The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-09-06 00:00:00

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Tll6' MN. AGAIN."' JORK WINMAIMISX, 1..4 SAT?'
MAIO. OF d iawft.• -1.4:4»51/
Os Friday morning this cease cansb on
bory, tts which place it had been vessomd Abe trial by.
the GPM of King's Betbh, on theafidasit of the do-
fesdast. thatthie believed-be' eilaid net have a fair trier
in the county= of °heater.
The Court assembled• at mare o'clock, wins et
sie jury IltaS 'was.
Mr. Janina said Aim was a celluloid informstio*
panted by;tlse Court of King's Beach against the de-'
ilesdant, who was Mayor-of Chester in the Ire 1819-
-181'0. Is the-latter year as election for Wmbets to
serve in parliament for that city occurred, sad the
intestiOn whisk the jury had U tftifs. whether, in
she exectitiOn of hisi.duty is Mayor on thatioccasion,
he. bail not Seen iniseseed -Sy corrupt motives. The
election commenced es the Bth of March, and ended on
lltie illth 0 that month. The nays,. according to the
emeetiestion of that city, was DO the returning 9StOrT"
es Sheriffs were ; bath "ascertain, that his oars, as
eibief !magistrate, invested him- with considerable in-
Aimless is the election. The candidates were the Right
ilimmitable Richard themvesei, commonly called .Lend'
Viscous* Belgiside, 1110 Mas Grosvenor, Esq., Sir Jaw
Grey 'Egerton, :Sart., and Edward Vssables Teri i 4,
Esq. k appearedibtlatiirefesdant was attached to.
'what **itemised ior interest. „..„,
The !tensed gentleman then proreedAteßecite the
resoiatiOns of the House of Commons of 1774, which':
'clearly defined the description 0 persons in whom tilt*.
right of franchise was vested, which was in the follow..
ing terms That the tight of ro:ing at the election
of citizen* to save in parliament for the said city of Ches-
ter.at the time of proceeding to the said election as alien-.
said, eras and now is in the Mayor, Aldermen, aid Com-
mon Council of the same city, and is the freemen of the.
said city not receiving alms, and having been cornierint
within the said city or tbetiberties *hereof for the space
of one whole year next before such election." Mr. Jervis
then observed, that it was tbeboundee duty of the Mayor
to make free all citizens having a legal claim to their free-1
dom, either before or during the time of poling. and it
would be in proof that such bad been the custom and
usage on former occasions.
Mr. Thomas Dicas was called. 'who proved that it
had been the custom to admit great numbers of men
to their freedom, even during polling at contested
elections in Chester, and that he had applied so the
Mayor on the 21st of March, 1820, for the purpose of
asking him when he would admit tbe forty-four per-
sous who had tendered at the poll; he said he would
not admit them without notice, sad that after he hail
notice. he would take all the time be could; be would
not admit them during his time. He asked if be meant
daring the time of bis mayoralty, when he again re-
peated he would take all the time he could. In a few
days afterwards be delivered him a list of the 44 names,
and gave him notice of an intended application to the
King's Bench, if be refused giving them their free-
dom within a month, for each individael.
Mr. Lancaster, an attorney. deposed that he bad
been employed by a number of young men to obtain their
freedom, and that. on waiting on thi'Mayor. with the
application, he said, he should not XlMke free for one
"purl or the other sr.oold aissompel him. .--
Mir witnesses were called to cotroliorate the state.:
intuits of the above, and to prove their personal appli-
cations to be admitted to their freedom.

For the defendant, Mr. John Fincbett, the Town'
Clerk, and Under Sheriff was esinniniti, and stated'
that he bad advised the Mayor not to make free. He
admitted, that if the tendered votes had been sound,
Sir G. Egerton would have a majority of votes over
General Grosvenor.

After another witness had been heard, Mr. JERVIS
addressed the Jury at considerable length, and the
Jury having retired a few minutes, returned a verdict
of Guilty against the defendant.
The trial commenced soon after nine o'clock, and
did not conclude till near eight at night.

