The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-05-14 00:00:00

M I DDLESEX SESSIONS.

Yesterday these Sessions cotntheneed before a.
Esq. and a full 'tench of Magistrates.
Mrs. Simeon, the mother of Mrs. Chatterley, the
actress, was tritd for committing an assault upon Mrs.

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Christmas.
Mr. Cuts. Pntwrs, for the prosecution, stated the
case, in doing tt hich he said he shonld avoid any
allusions to certain scandalous hints that had been
thrown out, and which he believed to be without Wanda-

tion.
Mrs. Christmas stated the facts of the case as they ap-
pew ed its the Itow-street account. She had gone to the
house at which Mrs. Simeon lodged in Craven street,
wh-n Mrs. Chatterley was at the door, and entered the
hall, in which Mrs. Simeon met her, and struck her in
the mouth with a candlestick.
Croscesamined by Mr. ALtev.-11 was between nine
and ten at :light ; took tea for supper and nothing
stronger than tea the whole day. Mrs. Chatterley parted
with Mr. Christmas at the top of the street, but witness
hid never seen hint with her ; never touched nor attacked
Mrs.Cliwterley. Had in a fit sworn that she would wish to
dip her hands in Mrs. Chattterley's blood ; never swore
that sloe would cut Mr. C.'s face into deformity, but said
site would scratch it ; had often seen Mrs. C. and her bus-
band together.
Re-examined,—Had been six years married to Mr.
Christmas, and had a ditterence with him before he saw
Mrs. C.
Mrs. M‘Donald, the landlady, stated that she opened
the door for Mrs. Chatterley. There was confusion in
the hall, and Mrs. Chatterley said she should be murdered.
Mrs. Simeon came front the parlour into the hall, and Mrs.
Christmas bled at the mouth.
Crowexamined.—Mrs.Siuieon was very ill at the time,
and could not be left alone. The knock at the door was
alarming, and so was the noise in the hall. When Mrs.
Chatterley entered the house, Mrs. Christma, had, wit-
ness believed, hold of her; had seen Mr. Christmas at
the house, in company with Mrs. Chatterley and Mrs.
Christmas also. Mr:Christmas had been once at the
house after Mrs. Christmas hail left off coming, but that
was to svelte letters for Mrs. Chatterley. Mrs. Simeon
and Mrs. Cluitterley left witness's house on account of
the rent, and there were also some words about Mrs.
Christmas, as witness did not wish that lady to call.—
Charles Ileivio attended Mrs. Christmas to to the house;
she was quite sober, and never abused Mrs. Chattel ley.
Cross-examined by Mr. ADOLellt:S.—ldeed at the
house of his aunt, Mrs. Miebeth, who had a house for
lodgere,. and who formerly kept an oyster shop iu Vine-
gar-yard.
Mr. BOLLAND, in addressing the Jury, accounted for
the circumstances which bad excited the jealousy of
Mrs. Christmas. Mrs. Chatterley, suuch to her honour,
had after the decease of her husband, paid off his debts
to the extent of upwards of -1001., and she availed her-.
self of Mr. Christmas's services in settling the accounts.
Ile represented that Mn.i Simeon could have known no-
thing of what had occurred outside the door, but having
beard her danglitsr implore assistance, in her case of ex-
tremity, she had started up from her sick conch to de-
fend • ber. Mrs. Situ-on • was therefore justified. Site
was near 70 years of age, and extremely infirm, but such
were her fears for her dol.!, that she forgot those impe-
diments. It was to be regretted that such a delusion
existed in the mind of Mrs. Christ Mas as jealousy, but
it was well knouts how hideously such a passion would
operate, notwithstanding that there existed no doubt
in tile world that the suspicion could be traced to no
source:
Mr. Pus ',ties asked whether Mr. &Aland would call
Mrs. Chatterley ?
Mr. tiot.Laxo replied in the negative, and his reason
was this. A lady, in a publit professiou, ought not to
appear before the public, except in that profession.—
Site was sure to find enemies auiongst the idle and vi
duos.
• The CIIAIRSIAN said the object of the prosecution was
obvious. I: was not to inflict punishment, but to in-
jure the dweller Ss( a virtuous woman. *it bras a case
of jealousy, which, like the jaundice, made every thing
its stun colour. It was also without the xlisltrept fours-
datiOn ;but what coedits/a the eoursosrf wyealons eye?
Thitisasselrbal beeuliseeshastart.' neve.* at no guilt
attached iti IL-L-Tbe Jtitr Wilda ir MAMA' (bitty.

