The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-09-29 00:00:00

STA'i~ESMA±i.

ASS JUL rxr- WORTEff NG.
MISS LATHAM AND MR. BARRETT.

MAR LBOROUGII-STREET, 'SW. 28. —The par.
ties were notified to appear before the Alagistrates
this tiair

Jay.
At one o'clock, Mr. Barrett, accompanied by
his Counsel, Mr. Alley, and a number of friends,
attended.
At half past one, Miss Latham not appearing,
nor any person for her, to follow up the prose-
cution,
Mr. NEVE addressed Mr. Barrett, and observ.
ed, " he felt extremely concerned, that his ulk.
cial situation i.eqaired of him to demand that at.
tendance, for the purpose of rebutting a charge,
the fallacy of which he was long since persuaded
of. The conviction of Mr. Barritt's innocence
of the enormous offence was now, if possible,
heightened, by the Prosecutrix nut appeai.ing.
Under this conviction, Mr. Barrett's attendance
at that office was no limiter necessary, and his bail
were discharged from their sureties."
Mr. ALLEY stated, he would not be doing laic
duty if he did not express the gray' tle of his cli.
ent fur the mild treetment he had received fi am the
Worthy Magistrate, durie!, this most disgraceful
transaction. On the part of Mr. Barrett, he
bad to return his thanks. Atthongh all the Mu.
nicipat Benches did credit to themselves, and ho-
nour to their country, yet Mr. Barrett might
have met different treatment, and hate been parti-
cipating in all the horrors of a prison, upon the
presumptive evidence of this unfortunate young
laity. He wished that she hail come forward this
day, and have made the only rccompence in her
power, by 'hewing her contrition, and acknow.
!edging she was mistaken in the person of Mr. B.;
hut, as she hail not thought proper to do this, be
trusted the worthy Magistrate would furnish him
with a transcript of thee deposition taken on the
first examination, so that Serjeant Beer, when he
arrived in town, and himself, if they thought it
advisable, might prefer an indictment for perjury,
of which that would form the ground.
Mr. Nave observed, the rules of the Office did
not admit of such an accommodation. It was
competent fur the accusing party to subpdena the
Magistrate on the trial, to attest the statement of
the loving Lady before him, which would an.
swer all the ends of jostice. He, therefore, de.
dined acceding to. the request of the Learned
Counsel.

Mr. ALLaY stated, he acikowl Aged that the
authori/ies of the Court of King's Bench were
along with the Worthy Magistrate-; and he again
expensed his Client's gratitude for the humsoity
and politeness which had been shewn to Isim.
Mr. NEVE then observed, that, with respect to
his motive for desiring another attendance of the
parties at the Office, it was in cowsequeuce of
some information brought from Worthing by an
Officer of the name of Craig, tending to throw
some light upon thig mysterious transaction, tho
substance of Which 'Was, that he had learnt, from
the ostler of the White-hart Livery-stables, that
Mr. Barrett had left his horse there on the 7th of
J.ily, and that the ostler returned the horse. to
Mr. Barrett on the 10th, and saw him mount
him. Also, that the postman had met Mr. and
Mrs. Buren walking together on the morning of
the 9th of July, at Worthing. Thirse Acre cir-
cumstances so far corroborative of Mil: Lathaut's
.tecoent of the appearance of Mr. Eat rett on the
Milt of July, that he, Mr. Neve, thought it no-
cessary to obtain another examination, and inter.
rogate the postman and ostler ; but their evidence
was so far from being as ropre.ented, that the
ostler could not identify Mr. B.trrett's person ;
and the postman was uncertain, whether it was
Sunday, the ctil, or Sunday, the 9th of July, he
met Mr. and Mrs. Barrett walking together. It
was in consequence, thorefore, of this imperfect.
neat in the corroboration of the Prosecutrix's
story, joined (0 the additional proof of the alibi
produced by Mr. Barrett, that be was induced to
dismiu at once all doubt of his innocence.

Mr. Barrett was accordingly discharged.

