The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-01-05 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER SESSIONS. Yesterday the Sessions of the Peace for the City and Lihert 7 of Westminster commenced at the Wild ball, before Mr. CONST, the Chairman, and a full bench of Magistrates. Hanby Price was indicted for publishing a wicked, seditious and inflammatory libel. of and concerning his Royal Highness the Duke of York. The libel con rested in a hand-bill, copies of which were plentifully circulated by the defendant amongst the crowds in and *boot St. James's-square, during the residence of her Majesty there. It was to this effect:— " Why, except for hire, is the Duke of York loomed ? Is it for his military exploits at the Helder :—ls it be !louse he pocketed 10,01)01. a year of the public money for visiting an aged parent, who had been so peculiarly kind to him ?—is it because he has Toted for the infa mous Dill of Pains and Penalties against the Queen, in all its stages?" There were other questions of the like nature and ten deuce, and the bill concluded with, " Let the buzzaers answer these queries, or hold their tongues." Mr. RRYNOLDS, in his address to the Jury for the Crown, observed, that it was for them to declare whe ther the paper before them IV•13 suds as any En glish- Man, in the exercise of his most undoubted right of discussing public matters, would be justified in send ing forth to the world, or whether l it was not of such a nature. as not only to exceed the limits of fair discus sion, hot to excite disaffection in the minds of Isis Ma jesty's subjects. The defendant, who is a hill-sticker, was seen with a bag round his neck, distributing co pies of the hand-bill in large numbers, anti here he (Mr. R.) would observe, that persons of his class en tertained a notion that they, not being the authors or printers of the libel, were not liable to the cons.- srences of the law, but this was entirely a mistake, for they were the publishers of the libel, and were equally open to punishment with those who employed them.— The Learned Counsel then read the libel, commenting in forcible terms upon its several passages, and point ing oat the evil tendency that such a publication was likely to have. The applause with whirls the Royal Duke was greeted en his passage to *nth from the House of Loris during the momentous trial of her Ma j....toy, did not proceed from the months of hived pet• sons, but was the spontaneous ebullition of generous feeling with which Englishmen, when left usibias e I and unperverted by designing men, alw lye greeted persons of distinouished merit like Isis Royal I I sgiosess. They knew the services he had rendered his country : they knew that it was his admirable manaeentent of the army which had advanced its character above every ether in the civilised world, and had enabled it to I achieve those glorious victories which had led to the release of all Europe from a state of oppression and slayery. The people knew also the attention which his Royal Highness had devoted to the comforts and in tcrnts of the wives and families of the soldiers, and in' cheering him wherever he appeared they were actuated only by sentiments of admiration and of loyalty. He -hoped it would not, even at this time of day, he thought wafashionable to speak of loyalty, fur those were egre giously mistaken, who fancied that notions of English freedom were net perfectly reconcilable with the ! strongest, the most vivid feelings of loyalty and attach ment to the constituted authorities of the country.— After some further observations, she Learned Counsel called Fursman the officer, and two others, who proved • the distribution of the bills by the defendant. The libel was then pat in aid read. Thr defendant read a written defence, and set nut by stating that he was totally unused to public speak ing, and unacquainted even with the forms of Courts of Jr.stice. Having been a long time cant of employ ment, he applied to Mr. Benison, of the Strand, printer, who employed him to stick up placards. The first was one quoting a paragraph from a Morning Paper respecting the Queen, in which it was said she ought to be sacrificed, " we care not whether as a martyr or a criminal ;" a second giving Lard Nelson's opinion of Italian witnesses, and several others, all upon the