The National Register.
London, England, 1820-08-13 00:00:00

SURREY.

GuiLnranD, JULY 8.
William Woodyard was indicted for feloniously killing
and slaying George Wilson Stevens. at Clapham, on the
Plitt of .llnne•
Mr. Adolphus conducted the prosecution. and called
witnesses, from whose evidence it appeared that the pri-
soner was the this,e r of a baggage waggon of the Roy al
Artillery, on its way from Essex to Richmond, on the tap
of winch were riding the deceased, an infant of tender
years, and his mother. The prisoner's waggon, being the
last in the line of the train to which it was attached, lied
lagged behind,and lie being anxious to /esteem his station,
whipped his looses furiously, in consequence of which
the vehicle was driven with violence against a lamp-post
at Clapham' and the deceased was thrown from the wag-
gon upon the grounil, and his brains were dashed out.
Tile unhappy mother was oleo so II injured by the tall
as to be unable to give her attendance.
, The prisoner, in his defence, put in a written paper,
which expressed his sorrow for the unhappy cittastroplie,
which, as the father of children himself, be lamented with
unaffected regret.
The Jury, tinder the Learned Judge's direction, found
the prisoner Guilty.—He was sentenced to six inorithai'
imprisonment in the County
John Simpson was indicted on the Coroner's Inquisition,
for felonimisly killing and slaying Jane Alorgan, on the
15th of April last, in the parish of St. Thomas, in the Bo-
rough of Southwark.
The prisoner was the driver of a Chatham stage coach,
and about eight o'clock in she evening of the day men •
turned in the indictment, it being dark. be was driving at
the rate of eight miles an hour, through the Borough,
when the deceased, a woman tar gone in pregnancy, was
crossing the road, and belore she was await. of her danger,
she was knocked down by the leader, when the ss heels of
the carriage went over her body, broke her ribs, sty-
mied her abdomen, and produced premature parturition.
She was taken sip in a lifeless state, and caroled to St.
Thomas's Hospital, where she died the next day, her in-
fent surviving her two days. The 'slimmer, when spoken
to open his misconduct, behaved with great itisolence,asid
in the most unfeeling manner.
'Fite Jury ininrediately tumid him Guilty, and the Chief
Justice, knurling to the but too frequent careleesnesis of
persons in his situation in life, expressed a hope that this
melancholy catastrophe a mild be a arising to other s against
a brutal indifference to the safety of their fellow-creatures,
and, taking into consideration the circumstance that lie
Iced bcon already confined for sixteen weeks, sentenced
him to be further imprisoned iu the County Jail for tour
calendar months.

Edward Hensell, a young man of superior manners and
appearance, was put to the bar, charged with stealing 54
quarters of barley, the property of Mr. Christopher
Duncan, late an eminent corn factor and proprietor of
Scott's Wharf, Bermondsey. This case, from its very
peculiar circumstances, excited an lIIICOIIIIIIOII degree of
interest, and the Court was excessively crowded. A
great her of Gentlemen from the CUM Market, Lon.
don, were in attendance. _ _

