Star.
London, England, 1818-12-15 00:00:00

EXECUT7O2•

Ti is morning, at five o'clock, the usual
preparatory to the execution of criminal;, was moved
from the yard to the front of the Debtors door of
Newgate. From this moment to the time of execu-
tion the crowd increased till the Old Bailey and
all ,he avenues to it were completely filled. At
half past seven the Sheriff's entered the ipner yard,
when the prisoners, Driscol, Weller, Williams, and
Cashman, had their irons knocked Off. At eight
o'clock the bell tolled as usual, and the prisoners
were brought out.
Driscol, (a native of Ireland) executed for uttering
forged notes, was attended by a Roman Catholic
Priest (Mr.Devereux) who had been with him all night.
Guiana's, a Jew, (whose real name was Emanuel)
executed for forgery, had been attended all night by
two Rabbies, who accompanied him to the platform.
Weller, a mere youth of '2O years of age, convicted
of forgery, was attended by the Ordinary of Newgate.
Williams, 20 years of age, a Welch youth, con-
victed of burglary, was also attended by the Ordinary.
The criminals, who all behaved with great resig-
nation, confessed the justness of .their sentence ; all
shook hands with each other. A short time was
spent in prayer, and at '2O minutes past eight, the sig-
nal being given, they were launched into eternity.
Driscol has left a wife and five young children.'
He was a plaisterer's labourer, brought up in great
ignorance, and unable even to read. He said he was
led to the commission of the crime for which he suf-
fered, by the persuasion of others; but be could not
be induced to communicate the names of his confe-
derates. He was not in bed during the night.
Cashman was a man of notorious bad character.
He had been discharged from the hulks, where he
had been confined for previous offences, only about
ten inc:nlis ago.
Weller was the son of respectable parents, who had
paid every attention to his education ; but, associating
with bad companions, he• was early initiated into
their vices. He was convicted along with Cashman
for the same offence, in September last, and had been
tried at the Old Bailey for a similar offence only six

weeks before.
Williams was a shoemaker by trade, and had been
convicted, on two separate indictments, of having
robbed several houses at Enfield. He belonged to a
gang of depredators who had long infested that
neighbourhood.
A Quaker Lady -Wes. Riney), who, on applica-
tion to the Keeper of Newgate (Mr. BRowN), had
been admitted to the prisoners oh Monday, and had
taken much pains to give them religious instruction,
Iwas with them again by six o'clock this morning, by
1 their own desire, and continued with them some time.
When the scaffold dropped, there was a very in-
decent shou't from various parts of the multitude of.
" Murder I—Murder l" and it was apprehended; for
some time, that from the great pressure some acct.
dents had occurred. Happily, however, there was
nothing of the kind, and the people dispersed quietly,
after the prisoners had hung the usual time.
The Rabbies who attended Cashman requested and
were permitted to cut him down. They 'took away
the rope along with the body (the usual practice with
the Jews). Shortly after, a great crowd of Irish,
men, women, and children, applied for the body of
1
1 Driscol, which they bore away with the usual custom
of howling. The bodies of the other two were taken
into the prison, to be delivered to their friends in
the course of the day.

Crowder, who was indicted, and was to have been
tried for the robbery of the Stirling Mail-coach of a
box, containing a large quantity of bank notes be-
longing t the Stirling Bank, has been liberated, the
Bank havio ng declined to proceed any further in the
business.
Sunday night, between nine and ten o'clock, an
alarming fire broke out in the hay-loft of the Flying
Horse Livery Stables, belonging to Mr. CASIDEN,
Halfmoon-alley, Bishopsgate-street, which destroyed
the corn and hay, together with the stables ; provi-
dentially the horses were got out safe ; the engines
arrived, and with a good supply of water, the fire
was got under without further mischief.
EXCISE APPOINTMENTS IN IRELAND.—AMong the
appointments are, for the Counties of Cavan and
Meath, ENEAs CONEY, Esq. Monaghan, Wm. KILPA-
TRICK, Esq. and Leitrim, Wm. BLACK, Esq. These
Gentlemen are selected from the higher Offices in the
Excise Department, and of course fully qualified for
the arduous duties they have been deputed to perform.
MAGENDIE ON GRAVEL.—If the value of a literary
work is to be estimated by the degree of benefit to
society which it is calculated to produce. we know
few on medical subjects of late production, entitled
to a higher rank than that of Dr. MAGENDEE on
Gravel. It shews, in a decisive manner, the advan'
tageous results that ensue from the cultivation of me-
dicine on scientific principles. The eminent talents
the author is generally acknowledged to possess, both
as a physiologist and practical physician, have led to
the discovery of facts respecting the nature and
causes of the disorder which we have mentioned,
that have pointed out a mode of treatment as effica-
cious as those previously employed, were for the most
part nugatory or uncertain. What adds much to
the value and general utility of these disoveries is,
that the principles for the mode of cure are within
the comprehension, and may be safely adopted, by
the public in
.general. Indeed, it is shewn by the
most convincing facts, that the disease may be reme-
died in the greater number of instances, merely by
adopting a certain mode of diet. The idea we have
of the great-value of this work, and Its utility to all
persons affected with the malady of which it treats,
has induced us thus to =press our 'outputs respect-
ing it.

