The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-05-28 00:00:00

TUE sftiTIESMAN

R-0.177.---o- ettesid . her during her illness, Mrs.
It went on a visit to airieltd in*Somersetshire for 6
weeks. On ber return she Math/ woman back and villre-
USW bar in' her serviee.The defeadant having been allied to
ma/mAeme provision for lb. weapon and. her .ohlld, replied
.that be weld *ford tolitekenene ; bat she might sweer.the
child to him, it it was. his, and then the .magistrate would
arderthe proper provision to be made for it. Upon' his
'dins declining **make any compensation to the-woman for
theinjury she bad received, Mrs. Watson consmenceff the!
present action. against him, her son sating as.the attorney in!
the cause. The child died in three months ;Merits birth
and•birs. Watson made several attempts to have the matter)
compromised ; but attorney refined to Atop the aetion.l
unless tbadefendent eases forward and did what had Neel
.required of him for:the woman, adding, that "be Ohs ail
turnery) was.foresed ,f sterner dot then to be moved by!
women's tears." The esuse.lherefore, proceeded; and ui-
though the makes were take held at Olocester sloe. the
Oak occuered,it was only today that the trial took,plaes
in London, et a distance of upwards of a hundred miles
from the place where theomsee of action arose. Tbsplain-
tiffs ease was proved by Sarah Moss (the servant In gees-
don), and another witness from Gloamter ; an evidence was
offered on behalf of the defendan.
After it was closed on both sides,
Mr. Justice PAR" madesonse observations on the strange
form of the declaration, to *Meth he had never seen any
thing similar In his life; for it contained no count fat loss
of service, or .for the expense of the woman's eonfineasent
but it merely went for compensation to the plaintiff for
teeing been obliged to leave her house in consequence of
,her servant's pregeency. His Lordship dually suggested an
arrangement between the parties; fa coasequeese.of which
they collimated to a verdict-for dia. for the plaintiff, end sub
party to pay their owe costs.

behaving in such a manner as to intimidate some ce-
miler who, Ince wilkingweer • the. spot. He draft this
woof the Park ; bat .tiny :Tanga to, go •ent=nsay,
and threatened to "souzzle".itim •if Ise laid ups..
GUM. Helbee•took.thamintweustedy.
Sir B. Birnie raid he had done.posfeotly :Nei
•.(Sie.a..liiroiej bad recebred,lettese fromieerd
inforniing.him that nuisances- of.this kind:had iecreseed'
so much, that it was next •to impossible for females sail
children to enjoy thaair of the. Parks, benefit:is' to Aber
inhabitants of the m'tropolis. His Lordship requested
the aid of the pdlice, and a ,party had, in consequence'
been appoistectexpressly to ilna duty, but.their exertions.
were, be feared, •sottquite•effeetual.
Dorriegten said, they lried:alliheyxonld, bet the fel-
:lo ws .were arsey:nimble, and Whemtboo drove:them oat at
oneg.ate, they came in at another. They took up their;
abode entirely in the Parks, sleephig at night le the
hollow trees:—lie bad often seen them examining the
thesis diode,/ time, looking out for the be birth.--
liebberies were veryfrequencet night is .the.park.
Shit. Biro% desired that Dorrtugton and Wafer:l.
ecru would eotatieue to use their best exertions to atop
nuisances, and said be would take this opportunity, of
remarking, that if the gatekeepers of the park. would
attend .a huh mole to their positive duty, sad Ws to
their "cords and whey," they .might greatly assist the
police. It was their duty, and for which be believed
they were wekpaid, to prevent the ingress of improper
persons, and be hoped they would take this bhrt, and
use a little proper exertion.—The prisoners weredommit-
led ander the Vagsaut Act for one month.
Semi Day, a pretty interesting-bookie, girl. about
16 years of age, was brmight up, charged with robbiog
Mr. Limbird, a publisher, in the Strand, with whom she
lived as servant.
The prisoner, Mr. Lirobird said. was recommended. to
his service alma a month ago, by a friend of Ma, in
whose house she was lodging, and Who said she was out
of *situation, and without friends, and it would be an
act of kindness to preserve her from mischief. Upon
this representation be took her. She came on a Thurs-
day, and the next Sattaday :writing he and Mrs. Lim-
bird left beret their priests residence in Charles Street,
Covent Garden, to take care ..f their child and property,
while they attended to their shop in the Strand. On
their return they found the child alone! the prisoner
bad abscooded, taking with her a purse and about V. in
motley, and wearing apparel to the amount of about 51.
Yesterday morning the friend who recommended her met
her in the city, bedecked with gaudy apparel, and evi-
dently in the pursuit of a most unfortunate occupation.—
He gave her io charge. The wretched girl cried bitterly
—but said nothiog. She was fully committed for trial.
fiIARLSOZOUSH STRCCT.—C. Dias one of those un-
fortunate women who nightly infest the neighbourhood
of Covent Garden, was yesterday charged with having
rob:•ed a Gentleman under the following circum-
stances :

