The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-12-05 00:00:00

f. ; jhIDDLESEX SESSIOAS, Tilltiday . Ahese Ilksions commenced heforeFe.sxcle cr'iaerlitsq. and a Bench of Magistrates. The Chair informed the Jnry, that the canses which acre to on-c before them, presented no features of an extra dinar, eltanseter...• AOSAuLT.—fieorge Peet was-pot to the bar charged st:th having assaulted Mary Davis, a respectable look ' a S young woman. the promentrix stated, that she was sister tj the landlady 4f the King's Head, Broad -street, Blooms try., On the day wh en th e assau l t took place. she Was at her sister's house. She happened to be down iit the cellar, and on coining up she heard the defend ant ill treating her sister, and calling her names, hich delicacy forbade her to mention. The witness threatened to get a constable, and went out of the house for that purpose, when the defendant followed her, and 'hese Iher in the most violent manner, having palled off her cap, and with it part of her hair. The • •. prisoner was quite sober at the time. The witness was afterwards passing the shop of the defendant, who • Was green-grocer, when be knocked her down and kicked her several times. He was known to be a bad character, and had been previously brought before a court of Justice to answer fur his conduct. Witness never called him a gallows thief. She hail been so severely hurt, that she lust her recollection at the time. A witness, named Furseman, swore to his having been employed in cleaning windows at the public-house on the day in question. He heard the defendant abuse . the landlady, and saw him attack the prosecutrix in the planner described. To the best of his know ledge the proseentrix had given the defendant no sort e( provocation. Ile afterward saw the proseeutrix stretch ed between the knees of the defendant, and he beating her. Witness was so alarmed that he did nut offer to assist the prosecute's, who was afterwards rescued by three gentlemen; who happened to behold the trans • action. Ile neither received or expected any thing fur giving his evidence on the present occasiun. Several other witnesses corroborated this statement. Absalom Moody, a butcher, residing in Newton- Street, was called on the part of the defence. He de posed to having been at the public-house on the day set forth iu the indictment, wlten . he heard the prose cutrix use abusive language to the defendant, and saw her strike bins. Edward Reynolds deposed to the same effect ; as did also a female witness, who gave her evidence nith very great flippancy. The defendant was found guilty, and sentenced to two months impriumnuent in the flonse of Correction. Thomas /eerily, a young man very respectably dress ed, was brought to the bar, and informed by the Olsten AN, that be was charged with au offence a hicb amounted to actual forgery, hut that he was discharged, as the party who had him arrested declined to prose eine from a feeling of eawrompiem. SLTRY SESSIOSS, Dsr. I. T . 'These Sessions commenced this day before a very tai Beach of Magistrates, Mr. Harrison in the Chair. The Clerk of the Peace read the Report of the Com mittee appointed at the last Court, to consider of the necessity of making certain alterations in respect to _the appointment of housekeeper of the Sessions' house. The Report recommended, that the vacancy which will occur at Christmas, be tilled up by a male, isertead of a female, the office being at present exa ct:tea by a Mrs. Slee. In consequence of this recess nusadation, (01. llaitskell proposed Mr.Charies Taylor a♦ a proper person to fill the vacancy. . * Mr. R. THORNTON proposed Mr..lohn Bone, and one pf the • other Magistrates proposed Mr. W. Willis. These several names were put to the vote, and on cast ing up the numbers there appeared For Mr. Taylor - - 11 Bone . . 111 Willis - 111 • The CHAIRMAN then declared the election to have •fallen on Mr. Taylor. That gentleman was then call ed in. and informed of the election having fallen on him, and be was expected to be prepared to take upon himself ile office arChristmas. The Court then proceeded to try the several tra verses, and other cases of misdemeanour or felon:es. Tne IMO •. COSTILbOW •ND XIX OTIIPRII. _ _ _ This was an indictment against the defendants for a riot and osiault on Caleb 'tilt, one of the toll-collec 'tors orf Waterloo-bridge. The prosecula stated that tte.fiefendants, on the 29th of August, nhunt half-past twelve in the night, came to the !batty side toll-gate, and demanded to be passed through without paying 'the toll. Tilt refused to allow them to pass , on which they became very abusive, and threatened him, but at lellgth paid the toll. When, however, they had got on the bridge, they repeated their abuse, and Tilt re monstrated with them, on which Costellotv struck him, 'I