The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-11-20 00:00:00

THE SI ATFSMAN.

granted a license to a minor without any consent, and
wishing to know whethrr the marriage, under those
circumstances, was legal. He (the Judge) had replied,
he was ashamed to find an Ecclesiastical Officer so ig-
norant of his duty, and had advised that the parties
should, as soon as possible, be re-married by banns,
which advice, he presumed, was followed, and the
parents not forhithling the banns, the parties we .e thus
securely joined together in matrimony.
It was stated by some of the Learned Doctors present,
that licenses had been sent don et to many parts of the
North of England in blank, hut with many of the par-
ticulars filled up, which Surrogate•% were bonnet to in-
quire into, and that instances had occurred of gross
neglect in acting upon those dot nutrias.

bail, to take his trial upon the charge, in double the
Amount of the sum of which the prosecutor had been
defrauded, via. himself in 1301. and two sureties in
751. each, which he not being provided with, he was
allowed to go to the watch-honse, as a matter of ac-
comnt.,dation, in preference to his being committed to
Totlsill-fields

Titomos Gibson and James Lee (the latter a boy of
13), were charged wills a burglary in the house of the
Dowager Lady de Clifford, in Dudley-Drove, Padding-
ton. Jas. Montague, servant to Lady de Ciifford,
stated that he slept on the ground floor, and in the
night of last 3londay week he heard a noise in front of
the house, as of some person attempting to force an
iron bar of the area gate. He tooka gun, which he
always kept in the room, and opening his window, he
saw a man standing in the garden. He called out,
hut no answer being returned, he fired, and the man
fell, and bellowed tastily that he was killed. Before,
however, any one could get oat to secure him, he was
off. A great deal of blood asas found near the are&
where he fell. the 11'ednessloy night last the alines.
was again awoke, ahont twelve o'clock, by souse per-
sun entering his room, and he sass the young prisoner
Lee come towards the bed with a light in his hand.—
Ile was followed by a man with crape over the lower
part of Isis face, and a third man was standing at the
lima att. room. The first two proceeded to search
his bows, and in the course of the sem ch, the first
suss seeing a gun hanging np, took it in his hand,
and said, " If any ons• ~sakes an alarm, he shall be
killed wills his own impleoscuts.•' He then replaced
the gin, and th..y left tae room, and went towards the
staircase. Witne,s, who had feigned to be asleep, ins-
usediately jumped up, and seising Isis gnu, went sls:w•ly
towards the staircase, determined to shout any one
who opposed his passage. His Intention was es alarm
those in the upper past of the house; but although is
was then to him quite dark, some one SAW him, fur he
had scarcely mounted one step when he rereived a blow
sin the head, which knocked hiss shown, and in falling
li.s gins went off 1 lie blow stunned hint, aml he re-
mained insensible until he was recovered by the gar-
dener and other servants, who had heard the re, on
of the gun. T'he tiAryes hail 4ot clear ()IL 'I he only
troperty missing was a I:. I:auk note and two half so-
vereigtis from his hos. lu searching an aloining
room, the house dog, whose silence had created souse
surprise, was tonal hanging by the neck to a staple,
but the pain animal was out quite dead. Witness
could Iva swear positively to the prisoner tlibson ; but
frosts his dress, and more particularly his voice, hs
had very liars doubt that he was the wan who entered
the room with the toy prisoner. Woodberry and Jeu.
slings. two of the patrole, Wort, that in consespence of
the des-ription given by the last witness, t,,ey appre-
hended the prisoarrs, who worked together at a lives
stables at Paddington, lout nut!ling was found upon
them that tended so criminate them. The boy had
been servant at a puhli•• house, and was then in the
habit of takii.; beer to Lady de Clifford's. They were
remanded till Wednesday.

