The Sun.
London, England, 1820-04-01 00:00:00

WARWICK A •,sIZES.

THURSDAY, Five o'CLocx.—Major Cartwright;
Woofer, Edmonds, Maddox, and Lewis, are
in-
chided in one indictment, " for conspiring to
elect a Legislatorial Attorney to serve in Parlia-
ment for Birmingham." We are iffiormed that the
whole of them intend to plead in their own de-
fence, and that the Court I 3 as arranged the trials
to take place upon Monday next. Mr. Serjeant
VAUGHAN and Mr. READER, it is said, are en-
gaged upon the part of the Crown.
The calendar of prisoners is unusually heavy,
containing a list of 248 prisoners ; among whom
are several persons for passing forged notes. The
increase of crime in this county is so prominent,
that the prisoners to be tried at the present
Commission, within the last thirty-two years,
have quadrupled.
PROCEEDINGS IN COURT.

At a quarter after twelve the Grand Jurors were
called over. Among those who answered to
their names, were—the Hon. Charles Greville,
(Foreman), Sir James Skipwith, Sir F. Shuck-
burgh, and Sir Theophilus Miller.
A sufficient number of Gentlemen of the Coun-
ty being in attendance, the usual oath was ad-
ministered, and the Proclamation for the Dis-
couragement of Vice and Immorality having been
read:—
The Learned JUDGE proceeded to give his
charge. He commenced by expressing his deep
regret at finding the calendar on the present oc-
casion heavier than' it had ever been before, and
heavier than it had ever been seen even in the
largest counties. It was impossible for any hu-
mane mind to contemplate that of which he had
spoken, but with feelings of the deepest sorrow,
and they would naturally he anxious to-ioquise if
sonic course could not be taken, by which the
alarming increase of crime in that part of ihe
country might be checked. When he knew that the
same odeuder came before the Court over and
over again, after having suffered a slieht impri-
sonment ; .when it was proved that such punish-
ment, instead of reclaiming, tended but to harden
and to confirm the parties in their dishonest prac-
tices, he would venture to say, that if !mine effec-
tual means for stopping the progress of the evil
were not devised, that instead of having the same
number of prisoners that now awaited their trial,
within a short period they would be further in-
creased, so that no gaol could contain them, and
no time that could be devoted to the administra-
tion of justice in that place would suffice to dis-
pose of their caeca. Under these circumstances,
it would become a question, whether, instead of
the punishments hitherto inflicted for certain of-
fences, by removing from the country those
who thus pi oved themselves to be unfit to
refrain in it, this torrent of .immorality could
not be checked. This, it appeared to him,
might be expedient—might tend esseutially to
oppose the increase of crime, and to reduce the
calendar to what ?t was formerly; as under the
present system many, instead of being reclaimed
by a short confinement; regularly returned to
plunder, and too frequently corrupted, by their
example and counsel, all they met with. The ca-
lendar was so large, and comprehended such va-
rieties of crime, from high treason doWn to the,
most petty:riots and disonters, that it was impos-
sible for him to go overobe whole of the business,
to which the attention of the Grand Jury would
be directed. There was one case, that of a ser-
vant for murdering his mistress, to which he par-
ticularly directed their deliberations. By the law
of England, such-a violation of the duty which a
servant owed to a superior was petty treason.
To prove that the crime charged amounted to
petty treason, it was necessary that the relation-
ship of servant and mistress should be satisfacto-
rily made out, and that the corpus deticti, or body
of the crimes, should be sustained by the testi-
mony of two witnesses. He next explained the
extent of Lord Ellenharough's Act, as it applied
to a case of maliciously cutting, which would
come before the Grand Jury, and proceeded to
notice certain other cases, which he was sore), to
see in the calendar. These were cases of sedi-
tion. That a few seditious words should be ut-
tered
at a public-house or meeting would, per-
haps, once have been hardly worthy of notice ;
but these were difficult times, and if it should be
found not in one, but in several instances, that a.
regular and organized system had been formed,
under which persons were sent to different parts
of the country, to make the lower orders dissatis-
fied'with the Government, it became necessary to
consider whether these efforts were not intended
to prepare the way for a Revolution, and for a
Reeolution of no Ordinary character, but one that
would go to destroy all morality, All distinc-
tions, all property, and, with them, all go-
vernment. When it was found that evil-
disposed persons went among the lower or-
ders, who were not sufficiently informed to detect
the misrepresentations with which they were abus-
ed, or to be fortified against the effects of the
advice they might receive ; when it was found
that those of whom he had spoken went among
the labouring classes to inflame their minds against
the Government, and by making them believe that
the reign of terror had commenced in this country
to excite them 10 resistance against the consti-
tuted aothorities ; when such things occurred, the
Gentlemen of the Grand jury would fed that the
subject deserved their most serious consideration:
for what spectacle could be more melancholy than
that which would be presented, where the mass of
the population were so completely demoralized, and
detached from the Government, which they were
bound to support, as to act according to the views
•of those who. thus attempted to delude them ?
To these subjects he would particularly direct
their attention—.and he would direct their atten-
tion to thedr, not merely while they were there as
Grandlurors, but when they should leave that
Court, and return to the country as Magistrates,
he hoped that it would not be though improper
it) him to recommend that they should still bear
them in mind.' In that character when any such
cases came befor'e them, he trusted that they
wtoild not fail td pot the parties in a state of ac-
cusation,.. They had the power of acting tires, by
any Perspti.engeged in the disserrtinatiop of pub-
liCations, the object of which was to excite dise
belief in the frtolis of religion, or to alienate
the ntind3"a tbt-- people frviz !he tstabliibtßt G.

