The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-09-19 00:00:00

AFFRAY AT CHIPPENHAM.

Cat PIPINHAM, MONDAY avervtgo.—The Coroner's In-
quest on the bodies of Joseph Hall and James Reynolds,
the unfortunate persons who lost their lives in the
bloody and unparalleled conflict which lately took place
in this owe, has at length after a week's labour, closed
its proceedings with a verdict of " Wilful Murder, asd
Riot, against Henry Relight and John Matthews (two
farmers). John Thomas, George Thomas, Thoina.
Pearce, Benjamin Salter, Wm. Tanner. John Woodman,
James hams, and William Bryant, (all of whom, except
Tanner, are is custody,) and against other persons oo-
longs."
The more the badness has been investigated, the
greater the unprincipled atrocity of those concerned has
appeared.
The following persons are also in custody, charged
with being implicated in the riot, viz. :—John Hailrill,
James Langley, Richard Salter, Joseph Bailey, John
M. Hallop, Isaac Mastro, Gratz' Bailey, Philip Collet
slims Cole, William Batton, Charles gins, Harry Gar-
diner, Charles Tucker, John Langley, and John Bailey.

SEPT.I7.
This morning, at half-past twelve o'clock, A. M. the
Jury retired to rest, haring previously returned a ver-
diet of " Wilful Murder and Riot" against the prisoners,
whose names we have already mentioned to have been
committed to Fishertonoaol,Salisbury.--At ten o'clock,
this day, the Jary again met, and previous to any fur-
ther investigating taking place, it was intimated that no
mere of the proceedings than what has already appear-
ed, should be made public, for obvious reasons.

(nom salt MOUNINO cnaosta.c.)
Slit,-1 have the pi to acknowledge the receipt
of 51. from Mr. Cooper, as also several otherness forth.
benefit of the cruel Bishop's victim James Byrne; all of
which I will, for the information of the snbscribers,
take the earliest opportesity to insert in the Morning
and &ening Papers. and beg, in answer to the many
gem ies. to any that James Bytes his not been presented
with the fees, which the mitred Monster's Counsellors,
Messrs. Bailie, IlPeartney, fill•Nally, Patios., Joy, and
Green, and the Attorney Guest, received for prosecuting
to conviction the innocent man !! Neither have his own
Counsellors, Wallace and Ridgeway, or the Attorney
Walker, returned the money which they got from him,
for LIIIISNDING him. For bansanity's sake I hope you
will give this a place ie year valuable Paper.
And I am, Sir, Your obedient,
Sept. 18, hin. J. W. PARKINS.

New MAIM Aai Am—Doubts having existed as to
whether the affidavits. required by this Act previous to
the publieetioa of banns, should be drawn up oa
stamped paper, application ►as been made to the Com•
missioners at Somerset House, on the subject, and the
following is a copy of the reply
" Stamp Office, London, Sept. 14, 1822,
" Sza,-1 am directed by the Commissioners, to in-
form you, in answer to your letter of the 12th instant,
that by the Act of the 53th (leo. 111. cap. 81. A6i•lavits
sworn before a Magistrate are exempted from the Stamp
Duty; bat Marriage Afida►its. sworn before a Clergy-
man sot being a Magistrate, must be drawn out upon a
Two Shilling and Six-penny Stamp.
" I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
" Wm. CA PPS tit. Secretary."
The stage coaches, which are now numbered, are
very narrowly watched by agents of the Stamp Office.
There is a person stationed at each of the toll bars
leading from the metropolis, who takes the numbers
of the stage coach as they pan and repass ; so that the
number of journeys they take, and the coaches possessed
by any proprietor, ems ►e checked with the entries at
the Stamp Office. This will make a material differ-
ince in the ditties, particularly as the " short stages"
are concerned. For the duties they hay* no occasion
to EiteAequer the parties; the coach itself may be
seised, according to the new Act
POPUL4IIIO2I Or COLO/411A-This DPW and eoorish•
ing Republic is stated to contain two millions six ben.
Jred and forty-four thousand inhabitants. It is di-
vided into seven departments, vin.—Orinoco, Prom
oda, Sofia, &qua, Condimantarea, Cauca, and Mag-
dalena. and into 32 provinces. The
formerly known under the general title of Quito have
not been distributed into departments, nor have Pa-
nama and Viragos. Bet it is supposed that an ar-
rangement will be made at the nest Session of Con-
gress to comprise them in three departments, so as to
conform the representation to the population. This
will complete the senate at fifty members, and the
representatives at ninety-fire---(JVotionei Oasage.)
thialallFOlLD, Se►r. 16.—The Tread Mill, for the
purpose of affording labour to the prisoners in the
Hoag of Correction in this town, was brought into
operation ea Wednesday last, la the presence of a com-
mittee of Magistrates. Mr. Cabitt, of Ipswich, the
ingenious inventor, and Mr. Hopper, the county ear-
wryer, were also present. Exclasive of the utility of
the design, the mill itself is a beautiful piece of me-
chanism; a haad•rail is fixed. by holding w►ieb, the
prisoners retails their upright position epos the revolv-
ing wheel, to the interior of which they have no access,
and all risk of injury is pretested. 'l•he *feet to every
individual is simply that .f ascending an endless dig►,
of steps, their combined weight acting epos every
successive @topples board. precisely as a swam .1
Water upon the deal-boa:de of a wain wheel.

