that this intimacy existed be-question tended to render the tween himself, Wright, Cleary witness liable to an action, he was and the Rump; at the very time, not bound to answer it. Being or about the very time, also, asked whether he had not when he might have shown joined Cleary in an affidavit, by some of my manuscripts at means of which a warrant was Brookes's, and when Sir Rd. obtained from the Chief Justice, Phillips might have dropped in to seize Mr. Cobbett, carry him there; being asked, whether, to a lock-up-house, hold him to at, or about, this very time, he bail and to make him justify bail, did not write to Mr. Cobbett, a on account of this action of letter, in which he congratulat-Cleary; being asked this, "Mr. ed Mr. Cobbett upon having Brougham interfered, and the tickled the Rump; being asked Chief Justice determined that this question, he answered that the question could not be anhe could not recollect; said that swered. Being, then asked, he might have done it; would whether he himself had sworn not swear that he had not done that he published the Register it. Being asked whether Mr. for Mr. Cobbett's benefit, withCobbett had not written him a out stating that it was partly letter to use his own discretion for his own; being asked this, with the manuscripts; to consi-Mr. Brougham again interfered, der them as solely at his own and the question was not aldisposal as to publication or not; lowed to be answered.-Being whether he did not consider asked whether he had ever himself as being invested with made an assertion to this effect, fall authority to leave out what-he said that he might have done soever he pleased in order to it. Being asked again whether avoid the danger of the law; being asked these questions, he answered them in the affirmative. Being asked, whether he had not, without any leave from Mr. Cobbett, inserted in the Register a letter from Cleary in answer to Mr. Cobbett, he answered in the affirmative. Being asked, whether he had FRANCIS PLACE (Tailor not written for Cleary, or assist-of Charing Cross) swore to the ed Cleary in writing (during hand writing of the letter.-On the absence of Mr. Cobbett) his cross-examination he aca pamphlet addressed to Ma- knowledged that he got it from jor Cartwright, containing bit- Wright. He said that it was ter reflections on Mr. Cobbett's taken to the Rump Committee; conduct and character; being and that after that, he gave it asked this, he threw himself on to Cleary for the purpose of the protection of the Court; and being read upon the hustings. his Lordship said, that, as the-Being asked whether the

he had ever received any provocation from Mr. Cobbett, he said he never had.-Being asked whether he did not know that Lord Cochrane had recommended him to Mr. Cobbett as a person of SINGULAR FIDELITY, he said he did not know it.

whole of it was read, he said he | part, wherein mention was did not recollect.-Being asked made of Mr. Hunt and the whether it was mentioned upon Lady, as intended for publicathe hustings that the letter was tion. He was asked, "do you addressed to Wright; and that" 'say upon your oath, that you it was written ten years before, "regard that part of the letter he answered that he could not" wherein Mr. Hunt and the recollect.-Being asked, whe-" lady are mentioned, as intendther the whole of the letter was ed for publication?" He published the next day in the answered, "Yes, I did." Being newspapers, he said he did not asked as to his reasons for recollect; being asked who it approving of the reading was that sent the letter or any of the letter by Cleary, part of it to be published in the he answered, that he thought, newspapers, he said he did not it right, after he had seen the know.-Being asked whether he attacks of the writer on Sir F. was a member of the Rump Burdett.-Being asked whether Committee, said he was. the letter, as published in CobWILLIAM ADAMS (Cur-bett's Register from the New rier of Drury Lane) swore that York Evening Post, was the he had seen the letter in 1808; same as that which was given that it had then been brought to Cleary to read, he answered, by Wright, and shewn to the that, he had never read Cobbett's Westminster Committee.-On | Register since it began to attack his cross-examination, he swore Sir F. Burdett.-Being asked, that the letter was brought to whether having, from feelings the Committee (now called the of delicacy, ceased to read Mr. Rump) in 1818, during the con- Cobbett's public writings in tested election for Westminster. 1818, the same feelings of deBeing asked whether the whole licacy had induced him to begin of the Rump approved of the reading Mr. Cobbett's private letters being read at the hust-writings; being asked this ings, he said he believed they question, he appeared to say did. Being asked, whether he something which was lost considered the promulgation of amidst the laughter of the this letter as proper, he answer-auditory. ed in the affirmative.-Being W. MOLYNEUX (a printer) asked whether he considered swore that he printed the Rethe letter as a public one or a gisters containing the libels, and private one, he answered, that that the manuscript from which he considered part of it to be he printed was, he believed, in intended for publication.--Being Mr. Cobbett's hand-writing, On asked which part, he answered, his cross-examination, being askthe part relating to Mr. Hunt, ed whether he ever saw Mr. and the Lady. This question Cobbett write, he said, Yes, "When ?". "About was put to him in various shapes, once. several times, and he repeatedly" three years ago." "Where?"? asserted, that he regarded the" In Catherine-street, in the

