The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-05-20 00:00:00

PANIC FAINSECUTIMOI.

R. Ireland. sod G. Seymour. who bad yesterday plea.le.l
Aul Guilty, were permitted to retract their plea, and to plc_
Guilts to the minor offence.
Peter was indicted for disposing had putting awe.:
two notes of WI. and Sl. Loosing them to be forged. Tee
tollowing fads appec red in evidence :
On the Ith of Janoary the prisoner Pulled et the New-
house of n n Wow lady named Clark, and expressed a svis%
to boy a colt svielch Mrs. Clark had to Dispose of. 1.. e 4111 -
gain was concluded the following day between the irliSulle-
arkl the gardener of Mrs. Cheek. The price Iced was 1.-re.
which was paid ice the notes 'ea questiou. The or:scow mei...
that the colt was purchased far his brother. wine resided a!
Hampsteork Minoan name he said was John Mills, and be
resided at Holloway. The notes were auspeeted 'bout It
months afterwards, au spots ineChing the most dillit,eut in-
quiry-, both at Ihil•rs% ay and II smis•tesil, It wets discovered
that the prisoner reteid..l at neither of those places. Tto •
prisoner was epprehendeol by Armstrong. the oilier,, who
found five It. forged notes in his pussession.
Glov,•r, a Haul. lnsp;ctor, proved the notes to !...r
Forged.
The unhappy man attempted no defence, and the Jur!..
without hesitation, pronounced nem Guilty.
Whilst the Judge was delivering his chorge it% the *bole
trial. the Grand Jury entered the Court, and alter delivering
several erue bilis wliich they had roved. the Ft esnan
that he had an application of some corsecncnce% make L.
the Court. Mr. Justice INT tilt desired them to unit un.ll
the iris! was couchettes% end he would then attend to them.
At the conclusion of the trial the G ran:l J ur) koin entree].
and presented a written application to the Couel. The objet
of this was to decide the dispute betweeen the Co ttttt ion :4.9 -
jewel and the Grand Jury of the lust Session, respectine th
right Of the latter to visit the different peels of Newt/ate.
Mr. Justice RIVI Lrr refretined from expressing ids opini-n
es to the right, but said. that he Kra pure that the rtheei:f
would at present give direction for the Grand Jery w i.e
rermiltoa to visit. He would take an opportunity of submi•-•
flag the question to the twelve Judges, and their ("Alva
should be pronounced rivet bession. 41k,

Beintirops. MAT 19.—1 t is expected t!.at his Ma-
jesty will pay us a short visit previous to th Corona-
thin.
'fox (into Cseon's-Sliatin FICLD.—(FIo n
a Corresposidera),—lt will be recollected that, a few
Weeks back, a considerable quasi:its. of guineas, half-
guineas, Lc., was discovered in this deld, in clearing out
a ditch; and conjecture was sery busy as to the traaon
of its being there deposited. The mystery, it seems, is
now (leered up. On Sunday se'snight, a wan, in a
sailor's dress, was seen in the stipe-wash, anxiooslv
looking at the bank of the ditch, then at a rer.ain tree,
and then, as if disapointed, betraying the oddness of
despair in his gesticulations and actions. Cariosity io-
dated a number of persons to collect around the man,
and, front qnestions put to and by bins, it was karat,
that he eras the owner of the property &and in the kohl ;
the exact amount was not ascertained. It appeased that
he had also met with another squishy grievous loss. He
had sailed from this port about fifteen tamatles ainee, pre-
vious to whirls he hail fixed Ws affections on a female.
• Who vow',l to he constant for ever sod leer,
If time tills% alter the worth of his heart,"
and with whom he had wished to leave his money in
charge; she., however, refusing to accept the trust, he
hall red it, together with a silver snuff-box, and othe•
val .plpita—bis little all—in the bank of the ditch before-
mentioned, and rut. notches in a tree close loy to mark
the spit*. lie had no feiend in ltristo! in whom he ribald
repose. confidence, or whose advice he rued ask. Oa his
return to this city the week before last, he 1..,in4 th.t:
leis dnlcinea had proved filler —she had married a kin-
lubber! and lathseimesotly that lies hart-wsraed mavesige
were lost to hint for ever. It was three Wiled' in 111,
afternoon when the poor felto.s ass first sown in the
rope-oralk, and lie continned there, acting over various
extrairaganries, till hue hone in the evening, alum
was apparent that, .0 crazed with rare, and endow wad
hopeless love," he had become iltereay mad, we be was
therefore coeveyed to St. Peter's Hessuttal. la the aide
of his derangement he took off a soeckrrchla, supposed
to have hems even him as a nomewitiv weefri ht the fair
apostate who kati in part nosed his ailliediost, mid ilirrw
it from him with ineffable disdain : flew is geom.!" ion
eriod, " all's gone—let this go too r sail he likewise
tore up a letter, svhirh, from what conk, be gatberel
from the fragmen's, was believed to eostaita the sews of
I the fatal marriage.—(driatiol (Mverrer.)

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