The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-01-02 00:00:00

MELANCHOLY EVENT,

One use, as a pious divine very justly observes, to be
made of those scenes of mortal anguish, and of the
sieetacle which our del d friends present to our eyes, it
`to take the occasion for turning our thoughts inwards;
to reflect npoo the uncertainty of the ducatioa of oar
own lives, and to induce es to make the necessary pre-
paration for our end. We hope that the melancholy
event, to which we have ;Waded, will have this effect
upon oar readers, as we trust it already has had upon
I ourselves. It was only three days ago that oar neigh•
bent the TRAMPER, was in fall health and spirits;
counting. doubtless, upon navy years, or, at least, many
months, of life. Awful to relate, it is DEAD! The
partieelsr cieetwastances we have net yet been able to
learn, though every enquiry that the kindest feelings
and deepest sympathy could suggest has been made by
us for that purpose. All was in such confusion.sorrow
and lamentation bad so eompletely got possession of
the dwelling of our departed friend, t►at we could get
nothing like satisfactory informatioe. One accouat
was, that the True Briton, to which oar friend had
after years of affectionate courtship been united, died
the day before. However, we do on like to deal in
imperfect information. We communitate the sorrowful
Intelligence to our readers, who, we are very sure, will
sincerely sympathise with us on the occasion. The
particulars we reserve for a moment when our owe
fetliags. will 'sahib as to state thew, with more cal:mutes*.

Yesterday being New Year's Day, *the Duke of York,
areeably to annual custom, left town soon after 12
o clock for Brighton, to dine with the King.
The Dille of Susses was likely to have made a fats!
mistakes few days since at Bognor, by taking a strong
embrocation that was intended for a fomentation. Tint
mistake lie discovered immediately, and bad recourse to
swallowing alarge goantity of warm water, which had
the 'Sett of bringing the whale off his stomach, sad very
soon relieved bitsfrona the perilous dose ; be found no
other ill elects but temporary sickness. His Royat
Highness labours under anlastlimatic affection.—(Brigh-
roe Chroxick.)
The intelligence in the Pilate of the 25th nit., as
the authority of letters from Rio of the 20th October,
that Lord Cochrane had been, invited to repair to Ka;
Janeiro b 7 the Revolutionary Got ertiment of Brazil,
turns out, it is said, to be correct. An invitation was at
the same time given to every English sea officer, on the
terms of receiving a promotion of a step above thegrade
he hell in his own service. To English saillors the ex-
pence of their passage and 3/. sterling of pay per month
were offered.

The Nairensbev Gazette contains some details re-
specting the arrival of the Solan of 60 guns at Bath,
from Marseilles, with a battalion of German troops,coo-
listing of 60t) men, of whom 200 are for the artillery,
all perfectly armed and equipped. They have with theta
a good band of music. The money by whieti this batta
lion has been fitted out u as collected by suhsceiptions ia
Germany. Among the subscribers is the King of Wur-
teroberg, who gave 60,000 florins frons his privy parse.
M. liethman, the banker of Frankfort, sabseribed It t
louis d'or. The Swiss Cantons of Zarith, Berne, and
Aran, have furnished IS pieces of cannon and 3 mortars.
This battalion is to wait at Bastia, to be joined by 700
or 800 volunteers commanded by a Colonel of Hesse
`Darmstadt, named Dittmar.
COUNTY DUBLIN ELECTION.—The contest between
the rival candidates for the representation of the eoanty
of Dublin, it is expected, will he very animated. Sr
Compton Domville, according to his address, stands
upon his Parliamentary conduct. What that reconas
mendation is, will appear from hie name being soi-
forraly found in the Ministerial lists,and from his votes
against the Catholics of Ireland. Colonel It White
proposes to build his hopes of success on the divisions
and party feelings of the country, but on his exertions no
assist the King's government—to enforce his paternal
adinonitio-, and to array himself with every honest man,
around the Statesman which the King has sent to Ire-
land as his representative.
The four Spiritual Peers of Ireland, who are to sit in
Parliament daring the ensuing Session, are, vs understand,
the Archbishop of Armagh, and the Bishops of Meath, Kit-
dare, sun Derry.
A room was opened yesterday in Cepel court, closely ad
joining the Stock Exchange, for effecting transactions in
the foreign securities' which have been hitherto con-
ducted openly on the Royal Exchange. This is a measure
which seems to he suggested by the severity of the sea-
son, and is calculated to preveitt that interruption to the
regular business arising from the bustle of the foreign
.stock operations, which has lately been complained of in
some quarters as a very serious inconvenience. flat it
will require much time before the change can be wholly
effected, as the merchants and others (a very numerous
class) who make specalative sales and purchases in the
foreign fonds, and who are unwilling to forego the ad-
vantages of transacting their business in the open
market, are decidedly opposed to the alteration.
Tits THAW.—Since yesterday forenoon, a very
.SCR-
sible change has taken place in the weather. At eight
o'clock in the morning, the mercury in the thermometer
stood at 29 degrees : hot. soon after, various indications
appeared of an approaching alteration in the tempera.
tore. Though the day advanced, there appeared no
encrease of day light, though there was bat little of the
fog or haat which frequently prevail at this season in
London.. The darkness was occasioned by the smoke
of the metropolis, which was prevented, by, the cold of
the superior strata of the atmosphere, from rising and
dispersing ; while the earth appears to have previously
experienced the effect of the thaw. Prom that time the
cold has been slowly, but gradually -diminishing, and
this morning, before eight o'clock, the mercury in the
thermometer was at 38. It is equally remarkable and
agreeable, that this change has taken place without n
fall herr, either of suow or rain. The day before
terday, however, we understand, the snow is
and west of Englairl was two et three inchaellopia