The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-10-01 00:00:00

MC A's' Wier& &peva, that .tar' was present at the
tisifeiago of tboitprower,witts iris first wife. • • •
ilso wood • *lwo emit forward, and depoieir
Aaimarried'oti the td of DecewberOterk
A gentlenian here 'observed to the Magistrate.' that thef
were in smirch of a third wife in the neighbolrheod of
Covent-garden marlict and he did nut apprehend bit they'
would 130 able to dale mit a fourth.
The Prisoner bring railed upon for his defence, said that'
after spending a great part of his life at sea, and just re-
turning to this country, be was totally ignorant that 14
was offending its laws.
Mrs. Warren and the second wife were then bound over
to prosecute. and the prisoner was remanded.
Four boys, all wood cutters, who reside at Compeer'/
Gardens, Wirlcney read, were charged by Walker, an
aid% bating on last Sun:lay evening a quantity of fruit is
their possession.
The Magistrate animaileerte.l in strong terms upon the
erinduct.of the officer, who held these boys from Sunday t.
Tuesday without bringing tt em np.
The prisoners being culled upon, said that they par.
chased the fruit, for ull'els they gave2e. fid. They said
they earned a liveliheoll by cutting wood, and could pro.
duce the man fro ti whom they purchased the fruit, They
were discharged, awl the frail kept until they produced the
individtial from whom they purchased it.
Tows HA LL.—Yester lay Susganah Jones was brongl.t
np fur an assault upon Caroline Findlay.
The prosecntrix resides a: Nu. 1, Crown Court, Tooley-
street, and en the °cession of the pi is iner's goods being
diatrained a short time bock, assited her by the loan of a
201. note, to recover them, ant! in order to render the re.
payment of the money ea v, emoloyed her to mingle for
her. Yesterday on taking her a bridle of linen for slut
purpose, she not only refused to do them, but swore she'd
mangle her, the pruseciiteix, if she di In't quit the host,,
and seizing the poker struck be on the shoulder, and dis-
abled her right arm.
The prisoner being oiled on said, indeed she. was not
going to work her soul out. fi.r 1• a dead horse," not she—
she had paid 71. of the debt; and would pay the reentioder
at her convenience. The prosecutrie insisted upon sitting
down in her room, and taking her to task, and she took the
poker in her own defence.
The Maaistrote told her she Was a base, nnerateful
woman, arvl °vivre I her to find bad, which nut being ale
to procure, she was com

'.,QUESTS.
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Yesterday an inquest was held on the body of J. Harl,a
journeyman carpenter, residing at 21. King-4feet, Gohlen-
square, who was found dead in his apvtifient, hating
blown out his brains by a pistol holler, which he fired km.
his month. He lay on the ground, when discovered, coin.
ed with blood, his head shattered to pieces. and the pitted
in his right hand. The deceased bad been in a melancholy
state of mind fur seeerat weeks, and fur the -last two
flays be had confined himself to his room. After several
witnesses were examined, the inquest was adjourned to this
day.
An inquest was held yesterdsy morning at the Whiteeress
street prison, on the body of Capt. W. Crofton.-11r. W.rd,
'unreel% of the prison, stated that the deceased had hens, for
a number of years. an imprisoned debtor in that gsol .; that
about a week ago he was seized with an inflammation its
his bowels, and witness attended hite ; a tnortilit•stion re.
sued and terminated his existence. ihiriag his Bine s
received the kindest treatment possible from where% tell
the prisoners gener illy. who much respected him for hav-
ing generously sacrificed his own comforts to relieve their
distresses.—The Go,ernor of the gaol stated, that the de.
ceased had been confined seven years within the wall, of
that prison for debt. The el finis against him, on his first
commitment, :unmated to 7,000:. the greater part of which
be had liquidated during his imprisonment, and he expect.
ed to be liberated early in the ensiling year, when hewonle
have satisfied his creditors.—Verdict," Died of a member
lion, fez."
Yesterday an inquisition was taken on the body of a noted
and eccentric character. noosed John Norris, before Mr. Stu-
xixo, Coroner, at the Black Horse, George-street, St. Giles's.
It was reported the deceased was starved to death. The evi-
dence proved, that latterly, the deceased, who was near 711
years of age, was unable, from great infirmities, to punnebis
occupation of a dealer in shrimps, which, from his peculiar cry,
gained him the appellation of the " Musical Shrimp-roan :"
he shortly since applied for parochial relief, and received
trifling sem from the overseers of St. Giles'e, and a pass is
his own parish, St. Margaret's, Westminster ; but of this he
did not avatilionelf, as be retired to his lodgings in George.
street., where he was. found in a few days, dead. We wets
Informed be was considered the father or veteran chief of the
votaries of low " life" in St. Giles's' he was; it is said.
down to every thing, and his advice on the subject of rodgisq
(begging) was considered of the first order; no man could is
finer style then he evade the clauses of the Vagrant Act, sad
none, in kis day. when he could stork, would makes more pro-
fitable harvest of a caffeine ramble, in his professioa of
shrimp dealer. He had, by fighting and mere did of beating.
driven oet of a certain walk all the dealers in that way, and
monopolized to himself the business. In this monopoly lie al-
ways could command a party to defend him and substantiate
his preteasions : he was known for the last Roy years at the
markets; in fact, the whole of his life was a busy round of ec-
centric trickery and begging. The Bin& Horse Is the bond
e
where Holloway and Haggerty, the murderers of Mr. Steele
on Hounfilow I leath, were secured. " Old Jack Norris " was
present. and was instrumental in the capture of the murderers.
—The Jury found a verdict of—'• Died by the visitation el
Gun."

