The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-12-10 00:00:00

TICE. STATE s'

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A meeting took place yesterday evening (Friday, 6th
irstont), a short distance below .13ray, betwees I'. Fee-
grtson and Gabriel Stokes, Esqrs., when after en ca.
ei‘arre of shots, the business terminated amicably.
N.rwrons Carmichael and Kerin attended professionally.
--(Dublin Freeman's Journal).
DlNucnon, Dec. 6.—Between twelve and one o'clock
yesterday 1110111-1111(, a fire broke out in the premises of
the University Printing Office, Villafield, Glasgow,
stitch had at first an alarming appearance, but was hap-
p:ly subdued before doing any material damage.
ANOTHER AIATRIMONIAL FREAC—A farmer in the
north country had two daughters. A young man paid
his addresses to the younger. Papa wished to dispose of
the elder first, but the youth continued steadfast in his
Veniality. lye was verbally. married to the younger;
but deceitful hymen placed la his arms the lady intend-
ed for bins by his too prawn father-is-law, and it is
said that he did not discover the mistake instil the fol.
leering moruing.—(Edinbargle Star.)
We hare this week the pleasure to announce, that the
dispetes which have lately subsisted between the keel-
men All the Tyne rod their employers, are approAching
theiraernileation. On Thursday the Stella,
sratlVl4ker keelmen resumed their work as usual, and
vecerakkeeltuen from the miter collieries came down for
tue purse of taking empty keels up to the respective
wanks. these am as well u all those belonging to
Wiillbettle colliery, were 'greed to resume their
work as .raiday (yesterday) storming. -- (Newcastle
hruriele,Mee 7.)

