The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-12-12 00:00:00

9P -- Fa ft 4t m it. LOYELLIS 41,DItka HE PEOPLE OF TitElilitettElt 4"9° ,.t. In laying before the web& the folloiS maw: ren t o f the numerous Pro.eetitiont tild Angelis fa a ll eg ed Lieccs, *IIkII have • beetC l AiVought, sp i n a me in little more than iwo YiE.ltts, 1 hare' to o bj e cts in view s--The first, td o mseg t e on e rne from the ilitercilenee of oetedi and de. nteu ; and the other, to caution the pub. lip a ;aitot the dangers to which they ate moused, if they should chance to render themselves gi niox . ions t o J COSIMPT ADMINISTRATION. I my Address to the Court of King's Mulcts, con. 0( the Lord Chief Justice ELrAsser.outiu, Si t SOU Gaon, Sir StliON L 2 BLAND; and Mr. Jounce IlatLrt, it *ill be seen that I net only sta t e d, but made an affidavit of the face, thaffor sione yeats past 1 bad been troubled with an . asthma, w vi s liver complaint, for which I had bees or. dew to luse ten ounces of Mood from die margin ofthe ribs in t i ro right side, end was directed by ny physicians to . live as Midi all possible In the open air; and although the Aryonnwr.GestuaL (Sir Vicary Gibbs) .thought it to fatinuate some d o ubt as to the truth of Jr/ elliertion, he never. theirs advised Alto Cean't . ta eireumstauce into consideration. I do, itialcartscal feel %myself under an obligatina tithe A!rtittaiX•Giiiimi for his humanity in addressing *fs , Coir %A sir doubt had a powerful' eirdtlVollpelliatireltfibleti,' orb i 4 very evident from do Arent, forbearance ad :n itivultiOn of the Judges in pisslng so lenient si myna upon me, as TWO YEAS! IMPHISONMINT bill %I. JcsTt's GAOL Of NESGATZ I! It is not ,cry yruhable that I shall live to see the end of this Semenee, therefore had it been for seven years, in. ;kJ of two, its operation would, in all human pro. b.Ats, have been the same in effect ; but still 1 ari vti , 1111) , sensible of the great humanity of the (;curt. in not levying a heavier puni.hment upon 'ite public will also bear in mind, that, pre vious t , the Sentence being passed spun sue, I I scrvilrED TO THEIR LORDSHIPS, THAT SY TMI la TI ` l , l i I.v' or 'curs COUNTRY, SENTIINSR • OUGHT Nor TO BS pataßD UPON WE will EA TRW F:veTIONS of Trig ROYAL Pitt nOOATIVE, llr st ErrtiNsTora of NERRUY, wTAZ sesevetip." Nat admit the great condescension of their Lord. ups on this occasion, in giving me a patient hear. 1 .1;, although it produced no reply; and although Juitiee Cnose proceeded to the business of the tly, in delivering the Sentence' of the Court, trhch had been duly prepared, and which have al. ready appeared in every Newspaper throughout the I:iineti Kingdom. Sitice my committal to his Majesty's gaol of No% kitc, I have been informed that some eminent tqal Nen are of opinion, that my PRoYM io Court a,oitibt their psoceediege wee founded upon 1..t , v of the LAND, slid that all Sentences /mud ;tilt] carried into execution during the Names. , ss,►wsrr arc contrary to the spirit of the CONSVr t. :tr:ov, and ought to be reversed. I am alsoAnH 'ormed that some proceedings are intended Or * Amin Parliament on this important subjects bet mention this merely from report ) and noletons' ay k:lowledge of my owe. !shall now proceed to give an exact mount of he various Prosecutions and Actions for Libels M. Wed to; a number, I believe, very far exceeding tit which any other individual has ever bad to tittle during the whole course of his life, what. set' may bare been his trade or profession. I do, tincture, most earnestly call the attention. of the Leader, to etamine very minutely the nature. of Use Prosecutions and dicliotis for Damage:, in Mich I have unfortunately been involved ; and I rivet he will ask himself if it were practicable in le to hate avoided them; or, if lie can