The National Register. — London, England, 1818-05-10 00:00:00

1150 respectively ending in September. ISI3. It appeared that the defendant, upon giving up the seats in the Synagogue, had been applied to for pzyment of the rent, anti acknowledged his liability, but excused himself from then paying for want of means. - The rent of the elt.ipel was paid out of the pro. dice of the seats, atiii certain religious offerings and obla tions, ort of which also the poor members of the Synagogue were supported, thereby relieving the Christian parishes from o . e liability of sup p orting Jews-hi paupers. Part of the pies sent demand was therefore constitnted of certain of these Oblations. which the defendant hail neglected to pay.— Amini,gst others were the Mit , • rol, or contribution nn being allowed to approach the Ark 4 the Covenant, in which the table: of the Levitical laws are placed : the 11 iniontrn, or compositieb ;mid for not attending cot:tin funeral obsequies, *pun the iiiiath ofa Jew; aid the ( :wsilkteper, or Day of Judg tweet, a coliiritintion for providing the wax candles necessary I'ur the supply of the altar oil certain feast day:, Early in the cause this learned Judge suggested the pro • . tics• 'p iety ut r ing the case to some r".speetable Jew acquait.t ed with the customs of the Synagogue; but this was declined by the def'endant's Counsel. The case of the plaintiff, having hem proved, Marryitt stibmitted tan olojectioas to the plaintiffs' tight to serovcr :-Ist, it appeared that the demand toads' against the defendant hail .c.tit net during the life.time of one of the lessees of the !synagogue, Jacob Hart, who was since dead ; and as the plaintiff.: had not drawn their decla ration conformable to that state of circumstances, they could not recover ; and 2dly, There seas no proof of contract be tween the defendant and the plaintiffs ; and even supposing the contract to be proved, the law of Lugland did not allow the claim. Upon this punt, Mr. Justice Abbott said, that as the law of England allowed a religious establishment tar the Jews, and tolerated their Itistititizons, all the consequences arising therefrom were sanctioned. ipon the first point evidence was given to slew that Jacob )tart, one ut the lessees, had died only in 1814, and conse quently the ailedged liability of the defendant having accrued during his lifetime. Ms. Justice Abbott thought the pleadings defective, and therelore directed the piaintilfs to be nunsuited. THURSDAY. JAXE MARIA ItAArtt TON V. BELT.. Mr. Chitty stated. that this Win an action for a libel published in the Werkia Dispatch Sunday newspaper, of the Goth of July, 1817. It was it tlici.e terms : " Cuii.o STEALING.—At Cie late Sessions at the Old Halley, it appearsthat the feinale convicted of the above crime was tOrmerly the wife of an eminent printer, in Fleet-street ; that for a short period of her life, she •• strutted mid fretted her hour upon the statle." and performed several times :it the little Theatre in the I laytnarket ; since which time she had formed a connection with a gentleman in Paris, and left that place some time ago preparatory to her accoreltenterl in this country : the child ►he was delivered of died. and upon ac • fount of receiving a large sum of money from the father. she stole the child alluded to. in order te'return with it to France, to impose it upon the reputed father es her cll . :ping. She is a female of cons! • derable talents. Mr. Stvirlett, on owning the rlaintift's case, said, that his client was, he honeyed. a widowed lady, formerly the wife of Mr. Arch:bald Hamilton, printer. Falcon-court, Fleet-street, who had been pro prietor of several important and valuable works. Such had bten the etfeet of this caluinnions paragraph, and so accurately and un equivocally was the plaintiff pointed nut in it. that many of her (amends were imposed upon. and the solicitor she had been formerly accustomed to employ. even went to Newgate to visit her, expiating to see lier.previous to the infliction of the sentence to transportation, and Mrs. Hamilton was driven into Court to clear her reputation. The libel was now admitted by the defendant, when the.lury consulted stew minutes, and gave the plaintiff a Verdict, with 200 L damages. AeettattaastoN AND SUletnE or AN OVTLAW.