The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-11-27 00:00:00

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:adjudgeohat you., Richard. Vacow. do la, to; till
King a fine of 1904 ; that. Iron be iisprieoned silt
months. in the custody of die, Marshal of,..tbe Mae,
shalses ; and that you do. further Bad ,security fur
your good behaviour *five years. yourself in 5001..
and two sufficient sureties in 100/. each.
The Court was crowded a; a very early, hour, and
we observed two artists present taltiak sketches of tho
defendant.

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Till KING C. atcnatn
This was an indictment against a stattOner it Aid
gate, for selling obscene prints.--Aigeient was
suffered by default. .
The Court sentenced the defendant to nine monthZ
imprisonment in the House of Correction, Coldbath.-
fields, and to find studies for his good: behaviour
during a term of five years.
RADFORD O. KUWAIT AND °TIMM .
This wat an action of assault arising out of the
transactions it Manchester en the famous 16th of
August, 1819. The action was originally -brought in
Middlesex ; bit a rule was obtained for changing the
yenta to Lancashire,upon the ground that the cease of
action bad accrued in that county. . .
Mr. BLACKBURN now moved for a rule to show
cause why the former rale should not Ito sat anidop.
and the velure returned to the original county., The
learned counsel moved upon the following atfidavit:-rore.
" Richard William Hayward, of Took's-onset, Cura•
sitor-street, in the County of Middlesex, attorney for
the plaintiff in this cause, maketb oath and.saitit, that
this action is brought by the plaintiff to recover a sa-
tisfaction in damages against the defendants fir
violent assault made by them on the plaintiff, on the
lith day of August 1819, at Manchester, when the
plaintiff and many other persons were, as deponent is
Wormed and verily believes, peaceably assembled in
pitrsuance of a public advertisement to consider of the
best means of bringing about a Reform in Parliament ;
and this deponent further saitb, that he bath been h-
formed and verily believes, that the said meeting was
conducted in the most peaceable and orderly manner
antil the Manchester Yeomanry cavalry, commantiel
by the defendant Burley, and of which corps ail :be
ether defendants were members, and were on that oc-
casion present, without any provocation attacked the
ineetin; with drawn swords, and severely wounded se-
veral persons, and amongst others the said ;
and this deponent further said), that lie bath also heel
informed, and verily believa., that s very great and
general prejudice exists throughout the county. or L tn.
c.tster amongst the persons who are Eltely to serve
upon jnrics as to the nature and object of the meet-
ing in question ; and this leponent further aside that
be bath heard and verily believes that several persons
who were so wounded on the said 16th of August,
1819, preferred bills of indictment at the Assizes for
the said county of Lancaster against the per*olls who
had so wounded them, but that the Grand•Jurv, upon
being iaformed that such transactions occurred at the
meeting so held on the said 16th day of.Angust as
aforesaid, ignored the said bilis; and this deponent
lastly saith that be verily believes an indifferent yr
impartial jury for trying this cause cannot he had
within the said county of Lancaster."
In the case of " Bennett v. Berkely," (Cooper's
Report's) a similar application to the Court bad been
successful.

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The Court granted a rule to show cause.

