The Sun. — London, England, 1832-11-01 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Reformers of Lincolnshire seem to be going on admirably, in spi'e of Lord Brownlow. At a Reform Festival, at Market Rasen, on Thorschy last, at which Mr. Heneage, Member for Lincoln, was in the chair, supported by the Right Hon. C. Tennyson, M.P., Sir W. Ingilby, M.P., and a number of other influential gentlemen of the neigh bourhood, it was stated by Mr. Heneage that " the prospects were every day breaking on them that the reign of Toryism was at an end ; already one of its strongest holds, the South of Lincolnshire, studded with the seats of Tory Aristocrats, had struck its Conservative colours, and the Reformers were every day gaining victories." Sir William Ingilby, whose speeches all through have been of that hearty character which cannot fail to go at once to the hearts of the yeomanry, after exposing some misap plications of public money to Noble paupers, ob served : " Gentlemen, the abuses of the state are dreadful ; the taxes are enormous ; in the comparatively short period of 100 years your national debt has increased from 16,000,0001. to 811,000,0001.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") And it will so go on increasing, if you have not an actual instead of what is falsely termed a virtual representation.—(Cheers.) But, Gentlemen, how can we get an actual representation ? I will tell you, by the Ballot—(Loud cheers)—and by the Ballot alone. At present the system is imperfect, and I believe the Noble Earl, yclept the Lord Lieutenant of this county, has done more for that than I could do if I were to speak for seven years.—(Hear, hear.) But who is Lord Brownlow that he is to say to his tenants, I will not allow you to have any will of your own ? you shall not vote for Conjuror Ingilby— (Laughter) —and his curmudgeon crew—(Shouts of laughter)—as a Tory London Paper styles us : no, you shall not, and depend upon it that Sir Robert Sheffield and his party will cultivate your good will. Will they 2—not a bit of it.—(Hear, hear.)" That Sir William Ingilby, speaking, as he does, in this hearty manner, should be obnoxious to Con servatives, is natural enough. But there are men who do not like the reputation of Conservatives, and yet do all they can ►.o forward the views of the Conservatives. Any man who fights the Conser vatives in good earnest, that man they select for the object of their attack. Mr. Hume has been more instrumental than any one man in the House of Commons, ten times over, in producing in the public mind, by his continued exposure of the corrupt ma• chinery of the Government, the conviction that without Reform good government was impossible; and the conviction, once produced, Reform became inevitable. Mr. Hume is therefore more obnoxious than any living man to the Conservatives. A task more grateful to the Conservatives cannot therefore be undertaken than to attack Mr. Hume. This Lord Henley knows; and, under the mask of Re former, attempts that which a Conservative durst not, without danger of being deemed insane, attempt for a moment. This mean attempt to please the Conservatives, by striking at the men who are most obnoxious to them, while a regard is all the while affected for the cause of Reform, has also been prac tise lin Lincolnshire. The following letter was at the meeting received from Ayscoughe Boucherctt, " Sir,—l had last night the honour of receiving a notice loom the friends of Reform who propose dining at Market Rasen, on Thursday next, inviting me to join their party, signed by yourself as Secretary. I beg you will express my best thanks for the kind invitation, which, however, I feel my self compelled to decline on the ground that I intend to avoid doing any thing which may be construed into a desire to pro mote the recent opinions and political aspirations of Sir Wm. Ingilby, M.P., and the Right Hon. Charles Tennyson, M.P., whose names I see at the head of the list of gentlemen invited. At the same time I beg that you will let it be understood that I will yield to neither of those gentlemen in a sincere desire to see every abuse which may exist in Church and State speedily and efficiently redressed, and I have the honour to be, &c. " AYSCOUGHE BOUCHERETT." We have but one word for all such Reformtis. He who wishes the end must wish the means. When a man, calling himself a Reformer, avails himself of Reform to do more harm to its advocates than if be were an Anti-Reformer, he should be deemed by all true Reformers, ten times worse than an Anti. Refcrmer. He is an enemy fighting under false colours, to produce confusion in' the ranks of those whose colours he espouses. Mr. Boncherett singles out Sir Wm. Ingilbf,:because the, ainhitkon of the Tories is confined M one Member, 'and they hate Sir Wm. Ingilby most. . . . _ _ ^ " I know not (said Mr. Tennyson, with much truth) why Mr. Boucherett should takz Mr. Pelham so cordially under his protection, while Sir WWl4th Ingilby . is so violently repudiated. Mr. Pelham would administ r era-thorough reform of the Church —he would abolish Slavery, and reduce those taxes which press upon the comforts and industry of the people. I know not what his opinions may be as to repealing all taxes affecting the diffusion of knowledge—as to a scot and lot suffrage—or triennial Parliaments. The ballot is the only point of any importance on which Mr. Pelham has stated his difference from Sir William Itlgilby ; and it is, I apprehend, on account of our decision in favour of the ballot, that we are now de nounced by Mr. Boucherett as two political heretics - - (Laughter)—but, instead of excommunicating us as heretics ought to be, with the genuine spirit of a martyr, he applies that punishment to himself, and deprives himself of a gOod dinner and the gratification of meeting this agreeable company. —(Laughter and cheers.)" . . 311. Boucherett knows that, without the ballet, there cannot be an independent franchise ; and being an anti-Reformer in his heart, he hates, naturally enough, those who want what is necessary to carry Reform into effect.—Morning Chronicle. A deputation of the parishioners of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, had, yesterday afternoon, an inter view with Lord Althorp, by appointment, at the Treasury, where also attended the two Members for Wesrminster, and Mr. Milford, the Chairman of the Board of Taxes. The memorial of the inha bitants was read to Lord Althorp. It stated, that in consequence of the great depreciation of property in the parish, the local assessors, consisting of a Committee appointed by the parish, had lowered the rates very considerably, and had made their re turns of the new adjustment to the King's surveyor, who, however, had thought fit to disapprove of it, and had made a surcharge, which brought the taxes back to the old amount. A fact strongly illustrative of the depreciation was mentioned by one of the gen tlemen of the deputation, namely that the Duke of Bedford, who was proprietor of the greater part of the parish, had lowered his rents 30 per cent. Lord Althorp at once admitted the great inequality in the assessments throughout the country, but feared the Government could grant no relief; and Mr. 