The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-09-08 00:00:00

POMP" rT-vr . r : i 1 I ‘ # I 1 ' • I k i ‘ I I THE STATESMAN the most favourable terms, wbuld be deitratlation.— It would be an acknowledgment of right which does not elite, and a mere adoption of gilded slavery.— Or men, 'Who think, write, and set, as the Ameri cans have done; nothing of this soot• tan be siitiei piled: and, were they disposed for eawsbnciliation, by making sacrifice., on what could the) , found • confidence of security in the enjoyment of Totoft'nod privileges? Not, sorely, in tint virtues of Fenn. band ; nor, in the Holy Alliance itself; for the daily articles of news from the Continent display proofs, that it is at war with liberality and popular tights. A few days ago it was announced, -that /Austria had ordered, that throughout its Italian ter autogiro,' no work should be committed to the press, till it had undergone revision by an Imperial senior. • An article from Berlin, In elate raper, announces, shot notwithstanding all his promises, there is bo intention on the part of the King of Prussia to grant his subjects a constitution. In troth, the Americans have only to thetnselves, and the justice of their cause, to look for safety end the possession' of their rights. To themselves they will look ; and whenever the offer of mediation is made, unless on the terms we have supposed, it will be rejected with disdain, as coming from parties who hate uo right to tutermeddle.—( Rockingham ) iIhiNCIIESTER COTTON SPINNE lir .. On Thursday morning there was a large Meeting" of the Manchester Weavers, held in St. George's. fields, attended by standards, with inscriptions upon them; and they marched in the same order that the other bodies have observed to the town of Stockport, whence they returned in the evening. About 12 in the forenoon of the same day, a body of Spinners acted upon a new principle. nerving formed in regular order of march, they attacked three factories in succession with stones, with sera tepidity, that they effected their intended mischief before the Magistrates could arrive to arrest their .progress; but on their approach, on a signal glens. , with a peculiar kind Avery or suppressed shoot, they , fled and were no more seen. They br.)ke many windows with tremendous showers of stone., and seriously injured a person who had the spirit, on-, supported, to seize one of them. These cirrom. 'lances brought together an immense multitude of persons, the foremost of whom was, as we usually observe with pain, a vast concourse of children.— Parents, from common humanity, should keep them within doors. Yesterday, in the forenoon, a large body of Weavers 'gain assembled in St. George's-fields, for the avowed purpose of marching in the style already explained, with numerous fills and music, to Ashton•iiiider-Line, where a General Meeting of 'various bodies was to congregate. They set out and got as far as Fairfield, but were there checked in their progress by General Sir John Byng, the Magi. strafes, the Borougbreeve, a force of cavalry, and many Police officers. Mr. Wright, the Borough. reeve, and Sir John, entered into explanations with them, read to them the Public Notice, and the Weavers felt so conscious that their mode of pro. cedore was not jostifiable, that they simultaneously turned from their object, and, being so 'Arrived, lowered their colours and returned hose, That this peaceable disposition will gain them many Mends, there can be no doubt. The Magistrates, Boroughteeve, Constables, and Military, then proceeded to the town of Ashton. under-Line, and assembled in the Town-hall depu. Cations from those working classes who were holding the proposed Meeting. Acting upon that spirit of moderation which had already proved so successful, they again read the Public Notice, accompanied by suitable observations; and we feel most happy in stating that good sense prevailed so completely i n this instance also, that the Meeting at large, w hi c h vas esceeditt*ly numerous, broke up, and retired peaceably to their respective districts. Thus situated are the inhabitants of Manchester. Yet they owe much to the prudent forbearance, as well as the active personal attentions of the Magis trates. M a tters are, however, at length arrived at such a point, that decision becomes a duty ; and we safer our Readers with sincere satisfaction to the public caetion issued