The National Register. — London, England, 1811-11-24 00:00:00

750 THE NAT Several persons convicted in Devonshire of having Naval Stores in their possession , the p ro p ert y of his Majesty, were also remanded fur sentence on Monday. THE KING V. MANSELL PHILLIPPS) ESQ. Mr. Gar raw prayed the judgment of the Court on the de fendant, who had suffered judgment to go by default, in a pro tscution commenced against - him for a libel on the Bishop of Derry. The defendant not appearing when called on, the court left the prosecutor to pursue what course he thought proper against him. Mr. Gurrow moved on behalf of a Preacher, for a mandamu s to restore him to his preaoliership . in a Chapel at Bethnal-Green. Mr. Carroll) stated that his situation was one of :no small einolu meat from which his client had been forcibly removed by one of their Trustees in whom the Chapel was vested, while the other two were in his favour.. The Court said they had nothing to do with it; it was out of their jurisdiction.--Motion refused. SATURDAY, NOV. 24. • THE KING : V. CHAPI'LE. This defendant was brought up for judgment having been ' found guilty at Guildhall Si ttin g s, on an indictment for refusing to nerve the Office of Constable for the Ward of Farringdon v..ithiti ; but it appearing from his affidavit that he was led into an error by mistaking the opinion of Lord Erskine when at the bar respecting the exemption of the Barbers' Company from Civil Offices, and declaring himself ready now to serve the office, the Court discharged him upon his own recognizance. THE KING 1). MAJOR ANDERSON. This defendant was also convicted at the last Assizes for New • castle upon-Tyne, upon an indictment for a violent assault upon Mr. Clayton, town-clerk of the Corporation, by pulling his nose tuilil it bled, and beating him violently in the Town-hall, while in the executitm of his duty, was sentenced to three mouths itn. prisonment in the King's Beach prison, fined 501. and to give se curity for his good behaviour for three years, himself in 3001. and two sureties in 1501. each. William East, tried and found guilty the last Assizes for So merset, .upon an indictment• fur a libel on Mr. Jahn Dean Clarke, and Mr. TbensaaiLdwardaarke, Solicitors for the Bris tol Canal, reflecting on the professional characters of these fsentlemen, accusing them of falsehood, ignorance, and neglect sif duty, was sentenced to one months imprisonment in the k..ing's Bench Prison. THE XING V. JOHN ELY Krstr, FSQ. This defendant was also brought up for judgment, having been found guilty at the last Assizes for Bury St. Edmunds, of a violent assault on John Sharp, bailiff to Lord Thurlow.—lt ap- Fetsred that the prosecutor was the discarded servant of the de fentlant's father (a magistrate of the county,) who having gone on his father's premises, the defendant desired him to retire, hut .the prosecutor slzowed his authority to come on the r remises and examine the timber; some altercation followed, when the defendant struck the prosecutor several blows on the head and Allualders with ins horsewhip until lie bled, and afterwards beat him with his tistss It also appeared, that the prosecutor use d e very insulting l a n g uage to the defendant, and as t he latter quark the. bows, tle former counted them, as if in contemplation of th prctstuit indictment. Is.luch aggravation appeared on the one side, and violence on the (idler. The Court sentenced him to pay a fine of ~501. and find sureties for his good behaviour for three years, himself in 1001. and two sureties in 501. each. On the motion of Mr. Gurney, John Kinnard was enlarged upon bail, having been found guilty by a Coroner's Jurv, Lewes, in Sussex, of manslaughter, on the body of John Bi 4 2g, deceased; it appearing that 10 days previous to the a-sault com mitted by Kinnard on the deceased, be had received a sabre wound in the head, . in an affray with some soldiers, which was the cause of his death. AL ASTER. him fast by his coat till he got some assistance and secured him Another little boy made a similar charge of the Prisoner meet ing him going to Masterman's, the Bunker, in 'White tiart court, Lombard-street, to change two 51. notes of a country bank ; that the Prisoner told hint the notes were forged, aria insiste« upon having the notes, or be would put him in prrson, and said his father was taken up; and under this impr•ssiun fear, he gave him the notes. rue Prisoner not being able to contradict these charges, he was fully committed on both, to answer them as capital offences. POLICE. MANSION HOUSE. Fri Jay J&in Davie was brought before the LORD MAT on, charged with watchinJ. little boys ring to the Bank and Bankers tut- change, and forcibly taking from them the notes. One of the,; b ,, is charged the Prisoner with having rubbed lam of 111. in not,,, and a few days since, as this: boy was going to the Paul: for change, the Prisoner came to him and said he wanted to spCak to him, and desired him to meet him in Change-311 , y u'Aen he came out of the Bank; but the boy recoll:cted him, and immediately challenged him with having robbed him, and the Prisoner . attempted to make his escape, but the boy held a•L••••••••"MilEl•Irr• , IIL Vill• ...MME•21.....111••••• • • ••••=mr......