The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-10-02 00:00:00

. POLICE. - 0 A5.. 0 -- J UST/CIARY SM. 2U. The Justiciary Court was opened here this day by lord Bermand. There were only two cases before the Court, sad these of no great iteportaece, and we believe a good many years have elapsed since the calendar was so light in this quarter. William Johnston was first placed-at the bar, accused of abstracting a silver watch from the person of Walter Hole, shoemaker, arArcherbeek. parish of Gambit, on the 28d of May last, and in the house of Peter Telford, innkeeper, Laughols. After hearing evideue, the Jury, without leaving the box, returned a verdict of guilty. _Robert Newshase was next placed at the bar, accused of entering by a ladder aroma is the house of Rosehall, and abstracting from a pocket-book belonging to Mr. Gillespie, lit in notes, sad 10s. in silver. The prisoner, who is $ man of small stature, and ra ther feeble looldeg.pleaded guilty to the charge; and so f a r as his Juke amid hnistorpreted, be appeared very penitent. The AIIIT teAllig again been sworn, returned a verdict of guilty aghiust the panel, in terms of his own confession. The -.lodge sow proceeded to pronounce sentence upon Johnston, whom he admonished to lead a new life, sea atone by his futuretonduct for the base and coward ly manlier in which be bad robbed a poor man who was feat eskep at the time. Sentence, twelve months im prisonment in the Jail of Dumfries.—On hearing this, the panel impatiently exclaimed. " Thank God, my Lord, it is so worm . Too and I will meet in heaven, aod rhea we'll eas who's innocent. The watch might Lai* been In fifty. hinds, and the man ought to be sworn, —I say he ought to be sworn—that's what I say, gen tlemen." The prisolar was proceeding with a great deal more nonsense, when he was interrupted, ankorder cd to sit down. Lord Hennaed thew pronounced sentence on New sham, whose crime be said wan aggravated by the breach of trust it implied. In these eircemstancei the mildest sentence of the law which he uvula award was trans portation for seven years. This culprit hung his head and said not a word ; but 'llkeston again started to his feet, and exclaimed, " It's murdey,;:bighway robbery, and murder. Is there no man of war's officer in the company that will come forward and speak for a poor fellow that's been shedding his blood for ibis King and country. There's no justice—by U—d r not a bit of justice here!" and suiting the action to the word, lie s truck the boards of the panel'. box with the greatest fury. The Judge seemed much shocked at behaviour of this man, whose ontragecui and hardened conduct ex ceeded that of any criminal we ever saw brought into Court, and inquired if there was no Bridewell in which he could be confined and kept at hard labour. Bailie Kerr replied' in the negative; but promised to confine bins in a dark cell and feed him on bread and water—so that Johnston will gain nothing by . his ignorant and in , tolent bravadoing. On being carried back to jail, his conduct we are informed was, if possible, still more vio lent and obstreperous. This finished the business of the Court. Mansiox-:loans.—A workman. in the employment of Mrs. Innis, printer, No. 28, Bell-al/ey, COletUan street, was brought op by John Forrester, stpOti the clarge of hiving feloniously disposed of a quantity of bank note paper, which had been sent to her from a country hanking-house to have executed fur the pur poses of circulation. Mrs. Innis stated, that she bad been fur a consider able time employed by the banking house of Meows Dansey and Bastard, at Illandford, or Poole, to strike off notes for circulation. Upwards of a month ago she had received a letter from the house, aecompanie.l by a parcel containing a quantity of bank note paper, with which she had direction, to use the plate. Upon receiving it, she banded it to the prisoner, who was a person in whose integrity she had much reliance, with- i out reckoning the number of slipr. Her journeyman went up stairs to execute her order, haring been in formed by her that there were two reams and some odd quires in the bundle. He, however, soon return ed, and said there were 207 abort—a disclosure which surprised Mrs. Innis much, as she was aware of the great accuracy observed by the banking firm in thrir dealing. Mrs. Innis supplied the deficiency, and then told the prisoner to make all possible haste with the work, in order that the paper might be brought to the Stamp office to be stamped. At the Stamp office, which she reached at rather a late hour, she was desired to leave the notes,. and they should he stamped by nine o'clock next morning. She paid the money for the stamps, and left the notes. Next mot it the appointed time, she sent her dau g ht e r to the Stump-office, but she received a message from the fieutlentanin whose hands she bad placed the notes, eloo k Oat tit . .tere four hundred and ninety short of the n `t he stamping of which she had paid. Mrs. 