The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-05-31 00:00:00

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TIN KING V. WYTVOIIIIIK.

The rule for a criminal information against the coro-
ner of Salop was also called on in course, after Air. Jar
tics Best had retired ; but
The Conß•r declined taking it in the absence of that
learned Judge, who tried the case of murder to which
it relates, and directed that it should stand over till
another day.
It was finally arranged between the Counsel, that it
should be brought on to-morrow (this day.)

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MAT 30.
SITTINGS IN JANCO.

This being the first day of Term, the Judges came
down in procession to Westminster.
Ray, Esq. having succeeded his father in the of-
fice of one of the Prothonotaries of this Court, took his
seat, after having observed the forms usual on such an
occasion.
The Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Richardson were
absent from continued indisposition.

PALACE COURT, FRIDAY, MAY 30.
DROWN/NO V. Till COUNTIDIS Or °LANDAU..

Mr. MANGLES stated the case. It was au action brought
by the Plaintiff against the Noble Defendant, to recover the
sem °LS/. 13s. for a machine, furnished for the Countess's
daughter. lie understood the defence intended to be set up
was, that Earl Gleogall was at the time living, and that the
action could not be maintained against the Countess.
Francis Sewell deposed, that he was In the employment of
the Plaintiff, and remembered perfectly well making the
machine in question, which to the best of his recollection oc-
, empled 1$ days in making. The bill of particulars was here
put into the hand of witness, who spoke to the several ar-
ticles, but could not value them.
Mr. Pursey stated, that he was acquainted with cabinet
work, and that the charges in the bill were fair and reason-
able. In 1819, witness called on Lady °length. and saw
her Ladyship, and informed her that he came from Mr,
Browning with the Bill ; she said in reply, that she consi-
dered the charge too much, as Mr. Browning said it would
not come fo more than 21. or St.
Cross-examined by Mr. Tnessrree.—Witness, although
he did not know the nature of the machine, yet he was quite
sure the prices were moderate.
Mr. TIIESSIGER addressed the Jury for the defence, which
he said his Learned Friend had rightly guessed. The
Countess of Glengall 'Auld not have appeared in Court
that dny, gut that she was obliged, in consequence of the
number of demands made against her, to throw the protec-
tion of the law around her. Her Ladyship had paid many
—very many—bills of the deceased Earl, which she had no
right to pay, and it was not until the demands multiplied,
that she was obliged to have recourse to a Court of Law.—
The charge in question, however, would have been paid bad
it been moderate, and that it was not worth more than 3/.
would be proved by a witness he should call. If be proved
this, and proved that the Earl was alive; and living with his
wife, (then the verdict must he for the defendant. The
Leaned Counsel stated, that from the present distracted
stale of Ireland, the rents could not be regularly collected,
but he had no doubt every debt would he paid.
Thomas Henry Jehnston produced the certificate of mar-
riage between Lord Cahir, afterwards Earl of 6104111, cud
the defendant.
Mr. 3!anningliam, formerly in the service of Lord
Glengall, deposed that he Inid resided with the family
.up to the time of his tle:ttli. The Earl and Countess
lived together up to the time of the death of the former.
Mr. MANGLES replied.—llis Learned Friend had stated
many things which he had not proved. It would have
been more to her Ladyship's honour if she had paid the
small debt id question. The plaintiff from I situation
in life could not be aware of every family connexion of
the Earl of tilengall's family.
The Judge (BURTON MORRICE, Esq ) summed up to
the Jury, and ohseried, that this was one of the clearest
rases that ever came before him. An action could not be
brought against a woman for a contract when her hus-
band was alive. This machine was for children—Whose
children? why the children of the Earl. The plaintiff
should have made inquiry; the contract was clearly with
the huNkted, and the verdict must be for the defendant.
Verdict for the defendant.

POLf CE.

