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      ( C : -, i . ' : " .-. ¦• ; :. ' / fr . ¦ :-:: ¦ :.. ' . ' S ' .: e-. ( f > j >? £ -J am Lior-a ^ . a- a Cbn > t . as mva ' -srer , at all times , and vipcu ii -cc ^^ ln to iifi Tip u . t fok ^ ^ The Hen . and Lrf . Tii-d A Horn- y-Geaerallia ? iold _ yaz Viz . 1 1 yoi ' aia : h- tvr . ee of " a foris'fan icinKer . I go saraiia that oizz * . I reeeived this book ( ho } f : ir ? sp xl sniali B-bie ) > onie Tear- ago , ai my ordination , accordir-s : o : he furn ' ula vrazribed by tne Chnrcc cf Errand ; find f .-em ' that da , \ tu- . U-i-S it hw b ? tr , mv .-ruJr to nn-ier 5 rar . J it * rf > - ! t 0

      repress £ iVr .-. " irapartialiy , and earar . « - :: y its co ^ : e ! -u > - o J . v fe " :. - ^ -creaiarp .-. Jt has be-.-a raj - < si » h :. " > see p-V . -i-riu bizi-ngn ibem . arJ tsidl / - liihei . rte W / -.-:: inil an ! sublime iavs ai ^ d i- ~ -- -c-eprs it enscaias . Nor s . rr : 1 cor rciouj of bavin ,:, in one solita-vini . asce . os . a ^ f o .-cAsion ir , which "I Lave apceafed b-cfer" -. h ? pub : ; . ' , of havipg said on * -rrjru cr p ^?? ntJc ? cue crgmc em which is act fairly said faith / any c ' . t" « rr from the precept * sud maxims oi this bvok . Ger ; : ; e 3 ien . 3 am bound as a Christian mister to preach rh-se docirice * . I am frmlry of

      having spoken agaimt oppression—I am gniity of havirg spoken spaius : iaiu 5 ri . ee and * Tong . Gentlemen , yon are no : &-re to throw the shield of your verdict rv- ? r in ; *> tier , oppression , and wronp . I * TtTi > i : ) f t- > rcaniis iinrepi-o ^ ed and Dnrcbak ^ d ? Is injures an i tyraBjn— no niEtfcr , Gen ' -ie ^ aec , 1 ? trhouj ccnurit ' ri—i : ii no ; '" or yuu to inquire ¦ wither thsr are in s—^ crirf wco corr . ni " . injustice - — " ^ L ^ tiici uisy a ^ e Lit '; : in sialion * i . oii ; dic : wroagon their poorer brethren- cr if ycu do taie this inio your ccnaiiera'ion , it is to fcrmia yotirinind > ihe fu / . and sati-factory rpa ^ in , why _ it- < hou ! d be hrl •! to !> a jistiSed in ihis Court , and , Gentlemen , abo else-¦ wliere and evtrrwhere , in chin ? humbly , in doing sincerely * ^ hat in me iaj to bring truth . and justice , and religion , and piety , into the hearts and into the

      homes c' nsy fello'w-ccnritrynitn;—is" * TCB ? , I a « k , to ressain tmrebnied—is injustice and eppr ^ -son to remain unrepruved merely because thos . * v , hn choose to caxDmi" them sre elevated in r cation , in in flue tee andpo-srer ? Geritlrni ? i ) . it ii only righr that tod fihonldhafe placed ba . ' ore you one orf * o anthonti ?^ on this snbje-cr . I am charged in the JadictJ . Tit . Gentlemen , which hz . s n ^ i b ^ en read ever to yon — I am charged with rii « icg ani exciting 5 i-icozitent in ihe dinas of the < u ' bject * of rtt . ^ realxs . You hare heard wh » t my opinions &re on thi * s abject . Hsar now -what some of &e jtreat r : a 2 ne 3 I have mentioned to yon—LsarnoT ? -whit vie . ; -s thry also entertsin on tka snbject- Biarks ' . cn ? r « v < , >¦ : i « law

      nor only reezr& « life and member . bn t ^ l > o fumlsa e ^ u » ¦ wit ' -i pTerythiii ? necessaiy fcr taeir -vippor : ; 'he po -i ha-re iheiirst claim in the i ? . ' . 7 sof society . AiltfeiDSi ¦ were orieinaily commas , no 113 b ^ iag able x > p-r .-dscs a charter or title u > ^ ny pirdcul 3 . r p-oss ^ s iioa ; but the title of arn . ir . : i po » : »< zooi *—m ? particular Tiofiion of good ? vi thr > cci ^ mmity—w ? . ^ 02 condition that t ' kr .-e should t-e j-j incient . ' i-r fterr one , and tiat er - ry one s » j = uV 1 h ^ vp the m ^ ars o : procnriEf that stfncit-ncy . '—that : < : o *>> y . that no fixed liW ; ftr tb . o refularicn of yrcperty can te provided . L ^ cJe . Li jaDjn ?? e q :.: te c- sr-irjr . i / t :. in mucri ^ tTDE ?»' r than I eve : u-e . 1 ; h kt _ i "" e—L-icie .

      one ot in ? Cienr-s :. cooiJi " . a : i't j- , -t .-. rijtiiEe-iititivs ¦ wr iters iji-o-i ci--ii rcid rac-rs . - p - ; i"y . «>"•? =. tbn . ' a Sl&n am :-o rnor- ! rs ^ ie i . * e - - ! :- -- rb-r ' s Dec -. ' - ir- ' . 1

      to free ssch niin to Vec-. m- ? anorhe . * s va . ' : ! , rh . in lie tilt tis inc-Te strength cin * eiz ? npon-a wrak-r man . a- ; d ^ ith a digger a ? iiis lhr : d . ' ^ p- 'es > ct tl-i « choice , death or ? lav-ry . The- ? p . re ih- _ * ' wcros of Locke—y- » u see he put * tie ci . * e mere . s : ron ?] r than I do . He tonre-a-i * th ' -t 50 m'j n ^ is a right npon any unit- * t mcdificir . c : of S "c . ' .-rj , ro free his brother to becoine h : s w . j ; *^] . ' ? o j-rc « " ? iit kia free : obtabiijj ^ the ne-re ^ 'arie ^ - ¦; -i ' * , 'n ^ a that can ^ sho ha * Eretitcr str ^ n ^ Oi e-a ? « rij ; " - ^ * - ' > srIie -j pon aioilier that i « Teaspr . and tviiIi r . -L ^ iztt it hi ? ttr-.-. tt to offer L : . 3 ^ lavrry r . r d-- . th . ( j-entl-nien , I a-k vna Vnets-:.-the Pc- " r La-r An : r .. u-r : e : ; t Act . wi _ : "J : < thjor .. - - ra " .= v !^ re 1 Lay-public -y ai < cr- < crd—1 rnr , - not fufiicient'y ircp . -e « i it upon your memory thzt I pt-t eo ' . tii ' -it I neve- "d ? . 3 never mean ! c be a poiilical aeitito-, s-itisr .-f thi- - ~ ehu-:. ' tr rbar -cico ' , - » * _ i _ 1 1 »* ... '_ . 1 _ e t ~ * 1 have stri onncri \ eil to - t 4 of ( joa

      cu . ' . c T . ; .-v > -oand to the old boot- of I iff . to which my Attt"r .:: jn h £ . 5 lst ' . * ly bc ' -n cire ^ ted . 1 sin no : n ] taz : ; i!—1 s . 111 not 2 . V » -iiir—1 z . yz not 2 Tory—I ati an Enj ' . ' . / .- . iiiei . I look upon s-very niEn r ^ s "ay 'ellow-eociitryiiaii and - is in ~ fe ' . low man ~ -nd brorbr-r . ] wi-h jj to behaT ? iDy »^ it towards kuA . a ^ ibiic Le m ^ . y fcave ^ o rep- ? c-n not to b » L . are tj ~ ards m < is ! would vnih to do t 3 > i m . Ger .-lt-men—1 ha-i 1 . 0 i&t . 'nt " , 55 in > . - crTia ? ir to jf-a . whbiher tbs Pc ^> r Lin Am-ndraent Act . a' yju nn-irrstan . ; it . dees not p"n : a political dacz-r . r joci ^ l knife to the th-oit of the- poor in'i'Q—w he . her it does not compel him on tjE-is of > tirrition . or the r nlv ether aH-rnarivofla-rir ; / dc ri \ i di- — "vhrthi-r irc- !? i not compel Meid --. br ^ it tc c ? cc ' . J ' - : * -. s and ter ^ i * . to v : ' l ! c-. no man . 1 fr : d co : .- ' - ;• u Er . eii ^ hnisn . to wluca nc tEin . no Carisriii ) -.- •¦ in .- ¦ ubmjt . G-Ei ; e ren . 1 . uu 1

      Cxin * c :.= i n : v - '> ' ' : ? - ^ - . am ; - -.-cu 6 bftii-I > Ci to til- * iiVf . In -piU ; o ; tVjs 3 nd" . c : r ^; 3 t , of all : i ? .: hs * De « - -iiJ . bocn by th- LedrcsJ Attorney-G .-j .-r . il ? . ad the pv : j vrii ¦ whom ho L a-50-ciatc-i . 1 hsv in every ; ; ir . g iuru ; cr . ' wed obedience to the 12 . 5-. But . Gentlenje " . there : j > a iiiir-noa ia thar 1-a ^ - Tiicbyou i-re b ^ iui to con-ii-r . before y .-0 can rercra a Tcr ' * : ct - _ > f tc ^ it / in tli * in-iictnir-a ; . \' iammijtikea—i am TnL-tas ^ s ^' . h tue treat-r't the -ffises * - &ad - h- b-iit men tb * t thi- Ucd h ? . ; er - ; tnO-irC —me . ' :, of vrzem this ; - ^ e appears n" -t tj L ? wcr-. hT . it i » lii .- ;> . » hi : in . G-fl-.-era ^ a . tj .- ! .- - ¦ - ;^; r :

      the m ^ rs " . orr . c . 2 d . s =.= in -n- ^ e ^ o : -c ^> BilCiL . ii ' . Qi ? iHi L-: > rd C- ^ t ? - iCi d . olt . » - ?> - » iioin i m ? . ; - quote 10 y ^ J . I liore . bo-ever . tba : lae r ^ puv . do :: of BAck > ' ^ r . e ani C- -ik , itid : a ? -t tht Hiu-Jiisn of liter lawyer * , lawyer * of thepreseiir day . thsj ; « h : m . ¦ with otit . " dl-p ¦ . rai ' --nir ! ti ' , to the ijearard aud !! oj . Attom- " ' 7-G errr : < l ^ lio i * : rvini tbs <^ i- ' - -. K ; jiani hi ? ne ' - ' - 'r - ^ rr : "si ? -. " or m- ^ re T-roJout j ' . !¦ * » : j hope in conir r - -: n wlia VVyiiiord . aai E " :.:-j 2 . r . r _ otb-r ^ o * ' : he sa ^ ie sc ' aoo : —I ho ? i i < i ^ ct h cr-jt- ^ in : aL = iuj » . 2-i in i " ai- - Court , to hyld " ini : ¦? m \; aoi ' ii . asd to pr ' jznsiF * . !? thi : 1 co L-clijL . ib » : itte P . f E -glind hid no power to !» -, rm n i i 11 of that i ? icrii )"' . on . —Gesti ^ rQra . -. ?¦ : jje ii' - > t b .-nr . ' .

