The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-10-28 00:00:00

r 1 f ~ ' , t • .II • -•- - .11IDDLE3EX BESIAIMA . .. • •• .• . • • • •••Tat SING I. MILLS. The trodietateut. preferred by the Solicitor of ,flie ( reasitry against Mr. Mills, fora riot, in St. James's i.tuare, came UM to be tried on Monday. The case on the vitt of the Crown was opened by 31r. W•LFORD, and !t r. ARAMS, addressed the Jury, and briefly stated that he should be able to prove that the defendant tad, on the 31st of August, made his appearance in front of the Queen's house, in St. James's-square, and there conducted himself in a riotous and tuniol boons manner, so that the magistrates had thought it right to order him to be taken into custody, and that Bitty he was taken into custody, he had excited the public to disturbance, which created a serious riot, is which many of the constables were seriously hurt. The learned Counsel proceeded to call Vickery, the police-officer, who swore, that he bad been ordered by the magistrates to station himself in St. James's square. previously to the 30th of August. and that on that day he had observed Mr. Mills haranguing the persons assembled in front of the Queen's house, ) and that Mr. gills recommended that an address _should be presented to the King, which he rem/ to the permios &rambled ; saying, that on the following day he would attend and prepare the means fur sign ing the address ; that accordingly Mr. Mills attended on the following day, is an open landau, and wes be ginning to address the assembly, when Mr. Bennet and Mr. Alleyn, two magistrates, directed witness to take him into custody; he then maile Isis way through •the crowd, and carried off Mr. Mills on his bad: ; and Mr. Mills addressed the people, saying, " Will you let me go ;or will you let me taken away r In consequence of which, he was attacked by four, five, or six hundred people, who assailed the witness and the other I3ow•street officers with st..nes and brick bats. Upos Vickery's cross-examinuion, lie persisted in saying that Mr. Mills did aild,ess the people, and ex cites them to rescue him; ia consequence of which Mr. Mills took down in !Ailing the very words which Vickery swore lie used. William 11'5...suet', the constable, snore, that he hail endeavoitred to stop the carriage in which Mr. Mills was ineffectually, and that Mr. Mills had said to him, if he knew who he was, be would take him into cus tody ; upon which the Chairman inquired what was . the name of the witness ; and, finding it was the per son mentioned in the iudictmeut, lie asked the witness what Mr. Mills Jid to him ; to which the witness re plied, " lie did nothing to me." The CHAIRMAN said, " From this evidence it is clear that you obstructed Mr. Mills, iustead of that gentlemaa obstructing you ; surely this part of the case must he given as." Four other Bow-street officers were then examined, who proved nothing material. Mr. Mills, in his defeoce,went at considerable length into the history of the transaction, and said he stood there to defend his principles and his conduct, and he would fearlessly amen and maintain that he was only exercising the right which every juryman in ronuison with himself, and every subject of the realm possessed, of petitioning the Throne at any and all times, when- ' ever they chose to do so. Mr. Mills then related the . part he had taken publicly relative to the prosecution ageism the fasters ; that he had given to Mr. Hume, on the lath of Jaly last, a petition to he presented to . the House of Commons ; and that be had subsequently iren a petition to the Dui.. of Leinster to present to the Howie of Lords, and which had been presented by the Noble fluke. He then read the petition which he presented to the consideration of the media% iu St. • James's-square, as follows : " TO THE MOST ISEI ELLIN,* MAJESTT. " We, your Majesty's faithful subjects, feel it our duty at length to approach your Majesty, to express , our deep regret and abhorrence at the unjust, illegal, and treasonable conspiracy which has been formed a4ainst the sacred person of our most gracious Queen Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, your Majesty's Royal • Consort. " We have beheld, with feelings of indescribable in . slignation, the present