The National Register.
London, England, 1819-01-17 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

RIOT ON PROCUAIMING Tilt SIM.OIII, BY .1n.%.,,,%,1 SOVTNl-
clivrs Disci et.gs.—A lanient.ible instance of the effects of
infstowion and religions enthusiasm was exhibited at this
office on Wetlne,.clay. damned Sibley and Nlaria Catherine
Satire his ss ife, &motel Junes and hit son, a buy of tell years
old, 'hinnies Jtm'•s, John Angol, ThonissSmitli, James Dodd,
and Edward Slater, a boy 12 years of age, errs brought up
from the Conipter, by Beaton and Gibbon, officers of Cord-
a oilier.' Ward, who had nit!' cleat ditfieolty, end at the
hazard of their own li•es, resulted the pri.onets from the fury
of an immense tomb, in Badge Row, Cannon Street, about
ten u'elnek on ‘Verluesday morning.

These deluded people were. it appeared, disciples of the
lately famous Joanna Southeott, of whom one readers beard
no much two Or three yearn ago, and conceived themselves
directed by God to pm nelaini the coming of the Shiloh on
eat t 6 ; for thin purpose they assembled at the went c mid of the
town, in order to enter the only gate of the great city (Temple
Bar). thrmieli which they marched in procession about nine
o'clock in the marnitig ; they were each decorated with a
white cockade. and 0-01 e a small star of yellow riband on
their lett bi oasts. Sibley led the procession, bearing a [Hazen
trumpet mita ned wish light blue ibands, and the boys cari ied
each a small flag of bine silk. In this manner they proceeded
through Fleet Street, up Ludgate Hill, and along St. Paul's
Church Yard, to Budge Row, a great crowd followed them,
increasing continually an they proceeded. Having arrived.
se they supposed, in the middlo of the great city, they halted,
and began to perform their criemonies. Sibley sounded
the trumpet, WO iliutlalmed the second coming or the slaw',
the Prince of l'eace on eat th ; and his wife cried out aloud,
"Wo win! to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the
ermine of the Shiloh." 'f his cry was repeated several times,
amid joined in %%ids a loud voice by the others in company.
'I lie crowd was by thin time immenne, every avenue was
stopped op, and time passage of Carla amid Carriages rendered
impossible. The mob began with laughing and shooting at
thenediniseraldr deluded people, and at length proceeded to
pelting them with mud and every sort of missiles they could
procure I they, on their part, being most of them stool young
men, resisted ; the tight became general and tremendous, the
nags were turn dawn, mid Sibley and his associates will, dith.
malty preserved, by the exertions of the othcern, from falling
victim* to the infuriated rage of the innb, and conv••yed to
the Compter. Their appeinance,vshi:n put to the bar, bespoke
the dangers they had guile through ; the men had all been
coned in the mud, and Sibley bore evident marls of violence
in his face.

Ou being called upon by the Magistrate, Mr. Alderman
Bridges, to glee an account of their contltiot,in thus disturbing
the public peace, Sibley, with so air of authority, directed
the Whets to he silent, and, adilressiter the Alderman, said,
lie 'evened there was not time for him to cute► into the
particulars of the miskion of (?oil to him. He had been
commanded by a voice, throtizti toe boy Stater, to announce
that the Prince of Peace was come upon eat th. He was
commanded to proclaim the second contiog of Shiloh, in the
Sallie manner, find with the sante authority, AS John the
Baptist bad proclaimed his first coming. This proelanratiou
lie was to make three times in the titie.st of the cleft cii), by
the sound of the trumpet. He and his companions a ere
obeying the command. of God, and lit so doing had conducted
themselves peacably, and interfered with no one, when they
were attacked by the mob.

He was procee-diag to explain the nature of the visions with
which the koy had been favoured, and Ms wile was raising
her voice to bear testimony to the let of the Shiloh being no
earth, whom she said she had in her arms tour times, when
the Magistrate interrapted them, and observed, Ow? It was
evident, if they were nut insane, that they wele nowt tinder
a strong delusion, and pointed out to thew how snitch better
the, would have been employed in pursuing their grantor
avocations, thaw in beidg the rarwe of public not. and en.

'lowering their own perioatl, recommending them to desist
from any repetitions of their gouda ab•urdtttes and drlis.
Pions.