-- • f 110 Printed and Edited by R. ROCI - IP, and Pnblish , ..:l hs • Pickett-Street, Strand, near Temple-Bar ttnd fovwarded by all Newsmen, the Clerks_of Roads, In% • tirk.sglion the United Kingdom, free of poitage, into the Cuutitry at lUs. Utd. per quarter. • .A• 1 ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, 4-c• The Sessions House, in the Old Bailey, was broken open on Tuesday morning, and the office of Mr. Shelton, Clerk of the Arraigns, plundered of notes and other things, to the amount of 1201.: 301. of which were the property , of Mr. S.'s clerk. A young woman of the name of Fowler, of reputable con• nexions, was found dead in bed, at her apartments in George place, Oxford-street, on Thursday morning. She had left her home in Buckinghamshire about three months, and had been an inmate in a house of ill-fame at Charing-cross, from whence she lied, and, in a state of despondency, committed the ra,h act. The deceased committed the suicide with a razor, which was found grasped in her right hand. A few days since as some children in the parish of _Roberts bridge, Sussex, were at play by the brink of a well or pool, which was usually covered with slabs, but some of which had been removed, probably. by the horns of cattle, one of the chil dren fell in, and although there was 22 feet of water in the wel:, and 14 feet of depth from where the child fell to •the water, it was providentially got up alive and unhurt, by a humane butcher, w ho dscended the well by a rope, and found the chili sitting oiL a piece of board that had been floating on the top of the liquid element. -About three weeks • since, a house at Christ-church, Hants. was actually set on fire by water, in the following extraordinary mairier :—On the premises of Mr. BelbiO, tnason, , a quantity of unslacked lime was laid, with some bundles of- laths,. Ste.- on it ; the tide came up unusually high, and inundating the lower part of the house, kindled the lime, which set fire-to the laths, ant conununicating with the buildings, burnt the whole to •the ground, with part of the adjoining house. On Tuesday evening last as the corpse of ayoung woman was conveying to the New Burying Ground, belonging to Lynn, io Norfolk, in order for interment, the procession had but rst ;:r • rived at the gate of the Chapel-yard, when a furious bullock ca:l - ,e up the road, supposed to have been over drove, which made im mediately towards the company assembled, who, to Shelter them selves from its ungovernable rage, retired within the gates, whets the animal attacked the coffin, threw it from the bier, and dash ed it to the ground, until the coffin burst, and the corpse acoially rolled out of it, to the horror and affright of the spectators, which nny be more easily conceived than described. On the animal's ,!,•hartte a carpenter was sent fisr, and every endeavour used to inter the body with the accustomed decency and respect. BIRTHS. Thursday morning, Mrs. J. A. Twining : of a son. On the 15th inst. at W►nchester House, Cheliea, the Lady ofk, the lion. and Rev. Thos. de Grey, of a son. Al A Rla F. D. On Wednesday, at Beckenham Church, by the Rex. Edward Berens, the Rev. Edward Bouverie, secomi scu of the Hon. Bartholomew Bouverie, and Vicar of Coleshill BerkF, to Fran ces Charlotte, fourth daughter of the late Bishop of Ex eter, and of Lady Elizabeth Courtenay. On Tuesday, at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, the Rev. G. J. Tavel, late Tutor of Trinity College, Cambridge, to Lady Augusta Fitzroy, daughter to the late, and sister to the present Duke of Grafton. lately, at St. Werburgh's-Church. Derby, Philip Sqnamtkella , Esq. eldest son of the Vice Duke of Marino, to Frances, third daughter of Godftey MeyneU, Esq, of Bra d ley Hall, Derby= shire. DIED. A few days ago, at Cork Castle Farm-house, in Domtshire, Mr. John Alfred Parnell, .a farmer and gra2ier, aged 104 years, who within five years of his death, walked seven tato on the hard' turnpike road, in one hour and 57 minutei ; the given time was two hours; and won on the occasion a round of beef, 241bs. and 1 a gallons of good old rough cider.