The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-11-02 00:00:00

Lew LVTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. L Thi. morning the LORD enAxrzt.Lon resumed Lis sittings in Lincoln's Inn Hall, and held the first seal. Ibis is the first day that any business has been (lone i.s Court since the 12th of August. At twenty minutes ,past ten o'clock, hie Lordship came on the beech, and ilms occupied for a short time in hearing motions of no public interest. In the course of the morning his I.• rdship stated is answer to several applications, that m the peculiar circumstances in which he had been p'sertl, and the arduous duties he had to perform eh(e -u here, he had not been able to devote that attention to the cases of the suitors here that he could have u ;shed hot he would :hank Counsel to remind him ..f them, on'the next (lay lie sat in Court, though it Va, impossible for him to fix any (lay. There were pressittg motions which ho had no doubt the 1 ire-Chancellor would hear, on a proper represents. tilt( being made to him. Ihe Court rose soon after eleven, when his Lord. ship, we understood, was to attend a Privy Council. Ile proceedings in the Vice-Chancellor's Court, were totally destitute of public interest. OLD B.ULRY SKSSIONS. avratomorrestir 1r5511 07 RIGAMT. Yesterday the following case excited the most ten,- interest in a crowded Court. The trial occiopied the ati:sition of the Court for five hones. Th....,,ts Gordon, aged 42, was indicted for inter n. Iry ing with Frances Elizabeth Castes, his former silk. Harriet, being etill alive. 11r. Ltw and M r..ltt.i:v conducted the prosecution, auti 31r. AneLencs and 31r. Hinineetest the defence. The first witness that was called was Mr. Eilwaril Rimini', the Parish Clerk of Woolwich, who pro ,:nced the marriage register of the prisoner to Harriet Cole (his first wife), on Wednesday, the 1 lth of May, 1.412. The witness had no recollection of the parties. Malcolm Sellers depoe.sci, that he was acquainted with the hand-writing of the prisoner, and the writing in the register was his. The prisoner showed witness the certificate of his first marriage iu 1114 ; he said he got the certificate from his wife, and that was all he wanted. This witness further stated, that the prisoner's wife lived with the boatswain's mate of the 31rs. Sarah Short was the next wham's, and in con sequence of her infirm state of body was Arco 11111 l o il dell with a chair in the centre of the Court ; she stated that she knew Harriet Cole and the prisoner at the bar, they we:it from her house (the Navy Arms. at Woolwich) to be married, The witness lent the prisoner one pound twelve shillings for that pnrpu'e. After they returned from church they slept at her house. He was at that time a gunner on board the Venus. They went on board the ship the next slay. le February, last year, she again saw the prisoner at Woolwich. iVitness told him, that the Minister (the !ter. )ir. Fraser) had sent to her about his marriage. Ile then said, " Mrs. Short, you are the only person 1 am afraid of, and if you will swear 1 am net the same man that married Harriet Cole, I will settle half. the property I have got upon tow." The shows aa• steered, she would not for all the money the King pus syssed, for that he, the prisoner, was themes that mar- s tie I Harriet Cole. The prisoner then said it was no matter, fur be would get a person named Collard to 1 &flake a certificate that oho was dead. The wituess re plied that would bo a good way for both of thew to be hang. rasa exansi el by Mr: tDOLPlll:6.—Carne there for iustice sake ; saw the hand-bills offering a reward of 41k. for witnesses who could prove the first marriage; tr. yelled with Miss Lawe (the sister of the prisoner's .44 wi fe ) to Sheer test and Chatham. Witness ne. %.1. " whether alive or not, what odds is it, we st.all ret the reward." Hrs. Sarah Staines deposed, that the prisoner lodged with her at Woolwich, in 181,, the firq time he came alone, the second he came with • person be called his I nife ; they continued three or four weeks remaining together ; she escaped from him out of the bark par lour window ;he had locked her in. The prisoner ! cArne IR the early part of last year, and inquired for I Isis first wife, and told witness that she could save his r.ed.. The prisoner's first wife hail called 'boat 111 rim:tits previous with a child. Alexander (Irani corroborated the testimony of this witness. Hohott Jeloason swore that he saw a woman, called " Betsey" (whose name is Millington), on board the I'omone, at Portsmouth, on the tith of June, IS15; she oas then eohabitinewith the prisoner. Mr. George Bolton, of Doctors' Commons, produced the application for his marriage with Miss ]saves, in which he stated himself to be a batchclor. ' The Rev. Wm. H. Chapman proved the marriage r•gister of " Thomas tiordon to Elizabeth Lawes,"on 1811 a of September, 1818. • • Rile Sessusuah Matilda Lewes proved the hand. wilting of her demand sister in the register. Wit• ▪ nif had some conversation with the prisoner before it:•e sister's death ; she threatened him about his first • wriage. and said she would see into it. He at first, vaiti be sever was married, bu 4 at a subseqaent coo-1 I:raotion said he did not know whether she was alive or. not. He sloe said be would give up the donned Insattoste altogether. if she would allow hitn 4W. per • year. lien sister had about 18W. per annum. She had instituted proCeedllits for the recovery of the pmpeity. Her sister was of infirm mind and body. Os cress-examination, the witness admitted bar bills,- offering a reward for information in the dilre'rent senporis. • This worths cass.for the.prosectition. Yoe the defray*, W. Millington• was called, who deyeetlT to sceingilieprisoner's Ale in 1815, is a bad stove of healtii, in the Streets es a common prostitute; ilar West 16 . else mithi.of Hag White, and died shortly ifteru krdi is .thaSotipititl. • Erititelh Sllfingten, wife of the last Witness, eon f'.l"(l#ll.l4f: hest 'ad's fistlmosiy, and added, that ate tw' the papooses frit wife itirnediatily after s' cexpired ; she died In the Magdalen Ward, St. Thrne t s'i Uuspital. I .1 Cross-examined by Mr. Aisitt—she hail lived with hr krisotter as his wile; she did so from 1113 to '; IC Ile had vkited her at Poplar in the present, year. She had been married to her husbabd twit year*. and had a son 15 years of age. Examined by Mr. Justice PARK—She visited the deceased woman twice in the hospital, and between the %Lilts she informed the prisoner his wife was dying. She saw Miss Lime* lately upon the subject, and in formed her that the first wife was still alive and at Plymouth. That account was false, but now she rattle to speak upon her oath, she felt bound I. speak the truth. Miss Lawn had *feted her money for in formation. 3largaret Cole, sister-In-law to the primmer, depos ed, that she saw the prisoner's first wife in the same conditionas spoken to by the last witness, and about the same time. She told witness she was going Into the ho.pital, and went then by the name of Mary White. Witness Afterwards inquired at St. Thomas's Hospital, and was informed of her death. A clerk from St. Thomas's Hospital produced a book of entries, in which it appeared that a women named Mary White came in on the 6th of July, 1615, and died on the 6th, in the Magdalen Ward. Cross-examined—There were many persons in the book of the name of Mary White. .1 man nawed Bone, a blacksmith, stated, that he knew Mrs. Short, and bad heard het say two nountbi ago at her own how, that she knew a lady in London who would give any permits 1001. who would swear that Thlnlle.s liordon's first wife was alive. She also said, " Oh. what does it signify if we can get the motley!" Witness would not believe Mrs. Short upon her oath, because he had seen her repeatedly drunk. lle had no other reason. A deed of settlement was here put in, in whirls the second wife It oil so disposed of her property, that the prisoner should enjoy it in ease he survived her, for leis life. nit': the power to bequeath it to his suc cessor. At the request of Mr. Aisitv, Elizabeth Millington was recalled, and asked, upon her oath, if she was not •ts board the Potnione frigate at Portsmouth, on the 6th of July, 1815, the day on whieo she had sworn she met the person raided Mary White in London. She answered that she quitted the Pomone at Wool wich, in 1514. Mr. Sellers, the carpenter of :he POlllOne, was re called, and swore most positively that the last a itto as w•as on hoard that frigate in the month of July, 1815, She was never absent two liars together 'luring that time. The Potnone did ■ot anise at Woolwich until September that year. Mr. Edwards, the parish clerk of Woolwich, was also recalled, and said Mrs. Short was a most respect able woman, and fully entitled to credit upon her oath. Mr. Justice PA'!IC summed up the evidence at con siderable length, and the Jury ionnediately found the prisoner Guilty. Charles Peter Norton, aced forty, was indicted fur stealing sundry diamond goods, a gold hunting watch, &c., and divers bank-notes, value 2,00t1/., the property of Hr. John Mainwaring. The prisoner, on bring put to the bar, pleaded Guilty. Mr. Mainwaring strongly recommended the prisoner to mercy. The :Dory, of coarse, found the prisoner Gritty, bat recommended him to merry. STA TESMA - - •_.- POLICE. illaystott-liorer.--Yesterday Mr. Stokes. of Lom bard-street, attended by his Solicitor, Mr. Kirke, a member of the Court of Common Council, appeared before the Lord Mayor, to answer the charge of hat• ing printed, and ordered to be circulated and platted against the walls within the City, a certain Placard., of which the following is a Copy r- " A HICNICRAI. kTIONi sireassers or TOE \LSO OPINION OF THE QUEEN'S INNOCENCE, So telly sod satisfactorily t rahlished at the reeent Close el nor Wiest, 'a Dikes., is ottrestari to lake Oleo ON MONDAY, ?OS 6vm Stokei, Printer, 6, Lombard-street." The bill-sticker attended also at the .Mansion house, and was pat to the bar. Mr. Alderman SCHOLET was present at, and took a part in the investigation. Brown, the officer, said that he had the lay before gone about the City, by order of the Marshals, to pull down the Bills that bad been stack up respecting the 'illumination. He pulled down foutees or fifteen, and upon returning to the Manidon-honse, heard that the bill-sticker was in a neighbouring public-house. The officer immediately went to him, and was told by him that be hail performed the ogee of sticking the bins, and that be had been authorised to di se by Mr. Stokes, who, he believed, had been inthltiM to print them by a gentleman In Aldermanbnry. The bill-sticker said, he did not like the linslauss . from the first, and thst he went to consuls Manion, the Marshalman, the sight before, %poen** of putting the order into effect. Ilarrisisi him not to do it until he had consulted Mr Weittnes, bat he (the bill-sticker) could not see the Illstskal rt the time, and Mr. Stokes had promised to Indemnity him for any injury be might sustain ; be therefore thought staking mischievous could take pine% altdeo cordi:lly stuck the bills. i'• - ' re The Loan Matoa.—The responsglfitY of We; Stokes does not exonerate you. If Mr. :itekes has , committed an illegal art In printing this placard, you' are certainly perticeps Bill-stieker.—llly Lord. 1 have. stuck lipillifle in favourer year Lordship a time. • Mr. &roues then takiMlN that he wag* of the placard. 1 , 31 e l - 11114" „ sits • The Lows Meson —lDl you riot it /lift rNif OW& mind. or at the suggestion and by theemismand of say other person ? Mr. Sroues—l decline answering that question, but um ready to answer for the *tenet of printing the hill, if it be any offense. The Lean It avow- 7 I feel It to be my ditty to Inter pose npun this occasion. There arerin my opini on , persons who alight take advantage of a public invi tation of this sort. The rebide relight he excited to a disturbance of the peace of the'eltickf eiblisk I ~„ Chief Magistrate, dad I mu boned rb rmvit, AA in a• VC.: rreace. Mr. Svoins—May I ask your Lordship in what light you consider thin bill ? Dow can it tend to a breach of the public peace ? The LORD MATOR—The tendency of it no one can doubt. The House of Lords has not yet thrown out or assented to the measure. This is anticipating the judgment of that tribaual. It is anti c ipating a pos sibility for which there may not be the slightest ground. It is our duty to wait