The National Register. — London, England, 1822-04-28 00:00:00

124 1110.11 TUESDAY NIGHT'S G JZETTZ. RANKRITrTCIES surr.nsF.nEo. W. Penvold, I.cadettltall Street, home dealer. 11. White, Grrccchurch Street, rocrcluaa. BANKRUPTS. P. Evans. Cirencester, Gloticestenbire, corn deskr. Solicitor, Mr. Bevir, Cook's Court, Lita.sdn's 11.11. C. Kent, Manchester, shopkeeper. Sols. Adlington and Co. Bedford How. J. Burr, Hales Owen, Shropshire, iron matter. Sols. Messrs. Long and Co. Gray's Inn. S. P. Holland. Worcester, hop merchant. Sols. Messrs. Car. dale end Co. Gray's Inn. J. Hirst, Awkley, Yorkshire, iron founder. Sol. Mr. Lever, Gray's Inn Square. A. J. Smith and 1. Shepherd. Brierley, Ktafronlshtre, iron masters. Sols. Messrs. Tooke and Co. Gray's J. Child. St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, bowtotight. SoL Mr. Ellis, Chancery Lane. F.. Hannuin, Crown Court, Threntlneedle Street, insurance broker. Sol. Mr. Hutchison, Crown Court, Tht.c.olneedle St. .1. P. Firmstone, Wolverhampton, iron master. Sols. Messrs. Hicks anti Co. Bartlett's Buildings. llolhorn. .1. Cowles, Earith. Ilentirtnlon-Itiee, liquor merchants. Sols. Dlet , r4- Long aril Co. Gray's Inn. P. Warren. Warniinster, h"•e, mcalnuin. '3ls. Messrs Lowden and Co. Clement's Inc.. _ . J. K. Smith., Faroharn. Surrey, upholsterer: Sols. Messrs. Fkher end Co. Furniv4l's Inn. _ _ W. Fowler, Staines, Mititilez, linen draper. Sols. Messrs. filcher and Co. Fumivarslnn:____ DIVIDENDS. April :ta, H. Lanerborn and W. Brallsford„ Burfilc-slinrY r merchants—May In, W. 11clalin, Leeds, A. 0. Heflin, Parlia ment Strect,lVestminster, and .1. Browne, sen. Leeds. merchants .-14, I. Powell. sen. NVinilsor. .1. C. Lavater and .1. K. Casey, I.ivei pool, merchants-11, E. Jenkins, Picketstone. Glimorgitmliirc. miller—ill, C. Coupland. jun. Leeds, R. and V. Coupland. Yorltsl•lre, and E. Coupland, SAlford. Lancashire, spirit merchants-17. 11. W. Baldwin, Liverrifil, ancrehant-14, G. Seaman, Bishopsgate Street, linen draper-14, G. Pugh. Sheerness, linen draper. CERTIFICATES to be granted May 14. 11. Bann. Msncitc.ter, cotton manulachirer—R. Eggleston, Gre..t plumber—J. Thomas. Carpenter's Bitildings, London Wall. merchant—S. Stead. Huddersfield, corn factor—lt. Jabet. Birmingham. loaaellor—ll. Terry, Doncaster, oil merchant—W. V. Bethel. I.iverpool, merchant— W. Thorpe, jun. Bath. linen draper—W. Cnlycr. Middle Iluw. Broad hoot maker. LA rt. , INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING ItENCIT. rovoror, •PRI!. 42. Tit , : JUN@ P. X ATCIIIII/LL, rowEL, AitD PARTIMIGE. This was nn indictment for n conspirney. The defendant, Captain Charles Knatelibull, is son of the In!e Sir VAward Kent( Mod!, and brother to the prsueol Baronet of that none, Member for the county of Kent. The other two defendants are attainev., residing in Nichisle.-Inne, in the City of Loudon. The indictment charred them unit falsely and fraudulently representing to Mgrs. Slone_ house and Co. aloe 111011111111111 S and also 'n Thomas Worrell, coffeesbeuw•keeper, tlini hr, the said Cnplain Knatelibull. wag entitled, tinder the will of his lute father, to a legacy of 3001.; and also Mat they did falsely assign and set over the same to Messrs. Stotielmuse mid Cu. in Older to induce than; en delay prneeeditus noinst Captain Chniles Knntelthrill for 2531. the nmomit of tun Bills of Locebitstr over due, ne. matted by him, they w ell keno ing that the said l ez ,,,s v of 3001. lord been already paid to the said Captain Cleasles K notelibull. The Lord Chief Tn•tire in summing up the cviderre to Jury, observed that the proceedings in Chancery ovniaitt the *genitor., of ithieh the defendrints Fowel and Partridge told spoken, were certainly untrue. The statettent in their lever nho in Charles Knattlibull, that they had recovered SOW hundred,. of point& more tlhoi John Ku:a/Abell