servants of your Majesty auda ciously daring to employ an agent, without the con . , sent of Parliament, to offer to liar Majesty 50,0110/. as en annual revenue to be paid out of the money cheer . --fully contributed by ourselves, for the support of your . Majesty's family and the legal purposes of the govera mutat, falsely, in the sacred name of your Majesty and the British Government, in order to induce her Majes ty to renounce bar just rights to a participation of the , of these realms, and which rights, alike ema nating from the ordinances of Owl and the laws of oar country; are equally sacred with those which entitle your Majesty to near your Crown: and farther, of in cructitig the said agent to accompany the said offer pi:h a threat of prosecution of-her Majesty for alleged errinif, iA entwine Majesty shottldt!fuse the treason . ahle overture . "We have also witnessed that these overtures have here made aft * liar Majesty's servants were in pos-_ essioo ea the wiener, which it is now manifest had . • Fes procared by the immediate agents of these very servants of yoar Majesty, by moans of • dirge sums of tromp illogelly paid, and of promisee held out to the witeseesen, to lnJbce them 46 give their testimony . against the d person of the Quern. . We bare further seen, in pursuance of this hate ful conspiracy, proceedings•insti:uteri under the sane t;,.tn of the Courier Parliament, which proceed • • irgs, upon the very face of them, carry to our minds . the west irrefragable proofs of the grossest injustice ; • irasmoch as that the very conspirators have-taken tpon themselves to act, not only ps the sole accusers, •. but p the chief jadges, at-•the same time, of the'sacred peens encased. " Wherefore, we humbly ent#at y fur -Majesty, br ig vindleation or the ptirogatires of your Crown , in jus- 1 tine pour stations Queeu.aml. In support of the laws l armi eenstituti!is iif the realm, that your Majesty will i 4 •• ' be rdeiottil 4iiessed to 114itaiss your Majesty's un "...pitkr •if Cram liittillajetity's Councils.. and to - 40edist . II Ikea , / inai.be au*: into their con oh" . lis priht.llist if • found, up . on each Inquiry. to g t bake been .My of •Ihe said •eharges, Icy. my !se ~ 4 /4 1 €114__ til *j? it* Tor the anise:" • • . . .-a!; it.. gait e -Mill& is ibe bond mid fount .0 sty : c..lo;esse., *.--liile.;ilatii vortri t ailell his mitisees ley..an *IF . • Idified Vparto the Jury to disebergetbeir &den. : - - He time proceeded to call his witnesses, wls oasis. fitetorily proved that Mr. Mills enetructed hissed( throeghout .is the most peaetrable Manneei end that not a siagle word was uttered by him aftet his arrest, except is densanding to see the warrant. When Mr. Mills had called five witnesses, the Court and Jury expressed their full coevletion that the charge could trot be supported. Mr. ftitsstm said a few words expressive of his surprise at the issue ; when the Jolty instantly re' turned a verdict of.--Not Gritty, OLD DAITiII, Friday, Oct(loer n. BANK PROSEcUTICAS._ On the sitting of the Curt the following persons were arraigned, they kiag charged with having in their possession, an.: with nursing, forged notes of the Dank of 11-,gland, they well knowing them to be to :-I.!*ritiland, John Sent Heath, alias Thomp so•r, John Mattison, Thomas Whitby, Moses Ban -9lzter, Reuben Davy, Robert tireenhill, William Rad tam, John Moon, Richard Stevens, IVm. Smith, Mills Johns, Ann Prince, Ann Clifton, Mary Lam bert, and Racine' Ilibbert, severally pleaded guilty to the minor offence of having forged notes in thrir pos s4ssion, which subjects them to he transported for 1-I years. The following pleaded not guilty generally, and will take their trials for the capital offence:— Susan Dillon, Ann Deane, Elisabeth Slater, Elisa beth Smith, Elizabeth Rime, and Thomas Johnstone. Mr. RevsoLus said, he was instructed on the part of the Bank, whose wish it was always to take the e ntust lenient course, not to offer any evidence in support of the capital offence against those persons who had pleaded guilty to the minor charge, and they were consequently acquitted. SINGULAR (' %SR. Sophia Anderson, a genteel looking )oung woman, was capi'ally indicted for stealing, in the dwelling house of Francis Haiti's, a gold watch, chain and seals, his pr..perty. '1 he prosecutor and his wife keep a brothel near Finsbury-square, and in September last the prisoner came to lodge there, paying pretty handsomely fur her accommodation. Some time after the prosecutor's wife missed her watch, &e. and traced it to a pan n broker's shop, where the prisoner had pledged it for right guineas. She abse:mded at the same time, and was traced to Northold, Hampshire, where she was ap prehended, with sonic lian.!