The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-01-26 00:00:00

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MR. 811BRIFP PARKINS.
This' Heathenism. echo has already pot keth seem
statasoessts in vindication of his official eoaduct, has jut
addressed another letter on the same subject, to the
Editors of several of the Public Jourtralss I• this, be
complains of alleged seietwpreeentatiess his
lett difference with the °road Jary shoot
which they claimed from him, conjointly with MI
Sheriff. He cites the whole of the collo. •
which took place opoott occasion, and f it It
appears, that the den of the thread Jt ,
usual allowance, was six shillings sad eight /se per
dey, three ponds tea shillings dinnes4or ~ and sax
bottles of wine, to be sent into the Jury-re... 0. To this
demand Mr. Parkins has not thought proper to accede;
yet, in opposing it, he disclaims, as unworthy of his sr
tier, the imputation of being actuated by sordid views.
He assures the public, that it is not his intentioo to ap-
propriate to his own use one shilling of the looney
coming to him in right of his office; but that he will,
on the contrary, apply to charitable or benevolent pur-
poses, all fines, fees, or dues, that may pertain to him,
in which office he states to ban already expended the
sum of one thoomod paaails. la conclusion, he re-
quests the Livery of London to exercise their right of
dismissing him from his office, if they no longer approve
of the line of conduct which he has adopted.

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY, JAN. ?S.

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• Non areoartas-ozwastat, V. HARTLEY.
The Leas VIIANCRLLOR delivered his judgment this
morning, in this important cause, respecting the Bing ley
Free School. After going very minutely through the
whole of the information, the answers and the deposi-
tions, his Lordship was decidedly of opinion, that Ito
around of complaint was established against Dr. Haft.
ley ; that the situations of Vicar and Schoolmaster were
not inconsistent, and by the decree of the Commtssioners
in 1623, and the original intention of the Founders, as
far as he could collect it, this was to be a Grammar
School (and not a school for teaching A, B. C)., with,
power for the Master to take boarders. His Lordship
would deliver out Isis minutes is two or three days, and
tie only point on which he should direct any Inquiry,
would fie as to the person in whom the legal estate of
part of the charity estates is now vested, in cooseioeoee
of there oot hawing been a fecal:tent made of that part
since the year 1630.

•. COURT OF KIStfS BENCH. JAY. 23.

Telt KING V. WILLIAM

The defendant, who is a news-vender in the Itermugh,
woo called, and as be had been furnished revionsly
With a copy of the information filed against hint, he was
asked whether he•wished the original record to be now
read ?

The Defendant.--Cortainly.
Mr. Dar writs, now read the information. It charged
the defendant, with publishing a certain se.litions and
inflammatory libel, being in fact the Letter of Curiae on
his return from Manchester, after the 16th of August
last, to Lord Sidmonth.
The defendant pleaded Not ; and received no.
lice that his trial would take place at the next Assisi.
for Swirl.
TSB XING P. JANIZB LIMBO
This defendant and al others, si
firmed yesterday that their pleas would
best illicng this !nor • SO informations
those for iwridi 1 id Catlike •
called. home of throe appeared, but as
though called on their recognisances.
The Loan CNIZIf Jv.rrca ordered
present to rethain atolll throe o'clock, to give an
portanity for the absentees thenJo mewl, to arr.
the entreating of their recogaisances.—Ordered aunt&
'ugly. ear
TllO/1,11101.4 r. 0011100:4.

The Sommoit-liannast. obtained a rule to show
cause wby the verdict in this case should not he set
aside. The ranee was tried a fewilkys ago at (handball,
and the plaintiff recovered 1,0001. for agency in proeur-
iirg a customer fur a Royal Spanish license to trade to
Vera Crua uuder peculiar advantages. The objection
urged both now and at the time of trial was, that the
plaintiff had dont nothing to entitia.him tow large a
remuneration, having only conducted Mr. Moravia, the
purehmier, from his (the plaintiff's) counting-house down
to that of the defendant.
The Cuter Junrica had conceived, and still wan of
the muse opinion, that the promise of 1,0001. which had
been mid. to the plaintiff implied a consideration for
trouble which he was expected to take in completing the
bargain, whereas he had done nothing af'er the first in-
terview with the purchaser. His Lordship therefore
thought him entitled to no more than graritstas mierwie,
and readily granted the rule.

