The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-01-20 00:00:00

VINDICATION OF MRS. VERSIII.VE.

The character of Mrs. Vermilye, in whose hogs,,
Williams, the suicide, lodged, having been
upon as having been art accomplice in the mu►,'.er
supposed to have been committed by that inhuman
wretch, she has deemed it prudent to publish the fol.
lowing letter :

" justice to an unfortunate and persty.uted women,
which I consider myself to be, I request you will state to
public, that the paragraph inserted in a Morning Paper of i'ut
day, to the purport that I had made a verbal confoisi.in of
having participated in the late shocking murders of Mr. Maui
and Mr. Williamson's families, is totally without fouutlmion;
I have in truth nothing to confess, except what all the comery
knows, that it has freeu toy misfortune to have had for a
a man dia. ged n ith the most atrocious crimes. Bow the ['Alla
lii question will be enabled to justify itself by thus
dicing the public mind against me, I aai totally at a lois La
imagine.

" I am, Sir, your most obedient Servant,
" SAKAI' ViItMILYP.,
• Pear-tree-alley, near New Gravel-lane,
January 18, 1812."

There is at length some probability that the accrues
plices of Williams in the late murders in Ratelitfp..
highway, will be discovered, and brought to justice.
Allblass and hart, who usually associated with
him, have undergone several examinations before
Mr. GRAHAM, who is pursuing the investigation with
much diligence. Neither the facts against them, ncr
the examinations have transpired, the ends of justice
being more likely to be accomplished by observing
silence, until there is sufficient proof. of their guilt
to commit them for trial.

weight, of Belisha, was way-laid
—daison:sthnorev:aneherriasalspsookre.ssiucw:tliitocolose;:
Two common brewers were convicted last week at 111,:nchtn.
ter,' in the penalty of 2031. each, for using Grains of Parades,
in their beer; and an innkeeper was convicted in 1001. being inS
I 12011 ionrlfo. hammer,tle discovered,eftnve iAlipli; Igel
42 s!lanuii
first offence, on a like charge.
On Christmas eve, no industrious man, Richard Dwyer,
Tip-
perary,Mill-
sswillitetaumirciikdbsiedlimereshaclot'wrords°:iuda:ngtiri:heihr ,triraletriecra:sidniseperpetis!sbaaobirusebya: barbarity—the
thereabouts.
A most cruel robbery was lately committed oo the property
of Richard bembriek, of Vekingion, near Cheltenham. lies
now 76 years of age, and works for small wages ou the turnpike.'
road. In his yo.th he was itneominouly induct. Mies sober, sal
careful, and had hoarded a sum of money in gold (about 25 pi-
netts) for the
.prop of his old age. Last week going to his sto,e,
he found it ruled. Beim a solitary widower he, had taken into
his cottage a person to take car.' of him. This prison bad a fry
days before left him. Sit.picion of course fell there, a search ales
made,and about eight guineas in gold found ; but after thestritt.
est and fullest ex aneihation before,a Magistrate, this cruel rob-
bery could not be affixed on any individual. Toe old man La
reamed his labours ou Me road, hut says lie-is so much trouble:l
by his loss, that he cannot Merlins before.
A Gentleennii in the vicinity of Cheitm!lam, haring been at-
tacked sonic little' time ago by a highwayman kfrenn whose
ruthless grasp, however, he escaped, by the timely interns-
lion of a fellow traveller), has since thought payer to travel
with loathed pistols. In one of his evening rides. doubtless
initiating on his reeect happy esmpe, this wary tientlem:oi
suddenly appalled by the appearance of a something' ails:mirk
toward him, w nth slow and measured pace.—His imagination,
heated with distempered
.fancies of murders, robberies, aura ss
forth (nod fermented, perhaps, by the fames of fitseehipo, at
once decided this sum:fain.; to he a highwayman, fraught a e
murderous and furtive designs upon his life and property ; thb
idea conceived, in an instant his trusty pistol is resorted to;
make et mill, present. fire, formed but one motion in the Ina-
martyring of the valiant youtht—whrn lo! the deed of Bea,'
was done, and prostrated at his fret the hapless •
And now, Reader, what do you suppose this so. iseinfog
Fertile as your inventive genius way be, you would, I think,
guess till doomsday ere you guessed aright ; it proved to he, not
a hold midnight marauder, out An Ass ill a
.poor solitary ne,
pacing leis weary way to " his master's crib," perhaps after the
endurance of a hard day's, work, with seamy fare. and the
kicks and ill-treatment of some boatel tyrant in t •hatee of a
Lord of the Creation. Alas! poor " honesty," had he lust.
like his famed progenitor of old, been blest with the facuiti of
speeeh, he had not come to so untimely an end, btu might hate
lived to a good old age and died in peace.
The following is iece of ingratitude we daily hear of, sal
which lately occurred in a city adjoining to Cheltenham: -
tientlentun passing a river, saw a young female near drownitt;.
who had been pushed in by one who had first Sedoced her, and
who is usually denisminated a fashionable rake; the Centime:di
offered a handsome reward, and at the expellee of near one ban-
died pounds had her raved and taken to her rattlers !muse. Tor
seducer was prosecuted, hut contrived by fielse evidence to ;NI
acquitted, and the father had the expence of such prosecution
(no very great deal) to pay. On that aecouut alone, be ring
publicly accuses this Gentleman, who so hintanely stepped foe-
word to save his daughter, with being his ruin, by WTI6IOIIII
him the ecpence of the prosecution, and is villain enoince
lose nil sight of gratitude or venue of his own unnatural and r..;”
feeling want of parental affection !!
David Fraser, late farmer, of Barnyards, near Beauly, dial
lately, at the r. 7 of 96. Ile served as piper to Simon Lord to-
vat and fought at the battles of Falkirk and Culloden. Not-
withstanding his v,..ry great age, he retained his faculties ennui
he was nevnr heard to .complain of indisposition; and it esee•
only for a few days' before his death be *as obliged, oriite=: . •
Loy
to coufine himself to bed. The tiouourable
of Levet, desirous to shew every mark of respect to the ren a 1..-.
of un old and faithful servaut, ordered- both his pipers to ac-
company the funeral, on the IS h ult:'playing a mournf.el dim.
front Barnyards to the place of interment, at Kirkiiill ; he ed.,.
generously sent, to the burying-groond, a sufficient supply. •.
good Highland whiskey, for the refreshment of those who a'
tended the funeral
CRUELTY Ti) ANIIIIMA.-011 Saturday morning, two CO'Llitr.•
men at Sheffield market, after some hr.agi;i. gaud bullyingace t
the comparative worth of their horses, at !et y,fh agreed ill 4.1
them against each other, in a fair trial of strength, Acecealie...!!
these felloWS, who were worse brutes than their aninals,
fastened ikon back to back to Me shuts and tail of a
Noolkettreet, flogged the poor creatures munertifully
theta pull in contrary directions. After a desprrote strife, (of
prevailed and dragged the other backward with the cart. 00
the shameful amusement of many applauding spectators.—Pre
on tier of the conquering boat& of course became the master sf
both.
An accident happened at Spalding en Wednesday last, of a
'attire very alariniug.—As Mr. Elsom, of Moulton Chapel, vii
&ravine a horse Is a cart, near the Li.tle Bull, in the &owl
town, the animal became restive, and ran back with the can,
down a considerable descent, into the river, where It perished.—
Mr. Elwin eseaped from the cart, just before it was precipitate)
into the water his pregnant wife, who had before alighted, u-s
a witness of the accident.