The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-05-06 00:00:00

POLACK.

lßow•oratxr—Yestetday GiormeniLosibard. an !talon.
was brought in by Sharpe, a patrol, charred with threatee-
Inv to murder his wife, to whom he had been married about
oft • month.

lupe stated that he was passing through Broad-court,
Lia.ig-acre, when he heard loud screams and cries of " mur-
der !" In a female voice ; he ran Into the house. and found
the prisoner with a penknife open in his hand, but he and his
wife were then separated.
The wife, an Englishwoman, was in attendance, with Mr.
Rigby, a wine merchant, in tioutt.ampton-street, her hro-
ther-ia-law. She was so much agitated OP to he scarcely
able to speak, but Mr. Rigby stated that she was very re-
spectably connected ; some time abo he procured an engage-
ment fur her to go to Ireland, to superintend the fitting up
of the interior of a Nobleman's residence, as far as the dra-
pery and other ornamental portions of•it were concerns I.
She returned a few days ago, and, to the astonishment
of di her friends, was accompanied by the prisoner in the
character of her husband. She had, it seemed, formed a
sudden and violent attachment to him, and they were
married about a month ago. His situation was that of a
butler.. From the second day of their union, he had pur-
sues towards her a course of treatment of the most brutal
kind; the principal cause of it appeared to be her refusal
to supply him with money to enable him to go to Paris,
where be pretended to have urgent business to transact.—
He placed lib. penknife to her throat, swearing diet be
would murder her if she did not act as he desired. The
prisoner had also come several times to his (11r.
house, and made use of threatening and abusive lan-

Plage.
The prisoner, who denied the charge altogether, was
ordered to be locked up until he could find good bail. Ile
had been some hours in cues )dy, when, at the interces-
sion of Lila wife, lie was liberated on his ou n recogni-
zance of 100/. to keep the peace, and on an understand-
ing that he would set out for Paris, and not again molest
her.

Ilsvios-Gsenew.—Yesterday, &churl Hancock, the
femme-teller, of Theohihrs-road, was brought up tar
final examination. Previous to the prisoner being
brought in, a large pile of letters, written by different
ladies to the prisoner on the 'abject of having their for.
tunes told, were laid open in a pile before the Magistrates
by William Read, jun. theollicer, who found them iu the
prisoner's lodging.
A lady, the wite of a respectable professional gentle-
man, and mother of a large family, was privately ex-
amined. It appeared from her statement that she hail
been fora length of time the dupe of the prisoner, har-
ing paid her frequent visits fur a length of time, fur the
purpose of having her fortune told, and by the heavy
contributions levied on her by the prisoner, she had
nearly brought her husband to ruin.
Sophia. the wife of William Winterburn, 4, Tennis-
court, gave evidence to the 1111111 e effect as at the last ex-
amination.
William Read, the Officer produced a hand-basket full
of small phials, pill boxes, gallipots. and packets of pow-
ders, likewise a hawker's license, all of which he found
in the prisoner's apartment ; he stated that she had taken
out a license to hawk and expose fur sale such medicines
as reqaired the seamp duty to be paid, and under the pre-
tence of vending her medicine, she visited families, and
was waited upon by persons at her lodging.
Ths prisoner declared her innocence of the sharge.
and called Goo to witness that she bad never told a for-
tune in her life; olio was very sorry that she caul 1 nut
tell her owls.

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PRICE SEVEN PENCE.

The Magistrate sentenced her, as a rogue and a va-
-gabond, to three months imprisonment in the Muse of
Correction.

Mr. Pritchard, Solicitor to the Society for the Suppres-
sion of Vice, bad been previously waited upon by an offi-
cer, to know if he would attend to prosecute ; but other
charges of a similar nature being against the prfs, zier,
he stated to the officer .his intention of indicting her at
the next Sessions.

AnLIBOROLIGH•STREM—Dt*FPING EXTRAORDIN A RY.
!ease Redder, a young man farhionably dsessed, having
the appearance of a Jew, and affecting to streak like a fo-
reigner, was yesterday brought to the Office, charged
with having obtained from the Duke of fttontrore a sum
of money upon a shan I and watch, the form.l. of which '
he stated to be worth seventy pounds, and the latter
eight pounds ; whereas it was proved that the shawl ,
was not worth seven 'billings, and the watch not work
30s. He was fully committed fur trial.

FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.

LONDON ORPHAN ASSLUSt.

