The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-03-30 00:00:00

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i'Veoxy;--on Saturday last tiro inen, of Ate nanYes
of Gyred and Stratton, were brought up for further
'esitittintitiois before Sir Ricoxite Cann. Gavot, the
'Sitting Magi' ate, accused by a Medical Gentlenittn,
'f the name of Norris, of hiving pulled his watch
from his pocket,, 'Cod tarribd it Off oil the 'night of
Wednesday last.
It appeared from the. deposition of Mr. Norris,
+which was read•ln the 'Court, that he had been spend-
ing a few convivial hours with a friend on the after.
,nmon of Wednesday, and had departed fur his own
dwelling in the city, Ishii° the dock of Holborn -was'
striking eleven. When descending Uelborn-hill he
heard on atudden !bedew:our of people coming running
''millet hint; and before he could turn round, twafels
loins came rudely in contact with him; and one of them
snatched his watch from his pocket, and hastened
down the street. lie called out Robbery ". and Stop
thief still keeping hisnye on the man who' took his
ninth. lie foil/owed at full speed, and observed the
fellow Cast away something from hbn, when lie
was immediately seized by a watchman. Mr. Nora)
ris then went op, and recognized him as the person
Who had taken his watch from him. On , searching
the street they found the watch lying in one partsin&l
the outer case in another. He„was positive that..
Prisoner Carrel was the man who took it.' ' • .
Josiah Pattison, the watchman who secured Car-
-1.61, swore that be caught him whilst rustling deals
117,1horn,•and Mr. Norris instantly came up and
charged him with taking his watch.
Another watchman, of the name of Danvers, said,
that when he ran to the assistance of his comrade, a
tlentleman called to them, saying, here is another
of the gang," pointing tosthe Prisoner Strutton, who I
was taken standing with his back against the door of
au adjoining lane: •
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The Prlsonersitontly'denied being at all acquaints,
ed *Rh each other, and Carrel affirmed, that'
while he was quietly ,descending the hill of Holborn,
he heard the cry of Stop thief! and saw a fellow dive
Into a laoe beside him, and disappear. The watch-
tnan came up; and secured Mm by mistake.
The Magistrate committed then; both to Neirgate, ,
to stand trial for the offence. . •
?emus Ball, a man dresied Ili old regimentals,
*as recommitted to Newgate, where he was formerly
a Prisoner for debt, and whence he had contrived to
effectlis escape._ -
An old woman, calling herself Ann Jones, and
whom certain of the Pollee Officers recognized as a
thief on Many occasions, was brought up, accused.
by BettinarinSowles, a thread-manufacturer of Si.
Anue's-lane,, with, having eptere4 his lebby,. and
thence ascending to the first floor, unlocked the.l
doer of his warehouse, and stolen three pounds*
v.eight of brown cotton thread, with which she was
snaking off as fast 'as.her ague: limbs•could carry her,
svhen the noise she Made, occasioned Mr. Towles .to
elesesnd and securi her. He was positive, from cer- I
tr marks on the outer wrapper's of the cotton, that!
the parcels were his property. She was committed
to stand trial, and the party bound' over, to prose-
cute.
Mary Isaacs and Mary Woods, •two street-walk-
era, were brought up, accused by a watchman of
Fleet-street, with having disturbed the midnight
quiet of the metropolis, bi the execrations and,.
screams which they uttered in muted conflict with
each other, on Thursday evening.
The Ladies acknowledged that they entertained a
:most hearty 'hatred for each other, owing to being
rivals for the midnight favours of occasionel.passengers;
but they asserted, that they had no intention of dis-
turbing the general peace by their private quarrel, and
wire desirous, that like the Lady &rants of old, they
might be deemed superior to law, and be allowed the
right to disrobe each other's bodies of public spoils, I
Without being hedged in by the eucumbrauces of
„Ostiee.
Tho Magistrate smiled at their defence, and desired
certain heralds to prepare the lists of encounter on
the plains of Oridewell, where their Ladyships might
tilt and tourearneut for a month to come.
Llayd and his wife, froni Cockslane, were accused,
be Fleming and his pot-boy, from a public-house in
Giltspur-street, with •having employed the several 1
weapons of tongues, teeth; nails, hands and feet upon
their persons on Thursday last, owing to
.a dispute'
having arisen on the proprietorship of a pewter pint
pot.
A person, who lodges in Cock-lane, witnessed
the scitifie,- and that the lady possessed a signal acti:
vity of tongue and nails.; the former of which wee.
pons wagged forth a complication bf compound
epi-
fhets, which every dictionary disowned; save the dic-
tionary of Billingsgate, and the latter had a most,]
distressing activity at annoying the comely epuute-
stances of the publican and his pot-boy. ‘., •
On the ether hand, the. Prisoners set-fiatti, that.
the coollict..Was mutual on both sides with tongue.
add hands,,,and even the talons which the lady had
employed upon the person of the pot-boy, were only
equalled in -sharpness and alertness by those of
the assailed. The publican, too„*.snrly'Scotehmad,
lad applied' to this delicate Lady Xmas dishonourable
epithets, net known in the language of courtesy OR
this side of the Tweed, and even offered personal
combat to LI()) d himself, which, Goma contempla-
tion of the brawny frame of the sturdy Caledonian,
he prudently declined. -
The Magistrate recommended them to show good-
will towards each other in futnrt, and dismissed
them from the larghter of the spectators.
HATION-GARDE,Y.
On Saturday, upwards of a hundred persons, in.
habitants in the vicinity of *Clerkenwell, attended,
by virtue of-sumMonses, being charged with not pay-
ing the parish rates, most of them" reusing small te.
Elements, and 'haring large families, 'which they
pleaded as itsi excuse,- with the dearness of provi.
sions, and badtteis of trade. These circumstances,'
they stated, put it ant of their power to pity the
sums. The Magistrate& ordered them to pay within
a limited time.. •