Messrs Holland and Tarim" appeared for the prosecu-
tion. and Mr. Continua Sergeant 411 d Messrs. Andrews and
Adolphus conducted the prisoner's defence.
It appeared by the evidence for the prosecution, that the
prisoner was in the employment of Mr. Duncan tit tile time
lathe alleged offence. and had previously served an appren-
ticeship les that gentleman. It was the custom at Scott's
Wharf to receive corn into the granaries fur other person',
who afterwards fetched it away ; and it seemed that cola,
when it remained any time in bulk, would swell considerably,
and on being measured out to the person to te hum it be-
longed, three often was an overp'us, w bids in the languaAe
of the trade, was called crutchells, or cowbells, and was
wrifornily considered as the perquisite of the owner of the
granary or his servitors. ill October, 16141, about SOO
quartets of barley w ere lodged in the granary of Mr. Dan-
call, fur u Mr. Liostoo, and is hen some time afterwards the
barley was measured out to the latter, there remained an
overplus of about live quartets and a half. The prisoner
observed at lite time to the man whose duty it was to melt-
suie it, that it bad measured very well, and he would tend a
cart to the wharf for the crutcbell. lie did ►u, and the
five quarters-and-a-half were fetched away. by his cadet: to
a place in Lambeth. It as usual on such occasions to sand
" delivery note" to the warehouseman, but this was not
done in this instance. The prisoner about the same time
sold five-quarters-and-a-huff of bailey to a merchant at the
Corn-market, on his own account. When the cit cumstance
came to the know ledge of Mr. Duncan some time afterwards,
he caused the prisoner to be takeu to Union Halt Polite
Other, where the cause underwent a long investigation, and
was detailed at great lengih in the newspapers at the time.
The result was, that the prisoner was liberated upon proper
security being given fur his appearance whenever be should
be called upon ; and bills of indictment having been pre
leered against him at these Assizes, he now surieudered to
take his trial.

Mr. Duncan, hi his examinations in chief, (deposed, that
the prisoner hod no nutiiiirity from him to dispose of the
cure, that he sold it entirely without his knowledge, and
that he never arcaaoted to him (Mr. D.) fur the money fur
which it was sold.

In his cross-examination he said he was now a hanks ups.
At the time he made the charge at Union Hall he owed the
prisoner 5001. but the debt wits since liquidated.
The prisoner put its a written defence, in which he totally

disclaimed aay dishonest intention towards Mr. Duncan, and
imputed malicious motives to the latter in this prosecutiiii:
He further averred, that it was the einnom for a person,
named Ball, who was foreman to Mr. Duncan, to make an
entry, in a book kept for the purpose, of any grain that was
fetched away from the warehunse in the manner described,
and at the time he had no doubt that this was done, add
that he was rendered accountable fur the amount to l►lr,
Duncan
Mr. Ball produced the entry•bnok, hut it did not appear
that the grain in question was ever entered by him, He,
proved that the custom was us the prisoner described.
Mr. Hensel', father to the prisoner, was called, and was
strongly agitated on entering he witness box. He deposed,
that Mr. Duncan was related to bim by marriage, and that
he (witness) had advanced hint money. Mr.. Duncan was nt
his house fur six months in Mg, and witness often „heart!
him Speak of " those crotchet's," and wondered Ned,
meaning the prisoner, did mit get rid of them. Heard Mr.
D. say that Ned was very clever at buying and selling,•und
that he could get rid of the crotchet's. He had more than i
once heard his amt and Mr.D. laughing about the croichells,
and debating jocularly !tether or nut the money that they
would sell for should be given to Mrs. Duncan to buy
bonnets or ribbons, Of *bat else should be done with
it. Never heard Mr. Duncan make • any complaint
of his son's conduct until* after witness sent an exc.
cutimt into his house for the money that he owed him. His
son had left Mr. Duncan previous to the execution being
sent in.

Ales•dv. Hunt, Cowell, White, and several other gentlemrn,
gave the prisoner the, hest character for liitegrit%, mid des-
cribed him as having uniformly borne the reputation of an
Honest young man io all his transactions.
The Chief J ustice summed up the evidence with' reat nil.
Haleness and importialry, and (lie Jury. cnusulting fir
reboot a minute, Muffled a verdict or Not Guilty.
The prisoner bowed respectfully to the Court and Jury,
and retired apparently much affected, accompanied by his
numerous frier is.

Sentence of death wns pas4ed upon the several capital
eutivicis found guilty during the Assize.

HIGFI TREASON.

