The National Register. — London, England, 1817-11-23 00:00:00

TUMULT AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. It is with great regret we have to observe, that here, in the metropolitan church, front some unfortunate circumstances morning service was not perfoimed on the day of the Prin cess's interment. 'Else body of the Cathedral was filled early to the forenoon by an impreceilented moldier of persons of both sexes, the wearer part of them of a very respectable appearance. The crowd, became extreme ; but the tilling doors at the grand entrance ender the organ into the choir, 'Were not opened. The crowd who probably capected some thiug particular at St. Paul's, WWI e much slisappointed at ifintling their admission lido the choir thus obs.rocted. As -there was a delay in the usual time of commencing Divine service, great impatience arose, and of course some confasion occurred. Some of the people, thus for a while excluded. eitdeavoured to force the central doors, and broke some pain a of glass, and by dialing the iron gates of the aiies opened them, and than rushed through the different avenues into the choir, which they speedily filled, taking possession of all the seats—not only those intended for private individuals, and •enrse in the recesses tinder the galleries, hat also those he. longing to the Canons and the choristers, as well as the stalls.. •The door was soon quite crammed. It would certainly have been mere advisable for the otdcers of the cathedral to have opened the doors earlier, so as to allow a gradual filling, and thereby to have prevented, or lessened, the prr ssure conse _Tient on a sudden rush. Howes err this unusual occurrence occasioned sumo agitation among the clergy and the choir, and the service was yet delayed for a considerable time. At balftast 12 it did not appear more likely to begin. The le. port then being generally spread, that it was not likely to take place, a general disappointment became evideot. From the fear of the consequences-of any disturbance, the city officers were sent tor, and were directed to clear away the crowd in the holy of the cathedral, and make room in the choir if pos sible. The officers conducted themselves wills notch modera tion, but their ellileaVOlrs were ineffectual, and, of course, it was not deemed prudent to attempt any coercive measures. The people 110 W began to chew many signs pf &satisfaction. Tile intention-to suspend the service being known, it was considered prudent to send to the Lord Mayor, who was at tending at the Mansion house parish church. llis Lordship immediately Caine in his private carriage to Si. Paul's. He was followed by Sir William Curtis. His Lordship expressed his wish to pay attention to the comforts of the rougregation, He passed into the choir, and went np to the west gallery. About this time, a gentlen,au ( Mr. Atwood, we understood), announced front the organ gallery, the siispension of the :WI. eke, owing to the inconvenient circumstances which had un expectedly occurred, particularly by the filling of the stalk. He observed, that under the circumstances, the service could not be heard with satistlietiou. Then the Lord Mayor (pro bably not hating heard the preceding gent leman)spoke from the organ gallery, expressing his gratitivation at seeing a nit • inertias congregation, and his Wipe that the service would begin as soon as possible. Atter a considerable suspense, the Lord Mayor rose and observed, that the clergy and the choir Mad left the church, which most sii•pend the service; and therefore he hoped the congregation would is tire peaceably. nere the multitude renewed their disapprobatirm. A gentle tinin from one of the.atalls said, that if the central doors were ciPened, the stalls wrinfri he left clear. %V hen the doors were Opened, the 6411111• welt mos+, quitted. An attempt now made by the officers to clear the body of the clinreli was to little purpose, most persons refusing to withdraw. Some cried oat for the clergyman to 111101007. e, sonic for the Lord or, find some in the gallerids said they had paid for their seats. — A gentleman then complained of tho disappointment of such a awnher of personsiii hot hearing Divine service after wait ing so long, st hiels was very i oproper. He did 1101 sec the Lord Mayui's right to interfere. Hr urged strongly the pro priety of the service teeing