The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-11-05 00:00:00

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eight o'clock that onornitte. boy was "1.14.11* ' The Complainant "food, that he hid &ensiled ip
Wont tithe house, No. 4s, bpeldhorst-street, uarma-cresc „, .
the hit helot in.tbe shell and uninhabited- hem eard a Willie Os pairs of shoes in lieriveratehouse about tau this
rte' awes, and on waking down besaw Kelso?,
onjt!iehot jnes,lielaro-o_ 440, and on esaraiwiete:tilliteot On Tette::: 3ne ocoaiviiis
ed himself off. !Impended by a rep! from , fa 4.larnithrgoie:
kenrce
enwang.
The be, and his father were lokeig
lb.. area grating the boy gave an instant alarm. yid
IL bricklayer. who was at work at the oppositchouse. ran to Iblege
rig; his hot, se. •
John $I kes wag emulated by Mr, Siorchant so
isW and immediately rut Ilse rope, when the pun droppevel, e
mind his
gbh 's
tshheoppet4un hdiseawbistzegrolmeastivirktichein a
lair 1
The ground apparentiy lifele.s. bat afterwards with propel Sr
Illewehmeelly:nriefirusitooftrairsigmeuel:ltsitwartfrteseemndrnibbitainpat teherildwilliaabhotrs
saireit.oalairmrhabeyynita.rawendree.
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Mat far wont of work was obliged to part with his foals to o basin* heard of the robbery, he watched p-. OW
pat himselfand his child; that he, we; well known iti Somers- into M. Barnett's, Fieldt..hip., Where he sal Mil
• lown.wisere he lived ;that being driven to distress, be Hoolird to dispose of two pairs of shoes.
Overseers of St. Pancras pariah. to which be tieit.sTreo2
'amend times, for reNef, but being refused, wok the 'j ne property was sWorit to by Mr. Merahanti,..
edlingroOtUternia-lfiTftEET.--Yosteriliy 'Gentlest. •
rroomb smintisin,to en nod get work, or Wave. he, Committed tc.l
ant twining what lode. was d lees to the desperateact ninth
prr,.,„enhi. named Brooks, was charged with scaling the ;Wilk.
re seders before the house of Na. 9t, Pail.mott. •
illebten""sp.rienorrvkaidishia:.pr'isiewediurly°ll(Phri)edreopetkagilhoteedil*nst..vbaeedgAgingst:hr4Padll:llikeillvelnielantit::olrilire"w:cohtm.th'aawittndeag;i7nceidiuemeamme notwithstanding
.the interference of she
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hisd kitymYsoledrg,l'in' reffrosalogm the cntpahle
bv.Marl-Id. Lucent cob( ethien2ahed9"- demanded admission; ratios's/once was to "geoid
his iedignation et their condom and ordered the poor man to Mr. Brooks was taken to the iiiatch.hoosa.
No.
Weaken proper care of until be was taken into the Workhouse. Mr. Brooks, in defence., said she house lo
mall war kept by a Mr. Lee, and. was welt ;Laces.
SU/LIDE of MR. ELLIOTT. as ohs Waterloo Assembly. Ile had freqosorty
there, and had been admitted at three and roar
' o'clock its the morning; bad been in the *shit at •
feeing the watchmen, by giving them halterow,ys;
and he was surprised that al oust-o'clock only he
should have been molested by them. The house was
ftequettied, he said, by females of the most prollie
sate habit..
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.ieMaistasTc discharged Mr. Brooko,tottloro.
Ing him however from frequenting such •plaeee,
_houses being illegal, and the parties liable to be its
otirtiati fur a inisdemeeneor.should 'a disturbance oceti.
• Mr. Brooks replied, that he• bad been issloeniad,
the.house was licensed, and a person attended whir
spax.eonsidered to be a police o4Bcer 3 he eoneideted
;the house to be licensed, or he should met have gest&
The 51101STRATZ ordered a wanes; 40 he tossed
against W. Lee to answer for keofting a. tssostl~.
this description, it being altogether illegal.
Mr. Nicholls,of Gerrerd.street, applied to Asp Ma.
gistrates for their adeire ender the foiloseiskg Jrcuiw.
stances : —The Applicant stated that a 'friend had
called at his house on Monday test in perfect health;
in shout an hour after he fell down dead suddenly.
The body had been lying in nis perintsr since that
period ; he had applied to the testry-ideflioad beadle
of St. Anti's; the beadle had appliedsio,Mr. Leek,
tile Coroner ; he had issued throe ditiriiiht precepts,
"the.different Juries he 4,111•0111111011, and the stiteellNra
r:ffere in attendance, yet the Ceeneer. seiit
rsabrids,itlizretosbcotivismy.
.seirasheisonew
pn.uattrtiedn,daainidcei.t
wMaerastig.'Nschippieutlis.
lonia longer ; and he. was apprehensive, if I. roe
Li/loved it, he might be arrested by the Curries% .st
The M AGISTSUITAI regretted they had not the •
meting of enforcing kis ottetodbohount, hog* sal how
Mr. Nicholls could proceed, Unties, be remesed his
application to the parish officers.
UN1014•11AL1.......1011eS Austin ova Wright Duncalo
were yesterday brought before the Magistrate for re,'
examination, charged with a honesty in the house of
Mr. William Hall, human's-buildings, New Keno.
Ong
on the night of the I Dth Septumber, and moat'.
4ng 601 Bank-notes, and carious articles of wears
ing apparel.—They were remanded.
Robert Lowden, of Union-street, Borough, bakes,
was lined 51. by Tuomas EvatrcE, E•ti. fur hash's
in his poesession a quantity of alum for the adobes*
stints of bread.

