The National Register.
London, England, 1822-08-26 00:00:00

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IA TIONAL ,REGISTER

MAOISTRATIS OF Tin MACCLIPTIELD DIVISION.
—At a petty session held by the magistrates of this dis.
nice, on Monday last, a discussion took place as to the
right of solicitors to examine witnesses, or to appear
before the magistrates, in any case depending berme
them. Sonic mouths ago Edward Stracey, Esq. pro-
posed that an order should be made for excluding wliei•
toss from such practice, to which proposal it is said
that two magistrates acceded, and an order was made and
submitted fm the concurrence and approbation of the
justices. Sir John Stanley, But. and other►, however,
'haunted Irons it, and the order was never attempted to
be enforced until Monday last. At that meeting a cane
of weltle.striat came on to be heard, between the town-
ships of Bolling Fee and Mottram, when, upon the soli.
eine for the (littler township p g a question to a wit-
ness opt a cross-exa 000000 anon, Mr. Stracey directed the
winless not to answer any gumption not put by the Bench,
and said that he should 1101 allow attorneys to attend and
pot quest for Joy party in cases whicts cause before
him as justice. Sr JOllll Stanley said, he for one would
lint subscribe u, iiiat doctrine; be was convinced the
practice was productive of much public ailvatita4e A
conversation passed between Sir John Stanley and Mr.
Stracey, in which Mr. Stracey said he had been insulted
by a professional man—contended that it was not usual
fur attorneys to act as advocates at the other sessions in
wr county, and tie would adhere to the order he had
signed : he alnwerl, however, that the order only ap-
plied to those inditistrites who had signed it. Sir John
Stanley supported the practice upon the ground of its
utility, and of its being cram usage. He did nut con-
ceive that Mr. Stracey's leaving been insulted by • a pro-
fessional optitiletuatt was a sufficient ground for making
an order which went to the exclusion of the professims
it a Inapt estab !shed privilege, and to the deprivation
of suitors. of the advantage of legal assistance. Ile oished
it to be neoletsiood and generally known, that though
Mr. Stracey should foraid it as to
should have his (Sir Jolitee) permission to allelld ill Cases
whub came before hon. It would tic a great hardship
to the public if professional men were excluded, and
parties were to be denied she benefit of their assist-
ance, in cases of charges made °pilot individuals, or oil
trials of settlements, where the justice of a decision de-
pends often on the cross-examination of witnesses. Some
further conversation followed, but it was desultory, and
the matter rests as it is for the present.
Robert Bentia, who was convicted at the late
Suffolk Assiut', of wilfully setting fire to the premises of Mr.
Downing, of Malts, in that county, on Saturday last, was sae •
toted. p I to his sentence, on Saturday last, at Ipswich.—
The number of speotators was not so great as on former coca-
sinus. Bennet was a strong powerful unn tie feet high ; be
took leave of his family the Thursday before. A mistaken
notion seems to have possessed him that the wprld would
regard bis dying words as evidence of his innocence. He spent
some time in prayer with the clergyman ; and after be ascended
the scaffold continued in prayer to himself; after which be ad-
dressed the people—" Gentlemen, I am as innocent of this as
God in Heaven—l was no nearer to the fire when it happened
than my men yard." He then said to the persons on the scaf-
fold—" God bless you all and pray for me." He was then
launched into eternity. This dviwg assertion, when compared
with his own declaration after bill ettanduaiion before the ma-
gistrates, when lie observed to Gaythr, •' you know we did it,
sad I shall be hanged for it, and you might to he banged as
well as I : and the strong circumstantial evidence on the trial,
must confirm any one that this wretched man died without a
proper sense of his situation. and that to the last he was obsti-
uately wicked. We sincerely hope that in. fate will be a
warning to deluded men, not to destroy property by such wilful
and wicked acts. After hanging the usual time the body was cut
down aed delivered to his friends. The prosecutor, Downing.
was recognised amongst the crowd, and was so violently as-
sailed by the populace, that but for the interference of the
sheriff's officers, he might have sobered serious injury.

• A shocking occurrence took place at the house of Mr. Cahill,
merchant, of Lincoln, on Tuesday last, by which a highly
esteemed servant lost his life, and • kind master and most
worthy man is plunged into the deepest distress imaginable.
About two o'clock in the morning, two female servants who bad
got up to wash, heard some persons as they believed, attempt-
ing to get into the house; they immediately shinned Mr.
Cuttill, and his servant man; the young man coming down
stairs first, the women erged him to go Red call bis master
again ; be accordingly went op 'salient a light, and met Mr.
