The National Register.
London, England, 1818-11-30 00:00:00

ALLet:Ell NII.ROCII IN A CONVICT SNIP.

Mr. BoHand prayed that Captain Drake, who was brought
up by Hateas Corpus from Maidstone-gaol, might be admit-
ted to hail in a case of murder.
The Attorney General desired that the affidavits on both
sides might be then read.
These affidavits, which were very long and numerous, as
well as the informations taken before Mr. Carter, the Magis-
trate at Greenwich, disclosed in substance the fallowing elr-
conistances —The ship Chapman sailed from Cork with con-
victs for New South Wake, in March, 1817. Every tiling
went on well till the ship arrived at St. ago, when there was
a slight quarrel beta ern some of the convicts and the sol-
diers. At this time it seamed that a convict of the time of
Collins (whether front a view to procure himself his liberty,
or from what tnotive did not appear), had persuaded the
officers mid the doctor of the ship, that there existed among
the convicts a conspiracy to rise upon the crew and take the
ship. The officers, impressed with the truth of this story, on
the night of the 17th of April, after the convicts had gout: to
bed, and had been fastened down by the chain cable being
placed upon the scuttles, caused the crew to tire down upon
the convit-ts,which was done for two hours. according to sonic
of the affidavits for only one, according to others. Three
I of the convicts were killed and a great many wounded : they
lay ;roaring and crying out for the doctor all night, but no-
body came in them till near nine o'clock the next morning.
The doctor then told them that it was all their own faults,
for they had conspired to rise on the crew; this they all
solemnly denied- They were afterwards brought up to the
hatchway, and examined on their kness, as to this supposed
conspiracy, particularly as to a saw and turnscrew which
they were supposed to have secreted. They all denied
the conspiracy, and on their births Win; searched, nothing
was found but a few nails and a tile. After this, the convicts
were treated with great harshness ; arse rat floggings took
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place, and one man had a bayonet run into him Verause he
ci red out while sonic fetters were revelled on his leg %Oh red
h=it rivets. The convicts were repeatedly threatened with
death ; and on the night of the 22d of April, after they had
retired to bed, and been fastened down as before, a

second fiiing on them look place from all parts of tlir snip,
and lasted nearly two hours. Another WAS killed, and or-
teral more wounded, and no asristance afforded till the next
morning. On the 21th of June, four or five of the convicts
were chained into the jolly boat, and one of them shot ;
atuither was put in the long boat, where he died in foar days.
All the affidavits assert( d that there had beam no conspiracy
whatever, nor aity resistance, or the slivitest appearance cf
resistance, either before the first firing, between that and the
second firinit, after that firing, ar during tiny part of the
voyage. The crew had been -heard to speak of Collins as
the saviour of toe ship ; and after the 17th of April, the
emtviets had been treated on all occasions with the most
ielcutless severity. The. atEdas its I,l'several soldiers on
board the ship Stilled, that the firings dud 1101 continue alio% a
10 minutes or a miartet of all hour ; ACCOliling to seine, not
iiwre than five or six minutes ; that it beher had burr, gi.
nerally entertained among the crew that the conviet in-
tended to rise : mid that !refute the tiring cowl: ice I a
disimh,thee was heard among the prisoners below, mail an
Marin giviri that they weme breaking hoo.e. On the mitt
hand, the affila,.it of one of the convicts siated, that hr hail
overheat Clements and Baxter, two of the clew, agree tq

