The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-06-25 00:00:00

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liipiastow?nouss.--Ifeekteday two at the
.lop Wok
epithefh. were elehrett Beloit nit Lortaxe,„,ll 0
Mn itther•ollaters, with hating pert' *it o 7 its
enela a moaner as to subject Merl eto co - rahlt
ion la the very important artigle of coals. Xhetp was
:3210110•• •.(161..httilel/VSnditie-etttoitiot pros trend.
ifid.
ROW OR guard the none aTliiesti prement
deo !UMW the Monist cot etP4l oat to.
re; ffil. st complaints agadost• them will, ha: E
repadity'etteedad to. ' ''
lit wert,proval against -011e`tit the defendant', that*
lads attempted: to hffitielate. ayarchaan of coal., to cope
int himenrwlth a consptomia from a coaßactor, who
lini sold him seeks of .coals short *orineasare, The.par.
within
stated that he hpd a coal-cellar whit% held nen-
• one sack ofwro tharldtaiiiiitil. a half of oni.s,
entered• home a cellar fall, and soon found that be.
Main his complement,*l,oll, OA* he "en for tilt do,
imian to measure the whole quantity The defeadent
Sewn* 'attested the tompromise, and advised the pep
&seer tan to go to any farther trouble, Whicb mutt be
6111116101 with salience. The advice, which was follOyr
,Olit So by solicitation, was rejected.; end the of
seal meter was complaiped against, and qnw sispendp,d.
• Thinned defendant, an mid mats, and 26 years. ao
Alen, was Aortal with hails( left the meter a tickets
lithe lauds of the coal-factor, *lie was tints supplial
*Mae wane of defrauding the public it the eheeno
W the osalwanar, not oily is to the measure, but as 14
Ile !reality Willa tons.
le -wee pawed, that this defendant nyed hipatelf the
nesbiewlnffillaing the dellyery of the coals. by trusting
alibi WOW of the coal factor, who hot oply acs; haft!.
ultX:m MI short mega*. but a very interior artiFto
Whildlilial been ordered, • and wader circamstao:
din' sot be attribited to mistake..
'0 ilia* MAYOR also suspended tbia astottdoot, IRA
..!scent, that the public werceonspinlit liable to lasso,
hiboneowene of the neglect of the coat4ildtl, 02 thfif.
minateance it the Impositions practised by those who Opt
hawed the eado—iiis Lordship observed.that the p*
Ihe world bale reason to cottgratelete•themalves alio%
the twenrity which the determined ipteiltiona of dot
saperinendwits promised, sad eiPreseed his entire ap
"Mating °Was proceedings jut tak'n,
liarewastre.—Yesterilay, levee Bens was brostilli
before hiv. Hatis, on a thirty of b!irtitY..
The second. wife, whose entdon nine *e said was Ck
Sheds!' Allineke, was the principal witness. She, waft
were than *years elage ; she, it appeared, became ap
.I,letect with the prinoner in January, ISIS, antis re=
•fireeey they were married at St. Loin 't, Middlesex. Tb
lion atr eonifodabitY onoth for some time, but 4
length quarrelled and separated, and ebp,fonid oat lately be had married another traria at Lambeth,iii.JOllO,
1817, only shoot eight mantic previous to his, solos
okb her.
The Pariah Clerk of Lambeth Outfaced the registet
'the peleocieei trot marriage, and Identified. his pers.*.
The prisoner' iu his defence, saltlike did no mean till
deity that be had Married two Women,, and_ that they
were both living, bat, be fancied be eopki makt oat that
WI bad' eatimitted no crime. lie 114 pot been marrig
hie first wife long. before site took ;# drinklog, sold
An furniture ono day 1 4 bill abeent, Ind abecondell•
Sind her out,and she.told Mm fo.go about bis.balooti
r she was no wife of his, she having been married some,
months before to a mach Bette( maiipe 4001 Scott.
a dfitr, at tarsiteltow. T,biliftinottotrb for blosxaoct he
Inther.- When bp met his stOnd• with he told her the
li•al
,libole siery,atikehe sold'iiilfas ilittifig.. IA.*" 11414
.tinglis any ; and. Now, .betee silly tett eat, sae
carted rood& and Wanted*t asi 4 as. a .. ,' .. .• •
The Magistrate seta• he town trove stitinnorlOto..
of bieirst wife, and that would !Oil* filth' to in
tittal.—He was remanded.
OURIP . STRlRT.—Yesterday Joho Maw 1114
• hi before Samuel 'biros/4 Req, chimed with
tag watches.
