The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-01-03 00:00:00

conduct. It also
been extensively in,.
aisd that, he had taken the
pursuits from his kalif.
'The CouiT said, it was fortunate for the ins Ivent,

that'nons of his creditors had opposed his discharge,l
as the Court must in consequence, intend that his
conduct had not disentitled him to the benefit of the
ant ; but as a general proposition, it was necessary to,
state, that had say creditor opposed the discharge ofi
an iisolvent, olio bad ventured to state, that he ex-
pected to pay his debts by the profits of gambling ;
thy, Court would have telt it its slaty to mark their
streogest disapprobation of each conduct, and to de-
clare, that sach a debtor, so far from having any rea-
sonable expectation of intOtig his deuts, was in a
state of the most desperate insolvency. Ihe Court
at the same time observed, that it wasps' to say, that
in the present instanre, very tea debts had been con-
tracted with tradesmen.

HOMIWARD-1101.7ND Sites.—The following letter
bas been addressed to Mr. John Bennett, the Secre-
tary at Lloyd's, by order of the Admiralty :
(COPY.)
" Admiraltv.olßee, Jan. 1.
." Stß—Haring laid before my Loris Cotnniissioners
of the Admiralty your letter of this day's date, stating,
that in consequence of the strop.. east and -north-east
gtles, which bare prevailed during the last week, many
homeward-hound vessels are is. created from getting itstm,
port, and having been at sea some time may lee in want
of water and provisions, and as.istanee front the sere:
city of the weather, and expressing the rettnrst of the
.committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's, that!
somo,ships of war may he or,lered out with supplies for
the relief of the trade; 1 sus commandell by tiers, Lord-
ships to acquaint you, for tier infortuation of the cuos-
mittee, that klirections are given to the admirals com-
manding at Portsmouth, Plynoottli, tool Cook, tie send
out any of th-ir cruisers that they can get at for tier!
&hove purpose. I am, &r. (Signr-1) J W. L'unnea.
" Mr. John lien/tett, jnn.
EMPI.toymENT von I'st-es:vs.—For souse tines• past thw
applications ut pa,lisres leer rritef to the parish of Mt,
iii es li.svi% become very loimoriiiis, and a great many'
of tier alyin•ant• hying alter-hie healthy Voting suet,
tier ot sq.; hit itpssa a mod:• of either gi tting rid of
then, or lie skin, t nem ear it tee supply their initite•
diate %yawl. Aceorilini,ly, when tier Appl.rnt• were
made for relief by this 1-13•14 of persons, the overseers,
who lead a great quamit . of ground oyster shells iu the
parish, determined osi the following method of proving
who us re the most iintostrious persons, and finding out
the most indolent. Every mat, who had a desire of
earning a el or Eighteen pence, a pair of shoes, or
other article clothing, ,vas to agree to the proposal elf
carryits“ a hoshel teisket of the graund oyster-shrill
front the workhouse to kiticlelev and bark again, tier
completion of which uonlel entitie bine :o a supitly of
his stuastudiate ty.titt:t. Several ulio undertook Csis, per-
formed the tads, and were osin,etittetitiv coosidere the
industrious. steel paid ; liEr., " the indolent," took
uhf the 11:::'art., le tr nevi r rein, tied to the workhouse.
14y these itiEans the overseers have ridded themselves of
a nnmheer of idle itotrurterg,