LtOtrAt.r.

OLD BAILET—Turs Morskray.
rims—
r Kiag, a man of very respectable appearance, was
indicted tur stealing a silver spoon, value 10s. the pro-
perty of Jas. Taylor, Esq.
Win. Baker, a pawnbroker, stated that the prisoner
came to his shop, on the evening of the 9th of Sept., and
offered the spoon in question, which his apprentice de-
taioed. Prisoner said, be bad brought it for a friend,
who resided at Camden-town, and afterwards said it was
• lark. He gave his true residence, where he was
afterwards apprehended.
James Beasley, butler to the prosecutor, said that the
prisoner was well known to him; be frequently called
■t his master's house; was there on the evening of the
9th. The spoon is his master's, and bas bis initials and
crest.

Cross•ezamined by Mr. ALLsy.—Prisoner bore an ex.
Galicia character; was in liquor when he took the spoon,
Several very respectable witnesses gave the prisoner a
good character, and stated that be had been in the sir-
vice of his Royal Highness the Doke of York, and lat-
terly in that of the Royal household.
The Jury found him Guilty, and recommended him to
mercy.

The Recommit observed, the recommendation should
certainly be attended to. The prisoner had acted very
foolishly, and would receive a slight punishment for his
fully.
James Moores, and James Nicholas Moors* (father
and son) were indicted for breaking and entering the
dwelling-house of Henry Wtn. Southwell, and stealing
tbereout several articles of linen, his property. They
were found Oisilty of stealing only.
The younger prisoner was recommended to Mercy on
account of his having returned from sea, only a few days
since and from the supposition that be was acting under
the direction of his father.

Mr. Justice Herr said, be should be very glad to get
him to sea again, and enquired if there were any persons
present who could procure a ship for him i when
Mr. Sheriff Venables said, that he would endeavour to
get him one.

Mr. Justice Bette thanked the worthy Sheriff, and
said that the prisoner should be discharged as soon as
that could be effected.

James Moores, the father, was again placed at the
bar, on an indictment charging him with feloniously
breaking and entering the dwelling-house of James No-
?der on the 21st July last, and stealing tbereout 2 gold
rings, 4 silver spoons,solue bed furniture, and other arti-
cles, his property.
The Prosecutor stated, that on the morning of the
slay named in the indictment, he went out and made fast
Isis house; he returned about eleven o'clock at night; it
was then dark; and he missed the property in question.
There was no appearance of force having been used to
effect an entrance: he found the doors and windows in
the same state in which be left them.

Three Officers were called who took the prisoner into
custody, and on searching his premises, found a col:per
kettle, which was identified by the prosecutor as pail of
his property. Ilis apprentice also knew the same from
the circumstance of has having cleaned it.
Mr. ALLEY raised an objection, which Mr. Jostice
Beer observed was d valid one, and which did awanith
the capital part 011ie charge. The property stolen was
estimated at the value of 41, bat the prosecutor does not
take upon himself to swear to more of the property than
is valued at 17s. yd. The indictment also charges the
prisoner with breaking and entering, Ste. in the day
time; there is no evidence to prove that it was so en-
tered, for tkurtapientow did sot rears till II at Mgt*
therefore at What precise time the burglary was effected
cannot be ascertained. As to the question of stealioF
the property, there could be no doubt, because the arti-
cles are found in his po ion and positively sworn to.
The Jury found him Guilty of Stealing.

A duel was fought yesterday morning on Honn
slow Heath between a Mr. Montagne and Lieutenant
Grant. The dispute originated respecting a bet at
Beam rare-course. where an excbasge of horsewhip-
ping took place. Two shots were exchaeged, in the
second of which Mr. 31untagne was slightly wounded
in the shoulder, and the affair terminated.

