The National Register. — London, England, 1816-08-12 00:00:00

I BEL.IS D. The nryligt Vries Letter says—" .1 fur nights ago (we lie. lie.., Monday se'noigist t, the house or a farmer, satiated be tvri•en .Antsiin and Laitgliatitrmre. °as beset by a banditti, hay. i.. 4 their faces blackened. 'fliey soon forced au eutrancr, 111111 demanded his 'Hooey, w bit It they limy knew he possessed. lir assured thesis he had none. for that lie load, on the pre'. ions raw. his rent •ritli it. They reiterated their demands with dr.adlisl threateninv., to which the poor man could only reply bs sin assuring them he had paid his tent with it They 1% 01 11,1 not b.lirse him, nod, imputing his denial to °bobtail , trThv procersie,l In break the taffies and chairs in 111,110.1. e, curl with 1111.4 r they kindled a large tire on the hearth. then vcireil hint. and strelebed the wietelied victim on the blazing wood, where they held him, reg. • !less of his +meatus end writoinits, until lie was sest•tely setureaud its 'Haricot part, of the body ; and one of his sides is :•o dreadfully bona, that it is net thoiczlit he eau recover. When the unhappy sidierm \Was •••viritil in Ills' midst til linens, Ilie wreicht•s tbs %% him via WI Ills' door, where they left him, nod retreated trim the bons,., not supposing that any eye witnessed this Ira vie scene. hot I Winter urdereik it othi•ruise ; for a young woman. who was in the lonise, mud who hid herself when they tint entered, slw the whole transaction, und distinctly knew , two of the pasty, who resided in the toei•zliliourhood Next day she lodged informations against them befbre a 'Magistrate, and they have both 1111.11 apprehended and committed to the Gaol of Cal riekrergits, to abide their trial at the ensuing Assizes." A few nights no 4 Most OaWine and savage outrage was tooltillittodiO the ocighbottlllOod Of C 111110114411, 4 some mom s , er, oho cut the tail, and mie of the ears, cal the loose of the Its.e. Mr. Hoy lon. Se% ecal deep incisions were also malt- in the sit i.k of the animal with some sharp instillment. l'hi• srand.slons piece of malice and barbarity, we are informed, is toil) purt til a system of opposition acted upon by 4 1 . 1.1 t igao raid and Illi•Casided wr. tales, wlto, in thus expressing hostility to Mr. N. rat nlarh appointed to lltnt morbli, disgrace all religion, violate the peace, and diltti,t luinutuit) into the bargain.— Enni. , l:;l fen V hrorticle. A H1C.11%% A A 7.1 SN tilloT.—The Frecwas's Journal says— ft 'alum:thou was brought to the Head l'olice (Mice, Dublin, early on Saturday morning last, that the post-buy carrying the mail ti bun Dublin to Mithincar, escorted by a single dragoon of tile in& reginivitt, ma• assailed by a hatalitti of In or 11. between '.llasan and Nobber, c ty of Meath. The most daring of the ruffians, after the usual cry of • stand' wits given by the v. hole h o ly, walked boldly tip viwards the po.t.boy when the dragoon instantly shot him dead with his carbine. whole of his ace mpliees, terrified at this instance of bravery, and the fate of their comrade, tied with pet eipitation, and suffered the mail to proceed without further molestation.* SCOTLAND. RIOT AT GIAS'3OW. The Glannec Herald of Friday sulthight gives the following •orrect de t .• We are extremely sorry to say, that yesterday evening we had some rioting here. A full account of the whole artitir is to be given officially ; but we think it our duty to state shortly the extent of the mis chief, to prevent exaggerated accounts tenni getting currency. A soup kitchen was opened yesterehty in the ( aunt, pnneipally from funds raised in that neighbourhood, and under the superintendence of some of the Justices. Whether the people who were to be benetted by this institution were dissatisfied at this mode of applying the fe n ds, or whe ther they were displeased with the broth it with the conduct of those who distributed it. or whether there were some mischievous peo ple who merely wished for a pretence to cause a disturbance, it is im possible to say ; but symptoms of discontent certainly did appear about one o'clock, in the usual way of boys throwing stones, and the windows of the persons who managed the soup kitchen were broken. Several of the Justices immediately repaired to the place, and by their firmness and moderation repressed the turbulence of the people tor some hours; but about four o'clock the violence became so alarming, that it was necessary to