The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-11-21 00:00:00

' p Tk SiMirth stated, pbsitively,“that , these three shiers were given to that gentleman by those who wore the letters " O. P." which he wore at that tittle, and that he had been beard to say*to those who wore this badge of tumult, " That's right ; go on, persevere, and when you leave the house disperse." So that they had him on the 7th of November in this scene of riot, among those who blew their horns and trumpets, eml sprung their fettles, fie. Hitherto he had only taken notice of Mr. Clifford.; on the night of the 31st of Octo ber, he might nut have been expected there; how ever he was recognised thew by the people, and be addressed them afterwards, advising them to persevere, although with the prudent* caution of advising them to disperse when they should be gone oat of the House. He was charged with be ing in these tumultuous scenes on the 31.1 of Oc tober, the 4th, 7th and 14th of Noeember. Ho then came to the cases of other . persons, whom he moved, and those were Mr. 11 4 a i l e s e s i t solt, Mr. Scott, Mr. Sange. and Mr. Rid ley. With respect to Mr. Ridley, they had no proof about him, except that he was at the the. Ore one night, and that was on the 31st of Or. tober ; but then he had " 0. P." in his hat, and he made a great e. He was apprehended, conducted before a 31sgistratu, where he confessed . that he had worn " 0. P." in his hat, and saij he would do it again. Here was.* manifest de. termination to persevere. With respect to Mr. Wienholt ho had been present and conspicuous amidst the tumult on the 31st of October, Bth, and 14th of November, and took an active and pointed part in the riotous proceedings, and was encouraging the riutuui to persevere; and on one deeasion, whets the placard of " conquer or die" was exhihitsil, a person having tutu it, he was one of the most active in turning that person out of the Pit. As to Mr. Scott. it appeared by almost all the affidavits that he was concerned in these tumults, particularly those of the 28th of October, and the Bth and 14th of November. The affidavits applied to Mr. Wienkult, Mr. Scott, and Mr. Sa. vane, stating their tumultuous conduct •in the lower hoses, showing that they joined the number of those whu cried " Off! off! off ! off !"‘ No stew prices !" "No ne►► prices !" ite. ice. with 44 O. P." in their hats. " it is not necessary," said the Attorney-Go moral, " to go through the whole of the acts of riot and tumult which took place at the time when these persons were present. I have staiellsene rally what took place every night, free the open ing of the Theatre to the present time, and we have Heed ea certhin characters, who, we say, conspired to carry into effect their purpose, by combining and acing their joint strength, in ordrr to accomplish, by unlawful means, that purpose which they had determined to attempt ; 'tamely, • that or obliging the Propriators anti •Alatsager to admit perigee to the Thetas* at tite old prices ; that is, to accomplish that object by force, which they have so right to attempt. The Proprietors Wight heel lattleded a each grimier sober than base persons in this application to the Court, poi sons who were connected intimately with these tu inultuary proceedings ; bet they have uuly select ed these individuals who were the must prominent In these uproars, and they appear to hare been snore than ordinarily active, and therefore are they only selected ; and the Proprietors hope, that pro ceeding against those will be sufficient to restore oiler and trasignillity in the Theatre. I there fore, with that view, trust your Lordships will . . . . grant a Kole, calling on each 0r thrice iiittividnal, • to shew cause, why a criminal information should not be filed against him." Lord ELI ENBUROUGII—" Take a Rule to 'hew caose.” RI!le granted. Thom - a 4 Wright was bronght into Court, upon Habeas Corps..., under the care of his brother, John Wright, who was supposed, by some of his relations, to have kept his brusher under some undue restraint ; on which account the Habeas Corpus was applied for, and granted, fur the pur. pose of knowing from that person himself whe ther