The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-06-26 00:00:00

SUMMER ASSIZES.

HOME CIRCUIT.
Arrore Mr. Jai3re rum wad Mr. Baran Gruen*.
He —Weri...+4lll,. July /3. at Hertford.
EsniN—nantrrin•, July .24. at e.oriar.fnrd.
ROOT— ?, at Mnuionee.
donnta—Satorrlas. Anizo.r at Lear..
SVllRLll—Tbariday, Argo.* 12, at I. in)doo.

rtOE4TRIANISSI.—Joan, the Orford Prdetilrians
umlertook, fer a triflmfr sum, to *slit silly milt. In
?loci'e hours, iu the 'lei 44 i 4 y of Cheltenham; the
match took place on the Tewksbury road, anal he ac•
rompliahed his arduous task 111 nineteen minutes less
than the giren time.

Br;ghten Races heel been filed In commence on
the 30th of July, but ow gto the Races at Chews-
ford interfering with the arrangements, they are now
espectrd to be delayed about a week later.
Saturday se'sinight ss the Trent navigation work:
men were levelling the batik on the riser, about SITU
yards below Newark-bridge, a very public tiler.,
opposite • host-builder's yard. a large hole was ob-
served in the bank, and on digging tit • female otter
'pang out at the man employed, who split 114 head
wills a spode; on digging further, there were found
Iwo young ones, both females. They, with their
dead mother, were sold to a hatter for twenty-one
shillings.
A few days ego, as some workmen were digging
in the garden of • new house, built by %Ir. Thoth.%
Fitzsimmons, of Coitus., one of them turned up •
atone, under which was foetid • small gold medal ;
len the obverse of which web a chalice, supported by
two figures with wines. with Sacra at the bottom;
on the reverse was the fi:ttfe of Seim Patiick, tattle-
poled with his welter, atol a hallo round his heed,
in the act, apparently, of ti..liline cnoversation with •
(emote 114ure, supposed ter be intended to reptemnst
Saint Bridget. There is no date visible on the p:riee ;
but it must have been many ages since it was cl•p•ssite.,.
FRA:7o.—Yrstetday afternoon a men batiste the
appearance of a gentleman went into the shop of Mr.
Grant, a watchmaker, in lligh.sereet, Ahigate, and
agreed fur the purchase of a double bottomed gold
watch, No. 254, u,,un a diamond, for 151, for
which he tendered in payment a bill or radiance for
501.. purporting to be drawn by a 1.1.•.'n of the name
of Meund, mid payable at Slcssrs. Smith, Payne,
and Smith's, dated the Ist of May last. The man
celled himsolf Dr. Williams', saying be was from the
country, and was at the swan with Two Necks,
obese he insited Mr. Grant In COI on him at len
o'clock. All this Mr. Chant itscoutiou.ly believed,
parted with his watch end '351. its change, end on en-
quiry at the Buskers, nothing was known ..r the par.
ties, nor was he known at the inn. Mr. Graft' ap.
plied at B-.w.street °ince, but no amistance could
be rendered him. The 2SI. which Mr Grant gase
iu change consisted of one 11/1 amid thtee 51. notes.
On Ittr WI, note, the name of Mrs. Ellen Wiseman,
Leith, is writs. n, with Mr. Grebes
nesth : en one of the 51. notes 11111 11.1111•11 i JUIIO4,
Ul.lll, sod Co. ; end on soothes, Mr. Rees, with
Mr. Grant's initial. below.

IMPOSTOR.--NlPHettlay, Sit old rogue was appre-
hended in Netton-square, by the officers of Cfmst.
church. g down the arm of Gentlemen's houses
for time purpose of soliciting dimity, or chiming 'alas
he could. On searching hi., • great quiintity rif
meat. sal a censiderabie sem of money, was found
on his person, he-irles • great number of cli•ritatile
paltilbt:l, in which 'he was described of different I. to.
festi-ns; hut in ell he nos said to have been reduced
front pest 11.11•01 t/ In the gteatest waul. Ue was
taken to Christchurch wch•tinest.
As the tost,ii oris lately dizging a grave io sir
baryiug.grnum! witl.iu Ty gia.aeurib Castle, his spade
struck *gait's( • stone coffin. which, on bebigea-
smineil, was friend to contain • perfect shelties, the
homes of which were cor.re.l with leather, cerinesly
car and ornamentrd. Or looking further another
edits of the .sme deseripti a wes found, which also
contained a skeleton, bet without the head. The
bones of this latter stem defended and 'domed 'aids
leather in tiresome manse, asthe ether. Th011.40'40,
was Sewed tight round the boom, and it is therefore
etident C.st the bodies bad been anatomised Wore
interment. The boors, leashes, sod stitchirg were
tolerable presmution.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT,-00 Ike 21st instant, I
five young men, mid to be somewhat the worse of
liquor, engaged a small beat at the Brooneielaw, So
lake a sail oil the titer. When near to Nieikle
Gesso, one of them, while sittiug no the side of the
vessel singing a song, fell surfboard, and in attempt.
, into sate him, the beat ofrierved, when John roe-
; fees, '22 )eats of age, and George Henderson, 18,
both LiLicksaiitlio, were unfortenately drowned.—
Nearly an liner elapsed before the bodies were got
out. Ti.. former belonged to Linlithgow, end the
latter ramp here • few months ago from FAlinhurgh.
Os the IGth instant, a boat Wends% from Large.
fair, spiel when nil the Cock of Arran, and all on
board perished. It is said there were from lb to 20
persons on board.—(Gleistoto Courser.)
DAILFN• R055111Y....-A few nights back, • Gen-
demon residing at No. 44, Bloomsbury-moire, was
on his retests home, attacked at the corner of she
square by threw rations, one of them knocked him
If
doe 0, a second, "at the same instant switched his
gold watch from his fob, anti a third gave him some
violent kirks erlsilst on the grnuod. 1 bey then ran
softy in dillfrotent directions and escaped, alt hovel' per-
sued • great distance by some persons whom the
cries of the Centiemsn hail alarmed. Information,
lof she robbery, and • desefiptims i f she thieves, we,
given In J. Firrt.moti, the constable at St. (AIWA
•stch.house, wiin. neat morning, •pprrhended two
of the :vine, sod lodged them in safe ratforty.
00 Friday. au luesietritte was held before J. Gam.. Esq.
Cor..arr far the I. Ily of ctrl unmier, nil ho.ly of Mo. h. P.
Lopez, twat amiable and urromplished_ young any, 21 yeses
a. age. at she liat4.e it Err fisher. Sir M. Lopez. lino. '3, Ar
Ilugion turret. Piccadilly. 1. apwared Iron, lie evidence of
she maul, tbe &reward went to nploiresialy in
zipoNi health and apatite us 'I huraday night. and awn. [mind dead
Übe art: cia -ening. A ...negro, ult.. so. tailed sr vu Friday
morning, teas ui opinion, that deer .ard died 'noon saldcu
at et ayoptery. Verdict—Di:A by the visitmlue of Lied.