The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-05-18 00:00:00

about 160
11th of .
the exception
Messrs. Thos..
sated her executors. _ family
son, at present unfortunately labouring under a state
of mental imbecility, and several daughters. It ap-
peared that for some time previous to her death, the
testatrix was very warmly attached to one of these
ladies, whom she always, by her 'ethos', declared ber
intention of nominating her heir. In coasetinence,
however. of some misunderstanding between them,
shortly before the execution of this will, the testatrix
transferred her affections to another daughter and to
her son, Mr. T. Pemberton, in whose house she conti-
nued to reside till her death. when it appeared that her
bounty was ultimately conferred on that gentleman and
his brother. The other parties opposed the will pro-
ponnded, by endeavouring to prove a case of testa-
mentary incapacity, and of general infirmity of mind,
of which the advanced age of the deceased and severe
bodily infirmities were adduced as strong GOOCUrrell:
presumptioas.
The immense mass of evidence adduced reitt, as
may be supposed, to a series of acts and expre“ions, no
other than such as are connected with Ski every day
occurrences of life ; and only of consequence in the
cause, as they might, collectively taken, seem to esta-
blish capacity or otherwise.
The Learned Judge, Sir JOHN NICHOLL, after a mi-
nute and laborious investigation, recapitulated the
leading facts deposed to, which be could net consider
as making out any thing like the absence of a sound
and disposing mind in the testatrix at the time of exe-
cuting the will, which he finally confirmed and pro-
nounced for.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY.
The 16th Anniversary Meeting of this Society was
held yesterday, at Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen-
street. The Hall and all the Galleries were, at an early
hour, crowded to excess, and a considerable number of
persons were unable to obtain admission. The six rows
of seats immediately in front of the platform were ex-
clusively mite by Ladies, among whom were many of
rank. A little before one o'clock the Duke of Sussex
entered, accompanied by the Prince of Madagascar,
who was attended by his Secretary and Interpreter ;
his Royal Highness took the Chair, and read a letter of
apology from the Duke of Bedford, who was unable
to be present, bet sent one hundred pounds. The Re-
port was read by the Reverend Mr. Clayton, the Se-
cretary, and gave a very long and detailed account of
the operations of the Society. In London, during the
past year, additional Schools had been established on
the plan recommended by the Society, and a consider-
able augmentation had also taken place in the number
of Schools throughout the kingdom. In Ireland, up-
wards of 600 Schools bad been established on Use plan
of mutual instruction, and the number of pupils
amounted to more than 60,000. The same mode of
education was extensively followed in Scotland. The
number of schools increased with surprising rapidity.
France, through the judicious seal of the " Society
for the Improvement of Elementary Instrption at
Paris," and were liberally cherished by the Civil Au-
thorities. According to the last Annual Report of the
Society of Paris, nearly 1,500 schools had bean estab-
lished in that country, and contained upwards of
160,000 pupils. In Germany, Russia, Sweden, and
Denmark, the number of schools on the British and
Foreign System, were annually increasing, as also in
various parts of Italy, in Spain, and Portugal. Several I
gratifying communications from the United States 1
were also reed ; in that country nearly all the public I
schools were on the plan of this Society. Frontlel
Brazils, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video, the
mit tee had received most pleasing intelligenett.
Through the indefatigable labours of their agent, Mr.
Thompson, the Society s plan of education bad become
very popular, and numbers of schools had adopted it.
In the East Indies, the South Sea Islands and even,
along the coasts of Java and China, schools were es.
tablirlted on this plan. The Report, which was very
voluminous, stated many other important facts.
The Rev. OZOkOlt BUDDER moved that the Report
be received, printed, and circulated under the direction
of the Committee, which was seconded by Mr. Haa-
RINOTON (recently arrived from the East Indies), and
unanimously agreed to.
The Rev. ROW LAND HILL proposed the second Reso-
lution, which was one of thanks to his Majesty for his
liberal Patronage of the Institution, and for his muni-
ficent annual donation. This Resolution was seconded
by Mr. ALLAN, of the party of Friends, and carried
with considerable applause.
Thanks were next voted to their Royal Highnesses
the Duke of Sussex and Prince Leopold of Saxe Co-
bourg, the Vice-Patrons of the Society, on which his
Royal Highness returned thanks.
On the motion of the Rev. Mr. Ivzwv, seconded by
Wit. Evans, Fs+ M. P. thanks were voted to his High-
ness Prince Rataffe, who expressed his sense of the
honour through his Secretary.
Speeches were delivered by Mr. VANNOWIN, Vice-
President of the Jews Free School, die Rev. Gams'
TOWN, the Chaplain of his Majesty the King of Swe-
den, and other Reverend Headmen, and a very lge
sum was collected from the Meeting in support ofar the
lastitution.