Tilt SKR PUNTIN latern.—The cold was intense
yesterday. '1 he ice was remarkably good at the end
next the cascade. It was here the hest skaiters
appeared from one till four o'cluek. We saw
air. Howarth and Captain de Crespi ny, among the
i-lesa sate performers. '1 ere we re bat kw carriages
au **drive ; but•os the other side of the water, were
malty female peelestriaos, above the common class.
'1 he men belonging to the Ilutnane Society have
placed ropes across Inc river, and intersected all places
wherein t ice of stipplviog the iee-horses. A bov
fell is towards the evening, but was soon extricated
from his alarming situation. Many awkward mishaps
groats, from the skaiters coming in contact with each
other.--. 1 he (*anal in Kenai nation Gardens was better
atteatled than n ual, aithuttgli the ice was mach infe-
rior to that in the Park. 1 here were many female
pru:nenatiers of fashion.
WON DISRPUL UN DIRTAIIING.—The following is as
attempt at a pedestrian exploit, exceeding all other un-
arrt•kings of the kind. Mr. at, a Bedfordshire far-
ow, started from tar City-road on Monday, to go on
toot three hundred and enty-tao miles ill five days,
whieli is at the rate of sixty five mites per day. Time is
barked at? and 3 to I.
A match between two OfliePrll of the 52d regiment is
the garrison at 'lull, to walk between 11011 and Bever-
ley, for a conslderable wager, took place last seek. One
of them gave the other a mile at starting : but at the c..ot-
elusion of the match, was a mile and a half behind his
opponent. The winner pet formed the eight miles in an
hoar and eight minutes.
We have alrraily stated that a person calling him-
self Captain, alias the Bev. 11r. Swann, was taken
into custody a few da)s since on various charges of
fraud. Ilia sister, who passed fur his wife, was taken
into mai) ty on Monday, in the neighbourhood of Ca-
bridge, for obtaining goods by fah,' pretences, under
the feigned name of Barrington. She took a house
and passed herself off as a illative of Lady C—.
She got goods from town and country to the amount
of more than 100/. alibi she turned into ntooley and
decamped. be will be exau.ined on Friday on the
London charges.
'I wo burglaries we e conunitte 1 on Monday evening
at Chelsea. The lonise of 31r. Thorpe, in Mitre.
row, was broken into by the thieves scaling a twelve
feet wall, and elating. the shuttets the hack kitchen,
11% which they malacca the bolts. They succeeded
in carrying off unol.serve4l, a tuck with lice name of
Clitheroe on the f.sce of it. a dozen tea-sialons, and
other portable articles of less value. Another bar-
glary was committed at the house of ilrs. Bee, Lee-
son-street. litre the rubbers were less fortunate, as a
terrier dog alarmed the family, and they escaped with
a great-cuat at;tl a tea-cad ty. '1 be thieves got down
the frost area and forced the door.

Ftaa.—Yesterday, betneen eight and nine o'c

in the forenoon, a tire broke out in the kitchen of j
`Thos. Rogcnt, a chandler's shop, is Foster Mews,
St. Mary-le.lione. which in a short time consumed the'
house, together with all the furniture, &e. and did
considerable damage to the two adjoining houses, it
was with great difficulty the dames were prevented
'from catching the back part of some gentleums's
.houses in the front street. This unhappy accident
was occasioned, as it is said, by a washerwoman, who
lived in fhb kitchen, leaving linen too near the copper.
halt, Which took fire, and burin d an violently, that the
abut over heal was ready to fall is.hviort it !rag dio-,
routed, and the inhabitant% had jitfi 1414.; escort
With their lives I one woman who was 4.4 win in was
carried ont, bring so mach frighteved that she toad
not power to Inuit.

POLICE.
•
.--Another investigation took place
Sir Robert Baker, respecting the
of William Sims, fur uttering a forged banknot•
of IL to W. Watson, a pastry-cook in Long-acroom.
Tuesday evening, the 2Gth of December.
Mr. Noel, an attorney of Bray's Inn, with whom
the priowner had herd some time as a servant, hap-
pening to he passing the..ehop window at the time,
observed the prisoner in the transaction, and having
no doubt that he was uttering a forged note, he
rushed into the shop, and snatched np the note. The
ground of Mr. Noel's suspici n was, that since the
iPrisoner had left his service, he had discovered then'
hi had uttered a number Gf.forged notes iu his name.
probably as many as twenty, stone of them to persoael
he was knowo to, being his tradesmen, Ice. A con-
Motile was sent for, and the prisoner was brought
dom Mr. Watson's shop to the office. The prisoner
coafased that he had received the forged notes be had.
uttered, from a man of the same of t homes Williams,
who lodged at a coder-shop in Drury-lane.
LaTenil..r and Bis.top, the officers, in consequen
went and apprehended him, and found four Cirgiti,
bank-notes in his possession.
• Yesterday the two prisoners were brought to the
wire. Mr. illavnard, attended as Solicitor to the Baas
and a Bank Inspectui, as did Mr. Nucl.
'A lo,ig altercation took place between Mr. Maynard
and Mr. Noel, the former urging Mr. Noel to product,
the note which Sims hail utt red to Mr. Watson, and
other forged notes which Sims bad tattered in Mr.
Noel's name, hat which he declined to do, stating,
that he did not mean to be made a p..rti to makiug
out a case :against Aim ; he hail no objection to do
so in making out a case against 'I homes Williams,
whom Sims had received the notes from. He also
stated, that he had been with the I;oyernor of the
Bank upon the 'object, and had arranged with him
as to the disposal of the notes.

