The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-10-17 00:00:00

THE STATESNI,

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(FROM Tin th:10111MICHIC NACURICnTCN.)
HANOTICII, OCT. f1....11111 most ardent expectations of
faithful subject* are realised; their most ardent wiebee
are fulfilled. The King, notwithstanding the lateness
of the season, leas disregarded the great distance, to
come to his children, add since yesterday afternoon,. at
five o'clock, the Hanoverians possess their beloved Sove-
reign. • -
From an early hour in the morning, thousands of per-
sons in carriages, on horseback, and on foot, hastened
out to meet oar reveres! Sovereign, and the •road was.
thronged for Miles with countless multitudes. A signal
gun announced to the eagerly. expecting inhabitants of '
the city and neighbourhood, the approach' of the Mo-
narch ; their expectations werrfarther heightened when
a Royal Salute showed that ;he moment was at hand;
the loudest acclamations resounded is soon as the Royal.
carriage came in sight. His *jesty had let down the
windows, and sainted in the most gracious manner, the
numerous and rejoicing multitude, who were particu-
larly thronged in the vicinity of jho Palace; at Herren-
hausen.
•
His Majesty was received by his Royal ltrothers, the
Princes of Brunswick. the Ministers, the Chief Officers.
of, the Royal Household, and the Officers of the Court
then on duty. The band of the Yagers of the Guard
played " God save the King," and ithe Royal Standard
was hoisted on the Palace. At flak same moment, the
court-yard of the Palace was Whelp), an innumerable as-
semblage, who broke out into the most enthusastic
traneports when his Majesty shotied himself at the win-
dow. His Majesty, sensible of the wishes of the expect-
ing crowd, came into the balcony between his Bova!
Sisters-in-law, and bowing repeatedly, most gracefully-
sainted the delighted tneltitusle, who kept up an uninter-;
rupted huriah ! His Majesty had the goodness to in-
dulge his affectionate people with the sight of him for
at least ten minutes, and, after he had repeatedly ac-
knowledged the loud testimonies of the loyalty of the
Hanoverians, withdrew to his apartments.
As the Court-yard still continued to fill with new
crowds, eager to behold their Sovereign, his Majesty had
the condescension again to spew himself twice in the
balcony, and was again saluted with the most enemtivo-1
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Cal expressions or joy and gratitude. The Bth of Oc-1
tober has been a festival; it gave the inhabitants of
this capital their beloved Sovereign for the second
time.
His Majesty embarked at Ratingate on the 24th Sep-
tember, and has therefore been exactly a fortnight on
the journey. Hating landed at Calais, and passed
through Lille, Brussels, Aix-la-Chapelle, Dusseldorf,
and Minden, where he arrived on the sth, his Ma-
jesty entered his German dominions by way of Ulan-
dorf, and arrived at Osnaburg at half-past five in the
evening.
At St. John's Gate the citizens took the horses from
the carriage, and drew Isis Majesty (a Ito eraciously
saluted the crowds on all sides) slowly to the Matte.
Ilis Majesty was received at the Palace gate Ihe
Minister of State, Count Hardenberg ; he Count
manseege, Master of the Horse; and by Count'
Wangenheim. Master of the Household ; the Cham-
berlain on duty, Von Bar, &e.
An innumerable crowd accompanied -his Majesty
front the frontiers, and expressed, by the loudest re-
joicings, their delight at possessing the King among
them'. In the entrance ball of the Palace your
dies, dressed. in white, sung a poem composed fui the
occasion, which was presented to the King (printed
on satin) by Miss Schilgen. In the evening, while
the King was at table, the citizens came under the
windows with a band of music and torches. His Ma-
jesty opened the window, thanked them in the most
gracious manner, and drank a glass of wine to the
health of his faithful subjects.
On the 7th, in the morning, his Majesty was pleased
to admit the Officers of the Palace, and the Autho-
rities, to an audience, and to review the Bth Regiment
of Infantry, which is garrisoned at Osnaburgh. At
eleven. a. m. his Majesty, accompanied by the blaster
of all those of his subjects who had first bad the pleas
sure of seeing their Sovereign, continued his journey
to N iceberg, where he arrived at seven in the even-
ing, and passed the night in the Court-house, which
has been prepared for his reception. His blaksty,
was then met by his Royal Brothers the Dukes of
Cuutberland and Cambridge, with whom he dined.
The Royal Dukes left \iceberg and returned to this
city in the night. His Majesty set out from \iceberg
at half-past 11, and arrived at the time above-men-
tioned at the Palace of Herrenhansen.
On the 6th at noon, the Marquess of Londonderry
and General Bloomfield arrived here. and proceeded to
the apartments prepared for them.
- la the evening his Imperial Highness the Archdale
Ferdinand, of Austria, arrived here. .
Within these few days there have arrived Itere;--
The Count Von Spiegel, Au. Oen Ambessedori‘beqn
Von Just, the Saxon Ambassador, the Prussian Gen.-,
Count Tanensien; M. V. Salisch, Muter of tbe.Hparar
hold to the Duke of Saxe-Gotha ; the Deputies et tfie
Hanseatic Cities from Hasebargh ; the Stftedifilli. Ya*
Sienen, from Bremen ; the Burgo-Master Mr. Vo*
(ironing ; and from Lubrek, the Syndic Ble.Geischow;
the Bishop of Went. &c.
We expect his Royal nighties' the Grand Duke of
slecklenburgh Strelits, and his Highness Prince Otts-;
tavus of Mecklenburgh Sclfwerin. The King of Ileal
mark has appointed Count Hardenberg Beventlow.'
and the King of Sweden, General Bioerasterna, to
come hither to compliment his Majesty.
'fu-morrow (Wednesday) his Majesty will Mike Ms
solemn public entry on horseback, into this city. The
procession, which will be very splendid. le to be so
arranged. as to leave Herrenhausen 'abase eleven
o'clock.

