The Statesman. — London, England, 1822-01-01 00:00:00

MILDNESS OF THE SEASON. The most striking proof of the extraordinary mild ness of the present season, that has fallen under our own view, we bad on Christmas-day. when Mr. Ben jamin Comber, gardener to Jesus Smith, Esq., of this town. presented us with a very handsome • &tomcod, formed with great tasteaud judgment, of fell-blown roses, legitimate chrysanthemums, stocks. red and white polyanthuses, sweet-Williams. pheasants' eyes, primroses, strawberry blossoms, inigaionette, monk'. hood, laburnum, Isc. Ike., raised in the open air, by him. in his master's "Auden. This nosegay altogether fnrnlshed a pretty, fragrant novelty, and had it been exhibited in the market of Covent-garden, we are per suaded, it would there have found many admirers.— (Lyres Piper.) Is the week before the last there were upwards of 100 plats of roseberry strawberries in full bloom in the garden at the Mains, near this city. Its very gym tletnalify proprietor gas hered s considerable quantity of the fruit. perfectly ripe. and at once astonished and gratified some of his friends by presenting a plate be fore them. A great number of Sowers see tow Moms leg in their full beauty, and filling the air with their odour, in the same 00 , 41011 , •••4(Wiimitl ro ibmil li e sa ti oe, There is sow gwler% the gersidiPmt Seabouse, Esq., at Castle-hill, near Maryport, a bed of strawberries, many of thous in full bloom, and some of them actually formed for fruit.—(l6id.) Late 14ARTeST....011 the 21st inst. (St. Thonswe's Day) a quantity of barley was cut at Bank-emil, in the parish of Slanwix.---(Did.) A field of ripe Barley. sown in the month of August, was cut down on the 20th inv., at Forebank, in this neighbourhood.—(Dundee Advertiser.) Amongst the variety of unseasonable productions of the garden on Saturday last, in Covent-garden Market. was fine young green mint. Yesterday the despatches were closed at the East India House. and delivered to the Parsers of the fol lowing ships. viz :—Denira, Captain M. Bosnia, I Dube of York, A. H. Campbell ; Berwickshire, J. Shepherd; for Bombay and China. The exports from Scotland of mannfactered goods to various parts of the United States, will, this year, it is said, amount to sto mt two millions sterling. Among the extraordituryphenomema of the present periled, may be reckoned several bewail rainbows, *filch both ea Wednesday and Thursday were ap parent, extending their brilliant arcs between the western and nort►ern quarters of the I kaven. A curious circumstance occurred last week at the Clayton-square Auction-rooms. A person bad sent a portable desk fur sale, which was as usual, exposed to public view for several days. On Thursday morning, the day of sale, a gentleman informed Mr. Wiostanley, that on examining the desk he had discovered a secret drawer, in which, it appeared, were a promissory note of 301. and 17 guineas carefully folded up in paper. The owner of the desk had no knowledge of the con cealed treasure ; bat on receiving it be stated that the desk bel o nged to his son who had been ordered to Madeira for the benefit of his health and died there ; and he thought that the money bad been placed in the secret drawer by his son peel-141E4 his departsire for Madeira. as the desk bad been ntied from that Island with other property.—(Liedellmol Mereury.) Prices of meat per lb. by the catease, at Newgate Mat ket, ou Satu►day worst, 3d. per lb.. best 4)41; Mutton, worst, 3d., best, 4}d; Veal, worst, 5d., best, 8.1.; Pork, worst, 40., best, Md. DSCLINI IN roe MAIIIKETS.—We recollect the pe riod, when one butcher in our market has had as many carcases of beef for sale on Christmas Ere, as were al together exhibited here on Monday; and yet the po- pulation was one-third less than it is at present! This fact speaks volumes.—(Carlow .Iforalog Post.) Fresh herrings, from Loehlang, were selling at Olesgow, on Satur lay morning, at one halfpenny each, and four shillings a hundred. It has lately been found impossible to carry into affect the,sever4l executions for distress for rent in the ■ orth of Devon, no persons having attended the plates of sale but the auctioneers and bailiffs. In our paper of the 2-2(1 tilt, we "dueled to a story in eirculatioe in Dublin, respecting au altercation be tween the Lord Chancellor. Manner", and Mr. (leant, the late Chief Secretary there. We are authorised to state that no such altercalioa betseeu them ewer took place.