'isiMs cli the prisoner, who was at work, and tines . tioned hint upon the subject: but only received assur 'loves from him that be had printed the number of :' motes she had put into his hands, sod delivered them ' to her as soon as they were finished. She and the pri soner then went to the Stamp-office, where she saw and counted the notes which she had given in the day before. There were 1,242 notes of he banking-house paper, but to her surprise there were 207 notes of c.on soon paper struck off from the plate which she had in her p.ssesaion. Those 270 notes any body could haw discovered to be without water-mark. and, indeed, to be in every respect different from the paper which bank ing houses use. The deficiency altogether she found to be nearly 1,000, and she could suspect nobody of having tna4e away with them but the prisoner, who, being questioned upon the subject of substituting the common paper for the banking-house paper; said he had received that paper mixed with the other from her, sold thought that all was right. The LORD 11/ATOR ordered Forrester to give all the assistance in his power to Mrs. Innis, who appeared greatly distressed, from the apprehension that the pri soner might have become the insttuusent of a gang of villains who could easily turn the notes to their ad , vantage ? Forrester sail he had, since the .Iminnaation was given to him, hems indefatigable in: his endeevoura to Irate the mites. but the primmer had denied that be Ind* stay Wi e r more tkaa he had .already SAW. . • Mrs. Innis said she bad written to the bankers, ex pressing her surprise at their having. sent her paper not water-narked, supposing that the mistake ori ginated with the firm, and that it would be impossible for any man in her employment tb commit a deliberate act from which such misfortunes might arise ; but she had, notwithstanding her credulity upon this point, thought the conduct of the prisoner very remarkable throughout, for lie had not only complained of a defi ciency and worked upon common• paper, hut he had remained a nisch longer time than was necessary, or than he was in the habit of 'devoting to jobs of the same extent. The bankers sent back to her an answer, stating that they never had sent her such paper as she com plaint:dot' having received, and desiring her to send them all the plain paper that had been worked upon, in order that it might be destroyed. It may be . necessary to observe, that the new stamps with which the notes of this banking-house are now stamped, and which almost cover the hacks of the notes, cannot be placed upon the notes which are missing. The LORD MAYOR ordered that the prisoner should be sent back to the Compter, and. kept apart from his acquaintances. liett.row.b.—AN Imesserott.—Amongst the num ber of prisoners, amount* to no less than 37, who were brought up yes/mita! before Mr. Alderman Cos, for various offences, the following were the only eases deserving notice : A miserable-looking old fellow, named John Hala -1 tray, who gets his living kr his factitious appeareacesof distress, awl has, no doubt, imposed upon the henna ' oily of many of our readers, was charged by Smith. the keeper of Blackfriars-bridge, with practising his usual tricks upon the bridge on Sunday afterno 'n, by which he had drawn round him about lOU persons. most of whom were commiserating his distressed cow tlition, when the bridge-keeper came up, exposed the deception, and took the fellow to the Cotopter as a va grant. His mode is to place himself is some great thoroughl.mre in the busiest throng of the day, and set to devouring, in the most voracious nmtner, as if nearly starving, what appears to passengers to he dogs' meat, and dirty cabbage stalks, such as he might be suppose , i to have picked up in the streets to satist'N , the cravings of nature; and, when questioned, tells a tale of gte.t distress, and of not having tasted food fur some days. Time fellow, however, is more of an epicure than he would willingly be thought. The city o ffi cers, with • .. whom he is an old customer, arc aware that his treat and his veremblee are of his own purchasing, the lat- ter being good wholesome cabbage, sufficiently boiled, mid the former fresh shreps' melts, whic:, he takes care to have properly cooked with the gravy in them, for the better effect ip the exhibition before the public Alderman Cox co fitted him, under the new vagrant , act, to hard !about! in Ltridewell for one month. HARDENED DEPRAVI rfi.