The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-01-30 00:00:00

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'II"ERSARY OF THE KING'S ACCESSION.

A select assembly of Aldermen and Gentlemen dined
together yesterday at the City of London Tavern, to
ednetnemorate the Anniversary of the King's Accession
to the Throne. The extrsorrlinary events which hare
inkrked the first year of hieblajesty's reign, were cal-
culated to give some degree of interest to the s;roeeed-
ings or a company which met for the express purpose
oicommemorating them, and it required some dexte-
sky to avoid topics on which it wets impossible to ex-
pert unanimity, or to touch upon them with that caution
and forbearance which might prevent any interruption
of harmony in a convivial meeting.
,This dexterity was shewn by the Worthy Baronet,
Sir William Curtis, who presided, and every precaution
bad been taken on this occasion to secure the unani-
mitt of (he company. Nearly 300 gentlemen sat down
to dinner. The dinner commenced at seven o'clock.
As Lim as the cloth was removed, the CHAIRMAN
rose to state the object of the meeting. They were met,
be said, in compliance with.a good old custom, to en-
joy themselves in commemoration of the Accession of a
Monarch who was as fit and proper to fill the Throne as
his father, rho filled it before him. It had been
wickedly stated that they ought not to enjoy themselves'
on such an occasion, and he thought the persons who in-
dulged in such ribaldry, and who propagated such dis-
loyal doctrines, altogether beneath his notice. He de-
clares: his belief that his present Majesty was the best
of Sovereigns, and his determination to rally round the
Throne, which had been almost made to totter under the
. weight erudition and disaffectioo. He concluded by
giving the health of Worse the !North, in four times
lone. The toast wasiollowild by greater applause than
we ever remembered to have witnessed on similar oc-
casions.
The toasts which followed Merl,—" The Royal Fa-
mily." " The Memory of our late Venerable Sovereign."
" The two Houses of Parliament, and foie they he
41 est in their jodginent and firm in their resolves." " The
Duke of York and the Army." " The Duke of Clarence
and the Navy." " The Lord Mayor and the Magistracy
of the City of London."
Mr. Alderman Them in returning thanks for the'
last toast, said, that the Sovereign had been assailed by
the poison of sedition and treason, and that in fart sack'
insults had been offered to him, as no man would dare
to offer another. Under such circumstances, it became
that body of men, who, though few in number, were
hold and trite in heart, to rally.round the Sovereign,
and tell him that they were reach' to stand by him to the
death. It was painful to talk of such things at a con-
vivial meeting, bet in the present state of society, it be-
Loved every man, not only to exert his abilities to the
utmost, but to give as much publicity as possible to .his
opinions. He concluded by declaring, that after the
fervour, hilarity, and 'tipsily displayed by the Worthy
Chairman, it was quite unnecessary for 'him to pursue'
his remarks.

" The Lord Mayor and the Corporation of Dnhlin"
was the next toast, which *as received with much ap-
planse.
The Lord Mayor of Dynt.rx returned thanks. He de-
clared that he felt his feelings quite overpowered, when
he considered that he was in the presence of the mast
enlightened body of men in the world, for that praise was
surely doe, at least •ln point of rank, wealth, and conse-
quenee, to a Meeting of the Merchants and Traders of
the City of Loudon. Hem proud of being at the head
of a Corporation which had stood forward unanimously
to shew their steady attachment to the person and go-.
'eminent of his Majesty, and declare their determination
to support our glorious Constitution. He iris proud tou
at beholding such a Meeting as the present, for if he had
taken his opinions from the Hadieal Press, he could not
bare b►lieved it possible that such a meeting could hare
been held in the city of London. Ile trusted that the
Cities of Loudon and Dublin would .go hand in band
in defending his Majesty against the malice of his ere-,
',lies, and in supporting existing institutions. Ile con_
chided by proposing tbe health of their worthy and dig-
wfied Chairman.

The speech of the Worshipful the Mayor was followed
by loud and continued applause.
• Sir W. Courts, in returning thanks, drew a sketch of
Lis own political character, and of the views by which
Le ha 4 been uniformly influenced in public lire. lle had
}card a great many tine speeches, a great many predie-
bons and prophecies from the Opposition, but they had
co efrfct upon his mind, for he had always found the
measures of Government best calculated to promote his
own and the country's prosperity, and therefore they
af.ould always have his support.
The t!ttat RMAY next gave---i. The Members of Parlia-
ment who bad honoured them by their presence, -And
particularly his Colleague, Mr. T.• Wilson. '
Mr. T. Wtt.sni returned thanks.

The nest toast was,—" The Duke of Wellington, the
pride of England, and the terror of her enemies." This
toast was applauded.
"The Earl of Liverpool 'and his Colleague•." "The
L:berty of the Pre•s, without licentiousness," and se-
v-ral other toasts followed.

