The National Register. — London, England, 1820-01-24 00:00:00

4 LAW INTELLIGENCE. sEitorANTs . INK-HALL, MONDAY, JAN. 17. TlioNtrws V. L.WEY. This was an aetioo ot trover for wearing apparel, whereby the 'dahlia sought to recover the value of a quantity of chilies coat. 4.1 in two trunks. The delen• dant is the keeper of a tavern, called the Glebe tavern, Moorgate ; the se are no stables belonging to it. The plaintiff, a mercbant's clerk, in company with ;mother persou, cause to the defendant's house, and dined there; uftei dinner, lie said they should sleep these, and ordei ell a doable-bedded room. The plailitillafterwards told the deft sellout he expected two that he was going In *cotlatiel in *few months, and that he meant to stay there till he went. The defendant asked him for his name, which he gave him, and informed him what he was. lite Winks came, and the defendant resided there three Mouths. sleeping in the house, and taking his meals there ; doling which a friend of his came and stayed several days; mid the plaintidoideied the Wiarges of his friend'e living to be put into his bill. After the plaintiff left, lie tendered to the defendant more than sufficient to pay for his sleeping, but not enough to dneharge the whale bill, amid demanded his luggage, which the defendant refused to give up: and the question on the trial of the cause was, whether the defendant had, in the charac*.er of innkeeper, * li. ir on the luggage for the ailment of his bill. 'Vise learned Judge who tried the rave was of opinion that the detendinit had a lien, and nonsnited the plaintiff, giving I • leave. to move for a rule fusel reside the nonsuit. And buy/ Mr. Nlarryalt and Mr. E. Lewes moved to dis • ge that rule. They contended, that there was no shtleiettee between the keeper of* tavern or cuffee-house and an innkeeper; that they stele froth liable to the same burdens, each in mg obliged to lake out all ale-licence, oust each being alau subject to have soldiers qtrarteted oir them. Mr. tiorney and Mr. F. Potluck, in support of the rule, contended, that theme was a inateriaLdiffereuce between a cutlet-house and all iuu : a eulfee-huitse was not intended tor the leception and abode of travellers, but merely to fornishdisuiris and other entertainment to the inhabitaide of the place where it was silos a that oftentimes the „ cull' skeeper found it emivenient to funaish his guests with bed*, which lie did ; hut that must be consi dered as a truing of lodging* to thews, and did not contest the cotfee•house tutu an • . The Lord EhielJustiee said. the defendants were the keepers of a house in which they supplied beds and pro visions to such persons as repaired them. He thought this runlet nut be distinguirbeil in pi laetrile from au i aaaa , and this ease fell within the rule of law applicable to the cases of iniskeepere- It wonted lie fur the- benefit of all parties so to coosidet it, fur in limit Case nut only would the innkeeper be entitled to a heti Oa his giast's goods, but he also MI I owls would be liable to his guests for the safe custody of their goods. He thonght it was not ne cessary that the defendant should have stables; some tuns sought be for the arvoinitioilation of tout travellers. Here use landlord tut 'tidied all other things necessary for the accommodation ul travellers. The tithes learned Judges present, Ms. Justice Bayley and Mr. Justice Best, deli vei ed the it eqiiniou to the seine Oleo, and the rule was discharged. _ 0 1' • , , . THE NATIONAL REGISTER. - violation of the law, and to the fraud of the old sub scribers. 'rise subject bad been mentioned in Parlia ment, and was, as mieht have been expected, regarded as incredible. The Chancellor of the Exchequer then disclaimed any such intention as that of interfering . with those funds. He !sow mentioned the subject, lest any future attempt, so wicked and fraudulent, should be made. He hoped the Grand Jury would lind bills as quickly as possible. The calendar was very heavy, conteining tint fewer than 213 kloniet:, and 88 In mile encaitoors, besides (Si traverses ; rt was. therefore of inkrortauce that no time should be lost." Of de misdemeanours, 9 are traversed ; from the last Sessions, in which sureties halt not been found. John Ileycs, aged 45, and. committed by J. Itidgw:iy, Esq., is charged, tin the oath of Thomas Barrett, with hat jug, on the 22d d of November, 1819, gone about the streets at Great Bolton, shouting and cuing 01St to the following effect The friends of dud liberty, and parliamentary reform are informed, that Mr. Cob bett is, arrived at Liverpool, and in good health ; those friends who have not signed the address, are desired to avail themselves of the earliest opportunity, as