The Statesman.
London, England, 1824-02-07 00:00:00

Mr. Eliiston of two guineas under the following circam•

stances:—
On Wednesday evening, a gentleman of the narn^ (1;
Turner, a Refiner, 'king in Little Britain, applied at the
private box-door for the night. He was directed to go
round to the Prince's side, anti went accordingly ; he there
saw the prisoner, who said he would put him in the [MK,.
of Gloucester's box, which was toothy and desirable. Mr.
Turner asked him what would be the charge? and he re-
plied, that lie would leave it to himself, as he did not
wish the other box-keepers to know any thing about U.
Mr. Turner and his party were then conducted to the Mks
of Gloucester's box : and on the party being seated, slr.

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Turner came out and gave the prisoner two sovcreizns
and two shillings—suspecting, however, from the instmer
of the man, that he did not intend to pay this money to
the Treasury of the Theatre, he felt it his duty to tn4ke in-
quiry on the subject the next day, when his suvicioni
proved to have been well founded, as the prisoner had slid
nothing on the subject to Mr. Spring, the box-keeper, nor
did he enter the letting of the box in the hook provided for

that purpose.
In addition to the evidence of Mr. Turner, Mr. Spine.
was called, sad he stated that the box in question belonged,
on alternate weeks, to his Royal Highness the Duke or
Gloucester and Mr. Elliston. During the present week it
belonged to the Duke of Gloucester ; and on the Wedneslar
the prisoner, who hail the charge of eight private hoses,
returned that four persons had been a twitted to the
of Gloucester's box, as if they had come with his [Leal
Highness's silver tickets. He did not pay any 111011rV, nor
was it customary to let the box in question for the ;inn of
two guineas.
The prisoner, on being asked what lie hail to say, mall
no defence whatever, and was fully committed fur tt 41 for
the fraud.
A CANNIBAL.—JoknTayIor was brought before Mr. Hal:,
yesterday morning, charged with having actually eaten a part
of the finger of one Mary Stansfield ! ! This strange de,'
was perpetrated in the county of Berks. and therefore Mr.
Halls referred the matter to Sir Richard Birnie, who is in taro
commission of the peace for that county.
The following is the substance of tl,e evidence :—Thomas
Stansfield sod Mary his wife, travel about the country, seilint
list shoes of their own manufacture. Thirteen weeks ail) they
were at Fropeore, and there met with an old acquaiutanee—
one of the Royal Horse Guards, who invited them to drin%
with him. They went to the Hope public house, in Fregtnore,
to take this "cop of kindness for auld lang sync." Several
other soldiers were there ; and amongst them was the pri-
soner, showing some watch papers which he had made, and
wished to sell. During this conversation a couple of these
watch papers were secreted by one of the soldiers. The
prisoner Insisted that Stansfield had stolen them. Stane
field denied it, and the prisoner struck him ; and he was
about to repeat his blow, when Stanfield's wife threw
herself between them to protect her husband, which so
exasperated the pri(nner that he seized her hand, forced
her finger into his mouth, and before the bystanders could ex-
tricate herself, he had gnawed away a part of the flesh, The
ruffian was afterwards suffered to escape, hut the poor woman's
finger was so much injured, that Sir John Chapman, under
whose care she paced herself, found it necessary to amputate
it. He took the finger off almost at the base, but subsequently
it appeared that the joint was affected ; and as they could net
afford to remain in Windsor any longer, her husband procured
her admission into St. George's Hospital. They removed
thither on Monday last ; and yesterday morning, as the hus-
band was lookiug through the window of the hospital, he saw
the prisoner go by; whereupon he instantly ran down stairs
and secured him—having been previously instructed by tl
Magistrates of Windsor to take him into custody wherever ha
might meet him!
Sir RICIJARD was about to send him off to Windsor mem..
diately, it, order that the Magistrates there might proceed
against him as they thought proper, but as Stansfield and his
wife declared they had not a farthing in the vorld, and of
course could not follow him, the worthy Magistrate ordered
the clerk to write to Windsor on the subject, and the prisoner
to be detained. He also gave the poor woman a few shilliags
for her immediate support, from the charity box of the office.
Mss. Coovai.L.—ln consequence of the publicity given
by the newspapers of the distresses of this unfortunate wo-
man, whose husband is in the Marshalsea (and who when
married bad a fortune of 10,0001. with his wife), we feel
pleasure in stating that site has already received 501. which
hiss amply supplied the existing wants of herself and her
husband. Among other anonymous contributors, was a
gentleman who not only left 101. at the &lice of one petro-
-1 paper, but went to the Marshalsea, and offered to discharge
Ithe debt for which Mr. Colwell was confined. Mr. C. how-
-1 ever declined this benevolent offer, on, the ground of the
great extent of the other demands against him.
HATTON GaRDEN.—John Good and Richard Baker wer
brought up under a warrant, by Read, junior, charged by
Mr. Heaton, cabinet-maker and upholsterer, Air-street-
hill, on suspicion of being concerned in stealing front him
a sofa, valued at 13 guineas.—Mr. Deaton deposed, that be-
ing about to send a quantity of furniture to a broker, in
Drury-lane, he yesterday s-nt for Good (whom he was in
the habit of employing as a porter) to convey them. tai
receiving his message, Good excnsedshimself from going,
saying he was very busy, bat that he woold send hint a
man, named Curry, upon whom he alight place the fullest
confidence. Curry was accordingly dispatched with the
sofa ; and, after an absence of two hours, returned, sayin.;
that he could not find the house to which lie Wts directed,
but that he had left the sofa in a secure place until lie re•
ceived clearer instructions. Mr. Deaton immediately sett
one of his men with him ; but Curry, after leading Ida;
through all the courts and lanes in the neighbourhood of
Drury-lane, with feied simplicity declared that lie r.mhi
not then tell in what gn
house he had left the sofa.—Mr. Dee
ton's man, in his eagerness to communicate the matter to
his master, neglected to give Curry into custody, who im-
mediately absconded, and has not since been heard te.—
The prisoner Baker was apprehended as having been , 'en
accompanying Curry with the sofa. la consequence of lb,'
very good character given to the prisoners, the Magistrate
was satisfied to accept good bail for their appearance when-
ever any trace of the property can be found. Mr. Dea'utt
expressed his determination to follow up the in
with rigour, as he had lost considerable preperty trap
time to time, by this kind of juggle h,tween porters.

