The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-08-01 00:00:00

jotters received yesterday from Gottenburgh
rstittei
that suedish troops wero.embarking on an Rxpedi4
tio„ to Pomerania. Au order was 'Seine titineSim*
received in this country for clothing for 7000.
Swedish troops, of new levies, who, it is seid, 'az*
onzaaised in order to Wet an army of reserve... •
extracts of a Letter from Smyrna, June 4.--A By
scoots just received from Constantinople, ire Nara
that the GRAND SVGNIOSI has refused to ratify,the '
treaty with the Russians. The latter
.have with.
drawn all their troops, except 12,000 men."-j-g 4 They,
*rite from Alexandria, tliat the town ofAntal has been I
utterly destroyed by an earthquake ;- and I am.soni;
toad, that our accounts from Persia ate of .a,
core dreadful nature. These state, that by repaat.,;
etl shocks of earthquakes, not a building has been:
left standing in seveu or eight largo distriets."-r-" The;
Plague has again made its appearance here for the
last time these many years, and.this misfortune: is
greatly aggravated by the high price of provision,
almost every kind. They talk of Gen. AN attioasq
the Count of the Empire, being expected at GoV44.
stautinople."
The 3lembers of a certain House have appeared!
uithin these few days very anxious, and we think
very naturally so, to get rid of their Sessional la.
boars. On Wednesday last, the Seneee was sap-
ported in his important functions, at four o'clock,
by sr. GEORGE ROSE and Mr. Loo only; both of
*how, it pas understood, were engaged out to din-
per, and yet neither, in complaisance to the other,
wonkl be the first to quit the House. This gave oc-
casion for a wag to observe, that Mr. Rose's meta-
phor of the bucket was, in some degree, realized in
his own person, with this difference, that its ono cape
the contest nas for who would dine first, and in-the
ether, who would drown first. At length, however,
other Members entering, Mr. LONG rose to depart,
and his Right lion: Friend was not long ere he fol-
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lower! him.
Beam' Fence.--The following state.
Dent is abstracted from the official returns, corrected
to this day :—At sea, 91 of the line, 8 fifties, 119
frigates, IU9 sloops, 8 bombs, 142 brigs, 32 cutters,
5-2 schooners; total 557.—1 n port and fitting; 23 of
the line, 9 fifties, 32 frigates, 2S sloops, 17 brigs,
10 cutters, 13 schooners ; total 132.—Guard.ships,
sof the lie, 4 frigates, 4 sloops ; total 13.—Hos!
&c. 32 of the line, '2 fifties, 2 frigates;
total 36.—10 commission, 154 of the line, 19 fifties, I
137 frigates, 141 sloops, 8 bombs, 1-19 brigs, 42 ;
tatters, 66 schooners ; total 738.—Ordinary ;ad re-
pairing, 71 of the line, 9 fifties, 61 frigates, 371
sloops, 5 bombs, 13 brigs, 1 cutter, 5 schooners;
total M.—Building, 33 of the liue, 5 fifties, 16
frigates, 7 stoops, 8 brigs; total 69.—Grand total,
1013 ships ; 258 of the line, 33 fifties, 237 frigates,
1:45 sloops, 14 bombs, 160 brigs, 43 cutters, and
71 schooners.—Of this force there are in the Medi-
terranean 105 vessels-33 of the line. Oif Spain'
sod Portugal, 95-30 of the live. In the Channel,
40-11 of the line. In the North See, 81,40 of
the line. In the Dawns, 43. At Halifax, 30..
The registers of the Civil Department at Paris pre.
for the year 1811, '21,168 births ; awl 15,772
laths. The number of meninges has risen to 4524.
'fl thermometer of M. CIitYALIER was, on the 22d
nt one o'clock, 18, 7.10, at three o'clock,

11 -1-10.
the first division of the Jamaica fleet has arrived
in safety at Greenock.
.5.1T11, JULY 28.— TUE &uric FLET.r...-Sevetal
vessels arc iu sight, supposed to be part of the Baltic
tivet, which lately sailed from Geottenburgh ; twenty-
six sail of them are destined to the Frith of Edin-
burgh.
An ingenious mechanist, who had discovered a
new mode of washing linen by machinery, com-
menced his advertisement thus. —" [flashing exploded,
or crery man hie own washerwoman."
A grand and extensive undertaking is now carried
en in Dean Foreit, for the purpose of transmitting
its valeable productions of coal, lime, and other arti-
cles, between the Banks of the Severn and the Wye.
Mr. WARNER (who died suddenly at the Hay-
market Theatre, some few days ago) was Private
Saretary to the late Duke of MaNcinesvea, when I
Ambassador to France, and received the usual gra- I
tuity on bringing home the news of the ratification
of the Treaty of Peace in the year 1783.
We have heard, that an eminent Solicitor has at
this moment at his disposal, no less than eight Seats
in a certain Assembly ; the price, under certain con-
ditions, is eight thousand pounds..
Thursday evening, about nine o'clock,as Mr. Stet.:
ling, mate &an East trader, lying off Limehouse;
was whin. on board, by some accident fell from the
side of the vessel into the stream, but. was fortu-
nately
saved from drowning by the exertions and hu-
sanity of a waterman in a wherry, who caught him_
by the coat with his boat-hook, and safely took him
In shore, when the waterman was liberally rewarded
for hi, trouble.
At this moment there is exhibiting in Paris a very
Wand panorama of the GHN of. London, which is
slid to be very excellent and very attractive.
A circumstance, which might.have been attended
'kith 'wry disastrous consequences, occurred at Bos-
ton on Sunday last. As a gentleman was • stepping
into his gig at the door of the Peacock Inn, in the
Market-place, with an intention to visit Frieston,
the horse, which was a high-spirited animal, set oil
at full speed down Wide Bargrae, in consetriencelof
the reins breaking, to the imminent danger of the
rider and the street passengers. In this perilous si-
tuation, notwithstanding he had to make several
dingerious turns, and to pass two narrow bridges,
by the-skilful application of the whip, the gentleman
succeedtd in keeping the vehicle clear of every ob-
stacle until lie reached ililldyke Bar, a distance of
about two miles and a half from Boston en the Spils-
by road, where the career of the animal was stopped.
Mr. Pierre Heil, allavarlan Artist, has invented
a new instrument of music, which renders the notes
visible by means of colours, and which he has named
llormonicon a tons risibles" (the visible sounds
ilarrnonieon). A trial was made of thelastratment
at the Court of Munich, in presence of this principal
klusicians of the Chapel, who have expressed their
approbation of the invention.--(Jeurnsol di Parris;
July 17).
Yourueer. UNION.---Tuesday was married, at
Manchester, William Shelmerdine, aged only 81, to
iliss Taylor, aged 91, both of Safford'
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