The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-12-29 00:00:00

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NIT. took occasion to notice the spirit of insubor-
ith•vtion which some time ago broke.otst among the
yonttg Gentlemen at Eton College, and the severity
to which Dr. Keste, the Heart Master, had recourse,
in order to enforce the observance of those mule.
tions which he had thought it eatodiesa to adopt for
the general advantage of the Ettabiishntent under bit
annervisiost. The great cause of dissatisfaction among
the veholary acernito have been the enforcement of a
five o'ch•ck absence instead of the ordinary absence
at six o'clock enacted by
the
former masters. The
«sample which wit made by the expulsion of. young
Gentlemen, whose prospects and progress in life must
he in some meesure affected by so disgraceful a cir-
cumstance, bas had its effect. Unt still there are
show who, however studiously they nosy have at-
tended to the punctilious discharge of their several
duties, and to the observance of the rules which Dr.
Keats has laid down, have expressed dissatisfaction,
and hese left the College for the holidays with feel.
Inc* r.f resentment. Linder all circumstances it has
been deemed accessary to dispatch the following cir.
calor from Don to the parents of the young Gentle.
men remaining in the establishment ;--
(CIRCULAR.)
it Eton, December 20, 1818.
do myself the honour of writing to you
• • lathe recto's, of Dr. Kemp, who has been informed
• eleire the commencement of the holidays (though he
'AN Olfficolly in believing the information), that a
certain dissatisfaction still exists in the minds of some
boys, arising, as it appears, from a mistaken idea,
that the five o'clock absence in the houses, which he
was induced by the late unpleasant circumstances to
imnotr, is intended to he enforced daring all seasons
of the year. Though he has an undoubted right to
make any regulations that he may think necessary for
the good of the school, yet as he is anxious to avert
the ill consequences of insubordination from any boys
who may he misled, he has no hesitation-in saying,
that alit absence was never intended to apply to all
parts of the year. It was imposed as a punishment
for gross misconduct, but not fill after the 6°,111
Mad been warned by Dr. Keate of his intention, and
had it in their power to avoid it by returning
to a sense of their duty. They were informed too,'
that when once imposed, theie watt little probability
of its being ever taken off; that is, during the short
slays of he year, when it it (lark about five o'clock.
it is a regulation which would have been desirable
under any circumstance*, and one which has long
been wished for by many parents, as it interferes with
no lawful amutement, end destroys the opportunities
of mischief and immorality, which existed during the
beta of darkness between five and six. It will be
gradually removed by a quarter of an hour at a time,
• at the stays lengthen, and put on again in the sante
manner next winter, like other absences, which vary
according to the season of the year.

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." have stated this by Dr. Keate's desire, in order
that you may hare an opportunity, during the holi-
-aa ye, of removing false impressions from the mind of
your son, if any exist, or withdrawing him altoge-
.4lser; which Dr. K. strongly recommends, if you
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Winot antigun for bk. good conduct upon his return.
" I ha.. the honour to be, 4ir,
" Your very obedient and faithful servant,
111.1+1.1A11IN DRURY."

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lIOAX.—One of those most contemptible attems
at wit, generally celled a ly,rix, the author of
• if discovered, would be well rewarded for his Inge-
nuity by public flagellation, was on Christmas Day
played eQ on the family of Mr. S--, a respect.
able inhabitant of Walcot-nlace, Lambeth. At am
early hour in .the morning, the house was alarmed
by the cries and knocking of three different cloitonev• '
sweepers, all of whom had received orders to attend
at the same time. These were scarcely dismissed,
when two post.chsises, provided no doubt by she
same lind friend. came to take Mr S--- and fatal,'
out of town. The post-boys more in dudgeon than
she animals they drove, reluctantly tuned from the
floor, the knocker of which, for some hours after,
scarcely rested a minute, for the numerous applica-
tions of tradesmen applying for orders and deliver-
ing goods. Mil at one time Mr. S by a sin.
gular coincidence, hail in his house a surgeon, a
butcher, an advertising genuine wineonerchant, and
an undertaker, all attending in the way of their pro-
fession. At one period of the day, Mr. S re-
ceived by an errand-cart a hamper, oat of the top
of which protruded the legs and feet of a few hu-
ller, but upon unpacking it, the conteuts were found
to he nothing but rubbish and straw. The quarter
of the suburbs from which this came, however, has
served as a guide to Mr. S----'s suspicion.
On Sunday evening a most lamentable occurrence
took plate at the house of Mr. Stackwood, Red
lion-street. A young Gentleman, of the name of
Richard ll4llard, in a tit of despondency cut his
throat in * most dreadful manner, its four or five
places. The young man, we understand, was not
SO rears otage. Many rumours are prevalent as to
*because of the unfortunate event. The young man
had courted a young Lady for tome months, and it is
stated that lately his visits were not received by her
so kindly as they formerly were, and he in conse-
*silence became eery melancholy, and in the early part
of last week he took to his bed and became much
worse. Mr. Austin, the surgeon, was called in to
attend him, and symptoms of derangement in his intel-
lects appeared ; at times he raved incessantly, and then
for a short period he was calm arid rational. Ile es-
pressed a wish to see the young Lady above alluded
to on Sunday. She was induced to go and see him;
he talked to her in the most piT,ir tionate manner, and
as she was going he requested a raring kiss, which
was grantor!. lirifore the Lady left the house, a noise
was heard in 1110 room of Mr. A gentle.
man folioed Inglis went into the opattment and saw
11.0 blood issuing from his throat. On the floor lay
a knifc covered with blood. Mr. !Italia raised up the
head of the unfortunate man, and observed a razor,
she blade of which had penetrated deeply into the
throat. Ile took the razor out, and Mr. Austin,
the surgeon, was sent for. When be arrived, tie
found that the deceased had cut three smaller wounds
1.- in she neck with the I: oife, but al; unable to accom-
•• Visit his purpose. Mr. Hillard is still livings but
au hors ate enterialbed ufbig feC9 re, y.

