The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-05-02 00:00:00

TI I E STATESMA N.

Of low wines, and IIGO gallons ef wash; and the per.
son ,to whom this belonged, in order to avoid the
pentilty, sold off his furniture and disappeared the
nest day. The same Gentleman, about the same
time, nisi; detected, by information, a still at work
of considerable size, in the Orateen within the gates
of the Barracks at I'iershill, about a %tile distant
from Edinburgh, which he seized; together with a
large fermenting tun, 150 gallons of wash and low
wines, and materials, w ith which he loaded four
carts in presence of the sentinels and soldiers of the
Barracks, who ought, on every occasion possible, to
detect smuggling and protect the revenue. Although
unconnected with the profession of a distiller, I
thought it necessary that the facts stated should be
made known to the public.
Ldiuburgli, April EL

T. D.

Sir JAW*. HENRY CnAto, late Governor In Chief
of British North Americh, and who is said to have
had the correspondence with Captain !llEntrir, died
on the 12tk of January last, in London.
GAr.tt.to.—A curious observation has been made,
that this great man was born the same year in which
MxcitAEL Abrot:Lo died, and himself died in the same
year which gave birth to Sir ISAAC NEWTON.
PAratone Futtn.—A general Meeting of, the
Subscribers to Lloye'a was held on Thursday, in eon-
sapience of all application from the Patriotic Fund
for a .contribution, on account of the amount of
claims upon the fund which would probably arise
from the capture of Ballos. Mr. MAnayArr, the
Chairman, represented the necessity of supporting
the Patriotic Fund, which had originated at Lloyd's,
and stated that the Committee of the House had re-
solved unanimously; to propose to the Meeting a con-
tribution of 50001. 3 per Cent. Consols. The motion
being made and seconded an amendment wns!moved
to make the contribution 10,0001. which was carried
, with only one dissenting voice. A book for receiving
indiiidual subscriptions will be opened at Lloyd's,
after a meeting of the Merchants, &c. which is to be
held ton Tuesday next, at the Merchant Seamen's
Office.

On the night of the 2lst inst. some villains, (:.i-
-thee° trhknown)set lice in several places to a stack
of capital hay, containing about 20 tons, standing in
a field by Whittington Mom, near Chesterfield, the
property of Wtn.*Siddall, the whole of which was
entirely consumed before assistance could be ob-
tained.

Comma's INQUEST.—Yesterday an inquest etas
held at the Red Lion public-house, Coppice-row, on
the body of a tniddle-aged man, when it appeared
that the deceased had taken a large portion of lauda-
num, which caused his death. Selena persons stated,
that the deceased had appeared in a melancholy
state for some time. The Jury returned a verdict of
Lunacy.
Mr. PARKER, husband to the celebrated Columbine
of Covent-garden Theatre, received a letter on Thurs-
day from the Lottery Office which sold the 20,0001.
stating, that the number registered by Mrs. P. had
been drawn the high prize. It was concluded that
she had the whole of the ticket, whet, it seems, she
merely purchased a sixteenth. A Gentleman in
James-street, Covent-Garden, was the holder of an-
other.

Daearteur. Film—We are sorry to say, there
appears too much reason to believe, that the melan•
choly and destructive tire, by which the house of
Patrick Keeffe, of Grague, near Ballypatrick, in
the county of Tipperary, was consumed, as noticed
in our last, was the work of savage incendiaries.—
While the family were heavy asleep, the dwelling-;
house appears to have been set on fire, and with such
effect, that the first communication of the dreadful
event was by the falling in of particles of the roof,
and of the burning timber.—Keeffe, from former
sitations made upon him, by the villainous ban-
ditti
who infest that country, had, son'a time back,
gotten iron gratings to his windows, and a strong lock
to his door. On the first confusion, being awakened
by the cry of " Fire l" from his wife, they both
jumped out of bed, and, in the sudden agitation of
their minds,, lost the few short moments, that Might
have saved some of this unfortunate family in a
distracted and ineffectual search for t; e key. Miss-
ing this, Keefe recollected a window, through which
he might pass, and made for It, the burning timbers
still falling in upon him in increased numbers: and,
while he was making this Effort, his wife ran for the
purpose of bringing some of their children from as
inner room, out of which,' neither she nor they ever
came alive. Out of a family consisting of nine per-
sons, either in youth or middle life, within a few
minutes but one was left tol relate this horrid story.
—Patrick Keefe is still alive in the House of Indus-
try, Clonmel, whither the humane exertions of the
fligh Sheriff brought him, and where he is, dread-
fully burned, under the care of Surgeon Phillips.
Mr. Hill, one of the Coroners, held an Inquest at
Keeffe's house on 'Wednesday, when the Jury, af-
ter examining all the evidence (and little it was) that
they could obtain—found, that the persons under-
named came by their death by the house in which
they were, being maliciously set on fire, by some
person or persons unknown. The persons were,
Eleanor Keeffe, the mother, aged 40 years; Michael
Keeffe, 20; John Keeffo, 18 ; Patrick Keeffe, 15;
Mary Keeffe, 10; Mary Heffernan, 35; Margaret
Lonergatt, 21 ; Nancy and Barnes, 10.—Major
Prendergast (the Iligh Sheriff) went to the place on
Thursday, and made the most diligent investigation
in his power, when, from kvery minuteexamination
into a variety of minor circumstances, he found am-
ple reason to.cenfirm the finding of the Jury, and
has offered a reward of One Hundred Guineas, to
any person that will give him, or any Magistrate,
either private or public information as will convict
the .persone, guilty .of these horrible murders and
burnings.—( Waterford Mirror.)
MARLBOROCCH-STAELT.—AGGRATATED ASSAULT*
--A gentleman of the name of Goddard, a citizen,
who has a house at Shepherd's Bush, was charged by
an old gentleman named Brown, with an assault in
the Hammersmith stage. The Complainant got into
the stage at Kensington, which previously contained
five persons, and a dispute arose betwixt him and
the Defendant respecting having the windows up or
down. The latter was accompanied by a lady, and
they were for having the windows up, but the Com-
plainant was in want of air, and claimed his right to
have one down at least ; he took the liberty of grati-
fying hii desire,. and the Defendant put himself in
position ala Gully, and hit the old gentleman on
the motath, 'clopd on him, and pulled his nose, and
afterwards spit in his lace.—The Magistrate repro-
bated the unmanly attack in becoraiug terms, and
held the Defendant to bail, to answer the complaint
at the Sessions.