The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-05-23 00:00:00

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herons apprenticed to a sweep,.and received two pounds.
.of hint for the lad. •
, The istrate committed the prisoner for dm
'several frauds with which the stood charged ; and .tha -
parish:. officers. ea pten,Pll thei r detertni nation to prosecute:
Quitex-adr,Pias,r.--Yesterday, meriting a gronpe• of ~
persons Of.. beth..tente were brought behave the Sitting
Magistrate. charged ,-witk.beint, .disorderlix
and sleepiog. on the benches in St. Jaroes's _Park on the
• preceding night. • _ . •
The of ears said all the.prisonere were taken 'up aftr••
one o'tiockin the morning.
Such as'gsve a fair account of thensgelres were die
charged, others were dqt.i Red; ti Iliri r fril-neft ratite
forward, and the rest Were Commuted under the Vagrant '.
Act. • . . .
lifmtLnottotAu-oregar.,..„ fria. Bre»a4. and, Dr:F."4-
Roaeh, twatada, were yesterday, aroight 'up before tier
Si tfint MegiStrals . (AO. 11101.):4Wt ett with havine
.stolen soma loather, • on, the- peptises . Mr, Hobert
lintchinst;n.'• currier; in rtitn-atriet, Sotto, in isirose
tervire bot'a the plisostelPlivpi. . ; .
. firenan, oa being:detected, confer eakcime, pVitery ; At& " •
stated tliat .44 ;he leather to a Jotk i o tbo bevegbrei.,.
asi4 aotne prop rty conciafed. ' • • ' ,
Valentine; • tile oiLee, who took- the priarstiarit. said. •
that Roach combatted to &tit* twin g. ruhlad pkgettre...
and the 'leather wasfound where be s.t.ated it to be con•
Britten yestetday ptolessed to have been ro anrprise4 •
en being charged with the theft, as not to inive kfrowtt
gliat.hcattlai ior tr..coald never. have conk-eel hinotrXr • .
Mikity et a; criprefisipich was perfectly innocent.
Rpac.b. !Hoyt se, said. be was too embarrassed when hr
made confession to know what he was aud.per-
slated likewise in his innocence. •
They were fully committed for trial.- •

coxognas'._lneuvrg.—rLastnight.ao loluest was held it
the Fighting Cocas, Ceekplt-steps, St. James's-park. updu
the body of Thos. Ray, bookseller sad %winner, No: It,
Dartineetti-stestet. who woe found dead hi bed yesterday
Morning,. The printing of the surgeon ca led in was, that
died freer the 'effects of apoptexy.—rerdlct ed by Apo-
.
Yesterday an inquiet was held at the Kinr's Arms. Elarhi•
can, upon the body of Mary Martin, who died the day-before,
sad respecting whose death reports were i t circulation in
the Fetishist St—Labels; xo the prejediee of a respectable
parish eille.r tberg. ThellCOUPtiOli against the officer (1 be
bad exerted himself to.clear St. James's-court, of had cha-
✓acters) well that he lied murdered the deceased by Lestlhg
heron the holed earLbe4y in se cruel a manner, that she-lin-
gered for are moth., an 4 then expired in agony of a deep,
fracture of the skull mod a wound in the arm. It appeared,
howestr,ielearly from the evidence, that toe deceased died •
of disease.
Mr. Smawrote,dn addretvidittileJttfy. said there was good
reason for summoning the inquest, es the parish offt ler had
been so harshly treated by Me 'persons who resided in the
neighbourhood where tbe.deceased* lived. It was palpable
that the death was eausedloy disease, and he trusted cult the
object oftheaffier in pretaingithisinqidry Wouldbe fully au.• •
timed. The Jury immediately returned a vordiet-.—ldiod-a•
natural death.
On Wednesday, an inquest was helm!, by Mr. Skelton.
Coroner for London, at the latie.q." Arm. Tavel"), New
kite-street. on the body of ellarlee Cooper,* seed
eighteen, late ayprentlie Cbrinler. is
Clieapside.

