The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-05-13 00:00:00

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The Parliaaseetary !morn of the Yeark, etrionitt of
Duty f.r Stamps, received (Kit the di erent :Sews:
papers, sad their another, has at !eolith 6:44 p4itted.
We have sat room for its insertion at present i bits we
shall perhaps lay it before ear readeri Oa I Miner day..
Thii stateitest bee indite:l us to depart from our
resolution with regard to Mr. Home. Tbit tientle
tames emit...dreg will recollect, was pleased to elate
in his pia** in Parliament on Tueetley siight, that
The nine, Newspaper, " pahlialted more than toy
other two Papers in England." This naturally ant-
rested the question, " How fines he know that ?
And we (amber • oh:ten:ed. that " However deeply be
might be waled is concerns of The Teases Newspaper,.
he might not he equally so in those of each of the others. '
We did not like to Ray that he had been stating that
which was not the fact, Weimer. thnitrit we had a shrewd
snericion that this was the case, still we were dot cettaid
of it. Oar suspicion, however. as it has turned out, wad
well fonnoled. In the Parliamentary Return, Irde netri
Newspaper, and The Rveaieg frfed Newspapar whisk
are joined together, are stated :
Nninher. . . Duty.
2,634,600 1 44,746/. 13t.
The two Papers nest io number to The Tees are
Nnentier. Duty.
The Courier - 1,594,/01 = 26,675 •
The blunting Citron. 6941,000 -16,60 n '

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~. !.. .• 2.584,500 .e 43.075
Thal is. theietereiliit pipers are nearly equal to the -
two papers of e'ri 7ntet and The Seensaa Mail. lint
though &V Parllkmentary Return does not state the
itomben nodifuteef The Mies singly, that Journal it-
self oa thettith nit:stated-dim their duty (they did sot
mention the numbers) wa533,0844. ISs.
It appears. then, that mine from tie 7 legs pnblish-
icy omorethan any oilier tWo paper, in England, they
publish to the amount of 10,970 L 2s. of cloy teas Chad
The Conifer and'ehreniele.
The Morsel* Chronicle has alma* Ns Isieetto tile
recourse to the arts of puffing ; and has lees • vitae
:motions .to deserve eirealation than •to -boast of
It.. It has -Imeu the zealots& anal consistent
vocata, of the mon of civil and religious liberty all over
(he world, a cease to which it hacialtsred through rod
mid evil report. •Willi The drosiere, profit has always
been VlAved A duloorilioateto trials; Itorider; and prin-
ciple.. • lit etrcohnim kas.iseen at all butter govit mid
•ateady, like ka.peitteitaM.: act though hi 'Pis, always
with the stream, instead of stesumieg it occasionally. is
tames
addet
might hate 04 es to 4, numbers, it could not
have sloyeeby, all to its resianetaliilify, to. which even
its onponents aef vreed to pay hoinige.
ifuweber. to return tq Mr. Hume. Front wbat woe
have already observed, he will see this when he said
The rieseakiablislid m we thin any mlitr two Papers IV
Etoglind, fie marir; we will not say. (using his own lam-
geag.e) a Reese mis-stationient; but either ad &rooms,
statement or &blinder. : 41 puff in the ordinary way is
confined totbe paper in Which it appears but tie VOI•48
have had the benefit of an erroneous statement, hoWevir
intended, answering all the iurposes .4' a pa to theni,
repeated deroughlbe mediate of a Parliaihrataa Report
through all the Journals of the Carlon% We wbaTil
humbly subunit to-dares tfsit Bela 440 nyclatiojoitieis.
to convey • correct statement to the public threagh ate
same iltmami. If it is •inteudeol .te centliide them &-
terns, we would also suggest the propliety Of iodating
the separate Newigiapers on differeat lines,es when two
or three Papers are printed .wittbqut an; lot ing
;
daiswoold isiqurally conch*
e ran I.lr:Altene
_i_fur .11t411114kM1011 with Nelt-
morass* gooble Mies. " ' .. ..
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rug LATC PIII.MAT4I OFitS l LUM.
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An erroneous account of the miens/tem dlueb ash.
late Primate of Ireland having appeared hi a Sunday
paper. it is deemed Asch;Ale to ,correct the
tree article sallitli,4l;' to; b 7 "ttri•fcillOwiag authentic
statement :,-4 •• •
. Hit Ores.lo4tvieff taken sonarialtitnel oa Monday,
Wide% was iitoilrillii; eta .4f itiiiiid saheb pain, a
Visell dr &ails eiriught lilt -ieolieallite.l for* the put-
pOse otglelogframedlute teller • Tim preseliPtion was
"IdUbemtde Up, itred wiwasth°bloduegllaif'telltahaeah,oolire.gianads it
eost
Meek dare& was ferreeedlliterThe bed-room. As
me olliM eft algla was fit theught,'• a —l4pietitleln, and
as a black draught was twin iumpediately taken, the
aught, dedimitill ne that preseribedr war ammo/lately
adlosiiistered.•!2t was icercelytieillitiMil, when it ap-
peared that two phials had been delivered into the
.heotee frees flee apothecary's at Asio note moment. the
oat dm .preecritietl mefficiae; ilte"otiier a private order
of tie servant, to be used is in injectisq., . The sei-
smal who received them at this door gave the medicine
tiesiglartlfor the ,Ritintapa to is fellow-servant. and
bestmed eagerly op ,staios with: the other. o phiel of
laudanum ; omitting in kir harry to notice the fact of
two phials hiving beeti received.
The under butler instantly carried it to Mrs. Striatt,
withent eisietantion, and that tidy not hewing a
doubt thirtieviasilii lediefne Which bad been
recom-
mended' by %et-Leary Raiford, poured it into a glass
anal give it to bes husband. .
A coroner's inquest has hems neeesearily held on the
body, the result of which was such as might have been
expected. -The verdict, we understand. was, " Died
in consequence of laudanu n having been administered
by mistake." .

Saturday's Ots:ette announces the appointment of
Sir °gorge Nagler, Knight, to the office of (carter
Principal King of Arms, void by the decease of Sir
Isaac Ilcatd, Knight.
A letter jest received from an officer of his Ma•
jesty's ship Menai, Captain Filth% Mo-esby,
states that she raptured at anchor, off the Island of
Zancinebar, on the 4th of August hit, the French
Nig Incluecry, Capt. Mougin, with 130 ►laves, viz.
127 men, three women, completing her cargo, and
arrived at the Isle of France un the Ilth of September.
This vessel had run eight years in the slave trade.

At the Corn Exchange this morning, prime %ampl►s
of Wheat obtained rather a higher price than this day
se'nnight.—At Smithfield there was little variation.

In the Court of King's Bench thi's mining. %'m.
Marsden, who had been found 'Hilly of defrauding
the revenue upon a quantity of Nur rimier:, to she
amount of ;137/. and who hat p'eaded guilty
to a second indictment, wherein he had hero charged
with a similar offence to the amount of 4631., was ad,
judged for the lint to be imprisoned oae year in Cull
Bath-fields prison and pay a fine of 10W4; sod fur
the second, sic mouths and pay a fine of 5001.
The farmers in Suffolk have set an example which,
we trust, will be followed by th.sf its retry other part
of the kingdom—that of allotting their men home-
brewed beer.