The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-04-10 00:00:00

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what ass .were against his; was lent for the !tur-
een to Issioes.towo, by Major Irvine, sod did oat
Peter".
Bs the Justv.—.Prisoner ran deceased through in
the upper part of the body; deceased scrambled to
the ditch ; eau tell nothing more, our any thing bet
what he knows.
This witness was eteredinely °littlest,. The Judge,
Jury, and Comae!, endeavoured in Irani to encit any
farther evidence from hint.
Felix Germ!, sworn.—Knew deceased ; sew him
tall on the road between Lisnarick and Kesh, on the
27th of July; saw bat one man following deceased,
and did not know th.t moo ; he wore a red coat and
whitish trowsers; had a weapon in his band like •
bayonet on • stick; saw the deceased's body, and
blood coming from about the neck; saw the man
about four yards' distance from the detested, sod
going away.
Cross-essesieed by Mr. Rou.crrowo—The place
I was abort '2OO yards (row Mr. Archdall'a clerk's;
hosed deceased cue Prisoner, and escaped from the
cloth's ; heard that Derain was use of the guard,
.and bad leer or five prisoners ; heard there was a
scuffle between Dernin and deceased; saw them
about a quarter of an hoer before deceased fell;
they did not close in sight.
By the Juite.—The guard increased as they ran ;
kilo.. not who killed deceased ; saw we one stick or
stab at him ; looked, and saw no blood no the reed.
By the JUDGE.--INeeelrd was rune* first; lost
tight of them for some time; deceased Was resides
with his back to the men.
George Dane sworn.—Saw deceased on the 27th ;
st( July; he was on his, feet, and lay down on the
coed, and bled; saw the wowed i:i his neck ; saw
a man going from deceased, bet could not iden-
tify him ; did not see his face; be had a pole mid
bayonet ; deceased's wound was a three-corseted
cut ; saw no one, but the man with the red coot and
pole neer deceased.
By the the mely.—Seer a party; thinks there
was more than one bad a bayonet and pole; thinks
deceased walked four or five yards in witness's sight
. before he lay down.
ICherie. Archdall, Esq. a Magistrate, sworn.—
Knows Prisoner ; sew him on the 27th of July, at
witness's house; asked Prisoner why be was Olt)
lot stabbing Somerville I Prisoner replied it was in
1 defence of his life, and that Sawmill* said he would
kill him with • stone.
Cross-ezemined by Mr. ROLLEtTON.—K new Pri-
• soner to be a peseesble industrious boy ; saw
10Plietine, who use known to he a constable; wit-
ness granted • w t against the Somervilles for a
felony; saw the warrant with M'Kenna on the
morning of the 27th of July ; understood the Sonsir-
vines were arrested under the warrant; sent them to
his clerk's in custody ; heard they emitted from the
clink's, particularly the deceased; believes the
Pri was armed with a bayonet to guard the pri-
soners ; believes he ran after deceased to retake
him ; five Or ail other prisoners escaped from his
clerk's; Prisoner told witness deceased misted ;
beard nothing against the character of Prisoner ;
knew him to be very industrious ; he was helping his
father to labour when be was called to guard the
prisoners.
It further apposred in evidence, that previous to
the deceased having received his mortal wound, be
had drscged the Prisoner through a riser, and had
thrown him dews en the beak.
Alexander Aiken was nest sworn, lie knows
the Prisoner ; was brought to witness's tinese on the
27th of Jely, and on the following thy was commit-
ted to jail. Tbe witness was now about to state
what he called the contusion of the Prisoner, when
Mr. Dater so rose, to pot what he consltkved
some useful preliminary questions, namely, whether
the confession be (the witness) was about to give in
i evidence, had been @Vetted from the Prisoner, by
hopes or threats, &e. To this the witness fairly re-
plied, that be bad not held out to the Prisoner fires,
hopes or threats. Ile was then spestinati as to the
fact of his being a perfectly itsiblerested witness.—
i lie solemnly declared diet be was ; but in his answer
I to the very neat (motion be admitted, *s that peed-
!hie the trial 14 tad misted the agents for the Crown
in the chllenge of certain Jams !"
lAt this crisis of the proceedings, finding that the
learned, enliglitesed, and human. Judge had, seder
I all the circumstances, eniertaisied serious doubts re-

