The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-02-06 00:00:00

CUSTOM HOUSE.

The largo Witch Dog. statione,l in the King's-yard at
Ringseod, h•s been struck oft the Establishment of &at Bp-
pertinent, after a faithful discharge of hisduty fee 121111: years
to the Public:.
This circumstance has caused a very wire's sensation
among the gentlemen of ti.e Custom flccuse, it being the first
reduction which has lektln place under the new regulations
the saving effected reflects merit credit on the sagacity alb,
fiu•nciexs, it amoasting to the won of two Ovoids per
annum—the only consolation the poor animal has is, the her
is not the first thy that has been put out of office.
N. B. We ran state from authority that it is not • fact.
that this faithful ofecer has retired on one half of his aflou-
ance, for such is the reigning spirit for real retrenchment.
that the several meme•rials presented on his behalf, have
been uniformly rejected.

By accounts received, from Calcutta, through the
American papers to the 16th of August, we learn that
much sickness still prevailed at thatiplace. It was un-
derstood there, that the Governor Geurral of India, the
Marquis of Hastings, was to retina to England about
the close of the year.
From a Philadelphia paper of the 6th lanuary.—
Arrived the United States ship Cayane, from the coat
of Africa. She left Port Praya, and in soundings near
Sierra Leone, saw the John Adams and an English
man of war brig going op the Rio Pongas to cut slut
a 16 gins-brig slave vessel which was laying there,
and which, 110111 all accomets, was an American one.
The Cayaue was going to accompany them, but having
received ord.r:rs to return home she could not wait:
An account has reached town from Falmouth, by way
of an Exeter paper, of a dreadful earthquake having
taken place at Oporto ; but as Oporto papers received
on Saturday to the Nth alt., were wholly silent on the
subject, and letters from Lisbon to the 21st are Ala,
silent, there is reason so hope that an event of so calami-
tous a kind has not occurred. In a private letter from
Oporto, dated Jan. 14th, it hail been mentioned that the
freshets there had been stronger than ever before k none,
by which a great deal of kintage bad been done. It
nas stated also in a neutpuper pnlrlislied there, that IS
miles up the river the water has risen 1.10 feet, and that
a mountain has burst in two platen, from one of which
an i ttttt 'rose body of water has issued, and front the other
sand and stnokc. It was probably these °Cl:Weigel'
that gave rise to the rumour of the earthquake.
4 meeting was bell at the Unildhall. Taiutton,
'the Igth inst. at wgich Dr. Blake presided ; when, on
the motion of 1)r, Kinglake, seconded by Mr. T.
Jacobe, it was resolved to petition both houses of Pat-
Bement to adopt the necessary measures for restoring
the Queen's name to the Li torgy, and for investing her
with all the privileges to which, asQucen Consort, she
is eutitled. Mr. Banter and Mr. Meade also addressed
the meeting.
On the Chief Justice, yesterday, ordering the case
of Major Cartwright and others to stand over until
nesday next, the Solicitor General observed," Nit Fran-
cis Burdett's case stands over until Wednesday next, oil
Lortl4."
Cuts, JUSTICE.—" But this has priority. We shalt
resume the hearing of this case on eilnesday movnixg.
and Let Sir Francis Burdett's, should there not to' tu"r
for that also, stand over until Thnrsday.'•
'I he loss sustained by the destruction of the t'axten
Printing office, at Liverpool, is estimated at Dpwards
of £36,000. The fire is supposed to have originated
from the snuff of a candle bring incaution-Ay throt
away, near some paper. The establishment thas u(6•
fortunately destroyed was the most extew:ivc periodi-
cal publication warehottre in the United Kingdom. atAl
by the calamity, nearly one lounired individualr• are
deprived of the means of gaining a livelihood hy it
industry.
A forgery on the five pound note of the Hari.
.Scotland, is stated in an Eslinhargh ?spur, to loser fast
Made its appearance. •e!

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