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im to dress himselt and accompany them. Each

of these two men had a gull.

They insisted on

his going with tl►em, but they would not tell
where they would conduct him. He dressed hitn-

self and went with them, very much against his
%rill. He had no gull, He. thought Benjamin

Lockwood, ti►e prisoner, one of those persons,
bnt, on cross-examination, would not B%l'i:dr that
he was so. lie went with the men for about thrce-
quarters of a mile, till they joined a patty at
Knowhill, when he ran away. The purpose for
which this witness was called was, to speak to the
identity of Lockwood, which, on cross.examioa-
tion, he refused upon oath to ►lo; though he had
known the prisoner before, and had walked with
him, by his own account, three-quarters of a mile,
on the night in question.
George Armitage was the next witness. He
stated that on the night of the Bth of Juue he was
at Lockwood, a short distance from Huddersfield.
He had ,been courting there, and was returning
about 12 o'clock, as he thought, to Huddersfield,

along with an acquaintance of the name of Charles
Earnshaw. Two persons with guns, stopped them,

and said they must go along with them to a field
close to Eugine-bridge, as it had been resolved to
try bow many could be mustered. Earnshaw
turned round to the witness and said, " Shall
we go, Armitage ?" One of those who stopped
them said, " You must go, or you shall be
shot." The witness and his companion then
west along with them to the field near Engine-
bridge. A considerable number of people, limn
filmy to seventy, were assembled there.—The
witness saw two handkerchiefs on the wall of
the field, with something in each of them ra-
ther larger than a man's hand. He heard some
one say, " Those who have arms may come hi-
ther." He saw one with a gun go to the place :

something was given him : he did not know what :
but the man having come from the wall, and stood
near him, he heard him say that he had got
12 rounds. He saw others who had arms ad-

vancing to the wall, but did not attend to them
so AS to observe them get any thing.
The Counsel for the prisoners observed that
all this was de bene esse ; for that it had not been
proved that any one of the prisoners was present
at this meeting.
George Armitage (examination continued).—
He saw none of the prisoners in the field except
Wilson.

They received orders to advance to the

bridge, those who had arias having been previously
desired to join the rest of the body of men as-
sembled. They came to the bridge, where seve-
ral Others were assembled. Two men with scythes,
stretched out, stood on the crown of the bridge,
and prevented any one from passing, in case any
one had attempted to get away. At the bridge he
saw Benjamin Lockwood and George Woffenden,
who had guns. He saw the prisoner Jysop there
also, with a scythe. A man of the name of Croft
appeared to have the command on the bridge, and
he heard Croft order those who had arms to arrange
themselves on each side of the road, while those who
had not arms stood in themiddle.• Croft, soon after
the witness came to the bridge, ordered those
with arms to kneel. He heard the trampling of the
horses' teat when the cavalry were advancing ; and
then he heard Croft call out, three times, " Who
comes there ?" He did not hear what answer was
made to that ; bat Croft ordered those who had
arms to fire. The -witness immediately ran back
towards Lockwood ; but, while running away,
he heard the report of several pieces. As be was
running, Wilson, along with several others, out-
run and passed him. He then saw something in
Wilson's hand, but did not know what it was.
The party that ran off in this direction halted be-
tween the woods. A piece was fired at some dis-
tance, which was understood as a signal to show
where another party was. Some one said, " Has
nobody here any thing to answer it ?" and then
the prisoner Wilson raised Isis hand, and fired a
pistol. The party soon after dispersed. The
witness did not choose to go to Huddersfield then,
and therefore returned to Lockwood, and knocked
at the door of the house where his sweetheart
lived, but she would not let him in.
Cross-examined.—He said that he was forced
to go to the field ; that he had no gun in his hand ;
that there was a sufficient number assembled to
have compelled any two, or three, or even four;
to have gone to the meeting ; that for any thing
he knew the prisoners might have been so forced.
Being asked whether they might not have been
forced to take up arms in their hands, he answered
that he did not know as to that. Being asked
whether, if a party of armed men had threatened
with the most dreadful oaths to shoot him imme-
diately Ulm did not take a gun in his hand, hewould
have taken it in Isis hand or not, he said that, he
•would sooner have been shot than have taken it on
such an occasion,aadthat he meant to swear to that.
He would not swear that he had never said to
one William Stanley that he was not at the bridge,
or in the- field, on the night of the Sth of June,
but he would swear that he had no recollection of
having had any communication with William Stan-
ley on the subject on the following day, or at any
time. He Irad never said to William Stanley,
" By G—, I was not there," as far as he recol-
lected. He had informed James Greig of Isis being
there as a secret. He might have said that he.
did not know who were there, as be was afraid
of being shot. Hernshaw's sweetheart told him
that they would shoot him if he informed about
the meeting.
,Re-exatnined.—He said, that after having been
examined before a Magistrate, be had consented
to be detained in custody, because he was afraid
of being shot.
The prisoners said nothing in their, defence, but
several witnesses were called in their behalf.
William Stanley deposed, that on the 9th of
Jane, being near the market-place in- Hudders-
field, he had gone into a passage to avoid the rain.

