The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-10-23 00:00:00

~an• I ~ r ..-01TLAND. A melancholy occurrence took place in Gothala. Clasgow, on Tuesday afternoon :—Two men called at alms. and had a bottle of ale, one of tient went to the door and almost immediately the report of a pis-, tol was beard. The landlord entered the room and saw the unfortunate suicide lying on the door. The than had placed the pistol to his forehead and the up per portion of his head was completely blown et,: He belonged to Kirkintilloch where he occupied a re spectable situation for nearly 40 years. His companion was taken into custody, but was subsequently dis missed, after being examined by the Fiscal. As the whale-ship Achilles was snaking Dundee harbour on Thursday forenoon, she was, by the care lessness of the pilot, it is said, run against the powder o .„„;azine. The eastern turret of the magazine was laid in ruins by the shock and the bowsprit of the ship was also broken. The Achilles brought borne three boats' crews belonging to the Dexterity, of Leith. which was lost among the ier.—(Thrndee ildrertirter.) The following distressing circumstance happened at Preston island, on the evening of Sunday the 7th just. Four fine young men, in the employ of Messrs. 'Thomson and White, salt-makers, left that place in a boat to visit their friends at Borrowstownness, a die • tante of two miles ; and when returning at night amid a dreadful tempest of wind and waves, their boat • upset, and one of them was carried along the stormy 71-: , steep, and went down no more to rise , the other three • + 1 0' 4 4:: • ' by this time had clung to the keel, and their cries ....'.;k : were heard by the inhabitants of that dreary rock, Who, with the utmost speed, attempted to come to their assioance ; the storm, however, roaring louder and louder, rendered every attempt fruitless, till Mr. James Thompson, at the risk of his life, succeeded in getting a boat out to their relief, but ere that time another of the unfortunate mess had been unable to keep his hold, and went down to a watery grasp; theother two were quite exhausted and could not have survived notch longer; they were conveyed to the island, where every thing was done to restore animation, which happily succeeded. The corpses of the two that were drowned were not found till next day. On Friday, the 12th curt. a game at quoits, for a considerable wager, took place at Ilusbie, between a party of farmers, belonging to that neighbourhood, and a party a tradesmen from Cartnunnock ; when after a very keenly contested game of sixty-two shots, the former gained by fifteen. The players then re tired to the principal inn in the village, where they regaled themselves very plentifully with excellent " whiskey punch ;" after which they again proposed taking the field to try who would throw a quoit, four Ills. weight, farthest. The moon by this time had climbed the highest hill in all Carmannock ; however, with her assistance, and the additional lustre of two lighted candles, they commenced. Various wonderful feats of strength, accompanied by art, were displayed at the throwing of the quoit—victory was at last sle dared in favour of a knight of the shuttle, belonging to •the Carmannock party, who sent it whistling through the air thirty six yards; being two yards far ther than any of his nompetitere, a little to the dis •cmtifiture of the moreeobust sons of the 'Gawk, who, with a little warmth declared, " It was uncaciaftlike to be beat by a weaver." The following singular visitation was paid to Lin lithgow-jail on Sunday last. As one of the prisoners was breathing a little free air through the iron grat ings of the window, he was accosted in the following minuet by a stranger a native of England. " How long bast thou been there ?" " A good many weeks." " Host thou expect to be much longer confined ?" The prisoner replied that he did not expect to be re lieved yet !Before the expiration of a few weeks.