The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-09-12 00:00:00

L W f~ \ - -rr-'"~ 1 .. • I hi 1 bbLESEX SESSIONS. Vestcrday, these Sess:ons commenced in the Sessions vu‘e at Clerkenwell, before Francis Const, Esq. and numerous body of 31agistrates. The Chairman hortiv addreqsill the Grand Julie . ; and lamented that duties they had to discharge, were of a st I ),.inf.t! kit;.!, from the flagrant natnre and number of wieners which would come under their consider.i ttvn. Jobe Meek(llor was indicted for assaulting Was. Tarnley on the Yid of June last. The parties are neighbours, living in Gloucester-place, and sotue alter cation took place relative to the payment of some re pairs on the road. F wools they t ante to blows, and the defendant severely injured the plaintiff. A variety of contradictory evidence was adduced, and the Jury found the defendant Guilty. He was ordered to pay a 6ne of six shillings and eigbtpence. !l//rain Tate !or was tined 40 shillings for assattlt lug Edward Webb. rid rest of the day was occupied in hearing !troy OW of assanit, of no public interest. Us our of these eases an observation was made by 114/.. Alley, which excited a general laugh throughout Ott. Court. Ile was counsel fur a gentleman who bal been an Officer in the army, and in his cross-exa m:nation of the prosecutor, he wanted to show, from that person's own statement, that the assault was the r"tult of gross provocation. The answers, however, which be made to all the questions leading to that point declared that he could not recollect having done or said any thing that could provoke the defendant to strike hint. Mr. Alley, in his address to the Jury, observed that in all cases where a prejudiced and pro fligate witness wanted to sustain a bad cause, his usual practice was never to remember any thing but what o.ndeti i tttttt ornately to criminate the accused. Milli% a recent instance had occurred in the highs 4 l'ourt in the kingtlotn ; and it non appeared that with all bad witnesses .Vo,i nri ri crd, was the order of the day. In this case the defendant was acquitted. Pails!! Sae antars.—ll 'n. /ilea/ seas indicted for an assault on James Slay, on the 13th of June last. The farts of the case are shortly as follow :—The pro. seentor bad filled the situation of vestry cher:, of the parish of Bethnal Green fur a period of thirty-tun years; but disptves liacitir arisen in the parish., a person had been put up on the last day of election in opposition to him. The defendant. at one of the sostry meetings, was said to hase jtntled a!::iinsa the priptecutor, by which, his side hal been injured. Mr. May euntentled that he was duly elected, and refused to give ap the parish books, and hem.. 4105 e the cause enelp,flaiiit. After hearing the diddle'. adduced I.' both sides, the Jury fuund the defendant .Vot LONDO.V Si:SSP/NS. Yeiterlay the Sessions coninieticeJ before the Lord Mayor, Reorder, Sheriffs Hothwell and Parkins, Al. (1 , -;rien Sir J. Shaw, Sir W. Doniville, and T. Smith, Amongst the persons summoned to attend and serve on t!le Oranol Jury, w•as Mr. Smith. the Member of Parliament for Norwich. On his name being called, Mr. Smith addrePied the Court, and stated, thatite. sees a Menthe'. of Parliament. He desired to know n hither that was not a legal exemption from being r:;-.d upon to serve the oilier of Wand Juror ? Ile %teed, that he had been a Alember of Parliament for ;;LP years, and that during that time he had !WIC,' IttrA I/ an instance of a Member having been called upon to serve; neither hail he himself, although lie be.l resided in the city during that time. "1" Ise COURT said, that he being a Member of Par liament was no excuse whatever from serving the of fice of Grind Juror. An exemption nag, indeed, sometimes granted as a special favour, ur as a matter of courtesy when there were enough present to form the Jury, not without. Mr. Smith said, that the partner in the firm to which lie belonged hail also been summoned to serve in the present Grand Jury. The Cotwr said, that it was a practice not to claim lb^ services of more titan one gentleman trout a tirns, therefore the latter objection was a good tine, and the attendance of Mr. Smith would be