The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-08-18 00:00:00

TRIALS FOR CRLLINU PROFANE AND
SADIIIO IVIRMAGS.

4.4411L`ii. Att. 9.

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Thin wee a proe.calion fur publishing one of llone's 1
Parodies shard 18 enviina ago, and *eV. put off from
iho 1... t Aks's• to the prromt.—[l' will be rein'.
levied hr no, 11 elirte Aka: Mute had been stied for
glue* didereot Parodies of the same nature is, Lon.
tin', and acquitted.)—At potentlatit's request, be-
fore the t,i4l commenced, the witnesses were with-
drawn from tho Court. Mr. Pearson. of London,
was Defendant's Solicitor. %Voider and Caddo were 1
alto stared to be in Court. I
I Mr. CLAMOR: opened the case for the Crown, in'
1 which he oh d that Defendant was chariot! with ;
1 intending to 'seine the Holy Litaoy into contempt, 1
land to excite impiety and immorality, by ridiculing'
it in a reglala parody. called the Political Litany. ,
. in which are contained profane resat its on the divine:
Iservice, &c.
C. L. Barber, end a person named Hoary prover, 1
that they had bought the publication of the Do.
1 (trident.
I Mr. Most, the Registrar of the lea soul Chap.
ver of Licltheld, produced the Act of Uniformity
from the archives of the Chapter, in order to com• 1
pare the Litany, as by law established, with the,
! Parody.
S..me i.isill objections were made.
The Defendant then addressed the Court in a
'porch occupying a considerable space of time, and 1
wish great fluency, In extenuation of his conduct. I
/ Ile said that he owed the present persecution to the
ingratitude of a man be had befriended, and that his
arrest was founded in spiteful motives. The original
Printer had been acqoitted by a Loudon Jury ; and
it could not be guilt it, the accessary, which was not
guilt in the principal. The publication was merely
ley/battle—if was a popular way of showing popular
sentiments.
ilis Lemoyne, in his charge to the Jury, 'Worm!,
that in his opinion the parody was a libel; and the
Jury found a verdict—Guilty.
The Defendant will remain upon hail until nest
Term, when he will be brooglat op for judgment io
1 the Court of King's Bench.

CORNWALL ANSIZI.S, Ave. 10.

Thomas Ilases was put to the bar, charged with
altering a seditious libel. He was a man of wretched
appearance, who 'weed that he mild scarcely read;
ratter wild in his look and manner, and, an coming
into Court, said he had committed no crimes gad
knew nothing about pleading. tieing 'shed if he
wished to put off his trial till neat Assizes, be re.
plied that he had no bail, sod after some hesitation
he consented to be than tried, rather than return to
geol.
Mr. Seim est, Counsel fur the prosecution, then I
stated that this prosecution was instituted, at the
desire of the Magistrates Pomo, where the of.
(nee had been committed ; and they bad acted
with wisdom end becoming energy so the oe.
elision. While other districts of the kingdom wets
agitated by sedition pehlications without amber,
the peen of ski gamy of Cornwall had eat km
disierbed, perhaps because those vile pnriaatimsa
had not yet bees circulated with impeoity gams
its loyal inhabitants ; and it was to protect rheas
from so imps» a melee's, that the IWagistralse
deemed it a duty incumbent on them to plat a stop to
the veil at once, by bringing the present delinquent
to justice. It is not given le man to look late the
course of time, and to predict what events may bap.
pro et a tutors period ' • bet if such proceedings be
tolerated, and sedition be allowed to stalk openly
throogb the country in the persons of sorb tools as
rho Prisoner at she bar—if Juries be not olive to the
preservation of the best interests of society, by sp.
holding the laws and exercising a necessary severity
epos, these illiterate agents of guilty asoinss, oho
keep in the beck.ground, reap the profits, and leave
them to their fate—there wilt be an end of all ordor
and goverameot, and revelation most inevitably eo-
sue. This is the first case in the county of Cornwall
that has beets submitted to a British Jury, and too
much praise cannot be given to the Magistrates of
Peoryn fur setting so laudable an 'sample, which
will no doubt be followed, should se occasion offer,
by those of emery town in the county. The pas.
pfilst of which he had this day to complain was net
written in the free spirit of fair dismission, but was
a malignant libel on the Church, the Clergy, the Go.
vestment, end ens on the Royal Family itself, and
calculated to excite sinuosity egaiest all that W good
or great in the empire.
John Uren, the pioneer, saw the Prisoner on
Monday, the 'lBth sf Jose last, in the streets of Pen.
ryn, crying venous pamphlets for sale. He per.
chased see, paid a penny for it, marked it with his
nese, and kept it by blower since.—[llere the copy
was put is nod read.]
The Prissier offered is his defence a limn signed
by the Commissiessers of Hawkers sad Pedlars,
which, es ho contended, authorized his to sell any
kind of publican's la town, and from house to
boon, la any pert of the kingdom, provided the
I Prima's same sere attached.
Ti. Learned Jedge addressed the Jery in a most
eloquent speech, is which he explained the law of
the case, and emphatically tosebed upon the disorders
which at this momeot distract varies, parts of the
kingdom, and which, be said, had been fostered and
greatly @greened by such mischi pablicatioos,
and the mean, taken to disseminate them.
The Jury friend the Prisoner Guilty of senior a
seditious l'asoplilet, and he was senteraced to sit
months' imprisonment in Bedsits gaol.

