The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-04-24 00:00:00

LATE TRIAL ion SEDIT!ON.

When Johnsen, Deeseley. and Dronsumind
called op to Peewit,' sentence, the Attarney.Geullal
formally prayed the judgment of the Coati, on which
the Chief Justice informed Awls, that ■lthoogh de;
fended by Ccontel, they were at liberty In midis*
Cuort piwrioni to the patting of sentence. The DP.
Pendant liaeoeley then 440444. The chief purport of his
ohlervalionswent to complain of tl.eeacessivebillwhich
had been required, sad of the hardship. which he had
oniotail finder the Suspention of the Habeas Corpus
Act. Nine monthi sinconstitotionsi confinement, and
wren month, confinement In conSeqsence of the
demand of unreasonable bill; dating three of which
ho bad beer, ill, were sorely enough for a few rash
espresiiont ; not that ha navel for mercy ; as a „Tory
had brought him In guilty, Ito *44 ready to suffer his
sentence. This lhfehd■nt spoke at 'hit,
times ; and neither the manner nor that language of
the young min Pres unimpressive. In his concluding
ohamatioss ha aid, it was oiled by metaphysicians,
that all impressions were received through the medium
of the senses ; and the limpenssinn made on him by
Metal endirrance, *as net of a natal* to allay the
fersour of his political opinions.
Drummond complained of the bill In similar terms
with Dagoeley, end strenuosity Insisted that indict.
meat had been heaped open indictlttent, for no ether
reason thaw so afford an paean for eseirsaire ball, on
which account he called for those indictments to be
tried, and depreat►d any speech from the Allot-
nay.Genersi affecting to Oro them up on the plea
of (*.lcy to hail, there was a Staffordshire
Baronet, Sir C. Welmley—(The Defendant was bete
interrupted by Ilia ljnert.)—Mr. Drummond then
went on to compiiin of witnesses, pett,colarly Live-
rey, who was hired by the Magistrates of Manchester.
The Defendant, in the cootie of his address, flatly
accused the Solicitor for tho prosecution of a design
to "name his life, and obverted, that the evidence
was contradictory, and undeserving of credit. Had
he been aware of the tarn of the trial, he could have
brought wit , and not hired ones either, to
contradict it. He concluded litre Hagueley, by dis-
Claiming any solicitation for mercy.
The address of Johnston was longer and mote
vehement than Minim of either of hit two triads
—lle complAried that the Special Jury was not
made op of Gentlemen. es it might to have been,
and that not an individosi of them took a note
to mark a contradiction. Ile uhierved, that it was
a mere harangue that had hruektit him to the notion
of the Manchester llef.•rmery in the first instance;
and it was at the forms! and written trg•.rat of nom.
beta, in varinos towns, that he had since attended at
Reform Mevirogi.— With no mein decree of force
and pathos. Defendant then el-scribed ilia seiattre
under the Su.pension Art, Ireulmerel by the Police
of Mancherer, and final discharge. without the pas.
▪ of redress. Here was the Interco of the warm
espiessioni attrihipted to him, which were effects, not
caries. D..f►ndant vir field base proceeded much longer,
but for the fiord interroptinst of the Cow,.
The Chief Justice (Comm) then passed arw-
ten.e in brief and forcible terms. In new part of
his Lordship's address he was issterruplril by Dram-
mon.l—" That is your construction, my Lord;" anti
nn the conclusion, when his Lordship declared that
ha felt it an imperious duty to sepirsto thin, from
the world, Johnston, with great vehemence, exclaim•
ed, " Wo do not west you to plead against es any
longer, we have had quits enough of it, let us know
the sentence we are to have."

The Chief Jostle* then delivered the 'esteem,
•hkh we have elmedy given.
. .

Yee Aweo sentenced awe hot two years'
imprigoment ; I ale willing to quit the country fnr
doable Past panted, if yo 2 will allow me-1 pun
peidy new."—The Prisoners were thew rewpoved.

The Attorney-General then observed, that the
Greed Jury had foond three additional indictors's,
►et that a nal prosevri Palest be entered against each
of them.

It Is bet jostle* to the Defendants, to ob , that
although warm, they could scarcely be called di,.
respectful. Johnston was the most moved, but it Me,
evidently more wins to consititotional temperament,
than to premeditated impropriety.

VenTATION.—The following Piing:ordinary ar.
count we copy from the Leeds Intelligeneer of the
12th inst. :—" A field belonging to Mr. Medley, of
Chapeitoo, near Leeds, sown with barley, inhibit.
ed on Wednesday evening last no appearance what.
ever of vegetation ; but tiering the night, the rain,
which had been much wanted, fell pretty copiously,
and the night being wires, the some 61.141 leas in the
morning, to the greet astonishment of Mr. 161 ene•r-
ed with barley an lack kith. Mr. M. had tak►n
pains to observe in the preceding evening, and amid
not find any barley op."

Pities or Bo zztos.—Th. roar• sr yesterday was
New Dollars ss. SJ. and Sitter in Bars Ss. Gd.
At Warwick Assizes, the colonisr contained the
•ernes of 220 prisoners! At tin Sommer Assizes at
We rwkk, is the Grit year of the prerent reign, the..
were only three prisoners for trial.

We et;rierstana from good sethotlty, that the High
Sheriff of the comfy of Somerset, has determined to
convene the county, to petition against the farther
claims of the Roman Catholics ; is the event of Mr.
GRATTAN'S motion being carried in the Hoer. of
Commons. We also heir that many ledivideals have
espressed their desire to polities Parliament pretioes
to that motion, in order to meet the Petitions already
sent in f of the Claims.—(Sherhoroe Mercors.)
The Well and Becket, public-horse, In Church-
street. Bethnal.green. a few nights ago *as brokers
into, and Bank of Englaud notes to the armrest of
201. stoles.

Doting the night or the Itlth, of the morisiog of
the Roth inst., the rectory of Messrs. Stephen and
Thomas Wilson, Turister'4.alley, tier
feloniously Wilted aid robbed of silk to • large
snow.

Suroad Dcatm.—Yesterday rooming WlMem
Hard*, of Middlrees-meet, St. Pancras, was found
dead in his bed, having gone to bed in gond health
and spirits the ptearding night at II o'clock.
A few days ago a prong woman, in the Lorelei of
Mr. Grant; of Glenratorision, intending to take a
dose of salts, swallowed some deleterious atoll re.
'Mobilo' them, end died io less ilia& an boar.