The Special Commission was opened at Paisley on
Tuesday morning, at ten o'clock.
James Speirs was brought to the bar, accused of
heading a mob, on the 3d of April last, which stopped
the cotton-works at Johnstone and neighbourhood. The
Court, at twelve at night, adjourned till the next morn.
ing, the evidence for the Crown having been closed.—
The Court met again on Wednesday morning, and, at
four o'clock on Thursday morning the Jury were en-
closed; about half past five they returned a verdict.
finding the prisoner Gaily of the 15th overt act of the
first count , and, on account of his former gond characv
ter, hoped the Court would recommend him to the
clemency of the Crown ; but this not being considered
the regular mode of returning the findings by the Jury.
they wen: advised to retire again and return a special
verdict, finding hint guilty on the first count; and hay.
tug been absent about five minutes, they again returned
into Court, finding, hint Guilty of that part of the first
count laid in the iudictment, viz.—compelling his Ma.
jesiy's subjects to strike work, &c.
The Lord Justice Clerk, a little unacquainted wi.h
this singular verdict, observed, that one of his learned
brethren being absent, who was more versant in these
matters, he begged the Jury to be seated, till the Lord
Chiel 8.11/11 should be sent fur, he having retired at two
o'clock, through fatigue.
The Lord Chief Baron arrived in about Is minutes,
and explained the pint of law to the Jury, but they
continued to adhere to their former return ; on which
his Lordship said, that guiding the pristmer guilty of a
particular overt act, was no finding at all, but that they
must find him guilty or not guilty of a count of the
indictment, as the fifteenth overt act of the first count
was connected with two of the other counts which form
the indictment.

The Jury again retired, at a quarter past six, and
returned again at 25 minutes past seven, when Sir Mi-
chael Shaw Stewart, the foreman, read the verdict of the
Jury front a manuscript copy, finding that the prisoner
did strike work, and compel other* to do the same on
the 3d of April.
The Court found this as insufficient as the former
verdicts.

The Lord Chief Baron again explained the law, as
to the overt act being linked m more counts than one.
and the Clerk was ordered to read the several overt acts
to the Jury. Sir Michael 3:1111, he understood the point,
but the Jury were not agreed in that way. They then
retired again, after being informed, that they could nut
be separated till they were unanimous.
They returned at,ain and gave a verdict of Not Guilty,
when the audience. rra general, commenced cheerieg.
The Lord Chief Baron imn►erliately got his eye on a
young man who was clapping
.his hands
and he was tastaatly wd..red to be taken into custody,
and brotOit ucmic tue Court, and he was, alter an
aniul",d brceh by tile),ord chief Bilfoll, Killetteed to
be c tttttttt tiled to gaol:
The bowing commenced by Ott crowd out of doors
the moment the cheering commenced in the Chiateiis
and the Sheriff was ordered to go out and take IlleAllS to
preserve the peace.
The Lord ChielJustice then, in au impressive speech,
dismissed the prisoner from the bar.
Mr. Grant came to Speirs, and taking him by the
hand, said, lie hoped he.wouttl take care what company
he kept in future, and not get into a like scrape again.
John Lang was then put to the bar, and the Jury
having been sworn in,
The Lord Advocate said, he would call no evidence,
and the Jury found him hot Guilty.
After a suitable admonition limn the Lord Justice
Clerk, he was dismissed from the bar.
This finished the business its Renfrewshire, and the
Court then adjourned till the Ist December.
An immense crowd surrounded Mr. Grant and Mr.
Sandford (the two Counsel for the prisoners) on their
leaving the Court, and accompanied them to their to<lg•
ings, after which they returned in a peaceful manner
towards the Cross.

A Clergyman in Scotland, who has for some years
officiated as Chaplain to a corps of yeomanry in his
neighbourhood, was recently placed antler military
arrest for pronouncing, in ohe of his prayers, when
he was performing duty before the corps, " BLESS
THIS QUitEN." We have confident hope that the
Scotch Presbyterian Clergy, in General Assetnbly,
will notice this attempt to interfere with the in-
dependence of their Church, which MU guaranteed
to .them especially by the Act of Union.
There has been some disturbance at Ipswich, in
consequence of some of the men of the 10th regi-
ment of dragoom, stationed in that place, having
drank the health of the Queen. They were almost
immediately secured and lodged in the guard-house,
but were afterwards released by some of their com-
rades.