      as an r , t ,-iii .- " - ^ 27 . ^ inr-iy D ,-t £ .. - _ -it - . * -v-c u ^ Jot ; tiit j-iCL \ mtas'jre bis p \ .-. sed ti ¦ L •/ ..-: ¦ ¦ ¦ : r' -. to ain ' t ib-: - it i ^ a i . i w . and t : > prr .:-.--.-i .,:.-. j : . crisr . uai icic ' jneat . brini-it . ^ in p-jr-oa- v--l _ ty - -fa brea-ri- ^ r tiii n ? . wiirii-: c ^ :. be pr . > .- «? -i iaa " . "¦• ; rtir pfi ^ s—i va ; .-i ; -i to b * ¦ u ^~ C ' -- .-tit't ; ti- '" u& : > : ccor \ ii " aii aiithr . riu •? --S .: can r , q ^ . cte-i . aai wuicii 05 » r . - to be recrr - . Tei m tbis c Tirt— ¦ y " ar ? i j \\ c « . £ i l > ' " jr-. ; v- » . i ths . ' . --ucii = b jpr > -t-d ' : avr . ^ no ] : . «¦ & : ~ -Y :. !¦ . ¦ : ;¦ ¦ .: that Parli " ine : Lt u omai . j' -teut— _ -st £ >>^ r Tr ' a-r--: or in ^ nat : Not oiauipo ^ nt in j .-i-Tsical , n « po .-.-ibilid ^— -A o-n- ^ ipor ^ L-r ia cr ^ . riu ^ - - -r ~ :-- ^ ~ Aii to cr *? . 3 : ^ s >" .: : i ; r > - ^ g : u- _ - iza ; _ = ? ¦ .=,: ' -- - >— p ; . r .. ; .-Hieit is : ~ . - 2 zA j-- ~ c .: l Li ' '_ ' * - ^ Ji - » ltiil .-l t _ i = l » :,-c-: — men - ,: v . ur ii ^ zl -j j in jifj « ill rf . i-i i : v ii ^ jr . - - ¦ .-. ¦; - the illtiilTi'i -Hi am ud - ¦ s : to b ? LiiJ b-:.-. * ^ von— yon well > ir .-ier- ' aj-. d tbe r . iture of i c ^ si ut-i . c _? vhicb :-rc-pr : ty is co ^ t yri froa ; .-as ?? . tzj : ~ anoth '" Tfho ar-j f : ' haii ika-t property ;" > . a ;' :-iird j / f-rson 'l trn ? t ' \ r theoi . Tie Jiry : par : of : : .- i-- ^ d appaars to give tb .- -1 property - ^ a- 'lly and s ..-..- ; y c . - . erto -. -, - > partie' tbrrein n ^ ms- ' . w ; ihc > at ar . y restrict : i ^ - xrha-ever . Bat ao soontr ia = die : jf pu **? » d i / ffs 0 ^ tie ya rchment . ihin in fia- f "" ic :-. t-j _ ii :: lword ? nson tru ^' . — liey a ^ omnrjot ^ isC clt . ti trc >; . accoT-iins to t-ie te : iu . i cf t ^ e t"ii .-t , ai-d tn-n . you proceei to pernse tne rt-mairider of the de-.-d—you g&e . = vitbin what circle o . ' obligitioiis & :: d ;¦ . r ¦*) - . ¦ - . pnrp-T ? e .-. ¦ .:: ¦! pr- ^ peny Ls- : > r-n coi . - . eyel : oth ? Ticpon tra . ' :. ?> j Ion ? a ? they c judnuc-d ! o a ^ rnijj ; .-. ter ibe pr-p ^ rrv to the » urj = o-r ^ _ e-j&-. e : s' / .. »?• - < ¦ : wiiliin tb . T : ra- . - " . i ' . zig are vh-y ciai-i ^ otr :. * v ; ej ;\ . bi ; c * -i ; nou ^ : lii .-y ^ y-. a f-. ^ j b-y-jnd i ^ ^ - -aid?—the inomeut v :.-v : rii ;* jr .- »< even a h ^ ts - ; Lri- ^ atL Jrom the term * o ? tuy tru . «" . ' -hen ihey c .- ; n ¦ to nave n . o Ta ^ r ^ tii ~ -. 'r c -c-r that proyvny . than o . ' . t-. ryc-v . Dr mv »^ if . or i ^ T olssr t > er * c . 'ij . Ill * prec . 5- y t ; i- _ - ? sxc wi : h the P-. - 'iaraeiir cf this cotii-lry . Now . it has bees Tr- v c- "t . cTi : ' of ih-j i . w bocks ac ^ out :. ¦ : rh . e W-. -. ^ d of Goi . \> - « b .= vr the - -eop > . coi 1 L 0 po . ^ r -- i ' t , bat ib ? rich ii ' ^^ i-f * . —lor G ^ mlrinen . 5 ii pl ^ dict ' forthep ; cr . i ha » - o-en pie ^ iiug /¦ - •]• _ yja—rhlifh-j ¦ .- ¦* ; ne ~' j ~ T are yen- r ;/ ai—in ii-iaavotjrirg to ob : ^_ ; t T V p ~> -r . ^>> : mix : - :. J' ^ i ^ en «*; . a * L : i Ja :. n K - -.-e ! l voui-i ia- ^"; ' -. ' - ' ^ araii ? t 3 : ^ . " : * lii l ;^ . . - ; ::: v : o o" :. » r ; i > r ! 2 c T > r'jr ; . " it ; d " ¦ " ¦ - ~' -2- ' ¦ t * ' . !» . ' - tor £ --¦ ii--. i ; G i-i ^ L-tr , I r .-. v- l-: ; -j ¦ -j : ; - ;' -.-irj to rn ' ite you p-rfe-.-tiy * £ : V . --a-y , s ^ 1 J t- " - ^ r— r .-.: aiMit Tae war 01 T *^ :- ^ .- ! - - * : r-irrrr--i t :- ? .: n- " » ;^ ^ t Thrr'vr a tfc > ^ I-CnCITl ZZ"Z- ' - . ' 2 10 .- '•_ T " . 'i ' .- — Z -. 17 ^ , 'hit J . ' tiVv ¦ ¦

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      h ; - s . - * u * -t to T > -rf-orm—Pir' . iarsiMit i a ia .-utaud fjr 'T .- - j j : : > Jf- of m i ^ tiag ia-. v ^ , at . d v . ot of making : 1 « - z - \ . % * ' -: *—Parliament Eevt-r can confer its power , ia tru .- " . to ar : y other hinds , and though , G- ^ ritlem * -::, I .-aay ? peak Trarmly , and thick , a ^ d feel v-arraiy . It i 3 bteangs Parliament has cderated thr po >» T rntrnitcd to it for the purpoie of making law ? to other pr _ riits ; and yon , Gentlemen , are now saffc ? ri . j » > om tbe 02-eqaesce . , for y . » u cannot be ig-Eon-. s : 0 ? The cbarieter of thi ^ de ? iation from the con- < : i : u :: oa ; ai ; d becRi-e I sea a coastitufional and loyal - ^ rjcc ;—because I am a man who endeavours : o rvinrf out of tbd - » Jj bot-k . « of our liw , aad ou : of th- " i- ^ r ot G ;> d . ih-i ' n funJiiaental , ti . fir primevai principles of > oc : ai an . i rt-liiriou ^ f .-te : i . > ni , I am cow , ^ e-itlcmR-i , a pr ^ o ccr ar this bur . I T >^ " stind before rot :, at th « --ujrb ia ' . afl exp- 'Ctatioa of th » Hon . and Learned Gentleman on my left , that a verdict , which > ball consign me w purii . 'hnienf , will be returned , vet 1 confidently hope that an English Jury ,

      though calltd a Special Jury— than aa English Jary , brought here for tbe purpose of dispatching this case ; me a of property , because I am thus cbirg-d with inciting : o tbe destruction of property , but although the Jury coajists ot men of property -xeinsifeiy , I > . ave tiat confidence in tht saandcess of tout kao-a-le-dge , in the correctn&ss of your ucder-• nnJingp , in the go- > dne $ s of your feeling * , in ihe be . Teroiejee of yonr hearts , in the high sense of justice which you entertain towards aii men , but more e ? p ? ci 2 Hy towards the poer—I hare that confidence in your winces to do right to all , that it may be well wita you , and with us all , that I can with the ntmost skfety , and with the utmost complacency and ea » e lubmit nsy case to your decinion .