hat a tailor of the Lame of Blades, and Georg=
into come into the se iiie piihSrige. That
!hry ‘vere talking of the dragoons who had come
into Huddersfield that day, mid of the assemblage .

of the nig:tt before. That George Artni:rge
riven said, that his f,ither's field, in the
bourhood of the bridge, had been so trodden,
that there was hardly a blade of grass standiw.,
:it'd that there must have been front 300 to 400 at
the meeting. The witness said, '' George, were
you there .?" No answer %vas male to the ques-
tion, and the witness then talked to some other
persons, and said nothing more to Armitage.

John Blades, a tailor at Huddersfield, ‘vho was
present at this conversation, deposed to it in the
sante manner. Armitage. said, his father's field
bad been trodden in such a manner that it was a
shame to see it.

James Greig.—The witness, George Artnita;;e,
lead informed him that he was present at the meet-
ing ; and knew some of the men.
Cross-examined for the prosecution.—lie said
that Armitage had mentioned it as a secret ; but
that he (Greig) had not promised to keep it se-
cret : that he had told his f;:ther of it the next
day, and afterwards :old it to several other per-
sons. There was a rumour soon after the Sth of
June that Armitage was to be a xvituess. lie
(Greig) and his father were cloth-dressers. I e
denied that he had been instructed by his father or
any body else to question Armitage about the
matter.

James Woodhouse said, that Benjamin Lock
wood had been in his employment for fire years,
and that his character was good.

Eli Dyson gave the prisoner, George Woffenden,
an excellent character.

William Mills said, that Wofrenden was one
who always paid due respect to his parents, and
was of good conduct with regard to evei y other

person,
John Thornton and another gave Wilson a good
character as to a peaceable, sober, and industrious
man. •

Mr. Baron WooD, before summing up the evi-
dence, observed, that the law had been rightly
stated by the Counsel who led for the prosecu-
tion, that those who were aiding and assisting
were equally guilty with the man who fired flit
shot. lie then summed up the evidence, and left
the muter to the Jury. . .

The Jury retired about ten minutes, and on their
return found all the prisoners—Not Guilty.
Mr. Baron .Woov, addressing the prisoners,
said, that they most not hope always to esc.ipe if
they engaged in these tints.
One of the prisoners, answering for the rest,
said, they would have nothing to do with such
riots, in future.

IMPUTED OUTRAGE and IMPRISONMENT.

We take the subjoined Affidavit from a Morning
Paper of yesterday, always to ready to avail it-
self of any opportunity of inserting whatever may
tend to the dis Credit of Government and those un-
der it, but we know nothing mote of the transac-
tion. We shall he ready to insert any authorized
contradiction :

