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

A NOTH kit ACCOUNT.

In the evening of Fs Way last, shout a qnarter before
feu o'clock at night, Wm. Birch,(who is assistant deputy
constalite of Stockport, and alio has made I • self oboist.-
ions to the reformers by having !Arts Sir Charles IVolsrly
lobo e.istody, mud also from.l.eing the peciron sent to Lou-
don %%jib the itencli-ivarrant against Watson Harrison)
;riving itrellghtsilarrison to Storkport, the cireirmstance
soon became kiwis u, and wguitsiderable crowd assrsubled
round Birch's 'noise, where his prisoner was secured.
Several threats having been made use sf by blue snub that
thy' would pall DirthYJruuse doss it. and liberate Hat
sonatirch telt it prudent to ronsidt.the Rev. Mr. PICSCOir,
(a :Magistrate) a, ro what corirse lie should adopt alibi re-
gard to his plisoirer, under the.cirettmstattees. his
way to Mr..Pi totem l's, and alibi,. a few yards limn that
„gentleman's noose, Birch was accosts d by a mm who
reins :Unwell* Joseph Geotae !truce (a person not in, et
knoa is its Stockpett, but whir states that .he came lately
fr Loudon, and last frogs Debbi', nurloaho list' been tor
a few weeks assistant to Harrison in NS-301001 of reform,
and is also designated as ,Serretary to .the Stockport Re-
form Society.) 'fins 1444 cute; id in to. ronversation with
Birch, and two• other persons in Itruer's company joined
thesis. Bruce kept Birch engaged its conversation, and
breasted Win so as to pseemit his going on, and the other
too Witte passire4 towards 11.relt's rear, who then hero;
to feel Lirtrsrlf 114• Arr, and meditated a reheat ; pattacts
ly so, as 4 0011%iiktabie rtowd acre 11(.1y near them
how ever,..belore i.e had time to. deride on an/ r tep, one
of the too men filed a sumli pistol, the ballet loom sshirh
passed into Ebel les breita*, about the pit of the stomach,
nod look a sloping direction towards the right Sidi..
Itirrh 4erramrd and leaped over the garden Will of a Mr.
I.liiyit, and readied the.hostse of 1)r. tiler before he full ;
the three men fled. The bill has not yet been extracted,
but hopes ate voice Wined that lire a Ind sit •.1 may re-
cover.
Three men (one of whom is lime) drive hero taken
into custody and have mulernone a lung examination Ibis
Clay liefute the Rev. Pre:coif, J. W. Taileir. mill P.
M4r".""1.}109,f• ; 2 of them, vls. Hulce and P person'of
Ile mime of David pasha, (who ass omit- of She Ibtee
present 41,411 the shot was .rued), are temissuleih Chu
third has berm discharged. The per.son vitro tired toe pis-
WI 1444 UM p't 'peen identified, fiom the state of the
Noultded titau-rendering it not advisable lie should be dis-
tiolwil.
A troop of horseotareked into Stockport very early Ibis
morning. and the too it remains rpoict at this
Hinson has been liberates, upon hull : himself in SOLI.
and three sureties, one in 3401., the other tart in 1::01.
each.
b o'clock p.io., Jolt tl.

X.reeccTtow ,On U"NJAMIN Notst.e.--This tin-
fortunate man, ss ho was between 50 and 60 years of age,
underwent the sentence of the law shortly alter 8 o'clock
on Wednesday morning, at the usual place in the ()Id
Bailey. Ile was convicted last sessions (together with
an accomplice, named. Mary Brown), of having stolen
Irons Mr. Jeremiah Steele, sluisseller, of Tower-bill,
tl gli ilw medium of a boy in tender age, named W.
Squires Satillt, wl lie.sha;l seduced bow the columns..
cion of act:6o delinquency, a sato quantify of issuollt it
clout.. He was visited early in the morning by the Lte.
Mr, Colima awl Mr. Helier, rout appeared perked,/
resioncd, but he became more agitated as the awful
moment approached. Indeed, so gnat ss as his fear.s.f
death, that it was frituvl necessary to rurti•sli linos with
wine. , The Sub.eheriift, . Messrs. Piillen and runier.
attended on the occesion, 4114 ;Lt. Bakes 'imported the
unhappy man is. the reatiold, svl,ere a new
(Ikating„ the regular person. appointed to that nielati-
i chnly office luting inniai.vsed) lerfotused the awful
cercntossy with necessary 'trauma. Not-do died ".
mutely lard.

