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

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INSOLPSNT DRBTORteouir.—
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'IVACO OF imamate OV 11111111.1111.
Yeeteriay Thomas Patton was brought op to be beard
or his petition to be discharged and was opposed by Mr.
Heath, ow behalf of Ann Hobbs, a rouse stomas of very
decent appearance. who was extremely deaf.
Mist Hobbs stated, that she was a straw plat manatee-
.orer, and resided near Hampstead, In Hertfordshire;
that is the month of Jane, 1826, the Insolvent, who'd
•he bad known for some time, paid his addresses to her;
she objected to marrying hiss on acconat of her deafness;
bat be said, that made no ditterencli with him, and he
"mold gladly make her his wife if abs would eossentr-
Sbe in consequence agreed, alter. tones her owe words,
" not a long courtship.' In August the I esoltent told
her he had purchased the stock of a public-hoes., at
Hempstead, for 1001.; hiked M. himself, and his sister
owed him 481. but he could not get it from her ; and he
oohed the witness fora lose of 201. to mike up the pur-
chase money, at the same time telling her she should he
mistress ot the home. "1 coasideted." said Miss
" that as things were come to a pMat between us I might
as well give him the money before marriage as after,
and accordingly gave him the 201." The losolvent pur-
chased the public-house, and continued to visit Miss
Hobbs, and to repeat his assurances that she should sew
be his wife. On the Bth of October be came to her house
and in her premiere wrote bey a letter, which was read
in Court. very mach to the amusement of the auditory.
Ile commenced by expressing his hope that the few lines
he them wrote ironlii find her in good health, as he was
at the time of writing; and after repeated declarations
of his determination to make her comfortable in his new
habitation, concluded by telling her, that he had been dis-
appointed by a person who bad promised him a loan of 201.
and requested she remold assist him with a loan of 10f.
Miss Hobbs on that occasion lent the insolvent 51., and
be gave a receipt for the 231. He also requested her to
write to have the banns of marriage between them pub-'
lished, which she did. He never came to see her after-
wards, and in two mouths be married another. Miss
Hobbs seise after sued him for the mosey she lent; lie de-
fended the action, and she obtained judgement at au ex-
pense of 52!.
Mr. POLLOCK addressed the Court for the Insolvent.
The Court said the Insolvent's conduct Its-1 at once
been fra,,. Intent and cruel, and gave judgment that he
shonli • entitled to the benefit of the Art tir. be lota
been tvret.o months in pri.on at the suit of Ann Hohlis

I IitCIT PISTILL i TION.-011 flittriliq 1.00, tire
illicit loin', were taken out of one. tenrutrot 1.1 I.r. -
drama. Iflasgow, one in a court adjoinin: the 0 w-
bal. police office, and a seventh in at-ottwr put of
that village. A battle feminine took Ow, ors di, or
easion, at one seizure, hetweedtio Irish w• tnten. als In
the characters of the persons connected with this n,
farious trade, the.otte asaintaining that they were r-
apectable, and the other that that they were not, an:
hich terminated in bloody noses. sad the interference
of the police.
...On the evening of Wednesday se'llitleht Mr. Shand,
-itspervisor of Excise, accompanied by two officers,
Ls.reseeded td liardotrie Loth, were they 'discovered
ork with a still of fifty gallons, .five fermenting
. s.coolai and Other necessary utensils, which, with
o tittastiti of low winos, wore instantly destroyed.-,--
'''lest easpicroli ileiStlesteoyed. it the west end of tio;
... , . •
ilieeutespityregit,, goad-sting of a stilt, slit
Nsubier.4osl Ate hundred gallons of wash, and
atky of malt„ Two of the men engaged in this
.aniriaina traffic were secured and carried to Stir/log,
wheii.thq bleitaloce bead lodged le Jall. -
Illow-ernese.--Wiliism Maslen, of Great Wild-
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jape', baker, was yesterday Seed ten shillings, with
'costs, for weighing with penny pieces instead of pro-
per weights.
John Cooper, of Drury-lane. baker, was convicted
in the like penalty for refusing to weigh a loaf when
requested so to do. IN a second case he was convict-
ed in a similar penalty of a similar offence ; when it
was sworn that, suspecting the purchaser to he an in-
former, he snatched the loaf out of his hands, broke it
in two parts,'and flung it leader the counter.
Yesterday Thomas Preston, a lad who was appre-
hended on Tuesday last, with a loaded pistol in Isis
eseeession, by Dutch, the Officer, was brought up for
to-reamiaation. Ile is suspected to be the person who
fired at the watchman in Burtoo-Crescent. The pistol
be had stolen !MU the King's Arms public house,
Five-fields, Chelsea.—The prisoner was fully commit-
ad for stealing the pistol.
• panorama's inucesgs.—Yesterday an inquest was
brut at the Grotto, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-
. before Thomas Sterling, Esq. Coroner, on the
lowly of Mrs. Elisabeth Williams, 70 years of age.—
it Appeared from the evidence that the deceased drops
down dead on Wednesday evening, instead); upon her
nomplaining that she felt a sudden pain in her chyle'.
%I the body bring opened, the surgeon was of opinion
Mud the deceased died of water on the chest. The
deceased wasoften heard to say, that she never had
cense to complain 'of an ho'e's illness. Verdict—Died
by the visitation of 0".
Yesterday afternoon an inquisition was taken before
.11. W. Cowin, Fag. Coroner, at the Throwsier's Arms.
;ffiasex-street, Whi.echapel. on the body of Thomas
Aletlcroft, aged 61'.. The deceased, fur the last thirty
scars, lived in MI obscure apartment by himself iii
eticroft-court. Beset-street. and hardly afforded
himself the common necessaries of life. and died
'possessed of property to the amount of 39,0; 01. al.
(Lough a few days before his death he was heard to
say, that he should apply for admission into the work-
house. Verdict—Natural Death.
Last night, an inquisition, pursuant to adjourn-
ment, was taken before Thomas Shelton, Esq Coroner,
in the Vestry--row's of St. Mildred**, Mildred's-court,
PunAry, on the body of Mrs. R. Gabbs, wife of 0.
Habits, Ksq. of Nu. 7, Ingram-court, Fenchurch-
street, who was unfortunately killed in Lombard-
street, on Sunday night last, by being run over by a
hackney-roach. Verdict—Manslanahlter against the
driver of a certain haskney-coach, at present unknown.

11.14.11

MARRIED.
On tbe nth of ince last, by special license. at St. David's
chards. Van Diemen's Land, Mr. S • tt, Surgeon, Royal
Navy, and resident sargeon of the Colony, to Lull.
retie Davey, only child of Lieetenant-Coloel Davey. late
Lieutesant Uoventor of Vats Mamma's Laund. The young
Lady was given away by big Excellency Uosernor Mae-
quark.

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Illistards OM. to Ms.
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