subject of the Queen's trial. lie read these bill', and souse of theses were of the most inflammation kind. They all bore the name of Mr Benbow as the printer, in conspicuous characters. For publishing tl , e last of them before the one now the subject of claarge, he was apprehended and taken before Mr. Mineloull, the Magistrate, who did not hold him to '441, nor even warn him that he was doing wrong. Thus lulled into security, he went on, unconscious that he was commit,ing any offence, until he was again apprehended. The name of Mr. Benbow was recta this and all the ether bills, but in no one in stance had he (Mr. B.) been prosecuted. lie then read the libel, and defended the several passages, de eying coat there was any thing in it calculated to de- , fame the public character of the Duke of York, or that could be called " wicked, seditious or inflamma tory." lie trusted the Jury would place themss Ives as a shield b..tween him and the wily sophistry anal ; legal ingenuity that had been exerted against him by tee coansel, wlso, like the rest of the profession, was employed to make right wrong and wrong right. This prosecution, he averred, was instit u t e d by p er - I sons who appeared to be endeavouring, on every oc casion, to drag the weaknesses and vices of Royalty'. before the public, and who were the worst en-tnies of Royalty. tie contended, that the bill contained no Libel on the Duke of York, but merely asked a few plain questions, which might have been fairly replied tb. lie would leave his case in the hands of the Jury, with the firmest confidence that the verdict would be—Not Guilty. Mr. itarrsoLus was about to reply, when The defendant submitted, that the Learned Counsel had no right again to address the Jury, os he (defen dant) had called no witnesses. The Costar decided., that he had the right of reply, and Mr. KIiTSOLDI addressed the Jury at considerable length. The Jury retired - for a short time, and returned a verdict alra in If. JA es's-sQsaar.. Henry Rid, a pining man of decent appearance, was indicted on a. ..charge of being concerned in a riotoua mob on the 31st of August last, and with violently assaulting a police Officer in the execution . • et his duty. Mr. ItabiroLos (the Oblef C•inasissioner of the In solvent Debtors' Court) appeared as Coattail on the part of the prosecution. ether stating the particulars & Tag STATII of the case to the Jury, he pointed out to them the I necessity of repressing by their verdict the dangerous practice of defeating the ends of justice by attempt-. ing to rescue persons who should be taken intst ens tod y for offen etc James Whaley said he was a constable belonging to Bow-Street, aid that on the 31st of August he was in St. James's square, when a person named Mill,, was taken into custody. That person was scarcely apprehended when a mob, consisting of 200 or 300 persons cried sat in a violent manner,—" rescue hint from the blood hounds." They then began to throw brick-bat and stones at the constables. Mr. Mills in the meantime was pat into a coach, and as they were conveying him along the Strand, the mob still follow ed and continued assaulting the constables. The wit ness and other constables were guarding the coach and trying to keep the mob away. As they were ' coming by the Hungerforel CocitA-house, the witness' perceived a stone or a brick-bat passing close to his head; he immediately turned round, and saw that the prisoner, who appeared to he at the head of the 'nob, was the man who threw the stone. He immediately jumped down from the coach, and laid bold of the prisoner, who tried to get away from him. With the assistance, however, of the other constables, he secured the prisoner, and took him away in spite of the mob. Cross-examined by Mr. Asnacwiva-lle was riding on the outside cf the coach. He Allipt great danger, but not so much alarmed as not to know and recollect every thing that passed. The mob first began to throw brick-bats in Cockspur-street. The prisoner was charged as a pickpocket at Bow-streeti witness did take two handkerchiefs from of him , - he dial so merely to ovcrhawl him; he never had known him as a pickpocket. Taunton, the officer, did not tell wit ness he had got hold of the wrong man. Witness was I not examithil at the trial of Mills at Flerkenwell ; he did not know whether the