The Sun.
London, England, 1818-01-24 00:00:00

MAYOR OF WEYMOUTH.

Mr. GAZELEE applied fora mnndanius to 'be
issued to the Officers of the .Corporation of Wey-
mouth, ordering them to swear io Mr. Oakley,
who'had been lawfully chosen Mayor of that Cot--
potation on the day of the last election. The per-
son now filling the office was a Mr. Weston, who
had a majority-Of votes ; but the objection made
to him was that of his not having received the Sa-
crament, according to the forms of the Church of
England, within one year previous to his elec-
tion. No poll was taken at the election, but the
shew of hands was declared to be in favour of Mr.
‘Veston.' Alter some conversation between the
Judges and the -Learned Counsel, the latter said
he should apply for two rules—for a mandamus to
swear in 'Mr. Oakley, and for a qua wairanto call-
ing on Mr. Weston to shew by what authority he
exercised the office of Mayor. Rules to shew
cause granted. .
HABEAS CORPiTS SUSPENSION.
John Roberts, John Smith, Francis Ward,
John Johnson, James Knight, Samuel Brown,
John Baguelly, and several others, late of Man-
chester, Derby, &c. appeared on the floor of the
Court, and claimed to be heard separately.
John Roberts, of Manchester, said, that he had
been confined in Gloucester gaol, under the Ha-
beas Corpus StispensiOn Act, and had been libe:"
rated at the beginning of the present month, un-
der a recognizance to appear in the Court of King's
Bench on the first day of this Term. He wished
to know, if Lord Ellenborough bad any chaige
against him,
.Lord ELLENBOROUGH.--I a charge against you ?
You Must couch your application properly ; I
have uo charge against you.
Roberts.—Then, will your Lordship counsel me •
what 1 am to do, and where 1 am to obtain 're-
dress for my unjust imprisonment. •
Lord ELLENBOROUGH.—I- am a Judge, not a
Counsel. You have appeared, and therefore you
have satisfied your recognizance.
. John Smith, of Derby, now begged to be heard ;
but before he had proceeded far, he was inter=
rtiilted by Francis Ward, who read a Copy of the
recognizance, by which he had been bound to ap-
pear this clay, and so' from day-,to day, whenever
he :lionlil-be called upon, under a penalty of 1001.
lie insisted that that recognizance ought to be
clischarged: .
Lord ELLENBOROUGH observed, that this was
unite a voluntary obtrusion, and if such persons
were listened to, the term ought to be extended to
double` its present length. •

Mt% Justice BAILEY informed Smith and the
rest, that the recognizance was satisfied by their
appearance, which would be recorded : the Court
had .no power to discharge the recognizance, which
Was to continue for a year.
Another of the persons on the floor here insisted
that it' ought to be discharged : he was 130 miles
from home, without a penny in his pocket ; and
if be were to reach home, lie might be called upon
next
_week- to appear. again ; or, indeed, from day
to day, during the present term.
James Knight demanded either to be put upon

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his trial forthwith, .or to he set at large entirely ;
it was not just that this. recognizince should be
hanging over the head of an innocent man, to com-
pel him to submission, or- to silence the expres-
sion of his opinions.
- John .JOhnson said, that the object of it was to
allow him Co go at large while he was a good lad,
but to punish him if he were a naughty boy.
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Lord ELLENBOROUGH desired hirin to avoid such
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fOOlish and indiscreet language.
- Another of these persons presented an affidavit,
which he desired might he read, that •he might
folind a motion upon it, but it 'Was 'rejected ; and
Samuel Brown was about to read a statement of
his case; when he was stopped by the Court, as it
had nothing to do with the question.
Mr.• Justice Asitovr said, that their appearance
on the floor would be sufficient for the present,
and they might now. go .home until called upon to
appear again in case of misconduct.
They did not seem at all satisfied" with this an-
swer; but spoke of redress and unjust imprison-
ment. One of them said that.he had been, dragged
from his family, and immured for 22 weeks in a
dungeon several hundred miles distant. After the
perauptory paper .had been gone through, Lord
Ellenhorough, Mr. Justice Abbott, and Mr. Jus-
tice Hoiroyd, withdrew, leaving . Mr. Justice
Bayley, who read an affidavit, presented to him
by Ward. His Ltirdship said that" he could do
nothing but advise the parties to go home ; he
had no doubt that they would not be again requir-
ed to appear.
'Mild said lie meant to found a motion upon his
affidavit ; hot Mr. Justice Bayley told him that it
would be-ot no use at any time, but now the Court
was not

Johnson,. in the name of the whole, then in-
formed his Lordship, that as their appearance. to-
day satisfied the terms of the recognizance, they
would return to-morrow prepared with affidavits,
on which motions might be founded.—LHcre the
business ended.] .