The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-06-29 00:00:00

THE 1C ;SG V. THL "UV. ritANcts LEE.

eloquence, not unfrequently mixed with a clear and
acuteressoniug: The declaration setforth with stating,
that his .premises were broken into and taken posses-
sion of, his fences destroyed, and much valuable pro-
perty detained, to his manifest injury, and to the deJ
struction of his future prospects in life. Mr. C. then
wentun to state, that he held the wharf, v.here the
Wary *as done, of the Crawl Junction Canal Coma'
patty, having purchased Messrs. Roper's right to it, i
in the month of November, 1804, for 1000 guineas.
That there was a verbal promise of renewal of the
term for which ho held, which expired on the 21th
of June, 1808, but that instead of obtaining that
renewal, Messrs. Pickfords, the great carriers, ap-
plied for the wharf, obtained it, and the Defendant,
Wright, who was then chief clt‘rk, immediately, on
the ¶2sth of June, began to break into the premises,
and with the assistance of a vast number of men,
succeeded in turning him out, and also his son and
s:nvantsl his holies, carts, waggons, reservittg
only the property on the premises, which he esti- .
mated at about 3000 guineas. Were it not, he stated,
for the preservation of his books of
,accounts, which
gave him the opportunity of recovering some debts,
and also from an accidental circumstance which de- !
volved some property on him, he must inevitably
have been ruined. Happy was he that the laws of
England afforded an adequate remedy for a manifold
wrong. Ile received notice to quit on the 2d July,
before the 9th July next. This, he contended, in
law meant the 9th of July in the ensuing year. Hav- i
ing addressed himself in a very forcible manner to
the feelings of the Jury, he concluded with pro-
ceeding to his proof.
; Ile called William Colliver, one of his men, who
proved what he had stated as to the trespass, °Oak.;
I log forcible possession. His son, Thomas Cove,
qftirmcd similar wrongs, and stated that Mr. Sale,
Solicitor to the Company, on the 25th of Jane, came
to the Wharf, aad enquired why his father was not
removing ? Wright was present, and said he was
come to take possession of ,the place. Several men ,
removed his father's direction board. Mr. Sale sa'.dl
to them, if Cove obstructed them, they must .quiet
I him. On his cross-examination, 'he IW-silted' that
the term which Roper held expired on the 21th June,
' 1808, and that Mi. Sale, on the 25t1tl told him his
time was expired.
Several other witnesses were called,-but their tes-
timony carried the case do farther.
Mr. Serjeant LENS submitted, that the Plaintiff
must be called, as he had proved by his own son that
1 he was a trespasser.
The Cum, JUSTICE was of the same opinion, and
ordered the Plaintiff to he.called.
The Crier made the usual PrOclamation—" Au-
gustus Cove, come forth, or you will lose your suit
at Nisi Prins." •
Mr. Cove instantly started up, and standing on
his seat, exclaimed—" Ilere I am, I do appear;
why do you say I don't appear?"
Mr. Serjeant LENS observed, that Mr. Cove seem-
ed rather to wish to have the Jury's verdict for the
Cie.

