The National Register.
London, England, 1821-09-09 00:00:00

SIIUGGLING.

The following account of a despernte smuggling
affray near Margate is taken from the Kentish Chro-
nicle :---
CANTERBUR Y, SEPT. 4.
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AFFRAY NEAR MARGATEs—On Saturday night, or
rather Sunday morning, the whole coast in this neigh-
bourhood was thrown into confusion by successive dis-
charges of fire arms ; die flashes were seen distinctly
the pier along an immense line of coast. It ap-
perred that a bully of simige,,lers were taken by surprise
in the act of their illicit practius. There is a degree of
caution observed ale tit the affair which rentlets it diffi-
cult to collect the circumstances, but from report we
learn that mere was a very large assemblage of smugglers,
the greater part of whom were armed, with the excel).
don indeed of such only as were employed to remove the
goods. In the affray there were three sailors and a mid-
shipman wounded, the latter with an extensive sabre
wound over the head, and of the former by a gun or
pistol shot through the upper part of the thigh : it is not
expected that either case will prove fatal. The extent
of injury to the opposite party is unknown, but from the
quantity of blood in the direction they took alter the
affair, it is feared that some hate beets severely, if no.
mortally, wounded.
A man of the name of Taylor, residing in Cowell's-
row, Alartate, was on Sunday afternoon apprehended
on the charge of one of the lIIJ hiv. as a party cum:Lin-
ed. He was taken below. Edwars Bur, Esq. and after
a short examination remanded till yesterday. It was
expected that the accused would hate turned King's evi-
dence, and in that expectation the CX.lllllflation was
kept strictly private, so much m that our correspondent
was refused admittance. It appears, however, that the
idea was ill founded, as the unfortunate man was yes-
terday afternoon cuuunined to Dover gaol.
We hear from whither quarter that the selection of
Taylor is well calculated to move the respectability of
the oaths of the men employeu on this set vice, so much
vaunted of in recent courts of justice, as it is understood
that a distinct a/6 can be proved, un the testimony of
several wittleMlCE

The ship Parlri•lgr, after having been supposed
to be log at Madras, has fortunately artived at
Cattamore, after having stlacl on a shoal, and the
crew being in a situation of great peril, end the ship
encountering a series of misfortunes.
Governmennt, on Thursday, sold by auction, at
Greenwich, 1,500 cask of provisions, two years
old. The beef averaged SOos. u tierce, and the pork
40s. per barrel.

I. REGISTER

Volta.
MANSION HOUSE.
IMPORTANT TO THE CITIZENS OF LONDON.—TWO
respectable householders of the city of London appeared
to give bail before the Lord Mayor, upon an attachment
in the Lord Mayor's Court, when a question arose of
much importance upon the suluect of the bail admissible
in that Court.
Mr. Andrews attended as Counsel for the plaintiff. It
appeared that property to a considerable amount, belong-
ing to a person in the West Indies, had been attached
a the city. The defendant's wife, who is now in
France, gave authority to a solicitor to defend the action,
and put in hail to the attachment, and he accordingly
brought forward the bail.
Mr. Andrews examined the hail at considerable length.
The most complete satisfaction was given as to the re-
spectability of the parties; but it appeared that those
who presented themselves as bail had :to knowledge
whatever of the plaintiff, nor any authority limn lan to
put in hail. They had come forward solely to oblige the
defendant's solicitor, on his promise to clear them of all
responsibility: With the deli:taunt they were likewise
wh.illy unacquainted and unconnected.
Mr. Andrews contended that the hail was inadmissi.
ble : that when bail came without the knowledge or
authority of the principal, it could not be received. ['his
was indeed die daily ground of rejntion by the judges ;
nor could he see any reason why a dillerent practice
should be adopted, as it would be monstrous to suppose
that two perfect straugers could be brought forward to
defeat au attachment. If bail of such a nature were ad.
united, the consequence would be most injurious to the
practice of the Court.
Tile Solicitor put in a letter from the defendant's wife,
autho: izolg him to defend the action, and to procure
bail. Tins, he said, was a proper authority; but he
coittended that the authority called fur by the learned
couthel was not at all necessary in this Court, and it
would be unjust to expect it. How could ally authority
be obtained trout the defendant himself, who was in
Jamaica, in time to defend the proceedings in this
action ? The fact was, the defendants whose property
was attached in this Court were abroad at the periods
the attachments took place in nine cases out of ten. Nu
attachment could be bailed for them, if such bail were
required during their unavoidable absence. The tajec.
Lion was unheard of before, and of a most extraordinary
nature.

