Star.
London, England, 1819-09-07 00:00:00

lIDDItEsstED TO LORD STANLEY, FOREMAN OF THE

GRAND JURY.
"Me Loan--I beg leave respectfully to remind your Lord-
ship. that there were several bills of indictment submitted yes-
terday afternoon to the judgment of the Grand Jury by myself
and several oth,r persons, who received injury by the events of
the 16th ukimo. I find that a bill has been sent in to the Grand
Jury this morning, in which the consideration of the same events
is involved ; and have learnt that the witnesses upon the latter
bill are intended to be called and examined before those which
preceded it. I feel convinced that so irregular a proceeding
must have been adopted without sufficient consideration. It
cannot be necessary to remind your Lordship and the Gentle-
men of the Grand Jury, that the bias it: question a-e presented
to the judgment of an Inquest, and not of a Jury to try the
Moe ; and that as their deposition is required to be made out
upon the evidence produced on each bill, lam but discharging
a duty to my country,, in respectfully requesting that the bills
should be heard in the order in which they are presented"
The trial of Parson Harrison is definitively fixed
for this day. It is said he will plead his own cause.
We have received an abstract of his indictment. After,
setting forth, as usual, that the defendant is a' wicked,
seditious, and evil-disposed person,' it proceeds to
state, that on the 15th of August, at Stockport, " in
the presence and hearing of a great number of his'
Majesty's liege subjects, he maliciously, unlawfully,
wickedly, and seditiously, did publish, utter, and
declai oof and concerning the Government established
within this Realm, and of and concerning the two
Houses of Parliament, the wicked and seditious words
following, ' The Government has starved the people,
and it is right the people should starve Government.
It is necessary f.)r the consent of all three estates to
make laws, which cannot be altered hut by the same
consent. The Commons Hottse,or House of Assem-
bly of the People, should watch their interests; but
a few designing persons have the whole sway there,
and when the reople ask for their rights by a Reform
in their own House, they threaten to make war on the
people. Can laws, proceeding from such a source,
be called the law of the land, or is it fit we should'
*obey them' " The indictment also charges the de-
fendant with saying, "It is a corrupt Government,"
and with endeavouring to " excite insurrection, sedi-
tion, and to overawe the two Houses of Parliament."
Sir C. Wolseley% trial will come on at Knmsford
Quarter Sessions, in the third week of October nest.

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Loiresain, IMPTEmBEIL 4.
Mr: PoLiodealiplieci for - x Wl.r.
rant to apprehend Richard Oroen, against whom. the
Grand Jury found a True Bill for Perjury.
Mr. Baron WOOD immediately granted the warrant.
A True Bill has this day been found against Henry!
Hunt, Joseph Johnson,Jc mes Moorhou,se, John Knight,.
Reber: Jones, Joseph I ledey, George Stop, John'
Mocker Saxton, Samuel liamyiird, and Robert Wilde,
for conspiracy.
A True Bill was also found against James Wroe,
the Printer of The Manchester ikserver, for a libel.
About three o'clock this afternoon, Robert Jones,
James Healey, George Swift, J. T. Saxton, Samuel
Bamford, and Robert Wilde, the prisoners charged in
the above indictment who had remained in custody
for want of bail, were brought up to plead.
Saxton, addressing himself to his Lordship, said:,,
" My Lord, may I have a copy of the indictment."
The COURT—,, Yes; the indictment will be read
over to you, when you must plead. If youidead Not
Guilty, then you will be entitled to a copy of the in-
dictment."