This Defendant was indicted for an assault upon
the person of the Ilon. George Blaquiere, on the
21th January, NW.
It will be recoiled, that nearly two years since ;
the Prosecutor was cast in an action of Grids. Con.'
with the Defendant's wife, fen' which judgment was I
entered up, and the Prosecutor suffered twelve
months' imprisonment in execution thereof. Thkcir- °
cutnstances of the present case, were intimately con-
nected with that transaction. On the •24th of Ja-
unary, the Defendant having been then separated
from his wife a considerable time, and suspecting that
the Prosecutor was a party to her connubial inficle,l
lily, accompanied Ly; two or three Bow-street Offi-'
cers, attended in Wimpole-street, in the oentog,
for the purpose of having, Major Blaquiere's. person ;
identified, proparatory-to his action of Ctint.-Con.l
'rue Prosecutor was seen to go from itis'own house,
in Beaumont-street, to Mrs. LAPP'S home, in \Vim-
pole-street, where* he remained from six till eleven in
the evening, and returned from thence to the street.
The Prosecutor, who had been %latched in the same
manner the night before, began to_recennoitre the
persons -he saw standing in the• street, eiu4, after
valking up and down the :street several times, he,
crossed over the way to Lee,,,whoni he liUtrby
this time recognised, to ask him •whether he was
vt Itching him. lie had just uttered' two or three.
v.ith that clew, when tle.Defonaant struck
bim hisen.ibly to the ground; with what :he thought,
from its sr ;ere etllTts, to be a large bluclgran, which
otcasioned his being placed %ardor the hands, of the
burgeon fur three weeks.
Mr. GAUItOW, on held( of, the Defendant, deli-
vered an eloquent appeal to the.Jnry, and produced
the testimOny Ist the Bow-street {Ytticers, who
.had
attended Mr. Lee,aud they declared positively, that the
et-eat:pen Mr. Lee carried 1% as but a common Stalking-
stick. They did not see the blow struck; nor did
they see Illajor Blaquiere raise his hand in a threat-
euing-attitude, but they heard.-him say, " What do
you want, you scoundrel ?"..Or'" fkounarci."
Lord Er.r.canottouott summed up the evidence
with suitable obiervations, and' the Jury found the
Defendant N,eGuil&.

court*

'The Jury accordingly returned a verdict, finding
for the Defendant.

COURT OF EXCHNUER, JUNE 27.

FRAUDS BY COLLECTORS OF THE TAUS.
TILE ATTORNET-EENEE %I', 0. T110.11.%S BR%TT.

This was an information filed at the instance of his
Majesty's Commissioners for the airdrs of Taxes,
against the IMendatit, as Coliecoor of the House and
Wily(lew Duties, and other Assessed 'raves cf the
year 1809, for the parish of St. Joules, Bristol, for
the recovery of several penalties of 1001. each, in•
curred by his having collected of differeht occupiers
of houses in Bristol mixce mon.), than what 'hey had
been rated at in the Commissiovere Assessment, and
which he fraudulently converted. to He uan use.—
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, iu addressing the J'.3ry,
expatiated on the enormity of offences of filo; de.
scription, and observed, that in performing the ta,k
allotted to the Government of raising the necessary
contributions of the State, it was no less the object
and anxious solicitude of its Officers to protect the
sobject against fraud and illegal exactions of every
instance whne the delinquent shoo:(1-be discfovered.—
The D:ofendaat, by Mr. COMMON SERJEANT, mode
no attempt to dispute the evidence (loitered for the
Crony, or to deny the charges. Verdict for the
Crown 6001.
Tim arronstxr-GrorrnAt D. WILTAANT CRF.P.RATT.

This prosecution was under nearlgsimil:u• circum-
stances with the last. The Defend3,,t was Collector
of the A•'cssed Taxes, for the parish of Sandbach,
in Clushise, for the year 1810, and stond chars rd
with the collection of several small sums from little
farmers, anti miler persons, to the amount of a tax
for a dog, husbandry. horse, and inhabited house
duty, not assessed in the rate.—Verdict for the
Crown 6001.

The Loan Carer BAZON, on addressing thefurers
in these prosecutions, expressed great sar4action
observing, that offences of this and other descrip-
tions of fraud, particularly as affecting the middling-
and lower classes of society, were brought before
the public, and the-aggressors so justly exposed to
the severities of the law. His Lordship here also
adverted to prosecutions which had lately been be-
fore furors in that (Court, where landlords hart been
convicted in penalties for refusing to allow their
teuants in inferior situations of life, to deduct the
property tax from their rent, and observed thittpro-
secutions of this nature were highly cretlitoble to the
Officers of the Crown.
OBSTRUCTION OF INSPECTORS OF XES iN

V EYING WIN PO A% S.

