The National Register.
London, England, 1811-09-01 00:00:00

PiIOVINCLILS.

AGitiCtII:IIJRAL REPORT.
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The Harvest hes been nearly closed within this month, with
fiter weather and more 6i-vitch than has been known for
ivany years before; woe wish that we were able to add with
the prostett of all abundant produce. The Wheats in most
districts have suffered very coitsideri.biy front the mildew, par-
ticularly in the rough chat' lands. It was fortunate, however,
this happened so late that the ear was r...arly ripe, or the detects
tvotild probably have been more serif); sl extensive. The Leans
likve suffered generally from the sante cause, and in many parts
Ole Barleys awl Oats, hicli is not very usual, have also been
blighted to a considerable degree. On a gereral review t here is
toil much reason to appreliend that none of tile white crops will
tieldtWo•thirda of an average! proclyce. The Wheats of Norfolk
his seise are Superior both in quantityand quality. Potatoes
are. every wh,.re an abundant crop. The latter "f ornips are
lull of flaw, and thrifty; but the early Swedes are Irregular,
front having b..eti much ea; en by the fly. The Hop Plantations
of Farnham continue very promising, while those of Kent,
Sussex, Hereford, and Wolcestershire, are so much gone off, as
to have lowered the Borough apeculation on the year's duty
nearly one-thli d. Hay itifistlier decreasing in prices from the
Urge second Crops, which have been well got up. the Meat
Markets have also experienced a considerable reduction itt most
articles. Lean Stock of all kind:: maintain &el- high prices,
faun the, quartitieof feed with which o,e grazing eotinties so
xenerally abound.: Colts and • htirsts of the draught. 'kind are
izaree and dearer. Nothing has been done in our Woollen
Manufaetpres to ital.', hi any material 6tree the best Month's
prices.. l'oerino hilt! South Down Ewes, of superior quality, arc,
boweier,in retitie.st at sonte*hat more money..
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, A. dre4dful eatastkophe occurred at the Chapel wake, Birtn-
. t .sham, Ttiesday evening last. concourse' of 'the lower
classes having assembled to enjoy the inhuman diverSion of bat-
ing a hull, the enraged animal broke loose, and ran with great
fury into Ciolesill-street. A scene of the utmost confusion en-
auto. arid many Whoswere partaking of the innocent diversions
tst the day, paid dearly fur the sp:4l which others enjoyed
oiler the suflerings of a bull, and the mutilated carcases of dogs.
arch infant, Wine months old, was killed on Ow spot ; two wo-
inen and twp lads were dreadfully trarripicd on and bruised.'the
latter are in the iTe11:11 al with little hope,of recovery; alai, many
ethers received ,etions injury.
• A famous hoax was played off at Plymouth last Monday, by
Kinted hand-bull, stiftiug, that a crocodile of twenty-six feet
TOris,*as to h: landed at six o'clock at the Barbican. 1-fundredi
of aßectators aist.iiiblud on the pier-bead and on alt the quays,
to view this monstrous production of nature. A L.rge barge,
towing throsich the pier-head, wa- hailed by one of the gaping
re ultittode to know tf he had g the cro,:odtle on board; he,
the in' yes; but as the !Labium was not a la*ful
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'quay, he must be towed up to the Custom-house quay. ie:y the
time the people run round, the barge was got to her moorings
in the Pool, leaving the hoaxed multitude to decide the clues,.
tion, and to slink off in silence when it was jt..iq dark. liow.
ever, on Tuesday at noon, a fine large lively alligenr, FE* feet
long, from Africa in an merican ship, was, with two smaller
ones, landed in two long puncheons on the Custoni-hoose 'quay,
to ,the gratification of the multitude assembled on the occasion,
who made amends for their disappointment on Monday, to take
several peeps through the hung-hole to see this animal, so novel
in this country. He was immediately purchased by a Fhownian
for exhibition for .51. paid, the American Captain,• who also paid
50s. duty at the time of the purchue.

