The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-12-23 00:00:00

'HE STATESMAN

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DEAL, December Y.W.—Cage down from. Ste
River and sailed the Fortitude, Gibson, for Malta ; Wood-
silock, Paton. and Caledonia, Clarystie, for Jamaica ; Elizabeth
'Onnten. for Naples; also and remain; the llnckerti,' Soper, for
lirepada.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the Venus, Scott.
from Worts ; Sir Wm. Beftsley,Young, from Quebec ; Aurora,
,Young, from Almira ; Africa, Skelton, from Sicily ; an .1 Ac-
tive, Banta, from -.Falmoistlo, also and remain, 13i Orb,
Young, from Gibraltar ; Jane, Avery, from Malaga ; and Cro-
codile, Retts, from Carthagena.
PORTEMOUTU, December 22.—,--Wind North.—Arrived the
Palambeat, —, from London, and remains with the outward
bound as before.
Ptvuoirn, DEC. 21.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Escape,
Chandler, 14 days from Faro.
FALmouvrt, December 21.--Wind N.W.—Sailed the Ann,
Pittery. from Lisbon for Liverpool ; and the °row, Wise-
, mart, from London for Trirctera.--Sailed the Duke of Kent
Packrt for Liabou.--Put back the Neptune, !tawny, for
Terciera.

LtvEapoot., December 2 I.—Arrived the Canadian, Sidney,
from Pernambuco ; Star, Bryce, from Mombasa ;
Ninus, Fowler, from Trieste ; Lancashire Witch. —, from
Lisbon ; Hawke, Stanley ; Venus, Glawthorp, and Elizat
from Newfoundland; Gilbert. Henderson, from filiramlebi ;
and Nancy, —, from Rictiebucto.

The East India Company's homeward bound ship
Thames, arrived at the Cape on the 27th October, •nd was
expected to sail for England about the 3.11 or G h of No.
vember. . _ _

The ship Bombay arrived in China on the Ist day of
Auga•t.
The legacy, and the accumnistions of Mr. Vick's Signest.
for building a bridge across the Avon to connect Clifton
Down with Leigh Down, are likely speedily to be appliftl
to the attainment of inch an important obj-et. Tl.e I.rge
Lisp.taci Proprietors on the Som. rsetshire side of the River,
we are credibly inforineJ, are about to interest themselves
in the promotion of the measure ; and if they are sincere
and warm in their intentions to• sre it carried ioto
effect, the omnipotence of Parliament may easily be
obtained to effect their o4ject.—(ifristel Mercury.)
We have not heard of any a tvento re, or ship being fittrd

