The National Register. — London, England, 1811-05-12 00:00:00

~.._ THE NAT] CONSPIRACY AT BOMBAY. Accounts have been received of a very extraordinary conspi racy at Bombay. —Mr. Osborne, Sub-Treasurer of the Settle ment, suspecting the native clerks in the Treasury of malversa tton, gave notice, that on a particular day he would investigate their accounts, and expect to And their balances accurate. The clerks, native Indians, borrowed the necessary sums of the mo ney-changers to make their balances complete while passing exam:nation, and engaged to return the sues so borrowed next day, they having not the least don bt that these sums would be again intrusted to ?heir custody. But Mr. Osborne, on finding the balances accurate, clapped locks upon the whole of the trea sure every night, thus in effect keeping it in his possession.— The native clerks ' astonished and driv e n t o d es p a ir, t h e i r ru i n being inevitabl e , formed a conspiracy against the life of Mr. Osborne. They were betrayed, apprehended, and carried be fore the Superintendant of Police, who dismissed them on the ground of want of sufficient evidence. But they were appre hended again, committed, tried, and c o n v i c t e d. Th ey now complained of Mr. Briscoe, the Superintendant of Police, for having failed to protect them agreeably CO their expectation, and facts came out which occasioned the apprehension, trial, and conviction of th Superintendent of Police, for corruptly fa vouring the escape of the native clerks. The RECORDFR pronounced sentence as follows on the throe chief criminals :—That you be imprisoned for five years in the prison of Bombay, that you be placed once a year in the.pillory, that you be twice publicly w hipp e d through the Bazar (market), that you be hued ten thousand rupees each, and be imprisoned till the fine is paid. The first punishment of whipping was inflicted next day in presence of twenty or thirty thousand spectators. Briscoe was sentenced to twelve months imprisonments MR. CUMBERLAND, THE AUTHOR. We are sorry to announce the death of R. Cumberland, Esq. the Author. He was in the 80th year of his age. His most, po?ular Play was The West Indian, and after a long interval, The Wheel of Fortune was rendered hardly less popular by the acting of Mr. Kemble. Mr. Cumberland was universally ad mitted to be a profound scholar, as well as an able writer in various departments of literature, and a poet of no inferior class. He abounded in anecdote, which he related in a terse, e:e.;ant, and pleasing manner; and he might altogether be con si, eyed as a distinguished ornament of British literature. He Was the son of Dr. Cumberland, Bishop of Kihnore, by the youngest daughter of the celebrated Dr. 13'ntley. The Memoirs of Ilintseff; his last prose production, were very interesting, though somewhat tedious; but the work con tains a faithful account of his own lift, and many very interest kw anecdotes of the literary men of the age. The day on which this Gentleman was taken ill was pub. lislted his Poem, entitled Retrospection; the first verse is as fol lows: cg World! I have known thee long, and now the hour When I must part from thee is near at band; I bore thee much good-wilt, and many a time In thy fair promises reposed more trust Than wiser heads and colder hearts would risque kme tokens of a life, not wholly pased In selfish strivings or ignoble sloth, Haply there shall be found when I am gone, Which may dispose thy candour to discern Some merit in.my zeal, and let my works Outlive the maker, who bequeaths them to thee; For well I know where our perception e.nds Thy praise begins, and few there be who weave Wreathes for the Poet's brow till he is laid Low in his narrow dwelling with the worm:' Richardon, Goodhick, and Co. respectfully inform the Public, that the New State Lottery, containing Sixty Capitals, will all be drawn on the King's Birth-Day, June 4th.—S:theme.- 4 Prizes of 20,0001. are 80,0001. ; 24 1,0001. 24,0001. ; 32 .5.;;;I. 18,0001. ; GO 501. 3,0001. ; 1,000 251. 25,0001. ; 1,000 201. 20,0.'4)1. ; 4,000 161. 32,0001.-20,000 Tickets 200,0001. Tickets and Shares 'are selling in great Variety, at the Offices of Richardson, Good luck, and Co. the Corner of Bank-buildings, Cnrnhill, and facing the King's Mews, (Caring Cross, where in the present •nd last War's Lotteries they Sold 3 Prizes of 20,0001. 