The Statesman.
London, England, 1824-02-13 00:00:00

tHE fitlV.eb'MAN

COURT OF CHANCERY.—TuvasDAT.

This being the last dsy of Term, motions only were
heard during the day.
COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.
COMM V. HARRIS.

Mr. HAFT felt it necessary to call his Lordship's atten-
tion again to this cax. The Court.had dirented that the
parties should convene a meeting for the appointment of a
new Treasurer: anal in the meantime an interim order bad
been made to prevent the applications of the rents and
profits of the theatre to any other purposes than those
mentioned in the deed of 1812.
The Learned Counsel now hal to state that Messrs.
Willet and Forbes had declined to hold such meeting.
Mr. SHADWELL reminded the Court that the meeting waa
not to be convened till Monday next. Mr. Harris, for
whom he appeared as Counsel, had no intimation of the
intention of the parties with respect to this meeting.
Mr. HART observed that Mr. Harris. as now in Ireland,
The Solicitor for that gentleman had said that Mr. Harris
bail nothing to do with the question. He thought the
Solicitor had said wisely, and most tritely, that Mr. Harris
was no way concerned, because if the deed of 1822 were
considered, it would he seen that Mr. Harris had neither
any vote to give, or judgment to exercise. Whether the
lessees were right or wrong in their proceedings Mr. Harris
most be bound by them.
The LORD CHANCEALOR thought that the parties to the
deed of 1822 could not do many things which by that
instrument they had hound themselves to perform.
Mr. HART was only anxious that Mr. Const should not
be made a victim to the disputes of these parties.
The LORD CIIANCk:LLOR.—Let 111 e know on Monday
mornintr whether any thing has been alone, and, in the
mean time, let the interim order be continued.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.—TituRs MIT.

Tbis being the last day of Term, the Court sat until a
late hour in the evening.

THE KING V. THE CLERK OP THE CAVNTT COURT.

Mr. SCAKLETT moved to enlarge the rule Nisi for a
criminal information, obtained a few days since by Mr.
French, against the Clerk and his Deputy, of the County
Court, on an affidavit. that owing to the lateness of the
time at which the rule was served, the Gentlemen for
whom he appeared had not had sufficient time to answer
the motion.
The COURT said that the rule enlireed itself, and
therefore ordered it to stand over till next Term.—ltule
enlarged.

THE VISION OF JUDGMENT.
THE KING V. .101 IN HUNT.
Mr. ADOLPHUS moved that the defendant be brought up.
IFhe CHIEF JUSTICE.--IVO disposed of this case yesterday.
Mr. A DOLPHUS.—Yes, my Lord; hut it was ordered that
the defendant should attend to ent:tr his personal recogni-
zance, not to publish any thing respecting the case between
this and next term.
Mr. SCARLETT interposed. My Lord, I have spoken to
Mr. Ilunt upon the subject of entering into a recogni-
zance. He has a certain feeling upon it, which it is not
necessary to discuss here; hut, if the Court, of its own au-
thority, thinks it tight to direct him to enter into a recog-
nizance, and undertake not to make any remarks upon this
proceeding, he is ready to do so. I, however, will be
bound; L will undertake for him that he will not. If
that will satisfy the Court, and will satisfy my friend, I
will give that pledge.
The CIIIEF .letracz.—No doubt it will satisfy us.
Mr. AvoLeues.—What 3lr. Scarlett says is perfectly
satisfactory ; but I hope the Court will think it right
to direct the defendant to enter into his recognizance.
The CHIEF JUSTICE.—The defendant having given that,
assurance to his Counsel, we don't think it necessary to
give any further directions upon the subject.
Mr. Jus me BAYLEY—The defendant's pledge by his
Counsel is notch stronger than his recognizance.
Mr. A DOLPHI/11.•--1 am bound to dopy duty, stud act ac-
eoreling to the instructions of the prosecutors.
The Cuter JUSTICE.—I think you may take upon your-
self the responsibility of what is proposed. If in the
mewl time any violation of the assurance given should take
place, it may be brought before us when the defendant is
brought up for judgment, and pressed in aggravation of
punishment.
Mr. Hunt then withdrew.
THE KING V. THE CORFORAITION OP PORTSMOUTH.
Mr. MEREWETHER moved, on a former day, for a man-
damus to the Mayor and Aldermen of Portsmouth, com-
manding them to consider the propriety of enforcing resi-
dence whiting the borough, on the part of certain Alder-
men mho lived out of the town. The Court, on that occa-
sion, refused the writ, on the ground that no precedent had
been cited for such a proceeding. The Learned Counsel
now renewed his application on the authority of the King
v. the Borough of Truro, where the Court, in Hilary Term,
621, granted a similar application.
The Comer, on the authority of the case cited, granted a
THE STAFFORD PEERAGE.
THE KING V. caonz AND OTHERS.
The Count. ordered yesterday that the venue in'this case
ihould be changed from Staffordshire to Shropshire ;.and
DOM _ _

rule r 1 isi.

