The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-07-10 00:00:00

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dens, adding that he was elevated with wives at the tills", I
WAS ordered to give bail, himself in one 6andred pounds
*and two sureties in fifty podnds each,.for his appearance.
next Tuesday, when other evidence will be heard. •
. Mr. 4rchibald.,llWeighten, who was iorrnerly Mint,
Quarter7Master-Oeneral in the Penidsidar army, and who • •
five or six years ago was so often `4,ln ;rouble" far hie
violent conduct at some of the betels at the west end ofeto
town, was bronjeht up in the custody ot Woottoo, tharg
ed with assaulting a soldier on duty in hyde-park. Hi
now wore a tattered plaid jacket, a cravat of the same
material, trocieers of fustian, and full of holes, and had
only one shoe and no stockings. His head is bald
front, but lie had suffered the hair behind to grow to as
enormous length and thickness, and part of it be had
worm into long strings, and broughtithem over it:"
forehead, where they were tied together in an ingetv-
ons manner.; the rest of his hair hanging behind in or.e
huge mass.. His beard had also gronn.to a greet length.
He sainted the Magistrate witle.a dignified beiw ou alef
preaching the table, and on being asked.his name. by
Mr. Itiohoreend, the clerk, he *answered " Prince Mac-
Naghten." - •
It apprarrd.that same of the troops had a field-day els
Toeslav in Hydeepark ; the defendant placed himself i‘
frontier them, and gaye the word of command' in a Yoko .
of.such stentorian powers as to drown that of the Colo-
nel in command, and produce eo,ne confit.ion. Af ey:
wards when the troops were marcidur in line. he pieced
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hiniseLfon front of Aeon, and as one of the soldiers at-
tempting to remove him from that situation he strfle
'him. lie alio thrust his ti•t into the face of the ConmeAede
iog Officer who advanced to speak to him.
In defence, he said, in a banzlity tnne, " I am a Firms
Marshal in the British Army, consequently was the senior; •
'officer in the field, and had a right to give the einem:ed." • .
Ile denied striking the soldier.
fir. listts-4 must require you, Sir, to give bail.
Defetulant-L-Ball;Sir ! Oh dear no; bail Ot.'. -
the qtirAion. A'Peer of the realm cannot he called .an.' •
for hail ; I will pledge my honour, which of course will be
sufficient. e
Mr. Hatt,s—Vere well, Sir, then pin will Kaye themk
goodness to retire With that gentleman (pointing to tie
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• lie bowed and retired. He was committed' to tIM•
itotise of Correction, and Mr. Ilata,s directed that-h•, ,
should be taken into the Prison Infirmary and tressed
with all.possible kindness. The Worthy Magistcnte ;OK .
,ed that lie would use his best exertions to get. himes•iner
some comfortable asylum. • t

111 SR LROROUVI-STRE ET.—Tnesdaynight mastery picrc •
lific in the production of Toni: asd Jerrys; tkt. there. . •
being no less than seven or eight young eptigeof fssitiow'
apprehended by the guardians of the night, on ehargirs' •
of ringing bells and pulling ofrthe knocketeertha
in Paric•laneolnd breaking witchmen's bowel, teeth...v.
with assaulting them. The names of the parties clifrged: •
were concealed, they having been allowed to give them
privately. We • understand they were persons of die-4;
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tinction. They were ordered to make reparaqun fur MI
damage done.
UstoN-Hatt.—Yesterday &Wield Hobbs was beptighl
before L. B. Att.ts, rage, charged with having robbed a •
young lady sassed Seetsuatdaeweealtsl-
- Scutt stated, that on the let last. she was pen- .
cenling to town from her residence at Tulle Bill, nedr. '
Brixton, 'bunt twelve o'clock in the day. On reaching'
Cold llarbonr-lane, which leads into Camberwell, .h.t •
was met by the prisoner, who came against her, and •
made a violent snatch at her reticule, which he tore away. .‘ :
from the clasp, and immediately ran off with its content . •
amounting to 11. IN. Miss Scott screamed out, and vertii,
about to follow the thief, when he stopped, picked up at
tinge stone, flung it at her, and again took to his heels.
She continued the pursuit ; two men heariag her screams '
ran to her assistance, followed the prisoner across the
fields, and succeeded in apprehending him after consider-
able reststance. The reticule and money *rre found in his
possession.—rHe was fully committed.