      Gentlemen , you cannot for a moment believe , apart from t ' nis question of the Poor Law , such as I have d-scriaed it to be , and suck as you also to your sorrow Inow it to be —apart from this quexdon of the Poor Law , yon cannot for a moment beliere , that tbe Attorney-General would have been hero in person , " vindicate the law . " Gentlemen , it is well knovrn tbat in tVi 3 country and at tbe very time Wh ? E I Wai said to b « goia ^ about tbe country , preachiag dootriaea tending to the destructisn of property and the takiDg away of life by lawle ^ B violeKce , it is well known that a book was published i" % London , the printer ' s name and tbe publisher ' s nan ? e being also well known—it is w < 11 known that

      that book proceeding "upon the principles of Malthus —Dpon vrio .= e principles the Poor La * - Amendment Ac : vrm parsed ; this book was jiuSlijjbed containiDg a plafi very dearly , very ineenicjg ' y laiddosn , ver y cotiily and temperately proposrd , vrry earnestlv insisted u oca— eon raining apian , G > -r : t ! rmeB , which went ; o taVe away from every poor man , E >> death , death immediately following birth , — by what was therein ca : ! ed the " process of painless extinction , " every poor mac ' s child , above the cua ' r-er of oar-, _ > - ar Eo .-r of two ; and the » nrer ? sy . , " he seriously thinks : her o-jcht to be allDWc-d it . " Ofntlecntn , ri _ : « bwi uj . j Ui- ; t ?

      rccoin-:: iecdiae iht > icititution of murder by iaw , saving ¦ " ; bar trjire are too many for all to ba feJ , crA lii&i we are to regulate tee population according t : > ojr njt-sns of snppij ing their wanw , and that thcr . ly eli ' .-crual way to do this is by catting off a \\ c . ' : i'dren—aDove two in a family , by a process which i » r . ere tl ^ scribfed , and which he denominates Puin-¦ ezs Ei ; i . iction f intrnded 10 be Taken as > oo ; : aj born , ar . d to be stifled \> y the inhalation of ss . * . aoc-rdissr to the process which he recarsmvnd * . Thi-i b-m ' t was published—this bonk wa-i put into t £ - - - car » d ^ of ait tbs Editor * of the pro-poor- iaw p ? . p « i 5 in tbe kinadom . This book was circulated in a msmer I save described . A book , the p rinei p lrs of w-Vik-ij arc bised on a doctrine altogetber and totally "U 3 vtT « iTt nf all iaw , of all authority and ru ' . e , both hum-in a . t , A d : vice—hst si doctrine not morv h .

      irribie — : i lioi-rine not more destructive of the happinrss cf ia-iskind and of tbe peace of society , ihan The priaeip . r-8 and doctrines contained ia the Poor-Li . v Amendment Acr . This book . Gentitmen , ir . tetidec tr , be a supplement to the New Poor-Law , waivh wa * intended to be a mere ictroduction to this hook , * o a-i to leave the peop le entirely to them and to Mire- *—this book has been brought under the notice ¦ : f ter M " . j- s'y ' s Secretary of State . He has been esurfifiy informed of tht existence of lhi * b : ok , with a wish thai it should f :: rts the basis of a prosecution —t ^ .. i - rh .- Att « irney-GeT : era ! .-hould cm- dawn to *• vi- ^;; - ? . ; e tfce iaw ' of God— " iniiicatt- the Ja «'" .-: n ; tr : i « i : e—" vindicate the law" of En ,- ] i :: d , the ;^ - -r * of evt-rr cnHa-ed eountrv—the \ &w t-n-a ri

      .- ;> ' in- l ; ia tOeir ma > t narbarou ^ ritat-s con-; o : t : o :. > : ? . : ij yer , Ge&dt : n . en , this book i .- ca tt ; s j tanie " uarcformtr . i , urircbuked , uspr » . s-cutc-J . Bat 1 1 who opposed th-se principles—principle which I be-. r aiut . iiy to tke » e a :. d leading to toe * aci ° cor-• se ^ nenc ^^ - I am brought before you o ** . eC ? -. bW foT ; t-- P ' - rro .-- of havJEJ : " the law vindicate ] , " ^ c : ; ia ri-i .: ty lor the pj-pa ^ 3 of getting nd of my i f » -e 3 ! --. cut mos : dtterruined opposition to ibat J ^ tr l j of Pur " : iment wni :-h I hold upon ike aathorify of ¦ E . 'cs-rj ? , Eiiion , Wvnforo , ^ ad a h ^^ t r-f nu ; -r . j j f-f : r , r ' .. i > -. heat morai rtt-ritu-Je as weii a- < i . gil abi I ircy—I a- " . ' , i Eiy cpmio'j j onij in common v- ' nti thtv-e j iiirri autiijrikie * , anri they hive spoken anu vrr : t . 'en j r « -pe :-tine th * -&e principles and that iaw more j srrin- - y thin ever I have Jon ? . Lori Eldon « vd tclore nir tisath , that Parliament ha . l n ~ i ribht to : i > .-s ia : Act —he saii t . ; at Act wooid cot be

      re' . yeiicd r . y tae vressn * . P .. riidinr : u- in At n woujo j ¦ j ' .-y i > e i > -c > eiifJ vraea t ! := © r-opie " . vrre Tea ^\ t f ' i rr ? i-al V- rh-aii-ivc ^ ; .-r . d am 1 : ; jc bro 7 iiht to I y jl ; D 3- ;\ -r hariri ^ " 8 . d thg same £ fJn « r in the reli-; ' -if words , from tbe odea laws of oar Drciiic-d ! ¦ :.. ' ciatHrri—from tee earl ; r . « c licit-s we have ary j itiV . rjitioa of the existence of law , pas-m ^ r I ii . 2 < th-j Anc ! o-6 dsoti Li ' se , and tae Diriis-S : : _ ' : ¦ : ¦ 2 '* -jrL .--. an liaes , pini > o onward through all the j ! Jyjja . > ti ? i tba . t havj h ? ld their sway in this xin ^ dom , ; u ' -i T . ^ -ior aij * ihe rn ^ jiricitior : * of tbvs Con- 'riintinn I it i- ^ s ii-a-a ^ ? beeu held tant th ^ p ~ or—thit is . the \ ,. v . a t '^ -j r . irrrha .- no wjrk , crharc ^ work , c > -. iiri . t . sr-TS —; -- a ciain _—it i > :.- ' 't an set of mercy , an

      r . et o ! ^ ic ^ ussi ihat may ' '> » given or witbhela wuh ¦; : i ^^ ni : y—t . tu th .-. t Le ha ^ . ciai ' tc n reastuu in law , I i ; i ; : '• .: ; - . ' : —a claim scc-rdin ^ ro the Corjtitttion ; mj ' -f ' . - .-err- were r . o c ! a . ira from nuy of the-e sources , -ti : . 1 ei-i-n accc-r ^ -- ^ to lbs L-. w of G 70 . ^ l oa 1 ; : r ... > T » - * -. ; i "bt * lintare o ! niicy lincii ! of" pr ^ j ^ rtv-! Yc-n V . d ' j . " -bat howevfr property may be eoi . 1 or r - i > •/ :. ' ¦ , let . r r- ~ lr * t—that tiioagh it may b ^ h'dd i ia th- > first intt-ac- ^ , and may be neid i ' t a j w : e f : ' . r- ' iicg—tbii thoD ^ b tho litXt raay Jo ! . ! it ! ' . - ii io--. . bo next : br X 5 uJ . aad il . e nest f .-r i' . o . OOJ . 1 i '" . ' -ouv :. tie property may ^ o ^ n "icreas' -ig in vsli « . I y . ' " ; . i . know vry well ti : s . t the vale able cousi-1 der . -. . !••;• - f tb ^ £ i > X-QQ . wk . ' ch the last tenant may \ pv . j-. r ; . - > ¦ l'c- >' : v . ' nn ; of ttnt hr 3 . caai . ot bf his til ) ! ? ; ; e run' . ' . f < b ? vt > him ha . i hnl hi- rent—thac the man ! ; . ¦ ' £ .-C' } c . ' jnot ii . ive hii cob . sid ° ration of i 5 uO li . i \ 'h * ; cs ¦• ' toO ; .-i- recAM-t-d > ir rear , and sj on i , . ' ! j the " las : mtn , ev-n though his rent sbouM only be- a I prpper- ^' . ^ ra . The grouud-reot—the rent iu chief , ; : ric-t b- -oaid ; tb ? isnjlord must have it , and he i »/ l 1-J . v jt , iu r ? ite o : a"J othi-r holdings—in cpite of

      ¦ I s . 1 o-tb-r lear-ncJea—izi spita cf aii otusr titles taat ¦ \ -. ' . \~ L-.-u civ- ; : t _ - ta « land , h-o fir-c ciafTS «! J is I -Lr .. r ; I ,- .-, ejliter \ -t-.-k iuany lulJ ' ngs th-Te may be , i tlit < r :. ' ^ t -nes t b .- ft » t re&eived by the rir > : hi :.-Jlord , ¦; -r th-r ? can be ¦ no hoM'ne . * of it to any of * ' ii others . fiprrif-rrc-n , it i 1 preci * 3 lj on t > is pi / ccinle that the i ia-s- oi Kud&nd and th ^ ] r . * s of God hold tbe right of r-. e , ior . AH rh 9 ia > rs of England are held yndrr tt-r- Crown , and they are only held ncder us ? i prar-it , the ornrine ! p&pprr-cui-i reut is paid t 3 . ^' j : iiJtrrd ? i ch : ^ . '; ml who is this linilurJ iu chief ? j ffhit part of tbe s ' . otk ia oh-racter of ccr Coni i \ . ir . ¦ . " ,-. -. n , i < the iaxLdio .-d in chief in th s csser C ! v : i - ] . G ^ ntleuien , t \ e pour . If ynn take away ¦ :- ¦— . ; ; e p" -or jxas , ¦» ho ii willicg to work—who is j e-. ± - r : ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦*¦ . --rir—wii ..- o : ' --r < you his « . ot ; ld ^ 's aud his i b ¦ . ... - . ; o be : ir yocr L . < ::-l " n—Tho ^ ours out his I < ~ -j . ' to co yonr bidJinsr—who is wiping tJ do it i c ? -: —r : % iiv—10 wi . « re bi « strength to serv > yen : if i ~ ? y ; itjY rnopoied 1 / iWJ , if laws of ti-is daiiripdaa are ' ¦ V-. r ;'" . y > f the mtne—if by any supposed law-, he ¦ ,-b . aij b-2 dfpriv . 'd oi the power to jabop >" , and tht > ! > : ^ pr-rt ' . r ;' . v to rrceive in t ^ ei : ce and enjoy in comfort lie ; . Tc . ' . t ' if K : 3 1-bour , ' th ? D . Genticnicii , I con-!' . - ;!] . i tii ;' . t ; " ' .-o ' : i l-iw i > a-ltogether aair 3 . H > vation en I or- C- " . rt * U : nti-ji » . and nut to be obeyed fi > r uno moi 'ners * e : ^; er bv ^ be rich or by tbe poor , t ' -ivn in tbe ; -rT iiii '" a ofthitsgs . ^ a » n * t h&va a . u iv t'd at that -riol wiien i ' -d ° : ik > n b ^ u .-ls ( bat hied . society

