The National Register. — London, England, 1819-01-17 00:00:00

lAN. 17 . ADMIRALTY SESSIONS. These Sessions, for the trial of offences committed on tli e nigh S eas , im 1 1 hi ll the if! risdietion oldie Court Admits ty, commenced oil Moodily morning, the Oid Bailey, before the Right Hon. Sir W. -Scutt, Mr. Justice Park. and Mr. Justier Best. After a moistiltation of five hours, the Grand Jetty returned iiitu Court with a tree bill against J. Drake, Captain of the Chapman transport vessel ; and J. Clements, a marine, fur the marder of J. M'Cartey, a convict on board that vessel, when on its passage out to New South Wale'. nod abort 50 leagues off the Island of St. Jago. Tar trial did nos com mence till neatly three o'cluck. Th e fume's Advocate (Sir C. Robinson) then proceeded to Ohm in detail ille circninstanees of the ease, used es idenee was Caned ill support of she charge. T. Kiel wan was called by the .kitorney General ; lint the Cinnirion ierjeatit objected to his evidence being received, until it was see wii that lie was a competetit wit ne.s. The Royal Pardon with the Great Seal, ta. the wI sacs. and Otiser enn yttli. was then put In and lead. after which witness was proereele d with The prisoner Drake was captain of the Cheverly,. and Clements was a soldier on board. Befole ek e s e ri sr. J4gl), the trims weir examined, and many of them Woad broken ; lit woald admit 164 were broken. Oil ti,, 171hof April there was a great alarm of tiring on board tar ship•• On hie 27th or 28th, alsont dusk, there was anntlier filing—the ferrate: - part of the convicts were confined lie. teen drake,, t o w a rd s the head of the ship. Before that firing emismented, witness was in his birth.--Before this, witness heard Mr. Baxter say to the pristmer (Clements), ",Cleineets, are yno there Clements replied, I am.' Baxter Bien said," Raise n false alarm this night, and we'll kill every bl—dy of them."—Orniento said," I will ; but it is ton soon yet; wait till the gentlemen go to Led, for we'll have mole time to play at theni."—llaxter s 4 id, " It is a city good time now, for all the gentlemen are in their ca bins ; and when you begin, don't be col 1111 l ended by Captain, Doctor, or Other', and I will be aecountabli.." Witness thirst heard the tattle of * ramrod, anal Clements tale forward to the hatch's - ay, and he made nse of some exptiv-iiiii almost Irish. and said lie would let en, and put the innerly of the gnu down the scuttle, and fired ; and after that there was a ialog irons different quarters into the ;ilium, down the hatch ways, which emit • ed for an hone and a half. Souse since after the tii ing hart ceased, Baxter, with several soldiers and sailors Cili' iota the prison ; they bail a light. Witness then saw Jid n WA, ifle lying dead iu his birth, and on the follow in; witniss examined his body, and lie appeuiad to base been killed by a bullet, which untried at the bottom of hiastainaell. Ctoss (-seldom! by the Common Serjeatit. He believed the shut so later eclai r fiono the ?oldies' apartment, below deck, and Clements above (leek. Ile knew a porous 0 Hoed Crawley, ;me of thee ship's cress, and hail heard lie was in 110114. for 4.ollV4'yillgilia rnniruas to the prisoners for culling off their bens. Wain ss Intake lei. terse' iron% with two brouni slicks. he knife prod eve d, made into a saw, might be con wcnii (if it tf:IS, 11./1,1 me lief() to saw off irons. His is tins he broke hi foie lie I,mt to Sr. Jago, seed he had a seeimil pair put on Wan, is high lasted until hr got tie New Swill, Ile wenete: I hut me the 17th April these were not 120 Cl.) viets as hail ?toil' irons broken ; but before the ITtli lie raw that a great windier were broken. He knew that a lever, a nt' an iron hoop, and a piece of lin tit shape of a