The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-08-17 00:00:00

POLICE.
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OvtiaistALL.--SuocEtsco Ocaliatmes...4-When the
Officers in attendance at this Justice Reeve arrived to
open the Office on 'Tuesday morning, they found a
poor woman lying extended on the pavement by the
Office dour ; as she was quiet, and offestriesi nobody,
no notice was at first taken of her, it being supposed
she was only a Hurt intoxicated, and had lain delta
to recover herself.
Mr. Payee, the Chief Clerk, immediately on hie ar-
rival, directed Brand, the Marshaltuatt, who is re-
markable for his humanity towards these poor wretches,
to learn in what state she was, and whether any as-
sistance or relief was necessary for her.
Brand having irscerteined that she was perfectly
soit..r, with the emistauce of Herdsfield, an Officer,
who atteads the Justice Boom, raised the poor crea-
ture np, and placed her as comfortably as they could
area the Bench id the outer othee. The story she ,
then told was, that her same was Stokes, that she was
extremely ill, and almost (unshed; in this state she
had applied for relief t . Frewin. the Overseers' Beadle,
of the parish of St. Andruir, Holborn. who told her
he would have nothing to do with her ; she had
also applied to the Overseer of the satne parish, Mr.
Beauchamp, who gave her nearly the same answer,
and told her to make application to the Sittiug Alder.
man. She had fallen down, she said. in her way to
the Office, three times, front mere exhaustion, not
having tasted any thing but water for six or seven
days, and she could never have been able to resets
tiuildhall yard. but for the oi:casional help of some
ki•td passengers.
Sir William Leighton, the Magistrate on the ro'a,
was made acquainted with the ease on his arrival, and
immediately directed a sal 1111 l ons to the Overseer, to
spew cause why relief hail been refused her, at the
same time ordering an °nicer to convey her to the
workhouse.

flertisfield, to whom this melancholy duty devolved,
procured A CO.IIII directly, but on attempting to re-
move the poor creature to it, her limbs refus:••l their
office, and it was evident her end was f I-1 approach-
ing. Medical assistance was procured, but it was too
late to produce 'any effect, said she b►ratted her last in
the outer (Are a little before tw•o o'clorl..
The, deeeosed wiis rather a tall WUIII4II, very mach
emaciated, and appeared about 32 or 33 years old.
The body nes subsequently removed iu a shell to st.
Andrew's workhouse. Nothing was huml upon her
Arson but two or three halfpence, which had been
given in charity to her as she lay at the office dour, a
small bit of .lry bread too hard for mastication, and a
ntimher of risiplirates for tatting sums borrowed IS
subsist herself, the last Tieing fur her ',aliens, which
the lead pledged for funrpruce.
The Magistrate having lett the office on Tuesday
previous to the death of tl►e,wonian, Brand ipfunned
him of the circumstance yesterday, ailtlimz,ithat lie
had waited on Mr. Shelton, the Coroner, who was of
opinion, from the representation of the facts -made to
him, that it was nut requisite to hold au inquest on
the. body.
Sir William thought the circumstances demanded
inquiry. " I cannot, I believe," said he, " order it
of my own authority ; t•ut I am of opinion that a
Coronet's hint ought to be held upon the body."—
A Jury will. tbereidre, no doubt, be summoned ac-
cordingly.
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BOV:1111/2117.--PUST-OUICLII ROllll E K T.--Jeoled
Harley was brought up for re-examination. cliaqetl
with stealing MIL, in sundry notes of the Bank of
England, out of a letter that was put into the omt-
Aorwr at Bradford. in Yorkshire. In cunsequenie of
ntosk'of the parties living in the country, several of
their depositions were read, by which it appeared that
the no es in qnestion hail been carefully put into a let-
ter which was-delivered at the Post-office in Brailford,
and sent off by the mail to London. Ntispiciod fell
upon the prisoner, in consequence of his baring a
large number of notes to the ituiount of 196/ in his
pmiseision, and upon the information of Benjamin
Churchill, belonging to the Ueneral Post-Ace, lie
was taken into custody a fortnight since.
Mr. Alley, who attended for the prisoner, contended
that there was nothing but vague suspicion, aad there-
fore the prisoner ought not to he detained.
The Magistrate (Mr. Minshull) was of the same li
opinion,• and asked what further evidence could be
adduced ? •

Mr. Philips, solicitor to the Post-office, said the
prisoner iseld no situation there, but one of the notes
had been paid into the bank that morning, whir it
was necessary to trace. lie pledged himself topllie,
on a future examination, that a letter Kits fouud lyt the
pri4oner's wife's pteases.ion. written by the priooner.
containing a 2W., corresponding in every point with a
201. note stolen.

