The National Register. — London, England, 1819-11-29 00:00:00

LAW REPORTS. COURT OF KING 's BENCH, WORN MAY. NOT. ti. CRIMINAL a•rosim4TioN. Mr. SCA LE rru;;ltUrlea;;;;;tile a criminal incur. Mahon asaiusl Hogli Campbell,.Esg. fur the publication .of • libel on the character of Captain Mills, contained in a public fester. The Learned Counsel trail the objer tiouable passages, charging Captain Mills with improper con net loam& a female servant. He described the whole to be a false and scandalous attack, which warrant. ed an application to this Court. A rn:c to sheer rause was granled. PIIOCEEDINGS AT COVENTRY. Tuesday Mr. CHITTY Obtained a ask en the Court of Kinser Bench, to skew cause why an attachment should not he is•ord against Bateman and A. Pickard, constables of Covent.ry, fur treating the process of this Court with contempt. He slated. that this application arose out of the lisle tiansactions at Covent'''. It ap pealed loom the affidavits Cleat the roust bawd% prided is role to whew rause why a criminal lotermai ion st 111 nil be tiled attains , Mr. Goodall, the high constable of Coven try. and the oilier persons above named, a sleek was rise ployed in the rosintly to serve a copy of the said rule upon each of those persons. %lien the clerk went to ►erve the three persons Last alluded to, they Heated hits in the most violent foamier, knocked him down, and, w hilts 011 the gronod,t.ti sick I • repeals dly, and the. without lice least provocation on his part. affidavits contained * full ',Niemenl of the !Janie/114r* 01 Ike uulrasgr. 11Mli KING Y. r I, W A 11111 d ,AItD 01 11 Mar. TheSimeitor-Cieoeral ed to hate the rule for a criminal information. Which he had obtained ou further day, made almiliite. Mr. Denman, on the part of 'Alderman Waiihnsan and another, immediately rose, and stated, that his clients had not yet had time to prepare those Aida% its %%hick they conceived essential to their delenee ; neither had they had an oppi ttttt of comultiug the hooks of the city. hese fuil.nirn were extrem,ly anxious that their case should be heard dorital the pre , ent term ; hut unless it !Was allowed to stand over till Monday, which lie could scarcely expect the Conn would grant, it was impossible that they could he prepared before the next serum. . The Lord Chief Justice observed, that it would b. extremely intim% einem to take such a case, winch must occupy considerable time, on the tist day of term. Mr. Ilion here presented himself to the notice of the Court, and said, he was ready to show cause. The Solicitor-General submitted, that the affidavits must he filed briar,. the present tents expired. The Court said, except witii re-pect to Mr. Hunt, who did not apply for time. it was finally orratigeil that the case should stand over till milt term. Mr. Scar!en moved for a rule lo show cans: why a criminal iiitarmation should N ithaniel Conant, Thomas Collins, Esq., Oeorge Gas. E-q., arid Samuel Mills, Esc! ,N 1 ao-trates ai Mid dlesex, tar a misdemeanour. Tins applieriniti, he said, was Mantled tin a sinppascd breach of duty in this: gentlemen, in refusing to grant a Incense Iu a 1):43011 01 the name of Merke, for keeping a piddle-house. From the affidavits wills which he was iirovided it would ap pear, that in 1 814, Mr. Meeke puichased the remainder of a term in a public-lsou-e, &mot iii Si. Joiiii's-fisie, Cleikeilwi 11, winch was in the Filislitiry nlvi>i to This house had ex , sted as a without iii erniis lion, for 200 years. At the time of liar pii rciiast., it was sonneceil with the.brewlsonse.of it. id, .Unix, and Co., who had a ttttt rigage nlxut it. \l r. Meeke itiveSlecl the premises a capital of I 2 41. Oil eine. hag lie coil tinned to deal with Messrs. Read and Co., and .11 ine end of the.first year, 1816, °main• d a renewal at his lioense without .any difficulty. In the ensuiti:t year, however, from faults found with his hear, he cliam;ed his brewer, paid oil' the inortga i te of Messis Held slid co,, and went to deal with. kiarcl3% and Co. The emu sequence of this change was, that his draught increase.. from two hints to ten