give ail alarm, in order that the tiring might commence.
The affidavit of the Captain stito.l, that Inv entiort4 ner(-
2i)o in (lumber; that he was informed by Iti• mste anti nen
that they were or a most riotous disposition ; that on the
niadsts of the firing they had DV Ctiipleil to Weak the lucks
or their prison, and had been heard by !:int fa say that it
was a bad job, they had all been found out ; hot that,
though they failed !bun, they %solid try anon3er time. tie
nail received the most tihblinet Inform:Mon from Collins, that
there was a regular organized coastal:try to take the stop.
The filings took plate Win t any (nth(' from the oifirers,
there helm; a great distortranct. Isrlow, and the crew etyine
..sit !hat the prisonets were i-nnitz, upon tlietitt. tiring
oad been stoppeti softly by the exertions of the facets ; tot
the Crr w ;vele thasperntell to the last degree, having and •r
5t,,.,t1 they welt. all to be pot to death. ilk affidavit
tated, that he h,td given au orders whateverler the strati' of
the convict who was shut in the j..lty boat. Their were
seve. al other affidavits in corroboration or the cal tai..'s:
tit. y a:liled, that there was such a panic among the clew that
the firing had tomine.iceti while the cap Wit was in he(
cabin, without his orders, and even contrary to them; that

NOY SO

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1111 the exertions of 1. e utli:•er. ho.l bc. n ...I,ll%ading to stop
Ilse tiring iu ICSIi 111:111 tril minute,' or a quarter of an hour.
CaiefJust ire Ab'sdit.—Ntr. Attorney General, sit the alit.
ttations 113Ve been r. ad upon ssli.cll the prisoner was com-
mitted, and some on behalf ; th.. Court thinks that this is
a case in w•dieli the paisoner should be oil to eive bail ;
of crier se it wilt Ire arcertisined that the bail are sufficient.

The Attorney o...neral said, there was no objection to the
bail, who we, e then sworn ; hl r. Lee, ship builder, and
Meseirs. Chapman. merchants, of Rotheraithe.
Assn/LT.—Belinda Taatie, Thomas Butilthee, Joseph
Parish, awl George Carroll, were called on for judgmeat,
having pleaded guilty, by their counsel's advice, to an
ment for an assault on Lady Welk-mike and her grand dank-
to s in August last.
Mr. Gurney said, he forbore to pray judgment against Ile-
liuela 'naafis. ; and as Carralt did not appear, awl his conduct
Was less blameable than that of the other, he should idly
nothing as to him. He then stated thin particulars of the case.
The two young ladies were on a visit to tl.eir grandmother,
and in her custody, when the mother tiled to take them from
her by an application to the Court of King's Bench ; and that
failing, had recourse. to violence. And us hat account did Mr.
Boulthee give —that lie was a merchant and a gentlemaa ;
and yet he came on an appoiutenent only one day old, to make
an attack on four helpless females, with persons who wei e
not known to him—a waterman and a prize fighter ; pretty
company for a gentleman to join himself to, in such an enter-
prise! 'flee prize-fighter, too, had pistols; and though it %sae
I stated that they were not loaded, they :right hare been time
aught Mr. Boulthee knew. Ile found, by his own account,
that the young ladies were unwilling to leaf e their grandmo-
ther, lout he still continued to act as director and commander.
When Parish endeavoured to drag the young ladies out of
the carnage, and thi• footman inlet fitted to prevent him,
" Knock that fellow down," was the language of this gentle-
man, who, by his own account, was endeavom ing to prevent
all violence. This was the language he held to a prize-
fighter ; and then he sent away, according to his own account,
the persons who were assembled to take Mrs. 'ratifies part.-
It was impossible to believe this. All the oilier affidavits
were to the contrary, and said that the by-slanders cried out
shame for such an attack on an old lady. lie then desired
them to go away; it was probably becanse they did not
go away that this effort of the defendants proved nissuccessful.
Mr. Boulthee said, that he had gone into the carriage at Lady
Culebrooke's request; but the footman said it was at Mrs.
Taaffe's; that site had in fact resigned it herself, and disclaimed
any right to oall her carriage her own. Stich an outrage as
this, its the open day, was disgraceful to the country in which
It happened ; but it would be much snore so, it' the author of
it was set at large upon giving security, because that lie saki
that he telt some contrition. And what sort of contrition was
this;—such as persons often felt when they were before the
.Cuurt, who never telt it on any other occasion. The conduct
of a gentleman, who coald join with a waterman and a prize-
fighter, upon such an occasion, was not to be distinguished
front dial of any unprincipled ruffian. The prosecutors were
actuated by nu vindictive feelings; but they wished to show,
that an outrage should not be committed with impunity on tli
persons of unprotected females.
Mr. Justice Bayley, in passing sentence, said, that the pri.
scams' offence was one of an aggravated nature, anti such au,
fortunately for the police of the country, rarely omit red—a
systematic plan to way-lay a carriage, in which there was one
female sa years old, and three others sunder ; and this was
said to be in aid of Belinda Tautly,. her of two of the young
ladies, in order that she might have an opportunity of seeing
them. The defendant Parish was not any servant of Mis.
Taaffe's, nor any coanexion of hers ; and the only account
given of him was, that lie was a prize-fighter, and had pistols
in his ;rocket. though it was said they were not loaded. He
had no connexion with Boultbee prior to the assault in ques-
tion. Boulthec'a account was, that he was must reluctantly
prevailed on by 11 r-. Taatte, to assist her in au attempt to see
her children, and protect her from the outrage of Lady Cole-
brooke's footman. Did he make any inquiry before lie en-
gaged in such all undertaking? Did he nut know Ilia if they
were detained agailist their will, and wrongfully, the law
would protect them by a Halters Corpus Or did he trust
implicitly to Mrs. 'las& ? His • affidavit did not state that
he had not 1.111 knowledge of all these circinnstances. Hon.
ever, lie was overcome by Mrs. Tattle's importunity ; and he
then suet her by appointment on Hampstead-heu;lo— not to go
to Lady Colebrooke's house—and he saw (what would have
opened the eyes (daisy rettecting person) two men with Mrs.
Tuatie, one of them having pistols in ilk pocket, though not
loathed. Instead of remonstrating, he placed himself on a
ilackues-coach. Lady Colebrooke's carriage came in view
wi:eis she carriage in %Odell Beall bee was seated so conducted
itself as eonsplettly to obstruct the way. If hr had uniy
wished that Mrs. Taal& should speak with her ilaiigliti 1.,
they might have done without violence. But what was tile
case ? The doors were Opened, and an endeavour made to
force the young wOulese out. A waterman, a prize.fighttr,
and two other 1111-11 attacking one woman of eighty cud three
tin.lci twenty. 7.%11. Boullbee stated, that seeing the young
wumen not so within;: to join their mother as he had been lcit
to exrect, he &sard his ronquanious lid ens e: by which he
had adaliteed, that down to that time the v Irul aeon d with
cinage,. Did I.e then (ilia the cart irge and leave La.'s' COI,.
urooke to mitten innianeateli i; No! lie aunt Me;. rt.

