The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-08-09 00:00:00

• - •. • sd• 4?-4 t EMONM-LJNE. lon nestles, August B. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. The Court proceeded this day in the discharge of Insolvent Debtors cashed In the King's Bench Prison. An objection , was made to the enlarament of Milieus Tucker, on the following grounds : It was stated iy Counsel, that the peisenef was formerly if wool.elapler, in an extensive line of busines4, but that, from mares best known to himself, he had been induced to quit his established • business, and take up that of bill manufactarer, which he carried on to an enormous extent, and for a considerable time, with much success and atisantage. In order the better to carry on his nefarious listens, with the assistance of accom plices, be established a house in London, under the fictitious fire of Jones and Co. ; he had also houses . in Manchester and in Devonshire, each of which carried on a regular correspondence, and drew hills reciprocally on each other, and by that %deans had •In circulation, at one time, in this kind 9f bills, to the amount of one million ester. lips, without any foitodatiois for their negotiation. It could also be proved that the prisoner invaria. cuntrived to have these bills drawn and ac. PIMA by boys under age, whom he employed fur that purpose, and who, of course, were nut liable for their payment. If these facts were not sue. cleat to warrant the detention of the prisoner, it could likewise he proved that he had had recourse . 0:1 some oci:s%ions even to forgery, which he cams. ed the persons be employed to commit ; and in one instance he underwent a criminal prosecution at Exeter, instituted by the Stamp Office, on a charge of using a chemical liquid to obliterate cartala words and figures from stamped bills of ex. change, fur, the purpose of substituting in their room Ferri sums; but unfortunately, from a flaw in the indictment, he was acquitted. In ad. dition to these faces, he had inserted in his sae. dule that he had no effects, having delivered them all up to his creditors at the last meeting, as he be. CAMS a bankrupt in 1807, when the absolute fact was, he had never attended a meeting of his cre ditors. Mr. NOLAN, for the prisoner, contended, that an objection to the enlargement of his client could nut be held legal, in the present instance, inasmuch as the opposing creditor had nut been a sufferer by the practices *Hedged to have been carried on by the prisoner, and come trendy any objection from him would be of no avail. The Court was of opinion that an objection soold be made with every degree of propriety and legality by any creditor, where the ground of op. position was fraud, which in the case in question nnred folly substantiated. r..lloeis replied, he should, with the ac. gaiacenc.e of the Court, and in order to save all further unnecessary argument, oithdraw the up. pearance of his client, and apply to the Court of King's Bench for a decisioss on the objection he sonde, which he had little doubt would be in his Lorcree. The Court would not, however, comply with this motion, and decided, teat as the objection to the enlargement of the prisoner was completely within the provisions of the Insolvency Act, un less some inure cogent reason could be urged in bib behalf, he must be remanded. Several letters were then read from the pri. toner to persons in town, giving directions fur the siegetiation of bills, which had been fabri. hated by himself and his accomplices; and he was remanded, on the ground of obtaining money. by false ptetences. Objections were made to the discharge of Mr. Whit/tell and Mr. Waddington, on charges of be. ing oat of custody on recent occasions, the one having been seen at Vauxhall, and the other at Cru)don. No evidence was adduced, however, to substantiate the charge, and on the prisoners delening on oath to the contrary, they were or. tiered to be enlarged. The enlargement of Joshua Taylor was op, posed under the 34th and 35th clauses of the Act:—lust, for obtaining money under false pre. tenses ; and secondly, for receiving mouey on ac count of his employer, and converting it to his own purposes. The prisoner was a eerjeant in the division of Marines quartered at Woolwich, and was ens. ployed by Captain Barlow, the Deputy-Pay master of that corps, to receive money from the house of Rotten and Co. fur du. purpose of pa) tog the taco ; and in the absence of Mr. st low, from instructions given to the Banker, be was empowered to draw what money be thought proper for paying the Marines. This authority, however, he abused, and drew 3071. more than was necessary for the intended purpose, which he appropriated to his own use. And on the circum. stance being discovered, he passed his note of hand to Messrs. Kutton and Cu. for that sum, which note he slid mot take op, and was consequently