The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-01-17 00:00:00

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LAW iNrELLMENCS.
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EXTRACT OP A LETIIIR PION * 11•1111fil OPPICPW O
1100ARD TOR CASTLI Mint% ISIOACIA24. CAPT.
DIIIIIIUMIIIII4 PATS. CALCIITtA, 41,1111 24, 182 U.

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11l r}s QUERN 3 cou.aos, comatose.
This cause, which has arisen out of the eleedoa
the President of the College, was appOleted for this
day, but it was put of to Saturday.

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- I talk*. to spiellnity of the Faso's sailing for
England, to mill' piNtilliesst few linos. We left the
!'owns in elliputy with this Astell, on the 15th of
January, and jogged on with moderate weather till
the evening of the 18th. Just as we entered the Bay
of Biscay it began to snufile, and in the course of the
:Opt blowing very bard with thick weather, and a
Henry t. a, we parted company with the Astell ; in
able morning we turned to and furled every thing,
lashed the boats, boom, Ire. and got the ship snug,
as the weather to all appearance indicated au ap-
proaching gale. About 10 p. us. It commenced and
continued with very little abatement till the 24th, a
yeriod of six days, during which time we were truly
miserable; a tremendous sea running the whole of
the time, rendered the motion of the ship very violent,
sad very much endangered her lower mots, which
e were in daily expection of seeing roll over the side.
.1 he rigging being all stew, stretched considerably
by the great atrain upon it, and the seas ran too high
allow us to set it by. At 10 a. to. on the 20th
it became much worse, the sea stove in both our cut-
Teta ; at 4 p. m. a heavy sea struck our stern, and
washed awaf Capt. Dean:mood's gig, (one of the finest
%oats in the service) although Inured by good
t..ekles, ace. ; we were now in a had plight, had
:soy thing happened to the ship, having lost 3 good
haat.; we had hut 3 left, 500 souls on hoard, and
am other ship in sight, but the tightness of our ship
rs" a source of great comfort to us; she shipped
some tremendous seas over at all times, which kept us
constantly afloat below ; our birth had 2 feet water
in her all the time, and for one week of this cold
blowing weather, we knew not the comfort of dry
chitties, or a warm bed : however, thank 1.1041, it
broke on the evening of the 24th, and we once more
had a dry ship and pleasant weather, consequently
won forgot onr past inconveniences ; we spoke a
ship on the 30th, and sent letters home by her, be-
cause had our boats been picked up, having the ship's
futile on them, it might have given rift to unpleasant
conjectures. We crossed the Equator the 27th of
February, the usual ceremony on that occasion was
performed in great style. On the fish of April,
when off the Cape, ire bad the misfortune to en-
counter another gale, but the sea not rubbing so :
mountainous as the Bay, it was not attended with •
so much discomfort ; this came on rather suddenly,
we were under a press of sail, and lost then: all; the
.topsails were blown completely out of the bolt-rope;
we bent another main top sail, and under that and
the main stay sail we lay-to for S days, defying its
worst ; it being fonl all the time, we of course made
no progress, which added to our ill luck. During
tae whole of April we had contrary winds and vexa-
tions calms. On the sth of 31av, in lat. 13. 19. S.
long. 86. 15. E. oar past tnisfortunes were in some
degree compel:mol, as we that day rot the S. W.
Monsown, iii dlf )Melee,, oisp-Irkeli nod grouoit us to
thbilioeth of rhe-froOghly in 12 slays, a distance of
2100 miles, which is not bad going for a continu-
ance. although some days we did not make a very
rapid passage. We got a pilot the day we guide the
tad, and ran tip to the anchorage off Tiger Island,
Len we brought up on the I &Ali of allay, four months I,
f out Evlatal, and as rough a passage as ever was !
rrs.te : indeed, till the last breeze, we had not a fair I 7'he fete of fruspires has often been decided in a
:vied for a week together all the passage. We have !dor : but less than five minutes, on the 23a1 instant,
gut rid of the live lumber (soldiers) and delivered will decide the fortunes of many. anal raise them to a
44.1 r cargo. We are now taking in cotton, Ike. for . state of comparative independence; as on that day
China, and shall be off shortly. I have been up' here Three Prises of £21.000 will be instantly drawn.
tir:ce she came in, and shall not join her till she sails. The Scheme contains Nine of .C 21,000, and not Two
I. am sorry to say I have lost a very good friend here, Blanks to a Prize.
why died 10 days only before I arrived ;he lent me lEacarst Pawl PalSom.—On Friday last, a lad named
ho-sea during my stay here last voyage, anal was !Smith, alias Tucker, was brought before Alderman J,
otiaerwiate very kind to me. That dreadful disease J. Smith, at the Town-hall, in the Borough, on a charge
