The National Register. — London, England, 1812-03-29 00:00:00

TIIF, NATIONAL REGISTER • amo . . . Parish Registers, was the cause of much serious injury to every class of the . 011 i n -unity ; and he especially instanced the casts of seamen, which had fallen within his knowledge. These men,eerving their coun try on foreign sations, and there dying, left sometimes to their widowi and children considerable sums of rrize and other money due to them, which money was claimed and often obtained by sonic brother perhaps, orsome - collateral relative, because the widow could not satisfactorily prove her marriage to,the deceased. These, and other reasons, affect ing every dais in the country, had forcibly impressed upon his mind the necessity of some regulaiioa in these registers,and he trusted, therefore; that the measure would meet with no opposition. Mr. BaowN thought the plan of the Right Hon. Gentleman a very Rood on*, and he was entitled to the thanks of the country fur having brought iR fbrward. The Bill then went through v e ry th Committee the Report was brought up, and the further consideratio it was ordered for that day month. the' Margate Pier Bill was, after some opposition from Sir W'lll. CueTts and Mr. P. Moolie, read a second time, and referred to a Committee. I fie Kent Causl Bill was read a third time and passed, after a few words from Sir EDWARD KsA VCDRVI.L. :k Zr. PoNsovhv moved for returns ot the number of counterfeit notes presented nu payment at the Bank during the last eleven years ; likewise the number ot persons prosecuted by the Bank for forgery, during the last 14 y e ars. —Granted. the cveral persons who had been ordered to attend on the preceding day for breach of privilege, having explained their conduct satisfactorily, were discharged. 'the House having resolved into a Committee of Supply, Lord CA s- F.ItEAGD praposed the grant of 400,0001. to Ills Majesty, to enable him to make good his engagements with the King of Sicily. I.lis Lordship satisfactorily explained the changes which have taken place in the Go vernment of that island, and the grant passed unanimously. )Ir. IlaS Kt, asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer fur some infor mation with respect to a late Treasury detaulter. - 1 he CIL% NC R1.1.0R of the Exeneesuee said, he had been grossly im posed upon by the person alluded to. From the situation of the ac counts ot the freasury previously to the last three years, it was quite impossible to discover the defalcation in Mr. Chinnery's accounts. Great neglect had been suffered in that department fur a very long time. Mr. Ron was glad to explain his connection with the person in ques tion. 1\ tr. C. was recommended to him by Lord Thurluw, and he, in 1183, took him under his protection. For the first four or five years he behaved himself extremely well ; but when he married he launched in to a system of considerable expellee, by au extravagant establishment, and gkeing concerts ; and when applied to for a reason for his extra vagance, he always re; lied that he had a property equal to his expenses. kie.(Nir.,R.) never visited him for the last 15 y ars, except to stand kodiather for a child. He thought the conduct of Mr. C. scandalous in the extreme, and admitting of no exculpation.—Adjuurned. MARCII 26. Mr. I,srT I'LETON gave notice, that he should, on the I eth of April, 'glove to amend the 92d Gco. 11. c. as tar as relates to punishment of tyrranny and pppression nh the Navy. Mr. Wuatt . rotio brought in a Bill for disatioresting Parkhurst Forest, in the County of Southampton. Mr. BARING moved, that certain presented front the Trans . port Office, be printed. He took that opportunity of condemning the conduct of Government with respect to the hire of transports ; and he conteeded, that the Shipping Interest was labouring under the greatest diAres.e* on account of the low prices c har g ed for freieht. Mr.. Rose denied the assertions of M r. flarin g , and said, that. the price Of tonnage was the same now as in 1807.—The Papers were then ordered to koprinted. On the • motion of I .ord BINNING, the House vent into a Commit tee on the Report of a Select Committee, relating to exemptin.,; mail coaches *out toll. Lord 13. then moved a Resolution, declaring that the ex emption of mail coaches from turnpike toils ought to be repealed. The Report was brought up, the Resolution agreed to, and a 131111nought in, and read a first time. On the Order for the second reading of the Gold Coin and Bank-note Bill, Mr. Morris, Lord A. Hamilton, and Sir J. Newport opposed it, and declared that the Bill was another step on the road to ruin.--They also contended, that the operation of the Bill as to Ireland, would go to annul the private contracts made there between their landlords and their tenants, as leases might recently have been granted, in which it was stipulated that the tenant should pay 1001. in gold, or 1201. in paper, and hence the operation of the Bill would, after such an agreement to pay 1201. in effect say, "You shall only pay 1001." On the other side, it was contended, by Lord CASTI.gREAGII and Mr. W. PoLk, that it was only in three or four of the counties in the North Id that such - l'actice was established; that where it yet existed crying evil, insomuch, that had not relief A this Act to Ireland, it was thought it ring forward a distinct measure to pro the numbers were, go for the second Bill was read a f et: on 1.1 time, and or ot April. :AoLore Places Ato.)li.iein Bill, wHch was read a first time, a - a Ordered to be read a second time on the 17th of April. A new Writ was ordered for the County of . Louth, in the room of Lord Viscount Jocelyn, who had, since his election, accepted the office of Treasurer of his Majesty's Household. - The other Orders of the day being disposed of, the House 3dj9urne'! to the ith of April. IRELAND. 