Tile harmony of the company hall continued without
interruption till the time of our departure, and all the
toasts and songs were of a decorous character.

It has been reported by various papers, that Gittam,
the celebrated shelter against time, had met with an
accident on his return home from the match ; this is
incorrect, the accident happened to Youngs, of Nor-
delltlt who is reckoned one of the swiftest skaiters
is the Isle of Ely. He had been sent fir to run for
the silver Cup at Mepel, and on his way thither, owing
to the darkness of the evening, ran against a plank
that had been placed over a drain near Littleport, the
cOnsequence of which was,- a broken jaw-bone awl a
fractured skull. He was conveyed in a senseless state
to the latter place, and at the time we last heard from
Sly he was still alive.—(Sreyoford
rue Fiery Milan ♦ DAY Marco.---Lieutenant
Owen, who is trying at 50 miles a. day in 12 hours
each day fin' twelve days, was in Worcestershire, on

.*iaturday, the 6th day, he having done 300 tulles. He
• first went lo Exeter, from thesesrisHiletek-iato Speer*
oetiatire; to Worcesteasbire, freer theneele itlll pursue
14 is course into the great north road should he be able
to keep un, which is doubted. He lies a lounging
walk tab,. miles an hour, and like the pedestrian
l'owell, he often takes some wide strides fur abot.t a
minute or two. lie takes eleven boars and a half at
Lis 50 miles, and generally halts twice,. half an hour
each time. He was a little lame on ,Saturday, and
was in within five minute!' only of the twelve hours.
Betting is 3 to I against the accumplUthinent of the
peeffur mance.
Flax AT MOUSTON Hat.L.—This venerable mansion,
the seat of F. Doran, Esq. near Dornton,
was.discovarrd to hems fire at eleven o'clock un Sun-
darnighe,..after the findly had retired to rest. The!
Dawes were •first dipeuvered in the lower part of the
bowie, but how the' Ere originated ii not known. In,
less than an hoar tiu;,building was a. pile of ruins.—
.' servant 6,1,7 whis,slept in the attic. was so much
burnt in eszaming down the stairs, that it is not seg.(
.p..sed be can *arrive, and a female sertant was um*
atiared in getting from her Led-room on the leads of
Ltilianadr).

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF KINO'B BENCH, Weivioerea, JAN. 99

THE DING R. MAJOR CARTWRIGHT AND °THUS.

Immediately after the Judges took their seats on
the Bench, the Arroaxertiassuat. rose to pray
judgment in this case, Irhen Mr. llamas"' informed
the Court, that at that tuoment only several affidavits
had been put into his bands, and therefore it could nut
be expected that he should be prepared, as he bad not
yet read them—and being engaged in the use of
the King v. Clements, which was to be called on im-
mediately after, he could not-now find time to read
them.
• The Loren Cutts Jirrrtca unde► these circum-
stances desired it might stand over until Wednesday
next.

Tag [MO r. RIMING&

This case was mentioned to-day, but ordered to
stand over fur a few days, for the purpose of inspecting
affidavits.

The Collar then proceeded to dispose of the cases it
the peremptory paper. The following was the only
one worthy of public notice.
Mg RING V. J. W. CLSMV(T,
T6l was a role drawn up in Easter Term last, call-
ing Upon. the Justices of (hod Delivery, sitting at the
(lid Bailey, for the trial' of certain persons for nigh
Treason, in April last, to chew cause wiry a certiorari i
should not issue to remove Into this Court three several
orders made by the said Justices; first, an order in-
hibiting the publication of the trials of the said per-
sons until the whole were concluded ; second, an order
upon the defendant 14 attend the said Court, to answer
to a charge of contempt, in having published the trials
of Arthur Thisticwood and James logs, rr 'rise Observer
newspaper, of which he is the proprietor, contrary to
the spirit of the first mentioned order ; and third, an
order of the said Court, imposing upon the defendant
a fine of 500/. for his said contempt, in default of ap-
pearing to &min.'. thereto. In consequence of the
pressure of other business, the case stood over until
this term ; and now
The Ai toaN ES-OssznaL, the SoLtcuroa-tieNtnAL,
Mr. ticsmay, and Mr. LIMP:DALE, 511VWVII cause
against the rule, and argued at considerable length
in support of the proceedings had against the deien-
dant, contending that the power of punishing for
contempt was a necessary incident to a Court of Jus-
tice. There could be no doubt of the authority of

