The National Register. — London, England, 1818-04-13 00:00:00

- nt&IgTEIV -I'lB- ~. i Afnit It COPYRIGHT .IC7'. At a meeting of the Syndics for the Pithlie Library. helts at the University . of ('ambridge. on spoil the thit inst., it was ordered, that varioes'extracts should be printed from Professor publi cation. entitled. 't A Vindication of the Bights of the I•nivorsities in Groit Britain to a Copy of every new Publication." and that. with certain obst‘vations thereinto) annexed. they should be cirets hated amongst the Nlembers oldie House en Lords and of the Mouse of tstiatioits. From faets which have lately transpired in Parliament: It is certain that the obligation imposed ueon an author to deliver iu the different Universities. gratuitously, a certain number olconies alas work May amour...in some C 336, to a tax so enormous:a to deter him from. attempting to publish it. The most expensive iM consequently the miest elaborate works. will therg - re be the mien likely of all others to perish or lie dormant in the bruin of him who conceives them ; and the chance of publication will be inversely as the value of the book. The question. then, is briefly thiss.:.:Wlit tiler would the greatest mischief result from the slow. imperfect. and precarious' public:4nm ; in other words, from tht, vattigl suppressom of the higher class of literary performances. or ITOIII the pmsilvility that cer tain learned col immures might nut think sniper tr buy them ? It tit`etllS 34 if a choice snust be matte between the voluntary ii,moratice of sonic very richly endowed bodies, and the neeessory ignorance of the public at large r from the oppression and discouragement of men of genius. We are not blind to the unquestionable merits of our na tional establishments for the iwoinotion of learning; we arc anxitor, Maly that they should . not be inArnmental in defeating the ends of *tar creation. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. Ikeld, a corporal in the Life (hoards, and N. Nixon, a private in the same Regimetir; were indicted for an assault on A. I'ynll, a constable of the parish of Mury.lei bone, on the night ofilie 2711 s or December last; Pyall stated; that be was On duly, when his attention was attracted by the'springing ora watchman's rattle at the top of Williams's Meal, ahicb Maas atm occupied by the soldier's stabling. He saw a large crowd collected, and seve ral soldiers were engaged in the mob. Witness took hold of one of the soldier's artits, and was Icel . , grermatle him to go house. He was soon surrounded by 11 rtt 14 soldiers, one of whom struck him. He pulled unt los stain asid'attempted to take the man who Mimi; him into custody, hut was imam ' thately knocked duwn himself. he cup of one of the men who struck him fell O . near him ; this the witness secured, and it afterwards appeared that 1.. e name of Nixon was in it. Furlell. a watchman, stated, that the riot commenced by three Lit',' Guardsmen, one of alum] a as Salkeld, insulting him. and Salkeld striking him a ith a cane. The Serjeant of the Mary -le-bone watch house was called to the sput by the riot; saw tt:e soldiers very active; some of them acre armed with stieks; he saw une with a shovel, and another with a pitchfork ; he saw 'Pyall whilst on the ground, with his head bleeding.—This was the case for the pi oseention. Mr. Alley, fur the defendants, raMcd Corporal Harley, he saw a crowd of] or 300 persons at the top of the Mews; there COUNTY ASSIZES.- KINGSTON. 1410NILIV. Tiny!. OF LORD SO. AVER'S CAME' KEEPER. • Georg; Ailercwag indicted for having discharged at Wm• Brown, on the 17th of February last, a loaded sun, with in tent him to kill and murder, Mr. Curwood stated tin -ease for the'proscention. The evidence for the presecutiOn'ildS been 110ly delailed in our Police Report. James Peeves, the clerk of Uniortnall, said; that the pri soner was brought to the otfire by warrant under the capital charge. but the 31agistrate afterwards admitted him to bad for a misdemeanour. Mr. Boron Wood.