The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-04-17 00:00:00

1 ~... 1 k . \ 1 ,_ , 1, , A , !• E 1: LAW INTELLIGEN.C* •. • COURT OF BINS'S BENCH, Amts 16. CRIaIiNA t NFR M OATION..• Mr. GAasow moved tot. It ride to shew cause why criminal infoneadon shOuld nut be filed against Lioutemunt Henry VyPe, Of the Royal.. Navy, for 'endeavouring* , provoke Mr. Brightly, a Geutleman in the Commission of the Peace, to a breads or the , peace. it appeared, from the• affidavits read, that - an application IA been mills to Mr. Brightly, in his capacity of a Justice of the Peace, , for a warrant against' Mrs. Vyse, who, it would seem, it the mo ther of Lieutenant Yvse, fear an assault.. Ont of o•pect to the Ladd', the warrant, instead of being served on her, sia4 &livered to her husband ; and Mr: Brightly interfered no - farther, but left the mat ter to be decided by the Bench of Magistrates. On the afternoon of the day en which the case bad come before the Bench of Magistrates, but as to the deci sion of which Mr. Brightly was ignorant, he was at.' taeked in his own grounds in a ,very uncourtly man. ncr, by a person whom he did' not know, but who tamed out to be Lieutenant . Vyse. This person, laying a stick which he held ill his hand on Mr. lkightly's shoulder, told him he would not horse whip him, as that would entitle him to take the law of him; but that he was a rascal, bad used his (the person's) owl,* ill, and that he might take that (the stick)liir.,* horsewhip. The person, who was then in the ataktnele of quitting Mr. Brightly again terned to littnitWd That' you MOy notmisun derstand me, my name it Henry Vyse, I a Lie.sa tenant in fhe Navy, anal you know where to find 'sue."—Rule to shew cause granted. • • ANNUITY ON THE LIFE OF BONAPARTE. GILBERT V. al RES BART. 4. Mr. PAR% moved foT a role to shew cause why the • verdict for the Defendant in this case should not be set aside, and a new trial granted. The cause came on to be tried before Mr. Baron Thompson, at the last York Assizes, and was brought to recover at' annuity of one guinea per day, which the Defeod ant had undertnken, fur a valuable consideration, to . Izeto the Plaintiff', during the iife of Bonaparte.— Jury had found for the Defendant, awl the ' Iftarned Counsel now moved to have this verdict set :vide, as being contrary to the whole evidence addn ctd on the trial, amid also, as being contrary to the recommendation of the Judge. • The evideitce adduced on the trial amounted to thiq, that, at a dinner at which the Plaintiff, the Rev. WM. Gi!bert, and Sir Mask Sykes, the Defendant, were present, held Gang the ?alert interval of peace after the Treaty of Amiens, a conversation took place as to the instability of Bonaparte's sway, and the precarious tenure by which. he held existence, when Sir Mark said, that if any person would give i him WM. he would eugage to pay such person one Tuinea per day during the natural life of Bonaparte. his was immediately taken up by the Plaintiff, who said it was a &win, stud that be took the bet. The matter was little thought of afterwards by the com.l pony, who slid. not think the parties hail been serious. But, on the followingriey, the Plaintiff wrote to the Defendant, reminding him of - their bet, and inclosiug a Bank-note for 100 i. in performance of his part of : the bargain. This was so far recognized and acceded to by the Defendant, that he kept the 1001. and went on for three years afterwards, paying the Plain. tilf the stipulated guinea per day. The Learned Judge, on the trial, told the Jury that this was to be considered as in the nature of an annuity, and that, 'as such, the Plaintiff was entitled to a verdict; but the Jury, contrary to the evidence, and also to the recommendation of the Judge, found for the De fendant. . Lord Er.t.mcsououcn agreed that the claim of the Plaintiff was to be regarded as in the nature of an annuity. There were cases of annuities, however, to which that Court would not give effect ; as for instance, where the annuity depended on an indivi dual being of one or other of the two sexes ; or where two foolish attornies chase to makes betas to a rule of that Court. His Lordship did not says, however, that the present case came under any of these exceptions. He thought the question was worthy of being argued, and therefore the Learned Counsel might take his rule.