The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-07-16 00:00:00

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tics is rangdithed, sod that morrow never ar.
rived ; bdt be kill has some cdatfort, " in ibiitio-
vlction, that the Weida** of bit earns rem .ins
impaired." This is bet Oior.)inti heeds* comfort
indeed—in ti lei Short yeah; Wit cootie, %thick he
so much admires, will hive lost iti ihdrass. Not
contest with injuring hii goof tilife, his Mends will
not let bins be quiet: their eitravagant pniises of
his parting speech, though they do iiat Prate him
to be a Demosthettet, cifiilnce us, that tliiy are
net Qeintiliam. 'l'hb speech, though in some parts
injudicious, deserve. appiause, ti plain, manly, and
servos.; yet, in it thee.* are bdt feti Sparks of
genies, fewer pictures of an etcersite ithsginatiOn, '
sot one profound remark, " no thtieghti that
breathe, no words that burn." But hod it united
the gram of Cicero with the force of Dentaithities-i-
-had it been*. vivid as the language of CiUln, or ds;
orgementative as the oration. of Rrskine-.Aail it et. '
hilsiteit the wide range of Berke, sod the brilliancy
of Sheridan, billy indeed would the majority of the
Freeholders have been, had they suffered theii liti.
horrente of his political conduct to base been d
utd la their admiration of his eloquence: they ire';
moor too wise to be satisfied with words alone.
rod triumphs, not over Sir Thomas Aclsnd, bet over-
his euetitc rot NClrt.el ; not over the man, but the se-
miter = not over the admired country Gentleman, but
the couttierAke Representative; not over hi. &acerb
'Wein but his public errors. And this !riiiptph
is otoottrus indeed—it It a triumph in a Cottony, in
which Toryism had taken deep root, bet *hick
has now, uctecit be praised, given to England
a great, a good, t noble 'Sample, which soot, star
will be proud tti imitate. It lilt's no intiger,olsose
who lent their aid to a Minility, whose evictions
have renovated the mommeries of soperstitions 'pith
the creellies and follies of at•ciessi despotitinL and
hound, as tightly as they can, the Cputtn!ut in
theists! but whilit Sir Thomas niktaltes the 'cause of
his defeat, he never ran form a cot rect tuition of his
faults. Ile has heels beaten by seal, the °Griot/
of the principles of Camden, Chatham, Fos, Locke,
' and Booths's), which have been widely proonagitted,
lcarefully protected, and now, nutted into greatness,
are blooming in losurianci. They bite deeply
taken root, no art can Pith pate them; to attempt it
is as idle a task as to endeavour to condeil the Man—
i task es wild as to try to persuade men to sfaio
their bodies like their forefathers, or to retirs into
deus and caves!

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
DIAL, JULY 18. —Arrived the [mom, Chitty,
from Hambergh, for ---.—ltemain in the Downs
as per lasi,
PORTsIIOUTiI, JULY 15.--Arrited the Vigilant,
Kenward, from London.—Sailed the ship American
Hero, Clements, for Batavia.

FALUOUTII, JULY IS.—Sailed the Prince Ernest
packet, with a Mail, for Liaison; and the Speedy
packet, with ditto, for America.
LIIIIMPOOL, JULY 14.—The Coarier, Browne, has
arrived at New York. with lees of maintopotorst..e
Arrived the ilereoles, Cobb, from New York—
sailed llth June. On the 11th of July, 12 leagues
west•of Scilly, spoke the Theedosia, Morrison, from
LiVerpool for Calcutta. Vessels in the harboor of
Valparaiso, 14th March, via. :-.-P01134311, Nicholls,
from Calcutta; Caledonia, Lawson, from Liverpool;
Albion, Bridden, from London ; Windham, A..
drew', from London ; Dragon, Brown, from Lire,.
pool and Beenrea A)res ; Devon, Mason, frnm Lift
.verpool ; and Lancashire Witch, from Liverpool
and Buenos Ayres.
G teSvmzen, JULY 15.—Arrived the James, Mann,
from Memel; Preston, Baldry, from Sierra Leone;
Eloise, from Dantsic; Yr°, Gitts, Blucher,
from Groningen; Verueskite, Scholber, from Not.
sic; Lively, Primrose, from ditto; Nancy, Andrews,
from Riga ; Flora, Bay, from Calais; Maria, Keil-
sey, from ditto ; Integrity, Clifton, from ditto ;
Amity, Shepherd, from Stettin ; Commercial,
Richie, room Trieste; Probity, Cooper, from Lisbon ;
A Teaser, angers, from Antwerp.—Sailed the fhb',
Stephenson, for the Cape of Good !lope ; Mary and
Kliza, Phillips, for Malta ; Palmers, Kemp, for
the kte of France ; Atalanta, Corney, for Jamaica ;
and Marianna, Norris, for Smyrna.

STonst.--'-Op Tuesday last we were visited here
with a tremenilous storm of thunder, lightning, and
rain ; we are, however, happy to add, that we have
beard of no particular damage being done in the im-
mediate vicinity of this city, bet are sorry to add the
follow ing :—Near Alston, an Tuesday evening, about
siz o'clock, as Mrs. Watson,, her husband, sod
deciliter, were in the byer, the former, while milk-
ing the cow, wee killed by the electric fluid. The
cow she was milking, with another one, and a lamb,
were likewise killed; and the little girl struck sense.
less, and her father much burned. The two latter.
we understand, are recovering.—Hesham, the same
night, was visited by a most tremendous thunder
storm, hot we Isere not heard of any damage baring
been done.—At Wigton, on Taesday evening last,
there was the heaviest fell of rain ever remembered,
accompanied with thunder and lightning; many of
the houses, and particularly the cellars, were instil.
dated to a considerable deptb.—(Carlisle Journal.)
BRUTAL 0111TRACIIL.—.A complaint was exhibited at
Marlborough-street Police-office yesterday, egalnst a
Mary-le•benne constable, of the name of Galin, for
assaulting and dangerously wounding Mr. King, who
holds a sitoation in one Of the public-office,: is ep-
peered by the statement of persons, straitigersto•tbe
parties, that a drunken man wee erprebblismivitb
watchman in Doriet.street, when Colliwalnterfeeed,l

end his conduct CSOtesil Mr. King to toosonstrete.--
Collins, without showing any authority, ietted 3Rirb
King, swore be should go to the wateh-hopse 'Ws
and struck and ill.trested him. The comma** nest
attacked him with • hed•kry, wad woendrd • him
dangerously by repeated blows about the heed, which
produced blood from the ean., Ist this state Mr.
King was conveyed home hi • dengetoes statriv end
his situation was described by a certificate. CAIN.'
was not to be toned yesterday, bat satin RS lir
search after him. .