The men in reply saiJ, it was right they should obey God ;
but they would do uhatever the Magistrate directed, and
decist front auy forilo•r prni.l.lmAtiim, demi tug him at the
same time that nevrrWvles• the Shiloh was come.

IYue Alderman said he would not rely on their protest, and
shoidd detain them all in custody till they could procure him
some better assurance than their own words for their peace-
able demeanour in future. l'hey were meters difigly conveyed
back to the Compter in two coaches to protect them from the
mob ; one of the men on stepping into the coach, mibuttoned
his coat, displayed his yellow start and placing his h tad tan
it, proclaimed shad that it was God's colour.
The male prisoners are journeymen mechanics, and ap_
peared to be simple, deluded, hot peaceable men. Sibley,
the leader, is a watchnsanin Coleman Street Ward.
They were brought up again nn non stley, when Sibley
was again the spokesman, and, in reply to the ISiagistrate,who
inquired if he had ever becu In Bedlam, said, the gentlemen
might laugh, but be sees nut mad, but had rest ;,gourd the but.
siness thoroughly before be was convinced lie believed the
Bible from cover favorer, and eo ld point out the prophesies
which were now folfiiiing. He then went into s lung rhap-
sody of nonsense respecting the visions with which the bey
had been favoured by Cod, and declared he bad witnessed
miracles performed by hint. lo the course of his lout; ad•
(lees), lie quoted the iciiptates very fluently, anti conesided
by refitting, in justifientien of his belief, to the pessage in
whirls it is said," iu the latter days your old 1114.111,6A1l eh eaio
dream', 41111 your young men see visions." Being asked
what place of worship he attended, he s relied his church
was hie nen home, 3, Goods Yard, Upper iYliitectoss Street,
there were about 30 of Arm who suet these I,equentiy, to
read the Bible and re i
Cr-Yrlit' Coll.lllAliti% oh the Lord. lit
hail tiow received command from tioti to desist lions any
Welber proclamation ; and if the Prince Regent weer to
collect all the money in the world, mid lay it at his feet, lit
da ed not to do it ; the Maxististe might therefore re.,
three would be no repetition ut their pies bow yonder!. lee
this declaration he was joined by his wife and the reel of his
associates, who all declared aloud, that they dated and hoe
plocred any further in this tiesinois. On this assurance tin
them parts, they were discharged with a suitable adiounii iou
trout that. worthy Alderman.

F.vrarimtrirreastir APPLICATION RESPT.CTING TF/E IMED
MAYAlL—Fridaty, nearly lit the close of the examinations at dos
Justice Maim, William% a relievable Member of
the Court of Common Council, and :in Attorney of the '
Mayor's revert. amd he had to apply toll's aorship fur his tooter:Um
agatmt the iiolent conduct as the Lortl Mayor of London. and his
:ire aervants. v,ho hail turned him out of the .%lattaiun 11Duse ti It
us mu, dicta:several tinter. Aa the nature of the App111:4(4011 must

