The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-12-12 00:00:00

I 1 1 - f. I 1. . HOGS I.lNs POOH. Cmatinued from our Paper of 3 estertlay.l It is to be regTettell, that from the nutty .itlahle ..rste with which the proceedings at Lo n cow taenced, :t was found impossible to obtain a correct trrord of the cans of all who were admitted hnt ao soon as the l'ottnnittee of Examination was organised, al.rtet;:itfir entry was made relative to each applcant, and the following. may be considered a tolerably cor tect classification of 1376 ewes. Sailors . 440 Soldiers Lahearers Servants Widows 23 Charwomen .. 7 Sick 4!► 31arines ....... 6 Cooks lO Drickla)ers l7 Watch Case Makers.. 5 limgalst 1 Clerks. Deserted by Husbands Brought up S(t2 Children 35 sarpentei .. 16 Porter% Gardener , Shipwright% Saw) er% Shnemak 9-4 !lair Drasaaii Founders rmoureris ....... Nu trade Total ~ Delou ring to London yr Vicinity . . . . 100 The Country . . 479 14entlund Ireland tiuermiev. Jersey. and Colonirq. bora at Sa. I,r fouoilling . 77 . . . 9 St. Helena Nn reference to berth place, or settlement . 109 the Isis of 31nn . . Arcus Teta' . . . " Of the total milldam aatmitteal, no fewer than .1110 were sick, anal maul• seriously so. TO these .offering objects, the most anxious anal um emitting attention was gratuitously paid by Dr. Contiorr.t, of ivio.se kind, :.litlicious, and important assistance, the mmitteel thankfully availed themselves. The entire superin tendence of this department, requiring almost n w : sant attention, was promptly anal cheerfully under; taken by the waarthy Doctor ; anal performed in a man ner equally hounor3ble to the talents of the Physician, and the feelings of the man. " Divine Senice, was on Sundays re!!nlarly perform ed in the Asylum, by the Rev. Or. !Wke, the Rey. Mr. Match, and the Rev. Mr. Watkins, anal the helm iour of the inmates was 'mast exemplary on these occasions. Many of the Committee were present, anal the sight of more than 7410 of their fellow-crea tu►res, rescued fro►n the extremity of mattering, and a-•embled within the Ilonse of R e fuge to join in thanksgiving to the (Jiver of all good, abundantly re paid them for whatever exertions they haul been called upon to make. " In the meantime, the attention of the Committee was att,acted to the other branch of their Auty, and a t. ommittee, of which the Lord Bishop of Chester was a zealous and efficient member, was appointed, frr the purpose of affording relief to the destitute at their on n homes. The sum of !OW/. !was voted for this purpose, and the following Report received from the Committee will best explain the manner in u laid' it was applied. " The Committee to whom was confided the distri. lottion of the sum of 101n1/., yotett by the General Committee, for the relief of the Destitnte P .or at their own homes, having concluded the duty they under took to perform, beg leave In submit the following statement of the cases which hare occupied their at tention, iu the hope, that the result of their labours will be as satisfactory to the Subscriber.. - us the sn perintendence of this branch of relief has beet: grati fying to their own feelings. " The total number of cases which hate been rrgister et, 11 - - - - - - 731 " Of which were rejected - - - /IS " Leasing the number of eases uhieh hale been re - lieted 300 " Upon the best information the Committee Irtve been able to obtain, they belle Ye the titmher of 'soli vidua:. comprised in these eases to base been 21%3; Ist:owing, that the aserage relief in Home y, l ia 4 b e en about 40s. to each case, and about tts. to each indi- v;4IIAL •' The first rare of the Committee trait to procure a corretfind systematic statement of the circumstances of nett applicant for relief; and to elfret this, forms of it:instigation were prepared, which were confided either to members of the Committee, or to persons whose benevolence induced them to undertake the in quiri.