The Sun. — London, England, 1820-04-14 00:00:00

me DiAsTßous A ("FAIR at GREENOCK. tItTTPR PROM Toni' GLAfkGOW, DATED 9111 *PHIL. " You will probably have heard, ere now, •of the disagreeable occurrence which took place ret `Gieenock yesterday afternoon, after the Port Clasgo%v Armed Association had delivered some prisoners to the Magistrates of Greeuack, Which had hem ...eta under the escort of the 'corps from Paisley, where they had been on perma nent duty front Monday ntcrrtsing, the 3,1 hut. "It needless to enter on what passed at ley ; but, exsntrary to all expectation, the party (ah.nit eighty strong), after they had delivered, their prisoners, were assailed by a numerous and 41 , 0'm-rate mob, many of them severely wounded by stones and brick-bars, and, ar in self detd nee, they were obliged to fire, when- six of the mob were tilled; two are past hope of reca• very, and -eighteen or twenty others woooded. You will, I am sure, be happy to learn, that the corps'behaved thoroughly well. They suffer ed many insults at Paidley with the greatest ten ) . per, and nothing would have tempted them to proce e d to such extremities as they did yesterd4y afternoon, but the most urgent necessity. This I clot say twin the concurring add decisive testi mony of those who witnessed the affray. " an attack was expected here after the Vo lunteers returned at itight-; hot alm( eleven or twelve o'clock, the mob, who were advancing, baying beard that the Volunteers Were in force in a very strong barricaded position at the west end of the town, thought proper not to pursue their intention. There are now here ten file of regular infantry, and three hussars, and should the Rebels (eve may call them so now) make any attempt to night, there is no fear whatever of being able to I repulse them." (From The Glasgow herald, April 10.) LETTER FROM GREENoCE, SUNDAY, EIGHT O'CLOCK. I wrote you kfew hurried lines last night, mentioning the dreadful riot which occurred here yesterday afternoon. I shall now endeavour to give a more particular 'account of it. A rumour had gone abroad in the morning, that a party. of Radical prisoners. were to he brought to our prison in the course of the afternoon,and about 4 o'clock great crowds began to collett in she \ streets lead ing towards Bridewell. About 5 o'clock the pin ! soners arrived, escorted by the Port Glasgow Vo lunteers, with a drum and 41e playing ; I saw them pass, and every person appeared quiet, and merely collected, from curiosity ; however, after safely lodging their prisoners, the Volunteers prepared to move homewards, when the citii - Wd began to preis hard on them, laughing and hissing. Mr. DennistoO, the Magi s t rate , went d own the street, endeavouring to preierve order, but without avail; on getting to the Tontine,, they began throwing stones and on their reaclibig Rue-end, after Se verAl Volunteers hail been hurt, a few shOtt were fired, which. Only increased the fury of the Mob : tftey were then obliged to fire in good ear nest., arid'a running fire was kept sup till they got fairly out of Cartsdyke. I mentioned in my last that a number of the wounded had been sent to the hris;;ltal ; of these, four are since dead and two Mortally wounded ; the others are all severely and danierously wounded and from all the ac. cOunti I have been able to collect, I thiolt the killed and wounded amount to about, 20. I hear these are five dead in townibesidesthe four in the hospital. The crowd tore down the iron rail itigs in front of some of the houses for weapons ; and an immense number armed in this way, as also with swords and guns, preceded by a piper, set off to attack Port Glasgow ; liut'after reaching Gemmill's gate, they returned, having learnt that 'an express had been sent to Port Glasgow, to Put, them ott their guard. In the course of the flight detachments of hussars and infantry arrived; by which time, however, the streets were quite clear ; and, although they are now crowded, every thing appears perfectly quiet, and 1 trust.i is all over: I forgot to mention, that the mol broke open the prtiOn, and liberated the Radica prisoners, but no others." ANOTHER LETTER-SAM E DATR. " Yotl %VIII no doubt this morning have beard of the unfortunate outrage in this town yesterday afternoon and last night, and that, too, perhaps