The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-01-16 00:00:00

'Two witnesses were called, whe they had
eige the prisoner selling the stolen ertkles **Argil ittl
the day time, in the clothes niarkehßosanwep4aas.
The prisoner made no defence) bet it *worsted on
his behalf, that he bad beeps eighteen Ma .1 *oldie?,
and hail served in the Penta ,;glriMttgM end at the
battle of Waterloo.
The Brew's:tit charged wh• lossiAlko
prisoner Gailty.
OLD Bat LET 82.11401111111110.11,, «steam id•dir
Prisoners for trial at the Old "Map it the firdimal
which commenced yesterdly:
Load.l4ld. i Lead. MM.
Herder . . 0 1 lEmbesslesee4l. • 4
Barglary. • . 1 10 I Resolving stolen
Highway Robbery, 0 1 goods • . I
_1?
Forgery, . . I I Lereesdes. . .90 ,ROl
Stealing in a dwa. Inciting smother to'
llog-housa . I 15 comsat felony • I 11'
Bigamy. • . 0 S Muria/ sweeter-
Steeling from the Mt eels . . 1 •
person, .

1 8

Total 34 Ise
gado busty pars of age

The amber of perms'
is 68.
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POLICE.
' OiIILDRALI.—TIte system of tobbiag tuts at night
has arrived at is great a Might in the city that a dart
rilam be scarcely loft at a door aaattooded, with safety
',/tor dark. Tits dragoons.. u tbs robbers of carts are
milled, link about the warehouses where much bushters
is going forward, in the dress of porterar and carry knotr
as if waiting for ajob. Yesterday,' man named weli
dossed in this style, was charged with having stole a
Ink of carpet from the Wigeoo of 31astra. fillet mind
hagfish, warehousemen, in Old Fish Street.
It appeared from the evidence of the waggoaer, that
lat about half past Ida **dock on Tamiday orating, be
kras preparing to start with a load. and had stepped in
ibillutoot to get his order book, whets a timber came In
!sod Warmed those in the warehowso that some thieves
had made off with ono of their bates. - The porters of
the firm Immediately west in pursuit of the robbers,
who, it was stated, had ran op Bread Street. in that
'street they met Jackson the coostable aim is a man of
'no ordinary strength, ostrylag the baboons Ambler,
sad with tbsopposits arm draggle' slug the prisoner,
whom he charged as the thief.
Jackson stated the porticolaro of Ms hating followed
avid seised the prisout.
He was fully eossaitted to take his trial at the Old
Bailey.
Bow-arum —A BAN the ma. WllO oa Tuesday wee
charged oo his own coofessitio with " knowing all about
the warder of Mrs. Dually," was again brought up,
when several persons who haw him same forward and
4:rj......... I oharatur that the Magistrate was in-
to discharge him, sum ball keel* give. for his
111410 N appearance if ashossary. Hit fdeads described
like as bring avert harmless sod very • 'Must Soots
tailor, who, when sober, would not give Pity man the
least ofence, but who. when drunk. weal,* the habit of
abasiag all he mot with, sad talking a iitist dial .1
601111•081.
' ' HATTON Osuisx.—Yesterday, T. filoralhook aged 14,
and It Cooper, aged;, were brought opiti the eintody
of Thomas Thallium. a constable, ill 'llso following
'ab ergs : . •
Thompson stated that betwess MU • clock
*OA• iii o'clock
;en the preceding evening. as be timangtpisg . along St.
iohit Street, he saw the two prise's* wad another boy
go Imo as oyster shop, where they had e eltillimr's
'Wirth of oysters; they dams oat sad *albeit a Utile way.
Wien they went lot. asothevoystoor shop. whimitheshad
"4nother sfailliartrwerth ofoysbetaltheremetalt'sal Ma.
ideas suspecting they did not lacono possessed of so mut
:iisolleyheass• lithe foltowed and watched them iota a past.
moor, ilioi,whire they purchased atilt-crow, 111Willitil
t
take; when the came oat. witless took them ato4as.