Cuttill, who had armed himself with a sword, coming. oat of
his room ; hearing somebody ie the passage, Mr. Cuttill de-
weeded who was there, and whet they wanted? bat receiving
so answer, and being filly impressed with * belief that thieves
bad get into the house, sad that bis owe life might be at that
instant be in jeopardy, he wished epos hies meal wounded him
in the body. The young man died es Wednesday ironing
about four O'clock ; he was 111 years of age, mad had lived with
Mr. Coital from his infancy ; his father had also been a great
number of years in Mr. Cattill's employment as a meter. He
could out account for not being able to answer his muter when
he demanded who was there; be said be tried to speak, but
could nut. It &Neared be hail lost his presence of mind at
the moment. It is impossible to describe the agony of mind
Mr. Cuttill has been suffering under since the fatal accident.
11 ict.man, the gas-light tread, gut a ss.vere titiorrr tau
his return (ruin the fight cm Tuesday. Some our had
entrusted him with a gig, but however sober, he call
steer Lis fiat or au anvil touch better than a prail, and
making a mistake through being clicked in the non wills
the grape, he ran on the wrong side post. He was
as senseless as (rain one of Neate's hits for more Mtn a
quarter of an hour; and his compamun is tun ill to be
I...moved from Hasaipion Court.
DARING 1109i1KRY.—Oti Sunday last, some villains
entered the house of Mr. B. Miller. of Tnaines-,treet,
in the absence of the family, who nue at church, and
decamped with all the family plate, with kat/Mg
the least 'race by avhiels they could be thscoveied.
PeosstittAutsm.--On Wednesday last, J. Towns-
heittl, the Sussex pedestrian, tinderook to walk bu siMes
hall b ckwaros and he t lor%Va iii a Held of tile Cow.
state, near N. sve..stle. in 13 hours. ts t0t..:1 task he per-
named sot sh1111$11(1 Wlllllll the gyro time. tie WJ,ked I
one aide, iorwasils, Mile mot a Hell it.i ones, aiid one,
backwards, in twelve 1111 l lutes and 5 sections. Ait.l
the same field, on Thursday night, at tea o'clock, B
MlNitillan co 11111 l vice(' the arduous task of walking one
mile and one pole every how, fur 1000 mccessirehours.

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The following is an extract of • letter from Val..
paraiso, dated teeth March, from a midshipman of
the American ship Fronklila, 74, giving the particu-
lars of the melancholy catastrophe which we briefly
noticed in a firmer paper
You mum not moon any stases-at from our letters, as we
an all very much dejected as ammust of a dreadful amble* that
bappoood hot Tom*. U. P Dr. Du Puy to posh.
min hot moo eat with loij. . Robert afardma.
Jobs Chose. lobos Cu,ft Bashi Polio. L Piokhos.
sad Shoo mw. MIS boss ha am tom moor ow a rho* posy.
gistoms. a plass tip Wise Mai Ms& lfwt misamos Mv.
Pioussh assissoml lby Lot wbh-slio molowboly moos of he loss
of she boat ash all bosh, imp biome mod cao of the moo.
He mhos has they doirs Woo hoot thee ode*, oat
hood • most sof basolios hoot he Am% awl they
did oat libo so is s Mat a mithbiromeo m whom I bad • do.
sabot ebb yhtio harieg Isis lbws Won ill the same boat in a
gam due/ Wheal opeothimks. sighg bit tains is Orr; so
tbey doodads* mph Mo. As it vas blowing vary froth sight ma
ham they mooed arms ost. mar abort sail ; a sea wee thew
and serried dims alms ammo distorter; a second sea work dom.
and kissokad 524.1 boosthido h. ash eolisil her bottom
/Ls they was all pod 594.11011111 bat two. they all pet felP
ho boot u.usps Meet themes that could not swim be laid hold
of Marsbalni suit, sod it is soppowl they wan down together.
Cromer. ?noble. DO Puy, and the other scamen, whose name
was geed, after su a long time. sunk alongside of the
bust. The rear tuiod7os She shove. Perry, Pinkbam. sal Coffin
went together a great way ; but as Cahn, who was very shisal.
multi nut swim well in use surf. %lr. Perry stop to moat hire.
and they were both lo.t together. Pinkham. who swam on,
hailing he could not be of any assistance to them, got on shore.
but was twice curled off by the nouns of the Set 301) yards. aril
then thrown up again. At length lie gut a tout-hold in she sand.
and when the water left hist), he ran and got clear of it. The
tame of the man saved was APDaniels; begot upon the botrovi
of the boat, and held on to Du Puy to assist him ; but a sea
struck him, and washed him off: As he found that the boat did
not drift in any more, he swam lioni the shore. but was carrital
utflour times. and was then so weak that he could scarcely stand.
