The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-12-24 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

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MARTO°, V. CRAWVOZO.
This was an action by a boot -maker in Bond•street
against the same defendant. The COMMON SERJIWITs
withdrew the reeord.
Here the Middlesex sittings ended, the Court haying
disposed of all the common and special jury causes in
the paper. The LORD CUM JUSTICE complimented the
Jury, in high terms, on the punctuality of their at-
tendance, and on the attention and intelligence
they had shown in the discharge of their important
duties.

was taken into the Workhouse, and employed with much
voungeetnen from 7 in the morning until 5 in the even-
ingi
in winter, n the laborious employment of digging
gravel. One day in October, the plaintiff and his corn
panions in toil, for want of knowing the exact time, left
off at half past 4 instead of 5. For this they were brotteld
before the defendants ; they declared it was by mistake
they bad left off before their time, and the plaintiff yen-
tared to express a hope, that as he was then nearseventy
years of age and his strength failing, that be should not
be requir.d to work longer in winter than from eight in
the morning till four in the evening. Mr. Hussey de-
clared that the plaintiff should work as long as the
youngest mao in the house. The next day the plaintiff
went to his work at seven and continued till fire, as or-
dered; en returning from his labour he went into the
kitchen, where he was in the habit of getting hot water
to make tea, with which he was provided by sonic of his
Crankily ; he was told the overseers had given orders he
should get no more hot water, and it was refused. Next
day the plaintiff did not go to work; Mr. Hassey sent
for a constable and had the unhappy old man who had
incurred his displeasure instantly dragged to the care,
time place where felons were confined before they were
taken to Maidstone Gael; and in that dungeon, with-
out fire, without bed, without covering of any kind,
with nothing but the brick Boor and damp straw to
lie on, with windows secured by iron bars, but open to
all the winds of heaven, in that wretched dungeon,
was the poor old man of 70, for 50 boors, in the month
of October, No long winter nights, kept in a state of
solitary confinement! On the evening of the second
day, a compassionate passenger looked in through the
bars of the plaintiff's prison, saw his wretched state,
and went at his desire to his sons's, who lived about a
mile distant, and who sent him a great coat to cover
him, which was probably the means of preserving him
alive. The third day the plaintiff was taken before the
Magistrates sitting at Woolwich, about a mile distant
from Plnmstead, but when he was brought oat of time
cage for the purpose of heing taken there, it was found 1
he had suffered so much from the damp and cold, that,
it was found Le was wholly unable to walk; mad it was
necessary to take him in a cart. The defendants both
appeared before the Magistrates, and made their com-
plaint, but on a minnte investigation of the case, time
Magistrates dismissed the charge. The plaintiff was
then sat at liberty, het the effects of his creel confine-
meta continued longer; be was under the necessity of
having the assistance of the parish doctor, who attended
him for some time afterwanis, and prescrib,d both in-
ternal medicine and a blister, before the plaintiff was
restored to his former state.
S 1 witnesses were examined, who proved the
plaintiff's case exactly as stated by Mr. Phillips.
51r. ADoxenus addressed the Jury at great length for
time defendants, but called no witnesses.
The Jury, after a short consultation, reared a ver-
dict fur the plaintiff—Damages 101.

Blowenon, Dec 12.—The bellman haw cried beef
through our streets to-day, at twopence halfpenny per '
pound.
/term-rum CtaeunrrANCE.—On Saturday se'onlght. the
corpse of an oid woman was found near • farm-house, in
Use stair, a few miles from the village of Dairy. The body
being noknown, the circumstance was proclaimed es the
followiug Sabbath. in the parish. churches of Iteith and
Dairy, in the hopes of discovering some trace of the unfor-
tunate Individual's connexions. A little boy, the son of a
farmer in the neighbourhood, on comiug home Isom church, '
remarked to his father that the woman's plaid was unto
like his granny's." The farmer, rather alarmed at this in-
formation, hastened to the spot, and to his otter grief and
astonishment discovered the corpse to he that of his aged
mother. It would appear that she bed left Irvine with an
intention of visiting her son, tied dist, either overcome by
fatigue or misled by the darkness of the Arid, she bad lost
her way in the mak, and perished Id* Atm sold. When
found, she was In a sitting poster. eta OR Ws of • hillock,
and had an orange, partly eaten, hshgc ediefL—(Wespese
Herald.)
SHOCILINO OCCORRINCL—On 11161:eally fast, David
Clator, a private belonging to a detachment of the e 1
Dragoon Boards, now stationed here, pot a period to
his existence at Heehaw. The following are the cir-
cumstances attending this melancholy transaction;—lt
appears that Clator had lately married a young woman
in this city, to whom he was passionately attached; she,
however, both before and after marriage, bad been in the
habit of corresponding with another man, in the neigh-
bourhood of Carlisle. This circumstance, it is believed,
coining to the knowledge of Clator, he became extreme-
ly jealous, and greatly disturbed in his mind ; his wife,
in the mean time, having availed herself of the protec-
tion of her mother, who resided at Hexham, went to
live with her, declaring that she could no longer remain
with her husband. Claytor now determined to proceed
to Ilexham and demand his wife, with a fixed resolution
as we understand, in case of refusal, to shoot either her
or himself, or both ; with which intent be carried with
him two loaded pistols. On arriving at her mother's,
he met with the refusal which be had anticipated, his
wife resolutely persisting in having no further column-
. nication with Min.—His leave of absence being now ex-
pired, and being in a state of the utmost distraction of
mind at his Wife's conduct, he destroyed himself with
one of the pistols which lie had unfortunately brought
• with him for that purpose ! The result of the Coroner's
inquest had not arrived when this parr was put to press.
I (Carlile Jeureal.)

