The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-05-16 00:00:00

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MAittliOitOUCM-STIRSKT .-•—J An Green, gar.
dener to Mr. Manton, ae Harrow. wieltl.common,
was charged with feloriiirEily discharging a horse:.
pistol, loaded with alt!gs, and wounding Jane •
,Woodford,. on the 3d orMay.: The Prisoneruswaitd
• yesterday
vierdaoyc.ilibfroorttliglwitasurn faorstaelee.etai
jao7daittgioeino, but
Jane
be removed, and ho was again remanded, It ap.
pearedin evidence, that the Prisoner had gear.
retied with Jane. Woottfordi his fellow-servant;
about some chair woman not being at the liotisti
in time, and thereby keeping him. up later thari
usual. Whilst at high words, one of the women
arrived at the house, and Jane Woodford desired
her to call 'ins person for her safety, and a man
of the name of Datwell was fetched. On his.ap_
preaching the door, the Prisoner, with a pistol in
his hand, swore he would shoot hitilif he attempt.
ed to enter the house, but:Datwell seized the
muzzle.of the pistol, and pointed it downwards,
when the Prisoner palled, the trigger, and lodged
four slugs in the legs of Jane Woodford, who was
in the kitchen.
Ilarrox .Gaents.-----Yesterday Sunwards
Chitty, servant to Mr. Francis Millard, in Dough-
ty-street, St..Panerris, was charged with stealing
ten muslin and one cotton gown, and a quantity of
other articles, Which she pledged with a 11(1111i/Cr of
pawnbrokers ; some of whom not attending the
examination, she was conimitted for a rehearing.
Wonsatr.staecr.—Yesterday Wm. /sobers,
alias Williams, was fully committed t% Newgatc
for trial, charged with breaking into the house of
Mr. Davis, in Paradise-street, St. Luke's, Old..
street, 'on Sunday evening last, while the family
were at church, and stealing thereout ill. in hank
motes, and a quantity of wearing apparel ; sows
after which lie was apprelieteled by Armstrong and
Bishop, belonging to die Office, who found the
notes upon him, besides pick-lock keys, a bottle
of phosphorus, and matches.
LL. —yesterday John Ilatzkes, a
journeyman baker, was charged with defrauding
his master of a considerable sum, which ke•had
eeived, from his master's customers. It Was clear.
ly proved? and he was committed for
• James Armstrong, for a filony ; Joseph Bildt
Fdimes, John B•itigainn, and Bober( .Stontley,,
for a burglary at the Academy in Tower-street,
Westminster, kept by, Mr. Bridges, were all re-
manded for a furthiw bearingl.as were several
others for different offences.

There is in all o*es of England what are called
bankers, i.e. persons who attend constantly
un makket.daymornidgs at inns in the great towns,
not to receive money; or bank notes, but solely
to exchange paper for pap er-r-to discount the bills
of individuals by giving in exchange the notes
country bankers, with whom they are connected.
The terms of this .connection are these a
discounter,: agrec's with B, a country. banker, to
" keep out"- a certain quantity of 'his notes, sat
10,0001.• The interest of this sum, MM. a-year,
is divided between them, so that the .discounter
takes 2501. a.year, besides his legal interest upon
the bills he discounts. This is, his perquisite for
Aviv bunking, and " keeping out;", lat_
ter operation is thus control' the country
banker, makes a private mark upon all the mites
he gives to A, to be putin circulation by his dis-
,eountsl and avhenever any of those notes come
...tritolL'a hank, he sends them to A, Who is humid to
give hitalratat of England notes for them. •
Yesterclaymorning, It young man of the name
of Yeo:igh, a clerk, vas killed in a pitched bat-
tle with George Sorrell, also a clerk. The blahs
took place in the Park. The paititis resided is
13erwick-street, and having quarrelled on Monday
evening, they staked two guineas each, . .to (led&
their dispute by pugilistic combat. They fought
in a determined manner for three-quarters of an
hoar, and neither would resin, until at length,
whilst Yeough was runnina in upon his adversary,
Went a blow on the forehead, which shortly al.
ter terminated his existence. The parties were re.
ble young men-

specta, s yt. ig
The Public will please to observe, that the only
person in partnership with the late Sir J. Brans.
comb, at the time [hit firm shared and sold the
Grand Prize of Ono Thousand Tickets, which
prottheed .e 21,765, (in last A pril Lottery) was
E. Eyto'n,' who •is now removed to N 0.2, Corn.
liehr the Mansion-house. '
, lin additien to the Porta Capital Prizes which
tiipseheitie of the present Lottccy containg, the
i.firif NAtriber drawn a Prize above £l5 will be
entitled to 4001 ickets, which are deposited in the
Banksof England (each class receiving one lon.
'tired Tickets, in four of a Nnmber), by which
00'00e Ticket may-gain se 100,000 ; Shares is
proportion. RicoARDSON, GOODIXCIC, and CO.
beg leave to point this out to their Friends sod
the Public, as likewise to remind them that they
sold two of the four Prizes of .420;000 in last
Lottery.
The new Empress of Franco is very fowl of
resoling -Eyglish Newspapers, and one of her first
questions to the Emperor was, " WHO is C.Akt
Z" to which Bonaparte replied, " not to
know Carter argues yourself unknown, for he
keeps the old Lottery Office, Charing.eross ; sad
being, like myself, a favourite of Fortune,
prophecy he
.will sell the great Prize in the new
Lottery; hut do not publish this Opinion,
be looked on as'ff
a Lottery pu, and Carter is above
such hacknicd artifices." lest it

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On Wednesday last, in the Pia f
the 3Pear of her age, Miss
Rare
riet younAest daug late Edward Wes,
Esq. ; and a sh,trt time Wore, at ..trop-hou..e, Miss Char-
lotte VandeWall Witless third slaughter of the Rev, Win. S.
IVilles, aged six years.
• On Tuarsdety last, of a consumption, Miss Bray. of -Wiln"
bledon, a young lady, whose whole I.fe was a preparation
for the close of it.
On Friday last, at Souton Rectory, Deal Exeter, Ms.
Moore, wife of the Rey. George Moore, of Suutou, muster in-
cerely regretted.

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• MARRIED.
Yesterday, sit Widtlial; Hems, by the Rev. Jahn SiltMur
Mr. Irish, of the Borough of Southwark, to Miss Rohimon, •
daughter of the late John Robinson, Esq. of Zheiford, Bed- •
fisrdphire. *
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