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London, England, 1820-08-03 00:00:00

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1 lndiettncnt etuirged al with hawing written the
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WASIVICK, AU0V5971.- L - the purpdhe of inciting the liege subjects or. his .a-
rils, .
almq Jo. Jr. Q. -*RAND'S: .. ' jesty to rebellion. Now he took that opportunity of
Mr. BRADS* opened the 91eadingi:—This *as ari informing dreier; that he had never hid the !lightest
indictment charging the defendant with Unid*fully I wish to seduce anyothis Majeitr'S subjects fun,. their
writing and publishing a certain scandalous and se- allegiance:. and he was ready to make Math it such
dhious libel of and concerning the Government of ian oath were deemed necesary, that pil, idea of that
this kingdom, and the employment of the King's nature had ever entered into his imagination. -A4 a
troops, and of and concerning his Royal Highness proof bf this assertion, he begged leave to acquaint
the Regent, on the 20th day of December list, in the them, that, is soon as he learned that the tendency
parish of Birmingham. of his pamphlet was considered to be injurious, and
. Mr. tibiae stated the case. He expatiated, at that this prosecution had been instituted against hiM
oonsideralke length, on various extracts from the libel, in ciinsequence of it, he had stopped and prohibited
(which were afterwards read in evidence), and. de- its ful-ther drculation. They were now appointed to
ecribed the whole matter of the publication to be, in decide whether, iii publishing it, he had or had not
• highest degree; libellous and seditious. He ridi- been guilty of an offence. To their uecision hi
ruled, in very pointed terms, the folly and presump- looked forward erith.'reapect, not uniningled with
tion of persons. in the low and obscute sphere of the anxiety ; for. upon it. would depend whether he was
defendant, setting themselves up as the censors of to continue fqr a still longer period iminfired .hi
Government, the reformers of our venerable Consti- a prison, or whethir he was Ito be restored to his
Union. and the advisers of their Prince. When he wife, his friends, his family; and to what war
bad proved the publication, he had nb doubt that the as dear to him as life-:::•he meant, his liberty,:
Jury would find such a verdict as wbuld satisfy the He hoped that, iii forming their opinion upon thin
jpstice of the case—a verdict of Guilty—against the case, they would lay aside all local
prejudices--alt
defendant. • party feelings ; they ought not to be biassed by ant
The libel, which-,was entitled "An Address to'the such unworthy passions, but ought, by virtue of theft.-
Reformers of Birmingham and its neighbOuthood," oaths, to do their duty fairly and impartially, and
was then put in. without respect to persons, between himself and the
.The CHIEF BARON inquired, whether the defend- King—his nominal prosecutor. With these obstyva.;
atilt wished the whole of the publication to be read ii Lions he should leave his,case in their hands: he
t The defendant answered in the negative.
,placed in them the fullest confidnnce; be knew that
. , The Clerk then read the following extracts: . the were the great bul‘Vark• which the Constittition
" &Bow-countrymen—A crisis is fast approaching; which, to had provided for the defence of the weak against the
oar the memorable expression of the celebrated
sm Paine'll will try assaults bf the powerful; and from that knowledge;
saetes sods; it is a crisis wherein the patrioti of a will be
.innocence, which
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let to the severest test, and which must for ever decide the fate
and froth a Conviction of his own
'roar native land; it is a crisis big with events of the greatest he hoped tO die:kr to their mnclf, he gladly threw
faurelanee, not only to this, but to every succeeding gener.ation ; 'himself upon [lien]for piotection:
]tomes* the issue depends whether Englishmen are to clayey the Chief Baron RiCliA RAS then proeteded to sumn *pi
illemings of liberty, and their country be great and free, which ,
after which, he infortried the Jury that they were Sift
from the excellency of its climate, Its soil, and resources they
bad,ought toexpect ; or whether they shall submit to a military judges whether this publitation was of was not a
despotism, accompanied with all the horrors of starvation and libel. At the same time, he shoUld not be 'per-forni4
servitude ? Look dt the situation of unfortunate Ireland, groan- ing his duty if he did not,. lh the execution of his a-
llot tinder theiron rod ef military oppression; think of the
sossberiess privations and persecutionsexperienced by that in_ face of Judge, state to them hit Opinion Upon its Ira;
fated country; and figure to yourselves your own situation, go- tore and tendency. In order to give them an oppOr-
termed by a similar system of injustice and barbarity. tunity of deciding whether his opinion was correct
" We have already experienced, in the murder of our cois- or not, he should read the whole of the libel to them,
tfyisen, at :Manchester; and the shameful denial of justice to the as by so doin the would be more enabled to see
injured, what we have to expect from the clemency of our Rulers, •g y
when.
