The National Register. — London, England, 1821-08-06 00:00:00

HOME CIRCUIT. lIERTFORD, AUG. Q.—The Home Circuit com menced here to•dav before the Hon. Mr. Barou Wood on the Nisi Pries side, and the Hon. Mr. Justice Bur rough on the Crown Side. The business on the latter side is less than the average quantity, there being only about 15 cases in the calendar ; eery few of which arc capital offences. In the most heinous case, namely, a commitment for rape, the Grand Jury threw out the bill of indictment. On the Civil Side the business is about the usual quantity. Sixteen causes are entered, of which two arc Special Juries. In three cases of actions of debt, on the Statute of 2J George 2, for bribery, at lite last election for this Borough, the records were withdrawn. None of the cases on the Crowe Side to day were of public interest. CIVIL SI DE.—SEDUCTION. DUNHAM V. •ATCHELUR. This was an action against the defendant, for seducing the daughter of the plaintiff, whereby he lost her st.r vices. Mr. Brodrick (with whom was Mr. Abraham) stated the plaintiff's case with considerable ability. Mr. M ar ryatt was Ihr the defendant. It appeared from the evi dence of the daughter of the plaintiff, a young woman of prepossessing appearance, but whose demeanour under examination was perfectly digagec, that her father was a bricklayer in respectaLle circumstances, residing at Wbeati t ampstead, in this county. She was tbout 23 years of age. About three years since the defendant, a young man of the same age, by business u journeyman baker, in the same age, by business sjourneymati baker, in the same village, paid honourable addresses to her, but to WllOlll she had surrendered her chastity, and in the month of April last she was delivered of a child.— Iler father had paid the Surgeon's bill, and had since maintained the child. She had three brothers and two sisters. The youngest of the latter was 18 years of age. On her cross-examination she admitted that her eldest sister had had three children by a man to whom she was not married, and all of them were born under her fa ther's roof. She also admitted that the defendant boarded in his master's house, and received 10s. per week wages. Previous to the birth of the child the de fendant offered to pay 31. for the expences of the lying in, and Rs lid. a week for the maintenance of the child. The plaintiff agreed to these terms, but required the de fendant to procure the security of his lamer. To this the latter consented, and appointed a day to meet the plaintiff, but the plaintiff never came pursuant to his appointment. Nlarryatt, in his address to the Jury, urged the topics which obviously presented themselves from the circumstances proved by the young woman, who was the only witness to prove the case. The 'Jury, under the learned Judge's directions, found a terdict for the plaintiff—Damages 101. CROWN SIDE. _ MOMS Johnson was indicted upon a charge of utter ing false and counterfeit coin. The indictment con tained two mums—one for uttering the counterfeit coin, having more of the saute in his possession; and the other for the simple uttering. The prisoner having pleaded guilty underthe second count, no evidence was offered in support of the first, and he was sentenced to six month's imprisonment. Thomas Clarke Whiffen was indicted for stealing several pieces of leather and other articles, the property of his matter, James Sheppy, a shoemaker, at Hitchen, on the 13th of July last. Mr. Arabin conducted the prosecution. It appeared in evidence, that being apprehended on suspicion of the rubbery, the prisoner stated, that a parcel directed by himself, to himsell, would he found at the coach-office in Bedford, containing the missing articles; that the parcel so described by him was there Ibutl, arid did contain the articles in question. In addition to this, a written confession, made by the prisoner before a ma gistrate, was put in and read, which put the case beyond all doubt; and the jury, under the learned Judge's direction, instantly foetid the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to seven years' transportation. Elward Mailes a lad of 16, fellow-servant to the above named prisoner, Whiffet', was convicted of a simi lar charge, under neatly the samecircunistances —Several witnesses appeared to his character, and his master, with an appearance of much anxiety for his weVare gave him an excellent character. The learned Judge, in a very impressive address, expressed his hopes of the prisoner s reformation, and sentenced him to six mouth's impri sonment in the House of Correction. John Rrong and limes Belcher were indicted for horse-stealing. Mr. Platt appeared on the part