Pinknam. who was on shore, waded out as fa as he could.
and held out an oar to him. whit!) he laid hold of, and was
dragged to the land. As soon as they heel landed, the Spanianls
made Pinkliam exchange pantaloons with them. The seaman.
who had lost his shoes. and every thing else, found a great coat
that bad dinged ashore, but had a quarrel wi h one of than to
get that. Towards/ evening he saw some of them sharpening
their knives on a stone, and as he was alone (Pinkham having set
offlor the aoip on foot, without shoes, and scarcely any clothes).
it alarmed Limos very much. He made the best of his way into
the country, where he concealed him All. About midnight he
left his hose on his way to the ship. When begot a short distance
he stopped in a sable, and spent the night. Pinkliam walked to
Canon about 12 mies, where an Englishman lent him clothes.
and got him a horse. He got to the ship next mornings having
traveled W miles--1.2 of them on fbot. There are a gran many
who narrowly escaped going on the party; they asked me. but
refused. Many milers intended going. but were prevented by
some trifling circumstance or other. such as the want or powder
and shot. There are some Englishmen living near there, who
say that the time I landed we had a narrow escape, as there never
was such a thing. known before. An English boat. with eight
men. attempted toaltuid some time ago, but were all lost Mrs.
Stewart is very much afExted, and the Commodore oleo; he
shed tears, and appeared to feel it sensibly. lie said if they had
been killed in the defance of their country. it would not have
been be bad; but to be lost on so Hiding an occasion he thought
was dreadful. Mrs. Stewart went nn shore last evening for a
'hurt time. She was dratted- immourning. and showed great
sorrow ; indeed it is middens to make any person feel so—l have
sca.•.aily seen a smile since. There were two of my meanie:es in
the number. and they were all uncommonly fine °Kora. cer-
tainly amongst the smiting on board, and were universally boa
loved. As soon as the Comm inure heard of the accident, he got
a whale boat, and sent a lieutenant an'l doctor down, to see what
could be done, and if any thing could be saved, but they returned
without the least article. Several of the officers volunteered to
go and look tor the bodies, and the Governor ant a guard to take
cue of any thing that might come on shore. Yesterday we
'urinal our coleus' half mast, and every veswl in the harbour
did the same, inchuhng an English frigate and all the Chiliast
squadron."
lionaaity IT A SERVAIT.—CharIeS Robinson, the
young lad whine case we stated sonic sone sin, as h ning
urea charged with robbing Mr. Laurie, the ittapreller,
in Fleet-street, with whom he heed as servant, and who
was discharged for want of evidence, has been again
taken tips and the charge brought h ((((( r him, under
the to!lowing circatiustaisces:--Ettly on Tss &Jay morn-
, mg, two (limitary sweepers, a man and a boy, called at
Mr. L. lutes, sating they cause from Mr. Woven. of
Wairr-lasie, to.sweep the kitchen chimney. :as Brawn
Was the chitsiney-sweeper regularly employed, the shop.
man gave thenedisections to c ttttttt ail i di) the job early
no Yrolay mon:mg. In the course of she slay, iltiWever.
has (the allopinan) accidentally reset Brown, the master
chimney sweeper. its the street, and told hint to.sen I his
Mail on l'ittaratlay mu • g instead of Fsiday. Accord-
t,ly oil that morning, Stanley Hogdeu, a lid about 14,
in the employ of Brown, attended: 'tut whde sweeping
the chi. y, found in the copper fide, which coto,iite
nicated with that of the kitchen, a small canvass has.
which he deliveseil immediately to the female serrms ;
ose its being opened it was found to curtain 48 sovereigns
--sin I was recognized by Mr. Laurie as the hag amok..
out of the counting house at the time of she robbery.—
Tuns ClletlillbldlieC WAS kept Tine 9 do, and on Ftalay
month% Harrison was upon she watch as early as tint
o'clock, to secure the two other chimney sweepers, if
they at h.i attend, as they had been directed. Tory
did :turgid, and were sininediasely taken into custody.
as was also Cowles Holoemon. who was found watching
mu the other side of the way.— T. Seekins, the elder of
the two sweepers, stated, that Rolonsnit met them to toe
Strand, on Nlosulay, and told him to apply at Mr. L's. so
sweep the kitchen chuuuey, and to say they cone from
Mr. &nen, of 11'aier•laiie. He then toll thrsn tory
ouuld find a small Oat with money its the copper Hit,.
and if they brouhht lie a4reed to give thesis two
soterrigns for their tr,.11 In. The prisoner was eoal,itilted
to Newg.tie tiir trial, aid Setkitrt bound user to gni:
e.itlenee alai h,al hill).
The fear of ton grating married after the tat of Sept.
without a consuberablt adJition to the pre! 1111 l nitry trou-
ble and ceremony. has operated lutc.hiy On thy lower
Classes in this paribh, for, with a slew to get the
port .lit bushiest concluded before the day on which the
o,tetatioti of she Nlarriage Act takes place, an exiraor-
tl.ll .ry 'loather ot limos were ptiblithed nit Stititli.v last
(lath 11:Ial.) in our Collegiate and Parish
Chcb:ri—Ttie Inllsoving number of c.'Nves w""••
totemic-11 Marriages were annotioced ttio fist Will.
78 couples; second time, 121 ; Si.