The Statesman.
London, England, 1824-01-15 00:00:00

,crencb of a note directed to the M.lgistrate from the
Chaplain. expressing his inability to attend from inifi.po•
sitiou, after a private conference between the I ;overnor (Mr.
Vickery) and the Magistrate. the farther investigation of
the case was deferred to another hearing.

M A RLBOROUG STR arr.—Three decently attired women,
named Mary Evans, Ann Wesley. and Ann Storey,
residing in Monmouth Street, fiSeven Dials, presented
themselves yesterday before the sitting Magistrate, to
request his assistauc- in •endeavonring to. bring to justice,
a person who had rubbed three of their children of their
upper coats.
Ills Worship inquired if the man was known, or a de'
scription of his person had been furnished them. •
One •of the complainants- said, that according to the
testimony of her child, the man was about five feet sere*
inches high, had on a blue coat, blank trowsers, and
blackcravat ; round his neck was also tied a Belcher sill;.
handkerchief.- She stated, the man had sent the children,
who were playing about the streets on Monday afternoon,
with messages to different tradesman' shops, for which
he promised to give them. money. The bye readily
undertook these commissions, and be told them, in Order
that they might execute their errands withfreatet espedi•
(ton, to letve their !peat (oats with hie until they
returned. The children unsuspectingly complied with his
suggestion, bot when they came back, the tellow had
carried off their clothing.

The Magistrate lamented that the thief hail escaped.,
hut le directed ao entry to he made of the description of
his person, that be might be known should be ewer appear
at .the office.
One of the women hoped some Public notice would be
made of the circumstance, that persons might bo put os
their guard against the thief.
Two of the buys werein theireighth year, and the third
in his fonrth,
IVm. Harding, a youth, was charged wi dr being in the
house of Mr. Isaac Carter, piano forte ,nselter, No. 27,
Francis Street, Tottenham Court Road, wit:bout being
able to give account of himself. • "

On Friday erasing last, between six and' 'siren o'clock,
when the prosecutor entered his parlour, he was surprised
oo finding the prisoner standing there. Ile qneseioned him
as to whet he wad doing.- The prisoner replied that he
unders:ood a Mr. Wiesdhain was a lo !ger in the house, and
one of the servants had gone up stairs to acquaint hire that
a person wished to speak with him. In the meats ti.ne she
had desired him to remain in the parlour. This the pro*
secutor disbelieved, soil imus-diatay ran 4 for the servat.t,
who, on heirig acquainted aith what the prisoner had
stated, asserted it to be all a fabrication. Oa inspecting
the apartment, its appeared that the prisoner had removed
some wearing apparel from the situation in which it had
been telt, to a chair near the window, through which he
hid entered the house.
, The Magistrate .committed him to the Muse of Cora
rertion for three months, and there to be kept to hard
labour; telling him he bad narrowly emapeel being cow
mimed for burglary.
Woesne P STREET.=Yesterday the Adestaint Overseer of
S a Mary, Stoki Nessingion, attended' Welds office to
a•.swer the complaint of a man named- Wine* • It appeared
from the statement of the complainant, that:llo become
chargeable, he had been removed from Shcleirittela to his
proper parish .of St. Mary's. On his arrival, the assistant
overseer placed hint, his wife, and lore Cleildree, in as
uninhabited house, gave them only a truss of straw fur
their bed, and provided them with food and coalei•••0 that
he kept a fire burning all the first night: On the and
night the fire was ordered to be diecontjwued e t*, cense.
(priestly suffered very much from coldiand •aetlifant at the
breast fell ill. The next day Wirren beanrof a jab of
work in London, which he set off to "obtirna .4211 suer he
wee guse• his wife and three children wets tikikinto the
woeirlsow;e, bat el the- following day donee toto children
vrerretttreeed into the street almost naked(aari while' it was
raining heavily. Os their road to Loathes they wort their
father, who returned with them, and helm *pea the door
of their former abode, and had now receieed AO asiistance
from she pariah for a week. In excuse, thr 9verkeer said,
that on a former occasion the plaintiff's fain l lead
rreeir-
e a mattress, and they had sold the tick, and be thought
that as they then choose to sleep on draw they• Might do
so now. The Magistrate, Mr. Kevin, said, that %%bat had
,happeo.d before was no excuse kr the present coddrew, for
which he ought to be indicted. The overseer said he hail
no motive hut the good of the parish. An order was then
given to Warren to be received with his other two children
in the workhouse, and all the parties retired.

