The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-09-05 00:00:00

L4NCISTE A. 4ss ILS.
1111011 At LI VCRIVOIIi.

William Carter and Edward Riley were in.
dieted, on the prosecution of the Atturuey.
General, for riotously and tumults:o.'4y. as-
sembling with divers other persons in Liverpool,
sad demolishing several houses, against the
peace.
Mr. CLARK, in the absence of the Attorney.
General, opened the case. He stated that them?
indictments were of the utmost importance, and,
the cases before the Court deserved the must se.
nuns consideration, especially while the imprt•ss.
service wu carrying on in the town of Liverpool.
On the evening of the 2tith of- June, the riots had
' got to such an alarming pitch, in i.everal parts of
the town at the sane time, that the Police WAS
completely overpowered. The impress-service,
he contended very forcibly, must be supported ;
and particularly at this time, when our very ex-
istence depended on our naval strength. Ile re-
lated the particular• of the riot% tube in Bird_
street, Strand.strect, and Cooper's-row, all at the
same time, and several hundreds of wain& da.
mage were done to the houses they attacked. lie
concluded with observing, that the people of Li-
verpool must be taught that the impros.service
must not be insulted.

Mr. Aspinall, who was the Mayor of Liver-
pool at the time described the riots as follows :
--That, on the evening of the 20th of June, on
receiving information of the riots in different
parts of the town, he went to quell them, if
possible. lie found several hundred persons as-
sembled in Bird.slrcct, about half-past eight
o'clock, opposite to a rendez/vas-house for the
impriss.service. When he first gut into the
street, it was completely filled with rioters,. and
he, with much difficulty, made his way along.
lie was atieutled by two constables, one on each
side of him. lie seized two of the rioters, who
were in the act of breaking windows, rind he de-
livered them into the custody of the constables.
lie remained alone among the rioters ; and then,
basing no assistance with him, he emleat mired to
pacify them; but he could nut prevail ititon them
to desist from destroying the house. Ur address-
ed them repeatedly, and told them, that he had
the Riot Act in his pocket, and if :hey did not e-
tire, he should be under the necessity of reading
it, and calling in the assistauci. of the in;lit :ty. It
was then about half-past ten o'clock ; they did out
attend to any thing he said, but the mob appeared
to be increasing in numbers, and were more siolent
in their conduct. lie left them, and believed
they were impressed with the idea that he was
gone for the military ; and it had the desired ef-
fect, as they dispersed.
Edward Preston, a police officer of Liverpool,
said, that on the above night he saw a great num-
ber of people assembled in Bird-street, anti,.
among them, he observed the prisouer, William
Cartes'. lie and his brother ulliccr, Parkinson,
went among them, and desired them to disperse, as
if they did not, it might be. of serious cause.
quenee. to them. lie saw the prisoner, Carter,
at that time, and told him to depart, but be took
no nutice of the admonition. The witness finding
he could do no good among the mob, determined
on leaving the spot, and, as he was going away,
the prisoner, Carter, kicked him on the thick
part of his thigh, upon which the SI itness seized
him by the collar, but the Prisoner gave him such
a violent blow on the mouth, that it tilled his
.mouth with blood, and Parkinson, the other offs.
cer, persuaded him to let the Prisoner go, as be
thought they could nut do any good, the mob
being so numerous. The following morning he
met the prisoner, Carter, and took him into etss-
tody. The part that he particularly observed the
Prisoner taking, was shouting, and making a
great noise.
Timothy Parkinson, a constable of. Liverpool,
said, he went into laird-strut, at the time of the
riots, in company with the last witness ; he saw
both the Prisoners there ; it was about nine
o'clock ; when lie went first in among the mob,
he saw the prisoner, Carter, very active, and
talking with the people about him ; the u itness
desired him to withdraw repeatedly, be appeared
to have more to say than any of the others; he
saw him strike the officer, Preston, ia the mouth,
at the time he bad hold ut him by the collar ; the
witness and Preston made their escape from the
mob by running away ; they, however, went
among the mob again, but entered Bird-street at
the other end ; he then saw the prisoner, Riley,
at the rendezvous.house, kept b►• a mats of the.
name of Hyde, and saw Riley open the window-
shutters, forced one of them off, and threw it
into the street, and the other he took off, and
drove it against the window-frame; the frame
and glass of which had been much broken before.
The. Jury found them both
Coenelius'Cdusten was indicted for a similar of-
fence. •

William Herring, a police officer, of Liver-
pool, said, on the night of the '2olli of ,Tone, at
the time of the riots, he went to Cooper's-row,
about ten o'clock, at which time there aas a very
great mob, making a great noise, and throwing
stones and brick-bats at a resitiezvous.lionse. lie
obsarved the Prisoner among them, and taw him
with a stone or hard substance in his hand, which
he threw at the, window of the iesiduzvont.house,
the window of which was nearly demolished be-
fore, but he threw the stone against ih4 frames,
and he took him into custody immediately after
he had thrown the stone. Thu witness said, he
understood that the cause of the riots was, flint
one of the press-gangs hail impressed a soldier be-
longing to the 26th regiment of light dragoons.—
The stone the prisoner threw, he heard toil in the
house.

The Jury foand'him Guilty.
"Wuxi° Silveredge, a Purtugeese sailor, and
Petrick Burn, acre indicted fur a shinier of-
fence.

Am interpreter explained to Silveredge the na-
ture of the prueeedings, upon oath ; and told the
Court the Prisoner declined the privilege of hay-
' log half the Jury c..ninessrd u( foreigners, anti
%Ica to be triad by all Eaglislasaaa?