The National Register. — London, England, 1823-02-17 00:00:00

OR 11 V• The Solicitor General this day showed cause against the rale, and contended there was not the least ground to impale a nor. rapt motive. The court were of opinion, upon a view of all the affidavits, that Oleic was no ground to say Mr. Lewis had acted opp►es sively, and that be had dune nothing he might think be was mot bound to do. Ilse rule for a criminal information was discharged. TiIUkSDAY. VEIL IS. The Lord Chief Justice held the first sitting after term is the court of the sessions Louse. DIDDY e. NOWELL AND MANNING. Bargemat stated, that this waren action beetles by 8 widow Indy, sodding at Chelsea, against, the defendant wisely a odlipolooinf pelowates. and another, fur trespass and 68t on the premises ofald plaintiff. Miss Jane Biddy, diosider of the plaintiff remembers Mr. Howell calling at her mother's, shoat three o'clock on the Bth of August—her mother premised. if he called at five that even ing, he should be paid. About eight o'clock that night witness heard a loud knock at Ike door. Witness looked out of the window, and saw an ilislookiegotan, in a state of intoxication, leaning against the wall of the street-door, whom she since knew to be Manning, the when defendant. He demanded to see Mrs. Biddy ; and being told she was not at home, be said he'd call again in the morning. Witness particularly urged him to tell lilt business, bat he declined. As wit was going up stairs, she saw him out of the window, getting over the rails of the back garden. Witness immediately screamed oat. She then ram down and bolted the back door, which wa.: beret in, and the man fell in nearly upon me." He then called out, •• Lam in my boys, and I'll let you in." At that moment a thundering rap came to the street door; Manning ran and opened it, letting in Howell, the defendant, and Mr. Crenbrook. When Howell entered he said—" I have a warrant for the poor ratan." Witness said, For God's sake let me entreat yogi don't make this exposure, the money has been ready fbr yen ever sines my mother bid you call." Witness immediately tendered the money . to Howell, and then swearirg, he said, •• Madam, for year impudence, I will make you pay the levy," —he was very mach intoxicated, and so was Massing. W item sent for Mr. Wilson, her attorney, and again tendered the money, one pound odd. There was a great tuintilt and molt before the door. Howell demanded IL its. 641.. and took that sum of the table. Mr. Howell said he bad takes too mash, and gave beck 6s. tid. Crestreasnaimed by the Solicitor General.—[new that Howell was the rate-collector, and that he had railed frequently to demand payment; is not in. Ute habit of locking the door and answering •ront the window., but might have done so to the collectors in several instances ; will swear that the door was bolted when Manning burst it open ; did not know thehManning was a pirisit eonstable; lbw Were had been robbed some lime before, and she took this man for a robber climbing over the wall. _ _ Mrs. Mary Ryan is seethe, daughter of the plaintiff's; on a visit to her mother ;corroborated last witness. Mr. Blanchard lived nest door ; saw the disturbance ; Man ning appeared to he drunk, and conducted himself in a very abusive manner, as likewise Howell, the collector. Willintu Lower, carpenter, received Ss. Bd. for repairing lbe door. The Solicitor General admitted they bad no right to break open the door, but the damage was only ss. OS. Nu doubt tee plaintiffs were ready to pay, bet not willing. Whitt was the pecuniary injury these parties had sustained by the defen dants doing their duty in recovering the rates, attended with so much trouble and difficulty. The Lord ChiefJastice - observed,* verdict most go to the plaintiff. The Jury would say bow mach wore they would give is damages ain't the 21. whieh the plaintiff had paid to the de fendants, including the repairs of the door. The Jury, without hesitation, Nand for the plaintiff —diunages 201. beyond the 21. paid. ►RIDAY, ►EB. 14. Judges Bayley, Helroyd, and Best, we►e day, hearing arguments against now trials in country causes. The question of bribery at the 'Jokester 'tootles was dis missed. A noble lord was the defendant in an action for .bri bery, and the Jury found a verdict against him. In the course of last term a rule Nils au obtained to set aside the verdict and enter a nos-soil, on tho ground that the money, alleged to be a bribe, was paid after the election. This it was contended could.nut be bribery under the mt. The Court, after hearing counsel against the rale, decided that it was not a use in which an action for bribery would lie, and consequently made the vole absolute for entering a aonsuit. RAISING SHIPS THAT ARE SOME. JONES t/.. THOMPSON. Mr. Gurney stated that this was ao action brought by lb* plaintiff, who was in possession of a Very useful and ingenious art ; namely that of raising ships from the bottom after being sunk in the river Thames. For this service, rendered to a vessel called the Purifier, (which