The National Register. — London, England, 1816-08-11 00:00:00

IRELAND. The R•!fast Kew, Letter says—" A few nights ago (we be lieve ?gumbo, scithight i, the house of a farmer, situated be tween Antrim and Langhanmore, was beset by a banditti, hav ing their faces blackened. They soon forced ant-nu - me*, and demanded his money, which they said they knew he possessed. Ile assured them he had mine, for that be had, on the previous day, paid his tent with it. They reiterated their demands with dreadful threatenings, to which the poor man could only reply by again assuring them he hail paid his rent with it. They arould not believe Mtn, and, imputing his denial to obstinacy, they proceeded to break the tables and chairs in told with ;hoe they kindled a large fire on the hearth. They thisn seised lout, and stretched the wretched victim on the blazing %rood, *here they held him, regardless of his aereanis and s rithitio, until he was se% erely scorched in different parts of the body ; and one of his sides is so dreadfully burnt, that it is nut thought he can recover. When the unhappy sufferer was seemingly' expiring in the midst of the flames, the wretches drew him out on the floor, where they left him, and retreated trout the house, not supposing that any eye witnessed this tra gic scene. Cut Providence ordered it otherwise ; fur a young woman, who was in the house, and who hid herself when they first entered, saw the whole transaction, and distinctly knew two of the party, who resided iu the neighbourhood. Next day ale lodged informations against them betbre a Magistrate ' and they have both been apprehended and com mitted to the Gaol of Carrickfergus, to abide their trial at the ensuing Assizes." A few nights ago a most wanton and savage outrage was committed in the neighbourhood of Church-hill, by some mon ster, who cot the tail, and one of the ears, off the horse of the Rev. Mr. liovion. Several deep incisions were also made in the 'leek of the animal with sonic sharp instrument. This teandalions piece of Malice and [partiality, we are informed, is ei gy par t o r a system of opposition acted upon by a few igno rant and misguided wretehts, who, in thus expressing their hostility to Mr. B. regularly appointed to that parish, disgrace all religion, violate the peace, and disgust humanity into the bargain.— Enniskillen Chronicle. A HIGHWAYMAN SHOT.—The Freeman's Journal sacs— "lnformation was brought to the Head Poiiee Office, D early on Saturday morning last, that the post-boy carrying the rnuil from Dublin to Mullingar, escorted by a single dragoon of the 16th regiment, was assailed by a banditti of 10 or 14, between Mayan and Rubber, county of Meath. The most daring of the ruffians, after the usual cry of • stand' was given by the whole body, walked boldly up towards the post-boy; when the dragoon instantly shot him dead with his carbine. The whole of ace-mplices, terrified at this Instance of bravery, and the fate of their comrade, fled with precipitation, And suffered the mail to proceed without further mulestation.w SCOTLAND. RIOT AT GLASGOW. The Glasgow Herald of Friday sL ll:Light gives the following ism reet account of this affair:— - - 6 6 We are extremely sorry to say, that yesterday evening we had some rioting here. A full account of the whole affair is to be given officially ; but we think it our duty to state shortly the extent of the mis chief, to prevent exaggerated account: from getting currency. A soup kitchen was opened yesterday in the Calton, principally from funds raised in that neighbourhood, and under the superintendence of some of the Justices. Whether the people who were to be benefited by this institution were dissatisfied at this mode of applying the fund°, ee whe ther they were displeased with the broth itself, or with the conduct of those who distributed it. or whether there were sonic mischievous peo ple who merely wished for a pretence to cause a disturbance, it is im possible to say ; but symptoms of discontent certainly did appear about one o'clock, in the usual way of boys throwing stones, and the windows of the persons who managed the soup kitchen were broken. Several of the Justices immediately repaired to the place, and by their firmness and moderation repressed the turbulence of the people for some hours; but about four o'clock the violence became so alarming, that it was vssary to procure additional assistance ; and there being no efficient police in the suburb, the military were sent for, and the