The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-09-21 00:00:00

POUCH.

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GVILDIIALLBIIIITAL OUTRIIGi --A ruffian look-
ing young fellow, named Thomas Fitzgerald. who
has been detained In custody for nearly a fortnight,
until it should be ascertained whether an unfortunate
female. epos whom he was charged with basing com-
mitted a most brutal outrage, would survive the effects
of his barbarity, was brought up yesterday before the
sitting Magistrate, Mr. Alderman Cox.
Eliza Simpson, the female in question, although up-
parently In a very enfeebled and dangerous state, was
sufficiently recovered to attend. She stated herself to
be a gement at a house of ill-fame, No. 6, George-al-
ley, Fleet-market, and knew the prisoner as one of the
constant frequenter, in that disgraceful aisle of vice
and infamy. A little before twelve o'clock at night,
on last Saturd ty week, he came to their house in
company with another man, who was ranch intoxi-
cated, and sent fur two pots of beer; she told him
that was not a public-bogie, and if her mistress was
at home she would not suffer it. The porter, how-
ever, was brought, and in her endeavours to prevent
them drinking it there, a great part of it was spilled.
The prisoner insisted that she should give him money
to replace it. This, however, she refused, and wished
them to go away. He then said he was sent there by
her mistress, to take care of the house, and insisted
upon her giving him, all the money she had taken due-
ls; her mistrees's absence, and on her refusing knoek•
ed her down, and knelt open her stomach with all his
weight to keep her so, while he forcibly took the key
of the cupboard out of her pocket. He then stamped
upon her with great violence, and stood upon her
body while he unlocked the cupboard. and took IS.I.
out of a cup. There was money to the amount of
13s. 43. in another cup, but it was out of his reach,
and conseqnently escaped his observation. The out-
rage she had suffered occasioned her to vomit a con•
siderable quantity of blood, and the medical gentle-
man under whose care site had been ever since, declared
that site would never completely recover from the in-
jury she had sustained. She bad called out for as-
sistance at the time, and there sere persons who had
witnessed great part of the prisoner's ill usage to-
wards her, but they could nut be prevailed upon to
coon forward and give evidence, from their dread of
the vengeance of the number of Irish inhabiting and
frequenting the Alley.
The prisoner exhibited the utmost unconcern and
indifference while this story was telling, and did nut
contradict any pert of the brutality imputed to him,
.but seemed to think the whole of his conduct fully
justified by his hating, as he said, Gond the com-
plainant's band in his pocket. He, however, denied
the robbery.
The principal charge on which the prisoner bad
been apprehended at the time, was the violent assault,
I there being reason to apprehend that the unfortunate
-garnet's life was in danger; bet, upon hearinz the
.nresenstances, the Worthy Alienates was of opinion
I that the due punishment of the primmer would be more
eeetaiuly effected by committing bite tot the felony.
iood he was aceordlogly soul to Newyate to take his
trial for steal:eg its the dwelling-leak:
MARLBOROI4II-nfalLET. Geilderoi Frarrois Pant,
la moss of !title, tour mused ar Officer. Fitt
eeteroesl from the East Indies, for not giving op hit
clothes.
'Me emnoisissant was engaged he the Captain as
bis valet. White the ship Sophia touched at the Cape
of Mud 1.1,,pe he was to accompany him to Englaod ;
jhut, go reaching St. Helen., ne had n desire to visit
the spot where Napoleon lies entomb-d. Having beet,
in the Russian campaign with him as :ierjeant-major
in the 7th Hassan, and p in; a Cross of the he-
giros of Honour, he obtained leave from the Captain's
lady to visit the tomb of his master. While ashore
.he ship sailed; being anxions to regain it, after sa-
tisfying his curiosity, be offered all the money in his
pocket (five dollars) to some fishermen to put him on
board : but thry refused, and he was compelled to re-
main on the Wand, where be was imprisoned a abort
ti e, being unable to satisfy the Governor of the truth
of his watement. 'There days after another ship, the
Britannia, touched there; he applied to the Captain
of the vend, who agreed for him to work his passage
to England. On reaching London he made applica-
tion to his former master. who told him that he could
uo: receive him again, or return the cloth. s, since
1 they were given to a countryman of his, who filled
his siteatlon. The camp strait thee west to the Eta-
eon de Case, oho had sent him to the Police for its
Wet ferenee. •
1 The Captain saidke cettatole ':ti engage with the
complainatil at the Gipe of Good Hope, Navin found
hits it, a state of wretebednees; he advanced to hiss a
moral's wages, 26 rix dollars; besides giving bite 17
dollars to it blur out; the vessel cause off St. Helena
on the 12th, and the complainant wait on shore to
see Napoleon's grave. After the ship was ready to
salt, the Captain of the vessel sent a boat ashore for
the Lemplalnant. who was to wherc to be !multi; he
then lay to a fell Soar is the expectation of his coining
by a fisherman's boat ; souse of the sailors sea they
had seen bins ashore, endeavouring to purchase •
sketch of the place where Napoleon lies,•and offering
three dollars for it. The Captain thought no else o
more entitled to the clothes than the man who had

taken his situation. lint if the gooney which bad
beets advanced was returned, be would endeavour to
restore his clothes.