AUGUST .V.

ESSEX SLIMMER ASSIZES.

CIIELMFIFORD, JULY IT.
Afore the Sox. Bums C ARROW arld.'plia:
IMtTII V. ELSEK.
Thif vi sa metion.ri ttespas ngai wit the defendant for pulling
down a shed banighlg Wilts plaintift; sittlat.: id Epping.
Mt. Gurney, Mr. Itergenut-hatetm, Mr. WAford, con.
atieted tho cuse; anal Mr. Marryst mad Mr. Chitty
the defradane4.

It appeared in evidence. that the OM:Mit from being en hum-
ble journeyman aupenter, had, by In* industry and good oanducts
boeow a nte.ter carpenter In a aimed way. lie had obtained
permission from the Lord of the Nlanor to erect a *lied and sink
a !ass pit on part of the 44:i*ti: of I I nitiault lorest, of about to ur
rods in length, in consideration of his surrendering to the
I.ovd a small piece of land in his possession. The defendant,
who is a man of considi Lade tiinime and substance in the same
neighbourhood, bring dissatisied with this supposed enzmacis•
rnent upon the ea ,te. in the year IRui attempted to remove the
plaintiff's shc.l. but di. n failing in his purpose. he renewed his
prsseedings in the year ISt?. and with the assistance of a horse
and csrt, aided by other persons who complained of the alleged
encniaahnient• pulled down the pile*. which supported the idled,
which was itself demolished in the end. Fur this; injury the
present action was brought.
It was contended in defence, that :h.: plaintiff hail no right to
'aux into any bargain with the laird in the Alanor, us the injary
of other elaintints of the waste. and that consequeney thr sap
posed trespai*s was justifiable, in uLler to remove the enema:At-
riums.
Mr. Raron .Carrow. in his charge to the Jury, remarked, that
if the delimdant had been disposed to dispute the supposed en-
croachment in a Court of Law, he ought to have done so with a
rich man. and not tight the rptestion in . with a man in
an.inferior station. It appeared to hint that ihe defendant's con-
duct was completely unjustifiable, r.rid consequently that the
plaintiff' was entitled to libentl damages.
The Jury found fur the plaintiff--ibunagcs 1501.
S:01E v. CAME.

This was en action by the same planuiragairist the same de-
fendant., for assaulting and falsely impri:oning hint. for thee:to.
of three limns. on a malicious and unfounded charge of felony.
l'he lama learned counsel conducted thisctse.
It appeared that. pc-ding the last-mentioned anion.,
wa • a remand from the Lit *adzes, some of the fences and gat o,
of Iluinatilt-foreA being out cf reprir. the plaintiff wits etnigoycd
by the deputy steward in." the ferric to do the necesaary repairs,
and for tni t purpose he was authorized to cut down some tunbcr
in the forest, which.he did accordingly In the month of (toolier
lint. in the moat public manner, drawing the dither to his pre-
mises for the purpose of preparing it for the object in question.
The defendant, not knowing the authority which the plaintiff
had received. discovered the titnber on the premises of the latter,
and. supposing it was stolen. went before a Magistrate, named
Layton. and !ALI an inforrnaeon again .t the plaintiff fir filmy.
and under the dAendant's representation of the cac tie fag's-
trate was induesl to issue hit warrant for the ::?prehension of
the plaintiff. Tn, defuLtnt that:teal the sear who .wr.: in-
trustod with the execution of the warrant. not to apreelienti him
until six o'cloc's on the following morning. when he himself
could he present to ace the plaintiff taken into custody. The
plaintiff under these eiretinittance. was apprehoided in the morn-
ing about six o'clock, the defendant being present, and taken
before the Magi•trate, who, hearing the plaintiff's statement of
leis ease. clistMssed the complaint as being perfectly groundless.
The defendant in/it:AA that the Magistrate shintiti detain the
plaintiff in custody until the c..ce was represented to the Com-
niissionera of Woods and Forests t but the Magistrate rejected
the application. Under these circumstances the present action
was brought.

