The National Register. — London, England, 1818-07-27 00:00:00

!2 COUNTY ASSIZES. WILTSUIRE. Justice Park and ice Pnrrotigh arrived at S.t• lisbitiy on Saturday last, and opened their co 11111 l ksions for the assizes iii the comity of Wilts. On Monday they coin mowed hominess ; roirratigh presided at 'nisi and Mr. Justice Fa K on the Cruets n•itide. The grand jury PaYinr. heen sworn, the -lodge a thlreeeed them to the hidewing eifect :—'l'hey we re assembled in the character of a grand inquest fur the tmely, to exercise i .ee of the most impeltaut faaetions Mat could belong to the members of a cis ilizeil seelety. llr wits sorry to obsert e, that ha vine already gone three times en this circuit, his ex p. tieuee did not istrnimli any previous instunce of so large a calendar of offences. There must, thtrefere. have been a considerable increase of crime in their county, aithotte h not of the deepest dye. As 51iigistratts, they were necessarily acquainted with the rides and nutitte of Mat proceed:oe in which they *ere about to be engaged. There wite,•hotves et, one eit.c to nhiich it might be proper for him to maven : it *as that u' a Weekend and wife committed for the mime felony. Upon looking at the depositions, it appeared to !Me very doubtful oldish of these fail persons had done the guilty net 1 lint if they a ere both pal ties to it, the woman was not legally answerable ; the law presamilig in her Coeur that she acted tinder the contronl and by the coercion of he r hush: mil. That was a point, however,on which, it they experienced any ditfievaty, they might refer to that court for investigation. EV should be happy to extend whaseeer assistance they might atattul io need of, :editing!' lie might rentark generally. that their ditties could not be oleic olearly or more expiicitly de ecribeil tliaa they mere in the oath which had been just taken. There was one circumstance in the present calendar, winch lie e•mlut not observe without feelings troth of surprise and un easiness. Ile hail Minder , ' to a circumstance of a similar venue on a former occasion. aml lie now found in a calendar of sixty cases, one full third %%Visa of persona tinder '2O years r' age, some of them, indeed, iii extreme youth. He was *holly at a lost to what cause to ascribe so nielaneholy a tact. Perhaps tha' system of National Education, according to the doctrines and principles of the Established Church, which did so much honour to the wise and benevolent persons who promoted it, had not yet hail time to produce All inn beneficial effects amnia the yointler classes of society,•and he cherished a hope that it would ultimately operate to restraiu this early deisratity. The progress of such an improvement must be greatly assisted by the increased means afforded to the public of attending places of religious worship. He had no reason to (lento the excellence of the distipline which was main• teitiest in their county geed, or le believe that the prisoners diii not iereive all those atteutioris which were proper fur them in their situation. They could not, howeves . , tay too anxious a consideration to that eitliject ; au.llie should reeom,, mend it to Mein to satisfy their mindere:teeth% it by ocular • dr 11111 l lite grand jury then retired, and in a few minutes found several true bills. Those winch were tried on Monday were . not Of any pCraliar or general itilerest. William Woodbridge was the first prisoner placed at the bar. and indicts. el fur stealing nine...pence halfpenny from the till of the Post-othce at Alelkaltain, he being employed as a letteramrrier at that office. In the course of the evidence it appeared, th.ti the prisoner bad heen engaged in this capacity show fide years• daring •s him One similar depredations had been committed. ror the !impose of detectiog the offender, the preceution was at length taken of fixing a particular mask nn time outory (.!acrd iii the till. the prisoner was dis• costard taking it part of it iu a clandestine manner, and a part of it was liken isc found upon his person. Tile jury pi 1111 l tneed a verdict of guilty, and the Court, in order to testify its sense of the extreme danger to all the confidence of domestic society, arisiire from the offence of servants rolmiug their masters, immediately senteoced the prisoner tube transported for seven ytais. William Jones. age-1 18, and William Jenkins, of the saute age, were indicted en three several charges of stealing two niaresani a gelding, the property of William rleineets. William Clements deposed, that be lived near Bi istol, and that he missed the horses in e:nestion en thetntli of Apt ii last, lit