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eFe ore. closeted together, and acting to-
n
„!ther before the Meeting ; and what was more,
Lviney -had two "flags, the inscriptions on syliich
"id -be found entirely in unison with their
s 4 r,v,asl[ed :political feelings. They were necessa-
psuch as seemed Most likely to excite disaffec-
t" and discontent towards the Government,—
r" one .was -"Nfaior. Cartwright and the Bill of
.%;htsi and .Liberty." This . was a Bill
_which
-,;as a favourite with those who called .themselves
; the 'other side had the remarkable
'4v.,csrds " The Sovereignty-of thelleople." Indeed
LL matterofsurprise that they should have
!alisted under such aabanner, for they were about
t° exercise an act of 'the highest sovereignty—one
the" Constitution denied to the ►ling him
less: than to alter the Constitution
msf the ,Realm, and ,give ',us a new
1-mnons. The langnage they used was en-
House. of
°
itirtlY of the same- character.; the despotic"
A house
of ,the people was asserted ; the
of
,CoMmons was painted as having be-
--
t raYed its trust, and the people to whoseyhands
It
was-returned, were called upon to exercise their
E°4vereignty without reserve. As' to the other side
t
'e inscription was "Sir Charles Wolseley:and
10 Corn 'Laws." He did not mean to .say any
thing of Sir Charles Wolseley, who was a 13,1-
a`4et of good family in Staffordshire ; with him
present be had nothing
,to do ; but, if neces-
sary, he could connect him with the meeting.-s—.
rums was the gentleman whom they chose for
t:11. theirtlif,Legislatorial Attorney. .On another side
flag was'" .Jonathan Thomas Wooler, and
hle Liberty of the Press." There was no greater
i..;essing or curse in a free country than a free,
,eress• Let it keep within bounds, and it was
`e best safeguard of our liberties ; but to what
Purposes had it not been prostituted in the pre-
sent dray ?
Through k disaffection, rebellion,
and discontent spread abroad the poison of their
influence ;' it was the vehicle for irreligion, the
n
sTrgan of private malice, -and the engine in the
14ands of the Democrat. Long might the Liberty
°j the Press be preserved, and he hoped never
see it ,shackled ; but every good man should'
rPlore the uses which had lately in some
lands been made of it:" /With such an instru-
//'i:eut did the defendants go to their bad work, and
it' was therefore natural that they shouldmagnify
s importance, by deifying its licentiousness.
ir
'lying thus arranged their flags, the principal
act „
t °IS met at the Major's lodgings, and they de-
ertnined to. go in procession to the place of meet-
iin order to give sonre -eclat to their move-
-I:lents. All the other defendants would be found
itecumpanying the Major. They set out for the
Veeting with music,. to a place called Ne wall
near Birmingham, and hi the ,same parish,
";'lere the ground formed a kind of amphitheatre,
Lry proper for their purpose. In a little time,
t„° less than GO,OOO ~persons were gathered, as
• •4dlnunds, one of -the • defendants, himself con-
fessed in a report. in his paper. The greater
Part, of course, went on foot, . but Major Cart-
-I.ri„ht, who WilS very infirm, and is still so, was
fted out of a barouche, and placed like a rally-
'kg, point upon the hustings. Lewis, Edmunds,
Wooler, had come to the spot in the carriage
tmtitehndhe.d a }ring?
ail
of
whom'
together with Maddox,
Meeting af his lodgings in the morn-
, 4.14 and
Were alike -involved in the conspiracy,
had given- their assent to the Resolutions
n‘l'en were afterwards adopted. But havingt.
w Come to the ground, it was found necessary
tcllat sntne one should preside, and that " fearless
lanipion of their liberties, and undaunted as-_
Lemur of their rights," as he called himself,
zre:rge Edmunds, modestly put himself forward,
was called to the chair. There was more in
d vs Meeting than first meets the eye, for a great
_weal was calculated upon the good example it
ould set to the rest of the country. And in-
t" if one were to -consider the great number of
ta eetings which were held at the same, time, and
f„
,-,r the same purpose, in Manchester, Stockport,
'lO other places, such an expectation would
Ql7 appear very visionary. There simultaneous
itrngs argued a deep laid and extensive con-
diracy to overturn, or at least to re-model the
c°verrunent and Constitution of ithiS country.
,
'4ll
-Inds being then Chairman, bespoke silence
altil° who were to speak, in the usual way,
And though he would not disgust the Jury -by
ixakning- this person's speech, as it was .reported
th"lis -own paper, yet he could not help calling
err attention to certain passages it. He be-
tan,l,l expressing a hope, " that the benefits of
h.
alts.nleeting. would not be' confined to this place
°1:le) but extended to the empire at large.", It
°,s impossible to read this speech, and not see how
It Ore out the charge in the indictment „of en-
d °eavouring to bring the Government, and more
v articalarly the House of Commons into con-
thePt• The Learned Serjeant then described
mischievous tendency of the whole of the
`l`:e,,-cnes delivered on the occasion, and which
tai 'July neticed at the time. He read the seve-
rsolutions passed at the Meeting,,and com-
b:tatted upon each of them, spewing that ,these
Wh,'endatits had arrogated to themselves a power
klarti the Constitution refused to the King. They
tl rtze.d• the right ; but with 'what materials did
at,e3' go to trial.? Was a trial with 62000 men
f..kedProper way to decide it. 'They would in-
that • seat their. Member in the House ; .was
-legitimate or constitutional trial ? The
tig Birmiugham concluded by voting
° rCartwright,for.having at his. ad-
‘4li • -c,dajo•
-ge, undertaken so great a journey to for!
Naas. tiit'ir Cause, a clear proof that his being there
.tve not entirely the effect of accident.—Thanks
the' then voted to the Chairman,Mr-Wooler, and
ea .113'''.nciPal actors, and the Meeting was adjoarn7
pa ack to time Major's house, whither tbe „greater
rt
°r them accompanied him in. the barouthe.
s„'eY returned in the same order in which they
da Qut• • Here ended the Meeting, and the next
info dePutation 'waited upon Sir C. Wolseley to'
rna him of the result, and induce him to un-
ticeatice the office, of Legislatorial Attorney.—
I,l!€_!it purpose would have been then completed.
ho''' Learned Counsel concluded by expressing a
he Pet of being able to prove every statement-Which
then he did not c'utex(ain. a

