The National Register.
London, England, 1816-05-12 00:00:00

LA IV INTELLIGENCE.

Yesterday the Court of Kine s Iti'Nal and common Pens nt
Westmittster were occupied in attending to the justification of
bail, the w hide of the day.

COURTS OFKING'S T3ENCH, GUILDIIALL.-SATVRDAY.

BITTING AT NISI

UllllOll V. KINFICAR.

This was an nation brought by the proprietor of an academy
ut Present, in Cauca+hire, to recover from the deft mlant, a
merchant residing ut Liverpool, the sum of 941. is. I Id. beim_
the balance of on account due for the board and educathin of
a ruing :wink man named Dau son, who had been placed tin-
der the este of th.. plaintiff. The boy, it appeared, %la., sent
to the academy in Feb. Dill, and continued there until Dee.
11.112. 'flue amonnt due sip to this period was 1121. and the
pl:' was in the habit of sending in his account every halt
ear. several sums of money, it also appeared, weir paid on
account by the defrudatit, leaving the balance now sought 14
due by the latter.—Verdict for the Plaintiff, 941. tea. 11J. and

ROME V. !INUIT,.

'Phis was an action to recover the sum of 121.104. the price
of a piece of cloth, bought at a sale where the plaintlf was
auctioneer. The defence set op was, that the article was
damaged, and that rite lots were described in the catalogue
as the property of a batArnpt. To contravert this, however,
it was pins by several witnesses, that the plaintiff, during the
-ale, had frequently mentioned the imperfection of the oloth ;
AM' it apt eared also that ther.2- was a mink affixed to the
denoting it as foully. Tliejury, in consequence of this
i•viiteni c, returned a verdict for the plaintiff-121.105. and
f•Jsts.

COURT OF CHANCERY, May ♦.
NEW JUDGE.

James Burrows, Esq. appeared in Court, supported by fir.
'tt . reef Genera; on the one 44(11`, And qtr. Topping, on the
...her, with A number of other Gentleinen of the Bar. He then
ok ;he oaths 11.4 Serie ant at 1a•.•, after which he presented
-ot• with auld rings for her Majesty; the motto
av LlgiLus emeudes. He was afterwards sworn in as one of
the Justices of the Comm m Pleas, and took his seat ou the
Bench.

POLICE.
MANSION •OOCSE;

DAR IN:7A ROlSTlrßY.—Yegtenigy I nia4 Philiipe an Coeheerne
Nietintafe were charged with being concerned in a desperate
assault and robbery upon tie person of a Sir. Dotizlas,•ra trader
in the city, a few nights since. The attack, it aprears, was
one similar to those which of late have proved r 0 damtcrons
and so ilisgraccfnl to the city. The prosz.eutor seas returning
home alinot ten o'clock, when he was met by .the female prison-
er in Ilisitopeate-street, and who succeeded in drawdig him
up a 'dare called Aldertnan's Walk. Here he found there
was no thoroughfare ; and, upon his returnina• towards the
'public street, lie was met by three men, who suddenly knocked
hint down, beat him immercifidly, and, while in a senseless
state, robbed him of ',:;s watch and appendages, together with
all his property.. The primmer was taken by a patrole
a few moments afterwards, running from the place mentioned,
and was identified by the prosecutor. The others escaped ;
but the woman having frequently• come to visit Phillips in
prison, she was taken, and was also recognised by the prase •
rotor, In her loth:Me:also were found a snantity ofcloth and
list, which, from ci.rtaim information. 311111.11 ES to have been
stolen from a house in Thames-street, a short time since, w here
a burglary was committed. The prisoners were both re-
manded.
110W-STHEET.

