The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-08-05 00:00:00

THE, ST.

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LEWES, Avevst2. - •1 -I
'•wasothe-Ceemsisilon slaf Ate froldlokibe!
Assizes ?kiLs coeuty,ripd ip tbe.evening the Joftes
7 • aree74l.. 6ey4atote4hoietr. 'read the. Comntipidut
• • sod thiroloroieszfeeeded tO. hustocrss. The mit!,
MartiloViiiis es Woe Consid;i4elaise for coooq,
ins oimesof an ilooment. The .whole 'of.
theiGorivipoir • casisstutygoegSiksia•firrYs WIT

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digfime
r.'ot the counit, (*this any. ••) !
Etveonoubst alsb trjed-4,11 the-priiloters"
*eine,* OS IC* for any very badeffence.
„f. V: DAT.. •
This "wan attiobby a Coach-maker at Bdghtou
against tbe Defendant, a Geatientan well keemeu as a
resident there, for altering his chaise. &Om 1 two-
wheel chaise for a four-wheeled carriage. The work
being proved toivaie been done, i.'
Mr. Serjeant Simeon.* stated, thithis Cliek,4lllll`:.
Day, had met with a severeaecident by beiiiithremi.
. from his gig,which determined'him to ride to meet
• safety in future, and therefor* he determined to hawk.
his carriage altered-to a,four-er heeled. one ; with tidal
view be made an exhibit of hinalielf to the Coach- I
• reaker,.and desired a .dirriage might, ride
in safety, and indeed it was most important that
Day should not be thrown down, for, like Falstaff'',
he might truely.say,." When lam down Aare your
any levers to lift me up again." Ile was indeed it
true.resemblaric.e of Falstaff in person,
min wig and
in geed hurisoite; bat heals° weritfurtherufer hi was
a perfect gentleMaii,-a mad of honour an p 1
t truth
which FarstiffWasot I However, having ordered
the carrlagct. ofthe-Crbach-maker, wheu it first pale
home it was *belly iMposaible for Mr. Diy to mount
into it. Seeing this defect, the Plalntiffscratolted his
his ears and.slittbk his bead, and it-length said, he
would eentrtve a step which should enable Mr. ?My
to mountinto the Carriage._ A step was accordingly
put to it, and `Mr.bay, with 'some difficulty,' suc-
ceeded hi tneentirig but here another difficulty oc-,
curled, having once got into, the seatl, it was found al-
most an impossibility that •he should get out of it
again. In short the carriage was found wholly in 4•
adequate for the purpose for which it was intended,
and on thesigrouuds, lie contended, that the De-
fendant was east bound to pay for the alterations.
The Leard Jcette held, after hearing the Counsel
on both sides" that the Defendant was bound to pay
for the work,' 4nd that if it were improperly exe-
cuted, he might u*intajn a cross ectten.
Verdict for .tbeTlaintiff. .
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4 TILT 0. BOWATIIII.
VMS weal auctiou tb recover 1071. for a bill run
by the Defendant, a young Offitwr in the Sussex Mi-
. litia, at the Castle Inn, Brighten.
Mr, Ctrawoon, for .the Defendant, attacked the
;Brighton. charges, and insisted the Jury ought
.;dot to give the amount of the•Bill;-,-that some of the
itttople,nf Arightett not only fleeced, but skinned
I heir Visitors, and that the Plaintiff by giving credit
• tow chidan amount to a young man,,* mare subaltern
.tel the ilitia, deserved to have his bill. closely pared
down.,,aud he trusted the Jury would reduce it to at
least one halt.

The Jury.
found for the Plana to the full anoint
prored-.-571. 101.
TU Imo O. PtATA-SPECIAL JunT.
This was an information against the Defendant, n
baker, at Chichester, for assaulting somo.olllcmit of
Excise, in the execution of their duty. fs'; ,+ •• 4t'
The evidence of Creed, mil others, stated, that in
the month of April last the Excise. Officers were at-
lending the hearing of some informations for drones
against the Excise at the Council Room, Chichester;
while they were there, the populace.assembled below,
and greeted them with rottiiik NU*, a iz. horns, salt,
boxes, &s. ; as they came away, the mob hustled
them, and followed them up the street, elbowing and
assaulting them. The Defendant Peat was parti-
milady noticed as being active in this work, and
being positively identified, the Jury fouud