Sheriff of the county repaired to the spot. Four or five of the most violent of the rioters were seized, and sent under the escort of the military to gaol. On their way thither, and more pirtioilarly on their return from it, the soldiers were assailed by violent showers of stones and brick-hats, by which the mos: of them have been severely hurt—and although they bo.e ev:ffy injury with the utmost forbearance, they were obliged, in some instances, to fire in self-defence . One man in the crowd re- ' ceived a shot in the thigh ; and it is reported that another has been wounded in the leg or arm. This is all the effect produced by the firing us far as we can ascertain : hut we have no doubt it will be greatly loviitied in the private accounts that go to a distance. 6 ` On this unpleasant subject we wish to be as short as possible ; but we think it our duty to caution the reader against confounding the sober, intelligent, and patient artisan with the rioters of last night The distresses of the operative weavers, and of those connected with that busin”ss, have been and continue to be most severe ; and we trust that the folly and madness of a few will not prevent those who have it in their power from giving assistance, where it is so requisite, and where the objects of their liberality are so deserving of' it. 6 6 The military employed on this occasion were a small party of tbt 6th Dragoon Guards, and from 80 to 100 of the 78th IlighLintlers." SUMMER ASSIZES. --les-- ESSEX.—CruLmsFonn, FRIDAY, Atm. S. CHM. CON. LOWLAND V. DACRE. Mr. sergeant Onslow stated, that this was an action for en ,' Waal Conversation, by a respectable tradesman of this town. against Major Deere, of the Militia. The plaintiff was mar tied to'his wife in the year 1801. She was the daughter of a former, but of great personal beauty. They lived happily to gether until the year 1811, when her affections were seduced by the defendant; and from that period she le erroe altered in her conduct towards her husband, until the year 1814, when she finally eloped from him. He desired ti::' Jur) to consider, that if any attempt was male by the other side to attack her character after that period, whatever )ter state of profligacy might he, it was to be attributed to the conduct of the defen dant, w ho first led her front virtue into the devious path of vice—he was answerable for all her subsequent misconduct.— With respect to the facts, they lay in a narrow compass. Mr. Cowrand had opened a silversmith and jeweller's shop in Chelmsford ; the Major was his lodger, and had been so at se veral times ; but, in addition to his business us a jeweller, Mr. Co.sland was also a surveyor, and in that character had ire locotly ereasiou to be absent from home. In Sept. 1811, be .11, jute Sussex about sonic business, and whil e h e was absent • 14 r,(4 D• smith el"! appeared at the house, and took possession of his old 1. deirres. In the morning, the maid going up stairs, found his lied-rein dour open, and the bed empty; going thence to h er mi-tress'ar bed-room, she found the Major is bed with Mrs. C.; the Va, however, never told her master until after the year IRI4, when MT-. (7. eloped. What was the nio e of her sectcy he alivuld leave tits Learned F l icipla to ia• THE NATIONAL REGISTER. quire. This was the ease, and for this he demanded of the Jury sober damages, such as the plaintiff was entitled to re ceive, and the Major ought to pay. Mrs. Elizabeth Cowland was present at the marriage of the plaintiff and his wife at leledon, in Cambridgeshire. She was acindiliteil with them up to 1811. They lived comfortably to• ;;ether; they visited at her house about twelve months after their marriage. Mr. Cow•l:utd told her, that he had found let ters in her box, but not that he had found the picture of a Gen tleman. She had heard something of a sketch, but could not say what. The letters came from more than one person. Ruth Cook lived servant with Mrs. Cuwlaud in 1811.. Major fame lodged in the hollSe two or three different times, while 1614 regiment was in the barracks : lived with Mrs. C. in Sep tember 1811 ; her master was gone a journey to Sussex ; Major 1). was not in the house when her master went away, but he came unexpectedly and slept one night. In the morning she went up stairs and saw Major ll.'s bed-room door open, anti Mrs. Cuss laud's door open; they both opened into the passage; as she passeol the door she saw Major ll.'s bed turned down anti uo one in it. She went forward to her