under their signature, wherein they explicitly state what will he their future lire of conduct, and their reasons fur that conduct. These are explained with such justness and propriety, that they will carry with them the approbation of all men of judgment and humanity. The past week has been one of continual alarm and confusion. John Milne, Esq. the Coroner, having summoned a respectable Jury, proceeded yesterday to investigate the cause of the death of Thomas Brooks, the spin. tier, aged 22, who died in the Infirmary on Thurs. day morning, in consequence of the wounds he re. ceived in the attack made upon Mr. Gray's factory about neon on the Wednesday. It appeared in the course of the evidence that he was a most active as. &silent on that occasion ; and the Jury, after a p.. tient investigation of eight hours, daring which. many witnesses were examined who were spectators of the whets transaction, returned a verdict of Josiffsahle homicide on the part of the defenders of the mill. Indeed it is hardly necessary to repeat en asiom which has been maiutained and enforced so often by our enlightened Judges, that it is lawful and right for men to defend their property, and, if assailed, to Issue recourse to the most severe remedies for its preservation,--( Wheeler's Manchester Chronicle, Sept. 5.) PUNLIC CAUTION. a' Whereas the town of Manchester hat for some those past ; ser a g reatly disturbed and agitated by the assembling of multi tudes of permits. engaged in unlawful combinatiom, who base walked in procession through the public streets; 8 ' „lad whereas, within the last two days, enitrages of a most daring and desperate nature have beets cum sited by the Joorseyraen Cotton Spinners and othersotho have abstracted the peaceable and well-disposed inhabitants in the lawful pur suit of their trade, and have attacked the Mills and some of the blasters, where th eiri Spinners have been at work. • Now we, the undersigned Magistrates for the Division of Manchester. do declare, that we have with deep regret observed the long continuance of these assemblies and precessions of the voloninri y anemployed labourers in the clitoral trades of this di.trict, which we have forborne to interfere with, in the hope that the good sense 011ie individnals concerned therein would have retursted.mod that the peace and order of the sews would have been restored without resorting to stmog legal measures, tot inasmuch as forbearance has bad the effect only of radar:. log evils of a more dangerous tendency, we feel ourtelves booed ponliely lampooner, that the before-mentioned 'assemblies and processions are in oar joilgoeut illegal, and dangerors to the public pence. • And w e hereby caution an persons henceforward to attain (rout magi g in such proceedings ; and we earnestly mom . mend all persons to remain in their own houses, or at their law- i fool occapatinia, and avoid going into any parts of the town where these disorders may prevail. " And we do farther declare our determiantiolo to disperse andprevent nth unlawful and dangerous assemblies and pro celistows as may rtforrshis notice appear in the public streets; ' and by all lawful means to protect the well-disposed and halos ' taiss, t and to tiring tr justice such as shall be found (tread lagispitpot the Ipws.—Witness our heads, this 4th Sept. 1018. 4, ft. WRIGHT. C. W. N.TH ELSTON, t• "W. MA.RaIOTT. J. NORKI10." In the moan time the Weavers at Asbton-under. Lino had assembled in great numbers, expecting the arrival of the Spinners from Manchester. Upon being addressed, however, by the Magistrates, they were prevailed on to disperse goietly. CHESTER ASSIZILY, Sm.& Jacob Mock V et a dyer, of Stockport, in this county, was indicted, as implicated in the riots which took piaci hr that town on the 15th, 16th a9d 17th of July last Mr. Geoid', a most respectable manu facturer' gave evidence, that he employed near three hundred spinners and weavers at his machinery in that town ; end in consequence of some of the per sons in his employ leaving their 'imitators and retro. log to work, he was ender the necessity of sending to, Berton.epon.Trent for others to supply their place, who were females, whom hi lodged, on their arrive, : at Stockport, in his factory, going to which place they were beaten and loaded with mud by the popu. lacei- who Mae broke the windows of his factory, and threw stones at their highly respectable