butts per inotita. o.lsei eta se. sitenees foNnyved of .a 1110.8 ruinous nature. A collect ing clerk, of the house of Will and Co., named Lor d s, exhibited considerable resentment, and threw out dai s. hints of Nleeke's impending fate. lit Seocuitier, 18 :6. he applied, as usual, on the licensing-day, to hate his license renewed. The magistrates, whose names hat. b_en mentioned, together with two others, Nlessis Col lier and Sellan,. were the licelising magistrates; agaillSl the latter two gentlemen, It,, complaint was made. Ott that occasion Mr. Lucas was in the ante-roam of th e Court; but as Mr. Meeke was satisfied that 11.0 fault could be found with the manner in whieb his house Imo been conducted, be entertained no apprehension; never theless, to his great surprise, he was iuf d t sat his licence had been suspended. lie considered that this prose f some cirentuoalice which could he explain ed, and, accordingly, lie resided to atteial again ass Ilse adjausimient day. to the interim, his house was visited by the Iligh Cousta tale, and Messrs Caller and Sel lois, wha, so far from finding fault, cc 11111 l iended ilie stale of his house; under these crrcutslalant.s he went to the Alagistrates on the adjournment day, iii the coatideuce of liatin; his wishes accomplished. lle was, however, told, that his license would not tie grained. His bus,. Less eras thus pot a slop in, anti it nas remarkable that &molter publican, of the name or ,Dell, lit ing in the same street, %t ill) ;Ike lun..clf kid ceased to deal w tit. Reid and CO., had hi , liceusc Wilipeti at the battle litre. Oil tile licensiox day in 18 IL I, he again applied tor the renewal of his license, and on that OCCaSioli produceu certificates not only of the pa ash officers of his wen parish, but also nt the One adjoiaitr.., as well as of et cry his tin ughhuurhuliJ , brafilii , it sti utiy to the mar iiiii a his house; Ira' again unsiiccessitil, and his prayer wat ri jected. Jut 181; he attended the niapstratt s with Its solicitor, and once More !elide; ell his eveliflealeS, stud lieJNed (lie re newal of his license. Ott thus (ieCaSitiii lie saw Al r. 11 illis, another collecting Cleik of Reid attd Co., in saunecrsatlon Dell, the publican, who at first le ok- NATtligAi REGISTER. ed very melancholy ; but from something which Mr. W ill's communicate to him, he because quite cheerful It afterwards turned out that Dell had agreed to ret its Reid and Co. and he actually received his r. Nleeke was called in and examined before the Ma gistrates, when he gave such satislacto.y answers, that the High Constable came out and congratulated hum on the chance ()containing his object. This chetrina hope. hOWCVCr. was soon destroyed ; a partner an the hon=e of Reid and Co. arrived, and sent in his card to Sir N. CO. 'taut. That gentleman came out, and after a quarter of an hour's conversation with the person its question, lie returned to his brother Magi.trttes. Soon ahem ar.:s Mr Meeke was informed, that his licence would not be granted Front this the affidavits 1111 . 070 d that SOllle lilt dtir influence had been used to bias the minds of the Magistrates. And it wa not a little singular that the other houses in the tnighboni hood of Meeke, amongst which was that of Dell, were in the habit of selling fit e, if not test times the quantity of spirituous liquors which tie dad ; although the selling of spirituous liquors was assigned as the reason for depriv lug tutu of his lic.nee, in the return made to the flume olCommons. The learned getitleistati then detailed stmte other toms contained to .he affilad its, corrolxnatiee of the charge apt I.St the de fetishists, and added, that Mr. Mreke, not having stint been aisle to obtain hot 'teepee, had been cm 11 1 ,1 "` ruined, and was now in the King's Bench itrisott. ma.. would feel inure happy than himself in, hating a satisfactory explanation of the Circumstances winch tie hail detailed; but sit jintice to the Maaisirate, as well as to Mr. M eke, he thought it expedient that an ins ebll ga!ion should take place. Ti.e Lord Chief Justice asked, whether