The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-07-18 00:00:00

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How-staaat N tic
nine o'clock, 'sr the time C(
trole were oa duty in they
dressed in a blue jacket, as a labouring
Clark's-place, who asked them the way to Shore-
ditch; he having two bundles, they asked him what
ho hid in thetn ;be refused to tell ; they told him why
they were, and that they must know the contents.
After objecting for some time, heagreed to go to a
public house, and he wonld show them; when at
the house, the officers observing he was only
chewing them part and concealing the rest, they in-
sisted upon examining for themselves ; he refused to
comply, and a violent scuffle ensued ; the vamp,
were at length obliged to hand.cufi him before they
accomplished their object. On finding the bundles
contained cash and notes to a considerable amount
besides valuable property, they detained him in
custody, and brought him before Mr. READ yes-
terday for examination, when it appeared that the
cash, consisting of shillings, half-crowns, dollars,
and seven-shilling pieces, half-guineas and guineas,
amounted to upwards of 951. ; there were also a
401. and a 101. Plymouth bank.uotes, two dia.
mend rings, and several valuable trinkets, besides
clothes. The account he gave of himself was,
that he is a paper-maker, and came from Mat.
luck, in Derbyshire, where he worked at his
trade, at paper mills at Plymouth, and mills at
various other parts of the country ; and that he
had saved the money by his industry, and always
carried it about with him; and preferred travel.
Hug from mill to mill, rather. than living at a set-
tied place, lie said the diamond rings and trin-
I kets were left him by his mother. He was ordered
Ito be detained, till it is ascertained whether ho is
the man he represents himself to be. He is near
GO years of age.

M A sus:or Boum—Yesterday Mary Clepe,
lady of easy virtue, was charged before the Loan
MAYOR with offering a forged draft upon the
Banking-house of Bosanquet and Co. fur 41. 10s.
Several Gentlemen from the Banking-house at.
tended, and told his Lordship, that from what the
Prisoner had told them, they wished much to know
how she got the draft. Upon the Lord Mayor
asking the Prisoner who gave her the forged
check, she said she had been to Sadler's Wells last
Saturday night, and on coming out of the boxes she
was accosted by a young man, dressed like a gen.
tlernan, who conducted her home to her lodgings,
in. Marchmont.street, Russell-square, when she
got the draft from him, he saying that he had no
change ; that he had this check with another ot, the
same kind ready tilled up ; that she could not
write, and did*not know what it was, but was told
by her landlady it was a very good cheek, and
she went with ber to receive payment, not know-
ing it was a forgery. After giving a minute de-
scription of his person and dress, the prisoner and
her landlady were suffered to depart, on promising
to appear if the Gentleman should be found.

