The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-08-10 00:00:00

AMERIC4ON PAPA Ost Sendai ;Wein% last, a seas Ikea !gamic, Had, 4 Orogen, Took's* googly, attempted to kill himself in the following novel and most horrid see: After having spent the merging la apparegt rationality, he went into a carding-machine, where he had been previoesly at work, sad with a two Inellt r.liigsl succeeded In cutting off all of his eocl4 *i molai/ the bone and arteries. Ile then tore up a plank in the door of the carding-cackle*, and brook let a bolo through the liniag under, let hitneri down into the water, with tint 'wattles it is supposed, of drowning himself. From some cause or other, Pulver, he did not succeed, and returned to dill machine-room, in which place ►e was first discovered. •111urgistal tetesianse was procured in a short time; ►et the feet of his having est off both the wind and MPS pipes, rendered sta►vation inevitable, in ease the 'wetted ',self shield nut prove mortal.—(Western Courier.) ILIITSACT Of A I.IIITIS DAVID PENSACOLA, APIIII. 27.) " Bet little regard is paid to the Sabbath here, by the natives ; dewing, playing, billiards, Sec. are the common amusements ow that day. The mealier burying the dead here is rather singular. They very seldom dig graves, but place the rolls en the surface of the ground, and build au arch over it with bricks. In.many instances the arches hare decayed, and walls and other human hones, are scat. tered over the burying round. The ladies of Peas.- cola are tolerably 11411)0111111 and dress with much taste. They are generally very partial to the Assert tans.—kfost of them are of dark complexions, and sense of them are as dark as mulattoes. The tabs tants of Pensacola. although meetly Spaniards, speak or pretend to speak the French language, bat it is con siderably intermixed with Spanish.—(Dens. Prem.) Beta.arox re, (Pug.) Jugs L.—Locusts in great , abamlauce have made their appearance in the neigh bourhood of this place, within a few weeks. NORWICH, (Cows.) Jays 20.—The Nerwich chan nel company are at present engaged in deepening the *house' of the Thames ; and we are happy to state, that it is expected, in a few weeks, there will be a sof- Aciency of water for the Steam-boat and packets at all times of tide. ROCMIIIITES. Jung s.—We are informed that the Canal Commissioners are expected in the village to morrow, and will contract for building the aqueduct Is the tienesee River—also for rutting the the river to the Canal, and for excavating • Wiles on the lime west of the river. SHAD 1,1 TUX 01110.—Rome really pod shull were caught a few days Mace in the Uhi at Strube& title, sad pronounced by judges to be of the first quality. Polly Coleslaw, a coloured woman, living near Goorgeteww, Delaware, advertises the public that her daughter, a free born mulatto, an apprensice q June Jew; near that place, had been sold u a slave, for 0 _ _ 4of being taken to a southern muket. la KY ream also, as she declares, a free hers black bey, an apprentice to Aathosy Ingrain. has been sold as a slave ; and both are kept secreted, with others, until an opportunity offers to ship thew for the south.— (?ept. r. AIL) ta•Ara - ter -- [FROM • SCOIIIII 'Arta.] The parochial schoolmasters of Scotland am won known to be an intelligent and most awful body of anti we WI sorry to learn that several of them In MS ing up the population returns bare ran a great risk losing their popularity, in their semitone ealtavours ascertain the exact ages of ininureritif persone, especially of such as, in a anitrineeslal point of view, may be de nominated the " forlorn hope." In toiletry parishes . any little anachronism of thin kind might easily have been corrected by a reference to the first leaf of the fa mily Bible ; or, in extreme cases, to the session books: bat. somehow, the parties interested were always on the alert, and in various in:names the approach of the inno cent schoolmaster was as sure a signal for the disap pearance of the " big ha' Bible," as the approach of die gnager is a signal for the Aiding of a