The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-12-29 00:00:00

THE STATF.SMAN.

weeks. and had been iotrotlectil as a married woman.
gistrate, for his assistance tollippress the intenders!
He saw. the hotly of the. deceased Charles Taylor at
pun his rights and privileges, and to prevent them ,
Shoretittch Church, and immediately recognised him.
collecting Christmas boxes. The last time be saw Taylor was on Thursday, but he
Sir Hubert Baker candidly eased his ignorance l understood that he left the house for the last time on
that such ao appointment or 1 was vested is the Friday morning. The witness told the deceased on
Court of Burgesses. Mr. !No however, e Seeday night, that he thought the man who had been
him of the correctness of his sta merit, by pZ::::: killed 4t 11"ahie was her husband. She had appeared
the warrant signed by Mr. Farley, the clews,/ TOWN extremely uneasy from the time of his absent.
hearing the ihtelligenee she looked distracted. She
Clerk, and also a silver badge with the WeAsiestev e. but on
estpresseti a wish to go end see the hotly that night ; hitt
Arms engravers on it, and a chain attached to it, to be toldt that, it
mr .. was 14•1) late, and appointed to go
enable him to wear it round his neck as the inpigaia with her the next morning. The nest ~,,, ening, at
of his office. Sir Robert. Baker then prorsid to shoot twenty minutes after ten o'clock, he went up to
assist him in the suppreesion of the Wrath re spun her room to ask her if she was ready to go ; be knocked
his rights and privileges. and give directions to at the door hut received no answer, and found that the
door was fast. Ile then went into his (too root and
Perry, the cooductor of the patrol accordingly. A
t knocked at the partition which divided the two r:,
an early hour on Christmas morning, Perry met wtts just twee the he,,, „f the bell. it„rivint „ „),°,:tete.
a party of three performers, in Brewer-street, Holden- the partition was forced aside, and hr got into the room,
square, who had been previously performing in Vigo- when i.e saw her in bed covered up with the clothes in
lane. He questioned them as to their possessing an►i do milinary manner; he at tint perceived nothing par-
hedge or authority fur what they were titling, Mid titular, and reqttested her to get up, when site made no
, they not possessing either, he took them into custody, I
fl7:47l:er'd 41.t.triillierVh`e'ri‘trart";11,te.nalle7:61;it,eilllihInintelfillitatteir
and conveyed them to the watch-house. In a short
r i to Mr. Smith, the palish doctor, oho dirt} not non:.
titre after, Perry observed a hand of vocal and io- ae then
Is smt fora coach fo take the deceased to the
strumental performers to the num? er of S. He dis- Hospital, but before the coach arrived, the deceased was
persed the vocalists, amoutoing to 23, anti the memo- I dead. Tile winless then spoke as to the state of mind
mental performers to 5. Their place of perfoctosuee l whills the deceased had hero in previous to the cams-
was lierkely•sqmore anti its neighbourhood. Illneyf l tropler. She ii til been very uneasy 111... %shot:- of Fr'
Lik
the live instrumental performers being known to the flay, anti at times talked incoherentll t
ought lobXa*it
rt
. master of Thosisas's lintel, he undertook for toeir ap-
whole
i John ii.. 11 he th,
one that she was not in ot .
of the beadles of tite
_parish, stain"
pearatice next day at the above office, which they ac- 1 that he „we,' A ", and Crown mas -.
the Itonon pltri . 1 •
si,

Cordingly did, a; well as the three men who bail been
taken in Ilrewer-strect, when Sir. Mottri4 attended
to make good his charge against the parties, that tlie
hiving been acting vittiout any authority fr im him
had constituted an art of vagrancy, wbich was sanc-
tioned by Sir K. liaaker. 111 r. Monroe stated that his
object was nut punishment against the men in custody,
but to conaisee them that they were wr
Sir RAH hart H toll the men in custody, that
if they collected motley as the waits or wakes of the
City or Liberty of ifestuaiwiter, they would be oh-
taining money under false pretences. Ile admitted,
however, that they might collert thristmas-boxes is
their own individual names. but alit as Westminster

a little after otwo'clorkk The oloted was sfijfrtin
in bed, mt liwit quire estinctirlle saw sillai44l
upon the floor, and near Ss it. it knife, with artarks
blood, which was produced' wasap co:onion table-
knife; apair of scissor+, markeiriith blood, were also
fouttiemongst the hetl..clothWTa looking roun.l the
rsibin, he perceisikil a letter too the table, sealed sip with
black wax. Ile +lop found in her porket a seal, which
corresponded with the impression on the letter.
The letter was +fated to be in the leanslocriting of
Taylor, and apptiareti to have beets intended to he sent
to the brother of the derea.rd, as the letter of both.
It was directed to Rohert Singleton, at 3lr. Charles
Campbell's, Rennin ton P.trk, near Stovenage,
The following is a copy :
" than Iticnants—l have taken this ommettoottc to