fur the decision of their Lordships, before we set the town upon illumi nation. Now, suppose the converse should take place, • and that the Bill should pass, how do you supPosi you could justify yourself from the charge of holding out a false persuasion to the • peoplr, that the Queen was innocent? Consider for a moment the mischief that might ensue. An illumination might partly take place, and those who would not light up their houses, because they considered the Bill a presumption of guilt, would be subject to great injury. In fact there might be a necessity for calling the soldiers again iota the City. Mr. lEscaa—My Lord, this placard is not calcu lated to produce any disturbance. It contains an expression of that which your Lordship is aware is the public opinion of the Queen's innocence. The Loao MAYOR—A shall not suffer a public assertion to be made under each circumstances within the City. • Mr. HICKS—Why, we may as well caleelate upon a disturbance on Lord Mayor's Day, in consequence atilt. show. 1 should feel obliged if your Lordship would state under what Act of Parliament this pla card is cognisable as an offence? The Loan blivtin-1 repeat that I will not allow It, and if may more placards are stuck up the person shall be taken into custody. It is nec;.ssary, that ender all cirmonstances, I shonlal preserve the peace of the city. I shall neither surer bills to be stuck up against nor for the queen. Mr. ri Kr—This bill cannel be called for or against the Queen. It expresses, in common with the I opinion of my my conviction, which is, that she is completely t innocent. The citizens of Lon don bare in Common Council, a:iJ in Common Hall, expressed themselves to this elect, acid the bill is grounded upon that decided opinion. If 1 think pro per I skull illuminate. Mr. AItICYREIO Si:ROLF:I.—Nut one in ten have ra p:4;ocl themselves in that way. I would nut nate. Mr. Etcer.—This bill aloes nit call upon von to d . so. It only says that such a thing ilexp..ettd. Mr. Alderman SCOOLRY—WeII, w.. 11, if the I ill sticker persists, he shall be taken into cucotly and punished. Mr. Ktcar—l should be glad to know what charac ter yon: Lordship gives the placard. Whether you call it treasonable or seditious, or what ? I am anxious ta know this, that 1 may be enabled to advise those who may hereafter con.,iilt me, and prevent them from getting into dangers, which may otherwise overwhelm them. Your Lordship will mushier, that upon this very snbjert, yon h.ivo called meetings in the dry yourself, and nobady imputed to you a seditious or • treasonable purpose. The Lunn M tYOR-1 hare given t:sis bill no cha ratter of the kind you speak of, and I think it 'neces sary *ere to state, that a very general nilsapprebets -4011 lies gone abroad as to the fact of my havlng' called oat the soldiers. I hail notch to apprehend' from the various elrrnmstances that co-operated at the period 'nettled to. to excite to sett of violence, and I dial not know what sort of a rabble might hare thrust themselves into the City with the most flagitious in tentions. I had sworn to do env duty, and in adopt 7 ing the measure of applying fur miliesry assistance, 1 performed that duty conscientiously. As to the placard, I shall take advice before I pronounce upon Its charberer; bat I certainly am of opinion that it is caleolated to excite to breaches of the peace. I shall not detain Mr. Stokes, who I know wiN not re-. fuse to come if called upon, but I prohibit the pla carding. _ Mr. Stokes an.l the bill sticker then left that:wake. Uttiox HALL.—Yesterday Mary AAA Roberts, si young woman of rather interesting appearance, about 23 years of age, was brought before the Magistrates of this offtre, charged with the wilful murder of Mrs. Inn Elderson, a respectable middle agett woman, re siding in I.'nion street, St. tleorges-fields. It appeared in evidence that the deceased kept it house in Union-street, which is situate in the iresnoe- . diate vicinity of Dover-street—a place which is the re , . sort of vagabonds of every description. The prisoner, and a Mho who kept her, lodged in the house. It seems that a grndge of long standing existed between thee, with respect to this man ; the pre alter con ceived that he' paid more than neeessary attention to the deceased, and on every occasion that presented it self she gave loose to her jealousy, and evinced a nliretsg• disposition to quarrel With the deceased on the subject. 