greeting the admissibility of Mr. Aiken's disinterested
evidence, he (Aiken) seemed determined, that the user.
cifol communication he had to make shoals) not be with.
held from the Jury; and although he was directed
by she Court not to state the Prisoner's confession
until be should he so 'Noised, yet in a pare:sun or
orders for the doe administration of jostire, he etc•
"That the Prisoner hid told him, tbat he
(the Prisoner) bad murdered the deceased."
The Learned Judge (Mr. tier jeans Joy) here inter.
posed. He Mot commanded the witness to be silent.
He then rose from his seat on the Bench, end warm-
ly addressed Mr. Aiken to the following eff..ct :
" Sin, —ln the evidence you have 01,11 on this

trial, you ha►e solemnly sworn that you were a
perfectly disinterment witness; whereas, to my
knowledge, both your words and sedans have e►inced
the contrary. On my coming into Court this morn.
ing, yoe, well knowing that the Prisoner was in
take his trial at its sitting, for a capital uffencY, and
that the penalty of his con►iction would be ti.e for-
feiture of his life; you, Sir, fully apprised of this,
ins manner perfectly intelligible to me, and for an
object which I could net misunderstand, endeavour-
ed to prejudice my mind against an enfortenate. I'ri.
sonar, whom the benignity of our laws required
use to hold smileless, till the contrary sppeared.—

Counsel for the Prisoner cleansed calling any wit.
nerses.

This Learned Junnt thee recapilolaled the psi.
deuce with great precision, and vapkined the law to
the Jou, who, withosit hesitation, returned • verdict
of—Not Guilty.

dV ENHAOED ELEPHANT.

An Italian Paper gives the following *Widest Sr.
resent of en elephant, which, during the Carnival,
had been an object of general adrairatloo to the geed
people of Venice. We give it at we have atrseted !
it, whiting it, however, to be understood, that we do
not desire to pales it on oar readers as authentic
" As sae's as the Carnival wad over, rind Lent be.
lon, the 'Anal winded to lose muck of itcarcestrimed
docility, without any anions Cling. Sakai persohs, '
boaleree,endeavoored to bring bim to the river side, in
order to pet him in a boat to convey him away from
Veoioe,ahnot.e fortnight ago, end a great crowd col.'
lected on the banks to welds deparl.Tee elephant went
quietly enough within view of the river, but as soon
as they wry were about to embark him he herniae
soddenly outrewewere. broke kis chains, had threw
himself among the cooled. The spettetors were im.
mediate!, ell in alarm, endure, of these, In avoid the
danger, rushed isle the veentstan the river. One of these
was overterned. bet ItaPpily ante of the itoblividos Is in
it were drowned. The following night hl.keeper en.
deavoured to get him into a edge portals:My made to:
confine him during his voyage, 'end, walking back-;
ward, held out to the oulusel a piece of breed : the'
elephant followed the heft, but sUltroirth, seeing that
he did net come up with it, be got wild, attacked the
keeper, i brew him doen an the graved, and trampled
upon basso violently, that the unfortunate manes.
I pined a few hoots after. Thriftiest then broke into •
the streets, and bore down every thing that opposed
him. Ile went into a coffee.room, where he over-
turned the table, deco nteta, einem &e. from thence !
be went to a cooler's stall, which he pushed about the I
street.. togetber with its alarmed inhabitants. At
this time the city guard pursued, and fired their car. !.
bines upon him, but the balls glanced baredessly oar .
his tough hide, and teak only to increase his
frenzy. Being still pursued, ke ego forward with great !
force, and blindly rushed through a moveable chop, :
in which chlus.ware. was sold. 'fbe owner, a testy '
old woman, was standing in it at the moment, sod
the elephant poised throogb with tech force, that be
made a,, immerliste passage, Inge enough to ads it
half his body ; but not being able to @airiest' himself
from this situation, he ran off, carrying away shop,
china, old woman and all, until he came near the'
church del ronso, where he was diseficumbered his
burden, without any material personal injury to
owner of the shop. Iler goods, however, were all
shaken net no the joweney—eolfte.polt were roliiog
shout, in one place, Invitee.) of their pipes—jugsoninne
: spouts rid handles, were to be fogad lower dun n—cups
and avocets, and (hobos, sad plates, and basins, were
distributed in abundance in the streets, as the animal
, fume nearer to the chinch. Here he was fired upon :
again, but to so purpose; he became still stronger
with his augmented fury; he burst open the gales of
the church, though they were well barred with iron, ir
I and shut them again violently. Ile committed con.:
side able damage. until, at length, his hinder feet
sunk into is veldt ; here he remained enable to move,
bet dang still to he approached. There being
no tither mode of potting an end to him, the guard
; made an aperture in the wall of the sacred edifice.
planted a cannon, charged with case-shot, at three
; paces distance, end killed him on the spot."