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THE HURRICANE.
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(rem vna DUBLIN LYININO POST Or SATURDAY.
On Thursday evening about five o'clock, the wind
somewhat about S.A.W. one of the most dreadfnl hurri
canes, perhaps ever remembered in Dublin, earns on,
fortunatly its extreme violence did not continue much
more than two hours, during which time the mischief
that has been done in Dublin and its vicinity is incalcu-
I able—we regret to add that by the falling of chimneys
and houses, several lives have been lost. We partici'•
tarty hri to call the attention of the public to the case
of Mr. Elliott, of Sackville-street, who, by this awful
visitatin• , has been deprived of a child and an aged and
infirm aunt, and the entire of his stock in trade, consist-
ing of .cabinet work, &c. destroyed. As yet we have re-
ceived no accounts from the distant parts of the country
of any mischief having been done ; it is somewhat sin-
gular that on the same night in 1821, a most dreadful
tempest was experienced in Dublin and its neighbour-
hood. We proceed to lay before our readers a few of
the casualties that have occurred.
Between b and 9,, a house was blown-down in Cam-
den-street ; it was at first rumoured that the whole of
the finally were buried beneath the ruins. The police
repaired to the spot, and discovered that the house be-
longed to C. Keogh, cabinet-maker ; the family, five in
number, providentially escaped by the back premises
into Mr. Singer's garden. Mr. Keogh, when aware
'that his house was falling, luckily flung a quantity of
water on the fire, and thus prevented, in all probability,
another ralawity ; he narrowly escaped, however, for
in one moment after he quitted the tottering mansion,
it fell in with a terrific crash.
Two large trees were tern up by the roots, near aft
Bleeding Horse, Portobello.
The house, No. 5, in Aungier-street, was rocked like
a creole, for a considerable time, in an astonishing man-
ner, the front wall at length gave war, and the upper
and garret floors were unmasked, much to the terror of
the flying inhabitants.
The parapet wall of the house, 20, Great Ship-street,
was driven across the street, and broke down the railing
on the other side of the way.
Several chimneys were broken down in tl,e Police
Barracks, Kevin-street, which suffered considerable da-
mage ; the slates and glass were also driven furiously
about, and a watch-box in the barrack-yard. wherein
the inhabitant took refuge (ruin the elements, was, touch
to his consternation, forced on a considerable distance,
and overturned.
A stack of chimneys was forced through the roof
and flooring of Mritobinson's house, No. 8, Inn's-quay.
and some of the bricks and rubbish found their way
down even to the cellar.--The house, 75, Pill-lane, was
blown down.
A wall fell in Mass-lane, and a bricklayer, named
Travors, was nearly buried under it ; his leg was mach
injured.
The roof of Mr. Ilutchinson's hosse,'Henrietta-street,
fell in • the coachman received considerable injury.
Mr. Field's house, on the Coombe, was blown in, and
a woman hurt.
A forge was carried away in Watling-street.
Several chimneys were blown down in Saukville-street,
and some individuals injured by the falling of slates and
bricks.
Between live and six o'clock, the chimney of Mr.
lliott's house, Saukville-street, Britain-street, was
forced through the centre of the house and into the
kitchen, when,melancholy to relate, a son of Mr. Elliott's,
four years old, and • female, aged from seventy to eighty,
were both killed.—The house, No. 33, Essex-street. was
entirely blown down ; also a home near the Bleeding
Horse.
Mr. Anderson's chimney and trees in Love-lane, we'll
blown down and scattered in various directions. .
Mr. Jackson's boom, No. 110, Grafton-steer!. wen
forced.'during the tempest; by robbers, and s desicori*
other articles, taken.
The upper part of Dunn's public house, Na. 1,
Aston's-quay, was blown down by the violence of tits
storm.
At four o'clock the Royal Sovereign steam-boat,Capt.
Skinner, arrived at Howtli, just before the storm bertaine
most terrific. The mail coach conveying the hags pro-
ceeded to town with great difficulty ; and the heavy coach
with passengers just lauded from England, lefth !lowa,
about six o'clock, on its way to town, and having pro-
ceeded two miles, the coachman was obliged t• halt,
and return to flowth, having been nearly overturned.
About four o'clock, a large ship put into Howth, and
came to anchor in that harbour ; she was not long there
when she was driven from her anchors out to sea, and is
supposed to have foundered.
The largest trees in Lord Charleitiont's &mei, wire
dragged from their beds, and nearly all the cabins between
Howlh and Clontarf, bear melancholy tokens of devasta-
tion.
Considerable damage has been done to teeny houses and
persons lathe Liberty gallon the Quays. The copper sheet-
ing of thedome over the Hall of the Four Courts was raised
and cut in many places by the wind. Two caravans on their
way from Naas to Dublin were overturned by the tempest.
a tid• poor man blown into the Liffey about six o'clock. The
fir es were blown about so at various bakeries in town, that
many bakers desisted from their work, which caused some
sear city of bread in many parts of the city yesterday. Many
vessels were forced from their moorings in Klegstowu har-
bour,
fire' to
rdoodriven to
blownsea. off the Pollee-office at Rie.nehards
town„ and the spire of Cionsillash Church also.
TWO large trees, and a part of the demense-wall of Sir
Compton Domenic, fell about eight o'clock across the road,
and completely stopped up all passage for some time. The
mail coach fur Drogheda, &c. fortunately escaped without
injury, through the attendance of Peace-officer Cahill and
party. The guard was compelled to order the conch to be
driven back, and they were obliged to take the Coolock
road.
Two houses were blown down, and several unroofed, at
eremite, about five o'clock.
Several stacks of hay were broken up from the hag-
gards, and scattered about in all directions.
Church-street watch-house afforded an asylum to
1 many of the inhabitants of that neighbourhood for a
considerable time.
During the gale, Mr. Henry's house, 9, Upper Gardi-
ner-street, was robbed of a considerable number of arti-
' cles, plate, a gold watch, and wearing apparel.
Two trees were blown down in the Rotunda Gardens,
Into Cavendish-row. Two walls in George's-street and
Grenville street were prostrated. A small house in
Denmark-street was demolished, and the corner house
of Moore-street much injured. Four houses were de-
stroyed by the :wind in Mecklenburg's-street, the pro-
perly of Mr. Booker. The roofs of several houses,
many windows and lamps in Saukville-street, and the
North side of the town generally, were greatly dm ,
'staged. A lamp-lighter was blown from Ida ladder. is
Cumberland-street; at first he seemed to have born
killed, but he is reported to be better. The gas was
very generally extinguished throughout Dublin, and
many of the street lamps blown out and shattered ; the
iron rivets were, in some places, torn away, and the lamp
irons broken. ,
It became indispensable to close tbe shops throughout
Dublin, at an unusually early hour, and few ventured to
brave the storm, that had local habitations.
At Kingstown, one of the crew of the Richmond Re-
venue Cruiser, was blown into the water, while (with
others who had been on shore) returning to his I.
Shortly afterwards the Richmond, with other ls, was
driven from her moorings as far as the Floating Light,
(called„ The Kish;" she returned to the harbour at
two o'clock yesterday. The bowsprit of the Ro)sl
George cruiser was carried away, and part of the

