The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-08-05 00:00:00

;lIIE STATESMAN.

ILLEGAL CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE.
cousrvlt or ARMAGH ASSIZIM
Thomas Myens was indicted for that he, being a Popish
Priest, did unlawfully celebrate a marriage at Newry, be-
tween John Timmons, a Protestant, and Bridget blechan,
a Papist, they not basing been previously married by a
Protestant Clergyman.
Bridget Mechan.,—Lives in Newry; witness was married
to John Timmons, about three years ago; the marriage
was celebrated by Mr. Myen's, at his house in Newry;
Timmons then lived in the service of Captain Ogle. Wit-
ness was bred a Catholic, but cannot say what religion she
now is ; she was willing to go with her husband wherever
he went ; be goes to church. Captain Ogle's gate keeper,
Walter Dunlop, and his wife, were present at the marriage;
Mr. Myens gave her a written paper as a certificate of ma.-
riage ; she can neither read nor write ; gave the certificate
to the Rev. Mr. Stuart. Witness did not recollect what
ceremony was gone through; Mr. Myen asked Timmons
if he would have the church service read ; there was either
a ring or a key used; it was put on her finger and on Tim-
mons's.
Cross examined—She has two children to the man she
called her husband ; the eldest is about two years and a
half old ; the youngest was about a fortnight old.—[This
infant she bad then at her breast ]—There had been no dis-
agreement between them , and she had no desire that the
metch should be broken. She could not swear positively
that the paper she gave Mr. Stuart was the saute as hail
been given to her by the prisoner, as she could not read it;
she had always carried it.in her pocket.
The Rev. A. G. Stuart produced a certificate of marriage,
which he identified as the same that was given to him by
the lest witness. Ile added that he had been anxious to
bring the case forward, on account of the frequency of si-
milar pretended marriages of Protestants, and Protestants
and Catholics; his object was to protect the community
from the irregular marriages of the prisoner, whose conduct
was reprobated as well by every respectable Catholic clergy-
wan, as by the Mini•ters of the Established Church.
John Tiumions—is a Protestant; was married to Brid-
get Meehan abort 3 years ago ; the marriage was cele-
brated by the prisoner in his own house, in Monaghan-row,
Newry; he went to the prisoner to marry him, in order to
free himself from a promise he had made to the woman
remembered the ceremony; the prisoner put a ring on wit-
ness's linger; Walter and Ann Dunlop were present.—
Witness paid 9s. 21. to Mr. My ens for performing the
marriage.
Cross-examintd—Witness did not think himself mar-
' tied ; thetwoman said she was his wife, but witness thought
utiierwise ; he thought the ceremony a "compound;" wit-
ness never fired with her as her husband; she load 2 children
to him : did not want to get :id of her ; lie was
not tired of her ; admitted that be wanted to marry
another woman ; was called in Church for that
purpose about three weeks ago ; Bridget Meehan forbade
the banns the second time ; she was delivered of a second
son about a fortnight ago ; he wanted another wife, and
" Lord knows how many wires he may hare !" Wit-
ness believed the prisoner to be a married mail, at least he
had a woman living with him. After :he ceremony the
woman asked fur her marriage lines, and he sat down and
wrote a paper which he gave her.
Trevor Corry, Esq.—Knew the prisoner, who was a re-
puted Popish Priest, Ina uuderstood he had been degraded
from his office; never before heard he was married. In
consequence of repeated complaints against the prisoner fur
celebrating marriages between Protestants and Catholics,
the present action had been brought to put a stop to this
highly injurious practice.
The prisoner was found guilty.
There was a general commiseration sliewn for the unfor-
tunate woman who had been deceived by Timmons ; and
the effrontery he displayed, while giving his evidence, ex-
cited the disgust of all who heard him. _ _ _

The Lean—led JUDGE lamented the necessity of the case, as
the law had virtually dissolved the marriage of the parties;
be suggested to Mr. Stuart (the Curate of Newry) the pro-
priety of taking the advice of Dr. Radcliffe, respecting the
course to be pursued, and hoped that in the mean tints he
would not celebrate marriage between Timmons and any
other woman.

Air. Stuart assented, and said he had not the leant inten-
tion of marrying hint.

LETTER FROM silt H A ILCOU itT LEES TO CAP
THIN ROL K.

" Black-Rock, Friday, July 18, 1823.