Sinieowpnisisheil.
The CHAIRKAIV.••••NO I 1 thought exposure was what.
was wanted'. IVell take i.aie the punishment shall not
'be heavy. thigrejedieed hill' See how it is.—=-Fined 3s. 41.
• POISCR.
Bow-trreetT.-lesterday Charles Hall was brought
op by Doke and Jennings. two of the patrol. charged
with vio'eirly assaulting tip former while in the execu-
tion of his duty. at the lupin New-street, Covent-garden.
11e was ordered to give 2,1 hours' notice of bail, for his
appearance it the Sessions.
George Payne was also charred with an assault upon
Bonti,jun. one of the patrol, at the fire: •
lie expressed great contrition, and was *uttered to ar-
range the matter privately with Bond.
Mr: Brown, the Secretary to the Westminster Fire
Offiee,stertpeit forward and said, lie felt it his deny 'to
state; that he w ts open the spat coon after the firelsrokii
out, and saw a multitude of thieves in a very short time
collected together, who eodeavotiren to fume their way
into several of the adjoining houses, where there was,
mach valuable property, and wonld have succeeded, but,
for the prompt and determined interference of the BoW-
'street police. He felt plesenre in bearing testimony to
their excellent conduct. It was impossible that mend
could render more efficient service than they did ;yowl
this occasion.
Mr. 1.1.3—; am extremely glad to find that one
officers have so constricted themselves as to merit such
an enlogintn. The best reward they tan have Is the com-
mendation of the pnblic.
An elderly man of respectable appearance, calling him-
self Janes, and .1. Brown. a private 'soldier in the
Foot 4inartt., were committed for having been • found In
a cellar in one of the unfinished houses in Setroth-street,
Charing-ere.% in a situation not to be described.
The examination lasted nearly the whole day.
Qt. E liN-SQU AItE. —A gentleman, named Bartlett, re.
sidine in Palace-street, Pimlico, was brought up,cliarged
'with obstructing and ill•treating a private of the First
Regiment of Huard, on sentry in Hyde-park, on,Mon-
Aav night.
• The snlilier said he had orders not to permit any per-
son to go intim his post to the Magazine. The defendant,
accompanied by two ladies, advanced ; he called to him
twice, but he paid no attent on, when the defendant
came up, lie endeavoured to force Lis way, and abused
witness iety grossly, who seized him by the collar, and
called to the tirritillit of the guard. The latter came to
his assistance from the geard.house.
The serjeant proved that Ire gave the order to the sol-
dier; he did nut deta:n the defendant after he gave Iris
address.
The defendant said he hail very frequently gone the
sums way, and on that occasion considered lie did not
trespass • lie had user.-ly called the soldier a fit and
saucy fellow, but not helore he presented a bayonet to
Isis br.tist, tied would not permit him to go any way.
The Magistrrte observed that the soldier was oily
doing his duty; and cm ilie other hand the defendant did
not intend to act improperly. Under these circusass:auces
the complainant was distil. slob
lilaßLßCßnrctt3•irtcex --H. Ingrain was brought up
yevertlay before the Sitting Ma,;istrate, Mr. Conant,
charged with having stolen a rug.
Mr. John Dimino:lc of High Holborn, linen-draper,
&c. waist!, that on Monday afternoon, about tour
o'clock his sirup much was crowded, when the prisoner
was observed by some of his customers to enter it and.
remove the rug, which was aPerivards traced.
Two of the anfortutsee woman's daughters were in
the office during the examination, who informed the Ma-
gistrate that their mother was addicted to drinking ;
and they felt assured that she could not have been
guilty of the crime with which she was charged, but for
the miserable intlitence of liquor.
Several of the prisoner's friends, likewise highly re-
spectable, were particularly solicitous on the daughter'.
account. Th.; all gave the prisoner an excellent cha-
racter, excepting her too 'regnant inebriation.-=foe Ma-
gistratelid lie felt it his duty to coin.uit the prisoner
tor trial.

