The National Register. — London, England, 1821-12-16 00:00:00

394 FROM - TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. •••••• BY TIIE KING.—A PROCLAMATION. GEORGE, R.—Whereas our Parliament stands prorogued to Thursday. the third day of Januiry next, we, with the advice of our Privy Council, do hereby publish and declare. that the said Parliament shall he further prorogued, on the said third day of January next, to Tuesday, the fifth day of February next; and we hove given order to our Chancellor of that part of our united kingdom tailed Great Britain, to prepare a commission for pro roguing the same accordingly ; and we do further hereby, with the advice aforesaid, declare our royal will and pleasure, that the said Parliament shall, on the said fifth day of February next, be held and sit for the despatch of divers urgent and important affairs: and the Lords spit itual and temporal, and the Knight:. Citizens. and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for 'hires and burghs of the Douse of Commons. are hereby required and commanded to give their at - en:lance accordingly, at Westminster, on the 'aid fifth day of Fehrical next. Given at our Court at Brighton, the tenth uov of December, MI, and in the second year of our reign. GOD SAVE TIIE KING. At the Court at Brighton. the Inth of December, 1S21; pre sent, the King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. His Majesty in Council was this day pleased to dreary Richard Marquis Welle,ley, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Lieutenant General and General Governor of that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland. This (lay his Grace Charles Duke of Dorset, Henry Marquis Conyngham, and the Right lion. Henry Goulburn, were by command of his Majesty, sworn of his Majesty's Most Honour. able Privy Council, and took their respoctive places at the Board accordingly. CARLTON DOUSE, DEC. 11. The King has been pleased to appoint the Duke of Montrose to be Lord Chamberlain of his Majesty's Household, in the room of the Marquis of Hertford, resigned. The King has also been pleased to appoint the Marquis Conyngliani to be Lord Steanrd of his M...ie.-Ws Household, in the room of the Marquis Cholmondeley. resigned. WHITEIIALL, Dee. H. The King has been pleased to appoint his Grace Charles Duke of Dorset to be Master of the Horse to his Majesty, in the room of the Duke of Montrose. promoted to the office of Lord Cham berlain of his Mijeety's Household. BANKRUPTS. T. Evans, Marhynllcth, Mon.gorneryshire, innkeeper. Soli citors. Messrs. Philpot and Co. Southampton Street, Bloomsbury Square. J. Bendel!, 11xidport., Dorsetshirc, pointer. Sul. Mr. Allen, Clifford's Inn. J. Townsend, noniron. and G. Brooke, Whimple, Devon shire, bankers. Sol. Mr. Luxmore, Red Lion Square. W. Edwards, Chatham, liners draper. Sol. Mr. Hippo?), Great Surrey Street. C. G. Kerwood, John Street, West, Marylebone, printer. Sols. Messrs. Jones and Co. Mincing Lane. S. Aydon and W. Elwell, Shelf Iron Works, Yorksaire, iron masters. Sol. Mr. Walker, Exchequer Office of Pleas. W. and N. Baker, Portsea, grocers. Sol. Mr. Shelton, Ses sions House, London. 11. L. Holland, Coventry, builder. Sol. Mr. Alexander, Carey Street. R. Wills, Broad Street, Bloomsbury, tobacconist. Sol. Mr. Cobb, Clement's Inn. E. Tirpetts and E. Gethen, Basingball Street, factors. Sols. Messrs. Pullen and Co. Fore Street. J. L. Garrick, Mitcham, merchant. Salt. Messrs. Grimaldi and Co. Copthall Court. R. Ilaviland, Cirencester, rectifier. Sol. Mr. Becke, Devon shire Street, Queen Square. S. Todd, Southampton, mercer. Sol. Mr. Browne, New Furnival's Inn. J. M. Fuller, Worthing, linen draper. Sol. Mr. Jones, Size Lan,. .1. Calvert, 'ravisock Hotel, Covent Garden, merchant. Sole. Messrs. L2Vie and Co. Old Jewry. DIVIDEN Dec. 15. W. Nedby. Lamb's Conduit Street. upholsterer—lS, J. Cary, ltaquet Court, Fleet Street, merchant—January it. R. Matson. Bartristone. Kent, miller—s. T. 11.Wildasli, Avlesford, Kent, farmer-7, T. and T. H. Robinson. and R. Hancock, Tlanchester, cotton merchants-11, T. and R. Parkinson, Pres ton, builders -4, N. l.us.•outbc, Kiligsbridge, Devon, scrivener —4, S. J. and J, Alder, Liverpool, merchants-5, J. M. New man, Bromsi,rrove, Worcestershire, dealer in wool—S. R. Long ridge and G. Pringle, Painsher, Durham, colliery undertakers— Dec. 18, R. Neville, Colchester, dealer. CERTIFICATES to be granted Jan. 1. J. Kenworthy,Saddleworth, Yorkshire, dyer—H. and .7. H4ll, Sun Wharf, Upper Thames Street, iron merchants—T. B. Evans, Strand, wine merchant—R. Baverstack, Brampton, plumber—J. S. Willcox and 1'..1. Titterton. Theobald's Road. Red Lion Square, couch makers—A. 11e IA Pryine, and G. and R. Hilton, Chancy, Lancashire, cotton spinners—R. Mofflut, Manchester, merchant—J. Gilbert, Alaidstone, repemaker. Important Queslion.