snot direct from Bristol by. Bristol Merchants. for any of the
Independent States of South America ;• but we have heard
of a vessel toeing chartered here by London Merchants,
and after taking in iron and other heavy goods, being de.,
stined to be sent round to Liverpool, to take in an assorted I
cargo. because there are impediments in the local taxa'ion '
of Bristol, which the Merchants concerned, hive. after
series!' and due deliberation, considered so insurmoantably
nr. at, that it would he impoisible with any degree of sue'
eels or probable profit, to complete the cargo at Bristol I
(Journal.)
J Gregory, 'Esq. the new Chief or Resident Magistrate for
Queen square, Police Office. in the room of Mr. Ras naford,
who succeeded Mr. Fielding, the son of the celebrated Novel-
ist, yesterday appeared in such Police office, fir tae gist time.
lie Is a Barrister of the Temple, and has prettied as such ; '
he, however, is rather a young men for a Mag-strati. Though
he appeared iii the (Mee, and took Ida swat in one of the Me-
glsterial chairs, he did not act, not having hern yet regularly
sworn in. The Resident Manktracy was offered to Mr. White,
already of the Queen-square Diner ; but having a large family,
ha declined the proffer, owing to the smalluess of tue house.
Magistrates
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The es osariourough Street, yesterday,
gave directions to the lnspec.or of Nuisa ,ces of the re-
spective parishes within their district, in the event of snow
falling, to lie on the alert, anal inform egainst any
individual who might neglect to comply strictly with the
terms imposed by the CPI clause of an Act passeu the 57 is
of the Lite King, better known es Mr. Michael Angelo
Taylor's Act. The clause in question is as follows—" that
'luring the continuance of frost, or aster during the fall of
snow from time .to time, and at all times hereafter, all
tenants shall every day before the snir of ten o'clock in
the forenoon of each thy, except Sunday, sweep-and
cleanse, or cause to be swept and cleansed, tit- footway ell
along the front side or hai k walls of 111,4 respective
houses. tenemen•s, shops, sheds, coach houses, stables,
meeting houses, chapels, or other public or private
building, and that every occupier who shall neglect so to
do, shall for every sucia offence forfeit and pay any sum
not exceeding the sum of ten shillings. The Magistrates
°Meted a numbor of notices to be delivered at the house-
holders of the various parishes, cautioning them against
violating the clause of the Act in question.
Digitalin:l. AcCinituc AND SChrmisma PitasgaviTiou.
—Tomtits forenoon a serious accident occurred at the
weaving factory at Delmarniick, near Ulssgow. A young
woman, while in the act of combing her hair, had the en.;
of it caught by a shaft turning furiously round ; the whole
liead was instantaneously uncovered, and the akin and
hairy scalp turned round with the machinery t the akin
covering the brow, eyelids, anal cheek hours, was also torn
off,; the poor girl screamed, and Mr. John M'Arthur, tenter
master, who was in the flat below, with the greatest
presence of mind. instal of running to see what was the
cause of the outcry, instantly stopped the engine. The
poor girl, however, was never off her feet. Mr. James
Smith, surgeon in Bridgeton,.o as instantly sent for, in
the meantime Mr. M'Arthur put the scalp and covering of
the upper part of t' e face into a drawer. On the arrival of
toe surgeon, about twenty minutes after the accident, Mr.
Smith replaced the scalp, and other torn portions, and
dressed the bead. The treetest attention nes paid to the
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unfortunate sufferer, and., she wits subsequently sent to the
Royal L.firmary. On %%redo .day night she was calm, and
perhaps much better than might have been expected; the
bead has not been undressed yet; but the edges of the
wound oa the fare, ears, eye, and neck, have become swots
len slightly, and inflamed ; indicating, it is presumable,
its adhering or growing together. There is a probability
that the whole scalp will adhere. Between eight and oine
years ago. a similar accident occurred to a person ofjabe,
name of Devon She, however, had „the scalp buried, and
remaiced in the Hospital upwards of twelve months.
Since that time she has been married, and lives at present
in Bridgeton, Olosgow.
Yesterday an accident betel a young man of the name of
Williams, in Catherine Street, Strand. A working man,
in liquor, bad reeled on It's back in the street a few yards
before a gentleman in a gig, who was driving at a brisk
pace; the lientletnan nits using every effort to pall the
horse up, in vein, when Willi omaseize.4 the reins, at which
the horse became restive, knocked hitn down, and the
wheel went over his oody ; lie• was immediately taken
home in a state of insensibility. The horse on being
checked, drew the other a heel over the drunken man also,
and lie was taken to the hospital ssi h broken rib .
Yesterday an inquisition was• taken, at Sr. Thomas's
Hospital,npon the body of Mrs. Ann Taylor, a red 39 years.
Mrs. C. Lembo''e mother of the des-aura, said she had been
at her house, in Lant Street, Borough, at abort half past 10
u'clock last Tuesday morning. She left her alone in the
sitting rimm while she went out on some temporary pur-
pose. In five minutes she returned. anal fount: her lying
on the floor, with her dress all in flames. She screamed,
' and her shrieks brought the inmates to her assistance, and
' the flames were extinguished as soon as possible, but she
was so dreadfully burned all over her body, that she was
instantly taken to the Hospital, wh re silo expire d on
Sunday. The deceased had bran sulject to tits during the
last 16 yeare. and witness thought that, upon this torlan•
I choly occasion, she had been tisk.it in a tit ; there was a
I fire in the stove in the room. Mr. I lettry Peak, dresser to
I Mr. Tearveri, at the Hospital, said the deceas d had been
severely burned about the neck. breast, and . ther parts of
the body; so snitch tn, that there weir no hopes of her
i recovery. The usual rnneil:es nere inefftctoally applied.
She was in so poor a state, tnat no qnettions has been put
to her respecting the aecidene lint she wag kept as quiet
as possible. She k 4 ha.' tao tits while in the Hospital.—
He bad no. dank hot that the burning bad eansed her
death. Verdict, " Accidental Death."