The new Theatre at Birmingham is built upon
the site of that which was burnt down last year.
The interior is in the form of a Lyre united to the
stage by an eliptic cove, which forms the prosce-
nium. The ceiling is a stellated dome, supported
by Grecian pillars ; the dome is divided into com-
ps tmcnts, with a fine head of Apollo in the centre.
—The decorations are gilded relievoes on a pink
ground ; the compartments pannelled with gold
mouldings. The decorations of the three tier of
boxes are from the antique; on the lower circle, a
bold Etruscan scroll is fixed ; the pannels of the
other circles are divided by pilasters, ornamented
alternately with antique lyres, cadacii, and oak
wreaths. The columns which support the boxes
are white and gold ; over each a burnished gold
bracket forms a capital, supporting a lustre glass
chandelier.

The Lords of the Treasury issued warrants to the

Commissioners of Customs to allow the masters
and seamen of vessels belonging to Denmark, Swe-
den, Norway, and Finland, to take from the ports of
London, Boston, Hull,.Stockton, and Newcatle ar-
ticles of British manufacture for the use of their
families, viz :—masters to the amount of 201. and
seamen to the amount of 51. each, without subjecting
either the goods or the vessel to any duty on that
account.

' ' A foreign gentleman, decorated with the insignia
,cf several Orders, arrived at the Queen's late resi-
dence in Portman Street, on Tuesday morning.—
•Information of his arrival was sent off to her
Majesty instantly, when one of. her Majesty'y car-
riages, with the servants in the. royal livery, came to
town directly, and conveyed him to Brandenburgh-
house. M. Denman had also a long interview with
her Majesty on the same day.
Sir Thomas Gresham, who built the Royal Ex-
chabge, was the son of a poor woman, who left him
in a field when an intent; bnt the chirping of a
grasshopper leading a boy to the place where he lay,
his life was preserved. From this circumstance the
future merchant tool• the grasshopper for his crest ;
and hence the cause of that insect being placed over
the Royal Exchange.

Tux GREAT Ecursz.—Apprehensious, not ill-
founded, as to the darkness which may be occasioned
by the Eclipse of the Sun, on the 7th of next month,
have determined several of the Ecclesiastical Coun-
sellors of Switzerland to move that the annual
solemnity of prayers may be transferred from that
day to the Bth. The Deputies of the Protestant
religion at the Diet have agreed to this proposal, and
the Bth is fixed for the day of prayers.
A letter from Glasgow, dated August 5, says—
" A young clergyman a short time since visited one
of the neighbouring parishes, and performed the
duty of the church, with the view of gaining the
suffrages of the parishioners to be appointed us the
successor of the incumbent, who is far advanced in
years, and meant to resign. Unfortunately fbr him,
however, he omitted the prayer for the Queen,
which gave so much offence to the females of the
parish that they all interposed to prevent his
election, and, it is scarcely necessary to add, suc-
ceeded."

We are happy to learn from Sheffield, that the
trade of that place has materilify revived, and. that
there is every prospect of a future amendment
Many able hands in the different mechanical branches
of the place, who have been fur these nine or twclve
months past supported by parochial support, are now
in full work , and there is a fair prospect that many
hundred others, now unemployed, will be taken on in
the course of a few weeks.

A meeting of the inhabitants of GrcenwiLh took
place at the National School room, at eight o'clock
on Thursday night, when an Address to the Queen
was agreed upon, and a deputation appointed to
present the same.

A letter from Dover sitys,-.." The number of
passengers passing from this port for Calais, Ostend,
and Boulogne, have for the lust fortnight been us
considerable as ever known, and from the Continent
nearly the same number re►urning; raefsengers and
dispatches ecastiaual)y crossing."

