The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-12-11 00:00:00

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•AtisMAN.

ROBBINO tiItAVIN.
The practice practice of robbing graves, having of late been
frequently detested, a discussion has been carried on be-
tween two of our cotmaporaries, to determine whether
the advantages derived by society from those dissections
for which tile robberies are committed, counterbalance
the shocks each the feelings of individuals must suffer
Who discover the remains of their relatives to have been
outraged. Without engaging in the controversy, which
appears, indeed; to be compromised by the parties by
Whom it was commenced, we would take occasion to
fblerre, that whatever may be said in favour of the
aide of the practice, nothing can excuse the mean: ;
and if, according to the Spartan principle, the immo
rality *Oka robbery is not to be considered, the robber
should be punished because he did not avoid detection.
From the itacreased number of pupils at the seminaries
of medical, education, and an iocreased spirit of inquiry
among t4kil, in the present age, an extra supply of sub.
jects,l9lelleged, is sow. required ; and whenever fre-
Aamsnrtioas hopes, qnd the " hotly-snatchers" are
.14 teachers of anatomy are at their wit's end.
OA 0010 those emergencies, a few.years since, a depu-
tation of fflose members of the faculty, we arc informed,
was "aged to solicit his Majesty!' Oovernment to afford
their facilities io raising their :applies. Our readers
may merge! how the Ouvernment could help them, and
llitppotelhe object of their application was to obtain
greater Liberty, than they alresdy possess, of treating
and disposing of the bodies of " Ili, Majesty's subjects."
But their pbject was strictly relevant and came fairly
under the cognizance of the [loam) of 'IRA DI. It had
no reference whatever to " His Majesty's subjects ;" the
aim was the importation of snljects from the Con-
tines?. The application was, we understand, very re-
spectfully treated and referred, consistently enough, to
one of his Majesty's Ministers for the time being who
had the title of Doctor. A consultation having been
gravely held, the prayer of the petitioners was politely
refined. The ground of the refusal was that a licence
to itetport 'died., which from their nature were to he
exempt from the examination of Revenue Odicers,would
prove 'Cloak for the importation of articles contraband.

Gibraltar papers, to the kith ult., came to hand yester•
day. They contain nothing worth extracting but the
following :
" Mawr., Seri. 27.—An Edict Wag issued by the
King of the Two Sicilies, under date of the 14th alt.,
which declared, that in order to enconrage the Salt
Trade In Sicily, all foreign vessels of two hundred tons
anti alswards, loading cargoes of Salt ie any of the
ports wlthi s dm limits of the Valle de Trapani, should
only pay the same rate of tonnage as is paid by Sicilian

vessels,"
EXTIAORDINARYPRINIRNT.—SattutIay night last, Mrs.
railser„of the Boot Inn- Loughborough, received by
onomf the Nottingham Coaches, s little boy about four
ore with a small bundle of its wearing apparel.
attach-the felitiltint 'TWO., [Mtn t-
-4111/fi, riber, isrplenteceisjeet this Boy Stops while
tt morrow as 1011(Bsiltltta.h the reed to meet him
aid will Satisfie.yon for year trouble." Neither name
nor date is affixed wit, and up to yesterday afternoon
the child remains with Mn. F. oittiettlet having any
knowledge of lie permits or friends. ' •
A few weeks since. as a workman was removing some
meth for to build a shade on at Oillsowassoo-house in
Greystoke-Parks, he came in contact with as apparently,
• rge freestone, a circumstance ratbormteosnnton, from
the citcomjacent limestone rocks. On'iligging further
dbeft it was discovered to be a stone cons about 7 feet
nag and 2 feet bread. In the inside, when the form
Imam body was hawed out, was fousd'eonse bones,
ID a fumy leatilatett state; owing no doubt to the
litenileagth of timelt mint bare lain there. There is a
toididon of a battle having been toughy in. Kilicommera
(sow corrupted to Gilicommon) between a detachment
of the Roman army and a party -of Scots intruders;
tad there is some probability of thistelng the body of
.one of their Generals or cuuimanders that was killed in
tins engagement.—The stone appears to havociame from
the quarries of either Ellonby or Howhill.
A carious Robbery took pine, os Wedhesday even-
ing, Nov. the 27th ; Mr. Cannel', 'of Swardeston,
butcher, put his horse, which had four Food shoes on,
fete &pasture for the night; on the following morning
when be went for the animal, lie found his shoes had
been taken from off his feet. Mr. C. was .advised to
tome to Norwich, and give information to Stevenson
thopolice officer ; he did so, and Stevensoa set on foot
antioquiry, when suspicion falling on a blacksmith of
Swardeston, information was laid agaimet him before a
Magistrate, who granted a warrant, and Stephenson ap-
prehended the suspected person.
EXTRAORDINARY GnoWTß.—Last Week a turnip was
exhibited in initehaven, which measured 42 inches in
circumference, and weighed 24!hs. without either tops
or tOill-robt.—it grew on a part of Whillimoor common,
Notated by Mr. Douglas, of Crofts, which, before its
Inclourejwas deemed of little or no value. Many tor-
pipe of equal dimensions may be found in the same
liect of ground.
fib are sorry to say that it appears pretty certain, that
dye lost, wills their crews, and which ant out fur the
purple of herring fishing from Bray. %Vindicates, a
that tleighimprhooll, were lost os Friday arigfit last IT
the gale.—(Detbfiri ilortiidg Puat ) •
viouilerful.l4ril of ;massage Iris seen in
Silverdale, abort &week ago, oinking its course over
the noises, in a smith-westerly direction, towards the
coast.; The sante bird, or one taken fur the same, bay
freqsetstly paid visits to that part of the country; and so
revise are the times of its coming, that the inhabitants
peened they know at what hour to look for its rip-
prowls. Our correspondent has seen it frequently, and
is convinced, by the description which zoograpliers give
of she stork, that this bird is of the same species.—(Kot-
del Popp.)
Vest quantities of all kinds of wild fowl, particularly
Snip, are corning into those bogs which are near this
Sew', which is an almost certain sign of a hard winter.
011 Friday last a young gentleman of the none of Stat-
tory banged 9 brace of Snipe in 23 shots, in the course
of 2bours, at the Lough near this town.—(Cu-k Re-
porter.)
EXTRAORDINARY INSTtNYES or LoNCZYITY.—There
are mw living at Denton, Norfolk, tin persons, whose
suited ages amount to Sl9 years, Leine on an average
upwards of SI years ear +; and what is still more extra-
ordinary, the population is not more than GOP, which
is a striking instance of the salubrity of the air. One
of the persons, Mrs. Thurston, tibia is upwards of 90,
isin the habit of singing duets with her sun.

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