—In Ja nnary last, U. Cowen, a inert-limit in Great Prescott-street, became a batik rud,t, and absconding from his commission was outlawed. Several of his creditors hearing lately that he was living in a great style at Rotterdam, applied to the Lord Mayor for Ids assist/tete ; and Brand, the marshalmau, Was Sethi to Holland with his warrant for that purpose. The Batavian Government, however, manifested a decided oppo-- &Rion to the measnre ; and it was only by the exertion of Lord Clinically, the British Minister at that Court, that it was at length aeccdeddo. His Lordship was compelled to write home to the I.:n*4st' Government, and obtain its sanction to au tandettaking, pledging a reciprocal conduct, before the Blieister of Justice at the Hague was directed to furnish the necessary authority. This was done en the 13th tilt. awl Brand immediately proreetled to Rotterdam in search of his object, and the same afternoon he met him walking its the street. On hiving aceetted by the officer. ho asserted that they dare nut take him; lout the Dutch authority being shewn to him, he made Wit little resistance. The populace, how ever, appeared alarmed at the execution of a foreign war rant, and R great botfy of them collected immediately, who skewed a disposition to oppose the arrest ; insomuch, that the the officer, found it neccseary to set a strong reinforcement ; and it was only by a constant exhibition of their pistols that a rescue was not attempted, and the prisoner was lodged in safety. The saute night lie was conveyed to the prison at the Hague. On the filitou in t meriting he requested tl:tt person appointed to be with him, to procure him a little coffee for his breakfast, and aftlionglt the man was not away more than Eve minutes, on his return liefound him hanging by highland_ kerchief tv the knob of a Nandi cupboard. He was *instantly rut 'loan, hut life was rotally extinct. The officers recovered from his lodging a large quisuillity of cash, jewels, bank-untes, wiottee4, Oc.o. sod it seems a law-suit is likely to take place he/ wets' the assignees colder the commission, and thos e cr " • .es %%Ito atone were the roust' of its recovery, as to who se -II have the disposal of it. Since this omeirreneo has taken ) „ee, the Corn tussahs" of Polite at Rotterdam hits 11/13111.d ~; Order, enj • g the proprietors of all Indeing-houses to el :se a return every morning uf the isuilitE.r, niatue , , and de sot ytion of their mutates; and this order has been hitherto strictly enfnrceil. A sedntlaluti• aileentnre occupies at present the attention of the public at Lyons a yonag and yr; y Inv. ly woman, went lately to the Theatre des tan: s:in. M. M•—,a veil ig and rich ..tenttemais, was attick atilt her beauty, I,e fullowed her, and at length diseovettil that she was marl ::•/1. 'lll4 a Porters of conjugal-fidelity, mid had 'm oisten the advance,. of se's eCal of 11.:1' adatirers. However. M--- !rived it s::ell II 11141111(1. that mile evenim: he re COVI'd a h :ter fi a n his .‘iticevhi, winch runs this:—" hitstem.l has I. ft hut has slat Anne ; come and b• Lapps with r fi it nil." Voting did not isa.ed emu/in; hut he hail not been a quarter of au ROM 5511 . 11 lice, when in same the linsband, breathing MCC and tlinuea, nod comm . :led M— to sig n hill log 6060 Oat c-• Nest day M------ applied t o the( . ; ol amjs % aire. and on inssatigAtion it was fotiml that Madame oas the mishear., not the ssife Ix affair is now be fore ' he Procersuc du IZoi. N.ATIONAL lIEGISTER. SPA FIELDS MEETING.. Monday, porsnaut to public notice, of Messrs. Watson, Preston, and Co a meeting was convened of what was styled the et:franchised inhabitants of the county of Middlesex. Twelve o'clock !vas the tittle announced for opening the pro' ceedirape Mr. Hunt was annostheed as the leadleg actor; and Merlin's Ceve public house, celebrated for tile former Spa Fields meetings, was appointed for this ; but the lerge space called Spa Fields, which fore:oily afforded an extensive arena to the malty thousands who assembled there in 1516, being now covered with new buildings and brick works, the meet- - ing was adjourned from Merlin's Wee to a place styled the Union public house, but inure eminent in story by the name of " Fee Bull in the Pound." The orators and their friends took theirs places, about half past 12 o'clock, upon the roof of an on t building, in front of, the house and Mr. Wutson opened the pro_cediuge by reading a letter from Mr. Hunt, apologizing fur his absence from Loudon on indispensable business iii Ireland : expressing his intention of being present if possible, at the meeting : hut, if not, assuring them, that his heart was with thee 's. He then read the