The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-09-20 00:00:00

1141.: STAITSMAN.

ATROCIOI t OCTRAGY.—.-On Satirday night Iwo. Yesterday IV. J. Pruning-ton Itlll4 indicted for tit-
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ahile a mail now employed in learning to spin in the tering a forged If. note, with intent to defraud the
VOtleittood Cotton-mill, in the suburbs of Paisley, governor and Company of the Bank of England.
wits going Louie, in the Back Siietlden Street of that Eliza green said, she lives at N 0.3, Dean-street,
town, he was attarl:ed and severely beaten Ly a toot- Ibil: urn : on the 24th of Jane. the prisoner came to
her of persons yds ttttt he conceited to be cuttono.pintiers. her father's shop and purchased souse 1111-711. He gave
Some malicious persons, a bout lie soppoia-il to be the his address in Plueniosalley, Long-acre. lie received
same party, tired a loaded gun or pistol through one his change and went away. About eleven o'clork the
of the windows of his house, about two o'chirk in' some niolit, a roan purchased a shoulder of mutton at
morning. The ball went through a pane of glass her father's shop, and paid for it with a If. note ; her
all the window shutter, knocked down Millie of the father protionaseed the note to be a forgery, and th•
p:aster from the opposite partition, and fell tin t!.r floor the prisoner being enable to give an arcoutit of him.
EA the house. The police, un receiving information self, he was *topped. Witness went to the address
of the circutustanee, adopted every precautionary given by the prisoner, hut found that no such person
'censure for the tiiscovery of the perpetrators. An lived there. 'I he prisoner for that time escaped.
tatay of a similar kind also happened lately in Mr.fireen, the father of the List witisto, proved
Johnstone, but luckily no serious misfortune or- that the second note was similar to the our lie had
erred. takoa from the prisoner.
% nightly watch of two or more men has been , Xlr.tireen'ashopauan said. that whilst thematiothote
stationed with fire-arias at the Underwood mill for name was Hemp, was in the shop positing the second
several weeks past, to prevent any damage being nme, the prisoner was watching a door or two off.
perpetrate] on the prenti'ses. At an early hour on J. Ittabers, a shopman to Mr. Ireland, in the Strand,
Ivesday morning, the men tin guard aril the people stated, on the 3d of Mareh, a noniron came and put-
a,/jaertit to the Underwood mill, were greatly alarmed . chased some ankles, for whirls she paid with a forited
by the discharge of tire arms apparently directed its- note, tieing her address as 3lrs. tlarriiitt,
w:rt's the master's dwelling, which is nearly situate ' his person has been since tried at the Old Bailey by
to :be mil . the name of Rosanna Pennington, fur uttering forged
The Superintendant of Police, on the first intima- notes. Witness recollects her heino takeitip at tfla
tiun of the attack, proceeded to the spot with a patrols I house in Ofralley; the prisoner was iu the.lionsr with
and a party of military, to prevent farther mill-Lief, ih r. When questioned about the note by the witness,
and endeavour to discover the offenders. He was only this in said she had it of her husband. pointing
taceessful, however, hi the first of these objects. No to the prisoner. The prisoner said all the flutes pm-
tro.re firing was heard, %nt no detectiolis were made. ed by this woman, came through his hands: that lie
V, hen day light appeared, nine balls were discovered had them in tit way of trifle. The officer said he
about the railing of the master's house. NOM' of ilieso.i would t..ke him up, lint the prisoner said, " you
balls entered the house, though some of them we/r! so," Anil then pulled oat a pistol. it Welt he presented
within a few yards of it. The criminals had happily at the .oli.-er, hot which the latter succeeded in o rest-
be• nat too great dist.oice from the house when thbl ing frin k loos The pistol was loaded to the mo,/le.
Eyed. Mayhew, an officer, confirmed the testimony of the
ATTiIIIPT as Fits RAIIIINC..•••••WP(IIICSflay tourning, last oititess. 'Else pistol was p' inieti and corked, a-•
betwixt one and two o'clock, the wateliniati at Milos I well as loaded. On the war the prison' r said to the
:vie Cotton Mill was alarmed by ohservitio a hall sail.olfics• if he would hold his peasanil say nothing
descending near the wall of the mill. His sits- '-i1V317. the pistol to the 31agistrat:-. lie would show him
pcion heisig aroused, he proceeded in the direction place where he (-wild get plenty of forged notes.
atom whence the ball seemed to fall, 'and aiseosered a this propositi ttttt however, the ofli:wr refused to give
man in a stooping posture, with a covered latiterts. his can-wilt.