MA IILBOROUCIII.STR EET.—Ott Saturday, *hand.
sonre, genteel, young Irishwoman, to appearance
about 25 years of age, preferred a charge of as-
sault againt her husband. She said, that her hits.
band and herself came from the same town in Ire.
land ; and that they had been married about seven
•years, during which period they had lived very
comfortably. Of late, however, her husband's
conduct had changed, and he had cruelly ill.
treated her, without any other cause than ill.
founded jealousy. Upon his return home the pre.
ceding evening, after some little altercation, he
locked the dour, took a clusely-twisted rope, like
a jack-line, six or seven times folded, which she
produced, and (logged her with it, upon her back,
till she because almost insensible; her back was
so bruised, that had she received fifty lashes (ruin
a cat-o'-nine,-tails, it could not have hem worse.
She added, that her husband's temper was so vio-
lent, that she dreaded the effects of his anger when
they might leave the office.
The husband, a respectable looking man, about
35, being canal upon for his defence, said, that
what his wife had alleged pas certainly true;. she
had been a very proper and good is ife, and he
then knew nothing amiss of her but what he Iroised
relate:—lle then stated, that he is au out-pen..
eloper of Chelsea Hospital, and, being anxious to
live creditably, had engaged himself as a patrole.
Unfortunately, about 'a twelvemonth since, they
went to lodge in a house, kept by a widow woman,
who had two married daughters, both separated
from their husbands. The mother, greatly to her
dishonour, allowed these, women to introduce gen-
tlemen, strangers, to her house. Conceiving these
females very unfit associates fur his wife, he had
remonstrated with her fur keeping them company.
hat to little effect; she seemed to have imbibed
some of their loose manners, and was getting too
gay for him ; he, therefore, resolved to tease the
house, and take other apartments; hut, to his
astonishment, when he made known this resolu.
tion to his wire, she replied, that she was very
comfortable where she was; and, if he wished to
remove, he might ; she would remain. Finding
gentle words had no weight, he determined to try
coercive measures. When he returned home on
Friday, as was his custom every evening before he
went on duty, he found one of the proscribed wo-
men in his apartments; this kindled his rage, and
when she had left the room, he locked the door,
and gave his wife a severe flogging, with the rope
produced, and he had no doubt, her hack might
be as sore as if she bad received fifty lashes ; he
meant it to he so; but, as it had not tamed the
shrew, as it lead not the desired effect, he now re-
solved she should he hi• w ife no longer, and he
would never more cohabit with her. " That is
all I desire," said the wife; ‘4 we will never see
one another more." " Content am I," replied
the husband ; " and so it's all settled."
The MauisTakta said, the charge had, been
fully substantiated ; and, if the wife persisted, he
must give bail for his future appearance. The
woman thought this essential to her safety, and her
husband was coosequsutly locked up till bail is
procured..

At the Lincoln Assize., there are seven Oh.
toners to be tried, three of whom are women,
diersed with the murder of their infant children.
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at

Whitechapell
road, no the body of Francis George, who died (0
Saturday morning in the London Hospital, is!
Awasequence of the wounds he received at the lel
affray at Bow Fair. There was not any evident*.
whatever to prove by whom the blows were in.
ilieted. The Nurse belonging to Gloucester
'Ward, in which the deceased lay ever since the
time of his receiving his wounds, deposed that ho
had said in her hearing, that he had taken no part
whatever in the affray, but that he was returning
peaceably home, at about three in the morning,
when he was knocked down by some unknown
person ; that the blows were repeated, until he
was left in a totally senseless state. The House
Surgeon of the Hospital stated, that every possi.•
Ms means which skill could suggest or attenion
supply fur the relief of the patient were matle use
of without effect. Hu was of opinion, that a
wound, which had been inflicted on the head, ap-
!woolly with a bludgeon, ur some ether obtuse
instrument, was the piineipul cause of death.—
Verdict—Manataiighter tquinst Wille person or
persons unknown.
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An Inquest was held on Friday at the IVliito
Lion, Shadwell, on a young woman, apparently a
foreigner, who was found drowned uti• Shad well
Dock. She load car-rue and tw u rings on het
finger, without any other property. Thu Jury
recorded a verdict- —Died by drowning.

A fire broke out at the house of 11. F. Sydney,
Esq. at Thorpe Wood, Berks, on Saturday night,
which consumed an elegant mansion and adjoining
premises. It was occasioned by the overheating
of an oven on Saturday afternoon. The fire
broke oat in a room over the bakehouse, and was
not discovered till twelve o'clock at night. Two
men who slept in the room escaped after being much
scorched. The damage is computed at 10,0001.
Mr. Sydney, his daughter, and family, had just
time to escape.
The. rata de chansbre of a distinguished person-
age has been fur some days under examination on
a charge of assault with intent to violate the'per-
son of the Lady's maid iii the same fend v.
Saturday night as a post.ehaise was coming to
town, near Blackfriars-bridge, a portmanteau was
cut from behind the carriage, containing wearing
apparel and other property to a large amount.

