The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-03-24 00:00:00

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in support of is argument. Ile !tnittr,l that S4F.
Jury in ; he tnaintained that tliv fact U
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might come within the ju ilium of that (.01111.
Hat it could not be tried utility turisilietion except ehere
it was puhlielted. The simple fart of writing the
Was no libel I it WAS 1101 at libel until it was Jelirerv.l. sir
Francis might bare, rotiK out as far as (Wiliam, is kit.
landshire, which was not far orr, at the time when ii. irri
seen riding out on the 2341 of August, and left the io.r
there. It was then, in hls opinion, a ease which ‘Oll
not go to a Jury. The seven Bishops wrote their pal:.
Lion in Surrey, yet tlwi were itat tii %I iu thot must f,
but in the county in who+ it was delivered to the Ntsx
There was no proof of this letter haring Leen ',en h.
an! human eye in the county of Leicester, unt.l it '„
shown iu Court that day. 'ilierefore there mu cu tt`wf
of its having beewwritten or published there. •

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se 'at he written was false. lie thong!.
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moo to stand as clear in the Court as Mr. A ttor-
hat reason had he more than that
.fsj rharirtrr to wish In excite dissatisfaction and sedition
040 the minds of the people of England He would
I"v—tf:e Attorney-General had his fortune to oaks :
of
els n' contented with his present fortune. The in-
- went to 'barge him with being a seditious, mall.
ups ?wog : and he thought the ihresdea given by Mr.
maw? .6ecent, ought to have been stated in the indict-
Sebid an rixht to state any thing but the Indictment ;
011Lopoodi ',wad*, might be • subject of further inquiry.—
al owl life and health he would alwsys make remarks
roe nerarreire.. It we, nothing to him if the troops
honoor abroad ; they were not to rut op the
bow. The language of the Learned Gentleman
er-rfes, ewes caleoloted to excite sedition than what he had
jot: he had raised subscriptions for the persons who had
use a an ill-created at Manchester. to obtain means of legal
Wu. What had been considered as bad or misehievoits
• • ! Asy person might write a volume on Gibbon.
Asa kit„ end yet no prosecutions were instituted. The
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miisd of Mr. Attorney-General had nut been fair, and that
hot his letter ought to have been read. and he
eat riot to have been called upon to defend what Mr. 'lt-
•-fteOIMI had called " equivocal." Ile could not dia..
me jaw with the Learned Judge ; but he must say, the
camel had proved themselves nut of the Court, as he was
tog tried In Leicester for what had been published
solloses. The Attorney-General ought to have learnt
toes dragoons did not belong to the Goveniment —this
so de setherity of Blaekstone. The Constitution did not
goos*a single soldier. His justification was from
*lmeigspara; he wrote his letter from them , he heanl
eon triesmedees at Manchester as he was riding across
kills. It was no matter to hint whether they were true
g hie. The lion. Baronet read en extract from the New
*am eakit, he said, he believed was • violent paper.
grtoesag-Goioral had said • greet deal shout the idle-'
of the mooting: but they did not know it was an
**pi see" till after it was over; and if the Magistrates
• sot !Now the meeting was an illegal one, how were
twirls to know ? H• had a paper there which had
we resisted to the House of Commons to this effect. Rut
oared to him that the Magistrates wished to do those
80 whisk the Attorney-General wished to attribute to him.
yailmegesgs. too, in all the Ministerial papists, al they were
was ninth stronger than any that he hail used.—
?le people had a right to meet, however wild and sisionary
for projects, provided they cooducted themselves orderly.
kiwi bees a Member of the House of Commons for nearly
twitsr of a eentory, and hail never, till lately, heard that
wise taestltuted a crime. It was • doctrine broached
anion' `haocellor, or rather twisted out of the opinions
sfrosfor lawyer. Let the meeting be legal or illegal, the
ponied no right to be dispersed as they had been at
Ansiense. This ha would prove frosts Justice Hob.—
** as Worthy Baronet read a short extract.)—He
mil law a eomparisoe between the two circumstances,
ogle would gnat that it was an Illegal meeting, for the
tate utmost. The Riot Aet, which passed in George
La:eel malsorise ugh preesadlogs : but the Riot Act
ns got read. And it was also so trader, that an hour
net dare hasp any other mesas were to be pursued.
