The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-01-07 00:00:00

To rsE EDITOR, OF To!. STATgSMAN.

I Jest night .. uses en
Painting, at Somerset-home, The vetielable Pro.
fessor took a rapid.aad critical review of the rise and
progress of the Art.. lle traced Its gradual accent
from infancy to maahood ; its tame and unaided
progress from the earliest Italian artists le the time
of Leonardo da Vinci, and from thence to the blaze
' of splendour which ettcompttssfd it under the pea
tronage of the 10th Leo and the faMily of Medici.
To the influence of Religion, in the first place,
he traced. its enthusiastic encouragement,•and its
subsequent extension and development to the open-
ing of commerce. To Michael Angelo, the scieoti-
I fic Professor, is in a greet degree attributed that iet.
jpetus which gave a grandeur• and stability to the
art, and enabled it to grasp at. immortality. To him
was attributable the .solution of that spell, which
prescribed a boundary to human genius ; and he first
practically showed the unbounded range to which the
pupil of. science may soar by au atientite.cultivetion
of his art.

Stn,—The paragraph relating to the death of a
supposed Rev. J. Joists, Curate of Crosby., in
Lancashire, and which is a small village in this neigh.
boarhood, as btated in your Paper of last Saturday,
is equally, unfounded, as the insinuations it contains
against the hector of the parish, of which it is only
a Chapeiry, are' malicious and false. The fact is,
that there was never such a Clergyman, who olliciated
, • ,
there, lor Is (he stipend of the Curate (which is;
by-the-bye, a 'perpetual Curncy) paid. by the in,
cumbent of •the living; nor is it of that pitiful and
paltry nature which the paragraph in question seems
to indicate.

It is well observed by a writer in a eontemporary
Journal, that the extension ()lithe Order of the Bath
into a Legion, ix a step in the progress towards the
establishment of a military mania, as the forerunner
to a military government, which cannot escape the
attention of any vigilant observer of the new era.—
This close copy of the French and Germah system
is not a mere gerz-gar., like the Hussar uniforms,
which will be subject, by its intrinsic frieolity, to
public ridicule. This, on the contrary, will have a
wide and powerful influence on the minds and ton-
duet of half the nation—for it is not merely the or-
namenting of the person with crosses, stars, and
ribbands (which of themselves; however, are likely
to dazzle the eyes of youth), but the privileges an-
nexed to the Order are calculated to affect the whole
!organization of society—to humble and mortify the
gentry of the kingdom, end to dispose the whole
c mass of the peaple.to look to the military service as
i to the most favoured profession. .
This Observation will be admitted by ever/ consi-
derate reader when they see The Prince Regent's It wax true that Michael Angelo •had drawn is
Order, where they will' find that not only the magic.citcle, in which none could move but him-
' Knights Grand Crosses, the Knights Command ,as self—The magnificence of his plans, and the-end-
(180 at setting off)„ but the Knights Companions less variety of his parts, early graFped at immter-
(unlimited in number) ore " to take lance and , lathy, and he remained as a land-mark fur fours
precedence of all Es/mires of the United Kingdom 'ages to admire, and, in. a distent 'lain, by earls.
of Great Britain and Ireland." Those who hate ob- lion to imitate. Mr. Fuseli, with 'stem force and
served bow much interest is 'attached to this place and i ability, pointetfout the perticular-chs rooter turd qua.
