The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-12-25 00:00:00

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(Refired 4. alt,qiittjto, fiIITICE and Common juries.)
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Mr. Wain* opened the pleadings. . .1 . i,
Mr. Cutiltlir soidoleiswas an action to recover .'"
sateen in•.deomstaw for the injury dorm .to. two. bolts..
Which plahitiflowas Owner, and to a cargo of potatoes 't
one, of them. The plaintiff lived near Roniford, and w .!
M the practice of Garr) log potatoes in his boat' be Beating.
Creek and. tho .Riser Thames to London. In Pebitiael
last.. tobile..thoboets were stationed in the River, the FWIR
,belies-brig.elsofoul, of them, and occasioned the injiti
now comphined .9f,,,„ Various defences would be Made,
bet:the one chicly ;shied on was, that it was not the iblir
which did, tholititaitty. Aut. they would judge from thfi
'l.:sprain .sayieg: when; booms asked his name. " I'll W
el—ed. if .li i give, my, ttagsg,*, -The sum sought was iess
tait'...;it • ' '1 7„t.l,Li. •
Willittr-,"11,4,44.410p1eyed to work op the .two
tome to Roy bony op Ate- 15th of February lase. Tyre'
were 5.9 eacime,pl potatoes.„. The buoy was nearer to
London than Barking Creek, in the Oallion's Reich.. TI4
hotly was plaowl.lhotp.for vessels to moor to. We moored
there because 111114104141 not get up. The potatoes Wrist
worth ss. per, cam i , . 1
Crose-mansineidgei,dial pot sell potatoes at 55. per cwt.
It was seven im timeveniog. The tide had turned before.
it wasilark.,
Charles Ropers, aril,ip-keeper. My title is " Robbei."
1 saw the boetsanade fast •tu the ring of the buoy. 'I Wits
desired 'to' kap se IT, to them, while the plaintiff went
home I wee in. another, versa a qnarter of a mile 'off. I
saw a collier coming down c could Dot see it strike; idler
it passed, one of the boats waa.soak, end the other minted
sp. The costlier went aftsewards ashore, jest above Trip;
.coek•trees on, the ,Reotiali Chore. 'I went to the boat*
One was sunk. I, and plaintiff, and Curtis went to the
ship. Mr. Curtis took- her name. She bad then got afloat
I tent eure:infit par/tester, that it was the same ship. I
a'etanrs that ithe ship which .did the injury was the ship
which wert ashore.
filmic-tratnifted•-.--A green many ships of all kinds bad
gone down before. There was a *fresh breeze up the river,
and tl7l tit jaws going down.
Re-iimithlied—Both. the boats were safe before that vessel
passed.;. •,...1:1 • -
Williawillitil was about.* quarter of a mile from
the hoilrfiZine about six in the ni"rning. I observed a
collier stretching within the buoys and heaving about.—l
•ObaeresaL her_ stake the boats. As she love about she
tilled the sailsnod.stretched on beard the boats. She stove
one of the boats three planks down. I never lost sight of
her till she went on shore, One of the boats was sunk.—
I: hall potatoes on board. I am Attite • sure it .was the
spec ship. I got up what: potatoes I could.
•Crcirs cianiiiied—it ' was the stern 'of the brig which
struck *hellos,. • She 'had pretty good way on her at the
Vine ; -tier bails *ere fell. .
'John Hitt, brother to the lest witness, spoke to the same
fiets..antf•to the Captain reftp.ing Isis name. On the stern•
welonod Swift, of Newcastle ; in the. boat which was.
slitkrn'we found the name of Robert Potts. We who
siMisfed ita win z the potatoes received 15s in money, and
silittsOlise rtoftenhtnents. .: '
' Croas-rtaiiiiiid —Was not • the greater part of those'
defirelfit ett‘il t t r3t P—The. greater pad was isotpog.. .
titter it AC? —NO: '. .' ' • • •-• . ,
Those who jedged from your behaviour thought 50...."
lgry Were ' . fireie...j.(A..-lheigsli.) —WE were .not pet.
o'sliatit t` 1 ejd I lebnik fete% en officer; it was aftep
Xliiiim wi Mb-feted i'.tbe Captaissdid not 'say it was be who
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ht kt; '•1. ' •*. • '
sltiSti*Tholiiitte`n sew !bb lowiti. the collier, and the mei.