Last year there was introduced into SCotland a
new sort of carrot known under the names of Amak
or Altringbam, which from its size seems admirably
adapted for field culture. Mr. William Scott, at Little
Govan, having sown one ounce of it among his onion
seed, found its luxuriance soon overtop his onions,
and from that small quantity of seed, the astonishing
bulk of 36 creelful of from 3 to 4 pecks each was
raised. One carrot weighed 41b. 10 us. and another
41b. 6ox.
It is worthy of remark, that a bop-pole, cut from a
yew tree, at Rotherlield, Sussex, by a husbandman, 35
years ago, regularly used on the same farm, by the
same man, every year since that period, and only once
freshed pointed, should to the present season have re-
mained sound, and every way lit for the purpose to
which it was os igioally applied.
A poor man of the name of John Letts, who bad been
a respectable farmer in Essex, was killed last week, 'ln
Chatham Dock-yard, by the breaking of the spindle of
the crane, which he was oiling at the moment it was
esisisOnsta a lighter a mooring block of an
wet
1111111bs. weight, which filling upon the attfortemett pas,
he was literally crushed to pieces.

POLICE.

—dual.--
Cttalollll CAUL
:esterday two lads who tare their
and Green, the former of a most
the latter about twelve years
sailor boy, were examined before
..sard !Ernie, Esq. the Sitting Magistrate, on sus-
picion of stealing a watch, the property of Mr. Hat.
tenley. The circumstances which led to the detection
of the ptisoners, are as follow :—On Wednesday after-
soon, the prisoner Eastman, in company with Green,
came into the office. and Made an application to Mr.
Minshull, the Sitting Magistrate, stating that be'went
to a house in Swan-yard, in the Strand, on entering
which, be was attacked by several men and women,
who robbed him of 15s. ; that en his making resist-
ance. one of them made a stab at him with a knife,
and in endeavouring to parry which, the blade en-
tered his hand between his fingers. He then un-
bound his band and exposed the wound which had
the appearance of being recently dune. Mr. Min-
shall directed that Avis, one of the patrole, should
immediately accompany the prisoners to Swan-yard,
for the purpose of appehending the persons concerned
in the robbery, which Avis accordingly did, but was un-
able to discover them. The Prisoners went back to the
office with Avis, who reported to Mr. MINsRULL what be
bad done in the business, and the prisoner Eastman then
expressed that he could not go home to his friends with.
out his money, and stated he was apprenticed to Mr.
Cooke of the Coburg-theatre, where be occasionally per
formed in tragedy. The ragged and dirty appearance
of the prisoner, being so direct a contradiction to his
statement, Mr. M. directed Avis to accompany both the
II prisoners home to their friends. Avis went with them
to several places in the Borough where they said they
lived, but which, on enquiry, proved to be false; and
from other circumstances was induced to question them
where they got the money they had been robbed of. The
prisoner Eastman said, he was in company with a young
man at Covent-garden Theatre on Tuesday night who
picked a Oentleman's pocket of a watch, which be gave to
him to keep, and that he had pawned it at Harrison's, the
pea nbroker, in St. Martin's-lane. Avis immediately
hand-cuffed them, and found on the Prisoner preen, a
duplicate of a watch, pawued at Mes-rs. Harrison's.
Bastntan then stated that he lived at Mr. Hafferd's,
Medway-street, Horeeferry-road, to which place they
look them, and there learnt that Eastman resided with
his father, but bad been absent from home two days.
IA watch, the property of Mr. Hattersley, was stolen
a short time previous to his leaving home; and on thr
circumstance being mentioned by Avis, Mr. H. went
to the Pawnbroker's, and ide itified the watch as beirw
the one stolen from him ; and Eastman was identified
