The National Register. — London, England, 1819-10-31 00:00:00

OCT. 31. the name of the owner of the property was essential, and if so tt was cssenti.tl that it should begiven correctly. i The Coos r again called Mrs. Stowe. whn stated, that she had known Mr. Campbell as Joh n.C.a m plied but she had also heard him c., lied Craham Campbell sometime-. Mr. Cue wool) now observed, that wh ite,er he might have been called, lit re was a probate of a will to which he had sworn, and in which by his own act, he was called John Graham Campbell It this objection had not suggested it- self, them wit.. another which he intended to hare made, but only in welt of judgement. He thought. however, he might aaarell mention it then. It was to the wording of the indict ment, which described the house as be 11 fd c 1,. 3. Gtinpbell, die. Now, he maintained that this expression was equivocal, and that the terms, ‘• she gy Sec. should have been used; for a house might be belonging to a tenant, and yet the property of any other person; and it the house was held as tenant by the prisoner, the offence of sttitig fire would not be a capital one. This dcicriptivin of the property he therefore maintained was not a suirwient one in law. Mr. Boit...two rose to reply.—His ob.cm.itions on the second objection were not audible where we sat. In reply to the first we understood him to contend, that the way in which the name was given &chant vitiate the indictment. They had proved that Mr. Campbell bad been known by the name of John, and his having been left property as John G. Campbell could not effect the legali,y of the former de scription If he, Mr. Bollaad, whose name was had been left property, and was described iu the will as Mr. Henry &Maud, it would nut invalidate an indictment in which he should be described as William Holland. the learned gentleman was proceeding with this argument. when Mr Justice PARK observed, that although the will had only mentioned ' John G. Camphdl," yet in the probate Mr. Campbell acknowledged the addition, and filled it up with the word .• Graham." Mr. Bo said he was not aware of this circumstarce before, and had therefore nothing further to offer upon that objection Mr. Justice PARK then observed, that his learned brother Baron Wood, having a doubt on the subject ar the objection, he would reserve it for the opinion of the ix fudges; as also the other, which Mr. Curwoed had made. 'Ms evidence fur the prosecution being now closed,•the prisoner was called upon for her defence, but did not offer nay obser cation- Her counsel called the billowing witness : . Aone Payne knew the prisoner fur 2 years and a half. Saw hey the live days betore the burning of the house. She noticed her incoherent manner of talking. she told witness she was much troubled in mind, and would oeetainly make away with herself. She complained particularly of the con duct of her husband. Witness asked her to see her husband, but she refused, and said she would never see him any more. Witness firmly believed that she seas not right in her mind. fit had befu a this burnt an excellent character. Me. Justice Putt summed up the evidence, upon which kr commented at some length, and the Jury, after a very short deliberation,. returned the followi..g verdict —" Not gaidtg,.being at the time in a state of mental derangement." This verdict, if not set aside by the decision of the twelve ledges, favourable to the objections made by Mr. CoLivood, subjects the prisoner tolmprisonment for lift in some asylum for the reception of insane persons. During the whole of her trial, the prisoner Cwho, as far as we could judge from a slight glimpse of her features, appears shout or SO years of age) stood at the bar in a state of great dejection. She held her handkerchief to her face for the must of the time, and searcely once held up her head, or seemed to regard what was passing round her. At her re moval she wept much, but not aloud: ii:deed, her whole de meanour indicated a person labouring under a deep melan choly and dejection of spirits. She wasordered to be detained until the King's pleasure be known (that is, until the decision of the tit Judges should be given). In the course of the evening the Grand Jury came into Court, with the last of the bills whack had been sent to them. The foreman presented a paper in the name of himself and brother Jurors. This shortly stated, tLat theilbrors had visited the gaol of Ifesegate, and were perfectly satisfied with the order, regularity, and cleanliness observed there. They