The National Register. — London, England, 1811-11-17 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. , Thursday next. Thomas Motherdill and Richard Burgan, who stood convicted of similar' offence, were also ordered to be brought up again on 'Thursday. Richard I lanibrook, a publican at F lkestone, convicted at the last Kent Assizes, for aiding French prisoners to escape, was remanded also for sentence on that city. Two persons, of the naves of Spradhury and Buckingham, who were convicted of an attempt to bribe a Revenue Officer, were sentenced io one year's imprisonment in Newgatc. Mary Jones and William Junes, two natives of Wales; con victed of assaulting an Excise Officer at the Hereford Assizes, were brought up for judgment. Mr, Owen stated, that they neither of them were able to speak English, and that they had walked all the way from Wales to save their bail, and to appear t ) receive judgmeitt. Mr. Justice BAILEY asked the Attorney . General if it was the -constant practice to file informations in cases such as the present ? Mr. ./Ittorneg' -General said, it had always been the practice before he came into office. and it was -not for him to alterjt. l'hey were sentenced to be imprisoned six weeks in the Kien's Bench Prison. . John Barnes. Gregory, Esq. stood convicted of using insulting and provoking language, to Mr. Llillhouse llilcox, late Mayor of Bristol, with a view to provoke hint to fight. a duel. The Rule was made absoluls)j t Term, and. on the trial the defend** ant made no defence, it bsing arranged he was to make an apo logy. He would not, however, accede.to the apology demand ed, in addition to which, he was required to pay the Costs, • amounting to OM. He chose rather to submit to the judgment of the Court. Ile was sentenced to be imprisoned two months in the King's Bench Prison. FRIDAY, NOV. 15. Mr. Scarlett moved for a Ru!e to show cause why a criminal information shbuhl not be filed against a Gentleman of the name of Foot, residing at Charlton-place, in Kent, for a series of in !Salta to T. Nrcnt, Esq. of Old Burlington-street, with a•view to provoke that Gentleman to a breach 9r the peace. Mr. Scar lett then read a long affidavit, detailing various transactions be tween Mr. Brent and Mr. Foot, the substance of which was, that Mr. Brent, on the death of Mr. Foot's father, with whom he was very intimate, acted as a guardian to the person against whom he was now necessitated to make the present application. He furnished hint with money, out of which a commission in the army was purchased for -him. At length when he came of age the money account was settled, and Mr. Brent's charges allowed in Chancery, and there rentained dueao Mr. Brent be tween 6exg,and 700!, For this he brought an action, and Mr. Fo6t p!eaded win age in bar. Mr. Brent upon this discontinued - the action, and hati No further intercourse with Mr. Foot. But since that period Mr. Foot bad upon variotts occasions conduct ed himself in the most insulting manner to Mr. Brent. When he has met him on..several occasions, he has put his • hand in his breast, and being a much taller man than Mr. Brent, has endea voured to thrust his elbow in his face; but in particular on the fstili of June last, Mr. Brent met Mr. Foot, with two other gentlemen in Bond-steeet; he was speaking to two ladles in an open carriage, and Mr. Brent made a tour in order to avoid him ; but Mr. Foot 'immediately pursued him and on this oc easiin he drew the back of his hand across Mr. Brent's face, giving him a blow on the mouth with sufficient violence to cut - his lip, and loosened two of his teeth. Irritated at this, he struck Mr. Foot with a small whip which he hell in his hand, upon which Mr. Foot turned round, and in coarse language swore he would murder him. The other Gentlemen inter fered, and Mr. Brent desired they would go to his house and explain. Mr. Foot exclaimed he would have satisfJctions and " that they should not part so." This, Mr. Scarlett said, was a direct provocation to fleiht a duel. There were also other details in the affidavit respecting the money accounts between Mr. Foot and Mr. Brent, which the Court, after some con versation with Mr. Scarlett, thought bad better 1w expunged, and desired Mr. Scarlett would simplify affidavit, and shortly mention it again, when they should be inclined to grant his motion. SATURDAY, NOV. 16. Mr. J ustice BAII.E•Y was the only Judge who sat this (1.:y; his Lordship was occupied until past one o'clock, in justit}ing bail. HARDISON V. lIIII.ItISON. • Elizabeth Mary Harrilog, of the parish of St. Durstan's, Stepney, exhibited articles of the peace against her husband, John Harrison, upon the grounds of ill-treatment and threat ening to take her life. It appeared that the parties had been married some years, .apd badsfrequent bickering: , upon trivial matters. One time a dispute arose about cooling the child s tea, when he threw a saucer at her and cut her head ; another time they differed about a wet nurse for their child, when he threw some other misle weapon at her ;- but the grand battle on which this application was grounded, occurred on Thursday last. The husband wanted to tato, a paper from the wife, relating to her • • father's will. The father died in Octoberlast, leaving his daugh ter 50001. but (as was supposed) learning the treatment hhe re ceived from hut husband and altered the will, and vested this sum in her,two maid, r sisters as trustees, for her F.olc and sepa rate use but in case she permitted the husband to partake of it, then the whole was to be funded for her and her children, sole and seperate use. An extract from this will was the paper in question, and when sha- refused to part with it, the hushanl took up a case knife, and with dreadful oaths and imprecations swore he would have her life; being thus put in dread and fear; of her life, she exhibited the present articles. Mr. Justice BAILEY thought it would have been as well to have gone to the Sessions with it, for in these cases the remedy was very often worse than the disease; but under all these cir cumstances, he admitted the articles,and the husband was b..siud over to keep the peace. In the eau of a Manda Mus to the Mayor of Plymouth to pro ceed to a new election for a Mayor, the rule to chew cause against the Mandamus was enlarged fur a week. COURT OF ARCHES, DOCTORS' COMMONS. NIONDAY, NOV. 11. NEWIIERY V. GOODWIN. This was a prosecution instituted by Mr. Newbery against the Rev. Dr:Goodvvin, Curate of Heathfield, Sussex, upon va rious charges of altt.;ring the service, and brawling in the church. Being called upottior his defence, his proctor pleaded an affirm ative issue, admitting the truth of the charges. The Judge therefore, Orr J. Nicuoi.) proceeded to pass sentence, and de creed—That the Rev. Samuel Charles Goodwin be suspended from the ministration of his office; but, from the consideration of his submission and acknowledgment to the Court, it should be fur two weeks only. That a monition against him he issued and read in the Church, to refrain, in future, from offending its the manner charged in the articles, and that he be cunderane4 in casts of suit. 1 1 0L1(:E. 1111%. CAM 11471,1 L Ado ' e some tittr, since stated the robbery of Elizabeth Collier, a young woman in the service of Mr. Giles, a respectable farmer residing at Horsham, near Weybridge, in Surrey, on the 21 it of October last, by a gang of gypsies.—The young woman had been sent by her mistress, on the day mentioned, to Wey bt !ge, for a bottle of port wine for a sick cottager. She was met on her return, about ten o'clock in the morning, near Sir John Frederick's park, by a gypsey woman, who Insisted ou telling her fortune. Collier replied, she knew her fortune already, and Wai endeavouring to get from her, when two men rushed out upon her, seized her, and dragged her some way from the road, knocked her down, and took front her pocket a 11. bank-note,"s(one silver, her shawl, and a bottle of port, and not content with having thus plundered her, they •tabbed her under the breast, and in the lower part of the back. The poor girl made the best of her way home, and a pursuit being set on toot; a man and woman were apprehended, whom Collier swore to, and they were committed for trial. The other maa has been since apprehended, and also fully committed to trial. BO W-STR EFT. Wednesday James Crawford Gerrard, who has assumed the rank of a Captain, was brought before Mr. GRAHAM, for farther examination ; although a number of persons have made charge against him at the office, none of them came. forward, notwith standing they were informed he was to be brotOit up. He was, therefore, committed for trial on the charge on which he was firstapprehendrd—for uttering a forged note for 601. purporting to be an acceptance of Smith, Payne, aild ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, ,S-c. On Monday application was made at the Bow-street Othce,, for an 011icer to attend at Mr. Clarke's, In the Edgeware-road, in conAeglienoe of a female servant who had been discharged refusing to quit the house, and behaving iu a very disorderly manlier; in consequence Lack was bent. On his arrival th, re, to his great surpriie, he found, the girl had hanged herself is t:ic back kitchen;and the house in the grcate st state of con fusion, the mist! *.; having fainted on 'her first discovering thi girl hanging. A milkman came in and cut her down. A medical gentleman was immediately called in, and by timely assistance she was in a short time restored to life. Atter her recovery, the Officer prevailed on her to leave the house quietly. d ' d:. \