doubt of the result.—The Learned Selieant then

proceeded to call witnesses, the "chief of which
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were the following :
James
Bovee—Examined by Mr. BeanEa—He is a brass-
founder in Birmingham, and lived there ii July, I Si 9; M•sjor
Cartwright came to his house on the inth of July; he stayed
wail the 'Mb ; his' house is in Cannon-street; fie lodged
there, and Was quite a stranger before he came; about seven
in the evening Mr. C. &hounds, Mr. Miuldoeks, Mr. Lewis,
and a Mr. Whitworth, called vision him; did not see Mr.
Wooler on the Sunday; ,on the Mondav morning- Mr. Woofer
carne,,and also Mr. Maddocks, Mr, Edmonds, Mr. Lewis, and
Mr. Whitworth ; they came-separately, but were all togrtber
at one time ; they were with him about an hour; one other
person was with.them, but be does not recollect whO he Was ;
there were two flags bctiught while they were so assembled ; ,
they were deposited in the passage of his house before the
meeting; they left his house .at about half past two, in an
open landau ; all the defendants were in the inside of the
landau, and Whitworth . on the box ; -the-flags - preceded the
procession; the procession was composed of a vast concourse
of people, be should 'think sonic hundreds; lie went to the
Meeting some little tinte'atterwards; there were a great num.
her ,if persons collected, and hustings were erected ; he Saiy
the whole of the -defendants or, the hustings; after te' Meet-
ing was over they returned to his house in the same order
they went Mr. Maddocks was not with them ; Major Cart:-
wright went the next day to Sir Chat les Wolseley ;- he went
in a post-chaise, accompanied lay Mr.. Edmonds only ; 'he re-
turned to his-.-house, but whether on the Friday following or
'Friday week lie cannot specify; he was paid for his lodging
by Major Cartwright.
Fraucis Johnson—Examined lay Serjeant VAUGTIAN—rfe
is a griacer at. Birmingham, beard of the meeting on the 14th
July; he was there before the defendants; 'saw them all ;trrivc,
.
. get out of the carriage, and get on the hustings; they had two
flags. with them :' the inscriptions were—" Major Cartwright,
and the Bill of Rig,hts;" on the other side—" The Sovereignty
of the People. ", The other flag • had on one side—" -Sir C.
- SVolseley mud no Cern Bill ;" on the reverse, " Thos. Jonathan
\Voider ; ' he observed them •on the Hustings; Ire saw pearly
all the defendants on the hustings ; he did not know who
first addressed the meeting,' was for the purpose of calling
Mr. Edmonds to the Chair ; he was proposed as the " fearless
champion ;" be in consequence took the Chair, and addressed
the meeting. He commenced by thanking them for the high
honour they had -else ferret, on•birn, and requested attention
for those persons who might offer theinSelves as speakers; he'
opened the proceedings by observing, that they had two impor-
tant 'objects to obtain—the one, to obtain a Parliamentary
Representative for Birmingham, tin' other, a more equal repre-
sentation tot the country at large. He then made some violent
remarks upon the gross corrnption and 'misrepresentation in
the country ; he said," we have long been talking of the
right of the •people to a representation, we are now about to
exercise that right Obis will be doing something and something
which, from its novelty as well as its justice, will excite a
general sensation throughout the country." He also used the•
words " gross, and corrupt, and base," as applied to the Mi•
nistry and the Horne of Commons, and he said, " the Bank of
England, aided by an important grant of our Legislative Body,
has swindled you out of your gold, and in lien thereof forced
upon you their worthless paper. The House of Commons
have carried on a ruinous arid expensive war, in order to
enrich themselves; that the majority of the [Luse of Cem.---
mons was as much under the control of Ministers as ever
slaves were to their drivers. Nothing more Was necessary to
spew the necessity_ of repairing. the Representation altoge-
ther." He concluded by requesting their attention to a Gen-
tleman near him, who,. he observed, would propose to them.
certain Resolutions, calculated to olasoin the object they had
in view, which lse had no doubt, would receive their approba-

tion and support. Hr then read a remonstrance and
and- a letter from Sir C. Wtslst ley. He was succeeded by Mr.
L)laddochs. He said, the cause of all our calamitieS, and in
a great measure, the calamities of the whole world,were creat-
ed by the corrupt state of the Rept esentation of the Pepple
of Eny,land in Parliament. lie afterwards read a list, purport 7
ing to be a statement of pensions granted bye-Governmeut;
he does not remember the names of any. He proceeded by
proposing certain resolutionS; the first mas a complaint, re-
monstrance, and petition ; he believes this was read by Ed-
monds. He moved that that sliquld be adopted as the act
of that meeting. Another resolution was, t hat tin,' should
elect a cent ii man as their Legislatorial Attorney, anti Repre-
sentative, in whose person they would try their right to Par-
liamentary Representation, and who shall he instructed to
claim its their. hebalf admission to the House of Commons, as
the Member th”reof. Another resolution was, that Sir C.