violent blow, and. S. Cestellow,.a relation, Sullivan, Hi7gins, and - two others, beet him with their umbrel las. The patrole, however, came to his rescue, and • the whole were then lodged in the watch-house. .. • Hunt, the patrule, confirmed Tilt's testimony, as to 'the aisauit by the party. Only sin of the defendants -• appeiretl, and the Jury fount them guilty. ' . The Cornv, after censuring Very stronglytheir con . tintst,•,and Cantering on the necessity of protettin pub- Alts' titters, sentenced Costellow to be imprisoned it iillyri,Ailld the other defendants each seven'diii. 414 ' I ' handkerchief, the 'property of J. Hebb. This' ' s i very afflicting caste,, the prosecutor being father .11 1 pf die riu.oer. The ense / was eleurly proved, and J • ra un fortunate parent wished the Court to send his to the Penitentiary. .but in consocrieure of this : t o t being the first time be had been at the liar, the urt was or opiniqu.jt were better to send him Out of torilee tentry He lin tretefore ordered to be trans %Sven. Y 4O/ * ' , I ildses .co.r . trek found' guilty of stealing three 1 1; etflaskijpitie the shop of Messrs. Dowses s, of 4tio git, shoemakers. The prisoner was employ. el ' the gas pipes, and took that opportunity . or ,ig the pruperty•-iii his basket. He was - i ty. " . '. IrsOil recommended' him to mercy, it dielikflar . as his having a wife and three chi 4. sad Court, in ceasideraticm'of this fait, scathe@ him only teak months Inepri*Onnient in the House eviereetioa, Rad to be kept to bard labor. • ' ••••-•••• LONDON SSSSIONS. -a Yesterday these Sessions commenced before the •Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, Iteetirder, Aldermen Meg nay, Sir C. Si. Hunter, and Ansley. The :tecn►der, after giving the Grand Jury some instructions with relation to the case of minty, con gratulated them on the comparative thinness of the Calendar of the present Sessions. On the names of the gentlemen summoned to serve on the Petty Airy, one claimed to be excused en the grounds that he had only been married the day be fore, and was by no means in a fit condition to de liberate npon a Jury. The Court seemed to he startled at this novel ob jection, bnt npon a moment's consideration. they al lowed it to be a good one, and excused the indi vidual. The following is a %Timm:try statement of the state of thr Calendar of the present Sessions. London. Michllesea. Housebreaking U --- 4 flurglary 1 --- . S Forgery " • • U -- 1 Uttering forged notes 1 II Highway robbery . . . , Stealing in a dwelling-house 0 S }lour-stealing 0 I Sacrilege 0 1 Immerge% IV SO Bigamy • • 0 I Reeeiving ati•lsn goods 0 —. 4 Meeting from tbe person... .. $ 21 Embezzlement. I I Misdemeanor I V Fraud 0 -- 0 Perjur) ... I --- S T0ta1.... 39 106 The following was the state of hi, 31ajost):'s g4Ol of Newgate on the Fit of December instant :- 31ales. Females. Conviets tinder sentence of death 43 (1 --upon whom the judgment of the Court has been respited under ',emote., of transpor!.‘ 'ion for life for fourteen years . . . for seven years - 31 Prisoners Undrr sentence of imprison ment for felon) anti niiittirtornnrs . . . 93 s-- 13 Committed b) Commissioners of Hata • 2 0 Vor trial at the present Session . . 160 —39 Admiralty Sessions Fur the Assizes T0ta1.... 310 POLICE. Bow•-!meat.--Yesterday Furdkarr, a young lad, wa. bronfht before H. Ilirnie. charred with the rubbery described in the following statement. During the night of last Tuesday. se'nnight, the printing-office of .Ir. Dal a printer in bombard street, Whitefriars, was entere.l, and a desk in the reading-room broken open and plundered of 13/. in bank-notes, and ills. in silver. .1 new blue coat be longing to one of the compositors, was stolen at the woe time from the composing-roosas. Yesterday sionnight Darts a patrol. apprehended the prisoner, on suspicion of being concerned in the reserve of pri soners front blarsden the Marlhorongit-street gaoler, and tsarist ascertained where he lived, he went to his lodgings, and found a new coat and a quantity of . silver. He asked the prisoner where he gut this pro- perty, and he said he found 13!. his, in notes and silver, and the cost wrapped in a parcel together in the Strand. Davis thinking this an extremely inspro- . bable story, questioned bins as to what he had done i with the money, and he said he hail been robbed of part of it by a fellow lodt:er, and that he had paid a id. sots to one Chambers, a siopseller in Broad street. St. Hiles's, for some clothes. The officer then ascer tained, by dint of inquiry, that this identical note-had sabseventle been stopped at the Bank by order of Mr. 1 Davidson. from whose desk it was stolen, with others. to the amount stated. The coat found at the pd. piner's lodgings also proved to be the one stolen EMIR' the composing-room at the same time. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. DAR! N 0 11111 D ATROCIOUS STRRIt I' ROMIRERT. JoscpA Wootton and William Bullock, two most no-' . tozious characters, were examin-d on a charge of ! assaulting John Hall, Esq. (the Ilanoverian Consul), ' of No. 5, Russell-square,-oh the highway, and taking .from his person a gold watch and seals, his property. Mr. Hall deposed, that about six o'clock on the evening of Friday, the - lath of Noveusber, as he was *awing the end of Charlep-street, Drury.latte, he frit himself pushed from behind, and imagining it was aeon person who wished to pass him, he stepped aside, but was at the same moment asset in front by another azim, and pushed into Charles-street. He was en deavouring to retreat, when Ise received a tremendous blow on the side of the head, rchirh forced bins against ' a third fellow, who called out " Hollua, what are you after ?" and at the same moment snatched his watch from his fob. Witness wade a rush at him, hut at the moment he was about to lay hull of him, he was seised by a dizziness from the effect of the blow. and sunk to the ground. In less than half a minute, howenr, he recovered and pursued the ruffians, but hid only gore few . yatals. when another blow was aimed at his face' with a stick, but he caught it on his atm. He then thought it prudent to retreat, and when lie reached Drury-lane, he ((mild that he was covered with blood, which was still streaming from his head.- Finding that he was seriously wounded, he submitted his head to the inspection of a snrgeon, and it was discovered that a part of the scalp. about the size of a crown piece, was torn up by the violence of the Mort, and the skr " 'Where l a 1 large Islet* cbt but of dated by the Officers Was itoletr from him ; _ `swearing it to be his property bint;ielfM tlie prisoners, but receliett; le had no doubt ' robbing 'MM.' illaislotent,"tlie patrole. , were apprehended - 1 It tosseequenee Hatt, lad the watch be produce 4 trisliikr - flu non. i' 'the prisoners were , I o f onli Turay da teat. whet adduced. •it • • • 0 ^ T 0.7 STATFAIWAN Mr. Hall's head was still bound up from the °Meet of the wound. MANLBOROCIIII-ATUITT.---RF:SCUE GANG.--Witiems Ilerdey,• yoeng man, was brought up in the custody of John Fursman, the °Ger., on suspicion of being concerned in the attack upon Marsden, the gaoler, and the rescue of the five prisoners. Foreman stated, duals consevarate of information be received of the prisoner having been men is the company of Stanley, and others, now in custody on the charge, ten minutes previous to the attack being made, he proceeded to an eating-house in Middle-row, Holborn, where he apprehended the prisoner. He had been before in custody ; he did not deny having been in Stanley's company, but denied the knowledge of the rescue going to take place. He was remanded till Friday next. Palace Corny, Entsseranti, Dec. I.—A CRUISE it•Tft tORIIINARY.—A case of very unusual nature came before the Court on Tuesday. Some sailors, who had been discharged from the !diadem, at Ports mouth, having reached this city a few days ago, re solved to take a trip along some of our principal streets, in one of our hackney coaches. They ac cordingly embarked—and had proceeded so far that the coachman deemed it hecessary to descend, for the purpose of receiving flesh instructions. Hie seat, however, was immediately supplied by one of the passengers, who darted through one of the windows —when the horses were mule to fly like lightning be fore the wondering eyes of the . coachman. Having proceeded with the greatest speed after his vehicle, he was in time to discover it at a distance, overset in the endeavour to lead it up to the fine broad flag stone* in Picrartly !'lace. Ile was also fortunate enough soon after to seise one of the sailors with his whip in his hand—and this man wan now brought to the bar of the court. lie bad little to say for himself—im Ire bad merely" he said, " sprung out at the hatchway. when he found the vessel overaetting." Ile was fined 20s. for the share he had taken in this ,:fair. It was resolved, however, to remit the fine, on account of some rirennistances—and he was called bark to the bar—but it was discovered that the money had been at once paid—and he was gone. In a few initiates after, I -ever, he came bark to the door of the of fice, basing his arms filled with bread, cheese, tat% to regale, lie said, his fellow prisoner. We under.tanil that Dr. Itifilmert has discovered in Shetland that rare and interesting mineral, the native !mydrade of magnesia, which had been found only at Hoboken, in New Jersey. The specimens brought to Edinburgh were, by several mineralogists, mistaken for white tale bust Dr. Ilihhert being persuaded that it differed materially in the nature of its ingredients