yet commenced, as due to the con gregation and the memory of the Princess. Sir %William Cur tis sail, he had Iva another place of worship with the Lard Mayor. He earnestly exhoi ted them all to act like Christian people who feared. God, and leave the church quietly and peaceably. Another gentlemen said, he thought it was wrong in the clergyman to leave tho church in the manner be had. Sir William Curtis assured him that the laird M yon had done every thing in his pow er to promote tire . general wishes. Some gentlemen called for the Lord Mayor to scut for his own chaplain, hut he was not forth ictiniug. The 17011giraation was then informed that service should certainly begin :04 3 in the afternoon. Many remained in the church till that hour, ial1(.11 the doors were opened great numbers entered. The service was then celebiated.— A funeral anthem of Ilandehr and a tinge' by Ittwood, were !lethality(' by Messrs. Clarke, Hawes, and the choris km. The pulpit wits covered with black elver, rat which was the escutcheon of the Princess Charlotte. There wain° biterruption to the afternoon service. A robbery of the most nefarious kind was practised on a &male frills the service of Dolawar, on Saturday mill. n i g h t , Th t p itia ig adman hlt Lady It:s service Saturday night, 'Alt. Williams, the haler, haviog paid 111. sages, In a :it. note - Anil smaller noes, The young woman had saved 111. its her servitoile, and pert of that was another 41 note. Slie put the notes into a pocket as low as her knees, and in smother pocket, on the .111110: side, higher up, she had her watch. 0.1 her way through liakerawieet, North, In Ilse house of a married couple, where she was invited to a tem. porary residence, she observed a genteel•dressed man in black, loiterient first beture and then behind her. Ile at lettedt addressed hini-r, If totter, but she declined making him ally auswer,as she became timid. She liaA n h.i.ket nett buil- Mt iu her hand, and scaled) any ohe aas 1111110 ICreet. tte pre•seil iii% importunities, and put his aim room! that in which she held her basket ; she nto.erseil that his thief rs a ere covered with rims. Site iniggvil hen to 111.1111 her, stating, that she was only a servant who had just lett her plate, and that agi mai man like him could mot have au) thing to to a perhoii in her killable life. Tilefi llon heeasile the ttttt iwynrtuning, allfeeting to pity her out ones jo g to relieve her at the moment, is taking her muter hi. gluts, tion. lie continued in this for come time. walking vet y close to ilia ttttt if; ssoman, nail at last he 0 . 1.11.41 her mind n i g h t and heat her. She soon Ofie4 discovered uu gam: into a chop ghat a re eket.linok, containing the notes ails (011 e. Unf or . 11111atelV she never saw the 1/1'..:1;11 . .. 1411 , 1,1,1 he appealed about live tort eight iurhes, awl had ..ti slat k troa %e. g . Tfi e aUl k airr 114 . 111.' :J. flute paid het be il,g• husk, a ill most Gkrh be traced. 'llse pear gni :aye lidos mat the tub bony .:1 Mat Ilmoruiteh Sie. I, at 1111.11-11”1. 11e 1111•1111 1 j : . : 1 11 o f S a isi l P.1: . 1/111111,411, awl Nat' ilope..re,l pantie ia Navin. thii• brew Iwta (t Or Ills, .4 u., 01 lust 01101 t. 111 i sets iiode , Is, qult'y %etas 111111:4 dla11.1) art 011 141.1:, and esety 10C.1113 used to dtiacultt the inhuman+ thief. _ .~ LAW TITE NATIONAL REGISTER. INTE. 7C.r. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Motamtv, N0v.17. WILLIAM ASHFORD t'. ABRAHAM THORNTON, IN AN APPEAL OF MUItULIt. On the entrance of their Lord hips the Conrt was crowded to excess, and lung betere the doors opened a great number of persons were assembled on the outside, in the hope of admittance :- special constables were employed to dear the avenues, which was arcomplisheil with great difficulty, 'and after strum; resistance. Messrs. Clarke, Gurnee. Richardson, and Chitty, appeared as Counsel for the Appellee. When Lord Ellenborough and the rest of the Judges had taken their seats, his Lordship called upoa Mr. Reader, who moved that Abraham Thornton du now appear in Court to Lord Ellenborough.