The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-09-09 00:00:00

DIir.IOFCL Nur ar BERMONDSEr.

Tetra !h lA, r, two
vaned Kelly and IViiitr, a. re hronglit Before Aitirrnian
'[hooray Sttli!h, ir;:eil with creating a most alariaing
riot is lieraumill•wy.oreet. nil faiiirhy aerswing :11r.
Loarefiell with the taunter of a nautr.l Ana
Smith.

The complainant stated, that be keeps the Lord Hood
public-house in lieruromlsey-street, anti that on Tuesday
sight, the •29trire August. the deceased, Mrs. tinsitli,
and a number VI- Irish people were drinking at his house.
The deceased sat on a bench, at one end of which sat
two men : she was far advanced in !pregnancy. U -
plainant came in and desired the pennies In the room to
snake less noise ur leave the house, on which a numlicr
of Irishmen jumped over the table, and amongst theta
Mrs. Smith was thrown down on the soor and seemed to
have received some injury. Witness lifted her up and
found her insensible, on which be tensed her to be car-
ried to a snrgeon ; hat she was attacked by a complaint
very comma.: to persons in her situation, aol expired
shortly afterwards. Stan inrousiderate people in the
neighbourhood, without inquiring into the circum-
stances, immediately raised a report that he had mur-
dered the woman and her infant. and this had th• erect
of bringing all the Irish people in the neighbourhood
ro ttttt I his house swearing vengeance against him, so
that he was compelled to shot up his shop, and make his
escape, lest some violence shonl.l be alone to himself or
family. Thy prisoners took a ver itrustainent part in
these procecdiogs, and being the only persons he could
recognise amongst the b. he was determined to tape
legal steps against them, with a view of vindicating his
character from the foul aspersions cast upon it.
Mr. Little, assistant overseer of St. (Nave's, said, the
violence of the mob was such, that they proceeded on
Tuesday evening last in a body to the Work) r, where
the Coroner's Jury were sitting, and threatened to mal-
treat them, unless they implicated Mr. Lancetield in the
murder. The deceased's husband, when qtrestioned,
said he was satisfied his wife load been killed by the
landlord ; but although Air. Shelton, and a most intelli-
gent jury, gave the case the fullest and most serious con-
sideration, a single circumstance did not transpire, to at-
tach a shadow of criminality to the complainant, conse-
rprently the Jury brought in a verdict of Arridenial
Death:

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On their decision becoming known to the mob, their
conduct assumed a most serious character; many of the
Jury were threatened on the way to their homes, and
Mr. I.stivrefiold's house was surrounded ; but the appear-
ance of five police officers, aided In a numerous body of
assistants, happily restored order t',r the night.
The Marshalmen and ronstables bore testimony to the
daring character of the riot, and the respectability and
humanity of Mr. Lancefield. The prisoners, they *tided,
were eery troublesome people, and old customers at the
Ilall. •

The prisoners said, it was currently reported that Mrs.
Smith Lad been murdered, and those who had beheld
the transaction imputed the blame of her death to the
publican ; but they did not see it, and could not know :
all they had done was in imitation of the rest of the
mob: but they were now very sorry, and would promise
not to do the like in future.
Mr. Alderman Sarni observed, that he could not
allow the business to be thus compromised. There was
something so atrocious in charging an innocent man
with the heinous crime of murder, as to demand the
most serious visitation of the law ; but In this ease it
bad been aggravated by a violent attempt to influence
the conduct of men in the exercise of a most importiust
Idots... •
The prisoners were held to bail.

Stint-arse ACM/VIT.—OS Thnrestay afternoon, a
TTOth of the name of Pegot, an apprentice is Marshal-
street, St. James's, in esespany with two others, hired a
boat to await the rears of the Queen ; and bariag been
regaling themselves too freely at Bboattersea, oa their re-
tarn thev ran foul of a barge shove Lambeth Church,
sad stink the boat. Two of them were picked op afteK
fmpptirtiwg themselves for some time on the water ; bat
tegot sank to rise no more.