The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-12-08 00:00:00

The Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAWO are ex- ,
Stn,---In reading .the ;bate of Thursday,
pected in England in about a month. Preparations -
not help noticing how warmly the conduct
making for them ; and, we omderstand, his Royal
Highness's house, at Kew, is repairing for their re-
ception. Admiralty was supported by an no
The King of Petunia, has granted estates to Princes notrable ,
HANDENBERG and BLUCHER, to support the new her, who represented himself 89 Chairman
dignity to which they have been raised. The grant LLOYD'S, and who pretended to state to the
to the Chancellor of State bonsists in the late mili- the number of captures made,withia different
s
, iO'gr
ttry district of Leitzen, and the bailiwick of Suilitz. by the American cruisers; and to
That of Prince Bencrtza is composed of considerable benefit , that has been derived by. -
estates belonging to the Abbey of Trebnitz, in the
principality of Oels, in Silesia. 1 world, in consequence of the excellent
raised by i made by the, Adntt, Ira- Ity,. ,i;erTi,gra—niing 01-- - ti
A considerable detachment of soldiers,
Government for the East India Company's service, ; number of strong convoy, WO, pi'
' trade,' and by preventing alt mesh froge'
was last week embarked in the Ilfracombe transport,
without convoy. i wao, Inswifert so (
rr to.
at Gravesend, for the Isle of Wight ; it has been cal-
culated that the embarkation of these men in they
Win. Gentleman did not iive is floc
authentic explanetion how, this l'elkkiteitat
neighbourhood of London, without sending them to the
the army depot, would be a saving to the Company
of 20,0001. per annum. arisen; o for at-present it appa4 mot
i
The War Duties ceasing on the 17th lust. the duty to me, as Well trite many •other*, , that his ,
t can at all be relied on ; for it is a well.kno,
on coals, after that period, in the port of London
will be 98. 4d. per chaldron, instead of 12s. 6d. which
to all nautical then, that there are, at least
it at present is. f
..Fetters were yesterday received from Teneriffe to the quantity of captures made of our•
the 24th of October. The Canary Islands were in vessels sailing under convoy, than would be,
complete subjection to the Spanish authorities, and it to sail single ships ; this, Sir, I defy tire Hon,
I seems to be the only situation in a western direction tleman to deny. 1 beg of him only to refer
where the dependencies of that power are not either
1
fleet which sailed in January lea, under
in a state of open rebellion or secret conspiracy. the Queen, of 74 guns, for the West
It is reported that the general creditors under
WIMEHEAD and Co.'s bankruptcy will be much in-
Ido not labour under a very great mistake,
t I jored in consequence of the country banks at Bristol, find that abouty thirty salt of them were
Bath, and Southampton, being enabled to cover and destroyed ; let him refer to the convey
the whole amount of their claims by Government round the North Cape, last year, and he
extents, the proprietors of those banks being respec-
twenty-six sail of them, laden with naval stt
, tively employed to receive the duties arising from the Archangel, taken and carried into Norway
Customs and excise.
The Cambrian bas arrived at Liverpool from
him give an account of the fleet which
Buenos Ayres, and has brought us advises to the
about four months since, for Quebec,
, convoy of the Liffey ; let him, for a moinalt, 10th of September. The Grace, the Anne, and the
I Robertson, soiled on the 3d, but have not reached consider how many ships, richly laden, were •
I England. The politicil news is very scanty by this out of that fleet, and he will find among the
!opportunity, but as far as it goes it is satisfactory. some whose cargoes consisted of the very
Very agreeable accounts have been received from
Chili, and the bonds of friendship between the stores which were wanted for the protection of
eastern and western Colonies were becoming more nada, and which have lately been disposed of
close and secure. The independent partizans were tic auction in the United States; and as the,'
wholly masters of the shores of the river Plate, and boasts of being an underwriter, I beg that he tee
notwithstanding the menaces from Spain, no force refer to his port letters of yesterday, and h '
y, e will find
had appeared to subdue the spirit, or interfere with that the L,17,,, has again returned, all safe, in e
the authority of the natives.
days, from Quebec, from which place she sailedlt is said, in letters from Rome, that Dr. MiLNER ..l a large fleet under her convoy, the whole of
has totally failed in his representations to his Holi-
991 ti
ness the POPE against the letter of QUARANTOTTI. which she lost sight of a few days afterwards, eel
The POPE has signified his determination to acqui. many of them, no doubt, have already found their
esce in such measure, with respect to the Veto, as way into an American port. This, is the it
1 Sir, sod
shall be judged necessary by the English Govern. of protection to which the Honourable Cent. tat
meat in the nomination of Catholic Bishops; so that f been pleased to state the eommercial world has no
we trust that this important subject will be put at rect.
We learn that the Holy College begin to feel that complain reason fo of. I , however, hope that he vii
they have gone too far. The Priests who preached reconsider his statement on Thursday last in the
in the churches were, in the outset so vehement in Hem of Commons ; and the nest time the sobjtet
their intolerance as to excite animosities and ven- is brought forward, tell the world a different tale.—
geance among the lower orders of the people. In The only reason that I can assign for his errimpost
so much that the Holy Inquisition itself has been statement is, that being an underwriter, he 'we.
forced to set bounds to its apostolic zeal. ceived his premiums, but settled no loses yet, it
It is now said, that the accouchentenL of JOANNA, fling too much the custom at Lloyd's not io setts
Souvricorr is postponed for nine months longer, at tie Term time.
the end of which time the Prophetess promises to 4 Batson's Ctrr e• horse, Dec. S.
gratify her believers with twins.

