The National Register. — London, England, 1820-06-04 00:00:00

L4W REPORT. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE 2. This being the first day of Trinity I'erin, the Judges took their seats with the usual formality. Bail was jos tified before Mr. Justice Holroyd some time previous to the arrival of the Chief Just ice. IN re CLEIIIINT. Mr. Platt said, he was instructed to move in the mat ter of Mr. Clement for a Certiorari, to be directed to the Judges in the late commission at the Old Briley, or Mr. Shelton their clerk, calling on him to return the orders made on Mr. Clement to appear before that Court, also an order for she fine to be paid by Mr. Clement. lie was desirous of removing the three orders made on It r. Clement into this Court. Chief.lo,tice—Does the order for the fine still remain, or •has the fine been estreated into the Court of Lxchc• quer t Mr. Platt.—if it does not, my Lord, the application will fall to the ground. Chief Justice.—Yes, Mr. Platt; but before we grant the writ, we •t know whether the order remains there or whether it is gone. Mr. Justice Bryly.—lt cannot produce much delay to inquire. Chief Justice.—You can be informed by to-mor- row. _ Mr. Platt then said, he understood the order still remained in that Court. Chief Jus:ice•—You must have an affidavit of the fact. Mr. Platt then asked if the Court would allow him to mention it again at the rising of the Court. The Chico Justice said, if there was time the Court would hear him. At four o'clock, as the Court was rising, Mr. Platt again brought on the subject. He said he had found that a search was made yesterday, and that the orders still remained in the Court from whence they issued. He bad an affidavit of the fact. The Chief Justice.—Take a rule to shew cause. Mr, Platt.—Will the Court allow the rule for a writ of Certiorari to be absolute. Chief Justice.—You can only have a rule to shcw cause- Mr. Platt.—Your Lordships will perhaps allow me to stay proceedings ad interim. ChiefJustiee.—We have really gone as far as we can go; ‘Ve have gone ton far. tiolice. MANSION-HOUSE. JAC, KETCII.—On Monday James hotting, who for merly oduciated•at the Old Bailey, as executioner, but who is now deprived of the command of his right hand, and in fact of one half his body, by the Divine will, was carried to the Justice Room to give evidence against a petson of having forged his name, and defrauded hint of a sum for money. Jack, though labouring under great bodily affliction, wits quite free Irons mental in firmity. A check upon the house of Everett and Co. for 101. purporting to be signed Ity Jack, was produced by a clerk.of the house, who could not say that the prisoner was the person who had received the sum. The writ ing was not Jack's, for Jack is not able to write. r. Blackburn, one of the Guardians of the Poor of the Parish of Shoreditch, said, that lie was upon the Committee appointed to examine those who applied fur parish relief. In the month of March, Boning was brought before him in a state of great wietchedness Ly the prisoner, and taken into the house. After the lapse of a few weeks the trustees were informed that Bolting load some property, and that the prisoner was turning it to his own account. Upon inquiry it was found that the prisoner had disposed of Butting in the above men tioned manlier, with the view of having the unpartici pated possession of about 3001. and some fur ttttt ire, which were the profit) of the unfortunate man's labo rious and awful profession, and after further search, it was ascertained that 101. was paid on Saturday to the prisoner, upon a forged draft. It appeared also, that the prisoner had taken Boning wider his protection, and had written to a gentleman at Brighton, who held 3001 the money of Buttitig, to have itic I/I incipal paid, upon winch the complainant was for three years re ceiving the interest. Booi n g required great care iii his unfortunate condition. The knowledge of those sir• cunistances arose iron► the investigation made to pro tect the parish funds. Bolting stated to the Lord Mayor, who looked very narrowly into this case, that there were 3001. due to him by a gentleman at Brightoo. He did hot touch a halfpenny I the principal, but had received interest for about three years. He never authorised any body to receive any of the principal, nor did he sign ally order upon the banking-house where he received the interest, for the payment of the principal or ally part of it.