The National Register. — London, England, 1815-12-03 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 732 COURT OF NG'S BENCH, SATURpAY.- PRIVILEGE FROM ARREST. BARRETT v. LEIGtI. The defendant in this case who was; only nominally so, was Shei ill' of London. The plaintiff was -the creditor of a ~, ,e 3tleman well known to the musical world, Mr. Lanza. and having tz;i:en out a writ against Mr. T.,:tuza for the amount of his dewand, it was put into the hands of the She' in officer for him to execute, who according to the evidence, went to Mr. Latin's house, and without any difficulty was admitted to him, Mr. Lanza expressed his surPrize, and said, if the officer per sLtcd in putting the writ in force, it would put him to great in convenience, as he was at.that moment engaged attending some ladies of distinction in his music room. 'Under these circum stances, he requested the officer would allow him now to sign a l;ail bond, and promised be would in the evenitr , attend at the c ffice with two friends and put in bail. The ()nicer con sented to his doing so, and went away. In the evening. Mr. Lauza, according to his prorni , :e attended at the office, hut in tead of t2ndering efficient bail, he contended that he was privileged from arrest, as be was attached to the suit of the Portuguese Ambassador, and tendering the sheriff rtyan indem- I, the question now came en to he 'tried . in the shape of an act Hn agaiirst the sheriff for an escape. Mr. Park now proved that Mr. Lanza actually was inolndcd in the list of .he Portuguese Ambassadors' suit as a chr,iristcr Ti his Excellency's chapel; but it dicl not appear that either before or since the arras!, Mr. Lanza had even attended to clisk:harge the duties of that situation The jury, under the rection of his Lorchhip, found a verdict for tlx plaintiti,— amages 401. and costs 401. STEVENS V. CT-T A mnrns. AIOttRIS V. CHAMBERS. Theze . were actions brought by the Plaintiff% one residing O. 49, Ba.ker-street, the other No. '2 1 in the same street, zcainst the hundred of Ossuiston, to recoxer for the damagt done to their ho , ises on the 7th of March laFt, on the subject of the Corn Bill. The txistence of riot, and the damage done to the hontes by the mob we:e proved, and the jury found for the Plaintie's damages in one case, 581. 14s. :2(1. and in tho other case for 14:. Os. 4d. and costs. DEC. U. possession, which was found to contain sugar. On being ques tioucd as to where he got it, he said he had been employed to cArry it by a man whom he did not know. The Lord Mayor, considering his apparent poverty, was induced to discharge him, The sugar was sent to the Custom House. J. hat rison was charged with removing a valuable picture from the house of Mr. M'Anought, in Gower-street, Bedford sonare. The defendant, it appeared, had sold a vast quantity of goods to Mrs. M'Anongt, the whole of which had IJeen seized under an execution. In his -distress at his loss, he applied t 3 Mrs. M'Auought, who advised him to go to the Louse and take what he contd. With this authority he went to the house, and took the picture in question, which was a delineation of " The Burning' of Troy." Mr. Littlewood, at whose instance the ex ccutiob had been issued attended, and claimed the picture, which the Lord Mayor ordered to be delivered up. - - EXTENSIVP. Ronnutm—Thursday John Wilson was brought before the Lord Mayor, and underwent a final examination, charg ed with stealing a quantity of hats of all descriptions, ti - om the house of Hicks, Keats, and Co. Cheapside, to an incalculable amount. It appeared, that in consequence of an entry of hats, for expor tation, being made at the Custom-house, at an unusually low rate, suspicion was excited, and they were stopped by the searcher, and an investigation instituted. The goods in consequence, upon application to the shipping party, and dealers, were eventually traced to the prisoner, who was in the service of the prosecutors. Gabriel Jacobs was then called, who deposed that he lived at 157, Ratcliffe-highway; that on the 23d inst. he purchased of a person named Sohanon Jacobs, residing at : 1 2, Carey-street, Chan cery-lane, throtOi the Agency of or.c Barnard Alexander, 225 ba's Of various descriptions, and 44 boys' hats, for exportation, at the rate of 13s. 6d, each. Said hats were brought in a coach by S. Jacobs, when they were subsequently