The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-03-18 00:00:00

THE S'FAI'ESIIAN.

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•1' rei our last, we stated .tie -7-seevr- , . ~ • •
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'-• finiai in MR R ASS I Z ES• .
About flee o'clock on Saturday afternoon, Bare!
disk's action against the Gio/th Assurance I"*D- ' Wood reached Lincoln, Ind:proceeded -immediatel:
{luny. We did not, nor do we intend Ao offer/any to open the Coniniiiaion of Assize.
observations on the Trial—but we were surprised,
On Sunday his Lordship attended Divine Service at
and, doubtless, the Public will participate tlu our
the cathedral accompanied byttbe Sheriff (Rt. Vy•
a,nazemeit, on perusing the following paragraph,
which we extract , fawn the leading .Ministeriel. -ner, ES9:: and his:retinue i and Afterwards dined
. with the Ker. Dr. Gordon, the peen.
Prier : , 4.
"On Wednesday last, after a most linninotts and ~ A little before ten yesterday .morning Baron
able charge from the Chief Judea Downel,,,,higitly Wood proceeded to the city eel, where the follow-
favourable, as we coocelre WO be, in every point of Jog prisoners took their trials 0-1. •
view, to the PlaitrO, a.wertlict- was pronounced. Villons.fludsont aged ffb, charged with stealing
for the Defandanta ie tbit-caase. Of 'this charge we A promissory note, of the value of 51..55. two notes
shall speedily publish. as faithful and corrects re. of the valve bf 11. ter:hi:end-other notes,the propert:
port as so importeut.and. iuterestiag a docerseat do- of Mr. Bebjamin Capper, of Kentish Town. From
minds, ~, 1 1. .. . . the evidence of Mr. Cappet, the Prosecutor, it ap-
" Previous to the verdict being given, vivre,*- • peered, that be caw the Prisoner 'on Lincoln race.
lent Was the opinion
.tho4,i4 would be for the Plaits. i.course on Friday the 24th of September last, between
tiff, that it ;wrosealculatett:ffind believed ,moo tired? Doe and tie tette& ; and that on returning from
on. all bider!,
.that, the only. +requisite bust ...11_4 .would ; private party thataight to the inn at which he ha,
nelo.-Lascertaitt the exact; plus‘iten of theviPlaintlfra ; pat up- for two or three dart before (the Saracen'
damages.. The verdict, however, contrary** getter"! I Head), be found the Prisoner therti„ hi company
expectotion, was egainsthim, . °• - .2.• Imalithtero other Mel sad a female.' After conversing,
" Previously to its delivery, thnChief Juetitia eine i*Goo time, the Prisoner pulled a pick of cards out
into the .Jury...rnete fax tee. Foreman, and ilr 40. his, pocket, and proposed to :play at whist; t,
him, that if a„Ordict should be found for fiat. fMi,,sigs.iiir. Copper would not assent, saying that le
tiff, the precite sera would hatarater A:7;0 tri 'Admit andetroload thogame, bast In point of fact sus•
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sideration. ,th,whigh. Art Yordertear- „ -sry t eg thlt the cods were known by the Prisoner.
Lord, that is what the Jury wish to knew - jr
00ktpie-*,, sow afterwards proposed taking odds upon the
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they can.assess what domegeathey like, ~
F. VI% ifti Ledger stakes—offering to accept sevep to twc
" The Chief Justbzetefditd, • the perdu fit - 'Oat he named the winner for a large. linos—.
'ascertaining the Plaintiff's dope,- alitentr. . isiit on Mr. Capper's pulling out some notes to le eft
present trouble . yoa to do more than • tnestsly ,fiett with him, the Prisoner declined, and Mr. e. in certset4
generally for the Plaintiff or Defendant& •.' - 3 qee , put hit money into his pokket again. Befdre'
Up_on !thick the Foreman retired. - Mr.! ‘;apper retired to bed, the Prisoner -enquired•
cc Daring his absente:theCounsel andAgenttof the whillivr he could also have a bed—and after some
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parties were occupied in determining as to the 'allow- little demur on the part of the _landlady,' it Was ir
once or deduction frovathe.Plaintiff's account if cer- ranged (with Mr. -Capper's sanction) that Hudson