-s, and upon whose faithful report the most per fect reLauce could be placed. " The report of the investigation, accompanied with such observations as the judgment and expe rience of the visitor suggested, was, in every instance, rebutted to the Committee, before they determined upon the nature or extent of relief applicable to the case ; anti, whenever it was practicable, the individnal who had wade the inquiry was requested to supetin tend the epplicatiou of the relief which was awarded. The Committee feel it necessary to give this out line of the plan upon which they proceeded, that the subscribers and the publir may be assured that no pains were spared to detect fraud and guard against deception. " It will be obvious from the nature of their task, that the attention of the Committee was principally directed to the unolstrusive poor, to that class of per sons, who, by an appearance of decency, by the traces of former respectability, and by the advantages of superior education and manners, were distinguishable from the generality of common paupers. Persons of this description were brought before the notice of the Committee, under circumstances of aggravated dis t►ess, wi o, although driven to the verge of pauperism, were found, 'Tun investigation, patiently enduring the s..verest privations, from an indisposition to meet the shame of public exposure. or to incur the degradation of receiving parochial aid. To such persons. relief was promptly afforded, either iu niOney, clothing, bedding, or food ; and finny honest and industrious individuals were thus raked from the lowest depth of home misery not only to temporary ease and comfort, bet, by being repossessed of clothing, tools, der. which had been pawned, Were re-instated in situations from which they had by distress been driien, and in which they are Dew honestly supporting themselves and families. (To be continued). LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Dn. It. The Lotto CuAlvert.Lom, on coming into Court this .day, proreeded to give an elaborate judgment iu the rase of the Attecney-General r. the Mayor sod Cor poration of Bristol. 'I lie result was, the disallowal of the demurrer; at the same time, his Lordship re marked, that he would not now give any opinion rela tive to the point as to whether the other charities were or were nut entitled to the surplus money,ur whe ther the Corporation had the power to du as they pleased with it. HENSLEY r. I'INNOCK AND MAUNDF.R. Mr. Wl:Tomei:Lt., this play, stored that the injune tisin whirl, had been issued in this case might he dis solved, and that the order for a rereiver might be die eharge.l. Our readers are already in full possession of the facts on which Mr. Ilart obtained the order, and the' efore it will he nuclei essary to follow the Learned Gentleman through Isis statement of what took place on the former occasion. flaring repeated much of what hal before been read from the bill, be proceeded to contend that Mr. Hensley had in fact been folly aware of the transaction between NI Fry and Tipper, and Messrs. l'inisock and Maunder, relative to the composition of the debt against the former co-partnership, and then went on to insist, that so far from that conduct depreciating the assets of the present concern, it iu effect increased its valise in no less N ratio than in a sum of I,OOI I L ; that Mt- liens ley had lw:n a party to the transaction, and in reality had himself part of the money. anti received the vouch ers for the paynsents. lie dwelt with :molt force on the increased valne of the property under the manage ment of Messrs. Pinnock and Maunder, and on the fart of part of the money beini advanced before the agreement of emparttwrship had been executed. lie was proceeding in his argument, when The l a .att CaaNcitu.ust said. as it Was nearly time for Lim to leave the Court, lie having to attend ciao re/sc..c, that the Learned Counsel hail better proceed it Ii his argument to-morrow. IRELAND. COURT OF K1N614 BENCH, DUBLIN. ♦nIIt!