A French sailor stated it would be impossible to
collect the clothes again, since the other valet bat:
disposed of them. TLe value of them might be twenty
pounds.
_ _ _

• The Magistrate recommended the Captain to pay
the value of the clothes. after deducting the money
advanced.

The complAinam agreed to xeceive SI. as a ream
neretioa ; the Captain said he would inform him the
foLowing day whether he would give it or not.
Usiiox-llALL.—Liemore Stapler. an old woman who
has been fur a length of time resident in Christ Church
workhouse, and has been frequently found in a state of
drunkenness that deprived her of the use of her limhs
as well as of her reason, was brought up charged with
the double offence of carrying gin into the workhorse.
and of getting drunk.
It appeared by the statement of the master of the
workhouse, that the prisoner came to the workhouse on
Saturday night in a state of intoxication, anti was
" rubbed down," according to custom, to discover whe-
ther she had any spirits concealed on her person, when
a flat bottle of gin was discovered and taken from her.
The prisoner next unarming when she awoke began to
hick op a tremendous row amongst the other paupers,

accusing them of having robbed her of the ea. 56
was soon disagreeably undeceived, by one of the °Seen,
who produced the gin bottle that had been takes frau
her.—The prisoner defended herself before the Magi,.
trate by saying, the Doctor bad ordered her a oarepago
of gin end brimstone for the scurvy, which his Worj
algid see had broken out in her face, and that she hut
procured the medicine with the intention of using itao
cording to the Doctor's direction, bat it happened the
her first dose was too large. She declared that it er%
not for the love of gin that she broke the rules of tha
workhouse.
The Magistrate fined the old drunkard lof. fer the
offence of introducing spirits into the workhonw, nut
being the smallest penalty under the Act of 2lth Grad!,
it, default of payment she was seat to the County Gio
for three months.

TH was NUM.—John Rudd Tarring, a man of rely
gentlemanly exterior, whose connexions are stated to k
very respectable. and who formerly was himself is rop
affluent circumstances, was charged with the follaCeg
felony:—
Henry Shields, Mato of the Kane. lying is the 17,11
India Docks, stated he saw the prisoner walk over ibe
deck of the Kane on Wednesday forenoon, sod go te
wards the Thomas. He had no great coat on whim lie
went on board the Thomas, but, on leaving it, witness
observed he bad one on, and that he went from nit
Thomas to the Anytime: then be lost sight of him.
Alexander Oilmen saw the prisoner come on bead the
Augustus, and throw a great coat down the foretaste,
and run on shore u fast as he was able. Witomspirt.
eJ up a pocketebook that bad fallen from one et the
pockets. and delivered it to Downer tbe officer.
Richard Smith, second mate of Ike Thames, sum
At eight o'clock on Wednesday morning, he pat the
coat and pocket-book into a drawer M tonging to the
captain, which was nobsekeel ; be did net we the pro-
perty •gain till Gibson, the last wit ueu, produced it.
II
Thomas Downer, an °km, stated be was at the lied
India Docks, and heard the cry of ..Stop thief." Ile
saw the prisoner running; hr pursued and apprehett:al
him.

The prisoner exhibited strong feelings of tenure at
the unhappy situation in which be had inenlved himself.
Ile offered no defence, and was fully committed fortnir.

LON DUN M TS.

