The Sun.
London, England, 1819-10-26 00:00:00

ST. CLENIE:',.`i- DANES.

[Further Particulars, from a Morning Paper.)
Pars cant to pti hiic notice, a Aleering of Ott
inhabitant 1-I,)useholders of St. Clement Danes
was yesterday held, in the Court- room of t hat
Parish, for the purpose of. taking into considera-
r ion the late melancholy transactions. at Man-
chester. •

Mr. CiaaltsoN having been celled to the Chair,
oil the motion of Mr. Soo-eh, procceded to ad.-
chess the assembly. He adverted slimily to the
conduct of the Churchwardens, Messrs., t.;'.olealry.
and Telly, who, in answer to the ilegoisition
presented to them, declared their unwillingness to
convene a• Meeting on 'a -subject by which the
public mini! was at present so much agitated, lest.
it might. tend to disturb the •tranquillity of .the.
Parish. After the receipt of this Hos, er, Mr.
Solesby was reqnesred ro let the Parishioners.
have the use. of 'their Vestry-room to meet in-;
and he replied, it the Gentlemen who sighed the
Requisition would tornish hint with a copy of the
notice.callingohe fleeting, be it he rip-
proved of the notice, direct that the Court-toom
should be foepareit tor the reception of the inha-
bitants. The bill was accordingly seait to lii
and as he did not object to its coateuts, the
Court-room was thrown open to than. Thor
who signed the Reqoisition, supposing the not*
of meeting note() have been sufficietoly extensive,
caused pew bills to be posted up on Saturday,
and amongst other places, a notice was placed on
each side of
~the Irestiy-door. Those notices
were, however, during the time when. service
was performiog 'on Sunday, torn down. by the
Parislelleadle, in consequence of an order -from'
Mr. Solesby—a proceeding. which he (the Chair-.
man) considered most extraordinary, when the
Chorchwardens had- formerly expressed their ap-
probation of Are notice. Having delivered this
preliminary explanation, the Chairman concluded,
by tequesting.that an impartialhearing should be
afforded to every person who thought fit to ad-
dress the Meeting on this occasion. „
Mr. STURCH rose,. amidst the applause of the
Assembly. He observed, that it would have given
him -much pleasure, it their worthy Chnrchwar-
dens'had thought proper to sanction the Meeting,
by calling it in their-names. lie condemned the
conduct of those Gentleolien, in directing the no-
rice of the Merting.to be torn down, after they
had read and approved of it. The reason assign-
ed bythem.for not calling the Meeting was most
fallacious. They did not ,wish.to,saoction.any
in-
quiry into the sanguinary proceedings at Man-'
chester, although it was.a fact upon record, that
more than 400 persons were injured there:. by
wounds and bruizes.. They did not like to coon.'
tenance a Meeting, lest it might disturb the tran-
quillity of the parish. He abhorred any thing that
came under the denominatitor of .I%iob Law ; but
it would -be a most melancholy thing, if the pen-
-jale of this country, who had been accustomed to
live under a free form-of Government, should see
an armed. force-riding amongst -an unarmed and
unoffanding assembly, cutting them down and-
trampling on them—it world indeed be a lament-
.able eircumstance„, if they saw all this, and re. Yesterday morning the business of these Ses,
Rosined unagitated, unmoved—in that stare of sions commenced. at. the Court-House, Horse-
tranquillity which their worthy Churchwardens monger-Lane, before D. TROTTER, Esq. the Chair-
spoke of. if, onderisach circumstances, the Peo- titan, and a numerous Bench of Magistrates. On
ple were not alarmed, from one end of the country the Grand Jnry being sworn, the Worthy Chair-
to the other—if they did not tweet in their several man addressed them as follows :
districts to call for inquiry, then he would "' GENTLEMEN-1 sincerely lament the heavy
conclude that the British Constitution was calendar that will be laid before you, ,and which
gone—that the spirit of liberty . which aril. will necessarily occupy much more of your time
mated their fOrefatliers had fled for ever—and, than could be wished. In the few observations
that they Were ready to live under any which I shall consider it my duty to make to
system of Government, however tiegrading you, it will be of great importance to call your at-
whether it was that of a Turkish Bashaw, or a tent ion to the dissemination of blasphemous and
Dey of Algiers, After some spirited remarks on seditious publications ; I have to acquaint you
the danger to be apprehended from a standing of the determination of the Magistrates of this
army, and a variety of observations on the con- County to use every effort to bring persons offend-
duct of the Magistrates and Yeomanry of Man- ing by. selling such books to condign punishment,
chester,' the Worthy Gentleman concluded by and they do notdoubt of having your hearty co-
reading five Resolutions,-asserting the right of the operation. If ever there was a time when the loyal
subject to petition the Throne, condemning. the A and .well-disposed should be active in supporting
haste with which the thanks of the Prince Regent the Laws and -Constitution, this is that time. I
were given to the Manchester Magistrates, and -*will put it to your good sense, and to every per-
calling for a full Parliamentary Inquiry into the son capable of, reasoning, which is the most dun-
.sanguisnrry transactions at Manchester on the 16th. gerous person in society, tae-who steals a few shil-
of August. hogs from his neighbour, or be who, by distri-
Mr. STURCH then proposed the first Resolu- .bitting those seditiolts -arid blasphemous works,
ashich was seconded by 'Mr. CLAittooN, not only destroys that consOlation„afforded.you by
junior, in an animated speech, and carried unani- 7 Religion here, but also your prospect of happi-
monsly, as were also the remaining Resolutions. tress hereafter. -As there are Seditious Meetings
The thanks of the Meeting were then voted 10 'about to take place in Vatioll3 parts of the Metro.
Mk. Clarkson, tor his impartial conduct in the .polis,l cannot do better thaajlirect your attention
Chair, and the Assembly dispersed.. . to the oi,jujou of
_an eipinent_ individual, Mr.,

