The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-04-22 00:00:00

111 F, STATESMAN

just its deciding on the due portion of punishment that
had been since incurred.
Dr. LUSHINOTON observed, that with regard to,the
complaint of. Mr. Swabey, of Mr. Clarkson's improperly
taking away two clients who were in quest of Mr. Swa-
bgy's office, which was a distinct charge. It was swain
on behalf Of kis client, that when the matter in question
' took place, he wes utterly unconscious of invading the
business of another. He held in his hand the deposition
Qf Gardner. a porter in that vicinity, who stated, that he
was asked by two persons last February, in Parker-lane,
the way to the Administering Office, and that he pointed
out to them Mr. Clarkson's Chambers. They seemed to
have been wholly unacquainted with the forms of business
'in these Courts; and having produced a will. swore the
property to be under LAW. ; and took out letters of ad-
ministration. Here then was enough to negative all air-
pearance of unfair dealing, or of conspiracy with the por-
ter to procuie business by a division of its emoluments.
tie (Dr. Lushington) regretted the transaction, though
he trusted lie had in a great ilegreeeeplained what might
previously have been suspicious or obscure. Ile hail
felt great anxiety not to prejudice the cause, since a long
suspension must considerably aggravate the difficulties
of his client. Having touched upon all the points that
seemed to him 'to have the most immediate bearing on
the subject, he humbly hoped that the demands of
lice and interests of the public might be satisfied, with
out subjecting his cent, who was young in the profes-
sion, and surronnded with a rising family, to too severe
a measure of its punishnicit.
Sir JOHN NICHOL observed, that being desirous of pro-
ceeding with the utmost deliberation, he should reserve
his judgment till the next Court Day.

OLD BAILEY.—MospAY.

N. WA was charged with having stolen a trunk,
containing various property belonging to the Countess of
Selkirk.
Hugh Culger deposed that he was footman to the Dow-
ager Countess of Selkirk. On the Ist of Feb. her lady-
ship was leaving town on a visit to Bath, and b dtind the
carriage a trunk was fastened, containing a quantity of
wearing. apparel ; the trunk was safe when the carriage
stopped in Hertford-street, and when they had got about ,
a wile and a half from Hyde Park-corner, on the Fulham-
road, the coachman looked round and pereeiv d the pri-
soner with the trunk on his shoulders ; the carriage was.i
then stopped, and witness got off the dickey, and rail after
the prisoner, calling out, " stop ! the pris•mer ran
off, bat in the pursuit throw down the trunk: a gentle-
man stopped hint,.when he pulled out a knife, and threat-
ened'to stab him.
Charles John Bolton, of the Stamp Office, living at
Little Chelsea, deposed that on his road home lie saw the
prisoner running after the carriage, with a strap drag-
ging along the road ; he then took the trunk from the
carriage and run of Witness followed and stopped hint,
when the Prisoner drew out a knife and blandished it at
him. Witness perceived that the straps were cut : the pri-
soner in the pursuit dropped the trunk.
John Parsons stated that he lives on the Fulham-road,
aad he arrived on the spot just after the prisoner had
dropped the trunk. Witness followed the prism= and
secured him.
Henry Cotton stated that be saw the prisoner with the
trunk in .his arms, and trying to run away. Witness
assisted in apprehending the prisoner.
Two other witnesses deposed to the same effect.
The pfisoner did not deny the charge, but said that he
was much distressed at the time ; he had lived in the ser-
vice of the Marquis of Carmarthen four years, Lord Wal-
degrave two years and a half, Lord Dorchester's son one
year, and latterly with a Mr. Spicer. He had, he said,
testimonials of his good character front Lady Holland, in
order to obtain another sitnwion.
The ft acoanxii obterVed, if be bad lived in those re
eremitic families, he might easily have obtained proof of
his previous good character.
• The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and the Recorder
sentenced him to be transported for J years.
Ana. Lloyd stood indiea:d for stealing a silver orna-
ment representing a sheep, the property of General Pys, in
the month of March last.
The prosecutor stated,that he occupies the first floor of
a house in Southampton-street,Strand, kept by Mr. Jos.
Abbott, in whose service the prisoner lived. On the 20th
March he missed the silverornament off the mantle-shelf,
where it stood. An officer was sent for, who searched
the prisoner's box, where he found the silver ornament,
which the prosecutor identified as his property.
George Davis, an officer, stated, that he searched the•
prisoner's box in her presence, and found the ornament
produced in it. She fold him it was given to her by an
acquaintance in Oxford-street, hut afterwards said she
picked it up off the carpet in the prosecutor's room, and
had taken it away merely to 'look at it.
The prisoner was arraigned on a second indictment'
charging her with stealing a table cloth and sundry pieces
of lace, the property of Mrs. Crucifix, of Beaufort Build-
ings, in whose service she bad formerly lived. It
appeared that when her box was searched for the silver
ornament, a table cloth and some pieces of lice were
also found, which the prosecutrix identified as her pro.

