The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-04-06 00:00:00

ASSIZES.

KEsitlsToN, Aram 3.
William Holt was indicted for the wilful murder
of Thomas Astill (Lord Spencer's game-keeper), on
the 17th day of August last, at Wimbledon.
Mr. Carlisle, the surgeon, said he was called is
to attend the deceased on the 17th of %August. Ile
found that he had received a blow on the head, which
had driven in the skull upon the brain, a .d part of
the brain had protruded through the wound. lie'
removed the pieces of the bone whit It were pressing
upon the brain. The operation was attended with
great immediate danger, and the patient, though he
could not distinctly speak, yet evidently was per.
fectly sensible. He answered all the questions put
to him, either by affirmatively nodding his head, or
shaking it for dissent. The blow, according to the
best of his judgment, was given with the handle of
the cutlass produced, and certainly not with the
blade, either the edge or back of it.
The deceased frequently repeated (as they under-
stood his imperfect articulation) " Woolger has done
it." Mr. Carlisle said he wrote the name Woolger
in large letters, and the deceased gave an affirmative
nod, and pointed to the letters. They then had a
man of the name of Woodyer brought to Lim, but
be shook his head, as denying'. him to be the man.
The Prisoner being apprehended was also brought
into his p;es,nce, and he immediately exhibited great
symptoms of perturbation, attempted to raise himself
in his bed, and to speak, but could not utter any
words. He skewed the witness his thighs, which
were bruised, and the marks in his breeches ; the
blows were evidently given with the handle of the
cutlass. •
Barnard Hill, a labouring man, stated, that the
Prisoner and he worked at the same job; on the
morning in question he was in the fields, and saw a
man in a red jacket (whit's was the colour the game-
keeper wore) following a man in a brown jacket ; he
had heard a gun fire previously ; he did not attend
much to them, and he lost sight of them at the turn
of the park pailing. He heard of the transaction in
the course of the day, and mentioned it .to the Pri-
soner, who did not at first say he was the person,
but the next day he confessbd he was the man, and
said that the game-keeper was following him ; that
he at first took away his gun • that he then asked
the game-keeper if he was satisfid, who replied not, I
and persisted iu following him ; that he attempted to
draw his cutlass, upon which the .Prisoner said he
took that away also, and upon his attempting to
halloo for assistance, that he gave him a blow on the
head with the handle, and two blows on the thighs,
to prevent his following him.
The Learned Judge, on this statement, said it was
clear that the case only amounted to manslaughte4'
as it was in the heat of blood, and not by malice
prepense, which the law required to constitute
murder. •

The Jury found him Guilty of Manslaughter, and
the Learned Judge imm:diately sentenced him to
twelve months imprisonment, and a fine of one.shil-
ling.

CIVIL SIDE.
SATURDAY, APRIL 4.
HUTCHINSON V. PIPER AND ANOTHER.

This was a qui tarn action to recover penalties, on
the Statute against Usury, to the amount of 36,0001.
I against the Defendants, who ire Bankers at Dork.
ipg, who were alleged to have taken usurious inte-
' rest in discount transactions with P. 'l'. Botham,
late an active Magistrate of this county.
Mr. Serjeant BEST, who led the cause for the
Plaintiff, stated that the general character 'of the
usury Cortplained of was this, that whenever Mr.
Botham applied to the Defendants to discount for
him, they charged himthe legal amount of discount for
the sum discounted ; but, instead of giving him voo-
, ney, as he was entitled to receive, they gave him
other bills, which had some tinir to run, and made
him take these bills without allowing the rebate for
the time before they became due, so that, for that
period, instead of 51. per cent. they actually took
WI. per cent.—Upon the evidence, howevor, there
were variances ball the dates, except in one trans•
action of the 30th April; and when the Plaintiff's
Counsel put in their last piece of evidence, namely,
the writ in the cause to show the action brought
within twelve months from the date of 'the transac-
tion, it we found not to support the record in Court,'
and the Plaintiff was accordingly nonsuited.
This case had excited considerable interest in the
county of Surrey, and the cause was by both parties
contested with great nbstinacy in its progress, dur-
ing which a Variety of objections were started and
argued—Messrs. Rest, Nolan, Curwood, Bosanquet,
Comyn, for the Plaintiff; and Messrs. Serjeant
Shepherd, Garrow, Marryatt, and Marshall, for the
Dofendants.
Mr. Garrow sat on the criminal side on Thursday
evening, but the cases tried were not interesting.
Mr. Justice Grose finished early on Saturday morn-
ing ; and the Home Circuit here finishes.

