The National Register.
London, England, 1822-11-04 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

TUESDAY, OCT. 29.—A gentleman, named Webb,
was indicted for having assaulted a watchman of Snore.
di en, in August, at a late hour of the night, in the rite-
cuii 111 l of his duty.
The watchman stated that as he was walking on his
beat, the defendant and another person were standing in
the street, both in liquor, engaged in noisy conversation
and disturbing the peace of the teeiglihriurtiontl. lle de-
wed them to walk ou, but instead of doing so, the de-
fendant fumed upon him, attacked hint, and floored
hills in the mud, endeavoured to drag the rattle from him,
pulled his gre,l coat over his head, and (trigger, hint
along. until lie was almost killed. This was done without
the slightest pll tication. The defendant knew how to
give a blow wel:, fur he kept a boxing school, and the
watchmen were practis:d upon by gentlemen ul the kind
to prepare taunt for each other.
Another watchman stated he helped to take them to
the watch home.

Mr. Adolphus, for the defence, regretted that he was
d'Arly in the habit of seeing the scandalous (Aims Of the
watehillell to obtain Inoue) by insulting and appieliC
lug gentlemen. Tins was a case oldie kind.
A gentleman then stated, that he and-the defendant,
on tit. it re irons Shacklewell, saw the prosecutor in
the street, and were desired by him, iu the rudest manner,
to go on. Upon expostulating with him, lie called them
vagrants, seivd the defendant by the collar. and was
dragging him towards the watch house, when Mr. Webb
resented such tieattneut by retaliating upon the watch-
titan, wi he etr!Jillly p -led in the face. The
Jury at once aetiouted the dettodaitt.
LaTRAo a tit NA TASTE.—The guardians of a boy,
who was the apprentice of a shoemaker. appealed to tile
Court to have the boy taken back by tits master, uti the
ground that, if sometiiing of the sort were nut thme, the
boy would go to decruetuni. Tney admitted mat the
boy had some extraordinary peculiarities.
The toaster stated that he had, been extremely indul-
gent to his apprentice, but that nothing could cure him
of the propeosity to filth and late hours, and sleeping in
the air, witich he practised in the depth of winter, to the
injury of his health, and the a$ chin' of all who knew
hon. Ile had run away from his wen k repeatedly, and
absented himsrh tar a month or six weas at a tune.—
boinvtinses he was found lying iii a cart covered with
vermin. auil tortured with the itch sometimes in the
pens at Sistitofi..l4l Market, and some tttttt•.s in Fleet
Market, or ors the initlaes. Yet, although treated kindly
afivr all this commet, be still felt a dksposstsuit to lie itt
the air.

The Chairinan was surprised at this account, and de-
sired that the buy shook' he called in.
%V hen the officer went to call those who had the boy
llllder their protection, he learned that tile apinenuce
had run away USICC MOM.
The waster sand he was afraid of the dreadful exampte
to his own children, and could iteact think of taktog
hien back.

'Doe Cliairman thulight it a MC in which human
interference cuuld hive nu effect, anti dismissed the
applicant's'.
IVamm BIWA OCT. 30.—Charles Stewart flay Allan,
praniliAin tif Admiral Aflaii, was indicted lot au asssult
Ireton Robert Macnant, a silvtrsuntb.

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Mr. Marchant stated, that on the 12th of ,racy the
defendant had come to Iris shop and desired that a pair
of buckles should be repaired. lie said they (111.13 t be
ready for the " drawina-rotas." Witness repaired them,
-and went with them to lierneisiareet, where defendant
lived, where he left them with a Wilk( fiee'ihilliniLs;
that was a moderate charge. He -did get the money,
and upon vanilla a second time the seesaw girl told him
he might have half a crowd for the job, and if he did
not go off, Mr. Altars would kick hint not. Witness
waited for his money, and the defendant came down, and
after having told him that " he kitrw ion the fellow,"
went out at the door. Witness followed, and raid "he
would not be shuffled out of his floury," and defendant
give him a desperate blow, which sent him ii the
middle of Berners-street, Ind then strut other.
Witness had given no further pros - he men-
ti.med.—Withess offered to give up the ution ultttn
the payment of twenty guineas to the Pilidillesex. !Inapt
LAI ; he wanted tia 'hug, for himself. '1 he business cost
him about 1001. Tice defendant kept out of the way
three mouths, and \\ ithess was put to great difficulty to
find him. •

Gilson, a baker, Silty the deretulant strike the prosecu-
tor twice sere odeutly lit B.:niers-street, without pro-
vocation, and detailed the circuinstances of the attack.