was ran down by a another ship called the Heart',) he claimed 1001. from the Captain end comers of that vessel. He called . several witnesses to prove• mark and labour, and the plaintiff Jones having paid the seamen employed 10s. each, besides hiring a barge on the nemesia. The. Lord Chief Justice summed up, and observed, the Joey would say whether the plaintiff was entiled to a reasonable eampossation for such service as was rendered by bias. Ver.. diet fir the plaintiff, damages 131. CONDUCT OP KING'S COUNSEL AT THE CAWANCERY BAR. Oa Thursday last a most name. 4011 meetimg of the moot re spectable Solicitors of this metropolis assembled at the Crows and Asrbnr 'l'svern in the Strand, for the very important pur pose of adopting such measures, with respect to the gentlemen of the bar in highest practice at the Court of Chancery, as may lead to • more erectusl performance of their duty to their clients than lies taken place since the establishment of the Vice Chancellor's Court. There were upwards of 240 of the pro fesucin present. Mr. Le Blanc was unanimously called to the chair. The principal members been long matter of complaint among Chancery solicitor*. but to public attention was never before called—tint the proverbial delays in the Coln of Chancery were greatly increased, and the ex penses of suitors alarmingly augmented, by the manner in which the Chsncery busiatss was transacted by the leading counsel, at that bar. It was usual for a King's conasol, after making a speech ite the Court of Chancery, to pop oll' to the Vice Chancellor's court, and there to make another speech, after which he ran back to the court of enancery, without making himself acquainted with the arguments as the opposite aide, or doing say thing further for the benefit of his client,— The consequence of such a mode of disposing of the important trust reposed io the bands of Chancery solicitors was cares• sire!, injurious. The complete; comprehended ag almost total ~; • • 4 g . r carelessness as to the event of the cases in which the counsel were retained, end the solicitors were bound in justice to the public, and fur the sake of their own reputation, to interfere for the prevention of practice which aggravated the burdens of the law, by creating expense which in many inaleneee was sot recompensed by a single croft. It was notorious that leading counsel walked from one wort to the other, and kept the feet they received is oases which were going on at the ammo mo ment in both Colds ; it being an e•dablished principle with them norr to vetnru a fee, to whatever motive their ab from the court is which their attendance might be of vital im portance to suitors should be attribotAhle. It became necessary, therefore, to adopt amass of remedying incoaveniesee and vex ations of this descriptioa, for the purpose of accomplishing which the assistance of all solicitors whose practice compre hended the Chancery court was necessary. Ceder such cir cumstances. the meunre which suggested itself as most ad visable, was the appointment of a committee to consider the propriety of securing jetties to their clients by employing those gentlemen of the bar only who would antral strictly to the business placed in their hands, and who were determined not to divide (heir attention between the court*, is each a man ner as to give cause of complaint to those whose interests de pended so much upon the *alert and care of the advocate. Resolutions to this effect were immediately agreed to. The committee will soon report to • general meeting of this solicitors. ele- It ought to be stated in •dditioa to the shove ♦eport, that this Law Society had directed their Prolocutor to write to all the Charmer, Cortese! within the Bar, respectfully request ing their commerce,* in some arrangement which might obviate 1 the evil complained of. and that those gentlemen treated the communicatioa with sileat contempt, although solicited for an answer he • illsoond letter. To this observation three excep tions must be made, is the mimes of Messes. C•lleu, Shadwell, and Ronblaaqs. The two ficetucksowledged the propriety of the application by positively elating their determination each to adhere to one Court, unless trader any peculiar eireernetances. Mr. Fonblanque in kiereply asserted his opinion that the riysily of the Bar would be compromised bosabmiaeion to any errange -1 meot•whatever with the Solicitors !!!—lt is but justice to add that Mr. Roll, coovinoed of the impossibility of an honest dis charge of duty is two Courts at the same time, has long since hosourahly relhegaisbed his immeeme practice in the Lord Manville?' Cant, sad pleads only in that of Vice Chancellor.. HOME CIRCUIT. - Before the Loan CHIEB , Basin, and Mr. Baron GUIUM. Hertfurdshire—.Thursday, March 6 at Hertked. Kama—Monday. March 10. at Chelmsford. Yent.—Mongay, March 17. at Maidstone. Suesex..-Monday, March 24, at Horsham. Surrey.-Monley. Match 24 at Kingston upon Themes. • MIDLAND crnonf. Norrbangeonabo.—liaturday. March 1, at Northampton. Redismi—.l l riday. March 7. at paktum. Ligirandske.