Tug [IMP e. Gowan.
Mr. Scanterr moved the judgment of the Court Nsoa
Francis Gower, late Lieutenant-itocernor of lipper-Ca-
nada, for 'publishing a libel against Doctor Robert
Thorp, Chief Justice of the same province, Inspeachint
the character and judicial conduct of the plaintiff.
The Catsr JUSTICE was proceeding to read the indiat-
meat, when—
The Souctron-Ormastah Informed the fond, that lie
and Mr. ScAnaterr had agreed not to trouble than wi
resale, any more. His cheat, the defendant, had nog
in fact published the libel, but had only shown it to Mt.
Firth, the Solicitor-General of the same province -
Neither was the libel written by the defendant, bet by
an °Meer of great merit in Canada, who had died sehee.i
qnently. The Counsel bad agreed tb refer the obnini.
On. pamphlet to the Master, wise should be instiactka
to settle the damages.
Mr. SCARLITT said, that if his Learned Friend monist
his observations u a declaration on behalf of his client
disowning the libel and every one of its charges, sodas
a proof that be did not wish for he circulation, he wadi('
withdraw his motion, and recommend the plaintiff to
settle the business in a more lenient manner.
The SOLICITOR-lIETURAL assented to Mr. SearlelVll 1
proposal, and the motion was for the present withdraws. 1
MOT.
James Becket, Mary Becket, James Green, aid throe 1
relennlAnts of the name of Rolex, appeared to plead to
frail
indictment, charging them with an assault upon
' Rake, on the 11th of October, in the parish of
Mary, Whitechapel.• The defendants pleaded Net
Bean and were told *lir trial would come on at the
&Wog* after the pecans% tam.
: NAN MLitt* MUT LNG .
' TOR etsivill.•o' 'T lIIINT Eno J. JOUNSIPOI. •
ibi .Court, in

tweets bete* the Cbtlill bit applicatleo, therefore, our
for a writ of eseriorarii
Mr. Justice BATILIT,--Have you each inalevials as,
will show it ought to be trial in another reality?
Mr. entree, -in answer, proceeded to read the affidavit
of Mr. Pearson, the attorney. The defendants were
char with with coop together to re disaffection
by in ansmetory es at a soddli of 110,0110 per,
egos, held near etsehollet. os gm a &lilt
The deponent stated, that having nude inquiry, he
found the fatal events which occurred at lltunches*r
had created great dinsiation ii tle corsoty of Lancaster,
as well as prejudice against the said Heavy Hunt sad
John Johnson, on account of the part they took at the
meeting. The deponent, under such circumstances, had
been requested by the defendants to move the Court to
permit the indictments to be tried in another county.
Judge Banda. —You bad better mention ibis when
the Court is full. If you want an intelligent Jury, you
cannot get men show i stelligent than the carroty ofLasip
caster can provide. You will tied a large portion of
them do not come from Manchester, but Liverpool and
other parts.
Mr. Cairn then said he would make his application
when the Court was full.

SEDITIOUS PUBLICATIONS.
William Nunn. James Sainsbury, William Jubhins.
sen., John Harris, John Dunkin, and Robert shorter,
were then called to plead to informations filed against
Ileum. lot publishing and leading, on the sth of Sep.
jobber, scandalous and seditious libels of and concert,-
big his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, contained
la Cedar's letter.—Alter the information spied WM.
lin had been read. defendants pleaded Not Guilty.
Watlin having applied for a copy of the information.
was told he might hare it.

POUCH.

