The National Register. — London, England, 1820-01-23 00:00:00

• LiIV INTELLIGENCE. SERGEANTS'. INN- H A LL, MONDAY, JAN* IL THOMPSON V. LACY. This was an action of hover for wearing apparel, whereby the sought to recover the value of a quantity of clothes contained in two trunks. The defen (taut is the keeper of a tavern, called the Globe tat ern, Moorgate ; there are no stables belonging to it. The plaintiff, a merchant's clerk, in company with moodier person, came to the defendant's home, and dined there; after dinner, Ise said they should sleep there, anal ordered a double.bedded room. Tile plaintiff afterwards told the defendant he expected lan truns•., Mat lie was going to Scotland in a few months, aucl that lie meant to stay there till lie went. The defendant asked him for his name, ‘,4 Inch he gave him, and informed lino what he was. 'the winks came, and the defendant it-sided there !Mee months, sleeping in the house, and taking his nirals Mere ; liming a friend of his value and stayed several nays ; and the plaintitfordeied the ishaages of his friend's to be pot into his bill. Alter the plaintiff lett, lie tendered to the defendant inure than sufficient to pay for Lis sleeping, but out (aweigh to discharge the whole bill, and demanded his luggage, which the defendant is fused to give Hp and the question on the trial of the came was, whether the defendant bail, in the Cll4llllnler of innkeeper, oil the iiiggage for the anionnt of his bill. 'foe I:roiled Joilze who tried the ease was of opinion that the delenolint had a lien, and nonsuited the plaintiff, Aid I leave tO move fora nor tube, aside the ...nit. And now ilm. Marlys! 1 and Mr. E. Lis' es moved to 111/. cll4l ge that rule. They contendrel, that there ads HO illll . l come between the keeper ul ' a tavein ur co:l re -h o u s e and an innkeeper; that they were but haute to the same burdens, each bring obliged to lake wit an ale licence, awl 114411 being also subject to have soldiers (pattered 411 them. Mr. Gurney and Mr. F. Pollock, in snptimt of the role, contended, that these was a material dittrience between a .ogee -boast• and an inn : a cold. was out intended fur the leception and abode of iravellei•, hot swirly to furnish (linnets and other entertai ttttt eat to the inhatiitants of the place where it SIMS si sli r; that oftentimes the raft e-house keeper found it cunienient to foriaish his g ue,,t b with beds, %stitch he did.; Mit that inost be (*Mist derv(' as a letting of lodgings to them, sod iltd MA COOS ell the ruder house lilt., en 11111. The Lind elner Justice said, the defendants were the leepel• *if a boost. in %stitch they supplied beds 4111. imtml to such persons as required them. lie thought this could nut ue distitigni.lied in pi inriple 11u111 an inn, mud this case it II wit bin the tide of law applicable to the eases ut nudist-tilt r.. It wwild, be fur the benefit of all parties so to cuusitier It, FIJI in this case nut only %mild the inukeepi r he emitted to a lien on his gisrst's goods, hut he also in lemon uou'ol be liable to his giii sta fur the safe custody OI thee• goods, lie thought it was nut ne cessar) that the defendant .huold Kase stables; ovine (:iglu he fur the aecui eeeee odalion or toot traveilers. Here ti,e lauthutll tiuuished all utlii r things necessary fur the aceetuniolittion ill ti 111 . 