The National Register.
London, England, 1816-01-14 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL 'REGISTER.

876

COUNTY OF SURREY.
We have great pleasure in communicating the following ex-
cellent revulations made by the Bench of Alagistrates on die
commencement of the Sessions on I.ue,day.
(; A cm. FEES.—Io compliance with the recommendation of a
Committee of Magistrates. appointed to inquit e into the sub-
ject, the Court ordered, that instead of the Under Sheriff's re-
ceiving a fee of sc. Of!. on the discharge of every debtor, and
the gaoler a fee of 2s. (id.; the Court ordered that the first
should receive a yearly stipend of 201. and the latter of 10/.
N Ew PatsoN.—A Committee having recommended, that on
account of, the number of prisoners confined in the House of
Coirect:on having been for some time past nearly double the
uumber it was calculated to contain, a new Prison should be
elected, woull also aflord an opportunity of confining
persons conitoittea for re-examination, and those fully corn
witted for trial, separate. The Court now took the subject in-
to consideiation. The result was, that the report was ordered
back to the Committee, to re-consider, and see if such altera-
tions could not be made in the present prison as would save the
county the expense of erecting a new prison.
Liquoit Suoes.—The Court then took into their considera-
tion the report of the Committe appointed to inquire into the
increase in the number of gin shcps, and the consequent in-
crease of immorality and depravity amongst the lower orders
of the people. The report having been read,
Mr. Randal Jackson recommended that as the best mode of
remedying this evil, the Magistrates should come to a resolu-
tion not to liconse any house which had not good accommocht-
cons for such prisons as should prefer beer to spirits, and good
beer to furnish them with. Resolutions to this chest were,
after some observations from Sir T. 'Fulton, .Mr. 11. Sumner,
Mr. F. Young, Mr. Bowles, and other gentlemen, agreed to.

SURREY SESSIONS, Jan. 11.
VADQUIIARsori, Asin REV. MU. RowLA nil MILT..
This was an Appeal from a rate fixed by the parish of Christ-
church, within which parish the defendant's Chapel is situated, by
which Mr. Farquharson complained of the Overseers of that parish
tor not having rated that Chapel conformably to the o her property
in the pariA.
Mr. Nue.% ts stated the case on the pnrt of the appellant. The
incstion had been twice already under the consideration of the
Coati, but on account of a defect in the notice of the appeal to the
persons concerned, they would not anon- itNto be gone into. The
appellant once more brought the question before the Court. He
had given notice of his appeal to Mr. Webber and Mr. 11111, the
former of whom WAS one of the trustees for managing the chapel,
and the other was its Minister. The objection was, that great
profit was made by it, ; 10001. or 12001. a year, and yet it telis not
rated for a single sixpence. He was quite astonished on what
ground it could lie maintained that the property was not rateable,
is hen he looked nt the case of the King and Agar, in which it was
held that a chapel was rateable property as well as any other; and
Lord Eifenborough there held, that though the money there col
acted might be very properly expended, the mere fart of rereiv-
yg ntouey for the pew rents made it rateable. If used for an or-
,slinary or secular purpose it would he dearly eitteable. why not so
for a spiritual purpose? That it yielifed profit in a spiritual sense,
t. •
Ll learned friends would not deny, and it would be for them to
;Let,, Uw amount of the profits so derived by them. It is not
'rnOugh that in any one year, as laid down by Lord Eleidiorough in
I.tite ease to which he bad alluded, to shew that the profits are ab_
&allied, land did not cease to be valuable on that account. The
appellant came now before the Court with le-a chalice of success
than formerly ; he wanted the abilities of his Learned Friend,wlto,
straege as it seem, was now enlisted on the other side.— ,
Sometimes a little failing out was an increase of atiection, and thus
i: seemed to he with tbe Ree. Gentleman. The last time the ease
spas hefore the Court, that Rev. Gentleman published a pamphlet,
xvinch he thought was remarkable for nothing so much as a want
of candour to his Learnt d Friend. The Rev.Gentlernall, however,
had now made a convert of his Learned Friend, and had availed
'himself of his services. For the piety and exemplary conduct of
'-
the Rev. Getitieman lie had the highest respect ; tint how the
money which the subject of the present appeal was expended by
hint, made no alteration on the (Luc:J.lol4 which was bat eiy a point
of law.

JAN. /4.

Mr. COMTN hero called the appellant, to prove the notice of
appeal. •
li. Spretsinsntrrtt was accordingly called, and stated that he
served it upon Mr. Hill awl Mr. Webber at their dwelling-houses.
Mr. Coin YN contended it was not a notice, not being addressed
to them individually.
Mr. Noi.aN proposed to examine the witness to this fact, and
accordingly put the question to him, if the notice delivered was not
addressed to each?