—saturday, March 8, at the Castle of Lincoln. City hi dine-8w day, at the City of ditto. Neetieglimashistdonday, March 17. at Nottingham. Ties nfdiere..-deme day, at the Town of ditto. Derbyddre—Saturday. March de; at Derby. Leimetardsire—Monday, March 51, at the Castle of Leicester. triliof ditto—Same day, at the Borough of ditto. Caventry—Saturday. April 5, at the City of Coventry Waewiskshire—Same day, at Warwick. WILSTERN..CIRCUIT. bfwarlay. March S e at Winchester. ' . lawerblK at New Sarum. Daewe~lf. at Dorchester. Dene-411abillay. iki= l l7. at Exeter. Corawen—Monday, March 44, at Launceston. Somerset—Saturday. March er, at Tauneoa. OXFORD CIRCUIT. Borl.shire—Monday, March 3, at Reading. Oxti.rdshire—Wednesday, March 3, at (Word. Worcartershire--Satu•day. March tt, at Worcester. Stallamishire—Thursday. March 13, at Stafford. Shropshiro—Weilnesday, March 19. at Shrewsbury. Herefor.lshi.e—Monday. March neo.ist Hereford. Monmouthshlre—Suturday, March n, at Monmouth. Glocestershiro—Wednesday. April t. at Glocerter. PIRACY. (EXTRACT OF A LETTIR FROM THIS AGEPTIS TO 1.1.01 el AT lIATANNAH, DATED DSC. lb. " Since our last communication, the following instances of piracy have been Wade known to as upon unquestionable an tkority French ship Aksaailor, of Bourdeaus, from Vera Crazoto toads at this port, with a valuable cargo, consist, ing of cochineal, indigo, and specie, was bearded of Bible Honda, robbed of her cargo, and disabled in ber Mali', for Inc purpose of preventing her reaching this port, in consequence of which she Lure away for New Orleans, where she has arrived is the greatest mistress. The schooner Rariating, of and from New Orleans, bound here, was also captured, the crew mal t rested, and the cargo plundered, As appears by the Captain's protests, bath depredations were committed by a long low schooner, with one gun amidshipsomad a crew of 70 men, sop posed to•kes the same vessel which sailed from Ibis pert clan destinely • few weeks ago. The schooner Beams, of Massa chusetts, on her voyage from Honduras to that port, was also lately hoarded off Cape Corium*, by an open canoe, with 20 armed men, who robbed ber of speaks, turtle, provision, and nese the clothing of the crew, which obliged her le put into this port in distress; and lastly, the-British brig Moo aratarti, arrived yesterday from Sts Thomas's, was abased for the space o' three boons off Cape Antonio, by a suspicious schooner, and escaped with.great difficulty. " From the same place, Dee Bth, the commander of the- British -Imo:draw seat in the Grecian cuter to the peels of Ma • tames tesprocare pilots, bat none would go spew any • terms ; the lives of any who would barwettgaged would most assuredly have been taken on their return, such is the audacity of these villains and their coadjutors on shore : 14 of the wretches are now parading the streets of Matanzas who are known to have been on board the vessel captured by the American ship Alligator, but escaped. The squadron should bare called at N sssss and obtained pilots. KIUGSTON, (Jamaica), Noe. 23.—The Creole, Johnson, from Pedro Shoals and Lucia, which arrived here on the 21st inst was boarded while at anchor on the Pedro Shoals by a Sim Mk privateer schooner, and plundered of every article they cold lay their bands on. They had taken as Aniericau schooner from San Andreas, hound to New York, sod robbed her of bee cargo, to the value or 2,000 dollars. The Spanish schooner Jalapa', from Havannab to St. Jago de Cuba, was captured by the Patriot privateer schooner General Moslilta, a nd both were taken by the lipperiun frigate t and seat to this LENT- ASSIZES., 1 N ~ _ .- 1411 MINNI 51 ar a. PORT OF . OD Thursday afternoon • highlj bold in the King's Concert Room purpose of promoting the interests o. cimy for spreadivig religious knowledge among the Semmes. Watermen, and Lightermen of the Port of London. Mr. WILBERFORCE havieg been called to the Chair, staled the objects of the Meeting. The Rev. Mr. HOOPER reed the Society's Report, describ ing the purchase of a ship of war, and converting it Mtn foaling chapel, and the other important measures adopted, sad the esertions employed to dame a spirit of religion aid me rality among the seamen, ate• both M home and abroad. The Earl of HOCKSAVAGII moved. a resolution, that the re • poet be received and circulated. Lard CALTHORPE bad great pleasure is mending the lOW. iO6OS. The meting was thee carried enaeimonair. Sir C. tin atilt rose to move a rasolulani, that the hanks tins of morality end religion among Seamen, would be not only useful to themselves, but advantageous to their country. Mr. R. H. kl•ants read a letter from Captain Yonne, le specter of transports, at Deptford, in praise of the objects of the Sittiety, sad declaring that; through itresertions, the eon; duct and language of seamen and watennes oa the River bed improved is an amazing degree. The Rev. R. irivt said, one of the greatest banana of bia life was toopen this Chapel. If was open to derivative of ell denominations- but he was sorry that many were kept away by: rulem which ha hoped lbe Dignitaries of. oar Church wield: search for sad abolieb i for lite sooner they were annihilated, he was sure, it would be the better. He expressed his este nishment at the avidity with which seamen reeeived religiea instr.ction. He conektdeod by seconding the motion, whisk was also carried nessimosly, u were the other. prepaid to the meeting, which thee adjourned. Abort seven o'clock on Monday morning, the inhabit= ants of Great Queen-street, Westminster, were alarmed by a fire which broke out in the house of Sir Charles Flint, in the second floor. Several engines very sons arrived, and the firemen exerted themselves so effectually.