The Statesman. — 1821-10-29 (London, England)

GERMAN PAPER.)--IR a placard, which the Magistrate of the town of Njeaberg caused to be made public on the occasion of his Britannic Majesty's passage to Hanover, the following was noticed among other arrangements The manner in which the inhabitants shall illuminate their houses is left to their own disposition; nevertheless, we should wish that every window looking over the street should be lighted with one candle at least —We should be glad that even tteo candles should be placed in each of the aforesaid windows. Such of the Inhabitants as find it a hardship to purchase candles are invited to wait upon the Burgomaster, who will defray the expense."  On Saturday Lord Holland save a dinner, at Holland House, to Sir Robert Wilson, Mr. Latebton. M.P., Mr. Duncombe, the Hen. W. Vane Powlett, M.P., and a select party. Wines and Spirits are allowed by a Treasury Warrant, to be warehoused at Swansea. The Maria Theresa has arrived at Liverpool from Hew York. Sailed the 2d of October. Her papers are expected to-morrow. The Canal of Alexandria in Egypt, has received. in hononr of the Sultan, the name of Maknuardion. 'lt terminates at a few paces from Pompey's Pillar, and commences sear the Nile below Saon. Its length is 44;06 toises, its breadth 15. and its depth 3. A hundred thousand men began it in the month of Jan. 1819; and that number was increased in the following month to 260,000. The workmen received a piastre a day. la the month of May 30,000 other workmen, from Upper Egypt, were added to the former ones. At length, on the 13th of September 1820, the work was completed. Six European engineers directed the operations.—(Gazette de France.) ANOTHER Drat..—On Friday last. a meeting took place at Castlelough. sear Killarney, between James Deane, Esq. and Jeremiah Caffe, Esq., both of dial town, whet, after two shots being exchanged, the for-. me gentleman received his antagesists's ball in the left side, which was most skilfully extracted by Surgeon Egan, of Tralee. The former was attended by Nicholas Mahe. Esq. and the latter by Daniel Gem &Minn, EA. We are sorry to state, that Mr. D. is in a most precarious situation.  _  The accounts received-4nm Limerick this morning 6 are not so fastourabk as those of Saturday. Not less thou 12 Mattes have been robbed of arms, eiiier by stratagem or force, during the preceding week, within a circle of three miles. Police-men and military have! also been attacked under cover of tight. Ott Wed.! needs'', 300 of the 93d Highlanders arrived at Limerick, to join the four companies of the 42d Royal Highlanders, which arrived on Sunday. There is now at Lord Courtenay's Cagle a garrison of nearly two hundred men. There are about a thousand soldiers distributed over the disturbed die-' tricts. Mr. Hoskins stilt remains in gsrrison, and bas not, we believe, for the last eighteen months, left it. unaccompanied by a troop of dragoons, or a patrole of infantry or police. Just as we were going to press, we heard, with great regret, that a man was fired at, and desperately wounded, in the neighbourhood of Newcastle, on Tuesday last. l-!e was asked whether he knew the assassins. He replied in the affirmative, but declined to mention their names ; for, if he recovered, he was sure. lie said, of being murdered if they were proseeu'ed. What a dreadful state of society!. --(Diildin Evening Posy.)