The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-07-05 00:00:00

STIFFURDNIIME lir,ittlyArtorc JUNIi 1A . The High Shea ff haviag opened the besiaess of I the day, the lion. EDWARD MoNCTON, of So. enerford, rose, and said, that Lord Granville Leve. ems Gower hating 'vacated his at for the county, by his acceptance of the office of Secretary at War, he begged leave to offer him again as the ob ject of their choice. The lion. IVAStrinGTON SnIRLET seconded the nomination, and said, that he thought no man could he found more proper as a Representative for this county, than the Noble Lord. Cif ARLEs M'uLszt.irr, Esq. of uVolselry Park, then rose, and spoke as fulloos :—" 1 copilot help objecting, as a Freeholder, to the nomina. ties% that has just been made. I object to the Noble Lord, as a placeman and a pensioner.— Did he vote against the Duke of York ? Has he ever voted for the doing away any of the public I abuses f What has be ever done for us?. [‘f edge from below said—" Nothing."] Where is Sir J. Wrottestcy Why is he not here? He formerly can vaned the votes of this county, and gave us a pledge that he wuuld comelorn aril and assert the inde pritlesice of the comity—hut perhaps he feels himself fettered by his connexion with • certain. Noble House. Mr. Sheriff, I move the thanks' of this Meeting to our worthy Representative, Sir Edward Lyttleton,for his upright and independent conduct oa all occasions." The 'sheriff, limo. Lovett, Esq. then rose s and said, that thanks to Sir Edward Lyttleten t , however he might merit them, bring totally mi. eonnected with the business of the day, ho must object to the motion. Tuovi.is LUITSII, Esq. of Armitage Park; thdn ruse, and said—" I had hoped that the business of this day would ha,e pissed without oppposi-• tion ; as that has not been the Me l I think it in, duty to offer a few words. The Honourable. Gentleman's principal ground of objection to the Noble Lord is, that be is a placeman, and that he has lately accepted a distinguished Situ. anion under ,his Majesty's Government. Now, *upon this very ground, I think the Noble Lord entitled to an additional share of youi confidence and esteem. He has a peculiar claim upon our approbation, when we see him foregoing all those temptations to indolence and inactivity, afforded by his splendid fortune and *salted rank, and undertaking the fatigues of an office of great labour and responsibility. It is nut the first time he has devoted his very excellent abi. Wits to the service of his country. It must be a great satisfaction to us all, to think that the No ble Lord, from his habits of business, from his constant residence at the fountain-head of political information, from his strict attention to his Parlia, mentary duties, and from the confidential situation he holds in the administration of public affairs, is, . in an especial decree, qualified to promote the interests of this great and opulent county. I will net omit this opportunity allaying, that I perceive there is a system on foot, whose object is to-drive every thing respectable in talent, and exalted in situ ation, from thegovernment uf public affairs; and an attempt to impute to every man hi a public capacity Demand dishouourable motives ; to reduce all the "grebes of talents, and an honest ambition, to the low and sordid minden! of pecuniary considera tion. Some men seem to thialt, that no one cam accept of office but at the expaince of his virtue. '!'hey appear to suppose, that it is the nature of power to pollute all whom it touches; and yet, py a oral* inconsiitency, these very men wish us to believe that were they themselves once put into official situations, they would pass the Very ordeal, and come out pure gold ; but I am not in the habit of so appreciating the needy levellers and inexperienced reformers of the pre. seat day, as to believe that they would escape from this trial of their honesty one iota more Cr. taut's, or more uncorrupt, than those they so se. dulously endeavour to degrade. I wish to refer the Hon. Gentlemaa to the