.?ilit ?Wasiesite itire•RWes thelitig that west en shore abet
Ind the iritiry.* ' • ''' - • ' *
.0411 fans editlo; Tottletan ef.the powder ItTerneine. skew
Yiefikinr, want on !Outdo, the 11th with pl.intiff no hawed
tkiitig.. Illitatiff 'hilted his nem., and lie refused -04 m
.Tiel.io rognd;atia took the name 6f the ship. Timis**
T'Aa 110 wattle of the abip, ahtt the name of the Captain..
tliellsbermett'were per ettly-solir ; • 1 could nut see that
theT were anyways intoxicated. • • _ • ' I
urosskuatniorl.-11 a not an redol wryer offeren to
614 hits Into custody. I went only the plaintiff a fa.
• your, as he Was co scholar. He has not told tar that this
- wee not his tetion, but brought *tenet his. will. .
• William Webb repaired 'the boat: .It was about five
or: six tons. 1 charged only jearnernshee wages, as he
was a poor man. It was I/. ills. 1 ,liid the best in my
faiids six days. -
Crosrexamined:—lt WIT the starboard side: snid.ships
ti• et wai Wilfred. '• • •
Richard Bolter wall called and examined as to the repairs
'of the other boat. lie charged I/. 17s. • .
When was this ? —ln the month of August. ..
Mr.Outtwev.— 1 can't connect it. • . ,
• . John West proved saving 12 sacks, and received 16s. for
liii piths. • .. . _.
Edward Fenwick bought the Mucks at 3s. 611. each. If
tLeymere not damaged they would be too valuable fotiAtios
to buy. • ..
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The LORD Cuter Jusvtec —lt is not very creditable to
il4letiteir aide not.to• have settled about the price before i
cowing, into Court.
Mr. ticalicarr (after some conversation) Intimated that
they had-agreed as to the amount of damages, provided it
should be neeemary. He then addressed the Jury. Tho
rr an who left. hie boat without a man in it during the night
h4d no right-to re•dress. But his second defence was,that
Os client's vessel was not the one that did the iolurv.
7:,ey heard of the proverb, " The devil take the hin.d.
it act ;" it was no here. The Swift; unsuitably to her name,
hid fallen hindmost, and was therefore overtaken by these
persons.
a John ('arter, mate of the Collier; she left London on Rotor-
l'ill-Yeroenlng, end Blaeliwall on Sunday morning ; about 40 or
t.O colliers sailed before us. sod perhaps 30 or 40 after us ; a
great veiny salted at the'samo time; we came to the OeHad tons
Reach abouthalf past eight; there was a great surf ; It
tiown•and rained very hard doting the night ;..the two boats
r-,re lying together, the.sternraost upon the starboard quarter
e. f the other ; the bitt4 was nearly 014 channel ; in the icAided.
test there was* great drat of water; the other boat was
Ji•arly full of water. The surf was passing over both. The
..ecki were heir in water. Our brig came as near is seven or
right feet; 1 went on the sneher to shove off the boat with
t-y foot, if the ship should come near. We had welted ti little
befog* that. 'We went in betweeia two buoys. We cleared
t. e boats: When t was on the anchor all- the stsrp's company
were on deck. I called to thout that an was c eir; and de.
a:red:kbem to tell the mister. .1 retiebe4 mit with !il foot se-
veral tioses,.end.pould not teach the ' Wit,. ,1 elm sly veer poi.
ritively that no purl bf the ship *touched' •flio boaou lt*. T
ve bees
he ea,
C.014', whicohaing from th,e tactlard cat bred wd ha
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t' e o.lo..part iipt would lisle phictflid. ' f !saw !tor. Witt a!