company with a friend, he omit the next rooming in search of them. and at 1et.4111 traced the gelding to a politic house at • Clialton. is tfiltshih e. The two prisoners were in the house, and the landlord haring communicated his suspicions to him, he balked it the gelding, which he found to be his own. Ile knew it immediately, having bred it himself, by the mark of a kick which it had retched on its off fore leg, and by a blaze no its forehead. Thomas Wail proved, that the pi 'setters offal ed the gelding to him ter sale. The price asked was twenty guineas. They went away, and returned with the annual in the evening, pi u iiiisisig to part with it ter 91. He took the prisuueus tutu custody at a place (sailed Eiver/y. An objection AraS taken by the prisoners' counsel, that as 'lime was no root of the original taking in this es idence, a mere possession in a different county could nut lie legally as a moor of a fresh taking ; that being the tisily principle 1111 w hich ft ton ics could be tried in other counties than those in which they a ere committed. Ito this cage the horses writ• alleged to have been taken iu Bristol, and were recovered in ‘Vistshire. Mr. Justice Palk thought there was no foundation for that objection, %%Inch he said had been over-ruled by all the Judges of England un a similar polo( telt:treat to their eonsi. deration. Verdict—Godly. It illiein a 20.41 11 years, was capitally convicted of stralinr 111 the do elimg-iiouse of Wiiliani Dyer, at Kings ton, in the rummy of tints, 83 animas in gold, 31. iii notes, and othe r articles, on the 2411 i May last. This y onitifia culprit had ; It appeared, contrived to cutter the house whilst thee: 'ly were at church, and after regality , himself its the pantry, atairMd assay the operty ileserit.e7l in the indict ment. It was found npon him about 4 o'clock on the !tie. oill , rliil64t, at a place eitnate at six WHO.' elistanre from me mime of the prosecutor. The jury found him manifeeted no symptoms of alarm or penitence, nor at. tempted any 1,1114 vh defence. CIVIL SIDE. {t•R^R V. Ehrr ithLt : Oß AND en 4V84/e. The plaintiff is a farmer, rrAitling near Weiiilittry, end paid ht% :4,1.31%4 , to the ais:ei • of the clef ndant Batchelor in Sep. temliet tam. .‘ Ltir is annttaily held at that place, and tit , plaii:tiii uas cn ited t t winless its entertainments at the house of li;s faint s Inn het-h.-law. After dining with a large party end part.ikteg istierally of Or, the females of the enitivany cerirr.L.imi in ennweittener of tiontething 1.141 passed rehtc I . I. the to .N 44 r %%inch Yi it% in pi ogres%, the plaintiti cum• yelled to .1 4 alias of lily and medicated be er, by the caceicies at• t placini • pistol at his Iframist. lle . 4.43 Gat'll THE NATIONAL REGISTER bedaubed with a 'Muni e of soot and oil, to which wt.' adde l a r:tirsish of pot liquor. Ri tog af.erwards cumim toil to tit pump, he was dreerhed front bead to foot,.appar in di vain expectation of purifying his person (ruin the unseemly effects of the former miplies ion. For this Injury he new setiglit for compensation iu a Court of Justice. Amelia Webb, the only wittiest called, stated, that she was the sister of the plaintiff, utad was witness to the trail , . action complained of. Her evidenci, however. only ss to disclose the !del of the mai i iaLts• ini sidoe.la ntly hhcr place between the Mid 10 a • iin,r;itit),l ,t the !pdi,., frau:, the smipicioii of busing been all surlier -4 by• 11141 , 4 tr of tuna ale Weil hail so comp'. to Aaslos•e ::,e ...• derstaudiugsof the len: bluest thus airair. It was here avee,l tied a verlieu should be taken by c.... • sont for the plaintiff—Damages 401. DORE V.ANIi.OBLS This WWI in action Imunght be 0 ponontiff astainta :••- fcadart4, sir E. Antroona, Bact. • ni Conti, T r 0; ! • •• e•t•cotois of the hite Earl of l'et. ;norour to • •••• • :-.••• oft expenct•s incurred in roi•locting. da • (Awe man, mud vr:ts set tlowo on etc , I r. sveciat jump*, however, t,oly one.: .to , i • te.e dare fore or:lye(' on tbe part Cie ,•,.‘ tt. hay. ing been opeatett, by which it appt . a 1.,: k: ! ,I„ittoitf 's chin' amounted to the sotto 2,0001 hail bet u paid into C.tort, Mu. Set geatit FL.II state ti g••1;1 ral est , eutostaare,t of tilr ease. The pleintiti was is peraerlenga:ett in avers extensive Ike of lousiness in the city of Itatle, w lucre the Lite Losil Peter. borotieli had In some iiine before his death etruerally reside.;, He died, however, in June, tell, at his seat at 1111111 , 1 . ), distant Item Petit eboto 26 miles. Upon this occasion apt plicaton was matte to Mr. Dote to underteke the myrrh' tendaurrcl the funeral on a scale of unusual magnificence.