The Sun.
London, England, 1820-01-14 00:00:00

WARWICK SESSIONS.

On Tuesday morning, the General Quarter Scs•
slims of the Peace for this County, commenced At
the Comity Hall, in Warwick.
In the course of the day, we noticed upon
_the
Bench the following Magistrates

W. Digby, Et=q. Chairman ; the Right Hon. the Earl of
Aylesford; D. S. Dugdale, Esq. M.P.; C. G. Wade, Esq. ;
Rev. Mr. Barnard; Rev. Mr. Curtis ; W. Holbech, Esq . ;
C. Adams, Esq.; Re►. Mr. Adams ; W. Bedford, Esq. ; Rev.
,Mr. Bromfield; W. Harding, Esq.; Theodore Price, Esq.;
Rev. Elias Webb, &c.

As soars Hs the presentments had been delivers d
in to the Clerk of the Pe,,ce, the Learned Chair-
man addressed the Grand Jury to the following

effeCt !--

" Gentlemen of the Grand Jury,--1 see, as
usual, at this time of the year, a long Calendar,
and a great number of prisoners ; but I do not
see among them any case that will ft quire your
very particular attention, although they must take
up a great deal of time.
" it is satisfactory, certainly, that such a large
and populous- county as this should have remained
in a state of such general tranquillity, while other
parts of the country unfortunately have beets
thrown into temporary contusion. In the hope.
loos town of Birmingham, it is true, there had
been some attempts to excite disturbance ; tt,,E
there, he was happy to state, they failed.- Thu re
is only the name of one person in the C4lendar
from that place, for a seditious offence. But I
understand, other cases will he brought before
you of the same tendency. In these, you will first
consider whether the pohlicatiou upon which Hsu
accusation is founded, is .of a seditious nature.
'' The people, 1 ant much gratified to.observe,
are now more peaceably disposed, and more rub.
missive to the laws of the country. Yet, the Le,
gislature has. thought it expedient, in order to
meet the critical exigence ortke times, to pass se-
veral Acts of Parliament, and 1 trust that these
Acts will have their due effect.

" Gent/lemen, with these observations, I refer
you to your duty, not doubting but you will dis-
charge that duty with fidelity and impartiality."
R. Spooner, Esq. ; the Rev. sir. Spry ; the
Rev. Mr. Fenwick; the Rev. Mr. Lane Fteer,
and. Hyla Holden, Eq. qualified, and were sworn
into the Commission of tire Peace for (hi. County.
THE KING V. WELLS.—The deteodant Tiunuas
was indicted for a misdemeanour, :u speak-
ing seditious words. Jo this the defendant plead!.
et!
Want of time compels us to be very brief in this
case. On the Ist of January last, the defendant,
with 7 or 8 other persons, of whom 3 or 4 were
soldiers, was drinking at the Star public house,
in Birmingham, and was much intoxicated.—
The offensive words were," Contusion to the King
and the Government ; it I had a number of men
of my own disposition, I .would lay him as low as
a vagrant that waks . the streets.". On one of the
saving to Weils that he must oat use suds
language while he was present, the defendant
ad4ed, " D—n you and the King too ; I cannot
curse him, but I hope God may.!'
Mr. ADAMS made a very able speech for the
defendant ; and Mr. Reader eloquently stated to
the Jury the leading facts of the case, on this
part of the prosecution.

The Learned Chairman animadverted at some
length on the evil tendency of such expressions,
and on the danger tiny was likely to arise fron►
using them in public-houses, when the minds of
people were not upon their t!uard.

The Court senrenced Wells to three months'
imprisonment in the county gaol.
The Court expressed their al►probation of the
conduct of the soldiers ; who, they said, had act-
ed very properly, and had done their duty.

OLD BAILEY.