arrested. The Court overruled the objection, on the ground of the Prisoner having been employed, out as the servant of Captain Barlow, but in many instances during the absence of Mr. Barlow acted as actual Paymaster, being in the constant habit of paying the men. Ile was therefor* dis. charged. Upwards of 40 others were also discharged, and the Court adjourned. It is stated from Frankfort of the 18th, that not withstanding the armistice, the Dike of Banns. wica was at Neustadt, and pushed his pattoles to G °tits. Sunday morning about two o'clock, a hackney. coach, with three persons in it, going along Perna. esent.street, was stopped by four fellows, one of whom stood at the horses' heads, while the others rubbed the passengers to the aliment of 161. and made their escape. Saturday night, between 10 and 11 o'clOck, a portmanteau was cut from behind a coach in the Strand, by two thieves, but being observed by some young men passing, they dropped it nerr the New Church, and made their escape. ..r ... : 4 41P1,1011iPPV SUSSEX ASSIZES. Lewes, Arm 7.1--Thp ,Commission day for holding the Assizes fur this County was appointed for lasi Saturday, on whiob day the Judges arrived in Otis 'town. The' business of these Assizes is ant heavy 4thgta• ilea but seven prisoners in the Calendar, tindflif one of thesis for any serious ctitue. CIVIL SIDE. BETORE VIE LORD CURT BARON. WOOVIIIII V. RING. This was an action of trespass • for sporting an the Plaintiff's land, after notice, and has arisen out of a contest which has embroiled part of this county for a considerable time. The real Plain tiff was Mr. Harben, who resides at Corsica hall, and the Defendants farmers of respecta bility. Mr. Serjeant SneettEnn, for the Plaintiff, de scribed the trespass as one of a most aggravated nature. Henry Reeds, a servant to Harben, said, he served notice on the Defendant nut to sport on the lands of the Plaintiff on the 19th of February last ; he was nut sore that it was addressed to the Defendant by the Plaintiff. The rest of the no. flee, except the address, was in Mr. Harben's hand-writing. It was proved that a party was out sporting on the 28th of February last, and that the Defendant was on a piece of rape seed belonging to the Plaintiff, whither he went after his brother, who was quarrelling with Mr. Hat.. ben. Mr. MAItitTATT, for the Defendant, told the Jury, that so far from the Defendant having com. milted an aggravated trespass, that this was one of the most unfounded actions ever brought into a Court of Justice. The real Plaintiff was Mr. Ilarben. Ile should prove that the Defendant was the nephew of the nominal Plaintiff; and that when Woodham was remonstrated with upon his conduct in warning his nephew off his laud, he declared he was totally ignorant of its being done. Two witnesses, of the names of Hitchiiis and Hardwicke, proved, that they were spurting on their own and the Defendant's grounds, and that they had no intention of trespassing on any per. son ; that they were followed and annoyed by Ilarben, in consequence of which an altercation took place, in which angry language passed on both sides ; that Harben rode past them repeat edly, and Junked in their faces ; one of them told him he woad see iso face worse than his own, &c. At last Thomas Ring and Harben went into a clover field belonging to the Plaintiff, and Richard King, the Defendant, followed, upon which liar. ben said, 46 What, Dickey, I have caught you in a trespass at last." The Defendant's brother also proved that the Plaintiff declared he never meant to warn them oil' his land, and the no. tics had been given by Harben without his know. ledge. The Loan Catty BARON said, that a notice so given was no notice at all, and observed, if they believed the Defendant's witnesses, although a trespass had been committed, yet the smallest da. manes would satiscy the justice of the case. Verdict for the - Plaintiff—Danseves 6d. Lord Er.s.r.raoaouon finished the Crown Side early. Three prisoners were capitally convicted. During the la!e thunder.storm, a mill at Grim. diburgh, near Ipswich, was much damaged. The electric fluid first struck the slightest sail, which it shattered to pieces; it then proceeded by interrupted conducting substances to the upper story of the mill, where the ailetree was split, and other damage done. The fluid then came in contact with the long side bolt, which served fora perfect conductor through the first floor, where nothing was in the least degree injured, but at the lower end of the bolt beneath the body of the mill, where the fluid was again interrupted U r non.condattors, It sheaved its powers by driviui the timber, and totally demolishing one of the piers, scattering the bricks in every direction. A fire-ball fell upon the house of Mr. Hyam, of Ramsden.hcatb, Esser, which forced its way through the roof to the lower apartments, , where