The National Register. — London, England, 1823-02-09 00:00:00

in Mr. Sergeant Peel now showed cause against the role; tending tint the verdict ought not be dimwitted, as the Chief Baron had properly charged the Jury. The present was differ ent from a cue of racist possession, inasmuch u the plaintiff had some furniture in the house at the tune of the defendant's forcibly entry, by which it must be viewed in the same light as if the tenant himself had been in it at the time. if landlords were permitted to effect forcible entries in this way, the action of ejectment would become quite useless ; for no one would Moor the expense of ■ legal proceeding, ifs more speedy re medy existed in his own strength, and to be enforced at his owe pleasure. Mr. Sergeant Teddy was proceeding to support his rale' whets The Court interrupted him, as they were unanimously of opi nion that the defendant was justified in taking forcible posses sion; for the tenant her .ng held over after his right of posses sloe had ceased, the right was then in the landlord. The question therefore was, whether or not the defendant was jus tified in taking possession of his own house in the manner de scribed. The court was clearly of opinion that he was. Their lordsip♦ therefore ordered the rule fur s uew trial to be made aboolu le. LENT ASSIZES. NORFOLK CIRCUIT. Lord Chief Justice AssoTT and Baron GASItOW. BtlektogbaillShire—ThUntiay. Fab. 27, at Aylesbury. Bedfordshire—Weclnesday, March 3, at Bedford. Huntingdonshtre—Satunlay. March 8, at Huntingdon. Cambridgeshire--Tuesday, March 11, at Cambri4e. Norfolk—Saturday, March 13, at Thetford. Suffolk—Friday, March VI, at Bury. LONDON FASHIONS FOR FEBRUARY. EVENING DRESS.—Pumegranate colour crape line dress; corsage to fit. The stomacher is composed of doubts- tooled us of satin, rather inure thus an inch apart, and is continued over the shoulder to the bottom of the waist behind, and is trimmed with fine blond, the tame as the tucker. 'flue band, or p/11.111, is of crepe lisse, edged with sal snit the ends of the rosette tri 11111 l ed with blond. The sleeve is foamed of three rows of small festoons of crepe lisse, edged with satin and blond. The skirt is decorated with an elegant net-wink of ponegr•nate and white clieuil.e, surmounted with a tow of steel beads; • steel bead is introduced at earls angle of the Het: beneath is • ta►teful trimming of crepe lime in double reversed ;stalling*, intersected with orsiainerted semicircles of satin, Hinted by is circlet composed of four satin rot/leans, with a row of small steel beads between each; • broad satin rosileau at the bottom of the dress. The hair in very full curls, and a garland of deep and pale-coloured roses. Ruby necklace, armlet, bracelets, and ear rings. Long white kill gloves, and white satin shoes. opera cloak of rich black satin, wadded, amid listed with cerulean blue sarsitet, edged with a small rouleau of blue satin it is made very long, cud with arm-holes ; ;deist collar and large hood, which draws with blue ribbon. OPeRA DRUM—TiII, elegant dress is formed of cern least blue safill, or Gros de Naples, with a rich border, composed of satin putla folded iu bias, beautifully finished by Woad satin rouleaux. The body Is made low, but chastely correct, affording only a partial display of the bust, while the shoulders are covered; a tacker of the very fiuest specimen of Urling's patent lace, serves also • modest shield, sod the short sleeves are tri 1111 l ied neat the elbow, with the same material ; these sleeves are formed. of bias-folded palings, to answer the trimming at the border of the dress. BALL ther.ss.—This attractive and elegant dress Is of tulle over white satin; the tulle °mains wed with broad snipes, laid oil of amber coloured satin, till they reach n double festoon ornament, in Iwo rows of puckered tulle en roulemex, the points of which are headed by large ro settes of pearl; under these festoons, terminating at the hem, is • tlotince of broad blond, of a rich and striking pattern, The corsage is matte plain, but is trimmed round the bosom with a broad felling tacker of bload, which, from each shoulder, falls as a manclieron ornament over the sleeve, and has a very beaustilid effect. At Devon Quatter Sessions an important decision was made on the subject of assessing tithes. The fanners of the impropnate tithes appealed against the rate, which had been increased upon the tithes front 2801. to 2501. which was neatly a tenth of the whole rate. The es t. deuce given fur the appellants was, that the tithes were tented at a recent letting for 2501.; that the composi tions collected amounted to 38E11.; and the value of the tithe of the corn was 4101. suhject to all exr-nces of compounding, collecting, and parochial rates; that the yearly value of the estates of the persons, selected as respondents, was 17001. and