The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-01-29 00:00:00

. . CA CIU,k-S- r ji..AAA A— T :1?/ T 4 A A A - 7 4 CCCot.: If ..) 1 . . _ - :,. - f • :1' # ; •-• f e ( .:i 2 • 117 4 : " '.. • (• r 7 l l- Iii - e• - • i v i 1 , ..... ' • . 1 . ; i'" . I TM' b ell .• - ; ~4 1, 1 b e ..... '' .* icAt :/11‘); i .. ~, . • . . • • _ 1 LONDON. SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1820. ~,,...............marifirs. - , I PRICE P. t having endeavours. • obtala an I I 11 11 . , 7—COnSit. 4 ag the r - vary impk,..Vr ill i 1 • -... ft .pi.:11; 4Th. . i , • 1 ++ L i 1 : i a A . ar . 0 to ; Pal I .; : n , ii ith hit tort tht at . ' ! }gh B. ) mu ' • • i ien ( mer i 1 , ke i r) I - 1‘ kie , ! i . ' , .. . . PO' t , I 1 ~„ 1 the Dra , 7 ' l ' ) .. AIM I PIM MT i 1 • ''' it Tal ) , I ... No. 4626. " The Cause for Waal HAMPDEN fell 4111 . 44fid, and snow mot •ii Scala(' •' PRICE 7D• LILES BY .4UI find me guilty for having endeavoured to obtain an honest livelihood. Mercantile or Professional Residence, Winchester street, Broad. Mr. HAT.--tientlemen of the Jury—Considering the situation in which I stand, it would be very impeoper in me to make any observations. In many diset it *gilt s ?; be necessary, hare It is not, to offer any remark ' f ob libel is so clear that it cannot be mistakes . 1 h e idly to say, according to the power vested in me to re my opinion, that this is in grop a libel as can be. If any one chooses to take on himself to sell what may be a libel, he is answerable for it. The Foreman took the paper into his hand, and tnrne.l round to the rest of the Jury. In about one minute he returned a verdict of tiniity. t:borlton, immediately a fter the verdict, was conduct ed by the officers into the felon's dock, where he stood expecting judgment. . Joseph Skew - now appeared to pray that his ropogai ances ehomilLaeg.he entreated. 'Alt-c , ve Mi. Wlttrams.—l oppose it DOW. Joseph Shaw.—l was here all the week, and inning got entirely out of subsistence, I went to Bolton lag night far subsistence. I wished back this morning, thirteen miles, as fast as I was able. I could not be here earlier. Mr. HAT.—We can do nothing now. It tests with the prosecutor. Mr. WILLIAMIL-1 consent. I only wished to hear what be had to say. lam ready now in his case. Joseph Shaw said, that he was without any refresli meat, and prayed a little time. Mr. Williams at once consented, and the prisoner left the Court for a short time. Mr. Hay (to Chorlton, who continued to stand at the bar)—You may stand down, but perhaps you via% to hear the °tiles trials; if so, you may remain as you are. By Mr. BINDLE., Os its Premises, oa Wnowasaat, Fel by order of the Assignees of Mears. Matehants, Bankrupts, tria Desirable LEASEHOLI S. No. 4, Great Winchester-street, mimed to be a most admirable situatim Brvbec, sr Professional Badman ; be&roosts with closets, drawing-room. I tall, hick °face, and a capital lofty ware °Nees or en section-room, 411 foot tom sad excellent domestic emcee ea the bs kf toexpfred term of is years, at a mode To be viewed three days pretiotts to tb titulars ma be t ad; alio of Mr. Jobe i and of Mr. mho., ix, tb • --- rumba's, St oel t4ml i radr. Whaohamor-rborsts.iimmakliallit BY Mr. MINDS" O. is Precious, No. A Grant Wlndblitter-stratt. Brobtf• street. oa WRIMRSAAT, Yob.°llllll644lllloMm. for Tmoilto. by order of the Assignees of Hughes and Todd, Merchants. Bankrupts. THE excellent HOUSZHOLD comprislog loAy fsTimpie bedlam& Wilk estba bangle's. essimmise $l.. galler-bids, and bedding. idsil made cabinet verb Is molosana. assist Illataaro seat tlaman • s dresalnemtands. capital Tinhistleakillsmard. of patent dining-tabhis. nil& id quid and library ta sots of parlour chairs. satin-hair soots aorpits. plor.glassas and wont mirrors. algal and Merino cloth window-eurtalns, p spring dipti mahogany hail chairs. polished fenders and Ire4runs;drag pits. sad numerous other 'Shots. SALFORD SESSIONS. MANCIINITZI, JAN. 27. Ltaat..—Joseph Shaw, of Bolton, charged with libel, was called at the sitting of the Court, and waited for full an hour, but not apimaring, his recognisances were artreatod. Behar' Ogden was next called, but Mr. Daniels, soli citor fur the prosecution, stated, that he had had no in structions, and that he had told so to Mr. Nadia.