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HMO* COACH 1111FOIHTIONS.
BOW-STRlET.—Yesterday Mr. Langley, of Newcastle-
street, in the Strand, surgeon, appeared before RieIIAIRD
Blame, Esq. epos the summons of a porter, belonging
to the Swan with Two Necks Inn, Lad lane, he having
refused to pay the carriage of a parcel which had ar-
'tired at that inn by the Exeter coach, directed to him.
Mr. Langley, in showing cause for his refusal said,
Oat the parcel in question, though weighing only 351 b.
waicharged l@s. besides the porterage,anil looking upon
thi. as a von imposition, he had determined upon re-
sisting its payment. He though it a duty which be owed
not only to himself, but the public generally, to expose
inch a charge, and he trusted the Magistrate would sit
sanctiou it. The sum, he added, was exactly the same
as the same coach charged for an oatsiJe passenger.
The Magistrate admitted that it did appear to he a
gross imposition, and regretted that there, was no Act
of Parliament which gave jurisdiction in such a case;
for as the law now stood, the coach proprietors might
have charged him U. instead of Ns. had they thought
proper, and, unfortunately, there was no remedy but by
action.

Mr. Langley paid the demand, and repressed his de.
termination of proceeding against the coal lI proprietors
by civil process.
ALLEGED PROFANATION OF THE PARRATII.

Mr. William Sluts's, of Somers Town, gentleman,
appeared to prefer a semplaint against a Mr. Sheppard,
a butcher, of the same place, and two other members of
their worldly calling,
to divers poor per-
se'noight.
guilty: and warm.
his next door neigh-

step he had taken had
lie morals.
,stensible motive ; hut
there is another--I once refused to trust you with a
shoulder of mutton. I will now give you one whenever
you choose—on one condition."
ltlagistrato—.. What is that ?"
Sheppard—" That I may first give him a good drub-
bing. —(A laugh.)
The other two defendants pleaded not guilty, and Mr.
Simons deposed that be was watching at their door, and
saw several o: its sold.
Magistrate—" yon see any money pass?"
Mr. Simons--,-" Oh, yes! I looked out for Met."
The defendants urged the necessity of the case, and
said that the customers were chielly labourers, who had
.`a long way to walk home from their work, and were
paid late on a Saturday night. Their purchases were
small, and it was hard If they should be debarred front'
haring a hot dinner once a week.
The Magistrate perfectly agreed with this remark.
Considering the cirostmeatioce, he thought. that in the'
words of the Statute. " it was a work of necessity and
charity." and he should not convict the two defenaants.
' As Mr. Shepherd had pleaded guilty, he must pay the
fine of he. and costs.
Nr. Sheppard asked if any part of the penalty went to
the informer ; and being told one third, said he was
sorry it wee not more, as he thought every man who ex-
erted himself for the " preservation of the public mo-
rals," should be richly paid. He could not help wishing
that the payment of a suitable reward rested with him
la the present else.
Mr. Simons rewired his portion of Sheppard's Sr. and
then having paid the costs of the other two cases (which
were fixed upon him in consequence of their non-cons
victiou) he very iaaocently observed, that he was oar
shilling oat of pocket by the affair; but, observing
respite on the faces of die loye-etanders, he left the olSce
In a buff, saying, he would soon tura the laugh the
ether way.
CUTTING AND DAININA.
lIIAILIIO,OIIIO6I4TILAST.—Yesterday. a woman, named
Ain eft& ted with -cutting and inainitig Jewett
firwakins, with whom she cohabited in Church-street'
St. (iiles's.
Williams, a watchman, was called into the house. he.
tween delve and one o'clock yesterday morninreemdt
be heard an shinning awaiting. and on breaking
the door, be found Hawkins lying on the d00r,113
bleeding profusely. He had a severe wound on the
I head, and another on the side, inflicted with a knife,
and the prisoner was *dug in a chair without a cap.
tht being asked who h (aliened the wounds, he point-
; ed to the priessomomfl miff,"'tores *he !" The wounded
man was taboo* liatielimpary, sad the prisoner to the
that Hawkins had received the
wounds in a quarrel with a man in the street, but there
tru not the 'tightest foundation for the assertion.—The
tr:. cutting
sonerwivd remanded
dnunder Lord Elleshoreggles Act
The rem mid the woman The were NM from this
to Hertford, charged with as atrocious crime to.
the infant child of the moose:a master, soder-
'nodal? examination epee their arrival there, the
t of wbiels was, that both the parties were capitally
in trial at the ensuing Amine, the female
omit being considered as an acerestary. Sir Cot.t.zu
"R and a Bench of Magistrates heard the cue.