Toesdayi as Mr. till tt. wii.e.merchant, and originally the
Chairman of Mr. Hunt's Committee, dit• jag the last Election
for Westminster.• was taking his breakfnst, nt his In 'ging* in
Paternostet.row, the .Newspaper was britnght in. when after
reading the taelepchoh fate of Sir Samuel liontillY. lie sad-.
dent, pia a period to his own existence by cutting his throat,'
with II Tosar.
As eiem rerloels en Wednesday night an Inqtrisition was held,
at ilte King's ArnsteTavern, Newirate.market, before T. Sitxt.-
Ton, Kin. Coroner for the City of Loudon, on the body of the
deceased.
Samuel lowans, pupil at St. lintilkolotnew's Hospital. sworn,
said, about eleven a cLick on Ittesdat morning I went to the
deceased, wbn was sitting on a' sofa in the parinur. to enquire
him be did: I Wired in the nuaelmuse, and the deceoced com-
plaining of being ill since Friday. I asked him hoer he was/ He.
said Ms health Was -better, but he was distressed in hi. mind.—
I left him then, nail returned twain • title after one and rewind
kiwi still sitting is the saint Owning I left him: I f'sod king
very In* spirited. The deceased hen wont op stains jilt his
apartment, aril in a few minutes MPS. Thnmpoin.with Whoa' he
lodged, brought him tip sonse medicines that raise for his arse.— •
lie appeared to he lq good health for the Rye weeks I knew
him until Saturday last. and since he complained Air having a
violent pain in bit bead. When Mrs. Thompson came down
!tars, she said she had kit eked at Sr. Elliott's door and could
get no answer, and requested I would go up. I went up, and
hound the dont no a spring lack. which I opened, and went in.
when I found the deceased lying on the 'nor weltering in bill
blood. I ran down and gave the alarm that he bad cut his t4nomas,l
ow which Mr. Peten, the Medical Gentleman who attended/On,
wassent for. •
Mr. Richard Peters, aflutter-lane. Ch•npsisle, surgeon and
apothecary, deposed. lb t on Sunday last he was teal forts
'bit the -Shreensed, w ham he did not know before He en-
quired of the deformed the nature of his enm plaint ; the deceased
complained of a ells tailing pain in the head; witness ftrand
Mint in a state of Ormond a nun qtlick pulse the clipped
the deMet#lst in, uspe sr Iht Beek. took I? 011114`eil of idoed
,ft
from him. titi,rga; him Mme medicine. On Monday he ftrto4
bins snitch better; be My down once or twice in the course of
the day. and wet melt the same when wanes left him. but
not entirely free from fever; saw hits about It o'clock yesser-
day i he was alone in die dnt w ingmwaksitti og we .thesofa, his
pulse was very high...and his rongne ?neigh ; he spolre`ratiter In-
tersitle. and said be had a wind to jump oat of the tendon;
Itesi asked him. was there any thing wrong in the month of
biLhatlnew, and he said there was. and expres•ed a wish to have
person to remain with him. and pot to be left alone, which
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artiness communicated to M. Tbompson, nod she sent for
bio—witness left him nhont ha f-past one and was sent
Mein half in hoar after, when he heard he had cut his throat.—
When witness entered the room of the deceased he found him
asopported inn chair by two or three personal be was et ill living,
and gave it *Lb or two, and expired. Hie throat was dreadfully
cat; the carrotitt artery was divided, and three open razors on
the table, near the deceased.
Crise-exarained.— When witness left the deceased, he did not
think it safe be should he left for any time alone. Witness's
business called him awny ' • but he intended to return again at
four n't lock, and sit Is ithhim.
After hearing the evidence of other witnesses, the Jury. which
consisted of .illie.ll pentane. imanimmisly returned a Verdict—
That the deceased destroyed himself in a fit 4 derangement.

