The National Register. — London, England, 1812-08-09 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL ItEG ISTER. 494 the hand of repentance itself will never be able to obliterate the traces of their union. lie has nipped a Bower, which Will only resume its native bloom—beyond the grave! Is it astonishing, therefore, Sir, that a man, who has been so weak and unfortunate as to offend in one instance, and who is now on his way from his country to the place of his bani.hment, should still retain too much principle to be guilty of the clime of seduction? I trust I have proved, that such a partial regard for virtue and honour, even in the midst of guilt and di-honour, is not incompatible ‘vith hu man nature, so fertile in inconsistencies. I therefore hope, with your correspondent candour, that the artful attempt to "asperse the intellects and morals of that transported felon," 3ohn Bunn, mentioned in your last, will fail, and will not prevent his being reclaimed, by making him "an ob ject of contempt and indignation on his arrival at Botany Bay." I am, Slit, yours, Sec. A FRIEND TO JCSTICE. PROVLVCrAL ASSIZT:c. SUSSEX. I.v.ets,. AUG. 2.—This was an action by a coac h-makcr at B righton against the defendant, a gentleman well kit as a resi..lent there, to recover payment altering his chaise t a four-wheeled carriage; the work being proved to have been done, Mr. Seryeant s!,zentAto stated, that his client; Mr. Day, Ind met with a severe accident by being thrown trout his gig. which deter mined him to ride in more safety in rutin e, and therefore lie deter mined•to have his carriagt altered to a four-‘vhcelcd one. With this view, he made an exhibit of himscit to the conclunaker, and de sired a carritge in which he might ride in safety ; and indeed it was most in:portant that Mr. Day shoal I not be thrbwn nowq ; fur , I;lie laistair. he might truly say, " When I am down, have you an‘ levers to lift me np again I . ' LI • was, indeed, a true re siskublancc of Falst,ift . in persti;, in wit, and in good humour; but he also went further, for he was a perfect gentleman. a man of honour and of truth, which fidstall . wa, not ! lica,vever, having ordered this carriage of the coach-maker, tvhon it first came home it was wholly impossible for Mr. Day to nioniit into it. Seeing this defect. the plaintift'scratchcd his ears and slrok his head, and at length said, he would coArive a step winch should ensb . e Mr, Day to mount into his carriage. A step teas accordingly put to it, and Mr. Day with some difficulty suceeetled in mounting; hut here another difficulty occurred; having once gut into the ;eat, it was found a!nmost an im possibility that he should get out of- it again. In short, the carriage was foun d wholly inadequate for the purpose for which it was in tended; and on these pound , : he contended, that the defendant was not hound to pay for the altera , Uni-:. The Learned j ud.ze held, after hearing the o unsel on both sides, that the defendant was bound to pay for the ..or;: ; mid that if it were nriororrly executed, he might inant,iin a t:ro, Verdict for the pi:limit': ESCAPE OF GENERAL PIIILLIPPON. James Robinson, John Hughes, 'William Hatter, srl'il;iam and Turner, were indicted for a consniracy to aid the eqc:ipe of Arnaud Phillirpon and Philip Auguste Gamier, French prisoners of war, from Oswestr-y, in Shropshire. Mr. Serjept 13EssT opened the case, and detailed the evidence, which was as follows Mr. loosely proved, that General Phillippon was a prisoner at Oswestrv, and thin the last time he saw him was about o'clock, on the 30t h of lime. Gamier had also been a prisoner about three ears. rhillippon was a tall man, about six feet, thin, with a scar over his c‘e, and tt.otallv wore a grey coat, with a blue great coat. Gamier was ab u t five feet six inches, thin and pale, and wore a blue ceat, with a brown great coat. The