of the prosecution, It was shown in evidence, that the horse in question, belonging to a Mr. Anstie, residing in the neighbourhood of St. Alhats's was stolen from his rick yard in the night of the 15th March last ; that on the 16th the prisoner were seen driving the horse in a cart at nine in the morning, about 17 miles (rain the prosecutor's house, going towards London, in which cart was found a . sack containing a large quantity of fowls of very sns ptemus appearance. The prisoners were apprehended by a passenger on the road, in consequence of their equi vocal appearance, and the horse was immediately after wards owned by the prosecutor. The prisoners offered no substantial defence, and the Jury, after a minute detail of the evidence by the learn e d Judge, foutid the prisoners guilty, and sentence of death was passed upon them, accompanied by an intimation from the learned Judge, that although the law would not be enforetd to the utmost extremity, they would certainly be sent out of this country for the remainder of their lases. WESTERN CIRCUIT. —ma w — HAMPSHIRE ASSIZES.—WiNcliEinut, Arra. I. The roisiusissiutt for this county nits opened it; the usual way on Monday maim; by Mr. Baron (iraham mud Mr. Jus ire Best ; and on the folios. ing da), after divine service, both courts prnreeded to husines,. On the (lowa Bide the number of priseuet SlUalli there tire only 48 lii THE NATIONAL REGISTER the calendar, and none of them charged with any crime of marked iitracity. BANK FonGeatea.—The folluuing prisoners pleaded guilty to the minor otfence of having forged notes in their possession, wliiell Slibjeels them to tran:poitation for 14 years a—Williatn Goltison, aged :36 ; Alfred Pink, aged 30; John Clark, aged 50; and Sarah Price, aged 32. Errassisc. Itonuray.—Mitlachi Thornton, aged 27; Andrew Smith, aged 23; Joint Walsh, aged 23; John Galvin, aged 32; nail Joim Woodaid, alias Brooks, aged 22, sol diers, were capitally indicted with having, on the morning List, of the 211 of April la, tit the parch of Purism,Ports mouth, feloniously and hurglariously broken and entered the dwelling-house of Captvin James Hearne,/ White, alio stolen therein n large quantity 01 dollars, flank Utiles, biker, plate, wearingapparcl, his property. It appeared from the prosecutor. Captain White, his ser vant, and others, that ma the 221 of April he left London for Portsmouth, tithing with bun the property in question. On arriving at his house, it was lodged in the parlour, where a temporary bed wits erected fur the Captain; the room hid a how window, and was fronting the street, so that any person mi4ht have seen the property, and what was passing within. On Captain White's awaking next morning, lie found the room in the greatest confusion, and his gold watch and w Web he had placed on the escrutoire„ gime, together with the other articles. Tile door, a hich shut by a bin WK. was open, sonic lundkerchit.'s having got entangled under ii. 011 searching tile house, the scullery winJow was discovered to be open, through which the thieves had effected their entrance. Au oyster knife, which was sit num to !rive been in the bridlely on the family going to bed, was found in the parlitur, but for v hal piii.po-e it was removed is not known. A female, who sleitt iii the upper part of the house, stated stir heard u noise ;thou( one in (lie murrain. lit consequence of information itceived, Captain White, ' w lilt two °hirers, on the 27th of April, repaired to Cashel'', and a 'toile sitting in all inn sew the prisoner Thilillitbilll fie was immediately secured, and MI search bang made, some of the stolen articles were found. They then weal to the barracks: nail Smith aril Ilrookv wile taken into custody. An extensive search Nas Wen made ; Galvin gave till (he l l watch and seals, W 101 l II it appeared he obtained (ruin 1 1 Smith, utid a large quitatity t f the plate and Ullif)111111 was found in the possession of Thornton, It oohs, and Smith, agahist whom the evidence was quite clear; but it did nut materially :Meet Walsh. Mr. Justice Hest summed up the raid:ince with his usual Impartiality, mid adverted tip the want of sule-taid at evi denee against Walsh. His lordship nisi, obsti wed, it i 4 st. for the jury to consider whether the proof of burglary hod been made out against Galvin, who might be viewed is the light of a receiver. The Jury, after a short conmitatinn, pionnunced Thorn ton, Smith, and Brooke guilty of burglary ; (Lavin guilty of receiving the watch, knowing it to be btoleit, and acquitted Wsl,ll. His Lordship then, in so impressive address, passed the awful *entrees of death on the three first pi isoners, and sen tenced Galvin to twelve