The National Register.
London, England, 1817-06-16 00:00:00

STATE TRIALS.

Saturday morning, at half-pest tight o'clock, the
Prisoners were brought under the soual esvort,

'plated in their furnier sesta iu the Court.• Watson in

the front at the Bar.
• It was not until half pant nine tbni the Asko alll
assembled.

As won as the Chief Justice and d. other Judges
had taken their seats on the Bench, aid the names of

the Jurors called over, and they had aaswered,
Mr. Wetherall proceeded with the witnesses Poor the
deknee. The first called was Mr. Hunt.

At one o'clock Mr. Wetherell finished the evidence
for the prisoner, and after Weir Lordsbips had taken
some ctitli:e, and Mr. Serjeant Copley some necessary
fresliment, he ruse and addressed the Jury on the =-
evidence on both sides.

At the evnelusion of Mr. &tent Copley's Wren
to the Jury, u.hieh was at three o clock,

Lord Ellenborough called upon Watson his de-
fence, and Watson expressed himself in these terms :
" After the address which has been so ably and elo-
quently delivered to the Jury by the Gentlemen whew•
appear in my behalf, it would be presumptuous for me
to say any more than that I dischim having had sny
intention to overthrow the Government established,
by King, Lords, and Commons."
A pause then ensued, and some tithe Judges quitted
the Bench for a few minutes
The

was about to reply, when Lord
Ellenborough said, " I beg it to be understood, that
what I expressed the other day with regard to the publi—
cation of the trials now pending, Must be enforced ;
the publication of the whole of the trials must be sup—.
pressed, until they have concluded."
The Solicitor-General, replied to Serjeunt Copley,
in a speech of three hours, that mode a considerable
impression on the Court.
Lord Ellenborough then intimated that the Court•
would proceed no, forther this clay.

One of the Jury—“ Lord, we had flattered our-
selves that the business would have concluded to-day,
and that we should no longer have been detained frost
our homes and occupations. We hawe already been
token from our business for six days, a cirsumstanee

r.ttentlal with very considerable inconvenience to many
of us."

Lord Ellenbortrugh—" Gentlemen, there it every
wish on the pert of the Court to accotnntodate itself to
Your wishes ; but it would be uuetly impossible for
me to read the evidence through to-night, even without
comment. I should detain you several hours, and you
would probably require considerable time fur deli-
beration."

Jurymsn—" My Lord, it is only six o'clock; I
think we could get through to-night." •
Mr Justice Abbott—" Gentlemen, his Lordship,
has every consideration for your comfort, and every,
desire to comply with your wishes ; but he is at
present very much fi►tiguxl. You will, I trust, have
some consideration for him also."

Mr. Justice Bayley—" You will recollect,Centlemen,
there is the evidence of six days to go through; his
Lordship could not sustain the fatigue of reading it ;
he would sink under it. Neither, I think, could you,
after the fatigue which you have already undergone,
Fay proper attention to the subject.
The Foreman of the Jury—" I am sorry there
should be any difference of opinion amongst us; but I
am decidedly of opinion we should adjourn."
A Juryman—" My Lord, if we are to be kept till
Monday, I trust we shall •not be shut up within the
house during the whole of the Sablrath. I hope some
arrangement will be made by which we may be en-
abled to take the air."

Mr. Justice Abbott—" Care will be taken that every
possible indulgence and accommodation shall be ex-
tended to you. For the reasons already -assigned, '
Gentlemen, you are aware that it will. be prudent not
to be more explicit.
At seven o'clock the Court adjourned;, the prisoners
were loudly cheered on entering their vehicles to be
conveyed to the 'rawer. All 'the avenues leading to
the Court of King's Bench were uncommonly thronged,
and it is impossible to describe the extraordinary sensa-
tion and anxiety that seemed to pervade all,ranks ad to ,
the issue of the above trial. Mr. Hunt Was examined
on the part of the prisoner; and the " round un-
varnished talc" he delivered, respecting the mode' in
which Castles, the principal evidence for the Crown
introduced himself to his notice at the Bouverie Hotel,
on the evening of the 2nd of December claimed the pe-
culiar attention of the Court.