records of his own family ; certainly it is a very ancient and honour. able one. I wish him to mark the footsteps of his ancestors, who (like himself perhaps), to use the words of a great writer, commenced in apeculative ./upublicanism, and coded in practical toryism. This distinoniebed ancestor, under the banners of Oliver Cromwell, began with levelling all distinc. lions in society, and was at last himself created one of the Lords under that usurper. I wish the lion. Gent. to apply the capacity I believe him to possess, to the circumstances of those times ; they ' *may aford him a useful lesson ; he will then learn that a system so similar to the one attempted to be brought forward in those days, beginning with the complaint of some real, hut more imaginary pier. anccs, ended In a tyranny the most severe and un. relenting which this country ever knew." Tuou*s SWINDERTON, Esq. of Buttertaps then rose, and said, ho objected to the Noble Lord, for not having opposed the . Stoke Rectory Bill, which he might to have done, as ,the interests of . so many of his Constituents were injured by it.— Ile then went into a long detail of the history of that Bill ; bat further discussion on this subject was put a stop to, being deemed irrelevant to the business of the day. Lord GaslTtt.r.s LLvssos Goleta then rose, and made a most able and impressive speech ; bo declared his entire ... co-operation with the present Ministers, to who; he was bound by ties of the strictest private friends*, and by a union of po. liticpl sentiment ; but if evee it wu required of bias, by them, to support measures hostile to Lis own honest opinion, at that moment the cos. 'section would be dissolved. He had no hesitation in saying, that be did vote against the &etersl motions tending to criminate the Dote of York ; and this he did upon the purest and most en. fire conviction. Lie lainented Indeed the many 'scenes of indiscretion Mkt were brought fur. ward, and these rendered [t' more difficult to reparate the real merit of the ease. As to his being a piesioner l he hit to owe, that he received none Of the public money. Ileilsightilave claimed it, on account of the situation he bad held, ittssl which his predttessor had donf; ',Ad he de clined it. The Noble Lord concluded by (banking lul aumerdtts ffieils;'and ktat4.4l his determination or promoting the Interests of MS Consetwatts, ll' the utmost .of Ms abilities. - The thanks of the Meeting were then voted to the High Sheriff, for his npright, honourable, and impartial conduct. The Meeting was then dissolved. LAW INTELIAGENCE4 , COURT OF CHANCERY. LINCOLN'S INN HALO Tieesday, July 4. ♦AVOIITON V. REAP. This was a Petition by the Plaintiff to procure an order upon the Defendant, the Guardian of four young Ladies who reside at the house of Miss Willuck, who keeps a Boarding-school at Ken. siiigten, to compel him to permit these Ladies to visit their sisters daring the holidays.' One of the sisters is married to the Plaintiff, who resides is W.irwickshire;tha other to a Mr. Stevenson, who resides at Lincoln. This case had come before the Court in Term Time; but it was then left unde cided itl order to give time to the Guardian to state his objections. Affidavits were. now produced on the part of the Guardian and Miss Willuck, which state in sub. stance, that the Plaintiff had prevailed upon the Lady, who wale now his wife, to accompany him to Scotland, where they were married, without his having made any settlement upon her, notwith. standing the efforts of the Guardians to secure I that object: That he had tome brothers; and that two of the young Ladies were of the ages, the one I of 19 and the u th !tor 17: That the Plaintiff had spoken in disrepeciful terms of the Guardian ; and - that the father, while alive, had kept the , Ladles at the boose of the schoolmistress during the holidays. No objection was mad to Miss LWillock's school on either side ; the only object of the Plaintiff was, u his Counsel (Sir S. Ito ' Wily) expressed, to prevent the young Ladies from being kept close prisoners at Mis; Willotk's. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought it extremely desirable that a free communication should exist , between the sisters; but at the same time the pre ceedingof the Plaintiff, in respect of his own mar. riage, was a circuinstauce to be considered. lie observed, however, that the guardianship was a joint appointment of three persons • and it was hinted that one of them bad renounc ed,lL He wish. j ed that fact to be aseertaiued before he decided— j for if one of the Guardians had renounced, there was no guardianship. He therefore ordered the case to be mentioned again the day after the second seal (Monday next.) COURT Or RING'S BENCIT. Tuesday, July 4. WRIGNT V. DAUNA. Mr. Gaaaow stated this to be an action brought to recover the value of four sacks of clover, sold by the Plaintiff to the Defendant, which, together with the charges attending the sale and carriage,. paid by the Plaintiff, amount ed to 711. 4s. sd. The goods were sent from the place of sale to the Defendant's place of resi dence in Derbyshire, and the charges of the Plaintiff were entered in his own hand at the rate of 61. 18s. per sack; the Defendant saw that entry, and said it was wrong--that it ought to be only 61. 15s. per sack, and desired the Plaintiff to alter it to that sum; the Plaintiff had done so ae. cordingly, upon which the bargain was concluded, and the goods were forwarded by Pickford's Hying boat to the Defendant, and to widely. the Delend. ant made no objection at the time. Mr. Gamow therefore contended, that as this alteration was made, not only in the presence, bat at the request of the Defendant in this cause, the Defendant could not contest the charge, because, he contend. ed, that this direction amounted to sit admistiou of the amount of the Plaintiff's deotind.". The fad or this entry being made by the `Defendant's order being proved, Mr. PACE said, that this was a written con.. tract, if it was any thing, and void for want of the signature of the party who was now sought to be bound by it. And of this opinion was Lord ELLE:4IIOEIOMM, who held that this en. try could never be binding on the Defendant, no. less made by himself, or by some person who wu his agent. By himself it ..WaS not made ; it was made by the Plaintiff, at his request. Bat then the Plaintiff in making that entry, as the Defend. lant's Agent, could never change that character af., terwards, and, by his own act, convert himself into a Plaintiff. If a third person had made this entry, by the Defendant's direction, it would have , been well ; but the person who made it by direc , tion of the Defendant, could not be agent for him in doing the act, and afterwards a suitor against him to adores thw performance of it. In a word, no man can be the agent of another to performs contract, and then a suitor against him for the non-performance. Upon whieb the Plaintiff was nonsulted. BRAYN V. MUNYARD. Mr. GARROW stated this to be an sctinn brought by a reputable tradesman at Greenwich against another reputable tradesman of the same place, for an assault. The short statement of the case is this : A fire appeared at Greenwich, in the neighbourhood of the Plaintiff's house, and he was anxious to lend his aid to quench it ; went fur that purpose thro' the passage of a Mr. Wright, in whose premises the lames were raging. The Defendint l a member of a volunteer corps, ser. jeant of a grenadier company, forced out the iu whiCli there was a considerable rough. ness of behaviour • and the Plaiintiff wanted k to be understood th at he did not deserve this treat. uient. It appeared in evidence that the Plaintiff was a respectable person, and that he came to this place with the hest Intentions ; that he passed through a passage into a back yard where engines mere play. lug, 'and that he was roughly handled by the De. readmit in turning him out; but the Defendant acted under the orders of his Commander, who had direeted . to be . 