lt appeared that the de •eased had been ecratplainhig,.
for some days back. of•a severs head-ach,•, and ho iu-.
disponi/ion. Dloi comiog down. stairs on Tuesday MOM
log et the usual hour, the errand boy went to his room
to call him, wbershe was found,speechless and insensi-
ble. Three neighbouring surgeons were called io, hid •
all their efforts proved unsuccessful, as toe deceas-d diet!
lebalf an hone. it appeared that the decesserdhxd beeu
in the habit of taking opium. lie had recently co I -
,ptaised of a violist head-ache, for the cure of which it
is summed be had taken the medicine, so I not with
any view to self-destruction. Verdict accordingly.—Dr.
Gordon observed, that mach in'schief had lately aris it
from the free use of opium, occasioned by an article con-
tinued from time to time in a periodical pnblication.
EIFECTA OF Hasrektxn. —Oa Thursday- last, an in•
guest Wag bell at the Oreyhona I inn, Newsnark:t, before
John Wayman, Esq., Coroner for tne liberty,of Bury
St. Edmunds, on the body of Mr. Herbert Cox, a respect-
able drapor,recently establishil• in business in that to,sm,
and who was found having in his bed roams on Tues-
day neorniug. It was prove I by several witnesses, that
hi bast sua'atined serious loss by gambling, which led'
to the commission of the shacking act. Verdi:t---I
Lunacy."
A miens accident took place on Tnestsy, after the
race, at York. As Mr. Mintitorps., of linacesborough,
was returning from the Cour: e, a spirited horse th st
rode taok fright, and ran away with his rider at srud :*
at the bridge he attempted a leap, in which the back of.
the hoists was broken, and Mr. Minthorpe serianisly in •
jured.
On Monday last, during Divine Service, ia,one of
the bleetioar-houses in Giacgow, a can was observed t a
have a pistol lying on the book-board before..h6. it-t-
-ing secured and carried info the vestry, his pistol was
examined, and found to be loaded with po.vtier and pe'..,
b'es up the muzzle. When questioned as to his intention,
hr made some incoherent complaints of the Clergymari
not having answered some letters he had written to him.
He was sent to gaol.—(Glusgoic Herold.)
Oo Wednesday se'noight, 'dr. licorge Tliompsett.
Mr. P. Simpson, and Mr. Henry Callen, accompanied,
by 8. Richards and —Pay, all of F.Akeston., ascot oil'
in a small boa', called a cocktail, for the Frpose of
railing (fishing with hook and line) fs-r ackarel. Sonic
of the party being not Much accustomed to the SCAr
and others experienced sailors, the latt-r presumed on-
fortunately too far on the fears of the former in a sea
breeze which suddenly sprung up about three o'clock',
by carrying a full sail, and thus comphtely run the boat •
muter water, so that she sank about three miles off Dover.

Mr. Thompsett and Mr. Simpson sunk with the boat. nnJ
were not afterwards seen. Riclords shortly artertv:rte
went down. Pay supported himself about an hour on au
ear, encouraging Cullen, Ida only surviving compaiiioa. Wito
had also hold of an oar ; bat being a heavy man, and be-
numbed with the water, ultimately sank, observing to
Cullen. " Good bye—l must cannot stop longer wits ,
you—keep up your spirits."7-1e this crlUcal situation.
with no prospect of assists toe, Mr. Cullen fortunately gained
the oar srnich poor Pay bid left, Sod thus was enabled to -.•
preserve himself tillabont balf-pases,whe; an Irish trider.
running to save the tide, picked big up, and put
.bien
ashore at Voter, whence after medical assis;auce, ur was
Mime home to Folkeslony, and, we are happy to learn, Vs
now nearly recovered. The unfortunate individual?, who •
tAea owt.an aatiusely grave, have left wires and families,
Thompaett, we understand, was at Mr. Cullen's,
.hisiae at the time be was brought I; lose, and the sudden
!hock she ex,periencril bai the of of producing a
State a if!en..4ll)ility, Yr.m which 'lesions consequences
kre apprehended.—( Skidoos* paper.)

ELEGANT GLASSES, EURNITLIEE,IIII:4—Thip Nobility and
Gentry ere invited to iespent tile Warr-epontets.Wooper irk
Son, fill.Bislicippinte-st,Witbin.wimrit it tgbilgtgrl en anion
ment of new and ie%rimil-hand PERU Ghillies shirt -ably 4ult-
ed to every tienriptjon of L/rattii.g or Dlnflig-rooms. Trie
prices are jgatlOeduiert 441 per twat en Plates irie4Rurnc
II Al Mellen 1.7.71. mill spear& ;itikwetthose of smaller di -
iefitinaJaL du allentkomefll he .fomPl trpeakly imperial:v.—
pbeeitterkeivn prefisraefe Eire* Ite, OM ' frelablishnetti is
thankfolly ivekieolglenkedv hy tint/ilsopletogs, wbp, In tlatir.
,ejedtiviiimrsii, Keriatio OptfrgrAll . , tv.itiiitiart.intigarti-
-4144.141 4. $I 4L lea WI 41:1/ _ .4214ab10 to t-12 bra's.
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,bepe tp Lap t;' kehoitAititigneit :m port. in ttietur.
'finlike dVilliEkrit, .-Att,' ogf 86.16-eleinnt al .
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