The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-04-29 00:00:00

flat s-rionot to high treating. The Idioisteri; what were
I ' Not the Gusernmeat—not the personal possessors of
het Crowe, or Its dignity. It was welt known, that is. every
Parhanseet there was • body of political'+ termed the Oppo.
I WI, whicli was always engaged is. strairelint for the o emirs,
eriMinessers. He did not say this aut at the least feelorg of
d!sresiovi to the present Miaisten of the CrVWII. Perhaps
.io %bloaters were ever less opposed than the joreseut. But
f .1 was high treason to conspire spies* Administestion, it
most he criminal tremors to oppose them, and eurleavour to
taro them out of their places. It did aft follow that the
reiouval, or even the audsleo destructiow of • whole salmi.
truded inevitably to alter or destroy the Govern.
in-iit. He enteral into a strict reanimation of the ease.
'fare Attorney-General, swan of the Marylon* air it would
nf ssereerily assonte, bad lahowred an apology for bringing
hardly lily permits bet accomplices to prove it. He eau.
horsed the Jury to he careful in their devirion on the case
before then.. Montesquieu had ohs:reed, that laws which
punished crimes, without &Salim thews with the greatest
po...ible accuracy, were tyranny. They would not, he hoped, I
set the sense which they entertained of the morel guilt of
11,. Primmer. make up for the defect' of evirkiete. He
I,o,need owe she extreme dormer of trusting the evidence of
accomplices, to whom the less credit should be given in pro.
protium to the guilt in which they kid previously steeped
-themselveir. The worst 'mots; the basest of conspirators
were the iisformers; bad as the others were; there was some
tee of honour which peeressed them from practisiag treachery
to rich other, a those which was odious it. mairkatel, even iii
th► betrayal of the worst Crilllo4. The person who furnished
the worst excitement, was frespeetly fused thefirst to be.
Stich he expected to be able to prove to be the case
before theta. Well thee, if a *tan thus tainted came before
than, the less! 'hey ttstild do would be t° receive his testi.
missy with caution ; bat if be told improbable stories, they
would scum his evidegge out of Court. Now, as to levying
of war, what proof was there of such a design ? The whole
armoury which had beta prep red for overtegning a mighty
empire lay before them. Pali*, according to the evi-
dence (who, by the wasy, seemed to be a msonisg, sensible
man), bad rensarked, se well lie might, where were the moans
'firs seirompfishiag so many purposes? Gray's low-lea., the
Artillery-grooad, the Mansion-house, and the house its
eirosveorir.equare, were all to be @seeded sad takes with a
bundle of sticks, which had bee. paraded bef•re these,oonse
Freres of iron' six shillings I. mosey, and a reputed one
pOllllll Mlle. He read Lord Hale's definition of treasoesbk
war. It was to have " epeeists kW," " the character of
war." Was this the character of the military preparation
which lay before them?—" Visferled banners," Was there
soy thing like this? " Marching and ridings is line;"—
were any out of these characters applicable? Suppose the
Jury had heard that war had been declared against the Go.
vet nine n t—t toy would ask by whom ?by Thistlewood and II
other conspirators. Where It is the scene of action? la Cato.
street. Where the battle fought ? In a hay-loft. Were
there soy spoils takes ? Tea, a bundle of 'dicks. Could
thee, the Jury, do otherwise than laugh at such a description
art welfare? He put it to their own seam and understand.
iflv, if this could, by any perversios, be called war? This.
eerruial, Ilse chit.f of the ronspiracy, bad felt himself obliged
to speak is. a welmturri tone of" the west-end job." Another
as heard vallimerly to defy the constables. The very name
of the First force was coring to awe this warlike couspiracy !
All the fide, though they should be proved and admitted
a question, would fail is making wit a cam of trea-
son ; and then the proof of the conspiracy depended entirely
oil the evidence of foul and containisated wretches, who
Were most likely the chief instigators. They bad beard of
• proclamlimu prepared by Thistleverrod. Why woe it not
? The wretch who proved this supposed that some
evidence of this kited woad be tsceessary, sad his stultified
imaginatioss made Idea believe that such a choosy fahricatioe
would 'mower there'd. " !woes lags," pork-butcher," Se.
cretary to the Provisioaal Government !" What a &mere.
mem ! What a war ! There was sot a populous alley in
Logibin which would nut hare provided abundance of force
I f every weedbil description for putting a conclusive tenni.
in hostilities. Where Were the proofs of treason, if
1,..t its the war? Except one nuns, who swore to ae expres.
s, on that the ',relent family had reigned long ewough, there
s unt proof oda single assertion of • treasusable character.