" I do not believe there exists a Roman Catholic in the
County of Dublin, or the adjoining Connties, who would
hurt a hair of my head ; should General Rock, or any of the
Limerick assassins, venture into these parts, on a campaign,
and do me the honor of attacking my Castle, I will lay fifty
guineas loan old rap, that I will put snore lead into Rock's
hinder part, than Doctor Doyle has in his he id, just to ba-
lance the murderous vagabond in his retreat ; and as to his
assassins, 1 sill bag them as fast as 1 used to tumble etch
grouse on the 20th of August. I sot always Maly to receive
visitors of his sort, and I can bit a bat flying with a single
ball. The poor fellows in Dublin have been deluded by the
villainous demagogues; and I owe it to them to say, that
although on the road at all hours, day and night, never
yet have I experienced any thing but the most marked
kindness from the lower orders ; but they are not cold-
blooded murderers,therefore, the humbug above, and all
like it, will be ever despised Aid lattelted at, by
" HARCOURT LEES." r
DOWNPATRIC Assizes.—ln another part of our paned
we have given the charge of Judge Moore to the Grant
Jury of the County Down—it is as honest es it is clear—jus
to the people—creditable to their integrity. their characte r
and their tranquillity. Judge Moore, with great nasiona
and becoming pride, compared Down and Antrim to the
most fortunate Counties of England. In the worst of
times, Judge Moore, to our knowledge; less an hilliest man
—the greatest quality a Judge can possess. The spirit of
the present times is exactly that which, if we know Judge
Moore correctly, he would be inclined to act npon—we
mean, the spirit of equal and impartial justice. He pre-
sided in the Criminal Court, and but one cause cause before
the Learned Judge worthy of public attention, and this,
indeed, was a most important one—it was that of an unfor-
tunate man who was charged with a murder committed
so far back as 1813, in the neighbourhood of Lisburn. He
went to Galway after the committ .1 of the murder, and
was discovered by a dispute which took place between
him and his wife. He was brought .to the North. by • the
directions of the Marquess of Downshire, who, on a patient
bearing of all the circumstances, felt it his duty to go to
the utmost extent of the law. Humanity, as well as Ire-
land, owes a debt of gratitude to the Noble Lord. Pain-
ful as such a duty must ever be, still it was his duty, and
it should he performed. This unfortunate man has been
tried on Tuesday at Downpatrick, and after a laborious
and painful inquiry, was found guilty at 9 o'clock at
night, and sentenced by the Judge in the most sol.nnn
and impressive manner, to be hanged on Thursday (yes•
terday). Will man ever forget that the murderer never
escapes the hands of justice?—(The Irishman.)
A melancholy accident o:curred in April last, on board
his Majesty's ship Hind, when off acid. The jolly boat in
lowering down. was swamped, owing to a heavy sea at the
time, and unfortunately Mr. Bedingfield, midshipman, and
one of the boat's crew were drowned, notwithstanding
every exertion was made by hoisting out another boat ; but
they luckily succeeded in picking up Mr. Langton Browell,
the other midshipman, ,and two seamen, though very far
astern ; the other seamen clung to the tackle•fall, and were
got on board. Mr. Bedingtield's loss is much to he de
plored, as he was a most promising youth, and would have
been an ornament to his profession.

COMPE'fITION OF PIPERS, AT EIJINBUItIeII.

Tuesday, the annual competition for the prizes given by
the Highland Society of London to the live best performers
en the great Highland bagpipe, was held in the Theatre
Royal.—The prizes were adjudged as folios s
The first, an elegant pipe, handsomely mounted, and
adorned with a flag, bearing the national emblem of t•te
thistle, and with a silver plate, on which there has since
been engraved the proper inscription, with forty merke in
money, to John Mackenzie, piper to Duncan Davidson,
Esti. of Tullich.
'1 he second prize, 60 rnerks, to Kenneth *Rs, piper to
the Hon. James Sinclair.

The third, 50 nterks, to John Cameron, piper to the sth
Lanarkshire local militia.
The fourth, 45 merles, to Donald Macdonald, son of
Donald blacdonald, pipe maker to the Highland Society of
London.