' precedence at all Meetings and in all Astemblies, may ; lity of the several cotemporary artiste of Augelo, 'in
! form some estimate of the patronage which this dis- the Italian school ; be ghosted the principal points in
; tinction is to throw into the hands of the Crown.— i which they excelled, and how far .these were, sub-
; A soldier of fortune, a German for instance, a man INDIA. 1 jects of imitation and •eoprovernent. He teen ad-
' who has no interest in the soil, and who may transfer
—..1111.--
vetted to the Italian, Dutch, and Flemish Schools,
MS serviee to any other Sovereign, will, by this rep- the several merits Of which the eruineet Professor
la tioe, take precedence of the head of the most ancient
CALCUTTA, MAY 20.—The most extensive preps- pointed out and elucidated. With the (keine of
,
entitled lanai), ill the kingdom; and if he shall marry, rations are Making for the intended visit of the Right ..proper patronage, the 'arts slumbered, and in some
his wife and daughters will take rank in every corn-
Hon. the Governor-General to the upper provinces: , nations expired; and their growth at all times kept
patty !—This distinction has been long given to sof-
' a number of new and suitable boats are building for, I pace with the encoutogement of the patronage be-
the occasion ; and we understawd that his Lordship stowed upon them. Mr. leueeli ably •onforced, ern
diets in military Governments, and the effect of it is
I will be eccempanied by the whOle of his family and ! the instruction of his pupas, those points in devil
well known. -
i They little know the extent of this feeling on the Personal Stiff, and attended by many of the princi- i which Isere essential for the junior caltivatoes 9f
minds of the multitude, who can doubt its operation ; "
r pat departments of Government. 1 painting, While he, at the same tune, ably develop ti
and how much must this new Order add to the infiu- ; The annul fair at the Ilurdwaer had terminated , its more enlarged positions to the gratificationned
mice of the Crown, if it should also he made subset.
on the ilth ult., and had grievously disappointed its l instruction of a crowded and highly respectable an.
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visitors, ti, very grand display of the usual cotnmodi- 1 chtory. .- ..
Tient to political purphsess and if ' favouritism, job-
ties having bees expected ; instead of which there - •
• bing, or borough interest should be the prolific
sources of its distribution ? lf, instead of its being was hardly any thing for sale, aud the fair proved I Three fresh claimants have arisen for the raTaltbles
one of thnworst that-has been held for many years. estete belonging to the family of Angel, in Surrey,
kept pure and unsullied, as the Military Order of
The Bth dragoons were only able to procure 11 . the rightful heir to which has not yet been declared
the Bath in his Majesty's time always' mu kept, '
horses for the teginient. The attendance of bather* by. the Court of Chancery ; its estimated valise is
lit should be conferred without service , or withheld
from pique, what an instrument of intrigue and of
had been, nevertheless, uncommonly numerous. about 10,0001. per annum.
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oppression is rut into the hands of the Minister or Lady Humes es present at the fair, having proceeded •Last night, about half--past 110' ("clocks a, 'fire
of the Crown ? That this is not impossible may
thither from Delhi. le the end of April, her Lady- brokeont in a sugar-baker's, in Cox's-square, -Bell.
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be drawn from our experience of the distribution on. her was oner wee to Wray, Lucknow, &c. on lane, Spitalfields, which entirely destroyed the pre-
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of Royal favours in other branches of the preroga. btu' 'return to Calcutta. ' miser. • •
, Yesterday being the Anniversary of the Epiphany;
tire. Anti it may not escape the observation of our .
the celebration took place at the Chapel Royal, 'St.
4 readers, that even in the list of Knights Grand . "CiLIigNIAA T.OF THE COUNTY OF
i 11l !OD LKSTX. James's Palace,' with the meal state. The Churcia
Mosses, and of Knights Ceinamoders, already pub- ! .
' Ushed, there are the names of persons to be toundi . . ' ..............._ , service was read by the Rev. Mr. Pertains and the
RRer. Mr. Halms; the Communion service by ahe
h. have
!.w o never performed military service in the. At *tenon! 11114 ting ef lbe Magistrates .of the ev. hie. Hasaaes. die Sub. Nan. At the, concha-
-1 geld. And what is worse, there are omissions of Coindy of Middlesex, held yesterday- at the West-ision of the Creed, the Gentlemen Usherain Weighs"
,
1 names high on the roll of fame, distinguished by fed- uintites, gessions.house William malowerio Esq.
and proceeded up theta* of the Che Mao the
esontacidetemettleiltrist wimp have been motioned in. is _ ._._:_ __, . '.. „, . gt , representing the Krim,. iteseended from the •Royal
ensesioucteo to toe once of vnatrman.
_which he.t Closet,
I the London Gaz&e With --rteservLeTeclid. Are eie to ad to lei eleciiied with homer td Ifeeself, and, Altar, where they ,
were received by -the Sub-Diten
‘ be told, that in addition to all this, if they wist. for
.sathfaction lithe County at large. who presented to them a gold dish, and the Gonne.