were then discharged. Some time ago we noticed a, most daring attemp Made by a prisoner, named John Wien's, to esca t ic loin the Borough Umurter. He had been in one of the loftiest wards of the prison with several others, from whence an escape was considered hazardous, Wool alto gether iinpossibie ; but Williams's luring spirit ev,r eaine every obstacle, and he determined at all hazards to try the experimtut. Accordingly, after wrenching away several of the window-bars, he raised himself on the roof of the prison, working his body upwards, and then tying 3 rove made of the boil-clothes to the railings at the top, tie began to descend; but had not got more than half way down when it broke, and he dropped or. she fare:nem and broke both his legs. Singe that period he has been confined in Guy's Hospital, from which he made his escape last Sunday evening, muter circumstan ces of great art and ingenuity. For the last week. or two, although the surgeons were of opinion that he was getting better, he has complained of the most excrucia ting pain in his legs, and if requested to get op has always declared his inability to move. On Sunday evening he was left in bed soon after six o'clock, when the sister sill' nurse went to church, and next morning was missing, with a pair of crutches belonging to ano ther patient, so that in the course of the night he must have gut up and escaped through the surgery and the great hall. A coach was at had ready so convey hint off, it is supposed to Liverpool- or Bristol, of which lat ter place he is a native. fire offence with which sir stood charged was a robbery on the 'fhames : he has been a mariner, and from the manner of the robbery, must have been frequently employed in the hazardous euterptize of cutting slipping out of harbour, for in the middle of the night of Saturday the 10th of July he rowed to the brig Unry, lying toff Pickle Herin g -....5, and without disiurniog any person, got on board, and was staking tiff with the Captain's pocket-book, coo tainitig a WI. tio.e, and a gold watch, when 1 do.• be longstig to the Venus sloop, laying alons„side, observed him, arid began to hark, which itwok.t Mr Captain arid his brother, out the robber irking a 'mustard from his girdle held shone at hay till use descended into Isis boat, anti was 411060 in row ashore. On p.ssma the end of the slims tor this purpose, toe dug spt wig into the boat upon hint, and drag.ted bins overboard, which envois's lance alone lcd to his apprehension. VIE NATIONAL REGIEVITIt. RIGHTS OF WOMEN, --ow Much having been said of late respecting Femile Refimners, the following authorities will prove that female rights have been greatly infringed: I-14y Paces engem returned twee Members to Parliament. —Brady en Run reflexive, 33 Ap. By a collection af kewell'4, in the ease of Catherine re, Surrey, the opinion of the Judges was, that an ... ar e led woman having a freehold might vote for Members of l'ae liament. A WOllllll may be an ()veneer of the Pnov—for this we have a r.ceht authority.—Sce the King v. Stubbs, 2 Term Rep. 39:i A woman WAS appointed Governesti of the Home nfCor rection at Chelmsford, by order in Court.-2 Ltl. Raym 1014. In the Mirror of Justices, a Homan is said to base been a Justice atilt Peace. _ _ In the last chapter of the flown'', verse 1, one Phrehe k called the servant of the Chinch, and held sonic eccle siastical odice. Deaconesses nre mentioned in ancient Councils, when baptism was by SitIII. 1.4i1y Broughton was Keever of the Got , hlnse P son. The Minister of Clerktutwell wa, clo,en by a major ity of women.-1 Geo. 2. Women may be guardians. administrators, executors, and C4ll execute powers of attorney. Women have held by military •trnnrec.-13lount's Termer, 47. _ _ _ in Pe:18,215, there is a grant of castle to a Lally. The other of Champion at the Committal or George i. wits in i W ((((( The office of Clerk of the Crown le•the Klo(•s Bench war granted to at Woman.—Sirow, P. t•. • The office of Wash Constabte has been borne by a Wo invn.—flyer, 285. • Tire law allows Worsen to be even Queens: her Ma jetty Queen Caroline was left Repot anti Gisuidiau of alai+ Realm-. The celebrated Ann Counter. of Pembroke, Dorset, end Montgomery, held the hereditary other of aheriff of Westmorktpl, soil V7(1 . 1 eised it in person at the A./sizes at Appleby,•ti.i:ott on the Bench with the Judges.—Cu. Liu. to Note, .136. Women ale Patrons of Chbrehev : they have Dontives, and there they are is 4 Ordinaries; they are capable of imitropriations, are circa sacra, and they are re garded in law as Parsons; mativ Nunneries had them befote the Reformation. Women, in neees..ity, have been allowed to baptize.