The National Register. — London, England, 1812-03-22 00:00:00

~'•~ I MARCH 20. John Turner, of Cranbourne-passage, Leicester-square, silk-mercer, March 24, at ten, April 14, at eleven, and May 2, at twelve, at. Guild hall. Attorney, Mr. Oakley , Martin's-lane, Cannon•street. William Wilkinson, Thomas Greenhalgh, and James Wright, 'of Dither°, Lancaster, calico-printers, April 18, at five, 14, at eleven, and May 2, at eleven, at the Black Bull Inn, Blackburn, Lancaster. Attornies, Mr. Beardsworth, Blackburn.; and Messrs. Milne and Parry, '1 emple, London. James Smith, late of the Greenwich-road, Kent, builder, March 24, April 14, and May 2, at ten, at Guildhall, Loudon. Attornies, Messrs. Holmes and Lowden, Clenienti Inn. Thomas Etheriugton, of Lawrence Pountney-lane, London, drysalter, April 4, 14, and May 5, at eleven, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Old ham, Earl-street, Blackfriars. Daniel Hyde, of Waltham Abbey, Essex, grocer, March 28, April 4, and May 2, at twelve, at Guildhall, London. Attornies, Messrs. Hall and Drake, Salters'-Hall, Cannon-street. George Sizer, of Oxford -street, silk-mercer, March 24, April 14, and May 2, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Stevenson, New square, Lincoln's Inn. John Francis Desanges, late of Wheeler-street, Spltalfields, colour dyer, March 28, April 4, and May 2, at twelve, at Guildhall. Attor ney, Mr. Church, Paternoster-row, Spitalfields. John Wharlton Bunney, of Clapton, cow-keeper, March 24, 31, and May 2, at ten, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs. D. and G. W. Russell, Crown court, Aldersgate- street. David Lopes Pereira, of Artillery-place, Finsbury, underwriter, March 31, April 7, and May 2, at ten, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs. Pearce and Son, Swithing's-lane; Cannon-street. Jeremiah Lewinzton, of Leman-street, Goodman's-fields, plumber, March 28, April 4, at one, and May 2, at eleven, at Guildhall. At wales, Messrs. Holmes and Lewis ' Mark-lane, Ftlichtirch:Street. CERTIF I CATES.—APRIL 11. Charles Hughes, of London, merch; nt.—John Child, of Neath; Glamorgan, flour-factor.—Samuel Holmes, of Limeh MSC, soap-maker. —Thomas Limbrick, of Hawkesbury, Gloucester, linen-draper.— Charles Hoyland, late of Warrington, Lancaster, dru: , est.—Charles Webb, late of Howard -street, Strand wine-inerchant.—lsaac Stone and Parson Custance, of Great Yarmon.h, shipwrights.—Edward Roberts and Joshua Welch, late of Suffolk Anne, Cannon-street, cotton and indigo-brokers.—William Tipple, late of Whitecross-street, grocer. —John Becks, of Chenies-street, Bedford-square, poulterer.—Tohn Morley, of Stewardstone, Essex, silk-throwster.—Stephen Glover, late of Petticoat-lane, victualler.—John Lewis Pasteur, late of Stoney stratford, grocer.—George Notley, late of Dartford, Kent, innholder: —Peter Greaves, of Manchester, innleeper.—Thomas Earl', of Hamp stead-road, linen-draper.—Samuel Headen, of Lime-street, insurance troker. PROVINCL4L ASSIZES. LINCOLNSHIRE. CRIM. CON.-- POC:K LI Ncyrom V. BALL. This was an action for criminal conversation with the plainlifrs wife. I he damages were laid at 3001. - - Mr. Clarke, in stating the case, observed that his client was a Mr. Wm. Pocklington, a mariner of Boston, and the brave nun who had been the steersman of Admiral Nelson's ship, at the time that inimot tal hero lost his arm in the battle of Santa Cruz. The defendant was a master bricklayer of Boston; and whilst the professional duties 'gf the plaintiff (who was employed at the time of the injury complained GI in the coasting trade) called him from his home, took alvantTige of the occasion to seduce the plaintiff's wife, and to 'rob him of those affections and that domestic felicity Which coistituted the bohd of the conjugal state. It was in the nionth of October last that this injnry *as sustained by the plaintiff: and an injury more secare, it was im ios sible fur one man to sustain from the base condUct of ant,t i lier. - He 'the Counsel) sho u ld ca ll wi tnesses to prove t h e f acts c f ' t h e case, and he had no doubt the Jury would set a Meg: and proper vahie tipon' the 16 , s the plaintiff had sustain e d, and a w a rd him a handsome cOnipensition in damages. , Several witnesses w e r e exam i ne d as 't o th e marriage cf the pa ties , and their manner of living together, from Whose evidence it appeared, that the plaintiff's wife was subject to drinking, which gate rise to quar rels between them, and that some " flying reports," nut very favourable to her character for modesty, were in circulation. . . Mildred Fenby lived servant with Mrs. Pocklington ever fee last Mayday; there was only one child in the family; plaintiff had 6een on . avoyage only once since witness lived with them ; then be was out fo ur months and a fortnight; saw Ball at her master's hose a fortnight before tl he the plaintiff returned ; it was nine or ten o'clock at night ; trle child was up • it was ten years old ; the child was ordered by her mis :s.3 to go to bed' she would not ; defendant gave her Milf-a-trown to fr witness put the child to bed • on returning down stairs ia 's few inl ,:;'", saw Ball standing very close to Mrs. Pecklingtpn ; she called A c.nce_43 t) light the candle;' witness' did light it ; then** Went softly to 'n hatitber stairs again, and looked over the door of the middle robin, lil which her mistress and Ball were, and saw - what 'passed between tueul, it was on a Saturday ; he camp again at eleven o'clock on Sunda,' 1~R9 : morning ; sent witness out for a quart of ; witness went again and stood on the stairs, and made the same observation. Mr. Serjeant Vaughan, in a speech for the defendant, observed, that in the present case ft had,.b.een clearly established, that the wife of the plaintiff was an habitual drunkard; and in the loss of the society or affections of .stieh a watnatilivhat injury could be said to have been• sistalned ? Drunkenness - Was in bath sexes the inlet to every other vice; there was no seduction proved on the part of the defendant—ite . pretence for saying that this plaintiff's wife had been encompassed with the wiles of a designing man, and- bad fallen into the snares and rent. lar advances of an adulterer: nothing of the sort could be said. 