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inrbit---s ,sere Of 'opinion, drat it was not fur individo,,ls to tithe
upon themselves to elle:Alloy general purpose by force and
violei,‘,,, mid thut was considered nu net of high trensott„ as
an act of levying war. . . .
""Another of the early cases was nut of jt very different. des-
cription ; it wits 'WIC in which the pers,oll met with it view of
putting dower all meeting-houses try force-s those were the
nivking,-Itouses,of those per.utts.who dill,reditt religious up.i.4
iti,ni from the Established Church. 'I hence I lie Judges, in t'ne
reign of Qtieen Anti,: were of opinion., that iitastuneh as the
rising with forces was fur a general purpose, it. constituted the

offetic'e of levying war,
Cientiernen, on our own tittles, in the case of jay Lord
there was tot irtstirrcf ion for the put pose of
anti I time say, oaany of yon recollect.
IGT:Fter.l:l.l4);C:lfit;t:vll/11:4f1:;°11',Lffi:ler;y.* Tibet te,441 iut itosarrectimn tofr the
purpose of putting flown a religtfoof C1141,',1-shment with force.
anti violence; anti there the juti;es had no doubt or ti,tlictllty
thatn rising far-the general pwrpo',e With force wool an act of
keying war against the Cro-.v tt, Thetext writers on th;s suh-
jee4, both the, teat-nett Sir Nl.itthew I lutle and Nir. Justice
Foster, wito,efoolitronsitiervd this yiestioto in their closrts,
were of tits—Minya opinion. Therefore, what 1 say is not only
the opinion 01 the Juilgoos who ttreith.a ut, tt, when
they cattle tender their consideration. but olio of those who
were writing for pfosterity. Therefore, if iti that which shall
„ins, before yot.o you tied that there W4S a rising', ire.
compatiird with Lit-chthStiosctB tut force end-violence, tutu if
you shalt be ~ftiitlefi that (he
.pers;os who rose load their
object to effect by forte 0( viotence any ;etter;tl r,toritt of any
dcseroptioo wit-hit:l'er, or any miser public pllEfittSi, it writ
amount 10 4 levying war.
" Another of the charges will he, eon so in iug to. le, y war
wit view to Pot.* the Crown to alter ita oneaiorz.l anti.
cottuotho. That einlr6e soppo3es that ther, it as nut ten

'l't) THE tittAND. JUITY Oti THE ..6micT.,
Faia HIGH
This non itmg, at•ten o'clock, the Grand Jury
for the 'conti,,,; Middle Sex having been sworn,
Air:Jostled 13,..vt.ev addressed them to the follow-
ing effect
'# Gentierhen of the ry—Yoti are assembled
as Grant Jurors for this county, to discharge the
duty of that service.' Of the nature of your ditty
'I have no doubt. you are previously 'aware.--,
It is in geoeral to examine into each-of the.' par:
ticither charges that may be brought before you ;
and, .1t yoi4 find a charge stippOrted by such evi-
deore its you are induced to believe corresponds
witli the charge, you ,return the Bill Containing
such charge as true. Rut I tonierstatil that there
is!liktly to. be brought tinder yo r eonsidirittion
charge different from thane which -ordinarily oq
ciip' the attention of Grand Jories thi's
a charge of the highest crime that clin be coin-'
mitted-the crime of High Treason. Of the par:
ticulat evidence by which that charge is to be sup-
ported, 1 ant (as 1 ought to be) as ignorant as
you are : hut it is my duty, as accurately as I
can, to point out to yOtt the LAW applicable to the
subject, so that you may be enabled to"reter that
law to the evidence which. may be brought under
your consideration ; and thus that you May ,be
enabled to decide between the public on the tine
hand, and the individuals accused on the other.-!--
l'he charge of whiCh I have spoken as likely' to
be brought before you will "consist, I believe, of
fourdifferent descriptions of Treason ; there will
be—the first; compassing and imagining the Kinp
death ; another will be, compassing and imagin-
ing to depose the.Kingl the third will 'be, that
of levying war against the. King ; 'and the fourth
will be, not actually levying vHr against the King,
but eciiit.,4ing to levfwar, to force the Crowo
to change its measures and counsels.
" Gentlemen, of these, t wo—namely, the first
anti twrd—were made Treason by an Act of Par-
liament so long ago as William M. The other
two were made Tieusoit' by an Act of :Parliament
in the present 'reign, nainely the 36th of 'Geo..
lll:rap:7.. 1 mention tile cbapters. bieaaii,
in
cons'dering the questioo, you may have occatdOn
to to it. Of- these, that Of compassing and
imagioing-the K lOM'S death is e4)ll3idervit as an act
of the mind ; and unless it is farther evinced anti
indicated by some act prneeellillg ICY that 'CIO; in
to the deposing of the King, the chitaxe would not
be made out ;. and upon this cotint, you must-not
only bay:: a conviction that that idea entered the
niioJ of the nu that he acted ii pun that
compassing tinti imagination. 'llia considCrt;
that Ic4l not ticeessaq that the idea Wilk!! 'OllOl
the mind' of the individual who is chat ged should
be actually to destroy the King, oiactnally to 'lle-
pose the King ; but if his object should be of such
nattire, as that, in the means taken: ta'accont.
!dish it, the lifts or safety (tithe King are likely to
be brought into hazard, it will he considered, that
entertaining and acting. *limn an 05;ect of that
kind is necessarily contemplating the ultirwite
end, viz. the death or deposition of the King:—
Yo.i are considered as always bearing in mind that
act which is likely to he,the consequence of the
meant whiCh you axe adopting, for effecting a par-
ticular purpose., • .•
4' lii levying %Tar against the King, a compass.
iti And imagination of his deal h is supposed by
the. luiv;; because a man wi,o would Ina wiAed
enough to levy war *against t Crown would, if
he were successful, entire!), talie off remove
Irma the Throne that power who,e duty it would
he to punisli rite offence of nigh TreOsou, nerez.
fore, the levying war 'Windri tic %%lint ly called ;tit
overt act of compassing and infagining 'the King's
deatli„or of 4•ornpusSin.; and the'depos-
ing of the King. •
Gonrlemen,,it is Very nece*citry' t hat you •sliensid be ap.;
prised beforeh4nd of whin tins law tonsidevs 'levying of
war. • it is nut absolutely necessary, in order to constitute
tharedienec, that there ,huald he a regular organized force,
or that too personi should he 'in Military array. If there is
nu insurrectirm, that:is, d large rising: of thd people, for the
porpego of rffeeting by force a d _violence; not any private
object:4(3f their own, lint a public purpose, that is by law a
levying' of war. There mast be 'an 1,-sorrection, and force
twist uecompaay that .insurrepien, and' the übjeuts Must be
of a Fraeraf nature.
this tits been under the consideration of the Judges sit,
many periods of time, and has &Ways reeetvcil from them the
;mug opinion. One of the earliest ces4es was one when there
Was a general rising of a great many people-•-a umh of about
five thousand persons, with , a view (net, to be sure,
wicked nature;, hut to put dtiwn All hrotheli—henses of ilk
fame,. !Tinetwas nest to eecenge any private wrongs of tiara
the inskiiinals„ but yitnv to a- gen‘rat Tim

