The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-01-12 00:00:00

THE S'v'A'F ICSMAN_

UNPRECKDRNTRU VILLA:AI. ' CURIOUS SIVRY or 11411)111E:CAT,11..INI.
I --dap—
POLICE 01PFiCII. CITY OF NIAT YORE, 1 [Moe A aniaAliPAPEal •
Dee. 1, Idly. " MA GAME ANGELICA CATALAN I A CIERVAN,"
Charlotte --., daughter of Elizahollt --, of
'' Oar leotkrs will shake their heads when they '
fli• town of Chester, State of Mawr tsuaeits. being
reed the seeming paradox implied (a.d... above su,,er-
i .urn, Ism That on sir about leo vesis ago she' ! _. ffi
attiplion. taimitrer, it is not an evicerrated pa.
win "real h' a Vat" man, ahil then "all ... triotism that would attempt by sopEivical arguments
Albany, named Merselles W-- ; that "that rime' to represent the 4 Queen of Sale' as oilifaaanY be'
she isiWit in serener) le Albany, and h0a..1..d with the
longlag i• Germany (as a remits modern..seperle-
sair --', father. then living in Wisahriagton.
lively "Ogle trifle has transformed Sbekspeare into
W--23—hat ' acrd ".."hen,/fterierge, e of, rage, end the,.?itl . German!), bat we faithfully relate to there the fol.
..-----.r..)--•nillt.ne Wan nelltetrn On the lento day
' lowing interesting facts, from respectaLlo authority,
of ieptesither, 1817, of. male child at the said Mr.' and loan it to them to fotm theft own opinion.
11/--'s house in Albany. of ethical the, said Mewl- i
" A certain actor, of the name of 11--, raid,
les is the !ether—that she mutilated iso W—'s ;
some
years
a",
that
' be knew Maddest Catalani
Moue until the follow*( December, when she went i every wise.,
baring performed wilts ker of die same
atilt% her intent to her mother's iu Llester—That in ' "e
Theatre its Russia, where see had at that tipnefigared
the sew month, the elder Mr W.--"owed his fa-
Nader the name of Miss Dorn Schafer.' This be
may to Westfield, 11 miles Peas Chester, Massa. said at H. incidentally to two married sisters of the
ebesetts—'Thal in the .Nth of February, 1818, the
, preteeded Doris Scherer, whose attention' *es es-
Meeeell" W---- its.° to write In her /1"db" I cited by it, because their parents had a daughter of
/Auks Pram, being by profession a lawyer, and
the name of Doris. who ran away from them at the
told hies.tbat if he would mist hire. W--s in le" I
' age of /wove years, net of love to the Ow. For
leg tbreogls a difficulty he was involved in with another i a long lima they
had obtained no news of her, till a
yorrog woman, he et oeldthen Entry this Deponent I letter came froM the Netherlands to Niagdeberg, the
a—That her brother did succeed in getting him out !abode of her mettle, in which she described to them
•I 'the ditfieelty, bet he avoided complyieg with his i her happy _- _
& rattan as a singer. Since then entities
promise to marry her—That about two months ago, Immo
Ins staid
of her,
and
the
shore
arsertion
was
brought
her brother a suit against the said W— forgotten. On the last ei.it of blarteme Goldoni to
for vedecisg her, aml the trial was to take place st
8.. where the brother of Doris did not fall to gp
111ortiweepteri, on the -Ph day of this present month arid hear the celebrated singer, he was so ;frock et
—That Oil Monday before lest, said W.-- called the first sight with the extraordinary likeness, that
lon her, and told her privately, that if she would go
be communicated his aatoniihmeint in the strongest 1
with him to New leballaas in 11/4 State of Neu terms to his sisters et 11. sod to ids brother at W.—
York, ko wound merry lier,And autigned as the The latter, 'truck by the coinciding information of
reason for Ong ihrie, that it could there be done his brother, and the actor obese spoken of, leek
without petolothint—Thet she contested to gm with the most obvious mod natural course, by wrkia
him, sad that an the 441" in morning. Tuesday. directly to Madame eutuluni, and reqtlestlng bee to
bee brother being then from home, he, W. took her
give him information on the retipct. Bat sow,
brother's horse end waggon, placed her and the baby
reader, wirabik didu! Madame Catalani delivered
• in its and drove elf, as sheihneght, to Lebanon— this letter to the Magistrates at .. : ... .., sad de.
That when they got to Washington, about 20 miles sired them to inform the writer that he should deli-
from Chester, Would that her mother was so much ter to these Magistrates the letter of the runaway
opposed to her marrying has, he would take her to I daughter, and other family papers connected with it,
New Yorlio sad weft her iben—That they "" after which she (Madame Catalani) would caplets;
ale nights on the road, during which deo he passed herself farther upon this affair. So things stare kat
her as his wire: that they arrived in this city 'bout present; mod the writer of these lines con dire, that
one o'clock, on Monday (yesterday). the 30th of the two eiders of the pretended German Walled so-
Plumber, when W-- stopped opposite &Trieste peer to him to bate a likeness, if not a sulkies one,
hone, the door of which was open, told her to go to Angelica, whom be has frequently seen. Truly,
tide that hew* aid that he would follow her pre- says the reader, all this sounds very plausifily ; het
sently—that she did as be old her. on which HE l does not Catalani at the fast glance show in every
sactra oFei ! That the people of the house enquired feature eke genuine Italian ? Ilet we ourselves also
what she waisted and who she was, and on her having „wand .er opinion, and leave it In the Wore le
explained the Peso of her material. told her they decide, whether the history of music will one day
kaew nothing •of him, the said %V—. That in soh Madams Catalmsi a German!"
about an boor the people told her she must go away,
that she most seek somewhere else for a lodging ; on
which sire walked about the streets with her baby in
her arms until she was unable to walk any Wager,
sod aomecitisenscoodocted her to the watch-house,
where she remained ad sight, mod on the morning
was brought with Lir baby before the Magistrate ;
that all the money-sloe has is half a dollar ; thet the
said W. who has this most unnaturally betrayed and
Sham/onel her and his child never gave bar a cent—
that the said halt dollar is her own snoney,which she
bees& bonbon ginkgo's houg. The said W. Is
SO years of sse, tall Sod spare mode, black eyes,
Wgry 11011 gesspiesion, a genteel looking men, sod
at present wars grey sissibes. The horse whik he
tonA away hem Chester la vary black and.eimM the
Reggae is yallow,%sed mode for we pious only ;
has been in en for Of ire yens.
CnAfti.orrE --.
Tskca aad swain Wtd.F. .
uAttLES l'Hill.4Tl4v.
Special Juatore of me Peace.
Our readers will be surprised to learn that the
'Lure tale is a fabrication of that most persevering of
all Imposters, the celebrated Carribost ! Ske has been
in America for gnu time.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, J.N. 11.