—Rule to show cause grauted. OLD BAILEY. -...m.- Yesterday twelve Prisoners were tried, ten of whom were convicted of felony,.aud two were ac quitted. Same day the Sessions ended, when sentence of death was passed on Henry Shippey, for a highway robbery ; Thomas Flannigan, Neil Daley, Joseph. Tbompmo, alias Joseph Woolinan Thomp son, and George Smith, for forgery Elizabeth Bura. William Webster, and hosailoali Webster, for privately stealing is a shop ; George Little, for highway robbery; gcsantlab Eaton and William Price, for stealing in a dwelling-bow t William Harper and Natagsw amiak, for tiorgisoy r 4 f Dartirjlellboposio s Oar boy mooting ; and Joel Ware, fir van frovairmspnrta tion.—Two west *Wool to be transported or ; life, viz. John IVbitcthair antillehaii Carron; one for 14 years, viz. Amos Aeon; and 1111lan Ivrea yean,_ viz. Jahn Cook, ERN Abra hams Robert Welr.,-Leep it'auweav Jobe Pitcher. Thomas Watkiumn. Jobs Hughey, Ann Stews% James Stamp-Sutton • Cooke. William Mike, blizabedi Matberell. Mary Deck, laun-A Dawson, Bian Evans, James Pitkaatbley, John Itol comb, John Brown, John King, and •Heary laznrus ; three were ordered to be imprisoned in the House of Correctibn for two years each; nine for one year, and nine for six calendar months each, io the 'num gin! ; seven to. be imprisoned in New par for 'anions ileviods; four to be privately and right publicly wIiIPPed ; 15 judgments respited ; nine fined Is. eaeli and dis eaarged; and lO discharged byproclatuation. On the 9th inst. two men, natives of Engltind, who lately came from London to Leith by one of the smacks, were apprehended at Glasgow, It is that they took a house in Ddinburgh, undetr pretence of setting up a hotel ; and having procured furniture for it from a number of persons, they, on Tuesday night, loaded two carts in L•ith, with the most va luable articles, and dispatched them early on Wed nesday morning for this town, themselves following In one of the coaches.--Intimation having been prom•otly forwarded by Mr. Donovan, the superb'. tend:nit of police at Leith, officers were in suiting, • who seized upon the carts on their arrival here, and the two men were taken into ousto(ly, when makin7., enquiries at the carrier's quarters. They are well dressed, good looking men, and gave themselves out t,)•be Wothers—they were examine) yesterday fore. reein; enttsent off this morning to Edinburgh, under a *toper escort. They call themselves Thom: and 141.T:rain. Watts.--<Ghtsgow Nor.) • TII 1 - ....... a ---"Er— • • CURIOUS OCCURRENCR..- • - lleititip PrtiltriEßrri Ea' I tplin . RZEN. .___. . --........_ mho , . .......- , Basr-mtaserr.—Wednestlay evening,* nee a the Coast, Aram o.—On Tuesday se'nnight last, at a very early hour of the morning, two murders, of most eatrionlinary investigations took place before . Mr. Nasal, the Sitting Magistrate, that eve!' ails- the *sat atrocious and shocking character that c o uld graced a civilieed country, respectingtvto beings in appear upon record, were committed on the lands of the shape of men, whose conduct proved that they t Castle Jane, in the neighbourho o d of Skibb ereen . could not possess intellects superior to beasts. l The narrative, in which the tragical occurrence h as been stated to us, mentions, that, on the Mo n d a y longing to the Office, appeared, that. on the same evening as Croker, be might previous, William Horan, Kai. of el on t a ll, was passing along the lhmp near the Above place, havi n g had occ asion to se n d a stead-road, he observed at a short dietance befo re him hr o men on a wall, and directly after, he 0b... man (the only son of a po o r w id6w) with a s um o f served the tallest of them, a stout man, about six money to Cork, he, after having received the ne cessary instructions concerning his business to tow n , feet high,* liangipg by his neck froma lamp-post at- cessary departed from Mr. Horan's, about the hour of t en 'ached to the wall, being that instant tied up , and turned off deliberately by the short man ; this very I o'clock that night, for Castle Jane, and had pro funexpected and extraordinary sight astonished and seeded but a short way from home on the followi ng `alarmed the Officer; he mule up to the spot with all morning, when he was attacked, robbed, and