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London, England, 1807-11-03 00:00:00

LIBERTY OF TIIF, PRILSS.

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Mr. I:Dyson—There is a severe Penal Statute
against sending (bra:renew; letters to inert money.—
The crime is made, i believe. • capital felony, or
Very near tc; it. Some years ago, when the Public
Press was in a low and degraded state, a praline
prevailed, if 1 mi•tak- not, called iek-erairag. It
consisted in announcing attacks upon individuals,
in order to chu6ir the party to make his peace in
private, or. iu rasa of his obstinacy, to en-
able the wtiter to gratify a malignant passion
for scandal. In either case, the wretch who
stooped to it, found his end answered, and bad only
to consider how he might steer clear of the pillory.
I have heard in my time. some very good men, and
staunch friends to the liberty of the press, lament that
this practice of iaL•ondiug not within the statute
against sending threatening litters to extort money.
Yoe my own part, I do think that it is, at least,in spirit;
and I am not sure that an indidtment might rot be
framed upon a paragraph of this kind. I have been
led Its these obs, rvations, by a filthy, scurrilous, and
disgnEing arlicie in The Taus paper of Saturday,
con,lusitt.g ss all a threatened attack upon Mr.
teatime and Madame Stotace ; and. the crime al-
leged. is a patty given by them, last season, to se-
veral pervm; ct sits:Li:lion. When petsons at the
first rank and fashion attend the patties of profes-
sional people, of superirr excellence, it is not
upon the exact tooting of equality. They have
heard an admired Mr. &Ahern and Madame
Stotler, in pubic, and th-y wish to hear them
in private; exaftly as those connossieurs, who have
seen the works of Sir Josho Iteynol.ts. of West,
of Laurent.e. of Shea, and other eatinc;.t artists.
at
Sumerset.placc., tett a pleasure in vi,wing them
separately at the ptivate • houses of these stash.—
To attempt to turn such ilbrsons into ticket*,
is to condemn the patrol's if the ins and sciences,
in the arty country which plumes itself noo
t
its liberal taste and clvil.sation.—ln candour.
however. 1 gust, that this is not a come.
quanta within the immediate coot':T 'at;r,
of them libellers ; their otska is to attack di • —it?,
in that which constitutes hie life and toitune. :tar
patronage of the gnat. and the estimate it of cis
public. To preserve these, they well k ow, the
Wisc. will mete great sacrifices; to se.li feel
happy if Isis purse can save them. Cur.
days have plated without producing this tn. rat-
fried .attack upon Mr. • Brabant and Madam.:
Storage, and. theretore, 1 coaclude. that the busi-
ness is in train. I have beard, however, that the
negociation was broken off yestecday morning. and
that the libel will eercaialy appearwhatever
may he the rebuts. you sb•11 hear again front tne
upon Vie subject Yours. Juntice.
.ao..day, Ac.. 2, I W.

Likm. 1.

