The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-12-20 00:00:00

"GOVERNMENT MEN."'

The Government Men. the Ministerial papers boast,
are now carrying all before them. " They were used
to do so," said an honest tar, " in the place %%here I
last sailed from. They would gu in gangs, and enter
into what houses of entertainment they liked, and not al-
low any other kind of persons to do or say but
what they pleased." " And pray what place is that,"
inquired a stranger, " in which they carried on such
sway ?" "Why, New South Itiales," replied the sea-
man." " Are Gorernment men allowed to act there so
tyrannically ?" rejoined the inquirer. " Are they
the civil or t►'n military officers ?" " Officers!" ex-
claimed his plain-speaking informant, " no, they are
the blackguards you banished there for the liberties
they took with your property and peace at keine."
" And have such fellows ?" demanded the other, " the
" presumption' to take the appellation that is assumed
by the arrogant slaves of Ministrrs here, as a little ho-
norable distinction ?"--" Why yes ?" replied the tar,
" and you would run some risk of haring your head
unshipped, if you spoke of those fellows there by any
other name than that of Corer/most men

The columns of the provincial newspapers are, at
present, as much occupied as those of the metropolis
with details of the unprecedented number of de-
predations committed within their respective districts.
Improvidence and depravity undoubtedly drive many
a thoughtless wretch to th:s desperate course of liv-
ing ; but the stagnation that has taken place in
trade, is also to be considered as an additional cause
that now augments the swarms of vagrants through
the country. On a permsal of a recent Liverpool
paper, we observed in an advertisement of the Church-
wardens and Overseers, a list of no fewer than 45
men who had absconded from that place, and left
their wives and families chargeable on the wish.

CUSTOM-HOUSE, DUBLIN.

We are sincerely rejoiced that we have it in ooi
power to communicate intelligence to the public, tthich
will he received with unmixed satisfaction by all
parties.
A general system of retrenchment has been long
silently in progress, and to a much greater extent
than we could have any idea of. The office of Surveyor-
General, held by Sir George Shee, with its Clerk., &e.
is, we understand, to he abolished. Sir George will
be superannuated on a pension. The country collec-
tors, in future, to lodge their monies in the Bank of
Ireland, instead of with the Receiver, as heretofore.
Perhaps this is one of the most rational measures that
has yet been adopted, since it will simplify, as well as
secure, the public money.
The Office of Storekeeper, held by Mr. John Clan•
dius Beresford, at a salary, it is understood, of between
two and four thousand a year, and for which Mr.
Johu Claudius held a patent, will share the fate of Sir
George Shee's Office. The patent, we understand,
will be purchased up by Government, or has already
been purchased.
There are two Landwaiters' situations already va-
cant—which it is not Me inttation of Goversdrieret to
fill alp.
Several other offices will be discontinued, and the
duties transferred to different department•.
la short, a general retrenchment is in attire ope-
ration, and promises to lead to the most satisfactory
results. But much more remains to he done. It is
well, however, that a comtnencernent has been made
at last.—(Doldia Evening Post).

ASSAULT.

