The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-04-16 00:00:00

The LORD MAYOR will hold a Court of Comma
Council on Friday next, in conforrniiy to a A,•,11
sition numerously signed, to consider an AdOr,.
and Petition to the PRINCE ItrGENT, on the
unprecedented and embarrassed situation a
.country, and praying for a redress of the numerous
grievances under which the country labours.
Tux wester( 1$ mow comet.ETO—Mperlay,. the
Marchioness of HERTFORD gave a grand CoAcert;in •
Manchester-square, at which the Paine Raney;
the Dukes of YORK, CLARENCE, Cumntat.trrol
CAmun Ina'', and Gr.oecnstm, and most of the prin-
cipal Nobility, &c. of both sexes, were presnt.

The King's German Legion, we hear, is to be
strengthened.by an augmentation of 5000 Men, 4000
of which, it is calculated, will be recruited ltom
prisons, and consists.of deserters and prisoners fr.ity
the French army in Spain. Parties of them are aim .4-
daily arriving at Lewes, on their march to Bexhill
that purpose.
Monday was held at the Crown and Anchor',
vent, the Anniversary Diener of Cie Masonic C .
rity for Clothing and Educating the Orphans of Ma-
sons ander the Ancient Institutions. This Socicti
is, in our minds, conducted on the most exemplary
plan. The charity embraces; like Masoniy itself,
the children of all religious persuasions, and instead
of being-kept in one house, they are boarded out in,
religious families, each accordit*, to the persuasion
of his friends and relatives ; and each at the age of
fourteen is bound to some trade. There are fifty fine
youths thus educated ; and the Institution is patro-
nised by the liberal of all persuasions, holding ovi
_an example of the utility and benefit of putting aside
all religious distinctions in the Christian labour of
benevolence.

We.understand that ad‘ices, to the 10th of Febru..
ary, have been received in Glasgow. from Malta,
which mention, that the exchange there had risen as
high as 72, which will be a great advantage to our
manufactur.crs who have lately made shipments to that
Island.

Ag Mr. G osset, with his wife and child, were re-
turning from Acton, to their residence in •k Wal-
ham-green-road, on Sunday night, in a single horse
chaise, the wheel of the vehicle caught against that of
a dung-cart, and was upset and broken to pieces;
Mrs. G. received two severe fractures on her head,
and was not expected to survive the night over. Mr.
G. hied his shoulder dislocated, but the child escaped
unhurt.

SNAIL-EAnnao.—They are eaten in Germany
I boiled, fried in buttei, and sometimes stuffed with
forced meat. The sliminess is considered as the
.greatest 'delicacy, and therefore remains after dres-
sing. Snails close the list of maitre dishes, but they
are not eaten from economy, seven of them being
charged at the Traiteur's, the same as a plate of
'veal, or beef.
MARY ANN DIX, the young woman whose cas^,
through the interference of Lord FJI.KESTONE a•id
some other Gentlemen of Bristol, lately occupied
the attention of the House of Commons, was released
from prison on Monday last, after a confinement of
two years and four months.
A duel was to have taken place yesterday at Wim-
bledon Common, between two gentlemen of the
names of Fielder and Colston, the latter of whom is
an Artillery Officer, in consequence of a dispute at a
coffee-house. Information of the intended meeting
was given to the Police, and whilst in tl e act of
taking paces, they were apprehended, and held in
sureties to keep the peace.
.14 a )outig gentleman in a naval uniform, was pmeeeding, nt
a brisk rate, ohout eight koala an hour perhaps, in a gig, on t e
Les el, steering uorthward, his attention 1111.1 arrested by the
• drilling practice of the North York recruits, on Marlborough
&CPU`, th 6 6th inst. It is the custom of seamen in a host
to row ope way nod look another, and with this c smut theiu-
:senile. son of Neptune, of course. was perfectly acquainted,
and, perhaps, concluded, that to drive a spirited horse out way,
mid gaze another, was equally safe and convenient—however,
whethtr shell was the case or nut, or whether he did not consi-
der the subject of sufficient importance to merit a serious
thought; we shall not attempt to decide, but content. oar:Aches
Rills observing, that drive one way nod gaze swab r did,
until the vehicle ranfrul of the' fence on one side of the road,
which had nearly wrecked it, and gave the naval- hero an Lori- •
zontal, we something of a swisnrningslike position no thEvirthre
of terra firma. Bat the youthful tar waraelther friAhten.daoe
hurt by the accident.
The following awful occurrence happened at liimbollon, a
market town ip Huntingdonshire, on the 29th alt. (Easter !tun-
day) :—as the Rev. Mr. 'Codling, the re Hein Curate, a rntle-
man much respected, was preaching an apposite daceurse,
from the 17th, itlth, and 19th verses of the [that Psalh, " 1 chill
nut die, hut live, and declare the works of the. Lord. . The lord .
bath chastened me sore ; but he bath i:at given me aver unto
death. Olden to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into
them, and I will praise the Lord ;"—he simidetdy stopped short,
and exclaimed, " I can't!"—" i can't !"—Ond immediately
sank down in the pulpit, and almost inunediatelvespired, to the
great teiroi of his auditory. The deceased gentleman was tally
32 years of age.
EXTRAOROfNARII YRIMILRVATION.—A hen. h.-lamina to i"
Rea. J; Hirgroves, of near Itochtlale. left the rood on
6e morning of Friday, March the sow, and during the day um
drifted under the snow, where it continued till the aftun son of
Sunday, March the 29th, when it was sthicovered and' taken
up alive, and by attention, is recovering rapidly its formes
streagih.
In the morning of the 24th ult. as the boat Anne, of B mt.-
! bead, was on Use passitge from Peterhead to that place, she o
Overtaken by a sudden squall, which, it is supposed, had con:-
; pletely filled her, as she went down on hossiemoush, aliont five
o'clock in the morning of that day, when the crew, coisistiug of
two men, and two tine lads, their sons, most unfortunately PC-
fished.

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Commercial (Nisbet), Leith
Berwick Merchants (Turner),
Berwick
Mtu.na's Wharf.
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Marquis of liuntley (Martin),
Dundee
Cowan (Cummings), Leith
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lON BRIDGE THIS PAY.
Eveuing, 53 &pi antes after J.

• MARRIED.
Yesterday, at St. Mary-le-bane church, George Weld, E.
_to the daughter of John Setrk, Esq. of Lower SzTutour-street.
At St, Asn's Church, Dublin, Dr. Aachrnuty, of Athloe,
county of Roscommon, to liorriet, fourth daughter of the tete •
Richardifeartati, Esq. of fatbard Castle, county of 'Wexford,

DIED.
Oatbelith tat; ldr E. Cooper, of the Stock Exchaoze 0)(-
feVtd. Can:bilk 4eri 444
ay last, C. Kane, Esq. late Parser of,his IlajettY4
rtieg
, 2.illeatelday, at Lambeth, Mrs. Bligh, wife of Rear Admiral
WaLgh. ' ,
1 iOn Saturday lasi, ated 5.1, C. Arnold, Esq. of Isincoleasa-
glelig. - -- ----- - -

i Prioled: and Pablished by 1). LOVELA au°C
COWAN UZZICA) 81, Fleci4uvek •