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It kis been observed, that according to etiluette
the PRINCE REGENT cannot dine with the Logo
MAYOR at the Mansion House, as his Lordship,
consistent with civic dignity, must preside at his own
table. It. is, howeler, said, that the circumstance'
will he obviated, by holding a Masonic Lodge at the
Mansion House, at which the PRINCE REGENT must
preside as Grand Master. The Duke of Sussex,
Earl MoIRA, and several other distiuguished persons.
are to ke.invited, and the entertainment will take
place in the course of next month.
On Satnrday, it the Hattongarden Police Office'
William Vyse, a person known to possess firm 5 to
0,0001. funded property, was remanded for further
exnenindtion, there being sti•pn grounds for suspect-
ing that he a Principal or an accomplice in the
robbery of the Taunton mail coach, in May, 1810,
when a parcel, containing 2,5001. in Bank of Eng--
land notes, was carried of from the coach, by some
I passengers who left it before day-break. •
On Monday last, there was A large and respect- I A singular instance of weakness and credulity oc-.
able meeting of theinhabitants of Gainsborough, in I curred last week at Armthorpe,peAr Doncaster. A
the Town Hall, for the purpose Of adopting itilheir woman; who had a child indisposed, was persuaded.
Cbarity.Sehool (established in the year 1747), an im- I that' the little infant Was under the intlueoce of a re-
proved system of education, on the plan of Mr. LAN- i puted *itch at that place, and that it would mot ref.,
CASTER, which was agreed to with only two dissent-1' cover, unless the witch had blood drawn or was:
ing voices. A Cothmrttee was appointed v) cogsider I scored ; when the mother cut, with a penknife, the
,of the best means of enlarging thq ,School, acid to pack the hand of the pOor woman.; her daughter,'
,carry their intentions into execution. • and Vettiarerely the arms of her grand-daughter.

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ORIGINAL POETRI:

In the sil nee of midnight, sweet fancy's L ight b •ain
Recalls the sad image of my mur,ler'il lover ;
In rapture I wake,litit, alas ! tai fond ,dre.ons.
Is tied front my breast, an 1I.f: at grisly, for ever:- •
To figh! fior his count y he cheerfully Id ins,
Ills feeling: of glory alt others subduing ;
Ili, Commander was eruct, reven, e:111, and haughty, '
For he wantonly Ising•d my poor Witaaau in ruin.
The Captain most b7trb•rously with shame.
'That heart, which would freely hate Med for the errata,
For some slight Aimee, scarce deser ing.a name,
had 6trt II igg•tl, like a dug, the of the otan;
From that moment he droop 'd—his :.OSOITI w s morn
With the feelii gs of shame—not long, did it, Logi,isli;
SUM) demo clos'd the scene, aod his is a, twine
To accuse his oppressor, the CdUbe of Aio
Uaihonoued, unshruuded, his pale cor,e o :ost,
u the merciless rage of the w hitefoaiAllg hi-upw;
The sal. sea tihtb hides him, Isis -farm is now too,
For the 04TilIS .6
his grove, and the vow mavi Lk pillow.
Now Lis sull'erings are nver,kis spirit ha, tied,
And his IA rongs and his sorrows VG tole date bet' ;
But they do ell in :ay nieni.ry, since 1% u LIAM is dead,
lie si Ilse in my heart till that heart .11 decay.
tut (I.sspair, proud opp-essor, shi..ll seize [tee at I..st;
Iby e, tiu ~or shall Le press•ii with soft slumber;
TIE.. furl' of toy Wu,ti tat shall arise in the blast,
And ais voice in thy ear, throuza the it ild ninth shall

Llin')ur4h, April 1,

CNtos-llar.r..—Th'e following, singnlar complaint
was made on Saturday before Mr. Elitism, by Wil-
liam Cribhs against a young man named Edcard
5.:4. a. Mr. Cribb stated, that he had an orphau
• nephew about eight years old, whom lie had brooglq,
up from infancy, but whom he had lately determie; d
to send for a time to his grandmother, who resides at
Bristol. Sweet, who is the son of a neighbour, and
apprenticed to a person at Bristol, was; about three
• months ago, in London on a visit to his friends, And
offered to take charge of the child down to Bristol
by the waggon. This offer was gladly accepted, and
about ten weeks ago they left tow 'n together by the •
waggon, Mr. Cribb giviAg Sweet a one-pound note
to defray the child's expences on the read. Some lime
afterwards.tt letter was received from the grandmo-
ther, expressing her surprise that she had not seat
the child as she expected. This letter produced en-
quiry, when it was discovered that neither he nor his
conductor had ever reached Bristol; and all eaquit..
ries after the child have hitherto proved unsuccessful.
Information of these circumstances having hew given •
at this office, a warrant was granted against Sweet, .
and on Saturday roorning.he was taken into custody
at his father's, by Barrett, the officer. When brought
before the Magistrate, he stated that he took the child
• as far as Reading, where. he stopped at the King's
; Arms; and they got; out of the waggon to take some
j refreshment. Whilst dritikiug with a friend, the
waggon wept forward, and left him and the child be-.
hind ; upoethis he changed his mind, and determin.
'..ed to return to Loudon ; he, however, gave the child'
five shillings, which %as what remained of the pound
note he had reiteista fions•thil child'iatude, and re-
commended him to the care 'of the landlord, desiring
h m'ght be put into the first Bristol waoon whith
passed by, and left him ; he had not since that time•
!enquired or thought of hire, supposing he had reach..
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ed Bristol in safety. The worthy Magistrate ObSeff.°
ed, that the Prisoner did not seem at all aware of the
auk ward si'nation in which, by his conduct, he had
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placed hiniself ; for, should the child norbe found,•
unless he could give a flinch more sati.ract( ry ae-
count than he had
.now given, it would probably
• prove of serious consequence. So serious indeed did
he considor it, that, unless the Prisoner could pro-
duce very sufficient bail, he should feel it his duty to
commit him till some information respecting the child
should be obtained. The Prisoner no' being able to
procure bail, was committed till Tuesday.