[FAWN! TIM MAHAN EVENI!Ct; PO5ll
On Thursday morning, at half-past ten, Mr. Wallace,
who hail been the leading counsel in the canse of Coifs
and .SPNuntara, and had stated the plaiwiff's case on
Saturday last, was met in Sackville-street, near the
corner of Henry-street, by the defendant, Mr. itichard
M•Namara, and a person wearing mustachios, whose
name is yet unknown. After a word or two spoken by
Mr. Richard M`Nainara, intimating. that what he was
about to do was in consequence of Mr. Wallace baring.
in his statement, spoken as lie had done, of Mr. Pel`Na-
mara's wife, he instantly, and without any request of
explanation, in satisfaction, gave Mr. Wallace a violent
blow in the left side of his face, and. while staggering
under the blow, gave him several blows of a whip, with
which he was armed, upon the brad. 'I he violence of
the blow had driven Mr. Wallace toward+ the door of
Mr. Borke's house, which Was distant about three yards
from Mr. Wallace when he received the first blow.
When recovering from the effect of the blow, I.e
was at the door of the house, when seine person from
within came forward—Mr. M`Nainara, and the person
who accompanied him, both fled too ards Elephant-
lane, from whence they, in a few minutes, escaped. It
appears that the waylaying of Mr. Wallace, and the
commission of this unparalleled outtage, hail been medi-
tated from the Sunday preceding, but no intimation, of
any kind, that Mr. M'Namara had been offended at any
part of the statement made by Mr. Wallace, had been
given to him. The whole had been kept a profound se-
cret until the moment the crime was perpetrated. At
the time the outrage was committed, there wore seven
other persons, besides the two by whom it was actually
comm.tted, waiting at a short and convenient distance.
for the purpose, we doubt not, of the escape of the
offenders, had there been any attempt made to secure
them.
Mr. Wallace was met by two gentlemen of the bar.
Immediately after the flight of Mr, il`Naniara, and pro-
ceeded with them to Court, when, after a abort consul-
tation with some of his friends, an affidavit of the facts
was made, and a warrant granted by the Chief Justice
of the King's Bench. Since that time the utmost
exertions of the police have been made to arrest the
oftnders, but, unfortunately, for the present, without
effect.

