The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-02-09 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

COURT OF KING'S BRATH.—(Tmts D 4- )

Till WINO U. RUNT ♦YD (WHIMS.

Soon after the Judges had entered the Court, the
CNIZI JUSTICS informed Mr. Hunt that the Court uas
ready to hear hiui upon the motion which he made on
Saturday last.

Mr. Hunt accordingly rose, and observed, that It was
his intention to more for a writ of certiorari to remove
his trial from the county of Lancaster to that of York or
of Middlesex. In reply to what had been said respect-
ing the necessity of all the defendants concurring in the
motion, he stated that, at the beginning of the Term,
Mr. Chitty had made the same motion oo behalf of all
the defendants, which was refused by the Court.
The Cniar Jusrtce thought Mr. Chitty had only ap-
plied on behalf of part of the defendants.
Mr. Calm informed the Court that only two or
three names were mentioned in his affidavits.
Mr. Hunt resumed. Since Saturday he had received
affidavits from some of the other defendants, expressing
their desire that the trial should be removed, on account
local prejudices, and though the letters of the rest ma-
nifested a disinclination to move the Court further, on
the ground that such proceeding was hopeless, yet they
did net by any means dissent from the general nish that
the trial should take place elsewhere. He had, besides,
authorities to show that the Court did not always strictly
adhere to the rule it now laid down, for lie could shot%
from tenser cases, that writs of certiorari had bees
granted in several instances where the whole of the dr
Pendants were not in Court. In support of this argu-
ment, Mr. Hunt referred to flawkiwe Pl.oftheCrove,4 v.
see. 50, and to the case of the King v. the inha6itaats
Shoreditch. recorded in Alareh's Reports. He observed.
also, as tending to show the little chance which existed
of a fair trial in the county of Lancaster, that upon
Mr. Pearson recently applying for a list of the Spe-
cial Jurymen summoned for the ensuing Assizes, lie
had been informed that the list was not yet made out ;
whereas it ought to have been made out at the last Oc-
tober Sessions. lie would submit it to their Lordships,
whether, alter the recent transactions at Manchester, and
the great agitation which had thus been excited in the
public tnind, whether an impartial trial could be ex-
pected in the county where these transactions occurred ?
He would not repeat to the Court the expressions of de-
spair with which the letters of the other prisoners were
filled respecting the hope of receiving assistance from this
Court. For his part he entertained no apprehension.
He was convinced that their Lordships would act with
propriety; and if his motion was refused, lie should go
down to his trial, firmly convinced that there were not
twelve men in the county of Lancaster who would pro-
nounce bite guilty of the offence with which he was
charged.
The Court, after a short consul'ation, ordered those
parts of the affidavits to be read which deposed to the
public prejudice existing in the county of Lancaster.

The Cum' JUATICE then informed Mr. Hunt that he
might take a rule to shew canse why a certiorari should
not be granted, on its being shelve that all the de-
fendants concArred in the application, and upon their
entering into recognizance, to go to trial at the next
Assizes, and to accept short notice of trial.

M. Hunt expressed himself satisfied with the rule in
this shape.

The following order of Govern nent bein,g in
contrary to all former practice, must necessarily
surprise the British merchant and mechanics.—
It puts us in mind of the physicians when the case
of the patient is desperate—to give him any thing.
he may ask for :
The Lords of the Treasury have given directions
to allow mechanics, artificers. &c. to emigrate from
Great Britain to any corntry, and in any ship."
The Russian Government, it is well known, has
availed itself of this relaxation, by engaging many
able engineers and machinists.

Sir Vicary Gibbs, late Chief Justice of the Court
of Common Fleas, and Recorder of Bristol, died yes-
terday morning at half-past four o'clock, at his town
residence in Russell-square. He was in his sizty-fifth
year.
Parliament, it is said, will be dissolved much
earlier than was generally expected, in order to
avoid as much as possible all discussion of un-
pleasant subjects until a new Parliament shall be
assembled. The vote for the army will be for •
short and limited period, so as to pass to the re-
enactment of the Mutiny Bill in the course of the
present month, and bring on the general election
in the first week of March The new Parliament
would then meet about the middle of April for the
dispatch of all the important business of the year.

There are ten Members returned for the two
counties, Westmoreland and Cumberland, sere* of
whom are the nominees of ONE man. Lord Thanet
names one. Lord Morpeth is supposed to be the popu-
lar Member for Cumberland ; and the worthy Repre-
sentative, Mr. Curwen, is the choice of the freemon of
Carlisle. The remaining seraa are the seas, brother*,
and agent*, of the Earl of Lonsdale !—Will any person
in his senses say this is not a gross violation of the peo-
ples rights ?
A Paris paper contains the Royal Ordonnance'
dated the Ist of December, for the reeal of the
exiles, who are authorised to return to France,
after having, in the presence of a French Ambas-
sador or Minister, taken an oath of fidelity to the
King, and of obedience to the Constitutional
Charter and laws of the kingdom.
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The Demerara papers to the sth December
state, that it has been enacted by his Excellency I
the Governor and the Court of Policy, with rela-
tion to the registration of slaves and triennial returns ,
(and more particularly to a clause in a recent Act of
Parliament. which orders, that after the Ist alt. no pur-
chases
of slaves shall hold good, unless such slaves have
been duly registered and sent to the British office), that
it shall be lawful for persons, not yet having made re-
turns of slaves legally imported into the colony since
the 39th May, ISI7, to make and return the same, first
obtaining the leave of his Excellency,
It is a singular but well-attested fad, that the
Act for the succession of the House of Brunswick
to the Throne of tired Britain. which passed in the
reign of Queen Anne, was carried hr a majority of one
vote only. Joseph Nice, Esq , for Lyme, in Dor-
setshire. gave the casting vote ; on which occasion, her
Majesty caused a number of medals to be struck with a
suitable inscription, one of which was presented to each
of the Members who had voted in favour of it.
The Ktrio, since the first attack of bis late den-
. germs indisposition, has lost mac hundred and
thirty ounces of blood at different periods. On Sa-
turday, his MAJESTY was so much recovered as to
converse with the physicians with some degree of
I cheerfulness.

THE KING'S INDISPOSMON.

It gives us much pleasure to be able to lay before
our readers the subjoined Bulletin, which, from its
import, would lead us to hope, that his MAJESTY
will in a very few days be restored to perfect
health

Carl 'on-Palace. Feb. 9, half-past Eleven, a. m.
The King has scarcely any complaint left.
(signed) If. Ilat.rom
w. KNIOISTOW.
M. J. Taoism.

Yesterday the liing received visits from the
Dukes of York, Clarence, and Sussex, and Prince
Leopold,who remained some time with his Majesty.

The following. . were the amusement of the lei-
sure moments of a Noble 'Aril, on a winter's evening\
by the fire-side of a reverend relation residing in the
cot my in which the scene lies:—