reeded in the carriage to Loo don. 111F11111114! on Mrs. Tatitti 'a
right to have the•ohildreit. Mr. Boitittire took credit that
11,111 prevented the crowd limn inert asing the suissoyan. e
Lady Colebrook,. But in what a situation mast he i ova
pt.,eed that lady, when, from the impetuosity of w 1111'1111
woman. he had drawn upon h.rtheiudrl:nal of a crowd Ile
had stated the circumstances in the most !avowable manner,
and according to Mr. Bonither's affidavit. The affidavits Da
the other side gave a much worse view of the case. He Ia I
lent himself most ititjestilia and improdentiv to a won's'
.can was not a cool judge of what bite was about to do; he
had trot himself 111 an outrage. soli!' as fortiimitely was n. t
triathent. 'llse Court would slit Ill) its Judy, it it did u. t
protect others from a 'tar slitot;s r ; :11111 hun es et. bald Ile
1111 l isionent might appeal, it was 1114”.1 l'Clllll%lle 1118 t befitsl
moo acted on such °erasion. he should think. The Coe t
therplore sentenced Bouithee to four calendar months'
psiiamtnesst in the custody of the Marshal of the Nlassinslo
to lien security fur good behaviour, to pay a line of lOW . w,d
be further ituprisoned till it was paid.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 23.
UV NRtlillT V. BRAMAN.