Saxton.—" My Lord, we are ready to plead now.
We wish to plead, that we may know the amount of
the bail your Lordship and the Court will require of us."
The indictment was now read. It contained many
alums. One of them charged all the prisoners (in-
cluding Mr. Hunt, Johnson, Moorhouse, and Knight,
who are at large upon bail, and have not yet been
callcd on to plead), that they, with force and arms,
did unlawfully, traitorously, and feloniously, at Man-
chester, in the county of Lancaster, on the 16th day
of August, in the 59th year, &c. combine, conspire,
confederate, and agree together, to excite tumult and
insurrection within this realm, and to alter the Go-
vernment and Constitution thereof as by law esta-
blished, and against.the peace of our said Lord the
King, his Crown and dignity. Another count charg-
ed the prisoners with using seditious speeches for the
same purpose. Another with displaying banners,
flags, &c. for the same unlawful purpose, &c. &c.
I'he prisoners were severally called upon to plead,
each of whom pleaded " Not Guilty," and asked to
traverse. Healey, on being asked, said, " Not Guilty,
my Lord, and my enemies know it."
Saxton—l already consider, my Lord, that your
Lordship knows of the exorbitant bail required by
the Magistrates of Manchester. Your Lordship will
perhaps take into account the situation of some of
the defendants, who arc mere labourers, and whose
connexions are principally in the same line of life.
The COURT—The amount of bail shall be consi-
dered ; you must be brought up again on Monday
morning, and you will then be informed of the amount.
Bamford—We have a number of friends here who
are going into our respective neighbourhoods, who
could provide bail by Tuesday next, if your Lord-
ship would now inform us of the amount requited.
The COURT—You must each of you be bound in
£2OO, and two sureties in £lOO each.

Saxton—My Lord, there are many of us who are
very poor, and whose friends are in the same situa-
tion. We have a long winter before us; and the idea
of innocent men being confined during a long winter
is dreadful.

The COURT—The offence is also dreadful. It is a
high offence that is found against you. I cannot
alter the amount of the bail.

Healey—My Lord, I reside within a quarter of a
nine only from Yorkshire; all my friends live in
Yorkshire; will your Lordship permit me to bring
bail from that county ?
The COURT—Certainly, from anywhere.
Mr. HARMER and Mr. PEARSON, both from Lon-
don, attended on behalf of the prisoners. The Grand
Jury cut two Bills preferred by Mr. Hunt against Platt
and Derbyshire(two of the witnesses against Mr. Hunt
when he was committed), charging them with perjury.
Mr. Hunt and Sir C. Wolsoreyhave just left Lan-
caster together in a gig. •
Half-past Five p. m.—The Grand Jury have this
moment cut four indictments against different Gen.
demen of the Manchester Yeomanry, which charged
them with attacks upon different individuals belong-
ing to Mr. Hunt's patty. We observed several women
in attendance, who had lien sabred and trampled
down by the Manchester Yeomanry. One of them
held an infant in her arms, the same which she had
preserved on that occasion, at the hazard of her life.
A boy exhibited a deep and lasting laceration en his
head, inflicted by a sabre.
CHESTER, SEPTEMBER 4.
RIOTING AT MACCLESFIELD.
To-day, the defendants in this case were brought
up for judgment. In addressing Samuel !bedevil,
the CHIEF JUSTICE said, " You 'have been indicted
for making, with otherc, a riot and tumult at Mac-
clesfield on the 17th of August last. On that day
you.were found at the head of a formidable mo',, of
which, it appears from the evidence, you acknow-
ledged yourself to be the leader and conductor; for
you stated your ability to take away the rioters tin-
der certain conditions and considerations. You were
seen actively engaged in the midst of the riot, and
inciting the multitude to farther disturbance by cries
of Go it, my lads !' This you were observed to do
at the very moment of attacking the houses, and it
isai. in addition proved, that a person had written on
ritir hat the words Hunt and Liberty. Oi the
species of liberty you meant you gave a practical
illustration. You at once showed its object, and your
own purpose; and I hope that all who now hear me,
and the-nation at large, will speedily learn its true
meaning. Your liberty consisted in the destruction
of houses and the demolition of property, in terrify-
ing and intimidating the community, in forcing
open doors and breaking windows—these are the
achievements you accomplish under the mask of
what you call liberty. The contempt of the laws,
the violation of order, and disturbing the public
peace—these clearly explain the meaning of Ht'int
and Liberty.' But are such acts to be passed over
with impunity in this country, in this land of real
freedom, where the purity of public justice is marked
by its impartiality—where all property has an equal
protection, and where Virtuous integrity is rewarded,
from the lowest to the highest classes of society ? I
wish you and those who were your ,coadjutors, to
learn that they are not to be treated 'Orly.; the
laws must be enforced in an aggravated ime as rites
is, in order to teach others to respect them. The
Court has considered the whole of the charge against
you with great care; and it is painful to observe,

