The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-04-11 00:00:00

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iliVinflior I". fainted, away. person nanz.si 911tcheno
paanstri And wedge pliownw. Witness knew thispeeeett
of the prisoner, kg min* sten hins frequently before.
Joseph Mitclseno torreborated the above evidence.
The prisoner, lo his defence, pleaded intoxiration, an&
denied the robbery, observing that he bad only tripped
the wmatrix ap "iost of a lark."
The Lola Cow JUOTICIL amwased up, anti.** Jot*
found the prisoner Guilty—Death.
lIIIVORS !TUB ASCORDIR AND A LONDON JURY.
I%onsarlfillouglity, a se cep, aged 17, was convicted
on aniaditionnt eltansing Islin with fekutiourly assault-
lag dams Dowsett, and uttinwfullysiensonding mooing
of him in the rrish of St. Sepulchre without Ilishous.
gate, on the 1.4 th of February last, ender the threat of
scenting him of a nameless ottenre. In the second count,
the prisoner stood charged with demanding money with.
oat owning the specific threat.
The foil 411 log pet scoters werealso capitally convicted
Asia Norris, 27, and. Sophia 7'myee, for highway
robbery. •
lhonuts Fieteker, 12, for stealing in a dwelling-house.

Bowes, a relpeetshlte livened
victualler, in bake' toonrt,Bow-street, made an applica-
tion•yestertlay to Sir It. Itin NI e, oo haltalf of two young
.girls.; Who he sald'hasl (Alen order his notice in rather
asingtdae gamer, aid •whoni he was anxious to save
from the rata Mach might await ,hem, ifeoinetbing were
,not done otvhplistse them beyond the reach of harm. He
,went on;te state, that early dint morning, a deeently
dressed !Ash woman came into his house, the ()town s
Head, accompanied by two retnarkably pretty-looking
girls, en* 16, the other 17 veers of age, .and -whilst they
were taking some slight eareshinent, he beard the 01;1
woman 1 unwitting that she had it not in her power to do
more for . them, and wondering what ...mil., beeottie of
'them in " this large place," withont money or friends.—
'The girls wept, wed said isey most he their way home.
This sndneed dihn to ask them posit-questions, and Ire
•leareerithat thegirls-were slaters, awl natives of .Slep.
ton-Mrillet, SoMersetsitire, and that Omit six yearecago
their mother ileiert d them, and their tidier, who 'hid
farmer!), been a seamen, •retitrned to his .old.prefetrvien,
leafiest • them almost destanre. fly •the,kiednessalla
distant relation, .they were apprenticed to a.ailk-weater
at Shisters-Mallet,und they remained there in eenifort un-
til Monday teat, when t 1.-y received a iet•er frans-their
'father, statiug that 'he was ;int returned from a prosper-
nes wage, swd wished to me them immediately
.don. Tbey.olstelhed mosey rtiticient to defray their-ex-
penses tsLonflottfrosu Bath. whither Aaey proceeded en
fork, and mounted itpon'a stage co ich. l'herr Mood old
Irish friend happened to be on heresy Item irotied
Loudon, and grey got acquainted. Tney arrived in town
on Wednesday morning, and theol.l yeomen left them to
make their way to the house where they weir to :meet
their father, but in- the evening she met them again liCei-
olentaily,.au,l the 1110'neut -.Owe ..t.r her they burst into
teas, and said they had lasi the lever which they re-
ceived from their father, ands ere tin title to tin& him.—
They -also stated, that haviag brother in the lit regi •
went of flutrds,they inquired of a soldier w how they met
jibe knew him ; he said be did, an I inveigled tatot to a
house which they had sense enough to discover we, a very
bad one,. and whew they refused to star, he attempted t..
*teal their bundle, but was prevented by a crowd getting.
OM'S slot door attraeted.by their cries They /sad bit
• SI. iat their poeketa, and sere wandering they knew •rot
whither when they met the old woman. She got them
Wang fur the • night, and yesterday morning' hap-
pened to ,fix epee his bogie to give thchi some • breakfast.
Sir . Iticuansolit axis said he was very M
_Dowell had made ties
'placation, and immediately swot
for the girls, and after. questioning them, gave them
some Money for present . usie, and proposed that they
*hook, rrinsio in London fir &few datr, when be would
think of smile arrangement -for their benefit.
M r Bowan filleted to keep tbescat his own boss* for
a few days, bat the girls expressed, a strong anxiety to
get house, and while the conversattai was Foie: on, sit.
Uobbett, one of the overseers of St:Martin's, in which
parish the Queen's Head is sitnate, entered the oral. e.
land on being appealed to by the Nlagietrate, immediately
gave them:los. on behalf of the parish. Several gentle-
men present gave their mites, anl in a few minutes the
girls were inyossession of a sum amply sutlicieh! to con-
vey them home. They thanked •their benefactors with
simple earnestness, and the old Irishwoman was ouly
prevented 'by the officers from going on her knee, to
pray for blessings upon " the kind joutieterr," as she
called then..
• Sir It. Hume complimented her higlily upon the ex-
•cellent feeling she had shown.
The worthy host of the queen's Head look .the girls to
his house, gave theta 21, dinner, and afterwards reported
to the Magistrate tbat he had st.en them safely off by a
stage-coach to Fromer,Vlibin twelve niiles of Shipton-
Mallet.