1.. Tilr other learned Judges present, Mi. Jii,tire Ray try dud Jnstiec Best, deli re led thiii uputwu to toe saute etirci, and the rile was d..chat•ged. XIPDLESEX SE.SSIOIM. SWINDLING: Saturday Abraham Vain Hi teteen, who has, during the last ten days, occupied so much of the attention of the Police Officers, tracing the many frauds be practised throughout the metropolis, by [Mani of a satiety of specinus astifices, was put to the bar, and arraigned upon time indictments, for defrauding, by false cheques on bankers, J number of tradesmen at the %Vest end of the town, an.! among them Mr. Cathounier, the Messrs. Risingtons, Mr. Hou'disci), together with tusiliy others, from whom he had obtained property to a considerable amount, on the faith of his credit at bankers, where lie bad ingenuity enough to persuade them he had credit. His trial occupied iAtit a short time, as all the facts, already disclosed to our leaders in. the recent Police were proved against him. The Court, without much ptefatory ceremony, apprised Mr. Van Brieneo, iu die langtia,.e so oftett used by the Learned Recorder of London, that he was qaite ton clever a mart for a permanent residence in this country. lie was therefore ordered .0 take ti e ilia mil. dence fur seven years in Botany Bay. The prisoner, who is a dashing looking fellow, re ceived his sentence with perfect composure. ♦SPALLT OX THE DUKC UFCLARENCCSGAMECESPICKS Dn i h aui and Jahn Gladmaii were limn:tea tinder the Poaching Act, for being unlawfully found in Bushy Palk, Oil tile night of the 7th of December last, with Stets and springs fur malting, pine, and also for a violent assauit on J. Sharpe, one of the gainekvelicirs of his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, the Ranger of Biohy Palk, while in the discharge of his duty. Mr. Mahn), as Chiinsel for the prosecution, entered fully into the facts id the case, as they were subsequently proved by a number of witnesses. In the course of his speech, the Learned Geilltriiiati prolmliuctil au enco mium, not only on the principle, Kitt ()a the policy of the Game Laws, tin lie thought they lied the effect ttl inducing the gentry of the country to reside on their estates inure wan they otherwise would, on account of the spur wig pleasure which their preserv es a ff or d e d. The facts of the case, as disclosed in ci itleuce, were ehor.ly these:— . L. tie on the night of the 7th, of D.eembet l as t, Heather, one of Ole gaairkeeptra lii bushy Park, heard She. Hampton gate open, aud some lat^biim, cuter . Th ey advanced toNards a tiullow tree ru.an ilitat Part of the paik. 'leather hint. diately µq . the ass.staiice of ( a notherof the gam, keeper-); and both tt them a.it raced armed with ther guns, ann one with the adilivoit of a cutlass. As they ap;truached the Mtn who cut. reel the; l'ea'd a dog hark ; the gailickrtiitri called on theta to atop, or else they wow The men Moly, for a tttttttt tilt ; I all<. :"Jlitalot 1./11•111 it C1)1/14; him to ors master's, to lucre they moat /1(1.111111t wita, they were doing there at that hour. of the ui bt. A acute ensued, tut which' Sharpe reccautt a dreadful . , • THE NATIONAL REGISTER. blow of a bludgeon, which severely lacerated his head. The poachers then escaped, and Heather helped his comrade, as well as he could to the nearest lodge.— Assistatice was imanedittely obtained, and warm pursuit commenced at the instant, but without success. In the hollow of the tree, where the parties stopped. wete found nets and wire springs, such as were used lot catching game clandestinely, and a hat and cap, with a bludgeon, which was at the end covered with blood.— It appeared that a dog, which accompanied the poachers, instead of retiring with them, followed the gamekeepers to the lodge. This was subsequently found to he the property of the prisoner Durham. But the decisive evidence against the prisoners was that id an accomplice, named Pope, who proved Ms ba‘ ma accompanied them; and another who hail absconded, to catch hares in Bushy Park on the night in question, and that it was Durlitin who strut: the gainekeeper,bliaQe, the violent blow on the head. The prisoners in their defence declared their innocence Air. Andrews, who was their Counsel, declared the Act of Parliament, dui not apply to them, as they had no arms. He also expressed au opinion unfavourable to the Game Laws, on.aecount of the violence which they minced.. Many witnessed of respectability gave the prisoners an cxcellent.character. Mr. Const.