The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-08-06 00:00:00

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I.EWES, Tossoav, Asteurr,4.
COURT or CitAtirCEßY."Aueurt b.
ESCAPE OF GENERAL kILIAPON.
OAIRDINZA MID !arum V. AiIITON AND NASSAU. .
:This rise , appltation for au injunction to re- - Jame" ft°. binthat John Re 6", Willilin Hai*,
strain the-Defendant 'Asirtiin freri disposing of cer-- • and Wittiaml'arner, were Indicted for a conspired'.
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Win goods sold to the .11116 of Ashton and Nassau, Ito aid the escape of Arnaud Phillipon and Philip
sad appropriating the pratieeds to' his• owe Iseeitbs Auguste Garuier, French prisoners of war, .front
stated in a former Paper. . • •- • . Oswestry,. ie Shropshire.- ...
A bill had been tiled -by Gardner on behalf of 1 Mr. Serjeant ilksr opened the case. . •
himself and other ,credltors of Ashton and Nassau, 1 Mr. Toosley prored that General Phillipon was a
for an account of goods sold to the firm, and to re- !Prisoner at Oswestry, and. thal the last time he saw
corny' them bacitrnm Ashton, his partner, Nastian, 4 him was shoot' twelve o'clock. vim the 30th day of
Ring a inhnit,, and, Consequently, not liable. . 1 June. Gamier had also been a prisoner altout,three
On the part el the Defendant, Ashton,. a &meet. ! years. Phillipon was a tall man, about six feet,
rer had been filed, denying any equity on the part of • thin,
.with a scar over his eye, and usually were a
edit, kith a blue
the Plaieehe
.endti Ashton having, in the mean time, grey great coat. Gamier was
Wormed of spme of the goods, ae application was ill/ma five feet six. inches, t pale, and wore a
made for an injunction; upon which occasion, the blue coat, with a broWn great coat. TIM Defendant,
I.nan CuaNeeemia directed, that the Defendant, Robinson, had lately taken a mill within three miles
Ashton, should answer -the matters of the affidavits, of Oswestry, but bad not carried on much business
in-support-of the motion fur an injunction, atel that !as a miller. On the 30th of June he sent his servant
the demurrer should be set dawn for argument at i to Shrewsbury, to get- a weighing machine, and di-
the same time. - t rected him to wait 'llls coming/ •At length, in the
. . in a gig,. and had a poney
Mr. MELD was • this day heard, at Considerable ; even.ir g- Robinson came,
length, against the demurrer, and Mr._ HART, on the' tied to the shafts; he told the man to go forward to
other side, not being then* prepared to answer the I Haygate with hki, and the man rode the pone), on-
new matters, requested the indulgence of the Court 161 they overtook a gentle/nen on the road, °a 'small
wait to-morrow, in which the Cn.iNcELLott acqui- man itee'bine coat and brown great coat: They
*Kea. ' wont tbl which -is on the Birmingham road,'
gate,
Some ilinkrupt fetitions, of no public interest, and thee r.: it. hospice a chaise, and himself with
were theiceisii-osed Of, •anc! his Lordship rose, at an ! two geotkonen•got into it and, went away for 'tr-
endy hour, to attend aVotancil at Carlton House. I otiogham. The .post-boys then traced gobinson and
the two Gentlemen to the Shakspeare Tavern, at
Birmingham, where they breakfasted the next morn-
ing. The next meriting a travelling chariot, with a
dicky box, took them from the Shairspeare. It
appeared that Robinson had passed through
lat kl.
Bir-
mingham about .ten, days aka, and had be-
spoke this carriage at a Mr. Vbeeley'S, a coach-
maker, at Birmingham ; and ha agreed at the same
time with a post-chaise driver, of the name of Yox-
all;to go withiiim as a servant, for which he was
to give him a pound a day, and a new hat and coat,
and told him to be ready to set off on the first day of
July. Accordingly Yoxall came with the carriage
to the Shakspeare. Ile then travelled with them as
a servant, and hired the horses, &c. on the road. He
did not know the two Gentlemen who accompanied
Robinson, and he never heard them speak. At length
they arrived at Rye, and were put down at a public-
house, kept by the Defendant Hughes.
