Star.
London, England, 1817-03-24 00:00:00

THE DUNDEE RIOTERS.

lUGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY; EDINEURaII;
Wednesday the Court proceeded to try the indict..
ment against Peter Urquhart and Ala: Baxicr, from
Dundee, accused of mohlring, tthieh, alter lwaring
C.uiesel at considerable kny.sth, their Lord,hips h.d
unaninion.ly found rPf-valer, as detailed at li•oi;u1
our NPrr of the
Tht• ih.litLment having been again real ova: to
the prisontic, Baxter pltadvd of niolOrng, hn:
tryt of breaking into mud plundering the shops, a.:
stated in the indi:tment. Utqultart pleaded gem..
1`;:g

The Court cor4int:ed the di:t against Peter Urriu-'
hart untii the sth day of April next, and he w.is
moved from the bar ; aiid a Jury havitig been (1;3:n1
tr,ori John he, in their presence, adhered to
his concession, and was loisiol ac0n,1:,!.,,1y.
Mt-. I vouv, 2i CUtiliSrl for the prisooer. Adjie,s'd
the CJort in mitigation or punishment. U.,t .1 the
c'rciiinstance of tile riots in quesri.iii, the
prism:et- bore a most unblemished and tinsoll.ed
racier, and he read a Walther of eel titicues from Va-
rious r:spectatile persons in proof or the fact.
Lord GILLIES could not lay out Of view the cert.'.
ilcates produced, but- it was riecev,ary the C •urt
shoulJ do its duty. Mob!sing was a dam;eroirs
leadmg to riot, ro'rbcry, bloodshed, :sad ; and
it war high One to view the people of this coulory,
the. w!.ilt they p,irtz..cl'ic of proceedings of this nature,
!they were guilty of bringing all the evils of scarcity
il;ey pretended to avert. All the circumstailers con-
sLiered, and at the Same time the favourable eltarac•
e.• of nrisoner, his Lordship would so far propose
to mitigate his pliiiis,:ment to nine months farther
imprisonment from this date.
I,•;rd RE•TJN COCICUrfed entirely with what had
I nom L,rd Grlires.

The Lotus JusTice CLIIRK felt it incumhent upon
him to state openly and unequivocally his concur-
recce with their Lordships. The proceedings which
t'ok place in Dundee appeared to have been a.species
of the most dangerous and extensive crimes of rnob-
sing and rioting which have taken place in this part
of the United Kingdom for many years past, and he
had in difficulty in saying, that attach, tn.ide upon
the shops of individuals by an armed multitude sach
as took place in this Cai?,Apprc,ach,:tl vet y heat to the
trim: of high treason. Tl:e pi iperties of six dif-
ferent individuals had been attacked and plundered,
which was one of die most dangerous slec.as of tatob-
bing. 311 J at will rtquire a v: t) hog cohtinuan, e 01
ac:ivity on the part of the l'tlaistracy, with a lone
Cnlllll.lllliZe and ortlaly behaviour ou tine
part of die c.,rolittit;ty at large, to wipe off the dis-
e;tac.• which had fallen opal the town of Dundee;
tot tt appeared to his Lordship a most extraord.nary
citcunistant e, that the hiagistfaCy ref that town,
aided .otd assisted as they 11CLLSIAliiy must have been,
by tie iespectabie pat t a the merchants and tiaders
of this populous town, should f- ace allois•ed the liiiri.;l)
to be in possession of a lawless mob for 110 I:ts a pe-
r;od than lour hours. But for the ingenu cuttes-
sion of the ?harmer, and his good character, the
Court would have considered it their bounden duty
to have transported hint beyond seas ; but in c,,nsi-
deratien of the circumstances which had been ststed,
his Lordship would concur with the Curt in the le-
niiiit sentence proposed.
LORD JIASICE CLERK, after a suitable adrno-
tsition. qv, the prisono.r to his 'attire conduct. stn-
Lox:A t,) months irnprsonrrtetA in the jail
of D.:niTel, thus making the whole one year's impri-
sohnielta

MURDER —Saturday se'rtnight, about seven o'clock
in the evening, as Mr. Lloyd, farmer, of Dawley,
Shropshire, was returning home from collecting ,aloe
debts in the neighbourhood, he WAS inhumanly mur-
dered by two men, near Da wley-greeu, who took
friar) him about £5O in notes, and some silver.—Ati
Myles'. was held on M mday last, at Ketley, on view
of the body of Mr. Lloyd, when k appeared that on
the preceding S r:urday the I.4(Al:irate man kit his
bolls: at Ketley to go t.r his other house at Dawley,
promising to return in the evening. Bet wern nine
and ten Li; dog returned, which alarmed his wi:e,
who, accompanied by a female., went in search of her
husband. On their arrival at his house at llawley,
they were told he left that place at seven o'clock.
On going Lack again. at Ball's-hill they triund Mr.
Lloyd standing with hi: back against a gate, close to
the znad. He said he was almost murdered; that.
he had been robbed of £5O and some silver, by two
men at the top of the bill. lie described one man to
be taller and bigger than the other. He was Liken
home about t%,elve o'clock ; 1w vomited lunch blood,
and expired soon after. This was the principal evi-
dence. Several persons have been examined and dis.
charged. The Coroner's Jury adjourned till WedH
net d., y next.
IMI'nRTANT TO THE AGRICULTURAL INTEREsT.---
" We have it from authority, that several cargoes oh
prime Seed Oats. for the North of Ireland, have been
d. red by Government from Holland, and that they
are slow on their way, and may be lolik..d for daily.
. We congratulate the country on this intelligence, and
etrtainiy the Government of the country der•rv..a
Cianics for their provident foresight. Mr. I( WHAM)
DARLING is appointed agent to its tlihtribikion."—
Evating Post.