The National Register. — London, England, 1812-12-20 00:00:00

DEG 20. ,!,ere he found himself placed in the pump well, abaft the main-mast, %ilien he recovered his senses ; and there he akii saw two more of lus saipirtates, and a stranger, who was in a sailor's dress. Witness then came on deck, where he saw M'Dk.riuot, Thompsou, Cook, Fisher, and Drown, and he also saw Lord Sligo on hot't d that evening on deck, who asked hint his name, when witness to!d hi, name, and that he belonged to the Montague. Thee were then tso miles from shore. Next ni,,rn tit, he again saw Lord Sligo, being than perfectly sober, when he was „„Akins o n the deck with a shipmate of the M.mtague, of %s Melt they were talking, Lord Sligo, again asked their names, tind they answered t h a t they are Elden awl Storey, and that these were the names by they we'd onboard that Kelp's ship, but Storey told Lis Lordship, that being men of war's men it vv.,uld not do to go by their own names. III:I Went on :lie quarter-deck, and Defendant gave the name of Wm. Smith w the Witness. Thotnas Fisher, Dennis Sullivan, and William Brown, gave evi dence to the same effect, as did Mayne and Richard Co , ke. Lieuten int Hay was next called. Ile was the Officer belonging to the Active, who was sent on board the Plvades to search for cieserters, and he stated that he found none, Lord Sligo said that had none in his ship. The case being finished on the part of the Crown, Mr. DacNcrY, on behalf of the defendant, addressed the Court and Jury at considerable len , s.th. lie contended, that although his Nehle client might be found guilty of his having King's seamen on board his ship, he was ihcapable of et:tieing them, or of causing them to be en ticed therein front any of his Majesty's vessels, and stated, that he should prove that his Lordship's servaws acted on this occasion with out the privity of their Nulale Master. He then proceeded to cad his witnesses. The first was Edward Needham, a servant of Lord Sligo, He was called to 'hew that the men emph:yed by hint were so employed by witness without-the privity of Lord Sligo, they representing themselves as not belonging to tiny ship of his Majesty. His evidence generally went to that effect. He underwent a cross-examination by the Advocate-General. Some other witnesses were then called, in behalf of the Noble Defendant. The Counsel for the prosecution replied ; and Lord ELLEN AORO CO n, with suitable comments, summed up the evi dence ; and at half-past one in the morning the Jury returned a ver dict of Guilty on all the counts except one. Thursday, the Marquis of Sligo attended to receive sentence, when Mr. SCA n LETT, his Counsel, tendered to the Court. an affidavit in %hid) his Lordship solemnly declared, that he had no knowledge of men being on board his vessel till otter leaving the port of Malta. %% ith regard to their subsequent concealment, he colifessed, with deep coney in, his error, resulting Irvin rasline,s and iudiscration. and he w is anxious to impress upon the Court his carne-i desire of making every reparatii n in hi- power. "Ilie Marquis then appcariug at the inner bar of the Cowl, t4rar Wm, Sco rr, iv;thessed on the magnitlade of the oil enc. , of which he had been convicted, and after a suitable admonition, lie passed the followinv, sentence, viz. that the Marquis should pay a tine of 5,000/. suffer four months imprlAnuent in Newgate, and be furtla , i i oprisoncd tiil tic line is paid. John Pruce was indicted for the wi'ful murder of James Dean, at 1\lil( o rd Ii iven, oil the 111 1 :;1 seas. • -Mr. Jervis detz,iled the circAnt stance3 of the case. he jece;ised was a buy in the service 4)1 Janies Wiilers, a ferryman at, MiltOrd Haven; the prisoner, in September last, wctit at r !.iot to Waters, and desit cd to be firried over. He was in formed th it it was t o Leta, and slept that nOtt on a settle in Waters's Lange; the next day he at first declinvd ruing over, but soon aisle', itlit:n Waters vave his hey a 11. note and latrteen shdlingq, to procure some ale in t barrel, the prisoner changed his mind, and he and the buy cut in the beat too(ther : as they were crossing the ford, .t von:, tuur.ser was heard from a boat ott the water ; but the Wail Who litar,l it. conceived, though he knew the voice, that it wastruerely - James Dean crying out because somebody was beating .biro: some time afier, the o:ce sta., lyard again inure faintly, anti the boy was seen struullug I 'y hldof a boat, w !life a man in the boat was pnshill hint away a:I, :in oar. Time body of the boy was found in the evening, with the tlituat cut ; and the prisoner %% 21b npprehended the next day. The b , :at v. d% ver y blo o dy, and the bottom t.t it was a 11. note and some ul,O found upon the prisoner. The-e cirt.um stances were bully proved by the evidence, and the prisoner when called tat tor his detence, 'slid, the charge was true. The Jury found blot Cadr ! ;; and being ;01;03 %%liit he had to say why sentence of Death 14041 kot pas' upon hint ? replied, " Give me as long It day ,115 yoo cAtt. tay Lord, that I may make my peace with God us well as I can.'' —art 11'+•liarn `sort then scforoed Into to be executed on Mund:iy next, a t Ekeelifloit Duck, anti to be di.sectcd 3 , 4 anatomized. stomas Youn i ;busband, a native et Lierir%ici:, wit:i+ l. - 4 ViSe etlo4/1, TILE NATIONAL REGISTER. 