The Statesman. — London, England, 1822-07-09 00:00:00

THE S'rATESNIA* Ilidherst, from the knows goodows of his beast esti the soundness of his Ono Swank that safernsati country. he was ready to acknowledge that he was in. }lssas:4 by the best motives in opposing this smears: but he had no hesitation in saying. that if he knew the state of that country better, he would set *bow the same objection to it. Ho (Mr. P.) said that a wore rigorous despotism, sever existed is any seestry this these lawless miscreants, who had takes ape% them the government of the country : bad attempted to establish. their •Aject was the invasion of all property; to effect which there was no crime they were not ready te per petratit--thinder, robbery, honse-breaking. boss-burn• tog, and species of crime by which they could carry their lawless plans into execution. At the Special Commission of Cork, sixteen unfortunate individuals suffered death at Limerick ; a number not less met tie same fate also in Kerry. Many had fallen victims to 'their infatuation, and yet these awful scribes had an effect in putting (lowa thew disterbsaces, till the laser. nation Act was applied, and Cot IMMO a sessible change took place. Onght not these circumstances to %wife a strong sensation in the Ilan. Member fur Mid. lidtat is favour of the measure. Is consequenee of the %toady application of this measure, the system of terror ins put dews and tranquillity restored. Could any Mon. Member vote against a temporary snspemien of the p rivileges of tbe Constitution. when they were eas ed only for the purpose of stopping the effusion of load. If the Hon. Member fur Mitilserst had looked ies into the body of this Act instead of the marglaal set.. be would have found that the Magistrates were sot mold with such extravagant powers as be was inclined .fio *lab. The Ilagistrateeillese =nut Finish. their *ides mist De first approved of by one of the law asses, of the Crown, and in the event of his disappear belie% it suet be reported to Government, and their illesfisiss awaited. This act was prepared by himself asely is the same shape it was during the adminin tie*, of the Duke of Bedford in Ireland, a Noble . man idiom nobody could charge with any disposition 0 dogma spas the rights and privileges of the ipeople...eistl woad bate bets introduced to Perlis lost, erase Ii sot for the short period which that • emlll4deleatien oestisoed. The Honourable Member Zitto him if the Jeries is Ireland had net sir duty daring the disturbances? It-would be &Mg theft sa injustice ant to acknowledge that they mt.:4-Ste duty 'solidly; bat their care was talten 1e Juries; from men of wealth and property; !onto other clues who were g Ily •• Juries and who resided in thatched cottages, were much sore re l ied 110 be affected by intimidation, however well die they sleet be to do their duty. He received a Beds the Clerk of the Crown in Cork, stating, that a great part of the law expenses of that county anise Ibis rting one hundred persons in the gaol, set as . bat witnesses, who were obliged to take refuge theme ts were themselves against the terrorists. In one reillfilibsea a witness left the gaol and immediately fell a *OM* his temerity. Then, when the lives o f w it. soma were in such entniinent danger, what would have Cans' On fate of jurors. The Right lion. Gentleman coneladed by apologizing to the Howe for trespassing os Its attention. Mr. GRATTAN did not oppose the Bill, bet expressed 6 hope that his Majesty's Government would do sass thing effective for Ireland, and limit the dandle° of the Bill to May only. The House then divided— . For the Bill, 135—.1gzinst it, 17 —Majority, 1111 Oe our admission again to the Gallery, we found the House In Committee on the Bill. . Mr. GO EIL BU it N pfoposed fillies up the blank with the words First of Angrier. Sir JOHJII NEWPORT saggemed Gist t h e First of May ought to be substituted for the First of August. Mr. GOV LBU RN assured the Committee, that lie would take can to give an early notice of his iaten- Hen to renew the Bill, if. unfortunately, the renewal should be necessary.