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

SHIP NEWS.

The Elizabeth, .Ostler, from Madras for Lon-
don, put into Vigo the Ist inst. with damage to
her rudder and sails ; she sailed on the 10th Oct.,
and has on board a Lieutenant and 34 soldiers of
the 40th India regiment, five female and two male
passengers.

PLYMOUTH, Aram.' 21.—Sailed his Majesty's
ship Spartan for Ireland and Lisbon.
FALMOUTH, MARCH 20.—Arrived off the Li-
zard the Georgiana, Warren, from Berbice for
London. On the 21st ult., in lat. 38. 40. N.,
long. 38. 3. W. she was struck by lightning,
which splintered her main-mast. The Master,
late, and three men were also struck by it, but
slid not receive any injury.
PENZANCE, MARCH 20.—Arrived the Ann Eli-
zabeth, Owen, From Newry for Poole, with loss
of bowsprit, having been run foul of off the Li-
zdrd by . a large ship, 'supposed to be an India-
:natl.

Oevroeto.— The Oratorios at Drury-Lane
Theatre concluded for the season last night. They
were under the conduct of Sir GEORGE SMART,
and were characterized by that lodgment in selec-
tion, and correctness in performance, which might
be expected from so skilful and experienced a
Musician. The vocal and instrumental Perfor-
mers were of the best kind, and the whole was
warmly patronized. The House was crowded
last night, and the applause abundant.
ACIELPHI TnsATee.—The entertaining drama
entitled Rochester, originally brought forward by
ttle• ILLLISTON at the Olympic Theatre, was re•
presented on Monday at the Adelphi Theatre, for
the benefit of Mr. Leg, the Stage Manager. The
parts were well assigned altogether, and as well
supported by Messrs. Cowerd., Reeves, and Wu,
xxsisoN, particularly that of tire Mayor of New-
port by Lae, the original representative. Miss 1.
STavessost, in the Countess of Luvelaugh, was
much applauded. This .spirited young actress,
•
who belongs to the English Opera House, would
do credit to any Theatre.
THEATRICAL FUND.—The Covent-Garden The-
atrical Food Animal Dinner was given yesterday
at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street.
The Duke of YORK was in the Chair, and the
Duke of SUSSEX was the Vice-President. The
latter Royal Duke, after dinner, addressed the
company in a very appropriate speech, in which
be took an historical view of the Institution, and
descanted upon its merits.—When in the course
of the toasts Mr. FAWCETT'S health was drank,
that. Gentleman, in returning thanks, took occa-
sion to revert to the early state of the Institu-
tion, and the difficulty io which it was involved,
from the want of means to meet the claims upon
• it. In this situation he found it. He made his
appeal to the Illustrious Duke, who now honoured
the meeting wi, h his presence in the Chair, and
be condescended to yield to his request. The In-
stitution had prospered antler the auspices of his
Royal Highness. This was the fifth anniversary at
which he had presided, and it was now only
necessary to make a pull, a strong pull, and a
pull altogether, to render the fund adequate to
its liberal and beneficent purpose. The company
amounted to about 300, and the subscription
exceeded 10001., including 100). from Mr. COUTTS,
being his sixth donation, altogether 9001.
a.sr INDIA House.—Yesterday a Quarterly
General Court was held at the East India House
After tire usual forms,L--the CHAIRMAN (C. MAR.
JORIBANKS) rose and proposed the confirmation of
the Resolution of the General Court of Proprie-
tors of the 2211 December last, granting to Sir
George Hilaro Barlow, Bart. a pension of 1,5001.
per annum —Me. R. JACKSON opposed the grant,
and moved an amendment, which after a consider-
able debate was negatived, when the original mo-
tion was put and carried in the affirmative—the
CHAIRMAN then submitted to the consideration of
the Court of Proprietors, an unanimous Resolution
of the Court of Directors of the 22d December
last, recommending the Court of Proprietors to
authOrize the Directors to offer to his Majesty to
raise and maintain, at the expense of the Com,
pray, a Corps of Volunteer Infantry from amongst
the men in the employ of the Company ; and if
such offer should be accepted, to defray the ex-
pense out of the hinds of the Company. After
some discussion, the Resolution was put and car-
ried in the affirmative.—The Court then adjourned
size die