mistress's bed-roue► : she knocked at the door, and, as the door stood open, she saw Major D. in bed with her mistress, She took no notice to her mistress until she came up a second time. As soon as she got down, her mistress rung the bell. She met Major D. ,going into his own room—she went to her mistress's room, who ap peared much frightened. it was Sunday, the 2d of September, 1811. John Burroughes, servant to Major 11. in 1811, proved the hand-writing of Major 1). Sometimes, when the Major was out tate. Mrs. C. sat up with the servant. The letter, proved to be the Major's writing, was then read, in substance as follows : " The writer, —, gives many thanks for a kind letter which lie had received, and should hate found pleasure in answering it sooner; but the business was still unsettled which carried him to Bristol. Pardon lois neglect of the letter, but he trusted soon to see her . Iler gay turn of life would be much gratified in London, and he begged her address to meet her there. lie envied his little musical friend, anti he believed that he was the only one favoured with a tete a-tete since his absence." The letter then went on to some further compliments, and ex pressed a desire fur some inure rural walks near Chelmsford, and was signed " R. M.'l'." This being the whole case on the part of the plaintiff, Mr. Gurney, for the defendant, addressed the Jury in mitigation of damages, and urged that the plaintiff had neglected his wife ' by receiving Officers to board in his house, and had exposed her to temptation, and contended it was a ease fur nominal damages. The Jury found for the plaintiff, damages-088 FARTHING. CROWN SIDE. ROASTING A Cirtrn.---ElilairethHrnter, aged 46, and Re becca Jarvis, aged xi, were indicted for feloniously assaulting an infant child about a years of age, named Adam Davis, and wilfully and maliciously scorching, burning, and otherwise ill treating the said infant, with intent to do it some grievous ' bodily harm. There were other counts in the indictment, one of which charged the prisoner with committing a common assault. Catharine Evans deposed, that she resided at Rarking-side, and was employed by the prisoner to wash and iron clothes. The prisoner Hunter was in the habit of receiving the parish children to nurse, and Adam Davis was one of those under her care. Rebecca Jarvis was her servant. On the morning of the 24th of May last, she went at an early hoar to look for work, when she saw the two prisoners. Hunter was in the act of chastising the child, whom she told to strip. The child did so, and the former took two pieces of ribband and tied them to gether. With this she then bound the hands of the child to its own body, and was proceeding to bind its feet also, when wit ness was about to leave the place. She asked the prisoner Hunter what she was going to do vi ith the child ? To which she replied," I am going to roast it!" Jarvis being asked a simi lar question, answered, "I am going to help her." Witness then left the place, and went to inform Mrs. Wright, a neigh hour, of the transaction. In answer to a question front the Court, she said there was a fire in the room in which the pri soners were, but it had not burnt up. Martha Wright stated, that she went in company with the last witness to Mrs. Houten When she entered the apartment she saw the child before the fire, and it was then stripped naked down to the waistband. The prisoners, she thought, were holding the bottom part of the child to the fire, but as they stood before her, she could not well distinguish. The child was very close, and cried out very much. %Vituess was much alarmed, and immired "for God's sake what are you doing ?" The pri soner Aunter replied," I am roasting the child r" and the expres s sions and sight so shocked her, that she was obliged to quit the place. Having recovered in sometime afterwards, she returned to the house, and asked to see the child, when Mrs. Huntersaid, it was out playing. Witness would not believe this, and insisted upon seeing it. Soon after it passed through the house, but was hurried up stairs, to prevent its being examined. Witness then determined upon making the matter known, and the pa rish officers were informed of the circumstance. . ..„.„ ....„.