SUMMER ASSIZES.
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GIPToRD, PSQ. TRIsTTIAN. • -•
This was an action of trespass. The plaintiff is a Magistrate
of Kent, and the defendant a carpenter.
Mr. Serjeant observed, that this action was brought
under a statute, to preverlt persons in the situation of life of the
. defendant from leaving their Wives and farniles for the ptit-
.pose. of hunting. The defendant, accompanied by a great
number of persons and a pack of hounds, was galloping over te
field, which was sown with wheat, when a servant of the plaintiff
called out to them to desist ; he however treated with derisitin
the remonstrance, and on quitting the field neglected even to
shut the gate, pursuing the chase over a neighbouring common.
The only question would be as to the amount of damages, of
which the Jury were perfectly competent judges, since there
could he no doubt that the defendant was not qualified, add
being a carpenter, Lord Ellenhorough would inform them that
he tame w ithin the meaning of the Statute.:—The first witness
called was a labourer named Austen, who stated the transaction
to have occurred in April last. He saw neither dogs nor ganfe,
but theie were often horsemen in the field riding over it. Tie
defendant said he would do no harm, ant having gone doWn
t:ie field came back again ;—being cross-examined, he said thht
Tristram was a respectable tradesman at Dulwich, and only
walked his horse.—Heether, another labourer, swore, that the
dogs went on the other side of the hedge, and the defendant
went along the head-land. He did not know what they wete
hunting, as he saw neither fox nor hare. He could not say
what damage waa done.—Mr. Yantley, solicitor to the plaintiff,
proved that the defendant called on him, to know what satis-
faction Mr. Gifford required, when the witness informed hire!'
that five guineas must be paid to the poor of the parish; and tan
apology he made in the newspaper.
LoCCIZLLENBOROUVIi." It WAS a ‘vir impiidcnt thing is
require."
Mr. Carron) spoke. in severe term' of the conduct of the
plaintiff, and said his client was equally restiectabli, as Mr. Gif.
ford. He had had the honour as a builder to have the tar eof
the concerns of Lord Thurlow, and he was now engaged for
that useful and valuable institution :ailed God's Gilt."
Lord ELLE N Booouen observed in summing up,that this action
was brought under a statute which made an infrrier tradesman,
who committed a trespass after titmice in hunting, liable to rla-
, mages and full costs; but it did not appear that the defendant
was hunting according to the statute. It was plain that he was
a trespasser, and the plaintiff must, therefore, have a verdict.
He thought the defendant had been rather hardly dealt with,
aid highly applauded his conduct in not signing the apolo IN to
he published in the newspapers.—Verd:ct for the plaintiff--ba.
niages One Farthing.
THE KING 11.

This was an indictment aeainst the defenkla;;t Vigor, a Con-
tractor for the barracks at Maids. one, for furnishing the soldiers
with unwholesome meat, not fit for the food of mean.
Mr. Serjeant Shepherd stated the dam:ant to be a butcher,
whn had contracted to supply the soldiers ie. barracks with
meat, and that on the 30th of January last he sent in a quantity
of beef, which several witnesses who had seen it would prove
was not fit for human food: but he was also in a condition to
c Iffy the evidence still farther, for he should prove that the
defendant had bought the beast from ‘v..i,:!l the meat wa; taken
after it had died of the murrain, or of disease of some kind, for
he should call his apprentice, who would state to them, that the
day before the meat was sent to the-harrac ks, he fetched home a
demi bullock, which had not been slaughtered, but had died a
natural death.—This statement Was fully supported by the evi-
dence, and the Jury found the defendant guilty.
'The cause which has been some time pending bctwcen the
City of London and the (.'orporation ef Gras :•send, (under the
name of the Ipne v. Pick and otLers) stood for trial at these
Assizes on Friday, before Lord Ellenborouzh and a Special Jary,
Corp9otiou had rtlade au- adaitiort to. their Mehhil or

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Town Quay, which the City had indicted as a nuisance;
the matter to be tried involved a question as to the right
etonservency of the river Thaniet claimed by the City; the
excise of which right, in this case, tLe Corporationnf Gravesend
disputed ;When about to be called on in its turn, Mr. Garrow,
a; leading Counsel for the City, addressed I ord Ellenborough,
Ind said, that the City proposed to withdrowtheir. Record.—
..—Mr. Serjeant Best, for the Corporation of Gravesend, said,
that he sfionld'lnsist that the Record which his clients (the de-
fendants) had brought down, and . entered, should be tried, and
that the .Jury should have the opportunity of returning. their
terdict.—This wds accordingly done, and a full SpeCial Jury
appeared, when Mr. Garrow stating that they had not evidence
-to sustain the prosecution, the Jury, under the direction of Lord
Ellonborough, found a verdict for the defendants.