70 Cow icier] (dinning joined the King's (Airlines, found in the capacity of Surg,-on on hoard a Fieitch plivaleer, taken by the Desiree fligate, off the Texel. The prisoner, who his tallier had long resided at 0-i -tend, declared that indigence and distress had obliged him to enter errs to and ht. pri% :41c( the ,Ivry thereupon, recommended him to mercy and tilt: , sod every attention should be p..id to the recorattieu„ On Friday C. F. Palm, S. Telling, wish • Wright, not in custody, were indicted for the murder of Captain Keith, or the Ad- Neutura, en the high seas. Th.!. evidence adduced on the trial is the same as we detailed a few weAs ty,(k, when they were brought up tar examination; it would therefor.. he uninteresting to our re:ckis to rereat it. Palm arid Telling were found guilty, and ordered for execution en Monday next. ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES. ACCIDENTS Cy SKAITINC.— A most disastr us and of acci dent hap;:ened at Chichester, on the mornine of Sunday se'rinight Mat. Quantock, Esq. was skaiting on a small pond in the environs of that en V, when just as he had reached the centre, the ice broke, and he sunk, never to be again seen, 1...ut a lifeless corpse.—A tine young man wrs drowned on Sand iv, by the breaking of the ice, while skair ing on the canal in St. James's Park. Several others leLl in, but were forfunatey rescued from a like melancholyfate, A ;ate, A very remarkable coneurierice of similar circumstances signalized two melancholy accidents which happened on Saturday se'nnight, o u t of which terminated fandly :—On that night, a young Lady, living im Milbahk-street, the niece of the mistress of the house, IS •:bp posed, in her sleep, and threw herself lion!' the wir dow itj the thi n ( floor. When taken up, though much bruised, it was found die had rut a hone broken. It is hoped, therefore, that she will speedily recover. —.lt the same hour, on the some another young Lady, the niece of tke Gentleman to whom :be house in Milbank-street belongs, but with her mother in Sluane-street, threw herself from the one pair ot rails back window into an area; her back was broken, and she died on Sunday mornira7. ‘Vedot slay se'nuight, as the Coachman of Mr. Alderman was breaking the ice in a twirl in a field near Stoke's Cross turnpike. Pristol, to water his master's hones, lie observed several crows hover ing over an ajoining hedge ; and his efforts to frighten them away proving ino•tfectual, lie was induced more minutely to examine what it was which ro particularly attracted their attention : when, &hocking to oire, he discovered the bodies of two slow born infant erbid re o, u b uy and a gir I, both much bruised, and one of them with a tape tied twice round i:s neck, and also the heed and hones of a third infast, %%ilie4 had apparently been devoured by the birds, but to mangled that tie „ ex ( ..„„id not b e oi,covered.—They appear to be all children of one WM:all oi paroir, who hits I.iiticrio remained trodi&f...overed, tio. e di e s w e r e rennived to 11.1 e Swan public-house, and a CoitillCl'S 1114Ue* sat on them on liansday evening, and returned a verdict of %flint murder against some person or petRIIIS unknown, DEATHS. Last Suni'ay, of cr a lingering and painful illness, which site horst with exemplary patience and ►esignation, Ann, thz wile of Mr. T. E. limit's-court, St. Mirtin's lane. At her house an Buttcrtondiill, Bradninch, Devon, age(' ]O4 years, Mrs. Scutt, a widow lady, possessed of considerable property, and cm joy. d uninterrupted healilt through the course ut her long lite; she C"Illd read I atlC. VVOI kat /ter needle, without Llit: u s e Of siiectac:es, Iraqi af!er having completed her 100 Th year. In her I . ..;drit year, Mrs. Tippiri, of Taunton. Aged 50, Mr. A. Berridge, wheelri,,ht, and landlord of the Waggon and Horses Public-house, St. , dartin's, S tanitiord. Agreeably to his particular reque t, whilzit his corpse was in the church, previuudy to tune et his ebiltirCki Were baptised. Their names arc, according to his de4ire, " lont," " Sam," " Di," and 46 An." A GENII/IAL AND AN OITICEII. IN THE DRAGOONS, Alva several other tentlemea that nere bald, have declared attar using Prihru'l Rua-ia regular for n mender. the bald place.; bloodline sooored with Ono Roy 4 Pa:aily, and I.6islios sad Geotleinen of listiaction aced fa4Lion, IliSO it for wakening he hair ‘ll.es tiroro.lug : heaps real er false hair of it 4 ;War ti clod: ; It le •is trait a nourishor, if u •ed constantly, never a hair will fall off or tars grey : to !oil, %%here there is hair by nature. and it has. gat thin or Isa;d, by Lula; the *assist 011 rogclarls, you way rely eta its being restored. Ptuatoted oy• whiskers, and will pro' out wi.iskars turning reddish ar grey. ft is the beat pitsp:t- ruler' in .ho unhorse for promoting and preserving tho Lair. A Caution—Any shopkespar aellirg Ru.sta Oil without " A. Prince." printed. in as II riti:4l) Oovernitiont stamp, are hupostars, and soillors of counted Ask fn IPrioco'g liuFaa 011, at per bout*, or ono bottle, ceatainiag fur small, at 11. Is. or six largo, at 5!. duty included. Sold by the Proprietor. Primes, u ?Argot, Oxford•streat. opposite to Nu. 1 lir. ihnyth, Perfumer to his llta,iwity, New Maud-street liendrio and Voss, Perforators to her Majesty, l'lciiiioac t ie street. Withori, 2:9, Strand ; Davison' and Sio, 59, /heat-;trait Itiggo. tiSS rivet-street : Steen, lit, Oxford-strut; ail at sect Intlacipal ?clamors .I.nd Moditilio beauties. A porrx.7l 1