procure additional assistance ; and there being no efficient police in the suburb, the military were sent tbr, and the Sheriff of the county repaired to the spot. Four or five of the most violent of the rioter, were seized, and sent under the escort of the military to gaol. On their way thither, and more particularly on their return from it, the soldiers were assailed by violent showers of stones and brick-bats, by which the most of them have Item severely hurt—and although they bore every injury with the utmost forbearance, they were oblifed, in san eine instances . to tire, in sell-defence. One man in the crow re ceived a shot in the thigh; and it is reported that another has been wounded in the leg in ann. This is all the Crest produced by the tiring as far as we can ascertain : hut we have no doubt it will be greatly magnified in the private. accounts that go to a distance. • On this unpleasant sultiect we wi-h to be as short as possible ; hut we think it our duty to caution the reader againu contUunding the sober, intelligent, and patient artisan with the rioters of last night. The distresses of the operative weavers. and of those connected with that business, have been and continue to be most severe; and we trust that the fully and madness of a few will not prevent those who have it in their dower from giving assistance, where it is so re q ui s ite, and where the objects of their liberality arc so deserving of it. • The military employed on this occasion were a small party of She tith Dragoon Guard,. and from so to too of the 70'h Highlanders." SI:3131E11 ASSIZES. ESSF.X.-CALLMSIMID, FRIDAY, Aix, 9. EILDUCTION.-AYTON r. WyLKFR. This was an action brought by Mr. John Ayton against the defendant, for th.• loss of services, dc. et his daughter, occa sioned by seduction. Mr. Merry - al I, on the part of the plaintiff. addressed the Jury. He stated, that the piaiiditl was the eldest unmarried of live thitightev, of a 11 . 1IPPet.lhlc farinei , l'esidisig at Tollesbury-ltall: in the: roomy ; the &fend:int was the only sou of a rainier re. aiding in the neighbourhood of the same pla ce . In the eonrse of the year isri, the defendant %m is introduced to the plaintiff's daughter, and in a short time they euinced a partiality toward% each other, which was Allerel'lll . ll on the pal r of the defendant by addresses of the warm. , , nature, and °treeing to make he. h s wife. The datighter of the plaaititi continued to r .(clue the ..onstant %kits of the defendant. She listened to his pro testations, and aftersome time, in an unguarded moment, yielded to his solicitations; and boriene pregnant, and %%as delis rued of St child on the 25d of March lust. Lliraheth Ayton deposed, that she wa , 19 years of age, and ie•iiied at Tollesbury, where she had the management of her fail'. I'. household affairs. In the month of November, Inn, she 1.•. ante acquainted with the defendant, Wa:ker, who eons). no d v sting her nod paid I. address: in thi• warniiist . The idea of inarriuge between hei and the derndant bi•ing entertained, she obiiiiiied her father'. the n °nth of December following, the deleilihint urged his soliei- Wien a hi the most pressing manner; 1110ig, " as moon as the marr age was completed, they wonil r e tire w pi live w the !owe, - farm;" and making various other pruLapws, pined coin ascetAtiutcy ovce bet lettings. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. cross,e.; tttt ; t ;sir oursies.—wirm.ss was ;;; the habit of rceci% ut the visits of the liefendane nt night tor sumeellitliC.ll% but was never left up al •in him company. I ler father mm ally went to bid at an early hour ; but on the °erasion ni the de fendant's visits. her two brothers, one 1;., and the other 19, were generally in company. Mr. Gurney now rose to reply on the part of the defendant. lie cases of this kind he scarcely ever knew the faces lu be otherwise than under a Ist sc of twirreage, but tlecJtery would recollect, that in the present instance, lite delidtilmit nos but a math of 19 years of age, iiitroulitecil suddenly into a enmity were liberties and fundeatties were allowed hem, eudi g tit carotn. stances for which the plainiiif had (40.n:1y to thank himself. What model be e•perted to resit t trout two young persons being permitted to sit tip at u late hour at night .5 practice from which, if ass mischief did arise, it was the inennebeett duty of the plaintiff so have prevented : and not harem; Ms prei cussed. Ise