The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-12-29 00:00:00

■ :w VT ri""r7"Fir"e"..;-• I. : ' • . "„ • • 4 ". r, • • 4 117VN COLLEdt * NIT. took occasion to notice the spirit of insubor ith•vtion which some time ago broke.otst among the yonttg Gentlemen at Eton College, and the severity to which Dr. Keste, the Heart Master, had recourse, in order to enforce the observance of those mule. tions which he had thought it eatodiesa to adopt for the general advantage of the Ettabiishntent under bit annervisiost. The great cause of dissatisfaction among the veholary acernito have been the enforcement of a five o'ch•ck absence instead of the ordinary absence at six o'clock enacte d by the former masters. The «sample which wit made by the expulsion of. young Gentlemen, whose prospects and progress in life must he in some meesure affected by so disgraceful a cir cumstance, bas had its effect. Unt still there are show w h o , however studiously they nosy have at tended to the punctilious discharge of their several duties, and to the observance of the rules which Dr. Keats has laid down, have expressed dissatisfaction, and hese left the College for the holidays with feel. Inc* r.f resentment. Linder all circumstances it has been deemed accessary to dispatch the following cir. calor from Don to the parents of the young Gentle. men remaining in the establishment ;-- (CIRCULAR.) it Eton, December 20, 1818. do myself the honour of writing to you • • lathe recto's, of Dr. Kemp, who has been informed • eleire the commencement of the holidays (though he 'AN Olfficolly in believing the information), that a certain dissatisfaction still exists in the minds of some boys, arising, as it appears, from a mistaken idea, that the five o'clock absence in the houses, which he was induced by the late unpleasant circumstances to imnotr, is intended to he enforced daring all seasons of the year. Though he has an undoubted right to make any regulations that he may think necessary for the good of the school, yet as he is anxious to avert the ill consequences of insubordination from any boys who may he misled, he has no hesitation - in saying, that alit absence was never intended to apply to all parts of the year. It was imposed as a punishment for gross misconduct, but not fill after the 6°,11 1 Mad been warned by Dr. Keate of his intention, and had it in their power to avoid it by returning to a sense of their duty. They were informed too,' that when once imposed, theie watt little probability of its being ever taken off; that is, during the short slays of he year, when it it (lark about five o'clock. it is a regulation which would have been desirable under any circumstance*, and one which has long been wished for by many parents, as it interferes with no lawful amutement, end destroys the opportunities of mischief and immorality, which existed during the beta of darkness between five and six. It will be gradually removed by a quarter of an hour at a time, • at the stays lengthen, and put on again in the sante manner next winter, like other absences, which vary according to the season of the year. ITTT r~ t i r I. '-; r ~` 1) ." have stated this by Dr. Keate's desire, in order that you may hare an opportunity, during the holi -aa ye, of removing false impressions from the mind of your son, if any exist, or withdrawing him altoge .4lser; which Dr. K. strongly recommends, if you • 4...-sossompse•• Winot antigun for bk. good conduct upon his return. " I ha.. the honour to be, 4ir, " Your very obedient and faithful servant, 111.1+1.1A11IN DRURY." I - • I I ~~ . lIOAX.—One of those most contemptible attems at wit, generally celled a ly , rix, the author of • if discovered, would be well rewarded for his Inge nuity by public flagellation, was on Christmas Day played eQ on the family of Mr. S--, a respect. able inhabitant of Walcot-nlace, Lambeth. At am early hour in .the morning, the house was alarmed by the cries and knocking of three different cloitonev• ' sweepers, all of whom had received orders to attend at the same time. These were scarcely dismissed, when two post.chsises, provided no doubt by she same lind friend. came to take Mr S--- and fatal,' out of town. The post-boys more in dudgeon than she animals they drove, reluctantly tuned from the floor, the knocker of which, for some hours