The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-04-26 00:00:00

TRIAL FOR HIGH TREASON.

OLD EUILEY, TUESDAY, APRIL CS.
.•40.

This morning the trial of Brant was re•umed at
11, Old Bailey, before the Chief Baron Mount:v.
Mr. Baron GARROW, and Mr. Justice RiotAso-
sox. The witnesses examined this moridog were
IC isthven. the Police officer, who twisted in taking
some of the parties in the room Cato-street.mid who produced the fire arms, sword., mud
ammonium, which he found there. Taunts's, was
tfi• next witness. and produced the pike heady.
.dc., and oar, which he brought away from a woo-
cular place. A serjemit of artillery examined the
remitles, which were formed of a number of small
-ecia of iron wound round a small tin rammer.
401,6,6111 g three ounces and a half of powder.
The builloig was tarred rope yarn. strained very
i.elit. The serjearit described what would be the
t deo of the explosion of such tire-halls he also
• •Amilied the cartridges of powder, and tle•cribeil
t' e weight of ball they were calculated to discharge.
he case on the part of the prosecution way lion
;used.

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL. who had just come
•,to Coon as the case was ch+ed, ro.e and applied
, their Lordships on behalf of someSindeutsof the
I, n. of Cowl, three of whom ■ppessred in Court
tn their gowns, who complained that they were
roable to obtain admission to the place called the
Students box, and which they humbly sub ggg i g fed
ought to be kept exclusively fur their accunamoda-
t:on. The Learned Solicitor presented a paper to
the Court. which we presume contonsed the appli-
cation made to him on the port of the Student.,

Chief Baron litcasaps said, that he sl Id on.
doulstrdly represent the ease of the Students in the
Sheriff'. for the purpose of having their bolt kept
•,►art for them.

Mr. Sheriff PARKINS entirety concurred with the
Court in the nrceysity of keeping the Students' box
ofien for mudents alone. mod said he had had no
s uncut's iu sty arrant ruent which ismorituoded
tram.

Mr. 131elev.Sheriff Toast' (in the absence of
ti.e senior Sheriff Rothaen) ()Meter(' to the Comet
that, on the part of Mr. Sheriff Ito,'oven, there woe
the mast ruinous di+po•tt to accommodate the
Students. He also brggrd to state, that tor a long
period the Reporters tor the public preen had hero
accommodated in the Itnx, nod that on the pima'
occasion only one fur each newritsiter had been ad-
mated, with the view of giving every •ccommuda-
ttor, to the Students.

The Cans/ Banos and Mr. Justice Matson-
so:t in, invited that for others wine accosintodatiosi
ought to he provided ; bat that fir the Students
Shut bon had been !wig set apart, sod its appropew.
Lori recoguised he many high legal sotliontise.
Mr. Berms GARROW ulnietired. that it was within
1,,s rec•illection when the Students had only to ap.
Lear in Coed dressed is their gown... sad resew
toe certificates of their respective Inns of Court.
when Hwy were immediately entitled to occupy the
Studenao' boa. winch was recognised os being
parody for these accommodation.
Chief Reran Rictiattne.—" It is MD laid dawn in
/hilt. mid Ragweed, sod K.. •,eig, and a owniber
other satliorsties. and the hoz must he appro.
rioted to Stadente; for it is right that they who ere
pursuing the knowledge of the law should have free
s cerss to the Cowls of Law for their professional
tut provement."
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Mr. hileritt Piirkiiis, ...Ito appeared by the omit-
withal nitiertiosi of his liv..al in give Ihr Court the be-
sieht of 114 Jew of the matter, jm,,
I,..djelety dim ird bis U "der-Sheriff, Mr. Pullen. to
urtlfide aceevi . lotion lor the Students to their
hoe. Mr. Pullets came and placed some of the
Ntoileitts in the seats of other gentlemen who quitted
the bog. said that if room, •rier they *ere
accommodated, temained, it would be open to the
gentlemen who come dowtsi„
We think it hut Justice to Mr. Sheriff Rothwell
In state, that. with the vies ot affiliating as much
vi.uce as the limited size of the ;dace would admit
In Student., lie requested that only our Gentleman
iit * mote "%mold *Ureid for each of the daily Pipets.
'I his tt-torsit was isaphcitly complied with, and
elh'lV Mile seat was occupied for each Paper, though
fart it was Idlest in succession in the course of
the day by three or Inter Reporters fur each eats-
Itlltilment. If lior usual accommodation of permits
tog the Itretirtets to itIESIU to the Student.' bus

he now denied to them, and no other place pro.
vtileii for their recept• . the cutnietpielice will be
t"mt the Newspapers. instead of in:veiling to any
rmenteinent which may be convenient to the general
body of the Students. who, we ogre... ought to he
provided with pieces in the Court, will consult their
own convenience, and send the Students on their
eetoblositiorents to do the bosiness lia grrmter now-
berg thou they have hitherto done. (41 the rain.
bliblimenra of the daily press, the Siudetits aluue
weight till the ho*.

