The Sun.
London, England, 1817-10-21 00:00:00

cinctiE,TEß, OcT. 13.

The First Anniv6.sqry of the West.SusseK
Soyietywo, 1)(.1,1 At the'Coutteil Cham-
ber, in 'this city, or, Friday 'l4st; %viler* the-. ourn,,
ben and re:peerabiliry at the' audience exceeded
the most sanguine expectmion of its warmest
rieuds. •The Report of the Coinmittee was read
by the lie; BArhut, Anti the various Resolu-
tions mover! .hy the Rev. Messrs. Bliss, Sargeanti
Arnott, •Tripp,' Coga , Smelt, Hum, c. Tile
vote of .thanks, to the•Righi Hon. NV. flo•,,kisson,
M: I'. was moved by M.r. W'ilberforce, who, in a
most eloquent and itnpressive speech, delineated
the excellencies of the Institution, and expressed
his fullest conviction, that iii patronizing the
Bible. Society, be must be &dog right as a man,
As a Chrisrian, and as a' MeMber of the Church
of England : he complimented the RiiLlit Hone
President on the decided ninth active pail he had
•aken in .a Society, whose sole 'object 'is that ~of
benevolence, and which like the sun in the
Heavens, to impart its blessings to the whole fa-
wily of man. The vote of tlianks having' been
universally carried, the Right Hon. Gentleman
addressed the meeting hi a Manner which proved
him to be deeply interested in the proceedings of
the day. , The impression made in favpur of the
Institution was apparent, and the collection at
the doors, wl:itth more than doubled the amount
of I. st year, is the best proof how much the So-
riety.has gairel iii Use poldie onintoti.

WELLINPTONLU \lN.—Tile ceremony of bay.
ing the first stone 'of the column on 131ackdown
Hill, lieu Welliogton, to commemorate the
achievements of the Doke of WELLINGTON,. was
to take place yesterday. The spot assigned for- this
purpose is. one of the happiest that could be se.
lected. The heights ot..lilackdown present it re-
Markable character,' both from their considerable
elevation, and the long contionous line presented
to the eye. Twenty-four brass cannon, take Wat
the ever-memorable Battle of Waterloo, to be
served by ‘Vaterloo Artillerymen; have been or-
dered off from Woolwich, to be permanently
stationed tnond the Monument, and other Cannon
will .be present to join their thunders with the
loud.applauses of the immense numbers that will
attend the cei•emony. A mould of the column will
be borne on the shottitiers'of Waterloo veterans.
'rite first stone will be laid by 'Lord SomsavlLLE,
at one' ot.ch,ck precisely. The Yeomanry of the
yvestern di, isi.iut will keep the ground ; and .th.e
spectacle will be popular, grand, and impressive
iu the- extreme, both trout the motive land the
manner in which it will ttattspi:ei;taii:ailirtilutetics:ninantti:
.at large will become honoured our public an-
nals, by this dignified displayt
peblic spirit.

YARMOUTIT, OCT. J(i.—A Alerting- of the Ship
Ov.viICIS WAS held Al lilC T!),w(),11411. un FridAy
last, SAII'ULL.PALIET. E,(l. ill (11c CLilir,
when it . was unanimously agreed to allow i lie.
`Real n, tor 'siX Months from the present
504. per month, mid aft et wards 491. per month,
in all coasting 11110 toreign voya;es, the -ye, 4r
'throughout,; anti at the same Meetiii; it W;l3
agrieti to give tie preference to Seamen belonging
to this. port.---The thanks of .the Meeting, were
voted to the worthy Chairmbn.

TRIALS FOR TREASON.

(From The Times.)

DERBY, MONDAY, Oc r. YO, at "lelf-past e, p.m.

Before we proceed to the nerative of the legal
business of this day, it may be interesting to state
-a few circumstances respecting Brandreth, the
prisoner already convicted. We have learnt from
'the best authority, that siumbis trial he h'a been
perfectly calm and composed, and expresses entire
resignation : lie says be is,quite satisfied with the
exertions of, his Counsel, that they have done all
that 'they could, and have omitted nothing useful
to his defence.. His demeanour since he bad been
confined is stated to have been highly becoming ;
'and the only difference observable in it before
and after conviction is, that though not dejected,
lie has less alacrity of manner now than before. We
have been able to learn but few partichlars respect-
ing the previous habits of-this man ; -but we are
informed that the circumstance of his being put at
the bead of one of the insurgent bands is-•not to
be ascribed to any superior ,intelli,';ence or acti-•
vity, but partly to his baying been in the militia,
and thus being acquainted with the first elemer►ts
of military -organization, and partly to his having
been for, several years past involved in the no.
tarjous schemes of the Luddites, doing (as an
hired agent) " jobs," as their phrase is, for them,
'from time to time.