TILE KING V. lIA?•181100K.
This was at information against the defendant Hambrook,
for aiding and assisting the six following French prisoners of
war to escape, viz.—Trine Bonet, Jeane Soddy, J. Natali,
Giessileux ----Martin, and Chaimuut.—The follow-
ing were the facts of the case;—Olt the 22c1 of September last,
Lieutenant Christie, of his-Majesty ship Cordelia, being cruising
in the Channel during the nigkt, sawn boat standing in for the
French coast.. They hailed her, and received an answer in
English that she was a Folkestone boat. Upon which they
bred at her and brought her to. On board her they found the
six French prisoners of war. By the agent of prisoners it was
proved they acre on their parole at Chesterfield, from whence
they absconded on the Iflth of September last ;on the th they
arrived in two post-ch :ises at the Fountain, at Cant,rhury, and
from whence they went forward to Folkstone. The first chaise
which arrived was.told- by the passengers to drive to the Blue
Anchor,a little pubhc- house kept by the defendant. As soon as
they arrived, he told them •he•ltati got beds out of the house, and
went away with them; when he returned, he asked the riaise-
boy if any more were corning; he answered he did not know.
The other chaise arrived lag r, and drove first to the Folkestone
,Arms, and was then directed to the thte AnChetr. The b.y
could not identify the persons be carried ;but he •to a large
_Aral box they had with them, which b.x was afterwards found
oa hoard the heat at sea with them wlien they were picked up
by the Cottle:is. •
The Learned Judge told the Jury it was far them to consider,
whether circumstances under which they came to a little
public-house, did not furnish, ground for them to say that the
landlord who kept it was privy, and if se, aiding to their esc:;pe.
Tbs. Jury found the defendant Guilty.. . .

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PENNECK V. TYACX.

This was an action to recover damages for a horse, warranted
to be what he really was not.
Mr. leliyil„stated the ease for the • laintit, who is a medical
gentleman, residing at PeTIZUTPVO. ..riae.4.fendant is a farmer,
at Ludgyanoear that place. The doctor be its •want
good horse, applied to the defendant, who procured him the
horse in ques: tun, and warranted him perfectly sound, and free
from vice. The dottor remarked, that being a corpulent man,
and a, timid rider, he wished to have a horse that would carry
him safely on all occasions. The defendant having strongly
rktormnrnended his horse, a bargain was struck for 50 guineas.
The following morning the doctor mounted, but he was no
• sooner on the animal% back than he stood on his laud legs, and
walked a considerable distance like a dancing bear, dragging the
doctor with him in the stirrups. Assistance being fortunately
. at hand, he was extsicated, .and did not me* much
injury. Several ostlers-and others attempted to •ride him. N
hi: they all met a similar fate. Upon this the plaintiff
informed the defendant .that the horse was unmanageable, and
that he could not keep him. A curious answer was returned :
the defendant said he was much surprised that he did not find
the horse answer his expectation that lie had warranted hire to
be very quiet in the stabk, but he never istarrosited hug to be glad
, out rf it. However he had no great objectionto take Lien back,
if the plaintiff would allow hitn ten or twelve guineas, as he
had no doubt but he should be able to get a chap for him, and
to sell •him for a eart-horse.--4, Here," said the Learned Cozen-
eel, " you at once discover the knavery and cunning of this
man. What kind of horie was this that was quit in the stable,
but no where else ? The plaintiff did not want a horse to he
. always kept in the stable. By 1 Bing in possession of the plaintiff
for about two days, in some extraordinary and magical way, he
_ is transformed into a cart horse;. so that this famous horse, war-
ranted free from vice, all tit once became unfit to ride. The
defendant would not take back his hors ,hut as a cart-horse,
;With ten •or twelve guineas. The plaintiff sent him to Ford's
Hotel, where he has been kept ever since. Verdict for the
plaintiff GA being the price of the horse, and his: keeping
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plaintiff Gl. beiug th. price if the harse, and his keeping *
yoid's.