- No effort would be wands, on his part to ietrodoce the subject when there would be a fall attendance cif Members. Sir J. NEWPORT could not admit that any den which Irish Members had to discharge ought to inter fere with their duty in that Hoes.. Mr. J. P. GRANT expressed a hope that his Right Hon. Friend not give up his intention to shorten the derail°, of the Act. Mr. BROUGHAM also recommended his Right Honourable Friend to take the sense of the Commit. tee apes his proposed amendment. He could not depead upon the assurance of tile Right lion. Gentle. man, whistaight be oat of office next year. He should distrust the statement of any Minister. _ The Marquess of LONDONDERRY said, Ile should object to shorten the duration of the Bill If it was limited to the Ist of May, the House would be com pelled to discuss it about Elmer, and his Majesty's Government would not hart the opportunity of waltimg to the longest period, to see if tranquillity might sot supersede the necessity of renewing the Bill. The Committee then divided on the question filling up the Blank with the lit of August, 94 ; Pori the Ist of May, 37; Moijo.rioy, 57. The House then resumed, and the Report was se dated to be received to morrow. TITRE LEAsING RILL. Mr. GOULBURN proposed the second reading of the Irish Tithes Leasing Bill, aid% an understanding that the discnoosion should come on in the Committee. The 801 l was opposed by sir, DALY and Sir J. Nair. POZT, The house then divided, when there'appeared— Vet. the Motion, 6-1 ;—ARain.r it, 221—Majority, 42. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Friday. The Irish Constables Kill was re-committed ; and the Haase being in a Committee on the Bill. Ir. C. GRANT said, that although diany of his oh. jections bad been removed by the modification of the ke waa not yet reconciled to the principle of the • Ile particularly objected to the power of appoint ing the Chief Constable being vested in the Lord Lieu tenant. Mr. tiOULIICIIN rcp d his willingness to alter the Bill so as to caret tile view of his Right Honour able Friend. Some verbal Amendments were then arr.... 4 to ; the House resumed, and the report was ordered to be re ceived on Friday.—Adjourned at Half-past Twu. Lair IN Tf: L LIG ENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENUIL-Jmy S. BLASPHEMY. TUC KINII V SOIANNAII WRIGHT. This was an indictment against the defendant, So h. the wife of William Wright. fur publishing V. veral blasphemous libels of and concerning the Christian Religion. contained in Richard Carlik's Address to the Reformers of (beat Britain, written end pnblisbed since his confinement in Dorchester gaol. There were nine Gentlemen of the Special Jury, the remainder being Talesinen. Mr. Ossetta and Mr. Ewa (in the absence of Mr. Gurney and Mr. G. Marriott, who are confined by indis position) conducted the prosecution, at the instance of the Society for the Suppression of Vice. The defendant was Without Counsel, and wan attended iu Court by one L~ of her bail and several female Mamie. She was smartly dressed, end were a ce► bedecked with artificial lowers During the day the Court was crowded to excess. The indictment having bees opened, Mrs. Wright bogged thecae@ might stand over until her defence ar• rived, bet the Chief Jostles said this could not be per• milted. the trial mast proceed, no doubt the defence would arrive time enough. Shortly after the Counsel for the prosecution bad commenced his address to the Jury, a red book, In which the defendant's defence was hound up, was banded to her by a bald-headed person from amongst the crowd. Mr. Basscas then, in stating the case to the Jury. pro eroded to reprobate the publishing of such libels, com menting upon several passages. as letters that were ad dressed to the Rev. Mr. Wayte, of Bristol, contending that it was the intention of such persons. by publishing these works to destroy the religious institutions of the country. Tim Learned Counsel then proceeded to call Mr. James Bigneld, who stated, that on the 9th and 30th of May last year, he purchased of the defendant personally the pamphlets in question. at Mr. Carlile's shop, 55:Fleet-street, where she was serving. He paid 6d. for one, and 2d. for the other. Cross-examined by the Defen'dant.—l get my living honestly. I have a pension from 0 meat.— I was thirty years in the service of the Cus toms, and was dismissed with several other per sons, bat afterwards received a pension. I am em PIMA h the Society far the Suppression of Vice, as one of t heir agents, and am paid by them. They s•mt. 4 meth bay the pamphlets. I never pier evidence seeks+ his Majesty. I was not dismissed from the Custouss for giving false evidence against her Majesty. The defendant then asked the witness what was his religion; whether he could repeat die Ninth Command. nsent, tee. ; but the Learned Jndge would not permit such questions to be put. The witness said he attended divine service as often as he could. The defendant—l don't think this man is to be be lieved on his oath. If I had a little more time I could have proved it. The Cum JUSTICC.