The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-09-05 00:00:00

THE grATESMAN

POLICE,

THOMSON, THE POET. i _____
-ms. GUILDIIII.L.
The following is a particular account of the fes'
Sitting John
MLawrence Was yeste
was trdakay
en brought
on theoforep tho
agistrate. He upre-
tivitirs which took place at Dry burgh, on the even-
ceding day as a Tecate(' thief. He had been known,
ing of the ISths atal. early on the morning of the
19th ult. in honour of this immortal Bard : for the last four years, as a regular attendant upon
e Fair, and the DepetysMarsital
The Masonic Law of Newstead having beingassent-
desirous that the young matt should he put out
bled at Dry burgh Abbey, about seven on the even-
ing of Tuesday, walked in procession, with music of harm's way, he was remanded to the Cotnpter utt-
,
placing and colours flying, to the monumsnt which til Tuesday next.
has been erected to the memory of Thomson, and William Heiford was brought up, charged with
is hick has been named the Temple of the Muses. This .taking a pocket-book from a seaman, in the fair,
building is erected on a small rising ground, there being no proof, however, to substantiate the
called
the Bass-hill, on the north bank of the Tweed, a charge, he was set at liberty.
little above the Abbey. It consists of nine open co- John Huggins and John.liarris were charged with
lumns of the lonic Otderr of the free-stone of Dry- picking pockets in the same place; several handker-
burgh, which, from' its sombre hue, is admirably chiefs were found in their possession. They were
calculated for purposes of this nature. These pil- remanded until Tuesday.
lars are covered and connected by a canopy of solid Thomas Bayley wns charged with taking a pocket-
stone ; and on the capital of each column respective- ; book from a man named. Latimer. Ile was observed
ly is inscribed, in large metallic characters, dune in ! in the act, and taken into custody by Chamberlin an
relief, the name of one of the nine Muses. The '
officer.
internal decorations of this rural temple are not yet 1 The Prisoner, in Ms defence, said, that the book
completed, acrd therefore we shall say nothing of fell into his hands in the course of a scuffle that took
them at parent. On the outside, over the centre, a . place in the fair. Hews committed for trial.
beautiful imitation, in stone, of the lyre of Terpsi- : Solomon Saomons 11as charged with, cutting a
chore, found in the ruins of Herenlatteum, is sur- ' gentleman's watch-riband, and taking from hint his
mounted by a bust of Thomson, also cut in stone. seal and key. A knife was found open in his hand
—The whole structure, including the sculpture, is at the time of hie apprehension. Ile was remanded
the work of Mr. John Smith, of Darnoch, who until Tuesday.
fortunately happened to be Master of the Lodge at i Heftily Thomson was fined 103. for hunting a but-
Newstead. . lock yesterday through the streets.
The Master e.f the 'Lodge, turning towards Pd- 4 BRUTAL Ass.kuL;.—A rthilan, of the name, of
nam, as the birth-place of the poet, expressed his ' Jain iliorvin, who stated himself to be a master-
high satisfaction, and that of the brethren, in being painter uad.glazier, residing in White-s-trect, Spital-
convened on so interesting an occasion, and con- fields, was charged with a cruel assault, on a re-
eluded by dedicating the building to the honoured , spectable looking boy, not more than 11 years of
memory of the " Poet of the Seasons." This was uge, named William •Kilsbev, nephew to Mr. Kils-
followed by loud acclamations, which were echoed bey, of Whelmill-street, :it. John-street. It ac-
hy the spectators assembled on both sides of the poared from the statement of the child, that as he
river to witness the scene. The procession then , was passing through the fair on th..! proceding night,
marched towards the Abbey in the older in which it . about a quarter after Hine, he was vet y mac., push-
had come. •In passing through the village of Dry- ed, and in endeavouring to extricate himself, he acci-
burgh, it was met by a groupe representing the four dentally put his hand against the prisoner ; w ho,
seasons. Spring, by a young maiden of fourteen.; with the ferocity of a tiger, turned round, seized him
years of age; having a garland on her head, corn- by the hair, forced his lingers into his mouth, tore
posed of rose-buds and violets ; Summer, by one in . nut one of his teeth, r•:d dragged away a great part
the bloom of youth, to whom clung a little beautiful of the n!:•,-.:,:ao proce,s of the jaw, besides leaving
child, with a small sheath of ripe barley ; Autumn, . othi:r sangninary marl,-: of his nails on the child's
by' a grey-headed healthy old-man, epproved by long face and neck. Mr. Nailer declared that he never
services'. and Winter, by an aged mother, wrapped ; saw a man conduct himself, in all respects, more like
up in the' plaid of the country. To these were : a savage, both at the time of the assault a nivel, and
recited the beautiful address by Burns, the Ayr- • in his subsequent conduct, when taken before Mr.
shire bard, for the coronation of the bust of i Holds% orth, at the Ram Inn.
Thomson, our Ednamehill, un the e2d of Sept. 1790,' Tha friends of the child attended, and said, that as
as follows: I they understood the Prisoner had a wife and a -large
family, they were disposed to forego a prosecntion,
...
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" While virgin Spring, by Eden's flood,
Unfolds her tender mantle green;
Or pranks the sod iu frolic mood,
Or tunes /Eonian strains between;
" While Summer, with a matron grace.
Retreats to I)ry burgh', cooling shade,
Yet oft delighted stops to trace
The progress of the spiky blade;
" While Autumn, benefactor kind,
By Tweed erects her aged head,
And sees, with self-approving mind,
Each creature on her bounty fed ;
" While maniac Winter rages o'er
The bilis whence classic Yarrow Bows,
Rousing the turbid torrent's roar,
Or sweeping wild a waste of snows;
" So long, sweet Peet of the Year.
Shall bloom that wreath thou well bast won ;
While Sco ia, with exalting tear,
Proclaims that Thomson was her soul"