POLICE.
Tunt.te Bow-STR ES: r.—Saturslay Edward
Green, who was concerned in advertising Money
Lemke,' and Discounting of Bills' Office, was, by
virtue of a warrant issued against him, brought to the
Office, and underwent an esaminat• , charged with
embezzling a Hill of Exchange for the amount of
15-1/. tis. the property of Dr. hick Bulltran, of [32,
Sloane-street.
Dr. Dullitian stated, that in the month of Jnly,
1819, he held a bill of exchange for 131/. slnhaii
by Messrs. Ives, Sergeant and Mann, varnish
lecturers, on alr. Win. Adams, coat-hanker, in the
Haymarket, and accepted by him, payable three
months after slate. Ile wanted to get it .di•couistedl,
bnt owing to the length of the slate lie did not apply
to his hankers. Messrs. Coutts and Cu. as they did not
like to discount bills of loager date than twe months.
On t!,e 2:1•1 July. I sl9, lie saw an advertisement in a
newspaper for bill., lending money, &c. in Howard-
street, Norfolk-street, Strand ; he in conseqiirtwe re-
paired there. Ile found a reslectable looking house
and I Wive, n ith Fun ler anti Co. on a brass pl ate on
le door. A boy was in the pave, who infornoll hiss
the principals erre not in the way, but he would take
any hist/m.ou i. for bwiliess he might wish to have
transacted ; he arcordinaly informed the boy the na•
titre of his !liminess, and left the hill nit,' Maim, lie
ca:11.11 several times line, wards at the office, and was
at length infartisril that the bill was found to he a
g0.,i1 one, and a time was fixed for him to Call again
..1141 receive the austonit of the bill. He accordingly
went at the appoiivedl time, when the prisoner I re•
s•ait.4l bins with batik notes to the awount of afloat
lit sir dttl. t exact sum he could not re °fleet ; a
watch, a silver tea lost, spoons, and tad tttt s other
articles of silvd r plate, n hieb he oldjectrd to receive,
saying it was money he spa: cal, awl not :diver goods,
and if he could not have money, lie demanded to ha,. c
his bill again ; to which the prisoner repiital, that it
nas impossible, as it hail been discounted by another
person, Mr. Kelsey or Ki by, a silversmith in Pall
Mel!. I'in,iing he could tiei:lier get money or Isis bill
ag..in, be applied to a silversmith to value the silver
goads offered Wm, and on Lis examining theni Le Or-
dered that they were not worth more than two tli:e4ls,
or one half of the price put upon them, so that it' he
had taken them, he (-onld have lost about 504 or 60/.
by the transaction. The prisoner was the man whom
heiransacted business with, and he never saw az4-
thing of the man calling himarlf Fuivler, till•lfter the
transaction was over aids the yrianuer, who Epps-aft-El
to him to he one of the principals. Ile signed au
agreement to get the !WI c.iscounted, which was
worded tee Illetet. Aftern-ards he could neither get
his bill, money, or even the silver plate, and fall tlast
be Lod been able to get for his 15-11. tat., was Gl.
which he received f the prisoner. 'f hie), which
had pasted through several hands, had been paid by
Anurnao.—The news of the fate of the Bill of Pain.
the acceptor.
and Penalties, was received here on Saturday morn-
'l he prisoner and all the parties dims
ing with a lively sensation of enthusiasm and joy. The
the office in llowaril-street was shut up. he nay He bells of the steeple eommeneed ringing the Queen's
discovered them Again after such a knob of time, was,
changes, and firing at intervals, which was answered
that about three weeks siuer, 0 bile hr was in aid "WS.
('putt's hank, by the sh Puts of the p^ople. The band decorated
be observed the ula° nith white cookaties and laurel leaves, paraded the
Fowler in the shop, respectably ant! rentrely
Ile ;wheel to him respecting of the "Yule" his streets the whole day, playing the national airs, ac-
rompanied by shout' of " God bless the Queen,"
Fowler infarmed him that he had opened annther of. " Long live the Queen," &c. &c. In the evening there
tier in Dake-street ; that he had nothing to de with i
tra9 a bon-fire, areompaniesl wills all sorts of fire-works,
bin bill, but referred Won to the prisoner, and told him t which were repeated tin Monday evening. The recep-
where to find him. Ile in unissemienee consulted an
tion of the news was hailed by the tinging of beils, kc.
attorney, who advised him to apply to the 31ag-istrates
in all the neighbouring parishes.
at the above oilier. s
BATH TIM (Tem.—Apulia feeling was exhibited at
The prisoner, in Isis defence, stated some extraordi-
our Theatre last night in a most decisive manner. He-
nan' circa:sista:ft-ea; he said he was utzly employed in
tweeen the play um! farce the audience insist's! neon the