The Sh..rifrof Forfar, we understand, is in Bre-
chin, taking a precognition regarding the dia.
torbauces there ; and 'we are glad to learn that
110 farther rioting has taken place since Monday
night. On Tuesday the military left the (Own.—
(Edinburgh Evening Courant, March 20.)
The late Duke of HAMILTON having, by his
Will, given all the deer in Ashton Park to his
eatigker, the Duchess of SOMP.RSBT, the keepers
&no assistants Were employed on the lit inst., in
chasing and taking them, amounting to about
one liundied and twenty head ; one fine buck
Was impaled and killed in attempting to leap a
Pabtig, which separated the park from an enclo-
stoe• No less than 26 bead died, in consequence
of bekg chased. The deer are to be conveyed in
covered carts to the Honourable F. WEST'S park
to Denbighshire.—(rbid•)
A most impressive and novel sight was witness-
ed at Brunswick Chapel, Livet pool, last week, by
the introduction of two learned Heathens, high
Yytests of the Budhu religion, from the Island of
Ceylon,, to the rights and privileges of the
Christian Church. They were baptized agreeably
to the form and ritual of the. Established Chula,
11 the Rev. Dr. ADAM CLARKE, before a nume-
rous, respectable, and deeply interested congre-
gation.

• Be early in the field, said FREDERICK of Prussia
to his Generals,—you have the choice of ground,
which often leads to victory. The same may be
s'i (0 Adventurers in the Lottery, for the Scheme
Is so advantageously arranged for early Purchasers,
that whoever now buys a Ticket or Share may
n'" only secure a part of the 60,000/. to be di-
v,"l'll 0o the llth April, hut he certainly num
""t a greater choice of Numbers from which to
"lee( Cl! her of the 4 Prizes of 30,0001. or any
other of the 102 Capitals which are iu the Scheme.,

