The Sun.
London, England, 1820-03-18 00:00:00

TRIAL OF AIR HUNT AND OTHERS.

mmicii Ifi, THURSDAY NIGHT.

Pursuant to •the atrangtment 11146 e yestenlay,

the Get-Ph:men attending to report the proceed-
ings on the trial of Air. HUNT, and the other
Defendants, charged vt,th a conspiracy, were ad-
mitted at a (patter before seven this morning- by
the garden door, near the Fosse Bridge. Mr.
STATELY Obligingly conducted them into Court,

and aecornmothted them with the front seats in

the Att-oineys' and Juries' waiting boxes. Short-
ly after several persons were admitted into the
Gdlery, and a few individuals, principally Soli-
citors and Conductors of Proviocial Jtoirnals,
found seats in the Juries' waiting box, and five or
six Ladies took possession of a snptll box it the
corner of the Court on the tight of the Bench.—
At eight o'clock a more general admission of
strangers took place, and the front seats in the
two galleries were instantly occupied. A vast
Dumber of persons insmediately followed, till not
one inch of room in either Gallery was left unoc-
cupied. The box, which on Wednesday was re-
served for the Attornies, and which is called the
Attornies' box; was on this occasion appropriated
to the reception of the Magistrates, with the ex-
ception of the front seat, which was occupied, as
above stated, by the London Reporters. In the
rush, however, it was invaded by many who had
no claim to sit there. These were forihwith in-
formed by the officers of the Court that they must
retire. The mandate was reluctantly obeyed by

Borne, but others obstinately retained their seats.
Several of these were finally expelled by the order
of the Magistrates on their arrival,

The nnmber of witnesses put down for the pro-
secution exceeded eighty; tor the defence, one
hundred and three. It was understood to be the
expectation of those concerned in the case, that
the evidence for the Crown might close by three
o'clock, if the cross- eximin4tions did not extend
to an unusual length. At all events) it was intend-
ed that the prosecution should close in one day ;
and it was conjectured that the whole proceed-
ings might be brought to a termination in the
cout:•-e at Saturday.
The Defendants' witnesses, in two bodies,
ananuntine to one hundred and forty men, mirched.
front Rochdale by the way of Eluddersfield and
Hali'lrx. They joined at Leeds, where they slept.
They cat ried two banners, inscribed " The TT 11' h,
the whole Truth, and nothing Litt the Trinh."—
They were well entertained on the road gratui-
tously by the Reformers. and supplied with 'Mo-
ney to maintain them in York, and billets are pro-
vided for them on their return.
At a quarter before nine, Messrs. iIuNT, MOOR-
HOUSE, SAXTON, JONES, WILDE, and EIEALEY
entered the Court, and took their seats at the
table, They were afterwards joined by all the
other Defendants included in the indictment, with
the exception of KNIGHT, who is in confifiement
at Lancaster.

At nine o'clock the Judge (Mr. Justice BAILEY)
took his seat on the Bench, and immediately the
Cause of the " KING V. HENRY HUNT, JOSEPH
JOHNSON, JOHN KNIGHT, JAMES MOORHOUsE,
JOSEPH HEALEY, JOHN THACKER SAXTON, Ro.
BERT JONES, SAMUEL BAMFORD, GEORGE SWIFT,
and ROBERT WILDE" was called on.
The names of the Special Jurors were then
called over by the proper officer—ten only an-
swered ; a tales was then prayed, and the follow-
ing Gentlemen were sworn :
Wm. Hall, Esq. Foreman. Thomas Robson, Esq.
Wm. Clayton, Esq. of Layton Tim. Hutton, Esq. of Clifton
Thomas Barker, Esq. George Atkinson, jun. Esq.
Juo. Hutton,Esq.Marske-hall George Keswick, Esq.
I
Wtn. Selby, Esq. John Chadwick, Esq.
MEN.

TALES

Septimius Brumley. l George Addy.
In consequence of the extremely crowded state
of the Court, the Judge found it necessary to di-
rect some of the defendants, who did not conduct
their own cases, to retire from the table. This
was accomplished with great diffietd-y, Mr. Hum
.having declared that be and bis fellow defendants
were ready to acquiesce in any arrangements that
the Court might suggest.
Mr. Hour informed the Court that, be was re-
tained fur John Thacker Saxton alone and Mr.
BARRARD announced hiinself to he retained for the
defence of Moorhouse and Jones.
Mr. LITTLEDALR opened the pleadings by read-
ing the indictment. The crowded state of the
Court having again created some difficulty,
Mr. HUNT said, be had to suggest that which
would make some room. He hart to request that
all the witnesses for the Crown then in Court
might be ordered to withdraw. -
The witnesses on both sides were immediately
ordered to leave the Court, and retire out of
sight and out of hearing. They having with-
drawn,
At the suggestion of Mr. HUNT, it was ordered
by the Judge that all witnesses found in Court
atter the notice now publicly given by the crier,
should be precluded from offering evidence on
either side.
Messrs. HUNT and NARSON said they wished no
exceptions to he made.
It was inquired if there were any objections on
the part of the Defendants to Mr. Manic, the So-
lici for the Treasury, being present.
Mr. HUNT said, certainly not, and he appre-
hended, that on the other side there could he no
objection to Mr. Pearson's remaining in Court. -
The JUDGR remarked, that those professionally
concerned in the proceedings might remain.
Mr. SCAHLETT said, -it could hardly be hoped
that any one of-the Jury was tit-holly unacquainted
with some oft he principal features of that ease
which it became his duty to bring under their
cunsideratioo. VL riot's ruports of the circum-
stances bad been 'circulated all over the comyry,
and it was not to be supposed that some of these
bad not Callen into their hands. Though this
might be a subject of regret, he had the most per-