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London, England, 1820-01-15 00:00:00

CHESHIRE QUARTER SESSIONS, JAN. II

On Tuesday last commenced the Quarter
Sessions for the County of Chester,shcfore TRAP-
IIn'IRAFFORD, Esq., Chairman, and a full bench
vt Justices. '(here -are nearly .70 prisoners,for
trial. e proclamation for the. suppression .of
wire and immorality was then read, when the
Chairman addressed the Grand Jury to the follow—
ing'effect

" Gentlemen if the Grand Jury—it is with
extreme re,2.ret 1 !lace, to notice the great number
of criminal eases contained in the cadential.; and 1
ant sore in rids regret you sioca.rely oroticipare;.
but it does not appear to me that the cases al e.suel)
as will require any particular directions trout the
Court. There are certain charges, lioarever, which
Intolve the 'offeoces of sedition, anti his
libels, which will, perhaps, require- yeltr particu-
lar .atteution. On the stahket of such labels I
cannot, probably, (La bet:er, than by te,tdint; to
you 11r .17:•‘st's 41(1Si:critic, of them. in carder the bet-
erro dilret your indgment.—Cl Ltattreti Ch)lir-
hure sea passaged limn:Air East's
tem' os• hat vs;,t-cially const it turd a seditious
nbel, (Hier by waiting orspeaking, as by'expres-
s;trns 'Ati?; Ihrrafx to diateteb or over(ton the.(io
vcromi•co ; and acts consequent thereof', no;
amounting to overt Hell of high treason," &c.)
'Fite Cledirtnate then animadverted upon the cost-
choct of those cleipettise theft. %l it., by their spe-
tiows clamour for Pat li.nletWAry Reform, ensnared
the popolace acts of Rrbrilion anti 131as-
pheme. Ile plocve.ded brie-fly to state the objects
of re,e Lava's recently p:sseei for the protection of
the Oratory, and concluded wilt :
" til(),•1(1 an .h orCill* to voo tht—rXt•rst-
(too important ntlice, di; Court will readi-
ly A1f.),(1 yaw all the el,sivaoce its pokier."
The Jot). Gets retired to their rotam,
111,Aq4-IEIY AND SEDITION.

.roxepis Swain, Ft Al then pot to the bar, RIM
arrnioked (;r1 flare indic•rnenrs, charging hint
v, i.ll an utieting bcaitioni anti bias-

ail rit.cm. libels.

l he first thareed him withinildishing, &c. and
intet!diog to' Id,sphetne Almighty (;wl, and ins-
virtue 'the Chris religi in, on the• 27th of
Noseinh: I last. 'lie libel was in the form of
a letter signed J. B. Sinith, ;Ind addresgvil
life, 0 tivis potion.; Before the pt °pie Can be
b:b.t with and cordially receive a pet fecr•Ciovern-
weto, and s pure and equitable code .ot laws,
they must reject the Bible is being the word,
of God, and also 't orally disbelieve the,Divinity..
of Christ for, while they are inflexible in the
faith, there is 'no possibility of esta-
egi& able laws,- or • ever acting in a pri-
vate way justly towaids each other; tor. till the
dbct rine of' the Bible and New Testament is sub-.
toil where nature is destroyed, no perfection,
can po,stbly reinain. I was in my you, hint days
taught to read time Bible, and I cow inti,dto read fiTtd
revere it more than 20 years ; and was as tenacious.
of if and the Christian religion as any twilit be,
ekcept at sortie few short intervals; when the rrea-
tull 111..“ nature had given me was. wllowed to act.;
butt its! craft "his rcatefully-provided a sufficiently
rOwet f!,l' enemy to detetit•the'etforts of this divine
liWir of nature ; at last 1 bad the courege. to read
the Dri4 and Age of Reason. Anti Ido
mf,sz atfecf innately entreat 'all my fellow- country-
men to throw far from them that .hook, which
scarcely cnntains any thing but blasphemy,. p'ro.
Fineness',' lies, and unequalled, absurdities; and
lead attentively, the Age of Reason, anti the Deal,
%illicit' ere books replete with perspictions,troths.”

Sreond indictment for sedition on the•27th.ol
November for publishing The Crisis, No; 3, viz.—
" Like'the river, swoln and rapid with increase,
beyond its proper level,•and by its accinutt.
rated for-c'e,• carrying and dilacertsting its dikes,
so comes ' in the rolling political stream-- Each
day brifl:t us intelligence of some fresh •act
oppression, and, on the other hand,.of 101110. fru.-
thrr preparation for hostility. Tht•people- at
Eogland and Scotland are evidently awakening to
it sense of duty :•preparat.ioni fur resistance are
every where making ;:•cesolutions to that .effect
are • nobly avowed:- •Already, methrnks, .1 am
stunned with the thsilling cry of—' Death or. Li-
betty,' emanating from thousands in arms, deter-
mined to live 'or die as •treemen,": this. is signed
It. Cat lile the second count signed It. Smith,
Addressed to the Editor of The Republican; the
Titter part iii verse, .you. think therlol-
lowing worthy of a. place. in The Republican, you
will, by inserting. them, oblige me,.who
prizes your valuable work, and hail it as. the
Morning Sf ar of Freedom—an opinion. which is
held by thousands, as well as by your constant
reader, R. Smith, No. 2, Rat laud-place, Upper
Thames-street, Sept. 28 :

