiiii; hot It has terminated so unexpectedly that
the Minimises newly appointed are iinprepsred fur such 311
event, and.we must await some little time till they decide on
the best measures to lie adopted. An order caner out, dated
March 6, pi milling the exportation of various produe-
• tilos, of Spain ditty free, hut as it was before the accepta-
tion of the by the litu6, I should presume it
. was the last effort of his Mitsilistra to stop the nisurreetion;
it cannot be acted on for She present until confirmed. The
importation of cotton, suit the moderation of ditties um
woollies good., are anticipated."

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