—(llorming Ckumiele.) STATESMAN. ris B, • COCRT OF SISSIONII. Ore. M. AC'IIOIIIIIBIINST TIM career. le fit netios raised as the instance of Mt. jaksos Whose &Obit the Subscribers to a had of credit for selport of The 8e,,... newspaper, the defeadete lbws log presented a petition to the Court &palest Alloway's interlocotor et the 7th last. resoled's' the came to the Jary Court. it was this day moved ha First Divislos a the Court. Mr. MONCIII err etateodel that it wails egpsdies to the provisions of as express Act of the Leptilsabli for the Court eves to entertain this petition; it wblati opinion, we andmtaad, ono of their Lordships coi sided. Having heard Counoel. Messrs. Mowcatarr sod Jut 'tart. for Mr. Oihson. and Mn.,.. Tootraow sad pact mite he the defenders. the Court ordered the whims to be 'towered. The gam day a petition &palest Lord interldletittr, reasittlag the case of Lord Archibald Havailttit against Mr. Duncan Stem..., the printer of The /lama, b the Jary Cos" was awed in the Second Division of the Court. After bear's, Mr. MiNart.t..and Mr. Moons for the petlitonor, soli Mr. Class. Mr. MONCllltft. and Mr. Jimmy. fug *pursuer, the Court appointed the petition to be auswered.—(Rdimbstrgh leer.) POUCH. • blastausx ■eesa.—Yesterday Hear!, Pam, the driver of a hackney-coach, was brought before the Lord Mayer. under the following eiremostaseast—On Saturday he had offered for sale. at Mr. Bloust's in Cheapside, a misshapen lump of plate, weighing 11 ounces. which be stated be had found in his coach, where it had probably bees left by some passenger. On examining the lump, it appeared to he composed of embossed spoons, beaten together is such a manner as to make it impossible to &cypher the arose or marks. la consequence of this appearance, and the defendant's account of the manner in which he tame by it, Mr. Blount considered it a proper subject for inquiry, and gave the defendant in charge to Hawkins, the officer. Thitlefeadant before the Lord Mayor gave 'Willa(' seeount of the manner in whirls be het-Arne possessed of the plate, as he had gives Mr. Blount, and he re ceived such an excellent character from his employer and others, as prevented any doubt of the truth of kis, story. On referring to the Act of Parliament few use raga lation of hackney-coaches, it aveared that the drivers are bound. under a penalty of 201., to return any pro perty left by paisengers in their coaches. the meets of which are unknown, to the licensieg oice►, four days after it shall be found. The LORD MAvott told the defendant, it 'was only in cooseq f the excellent character that had been given him that the penalty would not be enforced; but he wished biro, and all others of his profession, to take warning, as in future the law on the sebject would, in every Instance, be carried into effect.—The Lord Myyor ordered that He plate should be adver tised, as the most likely means of discovering the owner. 310111 K 00000 CUTIONS IT THIt Ralo4llll-11 CCCCC ASSOC' A TIO/116 (3 VI LDH A L Secretary Murray again Stismioa yesterday, and application was made to Mt. AWerman Birch, the sitting Magistrate, for a warrant to appre hend inother certain man, whose name was ■sbsown, and who, in the capacity of Aortas at Carlin's, bad on Saturday last, publicly sold to one Robert Doke, of Mover's hatch, New Cut, panibetb. yeoman, a copy of the Address to the Reformers of Great Britain. The City Solicitor having examined the informa tion, a warrant was signed by the Magistrate. and de livered to Martin, one of the officers in attendance, to execute, who shortly afterwards returned with a miser able looking man, between thirty and forty years old. in his custody. Robert Duke, the informer, stated that he went to Carlilt's shop on Saturday morning last, and asked the prisoner, who appeared to he acting as shopman, for the Address to the Reformers, of the 24th of Jane. The ptisoner replied be had none than, but if he (Duke) would call in the evening, he might have one. That he accordingly did call again in the evening, when he again found the prisoner