waits or u•al:r+.
Mons BANE PoncentEs.—.lonet ',twig, a young
mats, sea* bronolst betore It. RIR N I K. EP:I. yesterday,
charged with uttering forged Bank of England witaw
to a cousiderahle extent.
Several cases were goue int s, and he wait then com-
emitted I.r further examination. Before he was lock-
ed up, be solicited and obtained a private conference
with the Bank Inspector.
Maty C.,aiser, a pretty looking young woman, was,
also charged with ut'eriug a target! Bank of Eugland
note to a publican in now-street, and she ass fully
committed for tries!.
This is the fourth person charged with a like of-
fence within these last two nays at this office only•.
THASIRS POLICS OllPlClLiffitry liretre 11145 WII-
Hex' Holland, well known at the Stairs of Blackfriar's-
brid4e, Ack in the Water, was brought before
Captain itichipeil anti John Langley, !sq., charged
with uttering a forged ene pound note, pnrporting to
be of the Beak of England, under the following. eir-
ctunstances:—On Saturday last, the prisoner, who
was in a skiff, landed at Cuckold's Point, and pro-
ceeded to the Horns poldie-house, where he purchased
a pint of ruin, in payment fur which hr tendered a
one pound note, at the same time saying he belonged
to the barge William, lying close by, and requesting
a pen and ink, indorsed the note with the name of
" Holland, Cake-street, Lambeth." Mr. Etlgecombe,
the landlord, gave hint the clituge, and he jumped
int:, his skiff and rowed up the river. Soon after his
departure, the landlord enspeeting the note to he bad,
took a boat, and in company with three waternien,
went in pursuit of the prisoner, and on their getting
in sight of him, he inspecting that they were in pur-
soit of him, instantly rowed atnong the shipping,
thinking to evade his pursuers ; but they rowing with
great velocity, finally bore him down, and, on their
gettiag within a few yards of him, he jumped on board
a collier, along side of which lay a qnawity of barges
which communicated with the shore ; fortunately his
plan was frustrated, as his pursuers succeeded in ap•
prehentling Lunt. He took something from his pocket
which he threw into the water—it floated on the sur-
face, and, on bring picked up, proved to be a small
canvas bag, containiag four one pound notes. On
his being taken to the office and searched, another
one pound note was found in I& waistcoat pocket.
Mr. Glover, one of the Bank Inspectors, atzeutled,
and proved the whole of the notes to be counterfeit iu
every respect.
Mr. Royal, a boat-builder, at Lambeth, attended,
and owned the skiff in which the prisoner endeavoured
to escape, and which he had hired of him for the pur-
pose, he said, of fetching a bed front Blackfriars.
The Magistrate ordered the boat to be restored to
Mr. Kaye!, awl committed the prisoner for further ex-

iufonu you, that your sister Martha is very well, and
she hopes that her father and mother, and all of yon
make yourselves as c fortable as the ease will admit,
and not to think that she nil' 1w left u Stine's! a friend in
the world, as that will never be the case while I have
the nae of my limbs to work for her ; and what we have
done, we beg will in time he overlooked. Please to
give nsy love to them all, which I hope they will ac-
cept, and yon the same. .14 Charles if he will come
and live with me in the Spring if I send for him up;
and please to send me au answer bark ai soon as you
ran, as I 111111'1 know 11, tt I shall he in that part of Lon-
don, where I am slow, very little while ; ats I shall
expect an answer hack hr the latter end of the Christ-
mas neck.—P your lOving sister, Sn'.
11astrat SIN6LETOS."
(Signe:l in the same hand-writing.)
L. Cnschwell, one of the beadles of Shoresliteh pa-
rish,statell, that in consequence of Mr. fearer having
been to the Church, and recognised the burly of Charles
Taylor, the witness thought be had got a clue to the
Case of that nafortunate individual; he came to the
Rose an-I t'rown on Sunday, moil was introducesd to the
deceased, c hen lie queationell her as to the titans when
she last saw Taylor She stated that lie had left her
on Friday morning, and that she hail not seen him
wince. She stated that lie was by trade a bricklayer,
and had left her on the morning of Friday, saying.
that lie should go to a gentleman in Bishopsgate-street.
and try to get 71. which was slue to him for work done
in repairing a house at Noncom!. She said it was
seven or eight weeks since Taylor had had any work.
and that in the mesa time they existed upon her own
property. She begged earnestly for permission to see
the holly. The witness said aloe should, and appointed
the following day, at about eleven, fur her to come in
company with Mr. Pearey to view the busly. The wit-
ness asked the deceased whether she hail been married
to Taylor, how long, and at what church. She said she
had been married to him about seven years, and was
married at the next rhumb to Whitechapel cherch. She
was in the greatest agitation throughout the whole
of this conversation. On being further questioned, she
replied, that her maiden name was ‘Vright. [The wit-
ness here remarked, that " Wright " was the name
written on the inside of Taylor's coat.) On bring asked
whether she had any fattier? she replied in the ne-
gative. She appeared to be in the must pitiable anguish.
The father and sister of the unfortunate were hoqs
in attemlanee, sad appeared to be very decent people.
the ,lstry, bons a delicacy towards their feelings, ab-
stained from questioning them further than asking the
father n holier the letter found upon the table was in the
hand-w.itinz of his slaughter. Ile repliesd in the nega-
tive, and said that she could not write. Her name was
Singleton, which was also his name.
Mr. Smith, junior, the son of the parish doctor, stated,
in esplassation, that when Mr. Natty called upon his
father, he merely states! that a female hail bled herself,
but by no means represented the case in so serious a
light as it was, or there would not have been the slight-
est hesitation its attending..
' The Coroner then addressed the Jury, who returned a
verdict—" That the deceased had rouse to her death by
her own act. she not !wing at the time in a sound state
of mind."

