The National Register.
London, England, 1819-09-05 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS.

" The rower.; which be" met with another defeat on Tuesday in
the acquittal of Weddingion, the pool, who man wa, taken up
simply for carrying a hosed on ahh:li was pasted a notice tier a put.-
tic 'netting. On the part of ;S is contemptible prosecution Mr.
Cowley was employed as Counsel. while the poor ignuraut de-
fendant Intl no one to audit hien—this. however, made nbfigiltsenee
to a British Jury, qho pronounced him Not Guilty. The priasher.
who conducted himself with great firmness during tl.c trial, then
seized the bard on which the placards were fixed, and left the
Court in triutupli, followed by great numbers.

CIIE4TER ASSI2E9.—.OI Thiirvlay the Arornry
Ge m ral move,' in Bair the trial le.siporietl to next Assi-
ze!, of the two pi volts who arc .n enst.iny for firing at
Birch, thr Stnel,piqt Cim.table —The Court granted
the ride nil its, that Birch 11':19 J necessary %stillest.,
and that he 14,15 et 100 ill to attend to give his es turner.

Her Royal Highness the Princess of %Vales seems
to have relinquished her intention of visiting this
country, though she had transmitted directions to
make the necessary preparations for her arrival.
tier Royal Highness has since gent an order fir su-
perb harnemes fur six horses, which have been corn.
pleted accordingly, and are to he sent to Italy,
where the Princess, it is said, will continue to re-
side.

Birch, the Stockport Con.•tab'e.—Trio fallowing. in
an extract of a letter, dated August 29, received in
Dublin on• • Tnesstay maiming, from BryatlO'uni,
county of Down ;—" Yesterday a nihn was talser,,
on his landing ht-Dtindrum, on a charge of having
been concerned in the attack upon Birch, the Stock-
port constable. Fla is understood to be a native of
Warringstown, in this county, and a weaver by
trade. He was immediately conveyed to npa-
t icy by a party of the Oundrum peasants, tLe
greater number of e hom wi.re ca:led frau, reaping,
et which they had been engaged, for the purpose.
He is a smart young man, about five' feet four inches
high, and of very slight make"

The celebrated Jesuit, Bourdalone, was ailed l y
a Lady whether she did wrong in frequenting. dr...
matie entertainment—"*Tis yourself, madam,
he), that can best answer that question." •

ROYAL VI.IT.—O. Thorsd his Royal High-
nuke of Sasses, artoilipanieil by T. W. Coke,
Ihr E.,il of Albemarle, the High Sheriff, Hon. GM..
Fiitiiiy, Hun. E. Krisliel, Cul. Kepiii.l, Adiuirel
3il litorge Jerhiligh int, Captain Snnmi, and sc•reral 0111. r
gelitlemen of distiortion, vis-wedwhew they
were reer:ved with e vei y cleiwinstr thou tJ re‘ipect. A
tiiy al salute from tile battery of Captain J. G. Boom
greeted his Royal Highness on hl• reistliin4 the Quay, and
the Retitle was instantly atii-..eedrtl by Me set,.nl glue
to the vessels lying in the has hunt. Ilia Ruyi:l
lush ue.. and the company returned to the loose of JAis
Blown. Esq. whi•re they pwriouti uf'a libel 411 and tianil.onie
iefieshineot, and hi. Royal 11 gi!nesii eapiessestf
meth grail:tett 1131 110SpiliCily and attenlivastiewo
htrl-
u.t Ihr ueeesiun.

!lowing day a part) was farmed at lialkliam,
Inert Ihr Royal l)okr. Asii.m4sl the etnewroy wets tLe
.thus 111C11,111114.11 11Jblt1111:11 tind plaleoirit, &It'd Joint
Blown, 1:•41. ito•t at 11,11.. 'Fir 11.11.)wirg
be A, IA l'lr pet—colt :—L .rl? Lad) J..l,:inghafr,
Id. At
the Ivilor•I rt hi• IC•iyal Juts Bloom
-.nog two I...*otiotle An. is, t•Ntiiii.tte atyl., and am.. 11 lu
nnr giatificalom of his Grace mill 11. e liobte tucup.teiy.

