The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-03-22 00:00:00

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ere salJiers in every ;king but not having arms; bit
ua was that why, that souse of them irt.i
.• list err 'y of those stivits produced ? His
d h'riend vile. that when the immense multi-
,. „„ . 'timbers of their bludgeons. and
mot stave% ,sere taken. Why were they not pro-
-0,1; why hod oat Sadie keen railed to produce sonie
..41e desperam weapons? where were all the sags
limb it was said were captured ? Not
u, ti n was, I ever. produced ; and, for aught of
le.ie there iv" it might be very fairly conelittled,'
the dubs and staves which were taken were only !
tr of the ordinary kind. The Jarr should recollect, ;
. the tear and alarm which some of the witnesses •
!ream to. referred, lint to weapons or arum which ,
carries', hat to niintherss and as he con-
. • j.l that they resold not condemn the defendants on
.r• t of the onmhers Aisne. it was not, therefore. fair
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infer that the regnlaety of 'Le march of theft. people
el, a proof of sedlitiott. -L
.t it was said, that they had
wpm will) several seditious devices on them. Ns
.r,..! not praise some of those !Water+. or their inserip-
.y. bet there mere others which could not 'oe cosi-
, .i.r..,1 as criminal, though thfy might not he very
9e, ere It was sold. t!, it some of those were for
tnirersal Suffrage and Annual Parliaments. He
}wand( condemned 'bow doctrines as much as any
lw thought that if they were successful, they
r.lll-1 prove 151455! elesiructive to *the Conatitution. list
*twine a point on which the opinions of some great
o-n had been diff•rent. It might hr remembered, that
at the trials of flarly ami Horne Tooke, a letter from
:ke duke of Richn.oasi was read, in which that doctrine ,
els pUhlirit avowed. The same had been supported by
'Learned fientlentan. a bendier of that Ins of Court
(Lincoln's-inn), which ormliteed his Learned Friend
(ge. Sear! lit Ile to the opinions and doc-
•-irts of )Ir. Jeremi Broth mi. This tie mentioned, to!
'LAT that the defendants. in a !rotating Etch doctrines,
h. I not taken up ally new opinion. or broached a doe-
not heard of before. It was a matter of historic
revont that Parliaments were triennial in the last eta- I
tier: and I pi rsons maiotaineal. (though he was
~,re that the contrary opinion was iery •froagli sap.
ported.) aro at one period of our history it was the I
practice to assemble Parliaments annually. It cook'
not, therefore, be maintained. that the mere advocacy 41
lib a doctrine was iu itself remind. that it was said:
that ore of those bantioci bore the inscription " Equal i
representation or death.- This. however, had not been
brought home to any of the defendants. It was nut
shown that the wile or sister of any of them had pre-1
pared it; and, for aught that appeared in evidence. it
1.41 t have been introduced into the meeting by an
enemy. If the meeting tier.. assembled laltfully. cools'
it he said that it would become unlawful by the intro-
iinetion of inch a ? The people had a riOst
' oseetble; aid, if any person wished to do an unlawful
art in the meeting, it would not he illegal, except the
eker parties present were ianetioninc aml supporting
sit illegal act. It had not appeared that any art of
hid been done by any of those now hefore the
lout. There was no evideare that any violent breach
the prase had been committed by any of the per-
tins assembled. It was not, as in the case of the Ntaa-
*Qs meeting, attended with midi mad arts as hail bees
attempted by voting Watson, and those who went with
hies to the shop of the gun-smith. How. then, in the
absence of such arts, or of any act of violence, could the
nietdiniz be termed a seditious one. The t'onrt and the
Jury had heard of the fears of several witnesses on the'
on casino; they had heard front Mr. Holton, the opinion,