perceive the fullest degree of malignity iD my conduct to.. vrtrtlsany INDIVIDUAL whatever. i i MOS, Ect 9. - nuns' 1110 ail ley, Root' ductu• qnote% rreocy, 50'. O s ' 24- S e ' Sic f b ' '45 tOl• •-- 56. pile ( ' nil O ld 3 Q" 3l. ' IS. tAl:' Itibt.ll t e r, NI 01 1 Ul"ni t Prnvcatlon wns ihstitut N et7 . ag L ainst . me, ex officio, by the A rTORNLY-GENER•I. (Sir Vicary Gibbs), in the name of Us KIS°, far an article which appeared in The Statesman 14 44 paper, reverting the conduct of his Ito)al Highness the Ate of YORK. Mr. LITCHrIELD, of Lincoln's Inn Now-square, the Sulidtur to the Treasury, wail CEOP lt l ed ° u nil eeraion, upon whom I waited, as soon' as process had been served upon me, and informed kis that I had neither seen, nor heard of the ar. tick iu question, until I read it in The Statesman ; 1 1+44 had becu written by the Editor, and that I 4 ready to make au affidavit of the fact. Mr. 14- cerir.Le heard me very patiently, and the re " of my interview was, that J made au affidavit of the facts, and enclosed it, with a letter to the A l:oescar-Geseaar., in hopes it would have 'gifted the en:,:s of justice, and released roe ft " the prosecution. In this, hnwcrer, I was Itita ken, as it did not operate in my favour; but, "he contrary, I Was Informed by Mr. Lacs. of St that the law must take Its course, and that i eight make an affidavit in mitigation of pettish. ~ 04::::::::::41'4bcortehdtahitseco:i tiu wed i" " • The proceeding ; were continued until the 16 1 of Mrs. CLARKE, respecting the Duke of Investigation, it was recommended by Mr. a i l l l utt p se ros o e f en C t:u l s me co ll ut s' m w et h ic e e n dt and sikao dist ; g the 41 4 st the Proprietors, Printers, and Publishers y "Papers, at the instigation of the Dokter' % TtiE fiI'AtEgMAK. .6 ••• ••••• 6.6 period nothag more has been heard of them, not. withstanding they had beeo`•prcviously carried on with the greatest s:;our. No. 2. I must here beg leave to acknovilcdge Iny obligation to his Royal Highness the Duke of ttrist.x, who had some cause of complaint against D. Statesman Newspaper, fur an article inserted br.dou Editor, unknown to me, in like manner as the one against the Dtrke of Youx. I enclosed un atfitlairillothe Duke of Sussex, stating the facts as they t ;*ere, anti I had afterwards the ho. nour to wait - ttpon his Royil Ilightieis, who received me with the greatest condescension, and expressed himself pert etly satisf►d with my cotsitct on the occasion, and desisted from com►ncttcipg wry pro. secution. A prosecution was commenced against me, ex etc. in; by fhb !mousey-Gt.:leo. (Sir Vicary (iibb4), in the name of the Ktycl, for au article which appeared in The Statesiosen Newspaper, respecting the :stray between Mr. GLRROW, the Counsellor, and Baron Hostrzscu, at hlaidstooe Assizes. This article was taken from a country Newspaper, and was also copied into The Morning Yost. Mr. LowroN, of the Temple, was the Solicitor omployed• by Mr.GARROW ) to whom I made known the way in which the article was copied in toTheStatesman, and, at the same time, offered to make any reasonable apology that Mr. G.tattow could require for the offence which had beet► thus inadvertently commit. ted. Several. applicationg.,ware slay made to. Mr. I CARROW personally . , but they were of no avail, :and the proceedings were regularly carried un against sae, until tic last stage of the business. — The prosecution against The Morning Post was not pushed on with so much vigour; and finally, Mr. GARKOW was pleased to stop the prosecution against nae. No. 4. A prosecutinn was instituted against me, ex officio, by the AII'ORNEY-G&NCRAL (Sir Vicary Gibbs), in the mune the KIN', for some articles which appeared la TA. Stetti n:all Newspaper, refletiingupan the theracter of Lord Vie. coma CLSTLIMEAGIII. Upon