The inatlles were landau:ill, awl °tie of the Jiiry
stated, fro al his taw II j11(16111l tat, that the charge fur repair
wt,s aithaleralc.

Mr. Andrews, for the defendant, said, that his client
was a highly respectable person in his conduct, as well
berth;al that i,.e hrotlwr had ordered the buckles to be
repaired ; and (Oat the prowcutor had edict! the defen-
dant a swindler, on which account the natural resent-
ment was shewit, and the plosectitor was knocked into
the channel. if the violence had not been ithewn, the
person insulted could not hate been a man.
Tke Chairman said, !bat nothinz was UM on the
defendant's side but the Counsel's story, ta hole there were
oaths which could not be Tiestioned brought forward
on tile other.

The Jury found a verdict of Guilty.
The Chairman hoped the prosecutor and defendant
would enter into some arrangement to present the ne-
cessity of passing sentence.
John Walker was indicted fur a very Violent assault
upon a woman named Parsons. It appeared that the
defendant hail beaten the poor WOllllll in a shameful
manner, and afterwards refused to give her any recom-
pense.
Ile was found Guilty, and the Chairman having ex-
pressed a wish that lie would settle it, he refused, and
said he would rather remain in prison six months. lie
was sentenced to two months' unpii,oumrnr.
to U KSDAY, OCT. 3 I.—A is INFAMOUS BROTIRL.--•
John %Villiatiis and Mary M'Cuy, won live together as
man and wile, were indicted fur keeping one of the most
info' 11111 l s brothels in the metropolis, at St. George-street,
St. Giles's, where they were in the habit of seducing
girls train twelve years of age and upwards.
Mr. Ai abin stated the case he had io ground his ap-
plication for a verdict upon, was one of tile most abomi-
nable, perhaps, that ever came b. fore a court. A res-
pectable tradesman's wife, who resides with her family
in the neighbourhood of George-street, and ecluested her
children in a MOl%ll and religious manner, suddenly missed
her youngest daughter, a girl between .3 and 14 years
of age. The girl had taken with her all her clothes,
so that the unhappy motile§ considered her gone lin
ever. Sonic of the neighbours, however, advised her in
have the house of the prisoners (which was known to
he one for the prostitinion of youthful females), searched.
Officers were procured, and the girl was f lin bed
wuh two other gins; one of whom was her school fellow,
and the other a c prostitute, at the house of the
prisoners. Fortunately the Imlay creature hail not tallest
a vi .

Mr. Philips admitted that he had no merits upon the
side of the rummers to go upon. lie however, telt it to
be his duty in point out a Saw in the indictment, which
he did, by sliewilig that no witnesses were called to
prove Chit the house was in the parish of St. Giles's.
The Jury must reluctantly returned the verdict of Not
Utility, anti the Chairman
assured _the lir:boners, that if
they did not gist up the 10114.01 CC Limy uoald suffer
sev- rely next Ilertstoil.
JOllll Arnold was indicted at the instance of the
Regent's Canal Gully:my, for an assault 5115111 Wllliatil
Smith, one of the Luck-Letepers of the Caital,on the 21st
of August last.
Mr. C. Philips for the prosecution, stated, that the
servants of the Canal Company were greatly annoyed by
such lellows as the prlSOlivr brittging (logs lts the Canal,
and then throwing stones unto the water. Ile then
called
Smith and two other witnesses, who proved the assault.
Arnold was fined and to b,t anpruoneil I the
sante be paid.
FRIDAY, i;OY. I.—A young man, named num.'s
Wynne, was tried on au Indictment Cliar;aina 111111 with
liaVitis violently assaulted an inn:resin% gt.i, aged 13
yeas, named Mary Jones.

It appeared that the prisoner was an apprentice to Mr.
tilling, plumber, to svi he yottig %%moan WSS ser-
want. he poor girl was seztret ly in ht.r place live tot-
notes when the fellow began to MAO lose to tier. She
did nut think proper to gut e the entourage:nem he de.
sired, and suddenly his sisitimer became tidally changed.
plows, in fact, were use.i instead of the tender tones
with which he used to assail her. lie hail used her
three several times in a barl.rolis way, by strikto; her
when he caught her alone, but lot the sake ut peace she
never complaiiied, until he gave her a desperate blow,
about lour or five months ago, which did her such M-
ikity that she was ebliged to tell her mother. The state
of health to which she was reduced obli,Led her to quit
her place, and she is likely to feel tile effects of the blow
perhaps as lung as she lives. her mistress glee the
highest character of the girl, and expressed a great wish
fur her SCRIM to her service.

The Chairman len the , ii4e to the Jury. who imme-
diately Mond the (Mendota guilty.
The Chairmaa istitsuced him to imprisonment fur

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two months, with permission to have a conversatiott
with the lriesols of the prosecutrm. The father of the
defendant, who is wealthy, was advised by 'he counsel
on the other side to preveut his UM from being sent to
work in the mill.

Duet..—A duel was fought on Nlotirlay 130 in a field
berwid Hampstead. between Mr. I.—e, a merchant Of
the city, and Mr. 111—r. a gentleman lately of the mer-
cantile profess: on, but now retired from business. Fite
origin of the dispute, we understand, was a calumny by
Mr. NI —r on the character of Mr. L—c, and which he
refused, though complete proof of his error was uttered,
to retract. About three years since, Mr. L—e was com-
pelled, by a series of unfortunate undertakings, to sus-
pend his payments, and to enter into a composition
with his creditors. Ott his conduct ore that occasion
there has never been till this affair the slightest imputa-
tion. Mr. M—r, however, who resided in a part of the
country where several friends of Mr. L—e also lived, bad
insinuated, in the hearing of sonic of them, and in a
manner too plain to Le misunderstood, that Mr. L—e,
in meeting the various cl.!inis open 111111, had taken care
of himself. This itssinuation, tittered in such a quarter, •
could not tail soon to reach the ear of the India idual
whom it was calculated to injure, and who at this period
was gradually resuming that hotiourable station tit the
mercantile profession which he had before occupied.
As soon as it came to his knowledge, he lo,t no
tittle in calling on Mr. M...sr to learn the grounds on
which he had make this attack on his character. Mr.
L—e related to hint minutely all' the CllCiiillStatiet 3
that attended his recent mistortune. he descr.beil the
strict investigation hi, affairs had undergone, mentioned
the 1131110.9 10 the individuals, high in the mercantile
profession, who had conducted it, and offered Mr. M—r
a reference to them, to ascertain it any suspicion at the
unfair conce.ilutent which' had been insinuated to his
prejudice, existed. lie even offered, if Mr. M. declined