'kept clear the place in which the plaintiff stood. LOrd ELLENSCHIOVGII observed, that both the Plaintiff Awl Delcudaat appeared to wish to ac 4 forthlrbest. .In ifis E a case u ON, men unlit not be surprisbd when they are - toughly handled. It was a mere mistake—it should be concluded amicably. The parties had apparently no ill.will towards each other, and therefore his Lordship proposed, that they should withdraw a . Juror, and be friends again. A juror was withdrawn ac. conlingly, the result of which is, that each party pays his own costs. POLICE. GurtnuALr., JULY 4.—John Drummond, a native of Scotland, who had a very genteel ap. peArance, was charged with stealing several arti cles of plate from the Angel inn, Angel-street, St. Martin's.le-Grand. James Clarkson, one of the waiters, stated, that on Saturdaj fortnight the prisoner came int., the coffee.room, and hail a late breakfast. He had, some time before, lodged in the house. A gentle. man came in, to get a late dinner ; • the' witness laid a silver salt cellar, musTanl pot, and pepper caster, on the table ; the gentleman had left the room ; the witness went to bring up dinner— when he returned to the coffee.room, the articles and the prisoner were gone. He informed his mis. tress and her son of the circumstance ; they desir. ed him nut l• take any notice, bet watch the pri. sorer when he again came. Yesterday he came ; the witness was cleaning the plate ; the prisoner desired him to get him a glass of water; he went for the water, and en his return missed a silver ladle; Winterised his mistress's son of the circumstance; the prisoner had gone oat, but returned very shortly. The witness took thirteen silver spoon,, and put them into a drawer in the bar ; left the drawer half open on purpose; the prisoner sent hies for another glass of water, which he brought, and gave him ; be drank the water, and went away. His mistress's son followed him, and found the spoons and ladle upon him. The prisoner, in hip defence, said, that he had been in London about three months ; came for the purpose of going out to India, but was dis. appointed ; he lodged at the Angel inn ; the mis. tress of the inn (Mrs. Robson) and he became-in timate, but, on account of some little dispute with her, she entered into a combination to rain him...- He denied haring the spoons in his possession, but said Mr. Hobson hail brought then) with him, and pretended that lie bad found them on the ground by him. Us was fully committed for trial. RIOTS AT LIVERPOOL. The late riots at Liverpool, on Tuesday and Wednesday sennight, is ere of a more serious na ture than the public aro aware uf. The following arc the particulars : A party of the' 19th light dragoons, which were in that town, to onhark for Ireland, and a press_ gang quarrelled ; the press-gang in several in. stances behaved very ill, pirticularly one of them, called Little Jack ; the soldiers were joined by some Americans, Portuguese, Irishmen, and the town's-people, who collected in a very , . large body, and repaired to the rendezvous-holifes in Strand-street and Bird-street, in search of.. the gang ; but not finding them, they /Mean ,to ill treat the people they found in the Looses, and then proceeded to acts of violence ; they brute the furniture and the windows. By'this time s very alarming mob had collected, and 'which coming to the knowledge of Mr. Aspinall, a very 'active Magistrate, he repaired to the spot, accom panied by Mr. Miller, the Superintendent of the Police, attended by a number of twistable!, and, after much persuasion, and threatening to call out the military, &c. they dispersed about II o'clock at night; nut, however, until several of the ringleaders were taken into custody. . On. the Wednesday evening, the rioters assembled again,. and conducted themselves with increased violence, and entirely destroyed the inside of five rendezvous houses, ripped open the beds, and threw the &others into the streets ; in fact, they destroyed every thing that was valuable in them. On Mr. Miller, the Superintendant of the Police, receiving information of what was doing, be repaired to the