The National Register. — London, England, 1822-03-11 00:00:00

4GRICULTURAL DISTURBANCES. (From the Nostwicit Couatta.) We regret to state, that several places in this county continue in a very disturbed state. On Mon day morning about 300 persons,principally labourers, assembled, and commenced breaking threshing ma chines in the parishes of Wicklewood, Morley, &c. and about two o'clock in the afternoon they arrived ut Attleboro', where, as in other places, they coin. riled many to join their company ; they then pro ceeded in search of machines, but found only one in that place, which was instantly destroyed By this time their numbers were greatly increased. From .Attleboro' they marched to Shropham and Snetter ton, where they broke four or five machines, and, in consequence of the opposition they experienced at the former place, a drill also. On their return, in formation was given that a threshing machine was secreted on the premises of Mr. W. Parson, of At tleboro', they therefore proceeded thither, and found the object of their search under a straw stack, which they took, dragged to the market-place, and imme diately demolished. The magistrates, wishing to adopt some efficient measures to put a stop to such proceedings, requested many inhabitants of the neighbouring parishes to meet at 'lading on 'rues dsy morning, where they were joined by the Eye troop of horse, and after having passed through Buckenham, Burnham, &c. halted at Attlebaro ; after being there about an hour, information arrived that the machine breakers were assembled at New rduckenham—the troop, with a vast number of horsemen, proceeded thither, and succeeded in tak ing twenty, seven of whom were committed to Wy rsndlunn Bridewell the same evening.—lt seems there are several parties of these misguided men attout, and their whole object appears to be the en tire destruction of threshing machines. The following is the copy of a Proclamation issued by the county magistrates assembled at Norwich : ' 6 The Magistrates assembled at the adjourned sessions on Wednesday, Match 6, 1522, have, with considerable pain, re • wived evidence of a riotous disposition exhibited in some in stances by actual outrage in various parts of the county. Tire circumstances. made known to many of diem previous to this day, have induced measures of precaution, which will assuredly be found effectual fur the suppression of tumult. But, anxious a. the magistrates feel in the discharge of their duty to avoid the necessity of resorting to the force with which they are armed for the preservation of the peace against a misguided populace, they desire to offer, in the form of timely remonstrance, a few re marks deserving of attention : '• if grievances exist; do the persons concerned - in the riotous proceedings before alluded to suppose that they can be remedied by violence? To what possible beneficial result can their pro. slings tend ? To what have they tended in other parts of the country, but to the loss of many valuable lives, and a curtail ment of British liberty ? .• Let the people beware of bad advisers—those who may • pretend to sympathise in their alletlged grievances, for the pur pose of exciting them to acts of mischief, in the punishment for which the instigators generally take care to have no participation. Let them be assured that it is equally wicked and unwise to re • silt the law wicked in principle, and unwise in practice, be muse ineffectual to any good purpose. By order of the Court, COMMA N, Cle• k of the Peace. The spirit of insubordination still shows itself in the neighbourhood of Diss, by assemblies to the number of some hundreds of labourers, or we should rather say, we fear, of such as arc in want of labour, for the purpose of stopping the use of machines. The deluded persons who set fire to the hay stacks in Diss a few nights since, which caused so much alarm, have surrendered themselves, and are now in Norwich Castle; and on Monday last three men were committed to the same prison, on suspicion of assisting to destroy two or three threshing machines, in the parish of Wymondham, on Saturday night. A gasometer is now preparing at the general post office, to furnish gas fin. the use of that establish ment. It is said that the charge for oil annually, for the office, is between 2 and3,oool. of which sum Government expects to save nearly 2,0001. by the substitution of gas. The estimate for the whole apparatus was stated originally at about 15001. but t is supposed that it will amsunt to nearly 30001. A gentleman has recently found, and proved by s series of successful experiments, that the dark peat satoss of Scotland produces gas not inferior in quan tity and quality to that extracted from coal, possess ing the additional and valuable advantage of being in n great measure free from that noxious effluvium emitted by gas produced from the latter material. The tar obtained by the process may be applied to several useful purposes, while the coke is adapted to the furnaces of brewers, distillers, and smelters of ores, &e. The same gentleman, by a cheap and simple preparation of the moss, gives it a consistency and durability not inferior to that of coal, and by this means renders it not only valuable as a fuel, but improves its aptitude and capability of producing g as. A beautiful statue of his late Majesty, George the Third, is now under the chisel of Mr. Chuntry, who, we believe, sculptured the admirable statue in the Council-room, Guildhall. This celebrated artist has received instructions from the highest authority to spare no expence in the execution of this work, which is expected. to be a worthy tribute to the memory of our late Sovereign, and the best modern skeenneu of lkitish taste. _ THE NATIONAL REGISTER 9tiss4e Sutelligente. HERTFORD. MARCH 6.