whiskey still, with ail its „precious appurtenances of wash. wort. and worms. in towns, the diarists, of making any such reference was, of course, mightily iscreased, sad we conlJ detail many amusing anecdotes of the obstacles tans throw* in the way of the hulutrieus cessus-taker. One, how ever, must suffice :—ln a pretty tarp town—sitnateil NO matter where—the aforesaid penalise, who for vity's sake we shall *all the Inspector, metered the rani of a spruce old bachelor, who had still thoughts, w pressing, of forraweeriag the state of single blessed sod who regulartrat age plums an additional wrinkle on his brow. endeavours to conceal the assaults of tin silent enemy by as increased attention to his dress and appearance. inspector—Hoed day. lit. Stith a Thing. Baskelur—Good day, Sir. I mritor —Well/ bow assay pospbbniablt this meet Bachelor—lnhabit this apartismit ? What have veil to do with that, Sir. The Inspector here explained the nature and object his visit. Baebeher—Umpli ! then I suppose you have a right token? impostor —Certai al y: Pilidbelor—Thep. Sir. nobody inhabits this sparring* foot we. Inspector—What !lime you seiehor wife, nor servant nor son, nor daughter Bachelor—No. Sir; nor ox, nor 'as, nor cattle, stranger. Inspector (laughing)—Very well. Will you now tell me how you ipitt your livelihood? Ilachnkr- - Do you suppose I live by aloaliag ? Inspector—Not at alt, Sir; but it is seceseary 1 sbonld know whether yen ire in agriesitare or itimmerte. or st some haudic employed ralt, or whatever glee k i nactelor—And wlsat wadi you say if I be rein aim of all these. and have you to guess Inspector.--Well, I am glad I cao . ladulge you Imelda point ; sad now I come to the mot hisperUmt heating of *bat aro yen, Sir? On this Inestionlielog pat. the baelielee. who • all the while slowly trimming Ile bras* sae rooted, and eyed the Impeder wilb iterate:est t. The effect of this movenist, added le astaeally leak:rim appeamaco of a perms wader operation of shavi. were too sorb thr the grovity, who,. ave Vng his 111C11 . . ; Y lostaradi burst lots an ismanderare___ -- -_ Ws the lady old bachelor constrabd into ask epee II ink sod it coureelleanse more dogged thaw Ont. AS both partite hod imposed thaumeives a Ittbso h beeheleeship degiarided, " What tiekti II I have you to pet nosh a gamiest r The 1 appestat here expiates' that there mesa pad of live posed* incerrod by *eery indeed se evasion Of rolgelga. Docbeloc.—Ayl,ayo t And yet dory toll tie ibis titmice liberty. Stingy liberty! A fl ip , gime hit Had retorts one tau after anise P, and iff lOW* swilling to pay, leaves we to rot Isa m seteastisef Amps use a IsS.what cos be wee. kW* beelings but ray owe. This le Cambial?, days seam Wit aims, Ville.. a was was beeto.lik•a wild beast if be pr red Presiriteeigelsgt of a hill side, to chapel (tarsi", to the laspector) li pta is rrai sae doubt. like year predecessor, with steel boots thausb-sevews to malt good your threat. The literate, herediselaissed all beards !ablations, aail quietly 'Moiet/aid his antagonist's ge. Bachielor.—l toil yea, Sir. once for a l it that I moot answer that lasstioa exactly. lespeeter.—Well, bet eta yes tell use wfthie 10 1 or s•—are yea thirty. Sir ? Bachelor (after a less psses)—Perhaps 1 usa, thirty. I nspector.—That's still a Tory vague answer. yea forty. Sir ? Bachelor (after a long prose)—lt's bard to my. hot may be I may be forty. I impactor —Really, Sir, von are the most person I have net with, thc. t if every one w ward as you, my task would he endless. once for all, Sir, are von fifty ? Beebeler.