The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-04-25 00:00:00

IL" -- i ► ~~ ~~ It INTrRESTING TRIAL OF -INN FELL, IN THE RECORDER'S COURT, DUBLIN,APRIL 19. Ann Fell w:ot placed at the bar, charged on an in e:ietment for assaulting Eliz.►hethn Field, and falsely itopisoning her, the said Elizabeth Field, for six heura. There was another count in the in•lietment ft': a common assault. The prisoner pleaded Not 11uiIty. Elizabeth Field examined—Lives with' Mrs. Ben net, in Menials-street': remembers passing through Denzll-street about one u'elocis on Monday the 9th instant ; a woman, whom she afterwards knew to be l , Mrs. EMI, called to her front the window of a. house ; she said she had been robbed and ill-need by:a Rentals Caoholic servant, because she was a Protestant. and begged of the witness to go in to her assistance; wit ness sent up to the door, and was admitted by an oh, woman ; on witness going in, the prisoner told her s! , e ;shed to see a minister, as she felt the infirmi tiel of old age, anal wished to receive spiritual comfort; witch sa replied, that she was a Roman Catholic; but that site would go for a Protestant Clergyman for her if she o Mire! ; Mrs. Fell then said, that she knew Mr. Mat:aria. of York-street, ;tell would write a note W heel if she (winnow) would bring it ; they then went eeto the parlour ; w itness had flowers in her 1 and ; on ruining into the pavlova, Mrs. Fell' soked her to reed prayers to her, to which she tone sented; on witness attempting to go away, Mrs. Fell asked her to go up stairs to the drawing-room to look at some beautiful foreign ornamentat witnens thanked her, and was about to go; the Md woman who let wit lieSS n, then went out ; witnesseltd not know v here she went, she left the house and went into the street. Mra. Fell then locked. Lotted and chained the . 1..111-doort witness asked her why she fastened the door? she said it was tolieep that robber out, eneenlng Gerold woman who bad just gone out; she said it was she thdt lead rehhed her—they were in the hall at this time. Or. ;:eturel'lf , back to the parlour, witness was surprised to tie,' the shutters close shut, and a candle lit ; , he then wanted to go away and said she would yet blame for 4'3V;lf. Mrs. Fell then told her to !telt all her friends to the devil, at she Mrs. Fell had • ungh left far her (witness) and herself. She then heean to slitg, and said that she expected two ladies :., .1 ranted her to sit down; witness began to cry, and rs. Veil kept rattling the poker against the hall-door t.t..1 malting a noise to prevent witness from being eard by any persons outside. Witness was detained thie time against her will ; it was then about s'At e'elock ; it et 43 about one o'clock Nirs. Fell induced re: to go in : towards seven o'clock a donble rap • :rte to the doer, and a gentlenian's voice asked if , Mother Pell" wens at home? Mrs. Fell went to the door, but die'. not open it; she asked 1 !It if he wanted a ? lie said ho did — 1 Witeess was crying ;:li this time. Mrs. Pell then 1 , :t kelie in one I•and and a poker in the 0:11er. itAll her she bad batter stop crying and nut make a roles. Sur if-hr would Hat be iteiet, she would make 1 , -r quiet. Mrs. Fell then told the gentleman she ad a girl fee- him. but that she reeld not let hien In o:en, as there waa a creel: reund the dour; she told 1 len to come later and she would let him in. Witness then ran np to the dr:twine-room t found the window clew! ; imniesliately opened it, and called out for assistance. Mrs. I'ell followed witness up stairs, and pr!'..rd her away front the window. A great crowd lad 1:y this time collected reu n •l the house. Wituess r. to the window again, and Mrs. Fell rushed at her tore her dna': elf in forcing her from it. While a: the a indow a gentleman who hail been passing. as'eed her " if 'he was aware what sort of a house she n' in r she said she WAS not, but that she wanted to gNt 00. The et:Alewife wilted her if she really wanted to get out she said all she wished or wanted en earth was to get out. The gentleman then de manded the deer to be opened, and thus; outside com menced a loud rapping. but Mrs. Fell would not open the door. The crowd continued loudly rapping and eemateeling admission for nearly two hours, and it was not until a sledge had been procured by those per eons outside. and the door WAS nearly forced in, that 111:s. Fell opened it. Two Peace (Meer% were among those also came in and N;rs. Fell put her ar' round the neck of one of them, anti kissed him. She then carscel her (witness) a robber. and told the peace el,:er she was after rubbing her; she simile them seas.