The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-12-10 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN

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-- Barker; a tobacconist of Shadwpfl, Ira 1.111.114 cif
killjoy ag4 aiaying ,Catherine Moody. After fti74erselt had
been ,atidgeod, the Recorder observed, tbat..the elee.wased,
bad entered the prisoner's !shop in a state of initogkatiall,
and 'conducted herself therein a disorderly twiner, and
therefore the prisoner was justified in putting her out. Itclid
not appear by the evidence that in so doing be had used any
unnecessary violence, and he consequently should not coil
upon the prisoner for his defence. The Jury immediately
returned a verdict of Not Guilty.

FATAL PUGILISU.
Thomas George, John Fawcett, Dania Marius, Samuel
Pell, and Jolts. Webb (the latter three not in custody)
were charged capitally with the wilful murder of Charles
Gibson' on the 24th of November last, at the parish of St.
Marylebotr, Stratford.
A second count charged Thomas George with inflicting
divers Wows upon • the fare and body of Charles Gibson,
from the effects of which he died, and John Fawcett with'
aiding and assisting t-erein. it will be recollected ihat a
pugilistic contest took place between George sad the de.:
cassed.who were bakersoe afield at the back of thelnindon
Hospital, which lasted one hour and five minutes, when
Gibson received a blow, from which be fell senseless and
did not recover. After evidence had been adduced as to
the dispute which led to the fight and the fatal result.'
The Recognise commenced summing up.- but was in-
terrupted by the Jury, who expressed themseltei satisfied
as to the guilt of the prisoners, and returned di verdict
accordingly.
The Recommit then addressed the prisoeers at some
length, remarking with great seterity upon the conduct of
Fawcett, who, he observed, ought to have used every
endeavour to prevent the meeting, rather than have
encouraged it in the infamous way he had done.—
The sentence of the Court upon George was that
he should be imprisoned for six weeks in the House
of Correction, and there left to bard labour, and Fateetttto
be confined for two years in the same prison and kept to
hard labour. The aLCOR DER remark-d that this was the
first conviction under a recent Act of Parliament,
which placed it in the porer of the Court
to transport for fourteen years, or otherwise the full
extent of the punishment would have been awarded.

SHIPPING INTELLIGEI;IO2.

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POITSMOUTR, Dac.9.—Wind N. Arrived from the Dowaso
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' Reg, tor Ditto p Reeewisit:Gramertiel for. IhrebaNlollll4 eitilerl
the George, Wisemenefb; Terceira.
P.aatt4Wlll. Da3.9.-119iqd V.N.W.i Arrived the Laid We:-
Haitian, Ward, from Menukin 33days. •
Frmatouyu, Dec. 8 —Wind W.S.W: Arrived the Summer
Packet. from Lisbon. sided 30th Nov.: Nymph, Samways,
from Gibraltar, bound to Newthandland, out 6t days; has been
as far vie as long. 30. and is In want of provhdons. Salted
the William and Themes, Smith, fur Naples, sod Lerd•Sid-
month Packet for Jamlics:•- • •

Goaittedwo, Dee. 4.—Art&eed the Marquess Houtley,Thete.
sow, from tit. Jolty's. N.H. 'Glow of *Seam boat, 4isotastw4,
and tali of water, bevies betake° slum coo ;be Mouse Sand.

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White; From Shields to London, foundered on
Thiricisy, of Matte,' Point, Obw 'sated.
The Ctinfriseiee, Scott, frbm Dundalk to London, got ots
shore the 4.1 t Intent, in tikingAteharbour of Port Gurdon and
'ttilsild; brew and cargo nave& ! - • •1•1-:
• CONTRABAND 'TRADE.

The'brig, Wilson, of Ned York, Capt. Thomas Briton, ,
was seised on Wednesday at Poolbeg, by the Saatnrock
Revenue cruiser, Capt. James Montgomery, a quantity of
tobacco to the amount of about 1501bs. weight having been
found on board. There were passenger' on board the
Wilson, and she had • cargo of staves, cotton, and flax
seed. The tobacco was made ep in parcels like cheeses,
and was found in the steerage wiper the staves. The pas-
sengers had baggages on board. The crew consisted of
twelve men. The circumstance is in course of investigation
at College Street Police Office.—.-(llnb/in Morning Post.)
The Preventive Boat at Bognor seized, on the 27th
tobs of Geneva, I bale of silks, I do. of camhrics, 501bs.
of tea, a large tub boat and gear, and 6 men : the men were
lodged in Horsham Gaol.
IMPORTANT SEIZURR.—CoItic, Nov. 28.—k aehooner, the
Johns, of St. Andrew's, having a large quantity of tobacco on
hoard, made up in bales, was yesterday seized by Mr. Richard
Evanson, one of the Surveyors of West Passage. Tne parti-
culars, we understand are these :—The Captain reported the
vessel to have come from St. Andrew's, Nova Scotia, lades
with timber, which formed but a smell part of her cargo, and
though boarded both at Cove and Passage by the proper au-
thorities, and serefully examined, every thing appeared so
correct, that she was allowed to proceed up the river, towed by
one of the steam boats, the Waterloo. When she had got into
Loch Mabon,sonte distance below Blsckrock Castle, the captain
directed the tow rope to be let go and dropped his anchor,
though cautioned against the insecurity of stopping In such
shoal water. Mr. Branson. who was the officer that board.
ed her at passage, and spent nearly a quarter of an hour
in examining her papers, Ike. perceiving a here she stopped,
and suspecting from the state of the wind anti tide, and
the'situation she anchored in, that all was not right, hoard-
ed her again, sod on a more diligent search, discovered the
tobacco, as before described, to a considerable extent. The.
Captain and crew. with the supercargo, have been takes
Into custody, and the vessel has been brought up to the
Custom House quay. In the course of. yesterday and this
morning, 775 bales of tobacco, averaging 601ba. per bale,
have been landed from her, and lodged in the King's storm
To the seizing officer this must prove a very fortunate hit,
the vessel and cargo (taking the tobacco at the full price)
begin estimated at 10,0001.—Cork Chronicle.
Capt. Yates, master of the vessel was convicted on Tues.
day, and sentenced to serve in the navy. Ale has pleaded
that he is an American, and the execution of his sentence
is to be impended for some time, to afford au opportoniy
for appealing. James M‘Maxter, suspected to have been the
owner or superesete apart of the tobacco, was discharged.
The trials of thicrew were proceeding, and one of them
was convicted. '

