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drank,* and dhlgedgely, and they were atilmilineed as helm
libellous and emedoso" dividers of properly, aid de.j
$ strayers def sociiii And
A was it set then tery
, that then poor iss.dtod mot vilified people should, wilt to'
meow themselves from He uniolyited itopotoitoses which
*Ere wantonly esst.wgsertheir coiditcl certainly was'i
moors! to give the lie tbelstir menties; to shim to theMit- '
)ides sod to the *geld thanlbey were trot whet 'limy had beim
• •
~.sepresersted- zu At, thezthitemimed is give one example of'
• ponce sod "ond•orderjade as shook! defy the most bitter:
1.,.pf their accusers to crismittole,- and for this purpose into~
AO alone was the drithogi so styled, iweituted. Owly
• one *mirk, fur the prevention has sworn to haying
• heard amongst the drillers- the word fire," all the others
_,4 *wily to their facing motto their wiarchiug lit Ile an
'lva tine, which evolittioate were eertatute most soitrielo Yaw '
ititisarise them to thatapittres of wortfortwity of mut 1111 l which
Ovoid he oecessary to proormenloc older and decorum is
, progress to t he plate ad osectimg. Set as to these farts
."'s I do not tender h year Lordship sod to the Jury my own
"11 assertions, usammovyanied by corroborating evidence. 1
: shall produce from. the :pagers laid before the House of
.. Commons, relative to the Wilemsol slate of **country, what
.3 consider sea coollowastow of my slaternent (See N0.13.p 11.)
,•;this docitomat is elated *el lob of Awnost; which is umly
Amor days previous to the first proposed tweeting at Maw.
I. cheater, which should have been so the 9th; so that if we
"Ampouse the drilling parties to have bees is existence a
smirk or a fortnight before the dsy °a which ibis letter
's dated, the, ground of my argument is stretigtheniut
' thereby. That military gottlemso who did us tire
ho-
'lour to 'taint au long before us ow Saturday evening,
mud whose services, 1 trow, consisted in marchiwg with
- Ralph Fletcher from Selma to Msaclwater, and f Om
1/•sieterster to Bolton, talks of wridnight drillinr, and
• of lire parties coming is the meeting ill order, I
"the former is not, 1 presume, legal evotleore, and of (worse •
• will mot appear on your Lordship's ashes; the latter con-
' Arum what I have said respectiog the wish of the.people
to preserve the strictest decorum. Yin', Lordship and tog
• Jury will Sod by the evidence which I shall produce, that by
• tt.Le o'clock on the asormiag of the ever-memorable 16th of
August, lumbers of perms** nosernbleil at Middleton; that
the; were formed into • hollow square; sad that whilst
• solos-toed I addressed them, earnestly cautioning them to be
on their guard against their ~mien., representing the ad-
' •antage which would be takes of their numbers to
create a riot by person employed for that sole purpose ;
that I advised them to insult no person, but rather to soffir
an impish on that day, as their enemies wooW be glad of a
pretext to accuse them of riot and disorder ; that I entreated
' them to besr towards every one a spirit of good will; to
token of which 1 distributed amongst them branches of
1-suiel, emblems of purity and peace, as deseribcd by
;Al, - end Neale and having heard thst if I went to the

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ftintotifireigeososert, hoissimrhsissuiviliert In ore *1:,:lkOs
.17 sillgro oalMilips. ,114 6 snelpile Modell:* is 1-i
1 air ' ' ' laws it Os Mod, sWitaisplaiit Millie •
itheety - adds, that all eressuniShielbe Hare
I, illegal. It - the right of pelititio, doggiest oleo
have a right to meet sad disewas grievances. Theism. uf the
I•
'land are conclusive fur as. Would a pet iiims fee the repeal uf
the Septenuiel Law be penal?—or fur the disfrasichieeniesit
of Galion, Old Sarum, he.? He Ikea referred at large to the
Art of Settlement, Ste. sod said, if this be oat ea, terrain res-
. ion and justice, and Duke of Richmond, Earl of Chatham,
. VOs, Pitt,.Sir Won. Jour., Granville Sharpe, Shin-bias, mid
thousantl• of other great men. I trust the meeting is now
'ivitived legal. The Magistrate*, I wish to impetus upon
re, that the Magistrates do taut appear to have discovered
The meetiug to lee illegal esti, 12 o'clock; if -14.ey knew it
before, they were criminal in not giving notice uf it." He
then isapeacheil malty of the witnesses for the pro.eention
I on lifiVll/It of their connexion with the police, and eulogised
slw witnesses he had to adduce. and theta coueluded thus :-.•
" Awl now, my Lord Judge, I prey you . nut to say any
thing to prvjoilice the minds uf die Jury, bet leave
the matter with them; arid to you, Geotlemesi of the Jury,
1 would suggest a wirid of advice, namely, that Oho law con-
siders you the Jutlxe in this care; sod therefore you will
judge for yourselves, without taking say motive wintry,* of
r what may be ad Jus this opissiiiii ur that opinion. 1
only seek to repair our yid comititution, and make it a jive
shows of the seminarists of the people at large." .! , •• l
Ale. 'notice Davit.eir smiled. at the 'Hoskin as to erbit
might Ise his rhaige S. the jury, mid touting to them, hoped
they would attend to the Defendant's ri quest.