s u b se - Ppossible speed, and just after he arrived there , t h e quently murdered, in a manner as barbarous in per. 11211 man, who had been hanged, fell to the ground. f petration, as it k revolting to the sense of cisilized society to endure. Time first effort used towards .Croker produced his staff, said he was an Officer, I 1 effecting the diabolical deed, is supposed to have and demanded to know of the other man the cause ; been strangulatiou, as no traces of bleed cordd he I a such extraordinary conduct ; in . the mean time , red ; after . which, they - carried the lady a I the mall who had been hanged - recovered from the discovered t 'effects of his suspension, got up, slid on finding Croa: the sea-side, a little below the Lepp Bridge. Here, distance of nearly,half a mile across the field., to i ker interfering, gave him a violent bloat on the nose, 1 which nearly knocked him backwards. The short the savage barbarians, after hating stripped the however,', nfortunate man If every article of wearing appa ,lnan was then endeavouring to make off; PI" eel, severed his head from his body, afterwards the Officer procuredassistance, w , c l Wel) . the were secured, and brought to the above °fix, when mangled the. tly threat the trunk of the body into carcaie in the most disfigured condi the account the fellows gave of themoetre wata Hat' tics, and la stly they worked toiet her on. Caul& 1.3 1 a7 had Weer iT; , the -wet*, placing a stew 'we ' uwe Of his legs ; but . company together en W.dnesday afternosii, h" ! whatbecame of the decapitated member, no person tossed up with hotf-penea for money, and afterwards can inform, nor is it of use to know, more than that for their clothes : the tail man, who was hanged, lit has not since been found. Not satisfied with this won The otherarjacket,trowsere; and shoes. They sanguinary act, they (as there is but too sufficient ithen, in the most 'Wanton manner, and worse dwell reason to ,beliere, them the same party), proceeded I brutes, tossed up who should hang each other. Thu to the house of the mother of the unhappy victim, short one won that toss, and they got upon the wallsi murdered her likewise, and threw the body into an The one to submit, and the other to carry their sa • l. adjoining pond near the house of Castle Jane l -1 rage conduct into execution on the lamp-iron. 'ay The remains of the man were not discovered until :loth -agreed, in this statement. The tali one, who' Friday last, 'while an Inquest was holding on the ! had been hanged, said, if he won the toss, he would body of the poor widow, his mother, upon which have hanged the other. He said he then felt the ef.. a Jury was immediately summoned by Jonas Mor fects on Mt neck of the . time he was hanging, and 64. ria Townsend, Esq. a Magistrate of the County, , eyes were so much swelled, that he saw double. a ' and through his exertions, we understand, some sus ' Mr. Nears and Mr. Smart, the Magistrates, be 1 pi --I c . ious characters of that neighbourhood were taken expressed their horror and disgust at such eondu • into custody, and are now in Skibbereen jail. The and language; and ordered the man who had he"- 1 1 resident gentry, we are also informed, are CM !..ag hanged, to fi nd bail for the violent and unjustifiable, every endeavour to bring the perpetrators to detec ' assault on the Officer, and the short one for hanging , tion—two persons have already absconded, one of 1 the other. Neither of them being provided with ; them a son, and the other a servant boy to one of the I `prisoners bail, they were committed to ileidewell for trial. . secured. • A warm 'debate occurred in the Quarterly Assem bly of the Corporation of Dublin on the 10th inst. on a motion for granting the Freedom of the City toNajor O'Dcrsounoc, who acted u Captain under Colonel SKERRETT in the defence of Tariffa. This was strongly opposed on the ground of hit being a Papist. An amondment was moved and carried, that the word " thanks" should be substituted for " freedom."—The Petition of the Board of Alder men, against Aft .. Popish claims, was adopted by a majority. • • MR. SADLER'S BALLOON. Mr. Sadler, the celebrated aeronaut, intends to make his twenty-second ascent from Birmingham in the course of a few weeks. In consequence of the total destruction of the balloon by which he last took his aerial flight, he has had an entire new one manu factured, which, In point of beauty and strength, far exceeds any by which he has hitherto ascended.