The National Register. — London, England, 1821-01-08 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER SESSIONS. -re. THURIDAT. JANUARY 4. This morning the Sessions of the Peace for the City and Liberty of Webtounster commenced at the Guild hall, before Mr. Coon. the Chairman, and a full Lknch of Magistrates. CNARDS OP RIOT AND AIIIAOLT., :. Henry Heald, a young ono of respectable appearance, was indicted fur riotously assembling with other persons, in the Parish of Si. Martin in the Fields. witlt intent io create a riot and lireac'i of the peace. In a second count. he stood charged with assaulting JallieS a constable, in the excetttioo of his duly ; and in a third caw, with a common assault. M e ws. Reynolds and Rolland were Counsel for the CrOwil, and NI r. dmlretts ippeared for the detention. Tue case arose out of the arrest of Mn, Mills, iii Si. James's Silo ire, in August lasi, while addressing the people assetiou - ed opposite the Quiecirs hilt . Mr. tityieilils adoiessed the Jury, and called the fol lowing %vim 1 — Jame: a Row Street patrole, deposed, that he was sue o f tie party viiipiiiyed in apprrii,iiil Mr. Mills, itch whets lattir was capturrd, tiny wire followed ... ••••• • by a crowd on their way to Bow Street Office. In Cockspor Street, several of the mob flung bricks, and there were cries of—" Rescue, rescue him front the blood hoonds." When arrived at Charing Cross Mr. Nlills was put into a coach, in order to avoid the mob, and just opposite the Hongerford Coffee House, a brick passed close by the witness's face, and looking round he saw the defendant with his arm raised, and a piece of brick yet in his hand. He was then at the head of the mob, hooting and gtoatting, but witness rushed at hint, and took hint into custody. Williant Wootton, another patrole, stated, that lie saw the defendant active in the crowd, and heard him groat: and call out. He did not see him throw any thing. Air. Andrews addressed the Jury. The defendant, in addition to the remarks of his Counsel, solcinly protested his innocence. He was ob served several tithes to shed tear,. The Jury with little hesitation pronounced the de fendant—Not Stannous LlBEL.—Hauby Price, a shabby looking young man, was ind.cied for publishing a wicked, sedi. tiotts and inflammatory libel, of and concerning his Royal High-less the Duke of York. The libel consisted a hand bill, copies of which were plentifully circula ted by the defendant amongst the crowds in and about St. Jaaws's.square, during the residence of her Majesty there pending her trial. It was to this effect:— " Why, except for hire, is the Duke of York Intuited/ Is it for his military exploits at the Helder ? Is it because he pocketed to,uool. a year of the public money for visiting an aged parent, who had been so peculiarly kind to him ? Is it because he has voted for the infamous Bill of Pains and Penalties against the Queen in all its stages r 'lucre were other questions of the like nature and tendency, and the bill concluded with " Let the bona. ers answer these queries or hold their tongues." Mr. Reynolds called _Foreman, the officer, and two others, who proved the distribution of the bills by the defendant. . Tne 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 J us. tice. Having been a long time out of employment, lie applied to Mr. Beubow, of the Strand, printer, who em ployed hint to stick np placards. The first was one quoting a paragraph from a Morning Paper respecting the Lneen, in which it was said she ou g ht to be sacriss we care not whether as a malty( or a criminal;" a second giving Lind Nelson's opinion of Italian wit nesses, and several others, all upon the subject of the. most inflammatory kind. Tht y all bore the name of Mr. Benbow as the printer, in conspicuous characters. Fur publishing the last M . them, before the one now the subject of charge, he was apprehended and taken behire Mr. MiaShiall, the :Magistrate, who held him to bail, but never warned hint that he was doing wrong. lie went on, unconscious that he was committing any offence until he was apprehended. The name of Mr. Ben bow Was t11)011 lliis and all the other bills, but in no one in. stance had he (Mr. B.) been prosecuted.