—Mr. A. Geake of the parish of Lezant, in Cornwall, has been committed to Rod min gaol, in consequence of a decision of the Con aistorial Court of Exeter, at the suit of the Rev. T. Johnes, rector of Lezant, fir sub4syrcing of tithes, after the verdict of a special jury against the rector, on a trial at Budmin, fin- the non-removal of the same tithes. A respectable meeting of yeomen and agriculturists has been holden in consequenee t a t Bodmin, J. Peters, E,q. in the chair; at which a subscription was oponed to splint the nouns of ap plication to a superior temporal court " on a case which invades no less a question than whether the rights, the property, and even the liberty of persons engaged in agriculture, are, in a case of tithes, left to the entire disposal of the Ecclesiastical Judge ?" It was further resolved, " That in case the sentence of the Ecclesiastical Judge cannot by other leg-al means be reversed or counteracted, it will be expe dient to petition Parliament to place the liberty and property of the English farmer on a fixaing more agreeable to the general tenor and spirit of the Bri tibia laws." GiimiLLTAn, Nov. 24.—Our new Governor, the - L'irl of Chatham, has attended the morning guard parade, which is early ; he has made some alterations in the administration of the place, by directing every thing to be conducted through the proper channels, and the convent is now respectable. An officer ap peared on duty at the Governor's iu a great coat, and he was told that his Lordship could only re ceive officers in uniform, or reruns in full dress.— The season is unusually dry. THE NATIONAL REGISTER LAW INTELLIGENCE COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MONDAY. DEC. 10. SPECIAL JURY.-LIREL ON THE KING. THE KING V. N. HIGHMONE, LL.D. This was an interination filed by the Attorney General aoainst the defentlatit, for a Ebel on the King, in a letter addressed to Sir Benjamin Bloomfield, his Nlajeaty's pri• vale secretary. The Attorney General (with whom was Mr. Raine and Mr. Shepperd) stated the case for the Crown in an almost inandifile voice. We understood him to state, that lie had thought it his dots to file this infinmation against the defendant for publishing it most ntieneive and indecent libel upon his Majesty. The defendant had, for a consi derable time before the publieation of the libel in ones tion, been in the habit of addressing letters to the King, upon the anbject of some hardships of which he com plained. These applications not being attended to in the Nay lie wished, by way of enging himself, he had re course to the publication of libels of* tile 111051 indecent character upon his Nlojesty. These being taken no notice of, he at last endeavoured personally to procure the letter in question to be convoyed to his Majesty, through the medium of Col. Bloomfield, his Majesty's private se,rr. tart'. The letter was delivered for the colonel at War wick House; and, in the wool course, it was handed to that gentleman, who, upon opening the envelope, foimil ano'licr letter addressed to him, the superscription of %staid' was in the following grossly offensive teems "T o the most ignoble, lying and cheating Duke of Cornwall, since become George the Foorili." On opecing the letter, its contents were fOund equally offensise. It complained that after two years employed in applications to the King, lie had now unanswerably she •14 his j esty's dcparture from his honour and engagenclitm, to afford him redress for the gi ievanees of which lie complained; and affirming, that lie could show the troth of what he asserted, by appealing to the laws of England. The letter Was dated " Surrey-stieet, 6th May, Ifiz I " The object of this prosecution was to teach the defendant, by the result of it, that he could not be permitted to persevere in ehh. duet su utiensive and ittile.•ent to the Sovereign on the Throne. There could he no doubt what the verdict of the „Tory es mild be, and the only tilij , ret of this proceeding was to prevent the repetition of this ofteilee.. !humus Capes, a footmen to his Majesty, proved that he had received the letter in question 1 . 10111 the defendant, at Wa r wi c k House, on the 9th of 'May last. Col. Bloom. ti Id b r i ag f ro m b ((((( e, he put it into his private b ou . Sir Benjamin Bloomfield proved, that he had opened the letter ii r questions erartaiuing the libel. The defendant, who was without Gomisel. cross-examined the Colonel, touching repeated u l P applieatios he had made at Caon House, upon the sithjeet of memorials he had preseitted t o his Majesty. Th e witness admitted that he had em i . versation with the defendant, butt did not now particolatly recollect what passed. He had never g iven any o pi n i on , nor had lie ever formed any, as to the dfendant's claims. T he midi Navin;: b ee n read by the officer of the court, The defendant, who appeared to be an elderly and venerable looking man, proceeded to address the Jury at considerable length, ill d c f enco of the alleged libel. Dining the greater pat t of hi. address be was Mandible. We collected, that he was a Doetoa of Laws, and had studied the civil law for eleven years, and had obtained an academical degree to enable him to practise as an advocate in the e t , ,1 law colitis of this country, but had been closed admittance, on the ground that he was a clergyman, having taken deacon's orders. This was the hardship of which he