The National Register.
London, England, 1821-01-28 00:00:00

UNION HALL.
On Friday, sever ii persons who gain their livelihood
by tending SondAy newspapers, appeared at this office
to answer remain summonses with which they had been
saved, for selling papers on the Sabbath. Mr. Harmer
was retained on their pail, and advised them not to an-
swer in their names w tiro cilled upon, as, he contended,
*hat according to the Act 01 Parliament, an information
ongli to hate been entered, and a copy furnished to the
delendAlls. It nits, however, discovered that the 5111111-
111011Ses did out heir die enrisiian names of the parties
summoned, and the ,Magisirate in consequence declartd
that Illwre was no charge before him. Ooc indvidual
had unfortuumelv answered to his summons before Mr.
Harmer arrived, and lie was only discharged upon paying
the expenses.

EXTIvionniXARY I' tcAs.—Sir Paul Baghott,
of Lypeat Park, has opened a literary battery against
Sir C. B. Codrington, Bart. of thaldington Park.
The cause of the attack will be best explained by an
extract of a letter from the former to the latter.
The silence of Sir C. B. Ccalrington, for the space
of twelve days after the occurrence, induced Sir P.
Baghott thus publicly to remonstrate, as he thinks
the relative situation in which they each stand in
the county of Gloucester, entitles him to expect, at
least, common courtesy :
.• on Tuesday, the t.,t;th of December, while travelling upon
the box ut theelichenhant and Bath coach with other passengers,
about one o'clock at mid-day, I observed that a hare had been
caught by a wire, in a plantation a fix yards distant from the
road, upon which the coachman stopped his ho:ses, end
descended from the bus. 1 entered the plantation and took
up the hare, which speared to he nearly decayed, and whilst
examining the skin, 1 was immediately seized by two Libouring
men, who vialtaidy exclaimed. • We've caught you at last:
you trust ;,,i) down to Sir Millers.' On this, 1 nut only told
these men my name, and that 1 was a magistrate of the county,
and celled upon the coacluisan and passengers to corroborate this
fort, which they did, renionsaating at the tattle thhe whir the
men upon their outrageous conduct; but I likewise produced my
pocket book, and sundry haters directed to one, all of whiea
proved unevailing, and I was by force &anvil into the park of
Doddington, and titan thence down to your pallailiwo mansion;
where, heing ushered as a criminal to the threshold ufyour lordly
portico, and having undergone the SillT4.Dl and gentlemanly
remarks of your children, their preceptor, and (I should imagine
front the numbers, both male and female, which surrounded me)
every retainer ut your nousehold, during the space of an hour, in
a north east wind, I was admitted to the honour of an audience
in the open air !—To remind you, Sir, of what then passed,
would prove, in certainty, nu has instilling to my own feelings
as a gentleman, than derogatory to ray thhy its a nim,isirate:
suffice it to say, Sir, (and I thus publicly call upon you to deny
lily soltoin statement), that you refustxl to take my word when
repeatedly told you that I was Sir Paul liaglant ; relating like-
wise every thing that had occurred from the nutrient I WaS Ailed
call, moreover, upon Mr. Taylor, of Wootton Underudge
(who politely ennevyednie to th Cross (lands in his curricle,
order to enable me tap procure a chaise to pursue my join racy to
Bath, where I did not arrive till three hours after my
unjustifiable imprisonment by your vassals), to corroborate this
testinomy.
BANK NOTES—It seems not generally under-
stood, that to trace a lost Bank Note, its date, as
well as its number should be known. litiless both
date and number be named, the Busk cannot un-
dertake to stop a stolen, or lost note, in consequence
of there being many notes, of the same number and
value, but of various dates. To persons liable to
such loss, this infiormation may be useful.
Rex. v. Ethearil Gilbs, Esq.—This was an
itidictineut for an aSsaiiht. The defendant is a most
worthy and respectable in on, residing at Quarles, near
the proyectoor, Rabat Leamon, jun. a saddler,
at FaKeithatii; in the niarke,-plaLc of which toter the
defendant's Whet-111 law, slr.Ureem, was in high al.er-
canon with the prosecutor o heti the defendant came up,
and addressing Mr. Green, sail, " Why do you stand
talking with such a ivl;ow as this? (meaning the !owe-
cutor). Upon which Mr. Leaino.. remarked, "Fellow !
Mr. Gibbs, I don't understand you-1 hate no busines,
with you," The defendant then exclaimed, " God d—n
your blood, you swindling rascal, if you Lay three words
to me, 1 will iunsewhip you." The prosecutor made tio
reply, and the defeitdosit immediately followed up his
threat by striking the prosecutor several times with a
jockey-wit p whichhe had in his hand, and the prose-
cutor's rialit ant, shoulder, and back, were very gotten
bruised by the blows. The prosecutor did not try to
defend himself. but after limit struck several times,
merely caught Iliad of the cud oh the whip, and observed
to„,tite defendant, " You called the a swindler,' the
delentlaid ansteeivd, " Yes, and I can prove you so, at
Wills laces,- and then repeated blows, until taken
away by :Nit.. E. BA, tone of the witioesses. Tne prose-
cint;r allowed that the defendant had made various offers
to compromise the matter, which went oft lit conse-
quence of the detention* refusing to retract the charge of
stvitodisisg. It appeared that Arr. Gibbs had subsequently
expressed his sorrow I.or hacimtg t:t.ll guilty ail uteacti
of the laws of his country, and had odered to apologize
to the prosecutor—the Court nevertheless ordered hurt
to pay a title of aoot ii! and to be imprisoned
the fine was paid. l'he fine Wa3 of course paid in-
stantly, and the defendant lett the Court attended by his

friends.
• All through Ira land, the ceremonial of wakes and
.funerals is most ptincioolly atiendrd to, and it requires
,sonic scacufr faire to entry iMotigit the arrangennitt in a
unisteriy maun.er. A great adept at the business, who
had been the prime manager at all the wakes in the
neighbourhood fur many years, was at last called away
from the death-beds of his fi iends to his own. Shorty
bifore he died, he gave inintne directions to his people,
as tic the mode of waking Il i ;;; in proper style. " Re-
collect,-11.1S 11e," 10 pill three candles at the 'wad of the
b. il, ai'ter you lay site out, and lan a 1 the loot, and one
a. each pith:. Mind glow, and put a plate wish etc sail
eta it just a-ioit of my breast. And, do av ii hear, ha.•
Isla nit n' lobo:en coon: It. And remeniver to matte the
pouch strong. Anil—tv hat is the use of talking to an.!;
sure, 1 know, you'll be sure to Wait it, as 1 won't be
there ray. 11."