      i fugf-rhe . " would b ? snapped asouder , '^ hen the bt- aii-| : .: ui fi'i suo-iair struct jre wbich enr fortffa' -upr .-I uave r ^ -ireJ wili tottrr and give way and fall , ;> . ud i ^ Ler . all ibat is morai ' iV excellent iu soci-iy shall ; ¦ . "Coinr ; a wr . jck a :: *! citnusioD , to = u cceed f .-.-t pi . ic' of >^ cih . l rru ^ r aii i ioiaeatich' . ipv- 'mvss . ( . ient ! -m : i ! . I r \^ i f or p- ^^ C 1 ^—I f . m fo : onieT—I ¦ . rx ' or »> tu 7 ny ; uu-i- 'r tee law . If I w-. re to ft'h yon triiHt , ? t your ' r > ¦¦ ' tion . con ^ ritctod ti-a hi g hest cla . ui of tbe laws to ! cj- it-pr . bation rv : < l ob ^ dl-. Eic . " . You wcuM answer ¦! zii- ' . i t :-. !? . ws shv-ali & ¦'• iBipaniAi for u _ i—tiiat tLey I offrTr i ¦ qual protection a . nl shelter fo ? r . i—tba : th-p ka < » ~ of n- ^ d : "i reiics between asynin , except . tbe j ^ ii : o . - r ; jt r . rj . j - ^ ,, gn \)\ . -, —except tbe cric fii 1 and : > : •¦ . -yal ci- 'zou . I f-tr . lor -uch peace ruid »^ -. ' :-. ! ^ Pcnri'y ¦ nder tne ^ x , bnt ( lenvlemen . i . llow me ' to nnt : > to vou aviin whether . r .. < voa M'W wb . ^ t

      j ta ^ cur . 'f-Et of r > - : i inocLem legisjiiiiun b .= _ s b .-euw > . etlj # i : 13 p ^ s .-ihid for tliis stite of things to coutiti ij D much , lor . c-r . if tbu state of thin > rs be j persist- d i " . Gsat !? mei 3 , I have th = Lj ^ hest j aithori ^ y for strung that , in snch a cane , j . - ? . ' .-rac . re ¦ b- 'jcjj sc : c-r : 2 r becosie che law of tilt : ; ;" ¦ >• . ? l-. nd . Ji . i /^ Hoi : t-1 '? ns ib / it tho atith .-rlty cf Va- iiiBcat i ? ; ro' ^ taj Inv . -, ; viii :: ¦ i ;> r : r : jm-¦ - *? T * * ' f ; D ¦ ' * * . ' . ~ . ' : ' . "" I " ' . ' ~ \ - > ^\ . " * - -- J j- ' " ' : r 1 j ' V il "*

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      Vh , e ftc ' . ? of an' * private tn&n . Howard tells ' as that the la » s , ^ - ;!^ l : ^ t ii"turai justice in ^ dd thein-i'jives—'• that . statutes cannot ex st ns ; ainst rea ^ or . or a law gaia oart r . ^ ptct and obrfdienc ^ , when sgc ' i iaw cannot but overturn tbe peace- of society . These aathoriti-3 intghc be qaated , a * the A'Surney-Gene ral wull knows , —and that i * the rea ^ Mi why he has not prosecuted me upaa any reccriied rrrfricgi ui : ci speecht's—these aulijomiojj might be qaoted ia buiWi .-, from the earliest time down to fin } jregent day . The truth will o-ze out , for even ia the first ruprrc of the Pjor Law Commis . < io ; ifrs-, it i » f saidthat it von Id b * a height of tyrnuay— . o dc '' .. y to man the o-pontiiiity of ribtairun ; : mbv >'» r , or to vi ^ rush a raao " coniici ' fiug tL-jit , if he stc ;' . i to . atis : y kid Mauser . H . re JLen vou hava in proof ; lie sur . u and of

      th' sub ^ unce ibis argument . 1 have advanced : ij othe . - —1 aave gjnj no lurtliur—if I am luiitikr'U id the . " ? anthoritiei , I shall very soon ataud cojmcted . A great deal has been told you about aqning , bu ( the Attorney-General has taken care noplo , Jet j-ou know , for hi * witne ^ es can reme m ber no thing , which it ii not convenient to tLa prosecutor thaititrslipuld * , bs rernembered—not one word has been . Jiid " aj tp ' anything like an intelligible account of the cpnyersatinn , or 'peecb , or discourse , which lam represented to hava mad - y : ? -- > n that subject . Ii" 1 had talked about arras—if I recommended at all that men shoald be in the possession of arms for self-defetico , your law book ^ and law au thorities , a ^ d tha Wori of God art . ' full of arguments an 1 full of proof , not only of the right , but of the duty ot the

      subject by the law , and with the ganctioD of the law , to be in tko possession of arms . So neces-iary did Lord John Russell consider this doctrine to be , that he even stopped out of his place on a certain occasion to recommend the use of arms to the p ^ o / ila of this country—even to make large promises totiiem , — to engage to them—that if they would enrol themselves as an association to preserve the public peace , he would supply them -with anna ; ana , in the report of the Police Force Committee , you find that the inhabitants of many towns were forming associations for thi * purpose . But 1 shall not trespass on your time with any other unnecessary references on this subject . When the Attorney-General is pleased to in * titate a prosecution against mp , for r ^ cominending the possession of arms , I am prepared If

      meet it—when tb . 3 Attorney-General ia pleased to innitnte proceedings agaiDst me for disobeiience to the laws , J am prepared to meet him . This is , I must hold it to be , to all intents and purpose ? , a raock prosecuti-. n—a prosecution in one iormfinteaded to accomplish another purpose—a prosecution profesiing to relate to acts nine months ago , and yet never talked about ruml vt-ry recently ; xndaed , it prosecution in waicb . I have had no opportunity whatever for a defence in that box , where evidence ffiuht have otherwise , and would have oth-rvise ' • y-in proiuci'd . Griitlemen , let ine impress it uym you , what is the reason , how is it that thia indictmeut contain not a single word of the speech or iiseourse which 1 era represented to have delivered on that occivi ' -n . There can be but oa ^ reason for

      i * . The Hon . and Lp . xrn- d Attorney-General , ana tho gen'lercen knew full well , that BV published , . ^ uth-ri ^ ed , aad recorded oj ) iiuonj upon tho snbject of arris upon \ ho P . cor Law Am-.-udnsent Act , upon tke great question of cjpital and labour—why it hiw been the great task of my life to see . united ia peace the employer and the employed—to sue the master and the workman .-hakiug hands together and being friends—the icisonis obvioss , the prosecutor knows well tiat h ; id that prosecution bcea instituted npon those authorised document ? , a jury would not have required any defencu at till , but would have deemed this prosecution as alt-3 geth < T unworthy of their notice ; but , Gentlemen , you tave a prosecution here « ot up— evideutly / ot up—gctupin all its parts .

      e \ en in this \? ry last hvur , it being stated that thvre arrt uieu at my beck , my bidding , who were about , to c : uie herd lor tae purpose of a rescue—tfairfiprcsodb * tiou . thus not up , aftrr all its blazonry a ^ d f aniotftit of preparitio « y , what doei it amount to in that box ? Ho ^ iatiny witnrssts are they ? How many do you require ? If ther « must be terror aifd alarm , w Ai'ri . ' ure the inhabitauts of Hjde ? They ars not here . You have two lanalied—and <; ul y two families , —( for Mr . Tinker is a member of the Ashton family by marriage , )—you have only had the members of two families in that box . Can you believe- —can you fcr a moment believe—that the tjwn of Hyde was in fear and in danger , whex the only pr . rdos who came forward to Utfpofl-j to ibis fact , are tie member * of two families , and both of whom

      ; t h . is bcea my duty to * peak of from time to tune in reference to the practices that were carried on iu their factories . Thi * is a prosecution of spite and malice , iier- you have one sat oi men playing into the hands of Gaivrnmenf , and the Government . - ¦ . vailing th ^ uj&oives of tho aid of that clas * of men . Ag&io , 1 in .-i ? : upon it tb ^ r if the Attorney-nenwal coula have prjv .-d that the town of Hyde was hi danger for a single mo : nen ! , Jie woula hava rejoiced iu Cfre epportuuity of proving it . Vou would have bnd respectable tradesmen in that box—you would have had persous of every class ot life—tho Attorney-General would hare brought you Magistrates , miflti'mr . ' i shopkeepers , tradesmen , and operatives . Thi-se * ouli kava beon produced . You would have h ^ i before jcu the testimony of persons , whoso characters would bs abov . t all suspicion , and those tK-r ^ or . s Bi ^ t have concurred iu stating that no fear

      c » rii ! iirm bad bern entertained at all ; and alliiOUgh thr-. s . ' jrimeiis . s are here—have tliwy told ycu of any attack b ing Made—of any stone being thrownhave they spoken to you of any spark , even through a loop-hole—have they related tj you even one "solitary act , even of an accidental nature , that wax di-uo tipju th-it occa .-ion ? No . Tfce mootii . g was d i ] n \>> i , vrdt-r y , s . ud peaceable meeting , so far as 1 i&f it . and so ia . r as I had anything to do with it . . " -4 v .-peeci on th ' . t occasion was . aa « l you must believe it to br' «() , unlil it ii other x ' ue proved , a coa-.-tiu : * iOTial at . d a inya ! speech , what the Attorney-Ge . irrai dare not have pr . / secuted , if competent j-L'rsors lad bt-eu produced here to have deposed to ;' :. ^ iarguage auJ tke tendency of that address . Beside * , the Attornoy-General grounds i . is case r \ i , Ki the t-.-rror ani alarm . I hav « i told you that vre lijiv « had ijo evidence of this . 1 have shown Vou the

