The Sun.
London, England, 1812-05-30 00:00:00

THE PRINCE REGENT'S LEVEE

Yesterday his Royal Highness the-PR I N(3l': RE -
. _
GENT,held at.Lovee at Carlton House, \,`.1,1,i;i.1ik,,)y as
mitherously attended.. A,f)arty. of Lice Guards aud
Foot Guards marened int 6 Pall4Niall anct‘the Court-
yard of Carlton JiOuse in-the thiOrniug ; The Duke
of Gloucester's Band, in their state uniforms,
,at-
tached' to the latter, attended, and played some
&Irian/1;1/g pieces during tbe 'day. The Levee. was
attended by .
.
Their Royal Ilivhn,.;ses the Dukes of Clarence and Cum-,
Berland, the Cabinet MiniAtersi, the Lord'Stoward; the Lord
Chamberlain, Gold Stick (Lord Cathcart), Mr. A ' ylam in his
full robes, as Chancellor to the Prince for ne Duchy of Corn-
wall; the Turkish and Sardinian Ainhassado,•s, I..'l::ic:, Cas-
telcicala, the American Charge d'All:lires, the Judge .i.-Ivo-
cate, Sheriff Birch, &c. „

It being a Collar Day, all those who are mem-
bers of the distinguished Orders wore their sul
perb Collars. Several came without them,
,and
were obliged to return home for them, it being
contrary to Court etiquette to •apjar without
them.

After the Levee, his Royal Highness being
seated on his Throne, the Loan C.ll4Mpt-RLAIN'
introduced to his presence the _Members of. the
University of thiford; with the Address on the
Assassination of Mr. PEriCE VAL, Lprd GRE,NVILLF.,
the Chancellor of the University, in his full and
superb robes, conducted by the three Esquire
Beadles, attended by
The Archbishop of York;• the BiShops of London, Oxford,
Winchester, St. Asaph,.and Carlisle ; the Lord Chancellor; as
Lord High Steward of the, Unirefsity ; the King's Advocate,
the Judgekkf the Admiralty, the• Duke of Dorset; Lords Bin-
nip; and Kenyon, Earl Yarmouth, the Speaker of the House
of Commons, Sir J. C. Hippeslcy, Mr. M. A. Taylor, Sir John
Nichol, and about one hundred Masters of Colleges, Houses,
.
Proctors, Doctors, Masters; &c. •

They were all most graciously received. They
came in pro Cession ficin the !St. Alban's Tavern,
in St. Alban's-street, dressed -in -,their College
dresses, which. had a very grand effect the no-:
velty of theit'appearance.. attracted a large con-
course' of people.' , 's
The . following bad the honour of being pre-
sented to the. PRINCE
Captain Tonkin by the Lord in Waiting.
Sir Richard lia;te, by ditto.
Le Compte Foscardi, Depute des Isles loniennes.
Sir Humprey Daq, on, his marriage.
Sir Janies Shaw, with an Address from Kilmarnock.
Sir G. Piga, on his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant-,
General. ,

Sir John Cotterell, with an Address from , the County, of
Hereford.

Colonel Burnaby, •lst Foot Guards, on promotion. •
Colonel Fitzroy, on promotion.
Lieut.-Col. G. Napier, 52d Regiment, on his return from.
Portugal.
Lient.-Col. Carey, 84th Regiment., on his return; from India.
Lient-Col. K. Money,• on his prornOtion in the line. •
Lieut.-Col. Coghlan, 61st Regiment, on promotion and
re-
turn from Portugal. .
•' - • .
Col. Lystir, Sheriff of Shropshire, with an Address.
Lieut.-Col.Flosit'llatton, Ist 14;ai;tiKent LoCal Militia.
Lieut.-Col:11111, Shropshire 'Yeomanry Cavalry.
Pepper,' Royal Meath Militia,' on coming from
Ireland.
Lieut.-Col. Lowe, on arrival from the lonian' Isles.
Lieut.-Col. Montgomery, Fermanagh ?Militia: • •

Lient.-Col. Gaitskill, with an Address from stlrr.2.y.
Sir'J. G. Cotterell and Lieut.-Col. Furey, .with an Address
from the County of Hereford.
Bishop' of of Chester, on promotion to the Ilishoprie of Ely.
Major-General KerumiB, on his return from Spin and Por-
tugal.
Mr. G. Longraan, M.V. for rlaidstone.,
Lieut.-General Phipps, with an•Addresi from Scarbproirtli.
Maier-General Stopford; on his 'return from Poi•t.:tgrd.
General Neezlhani, on the 86th itegi;nent being inacte poti al
ConntY DONill Regiment.
Major-General Stovin,, on his return,from izr-h?. and pro-
motion.