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In the night of L,ne, Berwick,
John Griffin died in consequence of bruises lie received
in his own house (a disorderly one), early on Sunday
morning. Next clay, an inquest was held by tieorge
Riddell, Esq. coroner, and a respectable jury, before
whom several witnesses were examined, from whom
having obtained BO satisfactory account how, er by
whom, the man was maltreated, an adjournment took
place until Thursday at tnur o'clock P.M. when they re-
sumed their enquiries, and not being able to elicit the
information wanted, they again adjourned to Friday at
ten o'clock, when they again met, aid continued the in-
vestigation through the whole day, without coining to
a determination. After a laborious investigation, and
three several adjournments, the jury terminated their
tedious enquiry about 12 o'clock on Saturday night, re-
turning a verdict of wilful murder against tirace Griffin,
wife of the dectet•ed, principally cm the evidence of a
woman called Ann Balfoor. The death of the un.ortu-
'tate man (who lingered three days) was caused by
trampling on his body in a most brutal manner.
On Thursday morning a young woman in the employ-
tnent of Messrs. Abram Rhodes and Cu. at Woodhouse-,
Carr, coined her work, and, without apparent cause,.
threw herself into the water of a small neighbouring cut.
Wisely distrusting the stability of female resolution, eke,
however,selec'esi a spot sufficiently near t some cottages.
and under the eyes of her ess.npanions, to secure the
means of release; in consequence of which the poor
girl was promptly mem d, with no injury save that of a
sound, and perhaps salutary, ducking.—(Leeds .ikreary.)
Last week, as one of the stage-coaches, which run be-1,
tween Edinburgh and tilasgow, was passing through
the village of Uatnelon, the mother of a child, which was
playing on the road at the time, hearing the sound of the
coach, and fearing her child might he in danger, ran
out to its relief. Cfne child, who is little more than a
year old, on seeing its mother, endeavoured to cross
the road to her, but the horses coming up before it was
able to get out of the way, it was thrown down by one of
the leaders, and in this perilous situation remained un-
heel by the horses, which passed quite over it, and only
received a slight contusion on the thigh, from coming in
contact with one of the wheels. The mother, in running
forward to her child's assistan'e, fell, hut fortunately in
such a manner as to roll out of the teat k of the
Ms easier to conceive than to describe her feelings,
when she saw the child restored to her in safety.
Alexander Airked, surgeon, in Fist far, has been ap-
prehended and committed to Forfar gaol, on a criminal
charge, for soliiiiiiistering medicines to Susan Davidson,
from Brechiu, servant to a gentlem in in Forfar, and by
this and other sues els effecting an abortion. The evidence is
understood to be complete. The woman herself has been
rrecognoNe..d ;is a wit nos.. It was in consequence of the
severe distress tinder whica she was sulferfog, that the
iniquitous business was discovered. She found it *trees-
any t,t apply to lier master, who, in this say, learned
what had h I:putted, and immediately gave information.
J. Ingram, Etq of llottiugdean, has an Alderney cow,
los oiler t., utoutlissthl, which has a line calf twining by
her side, a rirrounstance deemed worthy of remark, from
nits rare•occurrenee. The above cow, and another of the
the same laud, peoduee p r week,' seventeen pounds of
butter of a very superior quality, besides furnishing the
house with cream sufficient for all its ordinary purptises ;
it therefore appears somewhat strange to us, that Alder-
Dry Vows are taut generally adopted for the use • of. the
dairy, anti, especially; as they are kefit at one faurth part
of theexpelitt ef•thr eo if Ibis Cildlry.-;- (guide .Id-
rer!istr.)- • - • • . • .• 41 11, •) • 1 •

•%yaiSKEY.

