Star.
London, England, 1810-11-09 00:00:00

•

OLD BAILEr.

Yesterday 32 prisoners were tried, 10 of whom were
convtcted offeloov, viz :—Charlotte Green, for steal-
iatg three shirmT. Glynn, for stealing a truss of hay;
fro Moore, fur receiving the same, knowing it to have
been stolen; A. Fisher, for stealing 35 pounds of
soap; P. Smith, for stealing a watch .;d. Johnson,
for stealing a handkerchief and l Sc. in .silver ; I'.
Bond, for stealing a pint pot ; Ann Elliott, for steal-
ing a saucepan ; W. Pocock, for stealing two iron
forks, and several sieve cloths ; I'. Brace, for stealing
Iwo sheets.

• COMBINATIOY.
Stephen Hurley, .Robert Howlett, Roderic Pasquin,
John Gee, Edward Kidd, William Cl;fion, Stephen Becket,
Guy Warwick, Thomas Woolley, Henry Byrne, William
Corbel Latham, WilliamCny, James M'Cartney,
John Macintosh, N. Collins, M. Craig, John Chapman,
George Weriray, William Went worth, and J. Simpson,
Times
and compositors on the establishment of the
Times newspaper, were indicted for combining and
conspiring 'together maliciously to injure their masters
and employers by quitting.their w6rk on account of
their demand for an increase of wages not being ac-

ceded to.
The nature of the indictment was described by Mr.
I3oLeano.
Mr. Aia.cv then stated the case on the part of the
prosecution. He conceived it to be a case which
called for the best attention which the Jury could give
to it. The issue which they had to try between the
•country and the prisoners, was one which was of the
utmost importance to society. The case which he
had now to present to them was a very different case
.from that which had been tried the preceding night, and
. wield be supported by different evidence. He could
now produce a cloud of witnesses, and prove to their
perfet: satisfaction that every person then at the bar
was guilty of a combination, not only for the purpose
of getting an increase of wages for themselves, but to
.prevent others from working at the accustomed prices.
e--The gentlemen of the Jury must, know that the
Times MAL diurnal newspaper, and that an incalcu-
lable injury might be done to the establishment by
• the workmen refusing to work for a single night.—
The prisoners had made no demand for an increase
of wages until some men from the office of the Day
had called upon them in May last, and told them,
ig they hoped they would ask an advance of wages as
otheis bad done : that they had now an opportunity
of retrieving their character ; and if they did not do
so they world be looked upon as rats," as they al-
ways had been.—The Day men also told them there
was an association formed into which they would I.e
admitted if they demanded the increase. It was
agreed, too, among the compositors to make the de-
mand, and give notice of leaving their emptier if it
was not acceded to. This notice was accordingly
given the next day, and the day after the pressmen
sent a similar notice. Mr. Waiter, the acting pro-
prietor, was excessively surprised at this notice, as he
had granted-them many indulgencies, and donetvery
thing that a kind master could do to make their si-
tuations comfortable. No less, however, than `23 of
his men did actually leave him, and conducted them-
selves with the utmost contumacy. He had often, in
the course of his practice, witnessed combinatiops
among workmen, without however, any particular
mischief being intended to their Master. In the pre-
sent caw, however, he could shew a most complicated
scene of villainy and malice against their employer.
As to the boy who had been produced as a witness
yesterday, it would be hard indeed if,he were never
to obtain biller in a Court of Justice, because at the
age of 14 ha had committed a theft, and had been
chastised for it. It appeared, however, that he had
now been reformed by the admonitions of his master,
and that he now faithfully iclischarged the duty of a
servant. He would produce a number of other wit-
nesses to support his testimony. He would shew
that the malice of the men was so great that, on the
morning that they quitted their employment, it was
proposed to .4 bishop the balls," which meant to wet
the.balls used for blacking the types with, with wa-
ter. so as to make them unserviceable for some
time. A witness, of the name of Beveridge, would
• prove to them, that he had been invited to attend a
.meeting at the Coach and Horses, in Water-lane,
where be found .a meeting which pretended to be a
charitable or friendly society, but where, in fact,
eautrilnitions were made to support those work-
, stn ,0,. who were mit of employ in consequence of
• their atilin: for an increase of wages.--Among
'the resolutions of this conclave, -they had even
. tred to record it 'in their books,' that no man
ould, for six months, work in the place of any person
who-struck on account of the increase being refused
*.him. By such a combination Mr. Walter might
have been entirely ruined. By such a combination as
this any man.might be ruined who had contracted to
print any great work in a certain time ; and by such
combinations the country might lose the benefit of ex-
porting to foreign nations its works of genius. Ano-
tiler instance he could produce of the malignity Of
• the prisoners was, that after Mr. Walter had succeed-
ad with great labour and expence to form another'
• printing establishment, some of them actually con-'
spired to send a press-gang to his house to take away
two of his hands, on the pretence that they were de.'