-1t is of a spher i cal form, and made of the best Itt string silk, with an interior net-work woven in its texture, by which additional security is given, and the possibility of bursting or being torn, in a great measure guarded against. When inflated, it presents a beautiful appearance, being composed of alternate tripes of crimson and white, which are connected, in thec entre, by a zone of gold colour. The car is also extremely rich, as well in its decorations as in the classic taste of its design. Its shape is oval, and I the colour of its side is a deep crimson, while on the bottom is represented, with great correctness, two shells of the Nautilus, which, rising from the base, and spreading their extended edges towards each end of the car, seem to screen it from external •injury ; above these are festoons of hack foliage and gilt acorns, lopped in a fanciful manner by the beaks of eagles; the upper pannels are rendered particulatly elegant by the insertion of a brass fret-work railing, bordered with a crimson beading, studded wit h . bril liant stars, awl at each end is a plume of feathers formed of drop d'or, and confined by semi-crowns set with mock jewels. The interior is lined with yellow cotton cushions, and there are two seats , fixed, under which are small lockers for containing ballast, and the necessary provisions and apparatus for the voyage. This splendid vehicle is attached by six gilt ropes to the base of a dome, in the embellishments of which neither expanse or pains have been spared ; it is formed of crimson silk, intersected. with spiral lines of gelded twist, and studded with silver stars. At the top is a rich crown, beautifully ornamented with mock jewellery, and around the base is a wreath of laurel, below which hangs a luxuriant drapery of crimson • and yellow lustring trimmed Mith gold hinge and tassels, forming altogether as splendid an object as can well be conceived. A net-work of strong cord will, as usua l go over the balloon, to w4ttab # 6 l/he' sii4 4. 1 941bY tYientlAiliegMOL- - j • ENTRAOEPINART INSTANCE OF A TRANCE.—JUS• soodattundun Muhapater, one of the principal land holders of hiedneepeoV, iw the Fast Indies, !Nies required, in March, 1809, to attend the Zillah court, was reported, when called upon, to be asleep, and unable to make his appearance. A man in court hearing this excuse, observed, " Oh I. if that be the 'case, it will be some days before he awakes." The curiosity of Mr. Rees, the Judge and Magistrate, being excited by the answers he received to his ques tions upon the subject, he proposed to visit the man, with a view to enquire into this extraordinary cir. cumatance, and ailord any relief that might be re. quired. Jussoodanundun was found upon a bed, in his dormitory, in sound sleep, surrounded by enure. ber of friends and relations. His pulse and breath. ine were scarcely perceptible, and in this state her 'remained two days and a half, and two nights, with out motion, without taking any sustenance, or per. forming any of the animal functions. lie was bled, but it was with difficulty that about ten ounces of blood were procured ;" various external stimuli were employed, and an emetic administered. day these, means, his pulse was considerably increased is strength, and his breathing became•more perceptible, and once the stimulus, applied to the nose, occa. sioned sneezing, but he still continued in a sound sleep. Having directed a repetition of the emetic, the first producing no effect, his visitors left him, ex pecting teat Le would soon be disturbed by its ape. ration; this, however, was not the case, for though ! he vomited three times,it occasioned no interruption to his slumber. The next morning the usual symptom of returning animation, namely, great heat of the legs and feet, was observed ; and as his attendants said he would probably awake abOut twelve o'clock, no further endeavour, to rouse him were'etuployed. About ; tweive t Aileas predieted t he awoke, as from a corn- ' mon sleep, with liteoau3l illietntletlffstlett orithe lapse of time, having slept three nights and tree days and a half. Jussoodanunden Mahapater a man