The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-11-30 00:00:00

. LM LLIG SATS. Coen OP h11641'. BR'MCIT, Nov W. fraasset Wow after blietaelases Tenn. before the Lord Jastlee and Ceeseroa rmailaab astuntes •. JOIN WALTER, reg. AND MILL. "is VMS as action brought by a reporter of police orate istelligeireit limiest the proprietor of The Time* trerripaper. fat as alleged libel. The alleged libel set oat is the deelaratiou was is the fullowiog words :-- " Pusan Harbautao, Uxtow-Hoat.--Wo had oo• eneion, net keg ago, to mention a fraud practised on /Ile Ragashems newspaper, be a person named Acton; a similar las been ensile on this journal by a person Minted ds, and bad he seceemini in ob. taming the must of his dogmas', which was made in the name of a penes duly accredited at the slice, be week hushed seisms, the charge before the Jury. The fraud woe. however, dionweeed by us before he obtained payout, and en which arconat eel/ has he escaped preheat's.. We, however, cosiidired it a duty we owed ourselves and the Magistrates at Union- Ilan, at whose office Stinsisode had obtained a footing. to bring the subject nmier the consideration of the later, Ware whom Rduseade• appeared on Tahrolay. It is see necessary to lay tim particulars of the attempted fraud before the public; it will he suf ficient to say, that the Magistrate who heard the ease /teas so dissatisfied with the condttet and (Wince of the einseed, that be gave orders that be should sever &pia be permitted to enter the office, and assured him, that if he did, he (the magistrate) wonid tommit him to prison, and would justify his conduct in so &lag by the papers we left in his pew session. We cannel conclude this article without thanking the magistrate, at Union-hall, before whom this case came, for his politeness and attention, and regret with him exceedingly, that on anoint of the money not having been obtained, we could not pro secute." Tire plaintiff alleged, as special damage, that in consequence of the said libel, the editors of other newspapers (naming them) who'had been in the habit of receiving aad inserting his communications for re ward, had wholly declined any longer to employ him. 'Phu delndisaa pleaded first, the general issue, Not Guilty ; and nest, special pleas of justification of the truth of the alleged libel. These latter pleas cos-' shoed of two sets respectively applicable to the counts in the declaration. The one set averred that the plain tiff had falsely and fraudulently used the name of Mr. James Reeves, the chief clerk of the I:Moe-hail Polleeniee, is sending articles of intelligence to Die Times newspaper, as and for the communications of that person, and had thereby obtained money in payment of the same ; and that be had sent the follow ing ankle fee lssstlion, the material facts of which were false and unfeiaded, vie. " BSTSIOSISMEST Ctunrsurartet.—On Tuesday evening list, Mrs. Lees, who resided in the Nursery preemie, as rood, went from her house to par elms* smile &Kelm it a shop In Blarkfriars-read, and leg. her e*ld, Ells. Lees, a girl of about ten years of age. aimsf la the house. A short time after her &b -aron die seighbourbood was alarmed by the cry of "'leer s WA the daserhear ef Mt Lera was imm-wan. sing oat of her mother's house enveloped in flames ; the maroon rendered every assistance is their power it itt the ire. and afterwards carded her to Guy's where else expired. The is. jury she meting' was too extensive sad steno to all snit of descried... While sense of the neighbours were carrying. die child to the Hospital, others west to look far the mother. At toil of Ithickfrian road they met,several watchmen carrying • weasel upon a shutter; sae of the . neighbours exclaim ed, " Good God ! it is Mrs. Lust" and upon exclaim log the person etch was the extraordinary feet. Mrs. Lees, It appears was crossing Black friere-rood. when some fellow with little pestilence and less lesioasity rode Anil gallop up the street; his horse knocked bin. Lees down sad trampled spots her, and he rode on as if nothing had happened, although loudly called on is stop. no watchmen who were going to noon Mrs. Len to an Hospital, carried her to her house. s here a surgeon we. sent for, who