behind the counter, and purchased from him the Address above mentioned, for which he paid 6J., and also another small work, entitled the character of a Priest, the price of which was 2d, lie did not know the name of the prisoner, but was positive he was the person from whom he purchase the work mentioned and now produced. In answer to a question from Alderman Birch, he said, timers was no other customer in the shop besides him self, either of the times he called there. As the information opus which the warrant was grant. ed, alleged that the work in question contained pas sages upon which verdicts had been found, pronouncing them libels. Mr. Alderman Birch desired that ed. dente should be given to that fact. Mr. Secretary Murray referred to the pamphlet, and pointed out a passage in which the author alludes to and avows its Waving been declared a libel by the err ata a Jury. his the Alderman considered sufficient evidence, us no other testimony of the fact was required. The prisoner, on being asked hie name, replied, that he begged to decline giving it; an having been in formed death, was intitled to give hail for the offence charged against Lim ; that the sum required would be himself io 40/. and two sureties in 201. each ; and that it was necessary for him to give his name before any bail could be accepted. He was committed for want of sureties. Bow-hum—Mr. !Miry fhookes, a military per son, was charged by liodgskins: who keeps oyster rooms in Brydges-st., with having assaulted him at two o'clock on Sunday morning in his own house. Hay ing, he said, insulted his wife, be requested of him to leave his house ; instead of doing which, he struck him I times, and lie was obliged to call in a cou ple of constables to have him taken to the watch-house. Mr. Brookes, in his defence, stated he had gone Into the complainant's house, as he had tams done before, and had a pint of brandy, for which be paid live shilline:s. He and the landlady having a disagreement, chic accused him of having been the companion of a notorious housebreaker, who bail been hanged , some time ago. The defendant replied, that if it had been a man who said that to him, he - 4., • -yw yob. *. *mild ham Ichocked bin down; epos which the h,. hand rate myo en him, seised him, and atteaaptel. 3 Ira( kin oat ortho lumen" which be ranted, aa4 di4 dee% be admitted strike bite. No ./actin stated, that he had bad km admission into that boom atoll hear., so late as font . plemsk is the morning; always receir. al as mach spirit es he dime to drink and pay tor. nltimmtgla the oemplainant bad- no licease; bad yam bbd them bail boss robbed or 60Lat flee, et humid ; mid lb other pepeets always renal It a mat disorderly Wise. . Sir R. Pitmen hi hoes long lionises to haste ai ...sty of titeetiviag this boast s which had b erg an intolerable nabs** tOi several-mmults past; and be wadi 'thank Mr. Bit*ken to. go to the vestry ules *See and lend his assistant* * the parish it Steoloplishieg so &ant a parpos*. Mr. Brookes prefesea howl( nest williag to do .6. Sir B. Waists said, bower. that as ho bail cartaio• ly ems:tilted as ammalt, he woo honed to bold him to hail; hat slight bail would satisfy him. Mr. Brookes said be had seat fora mph ilifrien,ls ter that purpose. Mr. Rowley, anculter military rhos. the friend of Mr. Brookes. was then shim* by two conitabl-s with hairier struck them. *id muleavolvred to pre. vent them from carrying Mr. awakes t. the watch. beam. He persisted in reilitiring to seetheir authority alter he had been repeatedly told.; they said. that they were °Seers, and ties asserted that if any ass at. tempted t. take him into custody, shoe* be have his dirk about him. he would run him through the body. Mr. Bog* desied having resisted the dicers, Bets the aallaest he !mew thee to be such t and Paull that he ea l . ad, said be would ran any man through who •h attosupt to arrest him witb.mt having as thority to so. The res: of his statement corrobo. rated that of Mr. Brookes; and, like him, be was held to bail; wad then requeste.l to go tis the vestry clerk's slice, to give *fortuities against Mudgkias, which be promised to do. Tut Aucsoet.s Romney —The ire pert*s seamed of bring concerned in this robbery, were Nought up for further viand:laden. but so fresh pri des* of any importance was brought forward, npi, have either of the principle thieves bees apprehended. It was explained, however, that the pleader was shared at the Bose and Crown public house, is Bun bill-row t ad sot at tit? Slat ia the City-road, as be. • fore stated. ~._ The prisoners were all teelholklll sill half past two o'cloek on Thursday spit. . • , HA TTulifthiltD,EX .