The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-04-26 00:00:00

Tr y ?STATESMAN SrAnnisn.—The veteran Scroggins had a b e n e fit yea tertlav at the Fives'-court, and nee amateurs nonstered Wong. The sets-to gaye the gretet satiefaction. HICKMAN AND Suet.Tos.—'f his was the first hoot of consequence, and it was an admirable exemplification of l ei and manhood. Shelton attempted to hit counters with his adversary, and lie placed one of them upon Hickman's month, which produced claret between the feel'. Gas made mime encellent parries. hit with his left and, and shrived some necesear be y reeniite science. Abon b t the middle of the set-to h e began to i let the as inner, and he staggered Shelton away from him by a heavy right-banded bit, which wade him drop his head. In the silbseqitent tonna.' Ca* bail ihe hest of it,m buhad t it vas a manly exhihltion, and the tapping syste nothing to tin with it. MN BURN AND Pst.es.—This wee also an eecellent eet-to, and fine science was displayed. The parrying ST:11 a Master-Ow of the art, and although each had diffeailty in placing a hit, when it was done it came heavy. It was jintee who had the best of it with each acennit&slied tactic;ane. Manstrat roe Youvern Gat , . M tert blicLen.— elng s eems to have set-to. Gas has all the atti - Tbis wae a re al refli. tulle and action o f Iliclonae, %shoot lie copied. Ile depend. chiefly u; ~n his right hand, and be bit so bard aitli it half mind. that lie a fli t deluged his ad versary in ne arly every rou nd, and ew uged lei; heal in elar• t. Miller wae hit worse than he would have been with a r,tntnlanCt in helf an hour's fight. Jousene, TOE HI.ACIC, AND A LE NC TIIY (.01:NTRT XAN.—The 141.1ek had every thing an he liked, and poked his adversary's head by counters at least twenty times. Brno,: AND HARDT HARMER !let to.--Scroggins. who i< nit of condition , with a bandage on his head, was not in order to set-to, but made an energetic speech in re turning thanks. On the 111th instan t, as sated in our last, tile offs of the law proceeded, under the protection of a %iron!! military force, to eject the teliantry of Strath brews, which they effected without opposition.; the people having taken the alarm on the approach of the military, carried out their furniture, and fled to the neighbouring, hilla, whence they surveyed the h de molition of their houses. Mr. J. blacbean, Seriff Ulcer, had been sent from this place with cri in the minal letters, against t hose who had been most active deforeement of the civil officers upon the f o rmer oc casion ; but though partiee of men and women were seen inuring about amour( the bills, and were re peatedly pursued by the soldiers, only two men and a woman were apprehended, who were brought to town in the mail, by the officer, and lodged in gaol, to stand trial on the 2nth instant, for the alleged assault and rioting. Lieutenant Ash, a very active young officer, while with three soldiers pursuing one of the flying parties, came by an accident in crossing a deep stream, which was, however, attended with no other serious voas equence than a se vere ducking. Ileaps of . here found concealed with turf, which, it is supposed, Is ad been collected, to give a warm reception to the •eilrateea, if they had n ot .hers suprrted by such taverwlohning force. Decreed summonses of removal were afterwards issned against the tenantry of Grub in 's, wile bad also fled from their homes the military, .• doling the reinforcement which.•jeintel them last Ifeelk,nleoett 101 l strong, are to be statiuned in Suther land. until the people of Gruids are ejected at Whit ' sunalay.—(beerncsa /Jularat.) • Thomas Elliott was indicted for intermarrying with Jane Taylor, his former wife. Il onora Elliot. being alive. The prisoner was dressed in black, and was of respectable appearance. Thomas Vann, a police officer of Worship -street, a pprehetithal the prisoner about 4 ur 5 weelta ago. Witness told him that he took hint for bigamy, and the prironer laughed at it. John Brady, a batter by trade. He knew the pri soner and was aequainted wills him in Ireland. Ile proved the marriage of the prisoner Ile in Ireland, 1 d 1 y ea rs last May, to Honore Smith. also proye that she was now alive, acd bail seen her about half an hour ago. Cross-exaniined.