The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-05-17 00:00:00

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, •
MAv of
74 gunviti.alid the
1404 Icii*'fiVi‘ Lit
ward; also. *the. Apaidltikikoh f!irdy-
men, from Saltine RUt1i..43,5!,,t ~eelk bet. lsoats
were sent PO to ctkt coo 43.AelskOlacl
taken shelter in a pear 4Oebleti() k7.of which were boat4pdtart4 token possessire of
under • a heavy fire from ibe, batte!les but the
wind unfortnnately :the.), could not be
brought oat, but 'IO of them.prexet on Ere. In
this gallant exploit Lieutenant I ciwnley and qva.
pen were killed, and several wounded.

Sailed the Niemen frigate, Captain Scymouttz
wi!!I Qeneralleers on board, tot Lisbon.

'rile Thais sloop of war has the convoy signals
for Qubcc,

PORTSMOUTH, MAY the
fite, 18 guns, Captain Otis, from Woo;wich ;
end the Dapper, from a cruises

• Sailed the-
Theban, 44 guns, Captain Iligby ;
for Gnus niey ; .Thracian, and Daphne,
411 a erskise,_ ,
-roillhaek; tk /Alpert, w;th the transports for
Cadial wind-bound.
Sailed the Pert .Mahon, with several transports
ft:Goer:lml, io Nice troops on board; also) the
Peitotta, of 74 guns, for the llownr.

ODE
TO Silt FRAtiCIS BUROETT.

Deaner?! to thee thy country's praise belongs;
Thou just discerner of its rights nod a rungs.
For ever prompt the injur'd to redress,
Thee care- a orit Widows, hapless Orphans bless.
'ith feeling heart, to merry always proue,
Thou mak'st each iv retched soCter's case *by own,.
0 ! who could view thy energ,ctitilare,
',VWIst painting J Et sit v'if hearisdistracting carol
Or, who could hear thy soul-4asspiring voice,
And in thy steady fervour not rejoice!
None ! but that set, whose raoc'rous words etnfest,
They cosy talents they will ne'er Kossess. '
i'• Ili r .0 .
Consistent and risole'd,"throu•hont his life,
I ~ Is .
via, ask his T ciniajs, Servniitu Children, •Wife:
Tliey best can tell, for;well they know his worth,
Mid bless the day which dawn 'd upon his birth.
TflnvAh now depriv'd V Dear'n-burn Liberty,
•:. "(nee boart of England) still his mind is free;
Via attire mind Is o:orkiug yet .with zeal
Fite his lov'd Cimatry. and the Pithlic Weal;
For can vile Calumny's destructive voice,
*fake him less object. of the People's choice.
Me= enviers of his fame! now do ye prove,
Yr cannot wrest from him his Country's love;
The yile aspersions which oft him you east,
In your own bosoms had their home at inst.
BUltneres no traitor, he his King reveres.
He only grieves to see 110=4151414's tears;
And as her sons their Liberties deplore,
Ile anxious strives those hlumings to restore.
Far this he front his family is torn,
For this to prison is our Champion borne:
Put those who thought to crush hint, now descry,
They've pluc'd him on a pinacle so Aigh
His virtues are more clearly seen and known,
Thus hare ;hey spread his fume, and damu'd their own.
Britons, you love Min ! then with freedom sing,
Bust:Parr for ever! and GQD save the Aiao!
Thayer-street, Mancbesterssquare,
'May l 6 1810. .
BERWICK 1184.17 NO.
. - 2 t 4 li' , • •
At a Matting .pf the tOtiiitatitl. of this 80.
voif4h, tutibe stll. instant, ccinvenefl....in the ab.
settee of the Mayor, b . the Coroner, James gra.
bliil;'Esq. It PClifirtit 1. sr' Barlilmeotary Reform,
iti
and for a revisal of b deciSleftsof the House of
(oninions, respottet)g,' Sir J.xanCi3 :41":(1.W and
31r. Gale Jones, thts a4rCril tot . /A. Rsciututiou
was also carried ftW. Instructing the H:ipresenta.
tires for Berwick to support, to the utmost of
their power and abilities, the motion about to be!
matte for Reform. An Address was also voted to
Sir Francis Burdett, wimp). 4guieins the following
passage:— of
We Woe observed with pleasure, that your nmsims of Re-
form, honever much they have been stigmatized by the
friends of corruption, were not the ideas of it fillleirUi Theo-
rist, but the calm investigation of a mind accustomed to
deep research, pointing out, upon every occasion, the Con-
stitution in its original purity. as a rallying I ' t fur every
real lover of his country. This is the, Reform which we
-want, nod none oiii,•r. IVe have likewise observed, with
much pleasure, that you have been the uniform friend ef the
distressed ; you have upon every occasion exerted yourself to
yrocure a redress of their wrongs, or to mitigate the suffer-
ings of these who had few to help them. These things have
endeared you to the Meads of humanity, and mast, nu doubt,
be g source of inward pleasure mid satisfactiou to yourself.

8: S.

EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY. •
On Tuesday nigbt,-about eleeen•o'clock, mnn aid Geode-
pap, who resiiks in the neighbourhood of Nlatieliester-street,
wassitting in his (relit parlour, no other *person being in the
home, lie was extremely alarmed by the sudden appearance
of a man, with a btack"crape over his face. The terror of the
old tientleuitio was considerably increased by the man not
spejakinA, hut repeatedly making a noise like the barking of a
mastiif dog. The rolv•er opened the hack 'parlour drool, and
b,ekoned to the old Gentleman to f.illow him, which he refuted:
The robber then shook him by the shoulders., to iodine him to
go. The cad Gentleman still refusing, the robber forced him
into the bark parlour, pointed at an iron safe, and made
sigts for him to open it. The old Gentleman not complying,
the robber proceeded to take the keys from him ; and. in the
sriiff.e, the Gentleman tell over a chair, and a table fell
upon him, which cut open hisnose, broke tits shins, nod bruised
`nth in other parts of by body, in a most shock Mg. maaner.
The robber appeared to know itte4l43i ,ht the safe aryl pros
e,rderl to unlock it, and took u.ul three gold watcles, torso
~.‘,1.1 snuff-buses, several diamoitfand pearl rings *and otticr
tinikets, to the amount or isetweeu I. and 5001. 'heti, after
giving the old Gentleuiao settral -severe blows, lieldnok the
r 'sidle, left the room, and locked the old Clentl,Nuae pißAfter
snow time the old Gentleman recovered himself opened
the wiudOw, and gavetian(fdatet to :the ololibblWirlioildf, an
other person helm hotly. .11se ere:i tiere
obliged to have recoursc to ptaddisit, aqd 111111:1 the yard
wall, and then broke opeil,the-ddint.'-s'fhe • tld that the
yillian had left the coodloi•idreioertarr of the, fritut trarlisur
in
such a as there was el dosqpl but bp jptendsd
shouldlei Arc m the house; but f:witiviiiteky' thetiillow ha
ran.—Tbo old Getittemail keeps a earriathedlittirtl was out.
with At niece. se bit resides( path ,i aid the, footman at- i
tending her ; they did not return till ;Vey IP9cl ?ck: jt St.hull;
petted that there was Ott Menai! servalitbelonglog to the iiiiiitN'
at the time, the old tienttedian having 'cliabgeh hh seri Alps'
very often lately, and it cpuld 001. be IV,Ferigined bY *hlt
means the robber gained admittance , kilo the house, but it is
supposed by the area; and it Is Sirilligly linsPected that lhe
sober was a servant Who had formerly lived to the family. +