The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-07-17 00:00:00

MOH TREASON.

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The prisoners were arraigned here to-day. Mr.
Ssvoronn, as their Counsel, objected to the verdict of
ri,e brand Jury on two grounds That a person bad
served as a tirand Juror who was not legally sounded;
.2411 v. That two persons had been enclosed with the
ti-awl who had no right to be there. That the
two persons to whom he alluded were the clerk of the
arr.Ogits, and a gentleman connected with the prosecu-
tion ; and he stated, that The verdict of the Jnry was not
of the hand-writing of the foreman. Theft rat objection
was repelled, in respect the Counsel for the prisoners
sva. not prepared to verify it by an affidavit ; the second
40Jectiost excited a good deal of discussion,_ the Counsel
tor the Crown contending that it contained the most
Kroll insinuation against the administration of justice;
and such as might be productive of the most nosebiev-
tot. effects. Hr answered, that the Clerk of Court. and
the Counsel, or agent, for the prosecution, were entitled
tic miiit the Urania Jury in examining the witnesses,
and that it was untrue that any person had intermixed in
consultation with the (hand Jury after the witnesses
were examined, and he produced the sertlirt showing
th,it it was written by the foreman. He was determines'
that the objection should not pass without farther inquiry,
and he therefore insisted that the Counsel fur the pri•
should state his objection in the form of an affida-
vit. su that the assertions, which in feet were, that the
Jury lead been tampered with, might, if untrue, beam&
tlrr ground of farther proceedings elsewhere.
The COURT took up the second objection in a very
serious light, and were unanimous in thinking that it
ought to be probed to the bottom, bat lathing mid kg

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The Court of Deer and Terminer conimenced its sit-
tings this day for the trial of the State prisoners accused
of high treason. whose arraignments have been already
published. Tile following are the Jutlees present :
The Lono PKKstnrsr. the Lynn Ciller It otos, the
Lotto Cuter Custatissitowle, the Lows JVSTICIt Cieaa,
Lord Dawes.
%%e have prepared a full report of the day's proCecd•
hip, the depositions of witnesses. a:c., lip to the latest
hour of the sitting of the Court ; but a positire injunc-
tion has been laid by the Court on all the reporters pre-
sent, to with-hold their minutes of its proceedings front
publication, nut only during the trials pending at this
place, hut until all •the trials at tilasgou. Dumbarton,
and Paisley. are concluded.
The Lev PatestUENT remarked, that it was of no use
that witnesses were separated anti locked up. if evidence
was permitted to go abroad. The legal arguments and ob-
jections of Counsel on either side it would also be impro-
per to publish. as those objections would relate to the ad-
mission of particular descriptions of evidence, and to the
facts attempted to be substantiated by such evidence. It
would be improper to publish any of the proceedings of
that Court until the whole of the State trials that are.
about to come on in this and the neighbouring conntiea
are terminated. Till slick time. the Court requires and
orders. that none of its proceedings shall be made pub-
lic. The orders of the Court, he tionlsted not, would
lie gibes ed. and strictly observed; if any infringe them,
by publishing statements of this Court's proreeslino,
now forbidden to be published, let it be at their
Aware of the intention of the ('oral with regard to the
above prohibition. which was intimated to us at an early stage
of the dn)'s proreedings. we had rrepared a separate ac-
count of the leeal objections of Conosel. and a.minnte of the
forms of prorecrli or. nut contemplating the rigid nature of
the ribose injunction. whirl. lie expected would hat. been
confined to a restriction on the publication of the cases made
out for or against the prisoner.. and not extended to the
publication "(such objections and forms as. hour% er inter-
esting they may be to legal or public entiosity. would not
base thrones any light upon the bearings of the ease either of
the prosecution or of the defence. The order has ing been
given. hoarser. we hate Only to obsers. it.
It is impossible to form on aderpsate idea of the crowded
state of the I curt, without being present. The strictest
silence Is 40):Ptlell, and etery countenance appears most
solemnly intent upon the proceedings of the bar. It must be
that 3ttentite ardour alone which ran support a human con-
stitution so many hours, under its present state of es Went ex-
haustion by perspiration ; the humidity of perspiration it-
self arising In evhabitlon trthonary to the heat of the weather
and of the court, and being itself thus consumed by visible
et sporation.
The prisoners eondurted themselves notrit the %IMO ON
being brought to the bar. as described in our account of
their arraignment. Their 194.44 was also the same. Their
condom through t the alas has been strict!) dreorons, and
they appeared to be sun attentite to the evidence. and to
the observations of the Court and of their Counsel; bat
towards night, they suffered et idently from fatigue, com-
bined with excessive anxiety.
Counsel for the 04,1111. the Lotto Anvoeave. the Statru-
ron-Dewritax. Mr. Serjeant Ili:Liam K. 11. It. Das stmoso.
Esq.. ',loft% hi apee. Esq.—Agent, J *ors Ai%cor. Esq. 11'.14.
counsel for the prisoners, F. lerenEs. Fs.i.. itonslir
Illxnven.Eso.—Joitit-Agents.D.II4WILIE.W.ALIXAND: It.
W. S.