-notes which she had ro csived fur the watch in her possess Mn. 'I he prosecutor, on cross examination, said his wife often went by different names. Mr. Baouvaica, on behalf of the prisoner, called John Norton, uncle to Sirs. llailiss, who swore, that in snue cases he would nut believe Mrs. Bail's% on her oath. Mrs. Norton also swore that she considered Mrs. Esther Bailin was nut to he believed no leer oath. The Jury found the prisoner Uullty—Death ; hut recommended her strougly to mercy, on account of the notorious characters of the prosecutors." Mr. Justice PARKE said the recommendation should certainly be attended to, and refused to allow Mr. and Mrs. &anis, their expesces. Lewis !Aram was capitally convicted of taking, by force cud vieleeer, from the peruse of *. Themes Taylor, a watch, be. MI iirepeetr,-- Ttairlebety was committed in open day, in a public Ate, and was attended with circumstances of great in ' clarity. Mary Lennard, alias Hopkins, was capitally in dicted fur stealing one lift and seven 1/. IJauk of England notes, the property of Mary Ureen, in her d terns ng-buttse. 'I he prosecutrix is a laundress, having a large fa mily to support, and the prisoner occasionally washed for her. In February last the prisoner went to Mrs. Green to borrow a I!. note, which she lent to her, and the prisoner saw her take the note from several others which she kept in a stocking placed in a table drawer. The prisoner subseqw:ittly called several time•_ on trifling errands. and at length the mosey in question• was missed, and she Myst-untied altogether from the neighbourhood. The notes were rentrly traced to her possession. The Jury found her Utility—Death. POLICE OCILDUALL —A miserable-looking female, of the name of Catherine Carpenter, a woman of the , toen, and an occasional pensioner upon the parish of Us fist Church, Surrey, was examined at this office on the Ilth inst. upon suspicion of an intention to destroy an infant about four or five weeks old, by throwing it into the Thames. . SEDITIOUS lIAAVDAILL4. We art inforasod the tits Londe% Grand Joey. hav iad gone thiougb all the ordiitary helmet's of the pre sto* Session, were to have been slisobargell yestertiay troesiog; bat that they were detained for the ptirpose of vetesvieg BiUs oflodiettnent against Fp/yak/is, alias Pleb:Act.; with a view to rocare his Do:dowry; and, it is further stated, that these Bills of liiitictinest will Le presented by the City Solicitor. This, however. Is a fact for which we cannot vouch. Similar Dills, we believe, were yesterday presented against the same individual to the Middlesex Grand Jury at Hicks's Hall. Information has been received by a respectable house in the City, that this man freaklia sailed from Falmouth on Saturday last, in the Montague packet, for Lisbon And Rio Janeiro. SPARRING. The fias•li(ht Mau had his first Benefit at the Fives court on Wednesday, and it was tolerably well attended. Oas and Shelton made a very manly set-to, but Shel ton's science was not fit to put his daring on one side, or to get the best of it. Oliver and Larkin made a very good set-to, with equal advantages, as did also Scrog gins and Sampson. Abbot challenged Martin, who was present, and promised to oblige hips. DARING AND 01;TRA0101:11 Roananv.