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No. 4626.

" The Cause for Waal HAMPDEN fell 4111.44fid, and snow mot •ii Scala(' •'

PRICE 7D•

LILES BY .4UI

find me guilty for having endeavoured to obtain an
honest livelihood.

Mercantile or Professional Residence,
Winchester street, Broad.

Mr. HAT.--tientlemen of the Jury—Considering the
situation in which I stand, it would be very impeoper in
me to make any observations. In many diset it *gilt
s?;
be necessary, hare It is not, to offer any remark ' fob
libel is so clear that it cannot be mistakes.
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h e idly
to say, according to the power vested in me to re my
opinion, that this is in grop a libel as can be. If any
one chooses to take on himself to sell what may be a
libel, he is answerable for it.
The Foreman took the paper into his hand, and tnrne.l
round to the rest of the Jury. In about one minute he
returned a verdict of tiniity.
t:borlton, immediately after the verdict, was conduct-
ed by the officers into the felon's dock, where he stood
expecting judgment. .
Joseph Skew - now appeared to pray that his ropogai
ances ehomilLaeg.he entreated.
'Alt-c,ve
Mi. Wlttrams.—l oppose it DOW.
Joseph Shaw.—l was here all the week, and inning
got entirely out of subsistence, I went to Bolton lag
night far subsistence. I wished back this morning,
thirteen miles, as fast as I was able. I could not be
here earlier.
Mr. HAT.—We can do nothing now. It tests with
the prosecutor.
Mr. WILLIAMIL-1 consent. I only wished to hear
what be had to say. lam ready now in his case.
Joseph Shaw said, that he was without any refresli-
meat, and prayed a little time.
Mr. Williams at once consented, and the prisoner left
the Court for a short time.
Mr. Hay (to Chorlton, who continued to stand at the
bar)—You may stand down, but perhaps you via% to
hear the °tiles trials; if so, you may remain as you are.

By Mr. BINDLE.,
Os its Premises, oa Wnowasaat, Fel
by order of the Assignees of Mears.
Matehants, Bankrupts,
tria Desirable LEASEHOLI
S. No. 4, Great Winchester-street,
mimed to be a most admirable situatim
Brvbec, sr Professional Badman ;
be&roosts with closets, drawing-room. I
tall, hick °face, and a capital lofty ware
°Nees or en section-room, 411 foot tom
sad excellent domestic emcee ea the bs
kf toexpfred term of is years, at a mode
To be viewed three days pretiotts to tb
titulars ma be t ad; alio of Mr. Jobe
i and of Mr. mho., ix, tb
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rumba's, St oel t4mliradr.
Whaohamor-rborsts.iimmakliallit
BY Mr. MINDS"
O. is Precious, No. A Grant Wlndblitter-stratt. Brobtf•
street. oa WRIMRSAAT, Yob.°llllll644lllloMm. for Tmoilto.
by order of the Assignees of Hughes and Todd,
Merchants. Bankrupts.
THE excellent HOUSZHOLD
comprislog loAy fsTimpie bedlam& Wilk estba
bangle's. essimmise $l.. galler-bids, and bedding. idsil
made cabinet verb Is molosana. assist Illataaro seat
tlaman • s dresalnemtands. capital Tinhistleakillsmard. of
patent dining-tabhis. nil& id quid and library ta
sots of parlour chairs. satin-hair soots aorpits.
plor.glassas and wont mirrors. algal
and Merino cloth window-eurtalns, p spring dipti
mahogany hail chairs. polished fenders and Ire4runs;drag
pits. sad numerous other 'Shots.

SALFORD SESSIONS.

MANCIINITZI, JAN. 27.

Ltaat..—Joseph Shaw, of Bolton, charged with libel,
was called at the sitting of the Court, and waited for
full an hour, but not apimaring, his recognisances were
artreatod.
Behar' Ogden was next called, but Mr. Daniels, soli-
citor fur the prosecution, stated, that he had had no in-
structions, and that he had told so to Mr. Nadia.—
Not Guilty.
ASSAULT, ON •1101:117' 16, 1819.
ria,
Mellor was brought up to answer fur an as-
' nawastitted with riot.
Clerk—You submit now?

