The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-09-18 00:00:00

MINGIIESTINR, Ssupr. 11.

Twelve at Night.
Before I proceed to Pito the pullet's,' of the bi-
ggest epos Robert Campbell, as well es .y memory
enables me, I shell Inform you of the result of my
application to the Coroner, in COMIttIOOOCO of that
Gentlemen's peomiso, which I mentioned to you la
mrcetwiniseitatioe this morning, to largish me with
es abstract of the depositions of the soeersl wit.
messes. I called open Mr. Milne about silt this veto-
ing, and he presented me with the following short
poragrspb, meting that this was all. which he deemed
it espediest to publish, and which he assent to Rise
to Messrs. Wheeler sod ',mop, who ars the Pro.
whiten of the two Ministerial Papers poblishod
here :

" On Wednesday lest an •Jjnerned Inquest so'
'be body of Robert Campbell was concisded, whew
lb* Jury, after a long and patient investigation,
brought in a verdict of " lirstfol Moonier against
some person or persons al pretext unknown;" this
being Ilse caw we think it oar duty to abstais from
no, oh lion, as the party or parties wises appre-
hended will he pet epee their Irish, sad it is bet
tithe the minds of a Jury shookd be wholly @opt.-
jedicett."

I expressed a wish have on obstruct of the 'widow,
calling in the recollection of Mr. Milne the distinct I
promise which he had made in the early part of the
day. Ile observed, that riot's that promise was made
he had had a ensemenintion with two of the Maga-
, train, who lad enjoined him not to perform that pre. ,
min, and not to give more than this peragriph.—
Feeling surprised 'bat be should allow the Magistrates
to dictate to him what some he eacht to permits the
itirchArte of Ids official duty, and in the elevation of
his eon 'pioneer's, I remonstrated with Mr.
Milne, observing, that in consequence of his positive
promise my attention to the progress of the evidence
had been comparativelyi rotated; bet my ftllloo.
strewn was write seellactual. ll* dwelt span the
extreme tremble which be had in those Inquests,
while ha ins only allowed 20s. for his atteedance
epee each. Theo, I observed, " Toe do not pay
Mr. Ashworth, tbeaMesser, for his attmodsece to-
day ?"—" Certainly not," said he. Espressing
my opinion that neither Mr. Ashworth nor any
ether Barrister was likely to attend so loag, and
plead so much, for nothieg, I told that I
enderstood Mr. Ashworth had beets retained u
Gianni for Taylor, the publican, sad his servant,
who were in prison for so many days upon a
charge of murdering the deceased ; tad to this he
observed, that he cook' not say ; adding, that be-
ing often troubled by Attorneys and Wasters at
the Intionts misers he presided, be objected to their
interference, but that. Mr. Ashworth had told him,
Mr. Barn Wood had eapressed an opiates in psi.
vale company at Lancaster, that he (Mr. A.) or
any other Barrister might interim, etas [slyest, by
seta( as the Assessor of the Coroner. Is it possible
Ithat Mr. Baron Weed, or any Other Judge, would
suggest such am expedient for the porpoise of evading
11 a Coroner's right of controal in his own Court, or
enabling a lawyer to gir• mode* weig. t to the side
epos which be was employed ? I repressed my doubt
that the respectable „lodge alluded to bad delive.ed
sorb se opinion, bet Mr. Milne declared that Mr.
' Ashworth Ind told him so. Itevertine to his probibi.
lion of my taking notes at the I i.qoest. I reposed any
conviction that it was not warranted by the law, or by
the practice of Imposts elsewhere; but he quoted •
legal opinion upon the subject, usately, that of Mr
Kaiecock, of Latrine', w Ito bad stated to Mr.Wr.

