The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-01-19 00:00:00

THE _STATESMAN: PROPERTY TAX. that their Lordships could not interfere with the „ Es _ Commissioners of the district. As his petitions A numerous and very respectable Meeting of the were sent back to the Commissioners they were very I n habitants of the Pariah of Lambeth, took pla ce angry at his enormity in petitioning, and he believed yesterday at the Horns Tavern, Kennington, for they clapped him up ten or twenty pounds for it.— the purpose of considering the propriety of yeti- [A laugh,]-lle should draw up a Resolution, re tioniag Parliament against the apprehended attempt specting the conduct of the Commissioners and their to renew, in some shape, the Property Tax. Mr. Clerk, which he would submit to the Meeting. Brooks, one of the Churchwardens, took the Chair, Mr. KIRBY said, that the speeches which had been and opened the business of the Meeting. made, however eloquent, contained but a faint out- Mr. DAVIS rose to propose a series of Resolutions, line of the enormities of the tax. Any tax was per and, in a succinct manner, stated the objections to the nicious to which a man was inevitbaly subjected, in cvirtinuance of the Property Tax in any shape, and stead of being proportioned to the station which the the arbitrary manner in which, from necessity, the individual chose to assume in society. He was sur a,sessmerits were imposed. Ile mentioned a case in prised that there were any persons who would un which the owners of a ship had been obliged to PsY dertake the office of Commissioners, since they were e sum as the Property Tax on the profits of it, -obliged to play blindmait's buff with their neigh though, from law expences arising out of it, they boor's property —[a laugh]—as every man who had were losers on it to a great amount. The Meeting been subjected to the pleasant operation called a stir. would, he trusted, be of opinion, that now the war charge, would know. He hoped the people, by their had terminated it was the duty of the Government to I spirited exertions, would give a death-blow to all take the burthens of the State from the shoulders of ; tax-collectors who had been raised into notoriety on the poor, and to lay it on those who made a show of the stilts of oppression, and had assumed a degree of property ; taxing the luxuries of the rich instead of : consequence, due only to independence, and appal wringing from the iudustrions a large proportion of ' the Ministers.from any attempt to renew the Pro their hard-earned incomes. Mr. U. the n handed his perty Tax, under any modification.—[Applause.] Resolutions to the Chair. I Mr. HATCH said, that the ingenious speeches which :Mr. Come srs said, that he should not enter into . th ey had heard had been addressed to their passions, any description of the misery which had beet' occa. and not to their reason. The tax had oven imposed ii teed ley the tax which they had met to consider, but under the presser/. of necessity, and they ought not aSouid found his objections to It on the ground that to hare treated it harshly.—[llisses.] —He lamented it Was inennsistent with the 'iherty of the country.— the neces,ity is hid' had ,given rise to the tax, but he i:.ov highly unconstitutional was the manner of di,. , could not see that was unconstitutional, more than ! seine of the property of the subject under this tax, an y other tax. It had been imposed by the Le inisat be seen by attending to the precautions with gisleture, in which every man was actually or air wilidt our ancestors had fenced round our liberties . tually represented. The Commissioners also were aid estates in other cases. If they entered Westmiu- chosen from the commuuity at large, and were ster-Hall they might•see four Judges, surrounded by amenable to the laws, and to their own consciences. ioartted Counsel, whose duty it was to watch lest As there was a necessity for money to pay the arrears nnv illegal act should be committed against an Eng- due to the soldiers and sailors who had defended us, lisiiman : bu sects, hail not been deemed sufficient, the continuance of the Property 'fax, nr the impn- . • • .so.oh St and no man epriectl of the smallest portion of sition of some mole oppressive tax would be neces- , : The above history was related to Ile 11......,:i... -. .1 ; . his property but by a Jury of 12 of his countrymen. sar y,_[jes es ..,]. Under the 'Property Tax Act, however, the absolute Mr Ito Iter.e observed, in answer to the last speaker, disposal of every man's property was put into the that the greatest part of the inhabitants of the king hands of a sot of uncontrouled Commissioners. Se. dom were no more represented in the Legislature veral of these officers were, he believed, respectable than the inhabitants of Otalleite—[applause.]