L .ftr- is •
RIMARICAIE APT rig Jessy, end Thonatot's
packet, both of Doinfriesesoiled from St. John's, New
Brunswick, *Main a few:hours of each *other, but the
vessels never again cainerin sight 'Suring the whole
passage, little short of 3000 miles: Each of the masters
had orders to touch at the Isle of Man, and on Friday
week, just as the Jetty had got moored, and was pre-
paring to send her boat on shore, the Packet came round
Douglas Point, and anchored alongside of her. The
Packet arrived at Dumfries on Saturday last, and on the
same day the Jeasy proceeded to Liverpool.—(Dumfries
Paper.)
his with pleasure we are enabled to contradict the
statement, which we copied into our last paper, that a
great addition is about to be made to the Assessed Taxes.
The supposition probably took its rise from the increased
activity of the surveyors; bet we are assured that the
object of the recent survey is to equalize the present
assesetnent and not to raise it, except id those instances in
which it may appear to be tinder-rated. The greater part
of the persona assessed are already alleged with their
windows and upon the full amount of their rent, and it.
is only 'prop aged to raise those which are fonnd to be
otherwise.-411ristol Mercury)
Tuesday se'nnight, a fishing-twat, tinder sail, was, by a
sudden squall, upset near the fish town of Boddam, in
the neighbourhood of Peterhead, when the crew, four in
number, were in the most imminent danger of findiog a
watery grave. A medical gentleman on horseback wit-
nessed theaccideot from the Peterhead road, and pushed
on to Boddam, where be rendered essential .service in
restoring the poor men, especially one of them, who was'
much exhausted. It is worthy of remark that this, like
many other accident., was occasioned by the men being
all employed at the oars, without the necessary precaution
of having one of their number attending to let go the
sheet, so as to allow the sail to fly louse before any sudden
gust of wind whioh might ethic.
In the forenoon of last Wednesday, a waggon loftily
laden with straw, on its way from Iford to this town, was
blown over by the violence of the wind. near Stranburgb,
and falling upon a man (Mr. Hurly's shepherd) as he was
casually passing on the road, it kept him for some time
a close prisoner beneath it, under strong apprehensions
for his safety; but luckily, the heavy pressure of the straw
being kept from him by a dung vixen, on which the upper
part of the lading rested, he was, at length, and to his
expressible in joy restored to bis liberty unhurt,but dread-
fully frightened.—(Gantt Journal.)
On Tuesday afternoon as a poor man named Bnmstead,
(laving a wife and three children) was pursuing kis wonted
occupation at the eastward of the town of Hastings, in
carrying sway sand which had been dug from the cliffs, a
considerable portion of the rock, to the quantity of many
waggon loads, detached itself, and instantaneously buried
the unfortunate man in the ruins. Every effott has been
made by digging, to discover, and if possible to extricate,
the mangled remains, but up to Thursday, the lahours of
the workmen had proved unavailinE. Two men, named
Coleman and Dysou,stationed below the precipice, were
nearly sharing the melancholy fete of their companion ;
the former had actually assisted the deceased in lifting a
load of sand which was on his shoulder,when the rock fell.

After a succession of rain, and during boisterous weather,
the rocks are likely to separate and fall, particularly where
there are excavations and undermining' ; and many dread-
ful and fatal accidents have occerred of late years at Hut.
inns, from the dangerous employment of procuring sand
for domestic purposes.—(lbid.)
A sheet time since, a some labourers -
SAIL Os et six miles to the South of CV
ad the Wettish Strike against some bard ,
thrturflide Of the earth, which, on being ,
roved to he a earthen vessel, contalois
sliver coins, chiefly of Gordian, Philipp,
inster pan are in good preservation.