—Thursday afternoon, a little before five o'clock, as a gentleman was proceeding along the Strand, near Charing-cross, observing a crowd approaching him from Chasing cross, and suspecting from their disorderly conduct that they were pickpockets, he in order to avoid them stepped into the boot-maker's shop at tie corner of St. Martin's-lane, intending to wait until they bad ! passed. As soon as he hail entered the shop, the! crowd, amounting to 12 or 14 men, came up to the shop door, and rushed into the shop, apparently as if they bad pushed each other in, but their object in-, shinty became apparent, as they in the most daring and outrageous manner immediately seized hold of the gentleman, forcibly dragged him out of the shop, and when they got him into the street, they were joined by others, supposed to amount to the number of forty. who proceeded to ill-treat him, and robbed him of • valuable wmtelt, chain and seals, &c. with 'thick the whole of them made their escape. Sense of the Swan-yard gang are in custody. The place is a nursery for male and female thieves of the must desperate description, and the parish shouhl en deavour to clear this den of infamy if possible. Equally had are several receptacles fur rogues of both sexes in Vine-street, Chandus-street, from whence gangs sally forth at night-fall, and knock down and rob the passengers. If search warrants acre occa sionally issued to take up vagrants and night walkers N these quarters, Fleet -street, and other places, it would he attended with great pishlic benefit. Tran sportation to Botany Bay is no longer considered a punishment by convicts, and soave other punishment should he devised to Pllkvent the commission of crime. DARING lk .—A few nights since, the I dwelling-house of J. Inglish, Esq. of Beggars' Hill, Norwood, was entered by means of a ladder applied to the library window. The thieves happening to break a square of glass, which awakened dlr. Inglish and the servants, they were compelled to make a precipitate retreat, taking away only a few articles of plate, and some linen. Mr. Inglish pursued them by the light of a dark lantern which they carried as far as the Croydon road ; hal the thieves finding their pursuers gaining on them, their leader gave or:lets to " (how the glint." The light was imme diately put out, and Mr. Inglish and his assistants being left in the dark, abandoned the pursuit. Cottosrates Ingram—The following particulars appeared in evidence, iu consequence of the death of Hr. Butterfield, as previously stated iu the Statesman : —Between eight and nine o'clock, on Saturday night hut, the neighbourhood of White Lion-street, Benton ville, were thrown into the greatest alarm, on its being reported that Mr. Richard Freeman Butterfield, a re spectable atturn..y, residing in that street, was found murdered in his bed, his throat being cut across. Mr. Brownian, a surgeon iu that street, was sent fur ; both he and his assistant immediately attended, as did like wise Mr. Briant, a surgeon, of Spencer-street, Clerken well, and from their statement, at the time, it ap peared he had been murdered. Mr. Weissman stated his opinion to the constables, and ordered all the in mates, consisting of eight persons, into custody until the result of the Coroner's Inquest was made known. In consequence of which, Mrs. Butterlidd, her mother, brother, and aunt, together with the servant and family of Mr. flirt, occupying the fir , t floor, . . .. 'I hrough the vigilance and perseverance of Potter, were mule prisoners, and kept in ... confinement till the beadle of St. Ann's, assisted by the inforwatioa of ' sit or seven o'clock on Sunday evening, when, he an the driver of the coach No. 410, the parents of the order from Mr. Hirai', they were liberated till the the child were at length discovered, in a lodging et result of the Coroner's Inquest was made known. On the Wier tad of the town, and brought in custody Blonder an inquisition was held at the sign of the the of fi ce. They described themselves as nra • , Three johns, corner of White Lion -street, and Suffolk. ,aod gave their name* John and Ann Mayan. ThOir street, opposite the house of else deceased, before appearance was very respectable ; the female scarce,'i Thomas Stirling, Esq., Coroner, and a respectable SO years old, and the supposed husband about /N. - P Jury of the neighbouring inhabitants, when Isir Prom the evidence produced it appeared, that the Phillips, brother-in-law of the deceased_ and several prisoners, professing to be husband and wife, hired a surgeons, were examined, upon wh. to testimony second door at the house of a Mr. Watts, No. 55, the Jury, after six hours' close inquiry, returned a 111oucesteretreet, Queen-square, the beginning of verdict "That tile deceased died by his own act, in Septe s.ber, saying she bad just arrived from the cows- cutting his throat in a state of temporary mental Je tty. The female was very far advanced in preguaney, rangement." aid was delivered of a tensile child i.n Sunday evening INATANCZ or HOXFPTY.