The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-08-08 00:00:00

THt iIATEBMAN.

pastimes. -being asked hy the wife of a srjeint -Who 4.
abroad what bad become of her, said she lead gone oft with
%soldier of his regiment, and taken 31. with her, and her
clothes, leaving him but 15s. He then proposed to the ser-
jeant's wife. who was preparing to join her husband at the
Capeof Good Hope, that she should cohabit with him. She
treated the proposition with derision, and told him she had
no doubt Ms wife would return to him in a day or two,
knowing her to be a woman of correct habits. He,however,
said be would be d—dif his wife would ever he seen inChat-
ham again. On the same day the serjeant's wife agreed
with the publican to take the apartments which bad been
occupied by the prisoner, who was let into possession of
another room in the house. Upon examining the
prisoner's bed there were stains of blood upon the bol-
ster, the sheets, and the ticking, which was said not
to have arisen from natural causes. This eircum-
sluice excited no suspicion against the prisoner. and he re-
41alaisd in the house for a week after. Immediately under
He wisdom of the room was a well. In a few days after the
domed was missing, it was observed that the water was
tainted and unfit for use. At the end of three weeks something
was discovered in the well which excited curiosity, and a
man was sent to examine it, and the result was that the body of
the deceased was brought op in a state of nakedness and pu-
tridity. No marks of violence were discernible from the
length of time the body had lain In the water, but no doubt
was entertained other identity. It was admitted on the part of
the prosecution that nothing would turn upon the nakedness
of the body, as it was the practice of the lower orders of
Irish to sleep in that state. At this time the prisoner had left
Chatham. having been discharged from his regiment, and no
traces of him could be obtained. In the year 1819 a private
of the 2d West India Regiment. 'imed Thompson, who
was stationed in the Island of Barbadoes, and had been a
serpent in the 98th, in the year 1816, when the prisoner
was received at the depot to the Isle of Wight, hap-
pened to pick up at the guard-room door, a piece of an
old news-paper, containing an account of Mrs. Donallan's
murder by her husband, which brought to his mind the
conviction that the prisoner was the man. In the month of
March, 1822, Thompson happened to be quartered at Clan-
morris, county of Mayo, in Ireland, where the prisoner
then resided. Being on ditty one day the prisoner
passed the barracks, and he immediately recognised him
as an old comrade. They fell into conversation, and Thomp-
son asked him how Biddy and the children were. meaning
the prisoner's wife. The prisoner became much agitated,
and answered that his wife died, or that he had buried her
(which the prisoner could not say), at Chatham, in 1818.
la a day or two Thompson communicated his suspicions
to. Captain Smith, and in consequence of his information,
he and two other soldiers were sent by the Htmbotrahle Denis
Brown to desire the prisoner to attend him. The pri-
soner being informed of the message became again violently
agitated, and expressed a wish first to put on a clean shirt,
which be was incapable of doing without a•sistanee from
extreme perturbation at the communication which had been
made to him. Upon his appearing before Mr. Brown he
was sent to this country to answer this cloarae. The pri- ,
soner stood for trial at the last Assizes, but in consequence
of the absence of material witnesses his trial had been post-
poned. Two circumstances were admitted robe favourable
to the prisoner—first, that within a week after his wife
was missed, he had drank of the water of the well ; and,
secondly, that he had made no attempt to escape' when sus•
picion was attached toliim.
The prisoner, who was without Counsel, cross-examined
several of the witnesses with acuteness, but nothing was
elicited tending to relieve him from his perilous situation.
He handed in a written defence, wherein be solemnly pro-
tested his innocence. In a few words, which be audiessed
to the Jury. he earnestly appealed to them, if it was pos-.
sible that he could be guilty of any violence towards a wo-
man by whom he had had two children, anal who had ac-
companied him through England, Scotland, Ireland,
France, and America, in all his campaigns. He hoped the
Jury would strictly examine their own consciences before,
under such circumstances, they would find him guilty of so
atrocious a crime.
Mr. Sergeant Oxstow recapitnlated the evidence, and
left the Jury to determine three qnestions—first, whether
they were satisfied of the deceased's identity; second, wile-
thee the prisoner was the author of the death ; ant!. third,
whether the deceased carne by her death in the manner
charged in the indictment.
The Jury deliberated for some time, and found the pri-
soner Guilty—Death.
The prisoner being called upon in the usual manner to
say whether he had any thing to argue why sentence of
death slionld not he passed upon him, again solemnly de-
clared his innocence.
Mr. Sergeant Osstow then passed the awful sentence of
the law, and ordered the prisoner for execution on Friday
morning next.