Liwz.., Nov. 26.—One of the most. respectable
South flows farmers of this neighbourbodd recently
sold his wool from four hundred lambs, and on the
same day purchased a new hat, for which he actually
paid sea Ai/haws more than he obtained for the wont
of the 40 lambs, which shows the great disparity of
price between the raw and manufactured material, as
we understand lambs' wool is used in the manufacture
of hats. •
Last Friday night the Excise officer of this tow.,
seized on the (Wham-road, 'sear the Nursery, • a cart
laden with nine casks of contraband spirits, and a •
horse, which the Officers were obliged to shoot dead.
to stop the progress of the smugglers who were in
the cart, but who escaped after their horse-fell. The
fatal ball entered the side of the pour animal, passed
throng!' his lungs, and lodged against the ribs on the .
opposite side. The spirits were conveyed-to the Excise
office in this town.
Last Tuesday, a jobbing gardener, at the Six Bells
at Nerthiam, engaged to eat a gait'', of bulled potatoes,
and drink live quarts of strorg beer, or pay double
fur them, in three-quarters of an hour, which he per-
formed within the given time, and apparently without
feeling any .ill effects from his gluttony. •-•
A FAT CURIOStrv.—A three.year old welter sheep,
bought with others from the Bock of Mr Sense, of
the Broil-place Farm, by Mr. Morris, of this Imre,
was a few days since slaughtered by 'Uri Verrall; •
butcher, of Brighton, who on opening tire animal:-
was astonished at the bulk and solitlity4uf the fat.
which enclosed the right kidney. It halters skies •
measured and weighed. its dimensions are. round
the middle part two feet ten inches'; loogitedisally,
three feet four inches; weight, twenty-one pounds. It
was wonderful to think how the animal could have
existed tinder such a 'burden, an instance, we may err.
tare to ttay, 'never 'before heard of. The weight of the
sheep as they usually go to the scale, was ten stove
three pounds. This very singular and estrainklina,
accumulation of fat, may still be seen in its pare *tare,
at Mr. Verrall'r, tallow-chandler, of this town. 'I he •
kidney-fat of a•sheep in cotnnt.m, we-believe, does nut
often exceed the weight of six runes., • •
• ELROANT GLAII.PRY, FURNITURE, &c.—The nobility
and gantry are invited to inspect the .Ware-rooms of
Comeau and SoN, 93, Ilishipsgate-street within, where'
is exhibited an assortment of new and second-hand Plate
Glasses, admirably euited to every' deseriptiiin• of d '
ing or dininpromns. • In the furniture ditartusent
comprised every new and elegant articit
cabinet, and chair work, the ekes of wHiPk a i retlueet:
iipseab aileala tdeve.oatt-aa4o iittrittbitulhuisenie the
patronege of rank and fashion

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TO THE EDITOR OF SHE STATESMAN.

Sts-1 beg leave to submit to your consideration the
propriety of giving publicity to the following observa-
tions, is your patriotic and independently conducted
Paper •
TIP IDTIL, TAVERN, COPIMS•IIOUSE, AND 114NAINZIPZDA.
*rlaDJaptl2llll4lD to eitilblisb a So-
ciety.* he composed of permits in the above lines of bu-
einaes,anct to be called the Benevolent Society of Inn-
born, Betel, Tavern, and Co ic-house Keepers, and
P iieons. The pretended objects of this Society are
the ostsbliabowit of a school for the education of youth,
on a scale the most ezhnuive, and on a plan the most
ecOnomicsf, a certain portion of the scholars to pay, and
Ohara. being the children of distressed Members, to be
on the establishment gratis; also to afford pecuniary
assistance to the families of distressed Members.
Now I wish to call thwm‘st serious consideration of
the persons in the above *lastest, to, the manner in
Which ills professed to accoinAsh the above combined
plan. and I think I shall be able to prove to a demon-
stration the fallacy of the means employed.
Prom the industry that has lately bees used by the
Proprietor of The Traveller, to circulate the printed
Rules and Orders for the regulation of the Society, I
presume, that every Hotel, Tavern, Coffee-bouse, Inn-
keeper, as well as every Licensed Victualler in the
'metropolis, is in possession of the articles of this, appa-
rently, excellent lostitution. The second article states,
that a fund is to be provided for the maintainance of dis-
tressed members, in adraeood age, infirmity or sickness,
and for the relief of Orphans and Widows of members.
Tbis constitutes a Benefit Satiety to all intents and pur-
poses. No. 11, provides for the respectability of the
Society, by the Ofmmittse being at liberty to refuse any
person they may consider unfit to be admitted. This,
then bellies tbe declaration that " the mere act of chang-
ing one paper l'or another" constitutes a Member ! !
Where then Is the security to the Members when every
one Who takeh in The Traveller, may be turned round
upon and be told that be is not respectable ! ! We got
to the 14th article, before we find what are the terms of
subscription; and behold ! these are ; first, take in The
Traveller, or, secondly, pay two guineas per annum.l have
seen the articles of several Benefit Societies, and I do not
believe that the yearly contribution of a member of any
Benefit Society summits to so mach as two guineas ; and
ail Members matributo olike,as all partake of the benefits
alike: now in this projected Society, the taking in a
newspaper, constitutes a Mombei equally the same as
paying two guineas per annum, therefore the agreement
between the Proprietor and the Society, must or ought,
to stipulate for the payment of two gajnoas per year to
Tressurer for every Subscriber, who becomes so by
taking in daily The handler paper. Now, no Proprietor
of a daily paper can afford to give out of the profits of