--Let Abraham Thornton be placed at the bar. _ _ _ Abraham Thornton was accordingly brought Into Court in custody of the tipstatl and the deeper of the Marshalsea prison : he was placed in the centre Of a flout row of Bar risters, and behind the King's Consel ; Mr. Reader, heiiig' upon his left hand, and .Ir. Reynolds behind him. He bowed to the. Court, and seemed in good spirits. Mr. Le Blanc (the master) Own addressed him in these words Abraham Thornton, hearken to the record," and then proceeded to rout in aloud voice the count delis ered is by the appellor on the tirst day of term. Mr. Le Blase afterwaids said—Abraham Thornton, how say you ; arc you guilty of the felony and murder wherof you are appealed or nut guilty. Mr. Reader put a paper into the apprillee's band, on which were written the following words," Not Guiltyl and I ins ready to defend the same upon my body.; The appellee read this paper to the Court, but rather Irian daily. He then produced a large glove or gauntlet, which he held up in the taco of the Court, and which, by desire of Mr. Reader, he Hung upon the floor, between the liar and the bench. In falling it struck the head of the appellor, Ham Ashford, who sat before the appellee and under the King's Counsel. Mr. Clarke then rose, and said he appeared on the part of the appellor. Lord EllenborongL—The appelkemust he caged. Mr. Clarke. —lie is in Court. William Ashford then stood up, (the glove still remaining on the door e !Aim); but Loud Ellimborough said, ,that he t be formally carried into Court. Mr. Le Blanc.—William Ashford come 'nto Court. ,lifurd.— I am bete. Mr. Clarke then addressed the Bench as follows :- —My Loi ds, 1 did not exiiect at this time of day to 'rive 111,11 d this sort of demand made in ausw er to the charge that bus been [nought against the prisoner, viz. that the IRSOe b111.411d de pend, not upon a trial before a July, but upon trial by, hattle at least we may say it is an obsolete practice, and it may be considered a s cry extraordinary and astonishing circumstance that a prrstio charged with the mime of murder should be permitted to rel el z hat charge by committing another nitirder: such a proceeding is both ancient and bat barons ; hot I shall exhibit the appehlor before your Lordships, and you will sec that he is not 4 Iler6(111--- Lord.Ellenhot (nigh (interposing).—l seislt only to cornet an expression you have used : you say , " by co. 1111 l itting tiler minder ;' if it be the law, what the law authorizes is not out riler. Mr. Clarke.-1 beg your Lordship's pardon ; I should have said" by killing the brother °laic per son murdered:" I ap prehend that on inquiry your Lordships will hod that the allowance of this plea is in a great measure discretionary, viz. whether they will pernlit a battle in this cast' to take place. Ido not say that it is a matter intirely discretionary, but that it depends in some degree upon the reason of the case : it the Corm on tin exhibition of the epellur, flails that lie is of weak body, and on thin account incapable, that I ht lir ve, is sufficient. Mr. Justice Ravley.—Have you any authority for so stating Mr. Char ke.—ilie authorities I have are only examples of what may be on answer to the claim of trial by battle. Mr. Reader here interrupted Mr. Clarke, and said, " The Court will nut suppose that I air an unfitly or unpleasantly to intorno Mr. Clai ke, but I apprehend that he is now adopting u new course uf proceeding, li.a warranted by any audio. I ties. If there he any objections to the wager of batik Ile. mantled by the appellee, they must be made by eountei pleading, and not by statement of Counsel, which can pro, duce no bent tit to either side, and winch mac call upon me on behalf of the prisoner for answers which 1 would tether be excused limo making." Lord Elleriburough.—llo you wish, Mr. Clarke, ty es/unit:F lit( ad ? ' Mr. Clarke.—Certainly; and we further request that time may ht. allowed to enable us to prt pare oar counteruolea. • I.oril Enenburosigh. —ln a proceeding so antiquate i and ob,olele, to grant time is certainly a matter of millet justice to yun ; I du nut apprehend that any resistance would be amide to it on the part of the appellee. Mr. Reader. —o.rtainly nut. The prisoner is too much indebted to the Court for its kind indulgence already ex tended to him in this respect to make any objection to the grant of oily reasonable time : to resist it would indeed be most num adults on his part. Los .1 talennutorigh Oro Mr. Clarke.)—What lime would he convenient to enable you to pi epaie your coonter_plea. Mr. Clarke.