The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-03-23 00:00:00

PRICE SEVEN PENCE.

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testes were assembled. He complained of the descrip-
tion given of his conduct on that occasion, and of the
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of all the stars in the firmament. Enlarging on this
point, he, in the most solemn manner, conjured the
gentlemen of the Jury, to dismiss from their minds the
prejudices that might grow on the misrepresentati .. s
which that man (Mr. Scarlett) had endeavoured to ins:.'
into them.
The Jeuos interfered, and objected to such langua-n-
Mr. /leer apologised, and hoped allot Vance woulil4l
made for his feelings. He proceeded to contend that
misrepresentations had been addressed to them, and no-
ticed the evidence of three of the witnesses : one hall
beet; a lunatic, the second had been a deserter, and the
third a confessed thief; as the last had admitted that
he had robbed his master fourteen years age, ind had
en 11,11014 the money he had taken stn se the cominence-
meat of this prosecution. t Olifser,.ll h'il been. stitci,
went to the hustings as a reporter, avid Mr. Ortno, an-
other reporter, gave evidence that he had said, `• if any
one creates a disturbance, put him down, and keep hie%
down," and both contradicted what haul been sworn to
by Entwistle. Platt, who was so well act uaintest with
the flimsies, came neat, and swore that liainford and
Moorhuuse were on the hustings. This would be dis-
proved in both cases by evidence; Mourlsouse, in parti-
cular, had no more to do with the Manchester tweeting
than the gentlemen of the Jury had to do with it. Pe
reminded the Jury of Platt's connexion with the Ali-
:ice: and he further commented on the alacrity which
Platt had manifested en the succeeding day of toe teal
to swear to the conduct of a person who was cummittea
for interrupting the Court. lie had fir's sworn that he
saw the man jiiiiiping up and down—then that he saw
him moving his halide up and down—and at last (on
the words bring unintentionally put into his mouth by
Mr. Scarlett), that he saw him clapping them ; and he
added, another person in the gallery could swear to tie
same thing. Who was this person in the gallery ? It
was the witness, Murray' He felt that it would be im•
proper to detain the Jury longer by comments on stela
testimony. After noticing the evidence given by ti.e
witnesses, Orton, (keen, and Ellis, he complained that
the Learned Counsel, who had with propriety treated
lightly the case of Jones, ought to have taken with t'tat
of Moorhuise a course somewhat different from that
which he had pursued.
The Jectoe reminded Mr. Hunt that it was to his on e
defence that he should confine himself.
Mr. FIVNT suheiitted, that if the defence made cur
lloorlionse had a tendency to acquit Moorbouse by cot.-
victing him (Hunt), that then he had a right to tosi• :t
on this subject.
The Jceec acquiesced.
Mr. (ktT now applied himself to show, that having
arrived at Manchester on the 9th, on account of his pri-
vate affairs, he thought of returning immediately, vet
bad no intention of remaining till the 16th. His servant
would prove that he had sot made up his mind to stay
till the Wednesday after the nth. Several Genttemen
'stela also prove the efforts which they Lad made to pre-
vail on him to stay. Notwithstanding all his sufferiues
(which lie minutely described), he rejoiced ; he was ti.e-
lighted that he had been prevailed upon to stay; that
be bad been numbered among the defendants, and had
now to snake that defence which he was then addressing
to the Court. Fortuuately for him, while he remained
sear Manchester. he bad never gone more than two
miles from Johnson's house. Though invited to the
houses of several gentlemen, he had not attended t.%
them. It so fell out, and he was glad that it had hap
so, that he had not gone where he was inviter-
bad
pined
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done so, then, what a tale would have Web gut
up on the subject of his conspirings! From his com'. t
iu calling at the Police-office at Manchester, on the Sa-
turday previous to the 16th, as well as front the placard
which he had issued, calling on the people to repair to
Peter's-field,, armed only with a blameless conscience,
and inviting the Magistrates to come among them, he
maintained that it were to be inferred that he was pre-
pared to yield ready submission to the Constitnted Au-
thorities of the town. He then noticed the testimony of
several witnesses, and, in particular, that of Andrews,
on the subject of the sticks said to be carried by those
who attended the meeting. This he showed ass not
confirmed by other witnesses, and be ponuised to repel
it by the testimony of persons whom lie proposed to put
In the witnesses' box. After noticing what haul been
stated by one of the witnesses, who, as a reporter to a
London Paper, had attended many meetings trithoet
seeing hisu (Mr. Hunt) urge the people to violence ; he
animadverted on the levity and sag lee evinced by another
witness, and the manner la which reports Were in some
Instances got up for newspapers, Ile went on to ex-
plain the " locking of arms," respecting which so-mei-it
had been said, tube merely a measure of precantioe,
adopted to guard against the recurrence of an accident,
which had, on a former occasion, forced down the hust-
ings; on which occasion those who were On them dnly
escaped with their lives by a miracle. Hi would prove
that a constable might have got to the !outings wi &hoe t
being molested. He could have received any corniiiimi-
cation that they might have been inclined to send to
him, and proving dile, he timid also privet that he, in
such case, would at once have advised the people to
yield olnelienre, and dins dispersed the meeting 'without
the loss of a single life. He should prove, that went
had been stated by Mr. Hutton, on the subject of the
danger to which the soldiers were exposed, was en-
founded; that not a bludgeon had been raised; that not
a stone or a brick had been hurled ; that not a linger
had been puinted; that, in fine, ilm resistance whatever
was offered. He was proceeding to describe in strung '
language the conduct of the minter', when
The Jeece remarked, that this could not be gone
into. He might prove the: ?movable conduct of the
people, but he could not beii-llowed to take the (-often!,
with respect to the military, on which he waiabone to
enter.
Mr. Homey resumed.—He demanded Why the stones,
bricks, and bludgeons, which had been brought to York,
had not been produced in Court; where, too, were the
pikes which bad been mentioned, and the other weapons
with which the assembly. at Manchester was said to
have been tinned ? He wtsbell they had been produced.
He should have liked to ask Mr. Hilton if he could ra-
piise the form of any of the stones, and the peculiar
eof emu of the 'bricks. Then, as to the .eaps of
rty, *kith had bees celled republican emblems, that
silicas decorated with Kona* faeces and caps of li-
berty. Why 'might not these-he carried la Lancashire,
In well as exhibited at Torii ? if so, what' became of
lbs Missal literti4Leigliskiipiti ? He trusted that the
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" He lobo eentside for freedom
Can ns'er be justly domed his See'reisn's foe" '
would ever be respected In this coaster ; end he hoped
that moment would be the last of its life when he