—Tht.n the Magistrate, be he who he may. acted extremely wrong. The pi isoner, in his defence, that hh saw the thtee men un the night of the 17th, evidently on the watch for poaching. He taxet: them with the intention, and wanted to stop them, but they iesiited and he was compelled to arrest the course of Brimii. When lie had dune so, another of the party widded river him a bludgeon. He did not know Brown, fur he wareoncealed in a brewer's cap ; bad he known hint, lie would not have tired, fur he had been out with him at nights before; that the . part• :Mended poaching was evi dent, from sticks being placed for setting nets and wires at some distance: OLD BAILEY. MIWODAY. Aortrr.fi. Fortos:nroit.—.Tames Butler, Mary `paid, and Wilson, ',ere brought tip to the bar under a char t ze of forgery. They all pleaded guilty to the ii.inor offence, which stalijtrts them to l t ears' eransportatata• Nlattliias Maher, who was brought up last session'ifi a state of de. rtngement. on a charge of forg,:ry, aial attempted to jump over tli prisoners dock, tris aga n brought up this day, and appealing to be still insane, his trial wait postponed.. William Latimer F.:m*ll%w was twice sequitted on cli7r-ges of stealing money out of letters ; hut was detained to be tried fur steal ing some articles out of a ilwelling.house. TUKsrt.‘y. Twenty•fintr priitoncis were tried, one evi whorn were capitally Convicted, viz.—T. hr.}gati;• l%r stealing a piece of kerseymere, the property of T. Beck. in his dwellMg-lion.e. ; Seventeen were conv:etal of felony: viz.—F. Allen and W. John son, for stealing two jackets and two waistcoats; A. NUPliail, for stealing a watch ; J. Evans, for stealing !Met shawls, and other articles, and a 11. bank me; .1. Scutt, for :'ceiling :is pigs ; T. Bland and W. Green, for stealing foot hooks. fineli is. and dis t'6:lMM: C. Hayford, for stealing a p+ir .111 111 , 01-5 .1. Williams, tier stealing two 11: bank-notes. and l:.s. est. in . silver t 11. Clark, for stealing fil. in hank notes ;J. Davis and lirown„ for stealing two pigs; J. Green and J. Sirrither, for stealing re tioantity of sheet lead. WrnNEsuOti'. rliza Moreton wes indicted for qutthtity of wearirg ap parel to a large amount, the property ofJu'lin Ilaskeri tile. The pro.ecntrix will a laundress. and lird employed the prisoner risl washerwoman, and placed great conti•lence in her, as she had known her for some time. On Met Mardi, she mixad the articles charged in the indictment. The prisoner did not return, and witness in the course of the day called at her lodgings to inquire what de tinned her. While she was talllng the prioner came in, confessed having taken the articles, and hav;ng pawned them in Whitechapel. She gave up the duplicate of the article,: The pawnbroker proved his having received the articles front the primmer. The rnry found a venliet—Guilty, amiliath the .iiire and thepmsecu trix recommended her to mercy. The latter 'tared, that it• the pri- Inn er iraz at liberty lie aunW again cm►any her. The Recorder in *cling language, ottitian'ed the prisoner against the repetition of such conduct, onlerctl her td tic tined a aligling, and then diseharked. THURSDAY. After some trial% of small importance. the ditnient prisoners, amounting td 191, were, at seven o'clock in the'eAlting. brought up tor .1114mient. The follaa ing Qa prisor.ers were semi need to' death r,—lferirr Horne, Henry Green, Joseph Davis. Edward Benjamin, Joseph Jones. Thomas Sailer. John Perkins, Henry Suiger, John Hilmar, Jane Carv:r, Thomas neatly, William I lutchim. James llntehins, a young lad, Henry CET, William Phillips, Thomas Sin'tli,Williarn ,Zones, Sarah Overall, Archibald Winter, John IVilson. John Chap. roan, alias F. Carman, l'hotilds Smith, Thoma , Pork, a boY. Wil l:am Young. Williara Eromian, Thomas !brbell, Allen Gregory,. and Chart, Wayne. John Harris, William Carr, William Bailvy, John Raney. and Jdho Williams, were sentenced to be tran •ported for their natural I is es. John Thorareon, John Howne. Mary Shame, StMill %N . IIMIII. 