The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-04-21 00:00:00

STATESM AN.

A few days aro there were discovered in the neigh.
Loarbrod of Portobello. ne.r Edinburgh, seven or
e.eht ;eet below the :rround, three stone coffins, rnolely
p.:t to::etl;er, errh contaiving a human skeleton of an
cr.linary sae.--The hones were quite entire, though
r ;!a r brittle ; and from th is position, it would seem
ti.vt the bodi.s to which they belonged hail been in-
.sare,l With thuir legs across. At. :he bead of each
. were der•sited a number of sharp flints; front which
it is conje,:tiivil by antiquarians that the inhumation
• I.ad t.ti,en place previously to the use of metal bring
known in this country : Above these coffins was a
turtul:fs of sand ; and, what is very remarkahle, the
,runts of some shrubs, in search of nutriment, had
...panetraled the coffins and skulls of the skeletons,
aiJ,ltt whit h and the ribs they livd curiously twisted
0-.emselves. 'the caclties of the skeletons, indeed,
av•ere eutirrly tilled with seer able maitre. These in-
'. •te.esting relies of hamaitity were generonsly allowed
Mr. Wier, the proprietor Of the ground, to be
• tri.usf•rrrell to Dr. I.la•cl•iy's valuable museum.
SKEt.t:TO.: of A WHALE FOUND ON A {h!•1. IN Nan;
Sorry SHETI.ANP.—We hi %VI. been favoured with a pr.
-cosal of a letter, dated " Ship Oewrge, New Shetland,
Jan. 3, 1tr21," from a young man who embarked from
this port. in the fur trade, to that newly-discovered
isiml. The Oeorge visited the Falkland Islands, where
- st Ives hoped to kill some of the numerons cattle that
tent on that shore; but they were too will to permit a
near approach. They however killed One huord ed a sndred and
Piety-two gild geese, and a bear, which ea-
slnable supply. They quiued these islands in No•
,vrtnber: and, in Detroiter, reached New South Shet-
le=a, the lurreouess,and.inbospitable climate of which.
t•.e writer, aescribe.s witkAlte spleen of a disappoint' d
tratellir. s•One day. labile walking en a tnountair,
rever probable before trodden by human foot, he dis-
covered the skeleton Dia whale, lying in the snow. whicl,
does not disappear -in that region even in summer.—
TEe discovery ofthis animal, at a distance from the
•sea.and on al.tr hcight aria saventain, gives ample scope
1-4.;; ,facalatiou to Haas naturalist, curious ,in &luring
b:t4.. 'the pcople of the George bad oat seen a star of
moonlight talilt die time the arrival ; tbe can war
giberia'ir s Awing the 24. But

ADMINISTERING POISON TO AN INFANT.
Ana Rabone, aged IS, was put to the bar, charged
with having at Birmingham on the lath March last,
wilfully, maliciously, and felosionsly administerefd
and given to Mary Ann Gray (an isfant o the
age of two years and two months) a noxious thing
called spirits of turpentine; with intent to tnerder the
said Mary Ann Gray. The Prisoner pleaded Not