NATI' SY FIGHTso..--Two men, or the
names of Yates and Holmes, went out to decide a
dispute by a pugilistic contest on Westbourne
Common, on Saturday, when, after a conflict of an
hour ands half, Yates fell, and on being conveyed
to the King's Haiti public-house, he died in an
hour afterwards. His death was occasioned by
the rupture of a blood-vessel in falling.
. On Thursday night the Prince of Wales coach,
from Birmingham, broke down, within two miles
of Shipst•on.on_Stour, by which accident a young
lady received a very revere bruise.
Saturday afternoon, a boy about seven years of
age, riding behind a hackney coach in Shureditch,
on getting down his foot stuck in the step, and the
coach driving on, he was dragged übout 30 yards
before the coachman knew any thing of the trans.
action. The poor boy was much hurt, and was
taken to the hospital without hopes of recovery.

Yesterday afternoon, a boy who was left in
care of a genileinan's horse, in Whitechapel
High-street, perceiving that the animal was start-
led at something, went up close to his side with a
view to pacify him, when he received a slight kick
which knocked him down, and was afterwards
kicked so violently on the back, that he was taken
to the hospital with but little hopes of recovery.
At the !labile Office, Whitechapel, Robert
Page, aged 56, a journeyman mason, in Essex.
street, Whitechapel, was charged with having
committed a rape on his step-daughter, 14 years
of age. She appeared to be very correct in her
evidence, which her mother (the prisoner's wife)
corroborated, having caught them in the bed ;
the case being very strongly made out against the
prisoner, he was fully committed to Newg.rte fur
trial.

A middle-aged woman, named Fothergill, who
resides in King-street, Wapping, and who has
been a long time iU, on Wednesday fell into a
trance, and was thought by her friends to be dead
They accordi►►gly took the necessary steps fur her
interment, by sending for an undertaker, and engag.
lug the ground, On Friday afternoon, however,
some friends who • came to see her in the coffin,
obser►ed a slight pulsation, which gradually in.
creased for two hours, ss hen she opened her eyes,
and became sen4ible of what passing round her.
She is now recovering strength rapidly.. lies
burial was to have taken place on Saturday.

A few days ago, as a horse was dragging a cart,
heavily laden, up a hill in Edinburgh, the hone,
being unable to reach the summit, the driver, as-•
sisted by a joiner, beat him most unmercifully toj
no purpose; at length the latter suggested the
scheme of setting lire to a gaatitity-of Shavings
under the horse's belly, which was actually adopt.
cd! The poor animal made every exertion to move;',
the vehicle, but in vain ; and after the tire was
exhausted, the two monsters were under the neces-
sity of clapping their shoulders to the cart, in aid
of the brute they had so cruelly tormented. How
greatly, even in this solitary instance, is the loss of
Lord EasaiNe's Bill to be lamented !---Edin-
burgh Weekly Journal. .

MARRILD.
On libsturdav lad, at Islington, Mr. Lyles to Miss Melts,
both of Wig:de-bid.
4)n Sunday. at Bath, Thomas Fitilterhert, F.sq. of Swan.
firths°, in the empty of St:ttioid, to Mary Ann CbicheAcr,
eldest daughter of John Palmer Chichester, Lsq. of Arling-
ton, Devon.

DIED.

Oa Friday last, at Stockwell, Surrey, Mr. Mohan.
On the 29th of Deceraber last, ilenty Brown. Ent. Com-
mercial Resident at Barna:tad, tun of thomas Brown, !Ay.
of Upper Tooting.
Oa Tisesday the 11th instant. at Hatfield, Herts. Susannah
Elisabeth, the wife of John liuward, laki• of
Yorkshire.
On Saturday, Mrs. Dallas, of Great Tower-hill.
Oa Friday maraing. at Shitekburgh Hall, %Vara iekshire,
Sir Stewkely Shackburgh. Bart. father of the unfortunate
yam Lady who was shot by Lieutenant Sharp.

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UV' e pith? of the pa-
;ton, they met a man Yesterday afternoon, an Inquest was held
as a labowing man, in • the London Hospital Puhfic-house, Whitechal