L.- Gower, with an Address from Woh;erham7)trxi.
Lord 111o1.,fort, upon being appointed Ist Major 'or' the
Surrey Militia.
Lieut.-General Hewett, on return from India.
Sir,lll.. W. Ridley and Mr. Brandling, with an Address
from Newcastle-upon-Tyne. -
Sir M. W. Ridley, with an Address from the Trinity House
.of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. •
Mr. Lygon and Mr. Lyttleton, with an Address from Kid-
derminster.
The Mayor of Penryn, Lord De Dunstanville, the locerder,
and Mr. Swarm, Member fur Penryn, with an Address from
that Borough. •
• Major Mant, 6th regiment Madras Cavalry, on return f.-em
India, by Sir G. Dallas. - -
Sir W. C. Gordou,_by Lord James Murray.
Major Johnson, 86th regiment,' Deputy Quarter-Master-
General East Indies-, on his return from India.
Major Cumming, Inverness Militia, by Lord J. Murray.
The Earl of Powis and Sir 1. Hill, .Mayor of Shrewsbury,
with an Address from Shrewsbury.
Sir Lucas Pepys.
Major Vivian, Royal Stannary Artillery, by the Lord War::
den of the Stannaries.
Major Harvey, by Viscount Lake, on his arrival froMlndia.
Earl of Lotisdtble, to .present an Address cf 'condolence on
the de.ath..of Mr..Perceval2 from. the Borough of Kendal.
• Sir Leonard Worsley Holmes, to present 'Addresses from
the BorOughs of Newport and Yarmouth.
Earl of Eglintaun, to present an Address from the County
of Renfrew, • __ _ • .

Sir C. Pole and Sir T. Tyrwbitt, with an Address frOm
Major Sir John Ty'den, upon which occasion he reclived
the honour of Knighthood.
Le Chevalier de Medici, Mitiister of his Sicilian Majesty.
Mr. Chute, Mr. Heathcote, and Major.Genetal Potter; with .
an Address frorq the jnhabitarits of the town and parish of
Gosport, on tf.e death of Mr. Perceval. • ;
Mr. Chute, Mr. Heathcote, Sir Thomas Miller, and Admi-
ral Mitt:barn, with an, Address from the Inhabitants of the
town and parish-of Portsea, on the death of Mr. Perc.eval..
Viscount Milton and,Mr. Wilberforce, with Addresses from
the Corporatica. ,of Doncaster, and from the Master Chtlers,
Clergy, Gentry, /ice. of Sheffield, and its neighbourhood.
The High Sheriff, the 'Vice Lieutenant, and' Members for
Surrey, with an Address.. •
Mr. Powell Collings and Mr. Baring, 'With an Address from
the Borough and neighbourhood of Taunton.
Mr. Dundas, with two Addresses from' the City of Edin-
burgh. • •
Vice-Admiral Martlr.,, on his going to command at 'Lisbon.
Rear7Adruiral Frazer, on promotion, and being appointed
Equerry to the I:iii`;;e of 'Cambridge.
Sir Richard (anion, by Lord Ilennllfer. •
Lord .dWard Calrycil, by the Lord in Waiting.
Sir George,ifotvyer, by the same. •
Sir Edward Berry, by the Lord. in Waiting.
Litnit.-Colnnel Robert Charabre Hill, on being nominated
Proxy for his brother, Sir Rowland Hill; K. B. at the ensuing
Installation Of the Bath.
Capt. Christopher Cole, R. N.' on being nominated'Proxy
for Sir Richard Goodwin Keats, K.. B. at the ensuing Instal-
lation of the Bath.
Sir I abort Barlow; as Proxy for Sir George Barlow, at the
. _

IntAl!ation of the Knights of ale Bath:
• Capt. the. Hon. Charles Gordon, Aid-de-Camp to Sir Jelin
Hoy, on his being appointed Proxy for him at the approach-
ing. Fnstailation.
Charles' Henry Colville to be Knighted as Proxy for Si:
John Graham.
C. W. Flint; Esq. Proxy for the Right Hon. Sir Henry
Wellesley.
Rev. Charles' Lethbridge, Rector of Stoke Clinstand, in
Cornw.,lll,.by Abe-Lord in Waiting.

Rev. JObri Ponaroy, Mayor of ifodmin, by Mr. D. Giddy.

. .
The Pev. Robert Hodgson, by-the Hon. Charles Finch.. •
Capt. D, Roberts, R. on promotion. •
Capt. Henniker, .R. N. by Lord Henniker.
Capt. Finch Hatton, lit East Kent Local Militia.
Capt. Sotheby, R. N. on his,.prOmotion.
Caret. W. Kenipthorne, on.protaotion, and return from the
East Indies.
Capt. Gabriel, R.N. on promotion.
Capt. Spraziger, U. N. on his appointraentto the Barham.
Capt. Campbell, R. N. on promotion.
Capt. Bay-4-za., of Lls Ma;esty's yacht Papa Screreizn, by.
Lord J. Murray.

Capt. H. Tieatheote, on his return for Persia and Java. '
Dr. Meyrick, on attending with the University of Oxford'ii

,AddresA

Ciptain".rhoinas Johu Cochrane, 11: N.' on being'noniin.lte4
Pru..ky for his father, the Hon. t'ir Alexander Forrester C.)::1-1-
rarie, at the eri.s;tung Inst,llation._ • ,\

Colonel Thou: as Sidney Beckwith, on being dominated Proxy
for his, brother, Sir. G. Beckwith, at the Installation.
Lieut. General Alex;inder Canis:bell, on ,being nominated.
Proxy for the Earl•of Wellington, at the Installation:
Sir I-aulßagott, upon which occasion he received the ho-
nour of Knighthood.
Mr. Horn; by Mr. -Lownde.l, M. 14.. for Bucks.. -
Mr. Alain/lie, Mr. 11. Wil'irah;im,, and Mr. Cotes, M. P.
for:Shropshiic, by the Lord in- Waiting.
Mr. Brooke Taylor, on his return from Sicily.
Mr. George Forbes, on going abroad, by Lord J. Murray.
Mr. Owen, 11. A. on his appointment of principal Pw.:;-,.rait
Painter to his Royal Highness 'Prince Regent.