— Since his illness he had empowered the pilsoner to re ceive the interest for him, but nothing inure, and to sign a receipt for it in his name. Tile last time the pri soner went to receive the interest, he told wllnes• 01)011 his return he could not get it. lie however gave him while in the woi kliouse a few shillings to boy tear— % insets, in consideration of the trouble which his ill ness bad occasioned, signed a will, which would leave in the possession of plisener the whole amount of his property. Ile had however, trim!) learning the conduct of the man, made a revocation of the will, and now wished to he left ter the care of the parish, the over seers of which would, he knew, give him plenty to eat. The prisoner said in his defence, that Botting had authorised him to take the money he was charged with having obtained dishonestly in part of payment of great services he had done the afflicted man in his adversity; that Bolting had been under his protection since July, THE NATIONAL REGISTER. lag during which time he (prisoner) had gone to consider able expence in paying physicians, &c. &c. and that the authority to sign the name of the complainant was obvious from his own statement. But this was not all. He was in the habit of writing all Hotting's letters, as well as of receiving money for hint, and Boning had authorised him to receive 50i. and apply it to his own use, besides the free gift by will. lotting declared before God that he never authorised the prisoner to receive one halfpenny except the interest, and he always did that with orders to bring it to him. He, however, should have hail no objection to give it to limo if lie was in ueed of it. _ _ . The Lord Mayor remanded the prisoner for further examination. BOW STREET. DARING ROBBERIEs.—On Monday, a respectable young, man, uanlrd William Ridding, underwent a long examination before R. Birnir, Esq, the Sitting Magistrate, charged on suspicion of being concerned in the audacious rooberies described in the following state ments:— The first charge was preferred by the landlord of the Mercers' Arms, public-house, Mercer's Street, Long Acre, who stated, that on Friday evening last, the prisoner and two other men came auto his parlour, and called for some beer. In a short tune they called for inure, and the witness then observed that the prisoner had left the room, but ne suspected nothing wrong, until his maid servant made an alarm that there was a man up stairs robbing the hone. The prisoner at flits moment was seen running through the passage into the street, and was stopped and taken into custody. rite witness examined the rooms up stairs, and found that his bed chamber, which was next to the club. room, had been entered, and two club boxes and stone clothes trunks were standing on the bed. One of the trunks was broken open and some articles missing.— The club boxes must have been removed furihe purpose of being plundered, as they were left under the bed. They contained same considerable property, and would in all prubability have been deprived of their contents, but for the interposition of the maid servant, who hap pened by mere accident to passing the club room, and going 'clown stairs, just as she called out. The only sus picious article found upon the prisoner was an ingenu ously constructed turnscrew. Mr. Billison, of the Kitig's Arms, corner of Moor Street, Seven Dials, deposed, that on Monday evening, the 17th of April, several men came to Isis house, and under the pretence of being abnut to form a Society there, they requested permission to have the use of the large club room. They remained there until a late hour drinking; and when witness went to bed, he-discovered that his chamber, wnich adjoined the club room had been f o rced open, and plundered of nol. in Bank notes and silver, and a valuable watch and seals. He had no recollection himself of seeing the prisoner there un that night. A boy, waiter to the last witness, stated, that the prisoner, and a man named • Osborne, were frequent visitors at the house prey ions to the robbery; and he remembered seeing them and others there on that night. Mr. Birnie observed, that Osborne was perfectly well know at this office. The prisoner was committed for further examination, and a warrant granted to search his lodgings. A complaint, 'older the " Metropolis Paving Act," was exhibited at this Office, on Tuesday, by Alr.Cadogan, Surveyor under the Commissioners of Pavements for the Parish