Borough of Liverpool to wit.
We, Isaac BROADHURsT and PETER LAWTON, do Itere4
make oath, that on Tuesday morniax, the 15th inst. we were
on board the Sampson, Captain Moyle, bound for Philadel-
phia, when we were taken into custody by John Miller, the
Police Officer, who took us, without producing any war-
rant, to Bridewell, where we were confined from Tuesday
moroing, until one o'clock on Saturday; that during our con-
finement, we were refused pen, ink, and paper, and had nu
opportunity of informing any person of our situation, until
Thursday evening, when, as Peter Lawton's sister informs us,
she accidentally heard of our confinement, and attended at
Bridewell; but site says she was refused admittance: we, how-
ever, accidentally saw her through the grating, and desired
her to call on Mr. Jeremiah Crook, for him to obtain a hear-
ing before the MaYor, and, if possible our discharge ; that dur-
ing the time we were confined, we had neither bed to sleep up-
no, nor covering, and had no meat but what we paid for; that
we were nut taken before any Magistrate (as other prisoners
were from day to day) to ascertain the propriety of our deten-
tion, until Saturday, at one o'clock, when we were brought he-
fore John Wright, Esq. the Mayor of Liverpool, who blamed
Miller, the Police-ofliaer, for not bringing us up sooner, and
expressed his regret at wl:a' had happened; and, as he d d
nest conceive we were guilty of any offence, we were then
discharged. Upon enquiry, we found that the ship had
sailed, but was still near the Black Boa ; we then
hired a boat, and went with our luggage and provision
on board the shift, where we remained till three o'clock
on Sunday morning, when Captain Boyle told us, that,'
as our names had been taken off the muster-roll, he
would not take us, unless he had a note from the Tide-ser-
veyor, stating that we were at liberty to go ; he-then landed
us at the rock perch, with our luggage, and left us there.—
Isaac Broadhurst, one of the deponents, walked to the next
ferty, and hired a boat to cross over to Liverpool, and w
in company with Mr. J. Crook to the Tide-survevor, Mr.
Ford, who gave him' a note, stating the names of himself
and Lawton, and that they were at liberty to proceed en their
"voyage: the said Isaac. Broadhurst then hired tbe heat ag tin,
got the luggage and provisions, and both these deponents
went again to the ship t but the Captain positively refund to
take them on the voyage, nor did he return the passage
money. The ship has since sailed to Philadelphia, and we
have lust con passage and our money, owing, in the first in-
stance, to the unlawful detention by john. Miller; fur which
he could have no legal excuse, as we were furnished with re-
gular certificates, and had passed the usual examination at the
Custom'-house.

ISAAC BROADHURST,
PETER LAWTON.
Sworn before me, this 93d day of July, 1017.
WILL. Caosaig.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

- COURT OF CtiANCEItY, JULY 28.

SIR EDtrAltn It&ATCHIWLI,AIsITi OTHERS 12. GRUBER.
TiteLORD CtiA-Ncsi.Lmi pi irceeded to give, jiolg-
rnent" 'in' this case,' which ‘vaS an Appeal tiom a
Decree that had been-given by the Vice Chancel-
lor in f4conr of the defendant, on an application
1)y the plaintiffs to compel font to li,y 5,5001.
with interest, tieing the ainount of the' purchase.
of an estate, n)insion-hoo,e, Ste; sold tt bin)
.by
the plaintiff-. It app,ared that in October, 1811:
a large estate in taunts, with a matision-house, was
honght by the detendAnt, who agrecd-.-nt conside-
ration thrteol, to pay to the plaintiffs the sum of
52,0001, of which sum the defendant paid in ad-
vance 5,5001. It was agreed that the 'furniture
of
the mansion-house might likewise, at his option„
'go to the defentlaat at a fair valnatioa, or, if not,
Jo Was to he removed by or for,Sir Edward K natch-
-1 ill. Some time after that averment the defend-
s) t discovered a defect iu the title to certain parts
of the fagots which be had purchased, particularly
to a portion ot ground called Cole Nash, consist-
ing of only 12 acres, but which was so situated
as to intersect a material pint of the other
grounds, and to be on that account a sufficient
ohjection to his fulfilnient of the contract, until
the title should be satisfactorily ascertained. Va--
rionS endeavoars.wete made by the plaintiffs and
their agents to satisfy the defendmt on that point,
but to no effect, until the 3d of November, 1812,-,
when they turned him out of the mansion-house
by at' ejectment, accompanied with directions
the tenants to withhold front hint the riyment of
their rents, and also with the driving off from the
lands a considerable portion of the stock. Under
such circionstances it was that an application to
Chancery was matle by the plaintiffs, to compel
the defendant to 'complete the terms of his con-
tract, and which application was answered by the
Vice-Chancellor with the decree before-mention-
ed in favour of the defendant, and' which decree
it w es the present. object of the "plaintiffs to have
'set aside. The Lord Chancellor, after a recapi,
titlation of all the material facts on hotbsidts..ob-
served, that the defendant had undonloediv a
right to require a clear and distinct title to any
and every part, of the estate which he had pur-
chased,. and the plaintiffs had no privilege to say
to hint, " you must take those lands upon the va-
lidity of 'such titles as we can make out." This
was mattifest even if the prOceeaingS on the sth
o 1 October 'had not taken place, hut. atter those
ants, it was quite impossible to call on the de-
fendant to fulfil the contract, or for that Court
take any oilier step than to -affirm the decree
of the Vice-Chancellor.
TheVice-Chancellor's decree, of course, affirmed.