tail' subAtems.. Letters congratulatory on the Oill-4ahould sleep in a. small roomad/bitting the one
peeled verdict were written to. several who had
at-;;which the Prosecutor slept, and whiCh was divided by
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tended the trial, and wereecquaiated with the•Phtin- , a slight partition, having a door comMarticatibg be-
tiff: nay, evett-hy some of -the opposite pertyl and tweet the two rooms. Between 'oneend two M,
Mr. Cavendish himself, ,wary in this interval ofilime, Copper and Hudson went to bed—=the former being
universally congratulated upon the antiripateoA"ents dinter intoxicated. On the following morning, es
so farourabio.ja this Geutlesurn, %vas 'deemed the awaking, the prosecutor found that notes to the calm
charge of, titer Loorlied Judge, aellaiaatiPg a hial ' 0f.2.51.- lsohad been taken from his breeches packer
which lasted e thirteen., days. However, - after: and suspicion attaching to Hudson, who had rise
about. erksittiar'sr. ehtiencek,, the Jury 'disappointed mitt, and left the city, he was pursued, and overtake
the hopes;ftweey human being present, by -feeding, neat Retford. After some resistance, he was at lenkl
fur the Defeudatits. •It is not for us to questifil tb. ' secured, And nearly all the property found upon him.
cqndort of the,Jery. Bat whilst we are .wiffiorto he -having changed only one of the notes : the res
give theta creditlor the purity a their molts* we, answered the description of those lost by the Prose.
cannot so undervalue the.cbarge of so uPrilfier ----"6- ' mita; but he was only able to swear to one of them
tellig4nttia:ceascientions a Judge, as' to hesitate a five guinea note of the Bestonbank (Garth ato
a moment in saying, that thodgh hy.this unexpected Clay poles), on which he had made some figures Us
verdict, the Plaintif has-been deprived ,of hie pro* day before he was robbed.
party, that his eltaracter must remain unimpeachod
The
.Prisoner questioned and kieurin. ed all the nit
its the opinion, of the, world—not merely from the !,
.•nesses 'brought against him, but .tve thirqf f,nvearable.
tenoue of the sioltatatice of the Chief-Justice's charge
came ou...t,f.rson any-of-them. ita his :defence, he .said;
but the new mass-of • unimpeached evidence adduced;
Jibe. 't whet. I M..r. Capper was gok.np t.o bed, and be
tsar .kit be10i1f.",_,...„..::: .. L., . ~, . , .., ~-, ‘,- 0
.z&iiier_l4,e,e oreogakftee44oSsagatisests-
It hitesegs 42fitailrial*Aillt 415,,,t04
gement, to be correct, there can be no questioraist,. . ,„ .. , ;.lheirli4„. . blign, . sitting- , • f• •-
think, that Mr. Cavendish will. move to lune lap* The Jury keying, from tome eircuMstfteces tlia.,
Verdict set aside.—( Dublin Evening Pastel. • •:-..c.r•- : casoe•out iu the evidence, acquitted Jain] of the cepi-s
, ,_ ._ , •. .7,-„V.,'•-. ad pert of flop offence, found him sejlty or afrolusg4
Y'•• ' bot JaitLitr. .this dwelling-house.--Sentence, serest
' rive tee nsporta tion. . .
I. Thomas Tittfley (aged 49) .end Joseph Bove]
(aged -2), were tried for stealing a leather. trunk.
montaining divers articles of wearing apparel,.. B.v.
'from the yard of Zachary. Searson' Ut .Of cefol—
' the trunk was taken bya ee.riade of Dr. Clarke, of
-.Louth, to the warehouse of Mr. *Hinds, carries
from Louth to Lincoln, in order to be forwarded t,
Mr. Wm. Clarke, in London, and arrived in regula
Course at Mr. Searson's, from whose warehouse
was stolen. The Prisoners, who were watermen,
had been lying with a vessel near the yard where the
trunk was deposited with other goods, and
.went
away for Newark on the morning of the robber;
(the 31st of Octeber). The discovety.wes made h;
the master of the vessel, John -.lltrusdate, who hay
big occasion to go' into the cabin some -time afte
when the vessel Was hear Newark, found the stole
property, and had the Prisoners taken into coked,:
They stated its their defence, that the trunk • he,
been put on board by some one whom they did no!
know ;,hut the improbability of the story of tour,
prevented ifs having Any weight, and they were bet
convicted.—Sentence, seven years' transportation.

