The National Register. — London, England, 1812-04-26 00:00:00

Ell '266 1 THE NATIONAL REGISTER APRIL Q 6 judgment; and, in the course of a long and learned argument, contend ed, upon the authority of several cases decided by Lord Chief Justice Coke, Judges Foster and Blacks:one, Lord Chief Justice Hardwicke, Mr. Justice Lawrence, and Mr. Serjeant Palmer, that according to the doctrine held by. these Learned Judges, " A Jury once impannelled and sworn, and being charged with the prisoner, could not be discharged without finding a verdict, unless at the request, with the consent- or fur the benefit of the prisoner." In this case he held, that the accident which happened to the Juryman was, what was termed, " a God send." It was the act of God, and, as the principle of our religion was that God could do no wrong, the prisoner was entitled to an acquittal. Ir. Justice CHAMBRE allude d to a similar case tried before Lord Loughborough, at Durham; and Mr. Baron Tnomr so N to a more recent case, when the doctrine was held to be the contrary way. Mr. Taunton Counsel for the prosecution, was proceeding to argue in support of the verdict, when Lord ELLENBOROUGH observed, that he might save himself the trou ble, as, in all recent cases, the latter doctrine had been expressly held to be the true construction of the law, and was therefore to be taken as the law of the land. The rest of the Judges coinciding in the opinion of his Lordship, the verdict of guilty was accordingly affirmed. Some other reserved cases were also heard upon which their Lord. ships postponed their opinion. Wednesday, Mr. CLlrroan was heard at length in reply to the Irgn. ments of Mr. Richard. on the Writ of Error in the cause of Sir Burdett v. the Speaker of the siouse of Commons; after which Chiei Ju , tice MANSFIELD delivered the opinion of the Court, when judi;ment ‘‘..s even for the defendant. SLANDER.—The Attorney-General moved for a rule to shew caoce why a criminal information should not he filed against the Editor of The Brighton Herald, for a paragraph inserted in that paper reflecting on the character of Miss Somerset, daughter of GU?. Lord C. Somerset. 'Ube Attorney-General stated the libel at leith.—tt ulu Nisi granted. spoil TING. BETTING ON THE NEWMARKET, DEREV, AND OAKS sTAKES. NEWMARKET, £OO Guineas each.-6 to 4 agst Sorcery. 3to I agst Gen. Gower. 4to 1 agst Sooth,ayL•r. 4to 1 ;.gst Tr:Ale. 7to agst Bethlem Gaber. ]0 to 1 Not Trophonius. DERBY.--9 to 2 agst Manta:ila. sto I :Ist Oct.tvius. 6to 1 zgst Comus. 7 to 1 ags Whithurn. 8 to 1 agst Lord Lowther's gAaing. 10 to 1 agst Lord Egre.tionCs colt, .\.ntaz •)0. OAKS.-3 to 1 agst Duke of 12.1.;tiand's filly. 7 too agst Manue!l:. Bto 1 agst Catherine, filly. 9 to 1 agst Lady Sophia. 1•' to 1 agit Mr. Lake's Saltram, filly. 10 to 1 agst Manuella winning Derby and Oaks. ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, 4.c. Saturday se'nuight, at an early hour, a number of persons assembled in Streatham Church-yard, drawn together by curiosity, excited by the disturbed state of the grave of Thomas and Adam I.ee, who were exe cuted on Monday se'nnight, at Horsemonger-lane. for highway rcb bery, and whose bodies were afterwards interred in Streatham Church yard. On examining the grave, it was discovered that the bodies hat'. both been taken from the coffins and conveyed away. On Tuesday fortnight last, early iii the in )..ning, two murders, of the most atrocious character, were committed cn the lands of Castle Jani, in the neighbourhood of Skibbereen. On the Monday night preview, Mr. Horan, of Clontarft; having had occasion to send a young man with a sum of money to Corli , he, after having received the necesary instructions, departed H.'s about tun o'clock that night Castle Jane, and ha.' irticeeded but a short way from home on the following morning, when he was attacked and robbed and subsequently murdered. Not satified with this, the perpetrators went to the house of his mother, murdered her likewise, and threw the hotly int() an ad ; joining house near Castle Jane. The remains of the man were not discovered until the Friday, while an inquest was holden on the boly of the poor widow, Ida mother; upon which some suspicious char.ic• tern of that neighbourhood were taken to Skibbereen At Till;ngton, Sussex, !gr. T. Creswell. a respcctahle farmer, ard IVI years. He preserved his faculties till the last, and even sold, a nd hano'l:2d, his own sheep, but three days previous told; death. Ar :;aldwell, Yorkshr.e, in his lO‘Al year, William Hardy, and black smith; this veteran was in he savice of ois country twenty y ears, fought at Dettingen acid lZonLe•-.oy. * IL 4AIIIPIIINMMIOM•MMMMMDAJMIF LONDON : Printed and Edit ed b y E. ROCHE, and Published by J. FISHER, No. 5, Pickett-Street, Strand, near 'Temple-Dar ; and fo r v.arded by all Newsmen, the Clerks o f Roads, and llooksellers throughout the United Kingdom, free the Cuuntry at 10$. 