The National Register.
London, England, 1811-05-05 00:00:00

RELIEF OF THE PORTUGUESE.

A numerous and respectable meeting wag on Wednesday held
at WiLits's Rocrns, for the purpose of co-operating with the
measures adopted in the city, and calling forth the subicriptions
of all rank in furtherance of the above benevolent object.

ills Royal Highness the DUKE or Yonx was called to the
l'he Marquis of LANSDOWNY then addresicd the meeting in
a short speech.-1-le. observed, that 1w could not anticipate any
possible objection or difficulty in the way of the R. solutiqns
which iie had to propose, and there could not be found in that
assembly one feeling that was at variance .with their o jeet,
which was to atitilinister relief to the sufferip of the Portuguese.
The Noble Marquis then read the Res()lu
His Royal Highness the DuKr of You them from the
Chair severally, and they were unanimously aireed to.
I-Us Royal nighties then submitted to the Company the pro-
priety of putting down their names without delay. On this
suggestion,
Mr. FULLER M. P. for StlgccX, immediately said, in his usual
honest ingenuous manner, " Well then ! I will put down at once
1601.—put down John Fuller in the book—John Fidler, of Rose
Hill. if you pleats."
"1 his simple hut forcible appeal, proceeding, as it evidently
did, from the impulse of national feeling, produced much ap-
plause.
A variety of sums (mostly of 10014 were subscribed instalitcr,
by the Noble Persons present.
The Marquis of I,AtsepowNt then proposed the Thanks of
the Meeeting to his Royal Highness the Duke of York, for iris
condescension in having taken the Citair.—(ifitgauses.)
His Royal Highness the DUI( F. of YORK, in a few words, (ex-
pressed his acknowledgments fur the flattering opinion which
the company entertained of him ; and assured them, that in a
cause like the present it was his greatest pride to step forward to
promote the pelletal interests of humanity, which could not he
better evinced than by affording aid and succour to our allies—
the brave and gallant, though unfortunately oppressed, inhabi-
tants of l'.‘rttigal.
His Royal Highness then quitted the Chair, amidst the general
plaudits of the room.
The Earl of BerexiNunistasnistz then moved thanks to the
Marquis of Lansdowne tor moving the Resolutions; and the
Noble Marquis assured the company that the honour cf their
thanks was ill bestowed on such as busuble individual as liana-
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COURT OF KING'S BENCH.
Wednesday being the First day of Faster Term, the Lord
Cliancelior aud Judges came to Westrui;:ster Hall, in the usual
proeestion and proceeded to their respective Courts.
ht the Court of King's Bench, the Report of the• State of the
Convicts ou hoard the hulks was, read, by which it appeared,
that they were in general healthy and orderly. The Court was
4ifteritatds occupied until four o'clock, in hearing jusdfication of
'all.
ritIDAY7 MAY 3.

• TIIE KING V. CAPT. GREGORY.
hr thi* ease, the particulars of which are already before our
Reader', last Term, Mr. Garrott, obtained a rule, to show cause
why a criminal information should not be granted agair.st the de-
fendant for endeavoU ring to provoke --Wilcox,Esollite Mayor
of Bristol,, to send a challenge to fight a duel, by abusing him in
time. lobby Alf the Yuba; Theatre, calling him Scou:4!rel,"
&c. Mr. Parkl this day, showed cause against the Rule; the
Learned Counsel admitted that the words " d—d black,
guard" were repeated several times, but denied that the tiefen-
dant • had called Mr. Wilcox ." Scoundrel," anal read the affi•
day:it of the dcfeuccaut, in which he stated that he had no in-
tenthin ;o provoke Mr. Wilcox to a breach of the peace.
Mr. Gurrow and Iti r. Jekyll were heard in support of the rule,
and' the Court, after observing that it was their duty to protect
persons resorting to places of public amusement from insult,
wade the rule absolute.

ISTER.

Bank clerk who it has been stated has undergone two

on the charge of having forged dividend warrants,
but net in conjunction with Armitage, was on I. riday finally eri-
mined, and as it cannot TiOW prevent the furtherance of justice
by stating the case, the following is the substance of it :
The prisoner was a Bank Clerk in the Imperial Annuity
Office, and the warrants forged were to obtain the dividends of
a person who had been dead about three years, and whose exe-
cutors had not applied for his property. It appeared that 3601.
had been paid out of the Bank, and the prisoner had signed, as
an attesting witness. It was also proved, that Bank-notei, with
which the dividends were paid, were found in the prisoner's
possession. Under these circumstances the prisoner was fully
committed for trial. Thisis one of the cases disclosed by Ro-
berts.--Mr. Alley attended as Counsel for the prisoner, assisted
by Mr. Harmer, Solicitor.
Armitage has also been fully committed. Roberts and his
wife are the principal witnesses against him.
H— was also examined a second time on the charge
of having passed a 51. note. It will be recollected that the pri-
soner said he had received the note in payment for b..ots, but
at this examination there were two other charges against him
for passing forged notes, and he was fully committed fur trial.

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