— It was natural that lie should accept this otter, ai II not only involved a very coteittleratee profit, but furnished the °ppm teeity of display log his skill in a sery eecithar branch of his business. He was sure the ls of the jury would not be insfavoutaloy prepossessed towards the eleint of his client, merely on account of the extent or aepereiet enormity of his dien.mil. The qnest•on depended on the natttre of the elm time, a n d on the fact of the work inelertaken having been pee letemeti. The ' element of a large portion of the debt into Court emended from consideration every point except the beer reasuttebleuess of tile various items of which the demeoil was composed. The sum no& disputed was 90tia and as all attempts at an amicable adjustment of this dd . . feret.ce luau unfortunately failed, his client had been driven to his action against the executors.- It wunld appear in ed. deuce, that Mr. Dore received his first instructions oil this snippet fl din an intimate ft scud of the late Lord Peterborough, Mr.Staiith, who informed hint that the funeral was to be con. dueted in no ordinary way, and that he must exercise his own judgment in the prelim:thou of it, on a plan of adequate splendour. In addition to this, it would he proved that Mr. Omits 'trotter, one of the executors, Terminally attended the faunal, and must have been aware of its nature, andthe ex pense which it neeeerarily involved. He might remark also, that although the hill was sent in immediately after the fu neral, no objection was made to the charges it contained fur a pet nod of six mouths. The defendants had not, therefore, beets very suddenly stiock with the excess of Hie demand made upon them. He would state, also, without fear of con. tradictiun, that the ceremony had been conducted in every respect with the most perfect order, and in strict conformity to the general instructions which had been received. The procession had passed over a space of two miles, and if it was thought-right in this manner to consult the (heftily of an English Cerl, the disposition to defray the cost ought not to be wantisig. It the remains of the Eat I .of Peterborough were not to be deposited in the grate without all these lac companitimets of grat:tem. a•The boast of heraldry, and pomp of power," the common principles of justice requited that the burthiet should fall on those who succeeded to his pi opus ty. It was probably their elegance and taste which hall been the cause of so stiaterb a display of raincoat ornament, toad they insist nut shriek 'from the cousespiences of their gratification. He would beg to draw their attention to one single point of the bill, on the fairness of w Inch they would be ceded oil to decide; because, if the justice Of that charge should be established. it would serve to indicate the merits of the whole inquiry. sum of hetiveen LOGO!. and I t eraill. fuming part of the whole denuintl, was oar account of the furniture an.l decorations provided fur the occasion of the deceased East's lying its state. It appeared that it was deemed necessary, as a last token of respect to his person, to adorn this state room will every cost ly appendage suitable to such a purpose. He would not enter into any minute description of these decorations, ishicli would come with mote authority from Ilse isittn sses s and conclude therefore by assuring the jury, that although this inquiry wield probably engage a considerable portion of time, no effort had beeu spared ou his part to generalize it as much as possible. Dat id Hassell was the first witness called, and stated that lie hariected as assistant to the plaintiff in pros .ding for the fouteral of Lord Peterborough. He had been engaged hi that like of bushiess for 12 years previouely, and lied inspect. ell the :tents of the plainfill bill when it was otigiuully made out. Ili:. lAA dAhip died in June, 1 1-1, and the lit lit' et ceo e monies were un the largest tied most expensive Peak lit,t ho had ever witnessed or lateen of'. 'rue body lay in stele for two or three days in a lerge room must splendidly fitted-up. - Mt. Trutter was present, toad the iv &Mess canto to stir, 10 the due execution of every 4 , 1 der that was given. The state room was oh large dimensions, and asl4 hung with seise' hue black cloth front the ceitine, the doer being eoveied with second black cloth. Between 70 and SO wax-lights were kept burning, le of which weighed "above a petted each. Tee bode was placed on a in t' pleifin in, ornamented with feetaions or b'tek satin, and eartnomittel with it donne, lint d inside mid thateide with a shed black velvet, .ttail co% ered With ostrich ;denies. The platfollll au, also Cringed %sills velvet, and Iseltind it was placed a trasisperr fey, to it hieli was set the achievenieut of lite deteased. Teel c oils also some eat :der tiaisspareaselee in the roue. Seseial 114:111CIA and • esetitelierate were inked in different • c laces, end eight mutes %vet a kept constantly in attendance. The ceffin was coveted oiih she richest criansun Genoa velvet, en which were alto inscribed the East's bearings. 