that if the ineetiag had remained together till the night,
Mattchesfelrigeld sot have stood the next des. He
(Mfr. Ho , helmet Metre, that from the eel-
'knee, it did not appear that Manchester was in any
;miter danger than London bad been at the time of the
Smithfield meeting; and that it had been in no danger
was happily proved. Some of the defendants had made
'perches, bat was not the termer of all those speeches
!hat of advising the people to be peaceable? Wlic
should any other construction be put un those word's
than what their common import conveyed? Why should
a man who advises order be supposed to Thrall IfifOrliPr ?
The words used by Mr. H,,nt—" if anyone shall attempt
to disturb the rem put them down, and keep them
quiet." could only refer to the preservation of order. As
to the banners which were carried, he had alroitly spoken
of them. But Saxton was not ronnected with any one
of these banners whatever. The evidence against hien
did not amount to any inflammatory words or seditious
acts, or any participation in them; but this he wools,
come to afterwards. He would now come to the third
charge, that of riot. And if he could (as he hoped he
would he able to do) save his client from the charges
of a conspiracy and seditious assembling, he would have
no diffienity in defending him against the third charge
of a riot. To prove a man guilty of riot, he must be
shown to have done some act in apprns al of a riot com-
mitted by wheel. It did not follow, by any mean., that
all who happened to he present at a riot were guilty of
a crime. sow as to the evidence against Saxton. The
wit against him were Platt, Milli, and Orton.—
Mills could not positively say that Saxton was on the
hosting. before Mr. Hunt came. It was said by an-
other witness, that Saxton appeared to aildress the
people, but he could not hear him. Suppose hr was in
the cart with Mr. Hunt, that did not constitute guilt.
It would be proved that Saxton was a reporter for a
paper in Manchester, and attended to take notes of
what passed. Mr. Orton was present as a reporter,
and hr was not considered as having acted improperly ;
he was even locked with others. If Saxton was guilty
from the mere circumstance of his being on the
huslings,why then Mr. Fitzpatrick was guilty, for he
was on the limiting% at Smithfield, and in the cart next
to Hum himself; but Mr. Fitzpatrick was there as re-
porter for The Neer Times, and would, no doubt, hr far
1./"mjeilliag in any improper eimiliwt. Why, then,
.1 "Id it be said that Saxton was culpable, who was a
1116rirr for a paper on different principles? lieshould
;note the facts with respect to Saxton, he bad no doubt,
to the satisfretion of the Court and Jury. Of the other
defendants be had nothing to say, and it was fortunate
for himself and them, for he had not strength to go
liceeith their cases. If the Jury should be satisfied
that Saxton had had no other connexion witl, the meet-
ing that, is his capacity as a reporter to a paper. they
*wild, he bad no doubt, give him the benefit of it.
Bamford next addressed the Jury. and in a speech of
ale incoasidemble talent, defended himself against the
rhataes which were made against him. He was followed
hr Swift, Healey, and Johnson, whose speeches occu-
pied the Court for some time.
At half past six o'clock the Court adjourned till ten
mouorrow, at the Fetid's( of Mr. Hunt, who said he
uoald regalee till that time, in order to look over the
r,•rr voluminous papers to which he had to refer.
Sir. Hunt was followed to his lodgings by a consi-
drrahle number of his friends, who cheered him on his
entrance.
It is considered here, that the case will last till Thurs-
,sy evening at least; and we nitileritand that Mr. Ins-
iice HATLIIT has dispatched an express to Lancaster, for
the Mrs* of informing the parties coneer•ed. that the
eases which be is to try will sot come on before Monday.
the nth.