ea• pecteth, ttaceriteill% untrue, and it u :Or the Jury to kit Wirth. r thaw CI were tittered for the fi.o..lulent Pm. pone nfrotioned iu Ihr indictment. On the mideoce there could be nn reetomible doubt of the guilt of the defendant Charles Koatchl.oll. ... The Jury retiled fnr nbnnt twrnty minotett. and nn their return Inuud a rrrdirt.deuiltr arainct the deirtidout. riINE.I)•Y, i•it 2iL This being the first day of Lester Tem, the Jottges took their items as nsoal. The Lord Chief Justice presented the report of the /detain! of the King's Bench, made in pursuance of au order of the Court hst Term. Mr. Jones stated, that he had personally resided in the prison since last Term. sleeping out of the walk only one night in each week. [laving, got rid or most of the work men employed in making the necessary preparations f o r his constant residence. he expected shortly to be hi a condition to reside within the pillion with the whole of bis The report of the state cf the convicts was tetd, as usual, a , . s4e commencement of Term. DERBY AAD GIBBS C. CAMPBELL. The Solicitor Genet al moved for a rule to she* why an attorney of the Contt SIIOIIII/ not pay to a Mr. Omni,. II t •;:ol.. This nllo4'3l{oll Bab made on the affidavit of Mr. C.impbell. stating, that he WA% a prisoner in the King's Bench at the suit of Messrs. Derby and Gibbs o. Camp bell. Having been f ceommentled to Ike attorney to obtain his discharge, he paid into the hands of that gen tleman 2301. in order that he might pay It over to the plaiutifls in the artion. He Was expected to retgrn with the discharge of Mr. Campbell. but he never did return. Sew, rut letters had been wr itten, calling upon him to re turn it, lint he never had returned it. The Court granted a title to /hew cause. TIIR RING G. HOLGIR. Mr. Serger.nt CI oss moved for u rule to 'thew canse why the defendant should pot be admitted to bail on a charge of manslaughter before the magistrates at Lancaster. Tl:e le:trued Sergeant moved this upon affidavit, stating that the defendant was unable to pay the expense of tlit writ of Habeas Corpus to brine him lett) Cont. The circumstances were these'—The detehdant was sitting al a public house in 31ancliesler, u ben a person, who had misbehaved, was lorded out. The prisoner as• Sister, in turning him out. A mob assembled in the street, and the person tanned ont of the house went awry, but the (If eillAftll received a blow from the poisoner, which occa• slotted His death. Jody , Bayley agkect slietlier there was any provocation. rgeant. CIOAA RAW, the 'unwise', !omitting on the steps of a door. I eceired a violent kirk. Judge Be.t.—A kick in the Lauceadie way. I have ihnge 'l..c 4;:cited the title. THE NATIONAL REGISTER THE WINO v. J. A. WILLIAMS. In Hilary Term a role was obtained by Mr. Seatlett, ailing neon the defendant who is editor o f rho D ur h am Chi-on In • hew cause hy a criminal information should not be filed against him for a libel on the Church of Dur ham. Mr. Broughtial on that occasion 'hewed cause against the rule, and this day Mr. Searlril was heard in support of his application. lie said his learned friend expected to induce the court to discharge the rule, fast, on the ground that no particular person had been libelled ; secondly, that the statute of William required that some pea son should be set forth as the avowed prosecutor, iu order that the court might know against whom to award Costs. Dis learned friend hail actually entered into a justification of his client. lie had said that it would be extremely hard if his client was not allowed to censure the conduct of the Church of Dui ham, which had been called an Alumni stable by 13arnes, a writer in the early part of Queen Elizabeth. To the hater observation lie should only say, that the Aegean stable had been cleansed by the reformation. W ith 'aspect to naming the prose. calor, the Right