The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-03-20 00:00:00

FORK LENT ASSIZES.

YORK CASTLE.-SAITRDAY, MARcn 16.

Robert Seller., aged 27, was charged on the oaths
of Joshua Hodgson, sen. and Joshua Hodgson, juo.
with having committed an unnatural crime.
Joshua Hodgson, son. deposed, that oa the Bth of
December last, he and his son were in a field at
Scholes, in the West Riding, when they observed his
(the witness's) uncle and the prisoner go into an *ur-
banise, whets the crime charged in the indictment was
committed by the ;Inc:. and the prisoner.
Cress-examined by Mr. Williams.—The prisoner is
&bent twenty-seven years of age, and has a wife and two
children; tie youngest four months old. My uncle
who was shout 70, died on the 2d of January last, worth
property to the amount of 10001. in value. 1 was heir
it law, het got oetbing ; it was " willed gray" from me.
The prisoner had about 200/. left to him. I went and told
the Justice of the transaction 1 have sworn to, on the 14th
of January; I was Will In an asthmatics' complaint that
1 could not go before, though I went within a mile of
the Justice's to knew if the will would stand good. The
reams why my son is net here, is because he is ill hilted.
I know WM. Squires. 1 never said to him, when talk-
ing about " the old fellow's stuff, we'll hang Hob
Sellers, if hemp will bang him."
After some other questions had been put to the wit-
ness by Mr. Williams; Mr. Maude the Counsel fur the
ea, abasslonad the gam ;saw Milliblabla 044.10..
trate 1M evldeace of Hodgson.
Mt. Williams, however, said that the prisoner and the
country required it frosts him, that the case should he
farther goat into; he, therefore, called ‘Vm. Squire.,
who contradicted the testimony of Hodgson as to the
expreseitns, respecting hanging Sellers. The surgeon,
who attended the deceased, swore to the utter impossi-
bility of the evidence of Hodgson being true ; from the
state of the deceased'sbody, he having had several para-
lytic strokes.
The Jury, of course, acquitted the prisoner, and the
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witness, Hodgson, was committed to the Castle, for wil-
fal and corrupt perjury.
The yosing man, whose appearance was very respect-
able, conducted himself with great firmness during the
trial, but upon his being told he might go home, as be ji
was discharged, burst into tears. The committal of
Hodgson teemed to give universal satisfaction to a
crowded Court.

John Wright, the Bristol pedestrian, commenced
his undertaking to walk 1000 miles in 1000 hours,
last Wednesday night, at eight o'clock, on the Bowl-
ing Owen. at Sheffield.
Tatorrtwo 51arcuss.—A horse belonging to Mr.
Dyson having done 30 miles in 11 minutes under
three hours, on Monday, carrying 15 stone, and the
said horse having been accidentally picked up in
Smithfield at a mere nominal price a few days ago. a
Mr. Blinn undertook to produce a horse, lately par-
chased for 71. to trot 40 mill. in four hours, and
carry 15 stone. The lanky emblem of blood ant
bone, above 17 hands, wateounted by an old jockey
yererday morning, to do Bre
,ntatch over a 10 mile
piece of ground on the Hockerell road. for 100 gui-
neas. The horse did the first 10 usiles in 51 minutes
10 seconds; the second in 56 Minutes 50 seconds;
the third in 1 hour and 3 minutes ; and the last in 1
hour 3 minutes and 40 seconds. The horse never
once broke from the trot, and the rider was_the must
distressed.

A New Cues FOR Lova.--A hopeless swain, about
six miles from Heeds), cot meeting with a suitable
✓oma to his passion, was advised by a friend to a■t
as many boiled eggs as he possibly could, in order to
do away with the killing flame. To this recipe be
resorted, and actually devoured 100 hardrlioiled eggs,
every four days, for eight weeks—mercy on us ; what
• stomach. We have not heard that • curs was ef-
fected.—(Corftsk Journal.)
Mr. Squires. of Litnehouse Hole, plumber, while
sitting in his counting-house a few days back, was
routed by a moose running across his writing-desk,
and getting la at one of the water-bolts of a breeding-
cage, la which were some canaries; being fearful that
the little Wender had sought this new habitation for
the purpose of devouring out only the food, but eggs
lof the birds, he was induced to search after it, aid
was not a little surprised io finding it snugly concealed
in *swot the nests with its brood of six yeast mice,
@early furred. Mr. Squires had her. for some tense
astonished at the quantity of food ronsunied—he mop-
posed by the birds alone. The mouse, it is presumed,
lhasiet pie first to the cage fur the impose of pil-
fering the food, became so much attached to it, as to
induce her to deprive one of the birds of its ►eady
built nest, and there bring forth its young. She is
Dow allowed to live usamolested in the cage, where it
and its young eat and drink with the canaries.