excused by the Court. _ _ _ After the (hand Jury fur the ensee:ng Sessions had . been swum the fixtuanze, in his charge observed, that upon looking over the calendar, he dial nut, al though the list was exceedingly numerous, perceive any crimes of an unusually atrocious character, but merely such as were committed, almost every hour in the day in all large and populous cities, and which did not require any particular animadversion on his part. B wax, a well known and desperate cha racter, eras charged with having assaulted Samuel Ihunmage, and a number of watchmen of the parish .St. Andrew's, Holborn. The COMMON SCRJSANT and Mr. BOLLAND conduct . led the case on the part of the prosecution. It appeared from the evidence adduced, that as the prosecutors were going off duty at an early hour in the morning, they perceived the prisoner Brooks, and four others who are hackney coachmen, ill-treating two sweeps, with whom they had met, by knocking them down and emptying their soot over them. On the watchmen interfering to prevent further violence, they were attacked in a similar manner. One of the watchmen, named Gammage, was knocked down and dragged into the middle of the road, where he was kicked by Brooks, who was the ring-leader of the party, about the body in a most brutal manner. The other three etchmen were treated in a similar manner • by the other four prisoners, who had since been tried and punished for the assult. The prisoner, in his defence, said, that on the morning in question, himself and his companions were having' a bit of fun with two sweeps, with whom they lead met on their way to their work, and that the watchmen were the aggressors by interfering with whatdid not concert) them ; and that his companions r acted only jn self-defence. The Jury found the defendant Guilty, and the Comet sentenced him to two months imprisonment, in consideration of his having already been imprisoned a considerable time, nut having been able to tind ►ail. Elt,rebetA Grey A'aye, and Bli.:cltth, his wife, were charged with having assaulted John Pick erittz and his wife, 011 the 27th of May last. Mr. Itolv..iNo stated the rare for the proseention. The pr.):erutor was a special raostable, and in the execution of his duty had orealion to take up a per son connected with the defendants, and thereby ex ' cited their attintwity. The parties living in the same (West•street, tionithfield,) the defend ants 'wide continual attacks with those upon the pro secntor and his wife. On the day in question, Mrs. Cox made an attack upon the prosecutrix, Mrs. Pickering, at first with words and afterwards with blows, tore her earrings from her ears, and otherwise maltreating her. The prosecutor hearing the cries of! lii• wife ran to her assistance. Mrs. Cox was joined by Mr. and Mrs. Kaye, and there now being three td two the prosecutors were severely beaten. The l'onnsel for the defendant called a number of witnesses in contradiction of the statement of the pro secutor dud his wife. It appeared that the prosecutor I was in the habit of annoying his neighbours by pre stinting very largely upon the authority vested in him as special constable. It was sworn that his wife had I been tile aggresso r by calling Mrs. Cox a baud. The Jury without hesitation immediately acquitted the three defendants. I'OLICE. OVILDIII4LL..--SINCULAII COMM, or HIGHWAY ROO. Neitv.---Yesterday, a young man of decent appearance, was brought before the sitting Alderman, T. 5311711, charged by a centlonan named Riley. with hating robbed hint of his gold chain and seals, of considerable value, on the highway. Mr. Ililt.y stated, that he filled a situation at the Apotheeat Ilall. That tot Similar night, at about halipast eight o'elo•li, he teas itastin4 tip llolhorn, and had . ;tist !liaised tilotict.stt.r-court, wh.vm a person ran up against hint ;ttol pushed him against the nail. A snatch at the s. • time Was matle at his wateli, and the chain hrt.lat.. when the robber issenusllately ran oil up the Court, chile the witness pursued I • , hut at the etrranee of ill,• court a per-nn put his arm ro:ind hint for the purpose of stopping his pursuit, but the it t-strit.atetl himself, and with a thick walking stick. whirls be ha,' lit his hand, Luttelietl the fe.low who oltstructe.l hint down, and intnictli to Is euittinutul his pursuit of the robber, of w Isom he had not lost sight. Its the court were a mintlit.r of the inhabitants s'smliu in a L oon, .tiversing. by wh o m the r obb er was in s manner retarded, aatl. the witness time up to hint at the end of the eotirt. awl after giving him s heed htua, And l'ollife%ell 111111 to the Compt r. .1. (lent, one of the inh..hitants of the court was sittiwr at Isis door a ith his child on his knee, when he saw a llia:1 running up the route pursued by Mr. Kiley. Witness put his foot out fur the purpose of throwing the 14.111 11 41 1%11. I'o he ill:1111s . I oter it. He had not time to notice his person mitintely, as it was dark. This court, the wi uess said, was the rendezvous of gangs of thieves who made it a pra..tice to stand at the end of the court and pour out upon passengers, rob them of their watches, ie. and then dart dt:-.,n the court. Their accomplices at the end of the court georrally prevented any one fruits following until pur suit was useless. The court opened at the button, in two directions, and escape was jut ever) instance almost certain. The witness was in the habit of hearing this cry of " Stop thief' in the court three or four times a week, and sometimes oftener. Ile hat' hisisselfatopptal the rubbers several times, bat wizen the, gentlemen succeeded its recovering their property they invariably walked off, and let the robbers go about their business. The ?risoner was much agitated, and protested his innocence of the charge against him. He had gone into the tort with a companion, who went to see an acquaintance that lived there, and he (the prisoner) was standing waiting for his friend, when he hearth the cry of " Stop 'thief !" Irons the bottom of the court, when Mr. Riley Caine up and gave him a violent blow on the heath which stunned him, and he left go his hold of the rubber who escaped. Mr. Riley im mediately chat ged the prisoner with the rubbery, and gave him into custody. Mr. Riley denied the latter part of the prisoner's statement. Ile never lost .sight o f th e min w h o at tacked him, and that Mall, he Itt.lieved, was the prisoner. Several inhabitants of the court who had seen the robbers rues by, came forward and stated, that both his person and dress were very different fruits the prisoner's. The companion of the pristmer came forward and cor roborated the statement made by him. Several per sons bore testimony to the excellent character of the prisoner, and stated that he now held a very confiden tial situation with a tradesman. The Worthy Alderman said, that under the very peculiar circumstances of the case. there could be no doubt but that Mr. Riley nas tuistaktn, and discharged the prisoner. BA NK C.ts►:s.—We regret to have again to notice the frequent recurrence at this office of the char ; :es against individuals for uttering forged bank-sutra; two rases of this description occupied the attention of the Magistrate, Mr. Alderman Thomas Smith, yesterday. The first was that of fri/fiern. Steps a., a sort of travel ling victualler, who gets his living by following the fairs, as he esp d it, and keeping a booth for re freshments, to which trade it should seem, he occasion ally :olds that of pugilism.- The prisoner, it appeared in evidence, purchased of Mr. Solomon, a clothes-sales man, Long-lane, goods to the amount of 3/. Ilk 611., in payment fur which he tendered a 5/. note. Mr. Solomon having a suspicion that the note was not genuine, took advice of some of Isis neighbours respectie• it, and on its being pronounced to be a for gery by Mr. Parlett, whose own sufferings from simi lar forgeries have taught him some judgnseut as to bank-notes, an officer was sent for, who, on searching the prisoner, found npon him another M. note, and two I!. notes. Both the 5/. notes turned out to be forge ries. The prisoner was fully committed to Newitata fur trial. The second cue, that of Ann Prince, excited con siderable more interest. The prisoner, a young fe male of very respectahl. , appearance, with an infant at her breast, was known to have been in company with 1 woman of the name of Johns, at the time the latter had passed a forged nom (for which uttering she is now in costudy), and Doff, an officer belonging to Union- ~. _ ATATESMASs - __ :.--_ hall, who was in conseqhence upon the look-out tor the prisoner, apprehended her on Satnrday evening, at a house in Schonl.yard. Britannia-row, Bridge-road, Lambeth. At this time there was no precise charge against her, otherwise than the suspicion that she was privy to the felonious uttering by Johns ; but, upon being told by, Goff the cause of her apprehension, the feelings of the mother overcame all regard to her per sonal safety, and aware, that if taken to Union-hall and committed from thence, she most remain in prison till the Surrey Assizes in March next, she earnestly begged of Goff to bring her this side of the water, as she was sure sorb a confinement would be the death of her poor baby: and, to furnish him with a sufficient reason fur complying pith her entreaty, voluntarily confessed to him the having uttered a forged note at the shop of Mr. Jones, linen-draper, No. 138, Cheap-. side. Golf accordingly brunght her to the office to answer to that charge. Joseph Latithury, Mr. Jones's shop -tan, identified ! the person of the prisoner, and deposed to her having on Friday evening last purchased of him certain arti des, to the amount of D2s. for which she gave him in payment a .C 1 Bank-note; It, asked her name and address, when she gave Mrs. Prince, 13, lurk-street, Illackfriars-road, and he mote the same immediately on the bark of the note, in her pre-ence. lie had since made inquiry, at No. 13, lurk -strut, lint no such person was filmy!' there. The note was then pnoltteed_ and declared by 31r. Joshua Freeman, one of the Hank Inspectors, to be • a-forgery in all rriipects. Mr. Rooker observed, that although the case ap peared very strong against the prisoner, yet as it was the case of a single utterance tidy, and she was not known as having offended in this manner before, he I would not press the 31agi-trate for her cot 1111 l itment at present, hat if it should 1.. I.i pleasure to remand her, he ( .‘1 r. Rooker) would eatt-c tile necessary inquiry to he made respecting her. and submit it '0 the Directors i of the Bank to consith r if gum ray could with propriety be extended towards her. The thoughts of the poor rreatnte, however, ap peared to he slimily o-rupied for the safety sail health of her infant, and Aso fearful was she that she 'night lie sent bark into Surrey: :ha she was willing; t., con fess herself guilty of the erime laid to her charge. Mr. Alderman Smith humanely prevented her, and directed that she ►hould be brought up for another, examination next week. 1:1 1 1110,1 lIALL.—The Ilea f owl the Giant. -1 eq. torday Mr. Walker, of Norwood, was charged by Tboasas Dalton, a deer pid li!;:e fellow, about thirty inches high, well known about the neighbourhood of Norwood by the appel;ation " tittle 'Pommy," p ith an assault. When the partie• appeared before the Magistrate, Toininy's head just readied as high as thel edge of 111:: table, as dill al.o the kip of the defendant. ; Tominy's wife was at least six feet high, and the sin. guler contrast excited much laughter.—lt appeared' from 'rummy's statement, supported by the additional ! testimony •of his formidable t.h, that the defendant was frequently quarrelling u it:, him about solve tres passes which his cow sometimes made on his (defen dant's) grounds. tin the day of the assault, he came in niore than usually vexed ; he swore the cow hail ; been again at the old trirk, and lie wool.' pound her the very next offence Warm words followed, and the affair ended in the defendant, a stout hale man of fire feet lea, seizing T mr's cruteli,anil belabouring him with it about the head The defendant, although he had to oppose the stunning interruption of Tummy's " better half," boldly declared that the little man, itrange as it might appear, was tin aggressor. It was true that Tonstny's ruts liked good liri"g, which she thought fit to seek in his ',Amores occasionally,' and when he complained in a nrizlibourly way, he was assailed in the most boisterous manner by Tommy and his spouse. The last time lie complained the former struck at him aid; one of his crutches ; but I be stopped the blow with his arm, and the crutch re bounded against Tottmoy's forehead and grazed the I skin; but he did not wonder at his pretending that he was badly wounded, as his character for lying was' proverbial amongst the good people of Norwood. A scene of militia' recri kkk illation followed, which ended in the Magistrate calling un Mr. Walker to settle the matter or put in bail. VERY REM ESCAPE.