Emanuel Crobbe was indicted for an Ofgallit nn
the bait Jere of Stepney, in the ezecution of their
duty. This case trucked considerable interest, for
the subject was a disputed right of an important
kind.

George Card, one of the lAA Jury for the manor
of Stepney, stated that he took the necessary oath.
'the shop of the Defendeot's matter saes in that manor;
there were deficiencies in the weights sad steles.—
Crabb• was in the 'hop shim the insintiffs entered.
Wilms, upon learning that the scales were deficient
desired that they should be taken sway. Crahhe
stud before the scales with a knife in his heed, sod
thretteerd to rut op any one who dared to touch
theme. iVitnass thinking nothing of the menace, re.
peeled the command, bet Ike Restores end language
of Crebbe were so Tiniest, that it would hive been
absurd to ..it his vieteste• to the test.
Cross-taamined..—No injury was done. A peace.
officer came, bet Omer:ale' were slot oaken away.—
lia koew nothing of the sem of 101. 114. being asked
es
a compromise from Crabbe, nor could he say whe-
ther the basinen would hare ended had that sow
been paid.
John Hammond, foreman of the Lek Jury, was
hi the shop nit the day in question, and ssw Creche
ereesiting with the knife its hie band. Witness
thought it necessary to proseeete; but if the espences
incurred, which amounted to upwards of 91., had
been paid by him, the matter might have been squash.
ed, provided the scales were remedied, end an apology
made. "
Gross-esausined.—The sem of 91. odd was all de-
manded fruits Crebbe, and be was required to make
an apology in three Newspapers.
Thh sale-maker tried the weights and scales which
were deficient. The scales were deficent a few
drachms, they were dirty.
The CHAIRMAN asked whelk*r the deficiency arose
p.m the dolt in the scales ? The witness answered
is en unintelligible manlier.
The Solicitor for the Prosecution stated the amount
Werner by the presecetien. The Defendant applied
to be allowed to mike a evaporable, and received
&mete do so. Thecipeoces were mach as are usual
ender similar circeostances.—The Defendant was
foend Guilty.
One of the Jury stood forward, aed seri. he sp.
pretended the Defendant hod aced from a mis;tlaced
seal, and was incited to violence by • person in the
shop. It was not the wish of the Prosecutors to hate
kiss visited with any serious punishment.
The CHAIRMAN addressed the Defendant. He raid
the live Joey had a most serious duty to perform, in
the ciliation of which they had been most improperly
obstructed. The Defendant had, however, fallen
into meat merciful hands, and something had been
stated which was leech in his favour. The Court
would be satisfied with punishing, bins by imprison.
ment for seven days, and • oehlthoti receive his re.
cognizance for 201. to keep the peace.
The Defendant returned limits to the Pisinlifft,
I . and begged pardon.
'

