The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-03-02 00:00:00

TTY STATESMAN.

FASHIONS FOR MARCH.

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BRIDAL Dam. —A low dress. composed of Briti.h net, and
worn over a white satin slip; cut how a d square round the bust;
the bosom and back oraantemed with while sati•a points inter-
spersed with pearl; the shoulder strap finished with chenille.--,
The waist is very short, the dress tight to the shape. and the hack
of a modentie breath. Sleeve als Froncrtiqe. made very short
nod tall. and ornamented with ten or twelve narrow strip .% of
%bite satin placed bins round the nrm. The skirt is finished at
the bottom by a large rolenu of white satin, which is surmount-
ed by four satin pipings, disposed in waves and interspersed with
white roses.
Wsustirc Daus —A fawn-coloured poplin gown made half
high; the back is plain. and the front o raps a little to she left
side; the body is trimmed a ith two rows of white satin ribbon
painted in natural Bowers. Plain long sieve. finished nt the
writ to correspond. The bottom of tb. skirt is very tastefully
trimmed with painted ribhmt, int. ripened with lams.

THE APPROACIIING ROYAL MARRIAGES.

Fashionable gosslp is still fruitful in rumour' upon
these interesting sotints. The Lord Chancellor, it
is said, has lately had an almost doily audience with
the Prince Regent, reasons for which are obvious
enough in the approaching marriages of the Duke of
Cambridge and the Princess Elitabeih. The Duke
of Clsrence's proposal is IsitivOfied to remain where it I,
was, without assent or di-srot : end the general
opinion is, that hiq Royal Ile4hiteas will be perannfled
to withdraw it, hefore any thing shall be said in Par-
figment upon ito. policy of adhering to the usual
sauna pf nor Roynl
Mtn Wvkehairi has recently had a complete sor•
icy and plan niade. of .lor seat of Tharne Park, near
Tetsworth, in Oxfordshire. -fine domein de-
scended to her father, Mr. IFVykenim, nt the death
of his uncle. bird Wt:sm%,4, whusr title is now es-
, Hutt. Lordsliip lett the ;art of his pro.
petty (perhaps 70)01. per atm.) to his other nephew,
the preseut Philip Wykelaarci, 11:;q. The first thing
this young Lady did, after coming into possescinn of
her property, was to make a t rovision
for the old dome.iics of the family, who hail been
left einprovide,l for, iu consequence of her father
dying suddenly and intestate.

FURTHER IMPORTANT PARTICULARS
OF THE EXAMIN‘TIO% RF.LITYIE TO SPICER
AND KELLY. BEFOKF: TILE NIEMBEKS.OV THE
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Smith was coined in slier Limbrick mitinitew, and
examined as follows :

Q. You fill the situation of Keeper at Bo w.otteist ?
A. Jailer.
Q. You de not go out as an officer ?—A. Only on
a Sunday night.
Q. Yoo went oat on this occasion with Limbrick
to watch two persons ; did you ?—A. On the 518th
of November I was at a public-house close hyitalt.ing
a pint of ale and a pipe, and just about five o'clock
Limbrick ram in, and said he wanted me to go with
him, and I went with him.
Q. Did he tell yoo what he wanted with you
lie said there were two people p3s.ing had notes.
Q. Did he tell you he had received information of
.m ?—A. Yes.

Q. Did he tell you from whom ?--A. No.
Q. lie hail not communicated to you that he should
want you ? A. No ; I knew Spicer after I had ap-
prehended him.
Q. When you came up to the place where Lim.
brick took you, you were place.l to watch these
boys?—A. No; I was up a dark place, where I
could not see Kelly. lin w Spicer; I newer saw them
totesbas4 i did not see them come up it. Mirtin's-
lalrf; ta y back was turned to them; after ore OW -
het. n there some time, Limbrick said, I think tbe•y
are coining now crossed ewer to a dark pit( of St.
Martin's-latie, and waited there till they came. 1
did not see any notes pass in King-street. I eppre.
heniled Spicer. Kelly was some yards before Spicer.

