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London, England, 1816-08-07 00:00:00

J)ORSET A SSI3ES.

Ott Thursday, August,J, Mr. Justice PARK ar•
lived at Dorchester, and opened the Commission
for :tile Sutnincr,As*ize for this County. The
lutrt.then ntliotirticti till the_following day, on
account of Jlic2b3rnceol Air, Jut! ice fioutoYD,
who was'accidentally "detained at Salisbury.
On Friday, at halt-past eleven o'clock, the
Ica.rned Judge not having tlien arrived, Air. Jus-

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Lice l'AltN. went into :the Crown Court and ail-
dressed the Grand Jury, Ile stated, that as he
was talteu by surprise, it. being the tiuty uf his
learned livOtper to preside in that Court, he could
not be expected to instruct them so fidly as the
nature of the different offeticei might retpiire. 11,e
was happy to perceive, however, from the hasty
view he had' taken of the calendar, that it con-
tained no cases, except one, which were not
of ordinary occurrence. The LitSe to
'he alluded was that of a great body of people
having tumultuously assembled at Itritiport,
for very lawless and unjust purposes. It appear-
ed that this riot had been committed merely be-
cause those deluded persons imagined they should
be able to redress certain gi ievances under which
they laboured but• it was nwelt 'to be lamented
that they, should think such a measure could add
to their cUrnforts. Unfortunately, if conviction
should follow, they would find that the strong arm
of the law must punish the wrOng-doer : the Ma-
gistrate-did not bear the sword io vain, but must'
wield. it for the purposes of virtue and justice. The
Grand Jury would have to teach them this fearful
lesson; and when they retired to their private resi-
denCes,it would be necessary to Morin their less en-
; lightened neighbour., that all attempts of thii kind
orly int ceased the evil ; it was one of those things,
the end whereof is death. These was no occasion to
plead poverty.for the purposes of crime ; charity
v,;is never withheld from the honest and in-
dustrious, hilt measures of this nature hardened
the beaus of the charitable; and it was only to
be wished Oott cite deluded part of mankind would
taste' warning by these cases. The distressei-
which these persons sought,.to relieve by their
own violent and tionultuotis conduct arose oat
of the, peculiar circumstances of the times, and
emit(' not be expected to last long; but he was sorry
to say, there were persons of that nefarious charac-
ter among us who turned it temporary ptessure
into a belief that it would he permanent. Such
persons were enemies to the good order and peace
I of society, and should be carefully avoided by the
poor and illiterate. The Learned Judge then al-
laded to the late riots in another part of thecorm-
try, and alter coniplimenting the Grand Jury for
the energy which the police of their eounty had
displayed in suppressing- the disturbances at Brill-
port, he,dismissed them for the 'purpose of floci;
ing hills against such of the prisoners as might
appear to be guilty.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 3.

