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London, England, 1817-10-22 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 22,• 1817.

ALBION FIRE AND LIFE OFFICE,

NEW: BRIDGE-STREET, BLACISFIItIARS,

October 13, 1817.
it „N ANNUAL GENERAL COURT of PRO-
PRIETORS of the ALBION FIRE and USE IN-
SURANCE'COMPANY will be held at the Company's,House
in New Bridge street, on THURSDAY, the troth Insta'nt, at
Twrlve; o'Clock ,at Noon precisely, to receive the REPORT of
'the Auditors for the Year ending on the 29th Ultimo ;—to
elect Directors for the ensuing Year;—and to determine on a
recommendation • f the Board, vii." that dDividend'Of Fire
"' per Cent. be made.ou the Company's Stock at christmas
" next."
The Ballet fur Directors will commence at Twelve, and
close at Three o'Clock, precisely.
WARNER PHIPPS, 'Secretary.

From the LONDON GAZETTE, OCT. 21.

[This Gazide contains abstracts of the several
Acti.of P:yr'lament for prevent* artificers' .and
nianufacttirets froin leaving the kingdom, and ex-
ercising their avocations in fsweign countries.—
The penalties,on those who are- in anywise con-
cerned or instrumental in enticing persons of that
description to quit the realakshould be well known.
For the information, therefore, of those interest-
ed, we shall enumerate the penalties 'to Which an
infringement on the laWs of the realm may eXpose
well-meaning, though mistaken-individuals. An
artificer contracting to leave the country is liable
to a fine not. exceeding One IjUndred Pounds foi
the,first offence, with three months impriionMent,
and further confinement till the- fine is paid. -An
artificer --when abroad, and not returning when
legally summoned, is exposed to all the pains-and
penalties of outlawry. Persons seducing artiflcets
to jeave the realni, are liable to a penaltyof-500/.
for the first offence, and 10001. for subsequent of-
fences, besides two years' imprisonment in the
county goal, and further imprisonment till the
fine is- discharged. Any person attempting to -ex-
- port tools or utensils, is liable to, a penalty of
2001. one half of -which is Co go to the officer
seizing: the same. Other penalties are inflicted on
the Captains of vessels who may be. privy to such
transactions, and upon any Officer of Customs;
knowingly snffering such entry of such goods to
be passed. By several Acts passed in the reign of
his present Maj,sty, persons engaged in packing
or exporting any implrtnents or utensils, are lia•
ble to the same penalties.]

TRIALS FOR TREASON.

SPECIAL COMMISSION.

(From, The Times.)
DERBY, TUESDAY, OCT. 21, at 5 o'clock, p.m.

The trial of William Turner was continued this
day ; the Court met at' its usual hour of S o'clock,
and the business proceeded immediately: William
Turner looked even more dejected than yesterday.
Mr. Caoss then addressed the Jury. His 'speech
was much, more striking than the previous one :
he professed, indeed, that both himself and his
Learned Friend had despaired of success in the
former case, on account of the taint of murder
ich was upon, and the general ferocity;,9l, the
prisoner's character ; whereas they both trusted
that, in the present instance, the simple question
of %whether the facts proved amounted to trea-
son or not, would alone be entertained by the
Jury. He hinted that he had no doubt of the
firmness of a Derby Jury, though be sa`w some
reason to fear whether men whose lives and pro-
perties had been at stake would not come with
prejudiced minds to the examination- of this its
portant question, and be apt to overlook the dis-
tinetion between riot and treason.. He went
over his former ground (but with more precision)
of the object of 'the Riot Act, and contended
that even a declared design to overthrow the state
could not; except by the grossest perversion of
common sense, be called treason, when there was
an titter inadequacy of the means to the'end.—
He particularly entreated the Jury to diSmiss froth
their minds all recollection of Brandreth's pecu-
liar case, and accused- the Crown-lawyers of ma-
nagement in bringing forward that case first. He
told the Jury not to be intimidated or Overawed
by the unusual array of Judges and Crown-law-
yers, who had come tti wage war against a miserable
pauper. He then commented with'great force and

ingenuity on the facts of the case ; and insinuat-
ing, as beforg, that base means had 'ken taken-to'
exasperate poor and discontented men ;rot; acts 'of
public violence, he,concludeded by desiring the
Jury to iidhere to the old law, as established by
the statute of Edward and the Riot Art; .and not
to 'Sanction the novel doctrine of construciit..

