The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-12-05 00:00:00

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. At the time of the Prince Itegotsies tatting his
parture on Friday, from the pavilion, the signal kral
given to the.guird to present arms, and just as Vie
carriage was passing through the gistes the leaders bei.
came frightened, and in a moment turned their heads
backwards, *Own the porter stationed at the gate in-
stantly taught bold of both horses bridles, stopped
their progress, mod the only injury unstained was in
the harness, which detained his Royal-Highness about
20 Initiates.
Saturday' last, Henry Moral, a letter-cattier tit.
our Post-Otike, underwebt a second examination,
on the charge of feloniously ftta!ing a 101. • note
from a letter. It is necessary to mention, that fa,
Holm complaints have been alleged as to the non-de:
livery of letters, with remittances, to and (rani
the metropolis. The Post-master here has inef-
fectually endeavoured to ••trace the deliorraeacy,•
notwithstanding his most painful and incessant
perseverance. It appeared in the course of the
evidence, that Mr. Pitt, of Lewes, remitted in the
Month of September last 201. to London, one half,
with a 101; Bank of Eogland note, of which he took,
she date and number.' The latter was not ackonw-
'edged, amid Mr. Pitt never heard -more,. until his
Correspondent requested payment in October last,
upon which application was made to. Mr. Fiteeling,
and the number and date of the 101. note, bearing
also the initials of Mr. P. were forwarded to the
Bank. A few days ago, the identical 101. note was
paid in at the Bonk, and auccessfutly traced through
various negocietors, to a Mrs. Hailer, of this town,
who received it from the father of this latter-carrivr.
The several witnesses e•tahlished the fact, and the
evidence, altogether, disctosed a painful propensity
lof youthful dissipation in the Prisoner, 'highly -mil-
-1 liable to the parent, in not checking, so hen it came to
his knowledge, and whose deposition exhibited a
series of equivocation, that after a most patient
tuindtion, the Magistrate fully committed the Prisoner'
to take his trial at the twat Assizes, for feloniously
stealiug the letter.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. '

Theso Sessions conneeteced yesterday, • before W.
Watson, Esq. and a Bench of Magistrates.
The Cott was occupied in heating petty assaults,
of no interest to the public, except the following
easo, which derives interest from the nature of 'the
indictment ;
. CHARGE OF CONSPIR'tCY.
• James Gregory. George Sonia, l'rederick Sower.'
set, and Robert Barrel, were indicted for malicious-
ly conspiring to deprive James Jackson of his ea..
rural sleep, by slivers kinds of noise, which also dis-
Wiled others of the King's liege subjects.
Mr. GURNEY opened the case on the part of the
prosecution. •
It appeared in evidente that the Prosecutor, s
eherfieger, rented a second floor in the house of the
befendant Gregory, a grocer, in Shored-itch that he
had resisted there for 12 months, up to January,
1815. Gregory 'wishing to get possession of the
upartmeists, be having removed his family from his
:residence in Foro-setitatt, he served him with notice
to quit in three months; at the esidrat• of which
time the Defendant refused to remove, on account of
the notice not being regular, it haviitg been served
three dot) a after the last quarter of the year. A new
notice was thee served, accompanied with a hasty
expression, that if he did not remove noise and
smoke should make him ; the three other Defendants,
who were boys, serving in the shop of Mr. Gregory,
were charged with carry itsg this threat into execu-
tion, by fighting with sticks on the landing place op.
pusite the Prosecutor's apartment, at an hour they
supposed he was in bed, and with rolling a cohler's
lap-stone in the attic over his bedroom, also once
having stopped the chimney, an as to create a great
smoke its the room. To make Gregory is party to.
these tiansactions i/ was deposed by the Prosecutor,
that lie look the knocker off the private door to
prevent his gaining admission, but -when he found
that the Prosecutor obviated that by knocking with
a stone, he had the losocker put on again, but had it
tarred so. as to slick to the Prosecutor's fingers.
Ou his cross-examination he admitted. he was in
the habit of keeping late hours, and when the boys
opened the door for him he did not always give
them the most polite language ; he had also a
daughter about seventeen years of age, whom the
boys had been in the habit of romping with, but
which ploasere be deprived them of before the noise
conitueuced.

Uridgman was the only witness called to
prove that she neighbourhood saes disturbed, end he
rookd not sad• thar the noise proceeded from the De-
fendant Gregory's house.
Mr. ADOLPIgUIo conducted the defence. ,He called
12 most respectahh4 wittiest.", who gnus Mr. Ore.
gory a most Vuellewt character, as a discreet, peace-
able man. They also spoke to the general character
of the boys.

The Chairman (Mr. WAtsort) gummed up tlreevi-
deuce, and ob►erved, that the Defendants nese in.
dicted for one of the a►ost hoinonus misdemeanors in
the eyes of the law—so much so, that if they mere
found guilty they would be disqualified from -eviug
evidence. • Ile, therefore, desired the Jury to
amine the evidence well, before they came to a con-
clusion.
The Jury, after consulting about five miustes, re-
turned a verdict of Nut Guilty..

Duti..—ln the Jamaica Papers of September 28,
we find the following fatal_reault of a duel :—" An
affair of honour took place in Spanish Town, on
Sunday afternoon, between Lieutenant MAcKar.A-
SHAN, of the 101st.regiment of foot, and Lieutenant
Bnown, of the same corps, when the former was
mortally wounded, and expired the following morn-
ing. His antagonist was also wounded in the left
arm.n—Ou Monday the Grand Jury found a true
bill against Lieutenant litow:s Capt. Now. and
Assistant-Surgeon WurrELEY, Of the 101st foot, and
Ensign Gun:Fax:l, of the sth Welt India regiment,
for wilful murder. They were tried ou the lath of
October.
MIS. SIDDONS closed her performances at Min-
burgh, on Thursday night, in the character of Mrs.
Beverley, in The Gamesters lot her own benefit.

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