Star.
London, England, 1817-10-22 00:00:00

TIMMS FOR RIG! TRLISON.

DERBY, TUESDAY, ocrosrft st.
The Dial of William. Termer sir is continued this day.
The 'Court' met at its mil I *or of eight o'clock,
and the business proeeede f inu,sediately. William
Turner looked even m re dejected than yesterday.
Mr. Cnoss then ad :re.sed the Jury—his speech'
was much more strikiug than the previous one; he
professed, indeed, that both himself and his Learned
Friend had despaired of success in the former cab-,
on account of the taint of murder which was upon,
and the general ferocity of the prisoner's character ;
I whereas they both trusted- that, in the present in
stance, the simple question of whether the facts
proved amounted to treason be not would alone be
entertained by the Jury. He hinted that he bad no
doubt of the firmness of a Derbyshire Jury, though
he saw some reason to fear whether men whole lives
and properties had been at stake would not come
with prejudiced minds to the examination of this
important question, and be apt to overlook the dis-
tinction between riot and treason. He went over his
former ground, but with more precision, of the object
of the Riot Act, and contended that even a declared
design to overthrow the State could not, except by
the grossest perversion of common sense, be called
treason, when there wait an litter inadequacy of the
means to the end. He particularly entreated the
Jury to dismiss from their minds all recollection of
Brandreth's peculiar case, and accused the Crown-
lawyers of management in bringing forward that case
first. He told the Jury not to be intimidated or
iiveraoed by the unusual array of Judges and Crown
Lawyers who had come to wage war against a
miserable pauper. I-% then commented with great
inrce and ingenuity on the facts of the case ; and in-
sinuating, as before, that base meaps had been taken
to exasperate poor and discontented men into acts of
public violence, he concluded by desiring the Jury
to adhee to the old law, as established by the eta.
tut of Edward and the Riot Act, and not to sanc-
tion the novel doctrine of construetive treason.
Three witnesses were then called for the prisoner.
who had known bim for different periods of SS, 12,
and 8 years, and who *treed in calling him a hu-
mane, loyal, and peaceable subject
Mr. DUOS AA followed, and aftez stating the law
of the case, commented with great perspicuity and
force upon the evidence. He insisted tan striking out
the evidence of Martin and Ashbury as perjured,
ind contended that the rest of the evidence proved
not a single circumstance of treason against the pri-
soner. In the conclusion, he appealed to the con-
sciences of the Jury in the most solemn and impres-
sive terms, conjtuing them to beware that no doubt
upon the subject should hereafter agitate their minds
on their death-bed, or overwhelm them with confu-
sion in the day of judgment.
.The Arroamse-Gssituae made an animated and
perspicuous reply, in the cow se of which he contended
that the statute of Edward IIL was itself intended
to mark the distinction between riots for private pur-
poses and a war against the State or the Kt:lg% Royal
Majesty. The latter expression was at that time
always used to signify the Guvernment ; and an at-
tack upon any part of it,. with numbers and force of
arms, had uniformly been decided by Courts of Liw
to be a levying of war %joust the King, in the sense
of the ancient statute. H. itkewese seek occasion to
repel the insinuations thrown out by Mr. Cross, that
some management had been employed in order to
procure a conviction. by putting Brandreth, who
was tainted with the crime of murder. first upon his
trial. He declared that he had not been at all ac-
tuated by this motive, and that the only reason for
trying Brandreth first, was. that he had been selected
as IC4OeT by his co-conspirators. The same reason
had induced him to take William Turner, who had
been second in command, the second is order.