knife, weie fotand iii the birth in which his comrade and witness lay ; and witness was flogged fir that offence, and lie received a double pitoisliment for speaking co the euuelei• in Latin! They were accused of hissing taken an oath to lie tree to each oilier, bat witness never saw an oath aili ll ill istered in the prison, and the man who had told them so was a con vies. There was 3 totiviet named rraneis Murphy, but witness was not present when lie said it was his intention to niarder all the crew, by the trails of God. Common Serjeant—" Baxter is stead ; is he pot ' l ' Witness-" He was alive whets I last saw him." Mr. Justice Park—" It at so staled by the King's Advo cate in his opening." Cron caamination eontlnned—He had heard that the con victs broke the door leading to the magazine front its hirers ; bat he did nut hear that they tried to break down the hulk bead that led's° the magazine. I)onalweishil Leo were made pi:quiets on the poop aftesw.rils. Witness saw a file in the Wails of one of the soldiers, but he did not know that it had - been in the possession of rex a convict. Examined by Mr. Justice Park.—lle was designed by Sig fattier to he • Priest of the (Insects of Rome ; the Bible krall.l was not his. Although he heard Clements say he arculd " let go;' be did not see him point the gun ; it was t'eo dark. lie had nothing to complain of, mild the 19th of April he was brought hack to England by a Captain T. Kelly deposed, that on the 28th April, as he w.ts lying :41 his With, he heard's soldier on deck, he believedCleinents, ray—'• Who in that talking Irish below ?" and one or the tansies answered that there wss nobody talking, Irish, or n :king any noise ts hatever, ands vet /AM Anse, (he believed o:.e . nents) said —" yon don t keel, quirt I'll let .o," and he t:i , l tile.• Witness was *mewled the first fire, a nd the boll tens still within his breast. . H. Cook, a soldier, heard the firing. and lie was convinced : ) "err was a general ri.iss ansoagst the convict.. Crowesattnised. --lie was ClisiVittred the rising saved the •itip. The eons sets crier( out "fire away and be we wntlfoo quarter, and will give thnir." Fie tlis: inetly heard thens 'ugh, and he had un doubt Out the attempt was ID Mu to break she bulk-brad to get at the magazine. lie heard two convicts declare that these was a conspiracy iss :carder the otlicers aid crew, and take the ship, Noel its et i• wo nisi hate been the slay after sac left St Jago, it the Nor thumberland, one sof hi. Majesty's 71'•, MO not hove in sign?. This c:oaed the case on the part of 11w prosecritinn. Mr. Justice k now Wort nett, that there was slot a tittle of evidence against Captain lb ake ; he *nasals! not, (beret's's,. liink it tweensary to pot him ou hie elotenee ; and it would he fur the .Ivry to say, whether, ausid4 such eondieting tiiiiitily nn the part of the convicts, Iso singlet to call en the prissier, (lemmas. !or his ele ewe. The Jury imoseili.eirly that it Was not their w ish to put hos Gni:ship Ito (IMHtIUIIIIIe, and pis/nuanced the prison ers—Nat Guilty. The L.vsned Judy:- then tank an opportunity to eulogis the Gave. omen , it,, lee etegiem rho ease before a 'moth! trims's.' I , and sssss v, I led is e on the evidence of the cons Wt., its sesas • severe, atipropt i Sic. —The iievestivislioli taste) 11,1441 arses, at uslucu Muir Ilse (441111 Jar". returns-41 atr -* bill of niurs:t r ssgaits-t Joists ale (use Captain), .Xseaansles brwar, and I:3islopiem Iliestard, arising out 01 the smile sir ttialitatiCe4-1 hcir trial stood for Ike first thing on Tuciol.ky moio.og. TTIP. NATTOXAT. • ettpt. 