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HIGH Collar OF ADMIRALTY, Meacml9.
JULIANA. (00iLVIA, MASTZII)-1111318/ell wasp.
This was a case of considerable importance, Which
had been very ably argued on a former day by Dr.
Lesutnorrox, in behalf of William lAttimort, • sea-
man chiming wages for his services on board the
above ship f and by Dr. on behalf of Messrs.
Palmer, Wilson, and Co. the principal owners of
vessel.
A summary petition, claiming wages, had been given
in, on the part of the seaman, and an allegation re-
sponsive thereto, on the part of the owners ; and the
argument took place on the objections to the admissi-
bility of the owners allegation.
The Court, (Lord SToweia.), baying taken time to
deliberate, gave judgment in this cause to-day. It
appeared by the act on summary petition, that the
Juliana some time back sailed upon a lung voyage
out and home. Sue first took is certain goods at the
port of London. together with a cargo of convicts for
New South Wale,. She arrived safely at that des-
tinatioo, and took ou board live stock and salt pro-
visions. with which she sailed to Port Jackson. Having
reached Port Jackson. she discharged this cargo and
took in another,. which she carried to Batavia* and
landed also in safety. A new freight being procured
at Batavia, the Juliana sailed for Mist*, discharged
a part of bar cargo there. and with the nut proceeded
to Sincapers. There she took in some sugars for
England, and varions other commodities Tor Calcutta.
which she delivered at that port. and then she galled
for England. She arrived in the Downs with a fell
cargo on board; but, uuf..rtenately. she struck epos
a sand called the Kentish Knock; sod the captain
and the whole of her crew were lod, except the per-
son who in this cause claimed Isis wages, and one
other individual, who, the Court presumed, was to be
taken as a witness. These two parties were saved
front off the wreck by a fishing-smack, which came to
their assistance. They had since applied to Mr. Wil-
son. who was one of the owners of the Janina, for
their wages; but be bad refused to pay them; ad-
ndtting, however, that the present claimant had always
perf.stimed Isis services on board ship in a very faith-
ful and very proper manner. The answer- given on
the part of the owners to the claim was, that there was
an express stipulation in the contract between the'
mariners and the owners. that they should not be
eaided to their wages, nor to any part of them.
well the vessel should have returned to the port of
London ; and that in the event of the ship being lost,
no wages for the outward voyage should be claimed.
Upon this stipulation. the owners contended that the
vessel never having returned to London, the wages were
forfeited, and the owners could not recover. It appear-
ed to the Court that, under the eircumstinces stated, the
voyage in questiel was a divided voyage; delivery of
cargo being to be made at a variety of ports; and that,
as such, it came under the general law, the principles of
svisich it was the duty of that Court to apply. What
contract might have been entered into between the emo-
ere of the ship and the freighters dill not appear ; nor
was itmaterial to know ; because, any agreesuent, how-
ever, qualified, between the owners and the freighters,
would not biod the owners. If the owners bad en-
tered into any each igreement, they were undoubtedly
wise enough Is their generation to secure and benefit
themselves by an insurance of the freight. or by some
other means calculated to preserve the just equilibrium
of their own interests. The common mariner possessed
no such securities in his own experience ; his gene-
rat ignorance of business bad not acquainted him
with the value of any anaageosess by which the w
mint of mosiserst be postpooed.• nor
enough totally norsost snit meld • -
these arca ander the tfr-