1.1; a canatti-Ale. a stedMe Ihktf 'thi! ' trite' here getting en. • r
tild "very badly." . ~ irw, ..i,_,.
nu, Lotto . Cuter (~14f1 )1 '-711rat is one truth Fr
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lii..l4Witheis,--.llr.West gala be.wettigt#fil Have Dr9,l e lit 4
4..,11i.„12,
tTem.blit that hr we; ohliged,herestse ate termer, terfo.i.eltsttr-
wis•f-tieve 'mate Min amwerable• fur. the potatMs, add
heateri-hi•or tint. of employ-Meat. . . ..• .. • ? ..?r. , '
Robert Stawport, iss ister of .1 tift.—lt was not pr r,
an for a4tifitnew. to have left bostsisii.• •They Were bra
inge44ll‘4lfir; •,.When they fikkeetkey;filted the major!
irt
to'drlerthp hr. to, Mayol 0 j'aetnt i.that was • dorie ti4ey
liackigiglag 'Bomar& tp lyiep JO. I. 'lO *event tei(ciiipk.
tNe boats. guts ;mese then, (Ilya ~ , flecking thi mOttliteff
made doe.elllW treaters wey,!. Tht4l4t., ;CI • • leg,,kil'a.3r,:, ..- They
ii roppe4fier dielbeate:bewlsrtelsoftith:theNtlePfdPvfiri lilt
-nefuillte• NNW thentrthviseschorsto.atotthat Ishe iiPewttitt cep I.-
e` the b..ifigattotwhiespiatilelleske.ship:readjaave tens . ea'
',ens. She must have hit the buoy fiist, and did botiliii
it. After many sharp words. I told the plaintiff," 1 did not
t.lJt it worth while to give toy r.anse."

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1.,. Cross.examlned. —Robert Potts•was the it knit on thetioato•
awl corneae is Stawport.. I referred thou. to the ship's.
Imp only for the ship's name. t
•• John Outtningliam, apprentice on board .the Swift, saw
Carter put his leg out, but could nal Witch the boats. Tbe,
brig did not touch the boats. • .
. William Thompson, &Italia Apprenke, gave i —n--,
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'evidence. . -En to t Si;' ' ./.r: 14
Cro,s-examined.—The anchormselseisilft‘ tit Ft* T. i
'wearied a cock bill; it wise is 'the water ;Ole. wee. .gi
*enough at sea to know that ibetmas impropee.l.
Fly Mr. ScantArrr.,—Ast .to know that •teverY ItaP
does it ? .
. Me.-Citranst —Only the careless ones. 1,. •••• •..
'. IdiptileC.,Tenant was acenittimed for 25 pees to thereep,
'lntl' thdeivikatton of the river. ' ' A ship With hersaili, as •
"'Media this case. Milt walk backwards...rhos' bitty*
litre 'placed in the centre of the river to make ships fast to
'that got there and could not come up farther.• It was-ani
*proper place to leave boats, because when thetltde.i
iihanged the one was likely to damage the other. A nem.
Iseikifirstels passing caused such an agitation, as oftem
'sunk hoats. It was not usual to leave boats so. •
. :Captain Murray, second title master, spoke to the pne- '
Pose of placing the buoys and the unusualness of leaviwgl
boats so; the strength of the current, and the wind contrary
4rontd•destrov them; tbat Saturday night was a most tee-•
meadone night.
By the Coney—There was plenty. of room to tack on
'each side bf three buoys, which were in a line in the course
of the river..
Mr. Gnawer replied.' Two defences were dangerous
lied Itedh would fail hem. Tbe night was stormy, but tide
lead delete by broad daylight ; the boats were seen by the'
tress; and they had so much water in them. But would
that stave the boat ? Why this was like the defence of tie
Irishman, who when charged with biting off a man's nose,
lisrbre that the man bit off his own nose. The mate had
reached out his short foot to try if he could touch a boat-I0
feet elf. Was Oat to be believed ? The Learned Gentle.
'man animadverted then with great minuteneis upon the
defendant's evidence.
The Loan Cater Justtca —lf they thought the Swift
1 struck against the boat, the plaintiff was entitled to their
verdict. Is was imprudent and improvident to have left
the boats so; and if they had been struck in the dark, no
redress could be given, in his opinion. • It was difficult to
conceive that the injury woe done to one boat by the ether.
The credit of the whoever. was entirely a matter for their
consideration.
Vegdiet for the plaintiff—Diontgts, 191.: coats 40s. •
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INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT—Wtorstanar.
