The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-02-01 00:00:00

IF"MIiA#S-4175177 iiiiin thin Y.
flezointasses.—A bladli velvet howls% fined with
thief keno( silk plash which the french gall &Oh
wimp . Ilse roust' is rose °aloof ; tbe levy atria 'ilk
Which forms the pits is is of a lavender. The brigs is 44
*moderate size. finished at the edge by Mande of bird&
Wig. Thgbotteen of the crows is also ensaminted ern
sago bead% which tensissate la a full star pieced area
dde. god clasped in the middle with a steel *ramose,'
tie top of the crows is ornamented cm :Nannette whit
velvet slashed in the Spaniels style, and the spaces filled
with peones, ribbon, emdered with black at the
edges; it parses under thus. ties in a fall bow at the
right side, sod shag round Mack feather falls very low,
is the left. r
A dress hat, composed of black velvet sod pass I do
latter disposed in fell folds, sad sooliasfi br Neal afar
mists : the brim is extremely small; it is isemndor
bids of gauze laid over velvet: a full plume of reemd
black feathers is placed is frost.
A turban. composed of silver gauze intermixed with
bins silk net, it is ornamented with fall rosettes at ends
side; a drapery of blue net, corded wills silver peso
Iron mess ibelback part of the crows. The lower poet
et die turban iv composed of beads of silver genie 'light-
ly corded with blue satin.
Turban ala Moos' male of gale. embroidered la
steel. The material Is disposed is full folds in Lfreet,
sad phrase of white marabouts placed bstweeo.
- AUlf-dress corneae, composed of Brawls point; tht
end is rather high; the ears are broad, as is also tba
double border, which is very full. A rosette et
lace, and bow of blue and white ribber' *raiment the
he t sip alias strings.
fuzz ess.—A round dress composed of black M-
k; the skirt is something narrower than they have
lately been worn. paaticolarly at top, and the fulness is
thrown into the middle of the back. The bottom of the
eitirt ilsoillightly scolloped; the scollops edged with a
Sew • polo( lace. laid on with a little Wiser,
pr,
Os this is a trimming me renege esesponal of Mt*
With pearl beans; a ,wave lightly embroidaed 1,0 ,
surmounts this trimming. The corsage 1i
ow round the bast, tight to the shape, and the wakit
the usual length. The bast is ornamented in (root wii ;
white satin creves. finished by pearl tassels. A new of
point lace, to correspond with the bottom, goes roost
the bust: it is single is frost, as moderately full, bit'
doubled round the siserniders and back, and hos the el.'
feet of as epaulette; it is surmounted by a pearl tries•
ming in the form of a chain. Short full sleeve, once'
pleated with white satin creves to correspond wills the,
bast...and terminated with a plain bind of black velem,
also adorned with pearls. The hind hair is disposed I.
Orecian plaits, which are wound round the head; dm
front hair is arranged in light ringlAs brought low at
the sides of the•fare. Head dress, white ostrich feathers.
Necklace amt ear-rings, pearl. White kid gloves. White
Ms de Naples sie.lals.

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POLICK.
Bow GULLIBILTT:.—Mrs.
Jane W—n, a young widow at a military officer lately
deceased, presented bend( before the Sitting Ma-
gistrate, and with greateattestaess implored his aid
in recoveriog a large sop of mosey she hail loot. She
had given the mosey to a Mts. Lovell. she said. and
at.. 14401 had•ran away with it.
be Magistrate asked op* what atemat she bad
Finn it? To which the young widow replied, that
Abe had given it her to do ecterething with. which she'
told, her could not be done without it.
?Did she Attila it (rota you ander false pretences ?
ilelnsided his Warship.
I , " I art sere 1 don't know Sir,".teplied. tbo widow.
WSW said -she eosist sot do the thin without it, and,
91r—aod so—l gave it her," ,
t,„
likisteat6—" ietii:ave more
explicit, I can do osithitig for you. Inyt waiit diet
she was to do?" •
The widow, bOwever, eoutt lot answer this.• simple
qUestion. IX was ridden* she wetted to get her moony
bait, without "stetrog how she bad beet deprived of it;
bat the Magittrate urged her closely to explain ; sad
feottlt. after i multitude of questions, and With
hesitation on' the part of the widow,
.the following
'scanty facts were elicited—
She became acquainted with Mrs. Lovell, (it did I
skit appear bow) and Mrs. Lovell told her she could
I " dive into futurity." Now, the widow having a large
noisily of children; was desirous of ascertaining their
Iliihlte fate In life, sod therefore she proposed to Mrs.
&Kell to employ her occult knowledge in their behalf
Ibiliatidaally. Mrs. Lovell readily &landed ; bet at
lbsOame time, informed, the widow that she could not
lidimeed is the work sotisfeetorily without " ruling the
iilhstb,". and the planets were not to be ruled with.
lot money. In short, she informed her that the planets
fine much more stubborn things than they had bees
ftle olden time, aid nothing less than a Ainsdred
telde* sovereigns would have any effect upon them!
'(be widow listened with implicit faith ; paid down the
hundred sovereigns, end Mrs. Lovell. like a false
witch as she was, ran away with them without per•
forming her contract, and without, indeed. having
the slightest communication with any one planet
whatever 1 The widow concluded by infortsiat ths
Magistrate. is a cosidential whisper. that she had
beta teredihly informed that Mrs. Imintd!wes really a

