The National Register. — London, England, 1820-05-14 00:00:00

ear Faibu ß td, contained In a .periodical work railed the " Black ook." WiDNIIDAY, MAY 10. Bninani.—Abraham Wynne, John Goodeve, and Henry I)unsford, Agents to Mr. Swann. appeared to receive judgment, after having been found guilty of bribery at the Assizes for Cornwall. The offence was commuted at Penryn, during the election of 1818, in order to insure the return of Mr. Swaim to Parliament. Affidavits were read, stating the general good character of the defendants. Mr. Justice Bayley, declared the Judgment of the Court:—John Goodeve and Abraham Wynne were sentenced to 6 months in Bodmin gaol. Dunsfurd was sentenced to .be imprisoned pne year, in the same gaol. iraIDAT, iliil It. TTHE LINO V. WOLSRIAY AND HARRISON. he Solicitor-Peneral prayed the judgment of the Court on Sir C. Wolseley, Bart. and Joseph Harrison. Mr. Justice Best read the proceedings of the trial from the notes of the Chief Justice of Chester. The Court then intimated to Mr. Pearson that they were ready to hear him in support of his argument for a new Mr. Pearson- Xs some length, explained the grounds . upon which he thought a new trial ought to begranted. Atltese rested principally on the direction of the Judge who had presided at the trial, especially in stating to the Jury that the evidence of Johnson was' uncontradicied, when he (Mr. Pearson) contended that he had received complete contradiction ; and in connecting the observa tions of Sir C. Wolseley with respect to spies with the assault committed on the officer, it appeired in evidence that the Litter had taken place three quarters of an hour before Sir Charles's arrival. On these points Mr. Pearson spoke ably and forcibly. . Mr. Park followed on the same side. Mr. Chitty, on behalf of Harrison, also addressed the Court. The Chief Justice expressed his opinion; that there was no ground (or a new trial.—The other Judges con curred in this opinion. Sir Charles Wolseley's affidavit was then read, in which he denied having used the words imputed to him by the witnesses for the prosecution. Mr. Pearson addressed the Court in mitigation. Mr. Harrison being asked if he had any. thing to say, answered—" l havq butt a few observations to make. I beg leave to state, thabbeing in 'Newgate under a very heavy sentence, 1 save had; no opportunity to employ an attorney. I do not mean to sets much. I must bear the weight of the Court's displeasure. If the Hon. Baronet may escape, I will bear with patience the judg ment of the Court. The Solicitor-General, in support of the prosecution addielsed the Court, pointing out the mischief which might have ensued from the effect a man of rank and education like Sir C. Wolseley was likely to produce on the working classes of the community who assembled at Stockport. He the defendants to the Court. The Chief-Justice said, after some deliberation with the other Judges " We will confer4n our judgment in this case till Monday. Harrison must remain in custody' and be brought up on.Ronday. Sir C. Wolseley, ac cording to the practice of the Court, must be committed to the custody of the Marshall, and appear on Monday again." The defendants-then left the Court. THS LING V. 14ANN. The defendant, who had been convicted of publishing &libel, was brought up to receive judgment, but in con sequence of baying discontinued the sale after the prosecution commenced, he was discharged upon his recognizance. BM NG. . busy fight took place yesterday on Beeson Green, near Jackas Common, between G. Coithead, a farmer, and Calvert, a yeoman also. They fought for 20 guineas aside, and another stake of richer quality, who should enjoy the charms of a handsome young landlatle They , were rival lo which caused this combat, and both had a .c of science. The first round lasted nine minutes, and the men bit ray with much determination and avoided going down much as possible. The ulood flew about in all direr- Amu, and the round ended by Cushead giving his ad versary a heavy till. Much 011111011 was used, as the men were tired; but -alvert showed must science in placing two left•halided facers and breaking away; a rally followed, awl Calrert floored by a tairmelling bit on We ribs with the right Both had got second win, and they let Inc.- as in the 4 round, and rallied away for seven minutes, after which both went down at wrestling. The lady would not have been able to tell her rival apart, 'seeping by white bead and black head, faces being hid by the contusions from bitting.— ishead was knocked down by a blow on the throat, the effects of which the battle was lost. This was the last round. and it was equally manfully Contested with We others. Coxliesd fought game, but Is head was cluniceried so, that be reeled about a if be 1 taken a quart of blue ruin. He was again knocked wn by a blow on the body, which won the fight for Calvert, as his antagonist could not come again to the scratch. Tuesday evening as Mr. James Smith, Vestry of St. Mary, Whitechapel, was passing along Hayoon.square, near the Minories, a fellow ran by, shoved him aside, and robbed him of his watch. . Smith not perceiving that he was robbed, tarn round, and reprimanded the fellow fur his conduct, which the thief made him a polite apology, walked off. Mr. Smith, on discovering his loss, Ewoued hint, but without effect. • OLD BAILEY. SATURDAY, MAY I. THE LATE CONSPIRACY. 