The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-01-17 00:00:00

FIRE IN SMrI7IFIELD.

The neighbourhood of Hosier-lane and Cock-lane,
Smithfield, was thrown into great alarm this morn-
ing by the breaking out of a fire in the back premises
of the houses constitutiog the corner of the square
opposite St. Bartholomew's Irospital, and extending
from Mr. Harrison's, carpenter and joiner, Hosier-
lane, to the back of Cock-lane. The fire originated
I.* an oil-warehouse, and was discovered about two
o'clock.—As it raged with the utmost violence,
and scarcely'any water could be obtained until five in
the morning, though the Hope Insurance engines
were upon the spot, the engine-house being one of
those that have suffered, the damage done is exten-
sive. The fire was raging with unsubdued fury at a
late hour this forenoon in the warehouses of Mr.
Pritchard, spirit-merchant, and Messrs. Smith and
Co., wholesale shoe and leather-dealers, the front
houses of these gentlemen being entire'y destroyed.
We are sorry to learn that the• principal sufferer
the occupier of the premises where the fire broke
out, and which are completely in ashes, is ui in.
cored. We have not heard that any personal injury
has been sestained.

mend of the article) have fixed a forced and artificial
The case of Baron D'lmnerte was finally decided ' price upon it, far beyond its natural otie=-I mean,
yesterday morning. The Baron was brought before by )by its natural one, that which is fair and fast, after 1
Mr. Justice DIMPIER, upon a writ of linbeasCorpus,', allowing a liberal and honest profit to the first hand.l
which, after due consideration, the Judge disallow- I If this applies to the article of Coals, in how much ;
ed, and the Baron will, therefore, be sent oat of the I more strong a degree does it apply to Corn, which
country immediately.
We have heard, with regret, that Lord Donovan- 1 stands certainly the first in the scale of necessity. I
MORE has gota fall from his horse, by which his i have shown that the coal-owners would be the only
Lordship has sustained considerable injury. !persons who would suffer from a Lou of their mono-
The Price of Bread was ordered to remain the poly; so, also, would the landed proprietors be the
Same es last week. 4 only persons who would suffer in the loss of theirpo.
The Dublin Papers of yesterday contaia a long ~„,„
account of the Meeting of Roman Catholic Gentle-
men, at Lord FINGALL'S house, on Tuesday last. The. Let us look a little claim- let* the subject. The,
object of this Meeting was, to deride upon the Pe- year 1793 is the period to which all the present wri-
tition which should be presented to Parliament in ters refer ; and the most terrible consequences are
their behalf. Lord KILLEEN, Messrs. SnEIL, predicted, if matters are sull'erei to return to the
01Goestare, and Lows, bad each prepared drafts of status quo of that period ; the quartern loaf was
Petitions, which were submitted to the Meeting.
'' then at 7d. or there abouts (I speak entirely froth
Lord FINOALL, Messrs. O CONNELL, O GORMAN,
3Phttuox, &c. made several objections to Mr. memory), and every other article of consumption
Sum's, which the latter defended. After a long bore a proportienate relative price. Porter was 31d.
discussion, all the Petitions were referred to a Com- the quart ; beef, 6d. per pound ; labour, Is. a day.
mittee of five, who are to make their Report on : The war commenced,—tazes increased.—The land.
Tuesday next (this day). I owner's carriage was taxed, his horses were taxed,
JOARNNt SOUTIICOTT'S WILL. The will of
JOANNA was to have been proved in the Prerogative his footman was taxed, his armorial bearings were'
Court on the 131 h instant ; but her bother, who re- I taxed; and, in order to still keep up his carriage,
sides in Devonshire, having entered a caveat against his horses, his footman, and his armorial bearings,
it, and administerered to her propetty,it could nor be he was obliged, in turn, to tax his tenant, who
done. This will bring on a litigation between him again, th • lijs turn' taxed the consumer of the pro-
and the present executors. The brother's objection
daceiof his land. Thus, then, the only loser is the
rests upon the unsoundness of his sister's mind,
and her consequent inability to dispose of her pro. i co"s"mer !If the land-owner had, in the first in-
perty. stance, give!: aay, and not taxed the tenant, the
Friday evening, between nine and ten o'clock, as tenant would not have taxed the consumer, and thus
a gentleman was coming tip the New Cut, Lambeth, things would have gone on as usual. As the war
he was accosted by a man nho asked him what continued, the public expenditure increased ; and,
o'clock it was, and at the sa"e moment knocked ,
, of course, the taxation went on increasing in t
him down and robbed him. His head, eye, and
two I preceding ratio. At length, taxation reached its
face were much cut, and, we are sorry to add,
of his ribs were also broken. Notwithstanding the maximum, and the whole operation ceased. Land
number of patroles, the villain escaped. I then stood at the price it bad reached, and that of
In the paragraph stating that two brothers in the broad, meat, and labour also remained stationary.
drug line were under prosecution by the City of Lon-
'At last the blessings of peace are restored. Cores
don, the word brothers was inserted by mistake for!
1 thelpolitical barometer,began to fall ; down goes el
brokers.
Oitihe evening of the 11th instant, about wets I other article. " t But, no," says the laud
_owner,
o'clock, a s Mr. George Wood, of Francis-street, 44 Ido not chase to lower my rents. It is true, 111
Tottenham-court-road, was returning from aear ido take 10s. where I lately bad 20s. I can still
Ilendon to go to his father's house at Mill-hill, he i keep my carriage, my horess, my footman, and as
a
was stopped a few yards from the Swan Inn, by '
I armorial bearings; but I want to take advantage
foie* ea
, who presented a pistol close to his r, .
tthe times, and, therefore, I will do my utmost
and swore if he moved or made the least noise he ,
this , have two carriages, mote hOrses, two footmen, and'
would blow his brains out ; notwithstanding
threat, Mr. Wood gave him a violent blow with a! become a Knight, to add to my armorial bearings.,
stick, with which he was armed, which knocked the additional splendour." And how does he endeavour
robber down ; the blow was given with so much to effect this? Why, by an attempt to
prevent the
pen_
power that the stick broke over his neck. As soon.i
fed at the cheapest possible rate ifor he *el?
as this robber was knocked down,. another appeared i pie being
knows, that if he can keep up the price:ot.goteiieo
and attacked Mr. Wood, and gave him a violent 1 I
blow on his ribs with a stick, which knocked him can always find farmers to give him tie pressree.
I
down. The first robber having recovered himself, forced price for his land. In plain fact, the farsser.„
he went. to the assiitance of the other robber;. in does not care one single farthing for this discaselee;
knocking Mr. Wood down, and holding him on the it is the laud-owner solely who is interested. If the
ground, . when he was down, and emptied his pockets
farmer cannot pay 51. per acre for his iota, owl
.4. flunk notes to the amount of about 71. Nu.
owner must take less, .or his land will natIONAT
Wood called for assistance, but none came. The
robbers Amu made their escape towards the Swan. untenanted; and thus every. thing will go orb as