that it .&elLas• 4fre&ted
to Palliate. it. .14• yon ittrfirtilkiumit re3la wish
it to appear, It is no excuse—.it i water-an aggra-
vation ; one offence cannot be prosluced to screen and
excuse another. Under die fads, therefore, which
it has been the disagreeable•duty of the Court to hear
in evidence against you, the sentence we shall pase
upon you is, that you be imprisoned for the term of
18 calendar_ months in the common jail of the county,
and then he discharged."
Ralph Wright, on being asked what he had to say
why sentence should not be passed upon himi' ob-
served, "I have a few remarks to make. Thitkhap-
pened on the Tuesday, the market-day. I was at a
public-house, and remained there till night. Naoor
came into the company ; and one Was reasiirig in a
Newspaper a story about Samuel and William, in the
Lancashire dialect. I said give it to Naylor for he
is more like to make it out than any of us. He raid
it, and went out of the house; I followed him.—
When I got into the Market-Place I fc un.cl it perfectly
clear. Li Chester-gate I perceiVisl pact of a rail,
which I supposed belonged to a stall. I took ft up.
The crowd were then opposite the hotel. Shortly
'afterwards I heard the noise of horses, and cried out
GOD %peel the plough: I was then going home, •
when I was overtaken by one of the Gentlemen on
horseback, who said 4 I thought you ought to know
better than be here in such a riot.' I was seized,
carried before a Magistrate, and sent to prison, where
I remained till I was brought here. I have long
served my country; I have been with his Grace the
Duke of Wellington in Portugal, in Spain, and twice
in France* ; always conducted myself as a loyal man
and a good soldierr-I was never brought in disgrace
in my regiment, nor was I ever before a Court of mi-
litary or civil law. I hope, therefore, that your Lord-
ships will take these circumstances into consideration."
Cuter Jusries--" Ralph Wright, you have been
indicted for engaging in a riot at Macclesfield, on
the 17th of August last, and on that indictment you
have been convicted. The Court have attended, with
great application, to what you have just related, al-
though, in point of regularity, it should have been
mentioned in your defence, yesterday ; but they think
it their imperative duty to add, that what you have
asserted rests where it is without the slightest corro-
boration. They have, however, some satisfaction in
adding, that there is a material difference, in point
of aggravation, between your case and Hardern's.---
It has, nevertheless, been satisfactorily proved, that
you were in the midst of the riot, and that you
cheered up the mob to acts of violence, by the cry
of That's right my lads; GOD speed the plough r
Notwithstanding these facts, we are happy to say,
there are features of palliation in your case: it does
not appear you went there with any revengeful ob-
ject in your mind. The Court cannot but take these
circumstances into its consideration, combined, as
they are, with the excellent character you have re-
ceived. As one of those who fought at Waterloo,
you are entitled to the gratitude of every English-
man, for on that memorable day the liberties of Eu-
rope were accomplished by the valour of the armies
of this mighty country. But we could have wished
that your character had remained to the present day
untainted, as it then was ; and that you had not dis-
graced yourself by partaking in the designs of incen:
diaries, and in local tumults: we could have wished
that your conduct on that great and memorable day
had retained to the present, the same proud and ele-
vated consideration which it then inheriteda,,la has