•—A lad of the name of Wm. Atkin:, who stated his age to he 13, but whose appear ance bespoke him to be considerably younger. was charged with picking a geutlettlan'tt pocket near Temple-bar. The person robbed had passed* on, un knotving of hie loss, while the officer was in e ursuit the thief, and consequently no prosecutor appeared. His mother, a very respectable !oohing woman, ay peared before the Alderman yesterday, and in tears, and with great feeling, narrated the history of her son's bad cotkanteree titnefisgjocl "I "ti rs aiffer to w he was apprenticed, r r and herself were stilling to do every thing power to reclaim him, and provide Tor him, a feared be was too hardened in depravity, atid-th some punishment might be of service to him. The Altberman accordingly committed hint, as a suspected common thief, to hard labour for one month. The prisoner, who had witnessed unmoved the dis tress of his parent, on hearing his senteuce, unblush• ingly asked if he might not have the handkerchiefs-- not to take it with him; but he wished it to be given to his mother. The poor woman was quite overcome by this impudent indifference ; she burst into a violent flood of tears, and exclaimed, in au almost frantic manner, " I take the handkerchief! I would not touch it for the world," and sunk into strong hysteric fits, and was carried in a state of insensibility out of the office. This scene produced no effect upon the feelings of the prisoner, who surlily muttered as be followed the officer to the lock up room, that the handkerchief was more his than any body's else, and he ought to have it. TowN-HALL. Sournwastu.—Rshame ACOnniTT OF THE CORONER AND THE MAGISTRATE:- .P. La,,a- shan't their it she ungh t Gcrt, who was examined at this office on the charge of killing Isis father-in-law, James Allingbam, and whom tine Coroner's Inquest by their verdict have de clared guilty of manslaughter. stood remanded for a fitrtbrr hearing at this Odice yesterday. The Magis trate (Alderman J. J. Ssturti) perceiving that his name was not upon the list of prisoners, inquired why he was not brought up; to which it wax answered, that Lambert having now been committed uisou the Coroner's warrant to take his trial for manslneghter, it was conceived not be necessary to bring him up fur re-examination before the Magistrate. Ald. Smith said he thought the duties of the Magistrate tould not b thus superseded. lie should persist in having the prisoner again brought befors. him. New evidence might be brought forward before the Magistrate, which might induce him to come to a different conclu sion to that of the Jury. In the present instance, had the evidence produced against the prisoaer Lambert, When before him on Thursday last, been satisfactory awl complete, he, as a blagistrate, should not have felt it his duty to wait for the verdict of a Coroner's In quest, but have come to a decision at once. and cos.. milted the man to take his trial for that offence, which in his judgment the evidence amounted to proof of.— The worthy Alderman therefore directed that Lambert should stand remanded until Wednesday next, to be then brought up for further and final examination. fIATTON - GARDEN.—Yesterday a young woman of very interestingappearance, with a fine child about four years old in her arms, was brought up iu the cus tody of William B. Edwards, Hit, officer, on the charge of stealing 901. in Bank notes from the person of Mt. Hodgson, a baker, at Camberwell, under the following exts &ordinary circumstances : On Thursday last the prisoner west to the Angel puhlie-Nouse, in Fleet•marhet. where she was &coons uns,iated wills a lodging for herself and child for thy i night. She nest day applied to the parish of Sti An drew, Holborn. fur relief, sod received holt a croup - z t =:R - N. foam tie eieteeere. k bar odlord not to .4 41i' • bow bee for the time WON, as she would become chargeable to 'that parish; however, she was per mitted tersleep there that sills% (Friday) and on Sa turday iter request was refused by the landlord, bet she was indulged to rest herself in parker. Mr. Hodgson( who came to town in the morning to defray some bills, put ep at the Angel, and took his seat in the parlour in which the prisoner was sitting, at which time he had upwards of 6001. in his pockets: After sitting some time, be fell into conversation with the prisoner, and was made acquainted with her dis tressed situation. ' Having drank too freely he fell asleep, and whilst in this situation the prisoner's child who was playing round him, by some means took from the pocket of Mr. Hodgson M. in notes, which it gave to its mother. Shortly after Mr. Hodgson awoke, and went away without discovering his lots, at which time the prisoner also left, hut the thoughts of hay* dishonestly become possessed of the notes so dwelt upofi her usind, that rest forsook her ; nor did she know where to find the owner, that she might restore the money to him : she therefore inquired for a police. officer, and was directed to Edwards, to whom she ee -1 lated the case, and after giving the money over to him gave Herself in custody. Edwards instantly repaired to the Angel, where he learned the direction of Mr. Umigson. Edwards proceeded to Camberwell, and on teeing Mr. Hodgson be related the purport of his journey, upon which Mr. Hodgson accompanied him to town, and the prisoner was brought before the sit ting Magistrate, before whom the case was investi gated, and the money giien up. Toe prisoner, en being desired to give an account of herself, said she was a widow, and that her husband formerly carried on the business of a sugar-refiner. He died about three years ago and what little property was left was gone through, and she was in the greatest distress. She had a brother, a cashier in an eminent banking-house in the city, and her fa.iter, who is still living, was a respectable clergy:Han in Staffordshire. The Magis trates ordered the office to be cleared whilst they pies tioned her further ; the result was, that she was dis charged, awl appeared to leave the office in better spirits than she entered, but fur what cause we are at present ignorant. DREADFUL EFFECTS or INconitvc•ve'r tv A Wicc. —On Tuesday hist, un Isequeet was held ht Heading - ton, Berke, on view of the body of James Harris, a labourer. This war. a case which required contider.ilde attention, and the examination of several witnesees.— It appeared fr an the evidence of Mr. Wingfield, sur geon, and Mr. Itusiter, apothecary, of Oxford, that deceased died in consequence of taking corrosive sub limate on Sunday the 9 It ult.; It It how lie pro.ured the sublimate !timid not he ascertained. Ile lingerei. in es trente agony until Sunday last, on which* day he From the evidence given by Jane Ilarris, the wile of the deceased, and other witnesses, it appeared that in May last, site left her Isitshsnd, and coltaLited fur ' 1 about three weeks with Henry Hyatt, a lahourer, of Ileadinging), a tuarried Ivan. Hyatt is a young tuau ; her husband was only thirty one years of age. She did not leave her husband on account of any quarrel.' She l•ft Ilyatt, and went to her sister's, from whose house her husband fetched her. Ile nem afterwards reproached her. On Saturday, the titl► ult. she was 4e,tairsingirvui work with ber Washout*, wises Hyatt came Up to her, and asked her bow she was, a► which her lititband was much irritated, and challenged Hyatt to fight, who declined it then, but said be w•unld fight him at any other time. Harris and his wife then went home. No cotversation passed between them going home. He went up stairs, and said, " I will go away," and immediately ran down stairs. His wife overtook bins, and lucked !situ in; lie then jumped out of the window,aud went array, but returned in a quarter of an hour, and went to lied. Did not speak all night, lint appeared muck egituesl and distressed in mind. About eight o'clock the next morning, she asked him' to get up and ha►e his breakfast; be refused. She then went down stairs and fetched sou►e milk, which she took up stairs. Shortly afterwards he said to her tt I have been and took some poison." Site looked at him, and saw bins with a cup in his band, which she took from him, but he had drunk the greater part of the contents. Mr. Rusher was sent for, oho exam• ined the remainder of the liquid in the cep, and found it to be as before stated, eorrosive sublimate. Elisabeth White. a dear neighbour of the deceased, and one of the witnevests, stated, that in her opinion, •' the deceased had nut been in his proper mind for some tinw," which WUevidently occasioned by his jealousy of Hyatt. It appeared also, by the evidence of other witnesses, that the conduct of Harris had lately been very different to what it bad been previ ously to his wife's elopement. After the Corouer had summed up the evidence, the Jury returned a verdict—" That the deceased died in consequence of having drunk poison when in a state of temporary insanity." Tile Coroner then addressed Jane Harris in strrn►g terms, pointing out to her the gross impropriety of het conduct, which was clearly proved to have been the cause of her husband's premature death ; anal that in fact, she was morally, though not in point of law, guilty of murder. In this address the Jury unani mously coincided. DREADFUL ACCIDENT •T ST. PAUCE.