Yesteray se'nnigbt, in consequence of an information laid
by the joarneyiner..carpenteis against the masters, fee con-
spiring to lower the wages of the :onto r, a hearing 4.;-ase on
at this odiec.—'flie Niagistrates, after listenitic; to the areii-
nients of Counsel, the same as detivered at Ilatioil-earden,
iMssed th!hiforination. Sir N. Comint obserscd, in deliver.
ing opinion on this question, boat pruhally lie had coin-
untied tare journeyance for coaibitsitatoits ihall any other Ma-
I. in his time. He had in general dane it reluctantly
when they bail acted from mistaken notions ; hut not AU a hen
their masters had entered into contracts which confmcil them
to time, nut the journesmen then tceas .als enter or eir-
enmstanee, and demand. d exorbitant wages, or refused to
werk, and deterred others by three and threats !loin working,
'telling their masters they knew tl•ev must eke the wages
or be ruined. The 'Magis.teutes had ilways allow e.hothe jour-
neymen some latitude, to meet and. talk over their aSairs, so
onq as it was dune with moderation. He Jonfessed he did
nut set' why elaster; should nut lie allowed alimilar hititade to
.nett at a tavern and talk over their affairs. In the ease just
styli di he did not see any thing ilkgrd in she proceediries of
he tonatera. They had beer frerntesstly called mica by persons
C3uducting large wo..ha to reduce their char_'., particularly
Tor labour, eviiiith was in general at the rate of six shillings ii
illy, which wits a reasonable protitoon h 'sit they ra:d dirk
men.. '1 he meeting complainett of„ on the 3th of Fent nary, by
tie masters at Fieemasons Ta•Fiam, was according to pub-
lic advertisemeht, for taking into consideration the present
price of laaonr, The meaning of which was obviowo; crepes-
ers not twin:: like many trades, knew, what •tiess in hete-
t ley 11-41 got fur sale had lost them, and therefor krear what
profit to coarge. I)tii tit y• were celled upon to give eso
mites, and then fore had to ealenlate, rig a certain price per
;Li) for men; and in consequence they met to agree upon the
pr.ces, to iotbeir estimates they should Lc untionn... 'r/texo

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were uo proceedings at this meeting relative to jotirne:. men 01
their wagc‘; every master acting towards them in the way they
thought tight, indiv Mit illy. They did not address lilt journey-
men in ntunbers or bodie. but individually told them of their
intentions. Some had reduced their men fourpenee a day,
some sixpence, and some eightpenee.—lt is bilid to be the in-
tention of the master-carpenters to prosecute some of the jour.
ucvnrro fur perjury.
601 RINATION OF JOCIINE:YMFIi.—At the Sessions for So-
tnersetshire, at 11'ells curveoll before J. Ackland, Esq. Chair.
man, and a full Bench of Magistrates, the trial of J. 'loner,
A. and G. Gales, Journey Olen papecanakers, fur a
violent assault on the foreman of Messrs. (idling. and Alford,
paper manufacturers, of Cheddar Slll.ll.—lt appeared in evi-
dence, that list above men fat 1111. d part of a combination•r:ub
of journeymen of the trade, also h, we, for the space of four
immths past, been living in a state of insubordination and'
idleness, in consequence of their cultdo era etideavotOng to
loner their wages to a ratio ailh the reduction in the pike or
provisions; which these self-taught legiAttors thought proper
•to resist; not only by assisting each ether in contiiinitiotia, Mit
rernige on those who a ere more in-lined to walk.

