The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-07-09 00:00:00

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forts of the Students are thought, even by every
Oxford man, to be unsurpassed by former dis.
plays. Amid all the merits of the publicly re.i
cited compositions, it has been remarked that
there has not been *itch of the high tone of civil
and political freedom. Prelates and Mahe:lit:l-
-have had their full share of panegyric. No great
lear►iiug has been shewu to the 44 civium ardor,
pram jubentium."
There has been a good deal of pleasantry, and
a few hoaxes, which was to he expected, as some
of the most expert young Gentlemen in that line,
from Lowden, are here, fit to take a degree for a
hoax; and who, at spun, would dispute the prize
pith the readiest Johnian. The names of Greg-
son and IJurtholo►new, among the poetical
petitors, put the minor eit in mind of the same
tinted names in pugilistic science, m ho, though
neither Latinists nor Grecians, were counted of
the more ancient nation of the Hittites. The In.
st►llation Ode was written by the Professor of
Poetry, and set to music by the Professor of
Music.

We heard last night, that Mr. SADLY, !. and his
Son passed over Aylesbury, at a quarter past 3, (a
distance of 26 mites) and dcsceuded 4 wiles (ruin
agoi# Ne* port-P little after four ; distance (ruin
OxfuNl 50 mil
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Saturday we received Bermuda Papers to the I
9.6 th May, but they are, as usual, destitute of
news. The Governor, by a Proclamation dated
the 9th, had opened the ports of that island to
American vessels, without exception as to any par-
ticular article of their loading.
We learn, by the last arrivals, that the Indian
market is over-stocked with Briti>h beauty ; a
circumstance that has occasioned no slight degree
of joy in the Metropolis, as, a. Wm-exportation
Act is always found to towel the price of commo.
(fides.
The Admiralty Sessions will commence on
Thursday, on which day the prisoners in the dilfe.
rent gaols charged with felonies will be removed
to Newgate, preparatory to their trial at the en!
suing Old Bailey Sessions, the 18th instant. •
An earthen pot was last month dug Oat uss.
niaeht, in the Canton of Berne, containing 4,000.
silver and copper coins of the Roman Emperors.
They were for the most part in high preservation;
Saturday a weaver in Spitalfields, of the name of
Sutton, for a bet of two guineas, carried four half
hundred weights in each hand the distance of 400
yards, without resting. Ile performed the feat
with apparent case.
A trout was a few days ago. caught .in Loch
Tay, Killin, which weighed 51h. 11oz. and was one
foot ten inches in length, and eleven inches round
the shoulder, being the largest ever caught in that
part of the country.
At the sale of Mr. Farrow's rams at Loughbo.
rough, a few days ago, 21 sheep were sold for
1151 guineas, being at the rate of nearly 55 gui-
neas each.
A considerable quantity of pigs have lately been
imported from Ireland, into Cheshire, Lancashire,
Sic. by which the exorbitant and increasing price of
those animals has been materially reduced.
Three servant girls in a Gentleman's house, in
Greenock, were last week convicted of breaking
WO their master's cellar, stealing rum, and getting
intosicated. The Magistrate before whom they
were brought, mulcted them of their wages, and
sentenced them to be imprisoned eight days.
The groom of Colonel WALKER, of Aldwark,
near Rotherham, yesterday se'nnight, jumped out
of a chamber window in his sleep, and fractured
his skull so dreadfully that he expired soon after.
A man, named Smith, confined in Chester gaol,
on suspicion of robbing a jeweller's shop *in that
city, some days since attempted his escape : he
tied a strong tape to a hair broom, and threw it
over the wall of the prison yard, and 'finding the
broom to catch against the outside caving of the
wall, he ascended by the tape, but before he reach.
ed the top the broom gave way, and' he fell to the
ground. The noise of his fall alarmed the.gaoler's
dog, and the animal seized and held him, till an
old woman (the keeper being absent) assisted in
dragging the fellow to his cell, and securing him
there. _ _

UNION-If ALL.—On Saturday last, James Cal-
lender, a man upwards of 50, was charged with
an assault upon Jane *Carter, a child not more
than t.G! years old, with an intent to commit a rape.
The prisoner, it appeared, by a bribe of twopence,
enticed the child, under pretence of sending her on'
an errand, to go with him to a retired spot, where
he attempted to commit the crime; having been
watched, however, by asersun who had a suspicion•
of his intention, and ilose suspicions were con.
firmed by bearing the child cry out, he hastened
to the spot is: time to prevent the prisoner from
completing Isis Intention ;...he imtnediately secured
himoind conveyed trim to the Office. The pri.
:otter was committed for trial for the mink.
Wm. Army, charged by a person named Clark
with an attempt to commit an unnatural crime,,
was fully committed fur, trial.
A journeyman felltncinger and a journeyman to. •
bkeeo manufacturer, were charged 'by their respec-
tive masters with damaging a number of skins and
a quantity of tobacco etttrusied to them to manu.
Licture, and were severally committed totbe House
of Correction fur one month:
Mr. Marble: of St. Ives. IlOntingdonshire,
considers, it • duty to the Afflicted to lay before
the Public his extraordittaryi care, I lost my
sight in Egypt; on my returtkto London-I applied
to the first oculists, without, receiving the least
benefit. I had despaired of ,meeting relict, until
W. Bacon, Esq. of Salisbury, recommended to,
we Dr. Saul's Golden Eye-Drops and Antiscor-,
butic Pills ; having been cured of dimness in the
sight by them, my friend wrote to the Dispensery,
Rathbone.plaery Ottfurd.street, foithe Eye-
Drops nod Pills) as t also had the scurvy very.
bad ;_ and with gratitude I add, I am perfectly rc.
stored to the blessings of health and sight., There
are other cyc-drops sold, but they were Saul's that
cored ass; therefore be careful of your blessed
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