the trouble of the personal inquiry, he would prevail
on one of the merchants in question to call on him and
satisfy him in every particular of Mr. L—e's conduct.
—MI that he required of Mr. M—r was, that if con-
sumed his insinuations were unfounded and unjust, he
should contradict them ill the quarter where they were
first issued, and where the imputation on his character
hail been most deeply felt. Both the inquiry and
every species of reparation were alike refused by Mr.
M—r, and the only alternative kit therefore to aI r. L—e
was a challenge, which sass accepted. It was at first
arranged, in order to avoid the consequences to the sur-
vivor that might attend the death of rioter, that the meet-
ing 'Mudd take place its Calais, and after an interval of
several days, which Mr L—e was 31000113 to devo.e to
some business of an extremely important nature, then
placed tinder his superintendance. Mr. Mt—r, however,
who attributed this delay to other motives expressed that
opinion so plainly, that Mr L—e determined 011 311
iustuedtate meeting, and a field near Ilaitipstead, iooking
towards liarrow, was the spot fixed on tor that rencoutre.
where the parties met early on Nlonday morning. B nth
fired by signal at the save instant. Mr. M—'s shot
missed itia ail • • y, but that oh Mr. L—e took effect, and
broke one 4.1 U r. M—r'a ribs, fortunately will injury
to ally vital part. Here the affair terminated : Mr M—r
Was conveyed to town in a coach, and is at preSelll wider
an ellllllellt physician. by whose skill he is placed out of
danger, and is likely bOOll to 110 well. Mr. L—e
sus-
t.tiued 110 injury witatever ; and oat 'Change. when the
allair became ktiowit, received the congraittladoits of leis
friends on its fortunate terinina t i tttt . Mr. M—r, we
rindetsiattil.after he received his wound, had the candour
soul manliness to express his belief that the imputation
he had thrown out against the character of Mr. L—e
was wholly utilounded.
Tux Two TROTTING MATCHES 1,011 300 Soya.
REIGNS EACH —Mr. Well's roan mart. tit sixteen hahtto.
started on Wednesday in Ahmed Park. to trot over a
two-mile circle sixteen miles and a half in an hour,
carry feather weight. The mare perk:rated is in 59.
minutes. The next match was to du eight in•les in half
an hour over the saute ground, with a gailoway under
15 hands, belonging us a Mr. F1031:11131.. This was was
easily, with anore slow two 11.111U00 to spare. Betting
was five to two against bout wititimg.
HORRIBLE ItIeRDER.--SleCkhaM, Oct. .---The
danghter of Field Nlarsnal Ati:ercretitz, who pertained
sersices to his country in this!), has been murdered by
her female attendant, a wallets ($9 yeah* old, at the seat
of her mother (who is a widow), mar the capital. The
utiltappy mintier had gone to pay a visit to her Royal
Highness the Princess, at Tolgarin attendant,
o'llo Slept lit the same room with Use yowl% [llly, !..e12,..1
tie y g child by ttic hair, in the nigh.„ and cut her
mutat. Tuts had scarcely parsed when the governess
entered the chamber nit winch the murderess gave her-
sell several stain lit the neck. stone u winch ware mortal.
Tile 'naives for her horrid deed have not been disco-
vered.