The officer, Vann, and his son, were in Chequer alley,
illitecrom-street, a little after nice o'cleck.on Satordey
iiiiiteing last. They savr, the panne conlug tam*
*PM from Whittirtitt street, vitli.4 billtet.Oi hilLtilts.
01 e.,..tbe top of it were two n.hoopo, etaalhOfrack
vomit
kilt character, pot hit • Ist. .cabbages,
tialika tin box, Containing t rem gold watches',
.iisair of gold cases, fourteen Aker. watches, two tidy,
&pe. eases, eightilletal yaw* *fie metal, easy,
seals, two old key's, and three goy rings,
Taies searched the prisoner, apt in his n*,
was found a gold Mournag AO& with thinaptt,
afft•• Tatham" inside. Visa 'eked him where Ito. got:
the watches? The prisoner replied," 1.-m, paid for me.
rent them." The ofofficers brought bin to this WIN,
wheel he was rimmoded till yeeterday,
I,2lllllantely bat the prisoner beer committed, when
Tans gained intelligence of the owner, Mr. Burton, of
ffiarey-street, a watchnititer, Am appeared yesterda,
and idatiffied the property... which was taken • from his
shop a few minutes after nine o'clock on Saturday morn-
ing. The watches were worth above 104, and would
in two minutes have been in one of thoie houses where
the shapes of gold; sod silver are (*unaptly changed,
had it set beetprevented by the snipe .and judicious
minuet of the Olken.
The rinser was fully cammittat ffig Pig'

Jantr-4do you.thipk VA to giwknilog_etitle.
monad:mind a boitle of lainkutemarwl sp el wisp ?i
1 —Tile witness explained, that ialY a 664"
ritcofvelue, sod a vary. emellquaelityst laidassie
uerd!htothe applicatioe.
jam—What disease did tits simossek labour-mkt.
besides That fer which wormy was applipd,?-4hetinia-:
tism ; his complaint was geaerelly salsteknu.
Janoa--Do. you suppose soy 'gag of a Ming eaters,
to his irritatdo disposition wield throw him kite a pas.
tins " to tehe away his mind ?—Yea, tho slighsostl
thing. •
Jafor—Did his irritability soon 'shade ?-1 wend
say;. bar Interviews were cursory. Tits whams then de.
scribed, oat or boo other..instaawes of his as orris inks.
tiger, wjijch nierer coaSrmed femora trohistt" ; she
deceased, on one'
occasion complained of his not. holism
with his family, stating that wbea be was oat at a party,
or the theurp, he waswidiKed. with Wee; bet that,
when.with his fansilg, he amid return is • s•rriagat.
was extremely liable to colds, and condnially ..he
tho
pain in his bead; and was always under the iallsonaret
medicine.
'A medics) gentleman,. nomad. Seward, stated. that la
consequence of the,report ht rd is the public PM,
be came up from the country, order ip state what he
knew respecting the younger deceased; hems acqsaint.
ed with him from their stadyiag together, bat had est
eeen,bim, for timbre nom* pus.; a abort slaw bash
witoese received is letter, freln:lbit dem...sod, sed 00.1 k
tests appeared reasonable enough. The Vow of
the +vitae's's evidence did not appear to loos any
materialact, except part of what the former wit:weal.
I read, stated.
1 Mr. Charles Ifelsoa, surgeon of Bernetootrante helfff
Swore, deposed, tbet ball knows the younger do..
erased, and bid attended his for four years. On seve-
ral occasions he bad sees him in a moat servou and
sensitive same; the deceased was sansaalty depressed le
spirits shouts three weeks since.
Juror—Did yon daring your acquainteoce with the
deceased know him to have any difference with his fa-
the! aboat his abides.

Witness—l cannot exactly say; f knew the young
Ufa was nobappy about mosey affairs for about gas
Meths back.
Mr. Samuel Woodford, of Halfonl-street, Blooonburf,
sargeoe, deposed, that the younger deceased consulted
him Oa two occasions, once about three weeks back, and
Oa Seas? last. Witness did not sell any thing portico.
for in his ,um
npu with.the exception of his being dread.
(Idly dejected, which witness thought might bare been
occasioned by his illness; he Isixosred under a compli-
cation of diseases, having scrofula, rheumatism, Mac. ;
be.appeareil as if his minfl was distressed.