The following were presc_-zited with APre,_;Res,

Mr. J.-Bei-ern, P;ec,order;-from Maidstone; Mr. L'ittlaan,
from KidderminAei.; •Pocori, and Me.. A3tc,l,
Bridgewa;ier ; Mr. Houstoun from 4.ll,isgir,,v;'. Mr. Ow,n,
from the Corporation of Peinbrolte; Mr. Wit br, iialn
and Mr. Macdonald, froM Newcastle-under-Lyne: Mr. M.
Sutton, from .Scarborough; Mr. H. Cavendish, from the
Mayor and Corpdrailoli Of Derby; Mr. L. Dundas, from the
Corporation ,of the City of York ; Mr. Di,-.:kensozi, rri.=
Frame; Mr. -C. Taylor, from Wells; and Mr..Saviiio, from
the Borough of Oakl.,aliptmi.

Among those nredent'were-- .
Dukes"--",-Buecleucli, Montrose, and Roxburgh. "
MarquisesWineheSter, Ileadfort, Hertford;' and Town-
shend.. . • . .•
.• • .
Earls7-.—NortheslZ; Eglintoun; Sapdwieh, Cork, Yarmouth,
Lindsey, Shaftesbury,' Lansdale, Camden, COUrtdown, Roden.
Ross, Moira, Uxbridge, PowiS,'Kenmare, and Chplmondeley.
Viscounts—Pereeval, Cathcart, Hood, Folkston, Leake,
Milton, and Castlerosse. . . •
Lords--Ricers, L. Gower, J.-Thynim., J. Murray, Mount.
ford; C. Somerset., Henniker, Teignoabuth, Bolton, Dei)nn-7
sta.oville, G. L. Gower, E. Q'.Bryen,, Whitworth, and Bostom
•
Count Munster. a•
4.
Bishops Hereford, Chester; Nil mchester, London, and
Cloyne.
, _
Dean of Windsor..

Sirs—T. Tyrwhitt, C. Pole, T% Duckworth, T. Miller; It.
Damon, R. Grant, -J. Shawe, J. Hill, P.:l3agott, J. Maw-
bey, It. Harte, C. Imhoff, L.,Penys, T'ylden, 1-I. Davy, E.
Berry, T. Sutton, ,G. Pigott, .L Cottereil, T. Troubridgi,
Bowyer, NV: C. Gordon, L. W. -Ho'me's,' E. Knatchbull, S.
Flndver,, J. Lubbo‘ll,..T. Crtwford., 'and W.-Smyth, • - -
.o,d'mirals,—Frazer and Mai;tin.

. . . . - . . .
General4--•-Turner, Keppell, Hewett, . Stopford, Finch,
Gro3Venor, • PhiptlS," Stovin, • Money, .Keminis, Dalrymple,
Penningto,i, _Needham,- and Porter. !- . • ••.- .
C010ne15...7-Palmer, 810-thifield, Pepper, .coghlan, illmiey,.
Lloyd, Burnaby, Gaitskill, Harmige, Hill, Fitzroy, finch,
4-latton, Lyster, Qarey, LONE; P'Neil, G. Napier, Von Arent,-
•child, Montgomery, Sydney, and Beckwith._ • ,
Majors—Mont, Hatrey, Johnson, Vivian, Shaw, Cummin,-,
•..
and J3uelinor.
. .

Captains—lion:Cavendish, Heathcote;llayntun,<:amplae.ll,
Spraoger, R.N. Needham, Gabriel, Kempthonle, Sot!-..=ay,
Hatton, E. Roberts,‘M‘Do‘Vall, and Henniker.
' Lieuterpants----Orde arid Thompson.
Doctors—Kilderbee, ;Myrick, and Kentish.
Rei. 'Messrs. Leman, Aldrich, Pomeroy, Lethbridge, -
ton, Hunter, Norton, Roberts, \Griffith, Raymond,
Churchill; It. liodgson, Symes, and Card.
• AleAsrs.—Nl'lLialion, Sheridan, T, Thompon, Itensselear,
Houstown, Collings, Barry, Wilbraham, Russell, St. john,
Craig, Jlerens, Clurcchi C. Taylor, E. Jsddrell, Taylor, G.
irorbes, An. Sutton, SZielton, itiehardgon,'Lyttelton, Martin,
Farmer; E. P.l33,.P.tard, C: ll.'Chlville, Nl'Doriald, Lang Fitz-
herhert,.Nayler, B. Taylor, Coles Cavendish, Cox, Hornby,
I.3icosOn„.-,Simpson, Althorp, P, Carew, Owen, W,Thindas,
Russell, Caleroit, Lygori, %V. Pole, C. Fita.b,two Hills, Fester,
Taylor; L. aundas, Yritton, Benson, li.d rd, M. vat., Pm-
Coope;., Chester, W. Bootle, :Egerson, Lo-ng, Arbtzth-
not, Hoare, noniai, Lougii.,
tart, Ryder, Saville, Heatheote,-Chute, Pocock, As`xli, Suey4,
Lowntles, and Trolarrney. • •

The Mo'rning Chroiele calls the present Admi
stratiote the incdpnaes. This title, however, the
whole-Nyorlir will a.luw was exactly deicrlptive vt
-
All 1.;r.r.,) nts.