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THE NATIONAL REGISTrIt

The election, by ballot, of fourteen trustees fhr
Whitehaven harbour has terminated most triumph-
antly for the independent interest. The fourteen
elected were all proposed by the independent inte-
rest. Of the defeated candidates, nine, including
Lord Lowther, were proposed by the Lowther in-
terest. The popular nominees have been elected by
a majority of four to one over the other nominees,
in the teeth of the whole influence of the House of
Lowther.

The Queen is to receive the address of the Free-
holders of Middlesex at Brandenburgh-house, on
Tuesday next, at one o'clock ; that of the Artisans
at two; and that of the Inhabitants of Hammer-
smith at three.

A handsome carriage is building for her Majesty,
which will be ready by the nth, with elegant brass
hi raess for six horses. New carriages are also pre-
pLring for her Majesty's servants.
Advices from Buenos Ayres to the Ist of June
have arrived, but nothing material had occurred in
that city since the accounts which were dated the
Sth of May. Don Ramos Mexio continued to exercise
the functions of Governor, and Don Manuel Obli-
gado that of President of the Junks. The comma.
nicttion with Chili was again open, and a free
intercourse once more established between the two
Governments. Tire dates front Valparaiso were the
t?-ith April. The expedition against Peru, under
Lord Cochrane and Gen. San Martin, was nearly
ready to sail fur its destination. Seventy sail of
transports were collected, and San Martin's
rrgi-
ment of horse grenadiers, with a considerable body
of infantry, forming the advanced guard of the army,
were about to embark. Tire rest of the troops were
on the march for Valparaiso. An embargo was laid
on all shipping in the harbour till the sailing of th-
expedition. It was certain that Sun Martin was
in a state of communication with Bolivar, and this
first operation would probably be an attack on Guye
aquil by the combined troops of Venezuela and
Chili.

Important dispatches have been received from the
Court of Vienna by Government. It is said the Ent.
peror of Austria intends to march an army into
Italy. If it is his Imperial Majesty's intention to
oppose the Revolution in Italy, we hope that our
Government will not co-operate in any such project
directly or indirectly, by sending a squadron into
the Bay of Naples.
Caution to Hackney Coachmen.—lt is a trick fre-
quently practised by hackney coachmen, to the great
annoyance of the public, even in the widest streets,
when the stand is full, to place their coaches abreast
with those on the stand,.in order to cut in wherever
there may be a move by one being hired; by which
means not only is a double rank formed, but, even
when they succeed in the object, the coaches are
placed so near each other as to cause much inconve-
nience, the statutedirecting that coaches on the stand
should be placed eight feet, at Me least, from each
other, to allow space for foot passengers to cross.—.
The drivers of the hackney chariots No. 1,141, No
1,127, and No. 241, were severally fined 103. each
for this offence on Friday, on the complaint of
Shepperd, the street-keeper of Cheapside.
A person employed to cut down an ash-tree, the
property of Mr. W. Holliday of Woodplumpton,
near Preston, having observed an excrescence on
the trunk, proceeded to cut it off with an axe, when
he was surprised to find a quantity of moss in the
centre, which had every appearance of having been
the nest of a wren. Several other men were present
at the time, and on taking out the moss from the
hollow of the tree, a large toad crawled from the
midst of it. The reptile seemed very lively at first,
but in a few minutes became sickly and powerless, •
though our informant believes it did riot die. The
excrescence was 12 feet from the ground when the
tree was growing, and on examining the timber,
there appeared to be 20 years growth round the hol-
low part."
CoNsTABLES AND JURORS.---The experience of Mr.
llama Garrow in our Law, particularly tit our Criminal
Courts, entitles his ot)sereutions to be rec.Averl with at-
tention; but some Recut observations CIA have lallcu
Iroin hint merit the must general mime. At tile ditkrent
Assizes on the Midhind Circuit, Mr. Baron Garrote
iie-
gtlelltly took occasion to deprecate odic practice of brin
ing Constables as witnesses merely fur the purpose of
pioducilig stolen property which had heeit delivered into
their custody; it was (mile an almirdity to suppose that'
the property might nut be retained by the person from
Munn it was sto.en, and who might produce it tit e%
deuce at the trial. HtllllJlll itigenuih, his Lordship oh.
sertcd, could suggest no reasons for such a pract:ce,
ruin those of increasing the charge of the prosecution,
and tlicreby adding to tile expellees or the county; 01
iitine,essatily tier:inning the time of the Grind Jury
ind of the Court; and of runiiii4 a tick of losMir, the
uleunly ill the property. His Lordship al3o adverted to
the tit actit e M Freeholders (who had been summoned
to serse oil the Juries, and who were l.revented attend-
ing by illness), sending a written certilicate of a surceon
that they were so prevented; these could not be attended
to I.y the Court ; the proper method to be ptitstsecl was
iltbile ally neighbour w Ito might be acquainted with
the tact, and who would be attending the assiz%s, to
make atlide-it of each being the caiie of non-attiorl-
ane.