Wolseley, of Wolseley, is elected LegiSlatorial Attorney and
Representative of the inhabitants of Birmingham, and is in-
structed to pray in their behalf, by letter to the Speaks!r of
the House of Commons, admission. into their House, as a
Member thereof. These • resolutions were • read together
and adopted severally There was another resolution, ap-
pointing Edmonds and others to wait on it C. Wolseley
with the resolutions of that meeting. Major Cartwright
and Mr. Wooler.were put in afterwards, as au addition to the
deputation. AI! the resolutions were approved and carried.
Samuel Dickenson, surgeon, Birmingham—He was at the
Meeting on the 1211, July; he thin': there thin' there Were if; or
20,000 persons; the hustings were erected at New Hal l• hill;
he saw Edmonds,' Woofer, Major Cartwri!..ht, Lewis, and
has a faint recollection he saw Maddocks there, and several
other persons. The proceedings comnienced by some un-
khown individual proposing 1 dmouds as Chairman, as the
fearless champion of the people, and the undaunted assertor
of their lights and liberties. Mr. Edinonds accordingly took
the Chair. He thanked them for the honour done hint.—
There were others who would address the Meeting, and he
hoped they would hear them patiently ;,they had established
their character fur peace and order, and he trusted they would
not give their enemies any opportunity of caluinniatiog them
on the present occasion. " You are assetobled here for two_
important objects, one to obtain a Representative for your-
self, the other to procnre a Representative for the whole
County. There are many persons of highly moral and Teti
gious characters, Nt ho think Birmingham ought not to be
represented, and their ohjections are' founded on the gross
wickedness, fraud, and perjury, that continually disgrace
the country." -•
Mr. DENMAN made an•oblection to the mode of examina-
tion. as the -witness'could not swear these were the precise
swords read.
The .lonoE thought this was not action of wardssand there-
fore this was the proper i»ode'of proceeding; he had no diffi-
culty in saying this was the proper mode.
The witne,s proceeded.—Edmonds said,," he. believed he
was echoing the sentiments of the greater body of the town,
when he stated, that he should object to the town being re-
presented entirely but would only agree to it.as a temporary
arrangement, and not suff.a. the possibility of its becoming a
seat for Court inffuener and patty corruptiOn. The claims
of Birmingham were fbunded on the same ground as those of
any other place in Ens:land, and •it is therefore one of the
means for advancing the general cause. It is very difficult
for people to reason npon abstractqueStiohs, the.present pro.
reeding supplies a fact ; we have been lung talking about the
r,ghts of the people to representation; we are now about to
exercise that right. ',This is doing, something, and somsthing
which, from sits novelty as well as justice, will excite a
very general sensation throughout the (mithy." Heattri•
bitted all the distresses of the people to- the corrupt state of
the Representation by the misrepresentation of toe people. •
Did not that arch traitor William Pitt, by his corrupt influ-
ence, obtain an 'Act by which the Bank was authorised not
to pay its notes ? Ilitve Ilia these corrupt men, by having
carried on a system of war, created a debt of many hundred
millions ? This is the gloriona result of the Pitt system. He
does not recollect what he said more; he observed that some
persons were near him • who would propose some
plaits to
them, which would, no doubt, meet with their approbation;
he then read a letter from Sir C. woboty, and stated, that it
, related to the death of his mother. Maddocks followed him.
Mr. Lewis and Nlr. Wooler then spoke, but he did not hear
what they said. Maddocks then spoke to the nature of the
Resolutions. As soon as Sir C. Wolselev was elected, some one
cried out for two Members, which, however, was not attended
to. The Deputation was then moved and carried ; it was
composed of slajor Cartwright and Mr Edmonds.
Isaac Pemberton—He saw the procession pass him in New
(this witness also spoke to the inscriptions on the
slags, as before stated) ; he saw all the defendants at the
meeting ; he heard sonic uric propose Mr. Edmonds, as the
undanntedchsunpion of the people's rights ; and Mr. Edmonds.
.took the chair, and addressed the Meeting. He requeste,t
silehee ; and informed them, that the purpose they met •for
was fns obtaining a Representation of Itiravnghani, and sill
the unrepresente'd• persons- in, England. Maddocks read the
four first Resolutions ; he gave this original mieufe of the
proceedings to Mr. Spurrier.
Mr. Spurrier examined—He does not know any thing of.
the paper the last witness speaks of ; he might have given it
to him, hut he certainly knows nothing ut it. .hie has looked
for it Only in that drawer where he kept the whole of these
pap, re ; it does not appear to him that be. has pelt this .paper
in some place wheie he has not searched for it ; be looked tor
it its consequence of the witness Basing he had givers it him,
but cannot find it him.
Pemberton contineled--sThe threesfirst Resolutions were
, to the corruption of Boroughs and the interference. of Peers.'
The fourth MIS, that a: Biel ofillghts and 'Liberties aught to
tse passed int.ra law, that the remonstrance and petition be
,;adopted the next, that the•-ihhabitants of 13-irtiinthatu shoitlct