as being the person who pawned it. Both the Pri-
soners were lodged in the watchhense for the night.
Eastman was fully committed, and nothing further
being adduced against Ore.'s, he was discharged.
TR•NSLATING AND Paurantsm.—Beejentist Ilmeell,
a poor one-eyed funny old man, in a white flannel jacket,
was brought before the Magistrate in the netting, by
the constable of St. Clement's Danes, charged with
begging in the streets of that parish. The following is
the substance of his examination :—Magistrate—" What
are you ? Old man--" Me, sir I—l'm a translator, re-
ocular bred and born; ever since I lost my right eye,
when I was a lad." Magistrate—" A translator !" What
a translator of languages t" Old man—" No, sir, lea-
ther. That is, 1 translates old shoes into as good as new
ones almost." Magistrate—" Oh ! then you are what
is usually called a cobbler fa" Old man—" Yes, your wor-
ship, by low people; and those as has had no hedication ;
vulgar folks, and all them ere." blagistrate—(laegh-
ieg)—" Well, but cobbling and translating, u you call
it, is a never-failing trade; how came you, then, to
be begging in the streets? Old man—" Why, your
worship, translating is good for nothing since
new shoes am come to be so desperate cheap. Suppose
your worship's shoes wanted mending, they'd cost you a
matter of 4s. 64. to have 'em well soled, heel'd, and
welted ; and they'd be but old shoes after all; and
by putting another shilling or so, to the money,
you might buy a capital pair of sew ones ; and
so, your worship, my trade was knocked up ;
and I was translated from cobbling', as your wor-
ship calls it, to begging." Magistrate—" Then, why
don't you take to making new shoes ?" Old man—
" Because, your worship, I have but one eye ; and
that isn't a very good one." Magistrate—" In that
case, 1 suppose. the best thing I can do for you, will
be to translate you to a prison ; and from thence to
your parish ?" Old man—" Thank your worship,
kindly. its the very favour I was going to ex you.—
I'm sure I shan't lose needs by that translation, for
with all my begging, I've got but one poor penny to-
day." He was accordingly ordered to be regularly
passed to his parish at Bermondsey.
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WALSINO ON Wavas.—An application of the velo-
cipede has been made to water ; the artist sits upon a
saddle Boated by three empty tin globes hermetically
sealed, and his legs and feet which are used as paddles,
are kept dry by a covering of leather. This is what
some of the papers call " walking on water."
MONSTROUS PRODUCTION.—CORK, MAY 10.—Yes•
terday, was presented to the Cork Institution, by Ed.
ward Morrogh, Esq. a mare foal, which exhibits
very singular malformations on parts of the bead—
the most remarkable is her possessing but one eye,
situated about midway between the point of the upper
jaw and the top of the head, and this eye preternatu-
rally enlarged. From external observation it appear!.
that the nostrils are obliterated. and the lower jaw a
little elongated beyond the upper ; the remainder of
the animal appears well and even handsomely formed,
being the production of a beautiful mare and horse.
She lived sixteen hours, and probably died for want
of food, the deficiency of nostrils depriving her of
the power of receiving nourishment.° Her breath-
ing was eternises, and she died violently convelsei.—
(Adrereinr.)
• An opinion is emertained. that there la ao wane:lon
latralle the nostrils of Ibe horse aad the woeth—to any
one who IMMO say Wag of Natural History. the
aides
of sedan. to a perfect aaiwal, willelently cootradieta this
vulgar error.
DOVIBIIi MAT 11.—One of the anchors and cables
which the Govenser Carver, Taylor. eat from, et Dun-
geness. has bees picked al by a smack and landed here.
01,110 A. Mae Aw-The Margaret. Brown. of Halibut.
from Jamaica to Leghorn, is reported to have sunk, off
Corsica, about the 15th alt.