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What?"-" Anjon Major Cartwright, on Sir Order on Tipper and Fry for F. Burdett, or on any persons "paper." "You say, on your cordially engaged in the cause oath, then, that you saw me of Reform; it becomes him to "write an order for paper on observe, that every word of this σε Tipper and Fry ?"-"Yes." sort imputed to him in that "Then I will ask you not one paper, or that may be im"other question." The wit-puted to him in any other ness then got down, in a flurried paper, has been so imputed manner, and then stepped up without any foundation whatagain and uttered the words: ever. "at least, I believe."

He must in fairness add, that the Report in the Courier, is, as far as it goes, candid and true.

DEFENCE.

Here Mr. Brougham closed his case. Major Cartwright was in Court before the trial began, and continued there 'till it was ended; but he was not called Mr. COBBETT had not the vaby Cleary. HANSARD, the nity to suppose that he could printer, had been subpoenaed by conduct his defence with half them, and also Dolby, in the that effect with which it would Strand; but neither of them have been managed by many were called. The Chief Justice gentlemen whom he saw around then called upon Mr. Cobbett him; but the jury must have for his defence, which consisted perceived that he had a partiof a speech which occupied ex- cular description of men actly two hours; and of which deal with; and perhaps he the following is the best outline should not have prevailed upon that we have been able to col- any gentleman at the bar to lect from the newspapers; and handle those men in the way considering the variety of the which he had been compelled topics, the rapidity of the utter- to do. Mr. Brougham, who had ance, and the interruption which been selected upon the present was so frequently given by the occasion for what he (Mr. Coblaughter prevailing in the Court, bett) could not help calling a it is quite surprizing that the premeditated attack upon him, gentlemen who make reports, had thought fit to compliment should, with all their talent, him with the possession of very have been able to give any considerable powers, probably thing so near to the truth. A in order to induce the jury to great deal they have certainly believe him a hard-hearted, left out, for which, perhaps, the wicked, bloody-minded fellow, defendant ought to offer them who would rip (for that Mr. his thanks rather than make Cobbett believed had been Mr. complaints. It is, nevertheless, his duty to observe, that, in the New Times, he has been very malignantly misrepresented; and that every word of sarcasm

Brougham's expression) any body to pieces; and it was in some sort to get rid of that unpleasant imputation that he now was, trespassing upon the time