Mr. Pascal Paoli, as officer in the army, residing at
the liongerford Coffee House, in the Strand, stated, that
beta een three and four o'clock oo that morning be met
the prisoner in Jaaaes•atreet, Covent thrden, who annoy-
ed hint very much to give her some drink. To get rid of
her, he went into the King's Arms public-house, which
was open t but she followed, and just as he got in he
perceived her deaw his parse, containing four sovereigns
and some silver from his pocket, and ran elf with it. lie
pursued her, and on recovering the purse:found that two
of the sovereigns had been abstracted, end two farthings
substituted in their stead. No had her taken to the wadi-
bouse,where bite wassearched,and on examining her mouth
the sovereigns were for a moment visible, but she suddenly
so allowed one of them, and it disappeared for ever. The
other was forced out of her mouth by the Constable. The
prisoner said, in her defence, that the gentlentats gave
her the sovereigns, for some favours she had conferred
upon him. But this Mr. Paoli most positively denied,
as he had not met her above a minute before he went into
the house. She was fully committed for trial; and on
Mr. Paoli lobos bound to prosecute, be said that was im-
possible. Ha bad no idea of prosecuting—he could
not do so, for he was obliged immediately to leave town
for Ireland, on the most urgent business, and he could
not return.

Mr. CONANT, the magistrate, said, he was now hound over
in the penalty of 401., audit he did not appear to prosecute,
that sum was forfeited.
Mr. Paoli said, his attendance was quite oat of the ques-
tion, end he wished to withdraw all prosecution : but this
could t of be complied with, and he left the office very much
dissatisfied.

Duet Pasvccres.—At as early hour yesterday morn-
ing, as Scofield, of this office, was accidentally passing
through Hyde Park, he saw several gentlemen, some of
whom got out of a coach, proceed to a particular spot, seer
Kensington-gardens. From their appearance and some ex-
pressions he overheard, he was led to suspect they were
about to decide an affair of honour. Some interruption.
however, took place to their proceeding at that time, and
the officer heard them appoint to meet again at 12 o'clock,
near Kensington Gravel-pits. To this place Seofield sad
Hales, another officer, proceeded at the time named, and
there found the same party, consisting of six, fully prepared
for action, having two cases of duelling pistols in their pos-
session. The officers immediately took three of them into
custody, and brought them to this office •, the others made
their escape. Two of those apprehended were principals.
They gave their names William Graham, an officer in the
army, and Frederick Burt, a student of Oxford. The ein-
em having stated the above particulars, and produced the
pistols, Mr. CONANT, addressing the parties, said, they had
been detected on the point acomm ming a very serious breath
if the peace, audit was necessary that the two principals
in the affair should be bound ever in two sureties of 200/.
each, and their own recognizance@ of 401 V., to keep the
peace towards each other for six, months. The third gentie-
man in custody was not held to bail. In the course of a
a short time, Mr. Graham procured bail, but at a late hour,
Mr. Burt was still in custody. It did uottranspire what the
cause of quarrel had been.
Harres-Gsnons.—Yesterday a fellow, who gave his
name Abram Lea, was brought to this office in the cut-
to.ly of Read and Davis, two of the Bow-street patrol.
The -3fricers stated that the prisoner was well-known on
the town as a notorious character, for endeavouring to
defraud the simple and ignorant countrymen, whom he
marked out as Ins prey; his mode was to go Itabited like
a sailor, accompanied by a Jew clothes salesman, and
when be saw a countryman approach he would appear
as if in the act of selling a watch to the Jew, but would
prefer selling it for half the value to a Christian ;he would
quit the Jew, and sell the article to his simple dope for as
many pounds as it was iv.wth shillings. Ln the present
case, they pretended that a watch was worth 15/., which
was offered to the countryman as a great bargain for 51.,
but which proved to be worth only 235.
The Prisoner was sentenced to three months' imprison-
ment in the House of Correction in default of bail.

A man calling himself Job Winkworth. or Hutson, was
about two o'cloek in the morning of the 10th inst. stopped
in Reading. leading a brown cart mare, rubbed by a collar
on the shoulder, and which he pretended had been bought et
Newbury. from whence he appeared to have come. fie is,
detained for farther examination; and on being scorched, a.
U. Kentish note of the Bank of Maws. Penfold, Springats,
and Co. which has not been in existence for three years, was,
(Geid upon him.

On the 31 inst. Mr. Rawlings, of Peterwood, near
Warminster, received a load of lime hot from the kiln,
which was put in a waggon shed. and covered over: it
tank fire, and, before the flames could he got under, they
destroyed two waggons, a granary. containing 300 sacks
of wileat, several outhouses, &c. The loss amounts to
VICO/. which, was not Insured, Mt. it, baring cancelled
his ittsursoce-about two yeas ago: