The Sun. — London, England, 1820-03-31 00:00:00

LONDON JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PP_PERS OF THIS DAY. [Horning Herald.] TRIALS Foil HIGH TRE.ASON.—It has been finally arranged, that the whole of the p r isoners con vected with the Cato-street conspiracy shall be arraigned at the bar of the Old Bailey on Satur day, the 15th of the ensuing month. It is pro bable that nothing (miller than their arraignment will take place on that day, but the business will proceed on the following Monday to the exclusion of the regukr business of the Sessions, which commences on the 12th of the morrth. [New Times.] [Extract of a Private Letter from Manchester, March es.] " I am sorry to inform you, that about one o'clnek this looming, a sentinel at the Barracks in ScThies-street, near the New-cross, was fired or by some onknown villain. The ball very for tunately misted its aim. It appears to have been foci! from a pistol in an .elevated situation, No cause can b' conjectured why the poor fellow tkhoold be Cited at.—The Boronghteevis and Con sndhles of ,Nlanellester have, with Clair usual prom;H:ilde acrd liberality, offered a reward ot bitty Guineas roc the discovery of the person who shot at the sentinel.—The itrelligvoce of the eon %intim) ot Hoot and his associates arrived here last night at twelve o'clock by express. Alany persous were waiting a t the Police Office With Cie gteatest anxiety, to know the result of the trial. Hunt had ammoneed, previously to going Po York, that lie should make a triumphant entry itrto Alencliester at!er his acquittO, which he as serted was certain'. It is reported a car had been prepred for the occasion, and that it was the in tention- of many of the Radicals, nor only in Man chester; I,rii it 80l on; Stockport, &c. to illumi nate theirhonses. The expected return of Hunt, in case of acquittal, mita) alarmed Many persons ecru amongst those who do not generally concern themselves about politics: The result ot the trial has, however, removed their fears ; though I un derstand that Saxton and Moorhouse, who were acquitted, intend to make it sort of public entry' into the town ICP•Inot row." [TheTinies.] A Leeward Islands mail arrived yesterday, but the letters are extremely barren of political intel ligence. Advice.s had been received at Trinidad, that General Bolivar had reached his head-rivar ters nn the Apure with a force of 2,000 men, who had accompanied him from Angostura ; and that the campaien would commence in the period be tween the-ist and the 15t1) of February. The en tire force under the command of the President would be little short of 12,090 men. Morillo's army, it it stared, had been greatly thinned by desertions, particularly among the Creoles. The expedition from Margarita, consisting principally of British troops, and destined for some part of the Spanish . main, , to form a junctioa, as was s,upposed, with General Bolivar, had not sailed on the 11th of February. PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. HUNT. We are indebted for the following striking de tection of the hypocrisy of this man to The Bir mingham Chronicle of yesterday, and we feel gra tified that two such Papers as that and The Com mercial Birmingham Herald are published in that important manufacturing town, to check the ten dency of Radical contagion.— . While the trials of Orator Hunt and his as sociates were depending at York, we thought it right studiously to abstain from any remarks on. the proceedings ; but now that the reasons which induced our silence have ceased to operate, we cannot forbear expressing our contempt and ab horrence of the cold-blooded hypocrisy of the 'arch dissembler, who with tears in his eyes de recited the disgrace of being considered as the associate of Carlile. We speak not rashly when we say, that Hunt attended Carlile every day tic oughont his trial, that he sat on his right hand, arranged his papers, and afforded him every as sistance in his power. He then volunteered the aid, which he now unbleshingly denies that he gave. But Carlile was then unconvicted. - He stool in the enviable situation of a man perieented by the Government, and enjoyed the oppottlinitY, so remelt coveted by all true Radicals, of insulting the Law Officers of the Crown, and braving the , - justice of the country even in its very sanctuary. The wretched man is eow suffering the tine re ward of his misdeeds, he is withdrawn from the pestiferous breath of mob adulation, and stamp ed with the contempt of every honest man in the kingdom. Not indeed that this latter circum stance would of necessity render hitn unaccept able to a true Radical,sbut he has no more power • of doing mischief ; and Hunt knows well enough that his ecenaintance tronld not recom mend him to a Jury. He therefore casts him off without remorse or shame, and dares, in the very presence of the Conesel for the Crown, who, had be chosen to add still further to the weight of infamy by which he was oppressed, might have repeated his assertion from his own knowledge, to deny that he was the eider, the abettor, the