The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-08-12 00:00:00

t , • t ! A? I $ • - ! 4 - • HORRIBLE Castle Roshen, (isle o! Mao.) Jiily 'nu? lit:Nt; D. turn tan ni . 3t Nutty rioN. Ttte Lieut.-Governor took his seat on the bench, httsing t! e Nan . Demmer Uawne on his right, and the lion. Deem sier M•llutehin with George Quirk. the 1% ater Bailiff or Admiralty Judge. on his left. The Indictment eharged the prisoner with having, on the' 10th of May, in the first year of his present Majesty's reign. l and at various other tim es , w i t h f orce and violence, feiu-I L.ously committed a rape upon one Maria Templeton. at contrary to the form of the Statute, he. The of fence ass lald in two different counts. To this indiettnent the prisoner pleaded Not Guilty. The Jury having taken their places, the Art neer,- Cr N rit•L stated that the prisoner at the bar had been con fihrsi for debt in Castle Rushee for upwards of two seers ; that he was subject to attacks which, under the direction of a medical attendant, rendered it necessary that some of the prisoner's family should be permitted to sleep in the room with him at night ; for which purpose two beds were in his room. in one of which the prisoner slept. and in the other Swithin N bite, a step-son of the prisoner's. aged about 14 veers. and Maria Templeton. the prisoner's own child by Templeton (who •as the widow of a Mr. White), a girl about le years of age, on which girl the prisoner had cow in,:ted the foul cluing, wherewith he then stood charged. T.itt Attorney General went into the further necessary per tiyulars, and concluded by adding, that he regretted to be •idiged to go through in such a way almost harrow up the feelings of the enfortuuate prisoner at the bar, who he un dr• stood to he a man of previous unimpeached character, a toeuther of the law, and of • family of respectability and epn'ence in Ireland. Mr. Jun% SYsenast, Counsel for the prisoner, said, that th- indictment was, in his opinion, insufficient in three points, namely• time, place, and particularity that as to Cute. it was rioted to berm the 10th of May. in the first year of the reign of his present Majesty King George the Fourth.; without adding Mr year of our Lord. the latter of which be considered to be indispenslbly essential, and the absence of it fide' le the indictment; that the place laid was the perish of Metes.. without adding in what house or certain plum within that parish, which was also necessary •; and that the si-zrnu count, or confineende, which charged the offence to its .e been committed at divers other times, was too general, mis: therefore was not to be considered a count to which the es idenee to he adduced could apply. The lion. Darns-rite tilswet haling declared the opinion of :he Court to be against the objections taken, the Attorney tieneral proceeded to tunable thew itnesses. The first was Fitzsimmons, the jailer of Castle Husiten, to whom a communication had been made by some of the prisoners of seiat they knew of the circumstance, connected with the dia. coJ tn. and afterwards the prisoners themselves, Next, Jane grew. the prisoner's sensor, who on the fol- low lug 'miming offer the outrage had been first committed, fuond the child standing naked and crying in an outer room nit that wherein the prisoner slept, and on which morning t r child not only complained of the outrage, but also re sweets-It to he removed from sleeping in her father's room, witness stated tl at she informed Mn. Templeton that the e :ild was ill used. eth Quirk, to whom on another day a similar com m. nication was made by the child was next examined; this .:s.ess stated that she Lad informed Miss White of whad had occurred, and from feelings of humanity towards the child h.n.i offered to give half her weekly wages towards paying fcr a bed eat of the Castle, if the childwould be rensos ed. The next witness was Maria Templeton, the child on r horn the outrage was committed ; et the production of whom, a feeling of general horror seented to pervade erery person in the Court. On the part of the prisoner, an objection to her bring sworn was made, on the grounds of her youth and presumed ignorance of the nature of an oath ; flee child appearing, notuithstand ng her infant years, tuber el: aware of the consequences of false %wearing, the objection was overruled by the Court, and her examination proceeded with, in the course of which she bed to torn round and identify her violator and father! Over her testitnonr, as well as that of Marron Jones, who was also examined, we must throw a veil—both were distinct, unequivocal, and in many yens, horrifying—but they were more than sufficient ! Mrs. Creels. a ife to the turnkey, and her husband, were else n eautiarsi; their testimony circumstantially com b rated the evidence of the child. ‘leigwaret Coyne and i'liz. Cirrin also corroborated the testimony of the child, and proved that she had made com plaiats of the outrage committed upon her. In the prisoner's defence. !