The injunction of the Court, prohibiting the news-
papers from publishing the trial from day to day, lira
greatly embarrassed the legitimate public press, and
materially injured the revenue, without at all aiding or
protecting the pure administration of justice.

The matter of Beanliou„ in the New Forest, which,
~,imrted, will be purchased for the Duke of Wel-
lington, belongs to the Duke of Buccleugh. It was
i abbey which once stood on this manor that Mar-
garet of Aujuu fintud refuge after the dtftat of the Lad
of Warwick, ut Barnet.

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• STATE TRIALS.

THIS DAY, MONDAY, Jure.lo.
Thissmorning, at half past ten, Dr. Wats** arrived
from the Tower under the usual escort and precaution.
Ile was loudly cheered by the speitstors, end his
demeanour eXhibited .much firmness and compoiure.
Thistlewood, Hooper, and Preston, :were for the first
time, during the trial left at the Tower.
Lord Ellenborough immediately • commenced his
charge to the Jury, and when this paper went to press,
he had arrived no further Orough the great mass of
evidence before him, than the deposition of Castles,
the informer. .11is Lordship's voice at times was ra-
ther low, owing to the great fatigue he was likely to
experience, before be could ultimately finish his most
important nod arduous task.

The trial is expected to finish this evening; 'but at
a very late itonr.- • It is rumoured; that the trials of the
other prisoners, will be. put off till next Term; which
does not commence till November. The usual business
of the Court having been much impeded by the above
proceedings, in consequence of a Special Commission
not being' appointed. Westminster Hall was much
crowded with the ixipulace, waiting most anxiously for
the result for the verdict.

DISTURBANCES IN NoTTINGRAMSIIIRE AND
DERUYSIIIRE.
We hags Neat satisfaction. in being able to stale,
that the distuthaticea in Derbyshire and Nottingham-
shire have been checked. The story: circulated is,
that delegates: have, . Of. late; "held secret tuttetingsin
various parts of the West Riding of. Yorkshire, ao weil
as in other parts of' the kingdom, at which a general
rising of the people was determined upon, for the pur-
pose of overturning the Govenuucnt. The .Magis-
trates wore to be seised tfir litiatages,-ond one of the
objects of the insurgents was to liberate the . state
prisoners. Forty-eight of the insnrgents have been
made prisoners, •twentilit.whom wire sent to Not-
• tingham, the remaining, twenty-eight to the gaol
of the county of Da*: A number of muskets,'
pistols, and pikes have been taken frOtts the prisoners.
The general &position of the inhabitants of the
country through which these rioters paned was ex-
. tretnely good
.;• and the farmers, without exception,
afforded the civil power and cavalry their utmost assist-
ance.
The following accounts are from the disturbed dis-
tricts :--
" Nottingham, 1, twelve o'ciock.—lt was
agreed by the Magistrates that Mr. Rolleston, who is
, intimately acquainted with the county,, alsould ge and
reconnoitre the positions and movements of the disaf-
fected; whilst Mr. Mundy should proceed to the bar-
racks, and get the military ready. :Mr. Rollestoi ac-
cordingly went to Eastwood, and when he got near
• them, was stopped by three men, armed with pikes.
He returned to Nottingham, and proceeded with a
party of dragoons; Mr. Mundy heading another
party. As soon as they had come within half a mile
of the disaffected, they observed that the latter ap-
peared alarmed at the sight of the military. One man
asnong them, however, who was on horseback, at-
tempted to rally and form them acres' the road ; but
as the cavalry neared them, they tied in all directions.
The earthy pursued and took several prisoners, who
were immediately sent off to Nottingham gaol.—
Nothint, could be more firm or more fiabearing than
the conduct of the military; for notwithstanding the
most abusive language used, and that all the disaffected
taken were armed, not one of them was hurt by the
cavalry. The cry of the disaffected was for a complete
change—fur revolution !"
" Leech, June fo.—On Sunday evening last, as a
picquet of four of Captain Armitage 's troop of yeo-
manry cavalry were iu the discharge of their duty in
the immediate neighbourhood of Huddersfield, they
fell in with a numerous attsemblage of disaffected per-
sons, some of whom fired upon them, and one of their
horses was shot. The yeomanry retreated to head-
quarters, and returned with a reinforcement ; of which
circumstance the mob were probably aware, as eau
had dispersed themselves in the interim."

