The National Register. — London, England, 1822-03-25 00:00:00

KENT ASSIZES. MAIDSTONE, MARCH 22.—John Haywood was in dicted for the wilful minder of Elizabeth, the wife of \Vint:tin lnipett, by shooting her with a gull in the side, loaded with powder and shot, at SeDings. in this county, ou the Bth of September last. The deceased was the wife of a small farmer, at Sel lin as, iti tills county. The prisoner had lodged in the house where Mr. and Mrs. I inpett lived. The prisoner had formed an attachment for the deceased, and on the morning of the day nwntiotted in the indictment, after the husband had gone to harvest work, the prisoner me viewed his overtures, and being disappointed, carried into effect the deadly intentions which brought hint to the bar of justice. ‘Vittiesses were called to sopport the case for the pro 'petition, and the dying declaration of the deceased was 1:3(1 as follows: " I, Elizabeth linpett, with the prospect of death before me, do most solemnly declare that J. Haywood, inflicted the wound in my side, of which I expect to die, and that he did it with a loaded gun, in consequence of . my refusal to yield to his embraces this morning. —To this declaration the deceased made her cross, and the doctor signed it as attesting witness. The prisotier was without counsel. Being called upon to make his defence, he said he had nothing to say in his de fence. It being suggfsted that the prisoner was deranged in his mind, Mr. Agar the keeper of Maidstone goal. was called and examined by the learned Judge, who deposed as follows:—The prisoner has been in my custody since September last. 1 have particularly observed hint at his meals, and at bed-time. I saw no hing like derange ment in his mind His understanding seemed perkctly clear. He has had fits two or three times in the night, which he has accounted for, in consequence of his be. ing uneasy about the woman. Mr. Baron Graham summed up the evidence with great minuteness and impartiality.—The Jury, after a few minutes deliberation, found the prisoner guilty. 'Fite learned Judge proceeded, in an impressive man ner, to pronounce the :mini sentence of the law, and ordered the prisoner for execution on Monday. The prisoner seemed perfectly unmoved during the trial, and in the last awful stage of the proceedings, he seemed perfectly collected, and apparently resigned to Isis disgraceful end. John Paine was indicted for the wilful murder of Eleanor Tritton at Rainsaate. on the 25th of September last by throwing her out of a gig, whereby she was stidicated. The offence was charged in nine counts in different ways. The facts proved in evidence were these :—The pri soner was a post chaise boy at the Bull and G. orge Inn, at Ramsgate. The deceased, a young W001:111 of irreproachable character, was a servant in the employ ment of a respectable farmer, named Garling, residing at Ozengell, in the Isle of Thattet, near Itainsgate. On Smithy the 20th Mr. Carling gave the deceased leave to go and see her friends at Santlw ich. It was agreed that two of her fellow-servants should meet her on the mad in the evettitig to see her home. 'rite prisoner hail been sent en the 2.5t1t of Nov. in a one hots.: chaise, to drive a gen tleman from Rainsgite to Sandwich. In the eventng, when driving, home, he overtook the deceased ott her way to her master's house. He took her up. On the road, about nine o'clock, her fellow-servants, named Castle and Nliatuntery, met the gig on the road. It was very dark. The latter person called out the name of their master's farm, and the deceased recognizing the voice, said, " For heaven's sake, Castle, take me out." The prisoner upon this wino his horse awl drove on faster. The deceased stood up in the gig as if to jump tut—the prisoner pulled her down again. She said, " Lord have mercy *you us,—come on Castle." Castle sod his companions rail after the vig as fast as they could, but could not overtake it. The prisoner drove on as fast as he could. The gig was pursued to Itantsgate, and there lost sight of. Next morning the deceased was found dead by the road side, within six rods of the spot where the witnesses first met with the gig. Three medical men were examined!, and they gave it as their opinion, that the deceased died from suffocation, by falling on her face, on the greensward by the road side, and remaining there without respiration. Mr. Adolphus conducted the defence. The case weut to the Jury, and they found the pri soner guilty of .Manslaughter, and he was sentenced to pay a fine of 21s. and be imprisoned fur 12 months iu the county gaol. Sstuorautto.