The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-10-23 00:00:00

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gal °averment, was as witigligtinched'lnts authority by in-
terest; gibe was by taste aid TOliou, to all thq grandeur 0(.11*
' forms. Ent. notes alio:Wing this clbse allihnee'withtheftoort.
1 his personal irrfitrenee, Ist etre", claw Of soeretyosneverygterd ;i
and he held that intioeuee by a tenure far superior 10 arty _that .
.his own va.t wealth.or She posyer.of the Cris.. II could confer,—, '
For he possessed st sitting and writ Informedlrtind,enialvlsa wad
enetrefitliff Wiest' iwporinee; nod be united with it, is beim-
oolentT. of Spirit sent a courtesy of manners, which never (piled-
to attach every heart that tipproal•hed him. The poor Oven
nar"tii lilin 't4itlitiut awe be esabassinent # they eameitideed,;
:withiluilcontdeoce'vfoe they "ever tailed to lied II bite. ts•
',sympathetic friend, and an able connsellor. The rich elisfyed br
him.an easy, eolightenrd, and ipso uetive competition taria,liek.
rbiheflaireenor, regardedlihreasthe highest model of-elegaoee I
and fositioir. An itotrdoio Is related of this Gea,lesaaar, ,witick I
displaah in a .strong and volatile lien, the exerted force of lols I
feelings, ale, the trulyNodite ehit 'dr his manner's. -Wire, Col.
Wistrioglore(the Memorial savnistrof his country) Is:deluged his
career Ortbe Freach and India" war, and had become a Mem-
ber of the !tease of Burgesses, fhe Speaker, Robinson. was
diree: elf by a vote artist House, to return their .thanks to that
Gehtlesnan, on behalf of the colony, for the distinguished miii-
tary,serf ices which he had rendered to his country. As soon Its
Col Slashington took his seat; Mr. Robin-tin, in tibedieace to
fhb-order,' and following the impulse of his own generous mod
grateful heart, discharged the duty with great dignity; but i
with sitch„garruth of colouring aid strength of ex pressings; as
entirely.eraiinilnded the 'yoftng hero; lie rose to expretar Isis
ackaiststedgments for the honour; but such was hisirepid4ion
and soafurtpta, that he could nut give distinct uitehartre Co a
single mynah*. lie blushed, stammered, and trembled :for a
;second ; when the Speaker relieved him, by a strains ofriddreio
that Wisold have dene honour to Louis XLV. to hif prautie-t
' end happiest moment: •• Sit down, Mr. Washingtoa."
_said
he, with a conciliating smile, " your isiodesq is 'ttelida le
your valour; nod that norms's., the power of any kapott**
I possess." . •
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CORONERS' INQUES73.
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*Mar:glary morning an Inquest was held ea she sigh of ille`'
Blae It North, liigh-street, Politai, liefure..P. W. Unwori'Paq. '
Coroner, on the body of '1 bonsai Davies. ages Id, *private Jo',
04.4 d Regiment of Foot Cru.,rds. It 'poen* Rua the de.l
ceased accidentally fell into the water, wbile-gadewtouritig in
rentorte)puacheon of rum from a barge. Verdiet—Aceldea-
tally Drowned.
• Another. Inquest was held at the sign of the Mulberry Tree-,
Mile red.-road, Before the same Cormier, on the body of Master
Thomas Ssaisw•li, aged aver i ears. who came to his death by ea-
deavotteka ;Agri his kat, whist!) had fallen into a privy. Ver.
dict—Aceid4 nturDeath.
A•third Inquest was held at doe sign of the Riling Sea. Ers.
geld, on the body of Hannah Hall, aged 45. It appeared from
the esideoce of Mr. Halls plumber, Enfield, that the deceased
had, ots Wednesday evening lust,-retired to bed in good health,
but on theltrildwfig morning was found dead on tire door of
her chamber. Verdict—Natural Death.
.4NO.TIIER DRICADFUL MURDER.

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An teqeisition was taken at twelve o'clock on Sa-
turday last, which connected its investigation until
sevenut night, on the body of a woman found drown.
ed in &aired of the Duke 'of York public-house,
Brompton, Kent, when the evidence taken was reed
by tho Coroner, and the Jury not agreeing ustatti-
mous!), in their verdict, an adjournment took price
tilt *de A'clock on Monday ; fresh evidence having
been4btalned, they continued their investigation till
die:As'clock to the evening. The following particu-
'lars 'mite oat •
in tee early part of September, the 98th Regiment,'
io ullich..DOnelly, the husband of the deceased, be-
longed, arrived' from Halifax. He was then quar-
tered at the Duke of York, at. Brompton ; he came
there accompanied by his wife and two children, end
was lodged in a formula the back of the house, the
window of which is ibont five feet item the well in.
which the deceits/0d "person was
_Coen& The odor-
tunate went an was about 12 years older than Don%
nelli rib! was very mwih *Clothed to him} but
estreMelyjoitoise, and irectuOtttly .41.tnectittit PieW,
when Re occasionally spoke to another female; their'
quarrels consequently were frequent, and at times
particularly violent. •
On the night of the Mit of September they ceet;
tolled, and from ilaieat worth proceeded to blows;
their conduct became desperate; Dannelly forced his
nifetotrarils the well, and threatened to throw her
into it : her screams brooght persons 'to her assist-
ance, and sins was released from his violent efforts to
force her towards the well's mouth.
The whole of that night, however, she lay in the
open air, with her head resting ott the stone steps
leading into the public-house, where she was tdunil
nest morning, wills her clothes wet through with
dew 'and rain. She was advised to go to her apart-
ment and change
.her apparel, which the did after
some time, and in the course of the day she became
reconciled to her husband. On the following Satur-
day night, she was in the club-room at the Duke of
York, in
.apparent health and spirits; after that
lime, she was not seen alive by any one in the house.
On Sunday morning, the 20th of September, Don-
nelly came down from his apartMent, and sat in the
tap-room with his two children, but without his
wife.; enquiries were made after her, and he said that
she bad gone the preceding night on a visit to her
friends ; he did not know when she would return ;
that she had taken 31. with her •to defray her ex-
pence., &c. To other enquiries, he said that she was
gone off with another man. A. female, who went
into his apartments on the day after Donnelly's wile
disappeared, stated, that she found' every thing about
the room in the greatest disorder; the clothes of the
deceased were scattered about in all directions, ane
she observed marks of blood upon the bed-linen:l-4
Yet with all these strong evidences of guilt, together
with the violent conduct towards the deceased on the
Thursday preceding, no suspicion appears to have
been entertained of the murder until Saturday lest,
after the bOdy had been lying in the well fur more
than a month.
Donnelly remained at the Duke of York after the
deceased was missing for more than a fortnight, and
frequently conversed about his absent wife without
the least emotion or confusion at the time. lie said
she was gone off with a fellow, and would not tvou.:
Me him again, and since that period he has cohabited
with another woman.
The.CottoMEß summed up the evidence to the Jury ;
he was glad they adjourned, because more evidence
of great importance had been adduced, and from that,
and the evidence taken on the fist dafthey assem.o
bled; be Ind no douht,hut that they would be able
to .come to a satisfactory conclusion upon the subject.
Tfle jury, 'without fiesitiline, returned a verdict
of 6' tgilful Murder against if illiain Donnelley, the
husband of the deceased," and I -granola has oitsce
been isseed fur his apprehension and Committal to the
county jail.. • .

A fire broke out, yeeterda.y morning, ibent one
o'clock, in i workthoiredjoinieg the stateelyerd, at
'the back of the houses ,on the spekaide Rof Great
Qutenitreet, Liocoltee Ine7ietds, by.teheh it,wes
entirely consumed ; but f buildings 11111111 a it lit ,
not sustain any Inetelial damage.

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WESTMINSTER SESSIONS;
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'lnterdly these Sessions- commenced before B.
Beker,, E.g. and a full Bench of Magistrates.
' After the Grand Jury were sworn, the CitAltt.
NAN addressed them.—lie ?Opts by esprissing his
regret that the Calendar was F.,1 nousually heavy.-
IThere were not less than 177 poisoners in Toth'''.
bids Pritiofi. The Magistrates had visited that pri.
see, end were happy ,to find that there was only solo
case of sickness, and that was of-4 prisoner.
.srlso,'
was HI before he came in. This healthy state of the',
prison was chiefly owing to the excellent order ands
discipline kept up by Mr. Nodder, the Governor,
gild also to the care and attention of the Sergeon.--.(1
A' Committee of the House 01. Commons having de.il
dared, in their Report of the State of the Prisons 41
the Metropolis, that the• Prison of •Tot hill-fields was
wholly auk for-the reception of prisoners, the Ma.
gistrates hadtakerr-thkmaiter into their serious con.
sideration ; and it might be a satisfaction .to the
Grand Jury and, the Pribtieto know, that by this
1 thsseneit year they. might expect to see a new prison',
reeled on the present-site. In April last the ellen-
Illnis of the Grand-Joey wee ailed to the state of the
prison, by the late ve(g• able and active Chaleassk
Mr. Wat the‘leefi aft*, haviolg.sassdaed
its-situatin , nte‘ it Wataadistoce t *lad •ib bad
up doubt vet, t t befolerthe end of the pre-
vent SessiotPulthi 11 *mu coot to: some
'decision reepeetiog the b' ding of the new prison..-0
This certainly would entail a considerable .ohare of
espeece on. that portion of the Public *ho were
obliged-to evintritme HI but it rwas a charge which
'vresld, be trusted, be borne with pleasure, from the
gOissideration that it was liter), to he prodective of
io much pets The Chair man. again called the at-
tention of the Any to the great press of business
which they bed to go through, and espressed a hope
that it would bedisparched as speedily as possible. ,
• George Edgdrdr was indicted for writing anal
Issblishing deisithst, false, and malicious. libel against
Hannah, the•tatile of Grooves.
Mr. ALLEY, ift stating the ease to the Jury, oh.
trvid, that from the evidence he had to produce,
his would appear a most 'aggravated crime, and one
;thich called for esemplary punishment. The Pri-
ime- had, frorewhat motive it did nut appear, writ.
t mid exhibited in several places a must wicked,
dalous, and indecent libel, casting the foulest
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fefiections upon the character and conduct of Mrs.
Greases ; and 'acted(' of espressin% any contrition
Sr what he had done when a remonstrance was made
to Um, he went from plate to place, and seemed re.
ther to boast of it. Under these circurnstitnces the
'Prosecutor thought it necessary to bring the case be-
fore a Jury, ands o refuse the offers of a compromise,
width had been mode. :• . -
' Mr. ('heaves stated, that he was landlord of the
Grown Bear polka .house, Bow-street. In conse.
iodate of having seen a paper written by Defendant,
he remonstrated with Wet, and Defendant did not
deny the fact, but told him it was done for "a bit
•,ei be." Au associate of the Prisoner, who was iro-
Owed in the transaction.. was indicted and found
igsilty for it last Sessiots.—(Here the libel was handed
so-*s'Joq, it being considered of too indelicate a
. Ml."
*5:.,., . read Nosily Cesii.l . .-.4,,,",L4
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.• a Uri, Cos' thetzfendant, paid, that to
the time of the Court, he would ndmit the libel.
The CitAlnat am slammed op the eviduce, and the
Jury returned a verdict of—Guilty.
• . The CsiAtltatAn said, that there was nothing in his
conduct which could induce the. Bench to make tiny
difference in his case from that of Wilkinson.—He
was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment.