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much instil reetlon as amounts to the actual tet.ying of war,
but merely ,siipposes Shat certain persons have too ',vet her,
and that tire result of their deldierations is, to elf. et st.eh
thi Ina char; thn
tjaaraga• his itte,istirl, Sod .
1
siippoz t theqe lit tl the
pectsoltatiWttirt -are called overt acts will lie stned in the tail!
of intlietment. 'Like (+Veit, .acts do; nut COll/6rittlit• I!w•trcaliti,
lot theyArejits,ert,ed io the iniii;Joient ;Ist he et identse which
it afterwards In inalte out the tharge.: ,TiteV are also insert—
ed that the prisoner or perqnn accused, may Ire aware before-
hand 9f the evidence that is to be brought against anti
that he may he on his guard. Many aaw'rt acts
doubt, tie alleged, and you will,strihe tiotstich as you do not
conceive to he supported by the evidence. .
"in citsesiof treason, it,is neeessitry that there, should lie
tw4 ‘vitiiesses, in order that the accused may Ins (,artivieted ;
two Wltness'es to each overt act; but if one proves one (nest
nit, and another, aptither in the same coutiti that will he suf-
ficient in law to warrant conviction.. •
" It will also be, necessary, hefore you can, return a true
hill, that you should he convinced' that some of the ()Vert
acis were einnotitted in the county or Middlrse)c, winch is
t4sly within your; jorisdiction ;hut if one is proved to he coal-
within your joristlieti,ou. Onto you Will have puw.Ato in lrtlt'e .
as to all the others, , whether continitted in Sart, y,
itt I,,iniort, 'in tatty otiter parr sit the country, uneven nut tat
the •
" In the.ottlinary eases of ft lony, Gentlemen,
Cesuries IMO) before and after the fact on many oceasino;
bat iu treasous all •• ire principals. No matter when a 'Man
catvrtt into the conunots design ; the moment he lies clothed
into it, he becomes aparty, to all ILIA has Oaten don.: b,ytho
others before, and to all that 'tini}' be sultsequently done.
" ',Cansidring! cud cotisulting' will he tillreed as seine
' of the overt act. ; nail in tinier to 'support them, .it willutot
he necessary that yon should hive, evidence from persons
tufted then consult;, hut if dun final that there sval, t loan,
and you shall tle satisfieil lliat a previous
Coll olllivi.racy, Of -the mita. at es of whidt the psalms*
charged.have aottptsal, ~ that Mill warrant you in tintling the
bill of 'iridictit,eut against them.
".1 have endeavoured, Gentlemen, to offer you such con-
siderations as occurred to me, w.ay of directing your yudi;-
moot, taut nut with as a iew of influencing yoar passions. '
" 1 out tile you will give this high itr,i heavy eliatge the
tidiest ;toil fairest Investigation ;,Nil,l you 0.3!1 nut reaurn at
Hill against. all, or any of tliesc:pprsous Ain!ess it is Proved, a"
the satisfaction of your minds that they ate guilty of call,, ur
60411 C of the 01;11 ges. s
„. • " 'l'llese observationtrl' have thought it materal to (dor to
you; and, if, in the execution, of your duty,, any diltieulty
thould at*, I should be very glad tugite you any assistatiom
which Is in my "power." .