receiving notice of these proceedings, I addressed myself to his Lordship's Solicitors, and informed them that ono of the articles coalplaitied of had been copied from The Morning Chronicle of that day, which was a letter from Mr. Privtixa. TY to Lord CASTE:SRLACII, and the other was a letter from Mr. FINNSIITY to the Editor of The Stateirnan (a Mr. WILLETT), inserted in a Glandes. tine manner, sod unknown to myself, which I would' , verify upon oath, if required. I also wrote a let. ter to Lord CASSLERAGII respecting what I had be. fore stated, and expressed my surprize that his Lordship should prosecute me in preference to The Morning (Jhronicle, who had inserted the original' article of Mr. FINNERTY. I received a very po. lito note from Lord CASTLEREAIIII in reply to my letter, referring me to his Solicitors, and, finsllb_ the proceediogs were discoatiuued against me, for W With I expressed my obligation to Lord CASTLE• miaow some time since in The Statesman News. .I*. No. 5. • ' A prosecution was itutituted against 'me, ex ejieie, by the kernangy•GissiNs4. (Sir Vicar) , Gibbs), in the nine at the Kinth . for an article which appeared in Ths Statesman Newspapet, reipeetittg the conduct of the Military in Pitca dilly, at the time Sir Faancss BURDETT'S house was broken opea, and the worthy Baronet was committed tug ;he Tower.. This article vial a Werra:copy from The' Day Newspaper witlicifitioy reuairks upon' it, which 4 1, cireumstanE I made,. ;town totlr., 7.lffssfrtat.o, the Solicitor to the th,: . ,tslitin tia..peneese for the alleged Libel watahirod Opole me. Ttiowsiudier I received was, that a Proiecution had' heed' Gin; meneed against the printer and Publisher of The Day, and that the pruceedlngs must :t4..c their re. guise course ; but I was. at liberty to state iffy fact 'in mitigation of punishment, if L suffered judgment to goby default. I inquired of some of the Pro.. prietors of The Day Newspaper whet matures they meant to pursue on the •o n, .and wee given to understand that they intended to Suffer: judgment by default, therefore I did not see the propriety of acting in a different manner, as they, were answerable fur the on.tairlit Airrtaqt, et.% *as WAS ONLY *!'APT. : I think it privet, tis .; o. 4 'leave, that at the period of the. affair, la PiiiadillYi .1‘ received numerous private communisations releditg to the miscondact of some parrot' the military on tfini occasion ; but belicviug the military might hare re ceived provocation, sail lining unwilling to inflame ,the miuds of the Public, I. 1W: not insert say of j those communications. The* an *boat • Times: 1 Nueva:o "PeorarrroUo .di'llhi,4)tryTtevispaper.' (Estracs of whoin fatal tit, Corm dram to manage the concern), and they era ifl ilitabie to a pr.oSecu. don as myself ; notititifftinclini,.geasis. hAavty 'illd Ponta, the Prieto sad Publisher ! hese alone ' , been selected--sad they are respettively sentenced . to *twelve months imprisounleut in the Gaul ,o( Nesigate. • lin, taiiThe Public arse naturally analoos to km* ~ 14 .. step will bei Oaken bylheltilieltotto the Treasury, Mp.-,tireintsta, and thi . .firrinntr.Genitaiki. (111iVicliir aibbs),' against this respectable body Joe riip*liiiikm litert4 orjebobtf_ bet as iC!IIIT , PROiaillnolllll god sr,Cei*lieltsitsA et, they are *ll liable to a proseeatibsi Vdiiirarlf . they should receive the 'lame StriTeirilkitiltpdf tad Messrs. 11.tairer and FietteiNil i s 4,l7:leilbipsi whether Nal/SATs will cossets' dm .rahole et them, It therefore excites a greet deco of curiosity to know *-7•• • 1 ... tt • f in what miatiniv tkao Ptoptiots •sr 77tc Day die to be disposed of. f 'ball lit the meatier Test lentil we hear whit proceedings are taken against them by the Solicitor to the Treasury and the ATTORNEY. GENERAL, both of 'whom are always ready to 40 their 'DUTY to the Public, and certainly will not 'Suffer themselves to be charged with PAIMALITY in selecting the Printer And Publisher of The Day in preference to the 'fungi Hummer.