The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-08-04 00:00:00

AMERICJ.
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WASIIINCTON CITY, Jess-
Copy of a letter from Mr. Lytle's, American
Consul in London, to the Hen. Sternest R.
BRADLEY, Esq. a Senator la Congress, dated
May 3, 180:
" I take this opportunity by the Ppd*, one
of our packets, to address a few lines to you-at
Washington ; where, on the arrival of that vessel
in the United States, I presume you will be, and
learn, both from public and more private means
of inferniatiou, the important change which has
lately taken place in the policy of this Govern-
meto,
.by the revocation of the Orders of. Council.
This event, although other Orders are substituted
thereto?, of a nature so highly objectionable, is
iteAtertheless considered by all our friends here as
lastly important : first and principally, as it fur.
nishes an example, and establishes the fact, that
the United States can make the interests of this
country feel, and that very sensibly ; and second.
ly, as we have no participation in the revocation
of the old, and the substitution of the new Orders,
we aro thereby pledged to nothing, and at full
berty to take advantage of occurrences as they
arise and pass on. You will say, then, what has
done all this ? My reply is, the steady policy of
our Government, and the support of the people,
as evinced in the late presidential and other elec-
tions. Ido not consider the repeal of the Em.
barge, and substitution of the Non-intercourse
law, as a change of policy, but only of measures ;
and it was so regarded here. ludeed, it is gene.
rally allowed, that the Nun-intercourse would be
more severely felt than the Embargo ; notwith-
standing, you may be assured, that the latter, if
continued, week! have answered the most sun.
guine expectations.
" This country is wholly commercial, and cof-
fers extremely by any obstructions to trade. Mr.
SIPENGE lately published a book, entitled " Great
Britain independent of Cornmerce and Lord
SuLt FIELD has al ways been endeavouring to prove
her iudependence of our commerce; but facts
prove that neither understand the question. Mr.
Hones understood it better, who said, "that our
commerce was the food which nourished this poli.
tical body." The United States, instead of being
the dupes (which sometimes I fear we have been)
of the policy and artifices of France and England,
may make them subservient to our interest, aided
by a little seasonable coercion. I hope you will
pardon these few hasty suggestions, which my
present situation rendered so obvious. It is
bometimes useful to know only the impressions
'which are made by the same objects iu different
situations."

A few days ago, a workman making some al.
terations in one of tho rooms at Tong nail, near
Leeds, the seat of John Plumbe, Esq. wan lite.
rally assailed with a " shower of silver," which
fell from an aperture he had made in the wall
above. When he had recovered s little from his
surprise, he collected the scattered pieces, and
examined the spot: it appeared that a bag had '
been deposited in the wall, which had contained
some hundred pieces of silver, many of them
crown pieces of James IL
As the London Mail to Worcester was coming i
along the road about two miles on the Chipping. I
Norton side of the above place, the coachman
perceived a woman in the road who did not scent,
to be aware that the mail was near ; he hallooed,
but instead of getting out of the way, she turned
more towards the horses ; the consequence was
that the leaders knocked her down, and ono of
the wheels going over her head, she was so dread-
fully
mangled that she survived but a fow minutes :
it appears that she eas a poor and aged woman,
going to stork, and being deaf, it is supposed she
did nut hear e approach of the harm.
Tuesday n ht a desperate affray took place at
;
Plymouth, between • party of Cornish Mauer',
on permanent duty in that garrison, soda detach.
moot of the 3d, or Old Beth. A dispute haviug
taken place between them and one of the Buffs,
the Gurnisbmen, in a body, marched from their
barracks, to the amount of Ow WO, and fell
furiously on the Buffs, whose uumber did not ex.
seed 20 ; bayonets were drawn on each side, many
were severely wounded, and every thing indicated
the most serious consequences, when the fortunate
arrival of the officers belonging to each corps, put
au tad to the unequal contest. The ringleaders
were sent to the guard-house, and the militiamen
ordered, " one and all," to their barrack!, where
they are still kept.
Fo ere pa c-Tsera ma.—A t Marlborough-street
Police Office, onWednesday, a prophetess, of the
name of Ann Damen, was charged with obtain.
ing of Elisabeth Davis, a 7s. piece, a dollar, and
a half.s-crowu, under pretence of foretelling fu. I
ture events. It appeared by the statement of the!
Prosecutrix, who resides in Sunth-street, Grosve-
nor.square, that the Defendant accosted her at the
area gate with her basket of broken china, and
walked into the kitchen. The prophetess inform-
ed Mrs. Davis, that her face denotedgood fortune,
and after talking a little about her physiognomy,
Mrs. Davis gave her half-a-crown to tell her for-
tune. The sybil, after producing her book of
planets, and the necessary apparatus to impose on
the ignorant, informed the credulous woman that
a coronet was waiting for her at the death of her
husband, which would soon take place, for she
would marry a Nobleman, by whom the would
have four children. Jenny Ware, the prosecu-
-1 trix's servant, had her fortune told also, and was
astonished at the Earning of the prophetess, who
told her of a misfortune she had in the country
years ago. Mrs. Davis expressed her desire to hear
more, and then the charm was introduced, that is,
the efendatit received gold and silver, the 74.
piece, and the dollar, to prognosticate further.--
A great secret then came out, that the huliband of
Mrs. Davis hid a great deal of hidden treasure,
'and in half an hour the Prosecutrix should be
made acquainted with the hiding-place, as the
charm would in that time be perfect. The pro-
phetess left the house 1,, return in half an hour ;
but the anxious ex IWCisi 7111 of Mrs. Davis was di.-
aPiwillled, and she new again saw her till yester-
day morning, when the Defendant was apprehend-
ed. The Defendant was committed for the fraud.