JAN 11

appear to his worship to be eery eattauttlinaiy, lie would take the
liberty to explain the whole circumstance* of the cw.
I an, said he. at: attorney of the Lord Mayor's Conti. and In •
that capacity hum a part of his Lordship's household, and have a
seat at the sword-bearer's table; I also have occasional business to
transact at the Mansion !louse, and have a particular drawer assign-
ed to soy use there. This situation. I have held more than iY years.
and originally purchased it of the Cournion Council, for upwards of
weed. It is, therefore. my freehold for life; I have also a right of
alienation. Thus rimming:eel. I have a clear and indubitable
right of egress and regress to the Mansion House, and of enjoying
all thelprisileges uniformly attached to the office I have purchased;
all which rigats, tiering the long period of twelve years. and under
the intiyoridtiee of t*elve siuxeeeive aldermen, your worship enurgst
the number. has.: never in any instance beep questioned. The pre.
sent Lord Mayor, tiff what reasons or on what grounds I an at a
loss to divine, has thought proper to deny those rights, to refuse my
claim to a seat at the *word-bearer's tabs, apd to expel me from '
the Mansion House. As I could not tamely submit to this °hurtle-
lion of my just rights. I offered the best peaceable resistance in my
power, whereupon his Lordship called up his sin servants, who, by .
his order, lie hintself aiding and encouraging thorn, forcibly turtiod
me out of the Mansion douse.' This violence has been Repeated
throe several time". I think it proper not to forego the claim of toy
tight, and intend thereftwe to proceed at the usual hour. 5 o'clock,
to the ,larieion House, and take my scat; and I ern advised, and
do now apply to your worship, to rent me the assistance of two
officers to proceed with ale fir the purpose of protectiag ih the
exercise of' that right, as ;ell to be witness thut I commit no breach
of the peace. The application may he novel and extrarodinary, hot
as my complaint is against the Chief Magistrate of the city. your
worship must be aware that i have no other tribunal to which I can
apply except to the Sitting Alderman in this Justice Room.
Mr. Alderman C. Smith.—This is a very unpleatun thing for eve
magistrate to be acting against another, and it wouldlre saiU mom,
extraordinary to employ the officers of the city against the laud.
Mayor, its chief magistrate. If there be any dispute between his,
Lordship and yourself respecting the rights of Me situation you
hold, that appears to use to be a question of law. in which it would.,
not be proper for me to interfere. His Lordship may consider this
Mansion !louse to be his house, and that you have no right to enter
there Without his permission.
Mr. Williams.—! should be very unwilling to pre, s your wet tor
to any unpleasant proceeding; whatever be your decisimi I 'thrill
bow to it: it is enaugh for me that I have made the application.
With respect to actions, I have already commented ten against las
Lordship and his servants; but all; I. Sir, during the did' tedirms
delay of the law, to he kept, forcibly kept, out of my rights? it
is not a rompeesation for datnages that I apply for from your
harls, buts rastitittion of my just right. As to the refusal of the
Sheriffs, to provide dinner for his Lordship's lionseluile at the Ses•
sions, your worship 'nixie see that has no bearing upon the questior.
Mr. Paine (the Clerk to the Atagistratee) suggested. that the MR.,e
eion-lieuaetbeing the house of the lord Mayor, Mr. Williams might
be committing, a trespass in entering it. in which ease his 11.47n6h1p
had a right mallikr 7,101111$ I. compel him to retire. As
there would be a Court of Aldermen on Tuesday, he would advise
My Williams not to press his present application to a Might /elegise
trate, but state his complaint to the whole aseeinbled body of the
Magistracy.
Mr. ‘Villianis—With great submission to lour Worship's legr.i
adviser I contend, that the Mansion-house is the Lerd Mayor's (melee
quoad her. It is the house of the Corporation. The doors mug be
kept open at all times far many public purposes ; considerable beisi•
nes: is done there regarding the cockets ; public justice is admi-
nistered there so that it cannel be eonsidered as the rrivnte house
of thc Lord Mayor only t brit, Sir, my tight of entry there is ia
fact acknowledged by the Lord Mayor himself. siho has putieipated
and is participaing in the money taken out of my pocket fur the
purchase of this place. My application for pecuniary redress, I
know, must be made to the t'otirt of Common Council : with the
Court of Aldermen I kave nothing. to do. 1 have already said. I
am not desirous of pressing a decision ; if your Worship thinks it
necessary to consult the Court of Aldermen before you choose to
I shall bow to that opinion, and roam.
Magistrate.--Certainly, Sir, I do no: in scan a case as this thank
it right to act solely on my own opinion and shall thetefure seadult
she Court of Aldermen at their meeting on Tuesday nest.
Mr. thereupon left the office.
BOW STREET.

STAGE COACHMEN —Tuesday George Archer, the Ariver
of the St; oilitaatei stage•ee.ieli, was ue.oight before Richard
Birnie, the sitting '.ll,eistrate, charged with forcibly
looking horn Mr. Francis Dawson an umbrella, and roisbe-
bavioni to him, as his lase.
Mr. I) Jerson reside, on Brook Green Terrace, Hammer-
smith. On Thursday week lie bad OCCAA on to go to London,
and gait upon the outside of the Stroud water I. gage cruel',
drove by the prisoner. Out the coach arriving at the New
White Horse Cellar in 11,ecatlilly, he alighted from it, and
gale the prisoner a shilling, which is the toistinuary charge.
The prisoner insisted upon having sixpence wore, which Mr,
Dawson declined giving. The prisoner became extremely
abusive and insolent. Mr. 1)AWs0111 requested bins In go
limn the street intethe roach Mike, and if he was infOrOlt,4l
were 111:11 hr had a right to demand mill take Is. Gd. be wool.'
then give lain sixpence nature ; this did not avail ; the coach-
man eonti sssss •il laic impudence mid scurrilous abase. Mr.
DAWOO tendered him his name and address, which he treated
Kith contempt, and refwed to give his name and madras'
to Mr. Oswson, and forrib;y took from Mr. Dawson his tits-
brella, 41111 rode off with it.