Late on Saturday night, the sentinel opposite the
been el the Ambessarlor of the Netherlands, White.
ball.place, observing some persons walking on the
roofs of the bosses, he alarmed the watchmen, as he
himself could not lease his post. The alarm reached
rho hone of Charles Deer, of Quenu•square, in
Sailland-yard, and be remind thither. On nand.
ratios, he found the thieves hail entered a house en.
tier repair, the corner of Whitehall.place, end from
thence wens on the roof to the Ambassador'', which
they sowed by a fan.light, opened 12 bona, and
carried part of the contents into the empty.lione ;
bet being alarmed, they bed not time to carry of the
property.
ATTLAITTID afternoon, shoot
four o'clock, a Military (Nicer, in the rules of the
Fleet, and residing in Boy.court, Ludgate-hill. en-
&reacted to end his insistence by cutting his throat
with a raw. Fortunately the wooed was not of
ink a nature es to prove instantly mortal ; and the
Medical Gentlemen, since their inspection of it, have
glen his friends every reason to suppose that be will
tenter, if his mind can be rendered tranquil. The
coon of this desperate act
1501. et As gaming table on the evening of Friday
Inst—a loss which preyed deeply on his spirits.—
Previous to committing it, he had sent a letter to en
intimate friend, requesting his attendance on business
of vital importance; as seen as be heard that Gen-
tteman's rap at the door, be perpetrated the fatal
deed ; and on his friend's entering the room, pre.
anted him with the bloody senor, and enjoined him,
es
Intl us be was able to articulate, to give it to his
son, with his dying wishes that the fete of his father
might prevent him from pursuing the ruinous prop**.
• v to gambling to which be himself had been so en.
ft, rt onetely addicted. -
A shocking accident happened to Mrs. Nickited,
of DAe.street, Osford.strent, on Sunday, while her
husband was dcistlirg her from Watfoid: going at a
brick rate oneyif the reins became loose in Killian'.
road. and the mare ran away with and overternei:
tl.e chaise, by which her right leg and aro weer
brnken.
A •emaan, named Marguerite Reinaerl,died lately
at Thooloore, at the age of 117 years. She was
bin In 1701, was married in 1721„ and became al
oidtpw in 17J5. She has lived free from infirmities,'
anillhinerved to the last moment the fell use of her
faceitiev. Her principal occupation was spinning at
distaff, witicb abs continued until the dry before her
death.

Oa Sunday evening, before the watch was vet, the
shop of Mr. Birroclough, N... 55, Caroblll, 11129
',tiered by a raise key, owl snulf•boaes, Perms, fitc.
to the amts.lut of 100. carried off.
Yoder Jay a fine little girl, named Catharine lAl+-
11461, five year. of ago, the daeshter of poor labour.
log people rsibitlincin Inner tiveptee•place, 11 enirr.
street, Braoswick•scoare, befog left stoma in the
ronlat, her clothes caught Ere, sod eta was beret to
death helm any E3ivince could betiedered her.