The Lord Mayor was inclined to decide according to
the general practice of the Court, which was favonrable
to the admission of such hail but at the request of the
profersiolial gentlemen on bout sides, his Lordship post-
poned the case for a further hearing, when counsel will
attend on both sides to argue the point at length.
The porter of the Talbot-inn, iii the Borough, was
summoned by an inhabitant of Graceentoch-strect, on a
charge of having made an unauthorized demand upon
him for the hooking of 8 parcels.
The complainant stated, that he had received 8 small
parcels from the Talbot-inn, on which a dainand ui two-
p, lice each paled was made fur book lab. As he was
aware that no parcel was received at ally of the coach-
°dices except the charge for hooking %vas fira paid, he
considered the present demand as au 111410516011 j and,
m looking over the act, [(wad that it was unauthorized,
although the coach proprietors had made at a general
practice to charge a second thne.
The defendant, in his defence, said the charge was
the usual one at the office,

The Lord Mayor convicted the defendant.
BOW sritEET.
NAPOLEON BUONAPAKTE.—Uit Wednesday a CaSe
Of a bury slogan nature occurred al I;Ili Oike. The
celebrated Count Bertrand, the companion of Bitotta..
parte in lus exile at St. Helena, and executor under his
will, appeared before It. B. ~ Esq. accompaiind by
Sir Robert Wilson, in consequence of a search warrant
having been issued to search the residence of the Count
for the hust of his illustrious master, wlncii it was al-
leged was the proiser.y or Dr. Burtch', late a surgeon oa
the establishment at Si. Helena.

The followifig are the eircutostances of the case :
Previous to the death of Buonaparte he had given direc-
tions to his Excellency that his laxly should not lie
touched by any person. After his death, however, Count
Bertrand infected Dr. Automarche to take a host of him;
but nut tieing aide to find a material which he thought
would answer the purpose, he mew imied the circuill-
statiCe to Dr. Ilurtou, who promised Mat he would en-
deavour to procure some it possible. 'life Docior, in
lattallnlCe of this promise, took a boat maimed, and
picked up raw materials nit the island, saute distance
from Longwood he made a piaster winch tie conceiveti
would answer We purpose.
When he slimed it toli)r. Antomarche, he said it
would not answer, and he refused to base any thing to
do with it ; its coosequence of which Dr Burton pro-
ceeded to take a blast himself, with the sanction of
Alesdames Bertrand and Muntholon, who were in the
room at the tune. As agreement was entered into that
copies should be Matte of the bust, and that Drs. Attu
marche and Burton were mo have each a copy. It was
found, however, that the plaster was nut s iiiii cienity du-
rable for the purpose, and it was proposed to send the
Ofitvnals to England tu have copies talieti.
Viten Dr. Burton, however, afterw.l“l3 enquired iOr
the bust, he was informed it was packed and nailed up,
but a promise was made, that upon its arrival in Europe,
an application should be made to the family of Biumaparte,
far the covy required by 1)r. Burton. Oii its arrival, Dr.
Burton Witte to the Court to hare his promised copy,
but was told, as below, that applicatiou must be made to
the family of litionaparte fur it.

Dr. Burton, upon this, applied to Bow-street fur a
search-warrant, in order to otnain the hti.t, as he con-
ceited he had a right to it, he having I bed me ma-
terials and executed it. A warrant was issued, and Tauti-
tuti and Salmon, two officers, went su the Count's resi-
dence in Leictvtel-qi.are. %Viten they arrived there and

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made known their errand, they were remonstrated with
by Sir It. Wilson and the Count, who begged they
would not act until they had an interview with Mr.
Birnie, as there must be some mistake. The officers
politely acceded to the request, and waived their right of
search.
Count Bertrand had, it seems, offered a pecuniary
compensation to Dr. Burton for his trouble, but that was
rather indignantly refused by the Doctor, who persisted
of his right to the bust, as his own property, and made
application for the search warrant.
Count Bertrand, in answer to the c Ise stated by Dr.
Burton, said, that the bust was the property of the fa-
mily of the deceased, to whom lie was executor, and he
thought he would not be authorized in giving it up. If,
however, the law of this country directs it otherwise,
he must submit, but lie should protest earnestly against it.
The worthy magistrate having sworn the Count Ber-
trand to the fact, that he was executor under the will of
Bitonaparte, observed, that it was a case out of his juris-
diction altogether, and if Dr. Burton chose to persist in
his claim, lie must seek a remedy before another tribu-
nal. The case was dismissed, and the warrant cancelled.
Sir It. Wilson begged to observe, that he had never
witnessed a more flag-ant piece of injustice practised
upon any individual than this, arid it was the more dis-
graceful that it should be practised upon a foreigner,
whom the laws ought peculiarly to protect. lie itopedMr.
Birnie would approve of the conduct of the officers in
waiving the right of search.
Mr. 13irilie said he thought they had acted quite cor-
rectly. The parties then left the (Mice.
On Monday a young man was brought to this office, its
custody of ;boon, the principal officer, and charged before
Richard ilirtsie, Esq. the sitting inagiqrate, with embezzling
the suns of 111, 149, thy property of Geo. Frederick tiding,
his master.

