The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-09-21 00:00:00

EDMONTON FAIR.

" Here am I in Arden (Edmonton), ilte more fool 1; when
I wne at home (London), I was in a much'hrfter phre.•'
Vide Jos's MEMIATIONS.

On the last clay of this annual Gala the renowned
Mr. Scowton hit upo❑ an expedient to elevate the
character of his mimic troop, which, truly speaking,
had never been admitted to rank, unequivocally,
with the corps of Thespis. Mr. 111=---. was re-
laxing from the heavy duties of the Muses, by tak-
ing his falernian at the sign of the Johnny Gilpin,
at Edmonton, and drawing a satirical comparison
between the wild beasts in the suite of Mr. Polifo,
and some of the ruder bipeds who were perambultf-
ing through the Statute Field, when Mr. Scowton
entreated this great comedian to sing a ballad, pub-
licly at his booth.—" IVhat fuller's earth have-yoo,
Mr. Scowton, to wash out the spots from my pro-
fessional dignity, if I were to comply with your pre-
posterous doires ?" rejoined Mr. M—. " I

have no fuller's earth, added the erratic showman,
" but I have ten pounds at your serviee."—" Dis-
cretion frowns upon the measure," said Joe, " but
Cocker might authorise it ; so you may put up my
name; but it must be something genteel."—" My
audiences will listen to nothing eke," replied Scow-
ton. In pursuance of this arrangement Mr. M.'s
name was announced from the stage by Mr. Merri-
man, and by sound of trumpets in the town, and it
is reported, that he condescended to delight a cram•
med, tholigli motley auditory, with a comic dpscrip-
tion of The Thit•e Jolly Brogetemakers, set. to the
popular and immortal melody of

Tile pigs nil lie with their. dm /tr.
Let those nho may be disposed to be .serions at
this whimsical deviation from a prondrole, recollect
that, heretofore, a Shuter, a Woodward, and a
Yates, have similarly laboured for a tenth part of
that sum, when Bartholomew Fair was in a state of
comparative inferiority

OLD DAILEY, Sgrr. I.

MUHDI It.
Event pas indicted futile mnrdcr of hit wife•, S;ira!t
6tating err violeully oar lire l pad, and throw jl. ,yM
toEhusrPe•taneauf"eists,etiabiin window;, Aun,h.•r euuut Charged the Pris•n,tr will!
gey
violently beating the declpu to murder latillueed,„,t.hidaderaeolui.eug..
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who proved, that on Saturday, the YSth A' gusi, high words to..a
place between the Prisoner, who is sawyer, and one of ha
ahopusalco, In the Crown publicaboose, in the abhor es rat,
live to their wives, in the course of sshich the Prisoners mate, Gamed Scott,
reolythese2rPror:to.hicitia.rvinrtil:o.
rowed things and. Fiance! them. 'the Prisoner then and I
" Ileac you alai more to tell me, for I will have reVCllge;
all'herv-i!olloiltewmtntirtiasieirsablysl'heard in tits apartment, which was on the as:
cued door, in ahotae in Swan Inn-yard, in the aliaories. Tim
deceased was heard to shriek out very vitdmaly, itud to cry nut
" Frank, my dear Praia, pray don't heat ;" to which ha replied that hc would. Some of Pie witatastat heard a arond and third scream from the dee ataed, and suasethiag fail on the
ate. The deceased vs as then seen to get an the a iudow, st itich
was open, tint WO nue hare and thou with the other; _he
then turned her feet outwards; extrialed lar arias three au.et,
and at the third eatensiuu came down ; :he Pri later nal being
at this time within sight of the a anesses. She 411 upon her
left hip and elbow. The llecrased was carried to the landau
llospital, sv here she lingered for nine dass and then es pired.—.
The Surgeon stated that she had several saver, bruises on the
left side of her face and head about the (ample ; that the left
thigh was fractured, as was also the rigid
.jaw. Ile was pre.
sett a Mat the heal of the decease I was opened. There was a
MACS of inflammation on the brain, thecalse tif ahica has a
sutfusion of the dunk The prittelpal cane of the death at the
a (man ss a, the bruises on the left side of her head. '!here a,
no olottat this aas the principal cease, thatiaa bile had also sta
vere injuries where her thigh was fa:tau:ed. The fractured
jaw coals, not have caused her death. On the slat, the rutin-
uation of the deceased, she teeing then anderanotl to be in rata
ado ',audit, was taken befare Sir Dan. Williams. the prisoner
being preseut, in which she stated, that oh the evening in ques-
tion her hu baud beat her severely, and broke Her jaw. She
tegeed of him not to beat her, but he more that he noel&
aiddaintling her said he mould be reserged. Ile tlem drew a
knife upon ner, but ,all%l
not make use of it. T.:e windatt
as
open, and the Primmer, datunina her:again, tare tested to throw
her out of the window. She was grea• ly terrified and field ky
a line which went across the wind as. The Priaptar a..•„„
threatened to throw her out of the a induw, and in 6, r aa,t
she fell out. rite Vll,ollfr did not wish her out that she kiiew
of.—The Primmer gave in a long detmce iu writing, in Silica he
deratal all accession to the death of his mite,whom he repre-
sented as a very bad character, towards %sham he had exercised
the greatest forbearance and kindness. Ile also reeds ed a very
excellent character for huniatnty and affectitsu towards the de_
ceased,
h(el I ElTrtial
ceased, while she, on the other hand, was represented ac being
hardly in sound mind, having, on former occasions, acted in as
two charges into
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wait+ the indictment divided itself had been made sot.—The
Jury, after consulting for a few minutes, found the Prisoner—
Net guilty. • ....

Praticir-SMptnan was capitally convicted of uttering, know_
tor; It to h.-forged, a bill of exchange of 14,11. Itls. with intent
to defrand Lis i•daiesty ; the bill having been drawn on tho Pal.
master of the loyal Marines, ani been steepled by Geiser:ll
Phipps, in Lis capacity of Paymaster.