The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-08-19 00:00:00

ted to violate the peace: The defendant was then ordered
to enter into recognizancestobeep the peace, himself in 401.
and two sureties le 201. each, and to remain in 'custody till
the order was eoMpited with. ' ' •
Mr. Reeve:s. the chief clerk in tfie Mairlstrate's
charged a young waterman with extortion, in having taken!
more than his legal fare. Mr. Reeves said he brought the
charge for the sake of examplooo show watermen that their.
extortion could be repressed, and to show the public how
Wily it might be done. Mr. Reeves then stated, that on
I the day of the last sailing match on the river. he employed
the defendant at the Surrey side of Blackfriar's-bridge, to
take him across to the Temple Gardens, where he sat in
the boat till after the sailing boats had started, and the,
river had cleared, haviag kept the boat from 3 o'clock till
a few mfuntes after five. He knew the defendant's fare was
3d. a half hour, but willing to be liberal gave.him 2.. The
defendant, however. insisted on getting 35., and be (Mr.
Reeves), aware of the consequences, of a 'contest with a
waterman on his own element, complied with the dentand,
and summoned the defendant to answer for the extortion.
The defendant's father appeared with him, not tojustify,
but to excess bit son's conduct. He said, if wateruten were
only paid the fares they were allowed by law, they would
starve.
Mr. Reeve' olutitted the defen lea bad not been uncivil,
and as the object of somnsoning him was merely example,
and to make it known to the public that the legal fare is
3d. a half hour, the defendant was only ordered to return
his oeercharge of Is: 9d. and pay the expences, which he
complied with.
House BittALlNO.—Two daring housebreakero named
William Young, alias Young Marsh, and John Wright,
were yesterday fully committed for trail froni Marlborough
Street office, for being concerned in a burglary at the
house of Mr. Chamberlain, coach.factor, Great Newport
Street. The
,evidence respecting Wright was extremely
curious. When the alarm was given, he was within the
house, and on the watchman's applying for admit4nce, he
exclaimed, " Get lights—come in The watchmen believ-
ing he belonged to the house, followed him, and he very
carefully made a search for the thieves, leading them down
stairs to a door which was closed, directing them to wait
until be got a light. The watchmen imagining the burglars
had there concealed themselves, waited while he went op
stairs, and one of the lodgers coming down stairs, started
on seeing hint coming up; but before he had time to reco-
ver himself, the candle was knocked Out of his hand by
Wright, who, finding that be could not escape, deliberately
returned, and renewed the pretended search until some of
the family noticing that be appeared very agitated, and al-
though vete officious, anxious to conceal his face, were in-
duced to demand who be was, he instantly replied, " Why,
police offices-. tI am Wright of Bow Street." On hear-
ing the name, one of the lodgers' the man out of whose
band he knocked the light, seised him, exclaiming " he is
the housebreaker—he is a regular practised thief." Wright
made an effort twescape the grasp, bat he was overpowered,
and with ids accomplice was lodged in the elttehou4e.
Wright, is reply to the charge, said be was passi• g, and
volunteered his service* to search the house, bearing there
were thieves.. He desied knocking the light oat. or letting
is the watchmen, whom he-said he followed.
TOWN HALL, SoirriIWARK.—RICAPTUiIit OP Till LOST
Hitan.—ln consequence of information received by Kinsey,
the officer, that the tattooed-head was exhibiting at Stmt.
ford, in Reset, he proceeded thither. a warrant having
been first obtained against John Bull, the journeyman taia,
tor, for an assault on Marshall. the Bernsondvy constable
On his arrival at Stratford, the bead nes found in the pos.
session of a man named William Kemp, a dealer in curiosi
ties, living in Ham-lane. Having ebtained the assistance
of a Stratford constable, named William Fuller, the head
was taken possession of, and left in the care of Fuller,
while Kiosev repaired to Rumford in search of Bull. who
it was found had sold the bead for 30s. and had enlisted in
the 17th Lancers. On application to the commanding of-
ficer, Major iVillington. he was surrendered on the star-
rant of Mr. Alderman Wood, and Kinsey arrived in town
last night with his prisoner, and the famous head of the de.
parted Chief.
The prisoner was held to bail, and the head remains in
the custody of Kinsey. ,

