The Statesman.
London, England, 1824-01-30 00:00:00

THE KINU.

BRIGHTON, THURSDAY, JAN. 29.—The answer to the
numerous inquiries of this day has been—
" His Majesty again has had a good night, and is better
than yesterday."
From the Brighton Gazette of Wednesday.—His Majes-
ty is suffering under a return of the gout, which came on
early on Sunday morning. His Majesty had, we under-
stand, felt slightly indisposed the preceding- evening. The
attack was rattier severe, but we have the satisfaction to
learn that his Majesty is recovering- from its effects, aid is
now considerably better. The answers to the numerous
inquiries at the Palace yesterday, and up to a late hour last
night, were of a very favourable nature. It is not expect-
ed, under these circumstances, that his Majesty will be
able to fulfil his first intention of opening Parliament in
person, as though his medical attendants confidently ex-
pect that a few days will restore the King to the possession
ofperfeto health, yet it would be hardly considered pru-
dent to"-,etion a journey to London at this season of the
year.— inderstand that his Majesty will hold a Privy
Coune to Pavilion on Sator•lay next.

Parlil 4t will be opened by Commission on Tuesday
next. TA/ principal topics of the Speech to be delivered
on the oiCasion were finally arranged at a Cabinet Council
held yesterday, and will be submitted to the King at
Brighton to-morrow by Ministers, for his Maj-sty's ap-
prowar.—Morning Post.
Yesterday at two o'clock, another Cabinet Council was
held at tke Foreign Office, which was attended by the
Lord C' lellor, the Earl of Harrowby, the Duke of Wel-
lington earl of Westmoreland, Mr. Secretary Canning,
Mr. Sat v Peel, Earl Bathurst, the Chancellor of the
Exch.) ;Viscount Melville, end Mr. Wynn. The
Counc in deliberation till about a quarter past five
o'clochecn'
Yestvgay being. the. Anniversary of his present 3lajesty
George the Fourth's Accession to the Throne. who entered
into the fifth year of his reign, the morning was ushered in
by the ringing of bells, and at one o'clock the Park and
Tower guns were fired. The Royal standard was hoisted
at the Tower; the church steeples displayed the tleion
Tne same was observed by the ships in the L mtlon
and Eqt and %Vest India Docks, and by a nand:kr of ves:-
se!s on the River Thames.

ARCHES' COURT-JAN. 25.
JOHN V. JOHN.

Many incorrect statements havin4 appeared in the pub-
lic pipers respecting this canse, it is deetnefl unnecessary
at the present time to contradict or explain them, is in a
future stage of the husaiess, the circumstances alluded to
will Ins subject to rentsrlc and refutation.

THE LATE LINCOLN COUN I Y ELECTION.
row.-

C.,lanel Johnson has published an account of the whole
monies expended by the Committee for conducting. the
Election of Sir John Thorold. Its simple language, as the
Colonel ssys, requires no comment, and will speak most
powerfully to every Inver of Constitutional Freedom and of
Cheap Elections. The noble and patriotic exertions of
these gentlemen !me not been thrown away ! all England
will see and will profit by the glorious example of the
County of Lincoln ; and they who have been &noting the
first actively to promote a Trur Reform, avoiding the ruin-
ous expence, the drunkenness and debaucheries of Elec-
tions. shall yet receivr the full reward of their labours.

An Ac,•ouni of the Money received and expended by the
Committee for conducting the Election of Sir John
Thor')ld, as a Representative for the County of Lin-
coln.

1523. Received. s.
Nov. 27. Left in Corn-

mittee !loom 0 I
Ditto. to Letter.. I U •
Dec. I. DJ. from Al-
ford. ..... . 1 0

17. From 11,ston
Committee lO 0
Subticriptiqn by this
Comatittee

£B2 10

1823. Expended. .t.s.
Nov. 27.4:11r.f.y0n fur
Flags. dc.. 9 2
Flag stafft.. 0 7
Dec. 3. A Parcel ... 0 I
7. Peg carriers 710
Coadectorx. 3 13
For Commi-
ttee Room.. 3 8
Door keep-

ers ..... :. I 10
Servants ... 1 U

Mr. Smith,
Flags, &c.. 1 12
Balance to
the Band• 9 6
Stationary,
Printing, &
Advertising 51 17

- 82 8
Balance in hand 2

£92 10

W. A. JOHNSON, Chairman.

Wytham on the Hill, Jan. 24, 1524.
a Tneband wag mostly paid by a daily half crown subscrlp-
It ion of the gentlemen present.

