The National Register. — London, England, 1821-03-26 00:00:00

*-. 9.1 FRO.II TUESDAY NIG111"S GAZETTE. HORSE GUARDS, MARCH t 9, 1821. GENEItAI, 01(1)ERS. It being his Majesty's determination that no officer holding a commission in his service (whether on full or half pay) should engage in the service of any of the powets or countries which are unfortunately now involved in hostilities, the Commander in Chief has received his Majesty's commands to caution all officers who have obtained leave to visit the Continent, or to reside there; all those who may hereafter proceed to the Con- tinent, as well as those who may have previously obtained his Majesty's sanction to serve in any foreign army, against engaging or continuing in the employment of the smiles of any of the contending parties; and his Royal Highness is further coo mantled to admooish them, that by disregarding this caution, they will tbrfeit their cominitsions In the British service. Hy his Royal Highness the Commander in Chief s command, 11. TORR IiNS, Adjutant General. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. • P. Leigh, Stockport, Cheshire, cotton spinner, from March 31 to April 10. BANKRUPTS. C. Croxford, Iver, Bucks, collar maker. Solicitors, Messrs. Clarke and Co. Chancery Lane. T. Bird, St. Martin's Court, Leicester Fields, haberdasher. Sol. Mr. Newton, High Holborn. J. Acason, Valentine Farm Ridge, Herts, cow dealer. Sol. Mr. Wigley, Essex Street, Strand. T. Field, sen. and T. Field, jun. Muscovy Court, Trinity Square, flour factors. Sol. Mr. Clabon, Mark Lane. M. Sedgwick, London, warehouseman. Sots. Messrs. Fisher and Co. Thavies inn. J. Browne, Bridgewater. Somersetshire, tailor. Soli. Messrs. Blake, Cook's Court, Carry Street. J. Cummins, Gloucester, mercer. Sol. Mr. King, Sergeant's Inn. J. Dixon, Bishopstliorpe, York, coal merchant. Sots. Messrs. /Wroth and Co. Wakefield. H. M. Partridge, Newport, Monmouthshire. ironmonger. Sots. Messrs. Poo.e and Greenfield, Gray's Inn Square. J. Wilson. Macclesfield, Cheshire, bookseller. Soli. Messrs. Lowder. and Co. Clement's Inn. W. Freeland, Bcdhampton, Southampton, miller. Sols. Messrs. Osbaldeston and Co. London Street, Fenchutch Street. W. Fifties, Bristol, baker. Sols. Messrs. Bourdillon and Co. Bread Street, Cheapside. B. Lance, Capel Court, Bartholomew Lane, stock broker. Sol. Mr. Lindsey, St. Thomas's Street. Southwark. DIVIDENDS. April 10, C. W. and J. Tittensor, Foster Lane, Cheapside, w'iolesale button sellers-10, J. Bovill and G. J. De Witte, Commercial Chambers, Mincing Lune, merchants-24, G, and S. Robinson, Paternoster How, booksellers—lo, W. Scott, Wapping, dealer-10, J. W. Sowerby, Fish Street Hill. mer chant-10. J. Kni,„.,ht, Fore Street, eheesemonger—ll, C. Elliott, St. Thomas allecket, Sussex, grocer-14. J. T. Taylor, Merton, silk manufacturer-14. G. M. Simpson, Tower Street, merchant I'. Sackett. Bermondsey, shipwright-. 16, W, Prole, Georgehan3, Devonshire. yeoman-13,J. Simpson and J. West morland, Liverpool, house builders-11. I'. Cox, Fairford. Gloucestershire, machine maker—le, J. Hawthorn, Newcastle upon Tyne, brassfixinder—May 8, .1. Cousins. Citation Street, Somers Town, cheesemonger—S, IL Mould, Winchester, cabinet maker. CERTIFICATES to be granted April 10. C. Coates. Staunton Drew, Sonteisetshire, dealer—S. Walker, junior, Manchester, grocer—.ll. B. Hall, Thames Dittos, maltster—G. Holbrook, Fleet Market. poulterer-.S. Perkins, Midford, Somerseishire, dealer, The celebrated answer of the Emperor of Austria, to the professors of the Lyceum at Laybach, " Je n'ainte pas les mans," (I do not like the learned) now re-echoed through every part of Europe. Some few persons affected to disbelieve the anecdote, while others could not bring themselves to think that in the beginning of the nineteenth century sentiments so favourable to ignorance could have ken uttered by a sovereign at the head of a civilized nation. The Imperial decree, however, by which the Lancaster schools (enseignentent mane!) at Milan have been lately suppressed, and a copy of which has just reached us,remove all doubts respecting the truth of the reported bon mot of the Austrian Emperor,— There were, in Milan, two schools of 500 boys each, established on the principles of Bell and Lan caster, by a numbor of wealthy and philanthropic individuals, who had obtained the necessary per mission from Government fur that purpose, We are assured, that the friends of general education would have been delighted at the progress which the pupils were said to make under that mode of instruction, and the inhabitants of the