nearly_ 50 years of age, strongly made, and cor-1 palent. He relate*, that about the age of one or two and thirty,' he first became affected in this ex traordinary manner, - without being able even to con jecture from what cause it originated. During thir-1 teen years, these fits of sleep continued seven, and soreetimes eight days, with seldom more than tea or r twelve days interval ; 'for the last four years the pe- Rods of sleep have decreased to four, and rarely' exceed five days. He states that, during these fits, he has never dreamt, or been conscious of the slight- I est degree of animation. The comtuon methods of disturbing sleep have constantly end ineffectually been resorted to • such as tumbling him , attours shouting, &c. ; and a gun has been fired Roil to his ear, without producing the desired died, : At the termination of the Sleep, he rises whollr'nn conscious of haling passed more than a contmon night's rest, and the only itteonsealence he exrrt ences, in consequence, is a great degrei of lassitede the following day. His general health is good r and he enjoys ordinary rest, of nights, during wisanday be called his interval of watching.. As the shertebse of his neck, and corpulency, would lead oell'fe suppose there was a tendency to apoplexy in 'this case, I was surprised to learn - , that, - in the' dnin mencement of these fits of sleep, tad several rs afterwards, his habit' teak appeases* ro such iedicatiess • • i'r•.z ' ' • too -. • . . . 8.%a0x G ERAML—This contemptible impostor wrote, before heembarked at Harwich, a most furi ous and bombastic manifesto, proclaiming the • inju ries which he said he had received from the British Is Government, and threatening the nation A% it 11 his vengeance. He declares that he will • throw himself upon the mercy of the great Napoleon, who, he is sure, will pardon him for offering his services to this country i • and he adds, that he will make his wrongs resound from the banks of the Seine to those of the 'Danube. These wrongs, be says, were inflicted upon him, not only by the Government, but by the, 'Newspapers; and he kindly gives lU3 notice that he will, some time or other, come here at the heed of itis tremendous Croats, and take vengeance u:on us. In the mean time he says he is quitting this country with no °Mei property but his sabre, though he brought 50001. into it. It may afford some satis faction to his creditors to know, that " It stabs him to-the heart" to think of leaving England without paying his debts. Friday lest, one Matey, a private is the 9th royal, veteran battalion, was drummed out of the Castle or Edinburgh, for deserting twice, theft, and other offences. By this sentence, hi is deprived of the pension, after 30 years sertA sioista - Among the extraordinary noes of the presebt day; is that of the yew** Princess of Ar cot having lately bestowed her 11110 upon a White NeelPo l l4. ll AliPlibileitsibintial tie Amnia: • 3 " • We are concerned to state, that as Captain Massy, of the Royal Artillery, commanding a detachment now lying at Archcliff Fort, was hunting near Folkestone, in company with several other Gentl e . men, he was thrown from his horse, and pitching upon his bead, so severely hurt, as to survive only a f t . * hours. A curious incident lately took place at Greenside. street, Edinburgh, which occasioned considerable amusement. A large dog, of the terrier kind, which had followed his master from the middle of Leith Walk to a house four stories high, No. 9, Orpp n . side-street, where he had to call, being kept outside of the door, and prevented from following him into the house, watched the moment e•hett the door was accidentally opened, and ran into the room where Le was with the gentleman of the house ; but on receivs ing a hint from his master, who shook his ftst at him, that he was an unwelcome intruder, he immediud i ran towards the door, which, findinr , shut, he pre. cc-etled to a room where a lady was anking out at a window, anti t 0:le spring, to !ter untottN:ble sate. Hish meil t,t lowed over !ler head Otto the street., took a tamp-pest in his way, and shiverred the lamp to pieces; he was only a little stunner! by t!ie fat!, sad . (hesides fighting as stout a battle as ever he did, by the road) arrived safely at home before his master. An unfortunate catastrophe