The National Register. — London, England, 1819-03-28 00:00:00

10/ L . :111" ItiTELLIGFNcE. COURT OF CHAN:FF.I(Y, WEDnr‘oty, llsawi24. I'ItIVATI DEARING. LeDY rnyvc!.suilLY VANE TCWri:NT, A• INFANT AND A W .HD env ter, UV licit e:X r rnirnit), M. A. T 4 Y -IMR. Csil. M. V., V. Loan STEWART, TOL; COUNTESS or % . nlitlsl, occur:, ANO ilrfil:1111. It o in ;x• recollected, that this was it petition of %loc. Tay lor, tin. paterota: mod owl tastamentary guardian of the (alit, pray big that his loordslyp would resise his judgment confirming the Master's report, that a in.trria,v with the drfendatat, Lord Stow art was a fit and pi toper one for the as moo farts 11.1:1 emu • to her know Irolige since his lar.lship's derision petition was hyoid on irs•merits, in his lordship's to irate room, to the esclu , ion of all pei-ms except the chushiel engaged in it. Ilis lordship I th:d lime postponed his judgmeol, but yrsterday delivered his so rition Juilgine,.l to the parties, to ihr follownti eliru t, vii.—` • That lislordship did not see ;thy thing in the new petition that ought to make him ch.stige his lit mer npi. tsin, a Bich COI). tinned the Nlnster's report, that it was a nt mid pi upei mar riage fur the infant." Patitiou dismissed. HIGH COURT OP ADMIRALTY, Masten 23. 111 T/16 $111? ASIA. Sir WILLIAM SCOTT proceeded to give judgment in this -ease to.day ; the facts of whit h, as far as he nos enah'ed to judge, front the ver y tamtradictory evidence a hich had heel, eshildted, a ere in general these:—*That the Aso 4 private East India ship, laden principally a ith cotton, on her !mine yard voyage tram Bohan, y, was overtaken iu the Doh us by the memmald • storm of the 4th of last 31areli, and a hicit Lasted through several sure , catty.; days; that she broke from her anchor, and her windlaN was so damaged as to become useless; that in passing Ramsgate, lights weie hoisted, the -one part, sot's, in order to ohtaiu assistance. and guns firi d for the same purpose ; tnat atter pas-ing Ilamsgate, it was determined, on consulting w rtlt the pilot. and for the purpose of 'wising the lives II: . her 111111111.11110 crew, llll in: in uli, including the officers, to Y• men, hesides some custom- oust officers a o were en 'maul, to run !:ate a s hore, it then some time after hit.h tide, which was falling fast, the aua setting in flesh in s •ore. This was done a ithout any material it jury to the vevvel, except uns•.npping her rudder. Now a .]natter it comet, " bet a. ea the parties was, a hillier lights were so hug out, and gulls filed, before she was ashore 111 after Hut it was admitted that guns were fired. Ile pre sumpti•,n *as, he thou. It, an•t in that he su •piirted by the opium i of th•• nautical ;.eittlt men ns w bum he !I•,d been assisted, coat lights a ere hung out before In that condition esf the ship, it must have be •u• impossilsle for her to proc ed wit bout making sigma's fur axis tow flow the shore, and therefore she pas rd Itam•-ate w ith lig!its hung out. It ails asserted, tout sifter being run oh shore, she lay firm and se cure ; iu that case, it %%Mild be difficult to account wh g •us Isere fired at th..t time, by the d•rection of the pilot, a per -11011 char eel cypres-I. wish the sufrt, if the siii I. "I he boar men of Ramsgate, in the neighhout hood of the Pier, a ere on the look-putt for accidents of this kind, in turtle• to rim- der then useful but perilous ser%iecs, various ships bring at Clint time supposed to be in dishes. On, boat was at leng'ls got alone the 'lmre, and dragged opposi'e to the si , ' on NhiCII the vessel '.s ac a-ground. Having got the boat off icsith the as•ist4Tice (if several persons %%110 sere on the bekel., 5 men pioreeded io lieu ; rout roe 1.11111) In such a night, IM s-cli a slur., and such a sea. the mere descrip tion of vrhirli could not II le:111 Vliiholit le roe, this w..s a service of extreme peril awl ilitlicultv, n iiitered by n Set Of t a co accustomed to tare diviner, and to contemn it, 'with spirit and oit Is activity. The leariled Jodoe proceed ed ti observe. that almost immediately on their quittilig the boat, which ,l4anitierl, but was not lost, the danger to the ship forttioatel,, ce.iseti i hies. foie, as fur the other IS wen, i% tiii come on board afieroitids, and certainly rtr.vil ,f•vrte hibour at the puniiis, lie (mild only look at swrvll . l . slt. 1:111 , 111'. and 11111 :is of a salvage nature. After a res :••%v of the v:iriiitis points of evidence, lie titially decreed 310 [(linens to 111 C 5 men s% ho first hoarded the Ada, its money ; and 3:i01. to the other IN risen, sit t:;e price M . Owe,. Salva4e to Ise paid on freight, in ; th,l is, 70 CAS be ing at the proportion of It. value (6.CAI. Its I tl/ 5, and ICI. for damage done t tht I•itAt.