—l Wiry we should be ready oil Thursday next. Lord LlVllbOrollg . ti (di s tCC etnenntlng with the other Judges). —Perhaps Friday might be more convenient to the Lunt 1, Mr. Clarke.--Any day after Thursday that may be appoint ed will answer our purpose. Lord Ellenborungh again consulted the test of the Deitch, and said that baturday would, un several acc o unt s , be pre- i ferable. Mr. Reader addressed their Lord-hips as fellows :- I have to pray the indulgelice of the Court but fluv one word, the object of which is to put the defendant in the situation ill winch he is entitled to be placed before your Lordships and public. It has been ails onl, and tor myself I may say still' lulls, dui, to consider .nol advise the appeilee what etairse lie ought to adopt, and I have no difficulty in th . clating, that at. tletersnoted to It:commend huts to take thus all- p, on aye, ttttt 1 01 Cit . extragedmat, and I may add, unprecedented prep?. ince ilisseimmiti.4l .igilill,l hint 11110110014 i the country., in se gin il to Ihoi onfeo tesktie h in.•..el . .11 I. 11, ader hat ini.: takt o les ' , eat, 1...ril LUCIAIttr4IO6II 01'. del tli that the prisoner sloon.l be ri mantled, ter air broOglit sip again on SAMS day, when the other side would be ready wish iili• villiaitel-pleit. . . .. I I o.ing this interlocution, the appellee's g!tove was prr - united to remain un the Raw kt Use. tett toli the apgeliot, Whe did not take it up. ' • ;" 443 Y. 24. MtritellterbliNtiaritriflirgrroTemaln — in the can-. toily of the Cou t vt ) and tt was handed by 'the officer to the Master. Mr. Gurney observed, that in consequence of the MN sign prevailing tit the time in Court, the precise terms of the prisoner') plea had not been beard ; •he therefore requested that the Master, to whom the paper liad been banded, should read the contents distinctly. Mr. Reader said, that the appellee pleaded ore Irma, lzut in order to avoid mistake the precbie form bud been written down. Mr. Le Blanc then read these worths, " Not guilty, cad he is ready to defend the same by his body." Lord Ellenbnrough.—Mr. Clai ke, a 4 this is a matter o f strict form, the Court wish to know whether yAti pi ay time to counter plead, or whether you pray time generally ? Mr. Clarke.-10 counter-plead, toy Lord. Lord Ellenbormigh.—Lei the prisoner be remanded. Abraham Thornton was then taken from the bar in the same custody in which lie had been placed there. PHI DAY.-THE NINO •. T.J. WOOL F.R. Mr. Wooler appeared in Court for the purpose of moving fur a rule to slim cause, why the list of persons named by his Majesty'. Coroner and Attorney to form the Jury on the trial of the information against him, should . not Le cancelled, on the ground that such persons have been improperly, ilk. gaily, and partially selected by the said Comae'. and Attot; Hey; and wby the sheriffs of the city of London should not again at tend the said Coroner and Attorney with their book or list of persons qualified to serve on Juries within the said city, for the purpose of .18 persons being named for the trial of the issue joint d. 'Phis application was founded upon titres affidavits which Mr. %Voider put in, and they were read by Air. Itealtry, of the Crown office. One was of Air. WOOlte, and the other two of Mr. C. Pearsall, his attorney. They went to prove the partiality comr 'dined oE—lit& Gruntcti. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Tr ESDAr, ?for. 18. SIR *ATKIN LEWES V. JOHN MORGAN. Mr. Afar now replied to each of the arguments nrged liy the counsel on the other side. Ile contended, that all the ingenious reasons advanced for the defendant'a claim, were completely met by the single consideration, that the defend. ant had been only the attorney, not the mortgagee of :lir Watkin Lewee. if Mr. Morgan has any debts again'id Ste Watkiu Lewes, let I • site for them as any other creditor. With the mortgage he had no other connection than in apply Sir Wittkin's money to the discharge of it. This view of the ease was supported by all the facts in evidence, and was &Ally established by the solemn judgment of the Lords. Mr. Baron (',ratan said, he was now quite ready to declare his opinion 011 this case. Two considerations amide him eves desirous ef embracing the very earliest opportunity of. de daring it. This case had been so long in the Courts of law; as to affind 10111i2 ground for censuring the administration of justice in