The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-09-01 00:00:00

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As. Piette O'Brien Butler, Esq. of Dunboyne
Castle, near Dublin, Was travelling lately with Mrs.
Butler and his two daughters, from Mir to Michels-
town, on his way to Mallow, he was stopped by a
footpad, armed with a blunderbuss, who demanded
his money. Mr. Butler, who was alone in a chaise,
about 200 yards before the rest of the famiiy, at-
tempted to enter into a parley with the fellow, hut
the latter was resolved to lose no time, and gave a
signal, which immediately brought to the spot au ac-
complice, armed in Illea'alanner. Mr. B. (hen drew
out his watch, atid.o)fered it; but the footpad said,
he'd be d—d if he would be fobbed so, but he must
have his money. On. this Mr. B. gave him eight
guinea notes, with which the villains went off, with-
out making any attempt to examine the chaise, in
which, (luring, this.reticontre, Mr. B. had contrived
to secrete a sum' of 3001. Which he had In his
pocket.
A cause of considerable Importance to land pro-
prietors was tried at Newcastle( Amite*. In an ac-
tion respecting a hedge, it was declared by Mr.' Ba-
rocs WOOD to he the law, that the person to whom
the hedge belongs has a right to five feet of his neigh-
bour's field, for a ditch oc other purpose ;,,nay, that
he may inclose five feet and plant it, (initals° claim
.five feet of any mineral which may he contained un-
der that Space. Against this decision, it is, we
un-
derstand, and hope, determined, to !appeal to the
House o( Lords.

is Westlay lest, about Wor 30 bees, attracted pro-
bably by some conserve of roses which was uncover-
ed, entered the shop of Mr. Percy, druggist, in Hull.
,Several of them were killed, and the rest went away
in the evening. Next day, a far greater number vi-
sited the shop, and remained until evening, when
they again left. .Thurstlay morning, the whole swarm
arrived, and a hive having been provided, they en-
tered it, and took up their quarters there, whence
they have been removed to a neighbouring garden.
At IJaverfordwest Ass!zes, a young man in trade,
and of general good character, was charged with pur-
chasing three guineas, at IL 3s. eat+ ; but the Prose-
cutor having acknowledged himself as the seller, and
it appearitig that ha had taken pains to entrap the
young =Wire the negociation, the Judge reprobated
his coodoct altogether, and directed the Jury to re-
, turn a verdict of acquittal. . . .
An extraordinary circumstance occurred in the
parish of Castle Church, near Stafford, last week.—
Whilst a poor boy was employed by Mr. Harvey, of
the White Lion Inn, to frighten'away the birds from
a field of oats, a man came to him from the tiold ad-
joining, told him if he made a noise, he would knock
his brains out—carried him to a tree, where he had
fixed a cord, tied him up and left him, and it was
lowing to the cord giving way that he escaped. The
t,miscreant (or maniac) has not been discovered.
Interesting particulars respecting the ce!ebrated
Booth, who was hanged oh the 15th inst. at Stafford,
for forgery : • •
There are many reports respecting the property of
Booth—some represent him to have left almost a
princely fortune, and others that he had nothing to
leave—the truth lies, as it commonly does, between
the two ektremes—there is good authority for believ-
ing that he possessed about 60001. which he assigned
to his family previous to his trial.—There. are also
reports in circulation that he denied some crimes of
which he hadbeen Suspected, and that he confessed
others. The fact is, that he was never pressed to do
either, and that he made no confession of his mani-
fold crimes. On this subject, there is nothing more
to hope, than that he sincerely repented of them/
His house, as the public in general know, was se-
cured like a BaStile, and the stories which are in
circulation, of the
,crimes which have been perpe-
trated therein, resemble We most romantic and ex-
traordinary fictions.
Peace fo his mattes! Who would desire to rake up
crimes, the recollection of which ought now per-
hips to be buried with him ; but the curiosity of the
public will not let them lie concealed. Of the death
of his brother, of which crime he had been violently
suspected, the Jury acquitted 'him, and every just
and merciful man will, on a perusal of the evidence,
be convinced that it was not sufficient to establish his
guilt, although, at the same time, it was not fully con-
vincing in respect to his innoceuce. The Jury in
acquitting him fulfilled a most important duty.
The most extraordinary circumstance which has
yet been narrated, and which stands at present un-
contradicted is, that a person of the name of Moses
Hall, after receiving a considerable sum of money,
accompanied Booth to his home at Perry Barr, and
was 'refer afterwards heard of. A female connected
with the said Moses 11011 also went to Booth's house
i to enquire for him, and she was Never after seen or
' heard of I—A part of their clothes was found in
Booth's premises, u vitals° a halter, with a noose,
and which apparently had been used for the purpose
of hanging or strangling. These are certainly suspi-
cious circumstances. That they may be merely sus-
picious, and that his soul may be free from such
enormous crimes, every good Christian will devoutly
hope and pray. ~ f e.•!..1
Some years ago a matt via OKeecuted for a forgery
on the bank of Messrs. Webb and Co. of Stafford.
When Booth's house was searched, the plate was
found from which theforged-notes were takeie—ft
was tefy badly execuft4.
Elizabeth Chidlow; liislattitatht 'and eccoMplice,
who was sentenced to 14 jeers tra. nsportatien, might,
from Iverwmans of information, have disclosed* tnost 1
important facts, if she had been induced to cogess. 1
But she refused to turn Kin& Evidence, and- wae,
to use both It sporting and gaol phrase, " bottom."
However, on receiving riewteetesiic hurst into a vin.
lent •paroxysm of, rage -reed tie', and imprecated
curses de the Inert!. dl' Bbcitlill end' her accusers; tif,..
firming that the ilitree'vrete!dtt:eerketed. The ran
duct of Beelitlii;vardolll, woman Plaid the appoA•
auce of Ingratitudee ehe ,ealfecied to here heen,ttse.
sisted ow. hew trial by' the same Counsel who were
engaged. for Booth—but when she gppeared at,the
Bar, she found herself entirely-ondeferided.
Onset' the Ingley;s, who was admitted evidence
ftir the 10rowni was brood* Op from 'his infancy-
With' Or; and his testimenragainst hhltiatter,'
litin' . "nibitc' 00 3n7 'outer aircittnetaoce'otbis'
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bs, tigeopsOrpli slirlenivitt Neou 9! a Allew. coPll
pkv.iaa) asid-Was as ill-looking man.

