The National Register. — London, England, 1821-08-26 00:00:00

51004 e gintelliginct. LINCOLNSHIRE. c KOWS SID& ,Thomas Price, aged 29, late of thp borough of Statn ord,,shoetuaker, was indicted for that be, on the 26th of April last, upon Hannah his wife, feloniously, wil fully, maliciously, and unlawfully, did make an assault, and did stab and cut her on the right side, feloniously, wilfully, and of malice afore-thought to kill and murder her. A second count stated Ole intent to be to disable l i her; and a third to do her some grievous bodily harni.—a It appeared front the evidence, that on Saturday evening the 28th of April, the prisoner went out from his lodg ings, and returned at a quarter past twelve, in such a slate of intoxication that he was unable to get up stairs alone. When he got up the next morning at eight o'clock (by no means recovered front the effects of the previous night s drunkenness) he went out, accompanied by a fellow workman named Mason, to the Horse Shoe public hoose, where they had some ale; they then went to Mr. Williuioit's, a gin shop, where they each had a glass of gin ; from thence they went to the Coach and Horses public house, and afterwards to another, front whence the prisoner was led home, at eleven o'clock in the morning, by Mason, who took him op stairs to his lodgings, where his wife was lying on the bed, who said to him on his entrance, " You're oftdrinking, Thomas, and leaving me half-pined at 'tome." Mason then left hint standing by the bre. Soon after Mason had left, the person at whose house the prisoner lodged heard his wife call out, and she Caine down stairs bleeding very profusely from her side. On the laud lot going up stairs, he found the prisoner lying on the bed, with a shoemaker's knife in his band, very bloody; he was quite drunk. ,The wound given the wife was on the seventh rib of the right side, about an inch in depth and length, and event upwards in an oblique direction, and lire some time it was considered very dangerous by the surgeon, havitig severed au artery; had the knife entered direct, it would hate probably proved fatal. 'rite pri soner's general conduct to his wife was described as being eery good, except when in a state of intoxication; and in his way to the gaol he expressed sorrow for the rush act, and sakl it was by accident. The prisoner on being called on for his defence, said, he never harboured malice against her iu his life; and lie wished her to be called. Soumconversation then ensued between the Judge and Mr. Marryatt, Counsel for the prosecution, as to whe ther the wife could be called. His Lords`up was quite clear that the wife could be called in evidenca against her husand, in a case where she had suffered personal violence ; it had beau solemnly decided by the twelve Judges in the case of Lord Audley, and since confirmed and repeatedly acted on: but it was equally certain that : the wife could not be called fir the husband. Mr. Marryatt.—" We have not the least objection, my Lord, to call her." Mr. Justice Park.—" I know you have note I think she had better he called: this is a very serious charge, and very properly prosecuted." After waiting a considerable time, whilst the woman was being sought for, the Judge was about to sum up, but at length the wife appeared and was sworn. Hannah Price has been married to the prisoner two years : remembers Mason her husband coming home on the Sunday morning; she was lying on the bed in her clothes; her husband was exceeding drunk, and wanted to pack up his clothes to leave the towit ; she would not permit him, he had at this time a knife in his hand. and she was fearful he would hurt himself with it ; in order to prevent this, she tried to take the knife from him ; for which purpose she took hold of the knife with one hand, and of the prisoner's wrist with the other; whilst he was striving to get his wrist at liberty, the knife wounded her in the side; is sure it was quite acci dental, and he did not mean to hurt her. The Judge then addressed the Jury, and said he was bound to tell them that they must acquit the prisoner.— The wife had given her evidence like a very creditable and decent woman, and without any apparent atieum.t improperly to screen her husband. The Jury then acquitted the prisoner, and the Judge exhorted him to go home and be a good husband, to cherish his wife, and remember that a sober life was die best thing he could attend to. SUItItLY. CROYDON, AVG. 24 —This day these assiaes commenced before Mr. Baron Wood and Alr. Janice liurrouth. 