The National Register.
London, England, 1815-07-30 00:00:00

1101,10 E,

H ATTO N GARDEN.
At.ArtittNe RIOT AND DII.TURAAN.Ct AT MR. Twaura's IN.
CNANC::a T—L. AN Z. —• 011 TillifSthy Wm. Gardircr, a waiter out of
pktee, who lived last at the wine-yaults corner of Fleet-street and
Fleet-rntrker, and %%kn. Turley, journeyman to Mr. Adamson, pas-
try-co, k, 41, Fleet-street, were brought up horn the watch-
hottsetor examination, charged with committin4 a most wanton and
alarming riot and disturba,xe in Chance-v-lan-. on the preceding
lyitia an intent to d:itioy the house of Mr. Oliver Turner, law-
stationer, and murder him and family, and with tusaulting the police
officers stationed there for the protection of the house.
Mr. Turner, Mr. Reader, and several gentlemen from that neigh-
bourhood attended, and represented the great danger Mr. Turner and
tan.l4 w:re in, from an infuriated mob of several hundred persons
a.sembled in front of Mr. Turner's house, for the purpose f pulling
it dow.n, and murdaing him and family; and that It was to the vigt-
-11:1;:e and activity of the police offl-ers they owed ;heir safety,
It appeared that. on IA e;luestlay evening, after the body of Eliz t
.1';:1;I:Ilg(wilo was executed
.that tuorning, found guilty of attempt,
1:1;.; :5 polio:a the fant7ly of 4114., Turir,r) wa4 iC:IIjVC:t Iruiii Novgitj

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to the house of her father in tile neighbourhood of Gray's Inn-lane.
the moll, on whom it was strongly impressed that she stiff:red lr no-
eently, and that Mr. Turner contributed to it by swear-in,: away her
life, and refusing to sign her Petition to the Prince Rege ,t tor a re.
prievc, began to assemble in great numbers in front of his house in
Chancery-lane, cryiug out, " This is the house, let 'is pull it ifewn,"
This and such cries causal the assemblage to increase,
The Police Officers were sent for, and about nine o'clock, W,'
Reed, jun. W. ThistLton, C. Brown, J. Limbrick. and C. Virgin,
trout this Office, and S. Lack, from Bow-street, attended, and exerted
thetwelves to th:perqe the crowd, which' at that time greatly ex.
c:vt!ed one
_thousand persons, and who were pelting :he wlndo%vs wit h
mud and dirt; .whilst some cried our," Pull it down ! Pull it down !''
'they put straiv on the palisadoes in front of the house, to distin.
Knish it from the other houses. Tltc Officers pulled out their stare/
and exerted tbcinselves peaceably to disperse the mob, but to no pur.
pose. The cry of " This is the house of the murderer ! pull it
down 1." was vociferated iro:n s:veral per..ons, amongst whore the
prisoner, Wm. Gardiner, was one of the most active and conspico.
nos, instigating the owl) to acts of violence. The ()Meets,
tempting to disperse the mob, were pelted, and received several
blows. The pri,oner, Wm. Gardiner, having struck W. Theselton,
he • woe secured by the other officers, who, with The assistance
of the petiole and constables, conveyed him to t:agle-arrest
house. _ _

Tim prisoner Turley, followed them haranguing the mob, and en.
couraging them to rescue th it companion twin the blood-hounds,
and nut sufiCr him to be locLed up ; a party of the officers succeeded
in securing him also, and placed him in she watch-hciuse, The 014 cal
returned imineiliately afterwards to Chancery-lane, where the nip*
were still collected in treat numbtrs, but by the activity of dire.
officers, who kept patrolling up and down the street 40; tweiya
o'clock at night, the crowd (a great part of whom appeared to bs
assembled out of idle curiosity) dispersed, and peace was restored.
On Mr. Adamson passing his wont tor the appearance of his Our.?
neyman, Turley, on a future day, if required, he was reprimanded
and discharged a and Wm. Gardiner, fur absaultengrhe °dicers iu thy
execution of their duty, and also with creating a riot and disturbances
was committed, for want of bail, to take his trial at the Sessions..
Thentob continued to assemble on Friday and yesterday in Chap •
eery-lane.
UNION HALL,

Ci.EANSINC TUE STAXErS.---The ofkice yesterday was crcwded to
excess, in consequence of no less than forty-one disorderly women be,
ing brought up, in custody of May, Heron, and other constable:{
who had been actively employed on the preceding night, and had se,
cured the prisoners, a inotly grouper of all ages aO.l descriptiow,
from fifteen to fifty, in various parts of the Borough. The overseers
of t sq several parishes attended,as dill 31so a nuinber of the respectable
inlia)fitants, and stoe4, tltat the nuisance arising from these unfor,
tui/ite wretches infesting the streets was arrived at so great a height,
atat it was impossible for arty respectable tepnale to venture out after
dark, but at the risli of having their eyes or ears 0/leaded by in recent
actions and obscene linguage. The inigi.trare, Mr. Serjeant
commented on the ciiiimce of the prisoners, and corrta?ifted nein tg
hard labour in the house of correction for fourteen days as ro :WS and
vagrants ; and they ware immediately marched to in couples, some
dressed in the first sty le of fashion, and (niters in the most wretcherii
garb misery could assume, in custody of the ofii;ers, to the pla_cf
their confinement.

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At WI; Lordsbip's house ia 4erLeley-iquarc, the Countess of Seri
Ney, of a son.
MARRIED

).'esterday, by special licence, Alfred Cops, EN- to Xiss, Gardir
ner &nighty'. of Mr. Gardiner, of Utihritlge.
Wetineulay la%t, at toe Friends' Meeting Hoa,e, Northampton,
Mr Jame,' Pearson, merchant, to Miss Al.atlia Lloyd, tiallgkter ut
Mr. Charles Lloyd, banker, both Birmingham,
DIED,
On Tuesday, the inth, Mark Blown, F,tgq. ef Donstable, aged 71.
On Sunday last, at Ilath.row, near Birmingham, after a very
short illness, the Kev. Dr. J 041112 'rottlmin, one of tke Pastors of
the Cangrvgation of Thiitarians in that town, formerly under the
care of Dr. Priestley, Dr. Tottlntin was well
-known
. us the Ratline
of many respectable theological walks, liistotical, practical, and
controversial; anti in him an hot,est zeal fur %%hat be believed to be
the Clatisititu limb, was happily combined with thy most to affected
piety, the most amiable simplicity, and the most dithisi‘e helievu,
knee.

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