mild) exaggerated. I therefore write this to give You the particulars as 'correctly as I can collect. Yesterday, when the mail coach came in, the _gourd reported that sixteen Radicals were to be sent here from Paisley, under an escort of the Pott-Glasgow Volunteers, to be lodged in our goal, and that they would probably arrive about 4 or 5 o'clock. There being no armed force in town, awl knowing the disaffected disposition of mAny of the lower orders, and a great many persons appearing in the streets, apparently strangers, caused an apprehension amongst many of us that there 'might be some disturbance should the pri soners come. The Magistrates were applied to on the subject, who replied that it could not be true, otherwise they would have intimation from the Aut hot i! ies in Paisley to provide accommoda tint) fur them, mid be prepared to receive them; that llot being the ease, they did not believe the acconnr, especially as at different times of lass they had the same rumours, which turned out to be unfounded. They therefore thought no more about the matter, and all went home to dinner at the usual hour of four o'clock. Before five o'clock, the Port Glasgoolenteers entered the town with drums amt. : Ares, escorting a cart with fire Radicals in it, wilco were immediately lodged in the gaol. The s'o9 . id of the drums and fifes naturally drew togkther a large concourse of people in the streets. IVir. Denniston, one of the laiagistrat es, happened by chance to come to the s(in:ire, and went to the gaol, when some persons (said to be strangers) threw s tones at the volun teers, who tired trio shots in the air with the in tention of intimidation ; this however had the contrary effect ; and on Mr. Denniston remon. ' strafing ;yid) the crowd, be was hustled, and with y escaped from amongst th em. The Volun teers then marched off, and got the length of the Ene-end, when the mnb began pelting them with stones, by wbich tereral were severely cut. Thus assailed, a file of them faced round, and fired t ' amongst the •crowd, whenSeverdtpeoplefeil. This, instead of repelling the multitude, exasperated them more. They continued attacking the Volun teers, and the Volunteers continued -firing in their owo defence till they got through Cartsdyke, by which firing and resistance a number of people were killed and wounded. By this time the Jus tices of the Peace,and others of ate respettablein ' habitants came to the spot, and aired 'every means to appease the fury of the mall, and they be. cattle quiet for a little. The special constables •(the only defence we have in the place,) were ()varied to assemble at seven o'clock, but the people getting from their works, and infuriated w;tto the fly . counts •of so many people killed and wounded, assembled in a large body, and began an attack on 'he gaol. The Magistrates and ?ruttier, of the Peace got into the yard, and defended it as long as they could, but it getting very dark, t o ol as sailerl with showers of stones,•tbey were obli tt ed to retire, and the mob succeeded in breaking open the gaol; and rescued the five Radicals, but not any of the other prisoners. They then dispersed, and by 1 1 o'clock the • town was as quiet as ever saw it. As far as can be ascertained, there are trine people dead, and fifteen wounded, severe) of whom cannot recover. About six o'clock an ex• press was sent to Paisley and Glasgow for _ some military, and by one o'clock this !Pinning, a troop of hussars arrived, and about nine (o'clock some riflemen and other soldiers, by steam boats from Glasgow ; but since last nigl , t the town is as quiet as usual . „ and I hope will continue W. No blame whatever is attliCherl to our Nidgistrares, who did every thing hi 'heir power to preserve the peace. -L-For a considerable time the alarm was great, fearing they might attack private property. but no such thing was attempted, not even a pane of glass broke, nor- was any insult offered to any of the inhabitants." GLASGOW, Aram 10—There has been no IN , diesl demonstration here since our last that. de serves notice, and the business appears to be over for the present. and we trust is over for ever. None of the public 'works, as tar as we can learn, are yet going, the proprietors adhering steadily to the determination of taking back none of the workers till a thorough investigation he wade and the 'names of the leaders given up.