—On Friday week, as hontas laidlaw, stone-mason, was employed s tia the inside of a well, at Newtown of Rockliff, a few miles from Carlisle, he was completely buried by the falling in of the walls and earth. lie was standing upon a ladder, some yards front the top of the well, when he perceived the walling and earth beneath to give way, and almost instantly the whittle top part fell in upon hina, with an immense quantity of ld, which com pletely buried the poor man neatly five yards below its surface. The other wwkinen upon the spot imme diately began to clear out the rubbish, to save, If pos. sib'', the life of their fellow-workman, although they entertained little hopes of ItIICPC•S. After lifting nway the stones; many of which were very large, they heard the yoke of the unfortunate man through the earth, Ile was calling to them to work by the rope from which a bucket was suspended. After three hours' labour, they came to the sufferer, who was so firmly fixed in the ruins that it was difficult to more his legs. It is calculated that nut less than ten cart loads of rubbish lay upon hint, anti yet, it is eery re markable, he was extricated not only with life, bat without having sustained any material injury. Ile was able to pursue his usual occupation on Monday, I having lost only one day's work by his misfortune. DESOAR, MEET. 6, 1420.—The herring fishing is still cuutinuing off this harbour with the greatest suc cess. 1 !tete are upwards of 2011 boats at present, bringing daily from 30 to CM emus each ; in fact, no sooner are the nets in the sea than they are ready fur hauling. Prices to-day front -Is. to 3s. per crap. As the curers are nearly all supplied, and no appearance ' of the fish leaving the coast, they will in a day or two get liberty to remain without interruption, unless ROOM Sew merchants arrive. On Saturday sennizht, a gentleman travelling the north •idy of the Tweed, from Peel)ln, saw on the firm of EsheWs, belonging to Sir John Bay, Bart. the servants employed in ploughing, sowing wheal, her rowin ditto. shearing, and leading in, all at the same time. ••••.mm- NACTICAI, LVTELLIGENCE. The Petrel', Spedding, from Liverpool to Cib rz i tat struck upon Cabireta Point, on the Ituh, and sn i t : Crew saved. The IKligence, Morgan, bound to Bristol, was wr ec k ed near F:lantnadurk, on the 6th inst. Crew saved. The Eleanor, Scott, from Shields to L on d on , which ran on the bun fret Sand on Tuesday, has been got 4 with only her foremast standing, and w as carr i ed jai. Harwich on Sunday by two mirage vessels. • List of Ships in Madras Roads, 19th April, Nit_ HMS. Carron; Desserts! Palmer, Trescott : Atlas ;Abort ; Two Brothers, Fermis ; Thalia, He r b ert •, , coolen, Anstice ; Crnens, Smith ; Fair Trial, waits ; Admiral Drury, Tacket ; and Lucy, Stunt. The Old Bailey Sessions commence to-morrow, The following statement contains a list of crime', some of %I high are of the most flagrant description ; it is expected there will be 500 prisoners committed for trial. Lend. Mid. Murder Housebreaking . l2 Arson Sacrilege Forgery Uttering Forged Notes Cutting and Stabbing Meliciqusly Stabbing Highway Robbery Burning and defacing Apparel Stinting Is a Dwelling-house 3 0 Steeling privately in a Shop florae Stealing Larcenies Bigamy I Poszrodos of Forged Notes Receiving Stolen Goods 3 1 Stealing from the Person. Embezzlement Alisilemeanour Fraud . Uttering Counterfeit Coi o T0ta1.... 61 364 STATE OF NEWOATI, Sim P. Males. Fee. I.'ndvr sentence of Death ( f.n% jet% rewited Transportation for Life......... .., 4 13 Ditto 14 Years Ditto 7 Yeirs lopri.onment for Felony and Nlisdesen . floors SI 10 (Thnimitted by Commissioners of Bankrupts t 0 Prk.mers for Trial At the Admiralty Session I u Fur Assizes . Total 340 393 147 iDr 111 in Boximu.