Waranroan, Sm. 14.—0 n Wednesday, the body of
Mr. Henry Smith, jun. drowned on Sunday at Passage,
as.ooticed in our two last numbers, was grappled up by
boats. It was immediately brought to the house of his
disconsolate parents, in Rose-lane. and entered on Thurs-
day at the Abbey. The interment was such as to evince
at once the sympathy of the public, and the high regard
which is most justly entertained for his memory and for
the character of his respected family.—At an advanced
hour of yesterday the body of neither of the Mr. Devi-
ne's!, of Rose-lane had been fond.—The body of Cap-
Devereux lass been interred at Wexford, his native
place. The Wexford Herald informs ns that on Wed.
nesday many respectable inhabitants left Wexford to
meet the body on its way, and thus testify their respect
for a character held in such general estimation.
AFFECTING ANECDOTE.—At the Anniversary meet-
ing of the Southampton Auxiliary Bible Society, on
Thursday, the Reverend Legit Richmond related
to the meeting the following anecdote :—lly a
sudden burst of water into one of the Newcastle Col-
lieries.3s men and 41 lads were driven into a distant
part of the pit, from which there was no possibility of
return, until the water should have been drawn off.—
While this was being effected, though all possible
meats were used, the whole number gradually
died, from starving or from suffocation. When the
bodice wee, drawn up from the pit, *eves of the youths
were discovered in a cavern separate from the rest.—
Among these wee one of peculiarly moral and reli-
gious habits, whose daily reading of the sacred Scrip.
tares to his widowed mother, when be came up from
his labour, had formed the solace of her lonely con-
dition. After his funeral a sympathising friend of the
neglected poor went to visit her; end while the mother
showed his. as a relic of her son, his Bible, worn
and soiled with constant perusal, he happened to
east Ms eyes on a candle-box. with which. as a miner,
he had been famished, and which had been
brought op from the pit with him ; and there he
discovered the following affecting record of the filial
affection and steadfast piety of the youth. In the
darkness of the suffocating pit, with a bit of pointed
iron, be had engraved on the box his last message to
his mother, in these words :—" Fret not, my dear mo•
thee; for we were singing and praising Hod, while we
bad time. Mother, follow Hod more than ever 1 did.
Joseph. be • good lad to God and mother." Mr.
Richmond produced the box, which he had borrowed
of the widow, under a sulems promise of returning a
relic to precious to a mother's heart.

•
The poor b.y who was se severely injured at Bar-
nisi, by a blow so the head, aid who, an consequence,
lost • ccesiderable ponies of the ►rain, is, we are
happy to leers, quite eat of dagger, awl his 'eases
perfectly collected.

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SPORTING IN I ELLIOENCR.
DONCASTER MEETING, DOC
TUESDAY.

- - - -
The All-age Stakes of legs each, with 25gs added by the
Corporation, for three-yr-olds, Ost. 71b. ; four, 7gt. ;
lye, est. ells. ; sis, and aged, fist. Nth. St. Leger course.
Mr.T. 0. M/dotes br. e. by Wadi. S yrt old ..
The Corporation Plate of fry. for three-yr-olds, est. 71b. •
four, 7st. 91b. ; five, Set. Sib, ; six, and aged, est. 1011;.
Two-sills beats.
Mr. Lanatoa's gr. h. Moslem., 3 yrs Old .
Sir J. Byng's eb. f. Lady Mars', 3 yrs old..
EGli AM RACES.—Weseasear, Sur. 19.

STEWARDS—The Iteke of Clarence, Si; F. H. Bathurst,
Bart., sod Mr. It assbottom. M.P.
The Mips Charts Stakes of 7 sovereiyes each, with $0
added.
.. 9 I I
.. 1 2 V
.. 3 cis

Mr. Farral'e Monk
Mr. Spenoe's Inferior
Sir J. lioneyerood'e eh. e. by Blucher ..

Three to one on the wineer.
The Eghas Stakes of 7 sovereigns each, with 30 added.
Mr. T. Jones's eh. f. Prosody.. .. I I
Mr. Parral's b. f. by Don Cossark 9 dr
The Coarse was well attended, and the management good.

Titoprmn.—Mr. 51ellish's match to ride thirteen
stone, and to trot fifteen SAWS in an hour, took place
yesterday, over a three mile circle of turf in Apston
Park, Huotingdoushire, fur 200 sovereigns. It was done
as follows : xi?... SEC.
First three miles . . ll 40
S►cond do. . . . 11 50
Third do l2 111
Fourth do. . . .
Fifth do. . . .

59 11
The horse broke into a gallop in the ninth mile and was
turned round, egreeaVe to articles.
Yesterday turning a match took place is St. James's
Park, between a baker and broker, for a bet of twenty
sovereigns, who would run three miles in half an hoer,
and pick up the most stones or pebbles and deposit
them io baskets to be carried by sub. Having met
upon the graced, a furlong was ed, and the quan-
tity of pebbles required were placed at a reasonable dis-
tance auteder, but set closer as the person got hot. The
baker picked up 260 in the given time. The broker
then set to work. and in 10 minutes less than the given
time picked up 266. It was then held that be bad wok
the wager, and he left off, but upon their returning
home, the baker refused giving op the stakes as he had
not walked the required distance ea at first agreed upon,
now it is doubtful who is entitled to the stakes, u wi-
ther puty had run the required distance in the pre•
scribed time. The persons employed as umpires cannot
decide, and unless the matter is submitted to arbitra-
tion the match must be ran again.

