The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-09-04 00:00:00

BARTHOLOMRIV FAIR.

This annual festival of mirth, noise, and nonsense, be-
gan yesterday with all its usual gaudy spleutlonr ; it is
customary previous to the coming's etnent of the proceed-
ings, for the fair to be proclaimed by the Lord Mayor.
About eleven o'clock his Lordship, attended by the
sheriffs city marshalmen, and a great number of con-
stables proceeded in state to Smithfield, where the pro-
clamation was read in due form, which being done, th •
fun anti frolic immediately commenced. Itanits of music
struck up in every direction, mingling :heir dulcet notes
with the less harmonious, but more powerful, strains of
wild beasts, trumisets, horns, &c. There were verf fear
good shows ; Richardson, as usual, made a very splendid
appearance, and Wombwell's collection of wild beastt
was on the most extensive scale. Giants, giantesses,
dwarfs and dwarfesses, sapient pigs and learned dnck'.
were among the many wonders of ;he day. Onsaine of
the booths a number of slight of hand performance's xp •
peared to give iutinite satisfaction to the gaping malt;
toile, and stretched many a month much beyond the:r
usual limits. The slight of hand folks or tbe boo.ts
were also actively employed, whose operations appearA
to have theeffect of inclining the muscles to a contrary
direction. Several who had been indulging in hearty
laughter at the legerdemain tricks before them, left the
scene quite chop-fallen on discovering that similar per-
formers among the crowd had relieved them of tfieir
watches, pocket-hooks, handkerchiefs, &c.
About nine in the evening the crowd !seeable excessive.
An old man who appeared to have lost kb hat, w
jostled about in the most unceressionions manner, ant
etchibiting a head which time or ill fortune bad Arrived
of its natural covering, the attention 9f the crowd. was
directed towards him by the violent efforts he made to
extricate himself. In these circumstances a wag. for
lark as it was termed, gave bins a Bishop's blessing-,
which was a smart slap en the bald pate. The poor
low's head was now considered fair game, and all within
reach had s slap at it. He at task with much difficulty,
et eat, and jerking up his breeches, eagerly inquired to
whom Ise'svas indebted for the ideas** that had bean
to liberally bestoWed utson bins, and lamented Le
was not enabled to return so much kindgese in the most
forcible manner.—The oyster stalls were well attended,
and the sausage parloars exhibited a motley collection
of sweeps, draymen, anti coal-heavers, with la due por-
tion of thefhir sex, p)ofusely indolgine- in the smeak.
ing luxuries. The different public houses were well
filled and displayed festoons of variegated lamps across
the windows. Dancing, singing, Ike. contiiii:eil to a late
hour, when the different performers retired to recruit
themsekes rot the next day's exertion.

The disputes between the Storthiog, or Parlia-
ment of Norway and the King Of Ssiedeit still conti-
nue, and the advance of Swedish troops to the Norwe-
gian frontiers, bar given rise to considerable -apprehen-
sion. The 'king contends for the power of creating
Nobles; and the Mortising, though it declares its wil-
lingness to Indemnify the Nobles for advantages Of
which they bate been deprived, is determined not to
yield the point on which the King insists. "Uar
land," ray the Norwegians, "is much too poor to be
able to be.kr this institution."
BOut.con:4•eus-Mce, AccusT 29. —(Ett Met of a pt.
rate kger.)—" Mr. Webster Wedderbern's process ,eas
tried here this day, when, after a deliberate examination
of all the witnesses, himself, and the servant (who has
been long pertectiv well), the Procuieur du Roi pro-
niinoced Mr. Wedaerbern's conduct perfectly justifiable,
and that tie bid wounded his servant in his own de-
fence, lie having, by his Own deposition, made the assault
upon his master. The tribunal adjudged therefore, 16
francs amende, and the costs to be paid mutually between
the parties. Mr. W. was most ably defended by M. Be-
douin, AdvoCate at Boulogne."

GRAND REOATTA.—Yesterday a boat race took plado
for a wheiry, green by the inhabitants of Lambeth, which
was rowed for tiy eight pair of oars, and after a severe
contest was woo by Edward Perry and William Haw-
kins.—There were three other dimities, the best of
which was for a wherry, by eight pair of sculls, given
by the inhabitants of Southwark, and was won by Ed-
ward Erouiwell.

The ship Castle Forbes, captain Ord, sailed from
Leith on Mon Jay, with goods, and 6 passengers, foe
the Cape of Good Hope, Van Deiwan's Land, and New
South Wake.

Early in the last week several fields of pats and barley
were cut in the vicinity of Ediuburgb.
Snrnmary of the population of Lancashire:—Male‘
512,160; Females, 540,040; Total 11,052.2041.-111-
crease since 1611, 223.190.

Po PULA T 10X or BE 1LFAzT.,....-Totild 33,91341. Of
thete 18.148 are. Females, and 17,799 Males. Houses
unoccupied, 353. In the enumeration there is see
woman aged 104, and We man aged 97. It is esti-
mated that there were abo*t 2090 persons absent from
tows in the cociatty, at the watering-places. its. wlau
are not iticllided in the above Return, their houses hav-
ing been shut njp, sad teturood as unoccupied.—
Ballymararett is tot included in this enumeration, bat
may be earimtbsd at 3000, which would• make the
'total population *meant to 40,934.
TAs Observer tot last Sunday. September .the
2J. containing a Print of his Majesty lauding at
Howtb, price sevespence—The Observer of Sundry.
August 19, containing the amount of the Queen's
.IPUntsul, price sevenpence—and Tice Observer of Sue.
day. Jely It with the fear Prints of the Coronaiiori
Ceremonies, consisting of two sheets, price foarteeq
pence. of which 63,000 sets have actually been sold—.
these three (Narver& will be kips es sale 'mil the cad
of September.