The National Register. — London, England, 1812-01-26 00:00:00

1. _. 6:1 TUE NATIONAL REGISTER. Antioch ; after governing that church above forty yuanz, with apostolic seat and pioty, he was apprehended by order of the Emperor Trojan, carried ti. Rome, and there devoured by lions in the amphitheatre.- 1793. The French declare war «gainst England and Holland. The sun rises at 7h. 29min. sets at 4h. 31niin. LAW REPORTS. COURT OF KTNO'S BENCH, SATURDAY, JAW. 25. BARNET V. TIM DU(IiEcS DU PIENNE. Mr. Abbot, for the plaintiff, moved to set aside the nonsuit in this vise, and for a new trial. It was an action upon a bill of exchange, ac cepted by the defendant in the month of July, 1804; and it appearing that the Duke, her husband, having resided with her in this country for some years, and had gone to Sweden in June, 1803, where he remained ever since; but letters had been received from him a month previous to the trial taking rlace ; and on this evidence the plaintiff was nonsuite,!. The Learned Counsel grounded his present application upon the deci sion in two actions bron,;ht against the same defendant, where the opi nion of the Court was for tin: plaintiffs. In the last of these cases it ap peared, that the Duke had left this kingdom in 1797, and had not re tnrued at th time of trying the cause ; upon which Lord Kenyon lo Id, that he had abdured the realm, and the Duchess could not maintain the pIA of a s feiunte covert. • Lord ELLENsoitoucm, however, observed, that Lord Kenyon had come to a conclusion against the fact; for the Dt.ke did return, and re mained in this country for some years; and it would be a most mon strous proposition to maintain, that because he had gone to seek a liveli hood in a foreign service, and that only 15 months before the action was hrotight. his wife was therefore to be ousted of her protection as afemate et/pea—Rule reused. PRO VINCI.ALS. RIOTS AT NOTTINGHAM. SA N',2B The outrages in this town, and counties adjacent, are continued with as much activity and malignity as ever, and may be said to have assumed a more decided character than at any period since the commencement of the malpractices. A letter received in town yesterday morning states, that between thirty and forty frames were broken on Sunday night, aid several the fol!owing evening. Ths most turbulent spirit is strongly manifested in all the proceedings of the Luddites, who have extended themselves to Yorkshire. They have burnt a cropping mill at Leeds; it was found to do the work of a number of men, and consequently was a considerable saving to the proprietors. Cafmankey, B:tsturi, New Radford, and Lidley, were scenes of the most daring depredations in the beginning of the week. TIM KING V. COLONEL CIIARLES BROWNE. The derendarat attended in person to surrender himself and plead to an information ex officio, filed by the Attorney-General, charging him with forging and fabricating the name of Mr. George Harrison, one of the Secretaries to the Admiralty, to a statement or survey of certain lards in the Island of St. Vincent's; also for forging and counterfeiting the mane of Session Jenkismon, Itsq. one of the Under Secretaries of State, ti a letter ad.lresst d to Sir Charles B; ishane, Governor of St. Vincent's, dir , cting him to make a grant of certain lands in that Island to the defendant. To which charges he pleaded not guilty. A s re had voluntarily appeared to plead, the Court .1:d not mean to make an order for his commitment, and be was inform -d he was to take iris trial the sittings after term ; but it appearing that he was'already In custody upon civil process, the Coat remanded him to the same custody. Thursday, in the Sheriffs' Court, a Special Jury WU impannelled to assess the damages sustained by Captain Rennie, of the Trinculo sloop, !Ann the Editors of the British Press hod Globe Newsp;yers, in conse quence of a libel inserted in these papers, stating that " a Court Mar ti l was holding at Sheirnes on Captain Rennie, for (:!1:ri.!:“; et drunk enness and cowardice ; and that Captain Rennie had pleade.l insanity." The defendants Lad refused to give up thu author of the libel.—The .3 lay returned a verdict, damages 5001. OLD BAILEY. Wednesday, Christopher Hodgson, driver of the Bath mail, was in dicted under Lord Stanhope's Act, for selling eight guineas for ten • pOlitids in Bank-notes. It appeared that a Police Officer of the name nt Rutliven, who was the prosecutor, had been in the country fur the purpose of detecting instances of selling guineas, and thar coming to town by the Bath mail, he prevailed upon the drver, not lung before lie reached London, to sell him the guineas as above. Th e J ur y were `out for four and at length returned a verdict of Guilty. The Conrt fined the prisoner 40s. intimating that this light punishment was inflicted in consequence of its being the first conviction under the Act; but that future offences of the same nature would be visited with More severity. Thursday the Sessions ended, when sentence of death was passed on Astardo and P. Bernard, fur stealing goods in shoe , ; C. King and T. Culliver, for stealing goods from a barge on the Thames; R. Wood batch and E. James, for returning from transportation ; R. Leach, J. Butler, J. Clayton, W. Jenkins, and J. Cathetwood, for burglaries ; T. Wood, W. Fowler, Mary Carroll, C. Lester, and T. Kite, for stealing In dwelling-houses; T. Wells arid T. Hunt, fur highway robbery; G. • Skeene, for forgery ; and Sarah Slater, for stealing counterfeit money.