The National Register. — London, England, 1819-09-13 00:00:00

SEPT. IS. ope you will treat us in the same manner, knowing that we .sre here in the rertormance of our ptokssional duty as you yoursdt Battye—Oh! them that can't turn can't spin Harmer— I'llat is a very dia.-mica! eip.e.auu Ilattyt•—lts very well under ood in I.ancaare Jury.nan rethe Gentlemen of the Jury utolied that an adjournmen shall take Another Jurynt n—This is a Coroner's Inquest, and I think the Coroner competent to adjourn it. Eattye—l du adjourn at. DClllittla reque,ted him to record the adjnumment. Eattye—Wall you keep questioning me here all night ? I Gwll du as I like. Harmer—lt k necessary, Sir, that the adjournment should be recorded. in order that we may know when to attend, soil that no investigation may take place in our absence Battye—What ! du you 'look us so mean here? That's a very ungentlemsuilike observation 1 riner-1 will not say what I think, but I have said no thing ungentlemaid ke. A luarmart, addressing himself to Mr. Bettye. observed, 1 must take lea.* to say, Sir, that you have shown yourself very irritable upon this occasion. and that you have made offensive observations to these Geatlemeo, which 1 have heard with pain, Ilattye—W hat's that to you; if you thought me what you say, you shtitild.vvait, and say solo me in private. The Court tiara broke up I have been thus mime in de ailing the particulars of this preliminary to au !threat, in older that you should under stated the character of the system w !skit prevails here and the &set iption of persons selected to administer that system it was quite evident to me, even before his confessioth that this C4lfllber 1..1C1 IC Was sent to hold the Inquest, and actually intended to du • • until be SOW the witnesses Comment to the Court by the profe•sumal Oeutlenteo, who attended with • view to plebe this estratirdiaary affair to the 'arum. It was calculat u that thtsflike t••e other lopiests which • , a , le taken place upon the vretimvat Peter's•field, might be ma 11roci.1 slyly and snugly, whitout the intervention ut any per suns determined to ascertain the whole truth, and t oat a verdict tit • accidental death or death from the p. assure of a crowd," would be the result , but the colculation was found to be erroneous Up•ot the ap _;earatice of those who . chappoittted this calculation. Mr. Ilatle was quite coo founded, arm .that cuutusiou was utandera in every cep of his prog east. Atter the Court 'mike tip at Oldham yesterday, applica tion was Meade to Mr Battve for summonses to compel the attendau:e of witnesses on the adjourned Inquest, which surn,nutues Me. U promised to send by this mirning's post; but none art isiog, Mr. I/robust applied for them this day to ?eh% Milne. the Coroner here, wit.. is to attend o nrirro or at thdbarn, in the place of Mr. Prtren, the proper Coroner of that district, snould the latter not arrive from 1.-“ara.ter but was told by Mr Maar that there was no occaskm :o take over any Withrow*, as he should merely rev.vea , the :my, and their adjourn the Inquest,- prooably for a fortnight. Lill it seems hi comemplati, bb to postpone this Intjaest mail Mr biormer snail stave pro ceded to lamd,re. and Mr. Denison to Livertioul; aid it se supposed that tin res dent Attorney wou u stare to undertake au iu•e•Cgation so disa ,..;tve due to the Nl.lallarater. Mr limit 1JC4144' et 'meted to arrive here this day at twelve .he toad oriwe n this and 11.10.1 W. 44 :ovally VIJNIIed Iron% an tail/ hum . in .be monung Abdul Vile k Mr blunt ente.td..toa IthWil in a carriage dt •ivir by the people He wa.at c ttutp.ut.d by Meer t Jub..on ' rdtair Lottve, and the other ...roam ,eti ham nom tofor the ‘Juipiiacy the ca ridge W 4. preceded by a nod insde of people marching biz a breast, p SW 1 unacratand hey ...id to their prixevaiiin ar Mier. field. Ihe procot•vord paned through the principal vtret 14 ill its Way to Smedley Cottage, but tin the arrival of the carriage at the F.actuatige toe procewiiiii •.tapped.4ll4l M. 111/111 addrewini. the muki • Id& ** It has been wittal for u. on former occavionv to givf the Gmtlealtn of ;11;4 place time.: cheer , but I thiiik it A,. ill be now more appropriate to give the Yeomen of the town three groans for the -- they have committed. ' The groat'. were accordingly given and the proceivion teen prtryed,.d The cheering of the mutt tude was universal, 'heir enthu siasm ot the nod glowing character. These petty a are evi slew ly nut to he cuerced, they must be conciliated. Manclie.tcr, Sept. 10. 