ntrapnefl by goldwortfiy and rdwars in order for some private purposes of their own hat they might have my ifc sworn airojr- i baveij objection to tende r my life in the service at my coun try but 1ft meat least for the sake of tuy cliildrtm save my character from the disrate of diing a traitor for iny children only do i feel and when i think of the nil am deprived of utterance i can say ro more james ings was next asked what he had to say why he should not receive judgment to die he replied i have very little to say my abilities will not allow me to speak if mr kd war as had notgdt acquainted with me f should not be here he came to me unfortunately when i had no business nor no means of getting a living for my family i enter ed ino die conspiracy only through him and it was only necessity and the want of the means to support my wife and fam ily that brought me hen jt is only through kdwardslhat i shall lose my life i do nfctmird dying if you will let thai man cone forwad and die wifh me on tfie scaffold it was through him that f was going to do that which i must allow was of a most disgraceful rind inhuman nature on the other hand his majes tys ministers conspire together sd im pose laws to starry me and my family and fellowcountrymen and if was going to assassinate these ministers i do not see that it is so bad as starvation in my opinion my lord here mr shellon began o addiess the prisonerliruntbut fegs said cc i am nnf done and there is another thing rrv lord a meet ing wa called at manchester under fh protection of the law of knghnd for which our forefathers died and which king john signed in the open air thi meeting was called under he protection of that law for the people to petition parliament to give them their rights contemplated any suib consequence he was neither a traitor to his king nor to his country nor would he suffer any man in his presence to speak irreverent ly of his sovereign in undertaking to kiil lord cajtlereagh and lord sidmouth and their fellow ministers he did not expect to save his life he was determin ed to die a martyr in his countrys cause and to avenge the innocent blood shed at manchester in conclusion he sard he was willing to super for the acts which he had contem plated but it grieve him to think that he was to suffer for a crime of which he was innocent namely high treason on these grounds he protested against the verdict of the jury as contrary to law and justice the prisoner spoke with great vehe mence arid used throughout the most in flammatory language richard tidd was the next called up on he fpoke as follows u my lords ard gentlemen being only found guilty fo late iac night i have not had an oppor tunity to mate up any defence all i cn fay it ud i positively swear it that the evidence that has come before you with the exception of that of capt frtz- clarence 13 utterly falfe jarne3 wilson faid m i an not gifted with the power of talking much but 1 mean to say that i was certainly drawn into this by edwards john harrison ic i likewise fay i was brought into it by edwards john shaw strange i have this much to fay to the evidence of mr brunts apprentice likewise that of adam- de clare folemnly to god they are both per jured villains james gilchrist what 1 hall fay in the pre fence of my god and you u that til the wedncljay evening at four oclock i knew nothing about this buoi- nefs i was going to look for work and i had neither money nor bread so i went bu previous to the jutsrw ofififop gnnrt ht i waa told was to be a tup pec of ing the manchester yeomanry rode in among mum and cut down men women aod children in a manner that was a dis grace to the very name uf englishmen these yeomen had their swords ground before hand and had a sword ground lso but 1 do not see any hnrrfi in that i shall aoffef no doubt but i hope my children will lire to see justice done to their bleeding country i would rather die like a man than live like a slave i am sorry i have not the power gentle men to say more i shall therefore withdraw john thomas brunt was next called tjpon and spoke as follows my lords and gentlemen i am precluded from saying much i had intended to jiave committed to writing my defence but i have been denied pen ink and pa per as such what have to state will be very short in the first place what ever impression i made on the jury yes terday was knocked down by the soli citor general who appears to me by ids sophistical eloquence to be capable of making the worst of crimes appear a vir tue aod next with regard to kd wards to whom i alluded before and to whoc machinations i have at last fallen a dupe he otice before nearly entrapped me when a cabinet dinner was given i believe at the earl cf weblni6relands lie said he had part of itie men mastered but there was not sufficient he had lik to have hooked me in then hut i happnned rut to 0 to the house no rloobt that hiilii mi ic tlutfpibttifrft iiw il am held at the scotch arms of all the in- famous characters on earth ld wards i the wcrs and yet he has been lej al together out of the view of the court 1 protest againft the verdict which has been pronounced against me for my life if it was sacrificed in the cause of li berty rare not a farthing bat it is galling to have it sworn away by a set of the radical here the pnioner was overcome by his feelings at six oclock i met c- cooper who was the only man i knew