Ti Waft 7tu notioit against tin tlttendant fur t riminal
vm.vin with the plaintiff's wile. It was hied at t.inilJha ,
in Aauli,t, Itilo, bi•fore the late Chief Justice of the Co, •
man Pleas, alit( it verdict given use the plaintiff, with t -
",..gcs 1.0,' I 0001.-1► happened that the plaintiff had
•111.11 tudt bed it, the ilefeudaut iu a :WU of :14.101. It tt

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agreed, that that should be pm, by way of set ati•, ill part of
s-itisfaction of the damages; and, at a meeting between the
val ties and their respective solicitors, the remainder was paid,
v itia the tiostA, and a receipt in full given. The
lii.wever, neglected having caused satisfaction of judgment to
be entered on the record—a commission of bankruptcy
issued igiinst the plaintiff, Wright, and the assignees were
procep4i3g at id W, to compel tue plaintiff to pay the
whole tlootag..s over attain.
Mr. Scrjrant Best applied to the Court for a rule to slim
ramie why satisfaction of judgment should not be allowed to
he entered nu the record.
• Thu Court said, they hhould.grant the rule to spew cause ;
but, when cause came to be sliewed against it, they should
ri.nuire affidavits confirming the alledged facts, in the strung-
ea and clearest terms, to silesai that Mere was am sort of
between the parties in the action, to the injury et the
as i ;aces.

A circular letter has been forwarded from Lord Sitlinoutli's
office to the High Sherds, Alayurs, and other chief
officers throughout the Kingdom, requiring returns to be
made in the Mat week of January next, containing—
" An iexount of all the Gaols, Houses of Correction, or Perdten-
tiarie; in the United Kingdom ; specifying the number of persons
rommitued to each, and the greatest number of persons coniined in
cyfi, at any period of the yea tgla ; distinguishing tried from un-
triA, males from females ; those under the age of 17 from tha..e
ab.r.ie it ; also nailer what jurisdiction add superintendacxe each
prison is placed, what number of prisoners each is calculated to con-
tain. into what number of separate classes or departments it is di-
vided, and how far the number of those divisions can, without great
ia•.nnvenience or expeas.., lie increased ; also an account of ail allow-
an x of food, money, or clothing made to prisoner.; ; of the value of
abour dote, and the application thereof ; and generally of the sub-
aisting regulations for t•te discipline and government of each prison,
and in what instance:, those regulations had been deviated from in
the eintrie of the year ISM ant w!lat has ben the irtticion of such
iLviation, and under what authority it has been allowed, in all such
prisons respectively."

