The National Register. — London, England, 1821-05-13 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS. Samuel Burkin.one of the constables for the county of Surrey, was indicted for having refused to perform his duty at the last Peckham Fair. Richard Witherington stated, that he is one of the constables for the parish of Camberwell, for which parish the defendant had acted for many years. On the night of the Peckham Fair the constables assembled at the Red Bull, in Peckham, at about lt o'clock, the usual time at which the constables began to clear the house; witness went with his party of men one way, and the defendant with his party another way. On their return it was proposed to the defendant to clear the Red Bull public house, but before he took that step he thought proper to ask the land lord whether he wished to have the house cleared. The landlord replied, that his guests, who were about thirty in number, were his particular friends, and that he did not wish to have them disturbed, particularly as they were perfectly quiet. This wish of the landlord's the witness and the other officers did not think quite sufficient, and did not think it necessary that they should wait until the landlord's windows should be broken before they could interfere. The defendant, however, held that they had no legal authority to interfere until a breach of the peace should have been committed. In this doctrine lie was strenuously supported by the landlord and the company, and ultimately the officers were obliged to leave them in the full enjoyment of their conviviality, which lasted until the Sunday morning. Mr. Andrews, in the defence, contended, that by the conduct amf the defendant in refusing to consult the taste of the Union Hall officars, in forcibly clearing the houses which were peaceable and quiet, he had preserved the peace. At Camberwell, where the Union Hall officers had the direction of the business, there were fighting and disturbance. and this would have been the case at Peckham had not the defendant, in the exercise of that dis cretion with which lie was invested, prevented the staves of the officers being exercised upon the heads of theme wno were then in peace. 'llie learned counsel complained that many police officers were too often disposed to make disturbances when they were unable to find any. Ile would, as a lawyei, give the defendant time advice to adopt the same line of conduct in future, in con• suiting the publicans in preference to any others, before he ventured upon clearing houses, as lie was charged with having done upon this occasion, and had done most properly. The question was. whether the defendant hail executed his duty pro perly, in abstaining Irons clearing the public house when they were all peaceable and quiet; and this question, the learned counsel said, lie lied not the slightest doubt but the jury would, by their verdict, detemiine in the affimiative. Tue jury immediately found the defendant Not Guilty. Volta. TOWN HALL, SOUTHWARK. FEMALE XT It El'll/1"r r.—On Wednesday Wm. Collins, alias Ctuniningit, was brought before Aldertnia J. J. Smith, charged with rubbing the house of Capt. Moose, who is engaged in the merchant service,and resides at Back Street, Ilorselydown. It appeared from the evidence of Sarah Clare ' who is servant to Mr. Parke, bricklayer, residing next door to Captain Moore, that on Sunday evening, about seven o'clock, she observed, while standing at her master's door, four men, laden with bundles, come out of the back door of the captain's Louse. Suspecting them to be thieves, this intrepid Amazon challenged them to know their business; they gave her an impertinent answer, desiring her to mind her washing cote.rns. Not being satisfies with this sort of reply, she mounted the palings which divided her master's house from the captain's, and gave the alarm; two of them ran off, but she was so alert in her attack that she boldly rushed at the two men who were nearest to her, one of whom she attempted to seize. The ruffians knocked her down, but she still persisted in hokling fast to one of them, exclaiming •6 Murder, Bobbers." With this fellow, who was left by his companions, thinking probably that he could easily master a woman, she struggled for a long time, retaining a f i st hold at his coat, not withstanding his repeated blows to compel her to extricate hint. While in this situation, her screams attracted the attention of Harvey, the constable Of St. Saviour's, who had been watching the four tellows, whose object he suspected, but they had adroitly eluded his observation. The constable immediately ran to her aid, and assisted in sec ring the prisoner, whom he handcuffed and brought off, having provided pistols to resist an apprehended rescue. The fellow was fully committed to Horeemonger Lane prison Sir trial, and