•
ATTEMPTED SUM.lo,—Last night, ..between eight
and nine o'clock, an unfortunate girl named Rogers,
who was in a state of rntoxi.ation, was observed to walk
down the stairs at. Wat-rleo Bridge, add get into a boat,
and plunge into the water. She was immediately taken
out and conveyed to the Entinburgli Castle Tavern, in the
Strand, having received no other injure than a. good
ducking. She, however, expressed In r aetenilination to
destiov herself the first opportunity, declaring that her
peace of mind was gone, and hie existence quite a bur-
then to her. She gave the address of her brother, who
resides in Cow-lane. He was immediately sent for, anti
it is to be hoped will takeineens to prevent her carrying
her avoned determination into effect.
ANOTti Elt ATTEMPTED Sul el D respeetible dress-
ed woman alas taken out of the Thames above West-
to
minster Bridge, yesterday Inning, and by prompt as-
sistance s speode.il annuation was restored, after she had
been more than two minutes under water. A. Baiggs, a
liglitertnan,•sa* her threw herself in, and with assist-
ance gut her out. She is the wife of a a
estininster, and had left her home more than a we
erk. t
Etas.—lesterday marling, between tun end three
o'clock. a fire brake out in the house of Mr. LlWrellet,
appraiser and broker, No. Gravel-lane, Soothasik.—
Mr. Lawrence had been many we, ita confined to his lied,
suffering under a severe attack of the gout. Several
fruitless attempts were made to force open the street-
door, which was securely barred ; at length Mr. St4m-
mers, the landlord of the Prince and Princess public-
house, adjoining, entered the first Gone window by enema
of a larder, followed by several other persons, who suc-
ceeded in rescuing Mr. Lawrence, aed conveying him to
a place of safety. The dames were after considerable ex-
ertions happily got under without further damage than
the destruction of the roues the fi e broke out in. We
are sorry to say, Mrs. Lawrence was mut+ burnt in tl,e
hands and face. It is thonght the accident was occa-
sioned by the bed curtains eating tire.

NiAltitlED.—On the 9th inst., at Totieridge, netts,
J 211109 Lewis Fenoulliet, Esq., of Hatton-garden. solicitor,
to Elizabeth Aune, eldest daughter of James &astir, Exp.
of Totterlatge-lodge•

DIED.--On the 4th inst., et Kends!, John J ont.s.
of Ooldsmith-street. Cairapoide, regretted by a humorous
circle of friends.
On the 13th ult.. at IToniton's-clist, Devonshire, in the
42d year of his age. Frederick i.e .)leturi, r. Keg., formerly
his M jesty's Vice Oonsal at igiavritile-441".

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