LONDON bl ILK MTS. •
Crrv, Fen. 4. 1223.
BACON.—The imports of this article up to the pm s:nt
t
time greatly exceed those of last. ear;y and the demam is,
inconsiderable: nevertheless, prices are expected to ed-'
vance. On hoard, 433. to 495.—Landed, 50s. to 525.
BUTTER.--Batter is falling in price, in co/nevem e of
excessive supplies and the mildness of the westher.--i
hoard: Carloiv, 84s. —Waterford, 82s —1s•01
52s.—Landed: Carlow, 84s. to Ms.—Waterford, Pi
80s.—Dublin, 765. to 82.—Limerick, 786.—Cork,
Dutch, 88s. to 945.
CHEESE.—The best of every description is scarce:
ht after.
inferior kinds and qualities are not muck sou;;
—Fine Old Cheshire, 80. to 90s. ; New, 655. to
Double Gloucester, 60s. to 705.; Single, 525. to 545.

MARRlED—Atilirminghanion the bth inst. Oliver Macon.
Esq., of Birmingham, to Elizabeth. youngest daughteor of
late John Spooner, Esq„ of Hopton Court, ill the Cmity of
Worcester.
DIED—At her house. Lower-street, Islington, on the 41h
inst. Miss Horton, aged 87.
On Friday, the Witt ult., is a fit of apoplexy, at hi% red.
deace South Street, David Samude, Esq., in tbebfilli yea of
bits
On ae.
g the btl. inst.. Margaret Christiana, wife of James Bat
Lq, of Hatton Ger.ten.
On Tuesday, at his house in Air-street, Piccadilly, Mr,
"rates, bookseller.
On Friday morning, the 6th inst., James Oay, Esq.'
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Norfolk.
Camberwell, and Gimmingham, in the couoi

sped at the s
:LL, LL.D. Proprietor.

by R. WARDI