—Yesterilay Asa Nicohi and James Budth mere brought up far final examisation, charge/ :with stealing I snicks of hitches sten• ails from the house of William Phillimore, 6. 1 . of Upper Montague -street, Russell-square. It appeared that Ann Nicola lives as Cook in the family of hfr. Phillimore. On her befog searched t 6 keys were found upon her. on trying which with the different locks in the house, they were *sad to topes all, even the moat private, and those of all the locks in hi' chambers in Stonc.baildiage. Liseolo's Ins. Oae of the keys was found to open a patent lock to a drawer in which all the keys were kept, by which she had access to all the liquors, groceries, and other property in the house. Both theprimmere were folly committed for trial. jog i■ High-streot, blaryle•Moe, was convicted is the penalty of 201. for having on his premises, eon. trary to hie, a quantity of ground alias. Mr. Wit la sits, his Solicitor, gave notice of appeal at tbs next Sessions. Cartett4fait..—.Yesterday Michael Fleming, as Irishman, formerly a publican at Cash, in the county of Limerick, was brought before Messrs. Chambers ■nd Hedger, charged with haring committed a mar• der in the month of July lain, is that county. He was ordered to be broaght up 04 a future day fur *thither examiaation. CONJUGAL Paucter.—About one hundred petitions for divorces have been presented to the Legislature of Tennessee. during its present Session. What number has been presented to the Legislature of Kentucky we luxe not counted; but from the following report, in which They are disposed of by the quantity, as Jurymen are sworn, we should suppose that state to contain at least u many discoutentel couples as her sister Mr. Payne, from the Committee of Religion, reported that the petitions of Jolts 0. Hsu. Alexander Van Rattan, Polly Nixon. John Hornbeck. and Peggy Woolridge. for divorces be rejected: and that the petition of Semite! Campbell, representing that his wife, soon after his mar riage, was delivered of a mulatto child. is reasonable. in all of which the House concarred."—(Americea Pept.r.) A labouring man, named Blackford, sear Burwash, has a fat hog, that weighs lett stones, measures front the nose to the foot of the tail. eight feet; round the chest. six feet, and arross the shoulders 2 inches. It is of its kind, an handsome animal, aid is as satire as a hog of the common size. Scictos.—Yesterday evening no inquest was held at the Marquess of Granby, plinlieo, before Mr. Bell- Coroner for Westminster, on the body of George liar vest Lynn, Esq., 32 years of age. of Chelsea Coll. gr. whose calamitous end we stated yesterday. It ap peared that the deceased, who had been married only ten days, threw himself .wit of the drawing-romn wits • dow in a state of delirium arising from fetter, '(tie fall occasioned a dislocation of the vetrehres of the neck. Verdict—Died by throning himself' oat of a window in a tit of .lelisions. MARRIED. At Rt. .lodrew's. lloitooru. John Brooks. Esq. of Seelig impion-street. Strand, solicitor, to Piss E.izstieth Willis, Claphsw, Surre) . 1)1E1). Oa Sunday evening. at her house in Berkeley-square, after • long and painful illness, Maria, Countess of liniadford. widow of Francis, late Karl of Guildford. Suddenly. on the tith ult., at his residenstas, Claremort- Mare. Holloway, Lieut.-Colonel Brunt, aged 7e, late 01 hi. Xlsit.st)** ti3d kiestintall- On , at Broughton-hall. in Lancashire. Ws.. Jcnrs, Esq. upwards of forty years • partner in the hook ing-house of Messrs. Jones, 1.40 yd, and Co. ia Loudon and Manchester. On Friday morning the Stith nit. at Williams, after an ai mless of a few hours, the Very Rev. J.Jefferson, Archdearus of Colchester, sad Rector of %Feeley and Vicar of Witham. in the County of Essex. ----•-- • - - . • - London Edited. Printed. and Published et the O. .