Mr. CAMPBELL prayed that the venue might be again
changed to some other County, on the ground that
the estates claimed by Mr. It. S. Cooke lay on tit- hot--
ders of Shropshire. The Learned Counsel proposed War-
wickshire.
Mr. TALFURD, for the prosecution. said, be was sure
that if the Court inspected the affidavits, uo pretence fur
the motion to change the venue, even from StaffOrsWiire,
would be found. The defendants bad nut mentioned the
counties where the estates in question lay ; the affidavits
merely said, generally, that the estates amused lay in all the
adpining counties.
the CHIEF JUSTICE said, there was no pretence for
changing the venue to Warwickshire; his Lordship,
however, suggested tiloucestershire, which was the last
County in which a trial at the next Assizes could be en-
sured.

The indictment was therefore ordered to be tried in Glow
eestershire.l

THE KINO V. THE INDIAN OBSERVER.
The ATTORNEY-OEN BEAL renewed his application again
in this case. He had now an affidavit completely denying.
that Sir W. Rumbald bad borrowed money at twelve and
a half per cent., and let it again at 25 per rent, to the)
Nysam of Hyderabad. The affidavit further stated, that
the transaction in coestion, before it was entered into, bad
been sanctioned by an order of the Governor iu Council,
is pursuance of an Act of Parliament, and afterwards ap-
proved of by Mr. Adani, who had taken the advice of.
Contwel as to the legality of the loan. It was, indeed, im-
possible that the Nysam comdd base borrowed money oa the
terms meotioned in the libel, because the aroeast of in-
terest payable on each leans was regulated by
an order of the Comma a Calcutta, which was per-
fectly well known; and as to the amount of in-
terest Rawl* paid, the opinion of the Advocate General
bad been taken, approving of the transaction as belug con-
formable to law.
TWlCAtivr I/amt.—Th.ll 4k, a rule to slaw caw,—
Rhie

THE ILlftil LAWEENCR KENWORTHT.
rip 11.101411n.t in El* cost vas indicted more thao two
years MO, at Cimogosifoond pills, and sentencod to be
seaport& fir stvtlO ran. AO. Janes afterwards obtaleed
$ Asko corm, OF 14 gnoviad, tit the judgment was,.erromops; pt woo foW Ipo on writ of error ; pod
the man was ditcharged•ste *lt OP the Vont shotild pass
a fresh sentence. He appeored at the last Chester Assists.

and the Court then sentenced-him again to be transported
for seven yeass, to be conepdted from the original sentence ;
and he was shipped off to the Bermudas, notwithstanding
the objection that the Court had no power on the record
before them. . . .

_____ ...
Mr. I)._F.. Jones now moved to enter the procedendo, in
order that he might be in a condition to bring a writ of
error. •

The COURT granted the motion.
This being the last day of Term, the Court did not rise
till after nine in the evening.

POLICE.
Bow STREET. —The landlord of Betty's chop-honse, in
the Strand, brought two silver table-spoons to the ollice,
which he had received from one of the helpers in the One
Bell stable-yard, adjoining his house. The man told him
be had picked them up behind the gates, at the end of the
yard, as he was closing them at twelve o'clock on Wednes-
day night; and thinking they might have been stolen from
his house, he had brought them to him.

Sir Richard directed that they should remain with the
clerk, and no doubt the owner would be found. They are
engraved with the cyphers A. C. N.
QL'EIikI•SQUAR E.—Yeiterdiy, Emma M 'Daniel, an ex-
tremely pretty girl, about 13 years of age, was charged by
her father under the following circumstances:—

Mrs. Milky, a respectable-looking female, stated, that
about 10 days ago she hired apartments at No. $,
Little-
Queen-street, Story's-gate, Westminster, kept by a Mrs.
Green, but she very soon discovered that the other occu-
pants were unfortunate women of the town, and the house
was used as a private brothel. Among the inhabitants
was the miserable girl at the bar, whose parents she found
out, and gave information to the father, when he immedi-
ately caused the girl to be brought to this office.
The prisoner wept bitterly during the above recital. and
told the Magistrate (Mr. lireggarie) that she was pupil to
Mr. Hullin, the ballet-master, at Vaushall-gardens, ►where
she danced all last season, hut had latterly been supported
by her elder sister (with whom slur was residing in the same
wretched house), who pursued the same cuurse of life as
site did.

