The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-12-31 00:00:00

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To THE SUITOR or TOR STATESMAN.
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am glad to see that my letter to you of the
slat November has produced in my angry neighbour
some signs of grace ; for, in his letter to you of the
2d instant, which has just been shown to me, and
which purports to he an answer to mine, be has not
made even the slightest attempt to controvert, or
deny, the facts I therein stated; but, behind the
flimsy veil of a blundering attempt at verbal criti-
cism, he slinks to hide himself from the jest indig-
nation of an insulted people, and the inevitable
derision of his fellow-pa eishioners, to whose view I
have exposed his attack of one of the most whole.
some Statutes that the wisdom of the Legislature ever
enacted.

My angry neigbbour wishes I could be compelled
to parse a Latin sentence of three words. I heartily
wish he could be compelled to repeat the real arti-
cles of his political creed at our nest Vestry. Such
an esposo would effectually open the eyes of his de.
lulled supporters, and would more effectually tend
to calm the feuds which so unhappily distract and
disgrace the parish than► arty other circumstance that
could possibly beppen.

My angry neighbour, in Lis attempt at criticism,
has beets ■s unfortunate as be was its his insidious
attack on the " aia.vnted resident servant of the
Sorry institution," as he now wittily calls this ob-
ject of his malignity ; for he asserts it is a gramme-
licit error to use the adjective "present" without a.
substantive, as I have dune in the first paragraph of
my former letter.

On asking the opinion of my little girl, who is
just come home from school, as to the justness of this
criticism, she begs me to refer the GENTLEPdAY to
MURRAY'S Grammar, the 24th edition, page 58, tied
he will find this rule—

" An adjective put without a substantive, with
the definite article before it, becomes a substantive
in
.sense and meaning—as, riov!deuce re►rards the
good and punishes the bad!!!"
What ! put down by a SCHOOL GIRL! ! 0 fie
fie! Mr. ClitTic, of Cuntsr CHURCH, SORRY.

In short, Sir, this Letter of my angry neighbour
is a fair specimen of the norpensical harangues de-
livered by his party in our Vestry Meetings. nut
as it is not my practice to press too hard upon a
fallen foe, and es he has given notice that he in-
tends shortly to attack our respectable, and truly
respected VESTRY CLERK, I presume it kill not be
unpleasant to him that hostilities BETWEEN US Should
henceforth cease.

1 will, therefore, close my short correspondence
with you, Sir, with the request, that you will do me
the further favour to insert the present in your nett
impression, and accept my sincere thanks for your
urbaue and manly impartiality.
1 am, Sir, your obedient servant,
A PARISHIONER OF
CHRIST CHURCH, SUItRY.

December 30,1818.

BRIGHTON, DEC. 29.
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Stillness continues to mark the Royal Reeklento;
the dinner parties are totally confined to the Palace
suite, nor, as yet, have the company been augment-
ed by visitants at the later part of the evening. His
Royal highness retires and rises early ; his spirits
have much improved of late, and his health con-
tinue.; remarkably good. His Royal Highness, after
a walk on the enclosed grounds, almost invariably
tram exercise on horseback in the riding school be-
fore dinner.

The Duke of York arrived at the Pavilion this
evening at half-pest five o'clock. Dinner, as usual,
was served up soon after sit. Lord and Lady R.
Seymour are also among the Palace arrivals of this
evening.
The Marquis of Anglesea snd his brother, the
lion. Captain Paget, came in last night in time to
'join the Palace dinner party.
The weather both to-day and yesterday has been
remarkably bright, and, we may add, mild for the
season. The harriers yesterday were attended by a
'splendid field, the inspirititig cry of the dogs, at in-
tervals, denoting them to be briskly employed al-
most close to the skirts of the town. The Steyne
ro.day has derived i!iterest, es well from the rank as
the number of its promenaders. The Cliff parades
have also exhibited a picture quite as brilliant and
animated. The Earl of Chichester, from Stenmer,
the Earl of Warwick, Lord John Townshentl, the
Marquis of Ileadford, Sir J. Graham, Sir Richard
Strachan, and other equestrians, enlivened the rides I
to-day. Carriages with. a pair, and four horses,
were in brisk employ from mid-day till nearly four
o'clock.

