The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-11-07 00:00:00

MANN I: v.lhe Mai of ritinkva

The fillowing Advertisement, in which elec.
tion enmities ale so curiously acknowledged, has
appeared in a Provincial Paper :
" Thr Lord of the Manor of Grantham having for years sus-
tained iik-alculable damages from the depredations of the 'Ott-
ani,- Woods, whose country his estates intersect in aliiiten ever)"
direction. Net wniue Proprietor his thought proper to oppose
bum on every occa,iort, but o e. at Grantham, withoot owniox
ihey 'Nett an i(kuh part so much property as the Lord of .he
111 nor I Notice is to,reby gisen, That prosecutidds, to
th we , sareesfull ca. rted lilt sorr.xdositsflisst (Es,.l
'tan nor Cape) aft: others), will hr rlaorously commenced against
every per-ao toiding.witli the above Hounds, who shull trey
yogi nu the lime of the Lord of the Nlatiors of Grantham, in
the several parii.-.1 of Grantham Lorl's Fields, Maruhorpe,
Little Gime. ov; G. at (lonerbv, Wasinohorpe, Westby, flrerit
Poiunn, Skdlinrur. , B.asevby, Sproxiuit,
Silk IVillutt~hby,
North Witham, Sou h Witham, Tn yfotd, South Stoke' W °oft-
thorr, Los lienoinr,ton, F.otan, Buckmiaster, Scwstern,
Carl:nn Snoop, Osbournhy, Colsterssorth, Gaithorpe, Thorpe
Amnia, Keisby, .Allington, Spittlegate, Houghton,
and Walton. .

By.Ortter,

•' JOHN YATES.

" Ormith:on,
.• P. S. 31i ,iec,:pirr4 at' lands arc requested to iign mite ne-
euary .11,charAes iounediately, which are left at the George
leo Of& e.
" IL,Farmers will be han,l-Irnele reworded. who are re-
qwesied to be particularly' e tact respe datte. anti comes."

FUUTPAO ROBIBER Y.—This system of rubbery is
now ptactisol with impunity in and abouttond.m,
nighty,, an I, as it is suppos..l, by one gang. Mr,
Elstlen, a builder, wavattaiked near his own house
in Thnruhi.igh.street, Bedford-squ'are, before niwe
o'clock, on I.iday evening last. The robbers were.
a tall man and a short man, and they answer the
deseription,of tlioso who have been robbing on the
Northern side of London, and alio the same who
cumulated some robberies at LeWisham. One of
then' stopped Mr. E.'s mouth ; the other presented a
pistol close at his head, which Mr. Elsden caught at;
and wrested it from the villain who presented it.
lie grappled, and fell with them, and they ran off
withuot robbing him. He snapped the pistol at
• the thieves in their retreat, butt it missed fire. The
• • pistol is now in the possession of Hamilton,
• borough-street, and it has the trualcer'slaaille) 110Qtb,

Gliathw.

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STAITSMAN.