very a. placed , ___—.. praised**
e that law, to gs sril him ags'est the coesequenew of
such ignorance and imprudence. There was, between
the owners and the mariners, this great distinction,
whatever agreements the owners might make with
others, they iiii)clit ensure the freight against) all mis-
adventures. '1 he Court then proceeded at great length
to argue upon the renunciation of those rights which
~3 lie law hail conferred upon mariners—withest there
aiv any compensation made to them for such cur-
eoder. The Court admitted that no blame could attach
the owners for bringing the question into Court. It
was an noadjudged case, and it was highly proper it
should be settled. I will ray no more, said his Lord-
ship, than that this is the first Court to which the vali-
dity of this covenant has been submitted. The facts of
the ease are such as cannot recommend it, I think, to
any Court, upon any discussion—but, at any raw, I will
not be she first Judge on record who shall give it a
sanction. I therefore reject this article of the allegation,
and shall of course permit the summary petition to be
proceeded on; and if it be duly supported in proof, 1
shall feel myself bound by law, authority, and natural
justice, to pronounce for the wages claimed, as earned
on the outward'voyages.

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HIGH COURT OF JU.sTICIAIiI.-314Reall.

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This day came on—arthir-tFoi George Seedy, ac-
cused of assaulting Robert Trotter, clerk in the Bank
of Scotland's Office at liaddington, with the Intention
t t rob him of a box containing 37561., which he was
conveying from the coach-office in the above tows W
the offiee of his employer. The attack, of which the,
plod happened to he suspi rted, occurred in December,
; anti indeed the only direct evidence, in support
of the prosecution, related to the time and place of its
occurrence; the evidence tending to implicate the
prisoner being only ei.cuenstanial, and that rather;
of an extr.to.tiitary kind 'I lie Bank. it appeared.,
had been in the hahit of frequebtly sending re-
mittances frau Edinburgh to Haddingtois by the
coach, and it nas upon one of these occasions that
the wincipal witness (31r. Trotter) had gone to the
coach-office to fetch the box containing the usual sup;
ply. He received the ti , and, in company with
Oliver Bowden, an apprentice in the same booking
office, was conveying it home to his employer's.—
'They had readied a circular earthen plot before the
banking office, where they parted. On entering the
yard which led to the house, Mr. Trotter heard a rue•
fling of the bushes, which i aimed hits to look round,
and be saw a man who overtook him and struck him
several blows on the brad. The witn?ss lifted the box
in his defence, and called for assistance, wizen his
assailant made a sort of retreat, and the witness ran
towards the Bank door ; bat he was again pursued by
the same man to the very door of the Bank,. when he
seized the batik-box with one hand and Died a blud-
geon with the other, and did not give up his attack
until the witness had actually opened the door of the
Dank, when tile raffia° let go the but, and made his
escape. This took place about 6 o'clock on a dark
night. (20th Dec.) Mille view the witness had of
the man who attacked him, was from a lamp about 23
paces distant ; yet on reflection be thought his deem

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and appearance was like that of the 'e'er., sad be
Immediately afterwards, thongh sot at the time of
She attack, suspected him. The lad Heyde* Ow de-
peed, that he came up directly after the attack, sad
beard Mr. Trnttdr say be inspected Seedy. The rest
14 the proof went principally to show, that there were
lest-marks left is the earthen mound which corms-
impeded with the length of Sandy's shoe. For: this
pewee the principal witness was one Robert Birrella
• sesstable in Haddingtou, whose testimony derived
se email authority from the cireareatasee of his Wails%
bees bred to the shoemaking heatless : he bad there-
fore been employed in his double capacity, to apple+
bend the panel, and measure his shoe, for the im-
pose of comparing its dimensions with those of the
tracks us the earth. and he pronosuced them to cot-
/impend. Peter Wood, however, who recognised the
oboes to be his own handy work. peeved that be had
lode Mr. Trotter's shoes, hut not from the same last,
'there being at least the 6th of an inch difference
longitudinally between the shoe of the panel and that
et the Bank-clerk; he had, however, made shoes for
the latter, having the costly invented iron heel, and
capable of making similar impressions to those de-1
setibed on the earthen plot. The rest of the evidence
forth. defence went very far to prove an alibi; and sa-
tisfactory evidence was given as to character.
The SOLICITOWOINHIAL, although he could sot
ask for a verdict of guilty, *toted that the Jury would
be of opinien that there had esisted sufficient grounds
of suspicion to authorise legal proceedings:
Mr. at Y. who had manifested !each care le the
examination of his witnesses. hercrrminded the Joey
that there were two modes of acqnittal, and called upon
them to pronounce that which would send his cliest
back to society with so unblemished reputation; in
which he was seconded by the direction of the Lord
Justice Clerk.