—Thus the whole sum given by this sentence is Lie. Mi. NORFOLK LENT ASSIZES. On Saturclar last the A. for the erstinty of Norfolk ecm:nienced ai hetford. '1 he Cemuniston was opened by hergortnt Fir: h , 13.iren Graham not being able to reach tS.: place till the !Sunday noon. On Monday morning at half-past ni.:e o'clock the Sri Pri,rs business commenced; and after two causes the following Grand Jury were sworn : Sir '1110m:us Beevur, Dart. H S Partridge, Esq. E. Neppel, 1441. N. W. R. Cedbournc, Esq. 1.3 Proctor. Esq. Henry Dell. Esq. Jahn Wright, ESI, J. W. '1 imilinson, Esq. ; Edmund Wasiehouse, Esq. Ceorge Beauchamp, Esq. J. B. Pet re, Esq. Thomas Redhead. Esq. E R Pratt, Esq. Dennis E;tinton, Esq. J. 'F. Mott. Esq. I Edmund Rolfe, Esq. S. Ts ssen, Esq in h's Lorshin's charge to the Grand Jury, he observed that he was sorry the Calendar exhibited a scene ct nuincrc:us ob. fence.: e telt assured chat it was unnecessary for him to say mach in reference to the duties of their capacities as Jur) met, neverthehns, he conceived himself bound to say a *e.v wards un cbc sublart of the state of prisons. a subject that cue Id nut too often be impressed on the minds of those whose sit ua:ion and at:tiny in the county rendered them .ice prepet conservators of the peace arid the inspectors of pub lic morals.-1 ice genera! ,:ate at prisons at the present IliO• n.ent, instead of pre,euti up the means of removing, rather lac: eased the r antagion est rice. It was therefore the duty of geirtleme‘ and especially of such gentlemen as held cam s:in...ions io guard the publ c peace, that they should per tonally insfseet such I,ifidings, and use all the means in their poser to remove evsfy skiing opposed to good conduct acid the practice of vintic. He particu'arly rccutotoettOt d them Not to sutler y. , u. , g offenders ,u assuciate with those of no sure,ls 1, ,d ell tt.l: tem. Mr, iergr...it Firth pre4ded in the Crown Court; and un caia ;,he iwisourra man:taxed. TITE NATIONAL ItEMTER. CAUSES. Rota er and °Ars v. Atari Lin. 4.- Undefended.—This action was brought to recover the SUIT) of .2.8. 16s. 6d. fur btrley sold and delivered. Hie delivere of which being sa tis'amorily provetl,tho Jorv, under the direction of his Lord ship, found a verdict tor piaitittif - Da:names .44 . Lt tot and other, v, Joh.: Sa,te• P.—This action Was brought to recover idr.V. advanced on a ptomissory note by the I tea surer of the Munde•lv Friendly society, with au arrear of interest Mr. Chalker, the stbscribi.:g winless to the note, having proved the hand writing of the defendant, the Jury found a verdict for plaintilri for I 111. sa. t v, t.—No detence —1 his action was brought to recover !2s..it for flour sold and delivered: and the pro - nii of payment being prayed by James Houghton, the offi • cer, when he arrested the defendant, a verdict was given for plaintiff fur *2851. 8 be I Drell v Dern. Lemon.—Undefended.—To recover the stall of :IV. IS.. 'lt for work and labour done to de fendant's null. Verdict for plaintiff, damages 34!. 18s. let. Doe tat the demtlf ff d !Agile. v. Tha. a t Hi. hardtan. —Tills Wad an action of ejectment fit recover the possession of about 17 acres art fen land at Hilgay in this county. It appeared that the defendant took possession of this land about five years ago, but not under any agreement, nor had he ever paid rent to the plaitrolf Ihe defence set up w 4•; that the plaintiff had no title, and that even if he had the defendant was undertenant to a Mr Hedge The plaintiff having satia actorily proved his title to the laud, and the de fenclain not being able to prove that he was undertenant to Mr. Iledge, the Jury, under the direction of los Lordsh p, found a verdict for pl tintilF Green and IlVe v. &Imam and frife, for an assault.