1N•14.e applit-.1 to the Com tln hp permitted 'id bo hailed !Os hi* •ppencanee till the mornitig; but Mr. Justice l'ork said it enntil not be permitted. IVltittever the anerift of the cage might be. he on* now Indicted for murder, end . he (else Learerti 'Judge) was not bound to know suy of the fact* of the mi‘e. Mr. Atte) (warred Mr. Dewar to be called ; and that Gen tleman bastion:answered, Mr. Alley requested him to tale his place by Capt. Drake, which he did, and they both took up their abode Id undid for 111.• MOO; The GfaMl Jury Ones" (Int a bill for murderagainst two other looming ; but Intend a true bull aeainst T. Mac Donald, ler an attempt to violate the person of a young girl on the high berm—The Com t was then adjourned. TCESD Capt. Drake. Dr. Dewar. and Limit. Birtird, of the convict ship Chaprnaa were again tried for the wilfitl murder of D. Mac Connick. during the. saute mutiny of the eonrietVOl) board the above ship. on her passage to New Smith Wales. The evklenee was flimflam) that given on the former trial ; and uithont troubling the Judge foams up. the Jury said, their minds was mad: up on the sub'yoet, sad pronounced the prisanore Not Guihy..-wThe Gentlemen balmii, and were immediately discharged. T Ni.l)onakl sahlew Meek, a girl ten years to violate her prson.. 6,;1r1, her father. and a gunner on !mita Malta on the Bth of and his (brighter, wk: prisoner, on the night to bed and she soon her own cot iutu that of the prisone►, where the diseuetrugiiherties charged in tLe indictment took plecs. ller cries were soon heard in deck, at.:l Bennett. the soldier, wont below with a light, but tba prisoner said that, Le did not watt a light, as it was only the child woo lind falleo out of bed. The child, however, stated, thattlo prisoner, on hearing some person appro..ch, threw her from ids owy rot to her own, anti with such violence as to canoe her to fall out of it. The role attracted her father, Sr. whom she gated what had hap: pened on the following morning. —On the SI st of October Coen were such appearances as lett little doubt that he had not only effected his diabolical purpoee„ but had communicated a loathsome disease to her. This circumstance was made known to the prisoner, and he iaid that could rot be, and that he would stand *overhauling." The father applied to the Surgeon's Mate ; but he refused to give his assistance ; and the prisoner said the child should be examined by the matron (the Captain's wife) and the Meter ; and he after wards said they would have nothing to do with it. Mr. Justice Park summed up the evidence, and the Jury imme diately found the prisoner—Gudty. Sir Was. Scott. in the mist impressive addrets, sentenced him to two years imprisonment in Newsrate. The Learned Judge then enquired of Mr. Brea, why he did not apply to the Surgeon of the vessel himself?—Mr. Breck said, be cause t",e prisomn had promised to speak to him, to clear his own character. Two ptisoners were discharged by proclamation ; and the Sessions then adjournod to the t 9th of April. 'clump 4. athle t ic Ml,ll. WAS ii o i e t 44l ., 01' $0441 1 011 Vial% rs of age, on th;i tpth of ft O 0,09 L bud, tytwa n.-1t itp_pcareyl fron‘..gio4g4inoit tkal44, a soldier named nennett, Of i 0 11 0%3 his Majr.stl'A ship M'ernlidon,( htch gun ottober. Mr. Week, irth 111 ihireht ; were paesengers. Illtfe • elert"tirla 'hit tient OW' ot of the loth of f kinbor. • Her father pi* het" full asleep, and inthat slate wan convey:A front HURRICANE I.V JAMAICA. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROU ST. ANN'S. NOV. 14, Isla. We have had terrible weather; last night we had the severest hurricane I ever experienced ; it rung have done immense damage. Several buildtngs are blown down, amongst the rest my kitchen; this is the first time I have known a building blown down here. Several cocoa-nut trees, the toughest wood known, being contposed entirely of elastic fibres, are snapped in two. Sleep during the violence of the trintiest was out of the question. I was in a low house. well sheltered. notwithstanding which it tottered at interval'. as if occasi oned by an earthquake. Many left their houses for security ; where, frightened from their beds, just sheltered within their doors, starting out when the tremendous gusts threatened their destruction. We had heavy gales Coin the N. E. and E. far three days before. which had raised a tremendous set, which came pouring intd the harbour : it hail sobsiged previous to the hurricane, watch blew from the South." EXTRACT Or ANOTIER LETTER. ALSO DATED K. AX14 . 111 NOV 14. . _ .• The hurricane was at itsheighi en the 11th inst. It has done considerable damage to the estates in this parish, and will, I am afrai.!, cause a diminution in the crops in this neighbourhood of nue third. The destructive wind Came from the South." ICKTILtCT OF A 1.1:1* TER ?ROM sT. ANN's DATED NOV. 13. .• You will he an.sious to hear of the estate of---.„ after the late hurricane, whi,:h a us at its height oa the night of the itch. anti which has done very comities:llde damage to the estates generally in the parish. I am sorry to say the forward canes an: much injured and thrown down ; and. as tile wet and heavy state of the intervals pre vents their being taken riff immediately, they willyield very little. I ani afraid ; and 1 should thinle it iviH occasion a dlntlnattorm of the crop nearly one third. The new Trash House, on stone pillars, is laid flat, and halt the overseer's house taken sway; and, although the nugro houses are all injured more or le* souse quite down, I am happy to say no actiti.nit hat otTittretl to the negrues. The de tructilte wind caws nom the South ; aud 1 expect bad baobab; from the South side." On Tuesday night the outhouses of Me. Wm. Weill, of Tooting, were broken open, and a very large fat pig, of coasiderabla value, was driven oil by the robber, t it Will traced to smithies."' Market. where it wat sold by a manknown in the neighbourhood of Tooting. A few weeks ago it ,in n lar robbery Seas cununiteed on Mr. W 'a premiss, it is stipito,ed by the same patty. • w:elt a woman at Park who was in the habit of thinking brandy to eates , , was tinvitl by her bit.band rte his return home, at the point of death. alithwt immediately, and oe examAntt non was Bound to be much burnt, although there was neither tireitor candle in the apartment. Toe ;My % Awls wl: were consulted were f opinion. aeroriliity to tbs Paris Journals, that the accident arose front spontaaenus combustion. 1441111 wet &Mehl on ,Nitblillay, out Chappel- Green, Okou, 11; miles trout. Wimilstork, for 100 guineas, between Fry, a nit'inormigh luau, and rtas, a miner, firms Varsci-ksitirc. I)ttv• was barked by a It•llow trout the Pot. let ie., 41141 Frt, by a subscription *tinniest Inc WilbMite men. The former was seconded by Putter, and Ft y by 1; a cocker. In the first round, the men anatimuvred about* when Fry placed a hard hit upon his antagonist's olfactory oirgut, which produced streams of claret, and kept it in con,:ant foimmation after. The miner was drunk at the hit : hut he shoo% bis head, unmuzzled and went to wo tend three minutes of tremendous hitting followed. un til the head, of t... 60 buttes were so tinged, that the spectators could not distingui • i ale l'aec of ote front the other ; when Fry was knock ed down by a ttaw on the I:ft bread. 