MIDDLESEX SESSIOAS, Nov. ti.
• DEFRAUDING PARISH OFFICERS.
Tiq KING V, 'TIIobiA.S KNIGHT.
Mr. CONsT, for the ptost•cuiion' stalcd this to I
lie an indictment preferred by the, Parish Officers of
St. MArgaret's,Westininstyi, against tho Defiltidaut,
ehargiitg• info with taking a false oath before a Ma-
gistratv, to defraud the Palish of the sum of tvreyy.
Skillings. The totruee arose out of the Act of the
14th .if the 'king, called the Building Act, by.
nAlich Act it aas plovided, that npoues happen-
ing:itt any part of the metropolis, the engine arriv.
ling first ae the place should be entitled to a reward
twenty shilluogc, to be, paid by the Parish in
which thy file happeired ;
.such reward to be paid
with the -consent and approbation of a Magistrate
residing in the thotrict. The mode of obtaining this
approbation was, by the pewit applying for such
reward making oath• before the Magistrate of the
truth of his bi ormettt; and upon producing such
affidavit to the Olicers of the Parish in which the
fire happened, they were entitled to the sum men-
tioned in such -affidavit. • -
The present Defendant was a fireman, belonging
to the Imperial Fire.nilice, and had for some One
past been practising the system of fraud, which was
the subject of the present indictment, to a very con-
siderable ezteut ; for it appeared, that within a very
short spare of time he had received from different_
Parish Oni:ers, as premiums for having arrived first
at the' scene of action with his engine,, upwarsis, of
0101. At length the effieers, surprised at his fro-
(bent applications and 'singularly good luck. in
always being the first engine, begin to enteitain_
suspicions, arid determined to make some inquiries,'
end'accordinglyfulionitia twit application to them,
which 'was upon the occasion of a fire, which he
stated had taken places at: the house of Mr. Done.
van, in • Princes-street,' Westminster, inquir.y was i
instituted, When It wits discovered that no fire had
taken place at Mr. Donovan's, nor had any engine
been there; xed upon further invertigation it ay.
peered, that.... 4 the numerous' list of lice) fur.which
rewards had horn paid•to the Defendant, upon affi.
davits made by. him before Magistrates) nut 0411 had
really taken place.
,• -The at4Galtit of the Defendent, sworn before
EIELOIWG, .Esq. one of :the Magistrates of
Clnoi,.4rprare Office, stating .that a fire had taliet,
piacie at the house of Mr. Donovan, in
_Princes,.
:street,. Westminster, was thed produced, and. Mr.
•Bell, who teas church-warden of St. Margaret's
parts!, at.lite time, swore to its being brought to
him by the Defendant, and that he had paid him
twenty
Mr.Vonovan was called, who stated that no fire
had taken place atilis houscon the day,inentiotied,
uor h.eJ iny..alarm of fire been given, noisily en.
gine'besn near hit boosts: ' •••• •
Mr. ALLEY, for the Defendant, took an ebjec.
tion to the indictment; be-observed, that it charged
the Defendant with having takes a false oath befere
a magistrate, To constitute a false oath!.at least
such antne as would betiable to pUnisharnit by fine,
imprisonment , or otherwise,' the matstratethest
authorised•to administer that oath. Under the Act
of • the J4lll of •the King the magistrate was no
authorised to rdministbr The oath, he was merely to
consent end approve of the payment of the. premium;
therefore the oath whirl had been administered, to
the Detentions in the present case had been
miuistered estra-magistetially ; and legirover
moral• or dishonest the Defendant's iiialitu4t edght
hare been, the present prosecution- (toll. not be
supported. • The' Clktrt however over.reled this
tau 'Jhry ° found the AfeadAnt
Guilty. •
The Defendant' was tried on another charge of a
similar nature, and again found Guilty; and the
Court sentenced him t 0 be imprisoned in the House
of Correction three mouths for each OTclice.
Esau Haycock and James Cooley, two of the
intimates ifirestreet Gang, were found. guilty of
practices of the. mint detestable description, and
each of them was sentenced to tio .yearn impri.
torment in House. of Correction) Culdbath-
teldt. , . ' •

-Yesterdity the remains of John Dolah Burke,
Esq. who died at the New Slaughter Coffee.bou'se,
were interred in the burial ground of St. George's,
Hanover-square.
The boxing-match between young Crib, brother
of the champion Crib, 'altd Hale, will take place
to.taorrow se'unight for 60 guineas.

A carious sort of a wagerof-,50. guineas was de,
eidrd yesterday, nn the Epsom road. . Mr. Fielder
undertook to gg 12 miles in 40 Minutes ; to trot his
.horse to miles, and to go two miles on foot. Thu
animal performed the distance in 30 minutes 10 se-
conds, and Mr. Fielder was 11 minutes and a half
going the two miles on foot, so that he lost. the
match by one minute and 40 seconds.
On Sunday Morning, the 26th of August, a (libel
iris fought near Camp Buulognej in Thu bland. of
Gintiltdoupe,betvieen StrAttines, i-ticutenant in
the Bth West India Regiment, and Mr. Feouell, an
Ensign in the same Corps.' The parties were only
eight paces asunder, sad Mr. Fennel wounded Mr.
Raines ; the hall entered Mr. Italnes's hip, and
went iitrough at the other side, passing Very .near to
the spine! marrow. On the Bth of September, Mr.
Raines was quite gut of danger, and able to walk
about. • _ _

A few days since, two sharperat of genteel ap.
pesrance, went to a silversmith's shop in the neigh. .
Lourhood of East Smithfield, and selected various
articles of plate; to the amount of near forty pounds,
which they ordered to be sent to a house in the
Commercial Road. The plate was delivered agree.
ably to order, and a party, ready to receive the
same, give the lad one shilling to bay a stamp to
receive .payment. When be returned, the house.
veaslltuttup, and the offenders had deCamped.
ligent search has been made after .theps, bnOtitherto
without effect. .
The following lines Were written on the late Earl
of DiverisouTst, Ipy the Earl' of (.4uu4E,
they mere buys at .Eton School:— , *
•‘• Stild-as the-dew that whitest-inter. plain
LEung Shine. strsegesi 'midst yotteybdthfaf tistiff • -
Ile wham the search of faisirltith'rtipitirt: osiers
Disdains the pedant, thoueh the Mile be levee--
/dy nature forged with modesty to please,
And juju with wheals utllliethed es