the Court below to prohibit the publication of any
part of their procee.liugs, which might tend to pre-
judice other persons remaining to be tried. Such was
die case in the present instance, and it was to avoid
the interruption of public justice that the Court had
thought' it right, in its discretion, to inhibit the pub-
lication of astir part of the trials mail the whole were
eoinpleted. The defendant had violated this order ;
'he was ennimuned to answer for Isis contempt, and not
thinking proper to take any notice of the summons,
the Court, in the 121,1%1 exercise of its discretion,
imposed the fine in question. The defendant urged
in his affidavit, that he had never been personally
served with the order for his appearance. This
might be true, but personal service was not necessary,
by the Statue 36th Oro. 111. ; and is was quite ob-
vious that the defendants ept out of ie way to avoid
personal service. Several cases wee& referred to is
support of the doctrine that the Court might sum-
Matily pnnish persons guilty of a libel upon, a con-
tempt of the proceedings of a Court of Justice.
Mr. Ds:suers and Mr. PLATT, in support of the Rule,
argued with considerable ability against the autho-
rity of a Court of Justice, to prohibit the publication
of its proceedings, where the matter published was a
fair, full, and impartial detail of what took plitoe.—
Such was the ca,e in the present instance. 'the de-
fentlint had not published the proceedings objected to,
in a partial, garbled, or ea baste manner. It was the
publication of two trials, which were final and com-
pleted before they were published, and therefore 'no
possible injury could occur to the dne course of public
justice. Indeed it was difficult to conceive what inju-
ry could arise from the publication of proceedings of
Courts of Justice. On the contrary, the greatest ad-
vantage to politic justice was derived from the publi-
city of such proceedings. Various instances might be
Mentioned to illustrate the truth of this observation.
The late proceedings in the House of Lords against
an illustrioqs Personage, fully demonstrated how much
public justice might be advanced by the publication of
the proceeding, of that House from day to day. A
late case of conspiracy was brought to light, and de-
veloped before a Court of Justice, in consequence of,
the publication of a former trial at Taunton. The learn-
ed Counsel alluded to the case of the Bowditches, ac-
cused of the abduction of a young lady, since tried and
convicted of perjury. But assuming that the Court had
authority to punish for a contempt of this nature, surely
it must be in a present case, and could not reach an ea
pet facto infringement of the order of the Court ; for
Mich was this case. In all events, in cases of this
nature, it must be sbewn that the defendant was in
fact knowingly guilty of a contempt before the Court
proceeded in his absence to award a summary punish-
Iwent of an enormous amount. There was no proof,.
;bat the defendant ever knew of the order of inhibi-
tion, and it was expressly sworn that he bad not beer
personally served with the summons to answer for the '
alleged contempt, which was essential before any man
could be criminally punished for disobedieuce to such
an sedgy, Under these circumstances; and after urg-
ing a variety of topics, with great ingenuity and abi-
lity, they submitted with confidence that this rule
ought to.be made absolute.
The CounT were unanimous in resolving that there
could be no doubt of the authority of a Court of Re-
cord to punish in a summary way for contempt. There
could therefore be no necessity for a certiorari, be-
cause, if the defendant had any objection to nrge
against she imposition of the fine, he Wight still be
heard in the Court of Exchequer, when the tins was