—Nineteen persons in custody, were indicted, together with four not in custody, under the statute of Geo. 111. for having on the 2,1 September last, with other persons unktiown, feloniously assembled together, armed with fire-anus and other offensive weapons, in the parish of St. John „the Baptist, in the Isle of Thane!, in order to be aiding and assisting in the illegal landing and carrying away uncustorued goods, hod fur having maliciously shot at and wounded and waisted others, who did maliciously shoot at and W0l111(1, Vs ashinglon Carr, Thomas Cook, and John 'lmmo, being in the execution of their duty as officers on the coast blockade service. Mr. Baron Wood recapitulated the evidence with minuteness, and the July, after a few minutes deliher onion, found all the prisoners guilty—death. BeJ.re the Bon. Baron Graham. John Bell was indicted tor burglariously breaking and entering the dwellurg•house of the Rev. Dr. W. F. Pig gott, of Mereworth, in this county, in the night of the 15ill of Alay last, and stealing therein a considerable quantity of properly, consisting of wearing apparel, curious coins, medals, and current gold and silver coin, suffluining in value to 2501. the goods and moneys of the 11103tC1110r. _ At the last assizes for this county two men, named Cable and,W lilts, were cons ictedand executed, Mr being parties to this robbery, on the testimony chiefly of an accomplice, named Nathaniel Furd. Shies then the • ; • - , .... THE NATIONAL REGISTEA prisoner, John Bell. had been apprehended as a party in the transaction, and was now brought to trial. It appeared from the evidence of John Ford, who was a native of Kent, was at the time of the transaction connected with a gang of thicets haunting the neieh bottrhood of ‘Vhitechapel. In the early part of the month of May last, Cable, Willis, and himself, went down to Dr. Piggoit's house to plan the robbery in question. They returned to town and were joined by the prisoner 8.-11, and on the ntort.iiig of the 14th of May, they walked down to Mereworth, and lurked about the house, until the family had retired to rest. About midnight they broke into the dwelling, at a lower win dow, by means of a centre bit ; three of theirs entered, and one remained outside to give an alarm, in case of disturbance. The prisoner, the witness, and Willis, proceed to rifle the house. They broke open the seem t tory, and a nest of drawers of the prosecti.or, containing a curious collection of coins and medals illustrative of the history of the country. These, together with a con siderable quantity of the current specie of the mho, two gold watches, a gold snutl-box, and other valuables, they put into their pockets. From the hall they took three great coats, and the like number of umbrellas. — A considerable quantity of the Doctor's holy linen was also taken Irmo a chest of drawers, and alter regaling themselves hr the kitchen with cold meat and beer, to which they helped themselves, they all decamped, leaving the candle alight among some papers in the Doctor's library. In a neighbouring wool each mart pot on Italia dozen shirts, part of their plunder. At Gravesend they separated' in pairs, one crossing into Essex, and the other retortion; to London by the River. They met by agreement at the house of a Jew trained Shimei Demoony, in Thrall-street, Brick-lane NVliitet chapel, to whom they sold the property, and divided the proceeds, amounting to between 501. and Gul. Each of die party had retained a shirt of the Doctor's and some other trifling articles. To confirm the accomplice a great nomber of witnesses were called to prove that in the collateral parts of his story it was founded in truth. —Some of the articles which the prisoner lit II had re tained in his possession were found at his lodgings, now produced and identified by the prosecutor. Mr. Baron Graham summed up the case fur the Jury with great minuteness, and the prisoner was found guilty —Math. Before Mr Baron Wood. William Rolfe was indicted under the 52d Geo.lll. for having, with divers other unknown persons, on the 10th of November last, feloniously assembled with fire arms, for the purpose of aiding an assisting in landing and carrying away uncustunted goods at Cherinton, its this county, and for having feloniously shot at and wounded, and aided and assessed others iii shooting at and wounding William Laury, an officer of the customs, in the execution of his duty, and others who were aiding him. Mr. Baron Wood summed up the case for the Jury, recapitulating the evidence, and the Jury found the prisoner not guilty. The assizes for this county ended late on Saturday afternoon, both Judges sitting the principal part of the day. No less than 5.1 convicts received sentence of death. Of these 19 were the men implicated in the smuggling outrages committed at Marshy Bay, near, Margate, 011 Sunday, the 2il of September last. It