MI limn Is Donnas to antherise anneal saes riding into a
seed wed teddy people dews; and a the. would come
Bra these aims walla net be Mashed sp. Remalleet the
rierstaastaseess wwi oeddeved ea Illbeneeo—od he aid
SW heliglhe bon Adel podiums could reconcile to theii
Iterstgi such 50e as Beamed Stair. who had not only plan-
destrielies of Meese persons, but written In his let-
ters, at it would be a charity Se kiN them. Bet this event
fl est pass over 'Meet an examination, for the
help 11.'artiamipt had these troops seat home, and ordered
jeltieneerfieiivral to prosecute them, but not by an ez-
#he idermition. Bet la the presea t days It was termed •
muse% to mention any thing about the 'military. Ile would
males extract from The New Times, which said that the
imps were. determined to cut Mr. Hunt in pieces. lie
Mid ask Mr. Attorney-General whether this was not a ll-
w a gross ealemaloes charge I If the soldiers were
Why did they not prosecute? They were not the
lomment, and the Government had not been libelled by
4Mr.
He took his stand to uphold the laws and Coo-
tie/Ina of this country, and not to excite sedition ; his
eith wee to prevent it. and hideuideevoars went so far, that
Fienpfe should not be separated from the Crown. lie
ildamed how those papers, The New Timm, Caurkr, de.,
Ma which he, read several extracts,] should escape the
Satire of the Attorney-General. It was absurd to mein-
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hie a proposition of his being seditious. Respecting Par-
lharmary Reform, it had originated among the most
ea-
-lihttned part of the country, sad as learning and education
lad 'Fend, it now pervaded all classes. Sir W. Jones.
etene Dr. leluison railed as one of the most enlightened
Pers:ms had thought it necessary a Reform in Parliament
laid take place. Lord Bolingbroke too, heti said, and
W Lordship was an old Tory, as be was of the reign of
Quint Asa., sad who likewise thought a RefOrm necessary
'{ ln n elt tof his opinion wits here read.)—Ho sieseld
Itialket fie with but a lew more gestations. to them the
Maws la Paviisment was not penants.--
ha wee not a fool la his days, wrote to Pupa.
tialitkpeser, that he did not like Mending armies;
he al:kiddie wisdom of /Ns Aimee*. who Wtill deolatier
tntuul• Tberefore this doctrine was not sexier.lhftWurihy
71"1114 eke mad a Latin paaegyrie' as dui
'I" Mkt; and therefore, if he had signed, it had ban
gesd e"Paili• Jnellre Blatt 'nose, who was a Crown
sad esteemed a good one, had also written upon the
"hi. rtyf rentersaltlafrages—and he did not object bit on
I. see re of confusion, but he was aftsid of the inlegeoe of
▪ rwhns the poor, and it might proclaim elivery. Another
riot authority was from herd Camden—who thought the state
si rcprasentatioo ought to be in the hands of all classes of the
People. Lonj Chatham likewise maintained the shove doeJ
• The Duke of Richmond had also written a letter upon
tkls lohieet, which bed not to this day been contradicted.
Peg's opinion given to the electors of Westminster. hs
I.."Mseed had not been noticed by the Attorney-General."
would also give them the authority of Mr. Pitt, of the
e.vmdt date of the Representation lo Ifllifflaiient. As the I
u'wee_ IflHooogers had occupied part of the address of the
"oftle)-lieseral to the Jury, it was In the above manner
he had dern'bod their influence in the Howse of Commons.
Mr. Pitt had said, ia 1706, that. neither good nor bed
Iliaisters could elm any (+ergs., without a Reform in Par-
irnirot• Mr. Fos. in 1101, In speaking of the House of
t moat, hod spoken in the strongest manner upon the
"wept owe of that body. The Jury, ho was sere, must
he *oil anent, that no culpability could exist against PT'
"e% Min endeavoured to leers from such masters. For
zvelf. eh his life, he hod been in favour of Parliamentary
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'OM ; and he lied made severe motions reveffhtfr it.