The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-07-18 00:00:00

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YORK, Jots; ID.
John Dunhill and Mu. Unroll were charged with •
riotously assembling together with a great number
other •persons, at Kingston-upon-Hull, and demo-
fishing a certain dwelling-house there situate; an-
other ettuott in the indictment charged them with only
beginning to demolish the said dwelling-house.
Mr. PARK stated, that this was a pro.secution in-
stituted by the Lords of the Admiralty, for the pro-
tect' of the impress service, which he said was ab-
solutely necessary for the security of the kingdom.
On the elth May. an impress gang, stationed at
HIM, impressed a seaman near the Dock, and he, as
was natural, made what resistance he was able, but

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was overcome; and as he refused to walk they were
smiler the necessity of carrying him. His cries for
assistance soon assembled a great number of persons,
who attacked the gang, overcame them, and rescued
the' perion they natl. impressed. But this was 'not
thrt w hole—a great number .of persons soon after-
wards'ivotembled in friiii,4 tlieboase where the gang • TITHES:
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rendezvoused, and WO Priceeded. to acts of vio-
BISHOP OF CLOYNE'S COURT.
, lenfe, else result citeisitCh‘was, the entire demolition ,
' of the front of' the hotsets net only whitlow-frames ! Our readers may recollect that we called their at-
tention some time since to the subject of certain cite-
.. artitshvivri, bet the wall .or the house. The- furor- lions issued from this Court at the suit of the Rev.
... toveN4 the huisse was also taken out and destroyed,
Thomas Carson, Rector of Kilmalion„ for the re-
•. andllrivis-hge to wvery considerable amount was done.
cover) of tythe of green clover, apples, pears, plums,
ThenccOaltltheitfore be no doubt that this was a
, and cherries, which grew in a kitcheusgarden. On
:- 41ereniitioti of the house within the meaning of the
Tuesday last, the Court was crowded to excess, prin-
--.•iset,- and. all persons who were present at, aiding and
' cipally a very respectable numbet of Gentlemen as-
• . abetting by their countenance and approbation,
sembled to witness the proceedings. However, Op-
.— thlt - outrage.; were guilty of the offence imputed
lon reading the citation, it Wk., tliscivered that it. was
-: be "'thin-indiettmvnt, though they should them-
, erroneously filled ; so that the claim.. of the ace.
'' -MVPs Nee tokenise. part iq the,demblition of it.—
have !Pastor was dismissed, after going
Thiv.offetice Was)sgaeital pal, .and- it. would through part of:
the evidence.- We have been infotmed that the VI-
• Iwo equally penirif there should only be* begin- -
car-General took this opportunity of censuring,-. in
pill to viemolistt somioubstantiat part of the build- .
ill,
;very strong and energetic language, such novelmOes
-lin. Park then proceeded 'to state the circuits,-
of proceeding as the present, ana expressed his luipe
staneiva• by which he proposed to bring home the
be the last time lie.should witness'
(charge against the Ptisoneri; to establish which he •-that this would
talPd thi folio w ing.'witneiseslr.. . , ' i claims of this mature brought inte.ilis Court, Hew-
s :-ever, we have been informed .that the Ref. Mr. Car-
- Wiflaris Wade Wesf,'W 11elifiniinein the imp-rit
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eon declared in open COurt liii Jixtention of rescom-
'sereice; after: detailing 'semi tircumstattcel relit:tee t , .
itsmenicing the suit. It was brooght.appit4
*to the commeric6mieit.uf the riotiind the'attacis Made Win.•Ab-
Esq.. of tallymafee, a young .gentliemtp coo-,
'upim the Captain. and himself, stated that he i''"'l';
with the most. respectable fermi
Prisoner, John Dunhill,-ttlbe (tool- of thehoise of 'liecte.Cl.• its.' of the So-
*Viierids throughout the ceeetry, and from,
-Matthew Smith, *here the impress 'prry- had to. t'Cietysof
treated; be was quarrelling si;ith Ind abusing,ginith,- whose well cultivated, farm of e2O nceee,the Heti
in a hich•he was., cheered and encouraged by a num- Ristin. accplitit 7 a considerable yetrlii Income. la;
1 tythe. This gentleman Luis been remarkable for lifiq
ber•Of boys; at' ibis time there was a ireit number
ver kind attention lo owed mot tittle num.;
.0r people assembled, With 'appeared rely riotously y '
:bee of brothers and .statiwid
rs, who wireh ler,ett a burthenI
disposed. -Witness had 'gene to the garrison for mi.