31itford, the Chairman of the Board of Taxes, stated, that as the law at present stood, no relief could be af forded. Lord Althorp, however, observed, that the inequality which prevailed was objectionable, and that the system ought to be placed upon a much broader scale. The parishioners might rely OH the subject being very seriously considered by his Ma jesty's Government. A gentleman of the deputa tion then communicated the determination of the parishioners not to pay the house-tax until a deci sive answer was given to their memorial. There is, it would appear, from what fell from Mr. Yockney, a difficulty in the way of relief, as the law stands. The assessment is determined by the rent in the lease, and as most of the leases were taken at a time when trade was more prosperous, and rents higher,a remedy cannot be expected by law till the expira tion of the leases. But this shows the necessity of altering the law to place it in accordance with equity. It the assessed taxes must be maintained, the prin ciple of the assessment should be fair, and that prit,- c iple should he fairly acted on. Now, as was well observed by one of the parishioners, what fairness is there in assessing gentlemen's mansions worth three, four, and 500/. a-year, at 40/., while the average of the houses in Covent-garden parish was 751.? Here, if the Government must have a particular sum, is an avail able fund whence compensation may be obtained, The poor tradesman is entitled to relief from the rich Noble. Public opinion must be brought to bear on the subject. It is clear that the Nobility and Gentry are in a conspiracy with surveyors and assessors throughout the country, to throw this op pressive tax altogether on the middle and lower classes. Let Local Committees be extensively formed—let the inequalities of the assessments be pointed. out— and the names of the partial surveyors and assessors given. Hitherto, in this country, the great dread of men, in the condition of surveyors and assessors, has been the becoming obnoxious to the great. Let them now see that there is also danger in committing injustice with regard to the middle climes. This is the sky to bring about a remedy. We will answer for it the moment the great find the burden presses on their own shoulders, they will begin to feel that the assessed taxes are exceedingly op pressive. —Morning Chronicle. The Middlesex Grand Jury, at the late Session, are entitled to the highest praise for the manner in which they have taken up and spoken out upon a subject of such vast importance as the state of crime in the metropolis; and especially the increase of petty thefts committed by juvenile depredators. The Grand Jury propose that this description of offenders shall be dealt with in a different manner from others—that is, shall be tried and punished more summaiily. We are glad to find that the Grand Jury, though they propose to do away with their own functions in cases of minor theft, do not fall into the too common error of recommending an enlargement of the discretionary power of Magistrates —a power, we conceive, much too large already ; and, when lodged even in the very best hands, capable of great abuse, and, at all events, inconsistent with that birthright of Englishmen, he they young or old, a trial by their Peers. But while we rejoice to see this important subject taken in hand, and that so ably, by a body so well calculated to appreciate the evil and to suggest the remedy, we regret that the most important feature in the matter—that of pre vention—forms no part of the Grand Jury's state ments. They have lauded the New Police—very de servi dly, perhaps—as far as their improved mode of giving evidence extends; but we wish that the Grand Jury had also borne in mind that, though the merit of apprehending offenders is no doubt very considerable, a system which shall nip crime in the bud, and render its open commission almost impossible, would be far preferable; and that such a system we have not got, ani indeed never can have, while our police have an evident interest in the number of cases which they bring to trial—none in lessening their number. But as far as juvenile offenders are con cerned, not only might much more be attempted, and, we have no doubt, accomplished, in the way of prevention than has ever yet been done ; but the State itself, we conceive, is highly criminal in neglecting its duty in this respect. And here the folly is equal to the wickedness ; for, taking the matter up as " a nation of shopkeepers," and dealing with it merely as one of pounds, shillings, arid pence, there is not a shadow of doubt but that the whole tribe of juvenile delinquents might be made useful members of society, at fur less actual cost to the public than that which is expended in detecting, punishing, and, in the end, consign'ng them to ruin. Nor is the public at large less to blame than the Government; for though the latter have not taken up the subject, a few spirited individuals have, showing unanswerably and practically, upon a small scale, %% hat might be done upon a more extended one. Yet those efforts (we mean those of the So ciety of which Gptain Brenton is at the head) are paralysed for want of funds, though it is clear that, for an annual subscription of 55., incalculable good might be done. Would persons only look upon such a contribution in the shape of a premium on in surance, surely common sense would tell them, that if they can escape depredation at so small a rate—to say nothing of the higher motive—it is surely worth their while to aid the laudable efforts of those who would thus, at so small a charge, at once afford them comparative protection, and rescue from a career of vice those whose original error has not been their o w n.—Morning Herald. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, OCT. 30. THE BRISTOL RIOTS. THE KING V. PINNEY, ESQ. (Continued from The Sun of yesterday.) Mr. Isambart Brunel!, examined by Mr. FOLLETT— Was a civil engin , cr, and, at Bristol, engaged in assisting to suppress the riots. Was at the Mansion•house and the Palace when they were attacked. The whole of the Saturday the multitude shouted and encouraged the mob. On the Monday he observed a great number of the special constables, whom he had observed the day previously, as being actively engaged in the riots.... Some of those per sons joined a party of constables with whom the witness was, on the Monday morning. He saw one man in par ticular acting as a special constable on the Monday, whom he saw on the Saturday in the riot at the Mansion house. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant \VanE—That man ►witness recollected as having rescued a prisoner from wit otss's custody once. Witness spoke to him, and, finding Le was recognised, the man left witness's party. Did not point out that man to any Magistrate. Mr. Christopher Clacketone, examined by Sir JAMES SCARLETT—Was a Lieutenant in the Navy on half-pay, and held the sitution of cprp4eter under the Corporation of Bristol. About ten (lays before the 30th of October, he collected, a body of seamen to try to enrol them to pre serve the peace ; but a body of men came down to the ship and broke up the meeting. One of the persons was Mr. Powell, the secretary of the Political Union. There were more than 200 came into the ship next to the one in which witness was, and they interrupted him. A cry was raised of, " Set to work, Powell." The Monday after the Reform Bill was thrown out by the House of Lords there was a meeting, and Mr. Herepath, the president of the Political Union was in the chair. There were about 4,000 people at the meeting. One individual made a speech, one part of whizia was a call on the people to come forward with their pence, and to recollect what the Catholic rent did in Ireland. Mr. Justice TAUNTON asked if that was material? Witness—l think it is important, my Lord.