• LAW INTPLLIGENCE4
VICE,CHANCELLOWS COURT, DECEMBER 14.
COPYRIGHT OF THE BIBLE.
The SOLICITOR-Gzszaat, on behalf of the Uni-
versities of Oxford and Cambridge, and the King's
Printers, moved for an Injunction of the Court, to
restrain several persons, whose names were handed
into the Register, from publishing and selling, or
otherwise disposing of, Copies of sundry Editions of
the Bible and the Book of Common Praye4 which
they had hitherto done, 'in defiance of his Majesty's
Patent. Several copies were produced in Court,
particularly of the small duodecimo kind. One of
these contained the text, word for word, according
to the corrected patent edition. In order, however,
to make some difference in it, a number of original
notes were affixed to the bottom of each page, but
so contrived as to be capable of being cut off in the
binding, and rendered in all respects similar to the
original patent edition. The tide-page also, by un-
dergoing.the same process, would be made exactly
like the title-page of the patent copy. The Learned
Gentleman remarked, that he had been instructed to
move for injunctions to the same effect against other
persons last Term, and he was happy to be able to
assure the Court, that they had been productive of
the best results.
His lioNoua looked through the volumes in suc-
cession, and said, that the artifice was easily seen
through, and upon such evidence there could not be
the colour of an objection to the application.
Injunction Granted.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DRCEIIBER 14.
HANcoafii V. SHORT.
'lsis was an action of assault and false imprison-
ment. It appeared in evidence that the plaintiff had
bought a lot of casks of a servant of the defendant,
who is a cooper by trade, for the price of three pounds
odd shillings. The plaintiff was about to carry away
his bargain in a cart, when the defendant interposed
and prevented his so doing with violence, saying that
his servant had had no, authority to sell the casks.—
A scuffle and an angry discussion ensued, when the
plaintiff was taken before the Lord Mayor, who dis-
missed the case, after he had been detained about an
hour and a half. The defence set up was, that the
parties had voluntarily gone before the Lord Mayor
to adjust their disputes, and that it was not a compul-
sory proceeding on the part of the defendant.
The case, however, went to the Jury, and they
found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £5.
KISBEE V. HEARNE.
This was an action for assault and battery. It ap-
peared in evidence that the plaintiff had been clerk
to the defendant, who keeps the King's Arms Inn, on
Holborn•bridge, and on the 4th ofJuly last had ap-
plied to the defendant for the balance of wages due
to him, amounting to £l3. The defendant, instead
of paying. the demand, accosted the plaintiff' in the
most abusive language, and proceeded to strike him
repeatedly on the head with a cash-book, and having
done so, set two helpers in the inn-yard upon him,
who beat him in a most unmerciful and cowardly
manner. For the injury thus sustained this action
was brought.
Evidence was adduced on the part of the defen-
dant, from which it appeared that when the plaintiff
applied to the defendant for the balance of his wages,
the latter told him that he could not pay him until
he kad made up his accounts, having taken money
whlli he had not accounted for in the cash book, and
had. lett ensettled when be left his service ; upon
which the plaintiff said he was a liar, and could not
be justified in retaining his money upon so false a
pretence. Other abusive language followed; and the
plaintiff having called the defendant a swindling liar,
lie pushed the handle of his umbrella into his face.
At this provocation the defendant den struck him
with the account-book, and what afterwards followed_
was done by his servants.
The case went to the Jury upon the evidence, and
after retiring for about half an hour, they found a
verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 05.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DECEMBER 14.
BI: ::DEN V. ARNOLD.
This was an action for the recovery of £95, pat,'
by the plaintiff to the defendant for a horse, which.
the latter had warranted. According to plaintiff's
witnesses, the horse, after he had got possession of it,
was only used one day in a break, and on the neat
day he became quite lame. Therefore a e plaintiff
brought this action upon the ground of the warrantry.
The warrantry was admitted by the 'defendant, but
on his part several witnesses were adduced to prove
that the horse was perfectly sound before, as well as
at the time of its sale to the plaintiff.—Verdict for