— " Ilast thou wherewithal' to support thyself?" said the inquisitive stranger. "lint very sparingly," was the reply; " I have but one shilling a day for aliment, and of that fourpence to pay to the jailer." " Thy situation is very hard, but I will try and do some little for thee." Upon saying so be retired, and in a short while called upon the jailer with a quarters loaf and a shoulder of mutton under his arm, and asked if he ct:ssld have access to these criminals. "They are not criminals," said the jailer;'" they are persons con fined for debt." " I beg pardon," said the open hearted stranger, " my intention is not to insult, but to relieve the prisoners, and if you will give we per mission, I wish to be introduced to them." This hum b:e philanthropist was Introduced, and, presenting the lasf and mutton to the prisoners, said, "Gentlemen, it is but little. I have in my power, but what little I have 1 am willing to share with you." The prisoners, sit in number, heartily thanked the generous stranger fvr Isis kindness, and he could hardly be prevailed eeon to take the loaf and mutton with hint, although it :Ippeared from what he told of his circumstances, t' at he could but ill spare the articles he so ;l Lt.lavely offered. The above anecdote of an humble irAliwitlital may suggest some profitable reflections to *Lose who move in a higher sphere of life; and it is not unereditable to the prisoners, that on this occa sion they were satisfied with the abstract idea of be eevulence. Bats Tot, Om 20.—Wednesday evening last a man of genteel appearance, went to an Irishwoman's fruit basket, near the Draw-bridge, and requested a penny worth of nuts, which he put in his hat, giving Ake woman a shilling to change. 4d on her refusing it, he •produced sicpence, Mhiela shileturned, as being coon- Prfeits ; the fellow then with an oath threw the nuts Lack into the basket, and went off. The woman, on replacing them, perceived a roll of paper, which was' found on inspection to contain a quantity of half crowns and shillings of base coia.—The envelope was 'a travelling silversmith's bill, with a blank left for the name and residence. On Tuesday evening last, as the Bristol Mail coach was leaving hlarlboroagh, the horses took fright and overturned it, by which accident the coachman's skull •was fractured, and he died the next morning. The •guard was Much hurt in one of his ems, but is in a talc way of tecovery. There were font inside and three outside passengers, but we are hipKr in being' able to state that all esead without material injury. .eeitept one gentleman. Wale in a hiie.way of doing 'well. The passengersillolll. that not the teest.biame can be' attached. to the. rotebnian, *he utas - one of tbs‘ iiiiust sober. stonily deivtitelots thirvual. •He has .beet .*Mow fenr children' t• bilail thelhee of their support . . - •• . ‘• • • . f t '' . ..._ - ) 4z. t MEI . t 1 i r 1 I i THE STATCSMA Xi • LAW IXTELLIGENCR. COM& OF KING'S BENCH.--Illossei Oar. W. The Court sat this day In Banco at the Sessions PEARSON V. OURS?. This was a question reseeding the right to demand toll upon a new road made from Nantwich to the County Palatine of Chester, Before an Act in time 59th of Oeo. l l 1., upon which the question in this caws arose, there existed a turnpike.road leading from Pros ston to Wilders Pool, in the county of Cheshire, which was free from toll; and it was contended, that the Trustee? ander the 59th of the late King had endea •vonred, without authority, to deprive persons going to the Duke of Bridgwater's canals of the exemption which they enjoyed upon the old road. The Court decided, after the question had been argued by MT. PARKE and Mr. Jonas, that the right of persons going to the Duke of Bridgwater's canals by the old road was untouched; at the same time, the trustees had power to take toll from those who went over the new road. MERRAY 11. TUE EAST INDIA COMPANY. The Plaintiff in this case was representative of the administrator of a Gentleman named Hope, and the as was brought against the East India Company upon aesumpeit, to recover the amount of four bills of exchange accepted by the defendants. The Jury foiled a verdict for 35,9351. An arrest of judgment having been moved upon several objections in favour of the East India Company, it was made a special case, anti came this day before the Court for judgment. The facts appeared to be these :—Mr. Hope, a mer chant, who had been resident in India,desirons of return ing to England, vested hisproperty in East India Bills. which he transmitted to an agent named Carr, i n with a Power of Attorney to all that was necessary for receiving money on his account. 'I be Bills were sent in h letter by one ship, and Mr. Hope embarked in another ; namely, the Jane Duchess of Gordon, which was lost in a gale of a ind off the Isle of France, and Mr. Hope, with his family perished. The Bilis were re received by Carr, who, acting under his power of Attor ney, indorsed them to Carr and Davis. 