The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-12-02 00:00:00

THE ST:I-ILS

benefit of the second clause, and that the *Hegedus
ought to be admitted.
Dr. HAGGARD filllOTTed on the same side.
Sir Joisw NICHOLL observed, that the new marriage
act passed about a month alter the sentence of the Court
below. The present allegation pleaded the act in one
article, and certain facts in the other, which, it was con-
tended, brought the case within the provisions of the
act—namely, that these parties, P. A. Blythe and Sarah
Blythe, lived together until the institution of proceed-
ings in the Consiatory Conrt, as husbind and wife, and
only discontinued their cohabitation pending the trial
of the validity of their marriage. Now, had the act of
Parliament stopped at the second clause, it would seem
that the case did come within the statute ; but the very
next clause, the third, was in these words—" Prosided
always, and be it enacted, that nothing in this act con-
tained shall extend to render valid anymarriage declared
invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction before
the passing of this act, nor any marriage where either
of die parties shall at any time afterwards during the
life of the other party have lawfully intermarried uith
any other person." Now this marriage bad been de-
clared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, and
therefore was put out of the operation of the second
clause, and clearly came under that of the 3d. The
learned Judge, after commenting on the argument of
Mrs. Blythe's coonsel, and expressing his opinion that
an appeal by no means extinguished a sentence, but only
kept in abeyance, decided at once to reject this allege-
don, in'order to conclude the eadse in this Court, sod
to give the party, if she should be so disposed, the op-
portunity of carrying it, without loss of time, before
the superior jurisdiction.