garters from the navy. This scheme was only frus-
rrated by the circumstance of Mr. Walter's house
being in the City of London, and their not being able
its get a City Magistrate to back the warrant. When
he should prove those circumstances, he conceived
submitted to the Jury of a corn-
iracy, aggravated in the highest
e displayed by the prisoners.
was the first witness in support
He stated, that he and his father
the Times newspaper, and that
•e in their employ. It was not to
in his presence, that the men die-
• of wages, but after notice given
Ir. Street, they left his work upon.
He suffered considerable inconve-
aumber of hands leaving him at
extremely difficult to supply their
about ten or eleven in the morning
and they usually came at about
► the evening. The compositors
:e of quitting his employment to'
.2th of May, and the pressmen to
4th. The former, therefore, quit-
and the latter on the 2t3th.—.

Westray, Simpson, and Wenew-ortit; f eenspositorst);
quitted him on the 29th. Westray on the evening
the 14th told him that hk was commissioned by hts
Compaifionship (a certain number who work together,
and of which he was overseer) to inquire from him
whether he intended to raise the wages ? He replied,
that he could give no answer ; but he afterwards told
him, that he had no objection to give an increase of
18 pence a week to the compositors of his comm..
nionship. The next morning Westray told him, that•
he had communicated this answento the men, and
t;iat they were not satisfied, and had commissioned
him to give warning. This warning was for himself
as well as the rest. It appeared to the witness at first
that Weitray was unwilling to go, but upon his pres-
sing him particularly a few nights after, he said be
must go along with the other mea. He wished to
have retained Westray.
On being cross-examined by Mr. GURNEY, he stated
that Westray was the foreman of a companionship,
and therefore it was through him that aey communi-
cation from those men might be expected. He gave
him at the time no positive answer. He told him
that it was then undetermined by the Master Printers
what rise should be given to the principal composi-
tors, and therefore he could not say what he would
give to those of his companionship, who only com-
posed the duplicate. He denied that there was a
•standing Committee of the master printers. The
meetings of the trade were very rare, and the Com-
mittee met only three or four times. He admitted
that,in making the communication, Westray had be-
haved himself with decency and respect, and had said
he conceived it his duty to make the communication.
He could not recollect whether he had or had not
said, that they might go if they thought proper, or
whether he had shewn Westray a letter from the Com-
mittee of master 'minters ; but he knew that there was
an agreement among the trade to give an advance of
four shillings a week to the compositors of the first
class, and he was therefore disposed to give half to
the compositors of the duplicate. It was upon that
principle that he had before offered an increase of 18
pence when he supposed that three shillings was to
he the increase to the other class of compositors.—
About ten days after the men had left him, Westray
came back and told him, that if he would discharge
his apprentices he would get him a set of men.
On his te-examination he said, that he had but one
apprentice before the men struck ; but that he had
been obliged to get many from other printers after.
wards, or his business could not have gone on.
Mr. Street, the publisher of the Times, was next
examined. He remembered some of the pressmen
having applied through him for an increase of wages,
and that upon communicating this application to Mr.
Walter, he acceded to the increase ont'one part of the
work, but not on the other. Having been informed
that they were not satisfied, he went into a room
where there were seven of them, and asked them who
would answer for the whole ? Upon this they were
all silent, but one of them afterwards mentioned that
they were ready to answer individually. He then re-
. ,quested them to remain in their situations, and told
them that they were all well paid. He also told them
that they were placing themselves in an awkward
predicament , upon which Hurley answered, that he
did not conceive there was any thing wrong in their
proceedings. He calculated that the profits of the
pressmen were at an average £3 1.55. per week, in-
, dependent of some extra earnings.
On his cross-examination he said, that bout teen days
notice was the usual one in the trade—that it was the
duty of the overseers to communicate to the pub-
. , lisher any propositions coming from the men under
1 their superintendance. The increase which the press.
men demanded would have amounted to about six
shill ngs a week for each man. The average work of
the pressmen was between 15 and 16 hours one day,
and between 10 and 11 the next.

On his re-examination he said, that the composi-
tors had not equal wages with the pressmen, and that it
required a greater degree of education to be a Compo-
sitor. On pressing occasions, during the sitting tif
P.trliament, the latter have sometimes worked eigh-
teen hours in the day.