article in question, and he had received some money
on account, but a difference had arisen with respect
to the charge which the upholsterer thought exorbi-
tant, and the mechanic, *ho Is a carver, clasdes-
finely got the article away from the gilder, to whom
he had delivered it, and refused to give it _up until
the price he demanded should be paid. The mechanic
persisted in his right until he was reminded he had
committed a felony.—The upholsterer offered to de-
posit the whole of themoney demanded, iu the gilder's
hands, until the worth of the work should be fairly
ascertained, and the case was discharged on this the
Prosecutor's request.

pers appeared to be the size of Bank-notes-.-the .
soner put them into a fire-place in which there was
some fire. Witness then ascended the ladder to the
garret window, and with difficulty forced himself
through it into the garret, and others of his party fol-
lowed. After he had entered the garret, hejamped
through a trap-door into the room. where Booth was
when he went up the ladder ; but Booth at the same
time went through another trap-door into the par-
Illour below. Witness remained in the chamber, and
found burnt paper in the fire place. He took many
burnt papers out of the chimney, and one which
was but little burnt. 'rho note was produced in
Court, and sworn to. Witness proved that- materials
for making paper, impressing water-marks, and for
eopper.plate printing, were found upon the Prison- , ----r—
-er's premises. At every act of murder pitman nature shudders;
John Itigly had been in Prisoner's employ since but when a lovely female falls a victim to a barba-
: Christmas last. The Prisoner occupied WO acres oft roes ruffian, whose tender endearments ooght to
land. Witness was taken to work in the houscabout
.implant sentimental protection in the most uticulti-
' ten days before Prisoner was apprehended. Before.l rated heart, nature recoiling stands appalled and calls
that time worked in the barn. This witness proved out foe'a severity of vengeance scarcely justified by
his having been desired. by the Prisoner to take a the Janet--•
small trunk, and .bury it in a field adjoining the The female, whose untimely death forms the afflict:.
house, besides several, .plates. Witness if a 5 alto rug subject of the following narrative, was a native
taken into custody, bat being admitted ais evidence, of Lismataigoe, in the County of Kilkenny, and
:he discovered where the articles were concealed. . had been for some time at service in the house of a
Joseph Chirm, headborough of Birmingham, proved i farmer, in the neighbourhood of Tory-hill. About
1-the finding •of the trunk and plates. It contained ,the 22d of June, she left her situation, on account
i notes of different value, purporting to be of the of some domestic quarrel*, and retired to the house
I Batik of England, and to a large amount. There !-of- another 'farmer, in the same quarter, haring in
[-were besides 13 blanks 2 with the Bank of England Al" possession the sum'of 255. whiCh she had received
water-mark. as payment of her wages. - Oh the evening previous'
J. H. Harper, engraver to the Bank of England, to the. last Fair-day of- Waterford, the farmer, in
said the note for which the Prisoner was indicted was whoie house she wae,[hstvleg occasion for some silver,
not the iiispression of I . gentile*. was frau. i borrowed half-a-crown from her, saying, that he would
dulek in every teemed . I*s -•• ::,, . i repay her at the fair, di Which she intended to go. The
nitrterreS jobev expialood *All. Jury, that , fanner Left- ha boom ett*Vin- the morning, wititoot
If the person* itelipoties spfloslbrideelsti'leellikeelds lookelt, MA mils pardinder. tut truitlese
"Pt ders-it sysil.:Oir*Fri,tWii-me lif le,jr-Ide, oliki•totillirits for her in-thelfair. •It appears that she,
httrolllist_., Ulcer) -!vety'llpe up* MIL Thislory calm, left the hone on the morning of the same day,
wl_, in very Pi* MOW** *.prinalSectee4; It verdict, :lied that no account of her lied been obtained, from
(11111‘,1 : ' '. ' - ' . . . the period of her departure till the discovery of her
tody. The bare skuirwas, in the first instance, only
•Yeetoo4, a Coronet's Ingo,* was held:. at the found by the boy some animal having deprived it of
Crain pellic-heukse, Tefton-Utitiet, Westminster; I the flesh, Ste. - When he communicated the circum. i
on a view Of the body of WillieseChapmaa, who, it istance to his friends, they insisted, that he had inis-
appeared+, had accompanied 'Wept of his arAusiiii- ' taken the heed of a drig.fee that of a human being.—
fences on the Pmeedble Any 44",ilithe in that. -River li'lletb7,‘ however, persfsted in his story, and was
Themes„ and having unfortunately gone beyond hit bithiel speedily and fully, convinced of its truth, for
delith, teits.myept anerby the strong currenf,liblat die body was likewise discovered by him, on the Nmth
preveittedjiik.nesoclete* tieing him the laa st sestet- 1 sideof the hiU,in a small receptacle for water, the usual
icance.- ..Tlie body weetufterwards carried• a eonsidept) I resort of cows of which he had the care, and whose
able dieheicedotewny the oreatn• Uritrii,th*
tote Wle re
oli :
vet. uncommon poise draw his -attention .one day to th.ei
of the circumstances the Jury returned theirveledict l
estitit Dre.- '. ' • .. , Iry .. .
. Wiwi he reached it, he discovered something
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..,,,, ~... tu the water, with sods and stones-laid over it, on the
DA's.DAPOON. —T his Prisoner, nOw sad*" - evatot. tome of whicii the body appeared. Phis
. ,
Ono* of death, .in-Catebridge Castle, sent to c .„ ..
. egbOxiotent examination, and the deceased was
bleman Waling to.tbe Jockey Club, sinceldetteo y- tilled by. er 'mother :mtl• brother, to -whole i
(*Citation, In ask his intercession to save his life.— - ' account etthe ochureence had been traesthitteit
Vartiaps TR.:- - been -afloat respectingist.- ' '`'' \ .utto \IR ,'" , held - -- '

