The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-06-04 00:00:00

THREATENING LETTERS.

(The following letter is inserted at the request of the writer,
wise is the claimant of the Dukedom of Norfolk and the same
that was recently'inentioned in the nt%srapers as the writer of
the threatening letters advertises! la the .; suite, with six offer
of a reward of IOW!. for tis- disco• ery of the author.)
a,—Haveing been advcrtized, that I had sent threntinr let-
ter.' to the PRINCI of N'wr,•s, I base not had 11111 Or p. dually to
read your paper, but being sno'd that lam the person al-
luded to, I hope ynu'll as rcadi:y contradict tbe as>ertion, as
you was wiHiug to insert towards use, by the following State-
ment s

It is true that I did pit a letter into the Post Office at Pall.
Mall & afterwards went to demand It a4aiii, for the reason, I
was told that no letters that win re seut by the Post, si iiMd be
taken in, which letter was for the perpesr to transmit my place
of Residence, that I had onwid puha,. down in my letter of Ap-
peal that l deliveed personally to the PRINCE Of ll'Aces t.:)(11 •
April in Pall-Mall, in Consiquence of the Estate of Lwood,
that is witbolden from me, in the Name of the present povessor
of the Norfolk t tle, independent of famil) Claim.
1 have the Copy of the letters by nu , both the one I deliverd
personally to the PRINCE of WALES & the other by the Post,
which is sufficient to esonirate me of haviing sect ally thr,ot.ug
letters to the PRINCE ofWALEC

My Family Claims is known To the Politick, as well as to the
2 Houses of Parliament, the Cutlets of Chancery and King's_
bench in cunsiquence of which likewise to the Prince. f Wales;
Which letter: if you think proper to insert in your Newspaper,
you are at liberty, I tumid be glad you ti and.
Its no use to mention the siugiilar behaviour 4 received in
Westminster 'fall a few dip; ago, n ben 1 was walking aside
the present pomessor of tin Norfolk title on th • subject of iny
setter to the PRIMO' of Wsnas, and family Claim, as it is die-
toot to the presectsubket 'aeniiou it herein
I W to conclude by olvervting that if the Parser had con-
stder'd me either celpable or guilty, he had say band writeing.
and Name to refeld to, or Norfolk House or the Loan C 11111.6
CZLLOT: and ..by address, that their cowl by no excuse, if their
was any char •e of Guilt against me.
June Ist, 1812. WALTER HOWARD.

NAVAL INTELLIGIENCR.

PORTSMOUTH, .ivse 3.

Sailed the Bacchante, of 38 runs, Capt. lione, with the Duke
del Infantado and suite, for Cadiz ; and the Acti..:l, wilt the
Downs convoy.

Dropped down to St. Helen's, tie Junon, with the ta►t India
convoy.

The Itosamond takes convey to Halifax al.,' Qucter.
Went nut of Harbour the Alonzo.
The Cossack sails with the Mediterr►near. convoy immedi-
ately. 5

DEAL, Jutiz 3.
Railed this morning the whole of the outward hound co'>•ters
and colliers, under convoy of the Counter of Elgin cutter, tor
Portsmouth.

Came is the Pompee from of Flushing t and the Sterling Ca.,
tie, from the River.
Sailed his Majesty's ships Valiant and Cretan, fur off Flush-
ing•

TILYMOUIH, Juvn t
Sailed the intelligent gun-brig, on a cruise.
FALMOUTII, June I.

Arrived the Rapid schooner, from the Eastward ; and the
Echo, from Memina, in 52 days, fell in with off the l a ars End
an English frigate in chase of a French priv te,r.
SHEERNESS, Joffe S.

Sailed this morning his Majesty'sship Tweed, with the convoy
for Hudson's Bay.

LIVERPOOL, TvNE 2.

Arrived the John, Tubing, from Barb Idoes s sailed the 43t6
of April, spok on the 12th of y, in lat. 41. 1 hug. 47. ti.
the Trinidad. 111‘Gowan, from Trinidad, bound ti Greenocl .
0,, the 20th of May, io lat. 47. :P. long. 31. 21. NI in with a
brig without her roosts ai.d flail of water, lodes wi platskv.
itaves, at cod-thh, with the name " Link a, of Porthtud,"
painted on bet stern.

The Ludy Arabella packet froin List;on, and the
.candwich packet from New 'York, are e rived at
i Fslmouth. The Mails will be delivered to-morrow.
;The .Arabella left Lisbon the 27th ult. and the Sand.
Icier left New York the 9th ult.
a: ATM. THUNDER SVottm.—We are sorry to have
to communicate the foilti wing distressing letter from
I our Correspondent at Lincoln, dated the Ist iastaitt:
^46 A storm cam- on here in the afternoon of
Friday last, which was uncommonly severe, and has
been attended with very fatal consequences in this
neighbourhood. At Southrayl a villige three miles
from Bardney, three boys were killed by the light-
ning, namely, John East and Skilled by the light-
ning, namely, John East and Itichard l'it,k, aged
twelve years, lnd Le. i The, eleven 3..-ars. These
poor boys were tending geese, in company with alto-
titer, named Charles Blakey, about the saute age,
who escaped in a most providential n:anner. They
were in a geld near home, and, when the storm
approached; retired to a hoVel. Here they sat
.down on the ground, Blakey having two companions
orl one side, and one on the other. • How lorry they
had been in the hovel, is unknown to- him, hut,
in a moment, he became alarmed. He jumped up its
a fright, saving, " come, boys, let cs 'go home;
we shall all be killed in this place." His companions
did not speak, and he ran home, where he informed
his mother he thought his companions were all kill d
by thelightning, as they did not-speak or stir. Sc.
senl of the neighboups went to the- place imnsedi.
ately, and there found them all lying, dead. The
lightning fell on their heads, and ran down their
bodies, burning their necks, shoulders, and breasts,
in a dreadful manner, causing many large brown
sores. Blakey was hurt on the right arm and thigh,
having apiece on each scorched nearly as large as a
half crown. A dog was in ths.hovel,: and recz,ived
no injury. Two of their shirts were burned, but
the outward garments were not damaged.—They
were the children of labosseing people, and all be-
longed to Southray."