—(Glasgow Herald.). GLASGOW, SUNDAY EVENING, SIX O'CLOCK.— Glasgow remains quiet, altbough apprehensions are still entertained that the Radicals will rally, and give us more disturbance. Many arrests took place yesterday. in Calton and Bridgeton, and some altos were found; and just now a party is returned from Gars'cube, hav ing a number of prisoners under escort. We are again in consternation on accoutit of the Greenock affair; many of the ne'ople - mOit active in'this mob are traitl to have follow - 0 the prisoners all the way from Paisley. A party of military are ordered on duty at !even this.evening, which would countenance the report of more conimotions being apprehended, but 'hope it is only to arrest more of these deluded beings. FROM A CORRESPONDRNT AT FALKIRK, APRIL IQ. " Fridfty..two persons were apprehended at the village of Camelot), and lodged in Stirling Castle, by a party of the §:itlingshire Yeoman -17. The lIHMCI of the prisoners are Wright and Mi both nailer: by trade, and are accused of making pikes. Same evening, a sneering of the loyal and respectable inhabitants of this place was hefd,st the,Assenthly Rooms, in order to epneert utea snres for forming an ArMed Associa . liois for the protection of the peace, in case of the military being called off, which is to be immediat e !. I Car. ried into effect. Yesterday, four more of the Camelot) nailer, were taken into custody by the Falkirk Yeomanry . , and lodged in Stirliug' Ca tt l e ; their names are Wright,.: Otto, green, anti M'Ro h. ell ry; also accused of making pikes." Apm, 7,—We have ern " AIRDRIE, day on ditty, searching f or arms ; w ith no g #uci ass. 'The houses and shops are all shut up ; not it per son to be seen on the streets but military,'. OLD BAILEY.—The busine'ss of yesterday Was totally destitute of interest. There were several convictions for b urglaries in the vicinity of the Metropolis, hut none of them were attended with any il2gravating citcurnstaoces. William P ea r Its and Daniel Thomas were found Guilty of bur. gloriously breaking and entering the house of Mary. Slade, of Twickenham, on the 9th of March, and stealing therefrom two silver watchei and six Bank notes of 11. each. MURDER OF A DISTINGUISHED ARTIST..--..An article from Dresden communicates the atrocious murder of " the.distinguished painter and excel lent rn. , n, Professor KUGBLORN " On the 27th ult. he went out with the intention of visiting his vi cyand in thi neighbOurhood of Lo•chwitz, and at five the following morning his body was found by some domestics of the family, stripped almost to nudity, with many wounds in the head. Sus picion has fallen upon the workmen employed at the vineyard, two of whom have been taken into custody ; but nothing has transpired to confirm the conjecture of their guilt. The Ktmo,whose par ticular esteem the deceased enjoyed, has offered a reward, from his private purse, of 1000 dollars for the discovery of the murderers. FIRS.-Yesterdny morning, about one o'clock, a destructive fire broke out in the house of Mrs. Bsa keridge, clieesemonger, 88, Radcliffe High way, It first broke out in a room on the ground Poor, and had gtined considerable strength before it was discovered, the family being all in bed.— They were alarmed by the watchman, and luckily escaped with their lives, in a state of nudity, by getting down ladders, which were placed the first floor windows. 'I he hotne, together with the stock in trade, were, in a short time, entirely destroyed. The flames communicated to the ad joining house, occupied by Mr. Coney, corset and stay trtamtfactorer, which, being chit•fly composed of wood, was completely gutted, and the grey er part of the property destroyrd, before the art ival of the engint-s. The fire MI t , at length subdued, and the adjoining houses saved from sharing 2 like fate, by a plentiful supply of water, and file prompt txertions of the firemen. LAW INTELLIGENUE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, AenlL.l3. rRAUDULENT SALE OF A REVERSION.. EHORI V. tiI'CARTHY. • This was an action to recover from the defend ant, ,ovho is a solicitor, a SHM of 3201. paid by him on account of the plaintiff, for the reversion of a sum of 70 - 01. in the Five