111 aud Janie. Butler, who had been indicted Fitt tbr e...ry, and who pleaded guilty to the minor ntgaire, were sentenced to It years' transportation. Six other prisoner,. received the same betetetwe. Sixty pri.oners were sentenced to seven years' transportation, and the rest %et,: ordered to be istiprisoutri foe various periods. The next examination of Doris, whn is confined in 'MIMI:• fields pi ison, it is Said, will take place on Jluud.ly. Davis's Cllilef Was a military 'Ater. lle was himself for some time an °direr in %tic west litl , lleses ilisia, in Wllllll hi. retained the rank of will.° he von •red to join the militia corps which oifercil its bervites for the army of Lord Welling• ton, in the year 11414. In coot equence of thus v ohnitrei lug, Davis was appointed to s JAIIIINII,III4* in the 62.1 w ith % blest he served for stone 'Mae 111 C1111:1014. tie %%al lately placed npun half.pay, and has not lung Seturnrd ft,„ll 11:411 , 1 , 1.1. Move his remit' this inrfortamate 111411 114 b 111111i:11A UN IA .51. W • character llitllernello, oho has an long car ried nil Ins dew cdatious to the tenor (Write inhabitants LI the New l'utie•l and its vit inity. 1111(1 for w how Rees; ltwards Is tire nova ottrreil, is ai itngth taken. 'fills des; end° has long eluded the vigilance of the ' , Steen, and has avert led M i mi( hi A w ood two Ila It fold, tor sonic tittle pa• t ; lint the kostl rof lAa shut• ism, hy stratagem th-rwrered his retrea', ~,,,r eve dell in taking fuel. Ile is mute is FOS 11114.11 14 411.-145 n. on e•ou eicr. Finty-six sbi lists, scarcely lajiteet Icy time, of the (gale part of thr reign of (lama Elizabeth. were discovered in small sldeer boa, a few days ago. tk s Mall while ploughing in a piece of grimed. et Oarronli, mar 1.;n0.., in Ito:col:a:Lir.% ytun lac ercL'itt. as Nit. h o op of wrs retinal% home. near II Mont, he Was iii:::;1.14.11 by three rutliatr , dressed a. sailors,, whoa , ,z:zetl hint Gnu, Owned in a ino,t brutal Milliner a con:ider-• able di Adore into a tici wl er,! the villains throe him down. and havii,„- ladled not at knife. ll.reateued his iif: if lie prcsinred to say a word ; two of 61011 !lad down while fie other robbtil him of a valuable silver wine,' and n Its. r4:1111TV Rank note. aftel which one of them took Willis own tacker and e.tilianged it to: Mr. Hockley's coat. _ _ • Itznkes . s fonowinq tlic Berktiq Tawsioy ltt, smit:llk took fr:,.bt, hcramc gu.il ;eh, by which a::tdent L'a1fr.....1% 1 6 Is Az ;were at that time eight or ten soldiers opposing thrm, and using their endeavours t, prevent their going into the Mews. —The mob were ea:ling the soldiers " Pieradilly thitchers," and other opprhbions names. Witness desired the soldiers to go to their stables, which they did, and shut the doors. There were at this time several watchmen among the eretvd. Wit ness desired they would go and disperse the mob, otherwise he should not ire able to keep his men in. The rit n were at this time many of them np at the hay-loft windows. The mob continued abasing the soldiers and pelting Osten with mud, and swearing they would have theta out. Upon this, the Adios could bear it nu longer they 'ldled out, and. arm ing themselves with sticks, drove the mob unt ofthe Mews ; but they did nut go into she street. The soldiers conducted ,themselves quietly till they were pelted. J. 