T• THE EDITOR OF THE STArEsic
.--........

Q R.

I Fooreaniw4tonday evening as Mr. Corney, who WIC ROqCOE, Esq. of Liverpool, has lately tem
I resides at Stansteacca villagebetween Ho&leaden and. on a visit at Sir J. F.. SMITH'S, in Norwirli, 02
hWere, was returning- from Iluddesdon on foot, and Mitirsday last this tiiitinguished poet and usoritt
when he had got about half a mile from the town' st proceeded to Holkatn, for the examination of scat
the bottom of the hill, he was attacked by two foot. Italian manuscripts in Mr. Coos's valuable library,
pads armed with bludgeons, who, it is supposed, had The Ewcretta, one of the traders which Wird
got to the knowledge of his being at Hoddeadon for from-Quebec on the lUth ult. under convoy of Ilts
the purpose of receiving a sum of money, and way- Liffey frigate, arrived on Tuesday off Folkestone...l
laid him ; they tripped him up, one of them held The Rweretia is Weil with furs, and her cargo is
him down, while the other rifled his pockets of bank valued at 350,0001. The fleet was dispersed in i
notes to the amount of upwards of 1001. and other I violent gale on the 15th, off the banks of Newland•
properly, also his watch, chain, .and seals. They! land, and it is to be apprehended that some of. this
left him on the ground, anti made off up a lane.---7- . will be picked up by the enemy's privateers.
'After Mr. Coruey had recovered himself, he made c
1 msrour.Aft Fox CHASE.—A few days ago, is Mr.;
ithe best of his way back to Hoddesdon, and pro. , John
Graham, a young men, shoemaker, residia in
curing assistance, went with torches in pursuit of the
1 robbers. They searched the fields, and for some dis. Walton, Cumberland was at work, he espied a fall
Cumberland,
grown fox deliberately walking up the rod dig
lance near the lane, but were obliged to give up 'leads through the above village. Graham imMei
the pursuit.
dlately ran down stairs after Reynnrd, who instantly
ConomEn's INuuts.r.—Monday an Inquest sat ors
A
Bottle, Uxbridge, before G. Il'betaking himself to flight, was followed by this mi.
the body of Thomas Hammond,
at the
Es Swan
They an and i dent Achilles, and although encumbered with a pair
onasox, q.of clogs, his apron, and other appendages, after a
i deceased was engaged in navigating a boat that pro. I
,k :desperate for ihedges and
rare, severe minuses, over
!reeded to and from Leicester to London,
on `"e ditches, during which he turned tot animal many
Grand Junction Canal. On the Thursday preceding,i
on arriving near Uxbridge, the deceased left the boat I , by the neck, held him up to his astonished comps. times, he succeeded in catching him, and seizing Mal
to get thelocks filled with water through which they 1
Woos. In passing through the village the fox leapt
were to pass ; but as he did rot return to the boat !
the wall of the church-yard, a height of six WI
when expected, a search for him was commenced,
and after dragging for some time, they found him' without touching it, and was instantly followed by
in a hole near the guard-rail quite dead. No doubt Ms swift-footed pursuer. Heynard wss afterwards
:
existing that he had fallen from the lock gate by . takeo to Walton House, where he now remains.
• - _... . •• •
accident, the Jury returned a verdict of Accidentally i Cowes ROBBERY. On Friday •the Node?
Drowned.
Drowned. • coach, on its way to London, was robbed of Owe
The case of the Countess of ROSESERRY, we art. parcels, directed to hankers .on- in l ,t-
- on, containing
derstand, will come on in a few days before a legal notes and bills. There was no violence used to tin
tribonal. lockt and three parcels resembling those, and di.
_

