The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-04-25 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

SATURDAY, Aram 23.
Elizabeth Gibbs stood capitally indicted for burglariously
breaking and entering the dwelling-housinf Thosnai Garrote,
dining the day-time, no person toeing therein, and stealing va-
Hutu articles of wearing apitarel.
The Pri!

ne _saner, it appearitf, went into the house of the Pro- I
t cr • •
man at Enfield, and hewed ; starch vi irpprehend, by:the-by,' that the Mo-
sernior, whit is a poor labouring .
permission to boil some potatoes far her breakfast. This was • narchy had been• already restored under BONA-
Kratned, and she was allotted In take the potatoes in a wooden PARTEt and that'the present restoration is only that
howl, which was lent her. The Prosecutor and his family
went one shortly nfierwards,and fastened the door of their of the CAPET Dynasty),ls the object, wide!), at pre-
house. Oa their return in the afternoon. they discovered that I sent, absorbs almost entirely
_the attention of the
the door hid been broken open, and all the articles of value ,LI t
hi. w y
which they bad left belihA erns-leapt. Wont examining n rap. s u e.You add "In a system of constitutional
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board, however, the wooden howl which was lent to the Pei- regulatiottS, "Treed Is ibis was„,,an the spur of the
tuner was hand, which nt once led to a suspicion of the robber, occasion, avecitnnot 'Oxpect to find more than the
and on her being taken into custody, part of the property was
found in her possession.—Guilt,—Death, i great outline, the fundamental principles of a work,'
Margaret Bryan was indicted for stealing two 501. notes in the- which win require much time, experience,_ and cir-
dwelling-boon of Mich. Brooker', iii Litrohard.street. ' 1 chinspectianto perfect in all its parts, to retrench its
The Prisoner was servant in the hous,, of the Prosecetor, . 7 • • 1
and found memo to steal the notes in question from a box in her : redundancies, • supply its omissions, and correct.i
master's hou e.--Guilty—Death. i its mistakeit.” Wl4.ther the latter pait .of Oh
William Featherstone was capitally indicted for assaulting
passage may be consideted. as an indication of that
George Vee,ey, on the 19th of April, and taking from his per-
son forcibly agniiut his will, five one pound notes, and other salutary suspicion, sillies at all tiinef, becomes a
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monies. ' free nation to entertain, and -a rree press to props..
On the night of the 15. h inst. the Prosecutor +vent into aub- •
lie-house, kept by a man of the mane of Rogers, tin the gave-' gate—whether, like me, Sir, `you already begin to
mem, in Moorfields. He perceived the Prisoner and three ! smell a rat concealed in this new and exteriorly fair
other imagining iii a box. The Prisoner abused the Prosecu- v.e
I really know not—hut I Oda you, Sir,
tor, called him a tailor, and used some abusive language. After , "Ince/
sitting some time, one of the men went away, and soon after. !as well as myself, bare heard of such things as
wards the remaining three men also went out. The Prisoner; Constitutions, that
wellt pm nt she same time, and turned op the Pavement, to- 1
wards ritesbury-oluhre. Him
He had not gimp. fair when he was es- '........••••-••• were intended
sailed by the Ps Wooer and the other two men. who had quitted , •
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••For nothing else but to be mended."
the public-house with him. The Prisoner struck Lim 1161 the 1
tooth, and knorked hitu don n, and while on the ground they , In short, Sir, to speak the truth, there are some
robbed him of 51. in bank-notes, and I9s. in silver. The Pro- i people who do pot scruple to assert, that in this
secutur gave nn alarm, and the Prisoner was stopped by s :vet circumsttuice consists the excellence of our own
watchman running along Finsbnry-square. His linger was. y
bleeding, and he seemed much flurried on being secured ; none ConStilution ik lishilet others as stoutly maintain, that
of the property stolen was found in his possession. . what these people call emendations are, in reality,
The Prosecutor had ti.i doubt thut be was the, person who ,
hail rokbed him. 1 aditiferatiOnjlhat what with them is a march to-
The facts of the case baring Leen corroborated by tother_wit-. • wards politica: AerfecOpui, has beeps in truth, a. de.
tosses, the Ptisnuer was found Guilty—Death. T
clension torom s corruptiott.and abuse • and that the
. .. • only way to establish and preserve freedom, in any
Those who are hurrying over to France at this me. country is Ito lay down good principles at first, and
meat, are not aware that things are very unsettled to adhere t them rigidly afterwards.—lndeed every
in that country—anti that crowds of men destitute thing t ,tap NOgst foundations; and the whole
of all provision are let loose, and traversing the arcana 6 ernmelit are reducible to a few simple
country in all directions to their own homes. We ry principles. gut this is a subject,
learn that the Marquis of SLIGO was way-laid by which I shall not engage in at present. I have much
a gang of Conscripts, and stripped of every thing to say on the French Projet of a new Constitution,
he had in his carriage and on his person, even to his but it will not be, in the present letter„ which I con-
clothes. _ sider as introductory to that discussion. I have called
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Lord LAUDLROALE, in his publication on the Corn
Laws, pays the following well-merited eulogium
on tbs public services of the late Duke of • BED,
wino :-4"Adiongst the most active, iniversieering •
exertions to encourage agricultural improvements,
was the late Duke of BEDFORD, to whose memory it
is impossible for a person so intimately 'acquainted
with his real excellencies as the writer of this letter to
I pay a just tribute of applause;—indeed it would he
lin vain for him even to attempt to express the loss
he feels his country has sustained by the premature
death of a man, who combined talent, industry, and
liberality of sentiment rarely united in any station of
life with fortune and reek, such as can appertain
but to few."
A shocking accident happened just as the proce3-1
sion of the public entry of the King of France was
passing in Piccadilly, opposite the Basin in the Green
Park. Such numbers of persons incautiously got on
a large ann of a tree at the west end of the basin,
that it broke down, when one man had a leg broke •
to pieces, and another was so extremely bruised 'that
he could scarcely move. They were conveyed to St. ;
George's Hospital.
On the 4th of December, three Officers of the ;
American Militia, convicted of desertion, were sen-
tenced to have their faces blacked all over, and five
rations of beef and meal hung about their necks, •
their coats turned wrong side out, with the label
" desertion" on their backs ; the Prisoners to be
furnished with wooden swords, and their own swords
pointed at their backs, and thus to be drummed
around the lines of the camp three times, bare-
headed,
and then dismissed.
The house of Mr. Page, tailor, in Castleman-
street, Bermondsey, was entered by some villains
on Friday night, who succeeded in carrying otf a
quantity of cloth and kerseymere.
DISPOSING OP A Wm.—Another of these dis-
i graceful transactions took place in Smithfield on
Saturday, the 9.3 d instant, where a man, by trade a
shoemaker, and who added to it the profession,
though not what ought to be the practice, of a
preacher of the Gospel, exposed his wife, a decent
looking young woman, apparently about twenty-
five years of age, to sale, at the public railing, with
a halter about her waist. She was pt rchased by a
hay-salesman for twenty-nine shillings, and was de-
livered to him with all due form.

it a French Projet, but my real opinion is, that it
is an English fabrication. The Conservative Senate
has, hayseeer, on this occasion 0.0,00 to the
national rules of politeness; nor it ft,..peritaps, the
first brat that an Xngllshmen ha 4 begoicint a French-
man fathered. Of what use would it be to the
French people to enquire 'where this child of liberty
comes from ? No, that world be daring a little too
much under present circumstances, let them indulge
their natural propensity.. Rejoice then Frenchmen,
" for unto you a child is born; unto you a son is
given," and he shall be called FREEDOM ; and no
doubt you will find him worthy of his name and
lineage: even now the new-born babe exhibits, to
my mind, features that indicate the noble Lt from
which he springs; verily
.he fathers himself; but
let me not disturb the joy of these happy mortals,
for as GRAY says, "sorrow never comes too late."
