The National Register. — London, England, 1817-11-03 00:00:00

lIMIF Ne')V. S; ►ope, the Church of Geneva had not to conteed—lo r pro fessors had probably long since felt and ventured to suggest what was not very obnoxious to the ;listening ear, their new opinions were capable of preserving her Chinch some steps further from popery, the danger of whose hitillortioz Councils was. therefore not to be apprehended. Tim. every step in the progress of these eventful Univ., is replete with its lesson of observation: the Church of England, who justly takes the lead of the Protestant Cans..., in Europe, will Mid her own flint foundation hest supported, by the moderation which has ever dignified her zeal, and the liberal tolmation which has emanated from her councils: she has maintained her tenets wit knot oppression, and those who lotve determined to seek her, have been previowdy instructed in her pt inciples before they were admitted to the pale of her Communion— Her Liturgy 1144 been stilmvitted to several rev isions, and if ever the period should arrive in which she should more widely extend her anus to many who differ from her, chiefly in forms, she will find herstlf strengthened by a new and popular acquisition, which may render her, when the form of Papacy s hill have expired, the only. Apostolic Church of Christ ! A. H, BARB.IRY PIR.ITES. BREMEN, OCT. !O.—The following letter of his Excellency the Spanish Minister of Foreign affairs, which has been re ceived by the Editors of the Bremen Gu:die. through an 01E trial channel, furnishes a new proof' of what the Europeans, particularly the Germans, have to expect from those bar ba tians, who only wait tbr the moment when their marine, which is now recovering, shall allow 111( . 111 to re-commence their old eruelties,which are beeont , .• a second aattire to them, and probably in a more systematic manner than before. The letter iv as follows : It is known from the accounts which the King, my master, has received from his Consul and Charge (CAR:tires ut Tangiers. tha the government of Morocco demanded (on the 30th August) the usual passports for a frigate, Li Mensora, 54 guns anti 50 men. Captain Attach Abdorraman Bosgask ; and a brigantine, El Nlet gador, 18 aping, and so men, Captain Arrach Ibrahim Luhaccs, which were to go from Larrache to Algiers, to be ut the disposal of that Regency. " To this piece of intelligence, the result of a mission with which an Al,, ,, erine Envoy appeared at Morocco a short time betbre, is to be WA, the circumstance that the Moor who is charged to deliver up these ships (a certain Rexturbe, who formerly sailed as a mer chant at Lisbon), has said that a vessel Mgt:tett at Gibraltar would sail to Algiers, to convey 10,015) cwt. of saltpetre, and 1.(1414/ cwt. of copper, fur the Mogador : and that he himself was commissioned to pi truism Algiers with a present trout his Sultan to Tunis. and thence with another to Constantinople. " These accounts must naturally excite the suspicion that some al liance, more or less extensive, against the !mice and prosperity of the European powers, is fonitin,l among the M.llionietans; and his M:tjesty has thentbre conimanded me to communicate the whole to ynu, Ere. that you may make your goveriamut acquainted with it, whose sound policy will see front this how necessary it is to have a stria watch upon the pmceedings of those States, and to consider what will be the probable consequence of such alliances among )(librarians, who are irreconciliahle enemies to all civilized nations, and are accustomed to consider piracy and treachery . as legitimate sources of support and gain. 1 embrace this opportunity, &c. (Signed) "JOSE PIZARRO." " In the Palace, Sept. 19." POLICE. H trroN.GA R DEN. To PARI4U.OTFICERS.—% deplorable case of distress came before the :Magistrates at this Offiee on Monday. IVil ham Connor of the parish of St. James, Clerkenwell, implored the interference of the Magistrates in his India, with the parish of cers. lie stated. that he bad been to Liverpool to gain employment on beard a merchant ship ; that lie hail failed in his object and bad returned to London. He had spent all he had, and had even sold the shim toll hi. back on his room home. On Saturday lie applied fog relief to the parish and he had received sixpence. That morning he had again applied, and received another sixpence. The wretched man entreated to be sent to prrion ; or, that any thing should he done with hitu tOr the present, as he had neither shoes to his feet, clothes to his back, nor where to lay his head. In his present state he was utterly helpless, for no one would give him employment. Had he shoes and a shirt, he thought he might be enabled to get on hoard an Indianian. Mr. Jones, one of the parish officers who was present, admitted, that the case