apparently preparing another combustible for the put-
pace of throwing into the mill, the first has in:: failed.
Clout this he thrice challenged the person, but on re
cs:sing no answer, leveHed and discharged a blun-
derbuss. loaded with slug shut, at hint. Thy man,
hones er. effected his escape.
.The report of the pieee alarmed the wattbsnan on
the next station, and he übsetved a mats running,
whow he endeavoured to lay hold of, hut without
effect. He then called out to bias to stop ur hs• would
fire at him, but no answer being made, the %tau-hit:an
red a usissystet at him, also loaded with slug, when
the man instantly fell 'llse watchman. in place of
sunning up and seizing him, went to the house of the
clzrk for the purpose of procuring assistance, the other
watchman being engaged in the pursuit of the first
man Who was shot at. When he re:sussed, the tsliject
or their pursuit had made his escape, but bad left Isis
hat behind. The hat was pierced with two halls, .rne
c.ose to the band, and was rery bloods. inside.
On pr.weeding to the spot, where the first person
I id been shot at, they also found a hat pierce.l with
,!stirs ; and two pistols, one a small poehrt
piJ-
toi. 10,101 to within half au inch of the muzzle, east
other a holster pistol with a charge of six inches.
wrs,l a roll of paper arreasl over with tallow, tar, and
eunpowsler. A lantern was found in the 11i11 Canal
f• the ono-sting. It appea ed that one of the persons
tall escaped over the gate, as there was a considerable
soati:ity of blood on and &sant it.
Ott. of the men was uhaerveil, at six o'clock, nest
New !kaput-kit. without his hat, and face bloody.
s, :,o, on being questioned by a person how he came lw
L • its that state, said, that tie was a sennggler, wed
t. 4 been Waded and abut at by an "lyrist officer.
l':om these several circumstances, there ran be little
e..ubt but that Ilse incendiaries will be speedily de-
tT:ted.
We are happy to learn that the two men wise at-

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',misted to set tire to Milngavie 31111, near Glasgow.
: mentioned above, are troth secured. The one of
. nem, of the name of Brown, was apprehended ou
al ...I:tesday at Straits:Ague, where he lies in custuily.
1.-to,; severely wounded over his whole holy wills
$ .1111 sl/4ot ; the other, tiauted O'Con.,r, was seised in
. tvlpstrick parish. and scot off to Stirling jail, under
...vet of the yoonsanrv. O'Connor is also severely
sec untied. • Neither vi them is connected with the
W.,. L: in toestioo. but they were both eugaged lately
• ca mills in Badge:on. The one isa Scotchutin, the
other an Distill's&
The following' is a statement nf the commutation
i,:i the rase' of the nineteen prisoners who were con•
steamed at Stirling. James Clolood's respite is for
• vac month e--
- Transported for Life.--Allan Moretti', smith, (Has-
. row ; noised Gray, Wearer, ditto ; Thomas Macfarlain,
uy leer, Coudorrat ; Andrew Dawson, nailer. Cantelon ;
lbhn Macmillan, nailer. ditto; John Anderson, wearer,
• S• . Ninian's.
. . .1. rnamorted for Fourteen Veers.—Thomas hiles).
•• 3... k. stocking wearer. Olney * i WON) 9 #l.t 111
•- t ..o rer. ditto; Andrew Latimer, weaver. dittos 11 rew
. .4shisson. weaver, ditto; Andrew White, boo indef.
s',/to; David Thomson, Weaver, ditto • James ri
t .11,w, ditto; Williankelalcson or Clarkson, she •,
. rietto ; Thoma• Pike or link, muslin-singer, . s
.Indrew Hart, cabinet-miter; ditto ; Jells Harr, weans.
4.;..miortat ; William ;Smith. waster, ditto.
Pardoned -•-William Coawfurd. weaver. ditto, 113alfron.
On the night of Sattenlay, or early on Sunday morn-
ing last, six gams were left at the door of a small
pailalle-bonse, by the Cnnsbecnanid road side, a few
....miles front Gisnrivr, whil;jl hold been taken from dif-
ferent hoospilAtictbut-neigbleourhood, on the third of,
. April Lem fasek gun bed the urine of the owner af-
;Aced to it, and to one was attached a note:stating
•:.ot a seventh-gun, which bad been harrowed in the
fa* 4; farmer at Frank6elll„ was. for the I,
'---- - - " but either it. or one as good,
1 long be *Pitt him. Some of the
the kppetroare of baring been
_lnd. It is worihy if niseArk that I,
were taken. a promise *as held nut
wt wises the pawpaw- for which
over they would be ratorned.