(the Chainnan)•summed up the evidence to the Jun•, and declared that, in his opinion, both the facts of the case implicated the prisoners, though.not iu the same degree of guilt. The Jury fllltttll them :with guilty.. The Chairman sentenced I)iirhain, who had wounded the gamekeeper, to seven years' transportation, and Ogden:in tom months' imprisonment in the House of Correction. QUARTER SESSIONS. CfIBATER, J*N. 12.—TIsr te ial of Joseph Swann come on ibis moratilig. lit was convicted on two indictments The tir•t charged him whit having published, oil the 2114 of Noveie.bes, * libt I, intended to blaspheme Almighty God, and disparage the Chti•tian religion. The libel consisted ofa letter in one Ot t lilt 's publications, stutter, J. B Smith, whiz!' inculcated the doelline, that " before the people can be blest with, and cottliaLly receive w ItCr• feet Got errittent, and a Imre,aua ec r uitable emits of tans, they cooed reject the Butte as tieing the word of God, and also totally dial :Akar the tllt ntily of I ist." Ibe second indictment chassed him with sedition in publishing, on the day Amite mentioned, the third number of " The Cri sis," cositai aa ll g the verses forming the acrostic , ' Btiions to Arms." . . . Joseph Swann was then tiled, along with Robert Foivin dells, Joseph Bit tent:haw, John Stubbs, John Rieltaids, and I,sepli Stnifin, nn an indictment for a seditious I on spiracy at the Macclesfield Refot sir Meeting on the 21st of July last. Mr. Williams conducted the prosecution for the Crown, and the pm koners dettnutii themselves with considerable ability. The Jimry found all the defendants Guilty. The ti MI occupied the Court from about eleven o'clock in the morning mill nix in the cc (-Mop:. • • On Tuesday aught last now in custody in oar Castle, un a charge of shooting BO eh, i4l: constable of Stork pot I, attempted to make his escape, and actually, so tar suet-veiled in eluding the vigilance of the turnkeys as to get into the °mei 'aid. Hr was, however, secured. EVSNING.—This day, at eleven o'clock, Ste nu, S isidcliv, Btu tenshow, Stubbs, Richards, anti Sot• ton, were bretight up fur jiidgment. The.sentences were -1 hat So indells, Bortrushavr, Stubbs, and Riehatits, he imprisoned in the Castle of Chester each fur the period of two years; that they find scent it:es at the expiration of that period, themselves in 301. and two sureties in 2SI. each, to keep the peace for one yerr ; and be further im prisoned till such sureties be found.-.. This for thasedition and conspiracy at Manchester. • That Joseph Swann. fur the same offence, be imprisoned two years in Chester Castle, and end the like sureties. That Joseph Swann, for publ.shing a blasphemuses libel, be isnprisoneti t wit y eats Cu, that offence hi (Mester Catle, finding the like suit tics—anal that he be also itupristmed for the space of six calendar months, in the lame place, for publibiling a st (MMus libel; making the total pe riod of his imprisonment tutu years anti a half. When the sentence was passed, Swam., with a vast deal of apparent sang froiii , bead up his I(ad:ral emblem —a while hat bound with crape—nod "-Han ye dime? is that all?