• • Tee STATISM 4PI" and "Tee C4XSTITUTIOII" (Sllll4OOlO paper), 19$. Strand. opposite St. Cleseeernet , s•-st. by-R. ARDELL.I.I.II.. to Wes ail Comenesseto• •-. Orden, ie. ere requested to be addressed. L e . [t r.. i [PROM TYE LAS? PROVINCIAL P sssss .] i~ '• It • 17 ND.I VOSS. The title on Sonstay evening, was as 41$ 1 1 to mondoey-street as on any preceding day. aid at twevoit fielork the became impassable. The ',We of that part of the metropolis presents the most Iselin c holy appearance. Near Dock-head there is a canal which proeeeds a considerable distance on the Deptford-rood. by way of the Barmandary Grange ; on each side is a row of houses occupied by working people ; sloes Friday night. every room in-the houses have bees completely water. the houses not being more than one story high; sad Sch has. been the i i s tittle forest of the current, that considerable goantiles of furniture and other property, have been swept away. We regret to sate, that two children belonging to a Mrs. Hewit son, are missing, and that there is too much reason to fear they have been carried away by the flood. Wandsworth; Battersea, and the whole line of the lower road in that direction. within a mile of the Thames, was under water. The banks of the Pad dington Canal have been overflown; and towards Harrow. Wiladen, and onwards by Uxbridge, the water his washed away several barns, destroyed agricultural i•uplements, and so damaged many haystacks, as to reader them unfit for any thing but manure. Much property at Paddington has been destroyed. and i■ some instaices persons have been obliged to proceed to and from their bosses io. wherries. The distress on this 'melancholy occasion is of so pressing a us tare. that many of the more wealthy inhabitants of the inundated districts are promoting subscriptions to relieve the necessities of their more indigent neigh bours. Friday evening, at the Toy Inn, Hampton Court, all the lower Aces and stabling were under water some feet deep, and all the horses were removed to the barracks. The water has not sunk below the margin of the river during' the whole week, and the adjoining fields have combined inundated. The unceasing heavy rain. missed it to rise again on Saturday morning. until past twelve o'clock, wises it began to Freed,; bust it is still very high, and io seamy of the dwellinps in the lower part of the town. We have often wit nessed an overflow of the Area, indeed. sometimes to a greater degree than on this occasion; but the long cootionaoce of the present flood, *Discoid any depth of snow haviag fallen, being caused entirely by tile heavy rap... is unprecedented in the memory of the oldest inhabitant.--(Both Journal.) From the exces*ive storm of hail, rain, and thunder, many cellars to Winchester are inundated with water, some sixteen and seventeen inches deep. The Sherborae Mercury says, " all the low lands in this (Dorset) and the adjoining county of Somerset are completely inundated; and is Langport and its nrighbourhond. the water is higher than at any pe riod width' the recollection of the inhabitants. Till age of cause is almost at a steed. The sheep in many places are suffering by a disorder int:Watsl to them la wet weather ; and thus the farmer, in viewing his Seek in their pasture, or consigning them to the market, has (oily the sad alternative of seeing his ithisep perish by disease, or returning him disproper fleetly and rebates prices. Tht argettets are aloe ate. Xesided by Dome but those absolutely obliged to push their mace to a sale; and at Yeovil, on Friday, not a load, of any kind of grain was sold. 'r be Ezeter Gazette of Saturday says, " Jest as oar paper was 'oink to press, we heard that fire h sat Stereress were yesterday washed, with all their furni ture, into the see ; and that boats were sailing about the Several of the gentle/sees houses in the vicinity were so surrounded by water, as to preven t i ogress or egress." Lawns, Dec. 30.