was deplorable in the extreme ,• but said, the parish-officers were not in fault, as the board for sop plying clothing woeld not meet till this day week. And what, said the Magistrate, is this poor wretch to do mean while? Is he to be left to die of cold and hunger in the ~ streets, or to be brought lip before me to•morrow, if found lying on the brick-kilos, as a disorderly person, and be committed to prison ? For shame! Tell the parish officers, Mr. Jones, from nit•, that if they neglect their duty so scan dalously, will resort to the Act of Parliament. summon them before me, and put the law into execution against them to the uttermost. He then ordered the 111411 Is. to pay for a lodging last night, and to be taken into the horse, or some means devised, on this day, to put him in a condition to earo his bread. The unfortunate man, it appeared, had been 19 years at sea 7 of which he had been in his Majesty's service. He looked like misery personfied. A private letter from France state , , that the Prussian, Frederick, 1 . has been tried for the murder of Mr. Phillips, at Abberville. lie was convicted and sentenced to have both his hands cut otf, and these heahol, to be afterwards executed. lle has confessed two other mur ders, and appears to have been one of the most cool, sanguinary villains that ever existed. Mrs. Philips remains at Brighton in a state of delirium; and it is an extraordinary fact, that though the fissassination of her husband has been concealed trout her, and only hi• death tinnounced, she has exclaimed Orit she knew he was mur dered and saw and could describe his murderer ! Frederick had been employed by Mr. Philips for several years. and was acquainted with what property he hail with him. The relative: of the unfortunate Englishman have been desirous of bringing his corpse to tliii,country for interment, but experience WHIG difficulty in procuring permis sion for his exhumation. Cir.reassfosr OF THE LATE Nll'lltlittS AT I.III:MILE THORPF.-011 the Yid oY October instant, previously to his removal from Louth to the Castle of Lincoln, for trial at the next assizes, John ltaithby, the unhappy man committed to that prison, upon the Coroner's inquest, on the 14itril 111 4 t. voluntarily and fully tionfta.sed himself to be the only person guilty of, or in any manner concerned in, the perpetration of the crimes on that occasion charged against hint. We understand him tohave stated that he went alone for the purpose of robbing the without any intention of committing the murder. but was led to tike the hues of the old inan and woman front th , resistance they made ; and that the resistance made, par ticularly by Ualh, was so great, that they twig ouc time nearly overpowered their desperate townlant. 71"ral, NATIONAL ItEGMBR, OLD BAILEY. Wednesday these Sessions commencod, before Mr. Justice Dana' s Mr. Justice Nike, the Lord Mayor, the Munger, &e. J. Nash, aged 17, was indicted fur iireaking and entering the dwelling house (di. Proctor, of Chelsea, and stealing therein a watch, value f I. his property.—Guidy—Deali ; but recummended to me.cy on account of his youth. Michael Hollingsworth was indicted fur breaking and entering the dwelling-house ut J. Homan, with intent, his goods and chattks therein being feloniously to ste:d. The prosecutor is a publican, in Westminster, At two o'clock be was called up by the watchman, who informed him that the Hap of his cellar window had bevn broken open, which he had bolted before he went to bed. Ile went down the cellar stairs, and met the prisoner, who said, •• Don't be alarmed, Master • • I will make nu resistance." The watchman, who had that entered the cellar, saw the prisoner mac out from behind the butts. The door of the wine cedar had been cut ; but nothing had been taken away. When the prisoner was searched a phosphorous box, a knife, a chissel, and two skeleton keys were found T he prisoner had fonnerly lodged in the prosecutor's house. In his defence the prisoner said, be had been locked out of his lodging, and while walking about he found the tiap of the prosecutor's cellar open, and went down into it fur shelter.—Guilty—Death. J. Whitby was indicted fur robbin? Mary Ann Wort, in llornsey Lane of a shawl, her property.