— (Laughter.) Sir JAMES SCARLETT did not wish to give all the speech in evidence, and at length declined to examine the witness any further. Mr. James William Gibbons, examined by Mr. CAMP BELL—Was clerk to Messrs. Burgess and Brice. On the Saturday night he remained at the Mansion-house. Saw the Mayor make his escape from the Mansion-house on the Sunday morning. This witness corroborated former witnesses as to tl,e Mayor escaping by a window on some leads, and not in the way described by one of the witnesses lor the prosecution. He also swore that no female was pre ' sent when the Mayor escaped. At the first attack, the females got on the top of the house and remained there. After they escaped and got into the Custom-house, the Mayor sent witness to the Guildhall to assist the Under- Sheriff, Mr. Hare, in getting the constables together. On the Sunday morning, while the Guildhall was shut, wit ness was stationed at the door of the Guildhall Chambers to tell all persons who came that the Magistrates were up stairs ; and he did tell a great many persons so. Cross-examined by the ATTORNEY- GENEKAL—Knt-w Townsh..nd, Sheriff Lax's servant, but did not see him when the Mayor escaped; he might have been there. Had come from Bristol this morning. Mr. John Wood, examined by Mr. FoLnaTT—Was at Bristol during the riots, and was called out of church on the Sunday to take summonses to the Churchwardens of the perishes. Witness and his brother, at half.past 12 o'clock, went to all the Churchwardens. He met one Ves tryman Sr.'man of Sr Thomas's in the streets, and on telling him that lie had such a notice, lie replied, that the Magistrates had better order out the fire engines and pump on the • people. In one parish the Churchwardens said they bad attempted to call the inhabitants together, but could not succeed : another person on whom witness called said the Magistrates having sent the military out of the city he would have nothing to do with it, and recom mended witness to do the same. That was St. Stephen's parish. Witness then went to the Guildhall. In the evening Mr. Herepath and Mr. Venn, the president and the secretary of the Union, came ; the former said the cause of all the disturbance was the military having fired on the mob without sufficient provocation. Mr. Alder man Savage was present when that was said. Mr. Here• path, finding the persons there were of a different opinion to him, said he knew nothing of it, for Mr. Venn was his authority. Witness told them that Mr. Venn's au thority ought not to be taken, for he had seen him cheer on the mob in front of the Mansion-house the night be fore. Mr. Venn denied that he had done so, on which Alderman Savage said to witness, " My good fellow, make no accusations now ; let us all be united." Witness now swore that he did see Venn cheer on the mob, and went twice to the Magistrates to lay an information against him. Cross-examined —The Magistrates thought the informa tion had better be dropped. By Sir JAMES SCARLETT--WitrieSS wrote to tl:e Com mittee of Inquiry,,tenderin g evidence respecting the issuing of the notices, but there was a disinclination at first to re ceive any thing favourable to the Mayor. It was, how ever, ultimately taken. James Byrne, examined by Mr. FOLLETT—Was a bill poster at Bristol; was employed on the Sunday to post bills (copies of which he produced) about Bristol, at one o'clock ; he had an assistant. They were repeatedly inter rupte.l by the people, who tore the bills down again. In some instances they tore the bills doxn, and rubbed them in witness's face. He also distributed some small bills, in which the Magistrates entreated the assistance of the citizens to preserve peace when the Recorder came in to hold the assizes, and cautioning the people against rioting. The large bills state d that the Riot Act had been read three times, and that it was felony in persons assembling in numbers. Bills, stating that Sir Charles Wetherell bad left the city, were also posted. Cross-examined by the ArronNEY•GENEKAL—Tbere was also one posted, calling the pensioners together on the Monday. Saw seine pensioners, but not so many as 20. Mr. James Cunningham, examined by Sir J. SCARLETV —Had a counting-house at Bristol, adjoining the Mansion house. It was destroyed by fire by the rioters. Saw part of the riots on the Saturday. Siw a party of the mots repulsed by the constables. They then went to the Back (a back street), and returned armed with sticks. On the Sunday morning he went to Bristol, about 9 o'clock, and meeting some gentlemen, they told him not to go in the direction he was then going, as he would meet the Mayor, who was calling out the inhabitants to act as con stables. He, however, proceeded, and met the Mayor in St. Augustine Back ; the Mayor was knocking at the doors, and callinz out the inhabitants. He commanded witness to assist in the King's name to keep the peace. The Mayor having knocked at other houses, witness ac companied him towards the Mansion-house. Alderman Abraham Hillhouse was with Lim. This was scion after 9in the morning. While the Mayor was telling him what had occurred at the Mansion-house, Colonel Brereton came up with a troop of the 3d Dragoons. The Mayor desired the Colonel to proceed to Queen-,.qu ire, whither he would follow to read the Riot Act again. The Mayor also de sired witness to go to the Guildhall, and call, on his road, upon as many persoLs as he could to meet him (the Mayor) there. Mr. Waring and witness went to the Guildhall together, where he saw several Magistrates. Witness re mained there from half to three-quarters of an hour. During that time no sufficient force collected at the Guild hall. Observing but few persons there, Mr. Waring anti witness proceeded to Queen-square to see the state of the mob. One of witness's clerks having been severely woundel, and in a house there, witness conducted him to a place of safety. He then went to the Mansion• house, which had been attacked and broken into ; the mob had been dispersed by the troops, who were drawn up in Queen-square. Witness saw Colonel Brereton enter the square, cheered by the mob. The troops were then in two divisions ; they were on perfectly familiar terms with the multitude, and witness thought it unsafe to re main there. Flom what witness observed, there was no disposition in the inhabitants to aid the Magistrates in keeping the peace—quite otherwise. Cross-examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL-When witne s went with Mr. Waring to the meeting at Guildhall, he was greeted with the cry, "Here come two Reformers." There