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ATIOUNtint-iIENEitAI. V. DANlEL'itottown•
TMs m as a pres.cu lion also instituted by the Board•
of Taxes, against the Defendant, residing et Greac.
Yarmouth, for the penalty of 501. incurred by
hating obstructed Mr. Hunter, the imspedtor of that+
District/ in, surveying the windows of Mr. Marlins/11
honse, m September Inst. By- the Act of Flutist .1
meet, thelospector, or. Suiloti3Os, is efopfilrelled,qtt,
reosowe'bie times„ to pars through any tlwetttng-itasiel
to surtey the Windows bt die back, part of thit pee.
'Mises. On the .9th of September testi 'between It:
and vise o'clock at zleott,:Mt. t OW,. aceothpassix*
.by Mr. Breams, the AsealateriliaCimstable; having'
lierreyeditte Defendant's witirlosii in therfrAt asti
Itide nett the street (whiitttistiDefewitaii*.bad a
'former occasion told Mr. Breeze, were all .1011411.b14
dowe), and basic)/ reams to balieve there were wia-

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COWAN JUNE 97.

before Chief Justice M.I tsFIELo.
• , £IVOVOICII COVE T. IvnIGHT.
This was enaction to recover damages for an al-
leged trespisscommitted on the property of the Plain-i
.tiff (ene of this Society of Friends), and oceupier of
a IViierf ea the Paddington Canal, the mouth of
'June, t 80H ;. the damages were laid at .50001. •
Mr. Angustus Cove, pleaded his oifeJtute? and in
a speech which occupied more than one hour end a
half in the delivery, stated the particular* of the
t, He displayed a considerable portion of

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dows in the back of the house (and which he after-
wards discovered), civilly asked Mr. Marling pormis-
Ision to pass through the shop (the only watt) to the
back yard, from which they could be seen. This
the Defendant refused, although Mr. Hunter explain-
ed to him, that if he persisted, he would incur a
penalty of 501. for the obstruction. The Defendant,
standing behind his counter, with dap down, re-
plied, " You may do as ~you pleases; but you shall
not go through." In consequence of this, Mr. Hun-
ter withdrew.

The llAcattlant's Counsel did not call any wit-
nesses; but contended, that the prosecution could
not be supported by evidence of an astruction is
words only.
The Somettott-GcstettAr,, in reply, insisted, at
some length, on the dangerous conseqUence whir!)
would result as well to society as to Revenue Offi-
cers, if the principle contended for Ijy the I:efendant,
were to be supported ; a Crown (Wirer must then in
no instance deSist from his duty, until the obstruction
was accompanied with some act of violence, or a
breach of the peace.

The Loan Cutts Btnox held the evidence of the
obstruction to be sufficient, leaving it to the Jury to
consider whether it would have been safe or prudent,
on the part of the Inspector, to have proceeded
his duty after the conduct of the Defendant.—Ver-
dict for the Crown.

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II

COit PO it iITION I'E...l,li;l:.\*CE
.111 T.
ro n Journal:l
The froat a Into •11.epo-t of is e
mirthfal re% .I.i ,;f tha: part of t!):: Co-pm-a:10o of
1.(11:ti(111, %%11161 I, ':!ES the lit'arest re6"1:011;,1:;:;! i, i!c,„
autt cdoca:io to ti:::( oI (AL. • :-rp
whose oratory, -nod u
vote c f t.,a,slis (r:),..1c,c,u0, 1.0,1;„0,
touch aatqsonient to lie it.Tust.: of Coro:no::4 au!
the nation at larlr,P