as s o ciate of the infuriated infidel. " But such are the • morals of Radicals. It costs them as little to desert and disown a friend in distress, as to connect themselves with the most profligate and abandoned characters, for the sake of furthering their views. " While Carlile could serve their cause, his Deism excited no abhorrence in their minds; but when himself a prisoner, and no longer useful, then he is suddenly discovered to be tint fit com pany for the Lord of the Manor of Glastonbury. But the connection of Radicalism aid Infidelity ie too notorious to be denied. Not even the crocodile tears of the Spa-field, Orator can efface this spot from their escutcheon ; nor if all the sober and religion:; voters of Cove;k:ry, who were so anxious to vote for Cubhett, were to bear tes timony t o the purity of Radical faith and virtue, would the Public forget that Cathie the Deist was the chosen aQsociate of Hunt, the culprit to whose defence his titile r‘A his talents (precious valuable gifts 1) were gratuitously and publicly devotad." MIDDLESEX ELECTION:. TWELFTH DAY.-(;LOSE OF TUE POLL, The poßtug yesterday was extremely slack, hilt! the hustings very thinly attended. It arm'eared as if the eagerness of the contending parties had al ready exhausted the lists of freeholders. Tran quillity prevailed is the town ot Brcntford, and the choice ot Representatives seemed no longer a matter of interest to those who had been the most clamorous advocates of the popular Candidates.— At four o'clock Mr. MELLISH had only gained ten on the formidable majority of his opponent, Mr. WHITBREAD. Upon the close of the poll, Mr. Sheriff Parkins concluded a senifie be had with' his colleague, Mr. Sheriff Rothwell, and a Gentleman on the scaffold, erected for the use of the Candidates in addressing the populace, by informing them, to use his own words, that the finishing of the Election would terminate that day. He hoped the day's proceed ing world he tyvtrked by the same good conduct they had shewn hitherto. This, my duly elected colleague, " the duly elected Sheriff," sail he, pointing to Mr. Sheriff Roth " will address yon, an►t I beg you will give him a tnighi y patient hearing, as no doubt he will say something to amuse you."--(A Mr. Sheriff Roll] don't know whether, in thus addressing you before the poll is announc ed, we are strictly in order. Mr. Sheriff PARKINS (placing his hand before Mr. Sberiff Rothwell, and taking a stride across the seaffold.)—Well, Gen!lemen, he says jrh don't know whether he is in order or not; sbew him that you can keep order. Sheriff Rothwell retired upon being interrupted, whilst Sheriff Parkins laughed aloud and erbockled, at having so effectually silenced his colleague. Soon after the violence of this transport had sub sided, Mr. Sher:!} ItoTtiwect. came to the front of the hustings, and said, that in consequence of Iris having just then experienced a most se vere domestic misfortune, by the loss of a beloved daughter, delicacy he hoped would have prevent ed his experienciag .any such unseemly interrup tion as that which they had this day witnessed.— In consideration of the state of his feelings, he trusted they would excuse a resolution he h a d hastily formed, owing to the interruption he had received, not to address them, as he had till now proposed to himself, and for more reasons than one anxiously desired.---(Loud cheering and cries of " Shame, shame, Pet king I") Mr. Sheritl PARKINI—' 4 You can't 'be surprised, Gentlemen, at my conduct to my legally elected Colleague just now. If I had not exerted my own pt rsonal strength, I should have been hulled on your heads offthis scaffold—(Serve you right !) —but I'll let them'linow they are not in Guild bell, nor subject to the technicality of tire citi zens there. I'll yet make them (eel for their c0.,- duct. I have affidavits of several persons to sh.ov the nature of the rascally conspiracy the Corpora tion have entered into against me. I hope you'll not permit any interference here against the exercising of my executive authority. I shan't descend to the cause of - their beggarly interference with me, All I shall say is, they have elected for my colleague a chap who had been many years on special jury causes at Guild hall, and he ought to know more of law than to contend with me in my paramount do ties. This man, toy colleague, they had mo delled to their own purposes, by subjecting him peevionsly to every disgraceful degradation, and then because the Corporation had been disap pointed in guttling and gormandizing at the Elec tion, they had raised a cry that I was a Dog and Duck waiter, a keeper of a t uad-house, and such trash ; but 1 shan't be borne down by such trash out of the month of any one or any set of men. So Mr. Rotbwell was declared senior Sh er iff, and 1 junior, although elected t‘ i vo !Booths before hint. Yet - the corrupt press lent itself to this sort of foul calomny; but I trust you'll_ destroy this interference by this most loyal and very good Corporation, that bad been running the City in debt, with a revenue of 150.0001. a-year, and still continued borrowing money. There was 14,0001. _still owing, which was bot rowed to entertain two men, instead of giving the poor a hearty mea l, as he - loolllOne, when he gave a tneal to 1300 per sons, which coot him thirty pounds out of his own pocket,—(Loughing.)