Mr. 6REGGORIE ordered the eldest sister to be sent for.
She appeared to be about twenty-one years of age, of an
elegant figure, handsome face, and fashionably dressed.
She confessed she lived by prostitution, and supported her
sister and mother by her present mode of life; but she oas
ignorant of her sister's pursnit.g the same enurse. She
added, that her sister Emma had been recently minced by
Mr.--. This relation of facts was rendered the more
horrible by its appearing that the mother had actually
sold the chastity of the eldest girl when she was only C
years of age for 501. The mother is still living on their
prostitution.
Mr. titteconnte asked the youngest girl if she was wil-
ling to go to some asylum.
She replied she would readily go.
' Mrs. Milky consented to take care of her until she
could be received into the Magdalen. Mr. Oreggorie coin-
plintentei her on the humanity she displayed. The eldest
sister was admonished and discharged. The youngest
been known npon the pave for some time, and Mrs.
Green's house was known to be one of the worst de-
scription.
Towsr-llsm..—A gigantic fellow named Patrick If alsh'
was charged before Alderman J. J. Sarum, with an att
on the person of Ann Cooksey, a girl 15 years of age.
James Cooksey, of Mile end-grove, batter, the father of
the girl, stated, that yesterday about noon, his daughter
was brought to him by two gentlemen, in a slate of coin-
ple intoxication; that they informed him they were pass-
ing the end of Robin Rood-coati, Tooley•strcet,
when the girl rushed into the street in a state of great
agitation, and scarcely able to stand, and that judging
from bee appearance that some wrong had been done
her, they thought it incumbent on them, as fathers of fa-
milies, on learning her residence, to see her home; and
he had learnt from his daughter on her recovery, that she
was accosted by the prisoner as she was looking through
the balustrades of London-bridge, on bar way homeward,
and enticed by hint to his lodgings to see one of the King's
ships lying lower down the river, as be said, and of which
she would there obtain a complete view, and where, by way
of refreshment, he had induced her to drink spirits, till.
finding herself ill, and alarmed at the prisoner's conduct
towards her, she Bed from him into the street.

Mr. John Tollmrst, oilantn, of Tooley-street, and one o
the constables of the perish of St. °lave. said he was sent'
for by Mr. Cookery to take the prisoner into enstody, when
he made a most desperate resistance, awl broke away from
him and two other persons whom be had called to his
assistance, after indicting a severe blow on his (11r. Tol-
burst's) right eye.

The prisoner, with much audacity, insisted be had been
five tittles struck by the last witness previously, but would
iiive no account of his conduct towards the girl, who,
having been_ fortunately rescued frog, him before the com-
pletion of bis designs, the case could not be made out; but
Mr. 'rollturst positively swearitiz to the assault, lie was
held to bail, and locked up in default.

M ART-LA-BONNE ---.—LOVE AND MADNESS.--OD
iVrtisiesday afternoon, in consequence of the coin- I
plaint of a young Gentlemau, named Martin, a war-
rant was issued against a young lady, of very re-
spectable family, named Ancijon, and she was brought to
this office by Hooke, on a charge of having attempted the
lite of the complainant.
From the detail of Mr. Martin, who is an engraver, it
appeared that he had made himself a proleient in his
lousiness under the direction of the young lady's father.
and having completed the term of his apprenticeship, lie
entered into partnership with his mister ; but, unfortu-
nately, that young lady imbibed a violent passion. called
"love," for him, which she urged most vehemently in
spite of his rejection of her suit. The appearance of things
at length began to he very serious; the lady, in a !brooding
manner, still followed the gentleman, and on Monday
evening made an attempt to stab him with a slight but
destructive instrument. Seeing her intention, be avoided
the blow, and fled into a corner; she followed, and again
struck at his hack, but the point of the weapon most for-
tunately only grazed the skin. He then seized and handed
her over to her mother, finally determining upon adopt-
ing this course. He said, from this circumstance lie
was under the necessity of dissolving partnership with
her father.
The young lady denied the charge, and most energetic-
ally accused the cruel Martin who had treated her so.
The MAGISTRATE said, she had acted very improperly,
and had it not been for the interposition of Providence
might have stood there to answer for a more serious charge.
He, however, on receiving her pledge never to molest Mar-
tin, sent her borne with her mother. •
As she quitted the office, she said, "Oh ! that my love,
my heart, ahould be thrown away upon such a spiteful
ninny."
The affair excited much laughter in the office.

