The National Register.
London, England, 1816-04-22 00:00:00

APRIL 242.

ways described his Lady to be, to take the step which she did,
and to remain apparently implacable to all the overtures of rt -
conciliation that bate since beets made. Both you and Colont
Doyle acknowledged that you could not expert me to give op
the conviction of my mho! ; and you appeared to toe perfectly
to acquiesce in the way that I put to it, which was that I had
your authority to declare that no conspiracy, to your know-
ledge, existed against the Noble Lord.
"I did not wish to aggravate the unhappy difference by go.
tug into all the conversation which took place, nor state the
impression which was made on my feelings by your declaration,
that Lady B.'s separation from her husband was ' the result of
her own unbiassed jsidgment,`a step nlsich I said, from respect
to the lady, I could not have suppryed possible ; my own ideas
of the conduct of a noble.minticd woman being ro contrary ;
and such conduct being at the same time so inconsistent with
the espre-stony usvil by herself to the last moment of their
domestic intercourse.

"If I had gong into the whole detail, I must have stated the
question put to ) on. Why no reply was given to the applica-
tion made to your family to specify the charges against Lord IL
that lie ini,eht have an opportunity to vindicate himself front
the calumnies so industriously propagated against him F--To
this you answer, that Lady Byron acted in this by the advice of
Dr. Lushlngtou! What—a wiie tear• herself Item the bosom
of her husbaud, and acts by the cold caution of a Lawyer ra,
ther than by the dictates of her own heart !
" As t 3 the expression of the disquiet at and condemnation
of the Infamous aspersions which provoked inc to vindicate
the Noble Lord,l certainly conceived you to declare that they
not only were not authorized by Lady Byron's friends, but
that you regretted and condemned them. I trust you do not
mean to withdraw this declaration, or to diminish the itupeft
of these word..

" If in the course of to-morrow I shall receive your instruc-
tions to print the letter, you may depend on the pnblication cir
Saturday, together with my own recollection of all that passed
between us yesterday; and which, that you may be satisfied
of its fairness, I shall be ready to submit before hand to your
perusal. 31y anxiety is, to prevent the breach from being widen-
ed, and to avoid the consequences to which the publication
olyour, letter, and the continuance ofsuch slanders as daily ap-
pear in some of the Papers, must lead.

" 1 have the honour to be, with perfect revert for yourself,
" Sir, your faithful Servant, J N. PERRY.
"Sir Ralph Noel, Bart. ac. Ac. Strand, April la, lc ln."

REPL ► .

" llivart's Hotel, April 19,1810.

cannot withdraw my request, that you will inset t
the letter of explanation which I yester;lay sent you. You
must take the responsibility upon yourseil of whatever you
may chuse to publish, and I must decline any previous eons-
muulastion on the subject.—l am, Sir, your humble servant,
" RALPH NOEL."

Lady Byron, whose domestic relations are now become
the general subject of conversation, is the only child of
Sir Ralph Milbanke, a representative of the County of
Durham in several successive Parliaments, tvho married
with the the Hon. Judith Nod, sister to the late Viscount
Wentworth ; upon whose demisv the Viseountry became
extinct, but the Barony desolved upon Lady Milbanke,
who became Baroness Wentworth ;in consequence of
which Sir Ralph Milbanke assumed the name of NoeL

One of thj murderers of the late Mr. Baker, of the
county of Tipperary, has suffered. It appears not to
have been the act of a solitary assassin, nor of a banditti.
According to the testimony of a Mr. %11, it was the re-
stilt of u conspiracy of the whole district. The popula-
tion of the country were looking on—they were aiding
and abetting in the. murder. Their victim, too, was u
gentleman of family and fortune, born and bred among
them, resident upon his paternal estate, and giving them
all the benefit of his presence and protection. And what
was his offence? He was an active Magistrate, and for
this the population of the neighbourhood compassed his
death.—Surely there must be some great defect in the
Government of a country, in which civilization is thus
utterly destroyed.

In carrying on the works for the improvement of the
river Witham, many sub-marine articles have been thrown
up. Lately, near Washingborough, about four miles from
Lincoln, a complete canoe was found, of the length of
feet 8 inches, 2 feet high at the sides, and about 2 feet 6
inch; s wide, made out df a single tree. After being ex-
posed to the air, it was found imerac6cahle to remove
this curiosity, the least movement causing it to break. A
,ereat number of trees several yards under ground, time.;
horns, seine of them very large, and human skulls, &c.
have been found; but the object of greatest valve is a
beautiful silver cup or basin, richly ornamented with
wild animals, ere. and having in the centre a small rtutue.
This is now in the possession of a gentleman in the
neighbourhood.
ThesMonacur of Monday last contains en oi-do:mance
of the King fur breaking up for the present the eetublish-
ment of the Polytechnic school a •favourite institetion of
Bonaparte, in consequence of the insuLordinatiou of tl e
pupils. The scholars are dismissed and seat home, mai
the school is to be newly oreemized.