was Mimi if answerable for the I)ll , 4ilielire , . It IV.Is the duty of the pl: *if also when he observed this imittomy wl Mb as described to have es.isted br- In a co his elaun‘luer and Ilse detendatte, to inquire w lactlicr their attacheen tit massanclioncil by the tallier of the defendant. This license at least via* necessary; and is• mum inquiry it was foisted not to II.IVe• IWeli grimiest. then it became hut ens ;wrath e deity to forbid the lestvi rosif!..e. it Slalilt man of It, and attire of 19, nub Al no dale let by passion, are stett , :ic.l to sit up to:4oher until utislinght ; and for this con dct, and its cense pullet, the patinietlis n holly responsible. 1 he defendant, though the only aim of a respectable farmer, was nevertheless himself n hotly deist:loli let : lout he felt-con vinced Iliat the jary would agree with hint, under all elie eir rueuslances, /tut Ihr plaltltill on. undeserving of aslV consider able reparation. wad that they would apportion to hint a very small measure of damage, _ _ Air. Ju‘tice llntronyTts told the Jurv, that the• Plailbta wail evrtalllle osititled to edict, hot the• awunut tested solely %%Rh them. He dist not think that, 4111 Cie pre,Aeott ocea•ion, Mr. A tan had beno se re i oehen , ible with rega .! to tke de fourfaot's being in l'olllpAlly with Alias Acton at iii.;lo; for it wunld be recollected, shut when the plaintiff load Lime.tO bed at ;An early hour, Iw asually.left two sous iu cowpony w.th file pitfill'A. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintirf--Daincgr., :131. CROWN sun:. .loltn 'Unwise was indicted tin a rape upon Elizabeth, the wile of dames Smith, 11'..141* Ockenden, In this c I s, uu the Ist of .Ipril last. The acconnt she gave it as, Ihatt the pris,iner mid her in the dusk id' the evoiine, as she was alkinz on the road ; lie came up to her HIII: said lie would kiss her ; sbe said she hoped not; but lie laid hold of her: and she then detailed circumstances which showed that they had the sexual tut er course : but from sonic part of the evidence, his Lordship di rected the jury to acquit him of the 'Jr': bait, has ing Liken her shawl, be was foetid guiltv of the larceny, and was sen tenced to seven years' transportation. At Essex Assizes, John Smith was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 2Stli of July, a piece of pork, a piece of bread, and a piece ofelicese, the property of Ilieabeils Dent.—The prosecutrix in this ease, a polar old all, actually found Ike prisoner in her pantry, with these things parked up ready to be conveyed away. She i tttt neiliately sassed lion. and evinced a considerable degree of A 111117.11111411 fortitude in .• banging him into a chair," and mei coming hint. Observing he tainted his eyes towards a small sword in bcr room, she said, Oh! that's what you're at—theti 11l base first at it." Upon which she drew the sword, and held it over the prisoner. io the chair, until she zot further assistance. The prisoner, hipttis defence, pleaded hanger; and, on his being found Guilty, the I.:oint thiiiking that there taieht be inane ft, Whin for that excuse, sentenced him col: to six months imprisonnicuL 1)ER111" ASSIZES. A. cause came on before Justiee - Graham, and a special jury, which had excited considerable iutere•t in the neighbour. hood of Derby. Miss Ana Nlateliti (sister to Mr. Matelitf, gro cer at Derby) was plaintiff, and Sir Willoughby Dixie, of Nlar ket-Bosworth, Bait., was defendant. The act was brought to,reenver compensation in damages for a breach of.proiniseof marriage made sonic yt-41 , ago; when, after a bees ing which lasted about live hours, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, with 1,5001. damages. The verdict gave great satis faction to a very crowded Court. At the Kent Assizes, James Donald, a naval officer, was con victed of forging and nue, ing a bill Of esehange, commonly called a navy hill, purporting to be drawn by Lieutenant Por ter, of his Slajesty's shin '1) rian, with intent to defraud the Commissioners of the Navy. The Judge immediately pronounced the sentence of death : during which the untintimatc ton's wife, alto had been in Court during the trial, uttered a scream and tell almost lifeless. he was carried out of Court, and after aurae time recovered. John Ashhee, proprietor of a paper-mill near Canterbury, was indicted for forging and uttering the stamp used by the direction of the Commissioners of Excise to denote the ioy ment