Queen went to the House of Lords on the day in question ; but she was in St. James's-square. W. Wootton, another pat role belonging to Bow-street, said lie was following the coach, and saw the prisoner at the head of the mob hallooing; they were throning brick-bats, and calling out to rescue Mr. Mir.. Wit ness had his head cut it ith a brick-hat: saw the pri soner the moment he was taken int.) custody. On cross-examination, he said he never heard now ton say they bad got the wrong man. Mr. AN tolen a addressed the Jury on behalf of the defendant, and contended that his person was not so well identified, nor the act sworn against him suffi ciently proved, tir warrant the Jury in finding him guilty. The fact, as he had been given to under derstand, was, that this man was at the time going about his ordinary business, and was endeavouring to! force his way through the mob, which was collected in expectation of seeing the Queen go to the House of Lords; :lad all persons were at the time i'lereated if they did not take their hats off. He admitted that' the defendant was there at the time, and nothing was more likely than that il'halev, in the state of alarm he must have been in at the time, had been mistaken ' as to the person who threw the brick-bat. lie should bring witnesses to give him an excellent character. (Here a woman, who said she was the mother of the prisoner, interrupted the Court a ith hind dermas and entreaties, that the Court would bare mercy on her son. After some ineffectual attempts elmqiienee her, it became necessary to remove her frgas the Court.) Thomas Kerry said he had known the defendant. The CIIAIRMEY asked if this witness was merely called to character. Mr. ANDKEWS said he was. The C'uAIM►IAS then observed, that M 1 cane of this kind, which was nothing inure than a common assault, such evidence was irregular. Mr. AN tinEws said, he must bow to the decision of the Court. Mr. Con : r stated the rase to tic Jun•, and the only question they had to try was, whether they be lieved the witnesses for the prosecution, as to the ri mier taking an active part with the mob, and being the person who threw the stone. The Jury, without retiring, found the defendant.... Not POLICE. Manstov-Ilouse.—Yesterday a young Jew, named Woof/, who has gone by the name of Jones, was brought from the London Workhouse before the Lord Moroi., tinder the following cirenteistanees:— The superintendent of the Workhouse, on the part of the Committee of the Houseless Poor, stated, that Woolf applied for relief at the Refuge on Tuesday night, and appeared to suffer extremely from hunger and the inclemency of the weather. Ile was received into the Workhouse, and after having been supplied with a meal, took a comfortable station amongst the other helpless creatures, who owe, perhaps, their lives to the institution. Ile hail not been long in the asylum, witch in came a 'wafering man of very decent appearance, who said he had undergone the greatest hardships for the last six or seven days about town, in consequence of disappointments in two objects, to accomplish which he had come front Liverpool to Lao tian. The superintendent administered the necessary relief to the unfortunair applicant, who had scarcely recovet.'d from the state to which the severity of the season had reduced him, when he made a most extra ordinary exhibition before all aronuti him. He fixed his eyes upon Woolf, who seemed to shrink from his glance, and seising him by the breast, said, that Jew was the man he had been so long looking for. The Jew endeavoured to extricate himself, denied that be knew any thing of the complainant, and appeared as much terrified as if he had been in the grasp of a madman; indeed the general belief was that the com plainant was a little deranged, but he soon removed i that impression by producing a hand-bill offering a reward of 20 guineas to the person, that should appro. bend Woolf, o; whose person and dress a very urn rate description was given in the bill, in which it was stated that the Jetv had stolen a tin box. containing needles and money to the amount of 1341. a Free mason's certificate, and some other papers of value. The description given of the Jew correispooding so exactly with the figures he cut in the workhouse, person was appointed to watch him till the ease ceeld he