Lately, at the feet of Sith-rhaillion Benrannoch,
Iwo master Wt.'s, of the wastes of Donald 3l Donald,
etas Donald Roy Cethanach, aged 01, sod William
Campbell, alias William Roy Crupach, sited 79,
courted a beautiful virgin of the name of Elizabeth
MiDonald, alias Lisidls Rob, aged 69, sod cm the
night of the 2141 of July last the latter eloped with
her to Ratings!, where they were serried by the
Rel. R. 111`Donald. The other Weer, bearing of fail
circumstance, immediately followed the NM'ss with
a strong party on horseback, bet to his great grief
anti di.appoioteoeut, 'waved ton late to pr the
union of 'he enamoured couple.—(Gler.gow Orr )

TIM STAIT-SI4AN.

POLICE?.
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CUIUM A LL.—Y.st rude, 1111 inlerysling •aang
unman 4,1 telocinbte supParnnev, uith en infant in

her arms, applied for the Magistrate's advice and as.
*Wince ander tits following circumstances ;—A short
time since, at the instance of the parish officers of
St. Bride's. were she was ILeto rhergvable, she hail
swoon the child ito Ler arias. to John Watts, a master
enopyr. in Sboe.lane; an order of filiation was then
made, directing him to pay ss. pe► week far the main.
(encore of the child ; fhb ►be bad received fur • week
lot two, bet latterly it bad been dropped to 31. per
week ; she had in couseqeenre applied to the parish
officers, who told her it was all they received from
the father, that they thought it quite enough, and
would not i•terfere further. The father, site said,
was in a good way of business, had four sea at
work now, and rented a house in the pariah of 501.
or 601 a year. lie bad seduced her ander the pro.
! sise of marriage, sad they bad been out asked at
Darr+.

Mr. Alderman Slum said this •as an ettraordin.
sty rare, it was not for him to rotation the order of
filiation, it had been settled on the lodgment of two
Magistrates, and ought to be enforced. A messenger
was then, sent off to regoi►e the attendsnee of the
°mum, and shortly 'fierier& Mr. Smith, of i)or.
set.street, the Vestry Clerk of S'. 'mimed
on their behalf.