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MANSION-MUM—Yesterday a case of much import-
ance to manufacturers and pawnbrokers, came on before
the sitting Magistrate, Alderman Cox. Mr. S. Sadler,
a respectable pawnbroker, was summoned to show cause
wry he refused to deliver up without payment of the mo
my advanced, a quantity of silk, alleged to have been
illegally pawned.
Ihe complainants were Messrs. Kendal and Co., silk
manufacturers, of St. Paul's Church-yard. From the
case made out by their solicitor, it appeared that a quan-
tity of silk had been given to one of their workmen to
work it up. He accomplished the task, but as soon as
the silk was saleable, he pawned it in the finished state,
and absconded.
The Solicitor submitted that the goods had been un-
lawfully pawned, and that the pawnbroker was bound ,
to return them without the payment of the money.—
He cited the case of Makepeace v. Harker, to show that
it had been held that when goods which had been en-
trusted to a servant to manufacture were pawned, the
pawnbroker was bound to return them without payment,
of the mbney advanced.
Mr. Sadler stated that the person who pledged them
with him bad represented himself as a small manufac-
turer, and he (Mr. Sadler) had some reason to believe
the story to be correct. He contended at great length
the pawning was not illegal as against himself, though
it might be against the workman.
Alderman Cox decided, that this was not an illegal
pawning within the meaning of the. Act. To compel a
pawnbroker to deliver up the goods, it was necessary to
they should be proved to have oeen stolen, or if pawned
by a workman, that they should be proved to bare been
pawned in au unfinished state, or under such circum-
stances as to raise the inference, that the pawnbroker
Inuit have believed that they were not the pawner's pro-
perty at the time he took them in pledge. In the case
of Makepeace v. Harker, the goods pawned by the ser-
vant or workman, and ordered to be restored, were in an
unfinished state; but here they were finished, and
pawned under circumstances which might reasonably in-
duce the pawnbroker to brlieve.that they were sent by
ohe of those little misters who were so constantly com-
pelled to have recourse to such means of raising money.
The pawning was a serious offence on the part of the
workman, which rendered him liable to a fine of 51., to
forfeit treble the value of thu goods, and in default to
be imprisoned for three months to hard labour, and to
be whipped at the discretion of the Magistrate. The
manufacturers must seek and punish the workmen with
whom they intrusted the goods • bet the worthy Alder-
man thought it would be the goads;
of injustice to es-
tablish a precedent sgainst the.pawnbruker, or strip
him upon such a case of the money he had advanced.
The worthy Alderman dismissed the case.
The Solicitor for the manufacturers still expressed
his conviction that be was right in his law, and served
Mr. Sadler upon the spot with a notice of action.
Mr. Sadler said he was dealt with most ungraciously
by the manufacturers in being worried with a law-
suit, when he might prop-rlv have refused them a
sight of the goods, and prevented even the present cosh-
plaint.
The Solicitor for the manufacturers denied tbit
Mr, Sadler had any claims on the ground of courtesy,
for if he bad not shown the goods, a sight of thew
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procured by means of a

_ said that a seareb-warrant would no t
have been granted in this case, where there was no
ground tor compelling their restoration.
The complaint was dismissed, and the mannftentrer
went away threatening to have the question decided by
a highei; tribunal.
flosy-s .—Yesterday, Ben. Doggett, charged on sus-
piclon of thii murder of Mrs. Donatty, was brought up to
be discharged. Mr.lisxxs, the Magistrate. remarked that-
in consequence of the prisoner's assertion that he was In-
duced by the ill-treatment he experienced while on board
the Marquess of Hastings, to fabricate the confession of the
murderin hopes thereby to get sent home, he (Mr.lialts)had
made Inquiry on the subject, and had learnt that the prisoner
was certainly punished while on board the ship, but not
ithmit maniSest erase as he had struck a superior officer,
i and was for Chit offence sentenced by a Court of Inquiry, in-
stituted on the °cession, to receive three dozen lashes, a
punishment extremely lenient, considering the nature of the
offence.
The Prisoner was then taken from the bee, and after hav-
ing been divested of his Irons, was set free; he directly
joined a number of his acquaintances, who were waiting for
him in front of the office, and strange, to say. amongst them
was observed" Jack Ketch" and his Assistant; the former
jokingly congratulated Doggett on not meeting him in his
andel capacity.
NUISANCISS IN TIM PARR: Several vagrants were
brought by the party of Patrol stationed- to prevent
nuisances in Hyde Park, charged with having been found
lying about sleeping in the grass ; one of them who was
remarked for committing.several acts of gross indecency,
was sent to the tread-mill for three month, and four
others for one month each. The Patrol stated that since
the Park had been cleared of the set of wretches who of
late infested it for the most vile purposes, the number of
respectable persons who frequented there had consider-
ably increased, and since it had been generally known
that the officers were in attendance to preserve order, it
was thronged all day long.
MART-LA 30:042 OFPlCE.—Yestorday this office was
crowded by shopkeepers, in consequence of the apprehen-
sion, by Morris and Stowell of this establishment, of four
young persons on the charge of uttering forged Bank of
England notes.
At one o'clock they were bronght up before Joust
RAWLINSON, the presiding Magistrate ; they gave their
names, William Bazil IVall, Charles Slltlie, Maria
Clemente, and Frances Freeman; none of sue prisoners
appeared to be above 15.
Mr. Breen, of the York Arias, East-street. Mary-la
bonne, stated, that on the 19th instant the girl Maria
Clements came to his house very early in the morning,
and presented 4 101. Bank of Eligland note, requesting
change for a neighbour, Mrs. Slatter, whose name being
written on it, the change was given. The note turned
out to be forged.
On Clements being apprehended, she pointed out the
three ether prisoners.
The prisoner, Maria Clements, stated, that on the 19th
instant Frances Freem the other female prisoner,
called on her a... 4 said that Charles Sythe wanted to
speak to der. She went to him, and he produced a 101.
note, and asked her to get it changed, as it was for his
mother. She asked if it was good? he replied, it was.
She then got it changed at Mr. Oreen's, and on return-
ing, gave the money to the prisoner Wall, who gave her
ii,; it being understood that Frances Freeman was to
have 19s, of it. after which they separated.
Francis Freeman only said, that when the note was
given Clements, Wall said, it was a.> good as the Beale
Of England.
The two boys declined saying any thing, and were re-
manded for another examination.

