The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-02-17 00:00:00

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etc itiesta lly net a public
hoes* aear Chariagagross, where some perilous in late
room wors.amusing themselves with playing at cards.—
Altar *Mae time the plaintiff sad a stranger began play-
ing at cribbage together, whets the defendant mad* some
psoeskieg observauoas on the Ceaduct of the plaialiff,
Whic.h produced aa espy rel; dehadant got fps
struck him over the head art Ms calm, and wounded
him in such a manner as required the asaistauca of a me.
dical gendeman.
Laptaitt Walton and a Mr. Fochant who were present
on the evening in question, proved the assault. The
plaintiff.vras playing with a stranger at cribbage, when
the landlord of the house who bappert•cl to he present
declared that the plaintiff had played unfairly,
and that he would not suffer such a thing in his
house. On this observation being made, the
defendant . said it was a shams that such re-
peated miscauntings should take plant, and an advantage
be takes of a stranger who was tipsy; the plaintiff re-
plied to this remark in a veryingry manneron which the
defendant rose up front his seat, and went, to that where
the plaintiff was salting ; a scuffle ensued between them,
and the plaintiff received a blow on his forehead which
produced blood; the landlord and waiters interfered, aid
the defendant Left the room; he returned shortly efts:-
ward., and offered to fight the plaintiff ; some very an-
gry conversaion passed between them, and the plaintiff
subsequently left the room; the blow was oil his left tem-
ple the landlord's observation had been the origin of
the dispute ; the plaintiff might have used abusive worth
but the witnesses could not swear to what he bad
said, nor could they state who actually began the
scuffle.
Mr. John Stanton, a surgeon in the Strand, had been
called in to see the plaintiff on the morning after the as-
sault; the plaintiff was wounded in a part of the head
above the temple; the scalp was divided; the blow must
have been very violent to have occasioned that injury.
Witness attended the plaintiff for nearly three weeks; his
bill would be at least three guineas, it had not yet been
paid ; the latter pelt of that time the defendant had at-
tended the witness at his own house.
Croas-exaiuined.—lle neither copped nor bled the plain-
tiff; did not know that the plaintiff went out the next day,
nor that he visited the same house on the following even.
ing, and got drunk; witness did not advise him to get
drank.
Mr. Sergeant VAUGHAN, for the defendant, trusted the
Jury would see this attempt in ib prof er light. It was
clear that the plaintiff wished by means of this trial to get
40a. out of the pocket of the defendant, way of da-
mages, which would entitle him to costs, and he attempted
thns to saddle the defendant with a heavy espence fur an
assault which had been caused by the improper conduct of
the plaintiff himself. No justifiration had been pat on the
record by the defendant, and the verdict must, therefore,
he given for the plaintitf, but the Jury woulio feel that a
farthing would be a sufficient com,„rensafon (rota him.
Lord Chief Justice DALLAS &rimmed up the evidence.
The Jury immediately returned a verthet for the plaid-
tiff—Damages, One Farthing.