was a public meeting on the Friday, and witness at tended it ; 200 or 300 persons were present. Witness took the chair. There was a second meeting two or three weeks afrerwaids, but witness did not attend it. The first was held at the Commercial-rooms, and the second in Princes-street ; generally the persons witness spoke to refused to attend the meeting of the Magistrates at the Guil.ihall. Had known Mr. Pinney intimately for many years, but never saw him on horseback. By Sir JAMES SCARLErr-When Mr. Hare, the Under Sheriff, said, " Here come two Reformers," it was not by way of rebuke, but is if Mr. Hate was glad to see persons of all parties there. The meeting at the Commercial.. rooms was for the purpose of an inquiry into the causes of the riots. A Committee was named, of which wit ness was a member. He attended the Committee for some time. Sir JAMES SCARLETT-Why did you discontinue your attendance? I don't know your reason, but 1 wish to know it. Witness--Am I bound to tell it ? Sir JAMES SCARLETT—Yes, you are. Witness—The gentlemen o❑ the Committee seemed to have a greater object in prosecuting the Magistrates than in going into a general inquiry. There were many gen tlemen appointed at the public meeting who did not attend the Committee. The Committee had opened a corre spondence with Lord Melbourne and the Members for the city, and they had had some letters from his Lordship ; but when I found their object was not so much to institute a general inquiry al to prosecute the Magistrates, I with drew from it. Sir JAMES SCARLETT—My Lords, I intend to dose my case here ; I have several of the Magistrates here whom I could examine; but as they are themselves the objects of criminal prosecutions, I will not call them. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then rose to reply. He trusted that he should be pardoned both by the Court and the Jury, if, before be attempted to comment on the tt sti mony that had been given for the defendant, he made a few. observations on the irrelevant mass of matter which (tail been introduced by his Learned Friend, Sir James Scatlett, in his address to the Jury ; and in doing so, he must beg leave to call the attention of the Jury, in the first place, to the invectives and insinuations with which his Learned Friend had thought it right to embellish the merits of the case, keeping out of sight alto gether the charge for which his clients had been brought before the Court. Those insinuations had been directed for the avowed purpose of making an appeal to prejudices, to keep alive th,se wounds in the public mind which all good men would wish to be forgotten, and in order to get rid of facts and conclusive evidence. His Learned Friend, in his periorations, had introduced a long string of authorities, not fur the purpose of benefiting the party he was defending, but to cast imputations on those who had thought it their duty to draw the attention of a Jury of their country to the acts and conduct of the Magistrates of Bristol. His Learned Friend had thought proper to tell the Jury that the Ma gistrates of Bristol had not been guilty of infi tming the public mind, evidently meaning by that to impute it to others, that they had not made any declamation against Corporate property and C trporate rights. He would ask any man of common sense whether it was likely they would do so, when they were members of a Corporation themselves ? His Learned Friend had also said that they had never preached up the doctrine of not paying taxes. Another topic was with respect to the Bishops, whom his Learned Friend had stated had never been tcld by the Magistrates of Bristol to " set their houses in order." Observations like those which he had referred to were the main stress of his Learned Friend's speech,—topics which, be could assure the Jury, if he bad seen stated in a newspaper, he should have said to himself, who can it be that is coming forward with these old and unpleasant recollections? it must surely be some gentleman that has not obtained the ear of the House of Commons, who is not likely again to have a seat there, and has obtained his notions from some club or other, ur front some person who had not obtained that patronage from the Government ; hut if any person had said, look at the top, and there you will find the name of your friend Sir James Scarlett, I should have said, it is impossible, it must be a work of the calumnious press that is now calumniating my Learned Friend, it is out of his nature to make such statements ; he is one of the most considerate of advocates ; and then, perhaps, if it had still been stated, that it is as he, he (the Attorney General) should have said, if his Learned Friend had indulged in such topics, it showed the weakness of his case when it came to he considered. Many of the statements of his Learned Friend of which he had taken notice, were totally without foundation, and one of the most important with which his Learned Friend bad sought to charge him was totally the reverse of what he had stated. His Learned Friend had stated that Lis (the Attorney-General's) greatest complaint against the Magistrates was, that they had not ordered the soldiers to fire. Now, what he corns plained was, that they should have made that call under any eye but their own, as they were bound to satisfy themselves of the necessity of giving such orders, and wit ness, with their own eyes, the riot, before they gave such a command. Another complaint which he (the Attorney- General) made against the Magistrates of Bristol was, that they had abandoned every means in their power to put an end to the riots. If the Magistrates were not aware of their own duties, it was incumbent upon them to ascertain them. He had been supposed to have said that the Mayor was bound to go out even with ten men to resist the mob. He would appeal to the recollection of the Jury if he bad made any such statement. What he rea ll y h a d said was, that it was the duty of the Mayor to keep ten men together, if he could procure no more, in order to in crease the number of those he might by possibility obtain, by giving the inhabitants an opportunity of e x erc i s i ng t h e i r good sense in getting men together. Great complaint, too, bad been made, at the mode in which the prosecu tion had been conducted, and it had been said that the Ma;istra tes bad not been fairly dealt with, Mr. hare, the Town Clerk, Mr. Brice, and Mr. Burgess, not having been consulted whether the prosecution should be pro ceeded with or not. He would ask the Jury whether it was common sense to go to those who took part with those against whom the proceedings were to be taken ? The form of the information had also been complained of, and had been called by his Learned Friend an omnium gatherum. Now, his Learned Friend might consider that a very appropriate name, but he thought he could find him a better, out of the mouth of the Learned Recorder of Bristol himself, who, speaking of the information against Mr. Alexander, of the Alorniny Jour n al, for libels against Lord Lyndhurst and the Duke of Welling ton, had designated them omnibus libels, or what in cookery would he called hodgepodge. He had also been accused of misstating the case of the Mayor