On Monday lasts Thomas Tomblin, of North I•te-
feuham, a pour labourer, SO years of age, it iiilein.
ployed in a stone pit near to the abo%e place, ivy,
struck down by the fall of a quantity of ruh::iiii •
and, we are sorry to add, was killed Oa the spot._'
An Inqueit was held on his body the same ()ay be.
fore Mr. JONES, Coroner, when the Jury returned a
verdict of—Accidrnial A:atfi.

•
I SSOLVENT Dcaroits.—A(lnt Sessions was
yesterdoy held at the Middlesex Sessions llotm.
Clerken well, for the discharge of Debtors ai:pl ;:b
take the benefit of (he late Insolvent Act. Several
were discharged, and others were retrani!ed to meal
their schedules, hut no objections of into:it-tan • ce wen"
made duting the day.
Curt.n-hinitnun.--On Tuesday last, in Nel•ens.
tie, a mother, incensed at a chastisement which otie • f
her children was enduring from une of its utro.7
play-fellows, ran out of her houte with a stick iii
her hand, and struck thilittle aggressor bier the
temples several times; the child drop ieSdow t anti
expired, and the woman was instant!, commi t d a
prisoner, a ter the Coroner'i Inquest, on a charge of
killing and slayi• g he child.-
, Dust:wren female child, al:out
.weeks old, wasleft.at the door of Mr. I'ittcr, tote.
man, in Bedford-street, Covein.garden, on the l'ith
ult. about nine o'clock, in the following manner :
A-decent looking woman entered into converyvtim
with a little boy in Long-acre, and told him she
tveald•give him sixpence if he %guild deliver the
parcel, which she carried, for her. Trey boy agreel
to obey her .wishes, and accompanied her to tha
1 doer of Mr.•Pitter's house, at which •he rapped;
I and then giving a basket into his arms •she Tar off:
The boy suddenly let •the basket fall, and the cries •
of a child Were beard. The door being op. ne 1, thl
persons Within refused to stiff r the child to It, ear.
vied into the louse, but' sent Ilse wiechmanto took
for the beadle, thethild in the intmim remaiiii in
the basket on the flags. A Gentleman at 1.04t1t
taking compassion on the little innocent, conveyed
I it to the watch-house in. Cesent.,,iden, •where,
the first view, it was supposet t I ire deo, but upon
closer inspection it proved to be wrapped' in a deep
sleep, which had evidently been' produced by tha use
lof an opiate. ihe basket being opened, a letter was
discovered addressed • to one of the family, whonf it
accused of being the father of the baba, and of hay.
itlg neglected to furnish the mother with the means
of sepporting. it : to which, circuth•tance was attri.
buted that mode of disposing of in. The letter was
written in a neat female nand 'and•Was signed liar.
net Newton. The.child was dkentl clad; and in
the basket with it was found a change cr: linen, and
some food. Ots `the arrival of the Overseer, it was
sent to the workhouse, where k wiq be properly
taken care of until some means are foesstao•disceser
the real parent. Mr. Pitter'sfamily were out of town
at the time of the occurrence. .