° Piorit. mins, who embarked itithit concern from Lyres. pect of GAIN. It may, perhaps, also heroine a rocs. tion, how far the LAW of the lit ND Will justify a TRA nING COMP . tNT a this Kind, to the prejudice of Lentituniz.s. fro. 6. A. Prosecution was instituted against tne. e2' 10 elf by the Attorney-Creneral(tiirV ienry tabbi), in the name of the K i it, for an Advertisement which appeared in its StalsamoriN eo s palter, respecting the conduct of the Comtnisrionen of Tates in Matche4er, for distraining upon the property of ;qr. Jona boLts Ea, of Salford. who thought himself aggrieved by the 'decision of the said Commissioner% of 'rases, and caused an Advertisement to be inserted i•I The Slatein.tt, and two Manchester Pitpers: It may not be improper to observe, that the arti. _de was inserted in the Manchester Papers before it appeared in The Statesman. The Commissioners of Tales were also unknown to me at the time rho advertisement web inserted in The Statesman, And the comment made upon it; therefore nip personal insult or malice could have been in contemplaties) .sod Übe smseament.was tins effect of - the Ihtpresifin made it thi moment. The Solicitors for the Board of Taxes la totittoti are Messrs. BOOtilalla LEGOATT, of Cialrea:OirOet; and. the .11ttortiey g,nd Clerk to the Commissioners in Manchester, ,Is Mr. CitEglYar t who gate in. structions for the prosectitioni to be commenced against myself and the Proprietors of the two Man. cheater Papers, both of whoM were prosecuted; and suffered judgment (o go •by default, but hit** not been brought up to receive the judgment of the - Court. I received a letter from a Correspendeut in Manchester, a few weeks since, informing me that Mr. COWOROY 11.1 d made his peace with the Com. missioners of Taxes in Manchester, and I Wu ad. eked to make an application to thorn ; sad the name of Mr. DAUNTSSY llot.me was given to me as a very worthy and honourable man. I lost no time in making this application, and wrote a letter to Mr. IIvLME , expressing my regret for having given him and his colleagues any offence,. and offer ing to make an apology, either in The Staicrman Newspaper, or otherwise, as might be required. My letter was delivered by my agent to Mr. Mute, who expressed himself highly satisfied with the con. tents of my letter, and promised to use his influence with the other Commissioners to accommodate the business. Mr. fttame afterwards informed my agent that he had raet his colic:4_oes,, the Commis. •-•- sinners, and said ljOrl ngiy of them were much displeased with the comment blade in The States man, and were resolved not tq interfere. My agent had previously caused an ailpiieation to be made to Mr. CntsitTßE, Attorney and Clerk to the COI. wissioners in Manchester, for a list of their names, which he refused to give; and my agent procured them ' from some other person, and seta ins the enclosed list ; but from the shortness of the notice given me by Messrs. Bootit and LEGOAAT to appear in Court, I had not time . to make any further applil cation to them. THOMAS BAYLEY, Esq. .411difillsol eohlortissiesim.: JAMES BATEMAN, Rsq. JOHN BURY, Esq. DAUNTSEYHULHE,Esq WILLIAM COOPER, Esti . SAM. SMITH, Esq. GEORGE 81111111, Esq. • JONATH. BEEVOR, Esq. THOS. EN:TWISTLE. Es* WM. BEF.VOR. Esq. PETER GRObIPTON s Esq. THOMAS HEWITT. Esq. • ' • IIENJ. WILSON,,Esq.