—He then read the libel, and defended the several passages, denying that there was any in it calculated to defame the character of the Duke of York, or that could be called .4 wicked, se ditious, or inflammatory." Ile trusted the Jury would place themselves as a shield between him and the wily sophistry and legal inAettuny that had been exerted against hint by the Counsel, who, like the rest of the profession, was employed 10 make right wrong, and wroit.4 right. This prosecution, he averred, was insti. toted by persons who appeared to be endeavouring, out every occasion, to drag the weak ness and vices of Royalty b e fore li e public, and who were the worst enemies of Royalty. He contended, that the Rill contained no libel on the Duke of York, but merely asked a few situ. pie questions, which might 114%c been very fairly replied to. lie would leave his case tit the hands of the Jury, with time firmest confidence that their verdict would be Not Guilty. Mr. Reynolds was about to reply, when The defendant submitted, that the Learned Counsel had no ri,ot ttg,ita to address the Jury, as befdefeildang had called 00 witness. Tile Conn circuit:4 .list he liar: the right of reply, and Mr. Reynolds addressed the Jory at comallerable 1r11(11. Jury retired for a short time, and returned a Ver. diet M.—Guilty, TRIDAY. SANUART U. lIDITION. At the Sitting of the Court this morning, lia t obey Price, who was convicted yesterday of publishing a se.. dittoos libel, of and concerning the Duke of York, was pot to the bar, when Mr. Reynolds, Counsel for the prosecto th.it there was another indictment against ti fur the publication of a libel of a similar tendency to the former onei but in order tois misguided man that his prosecutors vet aced by the malignant motives which he in had attributed to them, he should dccliu• evidence upon the second indictment. 'flue Chairman Own, after a few obcei wooed the delendaut to twelve months Newgate, and et the end of that l . rind to i own recognisance of 601. for good beitai years. Mr. Reynolds, on behalf of Mr. Fresh (against whom a bill of indictutent WJS (I ti titit Jury 011 Thursday, liar petty larcet hare the trial postponed until next Se►si ground that the bill having beim so recent! lie not being aware mat ►uch .t mode Di would be adopted, he had not time sutiicit Oa los defence. Mr. Alley, who r retained for the proud he should nut, under the vircu►n►tancea, ut being taken tur the appearance of Mr. A: Ilex, Shs,llllls. tbdi s of postponed accordingly, - • .•-•- ~{. . 1 , 4 4 .6 - tition, stated, dietfcceltdatu, • ittiscitievutig r to ColivitiCo •ele lint acts. defelica to offering any Ivations, sen. Iprisoutcut in enter into his aviour fur Iwo dericlt Acetun found hy the vit) moved to .binits. on Situ 111 h,und, and ut inuceeding tear to intl.:* a 4tcution, sand ol t ivet to bail Actaini at the • IMOLVEN r DEBTORS' couar, MONDAY, JAN. I. Thomas Prince was brought tip, to be heard on his petition. His dischaige was opposed by Mr. Heath, on the part of Ann Chapman. it appeared from the examination of the insolvent, who is a Lieutenant in the East -Middlesex Militia, and of his opposing creditor, that some time in the mouth of August last he went to the Gate House, at litgligate, w here he lived for two days, and that on the second night he was 'refused a bed, it then appearing that he had not money to pay his bill. In this situation, Ann Cliaptnati, who had long been cook in the house, took compasstomon Itinr, and lent him a pound note, which he promised to repay the next day ; from that time she contiimed to supply lion with tummy for ei; t ,lit weeks lie lived in the hoop., dining a great part of which lie was sick ; and on his leaving, the house, her advances to hint aminotted to 181. which lid promised to pay with money he was to get from his father, stud with pay that was due to him; hot she hearing that he was about going to the West ledges, had Min arres ed. 'rite Insolvent admitted that he had no pay doe to him, and said he did not know whether his lather heed, but believed he was in France ; he also admitted that he was about going to the West Indies at the tune he was arrested. Mr. Heath said, he cook; not trust his own feelings to offer any observation to the Court on the litsolvent's con duct—that a person claiming to be a gentleman should take advante-,,e of the compassion which a poor servant had felt Is his distress, to deprive her of the ft oils of her lab:aliens industry, and, unquestionably, of gr eat frugality, was a case of gnat et tiehy which happily the Court was not often called to decide upon. The Court said, it was linneeesrary, as it would be painful to give any expression to its feelings on this case, but hoped the sentence of the Court might obtain jus tice for the much injured creditor. The Court then declared that the Insolvent should not be discharged for six mouths without the consent of his opposing creditor. TVEID•Y, JAN. 2. Charles Frederic Brodersou was brought up to be heard On his Petition to be di , eliarged. Mr. Heath opposed his discharge on the part of several creditoes. The Insolvent is a Swede, but speaks English intelligi bly. The facts disclosed iii his examination were of such a nature as sttosigly to excite, at once the risibility and abhorrence of the Court. He stated that lie had been a Merchant and agent since the year IS 12, that he had previously been a traveller for three or four years, but that be had never been a waiter at an Inn : that he left