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London, England, 1818-02-17 00:00:00

PETITIONS
CMIPLAMTEG. OF 'rift. OP Fit ATION OF Ttir
ALT FAR. THE SUSPF.S/EON OP THE HABEAS
MR PUS.

[Prteotited to the Mow of Crlt:mios, February 13, 13111 j
ammo..
JOSEPH mitaint.L.

A Petition of Joseph Mitkffiell, of Liverpool, was pee-
armed and read; *ruing forth; that the Pelitiorter, whilst
atteeditteim his business as agint to leveed pildishers, had
no the evening of the thl of March, 1111, his lodgings in
Manchester forcibly catered, his bed-rernsi sesirebed for his
prune sail papers, and iiitelPitswestmettam attempted to he
opened by fah* keys sent *Allt-isseis, by Joseph Nadia,
Tiepin y Constable of Stawebeifir, ow/ two of hie twee tidied
listeners; that the Petitioner befog informed of this Dor-
hornet visit by a peeves who liftlpernel he be in the Ironer at
the time, end beard the kotli 1 threetfewed wish the Inas
of his Beeper if be informed die Petitioure thereof, the
Phtitioare. bevies • wife nod sin young ebildren to prnviiii
fur, sought refuge in the house of w friend; that the Peti-
tioner was driven Cross olds retreat by Nathan and his as-
sistants, who forcibly entered his friend's Imam in the
night, and reareliekl the same ; and is this manner was the
Petitiower driven from borne to hewer, Bodin threatening`
be would have him lucked tip in prism if it emit hip
(Nadia) 51101.; thus was he permed until the 9th of Sinn*
whim he left Manchester to sreb a restiapplace in the
mushy. but being still pm aned, I. disconsolate
family in Liverpool; that the Petitioner bad sot remained
many days with hie arouized 'flintily before be woe ;.-
formed that the Police were 'lend to stitch- his house,
and fairing that Ike shock uccasiosied by his being
dragged from borne in the dead of the night (that
being the time generally chosen for fairing Reformers
from their beloved, faatilier) would be too great foe Pit
afflicted wife sod six , youth' but •ifeetioaate children
• to bear, be thesefore again sought an asylum in the corn-
try; that the Petitioner, heeler returned into e. the vic
nit), ef Manchnwee, was loitered, informed that a num-
ber of penises harlAvest apprehended at a peblie-lanes iu
Slaschoder. charged with haven-conspired together fee the
purpose of dertroying that town, many of which persous (Ise
all connected with such a plot) wore believed to have hewn
led aad instigated thereto by spies ead heforneers, who had
gone aboirt fur the avowed purpose (as the Pelitioser was
internee.) of making Manchester, as they called it, a 'mond
Moseew ; that the Petitioner. finding this to be no resting-
place Cu, him, proceeded into Yorkshire, where he was
advised to proceed to Loudon and elate these facts, with the'
impulse °pinks* thereon, to rose men who were both able.
and willing if possible in trace these plots to their tree
mitre; that the Pelitioaer whilst Is Unities net with a
Person named Oliver, who profersed to be a Reformer, and
who revel the Pelitiuser t.. *are Laudon with hieketatime,
that the Petitioner was ie hanger of tw3 apprehended is
Londe*, and that he (Oliver) weskits emigrant apprehension
of being taken up, and that be Ihefeberefure determined to
leave the conistry, and was thee going in Liverpool so see a
friend of his set sail fur America, and alas to perjure a pas-
sage fur himself and family ; the. the Petitioner left Lou-
don in company with the paid CEirei on the tfith of Aped,
robe make road requested the P.stithoher to illumine, him
to a fewiteedy Refonners leery of the towns through which
they passed where the Pethiuner had soy skrpetntintee,
which be areordingty did, 111 Iniusinghein. Wakefield, and
Leeds, believing hint Se a real Iteforeeer ; that on the
eth of May the Petitioner korai seised by two reams she
tookkhisn by she collar as be was wadi:bog oa the higherey to-
wards Unddersfiehl, and eumesaudeil him to relent femme
twee who ;these refEaus said) wanted lion, which cositersed
the Pleiiiiisiorr refused to comply with, making them by what
skoshocity they slopped him us the Rises highway.? I. which
question they reins-sling nu asswerolie Petitioner Woresped
to pruned OM Lit journey, when the tedium agate Visite hint
thy the collar, saiil,4 We will let you see oar authority;" that
the Petitioner was by them detained on the Kings highway
until live or six other mesa Ca 1111.• up to them, who ordered
him to ge steal: with them : the Petitioner then inquired by
what authority they detained and ordered him to go slung
with them, when two of them said that they were Special
Constables, and that the Petitioner airmail know further
when be gut to the place to which they intended to lake
him, adding that, if the Petitioner refused to go with throe