MARRIED.
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At Bath, on Saturday last, Neville 'telt!, Esq..tolkliss Plitt
Ann Buddam, the eldest daughtor of Bassin Hart Ilthislaus,.
Esq. late ttovernor or Bombay.

DIED.
On Thursday list, in her 15th year; Mrs. Anoa Cathartna
Shipp, relict of Thomas Shipp, Esq. of Boiterd:do, i. Suffolk.
On 'ftmrsdAy morning in Alontav-sorect, Portman-aquae,'
Stephen Payne Galway, Esq. of Tbctfor,l, in Norfolk.

Ovs'ILITY, STRICTUREs, dre.
rs:.; ED with a consciousness that their de.
front the general plan has been hip4ndv brnrti ial to
others, mid implosed in their pi ofes.ional aciptiren ends by
In:stunt v of near twenty year, ewerienee, Me-srs. UDR RIK
atid CO. cool time, with unabated ardour, the er:,dieatio•: of
those disorders which are the consequence of illicit indso.enre,
or o.e destruclite habits of the inconsiderate School-b uy. In
prn`essing the cure of these Complaints, they hidd tan no in-
dult ement to vice ; bin. sensible A. aU men must he of the et-
listener of such calamities, ib-•y offer their a•si.tance as ,egol .riv
educate.: Surgeons of London. and of the Royal Collcge
Ldinburgh. IA all rases.of Sipitylitie Infect),,, nod in every
cowptaiui of Deb slits and Deficiency, whether arising from ti,e
intatu-iiioutif a certain destiuct•ve habit, long residence in warm
shinnies, free lib jog. ire any other cause producing a deficenry
of manly vigour, the patient may rely on a speedy resturition
to ci:orim• health. Their improved plan of caring Strictures
uf
the Urethra his been attended with peculiar Ulcers.. StriCIUITS
of tell and toes., y years' duration have yielded to their neon•
' ww•iu as the short ptrio I of three .weeks. Several N "Oralri
and Critilenfea of the first respectability, w h.) have laboured ti.
tai, rhinful and distressing disease, havingsreceived it radical and
pe9woneni cure, smut, nl arty request that reference may lie ovidis
to them, -is satisfactory evidences of the des ided superiiii its, of
111 essr.. Currie and Co.'s Plas) of Treatment. Many of these
Gentlemen had been nu ler the care of Messrs. Home,
side, ant, otaer Surgemis of equal eminence, who attempted
their Cure by the application of the Lunar Caustic,
SIiCCCSi.
Messrs. Conic and Ca. may be consulted by patients of either
sex, nisi, the ,mutest werery and honour, at their house, No.
lui, Hutton-Poi:a

BY HIS tAJ tATY's ROYAL LETT Etts TENTs.
,EA KPS GENUINE PILLS, justly famohi
fur caring, in all its, stages, the Venereal I)64:Asc. Ow.
small Pill is it d ,se; and the takitie of one hits ill reeeto caws
will soon convince the patient of the reit:linty of speed) 14'
coverv. Nething Can he better (volleyed, inure safe, or
convenient thins lii remedy fiir such ItS are oliiiged to go imr
vies, nr Si? sea, as it needs no cmilitement or restraint of diet ;
and si sty years experience (ina li n extensive ntel il'r 1.1 h•:s 11111-
ed Thal h vs ill effect it sure wash. repeated salivation nod
oil other methods avail nothing. For the Scurvy
all owl,
other Cur:n.6..41 Disardet Ft this Medicine 14:14 its parel.
Upwards of 40,000 persons of both sexes have twist radically
cured • f the above ernet disorders, within the last eight )ears.
Prepared and sold by the Proprietors, Tisnmas Tn.% Int nod
Son, Menthe's of Ciillege of Suit-minis, f.o:Mon vice
the list of real Snrgenn,, published Royal Loi
leer their house, Nr/1. 9. New Si idge-street whey coo-
aunt i.twoilance and itdvire will he drew hv.iliem in an r.,4-9•
1111/111Ve to the alt complaiiitsosith inviolable seercey. !also,
by appointment, nt the Perfitniers, No. J.S. 'St. Attrio'c•street,
Pall Math Mr. I)estioninglis Toe Shop, N... 7, fish•slree,•
him; and lb one
.person in every comiderable.ipno of Ova!'
Iteitnisi, &c., in bogey I.f only as. 9li. each:
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i.0:40014: Primed snit Puldiohad by ik .Lovitt, at VW
Fleehati*.

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