the bearings, and understand the insinuations which
' their will supersedes that of the law. That never-be-for-for
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gotten event is i tolerable fair eirenneaOftielnanner id which had been made in the extracts already read to them:
'lke shall be treated if they are suffectxlso succeed in their oda- The Learned Judge then read the whole of the pub-
riot's warfare against our rights : yes, I bay, :thoiiki they succeed 1
rication, and in the course "or, it state' f that it was hit
in this last crusade again 4 you, alaverY, more ignomiaicui than
conscientious opinion that it was a Most virulent. and
even Fgyptiso, will be yourlOt. Route then ftom your lethargic
slumber, and make every exertion that is possible to thwart the atrocious libel: -
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rourkino.oool et your roPPrewara P:trirlamra2rw but yourseleas i The Jury then retairne4l.,*iktiont 4 Illollle% a bfSl-'
lis
Lotion, a verdict of duiltt ikOt. iliA prisoner;
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be firip and prudens, and your efforts nituttiltimately be crowned
With success: The moment is now arrived when is absolutely:g necessary that every F.niiidunan who. alites. die prosperity and 9n the &mah inform! the ..crefvnslint that sen
welfare of his Country should be at 1d5p0u....:....... ... It has tense would not lie' pasied ttpon him at drat time;
been threatenodyirr pimp of the scribes in the pay of -corruption, but that he would be
_bio.ngbi'lN, storing the next •
that if we are net Perfectly Pacts awl submit °allele" to be Term before the Cotirt 4:Nii)g ik Seighoo, receive
fleeced by the system, without murmuring, a foreign. fares 'MU .
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be Introduced fo compel us. • I say,let them come; and cursed lodgment,, .. .•, , • ~: ...... ~: t
be the hand that would not grasp the Vengeful steel to free his The defendant-naked, vi:hether,ne tie t not,he *al;
countrymen frost oppression ! Could linglisinnen, so famed for kAred to go at' large uPdn haitinifp s timi? 'to
their valour and wisdom, who boast of. their descent from the which the Juilgt replied thit. Fe ccisild iliXt Tbe do-
illustrious and Immoijal 'baleen, Sidney, and other celebrated findimt wag then reconciiicied to prittom. .• . patriots; crouch to eland of oreignt mercenaries? Could Eng-
lialunes over submit to have the prod** of their Mussy de - •• ' -
Tomei by splicing, hired by Ltaito/0 en WI damns with ttolir;
s,Wag 0? tits rafjfaill: 4., ilbefef?,. Cold& Bashi. ,
..bew.,as
see their wives,. dtr.fr, faidilitetes PA ihemselvess. uovsofe kr.
'a ferocieus' soldiery? ' No, MD forbid it ! and &Rona . for
bid it Niel 4 Let-14-01U the 'Wei *artists at -Thetialopifisii
jump into the brew*, renthrhat is vairoeur coutitry,- orpeidli
ip the attempt; for, bettor lepulltit hots and our item IA SI
'glorious, struggle,„thanilve the. slaves of cowardfly timgegg,
who would even &Watt tin iseiffeltordei of Africa.. MINK
dumber nip loafer P-Tbisdliairyi yOu most be free; to lielkifes
you smut be multedrii • .. •!rt. 10 'A. .