faeTtsg of the New Pier, at Kingstown, was demolished.
•=The old Wall at the "fir of the late Theatre of Ana-
tomy, in the College-Park, came crumbling down at
eight o'clock, and twenty-one trees; some of rather a stout
description, were laid low.
A hackney-coach driver, passing through Stephen's-
green, a as forced down between lals horses, one of %Melt
falling over him, injured the pour man very much in the
head.

THE LATE STORM

TRURO, Dec. 6.—Laet evening and the whole of last
night it blew a tremendous gale from the S. W. It has
moderated a little this morning ; we have not as yet
heard of any damage being sustained slung our coast ;
the shipping in Falmouth harbour rode out the storm
in safety.
Wsuwice, Dec. 7.—The weather, during most part
of the present week, has been extremely inclement and
variable, and on Thursday night, it was accompanied
with one of the most dreadful gales of wind we ever re-
member to have experienced ; in fact, it blew a perfect
hurricane. In this town and neighbourhood, its effects
were widely felt ; scarcely a roof has escaped some
damage, more or less ..xtensive, and ,many windows
have been nearly shattered to pieces by the fury of the
blast.
LEERS, Dec. 7.—On Thursday night list a violent
storm of wind attended at intervals by rain and anew,
prevailed here for several hours ; bnt from midnight to
three o'clock in the morning it blew a perfect hurricane.
The damage• done in this neialibuni hood is not very
considerable, except that a new build:ne, near Spring
Gardens, in an unfinished state, belonging to Mr. Cal-
vert, dyer, was so much injured by the storm, as to be
reduced almost to a ruin.
STORM is YORK.-10 the night of Thursday last, we
experienced a torm of wind, snow, and rain,
which continued till four or five o'clock on Friday morn-
ing. The following, however, was the principal mis-
chief occasioned thereby :—a part of the line spire of
North•street Church was blown down, the stones of
which forced, by their weight, through the roof—several
of the large trees on the new walk were forced up by
the roots, and some few of the chimnies in the city were
a little den/aged.
NewcasThe Dec. 7.—The weather for the last ten
days, though occasionally 'doing, has, on the whole,
been very tine fur the season ; but on Thursday evening
after a fine day, a violent storm of wind and snow set
in from the S. E. which it is to be feared, will prove to
have been very disastrous at sea.
BRISTOL, Dec. 9,—This City and neighbourhood ex-
perienced ou Thursday night one of the most tre-
meridians gales of wind front the S. W. that we have
ever remembered. We fear we shall be informed of the
damage that must have been sustained in the Channel.
We bear from the Guards of the Birmingham and Oxford
mails, that the roads and fields as they passed, were
strewed with trees and branches.

