The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-09-28 00:00:00

Ta usage*.
The bake of NORFOLK.
• The Duke of RUTLAND.
The Marquees of NOR'rRAMPTON,
Lord BRATB ROMER,
. Lord-JUNO, /se. Abe. &e.

- AND SIXTY DIDECTODS.
Managing Director.
J. Ti BARBER BEAUMONT. Esq. F. A. S.
'TIME distingeishing Principle of these.o6ers
.1. that they combine the stability of Companies haying a
barite Capital. With the minor advantage of sharing Profits as
in Union Societies.
Permaneet Capitals !lag to 650,0001, have bees
Mad. in Addition I. the is atlig Capital 'defog frees
Premiums and it is expressly provided. that these
'
Mode shall be answerable for Loses. whence Per-
assmrimmred are *lnitially sectored from Liability for the
Losses of ethers. •
-In the Flee Orrtee. Beton. of 20 or 26 per Ceiit.
have' been invariably paid to ell Persons who have con-
tiiieed *mired Seven Years. whether their Policies were
taker Litt for Seven Years, or were renewed annually.
which Retorts during the last Seems Years have exceeded
*OOOl.
hi the Lire Orme. BONUSES of IM. Ss. and WU. lts.
per Cad. have bees divided during the last fourteen yew's.

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LOOKING GLASSES and VURNII'LIKE.—Seve-
raI large SECOND HAND PLATES, are now on
sale, at Coerce and Son's blanufactory. 93, Bishops'
gate-street, Within.—Some of the larger sizes are desira-
bly adapted for large dining-rooms and elegant drawing-
rdoms. A large assortment of rich finished Chimney, Pier.
and Cheval frames, with New Glasses of superior colony sad
brilliancy ; the prices reduced beyond'all former precedent.
Plate Glass for irtodows. Carriages. &c.—This article
may also be manufactured as high as ISO by 71 Incises, IVO
by 80, or to any given dimensions.
Noblemen, Gentlemen, /hareems, Proprietors of Hotels
and others, will And this Warehouse deserving &nestles,
fromits ex tensi veVa ri et y of excellen t Cabinet and ChalrWork.
The upholstery arrangements display some new speeireens of
peculiar neatness and elegance, with the still greater ad►aa-
tare of economy In the charge. Some superior second-hand
furniture for sitting-rooms and bed-chambers, to be dis-
posed of on proportionate terms.
Permits,* delivered to any part of the country, without
risk of injury or ',pence of packing.

lIA. VOIAR It.

[KITNACT OF A LiTTOR Flo]l A VISITOR.]

Is eoesequence of the irregular form of this I
kingdom, and the numerous indentation wade upon I
its boundaries, there is some difficulty in ascertain-
ing its precise extent: but if the several states Were
compressed in one arrondissemen-, 1 believe its dia-
meter might be caltalated at about 160 English miles.
let even this comparatively Small state, if it eajoyed
the fertility belonging ro a similar tract of land in
England, *144, in Germany, be a kitypen of

rgrtiillrreinltlrilis rettieswareititpumeh larger than
some plates which la England ate called hamlets; and
of course its population is very marl, circumscribed.
The first town of any note is the northern part of
the Hanoverian dominions is that of Stade, which is
situated about thirty miles westward of Hamburgh,
and on the opposite side of the Elbe, from which
those is a cotnssouicatioa to the town by a small river,
Isintilar to that of the creek between the Hirer Thames
and the village of Barking. in Essex. The distance
from the mouth of this creek to Stade is about four
English miles. In this part of the Elbe an armed
.brig, in the service of Hanover, anti which, I believe,
constitutes the whole of the Hanoverian navy, is con-
stantly stationed fur the sole purpose of compelling all
the merchant veuels going up the Elbe to stop and pay
a certain toll to the Hanoverian llovernsuent. At a
short distance from the mouth of the creek there is a
Cnstoni-house for managing this business. Th. mad
from this place to Stade is merely a path way through
marshes, from which the overflowing water of the Elbe
is excluded by high banks,and which are remarkable for
their extraordinary verdure and fertility. Stade, al-
though a very old, is a healthy and pleasant town ; the
houses are high, with very large entrances ; most of the
streets are narrow,- and without any foot pavements ;
and more than ;one half stands on a considerable ele-
vation. The barracks, which form a large square, are
situated in the highest part of the town, and in these
are two regiments of infantry, with a proportionate
number of cavalry. The town is surrounded by high
ramparts, but they do not deserve thenaute of fortifica-
tions, for they are not constructed according to the sci-
entific plans of eminent engineers, such as Vauban and
Muller ; they have no regular bastions or ravelins, but
seem to have been rudely thrown up to answer some
temporary paspose. Imdeed nobody has ever imagined that
fortifications here could answer any asefal parpose; on
the cooteary, they-have Wee considered as entailing a
most heavy and useless expense to the inhabitants; and
yet such is the rage for placing every thing in a mili-
tary attitude, that from one to two hundred men are now
employed in raising new outworks en the northern side
of this town, towards the Elbe. I must observe that
these men are convicts, and their labour of course can
be obtained at a very cheap rate.
The lands round the town, particularly those bor-
dering on the Elbe, are remarkable for the aim:Wince
of their products; and they supply the inhabitants,
even to an overflow, with all the necessaries and com-
forts of life. Here you can have meat, poultry, milk,
better, vegetables, and traits, at a reasonable price.
The cows, that grass on the rich pastures without the
(ramparts, are so numerous, that some hundreds of
young women are employed every amusing and even-
ing in bringing home pails fall of •wilk. The in-
mate of a hotel in this place, then, !dies be sits down
to his tea or coffee, is never subject to the privation
which one constantly meets with in London, by being
obliged to use the watery substitute for. milk which Is
set before bins.
.liersyou,alwayallave sine jug full,
of rich cream. There is anotherfeatsrekkelimgias to
this place, which iSwell worthy of ritei t soticedtri
presiggar it evet stets here ;no pet ti ter appears
to its is want/' iietteslift Of Eft, t 410 MAW
chilly ak sadness Wm/kW .io leitileleor its an*: Mil-.
ienanee ; every where yon may see content and Hirer.
fulness. lam infutoted.that the lands in the neigh.

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