2. Atlcr brine rally:jag, matt!! at body hitting, another eeszation of bottilitietstallowtal Mr two I.r.iitutes; when they met again with initeb desperation, and Fry taught his opponent wader the ear and tin red !tint, 3. T.,a miner turned sulky. and kept off far some time ; but lie at length a:vanced, and with a lunging tight-handed hit attacked one of Fly's iet, sale lower ribs ; and he in return received a severe hit upon th • brotten no , e. A most obstinate round was fought, and Day dropped irons weakness, a itSont a hit. 1 .. Fry. ultho rite .4 rib reinoved, made first hit, and then brake ground. Day made a gallant attempt, but be was bit in the , wind , Ste fell, and was beat. 4.4 -- From au LONDONILIZETTB, neatly; A ., le. BANKRUPTCY SUPRRSIBED. 'Cluaies M. jun. Broad Street. Ratcliffe. oihban. BAN K RUPTS. Iwo RAN 1.. t7heapside, hatter, Jan. 16, f 3, Feb. U, at Quid aft Att. Mr. Birkett, Cloak lane. JACO* J. Gravd Lana. 41nunstlitoh, tobantosbe, Jae. 16,43 i Pa. . £3, at Guildhall. ♦tt. Mr. Norton, Minories. Plitt.' +PA T. Bread itrees weiehant, Jan. 10, 30, Feb. 234 A (;uildbull. Att. Mr. elar'le, Biii.opagate Street Without. us J. Lower Shadweli, vintner, dam 21, 30, Feb. 0, at hall. Atm. Robinson and Co. Aostinf iars. AT K I 2i501.1 .1. Itilstoni Cumberland, colt ea manufacturer, Jan . VI, tr. Pi+. 21. at Carlisle. Att. Mr. Ilirkett. Cloak Lane. .:wEntrr y W, Cambridge. corn 'enchant, Jan. 2ii, ii, Feb, 21,.as Cambridge, Att. Mr. Croft, Chancery Lone. ?extra/10N M. Halifax: Yorkshire, dyer,Jan. td, 27, Feb. 25 'il • Halifax. Aug. Mortal and Co. tereeslan Square. - - K,NDRICK J. Bdliagton hlills, Wonenstetabinc.. miller, Feb. Oh • *3, at liardebury, Worcestershiese, Alts. Lotlingtoa asi-Gre Temple. .. ~• ; • -te en Fau*v B. jun. Isla:worth. Middlesex. barge-master. Jan. 10, . . 55' Fcb..g3. at Guildhall. Arts. Noy and to. Mincing Laac. ißii t 11. Ate. Mr. Carter. Staple Inn, Holborn. gA 4sIpoAN 3. Witham, 1 , ..0dx, corn.faetor,.lan. 16, 26, Feb. 23;1 ' =Ma DIVIIJENbS. . ilaWlatt, Charterhouse Square, Mc-rebut, Jan. £3. ,_. . Adda. dialmatiebeiter, Miller, Feb. 3. T. Itarenshaw, l,frerpoot,.gniter, Feb.l. . Ca.naby, Mdrptth, IN:nrtliumberlond, brewer, Feb. 4 . Stabler, and T. and G. Marsha, York, Eaeil - merthatt'r diet. 2t. I'. Milk Ireads:merchant, Fcb. It. 1 ~ .1.: Shepherd. Sutton. Tort: shire, ship-builder. Feb. 23. T. Hooper and T. Bedford, Bartholomew Place, timber mere -4.w,, . i Jan. 16. P. Palmsr, nourton on the Waiter,. Gloucestersliire. mercer. Fob. 11. •11'. Goosiyear, .15farket Street. Hertfordshire. grocer, Fee. 13. Yr. Beeuchamp. Coventry Strcct, Ilayruarke. lace-dealer, Feb. IS. It. :Wickham, jun. Sunderland near the Sea, Durham, mercer, Feb. 16. $. Polack. Sheffield, jeweller, Feb. 5. CERTIFICATES—PEI. I. ' W. Tall.ot, George Yard, Lombard Street, merchant—E. Nvp. cocks, Altlersgatc Street, merchant.-_W. Bell, Drampton. Cumber land. brandy-merchant—F. Marsden, Wakefield, Yorkshire, Area .—W. end .1. Fowler Alder Mills, Stefibrdsbire, corn-millers—J. Stevens, Colbreoke. Devonshire, usaltster—E. Watson. Withern, Lincolnshire, corn-desier— W. Smith. Leicester, woolstaplee. TREASURY ORDER EXTENDING THE PRIVILEGE Al TO STOWS I'SED Tor AORICULTUNAL PURPOSE! TO /TONI INTENDED POE YARN ILOOD:.. Treasur Chambers. Dec.l6. ISIS. GENTLYWN,--1 nos eontt by the Lords Comnihnionetir of his Majesty's Treasury to assequsdnt you in reply to yi Seen. tarp's letter of 16th instant, that tiny have directed a coon citation to be made to the lords of the Committee of Trade rdatiee to the eapediency of extending the eneelisdnishous duty applieabk y Stone used for Agricultural putuoses v is podded by the *thew 114 e..p. 51, to such Stone as shall be intnied for Ron nein& ,011.1 my Lords art of opinion that ho duty should z a chsflpd 00 OM way until the derision on the point in (lumina be made Wan. (Signed) S. R. LUSHINGTON. Commissioners of Customs. Sittings asspointed to be held In Middlesex and London; before the Right Hon. Sir C. Abbott. Rat. LordChiefJstaiire of she Court of King's Rends, in and after Hilary ?emus 1819: DI Tian. StIDDLNOLI. LOOMON. Thursday „. January RI Saturday Juniery as Tuesday ... ... Feb. 2 Saturday ... Fefitaary 6 Wednesday ... .