At the Michaelmas Head Court of Renfrewshire,
on 'l'aesday se'nnight, some discussion teak place upon
the Corn Laws. In consetinenee of whieh a 4tequi-
sition was presented to the Convener, J. Maim('ll,
Esq. M.P. to call a meeting of the tAmisty, which
has accorlingly been appointed fur the 49th inst., to
take the state of the Cura Laws into cenaideration.—
As among the Freeholders there are many listelligest
commercial, as weil as agricultural get:theta, all
the questions on the subject are likely to ensue under
a careful review. •A i 1.1 •

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WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOiltit 17, 1821.

ST JCK EXQHANti E, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
It appears the Account went off well yesterday, and
we do nut hear of any defaulters having been de-
clared. The Funds are rather heavy this morning,
and the price is not quite so good as yesterday.---Cun-
sols 782.
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We have received this morning New York papers to
the I Sth of September, from which we extract the fol

lowing :
(*PROM THE GAZETTE OF TUE I 7TU OP SEPTEMBER.]
The ship Martha, Sketehley, 31 days from Liver.
pool, is arrived. Passengers Monsieur Roux de La-
boric, bearer of despatches fro n France, supposed to
contain the long desired treaty of commerce with the
United States.

Extract of a letter from St. .lago, Chili, May 28 :
Sir T. Hardy is at high variance ith the Chilian Go-
vernment, in consequence of one of the marine com-
manders having, off Callao, pressed many British
seamen oat of merchantmen ; and also on account of
the declared bluckade by Lord Cuchrane's squadron
of the whole coast of Peru. When Sir Thomas was
informed of the act, he immediately left Valparaiso,
and went in search of Lord Cochrane's squadron,
which bad left Callao before lie reached there, for
some unknown destination. It is believed Sir Thomas
will n:)t suffer the blockade to continue any longer,

even of Lima and that he will convey British met,
chantmen to and from that port, in which event it is
expected that Captain Ridgeley, of the Constellation,
will also give protection to our merchantmen. Many
think that an Independent Government will be formed
at Lima, free from Spain and Chili.