Several waggoners have. Liely been fined, oniirr the New
Act, for leaving in the middle of the toad the large stones
with which they stay their wheels, when stopping to rtst
their teems on ascending hills.

BIRTHS.--0n Sunday last, in liereford-street, the Lady of Sir tl.l
Hempson, Barg of a eon.
Ou Monday, 211th Sept. at Bedford Hill, Surrey, the Lair of .1. F. Barnett.
Esq. of a son.
DIED.—On the 29th ult. at Stanlake„ Berks, Katherine, the wife of 91r ;t
Duklnglield. Bart in the 68th year of her age.
At her house In Portland-place, after a. long Illness, the Dowager Lady
Templetown.
At Dominica, on the 12th of last July, after an Illness of only three dills
in the 291 year of bin age, Henry Bowyer Tulloh. sq. Cedooial
the
in the above island, and second son of Lieutenant-Col. oi the Iteym
Artillery.
At Burr Barracks, yin Wednesday. the 17th ult. Capt. E. P. WO:eft. 11114
commanded a detached company 01 the 34 Itoyal Veteran Battalion stationed
there.
On his passage from India. on board his Majesty's ship filadagaicar.,
B. M'Coy, late of the Slat Regiment, aged thirty-three; sod of Mr.:lgEr.
Royal Artillery, Woolwich.

COAL MARKET. iiisrr.29.
Ships at Market. Ships Sold. Price. •
NI Newcastle . 47i .
13 Sunderland.

BOURSE OE EXCRANGB.—Tussoac.
Anisterdamp c. 1..12 10 Gibra1tar............ 301 $
Ditto at Sight 12 S Leghorn .............
0
Rotterdam.... ..... .12 11 Genoa ..............
Antwerp 12 0 Venice Italian Liv.... 25
0
Habargh. 2 Malta .... ...; ....... 45
ro
Alton 3s S Naples ... 0
Paris, 3 days' 5ight.....25 90 Palermo
Ditto ll6 10 Lisbon ...... . ........ 511 •
Bordeaux 26 10 Oporto .............. •
Frankfort on the Main . .159 Rio Janeiro ..... ....
Petersburg 3us p rble tip Bahl* ...... ..... ... .40
Berlin .....Cur Dolls 7d Ittgr. Dublin. ... ...... 4.
Vienna, EL 2 m no 10 24 Cork
Trieste ditto .10 24 BULLION. Plll`l°'
Madrid
Cadiz
Bilboa
Sallie •• • * 33
6 New 1.5...;::1:14153 4 000 PNF Neorw gptir I 103 A diOdOi nil in be°6B. ire°43:: IF"
3 Silderinbars.staad'ardo "

London t 'rioted and Published stills Olee, No. 297, S
by R. WARDELL, LLD'. Inopiistot.