John Hoffman was indiCted for a misderneanoor in
oolawfully entering the eoach.house of the Marquis
of Douglas,. with intent to steal his carriage.
Mr. Arrattcws called the following evidence:,
Levi Holloway said, the Prisoner came to him
some time in June lest, sad offered to sell him a
carriage. The price he asked was 18 guineas. Wit-
ness asked to see the carriage, end was told by Pri-
sonar that it was in Grosvenor-mews. Witness went
thither with him to view it. :On arriving at the
coach•house door, Prisoner went to procure a stick,
with which he opened it, and showed the.carriage.—
Witness wishing to get a better. view of It, asked
him to open the other.detir ; hut Prisoner teld him
he had net the key then, but told him to call in the
evening. While they werethusio ceowessatioNahe
steward of Lord Douglas entered, and asked them
what they wanted there. Wittiest said .he came to
buy the coach from Prisoner ; and then,-for the first
time, he was informed that it belonged to the Mar-
psis of Douglas,. who had not given any order what-
emer.to have it sold. On ',remitting. the coach after-
, wards, Witness thought it worth 62501. •
• • Daniel Holloway, the house-steward, corroborat-
• sid the testimony of the list winless as to what passed
isa the coach-house. The coach was in his care,
end he. had never given any authority to have it
solo. --Ile never saw the last witness until the day iif
question. •
Caleb Stephen • Ramsbotham. (well known by the
name of Caleb Baldwin) was the nest a bees& He
stateti, that the- Prisoner came to bins about four
evesitlis.back, and asked him to. buy the coach,
Reding to one which he had taken him to see some
.4irne before, in Grosvenor-place. Witness asked
whether.he bad any authority to sell it, to which':
replied in the affirmative, adding, that he had:re:‘
rived • letter from his master ordering him to
limo of it. Wituess•then said, that if he produced
-shat letter he would give him 151. for it. This the:
Prisoner proroised.to do in the course of the evesting,
and received from witness a 11. note as earnest or tie
bargain. On the. Monday following he saw hia;
/nod not receiving the letter, ha tleolitiml having any
thing further a,. 4o in it, soil demanded back his I
pound, out of %Ali& Prisoner sent him lea.
Prianwer in big defence aaid,,i hut he. was Waxiest:
ed at•the time, and that be attempted to sell the car-
riage " out of a bit of frolic."
The Jury found him Guilty,, and he was sentenced
.to via montlii imprisonment.
Thomas Norwich was indicted and found Guilty
of stealing a boa-coat and a waistcoat belonging' u.
John White, the coachman to Mrs. Garrick •
of the celebrated David Garrick.
The Prosecuter, .W6O is a very old man, in it.
askld.byla Gentlemsti the Uench.hnw old Nrif.
.G 41141.4. awswered that she was 106 years. in

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• bIUgDEK IN THE BOROUGH::

Robert Who on Tuesday last.was roe. lb
to the jail in floreersonger-latte for the inside
the child Mary lialbertelial bee:i ever *race hist
rnitCal entirely absorbed in faclitation. Ue /eget
that a bible and pia, er-book which were loin
Iris lodgings wheal searched, and had been Mee
session of by' May,
.the constable, might be give
him. The. books were delivered, slid he hat
sanity employed himself in the perusal of them,
appears to suffer considerably from refticilon,
confidently ',pacts his life will be adjudges!
Jury to-be fattened to the !mesa his country.
weeps very stachi and 'psalm in tetras of gave
fection for the child wbichomjacrictsed by hi.
:111e.foellowing circumstamtspiative te
ewo
rcSa
Innate man his not yet b:144.1i1i
Public. When Dean Ilia :1
crime for which he standratibilifei to takeout
he walked *bout until tee etleek.et
he crossed the water, itigbtatoOd *40104
in. Wa!ltiltitistofte and on ' '•
sirsivitottielably3t,ha'adnegwimasentto„
hebdars paeas4 Aisf,
sank% that he sairendere4 '1
by -the soldier with ArrhiVa he 'enlisted, oath,
peered et thew gtetity:tonftwed, and *add
soddenly es if labouriog-wreder seise nen4et die*
but he could aot-clicit. from him the ea** 411
lencholy. Oe Sunday Dean wrote a letteri.ai
public-booms to Mr. Halbert, the father of Hy
ceased, acktiewiedgitig-tlint be wee therns,4l
an also his sorrow for what he hag-done. The,
was received on Monday by Mr. ilalbeitomdrii
ia his possession.

