The National Register. — London, England, 1816-11-11 00:00:00

Nnirrktnan and was asked, whether the first curry of a bill of 1021. was in 140 hook in ()ember, ISM, which Goldsmith denied. ife tsstd, that the hill of exehange Nauss which the action was brought was not paid when it because due. The note was alrawn by Osborne, Hattertichl, and Dcnuy, and made pay. aloe to (711.01 cs 'l'lsortinehapod or order at set ea months. The defendaut said, that oat t h e %Us el dru f Itst.i. he had visa Ikorwaglagund 381 and a similar susa us October. at 4 .ldalpas'a, in the fiteillsoisrlsisvol of Cost ot-garsien, and that lianshriffse was present at the time. The defendant said 1w paid ;hest WWI st. eeemust of the mite, tor which the action was then bronchi. Mr. Curwood, fur duo prisoner, then made au ohjection that evideutie for Ike proweatioss WIIS not conspirte. The ss lode of the ass renenta its the indictment were nut proved, as was veinirriri, according to ihe cases of the King v. Longs, in Term Reports, and the King v. Dowding, in Poshe's Re po:ft. fa the latter case. 140 rd KeoyoH (lad decidedly given it as his opinion, that lassfore the conviction of a defeadaist fur perjury the whole averments fu the ioilictment moat be proved. - Mr. Alley, on the other hand, maintained that it was not ',reels/sassy for kiln to prove the ycry words aware on flit trial. aqta flu a the evidence was sufficiently complete, according to sthr opinion of Lord Ellessborongis scud Lord Kenyon. The Common Serjemat, however, was of a different opinion. -Oa Saturday sennight. when the Clcand JUry of Middlesex were about to be discharged at the Old Bailey, the Foreman informed the Court that he and his brethren had visited every part of New rate, and tram liapdy to report, that they foimil at in the best possible state, both n ith refereuce to the cum- Aka and the security ofilie prisoners. They had particularly viewed that part of the prison'from which certain utelefactors insil recently escaped, and that they were convinced, that the armee , . which :tttended their unlawful effort could teit be at tributed to the remissness or negligence of the keeps., or any of his issistiafits. POLICE. MANSION. HOUSE. .4 Um Saar) or Fottotaa.—Thiirdsay Sohn Williamson mall hominid before the Lord Mayor, upon a charge of *at ing rioninitted a forgery, with a view to obtain the dis cliarge of a prisoner confined for debt, and now in the cps ugly of the Marshal of the Fleet prison. A Mr, Broadhurst, who is clerk to Barns Graham, stated, Oa , some days ago the prisoner °lit used from hint a auto- Hunts iii an action entitled Kent v. Hopkins, calling on the plaiutiff to attend at the Judge's chambers. to show cause wo.,y the detendaat should not be discharged from custody, in consequence of the plaintiff /saving oriitted to enter tip judg mut in .Inc time. On a 5111041 , 1t.111 dry the prisoner d mond. d a s.•eond summons, that he hail is the first instance nn taloin name, wino' was llilwartl, and nut K.•..t 'l' e siiiiint.lllS was gratited on this application, b.. uo .imps arauee was made to entree. The prisoner avant pr,-eti , eil himself to the witness the day after he had pro cured lii corrected summons, and showed °vomit an endorse mein, which he said was the writing of a Air. Alexander, a solicitor, residing iu the New Inn, win , by Williamson , * ac count, was rum' iyed in.the action by the plaintiff. The en dorsement signified the solicitor's consent, under the an dimity of the plaintiff, to are diseharge of the defendant. The mean appearance of the prisoner, and the circumstance of the evtraordivary mistake which rendered an amended sitinaious necessary. led the witness to suspect the integrity .of tke dealing; he accordingly rejected the prisoner's appli . cation to him to make nut the order for the discharge of the ieleatilant until the solicitor to the action shoild Conic for ward and prove his hand-writing The winless soon after waited upon Mr. Alexander. who immediately said the in dorsement Wilt a forgery, and that fie had not beau Att all con • seined for the plaintiff in the action. A warrant was kr this assurance issued for the appre hension of the prisoner, and an information was scut to Nebh44. Clarke and