spot, attended by six or seven constables, and suc ceeded in taking four of the ringleaders into cus. tody • but as they were on their way to Britiewell, two Of then were rescued from the officers 14 the 'mob. In this senfile with the officers, a Portu. guest', sailor particularly aimed at the life of Mr. Miller ; he was armed a ith a large /-nife, and at tempted to stab him, but was prevented from effect ing hii. putpose, dr. Miller being knocked down by another of the rioters, at the moment the stab was made ; his colt was cut in two places with the knife. While this outrageous assault was going on aininst the officers, a party of the Manchester Local Militia, who were on duty there, came to the officers' assistance, headed by the Mayor, atilt Mr. Aspinall, the Magistrate. The mob, at this time, were carrying their violence to such a pitch, that it was found necessary to read the Riot Act ; every person was then desired to depart, but it was with great difficulty they could be prevailed upon to do so ; ten of the most riotous were at length ',cured, and ire of them babe been com. milted to Lancaster Castle, to like "their trials Ai the ensuing assises. The %trellis patrulcd 101 streets for several nights afterwarls. An accident of the most horrid drcription 044 curred at the Cape of Good ll,pe. Three Briti‘li Of f icen from the garrison, having gone oat -opal party of pleasure to the Table Menootaitti •werti overtaken by,the night. Before they could ma gain the plain, they lost their trash, wand(4wd; and separated. One of them, with much d.ficalty4 at length found his way Tutu the lowa ; but nu w telligence having been received of lois companions a party went oat in search of them. Tlicy wer both found at the foot of a prodigious p i recipice, l .crashed and spangled in the most dreadful manner. ` One of them, an Altt.de.Catnp to Lord lialedoot,; bad already capired, and the other was just at (lie 4 point of death. Both of these unfortunate soofier.l ers were men in the price of Ws, iketkowst pro. okisiug Acta& . . CHEST7.II SEINI3IER CIRCUIT, 1809. ROBERT i) %LE Vt. Esq. F a total; Mr ro Montenmerrshire—Mondas Aug. 7, at Pi,. llenhictshire—Siturdar, ./e m ng..12. at Ruthin. Flintshire—Frirlav, Aug. IS. at Mold. Cheshire—Thursday, Aug. 41, at the Castle of Chester. 4---- /tIORTII WALES SUMMr.R. CIRCUIT, 1309. Burn lozirecsteg, F.sq. Sir Talon 4$ Punsta. Merinnethshirt—Saturday, Aug. 3, at Dialgelly. Csruarruni'aire--Prialar, Ar a : li, at C troarvaa. Atigleae) —Thursday, Aug. Is, at Beaamarts. row— BANKRUPTCIe".S ENLARGED. Richard To wattle, Nottinesans, enlister, from July If to Auc. at ten, at the Pooch Bowl, Nwtinkitallo. Joan lloward-sareet, Strand, uary-agent, from July la to Aug. L.'at tea, at thaildball. B A N ti RUPTCV fIUPERSFDED. • William Stanley, Manche ter, itmkeeper. BANKRUPTS. `Rirbitrd Lake. Plymouth, baker, to setyrwrey July 18, 19. w nati Aeg.ls, at Avila's, at the L:attaa tan. Pirmouth. At lantis.% Mr Kell), Plymouth; and Main. Twvu.ant and Walker, Inner. Temple, London. 'Raised. gilve4Or..Restiint. timber-dedier, Jolt r, 21, and . • Aug 8, olden e. as the Upper Ship dim. Reading. At- Messrs. Shindy sal Saoders. Beading; mall Mr. Ilohnea, Ghat Jaim-s-street,.London. William Sec, Manefietter i innhei 7 p-r,Jnly 24,?i, at two, at the Bkr fun,: Manchester, and Aug. 13, at two, at the Kiog's Arms Inn,. Lancaster. A ttornels. Mr. Robinson, Manchester; and Mr. Lyon, .Gyay's..l4p, Landon. • • ' . DIVIDENDS. • • July S. J. * Cogan, Tottenham, men - Mint, at tee, at Guild hall. July 24. tl. Lewin, Grepwrt,. viatwery at ante, at the India Arms Inn, bipsport. JulvVi. J. ATuritan Llanthir-ars.drin i Carmarthen, dm her-merebaus, ;Mires, at•tbe Golden Lim lee, Brett mock. July 28. T. Nerris, Gnspect,,ci India Arms Mi, Gosport. Jay 29.: W. Penn e, I/over, cordwaiser, at eleven. at Goildhar. l i ppdpn. July 29. W. Frquhari, Sion College Gardent, merchant, at tie, at Otti'dhall. July 13. R. Lawrence, New:Wiodser, bricklayer, at tee, at Jaly49. G. Prekwood. Clog-late, wine merchant, at tea, at