Star. — London, England, 1820-11-22 00:00:00

REJOICINGS IN THE COUNTRY. At Bridport, as soon as the intelligence of the re jection of the Bill of Pains and Penalties reached that place, the ringing of bells, displaying of flags, and huzias of " Long live the Queen!" announced the general sentiments of the people. " Joy beamed in every face, and sparkled in every eye;" and an ap-' plication was made to one of the Magistrates, request ing him to fix a night for a general illumination. He' was of opinion that the inhabitants might fix on a day themselves, without the interference of the Magis trates, and a hand-bill to that effect was immediately circulated. Two other Magistrates thought, however, that a previous Meeting, to consider the propriety of such a measure should first be held, which was sum-' monad accordingly; and on Wednesday, at twelve, o'clock, the Meeting took place in the Town Hall. At first, all was exclamation, " The Queen! The Queen !" When order was obtained, the object of the Meeting was stated by one of the Magistrates, istio was followed by Mr. Calfox in an able speech, congratulating the country on the escape it had made from oppression and ruin by the rejection of the de tested Bill; after which the question was put from the Chair, which was carried with loud cheerings, only five hands being held up against it. SK /PTON.—Sunday se'nnigkt, the grateful intelli gence was received at this place of the abandonment of the Bill of Pains and Penalties : it is quite impos sible to describe the public joy which was immedi ately excited, and which on the f Mowing day was manifested by a general and brilliant illumination, accompanied by every other mark of public rejoicing. In the evening, however, there was a large bonfire, and most of the public-houses were thronged by the enemies of injustice and oppre,::ion, who met to con gratulate and to rejoice with each other. On Mon day night the public feeling wa: more openly and generally manifested. One publican actually treated all his f iends gratis with a dinner on Tuesday last, hied:, as might be expected, was numerously at tended. The women in all Farts of the town have formed themselves into parties for tea, and the ut most cheerfulness and good nature seem to reign among them. Iland-bills arc issued, inviting the friends of the Queen to a dinner at the Saracen's Ikad, on the 27th instant, where Sir Robert Heron, Bart. will preside, and a most numerous and respects able company is expected. There is a general wish for an illumination on that night, and it will most probably then take place. DONCASTER, Nov.lB.—An Illumination took place here last night (Friday) to commemorate the victory gained by our beloved Queen over her fold enemies, and I am happy to say that it was general, with the exception of a few individuals, chiefly Members of the Corporation; but the majority of the inhabitants, zealous in the cause, determined on shewing that love for their beloved but much-injured Queen, which every British heart ought to feel : from the richest to the poorest, the inhabitants illuminated with the ex ception of the above-mentioned. There were a great many very appropriate transparencies; the most con spicuous was, " And GOD said, it is not fit that the King should reign alone!" The evening was spent with the utmost conviviality ; the bells were rung, and a display of fire-works was exhibited in all parts of the town, in spite of all the Special Constables, who m ere sworn in to prevent the loyal inhabitants from joining in the merry throng. I am happy to say, no serious accident occurred during the evening, except a few windows being broken. The small town of Thorne illuminated last night. PE:mt.—Monday se'iwight the intelligencereached lieith, that Lord Liverpool had withdrawn the Bill of Pains and Penalties against the Queen, by moving • that it be read a third time six months hence. In the afternoon of the day, the people manifested a strong inclination to testify.their approbation of the mea sure by an illumination. The Hon. the Provost and Magistrates, with their usual and praiseworthy attention to the circumstances of the community, immediately issued a Proclamation, certifying to the inhabitants, that all who chose to illuminate on the occasion, had their full permission to do so, and that those who might not End themselves at liberty to do it. would be protected. Accordingly, from six, o'clock to ten, there was an illumination, certainly not general, but nearly so, and fully sufficient to chew the ccrdial satisfaction which the people felt in the disposal of the Bill. Hantrax.