Star. — London, England, 1821-01-05 00:00:00

. . . IRELAND. . • . . !‘ • . . COUNTY or ouguli Manatee Dub/in Keening But, Saturday, December so.) nit day a most numerous and respectable Meet ing was held at - the County Court-house, Kilmain parsuant to the notice of the High . Sheriff, Sir parrot) Slum • who had previously received a Requisition to that effect. The object was, an Ad dress to die King, expressive of the loyalty and dews lion of the Freeholders - of the County. . About one o'clock the Chair was' taken by Sir IteliAßD STEELE. After reading the Requisition, t he Bail of HOWTH stood presume, to move for a C o minittee to prepare th e n Address—for it wic D or possible, we beliesT, even for those near his Lord ship to catch the import of his words. The motion, we conjecture, was seconded by Lord FaantcroaT, for his Lordship was equally inaudible. Mr.O'Connet.t. objected against the appointment of Lord Frankfort ; on which he was asked by the ,t;heriff Ishether he was a Freeholder of the County? Mr. O'Connell gave a most emphatic affirmative. While the conversation was going on, the Com mittee had retired, and were returned with the Ad dreis. It was moved by Lord flown', and seconded by Lord FRANKFORT. Mr. Roan, King's Counsel , stood up to move an Amen dment. He had proceeded about ten minutes, when, while on the topic of his Majesty's Minis ters, he was stopped by the Sheriff (Sir RICHARD STEELS), who declared the language itifiaromatory. A warm . dialogue occurred between the parties, hut while it was goi ng on, the Ilion SHERIFF, without waiting for the sense of the Meeting, put the ques tion affirmatively (he did not put it in the alter na tive), and declared, amid shouts of the most violent opposition, that it was carried. He proceeded to dissolve the Meeting, without putting the question of adjournment. Mr. O'CoNNELL observed, that no questiol was put; and, addressing the Meeting, said, that as the High-Sheliff had vacated the Chair, he would move Lord Cloncurry into it. His Lordship immediate , took the Chair. The HIGH Sits:etre remonstrated. Lord CLONCVRRY remained immovable. The Sat airy said he must use force. " By force only (said Lordship) will I consent to quit the place in whie:i the freeholders of the county have put me." The cif ! power, it would appear, hesitated—when the High Sheriff called in the military. The house was im,,e diately filled .vith red coats—an Officer approached the Chair, and desired his Lordship to retire! He said he would yield only to force—and force was used ! If this be a specimen of the mode in which Loyal Addresses are to be carried,,we believe the promoters will soon become heartily sick of the experiment. fir Richard Steele's conduct is totally indefensible, and will certainly recoil on those whom he thought to serve. It was altogether a most shameful business. The freeholders, turned out of their hcuse at the point of the bayonet, retired to an adjoining spot, where Lord Cloncurry took the Chair. Another Address was moved and carried; likewise an Address I to the Lord Lieutenant, complaining of the conduct of the High Sheriff. Colonel Talbot was not present at the Meeting. Mr.liamilton was there, but slunk away- s. hen the military were threatened ; as did Messrs. Ellis and Shaw, although there were loud calls on them to re main with their constituents, as the army was coming. Dublin Evening Post Office.—Four o'clock. We 'Proceed to 'give as full an ai.count as our time and space will permit us, of the Meeting of the Free holders of Dublin, which has jo-t been dissolved. DUBLIN COUNTY MEETING To A P°RESS Tus KING. , This day, pursuant to a Requisition addressed to the High Sheriff, aMeeting of the Freeholders took place at the New Court-house, Kilmainlfam, fin the purpose (f voting a Loyal Address to the KING. One o'clock was the hour appointed, but prlvious to twelve there were great nuthbers assembled ; and, long be fore the d..ors were opened, Lord CLONCORRY, Mr. fIAKILTON ROwAN, Mr. JOHN BORNE, Mr. O'Cini out, with many other distinguished characters, ar rived. The Police were early in attendance, and, when stationed at the Court-house door, received from the High Sheriff, Sir RICHARD STEELE, orders to admit none but such as he should point out." The consequence was, a