the sheets will be closed i his day to be forwarded to Liver pool." That the said Johill Ileyes bad a bell, which he used before his so crying ; that a crowd of persons, to the ounther of 50 or IQO, followed the said John ileyes, and shouted and made a great noise; and the said Julio o Reyes did incite the crowd to shout and make a noise, to the great disturbance of the public peace. The trial of Mr. Wroe, for several libels in " The Manchester Observer," will not take place at these sessions. The indictments against his family, and st, set eral or his agents, which were traversed at the last sessions, still remain here, and will be tried. The de lextlanw h ewe ied their traverses in the paper. There are also about a dozen cases of illegal drilling or nuts en tered in the traverse paper. • It may hr desirable that nor readers should he apprised that the Rev. Chairman was mi.:in:illy it lktrrist , r, but Willa is flat is generally termed a hrict.lew onc,7' be tinned about anit became a Clerothan. An old joke says, that a gentle man consultiag his friend how he should dispose of his dn . . ferenusons, haring by his friend's advice devoted all but one to different professions, ennuned what he should do with the remaining one, he, brine almost a foal—"bfakeii parboil of him," was the reply - but we are sure the Rev. Chairman, who is now the incumbent of the Vicarage of Rochdale, by the reeent-gift of the Crown, wolf never be taken for a Loot.: !I The business of these sessions Is much more extensive than that of many county assizes, and often more im portant cases of highway rubbery are frequently tried at the sessions, course as felonies at common law. Sen tences of transportation lot 14 years occasionally occur, and sonieti sies evert of transportation for life, and many important questions upon appeals, highways, and nul -1 sauces, often come before the coon. SURREY SESSION& IMPORTANT TO BAKERS. The spite:tier Smitti,a baker, against the conviction by K. J. Chambers, Esq. Magistrate of the County of Sun ey, calm oil to be heard before a Bench of Magistratts, and was argued by Clituisel at great length. The conviction took place under. the Bread Act, which imposes a pi natty of '2Ol. upon any baker on *hose vre ir.i,es should be found sielb , nited ilium or any other peruicious in,..rediant fur the 'impose of brin.; mixed with flour. iit chcomstusices were bristly Bo se :—A (violable of uiun Ilall, some time ;co, obtained a warrant to search the premises of the a mien:rot for poisonous ingredients, and it eta to the house ate palmed by the informer and whets, The appellant hesitated at to permitting the officer to search, and, upon bring slit wn the nuthority, declared that he had no stud of the kind. The constable followed hint up stairs to his bed room, but found esceptieuable.— lie however observed. something in the appellant's baud which earned his sie-pici• n, nod on finding toot resistance was made to his attempt to get it into his posses-on, he called rip his assistants, and took time ounces of alum out of Ihe h iker's band. '1 he oppel'aut was take.' Lit Union 11:611 Police 011 i e, where Mosr facts were stated, and a complaint out made by the halter that the seizure was inasinuch,ustlie warrant oas merely to search the pit noses, and not the person.—T be Sitt ite Magistrate iullicted the full. penalty of 101. agsinst which the baker entered into securities 1,. avis..al. Mr. Thessager, (counsel for the respondent) off4.red theso facts in suppoit of the votivintioa. 'the Como ttttt Serie:int, counsel for the appellant. con tended, that the °dicer had ma power, by the Act 4.f Par - ;i: •tnt, to search the person, the warrant having been contiried in its operation to the premises. Besides, the alum, which was in so small a ynauttiy in to a hared Or the appel lant, might hate been iuteliOed for a purp..se Gtr dillerem fore what Villb presumed. '1 heruosletiuu ,11111liti, therefore, be quashed. us welt iii matter of lois as iii matter of fact. 1 be Cola t dcclisreJ that the conviction should buiptashed. Satan SreaLlaw—ln consequence of the great in crease of the crane of sheep itealaug, a Society has been formed in Surrey for the prosecution of sheep StedierS. On Thursday too 11l i l tg, six sheep skins (valuable South down), with the entrails, were funittl iu the coauth or sewer, near the White Horse, Lambeth Marsh. They had been rocetstly flayed, of course the animals had been stolen, and the skins thrown away to present de tection. Thursday evening, about dusk, a gentleman was knocked down near the Mint, in Union. Street, • Southwark, by three ruffians, who robbed him of a pocket book containing two 11. notes, a silver watch, &c. His cries attracted the atieneion of a constable maned llvains, who happened to be passing, and he pursued the thieves very promptiy, but they all escaped Tile watch was afterwards found near the spot. I It is a fact worthy c,f notice. that no less than ninety •-• lives were by foe. C lust, tinung, the lot year, within the r • . bills or w00gri...,, • • . . IN QuEsT.