— Not Guilty. ASSAULT, ON •1101:117' 16, 1819. ria, Mellor was brought up to answer fur an as ' nawastitted with riot. Clerk—You submit now? POSTPONRAIRNT OF DRAWING. TIIBH respectfully acquaints his best Friends, . the Public. that i n consequence of the lamented Woof his Rixyal Highness the Diu of KENT, the Imat ag's Drawing of the State Lottery, which was to have dii One un Saturday, the 'Nth inst. 4, POTPONED, A mar a the Ccimmissioners of his Majesty's Treasury. To SATVRDAY, 3Yli FEBRUARY. Oa the followleg day will be sold, the STOCK to TRADE. comprehending a variety of coloered bolds, mock coral sad bugle onuusents, Meet jet goods in neeklaeds, bracelets and ornaments, ladles shoes and boots. rant, for soles, scales and weights, alai various other properly. To be viewed one day previous to the Sale, when Caw logues may be had os the Premises ; also of Mr. Jobs Smith. Actlag Assignee and At:consistent, TS Coruhill ; and of Mr. Medi', IS, Cbsecery-laue. Prisoner.—Yrs. Mr. ASHWORTH.—The prisoner bad now pleaded guilty. The assault and riot had been committed on the memorable 16th of Aogust. On the evening of that day the Magistrates had directed the public-houses to be cleared. Mr. Witbington (a yeoman), a constable, was employe.' with others in clearing public-houses in Pen dleton, when a crowd collected, and stones were thrown by some. Mr. Withington, anxious to disperse the crowd as mildly as possible, remonstrated with them, and particularly with the prisoner, who was most active, bat be remonstrated without effect: the prisoner assault ed him; Mr. Withington had his coat turn frail, his bask, his waistcoat lilcrwise, bat be firmly sod me lutely (indeed, Mr. Withingion was distinguished for his courage)) stuck to the primmer, and took him into castodr, al though in the midst of a crowd. The poi goner bad been impriseited ever since the 16th of Au gust, and now Mr. Wit/bloom seconded his plea of goailty, and timaght that sufbeiest punishment had ftgpe sawed. The Coen, however, would examine TRIAL OP JOSEPII /UAW TOR LIIIIL. After the lapse of about half an hour Shaw returne , l into Coart, and having declared himself ready to proceed to trial, he was given in charge to the Jury. The in dictment charged him, that he hieing as evil-disposed person, and wishing to excite in certain of his Majesty's liege subjects a hatred and contempt of the laws and Government of this realm, and also a hatred and coo tempt of the Houses of Parliament, did, on the Ziti of August last, publish a certain seditious libel, estitled " A Letter to the Soldiers on the State of the Countr y , and showing the means that were used to separate them from the great body of the People." (This letter was published in one of Sherwin's Native kegisters, the. date of which was not mentioned ; but which, from what was afterwards mentioned by the defendant, we coutd infer was first published in London about the ht of BT ORDER OF GOVERNmr..... DRAWING of the LOTTERY, wbieh •u to bare taken place this dal, IS POSTPONED To StTURDAY NIXT. SCII Faasu ARV, less& whole will be decided. J. amd .1. SIVEWRIGHT, the Contractors, respectfully notOmee that the Wheel contains Two Prises of 110.0001 llosty.besides Deady 1.000 other Prizes of various atpounts, nig, in the whole, an excess of "6,3415 beyond the usual phonemes of the Lettory. The whole will bo Drawn on imordat; February 3. J. sod J. Sivswaiorrr,who sold in Last Lottery, Lead, a Ma of LWOW, hope to experience a eontinuance of pohnotso there to their 01.1 Established and Fortunate V, raninanz; I 11. HoLions; a RATUANIZT ; 141, Oxvoa D-rntairt ; Inure Tickets and Shires are on Sale is great variety. i ' (which was aseremel long) road over, to . be replj,pi In tie ye. The clerk began Pr its-end bad prorieeded for some time, whet litteetess objected. Us seeded, that mike $1 at had heard the indictment mad over helms' (no bie-pleasinag last motion), it tits eimererrtirpnee tice to have it read over now ; besides, it wool(' ame sume a great portion•of the time of the Court. Mr. RAT observed, that the defendant had a vlghl to have it read ; and however inconvenient it might be as to time,. his request should be complied with. Mr. NTARSIE also observed, that it was not the Usual' practice to have it read at this stage of the proceedhigs. The