the defendant.

PAILLN V. FRY.
The plaintiff in this case sued for damages for an
assault alleged to have been made upon him by the
defendant. The following are the circumstances as
they appeared in evidence :—The plaintiff, who is a
bricklayer, was employed to construct a communi-
cation with the common sewer, from the premises of
a Gentleman which adjoined"those of the defendant.
In prosecution of this work, the plaintiff thought
proper, with some fellow labourers, to pass through
the yard of the defendant, without asking any per-
mission. This bein,-; offensive to Mrs. Fry, she order-
ed the yard door to be locked ; and the plaintiff, oa
the next day, attempted to enter defendant's premises
by a side door, those prcmises being the nighest route
to the place where plaintiff was employed to cut the
sewer. But the attempt was resisted by Mr. Fry,
, and plaintiff brought this action against that Gentle-
man for an assault on that occasion.
Several witnesses deposed that they saw Mr. Fry
strike the plaintiff, who was severely maltreated.—
None of those witnesses, however, were present at
the outset of the affray : but a witness adducefor
the defendant deposed, that he was present at the
outset, and that the plaintiff struck the first blow.—
Upon his evidence being delivered, the Plaintiff was
Nonsuited.

Sunday night the coach-house of the Rev. A. C. 1
Osst.ow, Rector of Newington, was broke open and
'
robbed of a set of chaise harness and a riding. saddle.
Wednesday evening some sacrilegious villains stole
nearly the whole of the black cloth which was hang-
ing round the pulpit, reading and clerk's desks, in the
Church of Stoke-upon-Trent.
Saturday morn:ug Green Peas were brought to
Winchester market, which were glioWll in a garden
in the parish of Hursle;.
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PROfiEcUTIONS,BY THE .BAN.OP 'ENGLAND.
Considerable interest was etcited this morning, in
consequence of its being very generally-understood,
that the prisoners, who had been indicted by the
Bank of England for having forged notes in their
possession, and who
.had pleaded guilty to these in-
Actments, had petitioned to withdraw those pleas,
and take their trials. A Petition, it appears, had
been prepared and signed by nine persons to this ef-
fect, and Mr. Baron WOOO and Mr. Justice HOL-
BOYD came down at tea o'clock, not alone to decide
upon the prayer of the Petition, but to preside at the
'subsequent proceedings. It is, perhaps, unnecessary
to remark that the course adopted by the prisoners
was suggested by the acquittals of the men prosecu-
ted by the Bank for the capital offence of uttering
notes, during the preceding sittings of the
CoCourt. The prisoners having been brought into
Court, the following Jury was sworn: -
Edward ?Wilkinson, RobertHoughton, Janes Alstaemo.
I George Goold, J. E. Miller, I Jeremiah Blount,
Robert Newman; - William Abbott, John Lynch,
Benjamin Bright, James Winders John Williams.
Richard Broderick, one of the prisoners who had
pleaded guilty to the minor offence of having forged
notes in his possession, knowing them to be forged,
was put to the bar. -
Mr. Serjeant BOSANQUET immediately rose, and
addressed the Court as follows :—My Lord, before
the prisoner who stands at the bar is charged with
the indictment which has been preferred against him,
I think it necessary to address a fuse observations to
your Lordship. According to the course which has
prevailed for several years, in cases where persons
have been prosecuted at the instance of the Bank of
England, for uttering forged notes, two indictments
have been preferred ; one of these indictments
charging the prisoner with the capital offence of uts
tering forged and counterfeit Bank-notes, knowing
them to be forged, and the other for having had
forged Bank-notes in his possession. With one of
these offences the present prisoner stood charged, and
pleaded guilty. During my experience in Bank pro-
secutions, for many vears the course pursued has
been precisely that which I have described, namely,
that two indictments were preferred—the one for the
capital offence, and the other for the offence which