W. Thomas Thomas Braisher applied for 'hie discharge, which
Mr. Heath oppose, at the instance of Mr. Poole, of
Everett Street ; Mr. Jones, of Devonshire Street; and
Mr. (}eddies, of Oreat • Ormond Street, all tailors,
of whom the insolvent perchased clothes Street,
h own use,
and he came responsible for some to others to the amount
Of 12/1. !Qs. within the course of about ten days. •
Theineeleent gave the following description of himself
in his-arffedule:—`•.W.'l'. Britisher. formerly of Lamb's
Conduit Street, Middlesex, jouroeyman fishmonger; then
of Rotterdam, in the prostate of Holland, genleman;
and lastly of Chancery Lane. London. gewleman.t" The
insolvent stated that he had served as journeyman to Mr.
Liu key. a fishmonger in Lamb's Conduit-street,and receir
ed a salary of 201. a year; be was so when the transactions
took place which were about to be inquired into—had been
a gentleman sometimes, and became so in 1822 ; Llekey
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1 married lois sister. s fer was respectable
namedboot Duranert,
who is a gentleman; he became so perhaps by marrying
the niece of Isrly Drummond Smith ; lie formerly
lived in Castle Street, Finsbury Square, where be was
a tailor, but "done over." and obliged to compromise
with his, creditors : after which he also becathe a gentle'
man, and went to Holland; to. live on the property of hit
wife, which the creditors were unehle to touch. He be•
lieved her income to be 1501. a year. This was the
person he introduced to the complainants, by reason of
which he obtained clothes to the amount of 561., fur which
he held bimeelf responsible. He acknowledged also that
'the same persons, and almost at the Caine
March, 1822, supplied himself with clothes to the amount
of 801., or thereabouts. He had also purchased a piano
forte, a gold watch and appendages, and a silver mug and
cop; the latter he paid for, and the former the vender got
back. The plate was given to his uncle to discharge au
obligation, and he left London for Holland in March,
-1822; resided, while there, at No. 32, Bolter's Quay,
Rotterdam. His object in going thither was to get a
.Wtaation which offered at Hatnburgh ; but the house failed,
and he returned to his native city. lie denied, in the
cwt positive terms, having had any interest in the fish 7
nger's shop in Lamb's Conduit Street,
Mr. Jonathan Jones deposed that, about the 3d o r
March, 1822, the insolvent and Durant
:called on hint,
'and requested witness to come to his house. He did so ;
(when the insolvent 'aid he had been introduced to him
by some of his (witness's) customers, but be could. not-
same one of them. He wanted to give an order for
'self and Durant ; being a man of repute as a trades'hsuiman,
iilto took the order for " first rate clothes ;" among otl
her
(things requested, was a great coat of the best cloth-404A
ipearl buttons—the collar sod cuffs to be covered with
ler, and the lining thronghout to be of silk. The order
Mason ready money terms, and the charges made ac--
Oordingly. When they were taken home, insolvent said.
a suit of black was necessary, and must he delivered on
the following day, and then the bill for the whole would •
be discharged. Durant was represented as a gentleusan
of fortune. Had he known lie had been a broken taildr,
witness would not bare made him any clothes.
Mr. Alex. (}eddies deposed that the insolvent bad been a
iseighbour of his. He was supposed to be one of the pro-
?titters of the splendid fishmonger's shop, and used to act as
such in every respect. When witness went to receive the or-
Wee, he saw the last witness there. He went away; and returned
When lie asked If that was not Mr. J., of Devonshire street,
"the insolvent !ably's. . Ile called, es he had heard that there
:Faison extensive order. • .but he did not employ him, because
his cut was not as fashionable as witness's. Witness would
not even now take lab. in the pound, from the conviction that
the shop belonged to the insolvent.
Mr. Jas. Poole stated that he had Inn known the insolvent;
who complimented him on one oceiselos on his smart cut, and'
observed as he had been a customer for fish, he hoped he'
would give him a turn by an order for clothes. lie did so fpr
in. tea., and would have given hint credit for lOU., as ills
reputed proprietor of as 4andootne a fishmonger's shop as any
in !madam.
The insolvent. who gave his evidence with considerable le-
vity, denied ;hello agreed with Mr. Jones for ready money;
or that he eeeettheleed authority In the shop Aisquestion.r;•
Tile'reason assigned fer gi villa. to so las* tailors urdarm',
irlialsecenittlie thought one wou.d not. supply Alms with• the
quality he wanted to equip for a foreign ststipn.