the Magis trates had been apprised of this mutton? Mr. Scarlet' answered in the alii Mr. Sterlipg, on the part of the Nlajstrates, then rose, and said, that lue would not oppose this rule in th. first instance, as he was :10XIMIS 10 see the affidavits; butt he was desirous of inakins, a remark upon one circuit.. stance. The Lord Chief Justice said, he mitst either she.. cause at once, or wait till a future day—tire Court could nut hear the case in disjointed parts. Mr. Sterlitig then said, be would wait till he had seen the alli —Rule Nisi granted. Mr. Williams moved for a rule to chew cause why a writ of Mandamus should not issue to the overseers ol Manchester, c - militiattilimt them to submit to the inha bit:lilts of the said town, an account of the expenses ul the constables for the last three mouths. This ntutiun was grounded her an Act of Parliament which directed that such accounts should be submitted quarterly so Ille iiiitabitants for their approval. Tie affidavit which he Thad was made by Mr. Taylor, one of the inhabitants, stating, that the accounts had Levu submitted by Alit overseers; but that certain charges I - or printing aiitl oilier matters were shade in lumping s , without alq extila mition ; and although iijtcuons were t the %%hole were apprrveil. roe uhp•ct of the present application was, 10 get an l'Xi0.111:11i(111 of the steins allud.d to by r• Tat; ror.—Rule uraided. The t di‘i no; J,'j.tri , till lia:fpast fire, and was ern,r,led ut the list, !row att rxitect4tion which prevailei, 111.11 C.lllle W.IIIIII bt . '4lO k% it ag..4,pst the rule obtained fin a lIICInanIWIS It, tae C nnitvi al ()I,lliatn. MEETING OF TUE REAL RADICALS. On Wednesday assembled at Smithfield, at one o'clock, Doctor Watson, Arthur This►lcwoo4l, Pres. ston, the illustrious Waddington, Gould, the inflex ible Secretary Walker, and about 300 others, many of whom came for the purpose of laughing at the discussion, and many with the view ofdishurthening the ockets of the curious The knowing pick pockets, who (lid not like to be disappointed by pr►gging a piece of ragged calico, instead of an In dian wipe, utter having taken a glance at the group, vanished,.leacing the field to those who were con tent with. the profit of merely keeping their Inuids in practice. At about half-past one, when the people began to dance about to catch a little warmth, the Doctor took off his hat, and addressed his fellow country men in a speech which was upwards of two hours in length.—Mr. Secretary Walker stood next to him all the time, with his arms folded, and u w•:,ite hat upon his head. The crowd nppearep rejoiced at the conclusion, and the few beggarly pickpockets who remained be gun to look after some respectable stragglers, who got amongst the mob, and lost very little by rubbing against the most noisy and independent of them. he police then found some employment, and the debate a trifling interruption. But the moment NVaddington sbewed his lace, even a whisper could have been heard. He called on the Meeting to set theinselveN again t the Iluligarchy as was preparing their downfall, and to defy all ottaciis of their llenenues, who would perish, us the Bible said, like their own Dung. As soon as this delicate quotation was made, one of the mob flung a dead 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 eat, than the eloquence of the Conqueror of the Southwark Sessions liar. More speeches were, however, heard. and Preston and Gould shewed that they still possessed the spirit of their finviikthers, and aped the Ilaristocrary. The doctor declared that he should never more call the body of individuals who composed the Nov. io. third order of the state by the name of the House of Commons. The name be christent4 thvr. ~Sia file Lower House of Aristocracy. The Meeting dispersed quietly at half past four Most of them ran off as soon as they had given the Doctor and the other personages three cheers, and agreed to every thing that was said and done. ARRIVAL OT CORBRTT.