The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-04-08 00:00:00

WAREHOUSE BILL

TO Tilt EDITOR.
• • Truro,•March 31, 1823.
Stn,-1 have perused, wiib considerable attention. the
Warebouse Bill now under the consideration of Parlia-
ment, which, if passed into a law under its present provi-
sions, will permit goods and merchantlize, of various
descriptions. including Copper and Tin, to be imported
into the United Kingdom of °Nat Britain and Ireland,
and again exported free from Duty to any foreign coun-
try, except one plantations and coluniea in America, and
the West Indies. This Bill appears entirely Calculated
for the benefit of the maritime and mercantile interes s of
the ports of London, Liverpool, and other places, where
Bonding Warehouses may he established ; amd such fo-
reign States as have been heretofore supplied with Bri-
•tieti goods and merchandise-, but it mint appear evident,
that in proportion as these States may be thus supplied
with toreign articles, at a lower rate than British goods''
ands anufactores can be rendered, the demand for the
latter must decline; and as the sopply of there countries
find employment for a considerable portion of the labour-
ing poor of this Empire, the passing of the Bill by the
Legislature engrosses great attention; and it is by no
Mean. a twitter of surprise that the design should have
to under the consideration of Parliament, three differ-
ent Sessi,n., without having yet reached the House of
Lords. who being the chief guardians of the Landed In.
tereet of the country, will, it is presumed, be extremely
cautious in sanctioning a measure which, in its conse-
nnences, must throw a vast nnmber of persons oat of em-
ployment, end oblige them to reek relief for themselves
and families, from the parishes already orerburthened,
although from the natural dispositions of the labouring
chases of this country, they would rather earn their
bread by the sweat of their brow, than live on the bounty
of others. That the evils described are not chimerical
• is etinseel by the attention bestowed thereon by the
IVoollen, the Linen, and Silk maoufactureri, who are
usirg every means in their power to he exempted from
the provisions of the Bill; in which the lifining concern,
having a due regard to their own interest might to unite;
for that they are deeply interested in the measure maybe
fairly inferred from the price of copper having fallen
snore than 8 per cent. 'art year, when this Bill made its
appearance in Pal liament ; from its continuing very low
during the whole time it was ander consideration, and
again rioting toils former height when the Bill was with-
drawn ;•ard from the Standard having again fallen
greatly since the Bill made its appearance this Session.
I am, Sir, yours, &c. V.

SCOTLAND.

Einem:eon. APRIL 4.--Lest Thursday se'onight, the
spinaing mill at Giddy Burn, belonging to Messrs. Wiiliam-
eon, was burnt down, end every thing within, end connect-
ed with the tuilding, was totally consumed. The mill was
set, es usual, at eight o'clock in the evening, the lights safe-
ly extinguished, and all appeared in perfect security when
the family went to bed. At half-past H o'clock the flames
were discovered by Mr. Scott of Beauchamp, from his win-
dow, about a mile distant. who immediately sent two of
his men on horseback to alarm the family and neighbour-
hood ; but nothing could be saved, as the roof b
edy only s ti
the
me
had fallen in. Very little stuff was destgoy
.
yarn and prepared flax of the preceding day. The lire is
supposed to have been occasioned by friction. The proper-
ty. we understand, is insured.
Dormer, APRILS.—The labours of the husbandmen are
In a considerable state of forwardness in our neighbour-
hood ; and in many cases the seed has been committed to the
gretind.
Ploughing has not yet begun in the Olen of Ogilvy.
The fields for the most part are still covered with snow ;
and the farmers are making furrows amongst it to assist the
.11011 of the sun and wind.
Between the commencement of the !Me storm mid Satur-
day last, a small farmer in the parish of Fowits lost by dis-
ease the whole of his live stock—from his horses and cows
down to his hens and ducks.
On Saturday night, a one-pound forged note of the Dun-
dee Bank, was presented by a boy for change.at a shop in
tne High Street. The note
s. as detected ; and the boy be-
leg asked wh, re he got it, dhe would bring the many who
gave it to him. lie was allowed to go. but he did not fled
itiwneen to return. Several notes of the name forgery
eiPs offered at various places of the town. The ris
extremely well executed. The names of the cashier and
eccountant are engraved, ani then traced over with a pen,
On Friday or Saturday. James Cameron and Walter Ora-
hem, two well known characters belonging to Dundee, were
apprehended at Berelin, on a charge of issuing forged notes.
Cameron had in is possession a letter from his brother
Alexender, who is isdicted along with limes, an accomplice,
to stand his trial for the same offence at the Perth Circuit,'
developing a plan by which they proposed, with his assist-
ance. to break through Forfar gaol on Tuesday
were night. After
this opportone discovery, a party of horsemen stat
ed to guard the gaol till the removal of the prisoners.
A Highlander entered a haberdasher's shop the other
day, and asked for a piece of scarlet cloth to make bite a
wsistcmt. The rustic manners of the Gael set some
young %tome', wan were at the counter a giggling; and
the shopman, willing to affird theist sport, began to play
off his small wit upon the stranger. "so, goad man, ye
want a piece of scarlet ? Would you know scarleeer. t if The
volt
saw it ?" I tink I *cod," replied the Mountain
ehopman threw down a piece of blue cloth: " Is that
searlet?" " Hout 113,_ no! that no be it." A piece of
green cloth was produced; the same question was re-,
rated, and received a similar answer,—to the great
smusrment of the querist and his female friends, who'
• were at no pains to conceal their mirth. The High.lander
took revenge in his own way: He put Isis nose to the
cl .th, and affected to judge of the colour by the smell.
The shopman, at his request, did the same; but the in•
stant he bent bis nose towards the c4unter, the High-
lander seized bin' by the ears, and made his nasal prom-
her rose corn* in such violent contact with the hoards,
tat the blood sprungsaid the High-
lahnder, "is ta colour sa' scarlet tae ye nett, lad ;"--and he
wallvd away.
On Saturday, Mr Smith, Excise-officer, Super Angus,
having town. apprized of a concealment of one linndred
ankers of whiskey on Cairnso'-Mount, set out with a par•
of the Scots Greys to levy war upon them for the
wine's use. On arriving at the place, they found their
isttratled prize guarded by forty armetHighbndmen,
who showed no dispo'iiiOn to surrender the whole of
their charge,
.though they offered the invading party a
free-wi offern of forty ankers. The offer was reected,
an the DragOonsg were ordered forward ; but, front the
depth of the snow, there was only one pass which could
be entered, and it was so narrow as only to admit of a
single borsemsn advancing at a time.dismounted tie whoby leone of
d the
van the attack, was speedily
the Gramm; and the King's servants, thus convinced
of the impossibility of making a seizure, now offered to
accept the forty ankers. The cougglers, aware of their
advantage. refused to comply, but made them a compli-
ment of nine ankers, with which they departed.

Catyrtow.—A female swindler is travelling about the
country. imposing on persons, by stating that she is the
daughter of Mr. M•Adatn, of Bristol, or,as bring his
widowed daughter ; and by various other pretences of
bring connected with his GUII1V• She has been but too
successful in obtaining money from innkeepers on the
rust! from Dover to London, London to Blistol, at Man-
chester, Lifteool, Etc., and has hitherto escaped being
apprehended.—:(Bristol.Mercary.)
We are sorry to find it stated in the Dahlia Papers,
that the father and brother of Miss Atkins, late of our
Theatre, were among the unf)rtunate sufferers in time
Alert Packet, which was lost on the 26th ult.,—(lbid.)