and i borrowed a halfpenny of him which with another enabled me to get a pennyworth of bread and this i eat very fwcet i wun i may never come out of this place if i tell falfe we then went into the stable and up srairs where there was fome bread and cheefe i took an old sword and hewed down the loif of which others who were as hungry as me partook i then asked what all theft arms were a- bout and when i heard i was so fiioekcd that i was determined to get away as fast as 1 could soon alter the officers and foidiers came and i thought it my duty to furrender i now stand here convicted of high treafon after 1 fcrved my king and country for 12 years and this is the recom- penfe oh god i have nothing more to fay here the prifoner stood back in an ago ny of tears he is a scotchman and fpoke with hu native accent his manner altogether was extremely impressive and his language feemed to be that of sim p ic truth charles cooper said he had much to fay but his friends thought it would be impru dent he could onlv declare that he was not guilty of the cvime imputed to him gilchrist ngain came forward and feid he was very willing to give up his life if it could favc that of a fellowcreature hi had already tendered it in fave one of the poor men by hi md he never thought 01 inch a thing as to like any mans lite the crier of the court now proclaimed bieucc in the usual manner while fenteuce of death was passed upon the prifoners the lord chief justice then proceeded to addefs the prifoners feverally by their ri-i- petifve names making a ditinion be tween thofe who had withdrawn their pleas net guilty and pleaded guilty of c- jy tilbitisuho thirst after blood mcrejy for i an thofe wo had been convicted by ju- f he sake of persoftrj gain edwards is or their country ifany oi them ihoud far more worthy of puuiismient than anv owmatdy have their irea fpared which he of 113 he it was that furnished thv aims tmjkd wttiw be the cafe he hoped they knew i was not a shuliiccock to b ban died about at pleasure- ifc knew he could put confidence in my word and that 1 would perish before i shrunk from fct 1 undertook the prisoner then went ou in a strain of strong invective against the witness adams after which lie referred to the two monuments these two persons had been described by the solicitor general as having had 10 commuincrtion with each other and yet having agreed in all respects in their testimony was this the fact no for three weeks previous to he trials they met twice a day at the lower rehearsed their story and thus were enabled to come forward quite perfect in their re- petltver parts lie next adverted to the 1 tage becaufe his cafe did not depend upon 1 the evidence of that witnefs alone this thjfe very perfous upon whom they had contemplated the foul crime of affafiina- tion one of them arthur thntlcwood bad upon his trial propnfed to call certain witnefses whom the court refused to hear this refusal was according to the due courfe of juftice as ft was admtnillered in this country the witneftes whom he propofed to call were for the purpofe of impugning the tefimo ny of a man of the name of dwyer and no other his learn ed counfel had previously called witnefs es to the fameeuedl it conld not be al lowed to him according to the ordinary ccurfe of proceeding to do more indeed even if he had been allowed so to do it could have been produive of no advan- chaiacter of his apprentice hale and was casting strong reflections on his con duct when the chief justice said he could not suffer such obrcrvations to be made uuder such circumstances brunt begged pardan but sid he sta ted nothing but facts re beat advert- ed to the conduct of lorris castfereagh tnd sijirouth they he said had been the c30s3 of the death of millions and although he admitted he had conspired to put such men out of the world s til 1 he did not think that amounted to high tiea son lie was one of those who would have been satisfied with taking off the cabinet minister but the verdict against mm of intending to depose his majesty he contended has utterly at variance itb truth and justice lie had mfoi obfervation was confirmed by the fa that io fubfequent cafes where the evidence of dwyer was altogether omitted a similar verdict of guilty was returned some of them bad thought fit to cy much or the charafter of a perfon who bad not appear ed as a witnefs upon this occafion the court could proceed only upon the evi dence which was brought before it of the perfon therefore to whom they allude or of the pradice of which he had been fuilty they could have no knowledge jpon the testimony however which had been adduced against them there wn abundantly fufficient to induce a jury of their country to com to a conclusion that the whole of them had taken an afvc rart in the crimes imputed in the indict- ftocat from all tha bd appeared in the coutfe of thcii c c3 wc as f mw of that which thy h then heard it was plain to fee tha t q not embark in their wicked des urt ihey had full fuilered their mit t0 be corrupted and inflamed by thol f and irreligious publications wit which unhappily for this country the preload but too long teem ed j le did not raa heft remarks to aggravate their guilt or to enhance the fuiferingsof peif in their situation me made them gg a warning to all who might hear of thr unfortunate fate that they might benelit by their example and avoid