The National Register.
London, England, 1812-08-09 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL ItEG ISTER.

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the hand of repentance itself will never be able to obliterate
the traces of their union. lie has nipped a Bower, which
Will only resume its native bloom—beyond the grave! Is
it astonishing, therefore, Sir, that a man, who has been so
weak and unfortunate as to offend in one instance, and who
is now on his way from his country to the place of his
bani.hment, should still retain too much principle to be
guilty of the clime of seduction? I trust I have proved,
that such a partial regard for virtue and honour, even in the
midst of guilt and di-honour, is not incompatible ‘vith hu-
man nature, so fertile in inconsistencies. I therefore hope,
with your correspondent candour, that the artful attempt to
"asperse the intellects and morals of that transported felon,"
3ohn Bunn, mentioned in your last, will fail, and will not
prevent his being reclaimed, by making him "an ob-
ject of contempt and indignation on his arrival at Botany
Bay." I am, Slit, yours, Sec.

A FRIEND TO JCSTICE.

PROVLVCrAL ASSIZT:c.

SUSSEX.
I.v.ets,. AUG. 2.—This was an action by a coac h-makcr at Brighton
against the defendant, a gentleman well kit as a resi..lent there, to
recover payment altering his chaise t a four-wheeled carriage; the
work being proved to have been done,
Mr. Seryeant s!,zentAto stated, that his client; Mr. Day, Ind met
with a severe accident by being thrown trout his gig. which deter-
mined him to ride in more safety in rutin e, and therefore lie deter-
mined•to have his carriagt altered to a four-‘vhcelcd one. With this
view, he made an exhibit of himscit to the conclunaker, and de-
sired a carritge in which he might ride in safety ; and indeed
it was most in:portant that Mr. Day shoal I not be thrbwn
nowq; fur, I;lie laistair. he might truly say, " When I am down,
have you an‘ levers to lift me np again I.' LI • was, indeed, a true re-
siskublancc of Falst,ift. in persti;, in wit, and in good humour; but he
also went further, for he was a perfect gentleman. a man of honour
and of truth, which fidstall.wa, not ! lica,vever, having ordered this
carriage of the coach-maker, tvhon it first came home it was wholly
impossible for Mr. Day to nioniit into it. Seeing this defect. the
plaintift'scratchcd his ears and slrok his head, and at length said, he
would coArive a step winch should ensb.e Mr, Day to mount into
his carriage. A step teas accordingly put to it, and Mr. Day with
some difficulty suceeetled in mounting; hut here another difficulty
occurred; having once gut into the ;eat, it was found a!nmost an im-
possibility that he should get out of- it again. In short, the carriage
was found wholly inadequate for the purpose for which it was in-
tended; and on these pound,: he contended, that the defendant was
not hound to pay for the altera,Uni-:.
The Learned jud.ze held, after hearing the ounsel on both sides,
that the defendant was bound to pay for the ..or;: ; mid that if it were
nriororrly executed, he might inant,iin a t:ro,
Verdict for the pi:limit':
ESCAPE OF GENERAL PIIILLIPPON.

James Robinson, John Hughes, 'William Hatter, srl'il;iam and
Turner, were indicted for a consniracy to aid the eqc:ipe of Arnaud
Phillirpon and Philip Auguste Gamier, French prisoners of war,
from Oswestr-y, in Shropshire.
Mr. Serjept 13EssT opened the case, and detailed the evidence,
which was as follows

Mr. loosely proved, that General Phillippon was a prisoner at
Oswestrv, and thin the last time he saw him was about o'clock,
on the 30th of lime. Gamier had also been a prisoner about three
ears. rhillippon was a tall man, about six feet, thin, with a scar
over his c‘e, and tt.otallv wore a grey coat, with a blue great coat.
Gamier was abut five feet six inches, thin and pale, and wore a blue
ceat, with a brown great coat.
The defendant, Robinson, had lately taken a mill within three
miles of Oswestry, but had not carried on much business as a miller.
on the:loth of Jute he sent his servant to Shrewsbury, to get a weigh-
ing ni.ichine, and directed him to wait his coming. At length, in the
evening, Robinson came in a gig, and had a honey tied to the shafts ;
he told the man t. go forward to Haygate with him ; and the man
rode the poney until they overtook a gentleman on the road, a small
man in blue coat, and brown great coat. They went to Haygate,
which is on the Birmingbam road, and there Robinson bespoke a
chaise, and himself, with two gentlemen, got into it, and went away
for Birmingham. The post-boys then traced Robinson and the two
gentlemen to the Shakespeare 'Tavern, at Birmingham, where they
breakfasted the next morning. The next morning a travelling cha-
riot, with a dickey-box, took them from the Shakespeare. It ap-
peared, that Robinson had passed through Birmingham about ten days
before, and had bespoke this carriage at a Mr. Whecley's, at Bar.

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mingham, and h.d agreed at tile some time wi lb jp..si-‘iiais—r—'.e diiver
of the nark of Yoxall, to go with hi.it 'as a servant, for %hich he
was to give him 11. a day, avid a new hat 'and coat, awl tilist 11;in to
be ready to set off on the Ist of j uIY Aceordin,;l;., ,;th
the carrtag: to the Shakespeare. Ht then trave:tei I,llls as 3
servant, and hired the horses, &c. on the road lie did nit the
two Gentlemen who actoropanie.l R ohinsoc, and 1w never I 'r
speak. At length they arrived at Rye, and were put dowt, a
public-house kept by the iletentlant Hudie.. •
While they were at Birmingham, Robinson received a in
the hand yeritin4 of Hughes, but signed by Jone.s,
was perfectly well and ready. It obinon, and the two peison, ;vi It
him, cominned at Rye some days. In the mean r im, the scrap;;
of General Phillippon was m +de an a sharp look-m, s.as
kept along the c •ast for any b as* ping our, or coming in from the sea ;
at length, on the Nth of July, an oven twat' was seen rowlvt: nit ,
R ye, early in •he morcing, which had RoH:isOrt and flatter, awl
Turner aboard Robin••on got ashore before •the officers over-
take him, and upon their questioning the two other delendaids as to
who he was, they said he resided in that neight,ourhood. He was
traced to the house of Hugh's, and whets' the utt:ers entered the
house his boots were wet with sea-water He said, upon being
questioned, it was so, and that he had, Lien nut all nii.ht at sea,
mackerel fishing. Upon tLs statement, himself, Hugries, and the
two other men, were taken into immediate cu
,soov. 'Nitre was na
distinct evidence as to the identity of the persons of Phillippon and his
curopanion ; but all the witnesses give a descriptiw' ~t persons
answering to the description given of them by Mr. Trios*, the 'gent
at Os wcht ty. Upon this evidence, the J cry found them—Guilty.
Dawson. who was convicted at :he Camhridge Assizes of poisoning
horse., and sentenced to be executed yesterday,has been reprieved.