mice` replied Jemmy Sullivan, with • shrewd qemerish
earl of a smile.
The uffies rs in searching Lis pocliets had fonnd a
number of English and Irish pawnbrokers' duplicates,
aid the {Magistrate, selecting one of them, asked—
" Where did yon get this ticket for a pelisse?"
'• Bought it, your Honour, of Nlyke Dermot, in Dm'
nogbadoe. He s a Bagpiper, your lluoonr."
pun:"
"A And pray what are yon
tailor, your Honour," was the reply; but one of.
the patrol, who is skilful in such matters, having exantitMe
his hands.deelared, that if hr was a tailor, he had not used
the needle these twelve months at least.
" What here you lefty to that Mr. Saltine!" asked Ms
Worship.
" Dad luck to the tailoring. von Honour, It would't agree,
with me at all, any how, and f discharged meself claue cati
of it by the seine token your Honour."
" And how have you got your Wag since I"
'• I walks down by the water Md., your honour; arid
gets me little hits o' reeds, an things, an ties 'ens up tile
little bagpipes. an plays on 'eta your hosour. Gramaekent.,
an the likes of it, an tha joiniemen plasm to hear tee your
honour; an some gives me a shilling. an some half-a-crown.
may be ; an some buys We bagpipes for themselves—your,
Honour."
Honest Jemmy endeavoured to make the nature of these
" little bagpipes" very plain to his honour: but he did not
sum to understand it exactly himself, and so he made nothing
of it. Neither ebuld lie mount for his bringing 1.1,
Mire's wardrobe up to London. whilst she herself remained
In Portsmouth ; and eventually he was oowmitted for further
examination out Wednesday next.
Even this order for his imprisonment be took is perfect
good humour; and having carefully counted the ten or twelve
shiiliogs which the Magistrate ordered to be returned to
him he replaced them at the very bottom of his pocket, and
said " I hope your Honour 'II take care o' me things," The
Magistrate assured hits he would, and honest Jemmy bel-
I liven then followed the turnkey es blithely as if be bad been
going to Donnybrook fair, instead of to prison.
lirreost-IllsoDEN.---Saturday, Bet Smith, a notorious
character, who has been committed upwards of-10 times
from thi:Office, for Tinton' end disorderly behaviour in
tl,e public streets, was brought up again on a similar
charge.
it appeared that she was only discharged from the
House of Gortectiun on Friday, where she had been a
month, Andes the same night she was walking along the
road near the Angel. at Islington, in a state of inebriety,
smoking a short pipe, when, meeting the watchman. go-
ing his minds, she went up to hint, and struck huts a
tremendous blow in the face, saying .` 1 suppose von are
the thief who last gave charge of me—l owe it you ;
take that :" he immediately sprung his rattle, and had
her taken to whets she was well known—the Weida-
lions..
The Magistrate sail, that in all his experience he
never saw so Incorrigible a character; the law, how-
ever, authotlerd -Lim to do. no more than he had
often dose before to her—to commit her for another
month.
Queen-SQVARZ.—Mr. T. Ball, Mr. J. Johnson, and
Mr. Win. Ball, butchers, of Great Chapel-street; and
Mr. Win. Boweb, grocer, of Great Tuthill-strewt, West-
minster, appeared ou eammonses, to answer to informa-
tions charging them, respectively with unlawfully exer-
cising their ordinary callings on the Lord's day.
; The witness, a common informer of the name of liar
rhos, deposed, that between 10 and half-past 10 o'clock
in Sandy, the24th Nov. he saw several customersserred
is each of the defendant's shops.
The defendants said, they always complied with the
Onderstood regulation of shutting their shops close, stud
no MestoraFrs after half-past tea o'clock; and
that to refrain wholly from selling on Sunday was im-
possible, unless they could make up their minds to lose
their business entirely, so lung as their customers could
get d elsewhere.
They were lly convicted in the penalty of ss. and
the costs, 4s. 6J. each.
Mr. Higginson, butcher, of Tot hill-street, appeared to
a similar isfuratation and pleaded vuiltvtobserving that
he should hive no objection to paying the fine, provided
there were no partiality shown. But he complained ofl
people going about the streets and watching the shops
Of respectable tradesmen to single them out fur punish-
Ment, while others were passed by unnoticed ; for their
trade would be ruined altogether if they were to be com-
pelled to keep their shops closely shut, while others were
permitted to serve their customers unmolested.
The Magistrate said they bad nothing to do with the
laying of the informations, they did not seals theta oat.
But every person carrying online ordinary business, or
-Wag his usual trade or calling on the Sunday, was
by the law subjected to a penalty, on the offence !sting
proved upon the oath of any individual ; and their duty
as Magistrates was simply to hear, and to decide upon
such cases as came before them according to the law.
He was accordingly convicted in the penalty of ss. and
costs 4s. 6d.
Mr. J. Goodwin, butcher, and Churchwarden of the
parish of St. Margaret's, pleaded guilty to a similar in-
formation, and paid the fine and costs.
WOBSIIILITAXIIT.—Saturday Ebenezer Clarke, of the
Neat's Tongue, Purl
before SAMUEL TVITFOILD and ROBERT flavILL, Hum,
for keeping his house open at late hours of the night,
or rather early in the morning.
It was stated by John Barre, one of the inspectors of
the Spitalfields Watch, that he and another officer were
at the end of Purl-street on the 19th November, when
they saw Lines and Titompson, two of the flaw
street Patrol, with nine other men, come out of the
Neat's Tongue, at half past one o'clock in the morning.
Barre said he saw them coming down the steps from
the door.
Lines, a conductor of the Patrol, gave evidence in fa-
your of the landlord. Ile stated, that a coat had been
colen that night, mad they were in pursuit of the thief
They went to the Neat's Tongue at past eleven o'clock.,
and found it shut up, but they gained admittance for the
purpose of waiting, in expectation, according to infor•
!nation they had received, that the thief would come
there. It was true there were five others in the house,
but the person acting for the landlord drew nothing ex-
cept two pots of beer at the request of the officers.
Mr. Bevill observed. that this was a mixed case, for
though there were persons in the house at a late hour, it
seemed to have arisen from the officers, who had gained
admittance, and desired to remain in expectation of a'
thief, and except the two pots of beer drawn at the re-
quest of the officers, it appeared nothing was drawn
after the proper bone of the night, and therefote lie
thought this was not a case for conviction, and that the
information ought to be dismissed.
Mr. Torroe concui red with Mr. InviLt, and the in-
fornsation was dismissed accordingly.
LAMUETB•STRi.ET —SaMirday, a young man, who
gave his name Thomas Mountain, was brought up. in
custody of Stone, the flight constable of Mile FAA, 'New
Town, cbarged with a highway robbery by Elizsheth
Pitt. The itrosemotie was returning home about halt.
past one o'clock, on Saturday morning, when she was
oust by the primmer in the Commercial Road. He ap-
peared rather the worse for liquor, and insisted on seeing
her home. In endeavouring to extrie ..re herself from
his grasp. her key fell, and he picked it up, hot refused
to restore it unless she consented to his accotnpans ing
her hotne. Thir she peremptorily refused. They, how-
ever, walked together some distance farther, st on
getting to the end of King-street, where she lived, he
restored the key ; Litt, on lice refusing to comply with
his desire, he siohienly snatched tier shaol olf her shoul-
ders, am} ran off with it. She pursued like with a cry
of A stop thief," and saw him secured by the watchman,
which tnentent he dropped the property, which was
-rd a picked ap.

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On the IStb ult. Mrs. Catherine Middh
Windsor, aged 74, ‘idow of J. Middletoi