Tom Shelton, a first-rate scintilla hexer, by
a benefit at the Fives Court yestetday, aid cnisideviat
the wetness of the day, it was a tolerable good east,
There was a want of artists in the prefeesioa, teat d
the principal boxers being in training, sad ballade/in
others not in condition; there wet however, sawn god
setting-to. After Tom Jones, as Master of the Coro
monies, bad finished his preparatioas, Jemmy lAsist
commenced the sport with one of his pupils.

Ben Burs and Bitton had a scientific boat, bat •mt
decidedly in favour of the former, whose Imelda' ha
wargey was never out of his adversary's face a wads
together, and Bitton was unable to return.
Sampson and Richmond's Black.—This was g
interestiog match, at Sampson's request. The buck
fought once and won, since which, he has beesholas
it were in a box. Some considered him, from ik
a match for any of the big ones, but this Ms by
reduced him to a mere automaton, and 'NM art ims,
tear from matching him. Sampson turned bass spa
him, although three stone and upwards lighter,6ls
the claret from his nose, and hit hint to every part .f
stage ; in the second boat he placed his left-handed hip
upon the nose and mouth, and crimsoned the bee*,
In the third round Miackee wanted to give in, bet ass•
they round being vociferated, and after he had mirrored
to it, be made his bow, quits satisfied.

On Saturday evening, some cattle belonging tag
man of the name of Megan, were impossaaed 441
trespassing, by the Barony Constable of Servals;
Megan broke open the pound and brought away*,
cattle, on which Dorrington, one of the Cooatabh,
received orders from Mr. Prignell, a Nlagistrateos
re-impound the cattle. A son of Magan's then Pap
to rescue the cattle, on which the Constable soh
him (the son) prisoner. A mu; of the name of nt.
patrick then endeavoured to rescue the prisoner, wirs
the Constable desired him to stand hack se k wadi
lire upon him ; Fitzpatrick persevered is his
and was rushing forward, when Dorringtos lited asid
killed him on the spot. Dorrington has satttadered
himself to Captain Gordon. A Coronet's latest
4as yesterday held on the body. We have set yet
learned the result. —( .11orniNg Pint, May ik)
On the night of his Majesty's visit to the Opera, s
tientletnan on his going hate the Pit, had his psE
picked of a very valuable gold watch. It was tia
from his pocket with such dexterity, that be bad id
;he slightest knowledge when it happened; alike.
his seals were tacked is his fob, and his coat bawd
tight over over them.

MARRIED.
Yesterday, at Northileet, is Kent, John Bre_inhkirs 61.
of D011t00•COUTi, near Gravesend, to Mary "sew dig
daughter of Thomas Harman, Esq., of Wombwell-ha b
the same county.
Yesterday, at St. George's the Martyr, Charles Pear
Esq., to Frances, third daughter of Nicholas Pour, Esq.,
of Queen-square. Bloomsbu ry.
At Mary-le-bone Church, George F-dwardTvisa,lb&
Upper Cadogan-place, to Miss Mary Ann Tatham,
set-square.

DIED.
On Monday, the 14th inst., at his house at IFus,
1
Burr. Rsq., in his 77th year.
Oa the 16th inst., Frames, the wife of Jan bails .
Esq.. of Broad-street-buildings.
On Wednesday, the 16th inst., James Fisher, 114.,

Green-street, rims en or-oqu a re.
At the residence of his brother-in-law, !jades*
Casement, Military Secretary, Citrons, Demirel, ottrest
of December, 1980, John Dyer, Esq., superbAmmilag
peon on that establishment.
On Tuesday last, the 13th inst., in the neighbeedissid
IBristol, Dr. Walcott, the celebrated Musician.

