The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-11-23 00:00:00

PRICE SEVEN PucE.

her crew were taken on board the Bromby ; she roll-41
considerably to windward, which is a sign she that bad
Made i great deal of water, and the men were seen to
reheie each other very quickly at the pump. The
Bromby made but very little progress daring that fore-
; they were going perhaps at the rate of a mile and
a hilf. in hoar. They continued to see the Peggy till
one or two p. in. when lie was informed that she was
down to the mast head. Witness then went up aloft, mkt
could see nothing of her ;. he afterwards sent up another
of the crew, who came down with the same intelligence.
that she was not to be seen. Witness bad no doubt Altai
she went dime. He considered the profit of soot a
voyage as that In which the Peggy war lest, to be
about 201.
Mr. Hall,.shipbuilder, who repaired the Peggy befog
her lam veyageeesweidered her hull and spars, after re -
paiied, to be worth 3L 15s, per ton, and she was fifty-
nine tons.—She was quite seaworthy when she left his
yard.
MV. Eydon, rope and sallmaker, corroborated the fort-
going estimate.

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The deposition of William Bell, mariner, late one of
the Bromby's crew, was then read. It described mi-
nutely the appearance of the Peggy, when discovered in
the morning, and the means taken for the succour of
her crew. _ _

This closed the case for the prosecution.
The LORD CHI EC COMMISSIONS* brick, and with
mush precision, summed up the general ease. His
Lordship said, that it being one in wpb no defenders
appeared, it became him to be more attentive to the
interest of the absent party. He felt at one period
some doubt as to the character of a portion of the evi-
dence, 811141 he was constrained to point it out. He w.
sow, however, convinced, that all the evidence which,
had been heard was perfectly regular. Upon the
strength of that evidence his Lordship reduced the
question to one simply of amount of damages ; and re •
ferreil Io the evidence which bad been led upon th:►t
point, as perfectly fair, and worth? of consideration.
The J ury retired for about ten minutes, and ret.trneJ
with a verdict for the persuers.—Dainages, 440/.

SlNni•Lalt INST•xcen or CoriIIANGUMITV.—In a
village adjoining this city, there are now I.vine, in
one house only, four persons, who are related to each
other in not less than eighteen different degrees of
ronsantuinity via. one brother, One sister, two on:-
titers, two slaughters, one unele, one great-um-le, one,
father, one boshatill, one wife, two nieces, one grand
niece. one grandmother, one granddaughter, one uto-
thee-in•law, one son-in-kw, one siNter-in-law, one snot,
and two first cousins. The two eldest members of the
fatuity are brother and sister by the satne father and
mother, who are bo•It dead. The sister has a daughter,
who is illArrirti to her uncle, her own mother's brother,
and by her uncle the daughter has a daughter. The
names of the family ate John, Sally, Grace, and Ann.
John is both brother and son-in-law to Sally ; hus-
band and uncle to Grace, and father and great uncle to
Ann. Sally is sister and mother-in-law to John, mo-
ther and sister-in-law to Grace, and grandmother eta
aunt to Ann. Grace is daughter to Sally, niece and
wife to John, and mother and first cousin to Ann.
Ann is daughter to John and Grace, grand-daughter
to Sally, grand-niece to John, first cousin to Grace,
and niece to Sally.—(Both Journal.)
About two o'elock on Saturday morning, the neigh-
bourhood of Maidatone was visited *.y a very violent
storm of wind, rain, and hail, accompanied with Owl.
den and lightning, which lasted upwards of an hour.
There has bees at intervals great falls of rain there,
which has occasioned the water in the Medway to
overflow.

Extract of a letter from Tiverton (Devon), dated
Nov. 19, 1921 We had one of the heaviest falls
of rain last night ever recollected in the memory
man. Many well informed people here sae. sub
rain was never known in this country, but that it was
similar to what is experienced in the West Indies ; it
extended about three miles in circumference, and this
town might he taken as the centre; it continued Nos
nine till half-past ten, last night, ,and again from two
to three this morning. About ten o'clock lam night,
the elements of the north-east appeared to be our lore e
tire, and continued io that state for many minutes.
Perhaps you recollect a bridge which crosses the Low-
man, in the meadow opposite Diundell's school—was
washed away during the night, though a very tirus
bridge and not of many years standing. Sever.l
stone walls have been washed down, and in maioy
parts round the town, the water came down wits
such violence that nothing could resist it ; the iron
gates at the school lodge, although locked and barred,
were forced open about two o'clock with a tremens
dous crash."
Mori NUCTIVit INCNDATION.—We hear that several
hundro d of sheep were drowned on the nominees -of
Sutton an l Delhi ach on Sue! y se'n:ight, do
the storm. Ent as it was not imagined that the
ground on which they were feetliog could possibly be
reached by a atop tide, nu I•l3the attaches to their
owners: who had scarcely time to recover from their
surprise at their first unexpected loss, before they had
the mortification of witne.sitog a second ; and of see-
ing many more of their att.:lying flocks swept away by
the sudden return of the ebb tide, o kids was again
driven back upon these marshes, by the wind sot-
deuly choppiug use North, and blotting directly upon
that tract of land.—(Boaroo (intent.)
Fox- KILLING ErrltattitAlNAßT.—Mr. Hudson. t f
,Froiesley Lodge, in this euunty, having a sow with a
litter of young pigs had one of them taken away, but
could not discover the thief. On examining the ye
again on Sunday morning, the 11th instant, he found
therein the brush ut a tot. which, it is supposed, had,
on the preceding night. visited the sty. for the purpose
of regal:ng himself with another little grimier;
the sow being aware of the intruder, and most likely
raged at the loss of hoer you tog one, attacked reynard so
roughly as to coati rl him to make a hart retreat at the
expense of his brush, and ultimately of his life; for on
the Tnesolay following, Mr. Hudson having occasion to
go near* utrigle, about two fields distant front the house,
entered it, auu mere found pour reynard still and life-
less.—(•'olopicaJoacresu:.)