The Jury accordingly returned s viva voce ►erdict
of—Not Guilty.

KENT SPRING ASSIZES.—AMAmsroxs. MAnce 18.

:AN.

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The beat Assizes for this county commenced here
today on the Crown Side, before the lion. Mr. Baron
Wood. On the Civil Side the business does not begin
until to-morrow. I■ both Courts the business is
likely to he heavy. The Gaol Calendar contains a
fearful list of offence', in point of number. there being
no less than 176 prisoners for trial.
The Bank of England have but one prosecution,
which was disposed of as follows :
James Goodwin was indicted for knowingly tittering
to F. Porter Molloy, at Chart next Sutton Valence,
on the 22ti of January last, a forged Bark of Eng-
land note, for the payment of 51.. with intent to de-
-1 fraud the said Bank.—The fact was clearly proved.
In order further to confirm the alleged guilty know-
ledge of the prisoner. it was proved bat be bad ut-
tered, on the 3tl of December, 1821, another forged
5/. note, to the wife of a publican, named Barham, at
Headcore. in this county. At that honu be had paid
a small reckoning, amounting to about sixpence, with
the note then tendered, and received the change. The
prisoner bad been in trouble before os account of gen.
lag some contraband goods, and was stated to be a
sasegcler.
An Inspector from the Bask of England proved that
bath the notes were forgeries in every particular, and
had been struck of the same prate, asd were of the
same date.
The- primmer said teething is hie dealt* hitt called

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Mr. Rare* Woes suresecl oti tie Wri-KII
.Ivry to.nd l6e prlioner Ouilty—Death.
DORCHESTER ASSIZES.

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There were thirteen causes for trial, five of which
were for Special Juries, but the only one of public in-
terest was the King o. Bourne, Printer of the War
mortis Gazette. for a libel on Dr. Dupre, of that tows.
This cause occupied the Court sin hours, when the
Learned Judge summed up the evidence with great
impartiality, and the Jury, after an boar's consulta-
tion, returned a verdict of Guilty of Publishing, but
not maliciously. His Lordship said. be could nut re-
cord any verdict but one of Guilty or not Guilty, and
recommended them to re-coueider die verdict they had
pronounced. The Jury thee retired, and after five
hours returned a verdict of Guilty, but recommended
the defendant to mercy.

Worcester Assizes concluded oo Wednesday. The
prisoners tried were sentenced u follows :—John
Brittle and John Guest, for burglary, received sen-
tence of death, and were left for execution; they are
expected to suffer oo Friday next.—James Allen and
R. Wilkes, for robbery; Edward Mantle, John
Haynes and William Preece, for horse-stealing ; T.
Cole, fur house-breaking; James Hopkins, for rob-
bery; Edward Perkins, for burglary; Ann Powell,
for house.breakiug; and W. Roberts for stealing a
lamb, were likewise sentenced to death, but reprieved.
—Three were transported for seven years; three im-
prisoned twelve months ; one, six months t and ten
were acquitted —. the latter was W. Godfrey,
charged with cutting and maiming Ed. Mytton, of
Comberton, while the latter was endeavouring to ap-
prehend bum on suspicion of his havbqf tiommitted a
burglary.
At Northampton Assizes, which ended on Thurs-
day se'nuight, the. prisoners who took their trials
were sentenced as follows :—George Julyan otherwise
Jelling., and William Percaval, for 'beep stealing,
and William Simons-for burglary, received sentence
or death, and were left fur execution on Friday, the
22.1 inst.; Charles -Johnson, for arson, Ann alias
liaonab Branston, for privately stealing in a dwelling
house, Thomas Cox, Robert Hewn, John Sewell,
and Joseph Weedily, for sbeep stealing,. and Richard
Simons. for burglary, also received sentence of death,
bat were reprieved before Use Judges left the town:-
1 Williams Hawkins, Thomas Ashby,. William Burditt,
Joseph Burditt, Robert Briggs. John Alsop, William
Harris, and John Webb, fur felony, to be transported
fur 7 years. Fifteen were sentenced to various terms
of Imprisonment ; nine were wielded, and six dis-
• clueged by proclamation..