complained, and having sought redress in the courts of jted ice in vain, he had petitioned the King to he admitted to those rights to w Itich he was entitled. lie alleged that the King lead, through his atithorived agents, faithfully promised him redress; but, after dancing attendance at C4lllOll House fur two years and a quarter, without obtaining the fulfilment of this promise, he had written the paper in question, but not with the object charged in the information. He professed the utmost leyalty and revel - trice for the King, and denied that his object was to bring his Majesty into hatred or contempt by the libel in question, which his eu d eas note d to she* could not he consulted nits a libel of the descrip tion chat:T(l in the informatior. After a speech of three hours and a half, the defendant crateluded at half past two o'clock. The Attorney General replied. The case was summed up by the Lord Chief Justice, and the Jury found the defendant Guilty, but recom mended him to the merciful consideration of the court. PAN NE V. •—•-• /ONES, ESQ. This was an action against the Marshal of the King's Bench, to recover the expence incurred by the plaintiff, ill executing a warrant under the following eirctionsidliCeS: —ln the stammer of Itits, a person confined tor debt in the King's !tench, named Parsons, made his escape. lei November, the plaintiff bride in Dorsetsltire, saw Parsons, and gave information to the Marshal, who wrote to him, and promised him all reasonable expenses, and a reward of ten guineas if lie emu miended him.' Au escape warrant was obtained, and forwarded to the plaintiff. In the mean time another person had applied to the Marshal for the job of apprehending Parson; the Marshal, however, informed hint he had employed Pay tie, and this individual, in revenge for his disappointment, wive information to Parsons, who absconded. Payne and his man pursued, and traced Iris route fair upwards of 2no tat lies. and then, after being engaged ill the pursuit twenty.eiJit days, lust hint at Brillpert. In the iiiiiiitit of April ludo% ing, how ever, he again obtained intelligence of 'domain] gave fresh information to the Marshal, who renewed his promise, a n d sent a new escape warrant. %%lilt this the plaintiff ap prehended the plitioner, and, as the warrant directed, took him before a magi•di ate, where lie entered into recognizance(' to appear to the indictment fur an escape. Payne then applied to the Marshal for hie expenses, boot the Marshal said he wanted the prisoner brought hark to the Bench, and granted a warrant for mat purpose. The on - aslant was exectin d, and Parsons was !nought to the Bench. For the expvitces of this second excursion Mr. Jones paid the plaintiff, butt when he delivered his bill fur she expellees of the pier' pursuit and apprehension, namely, a guinea a day for his owe mud his man's time, and a guinea a day for the keep of himself, man, and liaise, with other expenses, amounting in all to 861. Ws. the Alarshal said lie sho uld settle It when Mr. Parsons settled Isis account. Upon this refusal the plaintiff brought his action. Mr. Gurney, for the defendant, contended that the whole ease of the pursuit was a fabrication, and that Mr. Parsons was at West Camel, within three miles of the 16 plaintiff's residenee, and might have been arrested at any hour t that the plaintiff had already had 801. which was full compensation fur his trotuhlr. The learned Counsel called witnesses to prove these facts, and the Jury, tinder all the circumstances, found a verdict for the defendant. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 12, DISPUTES IN BETIIN A L-G REI?.N PARISH. MAY v. Gwlt NNE, Esq. Mr. Scarlett said, this action was brought by the plain tiff; a solicitor and late vestry etc' k of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green, to recover a compensation in dinn,, R ,,, from the detilidant, a Doctor of Laws, resident in that palish, for the publication of a scandalous libel, inserted in a newspaper called The Sunday Monitor, with intention to injure the plaintiff's; character, and defeat his rewire lion as vestry clerk, which office he had held for 30 years. —lt appeated from the statement of the learnt d Counsel, that the libel had its origin in the squabbles which have lately divided the above palish. Mr. Merceron had been treasurer of the parochial funds, and was prosecuted for Mil i aPlifiratiOUof the loonies coining to his hand. The defendant was one of the most active in promoting inquiry into Mr. Merceron's conduct, in the hope, perhaps, of Piling the office of treasurer. That object, however, failed, for the parish resolved in figure not to vest their loud in any one person, but to place the money in the Bunt, of England, in the name of proper persons having the management of the poor. Previous to that detertaina tiaii, Dr. Gwylme, at a vestry meeting, hail proposed a "le of threnks to the plaintiff for his conduct as vestry clerk, hot afterwards finding himself disappointed with respect to the Aire of treamtrer, lie declared against hint, and became a violent oppoiselt. Varimis parish transac lions