SINIGCLAIi AcctnEee.—An accident wh.els Ims.l like to
Is ire b rn sot very serions coss.equeo re urrurrett :shoat tau
o'clock MI fl Id is, it BA1010:11111., t.sir. A carpenter wass
was WI lid lig on .1 ntfoltl,upNardn so 40 fret from Utsg sound,
ill tint ol'stsse u, tsse rxtuhulnn bl4/111•, 114111,1 Its the art sot
ti log up the exhibition pictures, and I..mps fos iluatinating
al MAW, Ihe rliCk ins %hick he stood richer broke or grave
a ay, and he t. I. no the inutariams, a :so nese yeatt, I iii a kind
or temporary tarts...o.a uadet in Alt, rattits.,l a say at thew
11.curd.tnt st.usic t he drove a .e oP ids le_s N,run.h the bead
of is di ads, and Woke two so three Cleir b and
hautboy, The ex spierAtil inuoetatt3, ite.,d of, ding,
the untort • in.de mass 1.. e •matlr,t tu%i•tatscr, actuagy tbrt w
him liver into the tui,l,t f the r rotiii. when, u..lucktly
ink .111 tilt 1.111 of 0.,11.1* stall, he IlScliNfll.ll She natter,
tog •titer with the table, three tubs of 0,,ter.., tht Mead,
pprr, and vinegar. 'iac o.siter-asiwa 11.1t•Wed Riau no more
suescy than Itt, musicians; he laid 1101.1 *if hut, she h.ttr,
whica he past rd out in handtWlN and .sitessieted Iwire to :tab
hint with his •Ister-Itnife. tee tirrprietae LA the bowl,
Wiltl vv at. sta. (Ili front of the hintint... at the
Lid was an eye -‘t itue,s to the a tinle. jont;), d dun us, and by
proaissits; to rec e th Is'il"l.l.-111,111 tor ilk Ise:, he tr,
Ile I the p tor ca nter, :lit I 1144 111 II 4.4lilSP.Sed into llse
hoot It,cuverrd'sill Isioni and brut-us, to have h.s a
dressed, •s t' !Lis Is, we are ha. spy to learn. were n' any
rilms racsequestcr, I uaisderini, the extrauttlutar) height
from Ahura lie fell.

An itinue,it mtr taken on Ttso.d oy evening, ni the Mid.
%Hew x-toolootal, iterate 1 h ur :"111-1.4g, Iq. DDDDD iler rot
311dol ebra, u,, the bud) of lietorge Cookr...4ra 4 br rb, ane
to eetyt et dol.. nwt.ol lwu, r, 4,1,•! utb
court , Srbu, etn.as death was occasioned in the foil .tstoi:.
melancholy 111;0111er : It appeared by the evident e of Sua
siii.t.th C00k.% lu.llhrr to Cie d that lie it .d b.,a
with !aline coottdrun „ear her door, NO. 4, Cron io-
eau. S:oho ; that she Was ::I-II r .•Wil ia..p 'lei, wine r
ex latturd to hvr la tt Notnio•thioot the matter tooth her
boo ; ran out, and round hitaa, g•1111!:1,og
.he palled his h•iCk, .11, in ll,t411) Ille oil II nt C tr.nna ;
site then not to ,s ho, put, ingau
toostruoti lit into Ili,, t,,t0,1111Wil:1 he had ,iovalloovred vonet hong
st hien eit.v the of ca•ion of and re. ontoneototerl Isar
to t tke loom to the lion,nit.od, o Itoch !doe did, ton tt Iwre every
memos were wed to rxir.irt it. but :1 Ito uo intritoe.e 1.
eq,:vol in a few 11111114:1,, Wlltell 1110 liutl'a war
airelit..l,alitl a j:r11 .1r as found in the
Lly which :me had brio ctooken. VPTICet,—Ai :oh Wu' Lleact.

w,rk boas,: a. w w iirat sent kr
3 aolltr ,kc.a Bury, wbic,i wuahed full Id Acme per-
, vu,sl6.