',treated. As to the objection, that the defendant
was not personally served with the order, upon which
the Court afterwards imposed the fine for non-appear.
attar, that was cured by.the statute 36 Uro. 111, which
dilitiases with the necessity of personal service, malt•
ing ad/4km* if the service be at the place of petb-'
Lcptinn. Iltiader these circumstances the rule wits
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ACCIDENTS AND OFFF:SCES.
A tragical event of a very extraordinary nature oc-
curred in this Borough on Sunday night. About It)
o'clock, as a boy was coming into the town, he saw a
man walking backward and forward on the New Bridge.
Another
.person, very soon after, as he .was passing
over the bridge, thought he saw a man, with his back
towards him, leaning over the parapet wall of the
bridge, looking. into the Avon : in a few seconds he
beard something heavy plunge into the w ater, and di-
rectly afterwards a loud scream, evidently from a per-,
son who had, as he suppoied, linen into the river. fie
no instantly to alarm the neighbours, and in a few,
minutes several people were upon the spot, with the
humane, but, unfortunately, disappointed hope, of res-
cuing the man from an untimely death. They found
man's great coat hanging upon the wall on the
upper side of the bridge, but they could see nothing
of the owner. On looking into the river, however,
they discovered, by the aid of their lanthorns, a man's
hat floating upon the water, in the very place where
they supposed the man had Mien in, and what is most
remarkable, it continued stationary fur a considerable
time. At length, the hat was carried down by the
stream, and it was taken out of the water from one of
the gardens below. In the morning, after dragging
about an hour, the body was found near the plate
where the hat was first seen. On searching the pock-
ets of the deceased, nothing was found by which either
his name or his business could be discovered ; they
contained only a knife, a tVw halfpence, and two
printed papers; one a statement of the poll at the late
election at St. Alban's, and the other a handbill of
tnerrery goods, selling at a shop in London. From
these it is inferred, that he had lately been in London,
and hail conic from thence through St. Allnin's. Upon
enquiry, we find that he slept at a public-bause, in
Smith-street, on Saturday night, and on paying for
his lodging next morning, asked if he could sleep
there again, when be was told be might. Ile was seen
In several parts of the town in the course of Sunday,
and said he was going to Coventry ; he teas at the
Biniling-Breen, not far front the bridge, the same
night, and left the house about IO o'clock. It is sup-
posed, that the deceased went down to the bridge,
when he pulled oft' his great coat, hung it upon the
wall and then got over; and when the last person saw
him, that fir was holding by the parapet, with his feet
between the hallustrades, anil as soon as he had passed,
that he must have thrown himself into the water, a
distance of twelve yards. 'I he deceased appeared to
be between forty and fifty years of age, rather short;
he bad on a hlsek coat, striped waistcoat, grey panta-
loons, and short grey gaiters : his great coat was a
brown one. An inquest was held on the body on
Monday, before John Tomes, Esq. Coroner, when they
returned their verdict—Found drowned. Thy body
was afterwards interred in St. Nicholas Church-yard.
—(ll'ortricksh;re Advertiser.)
Snociwdo JAN. 42.—0 n Wed-
nesday evening last, a -most -.!locking uiurder was
committed on the body of Catherine Osborne, No 1.13,
Church street, St. Michan's parish, by her own hus-
band, Matthew Osborne, house-carpenter. Owing to
the precautions taken by the perpetrator, however, no
discovery of the circumstance was made till between'
five and six o'clock on Thursday evening, when all the
peace officers and constables were on the alert for his
apprehension. In less than two hours he was in the
custody of Michael Cannon, watch-constable, attached
to the Mountrath-street office. This circumstance re-
fleets additional credit on the Dublin Police, and es-
' pedal'', on Chief Officer Simms, and the other people
connected with this office. On being taken, he said
his name was Quin, and endeavoured to make his es-
cape. Nothing of conseqnence was found on his per-
son but the key of his room door, which lie had care-
fully locked behind him ; marks of blood, &c. were,
however, evident upon his clothes. It was in his bro-
ther's house, No. SS, Pill-lane, lie was apprehended.
On Friday, between the hours of eleven and one, an
inquest was held on the body, by Drury Jones, Esq.
one of the Coroners for the city of Dublin, and a re-
spectable Jury.
Thus. M'Lean, No. 19, Browne-street, parish of St.
Catherine's, works in the house, Nu. 133, Church-
street; knew the deceased Catherine Osborne; saw
her ou Wednesday evening, the 17th instant; she
appeared in good health, but with marks of violence
on her arms and shoulders; deposed, that on said
evening he was led to look through the key-hole of
deceased's room, when he heard her make use of the
words, 4' 0 Matthew ? are you going to kill Jemmy's
mother ?" Matthew replied, Curse of J--a on you,
all such villains as you are should be served so,• and
let me see the man that dares to come and save you."
Deponent further saith, that on Thursday evening,
the Ifith instant, he was led to believe that the said

Catherine Osborne was dead. Deponent further said,
that he obtained a key that opened the door, and found
the said Catherine ()shortie lying on her bed, with

dreadful marks of violence un her Arad, face, and body.
and has no doubt but said marks were inflicted by the

said Matthew Osborne.

The Jury without retiring►, immediately returned
the following verdict—" We find that Catherine Os-
borne came by her death by several wounds inflicted

by the said Matthew Osborne, her hn'iband."

When the room was opened iu which the corpse was,
the only instruments which appeared to have been need
fur the perpetration of the horrid deed, were a carpen-
ter's chisel, and a coal-box with some large uncliuched
nails in it. Both of these articles, the coal-box espe-
cially, bore evident marks of having been applied, and
will he used in evidence againit the unfortnnete man,
who has been fully committed to take his trial at the
next commission.

extraordinary and distress-
ing cireemstance has lately occurred in the neighbour-
hood of Van xhall.--On the 10th inst. as John Yapp,
a poor boy 10 years of age, was sweeping the road at
Kennington-cross, he was accosted by a man who
threatened *to take him before a magistrate for beg►-
ing. The boy tan away followed by the man, and
ha• nes-ec since been heard of. This occurrence was

witnessed by a little slyer of the boy, who, helpless
from parulFsis, was seated near him to attract the
compassion of passengers. She describes the man as
very short and doe,. ins having the appearance of a
master 'ehlaitteroweepep A subscription has now
tmoonebeed to defray *hi tspence of printing bilk.
and to 4lffer.•lf pial4llle,•• haulms* reward Yoe the
discovery...* the.fhiti. He is sea anal Min, with
dark eyes nold.ht.wit hair I the hens of his right wrest