The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-12-23 00:00:00

The Plaint*, it 'will he recollected by our readers,
was an Admiral in the service of Christephe, Em.
peter of Idlayti ; and, during last Term, brought
an nation against a person named Ogle, an under.
writer) to recover part of the value of the cargo
of a •vessel named the Earl of Ha(hard, laden
with cotton and toffee, hound from St. Domingo
to London. The present action was brought au
similar grounds ; the evidence was nearly the
same ; and to recover part of the value of the said
cargo, which was insured with ilifereat under.
writers, and amounted to nearly 35,0001.

The Jury were absent nearly two hours, and
found a verdict fur the I'Llintiti—Dasaages 3001.
On the result of this action depended the fate of
six others.

An officer, who has just arrived from Badajos,
gives a most interesting account or the patient en.
distance and persevering spirit of the native Por-
tuguese, lately under the orders of Sir Roam'
IVt t.sow. Three times his cavalry were dismount-
ed by the superior numbers of the enemy, arid as
often were they remounted by the courage of the
detachment. It has not lust a horse or a piece of
artillery, that it has not regained ; and the ter.
ter of the enemy, at its approach, is so great,
that he avoids it every ss nere, unless he possesses
greatly the advantage in comparative strength.
We are extremely sorry to find, that the neglect Jr
the necessary supplies fur the We of this valuable
eortle has obliged its Commander to leave his ins.
portant station, personally to apply to Ministers
to obtain those resources, since every intermediate
reference to their humanity, justice, and policy,
bad proved ineffeetual.
By a Proclamation issued by Sir GIORIII Pone.
•osr, for apprehending the offenders, it appears
that, ea the 13th day of September last, John
Kelly, mate of the:schooner Three Sisters, belong.
itsg to the province of Nova Scotia, together with
one Edward Jardaa, who, with his family, were
passengers on board the said vessel, bound from
the Bay of Chaleur to Halifax, mutinied, and
rose on John Stairs, the master of the vessel, being
then in the prosecution of hit voyage; and having
piratically got possession of the vessel, ran away
with her, (Nether with It valuable cargo of fish on
hoard,. having previously, with the assistance of
the wife of Edward Jordan, murdered in a must
cruel and barbarous mariner, Thomas Heath and
Benjamin NI at thews, the remaining part of the crew;
and made every exertion to murder, in like manure,
John Stairs, who escaped from them by jnmping
overboard, and preserved his life in a wonderful
manner by floating un une of the hatches of the
vessel which lie carried overboard with him, and
was providentially picked up by an American
vessel.

A melancholy instance of hydrophobia (secured
a few days since in Upper hiarehmont-stroot,
Bronswick-squaru :—About five weeks since, the
eldust child of a poor woman, nho had been to a
shop iu the oeighbourhood, was followed un her
return home by a strange slug, who immediately
seized one of her yoonger sisters, who was playing
in the kitchen, by the cheek. Symptoms of hydro.
phobia appeared o■ Wednesday last ; and Although
medical assistasice was immediately procured, the
&Ind died on Friday morning, exhibiting all the
horrors of that most dreadful malady. it may be
proper to apprise the inhabitants of the neigh-
bourhood, that the dog, when driven fru►n the
house, seised several dogs in the street.
A monster, supposed to be the same mentioned
to have appeared in Croydon, mails his appearance
at Plymouth Dock some nighis since. Ile ill used
two women by throwing their petticsats over
their heads, and tearing their flesh with an iron.
toothed carry-comb, down their arms and thighs.
Several stout shipwrights have dressed themselves
in women's clothes, and have gone single and in
pairs through a 'limber of bye-lanes, but hitherto
without success.

Tuesday evening last, as Mr. Thomas Gladston,
Land Waiter, of Berwick, was coming on shore
frein the Batchelor schooner, he stumbled, and,
catching at a boy who was on the plank at the
same time, they both fell into the river ; the buy
was-soon picked up by a man who instantly
jumped into the water, and who did not give up his
philantrophic pursuit until he succeeded also in res.
cuing Mr. Gladston from a watery grave.
A shocking accident happened at Aberdeen,
,during a violent storm. On the l4th instant, be.
8 and 9 in the morning, thiseater part of
the-rope work, lately erected uoile link., was
1 blown down with a tremendous crash, and ?Vvel-
led with the ground. Of the numerous work
people then employed withip the bonding, provi-
dentially the greater number were in. that part
which withstood the fury of the storm, and were
therielyre;nabled to. escape. Those who were in
the part of tisii wort Ore buried' In the
ruins; one boy was killed on the spot, the fore.
Ma and another boy were got out so severely
byuisisd sed.siangled, that they are considered in
imager; two others were much bruised,' but are
via a !avowable wired' recovery, and some of the
{ other workmen ars also variously injured.
The Ladies on Wednesday honoured the GnAno
Plasm, by placing themselves at the win-
dows of thole streets he passed along, and very
gallantly waving their handkerchiefs ; many of
these looping, no doubt, that he will return the
compliment, when opportunity snits, of drop.
ping kis own handkerchief at their feet.
• Between liredoesday night and Tharsday morn-
ing au alarming fire broke out at a cooperage in
New-eoert, Peter-lane, Cow-cross, which de-
stroyed the whole of the premises, together with
two adjoining houses.

CIIII3IIIIAS BOXES AND New YEAR'S GUM.--
The very best that can be given or received, are
to be had at Citratit's, No. 8, Charing-Cross.
By the purchase of Lottery Shares, you may se-
cure to yourself or friends an absolute fortune.—
The risk is what every one c.tii afford—the fortu-
nate consequences arc what every one desires.
Instead, therefore, of merely wishing childten or
friends a happy New. Year, make it one, by giving
theta a probable chance of prosperity fur laic.

bIARRIAGE.
Thursday morning, at st. Gaargr'i. lianover-square, by
the Rev. %V. Pools, Tromso Darby Lutentry, Esq. to Nli%J
Lam, of liAlfsoon-street, Picourdly.

DLATHS.
Stuldeitly on the morning uf Friday se'sinight, at Bally-
money, county of Kilkenny., turd in the prlnie or life, Mrs.
Pereeval, wife of William Petereal, I.sq.
Ou Tres(lay la‘t, at his home at Eitisaia. in Kent, mach
and unaversally lamented by a 'lnforn '. cirkie of frietils. Sir
Rickard Welen,litie Sheri& of the City uf Con4ou and Coun-
t' of hliddieses, aged b 7. I
Tbursda), Mr. T. C. Cr 01,4, rifting Maallfe of the present
theatrical establishment iu blanche-I,er.
Litely, Mrs. Baalte,,teed Mt, n idols of the late it iehard
Lim. of Suers; and Park, county Carlow, Ireland.
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