• why 1 'how t ye'd got a iiit hemp for me, anti hut,g rue I" They were immeJiate!y taken out of Court ; when near the door, Richards observed to Hitch. the Constable, who had him •iti custody— , Mask ; you is ill shot iiy have lu sais.et me in another place ;" to %Melt liisch replittl,"Aye, in Heaven, I hope." SALFORD QUARTER SESSIO.VS. The Salford Quarter-Session, so pregnant, as it .Itoold stern ' With important issues, Ittgaii on aSI. 4 1 know not, however, Mat there will be •it nl them to satisfy curiosity. Mr. It I ; and it is beater perhaps, as the poet Gray says, that •I high belleS'S Should Le performed by gratitude man by exp,e- The Chairman, in addressing the Grand Jury. stated, they had been aware that Varliaittein had been calico together at an earlier period than war usual to time of peace. Tins Was itodenwind to 1143VC IleCil necessary in cons.quence of the many thsorderly.and dangeme. acts toad taken place sit sea eral parts of the cattiiiry, and the result of the early meeting of Parliament teas, mat rlil'4llllltl4 were passed to prevent such 111.4d11041t ofaCilCi:h. 0131.'1114131 lament That such a nrcessitj shoti: nave eats eat bat .Lll.ll it 111 d CXI3I 3V41, well known m all those what) 113Vli la the h•autttlaeattritt4 t 113111 4 .43 r. E.l laud and Seoitaisil. Parl,smetit :;ad passed a Iltl 411 acts, which, It was hoped, .4 oul,l lie effectual to: oasis M3101'4:11%1: amt prr.viit (umber 111 Ct 4 .141 , •i11:r 1/C41C4..4114:t lilt Milj,Ct.y . /3 3114j4 ., 13 I ,1 .1 pr - • trectual for those purpose-. ii• load reset - art: U 'hall the Power o , al.rr" 1. tar as attain Lt.; necessary during the preset.. . [Mr. Hay here enumerated the six new AcU. and stated the mature of theiti.l By the present age, which had been hurried along by tire ttttt statics, all these measures were vieorrias pee.- ventatives of future evils: to. the historian t h ey would J pprar. Chigai4lo; as they did the stattite• book-, a memorial of the depravity of the const.ey,entl of the diligence with which Parliament did its duty. Parliament had indeed done its duty with firmness and discretion. To thent. (the Bench and Jute) it belonged to. give t fleet to. the measures which Parliament had provided.. Udine. acts did out prevent the evils to which they referred, it was 'Kit the duty of Magistrates in he ready with the application of the laws. Grand Juries were the most tileetual means of applying the laws properly._ They consisted of gentlemen who came from various parta of ;be country, and who 1111151 be intirrineil whether il legal practices existed. Ott them therefore (the Gland Jury), it was his duty to call to exercise die functions which belonged to them. lie knew, from their rank in ,ociety, that they possessed firmness and discretion, If,-then, such practices as had been alluded to exieteil, or might lierea:ter exist, they worild do their utmost to bring them before the country for- trial. There was one other tope to.grhich he would advert; He alluded to the Vittlence and Italia cot tttt itivd aaginst benefit cmivtios by. peorms who, on pretence of alarm, which had not the slightest ground, that their funds • were to be seized fur the use of the Ereeherper, had con trived to get societies broken up in order to divide the funds attiring them. This plan. has h . been acted on in violation of tne law, and to the fraud of the old sub scribers. The subject had been. inctitioniml in Parlia ment,and was, as might hate been expected, regarded as incredible. The Citancellorof the Exchequer then disclaimed any such intention as that of interfering with those funds. He now mentioned the subject, lest any future attempt, so wicked and frandelant, sboul.l be made.