said that there wan net the most rennet chance of her recovery, and last ermine she died. An instant was held yesterday at Guys Hospital upon the child, and a treaties was warned by the Jury," Accidentally bunt to death." We tuderstanil an inquest will be held tss the mother to morrow " J. Haevaa." Whereas la truth and in feet the child umestiorted in the said article was not the child of Mr. Lees; and . whereas Mrs. Lpes was not carried span a shelter, but was carried by tab watchmen to Mr. Dattlap'e, the surgeon, in the New-cat, and front thence walked to the watch-home with the assistance of tie watchmen. sad afterwards to her own lease; and whereas, is, truth and in fact, the said Mrs. Lees did not die, and that a Conoar's baguet did not sit apes her body, but that she is now alter. The second am of plats set out the .. following article, seat by the plainti ff for insertion. which was also averred to be false and untrue I. its material circamatances, via; " DISTAILIZAS Or VII Ditais.--On Monday the 80. rough gang of reurreedos men were stopped near Croydon, by Baker, constable of Wallington, with a horse and cart. Baker, with as assistant, apprehend ed one of the wretches, named Martio..the ethers ef feetetiaiteo6esespe. The day before Mr. Palm's ids tee, .lire. Rents, was buried is Wallington Church yard. sad upon the constable nankin the fart, he famed two dead bodies, and one of them he recursieed as Ms own sister! The other was identified an the body of a Mr:W—, a tavern-keeper at Wallington. who Was Laded the same day. The bodies were again iiiened..and Um prisoner conveyed before the Miele doers. and committed for trial at the sett Kingston i heihaes. He was brought to town yesterday. aid . ‘lll4Oll is Honiemonger-lane Jail. "J. BASTES." Whines. in truth and is fact. the only man talon • ~ was delivered by Ward, a constable (who apprehended Phial in to the custody of Baker, of Warlinghaa , ..t ilv a—that the women in (petition was buried its the hunday preceding in Warlinghela Church tal yea—that there was only one deed body In the cart, which was sever owsed, sod that there was no preset the name of W. tuna-keeper at Wallington ; pea these pleas pitied. The plainthi's e conducted by Mr. SCARLET?. 1 ( , 4 I 31'4' ITA it ill 7 41 6 vsl M' I V; -+. I, !r ' THE STA TFSMAN and Mr. Comm, and the deleadaats' by Mr. ADOL - POLICE. MMus sad Mr. Pi,err. Row-Stenet.—Yesterday Asthow RoWiel, a well- Mr. ISCARLITT (spewed the plaiatirs we, with his known character, was brought to the office front usual ability. The only witseesee called to prove his special among the mob assem bled . near Temple-bar, and ll damage. were Mr. Femme, cleric in The Alormistr derweot an examination before Richard Birnie and Post oaks. aod Mr. Robert Bell, a gentleman who had G eorge Miothull. Eeqrs. charged with being ciew been some ment h e Edi tor of The morn i ng Herald, hat corned , with a num b er of others, in robbing Col. sot at the time to which the pleadings related. The Joseph Hardy 0 his gold watch and seals, who stated that whale in London, he was lodging at the Salopiali lint named gentleman merely proved, that the plaits tiff bad been in the habit of sending articles of police ' , coffee-house, Charing-crues. Having some business in roceeding there in the intelligence to The Mordimg Post, prior to the publi-1 the Elt Y yesterday' he was p Illation of the libl in question, bat that afterwar d s i morning, and when he got within a few yards of Tems- Mese of his communications were inserted. The testi- 1 0 e liar' he found the crowd so great, that it was ie. ! possible him to proceed; he, therefore, determined l imey of the other gentleman failed of the object for f urj which it was adduced. The Editor of The .Vorhimg ,on returning, and was endeavouring to gain the Poor, whose name was mentioned in the pleadings, was horse-road, when he found his course impeded, and not called, neither were the other gentlemen whose himself surrounded by ten or twelve ill-looking fel names were also set out, though several of them were lows, who pinioned his arms, so that he could net salvo/need and in attendance. more them, whilst one of the grog snatched hi s g o ld I Mr. ADOLPHUS addressed