—The rejoicings here have been very general. Both day and night have been in a great measure devoted to the usual modes of rejoicing, ever since the news of the abandoxed Bill of Pains and Penalties arrived. We have had fire-works, bon fires, and a good deal of illumination ; but some of our Tories, who practise the Kingly virtues, are op posed to these measures, and thtir windows exhibit a fit emblem of their minds. HUDDERbriann.—Triesday,this place was partially illuminated, and Wednesday, notwithstanding many threats sent to tradespeople, the illumination was very general. The street , from six until ten, were all bustle and throng. There were thousands upon thou sands of people—upwards Of 20,000, it is said. Many of the villages around have illuminated. There are dinner and tea parties every day in honour of the triumph of the Queen. Itiensiorm.--Monday se'nnigbt, the bells rung, and there was a bonfire in the evening ; and on Wed nesday, there was a splendid and general Illumina till: in this Borough, in consequence of the Victory of the Queen. Ttionsrox.—The inhabitants of the village of Thornton, near Pickering, displayed their detestation of perjury and malice, on Monday se night, by illu minating their houses, and burning a filthy- • bag. The poorer housekeepers were enabled to 5:12 e s e health of their CPA* in good ale, by the libera-, lity of some of theillidalthier neighbours. Nawanx.—On the arrival of the glad tidings of the Bill being lotf, _the most lively feelings of joy were conspicuous in every countenance—the Body Corporate ana their ;few partizans always excepted, who, to use a hoMeiy expression, appeared terribly chop-fallen. The bells were not allowed to be rung, and some person having hoisted the flagstaff upon the church steeple, tire. Mayor, Dr. Buck, ordered it, in no very gentle terms, to be instantly taken down.— GODHANCIIESTER.--NO sooner was the gloriout sews of her - Majesty's acquittal known to the ham . ; bitaots of this town, than the sound of joy resounded from the bells of the lofty spire, and not only on that day (Saturday) but each day until Wednesday did the joyful inhabitants cause the merry bells to swell out their mellow tones .on this heart-gladdening oc casion. On Wednesday, sixteen hundred cakes and a proportionate quantity of ale was given to the poor in the most judicious manner, in the evening the town was brilliantly illuminated, and the day closed with the greatest harmony and - conviliality. STEWARTO?:.--ThiS WWII was also illuminated the same day, and all was happiness and harmony. t.wt N NlNG.—Monday se'nnight the inhabitants of this town'sliewed their satisfaction at the acquit tal of her Majesty by one general illumination, and three bonfires of coals in suitable places, graced by the music of the town band, and the drums and fifes, parading the streets from end to end, followed by an immense procession of men, women, and chil dren. Such another night of processions and music, and toastings and huzzaing and street-dancing and other harmless and innocent expressions of public feeling, connecting noise and peace and harmony in their extremes, was, it is presumed, never before seen in the ancient town of Kilwinning. CA LL ANDER, Nov.ls.—Yesterday, the greatest joy was evinced here, is consequence of the accounts having arrived that the 1311 against the Queen was abandoned by Ministers. In the evening the inhabi tants assembled, and made a large bonfire in the square, the whole village was brilliantly illuminated, and the Church bell kept ringing. A figure, illumi nated by torch-light, emblematical of the Qtreen overcoming her enemies, was borne aloft, and pa raded along the streets, preceded by the enlivening strains of our national music, and followed by a great concourse of persons of all ages, shouting " Long live the Queen r-" Live Queen Caroline for ever r After passing the evening in demmistrations of joy, at a late hour the people separated, and retired quietly to their harms. COROA LION' lAQUESTS. Foil Monday night, an Inquest was held at the But falo's Ikad, New Road, Mary-la-bonne, on