—The parties were m arried by t's a Mr. Riley, a Cath olic Priest, at his (tI e pries) house ; Lot it was not a private house. Ile (whiitn txoes.) did n ot steal into the hotl', but g ot in by s feet. Being asked how torch money he got fur ap pearing this clay as a iiitness, he said he got not n hing, " n ot even the two g uineas which you (addressig lb.. counsel) obtain." lie came from Ireland to push his fortune the same as another. Other witnesses e e re subse q uently examined, who proved the facts of the case, and the prisoner was ul timately found g Lev) STEAissn.—Thoutitt S nith, aged 22, w as in dicted for stealing[ I Ulhs. weight of lead, the pro perty of •lhemas Crotnwell , of Hammersmith. Mr. Hone conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Adolphus the defence. The p roaecutor, who is a brewer, stated, that no the 10th of March last the lead was all safe affixed to a barn near his house, and on the 12th ult. it was gone.—Timmas Close stated, that on the &gilt of the 12th of Ma rch he was proceeding with his horse and cart to Windsor, and stopped at the Horse and Chaise, Hammersmith, to refresh when he was ac costed by the prisoner , Smith, who when hi if he had any objection to earn five shillings? and that, if he would, be was to be really with his cart to carry some lead to London. Witness assented, and a bed was provided for him. About four o'clock in the morning lie was awoke by the prisoner, and proc uan eed- ed with him down a b y e lane, where lie saw a q tity of lead under a dung-hill. Ile. returned for the horse and cart, into which the lead was put, and thee drove on to mond in, but he ad t got farther than Kensington, when he was sto h pped no by the racers and taken into custody. Cross-examined by Mr. AnoLettes.—Witneas sold oranges and tiali about the country. BP not know it w a dishonest tratmoction. lie never saw the pri soasner before he saw him at Hammerstuith on the night of the 12th. John Drinkwater, landlord of the public-bonse at Hammersmith, deposed to having seen the prisoner and the last witness together at his house ; Close came in tint, and about five minutes afterwards the prisoner came in, and they shook hands like old friends and drank together. The witness then stated, that having Hs the lead was stolen, he gave information. His house was open all night for coaches and carts to stop at. • s The Officers who apprehended the prisoner and the w i tnes s Close next gave the ir evidence, but it was not material—Tlse lead was next produced in Court and identified. The RECORDER sumtned up the evidence, and the Jury returned a verdict of Geiity. The Learned JCDOE then enquired of the officers whether the prisoner was known? By their answer it appeared that he had formerly been in custotly and tried in this Court. Close, the witness, was then called np, and , admo nished on his way of life. The Recorder liuntatiely cautioned him to circumspect his conduct, for Ulm ap peared in that Court again, be would be remembered. James Brookes, aged 34, was indicted for stealing 21. 7s. the property of John Wilcox, from his person. Guilty. Woo. Gullcn, aged 30, welt indicted for stealing four casks, value 255. the prop ert y of Phillip Betts Wake, and James Matin.—quilly. John Carle was indicted for stealiny, 131bs. weight of flour, the property of Thomas Young, a farmer at Enfield.—Nut Guilt;. THE COAL TRADE. Yesterday the Court sat a g ain, potilliet to an ad journment, to determin e u p on the reemeosl of Mr. T. I Bradfield, praying that F. Biggs , E sq. • the Princip dial Coal Meter for the count y of Surrey, should be s missed from his office, on the ground of ntalversation et duty. Mr. NOLAN spoke chiefly to the evidence, which, be contended , had u tterl y failed to support the memo Th er e were many witnesses, be observed, had not been called, whose testimony would have been against Mr. Biggs. had the sweeping charges which had been brought against him been founded in truth. There were many coal-sellers on the different stations who might bare been called to prove inattention on the part of Mr. Bigg s, had any such ezisted, but of these not more than two or three had come forward, and