The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-03-24 00:00:00

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mie. lam -a sae* afteiVitivet.,44y, •Vay'rishilli et his
shop—therefore I know Mr. -Sainsbury was dot' so
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long dead. .1 asked-him•strictliirfie was sure Mr. n:, rudea.
~ a 'MON bA, Mr,. Scoresby of
Sainsbury was dead,alid hoW long had ,was
been deed? i `-'"17,".7,..
46 Six or seven months." ldtby, - was 4
ths." • Why, I react his mime to- 'V - 9 rir, i ,r" A 1 .44 meeiriv o(the:Vireinerian,
Natural .sisiorx .._,ni,ely,i'
,on the' sebject a pots! ice,
dot : he must then be dead within a &fin. two, for
and the dickoitips encountered by, die . Whalers in
I saw in the newspapers that Mr. Sainsbury was ap.
their annual .040. to 0951. .t!tritimm regions. liir:,
pointed by the City of London one oldie Committee
Scortsby's freqpeni visits ft.- the, Art ot. the glisbe
(it happened to be the very same day) to receive the
have inducedhint-ip turn.his afte4tion to fie Possibi.
Toll of the Thames Navigation ; and as the City of
lity of reaching (he Pole bi, Means uf ati intuition
London does not often appoint dead men for these rer the ice; and a Considerable portion of iris paper
purposes, I concluded that the Sheriff's Officer Was
,devoted to this very interesting subject. It ap.
mistaken ; and Mr. Sainsbury was permitted to be. e
1 peers from his accounts, that the whalers have some.
put down for the Special Jury.
times penetrated so high- as.l3l;} degrees, or within
Another gentleman was a Mr. Territ. The book
said, I think, lie lived in Puddle-dock. The She- i about GOO mites of the P ole, which space ho consi-
ders might be travelled in sledges, by Means of iei n -
riff's Officer Said, " That Gentleman was retired ;
deer or•dogs,. in About a fortnight; and that for the
he hal gone into the country ; he does not live in
ream, allowing for casualties, and time of observe.
town." It is tree, he does, as I amtold, frequently
tient; the whole might be accomplished in six weeks.
go into the country (for I enquired). His name
--From his koowledge of the climate, he thinks
was likewise admitted, sifter some struggle. Now
the temperature of the weither will present no very
what followed ? This dead men and this retired
great obstacle, having observed, that after a long
mats were both struck out b# the Solicitor fur the .
continuance of north wind, the thermometer never
11.easury : the very men whom the Sheriff's Officer,l was very considerably depressed. The difficulties he
had killed and sent into the country were struck out, .
and not admitted to be of the Jury. Now, Gee.
contemplates are, open water, rough or moautaneous
•
i lee or similar land; soft snow, and dense miss.
tlemen, what does that look like ? There were many
As it• is supposed that the first will not be very
other names of men that were dead, and had retired!
which were left out. i - extensive, he proposes to hare his trainaux formed
' iss' the shape of canoes, so that they might puss over*
The best men and the worst men are sore to attend
kny, thing of the kind, while the dogs might be
upon a Special Joey where the Crown is concerneil:
the best men, from a nice sense of their duty;
t 6. made to swim ; and for other obstacles, he must in
worst men, front the sense of their. interest, T 11.7
,a
4stieth whatever may be necessary to overcome them,
greet measure trust to chance, supplying himself.
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best men are known by the Solicitor of the Trassur
sithould they occur.
such a one cannot be in above one or two ver
'
he tries no more causes for the Crown !...--Now what I . -In 011.1141% his course to the Pole, he must soon
I Wet
follows the permission to Special Jurymen to attend the assistance of the magnetic needle, and
or not? Why, .every man that is gaping for a coo. , must trust to solar observations, which, together
tract, or who has one, is sure to show his eagerness with .a
.good chronometer, would answer every
or teal.—(lllr.llorne Tooke's Address to the Jury at purpose, Could he be sure of not meeting with mists.
Guildhall, July 4, 1777.) 4 i Hetikewise proposes to assist himself in misty weal.
tber, by making his cavalcade move at some distance
tßart in a straight line, which, once properly dio
reeled, may, with attention, be got to proceed with
tolerable accuracy. From his experience of the at-
mosphere of high northern latitudes, however, he,
does not antiCipate such weather, except with
southerly Winds, which are not of frequent occurs
rence or lon continuance.—(Greenock Paper.)