— men, but even a Howard could not have administered Where, out of the 45,000 inhabitants of the parish such nil I , iliee we 11. the temptation of unlimited power of Lambeth, could they find a thirtieth part ss'm had was such that it ntsde a mail a tyrant in t r ite of him- ally representatives in Parliament ?—[applause]—A self. It also happened, th a t s o lve a Board of these gentleman who had property would choose a bailiff Commissioners were for the must pelt well disposed, to take care of it whom he might discharge in the there was thrust in ameng them some Government event of misbehaviour, but the people of England, Commissioners who obtained an influence over their such of teem as were allowed to choose one, had him minds, and who watched over the assessments as the fastened on I hem for seven long years, in which time su rg e on of a regiment swivelled over the punishments' he got on good terms with the Ministers, and was at the halberds, to judge how much a etati could bear pensioned off as a reward for his treachery—[ap without actual dissolution.—[.applause.l —How had o l ause ]. The state of the representation was the it some to pass that the dse eltdants of Hampden nod : root of all 'heir •evils, and though the) could not of `sitltiev had o &generated as to hear, eithotst ap. look for indemnity for the past, they should require peal, such a siolati in of those tirincip!es, the infraee iedemnity for the future. As for the Property Tax he turn of whir h their a nrestoi s had bledeouvort ?—r, Aps had himself suffered under it. Ile was kept waiting pinase.]—Why hail fee g i an d b e e n so lavi s h of blood five or six hours in a room like a cell, with a stone rued tonsure to ensinee. I l e f ore s seers , while she had eons, before he could obtain a hearing. The as hram thus untiiii.Col of her own sons? They had rogance of the clerk was i n t o l era bl e , and it was a made efforts to prevent the renewal of the Cave disgrace to Commissioners that they suffered their Trade, but they had never thought of the White underling to behave in such a manner to the pa. Skye, of Eitel oil. Before the Commissioners of • rishioners. IVhen he stated something in reply, the th e pro:imoy fax the 0 (tit o; a reputable man which clerk said to him c' You saucy scoundrel I'll kick would seed as. t ine t o th e h a lt er , w a s too sullisient, ' you net of the room." Ile (Mr. R.) having replied, tie •auSe the toininissionei , -. k wee that under the pros- that if they were in the street he would kick him ears. of neces-itv a stan would rather perjure himself (the clerk), he was actual[) turned out of the room than pay the tax. Ties was c s , ,iiicieet sommeet on like a tsief [[aught.r]. The day after ht found the the hardships of this burden. What had became or, co!lector at his dote with a broker. Wien he corn the Gentlemen who composed the Bible ''etciety and planed to the Chairman of the Commissioners, he the society for the Suppresiett of Vice, that they ' replied, " i , is se.ry tree, Mi. ti..iiey, but your had not stepped forward to reprobate the consc- i tongue is too lone." [4 lough.] He was thus obliged quences of this demoralizing tax, which went to de- • to pay au excessive assessment, been e he could not stray the very foundation of morals. It was said keep his tongue within his teeth [applause]. that the tax was administered without partiality. It Mr. Iscrrs said, that the over:lrina of the tax was hart been observed by Dean swift that in ws were cob- undoubtedly oppiessive, but when it was imposed webs welch caught the small flies while the great' there was no other mode of rasing the supply. ones broke through them. Now the Property Tax , The Resolutions we re agree d t o , as we ll as th e • Law never brought up the blue-bottles. [Laughter . Petition founded upon them. and applause.] Before l'es Commissioners the slate- I Mr. MILLER proposed a Resolution, expressing scent of a great man was believed, the oath of a the indignation of the Meeting at the conduct of tes • pour man is as not trusted. The consequence of this Commissioners of the Property Tax in Lambeth tax in the case of a general election might be easily; parish, more particularly of that of their clerk, bet imagined. Even in the discharge of parish business lit was withdrawn, as it was conceived that such a he knew that many persons, who would have wished Resolution did not come within the object of the to have attended the Vestry Meetings, were deterred, M ee ti ng , by the apprehension that the heads of the perish, $ The Members of the county w ere de s i re d t o p resen t who were generally the Commissioners of the Pro- the Petition to the House of Commons. Newnee Jas. 7.—On the night of the 27th of perty Tax, would give them intelligible hints that Thanks were given to the Chairman, after which Dec. the sexton of Newry, after hating carefully they were nor to :mend ngain if they spoke any thing the Meeting broke up. regulated seme matters Ni the church, and closed the unpleasant. [Applause.] Though he could continue _ .__. __ te, to speak much louger without exhausting the subject, FIRE IN7' S PAUL'S CHURCH- door, was ill the a ct of locki ng t he grave yar d hate, he When the church bell unexpectedly tolled. Aims,- he should couclude, as theme neut. many others to he I YU; I'lli.;it PARTICULARS. nislied at this, he returned instantly with another heard, catuestly prayine that the fl ame of liberty 1 The fire was discovered by the foot passengers . in St. Paul's . I man, and examined the interior of the building.— it;.holi,r,,, ne of •: ;,.. e f o l t i t ,i i k i n v o i rk . A e l l r. vi l o ti l r e ci ntl i y ,e r r n e r . a co e nsi t ti o er i v e b a 7 . time, e Might burn so fierce that the cegittes of despotism . i The bell had ceased to toll--solemn silence ensued— As James Elliot, a youth about seventeen, might not quench it. Ido r !wing towed, the (lames burst out with such fury, as. to was' a silence only occasionally broken by the cautious travelling over Dihdon Moor, near Rothbury, Mr. JONES supported the Ussolations, and e x -; preset) ans i sm , - (m i ll al i arsn . iste. the bellsan t silyup tairs, but .n wh o it u li t in footsteps of the sexton and his friend. No ringer pressed a hope that the Petitioe would be couched i n . •lir:. " f'i ' r i e )g! ' t . sirs. IY lt: t -T ,ll :, ); it li l l i g ti o n f ia h fant inhe a r arrn er Z, and a the county of Northumberland, on Monday se'n- . appeared, and the bell rope was perfectly quiescent. too,ielate terms. It sins to rite coedit of the CAB- I servant maid, gui tirst oil: of the house, as they had arisen from night, he fell into a coal-pit, about thirty fathoms i n : Notwithstanding this (he two men had sentient re missionrr, that morn of oppress i on ;p t . :ef eise ,, ler ,, of oppress i on : l is t :gig :l 4ln d ) Were u n i t i l , i .r e eu to Nl ..is r. B co nz e it. r .r e ' d s, sc w i ho t. ,tzawth ,tad depth, the mouth o f th e pit b e i ng w i t h out ra ili ng to ie f ise' solution to search every part of the church t o w hi c h under such a Tax had not be. , ti brought forward.— such o,her bele r!; 1 1 arel as was near at hand. Air. 'tinier in- prevent such accidents, though within a short dis- . th e y h a d access. Their search was fruitless, amid the I n d ee d , h e thought th ere was ground for an eulogium i treated her to go tip stairs. hut the feeliugs of the mother were lance of the turnpike road. He was diacovered the' sex t on b egan to Oink that s ome spirit o f ni g ht bed i tl i ) f o a n n i i t oi ich anlitycedfeiliarytheas.,;idfeitty is s f s h i t; i r ,i ot )s her . tiv , g e chil o r u e ld n, itioavar!lirnei.t following day by his own father; who, hearing a struck the beil with invis.ble hand. 44 Onstupuit on them. [Cries of no!] lie thought that slum of t sound at the bottom of the pit, spoke down the s' teleruntyue empty et 'vox faucibut basil." The two the Counrissioners o f t e hi' ven e r ated, as they had I turned and rushed kilo the flames in search of them, had she not fainted "MIN ; as soon as she recovered, she left Mr. But- shaft, • when the young man was heard to say, 44 I friends withdrew amazed and appalled. come forward to express their abhorrence of the tax t i . ~. , , in ,is a - strife ,if nakedness, hut wasprevailed on or belong to Rothbury, and both my leg.; are broke." ! Neet day the town resounded with narratives of welt's which they were nbliesel to act . I rather er' forced° in l 1; , ..5e whoattentle - ce her, to go another friend's 1 house in Cheapside ; the servant and infant remained at Mr. Mr. Scott, veterinary surgeon, of Alityrick, was this wonderful event. Some persons alleged that the The Resolutions hevitse been mead, w Butler's. So rdpsd were the flames on this ussfortunate occasion. travelling the road at the time , and took an active lat e sexton, M 'Quillen, havieg carried his rittgiog pro words. as he had sufeeSed u n der th e o pe r ation of the eiges's children, succeeded in getting out by the door ; the rest P nog situation : having prepared ropes, etc. a matt was tics in the spirit what he had learner[ in the fiesh. tax. He had made a statement to the Commission. ! took to She roof of mite house, and got away unhurt; am I whom oas au elderly woman, who sins entiing iss a unrse on let down the pit, who made Elliot secure in the ro pe, ers, in which he had shown that he had lost proper- i 1 one of Mrs. Iliggs's lodgers, who, we he made his escape by P e ! Others conceived that this prodigy Was the herald of ty in his business, instead of g any making profits, I gettin from one roof to anodier. W e h ave o n ly ;:ccomited for . when he uses drawn to the top by a horse, after haw- Joanna Soothcntt ' s accoucheonent, or the harbinger I two o g ot of Mrs. Itiggs's six children, th e e ld est of whom, a sen , ing been immersed in water and fi lth at the bottom of real though the Commissioners had thought it would of her death: 'The day passed over in conjecture— was only nine years of age. we wish tt e could have stated that the pit for nineteen hours. One of his legs was se- night came—once more the sexton and his friends be proper to accept it, the Clerk to the Commis- • they had all been saved • hot the eldest son abovementioned , and t • ' • . • • h in flames ' • verely shattered and broken, and the other dislo- examin e d the church, locked the door and withdrew, yet his sister about seven years old, per's. ed the es ; nor sioners, a very important person, who haul not was it _ ll i the power of any one to prevent it ; they lodged. sated. Mr. Scott immediately replaced the bones in • when lo ! flit! bell tolled mail, most awfelly terri fi c been mentioned, had thought fit to command his it appears, in a roam above their brothers, to which iliose 1 e s caped by the roof thirst not venture.— , necessary directions for his conveyance to Rothbury, with tales of ghosts gliding among- g ; ices, and with he had offered to swear to it. His property was, the servants 1 how , ume w r gildren of Mrs. Biggs est-aped, no one can tell where • it was found necessary to amputate one of his strange histories of midnight light- tormerly seen therefore seized, and the distress was put in'. on I but they happily did escape, though one of them was not ~. bruised : legs. Th e young man was muchinternally. moving ;'.rough ti n church, a hieli had been saeceed a Saturday, when it was known it must have been i di t sc i 7 mil it o'clock in the moroing, in st. Martia's-te ti n s d, ered whL it was taken to Mr. Butler's. where it remained I t As the late Mr. WINDU 4111 was canvassing ed by mur d er told rebellion '. The mestere, however, most inconvenient to a man in busittess. He had con- 1 with its starer. Ti, add to the misfortune to Mr. and Mes : Him, . suited Serjearit Best, to know how lie should recover ; the former of whom is on a journey on business. not a sixpence •• Norwich (in company . with a Baronet), a butcher, vitnished, when a cord was discotered hanging dowe of the i r tuck • tr. dr was insured , and we hear they were only whose fingers were stained with marks of his pros from the belfry window. ' 4 orse wag had annexed the sum thus seized. The Serjeant told him that he I b eginn ii s ig the i o n iori t d, no t having been long in business. To the garden ci elle.: -vs to the fession, shook hands with him, hot perceiving it, this cord to the t , irsue of the bell, told having re asleislit bring an action in the Court of Exchequer, ! credit of the inhabitants of the neighbourtherd,.e ought to be ! I a c! a iu r r n c i b m , g hadaniu-al himself be pulling it, and thus bids, even if he was successful, would cost him ; mentioned that the ladies were all the day se n di ng In articles ma de an apology, and added, " These jobs make moved one end of it into a of (tress for (he children; acid in the evenin g a meeting was hale bloody hands." 4/ 901. so that the best way was for him to rest antis at the instigation of Messrs. Pearsall, thou r. iisto. Kinder, Late on Friday night, or early on Saturday morn- ' I • the superst itious. T he cord in the dsy ' i inhabit:arta, when it fied, unless hechose to petition the Lords of the Tre!. i Dunn, . , t , s l n y d ei p t u o n i r: r e i t n t, ; o ix rw o a f rd th a e b p i r ib. me rri i i;tios, tnr the benofir oe tog, the shop of Mr. James Covington, watch-maker, ; time had !seen tasttclose ; , long t;-. ssio eh-wen, with FUry. He accordingly presented the petition, but their r_ Mr. and Mrs. Biggs!iart Lind s, who have sios saved a farthin g i n Leigh-street, Brunswick-square, was broke open i which it corresponded its coloer, and had thus Lordships were very busy [a laugh], se that after ) of their property, either in stock , furniture,' or wearing ap waiting eight or nine mouths he received au auseer s patch. and robbed of a number of watches, chains, seals, &c. escaped observation. EXTRAORDINARY GENIUS. About the year 1785, Dr. Hornsby, of Oxford, gave out a ma th emat i ca l question its a Magazine, of such magnitude, that he thought it could not be ea sily answered. It did not fall to the lot of any of the mathematical schools, nor to any man of known science therein, to answer it, nor did the Doctor think it an easy task. To his great surprise, how ever, the question was answered (the answer was dsted Weston Turvel). On seeing it answered, ha made enquiries, and foecd that there were Weston Turvels in several counties ie England, but could not learn where the answer to his question oligioitted. A Gentleman out of Baclsiogleirnshire dining with (he Doctor and other friends, it o‘t..urresl to him that there was a Weston Turvel its his neighhourhood,asid he enquired of isim Vise knew of any person con vas Sant with mathematics ! The Gentleman answered, (hat he knew of no one that had a genius the least tending to a knowledge either of mathe matics or astronomy. Dr. Hornsby, on his friend's departure, gave him a copy of the question, and begged him to make enquiry. The gentle. man alluded to one day called at a watchmaker's shop in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, to hare something done to his watch, ha asked the malt, if he knew any one who understood mathematics in the neil;hbourhood ; to which he replied, that a 'shovels-boy, of the name of Anderson, at Weston. green, was an uncommon genius. The gentleman took his morning lounge that way; on entering the Green, he saw the lad coming from the plough, and asked him if his name. was Anderson ; the boy an swered 44 Yes."—" Do you read or understand as tronomy ?" To which the boy replied, " 1 do not know ;" but having Dr. Hornsby's question in his pocket, he presented it to the boy, asking him if he could answer it; replied he, " I's have ;" and taking a pencil from the gentleman, resolved the question. The above history was related to Dr. Hornsby, and the question presented as answered in the Magazine. The Doctor, animated at the success, exclaimed with surprise, " for Heaven's sake do not let the boy be lost—he has a genius equal to Sir Isaac Newton. What age is he?" " About sixteen." 64 My dear King," said Dr. Hornsby, " do what you cars, and let him come to Oxford ;" which was pot into execu tion in a masterly manner. A subscription was set on foot, which succeeded ; and, patronised by some great characters in the country, he was sent to Christ Church School, where he most through an education of the classics, &c. and was afterwards entered at Wadham College, where, pursuing the studies of his genius, which were highly satis factory to the University, he was considered as a national prodigy. Soon after Mr. Pitt came into administration, he much wanted to strenthen his power ; and sent for the Hon. Mr. Grenville (now Lord Grenville), as a man of ability at that time leaving Oxford; who finding Mr. Pitt was destitute of pt adding characters, and toat the clever meii of that sort had deserted him, thought of Mr. Ander son, the youth alluded to, and solicited him to be come his secretary ; who being equal to all their walls, was employed to form the budget yearly, and was likewise appointed public auditor to the E..st India Company under Mr. Dundas (afterwards Lord Melville). In the above capacity he discharged his duty with faithfulness, and to the wonder of all who knew him, which were very few, as his employers, knowing his value, took care to keep such merit to themselves.