Guilty.
un.
Mr. Clarke, brieeyj stated the facts of the case
to the jury, as they will be found detailed in the evi-
dence. The first witness called was,
Mrs. Ann Gray, who stated that she is wife of Mr.
James Oray, au innkeeper in Livery-street,
Birming-
ham. She has a child named Mary Ann, upwards
of two years old. On 10th March, witness went from
the kitchen, to her bed-room, leaving the child in the
kitchen, and prisoner in the parlour; about fifteen or
twenty minutes after, she heard the child scream
dreadfully, and ran down to see what was the matter;
she found the child in the prisoner's arms in the par-
ton'', in great agony, and nearly in a state of suffoca-
tion ; witness then took the child from the prisoner,
and asked her what she had done with it ; prisoner
said nothing. Witness smelt the spirits of turpentine
as soon as she entered the room, and observed the pri-
soner at the same time wiping the child's neck : the
child's lips were not wet but very white. There was
same spirits of turpentine in a bottle in the parlour
cupboard, which the prisoner bail purchased that
morning, by witness's desire, to dean the furniture
with ; the cupboard was unlocked ; on the parlour-
table, witness saw a small gallipot, used for holding
the turpentine to dean furniture. Witness immedi-
ately sent for Mr. Piper, a surgeon, and the child
Wit. is
now recovered ; she was ill for sonic time.
ness is not aware of any malice the prisorwr could
possibly entertain towards herself, husband, or child.
She was to leave their service on the folloning
Monday.
Examined by the Judge.—Prisoner had been in
witness's service fifteen weeks ; she came merely till
witness could get another servant, and she knew that
another was engaged in her place; there had been no
sort of quarrel or disagreement between her and wit-
ness ; she was not entrusted with the rare of the
child, but was a servant of all work; witness never
heard her express any ill-will towards any of the fa-
mily, or any wish to remain in their service.
Mr. J. C. Piper, the surgeon, was next examined.—
lie said lie was called in to see the last witnesses child
on the 10th of M:trrh last; be found the child in
strong convulsions, and nearly iu a state of suffoca-
tion ; he administered an emetic, which brotwitt up
the contents of the stomach, amongst which he found
some spirits of turpentine, apparently about half an
ounce; it was sufficient to occasion the death of a
child, had proper remeuies not been applied ; the
child was ill about a fortnight. Sonic A
questions were
put to the prisoner in witness's presence ; for 'me
time she denied th;it she had given the child spirits
of turpentine, but after-wattle acknowledged it to a
gentleman who cause in accidentally. The gent'eman
first asked her why she gave the child spirits of tur-
pentine, but she made no reply; be then asked her
to shew him the vessel which she gave the
child to drink out of, and she Itch! op :t small
galliput then on the table, but did not say any
thing. Witness examined the gallipot,
found in it a small quantity of spirits of turpen-
tine, with some dirty rags used in cleaning the fiend
tore. The prisoner conl I not have mistintlerstool
the qnestionsp put to her I.y the above-mentioned gen
tleman.
Examined by the JUPGF.--The child's mouth any
throat were excoriated, and she was very much affected ;
witness has no doubt spirits of turpentine will occasion
death, as he has attended a case where this happened,
in a healthy person but weak constitution.
James °ray, husband of the first witness, asked the
prisotyr how she came to give the child spirits of tur-
pentine ; she strenitoasly denied it. Witness then said
she had better confess--(1u consequense of this last
xpression the Counsel for the prosecution declined
examining the witness any further.)
Examined by the Jolt:E.—Wimps never heard
the prisoner express any tawartls himself or

wife.
S. Rutter, saw the prisoner on the SO) or 9th of
March in Mr. Gray's house; she asked him if spirits
of
tentie was poison, and he replied
nth was, and called
her urp a
foonlish b—, that it would bov er guts out.—.-1
Nothing more passed between them.
This was the case for the prosecution.
The prisoner, bring called upon for her defence,
s iid that her master told her if she did not confess that
she had given the spirits of turpentine to the childl
would burn her limbs olt.—She then called as a Fess
Mrs. tireaswell, who stated that she bad known the
prisoner 14 years, and her character for humanity had
been good; she was very subject to fits, at which time
she ras quite insensible ; they svoutel sometmes cowl
nue 24 hours; witness never knew her uukind t-.) chil-
dren when sensible.
he Learned JUDGE then summed up the evidence
in a most clear and perspicuous manner, explvining!
the law as applicable to the case, awl pointing out the
various circumstances adduced in evidence, tending to
prove the prisoner's guilt or innocence. He remarked,
that if the jury were satisfied that the poison hall been
wilfully and maliciously administered, with an inten•
to kill, although that intention had been frustrated, it
it was still a capital offence; and if it should appear
that this bad been the ease, they bad only one course
to pursue ; but if they should think that the child
had drawn the vessel ott the table, and drank the spi-
rits herself, then it would be their ditty to acquit the'.
prisoner.* As to the confessions made by the prisoner,
they mast be discarded entirely, as if they had never
been made.
At the request of the Jury, Mrs. Orsy was recalled,
and stated that there was no appearance of 60, de-
rangement, or unsteadiness about the prisoner whilst
iq her service.-1t was impossible that the child could
have reached the gallipot off the table herself.
After consulting nearly 20 minutes, the jury return-
• -4 llailty,lot recommended the prisoner
account of her yonth.--alte preseentor
I forward, and said he. believed dte. pri-
entirely dentate of Mends, and as his
e quite rys vyered, be begged leave. to
Jeri is recommeading the primmer to

The Learned Judge said both the recotannadatiou-
should be attended tn.
On Thursday morning, the prisoner was again'
brought up and received sentonce of death in the usual
form.