The 'fronts, on which the Luke of Brunswick beat
his march to Paris, still seen' to sound with a hollow
and warning tone amongst the Holy Alliance, and
their heads must indeed be as empty as the drums of
that vaunting general, if, with the convictions which re-
sulted from that fainousespeilition,they should at length
resolve upon the commencement of a new revolutionary
war, by a march to Naples. France, Sardinia, Spain,
Naples ; even the papal territories and the Venetian
States (which in their present unnatural and compelled
slumber have their disturbed dreams of liberty)—these,
altogether, present an aspect to the remaining despots of
Europe, which terrifies them from any direct and open
attempt to crush the spirit of liberty in Naples. The
despots are reduced to the necessity of lying still and
waiting for some favourable opportunity which may be
produced by their agents, I those conflicting inte-
rests which cannot immediately be made to harmonise
with the general welfare, during the first occurrences of
even the most moderate revolution. The priests of
Naples, of Spain, and of Portugal, although many of
them, to their honour, are among the most enlightened
of the champions of freedom. are undoubtedly in general
averse to the new order of things ; and there moat be a
vast portion of superstition remaining among the igno-
rant of the lower orders, which may be probably worked
up by the active instruments of bigotry and tyranny,
into irritation and discontent. This way also be the
case with a small part of the army; and perhaps the
aristocracy of these countries, however it may hate the
cull tyranny of the old courts, may feel a strong reluct-
ance to the admission of the rights of the people. These
things afford to the Holy Alliance the expectation, that
If they are patient for a time, something may turn up
lin their favour. Out of these fragments of the old
.4„
100eial diaOrdirt" they mg , indeed, nnfortenstely, be
warranted in expecting much; but we trust that that real
1" social order,' which must ultimately be the result of
the well organized movements that ate taking place
In the south of Europe, will entirely disappoint them.—
(Liverpool Mercury.)
Attempts &remaking to stir op throughout the king-
dom a series of Addresses to the King, as a kind of
set-off against the numerous congratulatory Addresses
which have been presented to the Queen, and when we THE P4NORAII.4.
--.10.-
consider the vast 111111$ of money which are at the dis-
(ramie A CORRESPONDENT.]
posal of the executive, we only wonder that the Addresses .
The improvement in the art of Panoramic painting.
to the "fountain of honour" have not been more
nosserous. The little bodies of Addressers to the King may with great propriety be said to be an additional
who are seen in T/,c Gazelee,eotne forth from their lurk- feature in the advancement of the Fine Arts, while it
lag-holes with what from other men we should consider increases the Inxuries of refined taste. To the travel-
falsehoods, but what from them we consider dreams. ler, it affords the highest gratification, recalling those
They give characters of their countrymen without meet- scenes which have been viewed with delight. Here he
log in open meetings, where they may discuss their opi-
recounts to some admiring friend his perils and fa •
*ions and motives; they meet in select vestries and con-
tigueo, or points to some lama spot the birth-place of
ciliabules, where they can only behold the reflection of 1
their own intellectual and moral images— • genius, or the Theatre of sanguinary wars. To as joys-
" Knave nods at knave, each jobber has his brother, rile mind it affords a stimulus.—Who that has seen the
" And half the vestry just reflects the other ;" views of Roar., of irtnicc, or of Narmis, now exbi-
ood while the tax-gatherer compliments the supervisor,
biting at Messrs. flaunt and BIM/OMA in the
sad the pensioner cheers up the expectant, they foster Stand, but must have felt an anxious desire to have
themselves into the conviction that it is only in their
precise combination of troll paid self-devotion and job-
visited the classic regions of antiquity, the architectural
Wog patriotism that public or private morality is to be beauties of the great emporium of literature, and
Aund. Loyalty is only to be reared in a close meeting, to have seen the gaudy pageant of the Vene-
tia! must be made palatable, like endive or saccory, by I tians, the humorous frolics of the Carnival, the
splendid monuments of republican greatness, or wished
excluding the light of the sun. What but such a train
of discipline in the love s,f themselves and hatred of breath •
to the ever balmy air of the
no of NAPLES i•
their neighbours, could have produced such specimens
rank, raving absurdity, when they venture forth into We never pass by the inviting announcement of a
the day? What but such a habit of careful exemption new view, without indulging oar curiosity. The in-
from the rubs and checks of matter-of.fact, could make j structive and venerable exhibitor, who explains these
the most ignorant of brutal men believe that the diffi- pictures, is no less amusing. The precision with
which he points out whatever is worthy of notice, the
amities with which the country now has to contend,
arise from " the malice of the *disaffected," from sedi- historical anecdote be attaches, the intimacy he op-
tion, or what the Courier calls, by an improvement of
pears to hold with the surrounding objects,
etekoo-note, from blaspAeray f Have the disaffected I all tend to
wthography, wisely adopted for the sake of varying a
Impart agreeable knowledge, mid render panoramic
made the debt, or Increased the taxes, or depreciated exhibitions a high *coerce of intellectual enjoyment..
the currency, and then enhanced its value ? Have they
Mat firth the clumsy Bank-notes, or hanged hundreds I Tna FALL of CARTE tog Batoos.—The snperh
der forging them? Have they brought the country to I structure of Carthage Bridge, which called forth the
admiration of all who visited it. was completed in Ja-
each a state that low prices are thought a curse rather
unary, 1819. Suddenly and unexpectedly it. fell into
than a blessing ? Have they 1114 the management of
the immense gulf over which it was erected the after-
the police or the prisons ? Have they filled the streets
with pickpockets, or made the prisons the nurseries of
tame? Did they begin the proceedings against the noon of the Id of May, 1820. This bridge was a
Win? We should think, from specimens we have single arch of iron, which for its extent and height
ink of some of the loyal meetings, that the " truly re- stood unrivalled in this country or in Europe. The
. table," as they are pleased to call themselves, . arch consisted of nine ribs, its chord 352 feet, and
aid answer-Yes.—(fl ed.) 1 height of the railiotg above the water 20th feet. The
On Saturday hilt was married at Bowdon church,
the Rev.
lierensigtiboso.f the
ilinesect7l4 feet.rd
atltegannwas imporßtanivetr.in.tilties
Cheahlre, by die Rev. Prebendary Slade,
leading through the north and west
Noe &seas Law, eldest son of the Lord Bishop of „Berge mew—.
Peat% et Lmily Charlotte Grey, eldest daughter of the I
part of the Meta of New York.--(liess Jersey Paper.)
Earl of Steadoed said Warrington. Cons-Bxenasson, Doe. 4t.—What Wheat remaincd
A meeting was held at Taunton, on the 4th of this over yoga usidays sup*.not
heavy sale this
Beath, to take into cessideration the best mesas of improptilt maw to its anterior 5:21y, but what teas
'ng relief*. dal Ewa/ditches, who his. so 'evenly di otollialend Ma= prance. Tine Barley sold
I het there wawa demand
by tbu gotjery of Maria eke* and "try" ail rod terms moo
"'lathy, the portico- ins of which are too veil known `fee dko ordseimu. murk neap In small quantities for
Ned
meadow A
sibeees has, la =sew ;emote ailkagews, at It. tont. per qr. The Use erode
es
mss bean, and is le. per qr. cheaper.
roar" boom opomid. and is reeillf kl lbws,' lib* be Wavier ems. Bear and Poe are la. pep
qr, lower.
br. moneturty beeelleist to Me inferbilline bowleg newt at nerbet this week that titers is a demand
"Maly. for.

