The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-07-10 00:00:00

'll I E S', [ ; bSll .L. t o • ever haying tbpitabt-.of -.1t.--Vienderi of op. plows.] Mr. Collier again rose, but could • not obtain a hearing, on wilds Sir FRANCIS BURDETT 11111d---Gllfltle/11e11, r am quite sure that it will fall to your recpllection, how often it has been stated in this room, that it is our duty to hear the sentiments and opinions of every' man, conducting himself with propriety and decorum. We have no packed Jury here, or guy false Repre sentatives ; but are in company with thuskindependent men, who *lll give every individual a, fair and im- Paftial hearing. Mr. Cobbett Is not afraid of any thing which mar be said respecting 'him. lie will staud the shot of every man who chases to take aim' at him. It is bat fair to Mr. Cobbett and ourselves, that we should know whothe Gentleman is,and then we shall he acting with equal justice. M'r. COLLIER then stated, that his name wes t as he had been befole described ; that he had never ad essed a larger number than fifty persons. Raving stated thus muoh, he hoped the company would now indulge him with a hearing, he having been publicly' accused. With regard to the Paper, he had nothing t) do with such a calumnious publication. lie only desirod an explanation from Mr. Cobbett—that ex planation he had received, and he was sure there was not a Gentleman in the room, who would refuse to thank him for producing such a satisfactory explana tion,—[Applause.] Thom CHAIRMAN nest gave 401arerm t., th.! `4lnith American Patriots, which wett . very favourably received, as was also the Jot lowing— ; may the oppression, of the People of Ireland be speedily re . movri. Vudi be spelt, for, the support , of those who write boldly In behalf of tfie peoplenl Sir Franellßordett left the Chair about bait-past sloe' o'clocki amidct the reiterated plaudits of a com pany of nearly 600 persons, who Vied with each other as to who should show the greatest attachnient to the Hon. Hart. and !pow who accompanied him. Every thing was conducted with order and propriety, a►id the compai!y quitted, at a . n early hour, highly gratified with another trhueph over the domestic cue plies of the country. . . en tj criterion of the existence of liberty. It ,: i; be that, at some future period, we might melt . e. who, like Daniel, rather than resign his opi :l4, would submit to be cast into a lion's den ; „sever, Daniel hod a choke of escaping, of which tts individual in this case would not have the he re% In modern times, if a man came into the . eel of the Attorney-General, it was indeed r „. if 'he escemed from his fangs. The wish ~( fu pprequin4 the• freedom of discussion was etilsiiiely evident in the case of Mr. Cobbett, sense lieeration they had met at this time to cele bele. lie had suffered imprisonment and phi a erase fine. merely for deprecating the practice of ee s e e i t ie Eeelisemen from the plough to have their thehforti 'Jive from their bents, and that too in the tee•eeee 0 1 (:".nl3" woo brought into this coo le e Lich , in former times, would have, been enough ,„ s e e eevered th , kingdom with a forest of arms, se t enh their hearts attached to the cause, ee t e h se honour has not yet been flogged dowit.--e fSi , Gentleman will be, to the hour of his death, roue - f hiving su ff ered in this cause ; and o e ittff s een be rellerts, with the dignity of his own maul, will meter think that, tot fall for his coun ts, ought to be avoided ; but rather, if ho „mem:, to be done, to be envied mod ad. arel. The fate of II envie') and of Sydney was re to him, in such a Case, an olijest of terror, but flier to be desired. To conclude, Gentlemen, I , a , t ca ll your attention to I ho:se unfortunate Gets.' I DOW ie prison for the poblicai ion of their sen. i es er a v elitical and religious sulajcts, but r e et eary the case of Mr. Neon, n ho, at his ad aced eeriod of life, had ,nob another conviction o e o s i n , Ih. , i),l !. *Met ding will be done for the and I am sure it will be import of this Geetleman, endless for me to trespass am longer upon