The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-11-17 00:00:00

A,VERICAN PAPERS.

By the ship Franklin arrived from Calcutta, papers
iv the :3.lst of April have arrived:—
BONN tr, 11 axcia 18.--Sir John Malcolm, With that
liberality of sentiment and zeal for the diffusion of
knowledge, for which he bas ever been distinguished,
has transmitted to Britain, much of our recent acqui-
sition of geographical treasure. The military routes,
which will accirepany Col. oare,,tivo pi' the
last war, a work so Impatiently expected by military
readers, will tend much to elucidate the geography of
moral India. Actaated lw the same spirit, the
Madras government has directed a small detachment
of Sepoys, under two intelligent European officers, to
pene•rate the Eastern Gbauts, ne.trly in the latitude
of Canlipatam.
An outlet will be thus afforded to the produce of the
Tab'e Laud--cotton, and other bulk• articles of the

commerce, hitherto transmitted from the interior of
Rombay, will find a hearer and a ready market on the
eastern shores of the l'emnsula--and receive iu ex-
change the salt and fish, &c. of the coast.

[From the Ns se York I%,),lwereial Atfrertiser.)
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at lkorge
Town (Dern a ), to the Editors of the C'ofrasoacseied
Adrertistr, dated July 10, 1•20:----
" This is the strangest cotintry I ever saw. The
inhabitants are dying in great numbers by the yellow
fey. r----yet the survivors are dining in parties, drink-
ing, singing, fiddling anti dancing, with as much
unconcern as though all things remained as
they were. I have seem nothing like sorrow ex-
pressed at the death of an individual. except by two
oting men, nho had just returned from the funeral
of the eleventh out of the ;r ner!s, whirls consisted of
thirteen. Dr. Nl—, a physician of shill and cape-
rielice in the diseases of this climate, told me a few
evenings since, that a foreigner stood no muse than
rat:c chance in ereentyfee, to survive three years.
ALTITUDE. OF KEARSAROE MOUN'I•IIN.
in the mouth of September ('a;,tain Partridge, of
carsvi..ll O'er), and a party proceeded to the suususit
of t' e mountain.

The accent k easy though Eecp from the north,
the most practicable route. The urocpect of the sur-
rounding caiintry, from the top of this mountain, is
pic:urrsque, and very e‘tensive, in a clear atmosvhere
—and at sun-ri•e, when no emu's obscure, the dim
Atlantic mat be seen just v. rging tile horizon. The
the river Merrimack may be traced fur many
by the vapour hovering over its waters—and s
countless number of smaller streams, ponds, Lc. di-
vergifr the !antiwar.

The monnisin itself, for some distance down its
sides, has become bare from effects of fires, hut from
Its base npwardq, to its centre, it is covered with a
heavy ;:ruwth of timber. - filidway up, lberries,
nkortleberries, &c. are found in great aboindance, and
rtfresh the traveller when weary and Giot.
• Capt. Partridge has obligingly t.tvonred as with
the altitnties, as meet:Lined by him trout -
at several points, lir.

Altitnile of the mountain alnme tide water, 2161
fret.—(Saratinoh Republican)
HARD Timis IN Onto.--The following extract of
a letter from Cincinnati, to a gentleman in Lexington
(Ken.) presents a picture of distress to which, we be-
lieve, the Atlantic cities cannot furnish a parallel
it " I am sorry 1 can give you no good tidings of this
*nee flourishing plate. The ilistri.cs is beyond all con-
ception. Marshals' and Sheriffs' sales are daily. Tp
give an ilea of the situation of this !ono it is
called a city) I wia give a statement of l,,nperty
:-Ad this day by at, Marshal, anilevhicli I litre seen
n• 'li. A h ii•ime gig, and very valuable horse,
41.14 for si elegant sideboard fur
.$3---a bur
1 Deo ,sets carpr nil two Scotch carpels for s3---a
good dining to cents, and a lung list of othef
valuable orticl t the same rate."
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. COURT OF ON PLEAS, ':ittAtsDAties.Nov. to.
The Court r i ro, at W ...ttoitister, till nearly
Prie o'clock, L no otter of i.t.y piiblie interest oc-
curred.
lITTLYCI IN OLII. Dllll. lIFYORt LORD CIIITE-11:•TICE
• •
At a little after one.d•clue the Lour Chief-Justice
sat in the lit.ildha "to nine Nisi Prima causes.
The following was t • 1* .ne worth mit&
it lir TI
This was an a r. inner, Iminglit to rero r
Po- value of a tru and its contents, left in the
of the defendant, who is the landlady of the II ack
Iltirse pnhlie-hous., in Alderrgatc-street.
Mr. into, opened the case : Mr. Sergeant Pill-
stated it to the Jury.
David Hood, a young boy, the son of the
stated, that in November last be arrived f licit-
ford, by the waggon, bringing with hint a trunk and
some parcels belonging to his father. Ife stopped at
the Three Cups-inn, where his father met him, and
from whence the trunk in question was conveyed by a
porter to the defendant's house. Witness and his
father went with it. They there saw the niece of the
defendant, and left the trunk in her rare. One shil-
ling and sixpence was to be paid for the carriage, and
tire niece said that twopence was to Le paid for nare-
housing it. To this the plaintiff agreed, observing
that be did not care about that, as it would be taken
better care of. lie told her not to deliver tl.e trunk
until he or his son should come for it, and he went
into the street to look at the Louse, in order that he
might know it again. Witness came next morning,
and, on inquiring for the trunk, was told, that a man
had called for it all, nt 20 minutes after it was left,
who described the witness and his father, and having
paid the Is. Sd., got the trunk.
On his crosr-examination by Mr. Serjesnt
he said that his father had nut left his name, nor where
he lived.
John Hood, another son of the defendant, proved
thit the trunk contained some wearing apparel, and a
quantity of tnols, belonging to his father, nlowe trade
wits that of an ornamental painter. The value of
she tejeole might be about 10/..
Mrs Serjsant I-aroma:4 addressed the jury for the
teGiittaat, sad, is answer to she plsiosiirs case,
riled