-11 her they did, and found within on her ; she said she had stulen twenty-four duplicates from her ; Herr was only one half.penny found on her person : she made them search her coat, aid said there were notes in the sleeves of it. Mrs. Fell then got her (wit ness's) benne, and began tearing the lining of it ; witeess .could not say front what motive. It was teflon from her by one of the Peace Officers ; she then made them take her shwa off, but nothing was found ; it a short time afire wards witness went borne; it was then sear nine o'clock ; the Gentleman who came tt leer 'assistance, and one of the Peace Officers, saw her home. Cros.-examined liv Counsellor Be: retee.---Witnevs lives a ith,Mrs. Ityntiett, in .!anion-street; IS living with that lady esuiy three months, but Mrs. Bennett knows her from the time she was a child; wit ness uas reared in Dublin ; Merrion-street is near Denzil-street; miebt hare passed through Denzil street le.:fure the day Mr.. Fell snoke to leer from the window ; is certain that she did not freqnently pass ttrough that street; can read and write;' neeer ren:aektel Mrs. Fell's name on the door; there is a railing before the home; when she was reading prayers to Mrs. Fell, she (Mrs. Fell) asked her to take soul.. cheese ; wittiest took a small bit,..it was not what could be called a luncheon ; witness is out of her teens; Site is between one and two and twenty; saw no individual in the house in male attire: Mrs. Fell to be about seventy; witness could not art Mrs. Fell, and make her recap', as she 'ell) was armed with a knife and poker ; he he was detained for some bad purpose; Mrs. is not in Court; Mrs. Men:lett has a sister: that lads- is not in Court. Abercrombie Esq. examined.—Witness passing through Denzil'-street on Monday, the 9th April, about seven in the evening ; saw a rotted. Mrs. Fell's door; heard eoloe persons say young woman was detained there against her witness rapped at the- door, and demanded ad ; Mrs. Fell appeared at the drawing-room wits awl called out. star there you rebels." She said would send for Major Sirr, and repeatedly shouted, king, the King." She threw several things t K ~' ==.wt--------- -, 7 oat' of the window.; *aril ate; aid tie see Wer Avow . fall on the pavement ; thinks it was the poker. or some piece of iron fr om the clanking sound it made ; .% itness did not see the poker actually de scending. but heard the noise, as if it had -been thrown out, and saw the motion of her atm in throwing out ` s omething ; saw her throw o ut many other things : w itn e ss heard the young woman's voice inside; blue leas crying, and calling C•r assistance ; witness was it the door full 3n hour and an half, eniteavonring to get in. Wise' Mrs. Fell .pas at the drawing-room wittilow•shr began at one lime tosing," diddle, diddle, diddle, di-kite." Witness went to College-street Po lice Office, for the purpose of applying to the Illagis trate. ; two peace-officers arcompanied him to Den zill street ; Mrs. Fell still persi sted in refusing admis sion : she said they were robbers, and she would not let themin ; lir this time the watch was *et ; heard distinctly the cries of . tlt , young woman ins•de; the persons outside having procured a sledge, commenced forcing the door ; it was nut nntil the door was nearly forced in that Mrs. Fell opened i• : on their going in .he put her arms round the neck of one of the peace-of ticers and kissed him: sLr then accused the yonng WOlllllll of having robbed her, and yartienlarized a bank-note, No. 4-11, which she said she had stoten from her. She (Mrs. F.) insisted that she should be seaerbed, and every stitch taken off her. She searched her hair, and took her bonnet, and was forcing the lining of it. Mrs. Fell afterwards made rete of those remarkable wards, " At itl events, I had no ill design in bringing yon in." rro%s-examined by Counsellor Fixfay.