'the only trials of importance that occurred dating the day wire the following:— Joseph Cook, John Chapman, and William Clark were indicted for stealing, on the 23th of June last, in the parish of St. John, Shad Thames, 25 bushels of wheat, value 11. and also a quantity of oats, the propel ty of Messrs. Mayes mid and Wheeler warehouseman. Mr. Arahin appeared tOr the prisoner, and 511.. Turton slated the case for the proserntion ; he called :tames Grady, a wittchnian, who stated he was going rounds near the premises of Mles•rs. Thumus, Shad Thames, (which adjoins those of Messrs. Hayes and Wheeler) on the th of J tnie last, at three o'clock in the morning ; he heard a noise on the roof of Messrs. Hayes and Wheeler's premises, which aroused his suspicions ; he procured a ladder anti ascended the bitilain4, when, with the assistance of other watchmen, he secured the prisoners C::ok and Clark ; Chap• man 111.11;t: his escape, but was taken shortly after near the split. Mr. Wheeler said, his premises had been robbed of a quantity of wheat, ;laid the samples produced acre part of his stock of wheat which was iu bulk in his warehouses. Several witnesses proved the saute facts. Mr. Justice Burrough summed up the evidence, and the Jury instantly found all the prisoners Guilty. The learned Judge sentenced them to be transported for seven years. floasE s Ti; L i Nu .— 11 . Taplow, W. Smith, and H. Smith, were capitally indicted tio* stettibig, un the 21111 of May, two valuable mares, the property of Mr. U. Hatd, of the village of l'ilford, in the county Ct . Sussex. The cir cumstance,' of the case were detailed by Mr. Sergeant Ouslow, who called the fulluwiug WlillttiNC3 to prove his case : George Child, in Lis testimony, endeavoured to prove THE NATIONAL REGISTER the prisoners bad been seen near the ground of the prose. cater. The conduct of this fellow was of such a descrip tion, that the learned Judge (Hurrough) declared not a word that he said could be believed. He actually de clared, that be should know the men better by looking at their feet than in their faces, and wished to get into the dark for that purpose. His strange behaviour created much merriment in a very crowded Court. The next witness, the servant of Mr. (lard, proved the horses to have been safe in the paddock of his master a few hours before they were seen in the possession of the prisoners. Taplow, who appeared to be the spokesman of the party, entered into a long detail of the traissaution ; the jet of the defence , however, was, that he had been em ployed by a Mr. Cox, of King-street, Portinou square, to take them to Alton, for which he was to receive 11. as a re muneration, aud that having come out with the other pri loners, it was agreed they should return home together.— In his defence the others said they were embodied to support him. They called a man numed George Till to prove lie saw this Mr. Cox deliver the horses to pm isoners, but his evidence was at midi an i 111 l neasurable dilrunce from any thing like proliability, that Air. Ju-tice flurrough ordered hint to be detained until the verdict was returned. . The Jury, after hearing the lent nett J udge recapitulate the erideure, iibtautly pronnaileed the prunmi•r*Guilty—lleutli. LAIC REPORT. couwr OF CHANCERY, Auo. 21. lIOWAKD AND GICHS . BANK KUPTCY•-JUDGMENT. The Lord Cnancellor, on coining naio Court this day, gave judgment in this cause. lle had read over the papers must carefully last ni e ht, and the result was, that Mr. Campbell could not becohsidered a tusa fate creditor, and therefore the commission must be superseded, which his Lordship ordered accordingly ; but at the same tittle reserved the question, as to who should be directed to pay the costs, until some further time. Ills Lordship afterwards sat in his private chamber to hear a lunatic petition, the nature of which did not transpire. Dreadful Ontrage on the Preventive Service in Scotland —Friday night informatiou was received at Bow .street, of a must daring attack innle on Captain Ilastie, and a boat's crew of the Earl Moira revenue cutter, by an armed body of smugglers, off the Coast of Slit:timid, by which one malt was killed, two