I' ilosioug was proved to the satisfaction of their naiads hot
n conspiracy for the maassinatioe of Ministers, they mast
/V press the Prisoner. He solemnly invoked their judgmeots,
n•.. 5 hegged them not to be swayed by any thing hot the facts
I..flreil. If ever Juries could be brought to make their
”Ivortsts give way to their feelings, sod deteratioe
rutty trim the testimony of facia, there could be fa longer
any safety for the life of IRON. If the Prisoner had cum-
bolted other crimes, there were other indietmeste under
shirk he could be made to auswer fur them. Bat he begged
them sot to convict his of high tenant fur haring catered
iota a plot to amossiuste Ministers. He had untl to remark
iti sellitioo, that several of the anew sad much of the ammo
nitiuu had been lodged at the depot by Adams sod Edwards
(the lacer was riot indicted), takes from thence agai• by
;hem. and again brought to the depot by two boys within
hum of their .eiznre.
The evidetice fur the defeats war thew called.
Mary Poker, daughter of Tidd the Primmer at the bar,
lived with her father. tin the 24th of February, at half-post
▪ air:lurk, two officer, esteemed seined two boxes which
1..1 hero brought there about a quarter of an hoer. They
took some 'burgs like those out the tails (pike.stsees), which
weir brought that eternise by some ore, whom she did net
know ; knows Adams, had sees hint at her father's • knows
Edwards, peen hies there often before her father was
tapes op. The ibises seised had bees there shoot half an
hour Sts had sera similar things before. Edwards took
those similar things away. The box was first brought a day
sir two before her father was takes; did not know whet
trade Edwards is of.
Edward Huckleatime or lineglestoae knew Dwyer; had
kiauwa his for some years, by meeting him at a public.
house; did mut flask his worthy of credit.
Cruse-examined—Beeanett Dwyer always had plenty of
money and soles, pad seldom worked; Dwyer told witeem
bow to get money, by following geallentesi and extorting
morsel On fake accusations Dwyer's brother was trans-
ported for like creates. Witness ebniated Dwyer after this,
having cautioned him against such practices; was afraid to
take him before a Magistrate, hymnist hie Neighbourhood
was •iii 'minded by Irishmen. Witness was brought up •
slitieroak-r, but is articled lo a cow-dueler. The lest men-
(von willies, made of his knowledge of Dwyer, was ea reed-
ing the list of evidence; said to his brother, " That
there, I know, is a bad character," and on this witness was
su bpreeserl
Joseph Mime is colloid s Court Re porter,and weualty gives
the Newspapers wawa.. of what gifts on at Court. Seeds
them to ail the papers alike. Believes the assousiceasent
of a Cabinet Meaner is the paper of 42.1 Febreary, at Lord
Itarrovels'e, ass to be his; the isithresaion we his nand was
au *canoe of the word "grand," which he never used, be-
cause be kn. w Ciphiort dinners were all alike.
Andrew Mitchell produced the manuscript copy of the
sithouncentenet of Lord Harrowiry's dinner, which he re.
ce,veri fronsa lad named {.avenue.

I,thei Nicholas* meirebed the daily mipers.front 1711‘ to
221 Febritary. No each article terraced a any but The
..t.w.• Timm, though the Coati mos c,wre,punded on all tbe
vi!e-r days.
his was the evidence for the defence.
Dwyer called spin—Did not know Migglestone's same,
th.),ch be did his person. Never told Hogglestorie how to
grt mom, by charging gentlemen with au uesissural crime;
is wild swear to ill, most solemnly. Was out of his register
to k in January, sod west to work in the parish-mill ;
cured 9s. twice' in two different weeks.
Cfollll-ellaftlilled by Mr. wet say SSC...
liuj 1.. to Court, " Oh, Hagglestotse." Otlen bodices bin,
but did not know Ilia name. Used to resort to the Rodoey's
Peat woes be casel.l afford • Fiat of beer Wail in wit-
iieses routs when Haggleatisne gave bis evideuce.
M,. AI otxnue 1101, appealed in the inartistic* of the
('o•:rt, to •1141• him 1,11 the rnilowing eneerniu; to prepare
C.r hu adilress to Ilse Jay we terhaf of the Assayer. Their
would easily suppose that he was ill prepeted for
il.e +eremites of the assltitarions matter which bad some
le fire the Good is she coarse of the trial. when he hail
usli re caved the tires lotiatitio a his basin to defend the
4NI Therolley evenion.
114 Quito Justice amid, it most be She anxious wish of
the Cosa to' Biel the moos* adoniisible latitude to the psi.