Richards, tte selisitors engaged in the action, entitled MiNs.tril v. Ilapl.ins, w Ito preferred this chit 10 11. c Jillstiet Upon searching t6c prisoner, an °fact- found another forLi.cd consent to the disch.irge of a prisoner who WAS gle• ,ttrllll.lo iu an action tried in the Court of Compton Pleas. This purported to be shoed by Mr, Pearson, a solicitor, in Greinfell street, upon :implication to uhton, it was ascertained tit it neither the prisoner our the summons had.bccu ever seen him. It Wits represented lay the parties who complained against the prisoner, that thin c was a very serious aggravation of his offence, namely, that he OA sworn, upon obtaining the sopa/Mao on the lauer couseut, that he saw Mr. Pearson place his siguatiire to it. Mi. I Winer said that nil case of a similar des -iiptien hash ever hies brciigt.t before the Lord Mayor upon .thy kriner occasion.—liilly collimated on both charges. lIATTON-GARMN• Al. and B. Whitfield, brothers, were charged by T. Hand ley, a cosh rniutiger, with cutting the throat of Isis jack ass, tsful stabbing it twice in tire, sick. The coinplaiugiat stated, -that the prisoners noel hi a grudge, lie having itidieted ;bens the last Sessions for assaulting hint; he 11.0 witnesses present to prove their threatening. to be avenged Of hint , and that they would do for his ass. Complainant lived, us well as The prisoners, cu Rnse-alley, TariglUM-street. lcnwpLtLlant tell Isis donkey in a stable in tise.tanse euuti. In the morn 'Aig he found the lurk 11411 been forced, umd has ass taken 'may?, however, he funnel the a:s in Y0.1.-nreet, ;wont I:10 +ads distant Irma the stable, with Isis throat t tit Aernss, and tern deep stabs in the side, bleadisig to death. They were seen following the ass front the staolit 1gia.11%14 York-street. Two .wittiessesproveil the above. Ttie M tgisteate referred seveval Arts (if Parliament, and licit .uteri the law did not in rest hint %%Ulla power to punish thew; aflitingie there was an Act of Parliament sor the preservation of esitte, the law did but consider an ass to Came under that dews iiination. lie mach regretted that Lord Erskine's 111 l was tiirtwu out, to prevent cruelly to atiunals. LW I he WO TelaCtallee diS• 4/1141Tell the prisoners, but advisol cilayliturant to Pa) tic case behle the Gllati JNty, ullO Were u:..41a. mAKl.4llPitothill s ritEET. IlroNitic Gut' FauT.—WeilooeLly G.turee Toukins and Woodrius, t.to bays, w,tre uruiebt, eliarite•l by RI. Styles, LC.4,111: of rho gylhlt of St. 311.110.1, wow polli:: z .down part of pr.uu,ses in belangirg to ta, late Mr. Garrett, and uiaa sleaniug a sliurter and oulnuer 01 ba,kets from a butcher'. shop in Sr. Jiboici's-market, with thy atate a bun fire, 4eCUrlllO4 to the ancient ruNtu:,, .of burniug "U d Guy," to the terrur at the lual.o:taai. The prisoner Wootranu, his Italy been three week-. out u pr u, dui wg wbiak .be has robocil bus rather, who Ls a ver) NATIONAL - - - reapeetable man, in etinrequenee of this be WAS remanded, and Tombins wee diacbarger4 no Ins premise if i‘ppearirg if eallr4 far. Cumulus Ca5e.....4 poor ono, who sakibe had forgot his name, bet who was known to go by the now of John Billie item, was brought up, charged by muse proprietor of the tirorge's Coffee-house ' in Piccadilly, with s most outrageous :maul( on himself an,l his waiter, which originated under the fullowiug eirclincitaecee: —About ten °Week io the morning the prisoner came into the to:tee-room, mkt called for some diem very expeusive, which the waiter refused' to let kiln have, as he was very shabbily dretsed ; the prisoner 'elle/Red his order s and. the complaisant' thinking Me was deranged, advised lung to go away, ionised of which{ be made Inc of the load strange and incohereat "etches, and attacked every one with the utmost desperation, am" tutees with the greatest difficulty he was seetmed and lodged In the watch honer. Alagistrate.—" Prisoner, you hear the charge *pima you." • Prisoner.—" but you may charge me with being mad." (Here he began dancing mud making the most extravagant gestures mid grimaces.) Ma gist rate.—" Are yon a Mali of fatailY 1 " Prisoner.—" Oh yes, Sir, I have two wives.". Magistrate agaiu.