The National Register. — London, England, 1811-05-05 00:00:00

COURT OF KING'S BENCH. Wednesday being the First day of Faster Term, the Lord Cliancelior aud Judges came to Westrui;:ster Hall, in the usual proeestion and proceeded to their respective Courts. ht the Court of King's Bench, the Report of the• State of the Convicts ou hoard the hulks was, read, by which it appeared, that they were in general healthy and orderly. The Court was 4ifteritatds occupied until four o'clock, in hearing jusdfication of 'all. ritIDAY 7 MAY 3. • TIIE KING V. CAPT. GREGORY. hr thi* ease, the particulars of which are already before our Reader', last Term, Mr. Garrott, obtained a rule, to show cause why a criminal information should not be granted agair.st the de fendant for endeavoU ring to provoke --Wilcox,Esollite Mayor of Bristol , , to send a challenge to fight a duel, by abusing him in time. lobby Alf the Yuba; Theatre, calling him Scou:4!rel," &c. Mr. Park l this day, showe d cause against the Rule; the Learned Counsel admitted that the words " d—d black, guard" were repeated several times, but denied that the tiefen dant • had called Mr. Wilcox ." Scoundrel," anal read the affi• day:it of the dcfeuccaut, in which he stated that he had no in tenthin ;o provoke Mr. Wilcox to a breach of the peace. Mr. Gurrow and Iti r. Jekyll were heard in support of the rule, and' the Court, after observing that it was their duty to protect persons resorting to places of public amusement from insult, wade the rule absolute. ISTER. Bank clerk who it has been stated has undergone two on the charge of having forged dividend warrants, but net in conjunction with Armitage, was on I. riday finally eri mined, and as it cannot TiOW prevent the furtherance of justice by stating the case, the following is the substance of it : The prisoner was a Bank Clerk in the Imperial Annuity Office, and the warrants forged were to obtain the dividends of a person who had been dead about three years, and whose exe cutors had not applied for his property. It appeared that 3601. had been paid out of the Bank, and the prisoner had signed, as an attesting witness. It was also proved, that Bank-notei, with which the dividends were paid, were found in the prisoner's possession. Under these circumstances the prisoner was fully committed for trial. Thisis one of the cases disclosed by Ro berts.--Mr. Alley attended as Counsel for the prisoner, assisted by Mr. Harmer, Solicitor. Armitage has also been fully committed. Roberts and his wife are the principal witnesses against him. H— was also examined a second time on the charge of having passed a 51. note. It will be recollected that the pri soner said he had received the note in payment for b..ots, but at this examination there were two other charges against him for passing forged notes, and he was fully committed fur trial. eq4 THE NATIONAL RFG L 41114 _ZZEPORTS The Bank examinations ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, A young man of the name of LucKETT, a publican near Ashford, Kent, applied for Police aid yesterday to recover his wlfe, whom 1w had traced to London, she having eloped with a soldier, a corporal in the Royal Waggon Train, on S:iturikl,- se'nnight, with f3Ol. in money, and deserted two infant children. The complainant had traced his wife to lodgings in Lerwick street, and on inquiring for her was met by the soldier, whoai united him and swore never to part with his acre aerie. It turned out, however, that the soldier had deserted, and he was taken into custody on this charge and committed, and after con siderable persuasion, the lady having thus been deprived of her gall nt, consented to return to her family at the solicitation of her husband. Sunday last, as five respectable .tradesmen of Dockhead were out in a sailing boat, near Woolwich, by a sudden gust of wind, and the unskilfulness of those on hoard, the vessel upset, and we are sorry to add, that three of them were drowned. A nu occurrence happened on board his Majesty's frigate Rota, lying in Plymouth Sound. The mizen-topmast of that ship was _low, ring down for the purpose of its being re placed by anew one, but unfortunately by some accident it came down by the run, and the heel- of it striking a. seaman, carried his head off, drove his entrails complettly out, and Ms thigtt bones into the deck. • By command of the Regent.—lmperial and Royal Offices, 1, %Inner-street, and 67, PiccadiEy, facing St. James's-streLt..- Pi.st Stumm, to my I:riends, the Pubic, for a number of years, in successive Lotteries, including the last, having sold Shares, tee. No. 12,710, the last 35. 