A• soon ss
,the esinerniotinn rr•pecting the.
Stollen'• hod terminstrd. Mr. Coßwoot) nn•e to
ultimo. the Jury in defence of the Priboster lisssi.t.
His speech WJ• simile.' to that made on the Lamer

After Mr. Cu WOOD concluded hie address. --
Broom was calks' on behalf or the Prisoner. with
the intention. we presume, to impeach the evidence
of the wine*. Mosoomiesit, but sire some explana-
tion between the Counsel fur the Crown and the
Prisoner, he was put "tdr; . . •
Mr. ADOLPHUS then adaremen the Court 110? toe
Prisoner, and went over the Mae ground that he
took on the former trials, Me dwelt much upon
the fact of Ede mils being held back by the Crown,
end described him a. bring the chief promoter of
the plot, and found ie the begiounsg, in the RAW-
dle. and et the end of it.
After Mr. ADOLPHUS sat down— _ _

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The CHIEF BARON addressed the Prisoner. and
asked liim whether he wished to add any thing
to what had been urged in hie behalf by his
Counsel ?
The Prisoner immediately rose from his seat ; he
held a paper in his hand, lie said that • written
defence had been given to him a few minutes be-
hire, but he had not time to peruse It. He wished,
be twirl, to address • few observations to the Court
on the evidence which had been produced against
horn. He their went into a long detail of various
corconevt mice*, and spoke with the inmost indigos-
tint, of some of the witnesses. We do not feel
ourselves justified in giving ally part of his state-
Went.
The address of the Prisoner, !particularly the lat-
ter !part of it, wit. pronounced Ise a firm and solemn
ti.tir, and seemed to create an effect on those who
heard it.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL ; •nd the
CHIEF lianum summed up the evidence, leaving
the question of the Prisouer's guilt to the Jury to
decide.

After his Lordship concluded his charge, one of
the Jury addressed the Court : He said. he wished
for the opiniois of the Court. how far the evi-
dence would beer the construction of an actual
arming. and an actual revistanee of the civil maths.
rity ; and whether the actual arming, and the me-
thod resistance to the civil authority. would, its coos
womb'wh of law. soloolit to a levyisss of war.
The COURT said, that certainly the evidence
would beer the construction of an actual arming
having taken place. and a reoistance of the clad
nutlinrity. The or. g with a view to oblige Ins
Majesty to change measures by forte of area,
amounted to enospiring to levy wa► against the
King. The Court pointed out to the Jury the first
anti third counts of the indictment as appearing to
meet the evidence, and if su, establishing the charge
of high treason.
The Juror said hr would wish to give his deci-
sion on the whole of the evidence. . .

The COURT observed, oust certainly the whole
of the evidence was before the Jury, and the Court
wooltl leel great readiness in assisting them. If the
Jill'c were ant tilled that the evidence established the
actual arming to compel his Majesty by force to
change his measores, that amounted to a lev)ing of
war agiiiiist the King.
The Jury retired for about ten minutes, and re.
/tinted with a verdict uf Guilty of high Treason
on the third and fourth counts of the indictment.
The l'iisoner, after the verdict was returned, pre.
served the same steady and intrepid conduct which
lie spewed during the trial. lir was, shortly after
the verdict was returned, taken out of Court.

COMPLAINT AGAINST THE PROPRIETOR OF

THE OBSERVER.