—The Lent Asuz .s for this county Milo mowed here to-day before the lion. Mr. Ilium Graham, on the Civil Side, and the lion. Mr. fi iron Wood, on the Crown Side. In both Courts the business is very light. The number of ch•il uituces entered is but five, of which but one is to be tried.by a Special Jury. The gaol cslendar contains but 28 commitineuw, few of which are fur offences of any enormity. CIVIL. SIDE. RWISKEL V. FOWDER.. This was an acr.on ;or a hod, the nature of which was not staled. When the cause was called oil, Mr. C. Phillips, for the defendant, moved to postpone the trial until the next assizes, on an affidavit, stating the absence of a material witness, a friend of the de fendant, residing neat Kendal, in West ttttt taunt!, to wi , after notice of trial had beets given, the defend ant's attorney reunited a sulsonia, enclosed in a letter, requiring his attendance at Hertford to give evidence in this cause, but as the witness had not arrived, and no intelligence had been received of him, the defendant could not safely proceed to trial its his absence. Mr. Adolphus, (with wnom was Mr. Broderick) re sister! the application, on the ground of the looseness in which the affidavit was swot n. Mr. Phillips, to shew the sincerity of the application, offered to pay all the exprnees to which the plaintiff had been put, as between attorney and client, and withoat taxation. !Ur. Baron Graham thought this question unanswer able, Nit'. Adolphus said, tinder such circumstances he could could offer no farther resistance, and accordingly the trial was postponed moil the ti-xt assizes. CROWN SIDE. Joseph 'Morgan and James Wilkes were indicted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of James Cowman, a fainter, in the parish of Standon, on the sth January, and stealing a saucepan and other aeticles, his properly. —lt appeared from the statement of Mr. Jessopp, and from the evidence for the proseeution, That on the night in question that the prosecutor was disturbed from his sleep at a late hour, and on looking out of the window he saw two men picking a hole in the will of the house with some Mist' untent, He got up, loaded his gun, then went down stairs, by winch tune the tnen had got the articles in question OW of the house through the hole.— He fired Its gun, the men ran off, one of them being apparently wounded, his blood being tracked fur a con. siderab:e distance. The prisoners were afterwards ap• prehendeel in Essex. %Viten Wilkes was taken -his head was wounded severely, and he admitted that be was one of the men at the prosecutor's house. There was no direct evidence against the other pri soner. The case went to the Jury, who- acquitted Morgan, arid luund ilkes guilty—Death. DURHAM.. James Bell was indicted under Lord Ellenborough'a Act,_ for cutting and maiming James Cairns. Richard Stoners deposed as follows was at Alex. Suffixes' s. near Wickham, at a harvest supper, on the 24th of September; the prisoner, and Cairns, and Pea cock were there. There was a young woman with phe prisoner ; he had a quarrel with Peacock ; the young woman desired me to take her from him; he did not touch use at the time. After the dance I saw Peacock going out of the room, and I saw Bell with a dagger in • his hand, as I thought, going to run it into Peacock. 1 prevented him, and he then struck me in the breast; the wound was not deep, but it brought blood through my waistcoat. 1 struck Bell, and he fell. Bell, left the room before use; I went out by myself. Cairns and Madison came up to me, and I walked down a waggon-way with them ; Cairns was walking before Madison and me.— When we had gone about a quarter of a mile, Bell was coining back again and met a 9. The first thing I heard was, " Dick, I'm stabbed." I was then two or two or three yards Irons Cairns. I went up to hies, and saw him bleeding; I then went up to the prisoner; he had a dagger in ' t his hand, which Madison was taking from hint. Footrup and I took hint to the public house where we had been—(witness here produced the dagger, which appeared highly finished.)-1 did not hear Bell say any thing. Cairns run towards me public-house. and fell down from weakness. M. Madison and J. Foosrup corroborated the state ments of the last witness, as did Cairns. Mr. Dixon, a surgeon, was called in to attend He found a wound in the side, on the seventh rib, and it seemed to have been inflicted by a stabbing ins•runterit. Mary Tfrompsom—Tlie prisoner went down the waggon-way to see me home. ‘Ve went past my fa ther's house, and then turned to seek Grey. Bell said, that as he was a stranger, if 1 would go with him to seek Grey, to shew him his road, they would see me home. We met Cairns and his party; we passed them on the data side, and Madison turned to Surtees and said, " Thais Mary Thompson," and Suttees cried, " That was the that was with her." lie then said, " Here's at yon, you --;" and with that struck Dell on the head or neck. Bell hit his foot on the waggon way and fell ; he got up, went to the other side, and was struck by Catrus,wid then I ran away. Verdict—Guilty, Death. The prisoner was much affected, both when the ver dict was delivered, a.id at the passing of the seutence.