A letter from the Health Office of Staten Island,
dated Feb. 11, states, that from the 7th to the 14th
there had been vane eases of malignant fever.

CUBA.-MEXICO.-1.13tA.

[MOM THE BALTIMORE GAZETTE, SEPT. 13.]

By the schooner John, which arrived in this port
yesterday, twelve days from Havannah, we have a va-
.riety of intelligence of interest, if not of decided im-
portance. In consequence of the progress of the In-
dependent cause in South America and in Mexico, the
people of Cuba begin to speak of, and to speculate re-
.specting their future destiny ; some talk of indepen.
.dente, but more seem to think that Cuba must fall into
the hands of the British. It is certain, at ail events,
that the ties between Cuba and the Mother Country
are greatly loosened. Before the John sailed, accounts
had been received from Vera Crux, stating that the
1::w Vice Roy, O'Donagn, was so little pleased with
his reception, and with the state of things there, that
after issuing a Proclamation, which formed a subject
of much merriment, he ha,l taken his departure ; and
his arrival at Havant:s*6 was looked for daily. The
comumnietstion between Vera Cruz and the city of
Mexico had been cat off for a considerable time. The
vessel of war that communicated this intelligence at
Havannah, also brought a report of the fall of Lima.
which we think more than probable.

[PROM THE NORFOLK Plllollt, SRPT. I I.]
HEALTH OF OUR CITIES.

Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, according to
accounts, have enjoyed an unusual degree of health.
We believe nut a solitary ease of malignant fever has
been reported in either of these cities. In Baltimore,
cases of malignant fever continue to be reported. On
the sth inst., 4 deaths occurred in Norfolk; on the
6th inst. there were 4 deaths. Since the storm it has
diminished. Havanna!' papers up to the 2J inst. con-
tinue to speak of the city as enjoying a degree of
health unexampled at this season. New Orleans, at
the date of the last accounts, continued entirely free.
GREAT STORM OF RAIN AND WIND.