1 of 2,0001. and Sof 1,0004. &G. &c. IN A • rit logy. IV PAX OSTM:r. 303 • . - . • • -„L LAW . RBPOIitS.. • ,„ ~ COURT OF KINO'S BENCH. MONDAY, MAY 6. • At the Sitting of the Court, Mr. Parke took the usual Oath, upon his appointment of Attarncy-Ganeral of LancaAer, is room of Mr. Serjeant Cockell, deceased. TILE KING V. THE BISHOP OF LONDON. This was a conditiOnal Rule obtained by Mr. Warren, last Michaelmas term, for a Mandamus to be directed to the Bishop of London, calling on him to show c aus e w hy l ie re f use d to cense Mr. Povall, as Evening Lecturer of St. Bartholomew's. The Attaawypf;caare/ was proceeding to show cause against the Rule being made absolute, when ' Lord ELLXXISOROUGIi asked Mr. GatTow (who was in sup• port of the Rule) whether he was prepared to show upon the 19th Section of the 12th and 14th of Charles li. that the Bishop could refuse the fiCense, and that there was no appeal to the . Archbishop—by this Section, the power was ye , ted in the Arch bishop of the Province, and the-Bishop of the Diocese. At pre- sent, it did not appear that any application had been made to the Archbishop of the Province, and his l.ordship thought, that before the Court should grant a Mandamus in a case like the present, they should be satistiect that there was no other legal remedy—they had a right of application to the Archbishop, and in case of his refusal might then come back to the Court. Mr. Garrow said, that this clause had not occurred to any of the I .earned Gentlemen who met in, consultation upon this question. It did not appear that any application had been nuetc to the Archbishop, the usual course in such cases was only resorted to,that of applying only to the Bishop of London. Lord ELI-EIk:BOROUGH observed, that until there had been a failure of relief froth those who had the power sit granting it in the fi rst instance, the Court would be unwilling to interfere. After they had got a refusal they might apply to the Court as the derider appellantjurisdiction. Mr. It arraii said this case bad been considered by himself and his Learned Friends, as the simple case of a Magistrate re fusing to do an act' which by his magistelial capacity he was bound to do; and as the Court would never require a party to go about the country from one Magistrate to another, in case of refusal, he therefore did not think it necessary to go farther. Garrow thought, that if the jurisdiction was originally in the Archbishop and 'Bishop, he greatly feared any application to the. Archbishop would be of no avail, as in point of delicacy towards the Bishop, he could not grant the license. Lord ELLENBIRROUGII.--" I cannot suppo:ie for a moment that a mere point of etiquette would induce the Archbishop to forego a public duty. Let a proper application he made to the Archbishop, and let the rule be considered as dlschart i ed, unless on Wednesday you show cause, to the contrary." ••••••11d1MOD TVZSDAY; iIAY 7• • SIR F. BURDE.r/rV. ABBOTT. This cause being called on for further argument, Mr. Serjeant Shepherd, for the plaintiff, said, that in conso. quenre of what had occurred yesterday, when the Court induire ad of his Learned Friend, Mr. Huiroyd, whether they were willing to postpone the argathent on the demurrer in this cause, con3ldeting it a question of very great importance, he had no objection to put off the further argunieet,.if *e Court could so arrange it as to come on within the gresent or the next Terns. He was rerfectly willing to accede to any arrangement the Cud; might thick pro;:.e.r. i • . Lord ELLENBOROUGH. " It has been the general rule of this Court not to have a Trial! at Bar in an isstialAst feria. The Court would not he willing to break Varough a generti rule; but, if it is broken throuelt, we slionkl rather tike it on the first Monday in the ensuing Term. We wish to Lire you this advalse tage, rather than you should have any delay. The Court, bow ever, will consider of It. Mr. Serjeant-Sheidierd said the cause stood for Friday next. Lord ELLENBOKOUGH said that day weuld. be we soon tie Mr,Justice Le Blanc to attend; hut the 'EI liar of Burdett v. Coleman, might take place any day iu the Term. They (the Court) were willing to give every facility to the trial of the cause. consistent with the usual practice ot the Court. STRAND BRIDGE. Mr. Curney.applied to the Court fors rule to shnetr cantle Why a Mandamus should not issue to be directed to the Trustee: of the Strand Bridge,_ commandins them to le y the second in stalment of a sum of money whicli.had Se a*arded by a. Jury. A similar rule to pay the first inst l ihnent had Leen dis charged on the last day of the last Term, upon ati express under taking of the Company that they would complete the payment three weeks; but it Wdi pot until the trlit April that they pod the first instalment due the preceding 20th . of. SeatouibiT 4 , tfr. .. r