WI C. Woodward, of Pernival's lan, being called,
de-
posedthat he bad knows **deceased aboutibree week,,
and be appeared labouring ender a very severe malady of
the bead, so much so, as to be at times distracted. He
bad been bled, and bad leeches applied. He was• not
uofined In the house, but went pito pleased. The de-
c‘aldiodged,(ll.l4ll4are ; be was stedyieg for the.
bar. Witness was not aware of his being embarrapeed, nor
could he say whether the deceased kept pistols, or how be
Game by them. The last time witness saw the deceased
alive, wasps lastGaturday.
Copt, Andrew Vincent, IR.IN, sworn, bad known the
deceased, Mr. Abel Griffiths, for six months., bad met him
several times at parties, when be often sprung up from
the dinieg table during dinner, and placing his hands to
his head, complained of the pain, and seemed in extreme
gem ; his eyes were completely bloodshot from pOn.--•
On Saturday las; witness met the deceased is Holborn,
and walked with blot, the pain thee seised him, and he
became exceedingly irritable and mied,• and upon witness
oeUtioning him, be said it is here, as seed (petting his
hand_ to Ws forehead.) The *mused often, ii the urns
.44 convirsation, reviled things foreign to the
afraid
Witness told him it one time, that he was afraid e, the
deceased, was mad, and that his mind seemed going free*
;him, and was fearful that he should be placed- anise re.
Is/4w, The deceased neversaid any thing to witness of•
'his affairs, but on one occasion be said, that his met*
and brother were at Southimpton. Once be remarked,
as they were coming over Blackfriars-bridge, that this
complaint would do for his at lest. The deceased was
a moMgoutlemsoly man in his manners, and seemed to
poseur an citron, deposer sensibility, indeed too lunch
fora person labouring under each an irritable temper.
He was its everry sense a most polished gentleman.
The Demur. hero. obeerved that the mildew* .f all the
witnesses to-day seems to have led: to onesesalteareely,
that the younger deceased was a very elegant and hanour•
able young man, submit to very violent attacks from a
dreadful complalat of mental abhorred.' of mind, which,
at times, caused him totally to forget himself, and it was for
the Jury to 'appose whether in one of those attacks he un-
fortunately committed the dreadful act. They had evidence
of his sobriety, and be (the Cormier) was of opinion that
It would be necessary to have the evideace of those parsons
who were more immediately about him.
Several of the Jurors concurred in this opinion, sad re-
marieed thott those persons should bile *twitted. it was
also necessary to prove how he became possessed of the
pistols.
Gaoxaa.-oeetlemss,tf yoe.wiele, we will alum for
a short time, lull theca witseases are seat fee.
The Jury 'warred fit this opinion, and after some con-
versales, they agreed he adjourn for twolears.
Roberts,. the WlWPosikati slur. is answer to sem emo-
tions (roadie Cororreit=„Zier bad milled at *shoes,
where the younger sod informed by the
lady of the house, that she wegedd seadthe witnesses noses-
sary. fie the tawdry.
. Us the Jury re-assembling, the first witness examiiia
was Abraham Walker, footman to Mrs. Woodward,
No. 312. Queen-square. Witness stated that Mr. A.
Griffiths, the youngeedeceased, lived there, and was at
home dories the whole of Sunday. He was very
and complained at bill bead; be did sot eat such; the,
witness ;the not, his serreat ; the deceased Wen-
t.. or thine months ; he welt to bed on Sunda sighs
at eleven o'doek, and got up at eine o'clock on Menuy
morning; witness waited on. him, and be appeared as
usual, earn:fired some warm water from witness..
Juror--Did you suppose him, from the pain in hie
head, deranged at any dues ?—1 cannot say; I
did not
particaluly notice.
Jaron—Did be ever have any pistols?-1 never saw
any; on Moeda, be walked to the coach-stand, and. got.
'otos comb ; k was abut ten o'clock Is the moraine I I
used to brash his clothes, but did• not do it that morning,
as be had set worn them on Sunder.
Juror—Was his mum to yea consistent ?,--Ifee, they.
were always. •
deret;-1114 bodies at hem on Saturday did;
and dept at home that night.
Juan--Who. breakfasesd.with him es Monday morn-
Ise ?t—He breakfasted. with the family, consisting of Mrs.
and Mile Watford, and others.
Jeer--I any. boJy call on the deceased on Sunday?
—No. • _

Juror— Did he Asa sleep out?—No ; very rarely. -
Coreeier—ihato.ded he look when he left the basset—
As assail L &ft actitake say particular *Ore.
Comore—Did-1w appear la a At state, mato to be emit
by• himself ? —Crt eaialy r be dressed hiu:aelf.