forthwith proceed to elect a. Gebtlertan --,whoui they could.
confide as the LegislatOriai Attroey a::ii Reve,entatire
the seventh was that Sir C. Walse•ley, of Wtils-„iley, in the
County. of Staffotd, is elected Legist.itziri,ti Attorney.finit Re-
presentative of the Inhabitants of Birmingham, at+ 1.14," he in-
structed to claim on their behalf 'admission info tha 1-7.:pise of
Commons as Metirber thereof; Ow 'erehtli-v,%ei,- that in ;he
event of his being ad.mitted a Nleoiber, he be requested to-
wore for an adoption of the hill of Rights., 0o putt tug the
fifth liesolutioh by Mr. EdmondS, witness objected to the Re-
solution, and held up his hand against it. •Eiluititidt • wen,.
tioned this to the Meeting,- and pointed to hint; he'b.egged
silence,
.and stated they were coming to the dmist partico!ar
point; they' had petitioned, u,til they had petitioned in rain,
,they were now about to ex• rcise their right of teturning their
own Representative. He then read the next liesoluZion'

Mr. DENMAN addressed the Court and Jury,
as Counsel for the defendants Edinonds and
Maddocks. Jie hoped the Jury would year in

mind the.particular merits of the case, and on them
-alone he : trusted they would form their- opiniOn,
as to the. guilt or innocence of the defendants.,---
His Learned Friend, in opening the case, had
evinced -very -considerable ability and .poWer,- and
his argument was fraught with great eloquence
and elaborate research. When he •made these
observations, he
,did it with the utmost deference,
not questioning the motives or views of his
Learned Friend, but rather giving him the
full meed of /credit for the. anx.iett—evipced
towards his client, which. it -is the absolute

duty of every Counsel to do, both as advocate
for the accuser and accused. This case was
one of very great importance, and he called on
the Jury as individuals, who had a trusty and
difficult task to perform, to give it that fair,
calm, and dispassionatelearing, -by phich alone
they could arrive at an unbiassed and just deci-
sion. With these few observations he should
,proceed. to the consideration of the particular
features of the case, in doing- vghicli he should first
remark upon the preliminary circumstances that
had occurred at the commencement of the trial.
—He „thought it due to his clients to -bring- both
the conduct of the Master of the Crown Office,
as.well as that of the Sheriff, before the Court, if
any ground existed for it. lir4is case, he
thought there was full and ample. g'Yound.. If
the conduct of these parties is not to be made
the subject of strict and jealous attention, then
the Statutes_relating to the striking of Special
Juries are nugatory and useless ; and he was sa-
tisfied the Court would think itself neglected
and disgraced . if any improper influence that
might be used by any of its Officers was
not made the subject of Complaint. His
Lordship had considered the objections which
he had made not satisfactory, and he bow-
ed with much submission to such opinion ;
but he complained of the unbecoming severity of
some of the observations of- his Learned Friend
opposed.to him. The same spirit had, however,
been manifested throughout the whole of this
vexatious -and tedious proceeding ; -the very in-
dictment itself is so multifarous in its charges, so
various in its constructions, and so .difficult to
comprehend in all its bearings, .that it required