PHILADELPIIIA, Sarr.4.—After a succession of genial
showers on Sunday evening and yesterday morning, a
storm of rain commenced about I o'clock p. m. yesterday,
accompanied with a high wind, which increased almost
into a tornado during the afternoon. The wind was
generally from North to North-East during its
greatest fury, but varied occasionally to almost every
point of the compass. Great havoc has been made on
the trees in every direction we have heard from. Those
in our public squares have mostly been stripped of
their limbs, and many in different parts of the streets,
have been laid prostrate. At the Navy Yard, in South-
wark, out of ltbesatiful poplars; which at once afford-
ed shade and were an ornament to the Parade Ground,
toe were literally torg up by the roots.—Much oilier di:
maga was dose in that neighbourhood, being greatly
'spooled to the violake of the jab, during its rage from
thktir B. and N. W.
Wnlave as yet board of no particular disaster on the
Kirin% although there is sufficient reason to apprehend
disagreeable tidings. Several small craft broke from
their fasts but no carious -injury has been Numbest;
,asi %t Is ommolatory to find, *it is this' uproar Odra
okinashr so lives havilsen lost. •
We andermand that tbs• roof of .die Bsidgq Midge
upper ferry, commonly .%anws bp*, asigisaies of
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resent parts of the city. The owl) east drat partlealarll
of Christ-church was blown down, and is itslisi Web' A
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i thunder or lightning. Improve it
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ay ; and will thank our correspondents fot ear prissier* sy
incica-ions relative to the course and erects,/ beartburali
almost unprecedented storin.—(Gegette.) ~,,u;lt day Ise
le Paris papers continue to inform os of the p a., tdh.eilant ligroin:
of the elections which are proceeding lallsrastess. be no ewer
s been asserted that the returns on the wisile,#o, only oblige
your of the Liberals, and that the reetenallea# tro stlseir oi
lost distinguished Royalist Deputies Instable& tythiss, or 1
;ist about, without great difficulty. The meth farmer, the
some of the very Royalists themselves, with Ws,
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:are the Government, are disposed to caltivre Ile oppressive
(intent of certain of the Liberals, and to fawn ances in I
elections; but the Ultras allege that the Rapt. large Mal
eputies of any eminence, found mach diffireity si shilling i
ing returned. It is their boast that almost albite to receive
inent characters which had been kept baeltil ' pacions ty
Atka de Cate, are now restored to the Chao* stand wel
his does not appear consistent with the prune Karnes, di
of things in France. By the llfoiketer we lean. through w
Baron Pasquier, the Minister for Foreign Af• , to manage
, has been created a Peer ; and by private accesu
re informed that a partial change of Millie bidder, at
setnally taken place, in consequence of the miss fob. The
on of the new returns of Deputies. Barest 1* tells him I
r and his party have, it was rumoured, gait* chip wool
a difference of opinion with the more liberal ill on in per,
of the Ministry ; and both the Duke de Cal. Me in dit
se Talleyrand were spoken of as likely to mon, Relates, s
age of the latter. were there no other objetise4 their tap
Id reader the Amour doubtful. leis stated, lop tenantry i
, ilathe Gazette de France, that on IVediel, present t
ing, Prince Talleyrand had an audience of fe g:ck, pros
r for an hour.—These journals costintietemate j bilsde tiff
ike rumours relative to Turkey onsi kumal.,"in i were rote
stoma of indecision in the measures aetheikepere
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i. There is an evident struggle between his pee grievance
one of moderation, and his schemes of append*. system.
t. The principle on which he is alleged to jest'., protested
:loins to protect the Greeks is *Grimm. " initria." i ders on tl
Lys, '• with his consent, was allowed, eseladvilif brought 1
pacification of Italy—then, why should astskip $ e itsd ens
wed that of Greece." The German joaraah a , . . bottiiiii
r that private individuals on the Continent take st. Virs:
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ep until be carries away every tenth sheaf. In potatoes
there is a maximum of so much an acre, which in bad
crepe is a great overcharge; tb such eases the farmers
lure the tenth ridge owing, by which so much labour
is leaved. This is the most oppressive part of the
tythe system, and was the primary cause of the
white holes. and other gumshoes assemblages. . Ito effects
c reclaimed lend was cruel ; a landholder has apiece
of bog, swamp, scrub or mountain, which from its iteg-
!cited state is good for nothing. He gives it out
