The National Register.
London, England, 1817-10-27 00:00:00

S'FRATAGF:NIS OF CHEiS.

The French who have always excelled us in super-
ficial accomplishments lay cairn to the merit of be-
ing the most skilful Chess players in Europe ; and
that their skill might be the means of improving their
neighbours, the members of the principal Chess Club
at Paris some ,time ago made a collection of the critical
situations and masterly moves, which owe their origin
to the must eminent players, which they published under
the title of " Y4tratajemes des Echoes." The whole of
these situations were disignated by alphabetical letters
upon 'the squares of the board and from the great num-
ber of examples, left hardly a move or situation unex-
plained. This volume bas been recently translated and
printed in a very neat form with Pio wood euts repre-
senting the board, but instead of the pieces being dis-
ignated by letters, as in the French, the pieces them-
selves arc engraved, and the critical moves more fully
described. The description of the moves, . which the
tyro will have recourse to, if his genius will .out lead
hint to discover themby a view of the situation of the
Loard, is clear and satisfactory, and well calculated to
amuse and instruct those whiyare disposed to devote a
portion of their leisure to the practice of a game ituacp-
tilde of the greatest ingenuity and of Amijesse variety. ,

THE. NATION,

STATE TRIALS.

MONDAY, OCT. 15.

rIgTER:

The Court met precisely at'S o'clock. Mr. Clarke stated
that the Attorney-General would be in Court in two minutes,
and had antlionsed him to say that William Turner was the
next prisoner to Le tried.
William Turner was brought to the bar. He seemed a man
of about tti, of a slender make and rather a long face. with
Hat nose. His look was somewhat melancholy and dejected.
He was dressed in a blue coat, red and spotted silk hand
kerchief, coloured waistcoat, corduroy breeches, and light
woollen stockings. His appearance and dress clearly indi-
cated him to be one of the lowest rank in society.
Mr. Lowudes began to call over the list of jurors, when
M. Denman stated, that they did not object to those who
had formed the last jury, merely on that account. • The ju-
rors were then called in their order: lint just as the elei k
read out the first name, a long diseussiue arose on the
violatiou of the order of the Court by the Courier newspaper,
in hosing published garbled accounts of the proceedings upon
the trial of the first prisimer. The Counsel on both sides, as
well as the Judges censured this conduct in severe terms, hut
as the Court was unable to ascertain by whom the comma uni
cation had been made to the paper in question no proceeding
could be instituted upon it.
Eighty juors were then called before a jury was sworn.—
All the members of the former jury were excused. 'two of
them expressed a willingness to serve, and were challenged
for the prisoner. The following Jury were irupannelled at a
quarter before 19;—Thomas Ensor, of Marston.on.Dove,
farmer • Henry Spurner, of the same place, farmer ; Thomas
Michael Goodall, of Marston-Montgomery, farmer ; Thomas
Hall, of Sutton, earmer ; Samuel Dean, of Ashieyhay, gentle-
man : John Wagstaff, of Atlow, farmer; Joseph Wheeldon,
of Alvaston and Bonbon, farmer; James Osborne, of the same
place, fanner ; Thomas Crompton, of Datley•ahhey, gentle-
man ; John Glover, of Fender'', fanner ; John Hallam, of
Little Chester, farmer; and Thomas Ordish, of Mickleover,
fanner.

The indictment was then read, and the trial proceeded.
The Solicitor-General loose at 10 o'clock, and opened the
prosecution against William Turner, the circumstances of
whose case SeCilled to be closely interwoven with the facts
established on the trial of Brandreth. The Address of the
Solicitor-General did not occupy above an hour, containing
a clear narative of the supposed conspiracy, and was marked
by a careful abstinence even from oho expression of any opi-
nion on the legal question, which he desired to leave alto-
gether to the exposition of the Judge. Antony Martin, the
first witness on the List trial, was the first called upon the
present. His evidence was in substance precisely the same
as on the former occasion. Other witnesses were then ex-
amined almost precisely in the same order asou the first trial,
and deposed to the value effect.