A paragraph in the Cork Mercantile Chronick
states, 66 that the composition, which is sold
about the streets of Cork by country people, for
Catsup, is made from horse.mushroonis and fairy.
caps. The interference of the Chief Magistrate
is called fur to prevent so dangerous a traffic. It
may he remembered, that three persons were poi.
maned in England about a year since from the
same cause."—We fear 'that the venders of this
article in London are not wholly exempt from the
suspicion of the same dangerous practices.
On Friday, as Lieut.-Colonel Bell, of Berwick,
was shouting on the Lowhaugh4, near that place,
with a double-barreled guu, havieg fired at a bird,
and loading again, the other barrel, which was
charged, went off, and lodged the contents in his
body : he expired suun after..
Capt. Davison, of tie Royal Marines, sen.
tenced to be transported for seten years at the last
Taunton Assizes, was removed a few days since
from Ilehester gaol to Woolwich.
Yesterday, during the procession of the She.
riffs going to Guildhall, a young Gentleman had
his pocket picked of a valuable gold watch, at the
corner of King-street with which the thief effected
his escape. _ _ _

As, from the wetness of the late summer, there
is a probability of much mtlheil wheat, it may by
useful to state, that by putting two ounces of
ground rice to a peck of meal or, Ilour, and making
the dough tolerably stiff, it will make the bread
nearly as-good as if the wheat was in the highest
perfection.
Yesterday morning, a serious accident happened
in Blackfriar's.road ; a chaise being left without
any one in care of the horse, the animal took
fright, it is•uppoird, throtigh the wanton mis-
chief of some idle buys, and ran furiously slung
the road, till meeting with obstruction, it took the
wide foot-way oppoiTte the Rev. Rowland Hill's
chapel, and was not stopped till it Had beaten
down one man, and three children, two of whom,
a girl of nine years of age, and the otheArarly
seven, were seriously hurt, and are not expected
to recover.

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FINE ARTS. .
•
Mr. Devoe, the wel.known writerof nevelt
through Egypt, has lately been entrusted by Bw
N %PARTE wish A cui,sulC ably Soul of money, to
be eqoa:ly divided among the authors of twelve
paintings of large dimensions, on the following
given subjects: Ist, Bo APAITI, addrEekleg the
Bavarians, before the bailie of Abensberg; 2d.
I he attack of the bridge at Ratishon; 31. The
capture of Ratiabon; 4th. The attack of Ilse
~ridge at Landshut; bth. The bombardment of
Vienna; 6th. The attack of the bridge at ltbers..
berg ; 7th. Battle of Wagram; Bth. The French
Kinperor's bivouac on the lielJ of W ~trier der.
tug the iii4ht of the sth and 6th of Jaly ; 9th.
A view of the island Napoleon (Inder Laois),
41 the time when his Imperial Majesty re.uotered
it after the battle of ;;sling ; 10th. A second view
•JI the same island when NAPOLEON ClabreCES Mara.
shal LANKES, mortally woundi,i in that battle;
11th. A view of Ebersdorfr. and the bridges over
the Daiiiibe; 12th. A view of the gardens of the
palacesif Schoenbrunn. A small numberef mar..
ble busts, and among others, one of Marshal
LANNI:3, will also be executed uy skilful French
sc ours.