T. J. Vale, a potittiet•iiillhiningham, deposed that
the defendant had"employed him to print the libel
elk forth in' the indictment. He struck off 600
copies; 100 were sent to the lodgings of thedefen&
Int ; and, by his direction, 100 were delivered at the
room of a society called " The Union Society of
Biriningham." The defendant was present when the
copies were delivered.
• Two young men proved that they had purchased
the Address at the defendant's lodgings:
The• case for the prosecution being closed, the de-
fendant, who managed his own cause, was called on
for his-defence.

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'..!.* Apr Iffaltaarilionoured Lid,/ Niwatatworiti, lea
Valimpita -"Y. tO ;dinner yesterday, at. her mato Blackheath:
-. he Diike 'Of Yoitic.-. tbe Doke and Dueb,eis if
GtotreasTsta, and ;he Duchess of Kii*Ty alined yea:
teidaY with PrinctLearoin.at:Clarereoar. • •,,
The Duke of Yeast retarded to.Londea on'
day evening, from .oatlandt - ; • •"s ' ' - "'. 7 •
The DuChess of CCJsltEXeli accompanied the Op, •
rhea of Snze-WelstAn,- yeslerdayi in in open, c:ak.-
riage, to view the Tower of London,.thettint„&r„,
Yesterday, the Duchess of GLoscittrit, `thi.)!Fia?
tees AILiGi3STA, the Duchesi of !Kelm, &c. went AO
Claremont, on a visit to Prince LatciPtit.4, • A aurne•
rous party met their Royal, Higfineties todinner.'
Her Serene Highness Princess EsfiaßA.ty, we ate
happy to state, is quite recovered. frcni her,)ate lo-
disposition. This day, Prince ESTE-1111AV/
...the
PRINCeSS leave town on a visit to Ill's Bta4. -; at
his Cottage in Windsor Park. •
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Yesterday, Lord C a n xso in ilek tc iin,tqr tiai4elps•
the seat of-his father, the, Marquis of.ti'imaapix..
Among the forthcoming novelties at at favnnriti
Theatre, the Haymarket, is NlT.TiattY Tn. the ,4ak
tarter of Fatitqff IA Ireland* itiiiiiini."t4it 9T) .
• • 1 ^.?-'t; r,g ' '.•(, .1. .• "4
.nights. "
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• A Ball was given orilfrotidit . , . e ipik on
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Fit
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Inn, at Tomes!, in Deircitalire, (sr the. Sfettnit.?E
a • Female - Benefit Soddy, it.-wliith..tiii*4 fitayvhs:
women presided as Siewardr, WbOs'i•unikid'. *itekep
iceedird 236 years! The.elMecittlieni;,49itytirinq,
Of eighty-six Fed of the ititif iiioe'yijiA toktiar.
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I -*lord- affd Ladylliiiitivatta hi* f.:11 theft. ' •Fy
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DrotMete g litldet ilcir fa "0 424.
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.Welliam Rae Wilson, Req. Maw a toeit roilikrikellibit4
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I.l4lll"strudnpsoq's Hotel, Caverdl.ll.4qpnnk Ifindrid ". .
OW Turibridge Wells; /dm and MW Jeonbik,
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He commenced his address to the Jury by observ-
ing upon the length' of time during which this pro-
secution had been held in terraces overbill head.—
The first proceedings which had been instituted-
against him commenced in December last ; and he
had then been held to bail, in order to secure his at-
tendance at the ensuing Quartet Sessions "of the Feace,
at which he was informed, the present issue would
be tried. On his •appearance at those- Session he
was informed-that the case had been removed by a
writ of cettiot-ari into the Court of King's Bench,
and would therefore nut be tried before' the Justices
of the county. No further proceedings were taken-
against 1481 until the llth of February, when he
received notice to plead. He neglected, however,.
