The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-12-09 00:00:00

TIM VAT

DEAL, Dec. 9.—Arrived several *ships from the River, anti
are waiting a wind to proceed t• the westward ; also from the
River the transports Nos. 411 and 108, and remain.
PoRTSMOUTri, Dec. B.—Arrived his Majesty'sship Cracker,
from Guernsey.—Passed by this morning for the River the
Hannah. Capt. M'Quaker, from the East ladies ; sailed frets
Bombay Sd August, and from St. Helena 19th October= in lat.
36. north, long. 33. west, spo;ke his Majesty's ship Astrea, from
the Brazils, and parted from her on the 3d inst. in lat. 46. north,
long. 19. west, in thick weather she hadirght sail under con-
voy.—Sailed his Majest)'•s chip Dee, fur Leith.—The oily
convoy at present appointed is his Majesty's ship Niger. for
the Cape of Good Hope.—Arrived the Ul)sses transport from
HaliE►s.

The Mary Ann, from Liverpool to Waterford,
with salt and coals, is supposed to be lost on the
coast of Wales. Crew saved. •

Ire The Vrozo Maartjc, Brabbell, from Itotterdsun to
Bilboa, put into Dover on Wednesday, leaky, and,i
having been driven from off the coast of Spain by i
contrary winds.
A vessel from Ireland, laden with oatmeal, wheatf,
&c. (name unknown) was on shore on the Warder'
Ledge, late of Wight, on Wednesday.
The Trusty, Chapman, bound to St. Kits, which
received damage at Torbay, has proceeded to Dart-
mouth to repair.
The Union and Nyinph passage vessels, arrived
yesterday at Doter from Calais; the latter brought
over Colonel Bury, who was the bearer o 7 dispotc►es
from Lord Castlereagh.

THE MANCHESTER HEROINE.

On Friday, the 2d instant, a middle-aged...mouth applied for
relief kt the Churchwarden's office, in this town, and on being
questioned as to her present situation, and her former life, she
proved to be of that description of heroines' of which Hannah
Knell and Christiana Davies have cut so conspicuous a figure in
English biography, and which Joan of Arc, and several others,
particularly in the revolutionary war, have done in that of
France. It appears, that when a girl, she was in the habit of
wearing boy's clothes, in which dress she served her father, W..
Roberts (who is a bricklayer), as a labourer ; and, being tall
of her age, when about fourteen years old, she enlisted as a
soldier into the 15th light dragoons. Probably her extreme
youth and healthful appearance might occasion a laxity of at-
tention, for she passed muster without her sex being discover-
ed. la the conrhetof two months, she learned her exercise suf-
ficiently for all the purposes of parade; the rough riding-master
declaring her the best rider in the squad of recruits with whom
she was taught; which she imputes to the camomile:we of
having been used to mount, undaunted, to the top of high
buildings, when attending on her father. Site remained with
the 15th light dragoons, in which she progressively attained
the ranks of corporal and serjeant, for twenty-one years:
her sex all the time remaining a secret to every one. Perhaps
tuna. producing care she was under of guarding it, had the good elect of
pro
As some observations have lately been made on ducing that regularity and orderly conduct which rec -
mended the pretended ~ William Roberts” to the favour and
flogging in the British Nary, it is not unworthy re- protection of the Officers. and proctored her promotion. Whets
tea-
mark, that Commodore OWEN, than whom a more riiheertertliebeer heiradtterrgetisiTashthaede
she ewe:seer:l:7;mi
Cmoluonnetedofhthe regiment
odistinguished olficer for professional skill, bravery, but being under site, by her own consent,
and parieweraiico, the ebtire British Navy does not to the 171 h regiment of foot, which regiment, she joined in 1800,
tear,
shnleati"lacoftal
et. VI
seriously
produce, seldom, if at all, inflicts corporal punish- at
tft rioLte, !XI t(rtrWeet Indies, where, soon
the Ana one, in her mill-
Wets. This judicious trait of conduct was re. Lary career) of the ellow fever, ... f }some of those at-
marked else in the lamented Lord Ner.sox, and in tram wbhlich would inevitably lead to a iscovery of her sex,
various others of our most transcendent naval die. wi i ie"ollaosetjean:oat a intrustf thelAe x secretl te she
:drO /i rn glen but tell :I i oStee
ratters • there cannot exist stronger proofs than these however, retovered, and has ing no longer even etainal claire
eahibited by such high and respectable ornaments of tboursilloodr.•*°„:wedasoorba"futtaoryTtleiniase freirnoigull tilt:oil:n."7;
their country, viz. that a system of terror is suet the &soldier herself, she became, in May, 1801, the wife of one,g a
most eligible to command success, besides its being Ovate ia Yak root. - --at*
- -1-."
disconsonant tel/h the age in which we live. .
We are extremely happy in being enabled to an- The Doke de SEMONETTE has C the
pounce the Duke of Sussex to be perfectly recovered report of his having.sialstitis Os near Hoene to
from his late severe attack. Ills Royal Highness was ' JOSEPH BONAPARTIL `';4a•
able to attend, as Grand Master, the first Grand : The couriers between phent and London are con.
Lodge this season, at Freemasons' Hall, on Wedues- 'tangy on the road.
day, which being the birth-day of the Earl of MOIRA, ! The Niger frigate is appointed convoy to the next
the late acting Grand Master, the same was observed Beets for the Cape, India, and the South Seas.
with every mark of respect. The Grand Officers 1 The several signal stations along the Essex coast
dined together previous to the Lodge meeting in the are all discontinued, and the Lieutenants who com-
dining.room of the tavern, which has been newly mended them discharged.
fitted up, decorated, and furnished, as have the I Among the numerous evils that occur both in this
whole of the suite of rooms, at a great expense, I
. town and its suburbs, none appear more to require
through which the procession passed to hold the i the attention of the Police, than such as arise every
Lodge. day from the carelessness of the drivers of stage
i
We understand that the Secretary at War has ad. coaches, drays, carts, and other heavy carriages, not
dressed a recommendation to the Colonels of regi- 1
observing the rules of the road ; from such neglect
,
meats, according to which all Paymasterships becom- !as this, a very serious accident occurred on Brixton-
ing vacant, are to be filled from the list of Paymasters bill, , on Wednesday last, by the Count de Pikel's
ash° have already served, and have been compre-
curricle coming against a cart that was oil the wrong
hended in the late reduction, due regard being had to side of the way : the horses being frightened at some-
their standing and characters. thing that, was passing, were not so easily governed,
In the declaration filed by a Noble Earl against • and although the groom called to the driver of the
Baronet for Crier:. Con. with the Lady of the former, 1 •
cart hi time, he would not get out of the way.—
the damages are laid at thirty thousand pounds, and i The force le with which they came in contact was such
the trial comes on early its the next Term. i
• as to kill one of the horses, and the Count was taken
We understand that the Managers of Drury-lane lup nearly dead from under the pole of the curricle.
being about tu produce Mr. KEAN as the Romeo of
Wednesday a Coroner's Inquest sat on the body
I iieir Theatre, have requested Mr. Stuneas to allow
! of Thos. Robinson, at the Lord Tyrawley's Head,
Mrs. 11. SIDDONS to perform Juliet in London for a
i Mary-le-bonne, before G. Honosoa, Eq. The
limited number of nights. Mr. SIDDONS, we under- deceased was a Gentleman's coachman out of place,
stand, has tlecliaed this engagement for the present,
$ and lodged on the two pair within a few doors of the
the arrangements of his own 'Theatre rendering her
I Lord Tyrawley's Head. About half-past seven the
presence indispensably necessary.—(EdieberghCou- i
1 preceding morning, the witness who related the par.
rant.) ' titulars stated, that he saw the deceased leaning oat
The New Testament has been translated into the i.
of the window, as if to reach something, and ho
Chinese language, by the East India Company's !
• then heard a woman scream, when the deceased let
Translator, at Canton, and printed : 50 copies have '
I go his hold, and fell from the window two pair high
been brought to England. I into the street. lie died in the course of half an
The high obelisk, built by the late Mr. Noants,
hour in consequence of a compressed brain, and an
lon the heath between Bagshot and Blackwater, and 1 , .
extensive fracture of the occipital bone. Verdict—
which has long served as a beacon, is now lin a ..
.Accutental Death.
ruinous state, and every gust of wiud threatens its 1
entire destruction-
At the Admiralty, we are told, they have been
extremely busy to accelerate and complete the out-
fits for America.
We understand that the space between St. Cle-
ment's and the New Church, in the Strand, has been
recommended as a fit place for the New Post-Otlice.
The situation is centrical, and near the Offices of
Government. The site would comprise Holywell-
street, Wych-itreet, and Lion's Inn, and the open,
ing would be a complete sequel to the great improve-
ments about Temple-bar.
The late Mr. HiNcELEY: whose extraordinary
death we noticed on Monday last, and whose penu-
rious habits and eccentricities were so well known,
r was ready enough to patronise Institutions to pro-
I mote the Fine Arts, to which, on several occasions,
he was a liberal contributor. He was Also a sub-
- of the first
scriber to most of our hospitals, and one
e to forward and support all works of charity, at the
A same time that he did every menial office for himself,
NI to save a penny.