pdy. Qs Abo sides kogillause ,belfarfat
esiesidit
halfasowsis spot! h . The penman laid bnat he roe
:rteivod. the money from she refugee tieloorior so keep
'• for him,. basidesthear other half *rowan, whisk they
.bai oust. The youger prisoner Isfonisd Mok that
', be soots the stun from Mr. Bray, bed steciffog matta‘
fritterer, is Tornmill Street, whore be was inepkiyitl Iti
tors a wheel; on closely interroVin the yo,
,prisoaer. it appeared that be watched , Bray:fro=
it,
writing desk, and runniaginto the o 4, ounititled
Ha robbery. they were remanded. i • . +:- .
' Itlaa•carnoven seaass.--filts. &molt" oar ifot hat*
Beard, tailor, 43, Leicester &rate, uPP"fell'ls'gillitalY
"Ole office to answer a charge of smith' : r *West
conduct towards her hatband. • •
. After Mr. Beard bad stated his ebarge,be added thaw
was oo doubt his wife was insane, and his object was to
.have his confined is some lunatic asylum. To aabstan•
date this. be putiosod a certificate legated ‘by John
*Motu, surgeon, No. 337. Strands. stating that he
was well acquainted with Ides. Baird. that she was
41 ingot mind, and a fit eti,let for a Insatic
asvrom.
On hearing this,. Mrs. Beard d'Utbilititlifo..lltantria
.! riot
bd seen her for 12 Months, a ' the certificate
was dated TOesday, the 14th inst. ~ • .
Mr. Stennis was sent for. Antietam appeased at the
office, attended by Mr. Brooks, stating himself to be a
*elicitor, of Broad Coors, Drury. Lane. ' -
Mr. Stanton said he did not ago, the certificate him-
sett bet had anthorisell his nephew to do so, and
acisolerledged he bad not sum Mrs. Beata for several
months.
Mr. Dyck, the Sitting Magistrate, observed very
strongly on Stith conduct, aid said it was extremely ills-
' errouhle to any professional man, as their was so more
appsowassi,•of :lass pity about Mrs. Beard. than sleety-
nine oat of s liwadrod women wit* cams to that
office. i•••91e -. ~ .•• • • •
Mr. Brooke said,that Mr. Stanton and Ilr.Baard were
old friends, and that the Act the 14 (4co. 111, chap. 49;
sec.n. justified Mr. Stanton in adtlintisiog any-person
'to sign for him. • • ' ,
Mr. Ursa said. " 1 am not golailo moot point*. of
law with you, Sir, but the Act sayaao such tbiog ; and I
oan tell you. that if Mrs. Heard be of a litigious disposi-
tion, the pasties coeserned in this shameful teassaul,o6
have left themselves liable to indictment for conspiracy
and severe penalties.f.'
It came out also that Mr. Beard had most violently
beaten his wife, marks of which she bore on her person ;
sad in discharging her, Mr. Dyer observed, that if he
felt his duty to require bail of brr,he should certainly do
the 1141),P by Mr. asstd.
Ballet, a constable of St. Giles's, was fined 40s. for
neglest of his duty. Two prisoners, one for feluny.were
aivetiin charge to brae, het he neither made any entry of
the eases, nor appeared neat day at the office : and in
consevence do y were bulb discharge.)
LADISSTII STRAlT..—Yeiferflosy tWo I'M-naked, hun-
gry looking hors, who gars their narues Jame. I'hompsoa
atol Joseph hurt, Were brought up in custody of
JArnes Farmer, a constable. and examined before
Matthew Wyatt, and John Hardwick.. Burs.. the
Sitting Alagistrate...
The constable said he wee sent for about ten o'clock
on Tuesday night to take the' prisoners oat °fa bare,
near the Three Colts, Did Iror.i, in which they had
token oodles from the leverily of the weather. On
entering the barn •he discovered Ahem lyieg.both class/
!neither on a handful of. boy iwra lamer no, the earth.
'limy. appeased • Miff Andebied•with, enbi sad Munger„
hayincecercety assitelk to:norm. thoir bodies.: He gook
them brine to tale sery.tanewoyhere Its set tire" littoral
a4itned fur, gar` them victuals, and made them as coma