the body of Ann Minting, aged twenty-four, an interesting young woman, who died on Monday morning in the Infirmary, after having, on the Thursday morning preceding, been delivered of a dead child. Mr. Goodyer, the Apothecary to the Infirmary, was of opinion that she died of St. Anthony's fire. The MU wife deposed to marks upon the body, proceeding from blows or bruises. Richard Coates, Constable of Mary-la-bonne, de posed, that he had received iciformatitin of the ill treatment towards the deceased, and he proceeded to a house in Church-street, Edgware-road, whete he knocked at the door; on entering the passage, he saw the deceased, who was dressed in a kind of old butcher's jacket and a petticoat, and was a deplora• ble figure. Witness questioned her respecting. her ill-treatment ; she took him into the parlour, where she sheaved him her back and loins, which appeared as if she had been whipped, and the thick part of her arms were quite black ; she then took him down stairs into the kitchen, and laying herself down upon the kitchen table, sail that was the way Captain ll—, her master, fastened her to the table, and fllgged her ; she then fetched him a whip, which she said he was in the habit of beating her with.—(The whip was here produced—it is a kind of postiilion's whip, with several tremendous knots in it).—The. Jury, on viewing it, expressed a feeling of horror, to think that a woman should be whipped with such a thing. She then said, that he would first beat her with the whip, and then with a rod, while she was across the table; she told witness that was not the worst ; he would sometimes beat her with a stick, the size of her two thumbs, and she felt that more than she did the whip a good deal. She then told . him, that when be came home on the Sunday evening, the 29th of October, she could not get to the door quick enough for him, and as soon as he got isi, he took up a rolling-pin, and beat her across the shoul ders terribly with it—(A. burst of indignation flout Me Jury).--At other times, when he was at home, if she happened to sit on her chair in a manner that did not please him, he would get up and strike her with his double fist. Witness borrowed a cloak,. bonnet, and hat, for the deceased, and took her to Marlbo rough-street Police-office, where she took out a war rant for him. The deceased told witness that she had been used so for three months. lie was sent there by the neighbours, who were frequently alarmed by the cries of murder, and the groans of the deceased. After the deceased took out the warrant, she begged the witness to be careful how he served it nn the Captain, as he always carried pistols about him, and would shoot anybody who-stopped him in the street.. Witness got the deceased 'a lodging that night at the above home, and went in search of him ; he met !.im in the Edgware-road, and apprehended him. The de ceased said that the Captain had beat her with a stick upon the side, and she was afraid she should never recover it ; it was a dirty house, and sometimes, she told him, that he would make her get out of bed, and he would stand over her with a horsewhip while she wrote him letters to his fancy ; and sometimes with a dagger. He questioned her as to why she re mained there replied, “ that she attempted once to run away, but be dragged her back by the hair of her head. She had clothes, but he would not let her wear them." She never told witness that she-was pregnant. At Marlborough-street, the Cap tain was bound over in the sum of £lOO, and two sureties in £5O each. After having sat from seven o'clock on Monday evening until one yesterday morning, it was agreed *that the Inquest should be adjourned until this even ing, at eight o'clock, when the body will be opened. An Inquest was held at the Plough, in Rupert street, on the body of Mrs. King. The deceased was in the habit of visiting a Mrs. Davis, of Chapel -street, Soho; and on the Thursday she came, and Mrs. Da vis looked for some brandy for her, but she could not find a bottle open. The deceased said she would take a drop of rum ; and Mrs. Davis finding a bottle open, which she thought contained that liquor, gave her a wine-glass full of it. Nest day,_ Mrs. King's servant informed her that her mistress was danger ously ill ; and she then found that she bad given her by mistakga qt:antity of meadow saffron infused in rum, which her husband used to take for the gout. Deceased died on Friday.