The National Register. — London, England, 1819-11-22 00:00:00

':'n'V. Mi. Denman added, th it the reason why the depositions had ie•rn deln.vii limn the time of the areal renee give rise to then,. to ihr 2611 t of fitefolstr. is as. dlepotterti (Richardson) ennui ant make not the pr .atti %% lin had Pot hilt. At the asament he was wounded It• had take,' oartieniar ottare of t►► pe►son. and ha•l de set ilted him an tidy. that he was afterwards rer,ie- Pitril from the deseription. H. (Mr. Denman) had on oilier Geist to allege against Mr. Barran, but he anitinitted that what he haul stated was anMeient to issolify tbo Court in granting a erinsitial information, an the grounds of partiality. and a negiert of his duty 84 8 magistrate. He rrste.l moos the %Game of Philip and Nlary,whieh directed magistrates to take depositions against persolle areticed of felonies, in order to h•tse then, retnrticd to the assizes, that the crime of justice might not stiffer. Mr. Justice Basley.—Does the affidavit not state anv other reasons urged by Mr. Itorran wby he dud toot lake the linforamtimisy The Lord ridef-Jostice.—Does it not state, that he had any other nook's for refusing—such as the want of tittle, or it nut heing in his tid.triet ? Mr. Dentoon.—My Lord, the affidavit in one nail statrs, that the magistratta of Warrington were sometime- in the practice of hearing cases which o•YW red within the district of the Ma.ichester miteistrates. There were, it was trite, several other matters stated hv Mr Marna in his answer no the 0CC11611.8, hut he (Mr. t)enun in) had not pot them in the affidavit, a, he did not think they were of any im portance. It there was tins full in tint having done so, it sins hie, for he had advised such n proceeding. Mr Justice Bay dnuht, Mr Demnan, if vim had found any thing in the tows% ere which could qualify the words cited, sou would have inentiont il it, Mr. Denman then submitted that he had shnwn for their Lnrd•hlps to grant the rule. There were tever.ll filSel %%here the Court had panted criminal informations arainst magiNtrabs, even where on corrupt motive had been Ann n. O , se in loath-tear he should rely on ;it was that of the King •. flrooks„ in 2d Term Reports. The Lnrd Chief.ft.stire.—You nerd not go further, Mr. nt wean ; we think that enough has been shuvrn to cull upon this gentleman for an answer. Take your rule, Rule granted. WEDN►SDAY N0V.17 The Court was engaged during a greater part of the day in the hearing of appeal session cases, none of which were of any public Interest. _ _ . . _ At one tecloek the Attorney General rose. and moved the Court tbatjuderneLt he pronounced upon Ilenry Swan. Esq.. who was convicted at the last Spring Assizes for the County •f Cornwall. of wilfully. wickedly, and corruptly. giving a certain bribe to on of the electors of the borough of Penryn fors you in his behalf to return him as one of the members to repreAent that borough in Parliament. . - . ........ ...- Mr. Swan immediately mu and stool on the firm. Mr. Justice Atst then real to the Court his notes on the Wal e and the recor.l of the tleendant's conviction. Our readera will rerollect, that this cue :rose out of the disco. very of certain tran -actions, dnrintr the trial of a petition eumplaininet of am undue return for the borough of Penryn, in the last session of Parliament. Mr. Swan was then asked if he had any affidavits to put in. lie replied to the negative, and proceeded to address tie Court in a speech of considerable length. and conchule.l by reading a letter addressed to him by s!so respectable individuals in Corn wall, who spoke in the highest terms of his honour and independence. The roar, rcaninded him that this declaration could only be received in ti , e slime of an affidavit. Mr. Swan then concluded by stating. that in Parliament lie had ever a led as a eonseientioas. independent man. unshackled isy :Winistet 4 al or other influenc d was, therefore, unlikely to be guilty of wilful or corrupt The Attorney General r ?rving. that the informs slots was fra Recording to 're of t» at evidebee, and a Court of law could not refer t e fact, whether it was known or not, to those with whom it had originated. The Juthtes ronstilted together For a short ttme. Mr. Justice Blyley then informed Mr. Swan. that he had to receive their jt:dgment for an