of London. He accused the Mayor of a complete desertion of duty from the first to the last, in declining to do a single act to call out the citizens, and prompt them to do their duty. That charge extended not only to Saturday, but Sunday, Sunday night, and Monday morning ; and he would put it to the Jury to say whether it was possible for ' the Government of England, which was bound to protect the lives of every one, not to have instituted inquiry into the conduct of persons who had so acted. The Jury would recollect that many outrages had burn committed, and many crimes perpetrated, many of the authors of which had been brought to an ignominious death, that a great portion of the city had been saved, almost miraculously, and that no step had been taken by the Magistrates. A Court of In quiry had been held on the conduct of the soldiers. The rioters had been tried, and many executed, and could it be said that the Magistrates, who had so grossly neglected their duty should escape a trial ? It was impos sible. No men had less interest in the trial than the Go vernment, but a duty which they owed to the public, renderel it necessary that the present proceeding should take place. He (the Attorney-General), from the evidence which had been brought forward, acquitted the Mayor of the charge of cowardice, and thought him very much to be pitied in not having the best advises and examples about him. Much was to be said in his favour, even when the Jury, which he (the Attorney-General) had no doubt of, pronounced their verdict of Guilty. Alder man Daniel had said he did not know the Mayor was going to Alderman Fripp's, and that he had intended to carry him to Clifton. Why, the Mayor's object through out was to make himself known to the Corporation, and it was clearly necessary that he should give notice to the Corporation of where he should be, and there could be no doubt that the information he gave from time to time was correct ; and viewing it in this way, the witness Townshend's evidence must be correct. As regarded the conduct of the Mayor, there could be no doubt that there had been a shrinking from the responsibility he ought to have taken upon himself. He ought to have kept at his post the whole of the time ; and he (the Learned Counsel) was at this moment at a loss to know ashy be had left the Pal ice and the Recruiting-office, because there did not appear to have been the slightest danger of the M iyor. There was no cry against him, and he need have been under no apprehension. Subsequently, in the midst of the College-green, he said to Alderman Daniel, he had done all he could do, and insisted to know if anything occurred to him. This was what the Learned Counsel complained of. The Mayor was found running about from place to place, asking every person he met whether or not they had any plan to suggest. Instead of tha - , he ought to have done his duty. His duty was to have got together and organized as soon as possible, either by summoning, ordering, or commanding as strong a civil force as it was in his power to collect, and with that power to have made every effort to subdue the rioters. He (the Attorney-Ge neral) did not think that the mob was in the first in stance so bad a mob as it had generally been repre sented,. else he could not think that both Mr. Ser geant Ludlow and Sir Charles Wetherell would, looking out at a window at a late hour of the day, have said it was not a case to warrant sending for the military. In the result, therefore, it wo en appear to the Jury that there bad been, on the Saturday evening, considerable neglect on the part of the Magistrates. They had spoken of the alarming appearances of things, such as the carry ing of straw into rooms for the purpose of putting fire to them. Those appearances, certainly, were very alarming, but it became them to act with still the more energy. As regarded the sta.e of things that evening, Colonel Brereton was right in the opinion he had given ; he had said it was possible, and he had undertaken, to clear the streets without violence. He had cleared them without violence between twelve and one o'clock at night, and every one then thought there was au end to the danger. But though this appeared to be the case then, early next morning the windows were broken, and the shutters of many houses torn down. The Mayor, then, on the first appearance of this renewed aggression, ought to have called together the civil force ; and it was to be complained of him that he had not attempted to call for assistance until he himself bad been obliged to fly the Mansion-house at ten o'clock. A few constables would have put an end to the riot at first, with a very small portion of military. One of the witnesses on the other side had said, this might have been done on the Saturday; and the Mayor ought to have called on the citizens to have come forward, instead of having invited them to meet at the Guildhall for the pur pose of agreeing to some plans. Could anything have been more objectionable than to have found them throw ing themselves down on their knees before persons, when it was their very duty to have commanded those very persons to action? The Learned Counsel would not say it was in the power of the Ma gistrates, at any moment, to have raised a civil force that could have made head against the mob ; but there could be no doubt, as had been proved, that at many periods of the Sunday, if the Magistrates had been at their post, and acted with energy, they might have subdued the rioters. It was not the business of the Magistrates to look to the military as their only protection ; and much, too much, had been said respecting the lethargy of the military. The Magistrates had said the town was dis. affected, and that it was impossible for them to get the citizens to act with them in co-operation—it was impossible for this to form a ground of defence. The Magistrates knew well what the mob were about to do. For instance, the Bridewell they knew was to be attacked, and it had clearly been shown that that was a place that a small party could have defended ; but it was not pretended that even one slight attempt had been made to preserve the Bridewell. It was true, it had been said, Colonel Brereton had been spoken to about it, but that was not for hours after it had been in flames. Those Dragoon Guards had been made the subject of great malign—they had been made the subject of wit--taken, no doubt, from the Edinburgh Review, —they had " taken their degrees from the three (lays of Paris." Notwithstanding, however, all that had been said of them, it appeared on all hands that they had been most willing to do their duty ; and it was a most unreasonable thing for those men who got their bread and cheese, their steaks and their chops, to think of keeping those poor men on horseback for six and thirty hours without eating or drinking. No one could deny that it was the duty of the Magistrates—particularly of Mr. Pinney, the leading Ma gistrate, to call on those whom they had a right to c .II upon to act in defence of the Bridewell. They had not done this. This was complained of, and had been made the first charge in the indictment. The second charge affected the gaol. The Magistrates had full notice