—The Jury returned a ver dict—That the deceased met her death by an infusion of root of meadow saffron is ram being given in mis take by Susannah Davis. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT oz. KING'S BENCH, NOVEMBER 21. HENRY HUNT. Mr. CHITTY stated to the Court that he had an affidavit on the part of Mr. Henry Hunt, complain ing of the treatment he had. experienced in the gaol of Ilchester, contrary to the intention of the Court, when sentence had been pronounced upon him, though there had been no impropriety on his part. All that Mr. Hunt desired was, to be placed in the same situation as the other prisoners. Mr. Hunt had not only experienced much pecuniary loss from the regulations that had'been adopted, but his health had also been materially injured, and might be be- fore he could have his ; remedy by action. He (the 'Counsel) thought the best mode would be to move the Court for a writ of Habeas Corpus to bring up Mr. Hunt. The COURT said, it would be best, in the first in stance, to have the affidavit read. Mr. CHITTY then read the affidavit ; which stated that the deponent was confined from four o'clock in the afternoon till nine in the morning, and had been put in a damp bed, with only straw to lie upon. At first an order had been made that he might see his friends at all times, but now they were excluded :alter four in the afternoon, and female visitors had been excluded altogether. In consequence of that order, two females of his own family, and a Ward of his, who had lately succeeded to an estate of £BOO in Ireland bad been prevented from seeing him, though neither he (the defendant), nor any of his fa mily, had ever infringed the rules and regulations of the gaol. The deponent had written upon the sub ject to the Sheriff of the County, who declined to in terfere ; but neither the Sheriff nor the Under-She riff had anything to do with the restraints imposed upon the deponent. The deponent verily believed these restraints had originated with F. Drake, Esq. one of the Magisttates tor the County, and the order had been made at the last Taunton Quarter Sessions. The deponent, in the day time„was locked up in a dungeon, by which his health was much affected, and he had suffered much pecuniary loss by not being permitted to see his family. The Cut re JUSTICE said, that perhaps the Learned Counsel might frame a rule on the Sheriff and Un der-Sheriff, or might take a little more time to con cider the subject. The Court was anxious that the subject should be put into such a train as might af ford a remedy. Mr. CHITTY suggested, that the Sheriff and the Gaoler were under the controul of the Court. Mr. Justice BAYLEY asked, can the Court interfere with the interior management of the prison ? Mr. Justice BEST thought, that in the first instance, application should be made to the Local Magistrates. After some further observations, relative to the proper mode for the interference of the Court, Mr. CHITTY took a rule to be served upon the She riff and Gaoler, to shew cause why Mr. Hunt should. not be placed on the same footing with other pri soners confined fi rmiseemeanot r DATSON V. DONOVAN. The COURT gave judgment in this case, after having tken time for consideration. It was an ac tion against a common carrier. for the loss of £1,070 in Bank notes, sent by the plaintiff in a parcel by the defendant's coach from Berwick to Newcastle. At the trial, on the Northern Circuit, the defendant had a verdict on the ground of notice of restricted liability, the plaintiff not having insured the pro perty. In a former Term, the plaintiff moved for al new trial, and the case having stood over, judgment, was now given. The COURT (11r, Justice BEST dissentient) ruled, that under the peculiar circumstances of the case, the defendants was not liable at common law, there having been a concealment on the part of the plain tiff as to the amount of the property lost.