The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-10-07 00:00:00

" 1 am, &c.
" JAMES ROLLO.

" To Mr. Thomas nitride, &c." •

On receipt of the above, Mr. Ritchie declined
either to make an apology, to name a friend to set-
tle the affair, or to accept the challenge. Mr. It.llo
afterwards addressed a letter to him iu the followiug
words :

• 4( Perth, Nov. 25,1817.

SIR,--1 am extremely sorry that I have made so gr,...s
mistake this day, iu conceiving you to be a Geri-Orman, and lam
sorry l have sto,,prd so for Wow tiro efition as even coo .eirend.
iog to give you the satisfaction of a Gentleman, and shall this
might post you as a coward.

" 1 am, Su.
" .1 A NITIS ROLLO."

Placards accordingly were put up in the Erwinruge
Coffee-roan, and on the entry leading thereto, coo.
taining the following words ;

" Perth, Nov. 23, 1817.
" I hereby post Mr. Thomas Ritchie, y. linger. of Couplindy,
as a cotouril, and an math axaciate for Ay Gent Irrty....
" JA ES ROLLO "

After the examination of several witness-s, the
Jury were addressed on the part of the Prosecutor
by Mr. MONCRIEFF. and by Mr. KAY for the De-
fender. A minute detail of the evidence was then
laid before them by the LORD JUSTICE CLEILR, and
the Jury hiving retired, soon after r►iurned with a
verdict, finding, by a plurality of voiced, the libel
Proven.

Before the sentence Was pronounced, Mr. Mort•
ctuE5F stated to the Court that his Client had autho-
rized him to move his Lordship to defer pronouncing
judgment ; and in order that the verdict might not
hang over the head of Mr. Bolin, Mr. Ritchie now
doses ted the diet against the Defender, and, therefore,
he (Mr. Moncrieff ) moved his Lordship to discharge
him simplicuer.
In doing so the LORDJusTicECLERK congratulated
lio!lo on the very handsome m inner in which
Mr. Ritchie had terminated th' prosecution. His
Lordship remarked, that he was happy that an op-
portunity had been this day afforded of showing the
etlicaCy of the laws of our country, that Mr. ltitct►ie's
appeal to them had been completely sustained, while
his honour and character were vindicated ; and that
by his conduct he had completely vindicated himself
from the aspersinn of having raised and carried ou the
prosecution from any vindictive feeling. At the same
time his Lordship observed, that the Act before
trioted had certainly been as it were raked up for this
prosecution ; that few trials, and few or 110 convic-
tions had proceeded upon it for nearly a century : bet
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yet the Statute eas .not obsolete. His Lordship iu
conclusion hoped, however, that Mr. Rollo would
stow return without any slur on his honour, or stigma
on his cllaracter, to that society in which he had hi-
therto moved, but from which, had it not been for
the liberal behaviour of the private prosecutor, he
must inevitably have been for ever separated.
This case seemed to excite great interest. During
the discussion the Court was suet crowded, arid we
observed a considerable number of Ladies in the (root
of the gallery.

Monday night, as Mr. and Mrs. Hanley, of Paul-
irtsret, were coming from Croydon Fair, in a one-
horse chaise, two fellows, dressed in smock frocks,
on Bihton-hill, jumped horn behind the hedge; one
seized the. horse's reins, and the other came op to
1.4 r. llsoley and demanded his money ; Mrs. Hanley
screamed out violently, on which the ruffian pulled a
pistol from under his frock, declaring that if the
least noise was made by either, he would blow their
brains out. Mr. Hanley was compelled to give them
his watch, and about ten shillings in silver. They
were proceeding to search their pockets, bat the
noise of a carriage coming at some distance alarmed
them, and they ran off across the fields.
Monday afternoon a party of gentlemen invited to
spend the evening with some friends on board an East
Indianian, now lying in the Pocks, repaired to Al-
akrmati's Stairs, Wapping, and hired a boat to con-
vey them thither ; the Waterman had not rowed far
when one of them stood up in the boat; the water.
man cantioneil the others, who were going to follow
his example, nu the impropriety of it, but not under-

vatpling him (some of them being turf i4ners) they ell

stood up at one side of the boat, hy which it was
upset, and the whole of them, consisiing of five et
elusive of the Waterman, were thrown into the water.
An alarm was instantly made, and active waiermen
made to their assistance. Two of the party were
taken nut apparently dead, but by the 'team recom-
mended by the nny•,l Humane Society, being resorted
,to they were recovered. Drops were used the whole
of the 'tight in search of the body of Mr. firederirk
Auzustus Antony, a foreign merchant, and Mr.
Jones ; the body of the former was found yesterday
fiernoort , at three o'clock; end seas conveyed to the
itea.r,-st public-house.

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