•- cholera morbus" is making great ravages here. of stealing at different times, two piece.. of Irish Linen.
He was remanded to the Iturout4li Comptes., anal the
I have been very fortunate in escaping it ;
some of ease affording no hopes of an acquittal, leis associates
toy slaipmatei have already fell martyrs to it. was concerted a plan for his liberation. On Sunday after-
arse very bad with a severe throbbing in my head: noon, a boy presented himself at the prison gate, and
attended with great faintness anal lever, but on being was admitted to the prisoner ; and some time after a fe-
vapion•iv bled, I recovered shortly : with this excel,- male, who aloes not appear to have been privy to the plot,
Can. thank-God, I have enjoyed excellent health and made a 'intik"' application,. and soon after came nut 6'l'
a boy, who carried in his hand two plates.
apirits. This place is rather dull on account of the lowed
land waidressed exactly like the boy a ho had previously
tang's death, they are all in moarning here, and we made application for admission. The gaoler seeing no-
on, obliged to sport a piece of crape on our left arms.
!thing uncommon in his behaviour, suffered him to go
wow ordered to Prince of Wales's Island, which 1 out ; hut on a subsequent investigation of the ti
am not sorry for, as it is a place I am very fond of; ! nor, it was found that the prisoner had esra
and we shall most probably touch at Malacca or Sin- anal a strange little boy was in his place, who was d
in the felons clothes. Othcers were every wbrreais-
capon., out our was to China. Yon must not expect
patched in ckuest of the MO-awar, anal interrogatioas put
to hear any thing- of me till June next. I paid a to the substitute he hail left liehitial ; but the little
visit yesterday to one of the great natites (a Dir- low answered most of the questions in a coursgeousi
wan) at his liouse,a short distance from Calcutta ; it manner, a ittiont giving any hint that could lead to the
is a most beautiful place, and he lives iu the greatest required detection. At length, however, the Aelinquent)
st}ie of eastern luxury and magnificence. lie lent was use: by sane of the °Meets walki the.
ra. his carriage inalie evening, and I treated two of Borough-road in a very composed man:ft:74M his
my mess-mates s, and whistling to the tune of /lei
ard,throtiali Fort William. You see Mr. Macke cssonates with a drive round the race coarse, ilia"' in his pockets,
and Joan. 'I hey immediately seized him by the collag2
y a
but De did not betray either einotiovi or piminis,. aka'
ine not deficient in hospitality ; indeed the higher I bestowing a hearts- curse upon his ill lark, submitted t•
class of eatives are particularly kind and generous to be led hack to his old quarters. He is not more than it
kurarans. We sail fur China iu July next. 1 should years old, but has long !wen an accomplished thief.
Fite to know bow the Princess of Wales will be dis- ; and repeatedly tried on charges of larceny, for sou*
pu:..41 of. That and any recent news, if %.„ include of
. which he bad been
. imprisoped. The last time pre-
. slogs to this, on which lie 'vat apprehended, lie Was sent '
iq our letter, will he thankfully received.
The As- by his' father' on hoard a ship. hut coniri yeti at Gravesend
tell and Asia *did not arrive here till 3 weeks after us, I to make Isis escape, and returntd his former cour
and Lad but 3 days water on hoard when they came Both the hoes are detained in liVi‘on ; Smith ford
in, we had five days allowance left ; which was a near • robbery, and the other for a misdemeanor in effectinel
touch. Another week's foul wind would hare played Stuitb's escape.
the devil with us. Calcutta is very hut and nu- , Boworrricar.»-The rrnera4k Richard Cupstome,
healthy. epidemic chieffy rages amongst the ! alias Grey Riehard, a priz of the old school, and ani-
natives, great numbers of whom are daily carried versally allowed by the craft to be one of the most ac-
off with it. 1 was in time eonntry 'a short time since leomplisheil .stegy-planters in the metropolis, was
and saw them burning their dead un large piles of i brought before Mr. Birnie, Mosulsy, as a " reputed
wood. There is one particular class of natives here: thief," by Lines and Jefferys.
to ho leave use bathes by the water side to be taken The officers stated, that they hail observed him for
down with the flood Bite, their manners at:.: customs ,nearly two hours that morning superintending flue ex-1
ara truly singular and..their superstition quite ridien- 'perimental studies of two of Ida pupils, en the
darer
hois. between Someraet-house and Temple-bar. 'the A-1
cent, in the course of their observation, saw several
preparations for the dip, but nothing came of it ; for
the wits t Greyllichara was always dveco, anti gave!
this pnplis tic Ore in time to prevent atf actualfrisf.i
Thollitistrate c;imitititted him antler par Purses.'
Act as stn K. r. 'this evening 'he Wait bailed
lout till next Setioliiisloy twivgdod hien.