'Phis nuwning, awn after 9 o'clock, Mr. Harmer and Mr. 1)e• ninon left this Mace to attend the intmest which was et he held adjournment at Oldham. on the body of John Lees, taking with them four nackney couches, and one stage conch loaded with s.itnesses, among whom were many men, women. and boys, who received severe sabre wound.; at the meeting on the Wets et last month, mai amie of who,e wounds are yet unhesle.l. The interest which thi. butiness eseittal was so great, that some thousands were at the town of Oldham to learn the result of the urocce ings of the inquest on this unfortunate young man; bat their catio.ity was disappointed by another singular adjournment, the lurticulAr4.4 . .hicii ace hereunder detailed :-- thr ti.c lam entering the room, at the iign of the Duke of York, ut Oloham, they found the Jury jtht .z.seetubled, and :till.. Milne anti Batty.: there, when the tiJllorriug convermtion took place Mr. Harmer, addressing Mr. presume. Sir, you ar.: the coroner, and tlmt you way now proceed to the inves- u4!n:loti, Alr.lne.-1 am a coroner, but not for this place; and as Mr. Farren, who beioni:s to this tliotrici. it not here, 1 shall this plum: twin (alluding to Mr. Baum to adjourn the n.quest far a fortnight. Mr. liarnier.—Surely, Sir, you cannot be serious in this de ferminatimi? thi Wednesday last Al r. 11.ittye positively promised, ft.at it Air. Farrel, dal nut return by today, that you certainly ssou'el take the inquisition. Mr. Nl:lnc.—lt u not my business and I will not take it. I wdl have no responsibiiiiy on me ; and Alr Battye is not, I thit.k, sufficiently est crieneed to take it. Mr. II armer.—This objection may be obviates! by Mr. flattye • else de, sty to Mr: pseceeeling to bite the evidence in your in esence, by which he will have the benefit of your assist re re aril acvire, and after the evidence hiss been taken, an, difficulty occurs, the ibqueet n:44 , be adjourns! until Mr. FAUTeII returns. Mt. Milne.--I will not take the inquest, and shall nth ise Mr. Itattye nut to proceed in it. I the not theme to voter into mei threw, explanations; ard, it it as my biggest. I wend no, allow ruy one to interfcre or take Lines. aril I *V.! road you an opiniim to show that I should be justiticd in Muth a profteditig. [Mr. Milne here read ..he opinion of a cotinv.l. Lot rot the e:.sc submiard to Lint : from Lis answer, however, it nm•earcd, that a sol eitor attended an inquest on behalf of an accused or suspected yer.on. and not only icsititi.d on qmstioning the lb it nenee. but behaved inuertineatly.l Mr. Harnitt.—l stiLnrt that IL , case is not at all nmilegous I attend here on behalf (t the parents et'the der-east dac an accuser, altd act to dctSzd ; trust I am Morel% of behuvirg THE NATIONAL REGISTIM: indecsnously. as it a•optus the person did, to whom your ease and 1 outsider that .ny person has a right to take notes of a hat rilllift in a public come of justice. My only anxiety, however, is, that the investigatiod would be hurl ishattly pro. eroded in ; fin it is inanstraus that any delay s'tnnld t;:ke piece in enquiring in the causes an I einiudistanc , i of the death of a fellow creature who has lust his life by violence. Many of the witnesses whom 1 have now here hare a second time come front a considerable distance, although rxtretncll• weak and ill 'able to hear tie fatigue of Insvellakg. 1 may not perhaps be able again to collect them', and if so, the Jury witl 'lose the benefit of their testimony, betides. (and what is of more i.nportance long ailjainnniettl in eases of nutriler would OW a rafa.A dare trues precedent. thiless the stopectol parties are in custody. because it would atEird Civil time to arrahge and eftet their escape. Mi. Milne.