The Sun.
London, England, 1819-09-11 00:00:00

'MANCHESTER TRANSACTIONS.

PTr. Hunt; and the other persons against whom
hills have been found, appeared in Court, ac-
cnn:panicd by their bail, in order to plead and jus-
ity in the usual form.

rl:he Clerk of the Court (addressing Mr. Hunt)
---r!ere is an indictment against you for a mis-
`demeanour ; do you traverse or submit to it
Mr. Host-1 traverse. My Lord, I beg to oh-
?:::;:e to your Lordship, that 1 am not properly
otscribed in the indictment.. i\ly name is Henry
Ilunt, and I cannot answer to the description
therein given of me, for I am therein called Henry
Hunt, late a Yeoman of Blanchester; God forbid I
should be so !

Baron WOOD—You may make that a plea in
ab3tement ; you may plead to it, but it is cer-
t,inly a very foolish objection to make on your
pair•

Air. Hunt—Perhaps then I livid better not

make it.

John Knight, Joseph Johnston* and James
poorhouse, were then severally informed by the
(leak of the Court that there were also indict-
ments against them for misdemeanors, and asked
it- hey traversed, to which question they seve-
riliiy answered in the affirmative.
\I r. Hunt—l would wish to be properly de.;
sciihed in the recognizance.
Ilat on Wood—How, is that of any consequence
all It means nothing.

Mr. Hunt —I only object to my being called a
Yeoman.

Biro') Wood—Yon nia7, perhaps, deem your•
as f degraded by Olt designation. I don't know
it that be your feeling or not.
Liunt—Cert4inly, my Lord ; hot, if your
3.,irdshin think it of no consequencfc, I will waive
olject ion.
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I_lr.✓Htunt ‘vas then hound by recognizance to
feppear on the first day of the next Session of
Oyer and Terminer to Brave the misdemeanour, to
,r:►ich he had traver,ed, prosecuted, himseit in
400. iand. his two sureties, Sir Chas. AVolteley, of
\Volseley Paik, Si aiorcishite, and Mr. 'fliornas
Ch,Tman, of Vale-street, Manchester, merchant,
in '2 00/. each.

John Knight and Joseph Johnston were next
bound with the same sureties to tins same amount,
James :poorhouse was hound for a like sum of
1001. and his sureties, Mr. Peter Tiiinet, of
---, and :11r: Peter Candalet, of Matket-
street, Manchester, linen-draper, in 200/. each.
The tollowinl; defendants, who were still in
custody, were Omit put to the Bar, and with their
YAteties justified in the usual manner, themselves
.2001. 'and their respective sureties in 1001.

630) :---

Juhn Thacker Saxton. Sureties—James.Stott,
(4 Pendleton, land-surveyor, and William Smith,
of Parliament-street, Manchester, pike-maker.
Joseph Healey. Sureties—Lie same James
Stott and William Smith.

Samuel Bamford. Sureties—Sir Charles Wolse-
ley and Mr. Thomas Chapman.
Robert Jones. Sureties—John Dracup, of
Georgelee-street, Manchester, linen-draper, and
P ter Condoler.

George Swift. Sureties7-Jamea Stott and Wil-
liam Smith.