Orders from the Secretary of State for the Home
Department were on Thursday issocd to the Lord Lieu-,
tenants of Counties, immediately to remir to their se-.
vend districts, to be in readiness to act as emergencies
require. The Dui:e of Rutland lett town on Thursday
in consequence, for Leicesteembire.
The County Meeting fur Warwickshire, to petition
against the further suspension of the Habeas Corpus
Act, is said to have not a little surprised a great many
of the abuluists. The name of Sir Frauris Bunlett,
at the head of the Requisitionists, is neither startling
novelty in such a proceeding, it rust being known to
many that he is a freeholder in the ommty.
The Elector of llesse is represented to be dangerous-
ly ill.

THEN

REGistJ

• WATERLOO BRIDGE.
NIL Wellesley Pole is arranging *ith the Waterloo
Bridge Committee the ceremony to be observed upon
opening that magnificent work, on •Wednesday next;
the antversary of the.battle of Waterloo. The' Regent,
the Duke of York, and the Duke of Wellington; will
head the procession. His Grace's ehitiger, on which
he rode at the battle of Waterloo, eve brought over in
the Brisk transport a fivi days back, .for the purpose,
it is said, of carrying the Duke on the approaching
ceremony. This procession will be imposing from the
circumstances of the work.itself, as a model'Of national
taste and grandeur, and the recollections which its
name associates with, the triumph of British arms but
there are other circumstances that must contribute not
a little to the interest of the seence. On.nearly the
same ground did Edward the Black Prince,sthst hope
of England, conduct King John of Frnncc, his captive,
into the metropolis, who died a prisoner in the Savoy,
close to the bridge now built upon its ruins ; but rising,
like-. another phcettix, to commemorate the last and
grand achievement of British valour.—Lord Wellington
landed at Dover on Friday.
The most extraordinary activity haa been used, par-
ticularly during the last week, to coMplete the under-
taking. Sunday was not allowed to divide the week.
and even the night was made joint ;tabourer with the
day. And in order to expedite the works. and render
them as complete as possible fir the above personages,
no persons were admitted on the bridge either yester-
day or this day. It has a most attractive appearance
both on the Middlesex and Surrey sides.
When a deputation from the Company, headed by
Mr.' Swann, first waited upon the Prince Regent, to re-
quest he would honour the ceremony with his presence,
his Royal Highness appeared much pleased with the
idoa. His Royal Highness having consented to the
request, it was arranged, that the procession should be
by water. The tide, however, not answering, this
arrangement has been set aside. Lord Yarmouth and.
others visited the bridge on Saturday for the purpose.
A cask of wine will be broached- Ai he-bridge on the
ceremony of naming it, and the. P4na,Regent, it is
said, has given orders to Mr. W. Polk the Muter and
Worker of the Mini, to strike an appropriate medal, to
eomMemorate the occasion, one of which is to be pre-
sented to every subscriber to this-groaiiVadertaking. .
Two new flags will be hoisted; one-on the top of the
Admiralty, the other on the centre of the bridge.

It is currently reported in the city/ that the Loan
required by Ministers, is 15,000,0001 •
The King and Queen of Wirtembctg lately. narrow-
ly escaped drowning in their twuntcy scat Bellevue,
near Stutgard,- in con Sequence •of the overflovring of
the Neckar. The water rushed into the house with
such violence that it tore up ths pavement in the hall.
The Queen made her escape out of a window by means
of a ladder.