MIIIIILKSEX ELEC77O2I".
—.au--

ani hr could r•'crr theta that thr voice of tlir free•

holder• would pane ultimately to be with himself
th:rts .11r. Whi!l•reail.—(Cries of '6 No, no.•'l—
respect to his principles, they knew them rte
of 66 I believe we Jo. faith !):—and be could &gime
them sincerely that hr ti as as Errat a friend to their
liberty as any itimi in the kinrioin.--(.:nssat slisappro-
bation.)—But he meant liberty of a certain 1614,4411
each. they would peewit him to sac. as eutiiled bins ti►
be heard as mildh as the lionourahle Camilld tie behind

him. Hr had now to too-lo upon the übject of coati•
tiott.—(•• what are yon at )-1t otoloubte.lly
not appear, in tet. •,11ape or uth,r, by th- %vies of that
day, that untie kin.l of coalition dill exist between the
two other I. And cries of runtish.
get awas '.")—The 11011. liptitlrman concluds tl, Iry re-
peating Ma conriction Char, if Iris friend.' did n,t Malt
sit their exertion.', hr t rt. ‘llcreeit.
The tin-cling then disie•rsed, Mr. l%vng and .'Jr Whit-
bread Geiug nto4l warmly chrered.

N'63T.W.NSTER ELECTION.

TI:EIDAT.-.ILEVPNTH DV!.

Sir F. Ili-ft/art 40:4
Mr. lluunu►it
llon.U. I.wys V..VI

Mr. ILASI• was receised with loud and general we-
pees:lions of disapprobation. lie hoped it would bo so
very great disaprintment to his hearers to be informed
that he was 13 a-heal un that Jay's poll.—(fries of
" lea of nu use ; it won't oloo.' they were not
Pleased with the state of the pull, he feared it would hut
be. in his power to please them loy any thing hr had to
say ; and he apprehended that, as the poll itarreaseol, his
speeches would become atoll less satisfactory to them.—
(Load bleating.)—llia valise was now prospering. as ap-
peared from the poll; and he hoped that selarn ha %Willa
ultimately he successful. as hr had no donbt he should
be, they would hail that they had nu very errat cause
to be dissatistied.—(lireat disapprohation.)
Mr. llowsoese was received will, the greatest ap-
plause, mixed wills one or two hisses from .11r. lambs
friends. Mr. Lamb had certainly made a very respect-
able effort this day. Ile SPetstesi determined not to he
beaten. lie reminded him of an anecdote halal of an ohl
Italian, Salvino, who in the last agony. atail just as his
last moment approached, cried out, " I won't die, that's
flat."—(Hurls langister.)-31r. Lamb load told them
that his ranee spoke this day fur itself. 11 hat was air.
Lamb's rani? Ile knew nut. 'Elie electors of West-
minster knew not. it was manifest, however, to-ithat
cause 3lr. Lamb was opposed. The took real ranee of
.Ir. Lamb's was the cause opposed to the interests and
the independence of the people of Weatioloster.—
(Cheers.)—Loookin:, auto the newspapers be had oh-
served that Mr. Whitbread, whose progress on the poll
for Iliddlesex was so gratifying and so animating. had
found that one of the agrees of the ificirol of tirdnisoce
was askieg how thane veles poorticoolar persons could
bring up for 31r. Hellish. In the *same trlinle,ale Mode
of canvaving :vas 31r. Lanoli•• election conducted.—
(Urea/ aptlanse.)—lle really did not know who the rr-
Ter-table individual was who signed the note which hr
held in his hand. As this gentleman's electioneering
notions were different from his, perhaps he himself
thought ilrein coasseientions. It appeared to be a circa- •
far letter. It was in these terms:—

" 9, Old Burlington-street, March 20. ,
" Thu tenants of the Arcade, who hare not yet voted
for Mr. Lamb, are respectfully requested to attend this
morning at the hustings in Covent-Barden.
" PINDER Stmesos."
Mr. Pinder Simpson might think it right to drive up
file tenasts of the krcade at mice to vote for Mr. Lamb;
bat this o,luld not be, in their conception, the mode iD ,
which a Westminster election ought to be comincted.
Was ita stipulation in the leas" of the tenants or the
laarlinetwto Arcade, to vote at once for Mt. Lamb. or
any other enndidate thus dictated to them? The raison'
wrs so doe bt "respectfully" made: but be asked wise.'
thee this •nth name cuald be any thing, if it ,
we"e not edunerted with a must reepectaWe indivitleal
of greater a uthority with the tenants, of tile:Arcodr•:—
(Applause.) —Bid lite old books, the old leo of Eitifland,ll
kiew causing or such a tenitie. The Bill of High-Ili

Friday the Mid Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry wove re-
tried inteeted on Pottshello iands. by Mir4ohn
n°PF. The Etlinbirgh troop wrre in line with the re-
potent for the first time.