FAIRHURST V. LOWTON.
This cause has been twice Stfore the Court. The
question is, whether the sale of a presentation suade
by the defendant, was sinsoniacal or not. The arra-
ments gone int* this day were upon a :notion on the
part of the defendant, to erase several interrogatories
exhibited in the hill, as impertinent.
The arguments went into great length, and occu-
pied his Lordship until half-past two, when he rose.

Tile OPRRA.—The aisprehensiona which were at
or- time entertaine•f, that the Mugical World would
he deprived of the iteian 01:era for the Apfttoachist.g
sras.n. have vanished. A Committer of KotiPmen
Lare unilertsken to superintend the management '
.Le general concern.

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Tie Mee eAI Jur 'Filmier, MAMMA&
This cam; excited en sienisisieri degree of intereKUle
mown' of the peeltide dramatise's', Weeding it, and
the magnitude of the offence with which the defendants
were charged : it was that of bevies conspired together
to cause ayentsg minas *anted Elizabeth Gm to bp
prosecuted and tried for a felony, in order that she might
he falsely convicted of the same, and for which, if con-
victed. ale mast hare been transported. The case was
opened by Mr. Platt.
Mr. ALLAY. as leading Counsel for the prosecution,
stated the case to the jury in a most iinpress:ve and ani-
mated
speech. He called to their recollection the fact
of one the defendants [Wilmot) having in the last ses-
sions been convicted ef perjury, for haying given false
evidence against the present prosecute': fit the Old Bai-
lee, when lie falsely ciliated her with robbing him ; and
the present defendints were now charged with the atro-
cious ofence of having conspired together for the pur-
pose of carrying on that malicious and false prosecution
against a poor inrorent girl : and he should produce the
most irresistible proof to bring th ^ charge home to
them. Their crime was of no less atrocity than that of
falsely swearing to take away the life of an innocent
person ; for at the time the charge of felony was made
they could not know whether it might not terminate the
capital conviction of the accused ; although afterwards
the charge was no greater than that of a clergyable fe-
lony. There were two females included in this indict-
ment, hut he did not wish to press the case against
them.—Here Mr. Alley proceeded to detail the facts of the
rase which he afterwards called witnesses to prove. lie
first related the circumstance of the girl haying lived as a
*errant with Wilmot, his having owed her a considerable
a of wages, fur the recovery of which she was obliged
to sue him by an action in the Marstialsea Court. At this
time it was determined by the defendants that something
should be done to icet her out of the way. After haring
left the service of ilmot, she returned to get her boxes;
when she came to the house, she saw Mr. Want there,
who told her that she should nut hare her hue until it
was searched, to see if there was any property in it be-
longing to Wilmot. Whe sr the hoses were opened. Mr.

Want took ont some trifling- things, which be declared
to have kelonged to IVilmot. it was, observed the
Learned Conusel, a strange thing that 4r. Want should
know what belonged to Wilmot. After several refusals
to give the poor girl her boxes, Mr. Want at length con-
sented to let her have them. She then was delighted at
the idea of bring enabled to get into a new !dace; her
boxesivere given her ; a roach was called; Want gave
her two shillings to pay the fare ; but as so to as she got
into the roach►, Mr. Want made the coachman drive oft
to the week-house, and he afterwards took the girl to
Mariborongit-street Police Office, whet e she was charged
by Mr. Want anti Miss thither, w ith stealing the proper-
ty of Wilmot, who was not present at the time. So fel-
iolous did the charge appear at the time. that the Ms.
gistrate discharged her the moment he heard the com-
plaint. to con.,cioo4 was the girl of her innocence,
that she di') not think tit to take away her box from the
watch-lonise, and in two or three days after, the parties
preferred a fresh charge of robbery against the young