The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-01-26 00:00:00

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DE tr., 25.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Mer-
lifillS from off the North Foreland.—Sailed his Ma-
ity's ship Bombay for Portsmouth for orders ; and
le *hole of the outward-bound coasters and colliers
) the westward.

PoarstouTu, JAN. 25.—Arrived the Isabella,
'hoolpson, from the Downs, bound to the Mediter-
,„eftn.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Liverpool, &c.

1p thr %vest ward.

FtolouTir, JAx. 23.—Came in the Prince of
rcialutd, American privateer, of 19 gene, 137
p,.11, and 330 tons borthen.—Sailed the Duke of
Kent packet, with a Mail for Lisbon; Hero, Jen.
001, from Messina ; and several ships for the River;
`he Prince, Goodfriends, and Swan, for Portsmouth.
HARWICH, J 25.--Arrived the Berrnfoy
picket, with a Mail and passengers from Holland.

Tie Susan, Dodd, and Juhn ---, from Dieppe, are
irrived at Havre.

Dasghter Alida, Dart, from. London to
Nond, pet into Dunkirk Reads the 19th instant
pry leaky, and was run on shore the following day
rani nearly full of water, cargo landing.
T:ie Coronae, Reay, from Malta to Hamburgh,
s arrived with a heavy average.

A letter from Milan, dated January 7, says, " It
is with impenetrable secrecy that the Commission
proceeds, which has been appointed to try the con-
s ;rators confined in the Castle. But what is noto-
rious and certain is, that they are accused of a plot
csinst the present order of affairs in Italy. It is
slid that their crime is proved by their papers and
correspondence, vo.ich are partly in ciphers and the
r‘qt in. sympathetic ink. We are assured that Gen.
Nava.t ND Clime at one period from the Isle of Elba,
1:•,g. a Al field a meeting with some of the persons
up. The report runs that Gen. BELLOTI, one
1f them, has attempted to commit suicide. At the
nriont I,f my closing my letter, I learn, that last
r.ght, in couiequence of preceding arrests, Colonel
VA:mtce was again taken up."

A final Mee• ing of the Catholics took place at
1.-rd feiNam.t.'s, on the 17th, when Mr. SIIIELS' and
me other Petitions were rejected on a Report
Lon' the Committee, and the following Resolution,
rri.posed by Mr. O'CoNNELL, agreed to :

" rho we do renew our earne4 Petitions to the Legislature
f t.e torn ;In 1 unqualified repeal of the Pennl Statutes which
a.tri..be usat degrade the Catholics of Ireland."

[t dehate took place on this vote, and on a divi-
! upon the propriety of introducing...lw ward
i; uncpralitied"- in the Resolution,lroli appeared—
For Cic ite•olution 9—Against it 3.—Lord FIN.
t.A LL oti, but does not appear to have voted.
,
—The nest day there was a Meeting at Cape!-
vreet, when a Petition, drawn up by Mr. ./Etmts
;lAcnoNvart., of Cork, was adopted, and an Ag-
;,-regsite 'Meeting summoned for neat Suissolay. It
was /Whited Mhrther, instead of Lord Dowouon-
MIRE ant! Mr. GRATTAN, the Duke of Sussex and
Itir UITIIR RAD should not be entrusted with the
Petition. The general feeling, however, was against
thig.

We have received the following communication
from a Correspondent. We cannot pledge ourselves
to the truth of the statement ; but we give it, because
if there is even any suspicion on such an important
subj Pet, some immediate enquiry should be' •in-

Sre,--1 am inclined to think tint the public are
not aware of the imposition practised upon them
weekl, in the price of bread ; the law for regulating
the assize of which is evidently inefficient, to those
who have any acquaintance with the subject. The
price at which the quertern loaf is fixed this we-,k,
is making the average of dour• 60s. per sack ; when,
in fact, no such price has been made. The highest
price for the very best marks, is not more than 555.;
and a great deal of Norfolk and French flour is selling
to the bakers from 465. to 50s. per sack ; the average
prier, therefore, cannot be more than 525. to 535. -
so that the public are paying at least one assize and
a half more than they in justice should, were the
returns properly made. 'Phis is a subject which calls
imperatisely for a remedy; the most effectual one
would he to do away the assize altogether ; if that
cannot he dour., give the Loon M,AYoaa power to
el iige the flour-factors to make returns upon oath at
well as the bakers; the returns of the former would
be in a great measure a check upon those of the lat.
ter. I am, Sir, yo-r's most faithfull r.
Corn Exchange, Jan. t 5. 1313. A. B.
When we read of ‘the very great reduction in the
price of Grain,---when Wheat is under his. Barley
at a very low price, Oats frcm c.los. to 254. per quar-
ter, and Hops at a moderate. price—whrit cause can
• be assigned far the Brewers maintaining the present
high price of Porter, an'article so necessary for the
support of the poorer classes of the community ?1
• From the quantity of draught horses necessarily kept ,
• by the large class of Brewers, they must derive con- l
siderable benefit from Oats being at so reduced mi
price, and Bay continuiog at 51. per load ; in fact,
• we see no plausible pretest for the continuance of
such an imposition.
On Monday, Mr. S. an. attorney, was committed
to Nessgate, .on a warrant from Mr. Justice LE
111. talc, having been apprehended by ADICINSI the
Bow-street Officer, charged with a capital offeme,
4tn indictment having been found against him at the
Middlesex .November Sessions, charging him with
maliciously shooting at Mr. Sewn', an accountant
of Bond-court, Welbrook, with a gun, whir an in-
tent to kill him. Under the circjmstances of Mr.
SEWELL having called upon him on some business,
when a dispute arose, and when Mr. Sewn.r. was
leaving Mr. S.'s house, he discharged a musket at
him, but he did not receive any injury.
On Saturday morning, between .seven and eight
o'clock, (hi lower part of the premises, No. 1,
Coppice-row, Clerkenwell, was entered, by means
of a false key, and robbed of every article of wearing
apparel, consisting of gowns, sheets, slats, shawls,
&c. besides money, and copper in a half-perk mea-
sure; the poor woman was gone to market the di-
. kins got deaf off.

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