The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-11-08 00:00:00

THE stATtsk

COUNTY OP LIatIEBICK.

.UR. HU ME.

The LiMeriek Chronicle of Saturday, received this
morning, details the distribution of the formidable ml
litary force which now occupies that county. The
only fresh occurrences. it states, are the following :
On Thursday night. a number of armed men were
seen on the road leading from this city towards Bally-
seeda ; many of them on horseback. They proceeded
to Roxborough-house, the seat of Mrs.Westropp, which
they entered by climbing a tree close to the wall, and
got into the servants' apartments, and took thereout
one musket.
Yesterday morning, as a respectable farmer, of the
name of Riedy, was proceeding from the town of New-
castle to his farm on that estate, two men, armed with
pistols, jumped from a quarry not 200 yards distant
from the barracks, and attempted to shoot him, which
be evaded -by running to the opposite side of the car,
and then retreating quickly into the town. No cause
can be assigned for this attempt, hut that he was
brother-in-law to a persun who attended at the last
Assizes, as a prosecutor for the Crown.
It has been ascertained, that one of the persons shot
in the attack upon the Police in the county of Clare (as
stated in our last) has since died of his wounds. His
name is likeson, and lived at the side of the mountain
near Meelick, about three miles from this city. 1k
was. heretofore, considered a peaceable man.
Wednesday morning, at one o'clock, whilst a detach-
ment of the 42d and Adare Infantry, under the command
of William Smyth, of the latter corps, and Magistrate of
this County, were patroling, they apprehended a man,
named Kelly, who was mounted on a horse, which he
acknowledged was stolen; he is charged with being a
principal in several of the outrages that have been com-
mitted in this county. Kelly was on Wednesday even-
ing lodged in gaol, under committal of Lieut.-t-olonel
'ickson.

The freedom of the City of London has been given to
Mr. flume, for the services which he has rendered to his
country. The motion was opposed, and the person who
figured away as the champion of the slaves was a new
man, of the name of Crocker, or Cruiser. The hero did
not venture to deny that Mr. Hume deserved cotnntenda-
tion ; but he ventured to shew, that lie bad made mis-
takes in his calculations—in one instance to the amount
of a halfpenny ; in that of another, of a farthing per
cent.!—but, in two cases, be detected more substantial
errors. The better half of a man's mind must be stultified,
who would deny the profound knowledge of the illus-
trious Cuvier, because he had stated that certain disco-
veries were made 74 feet beneath the surface, which
some ideot had afterwards measured and found to be
seventy-four feet, six inches, and three lines. Small,
indeed, would be Mr. Hume's claims to the thanks of
his country, if he rested his merit on calculating the
per centage of the expence of the collection of the
taxes. He deserves those thanks, not for two and two
make four calculations ; but for his indefatigable
industry—for his unsleeping perseverance—fur his un-
daunted resolution—for his exposure of public Jelin-
qttency and public frauds—for his detection of Minis-
terial extravagance—for exhibiting before the world
the Vampires that devour the vitals of the nation, in
their proper clothing and colours. Strange, indeed.
it is, that little animals, whose intellects nature con-
fined within the range of a Dilworth, or a Cocker,
should dire to attempt to appreciate the value of exer-
tions which they cannot comprehend. Much good
feeling must dwell in that heart that can charitably
listen to nonsense ; and more than Christian charity
was required to give attention to a silly being, who
affected to he wise. Poor Mr. Croker and the Mini
terial myrmidons, were defeated, and the two-and two-
make-four-man pocketed his calculations, and walked
home. The City of London sometimes throws off its
leading strings in this instance it has acted with a
manly dignity. If it always display such firmness, it
may laugh at the miserable efforts of the Curtises, the
Willis.mses, the Dixons, and the Crokers, and the
wholeof that race of imbeciles. They may bawl—and
their slavish coadjutors, to support them, may rise out
of the slimy poul of corruption. and shake their
green sides. They may bawl—but the people will
despise their threats. and laugh at their lamentations.
The more they endeavour to depreciate, the more the
Patriot will rise in public estimation. Let them say
what they will--the notion owes march to Joseph II