gratis for two and sometimes three years, that the
caltivators might stub, drain, or burn it. The poor
creatural. after immense labour in the winter season
pa/Anibal, prepare this la d for a crop of potatoes,
which l'e common reason we conclude cannot be
. very good the first year, whether good or bad, the
tythe farmer comes in for his tenth, although the
landholder gives it free for throe years ; this our
readers must consider a great hardship to the poor
labourer, who toiled early and late to cultivate and
improve it from waste and barrenness. To this op-
pressive system also may be attributed many of the 1
heartberaings to which the Irish people are subject.
It maybe asked, why don't the Parsons let the tythes
themselves. Many of the parishes have neither resi-
dent ,Parsoas or Churches; or if they had, there would
be no congregation. The unfortunate inhabitants are not
only obliged to pay tythea to those Parsons. bat dues
to 'their own clergy beside; should they omit paying
tythes, or have soy dispute with the rapacious tythe-
farmer, they are cited to the Bishop's Court, where
the cause is sore to go one way. This is not the only
opprissive point from which we may trace the disturb-
ances in Ireland. The absentee landlords, who hold
large estates there, (with few exceptions) never spend
a shilling among their tenantry. They employ agents
to receive their rents, who not unfrequently become ra-
pacious tyrants, in order to collect those rents and
stand well in the eyes of their absentee Lord, they
liarrass, distrain, and often sell the cattle and stock,
through which the poor farmer becomes totally unable
to manage his farm. He is then ejected for non-payment
of rest, and his land let over his head, to the highest
bidder, and himself and family sent adrift to starve or
rob. The absentee Lord does not see this. The Agent
tells him if he did not take such measures, his Lord-
ship would get no rent, and so the cruel exactions go
on in perpetni. There are also resident landlords who
lice in different parts of the country, away from their
Eitates, whose rentals at times are -too contracted for
their expenditure; and there agals. the unfortunate
tenantry are the victims of fresh oppressions. The
present tumultuous meetings in the county Lime-
r:clt, proceeded from similar sesepoi,..lf the fostering
hands of the abuses" repels** OS& eisident gentry
were extended to the dwellings*, eathetkovelitnithin
grateful people, there is ni apantry . could boast of
snore peaceable and affectionate peasantry. Another
grievance, of a most barbarous nature is the Orange
proem. Those exterminating raffia's have long been
protested, and on different occasions committed Mur-
ders on their poor and unoffeading neighbours. This
brought forth processions on the firstofJuly, with digs
and Orange emblems of blab etamtigis4biell was stall
aegis aiehmpailai by' 'shit to ACM illiuillsiiiprOved of
9,e •Initniy, and kept np shill MI SO, of trs in!
nt
fir en attempted to form • brotherheef te, f cilfection .
iv at I rishole*Opeery religions persociioa, bat who
failed in thaohject by the Boveraineue suppressing the
system of onion. To those teams may he attributed
the insurreclion'of 179/I„,tbese causes and their effects
existed, until 4e:snivel of the LIM& in Ireland last
August. *host first ass was to maim that obligation
which the UNITED IllififtilliN had protottlieted
23 'years before. That his ffigjetilly'affibatitable advise
hos been strenuously followed up, all the liberal
feet.odesitakinemost rejoice at, wail If a few rotten
Coginitioniste, djesppeinted Rawatjags or morrow
eertisfligots rentals dog to the aileim4the Kinn.
vs shall *vetted pray hi s repseseanstive in that abased
country to make an example of them.
• It most be traty grateral tiled the charges on the
last circuit, breath with peaceful seeitausendatioas,
particularly the -Chip( Barn Sisiva, who is a most
exalted character at it'lowyet, and a gentleman, in
gaming ',tisue& a . Ornagareca, found Guilty
alZro
of Monslaugnier, g of deig a pow woman in the
streets of-'lbsie', maptitallikbigatry) on one of
their
evjoititig 440 htst hay. . 'this poor creature
Sesa4a.au aariall•fi Statitteffegasser sad going abase
her italisavy affairs, ethos she was Am through the
heart by these eontamisated villains. Baron Sinn
itgailtifd On thetatam* of ilringliall-savtridge, in the
streets. and on the enormessoilineof murder, and that
the pieiding of Orangemen atieseilleakwely they wished
to Irvesictintepeace, and if there &Prated any iblag like
&AO of Mention ' to. skew malice prepense against
the deceased, the situation of the prisoners would be a
most anfol one, as 'be should by no means retard
the progress .of the law. Such men as Baron
Smteu &Ammar to the Beach, and to that profession
of Which' he it so efficient a member.
--Nolpi•--_