capital o f Lombardy began to flatter themselves that in a few years more the condition of the lower classes of people, who bad hitherto been condemned to the most abject ignorance and superstition, would be gradually improved, to the great benefit of them. selves and the State. This hope, however, has fig the present been completely frustrated, by a sweep ing and arbitrary ac. of the Austrian government, .dated the 9th February, commanding the immediate close, and total abolition of those schools, witlt declaration that no appal or remonstrance will be received from any et the parties interested in the establishments. This act of course was published in the name of his Majesty. It will scarcely be believed that the only public aehools fur the middle and lower ranks of life now remaining at Milan, tire the Scuola (inberniali, frequented by emit thirty or dirty pupils, who are bfrtraored by an Austrin teawslter, Mr, Thomas Flindell, editor of the fro4trrn Lu. aliaary, was, on Monday last, round guilty, at the Exeter A Wait*, of a libel on the :caucult. The libcl is the volohrs43l ono which M. Weshora brought under glut notice of tow lioupo of corornonri, A low ovontrup ago two goutlemon'a houses were Luria to tho ground 4 Clainotwpontl, and oil Wed. nomlgy a largo ohaat, youtatr•ing 70 guinotw, quite unhurt wo tooad among the ruinw his aupitorotl cute Goorlaohtion w halt bawl ,u,xabiouad by ad stirtaihs ot A 61Id trkillt THE NATIONAL REGISTER ei.SSIZE INTELLIGENCE. KENT. MAIDSTONE, MARCH 19 —The assizes for thin county c ((((( torticed here today before Mr. Baron Wood, in the crown coml. The Lord Chief Baron did not strive until this afternoon, and will not commence the Nisi Prius business unlit to-morrow. Ott the crown side the business is likely to be tcry heavy, there being upwards of i 75 prisoners for tr;,:l. The nutty case worth mentioning tried to day was the CROWN SIDE. THE KING C. G. MILLER, ESQ. _ . This was an indictment against the defendant, for feloniously killing and sla‘itea Mr. Joseph Hoare, at Chatham, on the 31st or October last. "f ne defendant had never been in custody, bud submitted himself volun tarily to take his trial, upon the coroner's inquisition. Mr. Berens stated the case for the prosecution ; and Mr. Gurney and Mr. Killand conducted the defence. It appeared in evidence, that 0.1 the day mentioned in the malciment, the del'endant anti the deceased, who had never met before, had spent the evening with seve ral other persons, at the hotel at Caatham, in the even %ng of winch, in consequence of some difference of opi non upon some ordinary topics of conveisa!ion, the defendant called the deceased (a man upwards 01 70) an old scoundrel. U l m') the suggestion of some of the party the defendant made an apoiogy fur this insult, shook hands with the deceased, and they appeared to be good friends. Some little time atter, the deceased, in a loud and taunting tone, bragged that lie had never quarrelled with any min without making him apologize —This occasioned a renewal of altercation with the defendant, upon which the hitter flung his hat at the deceased, but missed him, lie then s,fiz..ll a rumme of brandy and water, which he also threw at him, and again missed hint. He then unfortunately laid hold of a pewter pint pot, which he hurled at his head, and the blow took effect upon the left temple of the deceased, dud inflicted a severe wound, winch bled profusely. A sitigeint was sent for, who dressed the wound and at tended the deceased to h s Ito e. This surgeon attend-- ed him until the .2.d of Novemher, up to which nine he appeared to be doing extremely well; but on that day symptoms of erysipelas and syniplonti of fever appeared, which rendered further advtee necessary, and a physician was called in, under whose care he lin4ered mini the yth when he tainted. The only witnesses examined were a Mr. Mine, who deposed to the tram:action at the hotel ; Mr. Fry, the sur,Leon, and Dr. Vaughan, the physician. Both the lane: gentlemen were of opinion, that the blow WaS nut we proximate cansi, of death. Tor learned Judge putt it to the Jury, wh: thee, upon melt evidence, they were of opinion unit the death was OcC3Nltilicil by the defendant. The July inainediately found the defend int not guilty. The defendant's depuntuent was most befitting the melancholy occasion, and he appeared deeply affected. bush parties were men of property, and musing in re specials:: circles. EANK OP ENGLAND l'E OfIECUTIONS! • 411. There were eight cases in the Calendar of this descrip lion. Sot of the prisoners pleaded guilty to the