—Guilty—Death ; but recommended to mercy, on account of his Milner good character. Mary Searle was convicted of stealing two la Bank notes, the property 4.1. Booth, in his dwelling house. G. Wilson for breaking and entering the dwelling house of J. Payne, and stealing a silver watch ; and J. Moore, for stealing Gl. iu Bank note, and a Spanish dollar, the property o f Sloane, in his dwelling house, were also capitally convietel The following were convicted of felony, viz. R. Andrews, for em bezzling .t•;81. los.; J. Winged, fur stealing rive pounds of tobacco; W. Fair, fur stealing two pieces of dimity ; I. Croak, fur stealing a child's dress ; H.Jones ,tor stealing lY poundsof candles; R, Parry, fur stealing two 3s. Bank tokens and a half crown ; and W. Johnson, for stealing a watch. W. Mitchell was indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling house of E. Hurry, with intent, the goods and chattles of the said E. Hurry therein being, feloniously to seal. Mr. Adolphus stated the facts of the case, as they were detailed by the followin.. evidence: E. Hurry live at 'l'hurlow house, in the Hackney-road ; be went to bed at a quarter past I•z, on the night of the gsth of August. Soon after, lie was alarmed and got up. He primed his pistols, and went to die window over the back door of the garden ; he then heard the noise of splitting of wood. The night was light, but he could see no one, on account of a stone projeccion under the window. He called out—•• who is there ?" and three men ran loan under the projection. He then tired and one of the men MIL On going down into the gar den, he tinind the prisoner laying cal Isis back wounded. As soon as he tired, the prisoner called out that he was wounded. He implored mercy, and requested that witness would send for his father and a surgeon. When the p risoner was searched, a cooper's gimblet, dark lantern, and a lighted candle in it, a phosphorus box and matches were bound on him. When questioned what he had about him, the prisoner said. they would find nothing but implements for housebreaking: and that Want had iimwlled him to that course of life. He was taken to the London {lospital, and was too severely wounsled to be tried at last Sessions. . . . . Mr. Justice Dallas here said, there could be no burglary in this ease, inasmuch as there must be an entering as well as breaking, in order to constitute the burglary. I lere the parties were interrupted before they had completed even the breaking. A larceny might be proved, but not the burglary. The Counsel for the prosecution failed also in proving the lar. Mr. Justice Dallas addressed the Jury.—The prisoner had aim* suffered severely tor an attempt to commit a felony, m which he had I fany man goes to a house in the dead of night, with (to use the prisoncesown expression) all the implements of house breaking about him, there could be no doubt of his felonious intention. But in this ease, the proof of both the burglary and the Lively had failed, and they must therefore acquit the prisoner. The Jury returned a verdict, finding the prisoner—Not Guilty. Mr. Justice Dallas then addressed the prisoner—" You have suf fered severely, and most properly, from the pistol discharged 4a you,. in the attempt rib' you made on the house of the prosecutor ; and if every man evinced equal resolution in defence 'of his property, we should not have so many of these unfortunate CAMS to try. Fortu nately for you, you were interrupted in your attempt before it was completed, and therefore the Jury were hound to acquit you. But you belong to a respectable family : —take warning from the events of this transaction ; for if ever you are brought before a Court of Justice for a similar offence, this will be remeuibered against you; and if you are found guilty, the law will most probably be put in force against you to its utmost extent. I have thought it necessary to give you this warning before your leaving the bar, both for your own sake arid that of the public. ' The prisoner was then carried fronr the bar by two of the turnkeys in the chair he hail occupied during his trial; he having, to all ap - pearance, lost the use of his lower extremities, in consequence of the wounds he had received from :kir. Hurry's pistoL The following were also acquitted, vie. J. Watts, A. Sims, and Mary Higton. THURSDAY. James Kelly, 57, and John Thompson, Y 6, were indicted for as saulting George Curtis on the highway, and robbing him of ten U. notes. The prosecutor is a scataring man, and had been for two years with the prisoners in the stone ship. On the 14th of October he was in company with them in Roscmary-Isne. when they complained they were badly otl, on which he said, •• Conte along with me, and I'll give you meat and drink." They accordingly went to a public house, where he gave them onne beef steak; and eight pots of porter. They went with him afterwards under the pretext of seeing him home, and on the road, they knocked him down, beat him, and rob• bed him of the money. The Jury were charged by Mr. Justice Dallas, who considered the conduct of the prisoners one of the most brutal and inhuman in every point of view. He particularly com mented on the circumstance of their treating him so cruelly. after the humane manner in which he had relieved them, complaining to hint as an old friend that they were in deep distress. No doubt what ever appeared to hint which he could possibly suggest in theirfavour and he was afraid the Jnry must unit diem guilty.