It appeared that the prisoner had been some time bark
employed as a shopman, by Mr. Urling, who carries on an
extensive lace-manufactory, at No. 147, Strand t and in con-
sequence of the apparent integrity with which he discharged
the duties of that statism, Mr. Urling was iudured to make
hiinlois confidential clerk.

Friday hot a lady, a well-known cnstnmer, purchased a
sem f at Mr. Li 11 which she ordered to be sent home
immediately to her htnoe in the City ; the shopmen being
engagt d, 11. e primner °tiered to take it, and on his return
iuf -med Mr. Urlin; that the lady buil not paid for it. On
tlietallowing utorninz Mr. U. received a note from the lads,
desiring a receipt to he sent tar the amount of the scurf (14
gallica.), which she had paid to the prisoner on the pre-
ced II ig evetiitig. Mr. fearing from t his eircuirelaiii e
that he niight have been defrauded to a great extent by si-
milar practice', ap,ilied at !Sow-street, and procured iiie
procured the assistance of Salmon, who secured the prisoner,
and found tin his venom putt of the money, which be had
received iu payment fur the seurf.—lie was remanded.

HATTON GARDEN.
ANOTHER Srota:ta Ctrum.—Patrick Moran, a poor
man, tesiding in College-court, Cow-cross, gave infor-
mation that a child of his, just ten years of age, was
stolen or enticed away from him in the following man-
ner:—About eight o'clock on the evening of Friday, the
24tH of last month, the child %%IS seen by some per-
son of his acquaintance in company with a country.
looking mall, supposed to be a dealer in horses, from
having two horses with him, on one of which the child
was seen riding, facing the Bain-inn, in Smithfield, since
which time they had no tidings of him; that he made
every enquiry, but to no purpose, and that be was confi-
dent that man had taken him away ; that the child when
taken away was dressed in a green jacket, corduroy
irowsera, black stockings, half hoots, and a plain shirr,
without a frill. The officers told hint that nothing could
be done for him, and he and his wife left the office in a
state of distraction.

I)rmanro Sulcitm.—On Tuesday night, Aug. 2/f,
a man 11.111101 Eu W.llll Jones, One of the light-lingered
gentry, who had speculated oti the King's visit to Ireland,
and come from Loulon to 1/iiblitt to see what Mei could
puck op, put all end to his existence by fall lag oil a
sharp pointed sword belongiti.,, to one of the watt.ll
patroie, which was liatigilig in a room where he was
confined. The sword went thrtmgli his heart, after
which lie never uttered a word• A watchman who had
• been placed as a guard over him hail been speaking to
hint one minute beiorc tile melancholy occurrence took
'Lee; Lie was to all appearance a respyclaule man, and
possessed a good address. It is supposed the effect pro-
. tweed on him icy the appearance of the Bow-street offi-
cers Vickery and Bisiiiip, who recognizAl nun as an old
off.i
ender n Loodon, and the dread of certain punishment,
were the einel causes of the shocking act vi hien he coin-
nutted. Wednesday morning a coronet's inquest was
held on the Lindy, benne Alderman Jones, and a respect-
able Jury, sell° pronounced a verdict "Thal the deceased
Came by his death by a wound intHiClett by a sword on
himself in a lit of insanity." A 1(1.111111y ui iiimiey
having heel, fun til 011 the [Jerson of Anis Junes, wile to the
deceased, `hit' WjS detained from day to day for examina-
tion until Wednesday moriiiinr, when she underwent a
final examination, anti tile unha filly WOlll.lll was COlll.
milted to NeWgJiC. A nackiwy Coach WJS sent fur to
take her to prison, anal as she was about to go in ill it sin:
was accidentally imernipied by a man bearing her hus-
h sd's mein into the watch-hini,e, where the body lay.
A inure d 'stressing, Seele C3llllOl. 11: iuugioeJ than ensud.
wretclied woman screamed loudly and fainted ;
when she had recovered the cause of ner Sorrow was
renewed. A Mini per out of [lies:1111e puny, a ient.t le, whit
had been also emilin d o i suspicion, was discharged on
Wednesday tudriiiiig for want 01. prt /Of a aiilst her.

From an account of the quantity of sheep and
lamb wool imported into Great Britain, it appears,
that during 1!; years prior to the year 1814, the
annual average amount was about seven millions of
pounds, and during the seven years subsequent to
that period, it was no less than fifteen millions. In
1819, the quantity imported 4.XC..edca twenty-six
willions of pounds.

