The National Register.
London, England, 1820-08-20 00:00:00

ST.IFI'OIiDSHIIIII ASSIZES.

Calm. Cox.—These Assizes were concluded by a trial
which excited a great deal of interest amongst the Snob'
respectable people in that part of the country. It was all
action of damages, brought by an eminent solicitor against
his apprentice, a young iellow, of very effeminate appear-
ance, hilt good edlication and address, whose ape is little
inure than 2u, fur crimin,ll conveisstion unit the plaintiff's
ife.—Tite damages acre laid at 10,0 01.
Sevmal witnesses were called, who proved that the
plaintiff mid always acted with attention to the defendant,
and bail introduced hint to the moat respectable society.
The plaiatiff's alleillioll 10 Ills wife Was also stated to be
such as it was the duty of a husband so pay to his wile.
'Die adulterous intercourse between the defendant and
the piainlia wile was :Moo proved.
In the course of the trial, hoirever, it Caine oat that the
plaudit' had come into Count with hands vets far fluid
being clean ; that lie had taken itilvanta4e of the youth id
A !icor telltale relation of his wife, whilst 111)011 0 visit at
his bowie, and seduced her under ciretmist.rti•es the most
revolting, and that Ins %site's age was ati, sillily that of the
'kleinlaut was but t 0 years.
Mi. Jervis commented upon the facts %%Melt made so
impolt.urt a cuatige in the appearances ,if tiinigs. Ile
contended that the boy, whose• caus,• he had to defend,
should be considervd tile seduced, and not the seducer;
that It was rather illiprobaole he shoo'', he master of the
deep connivances by which the ant-choir of a virtuous
Illation acre to be taken away 110111 tier husband and
child' en, and fixed upon a stranger, and that the conduct
' of the husband was in Until to be looked onion as the
foundation of all those calamities of match that husband
complained in the depth of his affliction. The learned
Counsel then severely animadverted apart the iiiischic volts
example held Pia ny this husband to li.s a c, in his
Ueatutent of Ili♦ tel.tlioll, and observed, that the
nitsfortuue 1114 formed the &pound of the action should

operate as a lesson upon all husbands who were tempted
to acts of infidelity by baying the object of temptation
under the same roof with them. Verdict for the plaintiff
—Damages ONE SHILLING.

(MBA, Augusi I`2.

DANINO AND PARTLY SUCCINSFUL ATTEMPT Or THE
CONVICTS TO BREAK OPEN THE DEPOT PRISON.

Yesterday evening, between the hours of fire and six
o'clock, a desperate, and in part a successful, attempt
Was made by the convicts confined in the depot prison
to esc:Te from thence, which has been attended with
fatal consequences to sonic of the military on gland in
the prison. The following are the circumstances of this
daring eflint :
The number of convicts assembled in the depot from
various part of the country amounted to 133, who were
all collected in eta open yard, with high surrounding
walls, into which they are seat every morning for air
awl there left imtil evening. Toe door from the yard
to the passage is secured by a largo padloek,and a chain
which does not stiffer it to ripen wide, and here a turn-
key and two soldiers are placed, the latter of whom, as
the convicts pass in or out, stand with their bayonets
fixed and pointed. As usual,. eight convicts were sus-
fered tit omie out yesterday erelong, and aner hat ii
supplied themselves with water, were returning, app l-
retilly very quietly, when, on reaching the door thron,zli
which they were to pass into the inner yard, they affected
to stoup under the chain, but suddenly sprung upon the
two sentinels, and in a moment disarmed them, and
knocked down the turnkey. The rush from the inner
yard then became general, but their anxiety and efforts
to get tint impeded rather than assisted them, as the.
chain pneyented a free egress. About thirty having got
out, they made for the guard lonise, where there was the
usual cmiplimeot of men (a serjeatit s guard, deducting
the number of sentries who were on the different parts
of the prison.) Here a desperate scuffle ensued, its
which mat.), wounds were inflicted, particularly on the
military, the surprise on them being Si, sudden. This
guard room was the only passage through which the
convicts could get to the outside yard next dieguea door
leading to the street, which was ',tn by James Arm-
strong, who camp• to the assistance of the guard, and
rendered ',ewe' fill aid, being au able and courageous
man.
1n the meantime, Mr. 'Murphy, the keeper of the depot,
alarmed by the noise, rushed from his house armed with
a sword, and on reining to the door of the inner yard.
where the attempt began, and seeing the men rushing
forward, with equal courage and presence of mind as-
sailed thew, heat them back and secured the door. He
then ran to the guard room, where, end in the outer yard.
the conflict was desperate and terrible. Two of the
convicts wore shot dead, several of the military stabbed
and otherwise cut and wounded, but the Conner
succeeded in forcing open the door, the lock of
which they banewd with their line:piety, many
of which were broken in pieces, and aixteen of the
convicts escaped, who rushed in different directions
of the town, hot account.: of the affair quickly followed
them, and six were quickly re-taken, the Sheriffs, Con-
stables, and Peace Officer; being speedily out the alert
~re still at large, two ol• them stopped a
gentleman near lknroche's Cross, and forced hiin
ahglit from his 11w-se, which they mounted and rode off.
One ol• the military, a soldier of the Inch Veteran Bat-
talion, died this morning attic. wound lie received—an
insll•test s‘it on his body, when the jury tenoned a verdict
of NVillul Murder against the retaken convicts.

Mosr AFFECTING CALAMITY.-011 Saturday week,
being market day at Carnarvon, when the farmers and
their domestice, fruit Anglesey, were crossing the river
in great numbers, a most heart-rending calamity occur-
red, .it a ferry recently established front Llaniclati, across
to Plas Brunton, about a mile of Carnarvon. Dom
every information, it arrears that the boat started with
about '..!;) passengers, besides a variety of articles, intended
for Carnarvon mat ke:. They had not proceeded quite
half way over, it blowing fresh, when the boatman hav-
ing climbed up the stita!l mast to disentangle a rope
ataclied to the sail, unfortunately fell into the watet ;
in the milt to save him, the pre-sure proved too weft for
the crazy bark to sustain, and in a moment separated
nearly in the centre, when, dreadfot to relate, with the
exception of one individual, the whole were engulphed
in the waves! Their screams were heard for an instant
resoundino, to the shot e, but in the roturning v%.;ve, they
were for ever hushed ! In about an hour the writes of
four females were brotight to Cant Winn, and all the
exertions of the 1111:111C.11 gentlem...n, aided by the titino..t
skill and perseverance-of Ur. Nlason, proved unavailing.
It is impowthle to describe the consternation and an-
xiety expressed its the benevolent feelMg: of the inha-
bitants of Caritarson ; business was completely sus-
pended, and when it is cowidered that numbers from
Anglesea hail previously arrneii in town, and were
expecting to be hdlowed by relatives and friends, the
scene was appalling, and totally out of our power tu,
describe in adequate terms. The only person saved was
Hugh Williams, of Bodowyr Isms, who hottmately
to the mast, and was picked up nearly exit:nutted, and
fruits whose testimony this account is chiefly taken.

The State Trials for High Treason in Scotland
terminated at Ayr on Wednesday, when :thomas
Nl‘kay withdrew his plea of Not Guilty, and plead-d
Guilty, but the Lord Justice Clerk, in passing
sentence of death upon him, held out hopes of Ow
Royal clemency. His Lordship relinquished the
charges against the other three prisoners, and they
were discharged.
Painter, from his late victory over Oliver is driv-
ing On a roaring train ; and Lobster-lane, is now
the s:mrce of attraction to all the sporting people at
Norwich.

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