of &die , . on the paper. Stride, six officer of excise, who surveyed the mill of the prisoner, moved the fact of foreod stamps being on the wrap pers of paper sold by the prison, r. Thomas Chilton, the servant of the prisoner, who was also in custody, said, that he had made the foi ced stamp; that eettieg possession of the otheer's stamp, he Intl made a model or it in clay, and then east three leaden ones, with which he marked the palter; and his master had • o tiequently stamped .he wrappers with the forged mark. lie ass eruss-esiiiinned by Mr. Knout's with a view to sub line that he annie was the guilty person; not he persiste d. that his master hail also frequently used the stamp ; and Snide pros that on some of the forged wrappers dime. ea. a,.0 the prisoner's The Jnry found him Guilty, and lie was sentenced to seven years Irawedortatiosi. . . . . Matthew Connor, John Brown, and John Curby, were in !acted for stealing tot 1/3110 of dollar., 610111 on board a vessel, called the Lin oinandel buy, on the navigable river Thames. The general circumstances of tlik case have been frequent:y 4efore the public, 9io ,V 4 to render a detail unnecessary. They we. e all found Guilty, and inutie,hately sentenced to death ; the Learned Judge informing tbcw that. the Law scould take its cunrse. At the Rutland Assizes, J. Lewin, aged 12, was capitally con victed (doe:ding notes and cash to the uuaunt Of 1001. and I). Lewin, his father, was also convicted 1 . receiving the same, knowing them to have been stolen. The Judge, in passing sent , oiee, remarked with much *event, upon the eutiduet of the tales prbanii r, in bringing up a child to robbery and Tile buy was reprieved. The father to be ti :imported to' 14 years. At the Salisbury Assizes, John Lampier received sentence of death for refusing to gne the *hole or I,in evidence, af.cr Irein , , admitted a witness for the Crnwn at th- last Assizes, mid being himself's/ow charged with lengthy' teibny. AI'GtTT At the general mutt ter ses•ions, holden at Wished,. on the 17th of last month, a singular, and, happily, from the , ent per of the times, a novel appeal came before the Magis trates for their determination ; in which Itoliert Nt wstead, • preacher in the Alethoilist C Zinn, was appellasit, and th* Reverend 11steri 44444 Peyton, ector of Diultlington, aad Thos. Orton, Esq, hr.) of his N1.1.)1. , tt . 4 Jristices for the Isle of Ely, were respondents --It appeared from the conviction, and the evidence adduced in support of it, that the offence with which Mr. Newstead stood charged, wag, the eollecting together ft congregation or assettility of persans, and preaching to them, '• nth. rwiw titan aecording to the liturgy and practice of the Church of England, in at field which hail not been licensed. This was Mr. Newstead's crime ; it was for this, that the re verend rector of Diuldingtost roused his feilow.bilsourer in the work of rehirmatioo, to be apprehended ; and that lii , and his brother hlagistrate convicted him in the utmost penalty which rho 'fide-ratios' Act imitoscs! •%gainst the legality of this conviction Mr. Newsteail appealed. r several o'a. Jertiors had been taken to the farm of the conviction, by 'Nievrdeitif's roamed. and which were over-ruled by the Conti. Itiebaril Vince, servant to llr. Peyton, swore that lie heard Mr. Newstead preach in a field at l/itililitszton, on ;smoky, th • ills, of April last; that lie preached contrary to the liturgy i.f the Chat eh of England ; and that there were more than to cloy persons ',resent. On Isis cross asaminaeimn , Ile admitted that he dill not know what it was he preached, whether it ware a prayer or a Wrllll9ll , it was 340,110116411,, but he knew not what and that he kites% he lire:whet' contrary to the liturgy of the Church of England only beeause he haul toot the Prayer-hook is his hand f John lame, another of Nlr. Peyton . % servants, COrrti. borate(' the testintomy of the last is i•ness, but he would not swear that thoie were twenty persons present.