Juror—'Did yet beer,. or did;yeu ever hear, whoosh&
parehaati Ike Mak T—Never.
Jarec—Did wee settasrpwder or shot abset.tba•
place?—Netee. . • •

Comber—Did be appuirla die awe bagel ?—No; ra-
ther relkil, "PP
Conn v--Wky 11111 in spear le ; did daanp.Ning
ie oak hie teaper?-410,, Sk ; I onset ;be appeal:.
sp.ia ceenkesaery
J arer --Who isfeemed rs O(Ihe ekhoeboly- Weeks.
pee:-31y mittrus.

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s—v • mei , la . err sa so ;
demmestamtes. . •
r=Was is dim* Ity tradesmen.? Witauts—t-
lio,not to my iiamriedge f cid mot•tbisk him detnege4.
Nies Sarah- of. erwroostieet. Screed, st.
apt, she knew.the decease:ll Oriffitbstre caged
apt half-put 11. ,o'dlock mt. andaYst atti
ht
'hew. to. Ice esentlesean • Mi. 1 • • ts,
was an intimate friend and' latterly; he did not stay
ussayminutes ; he was altered much le his dire. and. sy-
peerage ; an observation was sagde 'bit, he waa denot-
ed; heappesred very ill.'
.luiror—Prey, Madeira. wby ,ffid you supra" that. he
war deranged ? Witsum--From the.paruttulai way in
winch he took hie leave; he looked extremely,wild the
gemleman, his friend, west not this afternoon, and 1 he-
m he is gone oat of,tow4s.
Jeey--Did that gestlespaa stsiptess say ohowstatien
on
.the 11.1101011 i oAaafrtntis O. *alb
+war, 5. it *4 BUPA' far same obseriations to be
made • by Utih, paulcular friends on, each occasions t
Witnese,-4110 made no observation to me on the subject.
bad is done so.l. ems mays* shocked, I. do not reniem-
bark. The lady. on the question being repeated very
said,-that the gentleman seemed extremely sur-
prised. and observed, he must have hemmed, and I
thought so for some time past."
A Juror re(uested to know if any person had spoken
to bar, attimt the evidence she was tti give?—certainly
essl ant, 00, my oath, and have spoken the, truth.
no Joror apologised kw petting.thensestion, observ-
ing.that theta was a nerygreat mystery•wbicla they must
deselopesillossible ; it was for thetptirpos• they were
elm Several Jaws observed, that Mrs. Woodward
and family acted very improperly in not attending at the
inquiry, as they the Jurors conceived they could give
evidence very material to the inquiry.
'Tile pistols were here produced and examined by the
Jury. They.appeszed to be smallisodret pistols.
James Wilson, undertaker, of Welbeek•strert, deposed
that. be found sporoler flask, two bullets, and a hand-
kerchief in,tocice4 of Gm deceased, Abel Griffiths.
Thomas Warli,*the servant, was again called, and in
atower t.. somequestions of by the Jury, stated, that his
master, the elder deceased, bad directed himself to be de-
nied to the younger Griffiths; the elder was generally
oat until Monday, when he saw him.
Mr. Wilma here returned, and said, he forgot to say.
that be found also in the younger deceased's pocket a du-
plicate for a coat, which was ;awned for 2!. Is.
Considerable conversation here arose among the Jory
respecting the unsatisfactery nature of the evidence,
glitch they all thought was not conclusive. The circum-
stance of his pawning was rather material, and they call-
ed Walker, the footman, but nothing more was elicited*
front him.

Tim Jury now proposed, that they should be left alone,
anti all strangers were ordered out. They cootinned for
nearly ope hour and a half shut up in the Jury Room,
when we *ere again adiaitted about half.past ten ; and
the Jar y having inquired if there watany other evidence,
were informed in the negative.
The FORIMAPI then gore the following verdict—Wil-
ful 'larder of Thos. Howard Oriffiths by Abel tirittiths.
,hit son, who afterwards killed himself, being then in a
sound state of miud. This verdict amounting to a Fe(()
de seas to the son ;
' The Coroner lotted his warrant for the intetment of
;Orialths, the yottager, in a cross road.