We rejoice to learn that, even without the stimulus
of a POlie taming. the sukseriptio• for Sir Raseaz
Wtisox proceeds as prosperoosly as the Meads of in-
dependence can desire. I• addition to the fresh con-
tributions announced yesterday, *e have testate a sub-
scriptioa from his Once the Doke Of BZDIPORDOf 5001..
from the Berl of THANST sad of four other
semi' to the amount of 2001. more. We think
the postponement of the meeting which bad bens'
appointed to take place this week, was a judicioientgt.
It is desirable it should be held at a time convealeut
for the respectable personages who wish to attend ; in
order to thew the enemies of Sir jimmy WlLsox with
what power as well as pepalarity the gallant Knight
is supported. It has already bees understood that the
Chair on that occasion will be filled by a distinguished
Nobleman ; and 1)y whom can it be better Shied than
by the bead of the illustrious Hume of Roseau, when
nutailleence we have the satisfaction to announce ?

THE PLAGUE
THE LONDON COLVIte
THE CITY

TO TRZ =ITO& OF

LETTER IL
London, Oct. 13,1921.
Sts,—To judge from the conduct of governments
and municipalities, it seems to have been i prevailing
maxim with tfiem, that it is safer to believe, than not
to believe, in the existence of a specific contagion, as
the cause of epidemic and pestilential diseases, whether
that doctrine be true or false. Thus, they have adopted
precautions founded on that belief, without any previous
inquiry into its validity. To that belief, and to these
precautions, 1 have demonitrated, on other occasions,
that, in all epidemics amounting to pestilence, nine-
teen twentieths, and frequently even more, of the
whole sickness, misery, and mortality, incidental to
pestilential maladies, is owing. The validity of this
doctrine was, at my instance, some years ago, for the
first time, made a subject of regular enquiry ; and thel
investigation occupied, successively, the Privy Conn-
cil, the Board of Trade, the College of Physicians, and
a Committee of the Honse of Commons. Those, who,
feeling any interest in the subject, may take the trouble
to peruse the report of that Committee, of the 14th June,
1 8 19, together with my works, and the works of my op-
ponents, will, I doubt not, perceive that the adherents
of the doctrine of contagion have been completely
beaten out of every position, which they have sac-
ceuively taken up ; and that only one miserable and
untenable subterfuge now remains to them. Finding
themselves obliged to admit, what indeed they tan
no more deny, than the influence of the mid-day sun.
the influence of the atmospheric air in prOducing
epidemic diseases, they still gallantly persist in taking
a specific contagion for granted, and in assuming also,
(for they are made up of assumptions), that this speci-
fic. contagion is only acted upon, and made operative,
towards the production of disease, by particular states
of the air. 'This is the only position to which my ad-
versaries find themselves, by dint of mystification of
language and ideas, still enabled to cling. But their
footing is very slight; and, by a few more raps on the
knuckles, they will soon be.forced to relinquish their
bolds. To effect this, it is only necessary to grant
them their own doctrine, and to show how ridiculous,
as well as pernicious, upon the presumption of its
truth, are the measures of precaution which they are
recommending, and which governments and muni-
cipalities are, unhappily for mankind, pursuing.
We shall suppose the state of the air at Barcelona to
be such as makes their specific contagion operative, bat
that a state of air prevails in the neighbouring towns,
or in the adjacent mountains, quite different ; a state
under which the supposed specific contagion is inoppe-
rative, inert, or innoxious. Would not common sense,
Is such a case, indicate the propriety of immediately re-
moving the people of Barcelona, both those who are
sick, and those who are well, out of the air, which, by
supposition, renders oc keeps the contagion active, and
of placing these is air, where the contagion already af
fecting the sick would become inert; and where persons
in bealth would not be liable to be at all affected ? sueb
ir vaaP°141111,1"" '1
Jeishisable in such a case, which sonsson sense would
dictate. But what has common sense to do with the
doctrine of contagion in epidemic disesses f Instead al
recommending to the inhabitants of Barcelona, as a
measure obviously resulting from their own, doctrines,
to seek a state of air, where, by suppositiot, the coo-
mewl would become mild in those already affoels‘
'and would not at all affect persons in bealtb,#. e. where
the removal would be attended witb certain benefit to'
the persons removed, and with no danger to gibers. The
'advocates of the doctrine of contagion recoeunend that
the inhabitants of Barcelona (or any city calledinfected)
abonld be compelled, by eordoes of troops stationed
round their walls, to remain exposed to the joint in-
fineuce t..f the contagion and the air, which they say
renders it active; so that but a very small proportion of
the sick can recortr, and bet w few of those yet in
health can avoid falling. sick. Such are Abe...flagrant
isempdstencies between the doctrines and the measures
of coistagionists; incest's:wades which would be
*sly It matter for ridicule, were it not for the fatal eon-
•setsescee to mankind attending the carrying their is-
ease or stupid projesto into effect. is Barcelona the
rush of these measures will bee multiplicities, at least
Illiguty fold of toffee, et oldness, of mortality, sad of
diary of every kind; an? finally, as previsions grill no-
assarily cease to.be regularly supplied when terror ar-
rives at a aerials point, famine may carry off whoa
pugilism bas spared. Considering these calamitous
consequences of persevering in the application to the
affairs of life, of an hypothesis palpably absurd, and in
its origin fraudulent, those constituted authorities, who
either refuse or evade to give to the investigation of this
subject an unbiassed consideration, and the meet pro-
found, as well as li3olllllllWiltiell, NSW be admitted to
deserve, cast statx=t and derision, but **hea-
viest tonsures of generation, sad of the re-
motest postetity.. 'Cauti.es

