The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-09-17 00:00:00

BRIGHTON, Seri. 15.

It i:: still uncertain when the Regent will be here.
Mr. Watier, his Royal Highness's hoese-steward,
came down a day or two ago, but is expected to re-
turn to Carlton-house to-morrow. The Duke of
York had sigulied his intention of paying a visit and
passing a few days at Sir Jobs Shelley's seat at
Ma resfield, but which the dangerwes and lamented in.
disposition of the Queen has prevented.
A Lady of fortune from this place had • narrow
escape from drowning, at llove, on Ssterday last.—
preferring the bathing there, she had been driven
thither in her carriage, and alighted on the cliff.—
There is but one bathing-machlue at Hore, and that
is at a considerable distance over the beach from the
houses. This was presently in order Anther, and, on
her taking possession, it was moved to the water's
edge, when the attendant received an order to retire,
but to return at a given time. This oilier had not
been long obeyed, when the rope which confined the
wheels of the machine gave way, and the declivity
presently immetsed the vehicle in the sea. The Lady's
situation for some time was extremely perilous; she
was at length rescued by a poor man of the name of
Harvey, antil conveyed to her carriage, her servants
till then being unacquainted with what had happened,

and the time not having elapsed for the bathing at
tendant to return. The Lady received, however, no
essential injury. The machine was floated many
yards to sea. Harvey was rewarded with 101.
Considerable business was gone through at the
Town-Hall yesterday. Mr. Segeant Bennington
again presided. The Inns and Public-hour-Licences,
which, from various causes, had been suspended,
were all renewed ; but not an additional licence for
the year has been granted. The town, the Serjeant
observed, had too many licensed houses already, and
the Public should not have to reproach him, for in-
creasing the evil. Such victesliera as were oppressed
by the brewers, in serving them with had beer, he
advised to apply elsewhere for a better article of con-
sumption, promising them protection in so doing ; and
though it was not in his power to prevent the land-
lords from ejecting them from the premises, yet it
should be his care that they took their licences with
them, if their conduct otherwise was deserving his
approbation. A publican of the name of Jupp, wbo
had been warned from his house, because the .beer
which his landlord, a brewer, bad supplied him
with was not saleable, and he bad obtained a better
sort, at the same price, from another house, to pre-
serve his custom and support his family, would
have been allowed to act upon his licence in another
house, had not the brewer acknowledged his error,
agreed to cancel Jupp's notice of acquittal, and pro-
mised to supply him Netter in future. In the event
of the latter particular not being feifilled, Jupp had
instructions to apply elsewhere, as he kad done be-
fore. The unfortunate difference between one of the
popular Members of this county, Mr. W. Burrell,
and the Innkeeper of the Royal Hotel, New Steyne,
William Rudley Mott, has been happily adjusted,
end the licence of the house renewed.
The black boy, a servant of Mr. Wattsford, see.
geon, who had confessed robbing the shop of Mr.
Sheppard, in St. James's-street, mentioned in a for.
vier letter, underwent a long examination. Three
gold seals, a gold watch, two gold brooches, a pair of
b,oe cloth pantaloons, and a handkerchief, were the
snide' produced said identified. He had pawned
the seals and brooches at Mr. Folkard's, who at-
tended with the articles to give evidonc. He was
commited to the county jail at Horshatn, to take his
trial at the Assizes in 'March.

The importation of grain into Scotland still con-
tinues; of 91 vessels which passed El4ineer between
the 16th and 18th ult. no less than 44 were laden
with chffereut sorts of grain.