The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-08-17 00:00:00

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occsiion„ ler: Heath was his Comore', end Mr:
Adolphus oppend With success. On the pre:
sent oiceplen tie Learned Gentle:nett Changed sides
-.;:the faro* otipoied tbi lied the latter
defended Mr with more thai sseal.einseitnisi.
thli curse of tie investigation, which fisted fpr
tel hien, though the facts lay In 4 rewysinsail comp
Pais the Learned Rural
became, inelingly
*an
s.—When Mr. iodinated a desire Ii pet
none particular *weeks to a Witeeis,_ Mr. A botiegi
rimmed his istosishilient tint a Gentleman of*
years' standing at. tin Bar child have thoigist
.of .
dole, is in title inanner ; and the forner retorted
with tSe eipiessiod Of his amaieriene.. ,fist i tureen.
damn of allie freers' steadied et the Bar Pieta head
objected to did not iiiterpoio by
prwsiSgul opintmi either est betweirir the Learned
Oinattilies, sad tie Ittiiliint eras, ii 641 liOdi dia.
'gorged.
The rlieckithie lone froiErriiri
`Shoo appaied by- Messrs, Biiisirt and Htiaetr, on be.
half of whist creditors. the torn* Coursel took
preliminary objection ti the schedsititi
which did not contain I deicriptirin of the periphery,
nine of bill wife slid frigidly's apparel, *Mk went
very tatty. 'the schedule has; also degeiniii; insi.
mach as it conteitied no aCcasnit if the profiti of the
Inaolventls bunions, iirhith was totidicted tit hlo
wife during Ms itePriineraeat:
. Mr. Pot,Loct contended; f ihiolyi thit•thii. deo
nription of the sprintl lee iet forth In tin altedulei
Jun referred to the wordi 6i sundry w•aries ap-
parel" as a proof et that font. The hildt
that this description die intake:heti Sad disetisseat
tbs haulms's Petition.
CONFLIGRATIONti
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Oa Wednesday afternoon last, about two o'clock;
,a fire broke eat upon the farm belonging to his Ma.
y, situate et !Mute, in the oc4pstiois of Mr.
W. Firing, es tenant to the Board of Ordnance.—.
It was first discovered by Mrs. Barren, as she was
petting by in her chaise.; end she immeNstely gave ne6
tice teatime labourers, who ran to the spot sod esed
every effort to ntinguish It; but it soon comment:
cited to the barn, and so rapid, irresistible, Ind de.
vsstatious was its coarse, that in less.lhao qp hour
the whole of the stock and premises, consisting of
wheat ricks, bay ricks, pea and been ricks, dereillogdi
houses, barns, stables, sod other biddies., words
entirely reduced to ashes. About 30 nein, of old
wheat, a cart, a waggon, .and a cart coition, steed
saved. It is net yet **ermined to what
Fidlin injured, nor can the orisisekseasit et
the calamity be ammetahied. It Is stiejnotsred
have been occadoned soon persdn who had bassi
smoking near the premises having throsso the somainst
of his pipe into the yard. When discoveredit bord
so little of that threatening appearance which it nod
assumed, that the inenendeavoured toeatingehth it br
distributing it abroad with their pronge,ind trampling
upon it. A puff of wind blew the embers inwards the
barn and a rick,and in a few minutes these titre, at (hie
distance of 30 yards apart, blazed with all
the (cry and strength of the most ignited material.—:
Mr. Fidlin bad only jolt obtained possession of the
farm. Ile was not insured. The loss, it is sup.
posed, will not prove to amount to lees, thyg,3oool.
Had the wind blown from an opposite direction, it
would hare proved impossible to hare prevented the
destruction of Hilsea barracks, end of .11,therbonsen
and property in that quarter. We are requested Ica
state. that although all endeavours to %than the tirti
proved unavailing, yet Mr. Fidlin is truly sensible
of, and grateful for, the assistance so promptly rens
dered him upon this distrening occasion, by the
many distinguished character, who were preseo ; and
he cannot omit the earliest opportunity of returning
them, as well as all others,. his Mew* eitank.ai and
though he is unable to particularize the whole, yet
fie cannot be denied the liberty to steetion.the times
of Lord Howard, Sir Locios Curtis, Birt.rand Col.
Farquharson. and the Officers of the 25th regiment,
stationed at Hilsea barracks, whose united esertione
were conspicuously great.—(Porlsmouth Paper.) •
A few days since, a woman, who was employed
tO cut some wheat is a field belonging to Mr.
Mathews, of Idsworth, neer Horndean, mode a fire
to boil her kettle, a spark of which set fire to the
stable, it consmeniceted to the uncut whew, and im
a few minutes nearly three acres were entirely eon.
fumed. Bat for the very great evictions of Mr.
Maidlow, and a number of his men, a barn filled
with corn, and a wheat-rick, most bare bees like.,
wise destroyed.

PROVIDINVAL DELIVERANCE.--011 Wednesday
last a party of geatlemon, consisting of Messrs. C. W.
Harper, Martin, Morton, Planell, and Windey,
all of Bath, proceeded on a pleasure eatorsion, in
large boat, from Weston.super•Mare to the Flat
Holmes. Having enjoyed a most beantifol day, they
embarked about five o'clock in the evening to retora
home ; bat had not been bet a few minutes at sea
before the wind rose, and drove the boat on the
rocks, where she instantly struck. All was imme-
diately consternation on board; but on wavering a
little from their confostoo, Messrs. Martin and Pin.
nell stripped themselves, and swam ashore; *ad by
the assistance of some ;Wawa from the island, lbe
other gentlemen were happily amid from danger.
and the boat got off from the rocks, in which, as it
fortunately had not received moch damage from toe
blow, they afterwards reached the place from whence
they started.
The proprietors of the Margate Steam Packet have
lately mad. a clear profit of 1,1001. by one week'
voyages of their boat.