investigatcl. In the examination that took place before the Lord Mayor, the complaisant dated that be bad some up to Louisa with the view of getting some prize-money, to 'Ma be eoaceived himself entitled, as well as to look shoe Woolf, who had robbed a very intimate hilted of the money, Ste. stated in the band-bill. He had calculated that, upon his arrival in London, to which he had ventured to come without much cash, or even the expectation of meeting friends, he should be enabled, with the assistance of the prize-money, to follow up the pursuit of the thief, who, he guessed, bad left Liverpool for London as the most easy mode of arrivin at the enjoyment of his plunder. The complainant added, that on application at the Navy office be found there was no prise-money due to him. After a search of some days, which proved inenectual, his last farthing appeared, and he was reduced to the necessity of applying to the London Workhouse for laseistance, although if at Liverpool, he would be able to give the relief to others which he now required fa. !thoself. The superintendent of the Workhouse said, that al tl:ough the complaisant had represeuted the circum stance at the Workhouse exactly as the Lord Mayor had beard it, Woolf at first denied his name, but soon acknowledged it. The Lord Mayor ithought the complainant was a very fit object for the consideration of the l' u tmuitiee of the !insist , less Pour, and expressed a hope, and in deed his conviction, that they would advance a soli cieot sun out of their funds to defray the expense of his return home. The superintendent apprehended that the Commit tee would be of opinion that the case would not come within their regulations, and said that some of them had already expressed that opinion. The Lord Mayor observed that the case was exactly within the regulations, and that the Committee of last year had relieved some indivi•tuals whose claims were by no means so powerful. Mr. Duncan Catniibell, who attended from the Com mittee of the Ilouseless Poor, expres ed his fear that the misfortune of the poor sailor would not come with• in the cognizance of the institution, but said he should state the Fare to the t'oii ,i ii►ttee. The comp.-. 1, ant was then sent to the Refuge, and the prisoner, in the custody of an officer, to the Compter, where he is to remain till the arrival of a police-officer from Liverpool. (lemon Lt..—Vestr•rdav a Jew lad, about IS years old, of the name of Robert Cohen, was charged with uttering forged Hank of England notes, to Mr. Haines, a butcher, in Fleet-market, at le hose shop the prisoner purchased some meat on the 2Stls of Decem ber last, for which lee paid with a forged I!. note, re ceiving the change; on the Saturday following he came again, reminded the journeyman of his purchase on the Thursday, and expressed a wish to be again a purchaser if he could be furnished with meat of equal goodness ; he was accordittgly accommodated to his mind, and in payment passed a sivond forged note ; • on the same evening Itt came again, made an midi ' tional purchase, and passed a third forged note, and at the same time asked as a f 'vetoer for change for anu ' ther note, assigning as a reason, th.t he wanted to hue some small articles in the neighbourhood, and : did nut like to get change from strangers. The ' Weber, willing to oblige so good a customer, accom modated him with the change, and thus received from him a fourth forged note. Wednesday morning the prisoner came again to the shop, but in the interim the four notes bad been re turned to Mr. Haines, as forged ; the prisoner was accordingly lief:lined, and subsequently taken to the Compter ; no forged notes were found upon leine, nor had he time to offer one that morning, being charged with the previous offence immediately on making his appearance at the shop ; but in his way to the Compter it was supposed he route-it ed to throw a forged note • away, on heinz picked up by a boy who was follow ing, and given to the officer, which, on c parison, • exhibited the same dote and signatnre as one of those • previously passed by him to Mr. Haines. • From these facts, and the circumstance of his having given a fake name and address, the case was considered as complete, and the prisoner having no defence to make, was committed to take his trial. Pcne.ec Om. E, llow-S•rneET.