The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-03-04 00:00:00

NEW GAME.

The following ars some particulars respecting a
new game now playing at Berlin, and other places:—
It is something like horse-racing, or more properly
calculated, as the &Wish People lay their money ou
the tort, on the kedging principle; for, supposing a
field of horses to start at Epsom or elsewhere, sod
the odds spinal one horse is fire to one—against
another, two to owe—and eves Pettis( on another,
any Gentleman taking all the bets cannot lose ; but
Baur of the horses win, the preen so belting wins
ell liminess', which is very often the case, and is what
Is called betting roved to adraotage and =mot ; fir
maaj greet fortune; busbies made by this principle of
the tart. The ball with theassistanca of a maceomall
is this new game called U,,, Dens, CM,. is coati/geed
made of sold ivory, by • celebrated artist of Berlin,
A very great mathematical terser; is only a little
above one per cent. in f of the banker: has for-
ty-eight ways of deciding top and bottom, like* di.,
to the greatest nicety, with twenly•four ways for
black, siztees ways for red, and eight ways for
blest; to which, ifs black, the booker pays equal
to the stake; if a red he pays twice the stake ; and
if a Moe be pays lee times the stoke :--so, if a
punter puts three on black, two on red, and
one on Moe, ho neither wins nor loses. At
Berlin. the banker hangs up a pore, which con-
trans Prussia) Woes, *goal to shoot one thousand
guineas—tad any *no patting a single d'or in a bowl,
if it come fear bins riming, wine the porn. This
is a favosrito stake. • If a printer pared* twice oil
the bine one poised, he wins thirty.fire pounds for
his one. This new paw is now playing io France,
end armies all other games. The decision is slept*,
Corrects and very **sin, alrordiog great oppor.
Mollie/ for hedging. It is sepposed the ball will
stop undecided once in oboist two or three hundred
events—which calculation shows to a certainty the
correctness of the principle, as affirmed by jadges of
the gam.

ELITISTICS OF EUROPE.

The present populetion of Europe, according to
the last Statistics, Account. 'mows to 177,221,600
persoos, scattered over 154,450 geographical 'guars
miles. This population, considered in en Sheers-
phic point of view, compreheads 53,195,000 Tee•
tonisns or Gorman', 60,586,400 descendants of the
Romans, 45.120.900 Sciavoolans, 3,718,000 Csiedo.
oisns, :1,499,500 Tartan end Bulgarians, 3,070.000
finngarians, 2,022,000 Greeks, 1.179.500 Jews,
1.700,000 riolanders, 1,610,000 Cimmerians,
642,000 Baines, 313,600 Gipsies, 294,000 Ar-
now)", 131,600 Arnsenisos, 88,000 Maltese, &c.
There are 1,179,500 Jews, 3,607.500 Nohow,-
tens. end 172,43'1,500 Christians, of which there
ere 98,229,100 Catholics, and 41,898,500 Protes-
tants. korope is divided politicelly into 78 Sove-
reign Slily., nominally independent. Their stare.
Ignite force, in peace are 1.600,000, a nrl on t he ■ ar es-
tablishment 3,600,000. Their maratime forces con-
sist of 409 ships of the lioe, 38 ships of 50 guns,
348 frivol, and 1668 vessels of au inferior class.—
( Paris Paper.)

DEATH or 4 CLIMDING•DOT

Oa &May. en inquest was bald, at the sign of the
Red Cow, in Nottingham, on the body of Jobe Mann,
a chimney-oweeper's lad, who, according I. the cvi.
deuce, went to live with Hapless, a sweep, le Si's.
street, abeet six weeks ago, and was then eery brisk
and lively; and es Harrison did not chase fo kern
the lad the art of chimney.sweeping in the town, he,
eking with tee others of the POO name, living In
Grier-gate, end the deceased, set off from Notting-
ham, three er fear weeks ago, and west iota the
country to obtain employment ; the deceased thee
appeared in good health, bet hissing a complaint
in his bowels, be was freqaently beaten by James
Merriest.. lint with • handkerchief, sod after.
wards with a stick for dirtying his clothes; Mann
continued unwell till the .lath day after leaving
Nettie/ham, when about five miles on the other side
Newark. he was so unwell. that he could out in
say farther ; hi then complained of a pain in hie
chest, and the said Jaws Harrison frequently beat
hies with • stick or a breels, because he did not at
any thing ; dating the week they were out, be swept
many chimneys, and was freqeently beat for not
sweeping them se quickly as the Harrison. thought
be should, and when hecould go no farther, Thomas
Harrison took hies en his back. lad was two days
in bringing him home! The child's mother declined
to take him to the tarpon of St. Mary's parish, being
afraid they would remove her to Coventry, to which
place she belonged. lo about a fortnight after
being thus brought Isom., be died. A surge*. wee
called it. and ozonised Were the Inquest, who
stated that he found several soresspeo his hoses, and
his left uncle, some appearingie be ef recast date,
and the ethers of long standing, and others egoist
were nearly healed, but ascribed his death to a die.
ease of the large bowels which were inflamed aid
ulcerated. The Jery returned their verdict—Died
by the Visitation of God.
Wears ;informed that the boy was no more than
seven years *fag., and certainly he did not look so old.

• •
A toting Frctith traveller, nephew of Count Mot..
use, Es-Minister. his 'acceded in roachinf Toc-
harian, by way of Scsegol. His family heroic re.
ativetta letter front his, in which he announces his
vale arrival in that col/Waled town, hitherto oa.
known to Eartipeons, ma which the unfortunate
Musoo igloo rattily attempted to reach.—
(French l'epg.) - . .

Sursoro.Mustota.—Ots Senday morning, about
veers o'clock, the body of a female was found ass.
pearled by the neck. with a cotton shawl, from a tree
in the Orden of Mr. Cawdry, on the Kent.road.—
Her mos were tied, before her with a handkerchief,
and her feet were some distance fro. the ground. It
Is conjectured that she was strangled first, and thee
ho g op. The body was removed to the Lord Nebo.,
for sn'lnquest to be held upon it. 'rho pockets of
the deceased were esarained, bat nothing was focal
in them bat a Marriage certificate, by which It ap.
peered 'he trlnta d:crasrd tees c,rsh 'thorre.