The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-01-03 00:00:00

SEVERITY or 121.11#1111hflitifir. • I
Bxtraet trims the Spootis. pillilishei) of
Thomas Powell Boa-too, •Esq. ii - she maw. d 01413;1
moos, Wednesday. Noy U. 1821, on. the BM "fat'
mitigating the Severity of .Fuolehimmt is certain cams
of Forgery and the crimes connected therewith."
In America, about be Med thirty _years. ago. the
principles which we are now 'Outliving were recur•
mended, under the auspices of Benjamin Franklia.—
The experiment was tried in the State of Penosylvula,
and the punishment of death was metrical., to wilful
and premeditated murder oily. But, how was it then
carried in their assembly ? By a very small majority,
denominated in the very act, u exporhatoti. Stilted
to fire years duration, and opposed by the authority of
all the Judges. one only excepted. The allotted period
elapsed. and, what was the effect ? That the act passed.
unanimously, as a permanent measure, not as an ex
periment. bat a truth sanctioned by ',disputable feet,
and with the concurrence of all the Judges ; who had.
understand. the magnanimity to declare, the total
alteration which their opinions had undergone, from
the extraordinary success which attended the experi-
meat.

POLICE.
114•NsioN-Hottss.—Edward Rosa. a porter, was
brought ap, charged by Mr. Marmon. of Fenehareb-
street, auctioneer, with having melons hard/per Ofhoellet-
Mr. Adamson stated, that on theialst of December,
he attended an auction in Sise-lane; as be was after-1
wards walking along Bucklershury, he saw the prisoner.,
whom be knew to be a porter g Ily employed by
auctioneers, carrying a hamper. He asked the prisoner
what he bad in the hamper ; to which the latter replied
" Nothing." Upon being pressed, however, be said be
had china ; but upon examination of the hamper, which
witness obliged him to carry to Sise-lane, It was found
to contain 39 bottles, which witness know to be his pro-
perty. The prisoner was committed.
UCILDIIALL.—THE BRIDOE•STRICIIT MISOVATION.--
Another of Carlile's assistants, against whom a warrant
had been granted by Mr. Alderman Thompson. last
week, was taken out of the shop, 55, Fleet-street, on
Tuesday afternoon, conveyed to the Compter, and, in
due course, brought op before Mr. Alderman Birch, the
Sitting Magistrate at this office yesterday. He hail
been apprehended, it was stated, by one of the street-
keepers of Fleet-street, at the instance of John Part's,
the yeoman so often mentioned, who vouched for his,
identity as the person against whom the warrant was
directed.

The prisoner was a decent looking lad, about' 17
years of age. The information against him was upon
the oath of John Porton, and the offence charged was
the selling to him, on the 2lst of December, the ".Ad-
dress to the Reformers of (treat Britain, of the 24th of
June." As the prisoner bad declined giving his name,
Parton was sworn, and deposed to the identity of his
person, and Parton, in reply to his questions, said that
he knew hint well, and had seen him is the shop several
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The prisoner, when
'mare, said it was a matter of Inffifferease to him whe-
ther be did or no, and without punch hesitation, de-
clared hisflome to be Johe Barclay. He was, he said,
a printer ly trade, and had been an apprentice to Mr.
Sherwin, 24, Paternester.row. His srastet, es quitting
that business, bad rivets him up his lodsonnee. and be-
ing oat of employ, he had bees attracted by • bill in
Carlile's shop window. which stated that a lad was
wanted. He accordingly west In and offered his ser-
vices. Mrs. Wright, the bonsekeepir, imonoliately en-
gaged him at les,* week. He Irene there on tbe Thurs-
day, sod nu di,Marerday eight, $ man who generally
called at the, every evening, p 44 him five shillings
for his biltineek's work. His badness was to sell the
pamphlets Balirl shop. but he derived he did not know
whet* they wove libellous or net. Not being pre-
paredilitif bsn, be was committed for want of sureties.
Allrastr-tinixous Orrret—Yesterday Mars &same,
"an elderly woman, sAtelletrt ao.•aurin.tion before
Edmund Griffith,,, Reg the Sink% Magistrate, charged
os suspicion of Wag the receiver of the property. eon
*biting of plate, wearing append, Ike. to • large
amount, stolen from Mr. Screen, orWashingly Hall,
in Huntingdonshire.
Staples and Batkridge, two of the officers, traced
some linen and wearier appaiel to the house of
Mr. Stunestreet, a pawnbroker is Oxford-street, who
attended with some of the pripperty. which was
identified by a woman In the service of Mr. Screen.
The pawnbroker said, the ?rimier hail pledged the
articles from July last to the very day she was taken.
'1 he officers, by must active exertions, have obtained
a elite to the remainder of the property, which they
consider can be produced in a few days.
The Magistrate ordered the prisoner to be remanded
for a week. •
Union Haht..—Yesterday Jahn Coles and Joseph
. . -
Hedger