that the rioters were about to attack it. Was it defence less ? Why, it stood upon an island ; there was a moat surrounding it, and a draw-bridge to protect it—it was the duty of the Magistrates to have taken up this bridge, and thereby to have preserved it. No doubt, at a subsequent period, two of the Magistrates had gone to it. Some of the soldiers had also gone to it, and something had been said about the soldiers and the Magistrates not understanding each other. This vvas a source likewise of serious complaint. There was a continual misunderstanding between the Magistrates and the military. If the Magistrates had, in the first instance, accompanied the troops, and kept with them, or had remained at their own proper stations, this misunderstanding never could have ori ginated, and never could have gone on. Then the Mansion-house, the Custom-house, and about 40 houses been s n et ntw fi i r t e ha t t o an w di i n tl g un th th e e h s e p a a v e y e many other unfavourable circumstances, not a single oin rain f Qa t bu h oe a ue t nt s li ng a il d nuer f eh a o l l u e h n rasd; during the whole of the day, and s e c t e t e n m e p t o f hadhavbneeen all made ul n t g o dislodge cla ee t . ti a e r r e i . o t e r A s g fr a o i n m , the to the defence, on the ground of want of po pularity on the part of the Corporation, though it had been said the Corporation was so unpopular that they could not expect assistance from the citizens, it was ab surd to suppose that so wealthy a Corporation as this, in a borough town, could be without influence or without a party ; and it was the duty of the Magistrates to have commanded that party to have come forward to give assistance. They had talked about the whole town having been indisposed to give assistance —about Reform — about Dissenters —and about some statement of re-action. With respect to the last of these, if his Learned Friend had stated that indiscreetthere thingwas a d veryhi. part. great r e-A pr a c t i o e n,. ()n who it was a most ou ght only to have been known in Bristol in a judicial character, ought to have rais e d n o cr y o f re w c c h ou action --to act otherwise was to h o ld ou t a chal lenge for t he p ur p ose of seein g whether there was w ld as all on lie had to lybeaion con sidered ac a ts a great or misfortune,stf, anti ne , it hi sa y about it. The n the misfortune, Reformers we re t o b e cons id ere d as persons extremely unwilling to int e rfer e — unw illi ng to defend a Corporation—therefor e , t o b e cons id ere d as a condemned c l a ss of persons. Why, who did in re-noiu terfere? Almost every person of respectability who did interfere, acknowledged themselves to be active and staunch Reformers. They were the persons who had risked their lives, and had taken the most active part in subduing the rioters, and who still thought it no discredit to be called Reformers. As regarded Mr. Waring in par ticular—a name which had been coupled with his own, he hoped that what had passed to-day would secure to him Mr. Warinfs friendship during the remaining period of his life. The Jury would see, on reference to Mr. Waring's evi• denee, that if the information which he had given had been acted upon, the city would have been saved,—that was, at the outset ; and if vigorous measures had been adopted, the best results would have followed, But the want of making that first step showed a want of security for the best interests of the inhabitants. Some observations had been made upon Dr. Carpenter, a gentleman of great learning and piety, and a very ingenious writer, as to his interference ; but it was clear that his object in going to the Magistrates was to propose a plan, and render assistance. He was, however, told that there was not then a quorum lof Magistrates left. That most respectable witness had laid before the Jury such a state of the mob that showed it could easily have been suppressed by prompt measures. Mr. Edgeworth, Mr. Roberts, and other gentlemen also, went there to propose their services ; but yet from 7 o'clock, Sunday morning, until 6 in the evening, nothing what ever was done by the Magistrates. That only proved the very great absurdity which prevailed in their councils, and that they did not show the spirit they ought to have shown. Why were not the pensioners called out ? Major Macktvorth stated that he had advised that being done two days previously, but it was not done Why were they not called out and armed on the Sunday ? Two of them went to the Mansion-house to k ffer their assistance, but they were unable to find a Magistrate. It had been asked, had not the Magistrates an interest in saving the Corporation property ? Certainly they had ; but the citizens had also an interest. Yet those gentlemen could find no power, and could exercise no authority as Ma gistrates to organize their force. The Political Union had been mentioned in a manner as if that body were to be condemned ; but what was its history ? No doubt they would be loath to interfere if it was a mere personal question between Sir Charles Wetherell and themselves relative to a re-action, but after Sir Charles was gone, Mr. Herepath was proved to have exposed himself amongst the mob at the gaol, and endeavoured to prevail on them to disperse. Mr. Hare, the Under Sheriff, also employed Mr. Herepath, and requested him to obtain the assistance of the members of the Union to suppress the mob. That showed plainly that there was no indisposition on the part of the people, of whatever political opinions, to suppress the riots, but on that occasion the authority of the Magistrates was never exerted. There was no evidence that any one individual was ever stationed in Queen-square, to watch the mob, and report their proceedings to the Magis trates—a measure of precaution which he ought most as. suredly to have taken. The letter that had been written to Lord Melbourne after a meeting had been called contained no complaint against the Union, nor against the soldiers. If there had been any just cause of com plaint, the Magistrates were hound to have made it at that time, particularly it it regarded the conduct of the Political Union ; and that letter was not written on a sudden, but after ample time had been allowed for reflec tion. If any of the Jury had gone into Queen-square, and have seen above 30 houses destroyed by a riotous mot), would not the first question have been, where were the Magistrates, and what was their conduct? But it appeared one went to bed at nine o'clock, another went to the recruiting-office, and none were to be found. He could not but think that the unhappy men who had been executed . for those crimes, had fallen victims to the apathy evinced by the Magistrates, for he thought that all en couragement to crime by not resisting it with all the means which the Magistrates possessed divided the re sponsibility between the Magistrates and the criminal. At half-past 3 on the Sunday, a meeting of the Magistrates was held, hut no plan was adopted. When the mob were going towards the Palace, the Mayor was called on to lead the constables ; he promised that he would, but got only a short way down stairs, and returned back to the room. Was it not clear that many persons were waiting