Irtantmenr DCBTORI Acr.—A numerous and res-
pectable meeting of the merchants, manufacturers, tra-
ders, and others, inhabitants of Knaresborough, took
place at the Stssion's House, on Monday the 2nil
pursuant to general requisition, to consider the pro-
priety of petitioning Parliament for the total repeal of
the above art. Mr. John Foster was unanimously call-
ed to the Chair, and he dwelt with great perspicuity on
the intolerable evils attendant on the operation of this
Act, to the trading interests of this kingdom ; through
this Act, the Chairman ob d, " Commercial cotifi-
attice was rapidly approaching to decay, whilst, at the
NW time, a moral geld of iniquity way opened. in the
perpetration of the most deplorable perjury and fraud-1
the advocates of the Bill came forward on a principle of
mistaken feeling.aat variance with every clay's observe,- I
fins aatlpractice—for the real and proper objects of
Winaireratione Onvito be fount —not amongst the
weeny persecuted debtors, but amongst the suffering
and almost despairing creditors, who probably had de-
nied themselves and families, many, and perhaps even
necessary indolgencies, in support of their exertions—
men who would scorn to contract the most trilling debt,
without being conscientiously satisfied of their ability
M discharge it at the proper period : and yet, through
the machinery of this Act, were left without any legal
security for the protection of their honest industry."—
l'After much general information hail been elicited, the
-Meeting resolved unanimously. to petition Parliament
through their Representatives, the Bight Hon. George
Tierney and Sir James Mackintosh, for a total repeal
of the Bill.—(Yorkshire Gerzeite)
Several stands of arms have been lately taken by the
different r to of the county of Cork •

Whiteboys in ---ient parts _ ..ntv at
in two Owes Tithe-Corn lies been destroyed by ineen-

diaries:
Last week, some gooseberries, of the size of peas,
being a second produce, were taken from the open
ground, in the garden at Morecambe Lodge, near Len-

caster.
A few days since, a very fine hedge strawberry was
gathered in the neighbourhood of Kingabridge, Devon.
It measured 11 inches round, Was quite ripe, and had
an excellent flavour; there were. ten or twelve heads of
blossom on the same sprig.
At an auction sale of farming stock, last week, on the
premises of Mr. Rayner, in the parish of Sazilby, near
Lincoln, 2 good working mares were sold, one for 2
guineas, the other for 2/.; a stack.of hay, about 30 tons,
for 301.; a good broad-wheeled cart for 255.: a market
cart for 23.. a good pair of cum., capable of carrying
two tons, for 235. soothe r excellent pair fur 4/. ; 2 good
plough., one for IL 6s. the other for It. 45.; 2 new lad-
ders, cost 31.35. and 21.2.., for 7s. 0.1. and Si. 641. ; and
a quatitityof other articles at the same rate, without any
collation between the sellers and buyers. —(Staniord
News.)
The show of fat cattle for the premiums offered by
the Highland Society of Scotland. it will be seen, is
fixed for Thursday the 26th inst. at Queensberry House.
An annual exhibition of stock has Wog been established
in London and Dublin, but it is quite new in this metro-
polis, and is expected to create great inters.!, In con-
sequence of this show, a supply of excellent meat will
be afforded to our market at Christmas. We are in-
formed that the Committee, to whom the regulation of
details has been committed by the society intend to
make arrangements for admitting the public to see the
prize stook, for which the excellent accommodation in
the enclosures at Queensberry House hill Alford great
facility.—(Ediabstres Star.)
MURDER ix Have Partal—Sioce Saturday night the
greatest alarm has been excited at the west end of the
town, in consequence of the discovery of the body of a
gentleman in the Serpentine River, Hyde Park, with the
throat cut in a most horrible manner, supposed to have
been done by robbers, as no property as found upon
Aim, except one bad sixpence, a pair of spectacles in a
case, and a pocket comb. There was a quantity of blood
about 30 yards from the spot where he was loon I in the
river, and drops of blood upon the ground along that
distance, as if he had been dragged thither. This was
the cause of the discovery, the river being in consequence
dragged, when the body was found about 20 yards from
the shore. There was a deep cut across the deceased's
chin, and his knuckles were also cut, which indicated
that he had made cousiderable resistance. He appeared
to be about 60 years of age, was a very stout powerful
man, fresh coloared, and well dressed in a dirk frock
coat, black silk waistcoat, light coloured kersey-
, mere small clothes, worsted stockings, high and' boots
and gaiters, but there was nothing about him to lead to
a discovery of who he was. Information has been given
t to the Coroner to hold an inquest on the body.