- that It was put a stop to before it communicated to any other apartment, except that in which it broke out.— The cornices, laminae. Ike. were destroyed. The acci dent was ascribed to a servant maid 'lasing carelessly placed a lighted candle under the window-curtain. • ANIMAL SYMPATHY...4)h the Stay or iheltneat thihr;• a Spaniel was observed, opposite to Thionville. Boating.. down the Moselle) on a small piece •of lice. It is not known how the peer dog got into that situation ; but he set up piteous ales. Hewing passed one of the doge belonging to the decoys on•the left of the Moselle, that • intrepid animal dashed into the ever, soon reached the unfortunate Spaniel, and seising-him by the neck, swans on shore with bine amidst the .cclarnatiuns of the spectators. DallAoPoL Acetone? BY Sarow.—Oft Wednesilie•• sennight, a most melancholy circumstances took place • at Troutsdale, in the parish of Brampton, about three miles from Hickuese, in Yorkshire. The snow had ac cumulated on the side of the hill; •at the foot of which was a cottage, occupied by a poor man of the name of , Brevender, Its wife, and three children; when, unez pettedly, the whole mass of now fell down into the valley, and with its weight crashed the cottage ' and bitried the hapless intnates amongst • the ruins. After about five hours of labour, they were dug out ; but the King tif Terrors had•adtled to his innumerable conquests, - and their spirit! had fled to happier habitations. Mr. Russell, else actor, met with an accident a few - days since, when playing-in•llaymend aid Agnes. at. Brighton. The lady as Margserile, discharged a pith+ in the direction of Mt. Rouen (llagasead), which -con tainedin the powder a shot; it struck hint in the fore- - head jail between-she eyes, °occasioned a considerable filo-ion of-blood, and was violent in its eflect. By the •thisely application of leeches, Mr. Russell at present ap.. peers not at all inconvenienced f he occurrence.— On searching the caimister, in which the remainder of • • the powder was kept, another shot was found. FoactllLE A Rout:vow —On Sunday last. about mg o'clock p. m., as the %Vaterford and Limerick mail co ch was proceeding between Tipperary anti Linteric.k, it was stopped about-eight miles f he former place, byes party of people front 20 to 30 in number, at veto or eyht of whom were armed. When they stopped the- , coach, Bottle. the guard, who teas in his place behind. discharged a pistol at one of 'hem s who was armed. soil who held one of the wheel horses, by which he received a wound in the neck or near the ear, as he fell against the horse which he hid hold of, and the coachman saw the blood flow from the sound. Inimethattly on Bottle discharging his pistol-, another of the party struck hint with a stone_; as the coachman belie* and knoekinl him down 44 the mail boot, no which he was standing at. the time, and afterwards souse of the party dragged SISIII•aCross the toad, and threw him against the ditch.--• The anted/Ants then climbed the door of the coach, awl forcibly took out a young woman, who was an inside passenger. Twoof the m took her eiva)tactoss the fields,-. while the rest remained uis the rood, tumid the coachuuns Doyle, came off the-hoz, and got Bottle into the coach, into which he pin the arms. they then permitted the coachman to drive off, and he met no further internsp. tints until he reached Limerick. The yams woman, we understand, was going to Limerick ter the purpose of being married. A ccIDINT.-•-00 Tuesday last, a boat in which were two y as men and a 'atty. - in crossing the Thames be, low the Tower, ran foul of a large hawser, which they did tint perceive, and not being able to 'nonage the how, and the title ruiiiiing high, they were all procipOmed• into the river. Two eeaterinen who.wimemed time acct. dent pulled up to shear asaisiance, and with much die. tufty succeedetidn sating the tensile and oils or the islets. hut the other could not be found. It is said the party hte at Lintel:rinse, and that they were at a wedding tit Southwark, where they spent the morning. .• By a retnru'of coals imported into the port of London, and delivered in the veer 189.2, it applies:* that the total quantity was 1,199,511 chaldrous. * - -.20•• BIBLE SOCIETY. Ibly respectable meeting iris om io the Haymarket, for the As of the Port of Londe)* So- ;-~ ~,