The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-08-22 00:00:00

o that blacksmith "you shell not work two." Ile
snhmitted (Mr. Sergeant Pell contended) that no met-
eAntile jury would sustain that monstrous proposition
which had been quashed by Mr. Janice Dallas. lle
who had a right to carry on his business had
certainly a eght, at his pleasure to extend It. Ii
stood upon the evidence that M . Acramans, the
defendants. had been engaged in the anchor trade be-
fore the plaintiff h.d approached their premises:—
'I he deteollants bad made every overture towards
amicable arrangement ; but if the question was to
be legally decided, they were certainly entitled to a
verdict.

The Learned Sergeant was on the point of sitting
down at the conclusion of his address, when the plain.
tiff agreed to refer all matters in difference.

Mr. Justice I.3I:RSOUGH commended the determine-
lion.

A Juror was then withdrawn ,ht consent. Messrs.
Acraanatts(ise understood) being to take 31r. Itankin'a

premises.

WARWICK ASSIZES.
Etc str.—Mery ilopkims, alias Gilka, alias Gilbert.
was indicted for intermarying with John Gilbert, •n
the 27th of May, 1821, her husband, Edward Hop-
kins. being then alive. The prisoner's marriage
with Edward Hopkins, sod her subsequent marriage
with John Gilbert, were provul, the first by tbe mar-
liege register of the parish of Foleshill, and the se-
cond by the register of the parish of St. Michael's,
Coventry, as stall as by who who had been pre-

sent on each omission, and who swore to her Identity.
In her defence, she admitted the bigamy, but alleged
An her husband Hopkins, after ill-treating and Deg-
/resin her, bud left Wee and married another woman,
by whom he had a family, that he bad wrote to her,
and told her Ihat she was at liberty to marry another
husband if she chose ; that in 1811, she did marry
one Wm. Mike, who died in 1818, and that in 1831,
she was a third time married to John Billow, her
first husband, Hopkins, being still alive. Under
these eirenrostantes, she threw herself upon the mercy
of the Court. The Learned Judge, after saninsiag ep
the evidence, sent the case to the Jury with a few per-
tinent ob. ions, explanatory of the law on the
question. The Jury returned a verdict of thilty.
EXISCVTIONS.—PIiiIIips and Wade, whose shockiag
ex-eurion at Bury sus noticed in our paper of Monday
last, admitted the offence for which they ,offered, and
the justire of their sentence. Phillips ;revs a paper to
the Magistrate, in the hand-writing of Wads. and they
both rernested it might be made public. The following
is a verbatim and liferetim copy of it :
timatlemen of the parrish of Matfett this is to in.
form you that who are as inoosent of robes you as the
child that is still to be born, although you rosy think
• +is, it is wk. as Wags have tarn ed ate. Mr Robt.
Vince cute ere isatuesit of years—Mr Munster whe
are of yours—Mr John l'irco of Wheatfield whe
are innosente of yours—Mr Kistrick of Wbatfield whe
are innosent of yours—Mr. Js. Hicks of Wheatfield whe
are 'alumna of yeses. Gentthingen as who are known dying
mien whe declare to God that whe are as innocent as tha
Almighty in heaven of any of thease robries.
(Signed) "JOHN WAIIII
" JActas PIJILLIPS AV/. 12, 1822."
Robert Bennet, who was convicted at Bury last assizes,
of wilfully setting fire to the premises of Mr. Downing,
of Mellis, to Suffolk, was executed, pursuant to his sen-
tence, on Saturday last at Ipswich. The number of
Ppeetators was not so great as on former occasions.—
Bennet was a strong powerful man, six feet high : be
took leave of his family the Thursday before. A ,tie
taken notion seems to hare possessed bias that the world
would regard his dying words as evidence of his lone-
rend. He spent some time in prayer with the clergy-
man ; and after he ascended the scaffold" continued in
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prayer to himself ; after which be addressed the people—
'• Gentlemen, I am as innocent of this as Oed in heaven—
! was no nearer to the fire when it happened than my
owe yard.—He then said to the persons on the scaffold,
" Ood bless you all, and pray for me." He was then
launched Into eternity. This dying assertion, when
compared with his own deelatation alter his examina-
tion before the Magistrates, when he observed to Gay-
fur You know we did it, and I shall be hanged for it,
and you ought to be hanged as well as I:' and the
strong circumstantial evidence on the trial must con-
rtn any one that this wretched roan died without a pro-
ver sense of his situation, and that to the last he was
ob-tinately wicked. After hanging the usual time, the
body was cat down and delivered to his friends. The
prnseenter, Downing, was recognised amongst the
crowd, and was so violently assailed by the populace,
that hut for the interference of the Sheriff's officers, he
might have suffered serious injury.

ltv an Act passed this last Session of Parliament.
viz. 3 Geo. IV. ch. IW, all and every of his Majesty's
611 jeers are forbidden to hole, carry, •r wear, on
board any private ship, l, or boat whatever, the
Union Jack, or any pendant or colones, usually worn
by his Majesty's ships, or any jack, flag, pendant, or
colours, whatever, made in imitation of, or resembling
those of his Majesty; and every person offending
against such interdiction is liable to a penalty of 5001.
to be recovered, with costs of snit, either in the Nigh
Cmrt of Admiralty, or in any of his Majesty's Courts
of King's Bench, or Exchequer. And it further au-
thwitrs any officer of his Majesty's Navy, Customs,
or Excise, to enter on board any ship, vessel, or boat,
hoisting, wearing, or carrying any such jack, flag, en-
sign, pendant, or colours, contrary to law, and seize
sort Like away the same, and the same thereon to be
forfeited. The ensign or colours allowed to be borne
by merchant ships, private ls, and boats, are de-
scribed in his late Majesty's Royal Proclamation, bear-
ingdate theist of January, ISO% sow extant.
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FALICIRK TRTST.—Thisextensive market was held
on the 13th and 14th curt, It was observed that, in
point of ravishers, this market exhibited fully as great
a show of cattle of various descriptions as has been
seen for some years past at the August Tryst. The
market throughout was rather dull. it has been com-
peted that the very best fed cattle, in g al, sold at
ahont 7.. and from that to 65. per stone of :12lbs.
beef and tallow. For lean cattle, of an inferior sort,
of which there was a great deal in the market, sale
were very dull, and prices below any computation of
the expense of rearing them. Towards the end of
the second day's market, it appeared, from the am-
bers sold, that a great deal more business had been
done than could reasonably have been anticipated.
CHICIISITER.--The present tine weather is very ae-
ceptable to those who have not yet harvested all their
burley: what remains oat will be harvested in a few
days. The crop, though good in some places, is not
so generally so as the wheat; the number of rich of
that grain is far greater than ever before known.
The Con Isepeeter's averages. have been foe a con-
slorable dos melt beneath 40s. per quarter.