upon condition of hii6,4ing a sum efinonny oa CI
institution, and acknowledging his error.—
`11.6 the ruffian agreed to do, and he was directed by
Sir Jolts EASISIt to pay two guineas to the Marine
Society, and to be detained in custody, till it was
paid.

The procession then returned to the Abbey, where I
they were met by a number of blooming young maids
from the neighbourhood, to whom the Noble lost I
gave a ball nod supper. The conviviality was kept
up till a:iout one in the morning of the 12th, when
the Newstead Lodge again marched in Masonic pro-
cc:;Aon, by the light of flambeaus, to the poetic 1
ten ple. On their way, the company were much de-
Lgitted by an illuminated transparency of Britannia,
ith her characteristic emblems, which had been
executed for the occasion by an eminent artist, Fre.
I derick W. De Waldeck. This transparency was
p!need on the summit of the South bank of the river
Tweed, immediat.ly opposite the Monument ; and
as the darkness of the night concealed the kill on
I which it was placed, the . different aspects of the
figure seen above through the .openings of the trees,
1 as the procession moved along, together with its re-
fiection in the river, produced a striking and roman-
-1 tic effect. On their again reaching the temple, the
company were plentifully regaled with whiskey-I
punch at their own It:pence, and many loyal and
national toasts and sentiments were drunk amid loud
applause. While the company in the Temple were
thus employed, there was a brilliant display of fire-
works from the opposite bank, where the transpa:
rency was placed, representing the rising and setting
of the sun. The company separated, much gratified
by the amusements of the evening.