Co. penhagen in the year ail?, from whence he went to .Hasittoirgli, where he staid sonic time, and then went to Paris, from whence he came to London. He said inlet be came to London he had accepted several Bills for the aecommodatiou of his brother Gustavus, and that he had also drawn several hills fur his accommodation on a per son who hail kart a shop in the Borough. kte admitted that at the time of drawing and accepting those bill-, he had himself no means whatsoever 'of paying any part of them, but that lie entirely depended on his brother's ono viding fur them; as although that brother had just before been discharged under the Insolvent Act, his prospects were very great. Being asked what the annul eof his brother's was, he said he expected that a lady of large 'fortune would marry him; but she disappointed him.— He said the lady was a native of Hanniurgli, and that when in London she lived at Hanover Square, and that he hail frequently met her at Isis brother's lodgings. Some letters, written in the Swedish language, dated (ram Parrs, and addressed to his brother Gustavus, but without any signature, were here sliewn to the Insolvent, and lie was asked whether they were his writing lie said the writing was like his; but lie could not say it was his ; neither would he swear it was Mr. Heath said lie would endeavour to bring the letters -to the Insolvent's recollection, by reading part of their contents, and accurilingly read from a translation several extracts, of his drawing bills frum Paris, disc. brAn extract of a letter was read, in which he said to his Is io ther.-66 I will draw on you for 13111. for which 1 tun to get pendulum watches. I will draw the Bill in the name of Witham Gensen. I will draw on the light hand and the left. If I understood the language, all things would go on well, but you know I cannot give my conlitleuce to any. Be sure you let use know when it win be necessary fur one to go to L—, and I will quit Paris with the great. est secrecy ; butt if a hill should collie hack before I ant VII, I may be brought before the 'ltibuttal, and sent to prison fur_ file. e-s...act from his letters was read as follows the bill for 1501. is returned, because your name is nut in the Directory. it rite me pruner meicutinle letters, with yuur name at full length. lint for Heaven's sake give time nutis:•e when it is necessary to btatt, as the people here are not tto be fooled. ll'esierday 17 persons were sent to prison because their bide were 1101 paid." The insolvent, otter the reading ul theme ea tracts, still persisted in saying he Could nut Oe err tam whether the letters were wi itten by I.lm or not. Mr. Pollock addressed ilie Court oil behalf of the pri soner: he submitted that the letters should be entirely put out of emisideration—they had nu ware not proved by any a ittiess, nor inhumed Ity, the It. olvi•ntt and, even if genuine, there wits no grout that tile frauds mentioned in them, 4• ellutemplatott, hail ever been committed, and the Insolvent denied that they had, the pressimption therefore Na., that, on reflection, lie had repented. e Insolvent had irk° bWOltl, that his brother espeeted to newly a ltity a lilt a considerable fortune, %shush would have enabled Inia to provide fur the bill, ; and although lie bad stated, that his nitilliet had been burried to a *WIWI ~ill living in Se, ellen, )et ill Ike :lb- Settee of ally evidence to altr. l'oe11.11), 11.12 L . ,•lttst 11111. t hotrod that he ban been legally divot red, and ill niat rying snottier, hr, VI course, Nits 11111 doing an natal ill act. The Cutirt Inglity I 0111plillIe11led dlr. I'ulloek 0u Utr Inge 111101) ul tile dettmee be had made fur the li,sOlveltl, • but MCA It Na. impossible to Minot 11141 at the time of passing I it bills w question Um luis,iiv,mt hail not ally rututoua tale 4-sliertatioo of lien% able to pap—there could be usi d.oui tnat fits tenets prieluved wear Willtra by the i u soleeut, but pinto% nuts li-lit.in Mit of the ease, it could not he ,od,ortl Thai 1!“- shoilid i t 4t.tgel, II reasonable eN t Ist I , ..)ltivr, Mho had bet n 'IIIE NATIONAL RE•LISTER jest discharged under the Insolvent Act, should marry a woman of fortune. It was evident that neither the Insol vent nor his brother had the slightest prospect of paying, but that their whole conduct was fraud and coosi:iracy— the Court would therefore punish him to the ut ttttt st extent of its power, and accordingly sentenced him to two years imprisonment. INAS While, a wheelwright and chaise-bnilder, was opposed by Mr. Heath on behalf of several creditor.. The Insolvent had been sent hack at a former exa lion to curlect au error in his balance sheet. Mr. Heath, on this occasion, contended, that the error had been amended, and that the Insolvent upon the face of the balance sheet had nut accounted for property to a considerable amount. The