      character and description of tho neighbourhood—I hue siiown you the prejudios uuutr which you iiitvnr aa rr ^ ardi tho pri . ^ cner now be for © y on—1 L .-ive shoA-u you that they are a ' bsent wii >; o i ?* tini > ny mi ^ ht have Lad a tendency in removiuk : prejudice against me . 1 have SUtfwn y .-a tLat tho .-c vho were present are persons who runst e :: t >; rtaiQ no feeli . igs toward' Die of a vorjr desirabie kiui—i have shown you that t ^ jos&' ^ witr . e-: » es , ou- .-. i t- - -r another , aj ( ain sn 1 agnin ^ tleclared 1 tp Vuu thai tLi'V teru act iipprel . t-n . - ' ive of aaj danger —l ' .-. !; t ib ^ y iVlt no alurtn—iim they wont to the iL \ e- - ' ii » g . r- ^ a . ' . iui'd at Vbts xaeetiDtr , c « ioe awayfrom ice i ] ie « ting , aid tliit this very Tinker , up to within two months ago , had never given any intim » tion n-specting Li . s aiaroi , or anylbing of the kind . Gi'iitl"mer . 1 feel so convinced , on tbe part of the prohecutioi ; . justice is denied iu this case , that 1 think it i . s altogethrr unnecessary to trespass farther on ycur time . The great Charter of our liborty

      says—: ; at jajtica shall not be sold—it has been sold in tLis case , so far as 1 arn concerned—the power of thy public jiUrs '' , the powr-r of tho press , tho power of public opinion is directed by the Government now in oliica again-t the homble individual now before you . The great Charter of our liberty say * that j ;;> tice shall not be delayed . Gentlemen , it has been drlayed in ttiis case—a question like thi . " , which i ^ , ia fact , out ) of ar ^ finsm and not of cirenmstnnces—which i . « one of opinion , and not of conduct— . 1 que .-tion like this , which is , in fact , one iuvoiving ccmstitational and civil liborty , and not one Effecting a pBrty at any particular time—a question like tbi-i ought to have been brought before yon at a period when the public mind was in a state 01 tranquillity ami rt-poso ; b' » t not bo—j-you have b ^ en ab m . ed , and from what has transpired in the city of Chester since you c \ m ? , you nave had a sample of tbe kind of alarm that has prevailed in this case . It was stated that an armed mob was

      comiBg to rescue the prisoners . \ ou have , come to Cht-ster , and you now sea what ground thate is for t-ut alarm . Yo \ i see now wlio the peaceable subjects really . •«• : —joa see wh-. it the prejudices of t '^ s ir eneiaies : irc—they have tramped up a case to obtain their own ends , to establish despotism in the liAiids of thtv Poor Law Conuciisioners—to effect ihe d ' - structicn of all those who have the heart or thf liiiriilood to oppose tliat Act of Parliament . Gentlemen , —You must judge of me in this , case as yoi would wish yourselves to be judged . You musV place the whole of my conduct before yoa , as tho Laiirm d and Honourable Artorney-GeneraL says he has ataiion-ly endeavoured to keep evervthing out of vi « w except the pop-guns , tbe banner-men , the p-iwoi r-munkevs , with ¦ which . L had no

      concerneverything o !« t' vras studicu . « ly concealed from yoa . G ^ n ' tlemm , if I strn not t" hwve justice here , wnere am 1 to have justice ? I knew that my character wm in to . * ha : id .-i of L 3 rd John Russeil , the prosecutor on this cccajioK—I knew full well that he kcf . v all uboat it—1 knew that he was well aware v . ! ' tae maiiser ii which . tLesn plot * and conspiracies hi-. w- be . n got np iu my noigibourLo-jil—1 know vervwi . il lhat he was in } . - !« sessio-i of information tun t wonld havw led , I beiieve , to the . detection , to the pr ' . s > -. ;^ t . <) 2 , to th'j comictL . n of the , party who burnt dovrn that mil ] , which , has fooea laid tq my c ^ f . r . ' ?; aji i j ? 5 t : cr ia tlir > c-s-i beinfc . denii'ina . e , by ¦ aii

      , iii > a . h « en « ifl of "he pr-socuU'T , J a .- > k h ^ Wr-d in - -... at > sv 1 Hm tu « : !• :, : ia justice r t th » : > hanGs ( 4 my , cv = ; ntry ? If Lord John Kufseli hal ^ appeared . iny that box . 1 should haw been able to go ovt-r tpe b- ; o 1 ;« oi th . s to y .. « i in evideiic ? . He . Las infe ^ ma' ion , G-.-atiem n , —he has sworn deposition ? , GeniL-meu , —1 know he has , or if he have them not , the inagisrrstes of A * hton have , that which was brought to ihcm by a poor man , who , knowing that ? hr bcruir : ? cf the factory was laia to my charge ,. coulti rr-c coiicoai any longer from me , but put me in ;•;• ¦¦ ¦ ev > ir n of information \ - > hichled ibo to believe ¦ * :: '¦> fj ' .- K' ^ Uy pi ' . v . y Wi ' . s ; end fUso thca ha hid thvi ; : ; . a-: lii . V . ^ -. 'iticn t > tbe njiiHrtrat'rs ?^ : ae fe sv « -. > b ; f : o- ; l .. - U-y 1 ^ . - ? . c : do : cl Uui to kesp it

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      su ' -tct—that it was not right to send to Lord John Rns .-r-li , st a . ^ to have iny ckiracter clcart ' . l—ili-if they kepr his . depositions ( a copy of which hfj Lad ( In ^ rea re * t po .-. < , ble diSi . calty in obtttiuing from thorn . ) Yes , Gentlemen , it i ? the H ^ m ? Secretary t > ia £ ntt-ick's me—it is the Ilomi S ^ crettiry that laaligns rae—it is the Ilocae Secretary that calua-.-- int'is uiq—it L < on < 3 of his colleaguas that cays I bum : that mill ; and when I subpoened the Home Secrt .-tary-t-vrhen I igsu"d the Queen ' s writ for the production of that individual hcrv , be who s nds the Atlorury-Genei'a . 1 'lawn to vindicate the la * -, ufmself di-obj ! V < the law nrsd refusej . to ackiio-. vle'i ^ i . ' t / a vrrit of tht- Q'U en , .. vuo .. 'eminuter and whosesrrv ; ia ! . hd i < . Geatli ' ajeu , yoaou » lit to ha \ e * e- > > Lord Jc ' in Ku . < -

      sell m that box . So )<» r aj I have I < ii : t it iu p . ; y-power you would have seen , him in ihu box j ani had you seed litta thi're , we should havu ha « l ia evidence ? t ' iO unravulling of the tissue of cakinuy , rBproach , tcisif | jpretfex ( te . tion , and every species of « ickednes « , , ' wnica Issye been put upon in ) by the Gjvernaent an ! fhe Poor Law Commissioners . Gentlemen , I stand ^ before you guilty in my conscience of no ierime . - ' Before you , my Lord , and you , Gentl ^ m-sn of the Jury , and before my Gid and my country , I stand here guiltless of every crimo but that of doing whal ' this book ( the J 3 iblrt ) teack a mo I ought to d Jj and speakinjt against nothing but what this book xeaches m > I ought to donouuee . I stand before you guilty of no other crime than tiat of

      endeavouring to reconcile the differences that uahappily have existed between the masters and the men ; aud uevtr since Aehton , and Stalybridfe , a ^ . d p ukinh ' eld , that have boen mentioned so often in this charge , never since the first stone of theso tow us was laid has there been so much peace , tranquillity , good-will , and good understanding between the masters and the men as theTO baa baen during tha seven years of my reriddice among the people ot tbu neighbourhood , lam guilty of no crime save that of attempting to reconcile those differences by placing the r ights of the rich and the poor npon one and the same solid foundation . You are here to protect property . In what way can j ou best protect property ? Put it to yourselves . In what way can you

      beat protect your own property ? Can you best protect that property by pronouncing * veriict of guilty on an innocent man ? Can you best protect that property by briuging in a verdict of criminality leading to punishment , against a man who has , tit a considerable cost , endeavoured to promote peaca an * good will amongst men ? Yes , Gentlemen , it has cost mo nearly everything but my life , and . now trie Attorney-General wishes it to cost me my liberty I am now a poor , broken down , emaciated raana man who , live years ago , « nconn ? cted with any political party—unassocintod wilh any individual— - when simply in my clonet I had forced upon my consideration , under rha friendship of Mr . Howard and Mr . Ashton , both of whom I have had the honour to

      call friends , and whom I should still have had the honour to call friends , had I not conscientiously went , and against my o * n interest , reducing myself to poverty thereby " , instead of living-, as I did then , in comparative anl-jence . Gentlemen , it is because five years ago I took up the question of th-j circumstances and canditioa of the factory labourer . ' , thus forced upou my attention , and the condition of the poor as affected by the Poor Law Am ^ n-lmftnt Act , that I stand ba ' ore you to-day , and it is only in connection with those two questions that I have had anything to do . I am guiltless of everything else , so help me God ; and whatever yonr verdict may be , I have used no talent , no \ ioquence—1 have not attempted to excite your pa ^ ion ; - —to arousa your feelings , as to awaken your sympathies on my behalf . If I had had any favosr to ask , I should

      have asked the postponement of this trial . Gentle-MtsD , ifJ had not beiui guiltless , I should have gone away until the time 01 next Assizes—until there was something like calmness and tiai . quillity in the country . Pot all these things toKeiher—look at th « m Singly , and let them , concentrated , bear down upon , Jour unprejudiced judgments—upon your unsophisticated feelings—npon your loral principlf supon your Christian emotions , as Englishmen and Christians ; as one , who with myself , lear Goi and honour the Quren , and all that are in authority under her and over us . Put all these thing * together . Look at then one by one : then take a geseral view of them at once , and then , in your own consciences before God—in the face of this coantry and of this Court , say whether I am guilty of this charge .