One advanpge will probably be deli.ved front
;the f=nation of a new' Ministry opou
-sale, and that is the nonappearance of a eertairi
Northern 'Barrister 'in- the character of AtalT, •
which he has so ofteii attempted in Parßaient,
.or, at least, a le3s frequent exhibition of

powers in Opposition farces.-
It was observed "xi WEUTBREAD, on a
debate, in, ol)jection_ to the_proposed provisions
for the family of Mr. pERCE7;TAL, that they would
derive. considerable ,propety from Lady WILSON-
This statement, however, is said to be wholi
eironeOus, as. Lady WILSON has to provide for
eleven children of her son, a number sufficient-to
require all the property she possesses.
As BUONAPARTE appointed his brother King of
Holland because, as he alleged, there was, rt°
person of sufficient weight in that country tot be
intrusted with the Government, it is by no means •
improbable that he 'will act in the same manner io
Prussia, and remove the present unfortunate M. 0.-
nareh, to make way for one of his. own minions-
Perhaps indeed the unhappy King may be sent
into France, like , the 'Royal Family of-Spain, or
perhaps we shall soon hear that .he sudden 4
expired. - . ,
MUSlCiu,.—The interesting infant prodigy`'
Miss STONE, that performs such musical wonder'
on the piano-forte,. cirewa Crowded. -and fashion'
able auditory to , the Baiiover-square Rooms, Oat.
Monday evening, under the Patronage of,his Royo
Ilighnth the Duke'of Sussex. She performed
three pieces, viz. one of the finest and most
cult of . Mr. J. B. Cramer's Grand Concertos ;
• Duet with thediarp,.by Mr. Sharpe ; and, lasrVif
an. Air, with numerous complex variations ;
with a taste, expression, and rapidity of execw
. tion ,that-astonished not only the musicaliamateno,
but all of the profession, who witnessed her '513"
gic execution. What heightened her excelicw'ft
is the charming siinplicity under which those 5,t11:
pefior talents are interestingly displayed.
company testified their delight bX the iii.Ost rer
turous applause ;_nor were they uninindcul of ilb a
watchful sylicitude of the Leaders, Mr: Cruniel'
and Mr. Greatorex, for the 'success of their •
delightful eleve, nor of those delicate .accompan‘-
ments which afford a nocturnal brilliancy to 0.'31.
performance.
' A Coroner's Jury sat at Mr. Sliepherd's, tile'
Ne-v Ranelagh, on Tuesdav,_ beorz A. Gull,' 1`84;
Coroner for sylirestaninster, on the body of Ceci"
Strictland, who-was,drovvned in the Thames b?.
her own'act :On Saturday. A Itappeared by the te.,
timony of two respectable young men, the onc,e
. hanker's. clerk,- and the other an artist, that
deceased, who lived in respectable servittide, 1i
accompanied them to flow Fair, and' instead.
returning lthine in the evening, 'she staid out a!
n
right at apublic•dancing-room. The young glee
accompanied her up Millbank, and.on a sudden si1:0
„made a stop, and asked her male companinss
walk on. When' they had got a few paces' trc'a
her, she made a run to the edge of the bane
sprung into the river. Assistance was immediat,"
ly afforded by the means of boats, and the VI
was brought on shore after it had been seven
minutes in the water; There were at the
symptoms of animation, but no-medical man
cUrrld
be found before she was entirely dead, Verdict
haanity.

TRIALS OF THE RIOTL"RS.

SPtCIAL COMMISSION or OYER AND TERMI:c7,II.

FOR THE COUNTY OF CHESTER.

Monday evening, at about seven o'clock, their
Lordships, his Majesty's Justices under the Corn,
Mission of Gaol Delivery, arrived at the Castle.
After the usual forms of opening, &c. the Court
adjourned.—On Tuesday their Lordships attended
Divine Service at the Cathedral; when a most ex,
cellent and truly impressive sermon was 'delivered
by the Rev. Mr. Yates, from Psalm cxxii. 6, 7.
" Pray for the peace of Jerusalem : let them
Prosper that love thee. Peace be vt-ithin thy walls;
and prosperity within thy palaces."
From Church their Lordships proceeded to the
Shire Hall, and the Gentlemen were sworn on the,
Grand Inquest of the County : ‘.'
Judge DALLAS, then, with his usual eloquence,
addressed the Grand Jury at some length, in. a
speech,- which we must confess our inability to
do any thing like, justice to. Indeed, we must
Own we did nqt pay,to it, our usual attention,
having relied upon another source for a more de-
tailed and correct report than what we Are. now
able to favour our readers with.—The following
epitome- must, therefore, serve as a substitute for
what we were sanguine enoUgh,to hope we could
have favoured our readers with