The Duke of Sane•Coburg has given a Constitadon
to Ms State. The linty of drawing it up was imposed
on a Commission. which finished its labours abottuthe
beginning of August. The Duke signed it on the stb
of the same mouth. It is divided into ten chapter..
and is so voluminous that if drawn out in large cha-
racters, would corer a considerable portion of the

Duchy.
Adviees from Newfoundland to the 12th of Septem-
ber have bees received. His Etcellerey the Governor
embarked on the 29th of August, on board his Majes-
ty's ship Grasshopper. Captain Buchan, and sailed likr
Labrador. The accounts from Labrador, received at
St. John's. which are to the 23d of August, stated that
more damage than ever was known before bad been
sustained among the vessels which arrived there this
seams, owing to tie vast quantities of ice driven on the
coast.
An Americas Paper states, that in January last
there were no• fewer than sseeptrtwo steam-vessels
plying on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, several of
which were above 400 toes; sad rote of them, the
United States, Captain Hart, was of the astonishing
size of 646 toms.
The Clip accounts inesdon an advance In the rate of
ezehaage, and remark, ;hat tallow bedlidvaaced from
137 i to 145.

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'ATESMAN.
... I" T
_ epos , yosilistelliteit
.riortespendent, Sam Spool; in answer to my teens*
'letter, I pereeive he is metewliat enatteed, is *Age.
aszed, at my ironical dehisce of the P. Ws.. The-tall
of the Old Maid's heavy gniams appears to breeding
lighted him almost as much as if he had them in Mil
own possession, because it not only gave him a fresh
opportunity of attacking the worthy gentlemen, but ofl
lugging in by the head and shoulders the OLD MAIM
HEADED INFORMER, whom he regrets to find I should
call an OLD Roacs. If my defence of the P. We. was
ironical, his delicacy for the reputation of the " She.
herd of the Bush" is evidently affected.
But whatever may be his opinion on the subject, I
shall not suffer myself to be diverted from my purpose
I shall still continue to relate such eases as I think
beneficial to their defence, and leave the Public, and
the Public only, to form their own conditions. The
cases I have already mentioned, will. I have so doubt,
go a great way towards removing theprejudices already
existing against that respeetabk body. The follow-
ing, even in the jaundiced eyes of Sam Spout, must
place their fair characters above the reach of male;
•
yolence. a • ~
- A short time since a poor fellow, whose wife lied
been for some months confined in consequence of hay-
ing broken a limb, was necessitated to pledge the
greater portion of his small property to defray the ei-
pens* necessarily attendant on a sick-bed. His Ow
tee's rent became due ; taxes were called for ; hlai
landlord was impatient, and the tax-gatherer clamorous,
His resources exhausted, and nothing remainint but die
bed on which his unfortunate partner lay in the great-
est agony of mind and body—it was taken frees under
her, and placed in the care of an honest gentleman not
10d miles from Fleet market, who conceiving it rather
too heavy for the strength of his boy, opened the tie!,
and abstracted a great portion of the feathers, which
be made into pillow's and sold in the shop. The poor
fellow soon after redeemed his bed, but the super-
fluous feathers were never missed. What will Sam
say to this ? Dear, delightful Sam Spout! I kmer i
be will chuckle, and call my system of defending the
P. B's. left-handed ; bat whatever he say say um the
subject, the Public. I have no doubt, will centime ft ,
entertain for these worthies that high *pillion tbey•ltive
so long and so justly enjoyed.
Another case, which exhibits the ingenuity of these
gentlemen, may not prove ueintereetingt. A potion
pledged a gold watch for eight pounds, which Cost 26
guineas, at the shop of a gentleman, well known lid
the vicinity of Shorediteb. The time expired. Aim
Act of Parliament required its appearance at the pub-
lic sale room ; bat to avoid the payment of an over.
plus, a WATCH of INFERIOR VALVE was substituted
' and bought in again, to prevent the possibility of de-
tection. The parties applied for a balance ; the miry
of sale was shewn, and instead of receiving an moo
piss of five or six pounds, as was twistedly ezpected,
found, to their astonishment, the 26 games watch heel
been sold for about int, just sufficient to covet the
I)iripal, towd e. aad exposit hi balm . flans Si et 'l.l
lin nu done.belipie, wilt -entiesvehr to ambit 'VA
world believe, that some legislative measure is ewe-
eery, to repress what he calls " a system of plunder.'
Ma! Their dexterity will sever be affected by Acts
lof Parliament. But I fear, Mr. Editor, I am occupying
Its great a portion of your valuable columns. A fe •
more cases, already cut and dried, must form the sub
jest of another letter, with many thanks for the inser
Lion of my former. I remain, your's, kc.
Donate-hal. DICK DUPLICATE.