70..% N—" Come igr. Colotiel ghat
have you to sit,' f9e ytiois ?If : *you tr:veils had ....AN.'
thing good to
....---e•.;ne, r,
Si'. -
Fn. h. IL,:
• •
You' e quilt! boast."
[A lona lau.fi mid aindlarse at the humour and'
poetic talent evinced by this civgatit
mitt.]
cotio„,,l W:.11, .111 r. Ctiatrrnan: since
you do call upon mein n.paitkalar manner, 1.
give you the sentiment tie:ll.N! to is
a iCa r.—a.
bumper. litrekt. then, .Iklrs
vOtt ttte three. ; that is to 'ay, the Cotr.tr), tlu
and. Hae.Constittitioa."
This Vast was drarili,.iiith enthusiasm,- and it rm.,,
duced a general acktiov,ledginent of ti..e justness of
the encomium just pas.ierl open the Colonel. -Sir
Wm. C----s was the only matt that looked grave,
or seemed not .o experience the most estaue se!,sa..
tion. The fact was, Sir IVAlliam's toast was just
coming on ; he always had e fitm'y for rivanieg the
Colonel ; and the specimeo of genius, just e‘liihit.
Oil, so wrought upon his imagination, that h., dreaded
it would boar the palm from him for ever. He was in
the midst of a profound reverie, when the over.
wheiming voice of the Chairman asailed his ears and
roused him.