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B IV. 11TRERT.—Yesterda y, RAMO fey. bi
to the Oboe a Lady,. ceder She tiate of Lady
It Appeared by the evidence of two. yowl a
this house or Harding end c0,.1.11-sualit tin
Friday, s moll and t:onie fur trimming', were
ed to be seat to Lady 8., and in
scintsequ
muff of thevalue of 81., and fur trimming Ott
of 71., were sent in one boa, which, on its
et the home, a servant said she would take a;
to Lady 13. En a short time, after, the servo
tarried with the boa, and the smell In it, ssyi
Ladyship did not like the muff, but would Iti
trimming, and desired that a tar tippet might
the neat-day. The man, wits was seat wi
bog, was desired not to leave the goods Kith
money. for them ; however, be went Away.
neat day the tippet was sent, with an
dist the possessiou of it was not to be Amyl
without lb• money, which pot being lertskpoal
tippet.was not parted wuh, and- the annoy
!dated upon for the trimming ;bat it meld not
Wiled. A young man of the Moss of !larding
again, awl desired to tee Lady B.; he was in
she was out ; he insisted upon it that ibe w
snit, and he would wait in the house tilt bet
bee, and after some time the Prisoner premoto
self, whew ho repeated his demised for tOe
row-the trimming to Ewe: ettemeitki, Tlys ?slim
formed him, that it sell Impossible he costa hi
himming again, as it **scut upon() pat on
end it was not -tit her power to pay their bet
pay is a few dam thie was not agreeskla
young man, who proposed taking the trial,*
although it was cat up, and on a pelitsealt
Ladyship refused .to let him have it. 'lns i
upon which Messrs. Holding brought het
office, was, .her taking the trimming oat at t
without their consent. They also denied, I
Prisoner was the person she represented bass
A Gentleman, who attended to defend
toner, insisted upon it, that the Prisoner
person she represented herself to be. Be a
tentled.that the transaction was *simple di
that her Ladyship would pay it in ten days.
,'her .I.atlyship kept an establishment of seas'
lived in respectability.
The MAGISTitATE dismissed the charge, c
log the case to be one of debt.. •
Yesterday J. Braid, J. Dennis, S. Mor
F.ninraOrren, were remanded, charted with
the !loose of W. Chaim, Esq. of No. 4, 1
street, Camden-town, of plate, &c. Noth
came out in- the evidence.
HATTON•SARDEN.—Yesterday, J. Treys,
of Bow-street, Bloomsbury, was feriail fist
and costs for selling bread ghost of *night.
J. Goff, blies Bounsell,, and G: Wagato
remanded as suspicious characters, a qu
duplicates for watches, arid other erticlei
been found on them.

J. Parris, a boy, was convicted, for I
squibs in St. John's-street, in the penalty
and in defaolt of payment, was ordered to
Geed a month in Brialowett. •
QUEEN-6QUARE.—iestelday IV Sykcs
Smith, for stealing silk handkerchiefs in tk
a linen-draper, in Sloane-street; and C. I
for stealing three coats and other property
area of a Gentleman In the Same street,
fqlly committed.
SllADWELL.—Yesttrday W. Atkins and I
were remanded, on suspicion of rohhine the
Mr. Smith, in Grosvenor-square, of a large
()Unto's, gold,' and silver coin, plate, Pfc.
bad been employed as a carpenter in the re;
'house, but was discharged by his master.
however,• the neat day, as usual, and it
know) he had teen discharged, he was 5
go up stsits. . tie did not Stop long, b w
in a huiry ; end soon after thedrawersut tl
roam were f.iund robbed. He was dived
board a ship in the river, just about to sail
rica, and in his chest and bores s considers
tity of money and plate were found. F
landlord of the house in which Atkins he
was also taken, *because a quantity of to
found on him.
c UNIO,I-11ALL.—Yesterday G. Peakes,
dear, the Asylons, in the Westminster-1
fiiird6l. for having alum in his possession,
AA adulterate bread.
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