The National Register.
London, England, 1822-06-24 00:00:00

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THE. NATIONAL REGISTER

Can HT OF KING'S BENCH.
ball/110SY, JUIN V 2.
]Hi LINO v, CLINOICS.
The defendant, an undertaker, employed by the county
of Surrey, at Horsemonger•iane gaol, was convicted at
:he last mollies fur she county of Surrey of a suistleinea-
floor, under the following ctraminstances. The defendant
nod been in the course of his business, been employed to
bury a man stained Lees, who had 'sweatily beets eseculeds
foe ceseinamy of burial took place in due course, and the
defendant charged the county three pounds as eapenres.
In consequence of h Utile suspicious circumstances which
wallet wards occurred, the coffin was taken up and opened.
when it was Wand hat it Was fined with rubbish ; and it
afterwards appeared that the body bad been conveyed
pi is mei) to sir. 111 mks's, fur the pm pose of dissection.
Tiie defendant was this broil:lit rip to lei:6yr judgment,
and the 4:oust sentenced hilts to pay a tine of 201. to the
King, and to be imprisoned fur six mouths in Brixton
11..ase of Correction.
Mt. Watford moved for a writ of Habeas Corpus, coot-
' ns maims the gooles of the county gaol of Salop, to bring
up a person c 111111 l lilted on a charge of wilful murder.
11,e Lord Chief Justice intimated, that it wos unusual
to move for a writ of Habeas in u case et murder.
Mt. Wilma d said, toe peculiar eireitawtances of the
case alight, ;sesta:spa, warrant the apish( • .
The Lord Chief Justice said, it would, perhaps, preju-
dice the ;at isoner on his trial it the Court gave ally opi-
nion on the facts, and his lurdship suggested that Mr.
Watford had better consider the case again before be sub
witted his mutton to she Court.
The Learned Counsel acceded to the suggestion of the
Coat t, aa•i took nothing by hi• mat 1011.

THE LICENSING SYSTEM.—A short time ago an
old established tavern, hitherto we believe of very
good repute, called the Army and Navy Coffee-house,
near the bottom of St. Martin's-lane, was shut up
in consequence of the failure in business of the land
lord. A Mr. Jiggers, who had been long in the
trade, determined to try his fortune in it, and he
purchased, the hose, fixtures, &c., and having ex-
pended some money in fitting up and improving the
house, he opened it, and in due time made applica-
tion to the licensing magistrates of St. Martin's
paeish, of whom Sir Richard Birnie is one, to have
the license transferred from the former holder of it
to himself'. To his astonishment, however, the ap-
plication met with a peremptory refusal on the part
of the magistrates to transfer the license at all, and
lior that refusal no reason was assigned. The fact
being communicated to the solicitor, who, on behalf
of the body of licensed victuallers of London, are
watching the bill now in progress through the
House of Commons, fur the better regulation of the
licensing system, one of them, Mr. Goddard, waited
upon Sir iticherl B rule. Mr. Goddard opened his
mission by informing Sir Richard that he called upon
him in order to know from himself it' he refused, and
it he still persis-ed in his refusal, to grant the trans-
fer license to Mr. liggers,iof the Army and Navy
Coffee-house? Sir Richard Birnie replied in the
allirmative. Mr. Goddard—l have another question
which I think it toy duty to put, and I wish to do
it quite respectfully, I assure you. I)u you give any
reason for refusing the license ? Sir R. Birnie—
Nu ;I do not. Mr. Goddard—Then am Ito under-
steed, Sir Richard, that you refuse to grant this
license, and that you do not choose to give any reason
why you refuse it? Sir R. Birnie—l shall out
answer that question. Mr. Goddard—l am bound
to tell you it will be my duty to communicate this
to the committee. Sir R. Birnie—You are perfectly
at liberty to communicate what you please to the
Committee. Here the colloquy elided. and Mr.
and Mr. G ddard withdrew. The house remains
closed.
By the Tribune frigate, letters dated the 10th of
May have been received from Havannah. An order
hid been issued by General Davila, who commands
the remnant of the royalists in the castle of St.
Juan de thins, prohibiting to all fiireign merchant
vessels entrance to the harbour of Vera Cruz.—As
the castle completely commands the harlsour, the
general can assure the fulfillment of his own order.
—lt is supposed to have originated at Madrid, and
that it will not be withdrawn without new orders
from the Sponbh government. This will, however,
only compel the foreign traders to seek entry at the
port of Tampico, winch may be affected without
molestation. The trade with Mexico is, however,
described at present as by no means lucrative. The
same veinel has also brought letters from Jamaica,
which are dated only in the latter cud of April,
the 7ribune having touched last at Haventieh.—
still, owing to the delay of the paclset, they are
the latest dates that have reached us from that
The only news they bring is the corrobo-
ration of the report that Lord Cos:time had been
joined by three Spanish frigates in the Pacific,
which, in conjunction with the other ships of his
squadron, has assisted to transport a large body of
troops fr,na Panama to Esineraldus, a port in the
Pacific, for the purpose of intercepting General
Murgeon, in his retreat from Quito. The volun-
tary junction of the Spanish frigates, however, up-
pears so eatraordinury, that we ought still to wait
for further confirmation before it i► wholly credited.
Time LAppiee,. of Iti guns, Capt. H. T. Broome
is toting Portsmouth, for the Cape of
Goad Hoy; otat.'ru.