A match at pigeon shooting yesterday attracted
many persons from the town to Blackrock bottotn.—
An unpleasant accident marked the diversion. The
fowling-piece of a person, of the name of trynison,
burst, and shattered his left-band in a dreadful mari-
ner. Two fingers were entirely blown off, and part
of the thumb. Amputation of the hand it is feared
must precede his recovery.
The Sitting Magistrates, constituting the Bench
at the Town-hall yesterday, were Mr. Serjeant Ben-
nington, and Donovan, F.:q. Much business
of a parochial nature was gone through. The Bench
derives additional importance and the town acknow.
ledged advantages from the attendance end profound
legal talents of the worthy Serjeant. An assault crisp
yesterday excited some interest; but the respectabi.
lily of the parties, who are near relations, induces us
to withhold the particulars.

By the late Etection of a Director in the affnirs of
the East India Company, it is shown what infloence
Money has had in forwarding the candidatical view
of the new Member on the list.

A pan is ascribed to M. TALLETRAND, which we
will not vouch for, but is fanciful enough, and,
perhaps, as prophetic too. It is ssid, that on being
asked what was all the present confusion in the
French C4binet—he answered, c'est la commence-
ment du fin—ia plain English—the beginning of the
end,

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the Actin},
the River,
the George Canning, —, for Cayenne; &c. ; Bri-
tannia, Roslyn, for Grenada ; Promise, Brown, for
the Mediterranean ; Niger, Jefferson, for Birbadoes ;
Proleus, James, for Malta; Ellergill, Porton, from
Roll for Gibraltar and Calcutta ; Richard, Thomas,
from Yarmouth for Belfast ; Francis, Brooks, for
Sicily ; William and Mary, Sadler, for Leghorn.
Five o'Clock.—The 'outward bound are getting
ender-weigh.
RAmsa are, DEC. 30.—A rudder has been landed
here supposed to belong to the Jenge Eheardius,
Molder, from Antwerp to London, which was lust
the 27th inst, on the Kentish Knock.

BRIDLINGTON, .—On Saturday last, a ketch
stoop, from Dundee to Hull, was run down a little
to the northward of Flamborough Head, and sunk,
by a light brie, who, left them without offering any
assistance.—The crew with difficulty got into their
bnit, entl were picked op by a smack.

PORT,SIOUTII, DEC. 30.—Sailed his Majesty's
ship Tagus to► the eastward to he paid off; Brilliant,
Aurora, and Crown transports, for Cork ; Ss!folk,
for Cayenne ; Samuel sod Jane, —, ■nd Hope,
Lore, for London; Mayflower, Ellison, for New-
castle ; and William, Lawson, for Falmouth.
Ps.vatotrru, DEC. 29.—Cn Inn in the Fountain,
Milk, from Oporto for Loot,. ; Maria, BwuGeld,
from Limerick for Poole.

PENZ 4NCE, DEC 23.—Arrived off thiq port, the
Clyde, Smith, from the Cape of Good Hope, in 70
da s.

Three P.M.—Also arrived off this port, the 03-
borne paLker, from the Brazils, and landed passes.-
ger. here.
FALMOUTII, DEC. 2S.—Arrived the Salads, Gow.
jog, from Oporto, in 16 days; John end William,
Deuch, from ditto, in 14 days, both for London.—
Sailed the Sho,lcomb, Kocher, for the Cape of Good
'Wpm ;and a few others outward.bound..—The cargo
of the Clio, Clemency (not Vincent, as stated ye..
terday), is to he discharged.—v:ince writing thi4
evening, the of the Osborne packet, from the
Brazils, in 57 days, ha, been brought from Penzance,
where she arrived this morning.

AGRICULTURAL RE PORT FOR DE-
CEMBER.