A singular aCcklenCocturred At Grinds inn, in
the county of Angles A, a few days iicet tined
Mr. Moulsdale's post-boys., 'on 'hie return. Net
Bangor-ferry, took up an iciiiaintance into the
chaise. Op the--boy's- examinin., the carrial., after
his friend's departdre, he found he had left a .pa;::r •
parcel behind him. Pesiroos of securing it for the
owner, he was proceeding through the kitchen with
the parcel to his own room, with a candle, and*.
norant of its contents, pot the paper in the crown
of his hat, which he •hel.d before his breast to pre-
; rent the candle heing;blown out. The parcel, Which
contained- three pounds of gunposider, instantly
took fire, and a dreadful explosion took place. The
doors, windows,' frames,- culinary Articles, &t. were
instantly shattered to pieces, and tho.pOor boy him-
self exhibited a perfect blize. From immediate ink-
tnersion in water. the. dame was extinguished, ana•
this udortuttate Aid.% tloir likely to recover with-
out any other serious injury then the loss of an eyi.
A Meeting tpek pita* eti"Fridaylast, on Bagshot
Heath; between Major Jena. and a.gentleman of the
name of Forman, in consequence of a dispute•at one
.of the Egham rliceballs, relative. to a lady. The
parties fired twice without injury to either, whey
the matter was adjusted by the iutml..reace of tins
seconds.

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• PeCHALGHNoIi.
N[ EiSRS. CV4I.RIE and Co. Surgeons, late in
his Slajetty'a service, challenge the whole wiirld,,ln
prune a single instance where their kledicine Methog.of
Cum have failmi of the desired effect. The practice of man!
t tiears in this particular_ bmoch of their profession has not given
kise i•O ne iiiisueressful case. titey continue to direct their
Studies in the treatment and ewe of Vt:NU:HI:AL COM-
PLA I S TS, nod that derangement of the Astern. whirls is 11.
cosiv.quence DO he pernicious and wasteful ellests of a habit loitr,
and most unhappily pursued by the smalls of both 4C k. 4. 13
the one it will tie found to be the unfailing source of Bertram.-
t
the other have its ravages fatally developed to the,,l by ii die
(resting state of debility, whirl., if not timely remedied, termi-
nates in Impotence. These are its remoie ultimate Otero t
white consumptions, hiss of maiirtdar power, and Vaillltl4
ner-
-1111115 complaints. latently chisrtwterise the cagiest filler!
solitary vice: of persatiS latignishing muter disniders incideiuun-
such habit, their treatment is vinyl,. and lias never proved
a
atiecessful is the course of a long, bihoriolti, nod 'ouch extrude'
practice. 1n the most obstinate and complicated rases of Ve-
nereal infection, such as obstritc.imis in the urethra, spohrs
crescetices, hard tumours, callous ttic,ers, eruptious, scuiiind
Weakness, fleets, as also
STRICTURES,
whether recent or of long duration, and which hove battled she
skill of other practionenJ, ore, by their present improved pl.'s
of treatment, effeetoally and permaneraiv cured. without Ise
luttirosi•alrering the esretteiating ludo nod a:seating heinn:rlin::e
sthich.trequeatiy folliiies the oppliention Of the binar raa‘tri
Irrithereettrse of twenty years estensive-pmeite in this metru•
twits, namerous Cahn* of striettlenlvive Moen owl are dad,/ Ini*
der their care, the mutt . eradication of wjiieli is rit:.ctetOly a
safe:terrain, and espeiiilious mode-of pearlier.
superior U,ar,Y
other vet adopted. The weakrem, retaliation, arid
iteiseeriSine from this (mould:6l.l, is speedily rcrroiredi mei t'e
patimit restored in sound told vicnrotts • breath. Utit *here die
debility law for year. existed, a props r perseverourc their re-
storallee erpoe,lies, after the stricture his berm destroyeds h•
dlstkinsistily requisite to renisti.the slumberiag :pinks Of life,
lettrielorre.soliin,tio site CionsllieEtiort. •
f4everisi Noblemen iitgl tientlertien of. the • first relwrtehility.
have heen,under theiiiire. of Ddissis. Carrie and Co. toe Vic
inoyal oreth.fl, Ftricistres, dte• ; ;Ind •
: 41Tifed a 'radiciil and perteinittin eure,"reclest that• referrer,*
nsay.orib gireo to them, asirisitlkiiiesfire veinier ces of die 6'446
re
coperio.isy of Melon'. Currie ...nod Co:'s plan of treatniest.i—
-k Mitny of !kw tientlemea have lead strictures from lest to tor-
years, mid had (seen tender the care of Messrs. Home, Heaviside-,
awl Miter iurizenii3.rif count einiasitice, who attempted the cuis
,by the application tit the lunar caustic, without surcrsvi
Palietiltl ill life cocottes, are tetressett to Otte the tiarticol.4
uflersaario#4ei au,' central lothit IS. &e. &c.
t* :Omer foe additle dad nieiiieines. Witeit the siii;te
1.4* or boo so %so 00104 k rooter'
!4,tecy ih VIVO ondertakiror, ~the postnge of lenle"
i env he :11!thist to the amount for oseslicities.
Stetsirs.l.lrlVlSMl-Cff. ifilt4 he hy either Ces,
Ithi.treosestoidlinicpoMeargy; aad klatinse,. at their houses
liestiswgardmy . 48. • •
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