'MURDER.

, YORK, Jumr 49. •
TIMMY V. CATIICART.
This'wns an action • to ' recover several penhlties
against the t)efcndant for non-residence.
The Defendant, the lion. and Rev. Archibald
11811111 ton Cathcart, was a beneficed clergyman,
holding the livings of the Rectory -ef Metblcy, the
Vicarage of Kippa!,. in the county of York; and the
..Ptcbendary of Langtoft, hi the Cathedral Church
at York, for hen-residince, on ' which, without H.
cense from the. Rishopdispensingavith such reildeueet,
'this action was brought.-
Mr. Pam: was Counsel for the •Plaintifteffter•
citing the several provisions- of the -Act at
.Errant
length, which. imposed penalties 'or forfaitores-en
the nou-reskleeti proportionate to the titttltlifti of
such non.realtieueo, proceeded to state ids' ctur.-
The Learned; C•onsel- first proved the 'iathilfatien
of the.Defetelatirto'n Prebendary in the Cathedral
thnrokubil'aiihifet the, annual -value' of "471. and'
that thaDefindilvinakad never resivitie;.there;on ibis 1
boe.aasidanee *u emit ledl'a chilai three-fourths.
of the central laseciiiito,"ae certified by tie certificate
of theArcfibishhp, whiCirSeas putfil and
Park then proVid the indeition bf-. the -Defendint to
tAeßecsori efilethley 4n--190fi, and that he had
lover resided-46*ft.. The -period fer which the
yeas entitled to- recover, -was ,1% Months;
for, at least, more thi.atigist months. .If the Jury
found the eon-residence to be IS Inonta, the Miff; i
tiff was entitled to thre&fouril4 al.*: Jutland in-
cline; if Move than eiilitiotastilt;A*tiob;thirctif ofi
it. The annual Value, as- '6* .ArchlA.
shop, was 9001. *The•lhkettaitimblie- of IlsoilTresi-
deuce was et htcNiceinge'af
- tnialich the I
Defendant was inducted' en thy/ 17* $0194.0119
end on which he had lioiresitkitilt tbilhitaitit the
writ, 19th Aug.- 1811 and fnr which!lK NOO .
claimed one-third ef the anneal
added by the certificate of the Arablilioii
3001. per annum. • • • • - .7,
, Mr. Teresa% was Counsel fee' Derwiiiini.
lie did not deny the non-:residence, extept. pie to tip-
pas, which, be '4:contended, *wasiolos ojite;o4ll4l
provisions or thee Actity notbektilktalkiltii thii*
Sooths, as-4b11!):WP1411110111i tiltti.ll9Csonst,
undays *Wien& dabliberni..and. *ntis' trieralt.:s
thou the fair odgiralasoninit 111Thr4rit
.ituring that period; ind'irbich,l it; Mrs' you
iOdues the ;19a-rilkisili'llt* 4141:411*.V.04
top w's•
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Te.the genera, charge of non-residence, he stilled a-", •-. :
„, POLICE. ., , the•arnii of the ercWsieT wore rut. and ractured
• '''.4 . it.Thereis reason-to believre and the circumstanc. ••
number df witnesses to prove that the parsonage :. , —..e....-
ii which it had lieen at first co.
i It would appear, that she had made a strong•
nut a little remarkable, that the murderer hail revisi.
houses at Methley and Kippax had not been in that
State of repair in which the Defendant could bare Guieerlfaa.*- • -. •
Yesterday J:ohn Owen, a lad about Sixteens was
conveniently occupied them with his family ; that :boonghe heforo,the Stagg Magistrate, charged with sited tile body, as fresh sods of each were afided to
be build great a:teepee, put the parsonage-horse at. steam the till, together with its contents, from the , tba.stenea and sods mi
Tower-street. ;eared evidently. for the purpose of
• riiing lathe water, as it became more Winyah,
Ki • .into a complete state- of repairs U&' had.l bow of Nathaniel /ones,* puklidast, ii