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(*table as was in his power until morning. They were'
bath *votes vagrants some time ago to the. House of
Coiteetton frdio this Office. and after spending a certain
time there, the/ were disehar4ed without any airline
whatever of support. Thompson told witness lie
belonged to Bracklesea, &e:, hut Hart said he did not ,
know to ' what place be belonged, where his parents
were; or whethet they were lining or dead. It was hie
*Mon, if their Worships did pot do something for the
pear fellows. that they would, fn consequence of the
severity of the weather, be lost with cold and hunger.
The Magistrates applimiled the conduct 4.f the con
stable in baring 'acted towards the prisoners in the,
benevolent way he had door, and ordered him to take
them to Bow Workhoesi—they bowleg been appre-
headed In that parish. . •
'Oh their being shoat to leave the Jertleaßooin. the
'Worthy Magistrates, each from their private pews,
liberally relieved the **fortunate creatures. and told the
constable to take them as soon as possible to some place
where they might have refreshment.
TRAIIII3 Pot.ica.—Tea Dusacc ARMS RaIIIMIRT.
UTILITT OP VIZ Tight) MILL —Yesterday. the two fa-
shionable thieves. Cloaks nu and George Hipkiis.
who were charged with robbing Mr. Edwards of 2241.
10s. were brought up for final examinatioo. The same
evidence that has hitherto appeared was again detailed
by the witnesses. Mr. Edwards slept et the Dundee
Arms ie November 1821, the two prisoners slept Hier-
the same night, and left very early in the morning. In
the night Mr. Edwards was robbed, in ten pound notes.
sovevelgos, 11c. to the ateoent of 2241. 10s.. and suspicion
fell oa the priscieerr, who were seen with handful* ut
sovereigns the neat day.—The Magistrate &I not think
the evidence sufficiently conclusive against Tad, to war-
rant his cournittiag him for trial, but as Messrs Erase.,
White, and Judge, officers, stated bins to be a minted I
thief, In addition to which. having but a short time alio I
been tried at Chelmsford for felony, be thought it his
duty to treat him in A summary way ; be therefore
committed him to the Tread Mill at Brixton, to hard
labour for three month'.