(within V 1 bite, the son of Mrs. Tempi. ton by her former husband, was sworn ; he was • boy c: :dont 14 sears of age, and as stated by the Attorney -Ge neral in the outset, slept in the room with the prisoner, and generally in the bed with the prosecutrix Maria Templeton; by kis evidence it was attempted to establish that the child Maria had stated to the w Bares. that whilst she resided with aurae In Ireland. end before she came to the isle of Man. (.1 hiefi was about le months since,) she had been prostb Wed; else that she had on one occasion since her arrival in the &stead. taken an indecent liberty with some little boy, from wham:ether levity of disposition might be inferred ; but short. the evidence of this boy was so evasive. and his account of what be knew of the transaction so different from t at previously given by him to Mr. Kelly, the Iligh Bailiff • : Castietown, on his hest examination Before that Magic- I. ate. as rather to embarrass than assist the defence. William Shimnsin, a prisoner in Castle Rustle'', was next celled; his evidence was in favour of the prisoner. John Wade. Mark Author'', Mills, Thunias Vincent. and Tboutas O'Reilly. Esqrs. Major Gordon. Captaiu Fleming. and the Rev. William Christian, were severally sworn, and eerosed as to their respective previous knowledge of the prisoner's character. The lest witness sworn, was Robert Kelly. Esq. the Ma glotrole before named ; he deposed that, upon his first exa mination of Maria Templeton, she denied that she had been siolitted by her father; but that afterwards when examined upon oath, sad the nature of an oath full' explained to her, she stated the matter exartly as she had just stated it to the Court. and that from thence she aster 'stied in her state meat ; be also deposed that Swithin W hits on his examina tion before him, declared that he suspected something im proper was going forward in the prison between theprisoner and Maria ; that on examination 4within White prevaricated mash ; and that though interrogated closely as to every cir cumstance respecting the transaction, be never hinted at the arty be told ht the Court that day. of Marts having ad mitted to him that she had been prostituted in Ireland before she cease to the Isle of Man. Mr. STRPRIIR then addressed the Jury. Ile urged the im probability of the eommissioa of the crime—the uncertainty of the evidence in away respects—the contradiction of the prosoestria by her step-brother.Swithin White.and therefore, that the Remind moral character of the prisoner was to be thrown into the scale of mercy, and that he trusted the Jury would !wing in a verdict of acquittal. To this argument, Mr. Cuaninithame made a short reply. The lion. ihashrras Damns then addressed the Jury. la the course of his address be said, that the °Renee with which thn primmer wmeharged was not incest. The Joey retired to deliberate for half an hour; wises they returned to the Court, their names being called over. the Roe. Mesmer Guns, maceedieg to the forms of the Manks law, pot the following "mottoes to the Foremast—Rave you agreed to your verdict? On being aaawered in the sins tire, he thee said, " Ved for efistere safe r• to whieh a Negative answer Whig gives, the Rev. Vicar-General Stephen and the Rev. William Chrtstiu withdrew hos the Court. Atter the Clergy had withdraws, and the prisoner spin put to the bar, the Foreman delivered a verdict of Nifty, and at the use time hogged to recommend the risower to mercy, on the grounds of his previous good character. The 'verdict was recorded. The primmer was then • Cs% the Yam at the Alter keep Al. Best f—Tble few Hoe Is pet, oodw a donee' fade' of tbe Nub Lew, which that It wield be Improper fora Moister of tie CMtr to node las Court who a seatenes fee shed dies be Wel of moo was to bedErset. 