LAW INTRLLIGENCE.

The plaintiffs, Severn and Co., had brought their
action against the Directors of the Phenix Company,
to recover 15,000/. on a policy of insurance. That
sum was the claim they have on the Plornix, in con-
sequence of the destruction of their sugar-house in
Union-street and Holywell-street by fire. The whole
of the insurances in different offices amount to 70,110111.
The claim was resisted by the defendants on the
ground that the plaintiffs had introduced a new appa-
ratus for boiling sugar with oil, which was mote dan-
gerous than the old process, and which they dill not
communicate to the Company according to the condi-
tions of the policy.
The plaintiffs proved by a numerous body of wit-
nesses, that the apparatus was less dangerous than the
old 'node of sugar boiling, as the new process was not
so liable to ignite as the old, being by temperature
less inflammable. A body of witnesses on the part of
the defendants came to a different conclusion; they
found it inure dangerous than the old process. After
the Leaped .fudge hail occupied f ten in the morn-
ing to four o'clock in the day summing up the evidence,
he delivered most aisle and appropriate observations
on the bearings of the case. His Lordship after dwell-
ing (melee evidence adduced by the contending parties,
said that he al Id not attempt, by any u; • of his
own, to decide between so much conflicting testimony,
though his firm persuasion was, that in a case where
there existed su h doubt on Muth sides as to the
merits of the new invention, the plaintiffs uu,6t to
have the advantage of it, as they hail property to
the amount of 70,00/. pen.ling, and had not acted
with the must remote intention of fraud. Ilia Lord-
ship then expounded the point of law upon the sub-
ject ; and said, that if the Jury were of opinion that
the new process was more dangerous than the ohl,
they would find fur the defendants ; but if not, they
would return a verdict for the plaintiffs. They would
have next to consider in reference to the point of law
: whether the plaintiffs had neglected to communicate
' t., the defendants any thing in the new process which
was attended with material risk. If they hail, the
PARKINSON V. LAVoIITON. policy of curse became void ; and he should so re-
The plaintiff, is this action, is a farmer; the de. cord the verdict for the plaintiffs, that leave he given
fendant a maltster and publican, living at Saddleworth, to the defendants to lIIOVV on the point of law, that it
in Yorkshire. The plaintiff claimed the sum of 7"!. be set aside and a new verdict ettiered for the de-
lete. for malt aolil to the defendant, who admitted the fentlauts. This he would do in mercy to both par-
delivery of the goods to the amount claimed by the ties, with the view of avoiding the additional delay
plaintiff, but stated in his defence that the sum Lad and expense of having recourse to a new trial. His
been paid. . Lordship concluded by e plitnenting the Jury on the
(Inc witness was examined, who stated that he saw,' patient attention they had given to this case during a
while sitting in the defendant's tap-room, the money most auxiottsand labial investigation of six slays.
paid to the plaintiff, being the sum of 45/. as the ba-i The Jury then retired to deliberate, aed having re-
lance of the account due to him. Two bills of ex., ruined absent till within a few minutes of seven, they
change were also put in, amounting to 49/. 15s. which returned, when the Foreman informed the Court that
had been paid by the defendaut to the plaintiff. I after tine consultation of the points propounded to
Mr. Desna'', in reply, urged the extreme improba-, them, they decided, in the lint place, that the fire hail
bility of the story told by the witness who had bees ; broken out in the fill-house, by the sugar Wiling over.
examined for the defendant ; it was, he said, against : Upon the second question, they agreed that the new
the usual course of human dealing for the defendant.', process was less dangerous than the old; and with r*
who, it appeared, was quarrelling with the plaintiff.' spect to the point, whether the new process was for-
to pay him, without any voucher or any evidence ex.! really rot iiiii ttuicated to the insurance-office, they
ceps the man who was casually in the tap-roam, net thought it was not necessary that it should he, as the
may to the amount of his demand, but even over pay- Surveyor of the office had seen it oft the premises of
tucat of nearly 15/. ; it was impossible for him, not the plaintiffs ; and the Jury were therefore of opi-
knowing of the existence of this witness, to lay before . nion, that the claim of Ilatt plaintiffs could not in
them any evidence to rebut the statement he had made, fairness be opposed. Under these circumstances they
but• the extreme improbability of it wade him per. returned a verdict for the plaintiffs to the amount of
fectly easy in leaving the case to the good sense of the 15,000/.
JUry. ; 'f he Foreman then said, that he found it impossible
blr.Justice HOLROIrn observed shortly on the pro. to leave the box, without stating that, during twenty-
bsbilities of the case, and I five years, he had regularly served on Juries, and had
The Jnry, without a moment's hesitation, found a "seen Lord Kenyon, Lord Ellenborougis, and other
verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages :!91. Is. Judges preside, yet in none did he ever witness so
lII:NTEK V. KING. much urbanity and elegant courtesy as he observed in
This was an action against the defendant, an ad- the Learned Judge whom lie now had the honour to
yertising money-broker, and who acted as the agent • address.
for the plaintiff, in purchasing an annuity for him, His Lordship bowed to the Jury in grateful arknow-
tor negligence in the performance of his duty. I ledgment fur the tribute thus paid to him, and then
Mr. Scanner/. shortly stated the facts of the case expressed his regret at being obliged to differ with
to the Jury, the defendant, he said, was one of those them upon the question, whether it was material that
persons who advertised to lend the- money of other formal notice should be given to the defendants res-
people ; be was introduced to the plaintiff to vest some pecting the new process. He was decidedly of opinion
money for hint ; lie stated to the plaintiff that a Mr. that such notice ought to have been given in confor-
Tuffnell would grant an annuity on very advantageous salty with the terms of the policy, anti the neglect of
terms, and to make the security unexceptionable, the it was a sufficient ground why the defendants were
Rev. Mr. Pyke, of llaythorn-park, in Essex, would entitled to move for a new trial. His Lordship now
join with Tuffnehl in it. The plaintiff consented to I requested the Jury to consult among themselves whe-
*chance his money, and after a time the deed was pre- thee they thought it material that the notice is tines-
pared. and signed by Mr. TufTeell, the Rev. Mr. Pyke, ' tion should have been given to the defendants, stip-
end duly witnessed. The plaintiff paid 4991. for an posing their surveyors, Messrs. hockey and Cope, bad
*acuity of 701. per annum, payable half yearly. At not been un the premises aid seen the new process
the end of the first half year, Tuffnell decamped, and The Jury, after deliberating a few minutes, re-
Mr. Pyke being applied to, he denied having ever j turned for answer, that they did not think a formal
joined in any such security, and affirmed his signature intimation necessary, as the new process was less dan-
to the deed was a forgery. He (Mr. Scarlett) was gerous than the old, and that no such intimation was
far from charging the defendant with any knowledge made.
of the fact, that the signature of Mr. Pyke was forg- His Lordship then said, that was not exactly the
ed, there was not the least suspicion of that ; but the i question he put to, them, though as they now stated.
charge was, that being the agent of the plaintiff, he that no formal intimation was made of the new process,
hid not made those proper inquiries respecting Mr. the defendants might move for a new trial; yet it
Pike, nor exerted that degree of diligence which was I would be for them to consider whether they would act
his duty to de. wisely in pa tlonging the contest upon the construction
Wit . . were called, who proved the facts as of a point of law, after the case had been decided
slue stated. against them upon the two questions of fact. .. .
Mr. DENNAN, for the defendant, put forward seve- The Court adjourned at seven o'clock, aria the Yee-
M) I
technical objections, which were overruled by the dirt was received with loud acclamations by a large
learned Judge who presided. The learned Counsel ! assemblage of persons on the outside, who waited
the contended, that, on the ease as it stood, there during the day in ant us expectation of the result.
was net evidence for the Jury to find a verdict against
bis.client : for aught that appeared to the contrary, iESSIto,
Taffnell might be dead, or might, as was stated,
be absent from this country, and he might have left ne through.
morn
sofficient assets to satisfy all demands against resterday
lie Sheriffs. A.
him; for aught that appeared to the contrary, the ',weeded to pass
plaintiff himself might have undertaken to procure (lowing persuis, ca,
the signature of Mr. Pyke, aad, under all the eircum-
stances, he thought it was a ease upon which the Jury trees Farquhar, W.
would pause before they found a verdict which wind! -queer*, for Is
s.
be ruinous to his client, on •-tie evidence which bad
leen laid before them.
Mr. Justice HotabyD stared up the evidence, hnd
'llse Jury, after a abort dephocition, found a rertact
for the plaindli—Oasonits 5141. .
COURT OF COMMON
_PLIZAB. Goa
.Doe. It

