The Sun. — London, England, 1812-09-15 00:00:00

ais day'the London adjourned SessiOns *ere held at Guildhall, -before the Recorder'and several Aldermen, for the trials of persons charged with committing assaults, anti petty oa . enc'es. ASSAULT AT LLOYD:S. fii , ONDUST SESIOt^ , .tS, 14. 'II J. Levy was indicted for assaulting The RECORDER observed, before this case was Opened, that a public investigation of the circum stances might increase the ill will which the par ties had manifested towards each other, and per-4 haps occasion a repetition of the disturb:l - rice which had disgraced the Exchange and Lloyd's.- He ad vised them to settle it by reference. The defendant and prosecutor cotrulted, and agregd to refer it to Mr. Reynolds; the Counsel lor, When Mr. Levy made an apology. The case was then reported to the Court, and the Recorder observed, that Mr. Levy had been guilty of assaulting C. Evans, and the Court or dered him to pny t fine of one shilling and be dis charged. At the same tirnethe Court entertained a hope, that he would not make a disturbance `again i n Ll oy d' s, or -the Royal Excbange, as those places should be kept in a state . of peace and quietness, for the convenience of persons. trans acting business., He vas then discharged, 4-- G UILDHALL.---A Gentleinan of the name of Condvvyn, answered to a- charge made against him by the 'C o l l e ctor of the Tithes ' of the parish of st • Gregor T, refusing to, pay the tithes, agree bly to the assessment. Th e G en tl eman pl ea d e d in hi. defence, that having gone to reside in the Parish, be thought it his duty to carry his family !? the Parish Chttrr!h ; to hear Divine Service. To h i ts ast on i shment, when he went thither, he found af tli Clergyman who officiated Was a person altogether unfit for the charge,' not being able to aticulate a single word . in such. a 'rra. 4 , - ter as to he intellitiibae to any one. Naturally supposing that This could not always - be the case, though, indeed, the circumstance of there being only -five persons present in the church -on this his first visit, be , ides the ehildrea,_ afforded him-little 'ground for being grime on the subject. Mr. Goodwyne per severed in attending for six. or seven weeks, during which*tiine there never were more than 25 persons Kcsent in the Church, and the same incompe tney- on the. part of the Clergyman- was uniform ly apparent. This being the case s , and the pa tb-Ls,h)-°ilers being thus .deprived of the benefit for ;tuck the burthen of the tithes- was imposed,, L' ar a,e l Y, the having a Minister to teach,and preach them the word of God, Mr. G. and many others 1 7 -the parishion ers , felt themselves not 'only war rted in. refusing, but even called arCto resist, u r e Payment of tithes. This he estecmed;lthe l ;shioners were peculiarly enjoined to. do; by . e 26th Article of Religion. The Worthy Alderman (Mr Joshua Jonathan t thi th) here inte rr upt e d M r . G. o b serv i ng , ' t h at did not s it t h ere f or t h e sake of-deciding on any differ en ce s with respect to the articles of religion, but 'Perely to administer justice on such points as Cg u larl-Y Caine under his cognizance; according ° the est a bli s h e d l aw of the . land. Now, the ta..yruent of tithes was a-claim : known and recog ,,lzed by th e law, and one which 'he was bound to `' nf°re c - (Yrt the application of persons duly en- . i}il c.l to the same._ -1-low fro the Clergyman of Parish Was or was mit u a - fit and cornpe;eut.llli ifis,te," of the G ospe l, it was not for him to decide. this Goodwyn e h a d any c ompl a i nt to ma k e on head,he must go to thellishop of the Diocese, ~!1 . to the Bcelesiastical Courts, to.*hoM such z. la tters prop er ly belon ge d. Ti t at- w a s a u ecclesias 'cal matter, and he (the Alderman) was entitled to . 'iew thi s onlyas a civil claim, in which light he :gust' order M r . -G . to pay t h e t i t h e , to t h e cpuin lulu of which no o bj ec ti on wits made, reserving to mitns to apply tu the proper tribunal on the subject tafhls complaints as to th e com p e t enc y o f the Clergy 7. 1 -... a ! 1, and the attend an ce o f t h e Congregation', As - .