of St. Clement Danes, against Messrs. Twining, Tea dealers, in the Strand, for an alledged offence against that Statute. The defendants were convicted some time ago under this Act, for suffering their men to draw a truck, with heavy packages, through Devereux Court, which ad joins their premises. Since that the offence has conti nued without diminution; and positive orders being given by the Commissioners of the Parish that it should be stopped, Mr. Cadogan was under the necessity of ex hibiting another information. Mr. K. Twining fur himself and Partners, in a warm address to the Magistrate (R Birnie, Esq.) expressed much surprise at this proceeding, and declared that if it was to be persisted in, it must put a total stop to the business which been had carried on, with credit and re putatiou for inure than a century. They had tried every means to avoid offending against this must extraordinary Statute, but found it totally impracticable, without shut , titig up their warehouse altogetner. They had inquired Gat the neighbours who were most likely to be al -1 reeled by the practice, and not one of them would say that they considered it a nuisance. Mr. Cadogan said, it was a very unpleasant task for hint to appear against Messrs. Twining, but lie was com pelled to di) his duty, and the just itictious of ilie Board were, that he should lay one informatiou upon another until the nuisance was pm MI end to. Ali. 13ituir Upon my word, I think this a very harsh proceeding. Pray what are the defendants to do!" Mr. Cadogaii—t."fhe men t carry the packages 04 their shoulders. . • Mr. Twining—" That is impossible, as most el the packages are loom 3 to 4 bundled weight, and cannot be got into the warehouse except on a truck." Mr. Ilit née—" 1 am ante Mr. Taylor, in the formation of this Statute, never could have contemplated such a case as this, and I think the Connmissiuners ought to deal according to common sense and co ttttt 1011 fan 11C1.3 between man and man." Mr. Twining again remarked on the extreme hardship of the cage, and hinted that they were selected fur 1 , • ot.e eut ion. . _ . Mr. Cadogati Jellied this. Mr. 'fiiilittig—.` We have made evil) , couce•'inu its our power, and catered to pave the court at our ur.o ex pence, but Iluthilig will avail with the Burr) ut I.:011111W , sioners," Mr. Cattopm—" respect to the harilihip of cave, every publican who rolls his buts of beer over the lout pavement to his cellar is liable, under this statute, to the penalty." Mr. lltrilie—H Then why 4* you not summon all the publicist's in 3 cur parish !P Mr. Cadogan—" I have not thought proper! Mr. Birnie-- According to your ewe skewing them you do not art strictly to the letter of your duty or iss structions." Mr. Cadogen--11 am not accountable to yon Mr. Biroi , for the moaner in which I chose to perform my dirty," Mr. Birisie•—•"l' be information is dismissed ; I will not proceed open it, and you may seek your remeily." Mr.Cadogan remonstrated. Mr. }limit —" You have yone answer Sir." Here Ow conversation ended, sad Mr. Cadogan left the office, iniimniilig, that lie should apply to a better Court upou the subject. EXCISE COURT. Mr. James Thomas, a respectable malt salesman and warehousemen, appeared to complain of the duty en 520 quarters of malt, and to pray for the return of the duty which had been paid on the same, on the ground that it had been destroyed by fire. This being considered as a cue of considerable interest to Btu malt trade, as well as to others dealing in excise.. able col iiiii oditics liable to casualties, en extra number of Commissioners sat on the Bench to determine the question. • It appeared from the statement of a number of wit nesses, that 610 quarters of malt were sent from Stratford. in Essex, to the warehouse of Mr. Thomas, in Shad Thames ' which were entirely destroyed by lire on the 27th of February, on which occasion ism quantities of grain were deals oyed, and, amongst the rest 520 gumless of malt, which lied been sent front Straithi ! cf, ou which it was proved that a duty of Rhs. per quarter had been paid, and of which the complainant now prayed the return. _ _ _ . Mr. Mayo, the Solicitor of the Excise, contended, that it was a principle uniformly decided and acted apse by the Eicisr.that whenever the original article OHS reduced in value, for instance, tour Milts, then foul-Ohs of the duty .Isould be returned, and nut jibe full INllO.llli of the duty %kith lied been paid upon it. Alter some discussion among the Coniamissionets, the Court adjudged that the whole of the duty which had been paid on the article, proved to have been destroyed should be returned. The amount of the duty was stated • at 79181. RIOT AT DOVKR.