—A farmer of the name of the third of September. The mother declining to Waller, who formerly resided near Stockton, became .suckle the child, it was delivered, a day or two after t unfortunate and failed, and was unable to pay his err the birth, to the care of Mary Whistler', the wife of ditors more than tis. in the pound. Since that period the bridle of that parish, residing at No. 9, Eagle- (VI years ago), he has, by his industry, realized a `Street, lied Lion-square. With her the child remained i sulfieient sues to pay his er A lito ra 20 a . i n the pound, until the evening of the 10th of October, when it was i and last Tuesday summoned the whole of them to the • ken away by the parents about Kali an boar after house of Mr. Simpson, lied Lion, Silverooreet, in the o'clock, they stating that the child was going to i city of Durham, whe re , a f ter t reat i ng them witha aurae is the conotry. 200 miles off. Within half an good dinner, he paid them a furtherdividend of twelve ,hour of this time the satue eversin,, according to the Shillings. His ereslitore, wishing to testify their ad 'statement of the prisoner, Carpenter, th e child was adratiou, as welt as gratitude for such an hooonrahle 'kit with her at the foot of illackfriars-bridge. solos, immediately sub scr ib e d a suns t o b u y M rs . The pr i se ,,,„,. it. a pp earo d, remained at Mr. Watts's Waller a set of china. nod! the fettling of the 14th nest. when they gav e op Mat holgings, and weed away in the hackney* roach, . welhls:llrtlisivs7;:trialeTrha2l4.l.--4r flue tSaides,tnrobi;laythanduf which wee No. 440,e/boot sense o'clo..k in the erasing ; by t h e . rr".od, tiltr a I, ebb height o f nips has. A ir doe of 'the member. as above stated, the). ow e Insta l . ! I f :l n. "); un br u )- e ' r t 0 7 1 t i : ri a ph e o uttwo o n w hi c h i s e T e r e the weather, and which ison sail apperheoW"e — i s brY• were b 411 rifi e wWitra ito liStd 1 Wiettarii by nava men to the of devil. I wises is a sure Ass a m pet , _ • - ~. _ ISI'ELLIGEscg. The tender belonging to H. M. S. Grecian, pat him Shoreham on the 26th lust. with loss of bowsprit mid rudder unhung. The Albion, Clements, from London to Leghorn, w as carried into Torbay on Wettweviii), by a Mut sma c k, with logs of bulwarks and rudder, and sails and riggi Ng damaged, having received several heavy seas, of UMI AK on the 15th inst. The Lark, of and from Dover to Calais, He is sh ete sear Calais on livirsii.sy night, and it was land %s a id go to pieces. P.isseugers and crew sated. - The Messengei, from Louisiana and eherbour g h, to Havre, was on shore in the Sine, on he ?Otis inst, and full of water, _ _ The James, Dobson, from Oporto to Bristol, was al ma , Boned oa the 30th ult. is la'. 41. 0. ion. 13. The crew saved by the Flying Fists, Bales, rehiek vessel arrived is Standgate Creek, on the 20th imam, from 11alaga. The Verona, Tnbino, from Gibraltar to Tetuan, was totally wrecked at the mouth of that river on th e ft h tilt. Crew and part of the cargo saved. The Cooriard, Kay, of Aberdeen, was brought to oa the 17th alt. in at. 33.211. kin. 40. by a frigate-beilt sins low forward, with yellow sides, black ports, and a 6 4 projecting figure - head; her stern perpendicular, sa d painted black, with a light coloured uiatlding , mat large stern ports. The crew apparently Spaniard s n e Concord was tied into, and had several shots d em o her sails. CA RIMARTHIN, OCT ?O.—During a heavy gale frames * W. S. W. on Monday last, in Toshy Day, a tine schemer with figure head and painted ports, (supposed to be ui American) having rounded the Eastern point of Catily Island, stood in for Teuhy, bat 'wing s•ruck by a . eav s sea, bore away in another direction, and it was fear e d was stranded on the oppo. ite side of tht bay. .1)11AL, OCT. 26,-I'le-dor o'clock at Noei.—The wind has got to the Southward again, and every appearance of blowing hartl.-3 P. Al. Mous very strong with rail. The Killinglwck, Spence, for Amigos. has just parted, anti proceeded for Rating et The Cer. a s Thomp o fur Sierra Leone, has lost an anchor and cable , sad re mains in the outward-homy' appear all well.