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IP ES TMINST ER M EET I VG.
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This ineitiog, the expectation of which had so mach et-
tiled the hopes, the fe %Maud the curiosity of the metropolis,
for the last few dos, was heal ua rituo,day at New 1..41aCe.
yard. With the prep:v.o ions on ilia pail of the civil aud
military ate lootties we a ill out fatigue our readers: they
were oil tae usual scale—troops of llorse Guards paraded
shout near St. Gene:sea-fields and the neighbouring roads;
crowds of constables wire, wale, stood, in attendance at
convenient p acts; and all the inhabitants were on the
alert to preserve gam, order. This was the usual course ;
but their was one thing which we were pleas.ii to observe
oat of the tau ii maw which has been lately fol'owed at
public meetings—there was no parade and.ver of the cis il
or military power m the immediate vicinity of the itasenthaid
wiltituile. The result instilled the conlitlenie hick teemed
tea have been ieposed in the in:cations of those alai were to
assemble. From the coin nencement to the conclusion, not
the 'habitat breach of the public peace was indicated in an%
way which we euuld obiervr. The 111e;.Mmag was annomeed
Inc 14, the chair to be taken at one; but as early as half
past 10 the crowd begun to assemble. At It o'clock the
tarnhers in attendance were very considerable. and they
continued to tocrease till three. At a liute after our, Sir
grads Burdett. together with .Jr. Clubhouse, Mr. Clarke,
la Middlesex), Major Cartwright, and a washer of marts
Came upon the hustings, which views erected to Irma of the
King's Anna-hotel. 0,1 the subject ,if the owithersassetahled
the opinions were uumernue. Some said they caold tan he
less than 30,000; othets reduced them to half tam ainuunt ;
and °flaws na.iln calculated them as low as from 13 to
twin Nolte iliblattaing lois vast atultituie, it. wall most
graifyg sight to perceive the good order which no. ob•
served throughost.
As soon us Sir Francis Burdett made hit appearance, he
was hailed with lie most enthusiastic plaudits. Similar
marks of popular favour were also Itestowed upon Mr.
Itohtouse, Major Cartwright, and Mr. Clark. Alter wait-
ing for a few minutes, until the tumult of applause had
subsided, Sir Francis Burdett proceeded to adducts the
Porting., Ile coinnicticed with ithsers ill:, that the High
Bailin of Westmii star not having tionigia tit ta comp y it ith
a requisition to cooveite this meeting, %hien a its 'Assented
to hen, signed by II large witawr of it spectable householders
of Westminster. and a itisout assigning any reason to du that
which the Boa. Bartmet thought it was his that; to der,
namely, to call, and preside at, tli is Sleetiug, he had; at the
rerpoWition of 111 number of the Elect,,rs, collie forward 011
Sills most important, as well as ',armsful aid nielnochwly
occasion, to 611 that situation..—( A pplause. ) ile hoped
that he should perform the duty, so Miro. mat to the titulary
at this tram int, i i a nuomer tt inch %meld entitle it to con-
sideration, and induce it to he followed all ova ri the United
Kingdom, mo iv sliew those practically, who wish to sup-
press by stationer the VACS. of Englishmen, what are the real
feelines of the country 0:1 the cause for a hitch they have so
1111 't , as well as their feel miss of intimation and abhorrence
at those proceedings which have recently occurred at Man-
chester.—(lmmense applause.)—The difficulty ahirb
he
felt on this important °erosion was how to express himself
here, and so mitigate nail subdue his own sentiments, a- to
beep w itlimn due builley a bee ram
i king of tab in trausactaats
sal which th-v had m t tit express their feelings.— (Great
applause.) The Boa. Baronet was about to proceed, a hen
an interruption adore in consequence of the appear-
ance of some of the Smithfield Committee with
wands in their hands, mid with them time of the Smithfield
banners, nom ie, a ewe with. the mottos of " Peace aud
Will." and " V a iversal Suffrage." They acre lire-
ceded by some music, and the crowd made way for the
party. whirl, slat moiled itself nearly Mop scone lathe Hittainat.
Tile lion. Baronet mice re resumed, and praceette, with
out further iiiterroption, except what arose from the ap-
plause,' of the multitude. lie said the qmation was not now,
whether this or that measure—ibis or that pi ineiple, be
proper for consideration or adoption; the question was nut
how. whether this or lb it part) he in power—it was, on the
contrary, the great paramount basis on which all political
questions must rest—the question front which no limiest Man
of any political party can dissent, and a high, iudeeil, most
unite all, a hawser be Bit it political bias, for it related to
on other than this—namely, the great, paramount, and ini-
prescriptable right of the people of Englund to meet and
express t heir opinions upon t lie political Slate of the countr).
(Tremendous applause.)--'1 his was a question, in their view
of which ak hogs and Tories, ns well as Itefoimers, mutt all
unite and suppurt by one COIIIOIOII cumsrnt. Larry true
Englishman mast now take his riana, and assert his iiidoubted
right. alley were nit met to consider under what political
'mollification the liberties of the ((wary were to be secured
amt protected; but it was whether that great essential
principle °fell liberty was to be any longer satfeted to exist
—a hetner the penile are any tango to have the might of
disrussing ;what questions--that was the great principle
they had met to a-sort, and it is one on a Melt Englishmen of
very party a ill be ready to go bawl in hand, even to death,
(Loud and confirmed npolause.) ti right nut only of Log-
bshineu, hut one inherent in loan —one antecedeht to all
po-
instants n, and wh a h on political institution
could justly deprive mankind. It atm to he discussed
isbeiher Englishmen are any longer to meet according to
law—whether the law than protect them in the exercise of
Ibis undoubted right, against toe madness and violence of
toeir enemies; %briber we are to submit lightly or arbi-
trarily to such a system —a system of law, or discretionary
and arbitrary vialetice.—(Hear, Lear, and applause ).--
Ahliorrenee of the late pooeeeritol,,, at Manchester would set
a proper clamp e to the cuuatrc, and ensure true support
aud co-operatioa ur every mail in toe country, of every honest
Englishinan aka prefers a rutimial law that MUrrs his
liberty.—(Loud shorts.)—Ever) luau who petters the dons'.
Mon of law, MOM express his &halation of the priweeding
at Manchester— man alio regards his own interest and
brmur, must shrink from approt ing measiires of such a
*attire, and must step furs ard and vindicate the lit.. rites of
bis coaatry. If these things were done w ith impunity, they'
would base to ask to breathe the as , to use our owl, limb.;,
in consider the noses on outfaces to be our own, an 1 a twitter
the people of England were tube allowed im she* them a sib-
out .he previous pesmimina of his 311(j. By 's Government 1
aLnitd laughter lied immense applause.) There were men
a in thought the alectmes premature— w h i think there was
not card. nee yet 'edam the eternity to enable it to judge of
these prociechnp g there *as evidence enough : were hot
the facts before theta 1.--( Loud cries of Yu 1) The facts
a 'denied ev b: tae pat lit is arlininistratinn, a hicks, since
inia are e• 14r... had tar bills to take me no their

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