We feel pleasure in infortning our readers, that a Pe-
titian to theilonse Of Comthons: has been lieu:artled
from this city, praying Parliament to permit the free
importation of whiskey-froth Scotland, and ills(' the
distillation of sniffle from grain 'in England.' .Shoiitil
Government grant the 'prayer of this yetition, which
is "elictilalted-fri' reinscitite'tbe drooping intereits of
our agricultural frienits; 'we would hail it in a ales.
sure frasight nith heiteacial ecinsequeOces to the owners
and occupiers :of land in general—The public will
learn with 'surprise, that the expense of supporting the
pretentive service, (for Cumberland and Westmoreland
Away.) to hinder the illicit importation of ivfiiskev,
'costs the country at least 1,1100/. a year; while all the
contraband spirits seized by the es.Fri-ers simmotr to the
paltry mom of 341. We do not state this fact as a dispa-
ragement to this officers; but nierelY to point out the
'absurdity. to say nothing more, of the Excise laws re-
lative to the ' d'Afillatien of graiti, %thick ought to he
immediately repented. indeed cc hare heeninlorine.l,
ithat these obnoxious statutes would have been kn.
:state rescinded, hail it not been for the undue influence
'et the overgrown diviners in the vicinity of the metro.
Polls: Thitb, our readers will perceive, the agrical-
'meal interest is to be sacrificed rather than the London
distillers shall be prevented from enjoying an exclusive
and injurious monopoly. Shoultlitioverntrient siloal
, the laws in question. we will venture to predict, that at
no distant period very little French
.I:randy nr flitch
gin will be Consumista° this country.--.(Criifiode Jour-
ndl.)
Carats Atsoun. —Since the beginning of
.March, the
Snperviior and Officers- of -Beetle
.in the Ciipar 'Angus
district, have seized, with the assistince of a detach-
metit of the Scots !treys stationed beri., Fifty-nine an-
kers of smuggled whiskey ; the reward err which to
the mitt try will exceed MI. Of the above quantitr.
twenty one makers were seized on Monday, in the oods
of Craighall. i w
As the parties engaged in the affair at Rhedorach,
on the 2Stli of March, complain of an injurious mit-
representation in the account formerly published in
Ibis paper, we insert the felowing report, drawn up
be' the &vivant who commanded' the iletaclinsent of
treys. ! • -
. Mr. William Torrance. acting Supervisor of Ex-
cise at Cow Angus, bovine- received iiiformatiou that
a considerable quantity of smuggled whiskey • was ex-
pected to be lodged at klierlisrach, in the head of Glen-
shoe, on the 2ntis of Mardi last, beset out froili Capar
Angus at ten o'clock forenoon, accomriniednby .Wil-
liam Smith, officer of Excise, evil a patty of the Fleets
Greys, and were joined on the rood be Min Mitultocti,
officer of restrise, it was late in the afternood before
the odd er and the party reached Rhedorach : where
they discovered that the smagglers had got notice of
their approach—had loaded their ponies with the*hiskee
and wine drising them towards the Coirowell, with the
intention of crossing the moontiinis to timernar, where
it would have been impossible for the Party to have fol-
lowed, in consequence of th; great *depth orsnow.
The smugglers, on seeing the party fast Knitting ground
on skein, threw off the &titters, and seaweed them in at
directions, and then throve their ponies' up the hill-side!
Then tight or ten of the smugglers took up a position
on a rising ground which coinnianded. the road; each
armed with a 'stick and with stones: On the poise
coming up, they called oft to stop, and not pnotreit
farther; hut the Greys presented their pistols, and toil
the smugglers that the first man wit& should throw a
smite or lift a stick wowlil be shot. The tosiugglers im-
mediately desisted, and did not afterwards Mkt the
least resistance. Vonalti.Sliaw, who appeared to be tl:e
leader of the hand. actually fell upon his knees amongst
the snow, and begged pardon of the Dragoons for
baying uttered any threatening binge e. The depth
of the snow, and *the coining on of night prere t tateff the
at
party from extending their search and oni seizing more
than nine ankers ; which, after mach difficulty, were
conveyed to the Spittal of Glensibee. NO compromise
was offered by the smugglers: and if such had beets of.
tered, it would have been refused.*