mail assistance, but could not obtain 'it. It was on ! upon him .at t very early period of life. The same.
his return he 'saw
.the 'Prisoner. Witness desired' Rev. Gentleman weidismissed upon two other citis
lions on the same day, one of which waaforthe tythe
Smith to come into the house and lock thetloor, and
be tow no more of the Prisoner. Witness•then pro. lilt a small quantity of Aix ibich grew its, a head
land of a corn-field, the tythe of which. bad been
seeded to state the violence of the mob, who first I
throw lime, then brickbats and
paring
stones in at
i.duly paid..•-••(•Cork Chronicle.)
the windows, and at length' proceeded to batter down I
the wail of the how. Witness, against whom the
mob imprecated' vengeance, made- his escape from the
- sick part of the dwelling into another house, and
from thence got away.
Matthew Smith stated, that his house was the
place of •rendesvoes for the persons employed. On
the impress service. He stated, that the Prisoner
Dunning abased him because he would not let biro.l
have some ale, which he refused because the PA.,
sener was much intoxicated ; he saw him no more
after he had shut the door. Witness said he saw the
other Prisoner, William Helsel!, in the 'mob at six
o'clock; he was shouting and making a great noise;
he also saw him at nine o'clock, when the demo-
lition of the house had commenced : he was then in
the centre of the house, among the mob, shouting
and cheering them on. The witness said, his plate
and furniture was taken away or destroyed, and he
thought the loss could not be less than from four to
five hundred pounds; he also stated a number of cir.'
cunistances relative to the demolition of the house.
Mrs. Smith confirmed the account of her husband,
as to the Prisoner Dunhill.
\lr. Cossack, merchant at Hull, stated, that he:
saw. a person who he thought was the Prisoner,
Bee.ell, at the front of Smith's houses, about half-
past. iI at night. Witness said, he seemed to enjoy
the scene very much, arid was dancing and capering
about ; he had a piece of, timber in 'his baud, bet'.
w tole he had got it he could not state. ..
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Copt.. .411,1111 was examined, but he did- not state
ally circumstance which tended to lh either of the
Prisiners with being present. '
It is not necessary to enter into the details re-
specting Dunhill (who alleged that lie had - left 'the-
spot before the demolition commented),:bitot- -use no,
attempt was made to prpve that he was present4fiek
the demolition of the house commenced. The ,cle.
fence of Wm. Bewell consisted in setting titian alibi,
or showing that he was in another place from five
o'clock in the afternoon, until near half-past eleven
o'clock• at night, when he was unquestionably there,
but was after all the mischief had been done.
His Lordship said, of the existence of the riot
(and * more outrageous and disgraceful one never
occiirretl) and consequent demolition of the house
there could be no doubt; the question for the Jury
to consider was,•whether satisfactory evidence had
been given, that both or either of the Prisoners were
present during thedecnolition of the house; because if
they. were present, they must be considered as aid-
ing and abetting in it. But he thought the evidence
with respect to Dunhill was extremely slight ; and
thatwhich respected Hewett had been opposed by
evidence which, if the Jury believed, completely
destroyed that offered on the part of the prosecu-
tion.
The Jury retired for a about a quarter of an hour,
:fed on their return into Court, found both the Pd.
sniiers Not Guilty.