was expected that five or six of these would be left for exe cution. The other convicts were for housebreaking in the day time, burglary, sheep-stealing, horse-stealing, in stealing in a dwelling-house, highway rubbery, and uttering a forged note. James Goodwin, the only per son convicted of the later offence, on the prosecution of the Batik, was left for execution ; as was also John Bell, for the burglary at Mereworth. WILTSHIRE. William Taylor was cons icted of burglatiously rob bing Mr. Stride, the landlord of the Crown Inn, at Hindon, of a table cloth —Death. This was a most hardened offender. lie had been twice tried be fore and found guilty ; and on going limn the court he said to the crowd—" I shall have a chuck for it now, but that nothing, it won't take a minute, ' us only crying keck and it's cner."—At the same assizes,Sainuel • Alford was indicted for being found in a wood belong ing to the Marquis of Lattsdown, armed with a goo with intent to kill game. Robert Bull, one of the game keepers, went with John Pearce, toward: where they beard the smold of a gun, at about half-past 0112 in the morning of the 5111 of Feb. They got under a tree, and saw a man in the wood walking towards them; the 111:111 afterwards turned round, rats about 40 yards, and fell ; witness fell upon him; Pearse came and took up a gun; prisoner said—take care, it is Ipaded ; they took trout him two lien pheaAants; the gun had a slip barrel. Judge—What is that ? Here the witness began to des cribe it to his Lordship, and with the morale pointed towards him said—" My Lord, it be cockt and loaded now." There was a general movement in Court on hearing this communication, and the Judge severely re primanded him for bringing into a crowded Court, or even carrying through the streets, so dangerous act in strument. Ile said that the matt at the bar had shewn a greater desire and had used more caution with respect to the lives of his fellow-creatures than he (the keeper), and ordered him immediately to draw the charge.— John Pearce corroborated the testimony of Bull, aid the Jury returned a verdict of guilty, On Wednesday morning last, between two and three o'clock, the stables belonging to the Crown Inn, Wycombe, were set on fire, owing to the carelessness of an ostler, who threw the snuff of a candle among the litter. Besides the loss of the stables and other property, Ibur fine homes perished in the flames. The Revenue cruisers have again been placed under the directions of the Lords of the Treasury, instead of the Board of Admiralty. To the Editor of the St. James's —...._ SIR,—You have inadvertently inserted in yonr respectable Journal of the 7th instant a very cede/Hewn, article, (signed, " A Prudent Matit) directed against the Norwich Utlion Offices. This "Prudent Man" commences by some backnied ob servations, which do not requite notice, and proceeds to • say, that " the National Union has finished its shorter period in the • .ante way,' (in bankruptcy), as its Parent, the Norwich Union for mutual insurance, after having blazoned forth ha prodigious wealth in every nook and corner of the Empire, is obliged to give up the ghost," &c. Now, Sir, so far from the " National Union" being the child of the " Norwich Union," it was " a little ailten tut e" set up in direct opposition to the Norwich, by a discarded officer of the latter. And the " Prudent Man' is defied to prove (liberal as he is in his insinuations) that the Norwi..ll Society Iss " blasoned forth" one shilling which it did not possess. As to giving up the ghost, I shall streak snore on that head presently. The most objectionable feature, !tweet". r, of the letter, is, the attempt (by loose phraseology) to lead the reader into a supposition- that the Norwich Union Office is at once a Life and Fire (assurance Institution—with the in tent of injuring the Union Lien Insurance Society, which is perfectly distinct from the NJrwieli Union Fine Office, • and has not experienced any alteration of plan wha:ever. That such is the ohjest most be evident—otherwise why introduce the Birmingham Life Office—the Commercial Li feOffice—thel'hilatithiopic AnnuitySociety..-Dr.Price's • observations (applying wholly to Offices connected with contingency of life)—and the question of reduced rates— (since the Fire Office never reduced its premiums.) Ile talks about Ilse" bursting of this bubble," (the Fire Office) forgetting that the " bubble" has realized to,alto persons imitable.. a saving of One Hunched Thousand Pounds, (three .s as much as has ever been paid back by the County), and that this " bubble" stands nearly at the head of all the Fire Offices in the empire! ' He says, that the " Managers of the departed Norwich Union" are " contending in Chancery with the Member* for the Fragments of the Ohl Society"!! t Beavo!!! The " contention," Mr. Editor, was (as yon will find veri fied on oath) between the great body of a Society com bining sixty thoussoid persons, and FOUR obscure indivi duals, who were nut legally Members at all !