to assist it the Mayor had led them on ? It had been said that the Mayor was not bound to expose himself to danger. The Jury were all Magistrates, and he was sure they would not believe that that was the law, for a Magistrate was bound to act with vigour, even though he himself led the way. Colonel Brereton, who, no doubt, in storming a breach, or facing an enemy, would have acted with vigour and spirit, when called on to put down a mob, by the sword, without the presence of a Magistrate, was justified in using the observation, that if he did so, though he might succeed at one point, yet it would be ne, ceasary for the citizens to act and support that success. With regard to the night when the Mayor escaped, the Learned Counsel charged it upon him as a great crime that be did not let it be known where he was to be found until twelve o'clock, when he wrote the note to Colonel Brereton. For several hours before that period the houses were burning and being plundered by a mob, which, according to Capt. Codrington's evidence, might have been suppressed by the 58 troops then in the town. Some observations had been made upon Col.Brereton's not using force when he had a written authority from the Mayor ; but he asked, suppose lives had been lost, and Colonel Brereton tried for murder, would the production of that written paper have justified him in the eyes of a Jury ? He was afraid it would not. The Jury had heard the particulars of that lamentable desolation, and it had not been proved that any thing had been done to arrest its progress. The Learned Counsel then concluded a speech which occupied two hours and ten minutes in delivering. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE wished to postpone the sum. ming up until to-morrow. The Jury expressed a wish to hear the information itself read before his Lordship commenced in the morning. Mr. Justice TAUNTON asked the Jury if they wished the evidence to be read over sentence by sentence? They replied they did not. The Court then adjourned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. G UILDIIALL. A respectable-looking elderly man, named William Jenkinson, was brought before Mr. Alderman FARE BROTHER yesterday, on suspicion of having kn.mingly ut tered a forged bill of exchange for 151. The prisoner was remanded. A young man, named Thomas Harding, was charged with having, at various times, defrauded Elizabeth Chap man, an elderly spinster, of about 60/. The complainant, who has an impediment in her speech, which made it irksome to her to give evidence, and who was assisted by Dobell, the ex-pugilist, had been in service at Enfield and at Ongar, and at one place the prisoner lived as fell , )w. servant with her. Since that he had fre quently called upon her, and borrowed money from her under various pretexts. In three years he drained her not only of her ready money, in sums of Sl. and 10/. at a time, but got her to draw her wages in advance. He had received three of the last four quarters' wages. Mr. Alderman FAREBROTHER asked what made her so kind to him ? She could not have kept her place if he bad not assisted her a good deal, and she promised to be a friend to him as long as he remained single; but he bad been obtaining money from her by lies after he bad been married a twelvemonth to a girl. Alderman FAREBROTHER-But you are not angry that he is married? Complainant—No, Sir; not I. He is welcome to have the girl. Alderman FAAEBROTuER—I suppose he talked a little about marriage to you. Complainant—He did not promise. Alderman—No, not promise, but some conversation might have passed on the subject, so that you had some sort of understanding, nevertheless. Complainant blushed, but did not answer. The prisoner was then remanded for the attendance of a witness from the country. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. Three individuals have been committed from this office, within the last two days, for selling the Poor Man's Guardian. It being the first offence of one of the de fendants, who had been apprehended by Colley, Mr. CONANT inflicted a punishment of seven days' imprison ment only, and then intimated to Colley, that in cases where he committed for seven days he should wish him not to apply for the 20s. reward. Colley, however, presented the certificate, and pressed the Magistrate to sign it, observing, that he intended to give the reward to the poor of the parish. Mr. CONANT certainly bad no power to refuse his sig nature, it it was insisted upon ; but he should use his own discretion in receiving informations for the future from him. MARY LEB ONE. Yesterday a very dashing female, named Amelia Taylor, applied to Mr. HOSKINS, the Magistrate, to be passed to the parish of St. Odes, Camberwell, her legal place of settlement. The 1,4 waited upon the Magistrate the preceding day, to whom she stated that she was the wife of a gentleman of considerable property, a merchant, in Tower -street, in the City, who, in addition to his town residence, had another at Peckham, in the parish of Camberwell ; that a few months ago, in consequence of a breach in their con nubial happiness, a separation was agreed upon, her hus band stipulating to allow her a maintenance of U6l. a-year, payable monthly. This agreement, however, he had broken, and she wished the Magi•trate to give her his ad vice how to act, in compelling him to allow her the alimony he had agreed to. The MAGISTRATE could not assist her, unless she sub rnitted to be passed in the usual manner to her husband's place of settlement. The lady then withdrew, stating that she would consult er friends as to what method she should pursue, with as little exposure as possible. Yesterday she again attended, accompanied by a gentle man, and requested Mr. HOSKINS to pass her in the re gular course to her husband's parish. Mr. HOSKINS asked her where she had slept the over night ? The applicant had resided, since her separation from her husband, in Marylebone parish. Mr. Hosxlsts told her that it was necessary, before he could pass her, that she should sleep the overnigt t in the parish to which she belonged. He then desired her to sleep one night at Peckham, and in the morning make ap plication to the overseers, and if they refused to grant her relief, to apply to the Magistrates at Union-hall, who would compel them. The lady thanked the Magistrate for his politeness, pnd left the office intending to act upon his suggestion. Q UEEN-S 0 UARE. Yesterday, John Thompson and Wm. Burke were brought up by George Currie, one of the persons employed by the Stamp-office, and placed at the bar before Mr. WHITE, charged with selling the Cosmopolite, an unstamped public itlon. Currie stated, that about twelve o'clock at noon, he saw the defendants in the Cornwall-road, Lambeth ; he saw them sill the papers to several persons. Witness bought one of Thompson, for which he paid 2d. Curie here produced the papers which be found on the defendants. The Cosmopolite was printed on one side, containing articles of intelligence, and on the other side a complete almanaek ; he also found several copies of the Poor Man's Guardian. Mr. WHITE—You knew these men had a right to sell these papers I suppose? Currie—No, Sir, I knew it was illegal for them