The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-11-20 00:00:00

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Lord EtAasnottonou here stated, it. being near
4 n'elockOhni (fie Court would not give any further
judgments this day; and it was'arranged, that the
remaining Judgments should he proceeded in on
Monday morning, at eleven o'clock.

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Bow-rruzET.—Two men were brought to this °Melon Thurs-
day evetnok, before Mr. 14 49, under the following eireton-
stoners t— _ _

As Mr. Gibbons was walking quickly through Long-acre,
about nine o'clock, he observed two men following Close at his
heels;
,fustly suspecting they had some improper views, Mr.
Gibbons slackentsi hi► pace to let them pass, but they skewed no
disptisitiun to do it. 11r. Gibbons was now en the alert, and
presently his hat was struck, which placed it over kis eyes ; at
this instant he knocked one of the well down, and they acre
both secured. • _ _ .

Another invesgication of the gangs, and part of the gangs
of Or.nd rubbers also took place. whca Am:toroth, Nightiqsak,
WiGiants, and Chambers, were fully committed for trial.--
From a false notion of mercy in the minds of many, in identify-
ing their property and prosecuting street rubbers, several others
were dischawd.
Maaidsonlim 11-3 TR EET.—live boys, the eldest of whoa, was
not more than .si 'oven, were on Thursday charged with rubbidg
Mr. Witatton's house, in Qneen-street, Csestruinster. It ap-
peared by the statemeet of one of the Prisoners, that the ron-
bery was concebed and platowd by them in Westminster-hall,
and one of Motet eag..ged to rub the house of the Gentleman a;
above stated. Ile caected an entrance, but succeeded only in
stealing a great-coat, which was pawned by another of them,
and thew hole party shared in the bootytyhe Prisoners were re-
manded for another examination.

DEXTIMITY.—On the second day of the Leeds
fair, held this wee:., a sharper contrived to obtain
possession of a countryman's watch and to•decimp
with his booty. The hue-and-cry heirs; raised, he
was pursued end taken in Albion-street, where two
or threo hundred people immediately assembled
round the delinquent. In the midst of Cie bustle, a
man, supposed to be an accomplice, mounted on an
old hack, withasit sathlle or bridle, rode into the
midst of the crowd, where. he dismounted; and his
fellow vaulting on to the barsi.'s back, gallopped off
at full speed and effected his escape, leaving the
gazing multitude to wonder at his dexterity, and
nt their o`.ll retTIT,:,r.eSS.

SUNSETRY (CNITED STATEN), Sept.: 4.—A NEW
CASE. On Sunday last, amen by the name of Walton,
from Luzerne county, entered the Court-house of this
town, took a seat at the Council-table, produced
shaving apparatus, and was about commencing the',
operation of shaving his tumid (which had not been;
taken off for upwards of three years, and was nearly j
a' fOot in length). His strange conduct and ap- I
pearance attracted the attention of the Court, and
every person present. The Court, to prevent in-
terruption, ordered the man to be taken away. He I
resisted, aid was at length indulged by the Court.—
lie said he had been commanded by his Maker to do
it on that very- day, in presence of the Court, and
with the same razor which he produced. Warm
water was provided,'"and he soon disencumbered
hitnse.lf of his beard—put up his shaving utensils,
thinkea the Coatt for their indulgence, and walked
off ,_seemingly pleased.—(New York Paper.)
'By accounts which have reached us from Buenos
Ares to the Ist of September, we are happy, for the
sake of humanity, to learn, that there is again a hope
of peace being restored between the contending par-
ties in South America. The following is an extract ;
of r. letter from Bnenos Ayres on the sulject, dated
the ills( of August The Junta of this place have
senr down an officer with dispatches for• the Cover- I
nor-General of Monte Video, with a. proposal to!
sem' I);.puties to treat for a cessation of hostilities ;
! the mum assigned for this, is in consequence of the
'success over-the nation of Indians, called Cochobarn-
i Woos' by )Guirostrenes army; which have suddenly
re-appeared in that quarter, and have taken posses-1
sion of Polosi and Juyjui. This, with a misunder-
standing which exists amongst the officers which
command the army approaching to resume the siege .
of Monte-Video, may lead to a friendly te.u:lstautt-
; big between the two parties."
! DUBLIN, Nov. 11.—Some time ago. e circum-
! stance took place which made consider::': ;e ;,oise in
this city : a woman went into a rocet's shop, and I
having purchased some:tea, &c. tmder it a it;01. note I
for payment; the man, surprised at seca a sum, said
he could not change that note, but it had another
he would. She then produced anoth2: note for 1001.
then another, and so on to seven rotei for 1001.'
each. The• man then, and a iteigh'iour, questioned !
her strictly, and threatened h r. !:.t• then confessed
that she had stolen them fro::, a gentleman who visit-1
!ed her, and more of the same kind. The man and
his friend detained thc 7001. and advised her to run
away; but she concei.ing they meant to appropriate
the money to their own use, went to the Chief Ma-
gistrate, and disclosed the circumstance, delivering
up the remainder of the property, which amounted
lin all to about 10001. in 1001. notes, on Messrs. Ball,
Plunkett, and Doyne, bankers. The grocer, his]
friend, and the woman, were then all confuted, anal
the Magistrates published the circumstance, and called
upon the owner to come and_ claim his property at'
" their office, but no one appeared. The singularity I
of the circumstance occasioned a variety of con-
jectures ; some thought the owner must be,
:at
least,ehe young heir of a dukedom—others; that
he was some character, high in the church, and
ashamed to come forward. In the mean time, the !
Magistrates were obliged to release the woman, who
expressed a strong desire to restore the property,
when she found it was to such amount, hoping-he!
would not prosecute, but probably give her some re-;
ward. Of course, many conjectures were afloat,
' and numbers believed that the woman must have mur..t
dered the person from whom she had taken the pro.
perty.—Time passed away, and the circumstance was
beginning to be forgot, when a young man, clerk to
Ball, Plunket, and Co. bankers, accidentally en-
tered the bar-room of a public!house; the woman.
who happened to be there at the same time,• immedi-
ately cried out, " That is the person from whom I
took the notes." lie was immediately detained by
the people present, and notice sent to the Magis-
trates, and to the Bankers, l;ut before they arrived
he found means to escape. An investigation took'
place at the Bank, and it was found that he had
taken from time to time notes to the amount of ten
thousnoul pounds. A reward was offered, and he'
was taken, just ready tolnit the kingdom. In one
of his boots were concealed 7,:.)01.in aotes, and
his securities are answerable for '2,5G)1. which makes
up the sum of which he had defrauded the Bank.—
Reis now lodged in Kilmainham gaol, to abide his
trial:

A few nights since the house of Mr. Barrow, of
Ocean-street, Stepney, was broke open, and rob-
•bed of property to a considerable amount. The
robbery Is supposed to have been committed before
nine o'clock, by placing a ladder to the window of
the lint Auer.