defendant would hear it in the course of the teal, the clerk should read it to the Jury. The defendant, however, wishing the reading to be continued, which was done for some tune longer, when, at his own reqw it it was given up. Mr. STARK'S then opened the case, and read. principal parts of the alleged libel from his brief. [laity were ' • too numerous and voluminous to be giver at length, with any hope of this account reaching Louden in sat- . ficient tune for publication.] Mr. WILLIAMS stated the case to the Jory..4= t by observing, that (ruin what they had alr from the opening of the case, they must be wet', this the present was a nearer approximation to that claim of • publications to which he had before alluded (publica tions where the object of the writer was a fair discuselou of a public question), than that upon which they tial just decided. The iinestion therefore which the Jury • hail this day to decide, was, as it had been fur a century, whether the writer Unaided to argue the filiation, and fixing himself upon some real or imagined grievance, hail proposed any alteration, or suggested env plan, for the removal of it ;or whet her the subject chosen% and the arguments soldered, were only incidental, and the real object was not to excite discontent and diseffec tion in the public mind. If the Joey believed this, and they alone were to decide upon it, then they Welt bound to return a verdict of guilty against the accused. . It would become the Jury, therelure, to consider the le-. diode which ought to be allowed to fair discussion, and .: to give the prisoner every benefit arising from a liberal construction of the writing before there. Thedefende aut seemed a very observing man, and would very peat 4 bably address them, arid William ') r. Willia4) defied him to place the liberty of discussion upon a broader froth/ than be had just Sone. As long as the Jury toned ass i.. fair discursive was the °eil, they would so ben gime the prisoner the benefit of d it : but when they remised:l • if they should so perceive, that the intent to excite des- .. content was manifest, they would believe that the boon: fiery of free and fair discussion had been passed, sod they would judge of thy prisoner accordingly. .Ths Learned Gentleurin then continued at great length to point out those parti of the libel which showed the evil intention of the. writer, and he dwelt particularly upon 1 the leading points of it, which we have given above. . .Ifter this he lurther observed, that he had case laßrikt• „ fore the Jury all the facts of the care, as they bid 'ip- " peered to his mind, and lie woold put it to the Jdry.lef couscientionsly, whether this was any thing like a ie taken attempt et decision : sot meetly whether If • that kind of guarded and temperate discussion which 1 4 • . man might attempt with an tummy on dm heed sod L o • lawyer on the other; but whether it war discatikiii tilt? Their verdict this day wireld, he trusted,yrovit that Juries would be foga ready tirdieeliarge titele • 'I duty whenever a fair case was laid befoi;e them. Wet. Seism was thee called to prom - Hie seheot - the work in spiesties. He knows the priest'', who is 4 . ,,; . ealico-printer. and where's(' keeps a •intall bookeellel,s shop, in Churek-strert. Koltun. lio Inteediated tli Ml' . her of NS ernis'ir ftertsrer, tile% Wiser the (;our , . Irian the defendant. at trio Moose. 10 tine 11111* of - AL' . gest last. Mere the case for the prieseraiimi closed. and theawi- goner being calked upon fur his delusive, eabloresetiedm e Jury to the following effect:— • ... es e. tientleinen of die Jety—Teu autipi_pspril soy arose . things from we on this occasion, as I am heti.eiberee-:‘ • labouring mechanic, and only was drives tv rellieg rim • books by the badness of my trade. If the writer of th I article before you was presesit, he weald mu diode ire RCH csubject to ALI" of sis In- 4Felgdipegasioa, 011111111111A/I.—What sitwtien if the prisoner in ? Pll"titr. -- ! ys i tailor. .. CIIIIIRMAN.—A journeyman tailor, suppose Prisoner.—Yes. Crstasuu.