mortally, and several others dangerously wounded. From the particulars transmitted to town, it seems that Captain Ilastie having for some days observed a dark suspioious looking vessel off ‘Vhalsey Island, on the Shetland toast, on the morning of the 4th inst. manned a boat, and proceeded to examine her by virtue of the King's authority. The strange vessel allowed him to come so dose, that lie heard several of the men on board speak very good English but when he attempted to board, a heavy dis. charge of musketry was given him by the smugglers, which at once brought down three of his mariners, killing one on the spot. The Captain made a second callatit effort, but the galling fire of his adversary so thinned the br tve little party, that they were obliged to retieat, and the lugger got oil, with tut cargo, which is supposed to have cuusisted of 511111 ; 44kt' tea, gill, and tobacco. From some circumstances that have tratispirtd it is suspected that the smuggler came front the coast of Kent, probably Deal, and officers have set off thither to make inquiries. The Col 1111 l issioners of Excise have uttered a reward of MI. for the apprension of any of the parties. On Wednesday last, in the afternoon, as a young wo man was passing from Newington-green towards Wing ton, through the fields adjacent to the New River, ft+ e disorderly fellows, who were bathing at the usual place called the Sisters, quitted the river bank to meet her in the foot-path, when they laid violent bands on her, and dragged her to the banks of the river, and after cruelly using the poor creature, three of them stripped her and pushed her into the water, and dipped her several times. At hmgtit she was suffered to depart, almost in a state of nudity, having lost the greater part of her clothes, &c. tills wretched condition she reached Islington, where she was placed in the Workhouse,and Iminanely treated. Some of them are well known, and the young woman says she :an swear to the twee ruffians who were most outrageous. On Friday evening a number of su-pieions characters assembled at the Duke of Rolland, Gravel-lane, Highway, where they remained for some time. At length amie of them stole unperceived troll' the bar, the key of a private room up stairs, by means of which they gained access to the apartment,and :died drawers, boxes, and other places, of household linen, wearing apparel, Ste. to a !aux amount, with which they escaped. The alarm was given by a neighbour, who saw three cr four fellows going of the lh:eku ay, hea‘dy laden with bun dles. They were pursued, but ibetlecivally. Au officer being procured, six of their companions who remained all the time keeping the landlady in collects - Aim' at the bar, were taken into custody, and conveyed to the 1 homes Police (Mice, where they underwent an Oia. mination on Saturday, and were remanded. THE lIARVEST.—The reaping of wheat began in the neighbourhood of Stainthrd on Monday lust.— The crops are generally good, though in some situ ations laid by the heavy rain ou Wednestlay se'n night, and discoloured in the straw. There arc great complaints of mildew in the growing wheat through many parts of Suffolk, Norfia, and Essex; but the reports through England generally are in favour of an average crop ; and in Ireland the har vest is stated to be unusually productive. Mr. Stringer, of Congleton, in Cheshire, produced, at the recent gooseberry show there, the prize gooseberry, which measured five inches and an eighth in diameter, and weighed 21 pennyweights and 12 grains, THE Muitaarst.—We arc informed that the mur rain has lately appeared amongst the cattle in some parts of the counties of Brecon, Radnor, Cardigan, and Carmarthen, but hope the report will prove unfounded. This disease is highly contagious, ge nerally fatal, and mostly occurs in dry seasons, but happily very seldom in this country. Its symptoms are, the animals hanging down their heads, which are swollen, palpitation of the heart, short and hot breathing, staggering, a viscid secretion from the eyes, rattling in the throat, and a shining tongue. We believe no certain remedy is known for the dis. order; bleeding and purging have been recommend ed, with setons in the dewlap—after the operation of purgatives, opiates and aromatics are said to be of use, and we think a change of food would also be found serviceable, with a