—Rule discharged. TUE KING V. W. CREATHEAD LEWIS. The SOLICITOR-GENERA L having prayed the judg ment of the Court in this case (a conviction at War wick for publishing a seditious libel), the defendant, in person. prayed that the case might stand over until a future day, when he should apply to thiCourt for a new trial, in another case in which he was the defendant. The Sot. ICITOR-G ENER A L consented, and the case was ordered to stand over until Thursday. TUE KING V. JOSF.PII RUSSELL. The defendant was convicted at the last Assizes for Warwick, before the CHI EF BARON, of publishing two libels ; one upon the House of Commons, con cerning the transactions at Manchester in August, 1819, and another upon, the New Testament. The Cava; after hearing the defendant's affidavits in miagation, and the SOLICITOR•GENERAL in ag gravation of punishment, sentenced him tq eight months' imprisonment in Warwick gaol, and to find security for his good behaviour for three years, him self in £2O, and two sureties in £lO each. THE KING V. JOSEPII PRENTICE. Mr. READER prayed the judgment of the Court on this defendant, convicted at the last Warwick As sizes, of publishing a seditious libel concerning the affairs of Government, and after hearing affidavits in mitigation, the Court sentenced him to twelve months imprisonment in Warwick gaol, and to find security for his good behaviour for three years, him self in £5O, and two sureties in £25 each. THE KING B. JOSEPH OSBORNE. On the motion of the SOLICITOR-GENERAL this defendant, convicted also at Warwick of publishing a seditious libel, in a letter to the soldiery on the state of the country, was brought up and sentenced to one year's imprisonment in the House of Correc tion, Cold Bath-fields. THE KING V. CARTWRIGHT, WOOLER, AND OTHERS. At the suggestion of the SOLICITOR-GENERAL, this case was fixed peremptorily for Thursday. Mr. POWELL, in going to perform his duty, the other evening, gt Drury-Lane Theatre, was hustled at the corner of Great Russell -street, and robbed of about four pounds; and, in'the morning of the same day, Mr. JOHN •KEMSLB had his pocket picked of a valuable snuff-box, as he was passing through the Piazza, in Covent-garden. o Futs.—The house of T. MUNCASTILIt s Esq. of Bill woods six miles from Barnet, was destroyed by fire on Sunday night. , Tho servants were out, and the family were in Londo n . It is conjeetnied that some clothes left to cloy wa s the mime of it. • POLICE. MARLBOROUCTI•STREET.—CaptaiII Waldron r e g ri of the 101st regiment, was charged with assaultilig and wounding Samuel Plank, an Officer lit:ontzirT to this Office, who Was looking out to serve a ex rant upon him on Saturday morning. Plank had been applied to, to serve a warrant of assault tipm Captain Kelly, at the suit of W. Henley, Esq. a tleman of fortune, residing in Sloane -street, bet Ile had much difficulty in finding him: at length, I. e had information that he was at a gaming-heuse, King-street, St.James's, where he waited his conin g out, and then politely accosted him, and asked Lin: if he vt.as not Captaia Kelly? His reply was, upon my honour as a gentleman, I am not Capt.:i 7 Kelly ; my name is Johnsen: But the Officer, ER. tisfied it was the Captain Kelly he wanted, fom lowed him into St. James's-square, when the Captai demanded, in au impel: five tone, what he want.:./ The officer told him, and sheaved hi, staff, which defendant snatched from his hand, a!•.d. knocked is down by a violent blot y which fractured his !.e:1, and then made his escaL , e. The warrant was nu : put into the hands of Jefferies, another officer, •.;-!y took the defendant into custody op Monday eveni'g. at the Bath Hotel. A surgeon proved the str.e the wound which Plank had received, and said Ile could not pronounce him out of dAnger, as he :IA known instances of persons losing their lives cr.,! ; . : . similar circumstances. Tne v. - as to be the person who assaulted t:.e :F:er, -,ld he wit, committed to Tothill-fields Brit;:, and orderec' give forty-eight hours notice o: HATTOX-GA ADEN,.—Yesterdity, G. Re.inrz J. Sack, both lads, were charged by Mr. Moti: . .Lt'n, proprietor of the Saracen's Head, Snow-IA, stopping him in Goiv:ell,treet:road cn 5.:117.:ar night, and robbing him of hi; watch, chain, seals. Mr. M. stated, that Rubinson ran bkey a d ,, s t .ll : l :-; him, and snatched the watch out of his fob, Mr. M. gave him a blow with his stick, a pi n n d ion toc down, but he was immediately and both effected their escare. After tome time they were found in company with about 2t) young thieves, drinking in a public-houe, and were taken. They were searched, but the watch was not found on either of them. Mr. NI. was positive to identity of the prisoners, and they were reinan!.ed. CHARGE OF HIGH TIMASON.