'fie Leed Labe% soli Iforregelbe Ilio The of die Bleesse, It osessury Wiseat of Ike alitereliail Do ling. THE STATESMAN. asked if he had any thing to say whe sentence of death and rxrention sl Id not be awarded against him? In a low voice Ise replied, " Nothing." After souse con sultation with the Min. the Lieut. liovernor, Decanter liawne addressed the prisoner. The Learned Dempster seemed much affected in passing the sentence, as did many others in the Court. The unfortunate prisoner appeared rather alssorlied in a kind of stupor, and when retiring fr the russet found it necessary to be sup ported by the two constables who conducted him to the prison. De has fruits thence beenregularly visited br the Ker. Witness, Christian, and we understand manifests touch resignation and that Cie Character of your Royal Highness was im pregnable to the deadly and poisonuns shafts of the most malignant and cowardly slander. We hare only to add, that by this severe trial we are convinced that your Royal Highness has secured the love, the venera tion, and the esteem of every manly and feeling heart in the Empire; long may your Royal Highness live to receive their willing homage: long may yen enjoy the uninterrupted society of year Illustrious Daughter; and that you may allays succeed in frustrating the machinations of all your enemies, is the sincere and ardent prayer of your faithful, dntifnl, and loyal Fel low-Subjects. the Freemen, Burgesses, and Inhabitants of the ancient City of Bristol. " Signed on behalf of the Meeting, HENRY HUNT." To which Iler Royal Highness returned the follow ing Answer : " I return my best thanks to the Freemen, Burgesses, and Inhabitants of the City of Bristol, who have been pleased to send me this handsome testimony of their approbation of my conduct, and their congratulations on the failure of that conspiracy which was wickedly contrived by pedaled and suborned Traducers against my Life and Honour." yetiiin. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. ROPINISZT. Avu. 9.—However great may have been the enthusiasm with which the inhabitants of the me tropolis have taken up the cause of the Queen of Eng land, they have been at least equalled, if not cur passed, by the people of this county, in the diqs'ay of a most open, generous, and noble feeling of sym pathy in the misfo•.unes and injuries of that illustrions lady. Party spirit is every at here laid aside for the more natural feeling's of the heart. Indeed, party, rank, sex, age, all is united in reprobating the con duct of her Majesty's persecutors. Where an indivi dnal can be found to approve it, you are sure to re cognise in him an alarmist, a place-man, or a pen sioner; and his only reason fur such approval, an affected apprehension, that by standing up for justice and her right, her modesty will involve the country In a revolution. Where is the character which Eng lard has maintained for ages, if from the operation of so frivolous, so groundless a fear as this, she is tamely to stand by and see her Queen openly robbed and degraded ? Where is her public spirit ? Where her courage, her scrupulous regard for honest, open dealing, and her rigid veneration of justice ? If the rulers of the land account them worn to shadows by distress and privation, they will find when it is too late--terribly too late, that they are implanted in the heart, and flow with the life blood. It is somewhat strange that more addresses are not forwarded to her Majesty from this part of the kingdom. The apparent reason is, the confidence which is generally entertained that Mi nisters will not dare to persevere in the mockery of justice, but that they will be obliged to give some thing like a fair trial; in which ease, very few doubts are held as to the satisfactory establishment of her Ma jesty's innocence. Then it will become a duty for every town in the kingdom to send up as Address. A duty more consonant to the wishes and sentiments or British hearts, will never have devolved to the nation. TO THE EDITOR Or THE STATES.II4.V. Ste,—The following occurrence tends to shew the hordships to which individuals in confined circum stances are exposed, by the collection of the King's Taxes. A person resident in the parish of five rears, in an established business, the emoluments of which always come in better at Midsummer than at any other time of the year, and at which time he had sivifornaly paid the King's Tazee, was called on by the Collector for payment about a week before Midsum mer, when he was told it was not then convenient, but that immediately after the quarter was turned, it ahonld be sent to his house, as it had always been done before. The Collector replied, "It won't do, I must have it directly ;" and on being informed that there was no cash, he demanded some plate, to the amount (3/. 