THE STAT it.SMAN.

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COURT OF CHANCERY, • ~.
Wednesday, August 2..
EXPAIIII A 1101.10081.
Two Insurance-brokers retained in tinir hinds
some policies of iusurauce, upon the ground that
they had a lien upon them. The Insurance-brok-
ers were partners in a Bankiug-house, and it sp.
peered that it was on account of a debt due to the
Banking-house, and not for a debt due to the
Brokers, in their separate capacity of Brokers,
that the policies were retained. The Lord Chan-
cellor thought they had no right to keep them on
account of a debt due to the Banking-house; and
they were ordered to deliver up the securities to
the Assignees of the Bankrupt in this caw, to be
Gold for the beneat a all the creditors.

EXPA ATE DA MON. • ,
This vas a petition from the bankrupt Dawooo,
to supersede the commission taken out against
him, on the ground, Ist. That he vas no trader ;
2d. That he bad committedmo act of bankruptcy.
Sir ARTHUR ['win observed, that the petition.
in; creditor had been advised to lake out the corn.
el" issiou by hi Solicitor, and4hat he had good ground
to believe ill At DI MAOII had been a trader, and
had committed act of bankruptcy. ..But as he
had not sufficient legal evidunco to prove this, he
could not object with effect to the prayer of the
petition. The commission was accordingly super.
sedcd.

Thursday, disgust 3.
ID-IPARTE—SIR WILLIAM DOUGLAS AND OTHERS,
The Petitioners are Bankers, and Wes* in potses-
sion of bills accepted by a Mr. guided,' Who bad
been the partner of Mr. Atkins° tiankftrpt.
The partnership was dissolved in Octotter last,
and Atkinson alone was to collect the debts dne to
the partnership, and to pay those due from it. A few
days before the dissolution, Enstace, without the
knowledge of Atkinson, accepted the bills in qucs_
tion which came into the hands of the Petitioners,
who represented themselves as bond fide'hisidets.
They claimed to prove under Atkinson's commis:
,ion, but the Assigned thinking the transaction
rather suspicious, refused to admit the proof with-
nut an order from the Chancellor, allowing, ;
however, that they had no particular melon to ,
think that the Petitioners were not bona fide
holders.