—Green is a shopkeeper at swauton Morley, and the detend•nt a wheelwright in the same parish.—lt appeared that the two females had some trifliug dispute, and a few blows pasted, which were a a trin:n,,ir nature ; but the defendant, by en deavouring to prove that the plaintiff caused the dispute, strengthened Green's case; sod a verdict was given fur plaintiff, damages 406, (orrk) v We:tr.—Record withdrawn. . . III , VI. ands h r. v. Markin. nufi es /arra I his W 33 an issue out of Chancery to try the val dity of a will made in the year 1779 by Robert Pursglove, late of King's Lynn in Nor folk, bloekmaker —lt appeared hat Mary flaw ~ins one of the defendants, who now wanted to invalidate the will. proved it a few years since in the proper Eccleivastical court Frances Bonnet!, one of the subscribing witties-es, proved that in the year 1779 she lived servant with a Mrs Hawkins (sister to the testators and one ot the said d.-tendants; that she well recollected being sent for to Nlr Pursglove's house to attest he execution of his wit with two other persons • everal other witnesses were called to prove t he hand writing of the testator, the death of one of the other auburn), ing witnesses, and that searches and inquires had been made to find the third witness but without effect Copies of admissions were produeen to shove that persons entitled to property under the will, had been admitted under it It was contended by the defendant that, part or the wit being written in the man gin walnut , any refer,:nce, it tended to in validate it ; but it appeared to have been all one hand writing and written at the game Stine, and not introduced after the will was eaccu ed: and the Jury being satisfied of the fact. they did. under the directing ot his Lordship, find a verdict I for die plaintiff _ _ J Arr Ralf.. v. fl,e lohol-tants of she Ifondred .f 1 hp , i st m 1;,1.4- .—Th:s was an actmn under the Black Act,9th Geo I. c. to recover the sum of tt.)ol. being part of the loss whi, h plaintiff sustained in consequence or two corn stacks and barn aid other building: having been wilfelly set lin fire in January lt+ls. Ii appeared that plaintiff ... la the owner and occupier of a -mall farm at Lessinghana in Norfolk, and that one Thomp-on was inoicted and tried at the I st Lent assizes on suspicion that he was the person who tier fire to property, hut that he was acquitted Wunesses were called to prove that the necessary forirs required by the above act had been complied with. Ptaintiff's son proved that, previous to the fire, he suspecred there were evil dis posed persons in the neighbourhood, a calf having been a few nights before susr. ided in an outhouse belonging to the plaintiff. and some harms,. thrown inttra pond that brand father as; re induced to watch the premises for several nights ; and they actually watched till a very late hour ir , the night preceding the tile, which happened in the morning: of the a;thof January 1918, between and 6 o'clock, and that the damage was between 4 and 5001 —Other witnesses were in a:iendancc to corroborate the above facts,but the defendant's counsel being satisfied that the plaintiff's properly was wi:- I oily set on fire, and that more than :2001. damage was in curred, the Jury, under the direction of his Lordship, found a verdict for the plaintiff for that sum; and his Lordship, in his charge to the Jury, regretted that by the provisions of the at t uo more damages could beg; veil. The K" g v. Gsoll.VZlnti ot herr -This was on indictment for an assault alleged to have been committed :tt Wells. on the 1 •itli of August 1816, on one Henry Thomas, a Custom- House officer; and the prosecution has been conducted under the direction of his Mak.a:y's Commissioners of the Cus oms. A Special Jury was summoned, and notice of trial was given at the last summer RS‘IZC,, but on the day preced ng the com mencement thereof, the solicitor for the prosecution counter mande I it. Another notice of trial was given for these as sizes ; but as scarcely any of the Special Jury attended. the coatisel for the prosecution declined to pray a Tales; and the cause, alter a vast expense to the delendam., who have tw ce mihpirriaeci above thirty witnesses on their behalf, stands over till nutit e of trial he again given. We think the O.... Pendants would do right to petition the House of Commons fur relief against the vexatious delay and expense• v . Botter.