Hatrox-Gannax.—Yesterday John Safer, a jonrney-
man tailor, was brought up from Kentish Town IVatch-
honm. charged on the oath of Mary, the wife of Richard
Jenkins, with assaulting and beating her husband in mien
a way that his life was in danger.
It appeared from the evidence of the complainant that
her husband and the prisoner were both married men of
4he same trade, and lodged in the Paine house, No. 9,
Mansfield-place, Kentish Town. On Monday night,both
being inebriated, they had a quarrel at their lodgings,
and each stripped to fight; they fought a round, when
the primner knocked her husband down, and when down
gave him several kicks, and trampled and stamped on
his body *Millie left him for dead ; her husband was car-
ried up stairsinsensible and put to bed.—Mr. Hemmingf,
a neighbouring surgeon, was sent for, who bled him in
four places in the temples anti both arms, but with-
out restoring sensibility, and he declared his life to be in
great danger.
The primner was committed to give twenty-four hours'
notice of bail.

On? Oliver Hopkins, of Toddiogton, and one Stephen
Archer, of Dimbleton, have born committed at the Pub-
lic Office, Cheltenham, to take their trials at the Quarter
Ses,ions, for the infamous practice of scribbling impro-
per words on the walls of houses.
Cottorreas' lerQuerrs.—An inquest was taken yester,
day, before J. W. Unwin, Esq. Coroner, at the Five Hells,
Three Colt-street, Limehouse, on the body of a woman
unknown, aged about thirty, who was found floating on
Wednesday morning, in the river Lea, near Limebonse
Bridge. She was observed on the Tuesday night wan-
dering for some time along the bank of the river near
where the body was found, apparently in a dejected state
of mind, which led to a supposition, that she had drown-
ed herself: but there being no evidence to`that fact, the
Jury returned a verdict—Found Drowned.
Yesterday, an inquest was taken before J. W. Unwin,
Esq. Coroner, at the Grave Maurice, Whitechapel-road,
on the body of Mary Skeggs, aged 50, lying dead at the
London Hospital. It appeared, that the deeedsed came
to the hospital on the 17th instant, having been run over
that day, at Stoke Newington, by one of the fly vans, by
which her legs and arms were broken, and she received
other serious injuries. She lingered until Tuesday last,
when she expired. Verdict—Accidental Death; deo.
dand, 40s. on the van.
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DREADFUL ACClONNT.—Yesterday morning, at six
o'clock, a dreadful accident happened in Princes-street,
Leicester-sqnare. A young man in the service of Mr.
Rose, Hoot-cloth manufacturer, got upon a projecting
ledge, for the purpose of cleaning the Royal Arms, in
front of the house, when his foot suddenly slipped ; he
was precipitated from a considerable height, and pitching
on his head, was killed upon the spot.
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SHOCKING Arcs DENT.—Yesterday evening about seven
o'clock as a poor labouring min was repairing the front
of a house (dlr. Trim's). in Princes-street. Soho, the lad-
der on which he was standing broke in the middle at
the second floor window, and in artier to save himself be
clung to the royal arms at the first floor, which being
made of cemeut broke down and
.precipitated the unfor-
tunate nun on the pavement, wine's, chocking to relate,-
dashed hs brains out
HORRID Ceceur v.—An act of most atrocious ba►barity
was recently committed at Yardley Hastings, a village to
Northamptonshire. A poor man residing there, procures a
livelihood by carrying parcels to and from Northampton, in
which occupation he employs als dookies. Three of thee
were as usual turned out at night Into the che►eh-pare,
where they were found In the morning in the mostdreodfil
agony. A monster had cut out the tongees of all of them,
and Intlictedseveral stabs in the sides of two ! The Who-
Wan wretch him, we are happy to say, been discovered sad
apprehended. When taken he was nearly covered with blood,
aimithe knife with which be perpetrated this act of unparal-
leled atrocity r..as found u➢on his person. The monster had
preciously been in the habit of ;ceding the poor animals; nor
, does lie assign no) molly, for his Coadast.

