The National Register. — London, England, 1817-03-24 00:00:00

ILIRC Mr. Serjeant Rest said, the plaintiff had a benefice in Eng -1;m1, and an appointment at Malta. The defendant was a t. , aa of rank in society. The plaintiff's wife, in the year 1809, ;'t Malta amt came to England for the benefit of her health. line went to Cheltenham, and there commenced an intimacy with the defendant, where he by his artifices brought her to accept his adulterous proposals, and she had actually lived with him. He would prove that the greatest affection sub sisted between her and the plaintiff from ISOG to IritEJ, while she was living with hint at Malta; spew the extraordinary uneasiness manifested by them at parting, when necessity Kvligeul her to go to Englaati for a liver complaint; and the titan attachment which breathed through her correspondence with low husband down to the time when she was seduced Ia Sir C. DIN% It was not necessity that forced her to accept the protect it):: of the defendant ; for she had actually received near 6331. per innattni during the time site was absent hunt her husband. She has had several children by the plaintiff all of whom are dead except one, who has had thy mortifying degradation to be miter the necessity of giving evidence, it be should think it necessary to call Into. These fact: having been proved, Mr. Solicitor General said, that he was the last man to treat a ease of this description with levity t yet he was satisfi. that the ~resent ease was one of that nat u re in which far dinarts °nett not to be given. Tilt re was no friendshi subsisting between the defendant and the ptaintilll At time he was seducing his wife, he scarcely t.ticw she had a husband and, for all they knew, she ',VOWS made•the firs: advances towards their criminal con:lnc,. There wasnothint; aggravating about the cast ; and he ,at down perfectly sale tied, that the Jury would accord with 'Lis sentiments, this. trifling d a mages would compensate for lice lugs tile society of such a Wolll,lll.—rte Jary, howevv r, gave a verdict for plaintiff, with 20301. damages. POLICE. BOW-S l'ltEE • r. On Sunday evening Mrs. Forrest, who keeps the Swan in Knightsbridge, on moving souse articles in her oar, found the handle of a putudi-ladle, which had been broken from the bowl, with a shillin g : at the bottom, of the coinage of King George 11. and which conld not be found. A gentleman had Leo* io the liar (which is a large one, ond enameled with a parlour), who she recollected, when he bail been in her house it short Lilac snice, she missed two skirts, two iieekeloths, and a silk lirilkerchief, which had come bottle elean, or-longing to Lieut. Cid. who lodges in the hotise, slid her suspi cions were so strolls. that, although he called himself Lieut. Kelly, she was determined to charge bins with. taking the property, and applied to S. TAIII42I*, bC1011:03g to party Of the above otficers's establishment, who, learning that he was lodging at the Angel lull, went there on Monday morning, and making equities there respecting hiui, the peo ple of the house supposed 'fawner must be mistaken, as they considered Lieut. Kelly a complete gentleman : however, 'rainier persevered, and entered Ilk bed-room, No. 31, and the first thing he saw was the poach-ladle, lying on a table ; be then procced.ol to seat eh the room t'or the other things which had been stolen front the Swan, when he found out ►hirt, Zwu neckcloths, and a silk harelkereltief, the property of Lieut. Col. Tulloch. He asked Lieut. Kelly where the other shirt was, when he confessed that he had got it on, which proved to be correct. He was brought to the office, nail, after undergoing an examination, he was committed. Hi► defence is, lie was ►ntoxicated. He says, lie is the so:. of an old admiral; but this is very much doubted. H e dressed very well, and had a genteel appearance. He wine a military great coat, a scratch wig, &v. vrros G 1 ItHEN. • J. Annalsella, a baker, living in Ray-street, Clerkenwell, was convicted in the penalty of ss. an ounce, on tit ounces deficient in weight in three quarters loaves, which lie had sold. M. Lynch, a carter, was charged with removing -the fur niture, belonging to W. Whitelock, from his late residence, No. 15, tioswell.terrace, :shout 10 o'clock at night, although cautioned that tk hitelock owed 301. to his landlord :oil which he replied, he di I not The laiiillord valued the load of goods at 2.51. The charge being !strived, the Magistrate convicted the defenclaut in double the value, being 501. and costs. "1 %NSION-HOUSE. Me tux.