The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-09-08 00:00:00

of my Toketvii 'in the town and neighbourhood; I
hereby give notice, that on the first :taturday in I.c.
[Hoary nest, .and every succeeding Saturday; I shoi
attend at the Hear Inn, Reading, -between the h.: is
of 11 iu the forenoon and two, in order to exchonee
my Tokens for Bank-notes, until they are ail ex.
changed.
I have to thank the Public for the confidence re.
hosed in me, and hope, that by the time Local To.
kens are witlidmwn, Govorunient will be prepared
to provide the Country with a coinage of standard
money, the undoubted right of the subject, and will
not leave the country, as it now is, a prey to a co:n-
pulsorr paper currency, at open discount in OE.
Stuck. Market with the King's coin, and not conver-
tible by any legal process into pounds, shaiitig,,
pence, or Bank Tokens, or into any specie, or change
whatever: •

JOHN BERKELEY MONCE.
Culey Park, Readieg, Aux. 8, MI

The Spirit and alacrity manifested by the Pont
Guards in extending their services to the Peninsula. is
almost unprecedented. The volunteering may, in
fact, be said to comprehend every effective man in the
three regiments. The candidates are so numerous,
that the only difficulty is choice. The number uho
have been allowed to volunteer from the Ist batta'iou,
of the Ist regiment is 1,400 men.—Supernumerary
from the Ist regiment to complete the 3d battalion
which recently proceeded from Cadiz to join the hp'a
army, 100 from the Coldstream, 150 from the 31 1..
giment ; office-nand non-commissioned officers may
' be about 300—Total 2,100.

The indigo manufiteured at Sierra Leone by oie
of the black settlers,. is found to be quite as cool in
its quality as that which was first brought from the
East Indies, when its culture commenced there. On
being carefully compared with some East India indi-
go, which was sold at 4s. Bd. per pound, it proved to
be about half the value. This inferiority, honever,
arises not from the deficiency in the plant pro-
ducing the dye, but for the want of skill in its ma..
nufacture.

Theinan who felt into' the area at the Admiralty
on Saturday night last, died on Sunday at Middle•
sex Hospital. !Le proved to be an inhabitant of
Westminster, and has left a wife and-six children to
lament his loss.