—The late Mr. Burke, in conversation, said to me, he was astonished how Mr. Pitt and the men in power got through the public busines , , as most of the clever men in that department had de serted them : to which I replied, that it was easily accounted for—they having such aid as no statesman ever had before. I then related the history of Mr. Anderson, as stated above, which on enquiry Mr. Ilurke found to be correct. About the y,ar 1795-6, he died of an inflammation of the braid ; sod io he wondered at, from the influx of business, ich none were able to execute but himself. A let ter was sent to Lord Melville, informing him of his death, which was sudden,fhis illness not being'of more than four-and-twenty hours duration ; in answer to it, he says, " the loss of Mr. Anderson is to me a distressing circumstance, yet more so in a public capacity. I here enclose to Mrs. Anderson a note of 1001. which I hope will be a relief in case of need 1 until I can see her;" and, to the credit o f his Lord ship, he procured for her 2001. a-year for life. He died without issue, and mils buried in Mary-la.. bonne church-yard, where a stone is erected to his memory. It is much to be regretted that a genius, a similar one to which a whole century has not pro. : duced, should have been so little known. OLD BAILEY W EDNESDA Y, JAN. DK T:!1 OF THOIII% !OTT. Thoirrts No!!, the tivtorious • o hailer wav put to the bar, on an iiidietinent eitargiag his with h nine felooieno.ly stolen two coooterp•tn..s. tan pair of ,ti-eo, three hlaii!cef, siker spoon, it:ni varilltll other titc iiroperty or .In'au ]9N..1 of tl.e particulars of the Priitoteeft (ran actiAto hate alpeared before the public in the Police reports, tb 1.1, Ii refuters it tiotoece , •ary to repeat (111140 Nott read a very long tleretic.•, and an ad.ire t to the Jury, which employ.ll him nearly half :10 sour. The .liity, beota ion, found him gui!tv. Tiie ltecoanratt itiforine.lll.ia thvt he mv.ei ,on clever a fellow to reautia io (Lis country. ~+~ lel rei in 1::is ig ril. rsl:u~.} f „ ~.1;i•~ o wart. , kt ;"1 . ;! , i a c.•i,~ r f or 11 9 . c (/tt flew t tie amt ow. by ill of kitis tn. 14, 1101 at met hi!: ore bi. CIIL \IY. Ilml.mhant was indicted fm - nalatt . fnlir intrrmnrrying aElh kiie4Letii Imit•ri, hi f r.i %sife brink alit .11. the Air. A7) , ,:,2r7f < =htrd the e.wt. Hem v l'eato/.1. 11./:1,;11 . 1 , 11. of ingstNi-ttrei Thames • pro duced the hook in which the tuarritt ;t• the ,parish - church of Kingston were rezi.soett. (M.• of the t•. rtes corded the marriage of Fratwi. B ulentriut, t, Olt a t.iustg wo. man, flame 1 Amy Patty, oil the irth of fettu•i;:r3, II it nes. signed !lie regi,ter ; and believed the : riomer to he the person then married. Patty, the mother of the Pi ismicr's first wife, recoilecteri liodealiam Cl/1111:14 hum , with her dittg•iter. re-itfeJ ut her howe tog:- Itcr. I ter daughter uas still Its ;s r kid it ni tan children by the Prisoner—and one of them had died. Ile deserted her daughter on the first of .Inne last. They had kith liv.11.1: servants nitb Mr. Lewis, or Ealing. 1. Vincent. parkh-clerk of ileitiot. in •aiddle , es. proaoced the marriage register of Heston Church. The nar:si .ge of F. Bodenhain utiti lieatch, on the bat to June last, v.i,s • C:err itt.erted. I Elizabeth Keutch deposed, that the Prisoner had passed him ; self off as a widower, uhin.e wife had died in child-LA.& Net • being aware of any iraitedimeht, site consented I.• I/1'63111C il.B a ife they were married at Heston. in June, 1811. The Prisoner, in his defence, said, that the last a nom, with -1 out any solicitation ou his ,ide, had hecot:ue violently uttne.ned to him ; and had threatened to : ake away with Inuself, oases he married her, although site knew pet reedy. al the time, that he was a niarried man. Fearful lest she should commit suicide, and luting ignorant of the penalties attached to the act, he. had unfortuna ely complied a ith her solicitations. The Jury returoed a verdict of guilty. Clllll.ll-ScIALING. Sa.