POSTPONRAIRNT OF DRAWING.
TIIBH respectfully acquaints his best Friends,
. the Public. that in consequence of the lamented
Woof his Rixyal Highness the Diu of KENT, the Imat
ag's Drawing of the State Lottery, which was to have
dii One un Saturday, the 'Nth inst.
4,
POTPONED,
A mar a the Ccimmissioners of his Majesty's
Treasury.
To SATVRDAY, 3Yli FEBRUARY.

Oa the followleg day will be sold, the STOCK to
TRADE. comprehending a variety of coloered bolds, mock
coral sad bugle onuusents, Meet jet goods in neeklaeds,
bracelets and ornaments, ladles shoes and boots. rant,
for soles, scales and weights, alai various other properly.
To be viewed one day previous to the Sale, when Caw
logues may be had os the Premises ; also of Mr. Jobs
Smith. Actlag Assignee and At:consistent, TS Coruhill ; and
of Mr. Medi', IS, Cbsecery-laue.

Prisoner.—Yrs.
Mr. ASHWORTH.—The prisoner bad now pleaded
guilty. The assault and riot had been committed on the
memorable 16th of Aogust. On the evening of that day
the Magistrates had directed the public-houses to be
cleared. Mr. Witbington (a yeoman), a constable, was
employe.' with others in clearing public-houses in Pen-
dleton, when a crowd collected, and stones were thrown
by some. Mr. Withington, anxious to disperse the
crowd as mildly as possible, remonstrated with them,
and particularly with the prisoner, who was most active,
bat be remonstrated without effect: the prisoner assault-
ed him; Mr. Withington had his coat turn frail, his
bask, his waistcoat lilcrwise, bat be firmly sod me-
lutely (indeed, Mr. Withingion was distinguished for
his courage)) stuck to the primmer, and took him into
castodr, although in the midst of a crowd. The poi-
goner bad been impriseited ever since the 16th of Au-
gust, and now Mr. Wit/bloom seconded his plea of
goailty, and timaght that sufbeiest punishment had
ftgpe sawed. The Coen, however, would examine

TRIAL OP JOSEPII /UAW TOR LIIIIL.
After the lapse of about half an hour Shaw returne,l
into Coart, and having declared himself ready to proceed
to trial, he was given in charge to the Jury. The in-
dictment charged him, that he hieing as evil-disposed
person, and wishing to excite in certain of his Majesty's
liege subjects a hatred and contempt of the laws and
Government of this realm, and also a hatred and coo
tempt of the Houses of Parliament, did, on the Ziti of
August last, publish a certain seditious libel, estitled
" A Letter to the Soldiers on the State of the Country,
and showing the means that were used to separate them
from the great body of the People." (This letter was
published in one of Sherwin's Native kegisters, the.
date of which was not mentioned ; but which, from what
was afterwards mentioned by the defendant, we coutd
infer was first published in London about the ht of

BT ORDER OF GOVERNmr.....
DRAWING of the LOTTERY, wbieh
•u to bare taken place this dal, IS POSTPONED
To StTURDAY NIXT. SCII Faasu ARV,
less& whole will be decided.

J. amd .1. SIVEWRIGHT, the Contractors, respectfully
notOmee that the Wheel contains Two Prises of 110.0001
llosty.besides Deady 1.000 other Prizes of various atpounts,
nig, in the whole, an excess of "6,3415 beyond the usual
phonemes of the Lettory. The whole will bo Drawn on
imordat; February 3.
J. sod J. Sivswaiorrr,who sold in Last Lottery, Lead, a
Ma of LWOW, hope to experience a eontinuance of
pohnotso there to their 01.1 Established and Fortunate

V, raninanz; I 11. HoLions;
a RATUANIZT ; 141, Oxvoa D-rntairt ;
Inure Tickets and Shires are on Sale is great variety.

