The National Register. — London, England, 1809-10-29 00:00:00

TUE NA' Ile iva., aasite hate they all knew what wasmeaut by the word " riot." In common language; but as it Wth plOnthly they did sot understand its meaning in strict law, he felt it his duty to explain it. in doing so, he would not offer any thing upon his own unsupported authority. but yefer them to a great name ( well )etiown in Courts of Justice) for - a more certain guide. Here the' Jurice made some quotations from Bacon, by_which, it ap peared that the assemblage' of three, or more perstius, without any authority, for the purpose of treating `disturbance, consti tuted a riot ; and that it was legal in resort to force fur its sups prestapo ; that any persons, who joined in such disturbance, even thimvh they had not as , emblecl for the same purpose, were equally rioters with the rest. That eveh if the object they had in view, was a justi fi able one, such as the suppiression of a nuisAnce, &e. the adoption of unjust means would still he pu nishable, and the riot as complete as if the motive was as cri initial as the Means. An unlawful assembly was any assembly sleuth do an unlawful act, and s as such, was punishable by fine and imprisonment. That act 1%/13 punishable every where, not arse so inn theatre than mutiny labia. plaCe. lie was not inform ed of the course of proceeding which would be taken with re spect to the persons he alluded to ; it wns enough for him to have slated, she law, as it stood with respect to the late extraordinary transartioas, and if the subject was brought before them, he was confident that they would determine legally and justly, ac cordingao.the oath they had•(aken. The Grand Jury have foetid tree bills! against several per sons cbatged with riotiagand disturbing the audience af the :thrives Theatre. The following is.a list of I heir names :—Alexander Roar, Michael Briant, William Hillhouse, John Johnson, William Dwyei, William Banbury Jones, and John Brown. Charles Turville, Thomas Scott, two indictments; Samuel _Frampton Stattard, George Baker, Charles Gurney, Thomas Clark; William Lloyd,' Alexander Clunis, and Thomas Waugh. Some few hills were thrown out; among which was one against Dudfield, the haranguing chemist, in the dress of n naval officer. A wretch named Dogherty, formerly a soldier in the 56th Re giment. was found guilty of assaulting a female infant of five dears old, and was sentenced to be imprisoned 12 months, and to be pillored once at Charing Cross. ;.4 t• ~1 . •al i.) 144! . i•eso-1•1 k ) ;t1. .;:s t ra: !: hal itI • • ; . a BOW-iPtEET. Samet Tivenef. the .butcher, who resides a few Miles of . i'lribdsoi, Who . has been in custody for some time, on a charge of utteting . foiged Bank-Gates, was brought up for re-examiva finti,.."' • " rreshlelcl,' the Solicitor, and Mr:Lees, the Inspector, at (etidied foi. the 'Bank: ' • Mr; 11100hries attendedfottlte Prisoner, and contendetlltat tss P theisoner was a tradesmap, lie had paid aWay . the two 21. dad. Wee t forged Bank-stoteS,lbgether with ten gaitteas, for a beast id aitsfestuanat Southwell market, whom he told his name ind plitit. Of alkide to .1 . toid that there .was no othei'litoOf that itttoP k rAiinkhad in his possession _any other feiged notes, Ur had Wtheitile s tt, in any svtiy whatever , With' iifl forged notes he oiigq tVbe discharged, cipecially as ate could peove•that'he had in undeniable character, aid tevertil - personr,' who hatt'received thrge sums from him l .had tic,* teeeived anylorged 'diets from hiM. • 'The Agents for the Bank, hOWever, persi sting in their charge, Mr. Read. said he should commit( him for trial, at whiCh time, anything he had to adduce.in his defence would avail him. Tuesday night, Mr. Thos. Russell, nephew to a most respect ahletradesinan Westminster, and clerk to au eminent mer chant in the City, was brought before the Sitting Magistrate at this:ol'ice; on a charge of having, by his appearance in the pit ofCovent4larden Theatre, wsith the letters "0. P." in his hat, excited a considerable degree of tumult, and vi it h having after wards joined with others in pretending to sing " God Save the King,' on different keys, so as to annoy the audience, and in terrupt the performance. Mr. Brandon, as usual in such cases, stated the charge to the Magistrate. The Prisoner admitted that he had watt the offensive letters In his bat, on a supposition that he had a right to express his disappiobation of the New Prices, and his wish that the Mana gers might recur to the former rate of charge for admission ; he however, had not any idea that his so doing would have any tendency towards creating riot or disturbance; and as to the act of singing God Save the King, whether it was offensive or not, be dulled his haviag:borne a part ia it. • ). . I 'al:. 