—Fifty,Sir ! fifty years! did rot her fifty! Why, fifty—let me see—fifty's a long age! bat a man slay live twice that time without meeting with say body , ,half so pressing as you. Inspector--Ole. •••••••,. I have horse a rood deal with year trilling ; but I can bear it no logger. I see by, your face that von are much older than you are willing" to confess ; bet I hall now do what I should have dery ait Brst ; that gayest down in the sixty colas at once. The Bachelor Isere started to his feet in extreme agitation and exclaimed in • very altered tone—Bat I I tell you am not sixty--no, not by a good sulary and surely von Irma(' not wish to misrivesent Come now, if von please, take me oat of that Ilse, and pet me into this one; pointing to a column rather soarer the left hand. The good-natnred Inspector did as be was bid, sad took farewell of his testy friend; bnt the incident was extremely neefnl to him, and afterwards, whenever he met with a lady or gentleman particularly OOMPOININIOi• cative on certain points, he uniformly gemmed them al Ul or 15 years above their apparent age, an expedient which to us* his own words, 4 , always bad the effect of bringing them to their battle." PtILICR. CIVILIPIALL.-4 line looking y►n.ng mail, wile gave his name Comae Godfrey, was brought• up yesterday by the waLchnota is Fket+•net, before Mr. Alder man Wesables, charged with disorderly eentioet. Gillespie, one of the orttehnses. alit'd diet stout II o'clock on the previa.* evening, a emotes& NO his there was a wan seated is his wateb-hoo. He went, there ionts.ellistely, sod fined the prisoner mated at his ease in the box t he. of coarse. desired bin to se► lire, which be politely declined. and at length. hasp .4k. wither entreaty oar remonstrance of say avail.lbs less palled, with the assistance of a brother wouthanan. • force hien sot of the hiss. The primmer, Skimmul t74;lll —ir e for hides him no% and ;regal ag tlse Ira; i atedittely began brealtiag the whitlows el Mr. Kemp tow's shop, No. Ibl, Pleet*troet, with a bangle which hod in hle bead. In cosseepsesee he neared • nod lodged hi. In the C•osp•er. t The prisoner, when asked by the lesghtilite * oast be bad to give of himself, centrnetcod his dress In the following words :—" My name to Uodfrey ; I will not sow triable yea, Sir, with NB, op' happy and *Tenant story—'the too leng—iedeesl {Deg, that if every word were a Sok, sod Velem) would condescend to f orge them into a chain, the Master of the fled* might hold one end in 114- whilst Plato lashed the tebelliess ghosts la Tartarti whir the ether." The Worthy Alderman cat short the prisoner'. oration. by desiring him to cone at owe to the woo of fact relative to breaking the triatiows. The prises* having nothing to say upon dual subject, placed hit band upon his bosom, bowed, sod reaseised la answer to the varicns gondolas of the Satiates**. the followisg accsuat of himself was at leagth draw; frees hiss s—He was born at Newry, where belted be* In bodges for himself as a teupswitaat, and where * brother. when he dearly loved. still resided ; he mil latiknown to any one in Leadoe..bat blessekAlaa der sod William Ogilby, and Mr. Crawley, of bay-street, Woattalasters be had bees I. Loudest a short time. and had lodged lass spagalfreerhill betie distress. however. be had boon *impelled to slop lap tally I. the brick fields, and for es last fiat days big set tasted food. ileiag asked west bad redoes/ lii* to this teadition / He replied, a fug be the 04, had brought hits to it. sad that he did sot ere. •44 care for his life. walrus it cesW ha passed la drape* Ile was asked wbetber be bid am totddliillim stage? m whisk be replied yes, See those***; performed the port of the 71titif Jl.sk, in the play Dawn= t. the Theatrical directions forstbo e were, that be should eater Matthias. la order /paid!) himself; therefore, fir the peeper per& of the character, he ram till he was oat of breath, le that state made his rate& apse the sive. T manager cried oft "don't speak to fast ;" *a t rebuff kis *rim soak. and he was enable to with any prospect of Nicene; he was also with the martian) of the compaily, and themes of their appoiationts. particularly In that play w Bertram days, • draw roar swords, ye- roll heights." and all the railing kaights there weer, oaly fogurbmt %flows in mourning cloaks. Tio terminal M. M try dm Leaden stage. *biro mesa if he bad say. adgkr meet mtlii dos padimdise4 tM ad applied at die irliestres, bat withokt aomeas.