The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-03-27 00:00:00

von: in one part of t lie people was not to Is. I
eat woo otoserved at another. Was a witness
p
cr.e.:l-1 because lir stated what occurred
r the ismltitnile, while that was not err at
ial any of the witnesses for the Crown deny
t iectdraterl order or did env witness hat
to bin, any design of assaulting the min-
d.. t:tle of the " of the meeting.
,rest stet called fur the last two or three days
owe only established negatives by assertions
rr been contradicted. lf, instead of 40 wit-
-4,lylant hail called four thonaand, what
evidetwe amount to? It hail been stated
Jarc. that the meeting of the Ifith had toren called
,rweral '
andrial resident laion-i•liodolers of Manchester.
fro ,
hat oroyea : slid any of the friends of the Doctor
Hto) gii e •iny roof of this'? Why not call some of
~,,ahouseloolilera: Did .11r. Hunt think that the Jury
ore to he twiKiit by such eloall as this ? Why not
,II Clem ? 1 100 ri was one subject to st bleb the defend-
hol not entitled. It was, that many 'lays before the
jetsam' meeting of the 9th of Ant:. there had been
ciliary training ',mimeos In the neig!idourhoool. Was
sit that Calelliii:4l to create alarm its minds of the
liagierates at Manchrter? Could any thing he ',are
plural than such a circumstance was raictslateil to
alarm? But, as he was observing, not a •:ingle
mashad here called to account for this drilling, and show
„Afect ea. innocent, if such was the ease. No sue
~,:pat into the box to contradict the evidence of I 'had-
piek, of which he would speak niore presently. What
thee was the inference which the jury were to draw?
eamforil—and when he anoitionerl the wane of thle de-
fendant, he mold not but express his regret at the Si.
tuition in which he saw him now placed--he (3lr. sear.
lett) Admired his talents, and the respectful manner in
which he had conducted himself in the course of his de-
fence; and probably others, as well as himself, were
sorry that he was not found in better company.
HaMford bad told the Jury, and Healey said the same,
awl it was frequently repeated by Mr. Bent, that they
lad assembled to look for their political rights ; though
they admitted that some honest turn differed from them
on this point. It was asserted by them that ;tunnel
Parliaments and universal suffrage were the rights of
that people of this country. This was not the tribunal
before which the question of Parliamentary Reform
meld be discussed. Surely, the political rights of the
people were only such as were establialied by the laws
sad the constitution of the country ; but it was said that
these were the natural rights. Why a man, upon this
principle, hail as conch natural right to be a king, or to
be a peer, as to be a member nf the House of Cummona.
Petit no period of our history were such things known
as Annual Parliaments and 1 Metro:al Suffrage. In the
early history of Parliament, it was a fact, that one mein-
kV was named by the King, the other by the sheriff;
am!, is the 'owns, members were elected by the King's
Mild or by some others under his authority. It hail
molehill, improved to its present mode of election ; hut
as it was sought to destroy by one of those measures
riich were destructive in th.einselves, and, if good, were
too sodden to last. If any mats preached at a public
meeting the doctrine that Annual Parliaments and Col-
venal Sutfrage ought to be the law of the conntry, he
sights% well say there should be no representation at all.
He would now come to look at the ease which had been
laid before them, and view that crow as they (the Jury)
had heard it; he considered himself as fully entitled to
their verdict as he ever was by any eyido•nce nbich he
ever produced in any ease. .kt a Uier ing whirls was
held in Smithfield, before the close of Parliament, the
last autistuer—a meeting at which Ni r. Hunt, presided—
email' resolutions were agreed to—Those resolutions
were handed to Mr. Fitzpatrick, the last witness whom
he had ralled.—(Mr. S. here read the resolnrloir, and
commented upon each.)-31r. Fitzpatrick had told them
how the resolutions were passed • they were not pro
separately. :Hr. Hunt pulled them printer' from lois
pocket, and they were carried ea 1,1,41118 C, deliberation
beteg wholly out of the question. -After this, they were
printed to all the newspapers, and circulated through-
oat the country; so that it appeared as if the whole people
of London had embraced and published such sentiments.
This was soon known at Manchester; and .j,t was also
haws that at Birmingham the people had proCeed to elect
a Legislatorial Attorney. Accordingly it was found that
the people at Manchester were to he induced to follow
the example, and for that purpose a notice .f a meeting
was prhiscly announced, at which the unrepresented in-
Lobito/its were also to choose a representative of their
eine and to adapt Major Cartwright's plan of reform.
Henry Haut was announced as the chairman. The too-
telteireeve or constables were not mentioned ; they
would not do ; but Mr. Ilunt was to preside: Sir Charles
Wolseley, Pearson the lawyer, (Jaffrey Higgins: Esti,
Winder, and others were to lie present. What then hap-
pened after this? Mr. Hunt came down from London.
3lr. HUNT here interfered, and said, he had not come
from London too that occasion.
Mr. SeAltLerr continued.—Well, he had dropped
from the clouds, or come from Coventry.
Mr. HUNT.—My Lord, is this in evidence?
MrJustice IlayLev.—llow can it be in evidence? it
was only used as a figure of speech.
Mr. Nr tRI.EI-r proceeded.—The Jury would tilo.erye
the isupertineure of the defendant. It walla a piece with
the rest of his conduct. If he would not have it 111.11
lie came from Coventry, he (Mr. Si•arlett) would say, be
Lad dropped from the clouds, or arose out of the earth ;
at all event., he was found at Bullock's Smithy before
the 9th of .August; there lie met with Mr. Moorhossoe,
and proceeded with I • to Stockport: front thence be
proceeded to Manchester; and what was his ennitisil
mere? Not only was his language disrespectful, tint '
esen was calculated to excite resistance to the el aeis-
trates if necessary. What did he (Mr. Hunt) say ? Ale
yes sorry that, in obedience to the 3lagistrates, the
meeting hail been put off; and, alluding to the noshes
to that (deo, he observed, that as it took nine tailors to
make a nolo, so it took nine Mao,istrates to frame this
wire. After this, he invited the people to attrii.l at
tfe 'beefing on alionday. The Learned Connsel then
c, at on to state, that nothing more appeared of Mr.
?hod till the 16th of August; and that he was only
in the interim as being at Johnson's, anti by lois
.atstotiuns with respect to the meeting. What these its- '
',:aunt were he should show from the letter which NI r.
:font had read as part of his Tref+, but which he
load not dared to offer in evidence. That letter whip
; • had addressed to the people at 111anrheater, I.e
auid now read from the abort-hand writer's notes.
The letter said, " Come then my friends—corns. to the
'Hurting armed with any arms." And bow could he
. has C known that they intended to come oast ra
except by previous consultation? The letter then pro-
ceeded to invite the looroughreeve and constables to at-
tend the meeting, to hear his reasons ; lint he steed
reasoning in London, nor at any of the meetings
re be attended. The letter procteded—f. 'they sae
N-o.ir leaders." Who are the leaders here point,, out?
IV -Is the invitation to the boroughreeve and conatal4f
to come and discuss political iterations with Mr. hunt
os'•1 the other defendants, and to let Mr. elsooorl.:onae 54-
1:iile? No such thing. Looking at these circeoloatancee.
• stated now, and he would state it y a where, %%list- a
ever his opinion might be as to the result, if the meals-
triter hal not felt alarmed for the safety of the town,
tel taken precautions accordingly, they should hose
been diuuissed from their fund' as tr.so tors to
their Miry. See what had been done un tbe el•rfit
of the 15th of August. Chadwick Sent to "'hi"- I

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