months' imprisonownt in the House of Correction. Polue. BOWS FREET. CONVICTION SNOBS THE NSW POLICE ACT—On Monday, Thomas Cole, the keeper of one of the night coffee-shops, appeared before Mr. Bernie, the sitting ma gistrate, upon an information exhibited against him, under the Police Act, passed in the recent session, for keeping his shop open after ten o'clock, contrary to the provisions of that statute. A constable of St. Clement's stated, that the defendant had, for a long time, kept a coffee-shop of the worst de scription of characters, and open all hours of the night. It was the determination of the officers of St. Clement's parish to avail themselves of the power Osseo by the sta tute,and the constables had orders to watch them closely, and to exhibit informations against theowners whenever they should infringe upon the law. At two o'clock in the morning of Ssnday se'nnight, witness went to the defendant's shop, and found it fillcd with louse charac ters of both sexes, some fighting, others asleep, and the remainder in situations that it would not be delicate to describe. Mr. Birnie asked the defendant if he had any thing to stale in Ins defence? Ile said he was very sorry, and pleaded his ignorance of any statute as the one under which he was su tttttt oned, and hoped the worthy magistrate would lie lenient with hint, as he had closed Isis shop at a seasonal.le hour since the information was exhibited. The constable said, that was the fact. Mr. 'lonic said, he was glad to hear that, and under the circumstances he would line the defendant bl. only. Defendant.-1 cannot pay 51., sir. Mr.l3irnie.=Chen you must be committed to the House of Correction for six weeks. The defendant was accordingly committed but, in the course of three hours, the fine was paid. Hugh Rogers, one of a notorious set of swindlers who have lately infested the metropolis, obtaining large sums of money from different persons under the pretence of procuring them situations under Gavernnteni, was brought up for reexamination, charged with defrauding George Dykes of two bills of exchange for the paytusitt of bOl. each, which he had obtained from him under a similar pretence. The prosecutor (Dykes) is a labouring carpenter, residing in Fisher•s►rect, Red laomsqoare, and by his industry !tad possessed I ' elf of the above pro perty: be untOrtunately gut acquainted with she Kis soner,who represented to hint that he had the interest of several gentlemen who could procure situations for hint, and that there was a situation vacant in the Excise which he would get hint for 1001.: to this proposition Dykes agreed, and gave I ' he before-mentioned bills, which were endorsed by his brother, who is a respectable tradesman. After the prisoner had got possession of the bills, he kept out of the way for s hate after, but Dykes happened to meet hint, and watched him home, and then obtained a warrant, on which lw was appre hended.—He was fully committed for uial fur the hand. A great number of pickpockets and other thieves as setnbled on Wednesday near the Be:vnlete Tavern, while the people were waiting to see the balloon, as cend, ann communed several robberies is the moat au dacious 11141111 e r 1111:0113b1:. 247 AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR JULY. -.sm.- There is little of novelty to preseut to the public, at this time, as no agricultural report. The ditferent crops upon the ground have improved since cur last, from a favourable rim irtem the weather. wlillst ,et there has been a great want of solar heat. Lute high winds alto, may have had some degree of ill effect on the wheats under the flowering pro cess. Nevertheless, all the crops appear in a prosperous and thriving state, and very probably at if truest, to afford a con siderahle augmentation of the national stock of corn, pulse, and roots collectively. The sit ck of roots was great, and the late rains will draw up a large aftertuark. The hops are much mended, and is ill probably he a far greater crop than was expected. TIM groo ilt of seeds this year has nut been an successful. Tares will be u good (top. Fruit is in far greater abundance tluu the early ,C:ASUII promised, apples being the chief exception. The late rains have drawn up the turnip phials to a size and substance to defy the fly.