--Me. Bet counsel far Mr. Nee:stead, submi!ted to the emir!, that the prosecutou Gad nut Made cull their case. The Toleration Act requires that the place where any congregation or assembly shall meet, at svh ch there shall lie present more: than twenty per .4041'4. (writhe the !amity and s.Tranis of the person in o hose lionse such meeting shall lee held, shall be certified and re els tes . Io order. therefore, he contended, to renders relizions meeting unlao I'M, according to tlw provisions of this Act, there must he present twenty persons of a parl;eulat description -of a retain class t‘tenty, exeltisire of 11 '139 and servants of III? owner or occupier of the place of meeting : but, far ettglit the Count knew from the testi 1111 l ity Of the witse2sses, (oMe of whoa could MA 'meat. that there were t 0 persons present.) the congregation might be chiefly composed of the family of the owner of the field. Ile further coptettiled, that a fill is not * 'dace ts hick refistired registration : the term " piace" of newt. ing is used throughout the het; und, in the lilts Perth/U, th at loran eLphined, and derided to he, a place with doors, bolts, bars, and locks. .1% therefore it did gut appear in evidence. that there were to enty persons present of the pas ticular class 'rewired by the Act, and as a hifitifing, and not a field, was ellfitelliplated by the legislature, he contended that the rtnn tint N:18 1111116Wfill, and most be t iteo.i t e,t-1 h e Ma g l s i tu f a ..., hnweter, confirmed it awl !wore, Mr. Newslead became ha - ble to the petialty of thirty pounds, or to three nossith ointment, A ease was demanded, on the Wirt of Mr. New. stead. for the imistion of the Court of King's Bench; but the prosveutor% having propnbeti to abandon the proseenti 111 l , soot engaged not t.i enforce the peen:hies, the Ii biol. of Mr. \ea • stead withdrew their application,llll% ill= ablliuerl ail 11:t.y eunfd de-sire. The tiestion of right, however, between the re. tor and the picas-leer rciaainssmileeitleft. YORK. 'The case of Elizabeth Ward. late of kothwell, for adminis. tering poison to her sister, cattle on for ti ial on .1 2 rida stoa night. Tlw prisoner is only It years of age. It WM a 1i:dots:II .cireunseitasiee in this case, that the mops material witiiemooi were persons nearly connected with the prisoner, a sister end a y ^ brother: it was with the •etturust difficulty that aileu el< could be obtained from the former to questions, the tri.elt 'icy of which W:l4 to criminate the prisoner, who had n,t Counsel. The Judge tock great pains to investigate the eireamstmict s of the ease ; but the pi out Was %Cry elltleitl4iVe. Jury, after retiring for a few minutes, f I the prisoner---Guilty; his LordAiii immediately rapowil wittekace of death ready stated, that the 14:111VIICC would iuctitUbl) cuted. A cause for sedurtion from the neighlinurliond of Dauca.ter, Revd!, v. Satterl4,, wa. tried at fiat late 'fork As:..iita. I et diet for the plaintiff 3001. It is A circumstance deserving of .notice, that while there has been so much rain in the south of turope, there has been a long •series of•dry weather in the north-east. A letter from St. Petersburg, dated July 10, says, " For these four weeks past we have had a continued drought. It is long since we have had in the north such an uninter rupted series of dry weather. At ltiga and Dantzic pub. lie prayers were,put up to implore rain." The spots on the sun, which have lately caused so much conversation, are still visible. They vary in num ber.and position dully. On Monday afternoon only two of the larger ones could be seen ; one of them almost in the centre, and the other near the equator in the eastern limb. They are so large as to be visible with a tolerable good spy-blase, taking care to use smoked glass to guard the eye from the sun's rays. The abbrevation Brit. fin. Britanniarum, on the new silver coin, is spelt Britt. with,rt double 1! Some consul tations have, it is reported, been held at the Mint upon the subject of this gross blunder. EMIGRATION.Short Tvur.)—An hn i sh gentle man set out last week tier a tour in France. He got to Calais, liked the wine, drunk plentifully, and -.-as carried to bed. About midnight the nausea of the sea-voyage returned upon him with tremendous violence; he rang tlir his servant, swore that French living did not agree with him, and was dressed in time to return at daviight by the same packet which lauded him in the dark the night before. The Connuissioners•fim the liquidation of the nation:l debt have 62,9971. per day to hey out in the purchase of stock, tbr M successive transfer days. Friday s •nnight, w.c; the first day of the quarter, and they purchasal 98,(001. Reduccel. On Monday last a s ;viz g bank was ol•cnud Ux bridge, under the patron ige of fand Gambit r, nd nierons list of g •ntlenien. Th. d. posits the ftr.t. lay unouuted.to ne r 300). 1 ! :% r • x~~