The National Register.
London, England, 1819-08-02 00:00:00

•NATION'AL7 REGIS' IM.

Jiido Dallas summed up the e% with creed per-
vieuity, mid the Jury a irt cosefitilimiun pro
nuunccd a verdict of and the Judge immediately
parsed the awful I...faillee of the law.
he imam( r daring the time of the trial Ifelmved iii IA
Very ut summer, and alien he well* Wow', 'malt) ,
and while the ..114.1gc Mac prunwittritug sentence, he ap-
fleeted quite callous, cud was taken to the gaol latighiug

13etce.

M NSION-UOUSE.

On Friday a Fenton of gentle:airily appearance and address re.
retested the Chief Magistrate's under difficulties against
*Melt Ito had teen lute: comending. Tile object was to obtain
charity, or the means of working agairst starvation. which the
petitioner said was rapidly pressm• upon hint. 'Fite a .plicant,
who appeared to be 33 or 3s. heal,' by his own statement, entered
his Nliveaty's service at a very early age. as Ensign in the 27th,
or Enniskillen regiment of the line. I e hail served in Egypt in
every cainpaihm, purticulatly in that engagement in whiten Sir
Ralph Aberceumby host his life, and lie obtaniett the rank of Lieu-
tenant in (114: field, and was presented by the Grand Seignior with
a gold mental, counterparts of which were conferred upon the
officers of that army as tokens of gratitude fosthcir services. In
time war that followed the treaty of Amiens, he served in the 20th
-regiment of the line in the north of oi:ruhusy, where ergtror were
Made by the British army under the orders of Getyaat I.ord
Catheatt, to rescue the Continctital dominions from the power of
the enemy. sabsequently tee I.ieutenaat was oUliged. front the
preamre of a:domestic edaruity, to dispoar of his coutiontion. A
combination of unfartunatr circunstatves, unforeseen atid in-
evitabla. colmadled him to enter die solace in a situation but
little adayed ta. his habits, educators', or choice. lie entered the
25di regiment of tout a: a private seedier, :tful. in that humble
and laberious capacity send in the whale l'eninsular war, up to
the period of the ratification of the treaty at Faris in tat I. In
the course of the campaigns this poor wanderer aervol in the Ml-
battlrs and s:egesf—Vitnetra anti Releias Talavera. Ba-
tor°, Abneida, Salamanca, Vittoria. I'vreneea, Echialla,
Thottiouse. Elva% Ciudad ltodrige. L'AsjOS. Burgos. Pampe-
lune. Upon the termination of hoitiiitica, his regiment, wrack)
was a 2tl battalion. and a merwakekton, front the rigour and
variety of its services. tva, disbanded, and he WAS I.ll,Cllalred.—.
Thus thrown upon the world. without pension or remuneration of
any kind for what he had done for his zotintry. he endeavoured to
obtain the preatriotts subsistence afforded by attentling schools as
an assistant. in his S mrch lately for a ritiuttion of the kind, he
had unfortunately laded, in cor.stainane of' the great multittalo
of *mil:cents who were, perhaps, as needy and more cligibk than
he was, but who could not hl more zealous in attending the duties
of any situation by which the means: of an lienest livednood coald
be:that:need. ender aU these circien.staaces lie had presumed to
wait upon the Lent Mayor, in the hope that, as his Lordship was
the friend of those who detested idleneas and dependence. some
oppsw amity might be is.l6ided to prove tll4 an untiartunate salaam
Was actuated by an lamest and manly principle.
The Lord Mayor expreasal some surprise at the great extent of
those unrequited servius, took peculiar interest in tit:: poor
sddier's ease, and aantr.si Lim that if he pracitred testimonites of
his conduct trout those under whom he hail served. a supporting
arm shetild not be wanting 'o him in the hear of adversity.
The applicant was eatrefaely grateful. Ile aas realy..to pro.
cure testimonials from. Sir E. Puget. Colonel of tbe 2ith, and
from Sir J. May. of the royal harm artillery. lie would maharani
the most menial employment by abieli honest bread Quaid be
earned; was conscious of bin inutility, from early Itabiis, to tills
laborious situation as well as many others ; but his assiduity should
compensate fur other deficiencies.
'f he Lord Mayor gave hint the means of preant say:port, sad
re-:issue:if his hope, by ,eating that the e.t..e should la< laid Isefore
Lord PahntrAon.