- -William White was on Wednesday fully corn. mittell to prison spun a charge of oir,amv. it was sworn, that the prisoner married his first wile, Alary llickeridge, in the year 1809, and his second, Jemiina Tyler, in 1816. The two women appeared at the office ; the latter was much affected. MARISIOROUGU-STEET. Monday a man and his wife, residing in Lisle-street, were charecd with uttering a forced 51. note. The male prisoner went into a hatter's shop in Hot from, and bargained fur a hat at tis. for which he tendered the note. The man had no sns pu•ion of its being a forgery, anti requested ha address, which he gave. The note bring retUsed at the bank, en quiries were made. when it was disco erect that the prisoner had given a false direction. Information was then civets at this office, and the prison e rs were apprehended. The male prisoner said, he a eCliVt gl the note to change for one Ile. !Stooks, and that he did not know it was forged.—He mantled. J. Ellingford was charged with robbing his employers of a quantity of ironmongery.—He was whitated to bail. UNION HALL. John Hook and John Hirst, were, on Wednesday, brought up by May, Goff, anti Olention, by whom they were am,' eheuded at Northtleet, in Kent, err Tuesday, on suspicion of felony. It will Ire recotlect«l, that some tint.: since a large quantity of shot was stolen front the wharf of Messrs. Ceaysbaw and Co. ; sitspicion fell upon the prisoners who escaped at the time. On Monday the officers revels ed information that they were in the oeighbourbood of Nut til• fleet, and immediately went in pursuit of them, and found them on boat d a boat lying in a viva commanicating with the river. On board the boat they also found a chest contain ing several cwt. of quicksilver, ithich, sitspeeting to be 'Niel), they brought as writ as the prisoners, to town. The prisauers now denied ali knowledge of the stolen shot; and the account they gave of the quicksilver was, that they fished it up in the river whilst grabbling off Woolwich, and supposed it bad fallen overboard ft mn an tuelidaran. They were c ommitted for re es.amieta!ion on Tuesday next. QUEEN-SQL:ARE. J. Collins and W. Clare we re remanded, charged with atEaling a pair of glazed ont.low sashes, and about 110 gera• Mum plauts, the propel iy (4 Skilicr. The prosccu 10E01 uurscryutau, to Little Chit Isea, has a d erchiug. house trim:carted in Fulham-road. Cu Sunday night the front TilE NATIONAL REGisTr.it sashes were taken out, and the green house in the rear rob bed. The prisoners were taken about two o'clock on lion• day morning, mid at daylight the stolen smiles were found (together wills four others not yet owned) ia the King's-road, near the spot where they were taken. The geraniums were ako found near the spot, thrown over the pales. Susannah Day, a young woman, about IS, and servant in Crinsbourn-alley, was fully committed fur stealing rive pieces of lace, the property of her mistress. WORSHIP-STREET. Mr. Wilkinson, an attorney, of Wellingtimhouse, Hackney road, gave information of his bark premises being broken into. Mr. Wilkinson said, he had been alarmed several time: lately by persons breaking into his place ; but keeping a dog in the yard it always frustrated their attempts ; on his going into the yard an Monday morning, he found his dog had been been poisoned. and a large tur:sey-eock and eight fowls stolen. He had recently bePn bid 13 guineas for the dog. ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, 4v. Wednesday evening, a number of amateurs of the pugilis ic fancy attended the Minerva Gallery, 03, Leadenhall -3; root. to seituese the science of those pugilists who were to o•- so - in the ring for the beoetit of Painter. On the Gal. being opened, the City Marshal caw fore ard and said, ‘• rt. •,• :men, this assembly his berm called together without the kit • if:edge of the Lord Mayor, I am instructed by him d you; I mean no offence, I ant only doing ma duty." tt sht parley too.. place—au application was instantly • 'n tote Lord Nl,tyor for his permission, and his Lord ship i Ana that nettling political was intruded, allowed the to proctod. The Ulecoston coach on its return to Lancaster, a few eyeing: Was litoWll over, in the Lyning, about hal& way across Lrocaster Sands. The coachman and eight pas sengers were immersed in the water; but, fortunately es caped from their perimus situation. The coach could not be brought to tool, and the two wheel-horses were drowned. Mennen.- -AO inquest was lately token at Buldte, Hants, on the body of Fanny Smith, wife of Isaac Smith, labourer, whose death was cameo! by a continaao ion of barbarous and iiihuman treatment, inflicted on her u it. and W. Smith, two sons of hen husband by a former a . fe, in which they • were abetted by their unfeeling pluent. Too much praise cannot be bestow , it on the humane and kind attentions of the Rev. Mr. Curolc..a. curate of Boldre, towards the de ceased, from whose espiriug lips he obtained the relation of the brutality exercised towards her; and which Mr. Nile, a mho opened the hotly, deposed had occasioniol her death. Tin. Jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against the sons-in-law as principals, and against the husband as au ac cessary. Saturday selinight an inquest was taken at the sign of the King's Arms, Commercial-road, Waterloo-bridge, ireful. • C. Jemmet, Esq. Coroner for the county of Sorry, on the body of J. Macdonald, a boy seven years of age, who was killed on Friday selmight, by a timber waggon going over him. Verdict—Accidental death. Suaday evening last, Mr. Euston, of Wandsworth-road, was passing through Bell-lane, to his residence, he was met by No fellows, one of whom struck him a violent blow on the head with his fist, and both endeavoured to rob him. Mr. Esiston made a stoat resistance, but was at length overpower ed, and the villains succeeded in robbing Mm of his watch and three 1.1. notes, with which they gut eff. Two prisoners confined in 'lrked Widewell, names] Richardson and Turner, contrived lately to get possession of the keys of the apartment in which the keeper, 'lr. Evans, was sitting, and having locked him in, they effected their es cape. A reward of ten guineas has been offered- for the ap prehension of Richardson, awl five guineas for Turner. The workshops of Mr. Gilbett, coach-maker, Lung-acre, were rubbed of plate glasses to the amount of near 301. on Saturday night last. It is supposed that the villains secreted themselves at dusk, previous to the workmen leaving off The large shop-dog milady kept there for the purpose of prevent. ing strangers entering, had been ailing for some days, and leaves not the least thalht limit that some time previous the villians had given him a certain poison, which operated so much upon the anined on Friday and Saturday last, as to render him• incapable of even knowing any one, and appeared much convulsed, and Monday mar • g was found dead in the shop. This is the second rubbery upon the same premises within twelve months. Monday a young man dropped down, apparently in a dy ing state, in Black-herse-alley, Fleet-street. He was carried ti Sr. Bride's workhouse, by order of the Overseers, and medical assistance procured ; when it appeared that his com plaint was starvation, and bread proved to be the only neces sary medicine. On Saturday seimight, Elizabeth Whiting tried and con victed the preceding Thursday at Lincoln, for the murder of her infant child, underwent the sentence of the law, being the first criminal who suffered death on the New Drop at that place. She was a married woman, but was separated from her husband the last four years, and had cohabited with a labouring banker; and the child destroyed by her was the fruit of that illicit connexion. J. Woods, of Richmond, Sorry, baker, for having exposed to sale a quantity of bread deficient of its due a-eight, was convicted on Tuesday last, before