Jacob Powell, John Tolemon the younaer,

:umiak Saunders, Hannah Patsyll, and Elizabeth
Phillips, were indicted for having unlawfully and
riotously assembled, together with a great mini-
..ber. of other eril-disposed: persons,, aumenting to
200 and more, at Bridport, in the County of Dor-
set, on the 29th day of April last:
Mr. Mootte-, bn the part of the Crown, stated,
that the pristmers at the bar stood indicted for an
offence which, though not a felony, was,
-almost
as serious' in its nature as any that could be
brought before a jury. lit conscquence of
the situation in which, the country had been
lately place tl, a great clamour bad been raised
: hitAillst the bakers in. Ilridport, and on the
29th of April lost a most serious and
riot. took plaCe iu .that town:. It was fit that the
labouring classes of the community should know,
that by taking these steps they deprived them-
selves of the means of obtaining provisions, and
thereby only increased the distresses of
they complained, It was for the purpose of re-
pressing this evil-that the preseur prosecution bad
been.institnted ; and he 511401 d call witnesses who
would identify each of the prisoners as taking. a
very. active part in the riots. They attacked the
bakers, and curried away a great quantity of
`strong beer from the brewery of Messrs. Gundry
and Co. which they intended to:distribute among
their deluded and lapiless companions : in addi-
him) to these ontrages, th'e,y.placed loaves of bread
on a pole, to instigate others to tumult, and used
the most threatening language. If he should
prove• that all the prisoners were implicated in
these transactions, he was sure the Jury would
hear from the Learned. Judge that they had sub-,
jented themselves to the correction of the low ;
and he hop.ed their cases would he a warning to
the rest of the community not to engage in such
violent and lawless proceedings.
Mr. Edward Nicholas, Richard Burden, Robert
Turner, skate Corniek, and William' Dimond,
proved the facts.
The prisoner Powell, in his defence, said he met
the dray, and had both his hands In his pockets.
He saw.a woman fall from it, and went to pre-
vent its going over her, He stoopedfiown, when
the people crowded about him, He then jumped
on the dray,. to escape being:lnjured. Mr. Ni-
cholas ordered him off, which he did not reflse,
lie Was then ordered to' go. to the Town-hall,
Which he agreed to do. fie had no staff' in hii
hands-Toleman said be was secluding in the street
when the dray came up. Two women fell K:
he went to help ode of them up.. She had a loaf
ona,stick, and he was then taken into tnstorly..r.-
SuAannah Saunders said she was not in. the mob
till she was taken up : she had been at „home. at,
work.—llannab Powell stated, that,. she was in
the: town, but slid not break any windows. Eliza-
beth •Phillipsiaid'she was going up the :town to
seek for :work.--No svitnessys; were called to con-
firm (hese different statements, but :several per-
sons.,gave each of tbe prisoners' a good character.
They all appeared to have been honest ,intlnstriollti,
sober,, and peaceahle, till. these transactions'„—
Jecoh Powell was a WAMt.COlllber.j 'Tolotiair, a
flax-dresser ; Susannah Saunters' and tlaiman
rowell were spinsters ; Elizahsth Phillips was the
wife of a mason ; she was touch affected dining
the. ,trial, end held an infant in her arms.
Mr.Justiee 1-Joettoy
;addressed the Jut y. pie
-observed,-that-this.rwas an indictment against the
live prisoners' ,at the bur for 'having on the 29th
of April last tumultoously assembled at Ilridport,
and making a riot to the,disturbane.e of the King's
peace ; certainly- iCappeared in evidence that
there I,vas.a very great riot on. that (lay. It seemed
to have been occasioned by.the high prices of proyi-
sions'which then prevailed, and the rioters appeared
to have seized the dray for the purpose, as they
supposed, of, redressing:some grievances.; It w-.(s
very unfortunate -suflb a step should be taken, which
I could have no other effect than to increase the evil
complained.of; hecause,if from the circutotonces of