MELANCHOLY CAI'AS7IROPHE it RAT-
CLIFFE-HIGHWAY.

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11EDNESDAY, Noe. 4. -
Jobs Wanter and James Warren were indicted far strafing,
on the
propernavik river Themes. five bushels of barley. vain*
M. the ty of Jolla Seel. on 14e 1114 Oct. Several billia%
respectable wheelers gave Warren an excellent charae er • tsuo
of whom bad employed him as the Master of his. vomit for
years.
The Cousins SlFlLMANTsettuned 1p the trading facts. sbe
she Jury retired for half
,ten hour, and found Warner Guilty,
and Warren Not Guilty.
Dauiel Longhurst wits indicted for stadia; 100 Ss, Pificons.
tor property of Mrs. Valentine snow.
The Recommit summed up, and the Jury found the Prisoner
Guilty.
James Fletcher was found Guilty of stenlintibreebhankets
the I ibh Oct. the properly of Joules Perrold Redden.
Wm. liituttey was indicted for 'tenting. ow she
three Book Dlrlei for the payinetit of 51. eackgsoll-olher
so the amount of I:ST the property of dollark. • The Jary
Wood the Prisoner Guilty.
Henry Bolls Mond indicted for sera:jag. on Ihogrill October,
several books. and other articles. the proprow
field. Verdict —Guilty. . Aged 6i.
John Deuesose stood indicted for stealing. on she This Sept. a
w.stels, value 50s. at:d a seal, value 10s. the goods of D. Put.
anger.. Verdict —t •
Satellite as old man about 70 years of age. was 'radials
eel fOr receiving, on the 44k October. a grout variety of plate.
knuising it o he stolen, the property of Mr. Was. goitre, of
t ten- ow n.
110.-Prisoner Is almost ball, and *hat little hale he had op
his Itead wa- grey. his face woolsoggpest. Not hio cheeke went
much fallen in He was dressed in a grey great rout over
brown one. He appeared to be very nuentive (In ring the who*
of the triaLand daring the croys-reniaintrtiun ash('
Joseph h ad, by Mr. Assot.rans, be had is combined untie OW
his roontenance. •
The witnesses examined to sotpptitt this prosecution were dui
same a- those who had delivered their.evideitee.ion Ateaday 40#0
on the trial of linitiel Morris, and the facts they related. saga
to the same effect. The accomplice. Braid. onderweni a
loot examination and era.-=examination. W hen Ilse platTra:
taken :3 Lev' , Morris said dust she person to whom it belonged
was gone to France, Levy having asked whether be. was
Levi silos enjoined. Maid to say nothing about it.
The Prisoner made a loge and incoherent address to the Corn
.in hi. defence. He. however. admitted, that be bad had WOW
'APnlior with die convicted Morris.
Five or six Gentlemen of the Jewish persna•io. then came
forward so give the Prisoner a character. Joseph Levy, *nets?
these Gentlemen, 'aid that he had kjsown the Prisneet soma
He himself, he said, had never had his character inspeurhed--s
He was as,honess is Mali 1111 ever lived ite, as well as the Pri-
soner, was a dealer in old silver sing rid, and hod lived is ono
house for 5i yeurs.
The Juiy remiss' for alums her an hour. and relented *veto.
die, arquitting the. Pejo:over. •
An indeceiu expression of joy was manifested ip ilsegsHeries,
fle soon its the verdict was pronounced. by triappism of heads.
The Combo* hILItatIiPIT, in wrung language, reprobated such
conduct.