minor oticoce of knowingly having In their possc.,ion forged Bauk of Etiglaild notes, and severally received scittence of transportation forjl4 years. Henry Fi , nielt and IF, !ward Hall were then capitally indicted hu um nog, on the 43,1 of October last, at Ot ford, in this coolity, a hinted 11. batik of England note, knowing the sane to be forged dot! counter:cited. After a few minutes deliberation, they found the pri soner French guilty, and Hall out guilty. J. Britten. and Jos. Ittenardsoa were indicted ,fir as saulting J. Bliiil horn, on the King's highway, in the parch of Boxley, on the 15tit of Jaiittary, putting him in fear, and taking iron: his ptISOII a lIIClal seal. a steel key and part of a Et , •el Chain. Tao prosecutor, wito appeared extremely debilitated from thtt injuries he had received, stating that on the tectilow, titell!totted 111 the intlitlinent he was at work in his 14111111e1 . S uotl, which he was induced to leave in consequence u outs 114.111 WlOlOlll, and having armed utunclf with a pistol, sitorooiched the prisoners, whom lie found tearing, away a leaden pipe from tile mill. He filed at them, upon which one ran away, cryinx out, twirler the old fellow." 'j other then rushed upoo I • m I in, knocked hint dowel, heat and kicked him nom utimereiftilly While 00 lltp ground, and then snatched at his watch citaiti, which broke in half, leaviog a metal seal and key w the hatE:s of the prisoner. The proseemor swore most positively to Britten, it nom he cell tip had hula known, and bad hide doubt as 10 tile Irian of Illehartloott. Upon recovering himself a little 1, WOW 11) a poldto-house at hand, where he told his story, and ae.ottipanied by the landlord, was returilitig home, when they met Britten and another man* 10)111 lie instantly described to the landlord as She ratan who had attacked hills. retake to 0 1 0111 as they passed, and was recognised by them buth, 'flip landlord corns coraird this part of limo Case, prisoners were 110;11 aiprehentled the sante night, anti their hoots twin 13St.it od a they We're colly•lfed with the traces 1.-rturd tut the spot described by the pro secutor, and discovered to correspond eaactly,,,,Tite oral and key Here found hJ another wit:tett close to the same spot. VVittiessea wore called for the pi:moors. The ps„o2 wool to the jar} under the loomed judge's directions, and they found both the prisoners Witty.— Deaths. ALtaial Wit -The Lord Chief Baron eointoenced hosiness m this stows this moaning. On this side the hirstoesa is rather Nat in amount than usual, OM num ber sf causes for trial Wow.; no more than is, Of which nine see special juries, but site ungor part of these are eae . ooe and outitoins proseenti ,,,, s. CIVIL si THit RING I. I'. MAUI, salt, T11;11 tvil au itidictineits against the &sadism fiat a nuisance, in obstructing a public foot-path in the parish of St. Lawrence. leading from Ramsgate by the cliffs out the sea shore to Pegwell Bay. Mr. Holland wit h whom was Mr. Chitty) led the case or the prosecution. He stated it to be a case of very considerable importance to the public, and more espe cially to the visitors of Ramsgate, as a watering place, whose pleasure and comfort would be materially cur. tailed if the prosecution failed. It also involved a very important question of law, which, if the learned judge now presiding would not take upon himself to decide, might be the subject of mature deliberation in another place. For a period of time beyond the memory of man, there hart been a public foot-path leading from Ramsgate to Pegwell, by the edge of the cliff, whi c h had been used by the inhabitants of the former place without interruption by the owners of the land over which it went. About 35 years since a gentleman, nam e d Rowe, built a marine villa on the seashore, and mclused a lawn and shrubbery, leaving a space between the outward fence and the sea s hore of clout :30 yards. That villa was subsequently occupied by Earl DJ rnley, and afterwards came into the possession of the defendant. During the period above-mentioned, the cliffs had re. peatedly caved in to a very great extent, in consequence of the violence of the sea, and the rain anal frost during the winter months. As these inroads were progressively made, the foot-path was destroyed, but the peisoits who had been in the habit of using it made a fresh path far. ther in land upon the adjoining soil. and even went 0, er growing corn, in the exercise of the right of footway,— No emnplaini was ever made by the owners of the sod, in consequence of this encroachment. It must he