—" Have you any one to speak as to your cheracter?" Here the prisoner began to stare at every hotly, saving, " Let nut see, whom I *hail choose?. and then pitched upon a irentleimia near him, who declared be never saw hies before. 'fire worthy Magistrate, seciug evident sides of nwatel do rangemeut in the whole of the prisoner's gonduct, ordered him to be taken care of Instil he could be sent to his parish. P. Flatieglien end .1. M•Corsley were remanded, charged with outwit lug a Military Officer in G:eat Vaisaelf.street, and robbing Min of a gold snuff-bee, some silver, his het, end a great east. Tire prisoners ' on meeting the prosecutor, with oritsaeakine, knocked him down, and beat him (ill he was in sensible. They were remanded till the prosecutor is so far recovered as to be able to attend, S. 'Meadows, a liaekney-coaeliman, was ordered to find bail for assaulting two females, who had 'arid his coach from one of the 'flicatres to liryattstuee-street. • After being an hour and a half performing two miles he refuse:( In proceed without bi.; ay this beiii i ; refused, be kept the ladies ie the coach smother half hoer. QUEENI•SQUJARE. Elizabeth Pearce, a widow residing in 'Pelener's Westminster, was brought before the Magistrate on a war rant, to answer diary Trippe, wife of John Trippe, a highly respeetahle broker, in York-street, Westminster, fur an as sault. Prostentrix stated, that her husband bad visited the defenti.mt at her own lodgings in the gigue, ever since last Christmas; that on Wednesday nue ming, while she sat at breakte.st with her limbs:id, this defendant cense into the room, struck her with air umbrella, and claimed her place as mistress of the house. The defend:nit, being called to know why she had acted thus, retorted on consplainaut, that she gave the first assault by emptying some water out of a waste land ba,in oil her, and afterwards throwing a cup of tea in her face, followed by the cap iueif. Pei:lectrum denied this, hut her husband being appealed to by the defendant, said he week/ be upon his oath his wife .oade the first assault. The Magistrate laureutesl Mg state in which the parties ap peered to stand. He was sorry, he said, to see that a person who had bidierto bred in such high credit, and in so respect • ab!e a manner, should, all at once, have discovered each ' moral and evil propensities. As to the present complaint, he should make no adjudjeotion in .it. Ile would hied the two I Wets its their owes 'Tem/Mammas to keep the peace towards each other, on pairs of immediate imprison:mead: and he would seriously advise alr. Trippe, if he meant to enjoy the respect of his ileighbours, and all who knew him, to leave oft visiting ales. Pearce. To that lady , he reed a very apiiroprime lecture on the laxity of her religions primi• pled, and the immorality of her conduct iv eticourigtug the addresses of a ruarriesi .144 n, raining his mite's peace of wind, and elatiniug her 'dace in her (MU 10111ilyi.0041ly 0110141111 g baresfaced intention of living in g state of ailidtery with her hitsband under her very .nose. Mr. Trippe told . th e' Magistrate, ha was tleterOULlCti that, from That day, Mrs. Pearce should live in Ids home, as Isis housekeeper; that lie had borne with his wife's jealous temper too hum. but was deternliueel to put up with it no longer. The ,Mag!nrete, with great iiialignatiun, told bins, if he pecsisted Manch an alma nioahie resolutioa lie won:d be a losimaii, despised and slimmed by his ne!ghborits and all the world: He replied, he did nut care—the world Week' not p ay-hint fur the lOU Of MS happiness. Here the Magistrate dismissed the loutinet'ea an I illy the teeter conducted Mrs. Trippe to her house thringli sane dour of time office; and Mr. 'iripite amid Mit. Pe tree retired through the back. eutrance. Cs 'inst.:: lirviot Of A Pt taecit.