The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-09-26 00:00:00

ISIAN

Mr. Samuel Pratt, sugar•reftner, in (lid Montague-
/street, Whitechapel, was bronght up for re•etarnina-
don. S I charge, of embezzlement were proved
against the psirooer, who, is his defence• attempt►d
to prove that he was a partner in the concern. In
this be failed. Ile was fully committed fur trial.
Uoto:v.ilat.t..—Yesterday a fellow named Firly
was brought before the Sitt:ng Magistrate. in the
charge of a constable.
James (Hann •n, the landlord of the Catherine Wheel
pnblieshonse. Union• , stated, that the prisoner
came to his hone on Tuesday evening last, and called
for a pint of porter its the name of a Mr Co'sworth, a
sear neighbour of the witness, which was drawn and
given to the prisoner, who was ob dto swallow
the contents the moment he left the house. Upon in.
qniry it was found that the fellow had imposed on the
landlord, and he was conduct's' back again, but re"
rased to pay for the bye,. The witness added, that
Pirby was in the habit of visiting Tarim public-
houses, where he would call for victuals and drink,
and when Isis appetite was fully satisfied, 'could then
start up and swear that be had not one halfpenny in
his p ion to pay for hits entertainment. The wit-
ness had suffered 14fore from the tricks of the pri-
soner, as well as many of his brethren. The prisoner
was seat to hard labour to the House of Correction
for two months.

Charles Soadry was charge,' with robbing his lass
ter's till.

Mr. Thome. Price, oilman, of York buildings, Kent-
road, stated, that the prisoner was a porter in his em-
ployment about four months. For some time past the
witness had reason to inspect that he had a dishonest
per►on on Lis premises. The witness thereon marked
a quantity of si•ver on Monday night, and plated it in
one of the tills. The prisoner was observed at seven
o'clock nett morning to go inside the counter, and
immediately after he bad come out an officer was sent
for, who, tiptoe searching him, found one of the mark-
et: shillings in his p ion

The constable proved this Get, and the prisoner was
filly committed. •

C 1: store &tun Box.—We understand that daring
the King's residence at Da;keith, a very carious
wooden snuff-box was presented to his Majesty, by
Sir Walter Scott, from the incenions maker, Mr.
Daniel Craig, of ilrienshurgh. The body of thy box
is made of sycamore tree, with an invisible hinge of
the kind at present so much admired ; and the lid of
it inlaid with authenticated specimens of several va
tieties of wood, must of whi. It are well known in
Scotland and celebrated in Scottish song. They are
so arranged as to shade and relieve each other, by
their beautiful diversity and colour. In the centre is
a piece of the Cratastuts Yew, mentioned in history
as I! e favourite of Qneen Mary. Aroun I this are the
following :—The rorteood Oak (of Stirlingshire)
whose decayed trunk afforded shelter from Lis pursuers
to the brave Wallace; the 'Frye:big Tree, near lox.
burgh Castle, celebrated in the Border fee)s, and
mentioaed in the Notivl of Rob Roy; the Elderelie
*re, which tradition r-ports to have Imes planted by
Sir William Wattage, en his uncle's estate of that
name in itenfrewshire—the Bosh a&oon Treqttstir—

Birk of laverusay--41orn abcon the Well-•Broone
of Cowdenkstoss—Allorsay-hrirk Oak, with all of
which the admirers of our Scottish poetry are faini
liar; Elm of Waterloo, under which the Duke of
Wellington stood during the battle ; the Victory,
part of the ancber-stock of Lord Nelson's flag-ship of
that name. The whole of these surrounded by a
herder of Black Oak from the ship Florida, which
belonged to the Spanish Armada, and wrecked cff To-
beomory in the island of Mull, 1338. Ha the bottom
of the box, out.ide, the words and music of " Auld
Langsyne" are painted in a style of uncommon neat-
ness. His Majesty was pleased to accept most gra.
ciously of this hattresiiig; clastn of relics ; express-
ing at the same time. Lis admiration, both of the
se-
lections of the wood, and of the elegance of the
workmanship, and charging Sir Walter Scott
thanks to the ligenious artificer for so acceptable a
present.—(Glasgow Courier )

XC CV TION. —Too LATE ARRIVAL OR A RIPRIEVR.
This day, Janice Codsett and Patrick Rourke. who
were tried and convicted at the last Assists for a
highway robbery on the person of a gentleman, on
the Welliogtoa-marl, leading from this city to the
barracks, were executed. pursuant to their sentence.
We state. *itk those feelings which are necessarily
created by the circumstance, that ins very short time
after the execution, a King's messenger arrived in
town with a reprieve for the two unfortunate men.
The troop of cavalry who formed the guard around
them to the gallows. and the bearer of the respite, in
• chaise with four horses, met near the office of this
paper, as the former were returning from the execu-
tion. so that an idea may be formed of how little more
expedition than was used would have been neresstry
to give effect to the clement interposition of Govern-
ment. With respect to the legal officers, whose au-
thority directs on each occasions. it is right to men-
don, and we do or with a foil knowledge of the fact,
that there sever was an occasion when there was less
room to expect that s respite would arrive, as only •
few days have elapsed since an answer was received
to a memorial forwarded on behalf of the condemned,
which stated that the law must take its course. It is
also proper to mention, that the reprieve was not
founded on say of the moot remote doubt of the guilt
of the men, but was merely an exercise of the prero-
gative of mercy, the failure of which. is ate aim. is
sot so much to he lamented as it the guilt of its ob-
i jams bad bees equivocal. Still. however. they were
selected as proper objects of pardon, sod their macs-
ties. under the circumstance. is little less titan burl-
fying.—(So others Reporter.)
An accident, nearl y attended with fatal e onsequenee,
happesed on Tuesday,in Castle-street, Leicester-fields.
The horse is a chaise cart, belonging to a hatcher, as
Chiswick, took fright t two mew that were in the cart
were thrown out. Owing to the wheels coming elf
the horse disengaged himself from the cart, and ran
towards the Mewegate, broke the windows of Mr. Sib.
ley, carver and gilder, and destroyed a great quantity
of valuable old chins, belonging to Mr. Waring. a
atelier. residing is llshe'mcoart. The men were sot
ouch hurt, bat a child was braised. Mr. Waving. it
is said. will not he able to mover his lose, •wing to
the china bring on the pavement, which is an Wring.-
runt on the law.