The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-09-03 00:00:00

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WZgrorto irg#Anor tieg posy en*
dolts oh the htki.c. The lakestgldes are not bor-
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dared by vast streets lIMI, quays of
,gresite, nor do
witostrades of iroh the waterke f the Aro- i
stet. This street surpasses. je leesgtis the celebrated
streets of &dial •nor do Tailit' Sr Florence possess
any of the, dimension's of this. I do not see here
the antique moanments'of goose, but I see columns
of marbl.d (marble and granite strike one's attention
every where), every where I observe a freshness and
an nee which I have seen no where else. Nei-
ther London nor Vienna have these equipages ; there
the movement is grand•-.here it is more brisk and
more pracipitite. This city, Sir, is one of the first
cities of Europe ; it is the fifth
toughthroh which you
have carried me,' says my traveller m.
" Keeping him still in suspense, I place him sud-
denly in the middle of a gronpe of inhabitants of the
country. Ile sees them in the Hay-market ; he is
frightened at their thick beards and bristled chins ;
these men in large pelisses or in coarse cloth, and
with hairy caps ; their hairy breasts and uncovered
necks; their mantles of sackcloth ; their shoes of
the bark of trees quite surprise and astonish him.--
4 What carriages,' he says, ' what harness, in
my life I have never seen the like. What is the
meaning of those girdles of wood round the necks of
the horses' Erery thing is rustic and vigorous—
every thing is strange, even to the physiognomy of
the quadrupeds. But from what savage country does
this man come, who, instead of a carriage, fastens j
his horse to two long poles, of which the ends joined
trail upon the earth and carry the produce of the
country : never have I seen any thing so near the in-
fancy of society, end its misery. This, Sirt isthe
sixth city through which you haVe conducted me f
he rays to me, 6 these men and these carriages are
foreign to the habitations which surround this
mense place—you have made me pass from one et•
tremity civilitatiosEto the other;"'

On Friday- last Mrs. Jetiner,, wife of a labouring
man at Bircooib, Sussex, was founffin her bed-ream,
with her throatcut, which she had effected with a
pair of large seissars. The deceased had been. at--
tlicted with temporary derangement for several years,-
dnd particularly within the last five weeks. •On
the
Monday preceding her death, she made an attempt
to destroy herself in the privy, by strangulation ;'
but her husband discovered hersituation in time to
save her life, after which the Parish Officers placed
her under the care of a woman, whose. vigilance
she evaded, and effected her purpose as above stated.
She has left seven young children.—Verdict, Lunacy.
On Monday last, a pugilistic contest took place
at Redmarley, Gloucestershire, between Ford, of
Bristol (who, a short time since, heat King, a can-
didate for fame in the neigbourhood of the metropo-
lis), and a Gloucestershire man, of the name of Das
ufs, for a purse of twenty guineas. They set.to at
half-past nine, in a rope ring of forty feet, and (might
for two hours and ten minutes, during which time
they had eighty-two rounds of as hard fighting as
wasever witnessed ; when both being horribly beaten,
the spectators interfered, and the purse was divided
by mutual consent ! Abrahams seconded Ford, and
Dick Yarnold seconded Davis.
A NEW COVEY OV Swisnr.Eßs.—The tradesmen in
the neighbourhood of Francis-street, Bedford-square,
have been lately dished to some tune, by a Ilefario:,S
(*genie, who knew how to lay her traps with ad-
dress. She took the upper part of a furnished house,
in the name of a Mrs. H—y, and passed as the
wife of a Merchant in the City ; but it was soon
perceived, by the complexion of her visitors, and
the charming carelessness of her sister, Mrs. C--d, '
that the Lady was not very tight laced in her mo-
rality ; however, as there were supposed to be among
these nocturnal worshippers at the shrine of damaged
beauty an Irish Earl, who Never gambles, and a po- •
litical Barrister, who never drinks, it was presumed
by the tradeimen that their debts were not of a very
desperate cast, and they suffered this modern Phrync
to have credit to a considerable amount. All now
went merrily en, the kitchen was amply supplied
with viands, and the table with wine, while the
catch, and the jest, and the song went round, to the
{annoyance of Morpheus and his drowsy Ministry.