—who, there is reason to believe, were merely the tools of the ex-Se cretary—and who were put out of Court, saddled wilt the Costs! lie finishes by speaking of " bankrupteiee,""and " ter. • giversations," and of the necessity of " the public" en quiring into the " character mid conduct" of those who offer protection, " before they" (meaning, I presume, the public) commit their interests to hoods " which have proved unfaithful." New in reply to this most libellous paragraph, I call on the writer to come forward and point out, if it is in his power, one single instance in which the Union Fire Office ilia failed in its engagements, or " cotnmitted an act of bankniptcyt—and a* to " unfaithful hands," I DARE him to prove any thing which call cast a shade on the its tegrity of the Directors of that great Institution. Bait 1 will now advert to the state of the Union Offices. The Norwich Union Fire Office has a capital of 550,Ittan. —pays this quarter 15,4001. duty—(about as much as the County pays in half a year)-1146 increased in business thrice as •li as the County—and is conducted by the hands (let the public decide if "unfaithful") or severs • Aldermen of Norwich, four eminent Rankers, &c.—and the funds are eon usted to the lion. Col. Wollehollif, Sir Jacob Astley. Bart.,'('. W. Coke, Esq M.P., R. H. Gur ney, Esq. M.P., Cliaa. Harvey, Esq. M.P., J. C. Curwea, Esq. M.P., Atc. &e. &c. As to the Lite Office (the real object okras attack)lst my opponent produce (if he call) proofs thattlie Provident Office has been as prosperous as the Union Inistitetion.— The latter HAS TREBLED trs IIUsINE'SIe (N SIX YEARS—is in the receipt of a I teed thousand• pounds per annum—has a capital of HALE' A AIILLION:s-nnil. as to the scale of its mortality, defies comparison with any Office in the Empire! I am, Sir, &c. A WORE '• PRUDENT MAN.' P.S.—There is a difficulty in instituting a compariaon between the Union and Provident Offices.—The tootle.? - publishes its accounts and proceedings ; the latter is re markably shy of figures, thought the community is- often favoured with accounts of complimentary resultstioise passed at meetings of persons who seem delighted wins the " management" of the " Alanaging ector.' The insurers with the Union tots meet sometimes—but the grounds of the satisfaction which they express with the management of those whom the advocate of the Pro vident insinuates are unfaithful, are before the would on black and w kite —each insurer, for example, who attended the late meeting in London, came there with an account - in his hand, exhibiting facts—indisputable statements of money transactions, not mere general declamation or loose estimates ; and the result of a immure consideration of those accounts was, the public expression of approba tion recorded in their advertisement, which appeared iii the newspapers a few days atter. 2irtbz. Al his house iu Clargss street, the lady of 11. Jearops, mt. of a daughter. Mrs. strati, of Perry street, of a daughter. At Clapton, the tatty ui' J. I ickell, esti. of a son. At Sullulk place, Mts. I. G. bridae, of a daughter. Ihe lady ut Julio Cl.nk, esti. ut Ileadlicutt street, Mecklenhatib square, 01 a son. Mrs. SAIllt• Borchelt, of Percy street, of a son. At Lambeth. G. Calthrop, eel. to J toe, only daughter of tho LAM T. Cuclalnot, coy. of heanninctuu common. At Noroich. Octavos, youugest son of tile late Dr. W. Gerson, at 'lnuit) . suttees:, Cambridge, to Cannes inc Npeuccr, second tlaughtes of N. /stilton, ems. of Ifavrhargh hall, Nortulk. At Camber well, Paul tiuuly, esti. to Min Harriett; Maria Sondem, of the also% e Mr. t.eouge Wise, of Wood street, Cbeapsida, to Miss F.Uerhy, of Sunderland. Dirt. On Wednesday last, aged 84, ioseplf Weteh, eli. one of the nldv•t meitibees of the etwpoiation of the city sit Loudon, and many yeaws Deputy of the Won 4n Candlewick. At grigliton, at au advauced age, rhos Elan, esq. late of Leicester sine of his Majesty's justices of the peace fur the Snooty of iildlesez. At Peuryo, aged 09 years, the Rev. I. R. Wit Irruse, >b 'Las minister over the hide pendent conregatiun at FaltouullAt Al Upper footing, I. Brows". ,esq. aged W. Al his house in Sloane street, a!ted 84, Soho lath, cm. In Charles meet, lkoribaniptou square, Jawe• urwAoa, esi, lanr of Nan thumbei Isud, aged 36. i r At looting, lii c , weieguence of a fall from a ei , stae, Mr J. Sakc.., Jaacluaaa sti eft., husala Vb ASAI, :amitotic's r, diCkl M. .0 . 1 ••• PM.... --