lug young Man ; and was; moreover, as we base alre.dy
stated, a sworn broth-r of Tdtis Foy's. It so happened,
however, that on the very day after Tom Foy had lost
Otis money, Larry Cleary eppeard to be pilling in wealth.
He bought himself an entirely new suit of clothes, mar-
ried the servant maid at-the !led Lion, got drunk three
times a day and repeatedly displayed twenty or thirty
sovereigns eta time. Tom Foy now began to think that
his suspicions were true, and be thought it was impostible
he himself, whilst taking hie drops of drink, might have
met with Larry Cleary accidentally and base given him the
money to take care of—" Bekase he would have trained
Larry wid a thousand pound untoald."—Under this impres-
sion, he set an inquiry on foot ; and, in answer to the pies.
dons put to him, Larry Cleary declared he found forty eight
sovereigns tied up in a /could stoc tng, on the pavement in
James-street, Haprarket, the very night Tom Foy came
home drunk. Tom Foy could not gainsay this, and, there.
fore, be held his peace; but he afterwards learned that
Larry had accounted for his sudden wealth very differently
to others, and be would not let him rest without coming b;-
' fore the Magistrate. To one person Larry bad stated, that
hr found the "stocking full of sovereigns" concealed under
a brick, among the new houses in Co:kspar-street ; to an-
other, that he hail received it from a "young lady" of his
acquaintance, who told him she had " picked it' from a
Frenehniao, whilst lie was paying his addresses to her one
night; anti to a third, that he bad received it as a fortune
with his wife.
All these things were stated by Tom Foy and Lis wife
with much eloquence before the Magistrate ; though not
without continual interroption train honest Larry, who de-
clared that he had told these various stories merely to so-
[iffy impertinent curiosity ; bat that be had in fact picked
up forty-eight soverfigns in James-street, as aforesaid.
" lion Azattoirst," said he, " put the money in me way
for the good of me, and.' shall keep it, with the blessing
of 00D. in spite of all of ye, may be." He sail farther,
that he had spent twenty•ninc sovereigns out of the forty-
eight ; but, when asked to detail his expenditure, be could
unl; account for about Si.
The Magistrate t him be hail no doubt Tons Foy's
suspicions were trite: and Tons Foy, turning to him, said
—" Here, Larry, now I'll tell you what.—An ye'll give
me up what's left of it, I shall forgive ye what's 'rut, and
the injury ye've done to me."
" Is it give it up, Tone Foy ?" exclaimed Larry.—" An
what's to become of me eatraeleter then ?—'Faith I'll lave
nothing bat honesty behind me, die I% ben I will, if I was
hanged this moment."
He was committed for further examination, and an of-
ficer was sent to his lodgings to secure the remainder of
the cash.