COURT OF CHANCERY, Dec. 19.

DICED AND OTHeRB C. PARKINS AND °TIMMS.
Ale. HART, in bringing this case forward, said it
a.i one of the many instances in which persons en-
I red into contracts that they were unable to arm's)-
; :islt. The parties here were the Members of a Beve-
r t Society, called "The Helpmates," and the object
mit was, on the part of the Learned Counsel, to free
them from the liability to which they had exposed
:hentselves. To do this he was instructed to move on
the part of the plaintiffs, for an injunction to restrain
those persons who formed the committee, from paying
or otherwise issuing any monies belonging to the ge-
neral fund, and also to restrain those persons who
acre in she nature of trustees to the society, in pos-
session of the invested property, from parting with it.
the Society was founded in 1796, and had for its ob-
...ea the provision for persons who should arrive to the
period of Old Age. This was to be dune by those sub-
-I;ribers paying proportionally, and at the present time
there were 2-15 persons entitled to claim 6,0101. per
annum. In the course of the next year an additional
claim would, or might be made, to the amount of
2.410/., and in the succeeding year 120 more claim- !
ants would be entitled to an additional sum of 3,090!.;
end is the course of live years, there would he no less ,
p. cum claimable than 16,6901. against the Society,l
while it had but 15,000/. to meet the demand. This
would clearly show that the Society, if it was conduct-
,l on the same principles as at present. could not ex-
ist for more than two or three years, and therefore it
became necessary, if possible, to put a stop to the mis-
t Mef that must otherwise accrue.
The Loan eIIANCILLOH granted the injunction, at
the same time expressing great fear that it was the
ease pith many of the societies instituted, which held
taut hopes that they never could realise.

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COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Dec. lA.

OLD BAIZE Z' SESSIONS.

SEVERN, ZINO AID CO. P. Tlile.rosationt, ptisvaaarcz.
- • omens. •-• .
This important Insurance Causer which ham•ttetu
piNi the Chief Justice of the Common r.eas, and
She Jury no less than six days. n-u this day decided.

John Clarke, Patrick Connell, Heorge Wright, Sarah
Myers, E Lyons, P. Davis, J. Lovell, E. Tremor, Wm.
Ai•cher, Charles Roach, John Saunders, John Clark,
Thomas Jones, Charles Jackson, and Peter Malchin.
The following were sentenced to 14 years transporta-
tion for passing forged notes :
H. Herrington, Charles Cartsagie, %V. Whiteman, M.
A. Platt, M. A. Kelley, Wm. Hudson' Henry Schrader,
Elisabeth Denham, Biro. Preston, John Mason, Williams
IFaulkner, and James Ilenry.
Fifty-two to be transported for seven years ; four to
be imprisoned in Newgate and other gaols for two years;
several to be publicly and others to be privately
whipped, fined Is. and 'discharged ; and four hail their
judgments respited. After which the Sessions adjourned
to the 10th of January.

