The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-02-19 00:00:00

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spoken ig...-"by br.ol:rey's Coacli'man, as it() giiineas.
Thi.Turi would probably be of opinititi, that a fine
yoang horse of five years old, with *Mt+ the Doctor
was well satisfied, and irhich the coachman said .was
much the better herse of the taro, was worth from 80
to 100 gnineas,—The Jery found a verdict for the
piaintiff--ismages 841.
- Wl2ll V. DERV'
for

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'>t'l& Via tie action . money lent, brought by 'a
rikenbtokeragainst Madame Derville. It appeared,
that she had borrowed' 201. of the Plaintiff, upon
two gold *Moho, the value of which he afterwards
fiend to be under 101. and which he therefore re-
turned to the Defendant; and insisted upon flaying
heck the money. There appeared some attempt to
charge the redeemer of the watches, who tendered
the 201. and 151. per cent. interest, or a year, with
201:; but the question was not sifted to the bottom,
the Plaintiff agreeing upon payment of principal and
legal interest of 51. to withdraw a Juror.


POLICE.
INATrON,GARDEN. •

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°Yesterday Hstricoodend Seaton, two well-known
characters, were brought up by Messrs. Hancock,
Read, Ind gen; olotirs, whO charged them on spin-
Cion of *kb* iiMerAs on Monday night MA in
Tiro't ientlemen of respectability aftend-
"ed-tbe ;efaisinittati, and stated seeing the Prison-
eFs'st the ber diving their hands into and attempting
'seregol perions' pockets,: but did not see them take
any thing out,, when they were apprehended by the:
officers. On the Prisoners being searched* a number
of pock*-handlerchiefs were found. The evidence j
against them being ion.), strong, they were committee
as reputed thieves:

QUEEN SQUARE. . •
A Crimp, who procures recruits, was:chased by a
young woman, Lady's maid in a most respectable-'1
family, with obtaining money under false pretences.
It appeared in evidence, that the brother of the Com-
plainant, seho was picked up by the Prisoner, had been
enlisted by the Recruitieg Captain of an infantry
regiment,•and he had obtained permissiow to go on a
visit to his sister, but he, however, 'led not since been
heard of, The procurer, who, by the' bye, had no-
thing to do with the enlistment, brought the Com-
plainant a bill of 9L and upwards for the keep, &c.
of the recruit (her brother) seven days, and she paid
aim 5b out of her honest earnings, but being unaPle
to pay the other part of the demand, she stated the
case to a friend, who was the means of instituting
the proceedings against the Prisoner. The •Act of
Parliament allows four days only for the swearing in
of a recruit; but. in this instance the man had been '
above that time wall the Prisoner, End' the sister
swore, that, in the presence of her fellow servant,
the Prisoner hakes:wed. her, that,, in case of her
paying the demand, nothiug more .would be heard of
the business. The further bearing of the 'business
was posiponed until a future day, in order that,
the Complainant might bring forward her fellow ser-
vant to prove the case.

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• Oa Sanday, the flth Instant, between tan and
'sheen o'clock, as a Gentleman of the name of
O'Reilly was travelling from the county of Cavan,
accompanied by his Lady, in a gig, he was stopped
within two miles of Dunshaughlin by three footpads.
Mr. O'R. leaped from his scat to make resistance,
when one of the villains fired at him, and made his
escape, accompinied by his comrades. The hall
lodged in Mr. O'R.'s breast, and was not extracted
until late on the Sunday night.
On Monday evening, the 10th inst. about half-past
seven o'clock, as Mr. Joseph Mycock, farmer, of
Slate-house, in the parish of Ram, near Ashborne,
was sitting by his fire-side, with his wife and two wod
men-servants in the same room, some villain fired a
gun loaded with twokalls through the window, and
shot Mr. M. in the right side, which caused instak
death. No clue has been discovered to lead to de
detection of the perpetrator.
Durini the alarm arising from the late horrid mur-
ders and numerous robberies, a lady, residing on the
south-side of Lincoln's Inn-fields, employed work-
men to make her house particularly secure • and on
the night of the day when they had completed thiir,
job, her house was broken open and robbed, but the
fact was not discovered till the servants got spin
the morning, when it wag ascertained that It had
been accomplished by splitting the iron plate of the
coal cellar. A boy is supposed to have been put
down into the cellar, and to have let the robbers in.
They carried off plate, which had been used Qtl the
' preceding night, to the amount of abOut 1001. aid
other proraty.
. On Monday night, a respectable inhabitant 'of
Koktish-town, on'hir way home by the public path
whisk leads hetwaiiihti fields from the Veterinary
College to the aboie village, narrowly escaped drown-
ing in one of the peak elose.to the footvath, :awhich
are shamefully to gasedad by any barrier. flaring.
missed the algid oiled( bt awu ' walking home with
his son, by this Patit;'agsithisrt cut. The pfsth which
runs betting& a stesith iii tine hand, aid a deep pond
on the other, is Isar a' yard wide. , The least slip,
after dusk, may be fatal; the, night was dark, and
in endeavonring takeep his son from the slough, be
fell, himself, late the pond, :end .must "have been
drowned•but for his bey;' *ho'plusiged Daher him,
and brought him to land. Unfortunately, it was riot
one of those esthete duty it list* take care of this path,
tato met with the accident, *AO bright have led
to s 'Peed! reined3N' :• .3 ejit 10...
Oa Wednesday' tight w pg eslllaus, all armed,
Ow
rushed irate ase hpsfe of - 'Neil, a BOOT pen-
sioner, who flieVabout a Inge from Charieville, on
the Rreirr-raPili'llrgelftnd.'ibitilfter netting 'him and
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