The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-04-01 00:00:00

THE STATESM

LONDUN.FAStI(U.NS.FUIt APRIL.
Montetwo Maas.—nigh dress of Cyprus crape, of a
pate lavender colour, fastened behind; from the throat,
nine narrow bands of Cros de Naples, bound with satin
of the same colour, descend to the waist; confining the
reversed plaiting that fortes the frodt of the body; from
the shouldeg„ on each side, is a triple wave of satin pip-
ing, With small satin leaves with corded edges: the long
Meer! easy ; neat cuff, with wave trimming and leaves :
the upper sleeve is rather long and very full, with hands
to correspond with the front: broad Gros de Naples
hatid,,bnund with satin, mad the waist, fastened bf.hind
with a steel buckle: threp rows of minaret bells of tiros
de Naples, bound with satin, decorate the bottom of the
dress, which is finished with a.s ttin rouleau. Square
gollar of worked muslin, and worked muslin ruffles.
'Erttftwo Datsa.—Dress of white figured Gros de Na-
lees : frock front, without ornament, but rather full, and
finished with a twisted rmaleau of ethereal blue and white
satin: the sleeve short and full, and set in a bind of white
satin : epaulette of white satin Vandykes, bound with
blue: the lower half of thb sleeve is surrounded with a
lozenge trimmibg of white satin bound with blue; the
bottom of the skirt has five double rouleaus of blue and
white satin, placed at equal distances, and is finished with
a white satin roulette: long sash of blue and white
gauze ribbon Sicilian scarf.

EPPING HTNT.—At an early hour, yesterday morning.
the Mile gcd-road was all in a bustle, trona the vomiter
of vehicle., equestrians, aid pedestrian', all eager for the
_char, nit Epping Forest. The old stag,•whlch•for some
years has given's° much sport on Easter Monday was
starteket the foot of Backed-bill, near the Bald-faced
Stag. in order to equip the Nimrods of the East id
rood bunting style, a vender °told clothes, in the vid-
Salty of Rosemerplane, gave noflee yesterday, in front of
his shop, that gentlemen might be furnished with every
article of dress for hunting on moderate terms, either by
,purchase or for hire.
STEPNEY *FAIL—Yesterday Riehardson's company of
tragedians were first in the gaudy throng—and Saun-
ders's troop of Equestrians appeared to ride triumphant,
is there was no other equestrian troop in the fair. At
the OmA-est of the ground we noticed a vast rrection,
entitled the Crown end Anchor Tavern, which, for 'Tien-
door and accommodation, surf asses any thing of the de-
aerienan we ever beheld; It is built upon a mite of
ground, three la mired fret by fifty, and as substantial as
if intended to remain standing. In the front of thi
'building is a large bale, displaying a moat excellent
larder. The entrance, is dusliegly embehish d pith
chandeliers and party-coloured lampi arranged in
different devices. O. -IV. 8., surrounded with I
kneel and an anchor, displayed' in rich colour-
ed lamp, excited particular attention. The numbyr •of
lamps used in the building is 'rimmed '46000. About
200 feet of the erection is divided off as a idle' de
dunce; and to that extent have the arrangemen's beiti
made, that 200 couple cao sport: itch)" the. Tight fantastic
to-." Elevated orchestras are erected for the " nilistrels°
of which there are three sets, fur country dances, qua-
drilles, &r. • •
• Ogee/eaten PARE.—The usual annul sports took
place here veiterelav, and all poled off in perfect
good
bantOur awl tranquillity, . .
fattelers.of fan and frolic In their way era-
linatiteir taste and dropped thelibastte on Streatham ln-
closures yesterday. In two fights. Olio first battle was be-
tween Sutton, a feather-makes', end Coulson, a sawyer, for
ten 's .verelgns a-ide: It was a rare gay battle' of seven
rounds in twenty-two minutes. The plume man led with
much gaiety, andfloored his adversary well in: the first and
second rounds, alter mach counter hitting in offensive fight.;
iig. These rounds lasted seven Mantes.
S. The sawyer gad hiaturn. and dropped his ad yby
n stinging slap on the tempie. which made his surp.per beat
rum tunes of any thing bar glory.
la the 4th, SO. and Otii • round the sawyer led, his mine-
Barr being in a slurping end forgiving state.
' In the 7th tetine,Settem, who had worn himself out, was
Lit out of time by a lunging blow bit the ear, which laid him
senseless, and wen Coillson the battle. There was a good
deal of 'severe bitting.
