The National Register.
London, England, 1812-01-05 00:00:00

HIGH TREASON.

A special commission of Oyer and Terminer, under the statute :35
Hen. 8, fur the trial of treasons committed out of the realm, has is-zed,
under the Great Seal, for the trial of several persons in custody, ch.►rp..d
with having entered into the French service at the Isle of France, ai4i
with being found in arms at the capture of that Island. The first meet.
lug of the Court will be on Monday, the 20th instant, at Horsem.
lane, in the Borough. The following is a list of the Judges and Con..
missioners named in the Commission :
The Earl of Onslow, Lard Lieutenant of the county.
Sir Archibald Macdonald, Lord Chief Baron.
Sir Simon Le Blanc, Judge of the King's Bench.
Sir Alan Chambre, Judge of the Common Pleas.
Samuel Shepherd and W. D. Best, King's Serjeants at Law.
Charles Runnington and Arthur Onslow, Serjeants at Law.
John Silvester and Jerome W. Knapp,lisq.
Thomas 0. Knapp, Henry Hughes, and John Stafford, Gentlemen.
After the Bills are found, the Colin will adjourn; as copies of the in•
dictments, and lists of the jurymen and witnesses, must be delivered to
the prisoners ten days before the trials can commence.

A scaffolding, on which were eight persons, gave way, on Tuesday,
in the King's-road, and a poor man, named Smith, was killed on the
spot. Two others received broken hones.
On Sunday afternoon, as the son of Mr. Weil, of Pancras-road, a fine
boy twelve years of age, was sliding on a pond in Islington-fields, with a
man-servant who had the care of him, the ice broke, and the youth in
appeared. The servant had a momentary escape, but on approach'ul
the edge of the ice to endeavour to rescue his young master, it aea'a
gave way, and both were drowned. The bodies were found in akw
minutes, but life was extinct, and all attempts to restore auimation prov-
ed fruitless.
Dennis Connor and Owen Connolly were exatinined at Marlborough-
street, on Wednesday, on a charge of counterfeitieg the coin or the
realm. The officers apprehended them in a room completely fitted up
for the purpose of coining, with a furnace, crucibles, rollers, mouh:s,
and all the other necessary apparatus. Trunks and packages were al-o
found, one of which contained nine dozen counterfeit sixpences, and
other articles most material evidence.
The barn of Mr. Samuel Taylor of Sloothby, in the Marsh, was bro-
ken open on Tuesday night, the 17th ult. and on the Saturday foilow-
ing, about half-past ten at night, their house was beset by a pee of
.
villains, who attempted to break in through a chamber-window, by
means of a ladder, which trey reared against the wall; hut in this ,hey
I were disappointed, for the Almighty forwarned the family of thi-ir
danger, by Mr. Taylor's eldest son (aaed 18 years) dreaming ihat yon e
vtliian had broken into the house, and was going to murder trim. "f he
perturbation of mind occasioned by the dream awoke him ; and, to his
great astonishment, the first thing he saw was a man at the top of the
ladder, endeavouring to take out the chamber window. 'llie young
man, without giving the least alarm, got out of bed, took his geit
(which he had by his bed side ready loaded), and fired it. liistantiy
the man upon the ladder dropped down ; and the report of the gel
alarming the father, the whole family were soon up • but no one. eland
Ito open the door, as the son saw two men about the house, and was
afraid, if the villains got admittance, the whole family would be mile.
dered. With great impatience they waited for day break; and the fire
10lu •
ng they saw was a quantity of blood on the ladder, and several
places in the road leading from ihe front of the house into the yard
stained with blood; but no trace of the wounded man could be found,
so as to lead to any discovery. Mr. Taylor is perfectly well satisfied
that the villain was severely wounded, and believes that he was con-
► veyed away by his accomplices.—This gentle: au has been continually
robbed for these twelve months past.
One of the Glasgow coaches was overturned last October, in cons--
quence of running a race with 1 post-chaise on the road from Edina
burgh, whereby a Mr. Brown was kitied, and his wife so bruised, as
to be in imminent danger. A verdict has since been found, in coe:e•
qeence of an action brought in the Court of .Sessions, ageinst the Pro-
. prietors of both the clad' and chaPe. Lord Nleadowbank, Ordi-
nary, has kiwi(' the defendant: lialea to the following ;dam'
To Mrs. Brown, in comaensation ai daeeiges suffered by her et rson,
! 3C01.; to -her, for the loss of her husband, t2eol; anti to each (41 the
1 children, eight in number, 1301. each, Intel—Total, 15401. With fall

exi,ence of process.
!kir. Wilson, an ingeni.ms mechanic and iron-fqunder of I,eicester,
li2.3bt en erecting a thrashing machine, to he worked by wind with
hurizontiil sails, upon the farm of Mr. Wright tit Exton, at the expence
of Colonel Noel. Its powers were trieJ.l on Saturday se'ruitglit, and
thou,;ll there was hut a trivial brt.eze iu the morning. it thrashed tl
admiration, and with a power ervial to two trashinz machincs.
late Mr. Long, apotht cai.y of Lyit t st,r, w,i4 tie inventor, uini win)
received a premium for it front ai:d i.tutland
ri~ui Ural
S )ci ty. The machine is apili‘able to a vaiety of uses a.) Wcii
thrashing.