The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-03-05 00:00:00

'A'rESMAN

POLICE.

Mauston-Housz.—Yesterday lire boys, Oka eldest
16, and the youngest only 12, were brooght op on
suspicion of steeling four SOW spoons from the house
of Mr. Rennet, in the Come/twist-road. The
youngest confessed that he committed the theft, sod
others of • like esters, the product of which hi gave
to the others, and • dealt., was bought with the
proceeds, for the on piths party. There Wag me-
shing but ibis boy's confession, the eldest was mot
to Bridewell for • month, and to be well flogged ;
two, whose friends did not appear, wire remanded,
and the two yosolost give. to their panels.
Bow.ssitswe.—Yesterday W. DryisAt, who stood
charged with plundering Ms employer, Mr. llembort,
goldsmith, ia Broad-street, Bloomsbury, of a goon-
lily of gold, was mnoassioad, arid fully committed
for trill.

WESTMINSTER ELECTION.

Mr. Brans sad Mr.lllces, the Magistrates, were
in constant atteadance aerial/ the whole of Wedges.
day, mod continued till midnight, assisted by Mr.
Stafford, the Chief Clerk, making arrangements and
directing the officers, the ceeducters, and the noose.
roes parties of the patrol mad, of parish constables,
Tram different parts. with a view to preserve the
pew el the city. The Magistrates frequently went
aweg the creed, psrticslarty about the lime of the
Nem of the Pell, and afterwards, for the purpose of
quelling the riotoes proceedings in lienrietta.street.
Is the eatcation of this duty they were assailed with
great violence, and experienced some personal in-
juries. Mr. Blinks was streck on his breast with
stoats; Mr. Hicks received a blow on his had,
which knocked off his bat; Mr. Stafford received
a severe injury in his back. Salmon, the con.
doctor, bad a brick and • tile thrown at him while
is duty in Iferirktta.street, near Mr. Lamb's Com.
esittemroom his left arm was disabled for a short
time by the blow. Asother tile aimed at his head, and
which he avoided by stooping, fell on the left arm or
a young Gentleman who was standing near him, and
who, appereetly in great agony, exclaimed that his
arm was broke. Richard Westbrook, the petrol
sad jailer, is disabled in his right arm, which was
est open, and some of his hoots are broken. Ni.
shells, the coodector, was very reach Mitered in his
side from blows inflicted by bludgeons. Ellis, the
conductor, had his face cut in several places oy the
handles of birch brooms ; the pegs which fastened
the brooms to the sticks, remaining in them, tore the
flesh most shockingly. Jobe Tagil), a patrol, bad
his left shoulder pet oet, from the attack upon him
by several Irishmen, in Ileurietimstreet. Joseph
Champion, a petrol, was attacked with great vio-
lence by some Irishmen, who cat his held open with
bledgeoes. Francis Murray, a patrol, received en
*try I. his side from a large Mose, thrown at him
with great violence. Richard Limbrick, a conductor,
reseited a violent braise, and his bee wet cat opts
fres the force of a large stone.
Wises the crowd in Henrietta-street was acting
with the greatest violence, soon after fire o'clock,
Mr. Birnie collected and beaded a very numerous
party of Officers, sad cleared the street of the rioters.
Mr. Lamb, who was in Coveni.earden Church,
left it with Mr. Morris, the High Bailiff, and they
proceeded arm he argil down Bedford-street and Chan.
domstreet. They were soon recognized, and Dem.
bets followed them with great vociferaties. Mr.
Birnie, who was near the spot, ordered a numerous
body of constables to follow Mr. 1/1116, which they
did, and condseted him to his father's house is White.
hall, where he arrived without itapetieocieg any per.
sonal injury.
Mr. Birnie end Mr. Hicks sat In the 'Testier et the
Olive, to bear charges against those who had been
detected In outrageous and riotous condect.
In the course of the evening the Magistrates re-
ceived information of different parties of rioters ;
see at Mr. Wishart's house, in Coventry.etreet,
whose windows wee, broke*, and another at the
house of Lord Castlereagh, in fit. James's.squase ;
another mob was at the Coffee.hoese in Newcastle.
street, in the Strand, where, a groat portion
of the wiudows were broke, the fames drove is,
la. This mob proceeded to the house of Rather', the
officer, belonxiog to this Office,in Holles-st reet,Clere.
rket,and demolished the wiedows.To all these, par•
ties of officers weredispatchedwith all speed. Two men
were soon after breoght into the office (teethe New.
castle-street mob; one in the custody of John James
Smith, the constable, who stated, that the Prisoner
was the principal man in exciting the mob to riot and
disturbance. The Pasteur proceeded with the mob
towards Clare-market, and from thence to Drery•
lane, where he stopped, a hacktley coachman, insist.
hog on the coachman 'calling out " llobhoose for
ever." Ti,. Prisoner's appearance was must shock.
ing, his face being literally covered with blood. Mr.
Ilicas basing enqeired bow he amc in that wounded
state, the Prisoner assorted that the wound was ghee
by a truncheon of use of the constables, which they
most positively dueled; mad amid it was their opinion be
had received it from the pole of the hackney coach
which he and others had stopped in Drury-lane. The
Magistrate directed the nearest surgeon to be sent for,
and Mr. Cole, in Charlemstreet, Corent.gerden, at-
tended, and etamised the wound in the public office,
in the presence of the Magistrate, sod deciered it to
be a very
bone to be injured or fractured. Ile was of opinion
the wound bad been initiatd by a blunt instrument.
.1. J. Smith, the constable, showed him his trait.
elsoon.staf, and asked him if he thought it had been
Riven be that, or one like it ?—lle replied, bethought it
had. The Magistrate allowed hie to proceed to his
home with all due speed.
%stems others were brought amp by iliffavent con-
stables, sense for having pelted Lord Sefton and his
friends, nod snow for bashing windows. Severs'
mete ordered to find bail ; others were discharged on
their promise to appear whets called upon, and five
were committed.
AMU, Cook, and Grocer, the three men who were
charged with steeling hay and corn Goat the Adelphi.
wheel, were alto finally etamined ; when :tome and
Conte were committed, and the other was discharged.
Teo men, named Gibbs and Sayuld, were breogh
up, charged under the following cireumstances:--
On Monday afternees, a room in the house of Mr.
Wilkes, in Seallow.stiret, 'varied by a man named