The primmer was about to he proceeded against on Tors-
.lay for stealing the umbrella ; thh, •abamiont.i,
and IS was Cully ictefl iu the mitigate 4 pellaity of 20s. and
5.. costs, stonier the Act or Pat hauteur for regulating and
lIIIIIII4IIIIg this imposing set of then, (the attli (ieo. 111. cap.
am, )
. _

.► fella,/ ImA been defranding !Pcetall it4l kites by pretend-
ing to be a pnAtinan, and denrering fabricated lettere, ire
which he rrerived the po.lage. lie was on Tuesday examined
and remanded.

TilitEATe:%l•6 I.VeTERII.-011Tite‘lky the tint and Cool:-
tcsa of Nlortort attended bethrelllll noon ,
Sitting Magl4lrate, F.l e!tiliblt a euoupid.ut orator' a ohne or
toe ;wile of Rohm Griersuto, (roue whom the Collo! eta hail
creeivrtl two threatening letter!, to extort a Alllll of poultry
lions her laJyahip. l'irkery the,ulficyr %%a .livatelleti i•!t
wdaidsat to Irdee nut and apple Item' him. Ile it it.:l in vightt
during Ittemlety to Intel I) i )))) dud dl•dr nn Wean, airy mottling
atilt nu better Slll'ePl,!.; but ill the atientoun he loot so, .
rerstlii, and to-might loot to toe othry, a6it,.rr the F.tt I 69.1
))))) 'rpm ul Morton al.o repotted; awl 31t. Mine toctog lis
Allyntiatlev, File 1.1/1111.111i11i.111 plibuticr yoototeoyeti. Ile
I'IIIIJF kably cool nod cull. ett.(l,
'flit ins.iiir?,a 1.1. MOl-1011 being sworn, stated, that fill la.t
r• ening. between 6 and 7 trylock..hy rt-relyril (at
her I Wimpole.strytt) n letter It) illy tviovennv rq.
~.1.1te••441 to In by ihe title of Loth 11:41toy, ditto, Jun. i.
1,,". Ili, sine d *• Itutnit tialer.ou ;'• and Nlostelav corn-
yhe itretred antolter letlyr by thy I, 4•1 11101 Thu,
'utter sal. elate.* Jan. 11, Iltl9, anti .I;s.‘ •• t
. the C1.11111,-S Sidled, that loth !11. I 11-41C11/I.g 1,1;• •
osage, ,iii to bath Ilse letters, by , ....I-1y in the lase,
shy cumille real berfwif. to be in ei rot tldoger lieit li. i‘oo•
et, au' bath areal It/ 41,vecliel4111,4iItt slid applchtud.