Abbott, were brought before J. and D. King,
Sops., charged with barimityi*doer bags of clover.
—They are also suspected illeffetssr concerned in
committing .vrarious burglaries toa" robberies In Kent
wed Sasser.
In the lodgings of the prisoners were found two
setters, a pointer, and some thorough bred terrier.,
some dog whistles, and a quantity of wire snares, such
as are used by poachers.
They were remanded for further examination.
Irno. Smith, a man d d like a sailor, was charged
with luring robbed his lodgings.
John Pottinger, who keeps the White Hart public-
house in Tooley-street, stated, that the prisoner came
to his house on the 27th of December and took an
apartment. Witness was awakened by one of the
lodgers, who said that the sailor was robbing the
I house; but before witness got down stairs, the pri•
soner contrived to get into bed again, and affected
great surprise at so early a visit. Under his pillow
was found a tinderbox, with which be had provided
himself the tight before out of the tap-room. In the
ISM place was found a bag widch contained some
leas belonging to a sail-maker who formerly lodged
Is witness's house, and is now at saa.
It was stated that the prisoner had taken a lodging
a Ant time before at the Six Heils, Itolberhithe, and
' rereseated himself as having just come from sea. I.
the idedle of the night he was detected in breaking
open a box In the room nest to that in whist* he slept.
fin that occasion he was kicked out of the house. tie
was fully committed.
Tos w-oata., SOUTHWAIIII:4Ir. Alderman J. J.
8511211, the Sitting .blagirtraWat this Justlerroone,

:tillsea=riatt • •eistdorable • time waelndaY,
Wilt Welt* lo the Meew.ney tf ;the as
slerere-se i Mile Utast, erldA bierbearalsonati by
ablaut* es eta if tb of illesembee, • sand d
ttatilagiatilbe west 41410 dlwsiet•dti s.
Vs.* body of the sMid was-wrapped ap-is ••plyn
damsel, and tattooed, together with ,tergoottome, i
a coarse bag. A Conmer's impsest bad hien th*l
epos it, aid a retain of Murder breagbt ,ia agates
some perms or penows mikootra. The Chnetbwesd-,
en of St. Mary Alagoas, in with* parieh the hotly
was Mead, had offered a reward of K•fortbedienteery
of the murderers, and the officers on both sides of tie
river have been thing every Wigton to obtain sand
time to the perpetrators. At length, Welfare, as onset
of this establishment, got private informatioa that
young woman bad stated, that she bad seen a eblid
thrown into the river. He succeeded in treeing this
young woman Out, and brought her tip yesterday be-
fore the Magistrate, when her deposition was taken,
which was to the following effect :
That ber name was Elisabeth Canty, aid that being
oil London-bridge in ber way home to the Borough,
about eight o'clock in the evening of the Itth Dee.,
she observed a man with something wrapped up in his
arms, which she soon knew from its cries to be an in-
fant. He was standing over the first arch of the south-
east part of the bridge. He looked shoat him cau-
tiously on each side, to see if he we+ observed, and
she distinctly saw him thrust the bundle with the in-
fant through the ballastrades of the bridge into the
river. Suspecting his lateation, and seising a female
with him, she addressed herself to her, tad WC." the
man is going to drown the child ;" to which the woman
replied, " what is that to yea, or mind year own bu-
siness." While this eonrereation was passing, the
mac accomplished his horrid purpose, *Lich was no
*neer effected, than be and the woman made off down
Toolerstreet.
The description given of the party by Elisabeth
Canty is, that the man was about five feet font. incises
high, dark complexion, and large dark whiskers, and
dressed in a light drab coat. The female was a tall
stout woman, and had on a dark gown. a slate coloured
whittle, and a black willow bonnet, with red ribbons.
From a review of all the circumstances, the Magis-
trate was of opinion, that the body fan ni by the Water-
man was not that of the infant which had been throws
into the river in the manner described by the witness.

