The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-08-05 00:00:00

be I siuialirot of that solemn trusty to which every
Maw.of the le?Mature was plcklg, d. 1: 3y consequence the
yd Warily abdicated, end formality parted with his
err Pe
of Inc: .eisltig the nietelier. of t r presentative legim
power Oleo restvkl only it. the three branches
together. kolennstilni;osk,:i el tee !mils iit
IL:kilshiture
Bo leech fur the (aeries 01 tbe conspirers ; but
ag
ciavirney used, tw the means which were used to
eovell— gout (Oiler ts. 'situ elect. It lead always been lotd.ed
sib f rirst 11:arly odious and jwalotis rye by the law t
Ijolose, Weed, that ecru where VI:. purposes %ere
pKd.:tlertiastinitic.a bath ever net its tare Rimiest cola.
%otiose Oat how emelt easiare obnoxious must they be.
mos net only viers. tbyir uteMets illegal. but the means
e aniag thew i.sto opect•tiou so very nnetieetiteliulial
(his fps out the place to go into tiny idle discussions
roes:vie:vary IleSorne. Whether it would be ad.
Is, Melo estenkl the eieetive franchise mote idely. or to
saes• e same tolerations wind; time and eireeinetahces had
.
M•
id di, Con4ltlntioll• was not maw the queetiiiii. 'rase
rals rtasiderttion was, ;shelter the defendants had taken
s, proper tarps to acroniplisn these ohject4. It bed berm
aotio wen Inst !Mtn a you rr was vested only in the three
brivbss of the Legislature. and it (Ahmed. the more each
imisiessal signalized Liao:A.lf is mem:ding to !timedl titat
iee4e, the greater uas his guilt in the rye of the tau
Lsii4 woo k hese ere;e:nry itissers Stites, the Learned
serirtalsold he was now cutak• to the tarts of the ease. and
~,sea eisdeas rto stetr them simply, and as they applied.
et the defendants. 11 ens ktl.Al n w every gentle..
i , • • ~. Jury, that uh,rut the time io question. end fur a
s
Firend pc,eetling. great distress was felt in the
Rea,. • •
.-.•3-ing districts. 'Lary Were, parlor, 11440 aware.
I,i! tsp./ distresses were Whited and fomented by toeing
of riti"c seeliort• an I by the efforts of scone disaffected
meth staie are It was to infuse idto the minds of the pub-
itic.tio %Asa that all their teisfortenes were OA in; to the
irtomple of the goveraers, and the base corruptions of
tit Howl Commons. Oe all sides me pales erre spared
10 Wok" I Ilse, fitltadl6bJs. and cositlinted nets of the
rupee wend to show at whose doors they laid the blame of
dioressaa, which were entirely the offeprine of eirehess'etiere.
Action is sot far removed from coavietion. and the gr..at
°time vu to make them show by overt arts o' outrage
seese which the peoele had of the purl v of the Cumulous
Neese of Parliament. Like some more its wealthy
ud aeseess neighbotors. Inrush% :tient had the misfortune
t bevislted by such men as he hot described. In rver
reef that opuleat town there were persons to be (fined
time business it wen In revile the Coust;tutiul. an ! more
partietlarly the House of Commone. From su •,1 beginnings
arose the meeting, fur assisting at which the defendants
err now to answer. It was on the 3.i of July that the
reit of the Peace had ;wile,: of the meeting. and almost
immediately after a secret Meeting u 34 held. where t:te re-
solutions to be proposed were digeited soil a:ranged., and
to tibial the defendants now ou the record were the uttly
personi privy. It woehl be foetid in the es:deuce. that
Major Cartwright arrived at Rinnlaghate un ter Itels. and
&smut day took lodgings. lie was inl,tlett:ittelV waited
open by the defendants. who tiled tag! day. Saturilay . and
again on Sunday—the meet* was fixed for 11enday. Es cry
thing had been arranged between these p:•r6on, t verse day
previous to the meeting. It was, of room.. impossible to
let the jury foto the Cabinet secrets of them' then. but their
Glee subsequent acts furnished a strong probability that she
resolutions which were proposed neat day were all arranged
aeddignsted that day at the Major's. T ley were therefore
&meted together, and acting together before the electing :
and what en. more, the; had two thugs. the inscriptions on •
which would be found entirely in unison with their avowed '
polities! feelings. They were neresserliy quell as steered '
most likely to excite disalfeetiitn and discontent towards the
Government; on one was " Major Cartwright anti the Bill
of Rights, and Liberty." Tals was a bill which was a fa-
vourite with those who celled themselves ; the other
side had the remarkable words " The Sovereignty of the
People," Indeed it was no maltreat surprise that they should
base waisted ander such a ha ohm for they were abort to ex.