perty.
The prisoner was found Guilty upon both indictment%
and the Recorder sentenced her to three months impel
sontnent in the House of Correction.

MAIMOOROUGN-STREITT.-7 hos. Norton was yesterday
brought to the office from St. Ann's watt li-house, charg-
ed with picking the pocket of Col. Gilmour on the night
betore.When the prosecutor was called, he did not appear,
and Mr. Conant directed a summons should be immedi-
ately issued for his attendance, and in a little time after
he was brought to the office. Col. Gilmour, of No. 3,
Great Portland-street, commenced by apologizing for not
having attended earlier, but said, that be had received a
letter that morning from his friend, Sir Hubert Taylor,
to wait upon him on particular business. The Col. then
stated, that as he was passing through Frith-street, about
ten o'clock on Sunday night, lie perceived the prisoner
close behind him, and not much liking his appearance
he quickened his pace, and turned into Queen-street
when the prisoner closed upon him, and took a silk
handkerchief from his pocket, and run off. The Col.
however, pursued him along Dean-street, where he was
stopped by a watchman. During the pursuit, the pri-
soner dropped the handkerchief, which the Cul. picked
up. When taken to the watch-home, the prisoner con-",
fessed his guilt, but pleaded extreme distress as his ex-
cuse. The Colonel said this was one of very few hand.
kerchiefs now left out of a great number he brought
with him some years ago from India. The prisoner
having nuttier further to say in his defence, he was fully
committed for trial. Soon after Col. Gilmour leg bound
over to prosecute, he iettirited to the other, and addres-
sing Mr. Cus.tsr, said, that be was under the necessity
of leaving London immediately to till a Staff 'pi/oint-
ment at Avr, in Scotland, and he could not think of coca.;
log all that way to attend the trial 'unless, all his ex-
penses were to be paid. It / ould at least cost him 501
to come up to town and, return. Mr. CONANT said lie
feared very much that no such sum would he allowed bins.
, He had now entered into his recogoizances, and be must
:either attend or forfeit them unless military duty
compelled bim to absent himself. "The Cul. said there
was nothing to present his attending, and Ito was very
willing to di) so provided the above sum was paid him
for expenses, but otherwise he certainly should not
attend. Mr. *CONANT told hint that the business was
now oat of his hand., and he could not afford him any
assistance. The Colonel departed apparently nut inucL
pkasid,