We are happy to state, that all the country letters
concur in one uniform representation with respect to
the approaching harvest. By the concurrence of all
of them, it appears thit the grounds has not been for
many years more thickly covered, nor the wheats, bar-
ley, and oats, of a better kind as to weight and appa-
rent quality. The Norfolk wheats will probably ex-
ceed 60 pounds weight per bushel, and eight coombs
(four half qnarters) by the acre throughout the coun-
try. In Kent, the appearance of the wheats is still
more promising. In a word, in every county in Eng-
land the returns of the now commencing harvest are
the same—a thick growth, and of the best quality in
the ear.—(flull Paper.)
The severe frost which commenced on Sunday week
(the 26at ult.), and which has continued every night
since, though in a slighter degree, has, we regret to
say, severely injured t potatoe crop; and the oats
yet unfilled on the hi grounds, have sustained
great damage ; much
.4.„, indeed, which was yet but
in a milky state, being wh ned and destroyed. The
state of forwardness of that grain in sbe low country
bas placed it out of danger. Barley harvest has be-
come general, and the wheat harvest, in our' oeighbour-
hood, has commenced. In Strathspey, and other high
places, the frost was so intense, that it penetrated up-
wards of an inch into the ground.—(lneeraess Journal.)
ACCIDUNT.--Mr. Murphy, of St. Mary Axe, met
with an accident on Monday last, which is likely to be
attended with the most serious consequences. Mr. 31.,
had been to visit a friend at Clapham, and was return-
ing in his chaise g when, near London Bridge, a coal
waggon that had been discharging a load, was stand-
ing by the curb. Another waggon, of the same de-
scription, was proceeding towards the Borough, and
the chaise was jammed between the two, and literally
dashed to piecer.. The horse was thrown donne, and
Mr. M., who is a very heavy man, was precipitated
forward with great violence, and very seriously injured,
though, fortunately, none of his limbs were broken.
He was immediately conveyed home, and pat to bcd,
.end now lies in a very dangerous state.. The Culpable
negligence of the driver cannot be .waikiently cell-
,cured,, who was, we understand, atilt, time of *sac.
eldest, at some distance from his horse,. =, j-1 =
A man named Jonadinn, was banked* teliats ell.
to yin ten miles wiihin one hour on Ho ramcgroand.
Ra did' the first two miles and a 14 fn 14 minutes
10 seconds. He continued to du eacl,mile wishin his
time, and won the match by 1 minute and 3 seconds.

, • . POUCE.
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...:4istow7siecitt.—Twd teepectable honseholclefs
•appeareil to rive. bail before the Lord 'Winter, upon an
littattfinehe n:t11 Lord Mayan COurt, when • kiert
doe arose of greatimporfaisee spas • the sibjectof the
bail admissible 1* that Court.
Mr. Anaaavia attended as Counsel for, the ff
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'it .apYeared that property to a considerabp Implant,
Wonting to a person in the' West Indies, bad bees
tigtachtid fat thctity. The defendant's 'wife, who is
new hi France, gars smthority toe solicieer to defisd
the segos aid pat in bail to the attachment, and Itc
accordingly now brought forward the hail. Mr. An-
drews examined them at considerable length as to their
Validity, Which they established fully to the satisfaction
isttbe Lord Mayor ; but it appeared that they had no
knowledge whatever of the plaintiff, nor any adtho-
rity from him to pat in bail. They bad come forward
solely to oblige the defendant's solicitor, on his pro-
mising to bear them harmless. They neither knew
the defendant nor his connexions.—Mr. Andrews is
a 'Toni speech contended that his lift 'ins 'inadmis-
sible; and be conrended, that where sh 'ball came
without the knowledge or authority r As principal