your inte to stimulate' you to such a etudable act. I hank von, Gentlemen, for your expression of riendshi;). I hope always to meet it---miser to be efusid it—but, at any rate, I am determined to de- When British hearts in Union glow rre it. With Sisters of tbe Sod. The ellAtimxx then gave the fallowing toast : To mitigate a Nation's woe, A R-visioa of roe Penal rode—Vay it tw 'emirs-eft mem se- And break the Trod Rod ; • again Pabl! Depredators, and less severe against Starr- I '7ls then iho Tree of Liberty Nmaufacturcrs. Shall spread around on every hand, "r m . following to&l was then given, and drank _ And Shamrock wen, with Thistle green, ith great applensee ." . - Twining the Oak of Britain's Land. Civil and Religious Liberty all over the World It. On ibis, the ilev. Mr. Nteiertsreeer rose, and When Justice, from her mercy seat, 4,14) commend's! the propriety with which those Shall equal right dispenic. so sootiments had been connected. In his opi- , And hear the claim, however great, ion, religion endeivil liberty went hand in hand. From Peasant to his Prin.e ; . 'Ti , then the Tree of Liberty .Ipplosses ] . And, upon • enquiry, it 'would be Shall spread arour.d •on ev'ry hand, sued, that the "'No Popery" Gentlemen, to use • And &sawing( seen; with Thistle green, 'algae expressiiin, ethd "the enemies of the mew - 1 Twining the Oak of Briton's land. we for ' extending .toleration to Dissenters, were I :Le friends of courtly corruption.---[ Loud up- I ITT. When Patriots, onallued by gold, Poort.3-11c then oilverted. to Mr. Eaton's case, 1 Oppn.sssion's Faction rend, ad, as an headdesepporter of Christianity, as far 1 And prison walls no longer hold 1 his powereetent, as a Christian,. he would en. ' An injur'd country's friend; re his protest agaitist the unchristian-ae punish- Tis then the Tree of Liberty, mit to whkh that flentleman had beee . con- Shall spread around on every band, mined.' The Revs. Gentl....ats Maintained that it And Shamrock seen, with Thistle green, the duty of. every mate who had attended the Twining the Oak of Briton's Land. ming her the present oceasion, to support Me. - When Mr. Dignum had finished, the following l'etne, and to abs w that pillory, in such a case, was toast was drank, with great expressions of appro. .% d:sgracite—. [ Loaf repplaase.] 1 balon, the timid playing—The Rogue's March. A Mr. Cowmen the* rose, and complained, that ! May Foreign Mercenaries beam back to their own country, I r. C obbett • hid . not satisprtOrity answered the ' whin they did not defend; and may Eugland return to its Con , stitational Defence—Aron in tile hands of Free-men. • 'is le in The Pees Nes striper of that day, vi.%icli aro! him; fireteatrith tutvtl attempted to procure I Major Ce tenement then addressed the room, and 'ley from the Rothe in an thilitiece . manner ; and, described in forcible terms the lamentable state in molts"- in olierisig . to reliequish the publication of ' which a great part of the Electors of this kingdom he Re riikr. IC- dittoot 'lisitsit dot suca accusations t ore situated. They have not the liberty, said the ves lee to lows unnoticed.. • Ti. best proof of his ' nerable Patriot, of the Electors of Westminster. But rivistisidpeowerds,le..Celliestt eras, his neskieg this ' how great the contrast ; they are obliged to vote for .e!!!e* retieettOn Ord• r thar Mr. Cohlreit might i certain men. When we speak of the Liberty of the elle that calutnnY Gad *'t himsel f rig h t e ell the . Press—Religious Liberty— o f Trial by Jury—and 1 s e .To sAmur.t. BROOKS, Esq. Olie: . • • • • •• I of the Law, we are apt to forget that these are only ! Chairman of a Meeting of Friends to a Free Press, held at the Mr.Cluiteirtimmetlistely Dose, end delivered him- pins of that Liberty to which we are so justly en- i • Crown and Anchor Tosere, on the Sd July, 181!. e;i4sreiliows t--'' The Qt`ntierfillo think% that I ought titled. %%lien we speak of the c o rruptions of th e . State Prison, Newgate, Sth Judy ti r hot ianee char: . it =ea h a v e b e en a role . Moose of Commons, and of other abuses, they are i SIR,—In answer to