-1 The character Sc *bleb ba prepared to come oat o that of the MU*/ Is Pharr& The MILOIIII, le Aim that chandler p M pammit peektemsd,bliee. IN siguiest, ealisily assittary to miiiisty Aided. pardealarly tie mason Jo which die eldllionim I Tell to R.S.a Frain .this he bad hien I. army. and, as Mwanotlim that he bad been a private is the 411 y 1 t pbat /5 days, bet his Words load ben plot him out. Oa ammoialag Ma legafik.. if wrogottod to amorist murmur , miamormir eairacts from LorJ Byteklassa 41entiehrn lliefleoreik mai some wish* ems., which be wok* tosibtiod wee swept* of his Though the prise** still declared that making t irtee•hilow tildes is the way. it the pi sine to be tutus a item& ottasboe, be Wei with der oiteepiee ef bit, pootiod See, of yaps of oteetdlalwegestout, bit gave •Ms oiovroes to qqestleite *le him is a very NA, proper, and • ttiy Insemw.• To the reality of his distress attire bon widest testimeay t he hall wither shirt sambhip, *Abellen wahines,* with sleeves, a pair trowsers, with shoes, coestitated the whole of his his appearance, Ditwitbstaiiling, woo Away and The Magistrate treated Lim with great Isiumanity, as directed that be should betakes ears of ie the Comptet till Mae inialry might be made respectiag him, than sight lead to his resteratioa to his Meads. The primmer, ow hearing this deterasissetion. Kahl repented Ms Theatrical bow to the Magistrate, sad his exit. Mosstnv Rocse.—Testerlay a press, named J.- reposes* °afield, avderwitet a public examiesties on a charge of having forged the Duty Stamp sod the mark of the Goldsmith's Company, teehnically Mini the Hall Mark, on a quantity of plate, wait ie•ent to da fraud the revenue sad the Goldsmith's t7osepaay. *Mt prisoner, ahe is a working silversmith, bad as. Jergone a private examined** ea Tuesday. A aim r of silversmiths were •la attesulinee. , Mr. Lau attended as solicitor for the Goldsmith's C•sepany. Sir. Sykes, thissflicinir of the Stamp Oboe, anodise/ ed the petweeetiou. ' Mr. /tram in statist his charge against the pt miser, said; that from what had transpitid doting tf ation of Tuesday, lima, impunities fell ea t lirm of Messrs. Leven and Jacobs, who were respr able silversmiths in the City, sad who bad eonsig quantity of plate to Messrs. Smith and Complex: Ostend t which plate, apes 6111111itlittiAll at the Hoese, was foetid tan be imbed with forged .amps. The consignees were of course applied to npon the subject, and he was happy to state that they bad cleared owly that suspieios which naturally tell npon them. They bad gives the order to Messrs. Levi and Co., manufactnring silversmiths. !lacy-street. St. Mary-axe. and Mr. Levi had employed the pri soner in executing the order. Mr. Sykes said, tha act npon whirls they proceeded (the Heo. 111. cap I $ i, eye 70), from the didlculty, if sot impossibility of obtaining evidence in such eases of the fart, made possession evidence of It. and threw the litt-thee of the proof to the contrary on the possessors. lie called Mt. O. W. Tischer, a searcher in Ilse Customs, who stated, that ftwoodays slue, a box of plate was brought to the Custom Moose sad sowed for Ostend, and be, in the coarse of his ditty, examined It, when he found that die marks ow some spoons, of which he produced a dooms, were forgeries. Mr. Ileorge Miles, of the Aveay olliee. in iths' Hall, examined die plate produced by the last witness, and declared the stamps epos it to be foss geries. Nose of the plate hail passed tioldraitlis' Mr. PTIMS—H..II much plate de you dud en* la your books. as hawing been piseiesiby tile pr eisimg the lipt pipet • - . Mt glt-tier esti in Matt 11111 . 