Yesterday having been the day appointed fur laying
!tone of the new building about to be erected by .
this institution it Clapton, a east-concourse of respee' a- •
ble persons, who were provided with admission tickets,
proceeded to the ground at an early hour, for the pur-
pose'of witnessing the ceremony. A considerable sp sce..
of ground having been enclosed in an amphitheatrical
form, seven or eight rows of benches mere erected nearly
all round it, which were appropriated to the exclusive
convenience of ladies ; and, although apparently eale•.l. •
laird to hold upwards of two thousand, it did not afford
accommodation for above two-thirds of the numhee that
attended. Within these benches was railed in a further
space to allow standing room to the male spectators ; ant
this, again, was formed the arena on which the
ceremony was to be performed. This consisted partly
of solid ground, and partly of a temporary flooring, or
platform, composed of planks laid across that part of it
which had been excavated for the basement apartments
of the intended building. The planks rested on a beam,
',Lich was supported by props of thick timber under.
"Math. In the centre of the arena was slung the stun
At about three o'clock the Duke of York, accompanied
by Prince Leopold, arrived at the Mermaid tavern, Hack •
icy ; where, after partaking of a collation, their Royal
•Highnesses joined the procession, which then proceede I
is the prescribed order to the ground. As soon as it
entered the arena, the Lord ltlayor pronounced a
short address, which was succeeded by an appropriate
prayer by the Lord Bishop of London. The members
of the procession then formed a wide circle round
the stone, and the stewards placed the children in front
of them, arranging the boys on the right, and the gir's
on the left. Ti.- band struck up, the children commenced
singing some verses composed for the occasion, and the
process for lowering the stone was begun. Before,however,
it had descended many inches, or the children had sung
through the first stanza, the platform on the left of the
stone on which the Duke and the Prince, together with
the Bishop, I clergymen, the Lord Mayor, fee., and
the greater part of the female children were standing,•
gars, why- with a loud crash, which was echoed by a uni-
versal scream of horror from the benches, and followed
by a scene of the greatest confusion for some minutes.—
The principal prop, it appeared, having been overturned,
in consequence of the rope which the persons held who
who were lowering the stone being twitted round it, the
beam which it had supported yielded to the pressure of
the weight overhead, the planks resting on the beam of
course sunk with it, and stee individuals who stood noon
the planks shared in the fall ; except such of them as had
the address and opportunity to spring off the boards
when they felt them giving way. Amongst these was the
Dike of York, who, at the first alarm, leaped forward
with considerable agility, and r. ached the solid ground in
safety. Prince Leopold, also, and several other indie,-
duals near him, escaped fishing, they having fortunatey
been standing on that part of the scaffolding most ren.o'e
from the centre, where it first gave way. A number of
the girls, however, and other individuals, fell in, but all
these were happily extricated from their alarming situa-
tion without any serious injury. In one instance alone
the accident was fatal. One of the labouring men, who
was underneath the scaffolding, and holding the rope
ahovementioned, happened unfortunately to be at t•tat
moment immediately under the beam. It crushed hins to
death. The wretched victim was borne away in a dread-
fully mangled state. The ceremony was then hastily con-
cluded ; and the parties returned to town. At six o'clo.k
the institution celebrated their anniversary festival, by a
dinner at the City of London Tavern, at which the Lord
Mayor, (in the room of the Duke of York, It h o was pre-
vented by order of his physicians from attending) re-
sided, supported by Prince Leopold and the Bishop of
London. The meeting was crowded, and the collecituta
considerable.

DREADFUL ACCIDLNT.—About four o'clock on SAW!,
tiny afternoon, Mr. Webb, the principal officer in the
West India Docks, went to shut np and lock the large
iron gate ; a sodden gust of wind blew it to, and being
loose, it came off the hinges and fell upon him ; be was
carried to his lodgings, where surgical assistance was
immediately •in attendance; lie lingered in extreme
agony, until five o'clock on Sunday morning, when be
expired, leaving an afflicted widow and daughter to la-
ment his loss.
Last week, tiio vessels sailed from Dumfries for Bri-
tish North America, with emigrants. One ship was pur-
sued by some Sheriffs' officers from Cumberland, with
writ against one of the passengers for debt. lie was
seized, but being a handsome young fellow, the women
passengers immediately rescued him, and compelled the
officers to quit the ship without him. The executors of
the law, in their search for the debtor, found a:miller •
man who bad absconded, and left his wife and six chit.
dren chargeable to the parish. Unfortunately, they had
no %arrant to arrest him, but the ladies in this case as-
sisting justice, compelled the villain, vi et arms, to
quit the ship, bidding bins " gang hame to his wife
and Um.'
Many young men—we may say to the extent of hun-
dreds, have of late left various places in Galloway, an I
gone to England, to prosecute a new branch of business,
in which they are styled " Scotish Pedlars." They are
engared by extensive merchants who employ them to •
hank tea, soft goods,_lisc. in large towns and the sur-
rounding country. Arrangements are so made that a
certain district, or walk, is allotted to each individual.— •
This he travels over as often as necessary, taking orders •
upon one visit, and calling with the goods on the next.
-By this means be evades the hawker's license, and effects
sales to a very considerable amount. In honour -of on r
young countrymen, it may be mentioned, that so kith
an opinion is there formed of their honcsty and assiduity,
and so anxious are the wholesale merchants to be sup- • •
p.ied with the true Scoiish breed, that they dismissed a •
young man because his mother was an Irish-woman.— • '
I(ltissitirics Courier.)