Blouse, th, Pan', Inspector. prose.) the notes to be
forged in .dl respect .
'I he prisorscr, its his o:efrist*: rontentletl, that he re.
ceireil the notes from his father, for tai:uring work
door for hint.
A woman oas called, who s.r.ived that the priatharr
received some money from his father.
The Jury, after hearing. tIsT• • Aso% retired, and, otter
rent lining out near two hours:awl a halt,re:arned the
[iris mer Not Guilty.
radathatt, .ludo Verrastan. 311.1
.Ifaildn.r, were charged nith uttering a It. forged
note, on the I;tle of June 6.t, to Mr. to-dell, of
Bridge-street, lattaphistise„
Callaghan and Newman pleaded tiitilty to the minor
offence, on Saturday lasts but site other pristther re-
fused to plead with them. All the priatthers were this
day pat to the bar, as .1 matter of fawns.
Cordell, his wife, anal brother-in-law, proved the
prisitster-i to have been in company together. '1 hey
also proved the uttering of the notes.
After the prisoners were taken up they were putt
into a place of rontinement. an it pun a search losing
made afterwards, the parts of thr r notes (all of one
plate) were fouled in this place. It was also proved
that Newman and 31addloc passed a forged nine at the
same place the preceding Saturda). Against AU:tasks%
it was (nether proved, that he put -littething into his
month awl chewed it, which hr said tvas tobacco, but
an &liver undertook to swear that it wa, a note he had
pot into his mouth. Whets 3laddox was taken tip, a
good note and some silver were found upon him.
masisins, in his aleyener,said, as he was passing along
the Commercial-road, and had stopyril to speak to Cal-
Initan, he was surprised to tinil a I:er 4 ...me up and
make a prisoner of him. This ma' the only accomat
the prisoner could ghe of Ittinscif.
3lr. Justice limas, in summing up the case to the
Jury, explained to them that their verdict against

N.4I*TIC4L INTELLIGHNC R.

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' A large ship, monnting IS guns, with 80,000 dollars,
and a great quantity of sugar in hoses, and other pro-
duce on board, hanheen taken after an action of an hour,
and a half, he a brig privateer under Artigas's colours,
and was off St liartliolomews, on the 7th ult. proceetling
tie Five Islands to discharge.
A brig, from London to the Brazils, laden with naval
stores, price to a privateer, n as retaken the end of July,
and carried into St. Eustatia, by ah English schooner,
sent out by the llovernor, with Dutch soldiers on
bean!.
The Ann, of Whitehaven, Atcheson, from Antigua,
to London, pot into St. Bartholomew., leaky, on the
ult. and had discharged previous to the 7th. and it
Was expected would be reads' tie proceed about the
13th alt.-2-1 hogshead.' of sugar were damaged and
would be sold.
The Farnham, Fortune, from Liverpool to Kiel, ran
an shore near Beaitharnain, on Saturday. hut was got off
without ilzniatre, and put into that port.
The Dolin, from IV% burgh to Liverpool, sprang
a leak at sea previous to the !itli inst. and intended :o put
into I.lmlsvrona to repair.
Extract of a Letter from Captain PoNtleivell, of the
ship John, arrived in the Down+ from Jamaiva.—We
were overtaken in a viob•iit hurricane from the S. on the.
I Ith ult. in lat. 35. 55. lon. GI 111. which. although we
were prepared for a blew away our cluse-reefe.l
main-topsail and for.•sail. and a shift of wind from the
N. W. broach. ..1 the ship too against helm and fee
storm st which laid her down on leer beans ends
fur nearly four Itottr.6.
DV.% 1., Sera% It ban Mown very fresh this mornir
front the S. W. arcomponied with rain, during nliich,
the Jessie, Nidlirow, for New South Wales. itrodghtoo,
Wilnou, for 14orher and Atariptis of Wellington, Proc-
tor. for Lk erpool, lost an anchor and table each, lot
have hero wipp;ied f hence with others.
Scev. ::.—The Valentine, Essen, fr..o
Liierpoul to S.. PetersbitrA, has put into Lanilncrona,
leaky, and novo diselior.,..r to repair. 'flir Leda, Wi'..ott,
frees Saran rba Is St. r•it.r•burele. arrived here on the
Slat alt, hi-: his %intr tweet orderei to proceed to
Uhristiancin 1 fur whirb Ware she sailed to-day, to per-
form yttarultiii'.
Sr e s.•—The Swallow, of Dunbar, Thorn. from Era-
nerburg to !tie Us /lOC (I nn •Itore uu tun' Swinehoritins,
hot ban hewn ..it .oil' hn the a'sis'anre of the Dying
1.01111r:101y. tt i • 'twit it t% ir.g snmtatter,l any apparent
flantage, and nal proceed MI Ler rosa,;e.

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