The National Register.
London, England, 1812-05-03 00:00:00

JUDGMENTS.

Thursday, D. I. Eaton, found guilty of publishing Paine's Age of Rea-
son, was brought up to the Court of King's Bench for judgment. After
Counsel had been heard for and against him, he was remanded till Fri-
day se'nnight, when he will receive sentence.
Colonel Browne, convicted of fraudulently obtaining a grant of lands
in the Island of St. Vincent, was sentenced to two years imprisonment
in Newgate.

Stevenson and Lawton, found guilty of assisting French prisoners to
escape, were each sentenced to two years imprisonment.
George Cullum, for obstructing an Excise Officer, to be confined
three months in Chelmsford Goal.

Hunt and Squirts, convicted of disturbing a dissenting Meeting at Per-
shore, in Worcestershire, to be imprisoned one month, and the former
to be fined 201. and to find sureties.

ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, 4c.

Dawson, the man concerned with Cecil Bishop, in the poisoning of
the race horses at Newmarket, some time since, has, it is said, made a
voluntary confession of every particular relative to that nefarious trans-
action. A person heretofore of great respectability in the circles of fashio-
nable life, is reported to be implicated deeply by the above man's evi-
dence. In a few days the whole of the particulars will be made known.
A few nights ago, part of the gallery of the Theatre at Tunbridge gave
way, by which accident many persons were bruised, but no lives were
lost.

A dreadful boxing match took place on Monday last, at Basing, near
Hartley-row, in Hampshire, between James Colbovrne, a bargeman,
and Harry Willoughby, a coachman, for ten guineas, a side. Both were
hit blind before they had fought twenty minutes, but they were relieved
by the lancet, and the combat was renewed until, after fighting an. hour
and twenty minutes, they were too exhausted to set to. They however
recovered, and fought a;rogether two hours. Colbourne won the battle,
hut he is not expected to survive. The loser had.not quitted his bed on
Wednesday.
A gang of midnight depredators to the number of 16, with their faces
disguised and armed with pistols, beset the house of Mr. Drinkwater,
farmer of Glossop, Derbyshire, on Thursday last, and having watched
the opening of the door, they rushed in, demanded money, and took
away and destroyed property to the amount of nearly )51:Ill.—Whilst the
party were robbing the house, a fellow stood over Mr. Drinkwater as
he lay in bed, brandishing a sword, and threatening him with instant
death if be stirred. The honest man lay still, and he had a good reason
tor so doing, besides the sword that glittered over his head, for under it
was a case containing two hundred pounds in money, and the writings of
his little freehold. These the robbers did not find. When they had
done their work, one who seemed to be the Captain called over their
number from one to sixteen, and all having answered, they departed
With their booty.
Daeenrue FIRE.—On Tuesday night, about ten o'clock, a fire broke
Ducat the west end of the mansion of the Right Honourable Lord Mon-
tague, at Ditton Park, near Datehet. •The family had just retired to
bed, and, before they could well extricate themselves, the flames had
'communicated with astonishing rapidity to every part of the edifice,
which being of great antiquity, wainscotted throughout, and intersected
with numerous staircases, presented Little opposition to the devouring