The National Register. — London, England, 1814-07-17 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL !MOISTER. Sir Francis Itordett conscqueoce of this Resolution bein2 carried, I Wive now another to propose. necessarily ari4og out of the former :--" Resolved, That it ts, therf.fine, the opilion of this Meetiog.. that Lord r;ochrane is a proper Person to represent the City of Westminster in Parliament, and that he be put in nomina tion at the ensuing Election." This was seconded by Mr. Wishart, and al.o carried with ap plause. The next Resolution was for the aeointment of a Committee, to carry intr. effect the foregoing Resolotion , ; then another for cipening a Subscription to defray the expellees of the. ensuing Eke-. ti on. The Thanks of the liectino were then voted to Sir Francis Burdett, and the 41 11.),: , :iifeihle Member: w!io voted against the expel-ion of Lord toel;r:tor. Sir Franck retiirti , d iii. thanks to the MAI for his atten tion to t!ie Niche= or the elector., and for hi , . stpi . ight and impartial conduct in the Chair. Mr. Morris expressed his sati,faction at the tc-tirnony of their approbation which lie hid just received, and hoped lii' conduct at the enmin4 election w .111(1 entitle him a continua:let of their confidence. The Meeting was then di:-clued. WESTMINSTEIi ELECTION. At an early hour yesterday rico - ale:l , , , reat emu-novae of people assembled to %%Ones- the cerenomy of r-t , •rning Lord Cochrane to Parlianetit the pity of Westminster. About ten o'clock Sir Francis Mullett came on the-huslings, and as soon as silence was obtained, he proceeded to sta , e, that al• though he hail had the honour of addressing Cc Electors of West minster on many occasions. yet the present necasion afforded him infinite pleasure. as the cause was co n nected ..sith the pnrest mo tives, and ',mild .genre freedom to the people of the city of West minster. ( Loud applanhe.) He need not (continned Sir Francis) enter into a (load of the eirenmstances appertaining to the trial and conviction of Loyd Coehrie,e, as every one lie haul the humour of addressing must 1w in full pasression of the fact , : relating to that proceeding. Notwithstanding all that had been -aid by great legal ebaracters, relative to the trial and expulsion of Lord Cochrane, be hoped that the great and enlightened people of the city of West minster would combine in one unanimous voice for the re election saf that Noble Lord, on whom so ninny fool aspersions had been thrown by insidious men of great power. 111 doing this, the body of Electors would contribute greatly to remove the alms'ss existing in the Senate. ( .4_pplayse.) He (Sir Francis) had heard a great deal about hoaxes, and particularly of that which alluded to Lord Cochrane ; no!intunately this was not the only hoax ; for, much as be revered a " Trial by Jury," he &ntended that the persons who composed that jury ought to be impartially selected. and not (which lie should call a hoax) to be pocked ; not that he (Sir Francis) could impute the slightest blame to the. respectable Jury who con victed Lord Cochrane : under the circumstances of the ease, they could not discharge the duty entrusted to them more conseienti misty. Sir Francis then made sevrral strong allasions to the con duct of the Learned Judge who tried the case, and said it was the duty of a Judge to be impala' on all occasions. Ho could not say whether that necessary impartiality was manifested in the case to which he alluded. Regarding hoaxes, he Nhould beg the Eke tors of the city of Westminster to turn their eyes to the flotilla in Hyde Park, and also to the ihrthcoming lair to be held in that Park. (Loud applause. and laughter.) Was this the way to spend the public money ? (Applause.) lint the greatest hoax was one which lie had sewn in the Morning Post of this day, relative to the Princess Charlotte of Wales. Sir Francis then read the paragraph, and animadverted on it. Refine he concluded, he must beg leave to sly, that the greatest hoax was the expulsion of Lord Cochrane, by what were termed the Guardians of the People, and the Distri butors of the Public Purse. Now the hour of danger has passed, lie hoped the people would insure their independence by returning Lord Cochrane to sit in the House, as their true and faithful Re presentative. If there could be an example worthy of the emulation of the world, it was to be found in the people of the city of West minster. (Applause.) If