A letter frail St. Peter.sburgh, dated May 31; says,
" The weather here continues mild, and promises a
rsummer, which makes us hope for a productive
aLdest. At Cronstadt, 30p Ships have already arrived,
of which a great many come to fetch corn. The prices
of all fbreign articles Save. fallen considerably, On ac-
count of the large impi!hitions.• The 'quantity of cot-
ton yarn, in particular, has been very great.
There has arrived at Washington,' in the United
States of America, from Pernambuco, on board the
brig Gipsey, a certain person named,Antonio Gonzalo
da Crus, callifig himself an Envoy of the intrusive
Provisionary Government. As it is possible that he
may spread false reports concerning his reception,
it is confidently said, his arrival will be without effect ;
that the President does not wish even the appearance
of taking any notice of the above-mentioned emissary ;
and that, on the contrary, he is resolved to sac all the
means which his authority puts in his power, to frus-
trate any hopes of advantage which thc rebels may en-
tertain from the United States. He knows that such
is the line of conduct which all Governments ought to
observe to put an end to that revolutionary spirit
which at present reigns, and which if encoitruged,
would threaten a chum to the civilised world.

On Wednesday Mr. Avis and Mr. Cloud, two King's
messengers, accompanied by two, of the Row-street
officers, arrived in London with live: men in their cus-
tody, whom they had apprehended at and brodght from
Sheffield, 'on charges of high treason. The mew un-
derwent short examinations before Sir Nathaniel Co-
nant, after which they were committed the• House
of Correction for further itivestigation on a fature day.
It•uppoars by intelligence from Constantinople, that
the Porte has been at length induced to recognize the
new Republic of the lonia Isles, ,established under
British influence and protection : the supposed consider-
ation on our part is, that we shall stsrrettder to Turkey
possession of the Albanian fortress of Parga, which has
hitherto been held by an

It is stated that 3000
petitioned in
pardon, and .
of the Province,

spiracy, it i%a.
Iberian Refublie.

ma.

•
CITY BUIIIiIIISI.-.-Ou Priduy the Laid .illityor held a Court
of Common Council et Guildhall, for the general dispatch of
bushiest'. • .
The Speciul Committee in relation to Tidies in London pre-
issted Reports entheiropPositioo to the London Clergy Bilk
td up applying to Parliament liar an. Act for the relief of
seta! pariahs. in London not destroyed, by fire in IGO6,
Which nese a Ilv read and approve+
li'John Tll4l. 'Thorpe, Esq. was on Friday unanisequ s-
chosen by the Ward of Aldgate their Aldermen ;-
. . C. Combe, Esq. having vacated his teat in die
Ouurt of Aldermen, on Tuesday last.
The English, 4ustrian, Spanish, Russian,.and Prue-•
sian Ambassadors, ad the Duke de Richelieu, have kind.
a conference together, at the hotel of the Duke of Wel.
lington. It is suMxised, that this deliberation had a re-
ferenceto the mediation' with respect to the differenAls
between Spain and Portugal, and to• the affairs of the
Brasile. -- •

-The sum collected in France in 15 months for tbe•
poor, amounts to..nrwards d 28 millions of Remo
(Amtt 1,160,000.) including eleven millions given by
the King and the Princes. Among the persons of dic-
• tinguishet rank who are active in 'accenting the poor,
Madame Moreau is to be mentioned. She employs
great part of her fortune in relieving whole families. ,
Cardinal Maury, who played so distinguished **part
in the beginning of the French Revolution, died it
Rome last month. He fancied some weeks ago, that
he saw a change of colour in his lip& that denoted his
having swallowed poison ; by tiling counterpoisoris he
killed himself. He lived the life of a miser, and per-
suaded himself that he was conspired 'against by ell
mankind; his riches are left to a brother, who to in
the church, resident in France. •