TRIALS AT Ht ILTIJRILT444I Observer of S. play hilt,
J marry I ltts, will be kept on sale all thicmonth et The
Observer Office, No. 169, S• mad, where PrAlks (eels)
he hail to semi it to Joy part of lb! United tit, plea;
it is Fwo Sheets; the price, together, Fourteon Penee. la
addition to the six plates, and LtLe two groulkt otatis, these
Two Sheets coutalu witty of The Observer folio colutlics
of the Trial.

Although the present lottery contains more than twice as
many 40,001. Prizes PI the La.t. (Seven instead of Three)
and People may now adventure for them at a much cheaper
rate than before, yet the orporturities of getting Daub IW. of
the Purchase Money sr• also much ',mused, nearly 11,000
Tickets out of 14,000 having this advantage. Bet after all, it
is the large Prizes watch prove the Inducement to adventure in
• Lottery, and these ale now so numerous, as to be absolutely
An American ship, named the Congress, 250 tuns bur
then, V. Cox, (a Liverpool man) master, from Buenos
Ayres to London, laden with tallow and hides, in one of
the late gales, being leaky, foundered 42 N. Long, W. 19.
lier crew (officers and men) consisted of 16, of w hum sz
only were saved by taking to their boat. After being 44
hours at sea, with nothing but a little fresb water to sub'
sist no, they were taken up by a West Indianian, as!
landed at Dartmouth, from whence they were brought by
Sir lieorge Thomas't. Pleasure Yacht to Shoreham, where
they land-d on Tuesday. On Saturday they came from
Brighton (where they found litany friends) to this town,
on their j ,urney to Sheerness, having heard, that In* ships
were 1) tog there, hound to their native land, being all
Americans. On toeir way hither, they called at Stanmsr
"/base, where the noble owner, on being satisfied of the ,
truth of their narrative, treated them with great kindness
and liberality, which they acknowledged here, with es'
pressions of gratitude.—(Lewes Jounsol.)

MAMBA ID.
On Tneriay, the 13th Indlust, at tit. t'ad's, Coyest OstrArn,the Mr.
Alezaoder Stewart, of Barnet, to Ann Kesia,eidest anoint*, of Mi.
Brydges street:
Cin Wednesday, at SR Oeorge's church AM:ander Banwernan. leti•
Aberdeen, to Margaret, second daughter of O. J. Guthrie, Seq. of Battier
street.
On the It I uft., at St. Nichol's, by his Behan% Majesty's Consul Geo,-
rat of the Azores. Dr. Sand•twro waxer, P. B.C. P., to Werra.
third daughter of Captain J. Popploweal, of Sister's Cottage, Stoke "'""

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Oa the 6th last., in the 43d Year" his MP. Mr. T. Klllieklifevi PaJae/Yard .
Westminster.
On Om 12th hurt., at Little Steabaat. Suffolk. the Rev..l. IL Verosh•gs"l"
141g0gPm(ccrtCdiEllimddluatt.84.emah1P7lhoasii""lialhillaafigidenbil3 reit.. and
ea :2718Mrg. Bealillill:r' °::gardß°:
of 30 rears a clerk at Sir J. W. Labatt, aad Co.'s.
.0a emoday, 12th hataak at Leaalmeg. dem. Mary Wenfeed, former/I of
fil
Towerdaek aged li.
Os Friday last. aged MIS. Mn. Lammed, mother of Capt. Millwood. HO'
street. Botta&
ftrwtebtlei.myouvrimauehatiutromateusranind
experrtuarsbaryberiesof Kehont. treirheodedw7
Last week. at the Union workhouse, la the Prltineb of the Areiibimhoya
palace, Citoterharr.Mrs.,lCry. &gad Sile,:usether of the celebrated J. Seel.
511115 years. deustlngled his of
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