An affair of honour took place •at Stoner Hill,
Jamaica, in April last, between Lieutenant -LANE
and Assistant-Surgeon. Ceerucerer, of the York
Light Infantry Volunteers, which, after a discharge
of foureshots, terminated fatally to the former.
LieuteGoScott, of the sth West India Regiment,
was lately tried at Kingston, for killing Lieut. W.
Helev, of the IBth regiment, in a tluel,and acciettted ;
the deceased, it appeared, not only having, been the..
challenger, but having used the most insulting lan-
guage to provoke Lieut. Scott to tight.
The two regiments of Life Guards will be in-
spected to-morrow morning, at nine e'clock in Hyde
Park. • o
The Tower Hamlets Militia are employed on a
working party to make a piece of ground for re-
views on Wormwood Scrubs. As soon as the ground
is cleared, it is expected that-his Itoy.al Highness 11.
Commander he Chief will see 'all . the Volunteers of
the Home District, audit is said that the 1' 11i of
August is the day fixed on.
Jean Hay, aged 70, died lately at. Knock:oleo',"
county of Elgin. For the last 50 years of her lire,
she had dressed herself in male attire, obstinately de=
!tied her sex, and worked as a day labourer.
On Saturday, at three o'clock, a most serious ac-
cident happened in Hyde Park. As e young Gentle.'
man, .Mr. Burke, related to the Lord at Clifford;
was airing in the ride, in company with another Gen-
tleman, his horse ran off with him, and coMiog fti.
riously up, the big bar being shut,' ha leaped, and
unfortunately hung by the hind feet
.;."Mr. Burke wet I -
I thrown off, and pitchedon his head, was. taken -ep 1 According to a. report read on the Vtb inst. at a
by Cook, the Keeper, almost lifeless: he was strongly 1 general meeting'of the.Vaeeltie :Society, 'establistrel
advised to be bled, but answered, he would rather 1 under the direction Of the.- French Mittister of the
wish to see my Lord De Clifford, to whore, hoWever, i Interior, theoiunher of person's eadcinaind in France
he was immediately conveyed, in a very alarteing. to 1810,•amounted t 0.510,94. . . .
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state. • ' • - A tragical incident lately took.placili at Lisban ow:
Captain J. Durant, of the 4d West York Militia, hoard the thtice, of 98 guns.. Captain loatte was
hung. Himself with a silk handkereltief, last week, ' stdibeci by one of the crew, who alleged the °lyres.
near . the barracks, at Colche4or : •ha had been in 'a ' the behaviour of that Officeseas the motive sof hiii
dt jected state for some tittle past. Coroner's verdict, , atrocious qoadeict. Captain Loezereis considered to
lunaty. ! he out of danger, and will teteirn to England lit this
i' We ere sorry t o find by the Sligo Journal, that a I Sabrina. The perpetrator' of. this daring outrage
part of that country is in a very disturbed state, • has been tried and executed.- • -•;,- .. . ••
1 from the outrages of a set of villaitise-e-". From the I Two eminent merchants in the City have, durihg
ferocious disposition
.eehibited in their systematic • the week, received threatening letterii, with 'provide
proceedings foe a considerable time pest (says the ' cial post-marks, accusing them of having Given in
above repel), the peaceable and well-diomse have ' evidetit'e, le-fore tie Committee mo the Orders ice
1 every thing to apprehend :. the ear of leonanity is Council, thet " there existed no distress' in the ma.
almost every day checked by soma new iastance of !tit recta: ine dist;•teis ; that oatmeal and water was
atrocity ; horses, cows, sheep, dw:•'.ling-lion,es, corn, i sun-I:lent for the people of England ; trd that if het-
4:e. destroyed without merry or rernorO.." I tee feed v. as ,obteined by them, they wotgd be pan-
Tee Provincial Paper; u tiferniy agree is repre- ! pored, and the frame of soaiety -unhinged." Oite-of
sentieo the rarcurni)!.. aepearaliee (!;*: ee eeoo, which . the letters has tile SheSelel post-mark. another that
promie, to bc mot aturc!..ttit ; 'tag s;t01.:!..1 tin. season : of Huddersfield, and a third, • dial of Lincoln; and
prove propitious for ri•api.,g and cvrr.,ing', 6- Irv,. trey or,' :tit .rottelleti in violent and gross terms.
dace of. our fields will also be of excelleat qua il's • : Extract of a letter from. St. John's (Newfound-
i
Mowing. has begun generally, and le many part. of . lam!), Aolii In.—" We are sorry to state the loss
the country nearl:,• finished. ln the memory of the of the brig Charles, .Downer„ lecke) with Leto
oldest inhabitants, there has not been seen a more Pedß, for this !colt.—She !eft Liverpool on the lath
heavy swarth than the holds now exhibit, so
.that - of Match, and on the 26(h fell in with ice, accents
there is every prospect of abundance for the suste- plied by a heavy swell, 'which forced her with
nance of both man autl beast.: . such violence ngeinst it, that her planks were start-
On and
Monday last, a man of the name of Shep. ed, and she began to settle. The Captain
heard, at Olantield, near. Hortleato. prepared a crew (eight in number) lout -scarcely time to. quit