There is said to be some difficulty in procuring
-an executionr to perform that frightful part of
the ceremony of a traitor's death, the severing of
the head from the body : the hangman here will
not undertake the task, and the neighbouring
hangmen object on the score of ignorance.
Having promulgated these remarks principally
for the gratification of a natural and reasonable
curiosity, we have now to make-two or three ob-
servations„ which it would be a breach of public
and of private duty to omit. NVe refer toauother
mis-statement • of the Courier of Saturday, which
though paltry as to its effects, is yet meanly wick-
ed in its 'motive, and seems, in conjunction with
the misrepresentation of the slight disturbance at
the Theatre •(which we have already corrected),
to manifest a regular and deliberate system of
perversion for a highly partial and shameful pur-
pose. The Courier of Saturday states, that on the
wall of All Saints Church are to he seen, in large.
letters, the following words—" Jurymen, remcms
her Oliver)." Now we declare, in the most dis-
tinct terms, 'that no such writing is on that wall,
or any wall that we have seen. But what
makes this mss-statement more grossly culpahl,.
is, that on the walls of the said Church of All
Saints there are written, in no leSS.thali seven
different places, words of a . very 'opposite ten-
dency, namely, " Hang all Jacobins." As long
ago as last Monday we had observed these ittacrip.
tions, which, at least, steins tl to imply no undue
partiality towards the prisoners : but we did not
think it-Worth while to take public notice of them,
nor should we now, but for this strange and wila
ful perversion of fact in the Courier. If it were
mere blindness not to see the inscriptions which
have been obvious to every eye, and ,which ap-
pears in seven different place, ut those very walls
which the writer in the, Courier professes to have
seen, what character shall be given to that spe-
cies of vision which contrives to see what nobody
else sees, and uses this new faculty for one syste-
matically-partial purpose ?
We now come to the business of this day.

'[he .Court met precisely at 8 o'clock, and %VA,
occupied for some time in hearing excuses for
übsent jurors. •
Mr. CLARKE stated, that the Attorney-General
.would he in Court in two minutes, and had autl►o-
rised him to say that William Turner was the next
prisoner to be tried.
William 'turner Was brought to the bar. He
seemed a man of about 2S, of a slender make and
rerther a long face, with a flat nose. Ltis look
erns somewhat melancholy and dejected. He was
dressed in a blue coat, red and spotted silk hand-
kerchief, coloured waistcoat, corduroy breeches,
and light woollen stockings. His appearance and
dress clearly indicated him to be one of the lowest
r►►nk in society.
Mr. LoWNDES began to call over the list of
jurors, when Mr. DENMAN stated, that they did
not object to those who had formed the last jury,
'merely on that account. The jurors were then
called in their order but just as the Clerk read
out the first name, the following ',discussion

arclse

Mr. DENMAN.—I feel myself bound, in Justice
to the prisoners, as well as by a sense 'of the re-
spect due to the Court, to bring under the notice
of your Lordships a. most gross violation of your
orders, and a most scandalous contempt of
ppmr authority, calculated in high .degree to
poison.the due administration .of justice, while
it manifestly is a barefaced, contempt of the au-
thority ,of. this-Court, and calls for tilt severest
sisit ation which any Court of Justice can exert in
vindication of its own authority and in protection
of jutliciaLfairness. This paper -which I hold in
my hand (the Courier of Friday) gives a statement
('t the ptocevdings in this Court in direct viola-
tion of-the distinct and repeated prohibitions of
your Lordships. It is not a foil statement, bat
a partial, and garbled 'representation, which not
ouly,prejudices the prisoner then on Ili!, trial, but
a the prisoners ; so that it has become impossible
for the tither prisoners to obtain an unprejudiced
Jury and witnesses to try their causes. This bare-
faced attempt to elude the prohibition, and to
laugh at We authority of the Court becomes the
more ihjurious, as the first blow has. been struck
I,v a pap:u- well known to be tinder the influence
of. nment.