Mr. Crowe was an overseer and assistant printer to
Mr. Walter. He received a paper from Br6cket.—
The compositors all gave warning the I`..),th of May •
he told them it was a rash and precipitate measure,
but they persevered. The office was left without
men ; but he and Mr. Bell assisted in the printing
business, and Mr. Flint furnished apprentices and
journeymen—none of those who were indicted return-
ed since the indictment.

, .
John Abree was a fly-boy in the service of Mr.
Walter ; be now lived with Rivett, in Printinghouse-
lane. Some of the pressmen of the Day office came
to the office of Mr. Walter in May last, and spoke to
Becket and Byrne, two pressmen, who were there
they asked for the rest of the companionship, but were
told they were not there then, but if any message was
left, they should have it delivered to them. They
said they came about the advance of wages, and
hoped the Times men would now hold out, and re-
trieve their character, and not be looked upon as rats
as they always_ had been. The companionship all
agreed when they came, and gave warning to leave
accordingly.
Cross-examined.—He admitted be had worked for
seven different employers, and had been once at Guild.
hall—he was sent from thence to the Marine Society,
but they would not take him—his offence was steal-
ing some old iron—he was whipped at Bridewell.—
He was charged with stealing before, but not before
a Magistrate. When the men were going, Becket
told the witness, " he hoped they would mix it lip for
- the coalheavers who were coming, and bishop the
balls :" by that he meant to apply water to the balls,
and thereby render them unserviceable.
Benjamin Beveridge was a pressmen working for
Mr. Baldw{n in May, when Howlet came to him with
Hurley, and told him they were informed he had ap-
plied to Mr. Walter for work. He. said he had not ;
they then said'a resolution had been entered into for
no man to take a newsorio's place for the next six
months, at the Coach and Horses in Water-lane, die
house where the Society met—the reason was the re-
fusal of the increase of wages. 1-lowlet asked him to
attend on Whit. Monday at the Coach and Horses ; he
did, and saw severalof the defendants. How let desired
him to apply to his relation, master of a press-gang, to
have Fitzgerald and Miller, two men who worked for
the Times, pressed. He went with them to his re-
lation, and they said the two men were deserters from
the navy—upoia which the piesimaiti.Y.r said lie would

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*lAlii Men Itiho -
press them, lilt igetlined eliiiet ' ut a warrant ebe entered . Afet I)at
_tore
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from a Magistrate when he heard they lived in the? other. Indeed, if the_krideuct was believe'
an order 'might he had: saw no reason foe desbeleteingir, the eeespe _ n
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City.
from .the Lord Mayor for their itepreheusinn •in fully proved to have been formed. Tee 444 4.
the night, which would answer all the perposee of return to ditty, on the pan of one-men, lial heel 4
preventing the publication, of the Times nest morn- ticuThrly confided in ; but it should be ree,ektP,tr
ing. He understood an allowance bad been made to that this offer had beets made on the etre, s enet
the men who had left Mr. Walter of e:l. pet week tion, that the apprentices should be den seds
i
each, and he himself saw the landlord et the pnblice ;that Mr. Walter should be thus lea te the mt
house disttebute see among them. They were in ai of those who had conspired ageing Lee It Al
private room up stairs: the lai dlard'sname was Moult. ;been said, that the applications wete le eestes, ; ~.e
Wm. Riven, an overseer in Mr. Walter's service, ; but still the Conspirators never desisted men se'
remembered the strike—he spoke to Howlett seven or 'object. It reminded him of an expressive, of a
eight days after to return, but he only scoffed at him. throned Monarch of this country, who sail le 1147
He afterwards again asked him, saying that idr.Wel- bellious but petitioning statewide e You aeeeles
ter was partial to some of the men, and would not ton your knees, but still you are stripping me ,i ,
wish to part with them. Howlett said, elf you don't my power." With respect to the relative di.rrel.s
take all, you shall brave none." - Hurley had lately guilt, it would be for the June to decl ire tlr.v..
been willing to return, having been ill-used by his their verdict; but be would not inselt their 1;,
companions. ' (standing so far as to suppose they steed b.. as et
William Mitchell, a compositor, bore testimony to lelesi by the advocates es to believe all :beet:leo,
meetings at the Swan, opp, site Somersealeouse,which innocent.
was the rendezvous of the compositors. The Jury then immediately returned A Tt.rd tt
Edward Brockett was a compositor, and 13 years !Guilty against ell-the deft-414110ne ; but r.• ,y,,
in the employ of Mr. Walter; he was induced to ed Peskin, Williams. Latheni, Kids coy, mum.
strike along with the rest—he wished to stay, but left Mclntosh, Collins, Craig, Citymn, nn.l sin • ,
with the general body. The Coach and Horses was to mercy. se
the rendezvous for the pressmen. After the verdict had been delivered, Mr. Co..