BOW-STREET.
Yesterday Jacklin, who was detected a few nights
since in Brentford, with loaded pistols, &c. sup-
posed to be for the purpose of house-breaking, was
brought to the Office for farther examination.
Mr. NAM euquired if he had everbeen convicted,
and was answered that he had not; but it was ascer-
tained that he had been several times in custody.
Cave, the patrole, stated, that on the even►ng
preceding the night of the Prisoner being appre-
hended, he saw him in a chaise-cart, on the road to
Brentford, in company with a well-known thief of
the name of Styles, and another thief, vs hose name
he did not know.
Mr. NARES called upon the
.Prisoner to account
for his having the instruments found on him ; when
he said, that he and his brother-in-law were engaged
in a violent dispute, respecting 11 houses in West-
minster, one of which he occupied, and he carried
the loaded pistols to defend himself.
A Magistrate, sitting by the side of Mr. NARES,
who resides at Brentford, stated, that when he was
brought before him on the morning after he was ap-
prehended, his defence was then quite different ; he
then stated, that as he had 31. in his possession, he
had a right to carry loaded pistols.
Mr. NARti convicted him as a rogue and vagabond,
under the (23d of George Ili. for having the loaded
pistols in his possession, with an intent to commit
felony.
M AB LBOROUCIT-STREET.
Daniel Liverniurc, a coachman, was charged with
ass assault on Isis wife. the Parish of St. George,
in conjunction with the Director: of Middlesex I los-
pital, were the prosecutors for the injured woman
on this occasion. It appeared by the testimony ad-
duced, that, for a long time, the wife of the De-resi-
dent had suffered a series of cruelties, which had es-
caped legal notice; but the lost case of this descrip-
tion was such as necessarily gave rise to enquiry.—
The poor woman had received a fractured skull from
the violence of her husband, which did not, . provi-
dentially, deprive her of life, but reduced her to a
state of insensibility, and she remained so several
days, without being able to give any account of what
caused the torpor. under which she laboured. The'
husband was committed in default of bail until the
Sessions.

NAIVETE OF AN ITALIAN PRINCESS.—One day ther
were praising a .famous singer, " Yes," said the
Princess, " helms a good voice, but a bad heart.—
My brother, the Cardinal, snaSe him a soprano, nod
he has neier shewts the least gratitude for it."

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Friday se'nnight a meeting took place at Lahinch, i
county Clare, between Mr. Lawrence, of Nenagh, I
county Tipperary, and Mr. Bagnelt ; after the par-
ties discharged two shots each, happily. without ef-
fect, the business was amicably settled by the inter- .
position of-friends.. ,
'On Tuesday night the house of Mr. Clutterback,
brewer, at Stanmore,. was broken open and robbed
of several articles of property. The robbers gained
;admittance from-the brewers'-yard, and opened se-
.veral doors, although they had patent locks. Their
main object appeared to he-Mr. Clutterbuck's private
room, where he transacts business, pays and receives i
money, where they broke open a bureau and desk I
no doubt expecting -to find considerable wealth, in
which, howefer, they were completely disappointed;
, there not being a single pound there, nor has he
I kept money to any-amount in his house for these
Iten years•past,• when his house was then entered,
and his bureau robbed of several hundred pounds,
and a quantity of plate, and since that time Mr. C.
1 has kept •very little plate. Taunton, the Officer,'
has been to examine the premises, and is of opinion
the premises were broke open by regular thieves,
the doors being forced by crows and other instru-
ments.

Alsamarn.—A wag, who signs himself " J. Tou-
pin, of Exmouth," has sent to some of the London
Papers a long and very minute account of a Mer-
maid; which was seen by him and several ladies off`
that place a rew (lays since. Among other extremely
accurate statements concerning this wonderful ani.!
mal, he describes its having " two arms, each of
which terminates in a hand, with four fingers, coo. l
necked to each other by means of a rergAin elastic!
membrane." The Mermaid, to the great delight and
astonishment of Mr. Toupin and the Ladies, amused i
them by eating some boiled fish, which .was thrown
out to it, and approached the company so near,as to
enable them to discern the very graceful motions or
this fair nymph of the ocean! A. vast number of ;
persons in boats have been daily on the water ever
since, in hopes of getting a tight of this prodigy ;
and a Medical Gentleman, of Exeter, has been libe- i
ral enough to offer 201. to any one who will catch it '
and bring it him for dissection ! This hoax has been
gravely given to the public, and in the neighbour-
hood has provud an ivauite source of amusement.—
. (Taunton Courier.)