Rev. Prelate, the Bishop of Durham, was not ashamed to avow himself the prosecutor. It war unnecessary, in support of a ride for a criminal infor mation, to point out the person libelled The Lord Chief Justice said, the court were of opinion that the rule ought to be made absolute. I t was accord ingly made absolute. TIIURSDA T. arum S. nirt ere occupied dill aa.,.; tins day in bearing ar• gument• fur new teitals. ABBOTT V. TOTING. Serra ant ibillock moved for a ink to set aside the verdict in ibis cause for the plaintiff, tend to obtain II new trial, It was nn action for breach of promise of marriage. 'tied before Mr. Justice Bayley at York. and the learned Ser geant moat:A On the ground of periury on the part of two onnEssea, tilo excessive damages. The pluilit.lf I, d lived servant with the defendant, and left lis are in the family may. The breach of promise of marriage was proved by to sisters of the Fin ore tl.e pla hair!' (mild neither rend nor ar rite, :old Cue :16etalant was thereby pre. chided from ending in a iet , cr purporting to have been written by the phi:mato tiie defendant. The letter in as repro-rilted lo h•ase htlt wtll:Nt by one of the sisters, under the dictation of flue plaintiff. The learned Sergeant said lie had an nflidar it pr" Mt; that the 0;11104 could The Coors granted a rule to SIICW Chose. FEW kV, Aram 2i. THE RING V. .5. R. EV.IIOP, ESQ. - . . Mr. Taunton was heard this morning in support of the role for a criminal information against the defendant, a magis trate of the county of Callum-eon. 'lrks learned C iuriscl addressed bnt a few observations to the Court. The Lord Chief Justice, giving jnilithient, obseivcd, that having looked ut nll the 'alibis its, the Court were of opinion thew hole of the charges were satisfactorily answered. —lle had entertained uime doubts on the question of rush, but upon a more minute enquiry, he gas convinced the 'garco n )))) was the etlect of audevuleisie, therefore the rule ought to be discharged with costs. The rule obtained by Mr. Scarlctt was cousequesitly dis charged a ilit COttlY. CARTWRIGHT T. WRIGHT. Mr. Denman tOt a rule to set aside the aonsuit in this rase. It vrns an action against the defendant far thr publication of a laid to she Book of Frugders. The pub lication was alleged to be t gress libul on Major eartvinght, Copied Amu the writttrzs of Mr. Cottfitsit. There was an emission in the declaration, and the pintai(' vac nonsuited. Mr. Doman now contended, that the nntissi ~,, , in u legal pinta of sic*, did not deprive the itloinliff of his right to maintain the action. The Conti se ere of a diarrnt npininn ; they considered the omission fatal to the proceeding, and refused the ap plication. 301INADN V. MALEY AND OTIIERS. 11!r. d. Evans said Isc had to op's', for a iwa trial in this action, which was tried ut the last Nlanehester Abtzes, and • verdict found for the rf f t The Court intimnted that Judge Bite was absent, and at the papers in the enit , e ;vete not ready, Mr. Evans had better bring it in w hen there teas a full Court. The motion accordingly Hood over. COURT (H CONIMON PLEAS. (;41)! , IIII.L I'. NT t11.1.A HI. This was an action for an wsault. The plaintiff, who is a wine merchant, having become indebted to the de festiliint, a tailor, for clothes, the latter, after some inef fectual applications for payment of th e nmosiot of hi s account, surd ant a VI lit rortimo him, and proceeded with a sheriff's officer to the plaintiff's house in liontl-sit fur the purpose of executing it. Upon lite door being opened, the plaintiff, perceiving the defendant, I lashed lip -tails, pursued by the latter, and ran out on :i01114: leads, where the defendant took him. On Rhin iiing dun n stairs the plaintiff made an effort to extt kale bimscit f the custody of the defendant, who thereupon seized him by the collar, stud ►honk him