More success at Haase D's.—.lzain ! RIZ 1111) and
Co. have sold a 20,000/. in shares No. 7,539, drawn
last Thinsday. Hassan and Co. also sold in snares, No.
4d7. drawn n Prize of 20,0001., on the first day of the pre-
sent Lottery, and several other Capital Prizes.—The next
day of drawing will be Thursday, 18th March, when the first
drawn prize will be entitled to4O,OOOI.!—HAZARD and Co.'s
old established offices, Royal Exchange Gate ; Cern-
hill ; tit Orford-street, Corner of Swallow-street.

POLICE.
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r.—Deria Da-

anr•StligliTo—TOUTlll WV L Dental/ITT"
vie, aged 11, and Job; Moore. aged 13. meth yester-
day brought before Mr. Mission, charged as fellows s
The prisoners were teen by same pollee Wiser% on
Mayday evening, lurking 'boot Merest shops I.
Holborn. and the others knowing the character of
Davis in particular, watched them. Davis, at length.
*zed himself at the shop-window of Mr. Manning, a
~linen-draper, and took something from his pocket. with
which he began to work away the patty from a square
of glass and broke part of it est. He hail thrust in
its arm and got bold 'of a parcel of shawls, whets
be was seized by the officers. Moore ran away, but
was taken hid in a door-way in a neighbourieg
court. When they were taken to the watch-house,
Davis was beard to thy to his companitm--" D—u
my but 1 Irish I had had a Air (tire slang
phrase for a knife), end I would have put it into the
g—ts of the rascal that took me;" to which Moore
replied, very coolly, that " these were so many of these
jig-trap: about, there n•as no doing any business."
They were both fully committed for trial on the
capital charge of breaking end 'entering, with intent
to steal.
levees Wile, the dAvse of a Pelham stage-coach.
was fined 101. for excessive insolence and abuse to a
gentleman named Barlow, who was his passeager.
One of the check-takers at the Olympic Theatre
was held to bail for assaulting a respectable female.
who having paid bee entrance money on the loforSna-
tiers that there was plenty of room, demanded it back
again when she found there was nose. The Magis-
trate reprobated the practice of giving false informa-
-1 lion, and ordered the money to be reloaded.
Wm. Hervey, the driver of the Windsor and Eton
coach, was charged with carrying I? outside passes-
gers on the roof of his coach, with luggage, on the
4th inst., through Hounslow, whish being satisfac-
torily proved. he was convicted in two penalties of 51.
each and costs.
MARLBOROUGH STRERT.—Ifin. Parkes, a respect-
able looking middle-aged man, was charged by his
employers with embezzling divers sums of money,
amounting to more than 650/. which be bad received
by virtue of his employment. Mr. King, silk mercer,
Pall-mall, stated that the prisoner bad been more than
twelve years in his employ as a confidential clerk,
Iwhose duty it was to account for the money he bad re-
ceived weekly. It was ascertained that many bills
had been paid to the prisoner which be bad never ac-
counted for, although I months back. and he
was taken into custody. There were ten charges pre-
ferred against the prisoner, and the I receipts
for the sums paid to him were produced in his own
head writing, by the persons who bad paid him, and
which be never had accounted for. The prisoner was
fully committed for trial, and the witnesses were bound
over to prosecute.
ael-L CAIONII-01Crtel A R4lll Or Btayez...—Yes-
terrlay, H. Saunders, a vary young man, was brought
before John Rawlinsoa and Edmond Griffithe.Esqrs..
the sitting magistrates, charged with marrying a girl
named Bridget Graysoo. his first wife, Mary King,
another young woman, being alive. It appeared the
prisoner had married Bridget Graysou at St. John's,
Westminster, on the 10th of October last year, having
only a few weeks before married Mary Kiegie 'metier
parish. The certificates of both marriages were pro-
duced and the prosecution against the prisoner was in-
stituted by Bridget Graysee's brother. who shortly af-
ter hU-sister bad beet imposed upon by Otis Saul
villain, took her home, finding the primmer was set
able to import her, and she was labouring extremely
hard to procure viands for the prisoner, who was ra•
thee an epicure. Having made some inquiries, be as-
certained that the prisoner had another wife, and
he then immediately bad him taken into custody, and
completed the case by producing the witnesses at the
marriage and the certificates. The poor young women
could with difficulty be prevailed upon to give evi-
dence, and they appeared overwhelmed at the novelty
of their situation. The prisoner seemed dejected, and
said he had nothing to say. He was fully committed
for trial.