DU! • . -
Thretislinesßes were then called for the pri-
soner, who had known hint for different periods
of 33, 12, and 8 years, and who fighf,:ed in call-
ing him a humane; loyal, and peacei,hie subject.
Mr. DE NNI AN followed, and after stating the
law of the case, comtnente(i' with ereat-perapi-
cuity and force upon the evideence. He 'insisted on
striking not the evidence of Martin and Asbury as
perjured, and contended that the, rest of the evi-
dence proved not a single eircurnsfanee7 -A treason
against the prisoner. In the conclusion, he ap-
pealed to the consciences of the Jury in the niost
'solemn and impressive terms, -conjuring them:to
beware that no doubt upon tfie subject should
hereafter agitate their minds on their death-bed,
or overwhelm theta with cOnfusion in the day of
.
judgment.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL •made an animated
and 'perspicuous reply, in the course of .which he
contended that the statute of Edward 111. was it-
sett intended to mark the distinction bet‘veen riots
for some private purpose, awl a war against the
Sate or the King's Royalillajesty, The latter
expression was at that time always used to signify
the Government and an attack upon any part of
it, with numbers and force of ,arms, had uni-
formly be.en decided by Courts of Law to be a le-
vying of war against the King, in the sense,
the Ancient statute. He likewiie took occasion
to repel the insinuation thrown out by Mr. Cross,
that soine management had been employed in order
to procure 'a conviction, by pitting Branclroh,
who was tainted with the crime of murder, first
upon his trial. He declared that he had not been
•at-all actuated by this motive, and that the only
reason for trying Brandreth first was; that he had_
been selected. as leader by his co-conspirators:—.
The same reason had induced him to take XVilliam
Turner, who had been second in command, the
second in order.
The Attorney-General having concluded about -
half-past 12 o'clock, Mr. JusticerbALLA,s addressed
the Jury, and summed up the evidence, which
occupied the Court till nearly halt-past 3. He
stated the taw as it had been bald by the greatest,
law authorities, and desCribed what kind of tu-
multuous assembliug or insurrection was decided
by them to be 'a levying of war within the meaning
of the statute. 1-le quoted on this subject 'Air.
Justice Foster and Chief JuStice Hale, to show
that an insurrection for a public and genrral pur-
pose, to chringe the Government or to alt2r,the es-
tablished laws by violence or force of arms, con-
stituted a levying of war that came within the.
law of treason. The first question, therefore,
to determine, was the fact of the Insurrection.—
Though be stated this to 136 a question to the
Jury in point of form, it could not be one
point of substance, after the evidence that they
had heard. The going from house to house col-
lecting arms, the Violence offered to the inhabi:-
tants of the districts through which they passed,
the- formidable numbers and menacing conduct,
all showed the fact of the insurrection beyond
the possibility of doubt. The other question,

[PRIC SEVENPENCn.

and the :only important .one as to the in-
tent of the insurgents, was their objeCt to ac-
complish a public and general or private purpose.
And here he must say, that no' trace appeared in
evidence of any private object-being in the con-
templation of the people thus assembled in force
and arms. There were two. Ways in which the
intention of. a party is known—by their declara-
tions, and their
,acts. If l'he- Jiffy, therefore,
looked to the r declarations, they worth' see that
they all tended to 'show. geter:;ll object---the
overthrOw of the establishutimas;:and,resistance to
the authorities of the, country. :the evidence a
declarations all going this way, it was for the
..fury to ie:tertnini;, 'whether this was not a rising
for a general 'purpose. Which constituted-a
ins; of.war. Another way of learning the inteuoorl
of parties was, their acts : dec:-rrations
Mistaken on account of their obsenrilY, and ought;
he misrepresented by witnesses vv!fo c-ruld not re.
them 3ci.mfacy butacts of ste-) a.
public nature as those connected with insurrection
could neirh ere he mistaken nor easily misrepresented,
The Tong lint, of 'March, the, numbers assembled,
the mode ire which they were armed, their
vance almost into the presence of the .King's
troops,. together with acts they committed ott
their way, were facts which, in connection with
their declarations, could not be controverted,
and would enable the Jary .to decide whether the
purpose of the insurrection was public or private.
On the part of the defence they had been told;
that if they' WO any doubt they must give the
prisoner the benefit of that doubt, and in this he
concurred ; but they should remember that the
doubt must be fair and if:asonable, whatever ob•••
jections had been made by the-Learned'Connsel to
the latter expression.. The , Learned Judge here
went over sonic of the heads of . the evidence its it
affected the pi isoder. *Observations, he Said, bad
been made to the Jury, on their feelings at the lion,:
of sickness :or. death, it City should, find they
had been Mistaken in their verdict. It was not
foi. him, sitiing where lie did, to weaken suck
impressions—he rather wished to ;;litt: 'them force,
but he would tell them;. that in ti [four of. sick-
ness or of health, at, the. day of death ard in the
contemplation of the final jilgment, they Would
find the it best consolation in the conseiousness
that they had dOne their-duty and .-fulfilled their
solemn oaths. If they really had any doubts as.
to the purpose' of the insurrection, or the pri-
soner's share in it;'tliey were bound to give th 6
accused-the benefit of those doubts, and to'bring
in a V erdi•::t of acquittal. If they thougheother-
wise, they shorild bring in a corresponding ver-
dict; however painfulOvithout any regard to con-
sequences.

Jury then ren!.•out ; they rcmlined in con..
SlAlRtint, !We,'
tt'at. Court at hafr-pstt 3 exactly. it was easy to
gather from their countenances that th 4 had t
'painful task to period-it : their names were-called
Over'. and thv usual* question Gniity or nut
guilty" being; put,. the-Foreman answered in a.
faint An 4., dejected voice. Guilty. The, trisoner
looked s4inewhat paler than befu c, but there was
no ether difference : he was immediately taken
away. The 'verdict did. not seem to make moth
impression on the numerous auditory; and incited
it is hardly possible to conceive a people less
moved by even common curiosity than the people
of Der'hy,
The Judges, as soon as the prisoner was re-
moved, asked the Attorney-General whether he
would proceed then or to-morrow morning ?
The ATTortNcY-GaNtnAt thiinght it !,-,est to ad-
journ, as the Jury could be merely. impannelled
that night, and might, without being of muck
use, be confined two nights.----Adjourned till 8
o'clock to-morrow.