'l'! pall wen the handsomest the witness had ever sren. Mr. Sonith mid Trotter were present shave days beim e its welt us diarist; ihe funeral. 'Co sum,. ti. - :ti g A they itejected as not ileiwz good e n•ongli. The prcees , imi cinisister) of a hearse, sev en Vt/ul.:11t c.12111.11'i15 5 11 b) aiS 1 , ..1 •es, one eiteriet sated four for the e!ergy men, attended by si x Mai eight mutes, two reetlie e . Islets, Eight noilea brar Cie, 5.' ty Me pages, stud aga and page au tiorsebaih, loaning the coronet. 'fits- plan taseels pao dueed its Coto t were rsjeettel, as nut beaus; s.atlicit tole heud. ,unie lei the tabbboal, 414111 gold 1:114C4 wore AtAAJAJIi.6I) tuna JULY 27. - - It .4: .!,•.. ,- :!ry to send for the gt eater part of thew thffies rum 1. :stifb:i. (Here the witness was examined as to the price of particular items, most of which l►e thought were not valued at too high a rate.) It was not the practice to re turn the ordinary articles provided on such en occasion to the underta:, er, :nit they became the perrinisites of the clergy. man and It I;‘ , ...sties. ' Certain sums were ord,•red by 111 r. W e i& tr•• rd, to be paid to particular individuals in lien•;, • The oh., k of the parish received • ' •! •• • •••t 21. each, the undertaker. for his personal trouble 7 .• at the solemnisation of the et ►emony, 2SI. and • If 101. Several tnimpike , were posed by the • u• its way to the chord). Hatbands and scarfs • . A given to those wbo was tl eak on these occasions. he servants received one, tad some two suits of ass examined by Mr. Casherd. —Witness was no longer eneat;ed in the business. of an undertaker, but travelled for a Iroise in the wine and spirit line. An interval of about ten days :warted between the death and the funeral of Lord Peterborough. The diAance between the church and the roomlin which his Lordship's body lay in state did not eaceed, by the nearest door, above twenty yards ; but by th e gran d entrance it might be about 200. * The procession, however, took a circuitous coal se of two miles, that it might be seen by a sufficient number of spectators. lie recollected that for not article alone. the *aver gilt nails of the coffin, tssl. had been eintrard. They were of a yellow colour, and their vit iate he was ignorant of. Barnes, a labourer, deposed, that he bad made the shell, and the oak coffin, in which the remains of Lord Pe. terhorough were deposited, and his charge for the timber and labour was 101. Bs. ;id., which Mr. Dore paid him: Nina this he paid to a man who assisted him. Here at appeared by a reference to the bat, that the charge wafrabonr 161. to the defendant.. Su:himself liummin, housekeeper to the late Lord, dent ibed the dress of the body when laid in the coffin. It was com posed of satin and the fittest cambric. The servants, who were 'tine inonntber, received t wo snits of clothes each. A fte r souse additional evidence on the value of the different articles, 83 this inquiry appeared to be almost indeterminable. Mr. Justice Barrough earnestly rccommenticd a retereuce to some gentleman at the bar, who, as the witnesses had been brought in great r. 'ambers, belt from Bath and London, might immediately proceed in their further examination, and decide on the general merits of the account. This suggestion, after so.ne reluctance, was acquiesced iu by the parties, anal the whole ease refei led to Mr. Abraham Moore. Nothing look plate oil the Cruwu side of the slightest pub• lic interest. WED NI. SDAY. John ',awes was indicted for burglariously breaking and entering the lieusa of Muty Steevens, in th,.. parish of Bishopstone, on the night of the 18th of April, 1817, and stealing therefrom 88 guinisti. This trial occupied a cons.dernble portion of the thy, and depended upon very peculiar and rirsunbtantial eti idenec. _ _ Mary .t evens, an elite - id/woman, and a widow with four children, deposed, that on tic night in question she was awoke by hearing 1 nom: resembling that of a person rummaging in her drawers, and percoived a tall man walking through her room. She was much alarmed, and called out 6' Who he you, and what do you