-1 cannot take the invest ; I have not scan Cie bat' y, and I untdastanl it is buried. IN:r. Rattye ha , . and if your not having seen the deceased is an ohjictian to your entering into the itlVe , tlgolo/1, the saint objection mutt apply to Mr. Marren. for he ltas nut seen the body . Mr. i ilne.—Well, Sir, I cannot help it. I shall not stop to altercate ; the inquest must be adjourned till \( r. Fatter. i, him self present •. and u will be desirable tint some time may elapse to allay the feelings en all '44.3. ou that the investigation may be commenced with coolness and Prrnper, Mr. Pearson came into the room 56 bile Mr. Milne was malting this la-t •bservalion. and, on its conclusion, said, there appears to he a strange change in the co mores opinion since last Saturday. for no idea of party policy prevented his proceeding in the iruptest on ()swoon. plthomth be had been resosested to delay it for a day or two, because many material aitntsees were then attending toe iv., at Lancaster. Me. wrote to yon to say I most proceed in the inquest, and I have to complain of gross misrepresentntion in reporting the re:diet of the Jury. Who •ver tent it to the press tertuted the last sense c•, which alters its sense ; end if I could timl who did it, he should be procertlrd against. Mr. Milne then hastily tptitted the mum. Mr. llanye.--I have heard flora Mr. Farrell, and he will be hone in a week; but I think it will be hat to adjourn it for a fortMght, and I therefore adjourn this Court till Saturday - the 23th Instant. It ottg'd to be mentioned, to the credit of the multitude &seem. bled at Oldham, that they bchaeetl in the most peacesble awl de. corotu manner ; indeed, a gloom suited to Cie solemnity of the occusion, ap.wared deidetetion every counnmance, and when r..e salicitora and the witnesses departed, the Iseult: took off their hats ...d bowed, but made no acchenation. The following correspondence has b.:en pub lished by Mr. Carlile : Lincoln's Inn. Sept. 2. 1819. Ste,—We are directed by his Grace the Archlmslitipof C a n. terlay. to acqt , int you, that his Grace will be in Nottingham shi.e in the !north of October, and that if you sheth, require his attendance upon your trial according to the subpoena pith which he has been served, you must take the trouble to enquire at lanthrth Palace. about a week rtevions to the day appointed, wi•e-e you will obtain his Grace's exact address: and upon notice being then sent his Grace, tatti suitable arrangements wide. his Grace will rit , t fad to attend. His Grace coneltales that you will Lc aware of the ittlaneetii env, he nitt , t be subject to by such a;ourney. and that you of,: not require his atteneanee unless it be eery materiaL We are. Sir, Tom, ohellicra Swann. FORSTER. citoKe. awl FRERE. Mr. Carlile. Meet Street, Sept. 4. 1419. MY 1,n4:1),—T feel it my dotty to expreit the warm upproba thw) I felt on receiving , the eandial information of Nle.ors. Forger, Cooke. end Freec. where your Grate may be found in the 1110'311 a Oct,liter, should the presence of your Greece be required on my trial. ----- I beg to assure your Grace elm my motive in serving you with a rthponut toss neither hlie nor frtvolow. and stall det-in the presence of you.. Grace to he of tl:e highest importance, not only to my otterest as an individual. but to the interest of truth and justice, and consequently to the interest of mankind in general. In conjunciiAll with your Grace. it Is my intention to serve with a subpcena etc per , ons in t':is country most eminent in theology, astronotnv, and oriental literature. I further beg leave to mute your Grace, that such questions for such evidence as I may find necessary to deck, shall be pot by tn.: with a dm: imisreAsion of the impo.tance and rank of those to whom I shall he addressing myself.. , 1 beg leave to subscribe myself, Your Grac e 's Most obLgeil ar.il obedient ,errant. 