—Vesterilay General Sir John lambert was attacked by a gang, between one and two o'clock, near the ('rown and Anchor. Tavern. Two of the gang were seen to mark out Sir John as an object for rubbery, by Captain Crosby, who happened to be passing at the time, and saw one of them pointing apparently at his pocket, as if they knew it contained a pocket-1 k. Shortly after, the cry of " Stop thief" was raised, and Sir John looking round, saw his pocket book in the hand of a labour ing man. Mr. Win. Tucker, of Arundel-Street, in the Strand, was crossing from Pickett-Street, nearly op posite to the Crown and Anchor Tay..rn, when he saw two men attacking Sir John !Anther!, by hustling him; he saw one of them take Sir John's pocket-book mitt of his pocket, and give it to his companion, whose ac u te proved to be William Carroll, and he PIM the pocket-book into his pocket. Mr. 'locker Odaell hold of Carroll by his collar, when Carroll ere hint a violent blow, which nearly knocked hint I ! Awards; it was given with so IMOh violence that it loosened some of his teeth. Carroll in consequence escaped from Mr. Tucker, and ran oft' down Milford lane. Mr. '1 urker recovering himself, pursued Car roll, calling " Stop thief," and he wails at length taken in Essex-Street, when Owen Swaney, a labour ing man, who had seen Carroll running away, and his being stopped and taken, saw Sir John Lambert's pocket-book drop, and picked it up.—Carroll was fully committed for trial. Sir John Lambert spoke very highly of the con duct of Owen Swanty in the recovery of his pro perty, and promised to reward him for his loss of time. The only New Year's (lift, that can suddenly make either individuals or families happy, free, and hide . pendent, is a Ticket or Share iu the New Year's Lot tery, which begins the 23t1 Instant, when if they should not obtain One of the Nine Prises of X 21,000, they rtave, at least, Amide the vowel chance, of obtaining hoae greet seen of 1:21.000. &c. anti the Low es t -Prise is Xl2 Hooey. Twelfth Nicht Characters are to he had gratis at the Contractors' Offices (as meal) ; lent it is necessary to state, they are reserved entirely Ater their oh/ farads ue let .1. perrhasere. man. Art ISTE L LIG &VCR. The --, Palk, from Ystadt to Stockholm, having been on shore, put into Klinte, on the west sid e o f tiothlsod, 7th alt, to repair; and the Stjmnam, e tw. stroni, from Bergen to Stockholm, was drives os shore on the 9th ult. near the same place. The Sigfried, Simons, belueging to Humerfeit, board to Christiammuod the end of Nov. and would be obliged to discharge her cargo (fish and hides) t o repair. The Hope, of Philadelphia, Wentnere, from .Saran. nab, bound to Liverpool, was driven on shore the 2'th ult. near the entrance of Drogheda River, and it was feared would be wrecked. Crew saved. Cargo ex pected to be saved. FAL . NI OCTI), JAN. I—The Pheasant, Banks ; a n d the Harriet, Banks, sailed from IVales for Fovey, w i t h coal, some days since, when the former, in a g a l e „ t wind, foundered in the Bristol Channel. The lass es reached Waterford, previons to which the Master and 1 boy were washed overboard. Costowaa's INgersr.---Yestetilay evening, an in quest was held at the Holden Lies, ..10citers-fi e ld. , near Iledford-row, Holborn, before T. Sibitaixo, Hs u , Coroner, on the body of Bliss Ruth 'SUM(' Lob,. , a voung lady, 20 years of age, daughter of a chip- James Eldred, waiter at the Wheatsbeaf Tavern, Hand -court, Holborn, deposed, that on Monday mor n . ing last, between twelve and one o'clock, he was let ting some gentlemen out of his master's horse, wlo. ft he heard the uaTchmen springing- their rattles, and the cry of tire, n hich was said to he in Iledford-ron ; witneu proceeded to the of Dr. ('wins, N o . 