The National Register. — London, England, 1811-06-09 00:00:00

S ar. 7 11 N, PITT V. HUNT. evidence, and the Jury, without' retiring, brought in a verdict for plaintitl—cdarna6es 2000 h This was a similar action with the former. It appeared that the plah:tiff *as formerly an auctioneer at Southampton, but lately resided in London. The defendant had been his appren tice, and, at the time of the perpetration of the offence was about fifteen years of age. The cause of action arose bAween five and six years ago, and it appeared in the course of the evi dence, that the lady had had four or five chihiren, and was suckling one of them when she admitted the defendant to her embraces. During the absence of her husband, the nurse came into her mistress's bed room one morning with the child, and discovered the defendant in bed with her. The excuse she assigned for so indecorous a proceeding was, that the poor lad had got a complaint in his bowels, and she took him to her bed to comfort him. At other times they were seen in bed together by some of her female friends, without any anxiety fur conceal ment. The A r-roa 14 EY-GEN eRAL, for the defendant, declined mak ing any defence ; and Lord ELLENKOROUGH, in addressinv the Jury, was at a loss to know what damages a plaintiff could expect for the loss of so abaniloned a profligate It seemed to.hiin as if the wife had seduced the apprentice boy, and that he was the party scduccd ; by the fact being proved, they must find some verdict for the plaintiff. .The Jury immediately returned a verdict of 40s. damages for tile plaintiff: • BRUCE, QUI TAM, V. TIOLLTS. The defendant,. a master mason, in Coswell-street-road, had set a man to work as a journeyman who had not .served a❑ npprentictsl4 of seven years, and had taken a boy as an apprentice for three years. This was an action on the stat ute of 5 Eliz.chap."4, s-c. 31. for the penalties of 40s. per month for each of these rmni agaii;st the master. The Jury, under the directions of Lord ELLENBORuLIGII, found a verdict for the plaintiff. OLD BAILEY. TucKrlav, Francisco Fernateler.;, a Spanish sailor, was tried oil Fn indictmi:nt chargin: , ?;:in with cutting and maiming John Cleare, with int;:nt to kill or tin him some bodily harm, on the i!titli of May, in the parish of Ikrapping. It appeared that the prisoner had served on board an East Indianian, and on his rirrival in this country, being ignorant of the language, he was sent to the Asylum, appointed by the F.a . it India Company, for the recerion of Lascars, where lie ret ,, a nod until the day specified in the indictment, wit. n it was drti-rtnined to send him on board an Indianian lying at Graves ,er.O, along with several Lascars. On his way thither, however, he escaped, and returned to the Asylum, where he was seen by the Prosecutor, Cleare, who was a servant in the house, and on whose approach to ascertain the cause of his return, he drew forth a knife, and stabbed him in tine arm and thigh, and then ran off. These facts being distinctly proved, the prisoner was found guilty. The same prisoner was then tried on a second indictment, cbarging him with the commission of a similar offence on the person of Richard Day, another servant in the A for Fascars, who went to apprehend him at the Kettle Drum Public-house, Denmark-street, Wapping, for the crime already mentioned; in attempting to do which the prisoner stabbed him in the belly. Of this offence he was also found guilty Dee! h. John Arntstroli,a was capitally convicted of stealing 3 cwt. of rope from on board the Sovereign, East Indianian, at Blackwall, on the 17th of May. Patrick Passell and Richard Blundell were indicted for bur glariously breaking and entering the George public-house, W bite chapel, on the night of Sunday the 26th tilt. with intent to steal. Patrick Russell was found guilty ; Blundell was acquitted. The Sessions terminated on Wednesday, when sentence of death was passed upon the following prisoners:— Charles Thomas and Richard Armitage, for forgery ; William Cooley, for stealing in a dwelling-house ; John Taylor, for a burglary; Eliz. Ho: ton, Sarah Johnson, and Harriet