The National Register. — London, England, 1812-11-15 00:00:00

71g LAW INTELLIGENCE. COUIVE or CHANCERY, NVLuNrIDAr, Nov. 10. THE NATION AYMA R KET THEATR E•-MORAIS V, COI.I.IAS. This 1.. n, cotrez,tcd Case Ca .ie on, tiron oxcepliGns to the Maitei's report, who, under a late Pecrc.: of this Court, had prepared a deed r)r adjustii.g all dill:re:ties between ;he p;:rtics, .11id 10r managing he c•:•l•Certls in !Willi:, The whole concern at tint belonqd to Mr. Colman. the Defendant, who s:,ld oile• t . Irtll p,:r; or share to the Plaintiff, arother to lr. \V inston, the Sto:.;e M.mager, and to Mr Shoerd , r, retaining one.half et inoety of the wh , de Was covenanted the patties, thlt none should sell his share except to a partner, or giving one month's notice to the whers but Mr. Shocrtlon sold lees share, or eighth part, to the Plaintill; ‘vitik , ut Mr Colman's consent to such accession of power in voting as rld. : would , ; ive him, bet as to the profi's of such sale he ha - i na ohjeciln. On this round exceptions were lak , :n aild argued tot the Defendant by Sir Samuel Rumilly and Mr. Bell. Mr. tlart, f-r the 1 1 13intiit, and agiinst the exceptions, was tiesirc:l to tez,unie on the next vaper day. COURT OF COM 11ON NVL»N LSD 11, Nov. 10. Cove V. Wit IGHT.—The Plaintiff in this case, who kept a wharf borne time since at Paddington, presented hitmelf to ttl: Court to move, personally, fora new trial, on the principle that the verdict tor the eletendant had been given against law awl evidence. It was an acti n of trespiss tried at Xl:sista:Ulster or the t 7:h of lime last, in this Court, and on that occasion likewise the Pliiintiff pleaded his own cause --Mr. Cove ns:w re-stated the circumstances of Isis case; he de•crit:ed in :vow . limp:ugs., that his expectation of obtaining in tie: for repeatid acts of cruel' a. t 1 oppre•sioh• had hteen disap pointed, and that the I had not heed administered to afs'or.l him (a solitary individual) protection against a •owcrtui conspiracy. He then adverted to the proceedings of the tii al, awl asserted, that due consideration had not hero Wven to his case. He reverenced the laws, and had no oesire to oll:nd any of its professors, yet he would state, with permission of the Court, the reason why it was impossible his Lordship (t h: Chief ostiee) could have known his s. ase. Sir ,J N: a II& ill obsersest—" You will give no offence ; you ma) itt;e ..11 you can us ,upporf of yimir application." M-. *then, the circumstance tNas your Lordship—that you Wet e !.st asiels during the trial It e sitsserv.dion o....easioned a sin guar sensation in Court. The alsetti.sn, however, did hot altet the gravity and dignity ut the Chief Jost .cc C ve then concluded by moving fora. rule to shew cause why e . e rice should hot go to 311:7W ;try.: Wsitin he. It d concluded, Sir f. Mansr,eld, svi• h the utmost bone,. v lence, informcd him that the had heard him with the •otmost attention, 2;11 wished it . Arere in their powor to render hint any service, tho greccit of v% hi7h v. - wild be to 7c,:ntici!e his wind to the vcrdict given by the Jury, to lay:, and according to evidence. his conduc*.ed by hintielf, had hisst . cd a whole mottling ; he could not complain of a dein 41 of jtniti,.o, hot the Court could :u a4I - V: hini, in a ;ure the I.:c:cheLnt Li disturbing the verdict. POLICE. MARI.I',33t:C:!. Zr.T.—Stephen Fanc anti James Raymond, ccrruit. 61 nittimers, \very: charged at the suit of Mr. Wadmore, pawn brt ker, under the Act of the 8:h of Enz. eh 3. entitled " An Act to redress Disorders in Common Informers." It appeared by the testi molly ot Mr W . that the Defendants called at his house, and stated that an inkrination frt.. been laid against him for taking more than le gal ititere:t, and • hey produced an information, signed John Lees, gentierian, Hettfnrd-stitcr, St. Cknient's Danes; and also a sum mons, purpotting to have beim lbStleti at liow-street, upon the pre tende,i intqination, nut it had no Magistrate's name affir.etl to it. Upon the pr.dnetion u 1 the,e pretended (locum. nts, the Defendants sug s eaied conciiiti!ory treasures, to quash p,roeectiings by compensa ti atter two ..icethigs had taken place, to ascertain tin it full scheme, Mr. \V. lyttit the:o J:. to s:op plot:et:dings, and caused them to be s'.. , .uretl. On heing apprehended, and searched, odic: pretended iffiortnitt;ons %vete found on them, purporting to have beet laid also by Lees, against a Mr. who inici paid the Defendants Will lain-., of Gray's Inn :quire, Solicitor to the pawnbrokers, pro. duce.! the Act, wilich :pukes the °Knee of compounding subject to the pillory,.&c.— t .e s, that intorners shall nut, by any colour or pret enc e e t pri.cl::,s, ut recess, upon colour or pretence of any matter or offilit c a t , ain t any i enal law,inake any cwnposition, or take any mot r war -3 , or promise of teward, for himself or any other, ver:in., lll the co..sent of the Coon, under pain of imprison:twin, pil 'cry, &c. 'five Defend ints were committed for trial. By such acts as tiie4c justice is clefea:cd, and the revenue. sutrets. REG fST Eft. 11,%10N Nft-iR DLR.