Neither will I question the magnanimity, the ge-
nerosity of the Allies—their pare unaffected lovynf
liberty, and, above all, their newly-acquired 4eel
for the Rights of Man, which were the gertn of the
first revolution, the elements of those French prin-
ciples that turned BUIL..< E's train, and against which
he preached a war of extermination—yea, even with
his test breath. No, I will not diipute their sin-
cerity in any of these important points—if I have had
my suspicions, they shall not appear in this letter.—
I will pat them away on the present occasion at
least, in order that I may give a free, unrestrained
scope to the reflections with which this double retry-
lutien presents me. By this double revolution, Mr.
Enrroa, I mean the change which has so lately
taken place in the French Government, and also in
the disposition of its enemies. I allude to the mag-
nanimous conduct of the Allies, who, after having
maintained a sanguinary contest for one-and-twenty
years against those very Rights of Man, and having
it at last in their power to annihilate them for ever,
say to the French people, take then: if you like
(hem. We are content with the satisfaction of show-
ing you what we can do if we please ; our motto is,
Parcere subjeclos di debillare superbos. We are
content with the glory of having proved to the
whole world, that the indefensible lights of Kings
are more transcendently excellent than your ple.
bcian Rights of Man ! !—Bvaxr. said, that the spi-
rit of chivalry was gone—never did a wise man
make so foolish an observation. Surely if he were
now alive he would see his folly !—llave not the
Allies exhibited to the world the true, genuine spirit

CORN EXCHANGE, Avail. 25.—The supple of Waffle this J 1
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11117riiin. being small, Sue sampe. s•dd at 144 Motturs's price% of chummy ?—What was more common than for doubt it was an object worthy his ambition to con-
whet, soros 2.. cheaper. Barlry and Malt alaiataln last week's these heroes to. engage in deadly encounters for the ciliate the Government of France with that of Eno-
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pricer. Hero% ruid Oats 25. lower. .
sole purpose of proving which had the fairest mis. land' and her magnanimous Allies ; but all his art
Wheat (F.nglish) 60 74 Flews , •
* 44 tress ?—The victor never exacting from the van. could -ant assuage the rabid fury of the Corsican,
Ditto (Foreign) 6.5 86 Old ditto — -
Rve
Was ley , 9B 41 Old . the object of Ilia affection—no, no, that was not the a guard, almost amounting to a little army. to ke-i)
New ditto
Blatt 7¢ 78, Fine ditto - ,
White Pens 6O 64 •• Poland do. . . 2/ %1 French, might still remain it...moored of the same in-law thinks it not .prudent to trust him with the ,
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'5l '26 n 1 i ea only her charms if future were not to be society of his loan wife and only son. Some of his
New ditto .... ''''''' —, Feed ditto
Ditto Boilers 66 70 Fine Floor ..... ... 60 65 --u." s
4;rey Pear
............. : ! lady who was the Dulcinea of the victorious Knight. baps it will not be long before those wishes are 1
SM ITII FIELD MA K1L6T....417111L /S. i Such were the exploits of chivalry in days of yore ; gratified•
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ittipos siihs„ but they were poor and paitry compared with the ! But although our grand negociator has not been
Beef ... i. OA. ft 7,1. DC 110.
Stuts) . fis. 81. ti• 7%. 81 Rags lB7O chival exhibited by the Allies in this age of gene- ;able to conciliate and assuage the madness of a mitt
Veal ....7). od. 8* 84. 4d. I 9106 P .r.• ..... - ••• • 11,113 rah improvement. In those days a short combat of, who rejected so fine a king.lom as France, yet has
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Porte ....1). 81 tr. 41- Od. j Colors
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wo an hour or two decided which had the fairest mis- ;he been able to effect something in the way of con- 'f.
Lomb .. As. 01. 1.405. Oa. , Pigs
HAY-MARKET. .4, tress,and not above a single man's life, or two at ' ciliation, which may truly be called wonderful. He
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