The National Register. — London, England, 1812-03-22 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. ..-... - , - t:j.t.l the frame ; that he fixed his shoulder against the'windoW-stool, stidsteuckftlf&frame three ..vio)ant.blows_ with a piece of iron, which broke the tinkers and needlei all to pieces. Witness while this was roi.itz op, flang:dnvin the tongs, and placed one foot on the, frame-side *milk other .on the bed, te-seelrkho he was, which she was enabled to do-by die ligrt of a great fire, abd'recollecting his teatimes in the day Olie,. and: rioin . having heart} him sing in company the preceding Christmas. Being asked whit was meant by a colt, The said she was one, for she had not worked seven years at the trade. On her cross-ex arnination,she admitted she had been accused of stealing lace ; that she eisi not know whether it was five miles.or one. mile from Eastwood to He nor ; that the knew no more of the prisoner than that of having heard him,siog in eon : Tang at Christmas, and having seen his face (one side of which was besmeared with something of a dark colour,) in an oblique direction aS he was breakinap the frame ; and that she had no exptctation of gaining 401. by his cotroiction. She further stated, that she aid not knOw what part of the room the bed Wa3 in - ; how long the window was, nor what time of the night it was when she sz.er the pri- inner., Hannah 'Wild, mother of the last witness, being sworn, said she re. membered a'waafaon load of frames passing thraugh Eastwood, guarded by soldiers; knew tot - the persowwith whom her daughter conversed on the day mentioned in the indictment ;• heard the • noise at the door, and the scratching of . the' thorns ar the window ; called her daughte r, and heard voice aik if any colts were there; had a curtain by the side of the bed ;•ettre mischief -was done in a moment; at three strokes ; yet ti .cin recollectioa cannot form any opinion of the length of time the mat oc •upitd in breaking the frame. Vincent Wild, br o ther of the first witness, remembered the noise at kis mother's door cni the sth of .February at night; had the repart of a gun or of a pistol:* heard the knocking at the wall; heard the Nyiniiow aaatsh; heard three stroke Fa and went out . at twenty tnintstas before . eleven o'clock, but all 'was over. Wltliatt Howitt„ of Tighill, depostd that he knew Hannah Wild ,• that hr saw the frame in cute •tion at .her house on the 6th of February; that the frame was not broken, but was only damaged a little in the sinkers and needles, as if a man had drawn his fingers across them ; and stoat elved that five or six shillings would repair all the damage. Fie had known the prisoner twenty years, and he and his parents bore good cha racters. This witness dropped some curious observations respecting the'formaitat and altering a stocking-frame, which caused the Calmsel for the. Crown to call in the evidence of Ml. Alexander Madden, hosier, to give,a - talsre 'correct account of that machine. • aeveralother witnesses were examined, and after a long investigation, the Alloy weit diyided in opinion ; but after being locked up three hours, they returbed a verdict of Nut Guilty. .. .8 e gimatinfiancock; aged 21, charged with frame-breaking at Sutton iti-Ashfielfla.on the 13th of November, 1811, was next brought to the bar; ' • Sarah Bettawat the first witness called. She deposed, that on the day above•vaated, - she Saw about a thousand persons, 14 on abreast, sarae armed with guns, assembled in Sutton; that4he bolted her door • tor saftfty; . bin 'that the hammer-men advanced and broke'thepannels insOtees. ~. :Lobo% liel i arery young, was next brought forward as a witness; ma% haaa iiatiffitirc.mOb at Sutton, on the day alluded to in the indict- ' tilt-PClOSgettirw as asked if he saw the prisoner there, he beaitY ta k aOeta : . erly. After his passion had a little stibsicied, he 5a11, , 1 I• viiktePthoner there with a light coloured bat on and gun in his ;limn Richards was working for Mr. Betts on the 13th of Novem bitii saw the tirisOnt i l . " in the, front of th niob with a gun In his hand. 'WA cOnaeroation, Which he Said, took place between hint and the pri soner,he stated, that the latter said the ttob consisted of two thousand' wen ;,that they had had ape man shot a Bulwell, and another wounded in the Aand. ,A man came and told the prisoner that they had brokeni ail 'the frames - before them; at which he swore bitterly, charged his piece 1 , aaaone the taoh, and swore he had a Wind to shoot any of his men who had broke n a narrow frame.. •He then called frit- a pilot tb lead them Iron. , Mr. 13att's new building to his - old one.' ' -1 1 fr: ane is Betts being slearna said, he shoild rem:a:abet tit, 13th - of Isiovcmlier to the latesrhaur.'a( his life, for that li. had property. de- stroyeci that, day woatli ; :ithl: - - • .. . A IV rnher of respectable petAtnif . t 01;01tt to the c , reader of Tl,areock ;• but the Judge, in" his address to the jury. assutetl tharn, as he' haat'thiee on the preceding cases analet. the charge of fame- breaking, 'Oft clatricter4ettglit not, in tbe smallest degree', so sairay thent in their . W4l - " ' Ppr," bait!' be, " Mit eime baa 'not that degree of mcitll turp.tude attached to It as other clines have, witch, •in ate eye' of . file law, Fail for a sintitar punishment. With, the wort ni cranes, which rnerL. »ligi. Punishment,lt is equally dangeyous to the avell-baltig of society, yet it bears no proportion •to 'them iti .moral gnat. ':a:-- " Flame-breaking." continued his Lordship,.'" is not . a ['Teach of the' . 'reit Cournandmeats, though it baeaki -dowel 'the . la . trriera of peace and fell. icy, and 'as such, paust be punished Wiah 'the utmost rigout' of the law." . . . The Jury found Hancock Guilty, and his Lorddhip sentenced him - td Fourteen rea rs Transportation. Gervas Marsha ll , aged 17, and George Green, the two neiisitiskigii • that were tried, received excellent Fharacterl ; 'but theiM a liotlt fogad . Go4liy tor being citoncerntld in the Etitton-ln- 4 MARCH 221 is Unnecessary to detail their trials, as the riots in that town have been "already sufficiently dwelt upon.—They were each sentenced to Seven rcars Pans ',oration. HEBDOMADAL? Y; OR, EPHEMERIS FOR THE WEEK. MARCH. • 22. Pent Sunday. Epist. Phi!. 2. 5. Gospel, St. Matt. 27. 1. This Sunday is so railed nonythe very ancient custom, still kept up in Ro. man Catholic .churches, of bearing palips, or branches of other trees, in proces , don in the morning, before the high mass, in remembrance of the triumphal entry of our Saviour into the city of Jerusalem, when, to show that his reign and kingdom were not of this world, but from above., and in contradistinction with the pageantry of heathen triumphs, he rode, according to prophecies, the humblest animal of burden, whilst the people strewed his way with palm and olive branches, and spread garments before him, crying " Hosannah." Those trees being not natives of this country, at first boughs of box or yew _were snbitituted for them ; and even now, .although the religion of the ceremony is gone by, and tbe sense of it hardy understood, country petTle make parties to go, as they call it, Palming, and bring home the budding branches of ozier or willow tree. In these excur sions love takes often the place of, religion, and young lovers find it a pleasing opportunity to breathe, in the morning, their vows to each other, in the verdant fields. Adhelm, Bishop of the East Saxons, men. tions this ceremony in 809, as not being nuvel.