vielently. He then led him out of the home, and gave him up to the officer, with smother shake. The plaintiff, however, contrived to escape I rom the custody of the officer, at it putiliodionse to which lie had taken him, lay obtaining pei mission to speak to a gen tleman in sit adjoining room. It also appeared that the plaintiff had been heard to express his expectation that this actin would be the means of his obtaining term► from the defendant, to whom lie offered something in the pound upon his deist. The defendant called nu V• ; and the Jury (mind a verdict for the plaintiff ••••1111 farthing damages. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. MONDAY, APRIL 22.—Solomon Myers was put In the bar upon a capital indictment, charging hint with cutting and stabbing George Myers, his nephew, with intent to kill and innrder hint, and in other counts with intent to disabie hint, or to do hint some grievous bodily harm. 6. , orge Myers sworn..—lle lied in London -terrace, Commercial-road. The prisoner had fiamerly been in trade with him, but the print rship was dissolved about three years ago. 111 March last the prisoner preferred a complaint before a magistrate against the wife of the wit ness, bin it was dismissed. Tut day following the!pri scoter went to the house of the winless, and knocking at the door, called out " thief !" and used horrible threats. The witness opened the door and ediately recvi.•ed a stab to the milli side, anti 011 leavt.ta the door, annum %wand tie the bind. %1 !tin IS 1, 4,1 nut si.okrn at ;hi, time, nor did be know with what imtrunient he kid been wounded moil Ills %,‘, ife picked tip the knife. prisoner 011 away, and witness was carried in doors. Cross-examined by 111 r. Broderick.-I)id not chal len:,e his uncle to li2ut ; nor did he strike him till after he was stabbed.—lle tir%cr tkclarcd he would hang his uncle. A number uF witnesses were examined and confirmed thin ev;detice. For the defence Abraham Myers, the father of the priseeutor, swore that he heard the voice of the prisoner, and went up to the door. Saw the prosecutor open his door, and strike the prisoner over the head with a large stick, which he threw down, and then struck him over the face with his fi.ts. The prisoner was much beaten in the face, par Mai I.aly over the temple. About a (loaner of an hour, the prosecutor said he was stabbed. Witness said, " Why did you not say you was stabbed berore ? Did not see any blood on his linen. Had heard the pro secutor say he would go twenty miles to hang his mule. The prosecutor once attempted to hang himself: Wit ness looked at his son's breast ; there was a wound but no blood. Could not say whether the wound had been ro eently given. There was blood on the back of the shirt but none on the breast. Nlr. Justice Parke, in commencing his charge to the Jury, observed, that viii, was in any view of it a num melancholy out; they bad seen father arrayed against son, brother, against bloater, nephew against uncle ; and whaievt.r conclusion they might feel themselves bound to conic to, they mint find that one party or the other had been guilty of deliberate perjury. His Lordship was proceeding to sum up the evidence, when the Jury inti mated that their minds were wade up, and they found the pi isotier not guilty. Eleanor Sleeves, an interesting looking young woman, was capitally indicted for maliciomly and unlawfully setting fire to the ilwelling,-house of John Itevett, of Nut 13, Deer-stre et, Somers 'run ii. Mr. Adolphus appeared for the prosecution, and called thefollowiim witnesses. Eleanor Revett is the wife of the prosecutor. The prisoner was a temporary servant of her's. The fire took place ol a Sunday. o.t the day before she received a letter, containing a 201. note, which she opened in the pre knee of the prisoner. The note fell upon the carpet, and the prisoner picked it