long suspension of the busi-. ness of the Meetins. Judge DAY, HANS HAMIL 'TOE, M. P. Lord FRANKEORT, Mr. -NORTH, Lord }lowed, &c. successivelf made their entrance good through the windows. At half-past one the SHERIFF took the Chair, and proceeded to read, in a most inaudible manner, the %Requisition, and to state the object of the Meeting. Aftet which it was moved, by Lord HOWTII, that an Address should be presented to his MAJESTY, which having been seconded by Lord FRANKFORT, The SHERIFF proceeded to nominate a Committee, and which consisted exclusively of the Requisitionists. Mr. O'CONNELL said, that he conceived the usual course was to put the question after the motion, and tb take the sense of the Meeting upon it. ' Several Gentlemen spoke to the same effect. The thotion was, notwithstanding, resisted by the Sheriff. Lord CLONCVRRY endeavoured to speak—(Here there was the greatest confusion, and cries of Hear!) Mr. O'CONNELL again made an effort to be heard, and was asked by the SHERIFF, " Was he a Free bolder?"—" Yes,' replied Mr. O'CONNELL, " and as loyal and independent as any person in that Court who trades in loyalty and lives upon the taxes ; and, from Property and profession, I have as good right to be upon the Committee as any one amongst them!" Mr. MULLEN condemned, in energetic terms, the irregularity -of the proceeding. The SHERIFF.--" Sir," to Mr. Mullen, « if you don't hold your tongue, I will turn you out of the 'Court.diouser Mr. Mtm - tiv.—ii I am here as an 'independent Freeholder, and you dare not, Sir:"..—(Great confu sion occurre, and expressions of indignation were 4er l generaily manifested.) . - The Address was then read, and was listened to 'tisk most respectful silence. Mr. BURN) (King's Counsel) Lose to move in Amendment. lie concurred most heartily in every expression of loyalty to his Sovereign ; but whence, e would ask, arose (at the present moment) the aecessity of such an Address ? Mr. Burne was pro vecding to depict the origin and drift of those Ad firews, with reference to the misrule of his Majesty's Ministers, when the Sheriff abruptly dinolved thel Meeting, and the Requisitionists began to disperse. Lord CLONCURRY was then voted into the Chair. Upon Mr. 0' ONNIML proceeded to read Mr. Burvis's amended Address; but he was soon interrupted by the ap pearance of the military, who, at the point of the b ayonet, turried the Freeholders out Of Court, and an Officer removed Lord CLON CURRY from the Chair. After the dispersion of the Meeting, the Indepen dent Freeholders retired to the opposite side of the road, Lord CLOXCURRY still acting as Chairman; when he read the amended Address, which was moved and carried as . the Address of the Meeting. The Address expresied loyalty and affectionate at tachment to his Majesty's person and family ; but severely censuring the conduct-of Ministers. Lord CLONCURRY afterwards addressed the People at considerable length, remarking upon the illegality of the Sheriff's conduct. He recommended the People to retire peaceably, which would be the sharps est rebuke to those who had acted so.uncOnstitution ally. The Meeting then quietly dispersed. • The proportion of dependent to independent Free. holders was as one to one hundred. The Meeting was the mot numerous of any ever remembered in the County. • Mr. HAIIILTOK ROW A N was amongst those whom it appeared most difficult to move, and a soldier, with the utmost violence of language and gesticula tion. threatened to run him throngh the body ! The Officer who commadded the military' was Lieut. MonDAN r, of the 23d Fusileers• Lord CLON• cun RY waited in the Chair until this person approached and laid his hand on his Lord.hip s shoulder. GREAT BIJIICHAMST4AD, JAN. 3: TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE STAR. Ste—On Christmas-day, after the Church Service wai ended, the Rector announced an intended Ad dress to the K [NU, and neat day the follovying Notice was posted in this town : kE, DEC. 26, 1820.. N Suck of the Parishioners as may be disposed to concur with the Rector in offering a Inyal Address to the KING, ex o pressive of their cordial attachment to our excellent Constitution, in Church and State, are reqmsted 'to meet hint at the Rectory- House, on Friday morning next, the 29th instant, fur that