On Monday afternoon, a noted smuggler entered
Dundee on horseback, wiin a sacic containing a Urge
quantity of whiskey. Some Excise-officers ssw him in
the slnrraygate, and gave pursuit. The lioriltnuan
lopped down Castle Street, with a meth at his heels;
and was met by theCustorwhouse-odieers Wear the shore.
lie, however, bounded through the host of Opposition;
and, losing his hat in the chase, he cleared
the road, and escaped towards the West.
On the 29th ultimo, a party of the King's servants
seized a harm awl cart at Strathmiglu, with sixty gal-
lons of illicit whiskey. At Barnhill, on the same day,
forty gallons were captured.—(Dundce Advertiser.)

bITSTERIOUS A CCIDENT.—A warrant haying been is-
sued against Bernard Finnit,in, a person Who deals in
cuntrabartd whiskey, it was attempted to ba served on
Wednesday last, at his resideniii., Milbeek, near Grins-
dale, by John Barites, the constable, aided by two W-
eers of his Majesty's customs. One of the °dicers, Ed-
ward Forster, went round to the hack of the premise!,
white the others stood in front; and upon his approach-
ing the door he was met by Finnigan, (armed with a
pair of tongs,) who, in attempting to escape, was seized
by Forster. A scuffle now ensued, during which Final-
gan's wife cause up and assisted her husband with her
tuts, at the same tame encouraging a mastiff to attack
Forster, who seeing the danger with which lie seas
threatened, produced a pistol, still continuing to hold
Finnigan with one hand. Oa sight of this, both his
opponents endeavoured to get hold sif the pistol, which
went off in the struggle, and the ball entered Finnigan's
groin. The raiment by which he v.. 1.14 held nvw gave
way, and he escaped, after crossing the Eden, to them
lage of Cargo, w here he was afterwards taken and se-
cured.—(Carlisle Jouraal.) ..
Tile Recoacien's REPORT.—Yesterday the Recorder
made his Report to Isis Majesty in Council of the following.
prisoners under seutence or Death :—Coaries Clift, aged 21.
for utteriug forged flank notes. htstthew Johnson, ILO
Sfi, Henry Pelted, 19, Joha Mounsey, 17, Joseph Johmes,
29, for tweaking and enterint a tlwelaing-house. John Pur-
dy, aged 24, for burglary. Thomas Barnes, aged titti, Tao'
nuts Fletcher, lit, Jetta Toomey, 17. J elm Bashed. 17, John
IBarlow, IV, Thomas iinigt.t, Iti, Eleanor hltlienna. tits
Anne Reason,. IS, fur gosling ins dwelltne-house. 'Gellert
. Grigg, aged td, George Elliott, 21, Daniel Deueen,2l, Aus
I Norris, *7, Sophia Troyer, 21, fOr highway robbery. Nee
rims Houlihan, aged 40, William Trapp, *O, -for cutting sal
I maiming. Thanes Groves, aged SO, for horse-stealing:-
IWhen George Elliott was ordered for execution on Motlii.
the 1911 r instant.

MARRIED: --
Yestorday, Mr. A. Dv Eymona, of Rush-calOge. if"'"
teal, Essex, to Matilda, the 3 Ount•s: daughter of the Ille I.
bawl. EbA., of Et. Mary-aae, I..)ndoit. -
On the 12th Jam., at Ilur:ey. Itohert Phillips, of Kaosk-
hill, Bergs. E.sq., to Louisa, fourth daughter of the 414'
Abraham Meld, of Walbrook.

DIED.
At Newcastle, on the 3d instant, at an adrsocrd age. Mr',
B. Scott, sister of the Lord. Chancellor; and twig ali9td
Lord Stowell.
Ott the Ilth inst.. in the 3Sth year of his ar t C'
'lipoid. Esq., 'of Cation, in•Norfo.k. • ' •
On the Sih of April. we her residence in the 0P5"7
Elisabeth, widow of Jasues Foy, formerly of Itiorstriaer
street, NW 37. '
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