the'aid- of the strongest human understanding to
fathom it minutely. What the charge of cons
spiracy had to do with the case he could not
imagine ; it- was a very sweeping charge, and-as
his Learned Friend said, would impose the re-
'sponsibility of one man's act on the whole of
them, should that act be fully established:in evi-
dence. He did not mean to say that it- was not
in some cases a very proper mode of proceeding ;*
-but, in this case, it:was so totally unconnected,
so completely removed, that he could only ac-
count for it by supposing that the prosecutors
were anxious to shieldthemselves under this sweep-
ing charge which the law had so unjustly provid-
ed them with. When, indeed, a common design
had been 'she.wn; in any particular movement or
action, then there mightbe some pretext for such a
charge, but he would ask the Jury, was any com-
mon design shewn to exist among the
,defendants ;
the evidence, their own evidence, did not warrant
any such interpretation. An accusation of the
same nature might, with as much consistency, be
made against him and the defendants ; they were
all united in one common object ; they all hoped,
and N%ith some expectation of success, for a ver-
dict of acquittal ; and it would be equally as
consistent to charge them with a conspiracy to
obtain that object, as the defendants with an in-
tention of subverting the lawS of their country,
and of bringing into hatred and contempt the
Commons House of Parliament. The evidence
against Maddocks, said Mr. Denman, is, for so
grave a charge, the emptiest he ever met with
it is proved that he went .to Major Cartwright's
lodgings on the . Sunday morning ; he walked in
through the street door, and in broad.dav-light,
the master of the' house seeing hini at the time.
He is not even
.charged with. having gone there
on the Monday at all; .it is.not even hinted at;
he is seen at the meeting at New Inn Hail, tak-
ing a part in the proceedings'; and thus ends the
evidence of this monstrous conspiracy as affects
Well, .now, what is said of Ed-
monds ? There is the. evidence of Johnson,
Dickenson, and PeMberton; Johnson relates a
very long speech, which he said Was made by
Edmonds at the meeting. :He certainlyT,Oes into
very -great detail; but when he is- questioned
whether the
,words he swears
,to were those ac-
Wally' used by Edmonds,' he 'tells' you they are
the spirit of what he, said. Now, ,Gentlernn,
recollect the • manner. in which this , person. gave
his evidence ; he tells yonathat he did not make
.his note: until ten days after the meeting, and not
:until he had seen Me. Edrnonds's pnblication; and
the account he give,s happens to
tatf teleleprecisely
-
in every syllable., very word,
tion itself. Then comes Mt. DiCkenion, and
`he happens never to hose seen the p-abikataaa
at all, and yet -the aCCOUllt:11 gives :oUtito:speoch
e.ty, Virg of .Mr. o h n
son i;esanyderlyipocillotsbeeliyil-gwraitloir
minutelv interrogated
he tells you that his account' is Merell' the
Johnson'ssOh-
11N.It.ra.1ity.to ag.sa.
precisely
g. bell; ptiel
stauce of what he said,' and Ibis 44thstance not
onlypas agrees with
swairatlei
the account' in -ttimond's pablicafia, al-thou-0i
he declares he never saw it. But he took neites
:the day. after the tf-eeting ; and. }p-on.ilaging Waed
.why he did !ip, be replies,,be_thooght_they-would
'be of uSe ; and upon anothei',question, why he.
did -not them -Itrihithaand pr&luce-thistii

