The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-01-17 00:00:00

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et Dec. last, about ten cfclockseentorikt night, he *rig=
ill•the ADoramereiki Roo*, font men .sp
hits ; Snit ft/orisons/et Ward, Striking him-on the IMI
tide. 'instated away his watch. Niters. immediately
telrsd hhei, and endeavoured to recover the watch.
ear of the tbievis, however, had taken it from him,
dna attempted lo make off with it. Witness wired him
by the skirt of his coat, when Bradley fastened held of
witness on his left tide, and witness was forced to the
gronod. i friend of witness's at length Cousin op.
the primmer' were secured, and conveytd•to the watch-
/Maw. • The watch, however,' was gone.. He was mire
that Ward was the person who snatched away the
watch.
Nizabeth Read deposed as to the eirettni‘tanee of a
rdbkiry having taken -place on the night in question,
but was ignorant with respect to any of the parties
minktortsed.
-A-- Saddlers, the watchman, who assisted at the
apprehension of the prisoners. stated. that when he ar-
met! on the 'pet he fonnd the prisoners already over-
powered and secured by 'he promteutor and friend.
iiiiilatifence, the prisoner Ward alledged that he was
ing gnietly along the street, when the proseca-
sotsoited him and charged.him with robbery.—Bradioy
Aid he came up upon seeing a disturbance, sod
was unexpectedly accused as in ac on wit-
nesses were called.

The Jury found the prisoners Guilty.
TRADE,

hetes Alex. Correll indAii.;.Pillerreoe were put to the
bar, charged with having, on the 7th July last, i:nported
and brought from the I.le of Madagascar ‘2114/ permits,
for the purpose of selling them as slaves.
The prisoners being both foreigners, and ignorant of
the English language, were informed of the charge
through the medium of an interpreter. Thr prisoners
pleaded Not Guilty, and upon being informed of their
right to have a Jury half composed of foreigners, re-
plied, " Rh Use toes "'vials."
The Counsel for the prosecution were the Souctvon-
ficreaaa., Mr. Ltmaost.e, and Mr. RIITNIOLD'I; and
for the prisoners, Messrs. ADOLTHCS and PLATT. As
soon as the Jury were sworn and the indictment read,
Mr. Sergeant Cormr rose, and addressed them as
follows: _

lie began by referring to the Act of Parliament passed
in lso7, an Act which he said most meet with the can-
oes of every wise and good man. This Act at first
inflicted pecnniory disshilites upon those offending,
but it being foetid that the profits of the slays trade
were so great as to render this punishment nuga-
tory, an Act was passed four years afterwards to
Oak e the offence felony. Under this Act the prisoners
were indicted. The eircnuistances were these :—The
island of Ilauritius was ceded to the crown of Oreat
Britain by the Treaty of Peace in 1814; and, in con-
sequence, it became the duty of Oorernment to codes-
Your to put a stop to the slay. Trade in that place.
The Counsel then proceeded to state, that on the Sd of
,iittly.last a vessel. stationed off the coast of Mauritius to
look oat tarsiere ships, surprised and boarded a French
vessel sailing angler suspicious circumstances. The
tower given to the Commander of the vessel stationed
there, being unsatisfactory, the .Prench vessel was seize
sod eirried into Port Louis. An inquiry was instituted,
asidit would appear from the evidence of the witnesses
*lsom he should call, that the prisoners, Carroll and ill-
Menne. were deeply itorlicatell. From this evidence it
*mkt aPIPRIT Altai if roe than 200 persons had been
',lmported from the island of Madagaesse; from which
place tlw, Wand of Mauritius was constantly supplied with
"slaves. Besides the prisoners at the bar, the captain and
tabu of the vessel bad been sent over to England to take
, their trial; but it appearing
.that they were both
French subjects, and savigattag a French ship.
and having never been la any part of the British
dominions their case did net fall within the act of par-
liament, as the roans of this coantry had so jurisdiction
over foreigners under these circumstances. Something
bad been said rnpeeting bringing the prisoners from
Neuritis to take their trial there. A clause was in-
toned in the Act of Parliament authorising this, as it
would have been of us use to try this offence ia a land
of slaves and slave dealers
This cause commenced at so late an hour, that we art
not able to give the evidence, which was very long sad
interesting. We will give it at length to-nsorrow.

At the Canterbury Quarter Sessions a labouring
wan, of the name of But, has been convicted, on the
evidence of his own danghter, of having hanged her up '
Ito a bed-post till she was nearly senseless. in a it of
cigar, at seen, km corns home from nursing dressed in
her Sunday clothes. 'flee peosetailon was instituted by
**parish. The prisoner, in his defence, alleged, that
the charge originated in a combination between his wife
' and &lighters, and denied that he bad hang up the girl,
having only jel ven her slight chastisement. Ile Wel SOW
tenced to be Imprisoned fourteen days.
Rtmotrio.—On Wellnewlay evening the lath Initial,
'Nee Societe of College/ Youths, in Liverpool, ascended
the beautiful tiotbic tower of St. Nicholas, and in three
oars and thirty woven initimtes* completed a peal of
L 126 tfrandaire Cinque% composed and conducted by
lltr. W. Thistlmrood,lo a style mope riot to any ever per-
formed on those twelve unlike, bells ; weight of tenor,
41cert. 14lb.