'This :limning. at nine o'clock, the Common Sergeant took his seat on the Bench, and shortly r after Abel Hall. shoemaker ; John Firth, eowk ; Robert George. William Sim monde. servant; Thotnas Prestoo, shoemaker; and Thomas Hazard, trine shop keeper; all charged on suspicion of being concerned in the late Treasonable Conspiracy. were brought into Court in the custody of Mr. Hodder. Keeper of Tothill Fields Prison, and Mr. Adkins, of the House of Correction. Abel Hall was first put to the Bar, and having answered to his name. the Clerk of the Arraigns told him that there Waft no person present toßite evidence against hhn, or to prosecute him. he was d* The same course was gone through with the remaining five prisoners. None of them attempted to address the Court except Prelim. who. when told by Mr. Skeen that he was discharged. as sumed an erect posture. and waiving his hand, exclaimeti--" My Lord;" in a Noe isdiootive of an intention to indulge the au. thence with a pariah Allies of no ordinary length. He was hewers' gather imseremenimnly stopped by Mr. Common Ser. itaaaa. wile laid. " Os EM Sir I give ne none of your nonsense ; hors an distimrpd ; Mow Mke him sway . " Preston and is him wenthen conducted out of Court, and were Shasta The primasto, with the exeeptioa of Preston. were respectably drorad - ; Firtk.in particular. was remarkably well attired. and had the appearance of a respectable tradesman. They all ap• peered in good health, and bore evident marks of kind treatment and god livi. Thes o e men ng . it will be recollected. were taken into custody im mediately after the Cato Street adidr. and bills of indictment were preferred against H and George. but were loured by the Grand Jury. Against the four others no bills were pre ferred. The Court then proceeded with she 'regular business of the Sessions. but the trials tluoughout the day were for petty offences not worth reporting. THE MlNT.—Regulations have been adopted at the Mint for accelerating the conversion of bullion into specie. An improved system has been introduced in a few small transactions, by returning the amount in coin within eight days, a proceeding which has given so much satisfaction, that it was subsequently determined to in. ' troduce equal dispatch in transactions of any magnitude. The preparations are now nuking at the Mint, where all business is suspended for fifteen days ; after which tine, we understand, the new system will be in full force and completeness. This state of things, separately I considered, leads naturally to the universal introduction of gold coin into circulation. It seems desirable, how. ever, in order to remove all impediments of whatever kind, that some new regulatiosa should be made in regard to the weight of the sovereigns and half sovereigns, new the only gold coin allowed to be issued. We believe the Royal - Proclamation, declaring them current, has fixed only one weight at which they can be received, without making, as in the guinea, any allowance for the loss incurred in circulation. This weight, in the case of the sovereigns, is so exactly adjusted to their newest awl most perfect state, that they have been fond occasi onally deficient when first issued. Out of:a payment of Sovereigns made lately into the Bank, not exceeding a few thousands, and which were perfectly new from the Mint, forty were returned for deficiency in weight. The wear caused by circulation would, of course, increase this evil, and no person will care to receive a coin whose value is liable, every time it is passed, to be disputed. Yet it is necessary to a complete return to the wholesome state of a circulation in specie,. that the people should be as willing to receive as Govern ment are to issue the medium. On Thursday last, Mr. R. Dalby, of Dringhouses near York, went to shoot rooks in Moreby Palk, having with him a double-barrelled gut.. He fired the right hand barrel without accident, and in a few minutes afterwards he discharged the other, when both the bar rels burst asunder, and were carried to a considerable distance behind him. The locks were both blown off, and one of them was found about 30 yards m the right. The stock was splintered in very small particles, and only the butt remained in his hands. The loading had forced its way out near the stock, and cut part of his coat sleeve, bite providentially he received but a slight wound on his left arm. A shocking accident occurred on Saturday last, at Ealing-Green, to a fine boy, two years and a half old, soil to Mr. Corderoy. The child in company with other children were playing in the garden of hlr. Cordemy's house, and meeting with a small bottle (wich was placed along with several in one corner) conyining a composition of vitriol, sweet oil, and. sugar, altind of horse medicine, he drank off the contents, and shortly afterwards began to scream. The child's cries attracted the mother's attention, who ran to the shop, and found the child with the empty phial in his hand, which had been incautintoly placed there. A surgeon was sent for, who cattle and afforded what assistance he could, but gave no hopes of the child's recovery, and he died the same night in the most excruciating agony. The following Verses were written by Brunt, in Newgate, on Sunday evening before his execution, after taking leave of his wife ; they were enclosed in an envelope, which was addressed to his wife; it contained also a shilling, the last farthing he pos- sessed, and he requested his wife to keep the shil ling, for his sake, as long as she lived " Tho' in a cell I'm close cortfin'd, No fears alarm the noble mind; Tho' death itself appears in view, Daunts not the soul sincerely true! " Let Sidmouth and his base Colleagues Cajole and plot their dark intrigues; Still each Briton's last words shall be, Oh! give me death or liberty 1 " Newgate, April 30, OM. "J. T. BRUNT." On Wednesday last James Bigmore, the cele brated pedestrian, ran in Mr. Harper's Apollo Gardens, Yarmouth, 24 miles in three hours, for 201. which be perfoimed considerably within the time. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 15t A team of oxen, the property of Mr. Chittenden, of Lockin h no, iu Kent, while drawing a waggon load of faggots on Saturday last, suddenly took fright and ran away at speed, and were at last stopped by two of the animals falling; by which one of them was killed, and the other had his horn broken, and Was mach hurt. On Tuesday night last, u Mr. Abraham Cole, residing at Clapton, was returning home across the fields leading from Hackney, he was attacked by two ruffians, who, after severely beating Mr. C. robbed him of his watch and pocket...book, contain ing five 1/. Bank of England notes and a sovereign. Castillo b. Servants.—Wednesday, about, seven o'clock in the morning, a man dressed in a fustian jacket and trowsers, and having the appearance of a. painter, called at the house of Mr. Parnel, at Wal.. worth, and told the servant maid that he came to examine the house by order of Mr. P. preparatory to its being painted. The girl , having no suspicion, admitted him without hesitation. He first surveyed the kitchen, where (as if inadvertently) he left his rule, and then proceeded to look at the front and back parlours • here he suddenly missed his rule, and desired. t he servant to fetch it, which she did ; after pretending to take the measure of the wainscot, and taking a few notes on a piece of paper with a black-lead pencil, he went away, promising to. call again when the family were risen. As soon as Mr. P. got up, the girl communicated to him .what had happened ; but as be bad cedered no painter to come, be immediately suspected a robbery, and. on exami_ nation, it was discovered &that the sideboard drawer had been forced, and thirteen pieces of plate stolen. MausoLeon.—This name is given to menu.- mental pile, from the circumstance of Artemesia having erected one of extraordinary splendour to her husband Mausolus, King of Carla. This monu ment was reckoned one of the seven wonders of the • world. The remains of Mausolus were not, indeed,. inclosed in it, for Artemeria, having gathered.to gether his ashes, and beaten his.bones to , powder, took a portion of them every day in her drink, till she had in this manner drunk them all down, aiming., thereby to make her body the sepulchre of her dead husband; and in two years time she pined herself to death ih sorrowing fur him.. There are few Artemesias live in our days, though there are. many . Ephesian Matrons. On Saturday, after Mr. Hunt had left the Court of King's Bench, in , his way home, he was served with an execution for 426 L at the suit of the High. Bailiff of Westminster, for his share of the expert= of the Hustings, &c. as a Candidate at a late Elec tion for that City, Mr. Morris having obtained a judgment against,Mr. Hunt for that sum. Upon the °Mole cunning the warrant, the whole sum was paid .y Mr. Hunt. _ _ Mis. Becher (the late celebrated Miss (YNeill) allicted with a complaint in her eyes,- from /which, serious consequences are apprehended. The Bishop of Norwich will hold his next Of.- dination on the 11th of June, at Norwich. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex Itas been< pleased to appoint the Rev. George Glover, rectos. of South-Repps and Billingford, and vicar of Cro. mer, in Norfolk, to be his- Royal Highness's Domestic Chaplain. In consequence of the distressed state of agricul ture, Lord Petre has directed a circular letter to • his tenants in Essex, expressive of his intention to allow them 10 per cent. in their half .year's rentost the ensuing audit. In the Court of Exchequer, on Saturday; an ap. plication to set aside the reeognizances of. Mr. West. and others, which had been estrested at the late , Assists for Norfolk, in consequence of their not. appearing to prosecute a prisoner for hoar steeling,. , was refused. On Saturday night some villains broke into the Parish Church of St. Nicholas, Deptford, and entered the vestry, where a large iron chest was, containitig the Commu nion Service plate. The thieves had several iron crow bars for the purpose of opening the cleat; but tram its strength they did not succeed. They emptied four bot tles of wine, and carried the remainder away with them„ with three surplices belonging to the clergyman. Wednesday afternoon,during the high witicl,as.a peer man was going along Charing Cross from Crai4's.cottrt, I a tile blew off the roof of the Silver Cross Witte Vaults, and fell on his head which at fractured. He was car- ~~~.. tied. into • the shop of Mr. Rowley tobacconist, door, and surgical assistance sent fur. CO ROINTRR'S INCIUSST.—An Inquest was held on Saturday, at the sign of the Sun, corner of Great Ormond. Street, Queen Squaw, on the body of Stephen Rood, who hung himself. The deceased was an old man, and kept a house in Ormond-yard ; he was in a state of mental derangement fur about three months before his committing this dreadful act. About eight o'clock the preceding morning, he came in from taking a walk ; he went tip stairs to his bed-mon o, anal 111 ti n minutes a fter, lie was found by his wile, suspended by a cord from tbe tester of his bed. She gave the alarm, and his son came and cut him down. Dr. James attended, but found bin: ...... dead, and that all attempts to restore animation of colirse were useless.—Verdict, " Hanged himself in a suit temporary deranGement.' • . .1.1::&1.- The *libel, 'equal prosecl own n A Greer fan fuugh a rich hands yers, slice The away as sow floss, versar 2. A Calvet facer. was 11, Mad. 5.13 first r which 4. 1 lovers their Coxhe trout t 3. 1 causes his hei bad tal down Calves scratcl Tu, Clerk Hayes shove / Mr. 8 ed rou upo n and Ns Maul IM