41* poi • Mr. STRISTMW meueh plate do roe Sod in the parcel seised, marked with forged Mange, and with the primes?. labials ea it as the maker? Mr. Muse-1 God about 14 .ewes. Mr. Alexander Levi, of the Gem of Levi ami Cu, mooted. that a sheet time since he ratehod an • f 00, Messrs. Lreem sad Co. ler • 'pastier of plats, The prisoner was a spew-maker, wise hod been ear plated for several years by the iris to work for thee in his prefevaies. Fart of time order received from Messrs. Loves sod Co. was given to him. The epees@ made by the primmer those pocked up in makfmg up the order sad seat to the Custom Howe. Thom produced were part of them, and were of the Ames make. The articles in freedom had sem bees in the poeseesiee of Messes. Levee sad Co. bet bed bees seat direst to the Custom Moose. The Solicitor wise atteaded is behalf of the Fel goner, said, he was met mew prepared to delved h Heat is the maser which he wished ; but if the case were remanded lee a week, be trusted that his should be able to adders well facts as would exonerate his 'Meat from de Amp made against him. The reuseeston had me obrectiom whatever to the request being amoded M. and the Los. Macon ac - rdiogly rempasked the primmer fir a week. A wiercaot was Used against another individual I. the trade on a similar charge. Harrom-Gaareen.—Testerday Mr. Scotto the amid • overseer. for the perish of St. James's, Clarke/ewe caws a oseemd time Wire the sktieg 7111agistrates, as his Aloe for • wormed to empower hie, to Weak tepee sod ester the dweillethoese of a lady in Peaturriece, Peateimeine. - toppeeitethe Chapel, 'Wee the **Semi% • ICIUMMICIS 1••••• .**l4l. elitifer the last feelt r the Wet boon 41 ilasoodpreifally *rased, bode and sib: ' and aria of “ M " f seal rem the fleor.of that . hoses, that dirt id dam am peemarEmreitOpi hos e a door of the _ iwellittal go ~I or out, and on son hoicking at the dose to make imeityi the hove stairs mere reiteeided. hot me (irate person. made =w,rawer nor wee say earw hum widths; Iwo nylons retests le m utts!am amougat whisk thet milady was strapped down lea brat am* kept elm kere*Matatei dpid of her Ideelle. hp unkaiwm 1 the neighbours were se mock emit they.b.sionlist 11:.Ssak) is emit es 11 l e t iral i tTaLt7gr ef v ot;fte, bat • tbe Maeletrates, that the Oise v••• iendied. ihtiell that doe *IOW of alma e adpihiteehired was • bay imispeedir Sid in ihaboomihrtreerai4 and Jusslties" .4 0 MAP 1 . disigAftliri4lloll4 bt - - - id isaiHisserit acrea~a i:agersia u figr e e . :s e t ten en* MI ill t:= WV Mimi ause lir d r ess esei s et r =l „ . : iiit Idd 1 I fat her tattloalentim lialealfsgiansall=tlo "SIM lowzreit i litoWs* a lit tart beg aise l leerVzsrrerlete met INA . ow* a diet Itir, alai ' n Ea, when attend if her' Masa, Illy 111 II K.lttaas fin4horisfarturs irsyler, a• asp: snghbearti reehtd is ism with her awl - wet a, Int to the haw* ill 44asohIPOsawrhiet ha 4 for her reeeptimm She bream* ea Metes du yes endow caused *rani mums t A whom she sated that . thou person ow sag her with being a mastic, sad were pia / As her; thakehe wee ma more mad than they A she hoped the hensaity of the person armed umild mean her hes them. This appeal to the hied amultitrde had the dais) effect ; the people pri credit to her ahem and eummeaced so Meek apes friends aid the gnaws& ahem useatieeed. in ads, mom her true thee. Steen wad brickbats throw* at thee, and at length a renal eggs place,- tad deny prime eln task side were ; the watchmen sprits( their rattles, "bleb eel several constable, patrol and watchmen to the setae tienolt, and the lady, with then who bad her io lay, and some of the asiailants, were teken to wetehhonse. An *splenetic,* then took _plan. -the It of which was, that the lady was delaered ever her friends, who conveyed her to the lease pee her in Metcalfe-place, when every care eels to of her. Mr. Scott expressed his satisfenieu, after thanking the Magistrates for their attention. the dice. LA IlliTII-STRSZT.—TIIIOIIIIIII Wilson a yesterday before the sitting kraleistrien, Hams and M. Wyatt, Esq. ,by Ur. Witigti lord of the Cat and Wheel, Callterimeye Whitechapel, with a robbery to a large inmetwollk It appeared by the trillion. that, on Wednisiii afternoon, during the temporary absence of the Om estor and his wife from the bar. the peittion, a bombe who had lodged in the imam fur about eight meg* mitered the bar mad contrived la-break epee thelill sad steal therefrom a tea-caddy cootainieg 2141. lk. in gold and silver, a gold and silver wat*h, and 'seal sliver spo.ias, with wirtch Ms decamped. Imet.seal on afterwards secured, sad the whole of the property q eept the ei•nons was Gland ,open . .iiins. klenfill 0 mended for farther elimination. TOWN HALL, Foulatrane.