the office as a I leri:, at a a week ; that the part
Ire acted in the transaction was by order of his' PM. I National Anthem being sung, with the substitntion of
&flyers. Ile windiest that he bail discovered that it i the word gmeea in lien of 4ing ; which wag alone by the
was a had and black tratiaartion, and he in enlist.. whole Corps Itramitiiste, the audience joining in the
quenee consulted with au attorney, who advised Lim cliorns.—(l.kih Paper.)
to keep possession of the bank wars and silver articles, The roerier newspaper was 'orient yesterday in a pub-
as a security to himself, lie having tratisaetial the bitsi• lie reading room in this city.—(//rid.)
ness. which he arcorilisialy did in general, carrying Ott Sunday, while the Rev. Mr. Mallow, one of the
part of the silver articles in Isis pockets; and when Minor Canons of Canterbury Cathedral, star officiating
that was the case, he went to the afarshalsea prison t at the evening service, hii servant, (a lad about 18,
ippon some tinniness with a man of the 114111 e of liar- J years 'of age), took the opportunity, (Mrs. Mntlow
enier, whoa: he considered one of the tirns of Fowler] being also absent) to park up and decamp with a ;
and Co. in Howard-stttet, and one of his masteret quantity of plate, &c. and Hank Notes to a consider-
when, on liar !cuter leaspiair that he had the silver ar- able ailiount, with whirls he set ofT by the night-coach,
tisies in Isis packets, he insisted on having theta, and from this ch.. to London. The offender had bees
on Isis refusing to let them have thesis, he was attacked bat a few Weeis! in Mr. llntlow's service, which lie:
by Hardener and a number of the prisoner!, and kept haul entered by the name of Lamb. As soon as the
for about two hours, when, under the lei? of being I robbery was discovered, Mr. Chany, ('unstable of the
murdered, he gate op the property, which was after- Csthedral PCPCi Ilf la, was dispatched in pursuit of thes
wards sold to a silversmith or pawnbroker in the Bo- offender. Mr. C. alighted on Monday evening• about
rough. The prodnee of the sale seas applied to pay- 6 o'clock, at Charing l'rosa, and proceeded along the',
his debt, f..r it Welt lie was confined in prison, and Strand ; as the houses were commencing illuminating,
he was in consequence released. lie applied to the lit occurred to him that ,by possibility Ise 'night nowt I
Magistrates at I•nion flail, for assistants., true property with him in some of the crowds, gazing at the lights $'
having helm forcibly taken Irons Isis person. The 314- he had not proceeded more than a hundred yards,
gistrate who was sitting at the time, hits:iled. him he after the idea first impressed hills, a hen near Exeter
could not afford him any redress, as he aeknowlealged Change he saw a crowd, and proceeding to reconnoitre,
Mr. Hardener as one of his masters, and the basilicas ' he-soon discovered the delinquent muffled up to dis-
hed been transacted for him. He bad given up this gals'. himself. After fully recognizing him, he took ,
remainder of the !property under a threat of a was- him meta custody, and conveyed hitn to a watch-lionse,
rant b iuug taken out against hint for Hie transaction% from whence lie was had before ilr. filmic., at Bow-
*compel him to give it up to his employers. I tall, who, after examination, delivered hint to the*
An Attorney attended for the prisoner, and contend- custody of the officer to convey him to Cantetbn y.
ed, that rill hr had done in the business was as a ser- Mr. Ctiany returned with his prisoner by the mail on
Cant to Isis employees, receiving a small weekly salary. Wednesday morning. The weetebed young man wda
which lam • dressed in a part of Mr. blutlow's clothes, and had and be was bound to obap,tlpeir cousniands,
was prepared to prove. , pawned consitlrrabins ssrerty. The place where he
Mr. 111 N LL OVerrilliiiitOir objection, and saill,Le hail secrete I the d tes, he confessed to the master
eltuni I certainly send Itwcaufstion to be derided at Arlo( the watch, and a great portion of the stolen pro
1/Sessions, and should call art o the p:iaaner to tit I perry is discovered.

Irl'lC.ll, I.II'ELLIGENCE.

The Resolution, Trigg, for Caiidebee, run on a !Panic
besh•een Tanrarville ant Qitillebenf, on the Itlth inst.
She has been lightened about :Wilms, and his hoped
she may be gut off.
Tne iiiiigence, of flartnouth, Ewan., from London to
was driven on Owe on the 13th inst. about two
miles from Wicklow, and was not eKpected to be got off.
Carffo discharging% .
The Fanny, Hverard, from Bengal to Bordeaux, has
pat into Ho -.lefort to discharge, hating grounded at the
entrance of that river.