SIATTUEWS AND Hass.—These little men, in wept of
necrifirl, fought very earnestly for ten miOutes. Matthews
won it In the lath round by a cracking hit upon the jaw,
which bent it. I(erd had all the best of fighting anti) this
chance hit. Metthews. as a winner, was covered • with
bruises Mid sears as *ell as glory;
CRANVIAT AND ACTON.—A match for 2,51. aside, was
snide a few days since, at Howe's, Ileminoatb-cOurt, bi-
tkern Crawley and Acton, to take place in the course of
six weeks.
- • Nacre AND SPRING.--Fifty pounds aside, towards
the completioo of the stakes of the above great match,
are to be deposi'el this evening, at the Oath. Tavern,
Holborn. •
• ' Spring has written a letter in reply to one from Neale,
. in which the litter repressed a wieh to increase the stake
to 1001. aside More. ThefolloWiag are extracts from it:
Air. Neste cannot forget that when I bail the plea-
mare of seeing him at W. Beleherla, 1 then gave him his
choice of the antonst we should monad fort providjag
tie sum was sot less than IDOL or more than 5001. aside.
Then why did not Mr. Neste state the amount he wished.
•to fight fir? It was his choice to melte it for 2001. or at
least his repre‘entative, Mr. Belch4i and not mine, or'
m: friends,• fur they would have made it for 5001. 'saloon
se lloof, or any part thereof, agreeable to each party.—
kis a circumstance that rarely occurs, when once a coat
iw made, that the stakqe saw Increased afterwards • but
.there is one statennit ip the paragraph alluded to,
Wherein Mr: Neste says, that he should Isiah the Mir
that heard I •am shout to bet, should be placed in the
'leo& of athate reepeetabli_person. Now, for this hint,l
feel particularly obliged' ta Mr. Neste, for fear I should
late forgot that circumstance; but yelit is riot likely,
1 could have re-writ/4' the treatment.' received when I
was In Brian), and. first 'matched aWI Mr. Neate. We
tiara had only 501. aside down, and that 501. by right be-
ante brfeited to me. On receiving a letter from the
then stakeholders, requesting my attendance at Bristol,
together with my flared Cribb, to receive the forfeit mo•
sty, we left Lomb), ; but on our arrival at Bristol, judge
opt sdeprVe.wben tribal° wait four or fividays, and
staff la day as ifirfraiat certain parties with'that kind of
langiragO ollieb 1 ibOild hive shuddered to' have heard
twit tooratela MI. Neste when be caiiie to London. We
• were ittlast ogiged to hied that town„ *lneh'beasta of
sending lu'o the LoOon flog a ChiCken, a Belcher, a
Oilly,•and a Cribb, with only half the forf, 251.
• instead of• 50!. Mark the difference ! Sinceeit viz.
the above
• eireentsuMae, °catered, it has been my misfortune to fort
• • feRl5O/, to li,. Neste ; he of course received the whole
• timonrit, *regime! Ildcher did for ..hiin, from the
London efaititbrilder, Could Bristol hoist of sock a
stakeholder, tbrierelitutrymen would not have to bluish
Whin conduct; fail alter receiving the immense forfeit.
of 1501. they woildolot pay tile petty sum of 251. due to
ste, on account of the foefeit on the first match betweeii
•
Vt. l•only-itish to inform Mr*. Neate, that I shall be.
user happy to meet his Noshes in betting him the 1001.,
afiV 'lvo if meet' with his appeal) Ition, we will put
dpwn the other %inn the night thewholeof the stakes are
Oak genii; anti depotit it in the hands of that geride:
Mean; gelid So kindly can ieseerided to be our stakeholder,
than Whom a more honourable man does not exist."
Oa Wednesday morning Jcilidliemble, committed last.
*TA at Slanchestet, for (orgery 'an the York Bank, and
E. Yerables for horse-stealing, were removed to Latices;
. ter. After their departnre. it was discovered that they
bad been making :n attesupt•to break outof the prison:
sad bad *freely, with the assistance of only the iron
handle Of *emit' shovel, used •to suppiy the fire with
forkkoken throngbtWO walls of extraurdmary thickness.

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POLICE.
blaNatoo-nouse. —Edward Sheridan, a lad about IS
years of age, was brought up, charged with having as-
saulted Patrick Ford, an elderly man, with a sharp:edged
hammer, with intent to murder or do him some grievous
bodily harm.