GRET.K FlRE.—Axhymical preparation knewo to
the ancients, and 'remarkable for its astoni !,;„.
power, has been recently brought into n:Jiico. at,
Ifi,lt officer, who has served many :stars nq 1!;e
Continent, and now resides at Cul-,ca Coller,e. A
bottle, containing not more than three phis of the
liquid, will produce a mo::t tremendous ex:lesion.
Its force is supposed to be sufficiently strong to plow
up a vessel, if sunk under her hottufo, or alongside.
About a fortnight ago, an experiment was merle

the presence of several.. Officers of the ai•rnv aud
navy, on the Thlmt..s, opposite the .;.titl:lts of CMI...
sea Iropital. A saran portion of the comptiriticn'
was sunk under the wall which Ircics Thamf:,
and being lighted by a conductor, it ;':ew the ~,„t
orer the trees, and °potted a large breach in the wall,
which is of considerable thickness. Tito effcc` pro.
duced the greatest astonishment among t..e 0.
tatots, many of whom were alarmed at :he
dittary explosion.—lt was reported, Gat anotln
ev.:,:iment was to take place on ThUrSdily on a le!Ir
sal near the same place, but we could not disco,,.,
that it was again tried. It will be triad in the cnure
of a few days at Woolwich Warren, bef tee flit,
Board of Office's. The effect of tnis compoiition.

might he ::,.I.3iitageous in Wowing up the ener)'s
small craft, secured liy chains and booms, a'sn in
blowing fortilkations. It has not usrd
arnonglostile powers since the siege of Coastanti.

teen
nople.
For some months pest a coach, drawn by three
horses, has been estahlished to rue bet% Exeter
and Falmoeth, and as it arrives later than the regu.
tar Mail, many parcels which have missed that cen-
veyance are freqeently sent by it. On ‘Vedtiesday
last a parcel, coutainiug proviacial Bank-notes to
the amount of SOOl. was lot-war:led by the North
Corn;; ill Bank. at l;edmin, to be left at 'Truro, for
Edward Stackhouse, one of the Proprie-
tors. It appears that there were no passengers in the
coach, and the ceachmau agreed to take in two per.
soms, a man and a woman, whom he overtook on
the, road. As these persons were to give the coach-
man a few shillings for the accommodation, they were
set down before they entered Truro, and the
coachman. proceedod to Pearce's hotel as he bad left
Bodmin, without passengers. In taking out the
parcels he missed that sent by the Bank, and Win;
aware of the consequence which would result front
its being known that he had taiiee up persons on the
read, .he went privately to the house where they
put up, and after accusing them of the theft, he
searched thc;r bundles and persons, but without
finding any thing that could feed to a discovery of
the lost parcel. The next day be thought it best to
inform Mr. Pearce of the robh Ty, for he was satis-
fied that it could not he eonceale.l,aed that he would
be suspected as there were no passengers. Mr. Pearce
•lost no time in troche; the persees who had been de-
scribed by the coachman, from Truro to FalmoteN,
where they were found to have put up at a house of
entertainment. The woman only was in the house,
theinan having gone backwards : on searching her
bundle, •the whole of the notes were found; the
alarm having reached the man as, he came towards
the house, he was observed to throw some pieces of
money from hint, and on picking them up, they
proved to be counterfeit three-shilling piece. The
man and woman were taken into custody, and ma
Sunday were lodged in Bodmin gaol. •
An Irish chieftain, in the time of Queen F.lizabe.h,
sent to der nand tribute, from the chief of a tte•Ah-
bourittg tribe. The message was extremely coacie--
" Pay me tribute, or else*" The answer no le::
so.—" I owe you none, and if—"

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MARRIED. •
Yesterday, at Ifampstead, Mr. Joh" Ryde, of, lb tt *re; to
A()
diaghter of the late Rev. C. Elm:0oz, of Ohl Ford.
On Wednesday last, Mr. John Bull, of Sandwell, to Atha
Mtsry Willis, of West Liam.

DIED.
At Stirline, in Scotland, on the 47th of August, Miss Eli:.
Brand, clatter of the late John Brand, Esq. of Hemingiton,
hall, Stiehl .
On the 15th August. in North Audley-greet, Lietttenant-Ca
lona James Armstrong, Aid-de-Camp to hia Royal Highness or
Duke of York.

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