—You have bad abundance of time to prepare your defence. It is for the Jury to say whether he as to be believed on his oath. The Defendant.— I doo't deny that I hays sold these publication to others, but newer to this man. The fact is, I refused to sell any to him; and one day, I went with another female to kick him out of the house. The alleged libellous passages were then read by the officer of the Court. At the defendant's desire, the prin. cipal parts of the publications from which the libellous passages were selected, were also reed, with a view to show the whole tendency of the work. The defendant then desired permission to ask the Jury some questions. The Cuter JUSTICE said the time was gone by for ettelt . a purpose. Any questions she bail to put to the Jam ought to have been propounded before they were sworn. The Defendant.—They were sworn before I caw Leto Court. The CHIEF JUSTICIL—TInt was your owo fain ought to have been here. The defendant then proceeded to read a written ad dress to the Jury, by way of defence, which, occupied upwards of three hours. In the course of it, several pas sages called for the animadversions of the Judge and the Jury, as being offensive, and such'as ought not be allowed in a Court of Justice. One of the'Juryinen, in allusion to.the length of the address, and to some offen sive passages, said, " This is a manoeuvre that the whole may be published." The same Juryman, on another oe auto°, observed, " She is a mere automaton for venting the opinions of othen.""' s ' The Cuter Jusyrcs upon this, said " I pity her." dt. Yon Towards the close of her address, the defendant hand ed up a note to the Learned Judge, requesting permis- sion to retire for a short time to suckle her infant child who was crying for her. The Come Juvice granted the request, and the dee fendaot retired for about 20 minutes. It is impossible to enter into a detail of the defend ant's address. The matter and style of it were those of a person of some literature, but read with such false qnantities. and with so little knowledge of the ordinary rules of prosody, u in some parts to lie utterly unintel• ligible. The defendant, however, read with a clear, distinct and firm voice, and to the last seemed vigo rous in her cause. She avowed herself a conscien tious proselyte of Mr. Carlile in all his doctrines, and declared that she was a voluntary and willing pro pagator of his doctrines, without hope of reward. In deed, she had been brnugbt np to a genteel business, and was able to maintain herself ES a lace maker and embroiderer, and ber husband was i o good circumstances. She said, " It is notorious that Mr. Carlile is no Chris tian, and I wish to be as notorious that I am no Chris tian." The writer of the address then proceeded to ex amine the allegations of the indictment, and denied, on the part of the defendant, that she was influenced by the motives therein imputed to her. She entered into a long declamation against Christianity and its professors, and quoted from the writings of several persons, in order to show that their doctrines were in many respects sy nonplses with those held by herself. She proceeded to read part of the libel which reflected• on the Judges of the 19th century, and the Dignitaries of the Church, when The Loan Cusar JUSTICI asked her if site knew what followed In the paper she held—she answered In the affirmative. The LORD CRIR? JUSTICR.--M Then you must pass over it." Mrs. Wright.—" I cannot take any thing oft" The LORD Cnte► JUSTICII.—" Then I'll exercise my authority: I'm determined it shall not be read." The Defendant, however, persisted, and was again in terrupted. She then referred the Jury to several pas. sages in Holy Writ, and begged them particularly to no tice Solomon', Song. His Lordship said this was irrelevant to,her defence ; but she proceeded with the utmost pertinacity. She then referred to the doctrines of Christianity, as held by Mr. Burney, on the trial of Mary Ann Carlile, and commented on the Learned Dentlemen's address on that occasion, at considerable length. She then read the whole of the preface and discourse of the Rev. Mr. Fox on " the, Duties of Christians towards Deists," and be fore she closed her defence, she could not, she said, but lament, that en this present enlightened age, Judges and Senators should be found, who would sanction such pro. secutians ea that before the Court. Persecution, in what ever way directed, was objectionable. and particularly under Most is called, a Free linvernment—but to perse cute the mind of man, was of all kinds by far the most disgusting. 