wait: " He answered," He quiet, or I'll blow your brains out." Ile had in his hand a lantern, with a candle burning in it, and wore a dark great cost. There was a great deal of money consisting of guineas, hash' guineas, and seven shilling pieces, which ehe kept in her chest. bet the exact amount of it at the lime she did not know. It wax left to her by her husband in order to provide for her children. Ming cross:-examined, she admitted that she received assistance from the parish at the period of the robbery. Iler daughter and another woman were in the home, and they all welt to bad at the same time, attar fastening the doors and windows. The woman who lived with her was named army Perrin„ and was plead :hsre by tit:: gentle-. inert of the parish. Her own weekly allowance was 51. and a quer tern loaf. She paid no rent for the hooter. as it had been her hus band's freehold. She could not say whether the prisoner at the bar W. 1.5 the men she saw in her roam, although the moon shone brightly. He-examined.—She got up when he was gone, fruni that the money had been taken away, and a winds st forced open wide enough to admit the budy of a man. Sarah Steevens, the daughter of the last witness, was next called, and corroborated the testimony of her mother in all its material circumstances, with the addition that she also saw the man de. seethed. and believed puke to be the prisoner. She had seen him Ilequently .before, but being ignorant of the name, had Leon unable to give any information to the magistrate mud he was epprehended in April last, twelvemonths after the commission of the robbery. She, and net bar mother, had the matiagetnera of the money left them by her father, and she knew the exact amount of it at the time it was carried away. Thirty guineas of it had been lent to a perion of the name of Lodge, who had returned it in the March preceding. Fanny Perring also saw a man, ns above described, pass through the outer chamber in which she slept, between the hours of le and one at night. He had on a dark great coat with several capes to it, was of a ruddy complexion and sandy hair. She was quite sure it was the prisoner at the bar having frequently seen him before. They got up after he was gone, and went to oneor two neighbouring • farmers, who came to their house and witnessed the state of the window. She met the prisoner on the road in company with Mts. ' Lodge about two months after. He accosted her, but tlity had no conversation. _ Cross•exr.tnined.--.She had krown the prisoner's person for sortie tare, but are: ignorant of his name. hhe had always suited, that it' she shoirht sec again she could recognise him. Slir had been in the habits et' e'oberving him at the meetin e -i , oute, where he assisted in ne•'orrtiug the trin.,ie. She mind not distinctly recollect, but her arcs that she did not .fro him -there after the rubbery. She retail sot wady swear that had never expressed her hr lief thia it was ar.ol,ta perita), or cl:;-: she had ever said she had hid hir head nudes the bed-eloth.:s \oriels she perceived a stranger in lice chamber. • ltichanl Curtis, - a tithinginnn, in conseonemie of information which lie had waived, apprehend:xi the in ter in April List. lie f: and him in gaol at Boeumin, in Comte:ill, end kn e w hint having funictly bi!en a feature,. in the parish of Bishop:4one. W.Bwaiae, Dtputy Clerk of the Peace fur tile county. knew the prisoner's person. lie had been, previous to Avil, in the ha bit of reeeiving parish teller, and workiimg on what viols :ailed M.: efen,which signi:ied the doingjobs fot did:A - eat farmers in succession. oath of April of last year the prisoner came to him hand somely dressed, ua.icg letore generally t: urn a ..habLy dark : . :reit s mei. Ile peodured two guineas, and said Ile cane to pay ti:r f,e, rf an expired 'ref ngM ranee to keep the peace, whicir tor Ilium if tuld Kited::: :a:wonted toil. 19s. Ile had a purse with more guinea. :a it, ' the fees of another recognizance which had bem..l it •'. !I!' atw hilt: no more until • he was taken into eliontly. The pm: r wutsamer ic.l Mall, and his wife kft bishoysuote I. short time al:Le ..i • tiiwn , pearance. 'flu. in 111.3 defence merely threw hiem•elf on the merciful consitierotion of the Court, observing that he had Inen addicted to o,eching, the consequence of which was that his friends had btronie his Ines. Mr—Justice summed up the evidence with great accuracy stud miattu no A. font: ..nc i lig with the hunch, that It wits aca of tixt.ctne itni. c mAnre. A enuLt had been suggested whettuit this Cv.tid be su:unt.;iavd by the prawn int:it:mica, on the grute.t; mut MI