The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-05-22 00:00:00

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.

flank India Bonds 1 p
3 per Cent. Cuns. 804 i Exchequer Bills 1 d
3 per cent. Red. 60} I)ittu
4 rr Cents. lii{ °minion
5 per Cent. Navy SIU Consols for Acct. (103 i
Long. Ann. 14 7-16 Lottery Tickets iV2I 'lB

Some discoveries, says a Nlorninr, Pa
, per, have N.
cently been made, which have rend•n-ed the d-pa,
cure of LUCIEN BON&PAR It from this country -
a
measure of indispeiriible necessity.
It was expected that the present Session of Parlia.
' rent would terminate the third week in June, but
from recent occurrences it is likely to sit until Lie end
of July.
A Chapter of the Order of the Thistle will be held
this day, after the Levee, when his Grace the Duke
of Ikea-teen and the Earl of EGLINGTON will be
invested with the two vacant ribbands of that Order.
From the time of the memorable law of the ?anti.
mum in France, under ROBESPIERRE, the ation:i,4l
of that principle has been held utterly inconlirri;:,!,,
with even national existence. BONAPARTE has, I!or..
ever, had the courage to doubt the justice of that
conclusion—having by his Decree of the .3tli i:1,!.
absolutely limited the price of corn to thirty-three
francs the hectolitre! The result will shew how far
this experiment is founded on true principles. t;
questionably, if, after a period when corn has bee!,
sold at an extravagant price, there shall prove to he
a surplus stock remainiug in the country, the people
suffer unnecessarily.
Lo YELL v. GOLDSMITH.—This cause was tried yes-
terday, before Lord ELLENIIOROUGH and a spt.:•ial
Jury, when a verdict was given for the D.fentiant.--
We shall take the first opportunity to give a correct
report of the proceedings.

Amongst the latest arrivals at Ryde, in the Isle of
Wight, are, Lard and Lacty PoNiosur, Lidy TEN-
PEE, Sir SYDNEY SMIT2I, Captain REATUCOTI:, It. N.
Captain and Mrs. liEsnEnsom, Mr. TyNu.tt.t. and
family, Mrs. and Miss RUSSELLS, &c. &c.

OLD BAll.EY.—Tuesday the Sessions ended, when
sentence of death was passed on J. Metcalfe, J.Goll,
Eleanor Chambers, and G. Harrison, fur stealingiii
dwelling-houses; J. Richardson, for highway rob.
bery ; Cath. Foster, for taking a false oath to obtain
letters of administration ; T. Collicot, for vendin;
and uttering certain forged stamps; and Mary Best,
for uttering a forged Bank-note.
J. Scott atal J. Bunn, were ordered to be trans.
ported for life; Isaac Nowla.tul, for 1.1 years: and
17 for seven years; hwo to be imprisoned in the
House of Correction at Clerkenwell, for two years
each ; seven for one year each ; and 17 for six mortha
each; seven in Newgate for various periods; dire)
to be privately whipped ; IS judgments respited ; two
paid ls. each and discharged ; and 24 discharged by
proclamation. The Sessions were then adjourned to
to Ist of July neat.

Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in the Isle
of Wight, to his friend in London :—" Yr u say you
arehesitating
re,,l say,
where yo u
makeshall
ti pitch
h 4ciain
ur tent
your
this
stim
me
re-
sidence, as you will now find it every thing you can
wish; a good library and fashionable lounge, so long
wanted at this delightful place, is now accomplished,
as the shop kept last season by Old Banks, is now in
possession of young people, who seem to be sparing
neither pains nor expence to make th. place attrac-
tive. The Reading Room, instead of the vile yellow
walls, which used to annoy yon so much, is now
handsomely papered and ornamented, and well sup-
plied with Newspapers, Magazines, Maps, Artily
awl Navy Lists, and report says, is to have two ele-
' gent chandeliers but what will please you most is a
very dashing veranda, which has been built in front
of the Reading Room, where ► ou may now enjoy the
sea breezes ; and to you who know the place, it is
unnecessary to rornind you of the delightf..l views it
has of Spitlicad, Pertsmouth, the Mother Bank, &c.
I shall now. feel some pleasure in playing billiards
' with you, as the filthy greasy clotti we used
so much to abuse has vanished, and an excellent new
one subs:Anted ; there are also gond cues and :naves,
and the room has ben neat! v fitted up ; in fact, I
never saw so great a metamorphose, in so short a
I time, as the whole place tias undergone. The ohl
musty nooks have all disappeared, and in lieu there-
of an entire new collection, and they a:e well
j chosen, as there are some to please every taste. As
to the stock I shall say nothing, except that you will
nut now have to complain you cannot lay your
money out, for I never saw so many useful and tasty
things collected together. Your old friend Rayner
has built a new Hot Bath ; the Bugle has been re-
built, Yelf's and Denham's beautified, and the roads
much improved—in fact, except in some of the parts
which are seldom explored, they are as good as
in
any part of England, which is not to be wondered
at, as you know we have not a turnpike in the
whole island. I suppose you have heart' an Act of
Parliament has passed for us to have a stone Pier, to
go out 80 feet below low water-mark.

PrilV I, I NTE LL IG PCCg.
PORTSMOUTH, Nla• fis
His Majesty's cutler sylvia was this day typointed, and sailed
fur the Downs, with a convoy.
Arrived the Regulus, from Leith.
DEAL, Mav el.
Sailed his Majesty's ship Calliope, for off Flushing.
Arrived his Majesty's ship 0 y.it is, frnli oft' Boulogne.
Passed by several Jamaicameu, for the River.

• - -
The Fgeria sloop of war sailed from Leith Road on Monday
morning, with a convoy of three oil, to tieligolmid ; hut thii
wis-d blowing so strong from the eastward, die was forced tv
come to anchor in Aberlady Hay.