i ' (which was aseremel long) road over, to
. be replj,pi In tie ye. The clerk began
Pr its-end bad prorieeded for some time, whet
litteetess objected. Us seeded, that mike
$1 at had heard the indictment mad over helms'
(no bie-pleasinag last motion), it titseimererrtirpnee
tice to have it read over now ; besides, it wool(' ame
sume a great portion•of the time of the Court.
Mr. RAT observed, that the defendant had a vlghl to
have it read ; and however inconvenient it might be as
to time,. his request should be complied with.
Mr. NTARSIE also observed, that it was not the Usual'
practice to have it read at this stage of the proceedhigs.
The defendant would hear it in the course of the teal,
the clerk should read it to the Jury. The defendant,
however, wishing the reading to be continued, which
was done for some tune longer, when, at his own reqw it
it was given up.
Mr. STARK'S then opened the case, and read. principal
parts of the alleged libel from his brief. [laity were ' •
too numerous and voluminous to be giver at length,
with any hope of this account reaching Louden in sat- .
ficient tune for publication.]
Mr. WILLIAMS stated the case to the Jory..4= t
by observing, that (ruin what they had alr
from the opening of the case, they must be wet', this
the present was a nearer approximation to that claim of •
publications to which he had before alluded (publica-
tions where the object of the writer was a fair discuselou
of a public question), than that upon which they tial
just decided. The iinestion therefore which the Jury •
hail this day to decide, was, as it had been fur a century,
whether the writer Unaided to argue the filiation, and
fixing himself upon some real or imagined grievance,
hail proposed any alteration, or suggested env plan, for
the removal of it ;or whether the subject chosen% and
the arguments soldered, were only incidental, and the
real object was not to excite discontent and diseffec-
tion in the public mind. If the Joey believed this, and
they alone were to decide upon it, then they Welt
bound to return a verdict of guilty against the accused. .
It would become the Jury, therelure, to consider the le-.
diode which ought to be allowed to fair discussion, and .:
to give the prisoner every benefit arising from a liberal
construction of the writing before there. Thedefende
aut seemed a very observing man, and would very peat 4
bably address them, arid William')r. Willia4) defied him
to place the liberty of discussion upon a broader froth/
than be had just Sone. As long as the Jury toned ass i..
fair discursive was the °eil, they would so ben gime
the prisoner the benefit ofdit : but when they remised:l •
if they should so perceive, that the intent to excite des- ..
content was manifest, they would believe that the boon:
fiery of free and fair discussion had been passed, sod
they would judge of thy prisoner accordingly. .Ths
Learned Gentleurin then continued at great length to
point out those parti of the libel which showed the evil
intention of the. writer, and he dwelt particularly upon
1 the leading points of it, which we have given above. .
.Ifter this helurther observed, that he had case laßrikt• „
fore the Jury all the facts of the care, as they bid 'ip- "
peered to his mind, and lie woold put it to the Jdry.lef
couscientionsly, whether this was any thing like a ie
taken attempt et decision : sot meetly whether If
• that kind of guarded and temperate discussion which 14 • .
man might attempt with an tummy on dm heed sod Lo•
lawyer on the other; but whether it war discatikiii
tilt? Their verdict this day wireld, he trusted,yrovit
that Juries would be foga ready tirdieeliarge titele
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duty whenever a fair case was laid befoi;e them.
Wet. Seism was thee called to prom-Hie seheot-the
work in spiesties. He knows the priest'', who is 4.,,; .
ealico-printer. and where's(' keeps a •intall bookeellel,s
shop, in Churek-strert. Koltun. lio Inteediated tli Ml' .
her of NS ernis'ir ftertsrer, tile% Wiser the (;our,.
Irian the defendant. at trio Moose. 10 tine 11111* of - AL' .
gest last.
Mere the case for the prieseraiimi closed. and theawi-
goner being calked upon fur his delusive, eabloresetiedm e
Jury to the following effect:— • ... es e.
tientleinen of die Jety—Teu autipi_pspril soy arose .
things from we on this occasion, as I am heti.eiberee-:‘ •
labouring mechanic, and only was drives tv rellieg rim •
books by the badness of my trade. If the writer of th I
article before you was presesit, he weald mu diode ire

