The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-08-15 00:00:00

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VCCLb.I V. Cif WINTIOW TOMO'
This denim was brought for fahefis 1
Mr. U eerie, in the liftelmsee of 'Mei Nein*
Cockell, 11111, war ersigeitee et like eibsl pei::::1
brill, he wax afraid at taiwaliedillphialliff.,..
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opposed by tw u King's Comm'''. Ile W 'being
only a junior at the bar. The deelerethen stated,
Om. on the nth August, 1007, the Defendants
falsely and maliciously imprisoned the Plaintiff,
whereby Ise *as pet to great expence, and injured
in his credit. The circumstances of the-case were,
that the Piatetiff was fetid of singing, mai war in
the constant habit of attending divine service on
the Sibbatiewlay, at the chapel of Grintileton, iii
- the %Vest Riding, whereat the Rev. Enoch Cie.
tnesisoo, owe of the Defendants, was the otficiatiug
cl..rqouit. The Plaintiff was in the constaill ha.
bit or leading the band, both teeming and after.
noire and nut the least objeetiuti was made omit
the evening of that day. Thu Plaiswill was sing-
ing as usual, dad with a book beating time upon
the desk ; the Clergyman took seine offence, and,
from the reading desk, tolled out, " rake that
can Into custody." Tha other two Deftaidauts
took kian anti kept him ;wheel' all night, and lies
they bedlam before the Justice% where lie marl
compelled tie find .bail, and at the Quartet Kesi.*;
Mum, was tried sod ainjuittwl the mitienee'
which was aiWucad against appears su if
this was made a party question at Griudletoli, nes
there were about forty of them came to the S.
mutts. It elwarly *Hewed the Pleintiff's cost.
duet in the intervals between 'bleu( seas regular
in the extreme ; he went to chapel as meal ; hi
beat time as usual ; and no intimation bad best
given to his that he had bean Aping wrongs,
or that he held not du so. if the Make,
tit had booty# he would have condeet-'
ed himself id this was his metal can-
dled. Be the ritz tbocliercla) the %%hula eun..,
("nation have a right to sing, and bettaut: my'
Sawa cannot slog so well as the rest, ho is to be
taken up and cosilined. lie sang es cell as he
could, and in his moat manses; beating time with
hie hand nut him in mind of Mil epitaph written
upon a piiish clerk of the name-of Stephen, who
bad been a MOW, like the Plaintiff:
Phtplieo swlllase are teem bash eveta—
" Once Stephen beat Time, Reer rune bests Steppes."
Ro tsii,t4 lie should be able to support this case
by evidence witich would entitle him to a verdict.
Peter Hauser odd, he was at Griudluton chapel
en the 16th Adipssi, 14Q?; he saw ,Ecelia there in
the morning,- same as usual r he, wager law him
misbehave ; he paw hins.wbout nine Welock in the
....ming in the Custody of Theisialliall and -
SWIM. VirlA•....is saw his again abbot six o'clock
in the morning of the 17th, thetila custody. On
the td trf lieptember following, witness was at
Guisburn, when the Plaintiff ii as committed to the
House of Correction, Klieg Inefound sureties be-
fore Dr. Cellist. Plahrtilr mu reckoned a lead-
ing singer.
Walmosley mar Pules taken into ens:.
tedy. The singers particular part of nee
gallery, and Phduliflconformed to this principle.
They were singing an cresting hymn b. fore the af.
ternoon service began. The Clogymait wec in be.
fore she witness came. Witness saw him whisper
to the parish clerk, and the cletk went and %bd.'
pared to Blesuenl one of the Defetidaists, and he
went and whispered with Eccles,. Tke Clergyman
called out, ti I insist 'diem hiss' 'being pulled
out ;" lookisig *t the chapel.warden and comfit-
bleat the time. Eccles was singing, with his spec.
tacks upon his nese, and a Wish its his hand. tie
Was seized and brought, dowse by order of Cle.
nientson and li•iriter. He was singing, as usual,
as other people in the chapel, beeline erne with
his hand. lie was dragged down by his feet and
beau uy two ur thiee of them; they dragged him
down toe steps. Witness went to the dour and
saw hips iii custody. lie was its the hands of the
deputy constables in the melting_
On ',icing crusewiestitined by Mr. Tornio, as
Colossi for the Defmelaut Clonitittson, witness
said lie %noes Horner and Vernon, they are re.
timetable parishioners. Wituess heard ilonwr say
to some people, " keep hint quiet." Mrs. Perle
and many other respectable people went out when
he was pulled Jowl. Plaintiff said to the Clergy.
man, " 1 shall hollgo out fur you ; what offence
have I comatilttal ? L sin not exeonentiniceted
set." He was not drunk, nor bad any appearanee
of a drunken man;
"or of a person ligeot ;he
appeared sober. tie shook his list arthe Minister,
and said—" Not for thee, theao—What dos
thou say, thin l" Parton was in the toadies
desk. Did not notice whether he had his surplice
on or not. Witness saw him pints the desk for
the purpose of reading prayers, but whether he
had his white gown on or nut, witness can't say.
Plaintiff was pulled down to the bottom of the
ipew. lie did nut say, " I'll be dinned if 1 go."
aysaid, " I won't go out fur any of you." A
great many left the church. There was a great
confusion, amid some of them hare never been there