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muse' OF CONVIeff

On Friday last, about six o'clock in the evening, it was
discovered that six convicts lying ander sentence of
transportation in our Castle had contrived to make their
escape. The turnkey on going into the privy of the
yard, No. 4, observed a piece of wearing apparel tied to
the top of the grating, and found, on further eternisa-
tion, that the seating of the water-closet, which is form-
ed of one large stone slab, and was bound &ern by iron,
clamps, had been loosened, as if for the purpose of being
lifted Go, so as to afford the means Co escape through a
subtemineons arched tunnel, through which the filtb of
the prison is carried off, under Skinner's-lane, to the ri.
vet. On suspicion being thus excited, the convicts were
counted, and slx were found wanting. The alarm was
instantly given; but as no doubt could remain as to the
route they had taken, and as egress by that route was
deemed impracticable, it was supposed that they still re-
mained in the drain, and must oecessarily return the
same way. lint they knew better what they were about,
and by this time had succeeded in effecting their objet.
The !tames of these adventurers, all of whom reeetrvil
their sentences at the last assizes, are as follow :-1.
Francis Mittel', who received a well-merited sentence of
death for a burglary, at Stockport • 2. James Boon, alto
received a similar sentence, equally merited, for high-
way robbery ; 3. John Booth, oleatli, for sheep steal-
ing at Congleton ; James Brooks, death, for highway
roabery ; 5. John Smith fur a burglary at Newton ;
(the punishment of these dee hail been connuire 1 to trans-
portation) and 6, William Williainsonoran.portation, far
a burglary at bliddletvich. Tlicirmode of alter fng their
escape, and the difficnkies they load to sarinootrot, were
as followst—About three feet below the sat of the
wateecloset was a strong iron grating, one bar of which
they bad sawn away to atlanit their p.ssage ; five foe;
below was the lint level of the drain, to Ultich they de-
scended by fraguients of wearing apparel ; this level is
about thirty yards in length, aid tour fe, t high ; at its
termination there was another strong iron gratin:, a
bar of which it was also necessary to on taro igh ;
when this was accomplished, they kt themselves down
to the second level, a depth of ten feet ; and thence pro-
ceeded forward for about l 2 yards, which brott:ht the
subterranean travellers three cr four yards beyond Vie
base of the city walls. Here by same me tna or other,
which for the present appear inexplicable, some bricks
at the top of the arched tunnel were taken out ; and an
aperture forced to the surface of the pavement, and
rounded to a circle of about half a yard in diameter, Eon
whence the six convicts ascended withont annoyer'. e and
without diflicalty, sod ran oil' in different eirectloos.—
At this precise moment, liowev.r, messenzers were pro-
ceeding in different directions from the. Castle, :tad one
was seized near the spot, another on the Itoodeye, ,
third in the Groves, and a fourth nu xt titurnng. le-
polnt most difficult of solution i , by what possible means
they elleee 1 the aperture fi out tne tun! e, to the )u lace
of the pavement. I'he sit, ject, it bwevcr, is snide g.ing
the most severe investigati,oi the coo nt: 31agis,ca'ss.
ESCAPE raost ins CITY —S mu
convict under sentence of trantportatio t for be:akin!:
open the counting-house of 51r.Clobbe, contrived to wa ‘e
leis etc ape from the city gaol on Sunday night last. A;
nine in the evening, 111 r. Cheaters, the gaoler; locked him
up in his cell, and every thing seemed a cared aid quiet
at eleven, when he (Mr. C.) meat robed. Osilanday