___ J. Wilson, an officer of Barking parish, went on the 27th of May to the house of the prison( r, and insisted upon seeing the child. At first much reluctance was manifested, but the wit ness persevering, the child was brought. He had it taken into a parlour, stripped and examined. There was then a large burn on the right shoulder, which came a great distance down the back. Daniel Moore is a surgeon and apothecary at Ilford ; on the 27th of May last, Wilson called upon him to examine the child. He found a large born on the upper part of the arm, which ex tended across the whole shoulder, and came hall-way down the back. It was taken to the work-house, awl subsequently be. fore a bench of magistrates, when, being again examined, two large burns were discovered on the lower part of the back, one on each side. Witness thought the child was then in a dangerous state. In six days there were symptoms of fever, and he was of opinion they proceeded from the burning. Never heard a complaint before for or against the prisoner Hunter. Mr. E. Brown, another medical gentleman, confirmed the testimony or the last witness. Ile thought the wounds on the lower part were occasioned by the child strngling and rubbing anainst the bars. 'fhe Jury found both the prisoners guilty upon the first count. Lord Ellenburough, in passing sentence upon them, animad verted in strong terms upon the horrid offence of which they had been cotes icted ; an offence, he said, which, had it been attended with the fatal consequences it threatened, would as suredly have cost them their lives. In measuring the punish ment, however, he would naw award anainst them, he would make some distinction as to Jarvis, who might possibly have acted somewhat under the influence of her mistress's orders and example. No servant, however, added his lordship, should become subservient to the acts or views of a guilty master or ganresii priauaer, Rebecca Juvie, was them sentenced AUGUST 11. to six, and Elizabeth Hunter to eighteen months imprison ment in the count• gaul. This mornig Peter Beard was put to the tar, to take his trial on an indictment, charging him with ha% ing violated the person of Mary Peartree, at Tolleshunt-Darey, against her will, ►n the month of March last. _ . The facts of the case were shortly these:—The prosecutrix, who is an interesting looking girl, aitont IS years of age, was on her way Irvin the house of iptr mother to that of her master, when she was met by the prisoner, who had previously spoken to her at the church dam - . lie asked her if she did not know him; and on her auswrring in the negative, he knocked her down, and in despite of her resistance effected his diabolical purpose, She acquainted a female friemd that day with what had happened, and dte next morning the prisoner was appre hended in his master's stables. In his defence, the prisoner de nied that he had committed the violence imputed tu him.-- Guilty—Death. Lord Ellenborouglt, in passing sentence, commented wills becoming severity int the atrocity of the prisoner's crime, and intimated that he need entertain no hopes of mercy. He was left for execution. _ _ . Thomas Herring was found guilty of stealing two asses, the property of John Cook, from a field adjoining Eppintr-forest emu the of 3lay last. The asses were seen safe th e " field the preceeding evening ; and on the 15th the prisoner sold than to a man named William Street for a U. note. He was sentenced to be imprisoned for two years in the House of Correction. Lord Ellenborimgh expressed a hope that he would be kept to hard labour; as, under any other circumstances, imprisonment only engendered habits of idleness. IVm. Osborne was indicted for receiving BIM. of carraw;ey seeds,value 301. the property ofJohn Rovin, well knowiug thew to be stolen. Upon caLing evidence, however, the property could not be sworn to as belonging to the prosecutor, and the prisoner was acquitted. John Calvert and Win. Lambert were indicted for stealing a bushel and a Italia dour. Upon the indictment being read, it proved to be erroneous, in consequence of a specification of the value of the Hour having been omitted. 'lke prisoners were quitted, but ordered to oe detained. John Unwise was indicted fur a rape 'Ton Elizabeth, the wife of James Smith, near Ockendeu, in this county, on the Ist of April last. The account she gave was, that tile prisoner met her in the dusk of the eveninz, :‘s she WitB walking on the road ; lie came up to her and said he would kiss her; she said she hoped nut; but lie laid mild of her : and she then detailed circumstances which showed that they had the sexual inter course: but from some past of the evidence, his Lordship di rected the jury to acquit him of the rape c but, having takes her shawl, he was found guilty of the larceny, and was sen tenced to seven years' transportation. At Essex Assizes, John Smith was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 2Stli of July, a piece of pork, a piece of bread, and a piece of cheese, the property of Elizabeth Dent.