took place, a n d on the 2 , 1 of May, 1821, appeared what purported to be a report of a committee, in The .Sundry Monitor. It imputed to Mr May that he had been trying to Blake up the accounts of the parish in a insnuer exactly • • lar to that of Mr. Niercermi, and for which he had been punished. The defendant caused 2,003 copies of the repot t t o he printed, and distrbirted among the Parkhtuelera in a pamphlet. By this circulation a preju dice was raised against the plaintiti. He lost the election fur vestry clerk, anti the !warty in the interest of the defendant was elected. Mr. Scarlett entered into a long and minute statement of the parish accounts, and con tended there was not the least ground for aeensation hgainst the plaintiff, whose reputation hail stood high in lily Polish upwards of thirty years, during which lie had held the situation of vestry clerk, and to justify his tarter he was tinder the neeessity of bringing this action. A number of ni•tienses were called to prove that Dr. Gw. nue was the author of the alleged libel, and that lie had elucidated a pamphlet, from whir, the libel had been Copied. The witnesses also detailed the proceedings at a meeting to secure the election of Mr. Brown as vestry clerk. Dr. Gwymie was present, and a committee was formed, consisting of Messrs. Ball, Tilly, Watson, Gable, UIIWill, Smith. and others. The Rev. J. Ring, rector of the pariah, stated the part taken by the defendant, at the disrmasion of the ailairs of the park!' iii It-11, when a subscription was entered into for the purpose of commencing a prosecution against Mr. I.llerceron. After the case on flip part of the plaintiff had been proved, come con6nltation took place between the Counsel on both mide,. The Solicitor General, on behalf of the defendant, then said, it was clear that his client could not justify this publication in the Monitor; but it was possible he might have acted ender t mistake. He did not insist for a mo ment that the charges against this gentleman were true, and upon that admission his learned friend, Mr. Scarlett, lied consented not to proceed further, provided the de fendant would pay the sum of 501. to a public charity. That his client was willing to do au, and he would also pay the costs incurred by Mr. May. Mr. Searlett said, in accepting the offer made by his learned friend, he furnished the strongest proof of for bearance on the part of Mr. May. A verdict was then taken by consent for 501. damages. DEI.AYNu V. WAITHMAN AND ANOT1112:1t, This was an action against the late Sheriffs of London, to recover a compensation in damages fur a loss sustained by the sale of goods, which the defendants levied tinder process sued out irregularly, by a person of the name of Williams. _ _ The Sheriffs were merely nominal defendants, being indenmitied by the plaintiff in the snit under Which they acted. After the cause had proceeded to proof of the plaintiff's right to bnpport the action, a verdict was taken by con sent fur ' , M. damages, subject to a reference. TUE RING V. THE MAYOR OF CAAIRRIMGII. This wan a prosecution against the Mayor of Cambridge, for refining to comply with the terms of a mandamus, com manding I to admit Mr. Nash, the son of a freeman of Cambridge, to the. freedom of that corporation. Mr. Scarlet t, who stated the case, said,he was prepared to prove, by a linother of early documents relating to the power given by the ancient borough of Cambridge, that the usage of the corporation in former days had been to admit the younger sons of freemen, as well as the eldest son, to their freedom. The cm poration, it appeared, had made bye-laws, and they said, with reference to the pro ceeding, that no custom, admitting the younger sons of freemen, was in exigence. Mr. Nash, the prosecutor to this case, was a younger son, and lac claimed the right of freedom upon the ancient usage of the borough. The ditty had to decide a question of considerable importance to the corporation of Cambridge as well as the public at large. It they decided that the eldest eons of freemen only were entitled to claim the right of freedom, it would restrict the fn eedom of election, as none but persona free of the corporation could vote to eeturn Members to Par liament. ' The learned Counsel produced a deal of documentary and introie evidence, upon which the Jury, after the trial had occupied some hours, found the defendant Guilty. THURSDAY, IDLC. 13. KING V. KNILL. The defendant, one of the Barnstaple voters was tried upon an iliformation filed by the Attorney General, for wil ful and corrupt perjury, committed at the Bar of the Howe of Lords, during the euriiiimit.on of witneams before the Per rte, to.iehio..., the bribery transactions in the Borough of Barii,iaple, doling the erection between Sir E. Thompson and Sir \I. Lopez. The naiginnetit of perjury charged the defend:lcl with giving utisocrs before the Lords, in direct contradiction to his aniners in the Goose of Commons. In the !louse of Commons he stated, that an agent named Gribble, offered him money to induce him to vote for Sir M Lopez. In the House of Loros he swore that Gribble made - .