The following are some further particulars reverting flee
fire which took place at Carroll's Lottery (dlive, Cornhill
Mr. Carlon resides at IV:diktats-tow, and no person lived in
Vie house in town ; an oil lamp, covered with glass, was always
left burning on theemittier ; the gas lead been menial Ott pre-
vious to the clerks quitting the pre muses, sad, therelme, how
the tire happened it is impossible to ascertain.—Mr. Smith's
child, the culler, in Loteiliartistreet, was Saved through the
activity and perseverance of Jones, one of the Rank Nlessen-
gem ; lee met Mr. Smith on the stairs, and upon learning he had
a child in bed in the upper story of the house, lie immedi-
ately wrest with hint, snatched the child front the heel, and
On returning 'loan stairs, the flames sari onaded them, auti
Mr. Smith's hair was nearly burnt otr; we are sorry to add
Mr. S. received a serious injury in the leg. lie wits 'astir-
cd, but nut to the mu mut of property lost.-011 the Saler.
day arise-mete. soon after four o'clock, the neighbourhood or
Ltentratel.street was alarmed by the cries and screams of the
passengers, oceasioneil by the fall of the front of Nit. Sondes
home, which had remai :eel in a preCaliJlll situation frerei the
tire before mentioned. At the time the wall gave way, the
street was crowded with passengers and persons looking at
the destruction the tile had caused. Tell or tw,•lve persons
were heirieel in the ruins. A very respectably dressed female
was so li injured that she was conveyed away apparently
lifeless, having an eye knocked o 1: t, and her le•ael greatly in
jilted. 'flue son of air. Mack reth, crofter, in Combat 41-street,
aged 13, was so dreadfully lounged that he was taken home
and died in 0 short !line ; J. sntlerson, of the Plicenix tire
Office, had his skein shitekiegly f, ac hired ; little girl, about
seven yeare old, was killed ; two lads and a working mall were
also taken from the ruins, the latter was put upon a shutter
nod carried to the hospital ; two of Mr. Smart's some of the
rating house in George•streel, were in company with young
Mackreili, and were baried in the ruins; one died the same
night, and the other is .aid to be in a dangerous state. Several
other persons weer taken away, and we fear the injury they
have sitstained, although not fatal, will lie uf a very serious
stature. I)ining the erhole of the night the street was crowd-
ed vs ith ankimis inquiring friends; and, lietwitlistaticling the
f ttal accident, the firemen and City police edict'', had great
elitlienly in preventing the idle curiosity Of La:libema fiolll
risking a similar remit:rue', as the remaining part el' the
bllildiO4 was expected to fall every moment. The street war
bare icadoed, neither carriages nor toot passengers were suf-
fered to pass. Carriages sieve alia prevented parsing through
Corithill, as the front of Mr. Carioll'a Manse remained in the
same dengetrous state. By the fall of Mr. Smith's wall, the
Clearing house opposite hatl a great WIWI/CIO' windows bro-
ken, but the Bankers' Clerks, alio attend at that hour. fur-
tinentely escaped any injury. Gt consequence of the above
melancholy event, the mail conches were not Alt0".1ell to enter
Llinbard-,treet ; they drew up in Coruhill and near Use haul. ;
the bags were conseyett to them.
SHAMEFUL. Ontrage.—On Tuesday evening, a soldier, in
the midi vet of Ike boards, n cut into the black 'nitrite:-
1i arse, Little l'oweu Hill, and after drisrkitig some heir, ten-
dered eikpenee in payintent, and received the change : he
sooty after.. aret• insisfed that tile change hail not been given
to him, and aletiongh revere% of the persons who were present
and saw the money hatitied to him, entlea.oured to convince
Isms that he was ititertaktii, he persisted in his demand, and at
tilt went out threateniug vengeance against every person in it,
an its, usat, ti. e ninnites lie ermined with lg of his comrades,
vir to were quatlc cii ill tile Ileigllbt/Illilaati, who immediately
f weed themselves into the v arteries apartments uf the house,
wined themselves will; the tire_icons, and c ttttt smenced a go.
Ti a-al attack neon the family. customers, and property. :ait•
veral persons elected their escape at the back part of the
premises, valeta mete dieadfully beat and wounded. On
their entrance they took possession of the bar, broko all the
bottle's, and wasted the liquor. A man, his wife, and child wets
sitting there at supper; the child was torte filial; the mother
and thruwn into the the place, the mother knocked down,
and the father inhinnauly beaten. Several licielilsours hem
tir cry of mai tier assembled 111 fl'ollt of the hait•e, bet were
ii:imielated by the violence of the sonnets, and wimessed
tiet•ir shameful conduct without being able to prevent it.
After demolishing the windows, dour, and the trading stock
of the liattae, anti cumpeiliug every permits to fly, they quitted
the place. Mr. Arnold, the landlord, collected his Mends
4.1.1 aevetel wetchnien and went in pursuit of the rioters.
After tati.;etst search he succeeded iu taking nine ut they;
iato costmly, ...id lodged them in a watch-house.
The earlier. Journal pays—" The ralvan rage of salt to sheep is
strongly cseatiplitied by the kiUirg of Mr. Cuswen st,hearling smith
Doan this year. Thl: tans were !ert.t-tly tflund, winch
.wa3
rarely
theca-v. Vor wet situations, salt i.. mort Dl r. I. mama bas
killed 31) utf cede, anti not it single hail, two., anti seal,:cly the
.11 ppt at aa t iatke or worm upon e.o.m. Ihe shrill on cote ;Jul
Stionpreceived bait lance tunes a %Oa.

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