- as the claim to tithe was cognizable by the tuernian he was not entitled to take - the latter eir tP s tance into his conside r ati o n. S o. l ong as the was a c l a i m f or t i t h e , i t w a s equa ll y , ex i g ibl e th w hether th e congregat i on cons i ste d of f i ve or six ° asand. kn ,jr- Good wyne sa id h e s h ou ld pay t h e t i t h e, " apply to the Bishop; MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, SET. 14. Ibis day the Sessions of the Peace for this *l 4ll tY commenced at Hick's Hall, Cl er ke nwe ll, I le, after th e G ran d an d P e t t y J urors were "r n n the Court proceeded to the trials'of tra 'ersers, hT - P - RAtlonc6.—Thomas Shelton was put to ,uar, charged with h av i ng assau lt e d an d vio l-Jolp' beaten Willia m C roc k er , an Officer of the ljel in th e execut i on o f hi s d uty. th iv Crocker stated, that at a late hour of might,as mentioned in the indictment, as he p at : Ping his rounds in company with another zr„„" sl c.. he perceived a man h ang i ng f rom a lbmp irog This was in the neighbou r h oo d o f C am d e n th r v rt• The novelty of the sight brought him to r e : s Pot, and just as be had approached it, the Pav e K bandage by which the person, was tied up ki t way, and he fell to the ground, when the 1 i ; 11 ?ss came up and instantly sei ze d hi m , u p on cti he assailed the prosecutor with fury, struck t,;;" and knocked him down, and but for the in .lelltion of another patrolc, he must have been id l y most imminent danger. He was secured, token appeared that he had consented volun ytalLY be hanged, under the following circum to,htlees seems there was another man in lia d - P L a riY, and it turned out that the two together at een gambling, first for their money, and 4 . e ngth for their cloaths; but the defendant tt ak gs lost both his money and cloaths, .then , % a ," his life, and agreed, that if he should lose 11 34 ', oppone n t should have the pleasure of t ed ''ni p '' him. He lost, and'aecordingly submit- M i n t t ) e hanged--and t his adversary., having tied tni It 4 a lamp-post, left hini:t6 his fate ; thae. noose not, having been fixed in a secure preriziler, it g ave way , an d the defendant was. e t i Pitated to th e eart h— an d b y t h e i ntervent i on fr or , h e Prosecutor and the other officer, saved tii ty i an untimely d ea th. Fo r thi s act of- hOma tie th ed e Officer was assaulted as above-men- T' c case being pr ove d by o th er w i tnesses, t he l idAilt wa s called upon for his defence. -\4l i-te was a tall, well-looking Young bourer, and he acknowledged the material Harts Of the facts alleged against him by Crocker; tir..! prosecutor,. and sa'd, that he had been g-.9nblitrg on the night rn7ntioned in the indictment, mid lost his money and cloaths, and then staked h:s life, whiCh he also. considered forfeited; and be lieved that he W e ds in'honour bound to be hanged; and therefore consented. But he strongly denied that any assault WaS committed on the witness Crocker, until he, Crocker, had first assaulted him., The Court and Jury expressed the.utmost asto nishment at this singular case,. and after a few words from the Chairman; he was 'found Guilty. As soon as the, defendant was found guilty, his wife came into Court, and implored mercy for him, assuring their Worships that she would he answerable for it that he should never desire to be banged again. The Bench' became unanimous in the merciful judgment of granting the female pleade'r the full liberation of her beloved husband. Thenuzg Ferry was charged with having assault ed Margaret Sexton. From the evidence of the prosecutrix, it ap peared that she is employed as manager and over seer to a very respectable contractor for army clothing ; that, on might stated in-the iridict merit, she (the prosecutrix Was quietly and com fortably in company with seveol of her work women, at the house of a Tepirtable . patAican,. of the name of Macdonald, at Cock-bill, .El3l - cliii Cross, when the defendant and Another man rush ed into the house, between the hours of eleven and twelve, and after behaving in the meatviolent way, dragged her out Of the bouse. Not con tent with treating her - thus bedragged one Cf . the young women, who was in her company, to the watch-house, Where she : was confined the whole night. \ • This, case was supported by se ve ral witnesses. On the part of the defendant Ferry, Mr. ALLEY adch-essed the Jury at considerable length. He stated, that the defendant was an officer of that part of the town, in the