1 t did not appear that the proceeds ever found their way into the hands of Mr. Hope's representatives. The administrator, _ ames Murray, died, and the second Administrator, John Murray, brought the present action against the Com pany, on the ground that they ought to have paid the bills to tl:e personal representatives of the deceased, and nut to Carr, who was nut authorised to indorse the Bills.—Several questions were reserved in the special case for the consideration :•f the Court : First, Whether an action of assumpsit wou'd lye against the Defendants, who are a Corporation ? Secondly, Whether Carr was authorised to indorse the bills ? Thirdly, Whether the Statute of Limitations applied to the Bills ? And finally, Whether it u•a; not necessary to in crease the verdict by adding interest ? If the Court were of opinion the action could not be sustained, judgment would go for the Defendants. If the Court found that Carr, nutlet the power of at torney, was not authorised to indorse the bills, a new trial would be granted. If the Court considered the bills within the statute of limitations, the verdict would be setosidc ? Mr. CAMPBELL this day *primed for "the Plaielift, and argued all the points in succession, contending for the right of the administrator to discover. Mr. Jessue on the other side, argued for the East India Company, which, from the peculiar circum stances of the case, were justified in taking adval'age ()revery legal objection. After Mr. CAMPBELL had been heard in reply— The LORD CHIEF JCATICe intimitted, that the Court would consider the points, and they ordered an affi davit to be made with respect to the time when the demand for payment of the bills was first made by the administrator. - they had undeqtase considerable alterations, yet their Wend/ was not destroyed, and she felt no hesitation in swearing to them. Mc. Moore accompanied the witness to the defend ent's shop, and without saying any thing respecting the immediate object of their visit, be left his watch to be repaired, and immediately obtained a search warrant, which was executed by Plank, the officer, ' Wag accompanied by the witness. On ente ing the defendant's shop, the officer inquired whether he had bought articles similar to those the witness had seen, since the 12th of February? but the defendant refused to answer any question. Plank said, there were some of the articles in the window, and rrqnested them to be handed to the witness, which was done. The several articles were here produced in Court, anti identified by the witness, who stated, that 500 rings were handed to him in the defendant's shop, but he felt no difficulty in distinguishing his own from all the rest. Plank proved his having executed the search war rant at the defendant's house ; that the defendant refused to tell from whom he had purchased the articles, saying he had,taken legal advice, kind that it was almost impossible for him to know, as be kept no books. Mr. Illhuore identified the stone of one of the rings which he had given to his wife, after it had been a long time in his possession. The cue for the prose cution closed her.. Mr. Ataxy addressed the Jury fair the defendant; he said, the only question was, did the defendant, at the time he purchased the articles in question, know they bad been stolen? There was no evidence to shew that he did, but every circumstance went to prove that be did not; they were all publicly exposed for sale in his window, and if he had been conscious they had been dishonestly come by, he might elsily have dis posed of them in a different manner. Mr. ALLEY railed twelve respectable witnesses, who all gave the defendant a most excellent character. The CliAlkaLt !V, in charging the Jury, said, that the defendant's conduct in refusing to tell how he became possessed of the articles in question, made it a ease of strong suspicion. The Jury, after deliberating a consilerahle pronounced a verdict of Ouiliy. The CHAI3MAN addressed the det-ttilant, and said, the crime of whirls he had been (mind guilty was one so injurious to the public in its consequences, and 5,, difficult of detection, that a conviction must be fol lowed by a heavy punishment ; the excellent character • that bad been given him, had been allow td its due weight, and the judgment of the Court was, that he should be imprisoned 1$ months. On the sentence being pronounced, the prisoner addressed the Conti, anti earnestly entreated that lie might be allowed to produce witnesses, who Fad seen the !cones in his pos session before he had manufactured them into the articles produced on his trial. lie declared there were six persons in Court who could prove that fact, and why they had not b.