It appeared from the account given by Ford, who is a
tellowelabourer of Sheridan's, that the prisoner and lie
were employed by their master, a builder, to pull down
the ceiling of a house, and that they bad been at work
together for some time before the words which led to Wit:
desperate assault were utterred between them. The
' prisoner charged Ford with telling lies to his master
labont him, and struck the unfortunate old man with the
hiMmer on the bead, and afterwards attempted to repeat
the blow.
The prisoner was remanded for further examination.
after having said in his defence that " Paddy struck him
first, and that he meant to hit Paddy with the blunt end
of the hammer, but the hammer would tuft) round ivhes
ther lie would or no, and hit Paddy of itself with the
sharp end."
Ford is under the care of a surgeon, and not yet con-
sidered quite out of danger.
Sisrat:LAß CiSE.—William Jones, a wretched-looking
man, was brought up, charged with having stolen some
pieces of lead, and with having deliberately s• t about
breaking down an old house with the view of cuaverting
the materials to his own use.
It eras stated that the prisoner, with all the calcula•
ting coolness ofa surveyor, took a view of the premises,
which had lately sustained injury from fire, and began
to hammer away at the walls, which he soon dismantled
of some of their valuable appendages. When interrupted,
be did not seem at all afraid of the consequences, but
walked off to justice with his accusers.
Mr. Alderman Cox asked in what manner the house
nas protected against miserable fellows like the pri-
soner ?
The complainants replied, that the house was com-
pletely exposed to all wanderers, but that was no reason
that thieves should make a property of it.
Mr. Alderman Cox.—" It is a reason, however, that I
should be very cautious in committing a man to whom
such temptation is held out. Why is not the plaze
boarded up ?"
• Complainants.—" Because it is a doubtful matter who
is the person that ought to go to the expense—the Fire-
office proprietor or the owner of the premises."
" Well," said Mr. Alderman Cox, " 1 shan't decide
that question, but it is scandalous to expose property in
such a manner to a poor hungry creature, who perhaps
thought, as he saw it abandoned, that he had as good a
claim to it as any one else."
Complainant..—" Well, but you'll commit him 'I" " Not
I, indeed," said the Alderman. " You abandon your
property. Take care of it yourselves. If it is broken
to upon, I'll art for you, but not encourage a criminal
neglect." " What is to be done with the lead ?" Asked
the complainants. "Why, if you don't swear to it,"
said the Alderman, "it must stay with the prisoner."
The prisoner then walked off with the lead.
Out LDHA aa.—Among the prisoners brought up yester-
day before the Sitting Magistrate, Mr. Alderman T.
SNIT'', charged with being disorderly, was a highly
respectable young citizen, who had been sent to the
' Compter from Alders ate watch house, through the fol-
lowing whimsical adventure:—
Returning homeward from spending his evening at
the West end of the town, he was accosted in Smithfield,
at about half an hour after one, on the morning of Sits-
day, by a poor match woman, who intreated his charity,
and he bargained with her for the whole contents of her
basket, two or three dozes bunches of matches. His
first essay was to solicit the custom of the watchman
stationed at the corner of Long-lane Aldersgate-street,
and afterwards of three young men who came by, one of
whom gave him a penny-piece, which was r. crive d with
great apparent eagerness and gratitude. The second
became a purchaser, end got three bundles of matches
for a halfpenny, with an abundance of prayers and bless-
ings; but the third began to abuse him as an impostor.
The match vender took this pretty quietly as an utia coirl-
able consequence of the humility of his apparent calling,
but when he proceeded to call him a d—d thief, all the
brimstone in his composition took fire at once; he bun-
dled his matches altogether into the pocket of his fashion-
able surtout, buttoomi it tight round him, and was about
to commence a furious attack upon his uncharitable ca-
lumniator, when the watchman, who had stood by all
this while, seeing the peace about to be broke, interfered,
and at the desire of the party, took the prisoner to the
watchhouse.—At the watchbotise the prisoner bad given
a false name and address., but before the Magistrate he
was compelled to state who and what he was, and upon
the representation of his character and respectability by
several gentlemen who attended with him, the .Worthy
Alderman, after a suitable admonition, permitted him to
retire, and make sonic recompense to the officers for the
loss of time his frolic bad occasioned them, and be was
thereupon discharged.
MANY•LA-DONNIC—DREADIFUL RIOT IN CATO•STREET.
—Yesterday this Office, and the avenues leading to it,
were thronged with persons, sonic as witnesses, and others
anxious to Twee the examination of 21 Irishmen, brought
rip for a dreadful outrage and riot committed in Cato-
street, on Saturday night last.