MARV-LA-BONNE ()rms.—Yesterday, Hint. Barnes and
Thos. IVoodward were brought up by Staples and Buck
ridge, the officers, charged with attacking Barnett, a Jew,
putting him in bodily tear, and robbing him.
Barnett stated, that in the middle of the day of Tuesday,
he was cou'infr along Lisson Brave, Mary•l4 bonne, poems-
ing his avocation, when the two prisoners suddenly rushed
at him, knocked hint down, and after giving him souse tre-
mendous blows, marched off after robbing him; Woodward,
as lie was going off, snatched his hat, and placing it on
his [mid, retreated. The Jew, on reroro•ring hie feet, parr
sued them to the Tunnel of the Regent's Canal, %here the
ruffians bad taken fuge, and requested the restoration of
his property, but Woodward, who appeare I to be a man of
extraordinary strength and stature, seized biw, and dashed
him into the canal; he, however, succeeded in getting
ashore. when the ruffian was stain about to immerse him
in the water ; but on his imploring him to spare his life,
lie threw hint on the gronnd, and loosed a large dog, from
the onset of which, and the brutality of the prisoners, lie
was obliged to make a hasty retreat. On subsequently ap-
plying to this Office, Iluckridge and Staples were de-
spatched; having been informed the offenders were navi•
gators working on the canal, they instantly went there,
and found they were in two barges, which they instantly
boarded; on in iking known the nature of their errand, an
attempt was made by other navigators to cut the barges
down the stream from their moorings, and if this had been
done, the barge in which the officers were would have been
completely destroyed, but they produced their tire arms,
and threatened to shoot the first man that attempted the
desperate act. This had the effect of compelling the fel-
lows to desist; Buckridge then, after a violent struggle,
secnred Barnes, Out Woodward, on being dragged ashore,
fought with great desperation, until Staple's tripped bum
up, and haii•lcuffed him, fastening him to the other prison-
er, face to face, and in that way brought him to the offiee.
Barnes had the Jew's bat on his head—no other property
was found. •
1," The Magistrate said, he was sorry to find the navigators
had in that district latterly practised the most shocking ez-
tesses, imagining, he supposed, their overpowering strength
was thir protection, bet in thi instance a lesson might be
taught that the law was too strong for them.
They were both fully committed to Newgate for trial.

.HATTON-6ARDEN.--Popul ir indignation was most
strongly excited at this office, against a middle-aged man
,of respectable appearance, of the name of Shepherd Ino
S tailor, residing at 14, Baynam-street, Camden-town, who
was charged with indecencies of a nature too revolting to
admit of description upon the persons of five ehildr. n, the
eldest of whom nas only eight years old, and the youngest
not five years old. The children, who were present, attend.
ed by their parents, gave evidence nearly similar in each
case, and which left no doubt of the guilt of the prisoner.
It appeared that he bad decoyed them into his house by
presents of fruit, cakes, &c. anti there took the improper
liberties now charged against him.
The officer stated, that the conduct of this fellow had
become of late quite notorious in the neighbourhood of his
residence. •
The Magistrates expressed themselves fully satisfied with
the evidence given, and ordered his committal to Clerken-
well prison, for the misdemeanour, till he could give bail
for his appearance to answer the charge at the sessions,
himself in 40/. two sureties in 291. each, and to give twelve
houirs' notice of bail,
On his removal from the office to be locked up, he would
have met with summary punishment icon] the crowd col
lec ed, but for the protection of the officers
%Ponsnt p STRUT.—Yeiterday James &ratford, charged '
with robbing the caravan of John Kelson, the travelling
doctor, nas brought before Samuel, TWYPORDi
Mrs. Kelton, the doctress, appeared and stated, that on
the 7th May last she found the prisoner in the van, who on
seeing her Jumped down and ran sway. She found the
drawers broke open, and a bag containing 126/. in silver,
and a silver watch, also a quantity of wearing apparel, were
'gone. Part of the property was found in the prisoner's
apartments in Stewart Street, Old Artillery Ground. The
van was stationary at the time in Unicorn Yard, Blackman
Street.
The prisoner was committed for trial at the next Surrey
Assizes.

Union Hat.x.-=-Yesterclay, six well dressed girls of, the
town were brought before L: B. &LIN, Esq., charged by
the officers. who attend at Vauxhall Gardens, with having
loitered about the neighbourhood, in company with' hack.
ney coachmen, waternwn's apprentices, and thieves, for the
purpose of picking up and robbing any gentleman who
Might leave the gardens in liquor. A fellow nawed Ed.
togrds, was also brought op, charged with having called to
the girls to escape when. they were taken•into custody, and
with having.assaalted,one..if the-officers.
The officerastated, that the proprietors of the gardens
having determined that all suspicious characters should.be
removed from Vtexardens and the vicinity, gave directions
or that:effete.; intl as several robberies had been committed.,
by the w0w:11...0f the, town who roamed about Vauxhall,
themitnestes took ttli the prisoners, who % in the cont•
. patty described alirri; and Otte of Whom there was very