. Mr. Johnson, in his defame, said he bad beet teamed to
attend at the mellow by desire of ware persons whii thought
ho bad influence over the people, and to maiatain peace and
eider. lie then asserted that what was semis respectiNg
himself was mot true, sod arraigned the conduct of the
g..,..r 1114°n1::"1.illttre's o'clock tomorrow (Tuesday) more.
Mr. Hunt will matte his defence.
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,ruE CONSTITUTION OP SPAIN.

The following.is en abstract of the Constitution
of she Cortes, from which our readers will be
enabled t,i estimate the respective powers of the
King and of the Corte• :
Art. The speai•h natant is free •n 4 independent, and
is not, nor cannel be, the patrimony of arty pers.% or fa-
wag.

.iorris IL JON,
lEtraing, the police of filsocliesTher *could open ill OWN
responsibility tae, esniiontil the people sgaiost
offering any resistance, if such as attempt should be made,

3. lite Xowerebpsty resides es motion, in the watisea, mid
the right of esseting its fundamental laws belump
sltrly to it by this amine principle.

..-.IIIIX aoy re•- - A • •
as 1 preferred an appeal to the laws of my memory to the 17. The Curies consists in the union of all Ike Deputies
. ss.• of force; that I emitted no sticks ehon Id be terra, that repreoeui the nation, nominated by the Cil in.., HS NUne
nod thus is consequence *moral were kft by the way; that new as thereinafter stated. -
we wrist in the greatest hilarity and good humour, Pre- 19. The basis of national representaliou is Ike Rtspteflon.
ecelen by • baud of 11111111 lit playletf several loyal and tsa.
31. For every 70,000 souls there shill be one Deputy to
found airs; and that our fathers and mother', our wives
the Corte.- ' any odd nonelke exceeding 35,000 shall name a
sod cliohieen, our sisters and our sweetheart., were with as.
litlek.gity fire themselves. Si. soo'"--sineu names a Deputy; and
And ibis war the dreadful military array which the Learned
1 e Ultra Marine popstlanon, viz, that of North and South
Gia.ruaysealltbaser,miny tbelleasritoraginfnolmaaceillembrbainkid.
illohrlihi,edieserimuibreli4m
oaef
A eerie'', elects Deputies iii the same proportion as that of,
Old Spain.
felaseliester—poor, forlorn, defenceless Manchester! These i
are the 'within. ready to fight for Mr. Hunt, with bare brads 11/4. The Cortes to agoemble every year la the capital of
mud with arms locked (a Stirling posture forsooth), who ler- the kingdom, with power thy Art. in,) Ili remove to sup
place, nut more distant from Mndrid than twelve leagues. -:
Jibed that immortal author of given books, Mr. Francis
pidoip,, ; and of these prisons, 0, dreadful to relate! was 101 i. The Session to begin on the Ist of March, ..ad come
composed shut cordon impenetrable to retry thing save the Hoot three months.
socw.giouorl sabres of the Manchester yetnnaury cavalry!" 109.'The Deputies shall he reviewed entirely every ten
George Swift then addressed the Court in his 'terrace. years.
He admitted keying hewn at the Manchester meeting, hat 110. A member is not eligible to two successive Parliei
utterly dollies] that he was there for an) illegal purpose. He merits.
egirrobio•ted the restement in evidence of his addressing the
117. 71w Deputies swear to preserve the Roman Catholio
people to be peaceable; and set for all this he had hem "l. •
von, to prated the political ronstitutiou, and to cone
oulifined in close monody, and reposed to the opprobrium duel II seciorelees faithfully to the nation. N.ll.—All refer.
of the world, as guilty of a serious. offence. He had no cue.
cure to the King limonite:4 in this oath.
teexion with the reformers; and he Icit his case with Ilse
Court and Jury. The powers anti duties of the Orrin nee—.