We are authorised, from information derived
from the Steward of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, to •
contradict the distressing statement in a Morning
Paper of yesterday, of accidents received into that
Hospital on Saturday evening, from Bartholomew
Fair; only one occurred, and that of a nature to
require temporary aid alone. The whole account,
indeed, appears a fabrieation imposed on the Editor.
- A young man named John Thomson, who had
been charged on Saturday, at Guildhall, with having
been detected by one of the constables with his baud
in the constable's pocket, and who had been remand-
ed in order that he might haveittit opportunity of ,a-
tisfying the Magistrate that the account he gave of
himself, namely, that he .wasa groom in the servica
of the Duke of Norfolk, was correct, was again
brought up yesterday ; and the Steward of his Grace
appearing in his favour, and giving him a good cha-
racter, lie was discharged.
PTDESTRIANIsM.— Yesterday, a journeyman lint-
maker, twenty-two years of age, of the name of
Stanton, undertook, for a wager of 51. to go on toot
from IVhitechapel Church to the Bald Face Stag,
Epping Forest, and back again, in the space of two
hours and a half, after stopping twice on the Malt
to bait; he arrived at the Bald Face Stag Inn ten mi-
nutes after seven o'clock, stopped and took some re-
freshment for about ten minutes, when he started
afresh, on his return, and completed the whole iiii
two hours and twenty-six minutes, winning by four
minutes, the whole distance being twenty miles ; but
was so much fatigued and exhausted, as to be imme-
diately put to bed. A great sum of money was de-
pending upon the issue, and odds were three to two
against him at starting.
GUILDR ALL—Yesterday Matthew Sintmonds was charged by
Rachel lsockyer, a widow, who keeps a bontb at Bartholomew
Fair, with enteringberpremises, about two in the morning, and
taking improper liberties with her while asleep. She soon
awoke, and loudly called for help; when threecoustables, coin-
ing to her assistance, they. secured tllg fellow, and found on
him a variety of trinkets, in which the poor woman dealt. On,s
of those articles, a tea-caddy, she was able to' identity, h.'
some of her hills being found in it. The Prisoner, in his de-
fence, said, that lie was beastly drunk ; that he had a vi if, and
three children, and begged to be alloWed to go on board lie
tender, to whitii the Magistratecnusented.
lixtort-Ilam.„—)Cesterday Thomas Evatism.aa charged he Mr.
Howard, a cheesemoitger, on suspicion of having put oft Co him
a forged bill of exchange. The Pris,,ner, who was di essed a/4
mode, had, it appeared. occasionally purchased articles at the
Prosecutor's shop, who, however, did not know his ,mine. A
few days qgti be came to the shop for some trilling article, and,
entering into coureraitien on the hardnesi of the times, and the
scarcity of money, observed, be !red that morning been to a
person in expectation of receiving 101. instead of which he had
of a bill at two months, which he requested the Prosecntor io
got a bill at twi, months, which li requested the prnsecuti,r i.'
discounrfhrhim ; this Mr. Howard declined, saving, be tell
not so nitwit cash in the hew, when the Prisoner jaid he oniild
erg! agitiOn. an hour or two. On his second cairn', however,
bI t.lft ward Su it declined diseminting the hilt 'when ate PrOoner
merited be would advance bim 51. and take it as a securit •
This Mr. 11. consented to do, and he gate him .he bill, which IV:ri
. drawn at Iwo months by John Spooner, No. 50, Mark-lone, aim
j accepted by Thomas Evans, Spread Eagle-enact. Cornhill. Mr.
H. asked him if his name was Spooner, and lie replier!, " YeS
that hi my name," pointing to the signriire of the drawer,
I and he ai the same time described hibrelf as a dealer in
i bottled porter iw Mark-lane. The next day, a note signed J.
Spooner, was delivered to Mr. Howard by a little boy, 5110
.said lie came from Mark-lane, requesting that he would aivaine
him 31. more, abet saying, that it he would send hirn the 14N
hack again he would return bim the 71. he bad airacced on .ii"
following day, Sir. Howard, beginning to eutertain suspicion..
said, he would send the money, iiisa•ad of doing winch he tl ei ;
to make miqairies. and soon rtiscovemd that the Prisoner 01:011.t*.
was Evans, and that he was the acceptor, and not theilciaers.
the note. The Prisoner denied having repre,ent:•,l hisn•elf- 1%.
drawer of the bill, or haviug said that tits mum. It ai Sec, ;,•%i
Whew he was asked his name ho whited to the acceptor, a... 1 n 4
the drawer's name. The drawer was a gentleman employed m
the Customs, and *as now at Gibraltar; the bill, however. e ..
'its good, be said. :it a Hank of England nate, and would •tniva
been taken up wilco die. He was fully committed for trial,

SIARRITD.
„OnWeelneklay the 2d inst. Mr. Thomas Lark, to M,•rt42. 41—
wad isitibter of Chat'les Swan, Eq. of remiwrelt-str.,

• DIED.
OnSaturday last, Mr2Taylor, of Newiarto
uan-grecn. I
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On Saturday morning, inlb.:tree, Berkeley-s4r,
wife of Y. T. Pigea. Esq.
On Friday last, in Wimpole-street, in his 981 year, ft.
Esq. of Codicote, Hertfordshire.
On Sunday last, in his trid year, Ale:wider, fourth son of 1
Barclay. Esq. of Bury-hill, Surrey.
On the 27th ult. at Bray, near Dublin, the Right Hon.
Lord
de litaquicre, K. B. and a Baronet.
On Wcdntsdav sennight, Mr. T. Cutter, of Chester, printer
and proprietor of the Chester Herald, aged 40.

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