the tanner of Orseskirk. that it was eaespeient
to ishe as Coroser, to prevent spy person from tatt-
les soles et as biggest. It was Is vale that I op.
posit' to the 'plebe of this Liverpool Barrister the
jefigteent of essay emiseet lawyers is Loodoa, and
the @odors hal4t of Ineueets in that city. Bet mark
the ceeelesioa bf Mr. Mime's paragraph, for it is evi-
-1 deafly (initiated men plausible rellietioa for the inter-
diet upon note tekisg. Mr. Ashworth's principal
predict is, I undercut', before the **buster at
the. Hew Wiley Cook, end of 'coarse It is NS his
Memos to 'eke arty part dipegreeehle to their War.
*pg. We hoof sever bawd of his fame at soy of
FIM Ceeth Liseekie,ead I understand that he is set
I mem meth fatigued whit beakeres et the Anises.—
Issas is, hemmer. no demist n boseurable
esti Mess sets agreeably is his cesweirece.
. Chimes, iho is, ter, peldie•opitited end
lobabliest of this lows, was refined ed.
ellad ism *stoma by the Censer. who charged
hies e h hiltteg.sest to a London Emig News.
poet* garbled macula of the late Inquest epee
Dawies. Mr. C. protested against the justice of this
oranasion, bet Invale—be was inicleded. Os my
oppearance is the teen the COMM asked who mad
what I was, to which I replied ; and he said, that I
slight remain in the room, bet meet set take soles.
rnmottetroted, sod *yowled to Mr. Ashworth, who.
Cher it was leisi to present me from go deieg.
M. AellWoleen.— In my ',inks it is competent to
the worthy Coroner to prohibit yes from taking
nowt ; bet he may permit yes to do so if be Maks
proper, as a matter of courtesy.
Reporter.—l very relociastly, I mere yes, ob.
triode myself ere year Weaken, bet I BS impelled
by a seam of duty to state, that I am emelt more
silliess for the principle thee for the permission.
I protest then, with greet deference, against the jos-
tle* of obis 'stadia, for I em solicit**s to maintain
that Liberty for the Prole which is recognised An.
where;—which, imbed, is sever disported is Los-
dee. I declare that I never heard of each a pro-
hibition "soil I cense into this etienty, aid I have
high legal authority for thinking, that the Press is
eotitlsd i• publish proceed's's of this ester*.
The Coaosre.—Mr. Baron Richards has declared
at 'Ancestor, in a particular case, that it is sot right
or lawfsl to publish es perk stationals ite a cried-
sal charge.
Roperter.—The principle of that objecties would
apply to the peblicatioe of the proceediap et police
race, end yet eie know that sect; proceedinp are
reported, not only in London bet in this remesty.
Cononas.—l knew that each proceedings are
published, bet it is not proper or lawful to do so.
Reporter.—lf sot le•Nt, Sir, hew came Mr. Ser.
leant Best to brio" a Bill into the Hesse of Common,
to prohibit such pabliestioss ? which Bill, it alit be
remembered, was not merely rejected, bet withdrawn
by the Loomed Serjeent himself. If the leo had
already interdicted such pablicatioes. this Bill would
have been totally esoocessery. Therefore, your
seeception of the law is difierest from that of the
ileileent barrister to whom I ailed', and who Is sow
teMe of the orsesents of the Bench. Let me observe,
11111 Mes, that the press is always allowed to report
the proceedings of every Court of Justice in Leedom.
Coeonse.—l am aware that those proceedings are
sometimes published, bet the practice of the Judges
is not the law for Coroners. &Wes, this la set an
open avert, bet like a Greed Joey room.
Reporter.—lf, like a Grand Jury room, neither
of those Gentkmes here (pointleg to Messrs,Wbefiler,
Milne, and Nadia, who were the only strangers pre.
sent), nor I myself have any budges. hen. I shall
withdraw if you think proper.
Cosonea.—Yos aged cot withdraw. Toe shall
sot, however, take notes; bet yes may espy away
as meth of the proceedings as yes con is your
memory.
Reporter:—Would it set be better, Sir, for sake
lel accuracy, to let me have the aid opier.
COnosita.—l esesot allow you to take notes;
bet if you will call upon me is the 'teeing, I will
let yen have an abstract of the *widows. In the pre.
loot siltaties of the pantie mind it 'Geld not be right
is publish thise proceedings. Too mach has bete
pablillied already.
jlteporier.—The best way of allay's( the opa-
-1 lino to which yen allude Would be, I apprehend, by
correctly informing the public wiled. Having so
connection with east of the parties which orbit's
your town, my •lits Is solely to tell the truth, and,
age charecter of Manchester is interested is Moist'
the whole troth published on this ocesekke.
Mr. Aeneroalli.—l have so &obi Shot lbw shoo
racier of Menstsester, So for silt Metal. Meet pee.
eroding,, will he folly justified.
The Conosas.—l will sot allow say use to take
notes.