CORONER'S INQUESTS,

'Pembroke-wens, Grasvenur-place, yesterday,
An An inquisition was held at the Triumphant Chariot, itl
on view of
the body of Mary Gilley. 'Thomas Ailimore. Esq. of 33,
Charles-street, Berkeley-square, said the deveasedwas one'
of his sereants, and 17 years of age. _ On 'Thursday last,
she fell front one of the Windowi of his house, upon the
iron railings that surrounded the area underneath, which
entered the lower part of her back. Several surgeons
were called in to attend her, and in.about two hours she
was conveyed to St. tieorges Hospital. She did not com-
plain of anyone. Charles Wattle, of 14, Moore-street,
l'Ageare-tuad, stated that ou Tkursday morning last,
between twelve and one o'clock, he was passing through
Charles-street, Berkeley-square, and observed a harper
playing near No. 33, and saw the deceased sitting on the
sill of the centre window on the second door, holding by
the sash. She seemed to pay attention to the harper ; she
had a cloth or handkerchief in her hand, which he suppos-
ed she used to clean the window. Iler eituation appeared
to be very critical. He turned his eyes from her to look at
the harper, sail on glancing towards her again, lie saw her
in the act of falling, and she was caught on the spikes of
the iron railings. We assisted in taking her off. and in
carrying her into the house. Ana Hayman, an assistant-I
servant with the deceased, said that the deceased had',
been forbid to clean the windows, and that she did so of
her own accord, and before she expired, she informed
witness that she was attending to some music in the
street, and being oit her ;retail she loosed the sash, and
fell down by accident. Mr. IVut. Miles, house surgeon,
of St. George'i Hospital, statcd that the deceased died us
the preceding day. On examining the body 'dna death,
lie found just above the hip on the left side a wound which
penetrated to the joint, the head of the thigh-bone being'
broken off, the wound appeared to hate been made by
square instrument ; there were two other similar wounds,
each of them passed' into the cavity of the abdomen, as if
from the spikes of such iron railings as are before
areas. These wounds were the cause oilier death. She
was sensible till the last, and complained of no one.—
A complaint having been made to the Jury that the body
of this unfortunate young woman bad been cut open and
mangled unnecessarily, and bad hero exposed to an
anatomical inspection by ut.iny of the students of
tbe Hospital, there was a lung discussion upon the
conduct of the surgeons of public hospitals taking
the liberty eta ft mutter ()fright, without asking leave
of the friends of the deceased, to cut open the bo-
dies, although the p.trtits died of external injuries, as in
the present instance. The Jury took the opinion of the
Coroner as to whether the surgeons of an Ilitspital were
empowered to open the bodies of persons who died under
; their care. without asking leave of their friends or rela-
tives, and in opposition to their wishes Coroner
Said that several complaints bad been made by the rela•
lives of persons, who had died in the Hospital, of the
bodies being openea against their wishes, by the surgeons.
Ile did not hesitate to sly, that the surgeons hid no right
to open the body of any individual that died iu the llospi-
tal, unless they were ordered to do so under some particu-
kir circumstances by a Jury. lie knew that it bad become
quite common for them to make internal examinations of
almost every corpse that died in the hospital, and at last
they assumed it as a matter of right. He admitted that
in eases uf internal disease, of which the cause W4lldoubt-
ful, it might lie sercieeable for the surgeons to inspect
the affected putt ; but in cases of accident like the pre-
sent they had no motive but the gratification of curiosity
in opening the Ludy.—After a desultory conversation,
the Jury returned the folluning special verdict—" Acci-
dental death." And this Jury, in returoing their ver-
dict,
cannot but strongly protest against a system which
they ft ar is too general iu all public hospitals, of open-
ing the holy (as in this instance) of auto' tunate persons,
where the externsl appearances, and the circumstances
attentli rig the injuries received, fully coutirut the cause
of the death.
On Thursday an inquest was held near Thuraby, in
Cumberland, before Richard Lowry, Esq. on the body of
a young woman, aged 23 years, who hung herself with, at•
handkerchief tied to a beam in a lodging room of her
father's house. it is singular that the deceased was only
married a few days ago at Annan, front which place she
and her husband returned to her father's house ; and by
invitation at a neighbour's house, and nothing obsereso
ble aprared in the conduct or manner of behaviour of
the deceased, but on the contrary, she appeared to pos-
sess her usual good spirits. Soon after breakfast the
'husband set off for his residence, where they shortly in-
tents taking up housekeeping ; and on taking his depar-
ture they took an a&ctiouate leave of each other. It
further appeared that the deceased, after her husband pad
set out upon Ids journey, went into a neighbour's and
asked an acquaintance of her's to assist her in the af-
ternoon to iron some clothes ; she then went into her
father's house, who was lying upon a swab by the fire,
and, without tusking any observation, she went op stairs,
where she coutinitteo the act as above described. for
which no possible cause could be assigned.—Verdict,