•en called he could not tell. Mr. .1 Lt.ey and Mr. Anot.enus declared there were no witnesses named in their briefs. The defendant persevered in declaring that he had given the names of his witnesses to his solicitor. The Coctrr said he was too late in his application, these could be no doubt but he had been well de tended. Atr elperimast for saving lives front sl.ipwreck on Mr. Trengronse's principle, which promises to be al great utility, has been tried with succesnin Yarmouth roads by Rear-Admiral Spranger. It consisted in dinging, by a rocket, aline from the ship to the shore, and when the communication is once established, bind ing to that a deep sea-line, or an of the running rig ging, aud when those reach the shore, a larger rope, sufficiently strong to bear four men in a chair, which is pulled on shore by means of a small :rope, and re turned empty to the ship for a fresh cargo. Th e chair was on shore in five minutes, after the firing of the rocket. The station of the Greyhound, revenue cutter, is transferred from Weymouth; and the Lion, revenue' cutter from Jersey to this tow,. The former has this week seized, off Weymouth, a smuggling vessel. with her cargo and crew, and the latter a boat with 56 tuba of spirits, which was cut away from a large vetoel which escaped from the Lion.—(Plymoeth Pririut.) On Thursday arrived at the Motherbenk, the A uteri can brig, Dryade, George Wilson master, from Peters burgh in Virginia (United States.) It appearing on examination by the superintendent of Quarantine, that one man had died during the voyage, and that two others of the crew were thrti ills on board with fever, the medical gentleman who is alwayscalled on in cases of this kind, visited alongside, and, as a precautieo for the safety of the public health, the vessel was placed under quarantine. One of the sick men died ou Friday ; the other is fast recovering. The death of Mrs. Sarah Bond, who died Intestate, sad immensely rich, haring excited much inquiry as to her relatives, we are induced to insert the folloeing' death from our obituary of the 20th Apt% 1773 : " Died, Mrs. Mary Dom!, a maiden Lady, at Upton, near Windsor, supposed fro have died worth upwards of 50,0001. u greater part of which she left to her sister, an elderly womin, wlta keeps a shop in South wark."—(Leeds Mereitry.) It is reported %but a Jury will speedily be-tailed upon to decide t)ta legality of claims, embracing, it is said, nearly two-thirds of the valuable property long enjoyed br . the Corporation of a Borough Town : in the West, not 100 miles from this city. The claitit-: l ent is a very poor men, and Very sanguine of success. Want of the " ways and means" is the reason as signed for delay, and these it should seem are now Amply provided by a gentleman -(Exeter Gaz•ette.) When there- were Three.. former Lottery, Blew sold _ _ Three of that ere the olds, troth Three' against suc► odds, hare far selling ' more than will dttegelise. and the very I one of rinse f' a rdauss tpsl having cow MA*IIION•NOCit.--Mse Ldrcl . P 4 arm r mentioned Tn , terdar, that in consequence of the pubileatimas oy s h e affecting case of the robbery of an orphati.. poor mid industrious girl, of tbirty•six sovereigns, time ibt og , from ten years bard !about ; he had been applied 1;; by several benevolent persons who thought that Ai injury might he repaired witliont much diffieulty, hi a subscription of the amount of the loss. His LaMar* said be heartily concurred in the proposal made hi these persons, as the unfortunate girl had no frieak. was now utterly destitute, and be was informed .rh a i the loss had a most alarming effect on her mind. Sh was subject to fits, and which dreadful visitation p t vented her from obtaining employment, and rende te g hem altogether one of the greatest objects of Chariti that he had beheld in the course of his experlear t. His Lordship intimated that he Should subscribe hi s two guineas, and that he had already received 21. L' K from a benevolent individual at Ilomerton, who hit been struck with the case that haul appeared in dui public papers, as one which had peculiar claims apomi the charitable. His Lordship expressed his willing ness to receive any donations that the applicants might forward to him, and to see to their applicatiss to the relief of time unhappy object. Bow-silt Ct: T.