ACROSTIC.
.Brave sons of,Alloion, sleep ye in this hour?
.House, and destruction on your tyrants pour;
Infernal bloodhounds now new chains prepare, ,
'l'bey spread e'en ;now for you the. fatal, snare.
Off with your fetters, spurn the slavish yoke,
Now, now, or never can your chain be broke,
'Swift then rise, and give the fatal stroke.
•Try-ev'ry eifort—iiiikte Lhi whirlwind's force
Or furious lightning, shape your vengeful course:
ikt once resolve to conquer or to die,
Revenge, revenge—let this like thunder fly
'Midst your firm ranks, and gloriout. victory
Shall wait your steps, and England shall be free !
defendant ple,uled "Not guilty" to each

Court.—l~ ill yon try tloiv ?
Swann.-Itlet gibe MI answer to that qoet-
tiou now. Just hear me for a moment or two.
I'm to be tried for what I-know nothing of.

Court.—You may travetse if you pkaSe till
next Sessions ; if, however, you mean to try
now, you shall have time,to prepare yourself.
Swann.7—But I wish to ask you're word : when
1 was taken up, my wife was taken up too. I wish
to know what is become of'her, and where she is:.
Court have nothiog to do with that.

Swann was then removed from the bar.

After some matters of minor importance had
been gime 'through, the Court -adjourned till 9
o'clock next morning.
JANUARY 12.—Ttfis day Joseph Swann,— Ro-
he, I Joseph Burterishow, John Stubbs,
John Richards, and Joseph Sutton, were indicted
tor a Seditious Conspiracy. offenders
forr:!:11 the Radical group that assembled u.tt the
hustings—or as they were eloquently and omi•
windy termed by Swindells, the huistings—at

thef Maectet6eld Reform Meeting, on the Slst_of
July Nit. Ttioe'llillt were found againit them
at the last October Seisionswi!en they traversrd.
Tire prisoners defended thentselyes with no sinall
share of ;ability. Mr. Williams was employed
for: the Crown, .and conducted the-,prosecution
with his usual eloquence and talent—he made two
admirable addresses to theJnry...The case against
'he defendants was very ele.ar. Iticit4rds noldress-
ed,the Jury at some length in his defence, MS di(i
also Litirtenshaw, who read Mr. Pitt's celebrated
.speech on Parliamentary Reform, and ti,e Duke
of Richmond's Ramous Letter in hivour ofUniver-
sal Siitrrsige and Annual Parliame'nts

, The Jury found all the 'dvfeudants
'Die !finis occupied the Court from shout ele-
ven o'clock in the morning,- -till six o'-clock in the

evening.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

coun r OF KING'S 131..NC11, GUILDHALL JAR. 14.

Sifting, after lJichutlmas Term, beliort
1/se Chitf.las.i,c awl q Special Jury.

OPF:RA-BOXEs'.
TA?Loit •t, LISERII.

Tlii4 1,7,14 an action hroright,by.Capt G. Taylor,
brother of Mr.. Win. TAylot, tortnerly proprietor
of the OverA-llonse, against the defemtbmt,Ose
1.34)43,-11er; of Bond-strert, tor rt.e ose and occu-
pation of an Opt: la-Box in the King's Theatre, in
the Ilarttaiket.
Mr. 'CARLETr and sir. PULLER condnrted the
niatititr'4 cAst., and :Lf.r NlAttitYATTid Mrs 114111(
tht: drtentlants.

The case in sobstance was this :—The
tiff being proirrietor Of the Opera-box in 9. es-
lion, his oliciror, Mr. Birkett, having that
and two fltLer boxes to let for the season of
1818, rh y were all three tenitered to the de—
fenthaut ; and the negociation havituz been en-
tried into tret!Neen him and a:Mr. Pehb, Clerk
to Mr. Bit keit, he agreed to hire them for
that, tesson at the rate of 3321. for box No. 20
262 gnineas for box No. 58.; and a I,ke auto tor,
box No. 21, the property.ot ,Mrs. Dunn:a L2tly
of . Nlr. Taylol:s arprAintance. The box
N0..20 was the snbitct of,the,present action,. the
defendant having paid the stipulated rent for the,
other:two, pursuant to his agreement. Twoques
lions were raised in the cause ; Ise, Whether, in
point of fact, rlte footrace i be.en.eueeted into.
by the defendant, as alleged. on the part of, the
plaintiff? and:, 24, Whether. the defendant was'
not ,the proprietor. of the box, for which ,be, was
now Called !TIM to:ply rcpt.?, .
The case on the part of the plaintiff was. proVetf.
most distinctly by the evidericeolMr..Bebb ; and
on the. part of . the Ottclldaio, his shopman,
Aulrews, was.called to contratlict, Bebb, and
other ,‘ it nesses, together frith some do,cuenemary
evidence to aupport
.the statement ,that the 4e-
fenrlant, was the owner, of the box in quest*.
• The Jury having beard _the ;•vidftice on boihs
licks seemed ,onerilling to hear Mr. Nlarryatt in r
reply, anal immediat,ely found a verdict for the
plhintiff.—Damages 3321.