employ of the parish, and could have .but one object in view,..namely, that of. discharging a painful duty in clearing. the public-houses of that neighbourhood of disor derlv persons ; and he called witnesses to esta blish that fact, as well as to prove that no assault was committed. In the last, however, he totally failed, for they one and all proved that assaults were Coinmited. Mr. BARRY, for the prosecution, animadverted on the unwarrantable authority which . this officer - asstuned, of entering the houses of peaceable pub licans, and daring to turn/ their custinners out of doors, without any breach of the peace. having . been committed, either by them,. or by any other person withinside of their 'respective dw e lli ngs; and in Contradiction to what they so assumed, he asserted, that such violent entry and outrage was. not only a thing unknown to the Constitution of the COnntry, but in direetviolation'Of all law. He conclUodwith asserting, that the a aka 'was fully proved, and that the Jury innq, in confor mity to the 'Oath they had taken; and as conscien tious men, find the defendant guilty.. The Foreman of the Jury was de.irons of know ing) after hearing what fell from 2,lr.Barry, whe ther officers have not a right to enter -the' houses of publicans, and turn out persons when drinking in them after 11, or I 2 o*Clock"? . Mr. -- MAtigwAßn4o stated, that he knew of no law imposing such au authprity. If a breach of the peace had been committed, or was commit ting, that would be a different thing. He then summed up the evidence, and commented with much severity on .the conduct, of•the defendant, who vv-asfoundi Guilty. Mr. MAINWARING, after animadverting on his conduct in strong terms, sentenced him to pay A. fine of -10/. MOST EXTRAORDINARY CAM On Stuiday night, a Gentleman, between 50. , and 60 yearS of age, went into a house 6faa parti cular description near the Admiralty. ---lie had not been long there when. be died suddenly. He had with him a small dog, of the terrier kind, who immediately lett the room. There was nothing found on ,the Gentleman's person to lead to a dis eoVery of his identity. About twelve o'clock, however, last night, three interesting young la— dies,- of very genteel appearance, between the ages of' sixteen and twenty, .arrived at the house in Which the Gentleman died, accompanied by. the dog. They came in a .chaisefrom Richmond, where they reside.' It, appears that .the dog, 'int—, mediately after the decease of his master, ran Off to Richmond to his master's house. :As soon as the door was opened, he rusheql into the apart ment of the young.ladies, who were in the act of dressing themselVes. He began, to solicit their attention by whines and cries, and his eyes turned to the door, as if to invite th,ern.out. Failing in this, he became more earnest, seized their clothes, and pulled them towards the door with ,so much violence, that one of their gowns was torn. This. excited great alarm, and from the intelligence shewn by the animal, it was resolved by the young ,flies to- accommodate themselves to the dog, who continued: to . -invite them away. A chaise was accordingly ordered, and the three young ladies took their seats in it. The .dog led the way, with his head altriost constantly turned back, and his eyes fixed upon the carriage, ,until hc,led them to the house near the Admiralty, where his mas t*, died. There they alighted ; but how great muAt have been their grief, hOrror,. and surprize, to, find that the deceased was their father !.--..The body was removed to the Lord Cochrane pub lic...house, where an IngneSt will sit upon it this , . . . . ... . It is somewhat whimsical, that the account. of : the French having given kg-bail at' Cadiz was sent byAdniiral.l...rnGGE, and .the person who ran with it into the City was LEOGET: Yesterday afternoon a Coroner's Inquest was held at the sign of the Flask, in Flask-lane, Pim lie"6, before ANTHONY GEL,L,, Esq. on a view of the body of John Bar ra tt, WhO, it. a pp ea red; dapped down, whilst standing i n front of his house, .and died instantaneously. Verdict—Died by the Visitatiox of God. # ) AN ADDRESS •, - . Nietnhers of the house of Representatives of the t0n ..., izveiS of the united Stktes, to their Constituents, on the Sd'Jject of the War *With Great; Britain:- . Republic has, for its IhaSiS the capacity and . 