-1740. Portobello sur. renders to Admiral Vernon. The Sun rises'at 3 h. 54 min. sets at 6 h. 6 min. 23. rd'onday. St. Epaphroditus, Bishop and Confessor. He was sent by the Philippians, to carry money to the Apostle Paul, then in bonds at Rome. When he went back he carried. a letter from St. Paul to them.-1301. Sudden death of the Emperor Paul of Russia. The Sun rises at 5 h. 5 . min. Sets at 6 h. 8 min. 24.• Tueslay, St. Theodulus, Priest and Confessor.-1603. England had to lament for the loss of one of her best sovereigns, Queen Ea. zabeth, who died after a reign of 44 years, 4 months, and 7 days. She was burn at Greenwich in Kent, in 1553, and died at Richmon‘in Surrey. The Sun rises at 5 h.. 50 mitt: sets at 6 h. 10 min. • 25. Wednesday, Lady Day. The Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. This festival is said to have been instituted in the middle of the fourth century, - about the Year 150, in commemoration of the appearance of the Angel Gabriel to the Virgin, when'he announced to her, that she should be the mother of our Lord Jesus Christ; a 'Circumstance which began the great work of our redemption. See Luke 1. 30.—This day begins the office called Tenebrir, in Roman Catholic churches, where three appropriate Lesso: s from Jeremiah's Lamentations are sung with great snlemnity.—This is • also called Quarter Day, for the paying of annual rent's ' 8Cc.—T7413. Afire broke out in Eich'ange-Alley, Cornhill, which-proved nearly as'disaitrous as that in 1666. The SIM rises at '5 h.. 40 Mtn. Sets at 6 h. 11 min. 26. Thirsday, St. Theodore, and his companions, suffered martyr doin. This is called Mautieloy Thiirselky, being the anniversary of the day Oil which, to give a memorable exampie of humility, our Saviour washed - the Ica Of his, disciples, 'and commanded them to do the same, as a token of boerpitidity and friendihip--the. Pi-amide!, being a corruption, of tile latip evotaare to ere . anse, or maitdare to command. This practice hap been .folloWed.by EinperOrs and Kings, who, on the same day, vraSheA,the .feet of. twelve poor trien, or child 1p that being the number ofThe Apostles, ,Thicerembny was followcT 4)/ a dona tion of alms ; aad those dittribUtiel . at St. lames's, .acid Whitehall, are a carmtin a u ss an a ce fo o r f n t i ty i4 sar r e rck! p a r ,n ite d t a te. "As - on 644 day the riestused to read liable that ihe . etythology,d.tite 4:l 46 4 l'4 66.9 nt ltl ri ‘t it il des. originated )idaiilin; i f t ro i n; solemn, Ceremony.-4756.-Viailkof Wen s a pious writer t of greatlibilities. . • •• The:Sun risep . at 41 . m. 1 . 4; 444 V. Goad Paablir.sofficess: dud kept as a fast in carymcmoras.isn oft the , safigtingit af Christ far the 'sins of tbe world. Tlie.R.Ocruvt filazhelic.fitti.toof Oat day. rho/ inliintin and expres ;ire of 'tin; pasion of. oer Saviour-i-and-the etspensonyeof the , 6 adoration of the Cross,” attended, tu. with great 'devotion. '.The sermon preached on the occasion, in every chapelbelongineto' that persuasion, is gene rally.explicitiv e. of the_rnotives •ot. this .affeclbig practice, and in orde r to vindicate •it .ftoni. accusations of idolatry. his festival• is one of :the most , ancient. in the Christian church t and'. ip, is kept :generally in all towns, with few. exceptions, which arisei,see.hope; rat h er from a bent:towaccis originality,. than areal sense of disbelier,m the Author ,tt Qur religion.-1625. Dea of James 1.-111051.,:•Articles of Peace were signed between England and France,_ at:Amiens in Piccardy. • Ilse Sun rises at sh. 4 5 mina Sets at 61.. 15 min: • Moon at 12 night. . . . 28. Saturday, The vigil 011ie Passolter, end 'the first time whe n 11 Allehslist" BUT in Roman' Catholic chnrOeS; since the Septuage sima Simdlty.—A. xyatn• Pope und Confessor.lsBs. Tobacco bro w,,ht to En'gland.for Or first time.-1677. Expired, Wenzel Hullar, born at ?ratite in Bohemia; his repotatioh and little of enghwitiE can nev er be _ 18 ■ b \ I 1111