The Magistrate thought this was sufficient to denial
the prisoner, and he was accordingly remand&
Friday week.
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IN V•II:X HALL thiII:INNS:.•••.-777Nti1l %%irks& was
brought before L. B. Allan, Esq. the sitting Magis-
trate, charged with having robbed Mr. Richard ilreyan,
of Prime's-tow, Kenhington, of his pocket-book, con-
taining ,callous Bills of Exchange. on Tuesday evert-i
ing, at Vauxhall gardens.—.llr. Pryout stated, be was
it Vauxhall gardens on Tuesday evening, anil during
Madome Saqui's ascent on the rope, he was in the crowd
of spectators, when he felt some person feeling his
side coat pocket, where he kept his pot :het-book, ind
upowsearehing for it,inituediately, missed it; but the'
crowd. was• so excessive, he was unable to secure the
perms he detected feeling his pocket, although he saw ,
Min at • the time. The pocket-book contained some
India Bonds : also two Bills of Exchinge, one fur 251.
155..64. over due, and another fur 204 dee in the
course of the present month ; and a one potted hank of
linglend note, which was folded up In one of the kills;'
and a silver pencil case.—Mr. Bryant, on being shown
the pocket-book and bills, fully identified them.
Robert Hall, one of the Officers belonging to L'nion
Ball, who attends Vauxhall gardens, having received.
information. stopped and searched the prisoner, srlsea,i
he found on hint the pocket-book, together with the
bills and 'tither papers produced. The prisoner had
also in his possession a small pocket knife, my sheep.'
whiah went etreineltrell adantier.tite purposes of a
pi el.-p
The pri;oucr said, that as ha....a,:walking in the

