The National Register. — London, England, 1819-11-28 00:00:00

1..1W REPORTS. COURT OF kiNG's BENCH, MIDNEIDAY, Ivor. Vt. catuiest. 161401611AT10N. Wt. SCARIATT moved fur leave to the a erlminal itsfor. !nation against Hugh Campbell, Esq. for the publication of a libel 011 the ointracter of Captain Mills, contained In a public leiter. The Learned Counsel read the objec. tfonante passages, charging Captain Mills with improper conotert towards a female t. He described the **hole to be a false and scandalous attack, winch warrant. td an application to this Court. A rule to sites, cause was panted. sotocesnutoa AT COVENTItIi. Teesday Mr. CYLTTY obtained a rule in the Court of Bench, to skew cause why an attachment 611401111 lent be is•uell against Bateman and A. Pickett', a unstable • of Coventay, for [seating the process of Witt .Court with contempt. He stated, that this Application arose oust of the late transactions at ~C oventry. It op. pealed ft or the affidavits that the court basilic melded a ink to chew cause why aet initial isiterntal . should not be filed against Mr. Goodall, the high constable of Coven.. try, and the other persons above tiamed, a clerk was em• , ploy ed in the comply to serve a copy of the said stele upon each of those p. pions. When the el.,k went to serve the three persons lest alluded to, they heated 1 in the most violent manlier, knocked him down, mad, whiltt on the g d. at. ink bias tepeatedly, and this without the heist provacatiost on his part. lie affidavits cuutaintid . a car statement of the partiettlars of the outrage. Tna *l5O T. rattavas, /LAD OtHltall. I . IIC SollC.to4-()Gullet 1110V:41 to base the rule fur a . criusmal information, which he had obtained on a Refuter clay, made absolute. 13eilinaii, on the part of Alderman Waldman anti another, immediately rose, acid stated, that lilt . clients had not yet had time to prepare those affidavits .. a which they conceived essential to their defence; neither , had they had an opportunity of consulting the books of -she city. I hew gAttl..itten were extremely auxouis that their case ahnu ld he heard.ditriou the present term ; but ,atillew it was Ahmed to blitlid over tall Monday, which be could scarcely expect list. C would grant, it was risuPossible that they could Ike prepared before the next .terill. The-Lout-Chief ijustice observed, that it would be i ,extrentely inentivenient to take ',etch 3 case, which must occupy cak,itleolle time, Ott the lest day of term. Mr. Hoot here presented himself to the nutictsof the .Court, and sail, lie was ready to show cause. The SOlicitor.General submitted, that the affidavits twist he filed before the present term e:Aured. The Court said, certainly, except wive respect to Mr. hunt, who did not apply lOr time. It was finally arranged that the case should stand over till tie& term. Mr. 'Scariest moved fora rule to show Cause why a criminal information should not he tiled against air 1%4 tdiallici Commis Thomaa Colliers. Esti., George Gas. perd, Esq., and satiutel,Wills, Esti , Niagistrates of Mid dlesex. fora iniadeuicanour. This applicatitio, he 61101, was founded 011 a supposed breach of duty in those gentlemen, in refusing to grant a license to a person of the naine of drake, fur keeping a public-home. From the aeldavits with which he was provided it would ap pear, that 111 1814, Mr. Meeke purchased the remainder of a term in a puldic-house, situate in St. John's-lane, .4;lerketiw. 11, witich was in the Finsbury division This house had existed as A pllblie-11005e, wltiltillt hue 111 l is- Inc Imo stars. AI the time of the purchase, it was conneved with the brew house of Reid, MeUlt. and Co.. who had a mortgage upon it. Mr Meeke invested on the premises a capital or 12541. Out entering he con• tinned ill deal with Messrs. Read and Co., and at the end or Slit first year, 1815, obtained a renewal of his L. ense without any difficulty. in the ensuing year. however, from faults (ilaid with his beer, he changed his brewer, paid off the mortgage of Ale,sis Reid and Co„ mid went to deal with Barclay and Co. The con se pence of this charge was, that his draught increased froiu two butts to ten butts per ;tmtit. Other come. queuces.fuNowcd of a most ruinous nature. A collect- Jug clerk, of the house of Reid and Co., named Lucas, exhibited considerable resentment, and threw out dark • hints of Aleeke's impending. fate. In September, 1816, be applied, as usual. on the licensiegulay, to have his . - .license renewed. 