Miles. trate, Mr. Harrison, when reading the Riot Act, by which a horse was knocked down. The mob attacked Mr. Garaide's carter, with a load of cotton, and beat him. The Prisoner, Hinchcliffe, broke some of the windows of the factory, by throwing stones at the 'girls therein from Burton. Mr. Garside bad several stones thrown at himself, which struck him on the back, the atones being brought to the street by boys, fur the purpose of being thrown by the men ; and' Hinchcllfie saga particularly active in encouraging the sinaine of tt (Jug-nt a very inflammatory nature, ac. l companiod by a blind tidier, for whom he made a ring, in order that he might be surrounded by the populace, then infuriated. Mr. Garside was under the nit Pointy of withdrawing these women from his factory, by a judicious manoeuvre, to a house in the neighbourhood. the window shutters of which were afterwards pulled down, and entry into the house in pert made throeght6o windows ; but further depreds. tions were ;monied by the arrival of Sir John Firming Leicester's troop of Cheshire Yeomanry Ca valry. Mr. Serjeant BUT very emphatically men. tioned to the Prisoner, that had he been indicted ca. pickily, which he might have been, he should have left him for elocution. He was found Guilty, and men. tented to three years' imprisonment, and fined Is. Tito Prisoner was very much affected. The Counsel for the prosecution, Mr. Attorney- Getters! (Beriyou), and Mr. Crosi ; for the Prisoner, Mr. Williams. Jos. Baker, indicted for 'the same offence, Guilty. ientence—one year's imprisonment and Is. fine. LONDON SESSIONS.I The", gessions were yesterday held at Guildhall, before the Lord Mayor, the Common Serjeant, and several Aldermen. The Recorder was absent, from indisposition. After the Grand Jury bad been sworn, thn Cow -1110:4 PERJEANT addressed them. He lamented that the Calendar before him presented such an unprecedented list of prisoners, and so great a body of crime. The list of those committed for alleged offences itt the City of London was more than double the number sent berme the Grand Jury ; but he was happy to say, that the cases did nut appear to be of at( atro. cirrus natoie. If the Jury required any (mimetic', the Collo would be happy to give it. Ile would only call their attention to too points, that were of a tra• tare upon which the Grand Jury were not often ad dressed. They were now a complete Jury °tits ent.y. three; and, by the law, no hill could be returned by them as true, unless a majority of twelve agreed upon it. It often happened that some of the Jurors left the room, ny which means the original number was loosened. In such a case they were bound to return their Mk or ignore them, by a majority of twelve also ; any contrary proceeding would be informal in the eye of the law. The veal point was, to press upon them the necessity of exercising the utmost emo tion where caves. of perjury were sent before them. They should take care to see that the charge did not emanate from malice, or the warmth of litigation. They shoald by no means listen to the testimr,ny of one witness alone in support of such a charge, as that would merely be " oath against oath." The evidence of a second person was, therefore, absolutely neces sary; or, in the absence of that person, recta papers lend documents as would be calculated to confirm the tpreseeetnr in his charge. W Westover was indicted for 'smiting W. Over 'aft in the'inereise et Ids duty as a constable. The Defendant was tho driver of the Exeter Mail, from which 'illation he tad beets discharged. 'On ,the day specified In the indictment, he was sent for 'to the Swan with Two Necks, to take the Mail, in .cnnsequeoce of the absence of one who was unwell. 'When he came to the inn he was intoxicated, and in -consequence he was not seffered to drive. Ile theft abased Mr. Waterhouse, the innkeeper, who was compelled to send for the Prosecutor. The latter, upon bis ordeal, found him behaving in a most dis orderly emmpet in the tap-rootn„ and on endeaiour. lag to remove hie" he grossly insulted taw—Ver dict Guilty, and sentenced to one month's irnpri soneseet. Mr. Fisch, a wine -merchant, in Conper's.row, `tower -hill, was found Guilty of assaulting Rebecca Kemp, his niece and servant, and was sentenced to pay a fine of 51. Yesterday as a carriage was returning from the country, on its arrival between the Elephant and Castle and Charing-cross, some villains cut the straps which festeried a trunk between the boot and seat of the cassisge, atul after calling the straps In six or eight places, they' succeeded in getting , elf with the trunk, containing saleable articles of female wearing apparel and jewellery. Cooms.