While they were at Birmingham, Robinson re.
ceived a letter in the hand-writing of Hughes, but
signed by Jones, stating, that all was well and rea-
dy. Robinson, and the two persons with him, con-
tinued at Rye some days. In the mean time the
escape of General Phillipon was made public, and a'
sharp look-out was kept Along the coast for any boat
going out or coming in from sea; at length, on the'
12th of July, an open boat was seen rowing into Rye
early in the morning, which had Robinson, Hat-
ter, and Turner aboard. Robinson got ashore
before the officers could overtake him, and upon
their questioning the two other Defendants as
to who he was, they said he resided in that
neighbourhood.--He was traced to the house
of Hughes, and when the Officers entered the house
his boots were wet with sea-water. He said, upon
being questioned, it was so, and that he had been out
all night at sea mackarel-fistling. Upon this state-
ment, himself, Hughes, and the two other men, were
taken into immediate custody, but there was no dis-
tinct evidence as to the identity of the persons of
l'iillipon and his companion ; but all the witnesses
gave a description of their persons answering to the
description given of them by Mr. Toolsey, the Agent
at Oswestry.—Upon this evidence the Jury found
them—Guilty. . .

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Mr. SHERIDA V Aluccdeleiller his motion for the cor-
respondence, if it can be so dined, between Lord
Viscount Casrt.EREAGH and the Duke of • &WAND,
who seems tribe admitted to the enjoyment of his
titre by the Honourable House and Lord CASTLE.
/MAGI! himself, although his Lordship would not
think of acknowledging the style of Emperor to the
Master of this Ducee, who conferred the title upon
Mm. The speeches on this occasion in the Honour-
able House deserve some attention ; it appears that
poor SHERIDAN has been inoculated by the infection
of this new era, and resolved to become a man of
war • be made two speeches, his first was an answer
to Mr. WHITBREAD, who had not spoken; and he
commenced his second, intended for a -reply, by
stating, that he would not answer Mr. WinT-
RIMAD, although he had taken very full notes of that
Gentleman's speech •,—but he would pass on to an-
sever Mr.Carreree, between whom and himself there
* vfas not the slightest difference of -opinion as to the
matter in debate—Poor SHERRY, you had another rea-
son for not answcriug WHITBREAD, and that a very
tipple but convincing one—because you could not
answer him. You knew in ypur heart that he deli-
"". vered the doctrine of sound sense and humanity, and
rtherefore you thought it more advisable to shun the
fight and fly to the wilderness. You ranted and
raved, and blustered and bellowed, and, no doubt,
stamp.' the floor of the Honourable House most les-,
tily, but
No
did not attempt to answer the argu-
ments. No ; you got rid of him gently by saying,
yeti would pass him by to reply to your Right.llon. 1
Friend Mr. CANNING. Indeed a more beautifully
bewildering speech could not be expected from Mr. I
CANNING himself, or even the heaveu-borti Minister,
though he were to rise from the dead to sound once 1
more ihe trumpet of war. Mr. WIIITEIREND'S argu. 1
vents, for they were arguments, not rantiugs, ap.
pear to us convincing, and therefore we feel it unne-
cessary to reitei(ite in other language the same send-
ments.—(Cork Chronicle.)
' Some idea may be formed of the desperation wit!i
Which the battle lately fought by the Sea Lark was
etintested, froni the circumstance of the French Cap-
tain'* falling pierved with 16 wounds. One of our
seamen, alto, after receiving a severe wound, 'and
baring it dressed, came again on deck, determined to
Cie or conquer. Lieutenant Warrand lost two of
his fingers, and went below to have the blood
stanched, just as the surgeon was operating on one
of the crew. The surgeon left the wounded. man,
and proffered his services., but the Lieutenant de-
cliued them, saying,—" No! attend to yotir pa-
dent ! he wants your assistance." Then proceeding i
to'his wife, who was en board with his child and a
female servant, the blood was stopped, and he was
• soon again in the thickest of the engagement. But
RI wis not to her husband alone that Mrs. Warmd
proved useful ; -in conjunction'with her servant, she
bound up the wounds of the men, and consoled them
. with the most cheering language. The immediate pro-
nretion of Lieutenant Warrand for his gallantry, to
the rank of Master and Commander, does credit to
the Board of Admiralty.
-. The following melancholy accident happened 'be-
tween Chevely and Newmarket,about eleven o'clock;
cal Saturday night last :—As Francis Seiworth, a
common-carrier from Ashley to Bury and Cam-
bridge, was returning from the latter place on the•
above evening, with his two sons, the elder of them •
get out of the cart near the Shepherd's house, be-
tween Newnurket and Chevely, on the road to Ash.
ley, and he had not left the same mere than five mi.
Dates, when, from some accident, the cart was over..
turned, and his father was killed on the spot. Upon
procuring assistance from the house near,. it was dis-
covered that a blacksmith's anvil had fallen from the
art, and struck Selworth op the temple. He has
left a wife mid ten children.' The .younger son,
street nine years of age, who was asleep in the cart,
sustained ne material injury. .