it destroyed a set of china, &c. A ball o f ' fire likewise struck the spire of the church of Great Waltham, entered the roof, and descended down the tower to the singing pew, and did con. siderable injury in its progress. During a dreadfal thunder-storm, which hap. peued on Wednesday, the 2t3th ult. at Mauchlinc, Hugh Smith, servant with Mr. Jahn Sillars, Gar. field, parish of Mauchline, was struck dead by the lightning, while busily employed in the hayfield. His head was severely bruised, the blood running out at his mouth and cars, his hair singed, and his countenance almost black, and much disfigured. The fatal fluid appears to have penetrated his fore- head, from a large wound which it had made in it; from thence to have been conducted down through the body, marking its progress by singing the hair on the breast, scorching his stomach, and melting several of his buttons. His hat was found lying in tatters, at a considerable distance from him ; both his shoes were knocked from his feet, and one of them, tors to pieces, bad been thrown by the shock to the distance of several yards. Soon after eight o'clock, on Saturday morning, at Winchester, Thomas Crukher, alias Kircher (an accomplice with Braadway), and William Davis, convicted of stabbing Wm. George, of Gosport, were taken from thp gaol to the usual place of execution, whereafter joining a short time in prayer with the clergyman, they were lannehed into eternity. They-both acknowledged themselves guilty of the offence for -which they suffered, and recommended others to take warning by their untimely fate. Davis said it was the effect of liquor that occasioned him to do it, and he had nut anylaowledge of the transaction WI taken bWoreta Magistrate on the following day ; he has been pips) , years in the army, during which he had seen much hazardous service, and was with Sir J. Moore's army in Spoilt ; and, AI the time of committing this act, was waiting with his regiment (the sth foot) to ge out on the present Expedition. PO LICE. ---.0.0.- GUILD/f4LL.--Yesterday Joseph Chatierly was broeght op for re-examination before Mr. Alderman GOODBEHERE, ow a charge of house breaking. It'appeared that the prosecutor, who' resides in Long.lane, Smithfield, returned home on Friday night last, about eleven . o'clock, when hearing some one in the shop, he gave the alarm, and the prisoner was appri heuded running out the back way.• He was afterwards searched ; in one pocket were found three shillings and twopence halfpenny iu halfpence, and in another the paper in which they had been packed. The Prosecutor said a parcel of old halfpence had been stolen, and several hats, and that the paper correspond ed with some that he .had in his house, but he could not swear positively either to it ur the half pence. The Prisoner, in his defence, slid, he had pawn. ed a gold seal for eight shillings, and received the copper in question in part payment. He had em ployed a boy to effect the pawn, who appeared to vouch for the truth of his assertions, and also the pawnbroker who gave him the money. The Pri soner was committed for trial. John Ryan, seri ant t 3 Mr. Mullen, broker, of Moorfields, was charged with stealing a piece of carpeting. The Police Officer, who appreli ed the Prisoner, said, that Ryan had offered to pawn the carpet, for nine shilling., to a paw n. broker ; who, suweeting it was stolen, sent for him ; he afterwards found the pkre, from which it had been cut, in the care of a barrow-woman, where it had been left by the priioner. The Pro. secutor said he had entrusted the carpet to the pri. soncr's care, for the purpose of sliming it to a customer, and hid no doubt of its being his pro. perty. The Prisoner, in his defence, said, he bought the carpet fur seven shilling., in order to sell it again, and thereby earn a shilling honestly. Ile was committed for trial. A boy, about fourteen years of age, underwent a second examination, on a charge of stealing a two.pouud Bank-note from his master's desk.— The two-pound note had never been discovered ; but, in the search, some trifling things, which his master believed to be his, were found artfully concealed in the collar of the boy's coat. lie cried very much, and begged fur pardon, promising he would never more be guilty of similar of fences. Ile was' allowed to volunteer his services for the Navy, and ad Officer was ordered to take him to the tuner. Ann Phinnery, an 0.1 palsied woman, was chargo with testi!? from her loclgingF, a pair of sheets and a blanket. The Proseeato mini, that being apprelmlsi-m she meant to run away in his debt, and having other suspicions, he procured an Officer to search the apartments, who discovered duplicates of the things stolen. She said nothing in her defence, and was remanded fur further exa mination. CO Ulll'-.IIARTIA L. Horse Guards, August 1, tB)9. • ."