the Jury in an able, mas- watch, which he had worn for thirty years, out of Mk tete, and eloquent speech, on behalf of the defendants. fob; and, although it wes secured by a Russian chain. The ease opened and proved in evidence was in 1 whi ch broke, so much violence being used by that j substance this. The plaintiff, a police office reporter, 1 ro bber who force.l it out of his pocket. A p cry st tse had heist la the halite( sending articles of iutelli- thieves and pickpockets was ra'd , and the risons*, Renee to The roes. which. when inserted, were paid who w.ss one of the gang, being seen running off, the by the line. In co nonce of sense leis( tact, the street-keeper of St. Clement's parish, and a constable nature of which was not stated, Mr. Walter gave an belonging to the parish of St. Martin's, pursued sad. order to the printer not to insert any more of his rout- aerated him; they having previously seen - bine attempt nsuniestions. To evade this order, instead of sending several 'gentlemen's pockets, and knowing hien to be his communications as before in his own name, he a suspicious character. thought proper to send them in the name of Mr. James 1 Th-I prisoner, on being called upon to give an sus Reeves, the chief clerk of the Union Hall police count of himself, saisi he was a gentleman. Mt. office, and a little bey was always sent for payment, ' before hint on slosilar chirges. — rommitted f or trial. I n i n th. ' the bin bring made out in Mr. Reeves's name. The 1 above mentioned articles set out in the pleas of justi- i i however, recognised him as having often bees —ass or THE EDENP::aRT Mata.—The following fication, having bee. sent is this manner, they were ! account of the mysterious loss oPtlse Edenderry Peet inserted without unpicks, hut upon complaints being bag. on Friday last, has been received in a !eater, dated made at the office of The noes, of falsehood of the ; E t t"a rrry . N ov . to : statement, Mr. Hicks, a gentleman connected with i " Yesterday evening, at six o'clock, the Post-boy, the office, went to Union Hall to inquire into the , carrying our mail for Dublin, came back in half as matter, and ascertain from Mr. Reeves the sources' hour to our Post-office. saving he lost the mail off his if his infwm ati ons tithing with him the mann- : back, where it had been buckled like a knapsack. It script of the articles. Mr. Reeves expressed his aio ! weighed nearly a quarter of a cwt., and the carrier tonishoseest at Mao application, and declared, that was on horseback. lie can give no account of it he had never sent the articles in question to The whatsoever. 1 here were many cut notes, and, I fear. Times; that he never authorised Edmonds to use his some whole ones, in it. There bare bees no tidings name 1 that he knew nothing Whatever of the articles ;of it this day, though a-very general inquiry has bees and that he had never sent illy communication what- I made." ever to T,e Times, and still i s s, received any money Ft ne.—Ahont half past one o'clock yesterday for any conmennication sent . y others. Upon this' morni ig the neighbourhood of War,lour-street, Soho, iufornsation Edmonds was :taken hefore Mr. thaw- ! was thrown into the utmost confusion by the flames • ben, the Magistrate, upon'itharge of fraud: but in- bursting forth from time shop windows of the house of asmuch as he bad received, money for the forced Mr. thine, tallow-me-her and chandler. It urigiaated articles, the charge was di lased, but the worthy in the cellar, in consequence of one of the pans mil.e dboil- Magistrate severely repel 4 him for his misron• j ing over; part of its contents immediately biased , and I duet, and told him. that ' it b. presumed again to I emsmotnicating to the other matter of an inflammable enter that part of the vice where be usually obtruded t i nature, raged with such fury . that in a short time the himself, he would order him to be turned out. Ed- whole of the lower part of the house was a body of monde at first persisted in saying to Mr. Reeves's ,1 ; fire. The inmates, who were all this time buried in fees, that he had authorized him to use his manse, but ! sleep, were at length roused, and exhibited a most he afterwards confessed his