I,ll*ElWool, OIt.INGEISII.

[FROM Tilt LIMPOOL URT.]

' After the disgraceful scenes which occurred on the
I 2th July last sear, in co 1111 l miswriting the battle of
Anghrim, we were in loupes that our townsmen wonW
not he insulted by the repetition of a procession so
revolting to the proud sense anol liberality of the pre-
sent age. The Mayor, anxious to preserve the peace
of the town, wrote to the officers of the I..dge at Alan-
! cliester, expressing his determination to present them
fr again assisting' in the Liverpool inoression. lie
also sent for s of the officers of the Liverpool
lodges, and entreated them to forego their intruded
pageant. His efforts were unsnrcessfisl; they were
resulted to commemorate the " glorious day,' and all
that they would concede was, that their mystic etio-
: talcum of leopards' skims, lambs, hosts, and mitres,
should nut be again exhibited. Accordingly, on
Wednesday, the 112. th inst. these r.erlosirr imppertei•
: of " Protestant Anomie'!miry" tort at the York lintel,
I decimated with orange sashes, ribbons, roses, &e.,
bearing three silk Wieners, with mottoes and desires,
and about ten A. M., amid the ringing of bells. pith
colours dying, drums beating. &r. proceeded through
Ric' 1-street, Whiterlispel, Dale-street, Castle-street,
Lord-street, to St. Peter's *herds. Unfortunately, at
the end of Rich eeeee ntl-street, a battle commenced, in
which two or three persons, we hear, were severely
wounded. The initneoliate rause of the quarrel we have
not been able with certainty to ascertain; lint we learn
that it arose from the intederenre of a few of the soldiers
of the 44th, or Connaught Rangers, who were passing
through that street, observing one or two of their rep-
moot in the procession, whom they endeavoured to
prevent marching in it. The greater part of the sol-
diers of tleik regiment, we uoderstand, are Catholics,
who have gallantly fought the battles of their coon-
try, in the Peninstila and different other parts of
the Continent. and naturally felt mortified at witness-
ing an exhibition so offensive to their religious preju-
dices. When the fight began, an alarm was immediately
spread through that part of the town, and a great por-
tion of the sloops of the inhabitants of Whitechapel.
Lord-street, Dale-street, &c., were closed, and hnsiness
completely suspended. After divine service, the I /range-
men made another display, and marched through
Tarleton-street, and Clayton-ignore,
and Lack to the York Hotel. Daring this route, numer-
ous lights took place: inolividaal efforts were made to
seise their flags, without success; the wen just returned
fr e prayer showed that sighting was not incompatible
with their piety, for their truncheons and sticks were
laid without merry upon their opponents.
Of the rioters on Wednesday, eleven were aprrehead-
est, of whom two have been since discharged, two ad-
mitted to bail, rind seven remanded for want of sureties.

THE STATESMAN.

dose till an affulavit was put in. That the clerk of The 'Mayor seems very properly, inclined to bring to
Court, and the (*otiose!, or agent, foralic prosecution, the test of law the conduct of the Drawee Society (a
were entitled to attend the tirand Jury for the purpose society which has been declared to be illegal by' the
of assisting them in examining witnesses, but for no heads of both parties in Parliament), anti has therefore
other purpose. held to bail. and commenced proceedings against the pre.
.Mr. St v mono eaplained, and stated that hisohjection silent of the institution.
was merely to the point of form, viz. that two presorts,
FRICE OF sTOI.*KS 411111
not members of the Brand Jury, had been enclostgl aloe 5 Sank Stock 2113
That them That he did not mean to state that the Gran 3 per cent. Red. 6311 i
Jury had hewn tampered with, and that he was now 8314- $ per con.. plii3
fled be had been misinformed with regard to the writing gy per Cent. 77i
out of the verdict, and therefore, that lie was not pre- 4 per Cents. S 7/
pared to lodge any affidavit. That he had merely stated 0 prt't.Say. 101411
the information Odell had been communicated to him, Long Ann. IS 1.16 IS
and that, as it now appeared to be erroneous, he ass trap. 3 per Cent. Ann. 013
sorry for having taken up the time of the Court.
The CUL 11 T was satisfied that no blame attached to
Mr. Sandford.-
The prisoners were then arraigned, and respectively
entered their pleas of Not tiuilty.
There appeared for the frown Mr. Serjeant Ilt HAWK.
and JO/1N oer. Esq.: Mr. 41.4)110 'iv° rr. W. S. agent ;
and for the prisoners E. D. Samoroan, Esq. advocate.