the letter, which, pursuant to '•r• fair, if the Mites Nestesetaser would have given only coneeeumices of our wanting a free and inile- the resolution of the Meeting of the 3d instant, you, .t iimeeto earteepiled through the same meiliem. peudent Beprelentalion. A requisition is now sign r ' accompanied by a deputation of that Ileeting, have ..e - first itemisation is, thnt I did net ask a sub- hog for convening a Meeting to take into consklera done me the honour to put into my, hands, I have, in lieien. but endeer.eired to obtain money its an Lion the necessity of that Reform, sad of proposing +“iir.:" niy; Now, (;eetlemen, I will state to you measures to effect it. i ersons are about to meet in the first place, to beg the Meeting, through you, to ..e femme:sere: I had certain books of my , the country for the same purpose. The people receive my thankful acceptance of the invitation iting anti .f my own publishing, which were for will shortly publish a Declaration of Rights. • therein mentioned; and, in the next place, to assure :e. AVltee I was iii the Kieg's Bench prison, cer- .1 We have no doubt that our Worthy Chairman will th e Meeting, that how far soever they may have over ... tlesplemen offeied to commence a subscription, I shortly renew his motion on Parliamentaty Reform ; ILA titemincil, oeceuse I did not want to raise and propose a standard of reform to which every Eng- rated my abi.ity, they cannot over-rate my will, to . e is' eta way for the suppert of my family. As' lishmen will cheerfully resort. The Worthy Major render services to that country, which, whatever ; may be my fate in it, will always be dear to my la' l• befor e , I had certainpublications which I : concluded by giving the foll ow i ng t oast : heart. C..ett for setts, and does iho Gentleman The Parione Electors of Weaminster—may their example mean to say, i I ' *t, b 4 CII"e I had pervert's, I ought not to have 'i n reboiling Memlwrs to Parliament, frce of e% le be fol. While, Sir, I entertain the same sentiments as the 'l. l ms' 1;1)4 s ? If 1 had property ; a little more than Mired throughout the Kioivlotn. 1 erseapptawse i l Meeting; relative to the nature of the practice of flog :Ye , thaui to lose by Generaneent—it was money ; A G en tl em in now rose, and after three fruitless , ging . soldiers ; and while I will not affect to disguise hoe I had, en sue d b y my Industry. I solem n ly attempts to o btain the att en ti on o f t h e Ch a i r , ga i n ed ;the belief, that my efforts have had some share in , T'alte riit t diva directly, Or indireMly, received a hearing by the Compa n y immediately near him.— producing the steps which now seem to tend towards • !Ingle teething of the public money, though I had He talked much about his conversion to the " broad' the total abolition of that punishment, I cannot res..; en repeetedly 'offered it. I never even solicited principles" of Mr. Cobbett, professed his warm train from expressing my thorough conviction, that , 1 eis favour from Government. What I had gained friendship to the cause; and concluded, amidst the • those steps never would have been taken, had it not ashy my own industry. I did not men ask the laugh of the surrounding compel's., by stating, that, been for the exertions of Sr _ V RANCIS BURDETT,. ' i'Lli!ir fur any thug.- 1 said , here I am, I have ' any opposition which was offered him,- would turn ' who, in spite of the malice and the calumnies of core h siks to sell : it may . partly indemnify me for the out to be " all fudge !" reption, has so long persevered, and is still per'. semices deem prosecution and. imprisonment, if severing, jn this best work of humanity. Sir Fiteecis &muter then proposed 1 o ff er my hnoks to sell. I have a little more mo- If an expression of the gratitude and sympathy of ate thee some verso/tato have been pi a osecuted, and ! The Navy and Ar my—may Promotion lie gained by Merit, the Meeting—if even this, although so consoling to CA , tray he a merit. I hi'V'e been a private soldier 'wind d t:ot by 13.1"ttgli interest. 