Wednesday evening, at Increst was held before J. W. Th-
WIN. Esq. Coro:ter, us the Crooked Billet, itatcliffichighway,
tin the bodies of Mr. John Unmoor, sea. and Joho Bolton, join.
a young child, who were burned to death at the late are is
RateliSt-highway.
The Jury, after !Jew* Use bodies, which lay in a state too
shocking in der.crihe. at Mr. Glannyer's, uoderinker, near the
confer of Canuon-street-road, proceeded to take the following
eV idence :
It ieharil firlwqedsot morale of St. Georges in-the-East„ be.
tag swore, stated, that oboes hall-past ihreerreloetc. on Mon-
day morning. he observed artinke i-soiarg through she -halters of
Ma. litinnur Quip; he spring his rat le, and made. every alarm
passible; lie heard a voice crying out. " Save she child I' He
%okra up and saw Mrs. Ronnor at the second Boor vs indnw,
holding a child; he bagged her not to drop it till assistance
flung; he attempted to sake off his enat, with the view of • atch‘
lag the child in it—bet before he could do this, he observed is
fiiNiog $ he held nut his arm. and broke its fah; he picked use
child op. and gave it to a smoan, looked ep agars', and saw
Mrs. Honour attempting to get not sine ether li•gs nits 0111,111 C
the window a begged her to desist; -he drew back a lade, but
tope afterwards observed her threw ItetSeifTiorn she window; sae
'al on her side, her whole length cascaded otter • she kennel •
she had only her night dress on; several people rmne up, dad
took her away ; he persevered in rapping at the door.. Warp
Mrs. lionnor threw herself out, he did not observe that the hie
bad rendre(' the dist ; beard nottlisig of Mr. Hanna.... his
sou, of the servant-maid. The Arse engine cause about tea,
minutes after she alarm.
Maria Faster, servant to Sir. Honour, stated that she was
alarmed; on Monday morning, by the cries of her masters she
poi ma her gown.lllol took up her toaster's child, winch lay by
her side. hut was se 'lightened that she laid is down meant t she
felt she lloorins; Warts quite hot, and nut being ab r 1U stud the
room door. she ran to site window, mid gut urns (spot) the leads.
Mr. Piggoti's cosinting-tionse slept in a back room),
sad seethe several °Uhl r. Piggott's young men bent-orb, title
ikmasped into the arms of nut ot them. andescaped through Mr.
-Piggott 's premises mum she street. when she sal taken in by,
Messrs. 131/41711! and Holmes, on the opposite side of the w 4,,
'who afforded bar every it,sistance. She afterwards. went with
her mistress so the Loudon Hospital ; she does not kilos w hat•
was the causeof the fire; theme was no combustible moaner, ea-
cepi crusts, in the cellar.
A Joiss,triau enquired of the witness whether, there was any
entrimuokutinu in the cellars of Messrs. Honour and Piggott t
Site answered in the aegetive.
Elizabeth Payne, servitor( to Mr. Piggritt,stated. that she was
awoke on the inr.riting of the fire by the cries of her .g.
mistresses, the Misses Piggott; she slightly clothed herself.
mid tun dawn stairs into the yard, when she saw Marin Faster
on the wall setemning oat for assistance; one of the soupiness
came nut and cattzht her in his arms; saw tire afier issuing from
the bedroom window of. Mr. lisinnor's servant-maid; the Bre-
men camera immediately afterwsartis, and hurried them tar rise
premises; she was takep 'stood trea ed with great khalif...it by
Messrs. Boerne and Mottoes; she went to bed about eleven the
night preceding, alt was then safe; has on knowledge of the
came of the fire,
A. few questions were then a-ked by the Comas/ at of, oar of
Mr. Piggoit's -batsmen, hut they were of tittle importance.
The Comsat( then summed no the evidence. when the
Jury immediately /darned a Verdict—Accidentally burned to
Heath.

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DIED.
On (held Inst., Reopen% Scarlet Ecq. of Saffron-Waldo",
Log;. In the tedyeor It his age.

At en early hour on Wednesday morning, tb,
hone. of Mr. Button, in the New-road, was bwkew
into.and robbed of property to the value of 601.0,Thel
same morning another hone. in the same road was.
entered, the pantry broken open and robbed. nj. sklti
Lownomt Prrod and Pnhliottvd ht. D. Lttv +mt.. NI. 'be
Its contents. thararheAs OFFIcE, No. t. SulAotry court, Fit-et-wed.

COAloailkttlfiE74 Noy. 4.
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