, .
I- - •
. h
Cast week, late one evening, the family of Mr. ' rected in the same way, were found the inn m t..e.
being usual place, which were taken to the hankers' as di Hardbottle, of Oxford-road, Manchester,
alarmed by- a noise in the yard, Mr. Hardbttle got
0
reefed, and thus the robbery was discovered, as this
up, and observed a man standing at the inside door parcels only contained rabbis[. The rolbery
of the yard • after calling out he would shoot him if'
tn
supposed to have been committed by four, men, psi-
he moved, Mr. Hartibottle instantly went down with sengers by the coach, three of whom remit ell la tie
a gun, and the man, with apparent fear and trem- coach during breakfast.
bling, saki he had come over the wall after one of Coax-EXciimicc, OcT. 7.—Our rivulet cony
the servant' women, which being the case, he was tinues abundantly supplied with Wheat, for whisk
sent about his business, and the like fate awaited the :here is so little • demand, that the sales are very
woman the next morning. ; limited; and our prices
,nearly-•.Uorninal ; no aedo
Thd Inquest held last Saturday on the body of siderable.quantjty could begot offitivenat a redtictiral
Mr. HINCILLEir, who had, it Is supposed, lain dead of from 2s. to 4s. pSiquarter...--Barley is 6ti Is. pie
at his chambers in Gray's Inn.square, for nearly, if quarter cheaper than on Monday.—ln Pelt, Bean')
not quite three months past, was convened at the , and other prain, there is no variation.—At the (Into
Pension-chamber of the Society of Gray's Inn, and of Mond'ay's mat ket, and after our statement of that
not at the chambers of any private individual. it : day's prices arts gone to the press, 'the fiedr.facters
• may occur to a reader, that Inns of Court are extra' reduced Itte price of Flour ss. per sack. i'd
is
parochial, consequently not subject to any parochial iwil'aigt*,.„,,linsh) 4O 76 j Beane . is
46 74 1 Old ditto
jurisdiction or levies. In this case the Coroner hid ' itiit ' ---'-' 36 40 Tiek do. ~.....,...., JO le
summoned a Jury from an adjoining parish, but the' na", ey, . ' 26 30 Old ..
Society being governed by its own office's, the Jury' —el"'" 32 40 Oat. ' ~ spy!
referred to did not sit. The proper Officer of •the 'l'Vtitte Penis 66 76 Fine ditto ...,. ....--
Inn summoned a Jury, consisting of Barrister, and 46 50 I l'olond dn. ...........0 S
New mug) .... — —; Feed slitte ..j... • ,19
.. Dittri Rolers 54• 581 Fine Mu* ~„-...... .i LI;
others, being Members of the Society.
Grey Peas 44 47 I wends . ..s' ';' ."" w

.64:114
Ar
uriday, I 4,14 •
conduct of the
3notrable
Chairman ref ,
to to the loot
liffereat pram
the
the art„
nt
-:'t
ing t stmeitnl
lrotection 0(16
ilia from raw,
477 to fimfut,
Wife full so
tekfink
• lm mkt
at his tolerant,
well-km.4o fiC
at least, dam;
our merehto
old bp,s,erpol
ll;oe Hon, get,
to refer loth
elder coolo) 4f
It Indies, *adz
mistake, kt'lkat
s were coptore4
011797 that mess
Rd he will find
lava' stores No
.o Norway; let
I which mild
Quebec, trader
rot a mama;
en, were tikes
ong the nnabee,
e very ielentir4
otection of G.
cased of by pd.
s the lion. Gest,
eg that he will
and he will find
all safe, in to
lace she sailed
the whole of
afterwards, sad
ody found their
Sir, is the sort
rable Cent. hal
I world has No
ope that he will