—No-, they were ail for stuffing until they became complete turtle-eaters. louder laughter and liiasze.Y--lle con chtded witt'a turgid - eulogy on the . Duties of that office, be bore so much to tbeira,diffitita4rs And so creditably to himself.— (Itomoderate Laughing)--- liebonq they would keep the peace, as their con duct had already exceeded tbe-exneetation of their enemies, anti one accident would do away all that had been done."—(here be strode about the scaffold and after:tired to bow several times ) The poll .was here announced. - The Returning Offich's Clerk here came for ward, and after announcing the purpose for which they had been called together, informed them that the numbers stood as follow For George Byng, Esq. Wm. Esq '3073 Samuel Charles Whitbread, Esq. 356.5 And that the livturningflicer had returned Geo, Byng, Esq. and Samuel Charles Whitbread, EFq. as duly elected their Representatives.— (Here a shout 'of tumultuous applause rent the air, and the populace assumed the appearance of perfect satisfaction and trammillity.) Mr. MELLisa then appeared and addressed the crowd—" Gentlemen Electors, the agreeable in telligence to many of you, which you have just heard, has been announced to you this day in con sequence of my having retired from the coutest,and 1 trust you will therefore consent to bear me make a few waservations.---(1 - lear, bear! Certainly.)—A person placed in my situation was not to do exactly what he would wish ; he must give sufficient time. , . • to tits voters, or ra!ber those who bad promised him their votes, to come lip. The period of their coming up to give I it votes is not in his control,an'l they mus , tike their own time. But as soon as such a time as might le, fairly considered sufficient had elapsed, then 1 considered it was my duty no longer to keep the poll open, and subject the county to the continuance of all manlier of tint and confusion. In another point of view, 1 telt it peculiarly desirable that, under the circumstance, polling should not be carried on upon Good Fri nay. As soon as 1, therefore, colisidered sufficient tints; had ela;tsed for giving those who had promised me their stiffiages, an opportunity of coming up to the hustings, I de , ermioed to wi.hdraw ftom the contest. Most sincerely grateltil nut I to those Gentlemen who have given me their votes - and all I should now aspire to is, that all patties Concerned in this Election, should consider o a r I have, throughout, conducted myself totvaids all in a Lair, (rank, and honourable manner."---(Bravo you have well dovie, Mellish.)—A profound silence was observed ft out the commencement to the con clusion of his speech. Mr. BYING confessed that he always felt in a certain degree embarrassed • when he -appeated before t help. He should, having said ?bus snitch, leave them to conjeet tire what must he his feelings, when he .was suddenly informed, with . out 'any previous notice of the probability of the event, of the necessity imposed on him of addressing them as their Representative.— (Applause.),--All he could possibly say, was to assure them of the complexion of his future con duct front the experience of what had been the past - . He had been always convinced), that till overnment was derived from the people, and should therefore be administered for the good of the people. These principles had uniformly actuated him through lite, and lie trusted wou!cl prove to him a consolation oft his death bed. He must, he said, congratulate., the County on its now having both its Representatives Re formers, trod upon the probability' ni their acting together. Such had not yet been the case dining the 30 years he had had the honour to represent them. It he could as a public Wan now lay aside his public feelings, he shotild certainly regret losing such a colleague as Mr. Mellish, as he had ever been a most attentive man to the te r ,st o f, the various Charities and great public Insritotions with which this county abouuded.— In with hint, be mild say, that in his own view he could not possibly wish for a better colleague.—(Chtering) Mr. WHITBREAD professed he felt himself tit) at a loss, that he should leave them to conceive what he felt. He could not express liiiuselt.— Ater twelve days being an anxious Candidate for their support, lie now was overcome with emotion on finding himself their elected Representative.— Ile could say with truth that he was sorry for the defeat of Mr. Mellish. His conduct towards him• self, he felt it a duty to say, had been always marked with (Hsi ingni died polit e nes and liberality.--- Towards him, the vanquistied, he trosted he felt as a liberal coequerur. On those huitings, all oppci . ;ition or animosity,, he professed, on his part, should for ever end. Words could not express his feelings towards those who had so zealously and generously espoused his cause. He firmly trusted they would never be disappointed in him, and did,not despair in time to win over to his side, by his future conduct, those who had most etre nuously opposed his success.