Mr. Jog, oh Healy (commonly called the Doctot) had a 1. To propose and decree the laws; and toloterpret and
paper, of w hurl. the following is a copy, read by the clerk of alter them on umentary occasion.
the Coats,. as be was himself prevented (tom reading it by a i. To lake an oath In the King, to the Prince of Asterism,
severe Cold :.•••• end to the Regency, as is pointed out iu their places.
•" My Lord, and Gentlemen of the Jury—Permit me to 3. .
s ... o determine any doubt of fact or right, that may 'sc-
offer a few prefatory remarks to your serious consideration.
tar in order of the succession to the crown.
I • stand here accused of a crime "genial the laws of my
country; but I should wish to impress upon your iniuds 4. To elect • Regency or Regent of the kingdom, when
that just and equitable maxim, that every man is consider- the Constitution requires it, and to point out the limits
eat innocent until proved guilty by good sod subsisutial evil- within which the Regency or the Regent must exercise the
dente; and 1 therefore hope that what I shall think mo. Royal authority.
per to intoodnee for tcy ilefeum this day will be July I. To nominate a guardian to the King minor, when the
weighed and reArcteci upon by you. You.are sworn to well Coaslitntiun requires it.
sod frilly try and just deliverance make of this case, to 7. To approve, previous to ratification, the Treaties of
which hoo.onrahle end 1 beseech you to lay aside party feel. olensive alliance, of subsidies, and the particulars of cum.
Mg and itorreata, ;enrol* 'eerie/me of all party sm. osier.
sit and prejudices, if any yon have, and let nothing weigh
S. To permit or refuse the admission of foreign troops
in }mil olecorion but what you hear well substantiated, vie ;ma the hingd .
eraili. from (rrtlttahle witnisso a, who are completely diner
V. To decree the (teatime ■and euppremion of offices in the
isvested to our political opinions and feelings we may
p..hmos diace, hot
.va
on
are
enarmymen and Enose„,„, tritimialsnitablioned by the Constitution,and also the creation
1 sill not believe bat that you glory in fair play—you glory or abolition 'of public offices.
to "offering every man to think for himself—and in abort, 10. TO fix every year, on the proposal of the King, the
is, sofferitig every nom to enjoy that privilege you would land seed sea forcer, determining the establishineut in time
week to enjoy, fulfilling that hrentind saying of Scripture, of peace, and its augmentation in time of war.
'• doing to others as you would wish others to do to you."— 11. To issue ordinances to the army, the the!, sail to the
Liberality of arostingent is the greatest proof of a well-col. anfinnai moan., in all their branches.
toweled millet Having premised thus winch, 1 shall now
It. Tu fix the expenses of the public administration.
some to the subject of the indictment. It is divided into
13. To establish annually the taxes.
such is tissue of repetition as never before occurred. We
are chars/id with a conspiracy, shills is said to have 19. To determine ti. valve, the weight, the 'laniard, the
commenced in July, and been fol3l,llllllllßird on the 16th of flow', sod description of mosey.
A uguitt. At once I deny the charge altogether—neither has e 2. To establish a general plan of public instruction in
Its our can it be proved against us. if meeting my fellow the whole nionarrhy, and approve that which is iuteuded fur
rountilosen to petition Parliament or the King for a re. I the education of he Prince of Asturias.
form its the representation is the House of Commons be • 14. To protect the political liberty of the pre..
4 ousiri roc', tiara I coarse I am a conspirator, and am ready
2.5. To render real sod effective the responsibility of the
to hear chassis. racks, mid ditogrosts for such conspiracy.
Secretaries of State, and other persons in public employ.
Ilu 1, Gentlemen, I trust I shall convioce yon that neither 1 nor 26. lastly, it belong. to the corks to
creak
or
refuse its
soy Clime prisoners merit such seems* name. lOM uuskill. coastal in all those cases and acts which the Cosialitatio•
gel in the farms of taw; it strikes me that nu act or acts can
mints out necessary'
'reconsidered as a conspiracy, sobs; such acts are !ended to •
The KING enjoys the following powers undte
t wieldier and metope unless ful matter, and I wish to keep Heir
ii view through this all-important trial—a trial in which the Art. 171.