—Witness tires in gandymonnt Avenue ; as well as it itness can recollect, thinks there are ii..t houses Opposite to Mrs. Fells. in Pen7ill-street ; believes it to he an open spare; there are hottse..at each <ide of it ; it might be half after seven when witness was passing through the street. and first sate the crowd round the door. Mrs. Bennett is a most respect.Ve 1.olv; is no to the late Jtttlge ; has a son a Conn:4.llm . , and a daughter married to Baron Penner,: ther ; witness suvposes there are many modes of aeons !i-n ; believes religious cant to he one; witness does not mean to say, that Mrs. Fell wished to hate the young wont:at violated before dinner. . Etc ktategiman. "Tlllll 111111111111 STATIVINVII " Is twirosllvastso WITIII " Tin TTATItSIIIII." Acre the case closed, there being no witnesses for the defence. Coansellor Brrust. then rose to address the Jury on behalf of the priruner, which he did in nearly the following manner : (:eutletnen of the .fury-11eing in this ease Conn sel for the detente, I will take the liberty of address ing a few wor.is to you, on the evidence which you have just hear,l. tiertlenien, 1 have heard of various acts practised by hoary air., to ensnare youth, licanty, virtue, talents, an,t accomplislvaeuts ; but any thinv: like the means restn:eil to in the present instance, I own 1 never yet beard of. Whir is the ravisher,lien tlemen ? old W 4.1191111 upwards of entente years of age. We have all rea.; in till of a young woman when nearly being discovered, • t, log ont for assistance. in the very liniment site was cousenting to dimarime. But here is wi lilitsbing maiden, but a young woman, !ermiugly of such strength of sinew, that had she rased those powers nit', n hi. h 'name sifted her, she must have jii,c(l in n a lorittnaie client to the earth. Be it remembered, also, tie:oilmen, that she was after partakingfirs. Yell's hospitality at the mid-day luncheon. 'i he other respectable ir itness, no doubt, consideti'd he was ► on' g*to rescue youth amt beauty from the hands of tit,. ravisher, and feels of course the great popularity that awaits him in this crowded Cour , , whrre he tint's, perhaps, as great an assemblage 44 was collected at tioutlusan's to wi!tiess the C.lllVer.iutt ul.lobaoua Sout beim. tientle• men. there is one fact a ith which you are not made acquainted ; I:ou*e w.ts at one time burned by incendiaries; and what WAS the consequence i--A subscripti•sn was immediately er.tered how, nod it was re-built fur her by the tieutleusen of Merrioa- square. (ilere a murmur of disaproliation ran through the Court.) Mr. Bethel resumed, and liavin!T continned at s o me length, concluded by leavine the ease to the considera tion of the Jury. 'Pie Recorder then cliaro.•l the ,fury.-111- Lord. slap told them there neat Lis imputation N‘ltatever oil the conduct or ctatiacter of tie wimess, Eli/abeth Field, as it appeared in evidence, from unit:ye:it:heti and undisputed testi ttttt ny, that she had used every possible exertion to effect her ercapc, after she had as certained wit.; description of lionse it was she WaS ;n. His Lordship said that there was no occasion what- i ever for Mt!. Ilennett's appearing in Conti, as that lady could give no evidence, as to the assault or fsise imprisonment with whieli the prisoner was chirged. The Recorder eonchided by telling the Jury, that if they belieVed the witness. Elizabeth Field. and they had no reason to disbelieve her. corroborated as she Was in her tr:tintotly by the et idence of Abe second wittiffs. Mr. Willuek, they were bound to find the pri soner Utility. The Jury then, without leaving the bnx, consulted far about three nannies. when they returned a Verdict of Ouilty on both Counts. On the Verdict bring handed down, one of the Ju rors (Slr. liertland) begged luave to state to his Lord shir, that he was requested by his brother Jurors, re-' %readily to declare their deep sense of abliorrettee of the criminal before them, and at the same time to ex press their disapprobation of the defence which had been set up by Counsel, wherein ar. amiable and inno cent young wotioates character had been assailed, and the evidence of a manly and praiseworthy young gentleman had been treate d with very unbecoming isrespect Counsellor Br rim attempted to explain, when the Recorder interfered. and said that Counsel was never accountable for any particular 'rode of de-; fence they might adapt, as they were always sup posed to act from the instructions received from i their client. His Lordship then proceeded to pass sentence. In consideration of the extreme old age of the prisoner. and Loping that she would employ the time vet allotted to her in contrition fur her crimes. 