RCH
csubject to ALI" of sis In-

4Felgdipegasioa,
011111111111A/I.—What sitwtien if the prisoner in ?
Pll"titr.--! ys i tailor. ..
CIIIIIRMAN.—A journeyman tailor, suppose
Prisoner.—Yes.
Crstasuu.--The sentence of the Court, considering
the time you have been imprisoned, is, that yon pay
6s. Bd. to the King, and enter into recognizance, to
keep the peace, yourself in W. sad two sureties in
10/. each.

ran apply to Mr. Tyndale, tioWiley, Limola's

This day was published, pries lIIs.
A GENERAL INDEX to the LONDON
ill MEDICAL and PHYSICAL JOURNAL. from Yo-
kels Om to Forty, inclusive; comprising! u Analytiaal
Talk of their Contents, arranged in elphabedeal eider;
sill Itekreaces to the whole of the sited Rethoritks, ander
frarsessiael Characters, ac.
;Mon: Printed for J. flouter, 73, St. Paul's Church-
}d; sad may be had of all Booksellers.

Sereties were provided soon afterwards.
Henry Jones, no evidence being offered, was acquitted.
Ltast..—Mr. IVlLLisms moved, that the trial of
Joint Charlton (Mr. Wren's servant), should next be
proceeded in.
Jobs Chorlton, a respectable looking young man,
took his station in the passage between the table and the
dock.
On the Bench were the Rev. IV. R. Hay, Messrs. C.
W. Rtbelstone, and Horton; J. Norris, It. Fletcher,
J. Si!rester, and J. Watkins ; Captain Birley, and Mr.
Moore.

Rh day Was published, In octavo, pries Ile. In boards,
WALKS THROUGH IRELAND, by J. B.
TROTTER, Esq. late Private Secretary to the
light Ron. C. J. Fox.
'Ns Work exhibits the most interestiag, albetlag, and
111:Msecond of the Domestic State of Ip= sad of
tlition of the Irish People, that has •
Primed for Sir Richard Phillips and C. Lanka. Sold
by Ma Cumming, Dublin ; cad by all Boataallees.

Mr. STARRIE opened the case. This was an indict-
meat against John Chorhon for libel. It charged that I
lie, being an ill-disposed and malicious person, and ma-
liciously contriving to bring the soldiers of oar Sove-
reign Lord the King into discredit and disgrace, by
charging them with murder and cruelties, had published
the alleged libels—(ride Manchester 06serner, Satur-
day, August IS, 1819.)
Mr. WILLIAMS addressed the Jury. If in this case
any expectation was entertained, that in its discassion
any general principle, important or valuable, on the
subject of free discussion was involved, he who en.
tettained that expectation took a wrong view of the
question, and formed a titistaken judgment of its nature;
because, if he understood the subject, there was no one
point in this case to which Englishmen were ever alive;
there was no question connected with the freedom of the
press, there was no topic ever used by the advocates of
that freedom; there was nothing of this description
touched upon by the inquiry of this day. He had not
formed his opinion lightly, because, unless they could
at once discover on the face of this publication that
it was a libel, he would not ask their verdict. It
would be htterly vain to look in the publication for 1
any one argument, fur any one point of discussion,
for any narrative; it was plain, simple, undisguised,
unvarnished abuse ; in other words, a libel. The
tendency) war not to be :made out by inuendos, as it
was called; it was given in as express terms as the Eng-,
lish language could express it. " Peter-Loo Massacre
—a warmish title! (The learned gentleman read the
whole passage.) He put it whether there were in the
English language, terms to excite angry teeing if those
did not. As $0 his opinion (Mr. William's), it was not
wattle haring ; but one of the greatest lawyers in the
country bad said, that there was not a constitutional
lawyer in the country who could slay that the fleeting
was a constitutional meeting. There were several in-
(Neatest, against the defendant's employer, Mr. Wroe,
which, as they had beta removed to another Conn,
were not under their consideration. The object of this
prosecution was, as he was instructed, to bring under
their coneiderition, and to punishment, those who aided
sod abetted in this injurious publication. He desired
larger houridefor discussion than any lawyer or counsel
ev* did, and he hoped he never should survive that day
when perfect freedom of discussion should cease ; bat
here there was nothing but nuinlxed abese.
John Haweross proved the purchasing of the paper
(Manchester Okerrer) of the defendant at Mr. II roe's,
Market-street, Manchester. In answer to a question
front the defendant, he said, that lir bad seen him fre-
quently employed behind the counter.
Mt. If tv.—Have you any thing to say in defence or
extentiatittu? •
Tie Defendant—l had no intention, as iniptiteti by
the' indictment, to bring soldiers into contempt, or to
excite dissfiretion. I entered into Mr. B'rae's employ-
men( for the purpose of obtaining, as I thought, an
henget livelihood. I hope the gentleman Jury will out

