The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-07-16 00:00:00

POLICE.

Mass fort-Hatteit.—iirmepb Meekest was brisyr bet.
tn fore Alderaa &sonar, who sat for the Lord ayor,
charged with having robbed his master of cloth; /sc.
Mr. White, warehonsamaa, of Cateattik-itieet, state 4
that the prisoner had been in his service too years as
porter. On Wednesday last, witness hating received an
order for some drib kerseyeseres, went to a part of tl.n
warehmise to take a bolt piece, n hieh he bad himself
deposited there. l'be prisoner interrupted him in his
search, by saying that he hs.l pawned the kerseyruere.
Witness then found that the prisoner had been in the
habit of substituting. snide np parkaires, consisting of
things of no value, in the place of the good., in order
to deceive him while taking stack.
S I pawnbrokers attended, and amine. d Werra of
&c. which were the property of Mr. W note, snit
hail keen pledged at theft. shops.
Mr. White said he hail ao wish to prosecute, hot the
Alderman insisted upon it.
Mackrel was then fully committed for trial.
Thews East, the driver of one of the Clayton stages,
was summoned in•fere the lingo MAYOR, ,o answer for
haling driven his coach to the danger of the passengers
alone the streets.

It appeared that the defendant had broken in npoo
line of coaches, that were passing from the Gault to
Bishopsgate-street, and that the wh►el of his couch earn.
in contact with the wheel of 'tooth'r coach, in such a
manner as to make it difficult to separate them. The
orfeoilant, although the aggressor, persevered in driv-
ing his coach, and dragged the other coach several yards
along, not% ithstanding the shrieks and complaints cf
his passengers, most of whom were ladies. At length
he overturned I fruit-Stella, and would, bat for the
interference of some persons in the street, bare over-
turned his own coach ana that which he dragged along.
The defendant was fined W. under the 50th of George
111. Half of the penalty was sent to the Committee for
the Distressed in Ireland, and half to another charity.
UNION HALL—Edward Foy was ordered to pay a
Fine of 295., to be appropriate) to the Funds, in aid of
the Dist d Irish, for committing an unprovoked as-
sault on two married females, on Saturday night last.

COUNTRT Bazwzat.—A n•merotts fleeing of
country brewers was held on Saturday. i,s pursuance
of public advertisement, at the King's Arms Tavern,
Westminster, for the purpose of taking into considera-
tion whether any and what steps-should be taken to
oppose the bill now before Parliament, the object of
which is " to permit any perron to sell beer and ale
brretnil, so that the came when not be connoted in
his or her hogs. or premises."
LtraterooL, JULY I3.—Two other victims have
fallen to the ezplosioe of Mr. Bottles steam-engine
boiler. On Saturday morning last, Thomas Owes was
released from his agonizing sufferings. Ott Wednes-
day morning died James Owen, his brother—making
in the whole boar who have lost their lives by this oe-
currence! The only survivor, William Brookfield,
now lies in his house, Crook. ss , Chester, in a vary
low state.

MANCOLSTER, JULY 13.-.4IURSTIXO OP AN ENGINr.•
BOlLElL—Yesterday, about two o'clock, the neighbour-
, hood of Downing-street, Ardwick, was alarmed by a Ire-
inendons explosion, which shook the boasts to their
foundations; and on examination it was found that the
boiler of a steam-engine belonging to Messrs. J. and D.
Dolling', brass-founders, Tipping's-street, had blown
up, anti completely destroyed the bailer-house, searcel♦
leaving one brick upon another. The boiler itself, which
would weigh several tons, was torn open in every direc-
tion, forced from its place, and thrown into the air ; and
it now lies upon the ruins, at some distance from, and
I feet higher than its former situation. Several
adjoining buildings connected with the foundry, were
seriously damaged. and a wall, about ten yards from the
boiler, was thrown down. Very 'melons injury was also
done to the windows, doors, roofs, and furniture of the
neighbouring houses, by the bricks, pipes, and pieces of
iron, which were projected in every direction fly the ex-
p•nsive force of the steam. Many brick were driven into
bowing-street, a distance of at least 70 yards; ant
several windows were broken i■ the houses erected In
the late Mr. Moline, on the south west side of Downini-
street, near the bridge. Amidst such a destruction of
property, it is a consolation to find that there was no lots
of lives, and that the personal injuries caused by the ex-
plosion are neither numerous nor of a dangerous nature.
A little girl (es we were informed) had her leg broken
by a brick in Downing-street; a man who was standing
in aback yard hetweeu Downing- treat and the boiler, had
his arm severely bruised from a similar cause; and one of
Messrs. Hollings' workmen were ly bruised on one
of his legs. Several of the men narrowly escaped being
crushed to death by the falling buildings. The engineer
had providentially been called to assist in lifting some-
thing in the yard, and had just left the engine-house when
the explosion took place. It is scarcely necessary to add,
that the engine was of the high pressure kind ; and we
were informed on the spot, it had ao ssfrty-ratee, but
when the engineer saw that the steam was too high, he
turned a cock, and suffered it to escape. It is to be hoped
that this, and other accidents of a similar nature, which
have recently occurred, will lead to the divan of high
pressure engines.—(Monchcat:r Guardium.)
Eliza Worthy and John Watson (the latter calling
himself a Methodist preacher) were examined before
the Magistrates at Aylesbury, on Tuesday, charged
with stealing several women's caps and a quantity of
wearing apparel from the lodging house of John
Wilson, at L debton. It appeared that Watson ar-
rived at Leighton on Saturday, where he took lotig-
in es at the house of Wilson, and by vie sanctity of
his demeanour effectu ,Ily banished suspicion from the
mind of his host, who, with his wife, left home on
Monday morning to go to 1100e8 place in the neigh-
hourhood on hosiness, leaving their t girl, E.
Worthy, in charge of the house. During their absence.
Watson prevailed on the girl to elope with him, and
elitist in committing the rubbery. The owner of the
house on his return, finding be bad been robbed, im-
mediate:l,feet out in pursuit of the thieves, amid, having
fortuttafiely discovered the route they had taken, over-
took them at Aylesbury, on Monday evening.—They
were both committed to take their trial at the Buck-
ingham Assizes. Watson is 39 years of age, and the
girl only 17.
UNKNOWN FEIIALIC Ditowsten.--On Thursday
morning se'anight, a young woman, named Susan
Morgan, was taken out of the ri►er Avon, near the
Ferry opposite Walcot-parade, Bath. It appeared on
the Inquest, that she had lodged in Mark's-bill ; that
she went out ou the preceding Sunday evening, and
had not returned home since. She came from Lon-
don about four or five weeks age ; bat no information
has yet been obtained respecting her relatioos. It is
thought, from part of a letter, Ike. which was found
in her trunk, that when in London she resided near
the Haymarket ; and it is probable that she bad been
a patient of Bethink Hospital, as one of those printed
instructions which are delivered to the patients. when
discharged cured, has been discovered.—Yedlct—+
Found Drowned.