The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-12-20 00:00:00

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POLICE.

noworraerr..i.....gd-ourd Wilson, formerly a
halter in Comptun-alreet, has Pt. e 1 tio:os hee,►
summoned lately to •
.c Offices for neglecting to
pay hackney-coachinen their fares, and he not
attending to one of them, a 'warrant was issued
ugginit him on Saturda►•. On Monday morning
he was brought to the Office, where three charges
of this nature were exhibited .►gainst him by differ:,
rut Hackney Coachmen. Mr. Wilson not being
able to pay the amount of the different tires, wsit
hvld in his own recognizance, agreeably to tthi
Act of Parliament, to appear at the sessions td
abide the award of the. Court.

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Howizaio.ei.a.r..axt.—Testerday Williams
tisiderwtfit another examination, on the
charge brought azaiost him by Items. Vizard
and Hutchinson, Solicitors, of ',locola's-inti, to
whom he was formerly clerk, of having embez-
zled a Banker's Cheque, fur upwards .r 901. their
property. No new evidence was produced, ex-
cept that of Mr. Hollins, silversmith, Fleet.street,
Ito ..rhom one of the two-pound notes given at the
13ank in change for the large notes given originally
for the cheque at Child'4 biome, had been traced.
It appeared that t',o note isequestion had berll re-
ceived by Mr. Robins, from a man in plyisictit
for a ring. The person who porcloised th,! riot;
slated at the ti"ie that it was intended to become
the bond of union between two persons well
known to the public, namely, MiAs Colson and
Mr. Elistosi. On a former examinetiln, Gore
stated that he purchased a gold ring for Viiston at
a shop in Fleet-street, and th it he paid for it
with a two-pound note which he had rveris4
from Elistuo. Elision was fully committal fur
trial.

The Barracks in St. George's Place., Canter-
bury, lately occupied by the Horse Artillery, and
which were its part taken down, are to he i.tioue-
; diately rebuilt, being re.engiged for the reception
of 80U of thu sick soldiers expected from %Val-
i cheren.

By recent accounts from the Island of Curtcos,
we. earl) that the Olken and Noti.c Homitsioned
OMeer, of the '2.d battalion of the 18th or Royal
Regiment of Ireland were on the eve of ousiarka.
lion for Europe, after having drafted their me*
into the first battalion, at present in Jamaica :
their arreal may therefore be expected in a few
weeks. The 2.1 battalion will, on its return, be
reformed by Ow di.tachment is quartered at
Gloucester, tinder the command TT Cawain Gott-
KFAIIJER, C )11Si4iIIK of 450 of ikc clioic,:st men.
Thu OThccis of the Ist batallion, now at home,
are ordered to proceed forthwith to juin their re-
giment is Jamaica.

A few evenings since,. as Mr. Henry Hull,
betcher, of Cwincaravatt, near Monnionth, wee
returning home from that town, in company with
neighbour and his daughter, in uglier to avoid the
rood at Truthey-bridge, they attempted to get into
the fields, by walking ever the weir.hvad at that
rlace. His frient, with his child, bad pasiell it,
and was in the act of stretching out his hand to
assist Mr. Hull, when the foot of the latter.
slipped, and, from the weight of waterwlii,h then
tl'twed, he was carried down the stream awl
drowned. The darkness of the evening prr_
vented any attempt to recover the body, which
was not found till ‘Vedresday morning:, and was
then discovered at the bridge leading to Ticy
!louse.
The three Kent sheep, two years old, hied by
Mr. W A Lt., and fed on grass only, which attracted
so much notice in Smithfield yesterday, wave
slaughtered by Mr. SEARLE, in the finrougli, and
weighed as follow t---NO. 1, 17.51b....Nu. 2,
1551 b.---and No. 3,1611 b.
A scaffold fell down at the Auction Mart yes-
terday, by which two men were severely injisred.
One had a thigh and the other an arm brnkcn.
The anniversary of the Queen of Pott-ruc. aCs
Birth-day was celebrated on Mnntlay, be the per-
formance of High Mass at the Romillt Chapel in
South-street; in the evening the Portugnese Am-
baqsador gave a grand dinner at the Thatched-
house Tavern : Mal Nair Domaine, was «e:1
snug ; and the Portuguese custom of breaking the
glasses, after every toast was strictly adhered to.
• BA NIL au PTCY.—Yesterday a principal creditor
under the bankruptcy of a distinguished Milliner
'and Ores-maker, at the West end of the town, at-
tended the Commissioners again, in Guildhall. On
this occasion he stated that he had advanced vari-
ous sums to Madame during her illness, after
she had left the King's Bench telly', in Build-street..
He hid newer been to see her iu her bAchans.
bet but when it was her particular regatta( that
ho should be sheen up. Oa one occasion he ad-
vanced 301. and various small sums at other time.
His intention was to enable the banlcrnntte repair
her circumstances, and to •hegio the n orld anew.
The whole of the debt which be attended tt prove
amounted to near 2,0001. The Commissioners
did nut allow him to prove on this occasion. Se-
veral examinations had occurred.pteriAtsly.
A kir h:s Tun, the mills its the town eNew.
port, cimuty or Tipperary, with a quantify of
four and. corn therein, were consented by firr.
The ca.usii,of this conflagration and de‘truction of
property it attributed to the issaliptity of. seine
jettisons yet unknown, who, at the dead of
night.(au unusual flood then prevailing, in ACK-
ver) Opened the sluice, by which the machile.y
was set into such rapid motion as to CAUm•
uitiou.

taut l'11:-.
At No. 7. 111nrinen•steeet, St. tienrge's in the no-the
14th inst. tar wife of Aftookl Monor,:, a ng
of thire ehildren—mo girls ant a bu, : they hie ati
doi.bc well.
Yestenity, in Witspnle-mlreet, th, I.olly of William COr-
hen, Ihunhall Hall, In thes,sire, and Link
to Aiitl.llret. of &tit eliter.

alAititll.l/.
On Saturday:, Cie 16th Out. nt Legbourne, bt the Rec.
George Moore, Rector of iVndham, Sir Brook ‘Vorrow
Bridges, Bari. of Goorlarst.ooe, iii the roam.. of Kent, to
Utrabeth. 'West daughter of Sir Heavy Hawley,
leghouroe f;runge, isi the same county. .
DIED.
..t Deptford. Fliviheth Hell. aged 51, wife of Adern
B-'J, EN. of hie Alajesty'e Vtetuallh:g Depattobest,
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