The Statesman. — 1823-09-27 (London, England)

MANSION-HOUSE.—Mrs. Smith, a married woman, was brought before his Lordship on a charge of having attempted to commit suicide, by throwing herself into the Thames.. This is the fourth case of the kind brought before his Lordship within this week, and the mania appears, from the number of the attempts, to be daily increasing. The unfortunate creature in this instance had separated from her husband, and afterwards became so miserable in her mind, that life was burdensome, but she said she now regretted her rash attempt. She was ordered to be taken to her. friends. Bow STaeeT.—The bakers now form a standing dish at this office. Five snore of them were yesterday brought up on summonses, charged with s-lling loaves under the denomination of lialfidarteres. They ..11 solemnly swore tiu•y sirver made such waves; but, as in the former ca*es, their asset tions went for nothing. They sere all tined 104 , and 'is. costs. heir comes were Mr. King, of Bedford• burs.; Mr. Lemke, of Slo,rt's Gardens; Mr. Wilshire, of the Strand; M:. ('oats of the same place; and Mr: Cooler, of Drury I,n•.w. Mr. IlEceerr having observed, that in most of these cases the loaves ssisiA were purchased front the defendants were short of the weight for which they professed to be sul I, asked whether there was no clause in the Act which imposed a penalty for selling bread short of weight— he in-ant for selling loaves alleged to be of four and two pounds sleight, when they were some ounces less? The Worthy Maeistrate was answered in the negative. By the new .1-t, all former Acts relating to bakers an: re•  •~~  pealed, and nnleas the public take the trouble of seeing. their bread weighed, they are completely at the mercy of the baker. who may limli the weight to as many minces as his conscience may dictate. Mr. Denture. said, that this omission in the Act was the only proof of wisdom which its framers, with a view to their own interest, at least, bad exhibited. A shabby-looking man, of the named Edwards, bronglit np a decently-dressed female, of very respectable appearance, together with her brother, upon a charge of felony. The story he told was, that the prisoners had broken open the door of his room, and carried away his furniture. On going further into the rag., however, it came oat that Mr. • Edwarde. finding the lady had a little money, had " wooed her for his bride"—that she did "seriously incline to his snit—that time furniture in question was 'bought, and all matters arranged towards the consummation of their mutual wishes; but, as the mine says, "There's many a slip 'twixt the can and the lip." For some unexplained reason the br'ele flew off in a tangent, and, to use, with a slight variation, the words of an admired poet, " She proved false and Ae undone." Mr. Edwards, it is tree, did not run mad in consequence of her loss, hut he did very nearly, when he found she not only meant to deprive him of her personal charms, bat also of the hotisehold stuff, the chairs and tables, which he had looked forward to as about to contribute to largely to his dom -',tic comforts in the wedded state, not excepting the very "warming pin" which was to have aired the bridal conch. The defence was a very simple one; the Lady had bought the furniture herself, and paid for it with her own money, and as there was now no- likelihood of their ever coming together, thought it hut reasonable that she should retain her goods and chattels. She 1133 therefore gone with her brother, and removed them from the lodgings, the rent of which also, it appeared. she bad always paid. The Magistrate told her she had acted very wisely, and dismissed the charge, not without a strong reprimand to the lave-torn swain upon his impudence in bringing a charge against a woman of stealing what was unquestionably her own property. 511ARLBOROUGH•