per Cents. Stock; but which was lost to the plaintiff thiough the al leged negligence of the defendant. Tice case for the plaintiff was conducted by Air. rYNDALL, and that for the defendant by Mr. SCARLETT. The following is a succinct statement of the circornsiances of the cage : Air. !Short was ioduced to treat for the pur chase of a reversion of the above-mentioned fund. eel stock, on the death of an old woman named Shand, living as a servant with a family in the Ytkories. It was aliegesi to him that this sum WAS heveathpri to her by the will of a relative, registeted in Doctors' Commons, and vesting the money in trustees for her -use ; and the sum agreed on tor the purchase was 3201. this wollisti at the time.heiug considerably above 71) years of . age. The plaiwifi directed the defendant, his sn:iritor, to prepare the proper deed, and to inquire re specting the will at-, Doctor.' Commons, anti the Stock in the Bank. He sent his clerk to make the inquiry, who satisfied himself as to the will end its ..eontrota..at the Commoos ; but on inquiry.- at. the 134nk, he was inform ed by a clerk that - it was not usu a l to ,H ow strangers to examine the Stock books with. out authority , from the Rank Directors. He ieported this auswertO his elliplGyer, anti no farther Lrquiry wit's — made. The deed being ready, the plaintiff - handed the defendant the pur. chase...money' to eortiplere the bargain, with strict injunctioils to see that all was quite right, b e for e he parted with the money. It was and the deed executed. -The old woman is still alive.— This transaction ut turred in 1812 ; six years elapsed without-further inquiry, when it was dis- Covered, on ex,antination, that t here never was any such stock as that mentioned standing in the naMes' , stated," and that the will in the Commons must - have been either a trick to found a gross fraud, or made by some testator who had no such property. - The Learned Judge was of opinion, under all the circumstances; that the defendant was answet. able to the'plaintiff for the sum thus disposed o f , without the vigilance it was his duty to exert. The'Jory found for the plaitititT—atmag es 3201, Costs 40s. _IRON COFFINS. This subject, which has so often occupier! the attention of this C►►urt in a variety of shapes, canie forward sidain this da'y, in form of an action of dam Ages, for assaolt and false imprisOurnent, 4rought by BRIDGESIAN, THE PATENTEE, V. BUREAU), ONE OF THE CHURCHWARDENS OF ST. ANIiHEWI,' BORN; It will be recollected that this contest origi nated in the itoleavotirbrAlr. litidgenaan, who is an undertaker, 'ln piiicn-fethe . selotittire . of the wife! of 'Mr: CaVert, stonetherchant cf the said parish, in an, iron coffin, at the parish burial-gloom' it. Gray'S-inn-la:.e, on the 10(11 of March, 1819: But the"•fies demanded were ten pounds, whieli tile husband of the deeettied fused to pay, -as too exorbitant, anti the b(aly remained unbatied until the following 10th June, is hen, wi:hout any previous notice, Mr. gridge man brought it in funereal array' to the pti-riSh church-yard of St. Andrew, in Holborn. The Clergyman was that day occupied with his PArisli children at-St. Paul's ; and the Sexton refused to receive the bod Y.. .: Mr. Br idgentan insisted on the right of sepnlrnre warm disputes arose ; the Churchwardens were sent for, and et near eight o'clock Mr. Burrard arrived. He Would listen to no representation or remonstrance from Biidge.: man, bot charged hint, with raisiiig disturbance and exciting :lot, and threatened it he did not in stantly quit the Church-yard, he would older his beadles to take him into etistody and carry him to the Compter ; Mr. Bridgeman refused to quit, and Mr. Butrard ordered the beadles to seize him and take him to the Compter in Giltspur-street, which they did with much violence. He was con fined there for the night, and until twelve next day, when he was brought before Alderman Dom- Tulle, at the Justice Room, Guildhall ; who, on hearing the charge made against him, dismissed it as groundless. A man, named Freweri, one of the beadles, was then induced to swear tut assault against him ; upon which the Alderman felt it his duty to hold him in sureties to abide his trial at the next City Sessions, where be was tried anti ac quitted ; afid for those assaults