that they werc rated at 8731. Olt the oilier hand two surveyors for the respon dents estimated the produce of the tithes at 5001. and the yearly value of the estates at this time, at no more than 5001. after deducting every expence of producing. The appellatiti' cou use l con tended that the only sound p r tple was to make a pound rate "peso the letishie va lue of each description of property, and therefore that the tithes should be about 2701. attd the estates about 1,1001. but even this would be to make tithe properly to take more than its just proportion. inasmuch as, with respect to the lands, the landlord's rent only would be charged, and the beneficial occupation of the tenant would not be rated at all, while of the tithes both pro prietor's rent and tenant's profit would be assessed. The respondents contended that only the clear profit of the land, according to the surveyor's estimate, should be taken into account. and consequently that they were alreAdy over-rated, while the wins were rated at no more that, the produce they had proved, 5001. The Ceitrt decided that tithes should mind fated at 3001. and that the 2021. taken off shoald be added to the rate on the Nods. _ _ For some time past the plantations of the Rev. Mr. Leather, of Sliropham Hall, have been infested with ',welters, in consequence of which Mr. L. sent out seven men one night NU week in search; they soon net with foul of the Rang, and a battle ensued : by this time several more poachers came up to assist their associates, end the parties fought most desperately; but Mr. L.'s men, being over owered by superior numbers, were forced to Hee, after having been beaten and bruised in the most shocking manlier. We u....lerstand tbat some of them are in a very dangerous state. THE NATIONAL REGIS' I M RDER.—+We have to record madder instanc i lol I hel I of the sad effects of the game laws upon the morals of the lower orders :—A poacher of the time tit Lander, who resided in the parish of Hilgay, Norfoik, has been murdered in cold blood by his comp a . Three of the gang (the only persons supposed to have been cm.- cerned 111 tite niardet) have been apprehended and lodged in Ely gaol: their names are itolpb , Pickett, and Ni.' cholas, and they resided in Feltwell, in Norfolk. Front the testimony of Rolph, who. we understand, has con fessed the horrid deed, it appears that he and Pickett and Nicholas, conceiving that Laiiden had given some 'information of an offence committed by them, called upon him in the twght of Wednesday last. with the view of enticing him out to murder him. They persuaded him to aceompatty them to some plantations in Burnt Fen, in the parish at Littleport in the Isle of Ely, be. longing to Jonathan Page, Esq. where they told lion plenty of game would be found. Shortly after they reached the plantation, they nsurdered Min with a bludgeon, as hr was a (roping to set a hare snare, and immediately buried him. The grave was discovered on Friday last by a party sporting with Mr. Page, jun. and on opening it, the body was found. All inquest was taken on Saturday, by Mr. H. It. Evans, coroner for the Isle of Ely, and a verdict of IN 0611 Murder was returned against ltolph, and troll his information the other two persons have been since apprehended. It appears that when the party proceeded from Linden's house to the plantations they took with them the bludgeon with which they murdered him, and the spade used in dig ging the grave. Complaints against the new Turnpike Act are uni versal. It is certainly, at any rate, ill-timed, consider ing the existing distress, granting even its prospective utility, which, however, is far from being generally al lowed. Its operation will be to put a middling farmer to the immediate expense of front 201. to 501. in the change of his cart wheels and tire ; and it is then said to be impossible, in deep cross roads, during the winter season, to proceed with broad wheels. In the menu time, coaches are allowed with their accustomed nar row wheels. The wheelwrights also complain of a very certain considerable loss on their stock in hand of tiara row wheels. Too many Acts of Parliament have been passed without deliberation, and this, in the country, is generally held to be one of them. SNOCKINO Occuitaauce.—On Sunday afternoon, a large congregation of that sect commonly called the Renders, were assembled for divine worship iii a room tit the City of Norwich public house. Norwich, when the floor gave way, and they were all precipitated into the cellar. The *erne w hued presented itself was one of dreadful conftisiott: the cries of those who were injured were thuresaing its the extreme. Assistance being ob tained, they were with cousiderahle (tactility extricated, and it was found that a child had been killed, one poor woman had both thighs broken, nine or ten more had sustained fractures, and many were otherwise injured.