The National Register.
London, England, 1820-09-17 00:00:00

I ORK ADJOURNED ASSIZES,

YORK, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9.
There was lately 25 prisoners in our Castle charged
with High Treasim—two of them have, however, Leen
chscharged by proclamation, anal one (Thomas Morg !11,
of Bare-icy, %%cover, aged 26) has been admitted evi-
dence fur the Crown. l'here consequently are now but
22 for ►rial. Messrs. Williams (one of the (Merit's
Counsel), Starkie, and Blackburn, are engaged for the
prisoners.
This day, about one o'clock, Mr. Justice Bayley and
Mr. Justice Parke orris", d in this city. The Court was
opened at a quarter past two: when the prisoners were
placed at the bar, and were indicted OR three counts,
for levying war, compassing and imaging to depose the
King, to compel hint to change his measures. They
severalty pleaded Not Guilty.
Mr. Justice Bayley then stated, " that it was very de-
sirable that it should be understood, that during the
trials no part of the speeches or proceedings should go
to the public, either by Newspapers or otherwise, as it
might be prejudicial to tile prisoners ; and the Court
expected that that order should be strictly adhered to."
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER U.
The Court met this morning at nine o'clock,according
to adjournment, for the trial of the unfortunate men
who were arraigned here on Saturday, upon a coarge UI
high treason.
So early as eight o'clock the doors of the Court were
thrown open, and in a few minutes it became crowded
in every part. The prisoners, 22 in number, were soon
after placed in the dock by Mr. Shmelly, the gaoler. All
but two were young men : the whole had the appear-
ance of being notable mechanics or labourers. The
own themselves were calm and collected ; but some fe-
males, who were said to he the wives and mothers of
some of the prisoners, appeared in Court in the greatest
r:itat ion and distress. Soon after nine o'clock, Mr. J us-
twe Bayley and Mr. Justice Park took their seats on the
bench. Mr. Raine, leading Counsel l'or the proseciitioo,
Sergeants Ilidloch and Cross, and Mr. Littledale, who
were also lin the Crown, with the Treasury solicitor,
also took their places. Mr. Williams, Mr. Starkie, and
Mr. Blackburne, appeared for the prisoners.
Mr. ‘Villiains lose, and addressed the Court.
My Lords,—Since thearraignment of the prisoners on
Saturday, they have considered this subject, and arc now
desirous, with your Lordsnip's permission, to withdraw
the pleas they then gave in, and to plead guilty.
Mr. Justice Bayley.-1 take it for granted that the
prisoners at the bar are all an hearing of what is passing
in Court, and are ready to withdraw their plea of not
guilty.
‘1 titian) Comstive, a young man, who was evidently
the most intelligent of the prisoners, and to whom they
appeared to look with confidence, immediately said,
" They are all acquainted with it, My Lord."
Mr. Raine.—My Lords, ate have no objection to it on
the part of the Crown.
It is right to explain the arrangement in consequence
of which the prisoners withdrew the plea of Saturday,
and took the course now adopted.
Smut after the arrival of Mr. Williams yesterday, who
was known to be the leading counsel for all the prisoners,
an intimation was made to him, that, if the prisoners
chose it, they might hare their lives spared upon making
submission. This communication was simply conveyc,l
so the prisoners, without one word of recianmetidatuna
or desire either one way or the other, and the men were
allowed one hour to consider the pioposal. At the ter-
mination of that period they all expressed a %risk to sub-
mit ; and again, mom the attorney's attending them in
prison this morning, they all said, that they had had
the night to reflect 'you the subject, and that the:,
adhered to their wish of availing themselves of the
proposal.
Accordingly, when they came into (-mut this morn-
ing, they were humanely apprized by Mr. Williams, in
a conversation with them, rum they had still to uudcr,o
the form of receiviie; sentence in the usual terms for
high treason. The prisoners expressed themselves
prepared.
Mr. Newstead, the ('lerk of the Crown, then called
over the several names of the prisoners, woo respectively
withdrew the plea of not guilty, and pleaded guilty.
prisoners were all labourers, weavers, and cord-
waine rs.

Mr. Newstead then a•ked the prisoners severally, in
the usual terms, what they had to 113 y why s 1111:11Cl•
of death blioulti not be passed upon them acet.rdinB
to law.