Seme notion of the extensive transactions carrying on
between this country rod America nuky he fbnacil from
the knowledge of a circtanstAorp mentions ia the New
York,Papers of the Bth of March, that si7(i letters had
been received there on that :?ay fivut this country. .

APRIL it?„

ASSIZE INTP:LLIGENCE.

The following enrinits (Wm. Cu,,. case (Howarth r. Booth)
scan tried ut the last Lancaster Assizes, and the datnages wine
at 10001. It appeared, that the glair iii :mailed in
the'yezr Iso2, and that he had lived itithapdity with his wife
fbr about y litaittfff, thr some Lisa, dt ni-41 the law-
fulness of Ilk inarriag but not being able to get lid of it, he
eolist.ni himself into the Middlesex Militia, in the year 180 a,
:old left his will", toad the chlidri 0 be had by Iter, miproteetcd,
and his debtsundischarged ; uu l although he received it bulgur)).
.lor goinea,, allowed thereout mile one guinea to his wile.
'll;ii plaintiff remained hi the Militia till the month of Vein wary,
I~li,. when he was discharged, and coming home, found.
wife pregnant by the defendant, who was his largekt creditor,
iwitt 4e refused to live more with her. •
Mr. liaise-opened the clam on the part of the plaintiff. and
ureic„ proved the criminal connexion, 7.41 r. Scatli tt, out the
partid the defendant, said, that the plaintiff had given the de-
fend:.a leave and licence ; and to pro% c that, he would read a
Hum which had been sent by the plaintiff to the defendant,
eptdkg insisted that the defendant was entitled to a verdict.
The following is a liicral copy of the letter
3110TH.

!. Newry, Feb. 27. 1814.

ti /hope that you will not lies Offended atnn.i*ornialting so free i
ham sorry to say tints it it not in my powr nor liver will bee to hay the
Debt that Contracted with you if you ate not eat to pay yourself by
what i lett behind tharc it rime. stand ; but i ham afraid that you are
to bathfull to vindicate your own rims without Some little invitation
bat i would have you not to bee afraid but to ascertain your commands.
i am Very Glad to hear that some p' ogle are not afraid to plow the Hid
that i never profited any thing h'; but i appose that i did not go Cub
tivate it in a proper Manner but if the ('an Improve my works and men.
tam that, the are artily welcom, and if the en not so (Nitration must
take plane, for the land that i ham Destrimucd from i Shall never Sew
nor yet Mix any more, And if you are the Man that wishes to Merit
that land and iturchlue it you shall have a bargain of it if Toll plaise, its
I know that it is a customary thing of you to purches lands and Cmigcs
and you shall have that as Resonable as any one you have Milder of;
the land is very potable to the Nye and the produce you will shortly
find, T huts noting more to say but to t,sit for ;our Reply, I slit yours
with Cincerity, " JOHN HOWARTH."

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This letter was allowed to be metaphorical; but it being
ahewn that the defendant was a creditor of plaintiff, and in the
habit of purchasing houses and land, and that plaintilf had no
land nor any property (save his wife and children), the literal
waning of it appeared, and the plaintiff was nonsuitcd.
At Lancaster Assizes, Ralph Kinder, of Nottingham, for
shipping on board the ship Latowna, about to sail from Liver-
pool to America, divers articles us ad in the manufactures of
this kingdom, was sentenced to pay a Sue of 2001. and to be
imprisonvil twelve months.
At the Somerset Assizes Rulgin wes convicted of violating the per-
son of Jane quitk, a chikl about twelve years old, near Casale Vary.
She gave a very el..;r evidence, and the Judge lamented that Bulgin
was only indicted for an ir milt and misdemeanor, and said. if the
tiranlJury had not been distlargod, h.? would have hail the indictment
amended toe a eepital ()Wiwi"; in the pr sent ease, he should sentence
him to three years' imprisonment.