__(Alfred.)
Mr, Wilde bas arrived in Paris be is expected in
town next week, when the QUM'S house will be
brought to the hammer.
LIICTIVRESIIIIP UP ST. UPWARD, SHOR7DITCII.
State of the third day's poll, which closed yesterday at
four o'clock :
For the Rev. T. Mortimer - - 401—Gros- Poll, 1660
62
For the Rev. Dr. Towne - - - 179

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Majority for Mr. Mortimer 222 1102
There was, last week. a considerable fall of snow in
Stanmore, Westmoreland.
On the east side of Whitcombe-street near the
western entrance to the Mews, the workmen employed
in excavating the earth for foundations for sew build•
logs, discovered, yesterday morning, about fourteen
feet below the surface, a portion of an old wall, about
four feet thick, composed of Kentish rag-stone, so
strongly cemented, as to require considerable force,
applied to an iron wedge, to break it in pieces. Close
to this Oortion of the wall were also found, three ske-
letons, lying nearly parallel with the wall. The roots
of several trees have been dug up in the same spat,
whicb,,from these and other circumstances, and the
depth vegetable mould, appears to have formerly
hien cu tivated as a garden. The thoroughfare, lat-
terly c Whitcombe-street, it will be remembered,
was pre sly known by the name of Hume-tone,
and the aelghbouriog church still preserves the dis-
,tinetion if St. Martin's-to-the-fields.
We are happy to find, that our Port letters convey,
with one distressing exception, more favourable ac-
counts of the effects of the hurricane ea Saturday aid
I last, than OA been anticipated.--(reetish
*.)
art of ibis
soften of smugglers Is the eastern p
moire than compensates for the lessor sostalood
"Os tale and the more western departments of
mks We hear that.* cargo oralry pods, riled
ig4l. was lauded about a foetal& Oreee, st ilmt;
tow a kgger.—(Brightia Chroick.)

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SCOTTISH MUSitILAILINS;
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A gentleman of this neighbourhood who has madi
various excursions through the ino:•t interesting part
f Europe and Asia; was lately in Constantinople,
where he was more than once exposed to the outrages
and insnits of the populace. Having applied to Mr.
Salt, our Consul, for protection, he gave him in charge
to a Mussulman in the service of the Sublime Porte,
undre whose guardianship he visited every accessible
object of intetest in that wonderful city. He was
surprised, on a very short acquaintance, to find that
his companion spoke the English language fluently.—
On questioning him, he was informed, to his no 'mall
amazement, that he was a native of Scotland ; that he
was born and spent his youth in Luncarty Bleachfield,
in the neighbourhood of Perth ; that he had a scuffle
with another young Nati there, whose life was in con-
sequence despaired of, and, dreading the punishment
of the law, he bad fled front his native place, and taken
refuge in a vessel bound for the Mediterranean. This
vessel was captured, and the prisoners carried to Con-
stantinople, where he was for some time in the service
of an apothecary, who employed him to sell drugs
through the city, allowing him a very small pittance
from the sums he thus collected, lie afterwards ap-
plied to Mr. Salt, who kindly assisted him with
money, sufficient to commence business as an apothe-
cary on his own account, and he had been so successful
that be soon repaid the borrowed money, and was now
in very comfortable circumstances. 'I his anecdote
will remind our readers of the story of our ambassador,
who, in arranging the terms of a treaty with the Maud
Vizier, found considerable difficulty in coming to an
understanding by means of rt interpreter, until. the
Vizier ordering the interpreter and all the by-standers
to the door, saluted the Ambassador with, " Fu' lang
free Aberdeen, man ;" and the business was concluded
between the countrymen in a trice.—(Perth (,'owrier.)
The northern part of the kingdom seems extremely
fertile in anecdotes of this kind. The late Mr. Gray,
who had resided at one of the German Courts as Minis-
ter from Great Britain, and whose father had beets IL-
it6ter of the parish of Abernethy, near Perth, was ae•
customed to relate the following incidents as having
occurred to himself :—About thirty years ago, having
previously visited those countries which are now the
objects of contend ns between the Greeks and the
Tu.ks, be had attempted to form a settlement in or near
the Crimea, for the purpose of introducing British Aeri-
eulture; and had taken up his rceidence in a small
town or village in which a troop of Janissaries,
on their march, had occasion to halt for a night.
—1 he Commandant of the corps, observing MY.
Gray's house to be the best in the place, had chosen
it for his lodging, and Mr. Gray finding him
him a well-informed and agreeable man exerted him-
self for his entertainment. After supper, the wine
seemed as if it bad nut been forbidden to a k -by
the Koran ; and the conversation became unrestrained,
and carried on in different languages. The Janissary
Commander, after talking in German, spoke a while in
French, and at last in English, and, to the surprise.of
Mr. Gray, spoke the latter language with a Scottish
accent. Becoming frank with his companion, Mr. G.
adventured to notice this peculiarity. in such a way as
he hoped would lead the stranger to explain it. His
observation had the detailed effect ; but the explanation
was confounding. Pausing seriously a while, and
then directing his eyes with a familiar smile to Mr.
Gray, the Janissary exclaimed, in good broad Scotch,
" Davy Gray, dinna ye ken me i" Astounded at this
address, Mr. G. replied he did not; when his guest
proceeded " Why man, do ye na mind
the Janitor's son, when ye were at College in St.
Andress*? I eta --, the very wan, the
Janitor's son of the College at St. Andrews."—(ED.)

