The National Register.
London, England, 1818-04-12 00:00:00

somuttsr. (SHIRE.

.PITMAN v. MORG AN.—This action was brought to recover
compensation in ilainages, for the instable(' by
the plaintiff; in.the seduction of his daughter by the defend-
tint.
The plaintiff conducted the business -of. the defendant's
'Zither, ass so ap -1)oilt:r and talluw•cltandler, at Bath. The se-
duction tank place there. The defendant's daughter was nut
yet sixteen. The damages were laid at 14001. For the de-
-I.entlant three wittiosces were calted, who alleged levity in
:iie conduct of the girl. The Jury found a Nerdiet—Vainages
'Ol.

Among the. prisoners capitally 'onvictrd at thesis Assizes
was .lark Sheppard, foe the niurdex of Wm. The
Bristol) AI rrsury observes, that there never was a villain who
:toog lit:tare a Judge with Sufi hardihood. Fven ashes: the
7itnesmes were giving their evidence aga:ita.l hint, lie was
:tenurial!' seen to sonic; and when Judge AbUntt was pas-
.fl lie did nut appear the least affected; and he
told the Judge, he hail nothinz; to repent a:, as he was inno.
cent. lie was to be executed un Monday last.

• LANCASTER.
FORGERIES.—Tire of the Crown End terminated
on Friday week, when the Chief Baron passes: sentence upon
?he numerous prisoners who Mu, been convicted during the
Awiacs. The-following among other unhappy men, receive,'
sentence of death :—W. Ovenhani, for to gery ; W. Stewart,
T. Curry, Margaret Dowd, R. %%ardlow, Hannah
Mayhall, and: J. Vaughan,. for uttering forged hank of Eng-
. mil cotes.
It was almost impossible to witness this spectacle without
biro, almost stair ihed with horror: And the progcle4s of the
;14141 ceremony was occasionally intersup:od by the frantic
exclamations or piercing shrieks of -woe wife, mother, d44:11-
ter, er sister, of Cie unhappy delimtents.
0% cultism was AO ill that he was hrought.into Court wrapped
•oo a Witsket, wild was obliged to Ise supported by two attend •
auto while stultrtiee.was passed upon hint.
G. Steel, E. Corral', .1. Walki r, E. Berry, J. Jellv,.Win.
J. Scholefteld, M. Steel, R. Walton, Cr. Taylor, and
Edward Nloores, convicted of having foczed Baak of Kugland
Imes in their possession, were I.l:nlcm:a to be trauvorted
%Irlfyeaus.

'Fur, N.l TroNAL

IRIS'II ASSIZES.

MCRJ)ER OF TILE LYNCHLC.

The Adjourned Assizes fur the county of Louth commenced
at Dundalk on Tnesday.
J. Smyth, Patrick 3114ttillon, and Lawrence Gaynor, were
put tc the bur, and were arraigned for ‘ettimctiri. to the house
of Edward lynch, late of Wildgoose-lodge, in the county of
Louth, in October, Ibl6. Also for the 111111(1er of the said
Edward Lynch, Thos. Rooney, Jas. Rispand, Widget Lyncii,
Elizabeth Richard, a child of 3 years old, and others, amount-
ing to eight persons.
Alice Rispand saw, on the morning of the murder,- the bo •
dies of eight persons nearly consumed by tire, in the house of
Lynch ; one was the body of her son.
Three informers, Milroy, Peter Gology, and Gubby,
identified the prisoners as having been present, aiding and
assisting at the burning. Those who acted with them wero
one hundred at least. The motive by which they were ac-
tuatei. witsl that Lynch had defended his house, when at-
tacked on a former occasion by robbers, and had defended
his family, beat the assailants, and prosecuted three to coil_
VICIIOII.

Judge Fletcher, in a strong, legal, and discriminating argil.
ment, charged the Jury ; and after four hours' consideration,
l'at. Nil:tuition and James Smyth.• were tumid guilty, and L.
Gaynor was acquitted.
COUNTY 41F ANTRUr.

Late on Tnesday, the 17th ult. the several persons convicted
were brought into Court to receive judgment, when sentence
of death was passed on 13 of them. Among these was Samuel
Dick, for running away with and violating Elizabeth Crockatt.
In addressing Dick, the Hon. Judge was particularly impres-
sive, and dwelt at considerable length on the enormity of his
offence. He observed, that he haul been guilty of one of the
eireatest crimes that ever was committed iu a civilized country,
in forcibly taking possession of a poor young defenceless girl,
earrymg her away flout her friends, and treating her in the
most creel manner. The .pi isoner here declared he meant
no harm to her, and that lie haul endeavoured to make all the
compensation in his power for the injury he had. done. He
added, tl:at it had been reported that it was for her money
aloue he took ber away, but hehad offered tolier relations
to marry her without asking for any part of it. His Lordship
here empliatically•said," I would not advise her to marry you,
were you tc: live a thousand years I" The prisoner then said.
" Since it must be so, Lel:treat your Lordship for a long day."
1 His Lordship then oliseored, that the. time allowed to all the
prisoners would he long enough, and he hoped they would
employ it in mai, ing their peace with God ! He then proceeded
to pronounce tie awful Lenience of the law on the 13 unfortu-
nate convicts; but no time was fixed for thcirexecution.