Dva•.—Yesterday enoraiag a meeting took place
is the Regent's Park, between Captais C—, late
of the It. N., and Mr. o—. a gentleman of forme*,
and a satire of the sister kingdom, residing in Cur-
so•-•treet, Mayfair. The parties entered the Park
soon after eight, and proceeded to a spot sear St.
J•ha's Wood, when, the ground being measured, they
fired at twelve paees. The Ant 6re did not take
effect, and an attempt was made by the seconds to cams
to terms, bat it did Not succeed ; on the parties firiag
a seemed time, the Captain's ball struck Mr. in
the upper part of his thigh, and be fell t he was im-
mediately cenveyed home. The eases of this dispute
is said to have arisen is Dewy-lase Theatre en Satur-
day apahos.,ilariag the perfumes** Gionsasi
_ _ _

Mr. Hills, of Parliament-street. Westminster. wbe
had been previously» opponent good health. died very
suddenly yesterday umweleg. His menet, on taking
up the newspaper at breakfast time, foetid his unwire
had expired. Medical aid wee immediately roomed,
but it was of no avail.
ROBBERY OP Tau SKIPPON AND BURNIIIIT Man.
POST.---About half-past four o'clock us Saturday
morning, the horse post, which conveys the letters
from Burnley to Skiptoe. was stopped at a place called
Snaygill, about three-quarters of a mile from Skipton,
on the livnley-road, by two men. One seized the
horse's bridle, the other struertblyer some tre-
mendous plows with a bludgeon over e arms, which
disabled him from holding the hone, or molting any
resistance. They also streak 'him over the head,
which stunned and mach injured Mat did not
succeed in dismounting him. Chili. . eft side
of his coat quite down, and took fro is eft pocket
a parcel, as under, from the Craven Bank, addressed
to •• C. Tattersall and Sons, of Burnley," containing
1801. in one guinea notes, and 220 one pound ditto, all
of the Craven Bank, and about 51. value in Bank
Stamps, upon Barnard, Diundale- mod Co. They at-
tempted to seize the mail bags, and had cut three
straps, but did not succeed in obtaining them, as the
horse. by some means, escaped from them, and, with
his rider, returned bark to the Skipton post-olfice.—
The alarm was soon given, and the same day, a man
was taken up on suspicion of his being concerned, but
no property was found upon bins.--(Leeds Wein-
geacer.)
On Saturday last a dog belonging to Mr. Wilkin-
son, of Moortown, was seen bringing something across
the fields in its mouth, which. on examination, was
found to be the head of a new-born infant. This tiff;
covery excited considerable astonishment; and infor-
mation was tinartlistely conveyed to the proper tattle
ruin at Leeds. It was directed that the Jog should
be tied up without food, till tbs following morning,
when Mr. Farmery, our chief constable, and a medical
geetletnen of this town, proceeded to the place. When
the salmi was let loose, it ran off to a shed which
was distant about 200 yards, and is used for the par-
pose ofluroing cattle into, where it began to scratch
and tear up the earth. Os searching the place, two
bloody cloths were found, but on the most minute
inspection nothing else could be discovered: and there
is little doubt but that the remainder of the body has
been el .41 ! It is conjectured that the child was
either still-born, or murdered immediately after deli-
very, by its unnatural mother. Suspicion attaches,
we canaot say how justly, to a woman who was seen,
last Monday morning, about eight o'clock, at Chapel-
town. apparently in a state of pregnancy;
,so.l the
same day, about (me o'clock, was seen sitting un the
shelving. of a cart in a shed adjoining Mr. Frith's
house. at Moortown, and about lOU yards from the shed
where the clothes were found. She had every appearance
of having been recently delivered of a Odd ; bat she
denied that such was the case. and refused to have a
surgeon went for. She wished to have shelter given
to her for a few days, and said her friends were la-
spectable at linaresborough, and she should apply to
them fur some money ; she was taken to a cottage at
Moortown, where she still remains. Ths Overseer.
of Chapeltown. we understand, were sent for, and they
gave her some relief. The mysterious case will be
further investigated this day.—(Geode Wel.. Dee. 31.)