- He hoped the Grand Jury would find talls• as quickly as possible. The calendar was very heavy. containing not fewer tnan '215 felonies, and 88 inisd.e meantiurs, besides 63 tract ; it was therefore of importance that no time should be lost." Of 88 mistlemeatiours,9 are traversed, from the last &worts. in which sureties tsars not been found. John Heves, aged 45, and committed by .1.. Ridgway, Esq., is charged, (MI the oath of Thonsas Barrett, with having, on the Vt:al d,y of November, 1819, gone about the streets at Great Bolton, shouting and cry ing o u t to the following effect ? rite friends 'of civi, anal parliainewary rearm are informed, that Mr. Cot). heti is arras ed at Liverpool, and in good health ; those friends who have not signed the address, are desired to • avail themselves of the. earliest opportunity, as •ihe sheets will be closed this day to be forwarded to Liver. pool."' That the said John Heyes had a bell, which he • tised before his so cryin►; ; that a crowd ot persons, to the uttnn.cr of 50 or MO. followed the said John limey, and shouted and mat, a great noise; and the said I leyes did incite the crowd to shout and make a noise, to the great disitirliane ot the public peace. The trial al Mr. 1.1 7 r0e, lie several libels in " The Nlanchester (limner," will not take place at these . Essions. ind:etnienis againat his family, and ae.• several tsf hia agents, which were traversed at the sessions, still remain here, and will bt' tried. The de fy:dims hive entered their traverses in the paper. There are also about a dozen caws of illegal drilling or riots en tered in the traverse paper. • It may he desirable that one renders should he apprised that the It ev. China am w ism hominy a liarrot r, but 'hen); w hat is genera:l* termed a " br4l t• 1119 1111 l ," Wined nua became a t !erg, man, An old joke sat -, that a gentle man conoadming his t mood how be dioulat devote of has dar fermi( sous, hay's)* lay his is ten's advaer devoted nil het one to 'dilemma professamias, canton eat o oat he ,atiould dam wilt the remaining one, he, being almaed a famt—•• .tta lie a pannam of hum." way the a rut) , - but a e are sure the Rec. I . intirin:%mk, who is now the incumbent of mite V scaragc or Rochdale, 1.. y the reccnt git t of lit. (grown, wdl neser be taken fom as Fuot.l!! The business of these sessions is much more extensive than that of niJny county assizes, avui often inure lin porwit cases of Iti4liw:ty robbery are intitietnly tried at the. sessions, course us•felonies at cum law. Sell- tences of transportation lat 14 year, occasionally occur, and soincti,Ars even of iraiisitorialion lir life, and many important questions upon avraldi, highways, and nut saiises, often collie briotiOthe court. SURREY SESSIONS. IMPORTA NT In 11.1K.CRII. The metal of Smith, a baker. against the conviction lay K. J. Chambers, CAI Almosarnte of the County of Surrey, eagle ria to be trruld hefore a IS.•nch at litgistrates, tool was argued by C.ouneel at gavot length. The conviction took place under the Bread Art, sr Inch imputes p malty of VOI. Nom any m i i, c r flu , w liaise miliaria 'lmola be found tlepoiteil :dolt aa,a. Other pernicious ,iigreatic iit tOr the purpose uf no %A auto dour. jacellbstnuces %Ilea' lea tly t—.% i.isioiabie of Vision Hall, some lone n.tt, nbt..lned It %arrant la *caret, the premises of the appellant fur iimminnis altAredientb, and went to the hoarse Age p Ii the infor i.er anal °them nee appellant It. permuting the officer to samich, aul, upon ham:, II I Ile 7111thai at d ec l are d t tie had uo stud 411 the km& The coissiagtie foli o w h im t ap attain' to his bed Ile hio*et rr unver%rd *ono:shim: in the appe.linit's hand .hieh ea. tied his swine 1,11. Alla 0., filid•ll,, I1.•11 was made to his mtamapt to get t him his parses -lon, he calk dup 1,1, ..,,,lams, mod 1..0. e "wire. .thlili nut of I tie II ha is mold. I "pp. I ant Was tyk e ., at, U nio n / 1 4 111 p„l ier , Om 4., Nacre I,,r,rre lac•s Were b 14111,1, toad a c a m e l. , 11.4,11. II 463 III• Who la v1:111 lip 3.arth the tam tile per-on. • floc Salt ne, ‘latgicrate ''ld ct , 'lt the f uel p. oath oi •cOt a .tut *hit the Dikee trerfi'l 51110., Ut I• rI • app ,al Wr. 't liebs. olifro•I ;11111111 . 1 1) Mil I ei l lhese '.tel. lit Att i teo. .sl* tun Tat 1111111110. i MI. • :41,10•11:trt, ron tcuded, tuat. to • had uko powcr, by the Act of l'ar• I