--The sentence of the Court, considering the time you have been imprisoned, is, that yon pay 6s. Bd. to the King, and enter into recognizance, to keep the peace, yourself in W. sad two sureties in 10/. each. ran apply to Mr. Tyndale, tioWiley, Limola's This day was published, pries lIIs. A GENERAL INDEX to the LONDON ill MEDICAL and PHYSICAL JOURNAL. from Yo kels Om to Forty, inclusive; comprising! u Analytiaal Talk of their Contents, arranged in elphabedeal eider; sill Itekreaces to the whole of the sited Rethoritks, ander frarsessiael Characters, ac. ;Mon: Printed for J. flouter, 73, St. Paul's Church }d; sad may be had of all Booksellers. Sereties were provided soon afterwards. Henry Jones, no evidence being offered, was acquitted. Ltast..—Mr. IVlLLisms moved, that the trial of Joint Charlton (Mr. Wren's servant), should next be proceeded in. Jobs Chorlton, a respectable looking young man, took his station in the passage between the table and the dock. On the Bench were the Rev. IV. R. Hay, Messrs. C. W. Rtbelstone, and Horton; J. Norris, It. Fletcher, J. Si!rester, and J. Watkins ; Captain Birley, and Mr. Moore. Rh day Was published, In octavo, pries Ile. In boards, WALKS THROUGH IRELAND, by J. B. TROTTER, Esq. late Private Secretary to the light Ron. C. J. Fox. 'Ns Work exhibits the most interestiag, albetlag, and 111:Msecond of the Domestic State of I p = sad of tlition of the Irish People, that has • Primed for Sir Richard Phillips and C. Lanka. Sold by Ma Cumming, Dublin ; cad by all Boataallees. Mr. STARRIE opened the case. This was an indict meat against John Chorhon for libel. It charged that I lie, being an ill-disposed and malicious person, and ma liciously contriving to bring the soldiers of oar Sove reign Lord the King into discredit and disgrace, by charging them with murder and cruelties, had published the alleged libels—(ride Manchester 06serner, Satur day, August IS, 1819.) Mr. WILLIAMS addressed the Jury. If in this case any expectation was entertained, that in its discassion any general principle, important or valuable, on the subject of free discussion was involved, he who en. tettained that expectation took a wrong view of the question, and formed a titistaken judgment of its nature; because, if he understood the subject, there was no one point in this case to which Englishmen were ever alive; there was no question connected with the freedom of the press, there was no topic ever used by the advocates of that freedom; there was nothing of this description touched upon by the inquiry of this day. He had not formed his opinion lightly, because, unless they could at once discover on the face of this publication that it was a libel, he would not ask their verdict. It would be htterly vain to look in the publication for 1 any one argument, fur any one point of discussion, for any narrative; it was plain, simple , undisguised, unvarnished abuse ; in other words, a libel. The tendency) war not to be :made out by inuendos, as it was called; it was given in as express terms as the Eng- , lish language could express it. " Peter-Loo Massacre —a warmish title! (The learned gentleman read the whole passage.) He put it whether there were in the English language, terms to excite angry teeing if those did not. As $0 his opinion (Mr. William's), it was not wattle haring ; but one of the greatest lawyers in the country bad said, that there was not a constitutional lawyer in the country who could slay that the fleeting was a constitutional meeting. There were several in (Neatest, against the defendant's employer, Mr. Wroe, which, as they had beta removed to another Conn, were not under their consideration. The object of this prosecution was, as he was instructed, to bring under their coneiderition, and to punishment, those who aided sod abetted in this injurious publication. He desired larger houridefor discussion than any lawyer or counsel ev* did, and he hoped he never should survive that day when perfect freedom of discussion should cease ; bat here there was nothing but nuinlxed abese. John Haweross proved the purchasing of the paper (Manchester Okerrer) of the defendant at Mr. II roe's, Market-street, Manchester. In answer to a question front the defendant, he said, that lir bad seen him fre quently employed behind the counter. Mt. If tv.