—Th;s was an action to recover the profits of :el twin glebe land, at Salle, which WAS occupied by the defendant after he lied resigned the living. Both par tes are clergymen and brothers Tlany objections were taken to the torrn of action by the defendani's counsel, and ultimately a verdict was taken fur the plaintiff by consent, for Ihbl. G.. 6'4. subject to be reduced to :10 . 9c by the opinion or ,he Court of King's Bench oa a punt of law. v was action to recocer 91/9.'. and up wards, the nnumnt of dilapidation% suffered by the defen dant on the beture-mentiuned living of Salle. Three sur veyor, w-r • called on the part of the plaintiff, to prove the amount of repair, necessary to be done; and on the part of the defendant, Feceral workmen living new , Salle, for the sAme pin post:. '1 he Jury tcturued a verdict for plaintiff.— damages MARCH nig.lol4 v. IVa 51Pr....111 this action Messrs. ltignolds, cf Norwich, sought to recover :Owl they had advare.- to one Eveifeit. and which had been gil.:•atitied :h em the defendant, who had joined Eveiiett in a note h;r• I he note had been delivered op to Evene.t under take repie. se:nations. as W 4 ,4 Stated by the plainar. B.L. Morgan, the part of the plaintiff .. ., was called to give eviaii-ac e reapa..r, l og the note, or .tni.e conversation which bad tv.s•csi uu :he sni , ject of it, hot could state no: Icing w bleb could Lie cc ceiss4 a. evidence.— i he plaintill', were notwui.eal. EXETER ASSIZES. (Before Mr. Justice llolroyd and a Scceidl Jury.) CONVICTION FOR BRIBERY AND CORRUPT:ON. HEX U. 6111 MANE.SIII LOPI.Z, HAUT. This HAS an itolietment of rather a sitigel, I bat highly intim. tan! statute. It elm: ged the de fenttaitt with liviog, by himself, and by certain tigentr, rout pith .001 Ittilit ta several of the cleetors of the ltrrotigls of Grittopitond. 1111. Serjeatit Pell opened the case 011 the pat t of the Crow hieli he described as one of the 11,0. t eases which had ever presented itself to the coot•ith of i Juty. (yawn taut, the Learned St•rjeasti s ai d, carded the imlivithitil—impoi mot as if cgs rtird I l i e i t i d& c interest, and the purity 01 the Coottlittitittn. litre war a person or ismitetise wealth, appl)ing that wealth to the most 11111.4orthy 11111110SeS. MI. l es prildove . villa', it appealed that Sir AI. I, prz telt ,;oho r torrent's as to his' rest. AI r. 'l'eed, the pre-cut petttitmer for (irattspoinsil, paid a visit to the Borough, a.. 0! Str.rit l i tt . s „ It Lopez declares, in one of Ins letll.ls, 111.11 (dr 1 . 10 1)4 slatnte•l by Mr. Tertl's join 'try. if that 2cl , lle,ltai) plat C him in the sitioattmi its w Inch he stood be 1 . 40 J e 11. e etanto-iteemeot of the or gmilatitto, lot (Sir 31 ) would re sign his interest to him. flue of these lettits, in rs hich. 191,411,ing of the electors of Otampoitorl. Sir M. L. s,sr. " U !hey can fri4 any gentleman who will pay them lit t ier, they may transfer their ser tees in Itim"—and ther, in whit h Si, M. hopes he shall not he pot to the additional ripener of a dinner to the voters—excited considerable met I intent. Wits. Hoare Indite remained by Mr. Gamelee, swore that he was an Alderman of (Iranipsound; that in November. 111314, lie writ to London, and saw Sir M. L. at his home its Atlingtomsteret ; that Sit NI. said lie heard there wait an opening io the 1311r011101 of thampound, add that he shook' be comitig down cooll. and would nee ysitocsn oa the business; that Sir M. Loprz It - worst , d to entisult the rest i,l the Maeisir Atte and fiat men on the stiojrct ; that witness then told Sir NI. that the electors must be moist'. tl, and 20001. woolu tot neressar% fur that porvon . ; that, after lie trim tied to Gr. u npotrlld • lie amt. to Sir NI. ill lime aimbjtel, and teceivral an answer. In the lit ensuing to December, Ice met Sir M. at Ply nunuth ; ihat be at eit a ith him tu Nlr. Hunt's office, where he maw Mr. 1111111; that he then evplaim d to sir NI. 1111111 - pr..enee of I 11.11 t, that the freemeu wanted 20001. and ilia' so M . 