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t tines provisions twee iintisuaily dear, anti the
people took these measures into their own hands,
the persons who exercised these trades would cease
to.carry on builtiesi, and the potir, who could not
thents,elves, wind(' get neither the one nor
.the other. The' consequence .would then be ten
times worse than before. As a reason to show
that in genertl the distress arose fro M-causes that
could not be prevented; he would Merely observe,
that if any tperson asked too much for his articles,
others would undersell him, in otder to get the
profit to themselves.. l t was lunch to be lamented,
that several of the prisoners, who appeared to he
industrious persons, should have left their busi-
ness .to see what was going on. Taking their
characters intoconsideration, if' .the• Jury' had
any doubt of their having assisted in the I.kit,
they would feel-it their duty to acquit them ; hitt if
they were satisfied with the evidence, their former
good conduct could not avail, though it might add
to the regret of finding such persons engaged un-
lawful objects. Ile was glad so see in'the course of
the evidence that speedy measures were taken to sup-
press the disturbance. Mr. Nicholas was entitled
to great praise for his spirited conduct, and it was a
.very wise step on the part of the magistrates to
stave the beer. if that had not been done, the popu-
lace might have become intoxicated, which would
have led to worse nets of mischief. In .outrages
of this nature, every one was —responsible for
what the others did. The learned Judge then re-
capitulated the evidence, and the defence of the
prisoners. Jacob Powell had stated, that he
only tried to help a woman tip : but how Mlle he
the people ? Ile-must have been there be-
fore the woman fell, even if his story were true.
There was no proof, however, of what. he scat-A
ed ; and Mr. Nicholas had sworn, that lie was.
foremost on the dray.. Toleman said, lie was
,standing in the street when the dray rivas brought
up ; but ihow came he there ? As to Susannah
Saunders and Hannah Powell„ it was much to be
lamented that they, as honest indastrionS women,
should have joined in such riotous measures. The
Jury, holvervr, would weigh the evidence, and it
t hey were satisfied of their guilt, their former gornl
conduct would not alter the fact. Elizabeth
Phillips did mit appear to ha7,e acted with the
mob : she was 50 or 100 yards before ; and though
she made use of very violent exptessions, she cer-
tainly took a less active port thmi the rest. The.
Jury would take these circumstances • into consi---
deration, and, in so doitig, wouldsive her the be-
nefit of her former good character;

The Jury deliberated for a short time, and then
returned a verdict of Guilty against all the yri.
soners, , ,

• Sozuel• Ibllett; a labourer, was next indicted
for haying, on the 29th of April last, unlaw,fully
anti riotously assembled with a great number of
other persons in the horonAh of Bridfiort, and for
having broken the witnio‘vs of the dwelling-house'
and shop of John Fowler, of the said borough,
baker.

The prisoner, in his defence, denied the facts
%viten the Learned Jodge lec,toitolalcd the evi,-
-dence, rod the ,Jory iontittlimely returned a ver-
dict of Guilty:
&if MIS indicted for having, on the 29th
of April last; felonioory eartird) away tt •erilv;
Co Itailling 3 norintity of heir, from the pterniies
cif nessti. Guidry iinri Co. tit Brkthentri4mpton,
ticar Bridpott; in 'he county of Dor,:et,.bretvers.,"
The prisoner. denied' the, Charge ;- when -the
.lodge-addrn-ieil the Jury. He lamented
that %.,) young a person (the prisoner was only II G
years of age),shotild hive acted with others in
invading the premises and stealing the property-
of the brewerb. There did not.nppear any eviut
donee for believing his sitiry,. ttnd therefore the
Jury must find. him guilty ff
.cfranctlinteny. They
returned a verdict accordingly,' but recommended
him to :mercy.

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James Stodgell the ynting‘n. runs indicted for a
siosifFir ofrynce, and lotiud Oia/ty. :
At four o'clot k the Learned ,liige having gone
thrOugh the colendar, the • Court adjourned CM
hoif-past live, when he passed sentence on the
differenf prigoners.

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Jacob Powell, John Tolernan the youngit,
Snsanualt ,Sauntleys,. Ilannah Powell, Elizabeth
Phillips, and Sauttlel Follett, were first brought
to the bar. .
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The Learned Judge observed; that they bad
been found guilty of a most netrsgeons riot,at
Itridport on the 29th of" April ia'st. It was for-
innate for them that the Magistrates took mea-
sures to .supp-ress the disturbances immediately;
if the mob had become infuriated with liquor,
Mel any lives had been lost', they would all have
bees parties, and ansWerablefor the oonsequeneesb
Some of them, however, had been more active
and forward than the rest, and it was particulara
ly to be lamented that pet sons in the habits-of
industry should commit acts which ivould'oely ini
crease the difficulties ender which they laboured'.
The sentence would have been greater, if it had
not been.for the activity'of the .Magistrates and
some other persons ; hut, tithing all the eircum•
stances of each 'case' into consideration, he sen-
tenced Jacob Powell anti Semliki Follett to be
im-
prisoned for the space of twelve calendar months;
John Toleman the younger,to be imprisoned nine
mouths ; Susannah Saundeis and Menai) Powell
to he imprisoned sic months; Elizabeth Phillips,
ho w took a less active part, but used very violent
expressions, to be imp isoned three months ; Wil-
Ilate FrSt had been recommended to mercy, but
be must bc punished according to the nature of
his offence ; James Stodgell had not the excuse of-
youth to plead in his defence': each of them, how-
ever, had been itepriioned for some time, and as
the viots Were to' soon' suppressed; he seuteneed
William Fry to pay a fine of Is. tuella be impri-
soned for .nine months ; anti James Stodgell to
-pay a fine of Is. awl imprisoned for.tvielve months;
both to he kept to hard labour.