Wone;s:is were called to show that tl e.defendant had • reason-
able and probable cause for the act contplained of. It appeaud.
Lowever, that islniait all the witnesses were friends of the defend.
I.lt, and Itut assisted him in pulling down the plaintiff's shed,
which conaitmed the sithjectot the Lit action.

Gamey replied oil behalf of the plaintiff with his usual
ability.
The Jury. after hearing a very eloquent charge from the
learned Judge, found a vo.-diet for the platniq—Datnages tool.
These 1/DA nu case sorthy of noti,e in the Crown Court to-day,
the buitintsw of which finished this evening.

BUCICINGILIMS1111:1s ,LSSIZAS, JULY 28.
ATROCIOUS AAA SUET WITH INTENT TO lIIRDER.

The fqlluttring WO, which has excited great interest
from its peculiar atrocity, came on this mos isistg before a
erowslad Uun•t. Several persons of distinction News pre-
osent,.among whom we nutleaLortiTemple, Los d Nugent.
Los d A lel, &c.

Thomas Mitchell, axed 16, was capitally indioted for
having wilfully, maliciously, and uidawfully stabbed mid
cut Elizabeth Rawls, spinster, on several parts of her
neck and body, with intent to minder. There were seve-
ral other counts, charging him with having stabbed and
cot her with intent to do her souse grievont botbly harm.
The following is a brief sketch of the case as detail( d in
evidence. It appeared that the parties lived in the parish
of Ruriiam, Bucks. 'that on Monday 'veiling, the tat or
March, the, proseentrix was sitting alone in the !totem
about eight o'clock, licr father having guns from home ;
that the prisoner, Mitchell, %%bons .she hail known Irmo ISIS
infancy, anti who had lived lief\aut with her fatlier,.came
to the door and knocked ; on her enuniring who was these,
she was ausweied " Toni Mitchell,: ou which else opened
the door, and admitted him. He requested to have a tile
and a pair of hinges, which she gave to him, bat lie said
they would nut do, anti that lie must have a larger pair :
she 'Watched for a larger, but could nut find any, on which
lie said lie knew there were larger, anti she again looked.
While so doing, she 1..11 a seosation as ifshe was shot, and
fell down. '1 he candle well out, anti white (mill, ground
she felt a conitig at her neck anti throat, on which she
cm ird out '• Mettler" in a fee it, toile, and saiii to the pri-
er, " I never injured you." He threatened her to be
quiet ; her ciies, though feeble, brought a Aim. Lovell,
who lived in die next house, to her assistatice. Airs. L.
easily gained admittance, and while groping Mr the pro-
secute ix, Clime in contact a i•li a man, whom she laid fast
held of :will called to her husband for assistance, who was
pi oceetlitig to the spot W1111411:01, ; the wind biew it 01st,
and while tilling back the man disengaged ilillllelf 14111 i
escaped. Pi evions to this, however, Mrs. Lovell asked
the prosecutsia, who was bleeding on the Hour, if it was
her fattier who beat her? WI which the proserittrix
N', it is Tom Mitchell ;" ou which she prison-
er exclaimed, " How do you know it is Tom Mitchell;, it
it was quite dark at the time, and Mrs. Lovell said, you
have betrayed yourself by your voice. The prisoner,
however, as we have belMe sheet', escaped. The prose -
cutrix was then takes, by Mrs. Lovett to her apartments,
and a surgeon was sent (Or; a ilea di essed the wounds and
else recasts eel ; one of the wound* C.is eight inches in
length and two deep. The prisoner then absconded, and
war. traced *brunch Reading to Loudon, whcic he was
talcs; tutu custody,