The case for the prosecution here closed, and Mr. SERJEANT addressed the Jitry previ us t ) their a'
KNAPP, aseSounsel for the pressmen, addressed the missal. He thanked them f
or their
-.4ets•lidanie dt
Jury, and commented at some length upon the cvi- ing the whole Session, and mast periiceliirly
dente. He insisted upon the insufficiency of the tes- the late arduous trial of their p ttiense and attendee,
timony of Abree and Beveridge, and contended that Particular attention certainly smite 'be paid to
there was no other evidence on which the defendants recommendation which so sensible a Jury had g:
could be convicted. He expressed his full conviction , and the differences of guilt marked by peep -
of a verdict of acquittal, and would, at so late an punishment. They had.seen by the evidenceeeelleg
hour, no longer trespass on their time, particularly as a state the Metropolis was of late reduced ; and
they were to be addressed in the same cause by his was impossible to know until next Sess;on what,
learned friend, Mr. Gurney. their salutary verdict would produce on hundreds.
Mr. Green: then rose, as Counsel for the Corn- others. The Men at the•bar, who had attempted to
positors, and in a very able speech, insisted on destroy and !mpoverish as far as they coned their
their innocence. The demand for advance was not master, were only a pact of a great combinatien. The
more than in proportion to the rise in every article of wicked attempt laid, however, as uickedeess alraa
subsistence e was sought for in .the most respeitful will, only recoiled on themselves. He liopci all their
manner; and, at all events, was not sought for by companions would be• warned by their fate, and net
men acting as conspirators. These men, gave notices add to the wickedness of crime the folly of oippreing
of a fortnight in the way of trade; whereas, had they they could escape punishment. Let those men wise
intended to conspire to injure Mr. Walter, they would- had been saved by accident only from prosecuting to
have given no notice at all. As to the fact of theii death some of their-fellow-workmen, now, before
~meeting, it appeared the masters did not consider' their res.urn to rest, thank their Goo that their guilt
that very criminal, as they met themselves ; and as to had not been completed ; and let all those of their
the men desiring an increase of wages, et was only trade who were. present take warning, and remember
what every individual had a right to ask jibe thought that any future con piracy on their parts would only
his services were not steliciently rewarded. These aggravate the punishment of the defendants. The
men were men of education, of hard labour, and ho- persohs who had been recommended to mercy were,
nest principles ; their wives find families were now' nevertheless, deserving of some punishment ; and that
waiting in trembling anxiety for their fate; and he punishment should be prescribed by the wisdom
himself felt no usual degree oe agitation, because he which he would, in the mean time, have an opporne
felt, if they were convicted, it would arise not from nity of consulting. 1
their guilt, but his deficiencies. He then ordered the prisoners to be remanded,and
. Mr.COEMON SERJEANT prefaced a mostable charge brought up for judgment next Session.
(the delivery of which occupied an hour and three- The Trial Listed eight hours, and the Court was
quarters) by declaring, that be had had many years crowded to the last.
experience in that Court, and he never knew an in. Although the indictment included 21 names, 19
dictment preferred .against so many of so much con- only of the defendants were tried. Wentwonli
sequence as the preseett. He'besought, then, of the not surrender ; and it was not discovered until after
.Jury, as men who wished to advance the .public in- the Trial had proceeded a considerable time, chit
ierest, and at the same time to protect the innocent, Warwick was not at the bar, and of course had not
or punish the guilty, to pay their utmost attention to been given in charge to the d eery. Mr. Geese of.
the evidence. It had been ingeniously put by the feted to waive any advantage teat might bet/laud;
Counsel for the compositors, that the- Indictment.) this mistake, and that the case of Warwick shoal&
ought to have been separate, and that twenty persons decided by that of the other prisoners; but thisoffe,
should not have been included in the same parch- . through motives of humanity, was declined by de
ment. No doubt, it might have been more conve- Counsel for the prosecution.
nient, and have in a degree simplified the considers-
.1.-Tstrier was indicted fur stealing a gold seal, eh
tion of conspiracy ; but still he could not consider the property of Sir E. O'Brien Pryce, Bart.