Robert Gill and James Ilansedee, the men convicted m
the late assizes, of the extep,ive robbery of Al r. Bright's
premises at Animater, were executed at York last Satur-
day. pursuant to their sentence. Them was nothing re-
markable in their conduct after sentence of death had been
passed upon them, nor at the place of execution. On Sun-
day their bodies were brought to this town, and Rains-
den's passed forward to High-town, where he was de-
cently interred by his friends. Gill's family, it seems,
live in the Square, at the top of Kirkgate, and there his
remains have been exhibited to the curious for several
.days, during the present week, with a basin placed upon
his breast to receive the cootributions of the visitors. A
good deal of pence have been collected in this way, and
if the exbibitiou has tended to invigorate good resolutions
and to deter from the commission of crime, the money
may have been more beneficially than agreeably spent.—
(Leeds Mercur.v.)
Mcauxa.—Extract of a letter from Deal, 20th April : '
—" In addition to the particulars I gave.you relative to
the late horrid murder perpetrated in this place on Wed,
'testier evening last, I have now to add, that Joseph Bell,
the only son of the deceased, a youth just turned of 18
years of age, has wade a full confession of his guilt. By
his own statement, it appears that on Sunday evening
last, be conceived the horrid intention of taking the
life of his father, and intended to have administered
poison in his fool; not being able, _however, to obtain
the poison, be purchased a gun of another youth, and
about nine o'clock in the evening, he took his station at
the back of the house, and deliberately tired through the
window of the room where his father and mother were
sitting by the fire side, and killed his father, who utter-
ed butt one groan, the shot passing through his body.—
After having committed this horrid act, he threw the
gun into a ditch, and joined two other young men, and
spent the night in dissipation, then returned to his fa-
ther's house in the morning, apparently as though no-
thing bad happened ; suspicion, however, falling upon
him, he was taken into custody with hi} two companions.
Te-morrow the coroner will hold an inquest:'
Bias. lll.Kinwom.—A most extraordinary deception
had been practised by this.unfortunate woman, who was
executed at Edinburgh last week, which she kept up al-
most to the very last. It appears that her name' wai Dot
ill'Kintion, but Whines, and that her father was a prix
vete in the 91st. Her mother and two sisters visited her
during the last few days of her existence. It appears
she had been mistaken for the datighter of a quarter-!
toaster Bl`Kinnon, and found It her interest to keep sp
the deception, and which was the cause of the evident.
Aictut by i,apt. Brown on her trial. She wit, by her mhoaeeeunt,
aceeunt, only 84 years of age..—jCaleironisia licreury.)

Lewes, Arm 21,—The young isheats on rich soils
look remarkably well, and are of good promise; but those
Oti lands urn different description are,. in appearance,
quite the reverse ; but a little warm weather, and a few
genial sitMeers, will, no 'doubt,- give them a reeph, and
$ dilibreut complexion.
„Last Tuesday night was distinguished by a • sharp
frost, as appeared on the following morning, which ex-
hibited in vessels of water, exposed to the open air, ice,
swfficleatly-thiek to bear a nituble-fboted rat over it in
safely.
The Lambing season, we believe, has been as pro-
ductive as the dock masters could have wished; a great
many twins have been yenned, and the late diy weather
has been filvourab:e to their preservaion ; but the joint
evil, we understand, has been partially destructive.
hiatsymi NO BEAST MARKRT, on Monday last, exhibited
a very full supply of the var;ous kinds of Fat Stock, the
greater p .rt of which was prime in quality. sml theme
being a large attendance of buyers, nearly the whole
met a ready sale.—Beef, Sd. t04..-51utton, 4s. So. to
ss.—Lamb, is. 6d. to 6s. per stone.
BRION TON, APRIL 2U.—Our mackerel season has coin.
mcnced and auspiciously. In the years past. disappoin -
merits, sometimes continued for weeks, have almost ins,.
riably preceded success; but not so is the fact; and the
promise to our fishery at present—the first attempt of the
boat belonging to IV. Humphreys, unmeshed three Ler-
sired and three of those finny delicacies, Which were run
ashore at Worthing, on th; following morning, *fhurs.
day, and there sold for eighteen guineas. On Friday.
the result of the second mglit's labour, the same boat
landed an hundred, thremquarters, and eleven of the same
species of lish, on our beach, and which were brought up
for the London Market, at a price little inferior to the
former. Our industrious seamen ate io high spirits at
what has occurred, and calculate generally upon a season
,in which their efforts are to be rewarded by unerecedent-
ed success.
Saturdayse'nniglit presented at Hastings the appear-
ance of a prosperous mackerel season. l'ws• boats be
longing to fishermen at that place, named Tassel and
Mann, brought in a quantity of those delicacies of the
deep. Menu s boat (the Nancy) had 519 mackerel.
winch acre sold In two lute, at the average price of 91.
9s. 61 per hundred.—Taasell's (the Mary Ann) had 219,
which were purchased at Si. 10s. 6.1. per handfed, for
the London market. Attain as again lotion or on the
succeeding night, as he exhibited on the beach upwards
of a thousand line fish, which were sold at 3t. 104. and
31. Ss. per hiundrsd.—The m sekarcl season at Hastings
in the year 1512, produced the enormous sum of 1?.. 560/;