The liavi4o Portuguese brig of war, from Pernam-
buco to Rio Janeiro, is taken by an insurgent priva-

Leer.
Mammy° our or Parson.—A few evenings bark
some convicts, who were confined in the new
House of Correction at Brixton, effected their escape
in a very daring manner. The prison is not wholly
finished, and this circumstance inspiring some of the
boldest thieves with a hope of being able to break out
by souse means or other, live of them leagued together
for this purpose. They kept their design a secret from
their fellow prisoners, and the better to disguise their
intestines, seemed very arentive to their employment,
and reserved towards each other. The absence of the
wet-kitten was determined on as the signal, and as
S.OOll as they went away, some of the prisoners seized
on the builder's ladder, by means of which they scaled
the wall. and got away. It is supposed that they
crassest the fields, and entered town by a circuitous
mire ; but their absence, and mode of escape being
quit discovered, emissaries were dispatched after
thesis in all directions ; tell out of the five were shortly
afterwards recaptured, and to their great chagrin,
lodged again in their old quarters. On Sunday last
private information was received, that another of thr
delinquents, named Ilaswell, who was cast for death
at the last Assizes, was concealed at a public-house in
Blue Anchor Lane, Bermondsey ; thither the officer
went, and retold him as described, disguised io a
rountryniass's smock fruclt. This mast being the most
desperate of the whole, a violent resistance was anti-
cipated ; but the moment he saw the officers, hr tub.
them that he Wll4 completely dispirited, and although
it took give constables to apprehend him last time, y. t
that he would go now quietly. He was on Nlottda
conveyed before L. .then, Esq., at Unien 11.111, I.)
wh.on lie was committed to his old station. Ihe
others have at present evaded all search. 'there sloe
not appear to he any blame attached to the hreper
ut
the Prison, who is a very careful and active man.
COIN ens I sot:ker.—Monday night au inquisi-
tion, which lasted several hours, was taken at tiny's
Ilisapital, in the Borough, before Thomas Shelton,
Esq., Coroner, on the body of John Nash, aged 35.
M r. Searle, of Love-lane, Lower Thames-street, fish-
/longer, knew :1w deceased, who was in very respect-
able circumstances as a master lighterman, in John-
street, Horsleyslown. flu Saturday the flat of Octo-
ber, about font o'clock in the afternoon, they were
proceeding along the Kent-road in a gig, and when
near the Otto Cur, public-house, their attention was
attracted try a crowd who were witnessing a combat
between two lads who fought with sticks; the de-
ceased pulled up against the kirb to see the light, and
they remained there a few minntes,when witness turning
suddenly round, beheld a waggon, heavily laden with
bricks, ramming in contact with them, and no driver
or any ostensible person to guide the leant. Witness
instinctively threw himself from the chaise, and the
next minute the wagon came against and overturned
it and the horse, and he saw the deceased under the
wheel. When he jumped down there was no time to
alarm the deceased, and it was only by the interposi-
tion of Providence alone that he escaped with his own
life ; the deceased was taken up senseless, and con-
veyed to the shop of a surgeon, who declared his arm
and lee, to be fractured, and reconsusended his being
immediately conveyed to the hospital. The deceased
hiss left a widow and six young children to lament
his loss.
Mr. Warren, of No. 414, Strand, currier, deposed,
that on the slay in question he was driving a gig in
the Kent-road, and the deceased and Mr. Searle in
another ; they stopped to see the boys tight, and wit-
ness drew up his chaise fur the same purpose. The
deceased could not well have seen the waggon as he
stood, and the transaction took place so suddenly that
no assistance could hare been afforded him. Witness
assist I in conveying Mr. Nash to the surgeon's ;
in
the mean time the driver came up, who seemed much
afflicted at what had happened, and gave his name
and address readily enough. The cart belonged to
Mr. Butterfield, of the Strand, and was heavily laden
with bricks.
Mr. Maingy, honse-snrgeon at Onyx Hospital, ex-
amined the deceased, and found his thigh fractured,
Isis arm broken, and the extremity of the abdomen
much injured ; the usual remedies were applied, and
hopes were entertained of Isis final recovery,—but,
about a fortnight a^o, symptoms of mortification ap-
peared, to connterart wisiCh every. thing failed, and
the deceased expired on Saturday.
The Coroner, in his charge to the Jury, took occa-
sion to remark on the number of fatal accidents which
daily occur by the carelessness and inattention of
drivers, which he thought might be much prevented,
if - refused - employ any in that capacity but
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