The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-09-18 00:00:00


APE OF DR. JA4ES ROBERTOML .4
•ont the nature of the ease with whisk D. ROJ
) stood charged, and the prirvey obsetked.a
;aiiiiiiatiolis, the public ere 'illinipstiler in 11te.
',riiiipeetilig him, but as be has tied tiviidllasuk
Tesputsilent has favoured us will,: itititilese et
large against him, and some interesting 'tiartol
Madre to his escape. The criargi ethibited
it him was; that be had prematurely delivered.
Ahn.Lestos, with whom be had ecihabited;',
,achildreo 'after four' and five months preg.
1, and by ARA deliveries he had caused the i
'tif the infants. It appeared that Dr. R.ber-
'as I surgeon in the army, when he &tame i
lilted with his accuser, who was in servitude
;wicb, lieffolk, and he was her protector a
Insiderable length of time, but a seoaration at
h took place. It was some time after the ac.
lance had been dropped, when AO yinpsg
It, by her frantic ciintluet in the' street at.
;rd the nothicuf two geotieltism who followed
iliss was rosette, and the cum could 'Dot be
!anted until she reached the door of Dr. IL ;IC
9gtou.strent, 'lv" hicii she threw her arms spinet
id despair, 'and- it' ivia'then ascertained that she
cohabited with ilitt;Doeter, qui the facts which-
the proseetititle *isle git Woo' her with con.'
;ble reludtane. TIM temporary derangement,
‘erwards turiski ottt, iv's. occasioned by the
ruseeutrix having taken laudanum with intent to '
.y herself. 11 .r evidence was unsupported,
she confessed that she thought Di. R.oberton
acting for the best in prematurely deliveringi
poi she twee Meant to complain of ill.treat.'
as she did Slut atillio tune suspect it.
_ me Gist delilary liasliroeCtrity..the mother of
the Prdareetrfli,'WbO did mg appear to think wrong.
otilig DRctort moiling ae the tidk!. il‘ider three!
cablustances, anti The esteems )sigh character sumo'
g4stlensen of 4iglit anal coniegueure gave the Disc. •
t4r for Oislarisaaie condor!, the MAgistra;el4.irtited
bile to bail, himself in 20001. and 4'stiietitis In.loool. '
each, to aaswee a capital indiciment it tile 'nal OW '1
Friday Sessions "fur tutting and maiming a caild.- -
From the frank add Am manner in which Doetor
hoherton proclaimed hi innocence at the last eau,
n4nation, four gentlemen itiviseshately Weems.. hail
fcir his.apimarince to'take his trial, one of wiiims is
a;Colosiel in th,, 'A,rMy, Outlier a physleiati of the
kilt practice, aril thu otlicta two ristlemen of fin'.
tette. The prisoner was an accouchierlii very emelt..
sir! practice, And by his conversation and manner,
Ile apt/hired to be somious for trial, that 4il acquit; al
toiloi wipe away any iniputatiou on iris character.'
His escape was got known for four dip to any of
his bail: He Avis traced to have embarked on
hoard the Pecyic fithisia.boat at Gravesend, on
Saturday night, the Bth instant, .by the dame of
James 134atioil). ° lie vra.r.sought after with Much
avidity, aod by the statement of Captain Barnett,
of the Pacific, when he met the Dutch fishing
b.,atsi hi• passialger was desirous of getting to
the Dot Is coast, mid he assigned es a reason that
he had cities in 111411 and, which had jest been
dispotifil .4, and if fie did out arrive at a rev.
tietr.p3rt of Holland at a ceriaio lime, his proprry
wo‘thloill In. I.9st. None of the Dutelpilen would
take him cri board for a Iris sum than a hundred gui-
neas, and c,o9sequeolly not having such a sum in his
pOssessio._! tie remained on.b.,ard the Pucitie until'
early on 'faesury men-Magi w ii4olllllllllleultO
of his o kit: le fesking entreatieel wake ittiiii*ltitigq,
Rike
on the co ,si of Rolland by-e steer 44Mised
seals; of the ere* of the Pacific,- VIP
7.1. such being at) he possessed ':ll)..',
paying has passage out to sea. •! ,:.- ; • • ,' •

A greet number of private letters hriebeltti re.
thiveil from Oporto. They jge of the 28th ult•
and state, that on. the nightlf:the t7th one of the
most tremendous thuoileeltates ever experienced
within the memory of the isediet man living there,
w 45 felt in and about thaVeity, which had caused ■
treat deal of damage.
On Monday last, a mate belonging to Captain
I-writ, of Brackla, trotted against time froin
In-
•ernes% to Fort George, a distance of 14 miles,
which she perfoinied with ease in 49 minutesz being
viithinll *niltutee of the time allowed. Several bets

were depending.
At NorthamPton Races, on Wednesday, the
Gold Cup, with 120 gs. in 'peek., was won by Lord
LoWTIU.a.'s Cerberar, beating Grimaldi, Juniper,
&c.
There are now living in Teitediripit','Cornwalt,
four Paul Quicks; (to wit) the greet..grandfdlier,
grandfather, fattier, and son. And -Its everissear,
about six mile* distance, live under OW Nene 'voof,
1
four llaneahs—great.grandmotlier,- grandmother,'
mother, and daligliter. As it regards the Qnteks,
their ages nearly, stand thus :—The greet-grand.
father 00, the grandfather GO, the father 30, tad the
sOn 10.
Last week, some Workmen deployed on the
estate of Wm. Ghaeiberlayne,,.F.sq. near Westorp,•
Hampshire, deg np two earthen jars full of Rollin
coins and medals, chi. Hy ekeopper and mixed
metal. One of them was broken 'by accident, bid
the other has been preserved entire, and is now in
the porsessien of that Gentleman. Many •f the,
coils, are inscribed with the names of CLauutuS;
AnnELIOS) GAL'S/111$, ate. ; the medals *ill' PutiT.
suites, and, on the mime, a galley, with the
word Latilia over It, in very legible characters,
/opposed to have bees strock 'n some naval victory.
Last night, a child of about 9 years of age Was
halted in Broad.street, Caritahy. market, bye br t.
er's dray driving tio closely to the wall, near which
the child stood, that it was pressed to death. •
A carriage tertsitig short, yekterd.iy evening, 'in
coming trot, Brnton.street into Bund.sereet, broke
down, and the servants attending were severely hurt.
Died, lately, at Naples, the Right Rev. Dot ti.r
Luxe CONCANEN) of the Order of St. Doniluiek.
Bishop of New York. He had resided at Roma
more than forty years, was one of the six Doctors
at the Casanate college in that city, and General
Agent of the Irish Catholic Bishops and Clergy
On his arrival at Naples, with a passport from let
present Ronan 'Government, to proceed to his
Bishopric, he was declared a prisoner of war, and
died after three days Ohms.

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