The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-05-29 00:00:00

THE FIAT CAIMAN.

EAR7,II,IQUAIiE AT CNUCCAS.

The accounts respecting this dreadful calamity are
esrefirmed to their full extent& lire subjoined letters
front Caraccas, and. La Ouyra, its porti afford sonic,
interesting particulars with regard to this terrible
convulsion cf nature, *vhich seems almost to hate
• rivalled the earthquake that laid Lisbon in ruins
pore than half n century ago.
Extract of a letter from Thomas Molini, Esq.
dated Caraccas, Itiarch.‘2l4 1812, to his brother ht
London :-44 The dreadful catastrophe , that took
paw in this city on Thursday last, my pen is not
a`l,le to describe: yon mill, without doubt, receive
- the dreadful details from other quarters. Aly•only
• motive for writing, is to allay your apprehensions'
f relative to my person, and I hope you sill receive
this letter as soon_ as the shocking account reaches
Elgland. On the day above mentioned, at about
seven minutes past four in the afternoon, we expe-
' rienced one of the most dreadful earthquakes you
• can imagine. In less than three minutes one quar-
ter of the town was laid in ruins, and the remaining

three-fourths of the houses rendered totally unintut-
bi.able. The number,of lives lost is not yet ascer-
tained, but the most moderate accnnrits estimate it at
5000 souk. Sinii:ar accounts have reached us from
La Gcita, lad vcri.:•us other quarters: what is the
event of the evil in the interior we do not yet
lows. I fear the calamity has been general through-
t tit ti;e Continent.
" P.v. General Miranda is well,. sod was out of
town when this ilreadfid evNit happened."
Extract of a letter from Captain Cuthbert, or the
ship Highlander, c!ateil In. Geyrn, April 1, 181'2:
Silica my arrival here,- one of the greatest rata-
',Pities has occurred at this place that ever happened
i.t any country. On the 2Gth u)t..wList on board,
I heard a most dreadful rcp)rt of an earthquake : it
lasted. as nearly as my recollection Allll servo, about
two n hutes. I soon learnt that the town of 1,1

Govra was laid in ruins, and that numbers of the
inhabitants were killed' and buried in them. The
.city of Caraccas, I understand, has experienced a still
orse fate, and has been Wally abandoned by the
unfortunate :tits. The rocks and mountains
were rent aFunder ; and it is impos.ible for pen to
'describe the devastation occasioned by this horrible
explosion. The cargo which I was to hare taken on
b,.ard has shared; the fate of nearly all the goods in
the city, and has been swallowed up in the general
ruin. When the shock was first felt on board, every
'I son was impressed with the feeling that the ship

pet impressco
was beating to pieces on the. rocks. On my going
on shore, the mast awful and allicting scene pre-
sented itself ; hundreds of the suffering inhabitants
were seen mixed with heaps of ruins, and many of
them still vet alive ni:h their heads out, imploring
assistance from CAr fellow citizens, who, instead of
affording thorn aid, were throwing themselves pro-
strate before images, heating their breasts, and im-
ptoring for theinsthes the protection of their Saints.
When the alarm had in some degree subsided, the bo-
dies of the dead were sought for ; but I have not
be 0n able to ascertain the extent of the loss which
this hapless city has sustained." .

Stottm.—A tempest of thunder, lightning, and
rain, was Mt through an extensive district, eastward
from Bedford, os far as Wisbecb, and some parts of•
Norfolk, on Thursday sennigt4t. Two horses were
killed by the lightning, near Wisbech ; and at Wit-
chum (in the Isle) a barn full oc wheat and a bean-
stack were set tire to and consumed. The same day,
gibutit !icon, a tremendous storm of rain, accompa-
;tied with thunder and lightning, came on at Shep-
ton Mallet, Somersetshire, and continued falling in
torrents for about an hour. In about a quarter of

