The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-04-17 00:00:00

Tit/AL or MITCTIELL.

Joscti. .11Stehell was Wilk:ell for having seditiously
alt .red. spoke, 1111:1 delivered, the following malicious
and seditious wordy, un the :th of Octolier last. at liali-
fax :—'• Oar land, once the mildest and happiest under
the sun, i.111.11' a dist race to the eve of Heaven, on ac-
count of the mangled carcases of 'men with u ;cla it
Wins: then air wt. to do ? Arc we to petition
the Prince Regent? That would be starless, because he
has thanked the 3lanehester Magistrates already. sire
we to petition the !louse of Commons? No, that would
be useless; redress from thqt Mouse—the thing is im-
possible. To petition that corrupt hotly to do jnstice to
the people, would he worse than absurd; we might as
well ask it to Teforns itself, whirls would be like pray-
ing to a thief to give hark the property he hail stolen,
and be banged. Oh ! lint there wool.' be n great and
awful revolution in taking from Colonel Lturtso a part
of his priperty, and in giving to the poor a sitall per.'
lion from the large estates of the liedfords, thetoices 8f
Norfoik, and the Fitzwilliams; certainly so there 'Ugh%
but then how many of our starving population would be
relieved by it i"
The indictment was of great length, containing many
counts, charging the words spoken in different ways.
Mr. ALuestsos stated the counts, of the indictment ;
and Mr. Illst:na stated the cirennutanees of the cave to
the Jury, in the coons of which "relit Mitchell Legg eil
of the bout to direct the witnesses on both sides to
withdraw, winch was accordingly done ; but, on 31r.
Maude gisiug the names of those witnesses which he
intended to call on the part of the prosecution, Mitchell
stated he ti:.l not object to their being in Court, awl they
were immediately recalled. The following witnesses
were rlllrd on the part of the prosecution.
Edward Baines, on. proved the words state 1 in the
indictment to have hens spoken ht litchell.
Mitchell, its his defence, which occupied the Court
upwards of an hour and a half, admitted that, at the
meeting entitled to, he might have used language which,
upon re-consideration, might be the subject of a prose-1
cation, and therefore regretted much that Ise should so
fir have forgot himself- as to have used it; but he
(Mitchell) positively denied having used the precise
language charged in the indictment, which he confi-
dently stated he should be enabled to contradict by the
niost rmiretable witnesses.
Mitchell then called several witnesses in his defence.

After Mr. Mantis's reply, Mr. WORTLET illttinSed up,
and the Jury returned a verdict of—Guilt'.
3litchel then addressed the Court in mitigation, plead-
ing the sincerity of his intentions, and that be bad, on
all occasions, discountenanced violent proceedings and
intemperate language. He stated he had seven small
children.
The Court retired, and after a lapse of about a quar-
ter of an hour, rewrite'', when the thairesan pitied the
following sentence :—That Mitchell be imprisoned six
months in York Castle, and find sureties for two years,
himself in LOU and two sureties in SO/. eastb.

LoN nori-B RI DO e.—A shocking spectacle pre-
sented itself yesterday forenoon to the passengers
on London-bridge. Just before low water, about;
eleven o'clock, while the bridge was crowded with
people going to their respective plane of worship,
a Peter-boat, fall of men, having been seen coming
down the river, and iudicating a desire to shoot the
bridge, in the most dangerous state of the tide, the
spectators, who had perceived the presumptuous
design, ran, on the approach of the boat, to the
eastern side of the bridge, to ascertain the result
of the perilous enterprise. The boat, with an aw-
ful velocity. had shot down the fall and been
whirled by the vortex in such a manner as to pre-
sent her broadside to the stream, when the crew,
apprehensive of being swamped, threw their
weight upon the opposite quarter, to raise the gun-
nel they conceived iu danger. The attempt they
made to guard themselves on that side proved
fatal on the other. The boat, overbalanced, sunk
below the gunnel, and iu a moment tilled ; and the
nfen, involved in raging eddies, unfortunately lost
all presence of mind, and aggravated the perils of
their situation by the efforts which they made, in
their despair, to cling to one atwitter. Without
immediate aid from the shore they all appeared
likely to perish. The most ardent exertions were,
however, instantaneously employed in their behalf,
and by this seasonable interposition six, apparently
young fishermen, were preserved, to witness the
sacrifice of a comrade, who had fallen a victim to
the rashness of himself and Lis companions.