requisition, which was presented to the clerk of the peace amentucing the meeting. and eignest by tw o weavers, three shoemakers, and a dealer in second hand tUrniture. Mr. Watson thou ad• dressed himself to the inetieg, upon all the old topics—of the rights of the labouring. poor, the oppressions of the rich upon them, the cut roption of Parliament, Oligarchy, and the ue cessity of Partaineutary Reform, enumerating all the great ads acute. of that measure; Lord Erskine, Mr. Pitt, Lord they, Lord Castlereagh, Sir J. Mackintosh, and many other high political characters, who• had now deserted the cause. But the smellier were to be coneoledaty the reflection, that they still posse.,sed the aid of such able champions as Major Cartwright, Jeremy Bentham, W. Cobbett, Mr. Wooler,and many others, whose able pens had fully impressed the ne cessity of the ineasure.—We deem it not vet y interesting to detail the kind of eloquence by which Mr. Watson, in a sort of mock solemnity, and disjointed language, entertained the assembly for near two hoursoinet in which he threw together all the heterogeneous fragments uf• former harangues upon this subject. He concluded by proposing a string ut• twelve or fourtetu resolutions, embodying the points of this speech, which were afterwards reed by the secretary, and carried unanimously by a multitude ut five thousand people, cilia): uf•tate lower order, :aid not-one hundred of whom could hear a word that was said.—The orator next proposed a petition to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, eumpounded of the substance of• the resolutions, and beseeching his it:titmice to obtain Partidineutery Refurni.—This being carried, Mr. Pres ton rose to address the multitude, which he did in an ha rangue of nearly two limas, but in a style of incoherency and uonsense, sustained by all the energies which grog, and a fa natical spirit could inspire-► Thus terminated the main pro ceedings of the day, dui ing which the orators, ardent in the cause, drank ito less than nine large tumblers of ruin and water.—Mr. Hunt, Major Casawright,and Mr. Watson, were appointed to present the petition to his Royal Highness at Colton House.—The Magistrates of the different Police offices were at the Cobham's Head tavern, Coppice-row, and the officers of tlic various Police establishments were placed under the direction of the Magistrates, iu different direce tions leading to the Union public house. Sir N. Conant, directed the Bow-street officers ; and Mews. Rainsford, Baker, Rogers, and where, w ere equally active in directing ' other civil officers. A military force, consisting of both ca valry and infantry, was also placed in limn:bit; order in the Pentunville barracks.—Thc best possible precautions were adopted by the Lord Mayor for the preservation of the peace iii the city. 'the whole of the constables, amounting to upwards of 300, headed by the Marshals, were stationed at the Mansion House and at Guildhall, iu readieers to act at a moment's warning. In order to facilitate the conveyance of intellieence front the piece of meeting, relay. of men were stationed at given points (emu the City to Spa Fields, with orders to report at intervals the state of affairs; but we are happy to state that there was uu necessity for the exertiuu of their set vices. We extract the following article from a Jamaica Paper of the 28th of February :—" The schooner Curaco r packet, Ainitta from the liiihan coast,- bound to Aruba, but blown ofi the coast, out seven days, put into this port yesterday is (listless. The arrival of this vessel puts it out of all manner of doubt as to the loss of the brigantine Saxe Coburg, Glais• ter, two of her mew having arrived in her. These men, whose names are James Berry and Thomas Peters, state that the Sane efli/011fg t% as taking in cattle on the Indian coast in the beginning of January ; that on the 9th she had on board 131 head, that bonen lo and 11 in the forenoon of that day one of the !urban Chiefs was on board, who got drank, and tie haved in so very outrageous a manner, that Capt. Glaister was compelled to confine him till he became ember, but from the quantity he drank, he died short:) , alter he was sent on shale. Ills followers. imagining the Chief's death was caused by ill treatment from Capt. 0. went on board the vessel iu vast umbers, and en: need butchering every soul they could lay hands on, and out of her whole crew, only the two men who arrived here in the Caraciia packet escaped ; they hav ing