The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-05-04 00:00:00

world be tot !Poo Ineblitirs tit
was the same ill
Graltytitirrittiet giii2 to .. ited tWi4 most hale
up his hand: A list resettle& iteltitleft to him : likt
the most ignorant of his taotintilulr, he most. ersone•
on;17 imagined that the Omani* of. afi-ottli might be
cbanged by tenth merital rearevalioat. As attest.
therifore, as be bigan to reiseat the kohl* of oath.
he 'tediously omitted some, or ptorn*
finced these la an
uninteltigilife manner. Tie (nit WINE atitaiiiitered
in a way which was I:kely to-16114es him' sir ft a ego.
vietioa of she obligation to spi;alr teeth. illi iWipertant
facts were reluctantly elicited, that all tl.l entries hard
been made by him imuteMatele after t!. coat, 'pi,
jacket, had been claimed. As no more than Mk. ha!
been given for it, acco-ding tq this account. and as
lils• purchaser Wll known to be a consmou resetter of
'listen goods, he was sent to Brkleseell-far slaty days:
A few days ago, a utiserable lioiling woman, who
bad sought refuge at the Of6ce from the chilling winds
of night, presented herself it the "he,. She leis
clothed in a red ntorren jatket, and haft on het head
the remains of a black or brown straw butinet. tier
squalid dejected countenance, her neglected hsir and
broken voice, while she was obserrei to relieve her
moistened eyes with the sht4ds of a dirty cheek apepi
which she wore, presented altogether a trite picture of
wretchedness and want. This unfortunate object• Las
fallen rapidly frJni a respectable situation in IRV, Aid
was found as:rep almost every night in some cair or
unfrequented corner. tier itistlry presents a most
extrorilinary instance of the ricissittoles of life. Sl)e
is, we understand, the natural daughter of a field
officer, who brun4ht her up with tenderness ; and •
few years ago cot seated to her mirria'r,e, (after making
the necessary iniuiries,) to a man following a liberal
Iprofession, and apparently in easy pecuniary circum-
stances. Differences soon after arose; she was neg.
lecte.l; and we believe we may add, ill used ; she gave
way, iu come:limner. to habits of intemperance; a
separation took place—and her friends porsued for a
divorce—an object which was defeated, by it. r re-ani-
on with her Itwltd.nd, for a short time. Notwith-
standing all the aid and protection which she has con-
tinued to receive (tom her father, she has become au
outcast ; an 1 all the means which have been emp'is;ed
to rescue tier from her present state of degradation
have proved ioedectual ! She at first listened to the
suggestion of taking up her abode In the Magdeleee
Asylum ; but so infatuated is she become, that. atter
receiving some necessary %applies, she again preferred,
a residence in the loathsome haunts of misery ands ice.
to the protection of her friends, and the society of her
family! She has still the remains of a beantifol
woman ; and has not, we understand, yet reached her
ti7th year !
Ten of the persons charged with bring concerned
in the attack upon the volunteers, on Monday, wore
on Tuesday brought to the bar of the Police t.tffice.
where the facts were sworn to by a number of wit-
nesses. The Magistrate. deeutimi the offence of to.
henious a nature for the cognizance of the Court, is
which he was then presiding. remitted their cattalo 6
ker tribunal.
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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

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BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S, MAT t.
Das ay..--ISto lost eastalllo-4 le
--6 to I agst Joek—l4 to I agst Reginald-1A la 1 art r.
out of blotol-13 to .1 agst c. out of Cowslip-26 to 1 at*
Cardin.
Oats.-6 to 1 and 9to 2 tact My Lady-9 to I nr,ct Au-
gasta-6 to 1 apt Iblo-13 to I oast f. out of Mirth.
DoxyA4Tait HT. Luaus .-14 to I apt Jack Apirot-13 to
agst c. out of Annabolta-13 to 1 agst Sandbacl.

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The Committee of the How of Commons. now
sitting un the Vagrant Laws. have collected a mass of
evidence from Magistrates and others converlant with
the subject. The examination of Mr. Bodkin of the
Meudivity Office occupied the Committee two whole
days, and some practical measures are expected imme-
diately to result from their labours.
Wliam Watson, weaver, Strathaven, against whom
the Oranild Jury of Lanarkshire found a true bill. on a
charge of treason, in June ISM was apprehended
there on Monday week, by Mr. Mitchell, messenger,
on a replay, signed by the Lord Justice Clerk, and is
now lodged itt tflasgow jail. We understand he is
accused of having joined the party of Radicals who set
out in arms from Strathaven to Catlekin, in April last
year ; and of having carried their flag ou that occa-
sion. Watson is described as a sober inoffensive
young
ORIAT lisevenNwics.--A horse hetatutiag to Mr•
Rich. Walter. in Holborn, was 'Jaded to gallop twill-
one miles in an boar on Wednesday, fur 100 guineas.
The (mead on which the performance took place was
from thr eleven milr-stone through Croydon, to the
eivieeen mile-stone. 1 he rider, a boy, was thrown.
aafl the hone went nearly a mile beyond the boomia-
T..% but the boy, unlistrt, mounted again, and com-
pleted the match four minutes and a half within the
gives time. Ibe lie-se was much distressed.
The people who antlered by the falling of the timber
bridge on Monday night are all doing well. Tbe buy
who received the contents of an old pistol into the seb-
stance of the brain is still alive and apparently loin
well.