The Statesman. — 1824-01-13 (London, England)

TIRFORD MARCSTS, J•N. 10.—The price of Batter his declined ; 06.. to 07s. were yesterday the generel rates fur fte.tp. Very little corn's:; in from the farmers in the p.igltbourhood.—Bacon rig% 3w'.. 6d. to 40s. 681. per e*t, g.swrallva and Sal. to dil. higher occasionally.—Sealded 'Pork. 32.. to 365. and 37....t0 3se. for heavy Pigs—Wads, 19s. tottlfs —Mal 164. to his. per cwt. On Wednesday evening. about seven o'clock,A destroctiee In broke out in the ropery ,and corn mill, of Mewl. Deorce Duncan sod Son, in Brownie,' Hill, Liverpool. high ended is their entire destruction. Daetoo Ituno.haer.—On Sonde!, morning last, between the honri of lone and five, as the watchman in WaltonStreet, Bond street, was going his round., he perceived the street door of Mr. Holmes's (the M. P) tioutse in that street wide oprn;and at the seine time saw two auspicious look. ; log fellows lurking shone. He immediately gave an alarm to the family, when it oat. found that Mitres had broken into the House by forcing the shutters and sash from one of the front parlour windows, and sure vied in carrying off considerable property. co/rioting of wearing apparel, a gold eroutlios,. value 501. a valuable gun and gets-cane, Sm., all of which w to picked up in the back parlour, ready to be taken wi,li Mr. Holmes to Brighton The n et morning: It is considered rather strange that die watchman should leave suffered the two fellows be saw near the door to have escaped. ATTg3IPUO Sctclog.—Yesterday morning, an untotnnate 'pan named Suicide, keeper of the watch house in Lancaster Stier?. at the rear of the Foundling Hospital', attempted to pnt a period to hi. existence, by discharging a large r %salty pistol, heavily loaded with sma I shot, into the lo ter part of the skull, beneath the right ear. which caused a compound fracture ut the hone, carried away a great part of the ear, and totally destroyed the articulation of the jaw. The unfortunate min hail been out the pretions night on patrol, 4n,1 hart retired to rust a• usual in the floosies; when his wife went to call hint about ten o'clock, she runlet him literary steeped in blood; surgical wasisteisce was immediately obtsineil, and after a podial drresing of the wounds, he was removed to the Ilildlesex Hospital fur aid, lint no hopes whairier were enterained of his recovery. lid attends! 114tton ()Arden Pali, a Office on Satitroay. and was to have appeared before the grand jury at Hick's Hall yesterday, to pioduce some property 'anon' teed to his eliarge, he the Magistrate's order, on which bills of indictmeht were preferred ; the prosecotors having appeared, Smith was sailed but no one •nsvieriiit, a messenger was sent off to desire his'attenalance, who s ion after returne I with intelligence that lie had shot hima: Ii through the head slew mieutes before: from this circuited ince. it was supposed chat in the interval he had made sway with the property intensted to his`cliarge, sea had .adopted this drcauful altercate,' in (trier to escape poniahment. By direction of the Magistrates of Hatton Harshen, Umbria!, one of the officers. proceeded to the house, wb. u the wounded men was being removed ; and having en,nonnceil the ohject of his mission, 'every article Which Smith Is 1 in care wee given op to tne officer by his disconsolate wife, so that the suspicion was maid( stly unjust. There is IDUIy unit cause to which this rash act ea, be attributed ; he eon lately. deprly of the situation of street ke.per, which he heist wider the committee Willi have the management of the lasicaster estate, and this deprivation preyed so heavily on hie spirits that lee has often betrayed proofs ilf 'metal abstraction. He is represented as a very sober man, arida most efficient officer; lee hat left a large and helpless family. ta.st week, whilst a number of workmen end ethers. were standing on the side of the railway, opposite Carron gate, looking at a dog fight, three waggons, chained tows:her, and loaded with iron 'stone, came alone, with considerable. velocity, the road at that place having, a deel vity. aad it being impossible at the moment to stop them, the driver called out to the croed to ID Ai.. way: the confusion, however, made a young man. instead of getting off the road, run ecru., to the other side, in cluing whiele, the •liorpe, tirtiopled• him down. and dragged she tint and ..eeqed waeguns. otter him, hut. this third was steoeJ byy Itia butt,, aii4, the, olarna bei the given, it was oteroptejt to gee lijos, gait, but he was so completely wedged, ender, the dr...,041 pressure, that it was nereaeary totmlizaii. the waggop, este it. could: bra done, when it was foiled, that se he lay_. oµ. hisAtaik. hie legs had been bent qvcrleitO. WAIL hip, feet,wrre (creed. drove. upon his face rup, in.arverAl. qt. Itia rah *pan. his lungs, from which !PI air ay•plo. inflogg,t.a. Ai-m.4th, chest! A surgeon 4:stripe urea spop, got. *tin NOW in, vain, to bleed, and sifter, liogyejpg, fir 00 0.1144 ail, hoer he, veld The itkfftfttinqtri Nttorkitlk tell-IsoAftW-1 sad, meta ideate. °ol.lW°.'liAttisa). . _ •  Lastirt.diteaday night, a fire hrok- eat it the Arta Tug shop of Idr, llatihow Johnso, is a part of the tneusi,es at Mr. Sayner's dye house, in +haslet lane, and h s with suck Irresistible fury that all The property in the handing was destroyed. Fortunately the fire did not ex. tend I eyand the haildiars,. within which .4t oviginated.— We are extreme!, srrry to add, that though, the premise& were Insured. the machinery an f stock in the hw bline, of the ysloe of at the least, bad no inrawa,tcr utooashest wh•tever. This is the more $0 he regretted as the seridelit pfilogogiate ruin a worthy man, with a funny of eight children, who wee just rising ahove the difficulties he hes hell to combat tor seyerisl years. ourtos the lust week, in this town, a baker die,l tut Alenly,af.m.drialtng all laity of apiritsJiteleamity dral by .kim tatmetli itchy preet.us to uis.shme.suitt, aas " st steat,as he bad been accoatomed ts take at oneatims e 7. spray . former occasions; hat haying iodlnlged for man') wears its this habit, it ht•askt on 41 gradual constitadan:„. which rsnderrd his. frame enable to witlfstan Oar elect of that which cstast4 Itis.ssoltion lair h. The Rev. Ur. Doyle took occasion from this fatality, to ration tois4loch, Sooday, on the wire of drank•nness, ant u, cons-great miseries to thee Irish poor.—(Ctsr/ow Morn:li Post.)