—PAM and Tel in s ;, the iwo men in cast-d of the murder of C..ptain Keith and Mr Siriith, the :Ala. tei C.;‘; : f Mate, ot the Advciii tr. Cr South Sea‘Vltaler, as staie.: in a forth, r were hrom tit up for re...examination. Henri M idis, a Iny :Mout 13 3 ears of age, who was Captain Keith, and on board the ship at the time, a .d ii eiai, qui i i 3 O of whcse itifottnati in the prisoneis Nverc z.tpreher.ded, was 14 is statement was prci.ittly the riam._• as that o n y Trade by him. On the night in which the inin.!ers wee !le was :tlea.ping in ids hammock, rear the: Cainain's cann t , t Chief Mate, %vat:: ii bcd. A bo), hattir.sd Gcii•g e was at the helm ; and titl:er in the bass or cord wat c h, h., was awoke by ltos;:'s calling to the Cart on. iu a lox tone. !isiti W4V—" Captain Keith, Capt:.•ll Keitl a ! something wror:.t. tot ward on th.'ck." The (:.aptain got oitt nt ticti dirce:l%, arid went Up i.i his shirt, but returned again iiiiinediatelv ard the Ni a ri., ti t . y went on deck iog-t her. Soon atter Ire heard tI M cai; out, '' 0 lord, 0 Lord !" was alarmed, and •,r,ot tint or ins ; and as he was standing 1)3 , the bidc of it, he saw Palm .rr o• tin iw t h e c a ,s ta t n i s b o dy overni cA rd. There, was no resistance, lie posed t 11%.• Captain was dead at the time. tinioi r he heard tile Mate, in th..! water, call out " bust, boat !" lii his aceAiii..r of weat followed, viz. administering the oath of seerecy, the in uraer 0! the two Blacks, the >cuttliitg t tie vessel, arid taking to the beat , ; !h e i r afterwards tailing into the hands cl the Blacks on thee As: ot . and their su'tseepLuit arrival in England, he fully corrt.boratA statement, which is already before cur readers. Ott his at.; ival in this countra, he statc,i these circumstances to a ..entletnsit hantrii Solve:10r, who took him to Union Hall, and in conseqiience of his tien.:.sition ! warrants were issued by Mr. Evance, for the apprelien:iiag 1 i aiid Telling. Palm, on being questioned, denied having been at all pi ivy t:' the intended murder a Captain Keith, till the morning when it took p i ne; h e was then t o ld th a t if !1, - ! did ivlr agree to it, he weit!'t hula. self snare the s: rte fate ; he hall therethre joined in it to i , r,-,erve his own life. He had not stated this befoie, ineause he wisluid to pre s erve his oath. Thz pristmers were bath fully committed for tril at the next Ad mit...thy Sebsions. ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES'. Tuesday. afternoon. on the rem!.v:rl some bar;t.es at Bank side, the hcdy of the unfortunate lampligatcr, who wat• blown over bike, during the high n.ind, discovered i , v sorne watermen, in the mud. holding one of his arms upwards, as it he had beat attempt r. ing to cling to a barge to save his L:e. The o:a.ie was e.arvecri to a neighbouring public.hou..c far a Coroner's inquest. As)out six o'clock on Wednesday evening, luhn Chaplew, a resi. dent lit Eagle an;; Child-aiky, Fseei-inarket, wean into a public-la:are in Shoe-lane, and called far a glass of pin, Oserving, lb :t' oath, 6 6 that he had new done the dee,;." A Hung •‘o:nan in the rear, observing his sleeves to he tit 'lilted with b.1 , a1l and knowing I )e a desperate eha!acter, :Aid at thaws &normal, tl,ari an inj,vy lie Ltd received in his head whiia in the army, ianneiliateiv tov;:). This circumstance attracted the attention of svver..l persons in ac tap-room, sonic of whom secured him, while Lahr:. repaired to hie residence ; on entering which, they weer. nurror- I sack at toe si.;; . a of his wife, who lay extended a litelet.s corpse, her head nearty severed from her body. On Saturday night last he attentpted her life, but a peace officer being called, he alp areJ pacitieii. The no happy man was lodged in the'Compret, from whence he was latcly, greatly to the regret of the neighbourhood, discharged, having ttcri confined at the instance 0 . 1 re;:pectitbie inhabitant of Shue-lane ; tur4 wat the art with which lie ounrtueted hirnse;t. as completely to de, eem., with regard to his insanity, those wit had him in char.e. LLELS MAIL unisex Y.—A man, named Kendall, who is :+ filmier of tolls, and who r . .:nted the gate at Eythorn bar, on the re a d lei lil' from Huntingdon to Kettering, has been apprehended by Lavciki, the Bow-street officer, akid been committed for trial, as in the rubbery of toe Leeds Mail. and his sister as an accessary attcr the tact. A long chain of circumstantial evidence was proluced on Kendal's examination before the Magistrates. It appeared that en the evening the mail was robbed, Kendall ieft By thorn bar in a ca: in company with another man ; and stopped at a public law ,use near Thrapstone, in a crows-road. about seven miles from the siwt %%110 1 the mail is supposed to have beim robbed. They 1...tt the public.- house soon after five o'. luck. As they passed aloog the road, a Mini in a field, whom they did not see, overheard them atratNine woe wit . , to pay the toll at a turnpike gate through which they were tl p.th , s they agreed . that the other man was to pay the toll, as Kend.!l known by the gatekeeper ; and to avoid his being seen, I): nut of the cart, and walked across some fields, but Ito doubt gig into tn_ caret again. The mail is supposed to haVe been roi,bed a hrle riscent'int a hill, at about a quarter before seven o'clock : i r hill is rroly three miles and a half from the residence of Kettlall : lte returned hoe at half past seven. Lavender had searched Bythorn house, belonging to Kendall, but nothing relative to the srEtil ro'.lO-I Y was found. lientdl denied all itersutial ktivivlcelde ut in'lo NOV. li. -:=mss