—Have you any thing to say in defence or extentiatittu? • Tie Defendant—l had no intention, as iniptiteti by the' indictment, to bring soldiers into contempt, or to excite dissfiretion. I entered into Mr. B'rae's employ men( for the purpose of obtaining, as I thought, an henget livelihood. I hope the gentleman Jury will out IN BLOOMSBURY UARE, four doors fr om !bait of Sonthanspto eet, Holborn, is the IRISH LAM CONIPANre Y WAREHOUSE in LON NA!, established TW YEARS. to he SALE of IRISH 1110IRTINO and SHEETING CUMI by the Piece, at the Factor's Mee, warranted for fiardalley and colour, and:to repay dab parebase-nooney dleighley bah appear. The Compasy. float die mature of *At illaillimaaata here sad in Ireland. ease te the Cos owl, Ile above article', pi th shearer then they can be MOW Issagi any whit neodies. God blab Bills and Bank of Ireland Notes taken ae einal. C4llll llopiors penetaally attended*. 4 10 INEONOVAN, 4. Bioosnabery-aquar% Agents. JOU DOYLE, St. Mary's Abbey, Dublin, IMPROVED SPECTACLES. CWEST, 83, St. James's-street, having' been established as a practical Optimise more tins thirty P.r. the peeler part of which t 1 he hes bees Is the Wk if atlandies an persons seise the dlsestion eV Illr " 111 • 6. rad other setineet Oadists, is GNAW" ▪ kla fateimmead his IMPROVED sPacrActak the "OW of Whitt are ground on a prisciple that readers Ihme Math/ Rae tram the dangerous consequesees arising from fbeledismisimit e use of Improper glasses. lies leave to caution the Public against the gross . '"Polellss of these persons that advertise their Patent "Fulliss, as there is no Patent; and. farther, that those Perms are not, nor ever were. manufacturers of glasses. C. W. attends personelle at $3, St. James's-street, from sloven till Gee feleck, where the proems of manufacturing Illseses may be mom. ,WHITELET'S PATENT, SELF-ACTING lErrcii EN RANGES. for St e aming , Roasting. &A- M! sad biking, with an open Are, suitable for wall and large establishments, to be seen always in use. at the Metro nerene, No. I. RePOSIOND-11TRINT, CLIMIKrowsLL, and insures tires of the Ire respectability. Also W. H. W. 'epics to raise steam with less fuel, by his improved Stela Seller. than any other yet veered to the Public, for testis{ 0( 1W-flames. 1111Insfactories, poor-bouseo, ti " „ •' of for boiling by steam. brewers' coppers. dyers , bat rial--"114 all " m b.° kinds of pens, or wooden vats; o r for by stea besting of baths, or cooking of food for "nit , Ned t for every other purpose to which steam may be 'Mk Catilltbouses. Taverns, Se. Acted vp with Steam Appa "Ask la a superior mamas,, and ea reasonable taros. W. routines the Public against treed sad impod • as ma a number of imitations of his Realms. I Test aregumtine b bat those that have al name aid real °we east vo lt di e fruit. Prices from bl. as. to Lem 111 1 smoke and smell arising from effectual'?" salukis& • ,‘ 1 COMMON CO I:NUL. DEATH OF OF THE DUKE OP KENT. The Letter to the Lord Mayor, from Lord Sidremett i upon the subject of the death of the Duke of Newt, having been read, Mr. FAVILL rose, to move a Resolution for the adop elan of the Court. He said that, harem" lecompetent be aught be to address the Conn mme the melancholy eeessiee, he should have routed moth greeter difficelty. if the sub*t on which he was about to speek ►equired misethealeinuent from a utterer. Kit s ois Vle Aim Mimes of the late Hake of Kent; was nosessare to establish his claim to the admiration of .bia waseareseti it woe well blown Mal use irawasmer www• illustrious for his rank and titles in society than he was ennobled b acts of public and private ebsrity. livery corner of t he metropolis witnessed the exertions of this great personage, whose efforts for the Education of the Poor and the circulation of the Holy Scriptures had been unceasing. The Worthy Member then stated the mew ber of Societies of which his Royal Highness was Pa tron; and after haring made some observations upon the serious loss sustained by those Societies In parti cular, drew the attention of tie Court to the situation of the Duchess, who had, in conjunction with her brother, Prince Leopold, suffered bitterly antler the remarkable dispensations of Providence. Mr. Favell added, that the puke, although educated in military habits, was ca pable of showing in debate that his commercial know ledge was as great as that of any man. The Worthy Member concluded with moving a Resolution, expressive of the feeling of the Court upon the melancholy occasion of the death of his Royal Highness, and recording