Now that the Lnttery system is drawing to a conclusion it
must be a subject of proud exultation for Mr. SIVEWRIGHT
that be took the last Contract, and by garnishing his scheme
with Seven 20,000/. Prises, has succeeded le sisettiog the au-
topilot, of the Public, in a most unusual degree. Next Taars-
day,Feb. 19th, will be Om First Day •f Drawiag. and *Unt-
ameable day it wiU probably prove tlji many, far she Two First
Prisas are ea& ae bus 90.6901. Sterling antra i end all that
`ire 'Jowl 8124, wiU beput in the Wheni Imo; drum agnin.
so that if they miss the Two First, they will still ha re a cblinn
for five other Prizes of JO" .3.

ATTACK ON AORICULTURAL MACHINERY.

114Iesworth (Suffolk), Feb. 9.

I lament to inform yon that such parts of the Lords Com.
missioner's Speech, as regards the comforts of agricultural
labourers and of agriculture generally, do not apply So
fully to this neighbourhood as might be wished. The
agricultural labourers have been induce .I to resume their
attacks on machinery used for farming purposes. y„
may recollect that I mentioned to you some months ago
the fact that the farmers hereabout had come to the praiA,
' worthy resolution not to use agricultural machinery so 100,
as there were agricultural labourers eta of employ; ark:
that such notices were stuck upon the church-doara,
This promise the labourers think has not been Itemt.--
Though there has been considerable advance in the price
of shnost every article of farming produce, I grieve re
be compelled to say that there are still many agriculture
labourers who cannot get work; while, on the other head'
lam concerned to have to state that there are welly
farmers who, notwitstanding remonstrances to the cos.'
trarv, continue to use machinery. The consequence has
been restlessness amongst some of the labourers. Oa
Monday last, fur instance, a draining plough, stmline
ready for work in a field belonging to Mr. Georg,. Itohio_
son, of eliedistonr, near Ilalesoorth, was t itally destroc-
eat, by being cat to pieces with a saw in all the principal
parts of it; and bundles of matches were left on the top of
the remains of such draining plough, to intimate what fur-
titer mischief might be expected, if the use of agricultnral
machinery were persevered in. It seas on this farm that
corn stacks, &r. were tired some months ago. On Friday
last this same gentleman commenced thrashmE with
thrashing-machine—a piece of maeliim ry, however powar_
fit I and I leciite.l may he its n.erits, that 11. i S suited ,oin4,y
heart-horologe between the fanners anitidustuhrr,eir_laaibi:lio,teuamongstn
As soon as it became known amongst the he
l
fast enough—they
hatsueimae machinery
y was
collected together on the
itoto7iivi:renrn fliesa
morning to the number of about lifts or sixty,
i
armed with mattocks, axes, bill-hooks, crow-bars, blud-
geons, Sze., and they then proceeded in a body to Mr. Ro-
binson's house, to the great terror and alarm of the ntigh-
bourbood. They immediately took the horses front the
machine. By this time the chit:Tim:mien, overseer, and
several respectable inhabitants of Cheilist.ine and else.
where, arrived at Mr. Robinson's farm, and they remon-
strated freely and firmly with all the parties—with Mr.
It. as well as with the men. They eventuOlv
in persuading the men to depart in a peaceful manner;
but not till they "loaded up" the machine, set thetr
shoulders to the wheels, and drove it into the road, leadiolt•
to Mr. It..'s house. They diJ not injure the machine; lin:
they gave intimation that if it should be permitted to re-
turn, its destruction would be the conseipterice. 'lhe
sante party of labourers proceeded to the farm of 3lr.
'Thomas Bishop, also a respectable farmer in the some pa-
ri4), who was performing some operation upon trefoil,
with a machine of horse-power, and they contented then--
selves with expressing the loupe that Mr. Bishop would ab-
stain from the use of a machine. As Mr. IS. was also us-
derstood to have behaved with kindness to the labourcrc,
this forbearance in ty be accounted for. lie gave up the
use of the machine.

