The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-08-31 00:00:00

AMBRICAN PAPERS.

Nsw-Yosta, Jtt.v 16.--Capt. Farrin, of the schooner
Rampart of Baltimore, arrived yesterday, reports that his
vessel was sent into Buenos Ayres by the ship heroine,
David Jewitt, commander ; her cargo taken ont ; ves-
'rel phndered of every thing that could be taken away,
and detained three and an half months; and then
rivcvs up, leaving Captain r. to pay all port charges.
The cargo underwent no trial, but was partly disposed
of from on board, and the residues kept In the custom
boese a n bile, and then taken away without the know-
ledge of Captnin F. and probably sold. James Ito-.
hingon, Esq. was appointed vice consul of the United
State, previous to the Rampart's sailing.
Putt. nattitt A, JULY 7.—Extract of a letter from
Messrs. Stanley. Black and Co. dated Montevideo, 31st

March, )821.
In February the dirties on the several articles enume-
rated as follows, were established at the rates respec-

lively affixed to each.
Foreign wheat at sl 4 pbr fanega of about 31
bushels.
Do. flour at s 3 per bushel, of 2001bs.'Spaniih.
Do. wines at 555 per pipe of common measure.
Do. do. in bottles at s 2 per dozen.
On. spirits at 562 4 per pipe common measure.
Do. liquors in bottles at s 3 per dozen, and foreign
spirits imported in flasks and demijohns at the same
ditty, which in proportion would correspond to a pipe.
Portuguese trines and liquors, and foreign oil and
vinegar being admitted to the old duties. Uhairs,
cordage, Canton silks, naval stores, soap, tea, spirits
and wines have come in this year in large quantities.
'floe stock of flour on band is estimated to be equal to
about six or seven months, and trine to about
' four or five months consumption. As the greater
part of these two articles arrived before the new duties
were laid in, the whole or nearly so, must be run off
err any advance in price can talie place.
tln the 29th inst. an order was issued, which took
effect the same day, sulijocting all the productions of
Pzirtngal aio.l her islands in Europe imported in fo-
rei n res;ela, to one half more duty, than that to
wl.iclo ewe wunld be liable on being introduced in na-
tional b ,hums.--(Ceatiad )
renal TI!E It A RtiA :.S raorus, JUNE 91
Too F: 'f:3l Es tx BARB %Doi:B.—Property of every
kind is sal.; to be daily sinking in value. The crops
lave gPnerally been reduced in an astonishing degree
,Wu successive unfavourable years—and what little
produce is reaped lies on bawl for want of pnrchasers.
are crowded with insolvents, and general
min, lie .C.ltef. seems to he list approaching. Amongst
the causes which hare contributed to produce the tliffi-
crlties and distress to which they are exposed, he es-
pecially tak:i notice of the baneful system which for
s.stnr tine has been pursued, of altering the relative
ya'ne of the coins, and thereby depreciating the cur-
rency. The battering of doubloons for dollars in De-
merara, an,l ' rice versa,' produces a profit of nine per
unt. awl the temptation being so great, the island is
thereby ilraine I of its circulating medium.
N iv- I i %t-EN, Jr i.v 14.---SovTIII,IIITON.-.—A year or
tic.. since a large rock on the summit of the flanging-
hill klanntain was discovered to be considerably de-
tacheil from that elevated mass of green stone. Seve-
ral unavailing attempts hail been made to roll it off.
On the Ith of July inst. a large party from Southing-
ton and the licit ity of that place, assembled at the
mountain, and, under the direction of skilful engi-
neers. by means of a 30 feet lever, ropes, and blocks,
sitcreedeal is tumbling off the rock. The mass tlins
removed was an oblong square of solid mountain
rn k. and by accurate calculation could nut be of less
weight than six hundred and fifty thousand potinds.
The first motion was a perpendicular descent of an
fr,!ntlred and forty feet. A view of its fall was truly
grand and sublime. After the first tremendous crash
the falling rock had to traverse an extent of loose
meat and stones a distance of sixty rods, lying upon a
descent of fifty degrees. Here a terrible tumult en-
stsed—the principal mass led the van, prostrating
large trees, removing every obstacle, anti closely lot
loreil up by an incalculable number of loose rocks
am! stones of almost every form and size.
Theptivry of the rock was well timed, being ac-
companied by the roar of cannon at New Haven and
Hutton', which could be distinctly heard from the
srountain.—(Regisfer.)
S:NouLatt etacustsTaNcE.—PAßts, (KENTUCKY)
Jr.:Nt 11.—A negro boy, about I 1 years of age, eloped
from his master, a gentleman living in Clerke county,
Kentucky, some time in the fall of lt4:10. Every ex-
ertion was made to regain him, but all proved allot'.
tlvr. After the 1 ire of about right months the boy
feel:nx serum in the asylum he had procured, being
in a certain family near Dayton, Ohio, in order to rent
1 is resentment to his master, by the aid of a girl of
the family, wrote a most abusive and scurrilous letter
to 1111. wig bout place or date to it, being ignorant that
it wunlil receive the post mark of the office where it
would he deposited. Fortunately it was written on
t!,e sheet of an old copy book, which hail on it the
name of the girl that wrote the letter. It was put
into the post office at Dayton. received the post mark
and soon readied the boy's master. A messenger was
dispatched intine4iately to Dayton, the girl's residence
ii..ertAinutl, the boy discovered, taken, and brought
sAfely home to his master.

Extracts from Chief Justice Hale's Pleas of the
Crown, vol. 2. p. 60.:
It bath been held, that if a person be killed by an-
miler person, and it be certainly known that he killed
the Jury mew hear evidence only for the Kiug ;
and whether the killing were by malice, or without ma-
nav, though it were such a killing as is justifiable,
as an qfierr killing one that assaults him in doing his
tlEce. Vet the Inquest must hind it murder, because the
party shall be put to answer?. and upon Not Guilty
pleailed, the whole matter shall come to be tried by the
Petit Jury, when the eridenre on both sides ought to be
beard in Conrt ; and such a direction given as the na-
ture of the fact requires, viz. to bemstrder, manslaughter,
or per inforluxissm, and thus it bath been commonly
practised of latter years!!! The same authority, Chief
Justice Hale, says, " The Coroner is to pnt into writing
the effect of the evidence given to the Jury, before him,
it being material, without confining it to so much as is
material, but the whole evidence given, whether to
prove, or disprove the felony, and all this evidence is to
be on oath, before the Coroner's Inquest, whether it
make for or against the prisoner."
We stated in our last that a witness 105 years of
age was examined at Worcester Assizes ; we have
since heard that a brother of this man died very re-
cently at the age of one hundred and serer.—{Here-
ford Paper.)

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