-It was expec:ed tint J. Palin, the man charged n ith being cuucerne.i in the Cato-street Conspiracy, would have undergeme examination, on Monday, btfore the Privy Council, and the Officers who apprehended him were waiting the whole of that day fur an order to convey him to the Secretary of State's Office, but it .a•as at length di rected that he should ,ernain in the•llouse of Cot. rection until Saturday next, when he will he mined. On the arrival of the wretched man at CI:- ‘House of Correction en Friday evening last, he be. came dreadfully agitated, and trembled so t.11:1' could scarcely stand. He was placed in one of State apartment, and was accommodated with every thing that the nature of his situation would admit His mother, an aged. woman, and very pocr, was in waiting nearly the whole of Monday and yesterday :o see her son, and she applied to the Sitting 31agi:;trate for an order to visit him in the House of Correction. Palin was formerly a man of very industrious habit;, and entirely supported- his mother and a family his labour. The total number of Schools in Scotland, of descriptions, is 3,556, in which are taught 176,5:: - 3 children. On the morning of Friday sennight, about 25 mi nutes before one o'clock, a meteor was observed by several persons to pass over York. It had tI..A ;--.:1- peat-ance of a large ball of fire, but was not cer.-t -pletely round, and was first seen in the south-west, passing in a north-east direction, and was visible abont tour seconds, during which time the streets were a light as at noon-day. About three minutes after its disappearance, a loud peal of thunder was heard, and darkness then continued is before, withoiit any other meteorous appearance. A fine young woman, named HAWEES, while at tending Divine Service on Sunday, at a Dissenting Chapel at Barnet, fell down, and instantly expired. FUNERAL CLOTlL—Several cases of litigation hav ing occurred respecting the right to the black cloth in hanging Churches at • ' public funerals, it may be worth while to record a recent decision of the ques tion by Judge BAYLEY. His Lordship, in his charge to the Jury, laid it down, that no individual had a right to hang up what ,are called ornaments in a Church, without leave of the Rector, because the freehold of the Church was in him, and he might make his own terms for that leave. "In general,' said his Lordship, " when private individuals hang np black cloth in the Church with the con curttnce of the Rector, , there is a kind of understani ing that the cloth shall become the property of the Rector. In the present case there has been no bargain made between the Churchwardens and the Clergy man, with respect to the terms upon which the cloth should be hung up, consequently the latter had no right to take any part of it ; because, by law he was not entitled to take such property, unless by matter of arrangement between the partiesto whom it belonged:* BIRTH. Nov. 4, at Ducidingitone, the wife of Thomas 111 6 Waltsr, its nartermaster of the Scots Greys, of a son and heir. MARRIED. Nov. 14, Captain George Wyndham, R.N. to Jane, daughter of the Rev. W. Roberts, 'Vice-Provost of Eton College. DIED. Yesterday, at his house in Hill-street, Berkeley-square, in tli'r 7Sth year of his age, the Earl of Malmesbury. Nov. 10, at Edinburgh, Colonel Maxwell, late of the 7t6 Dragoon. Guards. March 3n, In the Island of Tobago, Mr. John Duncan, mer chant, youngest son of the late George Duncan, Esq. Conarrol ler of Stamp Duties for Scotland. At Castle-Douglas, in Galloway, on the 7th inst. Mr. . 1 ( 412 Douglas, sen. aged 75, one of the earliest feuars, and one of :be oldest inhabitants of the Burgh. He was one Of the fooldeof of the Friendly Society, the first institution of the kind in Clitis Douglas; and the last of his life was an act of charity. tn:,t going round with a subscription paper, for the relief of a ' , Woo in distress, he was suddenly seised with a violent illness, w: 1101 curried Lim offin a few-hours. HIGH-WATER at LONDON Mil DG IC TO-Mtill tils • Mcrning - 19 minute.; after 4 - Afternoon - 40 LON LION : Printed atui published by Levet. Kw, fiche"' Phet, Temyte- T' Nu = tnE the 1; sod 3 . lft 01 Iron it pm Novi Britt chase a ape Phi X lath rhos pre* Nur ail MI i Da suli tra bcx Lit sot