I.btrty of yourselves, children, and country, are at issue. 1 He watches over the prompt and ',effect ogiministration
apprehend if mere asenciatime and communion of ideas of juaticethrroughoot the kingdom; declares war and ratifies
rowstitiste conspiracy, then are you very conspirators--fue ' peace, subject to the approval of the Cartes; nominates
Thum distant places, fur one purpose, you snort consult, de- Magistrates; presents to ecclesiastical dignities; is the fume.
vow, and associate ; and le by out, while duleig so, be con- tats of butnsur; has the command of the army both l.y sea told'
soirators ? Design can atom con ss itt de criminality, and land; regulates all diplomatic awl cunomercial eclat lOUS with
here unless it can be shown by good and irrepruarbetide mi. other States; appoints Ambassadors, M Misters, aud Consuls;
Jenne, that we intruded to break the peace, and bring can pardow criminals, except in certain cases; proposer to
the Cuosiitunen into contempt, it is clear we have coin. I Curies such projects of laws as be may think tweessagy, but
mined 1140 untie against the then existing laws of the laud. it is fur the Cortes to deliberate or nut, upow such propo-
This meeting, as well as others 1 have attended, was I sinews; has the power of appointing Ministers. The King
called by public advertisement (which he had here read). rautiol, Nosier auy pretence, prevent the convocation of
TM document will ',peak for itself. You see it is for the I the Cortes ; nor when amembled ran he suspend us dissolve
purpose of considering the most lawfid means of obtaining I them, nor in any manner interfere with their sitting" or de.
Return. The day arrives.—(Here he described the meeting libentions; sod en persons who shall "deist his to ail cue.
141 consist of a promiscuous assemblage of men, women and I trary to this artieieahsll be deemed traitors to the country.
children. • ith ninsic.)--Yasit have been told of the military I The Kieft cannot leave the kingdom without the cameo! 11(
array of the peopl,, but ilia the Imes of lilt land then point I the Cortes ; nor can he without their raiment form any ef-
oot in what rummer the prop.• should ga to the meeting?..- 1 /'series treaty; nor private treaty of commerce with any
1 fearlessly say, Noi• 'I hen any method was laurel. Yon I forrigis power; nor fistnish subsidies to a foreign power;
are:told of the people carryiug walking-sticks, hot it will be j nor import any taxes or duties; nor can be of his own an-
proved they were vcretare on that day. It was said the people : dimity deprive any individual of personal liberty, or of
ha4Saz and &Meet Were they f.obilltlets by the then law? j property, without due course of law. Refute he contracts
/ say No ; it is said they came with enteric, was that forbid- : marriage, he shall communicate his intention to the Cartes,
. dew? 1 .ay No. It 15 said HMI meelieles called for a lawful ' for the propose of Wool iiii iig their cunseol, without which
illlrpue. 'night become uslawfol by their members. Did the ! he shell S. rowstiltred to hove nhetiroled hie throne.
then le sr specify how many made a lawful meeting? I say ''Should a law have passed the Curies and fail on three
Lel. 5!. Paul has laud down, dust where there is nu law summoner applications to obtain the Royal consent, on
there is no transgression; and, thank Good! the laws of the third refusal, the sanction of Hoe King shall be sop.
my restate, say the same. That you will think with the ' bused to bare been obtained, and the law shall he in full
great Apostle of the Gentiles lam emollient, and therefore force. A pennants! Committee into be nominated before .
ei:peet. an acquittal. lam sexignis to haforso. you, that the ASK of each Sessiuu, and to tonlione sitting in vigilant
ii Laticaelsire, where military habits ase almost hoer- attention to the procee'dhigs of the Goversinseut, until the
woven rills the people, the whalers walk in /Memnon with. Met assembly of the Cortes. This COMnittee has the re-
meiotic and dep. It say be attempted to be said that the rogative of summoning an eattillnedisiary meeting oftbe Cite.
R. furni we ogsmbt was not constitutional; Ibis was anew its, when the Crown shall vacant, or the Lag iii-
ducteier, inapaglaill from Algiers. I apprehend PIN right of cumpeteat, or niter bili,3l ' '
~..,- Ike ikl,goip *Lena-
tike4.B,
pllititta.os. asimmidrewe is a chartered rieryttddi to all raking them. "117! 1" .' ' . .•" -
t 11',60116 lio -.ie roadie lo lama s me se .
otos :. • .- 1. • -thl .•'.
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