The Attorney General having concluded about
halt-past twelve o'clock, Mr. Justice DALLAS ad-
dressed the Jury and summed up the evidence, which
occupied the Court till nearly half-past three. He
stared the law as it had been held by the greatest
law authorities,
.and described what kind of tumul-
tuous assembling or insurrection was decided by them
to be a levying of war within the meaning of the
statute. He'quoted on this subject Mr. Justice Fos-
ter 'old Justice Hale, to shew that an insurrection
for • public and general purpos:, to ch.inge the go-
vernment or to alter the established laws by Violence,
or force of arms, 'constituted a levying of war that
came is ithin the law of trees n. The first question
therefore to determine was the fact of the insurrec-
tion. Though he stated ibis to be a question to the
Jury in point of form, it could not be one in point of
substance, alter the evidence they had beard. The
going Irons abuse to hovel collecting arms, the vio-
-1 Iznee offered to the inhabitantsof the districts through
which they passed, their formidable numbers and
menacing conduct, all shelved the fact of the insur-
rection beyond the possibility of doubt. The other
questioa, and the only important one as to the intent
of the insurgents, was their object to accomplish a
public and general or private purpose a and here he
must say, that no trace appeared in evidence of
any private object being in the contemplation of
the people thus assembled in force and arms.—
There were two ways in which the intention of a
party is known—by their declarations, and their
acts. If the Jury, therefore, looked to their
declarations, they would see that they all tended to
shew a general object—the overthrow of the esta-
blishments, and resistance to the authorities of the
country. The evidence of declarations all going this
way, it was for the Jury to determine, whether. this.
was not a rising for a general purpose, which con-
stituted a levying of war. Another way of learning
the intentions of parties was their acts t declarations
might be mistaken on account of their obscurity, and
might be misrepresented by witnesses who could not
re ember them with accuracy; but acts of such a
public nature as those connected with insurrection,
could neither be mistaken nor easily misrepresented.
The long line of march, the numbers assembled, the
mode in which they were armed, their advance almost
into the presence of the King's troops, together with
acts they committed on their way, were facts which,
in connexion with their elicit:rations, could not be
controverted, and would enable the Ilury to decide
whether the purpose of the insurrection was public
or private. On the part of the defence they had been
told, that if they had any doubt they must give the
prisoner the benefit of that doubt, and is this he con-11
clued; but they should retsitather that the (Mak

mitt be fair and reasonable. whatever OSjeetion had
been made by the Learned Counsel to the latter el-
pressi in. The Learned Judge here went over some
of tl e heads of the evidence as it affected the prisoner.
Obkrvations, he said• had been made to tie Jury, n;
their feelings at the hour of sickness or drub, if •het
should find they had been mistaken in their verd:c,
It was not for hint, sitting where he did, to •v«aka n
such impress•oas—he rather wished to give them
►nrce ; but he would tell them, that in the hour of
sickness or of health, at the day of death And in the
contemplation of the final judgment, they would find
their best consolation in the consciousness that they
h.d d me their duty and fulfilled their solemn oaths
It they really had Any diiubts as to the purpose of the
insurrection, or the prisoner's share in it, they were
bound to give the accused the benefit of those doubts,
and to bring in a verdict of acquittal. If they thought
otherwise, they shotihi bring in a corresponding ver-
dict, however painful, without any regard to conse
quences.