The watchman stated, that riterday morning, atilt
on* o'clock, he Met *it prisoner iu Portena&estawei
tarrying 'various article* of domestic use on his shook*.
He asked him where tie had got theta, and where he
was taking them. The prisoner, in answer, gate to,
of three accounts, and was at length taken to the mad.
ionic
Mr. Marshall, steward to Dowager Lady Roam,.
sold, that the property did not belong to her Ladywoi,
The prisoner was in is Lordship's service.
The ptiamer said, he had them given to him by
otber servant.
At this instant William Lee, servant to Sir A. Jth.
son, said that he had given the property to the prism,.
Sir A. Johnson had ordered hint to clear all the law*,
and useless articles, and he gays the property to the eti.
weer. The property wait here produced ; it comneme
of a good tray, knaves and forks, several cantle,, sag
other kitchen utensils.
The Magistrate observed, that tha case was railer
extraordinary ; the prisoner had been taken with the
pods at a. very unseasonable hour, and had then gip,
two diterent accounts of the manager in which 6,4.
tamed the property. It was also remsrkeel, that it leaf
strange Lee should have given the prisoner whole
candles.—The Magistrate ordered the prisoner to be
discharged, and directed that an officer should yeafeei
with Lee to Sir A. Johnson, to learn if the account he
had stated be true.

The greatest waterfall in Europe has been re.
eently discovered in Lapland. In the Mineralogical
Report lately presented to the Swedish Corers.
went, this greet waterfall is described as being ft
the river Luthin, is half-a-mile broad, and falls%
in an uninterrupted perpendicular descent of let
hundred feet.
The following anecdote is very characteristic d
Spanihb superstition :
'•On the 16th of February, 1797, a British strikes
of four sail of the line, usider the orders of . dears'
Harvey, appeared off the island. The Spanish Rear.
Admiral Apodaca was anchorod at Uhagaratnns whit
three superb ships of the line, (one of which tras a three-
decker) and a forty gun frigate. As soon as he saw the
British ships, he set fire to his own, and geffissulys►
treated to Port Spain, reciting his rosary, and scam
panied by a band of priests, who followed his etas*
Arrived at the Governor's with his chaplet of beads is
his band ! ' Well, Admiral—all is lust, as yea haw
burnt your ships,' said Chacon ttalsiset. so, all la ast
lost,' replied the noble Admiral : • 1 have saved tie
image of San Jago of Cotnpostella, the patron 01 ay
ship sari myself, taking from his pocket an imaged
that saint."
Since the inclosure of Windsor Forest, Mr. F.
Palmer has planted, in the space of three sears, is
the neighbourhood of Oakingliam, two million et
trees, of different sorts, and five hundred bash&
of acorns. The whole plantation is well fenced,
and bears a healthy and promising appearance, the
ground baying been properly trenched by inane.
tents prepared for the purpose.

Boxinis.—There was a report yesterday, that Spriag
sd sustained an injury in his shoulder throughuawg
I dumb-bells, and that he had sustained some injwy
is certain ; but whether to that extent which will pee.
vent him meeting Robert Burn in the ring on Owl%
of February, is not known. That fight is for 1000-
' seas, play or pay. Fifty a side is al-ready staked, el
the other fifty is to be made good at Ben Bernie set
Titroday eveniog. Betting was 6 and 7t04 on Sprigs;
hot yet •ertiay Burn was backed, at even play ortparyt—
, bast eight was appointed for essillng the stakes free
thirty guineas aside, already deposited, to fifty sit,
between Benue° and Sampson. the Bleuringhani yellk
who fight en Tuesday next if the money be wade Best
Betting 5 to 4 on Sampson,
r illilli
CORONXI'II INQU a 'IST.—On Saturday last an i
was held at the King's Arms, parish of Cbi is
Surrey, on view of the hotly of Mrs. Sarah 'ornwall.
who met with her death in consequence of her residers
being inundated with water.—lt appeared from the eri•
deuce, that the deceased, who was upwards of MO yeas
of age, resided in a cottage near Banstead, in Surrey,
and that, from its local situation, it was completely Bird
with water on Wednesday last, an overflow of whirl'
had been produced by the thaw. On perceiving let
danger, she made an effort to escape, but being Wry
feeble, she unfortunately fell, and was suffurated.—VlV
diet, " Accidental Death."

