The National Register. — London, England, 1812-07-26 00:00:00

------ JULY (26. PROVINCIAL ASSIZES. CAM BR I DGE. 'ibis trial, whicb excited so much interest in the Sporting World, took place last IVeduesday. The prisoner was arraigned on an indictment, with numerous counts, viz.—For poisoning a horse belonging to Mr. Adams, ot Royston, Bats, and a blood mare belonging to Mr. Northev, at Newinioket, 1899 ; and also for poisoning a horse belonging to Sir F. Standish, and another belonging to Lord Foley, in 1811, at the same place. He was tried and convicted on the first case only. • The principal witness, as 011 the former trial, was Cecil Bishop, an accomplice wit!' the prisoner. Ile had been sonic tune acqtotinted with Dawson, and on application to him had furnished him with cor rosive sublimate to sicken horses. Ile went on to prove that Dawsonand he had become progressively acquainted, and that on the prisoner complainiog the stuff was nut strong enou g h, he prepared him a solo tiim of arsenic. Witness &scribed this as n t olfensive hi smell; the prisoner lisviies iolormed him that the horses had thrown up their heads, and refused Cu partake of the water into widen the cuirostve had been mimed. The pr.sontr complained the aloft' was hot slang enough; alai oti being informed it it was made strung it would kill :he horses, he replied, be did not mind that, the New mark( t frequenters were rogues, and if he, meaning the witness, lout a fOrtune to lose, they would plunder him of it. The prisuot r titter uards informed %.itness he used the stud, which was then strung enough, as it had lid ed a hackney arid two mares. Mr-. Tillisrook, a housekeeper at Newmarket, wheie the pasoner lodged, proved having found a bottle of liquid concealed under o,:w -su- s bed, previous to the horses having been poisoned ; and that li!wsoo was out late on the Saturday and Sunday evenings prevams to that event, which took place on the Monday. After Dawson bad len the house, she found the bottle, which she identified as having 'cunta,:ie.. roe said liquid, ; n I which a ellearist proved to hare con ooison. Witness also proved that Dawson had conjunct! her ;hut he had poison in the house for some does, lest any one should have the curiosity to taste it. Other witnesses proved a eh.tiwof cir Lums:ances, which left no dotilit of the prisoner's guilt. 11r. Elise, I.r the prisoner, took a lead objeLt , on, that no crimi nal otleriee bad been committed, and that the sat jict was d matter of to pass. Ile contended, that the indict:neat mast fall, as it was ne essary to prove that the prisoner hail tualtce ag ,list the ow ner of the •liorse, t nuperish him, and nut egain‘t the annual. Ile also con tended. that the object of the prisoner was to injure, and not to kill. The objections, however, were over-ruled without reply, and the pri soner was convicted. rile Ju uc E pronounced sentence a Death on the priioner, and in formed him, in strung language, he could not expvct wercy to be ex tended to 1111►). ERTFORD. YARROW V. CAT.VERT, ESQ. IND ANOTHER. Mr. Curt woo u stated, that this wits an actien in which the plaintiff complained, by his declaration, of being assaulted and dragged trout his house at IVare to Hertford, and from Owner to the co :ninon g ad, where he was illegally held to solitary confinement, and fed only on bread and water, for the space of one month. Mr. Serjeaut BEST, in a most impressive speech, detailed the cir cumstances of the case. The defenditot, Mr. Calvert, was the Re preseutative in Parliament for this town, and, he was ready to admit, had always shown himself a man of humanity cunt benevolence. lie Was also Colonel of the Eastern Division of the Local 'Militia. The plaintiff was a tradesman Jesidi , l, at \Vare, who Lad *served as a ser jeant in the Local Militia ; and the injustice of which he complained, and for which he demanded a compensation in damages, was, chat by a sentence of a Court Martial of the Local Militia, (a sentence which be would clearly show to be illegal), he was acijode.ed to suffer one menth's solitary confinement in the common gaol vi the county, to ulich sentence the' defendants thought proper to add, of their own authority, that his only food should be bread and water. And under this sentence he was committed, and fed only with bread awl water for some days, until his health was found sinking under such unusual food, and then indeed Colonel Calvert granted, some relaxation to his severity. lie would . heie readily admit, that the plaintiff had been guilty of a small military fault, which be would state to them. The plaintiff, Yarrow, was a serjeeitt in the 3d compraiy, he had used the most unceasing diligence to perfect it in its dheipline, -. and had re peatedly received the thanks of his officers for his attentie.n and dill ence• • Among other orders delivered on the 31st of May, there as one which directed the 3d and 4th companies to assemble at Lrert ford • • , Instead of Ware, th e next your; and Yarrow, in copying