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mart, in Saint OiWs kept by aperion of the name of
Lane. This was the place where the prisoner, by his own
confession, hail disport( ot the propertyltie that fraudu-
lently obtained, .apd. for • w blob he had been paid ahout
one.aughth of the real volute of H. .Scrois of the artiel-a
the prisoner had sold there bad been found at the Auttioa
Marto He had no wish he prosecute thoprisoner if it
could be avoided.ae he verily believe 1 ho had been Deduced
into the pt. He thought the party that bid seduced him
and reeeird the goods. was the one that ought to be p• o•
secuted and hi shonld.be thaukful dais alagismite could
suggest in what manner he might be reached.
Mr. Alderman Cos said, he could take•cognizanre ots/y
of the case before him. The prisoner's ol&nee had been
clearly proved, and for that it would be his duty to coin 7
mit him. It they upon consultation should be do/Anion
that, by his evidence, they could convict the receiver of a
knewledge and participation In the offence, he
might probably (wallowed to make him a witness. With
that however, he, as a Magistrate, could nut at all inter-
fere, and the prisoner was accordingly committed to New-
gate.
Borw.svaerr.—Mrrnissoar AND Otw,—s9f all the
missile, or the vices which are daily brought to this
office for ri lief or correetioh, there are mine that give the
Magistrates mo:e trouble thin the miseries.tof patrimony;
and the trouble is the more painful, inasmuch as, in rine
cases out of ten, it never leads to any satisfactory. result.
Scarcely a day passes without some connubial divilry or
other being brought under their cognizance by man or
worn in —members of the married public of this thettotS.;
polio; and in almost every case their prayer is total oepa-'
ration—a coni&irt which the Magistrates has it not ia his
I.ower to bestow. It is only your wealthy t couples who
can shake offtheir fetters; rite needy ones mug west tarns
for life.
There was a weary Benedict of this lat'er class pre-
sented himself before the Magistrate on Saturday night.
He was a I iree, net oldie aged man, decently dressed in
black ; of a lachrymose countenance, ankeespectful quiet
demeanour. Ile *had waited nearly two hoursaasiong the
crowd, in the lower part of the other, whilst the ord•nsry
business of the office Well g on, without manifesting
the slightest impatience; an i as soup' as the hurry was
over a little, lie solteely approached the table, arta told
the magistrate. in ■ confidential tune, be wished toconault
him on a subject of the utmost importance.
" Speak out, Sir", said the Magistrate, s: I am ready
to h-ar you".
" Your Worship, I am a married man," beg in the
applicant wi'h a sigh that seemed to come from the very
bottom of his heart ; " I am a married man, your Wor-
ship!"
t• Well, an I what of dm' ?" said his Worship. adding
—" so much the bett-r f r you. if you have a good wif...l
" Alt, Sir!" ejaculated the man, with anoth. r heavy
sigh—" Ah, Sir! —I wish I had. l have h.en married
eighteen years; and eighteen years of sorrutv they have
been to me. I thought to have lived in Paradise as it
were; but I could nut hare been more miserable if I had
lived in—the other place!"
He paused, and wiped his forehead ; and the Magis-
trate, tellieg him he was very sorry for him, asked what be
would have him do?
" I don't kiow, Sirr replird, " but I have been
told that I could get some relief by applying here i"
" if yen wish to gat divorced, I cannot do that for
yttee-said-his worship—we noel(' have little tins. for
any; thing else, I fear, if we could divorce &lithe unliap-
cry temples who apply to na."
" Your Worship I don't wish to put my wire away to
disgrace her, but I have been given to tinders tend that
you could do something fur me. I would allow her a
comfortable inaintenauce if she would but leave me in
peace."
",What you mast agree between yourselves—l cannot
interfere between yon—unleie, indeed, she has cotumit-
tell some breach of the peace. Has she at any time
struck you—or are you afraid she should attempt your
life ?"
" She has struck me repeatedly, your Worship; hut
that I could bear cheerfully, if she would but keep her-
self sober."
" Why do you let her drink then p"—
" It is not it, lay power to prevent it, your worship. I
have discontinued keeping any thing drinkable in my
t cease, and the consequence has been that Every moveable
I have is carried away clandestinely &Ad converted into
gin !" *
" My good obsefFe.l the Mattistrate, somewhat
impatient of the subject, "soy good (rivet, I really can-
not do any thing for you—you married her' foebet'er f rr'
worse, till death shall you part,' and you must make
the best you can of it. I repeat, I can do nothing for
you." f
Then am I a very miserable manerldd the poor fel-
low ; and tdrit"ilk from the table, he e evedanyher sigh
—rn piteous and profound, thafthe discharge did seem—
" almost to end his b&ng."
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Maitt.noaouen STRRET.—John navinue and John
Simmons, two veryindustrious youths, In the trade of
picking pockets, were brought to the Office on Saturday
by a cons able, who apprehended them in Oxford-street in
pie act of picking an old gentleman's pocket. The con-
stable said he had M etched them for hours, and saw them
try the pockets Al a great number of 'Passengere. Hay-
man, who is lame, and uses a crutch, was desesibil by' the
officers as a most active thief, for, notwi ths'anding his
lameness, he was so swift in hisono;vments, that it was
extremely difficult to catch him; on one occasion he leaped
do en a whole flight of 3-air., to the astonishment of the
officer in pursuit of him, and made his escape. - He had
been oily a very short time libeeated from prison. The
Magistrate, for the present offenre,yordereit tout far three
months to the tread -mill, and Simmons htt the saute exer-
, rise for two months.
Hayrow-tisaDlol.—Saturday George Blather, alias
Bansbury, whp kept a shop for the sale of lollypops, tx.e.
at 2, Eon's-place, Ossulston-street, Somers-town, was
apprehended, together uirh the followingl2o persons,
charged with asseiuhling and plaging at unlawful games
in ll:amber's house, :—Ednarel Wood, better known
by the name of the Sneak. from the kind of robberies
committed by him, William Smith, William Moore,
Thomas Alorgaii, James Wright, Michael Duggan, Jelin
Farr, Framis Easton, Ja111,3 Stqpt, Thomas Eilinoilds,
William Pears-, John Buis, titorge Saunders; Thomas
Heyman, George Mason, John Nutt, Samuel Wilmot,
Henry Clarke, Alexander liiddens, and William Oliver.
ages of the above sews from 9 to 17 years. The
prisoners rep bronght frffin Somers-town watelt-house
chained together (with the excepiion of the three last
named; who seers hailed out avight), and guarded by a
strong pow of officers and conetabists
It appeared that Itamber's bousiwas open every night
for the reception of a great nnrnher of juvenile thieves
of li .tit sexes, where they met to play at a kind of game
called whiney-gig...The ollicergednateil that the pri-
soner's house was a great nelson .e to the no ithl our-
Iwo I ; it sins the retidezemis of all the. children there,
rarticolarly all the going pickft6ehotes and shoplifters.
who enticed the children of respectahle parents to emu(
to phry for Ste. ..meats; and if they Lad not inonby,
whatever they could steal from their parents or others;
from a penny book to a thing ofogreater value wonld be
bought truism them by the paftsoner. To some of the
children he efwe.credit to the amount of nine shillings*
and bad thine separate scores. chalked up against the.
wainscot. Tile idtsoner flambee hail benches ail town ,
his shop for the accommodatios of his c3mpany, and be-
tween gems some of the youths, as an interlude, enter-
tained them will; Spouting.
The Magistrate regretted the law did not invest him
with panty to vanish Umber as he deters-ed, as the