Gaildhitil. • July 25. Era:leis Chian ick, smith, at eleven, at Guild •letll. Aug. 5. E. (loft, %Vellclope.squale, coal-metthamt,at twelve, at Guildhall. Jot / ••.!..4. J. Manual, (1. TaurkinYhavr. and J. Fielding, Girt. • find. saw nod edge•tool-tuaostactiwers, at twelve, at the Angel hana:'Shelliclj s , • "C I.:n.1,111 lES—JvAr 25. R. Jelre,noti and W. Dicaimoa, Kingsum-upon-Hull, wool. Ina-drapers. W. Pontey, Sledinere, York, cent-ftseter. . I'uhb and J. M. A. acorn, King's-svad, Pimlico, versety• torn. J. Len is, Old Jewry, warehmsetnan. J. Site, Bloonnbury-square, brandy-merchant. A. ynuqg and J. Si. Mary-hill, beerchasts. T. I:oldwell, Wakelield, dealer. .1. Jackson,. Farnham, harrey, surgeon. R. Thompson, tiouthwark, dealer. W. Powell, Lombard-,treet, banker. J. L. Baaa.ard, Shorter's- court, Throginortoa-street, stock. broker. t, at est., at the Ilairivon, Globe-street, Wapping, carpenter. PAR l'N DISSOLVLI). Arnold Tones and Peter Stanford, Cheater, tallow-chaadiers. sun. Bates, Joseph Caarniserlaw, and Joseph Wheatley, jun. Leice4ter, !whirr,. Joseph Heath, James Gnome, David Fenton, and Jansen al Mar, Chippinx W Backs, .bauken. R 'chard, William 8., and I. Liebe, Lando. I':uomis Knight. Johu SprJston, and Jame. Kuight, Tittatall, SaillOrd, potters. Joh,: !leaps :old Itiehard Cole, Wood-strt-et, Cheapside, bat pre.sers. John Iligham, W.lliae Mehom, nod John Worthingtar, Liowa,ter, cool-niereltantv. and J. Ilia, Kings,too-upon-Ilitil, spirit-mer chant... J.Arns nod J. Scivokss Darcy Lever, Lancaster, eual-mer- W. 'naiad B. Rawson, Liverpool, immure-broken. V. Shand and J. Watmough, Liverpool, ir.in-doalers. 1 1 :Uri-man and Liverpool, navy-agests. W. Atari! Spurner, W. Grads, and T. Lewis, Bristol, drapers. T. Whitby, and G. Gairdacr, jell. Poce rtii-court, St. Ma.: s •calsinet -makers. A. Throcat mid T. Hardt-astir, Fir wood within Tong, Lan ca-ter, bleachers. 'W. Pencock, yen. Rink*. and T. Procne k, Salisbury-4*mm. )Eli }laodiu and Aram Colder, Shadoe.l High-greet, bum drips. rt. C. Al..whood, T. Grenslev, and W. West Stnitlibrid. w isotonic woollen-Or. 'pers. • OLlYPorcirr Afouddy, July 4. Joseph was capitally indicted for stria. inn, io a doeliing.house, flO yards of printed calico, the property of William Charles Tittord. —The prosecutor is a linen draper in Fin-bury. place. On the evening of the 22d of M.ty, this prisoner was seen, by a Mill pa.sing, to snatch a bundle of calico, from withinside the shop.dour, and run off ; he instantly pursued, and the pri. boner and the boodle were secured, and brought back. Verdict, 6 . :4/Q/. • Joseph Parktr tray convietel of stealing a 201. and a 51. note, the pcoperty of Henry Cheppel.— The prosecutor foolishly pulled nut the notes, wrapped up in brown paper, in a public.honse. The prisoner, a boy of about 1.1 years of age, ask. cd to look at them, and, returning the paper to him again, bade him put up his notes, and take care of them, and went away 1119'1'01y. Re put up his notes, as he thought, but missed them in about twenty minutes. The trials of this day were wholly devoid of in.. West or importance, being all for petty offences. From the LONDON (7,IZETI'E t Ju Lir 4. .MILITARY PROMOTIONS. Coutadmions in tit'. Wigtownshire Re-invent nr Local Mai. tia, signed by the Lord Lieuteaai.f. Job* Cathcart, Evg. to be Lieat...• 01.-Comanutdaat, vice NI•DonaIL resigned—dated Feb. 13,. 1909. Jamey Alexander Fiewart. F. , q. to he L;eut.-CAnoel. vies Cathear!, promoted—dated as above. 'Ames Tw , Nictalr, F. to be Major, vice Math )m, sigued--.l4ted as above. DRT:CON CIRCUIT. The Tins. Granr:r. HA 'mums. ABC!. Nulf*CY, Ea+ Pmtrigne—Monday, Aug. 7. Bre.-141—‘4..turday, Aug. Cardist—SaterdaY, Aug. 19. '1)1,1:1). Latch'. at Blatherwiek. Dear litanat.re, Alm. Wilk innon, third d•iaghter of liturgy O'Brien, t.• 11. Site sin' !object in epileptic fits., and wa, found dead :n ...e dratrin g -rona4,, where ale Lead itt ea left alone nal) a fcu n.i adea. LONDON : Printed and Published by D. t.n•'' ELI .7 SIAILSIIIIII Oriflti t bi, Fleet-street* 0011. •