'l' lie trailing of the defence occupied nearly four hours. The Loan Inter Jurrtce then pent the case to the Jury, and .% Mt very great impartiality commented upon the various passages contained in the libel. The Jnry, at three o'clock, retired, and after a abort consultation, returned with a verdict of lividly. She was immediately taken into custody by the tip stairs. The defendant stood again indicted for a similar of fence; hat. owing to the lateness of the hour. the trial was ordered to stand over to a future day. In this cue the defen.lant is to have the advantage of • Mr. 11. Cooper's abilities. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Juice S. 'DAMNATION AND CO. V. C• . lIPOTTANT TO bEenemoboetts. This was an action brought by the plaintiff,. re spectable merchants In the city, ageing the defend ant, to recover the sum of 381. paid by then fur sr vend rates. It appeared in evidence that the plain tiffs bad a lease of their premises for 21 years, on paying a clear annual rent of 1601. a year. The sewers' rates being demanded of them, they at first demurred paying; bat eventually. sooner than be put to inconvenience, paid, and now brought their action against the landlord to recover the same. The point at issoe was, whether a person taking a house on lease, was liable or not to taxes which did not bear upon the house, but on the laud, without its being mor tinned in the lease ? The person who acted as agent betneen the parties in letting the house, said that he bad not any idea that the plaintiffs were liable to pay the land tax or sewers' rates, and was very much surprised when be ' - of them Chief Justice 1), iiel gunner the dil ',RN who, after Aerslict for,the pl COURT 01 TIM ATTORNEY GE: rug OF ASSESSED TAMS& This was an information by the Attorney-Genera against the defendaut, to recover three several penal ties of IOU!, each, for collecting to his own age trots different persons in his parish, in Nottinghamshire, a largerenns than the duty charged inthacontusissioners' eeeeee usent. The Soslcuron-OexeRAL, in opening the ease, re gretted the occasion for prosecutiOns of this nature, arising as they did from the breach of that confi deoce which it was rather generally the practice to re pose on collectors. It was quite enough that persons paid their taxes, and the Commissioners of Taxes were determined to lose no opportunity of bringing collectors to punishment for such frauds, in every case where the evidence laid before them afforded l a reasonable prunai3e of cuoviction.—Verdict for the Crown. THB • TTORNZT-OCHSRAL V. PHILIP HOOPER. A HORS'. This was an iaformation against a horse•dealer in Sontersetshire, for the penalty of 501. for not having taken out a license.—Verdict for the Crown. t beard that it bad been demanded t . , . )ALLAH eXp1 , 110.11: ) 'VII impar- ifferent beariega . ' :grop to tla. a few udinitte• rlainttis-04mors, 4 LW EXCifEQU 1' st, iii. 4. iNERAL V. Joscrn amuse, COLT C- BOARD OF EXCISE. A baker nomad P..wis, at Chelsea, was charged on information with havieg a quantity of salt, produced from salt pout!, concealed op his premises, the daty of which had not been paid. The defendant pleaded guilty. Mr. Alaraw stated that upwards of two hundred weight was found under some straw, in a stable be- longing to the defendant. The Connt ordered the salt to be condemned. and the defendant to pay a tine of 501. OLD D4lLBY—.llo.vo.i r. At the sitting of the Court, twenty-seven prleowers were placed at the bar and discharged by precious& ties, the bills against them having been ignored, 3usaunak -Mille, a woman of respectable appearance, 64 years of age, was indicted for stealing a piece of cotton, some bobbin-net, and other articles, the pre printed perty of Thomas Gardener, lioeo•draper, of Norton-Falgate. The articles were produced in Court; they had no mark, and appeared to be of different sorts ; and not to accord in colour and quality with a pattern sbewo by Mrs. Gardener of her furniture, to which she sup posed them to have belonged. Several very respectable persons spoke to the cha racter of the prisoner, whom they bad known for many years as an honest, steady, and hard-working woman.