---AretleEday forenoon at twelve o'clock, inquisitions were taken in the Board-room of St Bartholomew's Hospital, before Thomas Shelton, Esq. Coroner. on view of the bodies of Thomas Skiligan and James Mayhew, who foil from the scaffolding in the interior of St. Paul's Cathe dral, on Saturday last; rule of whom was killed on the spot, and the other died shortly alter his removal to the hospital. Mr. Linger& Deputy Surveyor of the Works, was then called to prove the rate of the scaffolding. lie considered the materials perfectly safe and good : it was common scaffolding, not such as are used in bui;d ing in churches." The ledger which broke had a nail hole through it where it cracked, but he did not con sider that that caused it to break. Cott°Nuft.—Then what caused it to break ; or how did the arxident occur, if the timber was sound ? Witness.—The timber was slight, and Ale to sup port no snore than about six persona, and I think its bring one:loaded canard the accident. 6;11../Nia —"nose .► ho were there to superintend Ilia business eight. to ow that the scaffold should not l►e overloaded, and u•:t penult wore persons .to itt •1., , • ' . thereon than they considered it would wi t h idl ! supplitt: el Witness.—Where there are upwards of 100 lan asi imb work, it is impossible th a t th e S uper i ntend • i t I id , tend to all parties at one and the same tinse..—. r fi g icti • deeithsetal Death. The COioNita, on closing the Coen, tetbarked ni t in the year 1771 a m a n b a d fallen from a beigtis s e gt feet in the same place, and was able to go to hie le s * in two days after . ; and that when making prepai a s iii 1 for the funeral of Lord Nelson, another man felt* seven feet and was killed on the spot. . ••• ...—. 4 ....._ T wo boys, of the ages of 14, wishing to els% town and ships of Southampton, started (rout RI K bury last Tuesday morning, and arrived bete by 1,4 o'clock ; after rambling about, one of theta l o w iii hat in a boat, in which lie was cast away in the IN: Meeting his companion again, they kept leilik t mind the place all night, with e dt a widk ail*, carted fur Salisbury on Wednesday morning, lagl is ,, i hug neither friends nor money, they nevet atea until their return to Saliihiry nest day, at t . o'clock. Capt. Barclay's match is a trills to tlita . ..: ez i l (Hampshire Telegraph.) INTlattat No ClRcuturnwre.—.While the Pateittlid smack, Capt. Sanderson, on her passage from La o * to Leith, was at anchor near the Nore Light, se G a night of the 20th nit. one of the passengers, • *N e e' t wife, noticed to be far advanced in a state of pritt o k a a i . was suddenly visited with symptoms which dew e d a prospect of speedy cnofinentent ; in this t . eg Ap t , lion, with no ;mare] gentleman on b oa rd, A wl s Jerson was applied to, who, with &presented mg. promptness of action, th a t did hi m i n fi n i te credit, lis s rt zei parched a boat to the. Caledonia smack, anchors ' s sotue distance, and spite of a stron g adverse whit, At tide, succeeded in bringing a gentlenran to the assiss mice of the suffering fenale,whn by this time had been removed from her sittiation in the steerage, In the ante comfortable accommodation of the state cabin, whets is the short space of an hour, it was announced to he anxious passengers and crew, that birth had been OVA to a line girl., trim with the mother was pronoenoed to he doing well. It is almost needless to remark.that the tt hole of the passengers were impressed with the high est sentiments of respect for the praiseworthy comity* of the medical gentleman,the humane attention of Cat lain Sanderson, and truly tender care which (in absence of a litter nurse) the steward, James Kerr, took of We her and her infant; in short, in justice to the whole crew, nothing was wanting to ameliorate the sufferings of a female in so trying a situation. A subscription was entered into by the passengers for the peat imam which amounted to something handsome.