—A Correspondent says, that cbstic,.form , ed into I paste s 'will tore these astuoysoces. .811L)DLESEX SESSION)1 1 ; A c t f.T. 7.. The , litfisfdlesss Sessional it Hick's hell, Cleskenwell, this day.„ ;Veal*, Esq. obi= dated as Chsttmen. ' After the Grand Jury were sworn, The Ca*lttslAty said, that the Wender, though formidableln point of the number of cases it contain ed, was yet so free from any out of the ordinary coarse of crime, which Gentlemen of their expe rience were in the habit of considering whilst acting •as Grand Jurors, that it would be a waste of their time were be to refer them to the nature of any par. titular cases which would fall under their enquiry.— He was convinced they would do their duty in rise mining the cases (hat would fall under their observa tion, and he had only to regret that the number which they most necessarily famine would' occupy a very large portion of their time. The Grand Jury then withdrew to consider their bills. The business of the day was vety unimportant—it entirely consisted of cases of common assault, which were devoid of any general interest. 'William Mitchell was indicted for assaulting Wm. Clarke, while in the discharge of his duty, as keeper of the bounds of Horosey.common, under the Bishop of London. Mr. HOLLAND stated, that the Defendant was a respectable farmer, residing in the vicinity, of Horn soy, the common of which district had been In great part enclosed by an Act of the Legislature, pasied in the year 1813. This Act had been infringed by the Defendant, and the keeper assaulted in the dis charge of his duty• It was for the Jury to say whe ther the Defendant was Ridley of that assault. William Clarke said, he knew the Defendant, who was a farmer, residing near Hornsey. Oratlssi 15th of May, witness saw some of Mr. Mitchell's cattle on the common, at Hornsey ; they remained there until the 2lst, when witness went and drove them to the pound ; while in the act of doing so the Defend ant assaulted him. Cross.eaamined—He drove the cattle to the minor pound; he took out two warrants against others, besides Mr. Mitchell, for infringement .►f the common bounds. He got a guinea from one for not following up the prosecution. Ile never refesed to swear that Mitchell struck him, until the Magistrate said that nothing could be done to maintain the,warrant ue. less he did so. Ile did not know who employed the attorney in this case. Thomas Taylor saw the Defendant assaulting Wit. liam Clarke 'ben be was removing the cattle to the pound. The son of Writ. Clarke also corroborated the fact of the assault. Mr. ADOLPHUS addressed the Jury for the Defend. ant, and said, that it was evident, from the manner in which the Prosecutor followed up some cases, and commuted others for pecuniary considerations, ibat public justice was not his object. Verdict—Guilty. Sentence—A fine of 101. J. Upton was convicted of an assault on the same common.keeper, while driving of some sheep be longing to Mr. Adamson, the master of the Defend. ant, and sentenced to pay a fine of 40s. Martha Bloomfield was indicted for assaulting John Clifton, a watchman, in the discharge of his duty. The watchman stated, that he was called on the night of the 2zd of May by a Mr. Ruddy, who re sides hi East Smithfield, to carry away the Prisoner, who, with two other females, was creating a dictorh once in the passage of his house. He obeyed Mr. Ruddy's order, and while in the act of removing the Prisoner she struck him two violent blows, he then carried her to the watch•house. The two females who were with the Prisoner di rectly contradicted the watchman's testimony, and charged him with having committed the assault. Verdict— Plot Guilty. James Phill(ps and Ann Phillips , were indicted for creating a riot in the front of the house of John Bernard. John Bernard said he was a straw-honnet-maker, residing at No. 38, South.street, Manchester-square; he lived there seven years, and the Defendants re- sided next door, and in the same trade, for about be years. At two o'clock, on the 40th of Jun., he saw the female Prisoner standing at the door of his shop, and using towards him the most