'rate, a private, saw three Men attack Corporal Talk ,and knack him down. Witness went to his alsistatfev. The "snob cont . dto abuse hint,and struck at him whilst he was !getting up. The assault upon Malkeld was the first act of di‘turbanee, and this took place at the top of the Mews. 0. Greening was going to see what the row was, when, without say ing a word to any one, he received widow from a Constable's staff, which knocked him down; and, when on the ground the watchman beat hies. Pyall knocked him down. Gen. Barton bad known Salkehtfor nine ortet years ;•he was a most orderly and well conducted nth. Pyall cane to him the morning alto the distuthance, and then ►aid Ire did not know who the soldier was that assaulted him. Mr. Andrews then called Pvall and re-examined him. 'tra inees never told Gen. Barton litat he did not know who ay.:Hilt ed hint ; Ire did not till him he was not a constable. Gen. Batton treated him with great iuditiCrenee,-and . said, he sup posed h' (the witness) Na• wrong. Mr. Alley then called Corporal G. Gregg, who was prrlent when Pall called on Gem Barton, who asked Pyall whether he knew the man who assaulted him. He replied he did not ; hut lie pulled n cap , nit of his pocket, and said, this would give Itim sufficient evidence. Gen. Barton asked him what lie was; whether he era, a constalsle. Ilyall replied, he was not a constable, but a remover of 'sauces. The. jury found the defendants Guilty. The Court deferred pasbilig acutcnce till the alljournmeht Jay. The defendant, Ale m ►he uteau tiwc cunuwtted to the House of Correction. INQUES're: Last week a gentleman took his passage in the Se:tether smelt, which w'rs to sail next da; from Nlillet s-wharf, Lower East Smith field, to Aberdeen. After he went on board he went up the rigging and remained there for some time; Ile at lust came down and pulled out several bibles and prayer books, and began to pray devoittedly,— At night he went to bed in the cabin. and the next morning he was holml lying on the lied with his clothes on, his knees butt- upwards, his features distorted, and quite dual. The circumstance being made known, a gentleman cause forward and recognized the Lody to be that of W. B. Trevelyan, Esq. lie instantly gave directions for the body to be removed to the house of an untiertaer, whom he di rected to put the body into a leaden coffin. and keep it at his house until further onlers trout him. On Saturday night an inquest was bell on the body, at the Cock end Lion tavern, but in couscquenee of the vessel having sailed. there was im evidence except a watchman on Miller's-wharf. who stated' the above tacts. An empty phial was fantail near the deceased, with le label indicating that one drop of the eortents was equal to thur drops of healunum. Mr. Evans and Dr. llolloway were directed to open the body of the deceased, which they accordingly did. but could nut decide upon the contents of the tu mach. Toe inquest was adjourned to• Monday, when Mr. Eriali attended, and reported that the contents of die stomach had liven sent to Guy's Ilosp dal to be analysed, but haul not vet been rstutned, and he could not state the itsadt : there was about half a tea-cup tall of thud found in the stomach. which he thought was opium. Under these eituumstances, the Coroner again adjourned the inquest until the surgeons gave in their report. The Coroner sot for a thill time on Wednesday. T. Holloway, surgeon FAVTII.-. 0 " disseetod the body f the !laid in the swniach has been analysed; it is a mixture of broth. with opium; cannot venture to say whether the opium cieca.ione,l the (Lath or nut; the quantity found on the stomach would not have been fatal to a person in the habit of taking opium ; I think it proba ble he died a natural death." Mr, I. ltolterts, a surgeon. in Mark-Laic. was prcgent at the di.. Feetion ; saw no st inptont of di-case, excepting the turgidity of the vessels of the head ; is inclined to attribute the death w the pressure on the K. Cartwrit:ltt Esq., of Vauxhall, had known the deceased for yule years; knew lie was in the luibit of taking 'pilau 4.4 a niedicine ; law the it...ceased, thr the last ' On Tuesday wick; he ww, then o weak. that witness reinarked that it was iiiirhisible Ulu deceased ,could continue long. A numbcr of