The great Mine cause, " Rowe v. Wood," which
occupied the Lord Chancellor's attention, and our
Chancery Report, so many years, was some months
since dismissed out of Court, on the joint application
of the parties, who had then agreA to refer their
disputes. The parties have since been engaged in
diseussirg their respective cases before the arbitra-
tors, Messrs. Hathorn, Maclean, and Hunt, mer-
chants of great intelligence and the highest respect-
ability in the city. The award has just been made,
and the result is, that Alderman Wood's claims
against the plaintill; M. Rowe, and his mine pro-
perty, which have been stated at 50,0001., 40,00U1.,
and 30,0001 , are declared to be less than 10001—that
Alderman Wood and his brothers, Messrs. Philip
and Benjamin Wood (who were male parties to the
reterence), are directed to pay certain proportions of
the costs, amounting to about two thirds; and that
Mr. Rowe will be Immediately put into possessiant
of this valuable property.

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KING WILLIA I.AxnEn.—lioliday at the Exchequer, Hat:lt,
N.. 40, Sea and East India Ilutt.wa.

Vodtdcrtpt-

LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4.
• l'ltrce o'clock, 1► m.
The Paris Papers of Friday lest, which have just
arrive) by cspress, in.lulge in various spceulatiuns
reseccting the its of Ct.ngress. The libt:ral Jour-

n•tls awn, that it is not the intention of the Holy
Aliiance to it:kali:re with the affairs of Spain, while
the riinist, rial papers expresso contrary opinion, and
ate anxious for the restoration of the old regime.
1 latter, however, will be disal•ik,inted in their
wishes, which is fortunate fur France ; fur if their
politics were to predominate, the Continent would
u4aia he involved i❑ war ; but Spain and Portugal
would ultimately lit: triumphant.—There are various
rumours respecting the preliminary arrangements

previous to the meeting of Congress, but it is hinted

in accounts from Verona, that there may be some
possib!e disunion among the Allies, if the statement
is correct, that the Duke of Wellington has strongly
solicited a declaratian lioin Austria that no attempt
should bc made to add any of On; Italian states to
her dominion, which it would be the policy of Eng-
land to prevent, in order to avoid the risk of addi-
tional restriction on the trade of the Mediterranean,

which Austria might be likely at semi: future period

to impose. Some of the l'aris Papers express an
opinion, that the Emperor of Russia will, endeavour
still to obtain a station in 'Turkey; and if so, the
proceedings ut Congress will not partake of that
unanimity which some perslns anticipate.—Letters
from Saamur mention, that on the night of the

26th ult. an assat•:,in made on attempt on the life of
Lieut. Wolfe), who, it will be recollected, was the
.person who arrested Berton. The blow was not fa-
tal, as the poignard penetrated only a little way into
his breast, and was directed against his heart. The
assassin escaped, and his oliect evidently was to re-
actige the death of that unfortunate person. M. 13.
Coal:tam, and the Editors of the four Literal Jour-
n•Als, viz. Courier Ft arterflY, Constatitionhet, Mote,

and the Juurnal Flu C'ommcrcc, appeared beliwe the
Tribunal of Correctional Police, charged, the former
with having composed, and the others with having
published a letter respecting the despotism of M. le
Carrere, Sub-Prefect at Saumur, before the As,ize

Court of Poictiers. The said k ttcr is do flounced as

containing insults against a public functionary, for
Laving duly discharged his duty ; and against t wit-
ness, in consequence of the tcnour of his testimony.
M. B. Constant o,:cupicti a scat reserved for him bc-

twven the Tribunal and the Advocat2's lx-nrh. On

being caned upon to declare his nam^, profession,
&e. he replicd,—" I declare that I do not admit the
competency of this Tribunal to try me, because I
have appealed against the decree of the Chamhzr of
Council, by virtue of which I am thus cited bethrc
the Correctional lice: but in order to evince my
respect for the laws, and for authority, although in-

competent, lam ready to answer you." Some A-

jections.to the competency of the Court were also
made by the CounAel for the Editors of the Journals.
After a short deliberation, the Court deferred the
suit to a future day, in ord2r to take into considera-
Akin these several pleas. Al. B. Con►tant has re-
ceived another summons to appear next week, to
answer to an indictment founded upon his letter to
M. Margin, Procureur (.Lneral attached to the
Royal Court of Poictiers.

His Parsj.!sty has, it is avid, formed a resohniim to
reside some part of every year, in future, at Windsor
Castle, the eastern end of which is now lilting up
uxire particularly for his reception. The extreme
dampness of the cottage is said to be a prim ipal in-
ducement with his Majesty fur this change, much
ilium% having been occasioned among the members
of his household front ti at curie.

i he Speaker of t'.:e I :ottse of Commons, tiller con-
sultation with tl,e hi24est Law Authorities, on
ficurday withdrew f ow the contest to represent the
.I.7uivarsiti of Cauilx;tli,e its Fax::am:at.

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L.l IV I'ELI.ICLiti'CL.
EXC
COURT OF Cll PiNCF:RY.
sA No‘. 2.
IN TIIE MATTER ta, lIENNET.—WARD Ol• COVRT.
The Lord Chancellor this day, on coining into Coml. gave
kidgineut in the casein which he took home the papers ester-
nay. The effect was that a contempt had been committed, but
the case was one iu which lenity ought to he shown. That the
Master should report whether any marriage load taken place,
and that the solletueht might he discussed ; th:d it would he
highly saltiseatile that a second marriage should be solennirted
io Logi:mil, and that when the report was wade the other points
should he decided.