bit! Jury then proceeded to the Grand itiry
Romp where the Dill of Indictment agailtst tile
Iwo Ilooper, Thirst Iwood,
Hutt
,Keeits, %vas !did before tlitltt and read. It is
Of fit'CSS.lt, front the nature and form of such In-
dic'tineWs; extremely long, end occupied initeh
time in icadiug, It comprises four, eutinta, and
inquires to the persons charged, ave of vtl(llU Hie
two/ 111 custody, toorteell tit tt t at t$ 14 trc.ittc;,,i.
At one o'clock Mr. foj' ,the
TreHsury, the lint Wet,: Called 410 aitl
others were e;.dled in their Hitler

In the coorse ;it ihe +lay, dcpatntion num the
t;raod J•ary elitcrol the Coorr, -dud 1)14,-,cotvcr a
%%line!' paper to ,Vlr, t!.
Collt3llled the 6:11It111•'log (tilt 1:411
ut hey IJr. 1)ort ietl, a t kvo tlttier GAITIC-

wen, Pireetors the were eligible to 4a
On the Utand:,.lory , 111 this.ens,e, part of the aiii•-
gations. against. the priNolitts being that they in-
tended to attack the 13Ank ut lingland.?"
,lustre BAN' LEY, after rt moment's considtatioti
with Lord E1,1.10.:13011011G11., "

they were,"
The Grand Jury continued to sit tin ludfla...tt
'fiv„ -when they adjourned, for the purl Ose of tx.
anuniog the remaining rvitnesses to•hwiTow.

APPliElif&Slt)N.l,'-o"ii 11IGIl TREASON.

The person n:►rne.l Arthur Thisacwood, fear

apprehen,ion, to flriSlVer to a charge of high
treason, Governtnent sOnte time ago offered a
wartlof 5001„ %vas:cal:en on.Stutday evenlog, and
brought to.' town. lie appears to have got On
board a ve4sei' in the river, with a view to cscape
toAtitcrija 'brit intitn'tt inn of hiq inotioni

El
been given, be was apprehended oil' Gravesend.
At the`seizure he Wits Armed with a
dirk, butt liematle rm.-resistance. There
.were
some others taken with him. 7 ; hiifiself
was.brought to London by water, and was at fit it
lodged in Tothill-fields'-bridewell; whence
was taken in the SeCretaty of ..•;tittc'S oniCe-at 10
O.C/04 14St 111.01t‘ for. examination. He appealed
mach defected. With respect to his particular
share or concern in proceedings of a treasonable
nature), it-may be recollected that be is tire Iterton
who h,is been relirrsrtttcEi as ha viUg ordered the
pikes, rind tss otherwke being aleadiug character in
the outrages which'dkgrneed the Metropolis. Ut' ti
andcr.i.),,il to be the ;bird man who was with the
two irats:nts- at Highgate,. when the elder ll ntsen.
was apprehended by Mid) the horse•pitrole.

PARTICULAIIS OP TIH ArritQueNilox of

TIIISTLAWOo!) AND OF HIS VISOCIATEN,3
NirtWithstandinu the most vigilant search di'
Atte Offieets of liow.street for the List thrt4l
months, here wtvi no-eke to 7'hisilettipwrs•9ippre-
hension, till the itnowledge at the fli4ht of his
,
tiothire irimonto Atueric3, lud to the suppo4itiolt
'of ,his taiOug the same route. This dirt-NW-the
vigilance of the Alien.offiee to the mostiitriet.exa-
mination of all the ports, for persons 'emirrithing
for America; find Bfflidoty. afternoon Milt.
IVOlld WAS typrehendeil, (together-1,1-h!) three of his
associates), tskilig 11:s dep!otare for Amtnirn„
with his tie and They were first eoovvytd
on board the, Kamer, in the Alien !,etviee at,
thavesenil, and hrolight to Lond,in <att Nion,htjr
~mornlng In the tpotitt heioaging to that veN,d,
from which they Were landed at W•hitehill-stairt,
and I,vnt in e„stsoly 10 T 001.014106 prison.
A Council Mei sinntooned, and met East nigh
at Lord StomotyrteS office, 113 above slated, when
3rthur Thisitewbod was .brougbt up, examined,
hod eommitte,l to the Tower. •

A Mr. Pilkington was yesterday brtiaglit fit
imils from AthelteSter to liotv•strret, fm
of solitier►l otlefices; and atter iintleixoing rNrk-
Initiation at the iftortic Office, wul cutatuiut., to
pri4Otl.

lAIPEIZIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, APRIL 28.

The House proceeded in Appeals.--Air. Robin-
son, front tht Office of Chief Secretary for Ire.
nresenteti, a Paper respecting the State—of
Alto Gaols iu irelandl anti-Mr. Chalmers a Re-
reorrfrom the bini mission er s respecting the State
of the Ferries between the City of Edinburgh
and the Comity of Fife.