MARRIED.
Oa that?lst inst. at St. Pancras New Church, 0. Hither-
don, Esq. to Miss Fanny Kohn.
On the 20th last. at Camberwell Church. Farmer Bally,
Esq. of Halt-place, Kent. to Amelia, daughter of the late J.
Perkins, Esq. M.D.
On Thursday, the 19th Inst. at Chines, near Worcester,
the Rev. henry James Hastings, of Manley, Worcester-
shire, to Theodosia Eleanor, second daughter of the late J.
Parsons, Esq. of the Middle Temple.
On the 19th inst. at Southampton, James Morley, Esq.
advocate at the Recorder's Court, Bombay, to Sarah AllO
Taylor Wood, daughter of Capt. Starr Wood, of the Ches-
terfield packet.

MA

'S AND FAIRS.
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Our Beast MarifetiTuesday, exhibited some good
Beef, bat it fell shot th in quantity and quality of
what we have usually guessed on a make% day pre.
ceding Christmas. It ever experienced a tolerably
brisk sale, and at improved prices, the hest having ave.
raged at full :is. 6d. per*. Mutton was sheet In
supply, and the same ef, looked op high is
prices.
Hailshass Market, on Wednesday, was pretty well
supplied, but it had nothing to boast of in the way of
Christmas Beef; it experienced, as at Lewes, as Memel
is price.
Our December Fair has long bees particularly ale.
heated for the excellence of the fat Stock by which lt is
attended, and that of Monday last maintained that eele.
brity in an eminent deem The 'apply was erremelY
large, and many of the animals exhibited were of a rem
superior description. Sales. however, were not so htisk
as might bare been an ticipated, but prices were gene-
rally a trifle higher, In consequence of the near approach
of Christmas—beef averaging from 44d to 51,1 per lb.
Stores and milkers were not numerous, and ulna sales
ware effected were at a small advance on the prices oh.
rained at our late fairs. Fat and store sheep were Oulu.
dant, and a great many remained unsold. Mutton may
be quoted at from fld to Ad. per lb. and store sheep a
shade bighter.—(ifiewiek Advertiser.)
At Maltby Fair, on the following day, Tuesday, the
supply of Pat Cattle was also very large, and, aldimgh
the prices were the same, sees were mncb brisker than
at our fair, Fat sheep were not so numerous, and
nearly the *bole we. disposed of at about 4d pa
pound.
Banbury Great Cattle Market was well attended by
Butchers and Dealers A good deal of business was
done In Reef and Mutton, more to the satisfactioa of
the (hazier than has been experienced for souse time
past. Beef made from 411 to 6d. per lb. Melton 3d. is
bd. Stores and Milkers sold full as well as at any of the
recent faire. Unfortunately for the farmers, the liveli.
suss experienced in the Cattle Market did not extend to
the Corn Market, trade bring flat, and at lower price*
^for Barley ; other Grain remains much about the

LONDON MARKETS.

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CORM BIC/WANGS, Masts Laws.

giantlike and Prices of British Corn, &e. sold tad &S.
gored in this market, during the week ended Saturday, tits,
14th of December :
v. d. s. d.
40,798 fee 29.084 1$ 4 Average .. l 3 6
Harley
Oats 16,746 18,706 7 6

nye — 0 0
Belau
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