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ISREAD.
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tow rate of fifteen-pence, an-
' Wee:loupe); "rites the Quartern Loaf *as tell3it.
would.be but
• alitootj'ineetiltcwitoPitthiraetiplueblYlic that this blessing
of short duration; for, at that period wa had, with
no inconsiderable trouble and some .eapence, .but too.
clearly ascertained that tlukre would be a seriolis scar:
illy, it not timely prevented by a general adoption
of economy in the use of bread, and an abandonnient
bf pastry. We much fear that this salutary hint pro-
anced little or no effect. •Notwigistanding this ne-
glect of the abbve notice, we consider 4 as our duty
to) once more an•akOil the 6oniqry to a sense of this
greatest of all efiIs—FAMINE! The
.Quartern Loaf
has gradually risen from the' moderate price of 1.54*
to the alarming one of 18d. and y*c„ 'Unless some
Measures be 'speedily adopted to avert this grOwing
evil, there Is no saying to what magnitude thisvnight
not incrrage.. The first natural measures to be adopt'
ed na this trying occasion are these :—First, a gene-
ra redaction (particularly in families .that can afford
it). in the' consumption of bread ; secondly; idisuse
of pastry, unless composed of rice-flour, and all
pastry cooks to be enjoined to use Oils kind of 116ur-
.only ; thirdly, the -entire abolition °View bread,.
'Such petty aacsilioesrif titsrs be deServiiig that titles
surely could ha Omplahaid,44 by Rune, and were
they to be tattle, dive ben° doubt:haft/Mt the
effect i6tild.bes6'•t:' 'tb -respect' to the use of '
new' breari, }Vellametals 'id duty bounasto
that evil withouLdelay:- • .

OMT/it PAittum—The-. King of Siam bas, in
oneof his country palaces, a most singular pavilion.
The tables, the chairs,' the closets, &c..are all &W 0...,
posed of crystal... The walli, 'the ceiling, Ind thi
floors, are formed of pieces of plate glass, of about
an inch thiac anti six feet square, so likely united by i
a cement, which is as transparent as glass itself, that
the most subtile water cannot penetrate, There is
but
,one door, which shuts so closely, that jt is as
impenetrable to the water as the'rest of this singular
building. A Chinese engiueer has constructed it thus
Las a certain remedy egainst the insupportable heat or
the climate. This pavilion is twenty.:eight feet in'
length, and seventeen in breadth ; it is placed in the
midst of a great basin, paved and ornamented with
'Marble of various colours. They fill this basin with
Water in about a quarter of an hour, and it is empti-
ed as quickly: When you enter the pavilion, the
door is immediately closed, and cemented with mas-
tick, to hinder the water from entering :.it is them
they open the sluices; and this peat basin is soon
filled with water, which is even suffered to overflow
the land ; so that the pavilion is entirely under
limier, except the top of the dome, which is left un-
touched for the benefit of respiration. Nothing is'
more, charming than the agreeable coolness of this
delirious pliee, while the extreme ferycnir of the sun
boils on the surface Of the freshest fountsins.—
.((Tlereseles ethics. lit.) - • '' •
The Courier affects to ridicule the Meeting at
Guildhall,- because it was attended principally by
hungry mechanics., • Now it so happens that it was
to enquire into tue causes which led to their hunger,
and make a statement 'of them to their Pasacc, that
formed the express purpose of the meeting.
Corn to the amount of twelve millions sterling was
imported into England in 1811, nine of which were
paid by licensed barters, and the other three mil-
lions in specie.
The spinning of cotton is now brought to such a
pitch of perfection, that a manufacturer of Manches-
ter offered a bet of one thousand guineas, that with
One of his machines he would spin out one poUnd
weight of cotton to the uninterrupted length of ' one
hundred and sixty miles! ' • ,
The applicants for Clerkships and appointments,
at all the Public Offices, exceed whit has been ex-
perienced at any former period, and may, in some
measure, be attributed to the numerous bankrupt-
cies which have recently taken place in all parrs of
the kingdom.
There are fifteen hundred names, it is said on the
Commander in Chief's list, as applicants for the.
commission of Ensign in'the regular army.
The Gazette of Saturday contains an order from
the Lords of the Admiralty, pursuant to the Reyal
pleasufe, for tha alteration of the uniform clothing
at present worn by the Flag Officers, Captains, !lots=
I 'slanders, Lieutenants, Masters, Mates, and Mid-
shipmen of the Royal Navy; 'The said alterations,
patterns of. which may be been tst the Admiralty, being
to take effect, generally, from the 12th of' August,
1812; but Officers, having occasion to make up uni-
forms before that •period, arc at liberty to avail them-
relves of the new. patterns.
The Derby Assizes were attended by great crowds
of persons. One of the most dangerous gangs of
nightly depredators that has infested England for
many years has beets broken up. They were formed
by one John grighrya,,,vioo resided:at a little itoneei
bins., the first on difright hand on entering Derby,
from Ntattinghaii This was wholly matle,npl
-of deserters, with the exception of gugland, whol.ao
a brewer, labourer, and petty huckster, pled every'
art for the purpose of finding a cover for the rest.-1
He never went out himself with his- comrades to'
plunder, but *hasp pointed out the 'object ; and
his concubine (wife of one Matthew. Bush, of Wes-
s.mgton, 140 we! ,principal witness against one
of the depredatOrs on. these trials, and who was' at-
tempted to be seized as a deserter as he entered this
haR), provided them with caps,_ masks, and other
things neeessery 'for disguise: lie used to hate a share
of the plunder; but it length 'he oetwitted him- seßi
Three or these clepredatort, James Tontlinsoni Per,'
ceral Cook, and John' Englaiid, were taut fo the haft'
charged with entering a dwelling-house; at midnight,
on the 2311 of December, and robbing Mr. Hunt, at
Ocbrock Mill, of thirty-fire one-pound' notes, and
several other '
articles. The, Prisoner§ wed: shient
Guilty. Cook and Toadinsod -eve4lten convicted on-
another.indictment, of the ro of the heist° of
Mr. Brentneal at Lock-traugik - -1 . • -- •
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A valuable diseovery hastiteri tittely made by some
the - ..Egin's,96d.'

