The National Register.
London, England, 1819-11-15 00:00:00

TO nix £DI7OR.

Sta,—ln answer to a paragraph in your paper of the
ith ult. alluding to a hand Lill which you stated en havtr
heen circulated-on the morning of the Nor folk County
meeting, I have to reply that I. know nothing of such
hand-hill, that I did not even see it, or hear of it, nor
dill I (as it is asserted) join in the clamour which you
say that hand-bill produced.
As you halt* thotight proper to insert the plragraph•
in rioemioo, %%Inch coolants a foul aspersion no toy cha.
racter and conduct, I expect you will do me the justice
of giving a place in your next paper to this letter, in
which I thus positively contridiet that statement, as far
:is it goes to connect me either dirvetly or indirectly with
the hand-bill. Yours, &T.

TIIWI As. UITING.

Ashwell-Thorpe,
Nov. mill 1819.
We have inserted Mr. Uniii,t's letter because we wish.
him to have fair play. We are not in the habit of stating
facts unadvisedly, nor of throwing out aspersion on the
characters of India duals. Truth does sometimes compel
us to record circumstances which may he disagreeable
to the partles concerned, but of a wanton rink:flour to
malign the character or mi,reprebeht the conduct of any
one, we defy this person 111, produce all instance. Mr.
tkina says that " he knew nothing of the band-611i.
nor did he see it or hear of it," Who ever said lie d:d ?
Our words were that " a hand-bill was generally vireo.
Lied on the g, of the County Meeting, which
was designed and intended to raise a !amour against
Mr. Coke." How it came into Mr. Uiting's head to
plead not guilty in so very vehement and angry a tone
to a charge which was never made against him, can
only be known to himself. Let him have the 101 l ad—
vantage of his plea. Hut when he denies having joined
in tLe clamour against Ur. Coke, we must request hie
pardon if we prefer the evidence of our own eyes and
ears to his dunal, however peremptorily given.

It appears the love of political discussion is grow--
ing with the distress of the times. Daring tie last
six weeks, six new Heading-rooms have started in
Paisley; two are beginning in Greenot.l ; and one
just forming in Johnston has 120 members. Till
lately one of the Paisley Reading-rooms averag(4
about 86 members, and a box, in which occasional
visitors put id. a time, yielded about 21. a quarter.
The readers now amount to 174, and it is expected
the box will yield 51. this quarter. The new weir
eties average from 120 to 200 members.
At the Castle of Exeter List month, an action wag
brought by a poor man, named Jdlll.'S ‘Voodrow,
against James Hoodd, Esq. a magistrate fur the
county of Devon, for false imprisonment : the
ma-
gistrate let judgment go by default, and the Jury,
ua ler the direction of the •Under-Sheriff, Ralph
Barnes, Esq. assessed the damages at 1001.
Mr. Ilmn renetrtii h srppHcalwu 1.,r a rule to sliew
cause why a chill tall inhumation should 'hilt be tiled
against certain iiiiiiyi,luals, Magistrates Or Manchester.
This application WAS as unsuccessful as one which he
made a few drys since; nor was lie more fortunate in
another and still stranger application woieh lie urged,
namely, mat the Judges should direct the Attorney or
Solicitur-Geneial to move for a criminal information,
.4t.titist the Magistrates. The Judges, without licsita-
1. lima, refused theapplication. Mr. limit, it brims, has,
either horn a confrileace in known powers,-Or a you-
' tempt of the Gentlemen of ihe Bar, made 'a eery sill,
resolution never to contain his Arras ro the discretion
or atalties of a "hired advocate" The Judges have
explained to hint that they will suffer noise but a Bor..
rusher to mote for a criminal inforiiirtiotu, and without
expressing an opiharo Ilpoll the or propriety of
tills rule of Court, we cannot but look upon Mr. hunt
as 001 crilictiog much• wisdom in lousing L 0 butimit.
to it.

The Wigton county address has been transmitted
by the High Sheriff to the Earl of Thanet, to be
presented to the Itcgent. Nu artifices or magiste—
rial inuati, were resorted to for signatures; and up-
wands of 6,000 respectable and iadepentletit gentle.
uten—and yeomen. spontaneously signed• their a 1•
dress.

04, Friday seentiglit aft inquest was held at Kenning.
li,II, before 'Wm. &nuke, Gent. Coroner, on the hotly,
of David Bowers, who the same morning was-driving a
cart and walking by the side, u hen the horses took
fright in the street, add in attempting to ttoli them he
became entangled in the harness and was thrown down'•
when the wheel pasting over his body, lie was so dread-
hilly injured, that he died shortly after. Verdict, Aces*
dental Deatn.

On Saturday evening, about siw-o'clrxic, as a lady and
genklusnan were timing through Ikreliam in a irg, it
wing dark, they cattle in contact with a cat t which had,
,een very intinudently left on the tirtiinke.o.ad, and
were nowt, when the gig was entirely demolished, but.
happily' the travellers escaped with a few slight bruises.
Tile horse rail furiously away with the shafts fur seterat
nodes b,fore he was secured.

DISAPPOINTIIIRNT.—A•sItort time sit ce a marriage
betwcen a biIdiVIIIT and A Wilny.
I idt „ resident in a market town in Notitilk. Tile
V'Cre pliblistird.. and the day fixed Inc their
.:,iiipy union ; the intended bride, hating removed
~r ,401)tkallIll chattels to the residence of the
II .1 ,I1,161:11 Cillaigell her mind, lima toe Reverend •
•Getitlenta.. his fees, ordered her furitititre, Ece. back
U lii kit the parish ; winch cimunistaneea had
efLet tin the timid of the intended ;ititleitroom,
-tat lie
stitimion, and was seen RUNNING 111 fh igererat
.parishes along :he seacoast, a considerable th.tanceSsoss.
home, and 11411 GM since Leen heard el.