>SISILIT! OF CATisoLicl To roirollaTioNo. tin Thursday last, Mr. Lynch, on the same side' with Mr. O'Connell, moved the Cavort of King's Heath for a 41buirlopostrs, at the suit of Patrick Collins, a tradesman, of the Catholic prnoisien, resident in she , town of °Away, to be directed to the Mayor of tialway, to admit the said Patrick Collins to the Freedom eli the Corporation. The motion was grounded on the af- Admit of said Collins, and referred to the 4th of (leo.; 1., Chap. 15, section 5, contu►ottly called the lialway Act, which enacts, that " every prrsott professing to he of any Trade, Mystery, or Handicraft, that shall inhabit in the town of Oaten, in order to follow their respective trades, shall, ■n•t are thereby declared to be , free of the town and Corporation of lialwar, and alto of that Company or Corporation to uhiel; respee the trades belonK, without paying any thing for such fre..doiii, and shall so continue as long as they shall so r , side, and no tonere." The next clause contains a pros i.o, " that the claimant to the Freedom must h e a prole-•rd Prt;testant for seven rears preceding-, and make tho declarations, and take the oaths, usually re qoirell from Protestants." The affidavit neat referred to the Financipation Act of 17N, lien. 111., cap. 21, anti suggesti.d that, by this Statute, the proviso abuse mentioned was repealed, and that a Catholic trades man was therefore admissible to his freedom under the clause first ahvvementioned. Lynda moved, ac cordingly, for a conditional order fur a .kfundutaus to that fact. Cum , JUNTICH—Grant the motion. JOHN CI'LLIN, TlARNArx•rrarg r, GROCER, T. RICIIARD 11101:1:1O1, WX3. H. LIEF, WN. PAISLEY, JOHN 111:G1128 AND MICHAEL 0. lIEGHEII. The action in this cause, which came on and was tried in the Court of King's Bench, on the 2►oth of November, before the Hon. Mr. Justice J tbb and a highly respectable Special Jury, was f.r trespass, in defendants seizing and taking from the plaintiff on the 12111 of September, MS, 431 be. weight of tea, al !edged by them to he spurious. Mr. HI:BROWS stated the plaintiff's case, and ani madverted in strong terms on the enormous opener lie was pnt to, not only in seeking to recover his pro perty so seised and still withheld, but in clearing up his character. After the plaintiff ha.' gone through Ids case, The Sot.tcrrou-OENERAL argued, that there was no evidence in point of law to affect two of the defend ants (Law and Paisley), mill the Judge sent up an issue to the Jury thereon, and told them, that in point of law, there was no el-Pence against these 'two fetidan7 s : the Jury returned a t erdict of—sot Utility. The SOLICITOR-IiENERAL then stated the case for the other eerends39, and admitted the Tea seized to be genuine ; he dill not examine any whores" nor make the slighsest ins:unations against Mr. Cuilen's character. The Judge charged the Jury, and amongst other matters told them, that although the expences of Cullen were very great, yet, that he was hound to defend his character front a charge, which. if true, must and she tid hare driven him on of trade and so ciety ; and that his feelings during the time those charges were p •ndint,• against him, ought to be taken into consideration by the Jury. 'rite Jury retired for a few minutes, and returned a verdict for 121111/. with costs, for the plaintiff. The Counsel for plaintiff had a po'nt saved, as to whether there was el Hence. its p.•int of law, to go to the Jury, against defendants Lee and Paisley. Counsel for plaintiff.—blesses. &snow's, O'Cort tvet.t., estl Ps..ix.—Agent, Mr. Mr. Ueorge KSINAL4. For Defelldlalli%.--MertrS. SOLICIT4III.OIIIIIIRAL, FOSTili and VANDELEVIL—;gent, Mr. E. A. WALLER. A duel was fonght on Saturday, on Blackheath, be• tween Mr, H—n, a gentleman of fortune in Kent, and a Mr. S-y.r, a mevhant, in consegnence of a dispute at a coffee-Louse in the city, when some blows w e re exchanged. Mr. S. was shot in the shoulder in the first fire ; the ball was extracted in the evening, and be is doitg well. ~ 442 1376 THE STATESMAN MIDDI,ESrA SESSIONS. Maw) Case.—A wretch"d-looking MIIM of the name of f. , ;' , ./firn,/, al) ,ve sixty years of age, and with palsy, was put to the bar, charged with an at tempt to tommit an abominable offence cti several little boys. '1 he unhappy wretch was the under schoolmaster of the Charity -School, Hampstead. The prosecutors, out of mercy, indicted the wretch fur an call 'opt only, that heinz a misdemeanour; out the evi dence, even in spite of all rare to exclude whatever could implicate him capitally, was so direct and over whelming of the actual commission of the pollution, that the Chairman, with the instant consent of the Counsel, directed the Jury to acquit, in order that the criminal should he tried at the Old Bailey upon an in dictment for a capital offence. JCIOSHICTION OF TIIE COURT. rue. KUNO r. WILMOT. l'unwooto moved for a rule to set aside the ver dict against IVil t, who was ti ied and convicted on Saturday laFt in this Court, on a charge of perjury.— The learned Gentleman at first shaped his motion as one for a new trial. Mr. ALLEY. 0/1 the other side, interfered. and ar gued at sons.- length against the motion, notn•ithstand ing the frequent attempts on the part of Mr. ('nrvoi.d to proceed in his argument. When Mr. Alley sat slimes, the other learned Gentleman addressed the Court in the following words:--- „ If, sir. it is intended by any person, or set of per -5.111% in this Court, to drive out of it every man of hos usturable and delirate feeling,s, I know of no course n•hich cool .1 he snore eflicarions for that purpose than the course which the learned Gentleman has thought it richt to adopt ; and I am surprised that Mr. Alley should have acted in this manner. I see at this pent another learned Gentleman smile (Mr. Adolphus, *lto was on the same side). lost let him smile; I tray, if the practice u hic!i I have ;slimiest to lie persisted in, it most have the rlfect ut 'lrk ins: out of this Court every man of honourable and gentl•uiaaly feeiing. - 11r. At.t.nv--Do you say you are surprised at my istrrposing? Mr. eth.w"on—i do. The matter ended here for the present. Is sometime after Mr. Cnrwood sent a note to Mr. Alley, the tenor of which, we presume, was to apolo gise for the warmth he hail used, as Mr. Alley, when ' it came to his tern to allel:eas the Court, stated, that as be hail been now assured that no offence was meant by Mr. enrwotel, and knowing the good heart anal kind feelings of that learned Gentleman, he was dispersed to pass o►er in him language which be could nut have to• lerated in anyone else. Mutual explanation followed, and the limner ended to the full satisfaction of the parties. Mr. rrnwoon, followed by Mr. AN PR EIT!4, then ■r gne.l very ably in f.t►out of 3 new trial, or an arrest of jitilvisent. laying the application upon four grounds which arose out of the merits of the case. After a long arnment, the CH st RM•N delivered the opinion of the Court. Ile hold, that the Court had not the jurisdiction to grant a new tri.ll; but that it was fully competent to arrest its judgment upon proper "rounds shewn. The application, lioweier, was re fused. and the dcf.oulisnt sentenced to nine months' imprisonusent in the House of Correction. Elowatent, DRY. tioHUIIIY EX TR AORDINA RT.- Yesterday *boot one o'clock, a hare that appeared to have been warmly chased, leaped over the New Bridge at Leith Mills into the river, aid swam into the !building yard of Messrs. Morton, where it landed. After being pursued several times round the yard, it again took to the water, and made for the south side, where the people assembled frightened her back again. Several aaxions to gain the prise, launched boats to endeavour to take her, but poor puss, not willing to be taken in the water, again wide for the laud, when one of the by-slanders, more earnest in the sport than his neigh bours, entered the water breast high, and secured the prey. EXTR AOR DINARY FACT.—Mr. Chamberlain, of Cro pretiv-Lawn, near Banbury, hail a cow, which during the spring of the present year rather suddenly declined yielding her usual quantity of milk, and during the summer was observed at several times to he trembling as if suffering front some inward pain. She became dry about Michaelmas ; and on the Ist of November was put into stall with others for feeding:and went on as well as the rest for about three weeks, when the trembling and uneasiness returned with increased violence, and she refused every sort of food ; upon which Mr. Chamberlain determined to hare her killed, and upon opening the animal, a small awl, such as is used by shoemakers, harness-makers, lke. quite perfect, except the wooden handle, and in length about two inches and an half, was found in the heart, from which it projected about half an inch, and front the corrupted state of part of the heart, and those parts immediately opposite the projection, it must have beeh there a con ; Utterable time.