The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-12-10 00:00:00

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letk.Mloinr‘g•—"Eiwuct Xirk, ShoPtonattel
IMessrs. Watson and ,Cbaffers, pannbrolfreekik
Watling•street, brought up'.lphn aird.Affirgeeig
' ther and daughtie, charged with offering tdaim *s
,iedges divers digs of base metal, which they listen-
ed to begold.
The Campleinset. Motet that .the•praetiee offei r.
,ing metal rings forsoAd had Wats become unetinally
'common; gilt sem pieced upon them so th,i,c.k thou
was impossible to detect their iperimasness by the
*seal test of gold, aqua fertlifilelies only to Ice
Ilene by reeking a slight incision' iii the ring.
Mr. Aldermen C. SMITti asked Ms. Kirk whetsent
he bad lent upon the sings? lie replied•that they
had not lent a farthing, as they
,tad ,diasoyerad.the
freed intended to be committed.
The worthy ALDERMAN then observed, that as n
freed had only been intended, Wont actually coin',
=Wed, he cook' set proceed to pettish the Prisoners,:
If Mr. Kirk had glee% thee. any .vnoney(which tw
case of a future endeavour to defrAted bite la,e.shoultj
advise him to do), he would have committed then*
without the slightest hesitation; as it was, he %est
I discharge them. •
Ilart, *bib had keesTembidealthieoitimiliog sit
• Imp quantity af at.gtt kfradiallbilliflogiAloiliet.**Mll
from Mr. Breetwekl,,e(.l.lte 114er •Tags*. 404,40.-
ing them for Waste Intetra-• woll,testerflalfeliT„ryil-
, witted. It will' alseovined
.Ihei the Pilsoneritiet
heavily ironed, In consegoenon'df his huirkl
taken-in Surrey, where it is still :the- pmeareeln.pit
prisoners its item even before the trial.-,This• pea
tire; was serepaly reprobated.
rtiAeLeoooooll-yrnexu—A 4111171inn•t1111 bitroto
tt~e,Magistrstea,by ray of interrogation, yestertley„,
taw fir livery ttahle.keepers. were prevented my.
' andlbreatieg•iti horaeritt de public streets,
' under the provisions of the new Act of Pa rliatment.—
The nagiituktes-were of opinion,. tbete break being
' driven twice, round a square, or titio through late
same street, constituted an offence, epee which +
conviction would he warranted.
'Bow-all:rel. —Yesterday John Adams underwent
an examination before Mn, Iliens,-the Sitting Ma-
gistrate, charged with uttering a note for 51. yea
porting to he a note of the heck of-England, to Mr.
George Efopkinson, grocer, of Ilpinieitlitstreet,
Eo-
vpot ; who stilted, that on Saturday, the 140
November last, Omit seven o'clock,' the Paitionee
came to his shop, and purchased one pound of Si.
'ea, and io payment the PAisoiter gave bun the tio:e,
autl, supposing the note to he a good one, Ina
gave the Prisoner the change., and afterwards paid it
into his kitker's. In about a fnrnight after, it was
returned to him Qs forged. The Prisoner havieg
scribed himself as a porter at Monday's tfuffive-
house, Maiden•lane, he returned the note thete,,,hui
all there were strangers to the transaction. Mr.
Thomas Robinsoe, the Master of Monday's Criffeet
house, attended yesterday at the Office, and denied
the Prisoner being his posies', nr that he had any
kuowledge of him, or that he bad sent the 51. notes
to purchase tea of the Prosecutor. Thomas Glover,
Inspector 0,. Bank-notes, stated the note 10
forged.—The Priiititter was 'committed for further
examination.-- • ,
QUErr-aiiiAltt.—Yesterday tgattfla'
man at Mr. Magnate., the engineer, at,Pimlico, eat
charged with negligently setting fire to a desk is
which many of the books were I.ept, by carelessty
placing his lantern Under it. Fortunately the file
was got under, and no essential damage done., Th.
MAMITRATE informed the PrisoutT, that re
liable to a heavy fine so the pat i-h, awd to be iming
Boned IS months if it be not paid. Mr.ll3ramait, jar'.
said, his only object was to give publicity to the cir:.
ctrmstance, in order to make other servsuts Dune cau-
tious. They had formerly had a large prqpertY de:
stroyed by similar negligence. •At last be accepted
en apology from the man, and he was discharged.
UninN-HALL.—Yesterday Mary Jackson, Ilan.
rah Moore, Mary Murray, Elizabeth Thompson,
and Ann Simmonils, were committed for defrauding
the parish of Lambeth, on presence of requiring in.
slant relief for their sick and indigent families, wheis
they were not residents in the parish, and had no sick