The abase* of the Prince will caste gloom over
this (*.loanable place again. Some say rim Royal
kirgat.e.. will oscura in a week,' bac I mould retner
fear he wail net. the rhearots has bee* use scene
of much contusion And irregularny. U. 41106/ay
se'niugot Mr. Messrs% in use part of Ranger. was
obliged to requew toe Intlulberice of the house for
ties! necessa, Outlawed, the wait eafftete. Ow
Wednesday evening. LW eouseny hi *eye and
Means was to be per totaiieii, toe lathe's& of a air.
Wilson, who teas oerarniued w have a tad house,
let the cottstve..ce he what it wound. He accord-
sp-nt the tuirnoonot Wednesday in dssposit.g ut
I'4,ltit lac; the g•i•ety he sold ter bd. All{lUlC,SiscrS
tar WilaireTer cosy would bring. so turn use mu.*
Lrowded, only nested Si.. When Mr. Wnson
was dressed sold ready tog o on the stage. my snail
was hltzd with any opus t his pelt, :mu he applied
to Ms. Tuthill,rthe rteMptel. to lend him tail nous.,
bowlines refusal. Mr. Vi dual Tabbed on the 'sage to
adrift's the audieucr.and had got Asia: as s• I..uses
'and Getuleasen," whoa Mr. (sunlit sprang for ward
and exclaimed. a Ladies and USlndelliell, vesiatever
he Gaye is a lie ;" w this Nlr. \V nod tot lea ay a
knockdown blow. anti the gaviersch rope for tun.
vocsterated. " a tight I a bKo. ! ' but Mr.
made a very prompt tflt, ieht
I.s'
field of battle
to the bruiser. Alter Wisys asd Mes Had lasted.
The liennecu was atteßry ed. witnout music. with
toe exception of Coati Via/Cern, by Mr. Dalton. Ois
Fridy night. M rs. staireroest atronised Mel.
yin'sa benent. The toss tot meccas w peirs, Larsen veli. n
peel Can, ibe Inn stale Urrl, and Ine Awned Glisid.
Melvin played dossamor an the pi.,y, the past he
made his Jet at in at Covent:4;4l..cl Virsa.re. aao in
which he was so successful, that he new. appear"'
in It again. '1 hire ads ware ever beton tie
Prince
arrived. His Royal Highness. wins his usual con-
descension. tepeetedly applauded Melvin ; nlll
pertormance 01 NI/cieei, in ire 'lagged Cban, was
repeatedly chest's:A Rohl the Royal bus. and ho-
enured by repeated bravos from the Ptit.ce. His
*Stag is stature itself. In the boa with tile Royal
Highness were the Russian Princess De Geremaut,
the Marquis and Marchsoness of incnester,
Craven, Lord Lake, Lady And bliss KligetSrOllC,
Mrs. inzherbert, Mr. and Lady lheoJusia
and Mr. Day. Earl Craven and Lord LAIC AI:-
companied the Prince to the Theatre. the other
parties were in the 'loose pei.w to His Royal High-
ness's arrival. The House was must Willtadt and
crowded.
Last night was Mrs. Mudie's benefit, and the
close of the Theatre ; and although followiln ng
Cole-
Mel-
vin's so closely, was briilessuly attended.
man's Heir at Lew, Mrs. biudie and Mr. Emery,
as Cr.& and Luise/ flonosion, received the
greatest applause. Melva played Pangless with
very good etre& ; and rivals Lexis, in Irreney
Duller, in Kenny's admit able Farce of Musing Sae
knead. Emery's Sam kept the house in contitinal
bursts of laughter. Ile also introduced the
enco Song
red.
of se I'm Yorkshire too," and was loudly
He never appeared to greater advantage. having
come torward, in the most liberal aid handsome
manner, for Mrs. Mudie's service. Miss Mudie, toe
the second time, played &saltine!, and displayed the
greatest vivacity, spirit, and humour. and was hue.
nuured with repeated plaudits.—Nirs. t'staiserbers
had a selea dinner on battuday, which was a ee,
loss to Mrs. Mudie.

A large ship was eapLuse.l, on aturd &Ott last,
uff Uover, by aPs rat from Suuiogay nT.