1 _.ipplatist..] me, should be insufficient to obliterate from my mind Aldermen Wood and Goodbchere, and the F r i en d s of Liberty " tat' a:m0). al ire I served my coontry eight years. • . the recollection, that I was sentenced to endure two . on the City of [Amami, tCroif srmlans:l I have 'seen men ill-t rea ted there, 1 years' imprisonment in a common gaol; to find sure snif leech to love them for their sufferings. I thank was the next toast. •• •• ties for seven years,, in the sum eef fire thousand seleely for my property. Ido net even thank the' Mr. Alderman WOOD then rose, add in the pounds, besides paying down a fine of a thousand euhlie for it, n.e did I even says in my adcartisement, nam e o f hi ms elf and Alderman Goodbehere, ex- I pounds to the King, for having strongly expressed hat I w 01,01 ihrtnk them tie buy my books. I do' pressed the high sense of honour they entelsffined my'indignation at the.flogging of English militiamen, le mean ." . ‘a) but tout Ico hl have wished the for the respect which had been paid the ',Kri s an the,ensploying German troops upon the oc -bac to have parolitised thmte copies. The second highly gratifying, continued Alderman ' s -I tekattsion, and that my prison -door did not fly open 'ad of ac e eerie's is, O. a alter the conviction had retied on the proceedings of this day. My bd is! till - the last moment of the time had expired, and the ' ken place i proposed to discontiece my &Oster, made up to do the utmost iirmy pewee for the pub-1 uttermost farthing of ,-the money hail :been paid ; if, tl that I advert:eel it. Gentlemen, I surely had • tic cause. It fell to my lot to be in office when Mr. I Sir, these tbjogs are net to be obliterated Crete - my tight to di‘colitinue the -1 I* t'of this work.—' Co bbett entered the dreary walls of Newpte. Major I mind, even by an • expression of the gratitude end pl. I tea 100 l ler.e rm..: eel int'. tiemixed 1 engagement with the public . Cartwright came to me and said,—" be is to be t sympathy of the Meeting, I beg you to assurelltem, to emainue the II gisler lute any stated time. Sup- , with felons and persons confined for .unnatural l that it is only by doing all that, lam able in the cause of pow 1 colict.iveill luid gained eu9ugh, I had a right erimes."—l immediately took him to Mr. Newman's ' the enslaved andeoppressed—that I shall eudoavour 1 ~ max , iabeuring, ,if I chose. If I had said to parlour, where he could not have continued, but for Ito obtain revenge upon. those who, .as you ,Olnerve ) 1 . t o TerllMPllt. I will dieenntinue that publication, if: the expence of accommodations which he was luckily ' have enjoyed gratification et my ,sufferings. ' 3 ll sill remit p art o f I V punishment sou are about : able to pay. Let me appeal to emit all, Gentlemen, I In -requesting you, Sir, to Lave thogoodness. to to iellict, or if the Attorney-Genetat had made such' as basbands and fathers, what must have been the „convey these vor sentiments to the Ifeetlag igh l a re al - . 1 1 a o r 'Pusition, and 1 had accepted it, then, i ndeed , ' feelings of Mrs. Cobbett to visit her huiband In soch :.bappy in having an occasion to express the h . eight be it te . which I re. ifi lied eileserted both the cause and a state of' misery . It was the greatest comfort I ha d' spect e and sincere _personal regard 'with the p ee p i e. nre We having made such a pro- ;in my life to bring him from that place. I shall re- main year friend, . - • - • 04 ; ogle: link" leek . Proposal made to sae ; or ' spect .the man So long u I live. My last shilling To Itemelltrooks, Estke W 1 44 13 .145TZ ... e. . .