. .
GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY, . • .
, it is not my praCtice to trespass up= .your time
with any desultory observations ; • indeed, the ge-
teral state of the Calendar seldom requires" any
particular remarks.. The present instance, how-
ever, is one' of an unusual nature—of a more coin-
P:icated aspect in regard to guilt: It, is not neces-
sary for me to refer you to the scenes which. have
lately taken place amongst you. We now sit here'
Under a` Special- Commission, which his 'Royal
Jlighness the 'Prince *gent-, acting in the name
*rid on the behalf of his. Majesty, has been
Pleased to appoint, to investigate those di: ;race=
fill proceedings which have so long agitattd the
2nanufacturing districts (J.' this and the neighbour-
lit . counties, and which demanded a necessary
end early example. The number of commitments
for riots, which guilt ramifies into every possible
shape and term, is unprecedented andalarming.—
•Taken b 1 itself, the act of riot classes but as a
taisdemeanour, to which the variations of specific
• gErence. nave attached different degrees of pUnish-
kent.—His Lordship - here adverted to those pe-
ouliar passages in the law-books applicable to the
Present inquiry, an& proceeded to the following.
effect :—The offence of taking and adnimistering
".,441 unlawful oath or engagement,. the -Legis-
tatxtre has made capital, it conies in the shape.
',.°f a felony,* and both arc put on the same foot-',
'Thg as to punishment:- Vitt) respect to the pur-
l)ort•of an unlawful,oath.; I. shall refer you to the
statutes. It is not necessary the . express Words
()f an engagement of this nature should be
teentioned in an indictment. 'The act of tak-
.jog- the oath- constitutes the crime ; and 'even .
The pci-scin_ who, by compulsatory.. measures,
assents to such a an
,covent,
,is held a partici-
Pator in the crime, unless .he make a declara- ,
tiOn thereof to a Magistrate within four days '
from the period when he assented to its pur-
Port. But, Gentlemen, it on 'legal points yon
Should find yourself at a, Mbss, I have to request
You will refer to the Crourt, from whom you will
receive the informati,ou required. Several charges
tinder the deseritiim of robbery, will come under
cognizance ; iuud here, Gentlemen, it may be ne-
cessary to, put you in'possession of the construe-
„."oll the le.vv ha* put upon the word: an act of rob-
"eq trust be proved to haVe been by force, or. by.
Puttip.gin fear ; and the investigation- of ' these
P°leits will be essentially necessary in the present
Pecial inquiry ; but on this head no difficulty is
likely to occur. It is not necessary, to constitute
Q robbery, that actual personal violence should be
used ; expressions or threatening attitudes are
tsiqually within the meaning of the word. During
t'ie riots in London, in the year. 1780, 'a boy, with
; cockade in his hat, knocked at a. tradesman's
door,and when it was opened, he accosted Min—
God bless your honour, remember the poor
,
b." The tradesman rebuked the boy, and turn-,
andbin out, when the boy said he would-go hack
:ld fetch their captain, meaning one of the leaders
i
t. the mob ; which he did, and the gentleman gave
till? half-a-crown. This was accounted robbery,
~,,
.raoney beinggiven under the influence of fear,
;41ch the Court held to be as decisive as had.per-
-1144 violence-. been offered.' The Learned... Judge
here adverted at some length,_ to the offence of
44rglary, and 'setting fire to a house'or • premises,
14" concluded a: most. eloquent address in words
\i, the fol!Owing purport :--,-" In obedience 'to
IvOt I feel lily duty, and with thoSe allusiOns to
• A gat the law is,' I shall bring my observations' to.
econclusion, always relying, as I now do,, on the
ferijuination, caution, andpraise-worthy condUct
dti,a Cheshire Jury. I 'have performed My judicial
huLY) and I do' not think it prudent, Or proper to
e‘of,
,the-eed any further. On the general features of
t cases for your consideration I haA;e no reason.
q (oases
~ Ina any very pleasing conjectures.' Distress, I
iqr, did not operate as some would wish, cis to he-
kive. The characteristics of the system of disturb-
Itee are of a very different colour. Hand-bills
tii re printed, and circulated in the manufacturing
th3rt_ricts, holding out hopes to the disaffected, mid
eats to the well-disposed. ' A secret oath 'was
mill .
It. InlBtered-:-the crest and consolidation of COH-
-41'4(1.4,-1111 these denote the intrigues- of wicked
hli, designing Merl. to create riot and partial in-
ttl,Y; Justice has been for a while withheld, but
)he''. law must now unfold its terrors, always re-
tierrilbering, as 'we shall, that confidence and mo-
ation so necessary in its execution."
the tl• tts Lordship then directed Mr. Hudson to place
ed whole of the prisoners at the bar, and inform-
luvi7`.tteul that their trials would commence the fol-
ke,llg morning, at eight o'clock, when he ex-
ied Court
they would be prepared on' their .parts. .1
ae Court adjourned

WEDNESDAY.
40t4tes' Renshaw, aged 69, a weaver from Wilms-
Nat, fora riot, with several others, at Etchells,
ro,hB,tockport, on tat 1
April, and obtaining
ebil Norris, at Etchells aforesaid, 2g, in
•ttl

money, and from other persons, money, bacc:l,
bread, and cheese.
Mr. BARNES opened the case.
Mr. BE YON, Attorney-General, addressed the
Jury-..-- It is almost unnecessary," said
Learned Counsel, " to say a single wct-d 'why
you are assembled at this unusual time of tlie
year. To all of you it is knOwn, that' in the ma-
nufacturing districts there has long subsisted a
dangerous system of riot---I may say organized
.conspiracy—calculpted to subvert all older, and
to threw into a state of anarchy the most popu-
lous towns and districts in the country. It has
therefore pleased the Executive' Government, to
summon the Special Assize in this county ;. but I
shall not waste your time by entering into a de.-
tail of what has passed, - intending to confine my-
self to the cases of the prisoners at the bar. The
Learned Attorney-General.thenlaid befo're them;
the offence of the prisoner Renshaw, and called'.
witnesses for "the Crown.