falsehood, and acknow. distressing scene ; they appeared in a state of nudity lodged that he had sent the articles in question to' at the aeronsl fluor windows, from one of which a fio Tie Times, in dlr. Reeves's name. without kis antho- . mole servant jumped into the street. and mat forte thority for that purpose. It appeared, that edinouds 1 Neely prevented from experiencing any injury by tbe was alluvial* turned oat of the algae ;pm occasions penises uselecarath receiving her in their arms. The when he treat there is report. The first set of the l flames were gaining such a rapid ascendency, that the deferianti pleas was clearly nbstantisted la eeblenee. , remainder of the inmates were obliged to desert their bet inasmuch esthete wee man deism he tko.proof on 4 itqtser positiuMs. said were hew' um kw the attic saori I to the other, the tanned Judge was of opialon, that i loglitege and dreamer , were ferinastely by the plaintiff was emitted in point of foul to a verdict this tire procured. said by the hansom and very great ere those pleas. ; exertions of the populace, they were all conveyed Mrs. Lees, the poor woman who woo soma t o have safe into time street, and took shelter in an 'opposite expired from the injury 'est:sisal. is convieguesee of i house. The premises were soon completely gutted. hely run over. appeared in Coen, aid gave Using , awl the whole of the extensive stock in traJe and vs testimony to the contrary. Anable furniture was destroyed. The ire extended Mr. Chambers, the Magistrita, penis' the truth of 1 its ravages to the two adjoiping houses. the one snot - !the supposed libel, in rairstaffea of the testimony of pied by Mr. T. Little. ,a master cooper, anal the other ~ulr. Highs and Mr. Reeves. I by Mr. Oriffiths, appraiser and undertaker, both of Au airways was made to eefteesdiet pert of Mr. ! which, together with their stock in trade and feral- Reines, but it completely failed lit tethetinee. ' i tore, shared the-fate of the former. The houses and Mr. Scar/smite addressed the Jury on behalf of the property of Mr. Hutchins, !chair manufacturer. and plaintiff in a powerful and hippies's repay. Mr. lliskett, cbeesemonger, suffered materially. by The enter Jurnce, in a moot pompanos. nod baying time shop fronts and the windows torn out, is able simonise up. charged the Jury, that stapladmid order to throw the furniture, &c, into the street, the was entitled to a verdict upon the mend Mt of ens, rester part of which was either shattered by its tall, and his Lordship detailed the evident adducted in or carried off by time thieves. There were several support of the first, which went to the abets b o dy of engines all this time on the spot, but unfortunately the supposed libel. - water could not he procured until about three o'clock. The jtr-y retired for alma throe speerillira of as when the fire was checked, and it was entirely got hoar; sad, at the expiration of that *Mb band a alder about four o'clock. verdict for the defendants. - ' CALSMITOUs FlitE.--About three o'clock yesterelny The Lotto Cater-Jesrica theft *ailed that five' afternoon, a distressing and melancholy catastrophe verdict should be entered for the defeedients upon ail s took place at the house of Mr. Fulford, bookseller and the pleas, except the first aid the four last. . stationer, in Little Bell-alley, Moorfields; Mr. sad Mr. ADOLPHUS wished, In ease the &testiest* Mrs. Faiford, about nine o'clock in the morning, went should be astable hereafter to sustain their justliew to see the procession of the Qpeen to Saint Paul's, don, that the jury might say what damages they leaving the house and family, consisting of four chit,- would give, if compelled to God a verdict be the then, in the care of their servant maid. About three' plaintiff. the asighbourbood was thrown into the greatest ) The Loao Cuter-Justice could not pat that . alarm by the servant rousing out of the house, and question. .. is e state of voidness. calling . aloud " ire, murder.' (The learneviJosige, in &remorse of the Wel, seg. Sec." scarcely a moment elapsed before the lames Bested the witimkaatiog .a.jeroir ; 1,..t the proposal burst oat lit the first lime window with the greatest was rejected by the