Being further questioned by Mr. flakier, wit.
Ness said, he did nut lake to gu away ; there were
nobody left chapel till the Plaintiff was treated
that way. The organ was playing at the time, so I
that the Plaintiff's singing could nut interrupt the
Clergyman, as he could nut gu un whilst the or.
gan was playing.
Thomas Garnet was at chapel on the 16th of
August, in the afternoon ; the Clergyman was in
the reading...desk. They were singing when alt.'
ness went in. The Cleroymita spoke to the clerk,
and he went up into the lint. Witness did nut
know there was stir thing to. do till after the
disturbance began. The Cbrgyillin ordered hits
to bring Eccles down. lie shoe and ordered
them to bring him down. IVitnesl
Ivil
not know
what fur. Saw him brought . duce saw bin
again nest morning then ice custody. brekrgy.
Dian ordered the constable to 44 &eke Marc and if
)ou can't get any handcuffs, ot a type sail tie him
in, and take him to Mr. CoMis."
His Lord.hip obs, reed, there was no auk e
prufed, the action could act be supported.
Plebaliff nunlike*.

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- 1111i/110111 k, A us. 14. —Mary Brown, a
dirket wad" lobo had beak committed for re.
exasaiwatierai ea a charge et stealing ribbon frost
Ibli shop .(.Mr. ikeerisim, is the Poultry, was
iis.hroleggllla Sp. Mr. Kerrlson attended, and
tiiiil hit property. The Peisevier was fully
ariimiated km trial.
thrtupaitz., Ava. 1-1,--Mr. 111yde Parker, a
redoes* who resales in Paper Buildings, iii the
Temple, 'hawed a min, named Brows, with at.
tempting its peak his.qapcket oil Sstarday night.
He stated" that he was passing along Bridge-street,
Illackfriars, on Saturday might, about tea o'clibck,
In ccsal'anY with a la*, when he felt somebody
tooth his coat pocket : he tamed round, and saw
the Prisoner with his handkerchief in his hand,
epos which he struck him a blow on the head, se-
cured him, and gave him in charge of a constable.
The Prisoner denied all knowledge of the trans.
action, except receiving the blow, lie tree cum-
milted for trial.
EXTRAORDINARY ROBRER Y.
Bo W.STILET. —Two pastors, calling themselves
Jogeph flitch and Muria Ilitcli, were examined
before J. Reap, Esq. ins a charge 01 stealing a
'quantity of feathers out of the beds at dilleieni
lintels, where they went to sleep,-and which they
directed iii the fullowing matsiter:—The Prisoners,
' who arc persons of respectable appearance, used
to go Witte Holeihki the evening, die man carry-
ing* small trunk, an.l desire to have a best, scat.
big that they were jest come to town, butt always
expressing a wish to have a large one, and each
time they went to the same house, making lease ex-
cuse to bare ai'differelit bed.-041 Friday night
oast, they sleet' at Geurge's cuff .e.huuse, Coven-
try-street, and were put into a very large bed,
ea/sieh the servant, on making the next murnieg,
(wind ball empty, wises she conowouicated her
sustisconis to her master, and recollecting the
Prisoliers had been there four or dere times before.
' they examined the other beds they hail occupied,
and in all of which the) locust a very considerable
deffeiency of feather*. On Saturday night, 1
Peorks, one of the liow-sweet officers, traced
the Prisoners to the Bath Hotel, the corit:• r of
A rlie4ton.stteet, Piccadilly, where he let tbvtii
rest quietly till Sunday ; and is hen thrc malt came
down stairs, with his trunk in Isis b.sitili tuck him
into custody, and on se irchingithe ti silk found
therein two pillowcases: crammed fell of feathess,
and which appeared to hare been taken wit of the
tied in which they had slept. In the trunk, were
also seineltWeltlags; used to wipe sip the feathers
that might scatter iu the operation of taking them
out of the bed ; and on the person of the woman
was found a needle and thread, (sir the purpose of
sewing sip the incision made in the 'rain of the
bed-ticks ; and so neat and clean had they been
,in their proceedings, that nothing but
.the light.
ness of the beds, after they bail heels tamping in
them, could hove led to a discovery of their depre-
dations.
I ' Pearkes learning that the
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• furnished lodging in lillser-stri square,
went there, and found a ronsidetable•sionntity of
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feathers concealtut in a shirt, Ott derma.aseq col.
bar of n hich u ere tiod sip to forma bag* wtotsi+
veral samples of feathers. The hew gal of 'roe
house can examining his best, bolster, attoritillitos,
discovered that the prittei,ol part of !hi knitters
had town taken oat sines. the Piimitivrti fad lodged
there, and that two silver spoons were Also muss.
mg. • The Pawnbroker's duplicates of two silver
spoons were fiiiind os the Prisoners, whikli proved
to he those stolen. the Prisoners were therefore
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c iiiii united to take their tri.il for' this uffeere, and
for stealing the feathers from the Bath Hotel.