31.1' per quarter. PROVINCIALS. RIOTS. MANCHESTER, APRIL 21. I take the opportunity of givihg you the earliest accounts of the dis turbances which this day have arisen at Middleton. The extensive prin ting works of Messrs. DANIEL Bo itToN and Sons ' of that village, have been attacked by a Urge mob; but Messrs. B. and Son were expecting it, and lay watch—consequently tired ; by which five of the rioters were killed, and several wounded. This town is also riotous again in different places, viz. Knott Mill, Bank Too, &c. The Liverpool coach bas just arrived—the coachman has given the following account of Ec cles the shops and other places are shut up; the passenger and coachman were stoned in passing through. There were two of the London coache , .4, filled with soldiers and ammunition, sent off to Middle ton, there not being a sufficient number of military to disperse the tool). The drums and trumpets are going round, calling the soldiers to arms ; and the horse soldiers parading the streets in different directions. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 22. Strong symptoms of riot and disturbance manifested themselves in this town last night, and the whole of this day. Parties of the Scotch Greys are parading the principal streets, and at this moment, one of the Policeßtinners, in taking a boy to prison, charged with riot, was fiercely assailed—and, no doubt, would have been killed or maimed, if a party of the miiitary had not, at the instant, appeared in sight. The complaint is the universal one—want of pro"ixion and want of employ—which gives a direct contradiction to the indiscreet and unwarranted assertion cr)f our county member, Sir CHARLES ISAORDA; NT, that the inhabitants on Birmingham were by no means in the want of either, although he had that moment presented a Petition to the House of Commons, signed by many thousands in the town, praying for relief. Our market-day is on Thursday ; and, if the present tumult does not subside before that time, the greatest apprehensions will prevail. The military are much hooted and groaned at as they pass. CARLISLE, APRIL 20. Such is the reduced state of wages paid to the operative weavers in this district, that large bodies of them are actually starving, and of late it has given rise to serious commotions. On Friday night, a body of about 500 men and women, the men armed with gulls and pitchforks, proceed ed to Dalston, a village about four miles from Carlisle, and broke open the warehouses of Messrs. RICHARDSON and DUGDALE, and carried away hams, bacon, and flour, to the amount of 5001. The military were immediately upon the alert, and marched with great expedition to dis perse the rioters, and succeeded in takirg into custody abut forty, edefly girls. The plan of the rioters appears to have been organized, as they had scoots stationed to watch the movements of the military, for long before the soldiers could reach the place of destination, the ring leaders, with the greatest part of their associates, had decamped with 401000401011Miri..0. • elicved, succeeded in lodging orse are at present patroling the streets, and 55th regiment is under arms. Alt is at present quiet but things wear a very serious aspect,rtflt . fron, scarcity of grain in Cumberland, for we had fast year a very abundant crop, but,/ruin the stag nation of trade, and the very low wages paid to the poor. Mr. PERCEVAL will scacely believe, wln.n he is informed that a weaver, working from 15 to 16 hours a day, can only earn, after allowing the accustomed de ductions, 4s. ld. a week to support himself and family. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, SA ru RIIA V, APRIL 25. DEPV; 4 E I LIE TWELVE J i:DGEIt• KING V. EDW. RDS. This case came on to he argued upon an arrest of judgment under tEe following circumstances : The Defendant had been convicted at the late OM Bailey Sessions, un der Lord Ellenborough's Act, for shoot:ng a man. Upon that trial, the evidence on the part of the prosecution was just closed, when one of the Jurymen fell down in a fit, and was carried out of Court. Being unable to return in time, tile Learned Judge who tried the cause (Mr. liaron Woon) proposed that a new Jury should be impannelled ; to this the Counsel for the prisoner (Mr. Cliprd) objected, but the objection was over-ruled. Mr. Clifford himself, being suddenly taken ill, W 35 obliged to leave Court, but directed the Deputy Clerk of the Peace to c::: - X...nge the eleven Gentlemen of the former Jury as they came to b sworn. The Clerk of the Peace did ro accordingly, but the Learned Judge over-ruled the objection. Tile same Jury, with the addition of one, were again impannelled and sworn; the Prisoner was again put upon his trial, and found guilty. Upon which an arrest of judgment was moved. Mr. Clifford, as Counsel for the prisoner, supported the arrest of T N°. 21 .--;,...i A fe ples prep -trl plosion but a f i. n'? 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