—Tuesday as Inquest was held at the Black Swan, in Rider's-court, Cranbourn-street, Leicester fields, on the body of Mr. W. Bowers, of No. 4, Earl'S court, CratiliouripstreeLleatherseller, a person of some property. It appeared that the decease.: had been for years deranged to his intellects, and that his appetite was %onerous, as if he had been starved. Soure of the depositions accused. the wile of the deceased with personally ill.treating him. Tor Coroner remarked,. that he tierce received evidence more contradictory. The Foreman of the Jury said, that the deceased was, as the Jury had observed, a perfect skeleton; and he was afflicted with Ito bodily disease, though his mental Capacity was disordered. Die (Aflutter summed up the eviiietwe, and remarked upon various parts of it, and the Jury retired lhr near an hour, when they returned the Inflow ing special verdict The deceased departed this life on the I•lah January instant, in a natural way, but his death was, in the opinion of the Jury, accelerate by culpable neglect." A shocking circumstance occurred on Monday after noon in Augel-sure:, Manchester. Au Irishman, who resided in the neighbourhood, went out of hie house with a. loaded pistol, saying be was deiei mined to shoot some one ratline he roomed. In Angel-street, a woman.. was looking du ungli an up stair window , lie deliberately took aim Si her, and lodged the foments of his pistol in the head of the onfor outlaw woman. She did tiot live fist': ()ii the Police ()theirs arriving. he surren dered himself without any resistance, and is now iu the New Baiwy. The Coroner will sit to-morrow. No ino tier hiss beau stated for this inhuman murder, DESTRUCTIvE Rite.—Uri Monday a fire broke out at Manor-llouse, six miles from Epping, the residence of J. Talbot, Esq. It appeals that the tire must hate broken out in the laundry, situate in one of die ings of the mansion, as it was consultiLd before an alarm was given. 'l'm family had a eery narrow escape, and from the severity of the weather, there was a great wait of water, and also of habits, firms the time it broke otit.—The house had risen fitted up in the most costly stainer, with an elegant library, and not a stick or a bock Was saVed. The whole was a heap of ruins within two houri, mid the insurance we understand to have been very trilling. A. plumy lad, who slept user the laundry, was dangerously burnt. Wednesday last, before the board of Excise, a respect able Tobacconist was fined in. the mitigated penalty of 40s. for having sonic segars and tobacco on his premises not entered ; and the goods were also adjudged to he fin felted. Tne defence was, that the delentlant had lately removed, and the goods were placed up stairs unknown to him, in the hurry of loUshie,s.—Two per sons Were fiutd for having ituitatne pepper in their pos session, who.nlearled ignorance. It would be highly beneficial to the public if the Board of Excise could discover the manufacturers of this. spurious article, 33 they deserve the severe t punishment the Board could inflict, as many grocers have no tomtit purchased dila imitative pepper conceiving it to be genuine. A requisition to the Mayor of Newcastle for a meeti ing in favour of Parliamentry Refi to the extent of Mr. Laimbion's motion is in course of sornature, and will be preseuted in a day or two. It already contains a number of most respectable names. From the general feeling of the town, there can be no doubt but that a, itwetiog fin suet' a reform will be very numerously at tended We hear that district petitions for reform are in continuplutinn ;11 the counties. of Northumberland. and Durham. Ott the afternoon of Wednesday se'ilight, as fir. Walter. Chamberlain, youngest son of the late Chief :Vial/oar:Ito of Worcester, Was amusing himself with skating on the Digits Basin, near that city, he suddenly fell tin ough a. hole slightly frozen over ; on rising, he caught at the stir rounding ice, which bloke under his grasp,. and lie a second Itrue stink into mut e lhaU nine feet of water ; but more los notate on his wiiiimersion, be caught, by one timid, a Miner hold, whilst• Mr. ~,,, statitmer, who saw the dreadful accident at a ceosiderahle distance, swiftly approached, and regardless al danger, with a. piiaupt I auily hughly '•.intairahlt to I , tereued Oki* young Mail from a waive) , grave. Much praise is