-- nankin. tie porter• who took tic treak so
tke Wank Horse. He was pe:sent when the plaintiff

left it wi•li the defendant's nitre. It Was witness, and
not the niece, who mentioned that two-pence was le
be paid for warehousing. Plaintiff said (bathe could
pay then ; bat he would not until be ma Om Kat
they would then not scruple loftier/ Mm hats
Witness did not hear the plaintiff say that the trunk
was not to be given unless he or his sou came. If he
had said so, he must hare beard him. He said be
would send for it presently, or by-and-by. Did not
see the son go oat of the house to MAI at it.
In his cross-examinatioa, he *ld he would not
swear that the boy had not gone out of the house to
look at it. • • '
This witness was recalled, and 'seiumined by See-
grant Pavan %N. He said that he bail beard the plain-
tiff declare that the trunk was nocstorth more than V.
ter 3!. but that he could net tell the loss which the
papers it contained were.
Mrs. Baker was the niece of the defendant, and the
har-tuaid at the time of this transaction. She (two-
!wawa the testimony of nankin ; and in her eross-
examination said that hers was not a hooking-how ;
hut that sometimes parcels were left there, for which
she was paid, hut it was at the option of the parties
to do so, and not usual.

The LORI) UlltEr said, that the question
entirely depended upon the credit tint the Jury might
give to the is itnesses on either side. l'nolouhtedly eu
one side or other th►re must hate been perjury. In or-
der to find a verdict fur the defendant, they son 4 be-
litre nut only that the boy Hood was perjured, but
that he was suborned by his father fur the purpose of
committing a fraud. That certainly was a hard thing
to believe, that it was difficult to suppose that a fa-
ther would induce his own child to coutmit so heinous
an offence. However, his evidence in this case was
most positively contradicted by two witnesses. The
Jury would decide upon the credit due to both parties.
and he would ire them no intimation as to the im-
pression on his mind, but least it entirely to them-
selves.

The Juicy, after rontulting together fin some time,
returned a verdict for the defendant.

TOI.ICE.
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Row-STRCVT.—llicurge Oasis was brought before
Mr. Ittevir last night, he having been apprehended
Oa a w.irtatt,, ac the person who struck Lines, the pa-
whilst on duty at the door of " The Courier"
office on Monday night.
The pitsoner stated himself to be a plasterer. aid
asserted, that he was at a public house in St. Martin's-
lane the whole evening. lie also called a uitness,
who offered to swear to that fart : and the landlord of
the house having been sent fur by the Magistrate, cor-
roborated the statement.
It was sworn against him, however, by a private of
the Foot 'Wards, named Redmond, that he ea. ae_
tirely engaged among the rioters before "TheConrier"
office on Saturday night. It was stated also, that
the prisoner had himself been a private in the
Gourds, and had purchased bis discharge emit two
months ago.
Under all the circumstances of the case, the Ma-
gistrate committed him for rt-examination on Monday!
next.

M ntoortorc ti-Sts txr.-- The illumination rows
fininhell with filling Mrs. Elisabeth Dickers, No. 75,
l'aAtle-•trret.