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FORMATION OF A NEW SOCIE g Y
FOR THE 111FROFIEVIIHT OY TNIWATRRIIN ATLI OTHRRS OF
THE LABOLRINO CLASSES ENO•ORD ONTHE RI% EHTUAN,q.

Yesterday evening a leery nnmerens zed reepeet- hie
f.eti ng was held at the 'reit roost of the City of Lon-
don Tavern, fo► the purpose of considering what were
the best memos of improving the 11 ititual and temporal
condition of the ‘Vatermen, Lightettnen; Harcemen,
Firemen, and others engaged upon the ricer Thames.
The room was completely tilled; and the platform wits
crowded by persons connected with the shipping in-
terests in the river ; a number of firemen wtte also
con-
epic amts.
Sheriff and Alderman THometuar, was nnenimensly
called to the Chair, and he in a neat speech stated the
object of the Meeting, which was to aVord those facili-
ties for the promotion of Christian knowledge atucepst
a most numerous class (namely, those through whose
labours the great commerce of the river had been carried
on) that had been given to other ci whose claim•
could not he placed in competition with those of the
labourers on the ricer, whose deplorable ignorance and
irreligion was only equalled by their temporal distress,
which might be said to be the necessary consequence of
their state of darkness.
An Address to the Meeting was read by a Gentleman ;

and
The Rev. Mr. SMITII. of Penzance, addressed the
Meeting at great length, in behalf ut the class. 'fh••
body ofinen in who..
ma•lef
amorep to the sympathy.
of the Meeting was male, nted to npwards of
9,11011, mostly with large families; and it was greatly
to he lamented, that no direct means had been employ nt
to moralize a set of men, many of whom exhibited do.
privity, deep and wide spreading, as the river they
navigated. It was proposed to establish a Free SchO n,
fur the clothing and education of their children ; a•td,
when precticable, to establish an Asylum for these of
the Watereten, who were past labour. In particular ;t
would be an object of the Society to procure the aboli-
tion of the practice of letting boats on hire, withnot
Watermen to accompany them, to young men, whose
lives were frequently lost by their ignorance of the
management. If this object were effected, tench of that
shameful and systematic violation of the sabbatli, of
the river, would be abolished.
A string of Resolutions for the formation of a 5..-
ciety, and the nomination of • Committee, were agreed

to.
A liberal subscription was made, and at alont
half-past ulna o'clock the Meeting upended highly
gratified.

SPORTING INTELLI6ENCE4

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BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S—Dm 9.
Grum —l3 to 2 apt c, out of Emily-9 to 1 asst Tells-
man-10 to I asst c. out of Web-10 to 1 oast c. out of
Folly-200 to 9 agst Sir Win. Milner's c.
oAill.-13 to 2 agst f. out of Zsids— 17 to 2 apt sr t)
Suttao-9 to I apt sr to sallor-9 to legit f. out of Oliver.
to • Spa Moses.
DONCASTEII Lute.-1U to 1 agst Miss Fanny, by
Walton-10 to I apt Sherwood.