—• They were conveyed to the hospital immediately, and the utmost attention afforded then,. On Sunday morning last. the benefit of the New Marriage Act was displayed in a singular cirettoistatice„ which occurred in a parish church in the vicinity of Iteeptiam, Norfolk A young couple presented them selves at the altar with the intention at there plighting and exchangiog those vows which the dreaded destroyer alone could dissolve; and long did the time appear w hi c h it was necessary to await the arrival of the nii• ulster to the anxious swain and the timid blushing in tended bride! But so blind is every votary of the oily urchin, whore influence may be supposed to have led them thither, that any obstacle to their promised union was not tl gut of till the arrival of the clergyrnall dispelled their visions of bliss by pronouncing it impos sible to unite them, as they were one day too late, ac. cording to the from the publishing of their bans. They gazed on each other for some moments as if a tale unreal had NMI their ears; when the man. recollecting it was useless to complaiii, smiling, thanked Use clergyman and left the church, while his fair intended partner pathetically la mented the sail event, recant ll ill g—" Ilr.rg the Nov Marriage Act, and those who made it." PAIDI 151 TIIR EAR.—A siolent pa'n in the ear has for untie time been prevalent, anJ particularly amongst children, extending like an epidemic through entire fa milies. ]'he most &mai remedy yet discovered is a smell clove of garlic, steeped for a few minutes in warm salad oil, and put into the ear rolled tap in muslin or thin linen. In some time the garlic is reduced to a pulp; and havi n g accomplished its o b ject, should be replaced with cotton, to prevent the mem taking cold. An inquest was held last week on the body of Alex. Newton, a labourer in the employ of Mr. Bucknell, tanner, of Crocombe, who was 10111111 dead in the snow, on Saturday week. The deceased hail travelled front Crocombe to Taunton in the morning, and on his return had called at the Lethbridge Anus, to enquire fur the Crocombe Post. Finding he had been guile half an hour, after taking one pint of beer only, he proceeded homeward. At Crombe Floiey he blipped oft a bridge, incrusted wills ice and snow, into an untrozrit stream, and after extricating himself, received from a neigh bouring cottage a little warm wine, being much be numbed with cold. He then proceeded, and about two unites further, at a place called Seven Ash, fell into deep snow. The traces lie made in attempting to recover himself were observed for several yards; hat he was at length overpowered with cold and fatigue, and was Mond the next morning tits his hands mid knees—the ouch 111 l to which death had seized him in his last strugglis tor reification. The Coroner rewriter! a verdict—•• Died by the inclemency of the weather." It did not appear that the deceased's niiViartittie was attributable tit etch". sive drinking, as, when he strived at the 1.-ilibri Arms, he appeared quite sober, and the relreslimeut Ise • there had was extremely moderate. A bitch, belonging to a geutleman at Whitehaven, last week, popped two poppies, neither of which has four legs, but marks whine the legs should be. These are both likely to live. - 47. COMOJaglea IltellaST,—Oo Friday last an inghto ll • was held at the King Harry public house, in Red Lion' street, Whitechapel, before T. W. Unwin, Esq. on the hotly of George Durham. :Uri. Thomason, landlady of the George public house, George-yard, Whitechapel, stated, that on Sunday week the deceased Was speaking disrespetfully in her house of a man named Bingley; he appeared to be intoxicated, and broke souse of the witness's windows ; he Melt went away. Bingley afterwards came in, and witness told hint what Durham had said of him, and he threatened to fight Durham. About eleven o'clock the same night when witness was shutting up her house, Bingley and Dilatant were opposite, quarrelling ; words ran high,and they then commenced fighting; they fought about a* minute, when the deceased fell ; he jumped up, took tip,' his hat, and went away. Witness then shot her door. Thos. Dowling sworn.—Witness was present during the fight, and saw the deceased ;as he rose, wittiest • saw a wound in his head, and blood trickling Jowl, hie • face, lie fell on the pat einem. Whets the deceased got up, they knight one more round, and the deceased • was again knocked down; he then got up and ran to. wards his father's house. Winless saw the whole affair, it being just under a gas-light. There was no knife used ; if there had been, witness must have seen it. They fought about four minuses. John Durham, the deceased's father, sworn.