The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-07-31 00:00:00

The Leitinid Jovait cherged the Jary, with his
.wonted humanity and judAtienti and after some time
spent in delihtjration, tiiey returned with a verdict
of Guilty against Murray aedilarks. Tor the letter
coirrletioe (Parks's),• his iArdship conla net concur
that there was thaislightest foUndation9 end therefore
sent Oak' the Jury to reconsider it. 13ut they per.
sisted, and found both theta stea-Guilly—scqttit,iing
the two others.
triT, immediately pronounted sentrieri,
and drderriellMerray for execution en Friday, bat,:
distinctly told Parks; teat be felt It would' be, his
dotytn represent •hil case to Government—and there.
fore Aimed time fol. the interposition of mercy to
Aitd -the Greodlury Wring presented to his
Lordship a very stiong.memorial on behalf of Mur-
ray.; he has been reipited to give time* for trying the
effect of that application.
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alder -ASSakS.
711. ALER. JULY 21. •
At four o'clock this afternoon Bryon SWITII ar.
rived in town, and immediately proceeded to the
Court-house, where the Commission being read, the
Grand Jury were sworn.
When the book was handed to Mr. Hussey, an
ebjevioo was made to him as • Grand Juror, b
Counsellor Gatsw, in consequence of an indict
having tioen preferred against him, which would it JJ
peat before the-Grand Jury. • 0,
Mr. Htnntrr immediately addressed Baron Smith,
and saplained the facts opon which this singolar ap-
plication was founded. He said that :Mr. flossef.
in his situation as a Magistrate, had taken informs-.
tioncen a charge of smuggling against a person who
immediately fled, hut returned- in some time, sod
swore:against Mr, Hussey for the same offence. Un-
soca circumstances a gentleman's characm at, mild
sot be stigmatised,. by displacing him, upon mere
statement, from the situation of Gland Juror, 16
which he had been
Baron SMIT/1 said he had never heard et a similar
application.
Mr. GREEN then said, that perhaps it were not al.
together decorous for-a Grand Juror to sit in jostlg.
anent upon hitirself; but that basing acted in confor-
mity to his instructions, he should 1101 further press
the objection, and lease the matter to his Lordship's
disposal.
.Mr. Hussey was sworn.

Baron SUITE( addressed the Creed Jory in very
brief testes, and they retired to their room for dis-
patch of titions.

POLICE.

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Bow.exxxxz.—Yestertisy two young Gentlemen
pre4itteil. themselves to Mr. BIRNIE and Mr.
Correll., the Sitting Msgklates.—One of them
elated himself to be Mr. Wallace Hall.•frons the
country, but at present prectisieg in the Office of
Messrs. M'Allister and Co. Affinities, in Freeman's.
coast; Candid'. On Friday last, the Gen leman ai-
compariying him to the Office, and two other friends,
went up the River in a boat. In the evening a yin.
lent storm came on of rein,. thunder, and lightning.
About seven o'clock it was so violent they were
making for Putney-bridge lo take shelter,; but they
observed on the Fu "side of the river a beaten
track leidittg to the shore, where they alighted from
the boat, and took shelter under a large tree, a few
yards from the water, where they remained during
the storm, and as, they were about to return to their
:boat, they were surprised by. a Gentleman, armed
with • doubleAarrelled gun, and five livery servants.
Otieof them appeared to be a groosn,4 bowel armed w ith
Pitch.ferk, the other four were armed with Wien
Oteheite clubi. The Gentleman armed with Reined,.
barrelled gen he understood to he Lord Ran•lugh,
and the men in livery to be his servants. His Lord-
ship demanded to know what they were doing 'here.?
Mr. Hill captained to his Lordship the cause of their
being there to he the storm, and that they were about
to depart and return to their boat ; which was not
satisfectory to his Lordship, Who declared, that he:
and his eompsnions ihoutil answer for their conduct
at Bow.street Office. They expresses' their willing.
ness to ProCeedilieqe, but they were not conscious of
having done any thing that *as cognizable there,
the estentiormitit they hail dime Coald dot possibly
anoint *to more than tt trespass, and that there mist
be considerable doubt ibisel,Os they bad not godt over
any "ince or hedge, but iiheio they bid taken shed-
ter ;Oder the tree, was perfectly *en from the
-
Mr. Hail stated to his Lindaftip 'hat he and Ilia,
companions mere Gentlemen. It. presented him his
~es'ed with his name and address ' • his companions did
I the same—but his Lordship doubting their repro-
' 'Potation, one of *them referred him to Mr. Scott, of
Vammerstnith, who is i Magistrate for the county,
end. !r.he, !veld prove he was the person he repre-
sented himielt to be. This did not, bower, avail
With his Lordship. He ohler'ied, that he was con-
stantly annoyed bye genteel rabble, who stole his
;loops downndbreke the branches of his trees.—
Mr. hien, in answer is thii, observed that neither he
no, his companions had boy thing to do with such
acts, end :Were abort to depart when they were pre.
vented by the armedservinta by order of his Lordship,
one Of them preseetink a pikhfork land another holding
op an Indian club in a Menacing way at them. Mr.
• Hall remonstrated with his Lordship on his conduct,,
assuring hiat he itsacting illegally,and that he wits not
iottified ite the mine he was pursuing, but his Lora.
ship pert steel in aetitning theM ; however, after
some tiOte,ltte screed le:delhem depart, en conditiOn
of their paying bli server& for the trouble they had
in the business, whirls was resisted by Mr. Hall and
his hiends for about half an hoar, Aso Medici
all remonytraoce in vain, and fearing hug the
boat would get ewamped and 'Spoiled, eithoukh
stated that be had no doubt but that be ilspald
tits state to compel hie Lord ?hip to y. !Ise 'talus or
the *set, yet was ins to 'void hot water
Lordship, as he'teimed be tigy.M anti did 04,1
seven shilling to ifip *reacts 14 apedffien
.
1, their release, end iLfterthei tiffec.it 461
they were eoffe44,todekitt,t4 Mr.*Hodil
11 stated, that out of ,conrtesr to a obteeoin, of lb.'
rank 414801 ttanelight fir Old tititten.ie tAiil4l
;hip, informing Vie 4 (bet Opal() eitifet him
t. to enurer for his conduct, in d.etainiei hiM and
his couhunioiis • *lt u 11011 i litcsO ert) rind
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