thofe dang inftruments of fedi- tion hy which t keir hearts and minds wcie inflamed and by which they were drawn from every feeling of morality from every fenfe of obligation towards their creator and of justice towards society the trea- fcn of which they were charged nd found guilty was that ttf compasiflg ard imagin ing to levy war bganst his majesty for the purpofe of indihing him to change his mefure and minjiters the firfl flop to wards eltectjng which was to have been the aftdunation of the cabinet ministers they had endeavored now to con plain of the testimony ot thofe perlons who bad been examined as witnessed on the part of the proieention some of them were ac complices in 1 heir guilt it had lure hap pened as it had upon other occafims that the principal instruments in the hands of justice were the partner of their wicked mts aod he trusted that circumstance would hntfe its due weight and confedera tion with all thole who became acquainted with their imntitn and with the circim- srances of their trial he hoped for the fake of their own pcrfonal lately if they could not be retrained by any other con sideration that they would abstain from evil communications and from evil con nexions fucii as had brought the prifoners to the unhappy polition ni which they stcod some of them had avowed their intention to have nkenaway the lives and to have steeped their hands in the blood of fourteen per ions to many of them unknown a crime of a cbgracr fo black that it was hitherto withot parallr in the history of this country ani he hoped it would re main unparallcllcd hereafter ilisloid- hip here feemed considerably agitated it now he fiid onr remained for him to pafs upon them the awful feutence of tlie law but before he did fo he exhorted them he implored them to employ the time yet left to them in his life in endea voring by prayer co obtain mercy from that almighty power before whom they would fhoitly appear the mercy of heaven might be obtained by all thofe who would unfeigned y and with humility ex- prefs contrition for their offence and feck that mercy through the merits cf their blefted redeemer for scntci we i tec last ntunlcrsl from the n yfv pom june 7 forefgn iwsrf our regular file of the london courier by the packet al bion did not owing to onc unaccounta ble accident corn to baud until this morning they are to the evening of tho 39th april ieelusive- from them we have made a few extracts for this dus paper in tfco house of commons 011 t- vtfth april information was call- d for rip tie j5og00 which had been appropriated by pailiament o aid the dititsmd part of he population of great fjrilain to migrate to the cape of loud hope tift ehanrellor of the uxijhmjih r in fptji frt tub liiutt lint ox- pence a ik ad incurred con- idem blv ex- ccecil the imi appropriated v 10 the number of boa who had nvaiud ihcm- felvcs of this affulance be had to inform the noble lord that upwards of 5000 perfous hid already gone to the cape of good hope and when the lafl accounts were received from them they had perform ed pait of the voyage in good healthnd had the prufpeifr of terminating it profpe- roufiy when the noble lord recom mended america as a preferable plce for emigrants to refort to he apprehended he was not ware of the representations which had been received fom that qua ter in america the greatest diftrefa at prefent prevailed and the manufactures cf that country were in as nguilhing a late as thofe of our own to fend the deftitute to that quarter would be therefore only to fhift the fcene of iiftrefs and to trans port them to poverty on a foreign fliore the britifh province of america were al fo io overloaded wla emigration that the ftroogeft remonftrames had been made on the fubjeft by the jfcrveroqaent of canada it proved a great grievance both to the government uml the people and under thefecircumflances he thought it would be highly premature adopt any plan for the promotion of emg tion to that quar ter his msrieftysmiaifters weie not re luctant to aflitt the who were dillreffed at home in looking f a happier lot on any foreign fliore hut fuch a meafure fhould not be hallily or prematurely adop ted- with regard sq farther emigration to the cape ofgoej hope government wifhed in the firfl p to learn the reftilt of thofe who had already gone out be fore they encouraged a farther emigra tion to that cttlem9 a more exten ded fcale such was the ipopm crowd of ladies and gentlemen at the opening of the new parliament that it v wt the utmolt difficuuy an avenue t be made for the fpcaker to approach lie bar his ftate gown was nearly toi his fhoulders and the fword of hi train bearer was bro ken to pieces in its rabbard the king wore under his rob- a fuit of purple kingly mourning w w warmly greet ed and cheered by iru populace from eve ry quarter and by rfl parties aa he pro ceeded from st james pat k to the hon of lords before tea oclock carriages began to arrive principally fiilcd by la dies who were fortunate enough to ob tain peers order ofadmilfin to the 1 joule of lords to be prefent at the fplendd ce remony of the kings vifit to the firft par liament of his reign the houfe of lords was net to be thrown open to privileged vifitors until twelve oclock but the of ficers of the houfe accommodated the la dies who had arrived in the different ave nues within the walls of the building they were principally