John, alias Thomas Rouse, who W 33 convicted
of bigamy, was sentenced to be imprisoned for
tvvo year., on account of peculiar circumstiinces.

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Lw..weelt, tieta.clitueut's pt the I3th Light Drat-
gif6ns 3trived in On.!kit!, to f;upEly the place• of
the .th Dragoon Guards, who have left that city
on the;t• route for Ireland The I3th, who are
Waterloo men, are expected to winter at Carlisle.

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PO KE INTEti,iGuNcia

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Bow-Si _nEir.--7•Lord I,augford attinuled f
Office, charged with of wit!-, tip
Judge's warrant.- The particulari or tite:,ll
of the charge Witi not gone into befOre th't
gistrates, listosic and Sir
who were sitting at the time,, -but his Lor
gate bail himself and iwo sureties, to appe
answer to she indictment. ; .. ; ;•
QUERN-SavAsts.—A Gentleman named Pat
Charged the Driier of the hackney-coach,Nd
with overcharging bins in his fare, with g
him abusii.e language, and iii the sequel assist
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him. The conic:ldMutt agreed to withdra
Complaint, on condition of defemiant's tt
pardon for the offence' paying all expellees,
giving ss. to the Officer who had :the troul
Ko after hits. This agreed to, the defeudan
dismissed.
.Richard Wiltshire and Walter Townsend, ti
Wiuliatir Dodd's gang, leere brought up by 4;
the watchilien, Who • s4id;thaf about one o'
in the morning he heard cries of murder pr
om Newton's-court, Chandos-street.
that anott.er murder was committed,. 'be pro
ed to the spot., and, found the prisoners in
patty with Sophia Richardson, one of their
there were other persons in the court, but
ran off at his approach. lie thought it his
however, knowing the prisoners to be bad ch
ters, to take them to the watch-house. Thu
gistrate commended him for doing so, and o
eel him to bring forward any of the gang he sl
happen to meet with.—Botit • committed tt
House, of Correction. -- •

MANSION-1-IOUSE.---YeStVlllBy Abraham; I
was charged before
,the Loan .MAyoa with
ifig-a single boot from the door of a booth
in;. the norick; ~--Conintit red for • trill.
Parker, a labourer, employed at
,the New
tom-house in, Thamcsrstreet, was charged
l'eto with Stealing lead from the building.—
commit teil; tor trod. - • " • •
SJIA DUI E 0/t, FICE, ---,Yestertlay„. in, c
quence of of Lasears'belonging to the East
CiAtiory Ship, refusing to iv) on board
Ganges, outward bound, three Gentlemen,. a
for the otrnersi applied: to, the Magistrates,
immediately sent for them Hope, l'ortreny,
ris, &c. who found their Only motive
was,• not_huving been paid wages due to the
the laSt tour months, and which they emit
demand on their. return to India.. The a
vvere therefore ordered :to settle this demand
an Officer accompanied them to Grareseudo
they-cheerfully embarked to finish theie,v,nt
Ik4 al. &moo -,St-Re.r.T.--James Butler,
only ten years' old, teas that ged with rObhint
iteitlj A' Child-only 1* years old, on the'
of a silk :shawl -belonging to her mother.
child's-parents reside in. Brown's-court, ct't
nor-square., and permitted her to go kith he
tic brother to take a w ,Ik in tlatoes-s"Tct'
ford-street, when timer ;net the prisoner, trio
be was eoing to purchase some fruit,
would •• with rliern it they would accolil
him ; they accordingly. ‘vent, bat he witch'
opportunity when on pet-zoo was pa,,sit;g,
snatehe4 the shawl, with which Ite,riin 14 ,vl,l
r.ken until same time afterwards.-
prisoner;- though young in years, is own
fender and -*as rectignized by all' officers
have other similar charges agaimmet •him.:
m an ded.