Q. But you saw a third parson walking together
with them?—A. No I never saw two persons to.
ether; there was a person speaking to Lin►brirk,
hut what !te said, I canner say ; when I apprehended
Spicer, and was brio:zing him along King-sheet, l oh.
ser►ed hitn put his hand to his pocket ; opals that
pipi.d him into a shop and searched him, and found
fire notes upon him.
Q. lint pier and Kelly say they had another
person with t'iem who gate them the notes ?—A.
NO. _ _

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Q. D'3 flaw of them say it was 1 person of the
name of Forney who gave it them ?--A. No, no-
thing of the kind ; I have heard since there ii a per.
son of the name of Fitinr.. win) has been with
Kelly. I knew Finney from a chili.
Q. Ile has been in this pi ison F—A. Yes, and hi,
mother hung herself.
Q. How lung ago was he here2—A. Two years
ago.
Q. Mat does Finney generally do?—A. Ile is a '
plasterer by trade. I never knew what he did but
that.
Q. Have you seen him about the office at all ?
A. No; if I had, i should have taken him into cus-
tody.
. Q. When ?—A. After this happened.
Q. We're you ever informed that he was in the
habit of isoming bad notes ?—A. Never in my life.
Q. Used he to come into the olkce as a lounger,
or was he in an habit of sitting down ts• drink with
the officers 3—A. No ; 1 have seen him at different
-ca.o4llsh-illben his girt has beeb in trouble, getting
her bail. _

I%M

Q. Do you recollect his being brought op by Bean,
charged with an assault, with Einma.Cottito-, end a
girl of the name of Russell —A. I know Connor,
because she has beNt up there before.
Q. Do you recollect the circumstance of these
three being brought up before the Magistrate fur an
affray that happened with • person of the name of
Bean ?—A. I know Belo ; I recollect Connor, the
gill, and Russell, being brought up on the charge.
Q. Do you not recollect Finney ?—A. No.
Q. And that he was immediately discharged on
Lintbrick speaking for him i—A. No; I do not re-
collect I.im-1 took the other two to prison.

Q fled you not sat down and taken some re.
frestin.ent with Finney some few days before this
circumstance?—A. No.
Q. Since that have you f—A. No—l have been to
the Bank with Limbrick and Finney.
Q. What did you do there:—A. They went in.
side, and I stood out, so that what passed I do nut
know.
Q. Had yoo been in the Brown Bear public-house
some few weeks after this prosecution?—A. No.
Q. Did Limhrick ever tell you what the informer
was to receive ?—A. No
Q. What did you receive?—A. Ten pounds, and
Limbrick twenty ; he gave me five, making fifteen
a piece.
Q. Was there no part of that to be given to the
informer?—A. I have never seen him since.

Q. Did you not tell Braidley, the pot kmen, that
the suns was rather small, if you had to pay the in.
former ?—A. No. Ile asked nie s!sett►er 1 had
paid any thing to any body.
Q And you said you intended to do so ?—A. No.
Q. Did you tint sell Braidley, the porkmass, that
you bad received 301., that it was small, and that you
had given some to the informer ?—A. It might have
been said, but not by me. I should wish to say
there is it° part of my evidence in which it appears
that I saw them together; I teceibed no information
but what I received from Limbrick ; I was called
out by Limbrick.
Q. Had you ever seen Spicer, Kelly, and Finney
together?—A. Never in my life.
Q. Finney keut a cart s! one time, slid he not ?
and went about as a costerosut►ger I—A. Never to my
knowledge.
Q. Limbrick has told you that Filmy gave him
the informusion ?—A. Yes.
Q. Were you present when Limbrick gave his evi-
dence in Court ?—A. Yes ; I do not think there
were hardly two words spoken in Court.
Q. What do you know of Spicer ?—A. It was
for an assault I had him in custody. There were
four of them brought io together.

Q. To your knowledge has Spicer ewer been a
Basher ? —A. Not to lay knowledge : I newer heard
he had. I newer knew he was concerned in trausac-
lions of this kind before. lle was taken up once
for an affray at night, but got bail in the course of
the day.

William Salton. wbo keeps the White Hart. was
examined.—He had seen Finney. Kelly, and Spicer
at his house. Spicer was very welt behaved. Ile