The National Register. — London, England, 1812-06-07 00:00:00

=IEII -- U JI.TNE 7. E NATIONAL REGISTER. r - MIMS ZNIPM•• moray havwg, for its present object to remunerate such invaluable services ; a.ld, for its ultimate scope, to animate and encourage, by the noble prise. of bvcoming worthy of such high rewards, the brave de fenders o! . out country, who are at this moment exposing their blood, and their live, for the security and glory of Great Britain and her Allies, cannot be seen without the liveliest emotions of national interest, lust pride, and well-grounded happiness. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. ;---. SATURDAY, JUNE 6. Mr. BaovGirmit, on behalf of certain journeymen weavers, in the County t,f Cumberland, moved for a writ of mandamus, to be directed to the Justices of that county, commasding them to assemble, and snake a rate of wages according to the Statute of the sth Elizabeth, chap. 4. sec. 17. The affidavit upon which the motion was grounded, stated the distressed state of the journeymen weavers of that county, from the present reduced state of wages, the high price of provisions, and the gem ral depression of trade throughout the country. That ap plication had been made to the Magistrates under these circumstances, a-k emble and make a rate of wages, according to the Statute, and evi deltic was (ffered by the applicants in the usual way ; but the Magis trate; declined bearing any evidence, and refused altogether to act in the rrernises, upon the grounds that they were not authorised so to do lithe Statute The Court after looking into the words of the Statute, and finding the term' of the affidavit in conformity therewith, granted a rule to shesv Thursday, the Judges met in the King's Bench Trea. Bury Chambers, Westminster Hall, to choose their cir cut's. ibme.—Lord Eilenborough, Lord Chief Baron. AVorfolfr.—Sir James Mansfield, Mr. Justice Heath. Westr-n.—Mr Justice Cbambre, Mr. Baron Graham. Orford.—lVir. Baron Thomson, Mr. Justice Le Blanc. r Justice Grose, Mr. Justice Gibbs. • Vorthern—Mr. Baron Wood, Mr. Justice Bayley. ATTEMPTS AT ASSASSINATION. We have the painful task of recording two premeditated attempts at assassitiation, one of which took place on Friday night, at a gentleman's ; l ouse at Ham, near Richmond ; and the other at the village of Appleton near Harrow, on Saturday morning. The following are the particulars of the litter case, from the depositions taken at the Marlborough-street Police leilice, on Saturday evening:—Mr. Burrows, a hay salesman, re siding at Appleton, was suddenly attacked in his chaise, near his resi de-we, by --- Bowler, a neighbouring farmer, who discharged the con teas of a blunderbuss at him. The following are the particulars of the case. The assassin, who is a man 70 years of age, called at the Smith's shop, on horseback, at five o'clock on Saturday morning, accompanied by his grandson, aiel produced a blunderbuss, the lock of which he ask ed leave to make s..tre to go off, as he wanted so shoot a mad dog. After he had done sonic I:jug to the luck, he left the piece in the shop, 1 eying described it as being loaded, and walked by the side of the canal, whilst his grandson led his horse about the road. The canal path commands a view of Mr. Burrows's residence; and after walking there nearly two hours, he returned to the smith's shop, when Burrows was approaching it; and having Lkeit up the blunderbuss, he met him, and presented it, whin Burrows called out For Gud's sake, don't shoot me," and in clined his head upon his legs. The assassin, however, pulled the trigger, and Mr. Burrows fell when the former mounted his horse, and rode off. We are happy to state that Mr. Burrows is not considered in any danger„ he was slightly wounded in the neck, and one of the dna lodged itself in his back, near the blade bone. An extraordinary circumstance oc curred on Sunday, about two o'clock : a man brought the horse hone • which Bowler rode of with, and o:. inquiry it was found to be th i beadle at Harrow; on further imptiry it appeared that Bowler had given a man a 11 note to take the horse to a schoolmaster at Harrow, with a letter, but after the delivery of the surse he lost nu time in making his departure, so that this circumstance gave no clue to Bowler's re treat. Great hopes are, however, entertain-.d of his speedy apprehen sion, as an offs .er was within a short distance from hi:n on Sunday, in the neighbourhood of Aylesbury. Bowler was a man of morose disposi tion, rude in his manner, and has been-fetich shunned by his neighbours. Tie was formerly a smuggler ; has accumulated good property, and has a numerous grown up family. 'There was no other ground for his vile unmanly conduct, than that in a quarrel betwesn Mr B h orrows and him, aboet six weeks ago, respt cling salve lep;ongs of poleards, the former, in reply to %nine very bad language, told line, that if he had bad Lis due, be would not then have been in this country. In the case of the other attempt at murder, a- Ham, of which jealousy api ears to have been the case, the assassin is iii cu.tod y. and wall examln- El at Kingston on Saturday. He was a footman at Ham, and the vb . jeet of his rancour was the lady's maid (to who he paid his addresses) in the same family. Some friends from London called on her on Fri day, and she accompanied them to Ham fair, where hhe is said to have taken the arm of one Of the company. The assassin lead previously given her to understand he would shoot her if she took the arm of any man ; and on hei entering the house; he verified the threat, by-discharging a pistol at her, loaded with s ugs. The young woman received the charge chiefly in her arm, ,hut her head and tide have also sustained injury.