after, scarcely rested a minute, for the numerous applica tions of tradesmen applying for orders and deliver ing goods. Mil at one time Mr. S by a sin. gular coincidence, hail in his house a surgeon, a butcher, an advertising genuine wineonerchant, and an undertaker, all attending in the way of their pro fession. At one period of the day, Mr. S re ceived by an errand-cart a hamper, oat of the top of which protruded the legs and feet of a few hu ller, but upon unpacking it, the conteuts were found to he nothing but rubbish and straw. The quarter of the suburbs from which this came, however, has served as a guide to Mr. S----'s suspicion. On Sunday evening a most lamentable occurrence took plate at the house of Mr. Stackwood, Red lion-street. A young Gentleman, of the name of Richard ll4llard, in a tit of despondency cut his throat in * most dreadful manner, its four or five places. The young man, we understand, was not SO rears otage. Many rumours are prevalent as to *because of the unfortunate event. The young man had courted a young Lady for tome months, and it is stated that lately his visits were not received by her so kindly as they formerly were, and he in conse *silence became eery melancholy, and in the early part of last week he took to his bed and became much worse. Mr. Austin, the surgeon, was called in to attend him, and symptoms of derangement in his intel lects appeared ; at times he raved incessantly, and then f o r a short period he was calm arid rational. Ile es pressed a wish to see the young Lady above alluded to on Sunday. She was induced to go and see him; he talked to her in the most piT , ir tionate manner, and as she was going he requested a raring kiss, which was grantor!. lirifore the Lady left the house, a noise was heard in 1110 room of Mr. A gentle. man folioed Inglis went into the opattment and saw 11.0 blood issuing from his throat. On the floor lay a knifc covered with blood. Mr. !Italia raised up the head of the unfortunate man, and observed a razor, she blade of which had penetrated deeply into the throat. Ile took the razor out, and Mr. Austin, the surgeon, was sent f o r. When be arrived, tie found that the deceased had cut three smaller wounds 1.- in she neck with the I: oife, but al; unable to accom •• Visit his purpose. Mr. Hillard is still living s but au hors ate enterialbed ufbig feC9 re , y. 1. • • 'ran IV •• 1/.111 _ - - este tLIINBURGII. MGR COURT OF JUSTICIARY. HACKNEY-COACHMAN. Tuesday last the Court proceeded to the trial of John Liddk, hackney-coachman, accused .of eel. pable homicide, he haling, on the 13th of NOSetit' her last, is a careless and culpable manner, in drie. lug his coach from the Netherbow into St: Mary's Wynd, thrown down Margaret Barrie in said wyni, and continued to drive his coach after she woe Wolin down, so that she received certain wounds which oc casioned her death. The Prisoner pleaded Not Guilty. A Physician and a Sorgeon proved the death of the poor woman to have been the result of the injury received from the Prisoner's driving. Alexander Nicol, silk-weaver, was going down the Netherbow on the night of the I3th of Mayor ber : saw a coach pass and take a sharp tarn into St. Mary's Wynd; heard a woman cry out; witness and his brother immediately ran forward to the coach, end cried to the driver for God's sake to stop ; the coach stopped for a very short time; the woman was lying betwixt the two hind wheels; and before witness could get her extricated the coach drove on ' • witness assisted in carrying the woman into Mr. Christie's shop, and afterwards accompa nied her in a coach to the Infirmary. When the wo man was under the coach, a lad of the name of M'Guire was calling to the coachman to stop, and sotie others were holding the wheels of the carriage. When witness first sew the carriage in the Notitorbom it was going at a moderate sort of pace; after It nest down St. Mary's Wynd it went very quick. Rob. Nicol, brother to the preceding witness, gave similar evidence. Peter M'Guire, labourer, was standing at the head of Sr. Mary's Wynd, and saw the coach turn in rapidly, and a woman fall on one side under the coach; witness leaped forward and grasped one of the hind wheels, and called to the coachman to atop; he stopped about a moment, and could not go on so rapidly as he expected, as witness