The National Register.
London, England, 1820-12-03 00:00:00

THE LINO V. HENRY HUNT.

Mr. Scarlett skewed cause against a Rule obtained by
Mr. Chitty for a writ of Ilabeas Corpus, calling on the
gaoler or shtriff of Ilchester gaol, to thew cause why
the defendant should not have fu:l liberty in that pri-
son, without being shut up in a cell, and why he should
not be allowed to see his friends, and those friends have
free access to the prison at reasonable hours. This ap-
plication was made on the alii lank of Mr. Hunt, and
Mr. Scarlett said he had several long nffidavits made by
magi:trews and others,. which fully answered all that
Mr. Hunt alleged.
Mr. Chitty then rose and observed, that the affidavits
were lone, and he was desirous of tiring the Court the
trouble of reading them at that late hour, (it bring six
o'clock); he should therefore apply to have the rule
enlarged till next Term.
Mr. Scarlett said, he could have no objoetion to that.

The Chief Justice said, the Court would not have
enlarged the rule on the application of those who had to
answer Mr. hunt's affidavit' because Mr. limit might
have been kept without that he had a right to have, but
as ti•e proposition came front the defendant's Counsel,
the Court would not refuse —The rule was accordingly
enlarged.
The business as usual on the last day of Tenn, con-
tinued to a late hour.
N/DNESDIY, XOY, gg•
BIGGS P. SAWYBR.

This action was brouaht by the plaintiff, an attorney
at Reading, against the defendant, the Sheriff of Berks,
or rather theUnder-Sheriff, Mr. Payne, to recover da-
mazes sustained by his not tasking out a warrant fur the
arrest of a person named Field, residing at Old Wind-
sor. The laver being indebted to the plaintiff 231. an
officer was sent to tile Under-Sheriff, at Maidenhead,
to get a Capi is ad Satisfaciend duly made out, but
neither the Under-Sheriff nor his clerk were in the way.
Mr Payne was gone out hunting; and the offi,:er being
obliged to return without it, the opportunity was lost of
arresting Field, who was not afterwards to be found.
MORN V. /OHNSON.

This was an action against the drawer of" a bill of
exchange for 8631. accepted of by a person of the name
of Solomon.

The defendant was the captain of a ship; and at the
island of Jamaica he drew upon his owners. The bill
was accepted on the occasion, and indorsed io the
plaintiff. The signatures of the drawer and acceptor
were proved ; am!, there being no v lid defence, the
Jury found a verdict tor the plaintiff fur the amount of
the hill, with interest, haing 9051.

Apprehension of Forgers.—The police of Bir-
mingham have succeeded in detecting and taking
the principals connected with a gang of utterers of
forged bank notes. In consequence of the appre-
hension in London of John Bingley, a publican, of
Great Charles-street, and George Peacock, a plater.
of Cheapside, Birmingham, upon whom were found
1,150 forged notes, a warrant was issued to search
the house of William Dutton, of Colmore-street,
where a number of notes, nearly destroyed by fire,
were found by the police officers: this man %%ea
taken into custody, and,in consequence of something
that transpired while the officers were awaiting his
return home, Mr. Adkins and assistants proceeded
to the house of William Batkin, a copper-plate
printer, residing in Freeman-street, whom, with his
wife, they immediately apprehended, and upon
searching his house a plate was found for working
101. and 51. and two plates for working 11. notes, is
well as a large quantity of notes in various stages cf
larwiirdness. It is supposed this gang and its con-
nexions have carried on their nefarious trade exten-
sively fur the last four or five years; the notes are
said to have been all worked by Batkin, the signa-
tures affixed by Dutton, and the whole disposed of
by Bingley and Peacock to common utterers. The
two former are now in prison, but they have not yet
underpne a public examination.
BERKaEY HUNT.—A fine stag was turned out
' at half-past ten on Monday morning, in the neigh.
bourbood of Ilarrow-on-the-Hill. After many turn-
ings and windings, the animal entered the metropolis,
dogs and huntsmen en mile. Thu novelty of the
sight drew forth a inotley multitude of purseers in
full ery. It crossed Russell-square. and ran up the
steps of a gentleman's house in Montague-street,
where it was captured, breathless, but uninjured.
DUMLIN.—Law Lord Chan•
cellor has appointed ltodcrie Connor, Esq. Barris-
ter at Law, a Master in Chancery in the place of
Stuart King, Esq. who has resigned. M. Justice
Milne has retired from his situation on the King's
Bench, with the salary of a retired Judge, to which
' lie was entitled by his
,judittial standing. Mr. her.
want Burton will be the new Judge. Mr. Wank..
lour and Mr. Torrens are mentioned tor the vacant
lieCuaDER'S REPORT....-011 Thu r:•ilay the Recorder.
made a tern t to Ins Majesty al tilC cAptial cuuvtuts under
sentence of death in Ncwitate, when Joseph Itllntgets
Change Edward.. Tilolll4ll Webb, Sarah Price! Jahn
Newman, John Madden, Thomas Harris, and 11101046
Fuller Bartlett. were ordered for execution au Incid.ty
aut. The others were rcspiteil

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