Roporter.-:114 Goothose before so (oliedlog
to Mr. Darrow) is, 1 porcolls occopied la takios
notes.

M r ASHWOUTIL—That Goodman It tales notes
—5.1 fur publieatloN, bet for .y see.
CORONEIL—Nis other ponoo shall be allowed to
take Dome.

Itopooter.-4 bee with deference to roof decide&
Ut nnw for the partitelen of the
letsayst was held, in the Int Instance, *beet
a fortnight ago, and sdjoerned by the Corona, In
order to afford slate for the collection of evidence.—
Bat it is estrenrdieary that the sane Coroner rebind
to postpone she I•quest epos Dawson, who was owe
of the simians of the outrage upon the 16th of Aug.
sitbough specially tolerated by Mr. Pearson se de
so. thst Gentleman beige *sable to snood •ith wik
onus open the tiny fixed, in ettosegoesce of his ea.
p,swent et the Laitee•ter Anises.
the stet elasined was Ides. Campbell, the widow
of the deceased. She deposed to the 'iodides if

her hasheod, who Was e enstaleht at the Moo ho was
takes home to his hoses upon the 17th of Aug. titbit
*Meet mod testae of his Illeest,• sod to the period of
his death., She said that at the Mite her hesitant' made
:a atlas derlaratiets to her, u to the attack sae
epee Mee, to which deelaratlie she had deposed, lie•
lea a Slagistrate; beespromed hope. of his recovery.
On this asswer, which was made to a goalies
Boot Mr.. Ashworth; that Gentleman addressed the
/sty, obermag, that although the declaration of a •
mhos who hod no hopes of life was adalsalble evidence,
mesh decieratiost from one who entetteined aid n.
'plena diesslieprl was not to be anemia' to.
. [Hen, to eitectdate the sobjerr, it Is nueseary to
Mate that Mrs. Campbell bad deposed before Mr.
Holton, the Magistrate, that her husband bad sem.
pinion of Mehl been grossly ill.treated by Taylor '
and his wryest, and that in csowesesee of that de.
putties, Mr. Heitea lamed i letterset abnve a fat.
nieht silo, topes which Maio pastas went eammitted
1 to the New Batley on a gimp of *order.]
The Rest Irina, was --- Bruno beadle, whet
swore that shoot ten o'clock in the looming of the
17th nit. be sate the deceased with a pistol in his bend
is Newton.isse, followed by so lenteme mob, who
were rain; him with stones and brick bats ; that
the dreams' raw, lots the knee of Taylor, the pi.
goner,. he keeps the Angel peblic.hosse in that line ;
that Taylor's door sod wisdoms were immediately
closed, but that several of the mob broke in the doer,
dragged Campbell oat, knocked him down. sod that
• cry being abed that the soldiers were coating. the
Snob as sway ; one, however. smutted, sod trampled
ow the body of Campbell, after dein which he raised
the skirts of his boat, and gave him a kick upon
the posteriors; that thee this penes, with other%
eadalmad, " We have done for soother of the
-.........;" and, alter a pause, the wham added
66 constables." Witness described the person who
last so struck Campbell, to be without any coal ; to
be a tall sad rather darktomplesioned man. Wit-
ness deposed that be did mot interfere to restos Gasps
bell, because be was afraid to do so, in conwqoescs
of the fiery of the mob; and believes that for the same
reales neither Taylor nor hie sertmot durst loaders
for the psalmists of Cempbel!. He sow Taylor, who
had got a black eye, which be had not before the af.