' What have we witb day In do ?
" Sono of Care %was made for ynt."
At length a general suspicion was aroused, as to
the honour and character of the Lady, and the
Tradesmen became importunate; but an evening was I
fixed to liquidate all their accounts, when the Vint-
ner, the Grocer, the Butcher, the Poulterer, the
Baker, &c. all arrived at the same instaet, but the I
Birds had flown away, and, locked up the house, and
taken the key I By the assistance of a ladder, the
Landlady oblained entrance into her own pre-
mises, where she found duplicates upon the table for;
plate and linen, her property, which this dashing
Emphroyse had taken the liberty to pawn !--NOw
would it net be wise in the Legislature to enact Mae
Statute, that might prevent the frequent returrieke
of such iniquitous imposition?
A fire broke ,oit oboist as e'eleels'yevieraisy-N
morning in a house in Union-street, bliddlestit
pit.* which destroyed the whole of the interior of
i the premises, and damaged a public 'house adjoliiing,
at the center. of Clereland.street.
Ohe of the east gsAes in the colonnade before
Carlton How, in Pall-Mall, fell outwards by sopa
unaccountable accident, yesterday .morning, about'
ten o'clock.
Monday sennight, • twi...nten were and.
ranne others severely lyrosontled, battluthat took'
place at the fair of Ballyket,-near
land.
An excellent method for preventing butter from
becoming rank :—The day before churning scald the
cream in a clean iron kettle, over a clear ire, taking
care that it does not boil over. As soon as it begins.
to boil, or is fully scalded, strain it, when the par.
Bees of milk which tended to sour and chanceothe
butter, are • separated and left. behind. Put the
vessel into which it was strained into a tub of water,
In a cellar, till .next morning,' when it will be ready
for churning, and bee no butter in less than a quer.
ter of the time requited in the commoinwiliod. It
will also becoine hard, with a peculiar additional
sweetness, and notehange. The-tabour In this
way is leas thane the oust, as the butter r,othes soottericl
4M saves so•much hailer in working out.theiltetter.!
talk 8y bitter ay 049,4116
the hottest weather, tat :snzo2ti ,411 U .1, .

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Yesterday Richard Richey* «is brimmlbt before•
the Sitting Magistrate, charged by William Mtge!
with stealing tromlis person a gold Mid and key ea
the "preceding night is Smithfiedd market. Asset
sigted, that as be was observing some waggon loads
of Wild beista that were brought into Smithfield pre-
paratory to, the fair, he felt a twitching at his fob,
spa tooling t/own perceived.the Prisoner cutting his
watch ribbon, be immediately seised him, upon which
1 the Prisoner threw away the "seal and scissars, in
which act he :wad observed by several persons pre-
' sent.- He was immediately given into the custody of
an officer, and
,denied all knowledge of the crime
I !Ad to his charge. The Officer, however, observed
him throw away a sheath, which was picked up, and
exactly fitted the scissars with which he cut the watch
ribbon. lie was fully committed for trial.
MANSION-312USE.
Yesterday. a fine-lookihg little boy, about the age
of ten, was brought before the Loan Maven. by one
of the City Officers. The Officer stated, that he ob.
1 served the child on the preceding day straying about
the streets, and enquiring for the Red Lion public-
house, where he said his parents lodged. There
1 being so many public-houses with that sign, it was
thought useless to make further enquiry about it.—
: The boy said that he had walked up to town all the
• way from Hollywell, in North hales, for the pur-
pose of finding out his_parents. He had received a
peas from theparish officers of Hollywell. His Lord,
ship being of (Tinkle that the lose was given by the
Officers only with a view of throwing such a burden
off the parish, and the child not being willing to go
to sea, he gave him a pass back to his parish iu North
Wales, anddirected that he should be supplied with
any necessary he wanted.
A hackney coachman was brought up by Forres-
ter, the Officer, on suspicion of felony. Forrester
Stated, that he observed the hackney-coachman and
another person passing hastily through the street on ,
the preceding day ; the Prisoner carried a bundle in I
las hand, and the Officer, suspecting from their
manner that it was stolen, pursued them closely, the,
otiset Man Made his escape; but the Prisoner, with
the bundle, was secured. It contained an elegant
; dressing case, bearing the name and arms of Sir
, William Cottrell, who had left town ou Tuesday
! for Bristol. -
the Prisoner, in his defence, stated, that the
bundle wait left in his Master's coach by some Gen-
tleman whom he had taken up at a house in Duke-
street, Si. James's, and,' that when seized by the
Officer, he was only conveying it, by the direction
of his master, to Some place of safety until it could
be returned to the Gentleman.
.Ilis Lordship was of opinion that he was seized in
proper time ; but, as there was no proof of a felo-
nious intent, the Prisoner was discharged, and the
case directed to lie put into safe hands until such
time as it could be returned to the owner.
WHITECHAPEL.
Yesterday John O'Neal, a sailor, belonging to
the Victorious, on leave of absence, was brought
up, and underwent examination, charged with tak-
ing, on Tuesday night last, a young woman home to'
his lodgings, in Wentworth-strret, Whitechapel,
and with using her in a wry cruel manner, heating
her over the head and body, so that she was taken
to the Hospital in a very dangerous state. Tht. Pri-
soner was committed for re-examination, to be
brought up again when the fate of the unfortunate
fe.:-:le shall be ascertained.
T harms Oakley, a hackney-dutchman, was ex-
amitiet4 being charged with the murder of Elizabeth
Mathews, only nine years of age, under the follow-
ing circumstances :—The Prisoner was driving his
coach at a very furious rate near Dog-row, Bethnal-
green—the deceased, corning from school, was thrown
down, and the wheels of the carriage going over her,
she was killed on the spot. The Prisoner was com-
mitted for trial.