ELOPEMENT.—TbiI 'daughter of Mr. an
eminent merchant, residing in. the ogighbonrhaod
Aestin-friars, eloped on Tuesday last With her father's
second clerk. The young Lady was engaged on that
day to go up the river on a. party of pleasure, with
some of her father's friends, and left the hnusc etkotthe
family supposed, for the purpose of meeting /tier,l
instead of which she gave the meeting to. her lover, .I
ho hail the night before returned from a journal., ;
and of whose return the father was ignorant. The
Lady assumed the disguise of a female in humble life,
and the Gentleman had provided himself with ao.itt-
fantry soldier's uniform ; and thus .accoutred, the i
friends of the Lady's father passed them on the road,
but without diacovering the fair fugitive; and they
arrived in safety at Gretna Gem, where they.were
united.. The- first information of which event was
communicated to the father by a letter from then
happy bridegroom. The. young Lady has 15,000 k.
in her own right, besides t9ectations.
LEICESTER, JULY 15.—Last night occurred. one
of those dreadful catastrophes, the result.of dsiving.
opposition coaches, the extent of which has so stun.
'lieu the country with horror,. that sober people for a
, time will not hazard their lives in those vehicles• of.,
fury and madness.—Tivo coaches that run daily from
Hinckley to Leicester had set out about o'clock
in the evening. The first having
.descended the hilt
that leads:to 'Leicester, was obliged to stop to repaid I
;the harness. The other. coachman from the top of
the bill saw. the accident,
.and, seized the moment to
give his tintitgimist the ;go by,.-and immediately;
dogged his horses into'a gallop down the hill. The;
horses contrived to keep on their legs, but in the I
'Midst of their speed Took fright at something lying !
on the road, and became' so unmanageable in the I
/hands of a drunken coachman, that in their sweep
to avoid the object of alarm, the driver could not re.,
toter them so as to clear the post of the.burnpike.4
gate at the bottom of the hill, and the velocity was a••• 1
great, -that in an instant the coach was split into two,
land by the tremendous shock three persons were
dashed to pieces, and instantly expired, and two
others survived but.a few hours afterwards in the
greatest agony ' • four were conveyed away in chaises
for surgical aid with fractured limbs, and' two that
were in the dicky behind were thrown with• that part
of the coach to a great distance, and not much' hurt
by falling in the hedge. The coachman fell a victim
to his fury and madness, but society has to lament
the death of Miss Page, an amiable young Quaker
Lady and her companion, who were 'returning from
a visit in Warwickshire; the other two unfortunates
are an officer's servant ands person of Hinckley. It
is high time that the Magistrates should put a stop
to these outrageous proceedings that have malted
too long in this part of the country,
.to the great
alarm of the inhabitants in the streets through Which
these coaches pass.
On Tuesday last, a swarm of bees departed from
IWest Felton, Salop, and flew a distance of a quarter
(in SatUrday afternoon a respectable looking mid- of a mile, and settled on fhe head of the statue off.
ai...aged woman, going along Clerkenwell-green, was Fame, in the mansion of J. Dovarrort, Esq. where
token soddenly ill, and not heing able to give an ac- remaining a few hours, they again arose, and settled.
(mini herself; or to whom she belonged, she was on the outside of a chimney of the Mime house; but
con eyed to the khouse, where she immediately , the sun being very hot, they rose a third time, and
ex
,seed * ! descended into the same chimney, where, three days
Thuisrlay, As two men in the employ of Mr. after, the owner, with the permission of dr. Dovale
Ctristma,, of :star-haus, Norfolk, were at work in TON, caused ladders to be erected, and the bees to be
• pit,alorge portion fell down and killed them disturbed. A portion of them arose, and settled on
it is supposed, bad every, the lower branch of a yew tree near the place, frtim,
oti it;e slut: One man,
is b;dy appeared-in that state which they were hived in themmial stott-wer ; but it
,en frentllie fetal.platrewhere it fell.. They,: large portion still remains in the c;tiltiessisl'istrseie,
left fkrge family tit* lament Mlle.. their replier egress'and regress; slot to Wean
;intention of building.

bolle-,:broken, 'ita.'the
%%Wit piken from the fa
Lase.. eieli left ifife. a ill
ans.