1w said he only unierml het to be imprisoned twelve smooths. On her being remanded to Newgate she a.is assailed by a volley of hisses from the body of the Court. The Court w►s rrew•ded to carets. . - • S • polars, and had jollied that part of the Pieolmontee: army at Novara. under the orders of General Latour: and of an engagement which took place on the eth inst. between the leyalists whit :lie .Austrian troops, aga i n ., atm* four regiments of Cuotetitutional soldiers, AS they styled themselves. on the road from Vereo-lli to Novara, in which the letter were dispefserfarter 110114 ;VC nately, not being sepported by other corps, who turned LONDON: 1 against them. WELNLSRAir tvliallVO, APRIL 25, 1821. In consequence of this event, and of the Protioional - e —one-- - Junta at Turin having dissolved itself on the Oth hoe Intelligence from the Continent by public as well as th i s administrative co ttttt tise on of Government risele r d private channels continues interesting. Thotigh the to bee the Governor, Caunt Des (lettere who had hien Austrians obtained an easy victory over all the Nea- arrested s i nce t h e eed Mt, dery b r wo uld b e p l ease d: to politan armies, they cannot subdue with the same re-aseuine the reins of tlovernment• facility the repu4nance of the people to their invasion. We athlete the pccasion. roclamation we Of C glad-to onnt Des Geso eki„e, Assassination is said often to b e directed against them. i ss ued on this o and are b e a bl add that the tranquillity of this place continues to he Gaeta, though reported to have surrendered, is tepee.; undisturbed. !wilted as still holding out, and Sicily is understood to' W ss e j us t learn that a great number of the chiefs of the have dece:red itself independent. The approach of revolt in Piedmont are arrived, fugitives, in the environs the Russian army is producing much speculation in and sabarlet of 'his city, into which the governmeit Italy, as well as in Spain , and the p ro g ress of the has prudently refused to let them enter, hut allows them Greek insurrection is observed, especially in the for- to take shipping toy wherever they pleaee. It i s s „, i . I: f or i t t : e ig li a n i ii ii t. f a l ie n I t st he ins i t i s t s t i i t ; , , ;v o in f ee tl. l 4 user country, with very lively interest ; as the follow- 1 theta great woollier are embaOsing for Spain. leg extract of a letter from Leghorn, dated the 9th I instant, evinces : wond r e o rf u e n i ts sp ft i . r o i t t u Cortes, the preceding day, M. Castello Branco pr e . "A itivssian army is expected to enter Italy by the posed, that to lessen the expenses of t h e :e 5 „,,,, t .... 16th of the present month. What can be their ob- and the misery which mane soldiers euoloiresl from tile ject ? Is not Aristria, now that Naples is held in mi- toeato men b , i numer n el. t :n be of eeace. tr,tops, the army be icilaced litary isce npation, strong enough to repress any popn-1 to 20 0 gr ,oo t;e 111. Freire !Tan the decree fur the abolition of the la lar ebtillitiim ? Ilas the approac h of thie army to the i , quisition in the kingdom of Portugal. A ware, t he South of Europe nothing to do with the state of things bate rimed upon the ereetniole, in ode di it ear re in the Mores, and the successful result of shy:Otani-- solved to make some amendments. •us insurrectionary •eniente on the part of the In the discuseion of the projeitt of a decree (sr an. Greets, not only in 31ollavia, Wallechia, but close to • propriatine the estates (of the church) to the payment of the public debt, a very Ling debate arose on' Pe. Constantinople i Letters have been receivel by one of the moreconsi- ' fourth article , whie l% ordains that the revenue of 4. oificeiv, lieneficee, dignities, ix.c. oi the ee triskfit olerahle Greek h o e s es established here, which p ositivel y churc h, be minified to the payment of the ► puelie e t s.., state that all the Greeks in the Russian army have been the anohunt of %%bleb revene ought to be revloted t o t • allowed their discharge, and have had each a sum of the half of what it tiow is, r e ovided such half de n o • amount to 311e,1:00 tees. I money, in order to enable them to join the insurree. tionary armies of their conintrynien in the Min The ce. i M. ItnrgesVarneiro made a long eeeech against this estahlishiu - ent, which cost annually above 24/0 suiltions i Grand Tark is not within the privileges of legitimacy, .of reel, which Catholic nations, far more p ow erful I suppose, and a Greek Carhonari way possibly ems- ' than Portogal, have not introduced ; that Portage' sess attactions vita the Oar of Muscovy, which nei- I had been ening to de.