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that she went In danger of her life, or of receiving some great
b Ilion or Injury from firlerson.
Tilt Magistrate milled on him to know what he had to say
in answer to sending mach return; to which lie replied, he
Mit give any answer to them except he saw ae.l
term to enable 1l i aaa to say whether he wrote then) or not.
The Magistrate. however, woe on his gueril,and did nut al ow
hums to has e the letters in his 1141111 P. •tod thereby give him an
opportunity of destroying the written evidence a4aiust him,
hot read them aloud to him. The first was dated front the
'fork's Head. Ratelafftwross, Ratcliffe-highway. It stated,
as a cononenication to the Conatess of Morton, that he was
aloer to publish an Heroic Poem, in which hr should intro,
since some unpleasant circumstances in which her late
father Sir Francis Buller, was engaged, while on a visit at
the Isle Man, which would lie unpleasant and injurious to
his character; hitt ir 1001. wen %Cll, to hint, he would suppress
rile milioration. The second and last letter was also dated
from the Turk's Head, lilatelitre-crosa, Hateldfe.itieltway : In
which he ettelose I a spec-inlets of the poem relative to the
character of the late Sir Francis Burlier, amid again urging a
gran f.e 1001. to he sent him, using vinkin threateniae taw
',tam if boo demand was uot complied with t cud conch) led
b) ads Will the Connie*, " to rellect and keep in mind.
to it tm re hail been a Bellinghaeem, and that there now was
a Gisi,rs
/Oct trc Migistrate had finished reading the letters, he
was akin asl,e i what he had to say for himself: when hr
equity atilt; led them to he his writing, and avowed the stn.
Concuss contained in them.
This rendered it unnecessary in resort to the proof of their
being the prisoner's 1141111. w Uinta, soul the Connie.. ut Muir.
lon proving the receipt of the two letters, made the charge
complete.
'file prisoner was then ordered to he emntnitted Intim New
Prison, Clio kennels: anal previous I. any bail heitig received
far bum, to give 401 hours' mole, of them, with a full de
eruption of ell. they are. and what they are, to Nit U tine,'
as the cousinitt ac lagistrate. The pt ~,,, et was ii,,der.4o,,g
to have acted stone years Viler as a sup geou iu the Isle of
Mao, hot is now reduced.

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MA RLIPIitIBBOH STRP.EI'.
It will be rerollceted, that at Ms last Old Bailee Cession., a
man, named Vie ily, was a 9110. let! 411011 the charge of fre-
quenting Hyde Park. with d'atirs of a similar descriptions
and rottoo tine manes from feit.pa.sengcrs, moiler the threat
of indicting Oso its for unnatural anent as. The prosecutor,
iu the I.n.t. of Healy, wAs a getitlema•lN . sit, named
Thorp. In the course of the examination it appeared that
Healy hail two ace 1111 l dices, one of whom was na tied Doer :
the Common Serjoia tot. who presided at the time, recusant oisol•
eil Thorp, die... Bole, to di-cocci Dyer, and raise 1101110 be
appershetaileil. Out Tuesday evening last Nicholls and H •
phries weir on duly, a 4 pat rules, iir Hyde Nark: when do,
vaw twit men, who :initialed too be suspicious looking charac-
ters, and after endeavouring to make their escape, one of
them was •erttreil, pioses to he Dyer, the int...woes
colleague of Healy. Wediteolay morning 1)oir was bionghi
before Ilie igisirate at this Office ; and Thorp, the prose.
collar in Healy's ease, answered to give evidence against him
'Damp said, he %% t. p oitive that Dyer was the Mall who hail
atsrckrd hint, mei endeavoured, in concert Healy, to
retort money fount Min; that et the Bite the following eon-
versati 111 l took Miler :—.llealy •• Well, you moist give us
p 0.1114, and we'll let yon go: if not, we'll du tior
Dyer—" Healy, do your ditty; lie must give its two; if you
give him tip for less, I'll report you to the Board for negle et
of duty."—Tlie prisoner denied that he was ill 01011111111 y with
Healy an tile evenitig in question ; but admitted that he was
eaneerned in* gang of 11 14011041 r kind. He said there were
vivaria gator of this desciiptem. Tile loant mode of pro-
actioling was for three iu a party in enter the Park ; basing
ssaf nn 14(1111(` pers.in, note of the party accosted the stranger,
the others afterwards went up, and eliarget: him with a ilia
bulical attempt ; the arc witphee %%hit atioll eiised the stranger,
escaped as quick as posiiible, and then the person attacked
was frequently induced to comply with then. extortions. hem
fear 01 an accusatioa being preferred against hint. 'rhe
poisoner added, that the /lames foie persons who composed
the using to which lierly belonged were S. Henry. C. Hales,
D. O'Ciontier, -- and others. The pesoter was
committed for trial. Among the victiics of lillS execrable
conspiracy seas a respectable tradesman in the neighbourhood
of Leicester Somme, alio, resisting the base al:eltipts of
the monsters, was charged before the Magistrates al Ihi-
Oifier, am! hilly committed for trial. The tradesman coop
tinned in culifiteement. When the ti lac arrived that notice of
Vial sboald be served on the prosactitio, I, was discovered
that the villians bail lent the country; and upon affidavit to
that effect the safortimate tradesman was liberated.
Tv Bennet, a tallier, in the neighbourhood of tioadisiale--
selds, Wall brought foe ward relative to a bill of exchange for
1.'901. drawn by T. Stevens, accepted by T Bennet, and en-
-aim-soil ley E. Charge, a clothier, who was 41411 brought lot-
'Nerd oil the grimed. that the acceptance was forged. The
bill was paid by May., to Mr. Hughes, a Blackwell-hall
s.ito arcested the ace( plum Mayo stated, that he received .
hill of Slovens. the acceptor, all uncertitieatrd bank rapt,
it liter the foilowieig cite stances ; Stevens applied it, I
v more solar motley upon time slimes of the New thew -
but he released milieus they ante assigned to Ilion. Ac
caroling to Nla)it's statement, Stephens skewed hems a letter,
si,itiag that Brunet war desirous of disposing of the 4.1111
1.0441175. :rod witting to assign them over em burrowing 1001.
Mayo COOPYtairti to ails:trice the ouisoiry, open (muddier:l that
he had do automat by a hill of Be d's, as a Collates al re-
rvity, and Stevens ;widowed this hid, and got the motley .
May 0 confessed that he was told Ihe bill a as a forge, y before
Bennet WAS at rested upon it. Minuet Stated, that she accep.
t tocri.was not his. although an imitation of fits writing. SO
tar flout his having had any eoinicaion with Sits ells, Ise dud
not even know such a MAO. He then stated. that the 111 ev t-
ory Slliit4°S 10411 byre left hint by his lather, and being a beginn
nee in trade lie wanted to harrow money. His attretiou was
attracted by au advertise Altstit ill a Newspaper, stating; that
money 44..0. Wail) to be Sirs Aneril upon collate:ral securities,
and he applied to the *else' laser, Mr. Tioorefuli, at hit,' I lot to
Tayern, lit millivolt, mid hue agree.] to ettivaare
the uueuey,
140,itted Air. Clieveley, attorney ZIP 11w' Brew. ry,
was walhn_
1.0 • ill' Matisf. r, In iturthei :nice of this 'wintry,
Keunct
Ira Ihe shares with the inontry.lender, who was to meet Mitt
by appointment at Mr. Clieveley's, but he host bolls hill' and
ease was tee deceit to stand over, to see it
Steveuscau lie found.