—The Jury con sidered the case very clear, and without a moment's hesitation found thiem—Guilty—Death. William Kay was indicted fur wilfully cutting and stabbing Maria Kern with Mtent to maim her. &e.—Maria Hem stated, that she lived servant with a Mr. Jacobs, whooe house was at Michael's Grove, Ilrompton. On Sunday morning, the Zath of September, her master and family were gone to Church , and she was left alone in die house. She was op stairs when she heard a noise in her master's dressing-room : she came down to see what it was, and on entering die mom, she saw the prisoner m the act of opening her master's portmanteau—she screamed—the prisoner came forward and seized her by both her wrists, and said lie would mur der her if she nuule any •• OM pray don't murder me!" Ile said he would nor it' she remained quiet in the room. She promised that she would remain Lier,4 The prisoner then left the mom, and attempted to slim the door. but She caught hold of the knob of the door to prevent his shutting it. He had a i • knife in his hand, and as she wiedd not let go her hold lie cut her across the wrists two deep cuts. to make her loosen her hold. She screannsl out. and alarmed the passengers in the street, who came to her as ishmec, and the prisoner was secured.—Mr. Jacobs, the master stated, that he was just at that time returning from the chureb, and saw her profusely bleeding, and the prisoner in custody. This fact was corroborated by other witnesses, who apprehended the prisoner, to pin of whom he s.titl that he inteatleil to r. tlte hove. The pri- r>s I loner made a long and 'fluent defence, in which he lam. nut] tha he !tad n a the assistarm! of any of the elervrot exporokre gf Use law in Court. A, to what was doing in the hour ,he mid was ilia spaterial in the present charge, anti commented on the circumaaticrs. proving, as lie said, that the wound was accidentally inflicted in the struggle at the dour.—The girl being called again, said he deliberately drew the knife amiss her hands, to itiake her quit her hold.—Verdict, Guilty.—Four other prisoners were capitally convicted. FRIDAY. SittEP STEaristo..—Jol • Thomas was tlipitally convicted of steailng a sheep, the property of William Wilkinson, final a tieid, be longing to Mr. Kemp, near I lolloway. Thomas Won:, Thomas Rule, Joseph Newton, Mows Martin. and Michael Hurley, were indicted for highway robbery won John Th waits, andaterding from his persona silver watch value 5!. Thomas Thwaits was an inkeeper at Holloway. On Monday, Oct. 13, he was going from Holloway to Stepney, and passed on his road through Whitecliapel ; and about 7 o'clock. at night, when oppos.:te Petticoat-lathe, a party of men came up, one of whom took hold of his arm, and another olanother arm, and one man was behind him, who put his knees to the small of his back to force nis fob forward, tn or der more easily to obtain his watch. At this moment u fourth man came down the lane, and took his watchntly out of his pocket. The men then all ran away, and directly af ter a watelumm came up, and asked witness whether he had been robbed. Ile said that he had, and told the watchman that he ought to hare prevented the robbery. The watchman said, that he did not see the men. Witness afterwards gave a description of the men at the police-office, and they were ap prehended. The watchman had been discharged. The prisoner Dalton, he was certain, was the man who took his watch. Ile came gently down the lane, and as gently drew the watch out of his fob. Witness also recognized Moses Martin as one of them who held hits, while the watch was taken, and who, after he had been robbed, came up and asked whether he had been rubbed. Before witness had been assaulted by these men, he saw four or five of them standing under a lamp and he distinguished their faces distinctly. Thomas Dalton, Moses Martin, and Michael Hurley—Guilty. And Thomas Rule and Joseph Newton—Not Guilty. The prisoners Thomas Rule and Joseph Newton were ordered to be detained, to be tried upon another indictment. 