he was-under restraint or not. John Wright was ordered to stand at a dis tanco. from his brother, while Lord . ELLI4IIIO - interrupted him as to the manner in which his brother behaved to him--whether kindly or otlter*+•ise--whether he wished to go back with his brother, or to any other place, assuring hint that the Cowl would protect him a hilhersoever it was his wish to gu. He answered, saying, that his brother had be bind very kindly to him, In every respect, dor. ing the whole of the time he was under his bro ther's etre, and that he was - itiot •OM to provide for himself. lie wished, by all meat's, to go back to his brother's house. He was asked, if he wanted any thing that his brother's house had • not thd means Mr providing, which it was possi ble to procure fur his comfort any where else ? He said he should like to go to AlArgate, for the benefit of sea-bathing, and which be hoped his brother would allow hies. The Court could • snake no order upon that part of tho ease, it could only give directions as to Cite person ender whose care he sitould reside, arid told him tint he was at li!terty either to go to his brother's house, or any other plActi he pleased on which intima tion he retired. TUE KING V. EDWARD GOLDSIOROVOU. Bir. PARK prayed the judgment of the Court on the Defendint, who stood convicted by his own admissitsn, be having salted judgefeut to pass by default, on a crimi formation filed against him, charging him w drawled the Ge neral Post-Office, by a allowatico of false claims made by him as' y Posioniter of Wells, in the county of Somerset... • It appeared by affidavit, that the Defendant bad held the shore office from the year 1806 to 1808, - and that ' during. that time, be had claimed a portion of allowance for letters, greater than ap: peared to be the proportion of his office, for letters sent to him, and witb • the postage of whieh he stood charged, but which- he stated to bare been misdirected, and that he bad sent them by cross-posts, so that be did not receive the postage of Was: on ageoant of the dispropor. STATESMAN , tlon of his claim, suspicion was excited at the Post.otfice, and particulars were taken of the di. rections of all the letters sent to his office for a I whole quarter of a year, and his claims for those which he said he had , not received the postage of ons account of having sent them to other post. offices, where the postage was reteived, was. checked by this entry, when it was found that he claimed this allowance for many letters which had never been seat to him at all; upon which this prosecution was instituted, and he suffered judg. moat to pass by default. The Defendant's affidavit stated his condition ha life. That he became concerned at Wells in the business of a silk.throwster, in which be had embarked 50001. but owing to his want of know. ledge and skill in that business, he sustained se. vcral losses, to which his attention to the Post Office had contributed, his losses having on that account alone been 2501. That if he should be deprived of the means of superintending his bust. eels himself, he must sell it, on which occasion there would be a lons of between two and 30001. which would be the absolute ruin of himself and family, consisting of a wife and four children.— That he was advanced in years above sixty, and, before this unfortunate error, had borne an irre. proachable character, and‘was esteemed by all his J neighbours. The ATTOZNIT GaiSICAL regretted that the Court had to pronounce, on this Dsfendant, the sentence which they would find it their duty to pronounce. What he stated of himself is his aft. davit was very true ; he had, until this offence of his was discovered, preserved a very fair charac ter in the world, which made it the more to be lamented that he should have forfeited that charac ter ' • but the fraud which he had committed was a crime very serious in Its effect to the public ; and that the more so, on account of the difficulty of detecting it, for letters were sent from the Gene. ral Post.office, to the different Post-offices in the country, and the postage on them was marked here, and only the whole amount taken of the postage, and thus charged to the different De puty Postmasters in the couutry ; to enter rei. noel/ the direction of every one of these letters would not only be tedious, but impracticable.