justice of the cause at ,all impeded by the course 1 The prosecutor stated, that the prisoner had some
which had been pursued. They had.heard last night, dealings with him in woollen cloth ; and that he cane
that it was not necessary to prove a conspiracy to
1 to Sir E's house at Brompton, when he was Iron
spew that all the conspirators were present at every ' home,
and was there for some time ; that on his re
act ;if evidence went to spew that they did the same turn, lie missed the seal in question. He then pm
acts, end concurred in the same schemes,even though
cured a warrant at Hatton-Garden Office, accompr
they could not be proved actually to have concerted
nied by Wood of that Office, and a parish constable,
them together, still a sufficient concurrence was shewn
to whom Sir E. brought from Mary-la-bonne with nine
confirm a conspiracy. It had been urged by the
and proceeded to search the prisoner's lodgings,whers
Counsel for the Compositors also, that the giving of in a drawer, the seal was found.
notice regularly shewed there was no intention of con- Wood deposed, that lie searched the drawer first.
spiracy. To what end, however, was that notice
given, when it was proves' that the whole trade was but no seal was found, although he looked with
care ; that Sir E. then told this constable to search,
sn combined, and that there was no chance whatever
and Wood actually swore that he saw the seal drop
of having successors to the situations which were elms from the hand of the constable among some rags....
vacated ? It was tree, thet every man had a right
The whole of Sir E's evidence was of so gross a ne
to demand what wages he thought his services de- cure as to call for the severest reprehensina of the
served ; this was the law of the land, and the law of
Conn; the Common Serjeant declaring, that he bad
reason ; but still the manner or making such demand never seen a witness in the box who had so mute
was everything; it could not legally be made in a body.
dis
—Much had been said ae to the invalidity of Abree's graced it.—Verdict, Not Guilty.
Two were acquitted, viz. I. finite and J. Brawl.
evidence ; but there was no person brought to con- The same day the Seisions ended, when seotesee of death was
tradict him. The four men wee were acquitted last pas•ed upon J. Newmao,W. Smltb,W. Minn, A. Hem, P. Street.
night were now pure, and competent to do so, if it and J. Millar, for burglaries; J. erten, for eorse-e 6„,
had been practicable. Their absence, then, was to
.e.?beet,BrautheFfor having eficirtig
strain`
Polee.siciain : d,,,,ling.lioase i
be taken as a presumption of the boy's veracity. If Fussell,
, and I. tVgoods
liite, for houso-beta':
the Jury believed the boy, a conspiracy of a deeper W. Truemen, .for a highway robbery;
blacker cast never existed. The next witness was J. rorster, for forgery; .
r cootainitig bank-notes!
Beveridge :it was never pretended-that he was con- vs''
e.e.sinipion, for secreting ailletinte
in 4
dinew3g.bowe;
coinanzsads, T.
oods
victed of any crime ; and what a state did his' evi- ag.
wkyrerifeeorwa highway reciarf ; J. Miller, for burfiity;
dente prove the Metropolis to be in? He was three- . j. wt,i,,,„,„,. fit. rap;
toned himself, because the conspirators heard he had
itealing ; god. is
chance of being pressed as deserters, because they
L. Uulverwell, H. Crosswell alas Chat, and S. Qements, 1r
applied for work ; and two other men ran a narrow hone.
Pit Flamm= and Mary Chitrleboreugb, for stealing
a dwening.house; .
were employed in the pursuits of honest industry.—
C4thariue M`Carthy, for uttering a counterfeit shrp
Was there ever any thing so atrocious as this ? Men 1. Cape, fur disposing of counterfeit shillings and sirperfs,
1,401`
a
were not only conspired against for working, but con-eatecol Ina_
lower rate than the same did import, and baying
spired against in h manner which might affect their
c"e7ictedreo-feavasiw relar
mitred. to be t ed for teen Yen
lives ; and yet it was said this was not a conspiracy !
—Why, it was not only a conspiracy to raise wages, for two stars; three to be imprisoned for mite Isorinolapel_°_,
but a conspiracy to perpetrate murder by perjury four mho impritooed In the House of C.urrectioo at Clerkr.
.rl7;
One was horror-sn-lick at the discovery of such atro-
!--. six months, in the sametaunl ; 14 IteniNewirppe :Le
three
fi10:47
leach, antodhedreolubi!iregley3; and't 04 discharged by prochunations.
city. In what times do we, live, if such things are
to go unpunished ? A warrant, too, was to be ob-
tained from, the Lord Mayor to arrest these men in Sessions adjourned to the Sib of December nest.
the dead of night. Horror upon horror ! Men to
be seized at night at their honeet industry, and car-
ried before a Magistrate on a false pretence, by which
their very existence was endangered ! And yet this
WAS said not to be a conspiracy ! It appeared, too,
that these gentlemen had private rooms in public-
houses, with the cognizance of the landlords, for the
furtherance of their pernicious purposes : it would be
for the Magistrates hereafter to consider whether
such landlords ought to have a renewal of their licen-
ces? The evidence of Rivett alone proved the con-
spiracy es plainly as words could express, or men
could.speak. As to the impossibility of finding both
.Pressineri and Compositors guilty, it had been decid-
ed by surnesuf the ablest Judges who ever presided,
that a conspiracy,even at cases of high treason, might

The 6th instivit, at his house in Park-street, Gresvi
the Lady of Quionel Mayne, ad a son.