up. The wunees gave the note to her husband, who deposited it in a cash lint between the mattress and the lied, arid in the evening she and Mr. Revett went tu chapel, leaving the prisoner at home. They returned about nine o'clock, and found a number of persons round the gate, and an alarm of fire was given. They found the prisoner sitting in the par lour, A gentleman MAIM(' Halls, a friend of their's, was in the house, and engaged in puttin e s out the fi►e The prisoner on being asked how the fire originated, said she did not know, She did not appear to be the least alarmed, nor did she move from the chair on which she was sitting. The bedding and furniture were much burnt—the cash-box was found to have been ope ne d, and the 201. note was missing. Mr. Revett produced and shewed the box no her, and said " you must know some. thing of this." Mr. Revett said he would have every one in the home searched. The prisoner remained smin; in the mite place. The note was not found. When the prisoner Wai about going to another room to Ise searched, she fainted. The papers in the box were burnt. There was a sovereign and some silver in in, which were left untouched. The prisoner, when caller! on, said merely that she Was ocent. No witoesses Were called for her. Mr. Justice Park summed up the evidence, and the Jury found the prisoiter guilty—l...laid', but recommended her to mercy. TUESDAY. APRIL 23.—Caleb Salter and Michael Jennings were indicted for stealing a quart of rum, the property of our Sovereign Lord the King, from a barge called the Frederick, lying in the West India docks.— I tie pri-otters were custom-house officers, employed on baud other craft in the docks. They were found near the Frei( vatic while a syphon was in one of the rum puncheons on board that barge, with a bladder nearly liattginc to the syphon. The tithe,. officer who found this out said to Salter, " You have made a pretty thing of it ; why did you bleed my charge? could you not bleed your own i" Salter replied, " You have a d---d sight to say about it. ' They were discovered letting something into the water, and soon after two b!adders nearly filled with rout, fitted with corks and wings, to tie round the body, were found in the dock basin.— The Jury acquitted both the prisoners. Eliza Gilston and 'Margaret Marsh were indicted for stealing wearing apparel and other property, belonging to IVilliam Perkins, in the dwelling house of J. Day. '('he wife of the prosecutor resided temporarily, for the benefit of her health, at the house of 1)1y, at Editions ton. The prisoner lodged in the same house, but Maids went away first. A new days after her departure, Gil ston borrowed a coal hag to get some coals in, and when she went out she said she expected a young man to call, and that she would he back soon. Site never wonted, nor was the coal bag ever sent back. Soon after Gaston went out Mrs. Perkins's clothes wete missed. The same slight the prisoners gut upon an Edmonton stage at Tot tetaliam igh Cross, about five tittles front Enfield. At that time they had some things in a small white bag.— When they were taken hut a week after by an officer its Ponpoollane, London, several duplicates for part of the stolen ploperty were found, as was the coal bag which Gilston borrowed. Some of the things them selves were also found, and the officer, in searching a small portmanteau in the loom, discovered a phospho rous box, a dark lantern, and lb skeleton and picklock keys. They were all entirely new implenteins. I Jury fautniGilston guilty of stealing to the value of 395. and acquitted Marsh. Witosissoaz, APRIL 24.—John,Warren was nt dieted for stealing a sable collar, di skaii.s of silk ? and other articles the property of Nlessts.riwati and Ldiar„ twberdashrt., in Piccadilly. Tile pa. toter had been in the errlpleyment of the lUr tit as a pkrter, and on the Yd of