had on Wednesday af ternoon very nearly taken place. A dray -matt yore their n rel ief, until a pond, • imprudently suffered some boys to drive his dr a y in. to a large..pond, at the back of Brianswick-square s be had taken hie- two front horses out, and ?et four boys ride on the dray into the water, who not know. ing its depth, were ail upset into a d ee p h o l e . A people h. ii s sc o a o ws t t nroei collected whol laste r ounded to n b th u i tt er t ni . m ) n c e c o r oi n ds e el o t; f it , Mould fr;ofrni venture - e to happenedthe spot, and and very htimanely swam to their assistance. -li e fortuuately succeeded in saving them all; two of them he took up out of a hole eight or ten feet deep. In bringing the last one out, he was so much ex hausted as scarcely to be able to reach the bank with his burtheit • but exhausted ;Is he was, his humanity prompted hi m to risk his life again to save thatof the poor horse, who was laying quite under water, ex. cept his bead. By the help of a rope, which 11r. M. fastened to the horse's head, he was drawn out safe; and we are happy to state, that the whole of the sufferers are in a fair way of doing well. REMARKABLE SAGACITY IN A Swiss DOG.—The mountains of Switzerland are in many places covered with enormous accumulations of snow, and this snow hangs over unfathomable abysses, which often prove the grave of incautious travellers. Sometimes these stupendous masses elevate themselves to the clouds, and as they have no other basis to support them than a shelvieg ridge of rock, that runs on to a point, the slightest impulse sets them in motion ; suddenly they move forward, precipitate themselves with the noise of thunder, and overwhelm men and cattle beyond all possibility of escape.—ln order to afford some secu rity whist the dangers to which travellers are ex posed in these wild and trackle! , s regions, inns have l been erected, where the bewildered wanderer may find some refreshment, and a temporary place of refuge. In these inns, it is usual to , train up large dogs to traverse the steep and rugged foot paths.— ' These dogs commonly carry, fastened to their necks by an iron chain - , small bottles, .filled with spirits, which they reach to the traveller, whom they find exhausted With fatigue, is the snow, after which they conduct him to the inn destined for his reception. A 5 one of these dogs wits taking his usual rounds, he found a boy, about me years old, whose mother had fallen into the snowy abyss, and was lost to him for ever. Benumbed with cold, and faint with hunger, the helpless.lnnecent lay crying on the side of the path. The dog ran to him, arid raising his head, showed him the invigorating cordial which he Carried for the relief of exhausted tiavellem. The child, not understanding the nature of his offer, started with affright, and made a motion to escape. —The dog, in order to inspire him with conk dense gently lifted up his paw, laid it still more gently upon hii legs, and licked his hands, which were quite contracted with the severity of the cold. The child not comprehending the meauing of these silent tokens of friendship and sympathy, made an attempt to rise up, hut his whole body was so stiff ! with the cold, that he immediately fell again to the ground. Compassion for the helpless situation of 'the child, rendered the generous animal inventive; either with a view to warm him, orin order to dispel his apprehensions, he laid himself on the body of the boy, and pressed himself close to it. The child, finding the benefit of the warmth thus commanicakl to him by the dog, gradually gained confidence towards him, and at length elapsed his arms round him. The benevolent animal drew him along in this position with the utmost care to the inn, ahem every ilikig vs as done that was necessary to recover This frait of benevolence is the deg excited adm Ira (ion br (Wily it el Oh ouri rtg"te tvto* A wealthy gentleman took the little orphan ender his protection, and had a painting made of the affecting scene by an eminent artist at Bern,. which he direct ed to be hung up in erte inn, to which the gmerous preserver of the child belonged. SCOTCII I,E re and BERWICK Wharf. Commercial (Nisbet), Leith Berwick Nlerehants (Turner), Berwick MILLFR'S Wharf. 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