pur pose, at Twelve o'Clock. . The Meeting accordingly took place at the Rec tory (a gift from the Crown), but much to the mor tification of the Rector, there were present only the Rector, two other Clergymen, two Churchwardens, a ti rif-pa) Officer, one on a visit from London, a laboi,rer, the Vestry Clerk, and two tenants of the' Earl at Bridgewater. Not' a single tradesman at tended, nor any one but the above eleven. The Ad dress, which ha% lain for signature at the Xing's Arms Inn six days, has obtained only sixteen signa tures, incinding the above. What a state have his Majesty's Ministers brought themselves to, not to be able to obtain even one name out of every hundred, to sign such a snug Ai r dress! Our population, by the it:turn for 1811, was upwards or 2,000. Pray insert the foregoing, that the Public may know the real share et popularity enjoyed by Mi nisters in this loyal town, atrd you will oblige the ' inhabitants ger,erally. - An And; ess to the QUEEN is expected to be moved and carried in a few days, which, I have no doubt, will be numerously and resr:tably signed. THE 110 USELESS POOR. A Meeting of the General Committee took place yesterday, in the Poultry, for !iv! purpose of receiv ing a !Le i ort of he al ranzements made at the Lon. don Woikhouse. The Meeting was very fully attended, and the pro ceedings at the London Workhowe were unanimously approved. From a statement made by the Chairman of the House Committee (D. CAMPBELL, Esq.) it appeared that upwards of a htr:dred persons were sheltered on Wednesday night ; and from the regu lations laid down, Which are the result .of repeated consultations during the whole of the summer, the Committee are satisfied that none but the really housekss have been or are likely to be received under their care. . . Dr. CONQUEST. who has again kindly consented to give his assistance, stated co the Meeting, that amongst the many distressed objects who on Wed nesday 'light applied for admission, there was one man in the last stage of human suffering. The ex treme rigour of the weather, to which this unfortu nate being had been exposed, combined with the want of food, bad reduced him to that state of exhaustion, that it was the decided opinion of the Doctor, when he examined him, that he could not have survived another nig ht, had there been no " Refuge for the Houseless in existence. _ _ _ The Committee were occupied in their interesting duty from one o'clock until four, and amongst other important arrangements, it was resolved to open forthwith two other recepucles, in other parts of the town, upon the same plan as that .adopted at the London Workhouse. The Committee adhere to their i resolution of. confining their attention to the one ob ject, of affording nightly shelter and sustenance. to those who need them, considering that anything be yond must have the unavoidable tendency to mune date the Metropolis with vagrants, by attracting them from all parts of the kingdom, and recollect ing that many instances occurred 111 A winter, of Pa rish Officers in country places actually sending . their, own poor to London to participate in the rend' af forded by this Institution. Several new subscriptions were announced, and the best pledge to the Public as to their appropria tion, is the known activity and humanity of those to whom their bounty is entrusted. Sir JOHN Lunaocn presided. Sir C. S. HUNTER and Mr. Alderman Bernaas were also present, and took an active part in the deliberations of the Com mittee, and the zeal which animated the whole Meet ing was in the highest degree gratifying. A. S. CRESSWELL BAILER, Esq. • has given a fat ,ti a heifer to the poor of Cresswell. . . Friday week, the Rev. TOVEY Jo:A.:Fre, of Skel ton, distributed a quantity of excellent beef to all the poor inhabitants of that village. He also sapports and superintends a Sunday school, and the children ergo a !xeckly examination bj bim.• • TrzinvthiTEA ....L........ Yesterday the Sessions of the Peace for the City and Liberty of Westminster commenced at the Guild hall, before Mr. CoNsT, the Chairman, • and a full Bench 4,f Magistrates. Hanby Price was itislicted for publishing a wicked, •seditious, and inflammatory libel, of and concerning his Royal Highness the Puke of .The libel consis.ed in a hand-bill, copies of which were plenti• fully circulated by the defendant amongst the crowds in and about St. James's-square, during the residence of her MAJESTY there. It wat to this effect: Why, except for hire, is the Duke of York huz zaed ?