It appeared by the testimony of the officers on
ilutyv that tire-arms were fired repeatedly front the
door 9f the defendant's honse, and on the approach of
the Abmitables, the door was made fast, and two men
amused thettim:lves with bag from the parlour win-
dow,nind two n by making congers to the officers,
or to borrow their expressions, Ittallsiu •ith
their heads.
'1 he Magistgate rderell the lady to pay 'se of
i
twenty shillings reelable to the Art of Parliament,
which makes it offence in the housekeepers to suf-
fer ss:cli to Law. The defendant at first refused to
submit to t isPlll,7 and then offered to pay half of it
on the score of poverty ; but un being informed there
multi he no mitigation, she went home to fetch it.
(le rroN-Hastota.--A case of great importance to
the drivers of harlitey-roaches and other carriages
cause on, upon agreeuterst, after seseral adjournments,
hem ssen the leSrees of the junction road leading from
Kentish Tvartlo the Highgate Archway and toe pub-
.li,, ill`e driver off one hackney-coach, named Charles
Scott, being the nominal defendant '1 he cut was
this, whether a roach drawn by t horse
fist rr should
4
be subject to a.sh payment of tul; return, after
having paid once before on the same day, at the saute
Sate.
On the i art of the defendant, it was •4115"' ed,
that he having paid the toll at one of the g on the
said road, and a ticket given hint, it cleared the other
gate on the same trust, and also freed the same car-
riage rad horse, on their return, as otherwise the ticket
could be °fl) service whatever.

On the part of the lessee, it was coutenitd, that the
Ad of Parliament which controled this psilicular road
and trus•, was a local Art of itself, and could not have
reference to any other Art /Weyer ; and by that Act
it was directed, that every person patsi

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drawn by two horses, should pay
and that on the production of a tics
it
be demanded or taken fur the e
at any other gate on that et . d
obvious that the ticket did is
at the rime gate at which th t
return ; besides that, there w f
in the particular Act, es was. ase .
Arts, " 'I hat the toll being nee
clear all the gates on that parti
dnrtion of a ticket), front weal It
twelve o'clock on the neceedin ht," which clause
specified what should be dee e limitation of a
day, which was not the case h nd further, that
this was a new Act, for the pu f making a new
road to which the'riblic 'weir ry benefit, being
the nearest and best way to the Areitway-road, instead
of going round by Highgate: the case hating arisen
from the defendant having Waned to pay she toll on
his return.
The Magistrate, after hearing and investigating the
matter minutely, declared, that aceoriling to the Act
of Parliament the lessees were retitled to their toll on
every paving thtongh the said gate, from which the
ticket was issued, as it (lily cleared all the other gates

on Ain Itity Iff peeing but toot en 'elven, end eenvi cr- I
led the defendant is the mitigated penalty of ten shit-
Rigs, and coats.
"Tata Palm-nes or COVIIIRLAND."—In the midst
of the ordinary baldness of the public office, Bow-
street; yesterday morning, a very handsome equipage
bearing the Royal Coronet os the patinas, over the
initials O. C., dm,' up to the deer, and a gentleman
alighted front it, who requested to see the Magistrate
immediately. He was uccordlogly introduced to Mr.
Birnie, and he then stated that he attended on behalf
of " the Princess of Cumberland," ender the follow-
ing circumstances :—On Monday night last, as " her
Royal Highness" was at her toilet, in her house,
Alfred-place, Store-street, a pistol, loaded with hall,
was fired at her, and the ball passing through this
window, about ten or twelve inches above her head,
was picked up in the room by her waiting woman.—
The gentleman added, that " her Royal Highness"
having been much alarmed by the circumstance, was
at the present moment confined to her house by indis-
position ; and being very desirous of making a depo-
sition of the &al, it was her particular request to
the Magistrate that he would visit her at her house fur
that purpose, her carriage being then in uniting
there. _