'flue magistrates, whose names have been mentioned, together with two others, Messrs Col. her and Sellon, were the licertaingrnagisirates; against the latter two gentlemen, no_ complaint was made. On that occasion Mr. Locas was in the ante-room of the ( Court; but as Mr. Al eeke was satisfied heal uo fault Avoid be found with the manner in which his house hail been conchicted, he entertained no apprehension ; never• theless, to his great surprise, he was informed that his licence had been suspended. He considered that this ~..arose frinu.some circumstance pinch ccoulAl es!, and, accordingly, be resulted to attelid again on the ,adktornment day. In the interim, his house was visited by the High. Constable. and Messrs Collier and SO/on,' who, 641 far front ,finding fault, commended the state of .Jiis house; outler these circumstances he went to the Magistrates on the adjournment day, in the confidence 431 having but wishes Accomplished. was, however, • told, that his license would out be granted. His bum .IICAS was thus put a stop to, and it was remarkable that another publican, of the name of Dell, living in the same street, who like himself had ceased to deal.with Arid and Co., had his license stopped At the.same time. 'On the licenso.g day iu IS IC, he agv-in applied for the renewal of his license, and on that occasion produced certificates not only Of the paiish officers of his own parish, but also ol the one adjoining, as well as of almost every inhabitant of his neighbourhood, bearing testi mony to the uniform regularity of his house; but he was again unsuccesslid, and his prayer was rejected. In 1817 he encoded thirmagistrates ll nth his solicitor, and once more tendered his cerifficaies, and prayed the re newal or his license. Oii this occasion he saw Air.. Willis. another collecting Clerk of Reid and Co., in orautepsation with Dell, die publican, w ho at first look- THE NATIONAL REGISTER. ed very ; hist ireful something which Mr. 11 illis co aaaaaa uiticated to hint, lie became quite cheerful. It afterwards turned out that. Dell had agreed to return to acid and Cu. and he actually received his license.— Mr. Menke was called in and aaaaa ied beline the INla gistrairs, when hesave such satisiacteny 4.IISWCrS, that the Iligh Constable came out and congratulated hint im the chance of obtaining Ills object. This cheermit however, was such destroyed; a partner Itl the hotoe Reid and Cu. arrusec,•aud, scnt4u INS card to Sir N. Co nant. That gentleman Cagle out, and after a quarter id au how's conversation with the prism' in question, lie refitriital to his brother Magistrates. Soon afterttar.is Mr. \leeke was informed, that his licence would not be granted. Front this tle• affidavits ioterred that some un due influence had been used to Wall the minds of die Magistrates. And it was not a little singular that the other houses in the neighbourhood of Nlecke, autoil l _st which was that of Dell, were in the habit of selling li.e, if not ten times the quantity of spirituous liquors whien he did; although the ►eilntg of spirituous Liquors was ass:gtied as the reason for deskri‘iii4Jiiiii of his licylice, tit the return made to the llonseuiCommoits. The le:intro gentleman ths.ti detailed smite other facts contained u. the aftiffat its, corroborative of the charge agaiost the de friodiniP, and asked, that Mr. Nleeke, not having since been able to obtain his licence, had been couipleitly ruined, and was now in the King's Bench ',moo. 1\ 0 HMI would feel. more happy than himself in has tug a sltiaactory explauation of the eircunistances.whieh lie had &laded ; but in justice to the Magistrates, as sells to Mr. Nlecke, he thought it expedient that an ins gaiion should take place. Tl.e Lord Chief Justice asked, whesher.ahe Magis trates had been apprised of this motion? Mr. Scarlet( answered in the affirmative. Mr. eterlin g , on the part •:rof the Nlattistrates, then rose, and said, that be would not oppose this rule 111 the first instance, as he was anxious io see the