— It had been done, however, in this case, or de. teettoo would have been impossible. Under these circumstances, be apprehended that the Court would feel that public justice had in this case a elates, which could not be satisfied by a slight punisheseat. Mr. Asso.r, oa the NM side, observed, that although the amount of the money of which the Defendant appeared to have defrauded the peblie was but small (between three and four pounds, he believed), yet it mast be remembered, that the sthZale revenue of the Post-office was made up of small sums. Hr. Bunaonens addressed the Court in mitiga tion of punishment, and observed Upon the age, condition, and character of the Defendant. He had sot pet the pshffe to the expence of a trial, bat had suffered judgement to pass bi• default. Sometimes the Court round itself under the ne cessity of passing a rigid sentence on persons guilty of a inisdemea on account of the frequency with which they were committed ; but it was so far from being the case here, that this, he believed, was the only instance in which the offence had occurred since Lird Ellenboiroisgli had been on the Bench. If, therefore, it was necessary to be severe on account of crimes bving frequently committed, it seemed to follow that lenity might be shown where they were mere spout. He knew very well, that public justice must harp awards made in cases of this kind, but their Lordships would look to all the circum stances of. this case ; and he trusted they would he able to reconcile it with their public duty, to prutiuuuce on this linfortunate man, such a punish ment as might not end in his ruin. Mr. Justice La llhatic then proceeded to pro. uounce the judgment of the Court, and after re. capitulating the circumstances of it, proceeded to observe, it was an aggravation of the offence, that the Defendant had sworn that this fraudulent account of his was true, thereby defeating en tirely the purpose which the legislature had in view when it framed the oath to be taken on these occasions, which was intended to give to the public security against frauds, by binding the consciences of men. In apportioning punish molt fur an offence like this, it was unnecessary to advert to the circumstances of the crime being frequently, or seldum committed, because the Court dibcovered features in this cue, which made it impossible fur it, consistently with . its duty to the public, to pass over such en offence as this with a light punishment, it would be en. couraging fraud and ruining the revenue to do so. At the same time they had adverted to the geed character which, up to this time, the Di.. fondant had preserved. They find considered how far the sentence which this crime deserved might operate to drive the defendant out of so duty, which would be the effect of renderiug him Infassidus by-punishment (the pillory, were. note, was here alluded to) ; but the Court must take care to pronounce such a judgment as would not only operate on the mind of the de. fondant, bat on the public mind also, that they sight see what must be the lot of every one who should hereafter stand in the situation in which the Defendant did. The sentence of the Court upon hien was—That he dO pay to the King a fine of 2001.—that he be imprisoned in his Majesty's gaol 'of Newgate fur 18 calendar months, and that ho be further imprisoned until such fine be Paid- . _ -.ow— COCKPIT, WHITEHALL, Nov. 213. Before the Most Noble and Right lion. the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prise Causes. Atalanta, Klein, master.—This ship, under Bremen colours, laden with sager, coffee, and •ace, bound from thelsle of France to Bremen, was captured on the 14th of Jail, 1807, by the Argo privateer, John Bader, Commander. It appeared that the ship had taken on board, at the Isle of France, dispatches from the French Go vernor, addressed to the Minister of Marine, at Paris, which were, at the time of capture, con cealed in a chest of tea. Tbb was t►e ground of conliscatioa is the High Coot of Admiralty, from which sentence is appeal was proseeetod.