      The Attohxev-Ge . veral rose to reply . He said , My Lord , and Gentlemen of the Jury , notwithstanding the very long addrt ss which you have beard from tbe defendant , 1 hope to occupy but a short portion of your time in reply . It i . s my duty to make some observations upon the topics to w&ieh Mr , Stephens h& » resorted . Hi has talk- 'd of tho privileges of the Attorney-General ; but any person , in any private prosucutiun under tho circumstanced of tli ' w co . se , would have an equal privilege with my ? el ! to address you in reply : for thtv defendant , wiihost calling witnesses imo the box , h : ' . s read various paper * by way of evidoaco , which 1 humbly apprehend would undoubtedly give a r ight of reply in aprivsue prosecution . Hut the dsfenxiaut has imd privilrges

      much izore extraordinary thnn those that ever belonged to attornfy-generals . H >» Las ( and I am glad oi it ) been indulged in a line ot dnfence which , most undoubtedly , would have been denied to any gentleman at tho bar . I think I do not exaggerate when I say , tliat nint ' -teuth ;! of that which he urged before ycu , would not have been permitted to be urged by any proitw ' onal uivjcate . Gentlemen , 1 rejoicH that 1 ucvt-rintenupteil him—thfit I made no objection * ; 1 nm v ^ ry glad that no obj = ctioa wx * ruadt > on the pnrt of his Lordship who presides hero ; 1 am not afraid , Gentlemen , that by a : > y introd ction of extraneous topics , your attention should b » diverted from the renl qiertion that jou have to deliberate wpou ani to decide . I hopt ^ , Gemieinen ,

      that , » f * t-rthi . i trial ans trtruainnfod , tha dHfend&nl Liiuselt will hftvo no c .. us >' , in this instance , to complain of the laws of his country , or to say that this is . 1 ense in whic \\ resistance islawfol . Tha defendant has oe .-upied a very groat portion of thn five hours of his address in praising hinnel- ' , and iu calumniating others . I think his lime has buen about equally divided under these two hnad ^ . H ^ bus made . some very severe observations upon myself . which 1 can very easily pardon , and which 1 shaii very speedily forget . When I think , G « atlein- > n , th . 'it , in being exposed to the vituperation of Mr . Stephens 1 a : n iu the same clas * with on" of the most piouj , boi evolent , and exemplarydiguiUries oi

      the Caurch of England—ono who h an ornamont to the chnrch to wlnuh hj belongs , and an ornament to our common Chruiianity—wiM-n / think that it is ft'loij ; with him that I am vitu ^ eratBd , I ewe littlo lor what may h > sail ngalnxt jqo by Mr . Stepbern . Ton hftvd not forgotten , Gentlemen , that Mr . Suphku * denounced fho B ' s ' iop of Loedon as a blaspheruer , and a grinder ot the poor . Tt > at 1 may not misinterpret hitu , I'H read the very passage from that long address which Mr . Stephem roa I to you . aud which h entitled * 'Sermon tho Third . " Thisia a sermon that he read to you , ajid it is in the . OHrse of thi * sermon that he so speaks of that most wortky and respected Prelate , the BUhop of London : —

      " I have publicly invited thj Buhop of LonJon t < j meet me on this occaisi .. n hut he daro not comn . N * mitrml rubber of the j > oor—n « epucupal devyurer of wi-3 o » v ' . j hjiisosno wolf in bhcep ' n clothing , who was himself oua vf ( hq chief of thn sacrilegious bund of blutphcmtrti <¦( the UoJ whf'ge represeniative he iuipiuualy pro'enda to be , dbTe come butoru a congrDgatioti ot' cliu people of hU own diocese . " So , Gentlpmen , the Bishop of London is described by Mr . Stephens as a " mitred robber of th ? poor , " an " fpi !< cop '> . l dev ^ urer of wiJows houses , " as " a wolf iu sheep ' s clothing , " and 88 " a blasphecaor 01 the God whrse reprwentaiivo he rojpicuc ) y pretend * to be . " And then Wa hava this exclamation :-" Al » a for bithops , when they Htarve » nJ mnrdertVin si cap and iamb * whom tz-. ey woro appointed to li ; ed , protect , and cherL-h . "

      Waa there ever such delusion as we have in the case of Mr . Stophuna , if he rially believes he is a sincere Christian , nad i- < practising \ hn precepts of the Divine Founder of our religion ? ' Tho h ^ iiri is deceitful abuva all thi » g-, and who shall know iL" Mr . Stephens h . is with some urt tried to direct your attrntion fium thi real subject of this pro ^ e * cution ; and upon thai hit has uv * . di ) a remark in the course of his lon # addr < ss . Ho coinplaiua of tbe manner ia which this prosecution is conduced ; and ho has referred to that * hich 1 most studionaly avoided tnentioning . that thr-re wt-re other prosecutions ug ; iiu ? t him . I appe-dl to you -whether I did not ruo .-t religiously coutinu my observaiion . s to the facts . 01 tho case which you have to decide ; and bag

      caude h . A mivy upoa other occanons hivo trrttisgre ^ aed the law , e ' vea uuder circumstances of greater aggravation , ana because there Kiny be other proseculiona pending against him , is that a topic upon vyhich he is t < j tuls-rgo , and npon which he u to call forth Iron ? . yoH a verdict oi acqoittal ? Th s prosecution hp . s been conducted according to the common course which the law prescribes ; th . it law which , when UsuiU tho occasion , Mr . Stephens nay * he is dis ^ oied to reverence and respect ; that la \ r which , vrhenit s-. its the occasion like *!¦<•' , he . fay ^ haisr- 'ady to net at 'iuiiatcB , nnd to violate . Gentleoien , tne meeting in qut .-ti :: n took placn in November li ^ tt It was thoujjliS advisable , end that 1 huvo nov . > r heard was in tbesOightwS degree to be ccmul& ' med

      o { bytLe defendant , that , instead -jf there oeing an £ i 7-6 ^ jfc / 0 informstU n laid ag < vnst him by ilie Attorueyjr& . ' -neral , the cstse should Hr . it be ^ ubmit'till io thd ' Grand Jiiry of the county of Cho . st-r , and th-tt t . h « ij it should be submi tted to yoa . wh .- > ? r . finally to determine it . The first opportunity wlu-u it could be brought before a Grund ' Jury •»•«!» ut the last Spring Assizes ; and , according to the coro'uon course of things , it now eom « 8 to be trsed at tlo Bucnmer Asfizf 8 , in 1839 . There han been no dpiay , no wish for delay ; but , on the contrary , 1 should hav « rejoiced if I could sooner h-. ive b ' rcniht tbw cae bofeve a jury ; for in that cr ..-p , peracvealuro , ? omo !; iTa' -iifa \ : i ' , > 5 \ -ents which hr . vo l ^ cly o : cunod ini ^' : t have be-u . prevented . B'it tin Attorai-v-G .-: ! : ;" . -.-agaixi bl ^ oicd because this c . i . < o id tried by a yptT-i . ;

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      jury . I . cau declare with -perfect ¦ siiiSerity , that i ^ cai . J have h ' .-on a matter of the : ijcf- perfect 111-dill ' tticriCe tu me whnt class ol s (» ciet . y thtvjury were drawn ; rom . Othi ; r ca ? es of a KLmilsir Catar .- have r-cently beeti tried by coroin ^ -n juries , who , thank Gjd , June < tond their d « 'y , and shovfn that they ^ ero a > t to bi * iutiinidat ^ u- —who havd shown that they respect the law : ? , and would do what was necessary for preserving tbe public p » Rce . But Air . Stephens repres > ars that tliere ia a . great prejudice agiiin .- > t bin * . Gt-mlemen , I > iin innocent of haviug created stxeb . prejuaics ; I kuow of nou • lie aays i did not uliude to his Hit ; n : id conver ^ Htioii anu

      Ur-! a-unonr , ani how ad cocdue ' ed hirc ^^ l ! ' upon other occaiionji . 1 a-. k yu » . 11- ttleraea , srhciher In is to compiaiu of th it : Bit it ii . hUjhU to say wha . Lo in iy not complain of . He com jiaics- lhat tha ur jwn his not h ^ ld him to bail . H -ntlemon , ' . his u tLe s-jcond time at these Chester A ;« s . zes ikat 1 have been taunted and reproached with having conducted a prosecution with too much Jeaiency . W the defendant has not been held to bail—if there w& ? not a Judge ' s warrant out tgainst him ( which thvre certainly might hav . < b *' en)—if h-i was nit apprehended vrhaa iha bill of indictment was foand by the Grand Jury—if , considering that he was a geiicleiu&n of ttiucAiion , it was tliou ^ iit right to cr > aauct the prcaecuti : a with all moderation and forbearance

      —surely the taunt comes with an ill grace from tbe person that has been so indulged . Now , Guutlemen , let me warn yau—thou / ft 1 think it is hardly necessary—to be upon your guard , as to what is the real question that you have to determine . Is tkis any party question ? Has this anything to do with the disputes between Whig andf Tory , Reformer or Conservative ? Is tho Government to blame for having directed a prosecution of this nature ? No Gentlemen , so little hns it to do with any such question , that it wou . d be a matter of p . rfect in difference to me if all those whom I have the honour to

      address were either of the one way of thinking on politics or of the other . I caro o&ly for this occasion that the Jury should be loyal subject * , and honest and discerning men . Is the government to be blamed for having directed a prosecution of this nature , while I have the admission of Mr . Sst ^ phens himself , who says tkat if there are meetings , aud if there are speeches , that have a tendency to ondauger tbe public peace , to lead to a violation of law , t » ad an attack upon property , that k is the sacred duty of the government to institute anch a ^ rosacntiou . Well , then , Getitlemru , for the present , giricg credit , which I do not ask vou to do until vou fcava niftei

      the whole of the evidence—but tor the present let rue suppesu thnt the representations made to the government respecting the natara ot these tn-. et ic ^ s were true—that it was attended with tlieae incidents of terror and alarm which hav . j been describe ? . —that there were such speechea made at that meeting directing the people co arm , encouraging thota to resist t 0 li » w , intimating to th' m that thay need not t-e afraid of the soldiers—asking if they were ready , treating them with rather cont + mpt , when thera was a ( discharge only of one or two pistols or guns ; and then when tbt-re was a discbarge of 30 or 40 expressing approbation and triumph , fuid stating that it was now tbe rime to act , and that Mr . Stepheas was ready to lead them on , and to shod th « last drop of his blood iu their cause—if all that were trae