The Court assembled at ten o'clock. The crowd
was fully as great as on any former day_ At a
quarter past ten
Mr. Muni- commenced his address to the Jury.
He first entered into a brief description of the
difficulties under which he laboured. When he
came to York he had been labouring under in-
disposition arising front a cold, which had been
increased by sitting in that Court, exposed to the
air coining from one or two doors. On the pre-
ceding night, when he solicited an additional
hour to prepare for his defence, be had hoped
that be should be able to go through the whole
of the evidence, but this had not been in his
power. From increasing indisposition he had
been obliged to put himself under the care of an
eminent medical man, who had told him that rest
was absolutely necessary. If then, in referring
to the evidence, some little inaccuracy should oc-
cur, he hoped that it would not be suffered to
make an improper impression on the minds of
the Jury. • The case was a very different one from
that *lnch they bad supposed they would be call.
ed upon to try. They might have understood
that they had a monster its human nature to try,
but the evidence must have satisfied them that
they had a very different duty to perform. He
commented on the inconsistency of Mr. Scarlett,
in expressing satisfaction at the case being re-
ferred to a Yorkshire Jury, which in the first in-
stance the Counsel for the Crown had laboured
with all their might to oppose. The conduct of
those connected with certain London Papers lie
next censured, the writers for which, while these
proceedings were going on, had accused him of a
design to subvert the Throne, and overthrow the
sacred Altar of Religion, with which even the in-
dictment had not charged him. Where was the
proof of this ? There was no proof. It had been
attempted to hitch the name of Carlile into the
case against him, but without success. What he
had professed he would avow before God and
man. He was a Reformer, but no Leveller—he
was the fliend of lovely liberty, but be was not
the friend of licentiousness, which differed as
much front true liberty as truth did from the black
and premeditated falsehoods which he would prove
to have been u:tered from the witness's box.
The Learned Counsel, in his Speech, had charg-
ed him with what he had not dared to prove.
The JUDGE objected to this language.
Mr. HUNT thought he was justified in what he
had said. Where was the bloody-dagger, where
the flags, the banners, sticks, the bludgeons, the
bricks, and the stones, which had been said to
have been used ? One witness bad said that they
were in York. Why then were they not produc-
ed against hint ? He still contended that the Coun-
sel knew that that could not be proved which bad
been asserted. He commented on the evidence of
Mr. Hutton., and remarked, that it was wholly
tinsestained by other testimony. If the question
to be tried turned wholly on the moral guilt or
moral rectitude of his own character, he declared
to God that he would let the case go to the Jury ou
the evidence brought forward by his accusers, with
the certainty of receiving an honourable acquittal.
But after the misrepresentations which had gone
abroad, he telt it to be his duty to rebut them by
calling evidence. He was proceeding to eulogize
the conduct and character of the Judge, but de-
sisted on receiving a hint from the Bench, that
the course he was pursuing was unpleasant to him
(Mr. Justice Bailey.) He then proceeded to take
a review of the evidence. He described Chad-
wick, who had been almost every where, to be a
" witness of all work." What his conduct had
been at Stockport, or at Manchester, he would
prove by evidence. He happened to have bad a
servant with him, a simple lad, who had been in
his service for seven years, and who had accom-
panied him to every Meeting that he (Hunt) had
attended during that period. This servant he
would place in the box, and the Counsel for the
Crown, if he pleased to descend so low, (and he
knew that he would descend to any thing to carry
hia point), might enter his stable if he pleased—
nay, he might penetrate even into the inmost re-
cesses of his bedchamber. This youth would
prove what his conduct bad been on every public
occasion, and shrew that if ever there had beets a
disposition to tumult, he bad met it by calling on
the people to cheer and conduct themselves peace-
ably and with good humour. He then shewed
that the Meeting at Manchester, which had so
frequently been called Mr. Hunt's Meeting, had
been called not by him, but by 1700 resident in-
habitants of Manchester. Vain and ambitious he
might be called. Grant that be was ambitious—
he would confess that he was so. But he was not
ambitious of doing evil—No, he was only ambi-
tious of doing that which his heart told him would
he doing good. He bad never endeavoured to
inflame the lower orders to commit acts of out-
rage be had never taught them to look for any
thing but what they might gain as the reward of
honest industry. The numerous reporters, with
the exception of one (Mr. Roger Entwistle), had
not deposed to his using any very inflammatory
language. Mr. Orton had spoken of his using
the words, " put them down and keep them
down 3" bad said this called forth the remark—
" why that is killing them ;" but asked, if he
understood him (Mr. H.) to have intended any
thing of the kind, his answer was, " Certainly
not." Mr. It. Entwistle bad said these words had
been applied to the military. He (Mr. H.) would
prove, that at that time the military was not in
his sight ; and that the words were spoken with
reference to some idle boys or drunken fellows
who were making a noise behind the hustings.
He then proceeded to chew from the evidence that
no outrage had been committed on the morning of
the lfith. From Mr. %Volker evidence had beet,
obtained which threw a new light on the subject.
He showed that a meeting to form a deposition to
enable the Maistrates io disperse the meeting
without reading the Riot Act, bad taken place on
the btsnday ; but they could not agree about it
then, and a new meeting was called on the follow-
ing morning, at which the famous affidavit was
determined on, and the parties approving of it
went different ways to see what was going on.
Bat for this evidence it Wight have been sup.
posed that that which had actually taken place had

laid. This had been proved by a female relation,
who had seen him preparing for bed on the pre-
ceding night, and could speak to the time of his
rising on the following morning. For the '' wit-
ness of all-work," who bad spoken of the leader
of the Middleton division as being concerned in
the affair at White Moss,.--that witness, it could
be shown, was unworthy of belief : he had within
the last month declared to his fellow shopmen,
that " he would swear against any one it he could
get paid for it." This was known, and per,ona
had been sent for to prove the tact. The evidence
of Murray, which would be opposed by other
evidence, did not prove that be bad been guilty of