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1 BETTING AV TATTERSALL'S--Drc. Vt.
RIDDLESMON7rt.-1$ to 6 opt Wronger-0 to t agst Pre-
dence-6 to 1 apt Quadrille-6 to I apt p.m cart's.
DER nv.-6 to I ngst Swiss—l 3 toe apt Reformer—lll to 1. . •-4
agsi Agnes-14 1 agst Ranchero-14 to 1 apt Don Carlos—ls •
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to I agst Redicule—l6to 1 sgst Creastda-30 to 1 apt Anti-
cipation colt—SS to I agst Sir Oray-40 to 1 agst Hurley fltse- ,
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ley—A to 1 agst sr to Arbutus. '
0A1(3.-4 to 1 apt. Prudence-610 1 apt Lyrneisa-7 to.l
agst sr to Sailor—le to 1 stint Miss Jig. . •
Sr. Laggli.-10 to 1 agst A tisidora-16 to 1 apt Swisa-24, •
to 1 apt Mi.s Cratrfirld-30 to I asvt Banshee. , .

CHRISiAIAS CATTLE, &c.

One of the greatest Christmas curiosities in the mutton
tribe for size and beauty exhibited this season, is a sheep:•
at a Butcher's shop faring Cripplegate church. It was
bred at Bramwell near Oxford. its weight is thirty cones -
three lbs. A sli.mider of it weighs thirty-seven pounds.
Tredegar Cattle Show was more numerously attended this
year than on any former occasion. The show of cattle, Sheep:
and pigs, was numerous ; and alsO horses of the nag kind,
many of which possessed csnsjderable merit. 4inionft Use
there were same of extraordinary size and weight, the finest
were those sent by Mrs. llomfray, from near Windsor Sir C.
Morgan's 4 y ear old ox attracted partictear notice ; but Mr.
White's I sear old Herefordshire heifer (Fannyy exceeded pit
others, :hi hating increased in weight, since last yearopwarda
of 7001 h. The accommodations were excellent, and several
improvements were made since last year.

At the late fair at Ito`iertsbridiv, there were many corn.
priors for the Hop Prizes from various iparters. The •
Judges were six srortletnen from the Borough, eminent •
hop merchants and factors—who coultl have no partiality .
towhees tr.it.coun,y, or any prticular district. Their
'tad, which gave gen-ral satisfaction, was as follows:a-. e
Ihe Ist Prize •M r. Wickens . Roth ertield.
. . Mr. Fry . . . . Mayfield.
3 I . . Rev. Mr Wetherell Tirehorsr.
4th . . Mr. thristmas . . Heathfleld.
. Mr. Bourne . . . Breed.
6th . . Mr. Pix . . Peasernarsh._