— G. Davey was sentenced to be transported for 14 years ; and 3l for 7 years.—J. Brown and Martha Ashfeld were ordered to be imprisoned in the House of Correction, at C:erkenwell, for two years; six for one year, one for nine months, and 15 for six months each; 13 to be impri soned in Newgate for various perioCs ; two to be publicly, and eight privately whiptrd ; t 7 jii4 men ts r: - spited; three tiled is. each and dis charge , and :20 y pro4a.lnation• EARTHQUAKE. OXFORD, JAN. 24.—0 n Saturday last the shock of an earthquake a at felt in many places in this and the neighbouring counties. We have ac counts from Tetsworth; laip, kiletchingdon, Radley, Wolvercot, and ni,my other villages, which mention that the windows were mild shaken, and in many houses the shock was plainly felt by the alarmed inhabitants. It was accompanied by a deep, rumbling noise, similar to the sound of a distant discharge of heavy ordnance. A gentleman f this city, walking in Christ Church meadow, heard this noise very plainly, and from its uncommon sound, he immediately guessed it mu t proceed from an earthquake.. In Sonic places this noise was heard for upwards of ten minutes. At the Leeds Quarter Sessions, Robert Wood, a preacher in the Methodist connexion, arplied for a qualification to oticiate as a Dis senting Teacher, to preach at Bramley, Arniley, and other visages in the vicinity. The Magistrates, however, refuses.: to administer the oaths, grounding their objection on tlie Report of a late decision of the Court of King's Bench, which delared that a Protestant Dissenter, who states himself as one who preaches to several c,rigrtgetions, with out showing that he has a separate congregation attached to him, is net entitled to take theoatlis and make the declaration required by the Toleration Act. Monday night, some villains got on board the Mary, Captain Wil liamson, from Sunderland, then lying alongside the New Quay at Ply mouth, and succeeded in getting into the cabin where the Captain and Mate were asleep, and took the Captain's watch from under the pillow, together with his pocket-hook, containing the ship's papers, and sixteen pounds in notes, with which they not off undiscovered. It is conjectured they wore black crape o rer their faces, as a piece was feund on the cabin floor the next morning. One day last week the passengers in a Yarmouth coach, coming from London, just as they approached Colchester, thought the driver waited an unusual long time at the Turnpike Gate, and on enquiring the mo tive for delay, found the progress of the horses arrested the Toll Bar and that they had gone the last stage, nine miles, (passing through Kel vedon) teitlenut coachman or guard. There were some very smart turnings and bad hills to encounter, but fortunately the passengers ar rived safe, and were driven on to Colchester by the turnpikiekeeper, when after some lapse of time the careful servants arrived in a post chaise. It appears that both of them had left the horses to go in at a public-house, and after rcg'iling themselves, like " Giles Jolt," found they had lost both coach and horses, and had two miles to travel on foot before they could obtain the means of pursuit. It is said, that two other Yarmouth coaches passed that without the driver or guard, and took no other notice than enjoying what they termed the " good joke" of late arrival, without any regard for the welfare of the pas sengers. ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES. On Sunday night, about half-past eleven, as a Gentleman, who live in Lambeth, was passing along the IZew-cut, in his way home, he was followed, and afterwards accosted by a stout man, dressed in an open great coe. When he arrived nearly opposite the wit.dmill, the stranger suddenly turned round upon him, and taking feint an inner pocket a short thick bludgeon, struck the Gentleman a viokint blow oa the head, which knocked him into the ditch, where the villain stripped him of his great-coat, umbrella, &c. and kneeling upon his breast with intent to rifle his pockets, the Gentleman attempted to extricate himself, when he was threatened with instant death if he made the least resistance.-- lie then delivered what money he had, being two 3s. and one 75. piece, with which the villain i.eiug di isatialled, he, with imprecations, and to prevent an alarm being given while he escaped, aimed a blow which cut through the Gentleman's hat, woanded him in the temple, and de prived him of his senses. After a considerable time, the Gentleman recovered sufficiently to reach home, whence he has not been able to stir, from the bodily hurts he received. The above description needs no comment, when it is known that the scene of this outrage i centrically rituated between two watch-boxes, and not more than a stone's throw from either. What more powerful argument can be urged IA favour of the perfect efEciency of the nightly watch & I 3