The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-04-24 00:00:00

PUGi(. I .

Row-rrnErr.—Flizabe b— ll a woman about 50 years
of age, who had been at the Society far the Suppresstoo of M en.
dicity. was yesterday brought to the office. lt appeared that
she resided at No. 13, Catoatrect, Edgewaretonj. Seeiesy
had ...applied her with food, and one of the Member% of that
(board undertook to pay ber passage by the waggon to Chester,
and met her at he Castle and Falcon Inn for that purpine, where
he gave her $O. to assist ber on the road, besides supply-
ing her with some provisions, and left her on the point of setting
of with the waggon. In a day or two she wasagain found
begging near Portman-square, which was her previous haunt.
In consequence of this, she was put into the hands of *constable:
in her packet was found 345, The Glentleman who attended on
behalf of the Society stated. that though they were disposed to
riow every indulgence to suffering indigence. they were no the
other Band as ti. mly bent out punishing fraud and hypocrisy.
The MAGISTRATf apparently participating in the feelings,
committed her for rowdier examination till Thor:day nest, shot
it might be ultimately determined whether she should be pro-
secuted according to law as a beggar or vagrant.

EXTRA OIIDI N A ulf A cooeNT.--The following
alarming circumstance happened on .Tuesday after.
noon, between four and five o'clock :—As the Bishop
of Landon; carriage was crossing from Parliament.
street to New Palace.yerd, a horse in harness, wbo
appeared to have escaped from some vehicle on the
other side of Westminster:bridge, was tensing
through Bridge:street with great speed towards the
same place, and not being perceived by the coachman,
in time to get eat of his way, the horse came with,
such violence against the side of the Bishop's coach as'
to break it its pieces. Fortunately the persons iu the,
carriage escaped unitsrt, wept the Bishop's youngest
son, who was slightly struck in the face- by the
horse's head projecting through the brokers deor.-1
The horse eas very seriously cut in the head and cleellaw
Monday night some thieves broke into the
tional School at Newington, and stole a nimbi' of,
the children's Bibles and Testaments, stamped at the
corners " Nations, School, Newington," sad all the
property (except the benches) in the school, inclotla
ing about ten shillings in copper; belonging to the
children.
ExecuTtow.—W Stewart, T. Carry, K. Ward.
tow, G. ilesketh, end Margaret Dozed, were cue:
coed at Lancaster nu Saturday last, porsoant to their
sentences at the last Assists. 'They all appeared
penitent at the fatal drop, and behaved as became
their unhappy situation.
It is stated, that the plunderers of the Brasil
packet were no common pirates. When the pirate
I heat came alongside, the crew were deterred freak
braiding by the threats as to the consequence.• T
ICaptain of the packet was then ordered on board • the
pirate with his Papers and the Mail ; the latter he
' declined. On boarding the packet, he gave orders.t
his first officer, that if be reamed witlrbis own bests
and with his own crow, that every thing was right
but if he returned in the boat of the pirate, or in h
own boat manned with the other's crew, the Mail
was to be instantly sunk. After some altercation oh
board the pirate, they demanded peremptorily the
Mail, which he stated be never would give up.—
, They laugher) et his bold language, and ordered him
on board their boat. 'f he first officer of the packet;
seeing the Captain thus situated, instantly sunk the
Mail. When the packet was boarded, and no Mail
found, the apperentdisappointrnent of the Pirate Cap-
taih was eatreste : the pleader of the vessel isms:
diately commenced ; the quantity of dollars was only.
6000.—Thejewels on board were, however, reported
*to be very valuable.
Boxsas.—turret is matched for 100 guineas to
fight a countryman, whose name is not known, and
a deposit has bees Grade. The countryman chal-
lenges all the world, although he has never yet up.
peered in public.
K. .tyres, a formidable pugilist, who lest beat
Ballard, was matched at Reynolds's, in Drury-lane,
on Wednesday night, to fight Needham, a butcher in
Clare-market, on Tuesday neat week.
Doily Smith and hek Jambe will tight oa the
same day.

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