their testimony was such as had in some instasees negatived the comp laints. If any injury had bees sustained, as was charged to have been. through the not neglect or malversatio n of Mr. Biggs, why had some of the injured purchasers been brought forward? Not one had appeared to urge the least complaint and it was in evidence, that when complaints had bees made to Mr. Biggs, he instituted immediate inquiry,' and that whenever lie found there was any reason to complain against the meters, be immediately and fearlessly dismissed them from his service. bad e witness Winchester had p roved, that Mr. Biggs been accustomed to send bim about the wharfs with a book, to receive any complaints that might be made against them. Mr. NOLAN having gone through the whole oftbe case, the Court adjourned for an hour, duriol which the Bench retired to a privste room to consult. time On their return The Caatastax, addressing Mr. Biggs. sa id that the Court had weighed every material circumstance that hail transpired durin g the time that they and had been o.Tupierl, very properly , upon this lung, to the public, important investigation. The great duty of the principal meter was to stand between the public and the coal-dealers, and to protect them from the lat ter by preventing fraud both in the measure and the quality of the coal. The memorial had charged !the im with 'having connived at, and participated in, frauds of coal-dealers, but fortunately for him no such charge had been proved,or even attempted to be proved, as the only sentence of the Court on such an occa sion, must I^ final dismission from his office. Tbe Court, however, were clearly of opinion that the charge of having failed to ,provide a sufficient number of labouring meters to do the duty of the office, bad been substantiated; and the Court directed that for the future he shoul d p rovide a greater number. Th were several other charges upon which the evidence W 3% but slight, and some upon which no ev w ould idenc e at all had been ad duced. These the Court pass over. The next charge which presented itself was that of having allowed Fisher to remain upon the Franey station, in contradiction to the spirit of the Act, which directed that the meters should be changed mo nthly. This charg e had been very properly ad ',fitted by the Learned ('soused, and it was proved by Fisher, who.retlainly appeared to be as stupid, though as honest a witness as ever appeared in a Court of Jus tice. It was a suspicious circumstance that Mn. r. Biggs should empl o y him, knowing his situatio The connection which Fisher had with Mr. Pheturn the Court could not but say bore a very bad com plexion. The Court hoped, however, that this would be rectifier!, and that the father and son would be no longer allowed to act together on the same station, re latively like two buckets in a well. The Court had found that the neg li g ence of Mr. Biggs, in C not pro viding. a sufficient namher of men to do the duty of the station, had led to the leaving of tickets at the public-bourses of the stations for the dealers, which did array with the security intended by the Act. They were of opinion, that for the future he should be much more Ne ro the alert in thi s particular. and that lie should have the tickets materially altered, and the precise address of the Office given upon them. The Office itself was not such an office as the Act contem plated, and also reqnirerl reformation. The Court then gave Mr. 11;igzs to understand, that a bnY fa Ware to c omplaint that should be proved, would e tal him. POLICE. 11Ististots-Hovse.--Yesterslay Clayton, and another rd n otorious character were brought before the Lo Mayor, by F or rssts r and Ilesketh, who stated that they saw the prisoners, about dusk in the evening, one following the other in a manner, which, from the character of the parties, excited the suspicions of the officers, who, in consequence, watt-Ilea them into St. Peter's-adee, opposite the Globe Fire Office, where they seized them and brought them to the Woolpack public-house ; and, on searching them, there was tunnel on Cl.seton a crow-bar, such as housebreaker's use , thee picklocks, and twenty-four skeleton kcys on the other prisoner they found nothing