The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-10-04 00:00:00

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Proceedings of a General Couit Witten
Tuesday, at the Castle Talmo*, iti :Brighton,- tail
the trial of Captain. Jettar Zi.gausul of tko.CeistrA
iossex Local on two Charp.e •,
Ist. For neglecting to join his Regiment en the 17th ef Sep-
tember last, according to the orders of the 1.4.1 Lieuteuantof
the entulty.
2d. For neglecting to join his Regiment, after basin ft.
ceived orders to that died from hi- Coioe.cl.
The Prosecutor (Colonel Graham) stated to the
Court, that it was with extreme reluctance lie was
compelled to become Prosecutor iii this instance,
which would not have been the case, if repeated
advice and admonition had been attended to on the
part of the Prisoner. Ile had done all in his power
to induce Captain Ellman to listen to reason, and
to fulfil his duty as an Officer and a Gentleman.—
Ile 'kilted,. that the question at issue was must im.
portent. Whether an 01¢cer could from any tickle.
ness of disposition trifle with military discipline, ITy
resigning when he pleased. lie wished the Local
Militia to be considered ss no pletything; tad he
wag the more earnest to Ines,. upon the COnet the,
necessity of establishing a precedent, to prevent.
officers tendering their sesifootitote at the very mo-
t men t when their services were required, because he
had heard that at this time "here are in the regiment
which he commands not less than six Officers who
waited the decision of the Court, in order that they,
might, if possible, resign. The Prisoner had been
doubly culpable, because he had expressed himself
highly pleased with his promotion from the rank of
Lien tenant to that of Captain ; and that, because
he had been originally a balloted man for the divi.
Mon of Battle, but had been permitted to exchange
into the centre division, un account of the distance
from his house, Glyntle. He had paid the fine,
but on being presented with a Commission, he hail it
returned him. He would lay before the Court the
whole of the correspondence which had passed be.
tweeWhimself and Captain Pitman, on the subject
then before them. A letter from Captain Sidman
to Colonel Graham, dated 3111 S ptember, wets then
read, which stated that it was impucsitile fat ham
to attend at Brighton daring the space of 20 days.
That from the many acts of kindness he had received
from the Colonel, he was sorry to be compelled
to such a proceeding, but he begged to tender his re.
signatlon.
The reply of Colonel. Grahra was a letter of.
advice to Captain' EIItIVAD to ,join his Rogimptit;-
which particularly rivaled its services. U Cap.
tam Elltnan pressed kis resignation, pee would nut
refuse-to transmit it to the ,Lord LiPutetsant -of the
County,: the "Duke of .Norfolk, itith'' a suitable
comment. . .
The nest letter front Captain ,Elftnan, dated Sep.
tember 9, incloie4 a request to the Duke of Nor.
folk, to be. transmitted
.by c..oloticl Graham, that
he would be pleased 'to accept his resignation.—
The reply of Colonel Grafitti was, that
.he had
transmitted his request to thit: Duke of N:irfolk,
but with Mich a comment as he thought would
prevent its being attended to; that if the re,
ply did nut arrive previous to the' 17th, he .ithoold.
expect his attendance. This prodaced a [env trianfr.
Captain Ellman, desiring to kriitsr what peldelif
his conduct had deserved a comnielit:Zelonet Gra-
ham offered to satisfy him' on by meet-
ing him at Lewes ; but Capt. ERMaill heist ffom
home,, it was prevented..4,k4alijolaut of the Ete.-
giment was called to pcomettfa hi lad written by
order of Colonel Gr. in Ellinau, de.
s;rine him to attend the Regiment ; anti that not
complying with this order, be had put him under
arrest on Friday last.—First charge closed.
The Earl of Chichester and GLo. Hooper, Esq.
were called to prove :that Colonel Graham had ex.
pressed to them (pis reluctance to proceed to an ex.
tremity. The Earl of Chichester had been ap-
plied to by the Prisoner's friends, in order to ob-
tain an exchange fur him into his battalion, but he
declined interfering until the Duke of Norfolk had
accepted his resignatioo, and it had been approved
-by COL Graham.
Capt. Ellman was supported in Court by great
prefeesional lid, and conducted himself in a very
gentlemanly manner.

•SlTlClDE.—Yesterday Mn. Nice, a young gentle.
men,' who lodged at the corner of Howland-street,
Tottonliata-coart-road, blew. his brains out with 4
pistol-ball'. It is said that he had paid his addressei
to Miss Joachim, niece of, the unfortunate gentle.
Mali of that name, who was murdered some time'
ago, but he had recently received a letter from her,
requesting a discontinuance of his bitiniacy.
The following persons were committed to the
county gaol of Hants in the course of last week :
Met Killday; a.corporal in the 83t1 Foot, charged
with Committing a rape on Mary Bright, at Yar-
mouth, in the 14e• of Wight ; Eleanor Wilson,
Mary Wilson, and John.Wiison, the wife, sun, and
daughter of a. soldier embarked fur foreign service,
anti who wore travelling with a {sass from Canter-
bury to Eiu:ter, charged with breaking open a
labourer's cottage, iu the parish of St. Lawrence
Wooten, when the family were all out at work;
and stealing a quantity of goods and money ; Thos.
Duff, for a rape on a married woman at Portsea ;
and J. Gurney, anJ .11 Lowi ie, for assisting hini
in the said offence.

Last weekk were committed to the county gaol al I,
Monmouth, by Robert Jones and Thomas George,
Esqrs. two persons callipg themselves George
Sisith and J4ines Motionri, on suspicion of having
littered, knowing the pause to bo fictitious, bills
purporting to be drawn for:" William Nightingale,
Caslen, Carpehter, and Nightingale," littler the
style of the 44 Cheshunt and Bedfordshire Bank,"
payable at " Messrs. Smith and Co.'s, Loydnii."'
The account they.gave of themselves) on their exa.
oblation before die Magistrates, was extremely con.
trailietory and evasive. It appeaied they had set
utf from London about two months ago, inti.bad
travelled principally onAstit from thence, thrungh
Oxford, Witney, Circncester,,Stroull). Gloucester,
Cheltenham, Upton, I.lrtibury, Ifereford, MOtl.
:mouth, Chepstow, and Newport, to. Bontypool,
where they were detcctcd. There is reason to sup.
pose that they have circulated bills of the above
description at the scver.l plans berorc.menteoaed.

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MANSION ITOUSE.I-----...Ye4Crdat,4 tClll;bro.BilliAlt
Gentleman, named Joites,'"was bh tied bY a Prate
Officer, named Newsome, with' lite ?Asada:lt in' the
execution of his duty: , . -; •' . •
• The Leila MAYeal, after teasing the twits of
the case, and pecitig,tpat it arose on the port of
Mr. Jutieii, rather-froth a provincial warmth of
temper, thun.from tory'fremeilitated intention, very
cordially' advised Mr. Jones to settle the point by
an Spology for his error as no fray of temper
could justify an assault. Mr. Janes was Hot to be
persuaded: ite•was sure he was right ; anti though
he thanked his Lordship for bis counsel, begged to'
be excused from acting on it. In vain the fitrthyi
Magistrate pressed an amicable adjustment; Mr:
Jones was immoveable ; he did not,io,ol th4t,Netc-
some was a peare offiver) and therefore he would i
not apologise. The Lono Ma:um. was therefore
• obliged to put the other alternative, of holding hint
to bait to Alike bis trial fur the assault. This
seemed to have so much influence as to induce
Mr. Jones to offer a sort-of acknowledgment of his
owe shaping; but this was not, in the Lono
MAYOR'S opinion, calculated for the meridian of
plain Engtiik, and therefareMr. Jones, at length,
though with great reluctance, was induced to say
he was sorry for what bad occurred) sand to ac-
-1 knowledge bimseff in error.
,r' GOILDHALL.—A Gentleman of some resnectahi.