•-. She is expected to survive. The assassin is lodged in King.iton gaol. BoyeLEti.—Vie learn frOm the molt respectable authority, that the greatest hopes continue to be entertained of Mr. Burrows 's recovery. His medical attendants being of opinion, that the ball which•i¢ not yet extracted, will do no harm. Mr. Burrows ►s a most intimate friend of the family of Bowler. Depositions of itnesses of the most respecta , le charac ter have bee►► taken, and they all agiee that Bowler has been act►►ally de ranged at times for upwards of twelve months past, and was evidently affected in his head on the morning he committed the rash act. The Public therefoie, it is hoped, will suspend their judgment upon this unfortunate case until the facts and evidence shall be made known. We understand he is not taken, as the officers who went in pursuit of him have returned to London. 4 , • - POLICE. .........„..._ . MARLBOROUGH : c ' tan!: T. A strange occurrence took place at this Office on Wednesday evening, which excited considerable alarm. Two of the Magistrates were con versing together in the absence of business, when a genteel looking man approached the table in an assumite4 attitude, with his hat on, and carelessly threw a pamphlet on the tal;lc, demanding that it should be perused, and the grievances therein complained of redressed, or '• he would do for some of them." On his uttering the last expression, he drew from a side Is 'cket a knife, u 'sheathed, such as is used for slaying cattle, and then left the room, pointing it at the Magistrates. The in 'ruder immediately made his escape. lie again made his appearance at the Office ) . .stcrday, and was immediately taken iiAti custody, and •, handcuffed. On searching him, the knife which he presOted, in his threat to the Magisl rates, was found. The prisoner underwent an ex 'amination yesterday before Mr. CON NANT ; but he assigned no other reason for his alarming conduct, than that he sought redress for in juries, which were stated in the pamphlet. The prisoner's name is Le lTurc, and he is a French teacher at an academy, near London. The pamphlet is written in a romantic style, complaining of want of re dress for injuries, the nature of Which are not even stated. He had written several letters to the Government Offices, and complained of neglect in his applications at Bow-street. His whole demeanour implied a degree of insanity. He was remanded to safe custody until another day. The prisoner is of French parents. but born in England, has been a French mariner, and an English soldier, and states himself to have rendered services to Government. • ---- ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES. BELLlNciinm. A letter from this determined and desperate assassin to a friend in Liverpool, dated Isildy 11, 1812, the very day on which he perpetrated his clime, concludes with the following paragraph, sufficiently significant of the wicked purpose formed and cherished in the villain's mind, and contemplated with so little re , pugnance or remorse as merely to be talked of by him in a light and sporting sort of style : ~ I wish my affairs were come to a conclusion—every thing, in point of law, is in my favour; but Mr. l'EacKva t a:l4 the Ministry have shown themselves more inclined to favair Lord Go%YFR than do p rice to me : however, as I am resolred on having justice, in roie of tired, I will re•?i shortly play a court caril to compel them to finish the game. lam yours sincere 7 y, .'JOHN BELLINGHAM." Fuesday evening, about six. o'clock, a youth about eighteen, the Pu pil of a surgeon and apothecary, in Charlotte street, Bedford-square, put an end to his existence, in the open fi-..lds by the road-side, leading ' from Tottenham-cottrt-road to Camden-town. Tuesday morning, a dreadful fire broke out at a house of ill-fame in Gutter-lane, by which the same was burnt to the ground. Two unfor tunate persons, the one named Wats. n, who had been rider for a cfl mercial house in the city, and the other, a woman of the town, •a nled Story, both of whom ha,l t.tk'nt lodgings for the night on the -ecul , d floor, rowed from their slumbers by the 11in:es which enveloped the 's jumped, in a state of nakedness, from the wind 'w of their apa rtment into the street. Story was kilitid on the spot, and Watson w as carried to St. Bartholsunew's liospital, so desperately hurt,,as to leave no hop: 3 of his recovery.—A woman named Hes*er Queeney, servant in 04 house, Was apprehended with a part of the apparel helonging to ti'e above,unfortunate persons in her possession, and in the course of Ca: day she was eunnined ar Guildhall, on a charge of setting the hoose IM .al. fire; but after a long investig ation she was liberated, the ulTialliCe Whig stliEciently strong ° warrant her committal. 31 ••••••• MM. c!os y Btu ot plic 19 I . 11;1' to u tin Via $ in att4' its •,1 Sri Poi fair tu ii thal the Xll 1 Fri Dec Pic, 901. Of r, 1101[ P calf 'Ch Drat Eve❑ An 1 14. 1. firm Rider Palle Arab ASSep - FA I %V