etch paiee yearly two guineas, a sum which I am in-
(timid exceeds his gross profits ; therefore the Sub-
scribers are not upon an equality in regard to the pay-
ments, this is manifestly wife's.
The lOth Article binds the Club to The Trisveller
papers hand and foot, let the politics be what they may!
you are to patronise no other paper than this, so long as
it shall be tegularly published. The majority of Benefit
Clabshave a stipulated time fbr a Member becoming free,

or in other words,being eligible to claim soy of the allow-
ances from the funds. The time in ill substantial So-
cieties is twelve monthi ; but the 18th article of this Be-
nefit Club requires that Mirty-sir months at the least
shall expire before a member, can claim, or receive
any assistance!!! Then what is the proposed scale of
rdlief ? Why, (Mat in ease the fond shall be adequate
thbreto) mark this ; after a contribution of not less

than three years, sad how much longer it is impossible
to calculate the fends shall be adequate, each single
person a sum of not less than six shilling*, or mote
than twelve shillings; to a catrriad person not less than
eight or more than sixteen shillings per week.

The 20th Article pro-vides for assistance at the burial
of a Member between the sums of S/. and IW. Now I
Flo call span the projectors of this Benefit Society to
show whafseenrity the persons joining the Club have.—
Mt after paying in subscriptions many years, they in the
(recline of life may be compelled to apply fur any of the
proposed pecuniary grants. I contend that there is no

security ; for the 21st Article gives to the Trustees and
the Committee the right to make any 6ye•lates for the
Goverementsof the Society ; and assigns them the es-
tire management, cowriel and discretion as to the pay-
nent to be made to the persons entitled to relief! ! ! I
think not one word more is requisite to prove the testa-
bility of this mock sehiety ; or the opening it affords
for a partial and corrupt distribution of the fund.
The 26th Article is what I most particularly wish to
call the public attention to. It is there stated, that a
Dim of 3.0001. has been raised for the purpose of we&
Wishing in the Metropolis a Day School, in which ms
example may beset of the applications of the method of
Bell and Lancaster, to the higher brancbsoof etlecatioa ;
and that. this 3,00 W. has been offered to this society in.
aid of its school establishments, on condition thet the
Society contribute 1,0001. to complete the same. This
wick will lead soapy persons to conclude, that this,
Society eressly possesses, by gift, a sous ofllloo/. : sad
that this must be a most advantageous Society, seeing
. that the week amounts to 3.000/. before the Society Is
established, sell that it only. requires about 1,0061. more
to bring into immediate settee one of the most eaten:
sive plans of odecatiou ever comeavAil by Men, whereby
a complete coarse of instruction, ilk *try biaach of ass;
fel and ornamental knowledge, may biobtained for the
willing sine of Ave guineas per ensues, whiten teed Is
to be created for the ossoiatoiaing and educating. the
erpAses et dressed members. This sounds. wok
list, as to the LOOM: who has been so kiwi as to make
se grand &Imo* ta ibis infant Society ? I say no,
Amasses witaxerne!! and I defy the Proprietor of Tfic
Traveller to prove that fey seek sum arise*, bet. ivy
Allures on the litik page of his little Book of Resat
and Osmium. -
.Now, my trothsrinebrienne.. I will eedeaveur is 1114
,hale to you, sossiticirceekstances cooisectsd withilek
**l/ proposition, . About six rim since, a plan aim.:
senleilies was draws op brinks great phiSseepher ersiong.
*Om, and an institution wee ..pripesed to boom 4111,
- UMW 110 aims of Clisamithie israsbes!; Wls.

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