„,
Mr. Justice ABBOTT.-.-I knew no.papec- -under
the influelice of Government, -ot- under any in-

fitle!lce

bir. DeNmAN.,--Well, perhaps I was wrong in

using the expression ; but the courier newspaper
published the garbled account, and the other pa-
pers copied it expressly " from the Courier of last
evening.' The Morning Chronicle gieeswhat the
boner omitted, by way of correcting the mistate-
mellt ; The one paper contending that Oliver was
the source of the distorbanees,. the other pliblish-
log the evidence to repel that surmise, and thus
sire authority of the Court has been by both set
at defiance and the administration of justice
poisoned.
'fire Clttex Ihtiox.-The Court theft will re-
peat its prohibi,ion.
Mr. Dete aN.—My Lord, that has alttidy been
'done once, and 'again, and to no effect.
Cutei 11XliON.—Who has puhashed that state-
ment ?
Mr. DENMAN.-That 1 know not all I know
is, that here 1 read a gross snd mischievous vio-
lation of the prohibition; arid your Lordship dis-
tinctly stated, that the Court would visit any vio-
lation. with punishment.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL•---Till within these
ten minutes I knew nothing of this publication.
Yesterday I called repeatedly for the Courier, but
I was :told it was in hand, and did not see it.
Within these ten minutes, somebody, I know not
who, sent•.me the. Courier . I have not seen the
Morning Chronicle.— I lament, as , much as my
Learned Friend, that the authority of this Court,
and the interests of justice, have been thus vio-
lated; but say for myself, and for my Hon.
and Learned Friend here (Solicitor-General),-and
for every one who has any office under,Gavern-
ment, that it has been our anxious wish that, till
the whole proceedings should be finished, not one.
Phrase should be published on the subject.. As to
any Newspaper being under the influence of Go-
vernment, I can truly state, that I know not any
one Paper to be on one side or another but accord-
ing to the occasional statements I read in them.
But whether the offender be on the side of Govern-
ment or against it, when he is, upon proper affi-
davit, brought before your Lordships, I shall readily
move for due puniShinent. There is here a pro-
fessed account of what ,was stated by me:-
1 can only say that I lament it most extremely,
as a manifest violation of your Lordship's
prohibition ; and I lament and reprobate it
as extremely improper to be stated, even if
correctly stated, because it creates discussions
and brings forward certain transactions, which
must prejudice ;he administration of justice. I re-
probate and lament it as much as my Learned Friend,
but as the matter is now before the Court, I can-
not proceed further. I would request gentlemen
who take notes not to forward them to the news-
papers till the trials are finished, as it mightbe-
come my duty to submit some motion respecting
them, it supported by sufficient affidavits. I
know not who. has published this, statement, but
it may be said as an apology that it was done for
a certain purpose, which I may mention—namely,
for the sale of the Paper.
Mr. DENIII/01,-.-1.. most fully acquit the At-
torney-General, I need not say acquit, for I pryer
supposed him capable, of countenancing such an
act 83 1 complain of. I however protest against
the apology insintiated as utterly insufficient. It
cannot be directly and graVely mentioned that the
administration of justice shonld be poisoned with
impunity, because the motive was the sale of a
Newspaper. I have only to say, that I hope the
Court will adopt some measures to vindicate its
OWii authority, and to keep pure the administra-
tion of justice. _
The CHIEF BieoN.—l consider the publication
in question very improper and very mischievous.
It is welt mischievous to all concerned. But'alt
we know is, that it lia4 appeared in a newspaper.
We cannot tell who has done it, and therefore no-
thing can be done. When a motion is made in
circumstances such as the Attorney-General has
stated) then the Court will effectually interpose.
Mr Justice DALLAS.--4 recollect iu the trial of
aurett NVatsoo, Mr. Wetherall, his Counsel, made
a complaint of the same kind. I have the notes
now before me; and my Lord Ellenborough said,
"' As you have no motion to make on the subject,
" the time of the Court must not he wasted by
" any further observations.'' With respect to
any fact, we
_have here no fact before us. All we
know is, that there is one statement published,
by whom or under what circumstances we know
not. As to the observation that the paper is
under the ieflueece of Government, it ought not
to have been made, because that cannot be known,
and because it may excite a suspicion that the Go-
vernment wished to obtain the conviction of the
prisoners by unfair melon. As no motion is made,
the Court can dunothing further.
The other Judges said nothing, and thus the dis-
cussion terminated.

Eighty Jurors were then called before a Jury
was sworn. All the.members of the former Jury
were excused. Two of them expressed a willing-
ness to serve, and Were challenged for the pri-
soner. Mr. DENMAN challenged for the prisoner
Nos. 1,5, 7, 10, 11, 13, 16, -18, 20, 23, 25,
31, 32, 34, 35, 40: 41-, 42;46, 47-, 49, 50, 52,-54','
55, 57, 61, 64', 66, 69, 73, 75. The CroWn
lenged Nos. 2., 6,'17, 37, 38, 44, 45, 56, 58, 59,
63, 68, 77, 78, 81, 82. Tile following Jury were
impanelled at a quarter before. 10 :-Thomas
stir, of Marston-On-Dove, farmer ; Henry SPur-
,rier, of the saute, farmer ; Michael Goodall, of
Marston-Montgomery, farmer ; Thomas Hall; of
Sutton, farmer ; Samuel Dean, of Ashleyhay, gen-
tleman ; John-Wagstaff, of Atlow, farmer; Joseph
Wheeldon, of AlVastOn and Bonito'', farmer;
James Osborne, of the same, farmer ; Thomas
Crompton, of Darley-abbey, gentleman--; John
Glover, of Fendern, farmer ; John liaslam, of
Little Chester, farmer; and Thomas Ordish, of
Mickleover, farmer. _ _ _ _

