The National Register. — London, England, 1813-11-21 00:00:00

NOV. 2 ed the approaches of innovation, amidst recent changes, in spite of the menaces of faction, and the importunity of ill judging adherents Negative merit seems not duly appre ciated. Our Clerical Governors have, in this instance at least, " left undone those things which they ought not to have done ;" and are so, far. entitled to the cheering ap• probation of the members of the Church of England. ON ESIM US. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCIL SATURDAY, NOV. O. W. James, an attorney of Bristol, and R. Wakefield, a collector of Assessed taxes at the kerne place, were bronght tip for Judgement, having been convicted at the last Summer Assizes, of a conspiracy, it; fabricating a debt of Bel. alledgcd be due to the said Wakefield by a person who died intestate, with intent to defraud the fair creditors of the said intestate. The details of the facts in this case were of considerable length, and disclosed cireumstances of Oro clans fraud on the part of defendants, but it appeared that soon after the transaction the defendant Wakdield made discovery of the facts, in consequence of which, after hearing Mr. Serjeant Lens acid Ms. Jervis for the detendatAs, and Me. Serjeant Pell for the proseention, the Court stoteneed the defendant, ;slllec, to It' months in the gaol of Bristol, to stand in the pillory in the Market place once %‘ithin that period, and to be 'truck off tit!• roll of attornies of that Court ; and tho defendant Wakefield, to six months imprisontnent in the same ra oi. At ‘.2 o'clock, Loed Ellenhorough sat at Nisi Prius, when the fol lowing case was tried : W NPROKERS. Gn tv e. PERRY:VAL-1 Lis was an action against a Pawn broker to recover the vaiye of a table-cloth (31) pawned with the d c fil i dant, on the 7th of M a ud', 1311, kr Jo shillings. On the 1311► of March lust (the 7th falling on a Sunday), the plaintiff sent to re deem the pledge, when the Paw 'awoker said, the time having ex pired, the goods bad been sold; and, although the amount-of the pledge, with intere , t, was tendered to hint, he declined it, and re fused to give any further account of it. These facts being proved in evidence — Lord I.:llenberough observed, that by the Act of the 59th and 40th of the King, chap. 99, the time for redeemii o. the pledge hav ing expired on the 7th, the right of property in the article pledged became vested in the pawnbroker.—The plaintiff was accordingly usui test LONDON APPRENTICES. This was a gnestion whether an apprentice, bound within the city of London for stven years, at the age of 15, may leave his master's em ployment when be arrives at 21 years old, viz. one year before the ex piration of his indentures. Mr. Holland contended, that by the custom of London, an apprentice mist abide with his master during the whole period mentioned in the indentures, although he might arrive even at the • age of twenty eve. On the other side it was argued, by Mr. Gurney, that the custom of the city of London could not supersede the law of the hind. which ex pressly says, that no person, after be attains twenty-one years, shall he bound to conclude the terms of any engagement made and entered into by him for matters of servitude executed during his min city. 'Their Lordships said, if the city of London entertained a dilfurent custon't, it should appear front their Recorder, and that not being the case, they were of opinion that the apprentice in this case could not be compelled to return to his master for the remaining term after he carue of age. CONSISIORY COURT, DOCTORS' COMMONS, Nov. 16. CREY.N V, n►trrx. • This was a snit of divorce, or separation. brought by George Henry Green, Esq. the husband, against Sarah► Nisbet Green, his wife, by reason of adoliery,, al:eged to have been committed with Mr. George Murder. It appeared that Mr. Green is an Officerin the Army, and that the marriage took place between the parties in May 1808, at Messina in Sicily, where they cohabited ,nether as man and wife,'and had issue two ch►ldren, till 1810, when Mrs. Green quilled Sicily for Aldlta, and aftr r residing there a short time, she sailed her England, and arrived in 1811 ; soon after which she became acquainted with Mr. G.:urge Murder, and a criminal intercourse took place between thew„ THE NATIONAL REGISTER. and they passed as man and wife at various lodgings in and about town, and went sometimes by the nlme of Mr. and 'Mrs. Green, and at others by the name of Mr. and Mrs. De Clifford. It appeared also, that on Mr. Green's arrival in this country from Sicily, he brought an swim against Mr. bleeder in the Common Law Conti, and obtained a verdict of small damages only, in consequence of the wife's depraved cha racter. The fact of adultery being so clearly proved by the evidence pro duced, the Learned Judge (Sir William Scott) pronounced, that the hushaii4 was entitled to the remedy ho prayed, and accordingly de creed the same. ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES. Mondcy a Court Martial was held on board the Gladiator , at Portsmouth. to try Joseph Warburton alias James Parker, formerly of his Majesty's ship o ln', for having, with five others, rose against Mr. Anthony Reed, when on board an American prize-brig. Ovine her up to the American master, and assisting - to navigate her into Salem. He was afterwards recognised amongst the wounded of the American frigate Chesapeake. The Court were of opinion that the charges were proved ; and adjudged him to suffer death, which took place on Wednesday last. The miserable wretch, %Wham Glover, who was lately committed to Monmouth goal. for the shocking murder a his father and mother. deaf toyed thyself in that prison on Friday se'nnight. Ho was confined, during the day, in a room with two other pris tiers, to whom the turnkey, as usual, delivered their portion of bread and cheese for breakfast ; and gave to one of them, as usual, a knife to divide it, which was to be returned after breakfast. This man cut and gave Glover his portion, and then sat down on a bench before the fire to toast his cheose, placing the .knife under him, which he sat upon. Glover seeing the knife, pushed the man forward upon the fire snatched it up, and with a violent stroke cut his own throat. The other prisoner immediately se:zed his hand which held the knife, when he raised the o!hcr to his neck, and tearing the wound with great violence, be came most dreadfully agitated, and shortly after sunk from the loss of hlood, and expi7ed. The Glnuccater Journal, from whence the above is extracted, adds, that horrible as the latter deeds of this wretch were, lie had, within the last twelvemonths, riven his parents 1001. the whOle earnings of his life, to set them up in a small pottery : his 1223- ier also, it is sated, gave a good chnrater of him : whether, therefore, he was afflicted with occasional lunacy, or the victim of violent gusts of passion, cannot be now ascertained. ROW-SrREET.—A system cf forgery, to an alaming extent, was on Friday developed at this office, in which the principal persona hitherto detected were William Atkinson and Mary his wife, who lodged at No. 21, Hand•street, St. George's in the East: The whole was discovered by means of one Emblin, who had agreed to purchase of Atkinson 13 one-pound notes on the Culcbester Bank of Messrs. Cricket and Round, fur 101. ; the latter pretending that they were good, but stolen. The bargain was accordingly carried into effect at a public-house near Wellclose-square„ when. the Police-o ffi cers were sailed in , and Atk i ns o n an d Ins wife were secured. On the person of the wife were found 164 forged notes of the same description, and at their lodgings were found the corresa ponding plates awl apparatus for forgery. There was also found a plate for hills drawn at Rio Janeiro, mr a banking-house in London, besides a plate for four-penny stamps. The prisoners were fully committed fur w BIRTHS. At Hillingdon, the Lady of R. Honing, Esq. of a daughter. At Buckingham. at the house of her muffler, the Lady of Capt. Macdonald, of the Royal Marin#c, of three fine girls, the two eldest of whom are still living, and likely to do well, a ndi the no. ther is is a fair way or recovery. A few days since, Mrs. Hoare, of the West-street, Chichester, of a fine boy, whose tender gums presented two full cut teeth. MARKIED. On Saturday sennight, at St. Martin's Church, the Right Hon. Lord Thurlow, to the amiable and accomplished Miss Button, late of the Theatre Royal, Covent-nrden. DIED. Sunday last. in the Crescent, Bath, Sir William Medows, K. B. a Generil in the Army, Colonel of the 7th Dragoon Guards, and Governor of Hull. At his seat, Loothlin, Ireland, the Right Hon. Lord Viscongt Flc is succeeded in his titles and estates by hie son, the Hon. Colonel Dillon, Member for the county of Mayo.