subjects the offender to transportation ; and in cases
where it has appeared on full consideration, and the
Court shall think fit and be of opinion that public
justice might be satisfied by a prosecution for the
lesser offence, the persons conducting the prosecu-
tions for the Bank have invariably adopted the more
humane course ; and upon application from the pri-
soners themselves, to be allowed to plead guilty to
the lesser offence, that application has been granted,
and the Bank have been permitted to withdraw from
a prosecution for the greater offence. It is also re-
quisite I should observe, that this application from
the prisoners has at all times been voluntary, and has
not arisen out of any intimation given, or induce-
ment held out on the part of their prosecutors. My
Lord, in the present occasion, I find that the priso-
ner had before applied for permission, and has
pleaded to the lesser offence ; and certainly, on the
part of the Bank I have no wish, on the contrary, I
earnestly wish not to proceed to the trial of the capi-
tal indictment. Having once accepted the prisoner's
plea to the lesser offence, we cannot think of going
on to charge him with the greater ; and my humble
application to the Court is, that I may be permitted
Ito withdraw the capital indictment, upon which I
shall offer no evidence. This mode of proceeding is
[quite in course.
Mr. Baron Woon.—Have not some other ped-
tio(n.eidt
ittOKMoirthdTrial
ew their
Apiloeas
s?._
those who have petitioned. This is not one of
l‘lr. Baton Woori.—Prisoner, you have already
pleaded guilty to the lesser offence, of having Bank-
notes in your possession ; arc you cow desirous that
That plea shotpd be withdrawn, and to take your trial
for the . capital offence?—Prisoner-1 don't know
what they mean about the trial for a capital offence;
i I was qisite ignorant. A paper was brought to me,
I don't know what it was, and I put my name at the
,bottom of it,
Mr. Baron Noon.—Do you wish to withdraw your
plea of guilty ?—Pris.—l will plead again, my Lord.
Mr. Baron Woos.—l wish to be. understood; at •
tend to me. You have pleaded that you had forged
notes in your possession, knowing them to be forged.
You have had no trial, because you confessed your-
' self guilty. Do you, now wish to make an applica-
tion to withdraw that plea? Understand, that if you
, withdraw that plea the Bank will prosecute you upon
which indictment it pleases. Judge for yourself.—Pri-
soner—l do not want to withdraw my plea, my Lord.
- Mr. Serjeant Bow:swims—lt is my most earnest
wish that nothing should-pass but what is clearly un-
derstood by all parties. My Lord, I think the pri-
soner did not understand your Lordship.
Prisoner.—They had some pacer. which I have
signed, but I did not understand it; I did not then
agree to it.
Mr. Baron Woon.—Where is that paper ?—Priso-
nor—l don't know ; I do not wish to abandon my plea,
The memorial which Mr. Brown, Keeper of New-
gate, had presented to the Court from these indivi-
duals who had pleaded guilty to the minor offence,
was then handed to his Lordship.
Mr. Serjeant BOIAN QUET —1 earnestly wish that
there may be no mistake or misapprehension ; that is
the Petition to the Court which these persons have

signed.
Mr. Baron Woon.--Who is the person ty whom
it was presented to the CCII/t ?—Prisoner-1 did not
want to have any thing to do with the matter. I.put
my name to a piece of paper.
Mr. Brown here stated to the Court, that the day
after the late verdicts, eight or nine of the prisoners
who had pleaded guilty to the minor offence, solemnly
applied to him, and requested that he would apply
to the Court to allow them to retract their pleas. The
answer he gave to this solicitation was, that he could
do no such thing. On Thursday last aßeper wat
given to him by these prisoners, and the next morn-
ing he took it to the Common Serjeant. On Satur-
day he was asked whether that petition was intended
to come from all the panics? At that time he said
he did not know. Upon application to the prisoners,
the answer was, that a was sent from ail of them.
Piisoper.---1 did not want to sign any paper,