The National Register. — London, England, 1815-03-05 00:00:00

158 LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KIN6', BENCH, SATURDAY. cAnTru r. sari—row.. This was an action by which the Plaintiff, who was Mate of a whaler called the Albion, sought to recover horn the Defendant, Captain and part owner of the ship, one twenty-eighth share of the profits of the voyage, amounting :o 5l;3 1 . io w;icli by Ow articles between hint nod the owners lie was entitled ; arta al.o a cotnpensstion in dawagcs fro I. the Captain for having eattsvel him to be put on shore and left at Ki•yi, suer, in the island of C Ickes. From the statement of the Plaintiffs wit • tresses it appeared tioit tier Plaintilf illid a hunts' crew had been out &him: and had "win to all iteCi !ens they had toe' wi h , wit and weary. Oct tl‘ , it .!1';)tonli towio4k the ship the Capta'm ordered the crew to come on h,:d•d rit the statlp.ald >ide of the vessel. The Plaintiff, however. thicilinig it more cooVClliOnt to get on board on the larboard side, went on board there. as getcing nn board some alterca tion took place between the Captain and the Plaitnilt, and the latter 'as ordered down to his cabin. and IdinnAtCly 1,111 on shore and left at Key.imer. to find his way to England as well as he could. On the part of the Defendant it was contended, that the conduct of the Plaintiff Lad been highly mutinous c and that it had become neces. ,•ary to remove Lim out of the ship. There was no wish, liuweve , , an the part of the Captain to leave hint there deserted ; on the contrary, he had offered to get him a situation on hoard another ship —to furnish him with money—or even to take him tig.ilin on hoard the Albion if he would wake an apology ; but all these offers were rej.-cted. The Jury, after a summing lip front the Learned Jude, found a ver dict fur the Plaintiff fir 6631. the amount of his share of the profits of the voyage and an additional 1001. ter the ex;;etices of his voyage some from Celebes. The new .trial granted in :he case of Gen. Dyott r. Dunn, for rrim. con will the plaintiff's wife, took place in the Court of King's Bench, on Wednesday. when the Jury fund a ver ict for the plaintiff, dainaes 20001.—The first Jury gave .50001. In the Consistory Court, Doctor's Commons, on Wednes , .day; John Whale, Esq. Captain in the Ist Life• Guards, prayed a divorce from . Ann his wife, on the ground of a cri minal connection with t h ree persons of the names of Holmes. Powell, and Pearce, the two former soldiers, a private and ser jeant belonging to the same regiment, the latter a shoe• maker residing at Newbury, and with whom afterwards she went to Alton, in Hampshire, where they continued to carry on an adulterous intercourse. The divorce was granted, and sen cence pronounced accordingly. SPECIAL COMMISSION. CHARGE OF MURDER. At ten o'clock an Wednesday morning, Mr. Justice Heath and Mr. Baron Richard:, took their scats Nitro the bench hi Justice Hall, Old Bailey. tor the purpose of trying by Special Commission W. Sawyer, who stands indicted for the wilful murder of Harriet Gerken, at Lisbon, in the kingdom of Portugal, the said Harriet (iaskett, and be the said Wm. Sawyer Ming natural born subjects of this realm. The prisoner, who is a genteel looking young wan, Lot a little di4igured alma the neck in consequence of the violent attempt %%Inch he made on his own life at the time when the eatas tirphe took place. was put to the bar. The Attorney•Geoeral then rose, which produced an awful and melancholy silence throngliont the whole Com t and auditory, and adklre•sing himself to the Judges, stated, that it had been signified to him by the counsel for the prisoner, that a most material witness on t h e part of the prisoner was op his way to this country trout Portugal, without whose testimony, he, the prisoner, could not safely go to trial. He (the Attorney General) had no wish on the part of the prosecution to Ares: the ease then, and considering the Inaptitude of the charge, he felt it a justice doe to the prisoner to let him have the benefit of any evidence that could be produced on Lis behalf, provided that no Unnecessary delay took place to hinder the due administration of the law. Searlett, for the prisoner, then acquainted the Court that the required was ou his way to this country certainly, and the MARCH 5. prisoner expected much benefit from his testimony; and thanking the Attorney General, left it with the Court. i Mr. Justit e Heath then desired to know w h en the defendant tsould he prepared, and, after some (-nomination; the prisoner's counsel Fisnitied. that on the Sth of April they would be ready 'llw