The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-01-29 00:00:00

.POLI‘.E.

BOW-ST Ft MT.
TUREATENING LE VrtftS.---Otl Monan ,i;,
Esther Eliza Counter, otherwise St. fa/um, 4 I
.George llarrison, Esq. were brought to thn 0
charged with sendinT, threatening !ettorc to (ha
nourable Basil enchrAne, charging him Kit', a
misdemeauoar, for the purpose of extorting m
from him.

They were held to bail, in 2001. each, and •%,
sureties of 1001:to answer at the next AssiLes for uig
county of Kent.

UNION-II A TiL.

Thomas Burgess was yesterday charged with thno,.
ing Elizabeth Boodle. It appeared that the
soner, and a brother of the deceased, who had 'IN,
out shooting together, had returned to take sor,k,
freshment, and for that purpose went into f!1
kitchen, where the docoasod was employed fol ii
some clothes. Burgess was playing with
when it went off, and its contents entered the 11.,ad
of the deceagtd, who Instantly expired. lle Nis
ccminit!ed the result of the Coroner's 1nc0.,.,t
known.

Wittramsow's Muitoca.—Thomas Pr,nr. a lamp
. man, was app ehentled on suspicion of he:na enc.
corned in that atrocious tran.action. The P., pap.
is known to hare lodged at Williamson's on the 11'.d.
nesday night before the murder was committe;!, ami
for ten nights before. He was seen passing ov..r
London-bridgeat an early hour in the mornit,g a te,..
wards. He was tracAl to'hare slept at a hue ;,,
Noah's Alt-court, Stangate, one nigi't ; he was p,t
;into a room in which two other young men, n:,m,
Harri and Dalton, slept, which he left unperceiy 4
by them before day break, and on waking th y fuuu l
their pockets emptied of what monPy they c,nt
lie is detained au suspicion of this robbery, as wul
as on suspicion of being concerned in the tnuiders.

On Friday the rcinains of his Grace frenry aikf.
of Buccletigirwere carriA from Dalkei:!i_i;aac to
the family buryi;;i vault; in Da:keith ellen-% re.
sides his noble relatives, a number of Nlblem.,n
Gentlemen, the Lieutenancy of the County of Edia.
burgh, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, ohd most or
the tenantry of his immense estates, were presoht.
and a vast multitude-of all ranks and d4criptiuti of
people.
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I- A dreadful accident happened about four o'clock
yesterday afternoon, in Lettienhall-street. A Lab
and Gentleman passingsa iraggon in a gig, the wneel
of which coming in, contact with that of wagy:l,
the Lady was thrown out, and the wheel of the lat-
ter passing over her head, killed her instantly.
On Sunday evening, about six o'cleA, Mrs..‘,la-
-tray's (of Air-street, Piccadilly) female servant, left
• attending her mistress in the parlour, and on retim-
lin into the kitchen, she found a robber rummuili,
the drawers, &c. The villain attempted to murdvr
i her by endeavouring to split her skull with a crow;
but she 'warded off the blow with her right arm. S-ae
remained apparently lifeless, for, a considerable time.
Mrs. Matray.gave•att alarm in the street, and se‘c-
ral persons searched the house, but could not fad
•him. On the girlscoming to herself, she said she had
no doubt but-the robber escaped by the area.
A melancholy accident' happened on Friday last,
at Hightae, in the parish of Lochmaben. A youth of
about eighteen years of age, of the name of Telfer,
by trade a mason, having gone out with a fowlir;.
piece, with the intention, of shooting a crow, 1,1:1
carelessly allowed the piece to remain on cock ; and
as he was resting the butt on the grounri,swith the
'muzzle towards his head, it unfortunately went off.
and the shot entering at his ear, penetrated his brain.
He was instantly found by his brother and carried
home, but expired in a few minutes.
Miss Ch-l-m-nd-ly-, who eloped a fes days siert,
from Piccadilly, with Mr. Lambton, son of Lady
Ann, on it visit. to Gretna Green, is a most fascinating
and highly-accomplished young Lady, and poisesse,a
fortune of 20,0001. Mr. Lambton is in his 10th
year. His fortune is estimated at 60,0001. a year.
A fine racoon was last week taken-in the woods
at Lord. Grosvenor's seat at Eaton. •It iv;
discovered by Mr. Nutting, the • stuct.g,itylm,
the cleft of an aged oak, who quickly started it, an.!
with the assistance of his dogs had it secured. It 1.:
supposed that this native of the forests had male :;s
escape. from the m.magerie of some travelling sh;;4-
man.

A part of the Rochdale Canal, in Manchester, inn
lately let oil, foc the purpose of cleansing it of tle
mud.. Several discoveries of immersed property
made,. canals being long -established receiver:, of
stolen property that cannot be better disposed
but the most extraordinary discovery was—that it iris
been made into a bunking concern, exclusively of thl
banks on each side—a bundle containing the .hairet
of Two-pounds original Bank of England. Notes, to
the amount of some Thousands, being found!!!—
We have only to add, this is not the first time money
has been sunk in canals.

W. Chesterfield, who on Sunday started from
Tyburn-turnpike to Uxbridge, urns taken very ill
near Acton, which was within six miles of the end of
his journey, and lost his wager ; though he has per-
formed the distance before in three hours and forty-
five minutes, being fifteen minutes less than the time
allowed.

SCOTCH

MILLER'S Whirr: -
Comet (Cummings), Leith
Trusty (Balhuman), do.
Sprightly (Sutherland), do.
Dowitz's Wharf.

S M 4 CRS.
4 rrivtd. Sail.
21 Jan. V Feb. —3, I'. V.
19 20 .lan. —2, P. }i.
27 6 Feb. -7 7, A. :‘1

Alert (%I,Don.std), Inverneu
Dundee
Forth (ToHoch), Leith
Hope (Hutton). do.
Dispatch (Lyon), Dundee
LEITH and EiERWICK Wharf.
Queen Charlotte (Nisbe.t),
Leith
Berwick Packet (Armstroas),
Berwick

SO Jan. —2, P. M.
3J, —3, P. M.
30, —s, P. M.
30, —3, P.. 1.

so, —. f, P. M.

I sot —s, P• M.
ItifiE THIS DAY.
9 minutes after 3.

MIMI WATER AT LONI3O.II.BR'
Morning, 53 minutes tfef4. f Ewan%