BERGEN.OP-ZOOM.

This place was first attacked by. the Spaniard. Ail
1588, and was gallantly defended by Morgan, arr In-
telligeat and euterprisieg Englishman. The. Doke
of Parma, who was aware of the difficulties .which
he had to encounter, and of the almost impregnable .
state of the fortress, endeavoured. to shorten -the
siege by bribing two English officers .whose altituls
were supposed capable of ep base art act. These of-
ficers disclosed to their Governor, Morgan, theater-
tures which had been made by the Doke. Tbey.were
immediately directed to go to the enemy's easel; and':
there to enter into neguciations. Parma, in the full
confidence of success, commits to their charge 000
men, with ittstructic.i.s to seize upon the town The!
two English Officers themselves are posted at their'
head between two Spanish soldiers, who had Orders
to stab them should they betray their trust, or. anti
succeed in marching the detachment safely into the
citadel. • They enter accordingly ; but scarcely had.
forty men passed the gate, when the-port-cullie was
suddeoly dropped.. The Spaniards finding themselves
shut up in Bergen-op-Zoom, were afraid of killing
their leaders, while the whole of the cannon that'
could be brought to bear, was instantly showered-
upon the detachment that stood under the will.
Disgrace and discomfiture fell upon the kllimilarats,
who were thus caught in their own snare:
In 1622, the same place was attacked hy the a1e..1
Ibrated Spinola, to whom the Court of Madrid lard
given the command of an army of 60,000 men, After
having sat two months before the town rink: st taw.
thousand men. This glorious resistant*
fortress to be called La Pacelle, or thilia* . 1
For opoarda of one hundred yeash ibis ' ee‘!
maiued immaculate ; till at tarse-int-474.4116/4
suddenly ravished, and robbed of a repeuto4.* ‘1
she had •eci for so many years. Akre: tip battle'
dLau , Leuis the XIV. ordered. the 't futon*
Low to besiege the town; which beisemord-
Sy
ingly did, and tuck it by assault on the late Sep-
tember, 1747. In a letter to Marshal;Sains Count
Lpwdetthal estimates his loss at 400 men ably, and
he computes that of the enemy at 5000.: For further
particulars respecting this-celebrated mester.piecelif
Coborn we refer our readers to an seem* which
has been written of the siege by Voltaire.
Lowepdhat lay before Bengetwop-Zootis with open
trenches more than three" weeks, during whieh time
upwards of 20,000 men fell ill, and' heeamOseless,
through the contagious' effects of a moth fever.
When he determined. upon storming the place, the
Ibreaches were not yet practicable. This famous
Captain, howerjr, resDlved to break .through 'the
prescribed rules, and by onebold end well.concerted
effort, to overcome all the 'obstacles of art and par
tete. Such is the force of true genius.

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The Overseers of the Poor in Birmingham, in ord(
to encourage the practice of vaccine inoculation
have reoommended it to the lower classes, and as al
inducement for adopting it, they have ordered 2s, ti
be given to the parent of each child for their trouble

8011-ITREZT4-11fary "Dobson was brought back
Mr. MAIM, the Sitting Magistrate, yesterday, by
Salmon, belonging to this o(licei charged with taking
illegal' tuaorances An the fitate Lottery • which being

4troy,e4, she was' .ienienced to three
months imprisonmint. Ifer son, * lad, was con
,feted of a similar offence on Wednesday.

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ASERDEEN,- MARCIE 12.--During this and the
greatest part of the last week, the weather has been
uncommonly backward for the season, and .ver
wintry, with sleet and snow daily, and towards the
North the Ml of snow has been so great as partly t'
Interrupt the communication, the mail being fol
warded with some difficulty, and -arriving here occa-
sionally later than usual, with an additional horse
to the carriage. The witid having always, durini
that period, prevailed from tbe eastward,. and.some.
times, blowing strong, has, on these occasions,
raised a swell on the coast, which now continues.—
*foreland at the commencement of the gale,
heavy sea arose, and; on Wednesday, the 2d instan\
run very high, which, wear* concerned to state, si
generally injured the foundation Of the extremity
the new.pler, just about finished, as to occasion the
fail, of a. considerable portion of that part of the' work
forming the round head, and tho breach has, owing
to the- continued surf on the shore, widened -
much part•Of the point appea
thick connected with the ci:
~..water, oft the south side
Limy at thi,o9l,er* 'end,
the Weather cobtinnes
-•tive of teems cr
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tized by the names of 7 Yesterday inforinationTeacliett its from ihe neigh-. to the.: cantineed surf on th
1 Robert. Yesterday bourhirod of liambargh through Holland*, bran, 4th leech, that the •estmalning part
in a new vsult in RH- instant, by whictrwe learn that the camp feer which in immediateslasiger, which a
le four bodies were in has committed such 'ravages in • the othei 'chit" of cumslaoce of the break-water
red for the purpose, Europe that had been *spend to the calathliticsof ' U01'46110 cattrtiitlftletlairey
widening towaratthew :b0:1V st JettelY Re it lite,- hie appr404,14
I one mid, two at the :told..thattairstispratirrieteeldilkliilyylidtireNtrelil/411111.011410.0111b1er may be' Trodiletit
.bitants tud. the military. 4:'43quences.
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