—A Mr. Mann and an oCier ger:dermal; from a village near Makieniread, in Berk sh re, e hick bust gave rise to the old saying and soul' of " rhe Vicar 40 . Prom," brought a boy to the office older the lo iowing eireannstimees: —lt appeared by the gentleman's at armee*, that three dey's ago the boy hail beep Mend early in the moriiMe, asleep-under a gateway, in a street where lie I I ha I bees left in the iii4ht by oar of the west co.upery weeeous. Tease who found him took him to the IM'erdeer, 3VIIO coashiet ed him to the .vestry-room, whea, oa being eNamioted i lie.ig formed the Vestry that lie came frain the Workinalse ut Chel sea, where heeir a week awl three drys, and was sent from thence to Hyde-park-corner, aud.put ialo a covered waggon, whic.li hi - ought him to and had kill high at Bray. Oem being examined by the Magistrate, he 6/i4{ that he never knew his lather or leather, both having died when lie was very yowl*. AR aunt el his in Bray hail brought him up till about two years ago when she died, and tee has ing U 0 01Ic to apply to, set oil stud walked to L ;tam :vith awoke./ buy, se hose name he did slat know, anti W110:0 he bad never seen, since they arrival in tewii. Ile went by 'Apace to Cit•b.e.t, and there asked Mr sortable', employment at it paper-ma insfactary, wirer. lie lived same months. From thence Ise went to the otter factories these, till.at leugili no mark being to be hail, he went to the workhouse, where lie remaitted during the time above-wentioueil, end was thee conveyed to dray. Its. Adams itiforined the Magistrate, that at a kill meeting of the Vestry, on Weliesilay, lie and his comparsium kplitcli to tiring the boy hack to Chelsea. That on ;heir affival ut towel they weee ieformed the of Chelsea transacted alt their business at Idnelar . sguatc, dud they html consequence come thither to imptire erheiber g.sy pass had Jevir grained Iron them::: to re-note hiaato Bray. The Magistrate informed them, that ill' was VeVtaill tin ap- IliCaliollll.ltl UCCII ludic for a 1104 at this ohei., nod fir this ',roil reason, that the parish odicers well ktiew that .10 111 I' . strate At ally °dice would snit a paw on sue!' evidence as .e boy's rt7count of himself. He therefore advised him to take the boy to the vestry clerk of Chelsea, from whom they would .abtaia itiforatatioa as to the corre:tucsi or t:other,* of the boy's story. 14 was clear he bad become a easialry la the parish of Chelsea, and it would seem they wished to pals him as a casualty on that of' Bray. The Gentleman returned the Magistrate than!"s for his kind atteutkes and advice, and, with the boy, departed toe Use purpose of following it. Pow:mons SOILING GAME.— George Fitkr, No. 1416 Piccadilly, appeared to answer an information laid splash luau by George Chisers, fur having game concealed in hie House. On this lothrmetion a search-warraut wiles granted, and lily, the officer, found therein the following birds, viz. a brace of pheasants, ditto of moor-game or grouse, ditto par tridges, ditto Mares; making in all eight beide. By the nth otat nue, c. 20. sec. tt. any person having in hie possession any of the above-mentioned gime, not being tinily qualified to kill game, or authorised by some person who is so qualified shall forfeit the sum of 31. for each head of game UP lde was convicted in the penalty of 401. ANOTSIER CASE.—Rickard Pewee, poulterer, N0..30., myneitreet, came to answer a similar information laid Agatha lien by the same person, for having game concealed in his house. Gilmour, the officer, • Muted, that un die authority of search-warrant he had searched defendant's house, end fuuud therein Jnly one brace of partridges, which were pro duced in Cuttrt, Dottie said there were the feathers and wags of several otivrs. which seemed to have been recently picked. Defendant pleaded, that thouglr•the partridges were in hjs house they were nut his property, hut sent from Lord Gwy dies to be picked and tnissed ready for the spit. The Ma gistrate stated, that if defendant would bring forward any ser vant of Lord Gwydir, who would confirm his evidence an oath, be would discharge the information. UNION-HALL. COMBINATION AND RIOT.