The Triumphal Arch erected in the Carousel
at Paris, by order of Bonaparte, to immortalize
the glory of the French armies, iv mow entirety
finished. It faces the Thwilleries no the one Oily
io the direction of the Vtitihale, met the Loaves
en the other. It is forty.five feet in height, slaty
in length, and twenty and a half in thickness.
Tho triumphal arches built by Septienis Sores
ruts and Constantine seem to have supplied a mo.
del for the present monument. Like those, its
length is divided into three ereades, but it has
one besides, which. running in a transverse' di, ec.
tiun, passes through the middle of the others.—
The width of the middle arcade is 14 frct, and
that of the others eight feet and a halt. Thew htile
ed,fice is built with a kind of stone of a fine grain,
stud joined with the greatest care. E.4tit columns
of red marble of Languedoc tilers, die teen
principal sides, and support a prijecting etirnice
of Italian marble, on which eight statuses of the
same material are placed. These celuoins are of
the Corinthian order, and their bases and capitals
are of Leone. The top firms a thee& lode,
which is crowned with a quadriga. The vaults
of the lateral arches are Ai:tiled with thunder.
bolts, laurel bough+, and the monogram
of the Emperor. In the c, ntie of the vault of
the middle arch, the ornaments of which consist of
caissons, a basso relievo has been placed, repre.
sentitig Napoleon in his imperial robes crowned by
Victory. Tills piece of sculpture, which is seen
horizontally, was executed by Lesuour, and :he
River Gods, which occupy the sides, by &Abet.
All the ornaments are from the chino! of Messes.
Gorgery and Denier, %tab the exception
Military trophies placed at ate outside of the
ferior arches, which were executed.he M.
pellier. Messrs. Tautiay and Aipiatgaier
duced the four figures of Fame, placed est
outside of the middle arch. Tife two uu the
of the Thuilleries are by the former, and those
that a the Louvre by the latter.
Above the inferior arches, basso relievos
wiiite marble are placed, which represent
actions of the campaign of 1805, which
plagued by French inscriptions, erie is ,!nderneetlik
in gold letters oh Italian marble. The-full/Mien
are the subjects of these basso relievos in.
tcrview of the two Emperors, by Mr. Itamay ;
Napoleon's entry at Munich, by Mr. Cheat/a ;
his entry at Vienna, by Mr. Deseinne ; the vic.
tory of Austerlitz, by Mr. Espercieux ; the tepid
tulation of Ulm, and the peace of Presbuig, by
Mr. Lesneur. The latter is the only subject treat.
ed iii an allegorical manner ; in all the others,
great attentiou has been paid to give an poet
likeness of the scene, as well as of the chief clia.
racier!.
. Above the basso.relievos there is a kiod of
frieze, composed of children carrying laurel
'maths ; and higher still, malt hs+so.rdievos are
seen repreAniting allegorical figures, holding the
arms of the Empire, and those of the conquered
natiuhs. Those have been executed by Messrs.
Gerard, Dumont, Callamar, and Fortis,.
We hire already stated, that the eight red
marble columns were surmounted with as many
statues of white marble; we will now describe tho
latter.
The first, by Mr. Deviant, represents a pie.
neer ; the second, by Mr.Bridati, a cannutieer ;
the laird, by Mr. Muutoul, a foot tarabineer; the
fourth, by sir. Dardd, a grenadier ; the fifth, by
Mr. Chittard, a hors carabineer ; the sizth, by
Mr. Fouroa, a horse chasseur ; the seventh, by
the late Mr. Gerber, a dragoon; and the eighth,
by Mr. Taunt', a cuirassier.
The quatlriga, which surmounts this monamerii,
is the work of Mr. Lento!, with the exception of
tite horns, which aril the antique and celebrated
horses well known under the appellation of Corin.
thian horses, and removed from Venice when it
was the French armies. The two
figutecusi.loqfPferelicti yolie N and Peace, by which they are
held, the car, and the figure which will be placed
in it, are of gilt lead.
Over the middle arch are two tables of white
marble, on witich will be engraved the inscriptions
which the third class of the Institute are now em.
played in prep r;ng. •

A Duar.....Early yesterday morning a slus4
took place lb a ;..:Itl uear Charlton, 'between Mr.
Ft.wrcuan and Mr. Jomasox, both residing hi
that neighlikurhood. It originated in some in.
suit offered by the former to a Lady on the pre.
ceding evening, who was under the protection of
the latter, between Greenwich and W toltrirh.—
After the first fire the seconds then swerfe.cd.
and the parties retired from the greyed guud
fri
Saturday last,, Daniel Collin., lIM Ylo)nap. ark,
was brought to the gaol of Traits., from Listowel,
under • strong escort of the North Mayo Milli's,
charger with tie murder of Mr. David MilrfSlYs
.of Abbcrfrale, on the night of the .`3lst of •
Chrors.

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