The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-02-03 00:00:00

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0911 T OF KINO'S BENCIR.—(Tmis DAT).

A „taws of the MITI. of Webb applied to the (*sort
arrwie to cattse, why an attorney of the
rt.?
tf i,j3K 'boast not he struck off the rolls of the Cou
ne emirs zvti r answered, that this application
log (woe frost a gentiesnan of the Bar.
ynt: XING r. bAWAON AND rast.r.
s,asi.syr prayed the judgment of tte Court os
fit Yates Peele. Esq. and I}awson, Esq. for sending
r cksiiewwe to Flower, Esq., with an intent to provoke
fi
L.„o4,ght a duel.
s affidavits were read on both sides, but the sen-
ow, was not pronounced when our Paper went to press.

Tb, 1011 genre which may be derived from
violike, respecting the state of events in Spain.
'of oneoarily be of a very unsatisfactory nature.
. ; pet. it is recollected that General O'Donnel,
- , r brother of the Count de Abistmal, is in'
or wnd of the lines of St. Roque. Though the
tor ceder him is very small, it wotildbe sufficient
prevent ail intercourse with the fortress of
. Isar, where several of the former Spanish
~ tents teal taken refuge, and whom he would,
Wulf of the Kiier, be anxious to prevent from
•.' . the Insurgent camp.
Incites a bimli in the modest man's face to see
tabbies and contentions among time Members
Commou Council, as to who shall be al-
, the priority in reciting the many virtues of
late Ilv.its-rv, and the countless blessings his
' lies conferred upon the country.
Leal Bereskmrd, it is said, is to he the Governor
s(Gartmev, in place of Lord Chatham, VIIIO SUC—
cgoiS the lamented Duke of Kent in the Ciovern-
ate of Cit.,r;:itar: Lieutenant-General Hart,
*ober for the comity of Donegal, is to get Cork,
stich was held by Lo.rd Beresford : Sir W. Keppel
its succeed the lute Earl of Suffolk, as Governor
d Londonderry : Lord Vane Stewart to be Colonel
d the loth Hussars. of which his Ifajestv, w hen
pnene Regent, was Colonel : the Marquis of H tint ly
nu, seceeed the Duke of Kent, as Colonel of the
• bell geots : Lord Hopetoun succeeds the 'Marquis.
Is Colonel of the 42d Foot; Lieutenant-General
Gore Brown is to be Colonel of the 44th Foot, in
place of the late Lord Suffolk ; and Lientenant-
, Jesersi John Hope is to have the 9241 Regiment,
4whieh Lord Hopetoun is now the Commandant.
'lle splendid mansion of Joseph Bonaparte (late
irtgef Spain), at Bordentown, New Jersey, was
shared by fire a few weeks since.
The King underwent a very copious bleeding on
l'oesdav,which produced a favourable impression
aeon his Malesty's complaint.
The Count Pozi. di Borgo, the Russian Ambas-
sador at Fieris, it is said, lately sent off a Courier to
ll:wirid. It is supposed that this measure has been
otheiiltd in consequence of a long conference be•'
twerri the Ministers of the rowers which form the
1104 .11th: ow.
• lb Trns .11eretery of this week contains the
log uhservatious;—" I o übetever we advauce on
site.,nielsnoi to he tuelerstonel imii saying any
'' arsonse,larradical reformers, but, ou the emi-
r., as relict latneutio; than censuring any opposi-
in; t:1..! 013 V esist in our principles. We admire the
arc,' of These men; we admire their peaceable de-
IRANOIqr ; and we give them e..celit for the sincerity
,sr goad intention of their conduct ; hut we implore
:hem to weigh well their forbearance of petitioning;
• rerollert Wit the lanFuaiTe of truth has ever sue-
:veiled in attaining its object In religion and philosophy,
1 the repeti.ion and coutinaance of its attacks upon
trisdice and bigotry ; that the greatest triumph is in
dewing to convince those who are least open to coo-
eicion ; that there is no place where reform more needs
*Sr preached than in the House of Commons ' • and
hat there is scar-ely any war by which it may be set
vilely nude known, by whirl, the pnblic sentiments
alike rihlii rights ran be so proudly published and
mantel. a. in the very house of whose imperfections
intoniplain."
The e emleination among the pitmen belonging to the
viieries in the neighbourhood of Berwick ntay now he
oil te be dissolved, as most of the men have returned
U their work. All the collierie. are now going on,
except Murton, which is also expected to be at work in
'beg Lys.
Oil Tors:l4y a muting of the inhabitants of Leith
sus held in the Council Chamber there, to consider the
wet( the labouring classes at present Out of employ-
*''. alien it was resolved to promote a subscription,
'4ll a ronsi li.ridele sum was (Attained at the meeting,
seder to tinil employment sail the means of subsist-
-we to the pour labourers during the winter. A Cons-
jyr• eras also appointed to superintend the expeudi-
ye tad dittrileutiou of the sums raised for this purpose.
113TrOectitTirs. —James Sowerhy, Esq. is in
esessionot-ser;ral very extraordinary meteorolites;
ir estallie bvAl ie s, whit: Is have fallen from the atutosphero
,laalleas parts of th.e world. From one of these, whirl
ll he interior of Africa, about 200 miles from the
'Ala shlosed !lope, anti was found by Captain Barrow,
iii• ii led a sword-blade made under his immediate lee-
liaaalluand elegantlY mounted. This he presented to
*P*Alareror .%!evander. The blade is little more than
cairn long, and near two itself?* broad. It has a tine
'Paae, and is as hard as a Highland broatl-sword. The
'writ remarkably rieh,burileri leg upon si 'very white,not
tec/ like steel. I: pun the blade are displayed the i lope-
'. !lee, crown, and arms, with the word •• 31erey"
a a wreath of olive and laurel, and accompanied
it' the following inscription :—" This iron, having
dila from the !leavens, was, upon his visit to Engle nil,
tel to his Majesty Alexander, Emperor of all the
.tLisi44. who has sueressfully joined in battle to spread
' he Messier: of peace thr.tughout Europe, by James
• s'ererhy, 1'.1..5. fl S. tcc. June. Hilt" From various
'lases the sword did not reach the Emperor's hands be-
,.re May last, who in return, tprough the Minister of
bl'lll'acinr.arktanwledged its arrival in the following
tern:—"ri His Imperial Majesty has been pleased to
Tour letter• and to accept of your sword with par-
tindir benevolence, and. as a mark of his satisfaction,
t"eed_ you a present of a ring adorned with diamonds,"
4a• The stone is a superb emerald. •
. CROPS OF run's—From the oflannary to the
I ODieember 1819, the produce of the crop of
41r sad coffee, prepared for market in the islaod
of Cabe, is stated to be 172013 boxes of the
,
'me% anti ft8'7,678 arobes of the latter. The
!Ices for November, 1819, over November, 1818,
,L 15,787 boxes of sugar, and 44,382 arobes of
A fil"Plittity of sugar for November, 1819, ha
bled'chug
that of November, 1818, and of
'etlig nine times greater.