—(Worsvick Advertiser.) BORBEItT 0, THE COLDINGRAM BURIAL Gnaa•.rn. —A case of a most revolting nature occurred at Coldingham, Berkwickshire, the beginning of this week. The carrier of this place was requested to take up a trunk from a house in the village to Edinburgh. Fro►►► the quantity of goods which he 14 , (1 already en- caged tocarry, he thought it would be quite impossi ble to undertake it. The person seemed extremely anxious that it should not be delayed till the following , week, us there were articles in it which were retiniied I im Edintiirtrh immediately. The earlier was induced to take charge of the trunk, and accordingly it was brought to his quarters. It had not, however, remain ed long pn Lis custody until it was remarked that a very nauseous smell appeared to proceed from it. A number of the inhabitants being collected together, and some suspicions being entertained of its contents, they insisted upon its being opened. The carrier re sisted their attempts to do so as much as he could, bat they succeeded in forcing it open, when an old grey- Aeaded ►ro,naa, who had been interred i■ Coiditighata burial-ground some days before, was found embalmed amidst a variety of perfumes, but which had failed to • pr•rdnce their intended effect. Three young men have since been committed to Jail charged with the offence. A medical student called several times at the carrier's quarters in the city to inquire after the trunk. OUP 1411,Er SASSIO.NS, Jam", APNIT66 and Sttinteel Ater* were capitallr indicted for assaulting Sarah Norris on the highicar, and stealing from her person a thisishle, a match-ke;, and sixpence in ((((( ney, her property. Sarah Norris stated, that the two prisoner, and smother Mall came from off a nall on the and side, and threw• her un the ground, and the articles mei:. tioned in the indictment stolen. Cross-examined hr the prisoner 3tNabb.—Sh e d;,l at first say before - the 31si t is•rate, that the rns mier , were nut Ihr men who hail rubbed !ler. hut she 4,1 so at the Aurgesilon of her father, w Ito hail said that th e expense of prosecuting would he very heal y (run being sworn, however, and informed that v ie expense would fall upon ae comity, she swore ti, ee were the men, and she was • positive of the h et; • Mr. Baron tiAnnow told the Jury, that Milton), he did nut think the prosecutrii had acted intemisit. silt wrung, yet thought it would be too huardues upon such testimony t.• zo further into the rase, sf. reefing, as it did, the the: of the prisoners. V ea fi ct —Not tittilty. Cherries Julansom was convicted of stealing three watch-seals, the property of John Scott, from rerbosi. Mr. Itaron (iminnw told him he had been yen. nwrcifully dealt with, in not briny indicted for capital offence of hirliway robbery: and hr pert to riTeive a sent Inlet' of trans;oriaiivii for life' the rod of the Ses4,4l. itr As convicted of stealing in the hoax of Joseph Wilson, a quantity of lino,. J.,s, ph I 3% capitally itplirted for 1 1. eali a silver n atch, tlo property of Cliarle, Smith, in dwelling-house. Verdict-o'6lly of stealing in a dueling-1i nse, the value of 30e. Ile4l y !truckles was convicted of gtcalin. , fr.' tl pet .on of Henri• Stowell a watch, chain awl KIi;UT OF TI GRANO JURY TO VISIT TOL rri.4ox EWIiA Tit. The Grail! Jury haring entere.l. the raerenan, after loreeentiag mime Bills to the t'lerk of the Ar rains. addles:ell the Court as follows, Mr. llarrn liAu How being the truly Judge on the lkach :At • `. ords, the London Oraml Jure hre. them, ine, their Foreman, made a formal de:i and of Itrown, the keeper of Newgate, to see 11. a! 11 order that they might be (babied to 1113' r L rem.rt th:s Court as to the state of it. :11r. Mown, In ever, ha. refused its admittance, and we comer inquire of your Lordship, whether we