— The prosecutor cawe forward and begged to recouuneud bun to mercy. RAM—Henry Anderson was arraigned on a charge of co. 1111 l ming a rape un Sarah Armstrong. The prisoner was found Guilty, and Mr. Justice Bay ley paned sentence of death upon hun. The prosecu rix was a very interesting young WOlll4ll, and conducted herself Wilde in court with the greatest propriety. It is said that Anderson is to be executed on the i4th inst. incur of Apauseim—Luting this trial a bailiff rr was heard vociferating very loudly, .4 Conte along, sir." The Judge inquired what was the matter, and the °dicer said that a Mall had broken the door in endeavouring to get in. Ills Lordship inquired—Were you trying to extort money from hint? 011icer—No, my Lord. Judge—Then why did you not let him come in? Officer—l .told him there was no (110111, my L,rd. Judge—Tnen you told him wrong, for there Is room. If I knew you were endeavouring to ex - ort money at the door, I wonll punish you. Every toss has a right t o - come into court as long as there is room.—(Great ai— platisr.)—lt is very improper to express either approlt a non or disapprobation in a court of justice at atty that may be said ; and if I knew w'm did so, I would fine hint. TRADE WITH BRAZIL. Portuguese Consulate General, 4q, Great War March 7, i Stn,—l beg leave to state to you, for the information ot the gentlemen at Lloyd's and all others whom it may concern, that I am commanded by my Government nut to permit any vessel bound to ports in the Portuguese transatlantic provinces, having on boird any article of war denominated naval stores, to clue at this office. And further, that should any such stores arrive :t the aforesaid ports they will be seized, ani the parties concerned punished with the utmost severity of the law, unless they pro duce a license from the Portuguese Government permitting the importation of war or navatotores. (Signed) ANTHONY LOPEZ DA CUNHA. Consul General. Mr. John Bennett, jun. Secretary, Lloyd's. Letters from Vienna, received by a respectable Greek house, state, that there has-been an end put to the famous Ali Pacha of Janina, and that the Suliots have come to an arrangement with the troops of the Grand Saignor. The Gazette of Tuesday contains an Order in Council, dispensing with the calling out of the- Militia the present year. MEETING FOR REFORM.—thcruesdiiy lei ,a din- nee was. held, .purauant to advertisement, at Bungay, by the friends of Parliamentary Reform. Nearly two hundred persons, of the respectable class of farmers, attended. Am0n,,, ,, the company present were— Joshua Grigby, Esq. ; Sir Thomas Beevor, Bait.; . T. Fcllowes, Esq. Quailo, Twk.; J. Powell, - Esq.; the Rev. Hy. Wilson; the Corn- • wallis; B. W. Dawson, Esq.; Gee. Waters, Esq.; Edw. Taylor, Esq.; J. Farrah, Esq.; J.W.. Esq.; Messrs. Denny, Thurtle, Childs, Pauls, Fow ler, Baxter, &c —The above was the first of an in tended series of meetings, to draw the attention of the county of Suffolk to the.subject of Parliamentary - Reform. MALT TAl.—The intentions of Government respecting the reduction of the duty on malt are as follow:—That a duty of one shilling per bushel shall be taken off malt, from the 26th of February, 1822. That all maltsters and holders and other holders of malt, whcse stocks have been taken, shall receive an allowance of one shilling per bushel, fur , all their stock in , hand, to be paid ro them. by instal. ments, as under:— Threepence on the sth of July 1825 Threepence on the loth of October, Mt Threepence on the sth of January, 1823 Threepence on the sth of April, 18'23 Thus it appears, that all malt, manufacturea sub sequent to the 26th of February last, svillibe.charge able with a duty of 2s. 6J. per bushel only ; and for the stock malt now on hand, and which has beets charged with the duty of 2s. 61. per bushel, an allowance will , be• made so as to reduce the duty to the like sum of 2s. -61 per bushel. And where malt, which had been charged with the duty of Si. eld per bushel, has been used by brewers, &c. a proportionate allowance will be made in charging the dutics-ou beer, &c. AatrelvaßSAßlES.—Ori Thuniday evening the ann.- ,- versary festival of the Infirmary for the cure of Asthma and Coos iiiii Hon, &c. was heft! at the London Tavern. • Hishopsgate-street, which was nitmerously•and resrei.i. • hly attended. The Lord Mayor was in the chair. This institution is for the reception of pone persons stilicied with asiltina, consutopumt, and diseases of the lungs. where medical advice is given„ and every attention Not to them. Since opening the infirmary in 181.4, to the 31st of December, 1821, there had been admitted 4,141 It oui-patients, and 171 iu-patients, and the inajmity the incases were weceashally cured. In the comse tif the. evening, Messrs. Collyer, Broadlinrin, and Puillips, slog several excellent songs, glees, See. anti many eloquent speeches were delivered in•support of the The secretary announced a most handsome balance in • .hand, but the wants of the society In Mg explained, liberal collection was entered into. The company did not separate until a late hour.—The friends and sup porters of the Surrey Dispensary also met at the abLe.e • 'favern, in the upper roust, fur the purpose of summit g the charity and hearing the report read. The company were highly resneetaitile-loreee Young. Esq. tuck the chair. The object of the charity is that of atteinliiis, lying-in women, and administering advice and medicines • to the ram inhabitants is Southwark, at their own ha.. hitattons, and was instituted in 1777, .The report .siatalli that since the origin of the institution to the prams year the number of patients was 13 Apo), out of which only , , c 4.bsu died, and duriug.the last year 4, lyiricere and- only 78 died. Serenal Maumee' of the valuatile• exertions of the society were repeated and prior at It,e company Departing, a handsome subscription WAS SUP said ilia- - 1