good reason ter believing had runbed a gentleman of :at
sovereigns.
All the prisoners were sent to Brixton Mill, which they
acknowledged they bad often visited before. Since the
gardens have been opened under the present menagement,
it has been ascertained that npnards of I,OIM offensire
characters, who need to Toiler in and about that place of
amusement, bars been apprehended and committed.
Quitmi-ectuanx.—Yesterday, at one o'clock, the neigh-
bourhood of Orchard Street, Westminster, was thrown
into greatest confusion, by the streams of a female, pro-
ceedingthe
from the house, No. tI in that street. An iminense
iv:ihilist'e of persons assembled round the house, and the
cries of " Murder !" and groans increasing, information
nes instantly conveyed to Gilmore and other officers of
Queen-square, who proceeded to the spot, and immediately
entered the house. On going in'o the back yard, they found
a poor young woman lying on the stones in a state of insen-
sibility, weltering in her blood, and she appeared to have
been dreadfully beaten, %bleb they understood had been
administered hr her husband. A surgeon was immediately
smt for, and he pronounced her to be in imminent danger.
and advised her to be carried immediately to the hospital,
which was accordingly done, and the husband was secured
and carried to Queen-square police office. Mr. Mar«laral.
a clerk, and Gilmore, proceeded to the hospital, to take the
unfortunate woman's &position, but she was unable to
speak. She spat blood, and appeared dreadfully injarel
t appears that the prisoner returned home yesterday, and
repruached his wife with wasting his motley, and that she
had sanctioned the visits of another man in his absence, On
which he knocked bes down, beat and kicked her in the
most cruel manner, an 1 left her insensible on the ground.—
In the coarse of the day he was h10,11(11t before the Magis-
trates, who felt indignant at his conduct, and remanded
him for further examination, his wile nut being expetnetl
to recover. She is a fine uoking young woman, about
twenty-two.
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. Yesterday Mr. Thos. Aldridge, landlord of the Ship pub-
He house. Charles-sire'', %Yestietinster, eras convicted in the
mitigated pen tity of 40s. for having supplied ettstimen with
liquor et half past 11 o'clock at nix ht.

THE ACCIDSST AT BILLINGSGATg.—Tt is now ascertain.
ed that this melancholy occurrence was not so great as at
first represented. The hoist-guns and buoys, as stated, cer,.
tainly gave way, and, from the geaerat eproar and confu-
sion that prevailed, 'AI persons, souse very intoxicated. front
their anxiety and harry to got into the boats, were forces'
by the throng into the water ; and it has since ascer-
tained, all of those, by (Welling the ropes of the lighters,
sncceeded in saving their lives, although many were very
'severely hurt.
Fonaeo NoTes.—At the late Liverpool Sessions,a sonny
vomit,' (Jane \l'Carol) was atlnitted of a charge of having
forged notes in her possession, in whirls they were found
under the following ittrentnstgeters : —About six weeks agO
she cause (tom Ireland in the packet, in which also came
passenger a John Aleaghan, who entered into conversation
with her, in which lie, with apparent confidence, tout her
that he had a small packet wilts him, which he was afrai I
would he taken from him on his arrival at Liverpool, as he
%Yes susw-ctesi of being a stnotrgler. Hr prevailed on the
young woman to put the parcel into her pocket. The search-
ing officer discovered the packet, which, on being opened,
contsined 339 forged notes, purporting to be of Messrs.
Dohson's ilsoldersfiel.l of one guinea each. She ins,
meiliately pointed out the owner, an•t stated her indncement
for taking charge of the packet, not knowing its contents.—
Meaghan dented this statement, but hoth were secnred.--.
I nformstion was procured which entirely cleared the young
women from suspicion, and on the trial Neagh an was found
guilty, anti sentrnc•d to three years' imprisonment wits
hard l.sbour. The Court suggested that some compensa-
tion should be made to the young wool 111, and 3lass.es. Doh-
son's clerk gave her el., to which tt:e ,flavor kintly aided
twat! more.