13. where he perceived the blase; he knorked at the door, and 011 its being opened, lie I rot-veiled up stair ; at the two pair hack room, some persons n ere breal• ing open the door; on its being opened, be beheld the whole of the bed furniture to he on lire. Some gentlemen anaionsly ism/tire., after the deceased young lady. Witne,s, on looking- round, observed one of the windows open, and on looking hot, 11P dist-overt-4 that the deceased had precipitated herself from the window. Witness proceeded down stairs, when sLa was found in the back area, where she had fallen ; with the assistance of a wa.chman, lliey carried Ile deceased up stairs to the second 'floor back room, by which time the fire was nearly extinguished. Air. Abernethy nits sent for, and every assistance was rev demi to the deceased. • Dr. David Uwins, of 13, Redford-rosy, deposed, that Miss Lethes and her mother lived under his roof ; alums half-past twelve on Monday morning last, lie was slimmest, and Joke out of his sleep by the call of dis tress from the deceased. Witness slept up stairs; he immediately proceeded to the secoud floor back roots), which was the bed-chamber of the deceased, her tuu• titer, n•ho was very ill, and the servant who attends& me her. There was'an alarm of " lire" in the room, and he, witness, saw the flames; he endeavoured, with the assistance of his &errata, to force open the door, but not being able to enter the room, he forced open another door, which communicated to both rooms ; he immediately rushed to the bed, which was sur rounded by dames, with a view of saving the old who was unwell, but could scarcely venture near, the heat of the flames was so vary strung. Ott going to the bed he found that she was not there. It al►pears that the deceased and the servant bad succeeded its saving her, and on returning to the room the flaws were so much increased, that they pursued the fat.l remedy of escaping. Several persons rushed into tEe room with witness ; on going down stairs he heard the deceased was missing, and on entering the house keeper's room, near the area, he there found the younr lady (deceased) and the female servant, lying iu the corner of the room ; lie called for assistance, and se, - ral came and took the deceased up to the second Hoof - they laid the deceased on the hed ; she was then alit... but senseless, and could not speak ; witness perceived that a dreadful concussion of the brain had taken plate from the symptoms. Mr. Abernethy and Mr. Morgan were present, and took blood front the deceased. The deceased never spike after the accident ; witness was with her nearte the whole of the day till her death; site died on tb. evening of the sante day, about six o'clock; wittiest entertained no doubt but the deceased's death was os - cationed by the injury she received from the fall ; the distance which the deceased fell was about 50 feet the servant jumped fron► the window first, ard received dangerous injury; the deceased, it appeal followed her and fell upon her, or she would has: been killed on the spot, nu doubt. The sad titlin • ; of the unfortunate lady's death were not intimated !L) her afflicted parent, until some time after it took plat , when she was greatly affected. 'fho►nas Strutlwick, watchman, deposed, that 1 heard an alarm of " Fire" in Bedford-row, and p,..• ceeded to the house of Dr. L' wins, where he saw cl. • Gores. lie went down stairs for the purpose of pr ,, curing a pail full of water, when he was attracted groans; he went to the hack area, where he tow. the deceased leaning against the wall in a sensel, • 1 state; the female ser►ant was lying under, the deceased having fallen upon her. They were conveyed irr, the housekeeper's apartment. The deceased was it prepossessing and accomplished young lady. The Jure returned a verdict—That the deceas. death was caused he a fall front a two pair stairs u► - JOU', in consequence of au a!artu of fire. On Tuesday, the 2d inst. at Chesham, Rocks, the Rr . John Mil, of that place, to Mary Lowe Maurice. eldr .‘ daughter. and Mr. John Stanu ay Jackson, of Stockpor. Cheshire, to Rebecca, seeond daughter. of the late ft-v• William Maurice. of Fetter-Isne, London. Yesterday. at St. Andrew Undershaft, Mr. Henry Jo' n Uore, of Chiswell-street, surgeon. to Isabella, third daugta• or of the late Mr. Killian% Jones. of Leadenball-str;el. DIED. On Tuesday, the 4d inst. after a lingering illness. IV. liam Runeissan, Esq. of BilT111110fe•111)Ulle, Woburn, lie '- fordshire, aged 63. On the lid last. at his %goose in Lamb's Conduit-place. brain Lyon Poynter, Esq. after au illness unusually frac hod. Leads*: Rated, Printed, and Published et the Oiler ' "Tots ilittiaeu us - and "Tau rossrmracte.'*(Sur 4.11 Paper) No. 141, Strand, apposite itt.eleortit'sCnerr by k. WARDNI.L, due., Lb. R. to whom ali eursications, Ordera. eta. are rr;n.•.ted to Ix address,. . C FIF-- •••