Extract of a letter from a British naval officer. dat."l
Corinna, June 22, 1b23 :—" The privateers here have
taken four French ships, richly laden, one of them with
coffee. A French litie.of-halle-ship and a frigate were
off here two days before we arrived. They sent in a eat
of truce to know what the Spaniards were going to di.
wish the yessris they had captured. They replied, they•
meant to keep them, and to catch as many more as they
could. Last week about 400 prisoners were bronicht im
here, taken by General Murillo. The Spaniards are get-
ting on well.
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The Honourable Conrtney Boyle Is appointed one of
the Commissioners of the Navy Board, in the room of
Captain Fraser, who retires, with the rank of Rear-M.
tniral ; and Captain Isaac Wollcr, Naval Consanissiipmr
at Malta, is appointed Deputy Ctsirmso of tie Vict sail-
ing Board, in the room of the Homemade C. Boyle.
Captain J. M. Lewis, from Bermuda, is appointed Com.
missioner of the Navy at ,Malta ; ant Captain Thorns.;
Briggs, who commonded the Leviathan, 74, in the 31e-ii-
terattran, is appointed Commissioner of the Navy at Ber-
muda.

Limos, JULY 7.—The late rains as tve anticipetell, have
initjh improved the appearem•r of the growing .o ••n,an.t
the young wheats are blooming fat.t.

A woman of the name of Aiken has hero romniitted

to Enniskillea gaol, fur the taunter of her ha .Land.
ConoNaa's trigs/ EsT.—Yesterday afternoon an trii.si-
tion was taken at the Black Jack, Portsmouth-street,
Lincoln's-inn fields, before Thos. Stirling, Bsq. Coroner.
on the hotly of Adam Bowler, aged 45, late porter • f
Lincoln's-inn, who, yesterday morning, was foacd with
his throat cut, and quite dead, at the house of Mr. Pearce,
No. 46, Lincoln's ituntiehls, of which be ba I the rare
during the absence of Mr. Pearce. Verdict—T. mpdrary
Derangement.

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On Friday se'nnight an inquisition was taken at the Grey-
hound Inn, Cambridge, before Mr. Chevell, one of the Co-
roners for this town, on view of the body of Richecd Ells-
worth. The deceased was coachman to • family who hid
same few days before arrived at Cambridge to attend the
funeral of bird. Hennek•r. The conduct of the deceased was
so strange that the servants of Mr. Ilenneker had noticed it.
and enquired the cause of his melvicholy end dej«ction, but
could get no satisfactory re;,l'F fiat
breakfast, he was observed

the servants heard a notse
water was ungslice, and on
eeast.d upon his hands and
severed from the body by a

lug copiously from
was aeot for, but before he

exiii4di:TheJury returned
cut his throat in a fit of insist
The Grand Spanish Fete
last, surpassed in splendour
hibiteut in this country for mai
ladies was inimitably benutif,
highest style of elegance. f
a lustre peculiarly attractiV
illustrious female.

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e;ily. ' 0.1 Friday morning, after
ed to g into the pintry ; one of
a few minutes after, as if some
opening the door. found the de-T.
nd knees, with his head nearly - .
a cam-kille, anti the hi ,r r ;
round. Mr. Abbot, the surarou; .
arrit e ',the unfortunate matt iHgt I
I their verdict, • that the drcemiF.
sanity.
to at Covent Garden, on Ft ids); fl
ur any thing of the kind rfrr .x-
-many years. The costume I the
taSnl ; the hair was off.C.IP4 thoi
ROWLAND'S Macassar Oil
le, augmenting the chnsena of tog ,
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