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Veroment. These were blasphemous or Willi°.
libels, and Magistrates might punish tilm• -.'t
thought they had the power of 1o:0(1410a-1
parties to hail f,,r their good. behayioar,:4a
chat admitted of some difference of opioion..,-;
this, however, he was certain, that ,they .110 g-r,
hold them to bail till the ensuing sessions. ,1..',-C-6
forming this important duty, they w9uld.baiWiti
evil designs of those who abused the people.l„
falsehoods which they had not the means of ,qt
teciing, and which, though refuted over and'(,)..o
again, were calculated, if vigorous nteastrie4'svr...,
not resorted to, in order to oppose them; to Er`ij,
duce the most injurious effects on the pnblit-tir'e
He apologised for having detained theta so larir*i
but thought the urgency of the case wairraille
the remarks which he had offered. - - - '

LIBEL.—SeURRIBLI V. ETAIONbS:
The Grand Jury baying retired, Mr.-Ederli
the defendant in this case, appcared.in the Ock;
and moved the Court for an 21 cijournulfro 041.
cause till to-morrow (Friday), in consequence
the absence of Mr, Pearson, his
.attorney, with();
whose professional aid be was unable to deft
Himself.

An affidavit to this effect being put in and reatbd
111 r. Justice BEST—I can have, no objection L
give you the time you ask ; but 1 think, in 4r
abstract of cases placed before me, your nameir
pears as if yuu preferred pleading in your 6'14,,
defence.
Mr. Edmonds—My Lord, 1 do not think .5411.
will find it so stated. lam not quite certain vvbe
they or not I shall defend myself. At all eventa:
Mr. Pearson, who has been retained by Mr. HO
at York, is in possession of all the papers nett!:
sary for my defence. Perhaps, as lam asking; ;
time, it might be convenient to fix the cause
bearing ou Saturday, as it might save the Cott
the trouble of another application.
Mr. Justice BEST—I certainly find that you If!,
correct in stating that the name of Mr. Pearso'
appears in the abstract as attorney in your cage'
and I be;; you pardon for the error. I think tligig
can he no objection tta your applicat.ion to Inal
the cause postponed to to-morrow, and as we tt°
1101 Sit oil that lay sooner than two o'clock, per
haps it will not be necessary for you to apply
a further extension of time. Should Mr. Yearsol
not arrive by that hour, you will of course be it
liberty to remove your motion.
The cause stands for to-morrow.

CHESHIRE ASSIZES. •
These Assizes commence on WednesdAY urst
The trial of Bruce, AP Innis, and Pearson, it
shooting at Birch, the constable, will probisb
take place on irriday ; that of Sir Charles 1170W1q
for sedition, &c. on Saturday ; and Parson il,
rison's on Monday.

CANINE BRAVERY —Between two and three
o'clOck on Thursday morning, the family of W.
Burley, small-beer brewer, Great Surrey-streeite
corner of Dover-street, St. ,Georges-fields, wet
alarmed by the loud barking of the house
.40,1:
the animal would first run up and down tit;
stairs, scratch at the different chamber doors, s'
if to
eatdvoakuernnsoz ebody, and then fly back
toagate
direction of the brewery, al%
continue to bark most vehemently. At knit"
Mr. B. thought something must be the matt/
and desired his wife to get up, being rather
himself, and see what it was. Soon afterwards
a noise was heard, and the moment the door was,
opened, three men presented themselves ; the Of;
instantly sprung at one of them, to whom
citing till his mistress called him off ; and in 06
mean time the others escaped over the wall. 10,
third followed with all tliligence; In the nio
ing, on examining the place, a cask of. beer
found rolled up to the gate .ready to be cap 47
off, and a piece of cloth, with some blood on
supposed to be a part of the sleeie of the tbiel
jacket, which the faithful dog brought off WIIII
his teeth. •

Agf
The thermometer, yesterday week, stood at -
and the following morning ice was found half 4100
inch thick, although the thermometer had riser!„
52 at nine o'clock. A remarkable instance of t‘l'
sudden change of the weather.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE, MARCH 31.
Amstet darn , l2 1 c.f.
Ditto, at Sight ll 18
Rotterdam l2 2
Antwerp l2 .3 -
Hanibiirgh 36 7 2f 2'
Aitona -
•
Paris, 3 Day's sight 25 45 011,P
Ditto . 25 70 '2 {),,154
Bourdeaux, ditto -
Frant fort on the Main ........ 1521 Ex.Moo.i
14ve
Madrid
Cadiz
Bilboa
••••••••• 34 Effeel
Seville
Gibraltar
Barcelona • - 331
Leghorn
Genoa
Malta 4li-Venice, Ital. Liv. 27-60
46 -Naples as.
Palermo
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio4aneiro t l5:10:1( I. per OS'
Dublin 9 Cori- 9 per Cent.
BULLION.

Portugal Gold, in Coin 1.0 - 0 0 'per°o
Foreign Gold, in Bars 3 17 10i
New Doubloons
New Doi i ars 0 4 11i
Silver 'in Bars, Standard - - 0 5 ' 1
~0

BIRTHS.
• ' oft
Oil Thursday, the SOth of March, Mrs. George Rithcr
of Chipel-street, Bedford•row, of a daughter. *
At Albany-road, Camberwell, two days after her busbai
decease, Maria, wi,low of the late Mr. Henry RixOrli
daughter.

MARRIED. , •
On Thursday last, at Cliarmouth, Dorsett' . the I'tv" 13.61:
Drury, of Eaton College, to Catherine Sarali, eldest da
ice di John Beau, Esq., of Clapham-house, Sussex.