OLD .B.4ILLr, Nov. 1.
The Court was engaged in the follosehi+ trial,'
from eleven o'clock in the forenoon. unt.l six in the
evening. From the numhee.ol Jews. of boLli sexer..
who attended. it appeared to have excited co: sister/.
able interest with the people of that persuasion :
W!LIFUL MURDER.
Gearrellerjhton stand iadifted fur the wilful mur-
der of AlexinderHert,ly mortally wounding him
with a bullet, en the 11111 of Whether last, in BAt-
lane, in the perisli of Cheistaebnreh, Whitechapalt.
Mr. KNAPP stated the case on the part of the
prosecution.
Moses Moses,a,lany, aged fourregn, being first in.
terrcgated on the ornre of an oat/Wan& the crime
of false swearing. deposed, that OlkSaturda7 "en'
ing, between the hours of five.andeft, on tke loth of
last °Bober, he was playing it Mori. 'with several
other boys, on some ruins in Stride's-yard, Bell-
lane, Spitalfields. The deceased, Alexander Hart,
vas in company, and was also playing at hoop.
Witness saw the Prisoner throw a brick amongst
the boys ; after he had throvm it, he, went ,in at one
door, and soon after crime out qt ariotherwith a
gun in his hand; SA* him present it at the boys, and
fire. Imrnediati.:y after, he observed the deceased,
Hart, to tall do',i on his face. No other gun was
fired. Isperfeely sure the Prisoner at the bar is
the person whn fired the shot.
Cross-ezawine4 by Mr. /WAY.
He said there were diff:rent piles of bricks on the
premises, dire fly before the boost in which the
Prisoner resided, but that the boys did not at ail
interfere with them, nor HI down any of theta.
When the Prisoner threw the brick-Sat, the boys
ran off for some distance. The deceased was of the
Jewish persuasion.
William Samuels. a Jew boy, deposed, that he
works at a Cnal-died in Petticoat-lane ;I e was in
Scripe's•yard on the Saturday evening, when this
unto' innate occurrence took place; he was there a
clam; of an Loos, b-fore the [pip began to play at
hoop. Witness knew the taw deceased ;he Wei amongst
the boys who were playing. Witness l the
soar* this*/ a bi:clc-bat at the ys, he then went
to at his front doer. Several of the boys ran away ;
is err were in all about fifteen. 'Witness never saw
any of the boys go near the .lificlts, nor did they
throw any of them at the Noon's wit:claws.—
When the brick was thr.iwn by the Prisoner, the
deceased looked round And said, "There is some
one tinii.swing bricks us." The Prisoner almost
iums•diatey came out of his hack door, with either
a gun r a bland! buss in his hanil, and having
pointed it at rho d :ceased, fired off The piece; the
contents glues Hat, but Witness did not see him
tali. Wart ss was ilyn sitting no a turred-uo elm,
and shortly after went away ; when turning rota d a
c iiner, he 11l over the deceased. he picked bins
up, p.tt him uss his knee, and fout4 his mouth wit
a gore of hi sod; the deceased exclaimed-4, ON
my mouth I my back, my back 1" Witness then
put his hand around the back part •if his neck. .and
found a hole ; he also examined the coat and waist-
coat, and found that there was a hole corresponding
with the vroursi,througbboth of them. Witness then,
with none assistance, took the deceased to his
Alines rn Bell-line. a short dist ince tr. m the place ;
