The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-12-03 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX stissloNS. TUESDAY.

. C.%5 OF IR. I:AItAIICIIAEL SMITH.
Mr. PLATT said be nntiorstood that an aplieation had
been made to the Court to discharge this Gentleman from
the recogniz inees he had been obliged to enter ints to
keep the mace towards his wife. He appeared on tue part
of the wife to oppose this order.
Mr. AvoLencs said he also appeared as Coansel for Mr.
Smith. The transactions out of which the order for
holding Mr. Smith to bail arose, occurred between tne
montli, of August and the 31st of September. After lie
latter period an ant:cable understanding took pl to betwees
the parties; and mete could he no ground for continuing
the recognizances any longer. ittside•, Mr. Smith
was only b,:un 1 of til the Sessions ; he now I ppeared
to the order, and nishel to have his recogn:zaace dis-
charged.
Tue CHAIRMAN observed that Mr. Smith was still under
resogniaances to keep the peace towards bit wife, and
as he continued not to giva her any disturbance, 1.
(the Cbuianon) wished to knoor what objec'inn than
Gentleman could Lave to let them remain as they
were.

Mr. Smith rose and said, that he considered it a degrs-
dation to him, as a gentleman, to have those ehargee sill
hanging over his heed, when there was no foundation fn:
them. His wife had charged him with threatening to g. t
a silver oar, in order to banish her from the country, hi
sending her to Anterita. No intention of the kiryi ever
entered into his head. Besides, the meaning of using s
silver oar was, that of bringing a person into the coat:try,
instead of sending such person away.
Mr. AnoLvuca read the letters which Mrs. Smith wrote
to ht r husband subsequent to the period of her swearing
the peace against him, which he had read on a former
day, and which abounded pith expressions of airsetiott
towards him. He, therefore, contended that there eottil
he no ground now for holding Mr. Smith any longer OP
bail.

The CHAIRMAN said the recognizances were to continue
in force until the end of the present Sessions, an•l if it was
intended that they should continue in force until thet tine,
notice must be given that a motion should be :nada t.s
that

Mr. PLATT said it was Lis intention to apply that they
should be contit.ned.

The CH►Ata]t!N tbea observed that if no new applieatioa
was made tie recognizatices should be discharged at the er.d
of the. Sessions; bat it was not in his power to discharge
them at the pr►sent time.
Here the conversation vmdcd.
Thu other cases before these and the Surrey 5....07s
were cb:cfly those of assaults.

In the King's Bench yever lay, the Court was c:.iefiy
octupied nith an action to determine the idert.ty of ,t
mare; and in the Common Pleas, with one to recover utor., y
for a mare, that was obliged to be re milled.
EXCCUTION.—On Wednesday last, Samuel Yoke, con-
victed at the Let Bridgewater Assizes, for maliciously
shooting at Thomas Pearce, Gamekeeper to Lord Walnut,-
bury, underwent the sentence of .the law, on the new drnl•,
in the front of Banter Gaol. At an early hour the
Rev. Mr. Valentine, Chaplain of the gaol, attended the
unhappy culprit in the chapel: he expressed his thanks
to that gentleman for his attention, as well as to the
keeper and officers of the gaol, for the great k:ndne•
to him, e►er since his condemnation.—At a ft ur
minutes before 11 o'clock, he ascended the platform, an.!,
after continuing in fervent prayer with the clergym in Le
nearly twenty minutes, be addressed the spectators, as
well as his fellow prisoner., exhorting them to take warn-
ing from his unhappy fate, and that he hoped the Lord
would receive his soul. At 25 minntes past 11, the signal
was given and he was launched into eternity. Until ti'.,
above named unfortunate event, be bore an irreproadtakle
character.

ALARMING Ftax AT BATTERS/lA.—Yesterday muting.
at al early hoar, the inhabitants of Battersea were ski .-
denly roused from their sleep and thrown into considerati'a
consternation by a dreadful fire breaking out on the exten-
sive premises called Mr. Flockton's turpentine manufactory,.
The fire, when first discovered, soon after three o'clock.
proceeds! from an outbuilding occupiel as the spi.-it
room, which, fortunately, however, was situated from the
manufactory, bet where a vast qnictity of valuable store*
in the business W 45 deposited, and from the velocity of :he
flames, an apprehension' was entertairfed that( the store
room might contain some combustible matter, and cause
an explosion; but althongh its ra►ages assumed a most
alarming ascendancy, ant illuminated the horizon for
several miles round, yet all fears soon subsided hy, the
above building and a stable in the possession of Mr. Kerr.
immediately adjoining, being levrlied with the ground.—
At length a number of engines from the metropolis, ac-
rompanied.by firemen, arrived on the spot, and by their
active exertions they procured a supply of water, and
lost no cline to save other buildings, but commenced play-
ing on the horning ruins ; and the dames, by sit o'clock,
were so subdued, that no 4pprehensiou was eqtertalucd of
the de:Arm:tire elturent extending itself furthtr.

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