The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-08-17 00:00:00

TO TOE RDIIOII CIF TUE ST4TESAI.IN.

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ffeittg • a resident redder of your eseellestipaper, foe
le last 17 years, 1 perceived is last Tuesday's report, of
sr late most injured Majesty's foyers!, for the first sod
sly time, the word mol•iscastletultr intrinitteed, whirls
minces me to attribute it to the extraordinary hurry
needing the insertion of the different occurrences, as
ley took place, on that most momentous occasion ; and
fist folly satisfied yobs' respect and attachment to the
'nee of the people remains undiminished, 1 beg
pave to explain the meaning of that obnoxious word,
oo often introduced in the columns of some'worthless
ntensperanes. Moo' is an English word, like many
alters has a variety of messing', and by its applies-
los only is it to be understood. There is a mob cap, a
nom, the populace; int a common application to the
instill, riotous age: so soy Johnson and She-
ila& This the word sod is explained, in a more re-
load aeltool, "nth as that of the diplomatist Cribb and
ilso poet Randall,* whose prowess is the art of robbing
keg established. Now Sir, I beg to say, the word
proceeds fro sob, and that the mobility is a more
title than tho'nobility, which appears a usurped
, _ etion. Though the gymnastic school terms a
tiaega
ow the head u itobler, it is only • further proof
,
trant the word noble is list an enlargement on the word
itob, 111 which Is Intent the head; so that from nob, the
n*d *ability is taken,as the bead of the mob, the only
difference in n hich is .a single letter. Now, Mr. Editor,
to say the mobility meted nobly, and the nobility igno-
rantly and wickedlyon the occasion, would not be a per-
iersion of truth ; sud if that Court Parasite, Lord Wane-
ielsi, and all the Nobs that wrote on the laws of England.
trere to swear truth is a libel, I can prove them all
libeller' on that Constitution they were sworn to protect.
is it a libel to say, one part of the army distinguished
Itself in battle? No.—Then it cannot he a libel to say,
that one part of the army behaved better than another
So the people who pay them. Let casuists define the
Ivord libel-1 plainly ask, what is a lihel? A lie told
for mischievous purposes, either to injure the property
It the person alluded to in such a lie. That is the real
Weaning of libel, which is not to be tortnred into the
language or technical phraseology of legal loggerheads
In expectation the word mob. will not be taken amiss'
by any of your numerous readers, lam your sincere
friend. PIIIIMIC.
• Tom 4.:ribb's celebrated memorial to the Congress at
Ai x .la-Citapelle.
Jack Randall's torK. poem, ',The Rival Illanagers,yr
Eleoseota of Hurter-trhipplaar." , i
Camberwell, Aug. 15, IS2I. , 1

RENT ASSIZES.—AtinsTuNit, 15.
CENta Alt.—Before Mr. JUSTICE Bunnotcm.
. . DESPERATE BURGLARY.
'trammel If'illis and John Cable were indicted fir
a barglary in the dwelling house of the Rev. Dr.
Piggott, at Mereworth, in the night of the 14th of
May,ated Nesting therein a qttantity of valuable coins
end modals, and . other property, estimated at 2101.
and John Friend was Indicted for receivieg some of
the same property, knowing it to have been stolen.
, Mr. Anot.eues and Mr. Mananam conducted the
prosecution, and Mr. Axottews the defence.
The ease against the prisoners was made out prin.
ripally by the testimony of an accomplice, named Na-
titanic! Ford, who deposed, that, on the Is; of May
last, he came into Kent from London, with the pri-
soners Willis and Cable, the first of whim, he had
known for twelve months, and the second ftr about
three. Witness was a butcher by trade ; on the
tiih of May, in the evening, they all came to
• Mereworth, and went all round Dr. Piggott's pre-
, mises ; they had a crow bar and spike bit, and
a clrksel with them ; they went into the f rto yard anti
lay down there; they returned to London next slay.—
They all agreed to go to Dr Piggott's on the I.lth of
May ; they met in the Mile End road, and ;vent to
tthe Isle of Do o, and were joine,l by another man.
'named Bell, where they crossed the river to
111 a k-
I eath, and struck into the Maidstone road, at Eltham,
throve they went to Mereworth, stapp.ac at ihiferent
',lshii': houses in the way : they lurked about in a
wood close to the prosecutor's house until it was trite
dark ; witness loaded two pistols, one of which he ;rave
to Willis ; they bad a crow bar anti three centre hits.
and phosphorus in a bottle; when they got to Dr.
Piggott', there were two lights in the hotpe ; soot:
after the lights were put out they commenced opera-
tions ; they took two panes of glass out of the area
window, and a piece out of the shutter nit]; a centre-
bit : witness put his arm in and touched the alarm
bell, which made a little noise ; he took it off, opened
the shutter and got in ; the others gave him a light,
and he wert round and opened the area door ; Willis
anti Cable slept catside to watch. They all hail crape
with thew. The other titan, named Bel!, went in
witness. They took four coats out of the hall;
• an.l then utztnr into the kitchen, where they took
one silver spoon. lu the nest room they took same
tea Apone,s, and sone yictstats which they are. Its an-
other room they tool: sear bottles out of a hamper.
They then went into the library, opened several
drawer', anti took a quantity of gold and siker
. ratios. Willis pocketted them. In the same room they
took two.watches and several rings. They took 30
shirts awl a great many handkerchiefs in another
room. They also took three umbrellas and two
pair of pistols, the latter of which were thrown
by Cable• into a pond in the garden. They went
back into ti.e kitchen and made bundles of what they,
hati-gbt. 'Cable then came in, anti they all ate and
drank and went away. The other three pat on a
great coat each, it being a wet morning. They
load taken candles with them. Their companion
Bell had had a stick, which he left in the house.
They came back towards Wrotham. They went
into a wood, and left the great coats and some shirts
theft. 'they put on six shirts* piece, and each had
several banderchirfs. Willis tied up the gold atoll
'silver article., and carried theta off. ' Witness had
one tratoh nod a ring. They then went to Northfleeht
an tijwait ed lise.tho passage, boa which they strut •in
sod, lauded at Liuseboale. Tbstt weal to a Jew there
abint tweppo'cloek, and•solti all they had bronghtj
with them for Gill. which they amongst theta.
They hemmer shirt each anti twolaotoincitiefa.. Nest
day witness saw die pri,one J. Friend; Atui.so,b,,,vottal:
esbsetiacut days. They proposed to hint to go to tlie