The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-12-22 00:00:00

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The Cottesmora hounds had a hard ran on Fri-
day list. They unkennelled i fox at Woodle.
head, Lincolnshire, and.* Min fur two hours
and fifty minutes-, with scarcely a dieck ; indeed
the only one tiley received was through Reynard's
taking shelter (.is be thotigltt) in a drain near
Ashwall, but he was immediately followed by an
excellent terrier, who hurst him out at the other
end of the drain, where the hounds were ready
to receive him; but, strange as it may appear,
he leaped upon the backs of the hounds, escaped
theni completely, and ran into ground near Bel.
voir Castle. At (his moment, Laftibert, the
huntsman, and one of the whippers-in, were the
only persons present. Many excellent horses
were completely done up long before that time :
a valuable one died the moment the servant pulled
the suddle off, in a stable, at the George inn,
Stamford.

We regret to state, that there has been a very
serious loss of shipping off Heligoland during the
late gales. There are twelve or fourteen ships al.
ready known to have been wrecked ; and letters
from the Island estimate the total loss at se►enty.
Letters from Helie,ol ind state, that the commer-
cial intercourse with Ilan►burgh is now coinpictely
interrupted, in cowequerice or th% rigorous eject'.
tion of the French Decrees.

It is stated in Sydney Gazettes to the 27th of
March last, that a proclamation, issued by the
Lieutenant-Governor, P.ttsasom, prohibited all
correspondence and communication with the late
Governor &tem, or any of his family, friends, or
associates.

The annual allowance for clothing to the Vo-
lunteer Corps and Troops of Cavalry, will, in fu-
ture, be reduced to the sum of 21. per man.
Lord St. Asaph has received a confirmation of
the loss of the Lady Nelson, of Liverpool. All
on board perished, including his Lordship's son,
Mr. Ashburnham, an •l6cer in the Coldstream
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Colonel Marshall, whom the French papers
state to have been mortally wounded in the de-
fence of Gerona, we% a native of Trader, in Ire-
land, in the neighbourhood of which he had a
handsome estate. He joined the Spanish army as
a volunteer.

Hy letters from the United States, it appears
that some dispntes had arisen between the British
Ambassador and the Governor, at Washington,
which had rendered it impossihle for him to coml.
nue the negociations with any prospect of advan-
tage co Great Britain.
The British prisoners in France are about
4,000; but the French, in a debtor and creditor
account of prisoners of different descriptions re-
leased on parole, contrive to make a balance due
to them, of about 1300 men, notwit!lstatiding the
immense number: in our deptits and prison ships.
Iler Royal Highness the Princess AxEctA is
considered so much better, that we understand an
operation is determined on, to be performed
by Mr. KEATEI, to remove the obstruction is the
thorax.

The Archbishop of CANTERBVRY intends to
pull down all the houses on the Palace side of
Church-street, Lambeth, as soon as the present
leases arc expired ; in ord:r to enlarge the street,
and make the approach to the church and the an.
cient gaits of (he palace more commodious.
Tha Duke of NORTIILIMUFRLAND'S seat, Aln-
ick.Castle, is expected to be a scene of festivity,
during the ensuing holiday.. We understand,
that great preparations are making at that noble
mansion, for the nuptials of his Grace's (aughter,
Lady A. Peace, with Lord .lami.s Muuaay.
Last ni4lit, a fire broke out at a private house,
in Devonshire-street, Qeeen-square, which was
apprehended to be of an alarmiug nature, but the
very timely interference of the engines, of o hick
those from the Hope *ere of the first, prevented
its doing any material damage ; the whole loss
being comprised within one suite of apartments.
Saturday last, the ballot for the Local Militia,
for the division of Bearstcd, Kent, took place,
when the number wanted for the town of Maid.
stone appeared to be 230 ; there were only 20
volunteers offered and accepted, and the remaining
210 were ballotted for, to make up the 230.
At the Public 'Office, Hatton-garden, yester-
day, a carpenter, of the name of Cadman, tinder.
went a long private examination, charged with
having committed a rape on Martha Gall, 17 yeats
of age, in an out-house in the Spa-fields, for
which he stands committed, but is to be brought
up again, as further evidence is to be brought foi-
watd against hint.
Yesterday Were safely landed In the Timer, a
lion and linneis, from Senegal.
A rubbery of the must daring nature was corn.
milted a few days ago, at Mr. Turner 4, the
White Hart hitt, Broad-stteet, Bristol. Be-
tween four and five o'clock, the rubber first en-
tered the bedchamber of a gentleman and lady,
who hid fur some time taken trp their residence at
the above inn, and took front the eoat.pocket of
the gentleman hie pocket-book, containing about
tent potted', and some other articles ; also, the
pockets of the lady : which, together with the
empty pocket-book, were found at day-light at
the chamber door. The robber next proceeded
to the chamber of Mr. 'rimier, the landlord, who,
with his wife, wcreasleep. Having extinguished the
rushlight, he plundered the breeches-pocket of Mr.
Turner of upwards of seventy pounds in notes,
and by the noise he mole, he awoke Mr. Turner
who viclaimed that somebody was in the room ;
but it being a stormy windy :naming, mid quite
dark, Mr. Turner did tort discover (though he
felt round the bed) that there was any body in the
room ; and from hence he also made his escape
undiscotered, changing the key of the room door-
from the inside to the outside. Frotn thence he
proceeded to a closet on the stairs, used by the
chambermaid fur keeping (lie linen of the house.
Here he made it tolerable booty tenolig the shirts
and wearilig-apparel. A person who lodged ati
the house fur some days, and represented himself'
as a traveller out of place, has been taken into
custody, charged with having committed the I
rubbery.