placed in the old houfe of lords and in the painted cham ber ail the uaffages were lined with vi- fitors the carriages continued to arrive throughout the day at many periods they came in fuch rapid fuccwltou that the whole from the horfe guad to weftininfter abbey became blocked to gether in a double row and many perfon- ages of diflintion quitted their carriages and proceeded on foot to the doors ofad- mrffjou the ladies were fplendidly at tired chiefly in white fatifl dreftes richly trimmed with lace the head drtfles were of the fame elegant and collly materials with pearl clafps and surmounted by rich plumes of white feathers which produced a graceful and dignified effect thejcw- ellery worn chiefly confidei of pearl orna ments though the occafionai fplenduurof diamonds burlt upon the eye with all its roagrjificcftt effulgence uefore twelve oclock all the feats appropriated to la dies in the body of the honfe of lords were filled by peeresses and their families london april 25 we mentioned yeflerday on the author ity of private letters from mauchefter that there had been a confiderable improvement there in the demand for goods and cotton yarns the jofephinos or adherents of jofeph buonaparte in spain who conilitutcd nine- tenths of thofe spaniards that were ban- ifred on account of their political opin ions conceiving that they were included in the indulgence extended to the politic al eriles in the kings proclamation has tened to return to their country but no fooner had they paged the frontiers than general mena governor of navarre cau- fed them to be arretted and communica ted the circurnflance to the authorities in madrid requiring to know whether fuch perfons were included in the fpirit of the indulgence to this application it was replied th3t thofe who fupported the in- trufive government having been banifhed by order of the cortes they muft await a decifion of the fame aftembly to author- ife their return orders have therefore been transmitted to the frontiers to pro hibit their entrance into spain spain the intelligence of monday from spain is of a mixed nature and one portion oi it is calculated though in a ve ry light degree to difcourage the belief that the new order of things will be eftab- lifiied in tranquility the letters from bilboaftate that fome agitation exiftedat corunna in confequenee of the feleioa made by the king of the perfons who were to fill the leading offices of the new magis tracy in that city they were fo extreme ly unpopular with the leading party that they were refufed permiffion to enter on theil official duties by letters from ma drid of the 10th instant it appears tint ex tensive machinations have been discovered earned on with a view of seducing a por tion of the troops in that city from their al legiance to the constitution the con- jfift tor lcr il4ii j joiicj ij ubui siderable property the immediate agents believed to be merchants though suspi cions are freely insinuated that the monks and friars are the primary movers in the attempt the discovery was made by a man whe held the rank ef sergeant in one of the regiments and who bad the credit of so far yielding to the willies of the con spirators that they intrusted him with two thousand dollars to be employed in the teduflion of the soldiers notice was gi- veil of this to the proper authorities seve ral of the conspirators were traced and ap prehended and in jt room appropriated to their deliberations a fum of money a- rnountirg to 10000 dollars infptcie was difcovered among the perfons fecured was a m gorgoglio the fon of one of the members of the junta de remplazos tbefocievy of merchants employed in the fupcrintendence of the expedition and three others dkurt lavf- theatre last nicfi after the traged o klg lear tiich nn prrfonned ivitfa a success correspiui- tnz to rlie brilliniiev of its lirf recpiiin lire farccoitie mhierof mansiifllrl nasrepreseiiler mr stephen keinblr undertook rise pari t the miiicr but ho and rlic resi of the performers n ere prevented from pnidhing llieir respective chntirrirs m the understanding oi die audience by the following occurrence kt ihecommencc- nei of tlioserond act rlic kin is entertainer at the millers able li proposes his majestys lieal hi a a oast the audience received ii iili jrral applause but a person from one of the galleries having cried out drink the queen too u suegemion gave rise to a contest o vehement thai nothing from that moment could be heard from tfie srnge until air kussel the slogc manager came forward 10 address them il represented briefly that the performers had introduced nothing which was not in the original piece and as the piece had been loncesiablislied lie hoped ibey would hear it lo the end his appeal however was hiefleciual stliswfs crieof u ottutlv and queen queen were continued to the end so that the remainder of ile perfor mance went off in dumb shew proclamation of the kin of spain to his south shnerican subjcfts the king to his subjefts beyond the seas spanish americans 41 when in the year 1814 my arrival in the capital of imperial spain was announ ced fatality induced rae reftoration of certain indications which long and con firmed habits had caufed us to regard 23 fuperior to others which being more ancient vee irreccnciieable to exifti prejudices and could not be modified any dillina forme the unhappy cju perience of hx years