SHOCKING ACClDlNlT.—Yegterday afternoon a milk wo•
man carrying two pails of milk, crossing the sod of Great
Queen Street, next Drury Lane, two hackney coaches drove
in opposite directions, one coming from Queen Street. and
the other from Long Acre, in avoiding one, the pole of
the other struck her in the breast, knocked her down, and
the horses and eosch passed over her. The poor creature
had her ribs and arms broke, and her head and body dread-
fully cut and bruised; she was taken up speechleis and in-
sensible, covered with blood, sod was carried on a shutter
to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, with no expectation of hur, ,
recovery.
Cortorrea's I NW:MT.—An inotest was held yesterday a
the Nag's Head,•Beshy, on the body of Richard Hunting
don, a navigator, who died from the effects of a boxing
match with Habriel Turner, an itinerant tinker, on Friday.
The parties met at a kind of fair, and having disputed each
others manhood•over their pots, they agreed to meet in a
field at six o'clock, to fight for a sovereign each. They
were attended by seconds, and shook hands. The fight
lasted more than
,alp hour; it consisted chiefly io throwing.
At the finisisof the thirtyiseventh round, the deceased drop-
ped his head upon kis wood's shoulder, and never raised
it afterwards. Mn. Naas% a surgeon, pro►ed that the
deceased died front a ;Nature of one of the vessels in the
head. The Jury retuned a verdict of—Manslaughter.

„NANA' ETS AND FAIRS.
...it.
Devizes, Austere 14.—The prices of Wheat to-day mns
be quoted Is, per sack under those of last week, and sale
heavy at the re.duction.—.Notwitbstanding the late heavy
rains, the crops ate not yet materially affected.
SALISBURY, Augurs 12.—Wheat 46. r. to 60a.—Barley
265. to 34s.—Oats 21e. to 28.. 6cl.—Beans 325. to 36a.
Average retprn of What at Winchester mark •t :—Wheat,
40a. ; Barley, 32i. per quarter.—At Andover, Wheat,
'6ls, !Id—Bread, Is. 4d. to I a. 6d.
Dorchester Fair, Wednesday, was Well supplied with
sheep and lambe,.sif which 7900 were penned. Very good
prices were obtained for wethers in the early part of the
Jar, but later sales were effected on less advantageous
terms. Wool appeared on the advance. Fat stock sold well ;
bat there was no demand for the lean kind, of which there
*as but little exhibited. Inferior horses and ponies were
in great plenty, add a few superior ones sold readily at
good prices.
Lausdowe Fair, on Monday, was more numerously
attended than we ever before remembered. Business, on
the whole, was extremely dull. There was a large show of
fat beasts, many of which were sold at from tis. to 9s. 6d.
per score, and great supply of lean cattle. flood Devon-
shire oxea were in great plenty, and sold from 101. to 201.
per head (one parcel of forty sold at 151. per head), hot
eies'were Mack of demand. Sheep, ,of which
there was a large number, had a quick sale, particularly
poor wetheri,which were in demand, and netted from 265.
to 3415. per head; in fat sheep there was no ad vance.—Lambs
met a ready sale at the late prices. There was an immense
'number of indifferent horses, all sellers and no buyers :
good horses were extremely scarce.—Only a small quantity
of Cheese was pitched, the sale of which was deli; the
following were the prices: Wiltshire, 4Gs. to 525.; single
Uloucester, 40s. to 504. ; half-coward, 265. to 325.
At St. Anne's-Hill Fair, near Devizes, on Wednesday,
there was more than 20,000 sheep penned ; and although
the sales wery heart', some prime lots fetched good prices.
The best of the greater*, which was a lot of Somerset four-
-1 teeth, belonging to Mr. Potter, of Market-Lavington, ob.
, Wised 375. a-beai ; the general prices were from 144. up to
• that sum. The top price of lambs was 19s. 61. and the