from common tale, submitted it to Dr. Brewster, who ascertained, by an optical analysis, that it was the ea tine hydrate of usaguesia, and confirmed this result by a chemical examination of it. It has been usual for the Members for time Borough of Beverley to give a bull to tare town for the purpose of being I sited. An application was made to H. L. Fox, Cu'. by the electors, to comply with. the usual citation, which that gentleman, much to his boopur. gernsed. In his reply, he said, that any thing tin which lay in his power, either to promote their amuse ment or their interest in any way, he would listeu to • with pleasure ; but that he had the honour and credit of time borough too much at heart to promote so bar barous a diversion. *own 51raorm.—A most barbarous murder was committed at a place called Mogan Highway, on -Timidly night. Is was observed on Wednesday morning., that. the house of a man named Simon Rogers, who lived alone, was not open at the usual time, and at length an entrance one effected, when the, unhappy man was found dead iu his bed, under which• was some sheaves of reed (straw used fur thatching, &c.) partly burned, and which had • been placed there evidently for time purpose o: sitting tire to the bed and the house, in order to consume the body, and conceal the horrid deed: Happily, we trust, fur the purpose of justice, the ruffians by shutting the door, prevented time access of air, and caused the fire to go ont. On examining time body, It was found that a sharp instrument had been forced into the mouth and down the throat. so as to cause the death of the unfortunate man. The house was rifled : but t se chief object of the villains was a number of gui neas, which time deceased was well known to keep by him, and which he was in the habit of spewing and bopatiog of whenever hr drank freely, whirh he some times did. Every exertion is making to discover the perpetrators ; who must have hren well acquainted with the habits of the deceased.—( West Briton.) Rossetti . or LORD AVERDICIN.—On Friday evening, as Westcott, the flaw-street patrole, was with some of his party, in lower Brook-street, Drosvenor-square, they observed four men with a barge and cart, following Loral Aberdeen's carriage, making several attempts to cut the traces of a trunk which was listened behind his Lordship's carriage, and which contained sone va in side propesty. They at 'took succeeded. la cops. rating the trunk, and avere about to pot it into the cart when the alarm was given, on which they ran off. 'Two . of the fellows drove the cart down a mews, where they were stopped : time others escaped. 'The trunk was after. 'wards found on time road. Thie is 'carte* of robbery -*Melt is termed deafens , . or /tithing for game. The two fellows in custody were taken to liarlborookh• street, where they gave their . names Stevens, alias Nash, and Chas. Wilkinson. Its.Lorilship's valet, and other persons gave evidence against them, add they were or dered to find good bail; in default of which they would be conitnitted nnslee the Police Art. Mr. Lewis liennindtt, fortneely an eminent grimier in Lincolnshire, died a fats days ago in that openly at a eery advanced age.. It was front an hospitable Joke el this worthy two s, that Dr. Uoldssuith took the hint of nustakl of Mr. Hardened, - NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. The Happy Return, Sanders.m, fro m A rt h ur , , 0 Lirerpool, was stranded on Knock John, is the whit, Sea, the end of t ktoller. The Ann, l'ibert, from St. Prtershurgh to Br;Itnl, put into tirinishy 39th tilt. very leaky, sod with 10 R . 0 ( rudder, and part of her cargo thrown overheard, having been on shore on Falsterbo Reef, and also un the L in , won and Ore Sand. The Minerva, Jordon, arrtvM at libll kens Mem e l , sailed 19tli ult. For thole or font days previous there had been severe frosts; and now+ it* in the Hatt Burmese, Nor. 35.—After the severe frost. we ha re had for souse time, a complete thaw has set in, with, s 11. winds, anal if it shonid continue for sere dap, 0 ,,,; River will be entirely cleared from Ice. D.I.NTZIC, NOV. lb.—The Henry, of Newcastle, S ea? " . is on shore at the month of the Vistula, but expected , d he got off if the weather continues favourable. 'rit e fro t has set in very intensely. • Hamlett, or. 3.—rite Brognsbergh, Ragan wily coal, from Shields to London, lies been brought isle this port by a Salvage boat, in 0 leaky state, baring been run foul of by the Polk, of N. Shied.. yestenlm morning about 5 o'clock, 'between Haudsey and the Shipwash. N ewe %STU, Doc. 2.—Dnring the late gales, th e s f , phis. of South Shields, it is feared foundered at .ra. The Industry, Wiglians, of South Shields, was lost ne m Lowestoffe. The Friendship, Dunkin, of South Shields, was lost near Harwich, and the Joseph, Robe, was lug near Cromwell. SCARI4I(O . , Dec. Catherine, of this pe r t, Thornton, from Sunderland, arrived at the Pier Ileatt last night, where she broke from her niourings, and sunk. DART:4OIM. Nov. 30.