the worthy Alderman compliunented Sarah Clare tOr her rare, and in this instance most eflixtive intrepidity. The three remaining fellows got oft' with a considerable booty from the captain's house, but by the description of the woman and th constable, grea:hopo are entertained of their speedy detection. c A turkey, the property of Mr. Fraser, King's Arms, Dumfries, picked up an acquaintance with a very fine Newthundland dog, chained in the yard, has at last established her head-quarters in the lower end of his narrow kennel, where so far from being disturbed by her canine friend, she is watched and protected with the most aflhetionate care. Although frequently removed from this situation, the turkey always returned to it the first opportunity, and being now placed on the eggs she tbrmerly laid, bids fair to grace the kennel with a brood of young turkeys. When any boys or other intruders happen to take a peep at this singular pair, the dog appears irritated, and immediately prepares fur a stern resistance. On Saturday, three of the royal marines, a Fe r jeant, corporal, and private, attended at Carlton Palace in their new unitinms, when his Majesty approved of the change of dress, excepting the hats, which he has ordered to be exchanged for caps. Sunday evening was fixed for a grand trial at single stick, between the Cork and limerick men, among the Irish at St. Giles's; and as these rows generally end with more broken heads than honours, the Police made efficient arrangements for preventing the parties from assembling, and Mr. Smart, the ligh Constable, succeeded in dissuading them from attending the appointed rendezvous, where much mischief would probably have ensued, had they been permitted to enter upon the trial of strength. The royal ',mann having been granted to George England, who had been tried a•td convicted, at the late Horsham Assizes, of the murder of J. Swainc, he was liberated, about a tbrtnight ago, from Hor sham jail. The late anouneement of this circum stance is caused by the fears which had 1)...en enter tained relative to the strong feeling which existed i the county against this object of royal clemency. THE NATIONAL REGISTER LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S RENCII, MAY 11. LIBELS—THE KING V. CARLILE, SPINSTER. The defendant; Mary Anne Carlile, sister of Mr. Collie. ap peared in Court this morning to to prosecutions, charging her with publishing two false and scandalous libels upon the go vernment of the country. The defendant pleaded not guilty. IMPORTANT TO NUN I'ERS. BEntsLEY V. itiONOLEI. Mr. Gurney moved to set aside the verdict for the plaintiff in this case, on the ground that in law he was not intitled to recover. It was an action tried at Guildhall before the Lord Chief Justice. The plaintiff, a printer, sought to recover the price of a pamphlet printed for the defendant. The objection was that the plaintif had not printed his own name and place of abode as directed by the Act of Parliament, but the name of another. Mr. Gurney now contended that the plaintiff; by such omission, had forfeited his right to recover for the pamphlet printed, and that it was in fact, with,respect to the printer, waste paper. The Statute of the 39th of George the Third enacts, that every person who shall print pamphlets or books to be published or dispetsed, shall print his or her name, and the place where he or she lives on the title page, and on the last page, and every person who shall omit to print his or her name in such publications, shall forfeit vol." If the provisions of the Act were nut obeyed, the printer, accord ing to Mr. Gurney's argument could not recover for printing the work. The intention of the Legislature was to rnake it the interest of printers to conform to the act. It was doubtless con sidered, he said, that a printer would run the risk of the penalty ; bnt if he could not recover the price of printing fr m his employer, there would be no chance of the act being disobeyed. rite Learned Counsel cited the case of Langton v. Hughes, in Maule and Selwyn, and another case, in support of his argument. The Lord Chief Justice observed, that th.., latter part of the 22d Section oft he Act, imposed a penalty of gal. front any person who shall publish or distribute any book or work without the printer's name. Judge Best —You contend this work was waste paper on his hands Mr. Gurney—Completely waste paper. Judge Ilayley—There was another name. Would that lead to discover who the real printer was ? Chief Justice—lt was the name of some publishing bookseller, I suppose. Mr. Gurney—Names are put to pamphlets by persons who are not printers, for the purpose of getting rid of the printer's responsibility. In the ease 'of Cathie, he had no printing press. act his name was inserted as the printer, to conceal the real printer. Chief Justice—l think there is enough stated to induce the Court to grant a Rule to chew causer The Court accordingly granted a rule. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. HaVas N art,M ARC R 26.—The schooner Mary Ann, Hilliard, two days since front St. Jago, was 'wanks] by three privateers, in sight of the Moro, and had 17 prisoners put on board, part of the crews of several valuable merchantmen, only three or limn days from this port, which they had captured. The privateers were in sight or the Moro Castle all yesterday. PILILAIDE LPHI A, APRIL IL— rhe Selby, from liavannalt, was boarded 23t1 ult. off that port, by a brig and schooner (privateers). Off the 3latenzas saw the former capture a brig from the Canaries, with wine and four Droglicrs, and the schooner was in discs of four schooners to leeward. She captured a few days before a large Spanish ship from Europe, with wine and dry goods, after an action of an hour. NEw Yoax, Arum following vessels, bound to this port, are missing: —James, front Am.:tent:on; Rebecca, front Bremen ; and Halifax packet, front Londonderry. The Mulgrave Castle, Ralph, bound to Bombay, was spoken with the 3d March, in lat. 17. S. long. 2S. 30. by the Musa, arrived front the South Seas. The Pursuit, Artis, from Newcastle to Yarmouth, put into Hull on Monday, distnasted. The Betsy, Hosewell, from Penzance to London, has put into Falmouth, with loss of fore-topmast. The Anna Maria, from New York, arrived at Liverpool, sailed lath ult. On the 20th, in lat. 43. 30. long. 45. fell i* with several islands of ice. one of which she struck against, lazt did not receive any damage. Caution I. Goldsmiths and others.—A number of persons are now about town, for the purpose of en. trapping the unwary shopkeeper, by purchasing gold-mourning rings, without the duty mark in them, whereby the seller becomes liable to the pe nalty of SJI. by an act passed in the 24th Geo. 111. cap. 53, for every mourning ring he sells without being duly stamped ut Goldsmiths' Ilan. Fifty-tive horses are already named to start for the Gloucester stakes, which are to be run tbr at the ensuing Cheltenham races, and to which there are 6-1. subseriben. Literary Fred.—On Thursday, the anniversary of the Literary Fund was celebrated by a dinner at the Freemasons' *tavern. The Earl of Chichester was in the chair ; and a numerous party of noble men, gentlemen, and literary characters, honoured it by their presence. The actual state of this most useful and benevolent institution was shcwn by the reyorts of the secretary, anti by them it appears, that the privileges conveyed to the institution by the charter granted by his late Majesty, which en ables its members to acquire real property, are ap proximating rapidly to the extent permitted ; which if we understood the secretary correctly, is 20001. per annum. PEDESTRIANISM.—Rainer, the Kentish pedes trian, started on Thursday on the Woodford-road, to perform his undertaking of ,50 miles in seven hours and a half, for a considerable be.. He went off well, and was backed at odds to win, but he was beat at :.;(i miles. He kept on the whole time, when he was four miles f.om home, and lost the match. The discussions which took place (notwithstand ing the Opposition titiled iu producing the reductions which they proposed in the Army Estimates) will, in all likelihood, occasion some reductions in the next estimates beneficial to the country, as the situ ation of the finances requires a rigid system of cm tictily to be pursued iu every branch of the public service. lit NAVAL AND MILITARY BIBLE SOCIET Y. -40.- A meeting of the friends of this society took place Tuesday at j the King's concert-room in the Haymarket,. and was attended by ladies and gentlemen of the highest rank. Admiral Lord Gambier was unanimously called to the chair. The secretary read the report stating that branch Societies had been formed in various parts of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Gibraltar, and the most salutary results were anticipated (or the future from the success hitherto experienced. Upwards of 1600 bibles and testaments have been distributed amongst the several regiments stationed in Ireland. In Scotland 1000 copies • of the scriptures had been supplied to persons in need of them. Upwards of 9000 bibles and 4860 testaments have been distributed by the naval and military society of London. Though these etiOrts to circulate the word of God, as well as (rum the daily increasing demands upon the society, a balance of 10001. was due from them; and an energetic appeal was made to the liberality of the meeting, to enable the society to follow up their proceed ings with increased vigour. Bite of a Viper.