The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-10-16 00:00:00

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+6 "lig O THE .ST At ISM ATI.

Srarrlllnapealits ,jsreatipan . a fried :af Om the miser
day, liter Mas a blehiller.of the Wilms emilmittee. I (band
,41. his bible the printed Iltpnit of that callthallve. Rid all
looking at Ahr begins's.' n 1 It I Retina St Say lkiertEr km&
writing, opposite the title page, whit fotlowts.—
SU/ILE OF DISCOUNTS.
4: ' Anno 170 ' . . . . 111
• 1798 . . . . 180
1799 SU
1110 • . . . . MN
- I presume this must he the accosted delivered by the Bask
'6l England to the Committee, for the purpose of 'herring the
rate of increase on their discounts since they have ceased pay-
bing in cash; and from' this statement it appears that their dis-
eosins have increased since 1797,1 a the mammas proportion of
688 to 241, that is, that it has nearly trebled its amount. Why
this statevnent was not printed with the other documents I am
at a loss to conjecture. If the Bank Directors were toxin's
for its being withheld from the public, it prase' that they are
talmcious that coder this head of issue at imat, they bar made
piallts which they are desirous ttshealdi teas be, publicly dis-
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In :mother part of the same page I read what followi in giy
friend's hand-writing
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• Ileory 11164!ilme
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noskisstie . .
' Tierney ••••
,• •firenfell
Parses! '
li!rand,
.urge Johnston.' •
• • Pckepson
. Magni.
Davies Giddy
• ',Abercrombie .
Baiing spoke" ?era;'—voted" AGA INST."
• /Foster—Abs.,* oo day of voting.
Slscridan—Ditto, only ittended °ace.
• Lord Temple—Ditta, gear attended.
I make no comment upon till's interesting. manescript ; I wily
desire that these several names may he adverted to wheri the
illaok Directors ,nad !carnet Counsel insinsate tbat the gnat
smistiaa was Carried as a party Question. •

AGAINST.
Chancellor of Lachequer
Leong
• lompson
nniog, Depoty-Governor
*f the Bank

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A riot took placenn Saturday, in the Prison, at
•Purchester Castle, near Portsmouth: about 120
prisoners, consisting of Germans and Swiss, vohnt.l
meted into the Sicilian Regiment.; and ‘‘hen they.were
'went into the 'Prison to get their clothes; the Fressilh,.,
men refused to let them out again, and threatened'
to kill them... The drum immediately beat to arms,
when the Worcester Militia, and part of the Nor.
thampton, directly matched into the Castle; and,
:with the assistance of the artillery and dragoons,
qtrder was restored without stny bloodshed.
Friday a Court Martial was held on board the
,Gidolitor, at Portsmouth, on Antonio, alias As.
tong Miller, seaman, of the Lwow, for met!:
nous and seditious conduct, in eadeavouring to makd
a mutinous assembly, and to excite •the French• in
particular, as well as the German troops, on board j
ts:e Lnlnne, to rise and take possession of the said
ship, and carry her toe port in France; and for
concealing such metioous desire'. He was sentenced
to receive SUO laslses.—iteas.didesirel flargood,
.President.
The magnificent convent of Lilienfiehl, in Lower
Austria, was lately burned to the ground.
On Thursday night, about eleven o'clock, a
dreadful fire was discovered on the premises of Capt.
,Nowell, at the village of Why, near Oxford.—
The wind, although not strong, being fresh, the.
Whole, containing 14 ricks 01 bay, wheat, barley,
titans, end every kind of grain, together with
bares, in one of which was abort IGO sacks of
potatoes;: destroyed ; scarce any part orit was
insured. •