CORON INQUE,',, IS.

On Monday an ;Inquest, was held at die f
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and Horses, Sum!lberry-green, on the bn
W. Parrott, groom' to Sir Joseph Banks.--
Oliver, a, surgeon, deposed, that the dee
came to hisslt.op a. few days since and %vas,
in conseqnenee of a hurt he received on the
from a kick of a horse: on Wednesday caul
died. Witness opened his head, and fowl('
ibis, death had, not been. occasioned 4y the
hut by delirium, caused,by mental flevi,i`
somesorto-4. Phillips,. butler to Sir J. Ii
said, the deceascd informed him that he bad
bit by a dog in the country, which witness tl
made a great impression on his, mind, since
time he had been in.a,very desponding state
flied in.a state of delirium. —Verdict,--Liouo
On Monday an .Impiest Was*. held at the
and Star,. Shadwell,, on the body of 1:
Master of the ship Sunnyside, of Ne.weastile'
Turner, the Mate, stated, that on SatnrditYm
ing. the deceased Went intosthe Ship's boat to
some-letters on her stern, when a barge vF3'
nett down by the Aide,
.and caught 'the dcc
between her stern and the stern of his v,
whereby, he was so much bruised, that (1'
half an hour after.—Verdict,--Aceidenta/ Ile

Another. Inquest wasiteld at.the Five
Litnehonse, on the hotly of J. Ganloa; 151'1
cro.s.ing the deck of the .Commercial %vett
planl• lying in. the Dock, ant! fell into the
whereby a,blood-vessel in the abdomen. was
tuned, which. caused' his -death in two hou
Verdict-,4cridental Death, • • - -

An 1n uest Wrait.also held,ra Guy's gogpit'
the tlody of It. Millar, 14 years of age.; 944
Saturday last .eras leaning axer the raili4
lingsgate, looking .at :the vessels, and feti
his head upon- one ofthe stairs, which causl
immediate death.—Verdict —eleciden la 1 1) cal
On Saturday afternoon an Inquest ryas
St, Margaret's Workhouse, West ininateri:.l)
body of one James, a boy of about scvt Ye'
age,: who waii drowned Uri Thursday. lasr,-by
ing.off craft into the Thames. The body tin
tanird till Friday morning, at •the staired
ntinster-bridge,—Verdiet Found Drosued.l •

On Wednetday last, Mrs. /Minus Martin, of Vauxbo
daughtsr.

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MARRIEO: • „
On the tst instant, at Wylie, near Weytuontli. 1-4 e"
Robert ltegimeat, to Anne, second tlttog
Captain Wilkinson of the Navy, Weymouth. I
On l'ousd:iy, at 'Beckenham, Kent, Mr. Baker,
lane,. to Miss Prichett, only daughter of 'Abe kits: Rev.
Pritdiutt, Rector of Layham, Suffolk.

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At tile Coltear, Etr,in,Jatnes.ftQbertton, Es q. late
Wand ut Jamaica.

LONPOti : Friuted hr J. 13. CARSTAIDS, 14.1, C
buildings; and pnblfsbed by W. A. SCHIPPS, cif
at the -gtls-Orrfcc, No. t 12, Strand where
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