but a screw-driver. A Solicitor attrnded on the part of the prisoner on whom the screw - d river was found ; Who submitted to the Lord Mayor that there was nothing to connect him with Clayton, as the o ffi cers admitted that they had not seen them in conversatiat the time they on, and that they were at lea st a yard asunder were seized. The Lotus MAYOR, on considering all the circum stances of the case, committed Clayton, to Ile brought up at the sessions, to be dealt with under the Po lice Act, and discharged the other prisoner. Thomas C'aelscr was charged by Mr. Sleet, a con fectioner, in Cheapside, with having come into his shop, and requested change for a Sovereign, which Mr. Sleet accordingly gave. The prisoner. appeared to count the shillings, in which Mr. Sleet had given the change, without taking them off the counter, on which Mr. Sleet had laid them, and immediately said that the change was live shillings short. Mr. Sleet was astonished, and, on looking attentively at the prisoner, recognised him to be a person who bad, about a month berate, come into his shop and requested change for a sovereign in the same manner, and insisted so posi tively that he had been given but sixteen shillings, that Mr. Sleet, on that occasion, gave him four more. Mr. Sleet, on this recognition, sent for an officer, which, when the prisoner saw, be .shook %heave shil lings out of his sleev e, into which he had', bv a des te.uus slight of baud, conveyed them, while be ap- r.Vrit.81.414 CURIOSITY. The following little scene, save a Canada Paper, srav .be amusing to our readers :—lt reminds ns somewhat of the ordeal through which OencenEirer of is de r - gibed as having passed in the pres thei ) rjesties of Brohdignag or Lißiput. There can be ro doubt as to the authenticity of the narrative , %Aids was drawn up by Sergeant Cam, bell, at the r: k arst of an officer of his regiment. " In the month of August, 1815, 1 was ordered to rceced with private John Fraser, and piper Ken r th Marquay, to the Palais d'Elisee, in Paris, then t 1 e residence of the Emperor of Bussing when we we! e joined by Serjeant Mar,regor, Private Munro, as d Piper Ilackerrie, of the regiment ; Serjeant (;cant, Piper Logan, and Piper Cameron, of the 92(1 rrgiment. About half an hour after our arrival at e Palace. Lord Cathcart sent a valet to conduct us to the grand hall, where we tort his Lordship, whom i immediately recognised—he was pleased to order me to take charge of the party. while he went to the Emperor, to acquaint hint of our arrival. and in •ilmet tcts minutes after the Emperor entered the hall. ac companied by his two brothers, Prince Llucher, Count Fiatoff, and several other distinguished persodages. 'i he Emperor had a very minute inspection of us, and 1 is cnrioeity led him to point upon me (as being the most robust of those who accompanied me) to step to ?le front. 1 was surrounded by the astonished Sold illy, and the Emperor commenced his insTection and -estions, viz. :--- " 1. Examined my appointments, drew my sword, inquired if 1 could perform asy exercise of that weapon, which I told him I could not ; and at the same tune, Lord Cathcart made a remark that it was a deficiency in th- BrisiAs army which be never took into consideration before. 5,2. Examined my ho se. q uarters, lege, and pinched my skin, thinkine• I wore eonsething under my kilt, and hail the curiosity of lifting my kilt up. so that he nbe deceived. The question y s v ere—llow long I was in the army : —How man actions I was in •—lf I was present at the action' of she 16th. 17th, and IStli :—How many Alerts an:l wen the regiment lost on the Itith, 17th, wore and IStli of Jene ?—Whe ther I was in Egypt ?—lf we the kilt in winter, or if I did not feel cold in that F"eson ?—lf 1 was married?-11 my parents ware save ? &e. " The Emperor then ordered Lord Cathcart to make put John Fraser through the manual and platoon enrolee, at which performance he was hig,lsly pleased. Ile then ordered the pipers to play up, and Lord Ca:heart desired them to play the Highland tune called Copte-sur-Sith. war or rain., nhi.h he explained to the Emperor, who seemed highly delighted aids the weir. After the Emperor hail done with nie, the ve teran, Count Platoff, came up to ine, took me by the band, and told use in broke E n ngli , h, that I was a ;nod and brave soldier, as all my co untrynien were. He then pressed my hand to his breast. an Id pass e v me his to press to mine. After all was c r, o dered to take the party to Lord Cathcart's quarter', moneytoo each from his Lordship, and also his appruha. Lion for our appearance, &c. "T. CAMPBELL. 