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OLD DAILEY, APRIL 19.
The following trial excited considerable interest in
a crowded Court, and lasted nearly seven hours.
!I'w. !!'bete, aged 40, James Ford, 44, and James
Wells, 55, were indicted for stealing 6001 b. weight
of raw silk, value 6001. and upwards, the property of
Messrs. Doxat.
Mr. R. T. Wiceman, clerk in the house of foist and
Co., stated, that on the 16th of September last, there
was a large quantity of silk in the warehouse of the
prosecutors all safe. tin the Monday following wit-
ness missed four bales of silk which had been taken
away. It was worth about 620/. Ile had previously
seen the hales and the silk ; it was raw Reggio silk,
mined white and yellow, which is very unusual. On
the evening of Monday the four packages which con-
tained the silk were discovered in an empty house
at the back of the warehousrc. One entire package
was left. The witness then described the'sitnation of
the premises, and Flitted that the packages were
itress then
taken away and lucked up by Mr. b. Dosat. W
afterwards saw part of the silk in the office of the ma-
gistrates at CorentrY in Feb. last.
Mr. Ixtvis Docat, silk-merchant, at No. 13, Bishops-
gate-street Within, corri bur ated the evidence of the
preceding witness, and had no doubt of the identity
of the silk found.
William Thorpe, coachntaker at Stoke, near Coven.
try, bad been in the silk trade, and bad seen all the
prisoners before ; knew the prisoner Find fourteen
years at Coveatry. In I ;ecrtither last, witness received
a letter from Ford, alibis lie bail since. burnt. It cause
from Ilirmingloatss to witness at Stoke, and stated that
5001 b. weight of silk was to be disposed of, worth money.
In consegnenee of the letter witness called on Ford at
Birmingham, and there saw him. Ile said there was a
large quantity of silk to he disposed of, whic hail en
smuggled. Witness asked him for a sampleh , dsbe he
he would get, and afterwards came up to London
with Ford to the Oxford Arms, Warwick-lane. Wit-
ness then went to Mr. Palmer, a silk-merchant, in
Outlet-lane, Cheapside, whom be bail known at
Coventry, and showed him a sample of the silk,
which he agree.l to purchase at 13s. per lb. for
500110. Witness stayed in company with Ford S days
at the Overd Arms, and afterwards met him, by al''
pointment, with his son, at the Mitre, Coswell-street.
and frous thence went to a pnbiic house near tie t
itv
road, and saw five other I moos. The prisoner WU,
was one of them. Witness, accompanied by Fard
an
two others, went to a private house near the City
road. Witness w: ut to the 3!itre about buying the
silk. Ford said he was in pay 21101. fur the ritlftlh.
weight of silk. and witness gave him NM:. For!!
entiversed with the men at the other public-Loose. Ois
arriving, at the house near the Ilatkuev-t nail, the two
rue ► went up malts and brought down the silk in
seven hags. It was then put into packages, u hich
witness had provided. ' Young Ford then went for a
cart, into which the silk was put ; the prisoner Wells
was the carman, and it proceeded to the Oxford Arms.
Wells, on the road, said it was very curious that he
should bring the silk away from the house he had
tak..n it to. 'Floe silk was pia into witness's bel•room
at then Word-Arms, and directly afterwards Ford asked
if it Wal all safe. The next morning witness sent two
pac:(ages ut of the five, by coach, to Mr. Paluit•r's
house at Coventry ; the wise: three were sent to that
gentleinatt's house in Clatter-lane. Mr. Palmer hail
given witness berme he met Ford at the Mitre,
where 150/. was paid to Ford before witness got the
silk. '1 he next morning the other 50/. was given to
Ford, which tna!:e the purchase Dabney complete.--
Witness dill not pay any thing to the five men at the
public-linuse. hat understood from Ford that they
were to be pail. 11'ittiess 151. wore to Ford,
which he said he should gi.e to his son. This sum !
was given as remuneration our the exertion of the two
Fords. Witness afterwastls hinted, his suspicion to
voting Ford th it the silk hail been stolen. He, in re- •
ply, said he belie% ell it was pigged. In conseynence
of this, witness because alarmed, and got out of the
li
way, and teak a lodging near young Ford, but was
generally with hint.
Mr. bourns Palmer, si:k-merchant, near Coventry,
and of Gutter-lane, London, deposed that he purchased
the silk of the last witness. He had put a large por-
tion of it in the hands of the throwster when it was
seized, a-. 1 the examination took place at Coventry ;
had paid 1 !arps: Ina in five 501. notes.
J. Chambers, officer, said that on asking Ford where
be coal,' flail 'Thorpe, the former replied he knew
where he ivas, hot he w.othl not tell.
Jo'on Forrester. another officer, deposed that he went
with Thorpe to the -house near the Hackney .road, and
afterwas(is acrooTanied Smith to the prisoner White's
house, after he was in custody. B
retwhre they found 400
skeleton keys, a wax key, three e biti, two (lark
lanterns, two phosphorous boxes, a crotv-bar, anl other
implements of house-breaking.—(The above articles
mere here produced in Court, and excited consideraWe
sensation.)
The person who let the house was then called. Ile
stated that it was taken by a person named Jones, and
was shut up after the cart with the silk left it.
Ford, in Isis defence. said be was innocent of the rob-
bery, and could establish a clear ani, that h^ was in the
country at the time it was committed.
White declared his innocence.
Wells was not called on for his defence, as the Court
did not eon‘iller that lie was affected by the evidence.
Five witnesses were then called by the prisoner's
Counsel, who positively swore, in the most unetrivocal
manner, that the prisoner Ford was at the public-boom
of Mrs. Thomas. lWorcester-street, Rinninghoun, on Use'
night of the robbery, and on the Sunday following.
The witnesses were severally cross-examined, lint their
evidence was not shaken. They all joined In giving
Ford a most expellent character.
To the gnestion of a joint, It was stated that the silk
was worth .tne twine* ant! pet lb., with. duty
on silk was about To. and 6.1. per lh.
The Cuomo:4 St natant. then proemial** Ws lip the
evidence at groat length; and tit, In. after a short
consaltation, erturoed a verdict of Gal against White,
sad sconittei Fordnnil
• The Vomits's Selma wiliettnetthittiff sientoptell
to 7 years' transportatioL.