The prisoner Conative explaine,l this form, us he did
the preeethog, to his felloww-prisoner Flowers, wit° was
veil" deaf.

flowers replied, " I wish to agree with the rest of
any comrades."
:11r. Justice liJyley then ro,e to prommm.mumee time awful
sentence of time lay,.

aiilleured much iinprec,eil w ta sells!
()I'teir tuatuno, (11(1 armed grateful ior 111 C le,crey
they wk: A! piunike(l.

On Theralay, a anti two gentlemen, all of
high resiieetubility, arrived in town from Como, us
witnesses in behalf of the Queen.

f. 99

LANCASTER ASSIZES,

Nisi Print Court.— Wr. Jot:lice PARK.
GRLACII 01' I.llOlllhE OF MARRIAGE.

fl& STIIE V. PESMSON.
This was an action brought to recover compensation In
damages fur a breach of promise if marriage. The parties
bring persons of the highest respectability, an uniatial degree
of interest was excited by this ease .—the court ass filled
I.# oyes tloo ing ; and there was arrayed in the seats opposite
the Jury tin assemblage of female beauty, congregated to
wittiest use eveinpiary puidsament n Wch Laticasline juries
never fail to softest ou faithless swains. Mr. Littledale
opened the pleadings, and Mr. Scat lett slated the case on toe
part of the plaintiff The plaint Of in this no use, Mrs. Beattie.
is the widow of 4 medical ge.ithanan, who at the time of
their marriage resided in Liv.a punt, but who afterwards
nent upon the Continent as a surgeon in the army. She had
Been married at the early sac of eighteen, and her husband
died in the month of May, 1181.1, at Colbeck, in Scotland,
where-he laid been settled some months, and was interred uu
the very day in which Mts. Beattie was to have juiced him,
she having been residing seine months with her mother at
Muttram, in Cheshire. One child only was the issue of this
marriute. It was admitted, on all hands, that the contieca
Onus it this lady were of the highest respectability, uud
Mi. Sea rlett described the plaintiff as a lady -of great
personal attractions, possessing every female accomplish-
ment, with a well-cultivated mind, an excellent judgment,
and an amiable dispositiou ; and he very ingeniously pro-
duced as his witness a lady of uncommon beauty and pietism(
ho was said very much to resemble the plaintiff;
and whale was probably nut is atm' its effect upon the da-
mages awarded by the jury. The del-mutant, Mr. Samuel
Pear,on was stated to he a gentleman of great opulence, at
the head of an estensive silk manufactory at Ma. cleibtld—
he was it w id., %scrota,' thirty-six you' of age, had been tis ke
married, and had a family of three sir four children. This
as the situation of the panties. In the mouth of April 1819,
Mr. George Kent Pear-nn married a Mills Lees, the uiece
of the plaintiff, on n hich ur.ision Mts. Beattie was invited
to spend the honey-moon with the new-married Couple, and
her visit ant extended to two months. It was during the lat-
ter part of that period that the defendant began to visit Mrs.
Its utile ; his attentions soon became marked, his rails rips
(vent, and it was not long before he mode her an offer of his
w hand, which as not declined. After this he introduced.*
as his intended aif e, and he introduced himself to her rale-
them as her future husband; consulted her upon choica of
furniture ; and fixed the day of his marriage, which was to
take place int the Thursday after his return from London,
to which place he was going to attend the Past-lielia title of
silks. He was aceonspaaiest by his ennsin Mr. G. Pearson,
and in the course of this journey lie informed him that he
wa sin a state of doubt, and did nut know whetherite
*tumid be married to Mrs. Beattie or not. His cousin
remoustrated with him, and he admitted he was much to
blame, and deserved to be handled ; and if an action was
brought against him, he expected he would have to pa
5,0001. ; but lie said he had not treated Mrs. Beattie so ill
as helms! done a young lady iii London, upon which occa-
sion the licence and ring were bought, the day fixed, and
the party assembled. That, instead of going by the mail,
he sent a letter stating that lie had altered his mind ; and
the shock had made such an int mid upon herrowititntion,
the! lie did not expect she would survive it. The defends
ant returned from London, but lie never visited or wtote
to the plaintiff, or assigned any cause for his change of
mind. The effect Olson Mrs. Beattie was most calamitous,
after suffering meths of anguish, she became distracted,
and was obliged to be placed in a lunatic asylum at Man-
chester. Fortunately the efforts made to restore her reason
were effectill ; she was returned to her friends with her
mental pion era restored, but with an enfeebled and shat-
tered constitution. Sergeant Cross mink an ingenuous
speech in reply, in mitigation of damages, but he called
no witnesses, and made no satisfactory apology for his
client. After Mr. Justic Park had remarked upon the
evidence, and made some observations as to the gretifuls
upon which they were to estimate the damages, the
a short consultation, and without retiring, found a verdict
for the plaintiff—Damages, YOUR THOUSAND POUNDS.
Mr. Justice Bayley was then pleased to reprieve all the
prisoners capitally convicted at these nssises, except Vim.
Hall, contra tell of a highway robbery at Liverpool, rad
Henry Houghton, convicted of forging a hill of exchange.