. John Fuller, Esq. one 'of onr..Coun9, Members
(says the Lewes. Paper), is erecting an observatory
etis that delightful and commanding eminence wbdre-•
' ' AID a windmill lately stood, on 3rightling DoWn ; and
to give better effect to his astronomical pursuits, Mr.
Fuller haaporchased that famous telescope Whicls the.
. late Sir George Shlickburgh so .ninch pripd for its
eminence, being the best ever manifeitired in Eng.
land. - . . • 1
Two Racelsonn's Rironi.-;-oliresterdly the :Rib:
seeder made a Report to the Prince Raged' of 'air
fpllotsing_Capltal Convicts in Neviente, viz.:— • -
Toe, Await- f, fur stealing imadwelibAnnow—J.,Ria
sea. f Ali way robbery—Cfnawrine Ir. 401.. • I",
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When Catharine Potter, and Joseph • fireotniki
'Thompson wasoarees44 for execution 411 Woduladki
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V. ERSKINE.

This was an action for an' assault, by a. farmer,
against General Erskine. The statement of the Plain-
tiff was, that he was 'tut courting eu his own lands,
near Eastbourne, with his son, and had just p.ut up
a here; at the same :.inte that the' hounds of a Mr.
Bean were huntin4 another hare. A dispute arose
whether they ~ad crosst,d each other's game, when
the General treated the liaintiff with much abusive
language, told him he was not worth a yard of land,
and to which the farmer gave him the lie. The Ge-
neral immediately laid his whip across his head, gave
him a heating with a Stick, which he snatched from
r*a neighbouring shepherd. For the Defendant it was.
stated, that he had nothing to do with the hunting
on either side, that he was merely riding across the
Downs in company with a friend, and seeing
.the
dogs in pursuit, he drew up to look at the chase ;
' that the Plaintiff very rudely came up, told him he
had no business there, and provoked him by-the most
insulting language, upon which he strttbk him. •
Verdict for th Plaintiff—Damages, 501.

Last Monday morning, the Annual Conference .
the Methodists was opened in Leeds ; Mr. Joszen
ENTWISTLE, Chairman: the Rev. Dr. COKE, Secre-
tary. The number of Preachers assembled an this i
occasion amounts to 309.- Formerly the Sitting of,
Conference concluded within a fortnight, but the ;
concerns of this Community are uow become se-ex-I
tensiro and multifarious' that the business is not es-
pected to be dispatched before the evening of Wed-
nesday the 12th inst.*
COWICENCEMINT or Tut lhaitiwo Frsnziirts.—
At Thurso and at Wick the .herring 'fisheries 'have
emamencad. The shoals of herrings are numerous,
and the fineat ever remembered, for fatness_and size,
to have approached the coast. The fishing is expect-
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ed, from this favourable beginning, to be very lucre-.
tire. ' ille. Thurso fisfiing-boats caeght, On- the' 22d,
epwaids of au hundred barrels each. A 'great many
boats are in motion.
A desperate seals ensued between a desperadoi
land Dobbs entkCo.'s waggon, Ce Wednesday night
last, within one Mile of Wakefield. The assailant
was accoutred like a soldier' and had a 'pistol 'hills
hand. The waggoner knocked him to the ground,
bet "companion, in tile same dress, leaped from the
road-side with a bayonet In his 'hand, wkb the hel.
i• low end of which be lob. -
Land ribald, pottels. The
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There ii an apple tree,ln the garden belonging to
`--4• net. Mt. Arkte, likwitit, an espalierfirtbreidth
in height four feet and a half, .whicll at pre-
--% 1400 apples, all of them of a coasideroble

size.
A tall elderly-man, of genteel appearance, has
latelyrcommitted robberies at several Ladies' Board-
iug-schools near Lontionp under the following pre-
tence. Ire knocks nt the doer, requests to see the
Lady of thebotne, and, when introduced, informs
her that he has two grand-daughters to place tin-
der her superintendence, requesting at the same
time to be informed of her terms. Several Ladies,
doped by .his genteel address, left the room to fetch
their cards, and, before their return, he took care to
remove to his pocket every small article of value that
.caught his eye. He then informed the parties that he was
perfectly satisfied, and walked off, promising to send
his grand-danghters on a given day. At one board-
ing-school he sent a female accomplice as a boarder,
.who rose at an early hour, and decamped with all
the valuables she could collect, -belonging to the
Ladies.