LOS/OS MAUKETS, Iran 20.
COTTON.--The market is more firm, and tlmete sp.
pears to lie ratter extensive buyers about ed. under Ka
present prices; the sales since our last are--Ait
mis 50. a Cid. 4410 Stasis 50 a 74m1., time whole wen'
.m.mi in bond. The accounts front Liverpool state that
of mmket at steady prices, and rather more businessdoief.
Sl'llAlt.—Titere have been several Yuhlir sales
Sugar this week, the whole have sold freely, fully sip
porting the previous prices by private contract. lieut.
IS) Idols 52 Ira Jamaica Mascara'les, sold rather
strong brown 595. a 60s. The accounts from
li.onLoralt respecting. Helloed Sugar have been rather
infavoitrable: the prices hare in consequence rather
;oven tray ; lout:Ito Islay be purchased Is. lower. V..
et.go Sulars have been neglected this week, very few
10ll-chases by private contra,. t have been reported. Y 1.1•
ter,' ty a public saleof Brasil descriptions was brought
,*or ward, it consisted of Kr chests 50 barrels: time whol•
.rent off heavily at prices a shamle lower. By ;midir sale
on Tuesday, 325 bags East-littlia Sugars cord at bigh
nrices ; Bewares, white middling 365. a ; yellow
floe 324. a 334. 6.1.
COPPEg.—The Coffee market this week has heenet-, '' -
ceedinly heavy, the prices ofJantaica hare given way'.
irregularly 3s. a ss. per cwt.; title ordinary 'obi in
sotto. instances 1 1 Is.; the Coffee sold oa so ;ow terms
was nut however clean ; St. Domingo has been sold in
large pareels ll3s. a 115 s. ; tine ordinary Vt v
r„ms,l itly
colour 111 a.! the market generally may be slated at a
depression of 3s. a ss. per cwt. chitin., time week, and the
sate Very heavy at the reduction.
SPILLS, &e.—There is considerable alteration inshad Ow
quotations of Spices. Cinnamon is lower ;
hlaee
higher. There is no Pepper vet declared for salechest.,
IN DIGO. —The sale at time inclia.liouse, b 912
consutenccil 9th inst. and finished on Monday. •1•h,
and good Indiges ••0111 frost' Ii I. a 9(1. per lb., the goal
middling and middling qualities front 9J. a 1...
all the ordinary shipping and con:noting kinds
udper 111. higher than the Anwnst sale, 1t4'20; the cuaidnel
ordinary tool low sold at nearly the same prices. 'fa.
Madras sold 41. a 63. per lb. higher. thtly a smaq
ti.tantity has been bought in by the proprietor,.
S.. T rY.Talr..—The tnarket lately has be,, hear-
11and declining. 'The public sale on Tuesday we
te
eat 01
higher than could be anticipated : 119 bags Saltpet
(tot refraetioc) sold -2;*s. a 2;s. 6d.
111'..INI)1', and 1-101.1 ANDS.—The I.6l'o^f
1111111 :111111 1/1%4.11,1y. bY private contract, are nearly new-
nal; scarcely any purchases are reported ; ileneva
still neglected. By public sate on Tuesday, 15‘ h'wheu'''
tireuada Row, of a fair uterchantaitie mleseriptir,
banded in September, 1:42t1; the whole sold at a tank'
decline of 101. a 20.. pvr gallon.
TAI,I,OW,—The Tallow market re hairs hsvy.
little variation as to the priors. Town Tallow is .111944
50s. which is the same as last week.