morning, between six and seven, it was discovers I tbst
Williams haul taken his leave, and had left very visible
marks of his progress. The felons' day- o in, is on the
ground door; Williams's heidroom is sepa.ated too it by
a strong parieion mall, in the centre of which is the fire-
place. To the lower part of the claims y the convict ap-
plied his labour, as the point most vultierablN'forsed out
she bricks, and opened a Ei.o siege for la:interline the day-
room. through which hr meat hast. gone, jest *vie tilt
fire-place. Arrived here. his next object most hare tr.ien
to find his way oat of the pots Woos door, which was
strongly locked; he had reconrae to a new stratagem;
is supposed the fire was no: totally tone oat; an! col-
lecting the combustible mate; his in the place, be applied
them to the bottom of one corner of toe door, at d set
them on fire, by which he con•tuned to gre ot a portion
of it as to allow him to creep under i•, a nl :•,) make Is •
way into the felons' yard. Ile was still lin:looted by :he
high boundary wall on the a )-th side ref the gad; bit
his ingenuity, no doubt previously assisted by contri•
vance and labour, proved equal to the emergency. There
is a lower g ating window, an I another in a direct hoe
abote it; with a long sweepone broil?, to the en I of
whi h sea typed ,d a large hnt,litr's hook fastened to a
well-con tared tx pe. made of old linen, he monnt•sl the
cross bats of the lower window,.and sus t king forth his
apparatus to the higher nue, his hook fastened en
has. and he then drew Idle e:i op without diiiizalty.
He. e then his work was near)) c mtpirteil ; passing front
the oatside of one window to anoth.w. which it air conti.
Ow admit:ed, he stepeed upon the roaf of the chine?,
nearly level with the a indoors, arid so :o the north h
dary, next to the Infirmary. from which b drop) e I
outside, without difficulty or danger. It should benote.!.
that this man was heavily ironed, each leg manacled,
and connected with a ponderous chain ; toe latter he loft
behind hint, awl one of the rings be ha I worn on
legs; it was discoverable that some kind of saw had been
applied for the purpose, but no implements of any kind
were found after his departure. It is somewhat &inci-
ter, that Job Williams, implicated ii, and confined with
him in the same prison for the same offence. made kis
escape out of gaol about ti.rtc

An inquest was held last night at the St. Luke's Head,
Mercer-street, Lone Acre, oi the body of. Same! Bag-
nall t appeared by the evidenee adduced, that the de-
ceased lodged at 23, I%fercer- street, and was unfortunate-
ly a cripple, having lost the use of las right arta, which
prevented him from obtaining a livelihotrd by soy other
means tban by selling a few netts about the stilszts. Ile
was the eon of a corn-chandler, aho allowed him a trifle
per week, but net sufficient to maintain him, an I being.
reduced to great distress, he became deject,d, and on his
lan fiord going up stairs to esti him on Thut slay morn-
ing last, he-discovered him in bed weltering in Ins blood
quite dead. It appeared upon examining the deceased,
that he had inflicted a wound under the Irft ear with the
point of a pen-knife, which had pierced the jugular vein,
which was the occasion of his death; he was only 20
years of age. .Verdict—'• Insanity."

Saturday se'nnight, about five o'clock in the afternoon,
a most alarming tire broke out in a stable at Surgeons'
Hall, parish of Fetten airn, in Fife, which, in the coarse
of an hoar, reduced to ashes no less than 120 feet of
thatched buildings.

oliJrttea to Oat tame wont) 6are~een
being rttendediby lsoonvetiienee to lb. &load, and rant.
'dented that it would be better to name a day for fur- Alderman Co:,