the Rev. Dr. Sampson, at Petersham, in she penalty of 3s. per ounce, and the bread forfeited to the poor. A must shocking ;occident happened at Weodford, in Es sex, last Tuesday morning. As two painters, of the names of Vignie and [loll, were painting the roof of the parish church, the piece of timber on which they were standiug broke down, and they were precipitated to the bottom of the chino. h. Vignie was killed on the spot ; and Hull had his thigh broken in it most shucking manner, and was otherwise Houck hurt. He was sent to the London hospital with little hopes of re cot ors Smidoy morning last Mr. Cooper, landlord of the Rose and Crown public-h o use, in Great Warner-street, Coldhath. fields. complained of a momentary pain, and in a few minutes expired. DE.Titt'CTION OF TIIR SIII& IItItt.EQUIN, of London, Capt. DuMild, by a thunderbolt, off Murlaix, on the 2d inst.:— " Fowuy, Nl•ncu 14.—'Fbe Harlequin, Donald, of and for London, from Lisbon, was, on the 2d instant, struck with a thanderbolt, which went through her, entering the deck near her caboose. Capt. Donald and II of the crew took to the loi:g boat, wind', after their best exertions, filled with water, and went down. The carpenter and two of the crew in the small boat Is ere taken op by a sloop belonging to Dior. 1:;i•, and carried into this port. This singular accident hap 'Ailed 16 wiles &um Nlellaix, at half vast eight y. COLCIIEST'ER ELECTION. -o MR. D. W. HARVEY'S PURITY. Monday, the election of a Ilnrgess to nerve fur the Borough of Colchester in the present Parliament, in the room of Ro bert Thornton, Esq. commenced at the Town Hall, at Col chest At nine o'clock the Mayor opened the proceeding", by reading the Speaker's writ; and after the usual forms were gone throligh, Sir Henry Smith came forward, and in a short but impres sive speech, proposed Sir William Burroughs as an eligible candidate ; he was seconded by Mr. Boggis. Sir WM. Burroughs then addressed the electors, and after !declaring what were his principles, and repelling the accusa tion made against him, of being a Papist (Sir W. is a native of Ireland), lie charged Mr. Harvey with an attempt to barter for a fixed price the infinence which he supposed himself to have in the suffrages of the freemen of Colchester. He had proposed to his (Sir W. B's) law agent, Mr. Daniel's, to sell his chances of succeeding in the election, at the price of 'loool. He defied Mr. H. to deny this charge, and if it were true, it was for the electors of Colchester to judge of the purity, the h ,testy. and the patriotism of a Candidate, orb* could, in 'at underhand awl base a manner, attempt to com promise with an opponent whose character and principles hail been stigmatized by every imputation, and every epithet which couid lo %c: him in the estimation of those whose in terests be felt every deli . e to promote, and whose suffrages, he should be proud .o deserve. Mr. Harvey having then been proposed and seconded by by Nlr. Kelson and Mr. Gilsim, Mr. Harvey, in a speech of considerable length, charac teriz,d by eloquence and ingenuity, justified tLe principles upon which he claimed the support of his fellow freemen, in a contest against the coalesced influence of apostate Whigs and corrupt Tories. He adverted to the charge which had been made against him, of his having offered to seH his in terest in the contest at the stipulated price of 20001 and did not deny that he hail made a confidential overture to Mr. Daniel's, the law agent of Sir W. Burroughs, to give op the contest upon terms such as should be approved publicly by his friends. In making this overture he was actuated by motives, such as every honourable and honest man must ape prove. It was not made covertly and secretly, but openly and manfully. He admitted that he had proposed to Mr. Daniells to yield his pretensions to success upon Sir W. Bur roughs paying 20001. the proposition to be subject to the ap probation of the Burgesses, upon a fall statement of the rea sons and principles upon which it was founded. There were certain pecuniary engagements into which he bad entered in consequence of his former efforts for the independence