Yesterday these SesNions commenced at Guild-
hall, before the LOH D Mayort, the Recorder, Al-
dermen, &c. The latter appeared in their scarlet
robes, in honour of the commemoration of the
anniversary of the King's Accession.
The Recorder charged the Grand Jury to the
effect, that, although the number• of persons
Charged with crimes in the Calendar was very.
great, "after so short a lapse of time, since the last
'Sesious, the offences were of that ordinary nature
we!,ich daily occurred in all great and• popukus
towns and cities.
IRON COFFINS.
.Jacob Fruit; was indicted for ,assaulting„BOrard
Lillie.Bridgeman, on thelOth of,June last, at the
parish of St. Sepulchre.'
The prosecutor is manufacturer of the patctit
iron coffin's, and the difCndant beadle of St. An-
drviv's,-11olhorn. The chargei'whieb was a em) -
ter one (the proseOtor.beiog himself tried upon
the charge of the .defendant last Sessions) arose
from the circumstance-of the latter having.hrought
the corpse of a Mrs. Gilbert, in an iron coffin,
without due notice to the Churchwardens, the
,Rector, or others, 'The consequenCe was, that
the—prosecutor remained several hours in the
church•yard, without being able to procure the
interment, and a report being circulated that
the" burial was resisted upon the ground that
the practice _of
,using iron coffins would be
'detrimental to the interests of the sexton
laud " body snatchers," a, considerable mob col-
lected. A riot and disturbance quickly ensued,
'and the defendant was ordered by the Church-
wardens to carry the prosecutor to the Compeer.
It'was on his why there that he complained "of
being struck by Frain, and the fact was not de-
nied by the latter, who said he did it in his own de-
fence, -having first received a blow from Bridge-
man, which cut him in the mouth, and caused an
effusion of blood. The facts have already been
detailed at great 'length to the public, and several
witnesses were now called on either side, whose
testimony WAS most conflicting.
Mr. ALLEY addressed the Jury with much
ability and energy for the detendant,and the RE-
CORDER having ;charged the Jury, they retired for
about one. hour, and then returned with a verdict
of Not Guilty.
The body of Mrs. Gilbert remains un-
buried in ode of the vaults in the church, and the
ease is also dormant in the Ecclesiastical Court.

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