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i made um of the phrase that elections must he free. Were
I they free if the tesermits of whole streets were to be (Bitten
TVERDA T.—FOCI:TO OA Y. 1 up to vote fur 'fr. Lamb?-Cheers.)-Was this meta
The poll hav;ng closed at four is'eholi, a hosted was: when the Arcade was holt ?-when London was built?
pat up half an hour afterwarits, by o hie Is the state ut to.I -(" We believe not.")-In a few days they would de-
day's poll appeated to be as follows'- ride whether Westminster should be represented by two
Mr. Brno
Mr. Wu,
.• • 063 • shonld eke their fal for Parliamentary Reform. He
Mr. alesaiasn . 441 1, Oa observed, that the new House of Commons was very
Mr. Remo came furs-ail amidst immense applause.. like the old; 2341 of the old Members were already re-
tie had the pleasure of appearing before them once; turned. It was but sbeefßing the same dirty pack of
more, and with increased aatistarrim, ; bet.„„,e. it, pro-' cards, and ten to one but the knaves wool.! be upper-
portion as the poll leal advanced. his proportion of Nom. I stmet.--(' ;teat applause.)-Now was the time for the
hers hail ails oared likewise.-((;burs.;-Tbis tiley he ; electors of Westminster to give great support to Reform,
bad the gratification of Steiling, that very fete of the i by placing t'..eir independence on a rock from which it
friends of independence. electors of the eountv of mid.. would he difficult to remove it. As a lonia se rugele hail
dlemix, had missed polling for hint- a cireaMMllPee: existed. the defeat of the Reformers in Westmittster
which yesterday he had hail to Witco' : fur he tiiii think t would he &signal disgrace to the cause itself. But there
tie et tlso-e who professed themselves troinel: to the lode- . was no reason to despair. Despair'-He had villY used
pemeence of the county. would not act like consistent the wont on account of ens to which his opponent
men it they .lid not tote toe their OM Mellibee.-M.ap hail
resorted. TO ill Lett his I'.llPW—or rather
plause.) -ii. v,...tiire,i ,0 say this, because hr knew that • their own cense. He hail nc friem! nit. : 0.11,1 bring up
en nu one instant r, dieritel; the one sad tkrtv years in - yohleide Arcades for Mtn: he coedit there:foie. only appeal
which he had :he honour Of representing them in Parlis- to the electors, it holier they Mould suffer their Ccise to
meat, hail hr ever neglected their interesi.ur thought of be defeated by theniselves.-(Oreat applause.)
his 04:1. (Lino' and c 1111 l inited cheering.) __
Mr. Wm:Telles:l.ml advaneiteg to the flow of &ekes- To rile EDITOR OF To snirEsji.iy.
tin, f, was greeted wills the must rapturous and striking !
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expressions of approbation. He thought. WLeo 1107 . Stit-if the enclosed letter, which is dictated by a
cionntenced Baia contest, that they began with the Wrest ; mewsiateut political heeling, devoid of the prejoilire of
prospers of seeress; anti be tWaii mew to tosmireduhete - patty. should he titbit/ht, on constitutional orinimis, to