' An Inquest was held last week, by Daniel M‘Ne-
i We, Esq. at Loughrea, in Ireland, on the body of a
ilicddier of the Royal Artillery, who it appeared had,
lin consequence of being refused by a young woman
to whom he paid his addresses, purchased an ounce
of arseuic at an'apothrcary's shop, under pretence' or
destroying rats, which he took in a tumbler of punch ;
he died in a few hours after taking the draught. A
will was found after him, wherein he bequeathed
whatever property he had to the fair, but cruel, obi.
ject of his affections. The lady, however, was justi-
fied in her determination, being informed by Captain
Darby that he man had a wife and three children in
Scotland. Much praise is due to this Officer for his',l
conduct on this and similar occasions.
It is.not a little surprising, eoniidering our venera-
tion for Irish antiquities, that no notice should he
taken of the skeleton recently disinterred at Leillip-.1
This extraordinary monument of gigantic human sta.-
ture; was found by two labourers in Lcixlip Church-i
yard, on Friday, the 10th of July, while making a
kind of sewer, nearthe Salmon Leap, for' Coat-eying
water, by order of Mr. Haigh. It 'appeared to have
belonged to a man of not less &mitten feet in height!
It is believed to be the same inetttioned by Keatiiig—
Phelim O'Toole, buried in Leixlip*Church-yard, near ,
the Salmon Leap, 1252 years ago. Iti the same place
was found-a large finger ring of pure gold. There
was no inscription or characters of any kind upon it,
a circumstance to be lamented, as it might throw a
clearer sight on this interesting subjest. Our .Cer.'l,
respondent saw one of the teeth, which was as long as 1
an ordinary fore finger !—(Free non's Journpl.)
The Assizes for this county have now closed, and
closed in a way that must give satisfaction to every
humane and considerate mind: We have heard it
said that there are those amongst us who think the
progress of the Judge, in times like ahose, should
be traced in lines of blood, and that censure the
humane treatment experienced by rioters : iai
other words, that would have the laws Mattel* bend
to exigencies, and rather than not have an example,
would inflict death where guilt cannot be established.
Nothing can be more abhorrent to every principle oF
justice and sound policy, than such an opinion.—
Shall we, at a time when it is our wish to obtain re-
spect and obedience to the laws, make those laws
the sanguinary instruments of cruelty and injustice?
BLit, while we express our abhorrence of such a wish,
and our admiration-of the administration of justice, as
practised in our Criminal Courts, we must guard
our Readers against making the humane distinctions
of the law a motive for outrage and violence. The law,
while it protects the innocent, is strong enough to
punish the guilty ; and if proof of this be • wanted,
we beg to recal to public recollection the dreadful
examples at Chester and Lancaster. We have more
than once taken occasion to combat the groundless
assertion made by Mr. Wilberforce in his place in
the House of Commons, when he maintaiued that
these riots were excited by inflammatory publications,
and that their object was political. Examine the trials
at York, in the county from which Mr. Wilber-
' force is most likely to draw his information, and let
any candid man say, if in the whole of the close and
laborious investigation given by the Court to these
trials, he can discover the least mixture of politics in
the conduct of the accused. On this subject, an
'Expression of one of the witnessea is exactly in. point,
" iii;7l said he, "there be a goodtrude,and meal come
' down, Ned Ludd will die!" and we venture to re-
commend this homely sentence to the serious consi-
deration of Mr. Wilberforce, 'under a conviction,'
that it contains more wisdom and more truth, and
•suggests a better remedy 'for tranquillizing the dis-
turbed Fannies, than is to be found in all his parlia-
mentary harangues on the same subject:—(Leeds
Mercury.)
,t. &manure, Jinx 28.—We feel exceedingly sorry
11.4 being obliged to-notice, that a spirit of discord and
[party dis'ensiou hat lately prexailed in some parts of
this emmti, particularly about Killeter -and Derg-
bridge, the fatal effects of .which were on-Tuesday
!last (being the feir day of Killeter) unhappily exem-
-Iplified. On the morning of the Berne day, the Long-
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field corps of cavalry and infantry, commanded by
Captain NVilkinsoni went to the fair, in consequence,
it is said, of a report that a large body of ,country-
men intended to collect there for the purpose of riot.
In& In the Course of the day, a dispute arosikehtliii:
the-payment• of customs, and sontes-of the cavalry
(who were stationed at the opposite end of the town)
enee.dispatcheil to quell the riot. In their progress
top, scene of action, much confusion enaded in the
powded streets, and several persons were thrown
down ; and it being ieportecl that a poor old
woman had bee:MIURA by the' carelessness of the
yeomen, the crowd begin to follow the cavalry, and
threw stones at them. They retreated to the. high.
,•partaif the street, and "molded, the bugle for the in-
,fassiry,to join them, who 7verne;skao
.assailed is the
same manner by the, paplikKatatpd some Of them se-
verely hurt; this Coricitid-441thOetated the yeoman-
ry, that they fired natant they *sea, *hen unfortu.
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