—(I► Wednesday the Lively cutter captured a smuggling galley, having on board 57 half ankers of spirits, and 37 bags of tea, which, with the crew, consisting of eleven persons, were lands d at Dover. and ten of them being found fit for the navy, ►lse whole were committed to gaol until the ten could be removed to some of his Majesty's receiving ships. Friday 11)0/11. • ing was fixed for the removal of the ten fit to serve-,. but it being thought, from the vast influx of ill-lookingnien into the town, that a rescue would be attempted, every precaution was taken by the Mayor and Magistrates to guard against it, by having a body of constables, the seamen belonging to the preventive service,attil a detach ment military, drawn up both in and outside the gaol. The time of removal was twelve o'clock., but tiO46S hosirs before that a large body of people had collected together, which coutinued increasing every tontine, and at the • the men were about to be brought out, several hundreds were collected in front and at esery avenue leading to the gaol, with every disp/srtiou to riot and rescue. The worthy Mayor, Sir Thomas Mainell, Ent. and Edward Thompson, Esq. a brother magistrate, at tended as the gaol, and gave strict injunctions to the constables to keep the peace, and to the seamen and military twt to charge unless absolutely driven to do Iv) in self-deience. The door of the prison was opened, and the smugglers just upon the point 01 being brought out, when a general shout was Set ul► by the crowd. of " Liberty for ever!" and a number of at brick bats, &c. were thrown at them. The aspect of affairs at this time became so serious, that the Mayor directed the removal of the prisoners to be suspended lor the present; and it was fortunate he did, for there is little doubt that much bloodshed, and even murder, would have towed in the attempt to rescue. A deputation officer was wounded severely in the head by a blow from a large stone ; and Mr. Thompson, the magistrate, received a coutitsiou 011 two of the fingers of his right hand, from a• - inissile. The mob, being foiled in their attempt to res. cue the prisoners, proceeded to inalier acts of violence; and, notwitlistanditig the Riot Act was 1 %vice 'cad front the gaol window lay the Mayor, constateite,tl all attack on the gaol, with crow-bars, pickaxes, 11:111§111eri, saws, &c &c.; unroofed the top, and threw part of the side wal4 down, and not only released the w hula of the eleven smugglers, but seat ral tithe' prisoners confined iii the gaol snider sentence; and they silt-cc:Med 111 ge►ting them cleat off, the imposiuxuulalierrret the b sintinidazing the peace-officers and Oaten frosts acting One of the persons most active in the rim was takett, and placed in chaise wuh two constables, to be conveyed to Canterbury gaol; but a mob collected at the end 01 tile town, stop ptd the chaise, 41ragArd the rioter and constables our, and, notwithstanding the former was handcuffed to the latter, the mob threw the constables on the Around, au I its eriiig the han d cuff with :t colt chisel. released toe 1111 cr. Since the release of the witig.Alerb, who all be long to Fulkstotie, the crowd has dispersed, tlit; WWI/ rcuwuts 116111+11i. DISPLTE UPON Tier DERET RACE.—'rhere is much relative to which V/AN 1111. MAI tisvointle at starting, l i tudiurte or Sailor. Malty krasy bets wive pentliaq that Pisidariie would rusittour to be the till& laYOllll ft at StalllllC, allit it wits ettlilithiieti ellat he MAA, 1111 , 111110. Ste Wattle have Made I NI) ill lIICIICI/dar, placing the odds against lulu at 3 to 2, Mon 3.1,, 1 Ilion'.' Stalin, mild this decision should be vonelist•i%e. . 1 . 4,41111- (1.61 e tidily bucked Sailor just helot e starting, but ye: Pnidaltic had the turn. 't he Joshes Clusb Will, it is make another ticeiSioo, whirls will he final. Thursday LSI, a Chilli, lical ihletl%CarS l>l age, sots to Mr. NVilkiiis, Icihuuncrr , ui Ittissill t•ireirt. Southwark, tsar. accidentally drowned in uric of it finite pits in the dart , he hating on: tr.t at the back 0031 of his house, ‘viiich opened into the %all, wiper. trivet! by his mother. This is the third of this. kind that h.is baiiinaieJ Li that utii.hbourhocd within. these two inc:iths.