The indictment was then read, and the trial
proceeded.
The SoLICITOR•GENERtU. arose at 10 o'clock,
and opened the prosecution against William
Turner, the circumstances of whose case seemed
to be so closely interwoven with the facts esta-
blished on the trial of Orandrech. The address
of the Solicitor-General did not occupy above an
hour, containing, a clear narrative of the supposed
conspiracy, and was marked by a careful absti-
nence even frOm the expression of any opinion
on the legal question, Which he desired to leave
altogether to the exposition of the Judge. Antony
Marti-t., the first witness on the last trial, was the

At a late I!onr this day we received the Paris
Papers of Friday and Saturday last. The follow-

ins; are extracts :
" PAats, Ocr. 18.—The Duke d'Angouleme,
who set out from Paris the 13th, was to proceed
first to Lion, on the 14th to La Fere and St.'
Quinti►i, and to pass the 15th and 16th at Amiens.
Yesterday he was zo proceed to Dieppe, and this
day to Havre,where h..! will remain to-morrow. The
Prince will remain at Rouen the 20th, 21st, and
22d; he will be at Caen the 23d and 24th ; at Cher-
bourg, the 25th, 26th, and 27th ; at Saint Malo,
the 29th and 30th ; at Rennes, the Ist and 2d •
November; at Nantes, the 3d and 4th Bour-'
bon Vendee, the sth ; at Rochelle, the 6th and
7th ; at Rochfort, the Bth ; at Niort, the 9th ;' at
Saumur, the Ilth ;at Mans, the 12th ; Alen-
can, the 13th ; at Evreux,- the 14th ; and on the
15th.his Royal Highness is expected to return to
Paris.

" The Baron de Vrimont, Commandant of the
Austrian Contingent in Alsace, quitted Colmar
the 6th, to proceed to Cambray, to be present on
the 13th at the review of the EnglisbCantingent ;
be will return to Colmar the ISth.

" A Letter from Gibraltar, dated the 16thinit.,
States the arrival in that Bay of the ship Caroline,
of Nantes, from the Havannah to Genoa. During
her passage, she was visited by an independent
privateer 10 leagues from Cadiz, but which had
not ill-treated any French vessel.
" A German Journal contains the following
article : it gives rise to several reflections, which
the late events at Tunis tend to strengthen :
Considerable attention has been excited by the
military preparations of the Pacha, Mohamet-Ali,
Viceroy of Egypt, by his efforts to pot himself in
communication with several powers of Europe, by
the large purchases of artillery and ammunition
made by his agents, and lastly, by the contracts
entered into by his Plenipotentiary in Sweden with
several manufacturers or dealers in that Kingdom.
It is said that the intention of this Pacha is to
render himself an independent Sovereign in Egypt,
and to seize the territories of Tunis, Algiers., and
Tripoli. In that case theie will be an end to the
piracies of the' Barbary corsairs. It is rumoured
that there nave been overtures upon this subject
made at London, Stockholm, and other Courts.'

" The Ministers assembled yesterday at the,
'hotel of the Duke de , • 7
" It is understood that the individual, named
Mathurin Brunot, who has assnmeit the name of
Charles of Navarre (the pretended Dauphin), will.
be tried, not by the Court of Assizes at Rouen,
but merely by the Vihunal of Correctional Police.
" great number of Members of the Chamber
of Deputies have already arrived at Paris. •
" Thursday the expiatory service for the late
Queen Maria Antoinette was celebrated in the
chapel of the Thuilleries, at which the King was
present, together with the Neapolitan and Spanish'
Ambassadors, the Ministers,,&c. The Court were
in mourning. The -celebration also took place
,in the different churches of the metropOlis,'which
were much crowded. The cathedral Was attend-
ed by the Princes and Princesses, the public
Officers, &c. •-
" In the majority of the Departments, the Muni
cipal Ununcils have been assembled to deliberate
respeCting the wants of the poor in their respect-
tive Communes, and on the means of ensuring the
subsistence of the labouring class during the ri-

gorons season, by means -of public workshops,
conformabty to the instructions ot the Minister
of the Interior.