—A few days ago, as Mr. Francillon, 4 iasheitor, of Chipping Norton, was walking in the forest of %Mk!mood, Oxfordshire, he had occasion Ili stoop down in order to adjust his shoe, when he put his hand accidentally on a viper which hit him in the finger. Tile pain was very acute, and Mr. F. was a mile and a half from any house, so that he could not have imme diate recourse to medical aid. Knowing the conic. ytence of delay, Mr. F. sucked the poison from the wound, and called on a suri:eon as soon as possible.— The symptoms which ensued were of au alarming na ture; die tongue was much enlarged; pulsation ceased, and for some time Mr. F. was in a stare of insensibility. By administering powerful emetics and cathartics, he was at length relieved from the stupor, and the other alarming symptoms subsided. Mr. F. is now recovered, . with the exception of his arm, which.. he has not yet been able to snake use of. Dashing Vagranis.-0a Wednesday morning a coach, with two beautiful well-dressed females, accompanied by a gentleman, drove up to the door of Mr. Davis. passinaster for the comity of Middlesex, in the vicinity of Hatton Garden. Otte of them was aged 17, the other aged 19. They were committed under the Va. grant Act front Oxford, where they were forind in col lege with some of the gentlemen ; they were confined seven days, and ordered to be passed to Had , ney, their parochial settlement. Sunday night Mr. 3est, a respectable carpenter in Queen-street, Soho, while at suppvr, leaned back in his chair and suddenly expired. Two eminent surgeons were immediately called in, who endeavoured to bleed him, but the vital spark was extinct. Ile was a young mull, remarkably temperate and very industrious. lie lids left two young orphans. An alarming fire broke out at Clayton-house, Upper Chinon, occupied by Mr. 1). Hearn, which was catbed by the too common practice of a servant setting the drawing-room window-euriains on tire. One wing of the house, containing six rooms, was burnt before as sistance could be had, and the other part was saved by • a wall. The house was elegantly furnished. Death of a !!oiler.—Ott Sattirdaymorning about two o'clock, the shop of Mrs. Wells, No. 62, Great Charles Street, B.rmingtiain, was broke open, and the depre dator had commenced plundering the premises, when the noise awoke a young man, who slept in an adjoin. ing room; his getting up disturbed tae robber, who got out at the window of the shop, and ran up the yard.— The young matt called to him to stop, or he would shoot Hint ; which caution being disregarded, he fired. as he supposed, without of act, it being gone dusk, but on the watchman and some neighbours searching the yard, the robber was found dead. Upon his person were found seven picklock keys, an iron crow, and a variety of stolen articles; his face was blacked for the purp.ise of disguise. The premises had been robbed some time previous, which induced the proprietor to permit fire arms to be kept by the yonog man who slept there for protectiou. The body of the robber was re moved to an adjoining public -house, and a coroner . * jury will investigate the ;strain His name is T. . he lived in Queen Street, opposte the Plume of Fea thers, and had in his pocket a letter from Rich ard Al fcn. now under sentence of transportation for 14 years tor bi 4 hway robbery. Toe general practice of keeping fire arms on the premises or warehouses, Jac. stud the utility of such practice will, we trust, prove a proper caution to the desperate characters who hale been accustomed to commit such depredations. The sister and brother of the deceased reciignized the body. It appears that Thomas Hill was about 2G years of age. lie blot been in his Majesty's service. FUM.II:E PENITENTIARY SOCIETY.-A meeting of this laudable society was held at Stationcrs'-hall 00 Monday ; Mr. I lankey, the hanker, was called to the chair; lie stated the object of the meeting, which was one of great benevolence and wilily, to rescue those wl happy leinales who had fallen fro.ii the ways of tirtue, and were h:isteiting to destructum, front their Oreadfill situation. The si retary read a report from In: c, tlHuit. tee Of the soei-lv, which slated that they had great reason to hope that their eflorts to restore helpless females who were in iininiiient r of irrettiet able destruc tion, had to many c - iscs be..ii ctT ti i, and represented the necessity of supporting the mie;ely by c increase to subscription, as toe funds had talk', 7001 short of the expetices in the last year. The report was approved and received, and several resolutions, returning thanks to the committee, the physicians and surgeons ante institution. and recommending it to the pubic patronage,. were carried Ulla II inmusly. Early in the :horning of Sunday week, the body of Mr. Synumnitis, cooper, of Trowac nest Norwich, was found in the river, pearl.: in an noriallt position ; tic nut been missing from the d pre OW, ~. .. :2e.