and the dvgracefui evils which went on accumalating by thofe means which were eileemed likely t pi od uce hanpinefs the general complaints of the people in both herotfpheret k their energetic demoinlrations convinced me of the necefury of returning back to that line from which we incautioufly deviated and feeing that the general wifli of the nation impelled by that principle wliich had dia- tiuguiflied and elevated it on the great ftage of the world to that height which ic fhould hold among other nations induced me to adopt thofe feuiiments indentifyinjr myfeif mol fncerely aiid cordially with them and caufed me to adopt recognize and nvear to according to a fpontaneous propufiticn the conllltution formed at cadiz by the general and extraordinary cortes and proclaimed in that city in march 1s12 nothing can poflibly exceed my fatisfadion at the univerfal rejoicing which took place and the real heroic generofity of the people who are fufceptxblc of crrots but not if crime will quickly obliterate the recollection of patt evils the spaniards at this day prefent a fpacle for admiration to all europe folemnly pledging thcnimvcs to their conflixutiooal sj itm which juftly eftimatesthe reciprocal duties between the nation nd the throne a ftate fo fecniely poifed and founded on the moft durable balls ou which are bottomed alike true liberty nd public credit promifing that the new fnllilutions fhall find their belt fecurity in favourable and permanent rcfults combining the improved ftate of fcience with the dictates of found policy and eftabliihmg the military and naval ftrength of the nation on principles which will render it the meft effrftually applicable as the crcuntlanccs fliall re quire and bidding fair to lettore in all things that vspl 1ul wlicritlss which we hve in ft a new flood of light is fhed acrofs both hemifpheres and nothing can exceed the refulgent brightnefs which already il lumines or the ardour which is felt from the facred fire to patriot if oi i congratu late myfclf as he firft to feel this fweet afid generous emotion i nlfo exult in hav ing to announce it and i exhort you to hade to enjoy with fmmciife benefits by accepting and wearing to a conftitution which is framed for the felicity of you and yours i affirm to you i facrifice nothing when i feel that by confirming that fun damental law i hall fecure your happi nefa and though it might be productive of evil to me i fhould equally have ac- quiefced peifuaded that the honour of majefty fiiould weigh as nothing when pla ced in competition with the public good li americans you have greatly deviated from the line of your true intereft you feel by this time what your mifconduft hag coft you thofe immenfe fatigues thofe perils without end fanguinary wars frightful devastations and che extremtiw of all evils nothing has refulted to yon but tears and griefs turbulence and heartburnings cruel imprifonments ftar vation deltrulions by fire devaflation and unheard of horrors rcfults which will but entail difgrace upon you to future generations what can you hope from inch hear the foothing voice of your king and father expel that difquietude and relllefs diftruft which agitate you and replace thofe in your lo by affection uw guwuovij iiiiucil iij longer regard vengeance as a virtue nor odious atiimofjty as an obligation the two hemifphcres have nothing inherent in them to prohibit tailing and reciprocal friend ships nor is it in nature that you who are trwe brothers can be enemies you fpeak but the lame language you profefir but the fame religion you are governed by the fame laws adhere to the fame cuftoms and above all you arc adorned by the fame virtues virtues the true off fpring of valour of geueiofity and the fupreme elevation of great fouls renew with the mother country thofe relations which for the three centuries your progenitors tke favoured children of vidoiy have laboured to eftablifh renew alio thofe reciprocal relations which the new lights of the day and the iyllem of a representative government require throw away your arms and ceafe that deftruflive warfare which has occafioncd fo many terrible evils which muft be recorded in hillory in letters of blood with arms fo wielded the lives rf kindred individuals of the aire families muft be facriieed facrifices which muft involve felfdcperatiou and felfabhorrencel the univerfal nation is auated by my willies and will enable me by all its means to triumph without violence over thofe obstacles ivhich but prolong a flate cf public calamity we have adopted 3 fyllem more ample in its principle and conformable to thofe which you yourfelvcs have wifhed for our diftinsive character directs the reciprocal obfervance of a frank and loyal conduct oppofed to that of a miftaken and too cunning policy which by its falfe and intricate combina tions can but feldom hepe for favourable rcfults the mother country gives you the example follow it americans it will but infure your prefent and future felicity give to the mother country a ground of hope that in an age fo pregnant with great and extraordinary events the love of order and the general good accords with all your wills and the refults from your nniform opinions the cortes whofe name alone is aa- vourable pledge of important benefit fucccites for all spaniards is about to tf fcnbe your brother of the pcninful anxionfly hope with ettnadcd arms tot