offence of which he had been convicted, in corrupting AVilliarn Jenkins. by a hill of gni.. and by the promise of a handsome resent. The charge had been folly made out, both by evidence and his own confession. With respect to the lases and troithle which the defendant had been pat to. and the circumstance of his having children dependent upon him, the Court felt and regretted it, and it would perhaps be a useful lesson to persons in the situation of the defendant, to snake their children a surety for their good behaviour. The Court were aware that the fact proved upon the trial was not a single instance, that other charges had been preferred, though no other hail been made out. The members of the I louse of Com mons took no oath that they had not committed bribery, and this was an additional reason why that Court should visit with exem trpunishment all such offi:nces, when legally proved, and ught before their attention. They were aware that the period had not yet arrived, after which they would be exempted from other proceedings, to which lie was at present halide.— Haring, therefore, reference to this consideration, their sentence was, that the defendant should be imps ironed in the Marshalsea prison of the Marshal of that Court, for the period of one year. THE KING Y. RUSSELL. Mr. Clark prayedthe, Wetnen; of'he Court on Joseph Rus sell, who had been convicted at the Warwickshire Assizes for the republication of an alleged blasphemous parody on the Liturgy of the Church of England. The prisoner was then placed before the Court, afte- which The Lord Chief .lustice read his notes of the trial, and added that when the Jury returned a verdict of guilty against tee defendant, they also recommended him to mercy. When called upon by the Court, the defendant then put in several affidavits. in extenuation. Sonic of these set forth, that he was led into the republication by others, and that he was not aware at the time of having acted contrary to law. There was also an affidavit put in on the part of the nmseention, in which it was stated, that soon af.cr the trial the defendant had republished the parody, and prefixed it, under the Ctle of a dedication `• to the shade of freedom." a gross hid on the magistracy and government of the country. When this affidavi was read The defendant called the attention of the Court to n pnraeraph in the publication itself, and requested that it might be read. It was read accordingly, and contained the a-serrion of the defen dant, as to the necessity of a strict inculcation of Christian prin ciples in the minds oldie people ; and added , that in consequence of his unwillingness to publish any thing tending to bring religion into contempt, he had only published the political part of the parodies. He then proceeded to address the Co.in, which he did at some length, oecasienally referring ro some written documents which be held in hi: fennel. lie further nailed. that he was hilt a very poor mar ; that upon meeting certain losses in his trade, lie had delivered up all his goods to satisfy his creditors. and thnt he bad a wile and child•en to support. The whole of his address was delivered in such a mild unassuming, and submissive manner, as evidently produced a faiotnablc hninession on the Court. Their which LordshipsLordshipsthen consulted together a short time, after TI-It NATIONAL REGISTER. Mr. Justice Bayley proceeded to pronounce the sentence of the Court, which was, t At the defendant be imprisoned six month. in Warwick wed, and t. at at the end of that time he give security, himself in the sum of 24)01. and two others in the sum of 101. each, that he keep the peace for three years ; and that he be further imprisoned until such :,ectirity was given. The Clerk was then about to taka the recogntz once of the de fendant to appear to the other indictment, and had read the usual torn, " You acknowletlga to he indebted—"when, The Defendant, interrupting him in rather a dissatisfied tone, I acknowledge nothing: I am imprisoned for life." Ile was then removed from Coat t in the custody of the pro per otlic.:r. CRIMINAL INFORMATION. . . . Mr. Searlett moved for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against the Rev. Geo. King. Tne ground of this application was the affidavit of a Mr. Gardner. The affidavit set forth, that the dLynnent and his