— Live stock, both fat and lean, has declined in price ►tilt further since our last, with a chance to encounter the usual autumnal fall. Wool has experienced a trifling amendment io price. Tae crops generally, in Ireland and upon the Con tinent, are reported to be of good promise. Extraordinary Escape from &Mg Wednes- • day a buy was riding a tine blood mare belonging to Mr. Hughes, of liattunVaid, Hatton Garden; a waggoner, who was passing with his team, cracked his whip, which so fiightened the animal that he set off at lull speed down Mutton Hill, run over a pour woman, who was sitting at a fruit stall, broke her table, and scatteied the limit, but also escaped with only a few bruises ; the boy not being able to coil, the animal lie ran down Vine Street, which is divided from Mutton Hill by a bar across the street ; the holmt kapeil over the bar, which is about five feet and uu lighting on the slipper, tlaggcil pavement, oil tile opposite side, his teet blipped Jaw! Its till ; the boy was thrown oil': the neighbours rah to his, assistance, ex pecting nothing less than that lie would be dashed to pieces, but nuracidously neither received the smallest Thursday se'nnight, at EAkenharn, a pedestrian, named Jennings, undertook to run 40 miles in eight hours, which lie perforated with ease, having five minutes to spare. Swaitharn fair was but thinly attended; there was a large quantity of lambs which sold at eery low prices; there was but a sinall SIICW of neat stuck, and nu good horses. Oa Wednesday afternoon a dreadful accident, and which had like to have been atICIIIIM with the loss of several lives, occurred neatthe Belvidete, Pentonville.— A 'lumber of persons of both sexes, esausisting of men, . women, and children, who had assembled to witness tie ascension of the balloon, climbed on a low wall topped with iron railing, surrounding the lawn in front of a gen- - ilemats's house, for the purpose of elevating themselves above those on the ground, when the railing not being sufficient to resist the cumbrous weight ()filmic attached to it, about twenty yards of it gave way, together with part uf the wall, bearing all belme it into the street ; several were seriously hurt, and many had either a leg or arm broken, but the most serious case or ail was that of a hue boy, about eight years of ege, who was killed no the spot by a large portion of the stoat pillar falling on his head, which crushed it to pieces. LAWSISTAULE ACCIDENT.-011 Friday night Mr. R. Parker, Ssock-broker, ul Bartholomew-lane, in the city, who resided at Kensington, having been bled copiously in the course of the day; imprudently went to bathe iu Cie Serpetaine River: he had been in the water about a quarter of an hour, when he soddenly disappeared.—A number of persons were swimming at the tune iu the • river, and gate the alarm; the boat belonging to the Royal II 'sue Society's house was rowed to the spot, and the hotly was dragged for till a late hour, but was • not found till Saturday morning about seven o'clock.— The legs and arms of the deceased were much coinracted, . and it was the opinion of the medical men, that he died of the cramp. A coroner's inquest sat on the body, and • An awful instance of sudden death occurred on • Wednesday afternoon, in Lower -street, Islington.— Mrs. Whitmore, the wife of a respectable carpenter, residing in that street, whilst standing at her own door, looking, with others, at the balloon, which juA ascended from the Ildvidere, dropped suddenly down, and expired immediately, before surgical as sistance could be procured. The Maria, Captain Thornthwaite, arrived in Dublin on Thursday, having on board Sir Gregor Mac Gregor, his lady, and family ; they sailed from Santa Martha in an armed schooner hound to Gree nock, but falling in with the Maria, about 1:30 leagues to the West of Ireland, and being short of water, they went on board, and are now at (ire sham's hotel Suckville-street, DISTRESSING SHIPWRECK. The ship Essex, Pollard, of Nantucket, has been lost in the Pacific Ocean, by being struck by a whale ; the crew were compelled to leave her suddenly in their boats, (three in number), with a scanty supply of provi sions; shortly after in a gale, the boat in which the captain was separated from the, other two, which have not since been heard of. The captain's boat moon getting out of provisions, the survivors were compelled to subsist upon the carcasses of studs as perished until their ntunbers was reduced to three, when they were at length driven to the dreadtal alternative of casting lots which should die to s.!b mist the others. in this manner the two lived, until they were fortunately picked up. Friday last a servant of the Mi4ses Fiteclurence, of Audley-square, passing by the Qacen's house at the moment of the servant's replying to the inquiries of some visitors, exclaimed sneeringly,—" A happy release, and a new recruit." A short tune after, another servant, out of livery, gut into the hull, and was examining the visiting book, when her Nlajcs servant immediately turned hint out or the house