Extract cif a letter hum Demerara,.aited 13th
Julie, 1809 :—We have, by the alpha! of about
aftstigen Yankees, a supply 0011 kiwis of pro.
whisons anal other guutls, soap, 'candles, lamp.oil,
paint oil, sweet.oil„ tee, nankeens, and' many other
articles reit be bought eta cheaper rate than the lint
oat in England. It is trite • the Americans are
only allowed to impart fish, limber, 'mar, and
rice; Pet they contrive means to smuggle all.sorts
of merchandise, to the great prejudice of
doh merchants ; M ho, if tlie illegal inportatiou is
sneered to he continued, will be ia the end ruined.
It is to be hoped that Government 'will put a
speedy stop to this uefarieos traffic.
Au article ha the Frouch Papers, tinder the
date of Madrid, 17th of July, deprecates the
species of ,rarfamt by which 305EP11 BuNareeva
finds his settletnent un the Throne of Spain op.
poses'. This article contends, that an armed pea-
santry is soutrary to the laws of war ; and that
they arc nut entitled to the respect that sukliers
she. to soldiers, uor to the protection which vie.
tbrious soldiers are bound to give to (hear over
whom they are successful. This is certainly a mom
cutiveftient doctrine fur the involikrs than the In.
varied.

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DEAFNit.SS.—The many extraordinary Cures elleeted
by Dr. TA It LOR's Rt.:Nll-A.IY for this Complaisit (the
most harmless aad ismoceot preparation that 'Nal ever applied
to that tender most the Cal ), iodate. us to furnish our 1
Readers with the follow ing par kakis out of the common 1
mode of ativertisemetw.
We bad, by a letter dated May `2'3, 1809 (in addition to a
volume of cases, which ha' been published, and may he had
of all the venders of owdiri,ie, clearly demonstrating the uo-
contuse& v efficacious powers of l)r. Taylor's Reused% ), that
a Lady of great respectability, in the wait of Stallord, ,the
hal for a length of time been affected with ex isenie licaforvii,
was fisr:unate enough to be rer 0 uuncoded to tbat prepui 4 I iUll ;
and after using a Saban portion luf one bottle, she was com-
pletely cured, and now hears as well as aoy perstiu living.
fo salisfy the public, any inquiry respecting this case is ill he
answered (if pint paid) by Mr. Morgan, ?rioter, Sialford.
the retail braider in that Bomagh. that if ear proof be
wasting of the a oaderful clingy of Ibis mild pay
simple
Remesly to the cure of a isalaily which has balled the sllll
of the most eminent Medical Mn', that proof mer be had on
application Ili Mr. Lee, the Publisher of that mineable
Nele+Parri ' The Sauey lifreltly Advertiser, piloted*,
Lewes. One of the rases whjeb came uodei the sservasitar
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of Mr. Lee, was the snia of Mr. Trinnell,444olsliogly liar
alio was &prised of his heariag by a scarlet km at the •
al three years, a misfortune which he Laboured wader WI t
age of limier, dining which period divers applicutimis had
bees areoried to 14 min; happily. however, be Iris perfective
cared lib the above Renard), and tbe Boy's Mother tun since
aetou.wledged to Mr. Lee, t as consideration
coelthave altordetther the sat' which she felt in liav-
lag peewit the paper that pm of the boo Medea of
Imes ass loestilaabie reamed
The Reim* Is le and Retail. by Nunro O-
peirtor's Arhus, lilltdict.4 r mad SUM% No. 9i. Fleet-
amehet ; and WWI. prim Ils 6d. per Bonk, with pl.rindi-
rW, ides be lhallhews and Leigh* 16, Scrawl, Loudon; pad
by al!! Mesitsar Vendee* iallforsa and Country.