FatKell Hoaw Tana's, W•NDSWOI6/11.—For the las
ten days the town of Wandsworth has been in the nit
' most ceramists, in consequence of fonr dead bodies hay
,ing been disinterred from the Burial Grouadi in Garrett
Lane, and the inhabitant. have been so incensed agaiust
two brothers, named ;Visite, who have Needle the 'owe
frees their infancy, awl who were supposed to be
miry with the body ',soldiers is the removal of the
bodies, that bad it net been for the interference of the
!pence officers, they would have been &prised of
existence. The whole of duo windows in the house
*here the Whites reside were demolished.
Yesterday, at two o'clock, a Bench of Alsgieratee.
ormoisting 00. Tritton (Chairman), Wm. Nuttidge, 11
3. &reliant. sad John Faulkner Attlee Beqoires
assembled at the above Tavern. when .Midoei George
Wood and Lressr,y Goldwaith were brottgbt in custody of
William Collingbourae. the officer of Union Hall, on
the elms*/ of stesliag dead bodies. !teary White was
~also in custody, but he wee admitted its madame against
Wood and Goldsmith. • , • .. , :. .
Henry White, a labourer, living, me Wandsworth
Plain, deposed that oo Sunday. tbelob instant. the pri-
soner Michael George Wood and seedier moo same le
him ; the other man stoked idm V be, hod 111-mita AO
take a miff one ep, meaning a dead body. Wham se.
lied bedid not ca ye if be did, sad the man then went
away. About half past fonr next morning a rap eves
at the abetter of witness's room; he got up, Wiest. HO
his yard. anti put hist horse into the tart; after which he
relied his brother Jobs, and they prOceeded as far as ;6
'TWo Brewers poblie house at the corner of Gerratt last.
Witness then told his bro,BW,what he was Wog almat.
aid, he skid be should ret*M.:htime and have no head
tx it, life left,,and wittier *eve ids cart up All Far-
t/Int !,itnet wfierelte Was'lmAtf the prisorsers, Wood
titt.Mtouth•-• "Pi attioter resel.t. each threw $ sack,
*lmre bed;, iMte 1 'Xiitt ; the *Yang,. was got
on slows eide Win is the tart. led they drove to St.
BirtholeMew's Hospital. On their arrival. he (the
)1non) took the sacks. one by one.out Orb, cart, and
entered the • gates; he afterwards returned with the
lbsy maks, aid threw theta tato the hart. 94 genii*
hittie.the trosihithr gates, be gave white's. ,:.se. for his
Irriness,em his road loackto WandswOrtb,amt his
teitither is the London Komi, who told him thirsties-
t:orbiwas% ad uproar, and that his tett woo 1141
4 an htmls . lad. 1101 was suspected tar hove &Sa-
moyed th fro e ' Londoe. Witness, mg heifiinglitis,
be;
Amermined led' efretern to Wairdawattlii:'• lyttp atern-
kw he wail ralgeiChito custody. • ' •I• ' ",_ ,''''''•
• Several wienksiii: *toted that thifilifitellthiCtri'
sosers about thiftillii on the Soodey.wigitE o.'"' .• ;
James tiardneil, o labouring mant,ehtteti;that Web
going to work up Wino Lens; 'Om, after five JeNteek
in the morning, and taw a carload-lade etendiag 'emir
the burial ground;. near the mood koklelred against
something apparently very bullty.thecontents of •which
rattled ; as be was about to overhaul theta two men
came up, and laving bold of slack at each end, placed
it ie the cart, and drove off: ,
Hugh Callender, the beadle of Wandsworth, stated,
that in coesequence of Mr. Coningboarni, theltigh.
Coostable' telling him that some of the graves in the
barlvaitizooad had been rubbed ; be gam timbre to the
gta , • gar, and 1 graves were examined; four
were goad to have been robbed, the bother iveristolas.
' so& the shrouds, Ise. left do the coffin. The bodes.* were
those of Mr. Soper, Mr. Jackson. nod Mr. Sitlitionr,
empectahle inhabitants of the towst;siontildrs. Ilettbk'd
,enefleet of Garrett, neither of who hid keen interred i
fiartnight. . ,a •
4 i The Prisoners protested tbelv , innocence. They
Mere committed to take their Mal. and Henry
• White was remanded to prison to give evidence agidost
them •
It is impossible to describe the indiettlino of the
woe people against •the primmer's. On their being
ced in the coach to be conveyed to Hoesenunsgee
it was nearly filled with snow .throws in by the
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DREADFUL FILE.

Sat arday night, about mne o'clock, a fire hroke out
at a farm called Blackthorn, the property of Benjamin
Finctrans, Esq. in the occupation of Mr. John Bleep.
about a mite from Die*. in Norfolk. The family had
retired,to rest with the exception of a servant, who die.
covered a light in the yard, and gave the alarm. At
this time tar neat-house was neatly consumed, in which
there were four heifers and three calves, all of which
perished in the limes. The first object of Mr. Elsey
was to save his fatuity, and the childreo were carried in
bl-mkets to a neighbouring house, but not before the
fire had communicated to the thatch of the dwelling
house. Shiny hundreds of people arrived at the dread-
ful scene Nom various parts of the country, and from
Dim with engines, hot the ponds being frozen, the
dwelling house and other buildings soon became a prey
to the devouring element; • basis standing near Was
uninjured. Rvery alien war made, awl the greater part
of the, furniture was saved, but these exertions were at-
tended by aliatal eatastmpbe. In the midst of the con-
Conon a chimney fell, killed Iwo melt apes the spot, and
broke the Boobs of several otherat
Tka•mra lobo lost their lives weraJohn Gardiner, a
ieerpeater,othe leaves a disconsolate wife in her confine.
autentwomeolJoausmitli child/ea and William Tippell, a
..
'Washita/Ike?, mho died instantly, his head being coin,
,pletely smashed, snit ail his limbs broken. John Brow.
. tog, &carpenter. had his loft ana &alight thigh drink;