—The Hercules arrived at Liverpool un Sunday last, 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 immense number of people met him on the beach, anti cheered him to the inn, which is a considerable distance front the docks. Some partial hisses were heard. The following► morning he underwent the usual exami nation at the Custom House, which occupied a con siderable time, us he has brought over with him a deal of heavy luggage Thc bones of Paine were deposited in a wooden box, and lodged in the Cus. torn !louse yard. When the box was (Tenet!, Cobbett observed—." There, Gentlemen, are the mortal remains of the immortal Thomas The skull was shown, and the coffin •plate accom panied it, but all that could be deciphered was, Paine,-180—soged .14 years." Cobbett was extremely attentive to the .but, and looked rather serious during the exhibition. .In the even hie., accompanied by Mr. Egerton Smith, he visited several of his friends and well wishers. There arc now two vessels in the Mersey, an 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 farmers. It is expected he will visit Manchester before he sets off fin. Botley, whither his family are gone. He came in fur a considerable share of what the theatrical gentry term goose, in the neighbourhood of the Custom- Friday morning, about five o'clock, as Mr. Tho mas Harker, a respectable former, residiog at St. Mary's Cray, Kent, was coining to Smithfield • in a light cart, with some calves for sale, he was des perately attacked near Chislehurst, by a gang of ats.aed ruffians six in number, who sprang from a field on the road side. One of the villains seized the horses' head, whilst another jumped into the cart and siczed Mr. H. by the collar, dragged him out on to the ground ; he was there surrounded by the remainder of the wing, who rifled his pockets of 151 in Bunk of En g land -ales. his watch, &c. It was then proposed Ly one of the villains to now der him, which being agreed to, they all began to beat Air. H. with their bludgeons üboht the head and face in a most inhuman manner, till he was to all appearance dead ; they then decamped across the fields, leaving Mr. H. weltering in his blood. Mr. Hookeryhaving recovered from his irscosihility with difficulty, got into his cart, and drove on to the half-way house, wheo a surgeon was sent for; his head was dreadfully beat, one wound in the thre head had penetrated his skull to the br ra, his now was broken, the whole of his front teeth were knocked ont, and his left eve completely beat out of its socket. He w•as conveyed to the Hospital. Dr. Watson was arrested at the meeting in Smith field on ‘Vednesday, tier the amount of the tavern bill incurred on the arrival of Hunt in London front Manchester. On Saturday evening, during a sudden Huai? of wind, a boat returning from Beaumaris to ,Port l'cnrhyn, was t:pset ; when, melancholy to relate, two men belonging to a Scotch vessel we drowned. Their bodies were thund the tidlowing .morning off Lavun Sands: one of the unfortunate suflerers showed symptom. of life lifter he was brought on shore, but shortly afterwards died, it is supposed from exhaustion, having sustained himself fur about 21 hours, by grappling the keel of the bout. An alarming tire broke out on IVednesday morn ing at Hounslow. on the premises of Mr. Fagg. It happened in the .rick-yard, and three valuable wheat ricks. worth SW/. were destroyed. It is thought that same wadding lodged in the ricks. BURGLAIW.—EarIy on Wedmsday morning, the country-house of C. Bicknell, Esq, Solicitor tin. the Admiralty, at Putney Heath, was broken open by thieves, who entered the premises by means of a Lill-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 .Hiss Bicknells, which were taken from the drawers of their work-tables.—The thieves left a dog on the premises, which is now in the custody James Collingbourn and Thomas Livett, t woCon stables of Wandsworth, ho were culled upon the OCUSIMi, and which is likely to lead to a discovery of the villains. A swindler, who calls hiinsel the Honourable Mr. Douglas, has been recently living in clover at Newhaven, in Sussex, at the espence of the unsus pecting tradesmen and other inhabitants of that town.