trial was then postponed to that day, and the Court till then in:journed. The galleries and avenues to the Court were all filled by eicht o'clock in the morning, with females and personages of distinction, who crowded thither to hear this most extraordinary case. THE NATIONAL REGISTPIR; ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES. A fine male child was found yesterday morning, warmly packedin a basket, at W es tminster Bridge, in a deep sleep and decently clad. It is about a month old, and the name of A pion's°. was written on a piece of paper and pinned to its heart. Means are taking to discover the unnatural parent who deserted it, On the paper with the name `as written, " Fevd it who can." Rooms:as . DErEATED,-011 Friday niglit Mr. Tavern, of Lan bell', was alarmed by some person at his bed-chamber window, as if attempting to get in. He got up, and look irg from behind the curtail', he saw a man trying to open the sash. Having no fire arms. he was fearful of offering a direct resistance, especially as he heard ether men talking in the garden. lie, however, hit upon an expedient to get rid of them : he went downstairs softly, and Ming• jug np a half hundred weight of east iron, he carried it to a room ou the second floor, the wind,w of which was precisely over that rt wilieh the robber was, and opening it gently, he dropped tins tremendous weapon on his head, and hurled him almost senseless from a ladder on which he stood. The blow was not, however, so effeeloal as to prevent his escape, and he was assisted off by h cArpaoion. A pursuit took place soon afterwards, but they escaped. The ladder which they had reared against the windows, had been taken from the shed of a carpenter in the neighbourhood. PEOn Thursday seimight about half-past seven, Mr. Smith, son of Colonel Smith, of Ashton-under-Lime, was attacked by four men, armed with pistols, in Openshaw, who incline seat him by the old system of roping. that is, by having a rope exte: , ded from one siete of the road to the other. From his great residalion and exertion;, he however eventually escaped, with the loss ef his horse amid hat. On Friday sennight, a post-chaise lad, wlm was in the employ of Mr. Ballard, of the Rose inn, Sittingbourue, was found between that place and Meagan leaning oser the spliwer bar of the chaise, quite dead. His pockets were turned nisi le out, and his body bole evident marks of violence, from which there is every reason to fear that robbery and murder were combined,—but the Coroner's In quest has not yet been obtained. The (I:l:z:cite of Tuesday offers a reward of two hundred guiricas for the discovety of the person or persons who threw Mr. John Smith over Rutherglen-bridge into the river Clyde. The trial of Dan tm, for the murder of his aunt awl brother, w ith veiich the French papers are filled, occupied two entire dry Ile was convicted, and sentenced to death. His fellow prisoner Gi ronatal was acquitted. Flu E.-011 Friday morning, at a little before four o'clock, an alarming flee broke out on the premises of Mr. Clowns, printer, Northumberland court, Strand. However, by a plentiful supply of water, the fire was subdued, with the loss of three houses entirely burnt down. The flames extending to the Duke of Northumber land's mansion, set fire to the laundry. No lives were lost. Cononrat's INQUEST.—Wednesday an inquest was held at the Giltspur-street Compter, upon the body of Felix Cesar O'Neill O'Hanlon, who died in that prison on Tuesday morning. The de. ceased, it will be recollected, was the notorious eh:limier, who, about twelve months since. visited Birmingham, and re presenting himself as a Commissary attached to the army of Lord Wellington, put almost the whole of the manufactnres of that place in requisi tiosi. In the article of saddles alone, he had given an order for 20,000. Under the assumption of his sitnation, he got introduced to Miss Hawking, of Worthing, a young lady of considerable expec tation.. In addition. to his employment, he represented himself to be a person of large property, and produced several papers and bonds to that effect. To Miss Hawkins lee made proposals of mar rirge, and his snit was accepted. The deception, however, was soon di.coyered. and the anticipations of splendour and happinos, entertained by the wing lady and her friend;, were quickly dissi pated, by the arrest of the deceased. His conduct while in prison was itiegular ; and a wound which he had received in his leg from a duel, was brought to such a state of irratibility as to produce.mor tification, and an inflammatory fever, which camel his death. Tile Jury returned a verdict to this effect.