affidavits; but he ‘vab desirous of making a remark upon One circum stance. The Lord. Chief ...tostiee said, he must either she. cause at once, or wait till a future day—the Court could not hear tins case in disjointed parts. Mr. Sterling then said, he would wait till he had Steil the affidavits—Rule Nisi granted. Mr. AVilliailis moved fur a rule to skew cause why a writ of Mandamus should not issue to the overseers of Manchester, commandiu them to submit to the Inha bitants of the said town, an account of the expenses of the constables for the last three months. This motion was g ded an Act of Parliament which directed that such accounts should be submitted quarterly tp die inhabitants for their ail •al. The affidavit vi 'Lich lie had was made by Mr. Taylor, one aat• the inhabitants, stating, that the accounts had been submitted. by the overseers; but that certain charges tor printing and otter matters were made in lumping sums, without any exida.:, station ; and although objections were taken, the nitole were approved. The object of the ',remit applittation WAS, to get an explanation of the news .alluded to-by, Mr. Tavtor.—Rule Aisi granted. The Court did not adjourn ti4l half : past five, and was crowded to the last, from an expectation which ,preeaded that cause would be shown against the rule olitained fur a mendamtu to the Coroner at Oldham. MEETING OF THE REAL _RADICALS. On Wednesdav assembled at Smithfield, at one o'clock, Doctor Watson, Arthur Thistlewood, Pres stou, the illuctr;ous ‘Vaddington, Gould, the inflex ible•&xretary Walker, and about 300 others, many of whom came for, the purpose of laughing at the discussion, and many with the view ofdisburthening the pockets of the curious. The knowing pick pockets, who did not ,like to be disappointed by prigging,a piece of ragged calico, instead of an In dian wipe, after having taken a glance at the group, vanished, leaving the,tield to those who were con tent with the profit of' mcrcly keeping their hands in practice. At about half-past one, wben.the people began to dance about to catch a little warmth, the Ductor took off his hat, and addressed his .fellow.country-' men in a speech which was upwards .of two.hours in length.--a Mr. Secretary Walker stood next to him all the time, with his arms figded, and y white hat upon his head. The crowd appearep rejoiced at -the conclusion, and the few beggarly pickpockets who remained be gan to look atter some respectable stragglers, who got amongst the mob, and lost very Attie by rubbing against the ,teost noisy and independent of them. The police then found some employment, and the debate a trifling - interruption- But the moment Waddington showed his face, even a whisper could have been beard. He ,ealltd on the Meeting to set themselves against the lloligarchy as was preparing their downfall, and to defy all attack!: of their llenemies, who would perish, us the Dible said, like their own I) 4Pg• _ _ A; 51.1011 as this delkate quotation was made, one of the mob sung a ikad cat towards the Hustings. The amusement excited by this was very great, and it soon appeared that the crowd had a better ap petite, even for a dead cat, than the eloquence of the Conqueror of the Southwark Sessions liar. More speeches were, however, heard, and Preston and Gould chewed that they still possessed the spirit of their forefathers, and alcd the flarislocracy. The doctor declared that he should never more cali the body of iudividusla who composed the NOV. U third order of the state by the name of the House Commons. The name he christened them was th. Lower House of Aristocracy. The Meeting dispersed quietly at half past four Most of them ran off as mon as they had given the Doctor and the other versonuges three cheers, and agreed to every thing that was said and done. ARRIVAL •F Coansvr.---The.liereules arrived ut Liverpool on Sunday lust, on board of which was the notorious Cobbett. As some fears were enter tained that the fever was on board, Cobbett's landing was not permitted till the 23d. An immen.to number of people met him on the beach, and cheered him to the inn ; which is a considerable distance from the ducks. Some partial hisses were heard. The following morning he unthrwent the usual exami nation at the Custom House, which occupied a con siderable time, as he has brought over with hint a deal of heavy luggage . .The bones of Paine were deposited in a wooden b•a, and likiged in the Cus torn House yard. IVlten the box was opened, Cobbett .observed—" There, Gentlemen, are the mortal remains of the immortal Thomas Paine."'