plaintiff) • ' . - Airy; the servant exclainsinq for God's sake save the' children. Mr. ringlets, an oilman, procured a ladder. and endeavoured to get in at the window so save the little sufferers, but all his trona were in vain. as the lames had pitied such an ascendency, that every at tempt was found to be useless. The devouring ciao nsent raged for • considerable time before dm least assistance could be obtained ; at length the various ire I, engines arrived. and a plentiful supply of water being obtaiseed, the dames were impeded in their progress. but es till they had communicated to the adjoining bon*. is the occupation of Mr. Williams, ' hootmaker. By this time Mr. sad Mrs. Pulford re turned, and on the 'flied.' sews reaching the ear of : Mrs. F. she swooned, while her husband ran about in I a state of frenzy. eatjeavouring wind his unfortunate children, two of whom, to the great joy of the afflict ed penises, were fiend at a neighbour's house, where I they had been the whole of the day. All search for the remaining two—a fine girl about two years old. ' and a Pitt* hey about stn mouths wee fined to be of so avail; and it is supposed they meat ban perished is the daises. The wild* of the meleuelmly cireitir Willa is.st• illi!esst esekaown. Not no he.. of fee. niter, dieleagiag well* utfertoore Mr. Pelfo.d elm saved (runs the eostlagratioss. The. house firaleirtly in rains. The house of Mr. Williams bas suffered amoisierstily. It was lately mentloneJ, that a steam4mat amiga-1 cos; between Liverpool, Whitehaven, and Dumfries, is 4 been projected at the latter place. We have leariedl sines, that a similar desire is entertained by several eiterptialug individuals la Lancashire and Cush". laud, mad that a roalitios with the Dumfries projective' is looked for. The boat, it is said, will cost 5.000 L which sem it is purposed to raise by the sale of tell shame, at ?N. each. Leaving Livetpuol at elibt o'clock in the morals!, it is calculated that wilreeneb Whitehavea (a distance of 70 o'clock in the afternoon, and !toiletries the Mae OVIPS• leg. It will touch at the Isle of Man, Worldmitent, Moryport, he. when necessary. Mii.ancnoiv CIRCVOISTANet.-•••lrteterally moem lag, above Weise o'clock, a labouring man went into the Kentish Arms public house, Hurt.. Crescent. and after conversing for a few minutes with the landlord, went into tho yard sod hung himself, by daring a cord tbroigh a hole at the top of WV vrater-cimet limn; bet a permit going into the yikVii shirt time ;afterwards, observed him, and histaatly.4al bias !down. hot he was so far par,' tbit Ito pre a n. itettained of his recovery. He was takes to IlliCtlesei I Hospital. i=> , IMGI7C4I. INTELLIdiNCL —oo-- Tbe &nil, Lateen, trout London to tAg g a ties, has put ioto Froderichsvoorn, with damage, halip lit's " shore sad it Was expected would be obliged II • ho g, to ref;air. The litigate Sophia, Beck. from Amway, le Copenhagen, was lost on the 14th last, on Lessee. En g saved. Two pieces of oak timber, marked en the end AN ehd TM with the crown over it ; a cask of Preach wine m e w Xallege ; a fele met. df tallest, with the head e t a marked H. No. 113, het • biota picked up aadag t he to Newhaven. The Truro, Miller, of and from Noah Siriettleis l aw don, was driven on shore oe the inner Banks, 4 I h f 1 Spurn, me Satunlay evening *ad filled with water; HAMM:ION, Nov. 14 —Mimeo the 2 Ist. inst. we hulled a swere frost, till to-day, when we experienced mild er weather, SOW small boats have passed to and from te l , haven but as yet large vessels cannot sentare. am the vessels king at Twelendetio, &c. are out of dugm, Extract of a letter from Genoa, dated November iltb, " By letters received from Naples of the 7th inst. um learn the Vengeut line-of-hattle ship had jollied dal British squadron, ander Admiral Moore, in the Ali and that a French Division of two frigates, a plum and a schooner, had also arrived there. Since the Id; inst. a Tunisia,' Fleet, of 9 mil has arrived at Legion s , reported to he in quest of an Algeria* ammilron, am also for the purpose of claiming restitatied of a sod Tunisian crosser, which the Taman Government detailed some time ago. It is stated that orders from Fleetest had reache‘Legkern to arrest a vessel in that port, di e . tined for Naples, laden with powder by Tuscan sabjeci. The following is a list of the Tunisian Fleet arrived it Leghorn. vis. : Hague Frigate, 18 =4Oll men, Tice-Admiral 11. I.azal. Henske 4.. 