111 C riAnr, CAILLILE. To his Gram the Arehhi.ihop of Canterbury. FT:et Street. Sept. !RIO. Snt,—As the adjourned Sittings in the found ICing's Bench arc near at hand. I beg Imre to enquire. whether it is your in tention, as Ida Nlaiesty's Attorney-Goneral, to prosecute in the cranial w•ittings in the month of October. those inform Mons filed against me by his itlojesty's late Attomey.Genend, Sir S. Shephenl, end should it be your intention to proceed. wlikh of them )au will be pleased to take first. Flattering myself that I shall find in yon. Sir. a qenerotta op ponent, : would entrest- the earliest notice of trial that might possibly be given. as it Is my intration to serve with sulmwna x several persons of rank and distinction. (lament in the Menlo glad, scientific. and literary world. for whose eanvenierre and. accommodation lam solieitons s'otain the curliestnotiax,, al many of them ;.re resident in distaiA• parts of the country. and wouß wish. at least, a week's notice tie attendance. I ■M. Sir. Your most obliged and nlyetli:3l Servant. Sir Ro'rert Gitronl. Knt. itlitllAßD CARLILE. liia 51.1jesty's Attorney Gctcral. Sin.—ln anie ,, r r • your inquiry. I have to state, that it is certainly my intention that the information again 4 you• which stands tor trial at the adjn•tned Sitlin.ts in ocioher should he at those Sittings; and that the intlirnpition against on for publishing a blasphemous libel. which *tarots prior in cadet to the other an the li•airl cans.. will lir•t come oofor trial. I am. Sir. yOltrObediellt tenant. Lincolr.'s Im, Sept. :819. 11. GIFFORD. A white pheasant was found durintr the late vest in a corn-lithl in the parish of Brewluo.S,t meiset ; it was knocked down by some work-people, bat fortunately not much hurt, and is now thriving, in the tosses►ion of the Rev. John Dampier, of Collinshays ; the Rird is young, o f a heautitiil and rerfeetly white pulmage, and it is deemed a great ruricsity. A wither sane bird, a young wkite rook, is now in the pcssessam of a gantleman in Salis bury ; it was taken this year with another similar bird, from u nest in a rookery at •cwt Lavingtnn. :Of i' ili ki A l'it 171:37: rorENI 0 %ItSIVN At. This el sont boogied wto ospe•aed tor. ot•• t Von it. x• loi_ht —the interior •wo underi.sme il•• to oto 'lmo ex o tot • !lox she te.gilohood otf sh , ono: lot, lot tow tom! .it hit • • .•••, clod the ch osi ; ,e of the 8. ,, . , r appestrowe I tlw itilootres I i.,l support earl, tier to Ism, of v't..d 01.1, and th4l Ihe pm./ s•thwoo hoc:, toed to olotruet toe trw tit any ...rt..,e4 its the , bas by ft pow. to.i. piece of Imo Ism ry Oren thit It eNtal , alol • . f beim; tamed completely H •tOOO to ootHI lbotre the art 11 ii• the 11. , i•dhiz funned over She r 1 1:e ril pei form.stare oft the g0v..1 t•vem ng It at .11 irb.th, na.l li.r tier. fir Ise ichiy woo 'clot . ..wooed by %Ir. I • u.llirs Kr.nhir, it ge . 11111•111:111 of %.1141•.• uo.rtc..oleol hush 10.1IC powr.s 111 his extensive low of otriimt He arr eollhoMotmito oolotoirer,. pia .11,1,1,th i> b, too too•Asose.tlo ulttied to display hoexcellenrie., 1.11.1 thou 4 ll, t%lllt ha Cutsects:en of jisdoll•...o, 1w C.lll uetdr he Its limos rrry.•tlahle 1 He coutot ihi.ok his (mot. will ever arguere hdtietiouhl brillmoey icon hia s•ppexr.onee in this chiituctet. Sine, Mr. 1 6411111,•41 .1111 I 1.111.11:11 ex ert holt! itre loot to Ships l'otedtre, %tools r.rry lover tit the Maim' ottml resort, He *Wok the I'my wuul.l ti.or b..t britri riot Mid Mr. M't remly p ;Yu. heo4 - mkt CUatlrs kertild, rettsioed his port of Marelma; I o winch he on lone* it.., brook's toot our tonot." Mrs. It (the lady who - last year, its pli,ed At!ifla In MO* Jame S ,) eat the Lad, MarbrlA, and tliou.:h we di-like A. r sepal* hritt taws and studied declama, ion, we believe no one sine iu the comp my efiled hive pla•ed it briber. Mr. Vales a ,. solved into Mue.istr its enn.ell4l* OCt sir Mr Al•Lrrudv, who roe to have played it, Inn arriving in hien its ilia for relief:ma., maid out finuetly expreifsed a.lllillll Of Mr Vales ramie. a. sore , s* heret*fter env own.. Owned by the peiformunce.— Oa Welila•Atty. The Srh..cti for Mtn situ!, reffirsti Olin red to ter silt acquaintance Mn. Onviens. as tally teazle, flat her arcluirs•, her vivacity, and Ow v* root aued it fa et *nest or het were, would have persuaded us she nes yet ,y "Lag as ever, it' the mutt only oprearaitee of her Azure kid HOt (tit • hidden the suppait 1111 l ; tier perforinaiire iv too we II issue.