      -r-would not any government ctesert its mo ^ t sacred duty by not iantitndng a prosecution , and submitting tha case to a jury of his countrymen ? It cannot be doubted that it was represented to the Government lhat such a meeting bad taken placethat > uch speeches wore made , and that it was essentially necessary that the law should be vindicated . is it possible that an any cnilised country such proceediugs ould be endured ? Mr . Stephens has said a great dual ubout tfce burning down of a mill in December , tiie month following this inOvting , and he triumphs exceedingly in saying ( what I most sinc « rcly believe ) that he was not prudent ; that hei did not throw a torch into that mill . No ; it is a torch of a ditferent nature that he boasts of having lighted

      up . But although Mr . Sivphi'us wag not there , and did not throw the torch , 1 a > k you whether auch meeting . * as this which took placv at Hyde on the 14 th ot November—whether such speeches as were there delivered , have not a natural , a necessary , nay , an inevitable tendency , to bruig about such aiis-Ichievous and mel mcholy results ? J t is not the person who thro ** the torch that is alone answerable to the violated lawn of tho country ; and , morally speaking , he may be less guiltr than tbe pe ^ ou who httf perverted his understandicg , and induced him thus to violate the law . Mr . Stephens has occupied a very considerable portion of his address witu an attack upon the Pour Law . Gentlemen , he might just a . * well have occupied yoar time with a

      diiiertation upon any question ol morals or political economy . Tbis prosecution kes not die lemorest connection wirhtue Poor hrnrj aud 1 rau-ttsay , Geutlemen , that Mr . Stephens is guilty of a good deal of hypocrisy , and oispiays a good deal of art , by to-day trying to shnke y tl tha Chartists . It may possibly happen , Gentlemen , that some of you disappr . ve 01 the Poor Law Amendment Act ; I know not how that may be . Some ara of opinion , and aiaong't thoso I may mention the Duke of Wellington , Sir Robert Pee . ] , and Sir James Graham , is well as Lord John Russell and Lord Spencer , that that Act was highly beneficial—that it Lad a direct t .-udency to reist > the price of l a bour , to prevent imlustriuus person * -irom receiving eleemo .-ynary relief—to

      inaku tha poor and industrious clasitfR of this country independeut of tho overseer , and to give them a greater shure in the enjoyments of life th . iu they would otherv « -iie enjoy .-: . Others , I believe Lone-fly , are of a differeat opJurm ; but it is wholly immaterial to this question which side is right and which wrong : wo are not now di ^ cussic ^ the propriety of the Poor Lv » Amendment Act . Sjmy ot tha doctrines ) lai 1 doaen by tho def ' endtvut ros , > ectini 5 property are so atraugt ? , that I should be guilty of a gross breach of my duty if 1 dil not poiut them out for your reprobatioa . G = ntlernen , tii- * preacher of tka go ^ p t-1 would iCrike ths eighth conirnandment out of thu Decalogao . " Thon iihitlt not steal" i « , at all events , to bs provisionally

      suspended ; and evary man is to be a judge i a his own caso tu to whether he has a sufficient portion of the laud , aud oi tho goo-1 things of this liu-, . tUotc- ; d to him aad hit fp . naiiy . If there be not , iu his esti . minion , then tho eighth comrnaudment is uut bindiug upon him ; audTio may stenl , according to Mr . Stephens , witaout vioLuiug tlio la * r of God or tha law of" tn : in . TiinsiJ are most dangerous doctriues . 1 feel as strongly as Mr . S . ephens cai do , that it it tLe duty of every Christian maa to provide for tho poor ; and I will acknowledge with him , that they have a right to be provided for . God forbid thac any person ia a Christian load should perish for want , nyc , or should not h . ive as large a portion of the n .-cecisari- » 8 aud comfortd of lifa as , c m ! -isu < atly with

      the sf «) od of thj whole , it is po . « ible to deal out ! The question is , how that is to be doao most for the benefit of the industrijus poor , who ar » s tue most a I'm irons class—the cla . s ? tj vLick this coumry is iaddbted tor its wealth , its Lapcrttmc- * , < md its greatness . I have , 1 hope , just as teuoer a feeling lot tha poor as Mr . Stephen * , who would preach up to them euch dan ^ rrous doctrines , and « ho would tejl them tkat pir , i * .-ne £ itbasoijl ) aJiruitedpower ,-inJ that when it exceeds thatl'mit , tu-i laws which it makes may be properly disobeyed . So th * t , according to ihe doctrines of Air . Stephens , eauhoi her Majesty ' s ^ subjects is to cousider whether Parliament had a light to m > vke auy particular law , and whether , 1 a th >? : r judgment , thai law id rea ^ ouabi-3

      an . i r ight ; and , if tney tbiuk that it is unreasonable aud wrong , thon they ar «* justified ia t'i .- 'obt ' yiiig it . I usk you , Gentlemen , whether upon siidi doctrine i it is possible for civil society to exi . -n ? Air . Seephen ^ propounds th ' sa doctrines as thoso which he intim-itfly - ' eel . , for the purpose of showing that it is viy improWbl } tba ; ho ftuould commit the t'iVonc-j which this indictment lays to his ch * r . ; je ; but 1 must say , that a persou who does entf ] - ; aiu the » e opinions , is veiy likely to set the law at , defiance , uud , upon any particular occasion , to do that which ujay sait bis views for the moment , or may procure lor him a fleeting popularity , cr may gaiu niin any particular object th'ic he may happen to hare iu view . 1 cannot at all draw the iiference

      wh'ch Mr . Stephens doe * , —that he is likely always to re .-pect and obey the laws , because be tays that it' in tbe opinion uf ibdiviiiu&ii , a law is made by Parliament th . it is uureiaonalale and wrong , that la 1 may be set at dVh ' auee . 1 will now refer to another topic , upou which Mr . Stephens has strongly relied , tho language that ho bus b ^ en accurttcmeJ to hol d from tliM pulpit , and at other meetings ; end from this ifinguaKB yoa are called upon to iufer , that it is exceedingly improbable that he would make use of any unlawful exprcd-ioBs oa the 14 th , of November Iftst . Guntl' -mtiu , Iinustjuitcu . il to ^^ your Tcconection £ he speech hiJthoagbt fit to gee out of one of ta ^ Yi itueasrs on cr >* s-ex-uniudtiou . Mr . Stenhem boldly a ,-ks Mr . Tinker whetat-r he hud ever naard him say anytbing which ought to be considered * leading to a violation of : he law . What is the ana ?; er ? ' Yes ; I heard you say . that the rigkt of th » workiagpecpla to Mr . Howard ' s mill was written in letters of blood upon every brick and * WU'Vof that

      tuctoiy . ihe witness then stated lhat Mr . i > tephena advised the ueopVj t . > get each a largo carvipg knife , wLich would do very well either to cue a rnsher of bacon , or to run through the Wen who cppjiod-thena . He ka « w what the old women liked , — ( very crtinplinv . ntary , as you will iin , to the ladies ot liyde—tlt . s ia t ^ O ! i > iatevof tb .- gu ^ pfl who ia Mwa ; . i preac ' iing up temperance aud j-ropiietyof conuuci , and who has an utter horror ot one of * th « witne . ^ -n-s having tasted a littlo b er " let ' ore he went to a public rueetiug )—he knew vhat \ he o'd women and what Kuzlisbmcn liked ; iu tun ono instance it wa . i ram , —( ihat 1 V , i ' or th >» 1 ^ . iej;—iu Uie other it WB . sb > : Br , > . udiuMr . How erd's collar vlicy « ould tini tUeo * . Well , now , was not t i * a « ijiVogatiou to both sex s to break open Mr . llowarl ' s celiar ? Tbe raea vetetodr . nk b . ^ er , uid tho wyja-.-n rum ; ard if there vfi \ s not sufficient trier * . ' , they were to go to iirort tva ,--tho cctii . iyv yeat of Mr . ! low ' : \ rd . wher- *

      ao redded vitj . LU fajull-.-,- — to t' ii p -co Mr . S \ - p ' l . ¦ -. i i : < -. ¦{' .. 5 t ! i . r Ml ( : ¦ i-y ,, t . - . i . i t , rf s ; . ; H . -.. f ^ AUi- <¦> i ' -u . t y . ;;; i _ r . * m ; v 7 , :.. ; - ¦ i ; ii , t } , iri L ^^ - ^ '" - - - s i . ia .-