• Jimlifinent—ilemandost fOr ifweeteicaleostar. months within
the walla of the Kiog'a Reactagrikpo,..slepriviag kiln of rube,
-4 day roles.
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P Xs:hush' Arcroccr.—As tlr Gosport waggon belnpgille
tea Messrs.. Leake and t:Aho Kai su its %i ay froin JAsitfop :on
4Minday morning..the•dsiver. lorph Vati*U4i-,
tunaMt killed hear Lideciat.; he 14, it is supposed. iit 11.
it wblk 'feeding' hie houses; the wheel:of the ivairro3 %Os
Ate* (And brthe gear.' of. one of tll4 reaches.
4ve:til Passengers and the gnard in the haat
Kori,A.il they Were hi! •asleep,. eteepL one woman; wlta
%uppos2ll the waggon 441 :4111,0 •at a boos", qnd
took no furthtr a •tire of the ri:ruwtanre till the coke,'
came up.

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'. t.CIIPI,,S ./ , POLiCE. ~ , . .
•-emowso- • • •
W-'surer.—Toe morning papet leant which we ex.
le tett odi reisSrtrif Tuesday's proetedings. has this day
in the following Smitten :-,--In • our oreeterday's re'
pot
of the disturbance atiOnsey Lane Theatre, isre " Coote
Qua
andfor
re•sousne.--Yeeterday, i Mr. IVateito the, mos.,
tra e, *a* oceupietthei' whole morning in•iovestigating; a
ch rgewf Swisollsovg refereed agaiessetwo timid,' yogng
is e, rtemedi/Vi Ser/i, add .11. C. Wisittisghana:. aod 4400 a
thargehroueht by theorisoner tial(against tlireemeo named
Matthew Feuer, Xiseph Carron,sod James Heyward, for
having desperately assaulted and wounded Lim with a spit,
sword. and a hatchet.. • .
Mr. A to,ty, on the-part of she thrums. best puOw on
•of the lists of swindlers, published by the Society (strobe e
,Protecrion of Tradesmen, 00l the face of which appeared
the name. of.the two prisoosiss4Whittirghatn, residing
at No 69, Torrington square. Russell square; and Salt,
residino in times lane, Stomp Newington. The :learned,
Conned then called ro • . . , N
lie. Matthew Dyer, I' boom scent and laud surveyor,.
.rekldlito at KnightshridOe, olio stated that he was commie-,
mened by *lady of fortune, named Gossett, the relict of
tlie late Doctor, to let her mansion, ...coiled Kent House,.
•in Mount row, Knightsbridge, immediately opposite the
florae barracks. The house was furnished in the caner,
splendid manner; the household furniture itself
besi would
des,
' if sold by the hammer, fetch- opwartle of 1,5001. ;
which there was a large stock of the choicest wines locked
up in firs cellaring, belonging to the lady- Ksrly in tho
pfesent wroth, the prisoner Salt called upon. Mtn, roper
vented himself as a man of fortune, and enjoying Yost..
landed property in Devonshire, and expressed a wish .to
treat for Kent Mansion. Witness told him the terra: ZQO
guineas per year, to be Oki monthly. The prisoner viewed.
1 the house, and expressed himself satisfied with it; parti.
calmly with the coach house and stabling; the latter he
said, were admirably suitable ter his horses. Solisequentif
•the bargain was atcuek. and an agreement was entered
tote between the prisoner and witness. as agent of die
widow Gossett; and it was understood that he shou4
take possession on the day after Chiisonis day, upoo
eondition that lie was a rtspect.ble man. Next day he
wrote to Salt, stating that he required a reference to some
persons who could speak to his responsibility ; and on the
sth instant, be was referred to Mr. Whittingbana, No. 9.1
Torrington square, from whom he received a good charity 1
ter of Salt, with whichi he was satisfied ; and on the 11th i
Salt took possession of the mansion and furniture, and. the
agreement was regularly executed. Since that. be had I
ascertained that the representation made by the prisoner
Whittingain, of the character of Salt, was false, and that
both were notorious sharpers. Finding he bad been thus
swindled, and being. solicitous of protecting Mrs. Gossett's
property, lie waited upon the Magistrates at Bow street,
to whom be represented tke case, and they told him .the
law would allow him to regain possession in the best way
heicoulsl; but *her it aid not allow hint to mike a forcible
'entrance, or to use any violence in ejecting the person in .
