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

711 K KING C. WOOD.

Mr. Costume SI/AI:CANT moved for • rule, calling on
Mr. William Wood, of L ;it:ester, to show cause why a
criminal ins trination should not he filed against hins—
He wade this application on behalf of Mr. Henry Payne,
a respectable solicitor of that place, to whom Mr. I% ood
I had written a biter Pulling to instigate him to fight a
! dirl. The parties sere rrlwed to each other by mar-
, riage. Mrs. Wood's fortune, which was very consider.
ahle and settled on herself, sits under the management
of Mr. Payne, who for some time conducted her affairs to
the apparent satisfaction of her husband. In Scrember
last some altercation took place, in consequence of which
Mr Payne batistes' over Mrs. Wood's papers to a proc-
! tor, who had since acted as her attorney. On the 14th
lof March last, Mr. Payne received a letter from Mr.
Wood, charging him with advising Mrs: Wood to take
measures hostile to his interests, and adding, " I cauuot
but take this opportunity of thanking you ; I consider
' you a dirty scoundrel, and I will poblucly say so where-
ever you are known. If you diJike the epithet, you
know where to find -- Williatu Woodsr
The Luau COME JUSTICE asked what situation in life
the p..• ties filled.
Mr. COMMON Scones NT replied, that Mr. Wood had
married a lady of fortune, and that Mr. Payne was an
attorney in good circumstances. Mr. Wood had nit
only sent this letter, but had posted Mr. Payne as a
coward in the principal inn, and in the u ws-room at
Leicester.
The Local. granted a rule tn show cause.

POLICE.
HATTON.GARDEN.—Saturday, Ed. Diary, aged 10.
Francis Creed, aged 9, Wm. Claphans, aged 12, Thos.
Hawkins, aged 12, eohn Martin, aged 13. K. Mar'fix,
aged 14, Thomas Martin, aged 16, Martha Mar-'
tin, aged IS. and S'trah Martin, aged 50, tiere brought
up from Saffron-hill Watch-house, charged With robbing
the sh..p of Mr. Wilson, linen-draper, Wilderness-row, it
Clerkenwell, of several pair of cotton stockings, poc-
ket handkerchiefs, gown pieces, linen, and other ar•
tides.
It appeared that between nine and ten o'clock on the
Night preceding, a pane of glass was extracted out of
Mr. Wilsoa's shop window, and the above named articles
were stolen. About half-past eleven the first-named
three prisoners, part of a numerous gang of juvenile
thieves, were apprAtended by the watchman in Saffron-
hill on suspicion of their beiag about to commit sonic
depredations, and on their way to the watch-house,
Dixey was seen to drop a pair of.new cotton stockings;
on his being searched, another was found concealed ia
his breeches; on each of the other two were found
stockings, handkerchiefs. &c.; and on being questioned
bow they herawe possessed of theta, they confessed having
stolen them that night out of Mr.Wilsou'ishop window;
that Thomas Hawkins, Thomas, John, and Elizabeth
Martin, were con:erned in the rubbery, and that the re-
mainder of the property would be found in their MO-
, titer's lodgings, in Lock wood's-court, Saffron-bill. The
constable of the night and one or two watchman repair-
ed thither, where they found the mother, Sarah Martin,
her two suns, and two daughters in bed, and on search-
ing the room, they found several pair of new stockings,
gown pieces, handkerchiefs, &c. They lodged all the
prisoners in the watch-house. Mr. Wilson swore to the
robbery, hut he could not identify the articles produced
to be those stole:, out of his shop. The prisoners acre
committed fur farther examination.

DE.ITII BY TIM STING OF AN ADDER.—On Saturdays
last, as a WOlll4ll, named Elizabeth urea, was gathering
sticks for fuel, in a field near Illyle, she was stung in the
hand by an adder, which, notwithstanding the efforts
made to arrest the progress of the poison, occasioned her
death on Tuesday fast.—(West Briton.)
On Wednesday m'nnight as two Gentlemen of Hast-
ings were returning home from a country excursion la a
one horse chaise, a Newfoundland dog belonging to one
of them was fiercely attacked by a pack of tox-hounds,
which were crossing the road near Balslow. The dug
sought shelter underneath the horse, where he endea-
voured to defend himself from the fury of his assailants.
The Gentlemen contrived to extricate themselves from
the gig, ti t o t sustaining atty personal injury; but the
vehtde was completely broken to pieces by the violent
kicking of the terrified horse.
To Pueseuve l'irraYoxs.-7lt may• be interesting to
our readers at this season of the year to know, that by
dippi:ig potic oes for a few minutes in boiling•water, they
may be hindered frmu sprouting, and will keep in a lit
state during many in nubs.
huger h tat* titan those in which our fishermen ply
for mai:kart:l, have joined the Brightan fleet, from Lowe-
stoft.... Sze. in the pleasing expectation of realizing a pro-
fitable catch of list). Our tisherinen say that they only
want a sea breeze, they being convinced that there are
immense quantities tit mackerel in the bay. Some of
the boats gave, in the course of the week, done tolerably
well. The fish command a good price. Trawl fish are
plentiful.—(Brighton Herald)
'l•he Balloon coach, which runs between Birmingham
and London, was overturned near Stoney Stratforit, at 2
o'clock on Friday morning last, with fifteen passengers.
none of which starred the least injury whatever. A fo-
reigner, who was an outside passenger, having disentan-
gled biensef from this " wreck of matters," ran with
much solicitude to the assistance of four ladies, who
were inside, but to his utter astonishment, he found their
only anxiety was about the safety of—a lap dog!