The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-04-10 00:00:00

three bayonet,. two bullet-moulds—one fur musket and
the nilt.r tor pistol halis. and two sow-loam Ther .1
was *llia au insoler enclosed, from s. kirk it ari.em.l'
that these artic:es were charred at ahont tha
usual prier. In eonselittener of this discovery, tai3
on-
drrnrat asp examination before the slagistrates.atsd nas
held to Lail

Mince r richly night there have been no symptonss of
tlsiturbanse iu the tuna ur neighbourhood of linsiders.
held, with the exception of some expression of impalas.
arlsLatsur towards Ilse yeanatiry, who errs' lu,SZl;ir.l 1.15
hirSilay last. with lima hisses its the street, in I.ollsW-
yarare of wistaria the ,tan n for moose tittle wore an .slasno.'
ing appearatace, but this appears tc lone !warna Were
Lunation, anal the italic peace asa as 00000 sat iineetity
tesiered. A person frum Hnley, who was -ado 'ea has.•
a.s.-tinguislie.l himself in raising the el: soar. aas pus-
m.lr'd a mounted yeoman into a to'saerstoist's shop,
I'll,, being apprebetassed, was held to hail.
Ihr Wednesday night Last, at wren is'easek, the Ma-
grstrates of Rudders:kW, Joseph hair is, Itcujautin
Allee, anal John llorsfall, rotavened a
mecca: of Ilse inhabitants at the tleorge Inn, ins notating
!bat they hail a communication to noshes to :hem ut con-
soler:Ode insportance. At 11.101airetliii lUO of the
to incipai isslatbit ants and tratlespeopir tat fe.r soon at.
?caries+, and .Itr. Ilaigh having tak• a the a hear, he pro.
t• nleal ha arate—"l hat the illWol 41111 mri litsourh4,l•l
l'uthlersoeld were in a state so alarming as to call tor
toe greatest vigilance tail the part of the respectalle au.
Itatassants. It :towered, he said, nut Irmo vague rut ttttt sr,
but from da pow:ions taken before the Magistrates, that
a silantranesms rising was to take place tbrotuistaut all
t 're lilnoLt....tring distracts sat the king Joan, trtylisag
1.. Is to 1%4.1.11 OM. and that the siguai her tic,: rising ors
to have twin the rapture of I i sisidersfielol, area the stoppage
Li 'so:vises. 'I hr Magis:rao•••. he 'ail, !gab certain
If lorlllol tttt 014.1 there were, tan Fri slay night last. from
1.r311 to 2,010 persons in anus in the reighhourhood of
I holderstielal, ahoseof jest it was to change lay force the
I lkil6ll order tai society, anal to rota aml la:under the rap.
speetable part of tl,c community. A delegate, who's'
weii ',hew, anal on allow they had kept ass eve, I:ad
I 5111.1. over from Nottingham to that place, lass Thurs Jay
lt.e 311th tilt., null had conyenc.l a meeting of delegates,
est which twenty were prreetat. CHI the meeting bring ,
uassolveall, then turn were dispatched into vaa:ous parts
of Car country, and each of them hail a ticket given to
1.. n•, on w bills was Wilma a sigiiil..ant Vrsi (which Ilse
11. airman auentioaseal, but hiels it way pet Is as not he,
a.'Y 'aisle ho state tit • pabliellt•WVllpely, anal florae cards,
e ern rut in two, were to form a sign anal 0)11.81er-sign
1 y which the leaders were to be known. From causes
• could not at present lie explained, the nickel ale-
s:gni of the lawless had been It:therm frustrated, hut
ti ere was no reason to Epps... that Cif ir itoetstimis had
I.eint altered. In this alarsoieg state sl things it became
I Ise duty of the inhabitants to unite for • he presery.stiun of
it air laws, their persons, ;slot their property ; anal this
o..rerina• was called to ~attain the salletion ill' the in-
Lthitints to its application to be made lay the Magis.
t- rt..' to the I.ord.lsientenaut, for lowers to brim;
Flo operation, if i: sl 1111 l !al be found necessary, anal fee-
t s:nlv not otherwise, the Watch and Ward Act ito this dis-
t:it r. Ile was persuaded that no laths r argument would he
r-otaireal to olarain the cu:asent of the inhabitants to this
a ....assure, than the mere .13:t•mt:tt, that had it not been
h•r the tiruely disenvea y of the plot of Fris!ay night, such
st re tile diateolival alcsigers of rise conspirators, that it
r : s prohahle that not one sit the persons present at this
r would at this time have hal a house to 70 host.