Daa'rswertve ratc.--The neighbourhood °Medford-
'street, Ked Lion-square, was last night thrown into the
',greatest confusion and alarm, by the breaking out of a
;fire, which, for the extent of its ravages, and the amount
'of peoperty consumed, hoe been for some time past
lormarelleled. la commenced,. we understand, about a
lemoiter past eight o'clock, in the premises of a timber
'merchant, whose yard was in the centre of the groupe of
110111311 which compose the west side of Featherstone-
build ings,and part of Red Lion and Bedford-Sts. From the
'combustible Wore of the surrounding materials, it soon
gathered strength, and exteadieg itself in all directions,
' 'Wired with tremendous fury. Fite bowies in Feather-
stone-buildings, three in Bedford-street, and the backs
of several in Red Lion-street, were soon in flames, and
presented, from the vast columns of fire and smoke in-
mama's!, issuing, an awfully grand spectacle. Nume-
rous engines were speedily brought to the spot, and the
greatest exertions made by the firemen, but owing to the
confined nature of the place, and the scarcity of water
experienced, it was long before the flames were at all
arrested by their efforts. By 10 o'clock the front of one
of the houses. in Bedford-street fell in and rather damped
the flames in that direction, and soon after the fire began,
to yield in every quarter to the strenuous exertions
of the firemen. By 11 o'clock the limits of the
mi-
chief, it was cle r, bad been ascertained ; and by a little
after 12 o'clock nothing remained of theirs but 'smoulde-
ring heap of ruins. On enquiry and observation on the
spot,this morning,we found that 14 houses were destroyed,
and several others damaged; and that the value or
the property consumed was estimated at no less than
1s is some alleviation of the pain we feel on the
occasion, to be able to add that we have beard of no aeci-
dents having happened, and that the greatest part of the
primly was insured. Although the fire broke out at
so early an hour, such was the rapidity of the names, that
little could be attempted to be saved. The fire seemed to
catch fourp of the houses at the same moment, and the coil-
sternern of the occupants and neighbours wasextreinf.
HoW at originated we have not hitherto been able to
leare. The workmen halonglag to the timber-yard, it
is.understond, bad all left the place at seven o'clock.
INTINOZD New LONDON, Banos.--(FION • CORIw
stioesemse.)—le seine of theLoadon papers of the 19th lust.
then is ea extract from a report of a Mr.Telferd, engineer,
as to the probable effects in the navigation of the river
Theme!, by takingdown the present bridge and building a
ems ens. Awarding** this report, "the present bridge -eo,
far conned& the riser above bridge into •moal, that It pro
mial the high water from rising so high, and the low water
from sloking•so low as It otherwise would do, and that Mar
it renders tbe boat and barge navigation more general and:
mfg. Further, that by the removal of the present bridge,
the. foundations of Blackfriars and Westminster Bridges,
sod even of Waterloo Bridge, would be endangered ; and'
that.the fortifelag of these, together with the raising of the
Bask., so as to pretreat the low grounds from being flooded
at high water, would east upwards of 100,0001.' Now, one
would think that the tide most' have quite a contrary edsct,
from what irate* stated ; for the Thames having only a 11-
mitedparrow channel, will naturally of itself admit but a
very little additional water ninnies up, aid this superfooes
body wiltren.forther up the climatal foto the !metier of the
coact!). This will. consequently mount the water rising
and overilpwing.its Soundaries„ and the water, running up 34
mods farther Into the country, will of course require coast-
derabiy more tinse.thas It doebet present to recede. Thera- •
fore,beforp.thiaadslitLeallsody of water. willbase time fplly
to retire, the tide. will of course 'gala Isere retanstd, cons,
(meetly insteed.ofthere being a lets depth of water at low
water than etpresenh it appears that thus must at hest he '
as pouf* if naLlallre.
BDROUGH vootrras.—ln, conseqnence of the late es-
cape OF Maion from the Borough Comettr; the Ovoid
Jung, assembled at site recent Southwark Sesions; pre-
viously to their separation, inspected that gaol, and bare
regortsid,tiscreci, that in, their °psalm the Keeper is 47
so, soma} assisted: 47 tbq 'devote number of peraons,
necessary for. to important a charge, and that the gaol,
illsoli was in many respects Inotare. The truth of this'
tter fret was fully exemplified,on3lon day *resin last,
le:tlite.prouteee- of, Mr. Newman, that:had cletli et the
I:qyr.a fAlt.Ju?tice Rpom,; k quit of the name of, Allen,
use of the prtsappra conOttetkier debt in the.gaol, has-
teg„.iis the space of a minute and a •etilirtiir Warn lei.'
limthitsiono manner that Mama is rei.reseatZt t• have
fstetk age spot from which ha it said tb,berb
leaped down when be effected hiebscape.