—Ye st erda y a person who has hithert o borne a respectable character in society, was brought np in the custody of Salmon, inc of the principal of. fivers, and tinderwtot a private examination on a charge of having defrauded the Statup-otfice under circum. stances of rather a curious nature. It is a custom at the Stamp office to make a certain allowance to the holders of damaged or useless stamps, epos their being returned to time olEce. Some time agnate tleleudank, who, in his prof. asion, h. s occasion for a great num, her of stamps, ret.trned one such as is used for the pm bate of a wiil, and the price of which originally is 301. The clerks upon examining this stamp disco. vereil some marks of ink upon it, and it struck them that it had been used and the waiting afterwards obli• termed in tinier that it :night be returned, and the ill• lowaner n•om.y obtained. Tio St.tettp was shewn to the totamit , ,i.mrr , , and arm being- further examined, lit wes asem.m . t.mined beyond in doubt that it h a d h ers arts :, and, %Olen it became usL!ess, the writing dal 1.,•11.ii 4 . xi .'neteli f.. 11.11 it by a eltvutieal process. The ii,,, , a..lant a as il cmoequener ail:wi-hended. - - - POLICE. • •-..01.;.- , • . . r..I.LkEWs atremitif on behalf of prlinner, ; as contended lbat tin. stamp LA neve r b ee% us. i , and that theref re no fraud had herneatuusittrd. .:n examination of nearly hen hours , Inratios, , !.-fendint was nravreJ to find h ill, himself in 2001. :.t o eties in lOW. each for his appearauceos s futu:i. i!Ay. A yeeng lady wan told by a-married Indy that ilia had better precipitate herself from off the Passaic falls into the basin beneath. than wqrrv. The young' lady replied, “ I would if I thought I should find a her Gaud at the bottom." 1 bird, of very nitcomaiWil appearance in this Belch. bourhood,called in Noritemberland the goltletrkeuled wren, was seen lately near Loogtown. ft is. Amin the size of the humming bird, has a beautiful totter bright red on its brad, and the feathers of itswings ass tan. negated colours. The Herring Fisliery at St. Ives Isegths to he pm ductive ; and it ig iy4ped. Wit is temsttelegni make amends for the %ETV unpropitious pilchard see. son, which has just passed. POST OFFICE REVEIECE.--.11 is expected that there will he a great increase in the Post Office Revenue this Quarter, from the influx of Country Letters with Orders far Tickets and Shares for Newt. Toespar's Drawing, when the First Prize will have Thirty Thousand Pounds Money.. A CASE (MASAI. Dorrneas.—A melancholy wiriest happened at Denby Grange, on Friday afternoon, the 12th just. Timothy Cutlwodh, of l'ow Lerch, a penes ranch respected in the line of his profession, went now companied by tint farmer, or any (0.1116 farming Ida rants, into a paddock, at Denby-Orange, to look ate favourite bull : the animal had betore that period shows symptoms of dislike to the unfortunate man, whom hi then attacked with the greatest fury ; the walls of the paddock being seven feet high, the pour fellow failed in his endeavour to make his escape, by means of the wall, and feli, when he. was so shockingly tossed sod gored as to occasion his death, which tleok place es Tuesday evening. The hull was shot and sold at the Kaye's Arms lain, Grange Ash, by the Pound, for the benefit of the poor widow, who is now left destitute of support, with six helpless children. Acci DENT AT TIIK REGENTS P‘RK BARRACKS.--SatoP day night, about eleven o'cloca, the inmates of the New Barracks in the Regent's Park were thrown into the greatest confusion and alarm, in consequence of the led wing of the hospital, which is situated at the north eel of the building, falling down with a tremendous ensh. The troop had nearly retired to rest when the crush was heard, and the greatest fear was entertained for tha safety of the invalids who were in the building, at for the Hospital Corporal and his wife and yonos c dren, who occupied a room near to the sick-ward. h' mediate assistance was rendered, and the invalids wee removed without sustaining any injury, and distributed in the Barracks. 'flue - wife anal family of the Hospital Corporal were in bed fast asleep at the time the bail& ing fell, bet luckily the latter was up, and beard ten& ing noise previous to the accident, and be awoke hie family and put them out of the window in a naked stale+ whereby they were rescued from evident destmcdoe, ss the building fell the instant the whole of its lomat* left it. The canoe assigned for the accident is, Oa . foundation of the Hospital having been very hum : consequence of a vast quantity of water having eve It" it, the workman had been employed in the day din* a drain to let the water off, and it is supposed they se' Armin's! the building too munch. The part now stalk ing has been shored up by supporters, and workmate% employed in clearing away the rnhh.sli. delay, and these it should seem are now . Al AMU ED. rided by a gentleman who espouses hi s cause. Letely.et Christ Church; Wish* Mr. IV. Pei 6f t he Gazette.) Plough Hotel. Weston-super-Mare. to Mrs. Mary Peat hers were Three 30,0001. money Prizes in a after cmi rt rt i s t t l i tZat "w or n t ( l i ie " h a r , ii t t hi Ileirngthierrd fourt h esbee bads d ea: . ttery, Bisit. 