The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-05-19 00:00:00

A young Gentleman from Cambridge, confined in a lock-up-linnse, In the neighbourhood of tit.
Ghment's, has amused himself since his captivity,
in
the! heads of al I the he rya Its of the house skaved,
for whie,h he paid them a guinea a
The bakers in the northern counies hare received,
(hiring the last week, anoi.ymous letters, menacing
their tires, and threatening th..ir properties with de..
stration.
A fartror in the net-10)(4(101(Kit' of Lewes, liar.
ing a bitch that had lost her puppies, took a p 1..; from
a sow which had just farrowea, and put to her, which
she matures as one of her own sv!ielps, and the pig
thrives apace upon her milk.

A few evenings ago, as a respectable tradesman',
wife was passing from it. Andrew's Church to iSrle.
lane, some villain threw aqui:fortis on her clothe.,
some of which fell on her arm, which burnt her se.
verely. Iler gown was also burnt in several place;;
The culprit, we are glad to hear, is likely to be (11;
covered.—The punishment for the crime is trampon,
tation.

A melancholy accident happened at North Ferry,
Scotland, on Tuesday last. On the landing of t
pinnace with the mail passengers, Dub' Llttil, one
of the boatmen, in stepping asiiore, misied his foqt,
hr which means his leg was so severely hruised, be.
twixt the boat and the pier, that amputation hecatile
necessary, and while the poor man wai under the
hands of the surgeon, ha expired.

There is at this moment, a Retlhreast's nest, with
several eggs in it, between the ribs of a new ship,
which is building in the yard of Mesirs. flails and
Richardson, at North-end, Hull. Not las than
from twenty to thirty men are continually employed
within and without the ship, yet, notwithstanding
the noise and bustle occasioned by the continued la.
boars of so many men, in bringing, fixing, and fait.
ening the timbers of a la rv.vessel, this little opera.
for has, una wed, pursued its conjoint labours to per.
fection, and if not invabd, will shortly launch its
progeny into the aerial regions.

In the ever-memorable attack on Buenos Ayres by
the British troops, nnder the command of General
Whiteloeke, a Cornet, belonging to a regiment of
Carabineers, was for a considerable length of time
exposed to a most tremendous fire from a battery of
cannon, which shot the standard he bore no less than
three times from his hand.. Undaunted, amithl the
dreadful carnage, the gallant youth, only 17 years
of age, grasped the sh It+ered stair, and turning to
his soldiers, " My lads," said he, with a smile," I
' hold it yet." It will be a gratification to know that
he escaped unhurt, and reaped the fruits of his vu
1 lour in the love and veneration, almost amounting tu
enthusiasm, cf all who knew him.

Last week, as Mr. Marsitall, of Abbey-Street, Car.
lisle,was making some repait S in lite of hisapartraent,,
he discovered a six-pounder cannon ball het tYPC3 the
brick work and the plaster of the chimney-piece.—
It is supposed to have been lodged there whilst the
Duke of Cumberland's army, daring the rebellion
in 17-15, were entlettNouring to force the gate (near
which the building is situated). The apartment C-
hided to was at that time the mess-room of the offi-
cers composing the reis.ll garrison ; and the' vestiges
yet remain of the hall having penetrated the gable
wall, and, after going through one apartment, of its
having been deposited in the situation where it -wag
found.

Uxtos-llar.r..—On Saturday, John Day, alias
Smith, was committed to Guilford Bridewell, by
the R3v. G. W. OssLow, of Ripley, under the fol-
lowing circumstances. It appeared that after having
been seen in company with another man on Friday, at
Ripley, he left the town and overtook a waggoner on
the road to London, to whom he applied for leave
to put a bundle into the waggon, the bundle appear-
ed heavy and the waggoner gave him leave; he %%lik-
ed with the waggoner till they came to an ale-house
by the road side, where they stopt to have something
to drink, and the Prisoner going to his huudlo and
'untying it the waggoner observed it was full of half-
pence which appeared dirty; the waggoner asked
him how the halfpence came so dirty to which he re-
plied he had buried thm," and immediately exposed
a pistol to the view of the waggoner, who snatchel
it from him, upon which he drew/ another from his
pocket, seized'the waggoner by the collar, pa it to
his head and said, if he did not return that which• ho
had taken from hiM, he would blow his brains out,
as that was the way he got his living ; the waggoner
being alarmed, returned tha pistol, and the Obit'
made off with his bundle ;on coming to the nest v il-
Iloge, he made known the circumstance to sonic per-
-1 sons, and they went in pursuit of the Prisoner, aid
overtook and secured him. At the time he %, as takes
he had the two loaded pistols in his possession. %%hen
taken before Mr. Onslow, the account 11, gave of
himself was, that he deserted from his Majesty's
ship the Romxlits, twelve 'months ago. d
luforma-
lign was given at this Otlice of his appribrinsion, an
• Gollingbourit was sent down by the Magistrates.to
see if he knew him, as it is strongly suspected he is
connected with a gang who have lately-been commit-
ties several highway robberies in the nelghbourboott
I of town.

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3COTCII Sit 4CK S.
Mmt.ea's Wharf. ' Arrived.
Strathmore (Martin), Dundee
nqd Perth 15 May 2l Ma 4l 10, A. V'
Fife (Simmers). du. 15 24, at oon.
Cornet (Cammicrs), Leith 1 I
14 24, ..—at Nook
I):•Gance (NV ay.on), I),lndee I -.
LEITH and 13.11:RWICR Wharf.
Queen Charlu:te (N Isnot),
Leißi 111 • )1, : )1, AV..
Britannia (Crown), Berwick 11$ 21, It, A. U.
Caledonia(Nisnett), Leith ilB 121, —at Noon.
iiriil WATER. Al' LON i)ON BR1f)(114: TIIIR DAY'
Murnipg, 9,4) niiitutes after V. i Evetang. 5A miontee after 4.
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MAR I.
-On 'rand:triad, Mr. P. Moe. of the F.teel-yartl, Vogel(
to Miss Davies, of Drayton, Shroptaire.
Yesterday. John Burke, Vsq. Colouel of ht3th regitaeoLP
Elizabeth Mary, ellest daughter of John ealer.ft.
Oa Saturday fast, at t'Ludham, T. Cooper, of liighstr'''
Bloomsbury, to Miss Stringer, of Cudhom Lodge Ken.

DI El).
-OA •be 11th tact. soddenly, at 'Stan Castle, Roxburthihtrr'
Sir William Elliott, Hart. of Stubs.
YeattrelAy. !tackvilte-street, .lam-F, the eloat Follt
llous of TArli
Boller, l_sq 'a . one of the Cler of his Majesty's Mosg•
able Privy Cowbell.

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