FRENCH FIVE PER CENTS. •
Friday 64 f. 95 c.
(Thursday a Holiday.)

" HAZIBURGII, OCT. B.—The statement which
has been circulated of this city paying 300,000
macs banco annually to England, for the pro-
tection of our navigation, is Utterly destitute of
foundation.

" LAON, Oct. 14.-The Duke d'Angouleme
arrived here yesterday, and received the Consti.
tuted Authorities at the hotel of ,the. Prefecturei
Provisions and wine were distributed among the
indigent. His Royal Highness departed this day.
" LvnEc, OCT. 3.—The fling of Denmark hat
prohibited the importation df arms and•ammuni-
tion to St. Thomas's, at the instance, as sup.
pOsed, of the Spanish • Minister nit Copenhagen,
to prevent the Insurgents of Smith America from
deriving a supply from thence.
CARLSRUHE, OCT. 1 day the Grand
Duchess wqs safely delivered of a Princeis.
" GENEVA OCT B.—Tbe Ex-Conventionalist
Lawrence was arrested a few days sincd at Mot.=
neR, a SaVOyarde Commtie; two leagues from
• • .
`hence, and conveyed under escort to Tunis.

" ROME, OCT. I.—The Consistory was held
this day, at which several 'Bishops were declared.

" VIENNA, OCT. 4.—lt is understood that
communications frOm the Emperor Alexander have
already been made to several Courts, including
ours, with the view of co-operating for the pur-
pose of puffing an end to the depredations of thi
Barbary Corsairs.

" DRESDEN, OCT. 6.—The Prussian and Saxori
Commissioners have still several important points

to discuss.

" Hhsnutton, Our. 6.—The Senate of thid
city having been invited by the King of Prussia,
and also by the Emperors of Russia and Austria,
to accede to the holy Alliance, the act of access
sion hits been delivered to the Prussian Minister.

" BRUSSELS, OCT. 13.—We learn with great,
satisfaction, that several persons of distinction art
Brussels have given their signatures to the Pa-
triotic Association for the support of the National
Several lists have been filled with sig•

Industry.

natures."

THE FUNVS.—Consols this morning began at
82 /01, Money, and 82 for Account. At twelve
o'clock they were 82iii for Account. India Stock
has experienced a depression of 5 per cent. since
ye3tsrday, in consequence of the warlike • news
from thence : the Bonds remain steady.

There seems now to be an end to the amicable
"warfare between The Morning Chronicle and The
COurier; Thelatter, lastnOit, spoke out boldly,
classing 'he Chronicle among " the advocates of
Traitors, the Panders of Treason," and resolutely
denying the accusation brought against Govern•
ment of having sent " for publication the arti-
cles which have appeared from Derby in The
Courier." We yesterday confidently asserted that
this accusation against Government was wholly
false, for- that Ministers had no expresses from
Deiby, and had made no communication to any
Papers that support their measures. If any such,
communications had been mask, Toe SUN had,
at least, full as great reason to expect them as The
Courier, if not more, inasmuch as Tit E SUN has been.
invariably consistent in upholding the principles of
Mr. PITT, under whose auspices It was instituted,
and upon which Ministers profess to act at this
moment. Therefore, whenever The Courier oh- •
tains communications exclusively, we may venture
to. say that it.is indebted on such: occasions to
;private partiality, not to official preference, and we
leave the higher Powers to'judge, whether such par-
tiality is consistent with justice to those who have
steadily _supported the principles upon which-.
their meaittres are founded; and who hatti

acted upon-.Abose principles to the present n 10.4
mem. The conduct of The Morning Chronicle,'
on'ibe subiect of the trials at Derby, 'certainly

Owes full sanction to all that The, gourier says
'agfainst 'its "base calumnies.," and its attempts,
preYlously to those ttials.,rtO. divert the course
of justice, by. raising prejudices in.. favour of
the - prisoners, and arraigning the legal s
pro-
ceedings as founded in error, and the mischievous
designs,of Ministers. For our part, we have for
some time past looked with horror on the Jam-
binleal contents of that Paper, arid pitied The
Courier for. being disgraced by its pretended hosti-
lity and covert panegyrics. ;But- we shall keep a
watchful eye over, and endeavour at all times to
check, its attempts to undermine the 131itish Con-
stitution and bring contempt on all hereditary and
legitimate Governments.

The following extract of a letter from Liver-
pool, dated the 19th instant, received in town

this morning:—

" The easterly Wind still prevents us fxbut WY-