them upon their marked and daily :secession of strength. merit a place in your coloanns, I shall be obliged by its
-(1 planar.)-He mist say, tliat however he might, inmates,.
fetal the want of ;hose espressions which were necessary, .
after sneh latterinc toroth in his favour, to convey his
thanks, he felt that the more his timbers increased.. the . rekll'a 41. 1910.
more were his obligations to them for their kindness.- • •
(Applasse : and cries u... Well done, my tine fellow !“)-
TO TOE 1041111 m, APPOINTED To coxorcT TOE aims.
Their opponent bad told theirs resterdiy, that be was in ! Tlosi .or 'ma ItRa7SCIS !BURDETT. nut r.
he spirits. and bad nu doubt of his finalsuccess, : OrVTLEVF:N-1 MU in reality what „net profess to ad.
( ere some „n„ia„,„ed. that .• that was all a mum and j mire. Ti?. ••in ildetendew Elector of Westminster,"
be know'd it.")-Now, foe himself, he would tell them 'and have thought proper to reereic my elective faun-
a thing which had happened to-lot'. and it nirit meld ' chime, accor.fing to the dictates of my en' n mind, with-
nit have failed to put tier Hon. Hentleenare in very great out %offering• the interested representations of either
spirits. Mr. Mellish had that day bad the honoar to pirttr to influence Inv judgment. I hair voted fur Sir
receive a plumper from the Cleanerfiur of the Excheiteer. • Francis Burdett and Mr. Land,: my having dune so has
-(A loud laugh, ; nd a dismal groan, accompanied by a! induced von to address the following letter to me :-
ery of " Vansittart, Mellish, and taxation, for ever.')- 1 •• Cumnialee-Roum. Rai/atom eger•harsr.
Hr knew that the independent 'ltems of Middlesex I King-ttreit. cio tat-yr:rifest. •
wanted no example ; but he sineerely trusted that the : •• Its-The Committee appointed to cordite the Election
✓esult of their present contest would be the same as that of Illr F. Burdett *ad J. l'..llolehoeise. Esq. hate to ac-
fur Bedfordshire; and that it wonll be shown that Ibis knowledee the %Hort sou hate barn pleased to atiord to
indep„den; feeling was nut ~„„fined to °mama)y alum, the re's.' the) are sdtaeatintr, hi sneer cute in Issuer of Sir
P. Bur,iett. Minn-to much their clan opinion leash them to
belt was prevalent throughout the whole kingdora.-
, regret inpt your sisthage at the :ante time operated against
(lama-cutetintied pl.iu.lits.)
Mt Ilubbouse.
Mr. 111ct.usit then appeared, tall was received' with -h) Order of the Special risermtoei..
less uproar than on the preceding days. If they.:woold .* tilt Nil. El. RROOKS, ChaSrmati."
hate; to lain,. he had a taw surds to say.-(•s Well ll—
it, we'll hear you Mellish. )-If he were to attempt to
say that he Was better please.' at Mr. Whitbread's having
pulled so great a number shove himself, he should be
the greatest hypocrite in the world, and he was sure
that they would out believe him.--(" YOS see right.")
At the saner time he was well 'eonvineed. that it they
*wild but coneievite their exertions he should succeed ;

