The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-09-10 00:00:00

lIIGGAR, AG-G. 27.

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Altistice of .Peace Cepa was this day held here,
for the purpose of investigating the cause of the af-
fray, which in a farmer Paper, was mentioned to
haft taken 'place hero, OA *Saturday, the 15th, be-
tween the' ittliabittihti 'lttill*the ;Wrench . Officers on
parole. The Caen was attended by Cot. Dickson,
of Ilartree, Col. Renton, of Symington, Major An-
drew Douglas, Mr. Dickson, of Culter, Mr. Brown,
of EdmOndstone, and Mr. Wilson, jun. of Wilson.
town; and, from 'the resift of their enquiries, it
appears, that thii. ice6utit gilen was incorrect in
several particolftrf, the impression of the Court
being, on the whole, favourable to the conduct of
the French gentlemen. Their judgment is in these
words :
" The Jpstices having considered the above pa
pers, and taken the declarations of a number of wit.
nesses, as well as of the parties immediately con-
cerned,i are of opinion, that though considers- j
ble irregularities have been committed, yet there
seem to be imputable to, persons %dm cannot be dis. I
tinctly proved, both on accoOnt of the darkness of j
the night when the same happened, and the persons '
present not speaking tile same language, so as that
they could understandl@ath other ; they therefore
think the most advisable way of terminating the be-
siness is, to dismiss the same in hoc stain, with a
general and earnest recommendation to the inhabit.
ants of Biggar in generall, rind, to those who appeat
to have been implicate'd tit the matter in particular,
to behave with the greatest humanity and civility, as
well as caution and correctness, towards persons in
the unfortunate situation of the French Officers,
now prisoners upon parole in this place ;..14 the same
time recommending to the trench gentlemen, of
whose I:hgeiour thry ;save a most Avowable report,
to avoid every thing that can occasion a misunder-
standing between them and the inhabitants."
The Justices farther assured the French 'gentle-
men, that, open, their continuing to behave proper-
it, they might depend upon their being • protected
both from injury and instills. .

THE LATE Bawt.Ea.—Consideralde pains and ex-
ertions were made !iv Government and all parties
concerned,. to ascertain, beyond' a doubt; as to his
being insane, &c.—On the evening of the day after
he was reported to the Prince Regent. in Council,.
the Recorderdid not send the-warrant in the usual
and common way, but sent his;eterk, who way ne:
companied by Mr. Newman, the Keeper, into his
cell, to communicate the awful tidings that his case
had been reported to the Prince Regent.in
and that he was ordered for execution on the Friday
following. He received the awful sentence with
greaCcomposure, and the only remarkable obsersra-
lion that he made was, " Hanged on Friday !"
twice. On the evening previoas.to his execution, a
special meeting -was held at. the Secretary of 'State's
Office for the Hon* Departmenti•Which was attended
Iby Lord Sidmonth, and other official Gentlemmi :
the Recorder come' feom his country seat, express,
to attend the meeting: bfr..liov, the medical gen-
tleman, attended, but who did not report any symp-
Joins of insanity during-Bowler's confinement in
.Newgate; Bowler Observed- to Mm, the day previous
to his execution, that his being.hanged would cause
death immediately, which he considered only as an
•event, according to the course of nature, that must
have taken place in 'a few years.
A. young girl was killed by a landed cart in the
streets of Glasgow, andthedriver has been:commit-
ted to stanCtriatoteNealuedoof homicide. • -
Farley, the ictot, hidta'very borrow
at Covent-garden Theatiertt tithing over the stage
-ia the evening, he fell throogliartfaP-door;inasOme
fatal coneaqUence would have -oeLiiired!, „if ' he 'had
been :lireftlititted to 'the. btiftoMi 1)0 hickilx, he
pitched tifOon his- haunches Mr .tbe did bf beam;
did. was safely ed. antriditikh not
'without dithfuil. thil
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LANCASTER ASSIZES.

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COMMEMORATION OF Mli. PITI'S nig/11-DAY

BATTY V. PICKERS.

This was on assault cause. The Plaintiff is :it
accountant at Mauchester, the Defendant is a
lican there. It appeared from the &deuce giv?..l
the trial, 'chit it number of persons had
At tho Defendant's house, to 4' coati.. I.wate
hirth.day of the late Right lion. ,Wiltiam Pitt," at,i
the Plaintiff, on coming into the room, had
use of some expres!.iotis on seeing a picture c.f "
Pilo(
.thal weathered the Storm,"• w!licli did not
agree with the ideas of the landlord ard his
The Plaintiff soo;i after prOposed a tar. t,
the name of Ileaugham caught the Defe:,,liv,c., ~„,
on Which he immediately threw a glass of wan
the Plaintiff's face, and, to cool him still mt.rt-,!...;.0,. I
a jug of water over him. A scuffle ensued, in whin
the Defendant actually bit a part of one of ell
Plaintiff's ears off.--Verdict for the
soaves 301.