was the substance of the ttttt unication, and it is
a:.trcelr Itprevs try In ad.! that the meeting itastant:y
gale Ririe sanetion to the application to the Lord I.ieu-
terant. In the coons: of the autuu,unicatiun the I hair-
:Lan very candidly admitted, that he dill not believe that
Reformers, as a bode, had any thin., to sin with the
•nspiraev, whit-h had spread smelt Ivry :canal a•al
Y.-i!-:morales! alarm through the neiglshonrhood—the
aNnspirators were the 1111.11. lirl•g4 of society.
Though we have already bestowed upon this subject
rets-e room than we can well all'urs!, vet tie cannot quit
/'• without a few observes ions. In instituting the in-
mniry which we Lure thonglat it our dety to make, we
tassand no slitliettlty iu eolleetirg the details of the trans.
as :ions a bids have taken place; bat tshen tie cause to
irloiry--Ilea• has this pbst originseed—who erre
its anchors--and what are its objects? the clue failed
vs, and our inquiries cause to a stand. It is clear. in-
deed, that thi:re is a great deal of distress in the country ,
—we may sac, extreme and enprecedented distress ; and
that, in such a state of things, it is r..*2; 1.) hush men,
wt.,, adopting the desperate reasoning, that it is as well
•0 die on the :allows, or by the point of the saurd, as
to be starved to death for want, are ready to give iu to i
any rojeet, however atrocisots : but there must be some I
head, souse projectors, some iostigators—and the litlVg-
lion is, who are they? This mystery we hope the tuligt%. ,
trates, who seem to have displayed great real anal batch
burner, will endeavour fearlessly to uuravel, and let the
guilt rest wherever it may happen to fall. It is in rain j
to punish a few low, izoissrant, halt-starved sinpes. The
terrors of their own minds, and the tlistromrs of their I
families will teach them, it is to he hopes!, never again j
to ens:sari( in quell mail anal wicked projects; halt if some
tai the !walls can be kid hull 11, ant: exposed or !smug ht
1.: justiee, an essential lelartit will he retailer II to society. j
I: Ise on:undid to deny that there is a great degree '
u" disaffection in the country ; and it weithi be equally
ttneanalisl to conceal that the main cause of this diaaffec-
tivn is the extent of the piddle distress. Something
must he dame to restore the national prosperity, and to
revive our almost extinct trade and manisfaetores. The
pu's!ic debt is a usii`ostone so heavy, that, if notaliminished
it will sink Ilse country. Mr. Ricardo's plan, or some
u•'•er plan of a similar nature. must sooner or later be
a•!upteal ; anal we do beseech the legislators of the country
t s • RV! us Iron anarchy tan the one baud, or from military
rile on the other, by tanning their undivided attention
instated', to this topic, and by making it one of the first
anhirete of their deliberations on the wetting of the Dew
1114;lialittit.

CHESTER, Arius S.
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SHOOTING A'l' BIRCH, TU2 STOCKPORT CONSTABLE.

After the usnal formalities had been complied with,
ti.r Jury were called over, and the Clerk informed the
prisoners, if they had any objection to any of them they
should state it before they were sworn. The prisoners
mule no objection. The Jury were sworn, and the Clerk
of the Court proceeded with the indictment, which
charged Jacob *lnnis with wilfully, maliciously, and
friouionsly shooting at William Birch, at Stockport,
set the Titl of July last, and James George !truce,
otherwise ()two James Brae,, with wilfully and
maliciously aiding eta abetting the same.
Bruce is rather a shabby, bat intelligent looking young
man, booth-backed, and somewhat below the middle

Al•lnnis is a young and athletic non, with hair in-
r.i !led to be red, of fair completion, and altogether what
ii usually termed s smart wade wean. Ilia dross was
decant, and his behaviour modest. As sous as the Jury
arm seated,
Mr Illawrom rose to address the Jiwv. when lime
My Lard. I wish for a copy et the indictment ;
I have sot had one. I have- tio nosey to partisan
and I shOaht Fite to read k ww the trial Foos on."
Mr. fleirtfwv.—Wie hive sowhitction tio the prisoner*
having a copy of it.