~-•~. SUBSTITUTE FOR SUGAR IN FRANCE, At a General Court-Martial held at Stafford, on the 10th of April, 1809, and continued by ad journments to the 15th of the same month, Lieu. tenant Moore, of the .15th Regiment ; Lieutenant Mayer of the 57th Regiment ; anti Lieutenant M'Gregor, of the 38th Regiment of Foot, were arraigned upon the following Charges, viz. Charge against Lieutenants Moore and Mayer— " For behaving in a scandalous manner. such as is unbe coming the eh:meters of Officer; and Gentlemen, on the nicht of the 1d of Alurch, 1809, at Stalliird, by abusing each other, and calling earh other opprobions ictmei, and afterhards fighting together in the public street, and by appearing in a state of intoxication, rai-iitg a riot rind disturbaace, ani en gaging in an affray iii the public streets." Charge against Lieutenants Mayer and Al'Gre gor— " For behaving in a scandalous nod infamous manner. such its is unbecoming the chanicteet of Officers un.l Gentlemen. sat the night of the id of March, lba.), at Stafford, by abnOng Lieutenant Moore at the door of a public-house, and in the Ohne street. and endeavourin4 by opprohious word.; to pr.)- , w o k e hi m , Lieutenant Moore, to ti,•.it with Lieut. Nitser; ,tout afterwards engaging in the public streets, in tousequeoce of - which they were confined in the Black Holes all ss condoct is a breneh of their ditty a• and to the pre judice of good order and military discipline." Lieutenants Moore and Mayer were found Guilty of the first Charge, with the exeeptiun of the etime of intoxication, as far as relates to Lieu tenant Moore. Lieutenant Mayer was also found Guilty of that part of the second Charge, which expresses the endeavouring, by opprobious words, to provoke Lieutenant Moore to fight him. For which, Lieutenants Moore and Mayer were sentenced to be Dismissed his Majesty's Service; bnt the Court were of opinion, that the Chars alleged against Lieutenant M'Gregor was not suf ficiently proved, and therefore acquitted him, which Sentence his Majesty has been pleased to approve and confirm. Thu Commander in Chief has therefore directed, th.►t the ( barges exhibited against Lieuts. Moore, Mayer, and M'Gregor, 'together with the Sentence of the Court, shall be read at the head of every Corps, and entered in the Orderly Books. FRENCH PRIV) Ellll.—liast Friday evening, mane of the prisoners on parole at Lattlicevton, made his escape, and has not slice been heard of. About three weeks ago, three of the prisoners in the New Prison on Dartmoor, hid themselves beneath tinifilth and (Ads of a dung cart. and actuall, escaped in this manner from the prison ; but soon after, the boy who drove the cart, perceiving something move, gave the alarm, when the French men were secured by some soldiers who chanced to be near, and re-conveyed to prison. About the same time.* general escape was projected from this great national prison, by perforating the solid wall, though the massive appearance of the girlie. tare 'said swan to hid defiance to such au attempt. A timely discovery marred the project. Ott Friday evening last, in consequence of an information, Aimee Wasson, alias Kelly, a noto. riuus anti desperate offender, was apprehended at Leith. There were found concealed in his clothes, three silver watches, two dozen silver tea.spoons, one gold ring, three gold breastpins, some watch. chains, seals, and various shawls. gowns, &c. He has been committed for trial. Ilk accomplice 'unfortunately made his escape. A most important and serious discovery has. serted to have been made in France, which, if it can be realized, and brought into general use, d er the et:unreel of Napoleon, may, in a consi derable degree, supersede the use of sugar. On this subject, peculiarly interesting to a state, which, like Great Britain, possesses almost all the sugar colonies of the new world, and which is competent to furnish all Europe with that commo dity, more than one Memoir has appeared in the Atonitcurs of June last, by Mons. Parmentier, a Member of the Institute. From the grape he has successfully attempted to extract a juice, or a substance—fur it seems to partaLe of both, which, it is believed in all the ordinary purposes of consumption, supply the produce of thesugar-caue. This Memoir is intiticd, " lostruction relative to Syrups, and Conserves of Grapes, intended to rc. place sugar in the principal uses of domestic econo o;y.,, Tee utmost ingenuity, inilustry , auJ pertiever. mice have been applied, to va: (pis!' the im pediments, and to surmount the prejudices, which aid ays op. pose themselves to new inventions. Tin' detesta tiow of the naval tyranny of the English, posses sing, as Psrmentier terms it, " (he odious mono. poly" of the production I. question, a sentiment which the Corsican Ruler of France has found means to inspires/num all ranks of people Ore o'gh. oat his dominions, adds a stimulus to the other