—On • Sunday, the itih of last month, his son came home,. much bruised and bloody ; he went to the hospital and got his head dressed ; he was afterwards very bad from the ellect of his bruises; lie told witness that he knew lie should die, and related the following account :That he was coning out of the George public house, when • several liersons rushed on him ; Bingley was among them; he was knocked down and kicked ; that while lie was down Bingley put his hand in his rocket and stole 64., and a pocket handkerchief horn his hat; and • also that Bitsaley pulled out a knife and stabbed hitn its the head. Witness's son was sakes to Lambeth-street Office, and charged with breaking the windows of the ' George, and Bingley was also taken there for the assault Ott the deceased; while at the office, Bingley said if he Was locked up with Durham, he would cut out his ........• entrails. Mr. L. Evans, pupil at the London Hospital,- sworn. , —The deceased was taken to the hospital on Sunday last, nearly in an insensible state, and could not answer questions. He had beets in the .hospital Worm to have the same w I dressed ; the wound was a contused • one, and nnght have been caused by a blunt instrument or a fall against ally hard substance. On Tuesday mght he died; witness is of opinion he died from an mflam.. mat ion of the braise, oecas.ouril by the wound. The Coroner summed up the evidence, and the Jury, after smite consultation, returned a verdict of Willa hl order against Bingley, who is in cus oily. klittll.—the Friday morning, about one o'clock, a • fire was discovered to break out at the shop of Mr. Hard, . tallow chandler, Halton -street, Somers-town. Several • large fire-engines were soon upon the spot, and were sup plied with abundance of water, when they began to play, with the promptest alacrity, bin found that the quantity of fat and tallow candles had been so great it resisted the • power of water. They directed their attentiou to the preservation of the dwelltng•houae attached, and sue. - ceeded in saving it, but iii Shout half au hour the melting house and out prenoses, with the properly therein, were in a heap of 11111/S. Toe same morning, at seven o'clock, l • an a:arauolg fire broke 0111111 the workshop of Mr. Pol lard, optician, in Millbank-street, West iiiiii bkr, which • burned so rapidly, that in a few minutes the whole pre. noises were to a blase. Several engines alined, aini with the exertions of the firemen, the devouring element was • prevented from co 11111 l mowing - with the dwelliog house, but the shop and considerable property were de stroyed. The calamity in this ittriance is attributed. to suite flaw in the flue of the chimp Joey. On Thursday evening, between seven •and eight o'clock, a young woman, about 24 years ...Cage, was ob. • served walking by she New Cut, Paddington, appirently in great menial suffering.—A Mr. Smith, of Paddington, . who passed by mid watched tier, apprehensive that she • iiiteeideil to destroy herself, approached her, feelingly • accosted her, and cancan:it her to Lt him know the cause of her sorrow, but she would not comply:. He asked her to partake of sonic refreshment, but she Ito- - lately refused. He asked her if she was married ; she • answered sue was, and burst into tears, after which she seemed rather composed, and departed in another direc- MM. Silt relused to tell her name, or where she lived. • She was of a delicate costiplexion, and had light hair. STIPMSY FAIR. —A meeting is shortly to be held by the magistrates of the eastern division, at Lambeth- • street Mike, to enquire by what authority Stepney fair • ta held in the parish of St. Dunstan Steboneath, on • N - loitilay, Tuesday, and Weduesilay, in Easter week, . as it is the determitiatum of the magistrates strNtly to do away altogether with such nuisance, provided t h e. /wiles cannot produce any charter or latethotiry. Hoene Poisosteu it SATING Yaw.— Melertl.•-• NS ointeock and Co. of Chelmstord, on Monday s'rss.• • night, honed two valuable horses and a fi ly into anal) close, adjunung to which there WAS a yewtree.-- The snow lay on the ground, covering every other ve— getable, the yew tree therefore, by its verdure, no doubt •• became irresistible ; in a lew hoots, the two horses • were Mood dead, and the filly was wily saved by pow.. • erful antidotes bring quickly a•fusnustered. A great quantity of the yew was Mond in the stoluaclis of Ilse •• dead CURIOUS ASSOCIATION Or Ateisratt.—A singular instance of the astiml.OßM Of 311i111.115, tuunicrlly uppirsed to each other, occurred last week in a lone Lim belong ing to Mr. AlllOl, at Owre, near Faversham. A man annually employed to kill the rats to the barn, having killed 45 rats, bound two foie rabbits, a pate cot, and- I a stole, which► were also destroyed. At the audit of T. Smyth, E•q. of Derehain,waMon.. day week, that gt•utleusau again grat.h d his tenants with a reduction of 31) per cent. upon rents, which tie Letter times were far from high. =I