1;4;41 of the people to govern theinselves. .A main principle of a representat.i.•;-e republic IS the .re sponsihili7 of the representatives .to their cousti= titents. Iteedoin and . publkicity of debate are es sential to the preservation', of Such form's of go yernment. arbitraiy abridgment di the Hula of speech in repreSent atives, is a direct fringement of the liberty of the people. Every unnecessary concealment of their proceedings an approximation towards tyrailny. When by sys tetnatic.ruies, a majority tales.to itself the right, at its pleasure,. of Jiiniting s:peecli, or denying it altogether ; when secret- . set , sions multiply ; and in proportion to the importaiice of a question, is the studious concealment of &bate, a people may be assured that such practices _obtaining, their freedom is but short-lived. • . Reflections, such as these, have been forced upon the attention- of the 'undersigned Members .House the .on9g of. Representatives of the United States,_by_tlie" events of the present session 9f Congress., , They have- wittmsSed a 'principle, ,adopted as the law of the House, by which, under • a novel application of the previous question, a power is assumed by the majority to deny the pri ..vilege or speech, at-any state; itnd under any cir cumstances of debate. And recently, by an un precedented assumption, the_riglit to give reavons an original motion, has been made to depend upon - the swill of the majority, Principles:more hogile than these to the' ex= istence of rgsaresentative !iberty, (-alum:: easily be , - .-9nceived. It i;; ?lo't„howeyer,.on thee accounts,, weigiit'.7 as theiti.e . , that the .undersigned have undertalten.th::::slddres9. A snbject of iiig,her and more immediate imc.orta3ce itnpels them to the. present duty. , The momentous question of war with Great Britain.is-decided. On this topic, so: vital to your interests, the right of public deba,'e, in the face of the world, and especially of their consr..tituents, has been denied to your representatives. • They have been, called into secret session, this most interesting of all your public relations , althOtigil the circumstances of the times and of the nation, afforded no one reason for secrecy, unless it be fi3und Li the apprehension of the eifect of public debate on public opinion.; or of public opinion on the result of the vote. Exeet the Message of the President, of the United states, which is now before the publi c , nothinv; confidential was communicated.—That message contained no fact, not previofisly,known. No one reason for war intimated but such psis was of a nature publiC and notorious. The intention to wage war-and invade Canada,' had. °been long _since openly avowed: The' object of hostile me nace had been ostentatiously announced. 'The inadequacy of both our army and navy v , for stic 7 cessfni invasion ; ,a-nd-the insufficiency of the forti ' fications , for the : security' of , dur seabOard; were every where known. _Yet,the doors "of Congress were shut upon the r pe9ple. They have.been care fully kepi in • i . gnoranee of the progress of ..ineasures,• until the - purposes of administration were consummated, .and the fate of the coun-, try ,sealed: 'ln a situation. so extraordinarY the underSigned•have (teethed it their duty by no act of theirs to sanction a proceeding ,S(,) new and arbitrary. On the contrary, thet wade every at tempt, in-their power, to attain publicity for their proceedings, so new and arbitrary. All such attempts were vain. When this momentous sub ject was- stated. as for debate, they demanded that the doors should be opened. This being refused, th'ey : declined discussion ; lic.ing perfectly convinced', froin , indications, too plain to he misunderitood; that, in the House, all argument,with closed, doors Was, hopeless.; and. 'that . , any act; .giving 'implied Validity to so )fia grant an abuse of power, would be little less than treachery to the essential rights of a free people] In the situation to Which 'the undersigned , have thus been reduced; they are compelled, reluc tantly, to resort to this public declaration of such views of thestate and relations of the country, as determined their judgment and vote upon the question of war. A measure of this kind.has ap peared to the undersigned to be More imperiously demanded by the circumstance of a message and manifesto being prepared mid circulated at public expense, in.which the 'causes for war were enu merated, and the motives:f6l it concentrated in a manner suited' to agitate' and inflhence the pub lic mind: In executing tltis task, it will be. the study of the 'undersigned to reconcile'tbe great duty they owe- to the peOple, ,constitu tional respect which is ''due to the administrators Of public - concerns.