otilirg:ntleincit deposed to the declining health of dl? decc.isAl. The jury, after a short consultation. returned a verdict of—\atu tal An limited was held List week at Shadwell, before Mr. 1 - nwin, on the holy of a p•sr , r old woman, who died on Toursilay last. It up. that the ilec•zam.d, who hail lately lost her son, in a fit of ilesp,mdency borstlf into the river. A watchman risk her out, and with the asskance of pother wattionan carried her to Shailwell watch house. The b:4; bed revs. home ill, and had takea toe keys with him. The watchnieu not knowltieor not cari what was to be done, threw the pair %Vernal. %tin lei:, completely drenched and in a atitte stapor. into a.dark hok, where sji worn !.1 WOrC in conlimment. Sue dic:l in ttr.rwt.rse 14 the nl-114 0.. e • panions, who wi.rt: nut Ling able to In of aay as:id:wee to her. A surgeon who wi:s called in at 10 - r death, and who wag esamined on the in qut:st, gave w. opinion rlwt her life might probably have been saved had timely oose been tai..;) , si her.— I tint! from celi and gross tr:glert. The (nCratCli undertook to ineestliate the cue, Witnesses were es aminell to rare that the sticks and nets were such to art used iirentrapping game. Several witnesses were also called to speak to the character 'of the prisoner; and they concurred in utating.that he was a man of good temper and humanity. Mr. Baron Wood charged the Jury.—llis Lordship was clearly of opinion, that the act which had Keen committed, was wholly sinjostitiable ; and :be only question fur the Jury to try was, whether the act had been done with it.wicked and malicious intent. The Jurylavint: ooneulted for about half an hour, returned • a verdict of Nut Gnilty. Mr. Baron Wood then warned the prisoner against such • rash, and desperate conduct as he had pursued, and he was discharged. VnIDAY. This morntag Jahn Fawcet t baker, WI 7wought into court. and arraigned, for the murder of his son, John Fawect, be shooting at • hint with a pistol, on the Lith of Mardi last, in St. Olace'. r,outit wark. Tit prisoner is an unetnumunly grave and thoughtful look ing man He was respectably dressed in Hack, and wore long lank black hair. As soon as he took his scat in court. he applied his hat to his forehead, and seemed to be occupied for a few minutes in deep devotion. lie plcialed '• not guilty" with tirmrtv4. There was no counsel tOr the prosecution. Mr. Adolphus was counsel for the pri soner. _ . _ . May Ann lush. aged Alm 11-years of age said, her Mother was dead. and slew. Wade kept house for her father. Mrs. Fawret was not along with them at present. Site lived in the house on the 13th uf'Marcb t and also her son, John Faweet. She knew the prisoner.• remembered his coming to their house on the 13th, a little before 9 at night. The skit was opened, and he came in. Ile asked if her fa-- titer was at Lime. Site made to answer, but went towards the stairs an " Father," twice. The prisoner then asked who was at home. She ee'led " Father" again. He asked whether John was at home, meaning his son. She suid, " Nu." She knew he was at home. hut he hid threatened to murder hint. Ile said, " Never mind, I'll go up stairs to him.' Ile got to the third step of the stairs, ss John was coming dearer. Ile then drewback step by step, till he got on the bit of hoind that was Milled t& 'lie stairs. He ad vanced to the first step again, while John was on the third step. The prisoner then fired %Mita pistol John was , dose to hint. John and he cattle thendown together ; and When the former got into the shop. he fell on his knee and left elbow. Prisoner turned round, looked at him. and said:. " Ali !" John avid nothing. The prisoner than walked out of the shot. Cross-examined by Mr. Adolphus.—. Father did not tell her what words to use. Her father kept a pOINtOO and oyster slep. She was left to keep the shop. lice father and his housekeeper were up stairs.