Mr. Com v N objected that this could he proved by production of
the notice itself, which • they should have been served with notice
to produce.
Mr. SPANKIE also contended that the only use of a notice was to
certify to the party that there was something demanded of him,
which was not here done. the notice being addressed to no one, but
simply running in the third perso'►.
Mr. ',AWES and Mr. P. Smell', for the parish, contended to the
same etfeet. Mr. NOLAN and Mr. HEATH contended that the notice
was sufficient ;
When Mr. JACKSON, the Chairman, entertaining a decided opinion
it was not, the appeal was dismissed, but not with costs, as the
legal objection had superseded an inluiry into the merits of the
case, which involved a question of great importance.

OLD BAILEY.
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The Sessions commenced on Wednesday, in Justice Hall, before
the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor and Recorder, the Lord Chief
Baron, Mr. Justice Dallas, and Mr. Baron Richards.—W. Collins
was indicted for stealing six sheep, value 121. the property of the
Rev. R. 1-1. S. Heale.-:—J. Kempster, shepherd to the prosecutor,
proved that the sheep were numbered on the 2d of October, and
that the six in question were missed on the Bth of the same month,
He had seen one of them sin :e at Mr. he's, at Haretield.—Mr. be
proved, that in the first week in October the prisoner brought six
sheep to him, !narked as Mr. Heale's were. He asked leave to put
the sheep into his field till they should be taken to market. Four
of them were taken away a few days after; but the prisoner never
came hack. One of the two that were left died, the other has been
owned by Mr. Heale's steward and shepherd,• as being Mr. H.'s
property.--Guilty, Dcath.--The following were also capitally con-
icted, viz : J. S, ymour, for stealing two pieces of toilieet. value 31.
Cie property of H. G. Hodgson, in his dwelling-house ; J. Thomson,
for stealing a truss, containing live pieces of hosiery goods, value
Vs. and upwards, the property of J. Nicholson, in his dwelling-
house ; and J. Davis, for robbing J. Shute on the highway, and
taking from him two reams of paper, the property of E. Harrison.
Thm•sdav there was no trial of interest.
Friday, Gliz. Madden was indicted for having in her possession
ll:ree forged notes,_knowing them to have been forged.
J. Foe, an Officer of Marlborough street, stated, that on the
1 Rh of December he went with Mr. Glover, an Inspector of the
Bank, to Wall's-row, Bethnal-green. lie had watched the prisoner
there the day bethre ; they saw her coming ti on) No. 9, in Wall's-
! row, and Foy toek her into custody, and carried her into a public-
house, where lie searched her, and found in her purse upwards of
:WI. in good notes, and some gold, and a key of a box. lie asked
her then it she had any other notes good or bad in her possession.
She said she had none. Foy was proceeding to search her, when
she drew a small paper parcel from her bosom, and gas(' it him,
saying, " There they are ; take them." Foy asked her what the
parcel contained, when she said. they were forged notes, which she
had bad in her possessipn only about three minutes. He asked
if she had any more in her possession ; and she said no,
searched her, and underneath the lower part of her stays he found
another paper, containing 12 forged 11.-notes. Foy then scat her
to the (Mice, and went to No. 9, Wall's-row, when he saw Mr.
Nightingale there, who pointed out the prisouer's room to. him;
there Foy thund a box, which he unlocked with the key hp lead
found on the prisoner, and iu it he fouini 254 forged 11.1445, and
9) forged 21. notes. These he took to Marlborough-street,' wilt
...tr. lightiugale, who taxed the prisoner with having broughtliiin
into difficult% by placing forged notes in his house. " Yot have
nothing to do with it, the room, the box, and the notes are mime,
, and I shall take all the consequences on myself. , Shesaid shAeltad
hired the room of him on pretence of plaoing centrzilaaudgnotis ift
it. The parcel she eave Foy out of her bosmie coet4eed to Wind
11. notes.—The forged notes marked by Fey, aid. given, by to
Mr. °Weer' amounted_ iu all to the nceninalealee- of .1741.,. Foy
asked her where she had got the auto from, urui 04,14: said she wouel
neyeeteil.

JAN. 1

Mr. Glover, Inspector of Bank-notes, corroborated Foy's testi-
mony, and proved the notes to be all forged from one copper-plate,
the signatures were iu the same hand-writing, and the paper all
similar.

0. Nightingale keeps a chandler's shop, in Wall's-row, Bethnal,
green : the prisoner took a room at his house, three weeks before
she was taken into custody. She brought a box, saying, that she
was a widow, and dealt in shawls and handkerchiefs as a pedlar,
and that she was seldom in London. Witness shewed Foy the pri-
soner's room, and saw hiw take the bundle of notes from it.
The prisoner in her defence said, she had found the notes as
she was going to Mr. Nightingale's, and did not know them to be
forged.
The Jury without hesitation found her—Guilty.
Thomas Green indicted for the wilful murder of Elizabeth
Martin, by throwing her out of the window (as stated in the Police
Reports a short time back) was put to the bar and arraigned for
that offence, but from the evHerceiit appeared that the woman
had thrown herself out, the prisoner was accordingly acquitted.