* to need anklets. Alt. l'harli9 Keinble was indeed the Chu sit- author, could he have raven fan, the t„ a h, coal.l hat in IC.tstwhuyr ista-d aaav pooruitu, e of the rlr dmil, guy, ideftipatrd vpentliheift. Air. M'Crrady . . Itseple nod Mr. I: arrrsiv Pt Or. e ith intioriaa Little hews, carts received their *sell merited applauve, at.d tile Play ifltii,zrtlier seemed to hird.hly grail'''. a hrilliatt WA Crowded ittidwoce. tin 'I thwsday Mr. Phdlips, war lumen ;iv having faroserly b lunged to Mary Lahr and the Op ;a I manic his appearance as Cuter! its the IHrll's Wells-, and Mr-s Tree, (frau the Naos lheatr ,) appeared tin eve ll ill g as Ro.inv, (MIA. riarurier,) in Inc iforbes. stf —Slut ;new me of other mutter its In imolai* ate übserbatiens ois the deist* sit Cit. lady and gentleman. l'AGI.1•11 ()PERIL HUUsE •e of iirrltizerl!•nt, and ,tretirg It tH IL,' (MI It N•.• 111. YetiltiVett the iwet•vsay of novelt%, fur tilarmi W 111.411 a caaoct, of perform .act •,, IUS Themre bib repcat4 di) beca SArd to not LIS ete , tl4 prei44.l week. Dotal Lags r mer.C.na of die Prow...tors of I sin T tomtit., Irrld tw Mre grand ra lona as W, doesilii) lost, Mr. (Amor. in*the'etnitr... -The doirt.rritt Reports front toe !Wert and Cenerul Committees were road by r. Ward the Serreiar—thry lowed link more than mot Ili.• rare...tom of dee.:s, whi: h the 'Ft... ore was let for .4 Ara s to 11r. It. W. lioision as AlO,Ol/0 pet amm.s. .d when plus e tb.l np.rniiee. The immw.•si s.a o r r 0,. Conimiller who ni.re logo rut sew then sir..u. from • ba..re fell wpm. Lord Vain 1111 l th, t.. Robin, Mr Hi. h,rd 14 ilson, Air. I). at, Lord Essex, and Land II 109 t t to former tome ,11.11 11111 l 'e t • I d, nut in the p 1 cc of ine atltrr, the n ow.. of NI.. C, e. oft, Mr. Nlr. T. l'hurrh were Aithstoutoe. The lienerol Co wiii.seee then proral.4ed to cite* is .toi - Committe. „ the memhen of which *Nero Sr T. 1)4,1...,, Donehis. .johis Smine. Geo. Halmos, and Cat. tafi. Alter a Lars ri.ortor) ronvi.rsmontolm AA wrrr minmously sated to the Select Committee:mil to the Choir- MAY of the do). Tliewieetfuai I hen broke up. PRCIrOSED' RICEPTION IT 4R. lit'N , T -.411P twn COnstieitter , . which had co.orArmed for the purpose of :;trial to Mr. Hoot a •• nimbi - welcome, " in" collec tively on Timothy night at the Comm anal Anchor ' I a rm. The lotion. however, proved very unpropitious. In fact, the I.Vt stiiiiitster Committee would not sanction or !deft, theft selves to the iir . vi.intis of the C ttttttt titter: •• of Two Hundred, av toiheir nrojeeted ineavotte- Meiwrv. • Dr. Wavenn,Tltistleivontl, Preston, IV.iddingoin, Moe n i en_Ll er , a nd Co. are therefore to he unrivalled ethic's clrgantinirriis of the refClllOllV of cooducting. Mr. H unt into Losit . crs ; whien lutieredina iv- to take place on Nlottvlsv next, positively et noon. Their present inten4.• win is, that the 'Noce ,. ' , "r form into °filet at Islington; and it is ilevittued on eoncloct him in tri umph front Islington thromt h the Cite-road, Finslitoy. • Frfiti-oreet. Itivltome, tie wee., Cornhtli, che3i._ • round Si. doom 1.1141411 e-hill, Fleet -steer% Strand, to the Crown and Anchor to dinner. N r ibliellot , , bind!. of Musie. di.uibntcd Ist r.sriom parts of the pro. cession. to strike op certain airs at cr rttin point 1.1r2c white 11.14 ;aver green (lig. I::r t e led flag. ;Ice. The pr!smivrs who stand ronimi!ted ati el l lrgr s ~i• felony, were rcuuord tot Fl HI , v from the several gaok in London awl x to Nivn ease, prelivetnory to • oleo taking their trials at lilt' ellS 1111 l Sa•SslitllS u J 11.11, iu the Oki ' Batley, of ttesday next. Thursday a person, in the drugs of a lnelier, called ut the shop of a respectable surgeon in the neighbourhood of Chcapshie, pretending for advice. but after waiting a ft-w minutes, he niaaaged to steal a case of surgical instrant..iits, tra:► which he rrul'a. ed Died, on Wcilneaday, aged 9.6, John Askinron. Esq. Mayor of Salisbury. lie presided at the lan City Sea: ions, van at Mr. Ileinretea dinner, and n.- turned from a shooting party at Mr. Lo ckhart's' het t‘No dip a preceding his death. A cold that he ha t caught was aided in its eTeria by his driukinq qnantity of cold milk when lie was warm. As in. dainmation followed, and in .18 lamrs kis alert but actin: career terminated.