S Curia.—Hr. Morrison, of Tooting, end Capt.
Jaques, a bold rider of the Farley Hunt, started yesterday
from Moekey, le cross the country to Beggar's Bush, Sur-
rey, shoat 14 miles.-11r. Morrison rode the Rage mare.
bought of Mr. Forrester : and Capt. Jacques rode a hog*
belonging to Mr. Brown, the fastest of the Farley Hunt .M..
Morrison reached home ten minutes before his °payment, in
42 minutes, the Captain's horse having received a alight
hurt in the fetlock joint. It was for 80 guineas aside.
$a2222 SHOOTING.—Mr. Matheson, of Royston Abbey,
undertook on Saturday to kill 49 birds, partridges and phea-
sants, in 90 shots, over tqo teasers is Suits. It was alto-
gether a novel match, as It was to be performed in one day.
sod the ground for operation befog so condoed. that birds
got off the manors, and were obliged to be sprang by dogs
to get them in. This !eft Mr. Matheson no alterative but
to shoot at uncertain birds, and in so doing he was best.
He lilted nine brace of partridges, and a leash of pheasants,
making 91 only le the 16 shots.
Lord Donner had nearly met with a fatal accident at °rots
Park, skate pheasant shooting commenced. Dyke, the game-
keeper discharged his piece at a bird. withnut observing
his Lordship, who was approaching in the direction io whims
the gun went off, but was concealed from him by a large
tree; part of the contents of the gum lodged in his Lord-
ship's chest, but we are happy to say he is rapidly recover-
ing, and is deemed oat of danger.
On Saturday night last, as Batemao, one of the Doke of
Buckingham's keepers. sod two assistants, were on the !cots
out for poachers. they detected three men near Paper Mitt
Spinney, a preserve near Stowe. in the set of poaching,
having set a gate net. They attacked Bateman and his as-
sistants stop despirately, and entirely disabled the two as-
sistants. They al•o wounded Bateman, who Melees
followed them as far as Buffer's liolt, in the hope of there
getting some assistance to apprehend them; hut sot being
able to proms any, he then gave up the pursuit. Tao
poachers have not yet been discovered. Bateman was so
much injured. as to he obliged to keep his bed till Thursday ;
his assistants were not so seriously hurt.
On Saturday se'nnigth, -- Schofield, one of the
gamekeepers of the Marchioness of Hertford, at Temple-
Newsam, was setting two spridg guns, connected witb,
each oilier, when he accidentally trod on the wire, ani
immediately received the contents io his face and thigh.
The wounds are sever', bat not sufficiently so as to en-
danger his life. The adoption of these murderous
engines, after the calamitous accidents which have so
often been occasioned by them, ought severely to be de-
precated. What is the loss of a whole preserve of
game, compared with the sacrifice of the li
single human being.?
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Beckett, the poor bird-keeping boy, wantonly shot In the
face, near Heston. is to be placed to so es trade. Sixty
pounds are subsetibed for him. Tu the on man. Bell, who.
took care of Neste. eve pounds have been given.
A dreadful fire broke out on Friday asewning,betweem
fonr and five &clack, at Southinead Farm house. be-
tween llorfield and Westbury, about three miles from,
this city, which extensive premises (occupied by Mr-
Young and two or three other tenants) with nearly the
whole of the household furniture, dead stock, &c. were
completely destroyed, in about three hours. An :tiaras
being given in this city, the Bristol Crown and Nor-
wich Union Fire Engines were immediately despatched.
with the greatest activity, hut notwithstanding • very
plentiful supply of water, it had very little effect upar•
the devouring element, the wind being extremely lii';`t.;
The fire is supposed to have originated id' a -chimney.
which was on fire the evening before, and through which
a beam was fixed. We understand that the property
was not insured. Southoreml Honse was formerly • gen-
tleman's mansion, but has been for many years occu-
pied as a farm-house.—(Bristol Herrn ri
About half-past twelve o'clock on last Wednes !ate
morning, an alarming fire broke out on the malt house of
'Arises. W. E. and T. Humphrey Brewers, of :Vestgiti,
Chichester ; but four engines and a host of assistance
bring quickly on the spot, the AMC': were subsided,
after the destruction of the malt-honse and a quantity of
malt, amounting altogether in value, it has been said,
to about 6001. It was occasioned by the carelessness of
the malster.
EASTBOURNE, DEC. 7. 1822.—0 n IVednesday evening
a man of the Coast Blockade, while conveying a box of
letters from this place to Berlin Gap, unfortunately fell
over the Cliff, a height of near 3011 feet, near to Holy-
well, when strange to relate, he escaped with only 4,
fracture of one of the small bones of his arm, though
the box containing the letters was literally dasli,i to
atoms. It tieing low water and the night very d :he
Win was directed to go under the Cliff, it being ti.
mare safe, but contrary to the directions be went over
the bill.

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