.ay young
husbands as he hid wane:toed in the North, and.feom motives of
charity he had,been in :used to act in the way he did. The poor
fellow's defence is warmly founded on the old adage, " Churiiy
covers a multitude of stns;' bur the Magistrates were not NIITi•
ciently charitable to admit his plea, and have committed him fur
trial.
A man named DyrOm, and Ms wife, were tried at the York
Assizes for the murder of a ssvoep, by stirring up a fire, whereby
the soot in. the adjoining chimney in which the sweep was at
work, was set on are. and he was so dreadfully burnt, that he
died in a few hours ; but the malicious Intention not having been
proved, both 'prisoners w, re acquitted.
At the Susses Assizes, at Leives, a mite of considerable im-
portance to oersons interested in • the 'payment of tythes, and
which exciteet great interest in the county, CAIII2 on to be heard
before the Lord 'Chief Baron. It wise an action brought by a
farmer against the inturopriator, fur not taking away his tithes
when set out; and the principal' question was, whether the
Parson was bound to take the tithe-lamb, when it was fit to live
without the dam, whether the itArmrr weaned his own lambs or
not ?In this case the farmer did not wean his own latnbi but,
after setting out the Parson's tithe, returned the nine parts to the
ewes to fattkn4for sale. The cause hating called on, wad the
Pittintiff's Conned having stated his ease, the Judge recommend-
ed a reference, which was acceded to by all parties; his Lord-
ship first declaring' the law of the case, namely, that the lambs
are weanoble-qwiten they can thriye on the same ;food that the
tians,sUbsists on, and that the lamer is bound to tap at the Par-
son'i lamb in the same manner that be treats his Own. This
doctrine gives the Parson the right to thetenth tatted land), mud
establishes a c.iterioo upon the subject of tithe. la. he, which,
can never be productive of litigation, inie.much as the-time df
ttOling is remitted certain, and the farmer has his option to wean
his lambs 9r not. .

TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.

ADMILALTY•OTIPICK, AUG. 27, ISM

Copy of a letter front Admiral Young, to J. W. Croker, Esq.
Secretary of the Admiralty, dated Marlborough, i West
Cape!, August 21, 1811.
SIR-4 transmit to you for their Lordships Information, an ac-
count of a very spirited and successful attack made on four
French gunehoats, by the boatsof a detachnient of this squadron
under the command of Captain liawtAyne, of his Majesty's ship
Quebec. I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) W. YOUNG.
His Majesty's ship, Quebec, Heligoland,
August 6, 1811.

Situ—l have to
•Olbeagiure.nf a di,
been perforifted by
under the direction
Quebec, who had
cers and men that
The weather was par, _Ay . settles _ ,of
service, and they had already captured and sent to me a vaisseau
de guerre of the l)ouanes linperiales, manned with an officer and
twelve men (one of them was killed before abe surrendered); and
a-merchant vessel which they were towing out, when being near
the island of Nordeney, ou ;he 3d, four of the enemy's gun-boats
were seen at anchor within.
The enemy silently waked the attack, their guns loaded with
grape and cannhter (not using any round shot), until the b:,• is
were within p'stol range, when a discharge took place from their
whole hne. The first vessel was inamediat ly boarded and
carried, but the others with great bravery mai!)taified themselves,
severally, until they found their vessels were no longer in tlisir
own possession.
lhe loss sustained was, on our side, four killed and fourteen
wounded, on that of thf enem., two killed and twelve wounded.
The Officers employed were.,
Lieutenant John O'Neale, Alert; Lieutenant Samuel Stout,
Raven, severely wounded; I,:eutrnant Chiries Wolrige, Que.
bec ; Humphrey Moore, Lieutt:nant Royal Maric.es, Quebec,
afterwards severely burnt ; Sub-1 .ieutcmatit Thomas Hare,
ertion ; Second Master George Dow, ey, Redbreast ; Carpen-
ter. Stephen Pitckett, Raven ; Maher s Moe Robert Cook,
Quebec ; Master's Mate John M.Donaid, Quebec •
man Richard Milieu Raven, very sevcc ely wounded; Fare
James Muggridge, Princess Augusta, wounded ; Mate George
Johnson, Alert.
I have the honour to be, tkc.
(Signed) C. 11.A.WrAYNE, Captain.

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ce; and An Hibernian was apprehended at York, a few days since,
right of charged with having seven wives living? On' being called on tot
age ex- a defence under so extr.tordinar- a charge, he said he thought it
.avesend was a sin and a_simme to see su many young women without

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acquaint you with a very gallant achievement
division of the enemy's gun•boats), which has
my the busts from this part of y air -squ..dron,
)11 of the first Lieuterirat; SSIONOI,44Iyr.b. of the
1 the honour to command a party of brave oa-
t nobly seconded.
as particularly fine and settle! for this kind of