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SPORTING INTELLIgENCE.
BETTING AT TATTERSALL:S.-JAN. O.

Denns-.-21 .to 1 Aga Swiss—l 3 to 2 agst Reformer-12 to
agst Agnes—ls to I agst Banshee-15 to I sect Ri
IS to 1 agst Cressida-19 to 1 agst thirty Barly—tX) to 1 agst
Jessy-25 to 1 agst Skim Colt-27 to I efts: Ite.s-50 to is
apt Edward-100 to 1 agst Myrmidon, the Ashton Colt, NU-
rands, brother to Cardinal Puff, and the Colt out of Sister to
Prince Leopold (all taken)
DONCASTER ST. LEGER.-10 to 1 agst Altlsidora-12 to I
agst Swiss-17 to 1 agst Rosanne-1S to I agst Miller of
Mansfield-2/ to 1 agst Ringlet-20 to 1 agst Miss Cran-
field.

RIDDLES WORTH AND OAKS.—Nothing done.

COURSING.

The great matches, for 50 slvs., between Mr. f.ambton's
bitch Hawthorn, and Capt. Swan's Juniper ; and another for
the like slim, between Mr. Harper's dog Fly and the famous
Royston bitch Fan, were run yesterday morning on the envi-
rons of Mhted Park Manor, Herts.

The first match was won by Mr. Lambton's, after an excel
lent run of Vim() quarttrs of a mile. The second was equally-
as fine a run, and was won by Fly.
A subscription piece of Plate, value V/. was the next match:
Mr. Harrison's Truth beat Captain Prescott's r. b.
Mr. Honeyman's Romp heat Mr. Gent's Fag.
Mr. Owen's Ellen beat Mr. Itodeu's br. d.
Mr. Sharp's Plato bent Mr. Howard's.
In the tie Truth beat Pluto, and Ellen beat Romp.
In the second tie Truth bent El:en, end won the prize.
Mr. Haueerie's Skim beat Mr. goth's Folly in a 101. match.
Tne sports closed with other excellent matches.

ITIIIICL7V*AN UNDERTAKINO.—Capt. Holmes, or Waddon.
Berks. started at ten o'clock yeVerday mornieg. to no by way
of 4lakirgliana, from the lily, 140 miles in 48 hours, namely.
to Weyhiil. near Andover, !lents, and return. It is for 200 so's.
avd time is backed et 6 to 4.

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BOXING

DETWRFN .1311,450 N THE BLACK, AND BUBO/. BARRIO, O!(

WEDNESDAY, ON BRISTIVFLL Moon, OXFORDSOIRE.

'Mismatch. which was for 100 sovereigns, and which had
been twice drlaypd, took place in a full ring, and it excited
much interevt. It was a determined conflict of an hour and a
half's duration.

In the fiat round, after mancenvering for first hit, an ex-
change of countvr hits took place,and produced the crimson hue,
and bwh were grassed.
The sezond and third rounds were slaughtering ones, and
loved t2:5 minutes at the real take and give. Johnson had the
hest of the Inst in some gallant exchanges, but he was dropped
in I,e'nz tat) hasty.

4. Ilarris took the lend in this, anl kept it till the 7th,
when a rattler in the jaw, shpped his fastness, and floored
Until the lath round the combatants were at bellows mend'
Ing with pimples much queered.
The lath, Itith,and 1711 i produced a copiousdisplay of claret.
and Ilarris,efter getting a smart lugger on the left side, was all
abroad. The battle continued to the 67th round in mealy style,
and weight, at kngth, overpowered Willis. Toe Black won
with much difficulty.

