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London, England, 1820-08-05 00:00:00

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With such aninstreroeat the adreibtlastet
th..ir bad work, and it was therefore natural-Al

they should magnify. its performance by deifying its I
Having thus arranged their ags,l
the ptiaciple actors met at the Major's and
they determined to gb in procession to the place of ,
Meeting, In order to give some echtt to their move-
meo:s. AU the other defendants would be found
accompanying the Major. They set out for .the
Meeting, with music, to a place called hl wall Hill,
near Birniingham, and in the same parish, where the
ground formed a kind of amphitheatre, very proper
for their purpose. In a little time, no less than
-60,000 persons were gathered, as Edmonds, one of
the defendants himself confessed in a report in his
paver. The greater part, of course, went on foot,
%a: Major Cartwiight, who was very infirm, and is
so, was lifted out of a barouche, and placed like
rallying point upon the hustings. Lewis, Edmonds,
and Wooler, had come to the spot in the carriage
• him, all of • whom, together with Maddox, at.
tended i meeting at his lodgings in the morning, and
~cete a ike involved in the conspiracy, and bad given
their a-sent to the Resolutions which were afterwards
doptc,.. Bit having now come to the ground, it was
found necessary that some one should preside,and that
▪ fearless champion of their liberties, and undaunted
asserter of their rights," as he called himself, George
Edmonds, modestly pat himself forward, and was
called to the Chair. There was more in this Meet-
ing than at first meets the eye, for a great deal was
calculated upon the good example it would set to the
rest of the country. And, indeed, if one were to
consider the great number of Meetings which were
.held at the same time, and for the same purpose, in,
Manchester, Stockport, and other places, such an ex-
pectation would not appear very visionary. These-
sirnult tneous Meetings argued a deep-laid and exten-
sive con-piracy to overturn, or at least to remodel,
the Government and Constitution of this country.
Edmunds being then Chairman, bespoke silence for
those ss ho were to speak, in the usual way; and al-
though he would not disgust the Jury by reading
this terson's speech, as it was reported in his own
Paper, yet he could not help calling their attention
to certain passages in it. He began by expressing a
hope that the benefits of this Meeting would not be
confined to this place, but extended through the empire.
—lt was impossible to.rrad this speech, and not see
how it bore out the charge in the indictment of en-
&avowing to bring the Government, and more par.
ticularly the House of Commons, into contempt.—
The Learned Serjeant then described the mischievous
tendency of the whole of the speeches delivered on
the occasion, and which we duly noticed at the time.
He read the :rowel Resolutions passed at the Meet-
ing, and commented upon each of them, showing that
these defendants bad.arrogated to themselves a power
which the Constitution refused to the King. They
claimed the right; but with what materials did they
go to trial? Was a trial with 6%000 men the proper
way to decide it? They walk, indeed seat their
Member in the House ; but was that a legitimate or
constitutional trial? The Meeting at Birmingham
concluded by votingthanks to Major Cartwright for
having, at his advanced age, undertaken so great a
journey to forward their taus', a clear proof that his
being there was not entirely the effect of accident.--
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, Mr.
Wailer, and the principal actors, and the Meeting
was adjourned back to the Major's house, whitherthe
greater part of them accompanied him in the ba-
rouche. They returned in the same order in which
they set out. Here ended the Meeting, and the next
day a deputation waited upon Sir C. Wolseley to in—
form him of the result, and induce him to undertake
the office of Legislatorial Attorne7. Their purpose
would have been then completed. The Learned
Counsel concluded by expressing a hope of being able
to prove every statement which he had made, and
then he did not entertain a doubt of the result.

The Learned SERJEANT then proceeded to call
Witnesses in support or his case.
Francis .1- ,linson, grocer, in Birmingham, who gave
evidence as to the proceedings at the Meeting, under-
went the following cross-examination,
By Mr. Hip..—He was never a Reporter; is a
grocer, an accountant, an auctioneer, and a pawn-
broker. He has no other trades. He will swear that
one of the sentences which he had read was uttered,
and he did not take a note of it till ten days after the
Meeting. With his extraordinary memory, and not
being in the habit of reporting, he could recollect all
that was then said.

Q. Take the book, and say which sentence you
iil swear to?—l've said before Cthat3 I would swear
to one. 1 do not mean to say that every word in it is as
it was spoken, but there is at least the spirit of them.
Q. Where did you learn this spirit ?—I can't tell.

By Mr. Woolen—Went from curiosity to the Meet►
ing ; he had no intention to take notes; if he had
gone with that intention, he might have paid more
attention to what passed. His being sent for to the
.Magistrates set him to recollect, as fast and as bar,
a; he could, what had occurred. He read the pub-
i:cati:ni of that day once over. By some sympathy
he had given the verbatim report as in the publication
which he had seen. He did not stay all the time of
tl.e Meeting. Left it at the end of Mr. Wooler's
tpeech. The reading of the publication had an effect
;Ton him so as to enable him to correct his memory.
Mr. Wooler.-1 should like to try the strength of
your memory, Sir; it appears to me so very extraor-
.tmary. l'li read a sentence to you very clearly and
,istinctly. and 1 have no doubt that you will imme-
diately repeat it to me word for word. [Mr. Wooler
then read a sentence from the Ilchester Address to,
the Queen.]
Witness.—My memory won't serve me for that, Sir.
Wooler.—Surprising ! you can recollect a
speech, word for word, ten days after it is uttered,
and can't iccollect the sentence which I have just
read to you.

S3muel Dickenson, surgeon at Birmingham, who
gave similar evidence as to the speeches delivered,
was also cross-examined—

Sy Mr. Dasteme.—Hove came you, Sir, to attend at this
)I,:ethq; ?-1 welit to watch.
Over your rights, I suppose ?—tes; and I hope I shall always
have spirit to watch over my rights, whenever I col-Atter them
ul be is danger.
iign't doubt your spirit, but did you take a note-book ?

Why tildyoU take it was desired to attend by a public-
office, and therefore took notes.
litiore you copied those notes, had you seen any publication
c .ntaitting a report of thew proceedings 7—Not a single iota.
11..vc you those notes here ?—,I have not ; I left them at home'