likewise due to the great presence of mind 'Oleo it by a little boy, • who, while skating rime after Ishii, and seeing the plunge suddenly driest himself - on his batik near the aperture,, and by cordons ell nis coat, oil lirMlig the last 11111 e, tyranny assisted it supporting hem till Mr. Deigittou s must providcathd art Vial. On the :at of December a meeting of English-. . _ ruen.took place in New York, to consider the state of their country, and particularly the aihtir at Man. cheater, at which un Address to t he People of Eng land was voted, und a subscription was entered into. for the relict' of the widows and orphans of those who suffet•ed on die 16th of August. It is calculated that a person has 1500 oppor tunitins of leaving London in the course of the twenty-four hours, by stage coaches, including the repeated trips of the couches, which ply the short distances. It is understood, that about COS stage coaches pass through Hyde t'ark Corner daily.— There are about tarty Brighton coaches. There are eighty-four coaches belongimg to Birmingham, of which forty are d a ily . to Chester nineteen, of which sixteen are daily; to Manchester seventy, of which fifty-four are daily. In the year 1770 there belonged only two stage coaches to Man. cheater, cue to London, we other to Liverpool, and they went only twice a week ; there are now twenty coaches pass backward and forward daily between theft two places. There are sixty coaches. belonging to Liverpool, of which fitly-six are daily ; •to Preston, twetve ; to York, ingioecii, of which ten are daily ; to Hull, twelve ; to Newcastle, sill to 6,atv,ow, thirteen ; to Etitnuxrgn, thirty-nine;, to Aberdeen, nine; and to invert:lm, three. 3.4LFOTID QUARTEft SESSIONS. The Salford Qoarter-Stesion, so pregnant, as it should j seem, with itiyortaitt issues, began on Monday List. Istiuw not, however, Mat there will be touch in them to sans!) , curiosity. Mr. Ilay is Chairman; and it is better perhaps, as the putt Uray says, that •• h+6ll behers should, be performed by gratitude than by ex p-c- Lit too." The Gbalentan,, in addressing the Grand Jury, stated, they had been aware that Parliament had been called together at an earlier period than was usual in time of peace. This was understood to have been necessary in cooSegtietice of the many disorderly and ciao:reruns acts %hien nad taken place in several parts of the country, utd the result oT the early meeting of Parliaineut was, that ntrasines were passed to prevent such tielarluris t:ractices. One must lament that such a necessity si1011!,1 have existed ; but that it did exist was well known to all those who lived in the manufacturing districts of l:u, land and Scotland. Parliatnent had passed a num ber Mac's, which, it was hoped, would be effectual for their respective proposes, and prevent further inchti venience to the peaceable hart of his Majesty's subjects. If they should flat I:r.ree efketttal for those purposes, 'Parliament had reserved to its. If the power of altering them so far as might be necessary during the present stusseots. Dlr. Hay here enumerated the six new Acts, and stated the nature of them.°l 13y the pieseet age, wined had been hurried along by circunistancF, all these measures were viewed as pre. ventatiees of future evils: to the historian they would appear, clo.teiiig as they did the statnte•book, a memorial of the depravity of the colunty,and of the diligence with which Parhatuent did its duty. Parliament had indeed dune its duly with firmness and discretion. To them (the Bench and Juiy) it belonged to give tfiect to the measures which Parliament had provided. If these sets did nut prevent the erils to winch they referred, it was then the duty of Magistrates to be ready with the appLcation of tile laws. Grand Juries were the most ettectual means of applying the laws properly. They consisted of gentlemen who came front various parts of the country, and" who must be informed whether il legal practices existed. Qa them therefore (the (rand Jury), it was his duty to call to exercise the futictiolis which belvineed to them. lie knew, from their rank in society, via' they possessed firmness and discretion. kf, tireas % such practices as bad been alluded to existed, or might tiere.i!ier exist, they world do their utmost to bring them hefore the cattail fur nisi. There was one other top c to which he would ativeri; De alluded us ate violence and fraud co tttttt i t ied aa4ittio benefit societies 11 peraotio who, WI pretence of alarm, which hied not the meat their rood' were to be seized for the use of the het:herpes, 154.1„te ! ,..: trived to eel suciet . ies broken up in order to divide the funds atinhig these. This plait bail been acted vu its