to do so. WHITE—And so because you knew it was illegal to sell them, you tempted them to commit the offence, that you might get 20s. by the conviction ? Currie—. They were offering them for sale to every person they saw. Mr. WHITE—Do you expect that I will convict any man on the evidence of a person who is interested in the conviction of the party accused? Currie—Very well, Sir ; I don't wish you to convict without you like. Mr. WHITE—I would receive any other evidence but that of the person who expects to get 201. by the convic tion. The law says that persons interested in convictions are not ptoper,to give evidence, and I will not convict on the evidence of a person who tempts a man to commit an ffence which he knows is illegal in order that he may get 20 , . Currie—Very well, Sir. Mr. WHITE (to Thompson)—Have you been ever con victed of selling these papers before ? Thompson—l have, Sir. I was convicted at M .rlhor..ugh• street, and was sent for 21 days to Culdbath-fields prison. I came out of pri son last Monday. Mr. WHITE—And what have you been doing since? Thomp-on—l have bad nothing to do, so 1 bought these papers to sell again. Mr. WHITE—And although you have been imprisoned for selling the papers, you still adopt the same plan of getting your livelihood. Do you think that right ? Thompson—l have nothing to do, and it is better than stealing.__ _ . . Mr:WHITE (to Burke)—And have you ever been con viet,(l before? Burke—Yes, Sir, I came out of prison last Monday. Mr. WHILE—And what have you been doing since? Burke—Walking about the streets starving. M r . WHlTE—Where do you come from? Burke— From Dublin. Mr. WHITE—Why don't you go back? Burke—l went to Lambeth-street-office to get a pass to Ireland, and I could not get one. Mr. WHITE—Had you any money given to you by some society when you came out of prison ? Burke--• Neither of us had. Mr. WHITE—Then pray where did you get the money to buy these papers ? Burke—We begged it of gentlemen in the streets. Mr. WHITE said, that if there hsd been a witness not interested in the conviction, he should have sent them for the full period of three months to prison, for it could not oe suffered that such persons should wantonly set all laws at defiance. The defendants were then discharged, and the papers were ordered to be burnt. LAMBETH-STREET. A further inquiry into the case of assault preferred by Mrs. Mary Youard, a married female, against Mr. John Burnstinie, a medical gentleman, residing in Haydon square, Minories, took place yesterday, before Messrs. WALKER and HARDWICK. The complainant was cross-examined at considerable length by a professional gentleman who attended on the part of the defendant. In reply to his questions, she said that the defendant first kissed and took indecent liber ties with her in his sitting•room ; but thoagh he bad done so, she afterwards accompanied him up stairs to his bed room. There he renewed his improprieties; but his vio lence in the sitting-room was greater than that which he hid offered in his bed-chamber. The noise made in the latter was sufficiently loud to be heard in the room adjoin ing. She remained in the bed-room for upwards of an hour in repairing a mattress, and when she had done she returned to the sitting-room with the defendant, and he then renewed the assault on her. He ultimately paid her a shilling for what she had done, showed her to the door, and offered to see her home. She said, that being a stranger to that part of the town, and not knowing her way out of the square, she had no objection to his doing so. She waited at the door while he went up stairs for his hat, and he came away with her. In Shoreditch be asked her to have a glass of gin ; but she said she never drank gin, that ber favourite liquor was shrub. ' He did not treat her to any shrub. His conversation during the greater part of the way was principally soliciting her to comply with his wishes, yet she made no effort to get away fr m him, nor dad she complain to any one of his conduct. She had las married about fifteen months, and out of that time her husband was absent from her for eight or nine months with his friends in Norfolk, and did not, during the whole of that time, contribute to her support. Ills reason for leaving her was owing to the scarcity of work in his business; she maintained herself during his absence by making and selling caps. Solicitor—Was not the cause of your husband leaving you owing to his finding you at the theatre with another young man ? Complainant—Certainly not. I have never been to a theatre in London. Salicitcr—Have you been an actress? I am intormed you have been a strolling player. Complainant (indig nantly)—No, Sir, I have not. I have, been brought up quite differently. I am, as I before stated, the daughter of a respectable farmer, and have always conducted myse lf with propriety. stated that idue tlhanudiandey had thed lodged defendant, in h e a r veryhourespectable feomr ailes months, and a more quiet and inoffensi ve g entleman, had never seen, and she considere d him q uite incapab le of the conduct months sincehis att ributedwife h i an infant and two oth er children to his char g e ; and such was the effect that her death h ad c a us ed on him that he t . od died, him. after It was childbirth, not leaving quite three was frequently in tears.* Mr. WALKER observed that the complainant had shown so little delicacy, that they, the Magistrates, could not en tertain the charge. T 0 WN-HALL, S 0 U THW ARK. Yesterday William Frazer, a vender of the Poor Man's Guardian, was brought up for re-examination and committal, charged with stealing a silver spoon, the jaw perty of Sir Edwin Sandys. The prisoner declined saying anything in defence, an d was committed to take his trial. Sergeant 31'Cral,v said the prisoner was a well-know n character as a pickpocket, fur which offence be had bee n tried and convicted at the Old Bailey. _ . BIRTHS. On the 28th ult. at Wicken, Northamptonshire, Mrs. George Fitzroy, of a son. On the 29th ult. in Eaton.square, the lady of C. J. Laisn e. Esq., of a son. On the 31st ult. Mrs. Thornton, Bennett-street, Great Surre) street, of a son. MARIE. On the 31st ult . at West Ha R m, W il iam Champion, second son of the Rev. Thomas Streatfield, of Charts' Edge, in the collo'''. of Kent, to H annah, fourth daughter of Joseph' Fry, Esq. , Upton.lane, in the county of Essex.] kei t On the 30th u lt . at S even Oa k s , Willi am , son o f H a s Smith, Eq., of Bedford-square, and Svdenham, to Arne lo ' widow of the late Farmer Bally, Esq., of Ilan Place, Leigh. DIED. On the Nth ult. at Greenwich, Mrs. Ann Bridges, widow the late General George Bridges, of the Royal Engineers.' On the 23d ult. at Bath, aged 82, Joseph Sigmond, Esq. s g On the 31st ult. in the Bth year of her age, Louisa, younge r daughter of William Hunter, Esq., Finsbury-circus. On the ‘2.9th ult. at Itamsgate, Edwan.l Delmar, Esq., of the fiptl of Messrs. Pinto, Urquhart, and Delmar, London. On the 30th uit. after a lingering illness, in Nottingharn-p lO4 Marylebone, William Simpson, Esq.- On the ath ult. suddenly, H. Marsden, Esq., Upper Stamfor d. street. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MURDO YOUNG, ATTO' SVN °MCI:, STRAND, LONDON