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COURT OF CIIANCERIFOtIecsn.

Blilltlic' LE'.litLtf.

• FANE V. SPiLNEER. • :*
Thill'.unpreeedetited itase,caMobbafore• the Court
'spots as ditgenumit of an •excaption taken by. the De.
Veudatot to the Report of the • Master to, wAtom the
cause stood referred, to find whether
_a good title
was made out by the Plaintiff:Jer the nefenilant,
to the lands agreed to be conveyed under a written
contract.

Tee Plaintiff filed his bill for a specific
itnce!of the agreement, and the Master reported the
title toed, without the production. of the title dew
of the Plaintiff's lessor, the Bishep. of Bath and
Wells, 'on the ground that, being a Colporation
sale, the Bishop's title was out to be priabeed, as•
in ordinary. cases, before the purchaser should be
bound to pay his purchase money.
,To. this Report
the exception was taken, old inieniously argued for
the Defendant, by Mr. RAT, his Counsel, who con.
tended thiit the Bishbp, in such a ease, was o.llr
like any other individual lessor, whose leases and
title ought to be produced by his lessee to the pur.
chaser bi assightseireisch a tease, in order to evoke
out a • good title, as. otherwise the lands leased
snight have been in trust in the Bishop, or as guar
dian of the real owner or heir, and the •first lease a
• • Gin' •11" C

Sir- 51. ROMILLY, supported by Mr. TROIVER,
against the exception, called the arguments, in sun.
port of the exception, mere istaginaliens or fant.;?q,
inasmuch as such doctrines would shake the greater
part of the titles in the kingdom—such as the leases
of the Crown ; the Duchy of Cornwall ; all M.
shop's losses ; as well as those of the Duke of Marl.
.berough,l4:arl Grosvenor, and all other estates in the
Vest of Ent:land ; and the leases of all Corpora.
tions, sole and aggregate, in the kingdom.

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Mr. RAY made a succinct reply, retorting the
charge of fancy, and contended, that no argument or
-Case was offered against him.
His Horsoutt deferred judgment.