secreted themselves etlectoally until the savages' rage wan somewhat abated; they were taken on shine as'servants to the Indians, and were sold to Cart. Armilta like heaits. Them a iaus plundered the Saxe Cubourg of every tantalite article, and artertvarits set tire to bor. Mr. Jacob tri.w.tor, hrother to Capt. li. and Mr. Webb, a passenger, were among the utifot triadic victims." There will be a grand Naval Res iew, at which the Prince Regent will be prewill, in Ibc cum •r of the ensuing r, attended by his Naval Aides-eau-C.11o'). Fur this purpose, the gilardshirs from the several purls, except the tlag_ships at l'ortsmentli and Plynimitle, have town of tiered to form a squadron at the nailer purr, on the tat Uf Juue , tbeucr , to proceed to eve for the exerri..t. of their eree.-i, and the per formance of suitowavres. pi evious to the Review. The eth,ps that will assembie Ale, the 'tamales Spencer R.,heCurt an eir • !Alpert. Vengt or NoTtrieniberl.ohl '44 ( . .iptain .1. Walker. Unl•wark Tuna:int • fo C'.apc:u• the Itettrw aiu takc puce on the Isle ot Wight. The aocis at Coy Pageant:it Col/catty, which lies been. sus' rioted fur smite years, i. about to be revived nith additioutil s e ilendour ; for which cavalcade the se% eral tradin; compa nies are preparing. Lady G4dice is once snore to pass alollllltd on her milk white palfrey, awl Prepiv fans Agaiu -to appear in all MAY TO' FATAL DUEL IN FRANCE. The following sc.-mint of a ilnel at Cum, between a roan, gesitleinuii, of the n.sni- of l'ickforil, and M. Mai. ,nner, a Frenchman; is evict, from a private letter, rccei% et, by it gentleman in the county of Sussex : " Caen, Arum 30. 1818.—A fatal duel took plate yester. day morning, the relation which follows will account for it : —Scene weeks siace u Fi encitinan, a Mons. Dulsuiseun, Who passes here for a gentleman, spit iu the face of a Lieutenant in the navy: the insult was unpioroked, but is supposed to have originated in an milismuled jealousy. The fair object of it was a nursery maid of lieu. H. 'Fite Prefect was ap plied to, and requested to interpose his authority ; of the re sult of this application lam ignorant. Nothing farther oc. cnrred for several days, till a M. A thin, a friend of Dubnisson, following the Lieutenant, and a Captain in our army, out of Louguers Cafe, struck, from behind, the Lieutenant across the head with his cane, and also as grossly instilled his com panion. This happened at night, a little after lea. There was not any previous 9itarrel between the parties, nor was intimation given of the intended assault. A coneidarable ference of opinion appeared among our countrymen, as to the •course to be perused in punishing the aggressor. Those to whom the. Lieutenant and Captain applied for advice, decid ed, that as M. Allan had not sought a quarrel in a gentle manly manner, he had no right to be considered as a gentle man, and that he ongitt to be prosecuted. On leaturtlay , the cause came on, and he was condemned to a mouth's imprison. anent, and to a tine. On returning from the place of justice,' the English who attended the trial, bad to sofferinider tl:e. most revolting scurrilities, showered upon them by the towns. people, and by the friends of Allan, irritated by his condemn ation, and exalting themselves mightily at the supposed pusilanimity of the prosecutors. Young D. and young F. had each an affair on their hands; but these were settled by their receiving apologies. C. Pickford, who had his share of the words" Cociten Anglaise, polisson, canaille marked his man, and avoiding all present altercation, pursued his way through the snob. In the evening, having found•him on the Cour, he requested satisfaction; which was promised, with the significant hint of " the nearer the better." '14(7 met near %%iceties the following morning, about seven, M. 51ariater with Oubuissun• for his second : and Pickford, with Lieut. Morgan, of the navy. There was some dispute about dis.. tances ; Marinier wanted fifteen paces ; Pickford said that he was ne shot, and would allow of none beyond four. To this Marinier had no abjection, provided he had the first tire.— P. insisted that they should tire together; but this species of equality was stiffly opposed. Another proposal was then made, that Mariniers friend should charge one only of Isis pistols with ball, and give P. the choice; or that Morgan• should charge with ball one of his pair, and should let Mari slier choose. This was acceded to. Marinier first took one, and then P. the other. 