7s. Bd.) but there tieing no plate, the coll• sequence was, having a broker in attendance, he was called in, and he proceeded forthwith to take an in ventory of certain articles of furniture, for the purpose of removing them immediately. It was in vain, the man pleaded for time till the afternoon that he might go out and collect or borrow the money; the Tax gatherer was inexorable, and he was told the only way to prevent an immediate removal was, to write a petition to them, requesting that a man might be left in possession till the taxes were paid; with which they were most graciously pleased to comply. Ihe Broker went for his man, and the Collector waited his return, daring which time, the unfortunate man com plained of the severity with some warmth, (very dif ferent from gross abuse or foul language*), when he was told by the Collector If he did not hold his tongue, and cease imputing any impropriety to him, he would send for a peace officer. So much for the Collector. Wow for the Broker. He was asked what would b e 1 his charge ? when he sneeringly sad insolently re- I plied, " It depends upon how we are treated ; If p er . sop are civil, and behave well, our charge is low; but if they made things unpleasant or were impudent, we charged more; we hare all prices, from fie. to a guise.. Now, this last part is more immediately the ground of complaint; for an application being made to the Magistrate to know if he could take cognizance of the charge made by a Broker for seizing for King's Taxes? he replied, that the law was only definite on the seizure for rest. Hence, if Mr. Broker choose to call gloomy or disagreeable looks (and I defy any body to be very pleasant or cheerful under such cir- -- ----- --- . cumstaeces) incivility, the poor unfortunate may be made to pay balf-a-guinea more. Surely, Sir, such power could not hew been intended to be placed in mach hands when seising for the King's Taxes any more than for rent I and if it were, the sooner it is re medied the better: for as it stands, it Is eme of the many grievanees which require redress. I au, Sir. your meet obedient servan t. Hods*. W. C. • The words wads ass of were Dearly as follows : I Met It very sewere that wilt not give we WI doe diem's. It same' be te me a man t• sepses. for IM dispel a kw boom Ist people In authority at ti mes ere lailleed le Nab a Minh w et It re obey their 111011•NIINNIS S. Thh set cease* nessitsity, fir If you have the sates k la dot Sim you will tarry It ahem with yes es major raft o f the day. /IU.V Annexed to the Third Number of the Memoirs of Henry Hunt. Esq. is an Address, from which the following are Extracts TO TIM RADICAL REFORMIRA, MALE AND rEM %LE, OP INGLAND, IRELAND, AND SCDTLIND. Ilehester Jall. July %SA. ISO. My beloved Fellow Countrymen and Fellow Conts trywoweo,—lf we hail not before been proud of the name of Radicals, we most assuredly should be so now; for, now that the corrupt and venal tools of government have denounced their amiable and lovely Queen as a radical, there cannot be a man or woman in the king dom, whose heart heats in the right place, but must feel disgraced if they were not thought to have a title to that appellation. Every one who is virtuous, heave, and kind-!:earted, every one who dares to act uprightly and honestly, every one who thinks correctly and speaks what he thinks, is by these vermin denominated a radical. Within one short month, since I last had the honour to address you, my friends, we have witnessed some strange and momentous occurrences. It is pretty clear, notwithstanding they have got me safe and s:otg► in Jail, that the enemies of reform have not been rest ing upon a " bed roses." It is hoot more than two short months since a woman, a persecuted and de fenceless, though brave and tnatchless woman, iereded this mighty land, and, in spite of the threats of Castle reagh, and in defiance of the mighty Wellington, the " greater, eaptaia tf the age," (as Brougham so re-' peatedly and so fawningly called him to his face,) in spite of this mighty warrior, and his mighty army,' England has been invaded by a Womax, and she hall marched like a second Napoleon from the distant pro vinees, and taken posg.ssion at once of the capital aid the hearts of