—A, corions case of conthinatioa, riot, and assault, tame cm to be investigated before the . Magistrates at this o ffi ce en Wednesdays. whey 1.1. Crouch, J. Maples, P. Harnett, Y. Murphy, W. Hollis, and I. Clay man, well-known resurrection turn, were charged by Mr. W illianis and Mr. Sparren,studetfte helOngiug to St. Thomas's Hospital, with assault and riot' It appears that the spirit of conefinatiou which has of Lite been so prevalent amongst journeymen mechanics has cons - mtiticated itself MO to WO. tlemen of the honourable profesion known by the vulgar ap pellation of resurrection men or bor.lit scakbers. A majority of this worthy and eulightegied hand, which is by DO Mean. , numerous, have lately been to the continent op a visit to the famed field of Waterloo, as is add, for:the purpose of collect ing and importing Into this country a cargo of teeth. On their return lately, a general nieetipg was held, at wldch it was determined that in future no subject should he furnished either ,to lecturer or student at hospital or lecture-room, for less them six guineas, the price up to this Dine having been four. This resolution was toirunuojeated tp, the ansgeons, who, considering the demand as au impfaitioo, determined to resist it, and having roma" means to induce lleo of ten fraternity to secede Irons the general body, they were en gaged to furnish sobjects to a certain extent. They succeed ed, but the general body lasing received information of an intended visit to the tombs ;damned by the two traitors, they gave iefueination ts the officers of the lowa-hall, who 1,11 consequence of the information they thus received, surprised We two offenders ip the very act of opening a grave, and took them iuto custodj. Tkis did not sati•fy their vengeance,, for having obtained information that some 'abject* had been token to 3t. Thommes Hospital, the six dellosidaots wear I tuera, forced their way into toe disseeting-roam, where Mr. . Williams and '4r. Sweep were, and drawing their knives, began to floprish them. Mr. Villtauss Mutt Me. qplretiltie warmed, attempted to eft'eera to revit. but Weep purakted and Drought baik, and ohligssd to coidinue ip the room whilst die defeudante cut the three bodies which were lying on dis.ectig table into pieces, Whilst they ware thins cosploy ps. itiforniatiou leaving by spine means Wets sent to Cdennun, ap with auutlier officer, went and ti2ourch all the <W 0 3' 14 004, end took them before the Magistrate. They made no defence s but said they heal hoes vuey hi treated by the sargeolls. who could nut do without them, They were all arde . red to W to answer the co.pplaipt At the 6esshnts• Divtam Beta..—This mac tine was outplayed hat week ip Barnpool, Plymouth, to (mania* tke bottom, preparatory to sinking the Eden sloop of war, with the view of curing the dry rot ; bat it was considered un safe front its inequality and the heavy Zreultd dwell wilicb sots in with au easterky wind. Mr. Smith, clerk of the works now carrying on in Plymouth yard, has suggested a plan for surveying and marking out the grounl awl also for lic,•plog up a comurani...ation lietow aad oa dr; surfitee of the water, which on a trial he carried into complete eilbet iu eight &them, water.—P/ruoulit paper. 4lt Dulte of Nerthuntherland It is for Tway Yttilitt past let his numerous arms only from year to year ; this has frequently been complaittad of by the &rowel and his Grace's tenantry, who have ultimately esp:ri tmee4 the advent/qv:sof the practice. The noble Duk:'s imsaue is said to .ustount to one hundred and fifty thousand Ltounds per annum ; it' this is the tiict, by the reduction of 231. per cent. on the whole of hii rental, his Grace most have reduced his income thirty4even thousand pounds a year. At 641 audit at Avington-house, Hants, on Friday senitight, the teaanta oF the Marquis of Bucking-haw bad i i per cent. deducted fro:u their rents. A carre;Tondent ut NiThaplode, in the fens of Lin colnshire, writes, 4' 1 have tho pleasure to inform yun that tho harvest is nearly conipleated in this neighbour hood, au.l has been gut up much better than had been expected-the produ4 very abundant." The Earl of llardwicle, who is a'resident of the Canahridgc Agricultural Society, gives u preniiu , n of 501. the ensuing year, for the best cultivatc.l farm of WO acre:, within any enclusetl parish of Oat county. At Horne:title fair op Monday last, there inM a very large show of sheep, which went otibriskly at 4:itactAl prices. At the boast thir on Tuesday, there was .tl4) a vary gxkl show, att.l a reacky sale was ohtainetl htt ter p:tces than of late. There was not so largve a /1:1:30/ as at thrtner fairs at this season, hit the terns we . 2 ra ther better than at the August fair.