14.0 79,11 RecimPrt. " C am p near Blandiur, 3d July, 113113." LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Aram 26. _ _ --- It will be in the recollection of our readers, that the Lord Chancellor on Thursday intimated his intention of giving judgments in certain eanses, which he then mentioned. His Lordship accordingly this day came clown to his private chamber, in Lincoln's-inn Hall, i for that purpose, and handed over to the respective Counsel the Orders he had made in them. He is ex- pected to preside to-morrow, for the purpose of hear ing Lunatic Petitions, and also to come down to the Hall on Friday and Saturday. COURT OF KING'S BERM, Aran. This Court sat to-day for the purpose of hearing arzuments on motions made in former Terms, for new trials, there being a considerable arrest of causes in tio New Trial Paper. Judges present :—The I,nart Cite' JVSTICE, Mr. Justice BATLEY, and Mr. Justice BEST. TIT'TSIAN r. 11111DCES. This was an action of trover fora deed. The cause was tried at the last Sumner Assizes, on the Western Circuit, before Mr. Justice Burrough, when the plain tiff had a verdict. The case was in substance o this : mort- AiirS• Scott had le nt to one Lockyer, 820/. n g age. The mortgage was assigned by her to the plaintiff for 821/. After the assignment was executed, it was submitted to the defendant by Mrs. Scott to be s ettled, which be di d, merel y making some slight al terations. He afterwards refused to give the deed up until his lieu for his trouble in perusing and settling was satisfied. The question under circumstances was, whether the defendant yas retained by the plaintiff so as to give him a lien'? The cim• was now argued by Mr. Williams an Mr. Abraham for the defendan t, and by Mr. l Sejeant d Pill, and 31r. A. Moore, fur the plaintiff. The Cot•aT held, that there was neither an espress nor an implied reta iner b y the plaintiff, whielt could vire the defendant a lien for his cests, and therefore I discharged the Rule for a new trial. OL!) BAILEY, IrrDxssoiii. SURRRY sEBlloliik with peered to reckon dos u the counter, saying counterfeit surprise, at they Ml from his sleeve, 01, here they ate." Mr. Sleet very properly thought that justice re. gaited the prisoner should be punished, and accord ingly phi* him in *hinge to the officer. The prisoner, In his defence, appealed to the Beetle men in the Lord Mayor's office, for his having b e e n very active crimp during the war, and frequently at the Mansion-Hoare with recruits to be attested. H e said, that since the peace he keeps a tobacco shop near the Commercial read, cod that at the time et getting the charge from Mr. Sleet, he was so 'sae. feasted" with drink, that be did not know what he was doing. Mr. Sleet and the officer denied that the prisoner had any appearance of intoxication at the time of getting the change. The Loan MAYOR fully committed the prisoner. Bow-Svastw.—Testerday Sprillg alias keadrici. the Black Pugilist, was brought to the Office on a Bench Warrant, a true Bill having been found avian him at the Sessions, on the charge of Cribb, the Pa gullet. The Prisoner endeavoured to pass off the charge, by saying they were both fighting men top thee, and made light of the charge ; however Cribb atteaded, and was determined to pursue the charge, stating that the Prisoner had assailed him so violently and behaved in such au outrageous manner in his house, that he was obliged to take hint by the waist and throw him down. The Prisoner was ordered to remain in town till he bad found putt security. At Mariborongh-street, yesterday, a fellow of the name of Thomas Griffiths, a plasterer, was committed for wantonly exposing his person before some nor. serv-maids, in Portland place. information having been given to John W y att, a constable, of these disgraceful annoyanc es, he matched and detected the culprit. ZCNI-SQUA R c.