'lire plaintiff's wife and the defendant met for the first time at a public house, full of liquor; she invites him home With her; he _yields to Her solicitations. What made the servant suspect that such sanatter was in the wind • and what led her to go softly to be a witneu tie the proceed ings ? The Learned Counsel would call witnesses to prove•that her sus picion were very natural, and that the conduct of the plaintiff's wife, at the public-house, was such as couldlead to no other conclusion, than that which had beer di-awn. Having shown this, the only matter fcr the consideration o? the Jury would be, what damages were small enough to be given, in a case where the law and the equity of the thing were ill in agreement; and they would have to determine merely. whether their verdict should be for One Shilling or One Ila rth ins. Witnesses were then about to he called for the defence; but after a short consultation between the Attorney and the Counsel. it was thought right to leave the case as it stood ; as by refraining front calling wit nesses, the plaintiff's Counsel was prevented from speaking in reply. The Judge charged the Jury brit:Ay, observing, there was none of the general evidence of seduction . , that the woman wa, proved to have been given to drink, and that, therefore, a shilling might probably be all that the justice of the caserequired. The Jury, in two minutes, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Da mages One Shilling.—The Judie refused to certify, and therefore the , damages do not carry costs. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. KENT. Ma ID TON IC MARCH lB.—John 111:o9re w:s indicted for ravishing Charlotte Knill, on the 26th of August last. This Wj6 a case that ex cited considerable interest. The unfortunate girl was - just turned the daughter of a respectable man, the bailiff cif Mr. Larkin, wh6 resit!eir near Maidstone. The account of the transaction, as given by the girl," was, that she was returning to her father's house, between eight and nine in the evening, when, upon East Ma'ling Heath, she saw three or fmir men, one of whom, the prisoner asked the way to Mr.Ellis's ; she said she did:nCit know, and walked on rather fast; she heard some one fol. lowing her, and . she increased her speed, when the man behind ov e r- . took seized her round the . neck, thre* her down, and with great force' and violence perpetrated - his designs. She occasionally Screamed,. but, during part of the time, he stopped her mouth. After ht.: had effected his purpose, as she lay on the ground, she saw two men, of the nasnei iE Knox and Field, but he stopped her moath, and they passed by before she could scream; she did, howeva,:befdre they ir it out of if4ritig, and they came to her assistance. The ptisoner then jumped up, rot ( 1 1 ."Sr i the hedge, and ran away ' • but was plrstied and that ni.rbt. This testimony was carrobotated by other Vtrz.lia.6-Cui!;,;!, STAFFORWHIE. • At the Stafford Aseizes, B. .111yeocl.v.is tried for the-murder of Hg brother, on . the 10th of February. • It was proved that he lived with'de deceased more than two,years, and on some diikrence irtvreen them left lis.sentice.at Christmas kit, and from that period tea the time ,4 2 murder, lived with Me. Harris, of Tfirowley within a mile of the . deceased's prentise.s;- that on the morning after the .murder, ke came into the house, clasped his hands and exciainard, 7 -" Ab, Mistress, 'what is amiss ? what. is amiss he dt,ad-?".. It was lar . Ci;:r proved that the prisofierhad a gun repaired about the latter end of December last; that tt was borrowed on the 10:h of February, by his nephew, George. Man x to shoot a hare, and returned.on the same day , loaded w ith 5h0t,.i\10.4,, It was•placed by the i)risoner under some straw, On the 11th of bruary, G. Butt and his brother, on hearing of his uncle Joseph's death, went to look far the gun, whit-li was .found. under the straw - unloaded, • and had every appearance of - being recently discharged. It vas furtivet -proved that the prisoner told his nephew, G. Butt, to state at the in. quest, that the gun was his. After ten minutes - deliberation, the Jur* feund ?he prisoner—Guilty.. He was executed On Wednesday, and las body delivered fur dissection. On Monday morning were seen .near CarHsl:. the beautiful pbononue uon of two parhtlia, or mock suns,' in the hea V en s. The y were 44 observed about ten o'clock, and appeared of variable brightnesulit4 near twelve, whc:n they vanished. There is now at-Horsham a• cow, the property of Oates, Esq. guckles alamb, and i.s.as fond of it as if it w. re her own young. An ewe sheep, the property of 111 r. Rason, of South Vourne , ye 3 ne d one day last wed( sevetr tine iambs, s;x of which are now liV;tlg. Arat of an astonishing size W V, lately killed at .a public buuse, EaOt C A astonishing near Guiklfo; it treasured, from the tip of the nose to ttie end of the tail; two feet three inches, and was of proportionate built.. ft is .opposed he had infecra&l the cellar where he was caught upwards of two year's dining which tine;the landlord calculates ');: has aral , k least a bar r el - of beer out of the tap-tub, and-cat upwards of U:+ +' - bread, besides a quantity of other provisions.