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HAYTI, 1.14.--The Insurrection under Count
(lowan. one of Uhristoplie's Nobles, which so long drop-
Med that fair portion of the Republic of Hayti is finally
reduced. This insurrection, which broke out in 1t.4117,
iminediatcly after the destruction of the soi-dinar Em-
peror Dessalinrs, was undertaken by his partisans to
avenge his death, and persevered in with unabated
fury. It ,produced a powerful diversion in favour of
Christoplic, who succoured it from tiwe to time with
such means as he could spare from his own imme-
diate defence ; and the numerous expeditions sent
against it by the late President (Petion), had, from
various causes, failed of success: and, in the conrse
of its ravages, not a village or sea-port, en a
roast of 69 leagues extent, had escaped the pil-
lages of the brigands; but the firmness of the peaceable
inhabitants, aided by the powerful means of the Pre-
sident (Boyer), has at length put an end to this insur-
rection. It is an awful sight to observe the exposure
tki the heads of sixteen of the ringleaders of the insur-
rection, placed on pikes in a public part of the town of
Jeretnie.

FUND(.—Mthough to-morrow• be gettlinf-day at
the Stock•Evcliange, and the Account a very heavy
one, w•e do not hear as yet of any defaulter.—
The ni irket opened this morning at 7111 to i, but has
declined since, and appears rather heavy at 71g. It
is supposed the Jews, who are great holders of Stork,
n•ish to sell. if they ran obtain a good price, to be in
readiness for the Mishit% Loan.

Thi4 thinning Mr. lllase waited upon the gentlemen
of the Stock Exchange, and informed them, that the
Chancellor ..f the Exchequer would be really to receive
the Mailers for the Lottery of this year un Thurtlay
ISCM.

After the discussion expected this evening in the
Douse of Commons, on the property withheld from
the QU►:r:s. it is not probable that any fresh question
will be agitated in Parliament, respecting her 31.wurs•'
vy's affairs, till the meeting this day month. To this
interval her prosecutors look forward, with the hope
that the .iaspension of the proceedings will abates the
fs rvour of the public mind in her behalf, and that
some ocenrrenee may take place which they may turn
to their advantage. It is evident, from the railings of
their agents, in the journals devote►l to their support,
that they are sensibly alive to the obloquy they have
incurred by their proceedings : and it is equally
evident that the manifestations of public opinion,
whirls their conduct has provoked, are absolutely
necessary to keep their perstectting spirit within the
Wounds of dereney. After the discussion In the Douse
of lands on Friday night, when ails antage was taken.
in this unprecedented ease, of the rim, qf preetcfrais
for the claim► which her M tJISTI hail urged, and when
the privileges allowed by law in other cases were re-
probated by the highest of vial authorities, merely.
it appeared, because she claimed them, we should
tremble, we romfes•, at the issue of her cause, were not
our confidence in her integrity unshaken. This eunti.
&nee, on our part, may be reckoned prejudice: but to
what shall we impute the sentiment of the majority
that appeared on the division of Friday Does it pro-
reed from abstract and enlightened principles ofjustice?
Does it evince liberality or candour? Does it satisfy
any holiest mind that it arises from any other than a
predetermined and unfriendly spirit? The prejudice
we entertain, in common with the public, proceeds
fruo► the result of the former trials the character of
her 3I itreeTT has undergone, from the prosecutions
she hail endured, and the triumphs she has obtained :
and I the evidence that has been Irises of a con-
tinuance of the tame peraecnting spirit, various and
vacillating in its modes, yet unrelenting in its de-
sign. It is this spirit which the people observe,
and against which they are indignant. It is
thb which provokes them in public and in private to
express their sentiments with an ardour and an aim-
, daily seldom witnessed; lb her MAJRITT.O behalf.
They hilly feel the fume and value of her blaJassi'S
appeal to their protection, and the ineetioppi they are
daily eonvoking they esteem expedient, to balance the
hostility they perceive. In this determination it is
much to be desired that they persevere. The fake of
public sentiment cannot fail at last to have its proper
weight, and the persons who sit in judgment on the
charges against the fleets, whatever be their preju-
dices, cannot but be sensible, in the interim, that in
deciding upon the character of her 31a.nart, they
deride upon their own.

Ever since the commencement of the present proceed-
ings against her Jl.%Jesre, the conviction of her inno-
cence has been taking a firmer hold of the public mind ;
and we enarsafely assert that there is not an independent
person in the country that does not warmly sympathise
in her sufferings, and as cordially detest her accusers.
It is plain the public have no other interest in this ques-
tion, but such as the desire to see justice fairly adminis-
tered inspires. It would he absurd to ascribe to factious
motives, and still snore ridicuhots to trace to levelling
principles. the burst of national feeling, which this
question has elicited. It is not confined to any parti-
cular class of the people, hut pervades all casks; and is
there strongest, where moral sentiments operate with
greatest force. Tho twiddle claim, who are in every
country the meet moral and enlightened portion of the
community, take the lend in eeadestolog the proceed-,

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