gardens, be accidentally kicked mom thing. and upon
eitiosinillf it, he found it to be a pocket-book con-
Miming some papers, and that he was ping to deliver
it:isto the care of the snoney-takers, to be restored to
tht swum if claimed, when he was stopped and takes
custudy.—ile was fully committed to take his trial
at the next Surrey assizes.
TB UNDER SVOICUS.
—row
s On the ittis instant, durg ant esteem storm of thunder,
*aspire of St. Mary's Church, in Castle ate, York, was
Awl( by lightning, which did considerable damage
illbereto. It is somewhat singular, that this is the third
lice, within 50 years, the above ipire has suffered from
Fe similar cause. The second accident of this nature
oc-
• between eight and nine o'clock in the evening of
Me 31st of January 1798, dnring a severe storm of
Isnow anti hail, when the lightning. which was accom-
panied by tremendous thunder, did much injury to this
beautiful spire.
On Saturday ste'nnight Aberdeen was visited by one
of the most awful storms of- thunder and lightning ex-
perienced there for many years. It began in the north-
west, where the thunder was heard during the early part
of OW day ; and gradually coming nearer, burst over
the town and sseighbourlsOed, a little after 6 o'clock, cc-
companied by a heavy fall of !sail and a deluge of rain.
The lightning was peculiarly vivid ; but was unattended
by any of those fatal effects which generally accompany
the conctission of the elements in the more southern
parts of our hemisphere.
During the violent thunder storm, which happened in
Aherderushire on the afternoon of Saturday the sth in-
stils'', a quantity of turnip seed which were cut, occu-
pying a space of ground of about a quarter of an acre.
belonging to John Troup, farmer in 3laetery, parish of
Usloy, mete carried up to a considerable distance into
the air by a whirlwind, and some of them fell at the sur-
prising distance of an English mile from the spot
which they formerly occupied.—(.4lserticca ronidej
Owing to the wetness of the weather souse time back,
the Clyde was muds swelled on Tuesday seessight, and
the lioness in the vicinity, were in many places °err-
flowed, and consioleraisloilansaae done to the crops and
pasture. Many farmers were put to much inconvenience
in removing their rattle. Above Thankerton, the cattle
will hare to be kept off the overdowed places for a time,
in ease of below hurt by the poisonous partieies washed
down by the deed fromLeasilaill. •
On Monday morning the NI In 4. three young men,
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named Jenkins, Isrothees, going from Thoinisill to work
at Nether Krim of lockie,•ventitted to suite across the
Forth at Easter Frew which was then considerably
swollen hr the late raid. One of them, in this rash in.
tempt. was carries' flown the stream, und unfortunately
drowned before.his brothers, who rembeil the opposite
hank, could afford him any assistance. Many of the
neigbouring inhabitants soon 3.sendoiel, and aniseed
is searching for the body ; but it was not discovered silt
lire o'clock in the eyeshot.
Wednesday foremion, as a fartneterv.int, from Eccles,
was (Tooling ae arm ofthe Tweed, with a double horse
cart,
.in order to get sash from au and, near Birgboot,
' he and die tranohorse were. sitifortu-lately drowned,
owing to the river being witch swelled by the late
warns.
At a meeting of smilers, in Fitref.tlk. a few slays
age, it was resolved to give a premium fur the best
bull. .1 cockney farmer, who was present, afierwartit
moved that no irislirnan should Se admitted a couf-
petitnr.
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The two men who were kit fur execution at the
last Assizes fur Surrey, and were to have suffered
next Monday at Dorsemonger-latte. have been respited.
MSLANCUI*LT CATA(STAOPHIL—On Friday, the 11th
inst., a tnelancholy and must distressing event occurred
in Donington-park, Leicestershire. The Rev. S.
Holden and family, of Aston-hall, in the county of
Derby. went to the Park, for the purpose of enjoying
a few hours' amusement on the tiller, ald amidst the
delightful scenery with which the Park abounds.
After having partaken of sow refreshment, Mrs.
f olden, having expressed her intention of washing
her hands, stalked to a short distance on the bank,
and was observed by some of the party, who had again
assembled in the boat, and were rowing np the stream,
to be in the act of stooping down to dip her hands
uto the water, when her foot slipped, and she was -
precipitated into the river. As the place where she
fell in was deep, and the water discoloured, notwith-
standing the most prompt assistance was afforded, ten
or twelve minutes hail elapsed before the hotly could
be found. It was without loss of time coeveyed to
the keeper's lodge in the Park, where the pewee's for
restoring suspended animation commenced imtuediately,
and was carried on fur a long time, under the super-
Intentlence of three medical gentlemen, one of whom
happened to he passing through the Park at the time
of the melancholy occurrence. Unhappily their
efforts proved unavailiug.
It is not in the least surprising .that the stresta,pf
the Metropolis, should be so shamefully infested by
gangs of daring "and noforiatit-plapockets, as the
Shlice officers are now busily empluped.kn running
out the town to pull down and deface bills which,
in their opinion, are of a seditious tendency. The
other day five of these gentlemen were observed work-
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ong away at some bills, anti in the very next etree; the
same :lumber of well-kuotrat.pickaauketa were working
'tray at the pockets of the passengers perfectly uu-
molested.
EMICIRATTOM • TO THE CAPE Or 000 D llore.--The
• Roroaster, Thompson, of this port. with settlers to the
Cape of (hood !lope, after having lalided the settlers,
was in Simon's Bay on the: 21th of Hey, all well, and
war expected to sail for the Isle of France on the nth.
It appears that the settlers were a little disappointed
in several points relative to the new settlement, there
being no convenient port for vessel* to receive the
prostatse of the land in that quarter; the Oreat Nish
River being dry in some parte during the summer
season. The characters of the Dutch Room however,
is represented as much more faeohreble than state)
Bu// l'acket.

- As was expected, the new Lottery is arranged
on a plan so sicnPle, perspicuous, and advantageoti
so purchasers, that the public hare already evinced
their approbation by the most unequivocal test—l
an unprecedented- demand for Tickets and Shares.
The Prizes are all Sterling Money—No Stork-,A.
Classes—eieiy Ticket derides its own fate,
unconnected with any other number—msud the
number of 'Minns one} • S,llOO. Metwithstundirrr
which the Scheme contains more thief MartY:Capitafs;:
iscindint two Prises of .0!0,0f141, beeMs the extra
Prises to the amount of ..011,200 add' the whole
will be decided in Jur day, (30th this month, August)
You tall think this lusposellsin Obit%• a Merit Will con-
vince you. fonbsallson is /he Contactor.