The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-05-17 00:00:00

Ban St. EdrautF‘, May 15, 1813. CA PE L LOFT T.

Monday an iucideut occurred in the Tower,
fatal, if not to the life, at least to the liberty, of
one of the royal brood of rooks, which, as we re-
cently observed, have been brought forth in the
crowns attached to the top of the turrets of the
White. Tower. Probably, from ambitious motives,
influenced by its esalted birth, or from precepts in-
_culated by its usurping parents, this aspiring bird
attempted too early a flight ; it was seen for some
minutes, with its wings in motion, on the top of the
Crown, as if dubious of the success of the enterprize
—suddenly it rose, and, fluttering, fell, never more
to join its royal relatives
Yesterday afternoon a fine boy, about four years
of age, fell out of a two-pair a inflow, in Little
Drury-lane, and had several bones broken. He
was caviled to Sergeon Stanton's, in the Strand, bit
we understand there are no hopes of his recovery.—
It is something remarkable, that this is the third
child that has fallen out of the same window within
the last twelve months. The unfortunate infant is
son to a man of the name of Smith, a carter, and
his mother was sitting nt the fire in the room, nurs-
ing another child at the time when the accident hap-
pened.
In the course of last month, a boy, 16 years of age,
left Derry (in Ireland), for Glasgow—taking with
him a bundle, containing a suit of clothes and other
articles, with one pound in cash, which his father
had given him to defray his expellees. During the
passage the boy asked at, Irishman, who pretended
to be acquainted with Glasgow, if he knew his cousin
—the only person whom the boy knew there.—
Paddy answered " Yes ;" and readily promised that
he would show him the residence of his friend. Oa
landing here, last week, as they were afterwards to
travel together, it was proposed by the Irishman,
that a small parcel which he had should be put into
the boy's bundle, and that each of them should al-
ternately carry the whole. The boy, unsuspecting-
ly, agreed to this proposal, as well as to the request
that the Irishman should be intrusted with his cash
till they reached Glasgow. When between this
town and Port-Glasgow, the Fishman left the boy,
earring away his bundle and cash. The boy, robbed,
and iu a place where, ho was a stranger, was, of
course, extremely disconcerted; and, that he might
recover his pervert', spent several hours searching
for the faithless wretch. Despairing of seeing him I
again, the boy then set off to Glasgow ; and, after
considerable trouble he reached his cousin's, in a very
eahaustad state. His friend, not having a bed for
him, procured him accommodation in a lodging house
in Gorbals. On Sunday morning he discovered that,
during the night, a man had been put into the bed
beside him ; who, on more close inspection, proved
to be his fellow passenger. He was immediately 7
lodged in the Gerbils Police-Office. He is by trade ,
a shoemaker, had lived in Gotbals, and, before:
Leaving it, hid borrowed from a grocer there a one
pound note.—(Greenock Paper.)
The following instance of the fatal effects of drink-
ing is said to have occored last week to one of the I
egirsisli multitude ; a person in the parish of Lethtiot
haring a visit from the exciseman, concealed a cask
of whisky in his pig-sty. The pig immediately set
about teroottiog the covering, which having accom-
ho abstracted the cork, by the help of the,
deth which enveloped it. He drank about a pint of
the whisky, which pat him in such a flow of spirits, 1/
that it was dangerous to approach him. At last the
usual effects of inebriety appeared, and dowp he fell.
Milk, oil, lie. were poured down his throat, bat in
vain; the poor pig fell a sacrifice to drinking ardent
spitits to eXCO69.
On Rowley last, two young men, ballast-heaven,
had an altercation at a public-house iu Parlour-
street, Ratcliffesiligh way, and having agreed to end
their dispute by fighting, they retired into a skittle
ground at the back' port of the premises, when they I
fought several rounds, but being separated, one or
them was so much injured, that he died in a few hours
after; the other is iu custody to abide the result of
the Coroner's Inquest.

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