mud others were holding the wheels; he then gave the whip to the horses, and went down the Wynd at fast es he could drive ; he might have killed some body else after be drove off. Witness and another man followed bins dower the Wynd, but had it not been for the watchman they could not have coshed him, be was driving so fast . The declaration of 'the Panel was then rend, in which he admitted that he was not altogether sober •n the night libelled, but capable of managing him self, and when called to that he had rode over a woman, be thought they were talking nonsense, sod drove on. Tht. Prisoner called witnesses to prove that he had been neither drunk nor careless : one of his witnesses, huwever, swore that it was a moon-light night, and that the Prisoner might easily have seen the deceased. The LORD JUSTICE CLERK having summed op the evidence at considerable length, the Jury, without { leaving the box, returned a unanimous vsMqt of -1 Guilty. The 1.0111) JuszicaCLagg then frentelieltsibloodkr 4 a suitable admnnition;to IS months' imprisonment's Bridewell, to be kept at hard labour ; and to find security for his good behaviour for five years, under the penalty of 401. The Jury gave their allowance, 71. 71. frd. to the Panel's Counsel, to be by him paid over for beboof of a child of the woman who was killed. CORONER'S INQUEST. An Inquisition was taken on Monday night, before Taos. Mous. Esq. Coroner, at the Lemon-tree, Bedfordbary, on the hsidy of Constantine Molloy, aged se years, late of Tullamore. I Ireland, whose death was caused by continued intoxication from drinking neat gin and other spirits. He drank a quart of gin ss Whin six hours prior to his death. Mr. Charles Molloy deposed, that the deceased was bit consin; he was a fanner iu Ireland, and came to England in September last. The deceased resided at No. 6, Shelton-co u rt, ever since his arrival in London, and had been so much addicted to drink ing spirits, that he had been seld .m sober; indeed, for the last few weeks, be bad been continually intoxicated. Liquor was re fused to him; hut he said that he should have a fit unless he took more spirits, for it was that that kept the tit away. and he insisted upon having more. On the morning of Friday last, witness and his mother visited the deceased at his lodgings, and found him still intoxicated. Witness invited him to spend the Christmas at his house; be said he could not conic oat of Ma house f.r several days. The deceased had spirits comtaallf by hitn, and.was drinking every ten minute:. The deceased was possessed of considerable property; he was so fond of drinking whiskey in Ireland, that be was recommended to come to Eng land, to endeavour to break himself of the habit. He Seesed ingly came to London. mil had been drinking gin hourly from the time he arrived to his death ; he said that he could not live, unless he cannoned drluking. Mrs. Eliaabelb Cole deposed, that 'be waited upon the de ceased ; the cav>• him some tea on Friday evening. and some beef gravy on the same night about eleven o'clock ; the deceased sin in his usual state at those times. On the following morning she wept to take the deceased some breakfast. and, oo opening his chamber-door. saw him lyy'g is his shirt on the door. quite dead. Verdict—Died in a fit of Apoplexy, caused by excessive Drinking. A mitt;mes WilS la %t week signed to commit to Southwell Prison, John Gabbana, late of !Aston, huckster, for stealing fouls. The delinquent having etre hand cuffed, with the appendage of a leg chain, was delivered to a deputy constable for oafs ecru veyance to the aborts mentioned place ;• wee Ow road, however, Johe, with great adroitness, con trived to mingle with his discourse such a quantity of gin, Bc. as to overtop the brighter faculeles of his keeper. Arrived at Southwell, by well-feigned pre. fences, he persuaded him to alight at a public-house, when, under the pretest &warming themselves, he made poor Mr. Deputy an miserably drunk, that he picked his pocket of the key of!is manacles, set him self at liherry, and absolutely tramelted his sleeping guardian with the same, and got clear oir.—( Lincoln Paper.) AUDACIOUS BURGLARY.