m o tiv e s deduced (rein economy and neceesity. The .vlemair begins Is) stating, that tee tract of land, throughout France alone, adapted to the cultivation of the vine amounts to elusive one mil. lion, eight hundred thousand acres ; a pro :actiol, whicti, since the French Revolution, in defiance of all discourage:news or prohibitions, on the part of the Govern neat, has annually increased, and occupied, (ruin year to year, a larger pm. portion of the sod. Such has be e n the fecundity of late musings, that the proprietors of vines arils were actually incoevenienced by the load of gr. ess which the earth jielded; and have been compelled to abandon, in many districts, the whit pro duced, from want of casks in which to keep it. Under these circumstances, the notification of a discovery, by which a saccharine matter might ho extracted from the grape, *which would enable the French people to submit to the renunciation of Sugar, in all culinary, or commuuturPu" of life, was received with enthusiasm. It cum. partitively electrified the Southern provinces, in particular those extending from the mouths of the Rhone, to that of the Aduur, the Tarn, the Dordogne, and the countries at the fuot of the Pyrenees. MI the Societies of Arts, Academies" Prefects, and Public Bodies, from Marseilles to Narbonne and Perpignan, offered prices and rewards to encourage the attempts.—Elery f am ily ms.d i s a provision of it, during the last vintage, for their own private consumption ; and the little town of Bergerac, in the ancient Guienne, the wines of which canton or territory are distill goished for their sweetness, actually fabricated, or extracted, above 230,000 pounds weight of this syrup, fir sale, in the Autumn of IRO& Every pound was valued at halra-crown, Eng- I.sh inueoj . If such was the effect of the first disclosure of this secret ; what may not be ex pected, says Parmentier, from future efforts and ameliorations, sided as they arc, and will be, by all the encouragement and protection of Goren. ment ? On the lest anniversary of Bona-arte's Coronation, • splendid entertainment was given by one of the Municioal Public Functionaries, in the South of France, where all the pastry, confectionary, and jellies, were made with the syrup, newly extracted ; and the guests declared no less their perfect satin action at the taste and flavour of these delicacies, than their astonish. merit, at finding that nut a particle of sugar had entered into their co:nposition e . " The jog off syrup," adds he, 46 will soon, we trust, supplant the sugar.bason, iu coffee, tea, and every ilfuoott of that kind." '!'ho War Minister, in consegoence of a Report made to him, by Sarartzi, the Inysiciaii-G-tieral to the French armies, who, by order of NAro_ ceox, had undertaken a journey for the purposts of ascertaining the practicability of subs , itiitinK syrup in the place of su4ar, in the compounding medicines, has commanded it to be introduced to all the hospitals of France and of Italy. Aburts half the sum, antecedently expended in the pur chase of sugar, mid of honey, annuallT, fur the use of the sick, has been already saved. the phy sicians and apothecaries attending the hospitals have taken care to second the views of the Admi nistration. Various individuals among the pro fessors of the healing art, have even published Re ports upon the effects resulting from the prescrip tion of medicines in which the syrup formed an important ingredient, with a view to prove, and to persuade their countrymen, that it is far more beneficial, balsamic, and Inticilaqinous, than the production of the sug,ir-cane. In all diseases of the lungs, or of the chest, they affect to give it a decided preference over sugar. Above all, it is pretended, that, in the disorder of the !looping cough, it administers to infants and children fin mediate relief. Great as these pretended benefits or advantages are, they assert, that as important, if not more valuable, uses, ma►' he derived from this discover► Of PARMItaTIER, as tat:Cling articles of commerce sod of consumption. We shall resume ant con tinue the subject with our first !mitre. We be lieve that it will be read with universal interest. Eddard Might, alias Jly nearly, a notorious character, died on Monday, in the House of Cor rection, in the gOth year if his age. He had been upwards of fifty ycan a thief, and had been 73 times arraigned at the Old flailev and Quarter Sescions, and as often punished. Accounts from Tralee mention, that 3firbrel Murphy, the murderer of the late Rev. Mr. T... dell, was tried, on Thursday las . , in that town, and the atrocious de ..d being eleaily proved, he was capitally convicted, and immediately seritencid for execution ; which sentence took place on Ss ords y, and his body delivered for d Nettie , LONDON Printed and Piddisbed Av U. Lot am., a: stir Srattsanan Orrics, 87, rivet-owes. Mbh