• - indicted ' .carat. _.one was indicte, for fraudulently taking a female child, the infant daughter of Thomas and Mary Cfertwr, with. a •iew to secrete it from the parents. The mother of the child stated, that she was delivered of twin children about a week before last Bartholomew d air, and she used to sit nit!) ti,em and solicit charity in St. Paul's Chorch-yard. Ott the llth y Octo ber last, the Prisoner at the bar gate her some charity, and e sired her to go with her to a Lady who had seeu the child, en in the street, and wished to see them at home, and that .he naiad give the witness half a guinea. She arcompanied the woman, who desired to carry one of ;he children, and she told her the Lady lived in the al inories. As they went along, the Pr isoner desired her to go into a public-house to get b:.l7lPlilillg to drink, but she refused, saying, she only scanted to see the Lady. The Prisoner turned up a t. ourt. and as the witness had also another little one with her, It hich could not wnik fast, the child stumld ed over some bricks, and ?he stripping to dis•mgage the chill. the Prisoner made a sudden !tom. a d she lost ight of her. she en deavoured it/ trace her a lot. , time, and advertised a description of her fp Non, hut she heart/ within of her for a long I toe. At last the Poliee-officer informed her, that a woman. amwering the de?criptiou of the :'risotter. had gone ors ship-h .ard Site went with the Officer, and immediately recognized the .tee of her child, before ••lie saw nay Illg heard it cry as she w tki in she boat. When she taw the child she knew it again, altho: - Aii it iVil4 much thinner thud when she lust it. The 0 licer anted, that 'l.• traced ;he Prisoner the a:7curate description given of her I.er:on in the hand-oill. He c .rrotio. rated toe testimony of the last withess, and partkular!y akfed, that he recognized a piece of tlaiinel which was part of the child's c 10; !ring% . . _ A Mrs. 110,3 d, and a girl of the name of A rabella Gray, stated, that the Pris.mer lived in litigh's Mtn, .lUll4$l, that she had a long (the ai.peared to nave been preg / and that, on the 11th of polo! ..r, e A ttt, and soon t-fter re turned home with a something in her cloak. When she went home She said that sate had beeu taken in labour in the street, and had been delivered at a house in a court in 111.14.1• ary-Lute, and she produced Oer child. She was put to bed. and cot,tinis, in bed a month all out two ays. She cohabited with a sailor of the name of Swail ; and a day or Iwo atter is. , supposed dclisery, Swail and she had a quarrel, and the m a n t, the house, upon which she jumped out Of , ere and ran bare-legged into the street after him, nor did she sutler any inconvenience from it. 'fate girl Gray inso stared, ,hat when she first saw the child it did not ap; car to be like a new-horn infant, bot seemed from its sprigothness to be above a mouth obi, but as she was not e pehi , need as a mother of children she gave belief to the assertions of the Prisoner. Two other witnesses who saw her go out on the morning of the 11th, -:cscrihed her dress exactly as the another of the child described the dress of the person w ho took it away. The Prisoner in her defence repeated nearly the same ihirg she had before stated, namely, that she was in Itoseasary-lane when she was taken in labour. That a woman took her tonne to her lodging, in a coin.: in Itoseinari-lane ; that a MEM' r, sent for, and she was d , divered of the child in • gm-. ion; that they put her into a coach, in which she was staled to the mid or 114 h-coins ; that she walked from the coach to th e h ouse , wit r • -he met ter mother, who put her to bed. She atom; orals went to loin `wail at his ship, as it was intended she should go abroad with him. The mother confirmed of her emning , home ,ii the manlier described, bringi.:g the child with her. - Neither • the medical man, nor any other witness, was called, who proved that she had been actually delivered of a child. on this evidence the Jury found her Guilty. AN ',LAB)] BELL. r: • • el .41 1 . . 6 . . I t • F e. • • t I . tl