The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-06-13 00:00:00

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Thirstley the le Annivesary of the Instigation for
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?Agitating and Clothing the Children of Poor Ca- rt
. sheiks in St. Giles'. and ha vicinity, was celebrated nn 1
at Freemasons' Tavern, where a number of its Ps- mar
•'. trans dined together. Among the company peeved .1
were the Ditties of Susses sod NaitoUr, the Duke de nes
Saw Carlos(the Spanish Ambassador), Lords Clifford
end Pormer, Sirs J. 'Yhrockmortnn and J. Doyle.—
This Charity commenced in 1803, is sipported solely
by spontaneous contributions, and maintains at pre- I
sent no less than 500 children, male and female, with • rev
the addition of i'Female Orphan Asylum, in which wni
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ti as many orphans as the fields allow are boarded, one
educated, and entirely provided for. All these bur
. . children were produced in the room, and it was int% virt,
'possible to see them without emotion naturally sup ing
eating a prayer for the benediction of Heaven upon bee
• ( all those who contribute to save them from indigence, wo
i and the copulative' to -which indigene" comb nod the
1 with ignorance, Is bet too likely to.Wid. The este. 1
blishment We understand to Wunder the direction goo
• - of ftliteltev. Dr. Collins, Messrs. Creevey and Kelly, mel
• with whom it originated. We Were peluliarly happy the
to find, that the subscription, as it was announced by 481
•I ii, the Duke of Souses, was more than double the the
amount upon any former occssion. We feel, indeed, dm
a great interest in this Charity, and, from the Judi- wh
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tines manner in which it is managed, we cannot the
doubt of its 'access. hrt
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Dow tendered his iisfiries to the Drury-lane ;n1
• Committee previous to the close of the Theorise and for
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i - they were accepted by the Board_ of Management. the
HoSusTy Irt A .HACIINtIr COACIIMAN.—A Lady
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and Gentleman left in a hackney chariot ton very
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• valuable gold musical scoff-hoses. The coachman g'
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, . soon after took op a Gentleman, who throwing in nu
bis great coat first, did not perceive she boxes lying in,:
on the at. Having observed them after setting :;':
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down the Gentleman, the coachman ran after him to '"
restore theta. to their proper, owner, as he thought, P'l
bet who told him of his mistake. Having taken up nn
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another party, he was driving in great haste, when
be overtook his first fair, and drawing up held up he
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This hands overjoyed at the, opportunity of restoring "
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the property to the right owner. It need scarcely
be added, that he was rewarded for his honesty ; and "
we feel it our duty to mention his name, which is fe*
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Lamb, and his iiumher 1120.
Accounts from Triesta mention, that new dif-
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ferences have arisen respecting the fortress of Paige, i 2"
..,-: which the Packs of Janina wanted to re-occupy, 1111
notwithstanding the presence of the English troops. i hi!
••' A serious disturbance odcurred in Louvaine on the I•tul
ri ' . sth inst. in consequence of a quarrel between some "
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young men and the military. Several of the citizens Ith
were wounded in the affray, but order was happily i hi
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restored by the exertions of the Police and the Ma
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• tary Authorities. '..l°
A private letter received by a commercial house at SP
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Liege, from Port au-Prince, states, that Commodore
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.Auitsr, whose black troops had caused so much dis- "
Whence in Amelia Island, had succeeded in landing I P.:
in the Spanish division of the island of St. Domingo, j
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- attended by his amble warriors, end was making pre- Iha
. partitions to attack the town of St. Domingo, the ca. w
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pital of the Spanish part of the island.
1 . . . The Courts of Conservancy for the counties of
i Middlesex and Surrey, that were to have been holden I"
ibis day, have been unavoidably postponed. 1 PS
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't Mr. Phillips, of Chelsea, crossing Fulham fields C'
on Thursday night, about ten o'clock, was attacked
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t . by two men genteelly dressed, who knocked him I
down, and robbed him of 31. and his silver hunting 1 b'
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watch. Mr. Heath, of Hammersmith, was attacked e'
ig A near the Sarni place on Wednesday night, and robbed G
of his witch and a It. note. P'
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Fiat.—On Wednesday night the hens. of Mr. It
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t) • . Harding, a gunsmith, in the Borough, was discovered it
to he on fire, which excited the most dreadful alarm, il
in consequence of its being generally known that Mr.. a
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i Harding kept a considerable quantity of gunpowder a
1 on his premises. Heron, the Constable, while the b
flames were raging within a few inches of the spot, b
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r i removed two barrels and seventy canistera of that
dangerous commodity to a place of safety. The, fire- a
men were prompt in their attendance, and water be-
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4' 4 ini speedily procured, the flames were prevented
N spreading to the adjoining premises; and by four in 14
itmorning were entirely suppressed. The damage, d
• however, is to a considerable amount: By what ac- s
. eldent the conflagration was occasioned has not yet ;11
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ed dangerously ill ever since.
A few evenioga since, one of the seamen belonging , s
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to a vessel lying in Kessock-roads, who had made I
been discovered. Mrs. [larding was conveyed from r
tan copious a libation to Bacchus, in returning to the l
~ the house in a state of insensibility, and has continuo. i C
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I ':' Ship after having put the Muster saliore in the small i
;,, boat, missed his way, and, exhausted by the fatigue , t
of rowing, he was overcome by the drowsy god, 'and 1
laitl himself do4n in the bottom of the skiff; nest 4
't morning, one of the sentinels at Fort George dis-
covered a boat tossed on the surf. A party were im- I
.medtately sent out who discovered the sleeping 1
beau(y, quite insensible to his perilous situation, or 1
the dangers he had encountered in a voyage of 12
0 tales, " rocked in the cradle of the boisterous surge."
RE4USCITATION.—On Wednesday T. Brewer, of •
T Stoney-taus, Toeley-street, surds while bathing in
. the Surrey Canal. After the, lapse of two or three
.minutes, a man, named Webster, dived several times ,
without being able to find him ; hut, after shout eight ,
\ . minutes frump the time of sitrkieg he got the bodY out.
It was immediately conveyed to the_Albany Arms,
Camberwell, and Dr. Brown and his soy, ststgeas/s ,
at that place, were sent for ; the Rev.. pi,n.cppier 1
also attended, and by their united ..tzertimas ,of.lbe
I, • means recommended by the Humane Snoiente after. a
1 ! period of three hours. paiefulaitaiety, they had the
satisfaction of witnessing the restoration of toujouug
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... man to life. ,
About half-past one o'clock yesterday a peautle.
man was knocked down by the pole of the Halt.e ef
i Gloucester's carriage, whalepassing *berme+ the etch-
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way of Somerset-house, and was severely
_hurt.by he.
• ing trampled' upon by theitersea. Illt Ises ifetaedi-
. ately carried over to Mr. Stantete,s, surgeon, follow-
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by the Duke, and we are happy to say be is not
1i i &Hero-may lnirt. •'!1 ' • 1 -.. .
, A strong slittichmeatof Slie•Celdiareetn )9104A0s
now on duty at Deptfordond another detapitarnt of
the same regiment is perforating duty in the Duch-
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• . yard at Wool with.
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