-sy ever since it was establishe..'; 1 that the iiitcure of the ,leggy in this di- was seanda. titer lie nor his brother of Austria can at all relish in . hole, compared with the simplicity of the Apostle*: their noire nottherly neighbours. Are the Ministers that it was founded solely to provide fur the sectettl of Great Ilritain pledged also to an affected neutrality, sons of the nubility, isiii had no mind to work 7 • even thongh their old ally, the Turk, may be in dan- l that this corp s e poselation to formed a co t uall rt, t e e b ea d s the s i hea ti o'er .' lt is confirmed that in seve ral p arts of the Mo n h a c orilto the government, ned opeo..ed every thing that mis ' tea, the Greeks have :teen and made themselves masters' R on doing for the good of the country ; that va after a sanguinary stritgg le, of some of the fortresses . the roost solemn day oa which the mined nation The Greek Prince Ypsilanti, who has been in the Rue- b a d sworn to the bases of the ci onstitaeue a ,. I siau service, and who lost his arm at Leipsie, is at tharkell the Alm P ighty for its just and oil. rrtrm, I their head." he (the Cardinal atriarch) declared h hos tile to those bases: t hat when this i i ieli **diorite The hollowing articles from foreign papers and let arrived to such au excess, that whet' he condemn's'. bee, sliew the stnte of public affairs in Italy : his vanity and the ilifficelty of iitsintaining, under Rome, APRIL 7.—Tlie news fioni Naples, which we present circuited:llms, the pump aud expense of received to-slay, announces that a body of 8010 Aim each an eetabLishoients lie thought the proposed re. triune has set mit frosts that capita/ for the Calabrias, ; Leem exceedingly just. and that another oliviein of the same troops lead received M. Sartin•nto agreed with M. 11. earneiro, In v 1 t n .), orders to march into the Province of itasilicidas taking a frightful picture of the misery in which the reek the route of Arian.. It wag said that a few corps of coy- wer e planer& while titles vivre ex reeled from them etitutional partisans were formed in this last town, to to conic to Lieber). " Froai the institution of the whom all the itlisiolual% of Benevento, who have lately Patriarchate, " s ohl the orator . "we ni y that the rata distineitielied them elves by their liberal opinions, had and the deck of Portneed." . The s ec peech of 31. Caciie.ro had inflamed the w hisk joined themselves of some members ; and M. :dons call: d the attos - Carolina; Rao , oho plav ed so leadin g a part in the h • to the conduct o f a man who war ef Ville. is associated to the new government of 6 " "f the assein-l) lair- Weeded to oppose the v-ill of three minima: \aides. Naulcoo. Ile is 7S years of age. The 31arquie 1•1 ' P ' that t his oppoeitiom seemed coetrare to tile acksoe cello, President of the Provisional Goes:effluent, is ledged sovereignty of the cation, and t'.at it ought to eighty. Aecording :o late ne ws, the g overnment must be seen whether this were a crime or not , and taut A e eeerieneo: seine distress; all the public c hests are tribunal should Le form.:l to try this math empty, and the Bank notes have no credit. The funds, which were as high as lid, are on the decline. Disturbances are spoken of which have broken out in Sicily ; and if the news which is circulated here be true, the Prince Scaletta• who was sent to Messina by the Provisional tioeernment, hail :wady fallen the victim of R popular tumult. A new inenrreetion is also spoken of as having broken out in the Isle of tandia. It is said that the Greek inhabitant% have r ot poeeession of the forts of the Wand ; and it is also added, that the Greek islanders have repaired to the island of 141ra, in the Egean sea, to form there a naval . force. The news of the oeirreieler of Gaeta, which had been brought us by a courier from Naples, a few ;days ago, is' oat confirmed. This fortress is s - ill in the posseseiuti of General Ilegani. Another fortress. (delta del Trout°. In the Abroirei, is not yet given up; but, from its poei lion, it cannot bold out long. . ......