'WATERFORD ASSIZES, MARCH 17. INTERESTING TRIAL FOR MURDER. --- 77 , omus Kollin et a private in the Coldstteam G u ards, was arrai g ned for the murder of Mary Dogherty, on the sth of January last, at New. rath, in the county of Kilkenny, in the liberties of this city. This man's case had excited a considerable degree of public attention, and the Court was crowded to a degree rather uncommon. The pirisoree is a remarkably handsome man, of about 30 years of age, of middle size, and of rather a genteel appearance. He wore the uniform and watch-coat of his regiment. Upon coming to the bar he had a cheer ful smiling air, which scarcely forsook hint during the trial, which time he chiefly passed in reading a prayer-book. When called oe to plead, he answered with a smile, Gsulcy. The Judge then requested he would topsider well the line et* conduct which he was about to pursue, and told him, that however sincere his contrition might be for having offended against the laws, it was more pradent in him to allow the laws to take their own course in vindicating themselves, and that he might find that they were not deficient in mercy. He replied, with good humour, mixed with resignation, that he wanted no mercy " but the mercy of Coo," and persisted in his plea. The humane Judge renewed his request, and urged it strongly, when the prisoner withdrew his first plea, and answered Not Guilty. The only witness culled was—Michael Evelyn, lssq. Coroner, who proved, that die body of a woman, with several marks of violence, was found at the period and in the place mentioned in the indictment, and that he held an inquest on the body, by adjournment, from the 7th to the ieth cif January. January. He saw the prisoner afterwards in custody in the acknewl City dged Jail. Prisoner, without the least suggestion of hope or fe himself to be the murderer, and said that he geve her the fire !,low with a stick, which Mr. Evelyn showed him, and now produced in Court, and afterwards finished her with a stone. 'ills stick Ye h..d received from one Munns, at Pilltown at whose house they h ad p asseti the preceding night. H e said she was nut his wife, as had at fire been supposed. He first met her in the packet in which they cisme over from Bristol. She induced hint to live with her and to desert,e sac hg that she was entitled to some property which he should hay. She said she was mArried to a soldier of the 6Gth, who was probeisly dead. On the day of the murj,er he had taken much liquor, and was in toxicated. They had quarrelled, and she had used galling words ts . him, and threatened to have hint arrested as a deserter. Provoked e being threatened by the adviser of his misconduct, and maddened by liquor, he struck the fatal blow which led er momentamuder. front that time peai:e. of mind fled, nor did he enjoy a of relief until Il e made a full confession to Mr. Bradshaw, at Carrick. This wile alit substance of the prisoner's acknowledgment to Mr. Evelyn in jail, Mr. Evelyn declared, that he conceived it to proceed from a heart truly contrite, and guided by a sincere impression of religion. After a short charge front hi s Lordshi p , the Jury retired, a nd soon after returned with a verdict of Guilty. The roreman, with emotions which did him honour, begged to re present the feelings of the Jury. Though bound in duty to brit: 7to t:..e verdict, which he had just handed down, they could scarcely consi:ar this as a premed/MP/I mur d e r. They would fain make some ai:ow: ante for the suddenness of the impulse, and they would fain ft' , something to his edifying contrition. On these gro he but be that th e ved to reco mmend the prisoner to-mercy, and had nothing u t n o a ds dd, Jury were UllanittiOiM le The l for the Cron instantly concurred in the recemtneres n, an C d the ounse se merciful nti w ment ran like an electric fluid the tne do crowded Court. . The Hon. Baron GP:Or:6E then addressed the prisoner. His caseba il fres excited the compassion of the Celia and Jury. The unfortunate er of which he had been convicted. appeared irreconcilable ividi his forti . l l life, and with his demeanour during trial. Hie Lordship would trensily the humane recommendation of the Jury and the Bar, as tavou.raril as truth would allow—more be could not say. He hoped the pris l9 . l was deserving of a better fate than what the law compelledliin to pounce. flounce. After a short exhortation, his I .ordship proceeded to pass , _,' tence on him in the usual form, to be executed on 'fhtirsda i!, 19th instant, but imaiediately after respited hint to Wednesday, the i" of April. . - e fil The prisoner was scarcely moved at hearing his sente bc . j ig a t smile, indeed, forsouk hina-s-bot his countenance was still a Inc e placid resiz t eetlast. • Of Ireland that such a ptactice ova : It was much complained of as a cr .. n hoped from the extension of ~";- ' ~;zitprs b een necessary t to brif . 1: - 11 4.- - 1... .O a division, ...... 1 , t . .. ~ , • . • ''' • gainst it. The E -. . ,t ...!•:.. :' • tik. • ttisMrsicted the loth 0 ,11 '"A ... lit )01,301,011siit Ui' hi* 6 l ily .t • -=, it • 1,,, ' • ,„. l ir3r% p \.) r. --',441i .' :41; 0- • .. • 1 I . 1 111 -- a .-- 51 ARCH Edmund, ali Carter, at eras was brought t murder to one ing to his state! that he disbeh the brains of and then he ma nner, whtls after this, He: pri: >ner that Cher telon in Is cf that niurd prisoner had z positions befog prisoner, was n mon observat which the prix time of the nsi Williamson fa observing to tiling those oc taking the de ed, but he ne Thrower's wif ture, and throe is well as He; Heads, in hip a7O, of the p a female shrie front the hour been found in hying other si Gailty, and or wards his hod; John Smith, fir the wilful wrier, at Cool+ expo•ing her tl her last, by w It appeared by a former the female pris February, 1111! indictment, di Previous to were admired the male pribc towards his of on the declin length reduces in evidence as Lucy Smith February, the child was dyir by the fire is iLd;fferent to stilted itself to stir from h poor child call; them with sta] much drink. a stre of mor out-house, by the neck and her up to a be: were in a sho 11;:r roof. Mrs. Clark starvation. S; all ravenously Three sure : the effects of No disclosu the child soul prisoner had s Into a minute 6I a volu me. l s he pristine wick on Moo A youn g IN setung tire to Bence, got son 1