SPRING CIRCUITS, 1524.
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NORFOLK—Lord Chief Justice Abbott, Mr. Baron Graham.
MIDLAND—Lord Chief Justice Gifford, Nlr. Baron Bullock.
HOME—Lord Chief Baron, Mr. Justice Best.
NORTRERN—Mr. Justice Bayley, Mr. Justice Ileiroyd.
OXFORD—Mr. Justice Park, Mr. Baron Barrow.
ti STERN—Mr. JUStiCe BUrrOUOI, Mr. Justice Richardson.

MARK KTS.—Tuts DAL
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CORN EICUANG R, Jan. 30.—The arrivals are only moderate
for this time of the year.—Wheat,
Oats, 0740.—Irish Oats, 1,806 qrs.—Flour, 7,100 sacks. As
the Country markets all continue advancing, more money was
demanded to day for every article in the Corn trade; the prices
of Wheat exceed these of Nionday, by 2s. to 41. per qr. with
very little left unsold.—Burley is Is. per qr. higer.—Beans are
further advanced 9e. per qr.-o.lts, likewise 2s. per qr. dearer
than on Monday.
6rtruetet.o MAnuer.—There was a sufficient supply this
morning for a Friday's market ; an 1 in consequence of the
weather having changed to cold, higher prices was demanded
for good cattle.

TONBRIDO E 'WELLS, JCSTICZ Roou, JAN. 23.
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Present F. Jones, and Thomas P. BINGIInf.
Es ,uires.

pun:: woman, Harriet llickmol, a pauper of the
of Spi.liitiorat, was lirow.vit t4.oliate tier bastard
child. She stated she was delivered in the workhouse on
the 21st of December last, and that the father of the
child was Edward May, a journeyman butcher in this
place, with whom she hail lived as fellow servant at Mr.
C.nuhridg,e's. On referring to her examination taken
before the birth, in September it appeared that she
had at that time sworn the child to a min named Crank.
This led to a further exandnatiJn, upon which she stated,
that
wben she was abort three months gone of her chill
site became uith tronk ; that a short time
afterwards she informed her fellow servant, May, sl.e was
with child by him (May); that May (who bad s• en her in
Crook's company) persuaded her to swear the chill to
Cronk, selling her that he himself had already one bat-
wit child to keep, and could not support another, and that
if she swore it to him he would run away, ezc. The girl
represented to him that she could not swear the child to
Crook, as she had not had any connexion with him; hut
at length the unhappy girl gave way to her paramour's in-
famous suggestions, and inveigled Crook into a criminal
intercourse for the express purpose of saddling him with
the child of which she was pregnant, and actually swore
the child to hint ; whereupon a warrant was obtained
against him, and he deposited a sum of money with the
parish officers as a secit•ity for his future appearance, in
order that the child might be filired on him. In the
hour however of pain an ► travail, the girl reflected on the
shameful conduct she had adopted, anti at length confessed
the real circumstances of the case to her mother and sister.
The defendant, May, attempted to contradict the girl in
SOOT instances, but his statement in fact went to corrobo-
rate hers, and the chill was accordingly flitted on him.
We underAaml it is the intention of the parish officers to
submit to the Vestry the propriety of taking some pro-
ceedings against the girl, in order to check this shameless
profligacy and wilful perjury.

On Wednesday morning (31st inst.) at a fart minutes
past one o'clock, the inhabitants of Dronfield were alarmed
by a sudden explosion, which proved to have arisen front
the boiler of a steam-engine, of about nine horse power,
belonging to Messrs. Edward Lucas and Son, having been
blown up from a bed.of brick-work, on which it was fixed,
by the force of ignited powder. Mr. Lucas, jun. arcorn•
panted by his brother, proceeded to Sheffield immediately,
travelling with such speed as to arrive before two o'clock,
and communicated a few particulars of this very atrocious
circumstance to the constables and several of the watchmen.
In consequence of some suspicion, Benjamin Creswick,
Wro. Clark, and Joseph l3agshaw, all of Sheffield, grinders,
were taken together at the entrance on the road towards
the town. They are detained for examination this d:&y.
Messrs. Lucas let off part of the power of their engine to
Mr. Beet and others in Sheffield, for the purpose of grind-
ing cutlery, &c.—(Shelidd Iris)

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COURT OF KING'S BENCH.—TIICRSDAT.
The Judges appeared in Court in their Crown robes,
scarlet and ermine, in compliment, we suppose, to his
Alajesty's accession to the Throne, this being the first day
of the fifth year of his reign.
FRAUDULENT REMOVAL OF GOODS.
OPPEINHAM V. SMITH.