—ls it fur his military exploits at the Helder ? Is it because he pocketed £lO,OOO a-year of the public money for visiting an aged parent, who had been so peculiarly kind to him ?—ls it because be has voted for the infamous Bill of Pains and Penal- ties again =t the Queen in all its stages r—There were other questions of the like nature and tendency, and the hand-bill conclided with—" Let the huz- zaers answer these:queries, br hold their tongues." Mr. Revamps, for the Crown, in his address to the Jury, observed, that it was for them to declare whether the paper before them was such as any Eng lishman, in the exerciie of his most undoubted right 9f discussing public matters, would be justified in sending forth to the world ; or whether it was not of such a nature, as not only to exceed the limit's of fair discussion, but to excite disaffection in the minds of his Majesty's subjects? The. defendant, who is a bill sticker, was seen with a bag round his neck, dis tributing copies of this hand-bill in large numbers ; and here he (Mr. Reynolds) would observe, that per sons of his class entertained .a notion, that they, not being the authors or printers of the libel, were not liable to the consequences of the lacy. But this was entirely a mistake; for they were the publishers of the libel, and were equally open to punishment with those who employed them. The Learned Coun sel then read the libel, commenting in forcible terms upon its several passages, and pointing out the evil tendency that such a publication was likely to have. The applause with which the Royal Duke was greeted on his passage to and from* the House of Lords, during the momentous trial of her Majesty, did not proceed from the mouths of hired persons, but was the spontaneous ebullition of .generous feeling with which Englishthen, when left unbiassed and unper verted by designing men, always greeted persons of di-tinguiAwd merit like his Royal Highness. They knew the services he had rendered his country ; they knew that it was his admirable management of the' army which had advanced its characte, above every other in the civilized world, and lia.l enabled it to achieve those glorious victories which had led to the release of all Europe from a state of oppression and slavery. The people knew also the attention which his Royal Highness had devoted to the comforts and interests of the wives and families of the soldiers, and in cheering him wherever he appeared, they were actuated only by sentiments of admiration and of loyalty. He hoped it would not, even at this time of day, be thought unfashionable to speak of loyalty, for those were egregiously mistaken, who fancied that notions of English freedom were not perfectly reconcileable with the strongest, the most vivid feel ings of loyalty and attachment to the Constituted Authorities of the country.—After some further ob servations, the Learned Counsel called Furzman, the Officer, and two others, who proved the distribution of the hand-bills by the defendant. The libel was then put in and read. The defendant read a written defence, and set out by stating, that he was totally unused to public speaking, and unacquainted even with the forms of Courts of Justice. Having been a long time out of employment, he applied to Mr. Benbow, printer, in the Strand, who employed him to stick up placards. The first was one quoting a paragraph from a Morn ing Paper respecting the Queen, in which it was said "she ought to be sacrificed ; we care not whether as a martyr or a criminal l"—The second gave Lord Nelson's opinion of Italian witnesses; and there were several others, all upon the subject of the Queen's trial. He read these bills, and some of them were of the most inflammatory kind. They all bore the name of Mr. Benbow as the printer, in conspicuous cha racters. For publishing the last of them, before the one now the subject of charge, he was apprehended, and taken before Mr. Minshull; the Magistrate, who did not hold him to bail, nor even warn him that he was doing wrong. Thus lulled into security, he went