.enrollment in this Legion, they must not dare to
- I I think for themselves on any point of foreign, domes- • men Ushers placed iu it three gold holm, eautainiog
i tic, or even of regimental concerns? In the Court of Requests, Bath, on Wednesday t geld, frankincense, and myrrh as- the offering, the
'last, it was decided that the proprietors of the mail. i organ playing a solemn piece daring the ceremony.
1 It has also been justly remarked, that by the
,coachna-
were liable to make good the loss a person had t A new, Anthem was song on the occasion, composed
tare of the tegulations of the Order, great injustice
sustained from an injury done to a parcel, which was by Mr.-Aimoors composer to the Ktwo, the music
i has been done to many Officers of his Majesty's
onseyed by them from London to' Bath, under the of which does credit to his talent*. The verse pares-
Army, who, since the year 1803, have been serving
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following. circumstances :—The Plaintiff, a Lady,lof it were admirably and correctly IMO*
tin the possessions of the Crown or of the East Indiaby Muter
, had ordered a white satin gown to be sent to her by i BROWNELL, of the Chapel Chub., andliessrai Goes,
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Company in Asia. -
the mail, from her mantua-maker in London. it ap- , Hawes, and MULE; they-were seccoupanied online
The heroes of the Peninsula need not laugh at the t
battles fought against the native Prittoes of Asia ;for peered in evidence that the gown was very carefully . organ by Mr. Arrwooo.. The words consisted Of
packed op is a deal box, which was directed to the t the Collect for the day. - • • . •• • •
i the Duke of 11 ellington will tell them, that neither
in Portugal,Spaiu, nor France, did he fight harder or Plaintiff, in this city, with an addition• to the direr- I Extract of a Letter from Mow, in the provinceaf
stand in greater peril than against the klabrattas, at lion, that the box was "to be kept dry;" when it ! Bundlecund, dived. March-21, 18t4 :."." For wets'
Assye; and his loss on that occasion, in proportion
I
s . was delivered, it was found the gown had received .time past accounts had been daily brought to no
to his numbers, was as severe as in soy of his bottle
much injury from the wet; by a bill inclosed with the natives, of their cattle having been carried off.:. be
to the Peninsula. , the Peen, it appeared its value was 71. 12s. The ,leopards, upon which one of our Cadet.; detereantel'
.
It is ordained by the regulations, that no Officer
bookakeeper attended in the Court, and stated, on : upon going out in quest of the depredators, on foot*
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can be nominated Companion of the Bath unless he
the behalf q( the proprietors, that he believed the .no elephant being to be had. He was about' she
shall have received a medal, or shall have been espe.-I injury battbeen occasioned by the coachman or per. place of ambush of these supposed leopards by the
daily mentioned by name in dispatches in the Lon-
, ters not putting the box under cover in the coach, . tiita*;Pre, and had not proceeded far up the side of
don Gazette, swearing distinguished himself
by hit : which perbaps was mimed by there not being room , the mountain, which was covered entirety with thick
valour and conduct against the enemy. Au' Officer In•the inside, /01,
or in the boot of the coach ; wet , underwood, when, to hit astonishesl4e perceiredn
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in India may have behaved over and over again it, further, that the proprietors conceived they were . large tiger in a. sleepinakostereemitatin fifteen yards
the most heroic manner and have shad his best not answerable for any injury or loss to a box or ;of bin. He had just time •to order, his unarmed at..
blood in the cause of his country, and yet his niune I ,
parcel of this value, as the notice suspended in their teudants to retire,kben the monster rousing, perceived
will net base been mentioned in the to Game. : pabliee office here and in London etre eased, they him. There was more danger is retiriogthan.lat stands'
It Is true, he will have the honour of being mention. I
wilthoty
tuslanswerable for any jewels, watches, &c. ing fast, and nor bold Cadet had courage to do se..goods above the value of five pounds, , With a coolness, -perhaps scarcely equalled, ••ire
al ila terms of praise to the Governors ef some et: "r f°
the settlements. With respect to the medals, with the : unless they are notelet( as such, 'and paid for ac- steadily awaited his opportunlty-,whert, by the greatest
exception of Java (where the stormingwas nearly es / cordingly. The box, he said, it appears, contained :.pike of good. luck, he struck the monstessin tbelarge
desperate as at Badajos), none were ever granted to ; property to the amount of 71. its. and therefore (ac. artery of the nee[` Feeling blese4fsominteled,. ile_
his Majesty's Officers in India, though the victories
cording to our notice) ought to have been paid for as made a violent spring to the place -where the Cadet -
of Lord Lake placed that brave soldier amongst the suet', aud as it was not, the Plaintiff can have no' was standing, but being stupified by the shots made
.