packed in cases, and far warded to Galley quay, Or shipment. There, however, they were stopped by the searcher. Solomon Jacobs deposed that he was in the habit of dealing with one Isaac Joseph, of 19, Monmouth-street, for hats, a considerable lemrth of time. All the hats, as before described, he purchased of that person, at the mate of 1 ls. Od. each. Isaac Joseph knew the prisoner John Wilson, some years. Fur the last year and an half he had been constantly supplied by him with hats of various sizes and quality, and for which he generally paid tos. each used to settle the account at the prisoner's house; and thinks that during the time stated, he purchased of him at leart 1_,190 hats. Seventeen also found in his house by the officers, were supplied by the prisoner on Friday last, as well as the whole stated to have been bought by S. Jacobs of the witness. They were brought to him by a man named Andersen from the prisoner, from time to time. Thomas M. Keats deposed, that the prisoner had lived with him self and partners above eight years. He had the sole management and direction of the retail trade, and unlimited authority to order whatever goods he thought proper from the manufactory, for the use of the shop. Witness has inspected the hats as before described, and had no doubt whatever. of their being the property of himself and partners, and were value 1001 and upwards. The seventeen hats also found in the house of Joseph were likewise their property, and worth 31. and upwards. Thomas Anderson deposed, that he was for some time employed by the prisoner in carrying hats to the house of Joseph. On Thurs day last, also, he took six boxes, with hats to the prisoner's house, and the following day, he. carried from thence the said hats, toge ther with a bag, containing another quantity, to the house of the said Joseph. The prisoner being called upon for his defence, burst into tears, denied ever receiving more than Bs. for each hat, from Joseph, against whom he bitterly inveighed as the cause of his ruin. -11 e was fully committed to 1 - evrgate for trial. GUiLDHALL, Thomas Mulicock was charged with stealing two heifers, the property of Mr. Bunnell, of the county of Essex. It appeared, that a few nights since, the heifers were stolen front the proe cutor's field. As soon as he discovered his loss, he came to town, and learnt in Smithfield, that such heifers as his had been sold on Fiiday morning. Ile then traced them to a slatiOtei ; house in the neighbourhood of Smillifiell ; and flow thence he traced the hides to Leadenhall market. Ile obtained a decr:p -' tint of time man who had sold the beasts, and the prisoner our resp(lnded in aprearance with that desctipthm. POLICE. BOW-STREET. TIRE AT K ENTISTI TOWN.—MoltclaV, Pelson, a master shoemaker, of Pleasant-row. Kentit.h Town, was brought to the office, charged with feloniously vealing a variety of al tides of property, at the time of the fire wthch broke out at the late M;.. Slack's house, early on Friday !miming. It appeared that the house of the unfortunate deceased and Air. f'ate's adjoined, and were detached from any other. The property of l‘i.r.Tate was removed, and the prisoner was oh served to be very active among it, and several articles were missing which were not suspected to be b tut; and from cci - tain circumstances the pri.toner was suspected to h-tve taken them away : in consequence, on Saturday at noon, Mr. Tate, accompanied by Smith, the conductor of the patrole belonging to this office, went and searched the prioner's house, when the: found a silver spoon which Mr Tate identified to be his mo pertv, but the initials of his name had been filed off. Also a plated toasting fork, which bad tEc appearance of being silver. Iwo bottles Of old port wine, acid four empty bottles, with corks of a similar description, with the wine merchant's sea! who served Mr. Tate. The prisoners house is only about 300 wards f: °in whci c the fire broke out, and he had been seen Yen active at the tii•e, in pretending to save the propel ty. lie was committed for farther exalt - illation. MINSTON-HOUSE. • Richard Bull, a wretched looking man, was yesterday brought up on a chlrge of having stolen a quantity of JamaAa sugar. It ,ipreaued that die oritoner was met by flarrison and Clare, t••-;o of the patrolc, in Phit:hrs-st; . eet, with a large sack in t-~.-~--~- _...., r- ~M 1'