—The prosecutrix in this case, a poor old woman, actually found the prisoner in her pantry, with these things packed up ready to be conveyed away. She immediately seized him, and evinced a considerable degree of AIDUZOIII3II fortitude in " banging him into a chair," and overcoming him. Observing he turned his eyes towai ds a small sword in hi r room, she said, " Oh ! that's what you're at—then I'll have first at it." Upon which she drew the sword, and held it over the prisoner, in the chair, until she got further assistance. The prisoner, in his defence, pleaded hunger; and, on his being found Guilty, the Court thinking that there might be some fouudation for that excuse, sentenced him only in six months imprisonment. The whole of the Crown cases having been gone through, the capital convicts on whom sentence had been passed were put to the bar, and sentence of death was passed upon them with the usual solemnity ; the learned Judge, however, intimated, that in all probability they would not all suffer the full penalty of the law. Ambrose Death was respited before his Lordship quitted the town. The only prisoners left for execution. there fore, w,re Willillll Naylor for burglary, and Peter Beard for a rape. The Court then broke up. At the Kent Assizes, James Donald, a naval officer, was eon. sieted of forging and uttering a bill of exchange, commonly called a na►y bill, purporting to be drawn by Lieutenant Por ter, of his Majesty's ship Tyrian, with intent to defraud the Commissioners of the Navy. The Judge immediately pronounced the sentence of death : during which the unfortunate man's wife, who had been in Court during the trial, uttered a scream and fell almost lifeless. She was carried out of Court, and after some time recovered. John Ashbee, proprietor of a paper-mill near Canterbury, was indicted for forging and uttering the stamp used by the direction of the Commissioners of Excise to denote the pay ment of duties on the paper. Stride, au officer of excise, who surveyed the mill of the prisoner, !moved the fact of forged stamps being on the wrap pers of paper sold by the prisoner. Thomas Chilton, the servant of the prisoner, who was also in custody, said, that he had made the forged stamp; that getting possession of the officer's stamp, he had made a model of it in clay, and then cast three leaden ones, with which he marked the paper; and his master had aLso frequently stamped the wrappers with the forged mark. He was cross-examined by Mr. Knowlys with a view to sub stantiate that he alone was the guilty person; but he persisted that his master had also frequently used the stamp ; and Stride proved, that on some of the forged wrappers there was also the prisoner's hand-writiug. The Jury found him Guilty, and he was sentenced to seven years transportation. Matthew Connor, John Brown, and John Corby, were in. dieted for stealing vs bags of dollars from on hoard a vessel, called the Coromandel hoy, on the navigable river Thames. The general circumstances of this case have been frequently before the public, so as to render a detail unnecessary. They were all found Guilty-, and immediately sentenced to death ; the Learned Judge informing them that the law would take its course. . . At the Rutland ASSiZCS, J. Lewin, aged 12, was capitally eft victed of stealing notes and cash to the amount of 1001. and 1). Loa in, his father, was also convicted of receiving the same, knowing them to have been stukn. The Judge, in passing sontence, remarked with much severity upon the conduct of the latter prisoner, in bringing up a child to robbery and plun der. The boy wits reprieved. • The father to be transported for 14 years. _ _ At the Salisbury Assizes, John Lampier received sentence of death for refusing to Eire the whole of his evidence, after being admitted a witness for the Crov.n at the last Assizes, and being himsellnow charged with another felony. At the general quarter se ions, holden at %1 ishech, on the 17th of lot month, a singular, and, happily, flop, ,he liberal temper of the times, a novel appeal eauv f 1 ) , T o w Magis. trates for their determination ; in which Robert Nt wstrad, a preacher th the Aletliodiat Cuaaceioc, was appellant, and the % 210