—Not Guilty. Charles Meredith was indicted for stealing 36 yards of riband, and four fans, value 205., the pro perty of Win. Cope. The facts of this ease as they appeared in evidence were these :—The prisoner was employed in the shop of the prosecutor, who was a haberdasher in Oxford road, as one of the shopmen. The prosecutor sus pected him of robbing him of some articles, and con sulted with Plank, the officer, upon the subject. la the meantime an eponymous letter was dropped in the area of the prosecutor, addressed to the prisoner. The letter stated that his master had been consulting with Plank, and that he (the prisoner) was suspected of robbing him. This letter the prisoner immediately carried to his master, and asked him fur an explana tion. The box of the prisoner was subsequently searched, and the riband sad fans stated in the indict ment were found there. The prisoner, in his tarn, being asked for an explanation, said, that he had put them into his box to carry to his sister in the country, intending to return the money to his master. The prisoner now made a similar defence as that which he had given hie master, aatl called wend wit oesses to his character. One of them bad known him let litnately for 12 years, and proved that he bad borne an excellent character up to this time. The Jury retired for about a quarter of an hour, and returned , a verdict—Not Guilty. James Jones, alias MLaugrAlass, was put to the bar on an indictment charging him with sealing from Ann, the wife of Roger Robinson, two Bank of Eng land notes of 51. each. The proaecutriz stated that, on the day named in the indictment, she had gone with her husband, who had been at sea for seven years, to Somerset-house, to receive his pay ; a stranger accosted them. and in the course of con aaaaa tioo said be could obtain • ship for her husband, if he wished to go to sea again. They were induced to accompany the person in ques. tion to • house in Fetter-lane. called the Falcon. They went into the parlour, and shortly after the pri soner came in and described himself as • Welsh far mer, observing that he had jest come from the Bank, where he bad received I,loof. Liquor was called for. and the " strange man" and the pri a began to dispute about a miethiarr. which ended in a wager. The stranger said be had woo a aevereiga, which the prisoner paid, Out received it ►ark again. The prose cutor had at this time been asked to see " all tali," DIED. Early on Sunday morning last, after a lingering illness, the wife of Mr: John Stan, of John-street, Oxford-street. On the 6th inst.. Mr.. Stevens, the wife of Win. Steven-, Esq.. of Little St. Thomas Apostle. On Saturday , last, at Camberwell, Mrs. Sarnh Tute, relict of the late Mr. Edward Tate, of Capel-eourt, Bartuolo mew-lane._ _ _ _ -- ...On t he Bth inst., Ann, the wife of Robert Ross, Esq.. of I the Btoek Exchange. On fiatarday morning last, early, at her house, Maize bill, Greenwich, Mrs. Collins, widow of the late William Req. • On Saturday teat, is the sBd year of his age, the Rev. Wales Carr, LL.B. Vicar of Ealing. i r.. • . • Ind a bilfpenny was pat alder a 'Prat pot , on wiltelt 'e was requested so place his hand. Re dM so. sad the wager was wen as before stated. Up to this time the stranger and the prisoner appeared set to know each other. sad words took place. the peisen# ptens ! ;mg those present of wishing to rob hire, iOJ saying •hey bad no money about them. Ti.: peoesentor re plied it was not sot ,and to convince that-prisoner, til4 his wife to " bawl" out the notes, which she did. The strange man immediately semi'cbed them from her; and threw them Into the hat of the Prisoner, who witli himself attempted to esesne, hut the prisoner was sci. cured. Finding he ceeld not get away. At retwree.l the money, and an officer was sent for. who took him into custody, and, on searching him, found a notohee of " Dash " notes on his persqn. and a number of sovereigns, including a foreign gold tole. The prit• son,r on his way to Guildhall attempted . to destroy the " flash" notes, bet was prevented. and they werii this day produced, and read by Mr. Clark, the Depvtg Clerk of the .Arraigns, as fellows :—" One Boutitius —Please to pay to the Gov. and Comp. of the Bank of England Ono Extraordinary Bona ." The prisoner, in his defence, said be had hail wit seaes in attendance, bat not beieg aware that his ,trial would have Come on this day. they were lot tow present. The ReCORDER asked him what their names were; and where they resided ? but' the pidasser did met give any answer, and the Jury itomediately found bin Guilty. In passing senteeee the Recommit regretted that his coadjutors had not also been brought to justice. and sentenced him to be transpecerd for life, sham ing. that diorama fate awaited tislo iiiseersed with him when Wren. Sunrsii ilarsders. only 14 years of age, bat well known as a deprived character, was pat to the bar on an indictment, charging him with stealing a gaisatity of wearing apparel, the property of John Richards. The facts of the case were fully made oat, 'and the Jury without hesitation found him Guilty. The RZCORDER sentenced him to be transported for seven years. The prisoner, with the utmost indifference, hopped from the dock down the steps into the gaol. ••• In copying yesterday from the Thou the use of J. Denham. tried in this Court on Saturday; a verdict of Guilty was stated: it should have been Not Guilty. Bow-writtay,r-Yesterelay, Win. Tibbs was brought before Sir R. Mania, charged with robbing his master. Mr. Wise, of the One Ton Hotel, in Jeresynetreet, of a quantity of ciliated other property. Mr. Wise stated, that the prisoner hid been for a short time in his ser vice as porter, anti during that period, he had missed several dozens of wine, about twenty quarts of turtle, and a variety of other things. On Saturday, in conse quence of some suspicion falling upon the prisoner, his room is the hotel was searched, and about twenty Net tles of wine and brandy, and some linen were fonna con coaled there. The prisoner did not make any defence, end was folly committed. DSIADVUL Aloanza.—A dreadful murder was com mitted at Ponty-pool, on the body of Wm. Edwards. a publican, by Rachael his wife, who poisoned him, by giving him a quantity of arsenic in some milk, rum sad milk, and rum and water, and from the ef fects of which be died in a few hours. Willia n Ed wards, the unfortunate victim of his wife's enrol/ passions, kept the Cross Keys public-house, in Pont rpool, and was considered a quiet industrious man, and a good neighbour; be once possessed a very good property, but his wife was addicted to drinking. an had formed ao acquaintance with another man, a for mer sweetheart, which no doubt led her to form the horrid resolution of destroying her husband. Fr' in the evidence given on the inquest, which sat two days. it appears that the t, who is a relation, was em ployed to provide the arsenic from a shop, which she did, in the same of some other person: her mistress persuaded the busb.aud to take a basin of milk, into which she bad pat a part of the poison, which soon af terwards made him-ill ; she then prevailed upon hint to take a glass of rum and milk, into which she pat some more of the poison. The effect of the poison in creasing the husband's disorder, she advised him to take a glass of ram and water, is.to which she threw the remains of the poison. Such it appears was the depravity of her conduct on the occasion, that, while her husband was in the agonies of death. she engaged a fiddler to play in the house. After the fullest inves tigation had taken place, the stomach bayrng been examined by medical gentlemen, the jury gave a ver dict of Wilful Murder against the wife, and she was tally committed to Monmouth gaol, to take her trial at the next assizes= the servant was also committed, as an accomplice. The abandoned woman appeared totally insensible to her awful situation, nor did she manifest any signs of regret for what she had done; on the contrary, it appears that she was nearly intox icated on Taeaday evening when she left the town in a chaise in company with the servant and two con stables. It is reported that she was not destitute of money. and that she was suffered to take a quantity of spirit. with her. For this we cannot vouch ; hut on the return of the chaise it was stated that the two wo men had plied the constables and the driver with li quors, and bad both effected their escape, before they reached Monmouth. Some gentlemen of Pont-rpool instantly set off with a view to re-apprehend the mur derers, and secure the constables that they may be punished for this wanton dereliction of their duty. No account has yet reached es of their success. FURTUIR PARTICI:LANS —We have just learnt that by the vigilance and exertions of Mr. Phillips, the Coroner, and the other gentlemen who went in pur suit of the women, they were taken asleep in Trellock wood, about four miles from Moomouth.—(llristol Mercury.) MARRIED. On Monday, the Ist instant, at Walthanistest, Mr. John Knowles. of Ratelitf-croas, Illerebaot, to Anna Maria, daughter of Richard Mount, Esq., of Leytonstonr. Eisen.