an hour afterwards, either from the water running
from the hills, or, as is conjectured, from the burst-
iag-.of a thunder-.;loud or water-spout upon a hill a
little to the eastward of the tow u, from which the
water descended in torrents, the lower part of the
town was completely in uaadated. Very serious losses
have been sustained; and the poor people whose
houses lay. near the river are almost ruined, the
gretest part of their goods being carricd away. A
►nbscription for their relief has been raised
amongst the principal inhabitant.
Some of our dashing females are attempting be in-
troduee a fashion of wearing square hoops, from
which it is inferred that they wish to be included in
the expectod broad-bottom Administration.
A Paper of yesteFdaY says, there is no truth in
the report that Mr.•LoNo Wcw:suy has shut up
‘lausead Park. It may be so ; he has only locked

the g•at,—and put the kes in his pocket. liver
since tin' i4rent plr..pie of London, the 'iota' in its
vicinity hate, for gre:ter part, be-,a accessibleto
its citi...;to. This h;,s been pevuliarly the case of
IV:instead l'ark, which they have been accustomed,
both geotle and sitr p!e, to traverse is all directions,
h..:Lr led by business or recreation. The iunora-
tion has, therefore, been taken up very warmly, and
likely to afford rofit ns well as pleasure to
tae Gentlemen of the Long Robe.

A walking match fur fifty guineas will take place
tft-morrow morning, at o'clock,hctweeu Gold-
lug, a Lane Isltire pe:!vstrian, and o:te from the
oviAltbourhood of Ca!n-i:lge. They will start three
l: il2i froM Tyburn Turnpike, and walk one hour
towards SouthalL. Tl.c n lunar is backed to do six
voiles and a half. .
•

Elll::;TillA'US:l.—Weiltissday afternoon, a young
man, of the name of Wtilsairarose, e.. hair-dresserri
undertook, for a wager of teh pound, to go on foot I
from St. John•street, West ginitbruild, to Barnet,:
11..sts, and bark again, in 'twh, hones and a haft, i
the distance of ground' beloglt'fl int~ek; lie started at
fire o'clock, when the odds were against him4.s to 3 ;
he reached 4411g:tie at minutes past five? taking]
a glass of rum—pursued hfi.joniney,.atid arrived'
at Barnet twelve minutes piat silf; took•some small ,
refreshment, started; ttfee'r gopOng Itqr miwtes
afiesh on his return, • stopped to rest at Holloway, I
being vary much fativerl, buf perseverhtg.in his un-
dertaking, b _completed .414 wager,
.within half a
minute of the time allowed: a great unity bets were '
depending upon. the issue. . I
• Wednesday' afternoon, a young Etonian; of the'
tiame-of ,Hope, Was. drowned: in the Biter Thames2l,
kist'abore Windsor Bride, by tisti:Aipsetting of a
:Litt in mihich he was rowing. The body lat under ,
water more ash three boors b4for4 it was foolid.

•
COVitT OF KINWB BENCTI,.MAT 28.

1 REM V. HUTCH/NS.
I •
This was •an action of slam! r between pertidll,
who called themselves hairfmerchants and wholttude
porfumer. The Plaintiff belonged to the house of
S
West and Read, in Bishopsgate-street, and the De-
fendant had been their servant; but upon their re-
fusal to take hip in as partner, he had set up for
himself in the same street. The wortlo were spoken
to the Defendant's shepman, and were as follow:—'
• 64 It's impostihle for' the house of West and Read to
stand. Ia must go. It must bee:One insolvent.—
• They must break or Read is robbing it daily, by
taking out tortoiseshell combs, silk purses, and other II
articles. This he does without the knowledge' of Mr.
West, and sells them on his journies, and pockets
the money for his own private use. He's a fool
amidst it all ; for he was fool enough to acknowledge
before me, and others, that be had exchanged the ar-
ticles for a shawl for Mrs. Read, and that he did i
without the knowledge of Mr. West. I have known
him to rob the house of three guineas a day, by tak-
ing the money from the till, which I kept, and not
accounting for it in the cash-book." Upon the De-
fendant's
repeating these words a second time to the
witness, in his wife's presence, she reproved him ; ,
upon which 'he replied, "he would be d—d if he
I cared who heard them ; for they were true, end he
l could prove them." The Defendant, however, did
not now justify, but denied the words.
I Lord Er.r.cesououeu rested the case upon the
Jury's toolief of the witness, who had been dismissed
the belendant's service, and who, when called upon
by hi.; Lordship to repeat the long slander, gave it
again nearly word for word, although he had never
rit!ett it down. His Lordship commented upon the
imptoliability of the Defendant's asserting the inse-
curity of the Plaintiff's house in so many forms of
words ; and thought the presumption was, that the
witness had aggregated into one speech all that he had
ever heard his master say. Some observations also
arose upon the manner of the witness, which was
contemptuous towards his matter ; and the Jury,
1-not believing him, found a verdict for the Defee-
i dant.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MAY 28.
LEVI V. 11411NE3.