lity, named Askew, residing in Castle-street,
con..square, was yesterday brought before the sit.
ting Alderman, at this Office, charged with a sin.
gular outrage on a Jew, living in Silver-street,
W hitechapel.
It appeared from the statement of the Complain.
-ant, that tie, in company with his wife, and two
friends, were passing in a hackney-coach through
Fleet-street on the preceding evening, when the,
.coach was suddenly stopped and the door opened
by the Defendant, and_otWo of his friends, who,
after looking in, closed the door, observed all was
right, and walked off. On the coach arriving at
Ludgate.hill, it was again stopped by the Defend.
ant, who again opened the door and thrust a stick
in Complainant's face, which so alarmed his wife
that she fainted. In Cheapside, the same unac.
countable conduct was repeated, when the Com.
plaioaot-rushed frorsi the coach, and secured Mr.
Askew, and, with the assistance of a watchman,
~,,.eonipyeil him to the Compter.
answer to Oil charge, Mr. Askew observed,
that he had not himself committed the Offence
complained of, but confessed that he had been with
tiru.gentlemen, who being in rather a merry mood,
and " flashed with the Tuscan grape?' had, from
a suddeu humorous impulse, without wishing to
give offence, been spiky of the conduct ascribed
to him; those gentlemen had
,left ;town, and he
had only to express hip, regret that his presence
should 'sass:sista rise to such an erroneous twee.
The cosebinan, the,Complainant,„ and, lumber'
peraon, howiver, persisted in the.clusegi maim[
Mr. Atlltow) who, finding he coeld not WO! the
aceesotion, expressed his readinsus tp tOalf.o AV re-
paration in his power.
The Jew then said, that he should oot hop per.
severed its his complaints had not Miro 444.4/11, on
being conveyed to the Comptcr, used. the most ell-
warrantable language in allusion to the deaths of
the two Mr. Guldsmids. His observations were as
:11Trsii *van' were unfounded, and therefore the
Plaintliklir justice to the memory of men so gene.
rally awl highly esteemed, had, felt it Isis, duty to
prefer the present complaint.
By the recommendation of the Magistrate, the
' parties then retired to settle the matter in an ami-
cable manner, and after a short absen,ce, it wss up-
derstood, that Mr. Askew haff agreed to
.make
public acknowledgment of his indecorous conduct
in the newspapers, and pay Sve.poisiels to a4Lvisti
charity. The latter stipolatiou, the, ComPla,inapt
insisted on Mr. Askew's gumaslieogg erldS.ors the,
spot, as from sepsis: reasons, he sattlilf, 3:cogent
nature, he did nut think it prudent cleave thtl
matter in doubt.
A well-known pickpocket, named joMisath,
was sent on board the tender, in consequence nt
charge preferred against him of *king the pocket'
of a person named Gilbert on the preceding day-
-130 W-STR EET. Yeaterdiy, otter
of the Moor-Street gang, was brought to the alsoves
Office, and charged before Mr. NA R ES, Wbb'
lug the pocket of Captain !Illinois or.
Sutfolk-strect, Charing-cross, who stated, than
one ti'cluek, as he was passing near the Ad.'
miralty, with a friend, be felt something push at,
hisleft-hand coat.pocket, and, welting round, bpi,
observed his pocket-book in, thie,Pritoners hand,!'
who threw it down upon the pavement and 'walked
away. Several other men, who were near she spoto:
kicked the
.pocket-book, bufpre them, on, the pre-,
moot : ho picked up lds pocket-book and then, tw.•
cured the Orisoner.—He watkeommitted for further
*ezaininittioo

Earl-y.0131w morning• of yesterday saintliest. the.
sleeping apartment atiterness-master belonging to
the 81st Regiment, at Bexhill Barracks, was rubbed
of a trunk, containing Bank-notes (put rip in dif.
•ferent sums, for the payment of the tradesmen's bills
which had been sent in), amounting to 1501. seven.:
teen guineas in cash,- a gold watch, three gold rinA
some new cards, and other articles, amounting in
the whole to about 2001. value, by a villain or rd.
loins, w.ho contrived to escape, undiscovered, with
their booty. As soon as the property was missed,,
a number of persons were dispatched different ways,
in search of it, by one of whom the trunk was
picked up, but quite empty. In. traversing a small
copse,. or sham, in the neighbourhood of the bar-
racks, the eye of a drum-boy WWI attracted by a
scrap of list or cloth hanging en a tree, which
young tattoo suggested the rubbers might have there
placed as a mark whereby to ascertain, with more
certainty, the spot of concealment ; and with great
truth, fur ou looking into some bushes nigh to it,
the gouda,. were foond ; and, ou prosecuiing the
search a little farther, a similar token led to there-
'covery of the banknotes 'rthe watch, , Ste. tutu
,nut yet been traced. A rnah swipectcd uf hein4
concerned in the robbery was tarn up itik4 comsat,
led to the guard-house.