• . . . . • .At a Meeting of Friends to a Free Press, held on Friday July 3 , 1812 , sAmfm. BROOKS, Esq. in the.Chnir, Resolved—That the following Letter, signed by our Chairman, be written to Mr. Cobbetr: - - Crown and Anchor Tavern, July 3, Isl 2. Flrst,—The same day on which the enemies of English Liberty shall cease to enjoy the gratification of your imprisonment, the Friends of Free Discus sion, a sacred right inherent in the rational nature of mae, have selected for socially rejoicing in your en largement. It will greatly add to their enjoyment, if, on that occasion, you will do them the favour of being their guest at dinner, together with such of your family or intimates as you may wish, should accompany you. Those, Sir, from whom you receive this invitation, are anxious to express to you, in person, the sense they entertain of the obligations your country, in their judgment, owes you for the various services to • i , which talent, of a superior order, is alone compe -1 tent. 11!. DIGNUM then sang, in excellent slyle, the following S N TtNe—The Oven of Ganpbwder. They more particularly desire to couratulnte you on the conscious shame already manifested, of hay ing foreign hirelings, 'who never knew what liberty was, to defend England and her freedom ; as well as on the great degree of reformation alieadv produced, touching that inhuman and degrading punishment to' which English soldiere.bad been subject, until Sir Francis Burdett, in Parliament, and yourself, through the potent medium of the Presi, so successfully ex posed n practice, alike unwarranted by the EngliSh Constitution, add uncongenial with English feeling; for, by the immemorial law of the land (a land in which bondmen are no longer known) freemen only formerly bore arms, slaves only were whipped. AVe lament, that when shame began to operate, and that reforming commenced, your prison door, Sir, did not fly open, that an immediate period might have been put to that punishment you had suffered I for having only expressed what every enlightened Englishman indignantly felt, on seeing foreign sol diers superintending and enforcing the whipping of the native Defenders of the Land. Come, Sir, among us ; and if the tribute of our gratitude for your eminent services in the cause of freedom, and our sympathy for what you have suf fered, can in any degree obliterate the impression of that sabering, receive that tribute warm from the hearts of Englishmen. By command of the Meeting, and uith a lively participation in their sentiments towards you, AaFe . the honour to subscribe myself, Sir, "It Your obliged and affectionate countryman, To W. Cubbett, Esq. SAM. BROOKS, Chairmen. ', •• LAW INTEL ma ENCE. tOURT OF CHANCERY, Jopy ILLEGITIMATE WILKINSON V. ADAM. To this case, arising out of the will of the 'testator, the late Mr. Wilkinson, who bequeathed a Consider.. able pait of his property to his illegitimate children, Sir SAmtrEt. RomILLY yesterday, on behalf of the Plaintiff, the nephew of the Testator, who claims the Estates, prayed for judgment. The Loan CHANCELLOR stated, that his associate Judges in this case (Mr. Baron Thompson and Mr. Justice Gibbs) had not yet been able to form a de. cided opinion upon the case.---Judgment was there fore deferred. COURT OF KI\G•S ELNCH, GUILDHALL, Jct.? 9. ASSAULT AND BATTERY. L%MBiltT 9. Giniom. TMs was an action of assault and battery. The parties had a merry making with some neighbotust, to celebrate Christmas-eve, at a public-house at Edmonton, and having sacrificed several bowls of punch to the jolly God, some altercation however, arose about the quality of the parting bon I, which the Plaintiff and Defendant became the ing disputants, and after a good deal of abusive lan.. gnage, most liberally bestov.ed upon each other, the Defendant rose from the table, Kent round to the ether side, where the Plaintiff was sitting, and ,struck him twice on his teat ; the company tt:e.t in terfered and prevented further violence. Mr. PARK, for*the Defendant, declined making any other defence than observing, that it was a mere •alehouse squabble, at one o'clock in the moritinz, when the parties were all drunk, and the Jury would best appreciate the injury, by giving ally damages bet Ween 'tc shilling and the. smallest coin of the realm. lord ELLENBOROUGH thought it a most trumpery .caselo•bring iuto a Court'of Justice, and The Jury being of the same opinion, found a Ter dict for the Plaintiff—Damages, one farthing, auci, costs, one farthing. A NEW MODE OF EJECTING A TENANT. CLARKE V. TURNER. This was in - action of Trespass—The Plaintiff was a poor shoemaker by trade, and the , Dfendant re. presented .to be a