This was an action brought to recover 'a sum of
money amounting to .161. represented to be the total
value of household goodrfurnished, and money leut
to Defendant.

Mr. Levi was a jeweller, and Mr. Barnes, a
butcher. They had formed an acquaintanceship at
Woolwich, which was continued on their arrival in
London. During the mouth of-September last year,
the latter called upon Mr. Levi, and, in the pre-
sence of a person called Harp, requested the loan of
201. which was immediately complied with. It also
appeared, that Mr. Barnes, at a period immediately
following, procured a sum of 101. from a sister of Mr.
Levi, agreeable to instructions which she had received
from her brother. Afterwards a pair of pocket pis-
tols, a few spoons, an imitation marble time-piece,
and a bedstead, the whole valued at 161. in the pre-
sence of Mr. Barnes, were provided at his request.
The delivery of these several parcels of money and
goods were proved ; but no receipts on either side
were produced,. Tim Defendant had acknowledged
the receipt of -the goods only, which he valued at
131. and paid the money into Court. Ile resisted
payment of the loan on the simple ground that he
11 had never received it.

Mr. Serjeant Best., who was Counsel for the De-
fendant, maintained, that the whole of, the pretend-
ed loan was a misconception, and that very little
faith could be attached to the veracity of the witnesses.
Besides, the Plaintiff and his sister were Israelites,
a nation nowise prone to part with their money,
without having a very good receipt for the same.—
The money had been proved as paid at several and
distinct times ; whereas, in their bill of particulars, it
was described to have been furnished all at one time,
and interest charged upon it accordingly, a circum-
stance that smacked strongly of usury. He asserted,
that the goods were not worth more than half of
their represented value, and he produced a merchant,
who said they were worth about 91.
The Loan CUIEF JUSTICE, addressing himself to
the Jury, said, that the whole was of so intricate :
and perplexed a description, that to refer it
to the arbittation of some sagacious person would
bo a very desirable thing; before him the par-
ties could confront each wher, and he would have
sonic hopes of reaching the truth ; at present it seem. •
ed impossib►e. To Lim it appeared a very curious
and strange circumstance, that so much money should
be lent by Levi without taking any receipt for the
same, pertuitting the whole chance of finding it again
to rest upon one witness, who might happen to the
when the money would be lost, save for the honesty
of the Defendant. It • was somewhat singular too
that -Levi's sister, who was commission-•d by Idet to
furnish the Defendant with 101. did not take a re-
ceipt for giving the same away, for how could she
hope to convince her brother, had he questioned her
veracity, but $y producing the receipt. Interest, too,
appeared charged upon the money as if the whole
had been lent at one time ; whereas, by the evidence,
the times of lending were divided. That contradic-
tory evidence created doubt and hesitation upon the
mind, and one was almost prepared to question the
authenticity of a transaction for which there were
neither note nor memorandum.
The Jury retired for half an hour, and returned a
verdict of 301. to the Plnintiff.

The LORD CHIRP JUSTICE said, that hit private
opinion of the Plaintiff's witnesses was, that,llo did
not believe one word they said.
The Jury mentioned that they had 'valued-the goods
at'lol. a citcumstance which less'ened the verdict 04
301. to 291. which Wes accordingly Veturned:
EARMER r. DERRIXO.
This was an actionbsought to secover. the sem, of
201, 81. represented, I'a be the rent fora yeariud a.
quaaer, -of ,preniites possessed by the Defendant.
Thesdiltemiiis :were in tathartne-lane, and bid
been le poiseeden of a widow lady, of the name of
Mrs. Mary Meditate, whirs, permittfns.heraelf to be
wooott by emi of-her lodgers, of the waive ttf
ng, the egbt prOper to mar", ;etieselvfir
was accompliabed thp.mett4 of AS', £.8'.401 X4O
rtrisk Ciprk gtatilitkwitb.the loptiort tegistgrO.pot

preyed the certainly of the weddW, by the CArate,
the whole of which was attested by !hot wedded lady,
In a manner somewhat common arnoog.t the li I!Oih
peasentrp—with -her mark. From this peilati. the
!rent was claimed in the name of Jo,enh Farrier, hi,
brother, Richard, having been in the habit or-lilting
the routs, under his authority, foi a cowidersblc
period of time.