whom be was shot. Witness soon after t
urnreud.'
with soma other people, to Stripe's-yard, a they
having opened the front door, he saw the Prisoner
washing his hands.
On tits cross.examiaation by Mr. GLIADC. Wit-
ness said, that although he saw oho Prisiner pull
the trigger, he could not titinguisfs whether it was
a guts OT a blunCetbuss. The %Vitness was at that
time in Su. pa's yard, because it was his Sabbath,
sod he never did any work on that day. It wee
out of the door on the right-hand. supposing the
Witess to have stood with Mt back to the house,
thatn the Prisoner CAMS with the gun tithe moment
he fired lie went iu. sq
Jacob Joseph deposed, that on the evening when
the deceased was shot. he met the Prisoner close ts)
Stripe's-yard. He immediately put his hand in
his right-hand waisttasat pocket. took out some
shots and said. " shall shnut fotne 44 those arnelieg
them;" meaning the bop Witless iekilied, 4. Don't
use shot; ba it you want to frighteihgem, fire off
some loose Powder" In a few minutes aft r, he
beard ,he rvisrt of a gun. One Na an Lesewas
present at the converseton with the Prisontr. ,
Cr o.pexamierst Ay Mr. Attar. " •
Did not se.., when this conversation tooklibie*,
any other ptrsutt on the premises. He bad taw fee-
titer seq, at. itance svi h the Prisoner than merely
seems him on the hulling every day. Bore bins
no Witness pitied his livelihood by deal-
ing in old clothes. He swears positively that he
never was stopped by the Prisoner in the ea of
stealing timber off the premises. Due, not kaow
what a joist is, as he is an builder. Never was guilty
ithout
of taking any thing from off she remise w
permission. N-vr :61 hear the prisoner tell a Mr.
White, the purchaser of the materiels, that the wit-
ness was the person who itole away the timber.
Knows Anne Terry, never bad way conversation
with her on the subject of the testimony she should
give on this trial. Never told her to stick to the
evidence she gave on the Coroner's Inquest, or
made use of words to that im;ioit. Never promised
to get a holiday from her mivress to see the Priso:,er
hanged. Was never in the :ionic of her mistress,
although he was her neigatour. Nathan Last
tWOIC to the conversation between the Prisoner and
the last witness. He never wt. crincerued us taking
any timber m the days of his breath.
Anne Terry, a young and est:emely forward
girl, depo.ed, that she Eyed as a servai.- with Mr.
Isaacs, in Bell-lane. a short distance from 4here
the boy was shot ; she saw the Prisoner gleAte-
gun without any provocation. When he
tied+its Fee
went into the house, saying to himself, " D—:, or
eyes. Too young rascals!. 1 think l have shot soar '•
those into you now." Witness *swain mere of it,
but went home with her child. 4w her croso.ez-
arninatiott, she denied her ever hay* given any
different account. Never was in cbmp.,:sy with
the witness, Joseph. only when she watt the Co-
ronet's Inquest, and coming to the Court to give
her testimony ; never said she wished to see the
Prisoner or any man hanged ; positively denies that
Joseph ever spoke to her as to the evitittnoe slip
should give; knows Mr. White, but ruocr tow
:ivy that she would hang the pri.na.r.
Mr. G:ugh, Surgeon at the Lor2l-n