AN INFLEXIBLE JURYMAN!-At the Lincoln W -
tixe.4 an indictment was preferred against William
IVilliams, for a riot at Stamthrd on the 11th of Nov.
last (on the occasion of the o ithdrawal of the bill of
pains anti penalties), and breaking the windows in
house of Mr. Hunt. Mr. Denman made a powerful
address to the Jury, and insisted that there was no
riot. The Judge, in summing up, said, that no man
could upon his oath say it was not a riot ; titter
which, the Jury withdrew, and were absent for
about two hours, when the Foreman came into
court, and said he was desired to ask whether, if
eleven were agreed in the verdict, and only one
held out, those 1 t might be discharged ? The Judge
said it was impossible. At the expiration of five
hours the independent and inflexible Juryman came
into Court, and said that the other 11 had agreed to
find the defendant guilty, but be could not reconcile
it to his conscience t say that %Vahan's had riotously
demolished Mr. HunL's windows, the Jury, there-
fore wished to know whether the .I%.ilge would
withdraw him and appoint another in his place.—
The Judge s: id he could not. The business of the
Court ended at five o'clock. At half past 8, when
the Jut v sworn on this indictment had been for ten
hours locked up, and the conscientious gentleman
declared that he would sooner eat the mortar of the
c !iling than give 9, the eleven others, rather than
be cartel on the circuit to Nottingham (as the law
naluires in case the twelve cannot agree to retina a
ver.lict), resigned their judgment and gave in at the
Julge's lodgings a verdict liar the dfli.adant.
A day and Sunday School has been established at
Liverpool, for the instruction of the children of
seamen and others connected with the shipping of
the port : for which purpose a large room has been
fated up which will accommodate 490 children,
who are to pay one penny per week each for their
instruction.

Letters received from Edinburgh Ray, that Sir W.
Forbes and Co., the bankers there, havegiven nog ;e
that in consequence of money being so plentiful, Nay
can only al!ow 3 and a half per cent. for deposits ;
and where the sums are small, only 3 per cent.
The Bank of England has refused to take all
silver coins which have holes punched through them,
or which arc otherwise mutilated, the Government
are determined to keep up the intr:nsie value of the

Majesty, it is understood, will certainly visit
Scotland next year, and hold his Court at Holyrood
House for three or four weeks.

Thursday morning the grand and interesting spec-
tacle of the Masonic Meeting for the Installation of
Sir William de Crespigny, Bart. M.P. as Provincial
Grand Master for Hampshire, by his Royal Highness
the Duke of Sussex (in person), the Most Worship-
ful Grand Master of England, took place at the
Audit-house, Southampton. His Royal Highness
having graciously condescended to accept the offer
of making him a burgess of the town and county,
the Corporation met in their robes. After this ce-
remony the Royal Duke was attired in the splendid
Insignia of his Masonic Office, and proceeded to the
Installation of Sir William. The procession was
attended by the Southampton Lodge, and the
Lodges from Portsmouth, Isle of Wight, Winchester.
On the intelligence of the death of the Queen
reaching Nottingham, a meeting of the bar took
place, at which an unanimous resolution was passed,
requesting Mr. Denman to retain on the circuit the
precedency he enjoyed as Solicitor General to her
Majesty.
On Monday last a number of persons were assem-
bled at an auction in an upper room of a house at
Launceston, Cornwall, and being busily engaged
either in examining the articles offered fire sale, or !
in attending to the eloquent effusions of the auc-
tioneer, they were wholly inattentive to the state of
the floor, which, being unequal to the weight upon
it, suddenly gave way with a tremendous crash, and
precipitated the whole assemblage to the floor be-
neath. The consternation and outcry may be easily
imagined: happily, however, no very serious injury
was sustained. The company chiefly consisted of
females, several of whom received contusions, and
some have been since confined to their rooms in con-
sequence of the fright they sustained. The auc-
tioneer, a grave personage, escaped with the loss of
Lis spectacles.
A respectable body of landed proprietors, as a
means of assisting their tenants, have agreed by
subscription to support an establishment of light
caravans, principally to supply the London markets
with fresh butter, &e. from the dairy tin ms situated
near the roads leading from Exeter and Taunton to
London. The plan is at ranged to convey such goods
into market as quickly as those from Buckingham
and Cambridgeshire; which, from their freshness,
command a superior price to those sent salted from
Devon, Dorset, and Somerset, where the value is
greatly reduced by the competition of Dutch and
other salt butter. The establishment, it is evident,
must miterially benefit the daily Ening, now sadly
distrt,scd, and become generally useful to trade by
a quicker and cheap tranakr of gun&