possession, 'although they obtained it fraudulently. •
Mr. ALLEY said that it had been decided in the Court of
Common Pleas recently, that where a tradessuso or - any
other person had been cheated oat of their property-ono
matter what—by a set of swindlers, that the law empower-
ed them to regain possession in the beat manner they could,
so long as they refrained from violence. , I
Mr. Dyer then continued to state that be had acted in
the manner sanctioned. lie desired has clerk to go with I
the three men who .ate charger ilifi assaulting the pii- I
sorer Salt on Tend* afternoon, and, Rpossible, to regain
possession, hut ty no means toned 'violence.
Mr. John Palmer, clerk to Mr. Dyer, stated, tint in
consequence of the instructions of Mr. Diet, be went
about 2 o'clock in the afternoon of Tnesilay to the houses
and the door having been opened, he inquired fo Mr. bas.
who, he was told, was from home. He qiiitly walked in
followed by the three wren, Carron, Frazer, and Heyward:
There were in the hoose,Mrs.Salt and two tensile domestics.
Ile told Mrs. Salt his business, and left the three men id
ossession.—Shortly after she and the two females left the
house without being forced out.
Joseph Caron, one of the men who was left in possession;
stated, that about ten o'clock on Tuesday night, after be
and his fellow servants had been left in possession, a vio-
lent knocking and ringing took place. Witness ran up
stairs, and looked through the hall window, and inr,uired I
" who was there ?" and almost immediately the window was
broke and he received a tremendous blow on the head,
which laid his skull open. Presently Salt made kis way,
into the hall through the aperture in the wito:ow, foP
lowed by the prisoner Whittingliam.• The door, which
was chained, was opened by Salt, and a vast number of
persons, amongst whom were some of the Life Gouda,
rushed into the house. The greatest confusion took place,
which ended in his fellow servants and himself being
carried to the esatchhouse on the charge of S.lt, fir as.
wilting him, by which means he again got possession ;of
the house.
Mr. WHITS said, that as Mr. Dyer had stated that he bad
sought the repossession of the premises in consequence
1 of 'his hearing he had let them to a swindler, he cow-
' ceived the persons ought to be produced Ironrw.boin lie had
heard such statement. . , •
Me. T. Croft, grocer, residing in Marylebene ;Street, Gel-
den Square, then stated, that on Tuesday week the prisoner
IV hittingham called on him, and wished to take a ready;
furnished house lie had to let, in Norfolk Street, GrosveUor
Square. He agreed to become a tenant, to 2(101. per year,
and it was understood he was to take possession on the day
alter Christmas day. Witness told him a reference would
be required ; upon which he referred him to the prisoner
Salt, at Kent House, Mount Row, Knightsbridge.
Witness accordingly waited upon that gentlemmon Wtd•
nesday last; be was introduced to him by a livery servant.
On hearing the nature of his business. he raid that Whit.
tingham was a young man of considerable proporty,,and n a(
abort purchasing a house, and be supposed he merely
wanted the one in question for the interinedieto time. Hs
armored witness be need not he at all afraid of bie friend
Whittingbam. Witness suspected all was not right,wed
made inquiries in the neighbourhood of Kent Ifortaaeg •
amongst other persons he went to Mr. Dyer. . ... •
Mr.-HARMER submitted that this testimony did not bear
upon the case before the Magistrate. • I
Mr. WHITS said, he should not receive it as evidence
against the prisoners ; all
,he wanted to know was, whether
Mr. Dyer had grounds fee attempting to regain the house ;
and from the testimony of Mr. Croft, be seas satisfied he
had quite sufficient reason.
Mr. Aehford, in the entitles, of Mr. Wood, ironmonger, of
Tottenham Court Road, said the prisoner 1V hittingliani
some time ago contractrto debt of 1,101- with his ',DP' a::orr
for which be wes *boot te ,rust him. 04 Itednebilay
evening last the prisoner Salt balled upon Mr. Wood', mak
stated his, uawe to he Npetqn, and that he was Witilling•
liains‘a miliciter, stoO assured him ;bat be toislil t e.field
every fortirkig ;• adding,. that the Coupe of Mr. %Twang.
hm's oeige,ncies was ewottg.to Ids haritig *thronged a. Our,
'hireable of money ,to hip brother on Mootgapt.: .