— Their Lordships deferred kedipmeet till Rest Court day. ..11 • MILITARY SYSTEM(. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN. lirlowl, Nor. 7, 1109. ___ Sta—There is a strong appeal to be made on the meeting .f the Imperial Parliament in Wiser of the °Seen of the Line ; and we wish this to obtain publicity through the channel of your Paper : the following are the outline* :...' The public at large appear to tite highly inte rested in doing jusdce . to these brave and old (sli cers of the line of all ranks, who have not had their regular promotion, and who have been laid aside, because the nurslings of Ptivrer see to be 'provided fur. For this purpose an inquiry is to take place at the meeting of Parliament, conduct. ed by one of the ablest Statesmen in the Empire * the force of whose powers will Aasb conviction to the present Military Rulers; he Will unfold a tale that will astonish even Corruption, blagtiii4 where it smiles, because it weakens the nerves of Government. Here follow, a statement of British Regiments enjoyed by Princes of thoillood,. Officers of the Guards, and the Commander in Chief. Regiment. The Prince of Wales, the 10th Light Dragoons The Doke of Combed/aid, the iLth do. do 1 The Doke of York, the ha Regiment of (:cards, dm battalions. mad Calomel 4.Chief of six batta lions of the WO mimes* 9 The Poke of Cvtridge,, the two battalions .of Roar*, and Colonel lia.Chkt of 17 battalions of foreign troops The Mato( Gloucester, two battalions of Guards 2 • The Doke of Kent, 4 Yu: . Italian' of the Scots Ro3als with the iterative Government of Gibraltar 4 Forty-twn ()Seen. who have smed in the Guards, who have obtained regiments in the line 44 The Commander in Chief, the Scots Greys ' and Co lonel In Chief of three battalion of the 95th, and the Government of Chelsea To this number if we add the Peers and Mi;n bers of Parliament who have cavalry regiments and regiments of the line, what is left for those glorious men who have bled and toiled for their country-for forty, fifty, and si:ty years, in every section of the globe ? Oh, fie upon it ! Oh, fie upon it !!! Is this the way to iusnie success to eur great empire ? It is privately stated, that mi litary patronage is in the hands of four families, a Commander and his late aid. Instead of adding vigour to our military energies and councils, you resort to imbecility, iitfirmity, and dotage, which has been aided by a lute cold, miserable calculator, whose wretched mind is only .tretchtil to his own sordid views, in calculating on African contingen cies, Chelsea acres, and bow to make the most of the Commissariat deparrmast. However it may afford great consolation to Ad. ministration, that so much power and emolument is placed in the hands of the Princes of - the Blood, and the Officers of the Gnards, it is a subject of tie most serious lamentation that the experienced warriors who hive served in every quarter of the globe are laid aside. But to the old Lieutenant- Generals, whose claims they%cannot ged rid of, Government appoint them to invalid baltaliung, with the miserable pay of 4091. 10s. per annum, after deducting the income tax. Is this the way these veterans are to he treated.? Is this not suffi cient to rouse the feeliugs of the just, and awaken the alarms of every reflectiug mind ? And to si- Itnee those other General Officers who have no in. tervsl, bat whose claims are nut to be trifled with, you give them provincial regiments, and garrison battalions. We could state the names of nine Ainjor-Ge nerals, who have not been employed in the two last - campaigns, who aro eminently qualified fur any command that the Empire can entrii,t them with. To the service they are unalterably and solely devoted, bin no temptation could corrupt them, nor prospect of advantage could shake their integrity. They spoke unaffectedly their military opinions, from the holiest dictates of their hearts. For this they are not employed— bet weadmire that the British spine is nut suffici ently incurvated, for continual booing before their Northern Chief. In the distribution of your Foreign and Home Staff, in more than two instances in each service, you have employed two foreign Generals. We notice Baron Alton upon the Staff, as Brigadier, at Walcheren ; sod Baron Linsingen upon the home Staff, at Ipswich, as a Major-General. Is this to be supported, when you see so many gal lant Generals unemployed every day at the Horse Guards, beseeching the Commander in Chief for employment ? There are liiewise tree British Ge. womb on the Thome Staff, that were never out of Eseglasul—oae at Bristol. The fwd.!, regiments ' in the luiperial service are all commanded by fu. reign Colonels !