The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-02-11 00:00:00

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t.t to interrupt the prove:•thogs ; hts being po a ed ow
o the Livery ht who said, " There i% tln
ims his twine addreitsect 4v the old:solute of" Litth
'etr." and Isis that he was PHilited at by Alderman
I'4ithtitan, in alluding to the rooduct of .'l,le...tefferirs.
slitt•runto %t *Whams more, ti.al irk:servo r lanitnage hr
Ived, ise forest nothitaK thrierspraillti to the Common
ipviernt, or onsoissltir to the h.thits of hesitance on
I inch Itelidi stood trlth 11111 getiltro.4l. An the Of/iir

kterroidalta ikon, dry had hail no curlew; with Mr. Hnnt.
Denniait-then vreot Ilse .40 larita of Mt.
I tuner, the I !Hier Sheriff, of Mr. listil., and of Mr.
iiihert Smith, which latter, lie 'Ail. ritilOnt
id imiticrorted rhsrges akaltarAliterinn Wsithinan
:end Sheriff -Parkins, :ruin the beginning 1.. the. grid, In
..eneral terrini.but was material to the ilefeniv.ihasinneb
.it shelved that there was a strung party .m 6411411 on thil
[right able of the hustings, prepared In oppose all die Rro.'
I•eeilinirs of Iti. clients and their friend.. After noticing
hr silted:Mai of Mr. Witopilw,iril, anal those of Oben, the
Isets alleged, anal which have beets ri•petiteitly batiste the
Daigle, the Learned Counsel inferred that the Ntßilarlts of
the prosecutor. generally did not at all affect either Mr.
Parkins or Mr. lianiatead. lie then reritoil at length
the ;aids% its of his client., .11iIrrtivin Waithin4n, Mr.

-Bnonstead, libirceitutie, and Mr, Feason. The first
of these stated, that tier deponent itonsrantly believed
that it was the right of the Livery, of whirl he Was a
Member, to dismiss public grievances.; that the late
Lord Mayor hail twice refused to convene a Common
thimeh required to do so, with Die view of ex-
pressing an opinion ins the transactions at Manchester ;
.hat he understood the Livery intended- iu consequence,
to meet in the open air, its the yard of the tinildh dl, but
that be, tenting such a course woulil lead to great
disordi r, caused a letter to be Inserted in two newspapers,
dissuading then' therefrom. and advising them to insist
on their right on the title September, pretions to the
ordinary business ; that Ise had seen the llesohttions
which had been prepared; that when the Lord *layer and
the Aldermen were retiring into their own room, Mr.
Thompson handed s paper to the Lord Magog, eontainhig
a copy of the Resolutions, hnt that his Lordship passed ra-
pidly by without speaking; that deponent himself retired
to the Gaels of he host i isgs,aml remained there till he us
the Marshal endeat our to pull Mr. Thompson from the
place lie occupied nn the hustings; that when Sheriff Roth-
well hag insisted on their proceeding to the eleetion, he
'tried" No, me:" hut ihici,irod he ilid not raise bis arm in
an hostile matiwir, Sherilf Nuthwell bail shore at-
koowledged ; that he 1..15e to order, and was not op-
posed by either Stu rite, lint violently interrupted by
tlr. H. Smith and aloolit tau tothrTS, who, accoriliog to
Isis belief, art.'s{ in cosseert. That the Nesnlutions were
carried by a majority of three thousand persons; that
ice did not address Mr. limit in a familiar language, not
'wing on terms of familiarity with that Dentlentsa„ as
would warrant it; that he took off his gown because he
conceived himself not to he there in the character of an
Herman, hilt of a Liveryman; and that lie did not
throw it off, as alleged, in a violent manner; that be
dill not use may unbeemning words or gestures to the
Common Serjeanf; and that he hail no concern In the
jute-patting or printing of the band-bills which were dis-
tributed through the Hall. The wiser allidavits were
very similar Ti, the last t they denied the conspiracy to
abstract the election. or the partitetar charges imputed
to the deponent. luilividnally. They were coalirmed by
those of the rrnsaitting defendants, and of Mr. Coates,
tlr. Scot, Mr. Warren. 1!r. Davis Savage Williams, mad
ethers.. The Learned Counsel having !seen then Ovoid
tereehoarr on his leo, concluded by recapitulating his
most material arguments.
Mw lhauttost s 31 then commenced chewing came agdast
he me, on behalf of Mr. Thmnpvrn ; heist when he had
bees a short time speaking, he' was interrupted by
The Cote, Jusrice, who said he, mats extremely un-
villleg to break in epint his argunsent, but that Mr.
Justice Ifulroyel was compelled to go to another place,
.in.l that he kit himself obliged to call upon the Gen-
tlemen of the bar to know what motions they lead to
make.

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