in Court, he in the same breath tells pit he
thought they were of no use. Really' gentle
hen, to deal with this in the mildest manner,
I must say that this evidence is
"very falls-
(ions, and extremely unsafe and. dangerous for
you to rely upon. The other witness, Mr."Pem-
herton,. is the only one then remaining, and really
it I had occasion to quarrel with him I should cer-
tainly forego it, for really feel very midi indebt-
ed to him:for the life which he hasThrown•intothis

heavy,-langnid case, by the pleasant manner in
which 'he'-gave his nvidence; .but-•so far 'from

having any thing to say against the evidence of
my friend, Pemberton, I think he is a-very:ho-
nest fellow, and shall leave it to make whatim-;
pression it may have created on your minds-
-Much Laughter.)—There is another• strong *vet int
I am afraid against Edmonds, namely, the- 4;aper
which has been put in as eManating from his pen ;
that certainly 'gives an .air of authenticity to the
statement which it would not otherwise have, but
however much .that may operate against him per-
sonally, it certainly cannot extend to Maddocks,
against whom I declare, I do not perceive the, least
semblance of evidence that tends to criminate

him. The Learned Counsel then went into a very
-eloquent argument on the right of representa-
tion, and traced the progress of it back to the
Septennial in the course of which be exhi-
bited some deep and elaborate research, parti-
cularly as regarded the fundamental principles of
our Constitution, the beauties of which he ad-
mired quite as much as his Learned Friend, and
he felt disposed to cherish most gratefully all
the blessings it bestowed upon hiin, and also to
extend. to it 'all the benefits his humble talents
were likely to effect. -lie however thought there
were some defects in it, which produced a'series
of evils deeply to be lamented. Where an abuse
existed every nerve should be exerted to remedy
and remove it. The people were the legitimate
source of power,.and he thought they had a fair
right to_ meet and discuss grievances, -as these
defendants had done. There was nothing like
violence or turbulence -about the Meeting, all
was quiet and orderly ; the individual elect-
ed was merely deputed to Wait upon the
Speaker of 'the House of Commons, and he
thought it hardly worth while to pursue the de-
fendants for so trifling an offence, if indeed it'be
any ; but there appeared among some of the Law
Officers a taste for these prosecutions WhiCh he
hoped .would "soon be 'gratified. The Learned
Gentleman concluded by observing that he had
spoken according to his „feelings and his con-
science, and if he had'succeeded in iniparting
the convictions with v,hich his mind was' filled,
he could not doubt for a moment of the acquittal
of his clients.

