The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-09-07 00:00:00

etplhin Mao meanlog of Nent'aed Li-
berty' Bet are sorb acts to be parsed ever with lE.
',gaily in this country, in this lewd of reel keedoes,
where the purity of public jostle* Is mark,d by its
Impartiality—where all property basso egad probe.
shoo, sod whore wittiest integrity is rewarded from
Idle lowest to the highest classes of society I shill
roe end these who were your coadjeten, le kelte
that they are sot to be treated lightly ; !Interning
tenforced in en wanted case as ymar/s is, in cr•
S. inch others to respect them. The Court bas
ilitiiiderd tbe whole*? the charge against you will
teat dim ; god it is painful to observe, that ft den
not contain one &muttony, calcolafird to paint rt.
Urea were desert, as Foe *mild with At to appear,
Atis se accuse—it is rather as aggseratige; owe of.
lope cannot be peodoced to screen mad aces*
*Welber. Under all the facts, therefore, which hies
lki disagreeable duty GI the Court to hem le
evilest yee, the eletiece tei •1111 pita ipso
pee It Met yea be lopeleeeed ler the ter* of IS
Zit:aacre ks asecesseen pet of tie egeetyi
be Srged."
It Wright, on being Is asked what kJ to
moyedtseetesee should sot be passed epos him,
blisevved, " I have a few remarks to nuke. 'rids
liPpeeed ie the Tuesday, the market-day. I ins
eta pettlit.beew, and retreated there 141 eight.—
Myles ogee lute the company ; end olio was reedfwg
lea Newspaper a story about Samoa and William,
le the Lancashire dialect. I said, give it to Naylor,
ler he is more like to make it out than any of
ob. He read it, and went out of the bogie' I fel-
,seevil his. Whit I got Into the Mirkeeplite
Mod k perfectly elem. le Chnturlato .1 portaged
pert of. a nil, which I supposed belonged to ei
stall. IL, took it up. The creed were thee op.'
polite the hotel. Shortly afterwards f heard the noise
of horses, and I cried out" Gad speed the plough."
I iris then going home, when I wss overtakes. by one
of the Gemltaren en bombed', who said," I thought
pie eyed to k now better then be fere lo sach u riot."
I was st;trd, carried before a Magistrate, and mint
;to prison, where. I remained till I was brought hare.
have lone served my country ; I bare been with his
,Glace the tl;tke if il'ellington in Portugal, in Spain,
lad twice in Praline ; allays coadocted myself as 5
fiy4l man end a good soldier : I was never brought
fridiegrecw in my regiment, nor was I ever before a
Court if Military or Civil Law. I hope, therefore,
that your Lorddlips will take these ciresiestaeces
fete considevation."

Court Justtct.—Aalph Wright, you have been
indicted for engaging in a riot at Macelerlield, on the
ittit of August last, end on that indictment you
Itrib bftit toovictid. Thai Court hove attended with
year applicattoo Se what yea have jest related, al-
though, in point of regularity, it should have been
esentiesed is par Meuse yesterday ; but they 'lsiah
it their imperative duty to add, Sat what yeti have
awned rests when it is silliest the slightest corr.!
Monition. They boa, however, some satisfaction
in adding, that there is a material dile:Amy, in
point of segratatios, liiA weal year case and Her-
dent's. It has, nevertheless, been satisfactorily
proved, that you were io the midst of the riot, and
that you cheered op the web to acts of wittiest", by
the cry if " That'. right, ay lads; God speed the
plough I"—Notwithstanding these facts, we are
happy to say, there are betimes of palliation in your
case: it does not appear you went there with soy
Ireuengefol objets in your grind. The Court (*boot
bet take these circemstancts into its considered's'',
combined, as they are, with the eseellent character
you hate received. "As one of those who fought at
Waterloo, yno are entitled to the gratitude of evert
ivory En/khan, fns on that memorable day the
liberties of Lorene were acenotplithed by the valour
of the armies pith s mighty cosset ry. Bat we could have
'wished that your charaCter hal remained to the pre.
spot day untainted, as it'then was; and that you had mot
disgraced yourself by partaking in the dodges of tit.
cendirtior, and in local tumult,: we cwald have
ebbed that yelsr candle on That great and merners.
hie day had retained to tart present, the mate proud
and elevated consideration shirk it then inherited
it has out been a pee base hems found rioting, and
o,..,kifig the Roblic peace, sod it is our dirty, if pos.
to present a lepethion of such conduct. Un-

• The prisoner wore the Waterloo medal.