45 gnes, 3111 men. Sultana do. Id guns, Me wee. Hankie Corvette rt guns, IGO men. Cara Moline's, Brig 14 guns, 80 men. A Schooner, If gum, 130 men. A Brig, 1! guns, 90 sues. A di. 20 pas, 150 mos. A Scheeeer, 10 guns. 70 mien." Vessel.' woken wrrn.—May, from Liverpoel, es $e 310 of OM. he lie. AL 21. 1... 61.30. Cram, form. Joha's Divwfobidiond. sot 6 dims from &Wei, ea As 13th inst. islet. 47.30. len. 21. 42. Albion, —,ea the 20th host. from London, in lat. 49. 10. lon. 10. 30. by the Aid. &Moil if Dartmouth. A French skimp of war, on the 18th inst. in lat. 38.57. los. 11. from Rochefort to the Isle of France, by the Christian arrived at Plymouth. Commerce, Harvey, frees Gibraltar fee Newieundlaed. Sophie, Holster. from Gibraltar for Sierra Leone; and. Funchal, Crow, from Gibraltar for Newfonedlensl, did Oibr.dtar, on the 12th inst. by the Elisabeth Hill, as. rived at Plymouth. Halifax Packet, from Loadonderry to New Yolk, on the 9th inst. its lon. 22. Liberty, King, from Poole to Newfoundland. on the 12th last. in lee. 20. by the Bell, arrived at Lancaster. Laurel, of Arbroath, bound to Jamaica, on des 11A inst. in lat. 4s. km. 12. by the Rose, Thompson, arrived in the River. Pisani:. Gemmel to Rio Janeiro, ea tk is lat. 26. 116. lon. al. by the Baterpe, Faime‘ U fdratifpiller. from Liverpool to New Sena filbetiewl, in lat. 14. IL. lon. N. 40. Concord. from Bristol to Barbedoes, ea the I:ids hot. in lat. 49.30. 100. & AL by the Fame, bobinsee, ante in the River. Ams, Croke; from Liverpool, wltidis' Iwo dakt tail of New Test, me thole.' ult. Friend., lem Polaseoll is /felmathe OA Inst. ia lat. 49. lon. MU. by the Sarah Wilkens, arrived at Falmouth, Privlllenee. of Tleigwestmeli. from Nei rfeesabad to Opens. ow the bib Wet. In 1at.42. kba.46. by the VOW arrived in **Clyde. . &corp. Outhrfr, fres Lin/poet to lbw DAWN, ea the thlt - bast is lat. O. IN, 11. by the *Mine. Wilson, arrived ie the Sher. A Wa•sycnourCtscawyr•sca.—Late la the after. as of last Saturday, as some wood-cutters of liar field.. Basset. were Asa their return home from work. I they observed floating down a strews. tailed Clare ' Brook, a man's hat. which led them to inspect that some one had drowsed himself, a suspicion but toe well founded, as on 'milkier new distance up the Illrook, they discovered the body of a sae is the Areas, entangled by some brier. that over-lineg the water, at the sight of which they were so shucked, that some minutes bad elapsed, before they made my dint to get the body out, which however, they at length effected, and, after some little !wiled's. wrapped it up in their round frocks, and coareyrbt to the Star public-house. In Mayfield Town. where Mr. Wallis, gargle., assisted by Mr. Sharp. end every possible ulnas to restore animation, lint withoet dos hoped-for 'teens, the vital Spark having bees tee long ex tine. The penes of unfortunate deceso4l as is yet caltaows, but the wing descriptlea wilt 'probably lead to the discovery of it. He was pomp tall, and rather littereiting I. his appearance ; be or petrel/ dressed Id black with small clothes is Mt ships of hews's., : black baadkerelaiet and c!" 1 beech. la his pockets wets found • silver wale. Atm tench awe. sad peuknife two Levees eWbdilk 114401, ease silver, a 'silk poi haadlreechiet sad * dip of pagavorhemosi was Wiad writtei meet war —" Creel, &Mik it.--0 I-4 tall is - r' k itous Ne." Fran which no doubt eau be eatertaise& that disappaimient la a 'love alfelr, drove the dabqPi man tw his rash awl 2stal resolution. *ether hkd Ikea uerhandbarskief exhibited say marks. lie Imelf is dew lying at the Stot t at Mayfield, to be ease. A tinsbadisaaa, aroma Joh. Bridger, sow a person doused as Moto described. lidding dds Id ta k ill a me' hiwil* ketiddlik. pith a scrap of paper ie. is 1114 the day 140,104 ,- 11 - 11 - a En, P Uwe Itt. es ~---- • • • - - - - ic S i e s r taktal Nix k alernmo ' g il ltg by . wAsimut_.•••"wools Wails Mt. Clesesses 00111. 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