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MGR COURT OF JUSTICIARY.
HACKNEY-COACHMAN.
Tuesday last the Court proceeded to the trial of
John Liddk, hackney-coachman, accused .of eel.
pable homicide, he haling, on the 13th of NOSetit'
her last, is a careless and culpable manner, in drie.
lug his coach from the Netherbow into St: Mary's
Wynd, thrown down Margaret Barrie in said wyni,
and continued to drive his coach after she woe Wolin
down, so that she received certain wounds which oc-
casioned her death. The Prisoner pleaded Not
Guilty.
A Physician and a Sorgeon proved the death of
the poor woman to have been the result of the injury
received from the Prisoner's driving.
Alexander Nicol, silk-weaver, was going down
the Netherbow on the night of the I3th of Mayor-
ber : saw a coach pass and take a sharp tarn into St.
Mary's Wynd; heard a woman cry out; witness
and his brother immediately ran forward to the
coach, end cried to the driver for God's sake to
stop ; the coach stopped for a very short time; the
woman was lying betwixt the two hind wheels; and
before witness could get her extricated the coach
drove on ' • witness assisted in carrying the woman
into Mr. Christie's shop, and afterwards accompa-
nied her in a coach to the Infirmary. When the wo-
man was under the coach, a lad of the name of
M'Guire was calling to the coachman to stop, and
sotie others were holding the wheels of the carriage.
When witness first sew the carriage in the Notitorbom
it was going at a moderate sort of pace; after It nest
down St. Mary's Wynd it went very quick.
Rob. Nicol, brother to the preceding witness, gave
similar evidence.
Peter M'Guire, labourer, was standing at the
head of Sr. Mary's Wynd, and saw the coach turn
in rapidly, and a woman fall on one side under the
coach; witness leaped forward and grasped one of
the hind wheels, and called to the coachman to
atop; he stopped about a moment, and could not
go on so rapidly as he expected, as witness mud
others were holding the wheels; he then gave the
whip to the horses, and went down the Wynd at
fast es he could drive ; he might have killed some-
body else after be drove off. Witness and another
man followed bins dower the Wynd, but had it not
been for the watchman they could not have coshed
him, be was driving so fast.
The declaration of 'the Panel was then rend, in
which he admitted that he was not altogether sober
•n the night libelled, but capable of managing him-
self, and when called to that he had rode over a
woman, be thought they were talking nonsense, sod
drove on.
Tht. Prisoner called witnesses to prove that he
had been neither drunk nor careless : one of his
witnesses, huwever, swore that it was a moon-light
night, and that the Prisoner might easily have seen
the deceased.
The LORD JUSTICE CLERK having summed op the
evidence at considerable length, the Jury, without
{ leaving the box, returned a unanimous vsMqt of-
-1 Guilty.
The 1.0111) JuszicaCLagg then frentelieltsibloodkr4
a suitable admnnition;to IS months' imprisonment's
Bridewell, to be kept at hard labour ; and to find
security for his good behaviour for five years, under
the penalty of 401.
The Jury gave their allowance, 71. 71. frd. to the
Panel's Counsel, to be by him paid over for beboof
of a child of the woman who was killed.