The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-10-09 00:00:00

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C VlLMlLLL.—Yesterday aCembrian,natised Me.
raPth, was examine& before the Sitting Alderman
on a charge of detaining a trunk, -belinigiug. to is.
Mr. Rowland. The Complainant stated-, diet -he
had formerly left his trunk at the house of a ivomsn
with whom lie lodged, in Poppin's.eouct, Plea-
sant t: Oe his return to town some (lays since, he
went to demand his property, and found his land.
lady dead. The Defendant, who did not appear in.
be related to the deceased, had taken possession of
' all her effects and the trunk, which became the sub.
ject of complaint. The Defendant not only re.
fused to deliver it to the owner, but took the liberty
of extracting a coat from it, tillimprove his appear.
ance. Under these circumstances he applied for an
Officer, who, on making a search, di-covered va-
rious articles, the property of the Complainant.—
Alertilith, in his defence, said, that he had lodged
with the poor woman, whose death had produced
the dispute, arid that she died two days after the
late fire at Mr. Gillett's premises, in Salisbury..
square, her death having been occasioned by the'
fright which she received by that calamity. Ile ad-.
ethic(' that he had taken possession of her effects,
,but utterly denied any knowledge of the Complain.,
ant's trunk. The coat, he said, he found in the
cellar, and as it was a good lit, he hail worn it. 'rite'
'Alderman ordered the officer to deliver to the Com.
',lament all his property found in the Dzlendatit'ir
possession, and advised him to proceed by action to
-recover the value of his trunk, &c. which bad been
illegally detained.
• A 'Mr. Botfield, constable of the night in St. Se.
Puickte's parish, was charged by a o omen of suspi-
cions Character, With defrauding her of eight it.
'Notes. The story told by this woman was highly
knprohable. She stated, that about seven months
since she was taken to the watch.house in a slate of
intoxication, but not so far gone as to be deprived
of cool recut ection. While seated in a chair she
dropped-the N otcs and tonne silver. The Notes were
picked up by the Defendant, who promised to take
care of them. She did not apply for the money un.
til four months after, when she' said the Defendant
promised to give her themOtiep but did not keep
his word. The Defendant admitted in his defence

that the notes did fall from tho..Complailiant about
the time she had mentioned, and AO he pliked•
them up, and reiurned them to her: &Willi!' ie.
spectable inhabitants came forwaid;• and spoke of
the Defendant's character in the highest terms. tt
appeared he h.id o many years a constable, aid
had always performed his duty with honesty. Thit
Alderman dismissed the complaint, tie winyurtbk. of
credit.
• ANOTHER MONSTER. • .

111Ausnotkotpan.vratev.--A wretch, of the mime
of Thomas Carter, was taken into custody on ail
turday night, charged by a young wait of the name
of Purdy, servant to a chceseuuniger in the Strand,
for it. csiatinil assault. The avenues leading to the
watchAunse .of St. James's were crowded with
poopie early in the morning waiting the escorting
of the Prisoner to this office.. lie was hand-coked
to a man charged with felony, and before they had
got out of the street, each of their features were
covered with mud ; however, it was ascertained that
one of the men was charged with theft,and the unnatu-
ral miscreant having been discovered, ac was assailed
with doulge fury, and a subscription was set on
foot as a remuneration for pelting the alleged thief.
The Prosecutor stated, that he was returning from
Pimlico un Saturday night, on his master's business,
and he sat himself down on one of the benches in
St. James's Park to rest, when the Prisoner placed
himself h..side him, and, after lamenting that prosti.
lutes skould be endured in the Park, he began tuact
towards the Prosecutor in a 'lntoner repugnant to his
feelpgs, and he waked away. The Prisoner fol.
lowed him, laid kohl of his arm, and committed
another assault. on his person. A gentleman hap-
nned to be walking near the spot at the time, and
he assisted the Prostcutor in taking the Prisoner
into custody. The monster was committed for trial.
The office was surrounded by thousands of persons
during 011 examinatiun.

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• FREEDOM OF THE THAMES.— On Sunday evening,
as a small party of Ladies and Gentlemen were
coming up Woolwick.reach, in a sailing-boat, the
property of Mr. Granger, of Black. wall, on account
of her superior sailing to a yacht, on board of which
was Admiral —, the Naval Commander or-
dered his voisel to be laid alongside, to take every
man out that was not on the muster-roll,•stating as
a reason, that the sic:tater had, been playingiricks,
and attempting to run 'a King's ship on shore ; on
coming alongside be ordered the master on board
with all his papers, which being satisfactory, he
turned them, and ordered the crew to he mustered,
Which consisted of Mr. Grwitigeraud his boys, three
ladies, two gentlemen, 'and a female servant ; after
'having detained thorn .ten minutes, and mach alarn.
eitthe ladies, he gave them .his permisrion-te Oro'.
coed. It is positively- stated that no tricks were
played, or any attempt made to foul him, the yacht,
ou the contrary, always following the sailing boat.
On Saturday last, at. the. M:tgistratei' office at
Horiicastle, Mr. 'Hugh Norton, of Ttiniby, tailor,
was charged with stealing cucu:nbcrs from• the gar-
den of MG.-Charles' Sharp, of Tumby afortsiricl ;
which fact being clearly proved, he 'was fined in the
sum of one guinea. The Prosecutor declared; that
had the theft been cabbage, he would not havei
ceeded against the offender.
A shocking event happened at Brampton, on Fri.
day morning. Mr. Alexander Watson, from New-
castle, cut his throat at an inn there, in so des.
perate a manner as to occasion his almost imnie-
di ate death. Verdict, on the'Coroner's Inquest—
Lunacy.
A fire broke oat about one o'clock on Sunday
afternoon, at a grocer's shop, In BlAckfriar's road,
by which the whole of the interior of the first and
second Boors were burnt. The loss in furniture
was considerable.

Thera is a scarlet runner now in blossom at a
house in Nelson.square, Blackfriars.road, of the
height of 35 feet 3 inches, having no less than 978
pods, which, at a rate of four beaus in a purl, n►aktS
the immense increase of 3912 beati..