—(Edieintrik Star.) _ Areecta walkingble lookin b gin aitwnis d c ivida i al wa i t: l observed lzlrri : 4 y r t i •s e :e p r E il — ay afternoon and forwards in Kensington Gardens, with a settled g l o o m on hi. eipinteriance. On a sudden, when nest otie of the pieces of water which communicates under groond with the Serpentine, he drew a penknife hen his pocket, and cut a dcep gash in his throat from di, left ear to the centre. Finding, however, that death , was oat so sodden is he expected, he had antidote strength left to throw himself into the water. Several persons who witnessed the horrible catastrophe, hew diately applied to the Humane Society, whose porters lost no time in attending and dragging the water ter the !aodv. Nearly three hours elapsed, however, before it was found, and all endeavours to rectal existence wets of course unavailing, although Dr. Thompson, of K. si iigton, end other medical men were present. The 4 , ceased is still unknown •. his shirt is marked with tie initials T .. P. and a 3, and in the inside of his bat has hatter's name,R. Jackson. These particulars maim- I"?' lead t. 4",.., • . . Dts•ro ESSI NO accioex•c.--z earereay mooting, es three young gentlemen were amusing themselves is a sailing•buaLon the River Thames, between Vauxhall anal Battersea-bri.N.es, a sudden squall of wind coming on, the boat became unmanageable, and upset, by which accident two of the unfortunate youths were drowned. A wa'ertuan ofit the Surrey shore, eerie; the accident, promptly AI off, and succeeded in res• citing one from Isis perilous situation; his mune is Jatifesan, and is the son of a gentlemau resitting g Chelsea. Every effort to recover the bodies of the other two was unavailing ; it is conjectured they mast have been carried away by the current, which set strong at the time. Their names are King and Wil • Our report from Keighley this week is on the whole favourable. None of the unfortunate persons who suffered by the falling in of the chapel door on Sill• day, the 16th alt., are dead since our last publication, bet three or four of them still lie in a dangerous state ; *the others are gradually recovering from their fractures and hrlizea, but it will be some months be fore many of them will be able to resume their la bours. It is so much the practice of those who have made any discoveries, front which they hope advantage by laying then. beforettire piddle, to speak in the most estrzva . ant terms of their merits, that the discerning hesitate - to patronise them, lest they should become the victims of quackery. A similar prejudice operates against the honest dealer, who, conscious of the superiority of the cominotlite which he supplies, and satisfied with a mo derate profit. looks for remuneration in an extension of Iris business. Mr. Cuarstax, however,' seems to enjoy an ample share of public confidence; but to meat the objections of the most fastidious who may wish color chase Isis Atm. anti BEER, rt doubts its genttineness,.be has made an affidavit, of which the following is a my % Satorn at the Mansion-house. before the tarred Mayor: — ill:. Citantast, atf Daviigge Wells Brewery, in the parisir of St. Pancras, in the County of Middlesex, Ale, Ts* Ale, and Table.lteer Brewer, maketb oath, end istitlfe that his ale, 'f attic-Ale, and Table-Beer, are brewed truth bops a tol usait unie, anal that he never has nor ones will permit or stiffer any drugs or other injurious lop& (limits to he used in his brewery. And this devoid further saith, that he superintends the whole of his brewing concerti himself, and is, thereby, with safety: oily callable of deposing to the above facts. B. Ow.- SIAN.--Sworn at the Mansion-house, in the City of Lots ' don. Jail. 1. 1821, before mei JOilN THOMASTtuntre, letters mus be post paid. MA RRTED. In Scotland. Lord Edward Gldcbester. second son ef the Margness of Donegal. to Amelia piano. daughter of 1!. Grau!.. Esq. of Merrion-aqtrare. Dublin. DIED. Thursday se'nuight. of the house of Mr. Carmel% of Rentimoist. near Carliile, Mrs. Tamar Irwin, forme:lv of Kirlandrews, aged 1011 years. She retained her faculties 10 the last moment of her existence. &addled after a to" short indisposition. On Saturday, at his mother's house. in Wieraorr-itreet. in the 50th year of his age. General A. Cowell, formerly of the Coldstream Regiment of Guards. ----- Lando* : Edited, Printed. end Published at the oillee or " Tits ki I'ATUAIAN" and "' Tui CONITITV T 102" (Stingier PdlierNo- I ". Slalikfl. opposite $l. Clement% Ilaree. rby it. I ItORI.L. Li.. II.: to wbons all t'osoussi catioass Or4ers, kc. are emoted to be addressed. Ii 3 i i 1 , 1