prosecutor's foreman, thedefore, bet-eine ea object ofa lack by
the defendants, who voluitteeted Vim?' Ihr rfath- coot) to put
him in a vat of heeled water, itsrul in the procos% of the 1114-
iinfactury.—The Jury, after a ne.tt animated clia!ge flout the
lasarned Chairman, expatiating on the cum mity of their crime,
and the great injury society in general dented from such en-
wfiti Rode:oldie% found the Elden lents guilty who vivre ha-
inediately seateneed to six 'flooded solitary cuolinemeht.
Piegsocße.Ts AND SwlNßLEal.—The pickporl.ets and
cheating fraternity have been very active during Lincoln busy
week. Several horses were bought by .he k; pa:d iu
a deseriplitto of drafts; awl whilst the sufferer was going to
the Bank, some part of the gang rude the horse off. The fol-
lowing triek, dies.of some that have come to our knowlelge, is'
wroth mak hie public, to prevent the like imporitmo again. A
young man sold hi--mare, after what is celled a hard bargain, .
and ear rertc,,ted been to the Magpie. lon, where lie should
ecive the money : Oil enlering the house, the buyer addressed
another man (no doubt a colleague), with, "Arc you goiug tw
pay ine for that horse I sold
you? I its it the money to pay
tier one I have just bought." " Yes," was the reply, " here
ts-
a theft for 211. odd."--" No, I will not have it ; I 'de not like.-
them ; but let's look at it- oh ! fiat; I has trno objection to
that, it's ar good as the Batik of EnalanJ." It was then handed
over to the pour countryman, with ' lake it to the Bank, nod
it is ih be cashed directly."—Seciug the man take it of enothee, ,
the pthl. seller of the mare felt perfectly- satisfied, till Ito
reached the Bank, and time found his loss. On his ceturning
to the inn, horse and buyer had boll' dirappeared.
A reward of iooa guineas has been offered by the public
office, Bast -4trect, for the apprehension of any or all thu
utf.ntleis. who, sin Wednesday last, plundered the Curomandef
Fast (what hay ut an immense quantity of dollars, upon the
liver Tleanyr.
A reward Of 50 guineas has been off, red ,Cbr the apprehen-
sion of lin HARP -HOGA SI, for the miirler of a wontau, with
ko it he cohabited, in Dritr:!..lane.
A Much-warrant has been issued at Peterborough Stations.
against T. Kino, accomplice of W. Ralgson, of Stanifosd, who
was convicted and sentenced to a month's imprisonment, for
cruelly killing a swan iu Burghley Perk, .by pelting and beat-
ing it to death, whilst it was attending the female bird as she
sal on h...r eggs, and afterwards stealing, skinning,and hiding it. -
A ino.t diabolical attempt war made hy some villains on
Sunday night last, to set fire to tile house of Mr. W. Hunt, of
Milton, near Sitiingbourn, by tying a large comonstible sub-
*dance (resembling a ha:nit-shell I to the door, which, on the fire
reaching it, exploded, doing considerable damage to the lactose.
Just published, (by authority) by Clement, it,g, Strand, in leo closely
printeel sm. derny pages, pike 7:
THE FIRST ANNUAL REPORT on MAD-
HOUSES for isift—NE.VER BEFORE PUBLISHED. Ordered
by the !louse of Commons to be Printed. AFROS, 1816.
This new and very interesting Reenter oil (at)Houses„ contain:
numerous ca.cs, and some si4eular and saucking details : it was IlladC
by the following Noblemen anthGentlermen, who were appointed by the
House of Commons, as a Select Committee, to enquire ..rd consider of
provision being made bin the better regulation of PUBLIC and Pm--
VAT I: MAPII 0 I`SES in Engla:;d:
lit. I lon. Lord Binning, Rt. lion. Wm. Sturges Bourne,
Rt. lion. Lord Lascelks, Hun. 11,nry Grey Bennett,
Rt. lion. Lord !tabu Seymour, ('harks ('. IVestern, rcq.
lit. Mon. lord Compton, J. A. Se wart Wortley, t.sq.
R. :Son. George Rose, Thomas llionipton,
lt. lion. C'harle's Wm. Wynne, . William Smith, Esq.
Consisting of the important Minutes of Evidence of drJ. Newport
—Sir Henry Raiford, Bart.—Dr. A. Baird—Dr. J. Vvitch—Dr. IL
Powell—Mr. E. Wi.ketield—Mr. W. Ricketts—Mr. J. B. shark-. -
Mr. J. thislam. senior—Mr. J. W. Rogers—Mr. J. Priam junior—
Mr. T. Warbtrrtoa—Mr. T. Dunston—Mr. J. Watt—Mr. S. E.
Ftn•hcs—Mrs. M. Ilumiere.--Mr. J. Sim:noes—Mr. .1. Blackburn,
and Mr..l. IVoodhag.

Including Tiro Lawn, one from W. If: Lyttleo, Esq. Member
for Worersterikire, nunteinin.• an • Account of the Lunatic Aivlum.
kepi ,by :Me Itieldetts at Oroitivicht thecenr from !tr.
sobeivir, of Ilicldemtinsti., detailing the case of Powel, a pauper lune-
tie. who was cliained to a kitchen• Hour, and •• liwral like a pig," in
au unoecupielhowie atCheiterion, Cr.rnbrielge.„