—A lIIIIrVer has been held al tiro Bremen brig TelentachVager, waster, which sr. rived here 2-ith inst. from the ilavanuah, hound to Ifr. men, and a sufferance taken out to lamd the cargo. R%E, N. 30.—Two caski of French iiisar %ter.. Iv, terdav picked tip near the entrr nee of this hi thostr, inaikr4 LB. N0.\0.3 and 3. 31 em ,_Ni m ble, --, not lost. as reported yester.lsr, —the account was in the Liverpool Paper. At the second meeting, for the present rear, of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, on 31 onda v a an i g h t. several new Menthe-Ts were elected Fellows of t i e be eiety. Afterwards a paper was r..a1l hy. the Professor of Mineralogy, Or. E. D. Clarke, npotea remarkable formation of Satire Nal. on. in Deveosbim The Professor also communicated to the Socket a discover.: which be had made respecting the sesprosed Alabaster Soros, brought by Mr. Belzoni from , Upper &rept, mod which he had found to consist of om , int .gral moss of Al . rlgottite. 'The Rev. Mr. Cecil, of Magdaleoe Coilege, also read a very important paper os the application of hydrogen gas to prodnce moving force in machinery: giving., at the same time, a description of an engine for that purpose, which was exhibited to the Society. H. Ilarvey, of IVickham Skeith, Suffolk, has pre pared a model for direction posts, with painted letters, which he states, gives light in such a manner as to be legible in the night time, and retains that property for several years. We understand that after a laborious investiratino into the circumstances of the case connected with the charge against the person to %hum we alluded is )(tar last publication, for admiuisterisg poison to a ! female, be was last night discharged on bail, for Lis appearance at the next Assigns, to answer for tie offence, which had so long formed the subject matter of inquiry before the Magistrates of this Boroagh. We refrain from entering into the particulars of this distressing ease, (for distressing it is in every pulyt of view), satisfied as we are that the purposes of justice will he better answered by our silence in this stage of the Waist's, and leaving the des elopement of the facts to a judicial inquiry—( Leeds Mersero. The article which appears in our last, beginning. " A melancholy circumstance," we hare since learne4. has not the smallest foundation in truth, it being tie silly fabrication of sonic Miscreant, who, as a passport for his lies, dared to implicate the name of a proles sional Ueutlessan of great respectability, and that too. under the forged signature of Mr. Wallis, a sorg,tes of established practice, and unblemished reputation.-- But we would have this knave to know, that hi , ma nuscript is kept open for inspection, and if it so hap pens, by comparison, the band-writing should be sit factorily traced house to him, he shall, in his ptoper garb, be handed over, fur 3, urn to point her Guyer at, ass—The comma* L—r of 31a . lfitld.—(erte .luN rued.) Uu Wednesday evening last several hundred of the inhabitants of Southampton assembled, being the Jar her Majesty went in procession to St. Paul's, and, celebration of the event. exhibited a grand display of tire-works; Majoeciti, Demont, &weld, Cuchi, au.l Kis telli, were exhibited in ethgv, and the whole cenclnded with a grand expl.tsion of the Green Bag.—(ll..rtssrm Paper.) Itemisa.—Spring and Oliver, anil Purcell and Marti ', are essatcbesi to enter the ring on the 20th of Feb""'uy 1311. Pte;.-.Tsityrday ;minim .f_ fire broke oat in 11e house of Mrs. Weston, !10. 5, - Ribg-street, hoe" , which originated from an oven in the kitchen. it bite forth with ranch fury, and at length' commoinicated sritb the adjoining bons,. Both bonus were much dastard' , bat the activity of the Gremie; and a good supply et water. prevenG4 the rassigint of the devouring drawn. ex tending father. • Latelis at St. Proems Church, Mr. Remosantri. of Mt: drat, to miss Wallace, only tissghterfor Mrs. WOW. of Pancras. • - At Mt. Morpioslwess. Chespaide, by the Rev. Or._ „Val' lope, , Rub. ot Liogsten. J stogies. to lam. * l 4 1% moat Unest, Rub, of Edginess-grew. - • • • 1 UM% gro/1131 Mims y sus, •fr. •JUIMISIIIIM II WWI% asp ..*.s.• v. $ • ILO laid bare. ' there was RAO Marlor:mtstak;nribe Louse of .11r. liertlefsetle for an I . - Pff t:Vr. 1. -. 't DIED. f his hat. The-watch now pro- inn, in the comedy or Mc *on* to Couver. The eir- l Oa ftnwtay. the $1 kat., at hit how, ea Forest-10, orw hid been much altered since It enmatame kat tt ftithwes-slir. • Orspramkt; late one Peckham. laths nth xear of kW age. 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