On the part of the Defendant, it .. %%as
that the name of Richard Farmer stn-d
lease, upon the receipts for rent, rind upon \uksev.
communication between hint and the tenants, rud
that the name of Joseph Farmer, the in -c •eil t Plaintiff.
was never before heard of.

Several persons were called, who proved ihe ac-
curacy of flie Leartied Counsel's assertion,, awl 14(11-
tioned that a rent of six shillings per bad }).--11
duly tendered to Richard Farmer, ITN ;NI to
accept of a farthing less than ten shillings per week,
which, ik had been stipulatud, would be given when
ho repaired the premises.

The house was in such an untenable state, that
sailors alone would venture to lodge within the
walls. And a pretty modest little girl said, that she
had to pin up tarpaulins to preserve the counte-
nances of the sailors from being smitten with every
storm which arose, and which, but for her exertions,
would have found ready admittance.
The Jury, without hesitation, nonsuited the
Plaintiff.

POL ICE.

NIARLBOROUGHATIMET.

A man, who stated hie name to be 117;iod, but
whose real name is 117estwood, was committed, for
want of sureties, ou Wednesday, at this Office, for
a criminal assault on a tradesman at Paddington.—
The Prisoner had the reputation of being a gentle-
man, and yesterday a respectable woman and her
daughter offered themselves as bail, whiLit, however,
they declined, on being apprised of the figure of the
charge against the Prisoner.
lIATTON-GA [MEI.

Yesterday William' Manning, alias Captin Man-
ning, a well-known character, and a woman 'with
whom he cohabited, of the name of Dania, were
brought up, and underwent a second etamination.
They were-charged with being in the habk of taking
lidgittgs in various parts of the town, aid stripping
the same of bed-furniture; and this it appeared the
Prisoners had practised to a lirge exteot. A ♦ast
number of duplicates were found upon dem, several
persons lately robbed attended, and two of the
charges being substantiated against them, they were
fully committed, but are to he brought up again,
when it is supposed other similar charges will be ex-
hibited against them.

CenowEn's INQUEST.—An adjourned Inquest sat
at a public-house in Pall-mall, on Wednesday morn-
ing, on a view of the body of a newly-born infant
child. IS was stated in evidence, that the mother of
the infant was cook in a gentleman's family in Pall-
mall, and her pregnancy was a secret to all but ano-
ther maid servant. The mother delivered beiself se-
cretly in the privy on Monday, and on the other
servant hearing an infant cry, she ran into the yard,
and enquired what was the matter. The unnatural
mother had put the infant down the yrivy, but it did
not admit of secreting it; and '
she next deposited it
in the dust-hole. The other servant foll Owed thither
with a candle, which the mother put out, and IvhilA
the former ran up stairs to give an alarm, she lastly
concealed the infant in a coal-hole, where it was
found mnch bruised, and it survived. only a few
hours. The Jury adjourned to get further profes-
sional evidence as to the cause of death : and after
Mr. Morris; a surgeon, had been examined, they re-
turned a verdict--Killing and Staging. The mother
was conveyed to St. James's Workhouse.

DIED.
On the 6th inst. at Teignmo.ith, Devon, 711 rs. Night. wife of
Captain Wight, R. N. and daughter of Admiral *hank.
Yesterday morning at Croydon, John Dingwall, g..4q . in the
89th year of his age.
On Friday, the Bth inst. at Lympctone, Devonshire, A. Hume,
Esq. of Gloucester-place, Portman-square.
On Monday last, in Golden-square, aged 68, Richard Barker,
Esq.