OLD DAILEY.
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Tuesday, Jahn Trodgra and Jahn Deere were eapitalls- in-
dicted for stealing two geldings. the property of George Steele,
a stable-keeper living at the bottom of Redford-row. The pri-
soners were in hisftervice. The facts were stated; and seve-
sit respectable witnesses gave the prisoners an excellent cha-
racter.
The Jury, after retiring fur a short time, found Trudgett
Guilty—Derdh ; and Ucare Not Gritty.
The saute pri,(aters were again indicted for Waling a eurri-
• ::. value 401: the property of George Steele. Prosecutor
ssi.l the curriele was worth 10 guineas, he would not have taken
80 guineas for it. It was purchased for -11. Is.
The July returned a verdict of Guilty against both the pti-
sonar•.
The other trials were without any interest.

Wednesday, I:. T. Thomson was indicted for stealing
!ears fears roans, value 40s. the property of Sarah Smith, in her
d We -house,
' prosecntrix lives in Gloucester-place, New.road. A
servant in the house coming down from the drawing-room into
the kitchen, saw the prisoner, who wis in the habit of coming
to buy hare-skins and rabbit-skies, standing in the kitchen.
She asked him what he was doing there, and he asked if she
.had onv thing to sell. She answered, that vs.lis not a proper
place for him to be in. On loorng to the dresser, she missed
esaie to!,:e.spoons ; she iumwslisstely laid hold of hine and de-
sired I. to deliver up what he had got. He struck her, and
ran o o ; but she pursued him, calling out. " Stop thief!"
Doi e• ~, e eursuit he threw away the spoons, but was eventu-
ally sts: - esl by a carpenter, who was passing at the time.—
Guilty . • stealing to the value of 395. only.
J. il
r t t. and, Isis wife (two French emigrants) were indicted
for stealing six silver spoons, the property of 11. Campbell.
The plisoners lodged in the house of the prosecutor, in Sot-
rey-street, in the Strand. They remuined there about eight
weeks, and when they went away they were live weeks in or-
rear of rent. NS hen their room was examined, a blanket, two
silver tabh,spoons three tea-spoons, mid a salt-spoon, 'which
had been furnished for their me, were missing. They went
away without Oving anv notice. Some days after, the pro-
serutur saw the articles be had missed at Bow-street.
A. Harrison, an Otrieer of the City, apprehended them ; and,
on searching the man, he found on him 3S duplie:ites, flume;
%shirk were fire belonging to Mr. Campbell's property. lie
kuil Is. only in his pocket.
The pawnbrokers, with whom Ilse spoons and the blanket
were pledged, prodneed them. Verthet-3. Brun Guilty, but
grow:ly recommended to mercy ; Isabella Brun net (nilty.
The Common Scrjeant, in consequence of his distress, order-
s 1 Win to he tined Is. and discharged. •
•
Tim jury minis a collection of moncy for the prisoners.
W. I iartis, J. Daniels and T. Short, were indicted for steal-
ibg a teal amid key, the property of J. Marshal.
'the proseentor WO4 looking ut the earieu:tire3 in a sliop-win-
d..w. at the renter of Beanfort-buildings, in the Stroud. He
hod left that spot, and was proceeding towards Sonthampton-
s civet ; when a person tapped him on the shoulder, and told him
his seal and key had been cut from his watch-ribbon.
B. Johnson. a lay Officer, observed the prisoners go to the
pi int.shop-window, u here Daniels pushed sheet, ka little tiny)
between the prosecutor and another person. Harris anti Da-
niels drew their great coats round on each side of the boy, to
screen him from slew. In that situation they remained a short
time, when the prosecutor walked away,and then Johnson could
see that Div key and seal had been cut away. He took them
into custody ; and on the boy, ut the bottom of his trewscrs,
N‘ithin the lining, he found a small pair of scissors, the seal and
key, and a bit of ribbon, which corresponded with the prose-
e woes wateleribbon.
The boy short, who is but 12 years of age, said he was golog

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1,, school, when he inet the other two prisoner,,, who persuaded
him to go with them, and gave him the seissar“, and told him to
cut oil the prosecutor's seal and key.
Several witnesses gave the boy a good character.
The Common Se ije:Ult sill th Court would send the boy to
a place where he would be taken care of; but as tin• Harris and
Daniels they should be sent out of the country for
Thursday, John Heitrdon, alias Condon, was indicted for
stealing from the person of James Lane, a watch and key, a
brooch, &c. and money to the amount of lbl. in notes and