of the Court. It was very easy|lisher of his own writings; he for a practised, disciplined bar- had been a writer for twentyrister like Mr. Brougham to eight years in England and in deal in such aspersions, and he America; and yet, with all his (Mr. Cobbett) was not pre-over-zeal-and he wished to pared to say that he should an- Heaven some people had reswer that gentleman in the way cently shown as much zeal as he in which he ought to be an- was taxed with; but, with all swered; but he would do his his excess of zeal and lack of best, before he entered upon the seruple, he had never, in the case, to remove some of the im- course of twenty years' writing putations which so much pains in England, been subjected to had been taken to produce. an action for libel, until the preThe learned Counsel had begun sent action had been brought by his feeble efforts, as he had by a set of conspirators; and thought fit to term them, to de- conspirators he would prove scribe the man whom the Jury them before he had done with had to deal with. The Jury them. Mr. Brougham ought to must have expected to see a have known that; indeed he did sort of monster drawn forth into know it; and therefore his zeal, the light; but he trusted he for once, for his client had caused should convince them, one and him to overstep that which he all, that among the many libel- knew to be true. In England, lers who had attacked him (Mr. he repeated, he had never had C.), Mr. B. by no means de- an action against him; and, in served the least distinguished America, only one; that was for situation. Mr. B. had ascribed a libel upon a physician, whose to him talent and zeal, and had son had afterwards been Ambassaid that he was to be dreaded. sador to Great Britain. The To be dreaded! dreaded! It physician (father, by the by, of was not a very high compli- the present American ambassament to tell a man that he was dor in London), had sworn that to be dreaded. Some of the he lost practice to the amount persons, however, who had of 20,000 dollars per annum; stood in the witness-box to-day and 5000 dollars damages had could have told the Jury, could been given against him (Mr. have given satisfactory evidence, Cobbett); but the people had that he was not a person to be paid the money; and he (Mr. dreaded; but that he was too Cobbett) had done a service to gentle, too liberal, too generous, the country by rescuing the peoand too easy to be duped; and, ple from his inexorable lancets. moreover, of all those facts Mr. Twenty years had he been writBrougham was well aware. Mr. | ing in England; he had not sufBrougham had described him as fered the grass to grow under a man without scruple; as a sort his feet, scarce a week had pass of libeller surpassing all other ed but he had written somemen. From first to last he had thing; and yet he had hever been a writer, and often a pub-1 before had an action against him

Review, with all its clish-maclaver, had not been free; but it had crept out of consequences

no, not even the Evangelical-views; even the Edinburgh that could say as much; and, to mark him out as a libeller! The learned Gentleman had drawn a picture both hideous and by those softening arts which false. But there had been cri- the northern Gentlemen knew minal prosecutions!. Well. In so well how to adopt, while the first case of criminal prose-southern stupid fools ran their cution against him in England, heads into a gaol. With rethe MS. had proceeded from aspect to the protection of priJudge; it had been handed to vate character, that subject had him by a Member of Parlia-been improperly introduced.ment; it had been certified to Cleary was not a private inbe true by a Marquis and ano-dividual; he was a public chather Member of Parliament.racter, a political character; he Agreeably to the original con-had been mixed up with Major tract between the parties, the Cartwright, whom he had hoped Judge not coming forward to to have seen put into the box prove the truth of the libel (as by Mr. Brougham. Cleary, he might have done, because the associate of Major Cartthere was an action also on the wright-yes, as a bug might same libel), the MS. was given be said to be a man's bed-felup there was a trial at bar, low. In the speech of the where the Court was prepared learned Gentleman, the plaintiff to hold that the smallest altera- Cleary was described as intition of the MS., even of a let-mately connected with Major ter, would have prevented a Cartwright, and as having been conviction; the Judge was con- introduced to him by a great victed; and instead of two number of friends, all of whom years' imprisonment and a fine regarded Cleary as an enthuof 1,000l., and securities for siast in the cause of Reform. He half a dozen years, and so forth, was to be not only a brother, the Judge got a snug pension of but a bed-fellow, of the Re1,2001. a-year for his life. As former's. If, then, the connexion for the prosecution by the At-between Cleary and Major Carttorney-General, he (Mr. Cob-wright was to be put into the bett) could only say that it had fore-ground of the plaintiff's done him no harm. It had given case; if that was to be made him leisure indeed, and he had a leading part, and to form a written and revised many things chief ingredient in the plaintiff's during his confinement. He claim for damages-how did it had gone into prison sound; happen that the venerable Maand he had come out sound ; jor, who was then in Court, had and his seven years of recogni- not been put into the box as a zance had expired. Look at witness? He (Mr. Cobbett) had the Times and the Chronicle, flattered himself, that, however and the other newspapers; look tight bound the rest of the witat the Magazines and the Re-nesses might prove, the oppor