The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-02-18 00:00:00

A melancholy accident happened lately at Bar;
hi Norway. In consequence of the heavy rains,
enormous stone was detached from the monr►tc:,
and falling upon some buildings, crashed 49persof.,
to death.

In consequence of the excessive duty on pric
spirits, the temptation to evade the tax so great,
that, on an average, two private stills are wesie/
seized by the Excise.
We with heartfelt pleasure stee that the prayers of
many and the signatures of thousands have been u!ti.
mately successful in prolonging the life of
Hodgson, now corline;l in. the Castle of York, who
was under sentence of death.. The cue of this un-
fortunate young lean we have repeatedly laid before
the public. Mercy has been eatcadel towards him
and we hope that mercy has not been used in vain;
we further state with satisfaction, that last MondAy
Mr. Staveley received a reprieve for hiel.
On Friday se'nnight, a girl in Men rose, about
16 years of age, having had some altercation with
'her mistress, a widow lady, lea her service and
went to the house of her parents, who persuaded her
to re urn to her mistress, and it is evea said ussel
some violence to induce her to do so; this so preved
upon Tier mind, that in the evening she retired to t!le
cellar and hanged herself in a packing cord. She
was found in this situation in about half an hour
after by her fellow servant, who immediately coot.
mutticati-d the circumstance to her mistress; but,
whether from terror, or from a wish to preventa
crowd near the house at so early an hour in the even-
log, in place of cutting the body down and sending
fora surgeon, they allowed it to remain suspended
for upwards of au hour longer, when, though still
warm, the vital spark was irrevocably Hed.
On Thursday morning, about three o'clock, the
house of Thomas RaiLes, Esq. of Connaught-place,
Edgeware-road, was attacked by a gang of robbers.
The butler got up and armed himself with a musket
loaded with bullets: he found them breaking iu
the beck-door, and waited for some time in the pas.
sage where the door led to, and just as he supposed
they had bwke the door open and were entering, he
discharged the musket, which contained titre bullets;
two of them entered the door, one rebounded back
against the. butler, but did not injure him; the.
whole of them missed the robbers, and they made
their escape, lenv,kog their imphinants of housebteak•
ing behind them.

On Saturday se'nnight, A rohbery was attempsl
in ono of the out-houses a G. Elliott, Esq...of Clap.
ton. About four o'clock in the. Morning, Mr. El.
liot was awakened by a spaniel dog, at,the gate of 114
poultry-yard, and suspecting, from • his continual
barking, that all was not right, he proceeded quiet-
ly to inspect the premise,q, armed with a musket and
bayonet. The dog seemed to mild at the coach.
house, where the pealtry roristed; • On entering ibe
coach-house, Mr. Elliott clisgeyered_a 'villain in the
act of destroying the poultry, • Arming . already dip.
patched about fifteen choice fowls and ,ten &As.—
On the first alarm the villain attempeed-to attape,
but the threatening tone, and aspect of a music
feet high, induced. him to resign himself to his fate.
A clasp knife was found upon him. •"When taken to
Worship-street, he was immediately recognized as as
old offender, and was committed for trial at the next
Sessions. Much praise is doe to Mr. Elliott for his
determined conduct, and the characteristic coolness
and presence of mind he evinced in detecting the de-
predator. • .
A most melancholly occurrence took place a few
nights ago at Bally brkken, in this County.—A Mr.
Thomas Mitchell, when leaving home to attend the
wedding of his sister, gave directions• to his servant
to. take .particula.r.care_of the house in his absence,
and if any ill-disposed persons should attempt to
enter the house or demand fire arms, that he should
resist them hi every • possible way, and rather lose
his life than comply wills their wishes.—J.
Mitchell, brother to the above, having returned
in a day or two, between two or three in the morn-
ing, in company with some others, and wishing to
-satisfy himself if the servAnt was on the,alert, made
a good deal of noise on their approaching the boos',
and disguising his voice, demanded ale fire arms, aNd
a saddle, which the servant peremptorily refused;
and an altercation having ensued, the result proved
fatal to the supposed assailant, as the servant dis.
charged a. loaded gun at him, which instantly dr-
prived him of life; the gun having been loaded with
heavy duck shot. Another of the party was slightly
touched on the knee, sad some buttons were torn
. oat from the coat of a tleii d.—This catastrophe
should serve as a cautionary lesson to all persons dist:.
.posed tolamper with the feelings of others, on the
presumption of their want of sulficient.comge or
strength of wind, to protect themselves or their pro.
party, gs it is a well-known feet,• that it frequently
happlas that men of the most quiet demeanour,
.ar.d
the least appearance of parson I.travery, prove the
most desperate. antagonists, en. necessity. nrgo
lyith
them to the proa-:- .-(Limerick G ronicle.)

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• BIRTHS. •
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