--Testuday„ Mr. Thor ton, who keeps a chair and sots maitef..ctory is f if wane', appeared before Mr. Al d. J. J. Smith, presiding Magistrate, to .easwer charges -of assault. The brat charge was preferred by a b murk Hole, ahe stated, that on Tuesday e• about six o'clock, he was pante& thesegik the tough, when he met the defendant, who nes carry 'estrentely frightful-looking monkey is hie-at As witness approached him, be segainly, owl still the slightest provocation, threw the a•imel -is face; the complainant threw up his arose for the I pose of repulsing the caresses of this unwelcome trader, but poor Jacko, finding himself likely to it to the ground, wised Mr. Hale stoutly* found the WI and, by way of showing that he .season **Wag friendly. began to lick his face, yell his }.Nand at and to play other pranks, which were oaf very Ilia able to the complainant, 'Wiese' they messed to furl much ainesemeat to Mr. Thereto'. who WA the same by loud bunts of Lighter. At length e plainest succeeded in eliakiag off the monkey, wl fell oa the pavement with souse Holm*, and be about to ask the defendaat, la so imilgoset tow, nose of such anacenotable modest, whoa the I vexed at the treatment his favourite animal ' red s aweemenod a meet Aar. railket, ; 1e knocked bims dovta, MAO* 1111iVri film, aid otherwise ill-treated hi., and Aim be i treated towards hie NMI home. During the Ica whomever the defendast bad the oditaatage,'llso swab uttered a hied of applaesDag, pen, that Mopped paws together, sad jogged aboott in great glee. j . Two persons who beheld the attack bore teedoms ibe visiese rawhatslithe isMrnt, sa4 pea able demeanour of Mr. Hale. The gefemdaat said, tket the awoke? Cm qteeti having tamped from his haw. her west'la Purstdi it, and bad much dilialty in overtaking the aids Having dime so, be was oarrying it boors bet it rather of a mischievous diepoeitiom, it jumped the coesplainant„ bet he (dmfbadant) domicil I wastooly thrown it epos him. The iromplainant sad his whams motradieted il Ater statement. It was oleo added. that the degrades* had 4so patty of similar conduct on the same westing. Immo peaty lady gamed fittvensos. lib* peas Is Wa le( slam, Lambeth. It was stated, that he Mess bad d Mail mookey with bits. whit), he lug is the lat face, sad almost frightened her Isis hysterics. II Weeded the Jamie* Room oa Wedgies*, to got mamas*; bet understandieg that ow woo already i optimist the defewdaat. she ozpeessod her ime ties of ladieting him at the Sessions. no Worthy Magistrate said, Ilia &feistiest's to wee mast brutal sad musealy, sad to apnoea metres might be productive of sodas death. V Is eWa part. he bad ao hesitation is derlarisg. th be bag hoes the object of either of the obtrage we aloud, be would hare destroyed the aseallay by • that laid is his pbwer. . The tiofesdesestam ' aaadaetiug bis defense. was well womb, of lokli cal with thereat of his amidert. and maw' eireumstasees, he shosid require vary poi bi isr his appearance at the Sesslooe. The deSeadast found the osessairy satatbstiond • 7• vi MARlis..._ Oa I ' M ' S& Wt.. at M. Aft ... /Om Ildirmeedlles 4= ',Mabee. ll. 'Mrs.,. Fromm Mat di la 40.0 11 . 1, flit. l . l Wl! Priatiertes, Rm. lir Plastery-wiste. « wdiaz it his i ziz a 6 4 . a wi 1.• Rite , .. esti to at lasitor aiSileliTi 10 o Poo 114' 1 •4111. • eleimir•=11••••. r•gflifilltiernal eilwabeth Mts. oldest dasobter 45t W. Iladill 4 lira iitt.M. Rues. Swim. .. t...,1: A i Oti I. Sit Imam. at Illistriwbomt it • q9 l ll ll mart. a.. M.F..u.st pea 'lib. Loot ' 4 • s• ilemileilk oldest timegbles of Ailed Fel - --- Or Wlseigli bd. Sareb. fbe alto of Walla WIWI 1.. of No. lok mo• magfarst lie lo M. fi r . , k tho owl loot. .Liest. liff.H•orpooo. et the 11.11. II mon `-•-solim pan, ser4l/4 lei De Olk •••• . list, Lookie • lidited. - 114: "'his Ilkatioileul" AI " 1 1) • Popp.) lit t a ti ettZbi useakadass.Ordsskie. iir• St 0. ....Ansell '~ M is al _ I