After the Sitting Magistrate, Joon RewurrsoN, Esq.
hail disposed of the night charges, the following indivi-
duals were brought up from the watch-horse :
John Kelly, Nicholas Glynn, Michael Murphy, Michael
Muratori!, Thomas Burns, Michael and Patrick ANirecl,
Owen Moloy, Marlin liansbury, Thomas Kelly, ThOnlaS
Cunningham, William Monroe, John Sionian, John
Flynn, Andrew Manning, Patrick Kildare, Patrick Irons,
William Kildare, Patrick Stanton, Patrick Quin, and
Bartholomew Donovan.
John Barry, a watchman, in John-street, Edgware-
road, near Cato-street, stated that on Saturday Night,
about twelve o'clock, he heard a great disturbance be-
twe, n some Irishmen and some boatmen belonging to the
Canal; he used persuasions, and endeavoured to make
them go home, bet the Irishmen began to beat the watch-
Men, several of whom had then come up; blows were
bowever returned; and the Irishmen driven back into
Cato-street, when a fresh party, upwards of 50, joined
them, armed with' tremendous wo.pons, six or seven feet
long, and again attacked the watchmen with great fury,
several of whom were knocked down, two in particular,
one named Benjamin Poole, whom they beat in a most
unmerciful manner: the affray at • length became so se-
rious, that more officers were sent for, and afterwards a
piquet. With the assistance ofa Bow-street Patrol, N
were taken the sainanfght • he saw Kildare and Michael
M (heel in the affray ; the latter struck him with a stick ;
Kildare also struck at persons, and was very active in the
riot ; the dispute which wow between the utvigators amid
Irishmen was an old erudite.
Kildare sad I he knew nothing at all about the riot.
APtireel said he uevcr hail a stick in his hand.
John White, another watchman of John greet, slut
the atiray, saw Poole, who was so dreadfully beaten as rot
to he able to attend, knocked down and struck set oral
tones. The a ituess was unable iu recognize any of the
prisoners.
• rlenry Wardell, another watchman, thought Patrick
Mime! struck Poole.
Cornelius Burley, a watchman, We Patrick Wares'
'in the centre, and another tall man, armed with a long.
• Able, at (lie end of which was a plasterer's hook attached,
a.....viththis the fellow struck Poole; he went to
(Foote's) assistance, and received from M'Greel a bl
•across the head, with 4 broomstick. Poole as knocked
down by the tall wan, and struck 'repeatedly while

greening, at the same time Patrick M'Groel itr*k
Poole on the bead, While ,fie Wei on. the 'groins/I appa-
renßv dead.
John Pizzey, another watchman, received two violent
blows from Patrick Stanton with a stick.
George Heath saw several of the men come out of Kil-
dare's house, with sticks, &c.—Observed Patrick M‘Greel
pull Poole by' the collar and knock iiirn •down; eight or
ten then laid oh him with sticks.
George Jcanings, one of the Bow-street Patrol, being
in George-street, Portman-square, and-141'ring of the
uistUrbance, went to Cato-street, but it wad setae time
before he got assistance, and the rioters had bad time to
get to bed-; he, however, drew his &lass, and went into
the front parlour of No. 8; there saw aMan in bed whom
he ordeled into custody; admittance was refused him
into thE hack room, on which he burst it open, and found
two beds in it, one man was in each bed, and Flynn
and Sloman under; he handcuffed them together, and
sent them to the watchhouse ; he proceeded up stairs
and took out one man; be then went to No. 45, in Cato-
street, and, admittance being refus•el him into one room
there. lie also burst it open, and took ftom this house
twelve men.
Jacob Monday, a privato watchman, _assisted in taking
Munroe out of N 0.14; he was in bed with his clothes on.
John M.Adams, another watchman, was knocked down
with a blow from a stick, and also received a blow on
his back ; he was unable to recognize any of the men.
Several other watchmen and persons gave evidence to
the same effect, but could not identify the rioters.
Patrick 111'Greel was sworn to as being the man who
most terribly ill used Poole. lie was found up the
chimney.
Several officers who were present when the prisoners
were taken out of the hooks, were firmly of opinion
that Glynn, Donovan, Burns, Irons, ilansbury and Quits,
were not directly concerned in the affray.
The prisoners were severally called upon for their de-
fence; they in general denied the charges.
The Magistrate committed l'atrirk IVOreel for trial,
and no bail to be taken. Kelly, Patrick Kildare, Michael
M'Greei, S'anton, Munroe, Sicilian, and Flynn weTe
also committed, and the others discharged with a suit-
able admonition.
Several of time watchmen appeared in a most deplora-
ble state. Poole lies in a dangerous situation.