defendant, Robinson, had lately taken a mill within three miles of Oswestry, but had not carried on much business as a miller. on the:loth of Jute he sent his servant to Shrewsbury, to get a weigh ing ni.ichine, and directed him to wait his coming. At length, in the evening, Robinson came in a gig, and had a honey tied to the shafts ; he told the man t. go forward to Haygate with him ; and the man rode the poney until they overtook a gentleman on the road, a small man in blue coat, and brown great coat. They went to Haygate, which is on the Birmingbam road, and there Robinson bespoke a chaise, and himself, with two gentlemen, got into it, and went away for Birmingham. The post-boys then traced Robinson and the two gentlemen to the Shakespeare 'Tavern, at Birmingham, where they breakfasted the next morning. The next morning a travelling cha riot, with a dickey-box, took them from the Shakespeare. It ap peared, that Robinson had passed through Birmingham about ten days before, and had bespoke this carriage at a Mr. Whecley's, at Bar. Ar( q T. f) mingham, and h.d agreed at tile some time wi lb jp..si-‘iiais —r—'. e diiver of the nark of Yoxall, to go with hi.it 'as a servant, for %hich he was to give him 11. a day, avid a new hat 'and coat, awl ti l i s t 1 1 ; in to be ready to set off on the Ist of j uIY Aceordin, ; l; . , ,; t h the carrtag: to the Shakespeare. Ht then trave:tei I , llls as 3 servant, and hired the horses, &c. on the road lie did nit the two Gentlemen who actoropanie.l R ohinsoc, and 1w never I 'r speak. At length they arrived at Rye, and were put dow t , a public-house kept by the iletentlant Hudie.. • While they were at Birmingham, Robinson received a i n the hand yeritin4 of Hughes, but signed by Jone.s, was perfectly well and ready. It obinon, and the two peison, ;vi It him, cominned at Rye some days. In the mean r im, the s crap;; of General Phillippon was m +de an a sharp look-m, s.a s kept along the c •ast for any b as* ping our, or coming in from the sea ; at length, on the Nth of July, an oven twat' was seen rowl vt : nit , R ye, early in •he morcing, which had RoH:isOrt and flatter, awl Turner aboard Robin••on got ashore before •the officers over take him, and upon their questioning the two other delendaids as to who he was, they said he resided in that neight , ourhood. He w as traced to the house of Hugh's, and whets' the utt:ers entered the house his boots were wet with sea -water He said, upon being questioned, it was so, and that he had, Lien nut all nii . ht at sea, mackerel fishing. Upon tLs statement, himself, Hugries, a nd th e two other men, were taken into immediate cu ,soov. 'Nitre was na distinct evidence as to the identity of the persons of Phillippon and his curopanion ; but all the witnesses give a descriptiw' ~ t persons answering to the description given of them by Mr. Trios*, the 'gent at Os wcht ty. Upon this evidence, the J cry found them—Guilty. Dawson. who was convicted at :he Camhridge Assizes of poisoning horse., and sentenced to be exec uted yesterday,has been reprieved. ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES'. Wednesday, the Recorder made a report to the Prince Regert of the follo , ving capital convicts in Newgate, viz Joseph Metcalf, tur stealing in a dwelling-house; John Richardsol, for a highway r ( *.. bery ; Catherine Foster, for taking a false oath to obtain letters uf ad ministration ; fteph IVoolman alias Jose *Thompson, tier f rgery ; homas Coil icott.ator forgery ; Mary Best, or utteringforge , ± nolo; jame_s Golf, for stealing in a dwelling-house; and Eleanor alias Ellen Chambers tor a like pf*.m.e . ; when Catherine Foster and Joseph Wrolman Thompson were ordered for execution on Wednesdiy next. Dr.EADFCL ACCIDENT. —Thursday morning, about six o'clock, iinmediately after the workmen had (-: me to their work on a house i n Russel -street, Covent-garden, (late