this country. Another consuls., at was, that he had now so tboreugWy eamaint 41 all the facts of the ease', and so defile:lately made tip his mind as to the law mid justices of it, that no reasoning could shake his °pinkie. The simple rinestion berme the court, in h s appieltresion, was, whether the mortgage was really redeemed by the plaintiff, Sir Wat kin Lewes:' .if it was. nn reasou ceabl be des isedwhyslie motion to restore the mut tgaged estates Amidst be relesed. That it was, seemed even to be admitted by the dilfeudant himself. twin it was, that „the Lords, by a suit jolt(' 'tient, pronounced the sums nova claimed by the dr findaut to be no part of the rtiorigitge. What objections, risen, are stated 11 the defendant against the prose id motion? It has been said, that the defendant has en eqiiitaide snot tgage on the estates. The attorney for the plaintiff has had the plain tiff's (Indica frit' mo' - ‘ than year, to ray ale uutrtg.ige of his own management. The mos tgage is paid of IS years ago,' and vet the attotssey rarities to restore the estates, and 'Sas be has ant equitable matte-tee on them. this is to make equity the foundais ai of the moat flagrant iniquity. The do. feudant Intetupts id? represent, that ;1.-1001. and 1,.3801., ad. sauced by him, formed a part of the original mortguge. This shrfiling artifice was lon palpable to he successful. He %pub& style this a candid imposition, for Mr..''.loittati's own accumits expesed it. In 1715, the tem igage was eunipleied ; awl its I/70 Mr. Morgan wall 'possession of inure time a.OOOl. of Sir Witt Lewes's motley.. 'the learned Baron her went over th, various colcuLtion S in the account to establish this sieve of that part. of Bus case. Mr. Morgan had mutt up with his acesitiut to 13,0:101., but he was obliged to let it down to , ' 8,0001. Then as 10 the tectivership, it appeared tirat ru es ivers had been lippoiuted by this Om i t; and by a WOll - Mr. Morgati,, hid beeis ordered to pay, over to hint. At la , t, un the misconduct of one or twu . llo, , irritel FS, lie, by a triek. got hiMss If 41.4pinied reedier. 14 this situation It held Sir Welkin Lev, et's estaies, and reeciv., ed all the rents and profits. Mr. Mom gun complained aloud" hips in having beeii out of his man, ; the hardship was all on the other side. Nothing iii the shape of litigiouatitstress could be mote atrocious than the protracted distreas with which Sir IS'atkiii Lewes had been atflicted. Ever since 1777, lie had received nut one pt nay from lis Urge estates, The inmost amount of ehrineragainst him were 13,0001. Ths sent% of his estates wets nut less than 1,1601. a. year. For; '. period of nearly 10 years, shim, bits Mr. Motion heels reedy. mg 1,5001. a year in order to pay off 13,0b01.; and now lie exclaims Against the hardship of being depth ed uf these el.. tatee, and of the injury he has sustuisicd by bring so long de. prised of his woury. All the delay. all the opposition to the settlene 1/1 proposed in the.-bill of titei, has been created by the awl now be complains of that ill.lay. With respect dies clot e, to the restorisuoir frt . the estates, he could not entertain a doubt. ll' there wart tin prVcoduni, lie would ' a its titll coutitlence stake his repulatent nputi the justice of this. A mortgage, a pledge, is redeemed ; is it possible to deny the justice of restoring the pledge, of dissolving the mortgage t But theie were precedents. Cases of this kind occurred every day. 'Limn fot t., although ho knew that the ease mould go to a higher court , Itediad no hesitation to order the estates to be tin Matadi r.-stored. If he was stippotted by his briehers, he would older the rents and profits to be pied to the plainutt also forthwith, but lie would order the money to be paid tato court, within a certain time. This wound accelerate the ',fumes§ of the further steps in this Case. Baron.Wcod was sorry to be unable to concur with his learned Mother. Ile Mom. lit it was preinotole and danger ous to decide opium the ge real 9110 , 11011 111.111 die accounts lietnerm Mt . .. Morgan and Atkin Lessee were finally cleated up. .%11. ltai on. (farrow thought his situation one of the most ilitheiiit in which any juotge could he newest. He had seas rely tali., it Ins beat oa that bench w lice this ease came Letore lie .114 ii them sant vShat had since been t reyeated that 4 • •