• , ' . In commencing this vieW ofjour affairs; the un dersigned would fail in duty to themselves did they refrain from recurring to the. course, in relation to public measureS; Ayhieh they a.dopted,Ahd have undeviatingly pitrSued.„ from eothMeneement of this loin; and eventail .session; in 'which' they deliberatedly '' . Saerificid, every • minor cOnsiciera tion to That they deemed: the, best interests of the country. , For a succession of year s the nndersigned have' from principle_ disapproved a series of restrictions upon commerce,' according to their estimation, inefficient as respected foreign nations, aid inju rious chiefly to ourselves: Success in the system, had become identified with the - pride, the character, and the hope of, our Cabinet._ As is natural with men who have ,a great stake depending on .the success of favourite' theory, ``pertinacity. seemed to increase , as its 'hopelessness: became apparent. As the inefficiency of this system• could not be admitted, by its' advoea.tes, without ensuring its abandonment, ill success 'vas` carefully attributed to the influence of oppOsition. To this cause the people were taught to charge its successive failures; and' not to its intrinsic im becility. In this state of things the Undersigned deemed it proper to take away all apology for ad herence to this oppressive system. " They were desirous, at a period so critical in public affairs, as far as was consistent with the independence of opinion, to contribute to the restoration of har niony in the public councils, and concord among the people.- And if. any advantage could -be thus obtained in our foreign relations, the under , signed, being engaged in no purpose bf or party advancement, would rejoice in such ati occurrence. The course (if public mea. , :nres alsb, at the open: ing of the session, gave hope that an enlarged arid ' enlightened system of defence; with provision for the security of our maritime rights; was aboitt • be cominenecd; a purpose, which; wherever found,- they deemed it their duty to foster, by giving, to any system of measures thus bompre irensive, as unobstructed a course as was consis tent with their general . sense of public duty.--- After a course of policy, thus liberal and conci liatory, it was .cause of regret that a commnnica • tion should have been purchased by an unprece;- dented-estpenditure of secret service money; and „used ; . by the Chief Magistrate, to disseminate suspicion and jealousy ; and to excite resertment; among the citizens, by suggesting imputations against a portion of them, as unmerited' by their patriotism, - as unwarranted by evidence. It has a'iways been the opinion of the under signed, that a system of peace was the policy; which most comported with the character, concli.:. ,tion, and, interest of the :United States ; that their remoteness from the theatre of contest, in Europe, was their peculiar felicity; and that nothing but a necessity, . absolutely imperious should. induct them to enter as parties into wars, in which et ery consideration of virtue and policy seems to he tor: gotten, under the overbearing sway of rapacity and ambition. There is a new era in human fairs. The European _world is convulsed. The advantages of our , own situation are peculiar. -=-- f ',Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why ; by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and pros perity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, - honour,. or. caprice . ?" In addition to the many moral and prtidential considerations, which should deter thoughtful men from hastening into tne perils of such a war ; there were,some peculiar to the United States, rei suiting cram the texture of the Government and the politieal . relations of the people. A form of government, in no small degree experimental ; composed - olpowerful and independent sovereigils ties associated in relations, some of whjcli are tical, Well as novel, should