BOW-lITIIE FT. OKG R •tf Joe: 8.1 Wel
nlias Gekm a voting man of entrel b`
runt
and highly respectable connections, was brontett
fore ltrnattu it N 11:, KN., on 'Thursday offerers'''.
by Salmon, the officer, under the following cires-
statr:vs r. Baby, sllicitor in Bath, was eciple4'
by a rs. Ti hnan, of the same place, to ettect CUM:
promise with her creditors, and procnre her
*letter 6
license, upon payment of a certain divi4endO•lehay.""
placed the gross amount of the proposed t'it..arttA i"
the banking-bonse of Nlessrs fore, Smith, sal
and famished Mr. Oahe with blank check% Ile
by herself, to be filled up by him, in paYment of tier
creditors who should sign her letter of license•
prisoner was clerk to Gabs-, and having oars,
these checks, the temptation appears to have hers le° ,
great for him; fur he tilled them all op, sltelr-i;'
whole of the money front toe bankers, and
atly absconded. :ia
Ibis was on Satorr 3el
formation of the cirentostan:e was given at ilow-etert
directly. Since that time Salmon has in:iirt!
engaged in the pursuit. and, after trovirig ritif tug'
rious parts of the country, he succce,led sprelier4-
ing him on Thursday morning, at a lincse 'rot'
court-rord. On Ist•ing taken into en.:t•riv, hr P"
to the officer ii 9/. iu cash notes, all be had rersfaltio;
out of several hundreds.
r.
After undergoing a short rsansination befor
UtoNIK. srl ws% directed to convey him before ti'e
Magistrates BAIL
MAI 21111.11).
On the 1911‘ inst.. E.. I. Cruchlry, t:`( 1.• of Wrion. Srr"!•
Wonttuo. Nicholas-tine, I...ndpr.: Jr •-!

DIEM.
On the 19th lost.. at his iinele'K. Woki,llino Ref:: z. ft"'
a lingering ilittws4 a xis ',oaths. Mr. Jobs Wile • ...r. u• we
iris a Toplis sail Wheeler. St. Paul's Cloire't-,,,, e•i••. .. ~.,
On the 19th instant, the wife of °torte
of New illafinghaliwtrema

tondos Edited. !listed. sod Pcblis4e4l sr t••• WV"-
..71" aTalltsolor ewe
Tbe •c o!" rt t• /hog' • ii.ll4ll#
raper ). O. 191, dirtiest, opposite St. (k"
bY ‘4 %ROHM Jen. Li:. a.: to Idiom 1.1 4 P...
atoms, Oasts. as. am regsestod tube StPlf efr• t.

111101.14111 K Ka. a.
1 arty too 11011f$ under the ionise" delis,
ttifot area otowtttitnee so &we, that oa ems oceasioa 41a verdict of
'the beat lega-diadord sonentr the mitre roeint; Ana the to wet/ 01% a
crew get* 8111k1117 encopelt ecla
14# cold je hes stepped I
OIL
Airsaary. which it the gnawer or ise aft) int „..,,, ..."ar
similar to that of ast Cliristakas. - 7 raw' ' •"a; v'• --
*Ohl skilw atiorattartal 1,11111 alias, o.oi 4 'ltl ..I. IP'
se• 14 although that-gumeast Op issoralesa• bee. Ali* .1114th the j
i tepee...tad at Ligeposel.--(1frorpool Mererry.) , tey.