a generous people, without firing a single shoot, or spilling one e.r.,p of blood. This brave and, high-spirited lady has certainly gained the hearts, and secured the support of nine-tenths of the popula tion of the country, male and female. You will be aware that her polemics cre the enemies of reform, and that those enemies have proved themselves very power ful and dangerous, and that by experience they have shown that they ran, when they please, get any one found guilty contrary to evidence, let them he ever so innocent. You viii not tail to recollect, aid to re peat it when you real' this, that I was found guilty con trary to the clearest and most indisputable testimony f and, in spite of that tcstiniony, was sentenced to a punishment seldom indicted upon the most guilty. And yon will add, that this was iwier/y done, in spite of the opinion of the public, and in opposition to the voice of millions, which millions had not the power of prevent ing my sentenve from being carried into execution; and that those who sent sue here are the self-same par ties that are the persecutors of our amiable, lovely, and brave• Queen. You will say ton, that if they wish it, they can condemn the Queen in the same way, without any evidetice, or even without a hearing; and the people, although they ab or such injustice, will tatusly look on upon a mock trial, supported by witnesses that would not he fur one moment listened tu, even on a queJtion where the dispute was about five shillings; and ■ll this, although nineteen-twentieths of the peo ple will not believe one word of this suborned testi mony ; nevertheless, if the accusers ran get a court or a jury chosen by themselves, to say the won) guilty, that then her degradation and punishment will follow in spite of any thing, and every thing, that can be dune by the people. I hare requested the Publisher to insert a Copy of the Bristol Address which was unanimously adopted by a Meeting of 211,001) of its Citizens, and which I had the honour to present to the Queen, when she was Princess of Wales. You will find me consistent I the same man either within or without the walls of a jail. TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS CAROLI!It, ►RINCESA OF WALES. The Dutiful and Loyal Address of a numerous and re spectable Public hlemlng of the Freemen. 'Burgesses. and Inhabitants of the City of Bristol. held on the Public Exchange, the 99d day of March, 1813. " May it please rut Royal Highness, .4 We, the Freemen, Borg and Inhabitants of the ancient City of Bristol, in public meeting assem bled, beg leave to approach your Royal Highness, not in the language of unmeaning adulation, which would be as disgusting to the dig ~111'd mind of your Royal Highness to accept, as it would be degrading and dis gusting in us as Englishmen to offer ; but we beg to be permitted, in the language of truth and sincerity, humbly, though zealously and firmly, to assure foie Royal Highness that we are actuated solely with the I love ofjnstice when we declare that we entertain the most profound respect and veneration for the character, as scull as the most invincible attachment for the person of your Royal Highness.—We should inflict the greatest torture upon our feeling-a if we were to neglect upon this occasion to congratulate your Royal Highness, in terms the most unequivocal, npon the development of that Conspiracy against your Royal Highm as, which has terminated in the most glaringez posure of the wicked intentions of your suborned Accusers, the discomfiture of your abandoned and per jured Traducer., and, at the same time, the most un bounded acquittal of your Royal Highness in the eyes and hearts of every unprejudiced person in the universe. Hut it would be impossible to govern our feelings if we were to endeavour to express our abhorrinse• in terms adequate to the resentment we entertain for those who were the promoters and instigators of the false, detest able, and groundless nee usations against your Character, for the base, cowardly, and creel purpose of bringing your Illustrious Person to an untimely and ignominious death. We were delighted with that consisted,. rectitude of soul which inspired your Royal Ingham with All virtuous courage to demand of the House of Commas, that ' you may be treated as innocent, tie proved to be guilty.' But we are far more delighted with the result, which has proved to the whole world TO CORRSSPOND&N R. will appear, If possible. on Monday. The account of its Article bei t o t froeo pers ersfi elonal. d, we fear, is igad m i st :t: PRICE OF STOCKS TR Rank Btoek II per Cent. Red. IV 3 per Ct. Cons. Mal A per Cent. 771 • per Cents. 