-5 o'clock, Wind W.S.W. more moderate. PAosTna. OCT. 21.—The settootwe John, Puler. was wrecked near this plate yesterday. Crew dre rare. Part •t the usaterials are saved. There are several fellows at present going &Isom town, who knock at doors with a pretended letter for some person in the house, or sonic Iris oloas erase, to ge. the servant out of the way, and during bis monies tary absence they carry off whatever is psrtableia the ball. Servants should net let say person into a parlour or other apartment under the pretence of writ ing a letter, for if they do the place is sure to he rid , bed. All street doors and back doors should be hotted after night-tall as several fellows have lately picked lucks, and plundered houses without their being dis covered by the inmates. r Cratora CHAtI !—.l few days back one of the of ficers of the Southwark Court of Requests. went to serve an execution for a debt of 13s. 6d. on a labout ing man residing in an alley in Tooley-street. Ha entering the room he found hint at breakfast, hut be fore he could apprise hint of the nature of his visit, he pulled up the sash, jumped oat of the window, and took to his heels, followed by the officer, awl slaelsered himself in au old building in Hay's Wharf, from which it was found impossible to dislodge hint, till one of the constables at the Town-hall came, and by the efforts of both, he was at length compelled t► come down ; he did not, however, surrender hear. The end of Mill-lane was blocked up by people, and no hopes of escape being apparent that way, be ►at towards the River, being closely punned, and "Mg on board the Joseph and Ann, of Weymouth, whiat was getting under weigh. and climbed to the f:re-top mast head. The constables also got on board and demanded him of the Captain, who refused to inter fere, awl the vessel anon floated into the milelle of tie river. lie was then followed up the rigging, but I having been an old sailor, he skipped about like a eat, and climbed up the forestay, and into the main top. which he kept shaking., to deter his pursuers from following him.—The vessel had now made the Cris. j ' tom-house Quay, u here • great crowd were swill bled to witness the sport. Just as the brig was r,..ir in% the shore, the adventerons fellow made a sudden run along the forestay, jumped into an en.: ty barge alongside, from thence into a Watertnan's boat, and leisurely rowed himself down to Billingsgate, where lie was received with shouts of applause. TGe officers arrived after a few minutes after the poor fellow's de parture, and were greeted with the usual scruff); jokes of the fish-venders Prides. night as Mrs. Foley, who keeps a chandler's shop in heather -lane, was crossing t'lerkenw•ell-Krsra, was attacked by ti:o villains, who forcibly tore her pocket from her side, and robbed her of two oie plead notes, and sixteen shillings in silver ; took the eimk from WI her shoulders and the bonnet oil herb*, The pcor trunass being se mnrb frightened, date? kilned, which gave the villains time t e•fed{Mer escape. The poor 140111RII was found as dercrihr4ibf some passengers, who humanely took rare of her aaiii she recovered. On the trial of the lad convicted at the Old Budley, on Wednesday last, of seeding a threatening letter to extort umney, it was stated, that two other, letters were found upon him, one of which was directed To Illasgow. It is bet justice to the culrrit to stet', that these letters *era merely letters of business, the writer of one of which kw' been dead these tiro yeiso, and were nothing aisle than louse paper. 111ARRIF.1). Thornslay last. at Fulham Church, by the Lnrd Hilltop a London. the Rev. John M. Brooke, NI. A.. Cl.aplain to Mt Royal Highness the Dlikr of York. and 441111 of the late Col. Bred... many years llovernor of Mt. listrea. to Looks. daughter of the Rev. Holt Waring. of Waringstoro. Ireland. DIED. Os Wedaesdar. •Zile litit instant, at Datestry. Nortkosr towards.. Mrs. Ilebdes. aged le. Oa Tavola,- hat. at Camberwell. aged 0 yeast. altegra insesa 0( 34 hoar. (ass slaty of *Web was rosaittored &Me -1 rotas), Mariana*. yssagast &saltier at J. M. tow. gni. 4 1 Norwich. 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