Yesterday, a Court of Directors was held at the
East Adis House, when Captain M. Hamilton was
sworn into the command of the ship I)unira, consigned

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to Bombay and China.
It is scarcely credible that one salesman in Leaden-
hall market, at the present time, sells on an average
14,000 rabbits weekly. He contracts with the coach-
masters for the carriage, and pays them 111. per thou-
sand, amounting weekly to 1541. The way he disposes
of them is by employing 150 travelling pole-men and
women ; in the morning they are started upon credit ;
the next day they return, bringing back the skins, settle
the accounts, and then take a fresh cargo.
A few evenings past, a gentleman of Gillingham was
stopped by two men near the Chalk-hole, Frindsbury,
both of whom he knocked down, and then endeavoured
to escape from them, at the same time calling for help
when a woman made herappearance, but, instead of ren-
dering him any assistance, she threw her apron' over
him and dragged him to the ground, when the twousen
beat and kicked him about in a most cruel manner, and
succeeded in robbing him of his watch, and about thirty
lb i Binge, with which they esesped.—(Rochedir Gimette.)
MAID.TONN, Nov. 6.—A most melancholy and dis-
tressing accident occurred in this town on Saturday
evening. Mr. Cowen, jobbing smith, was repairing the
inside of the boiler of a steam engine at the brewery in
the West Borough, belonging to William Baldwin, Esq.
and io soldering on some pieces of iron be made use cif a
cement composed of sal ammoniac, sulphnr, and iron
turnings, which produced such a quantity of fume.. or
gas, that it overpowered Cowen, and he, in a few mo-
ments, was suffocated. W. Pearce, his man, being at work
on the outside, cod hearing a struggling noise witliin_, ket
through the aperture at the top, which was but joss large
s
enough to admit his body, and was descending lo
master's assistance, when he inhaled the fames. ineigfell
to the bottom. An alarm was immediately gives, ea a
man named Oliver attempted twice to 'cleats*, bat he
was so powerfully affected by the A: wig, that 111 *as
compelled to relinquish the task. A large !waft of
water was now thrown into the boiler, sad dais some
minutes had elapsed the bodies were extricate'. Priestin
,was found (tithe dead, but some aptearanee of V. was
visible in Cowen. who was immediately taken home
and surgical assistance promptly obtained. Every means
that could be devised were resorted to, but alt.the efforts
made to restore animation proved unavailing, and he
expired about three o'clock on Sunday sernisg, Whoa
the lifeless bodies of these persons were cosseyed hare
to their families, the scenes were treheart Si
Cowen has left a diseipssolate oad six hid,-
less little ones, and Pearce a widow and two little one's
sad what renders this sad- event UPI more afffictinfie:
that Pearul's wife is veil sear her twallossient.
indite
these unfortunate- persons were truly limiest and -
(nose characters. ahll much resteetod AM their splienS
of
life. COWS riceedidgly ilia. but soy clever ssd
illealeas in. his tbasiarsv.—As love* woo lA=
vies of the bodiessesterday, at the Wagtails:ad,
anomie iltraosse, Esq. Milo. apd Coroner. —Verdict.
—"Acciitental death, occasioned by Suffocation."