The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-01-11 00:00:00

lifidn'efiflre peor, wire shall eats, ism airy resume '
wlus supply the pqor with previsions.—
t this ease the defendant sold four sheep to a person
tamed Minis. who supplied the peer with mutton.
The Jfags who tried the cause did mot consider 1'
a case strictly within the Act, sod the plaintiff was
aosseited.
Mr. OURXIBT made a subsequent application to set
aside the nonsuit. and enter a verdict for the plaintiff.
The Court granted a rale to strew cense.
Mr. alaitittaTT, In support of the 'mouth, this day
esoessied that there was nothing in the Act (Mr.
I). Gilburt's Act) which made it criminal in a parish
officer to eater into a contract of the above description.
Ur- gutless. le order to sustain his rule. eessidered
this a case precisely wit the Act to prevent the
poor beiognapplied with bad provisions. The defend-
ant was a guardian of the poor. and by the 2d of Geo.
111. bad the soperintendasee of all supplies of provi-1
sions to the poor. A double mischief most arise from
allowing such persons to supply the contractors. In
the first place, they had the power to 'scream the pries
of provisions ; and, secondly, to supply articles of bad
quality. If sae parish °Seer was allowed to supply
the mutton. what was to prevent another sapplyiog the'
hotter and the third the bread ? Upon the whole, it
wonld open a door fur private interest aid fraud.
which most be felt most severely by the poor.
The Loan Cats, Juirrics and the Judges rwriotim
held that it was a case withia the Act, and the normal'
was set aside to eater a verdict for the plaintiff for the
peoalty.
Mr. OuilittliT then stated that several persons in the
parish of Bethnal-arses some time are, entered into
contracts similar to the shove, asioseves cams had
bete selected as the ground of hist proceedings
against thew.

SMUGGLING.SALIORD. JAN. 8.----Yesterday merit-
ing, between two aid three o'clock, a large body of
smugglers, chiefly en horseback. came down to the
Cliff-end, at this place, and. ■kbeogh it was a hi:
moon, and nea►ly as light as at noon day. mtcrertirtt
in leading 300 tubs of foreign spirits. of which OH
sena proportion of about 50 tube fell into the hen&
pf the officers. While the latter were ?new., it:
making this iaefficient miser% soother boat, lade•
with dry goods, such as tea, silks. tobacco; as•'
cambric% landed at some distance from the remit o'
the former transaction, and antecede:l in carrying oil
every article unobserved. Indred the facility afforde•
to thefoir trade is the western parts of this county. i
greater the! it was ever booms to he before in th•
memory of OM* It Is ashy three week.: since 6111
labs were leaded It Salt Dean, between Uoitiogdean
sad Newhavis.• •
• Os•Frlday last, a boy, who bad bees:pat into
livldethill on Thursday. was brought before the Maria-
m:tr. charged with baying stolen a qnsatity hf twins.
The boy's energetic denial of the feet cetera ai sere.
ttieistig•iagsiry into the evidence spices Wt. is the
coarse of whisk the scums of tie Iliseilttste elicited
frost on. of the witnesses an erprosslos which led hire
to ssipsek the ►oy bid bees lialsilyiltesit. Purge*
eyedthe advailipseststimiessitlibit

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of the Bible Pei- Reg. I%te ordeal was explained to
be the placing the wards of a sufficiently large key
upon certain verses of a particular chapter id the Bible.
is which the key is than led round, and suspended by
this poiet.of the forefinger of the right head of each of
eve-pareses played eatable. seder and is a lime with,
the bow of the key. The verses are then repeated. and
the suspected person named, when, if the Bible sad
keytan (which is easily effected by an imperceivable
sitriiiment of the finger, wrist, or arm).it is sconsideret
supernatural. and he is condemned as guilty. Thiw
most absurd and foolish trial was performed before
some oldie ropery boys, either of whom might hare,
been suspected, as all of them bad equal success to the
property ; but the prejedice being stronger against
this boy, it was contrived by his accusers to move the
key, and tuns he was condemned and charged to a row
stable with the theft. The Magistrate expressed Mel
surprise that in the present day there should be found
persons who could be so, grossly ignorant as 'to believe
in, and practice inch egregious folly: and he cautioned
them that their superstitions igeorauce and guillibility
(we think it might be knavery) would be no defence
to an action for such false imprisonment.—(Liverpool
Advertiser.)
DSATU OCCASIONSD IT MISTAKING TIIK ROOT or
.AVONITI roe HORISKADISM.-4311 Thursday (3$
inst.) an inquest was held at Frodbam, Cheshire, Oh
the body of Mrs. (lout, of Frodsbsia. who died Is
consequence of eating aconite, or wolfsbane, otistakia.
the same for ho dish. The deceased had invited
a large fatuity pirty to dine at her house on Christ-
ws-day. The dinner was served up about throe
^o'clock, and as they were sitting down, something
being said about horseradish. the deceased delired the
servant-man to go into the garden and get some, toil-
ing him he would find it by the rain tab. Duriai
Miner some remarks were'sdade oft the taste Of the
posed horseradish; the brother-In-law said it was very
hot. but thought they bad put a deal of cayenne pep.
per among it: the deceased herself said she never vas
membered seeing her horseradish change its colour as
that ha,' done. No suspicion of poison existed until
tech time iftet the party had left the table, the alts;
Weed Wei:phased of being semen, and said the nee
of her limbs was goes. She was conveyed to hell. 1
Meanie very sick, and violent vomiting ensued. Oa
she arrival of a surgeon, the deceased was in a veep
agitated state, and had cold sweats upon her; there
was a'seesing cessation of the action of the heart. and
so pulse. and every ether symptom indicated that she
had takes vegetable poises. An emetic was ordered.
and the strew left her. In a short time he wan
again seat- for. and on his arrival found the deceased
io mese coevoleioes, bat the convulsive spasms eels•
lag for a time, the emetic was administered. The de-
-1 ceased becoming worse, bet het were pet late warm
I water, cud she was afterwards put between hot
blankets. to endeavour to restore the cireniatlen. bat
allin vein. She lingered mail about 6 o'clock le the
livening. sad then expired. The brother-W.l6w to the
demised was also taken ill, but we unleveled is re-
weaving. Posh the man and woman servaattleclared
they did sot know what horseradish was, ttergillaviat
hie ney.—Werdict—e, Died in consaquetko of, Wittig
be roots of aconite. as wo Itsbaae, which had by ir
encases or mistake beets scraped iimessd of Iterseew
dish.”—(ll'arerhamplov (..11roviek.)