This was ,the case against the too priaoneri,:hilt spit
IYillitiiiihata. ! • ..:* ""n ,! ~'• , 1 ..1/
last bow prefifted reharOe'of assoult"against•tbe Slake
trefendante,Carioalt, Frenter, and Heyward. -I.e• • , .
Silt was' tOrlii • *worn, and from' tire Waste bloosli,!lie,
appeared extremely (soak. He stated, that when bs. gotiMil
if
'the house in the wrier described; the 'delete/Woe Oat 4,,
cut him over the'head tritli a hatchet, aed:Rtyleettedill uot
41t hisnerittlearriord. i 1117satlealsethafelly,110414, WI Ps,
iti•lyeAlistallatiaaaapgasa.l s 4., :,,,,.,.i. . ~'. 1U lilt 13 *C;
The defendants 'limier! the charge, an;l' • ;
The Magistrate settled the business by ordering—da tAi
prisoners, Salt and Whiitinghaut, ti find sureties. in 5001.

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each, to appekrat the sent Westminster Sessions, to answer
any complafst that mtght be preferred against them, and
to give seltleient notice. The other three defendants were
also held to bail in SW. each, to answer the charge of Salt
(aria:molting him.
• Bfr. Dyer. and Mr. Nicholeoe, a solicitor, immediately
heoame the men's security, and they were discharged ;
mid Salt and Whittinghaus were conveyed to Tothill Fields
prison.
Salt stilted himself to be in possession of a veal property
in Devonohire, and Whittinghare said that hr. about four
ears ars, carried on the basin *
ers of a wine merchant i
eter Street, Strand, bit bad failed.

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MA RLSOROUGH STREWN—HORRID DITRAVITY,••YeIIitf•
def. t Wirteb named Hobert Roberts, who represinled hiar
sell al a b tier ont o(place, was charged by a young Lady,
with 'basing used the most abominable indeceni•iel.towari,
4ber; Inbar *talking through Hyde Pr.elt yesterday morning,
Thee Ircupistances of the ease webs se rrvolting, that the
indignant feelings of those in the Court cook! scarcely be
.sbpinitssid, and tbe Proeecutrix was much 4tected while
giving tier ev.i4enee.. • " !:,. 1.: '
, worm the Magistrete, felt extremoltedddirrant. and.
1 tominitte.dthe ntonster to the Howe of Cerrectitia for three
•niontlis,.'to bard !above.
PuBLIC Orrice. MATTON GA R DEN.4--;-Ire sterd ay, a

Ftrncli laBy, the nife of a Captain in the Royal Kary,
rehlolkng in Holloway, was brought up by Thistleton, thu
officer, under a warrant, charged with bating-assaulted a

young lady reeitling in the same home with-her: When
Thistleton trii:e,l on her in the morning with the warrant,
so ardent was she to enter into the merit• of the Calf.,
that it was with the . greatest difficnlty she • was eon •
vinced her appearance before "the Magistrate woul.l
be sufficiently early after her delay of tali. ni her " cafe
au loft."
It appeared from the evidence of the young lady, that
the dispute between the parties, though it had not er.de,i,
originated in smoke. There we' a certain door in the
housq which, when opened, cawed each a Tontity
of
sinifke in the French lady's apartments, as to threaten
suffocation ; while, on the other band, when eho', the
young lady was in danger of fainting for want of air
Aa altercation accordingly baring ensued as to' the paid
lion of thei door, ft seemed thtt after each pity hail es.
handed the renscolar power, of the toogae, Madame"
called in the aid 'd those of the band. and gave the yomig
lady such >i aristmas Box en' the cheek, that in lepmn.
dently of the. derangement it produced in her jag, hal
'totally annihilated a fa'fonrite dimple.
The French la ly, ids her defence, pat in a pies of
justification. She stated that the young lady had
applied to her some gross epithets; cline,' her a nasty
woman, cast some tntolerahla redetions en her
country, and then spit in her face, and thrust her &segue
out et her.
,There wag,, however, no evidee to prove that this tali-
vary dityliarge against'her face might net have he.m en
accidental splash of the team of raze, and that thrusting
the lenges °Gimlet not ham been intended as an instill.
but for the peptise of codling it after the violent exercise it
had. previously undergoem.
