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the isle of Ely caused them to mu- 

 tiny, and it was found necessary 

 to call in the military in the neigh- 

 bourhood, and five of the ring- 

 leaders were sentenced to receive 

 500 lashes, partonly of which they 

 received. The German legion, 

 who were thus called in, is com- 

 posed of a body of brave men, 

 who, when Hanover was overrun, 

 quitted their country, and enter- 

 ing into his majesty's service, have 

 conductedthemselveswithbravery, 

 -and it was no disparagement to 

 the British army to say, that the 

 German legion even shared the 

 glory with them. At the battle 

 of Talavera the German legion 

 took three standards. No troops 

 had ever conducted themselves in 

 a more quiet, orderly, and sober 

 manner, and he could not find that 

 any complaint had been made 

 against them. Mr. Wardle, in a 

 motion in the House of Commons, 

 had proposed to disband the Ger- 

 man legion, against which, Mr. 

 Huskisson offered sufficient rea- 

 sons. A paragraph soon after 

 appeared in the Courier, which 

 he would read — 



" The mutiny amongst tlielocal 

 militia, which broke out at Ely, 

 was Jhrtunatelij suppressed on 

 Wednesday, by the arrival of four 

 squadrons of the German legion 

 cavalry from Bury, under the com- 

 mand of general Auckland. Five 

 of the ringleaders were tried by a 

 court-martial, and sentenced to re- 

 ceive 500 lashes each, part of which 

 punishment they received on Wed- 

 nesday, and a part was remitted. 

 A stoppage for their knapsacks was 

 the ground of complaint that ex- 

 cited this mutinous spirit, which 

 occasioned the men to surround 

 their officers, anddemandwhat^ey 

 deemedlhQir arrears. The first di- 



vision of the German legion halt- 

 ed yesterday at Newmarket, on 

 their return to Bury." — Courier 

 Newspaper, Saturday, June 2^, 

 1809. 



With this paragraph, as a text 

 to a sermon, had Mr. Cobbett 

 headed his paper. 



The Attorney-general then 

 read the alleged libel. 



"LOCAL MILITIA AND GERMAN 

 LEGION. 



" See the motto, English reader ! 

 See the motto, and then do pray 

 recollect all that has been said 

 about thewayinwhichBuonaparte 

 raises soldiers. — Well done, lord 

 Castlereagh ! This is just what it 

 was thought your plan would pro- 

 duce. Well said, Mr. Huskisson ! 

 It really was not without reason 

 that you dwelt with so much ear- 

 nestness upon the great utility of 

 the foreign troops, whom Mr. 

 Wardle appeared to think of no 

 utility at all. Poor gentleman ! he 

 little imagined how a gi-eat genius 

 might find useful employment for 

 such troops. He little imagined, 

 that they might be made the means 

 of compelling Englishmen to sub- 

 mit to that sort oi discipline, which 

 is so conducive to the producing 

 in them a disposition to defend 

 the country, at the risk of their 

 lives. Let Mr. Wardle look at 

 my motto, and then say, whether 

 the German soldiers are of 720 use 

 — Fivehundred lashes each! — Aye, 

 that is right ! Flog them ; flog 

 them ; flog them ! They deserve 

 it, and a great deal more. They 

 deserve a flogging at every meal 

 time. 'Lash them daily, lash them 

 duly.' What ! shall the rascals 

 dare to mntinij, and that too when 

 the German legion is so near at 

 hand ! Lash them, lash them, 

 lash them ! They deserve it. O, 