White, for stealing goods in elOng-horse ; Thos. Brown, for a burglary ; Sam. Sinith, for t;tealing in a dwelling-housF4 Beni, _St b,s, for . tf °NAL nvinsTril. ... ~,. • 4 privately stealing in a shop ; Francisco Fer ously cutting ; Patrick Russell, for burgulary; for a highway robbey ; Peter Panay, for steal and having be, n before convicted and rec( cierg) , ; Win. Bolton and •Phomas Bavan, for ling-house ;A . and John Armstrong, for stealing goods . gable river. • . * •• . Five were sentenced to be transported for life, three for four , ' , teen years, and twenty-on for. seven years. • Two to be imprisoned for two years, six for one year, fifteen • for six mouths, twenty-six to be imprisoned fot various periods,.. and twenty-nine were discharged by proclamation. .. 7nandez, for. rnalicii,: ; Aaron Solomores ) ,.- aling half a guineas :eivcd the benefit or r StealinE in a dm - el- . ng goods on a ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, (S•c. ~ , 'ednesday night, about ten o'clock, a most alarming fire broke out at the Red Lion Wharf, in Thames-street, which de stroyed goods and premises to the value of f 30,0001. Messrs. Todd and Co. and Alderman Wood and Co. were the principal sufferers. The premises were insured. • A few days ago, a man of very genteel appearance and ad- • dress went to the house of the Sexton belonging to the Baptist Meeting in Worship-street, calling himself a Surveyor, and should be lad of viewing the inside of the building, in order to take dimensions of the same, to erect another chapel on a similar plan, when he had access to the same, and found means to steal several Bibles and Hyffm-books, with which he walked away undiscovered. lie is the same sharper [bat has robbed several places ofworship in the vicinity of the metropolis. MARRIED. On Thursday, at Stepney Church, R. C. Tuffin, Esq. to Miss Pittman, of Stepney. At Gibraltar, Capt. Allen, of his Majesty's ship Franchise, to , Miss Sk inner, daughter of Col. Skinner, Royal Engineers. At Pinner, Middlesex, Wm. Midwinter, Esq. Captain in the Hon. the East India Company's. service, on the Bengal Es tablishment, to Ann, youngest daughter of Mr. Thomas, of Pinner-Green. At Twickenham, H. Benzin, Esq, late of the 15th, or King's Hussars, to Dora, youngest daught& rof the late P. Mackenzie, Esq. of Twickenham. The Rev. J. D. Churchill, Rector of Blickling„ to Mrs. Chap• man, of Aylshani, Norfolk. The Rev. I. Fellow: M. A. youngest son of R. Fellowes, - Esq. of Shoteshant Norfolk, to Susan, fourth daughter of the Hon. T. r von, of Hetton-Honse, l)nrham. Mr. John Moore, of Hitchin, to Miss Moore, of the same place. DIED. On Monday morning, at his house, In Tenterden-street, after a lingering illness, aged 70, Henry Herbert, Earl of Carnarvol and baron Porchester, of High Clere, in the county of Hants, . Pcivy Counsellor, and L. L.D. He is succeeded in title an 1 estate by his eldest son, Henry George Lord Porchester, M. P. for Cricklade. Lately, of a fever-, at Coimbra, Portugal, the Hon. Joh Wingfield, of the first Battalion of the Coldstream regiment o: foot guards. At Yarmouth, aged 70, E. Mapes, Esq. many years Lieut.- Col. ;:f the East Norfolk Militia. In Wiltshire, in. the 76th year of his age, Harry Blunt, Esq . late Lieutenant-Colonel of the 4th, or Kin o Nil regiment: he was present at the siege of St. Phillips, Minorca, in 1756, and at the battle of Minden, in Germany, and also served in the American War, under Generals Gage and Howe. At Eriswcll, near Mildenhall, aged 101, deservedly respected, Jan.ts Fuller, one of the people called quzkers ; whose tempe rate way of living was blessed with freedom from pain till the close of his long pilgrimage ; he had children, grand children, and great great grand children, to the number of 210. Pit'CE OF STOCKS. S per Cent. Reduced 63n* _ 4 per Cent. Consols 79} 80 791 Bank Long Annuities l6i 15-16 Imperial A:11. for 25 years 5 13-16 • Ind:a Bonds 16s. 15s. pm. Old Annuities 63a Exacquer Biil,, 3d. Onmium Consols for Open. Lnadon : Printed and Edited by E. ROCT-lE, and Published by JOHN !SHER, No 5. 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