abusivri lan coage. lie remonstrated with her upon her impro priety, and the other Prisoner (her husband) came out and joined with her in making a noise and col lecting a crowd outside the door. Ile immediately went and indicted them. The noise made by the Pri soners had collected a great crowd about his door, to the injury of his business. In the cross•esamination of this witness it did not appear that the crowd outside the door bad taken any part in the squabble between the neighbours; and therefore the indictment for a riot was untenable against the Defendants, who were accordingly ac quitted. Ann Giks was indicted for assaulting Eliza TM bed. _ The facts of this case, which the Ladies thought s. fit subject for legal investigation, were simply as fol. hew ' The Prosecutrix was housekeeper to a Gentle. man residing in Stratford-place, and the Defendant was his cook-maid. The Ladies, it appeared, had not lived on the best terms, but the different nature of their occupations, with the advantage of their holding apartments distant from each other, in a spa. ctious reansioo, enabled them to live on cool terma under the same roof, without ezactly in►olving the whole household in their quarrel. It, however, un. fortunately happened that the master of the house went out of town, and left a favourite dog its charge of the housekeeper, with particular directions to wash it, mires% twice a week, and then rub it , dry with flannel before the fire. The housekeeper pain fully divulged the secret to her master of the coolness that subsisted between her nod the Lady in the kitchen, and the probability that poor Theodore': skin ;would he more frequently dried no the dra wing. room carpet by the heat of the sun, than before the cook's fire in the kitchen. The master, with becoming poignancy, lamented that this difference should subsist between suet, im pudent branches of his household, but persevered in desiring that his dog should he duly bathed, dried, and rubbed, and added, that if 64 his business" could keeper 11rer ihr as dn saheitsed authorityb oo t. at: lieiliciihnegalioslifs, blaze if she could nut appease her hostility. c o o u l d d r e t : r l e t g a o fi th i t h , h t e a ta nd or w n a li s l h l r h o t u t g7tord.lo wlenottiourteheekniiren;; proce-s of dry rubbing, th e rook la protested against this invasion of her precincts-1i; protest was answered by the flinging a pail of w it " upon the fire—the housekeeper being determined t o and si . obey the strict letter of her master', tinguish the fire which the dog could not enjoy. A parley of very short du rationili. , n took pi ace b otwilit the Ladies--the appeal to liras was lllMnit the 1 4 , o s e ni e neous consequence.—and when the fontms e , o4 other servants op mails came down, attracted by% no i s e, they beheld the two ladies extended ea ti ts ground, engaged in very close combat, while Pat Theodore stood by the shivering umpire, and el . conscious cause of the dreadful rencontre. • Cross indictments were then resorted to by il io parties, but the present Dofendant, before the Its. gistrato at blerlborough•street, consented to H y linquish her charge against the Prosec e t r i s ; the latter, was not, however, so forgiving, and i nsist. ed on taking the opinion of a Jury. She had n ee the benefit of her choice, for the Jury acquitt e d the Defendant. The Court was occupied for the remainder Odl e day in bearing cases of trivial assault. I ! fa "1 " 1 1,14111111. • • 4010 , the h ee ls . o the co , tr. . 4 e d his e njoy t 1 r . PO L ICE. C ILD HA LL.--./..hlt Pritchard was Chttra taitls attempting to pass a forged-11. Ilsok of England eel% Wilk Miller, pool and -shoe.miker, Fetter.ltae, stated, that on Friday night the Prisoner eamei o hi s shop, and tried on a pair of shoes, which he tweed to purchase for 7s firl. and gave him a 11. note, No. 17,598. to take the amount of the shoes out I 1( He suspected that it was a forged note, and ease it to his son-in-law to look at, who declared that is CHI a forgery. lie then sent for Herbert, the officer, who took the Prisoner into custody, and searched him, and found two good 11. Bank of Engisod notes twenty shillings in silver, and a duplicate of a silver, watch on him. The Prisoner said he had got the 11. note from a Jew. in the Minories, in chew, he haring purchased a coat from him, and that his suet bad aieen him a 51. note to purchase clothes. He