it could not be received.
The Solicitor put in a letter from the defesdant's%
wife, authorising him to deknil the action and to
procure bail. This he answered wasp r authority.
Tile LORD Tarot;Tarot;prope
was iodised to decide according-
lag to practice. of she Court,. which was
favourable to the adwisaioa of stickball; but at ~,the
request of V.re professiopal geatiemen as both stiles,
-Ms Lordship postponed the case for a fariber hearing,
when Counsel will attend on both sides to argue the
point at iengtls.
The porter of the Talbot lon, is the Borough, was
summoned before the Lord Mayor by an inhabitant of
Gracechurch-street, on a charge of hazing made an
unauthorised demand forth. booking of eight parcels.
The complainant stated that be bad received eight
small parcels from the Talbot Ina, qu which a demand
of two-pence each parcel was made fur booking. As
lie was aware that no parcel was received at any of the
coach-offices, unless the charge for booking was first
paid, he considered the present demand as an imposi-
tion, and on looking over the act, he found that it
was unauthorised, although the coach-proprietors had
made it a general practice to charge a second time.
The defendant, in his defence said, the charge was
one which was always made for the booking at the of-
fice front whence the parcel was &livered. In support,
however, of the charge, he could only adduce the fact
of its having been an old and general custom to make
the charge.
The Loup 31Avou said it was decidedly an over-
charge within the Act, and convicted the defendant in
the mitigated penalty, but gave notice that he should
net deal so leniently with future offenders.
L Ditt1.16...0-•BA RT H 01401 EVC V A 11111...-" t first pri-
soner brought before Mr. Alderman Atkinsrsterday,
who might trace that misfortune to hisdndng at Bar-
tholomew Fair, was a journeyman tailor, named John
Gibson, who, while regaling himself at a cake-stall,
was recognised by a brother snip, of the name of Now-
lan, who had been looking after him for the last two,
months, for the purpose of getting him apprehended ;
he (Gibson) having left his lodging at No. 13, Crown-
court, Bast Smithfield, rather abruptly, and mot-wide,
oat suspicion of having taken Mr. Nowlan's bnud!elelf
wearing apparel along with him, and which had dis-
appeared at the same time. Deane, an officer, on duty
in the Fair, was applied to by Mr. Nowlan, who bilked
Ilibson in the Compter. The prosecutor nor. ling
b&II time to bring forward a witness who had nee the
prisoner with the bundle, he was remanded for an-
other hearing.
The second prisoner was a sate of very decent appear-
ance, describing himself as a footman out of place. The
charge against him at first sight was very serious, being
no less than felony. It appeared, however, that in the
course of his walks on Tuesday, he met Betty Adams,
who had formerly lived cook in the same family with
him, and they walked very lovingly to the Fair together.
Towards the evening, however, Betty appeared to be
a little the worse for her repeated draughts of the nectar
so copiously Bowing in the Fair ; and James, her fellow-
servant, was not much better. To say the truth, they
were both so much intoxicated in a public house, as to
afford a temptation to a girl of the town to attempt steal-
ing a bundle, which Betty unfortunately had with her.
The girl snatched it up, and ran out with it; the foot-
man followed to reclaim it, and while the girl and be
were struggling for it in the street, the watchman came
up. The girl immediately made her escape, but not be-
fore she had hastily justified herself by saying the man
had stole the bundle from another woman. What be-
came of poor Betty Adams did not appear, but her bun-
dle and her fellow-servant were taken to the Compter,
the latter being too consequentially drunk to condescend
to give any account of himself. As there did not ap-
pear to be any felony in the case, the prisoner was dis-
charged, and the bundle, as Betty Adams's address was
not known to her fellow-servant, was directed to be de-
tained at the Compter until the lady should appear to
claim it and identify its contents.

The clearing out of the Fair produced three other
prisoners, two of whom were found sleeping among the
pens in Smithfield ; and the third, in the same condi-
tion, on a table in the tap-room of the Lock and Key
public-house, when the officers went ,round to -.ee all
closed up for the night. This latter, a country lad
about sixteen, gave so satisfactory an account of him-
self to the 31agistrate, that he not only discharged him
with some excellent advice. bat gave him 3s. to set
him on his journey back to his work again. The other
two prisoners, both of them .countrymen, had wandered
up to London, the one from Northumberland, and the
other from Shropshire, and were now without money,l
home, or friends. By an Act made last Session, the
Magistrate found himself restricted from passing them
back as vagrants to their parish. They were theeefore
reminded that the Alderman might consider in what.
way their case should be treated agtseahly to the new,
Statate. . jl* rot I
HATTonAlaaban--Yeeterday, Theme Chambers,
Thomas Smith, and Charted Jones were convicted in
the mitigated penalty of 3s: each, for bathing in the
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Regent's Canal ; they pleaded in mitigation, the very.
early: hour. of the suirrning they wept into the water,
d their entire ignorance of containing. an. offense;
et it appears, from a local Act of Parliament, that
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there is no time specified, and chat preens.. bathing at