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Mr. Btaxts, In the first place, despatched a police-
officer to inspect the premises ; and he having re-
turned, and stated his opinion that a pistol ball hail
evidently p. rforated the window as described by th:.
gentleman, Mr. Itirnie went in the carriage, and waited
upon " her Royal highness" as requested.
We understand the ball was not found by the wait-
ing woman till the following morning. It was a very
small ball, and was manifestly almost spent when it
sit uck the window. We are not aware of the con-
tents of " her Royal Highness's" deposition, but it
was stated by the gentleman that her object in maliing
it was, that a reward might be offered for the disco.
very of the ruffian who fired the pistol. Ile stated
also that " her Royal Highness" was not aware of any
' individual who could have the most distant motive fur
acting so maliciously.
lxramocs AVIAIR.-A few days ago Major M.-11,
and another gentleman, called upon sir. liirnie,
at the Public Office, Bow-street, fur the purpose of
asking Isis advice upon the following asystetious and
disgraceful occurrence:—
They stated, that a beautiful girl, of sixteen years
of a,.;e only, the daughter of a widow lady, resnlinz
at Ileums Terrace, Chelsea, had been scoured from
her home a:td parents by an old gentleman, upwards
of sixty. It appeared that this hoary deb .uebee had
been layi• g :indefatigably siege to the unfortunate
and infatuated girl for some time past. She tilts
in the habit of frequently walking out with her little
brother, and at such times this man invariably placed
himself in her tray. It further appeared that at these
interviews he represented himself to her as one of the
Peers of Parliament, and he talked of atteutliug Ida
duty there on the trial of the Queen ! At length the
miserable girl consented to abscond with him, and
nothing had since been beard of them. Inquiry, they'
added, had been made at the House of Lords, but nut
one of the Peers was found to answer the description
of his person.
The Worthy Magistrate immediately WA measures!
for the discovery of the fugitives, and. it has, in con-
sequence of those measures, been Iscerrained that the
seducer is a Baronet, and Member of Parliament for
a Borongls in a western county. He is moreover a
mar.itei inert ; and, though upwards of three store
years old himself, his wife is not more than twenty.
We are fully aware of his name, but we judge it right
if to nit's! it at present.
I: see that he carried his prey to Scotland ; brit,
at the i nee of the Worthy Magistrate above-men-
tioned, rit of Hake. Corpus has been issned, call-
ing upon him to produce the boiy of the young
lady, she being a minor, and she is, in consequence,
daily expected iu town.

DARING ROBIRRT AND ATTACK ON THE POLICL—A
few evenings hark, as Henry Knabschurch, porter to
Mr. Patience, of lierutonilserstreet, distiller, was pro-
eersliug along the London-road with a truck laden with
three casks of cloves, directed to Mr. Morris, landlord
of the Alfred's head, in that place; a number of ill-
looking men followed him, and several times attempt-
ed in the most barefaced and impudent manner to
carry off one of the casks, (each of which, wills the
contents was worth 4L 10.); but were each time disap-
pointed by the unexpected appearances of passengers.
Phe villaius, uevertiteless, followed the young matt,
until lie arrived at the place of his destination, when
they all surrounded the track, cut the ropes, and one
of them throning a cask of the liquor on his shoulder,
ran across the fields towards Dover-street, followed by
the rest of his companions. Ike porter and a labouring
man named Woods, pursued then., and those were pre-
sently afterwards reinforced by Kinsey and Heron, two
coostables; but the thieves so far from attempting to
escape, threw down the liquor, armed themselves with
large stones, and forming a circle round their booty,
showed a strung disposition to make a powerful resist!
sore. The constables drew their swords for the purpose
of intimidating them, anti with their assistance advanced
courageously on the compact body before them; the
ply assailed with a volley of stones which
• of them to the pffrouttil, and although they
an, such was the numbers of their oppo-
the firmness of the system on which they
,icy could nuke no impression on their im-
front, which the thieves perceiving, were
'o tire them out. At !coatis Woods rushed
1, of them, hut was attacked instantly in
4 way, that apprehending Isis life was ill
ailed to Kinsey to fire, which the latter igt-
litl, anti wonnaed one man. This did not
to disperse; the officers tired again; they
l into Dover-street, bearing otf time it minded
cox the principal ringleader whose name
he 'sands of the officers, as also the stolen
property. Jones was conveyed to the watch-lions.., and
afterwards examined at the Town Hall, and committed
to prison.

The Philsrdelpiis Press states, that Sir Home Pop-
ham, durin,t his late visit to Hayti, concluded a treaty
with CliriAtoplse, by which he is to pay to the British
tiovernment at the rate of 45 dollars per head fur
every negro they may land in his dominions. It Is
presume,' that the negroes taken on board slave-ships
will be sent to Hayti by the British. We are assured
that this step bas been taken by Christopbe, bee.mse
be h.s tained that his subjects decrease at the
rate of ti per cent. per annum.

•r ; and by that Act I were instantly
losing with a eh i brought most
a toll of sit • I threw in rem.
ii lict, no toll' • neut., and th
, meted, that lb.
e roach and peneral•le fro
id therefore it determined to
ear a fresh into the midst
l.t was issued. such a furious
provisionary danger, he cal
Ise in old Tar medlately did,
use them to
in
re e n tiny, s
esi retreated
trust (on the p an and leavii
lock one night a Jones, in th