The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-09-12 00:00:00

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hall, who was in conseqhence upon the look-out tor
the prisoner, apprehended her on Satnrday evening, at
a house in Schonl.yard. Britannia-row, Bridge-road,
Lambeth. At this time there was no precise charge
against her, otherwise than the suspicion that she was
privy to the felonious uttering by Johns ; but, upon
being told by, Goff the cause of her apprehension, the
feelings of the mother overcame all regard to her per-
sonal safety, and aware, that if taken to Union-hall
and committed from thence, she most remain in prison
till the Surrey Assizes in March next, she earnestly
begged of Goff to bring her this side of the water,
as she was sure sorb a confinement would be the death
of her poor baby: and, to furnish him with a sufficient
reason fur complying pith her entreaty, voluntarily
confessed to him the having uttered a forged note at
the shop of Mr. Jones, linen-draper, No. 138, Cheap-.
side. Golf accordingly brunght her to the office to
answer to that charge.
Joseph Latithury, Mr. Jones's shop-tan, identified !
the person of the prisoner, and deposed to her having
on Friday evening last purchased of him certain arti-
des, to the amount of D2s. for which she gave him in
payment a .C 1 Bank-note; It, asked her name and
address, when she gave Mrs. Prince, 13, lurk-street,
Illackfriars-road, and he mote the same immediately
on the bark of the note, in her pre-ence. lie had
since made inquiry, at No. 13, lurk-strut, lint no
such person was filmy!' there.
The note was then pnoltteed_ and declared by 31r.
Joshua Freeman, one of the Hank Inspectors, to be •
a-forgery in all rriipects.
Mr. Rooker observed, that although the case ap-
peared very strong against the prisoner, yet as it was
the case of a single utterance tidy, and she was not
known as having offended in this manner before, he I
would not press the 31agi-trate for her cot 1111 l itment at
present, hat if it should 1.. I.i pleasure to remand her,
he ( .‘1 r. Rooker) would eatt-c tile necessary inquiry to
he made respecting her. and submit it '0 the Directors i
of the Bank to consith r if gum ray could with propriety
be extended towards her.

The thoughts of the poor rreatnte, however, ap-
peared to he slimily o-rupied for the safety sail health
of her infant, and Aso fearful was she that she 'night
lie sent bark into Surrey: :ha she was willing; t., con-
fess herself guilty of the erime laid to her charge.
Mr. Alderman Smith humanely prevented her, and
directed that she ►hould be brought up for another,
examination next week.

1:111110,1 lIALL.—The Ilea f owl the Giant.-1 eq.
torday Mr. Walker, of Norwood, was charged by
Tboasas Dalton, a deer pid li!;:e fellow, about thirty
inches high, well known about the neighbourhood of
Norwood by the appel;ation " tittle 'Pommy," pith
an assault. When the partie• appeared before the
Magistrate, Toininy's head just readied as high as thel
edge of 111:: table, as dill al.o the kip of the defendant.;
Tominy's wife was at least six feet high, and the sin.
guler contrast excited much laughter.—lt appeared'
from 'rummy's statement, supported by the additional!
testimony •of his formidable t.h, that the defendant
was frequently quarrelling u it:, him about solve tres-
passes which his cow sometimes made on his (defen-
dant's) grounds. tin the day of the assault, he came
in niore than usually vexed ; he swore the cow hail ;
been again at the old trirk, and lie wool.' pound her
the very next offence Warm words followed, and the
affair ended in the defendant, a stout hale man of fire
feet lea, seizing T mr's cruteli,anil belabouring him
with it about the head The defendant, although he
had to oppose the stunning interruption of Tummy's
" better half," boldly declared that the little man,
itrange as it might appear, was tin aggressor. It
was true that Tonstny's ruts liked good liri"g, which
she thought fit to seek in his ',Amores occasionally,'
and when he complained in a nrizlibourly way, he
was assailed in the most boisterous manner by Tommy
and his spouse. The last time lie complained the
former struck at him aid; one of his crutches ; but I
be stopped the blow with his arm, and the crutch re-
bounded against Tottmoy's forehead and grazed the I
skin; but he did not wonder at his pretending that
he was badly wounded, as his character for lying was'
proverbial amongst the good people of Norwood. A
scene of militia' recri kkk illation followed, which ended
in the Magistrate calling un Mr. Walker to settle the
matter or put in bail.

VERY REM ESCAPE.—On Friday week, as
hontas laidlaw, stone-mason, was employed stia the
inside of a well, at Newtown of Rockliff, a few miles
from Carlisle, he was completely buried by the falling
in of the walls and earth. lie was standing upon a
ladder, some yards front the top of the well, when he
perceived the walling and earth beneath to give way,
and almost instantly the whittle top part fell in upon
hina, with an immense quantity of ld, which com-
pletely buried the poor man neatly five yards below
its surface. The other wwkinen upon the spot imme-
diately began to clear out the rubbish, to save, If pos.
sib'', the life of their fellow-workman, although
they entertained little hopes of ItIICPC•S. After lifting
nway the stones; many of which were very large, they
heard the yoke of the unfortunate man through the
earth, Ile was calling to them to work by the rope
from which a bucket was suspended. After three
hours' labour, they came to the sufferer, who was so
firmly fixed in the ruins that it was difficult to more
his legs. It is calculated that nut less than ten cart
loads of rubbish lay upon hint, anti yet, it is eery re-
markable, he was extricated not only with life, bat
without having sustained any material injury. Ile
was able to pursue his usual occupation on Monday, I
having lost only one day's work by his misfortune.
DESOAR, MEET. 6, 1420.—The herring fishing is
still cuutinuing off this harbour with the greatest suc-
cess. 1 !tete are upwards of 2011 boats at present,
bringing daily from 30 to CM emus each ; in fact, no
sooner are the nets in the sea than they are ready fur
hauling. Prices to-day front -Is. to 3s. per crap. As
the curers are nearly all supplied, and no appearance '
of the fish leaving the coast, they will in a day or two
get liberty to remain without interruption, unless ROOM
Sew merchants arrive.

On Saturday sennizht, a gentleman travelling
the north •idy of the Tweed, from Peel)ln, saw on the
firm of EsheWs, belonging to Sir John Bay, Bart. the
servants employed in ploughing, sowing wheal, her-
rowin ditto. shearing, and leading in, all at the same
time.