The National Register. — London, England, 1808-03-20 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. A %elf for it SO. IS MI) l'S.—The Bill was then read a third time and passed. Mr. Alderman Combo moved the order of the day, for the House taking into consideration the Petitions from London, Liverpool, and Manchester, against the Orders in Council.— Agreed to. Mr. Broom, Counsel for the Petitioners, was called to the Bar, who stated the object of his clients, in appearing before the House was with a view of sheaving the operations of the Orders in Council, as injurious to the trade between this Country and America. Mr. Woods, Mr. .7. Phillips, and Mr. G. Palmer, were teverally examined, relative to the Petition from Man chester, and Mr. A. Glennie, and Mr. Bell, in support of the London Petition, w hen further proceedings on this business were adjourned till Tuesday next, and the evidence was ordered to be printed.—Adjoareed. PROV I. CIA LS. MAIDSTONE ASSISES, MARCH 10. SHERWOOD P. HOMPESCH. Mr. Espinasse stated, that this wa- An action against Charles Antnaie Ilomnesch, for libel ot the plaintiff and his wife. 111 r. Serje tin Snenpard ruse to address the Jury, and in one of the most ilea:int speeches we ever remember •!, have heard in a Court of JuAire, stated the nature and olLieet of the action. He observed, that, from the circumstance of all female auditors being desired to leave the Court, the Jury would nwarally in fer that the libel complained of was t* a );-t that s h ou ld not he suffered to reach a delicate mind; indeed he wished he could spare than and the Court the pain of hearing read ore of the most abominable and-filthy compositions w hich ever poluted paper, or stained the records of a Court of Justice. The ca:e in every (11W of libel, would involve three eonsideratiens : tie t, whether the paper Si 3 tell 1% a. a libel; secandlv , whether the de fendant was the author and publisher of it ; and thirdly, if these two points were established, R hat ought to be the measure of damages which the plaintiff was entitled !O receive: As to the first pond. whether the paper was a libel or not, it would he m e rely nevec! ;Iry to read it to the Juts, and the character of would directly be manifest ; secondly, that the defendant t vaS the author of it, tie shoold prove by es idenre, which, in his nn was w itolly conclusive 1 fur he should rail a series of witnesses, who, if his instructions did not deceive him, would prove that it was the studied composition of the Defend:tut, ti wh o m it was imputed.---The Learned f4erjeant then deserilied the libel. It wa- proved that the plaintiff married his wife in 1195. Se veral witnesses were then called, who proved the follow facts: that the plaintiff Shen, ood was in the heat of going to the Pa ron's house, and one Sunday in October he sat with him drinking and playing cards all the Sunday., and all the night until five o'clock in the morning ; then his wife came and fetched him home. The next day the Baron sent him a broil.• of wine to refresh his spirits, as he said, and afterwards a pl.!ister to cure the bruises which, he said, his wile might have given hint, and an ornamented home-whip to correct h:s wife. Ile afterwards f•rt about In compose a song, called. " The Termag:a:t. or flireful Kentish Talc," whit h was proved to have been given y . him to one Goodwin to be circulated. 'Phis was the libel complained of, ;IA was an obscene doggerel poem on Sher !wood's wife fetching him home : it contained neither wit, poetry, nor humour. but vulgar obscenity. These facts being vrovid, Mr. Serjeant Best, for the defendant, made an able speech in mitigation of damages.—The Lord Chief Baron summed up the evidence.—The Jury withdrew fur I , :ve minutes, stud then returned with a verdict for the plaiutill, damages At the Chelmsford nssizes, nn articu was tried, Newman esq. r. Morgan, for not taking away the tithe of grass after it was set out, but sutiering it to remain and incum ber the plaintiff's land. The plitintiff, however was non suited. The farmer, (the Judge observed,) by common law, was obliged to ted the grass for the parson, and not put it in a green state into the cock ; and the parson was not obliged to take it away, before it was turned into swarth. THE FOREST 110Htir.R.—John Pitt, aged 27, who so long Infested the Forest of Here, and robbed almost every person travelßug that way, was indicted at the Winchester assizes for feloniously assaulting John Brent, and robbing him, on the 24th of November last, on the King's high-way, in the parish of Warblim , ton. William Coldson, Esq. Nlagistrate, of Portsmoqth, deposed, that the prisoner made a full confession of tin fact of having robbed Mr. Brent ; that he bed out nut MARCH 20. any hopes of pardon to him, so far from it, that he told him to consider well before he made the comfe,sion, as his crimes were of such magnitude, that he ought not to expert any mercy. The prisoner did not make any defence. The Jury, ithoet any hesitation, returned their verdict—Guilty—Death. A dreadful instance of ferocity occurred. ahnut tt week since, at Stapleton prison. near Bristol. Two Frenchmen having quarrelled, late in the evening w ere locked up pi es inns to the settlement of the dispute; but in the niritt one or the parties, with his friend, insisted np.i - ) his antagonist's getting out of bed and tightlifg him ; thr latter agsented. It was determined that they should $.711t with the two of a pair of compasses, which was :riik•ri to half, and the points sharpened for the purpose. 'lltpy upon cat+ other, mu tually stabbing, until the aggre9tor fell lifeless on the gloom), having been pierced through the lie.irt and Ilia ft - end immediately seized the weapon from the hanri of the corpse, in , isting that the fight should he renewed with ;ilia; it c as agreed, and after a horrible reneontre, lie sitvie4 the same fate as the first. The survivor (who is much wounded. bur nut very dan.,erously) was secured as some as the circumstance was known to the guard, and a Coroner's Inquest 8:4 t 4111 hadies. As it appeared that the t o deceased persons were tileaggre ,, sors in the affair. the Jury brought in a verdict of Manslaughter against the survivor. TUESDAY S LONDON GAZETTE. BANT:.RIJIITZ7 IES ENLARGED. Nathani••l N ottingitam, brickmaker, from March?, to March at es, at the Vant Inn, Nottingham. Ralph Wa.idilove, Ainsworth Mill, Lancaster, calico-printer % from Marcl. 19 to April 9, at ten, at the Bridgwater Arta4, Mancheitcr. ~,.:. ... ~~. S. . 11 1N K nu PTs. Thomas Holmes, liershant, "l Trey, nurs.ervman, to survetilier Mardi 22, April 9, and Vl, at eleven, at Guildhall, London: At torney, 11r. Clarke, Loudon. fieortzr Sent.ll, Deptford, victualler, Marrk 19, April 2, and 26, at ten, at list:411101, London. Attoruiei, Pearce, Di von, and Allen, Paternoster-roq. V;trndell, Hartley-row, Hartford-hrie, concha - taker, \larch 22, 29, and April 26. at one, at Guildhall, London. Attorney, Mr. Vincent, Bedford -street, Bedford square, London, William Drewry, the younger, Falkingham, Lincoln. car penter, Mardi 30, 31, and April 26,at eleven, at the Greyhound Inn, Fulkingham. Attornics, Mr. Worth, !fabling, and Slessr.;.. Johnson and Gaskell, Holborn-court, Gray's-inn. William Hartland the younger, Bristol, house-carpenter, March, 30, 31, and April 26, at eleven, at the Bush Taven', Bristol. Attorneys, 1l s. Ilavnton and Mr. Cooke, Bristol ; and Mr..latnes, Gray's-inn-square. Matthew Saunders, Strand on the Green, Middle=ex, tnalt.ter„ Nlarch 22, 26, and April 2tl, at one, at Guildhall. AtturnQ, Mr. Davies, Warwick-street. Golden-square. Thomas Dickens, Gloucester -street, }lox ton, bakes, March 22, April 2, and 26, at twelve, at Guildhall. Aitontey, Mr, Sheffield, I'r*cot-street, Goodman' -fields. DIV I DLN US. April :10, Charles Ilusey and N icholus Hugely, Newpte-street, linen-drapers, at ten, at Guildhall. April Is. l'honias Wightman, Arundel, vintner, at ten, at the Norfolk Arens-inn, Arundel. Illay In. John Carleton, Hilbeck-hall, Westmorelandreot ton-spitmer, at our, at Guildhall, London. April IY. James Hurry, Nag's Head-court, Gracechurch , street, merchant, at ten, at Guildhall. April 11. Richard Powles, Nag'i4 Head-court, Gracechurch , street. merchant, at ten, at Guildhall. _ April '26. Francis henry Christin, John Calvert Clarke, and Charles Bowen, College-hill, merchants, at eleven, at Guildhall. April 14. John Jones, Eustotte, Oxford, victualler, at eleven, at the Litchfield Arms, Eustone. April 6. Alm Woodward, Liverpool, wine-merchant, at eleven, at the York Hotel, Liverpool. April 2. Elizabeth Kent, Bicester, Oxford, draper, at twelve, at Guildhall, London. April 9, Thomas Shepherd, Romford, nurseryman, at mclve, at Guildhall, London. April 16. Leonard Lester, Sheerness, alteemaktt, at flu"' at Guildhall, Loacloa. 480. 1 ANL 4b- IS6