VICE CHANCELLOWS COURT, JuLY
bIISTAKS AGAIN A'!' THE

LPACH was about to make a motion, when,
The VICE. CHANCFLV)II said, he was hound to
hear the Gentlemen behind the har first, as he had
begun with them in the morning.: He thought
this was hut what he ought to do, in justice to
them, as be conceived. he n'as by.so‘doing only
following an order laid down by the Lord
Chancellor.

Mr. LEACH was not aware that any such order
bad ever been iiiatie by the Lord Chirocellor, and
Must say, that he believed his honour. had. been
totally misinformed on that point.
The VICE-CHANCELLOR did not know the exist-
ence of the role, but he felt it his duty to act
upon it, as he understood such "as the practice
Of the other and the higher Court. He always
wished to attend to every order of the Lord Chan.,
cenor, for indeed his Lordship's anj,:ioits attention
to the very minutiae of the Court, reti:leted auto.-
tion to all hi: orders not only-an easy hilt a plea-,
sant duty. At the same time. he felt it'would be
of infinite importance to time Bar, if the question
were fairly and fully discnsaed ht tore the Lcrd
Chancellor, as then the derision of his Lordship
would ultimately settle this -question, and he was
:situe such a decision would satisfy all the Gentle-
men at the 'bar, as indeed, e%ery decision from
such high authority could not fail to'dO..
Mr.-BAnesit and Mr. TaesLove said the Lord
Chancellor had always acted as his Honour was
•riow doing, and it was not altogether fair nor
proper that Gentlemen of the silk gown should
on . every occasion hare the precedence. • His
Lordship had lately done so in a case where Sir
Arthur.-Pig:ott, the respected father and friend
of the bar, was proceeding in a motion (the par-
ticulars of which we lately gave), and surely it
was but itist the same should be the case here.
Mr. AGAR stated, that lately Mr. Heald • was
making a !notion, but yielded instantly to. Sir S.
Romilly, on Sir S. coining into Court., •
Mr. Baunga—That was a Matter of .courtesy
due to Sir S. hut by no means a vecedent.
The VICR-CHANCELLOR regretted such implea--
sant discussions, and really wished 'that Counsel
would move it before the Lord Chancellor, in-
stead of vexing and harassing each Court from
clay to day.
Mr. LEActi—l really believe, Sir, you cannot
feel the unpleasant nature of these daily quarrels
More than 1 do, and I would beg-leave therefore
to suggest; that your Honour would have a corn-
notnicatioo with the Lord Chancellor on -the sub-
ject, and make a decisive order on the case. 1
HID sure, Sir, you could easily come to a peremp-
tory decision, by attending to what is the prac-
tice in all the Courts of Westmiiistertiall, but
for my own part, I must say I Would deprecate
a discussion as you have suggestedbetore his
Lordship.
l lie VICE-CHANCELLOR—I don't think' this
Court has any connection whatever with what is
the general .nature of the business in the West-
minster Hall Courts. I have reason to know very
accurately the torso of business which- is carried
on in one of these Courts, hot that business. has
Ito coonection whatever with what is carried OH
in a Court of Chancery ; anti allow me to add,
that nothing shall directly or ihdirectly induce me
to do otherwise than 1 have reason to belieVe has
been, from time' to' time, the practice of the Court
of Ghaneery,-a Court certainly differing in its
mode of business necessatfly from every other in
the kingium. Meantime till .this be finally set.

• • • • . ••r • , •
ilca, let the Gentlemen outside of the Bar procied
in their motions t •
Doting this discussion the Bar was lincuri-
moldy well attended, and the. Court was crowded
with auditors.