The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-11-07 00:00:00

OLD DrILLEK, Nor. 13.

Phillippine ritVarce was capitally indicted fat;
stealing a goll solid...box, value 50 guinea', a gold
sto, k.buckle, ,goldsleeve.buttons, a gold. seal; tO
doubloons io gold, '259 guineas is geld, 'itreC.a
number of B 4 Eogland !sates ; and .Joseph
Fitzjames, tly
for receiving -the, gripe, peoperlyrittostifri 110
have been stolew; offbeaticlea.suc -stuleit being in
different counts des,cribetles flit property of Pierre
Henri Chevillard, deceased; of -Katharine rercyo,
I his executrix ; or of some person or persons un-

*mown. •
It appeared from the elidenottasf Mrs. Katharine
'Percy, the executrix' of Pierre Henri Chesillard,
deceased ; of Victoria Jeans de Lobes, who lived
With him is his servant ; and of Mr; Le Gout, an,
artist, who had been nij •intimate habits With him,
that Mr. Chevillard was a Gentleman of eminence in
France,. who had been driven from thence to Eng.
land in consequence of the outrages which had been
cominitted in that country ; that•for the last sisteest
years, during which lie had resided in this.country,
he had principally lived: in, the-house of the Prose-
cutrix, whom .he meant to have appointed, and new.
ally did appiiint, his executrix ; that Vietoriade
Loirne was his nurse during the latter months of Ws
life, while for the benefit of his health he went to
live- in tite houseof Mr. Neal, at Somer's Town ;
and that during the latter period of his eistetiel, he
being then impressed with a desire to speak in the
English language, the Prison..r, Phillippine Fitz.
jamei had been employed to assist Victoria de Loisue,
who could notspeat a word of English.
It also appeared, that on theday preceding M.
Clivrillard's decease, the Prisoner, Phillippine Fitz.
Jatnes iiiduced Victoria de Loline to open the bureau
an' socretaire of her master, on pretence that 'he
having promises: to provide foe her, might have
made a will in her fivour. These.was finiocl, in a.
colicealed drawer in the seeretaire, a poek_et.beek,
fliich Madame Filajanies ptopised should be
opened, but which the nurse oppOsed. There was
also found a bag full of goid, out of 4hich Phil.
Eitajan ies 'took a Considerable quantity,
&Siring Do laolmc to count but the remainder, that
lhey might divide them equally. This Victoria do
-Lolinu :Opted to do, w hen Phillijmine Fitzjames
informed her that •she MAN Otily'Sd nineaS.
Phillippine Filtjamet then'sitnit atidori her
..etnin, in the aftespona,, the. Mirk &Sired 116 to•
return the niontyrectikis he hatl4taken out hc r •
master's sectetairec This Phillippine evaded, inform.,
ing De Wine that she had no desire to act utifnely:
by her. That though she sitid she hail olt!y got SO
guineas, she had in fact got 65, or -13; Dc Lohne
ionid not say which, and- that she wished a fair Ai.
visina to be made. Victoria De Lotme
.then
on Madame Filajaines •restoriug- the pronerty2,
whet Phillippine- threatened that if 'Victoria pre-
, sumed to make any 'discovery she would throw the
whole blame on her, and effect her. tuiti. lii _the!
mese, time the gold boa,. &e. felitothe'sitareof
Phillippine FinkjaMes, however, WWI itel
bayed herself it,, ala mange.llPerlk 1/1.0
fliesegutrii 'lid her frienastame to take impressive
of the effects of tilii.dpetessill, and W that part of
the valuables mentioned In ladttter sefetring to his
will, being iniosiagfejlrat 'Victoria, at -Lolase,
afteraterds -Rain ppine. Fit/Ala/nes, avers taken jute.
custody. . The. former Afterwarde became. evitletme
for the Crown, it ctinteatteuce of Which. Joseph
Fitnjaines was alsitaaptehended ; when, it appeared;
, that after. his wife's-being taken MO custody, hel
had persuaded Victoria de Lolinato deliver over to'
bini, fur the sake of security, the gold boz and the
remainder of the tainoas which his. wife bail for.
:nerly been unable to induce her to give up. These
Joseph Fitzjames'two days after he had been taken
nit() custody, discovered to Bligh•and Lavender,
j an. Officers of Qfteen!s.square Office, concealed at
the back of St. Pancras' ,workhouse ground.—.lt
was also proved, that the Prisoners, who-tiad. for-
merly been, in Oittimely indigent circumstances,
had, since M. Chivillard's death, been seen with a
number of Onces its their piateiessibri it ono time.'
hers, Percy swore, withigpotillse certainty to the
geld snuff box, which slialoul seen a hundred times,
:iyd which Mr—Cherillard valued highly, being a
present to hies from Losiii.XVl. Though Mrs.
Perry wet Mr. Ghevillavd'reexecutrix, he had Willed
this box.and bit other valutalries to his brothers, sis.
kers-, and nieces. • -
• The facts of the case being clearly proved,- but
the proof of'the steeling ib the dwelliag.house being
omitted, the Jury lisend the Prisoner, Phillippine
Fitzjames Guilts of Stealing, and the other Pri.
softer, Jokoh„Fitajanies,-Guil4 of receiving the
eameurtielea, •kuossing them to be etoka.
Robert Rands imoi Thomas novel, for break-
ing and. entering • the dwellingi.hoese of Messrs.
Middleton, Jones, and bones,. and stealiiig several
silk handkerchiefs, their property.
Charles Oakley, for robbing Daniel Barry, on
the King' highway,• and taking from his person'
'and agalost :hie wait, li:;.baukaseste• avetwebree

dollars.' ,
Sarah Fussell, for stealing s geantity of wool.
len cloth, the property Of Thomas Bowerbaok and
ThOmas Monkhouse..• In their divelliog.house. •
All of whom Wel* capitally:convicted. -
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We understand that the route is issued for the
First West York regiment of Militia, fo.ntarco
from Plymouth 'to Portsmonth, in three divisidns,
on the 13th, 14th, and 15th instant. '• This MO
andhighly.alisciolined regitnuat (upwards o[l4oo
strong) have been in that garrison nearly three
years ; during which period thlOr conduct had
been pcculiarly-eittesplar)to
On the ;sight of Suodayaenolght; midis k ws
r.hlowlog a galit'of wind, the Fly sclooler, troll
-Liverpool' to the coast oilukfricopwaltdrires, by,
Ntreis of weather, into.Comostasbecry toy,. 00,
coast otlrelipd. 'Who .foilowhog der Itsirochoosier
liartril in the saddle), thootorn.put drillitstikwaY,
' and' the reausiodorliest,..beiefreeattored.,aloog tbk
shore. Thoto.loos,oo hooolii;bioveloi lOW IMO
r of erns", ad swum) barrels:7a genpoydro"93l4
'former of o opmardosss 4109feeeye osrrisd:ollY
;by the actiatr#4oootv var4A44o4*
ma iirder, u well as sorepautetiedstatflinsrhiders
were sawed by the judiciona, exertions of limos,
`CstorTs, Esq. a Fathoms* of that neishbourhood,