The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-07-15 00:00:00

SWAGE CRUELTY.

On Wednesday Jlnts Jesse,, a Welsh woman, was
brought op to tleion-hall,charred with cruelly ill using
her child of ail years old. The wofortanate child is
the Prisoner's offspring by a former marriage, and it
has been remarked that she
fondness naturally expected from a mother. On
Toesdey evening the neighbourhood in which she
lives was alarmed by the faint cries of " murder !" sad
a great mob assembled ; but no steps were taken to
eereriain the caw, till two Irishmen came up and
broke open the door, when all the crowd rushed in.
They found the poor child on the leer, his hand' sad
feet tied lightly with a silk handkerchief, and the Pri-
s standing near, with a thick booked cane in her
hand, with which she had been beating him.--
The boy's back was shockingly scarified; in some
places the blood had come through, and in others
wells as thick as a mates finger were raised, and the
blood started on each side of them ready to spout
forth ! The people were so indignant 'Ow the
Prisoner, that she would have been torn to pieces if
an Officer had sot beep soon procured to take her into
custody. Mr. Allen having entrained the child's
back, espressed horror at the slate in which it ap-
peared, and asked the Prisoner what she could say
in extenuation of her eneateral conduct, for to jesti-
fy it was impossible? She said that the child bad
stolen sispeuce and spent it; but she did not then
chastise him, be promising never to be guilty of the
like again ; but having left him at home by him-
self in the afternoon he behaved rudely to a little
female child about his own age; and here she
told a most improbable tale through which we
cannot follow her.—Mr. Allen.—" Oh! atrecions ;
a child of sic pen could not be susceptible of
such conning. Let the Parish Officers be sent
for to carry on the prosecution in this case."—
The Prisoner declared that it was true : and a Gen-
tleman who knew her, begged land that she might be
forgiven this time, as he felt confident, her conduct
to the child was the effect of violent passion, for which
the Welsh people were remarkable.—The 'heist's!,
said, that however inclined he might he to leen es the
side of mercy, he did not look on the present ease es
one in which shut quality ought to be extended. The
Prisoner hod forfeited the claim which every common
criminal had en our compassion, and should be pa-
nisbed ; for his pert he wished her no better punish.
meat, thee to receive a similar laceration to that she
had given her own child, and with the sane weapon.
—The Rev. Mr. Mann hoped for the credit of human
allure that but few such beings (misted, and 'greed
with his brother Msgistrates that she ought to be
made an rumple of.—The Patisb Olieers were then
sent for to be bound over in presecory, and the pfk„.

•rr mai ►ald to bail, in default of wbicb 11. e was com-
mitted.

FATAL BOXING —Moort.ty J. Ilvteheit, a sawyer,
and -- Dion, • coachman, quarrelled at the
Chequer', at Endow, near Cull.hrook, about a ser-
vant gift. They fought. lard every round coded with
a fall or a kopek dean Lion, ilitstrtiett rereiv,tl
so violent • fall on his te..-rile that bellied. 'Eh? 411
reptlttil s blood-vessel.