001. Prize, was drawn on the Kiur's Birth-Day. 'lope; also, 7,636, the only(2.0J•VOl. Prize, and 13,747, a 10,c001. Prize, werearawp the King's Lirth-Day, 1805 (since when too Lottery has been fixed to be drawn on his Majesty's iiirth.Day); induces a confidence in my distributing unparalleled good fontine, whenever the Lottery draws on that memorable Day; and as the present Lottery is to he drawn on the 4th. of June next, containing Sixty Capital Prizes, being Sixteen more than tl's. last Lottery contained, I shall realize my sincere wishes in selling Twenty Thousand Pound Prizes, the public's obliged servant, Lucky Mr. Turner.—ln the last Lottery, No. 6,81 ii, a 2,0001. Prise, was sold in Shares, and 2,7G3, a 5,0001. Prize, the last draw; was.suld in a whole 'Picket, at the above Offices. BIRTH. On the 26th ult. in Mansfield-street, the Marchioness of 'Waterford, of a sun. _ _ . _ _ __ _ .4R4LE,D On the 15th instant, at Sligo citurch, Ireland, by the Rev. William Armstrong E. Martin, As6L,tant-Surgesn, Hon. Bastlndia Conipany!a Military Service, liombay, to Miss Mary Ann M‘Bride, second daughter of Mr. Wxn..:ll‘Bride, of Sligo. DIED. At Kenton (Scotland) Mrs. Margaret Milburn, aged 104. In the' Pour House, .Nriliteliaven, Olivia t;rears, a pauper, aged 104 years. I r ately, Mary Discombe, of Exeter, aced 102. !Ay! had 19 children, 37 grand children, and 32 great grand children. MANDAMUS. - . . Mr. marrow, on behalf of the Mayor of Great Yarmouth, • too* &I for a writ. of Afaittiorurts to be directed to the Aldermen surd Conn - on Council of the Corporation of the borough of Great Yarmouth ' conunanding them to attend the summons of the IVT:yor, in order to constitute an adequate Court for trans acting the busines3 of the Corporation. The Learned Counsel • stated, Ain't this Corporation consisted of a Mayor, Aldermen, and Contmov. Council; and by their Charter, it was necessary,. in order to prosecute the business of the Corporation, that ten Idcriren and fifteen ComtnQii Council should be present along with the Mayor. he May or had tvpeatedly is suedliis sum monses, but never could prevail ou a sufficient number to attend; there had, iu consequence, a ,great quantity of business accumu lated, and .et .present there were not less than one hundred e ft/Inns who olainled to be admitted to their freedom, and • nt,thber: of lei es under the Corporation had fallen, which it was necessary to bave renewed. The Mayor had issued mo lees than six summonses since ?vlichaelnias, and never cOuld get a sufficient number together, it actually appeared as if they had entered into a combination to prevent the public business from beinr eacuted, and was extremely inju; ions to a number • individtrals who 1 ad clainis upon the Corporation. Lord L.LLk t4 so K LT Ei thought this the -moss. lenient mode of prock... .ding against those gentlemen ; and if they (I,id not com •pl/ With thin, the Court would resort to ulterior means to com p I them. "kale to ,itilow cause granted. POI,ICE. BOW-5 I REET. • • • Friday a journeyman tailor WAS brought to the .abiva . 440,6ce, cliatgel with throwing spirits of vitriol upon the clothes ref a 'young Wom tin ih Long-Acre, which burnt and destroyed 4kaine, conl.ra-y to the - Statute. The Proscemrix obtained the warrant against the Prisoner some dais since, .and stated that the offence was coininittcd viiitiLut any provocation; . however, it has since been aster thipq,.that th PkiAnier veld the Priistcuttix are old acquaint- Wire. ; !lie 'Pri-oner paid his addresses to the l'rosecutrix, but coed not mike much pr,igress in his amorous approach eßg a: dat li;t:gth 7,0 t a positive denial. &rip swore revenge ° • up , 4l liey,persbn ; Ms courage, however, would not enable Min -atttek - U-.r Wily, but lie hit upon the expedient of destroying Ler chates. Ile+ revenge tOr this would nut allow her to attend pro,ecute him for the ofleni.e when she was informed the punishment he was iiableto ; and it was understood the received a compensation from the prisoner's fricaids furthelujury dune to ber clothes, and, in consequence, refused to anemia() prosecute .her writ:W.4x dearly beloved. The prisoner was, of course, dis charged. .I,Qadon Vrin.ed anti .Wed by E. .R`j."...; W., and Published by JOHN FISHER,. No Pickett-strett, Strand, near Temple-Dar. ardec:t by ali the Newslmlll) Lil.: Clerks Of PAW, Poltluellera throughout LeUnitcci I,Lingdona, free of postage, into t .e Courvrya: los. 1;i,(1 per ytarik.:r. • ~~ /