Six French Marine °Seen- lately escaped from
' ChesterSeld, and having reached the Kentish Coast,
eehtedt rulkestone boat, and had nearly reached
tbectipaiilte'shote when the Cordelia
,picked them
op 4 t :They* have been ordered by the Transport
BelleIldo• be confined in one of the prison.ships in
the Medway.
Two French Officers, "n their parole at Ash.
bourn, a few days since attempted to escape,- but
' were stopped at Chesterfield, and have been lodged
in prison at Norman Cross.
Saturday, the broadside of a new ship, of about
500 tuns, was ['fought into Hartiteh' harbour by
some fishermen t and when the tide left It; forty
derk.deals were *mid underneath, about 40 feet
In length. Ti la .ship.is supposed to have been lost
Inn the Wilkie/land,. and to bits-beep PriticiPOY'
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loaded with deals. _ •
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A heap of stones, lying nnder the Beacon Cleft, 1
at Harwich, have been disenvereti, it ii said, to
posttest a quality, that .will render a . .cement, cont.'
,posed of them , folly as.duraitinas•stone itself, and
' etratte festoon. The Curpore[ioniol, that town have
F-
iefiiatl-15,0001., 'fur the whole. ,.. •
'' Biritel.attr.—The house of Mr. Failick, B-
Gleitkaien ,of fortune, N. 6, Park.street, was
broke. ioto byre the setting of the watch on Sen.
day eight, and several articles Were stolen there.
from. The family are In the country, and the
}house was left in the care of two maid servants, one.
of whom was out at the time of the robbery, and
the other alarmed the thieves after they had been
I half an hour in the house, and'they made their es.
cape oat .of the front door, tildch they had opened
with a false key. , - • ""'
Pied,
.-cot IVednesdey, October lOtit, Mil
Linest.ox . &taste!, .ai his 11419[1,1 if' '14444",144/'•
I.street ' Upwards of fortg, teary
oe paPoityr, Kiln
remitting industry'. end /- Integrity; as a pacer and
d.
tea:deattl, the corner of . Mlitt.labe,' anti ali' at.'
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L ample* to all who. knew him,. *eta life tot perin:
I nering assiduity in the pursuit of business, it not
! incomputable with. the most uniform and unaffected
piety. . . •
The Nobility,. Cos:entry, Clubs, and Societies,
are respectfully informed by Hoenswe 6114 Q 0...-
that the State Lottery will be diowl. on FRMAY.
Nair. , Hearsay and Co.' solicit the hvonit of '
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14 :Public on the present occasion, on which . Day '
't :34 hope to divide *Tung those who honour theta;
. ittitheir commands, tt large. proportion 'of the
*li .HundredThousatni' Pounds Prize , :Itottey...,
'ito
''they Firet:drawe • 20,01701. Prize, and the fast.
ileawn-'lofool Were-shared. and sold by lioaussil
sad Ca. a NO. 26, Cornhill, anti St. -Mergartit's..
'bill, Borough.. ~, -4 ,I ,
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MANSION-110UsE. •
• lONGT.II Y. t
Japes Forster, standing
_charged! With forging a
check,. purporting to ha the • cheCk
Stokes and lotion, on Meats. bkei
,Pand cease-
-100. Its. Waayitateritay' briitthilifibri the Leßa
blismos, pre linattierstnitlisfefetrial.
lhailepoSitioatett savers, agleam.* having been
°Mitt
al.
read, in salsich wisavalmervabie but What.
we have alrettily ruipou4eool t 9 cite Public, the
VVisonet-Wit,sitketi, *hither he had any thing to
once in hirdeferice.. ffeiejiiibil, that his friends'be.
iag at a ,considerable dist:Abe from town, he had
not yet had en opportunity of coannniiicating with
them.. With respect to the charge against itim, he
Wine remittlts to mate:
The Lonn'hilA If 0 R then said, it became his pain.
fel duty to sonanit him'fot Mal, a duty which on
,any uccesion was, heart.reading,• but which on the
present, freak ilittrespecteblo appearance and con.
nections of do Piisoner, hefelt most poignantly.
The last AM:init.: was then prepared and signed,
and the Privoner was conveyed to Newgate. Yes.
torday, as *ell as at his fotmer examination., he
endeavoured So screen his face from pbblib observa.
tioa with his pocket handkerchief. Ile was dress.
tidin a anti of deep mourning, and seemed most
aetbillly afeeted at his disgraceful and awful situ.
latiole.- •
.No•other esamisalion of interest occurred.