—In addition to the many instances already recorded of the advantage taken by depredators in the metropolis of the late fogs, and of the impru'tenre of leaving houses without any person to take rare of them, may be added the following : I Miss 11) de, a respectable young woman, a dress maker, residing in Brook-street, Lamlreth, went out on Christmas-eve, about seven o'clock, accompanied by her SPryint and apprentice, to take home some dresses to a customer. On her return, though not absent more than an hour, she found her house had been entered by some 'Miens, and stript of all the furniture which could be moved by hand, including her feat her- bed, bedding, carpet,w ludo w-curtahts, dmm. I The depirdators remain ondiscoacied. - - -~•,~ - ~; .~. ~ - PIII44SAY; PO LICE. ......14111.1•••• LOST CHILD RESTORED. MAN/HO/44101111i Yesterday an officer, named Nephew Brown, brought to the Justice-room the child of a decent poor woman, named Elizabeth Smith, which he had found in the street on Saturday night. The officer said the child, who was about two years old, was crying bitterly and shivering with the cold opposite to Goodluck's Office. Some humane ibperson bad put two-pence-halfpenny into the in fa n t ' s bend, but the o ffi cer thought it snore charitable to they the child to a place for warmth and suste ,neeee, and took it to a public-house. Ile then went n search of the parent, to whom he was directed by a bill posted at the Mansion.house, as he walked along with his burden. On entering the house he soon learned where the loss was most acutely felt, and supplied the place of lamentation with very dif ferent feeling. The Loan IMATon highly commended the conduct of the officer, which was as remarkable for the quickness with which he sought Co relieve the mother, 'as for the promptitude with which he relieved the child. The mother said she had sent the infant with an Hider brother, and that to her terror the latter re• horned alone. She expressed her gratitude to the wfficer with tree Irish warmth, and said she felt his humanity the more as she was a stranger in this county. HOW TO SPEND A HONEY-BOON. A fashionable pip-cushion-maker, named Barr, and his wile, were charged with having devoted themselves to begging in the streets ever since their insulter', which took place a few mouths ago. It was stated by witnesses that they had begged in concert tiering the honey-ssoonothich must have been supported with more than ordinary spirit by the profession they had adopted, as the man declared be was well able to maintain a wife before he took one, upon the profits of his more honest occupation. 'the Loan MAYOR said, it wee formerly the wee. tics not to take a wife without being able to support her by a man's industry. this was an eatraordivary instance of taking a wife on the opposite principle of supporting her by idleness, and the experiment de served a reward, which it certainly should have. The Beadle said, they bad abused numerous Wel *Paces so often and so grossly, that nothing but a heavy hand would do. The man, particularly, seem ed to have married for the purpose of laughing at the parish by adding to its burdens. The woman hung down her head, but Mr. Barr signified that he was of too independent a wind to beg, if his parish allowed him enough, or if weds presented itself. The Loan MAYOR told him he should bete e lit.. tie Brid- , well entertainment after his honey and ordered him to prison for one month, with cial direction to the keeper to flog him eud work him well. Mrs. Barr, who did not seem mach affected at this sentence, was sent to prison for seven days, after which she is to he passed to her parish. - A SINGULAR OCCURRENCE. A woman of very dermas trppearauce, but evideotly labouring under pecutriary distress, was charged with basing begged in the streets. She solemnly denied that she had done so, and having obtained leave to speak to hi, Linkup apart from the crowd, sur prised hint not a little by telling him that her father.,l in.law was once well known to his Lordship, 4141 that her husband owed him many obligations. 1 The LORD MAYOR was satisfied with the truth of her statement, and said she was unfortunately mar ried to a worthless fellow, who was the reuse of her degradation and of his own father's ruin.