• the housekeeper was Mrs. Wade. She told her to call her Wade. berause she said, the prisoner had another wife in Yorkshire. She was Mrs. Fawe•e they had lived next dsor, toiler tlither, and. had three children. John was one of them. and ,ear 20 years of age. Mrs. Fawret had lived a few months with her father before the 15th of March. She and her father did not sleep together. There were btu two beds in the house; she and her brother anti sister occupied one• of them, Site had not seen how the other bed was occupied.- Met Feweet was there early and late. Before that, her father was in prison. She used to go and we him there. Mts. Fats cet brought clothes from her husband's house to her father's:, and witness and lice. brother and slater were clothed with clothes belonging to die prison-- yes eitildien. lice huller was then in prison. The prisoner had come to the house about a month before, to get bark his wife, ho CM: het lather then and Mrs. EaWeet, but she refused to go with him. .lane Cummins, oonfitmed the forgoing statement. Mr. W. Speeelt,attorney. Mott the prisoner, and afterwards the • pistol, winch he found thrown away in the yard. F. Bas.ett, dre.oer in St.'thonnts's lavpital, saw the deceased in that hospital. Cross-exaroined...-DeceeEed expressed t*- him in a very feeling manner, that he believed his father had had no intention to hoot him; and eXpressed himself as a feeling son would of an to father. The prisoteer when called upon for his defence, gave in awritten explanation of hi , conduct. Ile lied been married 20 years to Mrs. Faweet. and had 15 children by her. He had kept a baker's shop in the NI ile-end.road, and leid beer. happy till his wife's misconduct had ruined him. She took away his goods and gave them to Bosh. with whom she lived when his son wits untintenately killed. Site had often got him arrested on flaw pretences. Site had gnt him inm 111%in:cross-street prison, where Bush was imprisoned, and there sun . nfied Bush wnh every thing, while site never came near him, or paid him any attention. Site ut last enabled Bush to obtain his relewe, and frond that moment she lived in his house. He obtained his ells. charge notwithstanding the plunder and the defamation he had sus tained by his wife, his creditors well knowing that she had been the author of all his ini•iiirttines. When he went to insist upon her return to him, she wild hint that she had a sharp knife, and that if he ever came mete her again, she world stab him to (heath. Ilis sort was tinthrumiekly led in Ste with his mother and Bush. He was very tensions. to geld! ItM• nut of their hands; and gomg with that intention. he tilt it nececsary to arm himself with a pistol, in coase • titmice of his wife's threat. The pistol unfortunately went ; and the consequene: was the death of his son; which none could lament more bitterly titan he did. As to Bush. be had the effrontery to appear that day in leis clothes; and his child, Mary Ann Bush, w•i , dressed in the clothes of h i s children. With this explanation he kit his case in the hands of (Ind, mid of the Court and Jury. .1. Lenten, mister baker; .1. Elem. a mpe-reaker ; Lodge, a victualler ; It. Brown, a carpenter ; J. Falkeer, and his wife. all front MiL•end.road; and 11. • ewton, clerk to the London Fhatr Cotonou, had known the prist,tna for nemy years. and lace hint the beet poesible character as a husband a father, eat a twig , boor. Hannah Richmond, °daughter of NI Fawcet by a former mar rioge, suit) site was a hide chili when i cr raether was utimied, 211 Yeats ago. to the ntisaner. Ile took her into his house and treated her as Isis own child. with the 'moot: tel &s-mss. She wet anew mar ried. it W.li Six years since site ceased to live in the rfi doer's he:use. lie always behaved towerds the decea.ee with atfeetiona.e tenderness. He ass an of Mum:: good il:nn to al. his children. I J. ticerge, while making a distree.l en Bush's go Als. !turd du.