The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-08-07 00:00:00

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PA RT EILSH I ntsobtxßf.
Frederick tor Mile-LW ()Id To en, and Fred.l9draltra:l
North-street, Beihatal-green.—.l ebn Bracer and James 3rx,
Ureat Yarennoth, rope-aenkers.—Jmues lii•Xdarn and Wm.
Hendrie, Bristol.—Rob. Smith and Thomas IVhitwell, of
the Generous Friends vessel, Liverpool—Wm. Hustler and
J. Buchatrua, Castle-.(reel, Leicester-square, w ine-merelsants.
Joseph fstvlor, James Taylor, James Knight, and Wan.
clothiers.—John Lownds, Th.n Lownals,
London, and TllO9. !mends, Wood-otreeet, oeJan-wearers.
Robert Whytt, Theo. Bentley, and E. A. Wbot, Fee-
church-street, merchants.—Rd. Marshall alai I'hos. Rnbio-
son, Reentrant, and Rub. H. Kahan], Chelmsford, printer,.
—Jena It.e.rourd and Powell, St. Mail, runt Jarile,
tai. nee bakers.—John Knowles ou4 Jobe Flo ith, Alter-
arm With 11'lladen, York, cotton-spinners.—Wmu Purnell
lull Jannis si:ulna, Bristol, soil-sloth-neakers.

SURREY SPECIAL SESSIONS.

Sitiarday, August 5.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS.

Ncliron Gri&ble was opposed 'under the 35th
clause of the Art, which provides, that the benefit
of the Act shall not extend to any person obtain.
ing money or goods under false preteacts, miles*
they shall have been in entsliusineut upwards of 10
years.
Mr. MARMOT stated, that in the year 1806, the
Prisoner was Mate Of the Lord Eldon East In.
diaman, then about to sail for India ; wishing to
take a ',Mere out with him, but not having any
property, he obtained credit of several tradesuieu,
by representing that hi: brother, a Gentleman of
property, residing at Ketvedon, in Essex, would
accept bills for the amount of such goods as he
might purchase ; under this pretence, he obtuinecl
credit of sovcrial tradesmen to the amount of near
a thousand pounds. Amongst others, Mr. An-
thony, the opposing creditor, had furnished him
with watches and jewellery to the value of
21171. 103. for which the Prisoner gave Won a bill
on his brother at IS mouths. Ou Mr. Anthony
applying to the brother to accept the nute, be
declined doing so, and it did not appear that he had
414 given the Prisoner any authoriry to make
such a represontation. Mr. Anthony hastened
bark to reclaim his goods, but fussed that the ship
had sailed. None of the persons of whom the
Prisoner had obtained goods had ever been paid,
nor did it appear what the Prisoner had done With
the money produced by the sale; in his schedule
be made a return of '• no estate or effects what-
ever.'" . •
These facts were proved in evidence.
Mr..P.swes, for the nuttier, coutended, that
thatteas no fraud proved in this casu ; the bro..
thinit of the Prisoner should have been brought
foulard to prove that Itched never given kWh°.
city for bis name being used in this transaction ;
and that the tradesmen shrinld have inquired, be-
fore
.they furnished the goods, whether the bills
ilitutalrl be accepted, whet wise they furnished them
at their own risk.

ThoCuort, however, were of opinion, that this
was a frradelent tra:zsaction, and the Prisoner was
remanded.

se'nnight, the business of the
Assiz,e of Waterford was interropted by an alarm
rof fire, which commenced at the west side of the
Court Gaol, and at the distance of ten or eleven
'Mouses from it. Its origin was accidental. The
houses in. that neighbourhood being covered with
thatch, sixty of than were consumed in the
space of an hour. One life was lost, a boy about
jeer )ears old.
An ilqui,ition was taken yesterday at the Ito.
Lin flood public-house, six miles from Watford,
M the body ilia Miss Merchant, whose death was
uel'asiotied on the preceding day by the'overturn.
ing.of a chaise. The circumstances of the case
era atifill. The young lady, who was in Lr
tertileth year, was on the point of marriage with
a young gentleman of the name of 11-owards who
hail gonefroin London tip fetch her home from a
visit in Hertfordshire. Whilst mailig way for a
waggon, the near wheel got into a hole, and a
wheel of the wagcun having caught that of the
theist', the latter vehicle was upset, and the lady
received a co:tot:Pion on the head, vehicb occasion-
ad her deeth in a short time. The gentleman was'
trot hurt. Verdict—Accidental Death.

JolutaDoThertkatid Alatthew Redly, two pri-
v4teoildiens we executed ail Aluoday at Ips-
4ich,Tilv the wilfill toiltdct of their cua*ra4le,

Bowe, its Mil, let. •
A gang of thieves, on Thursday last, broke
into the hbuse of,blr. Allman, of Beckley Lodge,
Bucks, when a maotTlf dog seized ono of them, and
io•severely lacerated him, that he expired next
day. The others escaped without airy booty.
At Bretitford, bcfure a Bench of Magistrates at
the Three Pigeons, an on-common case canoe on to
be beard last Week. A gentleman was sommoned,
at the instance of the Officer of tlestun, to answer
a complaint for extreope cruelly to a child ere years
old, whom, it was stated, lie bad bought of some
wandering gypsies, hall clothed it, and gave it the
run of the house. The child put sunlit straw info
a Closet, and set- fire to it ; un which thu prisonet,
before any accidtiit could happeo, dragged hies
from his 2044 and competed him to talks:: a piece•
of hut iron goo: a fire •with big bake bands, and
beat hint sereirly besides. In
.01110103 M's of his
cotultickrie said he did this to deter him from act.
ing so in future, bufiliJ•oot mean to repeat such
severiti.ll• but, oss the contrary, he would use him
tenderly. The Magistrates donsiderine the whole
of the east., held the accused to bail to answer the
complaint at the visaing Nliddlesex Sessions.
k present nil a singular isattire has lately been
made to the Bodkin Library, • Word, and to the
University Lihrary of (:atnlstis!ge. The Rev. Was.
DAY It, B. A. coral.: of Lostleigh, D.:von, having
compiled a syste:ii of Divinity in a course of scr.
moo,, Want If printed fourteen copies of it, by
"'ilia of a press grhiF by himself, page by page,
sad leaf by leaf. -01111althei with immense labour
and indefatigable patience, extended his work to
26 vols. in Bro. lib Intends to distribute the rest
among the libraries at other i.ublic bodies.
Yesterday muctiog• while the family of Mrs.
Norman, of So the Lambeth, were at breal. tan',
the servant let fsli tht• elm tilled with boiling wa.
:ter, by which 'accident )uung Lily, who was un
a visit to the farotlf, was scats:ad in so dread! of a
ansanei. on the neck and attar •ach that sasall hopes
are entertained of bar recuse 7.