The CllANctr.r.on directed the Assignees to et.
amine how the bills had come into the PetiliAere
hands, and if they found no reason to dostrinal
they were bona fide holders, to admit the 0°0:
LADY AUGUSTA DE ASSELAND AND ur& yitSrlerg
AGAINST HIS ROYAL RICHNESS TILE abga or
SUSSEX.
A. Petition to the. Lord Chancellor by Liify
Augusta was heard in Lincoln's Inn Hal! last Sa.
turday, on which it appeared, that his Majcsey and
his Royal Highness haying made a liberal annual
provision fur Lady Augusta and'her children. and
it having been by agreement referred to Mr. Adam
to arbitrate and award what sum renisinetl due
from his Royal Highness to Lady Augusta, Mr.
Adam had, in the mouth of Apra, tida,aw.irded
the sum of 16901. to be dne and to be paid by bid
Royal highness to Lady Augusta on balance,of
the accounts referred, and thereupon it appeared
that Lady Augusta had by comient, on her part,
dismissed her Hill in Chancery.
That the award was made, and the 16901. re.
mained due, ware not denied ; but his Royal High,
ness objected to the Prayer of the Petition for
payment of that sum, because the Hill was dis.
missed ; and the Lord Chancellor ou that ground
was pleased to dismiss the Petition.

Lady Augusta must therefore apply fur relief
to soma other jurisdiction.
On another application to the Lord Chancellor
by their Royal highnesses the Dukes of Sussex
and Cambridge, his Lordship has been pleasud iss
order Lady Augusta's son, who is now near sis.l
fi.cu years of sge, to be removed from narrow to
Winchester School.
EX.PARTE—runDy AND OTHERS.
The Petitioners held some hills of fatelsenee
drawn by one Dagnall, and accepted by one •who
subsequently became a bankrupt. The Petition.
ere, at the time of taking the Bills, tor* securi.
ties from Dagnall fur the amount of the bills.—
Dagnall paid them after the batikreptcy, bet the
Petitioners claimed liberty of proof in behalf of
Dagnall, to whom the bankrupt was indebted on
a balance of account. On the part of the As-
signees it was stated, that there was no large ha.
lance du to Dagnall, but the latter hating sworn
to the contrary, the Chancellor ordered the proof
to be admitted. ... • 0:
N. B. The Lotto CD kNeit.tole, 111 the course
of some observations upon a Welch commission,
said to Mr. Richards, " You must he huge feces_
en in Wales, for I find that, over and chore too
ralweas a piece to each of three Comteitsia e 6,.
instead *of one guinea a piece, 11.. 74 grill '
\maw
for their dinners. This wail grisettiat, 'tnt eci
31. more for coachAire hivi' giYeti 'them such
,a
shake as to cense-A ettreordiniltittpctite.".
Mr. Ricasitos.—the Ainnert .piy tor 4„. mai
very cheap at 31. is'. 'Od. „I Wave known a pileat
deal more chatgesrforVinumissioners' dinners in
Wales.
a .ri .... I ..
do 'itetlnesday evening, after ilia, Nearegath
sill essch had left Iladdington fur the,Southt
ifilllofitii'irlieli,lng rapidly down a hillAlis:clil '
uti66'lll'llok iito4ll the road, but not fiiikt,poo.'
to get out or ale way of the, coach, ao4, Oa Are,
tii'llflehilif 'ilo' stop the horses waavartt..,D,
tnottitlr; with anothet infant in her enlist,
tHO'llinger of her child, Made a d_ope
Lt.
when,
~A
tie rearm) it (tom thedreadful death -w :achy : "
r4I
tened It, hen, jalt as sha hits(id OW IR,
her tout slipped, and'all threeiw,efe b. v ria a. iieifist
the hones' tect, ; tilt shock4o6l;4 three 4al,.khe
coach was dtaidnifi who d,1..t01l ick'sce fhp. Ulu-
ther and • her t irlF,ltilklien 4,10 i!.04:44,7-
w hen, w eider rays reti te: a, u`dikK4cri 'et
1 the horses, 'shoat I qibitiq 9,9olEx,oithyri
the coach turnal SlYttle tali , an 4141 awAiie
takes from between the wheat isitia I' ti. 4
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