I We are concerned to hear that Mrs. Dreamt' still
! remains seriously indisposed ; she has by the advice
of her phpsician retired a short distance from town,
for the benefit which change of air we sincerely hope
may produce.
On IVeduesday week, at Painshaw Colliery, Cam.
berland, four men having occasion to go down to i 11arro N.G A a DEN.—Yesterday Henry Lewis wag
examine the state of the air, they met what is called 1 ' • brought before the Sitting Magistrates for cambia.
the cloak damp, and were struck senseless, when , • ' CORONER'S INQUEST. tion, charged by J. Davis, an Excise Officer, with •
' three of them, Jeremiah Taylor, Edward Barran. -----000—_. having been found by him that morning coining out
and Thomas Harms, being precipitated to the hot- - Yesterday an Inquest was held at the Green Dot.
of a house, No. 1, Eagle-court, Eagle-street, Red
tom, were killed on the spot ; the fourth was fortu-
,son w, , Lion-square, ivhere informant and his assistant went
public-house, in Whitechapel before J.
I nately caught by the heels, an being pulled op, soots of the Coroners
i , liewity Esq. one
ivecovered. vettnessiook the Prisoner into custody, and after-
Middlesex un the body of a man of colour, who
Wards seized on the still, and other utensils, besides
RlOT.—Monday a serious riot took place at Bishop died in the' London Hospital, on Sunday last, under
Weymouth, near Durham. It appears that Messrs. • 4 quanti.ty.of spirits.—The Prisoner was fined thirty
the •following deplorable circumstances --
; Neshams, the extensive coal dealers of that place, . • poodle, and in'de(ault of payment he was committed
1 It appeared from the evidence of Thomas Hum. i e., „deoD.
I have been several years busily occupied in erecting
hrevs horreon's-Mate, at the Hospital, that, about i''."•'' • 4 - •
4 railways and other conveniences, to save the labour P , ' .- e • Gintianatt:‘— i esterday Elizabeth Young and -
110 ar!clock oseSunday morning, the *teased mast ~.. . of men and horses in conveying the coals from the ' • . irsarrtet Ifouglitton 'ere charge& with hitiogirtolen :?.
brought to the Hospital, supported br iewsr men,
; pits. The keelmen, who me employed to convey ' L. °":, considelible quantity offlk• sarsnets, ribbons, sail
i ,
of..whom was a -black man, A
1 the coals in boats or barges, had, it seems, taken a"- (Aa I'llig*' --wune"-: othe " to the swoons of about 201." the pro.
I .. ' believes, to be a pauper belonging to Whitochapel . • carticles,
i offence at these improvements, and on Monday al- • -petty of Mi. Ditnes mercer, of Holborn. The I'd-
' workhouse, the deceased was unable tallow.* him- 1-• • v ' • •
ternoon, having first mooored their barges oppositel
sell. • d loners, it appeared, were servants to fhe'Proseciein,
speechless ; the, men said theg found
Messrs. Neshams' premises, they proceeded in a riot- i i 'an was who Sating *repeatedly missed his' property devised a
the hondonDocklsrw'ritl, and, out of ••lso.uni7 I v
ous manner to demo6h their works. After corn. 1"1.m by pan tor..derecting the depredators, when he at length
tool: the trouble to i lug him' tothe'HotettO ;
I pleting the destruction of the most expensive and : n'tY,aliscoiered that the Palatinate 'Were thee
Jae could speak witett they_ 401..ast*N.iadlostorp ,
valuable part of the waggon road, which was the *bed". Tor that purpose, the °tie fee Meatier tr: gloZtroin
' them he fell down the hold of a shin bet what chi
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jest of their animosity, they set fire to ao immense '
pile of coals; which burned with great fury during i they
28,idlow. ; witnessassis e_ at& did not k
-• Yr hduse. Part of the Property was found on the i'd.to No.
.var , in the cloisters, but he almost ao-
the whole night, presenting a grand and awful spectacle saner Houghton, and the rentainder was traced to a
gently expired.
for many miles around. The. rioters previously; house where her eompanion, Young, had left it.—
overpowered all the proprietors and their friends ,
' John Francis Tomlinson is Assistant-Surgeon at They were remanded fa another examination.
' who had assembled to repress the tumult. Mr. Ro. ! the London Hospital. He was called when the de- Joseph Tedmass , a youth 'not exceeding 10 years
bitison, the Collector of the Customs at Bishop ceased was brought in, but when ho came he found of age, was charged' with cutting the seals from the
1 Wearmouth, Mr. Biss, and several other Gentlemen • him quite dead. He, assisted by his colleague, Mr. watch ribbon of Mi. bay, in the neighbourhood of
of respectability, were repeatedly knocked down, Rodgers, opened the body on Tuesday,; he could the Royal Exchange, on Wednesday evening. •It
and much cut and bruised. Mr. Biss had his face , not discover any external marks of violence; the in- ,appeared that there was a considerable crowd col; •
severely cut with a blow from a spade, while in the ternst parts appeared in a very healthy state; he 'teeted in the street, inconsequence of the news, Yid'
act of urging the rioters to be peaceable. It was ! appeared very much reduced and tinaciated. Wit- a:-
sue Prisoner having got in among the assembly he
' three o'clock next meriting before the rioters were ' ness believes him to have been about 35 years of age.. applied his scissors. to the ribbon, Yid cat cede
dispersed by the arrival of the military. I The stomach was almost empty, and witness' was of
seals. The Prosecutor,fortunately, AO 0. o'ael,
Cultic:sus Discovrair.—On Monday afternoon, as : opinion he was in want of food. and laid hole} of die Prisoner while ,endediell'eribig to '
three boys belonging to the Subscription School, , Mr. Henry Atley, M. D. of Stepneyiquare, de- rtevh`from the crowd. Taro pair of scissars and other
South-street, Park-lane (Jones, Dale, and Ratford), posed, that he went to view the body of thy deceas- iqstruments .were found upon him, as also several
were prowling near the east wall of Kensington. ed, in company with the last .witness. Knows from ribbons and some seals.—lle was fully mimmitled.
gardens, they discovered a hole at the bottom of the a certain bandage found upon him, next to his body, Q •
eLEN-seu ARE. Yesterday John Strange, thir;
ha-ha, in which were deposited several score of that he was of the Mahometan religion. • soldier, who had been apprehended some timelnki;
. Spanish and Portugal pieces of flue gold, very fresh, r The Jury returned a verdict of—Died for want of at Ate I.fe of Wien, on auspidion :of being con.
many bearing the inscription of Maria, others Jo- the common necessaries of life. . , cerned with Ashton and Moloney, the two men who
sepia's, 1766, &c.—" Surely (said Dale) some poor' • were executed last April, on a charge of committing
Marshal died here, and these were his buttons.-1 a robbery in Hyde-Park, was brought up from Bride.
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No (answered Jones),, they are pocket-pieces," well, for examination ; but it being intimated to the
and took them nut. They divided them, amounting Magistrates, that the two soldiers, who had been nu
'to near a hundred, played and pitched with them, dtity with the Prisoner, at the time of the above
' and gave several away coming home. Raiford sold robbery, and when he deserted, were on their way
one for a halfpenny ; Dale's mother, a poor we- from fie:land, by order of the Secretary 6f State, to
I man, sold twenty for 381.; Ratford'a father, a give their evidence in the case, the Prisoner was apie
broker, in Bird-street, retains his. They appear to renin tided. ." '
weigh half an ounce each, and.have been viewed by Dueothea Braizszciek 'was charged with' stestrtigo
many Gentlemen In theneighbouthood Of Grosvenor- silk shawl, from a sieve in Castle-lane, Westminster.
isquare. She Was folly coal-lilted for trial.
A REGENT AND SINGULAR FACT.—Some few weeks BOw-eretre—no Tbitemay &view Jobe Corium, wee
since, a farmer of this county dreamed twice succes. hrooghtso the (like by -Adkius, and underwent an ex.:mina-
Ilona chaird with forging a marine's discharge, tor toe pr-
. sively, in the same night, that his oxen were driven puce of receiving in litererred pension.
away from a particular field, and were stolen. . Aletrander Watts. a disabled marine, stated that he has lately
i When lie awoke from the second time of thus dream- 'hem discharged nt Portsitionth by Major-General Lich:ad til-
-1 in„
he resolved to visit the lace immediatel . Ile lbino the Commandaut, mill lair discharge for IS years venire
py entidett him-in a pedsion tif Rill. sil. lie fell
,in company
meant to have taken with Mm the head carter ; be with the Promoter at the Waite Lion public-lonise, in' Ileiv
1 on calling, found• the carter was not in his honse. snitig's-row,-asbea he told him he was a clerk ;n the Admiralty.
mid gait his discharge was wr.n,, filled np, and he* would abet.
He then called for another servant and a !toy. it tins 111410 14 years servlee, wilich wohlrl entitle him to 91.
With them he went to the field ; tbey found the kis.'lld.;pertaino. for•wal44l he paid the Prisoner 11. ss. bd. 00
oxen safe; but on their return homewards they his prescating it at the Adioiralty the alteration was discovered.
-Ale wit* committed.
observed a lantern, with a burning candle, banging
on a tree ; near it they discovered a grave;' and by
the- side of it lay digging tools, which the farmer
knew to be his own, and must bate been taken from
his own premises. Soon after they met a young
woman going towards the spot where the grave rail
made. • They insisted on knowing whither Owns;
going, and what could Leveled her thither at an hope.
so very unseasonable. After some hesitation, o
wFugal
Ceased she was going to meet her sweetheart, Who- eald.l
he had something particular to tell her.' That sweet
i
heart was the farmer's head-carter. The farmer de,'
1
scribed to her what he had seen, and conducted hpr
home. The young woman. was so terrifi•ml at what
she had heard, that she died withiu the course 444,
days. She had unhappily, allowed the,cartue tIOAdrA
too great liberties, and it is supposed he ;p eigiVie,i''
have Murdered and buried her, .to prevetipilleomerg,J
'Tie( abet pregnancy. The atrocious Tillate
(leo riki
•iemeded.—( Hampshire Chronick.),, '. ' le
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POLICE.
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MULLINGAR, MAncit 16.-0 u the night of Wed.
nesday, the Bth instant, a' desperate gang of ruffians
attacked the house of John and Michael Brogan, on
the lands of Knockdrin, in the King's County, near.
Rood. They first placed a guard on the barn, iu
order to prevent any resistance from the Servants, who
had slept there, and then proceeded to break open
the door of the dwelling.house with a stone hammer,.
! which, after a slight resistance, they speedily eccotk:
pushed, and rushed in after tiring three shpts. On
entering the house they attacked Michael alid Join;
Brogan, the former of whom they murdered on :he
spot, by repeated blows en the head, an 4 left. the lat..
ter apparently lifeless. The, villains then forcibly
broke open a chest, out of which they took five
hundred guineas in gold, and one hundred in, Bank
notes, acid after plundering the house of a quantity
of linen and other articles, drank a bottle of spirits,
! and departed with their booty. • r4litot.day a most
'Oise hat ineffectual pursuit of the ruffians took
place however, it, is: cenfidentty hoped, from 'the
known activity of the neighbouring Magistrates, they
cannot long eSeapi theirm of justice. In the et
ecutiOn of their dilholics design, the .villaies drop.
ped a--pistol, which was foded.weet day, and quay as.
sist in leading to a discotery.` AVe are glad 10. learn
that John Brogan. is likely_te_secover.—lalliqUese
was held-011.411e body of Michael .Breprp, by! Mrs
Pliant, Coroner, whe returned ,a)..Yerdict of=-
Murder against soutgArsen, :ac,,Earsons as, et on-
ireomn. • - ,
BUtellat.—Thlirsday, yet,map,. Owned S.
Thompson, a shipwright bt.t put a period to
bisexistettee, by cutting ,his threat,,in the London
lloipital. '.! It appears the demigod had attempted it.
selveral times, and shoat sit weeks back eucceededi.
bi cutting it so as CO cause him to .ho sent to thellois.
botheieg ,nearly acted, he watched an ?pporr
44nift, pancered a.knt , and eebipletely severed the
lin Sr hy.whitchtfinatipilisdied. A tetretter'S
iliquest will'be onlMledy. • . '
.s. •

COurrs. the bankert*e are cnecevned to 'fah
h seriously indisposed at his new Married Lady's cot-
tage fit, the roiid of Highgate-hili.

• MARRII?.D.
(in Toestfay NO, it 11,toon. Derbyshire, by the Reg. C. S•
fiAtiest, Samuel Hale. }sq. of BA.fortl. in the county of Not-
tiolOtow, tb Sophia, daughter ot James. Sutton, t.oq. of Brough.
Soo-boon Dear•CayeutljOkbrittgo, Derbyshire.

• DIED.
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• On Mon ay, et bis,hqusr,. Sorth-ciestent, Bedford-square.
in his 714 yea, 'James' Tht,l , Esq. formerly of the Ithuel'of
J a,aaica.
Oa Welliseerlay,,Mrie ILboslee, wife of Suomi Rhos*, £4.
of l‘lkngton . .
On BIZ Ith hot. ogre/ 4 years, G 0. Prfetettyonlyooa of
Prickett, Yeq., of H. 111..
On Nulaty, at her house in Docen-street, May-fair, Jim
Poitena, relict of the late Dr. 'Porto's, Bishop of Urtnert.•
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