The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-11-16 00:00:00

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Asiote . rata lop Iscosr,test nqgh4 of tneteebee-
hensieo of chades. Bonetly.charged• with „McMinn;
r.•l;lorsleY'schlid, ,os.v4 the .discovery of the in-
,(ant.
hlis wife 4 ,coamailKd ,t., the ileum Cor-
rectlon, as an accessory to the,felony. Arusterday
her sister was allowed to visit her, by virtue of ala
'orderAreen'Mr. Birnie. -ft hi ondeistood, that Piece
'the decision of the law-snit against Charles Bennett,
respecting the estate, in favour of Mr. and Mrs
Horsley's family, he hid threatened to be revenged
of them, and that they should feel his' revenge most
keenly. ' • • '
Satorday.sfternoon Mr. ALLEY made an applies.
arm to Mr. Birnie to detain. Elisabeth Iloihrook in
safe custody, until Tuesday, as he entertained not '
the slightest doubt but by that day the child would
be restored into the bosom of its,afflicted parents,
and the thief would be lieustody, so as to be ex-
emitted upon this charge, Whit% is &fierily, punish-
able, not by death, but by transportation. Mr.
Alley's application was founded upon a•letter which
he held in'his Itend,''end which bad been seat. to Mr.
Agar' the Barrister, by his son, from Dover. It was,
hastily
written, and stated that the course taken by
the person. who stole the child of. Mr. Horsley no
longer remained in doobt, for that he lound, ec-
Icording to eve*, description, it must. have been
Charles Bennett; and that he and the child em-
barked froliDover,on Tuesday morning, for Calais,'
where it appeared they had arrived. hinder these,
circerwitances, Mr. Alley no' only applied 'to the
Worthy Magistrate for &Imhof) of the servant, but
also to know if arty delay would be occasioned to
the Officers' who were in Pursuit, br the forms
through which the passports must necessarily go.
Mr. Brame observed, that since the course was
pretty accurately ascertained, no doubt could be en-
tertained bat the officers he had first dispatched would
(or had in all human calculation) soon have the de-
linquent in custody. ilevegretted that Mr. Horsley
had not taken his advice upon the intimation of the
occurrence, for had he so done, he would (as it had
turned out) have succeeded in apprehending him at
Gravesend or Canterhory. Should, however, the
lime officers whom he had dispatched at the outset,
tail in their enterprise, no doubt Taunton, who was
C good French scholar, would succeed, for. he had
*et of upon Government business on Friday morning,
and he (Mr. Birnie) had most particularly entreated
him to spare neither trouble, eneirce nor activity in
his pursuit.. Mr. Birnie also observed, that he was
very happy to inform Mr. Alley that the offee.der.
had not seduced Elizabeth Holbrook, who waip to.
sty the best of her, ,a popr stupid creature.
Mr. A 1.1.EY said, if the thief should turn out to.
Charles Bennett, he understood that he was respect.
ably allied. .
In the •coorse of the morning a Lady enquired at
the office, who had reported the proceeding in the
Morning. Papers ? as she said, all those accounts.
which charged Charles Bennett with being the per..
son • etelggao child., were grpss,. inte!ntqi;onA.
torlibels.; as 44 -.&e her relatian, '44*
Would prosecute the authors of the report.
~,•`it appears that Charles Reenett's law-suit wassotl
With bqt with Mr. !Agnew, the 4,11-
known flinger. That being asked whether he would
takes specific sum to relinquish every real or expected.
claim hi' might have, he replied in the affirmative,
and was accordingly paid 1,4001. Mr. Horsley's
wife is the daughter of Mr. Dignurn : the stolen ehtld
is espected to be heir to his. grandfather's (Mr. Dig-
eum)yreperty, which is considerable.
Yesterday se'unight, at about eleven o'clock at
Luight; San, with a child upwards of three years of
ttoo, came to Mr. Jerry's,•at the Castle, Gravesend,
[the
enquired for the Ostend packet, Captain Fox;.
landlady said it was not down ; he said he must
lave a post-chaise, and she got one at Mr. New-
men's : he went to Chatham, where the post-boy left I
him. The child had on a brown beaver hat, -with
silk rosette. John Sparrow, Captain of the Duke
of York Gravesend boat, brought the information.
It is a singular circumstance, that the Ostend
packet here alluded to, it'll Gravesend on Monday
the 9th inst. arid was off Margate on the 13th. We
understand that application was made et Uuion.half
for a warrant for the apprehension of tire niter of
Bennett.

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