Thursday night, in South-Andley-street, Lontion, Dik.
wife of Captain Dole, of the Northumheriandßegimenf.*l'd
ter of th'e late Sir Christopher Knight, of Limerick. 11141 j
' On the std October, at Tiverton, Charlotte, 4th daughto
the late Rev. Hugh Northcote, Rector of Upton Pine.
Lately, at the Ewes farm-house, Yorkshire, Mr. Pail rirle,4,
graZiet, and imitate?, .mod 76 years; who, 'unt4
life-t One, drank out of one silver pint cup epwerds of look Stir
ling worth of Yorkshire st ingo.
Lately, the Rev. William Evans, of Easton, wh' had !`"'
wards o'4o years pastor of the Independent Congtr."'`
Ford, near Kingshridge, Devon.

LONISbN !Mated and published by LEVELACEtt f. 31 ill
STAI-Orrtczs, Togivic4ae, ai No. t. Carey-WO'

that a cue Would be
hination and conspir:
degree by the malice
Mr. John Walter v
, • of the prosecution.
were proprietors of I
all the prisoners were
iiiiri personally, or in
monied the increase
Mr, Crowe and MI
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that they.,leff him, a
pr. six O'clock in
Lad given notict
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ate when he heard they lived in the? other. Indeed, is the_geedenee was etee„
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then said, an order Might he had: saw no reason for disbelievingit, the v.. ~..1 n• !
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I Mayor fOr their apprehensinn • •in Nile Peeled to have been formed. 'l';,. „try
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,h would answer all the porposee of return to testy, on the pan one-man, onmen, li-il heel.; sit-
publication. of the Times fleet morn- ticurarly confided in ; but it should be si ...,4" . .
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stood an allowance had been made to that this offer had beets made on the expr, s e $
lad left Mr. Walter of el. per week tion, that the apprentices Mould be een seds 4 •
mself saw the landlord of the public-;that Mr. Walter should be thus lest to tee
re. 11,1
e ses among thßn. They were in ai of these who had conspired ageing Lei. it hl ! •
stairs: the lai dlard'sname was Moult. ;been said, that the applications wete le ts,efe, ; ~.e 0
an overseer in Mr. Walter's service, ; but still the Conspirators never desisteei item ti..-
: strike—he spoke to Howlett seven er 'object. It reminded him of an expreseeee of a '
• to return, but he only scoffed at him. throned Monarch of this country, who ,e,e 1,, lit
again asked him, saying that idr.Wel- bellious but petitioning subjeete, e You ere ems
to some of the men, and would not ton your knees, but still you are stripping mt ,f . '
th them. Howlett said, elf you don't my power." With respite to the refative ai,,,,.
tall have none." - Hurley had lately guilt, it would be for the hilt to dee' ire tlese
: -le
) return, having been ill-used by his their verdict; but be would not inselt their te .. -
I
standing so tar as to suppose they touid b.- en id.
Schell, a compositor, bore testimony to eleci by the advocates es to believe all the eteeie ese
Swan, opp site Somerset-house, which innocent. T
vans of the compositors. The Jury then immedietely returned J Tt.r.l a b
ckett was a compositor, and 13 years !Guilty against adobe de-rodents i but ',melee .
of Mr. Walter; he was induced to ed Peskin, Williams. Lathing, Kite Coy, Mule;
:h the rest—he wished to stay, but left Wlntosh, Collins, Craig, Citiemnn, ene 5i,,,,
it body. The Coach and Horses was to mercy. ' '
for the pressmen. After the verdict had been delivered, Mr. Co ,
the prosecution here closed, and Mr. SF-MEANT addressed the Jury previ us to their if
inset for the pressmen, addressed the missal. He thanked them for their Aitenilasee. ill 4
nented at some length upon the evi- ing the whole Session, and mast eerecniarly doe
ested upon the insufficiency of the tes- the late arduous trial of their p itience and attenee, i
!e and Beveridge, and contended that Particular attention certainly senuldhe Fetid to le
.her evidence on which the defendants recommendation which so sensible a Jury had g vre
:led. He expressed his full conviction , and the differences of guilt marked by peep melee,
acquittal, and would, at so late an punishment. They hadeeen by the evideeceen w,
r trespass on their time, particularly as a state the Metropolis was of late reduced ; and ..
)e addressed in the same cause by his was impossible to know until next Session what :- ~
Mr. Gurney. their salutary verdict would produce on hundreds
: then rose, as Counsel for the Corn- others. The Men at the.bar, who had attempted to :
in a very able speech, insisted on destroy and !mpoverish as far as they cooed their le
e The demand for advance was not master, were only a pact of a great combinatien. The re
roportion to the rise in every article of wicked attempt hid, however, as selckedeess allay;
as sought for in .the most respeitful will, only recoiled on themselves. He hoped all their
at all events, was not sought for by companions would be- warned by their fate, and not
conspirators. These men, gave notieee add to the wickedness of crime the folly of tuppesing
n the way of trade; whereas, bad they they could escape punishment. Let those men tats :
ispire to injure Mr. Walter, they would- had been saved by accident only from prosecuting to o
notice at all. As to the fact of their- death some of their -fellow-workmen, new, before 0
reared the masters did not consider' their re..urn to rest, thank their Gov that their guilt elb
inal, as they met themselves ; and as to had not been completed ; and let all those of their
rag an increase of wages, it was only trade whet were. present take warning, and remember
lividual bad a right to ask if he thought that any future con piracy on their parts would only
re not sueiciently rewarded. These aggravate the punishment of the defendants. The .
. of education, of hard labour, and ho- persoin who had been recommended to mercy were,
t
their wives find families were now' nevertheless, deserving of some punishment ; and that
nbling anxiety for their fate; and he punishment should be prescribed by the wisdom a
) usual degree oi- agitation, because he which he would, in the mean time, have an opportie
re convicted, it would arise not from nity of consulting. 4
t his deficiencies. He then ordered the prisoners to be remanded, and 1
; SERJEANT prefaced a mostable charge brought up for judgment next Session.
if which occupied an hour and three- The Trial Listed eight hours, and the Court was •
leclering, thht be had had many years crowded to the last.
that Court, and he never knew an in. Although the indictment included 21 names, 19
i
ered .against so many of so much con- only of the defendants were tried. Wentwonli did
e present. He'besought, then, of the not surrender ; and it was not discovered until after I
,vho wished to advance the Tebbe in- the Trial had proceeded a considerable time, that i
the same time to protect the innocent, \Varwick was not at the bar, and of course had not ,
guilty, to pay their utmost attention to been given in charge to the Jery. Mr. Geese? of".
It had been ingeniously put by the bored to waive any advantage that might betakeeof
he compositors, that the • inclictmenes this mistake, and that the case of Warwick shouldfit
been separate, and that twenty persons decided by that of the other prisoners; but thistle,
/e been included in the same parch- through motives of humanity, was declined by tie
iubt, it might have been more conve- Counsel for the prosecution.
ye in a degree simplified the considera- J:Tstrier was indicted fur stealing a gold seal, the
acy ; but still he mild not consider the property of Sir E. O'Brien Pryce, Bart.
cause at .all impeded by the course 1 The prosecutor stated, that the prisoner had some
!n pursued. They had-heard last night,
dealings with him in woollen cloth ; and that he cant
it necessary to prove a conspiracy to
i to Sir E's house at Brompton, when he was Iron
the conspirators were present at every ' home,
ce went to spew that they did the same and was there for some time ; that on his re
turn, he missed the seal in question. He then pro
urred in the same schemes,even though
be proved actually to have concerted cured a warrant at Hatton-Garden Office, seem's*
nied by Wood of that Office, and a perish constable,
, still a sufficient concurrence was shewn
whom Sir E. brought from Mary-la-bonne with hits,
onspiracy. It had been urged by the
and proceeded to search the prisoner's lodgings,when
e Compositors also, that the giving of in a drawer, the seal was found.
ly shewed there was no intention of con- Wood deposed, that lie searched the drawer first,
what end, however, was that notice
t was proved that the whole trade was but no seal was found, although he looked with
care ; that Sir E. then told this constable to search,
and that there was no chance whatever
and Wood actually swore that be saw the seal drop
:essors to the situations which were elms from the hated of the constable among some rags...-.
was true, that every man had a right
The whole of Sir E's evidence was of so gross a ne
kat wages he thought his services de- cure as to call for the severest reprehensina of the
vas the law of the land, and the law 40.-
Conn; the Common Serjeant declaring, that he had
till the manner of making such demand never seen a witness in the box who had so mute
g ; it could not legally be made in a body.
disgraced it.—Verdict, Not Guilty.
been said ate to the invalidity ofAbree's
no
•
The four men person brought to cou-
who were acquitted last TheTw
no
mwierdeavatchgeuseitisteid,onsvei.de. I.,T7sawhenesenteatee"and
..fidileartenb
v.:
t there was
pas•ed upon J. Newmao,W. Smltb,W. Minn, A. Bent, P. Street,
w pure, and competent to do so, if it and J. Millar, for burglaries; J. Yruln, for borse-cumeatin..:%ice6„,
:ticable. Their absence, then, was to e.?beet:_nrauer,
_for Yr
floras
sitneahli: posseseg •
woods in all deeteureesie;
presumption of the boy's veracity. If ""'RnTan'acis,h.lieue,,, , and 1.14/like, for beets.:-glee':
:yeti the boy, a conspiracy of a deeper W. Truman, . for a highway robbery;
never existed. The next witness was J. rorster, for forgery;
was never pretended-that lie was con-
crime ; and what a state did his eve-
,-scW.
wkyrerifeeorwa hiiih y robbery; J. Miller, for burg4ail
W.___. Simpson, for secrefortinsgirsilletinter coata
oods iinniibeawnk3.gn.ob::;,;
lie Metropolis to be in? He was three- . e weemonefee. rap I
because the conspirators heat d he had
'ork ; and two other men ran a narrow pee iv
hoLn.e.isituelaviieze;ll, H. Crosswell alas Chat, and S. Clements, 4
Pis Flamm= and Mary Chittleborongb, for stealing
ng pressed as deserters, because they a dwelling-house;
:d in the pursuits of honest industry.—
er any thing so atrocious as this ? Men ape, fur disposing of counterfeit shillings
baying
sir!:
!xesx
- conspired against for working, but con- e4l. twine M`Carthy, for uttering A counterfeit sispearecisl It'i
a lower rate than
.the same
edid import, and
t in `a manner which might affect their
c°lll7ict ty-6:61 orere mitred to be transported for sreen r!!!
tit was said this was not a conspiracy ! four Ribs imprisoned In the Haws of Curt-taloa a Canted!
.17;
'As not only a conspiracy to raise wages, for two years; three to be imprisoned for one yvyerino,
us a_l_°_,,,
icy to perpetrate murder by
_perjury !-- six month., in thelsametatuol ; I 431teniNewirepe
ed;
three ix;
tor-struck at the discovery of such afro-
-each, antoilbedfselubliiir ey,i; and'
04 dischargedrY
by prochunations•
at times do we live, if such thins are Saltsions adjourgned to the kb of December mat.
shed ? A warrant, too, was to be oh-
.he Lord Mayor to arrest these men in ' • BIRTH.
Light. Horror upon horror ! Men to
light at their lion* industry, and car- 1:'" '`'''''--.
.....The.d6lh_rin,suital..tlait.,.his_hnorreatian
,oPanry-street, Gretvils-Plu",
DIED.
Magistrate on a false pretence, by which
istence was endangered ! And yet this Thursday night, in south-Aedierstreet, Irmo" Mr.s../1.L14
to be a conspiracy ! it appeared, too,
,wwirleoof ftCh:platateinst
ntlemen had private rooms in public- On the god October, at Tiverton, Cotharulotioes;
pt:tnea. a
the late the cognizance of the landlords, fur the
Rev,at thei4u gE.hwNes"ehc4) t
fun-housee tectYrorkshire, Mr. Pasl rift/e1t
...
ixr:sttiviritnigrant, of 4,R,Regi,cr.m...;:N.F9,7:::,
4 their pernicious purposes : it would bewee, eurire!de
fanner.y'grazier, and imitate?, aced 76 ears;y
lestrates hereafter to consider whether
Ss ought to have a renewal of their licen- nn- worth of Yorkshire clop.
had !ee' ''r
of Easton, why
life-time, drank out of one silver pint cup opwarils of Abletv*'
mi Cal
relent of Rivett alone proved the con- Ler
wards to.* 40 yearsd d t Corgre-11-•
pastor of the In epen en • •
lainly as words could express, or men ell, the Rev. William E vans,
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As to the impossibility of finding both
d Conipositors guilty, it had been decid- trc1....._, near K._ingsbri_d,g_e, Devon.
LONDON t Pilot Ng nt-
rtel.
Jt. the ablest Judges who ever presided, stek-Ornees, Teeetteeilai, mil NO. 3, Garry-s`""`'
irecyseven to cases of high treason, might published by LEVEL•ICP-hr. si