A wretch of the name of AVm. Bailey, alias Knighton, has Ab-
sconded from Arkindale, in the neighbourhood of Borough-bridge,
Yorkshire, who stands charged with administering pc.isen to his fa-
ther, mother, and two other persons, on Thursday week. whereof his
father has already died. lle was seen at East Keswick on Saturday.
enquiring for the nearest port to take shipping for America; from
which it is inferred that lie would make his way to Liveqpcol. Active
measures have been retorted to for the seizuto.uf his person, if pos-
sible.

On Tuesday, Mary Hnteheson, charged with fraud, was
committed to Glasgow Jail. The folly on the one hand :rad
the duplicity on the other which are developed in this case
are sufficiently singular. The prisoner ittAnowledges, that
about four years ago she began to tell fortunes by reading of
cups. A servant girl began about a year ago to call on this
spe-wife,(hope-giving wile !) for the purpose of getting her
destinies unfolded. She told the svmpleto►t that she was to
receive some money, concealed in the corner of her master's
room ; and in order to show her where to look for it, she went
to the house along with the girl, and laid down some money
in the place where the promisedssum was to be got. So com-
plete was the..:lscendency which she had over this young
woman, that in the course of three week she got from her 271.
assuring her that when the [ninny promised was found, it
would he increased twentyfold. The ceremony o► depositing
thatmoney was ramorkahle—it was laid down in the presence
of. the girl, and Zlary after telling her to retire, read several
passage:lvor Scripture, and prayed. To a blind person she pro-
mised to give sight, receiving a considerable stun as the re-
ward of her promise; and to a person affected with deafness
she was to testore hearing.. These are understood to be only
a few of her tricks. She maintains that the sei vanes money
will be returned .svhen foe time of its rasing comes. She has
very high pretentious to.. preternatimal powers.; and when
imprisoned, asserted that she would escape !roan jail; fur she
was a witch. Hence had James VI. been her King, she %You'd
have had a gooffchauce fur the scaffold.

Mag. EDWlN.—Thepuhlic will hear concern and sympathy,
that Mrs. Edwin has recently been deprived of a large sum
of money, laid by at a resource against the casualties atten-
.dant on a profession:U.lW, and to bestow comfort oe an aged
parent, and an infirm and necessita:ls nude. thrtutgla the
villainy of a stock-looker,.to whom she hest utrustesi its Mil. •
nagement. A short thug back Mrs. Edwin washed to ap!
propriate 1•2,5001. stock in the English funds to the purchase
of a tiiiverninent Annuity, and insinuated her stockbroker to
do what was sieuessary for that purpose. The regular transfer
was accordingly made by her, and the bruiser received not
merely the soma mentioned, butl iol. more,,, in order that the
ttttt laity procured should amount to the pro tactile'. sum 6(1501.
ii•a.atfeeted to have wade the purchase and presented Mrs.
E./Will.4';:til a dawn:mei, apparently perfected with every ne-
cesratr:, formality, and which, he said' would entitle her to
receive the annuity at the Hank of England. 4nitte time
afterwards this broker w..s found a detaalt.a. of the Sind.
Exchange ; but the circumstance was no material caw.; of
anxiety to Mrs. Edwin, as she supposed her money had been
disposed of beyond the reach of any fa-auditing'. euistingency.
she remained under this iiiipres,ion until her first halt year's
annuity was applied for at the Bank of England, when Ow
claimant on her behalf 1..34 informed that uo sanrh 11j1110 a.
' hers appeared on the books. This intelligence led to furtha r
inquiry, -when it miforumitely appeal-ill that the ha piker hail
' converted Mr,. I....krill's money to his own ate ; that the do-
cument lac gave her. was a fictious one ; and that all she had
saved from the earnings of a Laborious professional Ise, to
provide fur the period when ellort may be no longer practi.
cable, and to give repack.% and contentment, o the declining
years of two relatives,. was irendeeinably lost.--letweaas
Jowl: el.

A fire coke out cn Montle:, mornic,,:, about Ave o'clockscn the
Premises cf Mr. Leer, oilman. Church-rend. Ct. Goitres in the
Lust; In a.short time the whole. interior or tin; buildio*.was yt u
14.te..and.hore au eler.aing. appersonee, from, -he quanuti of Pnn-
../znatibie .rastutc cn the premises. The family Mel fortunately time
to escape from the confrvation without receiving any peignia
j 17-
ury. 'fhe whoki of his melt, turniturc and Finalises, wet,. tlotroye‘:-
4d we use he Iva nomisural.

11.9

POLICE.
t,TILDII

CH►R^.E o► EMBEZZLE:MI:Mr.—A wan named Rabboth was
charged by Edward Gainsfurd, cheeseinonger, Ludgate-hill,
with having embezzled the amount of 3651. in bank notes.
The complainant said, he seat Vie prisoner to the honk of
Sir W. Curtis and Co., bankers,to lodge the above sum. The
prisoner never returned, and upon inquiry, it vi as fuund that
no money hail been received at the banking house, in the
name of Mr. Gainsford, on the day sect:died. An °nicer was
immediately scut after the prisoner, who was WWI appre-
hended at Gravesend. 3001. W4i found upon his
lie wan remanded.