The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-08-21 00:00:00

TO TIIR EDITOR OF TnE STATESMAN.
Slll,—the meta •Ipl.ealinfl of Mr.STocas to ao
Alderman for a sisurimoo.o acaiiod 'he Leas MaToil,
might not le. quite .o pr 1.. r al it mould have Imes,
had it brim made so a higher row g net de I mt.;
relays contwi-o-hal! ss the vie ht Ow le ',pro for a
lest decision on a eve of an mu. h impwrieuee tie Kill
court/moo as she tete Hoax, irstenaliog as that diva.
' holies% deception dill to disturb the prays of the Sic:,
the ACED, the Tutu, and It.. I Nriem, sot to:-
I riling the injury to anesands who may base been ire
dared, by the alarm of tie moment,to dispose of their
! ;tropes!y in the public secatities.
The !lota, which was on ly handled by our
Judges end Nliniotert, a few years ego, when Lord
COCIIRANt Anil others wee. convicted. ass light in
its Otto*, sahr•n compared to the foist. 'simony. of a !
grige.•l c. aliaatation •inll massacre in the City of
London. I oill not, Sir, imagine the Lotto MA von
to hag. been teat; of STUCK Joust sc purpose+, hot
'others midlo have had gantli:ing objects in Ti,ir
I when
they male a TOOL, or a FOOL of hit ; for '
• hat approbrosion was an likely to everthi en the'
public lands as she dread of an URI% ERIAL Fl Re, and
INDISCRIMINATE BUTCIItItY of men. wumso, and
chililten in the heart of our Metropolis?
I trust that the relpectaii:or part of the C:ty will
sift this business to the bottom, as.d ennimence
forthwith a prosecution against the offender, or of-
fender', without regard to rook or condition ; hut
should they treat the lloAz with levity, or culpable
indifference, Mr. Stoats, or any individual, may
prefer a bill of indictment at the Ohl Bailey Sessions,
. or wife the Court of King's Bench for a criminal
iliformstion ; and should a illhartiplinn be set an
1 (ant to defray the eapencea of the prosecution, my
11. shall he forthcoming. I apprehend it is tl rt duty
of the ATrueucir-Gmica ts. to attend to elreisCea
I like the Huss in girmtion, is being " against the
pease of nor Lord the King, his Croon and dignity."
Rut that Officer may be too moth engaged with the
Illn n 1 %I. HAW, M.P., the good OLD NlAlon, and
nth.... It roll smut, to ,itPod to IL. oiliEtt lice,—
nn 11 ..formers being likely to be implicated in the
Clay Hoax.

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Yost's, &c.
Eerl., Aug 11,

DRICII7T'N, Arc. 20.

On Wednesday the annual venison feast, given by
his Cure the Dike of Noarosts, to the Mayor,
Corporation, and their friends, was d up in lb.
hest style by Mr. QUAlit, at the Norfolk Arms
lintel, Mendel.
A few days since 50 casks of contraband lipid's
were picked op at lea by the Arundel Preventive
Resents float.

A whirlwind at Ilatdham, near l'ulbornegh, on
Taesd'Y lest, entirely swept away a field of barley,
carrying it to an elevation higher than th► adjoiniog
tree., which •ere covered with it. Some men, near
the spot were so mach alarm►d at the unite of its ap.
preach, that they flod for safely, leaving their work.
The scaffolding of the out-buildrnes of the Swan
Inn, Chichester, gave way on Thersday Running,
and pr►cipitated the workmen to the ground. Mr.
T. D.illmati, and -- Smith, a labourer, received
material injury.
The Wheat harvest is near l'q condos:on, and
the crop in this neightmertinnd is almodant. The
scare ty of labourers, which is oni I, has been
compensated by the conii e of 6ne weather ; and
the sportsman looks forward with delight to clear
stabiles on the Is of neat month.

The pseket trade is evfresnoly bri,k. The gr►wN,
portion of those who visit the Continent Itt this sasses
rein tobaikipg her*.