they would compel him, bidding sense of their fellows thil
drag him slung; that the Petitiesor was therefure obliged Se
go with them to a peblie-house, situated Is a lonely place
e tiled Guiker Hilt, where he was tatuited and othWvtioe
abused through the 'whole of the reclaim; that when the
Petitioner retired t. bed, a person was put into his teeny -
who, pretending so be a Reformer, etipressed, notch en- „
Bret that it should have fallen to his lot ti guard a per-
son whom he could sot hut respet as it brother, and
who eselaimed in bitter terms against those who were •
the cause of such unjuht pruceeiliego, adding, that not
wily a total change iu Kings, Castlereagh., and Com-
mons," must take place. but that "all MUM he pulled down
before any gent would he done for the people ;" which
wretch the Petitioner believes (as he then told him) was
placed there fur the purpose of leading the Petitioner into
MIMIC violent expresrion ; and the Petitioner was eolith:seed
in this opiihion, ley hearing norther persist, rough behind the
door, en which the Petitioner ilenieudied that this vile fellow
should leave the room ; that she Pstititwer wis next day
taken before Justice 'Nigh, of fritheidevifield, who, sell one
Brooks, of Caulker Hill, stating that the Petitioner was a
Hort/ruler, and hail +Heeded public meetings, and that a re- ,
grata was offered by Gov't-einem for his apprehension, or-
tiered him to he reinaitiled. On the Petitionir retool/I'lmi-
ieg soonest brink; detained On so verse a eliseze, the wordy
Justice replied, " He wont.' take all resehousithility epos
laimaelf," nod delivered the Petitioner lotto Ilet care of a
Polies Officer easel Viliteliestl; that the Petitioner was
conducted by fl'hitikhead iota a roue' iu the George
Huddersfield, where he asked the Petitioner if be would pay 1
for a person to-guard him, ea which the Petitioner replied
that be bed neither the power sir the will to pay motley for
airy each purpose; thew Whitehead hade Petitioner to follow
him I. a ledgius wirkil he said wee much better than the
Petitioner dowered ; that the Petitioner was then put into
a plats tailed Towser, the most damp and aatieeons
duso-
getoe imagiaable, listing no fire in it, the floor of which
wenwearly cowered with human exeremeets, the bedding be.
pond deseriptiou filthy, and the Work place was fetid to
such • degros, that the Petitiosier seereely thought it pos-
sible to exist therein until the oaft day; that the Peti-
tioner reinaimed in this issoseuris place tweedy-six hours,
after which he was removed to a route where Oliver sp.
peered as a prisother, in areal agitation; ',the Petitioner
was shortly removed to another house, where be slip iron-
ed, thee placed between ewit thief-takers in a chaise, and
conveyed to Manchester Police Oilier, and thence to
the New Bayley Primo ; that the Petitioner, when in the
Polite Office, and also is the New Bayley, tkarsoided to be
informed for what he was detained, end by what authority
be had bete apprehended, bat sn answer was given to him
moil the ?lb of Slay, when the Petitioner was brought be-
fore a somber of geutienreu is s room harassing t• the New
Bayley, where one of them appeared to preside; here Nadia,
the Deputy Constable, deposed, that he had seen a warrant,
signed (Ise doubted not) by the Secretary of State, anthu-
nsing the apprehrnshon of Mr. Mitchell on a charge of
High Treason ; that this warrant had bees returned to the
Hone: Office, because they had heird that the Petitioner
was gone to America; that the Petitioner requested
to know whether the Gratlearen who presided intruded to
keep him in custody on the mere deposition of Nadin' when
he was informed that it vies their intention to detail' him
until they bepril further from the Home Office; the Peti-
tioner the'* requested to withdraw to his cell sod otraw•lted. I
which war granted, where he remained until about twelve
Welch.* un the night of she Nth of May. when he was or-
dived to prepare for London; Boring his confinement in the I
Blevellayley, the Petitioner was insult/hi with the felons' al-
looser, of food. and was told that Nordin bail given orders
that nothing elie should be gireis to Lim; thst the Peti-
tiuner nog then hastiltuffed, situ w emoliteted to the Police ;
(Mee, thence to the conch, alotwee-eitere-very heavily ironed,
which irons lit bore all the way to London ; being arrived j
there, the Petitioner was taken hi a public-hens( in Bow-
streri, 4114 friOn thence before the Seen tary of Slate, who er-
dered Ilion to be put into close confinemeut until the 20111 of j
Ma), when he was to lee brought up Cur exaiiiinati 0000 , as he I
undkrslooki; that the Pit Minter it ar takes to Cold Bath-