man of opulence. The former rented the ground floor of a house in Fisher's-lane, of which the Defendant had become the .purchaser, and wished to get the Plaintiff out. of possession ; but his term not being within a day or so of being expired, .he determined to remain where he was until the. last moment. The Defendant resolved on the other hand to get him out, first distrained his goods for the rent just then due, but finding this would not prevail, he determined on the most effectual means of ejecting him on the sudden, and for this purpose, ordered two loads of hot lime to be thrown on the floor of (ha apartment where the Plaintiff, with his journeymen, was then 'at work, declaring, he (the Defendant) would stein' him out as they did vermin on board ship; and before the Defendaut could make good his tetreat, he was up to his ancles in hot lime, and his wtakiog tools etnersed in it. To this action the De fendant pleaded " Leave and Licence." But it ap peared that the licence only extended, to permit the :Defendant to bring in and deposit materials for re., pairing the house in the yard and unoccupied apart• rents. The Defendant's defence was, that having purchased the premises, was desirous to put them in thorough repair, and let them to respectable tenants, but he found the present occupants vetly troublesome, and wished to get rid of them. One went away without. paying his rent, and the Plaintiff would neither pay tent nor quit the premises. Load Et.r.stsnottoticrt thought, the Jury might col lect from all the circumstances of this case, that if licence was granted, it could not have heea of the na ture the Defendant put into practice ; at all events it seemed an action on which very little damages could be founded, no very great injury was done, but they would give such damages as the nature of tho injury called for. The Jury, after a short consultation, found a ver dict. for the Plaintttl—Ditnages 101. and costs. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Jacr 9. VINCENT LADLY AND SWAW, ASSiCi!VEE3 Of Dow. SON V. PRATER. , This was an action of Troyer, brought to recover sundry bills of exchange, to the amount of 4,5931. the property of the bankrupt estate pt . Mr. Dow son, of which hills the DefAudant had obtained pos session. It appeared that Dawson was for several years j; silk• manufacturer, of some note, in Cheapside: In the month of Odtober, 1810, Messrs. Scott, Shaw, , and Co . merchants, in Norwich, to whom Mr. Dow. son was indebted, arrived in London, for the pur. pose of examining the goods and boas belonging to their debtor. During this examination they had oc. casion to hold conversation with Mr. Prater, dub present Defendant, who is an eminent silk-mer chant iq Noble-street, Cheapside, concerning tins posture of his friend Mr. Dawson's affairs. Mr. Prater having been represented to them as a creditor of Mr. Dowson's, they enquired how much his claims & amounted to; he answered, to upwards of one thou. sand pounds. They were somewhat satisfied with this statement, and with the goods which they had found in the shop of Mr. Dowson, and departed again to Norwich. This happened upon the 20th of October, and a commission of bankruptcy was sued out on the 22d of December following, against Mr. Dowson. At the examination before the Com missioners, Mr. Prater deposed that he had received bills to the amount for which the action was brought, in the middle of September, from Mr. Dowson, out Of his own bee will' and solicitation, In a journey which he had made to Uxbridge. For the purpose of proving that these Bills were givento Mr. Prater a with a consciousness of approaching insolvency, was the aim of the present action, or otherwiset o prove, that act of baniteeptcy had been committed within Iwo months of their transmission to his hands. numbolt Mowbray said, that he had been clerk I to Mr. Dowses, up to the period of his becoming insolvent. Upon the -20th of September, he recol. lectod a shawl printer, of thaname of Littler, wbo executed work for Dowson, calling at their shop, de- t 11 - I 1 1 . r ~. ; i i"I -- ~ . _..i X ~. H . a f 1 f