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limintn.---Bertjamin Clifford underwent an exa-
mination yesterday at the above Office, charged with
the wilful murder of Patrick Doyle. •It appealed by
the evidence of Wood, thelleadborongfi or Colima-
ble of Poplar, that on the evening of Wednesday,
the Rath of August, about a•quarter past ten .'clock;
he fell in with Clifford and the deceased fighting each
other—when he separated the combatants, and they
went each their several ways, and that afterwards. he
found them the • same evening again fighting. Ile
made up to them *second time, when Clifford effected
his escape by running away. On coming up to the
spot where they bad been engaged, ho found the de-
ceased, Doyle, leaning against some palings. Ile
*as then in an almost exhausted state with the loss of
blood; and soon afterwards expired.
Mr. Bell, the surgeon, who was called in to ex-
amine. the body, deposed, that the deceased bad one 1
bound in his face, near to the eye, another on his ;
'left side, between' two ribs; and somewhat under the
vertebrae of the left breast ; the latter having pene-
lrateff almitit to the recent.' of the heart, and which
'he hail no doubt was the actual cause by which the
deceased had come by his .deatlt, and that it appeared
the Wounds were inflicted with an instrument some-
what.longer than a penknife.
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On the ibeve evidence, Clifford, the Prisoner, was •
fully committed.
UNION ft ALL.
Thomas Eloggirstosil cud Thomas Boggision,'
jan. a boy about tivelve years of age, and Ann
Ashwood servant girl, were brought before Mr.
Matsu for re-esstialaatio& charged en suspicion—'.
.tha two first of breaking' open the Three Compasses
41firinoudsay; and the girl, who lived
lerrant in the fall% , with aldlag and assisting them
lin their entreifee;• and 'stetting a metal watch, and
Itgi. in suer, as statedelmf*aittler Piper, from a
list in the bar. 'ferittirtialf thee; fully committer?
• for trial. t, *u
BoW-trrit PET.
Nosy Jones *au charged with felonlitaSly stealing
eaelarge ciaantity of. printed cotton fromPtbe shop of
Griffith Foulkes, lineu.draper, of Little tips-
' sell-street, Covent' Garde.. '
n• It appeared that the Prilistiar went into the Prose.
estor's'shop on Tabsany- afternenn, and purchased I
two. stuall'reamants a Kew,. After' he had left the!
.shoplisontivrinted cuttoriives missed, and she being • '
'-ougly 'suspected. to have taken it,• she was folio*. 1 r. nol,s
4' brought :back! t the- shop, and oh being -.4

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charged with *touting the Cotton,- tweaty.mie 3 a
of priurad cotton dropped from under h,r pthic.ais
which Mr. Foulkes identified to be his protk•rty.- P•
The Prisoner was committed to Neolgaie for "jai.

mAttLlsilitounit-srumr.. •
Right disorderly persons were brought before or,
sitting Mdigiatrate, charged with horn% committed
depredations in the fiplds of Mr. Harper, Lotwom
Mary-le-bone and kilburn. It appeared ("1 Went,
that incalculable injury has been at intervals sustain.
ed by the Complainant, in consequence of pers,„
plucking the hay-ricks to furnish bels, &c. and for
even worse perposes. The Magistrate expre'sed
determination .to make an exomple of SC:ae peme,
and he consequently committed o;ie of ti.m, or
name of Golsen, who had been before hi:u ua a far.
user occasion, for pretending to have ruptur...l a
Mood vessel, and to carry on the imposition
effectually, he had a vial of-blood in his possesv,:.