The Jury then went out ; they remained in consul-
tation about twenty minutes, and returned to the
Court at half.past three exactly. It was easy to gather
from their countenances that they had a painful task
to perform : their names were called over, and the
usual question of Guilty or not guilty,' being put,
the Foreman answered in a faint and deje:ted voice,
Gems The prisoner looked somewhat paler than
before, but there was no other differences he was im-
mediately taken away. The verdict diJ n t scene t•
make much impression on the numer.:us auditory.
The Judges, as soon as the prisoner was removed,
asked the Attorney-General whether he would pro.
teed then or to morrow morning t The Al T.iliN
GENERAL thought it best to adjourn, as the Jury could
be merely impanelled that night, arid might, without
being of much use, be confined two ntglits.—Ad-
journed till eight o'clock to-morrow.
Many of the poisoners here are of the most respec-
table connections, and sortie of them have relations
even in this town. It is a melancholy circumstance
to relate, that the sister of one of them, named [lnns,
a most respectable milliner and dress-maker, residing
in Queen-street here, expired last week of a broken
heart, occasioned by the horror which occnoied her
mind ever since she first learned that her unfortunate
brother was one of the persons indicted Icr High Trea-
son. This unfortunate young man is nl a mo a respec-
table family, and spent a very considerable part of his
life here previous to his apprehenion. His unhappy
sister was interred on Saturday last, and her untimel)
and melancholy death is universally lamented.
• lirandred was an Monday afternoon visited by the
.Chaplain of the gaol, to whose religious admonition.
he was extremely attentive. His conduct. since
conviction, as well indeed as before, has been deco
roes and correct. He says he (eels very comfortable
in his unhappy situation, end exhibits pear firmness
in the contemplation of his unhappy fate. This
morning, on the prisoners being brought down fr m
teeir cells, several of them, among whom were Bran-
dreth and the Ludlams, pr. seeded to perform their
religious duties, and rewained in devout prayer for
some time. Thee. men, as well as the test of their
associates have betiav ever since. their confinement,l
with the utmost propeley. Brandreth has a wife
and three children, and from a letter which he ha-
written to his wife, it appears that she is now preg-
nant of a fourth. All his desires now seem to be
centered in the happiness and future prosperity of his
family, for whose sake he has expressed a wish to raise
a little sum of money. Persons who view, n ith pro
per sentiments, the crime of which the prisoner I.as
been found guilty, but who, at the same time, regard
the atonement which he is about to make with the
feelings of humanity. have contributed in a 5m..11 de.
gree to his desires, for which the wretched man Las
repressed himself most grateful.—The followiag IS a
literal copy of his letter :

" Derby Gaol, Oc:iibcr is.
" My dearly beloved Wife—At last I thought it my duty to
write a few lines to you, which lam sure will affect you vary
much, to inform you of my dreadful situation; but I hop,. (son
will be your frisod—and if you will by prayer appt.al t!. Coo,
you will undoubtedly hod great consolation and relief fur your
Maness and as a husband and tather let me entreat you that you
will Ic motherly part to the pour fatherless children, and bring
them up In the tear of Goo, which is my most encore desire;—
sod tikewise coinidet yourself in an undeniable manner, as en
example to the children to the love and tear of Goo, iu the iaith
of Jesus that you may never depart from that !alai
in Costar ; and I wish fur the convincing of all the sou s in the
house, that they may brig the arrival of ibis, and that we may
all meet in Heaven, where trouble cesses, and an is joy and
glory I And I pray to Coo may this fatal stroke be joy .o all
:hat belong to me, instead of sorrow. Oh I that I may be the
cause ot their holy salvation—nuy it penetrate each wounded'
heart, so as to be their sn:e court-1..4.m to Goo. My Dear, you
r may suppose my feelings arc not easily so be described. At tins
time the senteuce is out paned; but I am found guilty by the
Jury. this day.
" My dear wife, It would give me great consolation if I could
see you before I depart from this life; but my dear, if you are
pregnant, I would have you advise with our poor distressed mo.
ther-in.law, whet:set it would be proper ur not; and if she thinks
it would sot be of serious consequence, I should be very glad,
but let khe well considered before you cone to me; and if you
do sot come, itt your lather (if he whits it would not be more
than he CM bear), as I know he is of a very timorous turn; but
If neither come, I shall writs again, If Goo permit ate.—So,
my beloved wife, I hope you will excuse my short letter at this
time. You may inform all friends that GOD gave me great forti-
tude to bear up my ;pints on trial. So I hope the blessings of
Goo will he with you all, and most especially with you and our
poor little babes. ho I conclude—your most affectionate boa-
hood, " J. Baauciarru.
" For Ann Brandreth, Geo. Bridget's,
Bedlam-court, riuttoo-in-Ashrteld."

