The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-05 00:00:00

CHARGE OF RIOT AND ASSAULT,

Henry Heald, a young man 14 respectable appearance,
was indicted for riotously assembling with other persons, in
the parish of St.-Martin in the Fields, with intent to create a
riot and breach of the pence. In.a second count he stood
cha!ged with assaulting James %Win, a cunstable,in the exe-
cution of his duty, and in a third count with a common as-
sault.

Messrs. REYNOLDS and ROLLAND were Counsel for the
Crown, and Mr. ANnuEws appeased for the Defendant.
The case arose out of the arrest Of Mr. Mills in St. James's
square, in August last, while addressing the people assembled
opposite the Queen's house.
Mr. REYNuLus addressed the Jury, and called the following
witnesses:—

James Walin, a Bow street patrule, deposed, that he was
one of the party employed to apprehend Mills, and when the
latter was captured, they were followed by a crowd on their
way to Bow street ofilec. In CockspOr street, 'several of the
mob thing hticks, and there were cries of " Rescue, rescue
him front the Munn-hounds." When arrived at (Amino.-
cross, Nit. Mills was put into a coach, in order to avoid the
mob, and just Opposite the Hungerfuril Coffee-lonise, a'brick
passed close by the' witness's face, and looking round, he saw
the defendant with Isis arsn raised, aud a piece of !nick yet in
his hand. He was then head of the mob, booting ante
groaoitig, but witness rushed at bins, and took him into
custody.
William Wootton, another patrole, stated, that he saw the
defendant active in the crowd, and-heard him groan, and tali.
out. He did not see him throw any thing.
Mr. ANbaews addressed the Jury, and observed, that under
all the circumstance., it wostld be dangerous for them to pro.
naduce the defendant guilty,nod stibject hi:n to the heavy
punishment which must necessarily await such an offence as
the one char4ed. He was instructed to say, that. the de-.
fendant WA9 a young man of respectable character anil quiet'
demeanour, and on the day in question was going about his
lawful_ business, When he was interrupted in bit progress by
tlse crowd following Mr. Mills. He.washustied, i.nd desired to
pull oil his hat, for the Queen was coming; and he did so to
save himself from violence, ()sit took nO' part in the acts of
the crowd. He (Mr. Andrews): wool(' put it to the ./iny
whether it was nut quite possible that Walin was mAtalien as
to identity.
..
The defendant, in addition to the remarks of his Counsel,
solemnly protectud his innocence. He was observed 'several
tisisi.s to shed trays.

The .i!try, with little besltationj pronounced the defendant
Nut Guilty.

MR:TAI,BoY,:the IRBII PIPER.

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Extract eon: a Memoir of MC, WILL M,' Tistmor, (the cele-
brajed Perfornar nil the Irish PlpeSl, about lo•tle:pllbliSiled
in Wit.soN's. Biography a the Btind, now coming out in
Numbers. •
It is InicaWrig to the pride of man to trace •
the helplessness of nature, but gsatifyiog to consider the go: i-
ness of Provitienee'in the provision it. Makes .for his wants'
and infirmities, 1:1 no situation, perhaps, is this better excel- .
finned, than in -the case of those, who; condemned to peels_.
• teal darkness,' are:left to. grapple with the difficulties of-life,
and to make their way through its mazy windings; -und;fr a
privation, which of all others; ii the roost appalitng.- The.
subject of the present memoir is of this class. He was horn
near ftoserea, in the. County of Tipperary, in the year 1781,
and lost his slight iu the small pox when only four years
of age; about 'that thue,"latbist's Mother, being its a-delicate
state of, health, was 51 set! to rerhove to a situation more
suited to her totiStittlii‘fti.,, neat the sea coast, and soon-affer -
the family settled ino lie tillage-of Tuamotu, within Six Joilea
of Waterford: There yointg•Tallsot scion diseovered eonsidc-
rable.inechanical taste irt.clte coirsituction of miniature wittd
and water mills, andia,the fitting. up oh small ships and boats
watt every rd.'s: and appendage.- as 'exactly formed. as those' :
found tti'seSSeli on'a iarger sei-ste.• as utile chitd he - -
was-Much indulged by Ins parents, who ;fferded hi to a greater .
ficility in cultivating Iris Meow 'Wpm:suits ; and it is not a
little reniarkable, thatat the several pet: hots of the year when
boss are to the habit of attassing themselves with kites, tops,
hoops, marbles, bows, and arrows, this youthful adtenturer
was !initial amongst the most expert in those juvrotle recrea-
tions ; he has been known to ganithe ring at castle-top, and to
hit the mark with an arrow at 30"yerds distance, whet! others, , • .
who were considered adepts and blessed' with he advantages
of sight, (timid themselves far outstripped in this respect, by ."
his adrnituess and ingenuity.
At the age of 13; his pet tormance on the Irish Pipei obtain-
ed hire considerable celebrity, particularly in country dance
playing: and such was the fascination' of hiS music, that no
stain Votild be employed-for that parpose when lie could Ise
procured; his habits to this respect had been so CULl'llflled,
and, his practice-so extensive, that he has been loom; to con—
tinue playing a tune at a ball, although fast asleep, mind was
only roused irons his slumbers, by the'reiterated calls of tfirf
party for a change in the air. While erigagetk through the
country in this way, he went, on one occasion, with a few •
companions to a WO, alma six tulles distant, to amuse
self, and to hear a piper who had been engaged foftlie night.
Doting the evening this.man was .continually boiisting of his -
pipes, and of his own, judgment, taste, and executiod. Tal-
'trot, who had listened to his vaunts in silence, at'letigtlipro-
posed, by, way of quietus, to get a man who would produce
better music out of an old stocking. Bets were innuediately •
maoe—judges, appointed—and the hour having arrived for
the decision, :fainot actually drew from an old stocking a set
of small pipes which he commenced. 'slaying, to- the. niter as-
tonishment and: contusion of his competttur, and to the con- -
simian of his audience of his rat re superiority. At his leisure -
hours he frequently amused himself fishing, at. which he was
generally very successful, as well as in piny:lig 'Cards- and
dominoes, when occasion afforded him an opportunity of exer-
cising his itigennity its that way. Sonia:noes its his rambles '
through the country, he would indulge himself and his friends
with a inua;ll at tile expence of sonic blind companion, whom
he would purposely lead out of his way and there leave hint,
until the nitre:sties of.the bewildered prison would bring him
again to his relief.
About the 17t1t year of his age, he got accidentally ac-
quainted widen -Captain in the navy,-for-wlfonr he had form-
such a friendship, that he was jounced to go with him to .
sea, where he continued better than four years, during which
he was ilt various parts of the•world, 'am" received much civi-
lity, attention, and kindness, from the inhabitants of the le..
spective ports at which he touched. _Mr. Talbot had beconte
so acenstomed to the ship, that, altlosogh of an intricate rig-
ging, be hat- beettiirten seen Auing-trou rope to rope to the
mast head, with all the agility and skill of sot experienced
seaman.' He, however, became tired of this kind of life, as it
possessed too little variety, and became again a landsman in
1803. At this period he for Med a matrimonial et nn.ction•
with a young woman,- for whom he had long cherish. d In ar-
dent attachment, and for their mutual support had recourse
to the exercise of his unisical talents. lie shortly after settled
with his wife in Limerick, where he met touch
.eneonrage-
ment, and commenced there his first attempt at blilding•an