Under the illustrious pattinniKe of their • Ilighne,,es the
Princess of Wales and Duke of Susses, mid must of the No-

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a Tree
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crensiag the Growth of Hair, even on -Bald- Places, to R
'leant ifil I length Ull4l f birkllei,S j preventing it falling .df or
changing colour. lit dres.song the Hair, it is pre-enintent iu
strengthening the curl, bestow ism au ineiljorilile gloss and m:ent,
rendering th.. Hnir inexpressibly totroctiim, promotes the
Growth of Whiskers, li. throws. Bte. [white, at is the Seat
ltt'aletion in the world fur restoring nod beaut if) iug the Hair
of Ladies. Gentlemen, oral Children. Soch relehrit. has Wet-
tained,..tlant it Is daily humoured with the sauctiswinrif Itnyoby.
Nobility, *Gentlemen of the Navy and Army, nod l'oblic
at large. It is Ingenious, and sailed to all eiiinates. View
" Itowlanirs buoy nit the [lair."
Sold at 3s. 6d. and 10s. 611.; and large bottles, containing eight
small, at 11. h. each, by she Proprietors, ROWLAN I) and
SON, Kirby-street, Hatton-garden, London; and b.. appoint-
ment. by Mt. Smyth, Perfamet to his Majesty: 117, Overton,
47, Turner 73. Ill: Itigge,:K), “ntiie and Co. '5.7, New Ruud-
st 1 eet ; I I endries, Titchbounte-street ; HaVICY and Blew, Cock -
spur-ttreet i Its•rry, Greek-sireet ; R. Rowney; .106,- Ihßon-
garden i Low, /ht, Strand ; I. T. Rigge.. 65, Cueapside, nod
52, Park-street; Jones, Apole Tree-yard, St. James's-street ;
Burgess, Funitur-sweet ; Johnstone. Greek-street ; Paley,
llutte, sold CO. Three-King's.Court, Lotalmrdsstreet ; •Bercht,
rind Sous, Fleet-imaket ; ewherry sand Sons; 43, "'At. Paul's
t:hurch...ard; Davison and lieu, 59, Mattia-41,147, Fleet-street ;
Butler, 4. Lheapside; W.Wliiii4., Walker, nud Cp. Blackman
street, Borough; Dicey nad.ltsition, Bow Clatreh.yrtrd; Shaw
And Edwards, 61i, St. Paul's Gam ch-yard ; Tilit, 41, ilortiltill I
%Vest and Rind, Graereltureh-serest • fihring.ll,lsreit.'h-A Co.
S 9, Pall-Mull; T. [Lune aati CulaehiffoirreteiNtrettri:anien i
Bolton itud Tatt,,Royal Exchange; and by all Perfumers unit
Medicine Venders io- Linalsof.- • Alst. 89 Mr.'fblefolirat Mr. J.
Urquhart, and Mr. /1. Urgulturts MiPhirgh / AP Bars, "A"-,
sow t Mrs. Davi:Olt, Partiamentsslteet, mat Aletwes. ewherry
and Sow, Mont-street, INsblitaLllewarr of servile latithelans,
as the Gemlike MACASSAR, OIL has she vigiustures
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ROW LAN I) nod SON," add. 'the words " ROW LAND'S
IMA CASSAIt OIL". elitgravett att al !Louie. ••• •, , •‘.
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1 ilea sanctioned by his liscrllftor, Lb* PHI" 4.4 tanbilm4ln's lum"
• okay fa:lo7lm isf high dial/a-lion. A LtSA N A 12,:ii TRACT ; or,
the AV V&A N Ili N 414)7AN fC AL'S FiGIC I Pi C. nye estldleat-
all disorders of the Teeth and Gums. HMI renderingstbeasex.
hemitiffil t 'lmparts a beautiful froterane.! to' be *Breath,
9 imilpettiatelv: •espels sh•Toss6-44:•ilid i• reconmaKle4 by
fir'l PhYsitiftbst-i-SOl4l at 166.6 d. per bottle, or "null bottle*
theut,
.4411de mirk: -: - • ,-, •-• -^. ^1 ' . -
I 444114 Llitlth• BO if D F. 4,... for elevorag the 'IWO, aa.
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