The fifth, 40 meths to Wm. Fraser from Breadalbane.
The extra prize, of a han•Jsome Highland Claymore, af.
forded by the liberality of Mrs. H Siddons, was voted to
John Gordon, piper to ihe Athol Club.
The prizes to the three competitors best dressed in the
Highland garb were voted—the first to John Al acp heison
the second to John Macnah—the third to Angus Cameron,
all in the list of pipers.
The audience were, as usual, highly delighted with the
Highland reels and strathspeys, introduced in the course
of the performance, in which the dancers greatly exerted
themselves.

VAUXHALL GARBEN3.—Yestentey evening the singularly
promlsieg aspect of the weather attracted us to these gardens.
to witness the repetition of the Nauticel Gale. We shall not
quarrel with a name when there is nothing else to find fault
with ; but we could discover nothing Nautical about the place
except an illuminated vessel in full sail ; this, however, threw
considerable light oil the subject. There was a profusion of
amusements; indeed, we felt it rather a " toil of a prea-
sure" to keep np with them all. They are already well
known to most of our readers, atid, therefore, a particular
description of them is now unnecessary. We were partici).
tarty well pleased with I parts of the conceit.
Mammy Goose. Paddy Goose, is a very pleasing little
thing ; and was sung by 3liss Tessa-sta. in a very pretty
'tele. We must, also, notice Sweet Home, and Fortune's
Blind, you know, by 3lr. Cousee, as well as the Duet by
Miss Noel. and Blaster Lostnnunsi, Tell sue, gentle
Stranger, and Miss IV:hht A 313' Ah, well-a-day.—The gar-
dens were crowded till a late hour, as the evening fully re-
alized its early promises; and, which has b' en for eottse time
a rarity, its warmth was at times even inconvenient.
The operative weavers of Frome have issued an address
to the gentlemen and tradesmen of the town and its vicini-
ty, descriptive of the causes of their present ilistteire I
state, and soliciting aid towards the estabiusliment of a so-
ciety for the purpose of removing th-ir grievance.
About 40 packs of exportation card:, on which the duty
had nut been paid, were lately seized by the revenue nib-
errs, on being attempted to he brought into this port from
the Isle of Man. The penalty, in such eases, is 501. per
pack, and it is generally enforced with great severity, as
the temptation to smuggling is, in such artides, unusually
great.—(bieerpool Adv.)
ACCIDENT AT BILLINGAGATE.—This morning, a little
before one o'clock, on the arrival of the oyster boats at Bil-
lingsgate, the crowds of persons waiting to make pur-
chases were so great, that on their rushing forward on
board, in their eagerness to obtain precedence. the iron post
or cannon the boats were lashed t), gave way, when the
vessels, separating from what is called the Jamb lighter.
seventeen persons fell into the water. In the contusion
that ensued, thirteen only of the numher were picked up—
the others, two men and a woman and a boy, whose names
arc unknown, it is reported, are drowned. One man was
saved by getting into time common sewer, and taken out
up to his chin in water. The holies are expected to be
found on the going out of the tide. When the accident oc-
curred it WAS quite dark.
Cut i.t) 31 UTIDER.—The body of a male child, apparently
a week old, deposited in a coffin, was last Wednesday dis-
covered in the Fleet Sewer, near Bagnigge Wells. It was
taken to St. Pancras workhouse, where, on examination, a
deep incision on the hack of the heed, and other marks of
violence, were discovered. An inquest bas been taken on
the body, and a verdict of Wilful Murder against some
person unknown."
DREA !WC,. FIRE AT :\ew BrteNiroare—At half-past
nine o'clock last night, a itroq dreadful lire broke (nit at
the Castle ravern, New Itreiaard, which, in a short time,
was totally destroyed, together with all the out-houses ad-
joining.—The engines s.'on arrived on the spot; hut,
through the great 11..ticiencv of water, the endeavours of
the firemen were fruitless, and fears were entertained that
the devouring element would spread its ravages to the ad-
, tot ninz house!. (a tallow chandler and apothecary.) flap.
pily, however, the family and the whole of the inmates
were soon removed, together with the horses, carriage.,
&c.; but, we are sorry to add, that the whole of the stork
of Mr. Forties, the landlord, was destroyed. The
accident occurred through the negligence of the servant
girl, who, while putting the children to bed, carelessly
placed the candle too near the curtains.—None of the pro-
perty was insured.

