The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-09-24 00:00:00

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day following, art after lipokisig at Hilntie Life
• some other *Atka books. he left. He milled- en the
Monday morning following. bet the defendant was sb.
sent from home agarepeated hie visit is the evening.
and saw the defmMt. He la net got the
book, but that be should have it by the
Friday following. He era is before the
witness called the first time,. Id them all.
The witness said it might be. proper observe, that
there was a sign over the door, oa which was mimeo..
" David Ridgway, dealer la Tea, Coffee. Tobacco, sal
Snuff." The defendant asked the witness if he had a
book entitled the " Right Mime of Kings to Govern
Wrong." He said be bad, and the defendant :bowed
it, and read several parts of it, by way of explaiiing
those passages that referred to the pictures that were
on the back of it. He called again on the 6th of April
and saw the defendant, and got one of the Addresses
from his hands.
Cross-examined by Mr. BIOUCIAM-.-.110 is not one
of the family of the Millers, of Huddersfield. He is
not an articled clerk to Mr. Nadia, but is bound an
apprentice to him. It is Mr. Nadia, jun. the man who
was a• police-officer, that he is with, sot old Mr. Nadia,
the gentleman who had retired into the country to
live upon his fortune. Mr. Nadia, jan., married the
daughter of Mr. Lavender, once a Bow-street Officer.
but now the Deputy Constable of Manchester. and
not yet retired upon his fortune. Mr. Nadia does not
read those books himself. He had sum difficulty in
getting it ; be went four times for it, but be was pro-
mised it the first time. It is a small shop, the front
room of a small house, with a little fiat window. The
defendant was generally at his work up stairs when he
went. lie saw several pamphlets, and there were
shelves around the shop, but not many books. He
saw the defeadant folding up newspapers, and he be-
lieved he supplied them to those who ordered them.
His wife sold in the same shop thread, sand. potatoes.
tea, and childrens' books—Mother Sloipton and Jack
the Giant Killer. He did not know that the defend•
ant had been a Volunteer for six years, anti a Local
Militia man for four years. He was eighteen years
old. He made memorandums of what passed between
himself and Ridgway. It was not for his own read-
ing that he purchased the Addresses. He did not ex-
pect to be paid for his trips. He came to Lancaster on
Thursday last, with Mr. Murray, the Solicitor of the
Association. He had lived with him ever since at the
King's Arms, the principal inn in the town. When
he was sent to purchase the Address he bad some idea
that it was for the purpose of giving it in evidence
against the defendant. No one was present but Mrs.,
Ridgway whenever he conversed with the defendant;
Re-examined by Mr. Serjeant Hum.oce—At the
time he took his place to come to Lancaster, be had
not seen Mr. Murray; but Mr. Murray came to their
office the same evening, and said he was going the
next morning early, and it was then arranged that the
witness should travel with him.
After this witness had been examined, it was pro-
posed by Mr. Brougham that certain parts of the libel
should be read, with a view to show. that when cted with the preceding and subsequent matter, Beßi
offensive passages were disarmed of their evil ten-
dency. Mr. Tindall also proposed to follow up his,
friends reading by paragraphs that he should plait.
This plan was abandoned, as being likely to consume
more time than it would save, and the whole address
was then read. It contained more matter than our li-
mits will here allow us to insert, and. among other'
subjects, in addition to the above extracts, it contafned•
a long exhortation to his readers to abstain
-from malt
liquor sad other exciseable articles, as a means of
giving strength to the body and vigour to the mind.
Mr. BROUGHAM said, be rose as the professional ad-
vocate of this poor man, to defend him from a new
order of political persecution. In most cases where
the author could be foetid. be was the object of pro-
secution, and next to him was his avowed and confi-
dential publisher, because be was interested in disse-
minating his writings, and was a partner with the au-
thor in the publication. This was not an ordinary
case ; it was his misfortune not to meet an open and
avowed prosecutor, appointed by the Government to
be the guardian of the law, who, in exercising his
discretion on those he would prosecute, always brought
before the Jury those who were really the offenders,
where they could be found,and disdained to take those
who had acted a mere subordinate part; he always
struck at the head, and was ever cautions is not select-
ing improper cases to be the subject of prosecutions;
be maintained a dignified reserve over the little us•
happy tradesman who was ignorant of what he was
dealing in, and would not stoop to such a cue as this.
This mock Constitutional Association knew who the
the author was, and why had they not prosecuted him ?
No. they knew a bliddleses Jury would sot counte-
nance them, and that as soon as they showed their
head into Court, the Jury would turn theic back
upon them, and so they had seat down their *genet
Murray, to see what a Lancashire Jury would do.
Murray says, I will go down to Lancashire. an
there I know we can get a Jury „thaS.
give us a •verdict ; but we have no cane, we eta-
not take Carlile there for an offence committed
is Middlesex ; well. and if we minuet have him. u 0
can hunt out some other trader, who Iwasaki a copy el
his Address ; we will employ young Nadia aud'old
Nadia, and Lavender, and they shall engage their !be-
rets and spies, and we will employ a Lancashire Jury
—we shall then make up a case, and by the services
of the wretches, the Nadin's and Lavender's favour.
we shall be able to get a verdict; and they do accord-
ingly get the poor defendant, after four applications to
hint, to commit what they call an act of publication,
and it was upon a case so got up. that they attempted
to obtain a verdict from a LancasbireJary Be milled
upon them not to give credit to this solitary,-Witness.
who had been employed foisa other parpone,than so
entrap' the defendant into a breach of the 'silicas they
were pleased to term it. The witness bad goat at the
desire of his muter, who- lad received his instenctious
from Murray, who acted under the direction of An.
Unconstitutional Assembly, to go to eloieniant'sholants
he went, and there mew a bill posted Sp, that an Ad%
dress might be had *this; he weethelbirt he did not
ask for that Address, but Aviolefir Year's
Address to the.Rieformaers of (I , 1141111 M told
hi bed not gut it ;bet thispoor wW `, epia,•whimonsld
searowdy by ant mom auks mateleimasylmnelee of ask-
settee, being riduced is his OWllllllll64lllhlMptgLlitela
the times, and his wife, lending her-aldls* -an
honest living by Genitor snuff, polities, eamlitand-ehil.

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