The National Register.
London, England, 1818-02-08 00:00:00

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THE two Evarillts.—Saturtlav week, ahont two o'clock,
Messrs. Evans, acconipauied by Mr. Harmer, their solicitor,
went to the Peek(' office, Now street, in order to eblwin from
Sir Nathaniel Conant a regular discharge from the warrants
of cummitment mailer which he had dee times remanded them
to prieun, "on meth, on suspicion of high treason." Mr.
Evens, jun. having handed hie eimenitmesst to 31r. Hicks, the
sitting Magistrate. Mr. Hicks. alter realise is, remarked,
that it related to 4 very serious charge, and squired how Mr.
EV4t4l, juts. had beets liberated. Mr. Evans, jun. replied,
Met he lied been very recently liberated limn ;lie comae JAI,
liorsemategor Line, by order. of Lord Siditiontli..-Mr. Hick*,
"Then it seems you arc discharged ;• what is the object lif
sour applicatiou ? I hope those who are your legal advisers
Luse gi veil you proper inserineion. You are coping wills a
great tptestion."— llr. Evens, jun. " Von will perceive. by the
commitment, that I was con 0000 itted liv Sir Nathaniel Conant,
on oath, on suspicion sling!' treason. I camplain that I have
never been discharced•fruiss his commitinents."—Mr. Hicks.
" You have been virtually diseliaretel. A higher authority
took suss out of the power of Sir Nathaniel. He had then
'nothing further to do wills you."—Mr. Ev awe, jail. It is the
ditty of Sir Nathaniel either to tve me is regular and formal
discharge from his commitments or to put me on nay trial "
Mr. Hicks, " I dare say, Sir Nathaniel fully knows what Isis
deity is. It appears to me altogether iuttnatesial, whether you
base his formal discharge or int. Yon are virtually diseliarg-
-eil."—Mr. Evans, jun. " I ails not satisfied wills enjoying my
liberty, as it were, with the connivance of a Magistrate.
When a person is charged before is Nlagistrate, the accused
ought either to be fu:ly stud freely discharged by that Magis-
trate, or committed for trial. In my case, neither of these
events has take's plaice. lam neither discharged by Sir Na-
thaniel Conant. MK WO I likely to be tried for the otfence im-
puted to me. Now I insist upon one or the other cussree be-
ing persieed."—Mr. Hicks, "This is the modern way. Thitse
persons who are charged with offences before Judgee and Ma-
gistrates, now undertake to teach them their duty. You
must behave snore respectlelly. I do not mean to ioo sinniee
any thing against your innocence; you may be perfectly
innocent ; I,nt I have no doubt that Sir Nathaniel CUSI4IIVO
CUndllet has been quite right and proper. If you hose rea-
amiable summit of complaint, the Courts 01' West 000 i o ister are
saw open. You may obtain redress."—Mr. E. jun. " 1 beck,
at present, ("sky to get Air Nathaniel's discharge to these coin
',fitments. Unless he intend: to put isle on soy trial."—Me.
Hick, " Well, act as you think proper. If yon have any
honest apprehension of clangor from these cominittneatA
remaining without discharge, I dare say, sir Nathaniel will
do whatever is right. You are not under any recuguizanci•s."
--Mr. E. jun. " Oieno, I would eater into none. I now come.
to claim env discharge from the commitments issued by Sir
Nathaniel. There can be no legal grounds of ohjec . Why
theft ails (denied what lam so clearly entitled to? I statist
upon the law. I was committed by Sir N. Conant on a deli_
trite legal charge, and Is ive never beeti releaszql by liiintfrom
those comminitinents. It appears to vie, that lam at present
in the most anomalous situation imaginable. I nos at liberty,
yet have never been discharged front the commitment* tit a'
Magistrate, who asserted, that I was accused before I ,ow
evatli, on suspicion of the highest offence known to the laws.
Such irregalar .proceedings as these insist terminate in the
most tangermis confusion. I therefure apply fur soy des-
charge, or I demand say trial." Mr. Evans, sea. then address
ed Mar:l'll' to the Magistrate, and asked to be permitted to
submit a question to his Worship, which being assented to,
Mr. Evans began by slating, That e mouth before the Ha-
le:as Corpus Act was suspesided, lie awl Isis sun were arrested
and connifitteel to prison, on the sonunitments of Lord Sid
mouth and Sir N. Conant, stating thesis to be charged on
oath before them of suspicion of high treason ; but that after
the passing of the Suspension Act, his Lordship availed him-
velf of the authority given him by that Act, and insprieoued
them by virtue of its provisions, but no longer on oaths. He
(Evans) hail been discharged from the power of that Act,
which most likely would this day cease and determine ; but
-If Lord Sidmouth gave up his authority under that Act, and it
should he repealed, would not he (Evans) stand inexactly the
same relative situation as if the Act had never existed, seeing
the commitments of Sir N. Conant were not discharged ? If
so, himself and son were ready to surrender themselves, that
a legal investigation into their conduct might take place, as
they only required justice to be administered. lie hoped his
Worship would feel it was a qtsestion of some importance, and
that Ise did not make this inquiry captiously : to which his
Worship ri•plied, he conceived the Messrs. Evans we're s irtie
ally discharged Irons imprisonment, stud he thought properly,
as the authority of the Secretary of State bad superseded
that of the Magistrate ; bat he referred them to Sir N. Co•
cant, at Whitehall.
In July, in the year 1815, a Mr. Thomas Hughes, a linen-
&epee. of tied Lion• street, alleged that his Isowse had been
bi °Keil open, and the suns of 5601. stolen from I • . Shortly
atteniaids he became a hankrupt, but there heiug seine sus-
picious sire tatters about the account of the rubbery, he
N. 4, apprehended and sent to Neirgute on a charge of feloni-
ously concealing his property. He remained in Newgate fur
ten months, and was then discharged by the commissioners
for defect of proof. Nothing 00000 re transpired on the subject
till Tuesday last, when 4 sort of clue was affurdeillty a 101.
note, which had on the night previous to the alleged rubbery
been plot into the hands .d the baukrupt, by a Mr. Jailer
'Aldred, now one of the assignees. Payment of this note had
lung ago been stopped at the Bank, at the instigation of Mr.
Altlied, who had contemplated the possibility of a fin tire lllS-
cuvvry through the medium of this instrinnent. On Tuesday
last a mai. named Davis presented this identical note at the •
Dank, together with live other notes for ill. visit, 11(n. of
which was a tiorgery. This man is a porter at the house of
Hubarts, Curtis and Co., but owned that be did not'brist4 the
note from them ; and on enquiry it was found, that he bail
reteived it from one David Evans, who lived with John
,Hughes, a lintinlinin'r, and brother of the bankrupt. Davis
and Evans, together 0 ith Ti 000000 as Huglii.e,the bankrupt, were
on Wednesday brought befina Mr. Hicks, -when thefollowing
investigation took place:—
Davis, the porter at Roberts and Curtiti's. who appeared
very much agitated while giving his account, etated, that he
called upon Deviel Evans, anti risked him for tome Mil Bank
note. without being able to it•Si2l6 a reason why lie did Mc, and
his only motive for doing so was to get half sovereigns fur it,
as tin y could only be gi t for notes of a certain slice.
The account I.l4Vni E'-411:4 gave of his possession of she
note was, that Ise carries on leisiuess for himself now i s YIII k
Place, in the limit Kn.id, %here he took the note in the mouth
of November lust. of a man he never saw before or since,
for the purchase of a piece ofcloth, which came to upwards
of five pounds. •