The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-01-04 00:00:00

IX TER.Y.

MITLFSIM. &SUWON,.
Torsd.ay . . . Jan. 25 li Wednesday . . he. IS
hioniiay . . . . 31 1 Tuesday . . . Pek I
Monday . . . Fob. 7 Tuesday

AFTER TERM.
MOMI:ty .. . Feb. 14 Tuesday . . Feb. 11
The celebrated horse Jupiter, by Sir Oliver, is
onw the property of Mr. Underhill, horse-dealer,
near this town.—(Shrewelairy Paper.)

On the night of Sidonlay week, about 12 e'elnrk,
the house of Mr. Drennan. farmer, is Wotan near
Ayr, was attacked by a hand of armed misereAnts, wtvo
forced the inmates to deliver up 'all the bank notes anolt
silver they possessed. with three silver watches, and
plundered the house of evrry thing they thought worth
taking. They deliberately )teiligh candles, ransacked
the drawers, threatened olt•ath to whoever would make
any resistance, and obliged every one in the house to
take an oath that they wcold not make. known the feb•
beq. The ruffians were tiro hours and three quarters
in nflinT the house, dioring which time tdoi burned one
pound of candles, and dran't one bottle of whiskey sad
two of gin, which were among the articles they hid
Means were immediately taken to 6a I oat the
depredators, who proved to be an Irish latnditti, win
load been committing other rohheetes lately. Neveml
sh'rts stolen from Borland were disroveredtin the cus-
tody of these viliains. In the •.ouse of ohe of the
ridli.tus there ass found n flag, hearing the word
ut'obin;" and also a pole. They mad./ their escape;
hut it is expected ese this some of them w:1I be in cut
tody,

PRI:ATE CORRESPONDENCE.
We hasten with pleasure to publish the fidlow-
log spirited sentiments and observations of the
writer in a ;lei% ate letter from Wirtemburgh, as a
arrnfiUa which, we trust, will greatly help to
kindle that flame of liberty, which we hope to see
at to great distainv enlighten all Germany.
sn.r„irr, list . lttl9. The States of our little
kingdom are at length convoked, anti the attention of all
grassy is naturally enough turned towards us. It is in
het about to ace whether the logotted policy of the Aus-
Mao Calline. and stall more oppressive system adopted
Ire thst itt rim% An really succeed in preventing all
tie minor Soveretetts from giving such institutions to
their people ;13 the span of the. age, no less than public
opioi„,ao loeflly demand. It ette Constitutin,on is a real
compact bete the king. and the Natio the anti-
lia,sed by the Diet at Frankfort,
lama' g,.,„liitons
Ile not exist ..r the inhabitants of Wirtembitrgh. We
are. thank Iteeireit, rwathipatrtl,.anti no power on earth
to wrest Ow long-as isheil-for triumph from our hands.
;we:. chat ic,ssod
.at I% Jessie, anti the King's subse-
quent recetitint: et our Nlitnieipal Burly, there can no
longer be any ooulit ut his intention to govern constitu-
iienatiy, he arts thus, his Majesty has nothing
io fear front fireig,t influence, his asoeven powerful it may
be: that he has tl..termined to be independent, there are
proits on record. Prince Paul, the biog.&
brother, v.ho has been so lone at Paris, is sunituoned
IA attend the (:handier Of Peers> ; we rely on the patriot-
igos.f his Itoyat Highness on th.s trying occasion, and
onlideutly hope that no personal feelings will prevent •
bs mmediate and hearty co-operation with those who,
:hotsgh perhaps blameable in other respects, have at
Ina the merit of wishin, to save the ilaerties of our
common country, threatened as they are on every side.
Snack by the fatal effects of pi..itical divisions in other
conntries, recent measures have taught us the import-
anre and imessity of burying party animosities in
oblivion, as affording Wirtetuburgh the only hope of
ultimate victory.