104 Om AP !!! There are the nen day. sail denierultel his u:L faithful rib. hat denomination in the present Lottery, what pis, !lean net also sell the whole ol( DIED. P s Ile? The Clalnces cert ai nly are great! On tbe.ltith Instant, agezt UU, a ft er nearly two y ears', e h a i l e ven t. b u t t w i ny persons, is spits of tag 'Ad illness, Mr. W. Angus. •t• beeited ittsleS lock, se 'ite is reamOrkablei .Os the stud inst.. at his hoesein Neu Kest-row!. in tier Thirty ThOusawd.Poseut.Prizesphselatt ila bt .glettc fit. to the ieexpressible grirr us his widow and tam half•if Aland hare erre haul. A•llaW diltsi el nice midst War. log betlitis twit Tlteadt . h on the kith heaves hi tbel9d yea A• P. Driver. Esq. in the 67th yesr of his age. Ma At Woohele , • • 4 dis t geli• s tee, Timone Bersett,.Salt- gereae s P er - ery firstqffille; Oman OAS deb is aefeAe *et* - ie , florekThititnra.si , . ......_.....-.c....,....__-_ 11 . '--atillzwit- riutect. and Penthilled at the we d fellte!NOrMiells.PelleW riir i.drips. 4flo...___.___ ...__ T ..... v Tios,.(swor lik 01,WOM011g • IAV? trona., • bp, , • t IsTATEMI AN OW •il ig ‘ , OIO I I I TV _ ~...___,..... t f a../ ' . Wiper). N0..1411. Wowed. oppesiSe t4t. tilemeers6A7.::: lesat she!lltsliteflsKlk‘f • _ a ■ 41P /Ira fell ,4o `l :: .bgAlh-WARDAII. I ... Norriiweeet-lotwr te wawa a n 1 " - ; 414411414 - . I n ,•••• a i NP.c :ti .... .. I • ataaleasiawsrPrarft aar af's 1 14, 4 ' 451 b " WrelM4. uiplete4 IN CHANCERY. %in% r. O'Rutta.v.—Some of the papers having pnhlished an exparte statement, which obtained the plaintiff an injunction against the defendant in this cause, we think it right to inform our readvrs, that a motion (founded on the defendant's affidavit in reply) was made to dissolve the injunction, and at the special request of the Lord Chancellor, was heard before his Honor the Master of the Rolls at his residence, Can nons, near Edgeware, when the several affidavits were ' read, and after his Honour had perused the same, he said, it did not appear that gaming to any extent had taken place, not more than was usual when gentlemen met at a Watering Place, nor was there, in any part of his conduct, the least cause for the slightest imputa don on the character of Mr. O'Reilly. Previous to his Honour making any order in the cause, the parties came to an amicable arrangement, and the injunction was dissolved by petition and mutual consent, and the dissolution of the Partnership will appear in the Kest Gazette. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. These Sessions commenced yesterday before FRANCIS CossT, Esq. Chairman, and an unusually full bench of Magistrates. Thomas Dame was indicted for having in his poses sites on the 21st of August last, one pair of dianiond ear-ritsgs, value 50/. one pearl ring. I/. one turqnoise stone set in gold, value 2/. and one gold ell2ifl, value 2/. the property of Ueorge Ellinore, he (the defendant) knowing the same to have been stolen. The defendant is a jeweller in Regent-street, and heretofore of high character. The present charge excited great interest, and the Coutt was crowded to excess. Blesses. AN. :maws and WALFORD were for the prosecution, and Messrs. ALLxv and-AnoLettes defended tbeprisoner. Mrs. El!more, the wife of the prosecutor, was the first witness examined. She stated, that she was pos sessed ef the articles named in the indictment, in the month of February last, at which time a lad of the name of Mitchell, who bad been in her husband's service, absconded, and they suspected him of baying robbed them of property to a very considerable amount. This boy had since been convicted of as, otistir.offwese, and the witness was abet to state the contests of a letter that he had seat whet, bet eke was prevented:by.the Conti, as it cella not be received stsavidsnce;'she:therefun 'aide that , 1 " • use , ef-assuetbing• she+ had heard, sites was Wand iss ga sa tiewdefesulant'cshep, where , elreoljeesvered Nigeria aktichasealk her prams, in **WO