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Tlie Maibtrete, steet Kevin etre/red his astonish-
seat that any person could hoots draped, granted hi.
' warerent for the appreireesima of &reheat; has thoegh
the Masers hare been seatraleireg fer.heshbose tear days.
she hos cettrived to escape their oipasesie. and all
hope Mauling her is ref sees mob t • .
Dispenses S ir.-r•Mary tiliveleirie re charged
with haring stolen saverill.tramins.anitedets peihegesi
ceutaiming a great gomniet,y of wearlig• apparel, toge-
ther with a bedstead, several feather. beds, &c. the pro-
perty of & Mrs. Stolworthy.
Mr. Stolworthy is a pablican opt eflipsiness. re-
siding at a cottage on P•ruesairese, Paddingt4a.,
The prisoner was his .avast. Mr. Stolworthy
besot/eat hose lately, sod ea 4atirday last Mrs.
Stolworthy, went oss to dim, with a &Send se she bar-
rack! l the liegeet'slaski Leaving„ the prierner
the cu. of the progeny she leek; ;Mil p 2.• tts•
sistitue, 4,0144- hit iu6 emfyiagi tit oir:%st every
xionipis is the tons*. , pcorloteite-clefflaD•sied,
.tellimg.the.neighbours el?, was, itip big, be &es itstresea,
1-dedsrs• they wilted leSkrfrs .411011litile • *lee*
Ilsoiss dead she ordered thriopuisam, to ifilif to • S -ash.
Opptoa Guy ;9140 ageompea:ilig
b 1.4 atoog 44 road Ired hef49 folviafirm•47 414%.
she calked. Ogee 11•040ty,calliiri• es 'kick 44%.1001P-'
kiwi stiNimetri and dew, old .with its ac/mei4l
knew wire.; Vhipeass M4.4i4 .bilengleg
Oat". went aipplied.te i alit Ant claw
accidglilly wet with .her lo chieweilistseet. oat •
her late minted,. when tie seadriciai ..illeas
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watched prret is Lietaerroselmtreet,
lie, when they found the greater part of the pre,
-yeeey,—.she Wks fully committed for trial.
' Queer-sews es.—Thr widtew if a respectable tew;
ass is Westchester was bresseht Imo this rolhee by
tbecosstables,charged with • robbery in her furnished
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104glap. Mrs. Catherine Manse of N 0.40. Orchard.
street, proved that the prisoner took lodgiega alrear s
fortnight ago at the house of her besband, and, dcriei
etie siess. she „sided Oen, bad taken are) pawned
ewes. a blanket, sad an iron. Whew she left the
t geord she setts the key, with a riot. addressed tad.,
which stated, that " to save herself and c1:14
from starvation, she had taken some trifling strides
and pawned them, and if he would wait a few week,
abs hoped to be able to Mewls the property sad pi
the trot, Ice."