The first deposed, that he was in his field, On the
15th April last (previous to which day, disturb-
ances had taken place) when, a little before noon,
Renshaw, the prisoner, and a number of others,
came over the stile, to witness, and the prisoner,
(hying off his hat, moved very politely, saying,
" he was come a begging, as they hai, done as long
as they could."—There might,have- been 40 or 50
in the field, one of whom had a loaf on a hedge-
stake, and and another a piece of cheese on a hay
fork. Witness saw them coming down the
lane, making a rioting, noisy din, one to another.
---LWhen the prisoner ' had spoken to witness,
he (witness) said it was a very aukward mode of
begging, Vitt put his hand in his pocket, and pull-
ed out two shillings, which he gave to them,
under the, influence of fear, hardly knowing what
he *as about. Witness asked for a casll-keeper,
and they pointed to a man in a sniock-frock, or
flannel shirt. He came to witness, prisoner stand-
ing close by ; and after they had got the money,
they appeared dissatisfied, witness said, " he had
a large family of eight children,, and a hard farm"

To a question by Judge BURTON)---they expresh-
ed their dissatisfaction, by asking was that all he
could give them ? When one,Samuel Collier:said,
" Come, pome, let him alone; he's a hard farm."
They then went away.
To a question by the prisoner, as to character—
does not know much of him ; he lived at Wilm-
slow.

The examination and confession of the pri-
soner was here read ; it stated; that he was one
who asked the last witness for money ; went. With
the mob after—had for his share 6s. 3d. was not
out of work.

The prisoner, on being called for his defence,
said, he did not think -there was any harm in what
he had done, or he would not have been engaged
in such,,proceedings. He said, he had been very
unfortunate, having lately lost a child, and the
week after his wife was in bed.---He herd others
went a begging, and he thought he might go.
The CHIEF JUSTICE rmapitulated the evidence
to the Jury, and spoke to several points of ;law,
which our limits Will not allow us to detail. He
said he did not know any case going the length of
the present, on Which a person was convicted.—
The case in 1780 [see his Lordship's charge] was
an instance in which there-was a direct threat
offered—it was not yo> in the present.—lf the
Jury had any doubts upon the subject, the pi,
sprier must have the benefit of them., and they must
acquit him ; if, on the contrary, they thought
there was, sufficient to constitute a robbery, he
must he found guilty. •Verdict—Not *Gullig.
EdwaTd Redfern and Nancy Hurst.--The former
aged 28, the latter 49, for accompanying a large
mob to the Granary at StaleY, belonging to the
Huddersfield Canal Company, and for breaking
open and entering the same, and stealing and de-
stroying large, quantities of flour and meal, to the
athount of upwards of 1000 bushels, &c.
the ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, that was not a
'capital offence., amounting only to a simple lar-
ceny.; but if the prisoners were guilty of the
charge, its degree of guilt approached to that of
a capital crime. _

Witness deposed, that the Huddersfield Canal
' Company have a warehouse at Staley Bridge, in
this county, of which he
,had. the care.—On the
20th of April, when he heard that the mob were
approaching, he locked it up, -making it, as he
thought, secure.. Soon after,- part of 'the' Mob
came into the village, the remainder advancing
-from the Lancashire side, halted at the.large shop
near the Bridge. 'They- were for going back, when
one of the rioters cried out, ‘ Lets 10-• Staley
h ail , and the- wfireho.use.',' Staley hall formerly
belonged to Lord Stamford. , Witness went on a
rising ground to see whether they stopped at the
Warehouse,. when he discovered they had made
stand. - He ran towards' it, , and When . opposite
the building, one from the mob deina.nded the
.keys. There might have been the',S. abOut 500
assembled,, Whioh number kept ,increasing.
Witness said he had no keys, or i(he had; there.
was nothing in they could eat.L--,They,then said
" Break in," and began thro,,ving stones, one
of which striking a bar of the cellar window,
broke it, and several gained entrance, and opened
'the large doors, throwing out' the flour into the
road. When the door was 'opened., nearly the
whole of the crowd went in-30 loads of flout, 2
of meal, 3i of Malt, 3 boxes of soap, aid a vast
quantity of other articles, were stolen and destroy-
ed. They cut the bags open With knives, and threw
the flour about the warehouse and in the. road:
Some brought .little bags, which they
bale of wrapping in the warehouse was. converted
into bags, which, with t.he. flour was carried off.
=Did not see the prisoner, Hurst, till- the 'place
was broke open, but had observed the other pri-
soners in the lane before.--,-Knows the female pri-
soner well ; she was in the act, when he saw her,
of gathering up flour or meal from the warehouse
floor—Redfern picked up,an .empty sack 'in the
warehouse, into which he. put meal and flour, to
the weight of about forty or fifty pounds.—The
prisoner Hurst has several children Who follow
-the cotton business.

