The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-01-31 00:00:00

POLICE.

GUILDHALL.
nanah Ellison was yesterday charged with a vial
lent and outrageous assault upon Mr. Newton, of
`Warwick-square. Mr. Newton stated, that the of.
; fender had formerly lived servant in his family, but
Ithat in consequence of her quarrelsome disposition,
he had been forced to turn her from his house a
twelvemonth back; since which period she has, on
various occasions, attacked him in the street, and
threatened to deprive him of life, vowing she woilld
be revenged for some imagined injury. .la Monday
evening last, as he was proceeding to the Post Office, he
was stopped by her with great violence at the corner
of Warwick-square, where she repeated her former
threats ; and, upon his attempting to get from her
grasp, she tore his clothes, and actindly dragged him
to the ground. lie contrived, however, to escape
from her, and proceeded to the Post Oilice. On hit
way, back he experienced a s,vere phin in his side,
and supposing it arose from a contusion, when ho
i reached home he stripped, with a view of app!yilig
some brandy to the p3it affected ; when, to his
astonishment and alarm, he discovered his waistcoat
and skirt to be saturated with blood. He immedi-
ately sent for a surgeon, who, on examhiing his side,
found the blood to have proceeded from a small
wound,, which seemed to have been given with a
pointed instrument, such as pair of scissors or knife,
the progress of which had evidently been stopped by
one of his ribs. The foul threats of the woman being
thus strongly confirmed, he obtained a warrant, and
had her apprehended. Not feeling disposed, from
motives of humanity, however, to prosecute her ca.
pitally (which he could, under Lord Ellenborough's
Act), he simply made the charge of assault, for which
she was committed to take her trial.
Pliun was examined on suspicion of being
'concerned in the burglary and outrage at Mr. Pryor's,
St. Margaret's-hill. Sarah Wilkins, who is much
recovered, had been visited and questioned by Col-
lingbourn and Glennon as to the description of the
men who had ill-treated her ; when she informed
them, that about four years ago• she had occasion tu
go to the New Gaol, liorsomonger-lane, where,
amongst other prisoners, she saw one named Plum ;
she perkctly recollected his persona. and one of the
men who entered her master's. shop .very mach rep
sembled him, Are' could not, however, swear he was
the person. The officers, recollecting the man de.
scribed, immediately commenced a search for him,
and at length discovered him at athoute in Artillery-
place, St. George's-fields. He underwent a loi g
examination before. the Magistrates, and was con-
fronted with Sarah Wilkins, but she being enable to
swear podtively to him, he was discharged.
Burgess the young man who unfortunately shot
Elizabethßosley, at New Cross, was discharged on
his own recojnizence, the Coroner's Inquest having
returned a verdict.of—,-Accidenial Death.

DAY STREET.ROBBERS.—George r.nd
'Bob Burney, have been both notorious day stre.,t-
robbers for 20 or 30 years. Barney would ha ca
escaped at the Sessions, but for the pc•rseverance (f
Humphreys, in stating his Infamous character, and
that he kept a brothel in St. George's-fields. Oa
Tuesday, on the adjourned Sessions, these rbh::ers
were brought before Mr. MA INWARING again, when
r Humphreys stated, that in addition to the ground
for the present conviction at Str he saw ilick-
nell in company with Ned Ellis, Joe Hough, and
Bob Shields, a numerous gang of thieves, at the time
Sir Francis Burdett was going to the Tower, On
coming up to him, .he put his fist in his face; called
him a b—y nose, and said he would knot k hii
bloody head off. Hnniphreys called. upon Hutt, thl
officer, to state what he knew of Barney; he replied
he knew him to be a thief. He also stated, that
about two years ago he saw 'Barney attEmpt to picks
gentleman's pocket at Croyaou fair. ile 41,1 not
take him into custody Men, as he was in the com-
pany of eight or nine other well-known thieve.—
conviction before the Shadwell Magtstrirt•c eras
confirmed, and ha was sentenced to six month' im-
prisonment. Bicknell was sentenced to the same
punishment, in addition to that for which lie ual
then confined in the House of Correction, for a si-
milar offence in the Strand, in company with Scott.
A Correspondent who has just visited the sculp-
tured monuments to the memory of the illustrioes
'dead St. Paul's Cathedral, justly remarks, that
the poet Cowesi well deserves a place in that noble
pile.

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• -411 Rills.
ToYork-tit eet. Portaisn=square, the Lady of "Award C.
Bradford, Esq.. of a daughter.
I °tithe Cal inst. in Park-street, the Lady of J. Cornwallit,
l'Esq. of awn. . .
I Saturday last, Mrs. S. Denton, of Ossulston-street, Somen-
kTossu, of ;son and heir. .

MARRIED.
*At Alkiloton-house, Lanerksbitv on the 23d inst. by the Viet
Rev. BisNop Sandford, Ittionld Al'acdonald, Esq. of Scatla, to
killizahah, wily damiliter of Henry Stewart. Esq. of Allanton.
'Lately, IfPumas Writer, Esq. of the hi iddle Temple, to Miss
&latrine, of Upper Eatou-street,

DIED.
Lately, at Flashing, Corunall, James,
Burke, Bart. aged
On the Rad inst. J. lee, Esc. Banker,
Thursday se'nnight, in (lower-street, Cite
J. Stein, Esq.
Sunday last, suddenly, Mrs. Beard, wife
Box too-square.
Monday last, aged 67, J. Mathews, Ea
Essex.
Last week, at Corsham, aged 80, Ed'
F. A. S. and F. A. S.
Suddenly, on the 15th inst. Miss Saund
Saunder, many years a Clerk in the Ordi
Tower, who died about four years ago. Al
Miss S. left London to live at Whetstone, near
the formed an intimacy ss ith an aged's% idower,i
to have been married on the day she was laid in !
corpse was brought from Whetstone, and inter.'
grave lathe Tower, on the lad hist: The inter
was the chief mourner. • •

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