fray, aid which whams believed to be the cues.
glance of ill.treetenat from the mob. The Sob •
wire all apparently of the lowest odor ; they onion
to be weevers. .
[Hero ,Mr. ASUWOOTII. addressing himself to a
Jerrie@ who was taking imps, asked Ids far what
puspose he was taking them ?]
Jortmen.—l am taking sates for the guidance of
my own joilguseet. .
Mr. Assiroars.-1 hops au for publicaties.
Joryouto.—Certainly woe.
The Keeper of the Park Horse public-hush with
the sister of Taylor, and his surest, corroborated
the *Wears of Brown, addle', that they raw Mood
on the grimed where demoted was Wog, whoa
bucked down by the mob opposite Taylor's door..s.
The eetvant, however, stated, that she saw three per.
SOWS reline from the sbb to trample span the do.
ceased instead of wee, as deposed to by Brown.
On this Mr. ASWWORTU observed, that a mince
of deposition spots mingle pasts served only to coo.
first tho main stelemeat.
Mr. Bagueley saw the mob following the deceased
exclaiming, that he bad fired at the people sod killed
two men and sue woman yesterday ; aid James
Allem coairmed the fact as to the pursuit of the sea
after Campbell, and that they dispersed when the c y
was raised that the soldiers were coming.
Ellis Thompson 'Misused oho pursuit of Camp.
bell, sod saw the soldiers Its at the mob.
Thos. Watched, who saw the deceased reusing
from the mob. saw a pistol in his hand.
Elisabeth Karoo also unarmed the ill treataeat
of Campbell, sad saw Taylor, the landlord, receive
a blow.
Two witnesses saw Campbell lire a pistol from the
wieder of his house abut eight o'clock is the morn.
lag of be 17th sit. and that something struck the
opposite wall. One thneght be hoard somethieg pass
soar him after the shot.
David Potter saw ihessoods following Caster-It
is Newtoe.laue, and hard them cry set, " The ell.
Isla has ban wsetosly lasi at the people" He
also sew Campbell dragged est of Taylor's house,
and knocked dew. by the mob. It was ell ever is
a waste. He did sot tut, any wen in the crowd,
sordid he that be should know any of them again,
although be resided In that seighbeerhood.
[lt was reaarkable that such was generally the
statement of the witnesses. although the majority lived
I. the shoed of Campbell's resideoce.]
Was.ititsagbase bore testimeay to the same ef.
feet.
Theses Sigisith beard several voice, reclaim,
whew Campbell was dotes, "the villain, kill him."
Elisabeth Witham saw Campbell dragged out of
Taylor's beset. She thoeght she wield recognhe
the person who struck the deceased whets down, if
she saw bins again.
Joshua Millswood witnessed the ill.treatment of
Campbell, bet did sot know soy peon la the mob.
Almada Craig saw Campbell ire a pistol frogs
his window, shoot eight o'clock. sew rho m.r..ing of
the 17th eittmo. and ay kiss afterward* hoed •l""her
pistol, sod having theo gone away he hoes omhing
more abort the matter. Geoid oat soy an Camp.
boll levelled the pistol at say moo, bet saw something
strike the opposite wall after the Oat
A Jarymaa observed, that be endorstood it was a
ortmmoo practice, of the &swami to ire of pivots ;
and two other Jerimest said that they beard tie same
a Campbell.
Hansel Ashworth saw Campbell tanning from the
mob with a pistol in his bend.