this !der into his company orderly book, had foolishly added —re 'The 3d ` olll Pan, cannot be ordered to Hertford, beeziost it is tuatess ty. or . _ - 457 not clean, for it is one of the steadiest and cleanest in the regiment." lids, he admitted. was very toolish, and it was a military offence, which perhaps demanded a reprimand, and some degree of punish ment. Accordingly, when the book went into the ines-rooiti, be was called in and reprimanded, and ordered to exponge the obnoxious passage. He expressed his coLtrition, and stated that he did not mein it us etienbike to his Otbcers. This having passed, the plaintiff supposed the mutter ut an end, and the next morning the men were assembled on the parade, received theil• pay, and each went to his own home. The plaintiff was, however, afterwards tried by a court martial, and the sentence above stated passed. lie entreated the Jury to give the pl ,ihtintf such an ample measure of damages as they should think has sufferings merited. The circuntstances of the case were pr,)ved by Scrjeant Ed ward,, and Wilson, the gaoler. Mr. Serjeant Shepherd addressed himself in mitigation of damages, and observed, that Mr. Culvert had been only anxwas to preserve the discipline of his ieginient, and stated, as an instance of his bitnie• nity, that atter the first week he privaiely supplied Yarrow with half a-guinea a week.—Verdict for plamulf.—Danves, 201. ma II THE BEBDOM A D ARY ; OR, LPUEMERIS OF TILL WEEK. JULY. 2'3. The Ninth Sunday after it rinity—Epi.tle 1 Cor. 10. 1. Gospel St. Luke, the mother ot the Virgin Maly—she was the rate of Suaeltnu ; but, its the Set ;phut! is respect to this peison, we have only tradition to help us in this case, and thA even is uncertain ; howe. er, the Latin church has fur many centuries celebrated a festival in her honour on this day. Carpenters and jUiIWIS, iu Roman Catholic connotes, have chosen her tor their tute lary Saint, but it is not easy to gue.ts why.—Syrios, the biggest ot- the fixed stars, and the brightest, passes now dull over our heads with sun, and is suppw:ed to merease the sumnier heat; but we think the sapp..sition entirt ly groutioless ; when, in the winter, this beautilut star shines in the skies, by night, do we teel the te....uperature altered and warmed by its presence ?—llypoerates, Phil, and several an ther-, who followed blindly their opinions, tell us that the day on %%Men this star, also called Lanicula, rise:.—the sea boils, wine turns LAtr, dug- grow mud, all animals feel languid, and diseases of all stets assail mid:aid ; fortunately these extravagant ideas have heel' long ex plod d. —l5Bl. Establishment of the hinted States of liolland.-1.50:5. :Mary Queen of Scuts married Lord Darnley. The Sun rises at 4 h. 9 Will. sets at 7 h. 51 min. Pantaleon, a famous physician of Naionietlia, who was beheaded by order of Diucletiaa, in the . )eat . t. - . 01. Er his ueing cdopted tile ti.t..-lary Saint by all otountehmiss anti relic-o.oi,cis ur 1t..1y, we way naturally intor that his skill its paiticularly co,:spi euutts in setting btoi,co and lunated bones.-17 d. Linde off Ushaw - , 1 lie Duke of (Means %v .:Ls presi•at, oat retired by night.-11193. The Legiuning of the Caledtatian Canal. The Sun rises at 4 It. 11 win. sets at 7 11. 49 win. 28. 7tiesoay.—St. Victor, Bishop of Rowe, was martyred under Sc% erus, A. 1). 19.) ; also St. Innocent, Bisnop ut the billlit See. and cotemporaiy with St..lugustin and St Serum, died Ann° 416.-181.6. Surrender ut Barrios Ayres.—hAO. Thomas Crmu%vell, Earl ut k.ssei, was beheaded.—ltita. Cowley dies at Chertsey, Surrey. 'l he Sun rises at 41h. 12 win. sets at 7 h. 48 min. 29. 1-reenesday.—St. Martha, sister to Mary Magdalen and Lazarus, is said to have died in the neighbourhood ut Marseilles, in France.- 1809. The memorable battle et talavera, fought and I :aincd r A. Wellesley, new Lord Wel c' m linuto—lso7. The young Yiii.ce, son of Mary Queen of Scots and Lor d Darnley, is proclaimed King.-Ib9S. King William is defeated by the fri:ncii. The Sun rises at 4 h. 14 min. sets at 7 h. 46 nun. SO. Thatsday.—St. Abdon and Sennen, two Persians, Kho being ap. prehended for burying the bottles of the martyrs, wert put to death by the sword, tinder Deems, Ana() 233.-1809. The 13ritisli Expk damn make a descent on Walcheren.-1799. Mantua taken by the us trians.-1761.—Captain Cook sailed from lkptturd on the ti.st of his three celebrated voyages.-1771. Death ut the poet. The sun rises at 4 h. 16 min. sets at 7 h. 4.1 31. Friday.--St. Ignatius, born at Logola, of a noble family in Spain, and the founder of that famous and much calunini •ied Socitty, chlled Ofliesus." 11:td the learued fathers kept to their lioraries and convents, and forborned to interfere in politics, their order might still be flourishing ; Ignatius died Anno 1635.-1809. lieveland bula renders to General Hope.-1808. king Joseph flies from Madrid. the Sun rife: at 4 b. 17 mill, sets at 7 h. 43 man. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. ~_ ,.