on, unconscious that he was committing any offence, until he was again apprehended. The name of Mr. Benbow was upon this'and all the other bills, but in no instance had he (Mr. Benbow) been prose cuted. He then read the libel, and defended the se venal passages, denying that there was anything in it calculated to defame the public character of the Duke of York, or that it could be called " wicked, seditious, and inflammatory." He trusted the Jury would place themselves as a shield between him and the wily sophistry and legal ingenuity that had been exerted against him by the Counsel, who, like the rest of the profession, was employed to make right seem wrong, and wrong right. ,This prosecution, he averred; was instituted by persons who appeared to be endeavouring, on every occasion, to drag the weaknesses and vices of Royalty before the Public, and who were the worst enemies of Royalty. lie contended, that the bill contained no libel on the Duke of 'York, but merely asked a few plain ques tions, which might have been fairly replied to. He would leave his case in the hands of the Jury, with the firmest confidence that they would acquit him. Mr. REYNOLDS was about to reply, when The defendant submitted, that the Learned Coun. sel had no right again to address the Jnry, as he (defendant) had called no witnesses. The Couni decided, that he had the right of reply, and Mr. Revtioara addresied the Jury at consider- . able length. The Jury, after a short deliberation, returned , a verdict of (iailt.y. Henry Heald;. a respectable-looking young man, stood indicted for assaulting J. Wayling, a Bow street Patrol, and creating a riot on the SI st August., The prosecutor was on duty in St. James's-square, when Mr. Mills, who, it will be recollected, was taken into custody when he was speaking to the mob there. On passing through . Cockspur-sareet, a mob,. of 400 . or mgr., attacked the Officers with brick-bats and sticks, tsomthe old; houses pulling down. ..Mr. Mills was pi hie it.enach, and on pitssin the iiiit thumberland Coffee-house ' a brick was thrown at the prosecutor, who, with , the Officers, was guarding the coach. On turning round he saw the prisoner in the act of throwing a brick, and he took him into cus tody.—Not Guilty There were some expressions of applause in the Court when the verdict was given. Richard... Young, a hackney coachman, stood ine dieted for wounding G. Donaldson, a constable, oa duty at Covent-Garden Theatre. Donaldson ap peared in Court with his head bound up, not having been yet sufficiently recovered. Ile recommended the prisoner to mercy on account of his having A wife and four children to support. The pritoaer . pleaded Guilty, and expressed great contrition, and, after an admonition, he was sentenced only to four , - 'teen,days imprisonment. Elizabeth Ehatan, a woman advanced in years, and of a miset able appearance, was indicted for assault-. ing her husband. - Mr. ALLEY stated the case on the part of the pro secution. After detailing the particulars of the case, ,he said it was an unfortunate and lamentable cir cumstance, that persons so nearly allied should come into a Court of Justice under such •circurhstances; but this woman, who had lived separate from her husband, met him in the street and assaulted him . publicly, without any provocation, before a mob of people; and if a man was subject to attacks of chi's kind, what else could he do but king the offender to julice? JoKn Ehman, a foreigner, said he was one of the band in a Regiment of Guards. On the day laid in the indictment, while he was passing along White, hall, the defendant, accompanied by her sister, came up, seized him violently by the arm, and said, "You German thief, I have got you now, and will not leave you, until you let me know where you live. You are a foreigner, and though' you are my hus band, I must tell you that you are one of those who have come over to give evidence against the.Queen. ll This she spoke in a loud tone of voice in the pse sence of the. mob. The witness said he went on for the. purpose of going to Queen-square Police Office, to give charge of her there; and when he came near the place, the defendant went away. The CHAIRMAN now asked the defendant, wire, ther she wanted to live with her husband? She an swered that she did not. He then expressed some doubt whether the act done by the woman, consi dering that she was the wife of the prosecutor, could amount to an assault Mr. ALLey.