An uncommon (-Monaca pare on St. Stephen'',
I)4y, nvAs• Inland, ley C•iiillit•l 110114,1% )101111dA.
lii brad a ail rand are of We sou al colour; bast Ow entire
hotly and lees are of Or 'Harem Willie. .1 skin lbtl been
kateerted, and AS 110 W at Ilutititabtieltl.

rsts NATIONAT. ItMLSTE

OLD--B4ILEY.

WeingliDxT. 34N. 1,.
The 'woolens* ro 11111 l cured this dal. Me. Justice Holroyd
and Mr dnotire presided on the Bench.
Cow STEALING.—Thotato Webb wu d guilty of
stealing two cows, the property of the Hight Hon James Earl
Waldeggove.
John Lynch. Robe, tlby, snd Win. Marlin, were con.
virted of the offence of assaulting Win. Heakes, on the King's
highway. and stealing front his person a hat and 4s. 6d. in
silver.

The prosecutor lived in Pye Street, Weatminster, and brine
intoxicated be was attacked by the three prisoners and
robbed. John tAneh, iu his defence, did not deity hat 111.11
he was concerned in the rohherv. lint declared that the pro-
s., tiror had agreed to compromise the matter, had actually
taken 9a. for that purpose, and had, into the bargain, a
Carktsnas dinner.

The prosecutor being called up, conform'', that he had talc.
95., which he hail left for Ishii, hut dynied hawing entered
into ale% agreement in compromisr- the matter.
Thomas Lynch, 20 Patrick Lynch. 22. William Lynch, 24,
William Murray, IR, and James 31'Ititosh, 23, wet e indicted
for assanlting slarali Priestly on the highway, and foi taking
from her per Ann 20s.
The three first prisoners were hrothess. The ease was
clearly proved a2aittst all the prisoners excepting NVlntosh ;
an J they were all found guilty, but him.