IMPRESSED with a just and humane Ism
Ithe calamitous results arising from the lajailletsostme
inept of a certain malady, contracted in a mutts tool
jinown to require a comment, and often entaillag en Ink'
Nippy sleds, a series of distressing and almost twerps.
bie aMictions. Dr. EADY respectfully calls theattentiesd
those interested in his peculiar and most elleeteal methsd
cure, unlike the advertising empiric of the day, orbs:11
i
criminal conduct of those " who hold the word of
the ear and break it to our hope." Dr. Eady will sole'
Busse to pledge infallibility in every deseriptioe of canvas
as far as human aid, assisted by medical and sangisd 110
can be applied, he promises a certain, speedy, warms
nent restoration ; baying mate every species of 900
affection, and its various train of diseases, the prising*"
of his professional studies, and being flattered by MeV.
cendant success which has accompanied his mode ef IP.
meet during the course of a long and laborious prselissils
is enabled to offer, with the fullest confidence, promise
at once the most hopeful and en our ging. Innumerable's'
stances can be adduced illustrative of the superior:44or.
Eady's system, which had been found to 14
where eminent talent, retained by public 'latitudes'. WS
proved ineffectual. In addition to those consolstorlus.,.
ces, Dr. Eady will be found equally fortunate in revirlsdf_
slumbering and debilitated enemies of the buesseolor
Lion, which embitter, and if not timely arrested, frsiln
render nugatory the very principle of existence. FrOCy
desolating state of inanity and sterility, by remolastles.
frame and affording tone and elasticity to the rehtiEeSser°
Dr. Eady is happy to convey the most positive _a,
that the sufferers of both sexes may be rescued: 1.1
perseverawee in the means dictated being only ref...,
Dr. Eady is consulted daily, at No. V, Desn-staiii'
(one end of Dean-street, Soho. leads out of 0 IV
only opposite the General Two Penny Post OWL
other end into Oiford-street, and is opposite Wes44l*•""
by patients of both 'ex.—Country letters meet
req
attention by return of second post.
BY his Majesty's Royal Letters Patent.--1,5.1p
Pilate Saluted., justly famed for Curti* is P.„4
Stages. a Certain Disease. One small Pill Is a Doss
the taking taking of one boa, in a recent case, will soon 0474,
the Patient of the certainty of his speedy recoverY.,,
thing can be better contrived, more safe. comae cos •
titan this remedy, for such as are obliged to go joll_rio
to sea, as it heeds no confinement nor restraint of Dwi
00 years esperleeee(in an extensive practice) bas p_ii
that it will effect a Cure, when repeated salivation_r."
other methods avail nothing. For the 'tarty sMild
chroeical disorders. this medicine has not its pandas.
wards of 4.0,000 persons, of both sexes, have boo yid
aired of the above cruel Disorders, within the WS us-
cors.lwilsr
years. prepared and sold by the sole Propriet
ion and Most, Surgeons.* at their houe, No. 9° S 1
Street, in boles of on'y 2s. 9J. each, duty iseitWo• l'„id
Two back doors and lights in the
are also sold by their app,- avocet, with cop dILII.s;',
at Mr. Hepburn's Toy Shop. 103, Oxford-street 1117,..,,,"-
borough's. 7, Fish Street Hill. nearly °apostle as,_s'isi.
mint; at Mr. Baxter's, Edinburgh ; NIr.—NewkISII. n.i.
lin • and by one person In every considerabliWOLl:7o
Britain and Ireland. Advice gratis to persead 11...11% ei.
above, or other of the Proprietor's inedietawl'Assal
Ploksegess at aigV. fa
statism% weaknesses cared,
and letters.riseal 311701.
• Se* the list. pablished by the Ito ,______•*

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91!EMEN2112111E. STA MATES N.
ber. 1818, leaving property to the amount of
16,0004. which. by her will, execatad on the
cU
f Jane in the samyear, she bequeathed, with
same
Bcnvoinitte.r—Yei
eptioa of a few trifling legacies, to her two sons,
eases lissusas and
. Thos. and Ed. Pemberton, whom she soot-
ier executors. The family consisted of another wretch" arrargbee.
. _ _ old. dressed as a sail