—. , It was a violent and unlawful as sault, to take hold of a man against his will." The.CHAIRMAN..--" That is rather a far fetched doctrine ;when a roan's wife is charged asthe offender." Mr. ALLEY.—" Then the best way is, to let the woman off this time, provided she will undertake not to annoy this man in future." The prosecution was then dropt ; and the CHAIR MAN advised the prosecutor to consult some English friend as to the best mode of settling the differences between him and his wife. We are authorised to say that there is no truth in the statement, •which we copied yesterday front a morning napes, that Dr. VaLrt- had summoned a hackney-coachman to Bow-Street,• as he was not in town at the time. - Wednesday John Palin, •the Man who, it will be recollected, was taken into custody some time ago,• after a reward of £2OO for his apprehension had been offered by the Home Secretary; Upon a charge of high treason, and conspiring Vrith' A. Thistlewood and others, to assassinate his Majesty's Ministers at . a Cabinet Dinner, was brought from 0)1(11:lath-fields Prison, by ADKINS; the Gosietnor,'before the Privy Council at Whitehall, and was. examined by the AT.. TORNri-GENEDAL, and nine PrivrCouncillors, for upwards of an hout and a' half.' He declared that it never was his intention to pin in the horrid deed, and that he had ail along endeavoured to persua* Thistlewood and his companions from the act which they meditated.— . 4 3 alit-Was Called upon to enter into• his own recognizance in the •sum•of 1:500 for seven years, for which. period he was held to keep the - peace. He entered into thereciagnizance, and was' discharged.- An Inquest was held . yesterday; at the Adam and' Eve Tavern, in the Hanipsteact-road, tin the body of Mr. Edward Pawler. The deceased eas a Sheriff's officer, and was holding peisession of the house of a Gentleman, named Mida, in Bath-place, New-road, by virtue of the Shelifri warrant. Mr. and Mrs. Mida were confined to thvir'beds by indisposition, and there was no one to attend to the house but a ser vant girl and the bailiff. Before the latter had been in possession many days, he eiperienced an -attack of the gout, which increased so much, that he wa'i• compelled to take to his bed; his complaint not • abating anything, he requested the servant girl to fetch a surgeon, on whose arrival he was found sitting up in bed, with hi: watch in his left hand and the key in the other, as if he had been in the act of winding' it up when he expired. Verdict—" Died by the • Visitation of GOD." _ _ _ Another InqUest was held yesterday evening at the Golden Liop, Warwick-place, Bloomsbury, on the' body of Miss ROTA WINIFRED LERSIC, aged be: tween eighteen and nineteen years, who, with her ser vant-maid, eaew herself out of a twa;pair window • into' the area, a height of fifty feet, at the louse of Dr. UWINS, Bedford-row, early on the morning! New Year's Day, the room being then on fire. deceased lingered till between five and silt o'clock cni Tuesday evening, when she died. After hearing all the evidence, the Jury returned a verdict of-.." KiUed by a fall, in attempting to escape front fire." . - At Norwich Market, on Saturday, Wheat a lvaneed Is. per coomb, but no alteration took place in the other kinds of grain.—The Cattle Market was not so full of stock as usual, and great part of the Stoti were driven off unsold. The sheep-pens were partly filled—pt ices rather lower. CORX Excamtor, bi•xx-tass, JO. 5....--Our Market cone ones in the same state u• on Wednesday, the severity of the ' frost and the stoppage of the navigation of the River . havirg paralyzed all-kind of business ; and as the consumers are not yt driven to ;be necessity of Granary samples, the prices of all Grain Must be quoted nominally as on Wednesday. • Sauzurscui MARIUS, JAX. 5.—/Seef, 3s. 10d. so 4s. 10d. per stone of albs. Muttoo, Ss led. to 4s. 10d.. Vaal, 4s. 6d. to 6s.OC. Pork, 45.64. to 51.10 d. Lamb, Os.ed. to 05.0d.--Cattle at hlarlst Beasts, 440 ; Calves, S 0; Sheep ancl. Lambs; 4,100 ; Mgr, Ray, at. 10r. tu.41,. 44. Cloveri si, Ks. to rl. L. sln IVA, Es. toll 14*. .; . • . 1 . . • : . ••