The Sun.
London, England, 1820-03-23 00:00:00

brick bad been timid ; that not a finger bail
been pointed ; that, in fine, no resistance what-
ever wila offered. Ile was proceeding to describe
in strong language the conduct of the military;
when

The JUDGE remarked, that this could not be
gone into. He might prove the peaceable con-
duct of the people, but he could not be allowed
to take the course with respect to the military
on which he was about to enter,
Mr. HUNT resumed—lie demanded why the
stones, bricks, and bludgeons, which had been
brought to York, had not been produced in Coat t;
where too were the pikes which had been men-
tioned, and the other weapons with which the
assembly at Manchester %vas said to have been
armed ? He wished they had heeu produced. He
should have liked to ask Mr. Milton it he could
recognize the form of any of the stones, and the
peculiar make of some of the bricks. Then, as
to the caps of liberty, which had been Called re-
pablican emblems, that hall was decorated with
' Roman fasces and caps of liberty. Why might
not these he cart ied lu I ancasl ties as well as ex-
hibited at York ? It so, what became of the
boasted li!iery of Englishmen i He trusted than
the sentiment of the
" lie wlhu ewnends fir frved.m
lie jtl,lly triune d his So, 'r,i4ti.• Luc:"
Would ettr be respected in this voimity ; and he
biped that moment would be the last of his life,
when he should be furund unwilling to struggle,
eieu to death, in the sacred cause of ,freedoun—
lie then entered on a long vindication of his own
political principles, and with great animation
ar-
s< .the right of the people to act as they had
acted, before the passing of the late Bills, in call-
ing a Returns in Parliament- The evil, it it were
such, Was now corrected by the measures alluded
to ; and it was onoecessary for them to give a
verdict to prevent a recurrence of such meetings,
as that Was already; done by the law. They had
simply to decide on tjle particular merits of the
case. He supported his opinions by referring to
a variety of speeches which had been made in Par-
; and contended, that his exposition was
not at variance with what had been advanced
by some of the most distinguished characters in
the nation. He desired to know where the bloody
chgecr was. This, and the attempt to connect
him (Mr. Hunt) with Mr. Carlile, had a greater
terirlency to prejudice Lis case with the respectable
July wino were to try it, them Any thing else.—
The bloody dagger had never existed hut in the
fettered brains of such men as Mr. Warren and
B(arlett. By the language used on this subject,
it was clear, that they wanted to connect him with
those who had lately been apprehended io Lon-
don. It was not enough to connect him unjustly
with blasphemy, but it was sought to call him the
accomplice of assassins, This was meant to be in-
binuated, though it was known that the wretches
lately discovered, (hut it was not for him to speak
of their critars as they were at present untri,•d)
-whatever their ultimate object might be, had in-
tended to make him (Mr. Hunt) one of their vic-
tims. The black flag he would show, had been
made black, from its being accidentally discovered
that tine motto-previously painted on white calico
would not show well. To correct the defect it
was made black. The motto, " Equal Represen-
tation" did not mean that the people would obtain
an equal representation, or die in the attempt ; it
did but mean that starvation was come, mid that
death must follow, if they were not relieved from
their distress by equal representation. Ile was
confident, that if he had omitted to mention any
thing of importance in the course of his address,
that the deficiency would be supplied by the evi-
dence. He could not for a moment believe, that
any Jury of honourable men would find him
guilty. He rejoiced that the cause had been
brought to York for trial, instead of being taken
to Lancaster, where Mr. Hulton might have
been one of his Jury ? After some comments on
the evidence of that Gentleman, he stated, in COI--
toboration of what be had previously asserted,
that a public dinner lied been ordered, to which
Ire and most of those with hint were to have
repaired after the meeting. This would show
what had been, their object. Atter some further
ob,erva t ions, he renuo ked, that nbeCounsel for the
prosecution would have the right of reply. The
Learned Gentleman had great weight, but his ta-
lents would not suffice to put down the evidence—
let him then use the tight of teply---let him use it
to explain what he had said of the dagger—let him•
reconcile the evidence of Mr. Hutton, with truth,
and let him produce tine bloody dagger
Mr. Hunt closed his address at a quarter before
three. An expression of applause was heard its
Coot t, but it was repressed, am disapprobation be-
ing intimated by the Judge.
Edmund Grundy, examined by Mr. Hunt—
Has retired from business ; lives at Bilsworth in
Lancashire ; was a calico-printer ; has not made
any deposition ; was at Smedley Cottage on the
Ioth Angust. On Tuesday previous to the Man-
chester meeting, saw Mr. Hunt there ; recollects
some conversation relative to the Manchester
meeting, and expressed an intention of returning
home immeaiiately ; he (witness) endeavoured to
prevail upon him to stop till the meeting ; Iris ad-
vice and request had no influence at that time ;
he left him without Mr. Hunt's determining any
thing ; he learnt that on the Wednesday his inten-
- lions were altered ; saw him again on the 14th of
August, the first time at Smedley Cottage; he
communicated to Mr. Hunt, that he heard there
was a warrant against him ; be saw him on the
road to Manchester; he (witness) afterwards
waited on Mr. Norris, the Magistrate, with the de-
fendant Johnson ; Mr. Norris is chief acting Ma-
gistrate ; be told Mr. Norris, that if there was a
warrant against Mr. Hunt he would pint in bail;
the Magistrate said, there was no information
laid, or warrant granted, nor any intention of is-
suing one ; be lives about seven miles off; saw
numbers going to the meeting, but none armed
with bludgeonS; be has property in that neigh-
bourhood ; had no fears for his property ; has
tiieods Matichester, but nothing he saw gave
Lira oriv lineaaines 5.

Cro-exilinioeit by Mr. ScsRLETT—He had
the ti,iine town with Mr. about
r.:vdee nl,ntha ago; found nobody with Mr.
went there to pay him a visit ; saw a
)31c:i ,I.)out, signed by him. He was his

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%, examined by Mr. Bamford—