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      self gyts out in cross- xamination , ax a ar ^ r , t , . he always Used lawful ; lat ^ e , a udWoSntd becomuig o . i . duct . Air . Stephens has nothr J S u upon tms oCC i 3 ion , but to trv to divert xovrzn « tion to a different sabjectfrom that v , hich jou £ to decule . He has brooght forward a vast a 4 » reacts , and a great nnmber of oigumeats , od £ ¦ b » 4 , respect ^ the Poor Law . Why , I ? Q 0 ^ that tnw moetmg on the 14 th November LltHn thing to do with the Pcor I . aw . What have L t do with the Poor Law htni It bad nothiu * t 0 E mth the Poor Law . it was a Chwrirt m- ^ Z U wonld apprar convoi < ient ior Mr . Step hen * now to * av that he had 110 conaectiou v ,-i : h c ^ wi-m aad that all that hts nishei 10 doUto o / t ,.: ' ^ ^ l PoorL-iw ; but I oak you , what , accord in ' tot-I evidence , La I iha » . meeting to do wit ; i th Pair Uaye ,. or wi ; i factory children , except thaUhere we " e Jact . ry childroa there , piecere , whom Mr . Stephen , called powder inonkev * . Bat what wMi ' n ^ ri ^ i

      on th » . baaners ? Was it— liNo Poor L . " ~ , ^ sepa . rate man and wife "— « U'hoai 1 ? - ' wk H \ ao maQ P ^ a-¦ der ? VVhy , Gentlemen , oa all the banners that we navtf heart ! described , there wa ? not tho remotest allusion to the Po > : r Laws . Bat Mr btepheiw » a /» , aiaJ , taut he is a devoted frieEd to the ancient institutions of his country , insomuch & »* bj regrets exceedingly that a form of expression which he tays prevaJed formerly iu indictments is laid asido ; . aud u very much offended because ia this bill ot indictment it is not alleged that he was seduced by tha mitigation of the devil . But waj this a meeting for the preservation of the ancient institutions 1 of the coun -ry ? H «> say 5 , you see , how very much he disapproves of the reforms that have taken place in oar institutions . Now was this an anti-reform meeting ? Why , what ia there in the banners that stared Mr . Stephen * in the face . wh « n

      ne was addressing tbe multitude from the hustings , andot which he expressed no disapprobation , whic h animated his eloquence upon that memorable occasion ? Air . Stephen * says he thinks that the buiirage is now too much , extended , aad'that it was wrong to depart from the system of our ancestors , m which we had close boroughs , with ten or half a dozen electors , and according to which system a va . it proportion of tke people did not enjoy the eiectn-e franchise at aii . Mr . Stephens says he approves 0 / the old system . Every thing old meats with his approbation , even the old women whom he was to ply wkh rum . Bat what aro the banners ? lyrants , believe and tremble ! " Is that according to trie

      practice of our anceotor * ? He says that tbe present Government goes a great deal too far . Then why attend aud en . courago a meeting where one of the banners U "Liberty 1 r Deathx" But what do yc-H think cf this—" Ashton demands Universal Snffrage or uaiversal vengeance ? '' While Mr . Stephens was addressing the 19 , 000 persons then meeting at Hyde , that standard was before himthen the object of this meating was to have Universal Saffraga . Why that is Chartism . Tha Chartists say they will havo Universal Suffrage or oniversal vengeance ' , i / they caouct earry that measure , it they cannot carry that measure , the country is to be deluged wilh blood " . This was a Charrist banner , " llaiversal vengeance , if we cau't have Universal SuS ' rage "—this ww the nature of the meeting ; this was the object of these who were then assembled .

      " Remember the bloody deeds of Peterloo . " What had that to do with the ' Peor Law ? Nothing in the world ; but that meeting at Manchester ao referred to had a great deal to do with the extension of the aritlrage , and with a change of the political institutions of t h * country . Then you have another banner , " Ho that hath , no sword , let him sell his garment and buy one . " h not that " arm" Gentlemen ? " Let every man have a mujket , or a bayonet , or a carving knife that will either cot a rather oi bacon , or will go to tha heart of WV Oppanent- Well ; dil Mr . Stephens tell the multitude that Universal Suffrage was a very bad thing : tfcat it was shocking to say " Tyrants believe and trem-Die , or that u . was wrong to get arma ? No such thing . He entered into the fall spirit of the

      meeting ; he embraced , he adopted evrry thing , he did everything he conld to inflame and aggravate th 3 perverted understaedbgs and passions olthe people ; aal then , when he is called upon in a court of justice to answer for his conduct on that occasion , he gives us a long dissertation npon the Poor Law , accompanied with a perpetual panegyric upon bimsell and his own humanity and piety . Gentleman , I take the two questions that i BubsuUted to your consideration really now to admit of no doubt ; because I have prove J the facts that I opened —1 have proved them even stronger than I » entored tonarratethemtoyou ; and they stand uncontradicted . Mr . Stephens 12 . ade a parade of having subpeenuei Lord J . liusxell respecting wLat tO 3 k plaeo m tha month of D ? cembtr following , about

      tbeburamg of Mr . Jowett's mill at Ashton . What ; could Lord J . Russell knof about the burning oi im 1 mul r What could the burning of that mill have to do with the charge preferred against Mr . Stephens , which is confined entirely to the 14 th Nov . preceding ? He knew fell well that Lord J . Ru ^ ell was utterly ignorant of all the facts upon which his guilt or innocence depends , and that his savin * that he had subpeeuaed Lord J . Russell was a mere loansh , an attempt to deceive and mislead yon . But , Gentlemen , I'll tell yon What he might have done : he might have called witnesses who were at Hyde oathe 14 th November ; he might have shown where he was that evening ; he might have shown whether he took a part , or what part he took in assembling that meeting ; he might have calkd tixose

      who were ou the platform , and who heard every word and tvory syllable hi « poke ; and if they cojld have contradicted , they would have contradicted the evidence I havu submitted to yon ; But Mr . StspUens coateats himself with , a W hoar * ' harauguo , and does not call one single witness before you ; no , notevan to his character . It is quite clear that if tho facts tha : I have proved are not strictly true and correct , Mr . Stephens had the most ample opportunity of calling witnesses to contradict them . He pretands to say he did not know the nature of ciiargc . I am sorty to say that that is wholly trnfouaued . The indictment gives him an ^ ple information respecting the chftrgfl which is brought against him ; the indictment states on the face of it this uulawful assembly on the 14 th

      Norember—, that h * was there ; aad this indictment , of which Mr . Stepheas has nad a copy / ur months , contains this charge— - That he did then and there advise , exhort , and persuade the said persons so assembled , to procure weapons ot offence , and to arm themselves , and to disturb the public peace . " This does not give the worJa used , bat it informs him of ths charge wnich he had to answer ; and if he had not nseUangua ^ e which had this lendency , —if he had not exhorted them to procure weapons of offence , ftU ., to . arra th-JEiselves , what go easy for him as to call witnesses who were present and heard all he 33 iJ , aad could have contradicted tha evidence 1 have laid before you ? It is proved there were a great mnny persons on the platform ; they were co doabt iatimato friends and associates of Mr .

      Stephens : There was a chairman , and ke might havo been called ; for he must have heard the whole of Mr . Stephens ' * harangue . . Mr . Stephens conid h » va called hi * int ^ ate friendj , —those ; irh'juore Iii , u do ill will ; he might have aubjreuaed th « sa « ua ii . vited him to 8 tto « d the meeting , aud who most hava e / ery lxciination in the world , in their own deience m \ d justiucatu . n , to show thtt tuU uifteliAg w »« perfectly inni'Oem and lawful ; but he calls not one singia witi > d »> . 1 he Learned AttorneyUc-neral th « n went ov . r tlid eriJence , eommcntHe upon the saveral part * as praying the various allegation * in tJie indictment . Ke » d" , g the opesing of Mr . Steplens ' aad-J-8 is . " Banner . kii ) ght 8 , 8 ' . andar *; -be » rerti , arid my little po \ riii »» -ino . ikeM , the Att . rney . General exclaimed , ' Kind aad ra'uillar ! This , ndeed , Wb » teaching thu ' yonus Mi as how t ^ shout I" He . nn- <)( sny , that if the defendant had toM ihn

      mseliog te aim to reaui the execution of an Act ot Pwiinuiei . t . althangh that act mi tf ht b « tue Poor Law Amendci . nt Act , that tUnt in every Court ef Jostice . aye , and ost of CuoiMof J ustice too , moat be considered as nn I legal and criminal ac - rt flat wo ^ t be thrt necessary consequence of thv vsop ' . e o ^ ing told that they are not tooboya law they d ^ approv ^ o ' , tiid ihat they art ; to arm themselves for the prrpoas of rc-M-ttance T Ths iueviUble cods ^ iibkiicb must ba confiisioa , bluoi-shed , civUwar , andtheexciieinent of tyranny and d < apyUsiu in this laud or liberty . Tha more IVlr . Stuyhend inquired int .. tbe inattur in hw crosj-txamination , the tronv h 8 lared ; and when hi tmVo&Mt . Hibbert , " .. Did I not « ay sotuetbiag more ? ' ? The ananer was , •¦ Ye-i . yoa said you woaU lead them on , a : i < l l < we every drop d ! ' blood in yfti'r boiij in ( flttir C au ** , if thtrj were a riainc ? " What waa a riiinj ? What did he contemplate ? Thesa lfltiustrioui classes ruin ? 3 i

      sn amU , an J . that tUere should be asoittif yupterie in this cvUftrf ; that persons of smaii «* r no property should rue jjainiit ihuae who h » ve p .-o ? i ; ry , and that there ahoulJ be anirersai pillagu aii . l plunder . Hi I nut the *) oxpreaiiuas most abiialantl / prove . very coant in the indictment ? If they should Ijo of lh . it opinioa , then it would be their duty to find a verAie . t of guilty . Tkey would not , he was sun-, be deterred iroai Oyijig thair duty iy aue topic * which Mr . dw « phona had adircsseil to them . What * their political sontimenta ; to whatever party in politic * they belonsfei , they would bo ol upimon that tho law of the lani ought to be respected and vindicated . Whatever opinion thtry n- ' . ght entertaia rwpt cling the Poor Law or the Kaciory Law , they would say that ti > o » e weiB qu » -stiona which hndnothing whateysrtado wiih thii investigation ; that they wuti nhoWf irrelevant ua to the guilt er innocence of Mr . Stephens ; for the question lor thera was simply whether he wu gsilty or iono-( Concluded in our fourth page . )

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      g THE NORTHERN STAR , ^ August 17 , 1839 .

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      . Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSVN , «« " » Printing Ofiicca , Nos . 12 aud 13 , Market . Strtwt , Briggate an . l Published by the « aid Jo . hua Hoeson , ( for the sa d Fhabgui O" ( Jo . \\\ on , ) at his DweUinjj-bonse , No . V . Market-streer , Briggate ; an intt-rnol C » nuBomc&don exiatitg beiwcen the bbW Is 0 ' ^ Market Street , tnd the said Ncs . 12 , J 3 ' Market Street , Briggats thus consdtHting the v ? i , o ' e o ! the said Printing and Publishing Office oa . ft i * rrt , iis's . ,, , ;» ; . All ('¦ ¦ JQ 3-., u :: si . ! 0 v ! - t > - . i ^ £ b * a ^ .-Ttv" . ' ^ . ^ M- ^ . to . ! . VIo v .,,, n . X- >! -: i- -f- " ;¦ ¦ - ¦ - - ' i- 't-a ; ,. ( Sa : j ; iiv , A , ^ t 17- i' ? - -. i

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 17, 1839, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct841/page/8/