After the Prisoner bad been taken out of Court,

Tlw AITOIMRY.GIOIIIIIAi. rose. He held in his
hand The Observer and some affidavits. Ile
that sister he last called the emotion of the CMBrt
to the conduct of the proprietor of the tiew.pa per
its question. in publishing the trials of Thistlewood
and of Ingo, entotrery to their Lordships' order, he
had been furnished with the amorally documents
to gronud so application to the Court. Here he
stated the soh•testee of es affidavit of on indivi-
dual, stosiog the fact of having purchased a tionsber
of the last Obeevrer at the shop of Mr. Ciente/a,
containing the report of the trials of Thistlevmod
sod lugs. He also moduced an titivated ow of
the affidavit of Mr. Clement, filed at the Stomp.
other, stating that lie (Clement) was the printer.
publisher. and sole proprietor of Ike Observer
Newspaper. The Attorney-General then proceed-
ed to say. that in order to shew that Mr. Clement
sold the paper, fully knowing the injunction of the
Court. it was only necessary for I. to cell the at.
teotsuu of their Lordships to a passage in that very
paper. which stated at length throttler of the COWL
—[Here he read the lissome from lige ithserrer,
swing at length their Lordships' order against the
publication of the trials.]-11e then went on to
say, that the publication amounted to a wilful
sod daring opposition to the order of the Court.—
Hr felt that be would have acted an unworthy part,
if he did not Ming the, matter under their consi-
deration. He Iris it wills their Lordships to inflict
whatever punishment they might think tit for this
contempt of their authority.
The affidovits acre then handed over to the
Clerk.

I he Cowat—" Do you wish to make any spe-
cific motion?"

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The Arruasisv.GEWvist said, he wished to
have the individual peni.lied for his contempt of
their Lorilehips' aurlpirity, he would. therefore,
move for an order rolling on the individual to chew
carnet ally he had violated their Lordrhipe order.
Alter corioulting with the other Judges, the
0111! 1? BARON cad, that the complaint we. u or-
rotor one. The order of the Court we. to prevent
imachief and injustice ; fur whet could he more
likely to produce both mischief said irijiitice. than
tl.e publicatioy of soy of the trials during the
Cortr►e or the prevent solemn enquiry.
Their Lordeltips then ordered that Mr. Clement

TH E IT ISi i PRESS.

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1820.

A considerable number of Members of both
Homes of Parliament qualified themselves yester-
day by taking the usual oaths. The commence-
ment of the public business of the empire is look-
ed to by men of all political denominations with
feelings of deep and serious Welts.r for the real
state of the country—the sons of public feeling—
the nature and quality of the restless spirit that
exists its certain districts—and the extent of the
danger that may thence he apprehended, are at
length fully exposed to the public eye, and can
no longer be distorted!, or concealed for any pur-
ports of private ambition. The desires of the
Government have bent fully seconded by the ac-
quiescence of Parlimnein, mid the severity of the
law, assisted by the active bravery of perhaps the
fittest army in the world, and the indefatigable
zeal of our excellent magistracy, Ills liellitvrti
every thing which can he required for maintaining
the tranquillity of the State. If the danger then
still contioue, if any considerable portion of the
people still manifest a lamentable hostility to the
existing frame of gover 00000 rut, and seek fur change
solely 110111 a want of affection towards those vene-
rable itistituti 111 l s of their country to which its
other days they looked with confidence and pride,
it cannot be supposed that Parliament will regard
sects a state of alienation with indifference, or hope
that the temper and feeling of the multitude will
correct itself under the influenee of terror, whether
excited by legal ity or military force. We
hope sincerely that in such an anxious moment
no member of the Legislature will stiller himself
to be arrayed by feelings merely personal, or be-
lieve himself exempted from the trouble of inquiry
solely because he may hare already formed some
generul notions upon the subject ; we also hope
that no norerums, either in the shape of Parlia-
mentary Reform; or a sudden diminution of
taxation, will b ra►hly proposed. For each of
these expedient-, if applied with judgment and
caution, we profess a considerable degree of respect,
but our object is not to learn the opinions of one or
two individuals, however etnitieut and enlightened
they may be, respecting the present posture of
affairs, but to have the whole state of the country
carefully and honestly investigated in Parliamentary
Committees. After such an investigation will pro-
perly come the time for avowing individual opi•
Mons, when they may be founded upon facts col-
lected by the Com 000 titres, and have their merits
estimated by reference to the evidence afforded by
those who from their occupations in the busy world
have had the best opportunities of marking the
minute and varying circumstances which the com-
plicated affairs of a commercial and insoufacturing
country must present.

The cummeucement of a new reign offers on
wisely accounts the most faveurdhle opportunity
fur making a diligent and extrusive investigation of
the real at-te or the country ; without some ouch
101pairy it %ill Lie impossible for ►hc Goverment to

