The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-12-18 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—(Tuts Dar.)

Eleanor Cann, was put to bar on an indictment clistr-
ing her wilt having kept a house of ill-fame, in Lisle
Street, Leicester Square.
The defendant plraded
The plea excited some astonishment ; hot Mr. ALLEY
begged leave to call witnesses to prove the line of conduct
pursued.
The defendant said she had left the house two months
Si]

ince.
The Chairman, Mr. COXST, cautioned the prisoner as to
the line of conduct she was pursuing.
The defendant, however, persisted in bee plea.
Mr. ALLEY said, as she was a single woman, if she would
enter iota a recogniz ince to appear and receive the juo!g•
went of the Court, when called on, the parish would be
contented.
After some further observations--Mr. ALLEY wished
the defendant to give up the- lease of the house. .
The defendant said she had let the house, to a Mr. Dance,
and had not got it.

CIIAIRSIAN again informed the prisoner, diet by per
sist'ng in her plea, she would du herself no good, what-
ever.

The defendant still pers'sted in her plea, and witnesses
were called to prove the facts charged, from which it ap•
peared, that the lioale was one of a most infamous
rho efIAIRMAN asked the defendant if she was now 4.5-posed
posed to retract her plea.
The ch•fendarit replied in the negative ; and said obeli.; I
tkr:e chil.iren, and no father to protect them. She ex-
pressed a willingness to miter iato recognisance, oat
offend again,
The Citaramaar exuremcd a wi h to hive it generally
understood that the plea of guilty Avoid(' Lot be pl•ye I -
with ; but as she had Fiven op the house, the Coact vrc
trite tier own recogniz ince in MIL; and that site situold
come up for judgment when called ow.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

ASHTON PARK COURSING.
TUESDAY, Dec. 15.

A numerous field of sportsmen attended the Meeting. E.eht
couple of Dugs afforded fine sport fur the Silver 13Jwl, %mats
Su sues.
Capt. Hotiverie's Logic.
Mr. Harrison's Penelope.
Major Howard'sSiim.
Mr. Goddard's Phantom.
Mr. Jones's Fly.
These were the winning dogs the first matzl.e..
The Ties.

Mr. Stone's ClitrP, of Lord

Ricer's stud.
Mr. Udaey's Fan.
Mr. Arrewsraitn's LAP.

Logic, Slim, Fly, and Fan, won the matches in this tie.

Second Ties.

Slim beat Logic, and sly beat Fan.

For the Rawl.
Slim beat Fly for the bowl, in an excellent run.
Capt. Woodcock's Juno beat Mr. Lee's Film in a notch for
l sore.

ROYAL CALEDONIAN HUNT.--AI a meeting of the Royal '
Caledonian taunt, held here lust week, Sir Alexand-r Don was
elected P , and the Autumn Meeting next year was 9sed
to he held at K-leo, on the second week of October ; and itpos
that occasion 3131. have been voted to be given in plates by vie
Hunt.

nRCCON HUNT.—Sir Charles Morgan, with his asual litters-
lity, lately presented two fine deer to the Members of ,
Hunt, before whose excellent harriers one of these, a .14e, was
turned od on Monday last. In additicn to a !toad field of
horsemen, much beauty end f.•hion were attracted to the spot.
and the fineness of tho weather acting in conjunction, it 40.'1.4
altogether a most interesting scene. The deer, however, d 4 •
not afford all the sport that was hopeitfor, or indeed 'mantes
as it was taken completely exhausted of er a very short no.

At New Orleans, three licenses for 'taming hooea were
granted the present year at 5,000 dollars each —agxeirrite •
13,000-12,000 to the Hospital and 3 000'iii thiCellPre•—*
The number of licenses are limited to six. —(loseriaba'.
Paper.)
HYDROIMOBM—A melancholy occurrence, arising from..
this appalling disease, has just taken place in this county.
On the evening of Wednesday week Joseph Divining. a
young man, servitht to Mr. I:assail of Alprahain Oreco,
after performing his usual day's labour, complaincl
of indisposition, and retired to bed. His illness ca ~tinning the whole of the next day with increased viol •
a surgeon was seat for at about two o'clock on .Fruity ;
morning, who, on entering his room. discove eel
ithat the sick man was unusually affected by the tight of
th • water, with which his (the Surgeon's) tipper taritiPn•s
were saturated. This stlygested to the trite character of:.".
his patient's disorder; and on presenting to hitt. a g:'.a.ss'.;
of water, he was unequivocally assured that the.aissieinkr
ass hydrophobia. All roadiesl applications were na-v
useless ; the young man remained in a state, which we
*hall decline attempting to describe, till Friday (uremia
when he expired has been ascertained that abut
two months before thy young min had helm bitten in the
'heed by a strange terrier dog in the neighhouiliood, bit
*bat afterwards became of the animal is not knolvo,—
(Chester Covrast.)