At the tt;x; fair the Prizes are thus to be contended for,
-viz.:-Sussex against Kent for the superiority in the
Grape Hops.-Two Ps izes will be given to the beat Suaseer
Hops, picked in the Farnham made, and two for the best .-
h rps picked in the usual. manner. The Sussex Hops of .•
this year are decidedly superior to the Kentish Grave.-
' In the latter county, the blight ear universal, and there •.•
was scarcely a single hop ground that was not severely
injured by it. In this county it was very partial ; many .
gardens escaped from it altogether-the best proof of our
bring correct in this respect, is the mount of the present
duty, which is 18.3591., nearly the half of the whole hop .!
tav-the Great Rocketeer district will par 10,4091., which
was last year charged at upward. of 122,000/. In fact, at • •
this time, the Old Ken•ish Hops of 182.2, are preferred to
the new hops of this year, whilst those of this county rof
the last harvest. have the usual preference of new hops
and in most instances, are a more marketable comma.
ditv than those of the rival ertuntv.-(S•ases Advertiser )
At Hailshato market, on Wednesday-, the meat trade was
dull.
The well bred, and well fatted ox, parchased at our late •
Christross show of fat cattle, of Mr. Ridge, of Alcistun, ny
Mr. S. Collings, butcher, of Alfriston, was slaughtered.one •
day last week, and proved the fattest animal of its kind, '
killed in this neighbourhood for some years past; and )Jr.
C. in conselrienee challenges any, or all of his brethr,n. of
the clearer in Sussex, to produce its eqnal ; he therefore
claims as his just due, the rosemary sprig of the county.--
Weight of carcass, I9S stones, louse fist.•...o stones.- ( t.peea
Journal) •
The famous three year . old South Down Wether sheep
bred and fatted by Mr. Grantham, of Stoneham, near thii
town, which has been so much admired both here and i••
London, and oh the weight of which, many bets were den .7
pending, was on Saturday, two days after Al conveyance .
fro n the Smithfield show, slaughtered by Mr. Holande, •.
hut..ber, of Brighton, the carcass weighed 20 ston a and
five pounds, to the diecoonlitute of many of the howling • •
smell, whose judgment did not lead them to het beyond eine. •
tern stories. '11.•• carcass will remain at Brighton a It ee4,.
and then be brought for exhibition to this town.-(hdid) .
Lewes Corn Market, Saturday, 13th December, 1823.-
Red IVheat (new) from 21. 12s. 6J. ; Barley (new) 11. 9s. ;
Oats, (new) 11. Its. 6d. to 11. Is. per qu &der. Toesday.
16th December, 1823 -White Wheat (old) from 31. 4s. to •
31. 6a. ; ditto (new) 21. 126. to ;$l. ; red Wheat (old) 31, Is.;
-ditto new 21.8.. to 21. I 7s. ; Barley (new) 11. 9s.
11. 125.; oats (new) 11. 3s.
Lewes stock market, on Tuesday, was numerously at
tended, and most largely supplied, particularly with flee •
Beef.
Chichester Coro
.Market.-Inspectors return.---Whesi
2041 (patter* average 525. fill. ; Barley, 271. 6J, ; Oats,. f
20e. 7;.1. ; Peas 335. per quarter.
WATERFORD NIARIiCTS, DEC. 20.-Butter of first quail.
the making of neighbouring districts, w's yesterday et 9is!t
generally, and 925. in some i• stances; some of the prime
quality was said to have obtained 2.. to 3c. over. The
supply was large, and a considerable portion remained
unsold. Bacon Pies are Z6i. to 375. per cwt. generallv. -
and prime lots, it is thought, would still bring 371. 6d.
Scalded, 32s to 3fis.-and a few heavy Pigs were said to •
' have goae 6'. to Is. over. 0:41, 14s. to 16% Heads, 161.
I to 18s, per cwt.-phi:111;e
.r dßutiltltesarlme,asyobtlethgelolitiedglie.art qs:
to ions rarely obtainel.
EnstiDgAhr; be obtained for that of fine quality. !Leo*.
aPvilgdVs 8683D:ill: to 365. and soros-of phi netrality brought 3d5.61. •••••
per cwt.-(Clonmel Advertiser)
The fair of Golden, on Monday, was by no meant lick;
'claiming/Is the fair of Tipperary ; cattle of all kinds were
considerably lower, soil pigqleas in demand. Infralf cows
' sold about Id,. each under what tire same midi have •
brought at the fair of Tipperary- -(164 )

On Saturday a seriooomieal exhibition took place in
the Police Coed. which banished gravity from the fact. of
I very ct. e excepting the person who was implicated. The
Individual is a respectable tradesman, who resides in the
country at a distance of several miles. The charge against •
him was, that he had been found sleeping in a mammas
stair. But before he was bronglit to the bar, it was Nand'
necessary to subject hint to a complete able ion, to renal-r
him a fit offering to offended jaatice. The grlsoher hat '
the good sense to tak- " the first word o' dyting,"
commenced a violent harangue against the police estahlisiv.
went fur not tolerating night lionses as in London and I
here lie ran over a long list of Brow* Hears and Witt 4
Bears in the great metropolis, where wayfaring men 11143
himself could find accommodation at a!! time.. Ho then; Ns
imperiously demanded to know, where was the statute that's
made sleeping in stairs an offence ? The magistrate wilier* :va
the qtiestio• . but observed, it was a wonder that he was rt.!'
afraid of u.ee-in; hi. death. " Death," sail he, "-that is a
the grant ja. it, ts. i ti i o Lion. at man need t t fear," "
then, observed the Magistrate, " you may ca'ch a cold, or
lose your money." " Olt. as for (wild," replied the pris a
er, " my skin is o'er we'd tanned to care shoot that : and as •
f moary, I carry none about wi' . But, he continued,
hae alone this pal sect, and decide Om grand Conilit;s:. •
liana, /location, whether a man it at liberty to ale sp
common stair. The freedom of the sobjectisass been vihlata
cal in my rms. and I demand redrlss." William Petits
himself, *bee he confronted the honch old
not Imre teen more serious and unmoved thane the p
wain, making this a. Irian appeal: 'l'lie magistate
him. that the conduct imputed to him did not gni
an offence, and advised him, for his own sake, no
mit it in future—au adsice w Lich the t Ageiser sees'
a shake of his head, and win left ti e

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