The National Register.
London, England, 1814-11-27 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

BRITISH FJREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY.

A most respectable-and numerous meetinT, of the friends of thiv
Institution. took pkee yesterday at the Freemason's Tavcrn, Great
Queen-street. The DUKE of KrNT in the chair. The annual re-
port of the committee wes read—it gave a mo•t.gratifying picture
of the progressive improvement of the institution, hmi was received
with the warme4 demonstrations of Fati‘f tvt;ott. Several resolu-
tions for promoting the interests ut the establidinient, were read.
Amon_ other persons present, were Mr. Whitbread, Mr. Brougham,
Mr. Hume, Lady tVlsithrcad, Lady M•lniosh, &c.

LAW IN7ELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KINGS BENCH, Fitio.tv, Nov. 23.
THE KING Z•. COLONEL. GRANT.

The defendant was brought ap for jadgment. He was convicted
at the la.t Lewes Assizes, for assaulting a Mr. John Bnd, an inha-
bitant of BriOsion. The case was repented loom the Cisenit at the
time ot its oceurrence, and was as follows :—The defendant, Major
ot the 18th Hteisars then wiartered at hrighton. and the proseentor.
111 r. 11e111, was driviee his chaise on thy road leading from Brighton
to Lewes, when he met the Major also driving a one-horse chaise.
Tire latter came so Hear the former. that he drove him almost ofT
the road. Upon which he asked him, Why Ise did not quarter?"
The Major turned round and exclaimed, " What is that you say,
Cott impudent rascal? down on your knees' and beg my !Hullos), or
1 will horse.w hip you." Mr. Bull replied, he never asked pardon
of puppies. The Major then laid Isis horse-whip on his shoulders,
and in doing it struck the wife and child, who were riding with Mr.
Bull. Bull asked his mime; he replied it.was Duncan. Bull said,
and my name is Bull. I live at Brighton, and will punish you. Tire
Major told him to go home and tell his Brighton friends he had re-
ceived a horse-whipping.—After Counsel had been heard, the Major
beegid to Fay a few words, when he vehemently protested on his
honour that he never gave a false name. Ile was sentenced to six
Weeks impritonment in the King's Bemis.
DISSENTING CHAPELS.

THE HIM', V. GEORGE FAHQUAIttiON.
Mr. !Colon wis this thy to chew cause against a rifle obtained
dui in 4 the :a t Term, calling upon the Justices of Surrey to skew
cause wily In order of Sessions made by them, confirming a poor
rate f r tl:e parish of Christchurch, imposed on the defendant,
should not 1 e gnashed. The defendant, it appeared, having been
rated by tln. Churchwardens of the said parish, appealed against the
rate, upon ,11 ground that Rowland Hill's and other meeting-houses
in the par sh, were not subject to the payment of a similar r,dte.
Mr. Nolan a ipported the order of Sessions, which lie said must be
confirmed. i•iasninch as no proper initice bad been given by the de-
fen(L:nt of the grievance of which he complained, he having given
notice that c:rtain Chapels were not ratedi instead of having stated
that cer :lin persons 11 ceiting the pi ofi ts of the said Chapels
had not beou rated. The Court held that it was not the
meeting 10100, hut the man to whom the mettinglionse be-
longed, that was rateable, and consequently the flrm of appeal
adopted by the defendant wiai improper.
.He must, there-
fore, at present settle his difference with the external walls of the
Chapel, and in order that lie might obtain the judgment of the
Conti upon his ease, put himself in a rational shape.—Sir Simon Le
Blanc snit], the chapels in question tni6:it or might not be rateable.
—Order of Sesbiona confirmed.