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Aioey, was entered, and lOW trunks brokyo.. pee.
and plundered of wearing apparel, and other ma.
perty which they contained. In the coers• it,„
use evening, the two Prisr•ors went into a I.ohtir-
boom where Maidsoent, the °Seer, ltsprr.r.l
sitting, with largo bundles upon their shoulder.. rt..
tatte►, suspecting them, allied soils ovesiinno,
receiving very sages soarers, he took throe it to
melody. A short time after, tr• beard of the rob-
bevy of the Prosecutor; and the articles • teir‘,
forted upends* Prisoners, proved to be these
bad been stolen from the Prosecutor.—They
remanded.

Maatsonotrou-eraan.--Tosterday a twin was
brought to this Olice, and destined before 11. Al.
Dora, Erg. charged with forcibly entering the shop
of Mr. Packridge, shoemaker, is King street,
Soho, end carrying of a quantity of new shoes.—
The Palmer WI, a port of the mob which were
rooted by the soldiers from Corent-gardee, on Wed-
nesday afternoon; sod after leeving that scene of
tumult, so immense body proceeded to the St. Ann's
' Coffee-house, in Soho.sgeare, which they complete.
17 demolished ; from thence bite King•street, wb«ra
the Prisoner, and about silt ethers, rushed into the
Progenitor's shop, knocked down all before them,
end carried off the shed. A Gentleman nomvii
Wilson, followed them, keeping his eye et ~,,, the
Prisoner, till they went late Piccadilly, and help,
after destreyieg the shop of Mr. Wisher, they were
rested by a party of the Life (:cards, and Mr.
Wilson seised that opportunity of giving the Poi-
soner into custody ; his companions escaped. Thee
mob, after this, proceeded to Lord Cestlereogh's
Douse, and broke every square wf glass ; and frost
thence went to Lord Sefton's, in Arlington.stieet,
end did the sense. The Magistrate informed the Pri-
soner, that be wend be folly Committed, bet order.
ed him to be reminded for a week, in hopes that
some of his compaeloas might be taken.
Qucen•stguant —Yesterday J. Palk teed W.
Nag. both young men, were examined before Mr.
Flttatnu, on a charge of being concerned with as.
ostensive mob, is attacking the house of Mr. lamb,
Whitehall-place.—Gilmece end ether Olken mated,
that on Wednesday sight they went on doily at
Whitehell-place, feeds' that en ettack would be
wide on Mr. Limb's house; between seem and
eight, o'clock. a mob of several thousand persons
appeared is eight; they were shooting on.l crvi3;--
' "Ne Lamb ;" and as soon as they caw in trout or
the horse, they began to pelt mad end missiles. I'h.
°Seen prevented them from coming near the home,
sod consequestly the damage done was little, if sti,
but the mob were getting very furious, and the c.ii -
sequences might love been traits!, were it not f. r
Ilia suckles appeared:est a party of Life G 113,111,e1.0
mama op and rooted the rioters. The Prisoners wee
' observed to be very active during the transection,
and frequently urged the mob to acts of siolestce.—
• When they were taken, an attempt was made to res.
age them, sad weeld, no doubt, have succeeded,
were it not fee the prompt assistance afforded by this
military.—The Prisoners denied any comedies with
the conduct of the mob, end declared that they were
mere passive lookers on.—Tbe Prisoners were order.
. al to be committed to the House of Correction.