2 40,1 limit should atone d0..0 ; that Hind was at Gldlni.olMll ice ; that Oil the tirvt oreasion lee alit not ere so many tot the freemen as lie expeetrd, and oily staid x lea holm, , that he afterwards met hunt by appointment at SI Atone, and Hoot came dgilln la tinastipumill, e hr saw about 40 'I the freemen , that lie told Hunt that the fteeinvu t sported 501. each ; that Hoot Raid that could out be— that they could hat e uuly 33i. each ; 11141 Hum then tie •ined him (winiesv) to vend the voters hoes the room (a mom. at au inn) our by one; chat he did so ; that Huars t Imk, Mr. Hawle, was in the loom, and Jah n • Bs (tun, g voter, when athirst lett it ; that Symons was 110( inUo dmced at this time ; that he saw Sir Alasiavvt h Lopez mane months after, at his seal near PI, month. and that S:r M. linen said, " I have vet - tired Symons; I have dour some thing Ito him here—touching the palm uf • his liasid). That hr alierwarile intioduced Allen, a voter, to Henn, w hu did out seem inclined to l ecsive him , ns It hod already got a majority. When Hunt CJIIIP to Grampound the second ti to . , and %vit nese Nellt in the freemen, our by our, ke did int: err any one receive as:y money. Q. H•d you receive any money I—A. Yes, I did. Mr. Jtutice laolroyd.— I ougat to tell you, you are not bound to amass er any question tt hit h may ( - eliminate % oureelf. Mr. Adams.- 1 note put the quest Mit sigaia. hid yuu re ceive any money ?7 W ititess Ido not t h o use to 1111451er. Mr. teed (examined h. Mr. serj. ant Pell) sail, that he was an antics essful Candidate' for GI am pound last Election, and was at the present moon uI a ;it embitter. That in Au gust, 1817, he ret eived from Isaac Watts, a voter of llcant pound, a paper t oatamin4 Ilw names of she voters a ho had been bribed by Sir M. Lopez ; and that Wat s told him the respective sums which had been paid, a hich he put duals against the respective names. That he called on Sir Nl.Lo pez, in London, That he told Sir kl. that be called, at the ilcsa-e of Watts, to know a hat he ( it %I ). intended to do r.•specting leitsimmund. If he (Sir M.) would be content ait h one seat, he (Mr. Teed) might have the other. That witness then told air M. hr was acquainted a ith his dro reeding, at terampoutl, and pradaced the list he had re ceived from Watt-. That Sir NI. merely expresmd his sur puise echoic. the %einess could have got so correct a lies. That Sir M. said the sums were very correct, exeept that he had paid more to I than was put down. That witness toil Sir M. 1.. that lie and the electors were subject to a prnsecut' ; that Sir NI. then said lie %mild protect tha electors it' it cat him 11)0,0001. That he had taken Conn sel's opinion ; and that he electors were not liable, because two years had elapsed since the transactions. Mr. Minute, in a very animated speech, argued, on the part of the defendant, that the money in question had been given from chaiitable ... lives. to asskt the Borough nt Giampound, which war at that time in great distrew. He commented at consid. rable knob upon the testimony of the various witnesses who had been called on the part of the prosecution. If a lanibui d lowered his rents to assist Its tenants, and was afterwards returned by their votes to Parliament, would that constitute beiher)% Music wat'S the difference in the present case? Tue Learmil Counsel then commented wills some severity upon the evidence of Nlr. Teed, awl cone:tided with a hope that. if the Jury elite, tained any doubt upon the came, they would give the benefit of that doubt t•. the accif.eil party. Mr. Justice liotuov is Sll , lllllCli up the evidence at . en• siderable length, and ranee.•ed his opinion. that if tiot witnes.e. , wart: le be rein. d on, Mt rue bad beau already made out. alit CI Ut Klu ma:; frier ever mut chat SA'r S 17131 , 111.1S1 last hrr r, the t deft. tuns ad,4 dam: WWI )1, ,j azeht Clex he Lttw, pr ; rot St s, r CMun