ereise an act of the Vgltest sot ereigree —erne weich the Con-
siltation denied to the King himself- —nothin h.. than to eller
the Ceesatation of the Merlin. and give assn new Moues. of
Cematims. The language they used war eniirei:. of the same
eberader • the despot is liajes:y of the pe)yle was asserted :
the Ma me of Consmens was painted as having hetrnyed its
1110:11111fles people tit Whew eNntle It -Vas r.oitrnfkl. were
esiledipea %exercise their sovereignty will tut reserve.—
As te Ms other gag, the inscription was. Sir Omelet
Witheley end no Corti Laws." Ile did meat; to nay nay
Wag of Sir Charles Wolseley. who w et a flaronet of good
fatally In Staffordshire ; with him a: pre+ "it he had nothing
to do • bat if necessary, he couldeonnee: him with the meet-
lag. This was the gentleman whom they eteett fur their Le-
gislatorial Attorney. On anottior side of tine nog gee Jo-
maths' Thomas Wooler, and the liberty of the Press."—
There was so greater Wessell or rime in a free country
than a free press. Let it Laep within botinds, and it wed the
best safeguard of our lihertlea ; but to what purpose 11311 it
cot been prostitoted in the preiseat Throttle' it disaffec-
tion, rebellion, and discontent spread abroad the poison of
their influence it was the vehicle for irreligion, the literati
of private malice, end the engine in the bandit of the Dem-
erit. Long 'night the liberty of the press he preserved. and
hr hoped never to see it shackled; bet every good man should
deplore the uses white, h. .d lately, in some hands, been made
of it. With such an instrument did the defendants go to their
bad work, audit was therefore natural that they should ntag-
airy Its importance by deifying its lieeutieusness. Mating
the. arranged their flags. tike principal actors met at the
Major's lodging, and they deterntitted to go in procession to
the place of meeting, in order to give some crlat to their
movements. All the other defendants would be found att-
empt eying the Major. Tne set out fur toe meeting, with
made to a pilaw culled Newell Mill, near Illemingham. and
in the same parish, where the ground funned a kind of Am-
phitheatre, very proper for their purpose. le a little
time, so less than sixty thousand persons were gathered.
as Edmonds one of the defendants himself confessed

is a report in his paper. The greater part. of course.
went on foot, but Major Cartwright. also was very
infirm, and is stilt so, 11"3. lifted out of a blanche. and placed
eke a rallying point open the hustings. Len is. Edmonds,
mid Wooler had come to the spot in the carriage with him,
all of whom. together with Aladdi.x. attended a meeting at
his lodgings in the morning. and were alike involved in the
aalaplthey, and had given their assent to the Resolutions
%Met were afterwards adopted. Rut having now mine to
the ground, it was Wiwi necessary that some one should pre-
side, and that .• fearle a champion of their liberties. and
*Wanted assertor of their rights." as hr called himself,
George Edmonds, modestly put himself forward, and erne
called to the chair. There was more in this meeting thou
first meets the et e. for a great deal was calculated upon the
good example it would set to the rest of the country. And,
indeed. if one were to consider the great nomher of meet-
lags which were held at the SUMP time, and fur the same
purpnse, in Manchester. Stockport, and other places. each
an expectation would not appear very t isionary. These
simnltaneons meetings argued a Jeep laid nett extensive
conspiracy to overturn, or at least to remodel the Hoven,-
went and Censtitetion of this country. Edmonds being
roes Chairman, bespoise silence fur those uho were to
speak, in the usual way, and Vestals he would not disgust
the Jury by reading this person's speech. as it ent re-
ported its his own paper, yet he could not help calling
their attention to certaia passages its it. He began by
expressing a hope. that the benefits of this Meeting would
not he confined to this place alone. but extended to the
empire at large. It was Impossible to read this speech.
and mot see how it bore out the charge in the indictment of
endeavocring to bring the Cloverameat, and snore particu-
larly the House of Commons, into contempt. The Learned
Retreat then described the mischievous tendency of the
whole of the speeches delivered on the oerasion, and which
era duly noticed at the tiwie. Merced the several resolutions
passed at the Meeting, and commented upon each of them.
showing thinnest. defendants had arrogated to themselves
'Power which the Constitution refused to the King. They
claimed the right; bet with what materials did they go to
than Was a trial with 00.000 men the proper weyto decide
it. They would Indeed sett their Alember to the House ; hat
was that a legitimate or constitutional trial The Meet's/
at Nirollilthans eonetettlid by 'Mk thanks to Major Cart-
"right, for invite. at Ms adwastesolige,.nnttertaken so great
%journey to forward dieters**. a eltovr proof that his befog
there was not entirely the erred of leeliient. Tomas were
then Toted to the l'hairmad. .4r. W.folet. ant the principal
actors, sal the Meeting was adjefertel. back to the %Woes