—She wee discharged. GUILDHALL. Andrew Kelly was yesterday charged by Wm. Whithrld, landlord of the Crown Tarim', 130w.larie, with stealing on Sunday from his larder a piece of ham. The Prosecutor stated, that the Prisoner came into his passage, took the ham, and then ran away. He was taken into custody with the ham in his posses. sion. 11. (the Prosecutor) did not wish to prose cute the Prisoner, as he believed hunger was the cause of his committing the robbery. The Prisoner, in his defence, said he had not fret any thine fromChristenas.dey at one o'clock. and he could not withstand the temptation of the piece of boiled hem. Mr. Alderman Betrcrt, the Sitting Magistrate, gave the Prisoner a suitable reprimand, and discharged him. _ _ _ Wm. Grimes was charged by Rob. Flagman, a 1 carpenter, with stealing a hand-saw and a sash-plane, his property. The Prosecutor stated, that the Prisoner had work ed in his employ, and left it on the 15th of Nov. last, • hen ha missed the articles above.mentioned. The Prisoner was brought to him on Saturday evening, and he lodged him in the watch,house. A pawnbroker produced the saw, and stated that it was pledged with bim for 125.; but he would not undertake to swear that the Prisoner warthe person who had pledged it. The ‘Vorthy ALDUIMAN observed, that the proof against the Prisoner was deficient. Ile, therefore, was obliged to discharge him. John Nickson, a journeyman tailor, was charged ' by Wm-Gra), pawnbroker, Fleet-street,with break. ing his shop window. The Prosecutor stated, that the Prisoner came to his shop on Saturday eight and offered to pledge a pair of boots for 21. Witness perceived he was in tosicaied, and refused to take them in ; on which the Prisoner went out and broke a pane of glass in the shop window, which cost 64. 6rl. to replace. He was taken into custody. and in the watch-house gave bis name as Jock Ketch. The Prisoner, iu his defence, said he was a joist• neyman tailor, and had only come up from Nace. cheater on Saturday, when be met some friends who treated him with liquor. When at Manchester he fell inio the river end cut his head and nose, and ever since when he drank liquor he was quite de ranged. As soon as he got work he would he happy to pay the Prosecutor for his pane of glass. At i present all he was worth was and his thimble. ' In answer to a question put to him by the Worthy Alderman, he said the (way friends he bad its town, were a few journ.y men- tailors. ~M w mr••••Rle.7—. Mclermen to accept of sad the Prisoner was disch . a nt r i g_ed sur,e , : c 1 4 : 4 : 7 141 . AN UNMANLY ASSAULT. Mr.•Edacted lyford l .11 lane, appeared toe anemone lasagne, the complaint of Mrs Mary Anne Bailey, for assaulting h er . The Complainant stated, that she W4s the wire of a clerk to a solicitor, and on Saturday evening h i d occasion to go to the Old Bailey ' • *odor' her retort', coming up Fleet.street, the Defendant followed flees and struck her a blow on the side. Some Gentle saaw interfered, and the Defendant gave them a card eith his address. Tim Defendant denied the chaige. He said, passing the Complainant he miitst have leeched he rs but not intentionally ; bat after passing he lee ; seised and used most roughly. hie would ask, if ha was guilty of the charge, would they not have given him iutn the custody of the welch? Mr. John Calcott, of No. 56, Marclimont-st re e te Westminster, newsman, stated that e n S aturd a y evening he wateembig up Fleet.street, following the Complainant. He saw the Defendant rake hisses and strike the Complainant a violent blow with hit clenched hand in the left side. He and several whet' persons interfered, and would have giaen the Defend. ant into the custody of the watch, if he had not given his address. He was a perfect stranger to both the Complainant and the Defendant. Mr. Edward Harland, of 82, Fortune-seem, ',Mieories, corroborated the evidence of the last witness. Alderman DIRCTI observed, he thought this II pro. per case to go to the Sessioue, for if it wee to be passed over, no woman wank! he safe in walkieg the Meets, and he was blare the Court and Jury would 'show their abhorrence of the umnantineas of th e we . fault. He therefore ordered that the Defendant should find bail for his appearance at the Sessions. - Bow-ternste —Yeatenkay Alexander Loo Kaye was brought to the Office by Duna, the constable, who had been is pursuit of Imo upwards of letelve months, on charges of various frauds. It appeared that about 18 months since the Pri. sneer hired a horse end chaise of Mr. Ahrahlm Gill, a livery stable-lietner, in Red tOOO-street, Holbert, with which, however, absconded, and could not be traced till yesterday. VW is also charged with frauds at Chelivithate awl .oilier places. pond, on search. ing him, found a nismtier of nolev, purporting to be of the 'Nosebag New Bank, Gloucestershire, amounting to about 601., which he said were given hi m b y a men of the siumis of Clarke, which name appeared as tht signature to the notes, bet they are supposed to be forged. A Birminahant bill for 201. . was also found upon !dm. supposed to be of the same descrip,ion.