-7 Mud. Keit. 2711(12 Oeo. I I.) where all the above authorities are acknowledged. In an old eilitioo of the Tesionient, in the year Phi t, a Woman eaHed a Miniater of -the Chnrch. And it is notorious, that Quakers allow WOllll.ll in preaeli. NVIO: SELLINo.—The scandalous and illegal prac tice of husbands selling their wives in open market, with a halter round their necks, under the vulg.ir notion that they thereby get clear of their obligation of maintaining them, has of late years been too com mon. In many recent case, this abominable corultlct has been punished with laudable severity. The proceeding, however; is not quite so modern as is generally supposed. An instance is mentioned by Lord Coke, in which a husband endeavoured to dispose of his wife by deed, and it may, perhaps, unitise some of our readers to see a translation of it from the original law Latin : Know all men by this pi csent writing, that T , John de Carney s, sun and heir of Kandla!ph de Cameys, of my own voluntary Win, 1161%4' assigned, and set ove► unto William Pa, toil, Knight, nay site. Margaret de Cameys, daughter and heire•s of John de Gattesden; anti also have given sod granted, released, and gnat claimed,•tss the said Wil hams all the goods and amt. lr , which the said Margaret has, or in future may I) , v:tile possessed of, and also, whatever I possess of the goods and chattels, of the said Margaret, with their appurtenances, so that neither 1, nor any other person in my name, shall in future claim any interest in the said Margaret, or in the goods and chattels of the said Margaret, with their appurtenances. I will anal grant, and by this vresiiiit COIII4III, that the said Margaret shall be and with the said William, (banal the pleasure of the said %% 'Main. In testimony whereof, 1 has e tothis present writing Witted lily seal. Lord Coke calls this a " wonderful anti unheard of grant." SIR ARTHUR PIGGOTT . O WILL: eminsmt Barrister's Will was proved mater 14,0001. at • Doc• tot. s' Commons, on the 27th ult. by his widow, Lady Piggott. to whom he has left nearly the whole of his property, and appointed her sole Executrix. bequeathing to her as many books us she may choose to select from•his Library, he gives the re mainder to his laother, Elphinstone Piggott, in trust fur him to divide between his nephews, and after• wards gives his brother poser to dispose of his books at any time. he may think proper. To his clerk,. P. N. Asian (who served him without any other salary than that arising from the clerk's fees, tin. upwards of thirty eight years), be has left only 101. for mourning. Sir Arthur Piggott was a native of Barbadocs, and was busied privately at Eastborne; he was father of the Bar, senior Benches of the Temple, Attorney-General during Mr. Fox's last and short administration He was representative fist Arundel on the interest , of the premier Duke. He was considered to be a kind master, and a staunch opposer of the slave trade, having sent ont manu missions to some slaves th.st were bequeathed to him a few years since. We hope • that his Execu trix, i.utly Piggott, will make some provision for his lung tried and faithful old clerk, who is now nearly 70 years of age, and who has saved but little to sup port him, owing to his master's practice being on the decline fur several of the latter years of his life. , An elegant silver cup has been presented to Me I William Beck, hosier, in Harwick, by the journey men stocking-makers, of that town. They have been indue.-1 to testify their regard to Mr. Beck this respectable way from the zealous manlier its which he defended them against the attempts of the. - other hosiers in Hurwick to reduce their n .t;;es at a time when the depressed state of the trade had, independently of a further reduction of their ivagca. • involved them and their families in extreme priva tions: by Mr. Beck's exemplary conduct, in nos only allowing his own journeymen undiminished wages during this unprecedented dullness of the hosiery trade, but also giving them full employment, while in other manufactories their work was limite.i to a certain extent (which had the tendency to duce the other journeymen to stand Out, in order to keep up their wages at the same rate as those allowed by Mr. Beck), together with the assis antis' • they received from public generosity, they were enabled to defeat these attempts, and to maintain