Mr. Maynard stated, that hr was not aware of any
arrangement with the tiorernor of the Bank ; be at-
tended titer.- as the Solicitor to eondoct the penitent-
tiou in the usual war, which was by the production
of the cm gr,l notes, and he again urged Mr. Noel to
produce them.
Mr. Noel l;ersis•ed in declining to do so, at an
rate now, fur the pnrpose of making:out a case against
Sims.
Mr. Maynard confessed himself at a lo's to know
what Mr. Noel proposed to do, as any thing► which he
had hitherto said would not teml to make out a ease.

11r. Noel stated, that as an Officer of the Court, if
he was subptenaed on the trial to produce the notes,
it would be as as his warrant or certificate was I
worth to refuse to do so.
Mr. Maynard said, hr could not think of going on
with the prosecution under sorb circumstances ; lie
could not agree to proceed in any other way but tl,e
regular one, which was by the production of the notes
bank the Magistrate.
Mr. Noel, in jnstificativn of his conduct, stated, as
a reason for his not producing the note to make out a
! case against Sims, that wl.en he was at first taken
'into custody he had yet) readily given up the prisoner
'lllllliaftt, as the man whom he had received the notes
from, and his oeadits<ss to give every information re-
specting the circumstances.
Mr. Woods, the clerk, proceeded to take the evi-
dence of Mr. Watson in writing, which was to the
erect as above stated.
The note uttered by the prisoner to Mr. Watson, not
being prodneed, Mr. Noel refusing to produce it, Sir
Robert Raker observed, -that there was not evidence
sufficient before him toast!! upon the prisoner for his
defence; to whirl. Mr. Maynard assented, and also de-
clined asking him any questions. Mr. Noel, how-
ever, with the permission of the Magistrate, proceeded
to pnt some questions, previously cautioning him in
the most solemn manner, nut to answer any that wadi*
criminate himself, as it might affect his (the prisoner's)
life' also not to answer any thing that would injnre
or criminate himself. To a question as to whom he
received the note from which he uttered to Mr. Wat-
son, whether front the prisoner Thomas Williams or
not ?—The prisoner Sims, during the interrogation by
Mr. Noel, was overwhelmed io tears; after much he-
sitation and reflection, he said, I. I don't know; I have
had it by me !Mlle stale." •
lie was then discharged, Mr. Noel confessing that
he had gone as far as he could in putting questions to
Sims.
The prisoner, Thomas Williams, was fully eam.
mitted to Nen gate for trial, for having forged Hank
notes in his possession.
v Lnonout: tt-Sr c. Smith was charged
with stealing from the shop of Mr. Metcalfe, draper,
in Oxford-greet, 2U yards of kerseymere, on Tuesday
evening.
he prisoner was in company with another man,
who claimed the attention of the shopman by a trivial
purchase, while the prisoner made off with the pro-
perty which was deposited near the do,r. The shop-
man pursued him, when be dropped the Iterseyniere
anti concealed himself in Illetilicins•street, where he
was taken. He also left hits great coal in the way,
which he at first denied to be bis, but he afterwards
acknowledged it. The prisoner said lie was a cabinet-
toater, and Craig, the officer, produced !I. and a
gold sing found upon him. lie was fully committed
for trial.
WORSHIP STIMT.—APPREOENSION OP AK Erre:gm'
!MALTA 1K Founts Nteras.—Joshua Armstrong, Vann,
and Manta, offseers of Worship-street, in cower/11-n or
information they received, went un Friday ami tong .as:.
to execute a search warrant at the house of a Hiatt nee:,'
William Hearne, in Providence-place, Bell-yard, Golden-
lane. On their arrival they found the tower part of the
!loose baricatioed, and Armstrong proposed getting in
'at the first floor window. The other officers lifted him
on their shoulders, and he no sooner entered then
Hearne, who was in bed4uinped up, and ran to a place
where there was a crack in the partition, from which he
took a brown paper .parcel sod Bung it down the stairs ;
it contained fifty-nine one pound forgot notes. There
was no proof that the prisoner forged them, hut he
was fully committed fist haring them in his possession
only.
Last Monday night. the Custom-looluis =Officers sta-
tional at Lancia/4 flassx, seised on the beach nigh
to i 4 plaice, a eine4gliag boat with . her. sire, eon.
sifting of kailow of. contraband spirits, .which.
, stf rr safely lodged in his Majesty's store lams at
Shoreham.

T ilk 'atiTlAFttl.
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appeared, tkat the insolvent bad 1
nrolved in gambling transactions,
Bow-Silt E1ET....-
ken the name of Dry, to conceal his.
amiliy. yesferday before
ease of William !Ai