'About eight o'clock on Toesdry night the ptisetter'went out, and on her return about the hour ltd ssitsf; was td in 111 old 'woman, a lodger in the tiat"3fh. Eiderson had been np to her roefth, and had 'taken away . the key ; aim flew ediatrly to the detrisid's room, and taxed her with this act, Which the latter solemnly denied : but her deal'st only tended to increase the irritation of the prisoner. A great deal of angry feeling was expressed on both sides, ittich at angth ended in the prisoner assaulting the deceased, who was far advanaed in pregnancy, sod within a tew days of her acconehentent; the deeentred retained the Mow, and a setalle took place, in 'the conr4 of Whirls the prisoner knocked ,the other down with a pOker. The deceased uttered a groan or two, and aim* iastantly expire I. During the whole of this fatal proceeding, a crowd of abandoned wretches (who, to the disgrace of the civil powet of this dis trict are allowed to settle ahoot this spot whist:et woo ' festation)'assembled ; but so far from attempting to give antaqiistance, they seemed to feel the gre41111!, Itelight in the murderous strife, and a few respectial.l individuals, who came up to ascertain the canit'lllf quarrel, were knocked down and most ink= beaten and robbed of whet p rt ip er ty t h e y e h hate In their possession. At length some Mebane pelt son, who concluded that the woman' was killed, sent , for Mfr: Mohan, of the London-road, who is a east I stable. He ln'llred to a abort time, sod forted hill catty into therhoese, where is, hutted the drowsed OA die frost parleys, stretched tin hoe bath and ',Ai ishil r F I 1 ' ( 1 .iad cold. The prisoner seemed disposed to maim l k* escape, but the officer took her into custody aad vented her design. Having lodged her in the * mkt house, he returned again to the house of Mn. gu m son, and sent for a surgeon. Mr. Ratty, of the 1 4 ,„ don-road, soon afterwards arrived, and after a slo t examination of the body, declared her to bo f o b dead; seeing, however, the advanced state of p * , r. saucy which she appeared to be in, he promptly wt about opening the body, with a view of extractiagt* infant from the womb ; bat the' eceased being a palest woman, and having received great 11l b a, her fall was so heavy as to hare accelerated the chu g death, so that a hen cat out of the womb its and, tion was approaching fast, and it ex, fired in a d ist time afterwards. There was about the heart a g ta* quantity of extravasated bloods which, in the 1.4 4 gentleman's opinion, was caused by the barstiag i r a blood-vessel. The deceased was the mother o/ * veral children, and was much respected by her neigh. boars. In her defence the prisoner said, that a named linrney had infentned her that the dereas te l t ,„ in the habit of going into her room during her d. senre, for what parpose she could not divine, 's i tu on the evening when the unfortunate reacquire t.A place she had been into it, and had brought t i e iv „, down'; she was vexed at such suspicions q u e en. ' as 4 went to get some explanation of it, when theis et ,,,j attacked her in a most furious manner, clatredhus,„ , tore her gown, and otherwise. ill used her befits 6, e did any thing to her. She then struck 'n her owa4.. fence, and had thr misfortune unintentionally to kill her opponent. She was remanded for another et - ,- --..i NA MCA!, INPNLLIGENCE. The Forrbam, Laws, from Sunderland, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday, c:•ry leaky, having been ma foul o f by a sloop in North Yarmouth Roads. whicit carried away her jib boom, cap of bowsprit, part of balwarf, enard, hoards, coverin4 hoards, and did her other et. ►sage. The pumps were kept constantly roinr. An American 4Cllollllrf, fermi New York, nth*** hairs of tobacco on board, was taken on the Lkit off the coast of Ireland, by It XS. Sappho. The 1• ' lola, 11'at1011, passage vessel, between