IN BLOOMSBURY UARE, four doors from
!bait of Sonthanspto eet, Holborn, is the IRISH
LAM CONIPANre Y WAREHOUSE in LON-
NA!, established
TW YEARS.
to he SALE of IRISH 1110IRTINO and SHEETING
CUMI by the Piece, at the Factor's Mee, warranted for
fiardalley and colour, and:to repay dab parebase-nooney
dleighley bah appear. The Compasy. float die mature of
*At illaillimaaata here sad in Ireland. ease te the Cos-
owl, Ile above article', pith shearer then they can be
MOW Issagi any whit neodies.
God blab Bills and Bank of Ireland Notes taken ae einal.
C4llllllopiors penetaally attended*.
410INEONOVAN, 4. Bioosnabery-aquar% Agents.
JOU DOYLE, St. Mary's Abbey, Dublin,

IMPROVED SPECTACLES.
CWEST, 83, St. James's-street, having' been
established as a practical Optimise more tins thirty
P.r. the peeler part of which t 1 he hes bees Is the
Wk if atlandies an persons seise the dlsestion eV Illr
"111•
6. rad other setineet Oadists, is GNAW"
▪ kla fateimmead his IMPROVED sPacrActak the
"OW of Whitt are ground on a prisciple that readers Ihme
Math/ Rae tram the dangerous consequesees arising from
fbeledismisimite use of Improper glasses.
lies leave to caution the Public against the gross
.'"Polellss of these persons that advertise their Patent
"Fulliss, as there is no Patent; and. farther, that those
Perms are not, nor ever were. manufacturers of glasses.
C. W. attends personelle at $3, St. James's-street, from
sloven till Gee feleck, where the proems of manufacturing
Illseses may be mom.

,WHITELET'S PATENT, SELF-ACTING
lErrcii EN RANGES. for Steaming, Roasting. &A-
M! sad biking, with an open Are, suitable for wall and
large establishments, to be seen always in use. at the Metro-
nerene, No. I. RePOSIOND-11TRINT, CLIMIKrowsLL, and
insures tires of the Ire respectability. Also W. H. W.
'epics to raise steam with less fuel, by his improved
Stela Seller. than any other yet veered to the Public, for
testis{ 0(1W-flames. 1111Insfactories, poor-bouseo,
ti"„•' of for boiling by steam. brewers' coppers. dyers, bat-
rial--"114 all "m
b.° kinds of pens, or wooden vats; or for
by stea besting of baths, or cooking of food for
"nit, Ned t
for every other purpose to which steam may be
'Mk
Catilltbouses. Taverns, Se. Acted vp with Steam Appa-
"Ask la a superior mamas,, and ea reasonable taros.
W. routines the Public against treed sad
impod-
• as ma a number of imitations of his Realms. I
Test aregumtineb bat those that have al name aid real-
°we east volt die fruit. Prices from bl. as. to Lem
1111 smoke and smell arising from effectual'?"
salukis&

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