wife kept a respectable boarding school in the neighbourl , ood of Ashby. in Lincolnshire, close to which the 11ev. Mr. King had a farm and some glebe larid. The farm had been let to a tenant, with whom Mr. King becoming dissatisfied, wished to let it to another, and mentioned the circumstance to Mr. Gardner, with whom he was at that time on terms of intimate acquaintance. Mr. Gardner proposed a friend of his, and several interviews took place oa the subi...tet. Some disagreement however occurred, and the negoei ation was brokea oft Soon after this, Mr. King wrote to Mr. Gardner a very insulting letter, in ishieli he taxed him with swindling, threatening to accuse and expose hint whemver and wherever they met, and used other language calculated to incite Mr. Gardner to a breach of the peace. epon this the present application was made. The Lord Chief-Justice raid, that Mr. Scarlet had urged enough to induce the Cuutt to call upon Mr. King for his answer. . . . Mr. Scoriae rematked. that probably the granting the rule to show cause might be sufficient to answer every purpose.—Rule to show cause glutted. THURSDAY, Nov. IS. THE KIN() V. IHOUPSON. - . Mr. Sergeant VAe•GIIAN prayed the judgment of the Court against Thomas Thompson, printer of t.,e i.riee.der t iampitte, who had been convicted at the last summer assizes of a libel on the Rev. John l'iddock, a tuagistrate of the said county, inserted in that paper. The detendant put in an affidwit, stating that the letter was not written by himself; that the prosecution had originated in political motives; that he had a family of tour children, and was in contracted circumstances. The Court, after consulting for some time, inquired of Mr. Denman whether it would be satisfactory that the defendant should give his owls recognizance to appear again for judgmera it called upon. The defendant then entered into his own recognizance of sofa. to - appear for judgment when called upon; and before he left the Court, the Lord Chief JuAice intimr.ted to him the propriety of discontinuing the publication of the libel. The defendant bowed sod withdrew. THE XI 4G V. TARKIW9 A) OTHERS. The Solie:tor-General then rose to move their Lordships for a rule to show cause why a criminal inthrination should not be filed against Joseph Wilfred Parkins, Esq. one of the Sheriff's of the city of London ; Rob-art Waitantan. EA. one of the-Alder men of the said city ; Henry Ilunt, one of the Liverymen of the said city ; and William Stephens, Samuel Thompson, Henry Bradshaw Peanuts, Joseph Hurcoinhe, and Bunistead, also Liveryinen of the said city. for conspiring to produce a riOWIII obstruction of the election of Lord Mayor of the said city. at Guihlhall, on M ieliaelmasdlay last. The learned gentleman submitisd, that as every thing relating to the peace fell within the jurisdiction of the Court, this was a proper case for its inter position. I•h.. Court immediately granted a rule to show cause. (We understand that Mr. Denman and al r. Gritty are retain ed for Aldernan Waithman, and some of the ilet - mdants. Mr. hunt, it is sup,assed, will de:end himself.) ALLEDGED MISCONDUCT OF THE CIVIL FORCE AT COVENTRY. . . At the rising of the Court. - Mr. Chitty called their Lordships attention, and begged leave to move for a rule to slum came why a criminal information should not be filed against Jeremiah Goodall, the High Constable of Coventry, and other peroms at tached to the police department of that city, for a most violent and unprovoked and indiscriminate assault and riot, on the Isth inst, in ata.mpting to disperse a enacting, convened at the re quest of upwards of 70u of the inhabitants of that ci t y. to take into consideration the late proceedings at Manchester. lie moved this upon the affidavit of Mr. Lewis, a most respectable inhabi tant ot Coventry, which stated that a requisition signed by viii persons had been presented to the Mayor. requiring him to call a meeting for the purpose of taking into consideration the late melancholy and horrible transactions at Manchester ; which re quest the Mayor had thought proper to ran e, and protested against the meeting, and especially against the saute ta!ting place in the town. In consequence of this refusal, the requisi tionists had thought it expedient to have a meeting themselves; and in pursuance of this object