the Devonshire Cuflee-house] which was under repair, the whole fabric fell to the ground with a horrid crash, and burred the whole of the unfortunate work men, 'twelve in number, in its ruins. In the course of the day ten of the twelve were dug out, but slightly hurt ; two severely injured, and one dead; the bodies of the other two were not found till seven o'cloLk on Friday evening, in a back-kitchen, dreadfully lacerated and dead, being nearly bent double. They were taken, covered with blanket , , and deposited in the adjoining house, btlonging to Miss A great concourse of people were assembled from an early hour on Fri day on the spot, and it %vas given out, that tiv moans and gro ns of persons in distress were heard in the ruins : Miss Mellon, on coin in g to look at her house, having been. told this circumstance; clfered a!e• ward of ten guineas for the finding of the men supposed to be buried in the ruins, and this produced an increased degree of activity, which led to the discovery of the bodies. o.MMINIMEMm CHEAP HOSIERY, WELCH FLAN _ FLA . mi NEL,GLOVES, LACE. AM) UMW DA SHERY WAREHOUSE, No. id, Pouf:lll.Y. Silk Hose, from as. ca.; Cotton Hose, from lg. ; and GloYes. from . 5.1. per Pall t o the be.t qualities, equally cheap. Patent Shirting Flannel. for summer wear vat* rattled not to shriek. Ladies and Child rens new 'granted In% kilde Dregscs. 11: 1 it one, in great variety, and made to order, Table-covers, &c. Wholesale and Re tall, for ready money only. at No. if, Poultry. GOVERNMENT SECURITY Is the Safest against Ciunterfelts.—Ap OScer In the Dragoons was quite bald on the top of his head—but now the bald place is covered with thick hair, having used the GENUINE RUSSIA OIL regular fora few in:milks. Several 'Ladies and Getitlernep had used the Russia Oil for )ears and, from the use of that alone, not a hair fell off, or turned grey : hut being per suaded by their hair-dressers to use other Oils that are advert isetl,as betur cheaper d they in the end found them the dearest—their hair fell off, or turned grey; au they have declared they will use no other than the Rus,ta Oil i n f utu re i it being the hest article fur moistening the hair when tl.essing—keeps real or flhe hair of its team( gloss—and is so great a nourisher, if used oveltaatly, eever a b+ir Mill MI off, or turn grey; In shorr, where there is hair by nature, and it has got thin nr bald, by using the Russia Oil reg•ulrly., you may rely on its being restored it promotes eyebrows, ',bilkers, and will prevent whiskers turning reddish or or: t is the hest preparation In•thu World for preserving and promit to the hair : Sid used by the Royal Family, and Ladles and Gentlemen of dist inction. —A,Cautiou As a set of Swindlers Wive counterfAted the Itui4sia Oil, and given it for sale at hair-dresser's shs, &c. as security, the Proprietor has leave of tie Co. eni.- sioners of his Mti e' ty'i Stamp Office, to have his uame, " A.Prlnce," pi+ • ' . 02 Governsieet Stamp i which is on the . outside Of the Coyer of each b "' '' r . I -e . counterfeiting of which s felony —Ask for Prince ' s Russia Oii. ss.pef • or one bottle, containing four srnal!, at 11. vs.; or si= large, al hi. Ifftl.d it ° Proprietor, •. Prince, John-street, Oxford-street, oppOsite N' 7 ; •, b. pointmeut„ by Mr. Smyth, Perfumer to his Majesty, New Bond-4 , • i't ; D and Son, h 9. Fleet •street ; and of moat principal Perfumers a -t Venders. I and Gentlemen residing in the Country, b y inclosing a I'. 'lore iu x letter °••• trawler/a, will receive, by rotors of *MO, one guisea's AP( tte o f ill te 1 ., the I Corot c”loul wurkl Dr t ig ouuat -....-. 11 08 : pa' 11 ::. „licit ll gree /ether. ,crier e-tablisl F►t.% ft spdct let, if ald ether El %Alp Cheer At tb TDB N.• JI ►Lin x•~rar "(Auth opport milllll Pule CHI yr Hu °prow, fonui them rt 11.16 s 111151 I'. 0 Faihi tiine ; At bi .-z iv,