On Sunday Mr. Wit.r.rAsts, the King's Messer).'
pr, arrived in town with dispatches from Ghent.—
Tuesday evening Mr. MEYERS, the King's Messen- '
gar, was sent off; after the breaking up of the Ca-
binet Council, with dispatches iu reply to them.
' Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, Mr. CLOUD,
the King's Messenger, arrived in Downing-street,
with dispatches from Viscount CasTLEacaGa at Vi- ;

COUNTACIIANGS. Dec. 9.—The Wheat Trade continues ex-
ceedingly heavy, having but few buyers at market; and when
the sales were forced lower by flea is. pee quarter, were sub-
mitted to, and a considerable quantity remains unsold. Bar-
ley sold freely at Wednesday's prices. Oats are U. per quarter
cheaper. In other articles there is se alteration. .
Wheat. lEnglish) 43 76 IBe
ditto ts ... 40 4
Ditto (Foreign) ...... 45 74 Old • —
Bre 96 40 Tick do. ..%
Bar' Ir : iii 30 Old .... .
Oats .

—.Arley -
New ditto • . 034
76 40
Matt
AS 30
White Peas

38

I,

New ditto .... —
Ditto Boilers M m
Grey Peas 44 47

Fine ditto
Poland do. 24
Feed ditto. )9

Vine Flour ..... c ...ea 61 came to the ~..__
Seconds ..... 55 65 move the club. This occasioned two parties, one
1.--- for removing the club, and the other for removing
5/41T11 FIELD . kARKET.—Dec. 9. .
To irk the (Pral, per stone of 81h. the secretary; their articles specified that neither
Beef
.. 5.. 04. „, c,.. 0./. Head ef cede dik day; , club nor secretary could be removed but by a ma-
Mutt
on .„56. 04. to 6, 21. Beasts
Veal ....7s. Od. to 83. 81. Sheep
120 said that no ACt of Parliament gave him jurisdiction
Pork ..:.6s.- 01. to 7s. 61. , Calves . .•
Lamb ... AB. el to 04. - OA. 1 Pigs
il AY-MARKET. 1 tides; and it being shown that a majority of WO
Day
anver
• pd. I thought the club ought to remain at the hous
New