—What would our gallant naval Meads say, if British bhips were to be commanded by foreign °nicer, ? There will be laid before Parliament the num. I her of regiments of the line, which have been be stowed within these last sixteen years upon Offi cers of .the Guards. Have these :roups more fighting, more honour, more laboer, than the Officers of the Line? therefore they should not be entitled to greater favour. In the Guards they have no rank of Major, or Lieistriptst, and their I Emirs areconsklered eligibly for companies. Do the (retards serve in the burning suns of the Ea't or West ladies, Attica, or the cold regions of America ?: With every respect to the Officers of the Guards, their services are not to be named with those of the Line; and those gallant oth. cers, in the pursuit of glory, perils, death, and exile, aro to be slighted, neglected, and despised. Let the King and . the Country bestow great pityi to the Olken of the Guards, but surely not rant over the Line. If there was a tolerably equal distribution of regiments, governments, and military appointments, there would be a sulfiCieury tor every brave man iu the service. There are great means in this country to provide for all, and the Public, who funk!' those means, request it may be dean. There are seventy sd, 3d, and 4th battalions, attached to the old corps of the Line ; why sot bestow these corps to unprovided Gamrals or Colonels ? L9NDON Printed P.,„blibard Ity Is. lAtR6L, at talt ST•lcapliaa Ot IKE, bi t Ficel-ttretk To the PRINTERS .f the SiLISBURI AAD WVICHAISTE JOURNAL. Giarmants—From the general circulation of your Paper in -one of our principal maritiuq , ports, and &dung the coast, I am endured to re. quest you will insert the following article ; 0:1 Monday, the 6th instant, nu leas than priv.i. leers made their appearance on the coast opposite Swanage, two ul them (in the coitse of the day) nut being more than three !emotes from the lanJ ; and notwithsfrnding the signals were flying fur them (at the signal station•) from day.ligla unlit dark, yet an Excise cutter, o hich w - at anch, r in Snanage Bay, did not even make .1 pretence to chase ! If the Naval Officers along the coast have net safficient authority to order these vessels to do their duty u: , ou such occasions, it is hi.:h time they or sumo one had ; end there can be no doubt but that, if the Lords of the Ail:1)4.111y were in pussessiott of the whole of the transactions of that day, some regulation respecting them would be adopted ; they are fitted and kept up t en im mense expence to the country, and area tine eta; of vessels, fully competent to cop^ with any of the enemy's privateers in the channel ; there can remain little doubt but those privateer- wave glut ted th e m se lvo with British captares, as they have chosewa most judicious cruising vaunt! betatett Portland and the Wight,. by the lights of both which pieces vessels bound up chwinel shape their coitrse ; indeed the channel from the Start upwards is full of them, and the commencement the lung nights is the season of their operations. THE MARKETS. UXBRIDGE. Coro•laspeetor's Retarts—Toustsailr g Nov. IL Wheat, per load VII. —s. to &O. 10s. Barley, per quarter 42.t —d. to Otis. —d. Oats ttds —d 4.15. —d. IN I Beaas yds. —d. a ‘i34. —d. PCSU .ls‘. —l. to 51h. —A. PRIGS F HOPS. 11101. Kent, 41. Li,. to 61. 64. vocKeTs. Kest. 41. 154. to Q. 184. Sussex, SI. 15s. to 51. It,. Fortino. IUI. Os. to 111. us. Sinsex, 41. to 31. ss. Essex, 41. lth. fo 51. 114. STRAW YESTERD %Y. 11111111Cil• PCL. Hay. M. t 101. Clover. 61. 104 to 71. Ifh. Shun, 'N. 4.. to IL 10s. NEWGATE AND LEADI ri ALL MARKETS. (By the Carcase.) Beef 31. Od. to 4s. 4.1. 