Dim and Calais, missed stays at Dover, daring a heavy pie at S. by W. on Sunday, went to pieces, and n•as total wrecked. Crew saved. The Vriendositap, Hong, from Fnklotysen to Roam. was c.irrie.l into the Tem.!, on the 25th ult. with damage, and bring leaky 'oust discharge to repair. The Alida, Cges, from London, was carried into New Diep, on the 26th nit. by the assistance of two pilot boats with damage to her sails and rigging. The Maria, de grout, from liavannah to Amsterdam, ran on shore on the Coast of Florida, on the lith of Angust, tint was _tot off, after discharging part of lot (-men, and intended to proceed to Passau to repair. The Columba., —, from 'jammer; and Cowes, is boat off the Tem.!. The tlercurius, Scheneckel, from Stralsund to Lee. I don, was totally l ost at Schuler, near Mandeb!, on the 21st Sept. Crew saved. The William and Isabella, Lesk, of North Shields, for Molds, was totally lost on Sep. 24th, near Bergen. Fast of the rigging saved. The Fame, Illinnett, from Sendawall to Hell. as totally kbet an the 3rd nit, on °regretted, Belief Botb nia. Crew and cargo saved—part of the crew errivet at Hull on Sunday. The Charles, Henry, Phillips from Wexford to tondos. sprung a leak on entering Milford, en the 29th ult. spot and tilled, and was driven on shore ender St. Asst Lights; about 1001/ firkins of better sand. Ths crew, with the exception of the master and OM boy.ingt drouned. AxrwEep, Orr. n.—The Release, Aaron, from Lee don, is still missing, and great apprehensions are eine, tained for her safety. Yframorre, Om. 31.—A Hnmher keel was p i cked ep yesterday off I,owestelfe, by some (tortured and towed ea to the beach at the hack of the pier, which is supposed to have Imes upset during the late gales, as every thing is washed off the deck. Cr ce %ram, OCT. 23.—The tlissiulppl, Johennuon, from New Orleans to Bremen, is brought in here by fishing srmoics, with logs of mast, anchors, and cables, mid ship awd cargo defogged. The Anna Sophia, Coe- Delius, from "Rio Janeiro, bound for Hamborgh, struck on the Vogel Sand, on the 24th last. and was, with her cargo, totally lost; the captain and crew saved, with the exception of three hands who drifted of in the boat', and it is feared ihey are lost. Qratire, Set. I I.—The Marv, of Coleraine, —, wartl-bonnd, is on shore near L'lslette, and it is feared will bo totally lest. - - VESIIII.I sNaax wl7lll.—Pallas, on the lith ult. in lat. 39. 4. ion. IV. from Liverpool for Gibraltar, by the Grace, arrived at Plymouth. Ileory, on the 19th ult. in lat. 47. 44. lon. 3. 30. from Quebec fur London, by the Maria, arrived at Plymouth. . 4; 144 ~ ;. .~`:~ • .... From the Conan-arta Herold, it appears, that lit &ogress of the Methodists, though somewhat checked ill England, .rontinnes to advance in America. Ar cording'ta the Minutes of the anneal Cuohtenses for the Year IS2O, we find that they had 904 14411 010 11 "Poacherw,"besides 15 irfpernotneraries, and 4! or annuated, and that the nosoher of individuals retrial to the Conferences were 217,649 whites, and 34,7 D people of rolonr. The total dad year was 240,9iit and this year 955,9,41, making no increase this year 40 15 . 95 7. Three rim-nits in the baltimore l'onfee tore were net returned ; hot allowing the numbers $ he the same this 3ear as She last, they amount to 3.10 k witirh, added to the above, will make an increase sl 19,366. 31ARRI RD. Oa Ilse Itint an.. at Cordiallos. Joggling,' Chapman. Egli /1011 of Abed Chapman. Rel., of Woodford. in Esies. ARM', eldest daugilter of heob Foster Reynolds, Rat..6 l tarelbalUm, la Kerrey. DIED. On the 3th nit., at Gibraltar, Jane, Ilse wife of Jolla Vet ROIL Req.. lambent. Oa Um NM ask— al his apartments at tdiagtou. JI limiter, fan., late of nt. Joie-streete Clerksawaii, eirr asgent) -foe r. Oa Tenthly lad, beloved sad lammated by all aim hot, at the residence Ober sack, Air. Jams Walker.% ,•_ _ _ _ I 1 re. "' o WN% Marl Adva. Adam et Ur. Wain filenpaetkey. (hit a* all, Ralph Seals. Rog. of filihres.d, ag4 evewatt4 re. • Mal " , Mod. •ftbllabad ea Mir al "Tea liallreasase* art." iimiemingnmege; S i n teat ig li MI. 81 : i• c1 = 1 0 hn tegateSail le ba NAlterett- i