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Mr. SCARLETT moved for a new trial in this cage, in
which double rent bad been recovered by the plaintiff,
landlord of a house in Radcliff Highway, occupied by the
defendant, who bad taken another house, into which he
removed his goods withoutpaying rent due to the landlord.
It was now col:tended that there bad been nothing clan-
destine or fraudulent in the removal, He admitted that
there might be fraud, though the removal should be in the
face of day. But here there was no ground of suspicion.
It was known to what house the defendant was removing ;
he was known to be in circumstances in which he could
easily pay; he had not been applied to for payment, and
refused.
The LORD CHIRP JUSTICE.—The removal of the goods
leaves the landlord to the alternative of distritining on
the subsequent tenant, which is contrary to justice ; or
of bringing his action against his former tenant, which
deprives him of the speedy justice which the law has pro-
vided for him. I think no rule ought to be granted.
Mr. Justice BAYLEY.—I have great doubts whether
there was any fraud here. The removal was in broad
day light, and the defendant was so far from being in-
solvent, that he had taken a house at upwards of PO/.
But if the
.Jury bad found contrary to the evidence, a
rule is precluded by the smallness of the atn3uut in
question.
Mr. Justice think there was a fraud here. The
defendant removes his goods without any communication
with the landlord. lam decidedly of opinion that a rule
should not be granted.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.-1 will now mention that 1
had an opportunity of seeing the witnesses for the defend-
ant, and that the Jury also saw them.
Rule refused.
LIABILITY OF COACH PROPRIETORS.
111ARSH V. HORNE.

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This hal been an action by a silk-mercer, in Bath,
against a coach proprietor in London, for compensa-
tion for damage done to silk in its carriage from London
to Bath.
Mr. SCARLETT moved for a new trial, on the grounds that
the damage arose from no neglect, and that the value was
above 51. without paying carriage in proportion.
The COURT granted the rule, and directed Mr. Scarlett
to come prepared to argue that the defendant's knowledge
that the goods were of greater valve than 51. did not de-
prive him of the benefit of his notice.

lterie,l
Went
had received rteic'eeiti•leodis; 1P \ iolent blow on he
Mr. Om Liddou, surgeon, deposed a:tvirft,..llolis,,asr_rt:;:a,i:
esttotwo o'clock yesterday I received a verb• half
fsapga go to Mr. Meade's. On arriving there, Iffondound
lwimanyelilani,cfi. 1 poasennholphloeea.
apsasp eogbf3aawee ril ;shele), dgeb
ri eefdafilia' nafiv9touuanrrdat dbtl
heti:
onnfue .se
servant,ll e
ift.t.hrieiltenrepositionsn ..
I ::,:nt_t
who had preceded
received very severe injury on the head, on
bed-room; I
,sions of the skull. I examined them all, and
and there
itfifoonvt:ein'hodelritansidintaxrtsadeflirrsvayoicture had taken place in one direction, where
the probe passed ; no bone had been driven in ; there w„
noil imein pressure
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is
visit,; I leftand herwenuti
to
ob
the
ey
manbrot Iter
servant's
found him lying on his side on the floor of the room, which
was covered with blood ; I made a sort of pillow with Ids
coat, on which I laid his head, anti on turning his head I
saw all the large vessels of the neck had been divided by
some sharp instrument; be was bleeding much,
was no pulsation. I remained with him a very few 'hi_
notes, and seeing nothing could be done, I left him, to e-n.
der assistance to the sufferers below ; I saw him afterwar Is
and examined the parts; blood was then coming from hi,
mouth, but this might have proceeded from the blood
flowing back from the parts of the divided throat. I ob-
served a considerable blackness about his mouth, but
could not then ascertain that he had shot ltiluself. I ex_
emitted the pistols, and found that powder had recen•ly
been discharged from the muzzle of one, and the toed'
hole of the other. The wound in the throat was the ine-
vitable and undoubted cause of his death.

rd him particulai I.'
Anna Maria Thomas deposed that stir is preceptress to
Mr. Meade's children. Had known the deceased the last
qteunenmo
yo nil
ihgs
1, itayn di n alwaysntdhuocut
thot b
served
gloomy, and fre_
unusual in his manner last week. He seemed to do things
in a hurried manner, as though suddenly rec,otered from a
state of abstraction.