In consequence of a requisition signed by thirty-two
gentlemen, the High Sheriff has appointed the 18th
instant, fur a meeting of the county of Kent, to be
held at Maidstone, to petition against the renewal of
the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act.—The county of
Warwick meet the same day, for the Moo purpose.
Mr. W. T. L. P. Wellesley intends, it is reportel,
to offer himself at the ensuing general election, to re-
present the county of Essex in Parliament.
We are extremely happy to say the Duabees of
Gloucester is so much recovered from her ascend attach
of lameness, as to be able to ride our *Nor carrier.
on Saturday, which was the tout time 6r two.* three
weeks past
By the arrival on Saturday of the brig &ilea Age;.
Captain Harris, from Laguira, we faun that theo
Royalists gained possession of Baseelani ou the 7th of •
April. The city was taken by mona. The force of the
Royalists consisted of about two4houarad men. The
Patriot: had alma one thousand. Barcelona had been
closely invested for some time, The Patriots retneutfil
to a large church, in which they batemisidersble sow
Here they remained 13111 C *TM enseged with the
beery battering artillery of the RoyaKeti. Their hat
act was to make a desperate sortie, but although the
few which remained fought bravely, they were moon
cut to pions, by the superior another of' theupreing
troops.
The loss of the Itoyalftts was considerable, pod-
cularly in officers. Two of the Rrisoners, whaled peen.
for some time officers of distinction, and who were se-
verely wounded in the sortie, were taken to Carsceas,
and shot by order of the Captain-Geseral of that place.
General Bolivar left Barcelona some time previous
to the attack upon it, and had proceeded into the inte-
rior, where it was expected he would fall in with Ge-
neral Morillo. At the last advice: the latter wou within
one day's march of Commas. _

The discharged Lieutenant Lintlerfeldt, who was.
arrested on a charge of high treason, at Stockhaba,
having, in the night of the lath of May, hung himself*
with his handkerchief in the pard-house„ his body; as.
a watning to others, has been buried by the hangman.
This Linderfeldt belonged to a family which came from
England, and was ennobled in the last year but one of •
the reign of King Charles XII. for which he mt, at the
last Diet.
• • , An article from Mayetice of the 2a itist: asserts, that-
betnreen the 16th and :31st May, above 3000 emigrants
from Baden, Alsace, and Wurtemberg, had pissed
through that city on. their way to America. The ac-
' count adds, that their numbers had been, considerably
• greater, but that-having met at Weisman some hun-
dreds of their countrymen, who drew a frightful 'pic-
ture of the miseries they had endured in Holland, a
great proportion orthese untiertunate people hid turned
homewards, or taken the road to Poland. Wo are still
assured from Vienna, that the 'furbish Government is
strengthening its forms by sea and land ; and that able
officers have been appointed to command them.
The 9th Lancers, commanded by Colonel Morland„
were reviewed on Saturday, at Hounslow, by their
Colonel, Lord Rawly», went through their mancetivres
with great steadiness and precision, mid managed their
loves with much dexterity, they wore the new square
• lancer and Several ladies were
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were
Act, is said to Lave not a little surprised a great many limo been held by an English garrison. presesanoseegst the Officers were. Ocaerals Hope,
of the alarmists. The name of Sir Prima: Bunlett, It is stated that 3000 inhabitanus'of Catalonia bore ~
,„ ,-, . Calvert •Or Honourable Crslonel at the the head of the Requisitionists, is :soother startling petitioned in favour of General Law, • )14 , .
,_ , •. . A '.. r , ; Lord Chides Mennen;
novelty in such a proceeding, it not being known to ardon, and that General Castanos,_ tkii oeunanasst
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many that he is a freeholder in the ommty. of the Province, has sent in his resigtottina. Lana 1 cock , eip, :• " 10•1116' ' .
is at preen.
The Eketur of llcsse is represented ask dangerous- spiesey, it is said, was with ,thrviinVat 16untreng stk vow* . , e -
iy ill. Iberian Befublie,
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