• . I doubt not but these Commipsioners'ioi Tate ire all very respectable u, ; but I envy not the pleasure they may feel is contemplating the misery they have inflicted upon Me, by the proceedings in. etiteted, at their tequeet, Against an iadividual who did no mere than what hg coriceiva to• bli his duty in eiposing an aCt of appatent *oppression ; add it is not a little extraordinary that, prosecuting me, they skould , net have prosecuted Mt. COLIVII) author of the alleged Libel, who, I seitiediryill. : ; forMed o iuteddk to defend himself: No. 7. • - '" A Itul4 hes beeli dbtainal by hir..llsitriait. against Stat;ssian NesisPaisdi, for inserting a paragraph reflect big opt* the Charaitet of the Right Reverend Lord Bishop of MUT. - " 1 - This paritrapil chafe 4t No the loots Mee. airy, and copied vet-Wise In .to an, of • wkleh fact I made an &admit, alitt . 444 produced Ala COart by Mr. REAsota: • ". • ' • , At~ rhea& was hrought-agninst.me by Dllttdt, *at On t., the BrOthet of Witintsi, the Upholsterer, in Itathbouc-pincei for Inserting Cnionci •WA not. c's Letter in Pie Statesman Nevrstinprr, Stating; thatthe Verdict against biro, to favour of ilVattsarr„ had been obtsdnedby Pin,trar: l• I defended this action and pleaded a justificatioti; *hick operated so poWerfully upon the tWlttesaT, that his Attorney; Mr. STuaes, of 'Gel: ditt.squard, Buffered the . . aetiuu to Jitesos-pross 4 d, und mid my aspcnces. . • • So. ti • • An Action for donnagevbrought Wiest me bj Mr. Cos ily" of Orval Conssu-street, Sruosivielt-square, the late Attorney df Colonel Mrasideb; for Inserting ad ihicle in Ds_ Adateswea Newspaperi taspectitsg the tasatical er bit Bill of daelss whicb was cut down from 47Sf. 12s. W. to the aim of tjtiatrit* Pewits Teo SUILkiIIOS &NO Sia-,sues. This Action is still pending, sod to which I hats , pleadsd M batifitalioiis t - -- a; 10; An Action for Elootagefi 'mitred *aim! a* by ieiry KING, fur :inciting OW article it Ms Statesman N ;paper, oropecting the Prureediv against Mrs. Pallatl4 at Ihm tileci, on a charge of Forgery. . . to this Actin I iileadal. a ittir o ttscktios s and it was never brought to trial. • I am obliged tb Met the remaining part of the grticlu until d fdtufe day, *hen the pabitc may rM assured, t will perfdriii my promise hi skewing tte extreme DIP fICULTY, if not the Inuttf.rri - , of L_ leading a prosecution for an alleged Lincs., limier the present construction of the La* of Lisa. ; and alsd the corrupt system of the prevent thin in regard t Newspupets, dud the used to suppreas the STATS6M Caul uf errgatei Dee. 11, 1810. GERJUN PAPERS: Yecterday Itantbargh Papers to the titlat olt reached town, from which the following *Alcamo' have been Suede : ITALY, Nov. 3.—Ke, Joachim itapoieudi King of both Sicilics, &c. do decree es fullos's : ART. I. The Decree of the 31st of August, of this perils repealed. The duties on goods therein named sball be 'laid according to the Tariff' difited• to our Decrees of the 24th of February, 1809, u ti .10th of May, 1810. *. okat, %. Frain the slay of the pdhfication. et the 4iregiut Decree tbroughottt or ItittrAdayetakle .vsurviiiite- Mods at cottinst hit I, shill be tvermittrd, doe obtaiutil from the,tiiibufartorist is the` empire of Franc : •,' and 043 shalt li.: ilCrosn. pinied by the certificate of origin, id a form to be directed toy the French Government, tiith the ne.: cossary docunieuts to give It authentleith and to present fraud, ART. 3. Our Minister of Aliened Ii ellitipell • with he executiva of this Deem: . I Naple:., Nut. 1. JpA.tnisi kapilUtes. , oitocLakasiTiON: BREAM*, brit: Senate his Ilppointr l / 2 1 hit Ettelletiey, Client Vtu Catilaits, I' l l6itletot of the Connell at iisatbirgh; to acetate the Dared of hit .Majesty 'the Emperor, against contraband trade,lthd the Council hat issued ten order,. that each ihhabitadt shall produce a declaration of his con. ,corns, or forbidden goods. TheSentte is determined to comply with this,regda 'Winn tit the Widest 'banner. By it ilea a fans it to be delliered (rote haute to hoitse, to be filled dp by the