Early on the morning of Friday last, four men descended
a mine at Leadhills, which, after a lape of 1 yrars, had
been only re-opened a few days previous. The workmen
at first dreaded no harm ; but ere long the roof began to
yield, and by seven o'clock the whole fell in with a tremend-
ous crash. Fortunately two of the four men had time to
flue to a place of safety, but the others received nn warning
whatever, and were to all appearance Intried in the ruins.
Above gronnd the accident excited the greatest grief and
consternation; and ere many minutes -had elapsed, 150
miners assembled on the spot. and began to dig, as they
supposed, for the corpses of their friends. After the most
unremitting exertions, they had the happiness of hearing
their voices on Saturday morning; but still their task was one
of great danger and difficulty, and it was not till 11 o'clock on
Sundxy that they succeeded in rescuing them from their
frighttul abode. The hands ofone of the men are a good deal
injared,and both,we believe, lay immersed in water the whole
time, and in such & position that the .slightest motetnent
might have proved fatal to them.
On Saturday,xx man at the east end of Dundee, having
drank a quantity of beer, was seized with a severe retching.
On examination, it appeared that the bottle from which
the liquor had been token had formerly
.contained shoe-
blacking. Strong emetics were resorted to, and the person
after being confined for some days, is now recovered.
An inquest has been held on the body of the Rev. Mr.
Serjeant, of Scarborough, who was killers by the overturn-
ing of the (Fleece) Halifax and Stmflield coach ; and a ver-
diet of Alan:laughter was returned against the coachman.
New METHOD or MARINO JELLY.—Press the juice from
the fruit—add the proper proportion of sugar, and stir the
juice and sugar until the sugar is completely melted—put it
into jars, and In twenfy-four hours, it will become of a
proper consistence. By this means, the trouble of boiling
is avoided, and the jelly retains more completely the savour
of the fruit. Care should be taken to stir the mixture,
twit the sugar is'completely melted, and fine sugar should
to used.

1 tie following Epitaph is to be seen e Saragossa, in
Spain:—
Here lies
JOHN CARECA,
Precentor of My Lord the King.
When he is admitted to the choir of Angels,
whose society he will erabel::sh,
and where he wilt distinguish himself by his
powers of song,
GOD shall say to the Augels, •• Cease, ye calves !
and let me hear JOHN C &SECA, the precentor of
bly Lord the King!"

SPORTING INTELLIUENCE.
BET'T'ING AT TATTER§ALL'S, Ave. !.
DONCASTER ST. LRBIR STARRS.-3 to 1 agst Tiaker-13 to
2 agst Tanered-7 to 1 agst Sherwood-14 to 1 oast Claudio
Loraloe--14 to I agst Palats Royal-16 to 1 agst bliss Fanny.
Very high odds apt any other.
DERBY STAKES, 1824.-8 to 1 agst Reformer.

HILLSBOROUGH ROYAL CORPORATION RACES,
IRELAND.
YALa COUR,E, MONDAY, JULY 21.
Sweepstakes of 2 its each, p.p. ; btlgs added by the Governor,
and VOgs to the second horse. Two mile heats.

Mr Joyce's br h Friday, 9st Ilb
Mr Battarsby's eh h Johnny Raw, 7st I.llb
3 to 1 on Friday ; after the heat, 3 to I.

I l
2 2

TUESDAY.
Royal Corporation Plate for County of Down, bred hunters,
ac.; two-mile heats. Four-yr aids, Idat 71b ; 5 yr olds, Ilst
41b; t3yrolds, list 121 b.
Ld Donegall's b h Sir George I I
Mr Lower's Dr g Bollivsr .. 9 3
Mr Watson's th h Jack a'Lentern .. 0 2
9 to I—Sir George agst the field.
WEDNESDAY.

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King's Pate of 1001. for Irishhred horses, 9st 71b each, &c.

Four-mile beats.
Mr Joyces br h Friday . .
Mr Hunter's h h Lumber

1 1
2 2

2 to 1 on Friday before starting..
Queensbury Stakes, fur the produce of Mr Maxwell's horse
(Queenstoury), bgs each, to which Mr. Maxwell added 40gs
to the winner, and 10 guineas to the second, he who saved
his Stake, &e. Two miles. Colts, Sst 4lb ; fillies and geld-
ings, Sst.
Mr Maxwell's b f .. .. I
Mr Watson's b f .. .. 2
Mr Carson's b f .. .. S
Mr Martin's b c .. .. 4
Mr W. Atkinson's h f .. .. 0
..
31r Atkinson's the confident.