In the City et Cork Calendar for the Ansisee, Is i'
the following very estraordinsry committal :—Thos. !'
e , charged with Mica%testy taking away !I
Timothy Mals!nly, t 'oiled idiot, and filling him wi,k
•o't 1113 crippling him for the purpose of Wads(
the public charity.
MONSTROUS FISII.—A fete days ego,a boy; timed
Bryan, son of o fishermen, hooked in the River Bar-
row, near Carlow, a pike, which, utter a fatigaing
'tertian of five hours, be succeeded in landing near
Bestfieid. This monstrous fish measured file feet
'seven inches in length, and weighed 531bs. The
owner was whet precipitate in iiilpesing of his pro-
perty, by cutting op the pike, which he sold in
piece+ et Gd. per lb.; had he taken off the akin care-
fully,
and stuffed it, be *might have commanded al-
most any price for It, as a eeriest!, well worth? of
being lodged in one of our muse's+. On openiog
1 the pike, no lest than fourteen hooka of different
sizes were found in its body, which it must hem;
broken from lines la farmer efforts to take it. The i
above account is frem a respectable Country Paper,
and appears to be authentic. It is the largest pike
w• ever heard of. That liken in the pond of Sir C. i.
Wiay, at Soosmet Castle, in this county, and which I
is recorded as a prodigy, weighed -17Ibs and was four
feet and half an inch in length, and two feet tiro
inches in circumference. i
i A few days ago, the Royal OA public-house, in-j
' Cp-,trowt, Chatham, was broke Into et the tap-room
!iiiiivriorr, by a tall man, who appeared to be dressed j
•in a dirty round frock. The villain bed the sedacitv I
to ruler the bed.room of the landlord, who, with his
' wife, hail retired about half in hour, and they were i
' sank, I', his opening the drawer of a chest in the
room; is tiaras was instantly pen; but he sec.
c•oed il making his escape, carrying off a silver
watch, which he had taken from the bead of the bed
before his lotrusion was discovered.
On Mnnilay afternoon a groom belonging to Mr. I
I Fumes, of Caitiigan-place, being in a slate of intoki- ;
j cation, and .nling a spirited horse of his master's at
full ga!:, ts do.ess ,'nave-street, fell all, and his font
:113,10114 in tfie siirrnp, he was dragged several hors-
liked pull %Oki hi.. head against the ground, Wore
j she animal could he stopped. Ilia handfuls, dread-
. f••liit I.lc..ra•••tt ; he was conveyed to Sr. Georges
j ilespitat, a here ne espired on Tuesday morning.
j A tire broke out at the lilskessey'a Head phhtic-
j! wire, is, Sittig ter.s•teet, Welielose-square, in come-
, on•nce of some lines. witch e 4:. hilliging berate M.
:11 f e its. .I.r rist:sor feeling OP Mows. It was got
, : under oi.b.,ut dbiow. any !nit:Mil damage.
11 Aioiher fir. Urake nu' at in. s:top nt Mr. !".i,114C. •
00; .ll,r. i.l T001i.5-5.8.-5-.. which origitta.o,l its st.e
css.pii 0 !!0•...i-,I. I.v o:^ith a 'vivo( groin to. who
1 , , ci.i.:•;.l t,... 1! 11,t i I • 4.••,1rt ;d it, a s:ttol -Z