ad. mined. however, that the farmers were in the habit of ploughing the land to the edge of the ciiff, or as as near to it as safely to toe cattle and ploughs would permit. I n progress of time the cliff was washed away to the very edge of the defendant's fence, and in the result there was no ground left for the fo o t-path, The question now in effect was, whether the inhabitants and the public had or had not a right to carry the path which they had here. tofore enjoyed through the defendant's enclosure, which was now impracticable by means of the fence, wind' he had ever since continued from the time he came into possession, and which was the gist of the present in. diet ment. No less than ten very old men proved that the path had existed in the manlier above mentioned for upward* of sixty years The Lord Chief Baron, in his charge to the jury, left to them the question of fan, whether the allegation in the indictment that tins was a public font way had beers made out. As to the question of law, that would de pend upon their verdict as to the question of fact. The Jury deliberated a few minutes, and found a verdict of Not Guilty, thereby negativing the claim of ootpath, CI•IL SIDE. MARCH e1.....8ut , yer v. Featiscrsione.-.This was an Dentin for words imputmg that the plaintiff had feloni. ously stolen a sheep It appeared in evidence that die plaintiff, a binclict, carrying on businesi at Frinsbury, near Rochester, had purchased and paid for six sheep. 011 taking them home one of them became ill on the road, and he left II at a public-house whilst he drove the remainder to hi. premises. On his returning to the public.house, fiuding the sheep was past recovery, lie cut its throat, and look is home in a cart at four o'clock in the mooning.•-. 'rite defendant, who was a bailiff ►o a gentleman fanner, happened to witness this part of the transaction, and suspecting that the sheep was stolen, followed the plaintiff to Vrinsbory, knocked tip some of his neigh. hours, and called upon them to dYSIt. in apprehemliii i ; the plaintiff, charging him at the saute time with having stolen a sheep. Tile matter was afterwards satisfactorily explained; but the defendant hawing again repeated the slander, and having taken no notice of two applicatio made to hint to make apology, the present action was brought to vindicate the plaintiff's character, which had been materially injured in Ilie neighbourhood in roust:: quence of the accusation, Mr. Holland addressed the Jury In mitigation of de. :naps, and contended that, 4, little was evidelltjy tin •n.lrciottaw motive imputable to the defendant, mile no. initial d 'nieces would satisfy the justice of the case, The ,ltny, under the learned J mtge . 's direettims. 1 043 q a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 101. DEOWN SIDE, Stephen urea!' was joint:led for borghrinitsly l.reak ing and cutlet ing he d home or the ?quip's of Cant, den, in the parish of Seale, in the county of Aein, in thb night Q I the 9tit of November bast, and stealing a largo ynantily ul household owl other limo to the soloysit of 401, . . . _ bv,:s proved in evidence the:, on the tnraltint of the loth of Noventher, the laundry of the Noble Mars cp t is's limbs teas 10111111 to hate heel) brui;en on-h, during the preceding night, anti Ilia property in gitestbits sullen jit the course of the canto as:y a hesl4et of try linen stolen was ditoPOVerOti CORQCO led iii a q t .i.ory 2 40.. a m il t l i mn I t if Lordship's house, and three men weia mationr:l to watch who should come fcr it in the cure of the night, Between twelve and one the prisoner And two other own approached the Twirl with q horse an d cart. 'fi l e pli;rucer went into the quarry, uncover: if the bathei, and Waa 41 the act tic retilovipig it, when the men nit the wa ch rushed out upon Min. The whole party ran away, and the 'abutter was nut nnrstwl tlijill next day, when he %yea taken 1 11 the neittlilmturhood, itt company with another man named IViiarinti.aaaTi prisoner's person was pustuvely sworn to by the persuni who had witnessed lus escape, J a me s Witarton, au tooompliee Who had turned King's evidence, deemed that the prisoner cone to him on the hilt or NoveinUrr, and prop,:sed to bin, to ink the Marquis of Oatuden's laundry, it was agreed ntans between them, and ilia witoesa went with Green, and chewed hint the window at which he m i g ht most oaad break in. On the it, kt Saturday night Olean Oaret. is ' t o ol ag 4 in, and tol.i lino that lie lead dour thi, pis nu ,h es Touraday night twi,te, that the iiura Wait htddatt its MaNimmIIMMIIINNIIMINiddi I