The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-04-14 00:00:00

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R9OROuGd~ ;SSSSIUNS.

These Seldom were .1141 no WedwemdaY, befit; the Rev. W,t.
Scottros.o, Chairman, and a- &silt of -lila,„istrates. Poblie
tendon to lisia Scialthrwitowl bin•bsellllPwwlY egged, in cnn,
sequence of the committal to Pmarbotougloraol of M /'..Mutes
late of Stamforll,-thdiser to dice his wild for an unaututil o(.'fence. We have state* that this wretched man was acquitted at
Lincoln, in signseqapnce of ass insolltijenermi)a the comobonttive
itiCtlitdoffoillivan(ellottihilair°Ofilltheaer. Pabeteumbin7d7telkacts andli.ev
Lite hdeirewrast
sirere given by his ammoplece, Timms &ewe, the (anat.'s sipevi,
prentice, being fully supponed ritcumstantia/ proof, the mi.
serabilb prisoner Was afti...r long trial, convicted of the capital
orimpeisad was sentenbel to be hanged ! Ifs appeared &deg
the trial to bend beneath a feeling terror and conscious sham.,
Wiling from the knowledge of the universal detestation which
he has attrac.ed.
The tint witness enamixed against Myers was Thomas Crowe,
the accomplice. llp stated himself to he lb years old, and re
have been apprentice to Mt. liorden, tailor, of insuiford. Ile
gave the partictilars of 'the oPtice, which he stated to hale been
perpetrated by the Primmer, in Rsegbley Park, On a night,
some time in the spring of 1811. On leaving the Palk, they
saw three men rear Air. Robertson's the coachtnaker—Alyers
4.TOSS C d urge the street. mid Crowe passed the men on the run,
and welt hone. He did nut obvervetwbo !hornets were, being
in a hurry. Mr. Hoefen ensthie see, testified that they, in clan.
pan, with a friend, were the persons :aid •ri to by Unite. The
son taid to his father, 6. 'there is Crowe, tntr apprentice,- and
iminedidtely they saw Myers on the op; °Ate side.
A goad deal of evidence was gone into relative to the boy's
character; and Air. Runyan laboured hard to prove it very
had. (good certainly it could net bet hot it did not appear that
any particular stigma attached to it hut the connection rith
Myers. The Chtirtnau summed up, and the Jury, after sensing
for a few minutes, returned a verdict—Gum /teeth.—The Pri-
soner was immediately sentenced to be hang-d. The execution
will probably take place in about n week's time.
Myers, on receiving. sentence of d^atli. appeared "error
stru:k I—Let us now endeavour to calm those sentiments of in.
dignatiots which the tcnour of his life has called up, and content.
plate the approaching dreadful termination of hit career, with
those feelings of commiseration; which is due from erring loan
to his fellow, however debased by guilt, when his wicked:les.
has ended in misery.—and he is about ..o render the awfel, and
as fares society is concerned, the fiat, expiation of a death,
horrible and ignominious..

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FROG-EATING.—Frogs at Vienna are a great deli.
cacy. Both the edible esculenta) and the common
frog (1 e mporaria) are eaten, but the litter is much
less esteemed, as its flesh is not so white.. The hind
legs are in most request. Two pairs of them cost
about three hall:pence.' They are therefore by no
means a cheap dish. The fore legs. And livers. are
mostly used for soup. These poor animals are ,
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3" Pgbsaer sonek e n hima
;free black
brought from the country, 30 ne44,000 -at a_time,
and sold to the great dealers, who. have conservato...,
-vies of them. .These are huge holes,• fear or five
::feet deep, dug in the ground, the moutkof which is
covered with a board and with straw in severe wee.
.ther. In the hard frosts they, never .became quite
torpid, when in these conservatories. -These .arei
only three dealers ; and most of Qum which are
brought to the market are ready
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1, BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARILI E,--4, the City
'Civil Court of Limerick the cause of Sullivan v.•
Tuckey, for a breach of promise of marriage, oc•
eupied the Court, ,on the M instant, from fear
o'clock until nine O'clock at night, on Friday. It
Appeared that the Plaintiff was a servant in the house
of the father of the Dafeadttet„ receiving the wages
of two guineas a-year. The young Gentleman had .
just returned from College,. and having become• •
deeply•enamoured with the .fair Desdemona, wrote
some loving letters, which did much more credit tit .?
the gallantry of his heart than the sagacity 'at his
head—it appeared •that the birth csca lovely babe
was the consequence of their attachment-.4n cense•
(pence of the interference of his friends,• tjte young..,• .
Gentleman was induced to give sip-all_ hopes of en,.. ,• .
joying Miss Sullivan as his bride—Nit sTe was defer....
mined not to be treated so cavalierly with. impunity) . •
and therefore brought her action. Mr. Serjeant
*Mahon, in a very able speech, maintained that
the maid was the seducer and the' young man the
seduced, but the Jury, it seems, thought otherwise,
for they returned a verdict of one hundred guineas
against the Defendant. , _
Ho Ritl 113 A ItBAIIIT T.—Notwithstanding the ca•
pital convictions which have s 3 recently taken place
at the Assizes at Clonmel and Waterford, we are
sorry to fiud the system of caravatism continues to
prevail with undiminished terror in the neighbour.
hood of Carrick-on-Suir, where the devoted pea-
sants (in many instances), like the deluded Indians,
worship.their savage leaders more through fear that
love. An old man of the lowest class, the opposite
neighbour of Mean (who some weeks ago was nicest
inhumanly murdered in the suburbs of that town),
horror-struck at the sight of the mutilated carcase
of his intimate, exclaimed at the wake, " that if
the wife could identify the murderers of her bus.
band, she ought to swear against thom."—ln
consequence of those words he was drag& from his
bed on the night of Monday last, the 30th ult. to the
outside of his cabin-door, and there beat inhumanly,
until left for dead, his daughter threw herself on the
body of her aged parent, to. save him from their
blows, and was also cut dreadfully in the head, and
beat with savage barbarity. His son, who slept in
the house adjoining, rushed out, armed with a pitch-
fork, to their defence, and, in some degree succeeded
in putting the assailants to flight.--(cork 4.10er.
User, April -I.)

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Swallow (White). Leith 10 Apr. jl6 April, —4, P.
Albion (Jameson), Lierwich 10 16, —4, P.
Mitt,nits Wharf. I
Trusty (Ballingall), do.
Comet (Cummings). do.
Leith (Marshall.), do.
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MARRIED. -
On Thursday but, in the wilt church orlltuisteraleld. ht the
Rey. Mr. Coates, Junius Smith, I sq. of Brood-itreet -be;11-
inp, to Sarah, second daughter of Thoulas Allen, I sq. (hora-
had.
Yesterdav, atWandsworth, I;:ark Lindsay Daniell,. F. of the
I,land of Antigua, and late Copts/it' of the 14th Light DragOollS,
t r Ilzabeth, eldest Saughtendftbe late Wm. Walker. l•
East-hill, Wandsworth. .

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Plosarr_, Kati Alderman of tbeVotv
Oa Tiendkl otchl, at Poe. ,111‘,Malital. •
Italy 47. loom,. Esq.. late °fibs Cuomo". 4AI 1.2.1
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