Insolvent being examined again upon oath, stated, that the erroneous appearance of hia balance sheet was the effect of mistake. He had no plate in his possession before he went to prison. He never had any. Theme were half a dozen silver tea-spoons belonging to his daughter, which lie said she should keep. He bought a watch fawn Mr. Joseph Levy for ten pounds, and sold it again to a person nutted Williams. Mr. Levy did nut see Lplate at his house, tun {Molts. He had no books but a Bible and Testament. He bought 4 0 wheel spokes of Mr. Sill 1,114ke, one of his opposing creditor., and sold them again—he did tot make much profit by them. He bought the spokes to sell again. When he was arrested he hail Ili. iii Bonk-notes in his poet. et, mid no snore. Mr. 5h..141i ake stated, that he suld tile iligut%eilt 400 spokes. lie supposed at the time lie let him have them that lie wanted to carry on his trade, but riding out one mornitig in the Curtain-road he saw the spokes in a 3 aid, and the Insolvent had sold them. White wanted aOJI. worth of spokes, ama he would not trust him. He went to the Insolvent at his residence in Blackfriars road, and made inquiry about his debts. The Insolvent told him he had applied the money arising fi oil the sale of his (Mr. She'd rake) spokes to pay other creditors. He hail lodged '2OOl. in the bands old person whom he would not name to pay the creditors. The witness called the Insolvent a rogue, and the latter said he would kick him out of the house. Cross-examined by Mr. Pollock.—He admitted that be culled White a vugaboud, and told huh he ought to be hanged. Joseph Levy, n venerable Jew, aged 83 years, stated, that at tler time the Insolvent got his watch, *e saw from 231. to 401. north of plate in his possession, with u slumber of %latitude books. When he sold the watch', he took some coffee and used a silver spoon. %% kite tett; hint he meant to change the plate for iww. After he was told los watch hod been:odd to Mr. Williams, in Bath-street, he weal in search of the person, but could find nu One iu fitilii.attuell of that name. Mr. 'V idmarsh, a collector of rents, said be was present when the lisulvrnl was arrested. The Insolvent hod 3011. or 601. in Bank notes in his hawk—He otered to lodge double the unlisted of the debt for which he was itire4ed in the hands of the witness, who attended the oilicer by miler of the creditor, provided they would allow hint to go and get bail. Tito utter was not coolish. d, with as it *us considered an irregular proceeding. The o items was certain the la. Solvent had bunk-notes to the amount that he had stated. Mr. Heath contended, upon the arose evidence, that there was a concealment of prooefly, t hick, independent of other• ei.cumsuittecs was nil etceptiou to Mr. Whitt's discharge.— He had also obtaiuml spokes of Mr. Shelitrake, pretchduis they were to work up, inswad of which they were to Mr. Pollock, fur the bisnivetit, contended that the evi delve of Levy was to be looked at w ith suspicion. It ap pealed that the Jew had spoken to silver spoons and plate witliont kuowiug w liel {set the articles lie saw were platril ur Siher. Mr. Reynolds, the Commissioner, delivering the judgmeat of the Commiss•uners, said, tic felt cumiderable satisfaction in stating in a case like this, in o hich there was rotaliclieg testimony, that all the Commissioners concurred iu one opinion, namely, that there was sniticietit evidence to enable them to decide, th it this matt had concealed his property.... The Insolvent had been examined en parts of his property, said to have Items in his posses,ion, and it oas remarkable that he nos contradicted h, three persons um tomected with each other. With respect to the evidence given by Mr. Sterile:lke, there was no reason to doubt it. They had also the evidence of a very old stunt, Levy, who gave au account of his calling at the house of the Insolvent, and of the state ' of his vi►ible properly. The Insolvent had said all the plate , consisted of six spoons, %Melt belonged to his daughter.-- Levy said lie mentioned that he nlllll.l change the old plate for iit her plate, and it was impussilk, when he said that, he could be speaking of Ile epuuu, belooging to hs daughter. Tallarsh Mil may p 1 used hr had posse.sinit of Bunk-motes, hut they uumunle dto ~0 or 601. Three us onuses it, ore to since ditlerent disci iptions of property not mentioned in the schedule. The W 11110414: were Oka ehspirout. pcnugs. and . there was enough Cu induce the Court to consider it a case of concealment of property, and looking ut it so, the iittlginen I 11141 tin 1 esii,vent ought out to be discharged, or en. titled 10 the betient of the Aet until lie has been in custody, at the suit of the iletaitung creditors, a pet iud of 'strive months. The Couit adjourned, to sit to morrow morning is the Exch. quer Chamber, r~► MP, /