Hurst, 'Eking called upon for her defence, .said,
She is .a widow, haS had nine children, but has
buried two. She can have:as good, a character
at Staley Bridge, as any poor body in the :meigh-
bourhood.

Redfern, in his defence, said, he mis told by, a
man about a mob coming down the lanes; when

he asked what a mob was ? as le had never seen
rrrk ! The man said he had got a good budding
stink to knock any one down who should affront
iihni—l'cisoner did go with them (the mob) and
,:ne flour, He is often very ill with althea-
matie disoi•der, and could not carry thw. weight of
',lour which the last witness swore to.--When he
had the Hour, he sent to witness to say he could
pay for it, if lie would tell him what it was worth;
but he did not get an answer.

. Witness being recalled, said a man had come
to liiin &dm Redfern, offering to pay for the
flour, and he recommended him to go to the Con-
stable to settle, it. This was a week after witness
had mentioned him as one of the mob,--Cannot
say iyhat prisoner does for a living.
Judge Dallas obserVed to the Jury; that the
only question for their ,consideration was as to
the part taken by the prisoners, for if they were
concerned at all, the act of one was the -act 'of all.
They must consider whether the 'evidence of the
witness was sufficiently decisive to convict them,
add if not, they must be acquitted.--They ought,
and he kifew they would do their duty firmly and
hOnestly.—Verdict—Both Guilty. •
Thomas Burgiss, aged 36, a collier, froin.Bred-•
:bury,. for being, in company with, several others,
assembled at, and entering the Corn-Mill of
-Joseph Clay, there burning and carrying away
flour, contrary to' the statute. .
A witness depbsed, that on the 21st of April,
-the prisoner at the bar came to the shop at Gee',
Cross. The, srop was
,shut the:whOle of the' day,•
as it was recommended to the proprietor to guard
against surprise, and preserve what articles he had.
The shOp docif Was fastened with a bolt in the in-
side when they were ooming towards it, a little way
off. They 'first demanded entrance, and said if
the door was -not opened they'd give a grand sa-
lute. 'They then furnished themselves With stones,
and broke the house ivindolf-'s.. The door was then
opened'; and the rioters first looped in' the bin
for flour and nieal-7-but there was little in. it.—
They were then offered bee.- and bread and cheese,
which they-had preSented.to them, but the beer
they thought proper to draW themselves: A num.:
her of bOys jumped over the counter 'and searched
the till, hut there were only a few halfpence in it.
, The mob searched all parts of, the hAse ; and
after they had drank all the beer, they Were desitec.
'to withdraw,and most of them went out, but they
had not gone far, .before they cried out, " Huzza!
there's chec:;e. at: a neighbour's house !—They
went to the house they had information of, and
Where the prosecutor had concealed his cheese,
which they carried off. -
'They then .Went to the stable, and broke the
`padlock off the door. Where the stable stood had
formerly been a quarry---Oe road was situated
above it.' Wittieis-saw a woman at,, stable door,
-who was .concealihg sugar she, had -Stole.tt from
the stable, a 4uaatity having been sent there for
safety.
, A little while ther, witness saw the mob throUgh
the hedge, quarrelling about the 'division of the
cheese ; the prisoner was there, and he had a
piece in his hand----Witness 'said, " you had better
giVe me the 'cheese ; I have a large family as well
as thee:' He ,gave a
_slight answer; but did not
return it. The mob consisted of about 500. They
took articlerS. away to the,amonnt of 21 Or 251.
Prisoner, in his defence„ said, the witness must
be mistaken; as he 'was not with the mob.

Witness said he had known hint 14 or 15-yearse
and was perfectly well acquainted ;vith his person.
Prisoner persisted that be was not present, and'
stated, he observed, " it was a sin and a shame
to make slich work."

An Evidence, on behalf of the prisoner, said
he was,a spectator of the riot, and was talking
with the prisoner about 20 yards from' the prose-
cutor's house. Did not " see a mouthful, of cheese
in prisoner's hand." There was a man in the
garden, dressed like the prisoner, whom wiqiess
mistook for the prisoner.
James Brent spoke to the prisoner's character,
but could not say how long it was since he was
tried at the assizes for stealing chickens, or what
was the reason be was afterwards sentenced to be
whipped ! .

The Jury then found'the prisoner—Guilty.

ORDERS IN COUNCIL.

FROM THE QUARTERLY REVIEW.

(Continued from our Paper of yesterday.)

The whole tenour Of Mr. Jefferson's admini-
stration had excited strong suspicions of a secret
understanding between him and France ; and
these suspicions were considerably strengthened
by this rejection, and suggested alteration of the
treaty concluded' by his authorized minister here,
at the very moment of the notification in that
country of the Berlin Decree. It happened also
thit this Decree was contemporaneous in its ope-
.
ration with the Non-intercpurse Act against Eng-
land; which, though passed in May, was not to
take effect until November. The very language
employed by America in her remonstrances and
negotiations with England, was exactly similar
to that made use of by France: Every step she
took seemed to confirm the existence of collusion
between Mr. Jefferson and Buonaparte.