thei• usual, though sin-ill r i te of wages unreduced.. Sir Charles Wolsely has obtained a certiorari, anp removed the proceedings in the prosecution pending against him into the Court of King's Bench. The - writ teas eibtained on the affidavit of' Mr. Pearson. the Baronet's attorney. After the'several explana tory matters as to the charge and so forth, Mr. Pearson " further saith, that he has heard and bee Heves, that several of the magistrates in the habit of presiding at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace in and fi.r the said county Palatine of Ches ter, entertain strong prejudices against the said Sir Charles Woslely, Baronet, by reason of his having, . in despite of his elevated rank mid hereditary pos sessions, associated himself with the labouring classte , of society, and, in opposition to the magistrates a'4 other individuals of his own rank in Chesitiro. itiembled with the poor, to deliberate upon d means which he and they thought• would be best calculated to relieve their distresses anti redress their grievances; and this deponent furthersaith, that in: verily believes that matters of law of great difficulty and importance will arise at the trial of the said ili a dictment, which • it is essential should be discussed before a Court of greater legal knowledge .than that which is ordinarily possessed b' Magistrates, not having had the advantage of a professional education and extensive legal experience; and this deponent farther saith, diet for these reasons the said Sir (7. Wolsely could not obtain -fr fiiir and impartial 'trial - it the raid Quarter Sessions of the Peirce." TIIIF: ROYAL MARINES.-.-.-The Officers of the Rinad Marine corps have been hitherto placed on equal ground, with respect to promotion. as those of • the Royal Artillery and Engineers. To this site: atom they ' have proved theniselves well entitled, and the services of the Royal Marines have been very conspicuous, and univer sally acknowledged- i't the late war. It appears, however, that since the peace some new arrangements have taken place, by which the two former corps are placed - in a mote desirable situatiani thus destroying the equality that hitherto subsisted between 'these classes, to the disadvantage of the Marines. By these regulations as vacancies occur in the Royal Artillery and Engi neers, they are fined up by britigit.g in a Captain on half-pay, who is placed on full pay; the Senior Lieutenant promoted to the rank of Captain is placed on half-pay, and the Second Lieutenant is First Lieutenant. We understand that the Subal , tern Officers of the Marines have presented a memo rial to the Lords Commissioners of the- Admiralty, requesting to be pi:let:don the same footing, MA that their request has been refused. 'This distinction, we believe, has been made since the present Master' of the Ordnance came into office, butoolsb - ti whet ground we are at a loss to conceive. The past ser vices of the Royal Marines have heewhighly appre ciated by the country. Their present utility must be also admitted, for if they be not necessary, why are • they continued ? The distinction •is rendered the more invidious by the particular state of the Royal Nlarincs at the prcsetit moment. The pre sent Senior Lieutenant of the corps is of 14 •ge.xrt Mantling in that rank, anti the Second Lieutenant is nea4 us old in his rank. A few facilities to promotion, where it is so slow, would appear nut merely un indulgence, but an act of jubtiL:, A NARROW ESCAPS —On Thursday I iSt, a lad t,l t; :1 years of age, et:militia in Park-square, Cuilege-street, Bristol; observed au old iron swivel gun k in g abbot 11.0 house, and being dr.intuts of cleaning it, lie put the breech into the fire, and seated •Itint:•vlf %clove the nitt.,A. zle to watch it. in a few seconds an explo‘ion took place, and the boy felt himself wriunileil in the (fora of hiv throat. Ile was conveyed to the latStrnary, where a large table.fork, walnut the wooden part of the bauftle, was taken from the wound; the 2t.tulle or the itua lop to , he Knott, (Iwtwecn lour and five ttichea in length) baring been !writ d ii, his throat:: The fink, it is sop. Iris d, tool pauell between the wino-pine mail the great bloottsres.el, on the Pr f' side of the neck. If the pow. tier hail hot been %cry much datua t oil, or if the fork had taktli a direcn n eitlit r a little to the right sir to the left, it would probably hate canted instant death. At present, howeser, the lad appears to be doing well, but at is-by no means out of damn r.