• Gpl (WALL.
AtiRActOUS ASSAULT.-Samuel Skirt and
Thompson, alias Phillips, were chasged by
Liatises Gibbon's, an' iti O'er*, plum-puftftircipter,
with le :molt aggrobaldife eauiil rn haibery,
committed between lint eitidrwd o'efeek'aii=llllon.
day morning. The Pfrisoners iti this Itisleolribte
young men of respectable appearaseskiaid sees*
considerably abashed at their awkwerd eitnation:
It appeared front' 6.0 statement of tttopplain:
ant, that be was etigited' at the
hour mentioned- iii the charge; atikeend ofGul-
den.lasie, and havirig furl pultidiftedlichite lend de.
Aliens edition or pudding alt hot ! the ' Prisoners,
in•coinpany with • pai,ty,olf.their friends, ao doubt
atttattedty theilvOry parialatioua from the luxuri.
ouir dish; *dititendlts tittle column, and without
any previous VlOtid4- POttehea• Upon the table, and
with the voracity and fury huge, wolves, suit.
ed the pudding,. and .bore it of In triumph, to the
astonishment of the Complainant, who was so pa.
refixed at th.c unexpected attack, thot all .ppwer of
'utterance of eaten was completely ottani:soul him.
Having, at•lesigth, rocoVetett eticoltibeisrt, and
witkit a sense Of his misfortune/she console& littnielf
with toe old philosophical observation, “ It's
'Well it It no worse," and proceeded.to.ho,.ware. '
`house, 'Wheris seieral precious copies I.ot*
Itlitioe-iverecifely dePtildt6d, and r"oilor
-diate sale. ',Living replenished 'his re{.
turned to his old shop, And Keit telsiaidleed his
vociferation. in praise of .his' !marks wail*. ware
filled, he said., with.the best things in the
and deflod Otalial or the most punetiliouieritic to
utter ts sentence its dispralie of their Merits the first
j edges in England et a 'pheth2Plitiding-haVing pro.
pounced the atilhor unrivalled in such cOmposi.
lions. In the midst of his eulogiums, howeter,. his
eloquence was a second time interrupted, by the re.
turn el the aforethentioned assailants, who seemed
'to have attained' a now 'fetish: rot. action from the
opPertnnily they had of damning the timdiusilqy
of Alm piatid, of-which they had solitegallyliersome
possessed... Theit last attack net being so:Ridden...a
former, the Comjilainaot had an opportunity. of
exerting himself in defence of. hit InFrehondixei but i
ineffectuifiy, that the greater part qf it disappear.
ed with wonderful rapidity; 'obtiilthstailding his
best endeavours 4o protein' it. In ttie scuffle the
dish and the table wore upset and destroyed. For.
tunately, however, the two Prisoners having shewn
too much eagerness in their assault, were taken
-prisoners while in estate of suffocation, arising from
their having' attempted • to bolt about a' pound ' of
the object of their expedition without Citing the
usual trouble of mastication.

The Sitting Alderman having heard thin teleran
charge, and commiserating the situation of the
Prisoners; advised ate parties to retire and settle the
matter amicably, with which' retoinmendatiOn they
wisely complied, and the nrerCheat hurting retained
and expressed himself swished, the parties seemed
were emancipated without further punishment.
M A KLBOROUgH-STILLET. . .
A charge wee *Wield thii Dffiee, ott Sataerjay,
by a t rodesmass'i 'Wife, of St. An n't patiet safest'
Smother tradmasau,. for committing a-rap:Ma her
ocrson. • - • ;• • ' •
• • The Proieco tax steted,lhatthe Prisoner followed
'her into hey 'house. and violate:ft her persop against
rliser rill, I.liltougit:site mane efttirtesiatiia2e. It
turned-out, however, thattheCbmPtili4sififtidatef
bet, paramonr in tht, Omit on a rainier crate& anil
it was on this est:ilia& whekasbe so agreed to meet
film, that he accompanied .her haw., The Alogiik.
;trate disoilised the cifinplant:
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' • a Ulkitti*-11ALL.
:Woodsy, after a. vette oult•ber• of. assaelli*w+re.
heard, and in a regular • way disposed. or,
‘.l) was put to the bar,_ oa the charge of an :24
'tempt at sodomy, and that in a very oppnt way, At,
Astley's Theatre. ALw.se *ell heard, before Air.
' Items and Mr: Unillittii • 11144 f ter !IRdifirV.4o-
gation during some triWitykatx to bail -for
the next Sessioni.
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Lut ' vitielti Ia dtghsrtlie voinitio; iewer at %lib..
ter, scrateat . isieette tot tress ...R4Man" cOlis, or'tfii
Emperor Mosta, were Mond; and some of thilti
very legible arid iti'silbit etraidition. ' liblist dtitititi
latody near- 4ho •Gantlkifl) iiio .of lie gilpitioci
TIGAJAN.' ••' . • ' ' • • • • i
An unlucky' circumstance happened to-Captain,
W—s.yesterday. 'flit Captain had :charged I hit
valet with robbing him, and the prisoner !sitcom.
witted. On 'thb"Ciotaits leaving the officAlf he was
pursued by 'a sheliel *Mee .iiita't 440.4mr, 11.hd at-
restoel feea,greittuiti..- • Vrlillit In' 'thi!iikce„ Cap.,
win W. had another troubriiiinie `ciiitonieil, it's -on
1 actommbdatiag. FVestell- bait; ' EillitiAelitended the
person of the bAillif's pilsonen lieltaiiiiii justffiCk
for . him, and not • hilvolig tiny oak( tonfidopce, la
him ; but the bailiff tack Off lit pia;' i
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