portion of salt, two or three ounces mixed in it daily. On the first ap pearance of the symptoms of this quapruped plague, the healthy cattle should be immediately removed from those affected as far as possible, to fresh shady pasture, with plenty of water, and salt given them daily in some food, about two or three ounces each day; the recovery of the diseased cattle, we fear, will always be uncertain, and we strongly recom. mend where animals die with the symptoms we have described, a skilful veterinary surgeon should hp procured to open one of them, as then he will bo procured to judge of the best method of treating the disorder. Tho greatest care must be taken to pre vent the spreading of the disease, which is very in fectious, and may be disseminated throughout the country if neglected. On Tuesday morning the officers of the customs. of Aberdeen, seized in the harbour contraband goals on board the Dutch dogger, Nifn Hoop, Gysbert Ver Does, commander, from Rotterdam, of 60 tons burden, and 11 men. She came in here a few days before, for the purpose of being caulked; and the discovery was made by the Custom-house boatmen, who on parading the quay early in the morning, observed a boat astern of the vessel, with two men putting casks into her, which turned out to be Geneva. The vessel was immediately seized, and her crew marched to pri►on. She was then found , to have on board eight herring barrels and two half barrels of tobacco; tour barrels and two half bar rels of tea; four bags of tobacco; and five jars and AI tubs of Geneva. In order to land these contras. band goods, the vessel was brought up on IVetlnes day to the custom-house, when Mr. Wilson the tide surveyor, and the crew of the custom-house boat, discovered upwards of 100 more tubs of Geneva, artfully concealed under the ceiling, and in various parts of the vessel; indeed it was so fitted fire this illicit traffic, that notwithstanding the strictness of their search, they found they had next morning still further discoveries to make, as they then brought great part of the seizure from places they never suspected, to the number of other 9-00 tubs nearly; so that the quantity of goods taken on the whole was 522 half anti 31 whole makers or tubs of Ge- IleVil, about 5001bs. of tobacco, and 3501bs._of tea. The Sixt y Miles 31a1ch a bay for Tea Days.-.... This undertaking was completed by Mr. Coleman, near Honiton, in Devonshire, on Thursday, and considering the heat of the last few days, it stands equal to any thing on pedestrian record. Mr. Cole man bent his course through Huntingdon to Ferry bridge, Yorkshire, and from thence crossed the country through Worcestershire, Oxtinalshi7e, &c. into the Bath road at Devizes, from thence through the lower part of Somerset and Wiltshire, till the 600 miles was completed as above stated. It is ex traordinary that he felt but little finigue after the fourth day. He generally did from five to six miles. an hour when travelling, which secured him rest_ The wager was tir 100 guineas only. SMOCKIND Mcansa —On Friday morning, at one o'clock, the watchman in Duval's-lane, Hol loway, near Crouch-end, was found on his beat, murdered. Not being heard to cry the hour, the patrole went round to uscertain the cause, and thund the unfortunate man lying dead on one side of the road; on examining the body, his head was discovered to be beaten to pieces by some weighty instrument, and presented a must frightful spectacle. The poor fellow's watch lay on the ground, near the body, which is supposed to have been left by the murderers, fur fear it should lead to a discovery. It is conjectured, that through his vigilance he had rendered himself obnoxious to some villains who have tir a long time been the terror of that quarter, who waylaid him for the purpose of murdering him. —The villains have as yet evaded justice. Extraordillaiy Wager.—Mr. James Watson, of the Swan, Upper Chipton, who is nearly TO years • age, undertook, Jim a wager, to draw a gig, weighin ,, cwt. twenty-six miles in twelve hours; he stemmed at nine' o'clock on Wednesday night, and completed his task at a quarter past seven the next mornin;, being one hour and three quarters within the given time. Hundreds were up all to witness this extraordinary feat. Much praise is die.: to his frien& fin. their exertions, as many impetlitnenub woe thrown in Ina way.