The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-10-05 00:00:00

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NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEF.TING.
Stolen strayed from the neighbourhood of Doc-
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tor's Commons, an old gentleman, ratber'insane. It if The Town Ptate of 60i. for ST•old colts. Rst. 71b.. and
supposed be has been affel by an early dislike to fillies. Sot. Sib. D. : Entrance Ors.
Lord Stradbrekes br. e. Ineantator (W. Arnold)
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Kings and Bishops, ales' *inch altered from a visit Mr. Foss eh. e. North Wester
Duke of Grafton's b. c. Titian , a
to Durham. His disorder is of some years standing ' 4.
' ' Mr. Chlfaela b. c. Cuyp
which readers him a subject for the hospital of incur- Mr. Ore'll b. e. Frimont • 6
abler. His malady came to its altitude about seven
years ago. ll,ras supposed, when it commenced, to
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• Idcolts, lit, 71b., Sl-
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which was very poorly stored until a charitable neigh. Mr. Villier'sTantis (S. Chitin) D.M.
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boor supplied him with the ways and means : but Mr. Udny's brother to Sir Joshua _a. a 2
since his condition was raised it was found that good MritGore4ville:s b, faisbyitAltaocilias. bydtaero Brother
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Joshua.—
living was apt to increase the disease. He raved from Won by a length. betitoelr 3
morning till night, continually crying rogues, thieves,
The King's Plate of 1000, for 4yr-olds, carrying lost. 41b.,
murderers, butchers, regicides. and all manner of foul tsiYer-olds' list. 431 b., 6-yr•olds. Ilfst., and aged. ltst. 21b.
names, so that the Neighbour was forced to with-
Mr. Minion's b. f. Luss. 4 yrs old (John Day) ▪ I
draw his bread and cheese and leave him once more on Lord Clarendon's b. f. Antiope. 4 yes 01d...
the town to shift for himself. He has been since lurking Mr. Wyndhant's h. e, Robin Hood. 4 yrs old
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about Fleet-street, and continues to rave with unabated goubkienoliYork'slibt.olesstitkAenr;l6cirTers old
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fury. He has of late been much inclined to bite, and Wit 14Lathe
Lass-90 to lon Antiope in running.—Won by 2 lengths.
generally bites at the back. He recently raved in =elan-
cho'y sadness on the exploits of a banditti, who re-
sort to a house of ill-f.sme near the Obelisk, where
they make him as proud as Punch by calling him doc-
tor. for as all Quacks are fond of the name, this poor
madman highly enjoys the title. In his temper,
through life, be' has been vacillating and snarling,
and therefore the more dangerous when the fit comes
on. The lunar changes so much affect him that he
scarcely ever remains a day tranquil. He now bellows
like a roaring bull, awl can be heard about Temple-
bar singing aloud, " Bull, Beacon, Bull, Beacon."—
He jostled a few days ago against an Irish Rodman,
who told him he might call for ' beef and bacon till he
was sick,' the d—l fiy away with the morsel he'd give
him if he'd as much as would victual the Royal Navy.
The poor maniac was so much affected at plain truth
that be ran off to Bridge-street, where hr deposed that
fifty Irish hotlines surrounded him, and put him in
dread and fear of his life. The battalion of testimony
were called up, who also swore that the Irish hodmen
amounted to 200. " Bravo!" said the maniac, "you
are the boys that fear no noise; go it Jerry ! !!
This poor creature is in much want of the straight
waistcoat and should be immediately secured, there-
fore, as his presence bas become a dangerous nuisance
to society at large. a reward of public thanks will be
given to any man, woman, or dog, who nay apprehend
him and lodge him safe in the large house, St. Ueorge's
Field.. For further particulars, apply to STICK FOOT,
SHARPSLIT, and Co., at the Rendezvous, by the
House of ill-fame, where a few active young gentle-
men are waled in the scouting department.
N. B. Strange faces will be preferred; as those faces
known at public-houses are of no use—plenty of
spending money allowed.
Apply after Night-fall I! !

FIFTH ASCESSION OF MR. GREEN.

(FURTISCR PARTICULARS.)
NILIVBAVEN, OCT. 3, 10 A. M.-Mr. Green, who al.
cended from black Rock bottom yesterday, arrived in
this port, in the Unity packet, Capt. Clear, this morn-
ing about two o'clock. As I observed yesterday, he de-
scended in consequence of the balloon having unexpect-
edly taken a course to sea When overthisplace, and, ob-
serving the packet and another vessel, he deemed it pru-
dent that no time should be lost in descending as near
to those vessels as possible. The balloon, after having
reached the water, drifted nearly a mile before it could
be secured, and, in endeavouring to secure it, the jib
boom of the vessel pitched into it, and did, in conse-
quence, considerable injury. Mr. Green had great dif-
ficulty in extricating himself from the ropes attached to
the car, and considers lie should not have been able to
have sustained himself more than five minutes longer
had not the crew of the packet rendered him the assist-
ance they did. The crew of a King's boat from Birling
Gap put off, at great risk, to render Mr. Green every as-
sistance in their power. When he first ascended, be had
no doubt but that he should have kept along the land for •
considerable distance; but the current of air being dif-
ferent above from what he expected, defeated his inten-
tions; otherwise there is no doubt he would have gone
many miles before he alighted. One of the crew of the
packet, in his eagerness to rescue Mr. Green from a wa-
tery grave, nearly lost his own life by jumping into the
sea instead of the boat. He was saved by a rope being
thrown to him frOm the vessel, the vessel at the time
being under a press of canvas, and going fast through
the water. The Unity has on board the corpse of Th
mas King, Esq. who died in Paris on the 10th of Sep-
tember last. The Unity has been at sea ever since Fri
day last, and has experienced very heavy gales. The
principal part of her passengers were landed at the port
of Dover; the vessel, however, being very superior, ha
nut sustained the least injury.