Mr. HILL then addressed the Jury on behalf
of Major Cartwright. He inforced with much
ability the arguments of. Mr. Denman. The main
part of the charge was attempted to be supported
by sentences from speeches of several of the de-
fendants. Now. he would show, froM a variety
of works, what several great men thought and
said upon the subject matter, charged as crimes
in their speecl*s. He then read extracts front
.everal works in support of his positions. He.
would not remark upon the evidence—that ha'd
been sufficiently dispos,ed of by his Learned
Friend. Coming to the immediate subject under
consideration, he would refer to Grey's debates
upon the subject of the Borough of Newark, and
there it would be seen, that it was a matter of ar-
gument at least, if it was nothing more, that the
election of a Member of Parliament was a service
hich in process of time, and. by the change
of manners, became a privilege. If this Were the
case, looking at it with a legal eye, where was
H the harm in any set of men performing this ser-
vice voluntarily ? The Learned Gentleman pur-
sued this subject with.a long anti elaborate argu-
ment. But, in point of fact, the election here
executed was an election of a person to -Cari,y, a
letter—it was the election of a postman—and
,not a Alember of Parliament. If even this point.
fxiled, the fact of Sir Charles.being conditionally
elected, would make hiS -election void. The
meeting, so far from wishing to insist upon the
election, did actually give a petition to. thi.s
Gentleman, to te•presented by him If he should
be admittt.d, and iu case he should not, :to be
presented by some Member a friend of
Where then was the. shakingg-off of allegiance.?
Where was the disposition to excitellisaffection ?
He concluded 'by paving a compliment
.to -the
moderation of Major -Cartwright, who had never
before been brought into fitonrt of '3 nAice.
The Learned Gentleman haying concluded.,
stated,to the Judge, that he was requested by
Major Cartwright to read a defence written'by
himself and tirhich he thought •necessary to-tho
viodi'cation- of his character and reputation.
The CntEr.BARON said, it -was contrary.to,ait
rule .to allow its .being reai"tiEgi*liad the Learned
Gentleman ittteoduced it zig part cf hi speech,
he 'might have read it but it was too !nub ti;
expect of the Ceti-A to allow a Counsel, .af.ter
:making one speech, to 'get up: and make anothei7.
It .being now near ten o'clock, Mr. Wooler,
„ho was next to address .the Court, he
would...have to occupy-seyerat.'hoUrs of the•time
•Of the Court, and if it ..was :the
.pleasn're:olJtis
Lordship 'to adjourn the eottrt, he would prefer.
making his. addresS- to4rnitroW..
• After a short conversatien,"the Ccurt adjoUrned
'to ten o'aock tc4riorrow.

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IFT-LAY,P 1)A
fitinAY, 4.:---The Coart- met this
mg rarsuant to udjournrucut tk-ri TilE‘
defcitniants iliit not,"horVeNer, arrive until
;past ; .but Major )VriS not .vyit.:
them, nor ^tvere•anyof the•gentieti!_.n Oho yesfQl-,.
day_`accornianieti him. The •Major, .howe-vc•-•-;
very3toon entered...-The July beio'
Tilr.\Voor,Ert rote t.nd raid, it rui,•:".ht
ever sin.P.,-niar for tiitir.to ihatOlt: real .f5:62.,
t.,:!res of the case were not-before•fhe Cou-rt mikt
rear question -to fry • was I.lt .of
Th. 6. eriglnr of thiS
.was, to ,bt•traroil-to a- period low antkc.edent tit),
rre-
! acifa.iter•-Rs'e • betii advocator -f'ti;