—(Loud and continued applause.) The meeting then broke up, and:preparations weir made for chairing..t he Candidates, which took place about haif-patt 5. The procession tritversed the town (tont Brewford Butts to the Bridge, over the canal, and returned towards town, passing by Kew Midge. The Members were chJired in seats fixed on long poles, home oti men's shoul ders. ,They were most enthnsiastically receives! by the inhabitants, anti followed by the Elec tors then in Brer.ltord in procession, preceded by bands of music, &c. The whole was conelud. ed by a numerous cortege of cimiages, and !tosser. men. Mr. Mellish returned to town in his post chase and four, accompanied by several of his friends. The Irish Papers mention another act of singo kr atrocity committed by the Ribbonmen. On Monday se'nnight, a body of them, to the number of about three hundred, went to the house of .Mr. WALKER, of Belleisle, in the County of Galway ; and there being nobody at home but the Ladies of the family, and a young lad, eighteen years of age, the ruffians broke the windows, destroyed the furniture of the house, and, but for the iorer ferrnce of some of the ringleaders, would have consummated their villainy, by cutting out the tongues of the young Ladies ! The Ladies, it seems, were suspected by the Ribbonmen of hav ing disclosed their signs and oaths. The Arabian horses, belonging to his Excel lency the Persian Ambassador, and which he re taitka for his own riding, with the grooms there unto belonging, left town on Tuesday for Dwyer, where they are to be embarked for Calais. MAUNDY-THURSDAY.-Yesterday being Maun dy-'Thursday, the Royal bounty was distributed at Whitehall Chapel, with the usual ceremonies, to lifty•seven poor men, and the like number of women, as the KING is years old, being twenty three men and as many women less than the last year, a large temporary building being erected in Privy-gardens, which opens into the Chapel, for the ceremony to take place in. No persons were admitted into the Chapel to see this interesting sight without tickets. Bow•STßEET.—Yesterday William Bult under went an examination, charged with uttering forg ed Bank of England notes to a. great extent : lie had been a master butcher near Fitzroy-square, which he le-ft some time since. The charges against him yesterday were for uttering six forged 11. Bank notes. Two of therm were to M. Dove, a butcher, in Great Wild -street, Lincoln'zi-inn fields, on the 224 of January last, at two ditfe rent times, in the purchase of meat at a wholesale rate, he being known to Mr. Dove as a butcher, and he pretepding he wanted it for customers. — Oa Saturday se'nnight ke passed through Fleet market, dressed as a butcher, without a hat, with a tray under his arm, and purchased at the shop of Mr: Collins a loin and fore-ribs of beef, to the amount of 1/ 121. 7(1. giving his reference as jour neyman to Mr. Cross, a butcher, of Clare-market. —The saute afternoon, and under similar circum stances, he purchased at Mr. Steproe's shop in Peet-market, meat to the amount of ,21. Is. ld., and gave his reference to Mr. Cross, Clare market. All the notes proved to bfjforged, and Mr. Cross only knew the prisoner/by sight. He was com mitted !or further examination. COR ONE R'S INQ UEST. bREADFUL ACCIDENT IN THE SAVOY. Yestet duty evening, about half past six o'clock an inquisition was taken at the ,Blue Anchor pablie-house, in the Savoy, bef ore H r aosp Eq. Coroner for- the Detchy of Lancaster, 0 1 view of the bodies of Frederick Windemude,Johti Smith, and Thomas Stephens, who unfortunatell met their death on Wednesday morniug, iu con" sequence of the old walls of the Savoy prisoo having fallena upon them. The Jury being sworn, went with the Coroner to take a view of tbd hodie, which were shockiogly mangled and mu' !dated. 00 their return: ; the following eeidened Was givene— Andrew-Menn e the. first teitnese, stated, that he lived in Vauxhall bridge•road, and was a vic 4 tundler. He knew the three deceased personsa- 4 Windemode was a cow keeper and a carman, re' sidine in the' Horee-ferry•road, Westminster' Thomas StePhaus bed formerly been a soldier; and was lately a labourer in-the employ of wit' ness. John Smith wasea carpenter, also in Ilia' employ. On ‘Vednesday morning, about nine o'clock, the accident happened. Stephens was oe 6 of a gene, employed in pulling down the chi walls, which were a part of the Savoy puison• They had undermined a part of the wall in the morning, and witness, when he saw it, thought it was dangerous ; the wall was • the perchase of witness ; the upper part came down with a sttd , den crash, and bnriedThomes Stephens and john Smith, who was ihspeciing the loading. Winde mode was at the time stauding by witness, w.h° Fegged of h:m to come away ; bet he renteine4 behind to get his cart told horse away, and wlti!