TRUSI SOCIETY.—The anniversary of this laudable In-
stitution was celebrated on Wednesday evening, when a
numerous and highly respectable company attended. The
land Mayor was in the Chair, supported by various Alder-
men, Clerifyinen, &c. The Report stated that since the
year Isos, '37.55l persons had been relieved by the Insti-
tution. In 33,597 patients there were 6,700 females and
27,197 males, and that 2,753 were under the age of ten
years, and the others from sixty to one hundred years of
age. The receipts and disbursements amounted to 24,352.1.
17s. 3d.
HAN aunt:, January 31.—1 t deserves to he mentioned as a
very simtutsr phenomena of the present winter, that the owner
of a garden a league from the city has found in it hundredsef
May hugs alive, of which he has brought n number to twill
with bim, and sliewn to many persons.

DREADFUL AFFAIR AT WORCESTER.—On Saturday &alit
last, as three men and two girls were walking in the streets
of Worcester, the men began to quarrel, when two of them
seized the third, and with a knife cut him across the thro it,
the chest, and arms. He was taken to the Infirmary, di) I
the other men and the women are in custody.
I n the Court of King's Bench, Dublin. on Satan! iv
last, Mr. O'Connell obtained a conditional order for a
Mandamus against the Corporation of Dublin, on
th part
of Richard (irate, a Catholic, who required to be ailltilitte I
to his freedom of the Corporation, having screed seen
years apprenticeship to a free printer.

Ilan SOVEREIGNS.—Yester lay morning, at ton o'clock,
another trick which ought to operate as a public rantion.
was played off upon Mr. Woobtrince, poulterer, Ev• reit•
street, Brunswick•square, by those sharpers who ye in
the habit of sending into circulation base and counteilit
sovereigns. A female very elegantly attired, enteted Mr.
Woolridge's shop and ordered a brace of fowls to he sent
to LansdowneTiace, No. 2 ; the price was agreed u, on,
lia. dd. and the Lady re ired, saying the sery int ;la: to
bring change for a sovereign with him. Soon after Mr.
W. sent his servant and change for the covert go, and just
as lie got to the end of Everett-street, the lady met ben.
exclaiming, " Mercy, you have been a long time." She
then took the 13s. td. change, together with the fowl:,
gave the servant a sovereign as he 'opposed, and then de-
parted ; the servant brought home the sovereign, and Mr.
W. immediately discovered it to be a counterfeit, and liai-
tested off to N 0.2, Lansdowne-place, to inquire fur the 1,-
m de, but no such person lived there, or could he at all
heard of. She was attired as a country lady, with a flash
upon her countenance, and rather lusty. We understand
this practice has of late beetatso prevalent at the west end
of the town, as to place tradespeople in doubt of taking
gold.
AUTHENTIC ANECDOTE OP AN Ass.—Thomas Drown,
residing near Hawick, travels the country as a Weer.
having an ass Ilse partner in his trade. From suffering
under a paralytic affection, he is in the habit of assisting
himself on the road by keeping hold of the crupper of the
paddle, or more frequently the tail of the ass. During a
recent severe winter, whilst on one of his journeys near
Rule Water,`• the old man and his a•s" were suddenly
plunged into a wreath of snow. There they lay long, fir
from help, and ready to perish : at length the poor ass,
after a severe straggle, got out ; but finding his unfortunate
waster absent, he eyed the wreath for some time with a
wistful look, be at last forced his way through it where his
ms•ter still lay ; when, placing his body io such a position
as to afford a firm grasp of the tail, the honest higher way
enabled to take Lis accustomed hold, and was artaally
dragged out by the faithful beast to a place of safety.—
(Kelso Moil.)

mall/Iga
On the 2Alh ult. at Legtherheast. frkueis Rada, of Clement's Inn
to Halitosis, third iltuarkter of Joseph Couder, E. of Lcatherhral.
Uu the lith foist. Joseph Robertson, Esq. of WhithF, Yorkshire, to Ann,
Yoogest dAughter of George Urowoe, pa. of Croons's-hip.

DIED.
On Tuesday. the 10th Wet. Mr. William Venni:mt. of Barr-street, in Ce
gth yes: of hip age.
On Tuned., last, rd, Cadosnp-place, in the Mb year of her age, Jane, the
wife of S. T. hefting, Esq.
On the 11th Not. at Walton, the Lady Harriet Bennet, youngest daughter
of the Earl et tankergille•
On Wedmeaday. at his house in Queen
-square, iu 70th year. Richard
CitettlYn Cymyrell, proetett. 11"-,....tors'-coramotia, and oue of the Deputy (te
eth-ars of the Prewteat Ire Court of Canterbury.
In the Tourer,.oo th.llth hot. Duanellan, Esq. late of the Stuck Et-
chanr, 4gei 39,
A't 11401011. on Tuesday last. Geom. Roebuck. Req. "of Rpooellithee•

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