orgaii. In this, although having no person to give him any
ins ruction, he succeeded surprisingly. Frdin Limerick, after •
a residence•of nearly three. years, he tenoned to Colc. Here
he purchased an organ, lot the purposeeif making himself bet--
ter acquainted with its mechanism; his perfect khowledge
which, was soon evinced by the ingenious and melodious or-
gans which he litterwards constructed, Mr. •Talbin's ac-
quaintance with this branch of inechanical music first led him
to conceive the application ate deePar scale to the Irish pipes,
and by that means he has now brought•the iustrument to a,.
state of pet fection hitherto unparallel, d in the annals oho usic. '
Lie has enabled it tmdcseend a whole additional octave on the
musical scale, even to G, on the first line in the bass ; the
instrument being at' first Only four notes under concert pitch.
Indeptitolent of this; he has. ineneased its power of forniing
and combining harnionions sounds, by various adhitional
keys, and by other very elegant and oii4inal iniprovements.
Of his execution on the pipes, the Irish nation -have had a
long experience; arid it roust he admitted, that his taste, if.
equalled, has seldom keen surpassed, in the pet tormance of
almost alt those favourite airs which hare givelesuch deserstek,
celebrity to our nati-e bards.
In the city of Dublin, where he resided for Many years,
his performance was greatly .sought after and 'applauded, as
was manifested by the large resort of company to the•
houses where he played. While there, from the nature of
his profession, he was often kept to a late hone in the even-
ing, yet such was .its knowledge of tiic city,stbat he would re,
turn alone to his Own House, which was situated outs.de tbe
Grand Canal, without .nniking tile least mistake, and oft has
liven hnownoluring these solitary petanibulations,to Sc: ve
a guide4and gaierdian to many. au tentortunate votary of the
social hoard. .
Daring his residence in Dublin, he was iniFaced at one
time to. go with ,some friends un .a boating party of Weir-,
sure in the bay: the day, however, becoming tempestui.no,
they were driven to sea, and obliged to take shelter in the
Isle of Man. !Jere his arti,ic, had he not been preeiolistv
engaged, might have proved of • Mitch advanUge, as a yining
woman at the inn ,where be stopped, was so taken it .111
that she not only propoSed him her 'hand itt • oat
a mass of treasure, which- she had been for some ears us
accumulating. This, by nay of temptation, she dis‘.iivered
to hint as a great secret, and consisted of, a large 4
Isle of Man penny pieces.. The oiler, however, he was (414-
cd respectfully to reject, to the great Mortification of the lair
damsel.

--The writer of this article has knoWn Mr. Talbot for some
time, and thinks it but justice to big character to state, that
he has touch merit in suppoititirg himself-and a large lantay
so respecta;hly as 'be ors i the incoliutt &rived afore,
from his musical abilities. Ihe loss ut steht, and- v•-ant of
the contorts depending-upon it, although it • may be. deplor-
ed, seem not to be felt as a calamity
,hy Mr. Titlhot ;
nutwitlistanding ttnit tine great hook of nature is for erer clos-
ed upon hinz,` he. N,i)pears perfectly ysiincd to the will of
Providence, fall tit cootentincui and cheerfulness, and'pOtit-
sesi,es at ail tiaies that itideptaident -which ten-
ders life suppurtO.ale under every misfortune.

A Petition came before the Presbytery of
Edinburgh, at their last Meeting, from the Kiik
Session of Bombay: The Petition stated, that it
had been the desire of the• Congregation to erect
.a steeple similar to the Ilresbyterian .Churches at
Calcutta and Madras,. but the. WO: lo'had beea
stopped by the Government (as was explzinea
by' a-Member present), at the interference of the
Bishop of Calcutta, and was
,therefore not so tr.i-
volons a grievance as at first sightit appeared.
The Petitioners prayed the intercession,.of the
Presbytery -of' Edinburgh With the Honourable
the East India Company, in requestiug, them to
authorise the erectiolt of a steeple.—Ordered to
be kid on the table. r