progress to putrefaction. Neemoney was found on the
p- melting it hors
was 'I The Prpsecutor deposed, that on Monday night,
gone to reside there .rich his family ; that there in it:
od house at ilia Prebeedary at which he could
side; and that the Defer of had not been unmindful : mediately*re- labour the hour of. ten o'clock, sitting in a room im-
have learned some others, but these are too closely
adjoining to the bar, he heard a noise, body. ' Itraddition to the forogoing particulars, we
of Ms clerical datiet, Vat had officiated" regularly in i and on proceeding to .the door observed the Pri-
the parish church of -Wolverhampton, in .Bucking- I seller running away with the till; he immediately . connected with the investeo.ion still going on, to he
hemshire, without any stipend, as Mr. rtele. bad; pursued, when the Prisoner observing him approach Publicly stated. Hitherto no discovery has lees
stated 'a his opening. * I threw away the till and endeavoured to escape. hut . made, by which the guilt of this atrocious crime cam
Mr. Paaa, in reply, insisted, that however ghod '
. a cry of 46 Thief.!" being raised, he was immediate- be fixed on any particular pet son.
these reasons might be, as inducements for the Arch-' Iy secured. I
bishop to grant the Defendant a limited licence of i, The Prisoner, an being called upon for his de-
non-residence, they had no validity u pleas against : fence, stated, that he had come from Worcester
`the present action. ! with about 30s. in his pocket—that he had lived with
In this opiniou.the Ytneat concurred, except that i Mr. Johnson, a coach-maker in that town, and was
'he thought the performance of duty 'for two weeks serting his apprenticeship to the coach-painting busi-
at Kipper, might, bteenisidered as a fair presumption' ness—that he had not been more than a week in
that the Defendant was for that period residing upon ILondon, where he had neither friends nor acquaint.
Ms Wring.
• The Jury, after a-short deliberation, found a ver- The boy, not being willing to serve on board his
diet for the .Plaintiti.damages 6611. 14s. 6d. in the , Majesty's fleet, was committed for trial.
following counts:— : , 1 FRAVD.--Elizabeth Greenwood charged Mrs.
For non.resktlence at the Prebendarg ie smiths .- 431 14 6 • Gulliver with a fraud. From the statement of the
Ditto at Kippaa, more than three mums - 90 0 0 . _
Ditto at Methley, mere than eight months - - MU 00 i former, it appeared, that on Monday morning, a
The Archbishop of York was in the Coprt during i female, together with a person habited as a waggouer,
the whole trial, aud was, examined relative. to the i came to her house, and, producing a small parcel,
!licence granted to-Mr. dathcart. , - , demanded payment for it. The Prosecutt:ix, accord.
The husieess at the Crown lends at York, finished ingly, paid 45.; but on opening the trunk, found it to
on Friday afterpitee." Only one Prisoner received contain nothing but some old clogs, rotten potatoes,
sentence of death, and that sentence will be cote apd some cats' meat. It appeared that the husband
meted to imprisonment - ' • • of Mrs. Gulliver, who weir a coachman, lodged at
Mr. Justice- BAMMY -said, -he should not finally • the house of Elizabeth Greenwood. Mrs. Gulliver,
disgarge either the or Petit Juries, as 'their who was strongly suspected as having been the per-
services might pcissiblylie•wanted again, as it-was
,the son who sent the parcel, aud some prevarication