Anecdote of the just and upright Judge Jef-
*Ties, who thought, at least spoke, of the Trimmers
of his day, as certtin Judges of our's speak of the
Radicuts. Jefferies fell a sacrifice to his hostility to
therairritirg Trimmers, as some others may one
day to the pour Radicals. The anecdote in North's
Life of Lord Keel cr Guilford is so curious, and il-
!nitrates in so striking a manner the ferocious cha-
mfer of ictreries, that we a:.e induced to give the
whole pa.....4ii:e :
.. One of .lietie intemperances was fatal to him. There
was a scritener. of Wapping, brought to hearing, for
relief against a hammery howl. The contingency of
losing an !Atte showed. the bill was going to bedit-
teissol; bat one to' the plaintiff's Counsel said, that be
was estrange fellow, and sometimes went to church, some-
times to coneentieles, and none could tell what to make
of kin; awl it was thoeucht he erosa 'flimsier. At that the
Cksatellu'r tired. " And o Trimmer!" said he, " I here
Writ aim if '.l that mounter, bet surer saw one. Come
forth, Mr. Tri,mnr ; turn you rotund, and let us see
year shat e:- and at that rate talked so long, that
tio pour tel!oty nos ready to drop under him ; but at
last the hilt was dismissed with coats, and he went
his way. In the hall, one of his friends asked him
liaw he came oil' " Came off !" said be, " I hare
esrapedfiom the terrors gthat wax's fare, which I world
*wee aspictgplagicisi to sure nix 411; axd I shall eer-
taint, here Insfrig.htfat impression of is loss, as I Hue."
Afterward', when the Prince of :Orange cause, and all
was in colifut,ion, this Lord Chancellor, being very ob-
noxious, disguised hirasslf, in order to go beyond sea.
He was in a seaman's garb, and drinking a pot in a cel-
lar. This scrivener came into the cellar after some of
I is client,. and his eye caught that face which made him
start; and the Chancellor, seeing himself eyed, feigned
a cough. and turned the other way with his pot in his
hand. But Mr. Trimmer went out, and gave notice that
he ea' there; 1% hereupon the mob dewed in, and he was
in extreme hazard of his life," kr.c.—(Noi•th' Lift. of
U. Keeper t;eisbrel. p. 2t0.)
THE Dt vit. IN A DRAWER.—" In looking over
the Alberni Dircrtcry, at the Eagle Tavern, a gen-
tleman near me ol.served in the same the name of
one ' Silva &litre. Fortune-teller, No. 8, Chapel-
meet,' and he said, that if I would accompany him he
should like to pay a visit to this pahnister and professor
of trecruman.ic art. I readily consented, and we set out.
After alma. a thi!e% su alit, we arrived at the residence of
the Albauy f'rie's cs-.—Alounting rather a broken stoop,
we knocked, and were introduced into a mystic parlour;
where a Park anii dirty Sibyl, near '2llO weight, as I
should smilsiese, made her appearance. and requested us
to sit down. Ileiug informed of the nature of our er-
rand, she produced a park of cards, atid after making a
circle, she went through the usual proceeding, repeat-
ing, ' a long journey by water—severe illness—fortune
by marriapt--six or seven children—great danger and
happy esvipe; &c. &e. when suddenly, out of the drawer
from which she had taken the cards, a loud voice voci-
ferated, ' lloid! You old hag! you're telling lies!' The
astonishment depleted on the countenance of pour Silva
Zelwre, and I:er assistant, a black yid. may be easily
iniagiuct!. Silence and looks of amazement ensued, and
tontiumal for a few seconds ; but in some degree reco-
vering ht rsitif fialtu the fright, she savanna about to pro-
teed, elicit again voices assailed her that appeared to
come from under the floor in the cellar, and then out of
the cliiiiiney, on which they were both seized with such
a panic, that overthrowing table, cards, and the whole
apparcto, they jumped up, made for the door, asset dis-
ollPearA, ltavi lig mu convulsed with laughter, to find our
way nut in the dark as well as we could.
" I inuoit now tell you, that the gentleman who caused
this ludicrous scene of merriment, and made an impression
on me that I can never forget, was a celebrated ventri-
loquist, elm had lately given specimens of his very ex-
traordinary ta!ent."--(.4lbang Paper.)
Tim THEAT3E.—We have had some novelty at
our Theatre. Mr. CHARLES CONNOR, formerly of
the Dublin Stage, and mow of Covent-Garden, ap-
peared on T:!..sday night as Fitzjames, and last night
as Harr!, Nemesia. This evening lie will play Major
ir Floh• , sq.—Mr. CON NOR can play all of the characters
in whirls he appears very respectably; but in Irish cha-
racters, we think him calculated to reads a high degree
of excellence—we mean the Irish Gextlemen ; we be-
lieve there is no other individual on the. English or Irish
Stage his equal in such characters. We should be glad
of his return to the Dublin Stage, shunt., it escape the
ruin which inipends over it, owing to a fatal concnrreuce
of circumstances.—(Doldin Evening Post )
A few days since, the workmen, who are laying
down the new water pipes under the pavement at the
north side of College-lireen,foand, nearly opposite Dr.
PRIVIIARD.S house, tdiree human skeletons. They were
at first in good pnonrvation,, but mouldered into dust
upon being handled. The teeth were remarkably tine
and perfect. We remember a similar circnnistance, a
short time since, in that neighbourhood ; and indeed,
when we recollect that the whole space was formerly the
Cemetery of St. Augustin's Monastery, and also of the
haunt's Church, now the Mayor's Chapel, we can easily
*account for the sccutisscs.—(Bristol Mercury.)