IMPORTANT I NIFORMATION.—From calculation by tit
College of Physicians, no less than 40,000 die anwsany
In limit Britain of Consumption, and that every Nib
person were rapt 'well. These complaints are truly slaw
tog to every individual who uses the least exertion. It
is also incredible the number that fall victims to a el.
twin Disease, by being improperly treated. It way thin
circumstances induced Dr. l'ooesa to select mien.
Physicians and Snrgeuns, of at least 30 years carrion*
to form a Medical Board ; and, since the establishment,
upwards of 30,000 Patients have been cared, withal
confinement—many of them after Hospital. had fail*
Messrs. Comma and Co. are consulted at Woodmen!.
street, Oxford-street; and at Clarion. House, Owl
Charlotte-street, opposite the Rev. Rowland
daily, from eight till eight.--Mechanics have
gratis every evening, from six till eight ; and on Pm*
mornings until t o'clock.
•.• Raptures, of 30 years standing, are also made/
cured withunt being confined.
to There are private doors to each borne, and eh*
rooms for Females.
N. B. Messrs. COOPIR and Co.'s Lectures ea tise
prevailing Diseases, are published at one ghillie/Jo
Mr. Harvey, 22, Blackfriars.road. They minas
%rotation for young prietilloneft.

MARRIED.

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On the IRd instant, at St. James's thank. Lient.
R. N. to Miss Venable,. of Vigo-inne.
At Lisboa. on the Idth alt.TAr. Francis Rroaghtoa, feet*
ehant, to Ellen, only daagkter of Henry Thomas Sofeifi
gag. of Ledywood Cottage. seer Birmiaghtts.
Oa the' 17th Instant, at Mt. Mary's, Lambeth, 11. Pim
Sm. son of Major % Maas Potts. Alderman of the eel of,
Carlisle, to Miss Mary Catherine `Whisson, only daaghlor a
Mrs. Whisson, late of Rath.

DIED.
Os do Seth lateral, Mrs. Mutes, wife of Mr. J. Mast*
of Dover-street, Plead(My.
At a very advaseed w, its Belc-place. Pledice.*l
ILaaastt, relict of J. R. lLeasett. .of Hostqls• Seriri
at Arms to the Klag (sea of the lets A dermas Keane
suet ID Lady R. Shelleld, of Upper Wisspoie-street.
Os She 11th lastest, at her horse, is Chapel-otseet,_.,o*.'
veaoc-aquare, after a few days Maeda, Mn.s Meese, errs'
esisat:
Oa
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Ots the tad Webs.. Elea =Wolk. the West 41141 a
of the Rev. Joshua Maddock, of Whabledoss Coral.

at nT. . -
till souse fraternity, fur exercising thi
f. a. selling soveril necks of mottos
who Wig been ma
utd be 'Agra t Sean oa tbasooralog of last Sunday
She tely pleaded
tie's* Sled a it. who was Ms
works, he . reitht Mad offices.
1111 °th" lid trot. 111 r. Simons intimated, that the ate'
for its object the preservation of pohl
those who wen Mr. Sheppa d—" That's the osier
tll lak eft. .• • - • r •

MGR WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THO 441r*
Monis*, *3 atia. Ober 11,—A1ersoss. I Ws. after it
!wig'
Louisa : Privies* mut wM. tie 411011110
a. WARMILL."B4I. Ka* 14.witte=zellt-
she SI. Clessaes Omsk I Mims.
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