intention of the Judges-to continue the Assizes by appealing its the statement of an old gentleman from
adjournment, Ihat-if 'the state of the courtly should ' Glob-street,: with Aaron she had been taking a little
require it, they might resume the Assizes, and try, refreshmest on Monday morning, the parties -were
each pemens as should be committed; but he trusted remanded until to-morrow.
there ield he n 9 occasion for this. - • - UNION HALL.
Otte
- of the Mitcham stage-coachmen was fined 101.
• 78TAFFoRD. and costs, on the information of Mr. Lyon, a stock.
• William Booth was pat upon his trial for forging. ;broker, charging him with carrying fourteen outside
note, purporting to be a promissory note of thelkok passengers, being two more than the number allowed
of England, of the vplwehof one pound. by Act of Parliament. ,
John Linwood, one of the constables of Birming- A residing in the neighbourhood of York.
baker,
ham, described the suaneer in which the Prisoner's street, Blackfriars•-road, was charged, with selling
house was blockaded ; there being three doors in the bread short of weight. Ten quartern loaves and
ipassage loading to the parlour, all very strong, and eleven half-quartertis were produced by the Officer,
' fastened with solid square oak and iron bars. The deficient iu weight 36 ouuces.---The Defendant
windows were lined with wrought iron, and also pleaded guilty • but said the offence originated in the
barred; so that it was almost invulnerable to the at. negligence of the man she employed to conduct her
tacks of any assailant. business, she being a widow. She was fined 11. 16s.
The posse being unable to . obtain admittance into and costs.
the lower rooms by reason of the doors and win- , Two men were convicted of gathering some beans
doors being so strongly barricaded, Chillingworth lone growing in a field belonging, to Mr. Barreuger, "of
.of the constables, proceeded up a ladder in front of Kelt Hall Farm, Lambeth, and fined 20s.
the house. 'On going up the ladder, he saw the m ARLBOROUGH-STR BET. •
Prisoner in the chamber over the parlour—witness An eminent upholsterer charged an ingenious me-
then broke the glass, and Prisoner .went to the chanic with a felony in withholding a pillar belonging
middle of the room, and witness saw him take to a grand bed for the Duke of Devonshire,
_ender
some papers from a rolling-press that was fixed the following circumstances. It appeared in.evidence,
upon a bench in the middle of the room : the pa- that the mechanic had been employed to furnish the
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BIRTH.
On Monday last; at MaManger, Ilants, the Lady of Co!ond
Cnny►lha.n, of a son.

MARRIED.
Yeaterday, at Mary-le-hone Church, Hntchea Trowel., Esq.
of Harley-street, to Miss Slater, youngest daughter of the Lie
Gilhert Atter,* 1 sq, of Knots Green, Eases.
At St. Pancras Church, on Monday. last, Mr. Wm. Bell. of
Queen-street, C!ieapsiqe, to Alicia, eldest daughter of major
811ngyhy, Ustf. of the !sesy-road, Fitzroy-square.
Un the 27th July, at Isterinoriston, Roderick Kilgnor liar.
kenzie, Eso. of Floueehurn, to Asa, @coved daughter of ti 4
late Colonel Grant, of Glcomoristoa.

• im.n.
On Saturday last, at Worthiu,z, aged 70 years, Ani•rate Serle,
Esq one of the,Columissioners of the l'rans out Bused.
On Monday last, at ilroinptor; 'Harriet Mill; the
youngest daughter of the late Sa nuel (Milian Mills, Esq. g
Greenwich.
Lately, in Crance, Captain Cornelius Van Dyk.