The Statesman. — 1821-12-26 (London, England)

PUDO9. Such was the anxiety displayed by some of these champions of toleration, these guardians of literature, th st even the services of the ladies were put in requisition on this memorable occasion, and nearly a dozen votes by proxy were delivered in, from ladies, who confess:: ily had never read the works their votes condemned. At the next Meeting of the Committee, it is expected that a regular " Censor Librorung" will be appointed ; and an extensive " index expurgatorius" is in a very forward state of preparation.  A nGUMFArTI'M an trostinzsr.—James Ferguson, the in wenious mechanic and astronomer, was travelling once in a stage coach in which there happened to be only another passenger, who was a Sectarian. The man being brim foil of zeal, kept the discourse continually on the subject nearest his heart, and pointed' out passages of scripture incessantly, exclaiming, as he uttered every text or disjointed passage, "is not that scripture ?"—Ferguson at last grew quite impstient, and told his fellow traveller, that upon his principles he would undertake to prove the lawfulness of suicide. " How so ?" vociferated the seripturist. " Why," returned the mathematition, Judas went and hanged himself." Is not that scripture? " (.10 thou and do likewise."—Is not that scripture ? This put an end to the conversation and the parties went on to the end of the stage in silence. During the night of Monday last (17th inst.) the . weather was extremely tempestuous; and again on Tuesday forenoon, the lightning was extremely vivid, attended with tremendous claps of thunder and a very heavy fall of hail. We have heard of an elderly person who was so much slarmed as to bring on apoplexy, which terminated in death the next day ; we have also been told of another person who was struck hlind by the lightning whilst passingin the street. The storm extended a good way into Hampshire --(Reeding Journal.) Last week, as some labourers were delivering sugars from the warehouse belonging to Messrs. Hartley, in Whitehaven, owing to the breaking of a hook, a hogshead fell from the third story, a height of about forty feet, and broke the cart and shafts in atoms, without doing the least injurpto the horse, or any one in the • street.—(Westosorlaxri Gazette.) The storm on Thursday night last was most severely felt at Appledore and the surrounding coast. A French( vessel pat in, wind-bound ; the Thomas and Eliza, Barrett, is sunk to Ilfracombe ; and the The strm was accompanied with tremendous thunder and  COURSE OF BICH ANGll.—Mbstesx. Amsterdant, 12 12 C. F. Bilboa, $0( .BlretiOall, $5l• Ditto, at sight, 12 9 Neville, SR 'Gibraltar, 3U . Rotterdam, 12 IS Neville, 47 Genoa, 4St Antwerp, 12 7 • Malta, 48 Venie*,27 Se Hambu-gh. S 7 0 . , Naples, 40 . Lisbon, 49 Altona, 37 7 Oporto, SO Rio Jattolt‘3ll Paris, 1 skit 01, 15 60 Poloallb4ll9—Boltle§ SO .! Ditto, 51.09 _, . Dobllllo4/ per coot. . • . • Bordep. 25 10 ~ I Cork, ll pqr coot. [pit or. FraotfOrt on the Milne, 13r For. gbldlttbats.3l.l7S.l9lif Peterebereh, 9'o U. . , .1. Nsla Doubloons, . . Visage. 10 18 Et Flo. :—,1.1 %elf 091t1s) letblet ' Trieste. 10 18 Et. Flo. 'Sliver LK re; rd, Madrid, 30i tadii, 35 • ,1• 4t:l fit. oli.. . . ,  ,spierba. "RiT; 4011111 52:4T111:1ms NI rli CENTURY,