&mutation, at which it is etpeeted se►•erat dunes
will be preferred against him.

Mini. site EDINet• 1;1:, Dm.. 15, IB2o.—The
resurteetion men visited the church-yard of Temple i
late test niOit, or early this morning, e&til carried off I
the Lofty of an old woman, Cio was interred here 0n,....
-Sunday se'nnight. After ex.• acting the body, they-
left the grave in a shantefol condition, being found
in the morning entirely open at one end. Iwo ras-
I•ally-looking fellows, who were observed loitering
about the village in the evening, are believed to have
been the agents in this affair. One of these wore a
brown coat, and the other a black one. Upon their
teturn_towirds Edinburgh early this morning, they
! passed some colliers near flilhousie, who were going
to their work. This is the Grst time these gvutry
here ever been known to find their way to this church-
yard, and It is to be hoped the inhabitants will adopt
some method to prevent the like in future.
r4T%L CONSEWAN(IIII Or NOCTAIISCLATION.—
Early on Friday morning the Ist curt. a young man,
the only eon of a respectable family in Airdrie, arose
from hi : bed while asleep, and is supposed to have
fallen whet, coming out, and stretch the corner of a
^emir with his head; he died in a few hours after.
Tbe.head was inspected by the medical gentleman of
the phice, when a small fracture was found on di.
right temple bone, gild a great quantity of ',Ways: ,
Isated. Wed between liti slittli anti dens voter, by Aitse
riilitviri of it bloat 449414 which tw.casiottedll4l# death.
i Piothiii beim y 6'67l,r:en in 'the habit' 4 chi '
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INQUEST ON rile PAR.I3IOUR OF 771 g FOOTP4PI
LAl'lal satyr.
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Yesterday a Coroner's Imineet was held at the Rose
and Crown public-ii.eise, in-Dunhill-row, before 'l'. W.
l'imin, EN, over lie hotly of Martha Sieigleton, the
unfortunate paramour of Charles Taylor, who WAS shot
in Ithiples's.fiebla, near floNtott. The Joey took a view
ut the hip:T. lil ?I:- t.pci: wt., r. 11.,..e macs, appareuly
malt: liti t.ilile sbarp iie!r-vi.ei.•, as a pair of scissors;
situ the left arm wa, Knuth," wound of the same nature.
On the right arm were sev-i al large etc% apparently
from a knife. 'flue deceased was about 25 years of age,
and was a fine young woman.
The first witness called was a young man, named
William Walpole, who stated that he bulged at the
Item and Crown. On Monday morning' at about
twenty minutes after ten o'clock, lie was called upon by
the landlord to assist him in getting into the room oc-
cupied by the deceased, as the door was fisteneil ittoide.
'the witness forced himself into the rums through a
erainerot partition. When he got in he saw some blood
-at the bottom of she hell. He let in.the 'landlord and
' Volt. ettrn persons. The deceased was in bed and
ke sa the witness, t. whom she said that site wart
In,. He saw a wooed is lee nook. ; *am sureivest
a twenty minutes alter he foil illW her. Mr.
Pearey intaiediately ran firs doctor. Tb witotia4i4
not stay in the room the whole time that thodocetunel
torrim:4.
litr—Voaray. the lindlord of the honer, depnaidiwtet:
the deceased bad lodged in his.'keeese *beat-