gnaw they were'playing at did not cornewsthin the lett&
of Ilse As t; but still be should not go unpunished.
The prisoner *WI committed to prison for the mistle-
,inerio4e,.wish lustier that he should give 44 houreptmitte
of bell. The llazsetrates strenuously advised the Parish
Whets no prosecute him. Of the otter prigoners. Rd.
ward lirosul and William Smith were ligntilled by the
officers aa.rernsed and weH kaown' thieves. attl coo.
muted rot want•of bail. 14 were reprim ended add dis-
charged, andthe sesosinder given up to their paretes.

• PAIRS *AND mittikirs.
At Warwick fair, on Monde,. there was but a small
site» of cattle. Pat Beef sold from 4J. to sd. per lb.
sinking the effsl. Mutton from 4,1. to 54. Makers
and Stores were rather cheaper, and bad but a dill
vale.
At. Litchfield fair, on Tuesday and Wethseselay week.
there was a good supply of hentes.ind iogry perelsa.ed
at an advanced price. 'the chew of horded cattle wa4
' unusually great, and of the lint deseriptiew t good
milkers fetched a high isric*, and funnel many per.
themes. There were may lots of cheese and bacon
tatrnduced into the market crate; the che,aa sut,i
from 50a. to 60s. per cwt. and the bacon from 41 to 5.1.
per lee.
Stamford Candlemas fair. on Monday last, was hat
thinly supplied with Penes of value. In conserplear,,
they were in demand, and maintained a hither price
tlian eattel: inferivr ones were doll of sale. The bean
fair on Tuesday was well supplied with both notated
and store beasts, which went elf easily at au advanced
price.
At Bingham Candlemas fair, held this week, a great
teeny horses were brought in fir sale, pertieulaiy oa
Wednesday; and we are glad to observe that tho.e of
the better sort were sold readily at prices higher th•sa
has I stely been obtained, bit there was not much al a-
iding for the better in tluo.e of an inferior sort.
It was remarked that a number of London jobbers
were at Lewes stock market on Tue., ay, and bowels
latgs kr. Souse of these persons ma le parchases b.f re
the cattle had entered the market. This is a pronn,
which, in general, is resorted to, o ly during war time or
under the expect dims of a war.
• It-is a ceimasen observation among the gralera that?
(ram the healthy. rotund oppeertere. ef the ewes,
number of twin lambs may be expected during the ap.
preaching limb season.
lgoawtcu, Fin. 14.—There was hut a short supply of
lean cattle last Saturday on the bill, whirls red I mach on
the same terms as of late. The pens were nit well
filled, bin sheep keep the same prices Sluer pies are
not so plentiful, anti appear to be in demand. Horses
but little doing.

LYNN. Feb. 13.—We had a very fiir spew of Wheat
at Market on To. eddy, %Web told r..adily at oar last
wtek's rifts. Fine samples of Alaltint Batley may be
wiled lc per quarter dearer. In oa.s, peas, and bea...:t.
there is very little doing. Flour coutin tes witl.o.ut al-
teration.

LEVERS CORN MARKET, Fri). 24(`!rite atm% 21.
4s.—mixed wheat, 2!..2s.—red wheat, 1/. Iss. to 2/. bar-
ley, 13s. to 1/. 9•.
ARUNDEL CORN SIARKIT.—Whrar, 9/. to ID/ les.—
per Iwo* —barley, 295. to 31s. quarter—oats 19 :o 21•.
tares, 4•. 6d. per bushel I—besns, 4s. 31. ; —pees. teiT
AbillingS,
CDICEENTER CORN MARKET. —The Corn Inspector's
overages were—wheat, (of whig-h 1.114 glutei. were
KILO 395. 6i4—barlry, 265. 64d —osis. Ins. and peas.
sls. per quarter.

Mtnines.--We fame& to state that a mnr(t-r was coal.
mitted on Satitrviay teght on John of North New.
ton, near Ilridgewster, htreher. The deceased ha I la-
ctated the anger of his neighbours by laying an informa-
tion against 343:11e of them f4r sellin. eider without a
license. On Saturday last he attetnied the bench of Mho
filtrates in Taunton, with a similar intent, but from some
inrcnistencies in his statement, his alleesions were
deemed unworthy of credit. On leaving the linildb3l/,
a mob W 35 raised, wldcb followol bin scrow distal-4.e
through the s.reets Of the town. At a late boar of the
night he was attacked by three men a slm7t distance front
his house, who beat him sa dreadfully, that its the morn-
ing he Iva* found a corpse. The men arc in custody.—
(Bath Herrld.) . •
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