--Ant-LTER A/IMO B MIA 0.-.-Tetttr. dry, a Baker its Prince's-street, al yeareti to an infor mation laid against him, for Is :ling deleterious jape. 'Rents upon Ilia premises for the purpose of aslant ing bread, which offence, conformably to throats% rendered him liable to the penalty of M. Th t*. •es.s who executed the warrant at the Defesasets 'owe, produced a raper containing alum, which they found there. The Defendant pleaded Guilty, amidst Magistrates convicted him in the mitigated penalty .....•—t—s---___--- NAUTICAL I S l'E I, LIG ENCI. —ow— The Oanges, arrived off Plymouth froin India, for London, left Bengal 24th Nor. : touched at the Cafe 14th Feb; passed St. Ilelena Ist March; spot, 11.51.5. Blossom cruising off there. The Lord Hunter ford, O'Brien, was to leave St. Helena the folios* day for England. The Mevagissey. Bowden, which received dawar in the gale of 4th of February at Messina, by late advices, had undergone her repairs, reeived her tarp on board, and was expected to sail c about tie 2604 February. The Devon, of Plymouth, from Cork, has been tnweil into Plymouth by H.M.S. bee, haring on Monday lost her topmast and bowsprit. The schooner Patriot , o f Baltimore, was lost 9i ult. during a severe gale, on the Double -headed Sett Key. Crew saved. CAPS or 000 D HOPS. Fan. 13.-- A report Iry lately been in circulation or a vessel being urechrtles the Whittle rock, in F alse Bay, which has sir proved erroneous : but. as guns were distinctly hear. in Simoa's Town, it is concluded that a sel has ben in distress in that neighbourhood. a ves nd afterear6 stood off. KRTAL, APRIL 4.—There is no appearance of or water from this place, and I fear the navigation si the Gulf will be very late. VEsszt.s sronrs of Bath, aim March, lat. 3 3 . 53 . long. 56. 511. dibtuasted and Boned; and Three Sisters, Re 3, 16th Apri, (mt.tle Orerock for Savannah, lat. 48 . long. 14. 30. l by Riga, arrived at Plymouth. Pactolus, about five weeks since, from Amsterdam, for Batavia. near the Line; Robert and Ann,sfro days since, long. I3i. and Rockingham, 22uti Mod from Calcutta f ur London ; by the Ganges, a rrived ti Plymouth. * Eliza Ann, of Gree tt ork, off the Western 142116. 2nd just. front Hond uras for London, by the Pock* ton, arrived at Deal. . STEPNEY F A lE.—Yesterdav a 'trea t many its twit were received at Worship-street-office, of beries committed upon individuals who had the P rudence to go to this fair, nhich commence:. Monday. It appeared that at a late hour a no less than 50 went throng!' the fair. knocliing every person, male and female, 14discriminal ta ki n g watches, shawl s, &r., without the least or intimidation. The police were on the alert, awl got also ill-treated. This tiarint: ...am; perambulatei White Horse-lane, Whitectiapel , an'l all the priociP l thoroughfares. I n White 110.. e-lane, a fowl." named B a rtlett, his wife , and two ilanhtert. 11" ma ltreated and rob bed ; a vonng man n amed r 10otlilt w wa s knocked down , h is coat, his watch, gni Hare-sn.e ...fields, a taken from hi m. In named Lee, walking with h'.. wife And children, a ssailed, and robb ed of their int,nev, iv., and ' perso ns who took the ir part were very m uch be The police, and a strong bode o f s pecial were ordered ont. Many of t! e ruffians are - I. known to the officers, they :try ft Jed to be priollww` from the Borough , a nd no doubt, but in a few 4 +l they will be taken. The Peliee e of this d several esr. ex t r emely active , and apprehend _ fellows, who will be fully examined o n a Attire MARRIED. On Tuesday last. the '4th itsst. at S t. Se p ulehre's Mr. Walter, of Skinner-stree t, son of Matthew %Volker, Esq. of Brigh:tm. and nephew to K. Clement, Esq. of I mytonstonc. to Jane. gee! of E. Clarke. E%q. of titawfvd : at tibe same tome, Wise. of Winehester-Imuse. Brood -street. to daughter of the late Al. Walker, Esq. New Steine. DIED. On the 46th inst. it M s hou,e. South Lambeth. Mr. Willy, of Hnekingham-street, Adelphi, in the Oh Ids age. London : Edited, Printed, and Pabllabed at Os , iiw " TVS STATESMAN" End " 'Cur Costftroton. (ALA Per 9. Ns. lOC aimed, opyolite St. Cleteeet's 1..7.. by WARDELL, Jas. 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