circulated a hand-biN. couched in very temperate language. calling on their brother citiz.ns to assemble ut a place called Friar's-green, on the Pull inst. On the day appointed, an immense multitude of individuals procs. led to the appointed spot, where hustings had been erected, and which was about halt.a.mile from Coventry, that distant spot being chosen with a view not to counteract the wishes of the ma gistrates, and occasion any distinbancc. They had commenced their proceedings in the most orderly manner. There was not the least appearance of riot or intention to break the peacg. and some old inhabitants were upon the findings, about to discus, the subject before proposed to be considered, when they wcze suddenly alarmed by the approach of a body of ad eon stables, armed with staves which were loaded with lead. These persons, wit' out intimation of their sishes or in undone. iinmedi itchy proceeded to diperse the people, in effecting which purpose they used their weapons with the greatest inhumanity—striking and beating all those who came in their way, sad finally lercing a passage to the hos. dogs. where they seized some flags which were displayed. and succ.eded in driving off chose who had intended to address the crowd. They then tore down the heisting , . and having, as they conceived, effectually disturbed the meeting, they retired. The result of their violence was, that several persams were seriou.ly cut and injuieda Mr. Goodall. the High Censtable, was actively engaged in directing his attack, as well as other persons who were particularly n anus! in the affitlat its. The kilned gent!. man observed, that it was high time that some steps a! ould be taken to prevent such gross infring-inents of the.rights of En glishmen. who, lie submitted, when legally assembled to discuss mailers in which they conceived their interests to, be engaged. wei e entitled rather to protection than to Le grosgist insults? Mr Justice Bay ley said, that no peace-officers could justify the dispendon of an tosmiLify so constituted billet& violent means tar.d that the matter be investigated. The Court, there fore, granted the rule Nisi for a criminal information. The dispute between the Earl of Cons(lale, and Mr. Banks of %Vaseline, as to the right of presents tion to the small living of Wiesdale Head, is at length terminated : the 111411 op of Chester, to wber , e consi deration the matter was referred, having expressed his opinion in favour of the latter, the Nuble Earl consented to withdraw his claim. FROM TUZ I\ ORWIOU COURIER. FPaCIAL AsSIMBLY.—At the last quarterly assent' , lily of the eueporat ton, the Alderman objected to admit Mr. S. Caleer, ern. and Mr. 5. Calvet, jun., to the free dom of the Cii al , hough they had been summoned by . the Chamberlain's Council, and load paid their lines ank fees. On a conference with the Commons they refined to give any reasons for their rej..ction, and the Coen moos havitp, , , in vain attempted to :rain of the Aldermen the grounds on which tht ir concurrence was requested. closed to proceed any further in the business . of the assembly, at the same time expressing their readmits to do so, if their request for information was complied will?, Hy this conduct, Calver and his San were kept rpm ont of their freedom, wlitle the corporation held tht it money. They therefore applied last Friday to the Gnat of King's Bench for a mandamus to compel the Corp'. ration to 'hew cause why they should not Ix: admit ed 'to their freedom: order of the couit was served upon the Mayor, the Sherifh, and the Speaker, on Sa turday evening; and the Mayor in consequence esitto moiled a special assembly on Tuesday Lon. It w: proposed in the Aldermen that the Town Clerk Le instructed to shine cause why the rule should not be made absolute. Itlessrs. Calvet s not bring entitled PP their freedom as sawyers, the power which the corpota. tion possessed of summoning persons to take up the:r fre,dont, being only intended as a protection fur fetal dealers, and nut for persons carrying on inch extensit concerns us that of the in ividuals in question. To this it was replied that no just cause routit be shown agaitin the rule. That Messrs. Capers had been regularly sum : molted to take up their freedom by the Under Chartibei lain, that they had been examined by the Chatubcrlain't Council. who had taken their money and tecommended them wbe sworn. That Mr. Culver, sets. had been brought up to the trade of a sawyer, which he had car ied on front erly life to the present time at Shrophaus. and at Norwich, and that he was to all intents amt. purposes a retail dealer in sawn stuff of all kinds.— lite Aldermen divided— For the proposition g - Against it 8 Majority 1 The same motion bring scot in to the Commons—it was contended that it c.tuld not be acceded to, as the men had refined to give any reasons why the t ecommen dation of the Chamberlain's Council should not he complied with,. it was therefore imprissible that the Commons could with any justice concur in any step which should throw an olistai:le in the way of thole persons being admitted to their freedom who (as far as any et idence nail came berme that hotly), were justly and legally entitled to it. On a division there were Ivor the Aldermen's proposition. g • • Against i 1 .•••..,......• ...... ••4.•• 31 •••••••••• Nlajority YY The two bodies, by their respective voles, hiving come t t directly tipposite reset no net of Assembly could ake ;dace, .I,il the titeetith• was In the Court of Icing's Bench, on Friday last, Mr. Smirlt moved for rules against the Mayor, Sher;tli, Citizens, and Cove mons of Norwich, to she cause why a niamtainits sl.nuld Lot iss'te, commanding them to hold a Special Court, and swear Samuel ('.deer, sen. and Suinnel Calvet., jam freemen of the City. Ile moved this on affidavits stating that it was the custotat of the corporation, on the :7,1 of M:; in every year, to chose :t Committee of font Aldermen and four Common Councilmen, to examine and decide upon the cases of persons applying or sum moned to take up their freedom, and to settle and determine the line, payable on such admission, which committee is usually cal led the Chamberlain's Council. 'I hat Messrs Calvers were tutn -1110114:11 by the Under Chamberlain in the usual way. That they(ia consequence attenthd the Council, and were examined as to tutu:. cxerese of trade as sawyers, and were required by the Council to take up their freedom, and to pay V. each a; their fine, which they accordingly paid, with 31. 17s. each for stamp duty and. fees, and were directed to attend, to be sworn and enrolled, ac, the next general assembly, on the:flat of June last. That they accordingly attended, but no regular court could be formed on account of the non-attendance of the Aldermen. That they attended therefore the next Court on the 21st of Sept. But tee corporation there refused to admit era swear thAu, without fL• signing any reason for such refusaL Mr. Scarlett trusted there could be no hesitation in the Court'a granted has application. Tae Corporation had delegated :r power to a Committea, tt:o had summoned his clients, atl.l pocketed their money, luso ing diem to get value fur it as will as they could. The Court granted the application. The motion to make the We absolute stands for Saturday). Shading occurrence.—Friday, about 12 o'clock Mrs. Matthews, the wife of a respectable wire. worker in crooked-lane, in a fit of insanity, threw her infant chill, about throe months old, from a. hack window hi ono of the attics into the yard, and then precipitated herself from a front window into the street, where she was killed upon the spot; tha child was not killed, but is dreadfully mangled by, the till. 'l'hursdas• morting, a'orint 3 o'clock. the house of Nit.. Shawl, in Wtst•square. St. Geor4L's.fields, was entered by thieves, who broke in by rai,ing•the iron-railing of the hack area, and opening the kitchen-window ; When •Itey reached the kitchen they fmind the door which communicates w hit the house bolted against them. orlaieli. bs• Meatus_ of 'a centre bit, they opened an•l re.u•hed the rirlour, finny whence they look several sil yer spoons and ; bit Airs. Shawl hayi ng occ 4. ~,1 11 to ring for the nurse-nyaid, alarmed the yiilains, and., .hey made their escape ti gli the hack premises of Mr. Hedger, next door, w here Hall, the officer, found • a .lue.• owl a large chissel, which the theses in their N. !fipht lisd ,!roppetl. A swindler, who calls hitnscr the Honourable Mr. Pouglas, has been recently living in clover air' Ne.ihaven, in Sussex, et the expense of the unsus pecting tradesmen and other inhabitants of that town.