—On Saturday evening two young men, of the names of Bartholomew and Gait shore, having quarrelled at a public house in Nen ington about a reckoning, they agreed to go to a room in the neighbourhood and fight it out, for their week's WitEPN, as bricklayers. They fought hard, but un skilfully, one hone and a half, in which they were more bruised by falls than by hitting, and in the 57th round Bartholomew fell in a close, and became sense less. Mr. Guest, a surgeon, was sent for, but the man was dead, from a fracture of one of the vessels of the brain, by a fall on the temple. On Saturday se'nnight, as a boy was leasing in a field belonging to Mr. Barton, of new Fairlee, a snake of an immense size, bit him and entwined round his leg so firmly, that it became necessary for two men, who were near, to use their assistance in rescuing the poor lad from the grasp of the venemons creature which, however, was not effected until they destroyeil it The following inquests have been taken in Hemp shire,by Mr. Todd, last week :—On Tuesday, at Wan ston, on view of she body of Wns. Brown, who, while fighting with one John Ventham, on the evening of Sunday se'nnight, received several severe blows on the left side, of which he languished until the follow ing morning, when he, died. It appeared that the deceased had not begun the quarrel, but would insist on fighting, although A'enthatn both before and after the tight expressed a wish to avoid it. The Jury, therefore, found a verdict of " Chance Medley."— And on Wednemlay, at Alresford, on the body of Har riet Mills, aged about 9 years, who, in the temporary ab seace of her mother, sat too near the fire, which taught her elothes, and in this deplorable state the poor child ran into the street, enveloped in Han" by which she was so much burnt as to occasion her death about V 2 hours after. Verslict—" Accidental Death." A tolerable supply of new wheat and barley was bronzlit to Lynn market on Tuesday last, the quality of both was variona, but the whole sold readily. In the southern parts of Scotland the harvest r.As rapidly advancing, last week. The wheat crops were mostly housed, and in excellent condition. Barley anti oats were nearly half cut, and if the present tine wea ther continue, a full crop will crown the wishes of the fanner and labouriw. Potatoes are likewise a fair crop. Turnips are looking exceedingly well. On Monday night as the mail-coach was proceeding from Penzance to Falmouth, about two miles from Marasion, ou the Heiston road, it was nearly oversew. by a large waggon wheel which was placed on the road; on proceeding farther, a large gate was discovered in a similarsituation; at a short distance, a second gate was found also laid on the road, and soon afterwards the way was obstructed bt• a large tree placed across the road. There can be no doubt that the object of those who placed these ttings was the obtaining an opportn city of plundering passengers, but fortunately the vigi lance of the driver anti guard of the coach prevented it - accomplishment. MARRIED. At Malvern, on the 9th instant. Edward Collingwood. of Dissington Hall, iu the county of Northotalberiand. Req. to Arabslla. only daughter of Oengral Caleraft. On Saturday, at Prittlus ell, Mr. Augeste, F. Little. of Mortimer-strect,l co Jane, daughter of Robert Scrattoa, Esq. of Southend, Essex. On dotards) last, at Lambeth. Robert Hiarieh.* fourth aott of Samuel Richard Gunnell. Esq. of the House of Com mons, to Harriet, third danehter of the late Res. Join Lott Phillips. of Hale. Hants. and Easthain. Essex. At Baylis, near Windsor, in her 10th year, the Dow &ger ►larchionesa of Thotunod. Her Ladyship wet t►e niece of the late celebrated Sir Joshua Reynolds. On Tuesday last. at Stratford, the seat of Robes, Ikr sham. /Coq. Sir Edward Baro.s, of liiningtiain, in N !realer Baronet of F.ngland. On Satiedly, the 9th lest. in his 7e41 year. .I,rhe Haines. Esq. of Upper Queee's !Widnes. Sreseptuo. • Loada• galitt'd. Piloted. sad PoWlabod at tbo Oen. of " Tailbrotatuitio,".ond "Tat COSIITITIVT1011" (Saadi, Piper), No. 1941, Swami, moot*. It. eleotoset Chem. by R. wAingu., Jon., to w oos gu coo mooleations. Ordom its ore roolootoi to Is adhered -a ._pr~ r