° he was doing so, the wail fell upon and rAri'shea him also to death. Witness was scratched bl some of the stones and narrowly escaped. Winde , mode woold have been saved, had it not been for his ea - ells to save his horse and cart. Witness had before this time beets apprehensive of danger from the eagerness of the men in undermining the wall and cautioned them against it, .but the profit they were to receive was in proportion to the quantity of bricks they got away in a 0;0 1 time, they went on undermining the wall to get it down as soon as possible. Every effort tsar made the motneut the accident happened, to get the men out, but they were all killed in an in' start, and were not got out till eleven o'clock.-"" Witness having escaped front he danger, was sq affected that he was ro know any chili; flusher of whe , :stied. At the time of the acct' dent he a •,voman scream out ; he insme' locked op, saw the wells .failing, and call' ed to Windemnde to - come away ; but he turned 'round to save his horse and cart, and if he heti not done so, he would have had tit'r'e to get awnyp as witness, who was close to him, saved his 'lto by running away. lie had seen Thomas See' phens undermining the wall, and witness cure Bonet! bin) against doing so. One of the Jurymen now 'exptessed Isis hors thus this shocking affair would in future operetj as a caution against the .practice of suffering trws. 4 to pall down old buildings it; the way of j o b' ; work, by which their lives were continually' id danger of being sacrificed. Every,temptation iii• the was .of profit, which was fikefy, to endanger hornet) life, ought to be carefully avoided, Mr. Mann, in the most feeling manner and frith tears in his eyes, declared that no one could hi; more sorry for wheat happened than.he was ;7 04'4 that he had given every caution in his power tt ) warn the nnfortunate men of the danger to which they hadexposed themselves. He said the wal l was very thick, and that' the taking.it.dowei front the t o p wpuld have been a tedious.procees. A discussioa now rook place as to the nccessil of heating further evidence respecting the cause 0 time death.of thedeceased. One of the Juryme l t spoke to his having seen the bodies ta4cen out 0 , the ruins. The Coroner, however, thought tti might be as Well to have some further evidence. Michael Geraghty was therefore called. fp said he had been e workman at the building, wa s one of the party tvho had the job, and knew tli°, three men who were killed ; he esearti with sotr d i others. The reasoo they erafermined the efo / A wiis, that they could not get it down until they bA 7 taken some brinks from the bottom of it • :%.“! Mann cautioned them against underminin' well, butt Tom Stephens would persist in takiyr away the foundation; and just as the wall reds fele, leg, Mr. Mann cried Out, You are all dead me% aud he ran away. Witness haul a narrow escal ) ! of his life ; and to show the danger belted' bee° in, he exhibited a severe wound which he. re f ; ceived in his belly. When. the unfortunate He l d were dug out of the ruins, they were all bruisC4 to pieces, their beads and limbs were broken ;r the entrails of klrindemude were torn out. Wi t ; netts saw them all taken out of the roinsV P !, dead. lie was sure the death was accidentaVe On questions heiog further put to witness, bed e e -dared that Mr. Mann went .and took a picka s o from one of the men who was ttederreinitig. L% wall, in order to prevent him !Tons d e opro o work he was going on twit .. This witness, although he could neither reaGl write, gave his evidence with so much clearne s s and candour, that all the Gentlemen of the Jura considering considering the wound he haul received, and I ,e ( .1 decent behaviour, put down a shilling apiece t:' his relief. The Jury being now satisfied with the stare r : fluent of the facts. given in evidence, found a ' ve e,f diet of " Accidental Death," with a deottaud " one shilling against the owner of the wall. • DIED. On the 21st of March, in King-street, Brvanstonc-sclt l ",7l; Miss, Mary E. Martin, eldest daughter of . the late J ( Pi ) . 3 - Martin, Esq. formerly his Majesty's Governor of lort l, rolina. /lir exemplary, amiable, and extellent char s ,e endeared her to all her Friends, and her loss ‘yill be long tea vrrely felt by her most afflicted sisters, and deeply law e r li n a by her dearest relations. her father, the late Go/ i f: 0 1 w In Martin, as highly distingnished for his loyalty and "' of spirit in the American War; he raised two Regime ntg ets the King itsthe Province he governed ; and, in the Gtq account of the Battle of Cainden Town, Lord Corm' test mentions his gallant and able conduct in terms of the 1.0;* praise.' fte' Yesterday, at his house in Finsbury-square acted. 1 !" bert Service, Esq. Gre o LONDON: Printed hyJ. B. CARSTAIRS, of No. 99, w. Ortuotid-street, Queen-square; and published hr -suf l SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South Molton-street, at Tri, 6 oo ~ Office, No. 112, Strand ; where Adreitisements, t" Letters, &c. (post-paid) roust b. addressed. 4 fj