inhabitints in the presence of person's pointed by the Senate: • It gives the. Senate great pleastire to retnart;, that since the •publication of the &cruel of Bolin and Milan, the public notices it hits given have not beed made in vain. They have no doubt that the same attention and obedience will be paid to the present; We heir that 200 tons of wheat and 156 ions of oats and barley, are to be immediately shipped frori Limerick port to Lisboa, foe thu use of our army in Portugal. A. Lady of the muse of bieivircr, t • itfort o rts statielia4 Wet, by 110 chnisca taking fire on hlonday fl ight, that she is not expected to recover. Krt. B. had drested herself for dnc of the Theatres; and, was in. company with her sbn when the accident happened by the candle. Every assistance wassaforded her) but her clothes acrd nearly burnt off her Wk. . IsusoaTtok:•ffibuet dal o;elnak le the. morria jog edits 201 h. sit. the Driggle Reservoir,. at she top of Stanedge, ill Marsden, about nine milts crest of litiddersfield, burst, and the water flowing in Art easterly direction, louudated tho Whole of .the sitl= joining valley. This. reservoir; formed for the purpose of supplying The Huddersfield Canal,. e:). tired ibout 28 acres of land, and such Was the tit'- structive impetuosity if the fi god that' it swept away a cottage, octupied by J. Scholfield, standing on the declivity of the,hill, and his wife and 4, dren perished in the flood. Rushing forward in Its fatal ,course, the water advanced to the Mill Ui'„, Messrs. nonfat!, and . so completely Inundated'' the house of the miller, that himself and ,hi 4 wife were floated old of their bed; he seited the - - stone-Work in the window, and for som9 tin* held his wife in his embrace ; but she was at length forced froth him, and her lifeless hotly was taken Up the next morning at d place called the paddock, two miles from Huddersfield; the husband; how.: ever, kept his hold - of the *lode* till he WWI' subsided, and by that means preserved his 14‘. Besides these fatal accidents, in which six live* tvcrit lost, many other of less consequeece occurred; the soil item the top to the bottom of the hill, and esns lending a considerable distance along the valley, it completely washed away, and the surface eithlhilt all the appearance of the bed ore river: Someitted may be formed of the repidity;shd force pf this its: amuse body of water, when His stated that a stunts • of an oblong form, weighing fifteen tons, was car. tied from the sammt44 the hill, and lodged In tlie , mill.race of Messrs. Horsfall, a distaaevs of two miles I • • Early On Thursday Itibraing the Citrendolt Ho:. tel in Bond.street was broke open, and. robbed .f several articles of piste and other valuable proper!. yr; ' Several drawers were broke- ripen. It' was Henri tained, that the robbers most Irave•beevi• an hour itt the house from the wax-lights that had been yurftt, On the afternoon of the same day a silver aim. ' stand and bottles were offered to, pledge by a w. : 4 man 'at a pawnbroker's iii London Wall, tie 285. saying they• Were her - owe - propierty, and that she had bought them at a. shop . . in, Cheap. side for 31. The parra4pkor knowing them tii ' he Forth SI. sulpectid she hid not cone !muesli; by lbetn, and sent to inquire in Masoni,' r alley, Colennut r street, where the women said slisli-uvit, bet—learnt that she had removed from 'thencei Sic therefore Clefirtowdblic end yesterday she ooll t p, went an examination :A fißw:striret Otcer before r Mr. Navel when Mr. jaquietrs4c landlord of klitl Ittervionlititeh , atteaded end- identicadd the cruet t# be his property. the Prisoner ndrireifit afild to give a latisfactory account how she hecanie:t pus. • isoseei of it, she was I:4ltarnitted for further *nail. 'nation. -• -- • - r. '; /' • y •I, 1 .1 1 3 . ; • , . •