ANECDOTE OE MARSHAL DE BRISSAC.—Thai
celebrated General displayed, on a striking occasion,
the qualities of a great mind, by the punishment of
disobedience, and the rccorupence he bestowed on
exalted valour; having arranged his army for battle
at the siege of Vignal, in :Montserrat, in order to take
it by assault; an officer named Itoissy rushed ter-
ward with the major part of the assailants, without
waiting the signal, mounted the breach sword in
hand, killed every thing befmc him, and so asto-
nished the Spaniards by his intrepidity, that the
thetress was immediately carried. Marshal Brissac.
notwithstanding his heroism, brought him to a
Court• Martial, and without a dissentient voice, he
was condemned to suffer death. " Mon ami," said
lirissac to him, " lu loi juge faction: je veux etre
clement en faveur du motif. Je to pardonne; et
pour honorer l'intrepedite que tu as montre, jc to
donne cette chaine d'or quc je to pric de porter pour
l'amour de moi. Mon ecuyer to donnera un chcval
et des manes; et tu combattrus desormais aupres do
moi."—" My friend, the law judges of the action;
I would show clemency on account ot• the motive.
I pardon you, antt in honour of the intrepidity you
have shown, I present to you this gold chain, which
I beg you to wear tir my sa►e. illy equerry will
firrnish )(al with a horse and anus, and in future
You %%ill in action be near to me."
A Swiss soldier, of the 7th regt. of the French
Royal Guard, recently killed in a duel, has bewt
buried in the cemetery of Van:;irard, A young
and handst me woman, who was unu•h attached to
him, and bad followed him from (Means to Paris,
went on Monday to the burial ground, and gave
herself three stabs on the tomb of Ler lover•. She
earned off without hovel: of recovery.

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PROPOSAL
FROM SPAIN TO SPANISH AMERICA.

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The following is an extract of a letter, dated
Angoattmt; July 1 8 :
" I transmit to yen tan very impel tent documents, re-
lating to the negotiation between this cottony mid Mo-
rillo, the Spanish General. I was permitted to see the
original papers, and ;oil may rely on the fidelity of the
translations.
" The Spanish officer who brought filorilio's despatches
was treated with the kindest attention. During the time
he remained in this city, he lived with General Sonblette,
Vice-President of the Department, and was under no
restraint whatever. lie was invited to a grand hall given
by a gentleman in the place, and the Godo Chief acknow•
hedged candidly, that things in Angostura were wonder•
fully different Irons what lie bad been taught to believe
they wete. The company, uit happened, was uncom-
monly brilliant, and the number of military men present
ansseally great, particularly British several of whom
sported staff, hussar, and Highland unifornis on the °ca-
mas. A public feeling was evinced by all classes on the
arrival of this officer, honourable in the highest degree;
and a decided proot that nothing short a in.lependence
can ever satisfy the people of these regions. In a trifling
difference which occurred about form, betwixt the exe
native and representative body, the real and only ground
of dispute was, which ought to have the honour of giving
a negative, and the strongest negative, to Morillo's pro•
poaals. A general Congress of the Representatives of the
whole country, that is, of New Grenada and Venezuela,
will be held in the beginning of the year, to receive and
sanction, or otherwise, the constitution adopted rid interim
the ogress now sitting.
•' Large supplies of arms and ammunition have been
arriving for some months past from the British Islands,
St. Thomas, St. Domingo, and North America, for the
payment of which all the disposable resources have been
reserved. As they cause in they were forwarded up the
river, and will go to the President and the others in com-
mand in good time for the commencement of °potations
the moment the season will admit.
" Winter, as it Is called, has set in with unusual seve.
city. The rain falls in a deluge, and the Oronoeo is now
swelled to an unexampled height, not less than 40 feet
since the beginning of April. A healthy season is confi-
dently anticipated in consequence, and bithet to, indeed,
I bare board of no single case of fever amongst either
natives or foreigners. A strict attention is paid, more-
over, to the police of the city."
LETTER FROM GZIMRAL MORILLO TO THE SOIRRZIGN