of the boroegh, which he was most anxious to discharge; and as Sir W. Itm loughs had the assistance of the combined in fluence of the borough fiction, and supposedsWhigs of the town, it was impossible that he (Mr. H.) unaided bylarge rewards, could entertain a hope ofxnecess. The proposition had been made in confidence, and yet•Mr.Daniells and Sir W. Iturrenglia, who did mot reject it, as they might, if they thought it improper, had basely made it public. After a variety of other ob.ervations, lie concluded by expressing his confidence in the success of the contest. After a short desultory discussion, the Mayor put the ques tion upon each nomination, when the showarf hands appear; ing to be decidedly in favour of Mr. Harvey, by two to one, . he declared the election to be carried in favour of that gen tleman. Sir William Burroughs then demanded a poll ; bat in an hour afterwards Mr. Harvey, supported by Mr. Kendall and several other friends, came into the high street before the Town Hall, and in an address from a waggon to the Free-. nien, declared his determination to abandon the contest, in consequence of the overpowering coalition of the Whig and Tory parties in favour of his opponent, but reserved his ex ertions for the general election, which, in all probability, would speedily take place, when lie expressed the utmost cm:Wiener of success. Tuesday morning, Sir William Bei-roughs, as the success ful Candidate, was carried in triumph through the town. Mr. Harvey, however, still retains, it appears, some popularity. During the Chairing of Sir William, there was much coulu sitar : cries of " Harley for ever," and " No Popery," were very common ; and at one period there were symptoms of riot, when several of the ringleaders were secured. As soon as Sir William reached the Cups, on his return, he jumped out of the chair; he was scarcely alighted, when the chair and its trimmings were torn to atoms, and the scaffolding, which hail been erected for him and his friends, shared the same fate. During. all this time the cries of " Harvey for ever" were incessant. In the eonrse of the afternoon, some few absurd acts, more calculated to excite mirth and pity than revenge. were committed ; and among others, a gibbct, with a small figure, a red herring and a petals', affixed to it, was put up. Note ithstanding these pitiful acts, Sir William's friends, to spew how little such conduct affected them, were observed to throw money into the crown, from the balcony of the Three Cups limo, which created a great deal of scram. bling among those below. The town was, however, very quiet at an early hour, and the men taken up were all released. excepting one.--Sir William Illitramelis, on Wednesday, give an elegant dinner, to about ea of his friends, at the Three- Cups Inn. The above is copied from an Anti'Ministcrial print ! Whar say the " Frieuds of Purity of F.:ection - to their eloquent advocate now Surely this ra esut xpramen will satisfy them. The following is an authentic account of the sums or money expended in law suits, removal of paupers, jour nies, and expences of overseers of the poor, &c. in Eng...- land, tbr the year coding March :25, 1815 : Redtiwd . . 1790 17 10 Monmouth . 1819 t 4 Iterks . . . 4126 IS Burks . . . 5153 9 1 1 Cambridge . $I 47 15 7 Chester . . 7111 t 9 9.1 Cornwall . . 3t;iis 10 1 Cumberland . 3111 4 8 Derby . . . 6593 17 VI Diquit . . . 92:11 19 11, Dot set . . . 3999 I 2 1)11164111 . . 1102 0 4i: Essex . 13993 Li f.. 1 Gloucester . 790 J 71 Hereford . . 3185 5 7 Hertford . . 3261 1 9} Huntingdon . 11 t 9 Is 31 Kent . . . 19727 3 9 Lancaster . 2139:41 13 0 1 Iricester . . 6651 9 61 Lincoln . . 11159 18' 6t Midiltecx 13990 17 9 I Total COT ,693 4 $ Nurtl , lk . . 777 211 Nurolamptnn . 4353 6 3 NG4llBo,therland 1798 0 tni Not tiuglaum . 63436 7 8. Oxford! . . . 3012 7 Of Rutland . . 531 14 01 Salop . . . 4318 18 01 Somerset . . 7819 13 0 8011 . 1..tmplon . 60Is 14 101 Statlosti . . 8672 :1 1 lull lk . . 8319 12 2 Sony . . . 8813 1 71 . . . 8706 1 6 } 11 , *.t.swick . . 7103 11 lit Wes9oorelaml 883 11 7§ 11 ilt.!:irr . . 5003 11 113 1 11'Ark'e.qer . 351.2 8 st York . . : 3 . 6151 12 3§