its/ said he lived in Blackfriars.road, and afterwards in a small street near York•street. The mother of the Poisoner stated, that she was% laond►ese, and lived in Furlottgn.street, York.sireet. That the Prisoner resided with her, and had net done any stook for tiro years on account of illness, and that h• was nearly the whole of that time in the hospital. The last place he worked at was in Wars wick.court, Holborn. She knew that his sant had given him 51. to purchase clothes. The Solicitor for the Bank observed, under those circumstances he would not peen the Prosecution, an d the Poiseoer was discharged. QUESN•S Q UARE —Yeoprday J. Plummer, carter to a nightman, was fined 51. for cart ing soil through the streets in the day time, contrary to the New Paving Act. C. Lee, a well-known character, was broeght, by an Officer, on suspicion of bring curicornsin divers robberies, from rluplicates being found anis for witch seals, gold rings, and other articles si jewellery.—Remanded. ÜBllo7l.llALL.—lsaac Myer. and FAizabeth Myers were* Monday brought tief.re she Magistrate, upon the follow* charge : Hahne-. the Constable of St. George's-fields. stated. that if all the *brothels wish whets the neighbourhoo.t of George's-Belis were so plentifully stocked. di one kept bs the Prisoners Cs the mast notorious and disorderly. he back led in o saws fields into which parties frequently escaped, after occasion* adisturbance in the house, and thereby eluded the search of the Peace Officers. Late on Sunday night she Primmer. Elias Myers. was engaged in a street quarrel with a woman°, the town, and causes a great mob r alaWMtble. A watchman. named Robert Miller, desired her to discontinue such disorderly emu disc!. and go to her residence; ius.ead of doing which. she struck him •iolently on the face, and he then t..nk her to the watch-house. The Prisoner. Isaac Myers, hearing that 16 wife was at custody, went to the watch:house, abused the ea. stables and watchmen, dens,inded his w ife. and behaved is a manner so ontrageons. Ilia' Hoboes was compelled to disperse him by putting him in the same apartment with the penal whose littera he was so anxious fur. he Priohiers nettled thin their conduct bad been so dim* , derly as repre*ented. The MAGUTRATE ordered thee to find sureties, witieb,failing to du, they were committed. TO ALL WHO AOhllitE A BRIGHT PAIR or BOOTS. In the gay school of rnshion, Ye vow ies who dash on, And skip throon e h the world just As blithe as you may, , When plemu re poi rsitio lg. Your hrixht boors be viewine, And miad— lona ER'S Filockiog has made yobs° gay. In the Park cr the Mall. You'd be 'Kohn .5 sill, Did your shoes no a soiroodour so charming display Raw the L point MI/ pe. And .lion ,e and toot ye, When Tows s Jet illsirkolog is out W of the way. If o'er the bonbon. You've taken your Minton. Your companions--oh think of the i-Ites they wilier:tat As their liquor the% goal. At lite taste hoe the% That koows not she he.uty of TOR Neves Jet Black. Rot be your shoes polished, And mums are aboli-hert The jeers of compooio. s. and twis of the Mho s Theo to Toll N an's .Itop hie, And his Jet Hoicking tio%. For remember. au Blocking is equal to his. Friends will he kind to request their servants *ad carriers M risk for Tvawta's Blocki ug. sts si HMV he had by the Gower , . Perin...cr., I onousooneers, Stationers. 111 , sot % vomiters, and Dow gists in ed.. Is., and Mi. bortilell, in every Town in LegildPir Scodisall t and Wales. oe).X.Gc • Na. 1 11 , loonflon-rnad. Southwark. $3 ASK FOR Tu N 1411. - 4 MAC K DI KO. On the 6th hat at his house en Blackheads, le ids 101/I Yee* Samuel Walker, kvq. of Mark lame. Oa she 3d tn,t. Mr Janes George Jones, of K iagslaod-►ad, aged 27. (Jo the Silt inst. Elizabeth. a Ire of Mr. It Wilkinson, of All &thing. Wandsworth, aged 38. Oa use*, inst. Mn. Dacha', relies of the telebreted wink lyrist, sited 82. Oa the 21st of August. nt his boast in Letirrenee-st feet. he Ibe perish of St. Luke. Chelsea. Mr Geroge floodver. in Ilse Mi veer of his ages be as it native of Chelsea. had ofeiated el Parish Cleri 80 years, and had filled the offter of Sexton 60 years. (In she be inst. nt Brigham. Catharine Anne Wines, yang& &i e nfester et Jobs Wtnies, Esq., of Hungerford Park, Berks. agd 18. - _ - - LIINDON Prim•.A and Pshtifbed hy• D. LOV RFL. Olt" SI ATtsx4R Orrlce. No. 4,4 Ili sbirrreeert, !Mewed. 1 1 1 1 7! -7 '!lrT. ,t N 4