coanaevs or COLOMBIA.
Most Serene Sirs,—Your Serene Highness being no
dish' apprised of the events which have lately occurred
kiln Pathanla, sad the triumph of the general wish of
Ilnianelmo to re-establish the constitution et the Spanish
possirehy, ao sanotioned is Cadiz in the year 1612, by the
11111111111WIMBOOF oldie representatives of bath hemispheres,
sad pedals, orders having been received by ate (roan the
=Optimal ,sof both Spains to enter into liberal
air Son, which' may re-unite the whole
infliily so as towijoy the benetits of our political regene-
ration, and put a termination to the fatal etleets of the
1110111101111 originating in the desire of being relieved from
=ration which has erroneously been thought to be
to these regions, but which, in fitetowas been
ember* throughout the whole Empire. I bastes to ho-
kum year Highness that I have opened communication
with use military_ Commander is Chief of your Govern-
ment, and his officers, and proposed a suspension of hos-
tilities, ontil a reconciliation can be effected, for the
accomplishment of which Brigadier Doss Thomas de
Cires, Governor of the Province of Cumana, and Dun
Joseph Domingo Duarte luteudasit of the Army, and
Superintendent General Of Finance, are conouissioued to
treat with your Highness on an equitable, proper, and
mutually advantageous basis. In the meanwhile I have
issued orders to my officers to carry the suspension of hos- .
Cities into immediate effect, and to remain in the posi-
tions they now occupy, unless attacked.
Asa military chief, obedient to that subordination by
which my career has ever been guided, I made war ; mad
now, as a recueciliator, I cheerfully submit to the same
subordination, mad exhibit those principles of liberality,
which the Bin and the nation have authorised me to act
on, in order to resture peace and reconciliation to a people
by nature Spanish, and which, by the coacurrence of eir-
einustences, is entitled to participate in the enjoymeot of
the reform effected in our political issiitutions.
Your Highness ought to lose sight, as I do this moment,
of the horrors of war, and let us fix our views solely on the
sweet and delightful hope of uniting sous to fathers,
brothers so brothers, friends to friends, and Spaniards
to Spaniards, whom a fatality had divided; and for so
desirable an end let us join in welcoming a conciliatory Con-
stitution, which we shall improve by MOlllal consent, as the
judiciouseeperience of things may dictate. It equalises the
maimed represeutatioe eel' e..cb pi ople; one does not. depend
op the other, and consequently all are flee and independent.
In invotrages rests the authority of ferintot the laws which
which ere to be obeyed, and those regulations of political
economy for the improvement of agriculture, commerce,
arts, and every species of industry, without those odious
distinctions which the petty policy of past ages have
ado aril.
'Die Commissioners will lay before your Highness the prin.
etples of reconciliation and I am, thoroughly persuaded that
ilfectionetod good• will will establish fraternity, eves should
your Hrehriess, from the apprelerusii ill of ohm has passed in
the timelts of fury and &slier:neon, not agree at once to the
proposals of Ilse nation, a hide uriginute in the wish with
which it is onimaled of erode' tog it. triumphs general to all
countries w the foul quarter, id she globe, where
its indent lases had reached, end a ;o re its new immutions
will be more readily rig:reeve:.
What an agreeable metamorphosis foe us all, when we
can unite, and 1 be able to present myself without the ap-
paratus of will, and merely as a peaceable Sieanole en tat a,
joining in the general expressions of joy at the victory reel.
.protally gained over our passams. Vatil tin, be dour, yonr
Highness will never be able to graduate the elaerener from
the General to the Cilieen, rim has In.. constitutional
honour of ne,ne
• Your Most Serene fli;haess's
Head-quarters, Cameras, Most obedient servant.
June 17, IEOO PABLO 110811.1.0.
• To the Mast Serene Congress resembled at Civa) .teia.
711111 REPLY CC TUB TONGPESS TO GEN. MURILLO:
Most Excellent SUS,— The, Sovereign Congress especially
tuuitned fur the purpose of seeing the letter uddre.sed