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DILATII Or TIM DUCHESS Or Y0nn.....-The
Duchess of York has long been in a declining state.
An express on Saturday evening announced a great
change for the worse, and on Sunday morning be-
tween eight and nine o'clock she expired. The
ceremonies on such occasions, such as tolling St.
Paul's great bell, &c. &c. were of course gone-
through. It might be deemed indelicate, from the
obvious contrast, to point at the respect which was•
raid by the illustrious couple to decorum ; but it
cannot fail to occur to every observer of pissing
events, that the nation would not be in the present
convulsed state if the same deference to public feel.
ing had guided the conduct of others in the most
exalted station.

THE QUEEN.--Her Majesty, the Queen, though
not officially informed of the deatk of her Royal
Highness the Duchess of York, was not only allied
to her as a sister-in-law, but also by blood, as her
cousin, has, at the suggestion of her own feelings, in
consequence of that melancholy event, postponed for
the present receiving several addresses which were
to have been presented to her. Among them is the
address from Norwich, (Edward Taylor. Esq. the
Sheriff of which City, has been in town•for the
purpose of waiting upon her her Majesty ;) and also
the address of the mechanics and artisans of the Me-
tropolis, who were to have assembled on Monday is
Hyde Park, in order to proceed to Brandenburzh
House.

The Algemine Zeitung contains accounts froth
Naples of the 14th, in which it is said, "The Cheva-
lier Tocco is going to Paris and London, on a mis-
sion similar to that of Prince Cariati to Vienna.—
General Nugent is not gone to Rome, as was re-
ported, but to Malta. This brave General, one of
the best Generals in the Austrian service, nearly
became the victim of their fury; it was the English
Ambassador who saved his life. His Excellency
claimed him as being born an English subject, and•
obtained his release, and conveyed him in his own: •
carriage to his hotel, through crowds of a tumul-
tuous populace."
Advices from Margarita of the 17th of June state,
that General D'Evereux reached that island on the
12th, where he was received in the most distin-
guished manner by General Arismendi, and the
other authorities of the Republic of Columbia.--
The commission of General of Division was con:
(erred upon him, and he was also presented with, •
the order of Liberator. He was to sail immediately
to take the command of the lrish Legion at Rio de.
la Hache, but the defection of that part of the le-
gion under Montillo, of which he would be soon
apprized, would probably produce a change in his
intended plan of operations.

The Address of the Married Ladies of the Metro.
polis and its vicinity will be received by her Majesty
on Wednesday next, at two o'clock, at the house of
Lady Fr.ineis, St. James's-square. A vast number
of most respectable ladies have signed this address.
The following is from. Hanover :—We are assured
that the Coronation of his Majesty in his quality of
King of Hanover, will be postponed to the month
of June in the ensuing year.