not been so: you have been found rioting, and break-
ing the public peace, and it is our duty, if possible,
to prevent a repetition of such conduct. Under these
considerations, the sentence of the Court is, that you
be imprisoned in the common gaol of this County
for Six Calendar Months, and then be discharged."
• The prisoner wore the Waterloo medal.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
Can or GOOD Hors, JULY 3.—The brig Prince William, ar-
rimd hem, was struck by lightning on the 20th May, in lat. 34.
30. S. long. 30. E. which shivered her mein-top-gallant-sail, and
it having caught fire, was obliged to be cut away.
Posy Louts, fats or Faancit, MAY s.—The Iris, Jonas, of Logs-
don, for Bombay, was cast sway some time since on Salmon
Isle; t the crew and Spanish dollars saved, with which the Cap-
rain went to Padang.
MAnad.s, Mar 2.5.—0 n Saturday last arrived the ship Mary
Ann, Captain MIDIRSOW, from Manilla, whence she sailed the
110th January, having touched at Mama. This ship encoun-
tered very bad weather on her passage; were obliged to, throw
part of her cargo overboard, in order to preserve the vessel aad
the tires of the crew.
MAT sp.- 'We regret to mention the, grounding, in the Ran-
goon River, of the Pout Sisters, which left this port in January.
Aran. 15.—The Ajax sailed on Saturday evening.for the Cape .
and England. We are concerned to anr.ounce the total loss of
the ship Paragon, on S..uger Sand; with the exception' of one
man, the passengers, officers, and crew, were all saved.
Ltvraroox, Serra:nem 3.--Arrived the Neptune, Ware, from
Buenos Ayres; .sailed 11th June. On the 3d August, in lat.
52. 38. long. 414. spoke the Ann, from the South Seas for Los-
don.—The Dm, Mao*, which was on shore, has been got off,
and brought into dock.
PORTSMOUTH Sire. 6.—Wind W.—Sailed the Kutesoff, Ha. -
ortisszir, for Petersburgh.
Drat, Serrrider* W. S.W.—Arrived and sailed
for the River yesterday, the Highlander, Mutsu, from New
Providence; Contest, CAMPBELL, from St. Vincent's • Antraens,
Byes., from Amigos; Zoroaster, Ross, from Bengal; Thetis,
bliontrrox, from Jamaica • ' and an, Mawr, from the South
Seas ; to-day, the David Scott, Hunan, from Bengal ; Camden,
Join:dor, from Manilla; Fame, TRICRLIY., from Lisbon; AMR,
DAYNOILOUOH, from Oporto; Ceres, PINNY, from Africa; Jut
folk, Attasox, from St. Thomas's, and soiled for Holland; fiche,
Secant, from Calcutta;,Trittne, Sm.k.a. from St.Vilacea(a; and,
Jane, blu.sumas, in 27 days from Virginia. 'Caine down from
the Elver, the St. Ames, Caosen, for bladeira ; Mart, Atte*,
for the South Stas ; and the Viscount Exmouth, Teas*, for
Gibraltar. .
tirrmenum 6.—Wind W.—Arrived and sailed fbe the. River
the Tartar, Dowensi, from Cadiz; Ruby; Csaratas, from
Sierra Leone, for Hull; Regalia, (late Elliott), from Jamaica;
and Hardy, ffiroarnorsr, fr:sm Sc. lAicia. Came down from tbe
' River the Charles Parfet tt, CHAS; for Philadelphia ' • Sprightly,
Baxae, for Lisbon; and Julius Cesar, Loewe, for Demerara.
The wind this afternoon got to the N. W. and the whole of the
outward-bound have sailed.
Cowls, Sem 6.--Arrived the Columbus, Repairs, Rom ReS -
ask, out 220 dlys. In lat. 39. long. It. villa the slip Cara-
van, sr Caroline, from Calcutta, out ISO days; and in lat. 29.
49. long. 33.34. spoke the Richmond, from Canton, for London*

Letters have beets received ft om Margaretta, dated
July 12th. They confirm the important intelligence
of the fall of the City of Barcelona, which was takes.
s
by the division of the Patriot Army under
mind of Generals Mietiyo and Seroepto.. .- as
the same division that defeated the aeolyaiii4 e
commanded by ARAN.M, on
the conquest of Barcelona i
of that achiertment. No date
which convey she news, but
the less to be relied on as
must have taken place in the

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