The proseenter deposed thet he was a seaman. On the day
stated in time indictment. he went into the Rod I ion politic-
house in Nightinmsle-lane, between seven mid eight o'clock In
Ilia evening. The prisoner, who turd been at sea with him for
live years, was in him compnny at the time. Witness had oc-
saision to lease. the room for a abort time; when he was Al-
lowed by the prisoner, who suddenly struck him a violent blow
which felled him to the ground, and for some time deprived
him of his senses. The prisoner then knelt upon him, and took
from his breast the brooch, from his finger the ring, a quantity
of Aver from his pocket, and his pocket-book containing 121.
in hank-notes, with which he attempted to escape. The pro-
secutor, however, having recovered in time to pursue him, he
MIS overtaken at the tap-room door of the same house ; lint
the prisoner again struck him violently, dashed him against a
seat in the tap-room, and cut his head open. He then escaped
from the home. In about a week atlerwards, however, he
was apprehended when it was discovered that he had pledged
the watch of the prosecutor at a pawnbroker's in Princes•slreet,
Soho, where it was recovered.
The Common Serjcant, in summing np the evidence, (satires.-
ell his astonishment, that the prisoner had not been Indicted
capitally; as in cases of highway rolibery, he had not frequent-
ly heard of more force or violence.
The prisoner was found Guilty ; and the Comma. Serjennt
immediately informed hint that he must expect to leave the
country for life.
These Sessions, one of the longest on record, from the num-
ber of prisoners for trial, here terminated ; when the following
'sentences were passed on those coos.iettalt—
Sentence of D::a•rit mt.!. Smith, J. Morris, T. Coker, R. Bryan,
W. Forimien, J. Vs Miami. N. Male, T. Burgess, J. Verbese, P. Street,
and J. Vale, for housebreaking; Elizabeth Mackay, T. Daley, It. Man-
ning. Sus. Newman, L. Abrahams, Esthes Jonas, W. Roberts, W.
Williams, and J. Blown, for st,wling in dwelling houses; M. Moven,
and J. Blunder, for hiidiway robberies ; 11. Folder. alias Fielder, for
privately stealing in a shop ; W. Flowers, for stealing goods films a
veaiel on the Thames; and W. Baker, H. Mills, and J. Trudgat, fur
horse stealing.
J. Williams, C. Taylor, J. Reardon alias Condon, 11. Shutt, W.
Jones Wars Onsluw, W. Harris, and J. Daniels, to be TRANSPORTED
son ;.ten.
T. Webs, Sarah Levy, and House, for POI7RT T:EN YEARS.
.1. Marshall. Mary Plummer, Martha Burgesi, W. Turtle, 11. Wil-
liams. W. Butu, W. Cough, Elizabeth Chandler, It. Bibby, W. Ray.
men alias Key, T. Smith, .1. Smith, It. Walker, T. Mors, Charlotte
Whiteman. J. Harris, T. Stevens, J. Lewis alia, Davis, Mary Solidi,
J. Itopereft, J. Boyd, John Green, James Green, J. Deism W. Brad.
ley, J. Cooper, W. Lomas, S. Juilish, It. Hatton. B. Vall.vwe, 11.
• Swans. J. Laughter °Par Lan-ter. W. Rolfe, W. Redd, Mary Sim.
monds, and it. Wakefield, to be Toasts vEn von SEVEN YEARS.
Eleven ordered to be imprisoned in the House of Coyrection Mr the
city of London. anti 18 in Newgate; one cor two years in the House of
Correction at Clerkenwell, ten for one year, and 31 fin lesser period: ;
ten to be privately and three publicly whipped, seven judgments re9atul,
nine fined Is. each, and 31 discharged by prochunauon.—Stssion ad.
journed to the 29th of May next.

POLICE.

M.‘NSION-110tS}:.

STREET ROUBERS.--Yesterdny, Joncs anal Solomon', two no-
torious characters, who have been for sonic time in custody on
a charge of robbing Mr. Ford, and other petsons in the Mino-
ries, were brought up for filial examination. In consequence
of the aliwitee of a man named Levy, however, to whom some
ot' the -stolen notes were traced, and who has altsconded, but
whose %cif, stated. that the notes had been received by him
from the prisoners. they were again let loose upon the public.
BURGLAR \.--:1 p)101;.:111A11 named Harris ww. brought up on
suspicion of having hitrulariously broken aid entered the
In 'lung house of Mr. ll'indlos, of Stoke Newington, on Friday
tii:4l.t, and stoke' therefrom various articles of property. The
offence Iravinu been committed in the county, the prisoner was
sent to Worship ktrvet, where he nude" went an examination
and was remanded.