Pa/FR PIRATES.--A gentleman named Coffr-
who resides in Westminster, and who has a wit:::
sailing beat on the Thames for hi; accasiottal amusf.
meat, while sailing a Short distance below Chelser.
reach, on Monday evening, about nine o'clock, was
; hoarded by three ruffians, who jumped from a fun.
loared cutter that ran alongside his boat, and grnpikd
with his gunwale. They were armed with cutla,4,,
and demanded his money. Not feeling disposed to
resist so formidable a body, having only a bov ca
board, he delivered 31. in cash and.notes to them,.
with which they immediately leaped into their cutter;
and desiring him to alter his eourse, they rirwed with-
great velocity down the river, and were soon oat. of
sjght. •
A few days since a labouring man was committed
to the gaol of Iladdington, charged with vending
forged notes:' lie was detected in the act of giviwg
some of them in exchange for a watch he had bought
from a private in the Kist York Militia, who, :hew:
ing the notes to a serjeant, he at once discovered At
fraud, and informed the Commanding, Oilicer, who
ordered them .to take him instantly before a instica
of the Peace, It is said, he has confessed, and in.
formed.against one of the Aberdeenshire Nlilitet, ci
whom, be says, he bought the notes. They are very
ill executed.
A Gentleman of the name of Foolev, underook
yesterday to go from Westminster Bridge to Wcod•
hatch, near Ryegate, and return, the whole twin? 11
miles, in eight hours. lie did thirteen miles in the
first two hours, and this sort of speed heat him. 112
resigned after performing thirty miles in six Itot•r3,
sore footed.

At the Lancaster Assizes, on Wednesday, the _6th
ult. Mr. Martin Lolley was found guilty of bigarnv.
The first marriage was proved to have been so.
lemnised in England some years ago; and the secod
was contiacted in the beginning of the present venr,
the first wife being alive. On the Prisoner's behalf
several witnesses were examined, by whom it a.:s •
proved, that previous to the second marriage a di-
vorce had been sued for, and obtained in *eland,
by the first wife, on the ground of adultery. Mr.
Duncan, a writer to the Signet, and a Solicitor in•
the Scotch Ecclesiastical Court, was examined at to
the mode of procecilin in such cases; and it sp. •
pearel, that previous to a divorce being,obtained,sit
is always customary am( necessary to have evidence
of :he real grounds upon which the Pursuer s.,eltc far
the divorce, and also to hear the De'murrer's re:rsrms-
why it should not be given. lie said there had Wen
numerous instances of divorces being obtaiival in tatc,
manner, and. recognized as legal ; but on his be*
lasked, n bether he ever knew of an English marriage
being dissolved
.by the decree of the Scotch Fcclesi.
astical Court, he said he could not recollect an in-.
stance. The Jury, by direction of his• Lordship,•
brought in a verdict of guilty; but reserved thetas"
I.for the. consideration of the twelve. Judges.
On Wednesday last, six-sheep were killed by the
lightning, in a field in the parish of Wrawby, near
Brigg. On the same day, was seen at itovhy, a
neighbouring village, a ball of electric fire, gliding a
little above .the surface. of a pond : from thence it
proceeded to an adjoining field, where it came in con-
tact with a hay-rick, which in a very short time,
was reduced to ashes.
. A few Alights since some villains cut the pipes
from the engine which supplies the reservoirs of the
Grand .flotel,, in Covent-garden, with water, with

which they got- Wear IA • • ,•
Sunday night the dwelling-house of A. Bruce,
Esq.'Arnvy „Agent, in Parliament-street, Westmin-
ster, was entered by a gang of thieves, who got into
the premises,. the hack way, by breaking open the
stable doors, in Cannon-row, through which there
is a communication with the dwelling-house, and pro-
ceeded up stairs into the dining-room, where they
packed up a quantity of. silver plate, and other arti-
cles, to a treat amount, with which they made their
escape unobserved, although there are wa:citmca
stationed near the premises.
SINGULAR ESCAPE.--The servant of James Smythe,
Esq. of. Chart, on -his return from Maidstone, on
qteArening of Tuesday last,, was confroated on the.
'Sefton road. by a single footpad, who seized his horse
by the bridle, and demanded his money. The set-
vjtnt swore he would not give a farthing, and .liatcit,
liuo out a case bottle, presented it as tire-arms, x-
claiming furiously% " What ! rob a postman The
fellow, struck will. .ismay at seeing, as he thought,
an unexpected pistol, leaped suddenly into the ad-
joining wood, and escaped.
Yesterday morning, about Ave o'clock, a fire
broke out in the premises of Mr. Savage, Venetiita
blind-maker, New. Cut, Black'friars'-road,
*wing to the vast quautity.pf ,thin board, and otlia
combustible matter uled in the husfuess, raged :with
tbe ambit. fury for shunt 2Q Minutes,. when the.roof
flrtenatety fell in,: and presentee, ,the flames from
cornmenicatinglo a rinse
,Of, old wooden tenements
adjoinlngt •otcupked by verx.poßr people. The wiwie
of the furniture and _stock its tra4o.,of Mr. SPIV
witOdeetriiyed.
..yesare.happy to :state that no ii`o
wire lost.

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