pi)LICIL

Or rev apt' Thrtrneny I. Villean rnm.
fur adegalsiat a goialll• I, .aa hatarb..l ...ha- in
Root...arr. I. ith.rh4.l O le at miser. 'col ...... g
were Kell Milling nut to, tai o ,o.sod wea areldrotolty pa Waal&
who pars...! nll4 recur. tl the l'r atfer.
J. Join. and W. !:'_net tei-. ark the h APO were re ro.
aotiord Pat' tobbiug the halite of lit•ore, a I
wan, in Artill-re.elitee, .10tte. .g r..mul is
the ?Mute, was holly Ceram..ui g teat I. In, ti • • c •u•s hren
wen in bin rt... pay befare she burgl..ry au• . mm .d, was
ilierhstrtod. Joirev`. ottotbrr, harm.. come to ilk, key I.
him before he war rouse)ed prrresa, was repulsed st, ske
ruing rulfina with a blow.
J, N tlAtl. about 18 year. of ego, •or charged 6, hut warier.
Mr. printer, Water-lane, Fleei.wreri, lb pal runt AI;
hi, prop.," Mr. tins Mated, lb:LI the resumer wan ht. op-
pswootirr, and hail conducted himself in a very witiaOrtory
toanarr, stud .so stwpicton was ratertaired of him, until Mt..
Into, lolling that a hill b. came dor as the Houk, and having
at the saw thee about in rowan, note., payable in lows.
don, .he seal him with ihr hill, and likewive real Ow e•suniry
wows to to exchanged far /rant of Eagle./ notes, Ile di, nit
return; wet egiquify MR* wade at the Ilaralistphoure, when it
was direneered that be had err-hanged site baled; but, in coll.?.
quetbre of ilie 1411 not Swing isrdnr.esl. ha wins out paid It, fkr
had not hero beard of .inee till Tiourday morning, when be
es. apprehended irottlfromiarer.
lir. fIELINVI. Jelled she Prisoner is shot anataaer 6e entatind
hi- livelihood ranee he left ht. matte. ?

11, aura iota eras,. sad *aid he had womirrod abnot .he
intoniry very unhappy 16 knit the nosey Iwed. my of which
be low. He ewe.. art no ranloyinent. ■nd be was nearly
waned. Ile nrrived in town foam Maidaosse above a stock
ago. Hi. dealt! *err ler. 10 roc.. . . .

snip 11 el Or MewtrramTm, perrelvt•• tom Me Prossemine
felt for the usrtn•ate worth. told him to mote the chafe
merely so amplekm, at then the law mould sot prerlude him
from arils' leaked, towards ihe Primmer. mho did oat eippsor
Is be yet family lost.
lir. Illimadspied the twine reeeeeseeml
we. remanded.
tislegl-NALL.—Thertiss Mary karrisON, Penh Welsh. well
Jour Ditto's,. were ebseged with ester* the larvae of Mt..
lilsre. a Joist.sie•-plare, Mar the &Me* ilwatre• and isq-
sundae bee. Ibe C•oplaiteart had evutterie beefier shee.teet
to the l.mdie.l &ad, is rriersite. was Itreatemied by them t teed
on l'arsday suaralag • hilst she was is bed. they surrounded
her direllimi braille , is 'be steel doer. &upped bee set et teas
and committed ea her • 'toles( assault. 1 be, acre all arid
to I ail I he. Huy bad icasycly gs• trisseassal• heftier they !OF
mittrd a simile, ustrage, for abseb a 'mod swamp sir
greeted.

I, mod the Frisian'