The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-11-21 00:00:00

ECCENTRIC EPIT A PH

0 nut. onottot FREDERIC& COOKE, THE CFLERRATED ACTOR,
PERM AN AMERICAN PAPER.
Ye sons of Bacchus, cast oae look,
Here lips yottr friend—" GEO. FREDERICK COOKE,"
Once thirsty .0..1 though clever.
Had leash not come—'th strange to say,

And took the/Towing jug away,
lie wou'd have lush'd fur ever.
No bumping glass he e'er deay'd
For •twas his hoby till he died,
A thirstier soul was never.
Still wou'd have wheel'd the lush about,
Had Time not said—" thy glass is
Or quench'd his thirst for ever.
BY A THEATRICAL BROTHER.

The following Epitaph on Robin flood was lately
taken from the tomb-stone, in Kirklees Plantation)
adjoining the park and hall. in Yorkshire :
Hear underneath di* Litt Steno
I.nt robin earl of Huntington.
Nc'er arclr az bie to rod.
An Pip! katud ins robin I lend.
Sick afloat az hi an it men
Vil England min si alien.
Obiit 24. hal. Dekembris. 1247. _ _

in the night of Tuesday se'nnight, some villains
broke in the Theatre in Durham, by taking off a
part of the roof, and stole therefrom the brass branches
in front of the hoses, the brass mounting of a gm',
a box filled with glass lamps, &c. They also cut
and defaced the grove scene, and destroyed several
other articles. _ _

The Admiralty Sessions, for the trial of offences
committed on the High Seas, will be held Decemb.m
16, at the Old Bailey.
The failure of the Exmouth Bank last week wag
truly distressing : the paper issued by it was the
great currency of all that neighbourhood to a partial
degree, so that the shock was felt by every class,
but more particularly by the lower orders of society,
who had unbounded confidence in the proprietors ;
'limbers of individuals are almost ruined in conse-
quence thereof. The hubbub and tumult Was so
great and extraordinary the day it occurred, that
it bore more the appearance of the storming a
castle, than the silent stoppage of a hank ; every
part was bravely besieged--some got in and assailed
the back-gates—others attacked the front and
windows, tore off the rails, and broke down the
counters; many were so crushed and roughly
handled, that a female in the midst of the thrntig '
was heard to shriek out, that they were squeezing
her to death—that she had rather lose her 801. worth
'of notes than her life, and begged for mercy that
they would release her, which was, after much diffi-
culty, effected, and she was pacified with possess-
ing her notes in safety hi the street. The Bank
continued paying, iu confusion, about one hour,
w hen it ceased, leaving a multitude in the dumps,
ho could uot,by any means, force an entrance within
the walls.

The oil extracted from the extraordinary fie.
exhibited at Brighton, is of a quality, it is said,
to command a pike of ten shillings the gallon ; and
part of it, we understand, is disposed of at that
price.
CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 18.—This day the Anti.
Catholic Petition was read at eleven o'clock, in
the Senate [louse, and the nv...,etiug was adjourned
till o o'clsock. At tuo o'clock the Sestet. House
beton to fill with Masters of Arts; and considerable
anxiety and alarm was excited among the petitioners
at the sight of several strange persons, who, had jusi
arrived from London to oppose the Address. About •
three o'clock the Petition was put to the vote, whet
in the Non-Regent Muse there appeared 53 In fa.
your of the Petition, o.nd 42 against it: and in the
Regent HMise, a for the Petition, and 20 contra;
making upon the whole a majority of 29 for the pe-
tition. Lord HARDWICIEZ voted in the mioorttf,' • •
so did the Hon. T..East.terx, Ron. a Wat, Nom
J. Ponceoss, and Dr..llfecestr. There was no db.
cession. •
We understand that Tmnlassani, and Mesdamee
Bianchi and Angiolinl, who have lately. been to
Brighton without the. Secretary of Stated permission,
were sent to the Alien (Ace a few days since, and
their licences of resident*. withdrawn. In ceesider.
ation, however, of their general good 'conduct prior
to the breath of the Alien Regulations, and )Isp •
Intercession of many respectable characters, they . ' •
have been allowed to continue their sesideaos here.-
IThe Alien Act subjects every Alen, who violates*
condition of his lid alpeite imprisonment , for
time not exceeding sits` s, at the discretion of
the Justice of the Pipalmirefere "them' he shall be •
convicted, It is well tor their vocal birds of passage
that they had friends at Comet, or they might hare
to sing six months in the cage, without even a Lord
Chancellor to give Spence for their notes.

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