T.ord Cochrane was returned, it would afford the Electors the satisfaction of defeating all the machina tions, and give a prcper admonition to Government. He concluded by moving, that the Elfcturs of the city of Westminster do return Lord Cochrane to represent them in Parliament. ( Loud Applause.) Mr Scorch seconded the motion. Mr. Wishart addressed them in a shori..speech, as did Alderman Wood, wl.o alluded to the late trausactiou at Carlteu•house, cud JULY 17. said the public were misinformed as to the facts of t!..e cacti., as he knew that her Roya ili2lmeis had made throe attempts to e , cdpe from leer confinement. ( Applause ) • Sir Francis Burdett 's matioji was then put and carried nem. con, and the meeting adjourned. GRAMPOUNn ELECTION.—On AVednesday last the Election for Granwomid took place for a member to .erve in the room of Cocti. rime Johnstone. The Candidates were Ebenezer John Collett, Es q . and a Mr. Montagne in the interest of Mr. Teed. The numbets were For Mr. Collett 45 Fur Mr. M4otague .5 Upon which Mr. Collett wai declared duly elected. LA IV INTL L LIG ENCE. COURT' UL KING's BENCIL—SAmumir. THE 1 1- NG V. ITANNAM. This was an indictment charging the defendant with having fahri. cater! a Commission liankruptey against a person named Cop,. laud, for the purrre of obtaining a controul over the liankttipri propert A .% narned Barlow, was called to support the proseention, who depn.cd, that he had been applied to hv the defendant, with w..om he was very intimate, who stated that Copeland wa• indebted to hint a considerable slim, but he, belng an attorney, could nut le rally prove his debt. he th , 4 clove requested the witi.ess wou ld t') Guildhall. avid prove for him—saying, there w nothiur! in it, it was done every day, and fully Witne-s havi► g. a full re- Hance OIL his friends honor, :wens-dim:lv went to Guildhall. and pat in his claim 10 the pretend( d debt, together with several others, lie could not recollect what questions were pia to i, sn , or what answers he made, but, Pit the hook being tendered to !aim to take the oath, he watched his opportunity, andeontriv: d to evade it. Upon this ttretembed proof of debt, the defendant got him appointed one of the A tsiinees, atul he continned to art as such till, at last, some scruples of eonscienco arising, he told the defendant he :ins pected he was acting wrong. The defendant, however, owed him to the contrary, and said, as he was one ct the ,liizness, Ito must continue to act. He did accortlin‘z'y continue to act some time longer. till, in consequence of some .:o:nomnication he had with Mr. H. Holloway, an attorney, he was induced to become witness against the present defendant. Lot ELLENBOROVGH here interfered, and asked the Attorney. General if it were possible to go to the Jury in a (piestiGn of so nitteh importance to a defendant, as this was, upon evidence so in famous in its nature as what this witness had given All might, by possibility, he true, but would the Jury give credit to the testi mony of a person who had thus trifled with the sacred obligation of an oath, when that testimony was unsupported by any other. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL declined to proceed, and the Jury alk quitted the defendant. OLD .BAILEY. Thursday the Sessions ended, when sentence of death was passed on Charles Smith, alias Chapman, for returning from transportation ; John Mitchell, for forgery; Joachim Boaz, Moses Roelitoz, for stealing privately in a warehouse ; Joseph Payne, for stealing Ili vately in a shop; Francis Stnrgess, for highway robbery ; Michael Maroney, alias Maloney, and Jelin Ashton, for a like offence ; Thomas Wall, for housebreaking; James Miller, alias Josephs. for highway robbery ; Ann Williams, for ste;.!inl in a dwelling-house; John Fisher and Charles Hollingshoad, for like offences ; Charles Wilkins, for stealing a gelding; John Roberts, for stealing in a dwelling-house ; and Win. Elliott, for maliciously cutting James Hall.—Eleven were ordered to be transported for life—Two for fourteen years—Thirty for seven ears—Five were ordered to be imprisoned in the Home of Correction at Clerkenwell, for two years—Two for one year—And fifteen for six calendar months each—Nineteen were crdered to be imprisoned in Newgate for various periods—eight t.; bo ”rivattly whipped—Six fined one shilling each and discharged—Aim were discharged by prOelatna tion.r.-Sessions adjourned to the 14th Sevicuiber next.