I :sm, Sir, your obr.lient ierr:mt,
SUICTOR or WI rm s N••• Tr R.

e. I°to. •

Now. llentlainiiin, at you bare thonglit proper to con-
vey a t olliretarily inuirect cer.sure Lonnie for voting with-
out your advice. cur mist 31Intr me to mike akw ob-
servation.: in repfy, whirli• if not prationsly received by
you, will not, I hope, be considered by the ladepearleftt
;lectors of its lurtAke of that cu.lese.4
and impertinenrc which so strongly charneteriera the
latter part 111 your letter.—lly remarks on this subject
cantiot I. SIII/r/lted to emanate tram inteteat
—Div ruts. to.r fir P. Burdett plarrq its.• abort sulaiekni
in tiro pert:milt. I army them to proceed trots a
ittrible rouse—rer.oh3l ormice at votir remonstrant...,
and in apprehension that a 1/4.M1/011 111 the merited 1.1.0ne,
Mei, 11 1141141 attach to 11111 11 an aftofl/1/
• the •nninnitntionst rights 01' an Eueliehm.in he
-Ifft ottltPt—tit ronilihrt the election .4 !Air

iliptici•, to ly lie applied to him, and injure the C 31141. of
the people at a 1.11113 fr period. From the" signature of the
Chairman, I most touniite Ow your Committer it c -
patrol of respectsble men in trade, who are (or thonlot
be) ,lectors of Wettminster. Voiir avotee.i tfert.:srr
to pr e the pool ty of the eleetit e fr torloi-e; to dieta-
liwr inch an becasicos t'ilit•Zistt44l pith your dt, 44,
Ohjet*C: 14 it not the very unship itilleteo..e of nhi;6
von havr lone complained Hat it MO 3 t !cif' trfrt,
airecilr oppoteol to the purity of that patriotic (reline
which *bat been yonr boast Gore the a einem of
your political career? Have we nut gittfielent huronefel
area& ? and are not your iirc.ient pretentiont, it sole:
neltbsof to, calculated to 'Hake the City of Westminster
Mrell the number, by placing the mutt vainahle pri; ilree
which the Constitution hat given to near 10,14111 sultiectt,
at the discretion of a tell-emittitoiteol lto r,
• of perltaptarloren peratorkwitlimit rank or importance
lot the coonntry f the olangeront leniency of ,such a lisle
mission t be evident to the meatiest eaparity•—tee
have not now to learn that the rvercite of an usurped
antlinri.y mar assist ambition. yiroyt, or gratify an ar-
bitary frelites—or that the olictatrt of pretiomption are
generally tyrannical am ! olestrnctive to the iiiterest• of
society, the electors of West !!! iii *ter (as well 34 Sir F.
Borden) have therefore c 'we to he alarmed at the
power von hire astioneil. I do nut mean to Otter Tit it
their intro-rot would not hr tats. in your Mimi., hut the
danger arising from owl' an oinconitiintimsal atycnotency
it tun 'rev, to tuopote that any inslepenolent nein of
tense %sushi nut view it will, jealoott apprehension.
A races Hnerrmncycr

EL CCTUIt or Wrvrmustirrn.

Tcnatsst l'esruals.—ln Captain Paddock's narrative
of •his shipwreck, captore by the Arabs, and ut hi< ran-
!OM 'at 1101(1010M are found many curious im i.tcrol well
deserving of notice. Tile mode of collecting the import
fervid, at Mire:More is remarkable tor its %iiiiplicirc.
There are no custom-house bonds. rio oaths, :10,1 of.
1011110 110 false swearing. If the importer pays a 0-. r -
%As proportion, say one•tentli Is' lioverr aaaaa •flt, the p al:-
ages are made lip into ten eiral part., ~1 trttirli the
tiovetnur takes flue, and grants a permit 11l the mer-
chant to sell the rcitaiiniler. So, on the other hand,
when exports are ta,re.l to a certain *mount, the proper
officer is notified I.v the trier. h tot, that he intends to
ship certain :wish- : he attends and after • vowing se-
veral of the pacharo-, passel un to the rest without not. h
nicety •.f etainitiati.m. The whole amount of the &sty
is then added op, which the merchant pays 'town, and
receives a permit to esport Ai. cargo. Norairhsrarkhng
the simplicity ttt this plan fur the collection of the re-
venue, the unmoor mentions that 'wriggling is my
rare. Captain Paddock was once walking in rola-
pany with a friend, through the streets of loga-
(lore, in the night, and beheld a man lying uFon
the ground. He expressed
in spirituous liquors, s onld he found in such a state of
inebriety. Ile was toW that this man was net intoxica-
ted; that he was a watchman ; that he was bound to lay
with his ear close to the ground, so that he might be
the better enabled to hear any disturbance. and nut to
rise hunt his position, unless some ilionrbance was mallet
that if he was found slumbering in that posture, death
would probably be his portion.
Botroa, Fe.. 12.—Six soldiers left town on Thurs.
ila‘ evening hot for Fort fntlependente, in one of the
baits belonging to that garrison, and when about half
the distaner, unfortunately gut confined in the ice, and
were unable to extricate themselves. They were dis-
covered yesterday morning. and several boats went to
their assitience; and, after much difficulty, a release
from their critical situation was 'fleeted. I'hey were all
(mind mooch frozen, su much so, that, we understand',
three of four of them are not likely tia surviar.