Peers of the realm, i remedy spinstthe proprietors. The Commissionersiprecipice being, in . his' way, -he tombledsitellowing •
The Bath, as it now stands, is too much like the
(bought the proprietors were answerable, notwith- iftto as. ravine, where, tne receiripg a. woad abet
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Legion of Honour. It would have been in better 'standing their notice, as the Chairman said this was (run this ietrepid.sen of Mtn, be retired about t
taste to have made it a closer imitation (in respect to not a case for the total 101 l of a parcel or box, but _Modred yards, and, yielded up his existence. He
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the third class) of the old French Croix de St. Louis,
it was to recover a cempensation for the damage done - was brought la fast night upon a canteL- The nate-
and at all events have made such officers eligible as by the neglect of duty ht the proprietors, or their serensent (*hich we don't think osoceiteees from the-
had been severely and dangerously' wounded, instead servants; for whom they are answerable ;And he I• tip of the tail to the nose, nine feet. The oldest
said s case in this point bad not long since beets tried' tiger hinters here say ,that his illekti 11119 the .most
of Confining the nomination to medals and mention-
Bench, .c against the
,in the Court of King's lie k Egens• parted y ever saw. The Pitmans* sfrength• orbit
ings in the London Guyette.neck, shoulders, .and - fore-legs, is indescribable.*
cud others, reported in vol. 16, of &ea &pith
It is possible a medal may be worn by anlifficer
in which
.that Coed ,held, a carrier was not pro., Nor had any one setto-had not a mind la a fainting •
undeserving such a distinction ; and weal! know that
tested by such notice, hoes being obliged to make .fit much relish for Inspecting bit' carcase sairowir,
mane a name has appeared in the Gazette through .
good
an kw a a
person
bas sustained by the the smell being intolerable which, arose from it,
partiality. I negligence of such carrier, 'or their servants. -In 'though only six boars killed. The night before he •
64, - "sod ' bad left the gOadropeds •and had carrbdoff au• motor.-

You will therefore see the propriety of removing
from the publiemind an impression so unfavourable
to an individual, by noticing the hoax which has been
played upon you, and the stain which has been at-
tempted to be cast otrirveryirurthrnit VOrstientinus
Rector ; not only by contradicting the paragraph, but
by stating in an early Paper the quarter from which
the Letter was sent, that, if possible, its malicious
author may be discovered.
I am, Sirli for the present,
AN INIIMIITANT OF CROSBY.
Liverpool, Jnn. 4, 1815.
The para_raph alluded to in tbenlYave Letter was copied from
the hellish Prey'.

NIATIIEWS iS now giving his eccentric entertain-
ment at Che,ter, from whence he proceeds across the
hiersey to Liverpool, and then steers his comic course
northwards.

this Case the box wasdirected "to be kept dry," and it ...1 goo._,
clearly appears that wet not dope, which is a• tante. villager." . • ..i. . .
neglect of duty In the. proplietorsi though it wu • Oa -Tuesday bast, as.Richerd Agent well-digger,
occasioned solely by the misconduct of their servants. was *sowing fauna :Rearyer.lase, Comb;rwell, to ths:
Yesterday, u a carriage Was on its way home • Heins, 'Lentil/ton, beleas stopped by three feet.
from the coechreaker's, after - having undergone al pads, who., after knocking down, beating, and-rob.
complete repair, ou its arrival fn Bond-street the , bing him, threw him eves n hedge, sad made of. •
hones became utunanagettbie, and set off at a full 1 . The letters from Bengal, by Antra:sax, just an-
gallop. fu their furious prontaithey came in con- i rived at Blackwell, leeched the Lidie,jlouse au
tact with the shop of Mr. Gearing, one side of ' Titarildtir wind IkPboles were opened 4.1110 presence
which was completely demolished la. the shock.— of 11•Ceetem-liouse Witter, e person from the (iowerst
The pole of the carriage was broken, one of the ter. Post:office; and .the• Company's Superintendent .of
'anti was slightly hurt in the forebeado, sad one of . 'Mien. , • .
the hones: was severely cot.
I 'lhe Olicers•cf alt ranks whia Irina returned from
,
.W* are concerned to be informed that the Royal ; Ameriea, and partirmlwly these who. tere partakers
Military College lately erected at Sandhurst (stated of the campaigns in the Panirreele,, hem expressed
to have coat the public upwards.of 200,0001.), is now their "Mist-action at the imenteation or litertiliiiel. In
a tonality re ill calculated fat regular mititart one:
materiallyafectod by the dry rots which it spay be
loud Impossible to eradicate. 'rations. .

A waggish Correspondent observes, that the recent
extension of our Military Order will produce such a
blaze of stars as will eclipse the oily glimmer of civic
honours, and even vie with the got light splendour of
Baronetcy.
A Correspondent desires to know what h to belhe
probable expense incurred by the establishment of the
new Order of the Bath. It is well known that the
expences (including fees, Sm.) attending the grant• of
honours or titles for public services, are alteals de-
frayed by the Oldie, from the Civil List,;;Atthe sc-
-41341 condition of our resources so ilounshing, &di
they can bear this additional burtheu witting Wes.
veuience

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!.jests of imitation and •Ir,tprovernent. lie then ad- . .
verted to the Italian, Dutch, and Flemish Schools,
the several merits Of which the eminent Professor
sive preps-
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r the !tight 'proper patronage, the -arts siumbered, and in some
provinces: , nations expired; and their growth at all times kept
suilding for i pace with .the oncoutagement of the patronage be-
I Lordship' stowed upon. them. Mr.' Fuseli ably •enforcell,. for :4
family and ! the instruction of his pupils, those points in detail
the princi- ; which were essential for the junior cu'itiratoes of
painting, While he, at the same time, ably developed • . ,
terminated , its more enlarged positions to the gratification' tad •
)pointed its j instruction of a crowded and highly respectable ats. '•: .1'
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cotnmodi- iditory. :;: .1
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hich there " • ~
'air proved Three fresh claimants hare arisen for the VaTalebt• s -‘ . •
any years. estate belonging to the family of Angel, in Surrey,
trocure 11 . the rightful heir to which Iris not yet been declared - .
of bathers hy. the Court of Chancery ; its estimated value is .
numerous. about 10,0001. per annum. - . •
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proceeded Last night, about fielf-past 10 o'clock, *.fire'.
her Lady- broke out in a urger-baker's, ire Cox's-square, -Bell. ~
w, itc. on lane, Spitalfields, which entirely destroyed the pre- . •
• raises. •
Yesterday being the Anniversary of the Epiphany; -.
YOF the celebration took place at the Chapel Royal, -St. •
James's Palace,-with the areal state. The Church ..
service was read by the Rev. Mr. Paleface and the - , •
, Rev. Mr. Haves; the Communion service by •the • i
it" •of tee Rec. Me; Lint.mes; Ike Sob- Dears. At* the coracle- i.,
the West- I aim) of the Creed, the Gentlemen Usliersie Wake"
'riefft "q. ; representing the Kanal• dentended from the Hard.
which
and he., Closet, and proceeded up theaishs of the Chapel-to the 1
flrl_°'e
li) Altar, where they were received by • the Sub-Dean,
who presented to them a gold dish, mod the Gentle.
men Ushers placed iu it three geld holm, eeotainieg
Wednesday t geld, frankincense, sad myrrh as. the offering, the 4
f the mail_ i organ playing a solemn piece diving the ceremony. .
person had i A new Anthem was song on the occasion, composed
which was by Mr.- Arrwooe, composer to the Klaro, the atomic 1
I under the of which does credit to his talente. The terse pares.
, a Lady, lof it were admirably and correctly ills* by 'keret
it to her by i BROWNELL, of the Chapel Cheirt .etel'ileesrit: Goes,
on. It ap- , 11AWES, and BIALE ; they•vtere Seailliplilifill on the
'y carefully' organ by Mr. Arrwooe.. The words consisted of
.cted to the 'lthe Collect for the day. - • • . • • • • •
a the direc- j Extract of a Letter from Mow, in the proehace'ef
;" when it ' Bundlecund, dived March•fll, 18i4 :."." For softie' ..
id received . time past accounts had 'been daily brought to err Ary
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dosed with the natives, of their cattle having been carried otr.lts
12s. The : leopards, upon which one of our Cadets dstetvaneW
stated, on -upon going out in quest of the depredators, on foot* ,
elit,red the ,no elephant. being to be had. He was shown: the
tan or por. place of ambush of these supposed leopards by the
the coach, . viil.lo;Prs, and had not proceeded far up the- side of
wing room , the mount-tin, which was coveredeetirety with thick
ouch ; and , untierwood, when, to his astonistmillad Ihe perceived 'a
they were . large tiger in a sleepinekostertterithin fifteen yet&
a a box or; of WM. He had just time •te order, his unarmed et. .
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td in their tendants to retire,irhen the monster rousing, perceived . , , i
tssed, they . him. There was more danger is retirieg 'than. to stande
tches, drc. ing fast, and nor bold Cadet had courage to do Mo. •
ye poundsv , With a coolness, .perhaps scarcely equalled, ,tore • 4
aid for ac. . steadily awaited his opportunity;when, by thelreatett .1,
contained : piece of good. luck, he struck the monster-in the.large
refore (ac. artery of the nee[` Feeling hiteself-retentelek ita '
paid for as made a violent spring to the place 'where the Cadet
in have not was standing, bat being stepified by the rhos; mid 4 k•l6
amissloners i precipice being, in, his' way, he tumble* bellowing • .
~ not Wit- late**. mine, where, ow receiripg. a- se , seeped 'het '
,
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hl this was (rem this letrepid.son of Mere, be retired about 4 '!. i
,r box, but _Modred yards, end, yielded up his existence. He ,
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Image done . was brought in fast night upon a camel.- Ills mea.
$, or their serement (*hick me don't think osttehile•t;frOlo the-
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e ;'and he I• tip of the tail. to the nose, aline feet. The oldest
been tried' tiger hinters here say ,that his *lake was the nwast
Ind Eton' market they ever saw. The enormiase greogtia•ef hie 01.'
. .
6 itteporgs, neck, shoulders, .and - fore-legs, is. Indescribable.* it
I' not pro.. Nor had any one selto-had not a taint! -to-a fainting • t ,
el to make .fit notch relish for inspecting btu caresse narrowly* ~
d by the the smell being intolerable which. arose from it,
rants. 'ln 'though only six hears kilted. The eight before. he • . .
• , it,
i-A"and it had left the quadrupeds and had cirrbdoff str unfor.- ' ' • '
hick is a• tunate villager." . , . •
Os it wu • On Tuesday lest, es-Richerd Agent, well-digger, .
r servants. •was 'coming (este IBowyer.lane, Camberwell, to tee 1
way home . Hoene, Yeovil/ton, homes stopped by three feet.
lergone al pads, who; after knocking dew', beating, and-rob-
street the , bing him, threw him oleo a hedge, sod made of. •
at a full I ' The leellere from Bengal,. by tilers':am, just an.
ne in con. i rived at Blackwell, reached the' Wis. ls House e . '•
to side of ' Theridey; end the hexes were opened iiiillse presence I,• 1•,
shock.— of!' C 514041.110041 Gifi der, a person from the Geeerel . * .\•.4
)f the ter- Pose;oficei
and .the• Company's Superintendent of . .
.nd one of . 'Allen. i '- . -- •
:
Ihe Olicers.ef all ranks witiaAtaste returned from t.
!he Royal ; Amerisa, and partimalerly these who _were partakers . .
rst (stated Of the campaigns in the Penitireleo hers *seemed 41:
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I.), is no* their satisfaction at the tenni/swim) of homilitiee in
it spay be a country so ill calculated fat regular milltart .
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