medicine for destrovioe- rats, 'which he• afterwerds the ves-el, when .site instantly- .went down, leaving
placed, as- he thought, out of the reach of his . with themetotitiegtto subsist upon but seals ;led tee.
In thisoleolorable situation Chey continoedfor nine-
children. The rldest of them, however, met wish
I it, cat of it herself, and gave some to her two
sisters: thu.consequence was, that one of them died ice; during this time the chief mate, st cond mate,
teen day:', fourteen- of which they I.erg ammo; Oa
almost immediately, and the others lie in a danger_ and three men died._ 'rile. Captain,. nee, man, noti a
ous state. ... . i
Margaret, JOHN BLAKE, Master, from Halifax, and
bey (the only survivors), were—picked up by the
The Cam, on Kersal Moor, for .the two* lasi
Sabbaths, lies Worded a speetacle of the. most grate;!-,bronglit in here this meriting, in .a most pitiable state.
•
p
ful kind: an offering t H from the lte of The greatest praise is due*to Ca" &eke, for the
pure religions •tolerntiooo . Theeaven three regimeantsr ene • attentien he paid tiethe unfortunate sufferers."
camped, though of different modes of faith, all Offer-
son Tr le S .)I ..! rks.
ed up their prayers to the Almighty, io a temple far .
kern and Brow ea Wharf.. A rein'''.
more magnificent than those that are made by human king George (114111burton),1
C. 7 June 2July,— 7, ‘. IL
hinds, with the azure canopy of. Heaven for', its LOtli • •
roof. On the right of the line, the-Stlrling militia N. ei,rune (Finlay), Berwick., la .. :A —7,A. M.
worshipped their God agreeably to the form used in MAI .WATEIi AT 1.9* DON ll'll1;(;l: 'rim 7t.tr)5..
;Scotland; oh the left the Kuckiegliemshire, in con- : 49 ning.;.,7o-.lt'il"St..7s' 1 Favenil/gt•-•••'tn
formitt lo the ritual of the Established Chord' of i ---------.------- •-e----- .
.1.11101;u, ; and in the centre, such of the Louth ifrom Illfl7ll. •
I
Az to seven hundred ut least) as are of the C•t i
1.. taol.c Curtis, loco tit :teen: .
persurtaion, with such ether soldiers from the other i ---- . •
On-Saterdav morning last, in Portlane-plucts, tba Lady of Iv.
. ----:
' regitnents who are of the came faith, were brigetliel 1
ioft the ground, anti marched rownil an altar raieed Lunn of aNt'i(s.lawnaedirti,dguiritle 111'8r114.11:RaftV'e"'Tle.nY'iontritr4744;oftr Me. Ai'''
tifOr the purpose of celebrating mass (the Rev. E. Kett- . This is the fifth ludy that the bridegroom bus led to Me bPlai.
: neat altar.
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' On; officiating on the occasion), presented.at once a
viand proof of the liberality of the present day, the 1 Di l' la.
*dialog of intolirancg anti bigotry (which too long i
Itais-wighed• hn place barriers between the conscience o On ;I'hursty lasi, altl9.6usstie ge In. Drrsetalti;e, agthl 0, arc
ft:ZitrTiticuersda aUv, :tlc.F, house, Burro „ .
of man and his God), and formed one of the sub. I Templeman, w Mow of the nee:ina TetnPin'au• mwr
nJtiKutt, nittembride 1:
littlest pictures-that exinki be exhibited to humanity, ! inShuerchigil);'„drni.,l,„heth i a eu, rettebet two "..
S‘a!ll ratty lat,t, at .-.
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~ ...,egiud I),
!ITO lee 90 .flia ny breve men, bent in humble adoration 1 Ramuten, late Master of the Charter Rouse. •
we-wilatese, the'
10111eir Maker,' ptiarl•ng 'for -themselves and their 1
(a:mobil 'lb Ate stay .Milich their comciences dictated i Sew mrard7eKtywnyaniiii:nn'skt:s9:wa.tt;fhP:iiirle-hil7Tiliniti'Lcailo'int))lalarliblrristbewilr'all)._.:lehgl..ll.-:
'as Most naostable• to their God,• commanded the si- , Yreadeot of the Dublin Indbrary Society, and Wm
,r re,) Igatravvi: end fastened' on • the'most I' Literary Bmty ii 11:.
` &el nig 'or- ever; ',li)ectitot.Chest • I'
et '. . IMNDU:',Ii rrim'ert anti Itablishedivs,WVlATl iV
he
iiiST %Tama!! Vi VIC a. FP. Flee ror . !

• CIIA KM 44 Sir William, Sir William, Sir Wil-
liam, your toast, your toast, your toast !"
A sudden ray of intelligence seemed to suffuse the
worthy Baronet's couutenalice ; his eves twialileil
with joy, and he rose with .a complacency, which
may be supposed to be peculiar to a man who so far
triumphed acer•tt,: abstruseness of science as to dis.
cor^r the longitude, or, some such great object of
learned pursuit. .

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" Itvill•gicapu n lnmi,
n- .;ryourrboa4, Sir r
Prefaced -Sir
.al 1 ith a keenness of satire,
th0u,11•9),1 it slte.will the sib of the .11a4
ronet in pqi.tit 9f klimihir jealouy.-of
tual aupertc4ity .fhich hint, yet pro
cured hint inant;plaudiLs. 'irKfieli,• Sir, will gift
you tiktikdettp I • t hint" y all^ are
not surpassed hy, 4ny. jy fliealvl9!xtr: :Pil give. vow
the thr.te It'}; that is:, Ite.ittlinv;llplinw,.jklid
"
mei ic .'
Sir William's success in outdoing.his rival a-a3:uni..
vernally avlino‘viedked,'. and he sat 'd-oWn ' amidst
.
thunders of kliptause. •
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