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Now uttains.—There.ls eo class of Men in Cal united jUitdieno.perhapia in a more dittreSsedN-t,
; or, whose ciac.unastancel, generally sPeaking,
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treater tOrnottseratton.
,AVe are happy thereto; to
heir, that the aovernoys of 4he Corporation of thi
sons of the Clergy are enabled, through the bests.
sotence of a "Lady Olutilaent furfu:le, lately ate,
1 ceased, to gife annually tO itOor. Curates, wiles,
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iincomes do not excrea 501. a.year each, the '3l'm of
e 201. a piece, rreferenc.e being vett to married mei
with fanatics. It i,s_a irlelanchoiy fact, that• them
are numbers of thii ilescripfion whose ineontes ass
; considerably be10*,501..
On Friday afteruotin;Aout half-past roar o'din*,•-•
as Mr. Heald, of the house of Messes. DnIMMOndS
was walking in Hyde Pails, in coatpany With CI
Payne and a Lady, he was struck on the bresst by
ball, which was fired from a musket by *person alit
!he Barracks of the Life Guard4ati itis said, 4t
dog supposed to be mad. Fortuttately Mr. Heal&
escaped without any Seri**. injwfry, for the ballet
having pierced Ins greatcoat, siruclt against a_button
of the inner coat, *bich
.tutned the direction, and
o prevented it entering his body.
A .givisd calf, 14 sno;nths old, was exhibited at
Drewien, in Noiember, Which had growing under the
neck, the arm of a man, at the extremity of Ar'ilen
were six birds' claws instead of lingers, and upou its
I back the breast of a Woman.

BIRTHS..- -.- r-r-.-:-..-.....,
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On hinnda, last, In Weytnouth-gtreet the Lady of &alba,
D. M. Krakine, of -a daughter.-
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Richmond, on Tuesday last, the Hon. Mrs. Murray, of a
son.
On Wednesday het, to YOrkislace, the' non. Mrs. Thornat;
of a daughter.
Oa Tnursday last, in Brunswick-square,thc Lady of B. kyles,
Esq. of a son.
Last Frldav, at the Onverament-hoes, at famdriarti Fort,
the Lady of Colonel C. A.West-I.icuttitiant.tinsernor, of a
i daughter. •
I On Friday last, in liaas-Oace, the Lady of Ri.hart Creed,
Esq. of twirt9.•

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Mr. Pitt, an &horsey . elaretheenter. who
a igrAprootighe
borough of Cricklodfailsitrotilltia tbeso
the preprier of the bar • f maloatiltzly • ' l. ' , '
Last week was glaeOtesea, lio Mr. 'A 'lnaeelf a
of Northhon, SUPIeX, upon, bra aatt *hat btiMplA
of that Owe. thy four quarter:of which 'WOW Ilia
smarm': stoma and four puuutis!