The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-09-11 00:00:00

PO LICE.

Gl:units r.t.—On Saturday a Woman of then
town, named Vet!cock, underwent her second eza.
mination, charged with stealing several Bank
notes from James Hogg, an invalid seaman. The
Prosecutor was dancing at a puhlic.houve in Bar,
tltolotnew Fair, and he dropped a boa., in which
he had previously deposited the notes. The butt
was taken up by the Prisoner, and she returned it
empty. On the present °erasion, Hogg could
not swear the notes were in the boa when it fed
(ruin his pocket; and the Prisoner was discharged.
A Lamplighter, who had been detained on a
char;c of wounding a child theitead with a pair
of scissars, was also discharged, aait appeared the
scissars fell by accident from his hand. The child
was stated to be out of danger. .. •
On Satnilay, Hart, a Jcsi faedfar, was brought
before the Loan M.% TO a Chliged with defrauding
Mr. Newsome, a shopkeeper; in Aldgate, of se.
vi.ral earthen plates. It was stated; VA the de.
fend:int had several times watched &taint the pro.
owes of the prosecutor till the men went to break.
fast, when he rushed in the shuNaittl returned int.
mediately mith articles of glass In his hand. Om
Saturday morning he was seen coming out of the
shop with a basket containing three dozen of
plates, supposed to be the prosecutor', property,
as he had many of the same sort in his shops Tho
defendant gave a suspicious account of the plates
found in his' possession, but as Mr. N. was not
able to swear to them, the defendant was dis.
charged.

A short time ago Mr. Roscoe, of Liverpool,
received an anuwymous letter, informing him that
six black slaves bad beery thrown into priion by a
Portuguese Captain. upon alteged actions of delit,
hot its reality because he found thAt they were
free on their arrival in Englantysnd• he hoped
by this expedient to detain them inn, his tes-
set should be ready to sail. 'Having verified the
factOir.Roscos sent a person to bail all the minus.
An order was accordingly issued for the discharge
of the prisuneis, when it was discovered that the
Portuguese Captainlied mustered about 100 of his
countrymen to seize the blacks by force on their
exit from prison. Application was instantly made
to the Magistrates, who took the Captain inht
custody, and bound him to his goad behaviour,
and restored the poor blacks to thin enjoyment of
their newly.sCquireti liberty.

Thirteen French prisoners made their escape
front the Panther prison-ship, in liamone, on
Sunday sc'tiniglit,, by cutting, their way through
two decks into (lie hold, and from the lower port-
holes swimming ashore; some parties of marines,
bon over, having btan sent in pursuit, fire of th!nn
were re-taken, and ate capture of the remaining
eight was confidently expected.
A dual .was fought, on Tuesday morning, in
Bormotstisey-fteldf, between Captain E. of the
Navy,. and Mr. E. of Orford-street, in come.
(pence of some family dispute. The foruter was
dangerous:y wounded in the groin. •

The States of Sweden hare fixed die following
sums as the yearly salaries of the Ministers
The Minister fur Foreign Affairs 6000 rig
lags; the Minister of Justice, 50J0 ; a Council.
lot of State) 3500 ; and a Councillor of Justice,
2500.

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