10 UNG WATSON. (FROM A NEW YORK . PAPER. OF THE ICtil SEPT.) TO THE EDITOR. Sot,—llaving observed in your paper of Tuesday a copy of a letter from Capt. Scovill, of the ship Venus, of this port, published in Lon don, stating, that young Watson did not arrive here in his ship, and also that he believes young Watson is not in America. I beg leave to inform you, that, when at Philadelphia last June, I saw NI r. BMus editor of The Democratic Press, who told me that this cel e br a ted young man had been with him, accompanied by a Mr. Poyser and daughter. Having been myself a passenger in the Venus, this state ment excited my curiosity, and I requested Mr. Hintze to dc'eribe the person of Watson; he did so, when I instantly rocognized him to have been one of the passengers who took the name of Peirce*. Mr. l'oyser and his daughter were passengers also (I well remember them), and ac:ompamed young Watson to this country. " Off Ilea we were brought to by the Ganymale frigate, and strictly searched, under the auspicies of a Thames Police Magistrate. and Mr. Taunton. a well-known officer. Young Watson, I ant in funned, wished to conceal himself, but was prevented by Mr. Poy ser ; and fortunate he was, in billowing his advice, for we were all mustered, and any one not forthcoming would hays been certainly found, and secured on suspicion. " Since the termination of the voyage, I have not seer. zither Mr. Poyser or Watson, but sin informed that the old gentleman arrived here just in time to take possession of the property of his brother. who died a few weeks hack, leaving r 3,000 dollars behind him.— oung Watson has opened a school at Pittsburg, where he and Mr. Poyser intend to remain. These particulars have been confirmed to me by many corroborating circumstances and accounts, particularly them relating to his escape, by Mr. Pendrill, who concealed young Watson in Newgate.street, London, and saw him safe on board the Venus at Gravesend. A friend of mine, also, just returned from Pittsburg, has seen Mr. Poyser, and heard the whole account from hint in propria persona. •• I cannot for a moment suppose ('apt, Scolvill, or, indeed, any one else. except Mr. Povser, to have known of young Watson's being on board the Venus. while on the passage; I certainly had no such idea myself at the time, although at this moment I feel middy'' assured of the accuracy of what I have related. " Your obedient servant, "A PASSENGER ON BOARD THE VENUS. P. S. A subscription was raised for young Wasson in Philadel phia, to defray the expcnsgs of his journey westward." • The Liverpool paper says he shipped himself by the name of Dudley. ENTERTAINMENT at the MANSION HOUSE. On Tuesday night the Lady Mayoress gave a ball and supper to about 400. It wag elegantly attended. After supper, the usual toasts passed, and several songs were sung with the usual applause. The following toast, which gave rise to some unexpected and very singular ob , ervations, was recetvcil with acclamations. " His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex—the friend of mankind." His Royal Ilighnes; said. that the sentiments with which his name was associated. if indeed the application was not inaccurate. arose from a British education, by which he was taught that the con science should be as free from fetters as the body, and that slavery should exist no where except in apprehension, so that our very fears should give us a sort of security against danger. The spirit attri butod to him by the company operated with such force upon the pre sent Chief Magistrate. that he thought the most effectual way of re turning them his acknowledgements, would be by recommending to the City of London an adherence to the principles by which that bold, honest energetic, and independent man had been, in his is() years of unparalleled activity, uniformly influenced. Upon the present oe.. casion, at a close of a mayoralty the most distinguished, it was int possible to suppress the Nish to comment upon a series of benefits which the conummity had received at his hands. To this, he (the Duke of Sussex) MU the more incited, as this was most probably the last visit he should pay to the Mansion house for a considerab e time. (laughter and applause.) To suit up the labours of the last two years, it was only necessary to sae. that the reliance upon the talents and virtue of the Lord Mayor, in a cases of difficulty with which he had been surrounded , had been so judiciously placed, that at kngth it became implicit, and vice had an antagonist iu his zeal and abhor rence with which it would be impossible to contend. In confirmation of this, his Royal Highness quoted the authority of the Judges, who. he said, (and it constituted thechief pride of the land)as independent characters as any in it. At the same time that he prophesied the long discontinuance of his visits at the Mansion - house he declared , that he should always feel rejoiced in giving his sup o, rt to those who ,n,.. coaled to the Chief Magistracy, if it appraises' they were led by m:.x int• as pure and immutable as those t 4 which he had just alluded. The I hike then gave " The I Air.l Mayor," His Lordship, atter complimenting the ladie. on their smiles, said, he hoped his Royal I lighness would be indue.al to visit the Mansim. house as often as ever. The last toast was given by the l)uke of Sussex : it was " Happy have we been ; sorry do we p:trt ; and happy may we meet again." The company separated at 4 o'clock,