The Sessions for Middlesex will begin at the Ses-
sions Home en Clerkenwell-green on Monday next.
The Sessions for Westminster commence this day
at the Guildhall.
To-morrow the prisoners who stand
from
on
charges of felony will be removed from the several
gaols in London and Middlesex to Newgate, prepa-
ratory to their taking their trials at the ensuing Ses-
sions in the Old Bailey, which commence on 11'ednes-
day next.
A meeting was held at the Guildhall, in Barnstaple,
on Friday last, for the purpose of raising a subscrip-
tion for the relief of the families of the unfortunate fish-
ermen who suffered at Cloveny and the neighhourhood
Out of forty boats that were driven among the rocks,
thirty-five men perished, most of whom have left large
families. The meeting, we are happy to find, was mo‘t ,
respectably attended by the inhabitants of the town and i
its vicinity, and a liberal subscription entered into.— !
Before the close of the day nearly 200/. was subscribed.
We understand that the Magistrates (the Members of
the Association for the Protection of Game) who lately
convicted Hugh Stoley, at Barnstaple, in the penalty
of 10/. and costs, for having in his house two young
hares, which were accidentally killed by his mower,
have thought it proper to re-hear his ease. and reverse
the conviction : which, in all probability, the Court of.
Klag's Beneh.would otherwise have done.—(Alfred.)
Last week, the servants of Mr. John Coles, of Lyth-
court Farm, about two miles from Tiverton, discovered
a fine male infant, apparently about a week old, which
had been deposited in a three-wheel put, standing in a
lane leading to the house. The child was delivered to
the parish officers, and in the course of the day baptized
by the name of George Lythconrt.
Last week. at Northtawtou Michaelmas fair, Mr. T.
Hooper, of Bow. purchased three witch cows, and forty
sheep, for 181.165. 6d.!
The Obelisk at the end of Bridge-street, facing
Fleet-market, is nearly repaired, and raised about three
feet higher than it originallfr was ; all the old lamp-
irons which so long disgraied it are removed, and
new ones for the gas are substituted.
EAT rn Am OBELISIC.—In the account of the Egyp-
4ian Obelisk, inserted in oar paper yesterday, we un-
iisrstani that one part of the dimensions is incorrectly
stated. It is 22 feet in length, bat only two feet 1
Aquare,iastead of four feet, at the base.
A serious accident occurred to two of his Majesty's
footmen, about a mile from Munster. The dickey of
the earflap in which they were seated, gave way,
and they fell to the ground together. °beef them is
tweet
at resent In a dangerous state; but the injury which
th other sustained was comparatively trifling.
few days ago, a turnip was pulled, in a field at
A by, sear this city, which weighed 311bs.
mgr. Join Bentley, of Illaryport, lately pulled an
`apple in his garden. called Hswelloradon, which
'Mend 12 minces, and measured 12 inches round.
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