not be hastily pre cipitated into situations calculated to put to trial the strength of tie moral bond; by which they are united. Of all, states, that of war is most likely to call into activity the passions, which are hostile and dangerous' to such a forM of govern ment. Time' is, yet important for the nation to settle and mature its: recent institutions. Above all, it appeared to the undersigned, from signs,not to be mis,tati'efi, that if we entered upon this war ; we did it a 441 divided people. ) , not only from a sense of inadequacy of our means to success, but from moral and political objections of great weight and very general influence. It appears to the undersigned, that the wrongs, of which the United States have to complain al.; though, in some aspects, .very grievous to our in terests, and in many humiliating to our pride; were _yet of a nature which -in the present state of the world, either would not justify war, or which war would not remedy. _ Thus,-. for instance, the hovering of British vessels upon our coasts, and the . occasional insults. to 'our ports, imperiously de manded such a systematic.application of 'harbour and sea-coast .defence, as would repel such aggres sions,,.but in no light, can they be considered as makinga resort to war, at the present time, bri the pkirt.ofthe.United States, either necessary or expedient: . So, also, with-respect to the Indian war, of the origin of which,: but very imperfect information : WS as yet been given to the public. Without any,eNpress act of Congress an expedi tion was last year,set on foot and prosecuted into the Indian territory, „which had been relinquished by treaty, on the part of the United States. And now we are told about the agency of British try:- ders, ,as to Indian hostilities.. It deserves consi. deration, whether there has been such provident attention as would have been proper to remove any 'cause . of complaint, either real or imaginary, which the Indians might allege, and t o secure , their friendship. With all the sympathy and anxiety.excited -by the state of that frontier ; im , portant as it may : be to 'apply adequate. means of protection, against-the -Indians ; how is its safety ensured.by a declaration of war, which adds the British to the number of enemies ? As a decentrespect to the opinions of mankind has not induced the two. Houses of Congress to concur in the declaring the' reasons, .ot motives, fOr their enacting'a declaration of war, the under signed,.and the public are left to search elsewhere, for causes either real or ostensible. • If ;we are to consider the President of the United States, and. the Committee of the House of Representatives, 'on Foreign Relations, as'speakini; on this solemn occasion,. for Congress; the United States have three principal topics of complaints against Great Britain. impressnients , --Blockadeand Orders in Council. Concerning the subject of impressment, the unL dersigned sywpathiae with our unfortunate sea men, the victims of this abuse of power, and par licipate• in the national sensibility on' rh'eir ac count. They do not _conceal from thenselves, both its importance and its difficulty ; and 'they are well aware how stubborn is the will and how blind the vision of powerful nations When great interests grow into controversy. But, - before a resort to a var for such interests, a moral nation will consider what is' just, and a wise nation what is expedient.' If the exercise of any right to the, full .extent of its abstract na ture be inconsistent With the.safety of another na , tion, morality seems to require that in practice, its exercise, in this respect:should be modified—lf it be'proposed to vindicate - any right by war, wis donr demands that it should be of a nature by war to he obtained .—The interests connected with the subject of impressment are unquestionably great to both nations ; and ,in the full - -extent of ab stract right as asserted by each, perharis irrecOn citable. The government of the United States asserts the broad pijnciple that ths: pag of their merchant vessels shall protect the mariners. %This privilege is claimed, although every person on board, ex- - cept the captain., may be an alien, - The British governinent asserts that the fille aiance of their subjects is inalienable ) in time o;' n•ar, their seanaen,found on the sea, the comnann