COTTON.—The Cotton market remains in rearh I
nominal state, on account of the East India sale eettiml
for this day week. Bengals cannot be purchased it
lower rates, and it is probable that the quantity ,ox.tist
50. will be taken in on Friday next ; the Suratsaud Nl>
tree being also taxed at 541. will probably br 14:4, set
a reduction in the prices of the two latter is contittratx
anticipated, on ammo of the taxed rate, and ghee, a.
count of the low prices of lloweils,—The perehem
wince our last are confined to about 51/ts hereof Beefitt;
Pernarns, and Bowedr, the prices of a hi& have not re
:wally transpired. The aceoonts from Liverpool, r•
ceived this mornine, are more favourable thsa fee net
time preceding. The Bowels lately disposed of at pits.
lie sale have realised an advance of Id. to gd. pre ,:p;
the purchases for several days had averaged may
9,000 bales.
St:GAIL—The demand for Muscovado' has mei.
nned very considerable daring the week, and, as is
prices obtained have been graaiardly getting higher.",
advance of 6J. a Is. per cwt. must be quoted since tip
day week in the purchases by private eontraet. Tim.
have not been so many sugar, disposed of to-4y, do
buyers waiting the event of the public sale: it cook/
of 701 hhds., 5 times, 43 barrels of St. Lucia and Pe
merara Sugar, g Ily of a very good quality; :!e
whole went oiffreely, and though no actual irnprorwast
can be stated, yet the prices were folly Wrier ens
could be obtained by private contract. Tee market Mal
he stated exceedingly firm; dry brown 51s. a SU. 64.;
the greater proportion 54.. a 605.; a few lets with
much colour 635. 6.1. a 695. 641. The &filed market
has continued in the same dull and uninteresting state
as lately reported. The purchases are still confined to
, Low Lump,' to Bastards and 31o1assea; the latter Ins
advanced to 30s. The request for White ilaramoll*
gars continues considerable ; several parcels are tern.
ed to be disposed of by private contract. Yellow ash
Brown descriptions are in plentiful timely, &ea lib
low in proportion. No public sales of Foreign Sagan
have been brought forward this week.
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COFFEE.—The pabficsales early in ths week west
off very heavily, the ordinary desctiptions *A./amain it
very considerable reduction, the Dem and Beri,iee
at a decline of 3s. a 4s. per cwt. There were two pi:We
sales this forenoon, consireing of 196 casks and 27 tuv,
a great proportion middling and good middliegJarmica.
which participated in the late general depreciation in
the prices, the whole of the 6ne selling 21. alc prr cwt.
lower, good and tine middling Jmasica,l39s.al43l.6l,
middling St. Lucia, 1245. 6d. ; the ti; dinary descrivasts
of Coffee sold rather higher to day.
FRUlT.—There is scarcely any variation this went.
RICE.—The public sale this forenoon, 695 bags roll
Patna Rice, was chiefly taken in at a low price ; s
iR
lots sold at 12s. and 12s. 6d.
RU3I, BRANDY, and HOLLANPS.—The
market has lately been in birch a lanzuid and depret...l
state, that purchases may now nude at prices a sht
lower: no general reduction has yet however been el'••
witted to. Brandy is lower; the best marks are offerel
at 3s. 41.. but we believe there have been no porelasei.
The Geneva lately landed at the quay is offered at A n-
duction of 14. ger gallon without f4ci!i'eting sales.
OILS.—The accounts from the Fisheries are muss.
favourable, and as the vessels daily arrive with veto
small quantities of Oil, a considerable advance has idol
place; for Greenland new 26.1. is the nearest price, I*-4
for old Oil 261.
TALLOW.—The Tallow market has become Levy;
few sales have been reported this week, and in c,wr
. queue, of the vessels arriving off the coast with eotioler•
able cargoes, and the lane uid state of the trade, tie
prices have been gradually giving way, and the nestetl
price for yellow candle Tallow to•slay is 395. on'l
late arrivals nearly the same price Islay be quoted.
PEPPER.—By public sale this forenoon, I,telo logo
Pepper, light ; the greater proportion was takea in;
the few lots sold went at 64. • 6 d.

An accident of a most di ing ['stare tank Oct
on Tuesday last, at eight o'clock at nigte, between tie
two mills near the Red House, Battersea. The party
consisted of ten men returning from Putney; it IT°
sis-oared cutter. The men who Lace lost their 11(4
were not rowing, but one, owing to sonic accident, slip-
ped on one tide, and in hi. fright caught huld efiLe
other two, and dragged them in with hint into the riser,
and the three again rose. An apprentice btlsof•
lag to Royal, the Waterman, came to assist, hat it iess
useless. On Thursday morning one of the unfortasos
young men was found near the Red Rouse,
where the
body waits the Coroner's

DIED.
On Wednesday night, Mr. Horn, aged oe, tarn! yeast'sNS l;11
the office of the signer of the writ: of the Cora IO
of '

Bench
On Thursday, the 10th instant, Mr. Jobs Butt. of No. EL
New Bond-street.
On FridaL, Sarah, the wife of T. 0. Lloyd, EA. of else
has-road.

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