The National Register. — London, England, 1814-07-03 00:00:00

JULY 3. Ae Admiralty Session was held on Friday at the Old Bailey, for the ilial of ofleuces committed on the High Seas, within the juoisilictioe of the Admiralty of England, before Sir W. Send, the Judges 1,, lii:11 sued Dampit and a Bench of Civilians. Pa B adolemeo was tried on en indictment charging hint Stith the wilfoil murder of Dlin Khoo. The Pri-oner and the di - cea ed were It.,liho prisoners of war on board the San Antonia, in Fort-wont!: harbour. A einarrel which ended in blows, took p 1 in consegeence of the prisoner navine , owed the deceased foar lima., which he conld not pay. The deceased attempted to snatch some of his provi•ions, which led to the Minty ; atter exchanging Mows they wet' parted, and the deceased hod been ten or twelve minutes from the lower deck, and on his return the prisoner got behind tutu and stabbed him in the thigh, and thick part of the hip. This wa en the of March, and fever having followed, the deceased died of ;mortification on the Itith of April. The Judge lett it to the Jury to say whether there was a sufficient time for heat to sub.:ide, if so it was murder, and if not manslaughter.—Verdict, moths noprisonment. 11. \e% Sinot, Captain, of a transport, was indicted for the villa! murder of Chalks Freemae, by a series of cite:hies, between Bern-Aida and the Irish coast. Le t a appeared by the testimony of three witnesses first examined, that the vessel was blown ont of Bermuda before she had got her stock of provisions on board, and, consegneetly, the crew were on sk allowance. A week arm the vessel was at sea, the deceased, , who %, as an American, was accursed by the Captain of stealing pro• vi .ions, met aitleough he denied it, lie was tied to the water-cask and 1i0z.,, , ed, receiving from three to five dozen lashes with nettles (ropes thicker than a cot-dente-tails), in the course of half an hour. At in tervals, the Captain, who flogged, rubbed the sore part with vine gar and rum. The deceased was then sent aloft to hand the fore tep-gallant-sail. and was afterwards confined under the forecastle. The prisoner next gave the deceased a blow with a crow-bar and knocked him down. These cruelties were continued by again con fining the deceased tut a sort of gallows, erected upon, deck, when he struck him again vita the crow-bar, and th sired one of the crew to fetch a prayer-book. A dead-light was ordered to be brought. and the poisoner asked of the crew if they did not t h ink the de ceased would kill him if he bad it in his power: The boy Was next lashed down to some spars on the deck, for twelve hours, and atter that put again in confinement in the forecastle, with his arms pinion ed. On passim , " the Newroandland Bank the deceased was faster ed to the rigging for several hunts, from twelve at night ; it was at this time cold and hazy weather. The boy was continually •flogged, and on one occasion. he complained of being chilly, and asked for cold water. The prisoner repeated his cruelties by striking the boy with a handspike, and subjecting him to evety punishment until be died. There was no *Awl:teen on board, uor did any one examine the body of the decease& On eros,-examination of the witnessess by Messrs. Alley and Gur ney, they denied that there w; s any intention to mutiny, or to carry the slip into an American p'rt. The crew were nine in num ber, and the Captain and mate were the only Englishmen. The boatswain did not go so far, with us:slit:l to the cruelties of the pt isoner, and muter all the eiremnstances of cold and limited diet, there was no proof that the deceased had died by the cruelties itk glinted on him.