The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-10-19 00:00:00

thew INratLIPILVCS.
MST Or ONO' l'Ousoray.
The enter Jureirn opened thb ndjournod Sittings
I Jrfri Prime for Westminster. this morning, is the
ontt of Comma Pkgs. Westminster Hall. His
ariship desired that one undefended cause should be
taken pro format, but nothing more was done.
Some interesting eases stand on the paper fir trial
as the adjourumi Sittings in the City.
The Coen adjourned to ball* past nine to-morrotr
(this day.)

wssratiNsrm SESSIONS.
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IHOT DI WIirTMINBTER.
James 184 earthy, Richard Rowhottom, Thomas
Haryis, Wm. Hardy, John Davidson, and William
Jain, were, on the motion of Mr. Aoomows, put to
thebar, on an indictment charging theta with riotously
assembling, on the 18th of June, in the vicinity of
Tothill-street, Westreiester, the Anniversary of the
Blade of Waterloo, sad endangering the lives of his
Majesty's subjects.
[lt will be in the recolleetion of ear readers, that
the deffindants were charged' with murder (one man
having unffirtuestely lost his life) by the verdict of
the Coroner's Jury, and tried at the Old Bailey, when
the two drat-named defendants (in the present case)
mentioned guilty of manslaughter, and sen enced sc.
cortilisgly.]
The Learned Counsel, on the present occasion, said,
he had now only to move that the defendants be called
to be bar, as he understood that no evidence would be
offered against them, for the purpose of pleading to
the indictment, and proving that notice bad been
served en the prosecutors.
Mr. Aaber said the statement of his Learned Friend
was perfectly correct, since he had received no instruc•
Cons to the contrary.
The CHAIRMAN ••'‘‘ Under these circumstances I
think we may du so."
The prisoners having pleaded Not Guilty, and the
service of the notice having been proved—
Mr. Cows? (the Chairman) addressed them in terms
nearly as follows It is necessary, before you leave
• this bar, that your attention should be called nut only
'to your conduct on that day, but to the conduct you
have evinced since you were admitted to bail ; for yon
have.not only conducted yourselves improperly since
your were released, towards those persons who were
called forward egtinst you, but you have also in the
most insulting manner abused the officers, who bad
nothing more to do with the outrage, than the execu-
tion of a ditty imposed upon them, and who appear to
have conducted themselves in a very proper manner.
In fact you seem to bare acted in such a way as to
warrant a belief that you gloried in what you had
done. You have not however been visited in the way
such conduct deserved, fur the greatest lenity has
been shew.n to you, and I trust you will bear this in
mind, and also the great danger in which on a twiner
occasion you stood. I can assure you,that the higher
power will protect its officers, one of whom nearly
lost his life on the occasion in question, and who arc
distinct from the other-persons concerned, but whom
the law will squally plitect.' ,
Mr. Awn' said the conduit of the Officers on the
occasion was deserving of the highest praise.
A Gentleman on the Bench (we believe Mr. Rayner,
the Magistrate) described the conduct evinced on the
cccasion to have been of the most appalling nature,
and declared that if the military .had not been called
lc., the must fatal consequences must have ensued. He
also described the conduct of some-of the defendants
to have been of the most insulting nature since they
. had been out en bail.

Mr. Maumee spoke in extenuation of the condnct
of the men, and declared that he would be the last
man to defend any outrage on the part of men on
whom all ought to look for succour and protection in
the time of need, He did, however, trust, that sol-
diers, whose only duty was to serve their King and
country in war and peace, would be allowed to go
peaceably about the streets, and not be insulted, as was
well known many of the military, had been. He
aped that the remarks the worthy Chairman had been
pleased to make, would have the effect wished for,
and that his clients would prove by their future con-
.. duct, thkt they did not merit the opprobrium cast
upon them.—The.defendants then left the bar.