'The Ceptai6, a' very gentlemanly man, appeared
Ne
es'
h'ebalf of his *IV. and the Magistrate told lifsethit
would '
only moire his renewals _nee fot his trlte's ape
pearence: Upon hearing this decision, two eittVisiteit.
who appeared in sunport of u Beauty inland," espy.seed
themselves in 'such a• manner as to call for the seir.ius
animadversion of the Magistrate. They then quitt.d the
others quite indignant that the' French cut of their cons
and their English na,ivity had not given them a doulide ad-
vantage in the decision of this important case.

The arrivals this year in the_ port of Liverpool alone iff
Cotton, are to the extent of one hundred tooneand lap
snore than were imported in the same time lest year, and
yet last year's importation was reckoned extessivea• • t
On ftionday morning, as one of the cove iragibeto W .
on its road to London, the driver discovered the body of a
man apparently dead, lying under the park pales of hie
Royal Highness the Duke of tilocester, at Bagshot ; but
upon examining the body, he found the vital spark was not
extinct, and immediately procured medical &easiest"
which had the desired effect. - He turned out to be a pate
cabinet maker, who had been some time out of work in
London, sod had been to Soushenapton to sae his brother,
expecting some relief, hut the-hrother, who was a seilliit;
had sailed two hours before he arrived there. Being disap-
pointed, and haring no money, he wandered as far as
Ilagshot toward* London again, when he took the resole-
lion of hanging himself, which he effected with a
silk handkerchief, but the- knot slipping. be was
precipitated. upon the park pales with pelt
violence, so as to lacerate his head in a
shocking manner. Hopei, however, are entertained of hie
recovery, tboagh he is at praent in a very weak state.
On Monday morning, Mosul ten o'clock, a young mad
about twenty one yearaof • age. named Henry liesoftleia,
in the employ of Me. airrard Paten, desk manafactater .
to his Majesty, at the corner of King Street, Filoonsiltlo,
went into the Hope coffee house, in Theohal•l's Read, to
Itreakfast..after which lie took a little •child belonaiop to
it
the proprietor of the horse in Lis arms; and played el k
it souse time, in the course of whii b, the child 'pot' i be -
penny (one of the large ones of the ds'e.f. 1780)into e
aoung
is tlegm
man's onth, who, in order to toff he cgatusthi .
d it about io his mouth, making a noise aOs
teeth, when by tie action of the muscles; it w.t pp.
pelled into the throat, and in. his cfrarts to get it back
again, Lit went lower. From the size of the fsaliVenny, Ise
immediately felt a sense of suffocation, and laboured under
the most acute agony. Mr. Stephen Wtiite, surgeon, Pio.
I, Lamb's Conduit-street, Pas epplied to, oral on his
&lending the sufferer, he foun I him sitting in a chair by
the tire, in a stooping position, a:.,1 with lii hand prewe'd
bad against his stomach. Mr. White cone ived that The
halfpenny had readied the sto:racl., an 4. accordingly
.priper.rti,clicines were atlniinbtere:l for its removal, think
were continued for several hortrs. btu atrortlertnte relief.
eetreoery tb,eo entertained for his sal. ty; dint e Gee o'clk
k
in lie evening, all medicin.s having proved hhertive, Mr•
W.cate with the consent of the patiint, intreelnead Writhe
J'aisplifilatis in instumena called a prohang, of veer Wee
'itt. Mein* the operation' the Young 01111'11 . iiit4 • 18' a%
• •
4•'4 as far back ai possible. The inarament * A then
the
ie.
troduced into the stomach, and, by a sudden jerk of
probang upwards, the halfpenny was brought out of the
cesopliagus,and the young man was instantly relieved. He
is now pursuing his avocation as if nothing* lont heppral.
' We never rscellect the perform•tnce of an operation et tot
r description Irfore with seas Ittccess with' the probate.
Incense it is genrally o.e I 'to' propel any lliinf We "
atomach that might be lodged In the cesopliagus, and not to
iiicate. '

MARAUD—* ts WeanesdaT. the .17th instant. Ai 1.004 Mb
Mr. 11?ory Itubiosoi: -nf Pellar's acre, to Miss Mansell kheninfi ii••• ' '
Walivur:n.
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