8711 pr Ct. Scrip. Long Ann. 14 lamp. 3 per Cent. Ann. DAY AT DNS 01101.11. India Stock Ditto Roads 235. po t . Old Annuities Ex. Bills W. Is. li. pm. Ditto Coo. Ss, Pk Oianies Con. for Ace. OH Lost Tickets ell. lAs. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 47 min. after A.—Evening, M loin. o ff MONDAT. Morning. 67 win. after 4.—Evening. 13 laic if* etc gotaUdinatt. " THR BRITISH STATIESSIAN" IS INCRI STATZ111•11." Win " mit •••••11111 LONDON: SATURDAY MNINO, AVIIIIST It, lift STOCK EXCHANGE, ONE OVISCE. The Funds have been very steady thiu merv i se but rather drooping than otherwise. Ce as e i x the Account are 681 sellers. This depressisah et. ing to a report that the King of France is Mel, i r more particularly to the little butanes. tine Wi ts doing to-day. We have this morning received Paris pipe s Tuesday and Wednesday. There was an idk r-p w : in circulation yesterday of the Ktxa's death, Im o nothing definitive could be ascertained, and wtk rumour did not proceed from a source that middle considered authentic, we took so nodes of it. It appears by the papers of Wednesday, that his Mensft was in good health, and had trammeled booms tie preceding day with the Duke de Ittanuta. Hewn afterwards visited by the Duchess of Somme. 2%e Constitittioisael says, a journal of Lyon In loontand the receipt of letters from Milan, statist, clef suers) arrestrkad recently taken place there, sad that the Austrian tiovernment had received initialise el the existence of a Secret Society, composed ef MO Olken who had served under BORAFASTi, awl of ohms the greater part of them actually resided is Piednen. Immediately on being apprised of this ciresaillot it is further stated, that the Austrian mildest. Sestet Callenda, had orders to allow as rem wins • ever to pass the Lake Maggoire. MK en strictly enforced, and several Italians Itimillitem from Sesto to Piedmont, famished wIA prifili paw ports for a single day, were put under surveillant All letters from Madrid of tie Igth alt. are On with respect to the Apostolic Junta. What 111111111 attributed to the Duke de Ulu AAAA ARO, don Wit pear to be believed : the well known chamfer nil (hamlet of Spain, more than his immense kW. P. pals the idea of his having leagued himself AI it opponents of a tiovernment, at the head of filth b the KING, to whom he has ever been a devoid The Kirto is tranquilly enjoying the beak waters of Sacedon, according to anneal staise h has only one of his Ministers in atteadettee. vie M. PERIM de CArrao, the Minister for rondo 22 fairs. His MAJESTY'S {Rite is very small. Hike petted to return to Madrid in a few days. Tie* Torsi Committees of the Cortes are prepariag reports, which will soon give a great interest bib debates. Lettere from Bayonne of the Ist lot. relate, dot on the preceding day, a traveller bad ism arrested es his way from !run to St. Jean de Lug: wow ppm were taken from him; among the nassiwo wen a is Spanish Journals. As there exists as prebibilio against the introduction of Spanish Joints!. ins France, it is not known to what ought to be attriblill this act of hostility. A letter from lean announces the dispersion of the famous Worn& of (halide, by the Constitutional troops. Farm cn Fuxpe.—Five per Cents. 71f. Actions, 1375 f. Extract of a Letter from St. Thomas's, Jelyl3' " Poor Commissioners from the Spanish Osri" arrived at Martinique, on their way to the 4 11411 Main, to treat with the Independents. lo e 0 1411 .100 of which, we may shortly expect to hear of seloovall interesting events from that quarter. The Mai l state of the Spanish Main has a very meal , 'OW * render our market extremely dull and hew. Spanish Constitution has been proclaimed at to. Rico, with great rejoicings." EXTRACTS FROM THE LAST NEW TORE SASITFIL LEFORTATION OF COT rox.—Qaastity of CO~ exported from Charleston and flavansab, from ihs la Oct. to the 31st May last, being a per/0 1101 months : To Greet Britain, 11.51 1 . .51. France, 41 North of Europe, Coastwbe, . - MOM MAIL' Compared with the same period hot year. iinom an increased export to • Groat Britain, of Frames, 140 North of Europe, And a decreased export coastwise. d • 001 1 bales. 11/ ...e igil It is selmosed there remained fur sltipogo i Carslina and Owes, on the Ist instant. abed ze,""