On Monday morning last, a man of the vitme of Month
Hty. weaver in King's Street, Leith, invited a Mr. Mafia%
joiner there, to his house, in order, (as the former pretend-
ed) to communicate with him about the purchase of some
property. Hay asked his friend to walk to Edinburgh with.
him, and to be the bearer of 2001., at the same time request-
ing a receipt for that amount, which was granted. He then
retired to another apartment, under pretence of bringing
the money, when, on his return, he appeared, to the aston-
ishment and•horror of his friend, with a laige rook's knife
in his hand, with which he made a desperate blow at Mr.
M.'s breast. Forte : ately be parried it with his left arm,
which was, however, severely lacerated, and struck Hay a
blow, in order to retreat the more effeetnally towards the
door, which he found locked, but the key in it. Ile got it
open before Hay recovered from the blow, and gave an
alarm, when Hay was secured, and conveyed to the police.
ethce.—(Scotch Paper.)
On Tuesday morning last the dwelling house of Mr.
John Newitt, of Weony End, in Chatteris, suddenly gave
way while the family were in bed ; Mr. Newitt, los son,
and housekeeper, had a most narrow escape. It apper.rs
that the house was one of the oldest in the place; the gable
end of which, being lofty, gav,t• way, carrying with it the
bed of Mr. Newitt, and that of his housekeeper, who slept
in the adjoining room. Mr. Newitt fortunately felt the
bed sinking from under him, and crept out at the foot; had
he attempted to have got out at the side, instant death must
have been his fate, or had he been one minute longer on
his pillow, destruction would have been equally inevitable.
as a large beam fell across the head of the bed, at the mo-
ment be crept out at the foot. Some of the falling mate-
rials struck Mr. Newitt on the head, which strolled hint
for a time. Providentially all the three inmates escaped
without injury, in a state of nudity, into the garden; where
some neighbours cane quickly to their assistance, being
alarmed at the crash of the falling wall. the effect of which
aomt•what resembled the shock of an cartlitplake. It was a
large brick built house, and had been in a decayed state foe
some time,—(Bury Gazette.)

BIRTH.—On the 7th inst., in lisrlerstreet, the Lady of J.
Lautour, Esq. of a still-born daughter.

MARRIED.—On Thursday last at St. George's, Hanover-
square, S. Y. Benyon, Eaq. of Ash Hall, In the county of
Salop, and of Stratton-street, Piccadilly, to Caroline Eliza,
eldest daughter of John Tharp, Esq. of Chippenhain Park,.
Cambridgeshire.
On Thursday, at St. John's, Hackney, R. (lichens, Esq. of.
Peckham. to Jane, second daughter of the late Westgartb
Snaith, Esq.
On Thursday. the 7th inst., et Totteridge Church, the Hoe.
Captain Granville George Waldegrave, It. N., eldest son of
Admiral the Lord Radstock, 0. C. C., to Esther Caroline.
youngest daughter of the late John Paget, Esq. of Totteridge.
Herts.
Oa Tuesday, the bth inst., at Atherston. Warwickshire.
Stafford Stratton Salter, eldest son of D. Sailer, Esq.. of
Atherstone, toNiary Ann Wright, only daughter of the late iti.
Wright, Esq., of Eatou•hall, Staffordshire.
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On the sth August, at Maryletanne Church, W. Donaldson.
Esq. of Uttletso, in theCousty of Dorset.to Charlotte,daughter
of J. Petrie, Esq. of Welbeck•street.

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DlED.—Lately. at Sheerness, Edward Quin. Esq.. mall
years eouneeted with the public press of the metropolis, sad
formerly a member of the Common Council.
On &today. Aug. 3, at her house, at Highgate, Mrs. Mary
Robertsoa, aged W.
At Atte.. aged 110 years, Mrs. Ormsby, relict of the '
Mr. Isaac Ormsby.

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