The Statesman.
London, England, 1813-06-14 00:00:00

The Jury asked., whether thtl: mitigate !lad * Poweft
the petialtyl
Lord Er.t.annovountr told them, that the Legiii.
Were had affixed the penalty, and that they Ind no-,
power to mitigate it.
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The Jury hesitating, his Lord%hip NM, that .net,.
Cher they nor the Court, if it shouldle brougkt.he.
fotp„iti bed any power to mitigate theje4vlty. 'Pha
Jury d‘dnot know the facts of the ca 4, for tittli
would recollect, that he prevented the COunaeloo'
Plaintiff' frontgoing into matters of aggramion.
The jury found a verdict for Midriff, for the pe,
natty or $OOl.

The filtrated allowance to innkeepers and other,
of 2d. per day, for the eubsistence of non.‘einudj,; •
sioned officers. and eoldiers, takes ;dam on the 24th
inst. when -they are to be allowed 10d.
Doctor Navvy, who was wounded in the fetter*
on Tuesday morning last, in a doe! with Mt.,
liqiitaitirow, was obliged to andero ampuistinno-
' and in .unw in a fair way of. recovery. Mr.
hi‘Bnaaatorr Meyer quitted hini since the unfortu.-
' nate meeting took place.
On Friday afternoon a young. lady, most re-
' spectaldy connected, was oficerved to throw herself
into the Canal at Camberwell. Twolahotirers who
wore *orking at a little distance irentedistely ran to
the spot, and bruught her nut. They then con-
ducted-her to the residence of her relatin;is, which
Was nearly adjoining, Where they wire-liberally re.
warded. • The cause of this rash act is supposed to
be a disappointment in her affections.
The daughter of Mr. Parna. butcher, of Clare
hilachej tliqd suddenly on Friday. She had riven in
,
Ai laming in good health, and wai &eking her..
self. who., being suddenly attache& with a. giddi.
tress in the head, she leaned forward upon a table,
and expired without a groan. She was sixteen years
of age.

Monday last, Iti the Ccntrt of Justiciary, at
burgh, John Macdonald and James frilliamon Mach,
were tried for robbing and murdering Mr. Muir.
head, of the Calton, • Edinburgh, on the evening of
the 12th of May lasts on the higlmay leading from
Colt.bridge to Corstorphine. They were both found
guilty, and sentenced to be executed on the 14th of
July neat, and their bodies to be delivered to tit*
isrofessor of Anatomy, for dissection.

Last week, Mr. Lowe, one of the constables of
Birmingham, having ascertained that some premises
in Freeman-street, were inhabited by people employ-
ed in coining, and forging bank-notes, proceeded
with assistants to the house, which they found most
strongly berricadoed. They at length succeeded )n
forcing their way, when two men, who were within,
immediately threw into the stoves a cmisiderable
•quantity. of thin paper, blanks, dies, &e. The officers
took six persons into custody, with various materials
for coining and forging.
UNtotf,TIALL.---Jueses Marsh, was brought up on
Saturday, by Lockie, and examined before the Sit-
ting Magistrate, on an information, charging him
with having aided and assisted Louis Vatables, Hy-
polite le Bertre, Reine Romain, and Dine Rene
Salemen Dagigne, four French officers, prisnuers of
war, who were at large on their parole, at Alresford,
,in Hampshire, to make their escape from this cowl-
! try, at Leeds, in Kent, near Maidstone. A de-
" scription of the Prisoner's person had been lodged
1 with Lockie, sad he going into a public-house in
Tottenham-court, by chance, saw the Prisoner there,
li Et id took him into custody. The Prisoner did not
• deny the !truth of the charge, and requested the Ma-
gistrate to send him to some place of confinement its
the Metropolis, where he might be near his friends.
The Magistrate, however, committed him to Maid.
stone Gaol, to take his trial at the next Assizes for
Kent, in which county the offence was committed.
A handful of wild carrot (which may be obtained
from any gardener) in a quart of water re.tuc.'d to a
pint, on taking half a pint for two successive days,
will give certain relief, and sometimes effect a cure
of that dreadful complaint, the gravel.
..
A serpent, of a species supposed by Bryan Ed-
I wards, in his History of Barbadoes, to have bees
extinct for more than 100 years, was lately found
lon the Island; it was 12 feet long, and two feet in
! girth, and had killed several head of cattle, by en,'
folding its body roand their throat, and suffocating
them ; it displayed extraordinary sagacity, in elud-
ing search, never chusing a hiding place which had
not several openings remote from each other, and
from whence it usually escaped. Its powers of
mobility were incredible, di‘tancing the swiftest
dogs, and clearing, at a bound, a space of 14 feet.—
Many of the negroes, from the sagacity, swiftness
and courage displayed by the animal, considered it
• as animated by an evil spirit, and began to regard it
with veneration ; it was killed in the act of bringing
! forth its young, eight miles from the spot wit:re
it was first seen 9 and where it had suffocated a
• heifer. .
Yesterday mo,nkig two lads of the names of Eyre
and Bishop wore found senseless On a brick-kiln,
' beir,i,l4,-Naw-cut, St: George'i.fielai: The eldest
df -thetwe was recovered from suffocation by medi-
cal assistance ; but the other was completely lifeless.
"It is supposed that they had resorted to the kiln for
saki of warmth, and having fallen asleep, they were
suffocated by the fumes. .
1 We understand thatHainer, the celebrated Kentish
slimier, is matched by Captain Barclay to perform
100 miles on Newmarket race course, in 18 hours,
for BOOluiceas; to take plice in the meth of Sep.
timber.

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MARRIED.
Os the 19Ib inst. tt Chinkford, William Witney 11_11. Eq.
of Brighton, to Sarah, second daughter tsf Itobe;t7rothsture,
I*. or White-hall, Chinhford, Essex.
On the 12th inst. Mr. Herman Bodecter. of City-terrace,
City-toad, to Miss Mary Still, of the same place. - tt
Oa the 10th inst. the ker. W. T. Nagy, 11. M. ChePhtilt
the Mem lion. Lord Gambier, to Aone, wood daughter of
Mr. 1. Robinson, of Chariette-streot ritatoy-square.
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At his bone in Manebester.squans, William Besse GAP%
FA.; of the Madras Civil Service, after linkeying soda" iitsfdi
Mom. •
Sunday, on his birth day. Mr. Richard Bannister, as a/11W
neat bookseller in Bell-yard, Temple-bar. awed
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()tithe 10th inst. in Upper tluildford..tteet. Mrat(aZ
Dadwio, widow of rtli&r Godwin, late orthe FA* C
panes tatablisbmeat, Iftmlsay.
Oo the O gill
Oh lost. suddenly. ' Vts , M. Failiwo. tie 9*
of Wm. Ilalmeo, FA. of Grewt

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