The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-02-28 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

DEAL, FEB. 27.—Sailed yesterday, after post,
most of the outward-bound to the westward.—Came
down from the River, the Rose and Lord Melville
East Indiamen, and remain with the Metcalf, Cerc,,
and Princess of !Vales East Indiamen, and about
five more outward-bound vessels—plrticulars
known.

PouTsmouut, FEB. 27.—Arrived the Flora, John.
son, from Sunderland.—Came into harbour his Nia.
jesty's schooner Picton.—The outt‘ord-bound will
start to-morrow, if the wind be favouralAe.

FALMOUTH, FEB. 25.—Put back his Majesty's
ships Glasgow and Nymphen.
ll:Anw•lcn, Fen. 27.—Arrived the. Lad!, .Vepean
and Lord Nelson packets, each with a Mail front
Holland ; and the Henry Frecling packet, with a
Mail from Cuxlmvon.

Brandies.hnve fallen in price considerably within
the last few days, and there is so expectation of a
further reduction.

In consequence of the CaAscrt.r.oft.of the Excne.
QUER not having proposed any new tax on beer. ttin
principal brewers of Portsmouth and neighbourlint.tl
have met together, and decided to lower the price of
beer this day to sd. per pot.
The German national dress is now generally achy'.
ed throughout Germany.
In the Commissariat departmcmt, 150 person,
mostly employed as clerks and subordinates, liase
been lately discharged.
- The words "No Corn Bill," are now conspi.
cuously chalked up on the walls in various parts of
the town, and from the ferment which seems to pre.
veil among the lower ordets of society, it is feswil
some unpleasant consequences may follow the pass:
ing of this Bill.
We understand that the Army Physicians tan
served in the severe campaigns in the Peninsula, are.
to be created Baronets—as those. who served in the
Mediterranean have been appointed Knights of Malta.
A true bill of indictment has Leen found, for a con-
spiracy, against the Serang and four of his associates,
who attempted to accuse Captain PINEY with murder,
and they are now in custody, to take their trial at the
Old Bailey Sessions.
CAMBRIDGE, FEB. c26.-=-Titst Fridly morning the
form and premises of Mr. ELLts, at Ivy, were burnt
down with four adjoining-cottages, owing to a person
throwing the hot ashes into the yard frona au oven,
Which set fire to some straw, and thence to some
stacks. Three heifers were burnt to death, but no
human lives were lost.

A WATVIKAIf STOLEN.—Yesterday, W Gabnal,
John Riaington, and two other young men, were
examined before Mr. Mosul, the sitting Magistrate,
on the following charge :—On Sunday night, soma
wags who had been regaling themselves at the shrine
of Bacchus, 'were returning home through Church-
street, 13ethnal-green,- and observing the watchman
asleep in his box, they thought proper to remove his
qtrarterei sag ist-pet it into etfect, they carried hint
in the boi a considerable distance ; 11/ITrtteer-the
jolting ef 'the box, the watchman awoke,. and, per-
ceiving his situation, he immediately gave the rest of
his fraternity the signal to come to his rescue: and
whilst he was extricating himself, his conductors
made off. lie, however, followed, assisted byse-
veral other watchmen, secured, and took the Pii-
soners to the watch-house ; but, at his return to his
station, he found the watch-box broke into pieces.
He not being able to swear positively to any of the
, Prisoners, they were discharged.
Sitoceixo Acculewr.--LOn Wednesday last, as
Tennant, Esq. Chemical Professor of the Uni-
versity of Cambridge, was returning on horseback to
Boulogne, accompanied by a friend, in order to em-
bark for England, riding hastily out of the high road
to command a more perfect view of that hadieur, he
was precipitated into a craggy and deep chalk-pit,
the mouth of which was nearly covered with bram-
bles, when his horse falling upon him, he wet found
lifeless by his friend on his return with some neigh-
bouring cottagers to his assistance. As a pan of ge-
neral science, few ranked higher than Mr. Tennant;
in the immediate line of hig profession he had scarce a
superior. He had been elected Chemical Professor
about twelve months since, and was returning to
open his second Course of Lectures,. in the present
Term in that University, which, by this fatal acci-
dent, has experienced a great,-and lamentnb'e loss.
Those unfortunate persons, who are living at hide-
and-seek with John Doe and Richard Roe, are said to
have a mortal antipathy to the new system of gas
lights. They complain that it is turning night into dug.
PUG 1.1c31.—G regsou, who fought Gully; has chal-
lenged Shaw, who is open to all the world, to fight
in June for 100 guineas, which challenge has beet
accepted.—The match between 11. Harmer end Shel-
ton, the navigator, for 100 guineas, will be ratified
on IVednesilay.—A grand battle Kill be fought in a
fortnight in Scotland between Molineux, the black,
and Cooper, who last beat Jay, for 100 guineas.—
Oliver has been retained to second Cooper ; Rich-
mond and Joe Ward are preparing to start for Edin-
burgh, near which the battle will take place.
A NTICIPATION.—A Gentleman applied to his
Broker to buy for him bO,OOO, 3 per Cent. Con.
for the sth of April, as he expected to receive sufficient
on that day to pay for them ; the Broker, being of
an inquisitive disposition, expresed his surprise, never
having received so large a Commission before, and
rather importunely desired to know from what source
he was to receive the motley, when the Gentletria:i '
produced a Lottery Ticket, which he had bought' iti
consequence of a Dream, expressing Iris confidence
would be one of the Three £30,000 Prizes in thi
Lottery that begins the sth of April, and it is hardli
necessary to add, they may all be drawn on that day: