The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-06-01 00:00:00

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TWO DESPERATR FOOTPADS T.►kKN.

On Ts:yearly last, Hall. she Aker of Union•hall,
tiring occasion to visit Easel on special business,
4.11.41 at the Green Man. Natestoke, neer Romford.
where he learnt this a poor lohooring man about 64*
pan of age, named William Gentry, who had been
id visit • ploughing match near that place, was on
kis return home the preceding day knocked down
sod harbaroesly treated, sad rohhed of Pa. all the
money tw had in the world. Hall, on making fur.
ther ensieiry, leered that the man who was suspected
VIII a meat desperate ebe►acter, and dreaded by all
the ntighboukhood, where he was well known to
have committed 11111611! robberies. Hall, netwith.
standing the account hi had heard of ibis formidable
depredator, determined to go in parish of him
single-handed ; and (meth* information be received,
hest his comae towards Pilgrim-batch. near Brent-
wood, where by foxed and apprehended John
Finclunn, alias Caokry, alias Buggy, and took hie
before the Reg. CAAIII.I3 Tuwsas, of Brentwood,
where he was idenilbral for the robbery, and folly
committed for trial to she Genet, Jail at Chelmsford,
et she neat Moises. Oa Flocbaio's essminailen, it
star discovered that be bad an orcomplice in the rob.
be►c, whose name was John Guy; on which Hell
immmlisorly went in perish of him, end succeeded
im seprobending him the saw evening at Colley.
green. when, on taking him before Mr. Townes, he
was admitted by him as an evidence for the Crown
against Fincham, and comenited to Chelmsford Bride.
well until the A.siaes. On further enquiry made
by Hall, and from the confession made by Finches's,
it appented the Prisoner Finches bad committed up-
wards of twenty robberies le that pert of the county
within shelties sin mouths: among ethers that he had
robbed was Mr. Nash. tie master of Natestoke
ireekbessf, lately, of bi. on the I.liliway.

A rood oiling match for a silver cop and cover
take, plea tsuatortow, between Nor Geuttmea's
Nibs' boats, front Hotelydown to Woolwich Retch,
aid back.

A boy, weep yeses of age, in the tows of Weser,
in Crummy, playing one day with his sister of foes
years old, was alarmed by the cry of same men she
were in pursuit of a mad deg. The child soddenly
loathes's rouad him, saw the dog raining toward,
him; hut, inmost, of making his escape, be took off
his coat, and vorappiog it round his arm, he hoidly
faced the dog, and holding out the arm covered with
the coat, the animal attacked it, and ossified the
coat till the men came op, who being arrord with
dabs, killed the deg. The men reproachfully asked
the boy why he did net run and acrid the deg, which
be could so easily have done. ins, said the little
hero, l could have run from the doe, bet if I bad,
be woel.l bay, washed any rimer. rrorect her,
therefore, I thought of .4.0'1 him my coat, which
be might terse at till yr.: should come op mod kill
Aim. The men, as they might, first admired his coo.
elite is fsciag the dog; but they were the more asto-
nished at the ptedesoce sod firmness of mind dis-
covered by this phenomenon. Th. conduct of Ibis
%voodooist child furnishes a useful hint to persons of
more mates• age, is protectieg them/elm hem
tile smacks of a toad dog.
DIMMITUL Swictor..—The wife of • tradesmen.
at Ilirmieglamo, on Tiorrosley womoing,haring • dispute
with her hasbaod at baeskfaw, wised a knife, sad
sailer stabbing herself in the throat, eat a deelinct-
Woo is *Beside of her neck, which divided the wind-
pipe; and she died the following day.
Saturday morning the body of a respectable look.
Ina yawn men was found is the River Thames, near
the Lord Wellington, Woolwich ; he wore a new
hien cloth coat with gilt bottom, a tool kerseysstere
waistcost, drab berseyntere breeches, light shoes,
white stockings, and as eye.glau attached to his
waistcoat; tome was a rope tied rooted hi wrist with
a seven pound weight attached to it; nis name is not
known. In his pockets be hail two pocket handier-
chiefs, a pair of gloves, thirteen shillings is silver,
and a razor with tie ism of Collins scraped on the
handle of it. . .

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A strives accident occurred yesterday, Is Grosse.
nor-plate, to Mrs. Lawton. of Doves-street. During
the battle as Taitersal'", Mrs. L.'s coachmen, who
was driving her rfiariat, is. fleeting another carriage
got his 'Leek in eons-et slob a coal-cart, which
sverlorited him. Mrs. I. who mat in the carriage
with twit other ironer, was leverety bruised; she wet
conveyed to a neighbosring surgeon's in • senseless
state. Another of the ladies bad her face cut by the
glass.
A girl, eleven years of age, named Emma King,
deoghter of a man who keeps a anal-shed in Edward-
street, itotherbittio„ bung herself yesterday morning,
and was not discovered till apparently dead. A est-
eems was sent for, and by persisting for nearly tw•
boors is lbe miens recommended in rases of ass.
pearled animation, she was restored to life.
A singular circumstance lately accrued at Parley
Abbey, near Derby. The laundry-maid spread oat
in an open drylag.grotind, among other things, bee
yards of narrow :ewe msslin, in two pieces. Is a
short time she missed them, at.d hauled for them is
vain. Two days afterward', along with many other
articles, she laW out live yards of lace, in lite separate
pieces, thew sloe sees disappeared, sod every en-
quiry made for Them, but they vapid not be
feared. Fear days after this, • labourer saw some-
thing white hanging out of a thrice-cock's nest, at the
distance of 90 yards from the drying-ground, end
having beard of the loos of the lace, *c. he took
dews the nest, and the lees and lace were found
within it, besurifelly interwoven, and (wilted among
the twigs, se as to form a complete lining. In the
man's eagerness to ',cover the lost 'mkt's, Ike west,
which was a real curiosity, was, nnfortanately, polled
In pieces, and the whole ten Lards were taken out
uninjured and . unsoiled.— (A'aringAirss Jeered;
Arty '29.)
'There are, at this time living together, in the pa-
OA
of lietighton, near Dover, two brothers and a
sister, of the name of Bromley, whose united ages
aninont to 478 years ; one of the as being 9s, the
weft 94, sad the female 90.
A few evenings mists, Mr. Wallis, of Falwell, on
Lk worn frnm Newbury-market, was robbed by a
fnotpad of 9til. The robber caused the country to
lanadon road, and mounted a stage-coach, then
a•ri..E. W , however, traced Ilia, and be sus
tahended at liasiogstrrhor