„ Feb. 10 Thursday ... February at •TTrit TERM. Saturday ... ... Feb. 131 Monday February is A patios at Merton, in Surrey, lately bad his child inocu lated ter the sneall-poz, by an apothecary from a neighbotee ing village. The disease appeared at the usual time, and the child was carried about all parts of the haste, without any precaution. Whet might have been foreseen diJ take plate —the infection spread—two sten and two children Immo. diately caught the disease; and, lamentable to relate, both the men, and one of the children, perished. Where the cala mity wilt stop is (elite uncertain, several others having caught the infection ; and among that rest, au only child cf Treacher. one of those who perished, is now et the point of death. The fate of this (amity is more to be deplored, from the youth and good character of the parries ; the father, a fine healthy young man, Montt IS, but for the criminal &malice of .[hero, might have lieed long and esefal, wipe porting his family by leis industry, and benefiting society by his labour ; but now deprived of hire, even should the chihf recover, It wilt in all probability become an inhabitant of a workisouet. Snocatxo ACCIDINT.—A poor widow woman, named tondy, who livid at No. 16. Stewart's Rents. Drury Lane, and who for a 1 it time gained a livelihood for herself and three children by as*. unde . the nom. a Como Garden. an itrarket darn,. seeemoil . Mole halt but kasissis. Aiwa eine o'clock on Thursday • as ballast to buredrana children. She lad no fare A fes4 do WWI gravel oaten bee soup kettle stand aid Poi iy Saes doe IMO* bat Was hrkl that the embus would elfin she went Ie bler basket to sham some more charcoal or. This basket she always wok with bet to Comnt Garden, with a quantity of charcoal' to recruit the fire norasionally. She had no sooner flung the contents of the basket on the fire, than a wentendot a expiation took eau; the poor vennan was knocked backward he the shock, aid the immense volunw of flame which for a moment filled the room. erneelsed her dreadfully, ani set several parts of her ap parel on fire. The grate wan di.plseal br the violent conettesiort, and some of the fire reaChal the c:iildren, and set their clothing in a blur . Tile sulpherous snick, atel a large body of smoke issuing from t! e room, excited tile attention of the neighbours. Several perso ns rushed up htairs, and found the mother and two of her children much scorched ; the room was on fire, and in one corner stood one of t: e children crying most bitterly. without the mese of calling for waist anee. The neighbour% carried them out. anti conveyed them to F . Giles's workhouse, where surgical assistance was administered o them, and they were then put to bit in a shocking state. On cum nation, since this lantentaile catastrophe, particles of gunpovnik r have been found in the charcoal basket by the firemen, whom tl e alarm had brought to the spot. There is title doubt but that it ie the work of some malicious person or persons, to gratify an untlefieg propensity for a joke, (if it can be so eel eti,) by blowing up the pe.le woman's soup-kettle. which, if it had even succeeded, trig it bass been attended with eivally lamentableconeequences. Dr. John Write tt, so well known in the literal• world under the name of Peter Pindar, died on Wednesday nip. at In, apartments iu S •rs Town, after a lingering illnesa, aikido e.iiitinetl hi I to his bed, in the Slit tear of his age. A pair of shoes, ilit• upper leather. of tiiirh were made of nit sking, were ex.' hued it few days ago at East Itedfntd. The leather is ese..e.lingly smooth, and as snit as the fint,i kid, and yet appears stout and Linn. It to's!". six &falba - 1J make a pair of abcr.:.