to put in any plea, partly from ignorance,Und partly
from not having tho.pecuniary sesources necessary
to' do so. He could assure the Jay that his neglect
to plead did not arise from any desire on his part tot
evade the pursuits of justice•.-The was ready, if he
had committed an offence, to Submit to any punish-
ment which the laws of his country might inflict.—
As he did not beer of any further steps being taken
against him in Easter Term, he supposed that judg-
ment bad gone by default ; and it was, not till his ap-
..ptehension, on the. 19th ,of June, than he was in-
formed pf .the contrary. Since that .period he had
been iu custody.. On the 24 of „July he received ,a
copy of the indictment eound against him, and also;
a notice to prepare for his trial at the ensuing Assizes,l
Illekaglilienself in prison, and also destitute of All pe-
coniatT refources, he had not been•able to make such
preparations for his defence as he might otherwise
have done: he trusted. however, that such a defi-
ciency of means would not excite any prejudice
itgainst him is the minds of his Jury, but would be
tersicieved by them not so much in his fault as his 's.:
rnititoe.• They wc.ukl obseave, from this statement,
of facts, that, the
.present .prosccu4ion had. been
pending over his head for the last eight montbs;.. and
be could Assure them, that the anxiety and vexation
which had been excited in his mind' during that tiro-
tracted period of suspense 22 d‘indeigsionAatibeeain-
finitely more dreadtul t0,birn.41841015:.
could he a Uich.mjghs he intlistednixpa himovete they,.
to give a verdict in faedui Orthelitosecutor. lie sd
one observation to make to them' with regard to the
indictment,' which he conceived to be of importatics.

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• . -. DEPARTURES
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' The Margois.and Marchioness *of; Winehtific,,l~lo9lßl4
port House, near Andover, Hosski:. - 1,.;'-e ,):-v! ,
.31.1Ceene, Esq. and family, to the AM, WWl** tilifelli
btidieshire. •
•.1441,c7entents, to her sett, • . p ,
Loogltittoo lia tillodoteth - '
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lale.sand Lady Canitine Lamb, te Bracher littil: • ••, -1•:.•
IM lion W . ood N
Howard, N. P. to kb 'wits: Atlittid
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sark
2.SOftfY• - • i '1•-. - ••i'l -,..)
Prom the Polieney Hotel., Piccadilly ' f ouatjP4
f`ortaloarto Brighton; the Earl cf Enniskillen, to Cli,hatn,
' • ~Frons Thonqiscnes' Hotel, Catteitclish4avitvi WiIW& nay,
ttune4ln.; Day, and .fsmily, to Brameak nisi; :Stiles OW%
_ I Air. John IL - Johnstone, But. to ,Bonsignas l•-.Chgeles
s,
' Esq. to Ntilksley Hall, Atherstone, Leirestgesbirq-
Saturday, the London and Westminster
..Light
Heise Volunteers held their last Mess, this. season.,,ai.
the 'Thatch d 'House Tavern:—His. MAJWSTY WaS,
gi.4oously pleated to contribute to 'their entertain-,
meet,' by ordering two beautiful haunches of 10114 its,
to he stilt to them on the Occasion.
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, 'fig not ftected that the Maiipei froth !IP/19414*A , .
1.1%.1Y- ietticiyed- to' ChAtkam,lwill yet rel 0.1C7.1
'qdatiefts..lGerteril Sirli.Tnezannoun .en. u tips
Jet eienittg,;that six itintanies of .4111 3r!!;1191,
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Bittelitei-Woulit ihditty arrive from Cork, tp ai,sot4;
!thOirddbuVtiftitylit lie fOirisOn at trott-13.
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ic Olertyrhikin -the neightoO-urfic..s' if Azgi,
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:mothoitsitty-sgrighitii, diet praT,i ot:i. #
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;ttie. 14ditst4;-: solemnly added, :A • 7,,,rt.),a5s It*
Iteasesbeiltavred to rise up agawn4 ier, an may t.l.e
mouths of liars be stopped !"—Scotsman.