— The skull was shown, and the coffin plate accom panied it, but all that could be deciphered was, " Paine,--130—aged 74 years." .Cobbett was extremely attentive to the box, and !looked rather serious during the exhibition. In the even ins, accompanied by Mr. Egerton Smith, he visited .everal of his friends and well wishers. ..There are now two vessels in the Mersey, en .board of one of which (from Baltimore), it is feared, • the yellow fever prevails: but every precaution is taken to prevent communication with the land. Cobbett looks in good health, and is dressed like one of the better sort of our country - ferment. 'lt is expected he will visit Manchester before he sets off tin Botley„ whither his family are gone. He came in for a considerable share of what .the theatrical gentry term goose, in. tile .neighboerh,xxl of the Custom- Friday morning, about fie. , uclo►ck, as Mr. Tho mas Hooker, a respectable firmer, residing at St. Mary's Cray, Kent, .was caning to Smithfield in .alight cart, with some calves 'for sale, he was des perately attackeal .near Chislchurst, by a gang of armed ruLans. six in number, who sprang from * „field on the road side One of ahe villains seized the horses' head, whilst another jumped into the cart and siezed Mr. H. by the collar, dragged him out on to the ground.; he was there surrounded by the remainder of the gang, who rifled his pockets of Isl. in Bank of I.:ugliintl rotes, his watch, &c. It was then proposed by one of the villains to mur der him, which being agreed to, they all began to beat 3lr. H. with their bludgeons about the head and face in a most inhuman manner, till he was to all appearanco dead ; they then decamped across the fields, leaving Mr. H welteringiu his blood. Mr. Hookerthav►ng recovered from his insensibility with difficulty, got into his cart, and drove on to the hulf-way house, when a surgeon was sent for; hi. head was dreadfully butt, one wound in the fore head had penetrated his skull to the brain, his nose was broken, the whole of his front teeth were knocked ont, and his left eye completely beat out of its socket. He was conveyed to the Hospital. Dr. Watson was arrested at the meeting in Smith field on Wednesday, for the amount of the severe bill incurred on the arrival of Hunt in London from Manchester. On Saturday evening, during a sudden squall of wind, a boat returailw from Beaumuris to Port l'enrhyn, was upset ; when, melancholy to relate, two men belongings° a Scotch vessel we drowned. Their bodies were found she following morning.off Lavan Sands: one of the unfortunate sutkrers showed symptoms of life utter he was brought ou shore, but shortly afterwards died, it is supposed from exhaustion, having sustained himself fur about 21 hours, .by grappling the keel of the boat. An alarming fire broke out on Wednesday morn ing at Hounslow, on the premises of Mr. Fagg. It happened in the rick-yard, and thrtw valuable wheat ricks, worth 800 /. were .destroyed. It ill thought thatsome wadding lodged in the ricks. BURGLAFtt.-- v Early on Wednesday morning, the ,country-house of C. lheknell, Esq, Solicitor thr the Admiralty, .4 .Putney .Heatlt, was broken ()pep by thieves, who entered the premises by means of a half-inch chime], with which they forced the shut ters of one of the lower apartments in the back part of the house, and carried off a quantity of plate, wearing apparel, and .various valuable trinkets be.. longing to Miss ilicknells, which were taken from she drawers of their work-tables.--The thieves left a dog on the premises, which is now in the custody James Cullingbourn and Thomas Livett, two,Con stables of Wandsworth, s ho were called in upon the occasion, and which is likely to lead to a discovery ,of the villains. A swindler, who calls himsclF the Hunourable Mr. Douglas, has been recently living in clover at Newhaven, in Sussex, at the expence of the emus pecting tradesmen and oil= inhabitants of that tom'.