• 'flat decree Of thr Provisional Government of Naples, which orders the olieartning oof the inhabitants of that city and the provinces, has been provoked by some as sassinations committed upon the Austrian troops. The same Government has iniprieed a tax of ;5 rentimes pet 'sheet on the import of any foreign journal; and bap forbidden the printing of any pamphlet, paper, or writing whatever, without the authority of the pollee. Since the passage of the Austrian armies into the Roman States, there have been several bands of Insur gents formed, olio infest particularly the frontiers of the kingdom of Naples. As they co ttttt nit great disor ders in the provinces in which they are, it is not doubted that our Government will take the most prompt and efficacious means to destroy them: but these tneallittill camout ha, taken without the aid of the Austrian troops and it is supposed that sonic battalions and squadrons; will be employed for this purpose. Fiantexce, APRIL S.—The Prince ale CaripiatiO has arrived here. He alighted at the Palace Atli. A conspiracy has been discovered among the troops of the Grand Ditehy, and an °Dicer, convicted of having taken part in it, has been sentenced to death by a mili tary commission. lit'lMA. APRIL 12.—Rinre we erldreeeeol you on the 9th inetatt, a sudden and total change of things has taken plait, in Piedmont, Which has restored this city . to obedience and loyalty towards the King. This 'CIO wag prod - need by the news that the Atm trians had crossed the Pit and the Tesiao at solidi.) • - The erdy Irish paper we have rerriemi since the ff~ suit of the division ton the Catholic Bill was knows is Dublin, is The DoNim ;dm; Puss Sawa!' last. In a second Edition of that paper dated two o'clock that afternodn, the receipt of the intelligeste is acknowledged, and announce!. only is the fall:ming terms :-- " The Mail has arrivell.--The Catlinlir Bill has beet lust in the Lords by t Maituilvof Llt! a subjvia &list of the Majority and Nlittoritv." 1 he anxiety of the petoide in Dit'ol;:t t. spectiey the decision •n the important gnestion, we had kn.!' ir prized was extremely int ense. From the sbmptress o f the above announcemen t, it v.ottlil away that the mortification hail bees smell. W s hoe 04 doubt. however , that the friends of Catity ` l Emancipation in Ireland, whether Catholics ith tr Protestants will bear the disaptwintmeet philosupltie krtitude. 'rite cause of li!teral l : l though not triumphant i n the course of the ale discussion, has, as we observed ou a firmer o. gained a very considera ble ste p ; and thungh the' ro positions of .lr. PLUNKETT,. Ithich toe in many re spells obnoxious to the consistent f.ienils ol religi" P liberty, have been rejected ky the ereatiet ut freedom, we trust it is to give place at some early kit to measures more worthy an enli,,rtiteneit legisiznirt to enact, and British vtbjectA obvv. ;be 8 time we are happy to find a proper spirit to have bxl prevailing in Ireland even while the usult of tht measure was nnknown. The follow es•ract front The Isiahman of Friday la.t, awl in the tird paragraph accords so marl: with Iles st en:intents occas ne had expressed ou t he suh j evt, that we take •ion to insert the whole. " Whatever may he the fate of the ratlierc which was to hays got the second reading last Monday night, we mai confidently etit,/ratalate the roPle .•1 this country on tho tine spirit of ealigliwn e ' l I W realty with which the cause of civil and religions freedom has been pleaded in the !louse of Corantoy7 l In saying this, we do not mean to tlint w is& do Itewrofortunate Meets by alga EAtlaacirstiuts take% MI overpetvi ti • (Mrs. Fi heves sh Bey sett I believes Aberc was pass day of crowd n that a y will, wi mission 11 1 1 , dew. Ist she wool " he I T. E tiTATE-: • she km's-thrown a poker . t *cos imam( AT LOIADON-lalafia TO-yolutow. kinrntigal after S.—Evening P. after •. the poker, bat hear d it . . ST. SIARK.-110tithiN at Ike Public Offices. IWO i s 4060 ssa wa u g uit: roolier l believe to will e Qlesdid the Erica the sots hostility Awing+ PI Jttly Ilan , in tl Lain of I ere__ stoi Vit Ani ne ha tri Sr hi to as