and false impri.i sonment he now brOught this action, laying his damages at 500/. Mr. SCARLETT, with Mr. CIIITT?, manragerl the case for the plaintiff; Mr. GURNEY, with Mr. LITTLEDALR, for the defendant. Above twenty witnesses were examined on both The CHIRP Jimlce, in summing up for the Jury, told them th'e point here for their contlider ation ,was, whether the plaintiff bad cominiiteo any breach of the peace, or Anne any thinglo excite riot or disturbance. If they shoidd be of opinion that be had. then their verdict would be for the defendant. But if not, then the defendant had greatly exceeded his authority, and must be responsible for the con s equence ; . and their verdict would be for the plaintiff. In considering the de• wages, they 'would exercise a calm and dispas sionate deliberation, and give what they thought reasonable. Thu Jury found for the pleintilf+—Daruages 1001. cost 40,. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Aprm, Is. SEVERNE, KING, AND Co. V. THE IMPERIAL IN- SURANCE COMPANY. This morning the Court, in compliance witli !Lc request of some of the Jury, called in Several tvic nrsses, for the purpose of explaining their evi dence. 'The Court sus crowded to excess at an eHrly hour. ril:e SOLICITOR-GENERAL, io a 8 !wee:) , of great length and considrrable ability, attempted to in-, validate tlae reply of cbc Wench:m(3' Couosei.--. tre prineip, I s ai l linled to the main topics of li e ' • fence urged by t h e d e f en d ants ' Counsel. '11,14 great object o f t h e -C ounse l for (be de f en l ants seemed to be, to prove th a t th e tra de 1 0 ' been carried on upon principles contrary to the press terms of the policy of insurance. This let combated with peculiar felicity, plating the 0 1 11 ' nion of sev e r a l o f t h e w i tnesses, who were Pil e . tical men, who had stated that the risk had be e° perfectly coveted by the terms of the insuranCei The present practice merely an i m p r overnei l on the former; but the process of refining 51 3 0,1 be it whet it m i g h t , w as i ntended to be cover s ' by the insurers. He next endeavoured to pro" ; ► that the sp ec ifi cat i on o f the articles Hied in together with that, of the buildings il u ; opted to the purposes of refining sugar, had ii,.. been deviat e d f rom ; an d ' haying go n e throtiV the several counts of the indictment, he submit; ted, with no ordinary degree of c on fid ence , 14 , case of his clie nts to t h e cons i deration of a J iirl " so perfectly informed on the subject as t 131156 which now filled the Jor,,te box. 'rite Jut-Uri retired for the propose of refresh' m-nt : oft their rrturn, The Learned JtroGit proceeded to deliver charge with that pain, caution, and impar ialitq which reflects So much honour on the judic is chatweter, The Learned Judge detailed the seve rai , Millis of the declarati on an d t h e several ple at thereto He then dissected' the evidence, shed". in;; how far it war appliyahl e to each coma of ll' gt declaration. lie remarked, that:disci-fronts" . don %vhieh always character:Fes' him, that th e cycli c upon which this action was toundcd.fotmed a r ie o er , e. in the hisory ri! . ernisrty : The. Jory, tr.e ever, would decide upon their writ .conscientiaa t conviction, whether the risk had been coil; templated by the insurers ; it it hat), t y do their ditty in returnin g a verdict for the phrin' tiffs; if- should, however, s, ern, the P: , :senr sVg . tetn was a material departure from th e or dical practice, and wds attende viti , ll 4 ri,k co 3 ' templat F d, they would best Colls , iir ti m e in!crot s of society by returning a verdict for the de' fendants. At half-plat four o'clock the Jury rttirt(! ,boi l C halt au hour, and returned wits► a verdict for iddiutitTs-I)aw,iges 7,2001. Ml' I'TAL OF 5A . Y.W1 7 ,1. GOODINC.;, Fort. AlrylSo IN THE ESCAPE OF CAPTAIN DAVIS. MANSION - linusE.—Sanwel Gooding, the set' vsnt of C,uptain VC 11 9 brought up before Gaol Committte of Aldermen, to undergo his tin° examination. Mr. Harmer attended as his solicitor. Thera was no other tv.itt,i.nce adduced against bin), bu t that which has already, appear'ed before the put. ) ' lic at considerable length. The prisoner Os s asked some 'questions, but he stopped . 