—Aecritted, fi Manuel Amarro, a cipanlafel, w es indicted for felonion3y enttinv, and maiming Mark Kerby, the ItiASter of the Suffolk Transport, on beard the said vessel, while laying iu tke port of Tarragol a. It ajpcared from the testimony of the Prosecutor, and the mite of the vessel, thaton the: (11 14 October last the proseentur came on bond at siert o'clon, and finding the crew all as•embled on deck in a tninultu ms matmet, be desired them to 4.i0 below. s sine of them refused t ► du so, among others was the prisoner to whom the prosecutor addressed 'himselt in particulair; an altercation en sacd, %%tick ended in a scuffle, in ulvieli the prosecutor and the prisoner were down on the deck together ; the prosecutor at length took the prisoner b' the shonlder and leg and put him down the lrtlf deck; he then went .tsi the quarter deck, -whither he was fol lowed in a few mituttes by the prisoner, who ran against )tint in a tot eible manner. The ptosocutor. Them fell against the railing " the villain has gut a ktufe lam tabbed." fine of the crew afterwards said ire tad taken a knife from the prisoner and ilsr‘Lw it overboard. The prosecutes. was severely %rounded in the belly, awl vial confwed to hio cabiu Air a coniiderable time in cow elevunt•e„ TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER.. On the patt-of the prisoner, two withes , :ts were rolled, wli •t ed than the wound was given durin_ a sent& bt , tt• ern tho rvit t The Jury found the prisoner guilts., and S v Willi, m S cott i nk . mediately passed sentence of death upon in an awful an I int oressWe manner. The prisoner seemed deepl) atketed with hi• sit ' atirm. He is a tall well lookirg man. Tile trial of tour Chini!, , e Sailors tOr a conspiracy to rnn away with the Ea,t India ship, the George Rater, postponed to 151 h of July. ACCIDENTS AND 0 FPENC'ES. A cumber of Police Officers mere th•patchcd to Portsmuntli, last w ek, to protect the digtinguished characters, and the Why resorted thither. Ai they were proceeding on the toad, riveY came np m ith a gang of thieves, shorn the I diceri di sit el not to piocced to Portsmouth, it' they did, they should - he taktot into custody ; but they in the most impudent ma-Arier refused to return, t o thi it expences were pad! ! Nlo*t of them ‘vere. afterwar apisichended in the town, and one, named James Wood. man, was committee'. for trial for robbing a Cler ,, Ninan ‘t hose !mei.- et bank, with a great deal of property, was found in Woodman's possession. On Tuesday last, as the team belonging to Mr. Edward Hawkins, of Bursted Farm, near the bridge, was returving from Camernoty, whither it had been with a load of timber, the waggoner and mate wn re met by their twister, neat the Horse Shoes public howl., Low er Hlrdres, who, being apprehensive of sonic accident from their being absent so long after the usual time of arriving at Home, be gan to question them, but found Baker the Waggoner very drunk. Mr. Hawkins eudeavoured to persuade him not to drive home, but be presumptuously persisted, swearing if his tic- , ter OH not get out of the way he would drive over him, when hr inimediAely be gait to whip the horso , , which ran offinost foriothly, and he (114 k cr . ) being alongside the horses, had not gone many 11.16 when he and was killed by the wheel going over his head. ADMIRALTY .SESSION. 433 MARRIED. The Rig lietion. General LordCtiothermere to niece to Lady Crewe. At Harpsden, Oxon, the Rev. J. Kitollis, B. 1). of I)oniiingtoit, Rep 1:s. Chaplain to his Royal the Duke of Carenee, to Miss Frances Hall ; second daughter of T. Hall, Esq. of liarpsden- COM% DIED. At the Hermitage, Hambledon, Sir E. Gower, I .'lo. Admiral of the 1V bite, in the 72d year of his age, after a taitidul and al►le servitude in the navy of near tin years. On Sat►irday last, at l.l►c.►ich, aaed ;8, Mrs. E. Searles, a ►rtitien lady, formerly of Ritry St. Edmunds : she k said to have died =n•t;rtis 50,o;:01. a great portion of which vile litepaeatile:..l to 3it. tioidto4, of Walshatu•le-IVillows, PERSONS %VITO INTEND To HAVE Boarus M TIT HYDE-PARK FA lit. INNKEEPERS, PUBLICANS, and the ilub:ic ir. iitsitera!, are• in 2 tOrified that the Finest Ripe Bottled Stout at fli. 6d. per doz. J)itto . . Bottled Ale . Ditto . . Ditto Cyder . us. 6(1. Iktity be had by applying to "lenhoi itn , f Comnany. .4i). Leadenhall street, and N. \val. Tebbift and Co. respectfully inform iiir;l . titc. 1114 thew Stout. Al?, told (7-, , fier iw in the highest i•o• di!*no:. lg. B. Fine Old Purt 3131, per duzeh as usyai , anti IVinel p.ro portion2lbly DOOTS AND SilOr4. R.. WILLIS respectfuliy informs his Friends and Ow Pithlic ,- -r• neral. that he 1 - .4. 410 W, and will have et)11 , 1t111:1A7 on .air, are e%sen-. zo.tortineot of the above Ratieles, .%•och h t.l, t;ir re .dvmonev, at very In •v pi ices. 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