have a right visit the prison of Netrgate or n0t . .." Mr. Baron thittiow said, that iu May Isst, a sit lac application to the present was 011141 C, bOlll to lii self and his Learned Brother (Mr. Juslire Ilayley) who was not now in Court, being oblked to attest! elsewhere. They tl gist it then improper t any direction on the subject, farther than stole u distinguished a body as the London timed Joey m a s t always demand at their bands. They said they aught consult all the Judges on the question, eml take ." earliest opportunity of communicating the:r outran to the Brand Jury. Accordingly, a pa . .et nit into the hands of the Judges, and the atts3er re! at the ensuing Sessions, was to the (Mowing as well as ite (Mr. Baron liarrow) could realest. That as a question of right like this, might, like other qttestion of a similar description, be astir judicial consideration, and as any one of Ilse dodges might be called pronounce an opiniot it, it would he improper for them, either intlivie or collectively, to oiler any extrajudicial opinion, tendency of which would be, to encumber and barras them. That was the course then Agind the whole of the Judges. and he trusted that he, it individual capacity, would not be called n' on to part from it. If the tientlemen of the timid were determined to treat this as a iptestimi of they would find no difficulty in getting the • information upon the point at istie, by consul those uersons who were competent to gise legal vice with respect to it. The foreman then bowed to the Court and retired. ealiet it three Will his .21 fur dir I:lll6titt. rr Welt lie hut* a•ealiat 1, in his nse, to 'rot!) the I.:0x or k m's . the Ar. Baron at ibi thenn:le of Mr. 101. is reilurt to cu, hoe. r itntr 611 right 12 a R!vei• h to hi* Parley) allea4 to gilt It'll 26 611 Itry r o ut ley would take the n items it as pot r reotaili it 444 . !mike. like every matter of ie twela mien spite H 14411,34 inion, the • and me lopted he. in hi un to do anti Jar! of flick , . nectvar -onsnltivi legal de J retired. ,th, (cilia rat to tit an ascii. Ileniel c o nsider a ship Elam to less. ON Sk off Peill t4th. sae, is :oh Sad. ali 'fowls OS of her TTC L L. I t; ENCE. --sas.- • The Sir James Kempf, arrived off Falmouth, fell with off Cape Ray, the Jane, of Ayr, burnt to water's edge, and abandoned. The Kingston, Sever, for Jamaica, lost an in the Uontis on Sunday. The J;:cobe Catharine, Nichoff, fi , oo 11" 1 " 4 Oporto, uut into Hyde on Saturtbly, nitt; c o usitlete ble damage, having been tun foul of by a ship Bearhy Head. The Minerva, Swartotriend, from F:dhltam to Martins, was totally wrecked near thirt:.• titles/I,as: turday evening. The Swift, from Belfast to Liverpo , l, was off Lynas, 6th inst. and had not afri% ed e ! 4 th. HARNICII, Date. 9.—The Margaret. !.in•Nny, is ves.el which was ashore upon the Shipwish She has been brought in here by several y•inali with little or no damage, excepting tie loss rudder. She is not leak}'. YARMOrTII, DEC. 9.—The brig Sancho. of 1 11 0 4 Debora, front liartler to London, w.ot ran (town It night, a little Its the southward of the Staatati lit by the Hattie Merchant, and went down intiraiattY: crew sated, and on board the Baltic Alen-WO. 1 1 . lialcahoo, Groom, which was driven upon the Hoke Sand, has put in here to diseharte, bring kat. MARRIED. On the 13th of \member, at Fit retire. 'he IteW Finrh. M.A.. to Maria. eldest daughter of the late Fretiroi Thomson. Esq.. of Kensington. On the 801 Inst., at (*else.. William Ilmatte llarrb► Esq.. of thelsea, to Miss Ann Pratettet 1% ilWIh of bridge. DIED. On Saturday last. the oth instunt. at Rr'dgenil , pitahire. after N Shur: 1111111.0. derp:‘ recrrlled licorr mad friends. Mary, relict of Samuel Moody, Eut“ square. Bloomsbury. On the Sth iqat., in a deep decline. (-harks Estelle V . berg, Esq.. late surgeon to the llou. East IsittirCemerr 6 ship Matteis Camde e. Leedom: Ulu& Primed, sad Published et Ilse MO " Twa ibairrairm ex" sad "Ts s Cows/um?. (yOl4l Pifer) N. IN, Attend. appo s ite at. elensent'seme we " by R. WARDELL, Joe.. LL. P.: to Mies ell CO amaitatisiss, Orden, la. are requested la be eddiereA