—The mercury in the Barometer, at different periods last week, was more depressed than we recollect ever before to have seen it; it dripped to the bottom of the scale, two or three degrees below the slide of the index, which foretold the torrents of rain that followed and inundated the low lands here. and in divers other places. At 31°11E0's-bridge, is the parish of Shermanbary, the flood was so high., that it ran into the body of a stage coach as it passed' through it, but owing to the care of the driver, no in jury was sustained. In our river the water was higher than it had been before for several years, as appeared or its approach to a certain mark at the bridge. The rains for the most part were accompanied by blaster irg. stormy winds, but without producing any very serious disasters along our coast, that we have hears' if. Shoreham Harbour it said to bave contributed mainly to this. BRISTOL, DLc. 29.—The mercury in the Barometer was lower yesterday than can he recollected by the oldest inhabitant. Since Christmas day the rain has •blew incessant, which has c,nsed inch excessi►e goods that all the low lands in the neighbourhood are overflown, and travelling has become both dang and procrastinated. Few of the coaches arrive with tl.eir usnal regularity. he wind, too, has been so very boisterous, that we expect to hear of serious losses in the Channel. One vessel his bees entirely lest on the Sass Sand 4. STAIEORD. DEC. i9.—Trivelling, in this neigh honrhood, has not been greatly impeded by the goods although the low lands have been completely inun dated. We have heard that a coachman was drowned on the tnrnpike road in the bur lers of this county, adjoining Cheshire; but v e have not been ente.led to obtain any authentic particulars. Newcaartat, DEC. 29.—The mail from London did not reach this place on Wednesday, Until 7 hours after the stated time, it having been stopped by a flood at Caxton. in Cambridgeshire, where the water was six fret deep upon the road. It is to be feared that the Fen entities will be delag. d. Such a long succession of violent winds and exc.ssive rains are not remem bered in England before. Cantasm DEC. 29.—The London and Manchester Mails did not arrive is this city at their anal time on Wednesday mo►nisg last. The river Trent had inun dated its hanks and rendered tile roads almost im passable. The Lond.m wail WAS detained at Newark upwards of as hour beyond the usual time. • • KDINIBUIGU, FAIDAN, Dec 3 Q .—The London wail. which should have arrived here on Wednesday night at halipast Rise, aid not reach the Post office till five o'clock yesterday morning, owing, we under. sued, to a great part of the road being overflowed with water frau the late very heavy rains. efr 7 11lie. Demon, Dec. t!.—During the *mire of yesseeday. aid As eight preceding, t►ere was seismal* Me. with a strong gale ag from the South-sad. One o'clock, P. N. wit r of high water, yet the tide medalled to rise ill past two, sad roadbed n height, perhaps, se tell! The quays at both' sides of the river, as fat as Carlisle-bridge, went own sown ; mad, in malty planes, w►olly ewvewd_ with water. The tide reached nearly to the top Odle quay walls Several ►oases wore flooded : at the Carlisle t the Atlas Firmengine 'rimmed to deer est the water All t ships' planks were bested, and cars sad carriages the quay. with the bones knee-deep. We are apprehensive that the Sired, higher up the river, will have caused serious damage. New moon was on the 24tb at twenty minutes before one in the morning: GA LICA T. DEC. 22.--Tbe weather emidenes to row i wore and worse; • great part df the tows Is inoodate4 tl bat should the wind shift to the Nomit, it is impoest ble to say what part of the town may be safe; as in that ease the waters of the great Lake Con*, will bel blows down upon as, and raise the river fall four feet higher this it is at present. Ores; fears are en tertained for the West Bridge. as the water is at pre sent above the top of the arches. Vast quantldes of Potatoes *till remain vadat, sad mere* a grain of Wheat yet sown, as we have sot bad two mooing days of fair weather for the last four mouths.--(Ad (tertian.) c DA LWAE, Dec. 24.—The violence of the late s. and the continued torrents of rain, have ra our river to an enormous height; the greater part ww townsmith is completely inundated, end several fa milies have been consequently exposed to Om leek mency of the season.—(ConateghtJeerner.)' TVA Y. Dec. 24.—We regret' to state two Pianos more were killed by the lightning, at • plan tailed Spindle, so Tuesday evening last, in this comity.— (TeentGazette.)