Robert Wild. Sureties—Thomas Cheetham,
of Stockport, surgeon, and James Swindle, of
Stockport, manufacturer.
John Thacker Saxton then addressed his Lord-
thus :—I beg to ask your Lordship a (ties-
,ion :—As bail is now put in for my fellow pri-
soners and myself, will your Lordship now allow'
us to be discharged ?
Baron Wood—To be sure; that follows of
course. There is no objection to your immediate
discharge at all ; you are entitled to it at present,
as you have entered into recoguizances.
John Thacker Saxton-1 only wished to know
it for certain, toy Lord, as we have suffered
prisooment for a long period. s
Baron Wood—l can say nothing as to that, but
you are at liberty now.
Mr. Hunt—My Lord, as t.n this bail, I wish to
chew the situation in which these prisoners and
myself wete placed : we were told it was neces-
sary to proctirr bail ; each sent to their separate
friends, and they came fortunately, and others ac-
conipanied them. Those, for instance, who were
to be bail for Bamford were not allowed to be bail,
hut others were taken whom he never saw nor
heard of ; (or he was told unless he could say that
the bail proposed by him bad never been seen by
hisn, and was not connected with the charge, be
not be allowed his liberty. Thii k the most
fXll:tordinary sort of accommodation I Over heard
)f, and yet such was the sort of accommodation
offered by the Solicitor of the Treastity, when, it
was said, " we won't take that bail which you
brought for yourself, but we will take that bail
von which was brought for another." I only
mention this to spew the sort of disposition which
prevails to accommodate us.
The Clerk of the Court—Perhaps in justifica-
tion of the prosecutor, and in absence of the Soli-
citor of the Treasury, I should state—
Baron Wood (interposing)-1 cannot help it.
Mr. Hunt—The Solicitor may have made a very
hauthome thing of it, as 'sonic of them offered pre-
miums of 51. each. It is not necessary, I suppose,
to read over the Indictment.
Baron Wood—Them is no occasion.

- Mr. lioot—Unless your Lordship wishes it
there is certainly no occasion, as it is a compound
la!srbomt.

Mr. Penrson—The're is a person of the name
-t A‘lainsoti still in custody, against tvholn no bill
•..‘ bet° tumid. I suppose he may be now dis-

ckarged.

licaon Wood—Let him be discharged,
ilnnt—.-No bill wag found against him,

n d he has now paid his fees, for the non-pay-
ment of which he has been detained.
The Clerk of the Court—Mr. Hunt is mistalen
when he sacs he has only been detained on ac-
count of the non-payment of fees.; not a half-
penny was requited of hitn.

Mr. Hunt--,-Thc man stated that his bill Was
thrown out yesterday ; he has been kept in soli-
tary confinement ever since, and he said the rea-
son was the non-payment of the fees.

Baron Wood—You will find that not to he the
fact. It he do not apply for h's discharge he can-
not be discharged. The Grand Jury •are
uii-
charged, and he too may he now iliscl►arg'ed.
All these parties now left the Court, and after
a short interval Sir Charles Wokeley and I\ir.
Johnson returned. and became bail for .john
Knight and Wm. Fitter :von other indictments,
to the amount of SW. each.

Before the hail for \VW. Erten was received,
the Clerk observed, that it was necessary he should
first traverse the indictment ; but Witten was

Mr—lolinson—lf the hail be taken now, lie may
afterwards come himself.

Baron Wood—lle must come during the As-
sizes. The regular course is to plead first, and
then to enter into recognizances ; but xce will
take it de bene esse, upon the footing that he wilt
come.

The Clerk of the Court—Fie must appearper-
sonally, for he and all other persons in similar
situations are liable to be taken on bench war-
rants, unless they appear persorkAlly and traverse
to the next session.—The parties then withdrew.

We understand that there were no less than
sixteen other persons in attendance, who were all
frceholde7s of the County, and willing to oiler
themselves as bail for these defendants. Most of
them were from Preston, Stockport, and Man-
chester ; and two front Liverpool.--(Morning
Chronicle.)

LONDON souRNALs.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF Tins. nvir.

[Morning Post.]

TnE PRINCESS OP WALES.—The State harness,
-intended for the Princess of WALES, is not yet
shipped off, the other articles not being ready.
The carriage, to which these handsome append-
ages are to be affixed, is the one her Royal High-
ness took to Como : it is still in high preserva-
tion, and much admired. The agent states posi-
tively, that her Royal Highness has abandoned
all intention of visiti•ne this country at present.

AN ELOPEMRIIT IN HIGH LIFE.-Several Noble
Families are plunged into great affliction, in con-
sequence of the elopement of the trite of n
Officer of Rank in the Army, with the son of a
Peer of a very ancient House. The fugitives ab-
sconded on Wednesday last. The injured party
has received a clue ; and he is determined to
bring the paramour of the Lady to a severe ac-
count.—(Bid.)