The dry frosts, the latter part of the month. have been bene-
firial to the plants of Wheat, partleislarly these which became
too luxuriant from early stowing. the reports of them from the
principal corn di-iricts are promising, stating them Its he free
from the is ire. worm and slug, so often injarions at this sensor.
The winter, indeed, has hitherto pass:tit very favourable to
agriculture in all its branches, particularly in that of tillage.--
'I he tattooed lands, 'early laid up, are found io line conditiim
fur the early getting in of Oats nod Barley and the eildi.lies
intended for Berms appear in a slate equally well fertilized.--
Pedaloes have pre ed a watery and unproductive crop. The
Turnips are 'at geberally gone off by the rot. especially the
Sorties, as to have left hilt little feed throteghinit Norfolk and
Suffolk. Cole Seed hh• dime a ell through iiie wiuter, and so
Ante nye anti Tai,•%. ('lover Seed better than seas
expect'''. goo laqol not burnt op in slimmer. The large im-
-1 ports ffr n (leafy. ostrOcularly Wheat, has depressed d
market so muck, ns to weigh heavily upon the landed interma,
by eon/metier the nere.,aSy opelatinni sit agriculture, and
driving a large ibereas., of onemploved Wytt-ere to the nerev
sky of nopl,,ing for parochial relief. Coii.iderable quantities
of foreign and of our inferior Wheats hate her!) steeped by the
nallistee. a. a saticiii far birEarleyv bat they hate not been f
to work kindly. Fine Hear •limplew of Harley are -carte, and
likely shoo, to command higher terms, The Grass countries still
afford considerable feed, which keeps flay from reaching the
high pric.e.generally looked for. The Meat Markets hns teen
brisk through the month, at as advance upon prime Beef and
Mouton. Wool is rather lower in value, except for fine Sniths
down and Merino fleeces, which are much in demand. Lean
Stuck of most kinds hold np their prices, both in Beasts and
Sheep, especially Ike former; the la., fairs have been but thin)),
supplied either with Scotch nr Welch cattle.

Monday nest ittbe day appointed for the sale of
the horses and carriages of the late QUEEN. It will
take place at TillN.3oA L'S.
CAPITAL CONVICTIONS.-.-FrOm 1749 to 1772, the
capital convictions in I..ondon and Middlesex amount.
ed to 1121, of whom were esecuted 678, hearing the
same proportion to each other as those of the sixteen
preceding years ; from 1771 to 1783, the average
of executions was thirty-nine each year; but in 1783
to 1790, they were as high as fifty-four.
1810 to Isll, the average of executions was tint
quite eleven in each year ; from 1811, when the
PRINCE REGENT beacon the esercise of his authority,
they have increased to the average of seventeen.
The herring fishery goes on with mach spirit off
the Hampshire coast. Upwards of a thousand fisher.
men and labourers are now employed in this im.
portant business, anti appearances indicate that the
present will prove the most valuable season ever
known at Portsmouth.
The latest enumeration that has been made of the
population of Sweden. counting from the year 1813
to the year 1818, offers a result that would appear
almost incredible, if it were not drawn from so.
theistic docements peblished on this subject. Accord.
ing to them, the population of Sweden has diminished
in the space of five years, by 53,504 souls, vit.
38,527 males, and 19,977 females.
AlEt.xectiotir A CCIDENT.—MI3S PARR Brown, a
young lady, not 20 years of age, and entitled to a
considerable fortune when she came of age, niece to
Mr. Ashman, sileersmith and pawnbroker, in the
Strand, but who resided with her grandmother, Mrs.
Ashman, 30, Featherstone-buildings, Somers-town,
met with a melancholy, though at the time spits.
rently trifling accident, yesterday se'nnight, whilst
washing a small slip of flannel, in which there hap.
pened to be a rusty needle; it entered her thumb. in
which it broke. It was thought not to be of any
serious consequence at the time, but nest day a mor-
tification took place. Medical resource was uttaveil-
ing, and she expired on Friday, much lamented by a
numerous circle of friends.

Yesterday morning some villains contrived to enter
the dwelling-house of Mr. Brown, No. 10 Heath.
street, Commercial-road, by means of false keys,
during the absence of the family : they robbed the
pica of plate and articles of wearing apparel, con-
sisting of silk dresses, shawls, handkerchiefs, ire. to
a great amount? and a Bank of England note for
W6l.

STATESMAN
'ATES MA N. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
Ref to you of tbQ thrAt, DEC. MX—Arrived, and realliti, tin
angry neighbour Moser, from Jamaica.—Came down, from di