1 % d 4s. 03. to Gs. 04. Motion 3s. ed. to ss. 04. 1 Pork Ss. 6d. to Is. lid. PRICES OF HAY AND IT. JANES'S. Hay. 41. Os. 04 to 111. 10s. Straw,2l. 2s. 61 to 13.115. OLI. 'At 1.. PW, Ake 'f ono Tallow ebsOl ON 01 Yet! W Rnwa Kik tkis Od 11 ...e dkto -o,od Soap ditto 37s Od W. Od elettiol, Stud . eIPBOd 4J. Ditto rough 6Us tll Otis ill Graves quad Dreo Its Od Yellow - Soap, 102.*—Motticd, t t Od--Piczes 106—Cord. iltito—C -tie ;. Xt.. li. Price of Candles, per dole , 15e 04—moulds, 164 Od PRICE OF LE.ITHI.I:. Botta. 50 to solbs. each - `2ld to t. 14 per Us. Ditto, 541 to tiblbs. each - to Stbd PRICE OF St. James's Market ..5s Od Clare Market Le lid IYhaechape4 Market 5s Cel per st. vt Wb. 15a Od Average Ls 04 Merchants' Barks • No x. Daub/4 Hid .s - Ist to lted Fin!: Coach Hides -4.4 d to 21ed Clop 1141 rs 4 to 401b' for cutting 19gd to Al Ditto 30 to 40lbs. - led to 19h4 Calf Skis* Akto 41.111 b. - tad to :; 4 Ditto to 70111, - 3ld to 4tbd l)itto 70 to -33 d to 39d Stu dl Seals ((ireenlaii.l) 9s Ud to lb ltd Large ditto it to AO" per cloaca. Tanned Hor,e Hides —d to —d per lb. -....5i....... RAW 1110E9. Best Heifers and Steers (per Ordiuory Qs. Od. to Si. 4A. •tux) (d. In ;is. Zd. Market Calf Lis. +I. each. Middlings li. Md. to fore lii.. (Id. biseep Skins ;is. dd. to • COAL MARKET. Ships at Market. Ships sold. Prire. Z4J Newcastle Il .. Sii, 31. to 7at.: 04. I &cinch Cnal I 1 Yorkshire C0a1... 1 GOs. Gd. is Os. 0.1. 2 Cinders Y . SSG. 4.1. to Os. OA. Fnov TIIE LONDON GAZETTE, Nor. 18. DIVIDENOS. I)ee. 11. T. Strieklanil and S. C. lloilavel, , Liverponl, mer chants.— Ike. T. 111111. Bristol, lorand k mien. liani. 9. J. and r. Bolton, lVarrington, Lancashire, potter!. Dee. 12. It. Ai:demon, iinildrord-Areet. tnevelant..--lise. It W. Hall, Silver-greet, Wood-greet, Che M well , tit *r wirehousentan.—Dee. 1.2. Iltdi.u:d, Cheapside. hat.er dattier.—Dee. 16. G. A. It iddlesuirffer,Whiter..apel, hatser diullser.—Jan. Si). J. Hunter, tireat Newport--freer, higher chistu 1-.—Jan. 9. R. Ronin..an. 11 melvester, rotten -twig anti aeft dealer.—Dee. I'2. C. Newman, W titerhapel, IrSop kee;wr.—Der. 21. J. Brookes, .lobe -street. West ?.,.nithlef,!, hard vrareama.—Dee. 10. J. Most-ly, Seine Fleet, sear H node.o, Yorkshire, potatne-mercbtanc—Jan. JO. J. Len. Manchester, merchant.—Der. S.I. li. Botlllatl, kill. bast Kamm, farmer.—De• . 14. J. Gaue, Trimbenke„ WHts, carpenter.—lkc. It S. J. flatith. Onnhirst, Lanca shire, check-lianufacturcr. -7V iv. 30. T. Neale, St. :11.1r tin's-late. dealer in spirituous Ilitosst.—Dee. 5. D. .:Ed E. Blacisford, Lombard-street, gold and silver Ineemen.—Dec. I. S. Nichols, Jun. Bath, upholsterer.—Dec. IL L. 161)ar Liverpool, emiper.—Dee. L.. J. Sit ttr, Newpte-street, li nen-gaper.—Dec. 11. -li. Eke, Sutton in A!•Wld, Nottim ham. hosier.— N or. VS. W. lAN.on, St. t:athe*ine's-street„ bescuit-baker.—Dec. 19. 5..1 Sauey. bricklayer.—Der. 19. W. and J. Clor:.r, Poutirb, tube:- daAhen..—l)ee. rt Youn• Nes port-Areet, tinom-draper. —Dec. 16. J. Clarke. Sili..bury, isaberdJsbee. CEILTIFICATES—Dic. O. S. Seddall. Ilur4l, Lawaphire, nition-ntanoracistrr.—L. Able, Dean-p:rect, Snm hertoa, Tiverton, Verna, Pippett, Cbeivooke, Soinenti. (Auer 'Car. /2.4 Sheen, Aturii:Ae, Surre%, laker.—Sk M.lnaamn, Km. IC olk:unnt, ant W. filotani, Gr4ce coleirele-streei, bsonkers..—Ww. W. Hall. iltiuktia-erect, Ilacitae•-ro.a. boutreller. MI itTIIS. Oa Saturday last, in Bedford-place, the Lady of Richard Neave, Esq. of a *4 OIL Uo Saturday, the lain inst. the lloaaar.itile II ra.Codringtan. of a daughter. MARRIED. On Saturday Inst. at St. llotolph's, Bich/vita*, Mr. H. Rotted, to Mrs. liunsphre.44l He4er C.4.0r. Kent. Yestentay, Mr. P. tleisrh, of i4tt ~44tt, St. Mary Axe, to Mary,artvad daughter 4,1 Jobn Scott,F.,4l. 134-i/era...quart. 131 h. 13. OhlVedoesday, after a short ill:best, anti sincere!) remised, Ste.. Weeds., wife of Mr. W. ,no, or Blip n,•id. Ors Friday, at Cossiocrwell4groye, R 4se I Curling. Esq. aged ar years. i)o Satofday, Mr. Wraij!, of liutron - & bulk ins, flack friars-road. 00 tkiturda, evening ti.**, in the 714 sear 4:f leer ate, Mr , . Maitland!, wife of It. Malt! •owl, Lsq. Es..e ik. Gree '‘‘ Pr =" - °I