1101 c of et a repetition of his former statemt•nt, and aer.lllo:'' that whatever suspicions might be entertelintil ow" ? the subject,: of his Itnowletlg - e of the Cai;tant 3 route after the esc a pe, he was w h o ll y i gnorant of any plan in catuemplstion for leaving the eour try, or the preparation of swift horses' for Ad purpose. POLIcE IN FELLIGENCg. COM Mr. Harmer having been asked whether hod any thing to prop ose upon -rhe vise( of the , prisoner , replied in the negative, soil' seemed iO .visit ( bet a committal should take place at once, in order that Gooding Might be 'o . 4d - et the Old Iyaild during the present 'Sessions.' Gooding privately declares, that he had no idea that be should have been det.t'ine'd inprison after the escape of Capriiin seasuredhina drat no injury Could arise from an act of kindness, :well as was required. He.was fully committed to take his trial for a misdemeanour, in having Pidrd and assisted in Eli c escape of Captain Davis, whilst in tuitody, tinder it Charge of felony. . mg. UNNATURAL NICMIEIL HATTON-GARDM:J.—YCSftrd.iy One of th e ei!trS test the parish of Cleikeowell, accompanied by the watch-house keeper with his charge-hooks attended at \ this Office, to prefer a complaint against a woman named Charlotte Oliver. 'S'he woman not being brow hr op in custody for e)ig' mination the.overseer stated the case as follety s ' —Charlotte Oliver was so dangerously. ill tha t it would endanger her life to brin g her op for examination. She was the mother of three has tank, all of which were now chargeable to the parish of Clef ken w ell, and to neither could she neske out a lather ; she wits never mai tied. On l‘londdy last she was dclk , ered of tier WS child 'at her lodgings, No. I, Glass -court, 11/10.• and on Wednesday morning she we,fts out to a day's work, leaving her child locked tip in the room and no person to lake cafe of it ; not coming home all day the persons in the house, 'fearful the child might perish for want of Bout nil).* anent, humanely rescued the poor little innocent front starving by forcing upon the door and bring' ing the child to the workhouse, where it was fed and proper care taken of it. &aid) Wog mad* after the unnatural mother she was ,found a late hour of night in a public Kraus*- in (10 neighbout hood in a state of beastly IntoxiCs 4 tion. She was taken into custody , and conveyed to the watch-house, whets, charge was given c.l het for deserting her child and endangering its life 14 leaving Ito person to take .care of it i , but beittg taken very ill in the watch-house; owing to leer drinking and late lying. is, she was removed to the worinouse, where. she was put to bed, and Was now under the care of the "pqrisb docteors who deemed it unsafe to have her removed for examination. The overseer tequtsted the cow' plaintinignt be dismissed out of the charge-book , as they would be sure to bring her op for exemi' nation if she tecovered, as the ptirish were deer' mined to mwke au eximple of her. The Magi,: Irate consented, and the complaint was dismtssrh . •. front the charge-book. NIMINED. Mr. W. Tarte, of Great Queen -street, Westrninster, t ° Mrtrt ha Elizhbeth, reci•nts daughter of the late Palmer fittr' t, • EN9., i f'Valtoo•rspon-lhames, Sorrey, awl daughter-in- 13 " ' of WM. G. .Nlt - Icklow, Esq., of itoeltaropton. DIET). On the Eth inst., tt his house, in rortimnd-piece, Bath, i " the riNir of hipage,Alexande-r Hart. Esq., late: Licit,t wit Colonel of the 1 it ii Itr-iment of Light Dragoon,. - LONDON: PrlntEd by .1. 1.3. CARSTAIRS, of 'No. Otatond-strret, Queen-square; and pohlished by " . .1 1 .',.0 SCRIPUS, of No. 7, South T ilton-street, at rt 3 OtEce, No. 112, Strand ; whet-ft Adrutiseunnt2., V 2=4(.- L?ltqrs, Btr. (post-paid) /mutt be uldresse4t t-' , ~_ st;, 'rHr•,Ft tXtraci it NI 1 .5 0 11 r le Genera col4t,eti SQ ; s<^sr t the Get alit cm tl'ileVO hic,.) 11:1 <<~~dit guish c. ltlfortt for the constrie lit i r t ee, t. prua bUntatli most tKe C , and ►tif Xpediato the we; !healsk.l be rend'' Peridvd II l'o - " The ( scrii•tioi 1,,i nd. F.. Montt 44 . 11 . Jobti Li' a. Cpl .111/0, ditto G. . re 110_111fielc 4 .• 1). T,, A. Pell, ‘ Broa t It. Fah:l I°. Svni,:i vend, °I • , • Syr • I —•▪ Fo x t o 7.J. s. "sept) 4llottias Astildry si i hrue s Di the N et } •der, Isl G. 4 btlilla% R. 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