414trtl . . t 1.1 • : '- `4.4100 •-• ;..4410. , • . Air. traudon.-1 don't know that exactly, but you were tirong the mab. Abraham Mark Branham, a jew broker of rurniture and sales man, in Wycli•street, Drury-lane. supported the accusation to its fullest extent; he had seen the Prisoner in the pit before 'l'uesday night ; bad observed the irregularity of his conduct, and on Tuesday night secured him, and handed him over to the care of a police officer.—Tha Prisoner was ordered to find The young man begged very hard that he, might not be ex. posed to the uecessity of either going all night to gaol, or mak ing his friends acquainted with his imprudence. 'the case, how ever, was similar to many others. and the equal hand of justice required that the same rule should be observed in this case as that which had guided the conduct of the Magistrates on former occasions. lie was sent for a short time to the Brown Bear, and at a quarter after eleven at night, two friends entered bail for his appearance at the next Quarter Sessions. MA RILIMIROVGJI-STREET. William Treble, nlias Elbert, alias Thornton, who San& charged ‘vith six different Offences of magnitude, on Tuesday underwent a fourth examination, The Prisoner was informed by the Magistrate that he was ahout to commit him •fully on two charges--that of stealing Foldirtgbri4ge notes of a mail, to the amount of 700!. and for picking : the pocket of Jtines, porter to Messrs. Bracihridge and Co. soap-boilers, at Lambeth. With respect to other charges, they required further evidence. There were two new charges brought against the Prisoner at this examination; the first of which was instituted by Mr. Clementson, whosecoun try house had been broken open as long since as January, ISO, and robbed of several bundred,pounds worth of bank notes.-- Theie notes were stopped at the BAUIC, and one of them of MK which were paid into the Cambridge .Bank by a perion answcr inti description of the Prisoner, bore the indorsement of Thornton. Mr. Clementson had written to the Cambridge hankers but hod not yet received an answer. Another charge was instituted also by Wood, of Bishbpsgate-street, whose counting-house was also broken open and robbed of several hundred pounds in bank notes. This robbery was committed in 1806, and one ofthe stolen notes of 150 t. was paid into'the Hull Bank by a person who answered the description of the Prison. er's person, and this was also indorsed with the name of Thorn.. ton, Mr,: Wood had not heard from Hull since he wrote, an the Magistrate remanded the Prisoner until the parties, whorl could identify his person arrived from the country. A fellow of the name of James Allen was committed for an abomisiahliassault on a respectable young man in Holton-street, Wardour-street. The Prisoner represented ; himself as having been a waiter at the Bull and Mouth, and aISO in Greek.. street l'and that he had been the last eighteen months' to the Isle' of Man. MANSION-BOUM A young irish woman, named Mary Watch, was brought up for examination, charged by two of the Roman Catholic Cler gymen of Moorficlds chapel, with having repeatedly annoyed both them and their congregation doting the celebration of divine service, by bringing her basket of fruit and vegetables into the chapel and to the foot of the altar, and interrupting the service by boisterous language and other indecent behaviour not only this, hut even after the departure of the congregation she con tinued in the chapel, refused to depart, committed must indecent nuisances, assailed and violently entered the apartment! of the priestF, grossly abused then! by names, and could only he forced away by violence, but returned and repeated her offences, day after day. The wish expressed then by one of the Reverend Gentlemen was, that this woman might be sent out of the king dom, or subjected to the penalty of twenty pounds, pursuaut to an Act of Parliament, for the protection of places of worship in the true exercise of religion. Alderman New nham said, he felt it his duty as a Magistrate" to afford as much protection to the complainants in the exercise of their religious worship, as he should to any chapel of the . English church; and advised them to proceed against the Pril, soner under the Act of Parliament. The Defendant now desired to be heard in her defence, and was examined by the Magistrate. She said she came from the city of Cork about two years since, and lodged in high St. Giles's ; that occasionally worked in Covent -.garden and Newgate Markets; that she professed the Catholic religion, and that. the Clergymen of Mooriields chapel were always re proving her when s!.e staid away fram chapel, and always abusirig her wh,'n she went there, so that there was hi) 'pleasing them; that wilco she went W oae of the Geutleuieni rooms to ,