The pawebrethers produced the articles stein, ati
stated they were pledged by the prisoner, who did nit
deny the fast.—The prisoner in mitigation of ker of.
fence stated to the Magistrate, in terms which showed
she bad received a liberal etioestioa, sad in a auto,
whirl proved she had once mitred in a respertab:s
sphere la society. thar her present condition was Is
truly degleprable, that death, so generally dreadee,ry.
peered to ber in the form of a kind deli
misery bad arrived at its climax. She then catered
into a detail of her misfortunes, from the time of her
husbaers death to her failure in hominess t the loss .1
friends who assisted her; the shame and grief she m:
perieaced on going to a poorhoese. to crave relief ti
support herself and child ; her being hest to dig pea,
toes by the parish-officers, and being usable to cost:,
i.e such laborious employment in consequence of on,
of her arms being strained by tarrying basket of r.
bathes, with the retina elf the overseers to give her
relief, unless she worked like the rest of the paupers;
she indisposition of herself and child for want el feel;
tad, finally. fr taking the property is order to earn
the cravings of satire. , She told her story io an se:.
less iod ,slid iretri n. and was corroborated in
the main pair of it hp:petsos. who were pretreat.
The Meg:sit ate (A Mai ire ho W nit a, Esq.).larmatct
it.er wretched eo'nditien, and gave full credit to it, t
statement. He was satisfied that she was not a pea•
timed thief; hut that her desperate fortune had drivt
her to commit the offmee of which she stood accused.
He would not treat her as a-common felon, and inalci
10.aending her to Newgatr, he should convict has
andel the Pawnbrokers' Act, for illegally pawnia:.
and sentenced her to pay 30s. 1. e. il. fine, and le:.
the value of the stolen property. which she being tv.
able to pay, he was empowered to commit her fora
wroth' to tite• Huse of . Corr* don ; bat tonsid, rirß
her moat lamentable distress, aid i ad, •ensent to take
the property, be should sentence her to the smallest
punishniest • the Act would allow hfin—one month it
the House of Correction, had told her to apply is his
when her term of imprisonment lal ex. fuel, and ti
would ord., the overseers to :give her relief. She tt•
pressed her gratitude fir his Madness.
hlsitheroitoona-assurer....Ano Johartuli Mai fey
committed for trial for stealing two shirts.; bet tie
charge of child murder, which has beep se amply tf•
ported, was dismissed.
The 'errant for robbing Mr. Atwell, Ivr Master, of
1101. (the particulars of which hams bee* ahead, IC.
hate 4toa examined on' otter iikeries. Atsodues
elf pt' produced tr piivaltirokers, mei lady
Sesotho tesipbtut identified a pocket-hook consist*
lairadkrey Val* Arc Crayfoid's lady's maid idesti6el
soma part+ of Ihittleis of her mittens. Other Fattiest
istbrnitiserireeser bedliiielfseevent, Were present. eel
the prisduer 'eft 'again remanded. Souse of the de
**us were dcre4l-1815. A boy of 14 years of y
Welk the primmer her characters to get places.
• S,s.rday se'enight two of three 'villains brae Ws
erne pt altatobssees. whines; at. Omit
gate, Hereford, occupied by Ci. Wi Hams. as old so'.
nearly 98 years of age, and one of them threw Int
bed clothes ever and lay spout him whilst the when
.genet‘ored the house of verities articles. inclailieg 2W
is Dotes, sad sight balf-erowas, which he had saved
M defray the expenses of his funeral, and for sew
peer relation.. They eves ransacked his cpEn, which
his had nude some time since, sad kept by his bed.
aide.—(Cossimarland PoeFet.)
Wednesday eveniag Mrs. Maria Cone, aged 73.
guiding at No. 121, Chancery-lane, whilst sitting ht
the fire. her dress was blow, by a curtest of air
against the bars of the stove. and is a moment the
isfortusate lady was eaveloped in lames. Her ist-
Srmities pretreated her assisting herself, tied asperses
Wag is the room at the time, her situation was trek
tbreadful. Her shrieks at leagth were beard by sear
Wit/ideals. sod they west immediately to bee aid,
bit
'met till she was buret is a terrible manes. Pe
vesepreature was instastly conveyed to Hartholoteri
Peogllal. where death pat. as end to her outline:l,
1140 a after.. As Jaques hoe been held on the be!.
sad the Jury retuned aivoidiot of " Aecidestart
hers% tit death.'' . •it d
. iAirrsurras Suacias.-.4rasiegelar, emit del
.'cloak Was &remota the atteatioa of the pat,*
gore Its Suwon-street was arrested Ivy the extras**
ry readiest of. a respectable. middle aged masa 10
paraded the middle ef the road in every simplieb.
ay. At Mattis, hosed Sows at a doer, sodisele
rover fro n his pocket. Wu is the set-of coldee
th.eat, w ten a young woman rushed on his, sod i °
hid *le Idamalli redeem& the weapon from his grasp. ‘o,',
.ashappy earjeSsamktp.gise any access( of blotter.
asti walked ::t •• •

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-,:geo 11%1i% tbefeikalt., sr a. Illlerthea i-thefel.
!MOW Us•OtAltrersee.ttoploses. amp, to marts glig*
beck. woad 'Register of oho aim likeard Itriduelo.ol
4"Zed elUmill di 441 Deeortetnavabaer.. et Wires, Captain Rebell.;
item Eeetwooi, eldest aloe of?homas Loetwood,
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Dasill &We. Oleneetyuestalre. to the Right Rea. 1.1'4,
Jai* Sore, daughter of the isle Reel of Arm.
.0000 lkte Merebiollets of
DIED.
Lady of lk
tater. at daitiliiitleOribliallt-OrEd:!lp7ss'itetkle4lllwrdl"
O.K .the Mb ult., at his e
Ewe'.
Row. reattegoltla, /AA mend Alderson, aged 1111
rogrwtte4 by all dist home no.
7 est. allOOkety Letrestershinire.
liedik tea/ Weil. 416 of 414 r Ralph Noel, Rem end ss.'
Moe. GeßlYlleeteat Wentwor,

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