The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-06-25 00:00:00

KING CRACK AND HIS IDOLS.

'KITIG CRACK was the beet of all powible Kings,
(At least so his Courtiers would swear to you gladly,)
But CRACK now and then would du het'rodoz things,
And, at last; took to morshipping images sadly.
Some broken-down lowa, that long had been plac'd
In his Father's old Cabinet, pleas'd him so much,
That he knelt down and worshipp'd, tho'--such was his gate!-.
They were monstrous to look at and rotten to touch
Hollow, wooden, and rude, as if cary'd in the dark,
They had, some of them, heads—but 'twas curious to we
In what places they wore them ; for, Heav'n save the 'mark
Their noses were stuck where their tails ought to he.
Yet thole were the beautiful Gods of Kino Clams !
Till his People, disdaining to worship such things.
Cried aloud, one and all, " Come, your Godships must pack-o
" You will not de for us, tho' you may do for Kings."
Then trampling the gross Itsciss under their feet,
They sent CRACK a petition, beginning " Great Ctesar t
• " We are willing to worship ; but only entreat
" That you'll find us some decenter God-heads that! these ate."
's 11l try," says Ktzo Camw—then they furnishl him models
Of better-shap`il Gods, bat he sent them all back;
Some were chise)l'd too fine, some had heads 'stead of noddles,
In short, they were all muck too godlike for Clues!
So he took to his darling old IDOLS again.
And, just mending their legs and new bronzing their hum,
In open defiance of Gods and of men,
Set the monsters up grinning once more in their places!

NAVAL INTELLIGENCR.

PORTSMOUTH, Jews 24.

Arrived the Racoon sloop of war, Captain Black, from Ja.
maica, to be paid of; and the Holly schooner, from Guernsey.
The Racoon left Port Royal 40 days since.
Sailed the Ilarnadryad, for the Cork stades ; Nereus, Capt.
Haywood, on a cruise; and the Fawn; Captain Fellows', with
money on board for liortugul.

The Minden, 74, is fitting for the East Indies, for the flag of ,
Sir Samuel Hood.
PLYMOUTH, Jima 23
Sailed the Stirling Castle, 7 gum, for Basque Road'.
Arrived the Favourite sloop of war from a cruise ; and the
Flora, Lavis, from London.
DEAL, JUKE 24.
Arrived his Majesty's ships Sceptre and Prince of Wales, from
of Flushing.
A large fleet of merchantmen, coasters, and colliers, remain
wind-bo'ind.

FALMOUTH, Jos► 22.
Arrived oW this harbour, his Maietts's ship Boyne, Sit IL
B. Neale; Tigre, Conquestador, and Colossu, bound to Duque
Heads.—Tbe• packets still remain.

One of the sons of Charles Lawrence, Est. of
Plumb-hall, near Liverpool, a fine boy about eight
years old, was killed on the 18th instant, by a fall
from the driver's box of his father's carriage. Tho
child had seated himself on the box in • order to take
a ride, and while the coachman went into the house
to fetch his coat, the boy took hold of the whip,
which startled the horses, and they immediately set.
bug off with great speed, he of course soon lost his
seat, and was precipitated on the pavement with great i
violence.
Last week, a private belonging to the rifle com.
pany of the 4th East-riding-local militia, now on
duty at Beverly, was tried by a Court-martial, on a
charge of drunkenness and striking his Officer, and
founti.guilty. On account of the character given of
the Prisoner by his Officers, as a good soldier, and
die consideration of his having a family, he was only
sentenced to six months imprisonment.-
It is reported, that Lord COCHRANE will receives
command in the species of warfare, which he has so
often strenuously recommended in Parliament, and
of which, while on the coast of Catalonia, he afford-
ed some successful specimens. We should be extreme.
ly glad to learn, that a portion of the British troops
in Sicily could be spared for the same objects.
We have observed in all the London Papers, and
the article has been copied into almost every provin-
cial -paper we have seen, which has been printed sub-
sequently to its original appearance, mention made
of the apprehension of persons in this neighbourhood
for manufacturing pikes and other weapons, and
using forges for that purpose. Disorderly as this
'neighbourhood unhappily has been for some months
past, we have reason to think that the account al-
luded to is not only exagprated, but entirely un.
founded.—(Manchester Herald.)
Some workmen, while digging lately in an old
castle in the canton of Argovia (Switzerland), came
to a vault, in which was deposited a coffin, contain-
ing the skeleton of a knight in full armour—in one
hand he held a dagger, and iu the other e sword.
At his feet was placed a cross and a Turkish sabre.
From the inscription, it appears that he had com-
. mended in the crusade led by Peter the Hermit.
Saturday evening, about nine o'clock, a decent-
looking middle-aged woman was seen to purloin a
shoulder of mutton from a butcher's shop in Spital-
fields, and going of with the saw! was stopped ; a
I mob collected round her, and began to handle her
very roughly; a gentleman happening to pass at the
,time, interposed, learning the cause took her into a.
house, where being informed that the party was a
widow, being left with six children, and was in gr, it
distress for want, humanely gave her some maney to
supply her present wants, and gave her his address
where to call upon him, when he would do some-
thing for her family.
Friday a seaman was apprehended in Bath-square,
On the Point, Portsmouth, by Riddett, a constable
of that,borough, for breaking the windows of a pub-
lie-house, and otherwise behaving in a disorderly
manner. Whilst he was conveying the OEM to the
gaol, he was interrupted by several other seamen,
till, at length, a crowd of persons surrounded him,
and it became necessary for more constables to come
to his assistance. Soon after which a number of per-
sons, prihcipally seamen, made an effort to rescue
'the man, when Ridded struck one of them, named
Wes.'Coleinan, belonging to the Paws, with his staff,
two blows on the back part of the head, which
'knocked him down. The constables then proceeded
to place the offender in gaol. On their return, Cole-
man was found lying on the pavement in a state of
'apparent insensibility. On being examined, it ap-
peared he had received a contusion on the skull,
'Which, it is supposed, caused a-depression of the
brain. He was taken to Hasler Hospital, and, we
regret to state, bellied on Saturday morning. An
inquest will be held on the body by Mr. GRIGG,
Coroner.. Two seamen have been committed for 1
violent breach of the peace, in attempting to make a
rescue of the offending mar, and Ridded remains in
cast ildy until the Coroner's decision is known.