The following, with sense corrections in the ortho-
graphy, is copied from a letter by MiCriltal, exe-
cuted at Greenock, along with the Mi/itiosmer, cn
Friday last, addressed to his mother and relatives, a
kw days before be suffered s

" Greenock, October 7.
* TO my deaf Mother—l received your last letter when I was
jest writing to you. Since It did not answer gay brother to come
and me me, it did Dot grieve use in the least, so as be be well him-
sale Tell dear WtWam to.he mindful of his duv towards (Aoo,
sad we hie children Christian education, and bring then up
In the love end leer of Goo, as it is the only way to gain Immor
I MI glory. Dar deters, l hope that you wilt not let your bro-
ther's death take any effect on your tenderness—put your trust in
Gob, sod he will wipe sway the tears of year distressed hearts.
My recast anniniou must be very distressing to you all ; but I
send yes this wkh a joyful mom is hopes that l will get a fa-
vourable sentence in= my blessed itaaaisteit, as he never yet
put any one away that came to him with a bumble and contrite
Mat Whets I think mrthe goodness and promises of our Loa°
mid Sammie to a sinner that would retorts to him, I am happy
to bid harmed to wife, mother, asters, anal brothers, in hopes to
meet with them In a be on pierce in du not be grieved about
me—just remake one as a man who has received mercy from
Goo. I know that your love towards me, my dear mother, was
I very great, and therefore the way to atown all our lave Is to glee
tbahba to Oar bland Kuwait** for calling your son to hitnivlt

from misery 411 &Itchy, from 'trier to htins.qrhaiiy.•;— teal
is an appearance of considerable a7,' clan In the writer.)
.‘ My two coo.ins bend their v.:I-Mew love tn you., mf
mother, and I ant happy to think that they and I have toirted tie
hmiglut of thi• 'ricked woad, and have reigned ottrulsres ti
this): and we rejoice th.t ite are to accompany ach other SO
He.tv,n, where we hop- to hi- r.ceived, !hrouth the ass! tance
1.0111.1. d Saviour, laws ('oat sT.—May the grace 30.! imam
our Curd and Saviour I.• with you all"
.I,hts ithley (left for execution at the last stinentt
Ass'zes, for forging a* Waterloo ticket), wi•h 16 capip
t convicts, have been temnved from Ilchrstie gaol to
Vt. Jostitia hulk on the Thames, and are ail to be
transported for life; Ashley was a marine in the en-
gagement when Atimiri I Duncan captured the Dutch
fleet ; and was one rtf the th.isen a and o no carried the
troph;es taken in thii. engagement to St Paul's. Hi
afterwards hecarn, a sowier in the 4 h regiment, and
was with the Duke of YORK, in Holland; whete he
tnrrred one of 42 th it were sent to relii've hit Royal
Eithness the ti tie his horse was unable t.• 0,01.1 cer-
tain dyke • lie was Out %%hole of the c impaig4 with
General NiOinte, And Wide him when ht AC tunes
—he was at Copenhagen snd Walcheren, aiid again
through the l'infnsula with WELLINGT .N, being at the
hattirs of Barossa. Bis brry N ke, Salama c 4. itt the
siege of Badajors, Bayonne, and many otit rs, wh n Ise
WAS &afire, for America ; he was at the burning and
sacking or Washington, and with General, IC,,as and
when they fed at New Orleans ;he can* home
and on the eight!. day again elibarked Int service, at
Dover ; hi landed at Ostend, and arrived in the rteir,ht•
bourhood of Waterloo on the evening of the 160 i, laid
at his arms the night, forimd in the morning early, and
got on the pl.tin • of Waterloo ; lie fought on the 18th,
until pierced with five of the enemy's musket-shot,
when he fell, and WAS removed, in his turn, witit others/
to the Elizabeth Hopital at Bri.ssels, where he re-
mained three nrintlis.

Seven of the persona confined in Worcester gaola
tor being accessary. in some shape or other, to the
late riots, were oil Wednesiay fuly committed for
trial at the next Assizes, charged n oath 4. with
feloniously a:sd riototy ly assembling, and destr.,iing
the buildings. f nc?c, and other pt.-petty, of Jobe
and Abrahi:n F.Jmunds." An, they man. confined
an the same charge, oas held to ball for hit good
behaviour, and :4 b.ly was dibchlrged.
The PRINCE Iti:cFxx has p,.rroiteil a remission to
Janet ll.tugl is, pi i.oner in Eiinburgh, under sentence
41 death for child-stealing, on condition of transpor-
tation fur life.

Thursday, as three falls of the name of Middl.tei,
add two bays named Melville and Taylor, were &in.
ing in the river at nintrose, and :approaching too
close to she Anitet. the surf broke into the boat and
upset it. The Mid.liet.ins swam ashore, but the other
two boys were mitoiztriately drowned.
Caurros TO Pltitz.4oN9 WMO aaSIINbTER MgOICINIft
—An Inquisition was takes' last night, at the Turf
Tap, Grosveniii-place, near Z::t. Geing..'s Hospital,
on the body of Dennis Kenny. who died on Solder
trio:ning last, in St. George's Hospital, from having
an excessive quantity of medicine of A det.teriosie
quality ad fff t tisteied t, tam accidenta/ly by the nurses
NVright Hewitt sworn.—He le resicknt apn.
thecary to St. George's Hospital. The deceased has
been about a month in the Hospital with a rheumatic
complaint, which lie was afflicted with yearly, and
had been for the 14st eight years regularly confined
in the Hos; hal with that disiiriler. On Saturday
morning last, about eleven o'clock, lie was sent 17ir
by Nurse Waik,r, who informed him, that she had
given the deceased, on the preceding night, the whole
contents of the bottle of medicine, instead of the
fifteenth part of it, as the label directed, and bad cgs.
cowered her error. The cleceair:il was then labouring
under rely distressing symptoms; he gave him some
medicine ; the symptom', inste <d of abating, in.
creased in violence, notwithstanding all has efforts,
and on the Su Way morning he expired. Catharine
Walker, widow, day nurse in St. George's Hospital,
sworn.—The deceased WAS a patient under her care
in the King's Ward ; she brad a woman to assist 'her,
hut she never ennuited her to adniininer rn,•clicines
to the sick. On Fiailay night last, the gave the de-
ceased the whole contents of a phial bottle, wan**,
looting to the written
.climilitaff on the label. 8!:e could
only account for e„,. doing bj being very much buy.
tied in attending a medical Gentleman who cs a; cup
ping some of the p'at'ents. Sffe was very much high .
cried ; about eleven'Onlowls she itifirmed Mr. Heal t
of the circunistanot ; flight prevented her fri m telling
bins before.—The Girona. and Jury very much cen-
t:tied the nursefpr not informing the suigton until
four hours after she discovered her error, hit; it was
possible if he bad had an antidote sooner his life
might have been saved. The Jury, after a short
consultation, returned the following verdict—" Died
in consequence of having administered to him by ae-
' cident, an excessive quantity of medicine of a deletce
riot:; nature."

A PERSON nnowtms.—An Inquisition was taken
yesterday at the Jew's Harp Tavern, Regent's Park,
on the body of a MAN unenowa. Mr. Goslin, of
Wardonr-street, stated, that he saw the deceasecloo
Saturday morning last, floating in the canal under
the bridge in the Regent's Park; he called to several
persons, and with their assi,tance he got him otit of
the water, and conveyed the body to the Lw's Harp.
The deceased appeared about fifty years of age;
there were no marks of violence on the body. He
had on an oki black coat, black waistcoat, and grey
trowscrs: he had no shirt on. In his small clothes
pocket was an empty snuff-box, the linings of which
were marked W. C. Brown, No.-2. As there was no
evidence before the Jury how the deceased came into
the water, they returned a re:diet—Found drowned.

HORRID DRATH.—Yesterday another Invest w s
held at the Elephant public-house, Kings:and, in the
parish of Hackney, on the body of a poor black man
whose name is unknown, who came by his death in
the following plinlut manner :—Thomas Parsley, a
labourer, in the employ of Mr. Hobson, brick-maker,
of Kingsland, said, that .on Saturday mon ing last,
about six o'clock, he observed the deceased lying ~11
a clump of hot bricks, lzurcied in a most dreadful
manners his left eye (the side on which he lay) was
literally burned out of his head. Witness 'says that
the deceased was well known about the neighbour.
hood, by going about selling religious tracts, ►ome of
which were found in his pockets, and thinks from the
want of means to procure a lodging, he was necessi-
tated to that resource for warmth. The deceased
WAS about 50 years of age. Verdict—Accidentally
' burnt to death.