'Try presented together; the in.. tersal between them was but about two feet. After a mo ment or two of hesitation, the word was- given, and Pickford put a ball under his adversary's ribs, on the right side, which ~passed clean through him. He presently expired. The stir ' diver was•brutally iestilted by the second of the fallen man. After a proper display of t heatrical feeling, he wanted to pro.' eyed to another ilnel a ton trance, and inidantly ; but P. though terribly provoked, kept perfectly cool. He said unly, " fetch .a witness, nod I will wait for you." After remaining 11101 e than au hour on the ground, and seeing no one, they went into Caen. P.'s gnat rel was fortunately unknown to his father and mother till all was over. The young man played whilst at Colonel H.'s on the preceding eve )) iii g, with his accustomed coolness, and till a late hoer. There is occa sion to make any remark on the lad's conduct. I must add that w ben they arrived' on the grouse!, he said, " I do not approve of Monsieur Allan's prosecution ; my opinion was, entirely against it, I. have had no concern in it. Only make me an apology for the insetting expressions of yesterday, and I shall be happy to shake hands with you. 1 have nut the slightest wish to push this matter further." The unfortunate 'sufferer and his second refused all concession, and to theist only can any blame be imputed. It gives me great pleasuu a to tell you every respectaole Frenchman applauds heartily young P.'s behaviour; 1 huve nut seen one, whales er his party and politics may be, who does not say, that his humanity, for bearance, and steadiness, cannot be excelled." FEMALE SWINDLER.—A jeweller near the Haymarket ha* beau defrauded of a set of jewels, value about SOO guineas, in. the following entraordinaiy manner : About three weeks ago, a female dressed in the first style of elegance, accompanied by a mast in livery, came to his shop, and orderer) a set of jewels to he finished by the let of May. In a few days after eshe sva3 driven to the door in an el?gant Tilbury by a man of dashing appearance, and said she hoped lie would not fail in having it finished at the time, •tnd handed him a card. on which was ellghtvetis. " Mrs. Desanges I)evoren, Gloticester., ' place, Purtman•square." On the evening of the Ist the jew els were tinisherlonid the jeweller was about to proceed to 1 the house, when a rarriage drove tip and the lady herself entered the shop. Alter some conversation, she requested thatehe would laiug them home immediately, and was about to lease the shop, when she said," Ily-the-bye, us my carriage is at the door, you may us well accompany use home." The jeweller did not hesitate to comply with her request, and .entering the carriage, they drove to a house in (itolicestcr place. On their art ival lie was ushered into an elegant spat t mew,. vs liei e, reclining na a sofa, lie ml scovered the gentleman who acr.•inieaaird i\his. 1). D. on her sect , t,ii visit to his shop. 1 here was wine VII the table, of whit li the jeweller was re. quebreil to pm take. Alter drinking a tiW „lasses lie produced the jew els, which were highly admired. 'floc wine was then briskly s iiculitted ; Mr. Jeweller shortly became elevated, , and was at length presa:led (Spoil by mice host to snug o sone. 'l•bis exertion, coop), ti with the strength oldie w Me, proilnced sue ii all eifeet upon his facilities, as to send hit:l,4ol)Be the air was well cow - laded, sound aslet•p on the Hoot! liow lung lie was pernalted to roman there we know not, but on awaken_ mg lie fiiiiii:l himself on the floor of 3 neighbouring watch. IliollSe ; 111It1 was isiformed that he had been foiled by a watch. man dead di outs at the door of a lemse. He immediately saw through Ilse teak, ,rout as soot' as day-light appeared, went Is ••• ,tt•te td the !loose *sl.t.i Che hail been doped. bat ;is rug I.141 . :1 :1 , / 11011 e 01 * Ca. mitilser, he could nut find it. His en qiiii;es after 31 is. De via en aei e eye:illy mistier eA•fool— nu •stets lady resi,:ed it' the td . igh boo, howl. Ile ails, however, it.th.rilieit vial 4 i.h:l•. ao•1 gtilleasatt had Lee n seen at da►. aerate., driving s, iy t'est in a backs', vouch along the Ma. toad, and by further enquiry, lie lett tied that t!,c roach w as t. 41,0, I root the st.ue•t in ifoesei_street, by two pe►sons esttytty me.% criiig toe tleset !Wood of the parties by a hone he had be( is robbed. All elorts to discover their r‘treat bas 'oaks to proved una%idli ig.