the sympathy of the Court with his Royal Highness the Pince Regent, the Duchess of Kent, the rest of the Royal Family, and Prince Cobourg, &c. Mr. Dsxox seconded the motion, in every word of which he agreed. lle highly approved of the prompt ness with which the Lord Mayor had called the Court. Mr. OLDHAM could not give a silent vote. lie spoke of the many calamities which had befallen the Royal Family within the last few years. The Duke was en deared to the public by numberless public virtues, but the chief ground of admiration was, that he had faith folly followed his father's steps in private transactions. At a period when efforts wore made to establish blasphe mous doctrines, the example of such a character was in estimable in creating a horror of principles subversive of all order and religion. Alderman Woos) joined in the general praise of the Duke's character, sad stated that be well knew his Royal Highness's auxiety to relieve himself from the embarrassments inevitably caused in his early life. The Duke was no less remarkable for his readiness to assist all military persons who were under privations, and in curred vast expenses by his boundless liberality in cases of distress. Mr. Jacall said, that be wield not give a silent vote on the present melancholy Orlassion ; be believed no other Member of the Court,.with lips the exception of the ina worthy Allern who last, had opportunities of o Lserb sari ag so much of the late lamented Doke of Kent as be bad done, particularly at a period when all state and etiquette were laid ask& and en a country where his Royal Highness was probably glad to take a conntrraaa by the hand whom he had formerly known ; in the virtues conversatioas which he had teetered into, upon a great variety of subjects, he was surprised to find his Royal Highness so well informed on all points; sad more par ticularly on those of political economy, a stn.ly which, from his education in tamps and armies. he did not sup pose could bays much come under his observation I but he found the Duke to have formed very accurate obser vations on the state of manufactures on the Continent, and exhibited much knowledge on their comparative state, and also on the subject of commerce. . 1 After a few words from .I.lderman IVArrnstte, the Resolution was unanimously carried, and ordered to be publisbesl.—(Vide Advertisement.) ma WellasTaa serfneacall. Mr. YeLsowLt presented the Report of the Commit tees of General Purposes, appointed to Inquire whether any, or what sum, should he granted to the Manchester 1 sufferers. The Report recommended that the ram of MO!. should be ranted. Mr. °LIMAN moved, that until further information should be received, the should lie on the tebk. bfr. Ferrite was su i r m red that the 31euibers who forarril SO CeSSlnittee Adapt support their Repoli more 'spiritedly. Mr. WILLIAM' (of Smithfield), considering the state of ft iaaas, MATOIL—A Common CounelLVes la 0 ",,,,,ber of the Guildhall of the City o Mon, ea piggy, the lbth day of January, MO. Resettle UNANIIIIOI4I.If, THAT this (.lonrt express their deep and tin higetd regret upon the DeAru of his Royal High. mo g i , Dike of Karr, as one of the sons of their seise nallovereiga. and as a distinguished Member of ,he Morel Bre nut ki.—They are persuaded that the nation , r e Mar dep!crt• the loss of his Roval Highness, not m erely from Iris exalted birth, and the high stations which lirsititliwourably tilled. hut because lie showed that the b r ow* gems in the diadem of a Royal Personage were kdasemplifiett in the virtues of a Briton. by a firm ad ieus:etc the prineiples of the Constitution. by support of t?tr cutuie of (Iv i I and Religious Liberty, by lbs ci i,.at sad onwearied eforts to promote the Easeatian the Pa , ( among all denominations, and to circulate tee Holy Orrsplures 104: a ulay= i t em it And that they nave to DiOlita the logs of a Royal g alliestrious Citizen ; and altuott every chazilable In dira% is the Metropol's must long matertala, with =d re sadnem, the most grateful recollection of his services.—This Court do now feel and record a* leanest sympathies with his Rot al Highness the plop argent. her Royal Highness the beano of Kent, the astable anti afflicted Widow of his isle Royal High t sos,aed every Member of the Royal Family W 00 GTHOR P R.