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A per.is,oonwns,tylaiitsigd himself
hlaying A.
came to reside in that part of Maidenhead cro:...t
North
.addressed to him by pest, he applied to the Posl.
Master of Maidenhead to give him a written reemil.
mendation to shew fo such persons is he might el..'
to deal with. The -Postmaster. observed I •.1
he co:.
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readyinilsyfsottiaTtoedwtoih,nagat
housekeeper
signekc. To 'this site d,
dr:T:l
oiw;:.iei,
and lire,
of
riostscript,. 64 is ti safe mad,
his fortune." With thia. character, and harinr
probably heard- how -*Wing the tradesmen, re'
Windsor are •to peat with their geed!. At), ant
person who will have the. goodotess to honour this
with their . rommania,. Mr. P. occoropanied by an
attendant, sallied forth and made a general at.
tack upon the town, by giving, what might h:ne
been termed, if honest., -very. liberal Orders,• re
vine, books, cabinet, upholstery, ironmoneArv,
hosiery, and drapery. goods; plate, and plated eiti;
cles, A pert of these he condescendingly took wit.,
him in his chaise, saying he would settle fer t:
whole, by check 3 on his banker, 'when his order.
evere•completed. it Is to be observed, that the schen a
detiSed for imposition seems-to have defeated the er,d
proposed ; for the recommendation above-meetiatie I
being addressed to Mr. Anso4.l (Hanson) silrerstuit:.4
at whose shop P. had selected upwatds of-201. wort!'
of goodi, Mr. It. thinking he pe4eired a necuift.st
dissimilarity of writing in. the P. S. ritel'(e former
part of the note, doubted the antOst,icity of
whole, and therefore would not part with his
I without making further enquiry. Mr. Haeson's
doubts being further communicated to his neighhourF,
P.'s further progress was arrested, and the boek..Ale
dispatched his apprentice to demand payment for, or
a restoration of his books; and in case of tion-eom.
pliance, to inform Mr. P: that prOmpt measures
would be taken. To all this P. answered with tlr.
true spirit of a Bravo, " he did not fear the worst."
flowerer a few nights since he thought proper to
make a secret retreat, intending, no doubt, to lay
some other place Under similar contributions,
by x, Stet'. 3..Yestertlay morning a man was
found dead, weltering in his blond, and Ms heal
shockingly fractured, in the area of a house in Cure-
berlanchstreet. On examination he proved to be a
watchman and from different circumstances, it is
supposed that he sat for rest sake upon the parapet,
fell asteep, and tumbled while in this condition.
A mode of depredation has been' successfally pole•
tised at the west encl.-6E6e teem, more particularly
in Upper Seymour-street,• on Friday last, whin
about two o'clock in the. day, a man, dressed like a
poulterer, went down an area, and said to a Ser.
rant girl, whe. was shaking a stair-carpet, that h
had brought the currants ordered ; and, on la..ine
desired to carry therm into the kitchen, went in oath
them, but, instead of passing, on to where he was
desired, turned into the pantry, and, replacing tits
pottle of currants in his basket, with all the plate
he could immediately find, covered them uitlitia
cloth, and repassing the girl in the area, observe.t
she hail a ditty job, and escaped before she had foam'
net that his journey had terminated in the patio),
where she found the pottle deposited.
The Qeiarter Sessioas, 'and the Sessions of the
Peace for the County of Middlesex, will begin
flicks's flail,
when the several Traversers out upon bail will 1..%
Clerkenweil-green, on Monday neat,
put on their respective trials, and the Court will pre.
coed in the same until We.dneei ty evening, when as
adjournment wilitake place of the Petty Jury wait
Friday, on which thy the-trials of persons in cus-
tody will cioninente
• This datthe several personeconfined in the !Meer
prisons of the MetrOpolis, andfelonies and misdemeanours, were rempeed at I
charged with varies
early. hour, to the Gaol of Newgate, .preperatory
their. respective trials at the ensuing. commissian.tof
Oyer and ,Tecminen, which. commences at Justice
Hall. in the Old Bailey, on Wedneedarnext. trite
nember of prisoners for various offences is great Ike.
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yond example.
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On Sithday, at Blackhentn-bill, Mil. J. linirler, of a on.

Dt tItRIED.
On lltitordny !hit; at fleeht • Barfnevt, lierlfnrdsl:/r-: Mt. •
N. Ctunmine; **gem*, of Chelsea, to Mins •Svnytk; vlaug:ocr
of the kyr Dr. S. Smyth, of the sione.lll4ce• •t• •''
On TitetdsY. l)e..llrx. J. Whig. of Thvirry
zehire.
hrtcl to Charlotte, only dnghter of Wnv."llaft.r.•
of /Wheat:v. .

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On 1r,i0n.1:1%,, the 7th Ind: 'his liaise,' TV
berweti, lemo, Pat. •
SatnedsN, at Brightsa, .11Irs. Ellis wife of fsl`
Kenniaeton.
On the 94th or Aug. Mrs. Ciadork, wife of Whims CrstlmA.
Uta thiwil, hear Richmond, Awl:shire.
A few tkiN q Rillt!e, Ralph Paine, E.iltlunnerly storikeeper6r
his Majesty's Dock.yarti, at De,•tforl. lie Ws. hetresthed
§utn money to endow an hie:pita', to be crecard tbe,..V"
road, Chatham, for the heoefit of the w w idnt .4:11p-* rtr:'' •
The spot of ground for this purpose he piarcha•eJ Shine yel•
°tr. •
tan Eith ult. at Gateshead, iwbellasfiharpe, widow of J:
Sharpe, pitman, nt the greaser of 111 yeAss. i• r •
the ballsinal register of the purisitp.that she was chrtstewlf
17th of August, 108.
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