Upon being Wormed of the nature of the applies-
floe, he replied. he knew the young women, Ann
Chown, very well. She bad made frequent epplicse
lions to their Board on the 'object. Erery enquiry
had bees made, sad though the father of the child had
been represented as a master tradesmen, the Over.
seers were costumed that he was a poor man, and
nut able to pay more than three shillings per week :1
sod they were of opinion, from the character and
conduct of the girl, it was as much as she deserved.'
Mr. Alderman SmiTil said, It was not now the
question of amount: that has been settled by thel
IM•eistiates who made the order of filiation, which
I had not been appealed against. It was the duty ell
the Perish Officers to enforce that order, which they
had the power of doing. Ile mould not allow the
Overieerit to defeat the order of the Megistrares.
After some further conversation the Art of Per.
limpet. .19 h (lee. 111. cop. 68. was referred to,
from which it appeared, that in case of non.rompli-
once with the older of filiation, one blegistrate, oo
the complaint of the Overseers might commit the re-
poled father to hard labour for three months in the
cosmos gaol, or till payment be made, and so on
for any other default of payment.
I The Alderman allowed the complaint of the Over-
: eters was necessary, bet thought, upon proper re-
I presentation, they might be summoned before the
Magistrate and compelled to make the complaint.
Mr. Smith replied, the Overseers were satitfied,aad
bad no complaint to make.
The Alderman said, be should certainly take the
advice of the Legal Officers of the City; the eider
of the filegistratn most he enforced.
UNION-114LL.—About seven o'clock on Monday
*setting a man went into the watch-house near the
' tell.gate at the Surrey Theatre, and enquired for the
eight constable, to whom be said be had something
very important to communicate. Mr. Ascott, the
watch-bosse keeper, was the only person there, and
he informed him that the constable had not yet ar.
rived, bet was every moment expected ; the stranger
I (apparently somewhat disappointed) again pressed '
the importance of his communication, which induced
&colt to question him. At first be seemed mach
effected, but laboured vainly to costeeal his emotion,
sod after a low minutes pease, he esildeely
lam a murderer-1 We committed agreet COON
and deserve to suffer !" end then be sunk motionless
into a chair. Ascott endesvoured to compose him,
and when be bed revived a little, desired hint to state
explicitly the business that had brought him thither;
when the stranger said his same was Wood, that he
was s native of Leicestershire, end had in his youth
formed a very strong attachment towards a young we.
man of his own age, named -- bat for wMOI
reasons they broke oath@ courtship, arid he woo 10111
after married to soother women. Me did not see the
first object of his love derive the lime of his marriage,
ger till after the death of his wife, which hallowed I
soar two years ego, sod then he was induced to ewe
quire after her, and foaled she was still living aid
simile. His first Isms returned with increased
force; he visited her, a reconciliation was easily
elected, and he intended to marry her when a decent
time had elapsed. his intention be communicated
to her friends, who had no objection to the match,
and, with the consent of all parties, a day was Geed
for the celebration of their nuptials, when a
circumstance unexpected and dreadful, at once
ended the oegociations, rendering him an object
of horror sod reproach to himself, end of teem.
tie° to society. A soldier, who was quartered in
the town, bed, it seemed, succeeded in gaining the
leffiectioss of the young woman; he took her t• public
places,
places, walked with her, sod emoted professedly her
admirer. These attentions of the soldier rooted his

jealousy, and inspired him with as otter contempt of
IN woman, whom in the first ebullitions of his pee-
den be determined to sacrifice! With Ibis dreadful
intentinn he repaired to the shop of a shoemaker, and
bitrosted a late wog king knife, which be sharpened
$ a very keen edge, and then placed himself in am.
hesh near the residence of his destined victim, whom
he anon saw, and after upbraiding her with Ingrati-
tude, plunged the knife into her body, just under for
left breast, and gave her I other wounds in the
neck and arms till she was poise deed, he then threw
the body into the river, near the Stnne•quarry.—
After the perpettarinn of the deed he lied to !Wain-
titer, bet entail obtain no rest ; his imagination perpe.
(rally becught the murder before his eyes, and even in
sleep the bleeding (gyre his victim stood helot*
bits. flaying wandered about a year throelh flitfre.
ent pests of the cowry, daring which he •aperieneed
the greatest torturer. be arsiaml in town for the very
purpose of giving himself up to the Ministers et
Justice.
The unfortunate man was rid in close custody by
Ascots, she rnt,k cite that he should net have any
means by which he could make any attempt on his
life, and yesterday tnn►ning he was brerseht to this
/Ace and essmined before the presiding Magistrate,
B. ALLEN, E.q. lle sppesred perfectly firm and