Star.
London, England, 1820-05-22 00:00:00

MILITARY OUTRS4GL

ComaT-Uousa, WAKEFIELD, MAY 19.—We some
tie ago gave an account of a most cruel and un-.
prdivelbed assault committed by two military men
on the person of Samuel Charlesworth, at Overton
Toll-bar, near Horbury, in the West Riding of this
County, by which he was so severely wounded as to
excite serious apprehensions for his lite. The ft iends
of the young man, who are persons of great tespecta-!
bility, 'thank it due to public justice, that a legal
investigation should be instituted; and, after several
delays, the cause of which it is not necessary to ex-
plain, the hearing came on this day at the Court*
house, in Wakefield, before BENJAMIN DEALTRY,
Esq. the Rev. WILLIAM WOOD, JoIIN MAUDE, Esq,
and JOHN EGREMONT, Esq. _

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At the commencement of the business, Capt. Sib-
thorpe lose and addressed the Magistrates. He stated
that the conduct of the military under his command
bad been much misrepresented in some of the public
Papers, and requested that, befcle the examination c,f
witnesses was proceeded with, the Reporters might
be ordered to withdraw. The Magistrates, after a
short pause, said, they did not think it necessary to
make such an order ; but they intimated to the Gen-
tlemen who attended for the Public Press, that it was
theirwish that no part of the evidence should be pub-
lished, as it might prejudice the party accused when
he was put upon his trial.
With this intimation they expressed their readiness
to comply, and the heating proceeded. Witnesses
were then called to prove the assault, and the exa-
mination was proceeding, when Captain Sibthorpe,
observing that the Reporters were occupied in taking
notes, again interfered, and wished the Bench to
order them to desist. The Magistrates, however,
made no such order; but the Reporters, to avoiJ
unnecessarily imitating the Captain, laid down their
pens, and the examination went on without any
further interruption. The result was, that Thomas
Quan, a serjeant in the 4th Dragoon Guards, was
ordered to find bail, to answer for the assault at the
ensuing Quarter Sessions, and Captain Sibthorp gave
the necessary security. The Officer who was stated
to have given orders to the serjeant to assault Charles-
worth, was not in attendance.—Leeds Mercury.

This forenoon the Micklesex Grand Jury found a Bi'l
of Indictment for High Treason, against Adtrards ,
the spy, and instigator of the Cato-street cpnspiracy :
the widow and son of Thistlewood, and the widow c f
Brunt, were, with other wituesses, examined in sup-
port of the charge. Edwards has absconded.
At four o'clock, on Friday morning, Sir CHARLES
WoLseLEY was sent off; in custody, from the King's
Bench prison, and lodged in the jail of Abingdon, at
two o'clock on that day.
Mn. HuNr.—The following is a Copy of a Letter
received in town from Mr. HUNT :

" Ilchester, Thursday morning.
" I arrived at my destination and entered the inner door of
my dungeon last night at ten o'clock, having been taken front
the King's Bench at four o'clock in the morning. We travelled
a distance of 130 miles in eighteen hours. It is needless to in;
form you, who are so well acquainted with the innate habits of
OUT masters, , that I cnly received about four
hours' notice of my departure ; and even that was not commu-
nicated till after the doors were closed, so that it was rendered
impossible for me to communicate with my distressed family, to
save them the mottification of inquiring, in vain, for me in the
morning. I slept seven hours, and awoke perfectly refreshed ;
and in such spirits and health as have enabled me to commence
my work of incarceration, not only with fortitude, but with
cheerfulness—a practical proof that the inhabitant of a straw
bed, even when cut off front the society of his dearest friends,
and locked up within the walls of a grated dungeon, if blessed
with conscious rectitude, is sure to obtain more substantial en-
joyment than My first thought induced me its-
voluntarily to exclaim to the walls of my dungeon, • What would
the hobbling poor cripple , or the carbuncled
give to enjoy such a night as I have passed?' To be brief, the
Governor of this, his Majesty's Jail of Ilchester, bears the cha-
racter of a humane, liberal-minded man • and I have as yet no
reason to doubt the truth of it, as he appears disposed to do
everything that the strict rules of the prison discipline will admit
to make all those who are put under his care as comfortable as
the nature of their situations will permit. Be pleased to inform
all inquiring friends, that I am in perfect health, and look for-
ward to the completion of my 912 days of incarceration, not
only with firmness, but with the greatest composure and cheer-
fulness.—l am, &c. (Signed) "H. HUNT."
Saturday se night, about six o'clock, as a man em-
ployed at one of the cotton-mills in Bridgetown,
Glasgow, was entering the Green, on his way home,
two miscreants came behind him and fired at him
with pistols, loaded with swan shot, when he was
wounded in three different places ; one shot went
through his thigh, another-was extracted, and there
is still one in his shoulder. Another of the workers
coming up in a short time, was fired at over the wall,
but seeing the pistol, he stooped, and the ball went
over him. A boy, amusing himself in the Green,
was wounded in the leg. The people shut at are un-
derstood to be working at a price which these villains
deem too low.