BURSTING OF TOR STICAII• INOUE g, NEAR CAMIttiIWELL
ACCOONT.—Tuesday afternoon the village
of Camberwell was thrown into great memorisation, by
a shock so tremendous, that It broke the glass in many
boom*. It malted from the practice of awing high-
peessare steam-engines. Oise of these eaglets was erect.
ea
at the Dew glue-asannfactety of Messrs. CI • and
Yardley, on the banks of the Surrey Casal. Tim Ana
gloom represented Wham: bees eybeg swonpirlment
with the engine, by eadeavouring to force it beyond its
power, to get some work done quicker, and robes at 44
degrees it burst. The north wing of the building was
blown down, and all the workmen received fractures ;
two were killed. The boiler was hurled into the air,
and fell on the roof of the south end of the promisee.
which it drove in with great violeash. When the extent
of the calamity came to be known, workmen were set to
dig. Several bodies were soon got out, which were car-
ried to the Albany Anne Thirteen persons were sent
to the Borough Hospital—two dead. Three more died
of their wounds la the course of yesterday. It is reort-
,' ed that one of the principals received a dangerous injury,
and that two children, who had been
.playing by the
side of the Casa', are still in the reins. Yesterday
Icrowds of ladies sad gentian,o were visiting the spot.
FUSTOIR PARTICULIIII.—Tbe boiler of the steam-
engine, we are informed, weighed three tons. The top
which was blown off, though more than proportionally
pond( foes, was lifted more than a hundred feet perpeo-
dieular, and fell as stated above. Had it fallen at a lit-
tle further distance, it might have proved fatal to a num.
her of labonrers who were employed in introducing cut.
iron pipes under the canal. A Coroner's Inquest has
been summoned on the bodies of the unfortunate suffer.
OM
who, we trust, will sedulously investigate and ex.
pose the cause of this shocking catastrophe. The In.
quest was to meet at Camberwell workhouse this fore-
noon, at II o'clock.
L HONIIIII OF TUX NORWICH AND IPSWICH MAIL.
—The following are the particular respeetinr the late
robbery of the above mail :—Mr. Colchester, a confides.
5141 clerk in the service of M . Alexander and Co.,
bankers at Ipswich, and who had been in the habit, for
▪ length of time of coming to town with considerable
sums of money entrusted to his care, and returning
with the like—on the night of yesterday week, Wed-
nesday, the Ilth inst., be took Lis place by the Nor.
wich and was returning borne to Ills eich with a
considerable bulk of uncaocelled now, amounting to
npwards of 40001. which had born paid by the Lon-
don bankers. Messrs. Alexander and Co. it seems bave
a box fixed up in the seat of the mail for the purpose of
giving an additional security to the conveyance of large
sums of money transmitted backward and forward. and
it was upon this box that Mr. Colchester kept his seat
I all the way to Ipswich, except for a few moments. He
was accompanied by three inside passengers, and only
left his seat on two occasions; the first at Ingstestone,
where be took a glass of beer; the snood time at Col-
chester; during the last, be held the door is his hand.
with his back to the other three inside passengers, and
on neither occasion did be lose sight of his valuable
treasure snore than three or four naivetes. It is there-
fore strongly suspected that these daring villains, who
have obtained this immense booty, most have opened
the box and robbed it of its contents during the short in-
tervals Mr. Colchester left sight of it, vii. at logatestone •
and Colchester. These three persons appeared to be en-
tire strangers to each other, and accompanied Mr. C.
until he reached Colchester, where two of theta left, and
the third proceeded on, no doubt with the intention of
occupying Mr. C.'s emotion, and nos recent him, in
the presence of another person, to exams' the safety of
the property. • Mr. Colchester coatinned proceeding on
his journey with this passenger, is familia:conversation,
and had net the least idea of what had occurred until he
reached Ipswich, when he foam), in Om attempt of fixiag
the key to open the padlock, that the staple through
which it was pat had bees wrenched from off the side,
and carefully placed back against the box, so that there
was no appearance of its having been misplaced, and
thus the thieves had been enabled to take the lock with
the staple off at their pleasure. The wreachiag of the
staple olf, it is imagined, must have bees done a few mi-
nutes before the mail lift the inn yard in town. As yet •
no part of the property hoe boon discovered, nor any of
the thieves apprehended who committed this lumns*
robbery.

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