The Statesman. — 1815-10-25 (London, England)

STREET.—Yesterday two noted smugglers underwent a long private examination before Mr. BIRNIE, charged with the wilful murder of a Custom-house officer, off the port of Deal, in the year 1507.—They were committed for further examirialion. A letter carrier and stamper, employed in the General Post-office, was brought to the Office, charged with feloniously stealing a letter entrusted to his care. It contained an inclosure of a 101. Bridport Bank note. It came from the town of Bridport, and was proved_ to pass through the Prisoner's hands in sorting the letters. It was directed to a person in Richmond • the note was payable at Alderman Cox, Merle, and.Co.'s, Backers in London. The Prisoner was committed for further examination. On Monday an information came on to be heard against Mr. Fisher, of the Strand, haberdasher, charging him with not having written over his door, or in a conspicuous part of the front of his shop, " Dealer in Foreign Lace," as directed by the Act of Parliament, by, which be had forfeited a penally' of 501. he being duly licensed to sell foreign lace, to • prove which a gentleman from the Stamp Office attended. Mr. PUGH attended for the Defendant, and sub' mitted that his Client had only been served with the summons on Saturday afternoon ; lt was not a reasonable time to answer to the information yesterday, as he expected to be able to prove that the lace which had been sold on Thursday,upon which the information was grounded, was not foreign, but made by the manufacturers in England. On the part of the informer, it was contended that this was not essential to the case, the charge being, ; that Mr. Fisher, being a licensed dealer in foreign lace, had omitted to have it written up so in the I front of his shop, as directed by the Act of Parliament ; but if it was deemed necessary to prove that Mr. Fisher had sold foreign lace, or lace which he had sold as such, a Custom-house Officer was present to prove that it was foreign lace. The Defendant's Solicitor persisting in his appli- 1 cation for longer time, it was postponed for a week. I The Gentlemen of the Parish and two of the in- : habitants on the spot of Herbert's-passage, Beaufort' buildings, attended to proceed with indicting the ; house of ill fame kept by Mrs. Gibbs, where a Gentleman cut his throat on Thursday morning last.— ' '1 Some beef tea and other strengthening things have 1 been administered to him by a spoon, and yesterday he was considerably better, and able to talk a little so as to be understood. Ile was particularly anxious in his enquiries after the unfortunate female who accompanied him to the house, completely exonerating her from any knowledge of the improper conduct 1 towards himself, and that he was tempted to the rash act from his circumstances being embarrassed. On , a Gentleman unknown to him, humanely offering his services to endeavour to obtain a settlement of them, he said it was not his own private affairs that distracted his mind, but he bad imprudently put his name Ito notes for very large amounts, to accommodate a very considerable house in the city, and he,knew they ; I could not honour them. lienr,y Gibbons was charged with a highway robbery in Hart-street, Covent-garden;in tieing concorned with several others in stopping and robbing Michael Rowe of his watch, between; ten and eleven 1 o'clock on Sunday night, which was confirmed by i Henry Gibson, an engineer, employed by the Gas j Light Company. The watch was found in the Prisoner's hand, and he was committed to Newgate for , trial.  "