-11e wise committed 'for further amittation. SHAMEFUL OUTRAGE. WORSHIP-STKEET.-0 , 1 Sikiortiny jes e ..lllc.. May, the Vestry Clerk, sit Al several respectable inhabitants of St. Matthew's. Llethrisl•green, spplied _to the silting Magistrate at this office, for advice tinder the - following aggravated circums , l,lll es : Mr. May stated, that on Friday last (Christmas Day), about 12 o'clock in tha foretteop, toe lobe. bitents were seriously annoyed by a multitude of nearly '2OOO perions (consisting of some of the mire desperate and lepetert thieves), talus had 'petalled in she London-fields for the purpose . of dog.fighting, itc. and to edit to this s t o u se g y rii i, another scene of brutality preseofed itsclf that of a mad hull, which bed been drove from the Nlers!ies at hackney, and had been running wild through therlif resent streets in Ole metropolis the whole of the morning. It was thought highly tiecesslry to send for the rs, ' when a posse of special constables repaired t.) the it t. The mob having a knowledge of theirarrival,bad viously loaded trwir pocket' with Mat stones, (lotion the approach of the officers a most desperate cotilbct ensued ; the bull frvi.eolly making his appearance amongst them. The 'tunes were jug in all ...ker. lions, the mob retreating at the same time. A tonne struck Mr. M ty, jun. a special constable, a violent blow on the bead, which levelled hint to the wound. At length they succeeded, with great dilfictill, in I driving them from the fields. It is a generli lice on every Sunday during the year. Mr..l.lemr, the skiing Magistrate, said be &old do noteing milli. case, as there was on one to cus tody, but if any of the offenders wore brorglit be fore him, be would punish them to the extremity of the taw. ItIOT IN ST. GILES'S. MARLSOROUGII-ITREET.—The greate► part of the morning was occulied in hearing disturbances, and deciding upon wounds and scars,• arising out of Christmas holiday-making, but one of them was of a most outrageous kind. Three persons of the names of Sullivan, Collins, and Hamilton, were charged with wounding. watch man named Letrnarti, at the door of St. Gileb's watch-house, on Sunday night. Several hundred persons were assembled, the whole day having bee.► spent in rioting. - Otte of the Defend:lup, who hail before been convicted, and suffered a tong term of imprisonment, began to quiz Leonard on the dash her cut in his new parish cost ; and on meeting a rwl gh reply, he knocked the watchman down with a bluil. geon, and laid birtemple open in a dangerous man ner. A. general fight took place, bet this divers of the peace overpowered the soh, and succeeded in apprehending the Defendants.—They werecemcoitted iu default of bail. 81With On the 46th Dec. in Norfolk -street, !'irk-lane, the lion. Mrs. 'lepton, Ida spa. MARRIED. On the 48th Dec., Mr. John %S;offe7es, of Soli,bnry. to Miss C. Normiuell, of tilqueesser•street, Postmantionte. On the 25th inst. nt his hathie in Cannunbary-square, Wigton, IViCiam Myers, Esq. aged 61i. On Ilse 1; fit inst, in his 84th yettr, William Joules, Esq.' CluspeWitreet, Pentonville. Os the Tith inst., Mary Anne, wife al Mr. William Lent, Up r Est Smithfield. in the 40th dear nf tier .sr. tN the 26th inst. in the 29th 'ear or her nee. Francec. the s If. of Mr. David Fisher, of the Theatre Itwysl, Drury-lane. At Falmouth, on lbs 254 inst. Mr. Alexander t.ruy. l.'Li 76th year. COAL-MARKET, I)2c. (23. . Ships nt Market. Ships cilkl. Pr 4l '• 43 Nerre.,:31.. .. lri IA Sutherland b Nflit)N ui! VioNI.N. y be Q. Luv rya. 'O l4 t `ll.F:‘ I.e. 1, S*lsinr/ court, le.ret-ffecl I .. , - .; • r -? . , fili , -v ... Bincu recommended to the Prose re p.. t of the promise . f tei% sleet-44111,a h, did_ i of of I, ii 01. rhe