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frame each a system of finances as will best. con-
duce to the intereits of the State, and nothing is
more certain. without dreiring to impute either
negligence or inability to his Majesty'. Ministers,
than that the Government is perhaps as ill calico-
hoed as shy body in the State to pursue gulch an
inquiry with advantage. The Ministers have been
too long accustomed to view the affairs of the coun-
try in one particular light, and having adopted cer-
tain impressions at an early petiod of the present
difficulties with perhaps too precipitate a judg-
ment, they are iofluei.ced. possibly without beiog
aware of it. by a freliiig of false pride, in support-
ing their original semis:lents. We all know that a
mind preoccupied with a particular view of • sub-
ject, pursues further inquiries for the purpose rather
of collecting arguments than of seeking after truth.
From this isicosivenience a mixed aosembly, coin-
po.rd of Mein hers of Parliament, unconnected
personally in their siews or interests, would be free,
and possibly their inquiry would be pursued with
must beneficial effects if they were permitted to
collect evidence and arrange their ideas without
the immediate assistance of any of those Members
who take a prominent share in the political con-
flicts that are eolistatitly waged iii tither House.
There is no want of intelligence in die country
gentlemen of England, end where shall we look
fur upright integrity if we find it not in that truly
noble and virtuous class of men?

Certain changes in the administration of affairs,
rather however of • personal than of a political cha-
racter, begin to be spoken of with some degree of
confidence. Some 11!embeis of the Calrinet have
expressed themselves as indifferent to the charms of
place, and only wait • favourable opportunity to
resign the splendour of power for the enjoyments of
domestic happiness. The fulfillment of these it:-
lemmas is regarded with dismay by not ■ few of
their colleagues, in whom the principle of artibition
has lost none of its early vigtmr. The remon-
strances of these friends have hionerto exercised a
considerable influence in inducing them to post•
poise the gratification of their own wishes.

Paris Papers of Saturday last have arrived at sir
office. The law relating to the accounts of the year
1818 was presented on Friday to the KING by the
bureaus of the Chamber of Deputies. The Chamber
of Peers was summoned for Saturday, for the pur-
pose of submitting the same law to their opinion.
The Josephinos, or adherents of JOSEPH DOIA.
ram: in Spain, who constituted nine-tenth, of
those Spaniards who had been batiklird on account
of their political opinions, conceiving that they were
included in the indulgence extended to the political
exiles in the KING'S Proclamation, hastened to re-
turn to their country ; but no sooner had they
passed the frontiers than Geu. MINA, Governor of
Navarre, caused them to be arrested, and communi-
cated the circumstance to the authorities in Madrid,
r;quiring to kuow whether such persons were in-
cluded in the spirit of the indulgence. To this
application it was replied, that those who supported
the intrusive Government having been banished by
order of the Cortes, the: must await a deci,ion of
the same assembly to autlioribe their retorts. Or.
dens have therefore been transmitted to the fron-
tiers to prohibit their entrance into Spain.
The King of ‘VIIITEMISERO was married on the
15th of April to her Highness the Princess Pau-
LIMA, daughter of the Duke Louis of Wit-tent-
hs/Ix. His MAJESTY having on this occasion re-
nunticed the usual dower of the Poitiers., known
under the name of Princessineastater, lie received
f the Chamber of Deputies an Address express-
ing their gratitude fur his MAJESTY'S goodness.
and their congratulations on the happy event.
The Deputies justly remark, that " the hearts of
their people are the riches of Kings and the orris.
mesa of Queens." This was the opiasiou of our
own great Queen ELIZABETH, who said, that
•' her best Exchequer was the pockets of her
people." Sentiments of this nature ought never
to be forgotten or posted over with indifference.
The French Five per Ceuta. are 74 f. 10 c.—
Bauk Actious 1,490 1.

A Cabinet Council was held at the Earl of
LIVERPOOL'S house in Whitehall. on Mondry
night. at half-past ten o'clock. So unexpected and
urgent did the Noble Lord issue the rounonses.
Out they were sent by messengers to call the Metu-
Imre of she Cabinet prom their dustier parties.
The Duke of YoRK held • Levee yesterday at
his office to the Horse Guards. as Cousuiduder-in-
Chief.

M. CHEVA Li am. one of the Editors of the Bible.-
. thetne Hisivriqme, was arreated ..esterday. The
cause is not knowu.—( Paris Paper./
The Journal de Paris says—.• We can inform
certain propagators of disastrous reports, that their
efforts are useless no one believes either their
affected good intentions or their bad news. What.
ever they may do or think, France enjoys, in every
quarter, the most perfect tranquillity."
It is said that the Cabinet of St. James has re.
plied to the official irolification tit the changes re..
cetilly produced in the Government of Spain, that
it sees with pleasure the adoption of a system winch
England had lung colisitier..l useful. and even
nec y for the welfare of the Spanish natiou.--•
(t easels,. Earopien.l
Yesterday was a holiday at the Bank : the Stock
Exchange was, however. open. The Fund. were
without variation : Consols for Account, 69/ and
70. The general opinion entertained in the City
was, that there will be considerable fluctuation.

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