, England , hoWever continued to bear * the ill
humour, and even the menaces of -America, not
indeed with indifference, but 'with that calm and
dignified, moderation which is naturally inspired
by consciousness of rectitude combined with con;
sciousness of power.---Even the Berlin Decree of
the 21st November; 1806, appeared, to make no
change in her system: of legal blockade, as it re-
garded France, or of con/cession and relaxation in
favoui of Anierica. By this-Decree, the British;
islands were declared in a state of blockade.. All
British subjects, found in'countries occupied by
French troops, were, ordered to 'be seized and
made prisoners of wilr; all British property to be

confiscated ; all trade in British produce and ma-
nuiactures was. prohibited ; and all neutral Ves-
sels, which i:ad touched in England or any of her
colonies, were made liable to -Confiscation.
There were, we two obvious ways of
treating this declarF.Lon of war against all com-
merce, but :41Orc..,partielllarly against British Com-
niercec--Mth'er to ' consider `it as one of those

empty menaces so freqUently fulminated a9.ainst
us ha those moments of temporary . insanv to
Which the' presentJmler of the French is subject;
and to take no notice of it whatever, at least till
it had been Clearly ascertained what its operation
would be, and- to what extent neutral powers
would acquiesce in so odious. a Decree ;--or, to
make him feel at once the full force of our naval
power ; to put forth the strength of his mighty
arm, and lay waste the whole line of coast from
Ostend to Bayonne ; to keep his
.armies perpetu-
ally on the march to the various points of attack ;
to spread terror and alarm among the inhabitants; .
to drive the French fishermen Within the mouths
of their rivers, and compel their masters to up-
plicate, as Henry IV. of Fiance had done bticore
him, for permission to catch a few soles on the.
banks In the. Channel for his own table. .Unfor-
tunately our Government did nether. It con-
terited.itsellwith issuing an Order in Council an,
. .
the 7thJanNiary, 1807, by Which, after stating his
Majesty's unwillingness to follow ,the example of;
his enemies, by proceeding to an extremity so dis-
tresSing to all nations not engaged in the war,
yet urging.the. necessity he felt to restrain this
violenceand to retort upon them the evils of their
own injustice, it was .ordered ' that no vessel
shall be permitted to trade from one port to an-
other, both which ports shall belong. to,. or be. in
possession of France.or her allies, or shall he so
fas under. their controul, as that British vessels
may not freely trade thereat.'

This feeble effort at retaliation totally failed in
./
restraining the violence of the enemy, while the '

restrictions it imposed on neutral commerce,
served as a pretext for a grievance on the part of ,
America.. In point of fact,. Amcricp. not only
evaded the orders, but
.turned them greatly to her
advantage; while the commerce of England be-
came every month more languid and prostrate,
till reduced, as justly observed by a 'Member of
the House of Commons, to a state of suspended
animation.,

If America had any ground- of complaint on
this occasion, it was that only a few days before .
the issuing of the Order in'Couneil, Mr. Monroe
.had been- told that his Majesty's Government
could riot believe that the enemy would ever seri-
ously attempt to enforce such a system ; but that
if the enemy should carry these threats-into exe-
cution, and-if neutral nations, contrary to all ex-
pectation, should acquiesce in such usurpations,
his Majesty might probably be compelled, how-
. .
ever reluctantly, to retaliate in his Just de-
fence, Btc,'

The Berlin Decree, which had been held by
many as an empty menace,' was soon discover-
ed by the Administration which came into power
about April 1807, to bear a very different charac-
ter ; that nations in alliance with France, and
under her controul, were required to give, had
given, and did -give effect' to that Decree. Th( y
found, that the Order of the 7th January, issued
by their predecessors, '.did not answer the desir-
ed purpose, either of compelling the enemy to
xecal those Orders, or of inducing neutral nations
to-interpose, with effect to obtain the revocation,
but, on• the contrary, the same had been recently
enforced with increased rigour.' It was there-
fore Ordered,'on the 11th November, 1807, that
all the ports and places of France and her allies,
or of any other country at war. with his 'Majesty,
and all other ports and.places in Europe from
which, although not at mar with his Majesty, the .
British Hag is excluded, and places in the Colonies,
belonging to his Majesty's enemies, shall,- from.
henceforth, be subject to thd same restrictions, in
point of trade and navigation, (with certain eN:
ceptious), as if the same were actually blockaded
by his Majesty's naval forces, in the most strict
and rigorous mariner.'f
As soon as this Ofder in' Council reached Buo-
naparte, at Milan, he issued- his Decree of the
17th December, 1807, by which every ship, to
'whatever nation it may belong, that shall' have
submitted to' be searched by -English ship, or -
paid any tax to the English Government, is de-
clared to be denationalized, and to have become s
British -property—that such shipS are good and
lawful prizes—that every ship, of whatever nation,
and whatsoeVer its cargo may be, sailing _from.
Lagla-nd, or the English colonies,-or countries oc-
cupied by the English troops, i 4 good and lawfu,l
prize—these measures' to cease to have effect with
respect to those nations who shall have the firm-
ness to compel the English Govenment to respect
their nag

(To be continued.)