Downing Blake, Esq. deposed as follows.—On Sunday,
the lath inst. deceased on entering into the chapel at tit;
time of the first prayer, when the congregation were stand:
ind, did not proceed to his seat, as usual, hitt turned 'mud,
looked towards the front door, as though he was going to
speak to somebody; he then went towards his pew, wl6ll
he entered and sat down in the middle of it. On hearing
r vt:el
iYt beenti
e ses
deposed deranged.recollection of
his behaviour, that
to similar strange.
the report yesterday of what had happened, it iiiiin..iiativ
occurredthe
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wi deceased
eo
jrst
d three o mn,
other
from oh
lienla
ness and apparent disorder of mind in the decease ].
Joseph Parkhouse, gunsmith, sworn. —Sold a brace of
pistols to deceased yesterday morning ; he paid me for
them. He came once before I was up, about eight o'clock,
and in an hour lie came again. He put his hand on a
brace of pistols, and asked the price of them. I toll him
255. Ile said he could get them at Cox's for a pound,
which I denied. He did not say what he was going to do
with them. I did not ask. I did not observe any thing
peculiar in his manner.
This completed the evidence, and the Coroner thee
requested the room to be cleared while the Jury were
deliberating on their verdict, who, after a short discussion,
returned a verdict of " Insanity."
After the Coroner's Inqiteat had terminated, Mr. John
Liddon, accompanied by his brother, Mr. Henry Liddon,
examined the body of the deceased in the presence of Dr.
Kinglake. The tongue was found tinged with gunpowder
and a groove was formed on the back of it where the
bullet had passed along through the soft palate, and bail
finally lodged on the anterior part of the first vertebra.
The bullet was flattened to nearly the extent of half its
sphericity by the force with which it was driven into the
bone of the vertebra.
It was evidently not the intention of the deceased to
assassinate Mrs. Warren, bitt the lady being the first wbo
presented herself to the aid of the unfortunate servant girl,
Mrs. Warren became the object of his intliscriminatinz
violence. He was of a penurious and avaricious turn of
mind, and bad saved severallhundred pounds in his service,
the greater part of which we are glad to find will go to
the first victim of his fury, if she recovers—the poor girt, ,
to whom he was shortly to be married, and to whose
favour he some time since made a will.
it witn great satisfaction we close this melancholy ac-
count by stating that favourable indications have present,-.1
themselves both as to Mrs. Warren and the maid servant, hut
the situation of either is by no means exempt from danguer.—
The hammer used by the assassin was of rather a larger size
than is commonly used for household purposes ; it was with the
claw part of this instrument that Mrs. Warren was struck, an!
was found to be broken (rant the handle by the force with
which it had been used on this shocking occasion. Tan hands
of the servant girl are dreadfully mutilated, and the wrist bane
of one of them it is feared is broken, having endeavoured to
defend herself from the blows by placing her hands on her head.
It is conjectured that the wretch intended to stun his victim i i
the first place, and then to shoot her ; butt one pistol missiitt
fire, and thinking it necessary to secure his own self destruction
with the other, the result was as stated in the evidence. Ile
had, as it now unquestionably appears, shot himself in the
mouth after the first pistol had missed fire, and the immediate
effect was to render him senseless. His subsequent strugfle
nod escape from his master, and being enabled to reach tie
distance of his bed room, ere remarkable facts ; but as lb,
hermorrhage was at first slight, he had not become env I
weakened by the occurrence, though he was remarked iu hit
escape from the nursery to run in a bending position.
Mr. Caines, of Langport, was the Coroner on this occasiol,
between whom aid Mr. Pearson, a solicitor of London, a con-
versation had passed previous to our entering the room. ou the
go est inn of right of the Coroner to exclude any persons whoin
he might think proper. Mr. Caines stated that he wis res
Y
to abide by his responsibilit in his refusing to allow knyp t
son to attend that he did not approver approve, upon which Mr. Pearsall
retired.

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