Boarroa..—i'bis delightful watering place, which
was for several menthe the residence of the lamented
Princess Charlotte, has not of late been visited so much
as formerly. The itnprovements, however, which are
carrying en there, and those which are further proposed,
sucks, the erection of a market-bosse, and the re-
pair of the paths and roads around the , •
apettill er it =nob mote atseaosiee. bloc
Highness the Duchess of Kent at present sojourns thc.
The conduct and manners of her Royal Highness are
the theme of universal praise, and the regularity of
her household, and her punctuality in payments. are
subjects of equal admiration. The slender income of
her Royal Highness from the State, snggests the se-1
cessity of economy, but the liberality of her brother,
his Royal Highness Prince Leopold, towards her, is
understood to compensate the scantiness of any other
resource. The retired habits of tbet Prince, and the
delicacy with which he exercises his munificent's
has occasioned in some instances his character Or
be mistaken, or not properly recognised. Reports
were raised, some time ago, that he had pur-
chased large estatesin Germany, while the only ground
for the rumour was that he had purchased a small
mansion at Vienna, for a younger brother. His Royal
Highness has made considerable additions, by purchase,
to his estate at Claremont, where all the domestics
who were in service at the death of the Princess Char-
lotte still reside. From the great improvements car-
rying oa there, and the number of persons whom be
employs, his Royal Highness, it is said, pays nearly
the whole of the poor rates of the parish. The mansion
is now undergoing a thorough repair, in consequence
of the dry rot having affected the timbers. The ex-
pense of these repairs is estimated at no less than
£lO,OOO.
Mrs. Didion, has taken up her residence in Paris—
she says for life, having retired from the stage.
In the vale of Llangollen and its romantic neigh•
boarbood in Denbighshire. there has scarcely been one
hour's rain during the last fortnight.
A north-west wind has blown with such violence
from the 27th of September to the 3d of October, as to
deter passengers from attempting to cross the Channel.
More than aOO persons were collected in Calais on the
2d lust. ;raids( for a passage.
N ORT PIN kinsvisto.—On Friday night liberal
subscriptions were entered into for the amusements of
next year, amongst which the establishment of the
long-talkedof Race Course at Duneancroy is contem-
plated. Lord Huntly, in addition to his other
subscriptions, placed 501. at the disposal of Glengarry,
to which the Chief added 25/. and many other sub-
scribed. making altogether a parse of about 150/. as
irises for the exercises of the True Highlanders, who
at the next Northern Meeting are to challenge, not
only the low country, but all countries, in feats of
strength and agility.
Tus lisayssr.—The harvest in the north of Scot-
land has hitherto gone on well, the crop mach better
than was at one time expected ; but no time should be
lost in securing it, as, with the prevailing southerly
winds, we may expect rains, which in England have
lately l*ea excessive.—(Ediehrgh Star.)
The harvest may now be said to be concluded in
Berwickshire. and every thing got in, in the very best
condition. The crops are abundant.—(lbid.)
A farmer of the name of Bell, residing at New
House. in Baldersdale, has is his possession a goose,
which. in the course of two years, has hatched and
brought np forty-three goslings; and. what is remark-
able. six of the last brood, hatched is June last. and
which are therefore only fear months old, have been
sold, sod &aid to weigh 13Ibs. each.

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A singular rade Wes no on Monday last, near Chat-
ham Uses, fee a assasidemble amen between a broken-
winded Mood hone (belonging to a gentleman at
(folamest) and a coach horse, an old fox-hunter, the
property of the proprietor of the Chatham coach. The
horses were matched to run eight times over the course,
a mile and quarter round. At starting, the odds were
in favour of the blood horse; the fox-hunter, however,
' took the lead, and kept it nine miles, when the jockey
of the blood horse put it to its speed, and won in
true Newmarket style. The ten miles were run in
rather less than twenty-seven minutes.
A Poor Race.—A running match which excited
the most lively interest, for a wager of 20 guineas,
took place on Wednesday morning in Hyde-park, be•
tween two young men of well known pedestrian fame,
who were designated for the occasion, the one Jack
Spiggott, and the other Tall Boy. At seven o'clock
they met at the Basin, from whence they proceeded to
Buck-hill, where the ground (150 yards) was mea-
sured. Before they started betting was rather in
favour of Jack Spiggott, whose ability as a runner has
long been known, but when both were stripped, the
high condition, length, strength, and known bottom
of Tall Boy completely turned the tables, and betting
then became 5 and 6 to 4in his favour. They started
precisely at 20 minutes past seven o'clock, and kept
abreast for 80 yards, when Jack Spigots began to lose
ground. Betting now became Btol,lo to 1, and at
last 20 to 1, and any odds, as every stride threw him
behind. Tall Boy eventually won the match, beating
poor Jack upwards of nine yards, amidst the accla-
mafioso of the winning party.
On Thursday last, a journeyman baker undertook
for a trifling wager, to pick op with his mouth 100
stones in 30 minutes, on Stroud-green. Newbury. The
stones were one yard distant from each other, and were
to be taken up separately, and brought to the place
where the first stone was laid. The baker performed
the task fire minutes within the given time.—(Bade
Journal)
An oyster, measuring 18 inches in circumference,
and weighing 24 ounces, was lately taken from the
oyster-pit of Mr. Wes. Mann, it Hartlepool.
The Hon. F. G. Howard has this year grown, in his
garden, at his seat of Blford.Hall, in Staffurciehire, a
bunch of white grapes, which were of the extraordinary
weight of fifteen pound,.