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iisldkr Mr. Thomas Blitard. teeelltdiel that the
dee:am-ed *as brought pelt.: I+.spital on the wee:l-
- M S'atanday, the :,10th ot o.9ohrt. He eia-
mine:crefe:tiocuund. It appeared to have toren ccca.
sinned by a bullet which ha i entered into the spine,
'between the last bone of the neck and the first
of the back. The deceased had loia the use of the
ettremities;Ven.tial e.onsequ-nee of x wound in the
sissaflnktrow. kle lived to eleven o'clock in the
foprention of the next day. Withe.s SAW his body
opened, and found the slut, which he then produced,
in the spinal marrow. Was confidant that the de-
ceased came by his death in consequence of that
wound.
Mordecai Lazarus proved the death of Hart the
next day.
The Prisoner heineeall .d upon for hi: defence,
gave in a written starernew, af..ging, that the en-
fortunate circumstance which had i iceo piece, had
been caused by accident. ant not by deilgis. He
had b .en employed as a carpenter, and had had the
misfortune to break his th:gh is two places, which
had prevented him from parsuing that business.
He was engaged by the proprietors of the property.
Messrs White end other genii.. men, to superintend
it; and in consequence of sever al robberisi having
been committed, one of the proprietors gave him
a musket, with some powder, and small shot, its
order to enable him to repel any attempt that might
be made upon subsequent occasions. This musket
he fired off every evening. with powder alone, in
order to frighten robbers away. Upon the day on
which the accident happened, he WAS violently as-
sailed by a parcel ut boys, with stones and bricks ;
he fired over them, with powder only, till at length,
having been forted into his house, and lading him-
self still attacked, he was under the necessity of
firing with shot, entirely in self defence. In vain
had he applied for the assistance of a peace officer.
none was at that time to be procured. He wished
to ask the Jury, whether, under such circumstances,
they could imagine that this was wilful minder ?
It could not be alleged that he knew the.usforta.
nate boy, as he had never before seen him. He
could not have any wish to obtain property through
the death of the deceased, nor could he possibly
have any end in view by accomplishing his death.
He had not committed any robbery, and this was
the first time lie had ever been disgraced by
standing at that Ear. He concluded by making a
solemn appeal to God, as to his innbeence, but if
be was dooined to suffer by theverdift of the Jury.
he should resign life with composure to him that
gave it, Lk hopes of forgiveness in a fume state.
The rtiatiner then called the following Wit.
nesses:—
Mr. Thomas White, a coal-merchant, and onll.,
of the Proprietors of the premises in question. Hi`
had recommendefkgie litisoner, as beihg a person
worthy of trust, to protaft the mod property
from depredations, :and had assigned Lim a house
to reside in, when so occupied. tie furnished him
with the musket and toe shot, which he had bought
in the time or the riot, in 1780, and had instruaed
bins to fire over the heads of those who assailed bias.
He knew of his own knowledge, that several depre-
dations had been committed. He had seen the
former Witness, the little girl. Ann Terry, on the
Monday morning, before the Coroner's Jury sat.
She was close to trim when he we, speaking to the
man, endive heard her say to him she would hang
the man (the Prisoner) ; his answer was, " Yds'
little puss, do you know any thing of this concern ?"
To this she replied, that "it End not signify, he
shculd be hung upon the ground." The Witness
had upon former oetasions entrusted the Prisoner
with very consideriblif property, and had always
found him esceectingly hoothlal, and worthy of
couhdence.
Mr. Win. White, a dealer in building materials,
in partuershipaelth a Mr. Tucker. He bad pur-
chased some upon the premises, and had placed
them under the care of the Prisoner. There were
Carer joistrlbst during the time they were under
"is care; and upon the Monday afterwards, he, Mr.
Tucker, and the Prisoner, were standing upon the
premises, when: to glee best of his recolleaion, Ja-
cob Joseph, sad Nathan Levi, two former wit-
nesses, passed by, and the Prisoner said, "'!'here
are the men who stote your timber." He was sure
that one at them had sea h-ir like Joseph, and
they both hung dowa their heads not to be Ken.
Mr. Tucker corroborated this testimony, as to
the Prisoner having accused these two men of hav-
ing stolru Cte tither, and that the Prisoner said, at
the same time, " Take nOttee of them, they hang
down their heads that we may not see them."
Charies Buck. a porter to Messrs. Croydon and
Sons, Auttionfers, deposed, that ne aaually saw
Joseph and Levy taking away the timber; and,
when doing so, they were so surroanded with a par-
cel of riotous boys, that he and otLers were Mutsu-
dated from challenging them.
Martha Smith deposed. that she lived neat to the
premises, her back windows looking tutu them.—
Upon the night when this fatal circumstance took
place, she heard much riot amongst the boys, and
SAW them attacking the Prisoner most violently
with bricks and stones. She saw him struck most
violently over the bead, and after he had retired into
his own habitation, she heard the repot t of the gun
whisk hems(' tired
John Jones deposed, that be was a labourer, in
the employment of the putchasers of the peonies.
On the Ithh Oa. he took in some tools, about hell
past five, the windows in the lower casement, Miele
the Prisoner resided, were then all veLole. He re-
turned in the morning about eight o'clock, arch on
his opening tire shutters, found two panes of glass
staved in, and two starred. There were pieces of
biros, which he produced on the table, under the

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.winalow.
"Mr. Spurgb, of No. 54, Crispin•street, Spite'
l'lrrelds, was acquainted with the Fertons of the two
vaitne.imas, Joseph and Ann Teri y. I-le, this day,
',resting the trial, saw-Joseph in company with her,
gild is deep conyereatian ; was near enough to hear'
$Ollll,l pan of it. He particularly. overheard Joseph
say to Ann Tetty,• sislr to that. There were
there MU at) the' ght whispering tegeider, near
the tint step eqrhing up into Court.
Mr. Jirtie,Waret.4le. erisoner'slattorney, de.
posed, that Islinstiit 1344 any COAVerfati' ' Wsth the
witness Joseph. nor did he direetly
.to any thtiag :o intirciiate hnn.
'bets Joseph semis. and allu the

r or *stilted y
Witness knew
house iss