Star. — London, England, 1823-09-05 00:00:00

PIZADE 111TH PHILADELPHIA. Philadelphia, August 5, 189.5. SlR—Our.Chamber of Commerce (of which I have been long Secretary) is making . great exertions for t he improvement of our navigation. They have ob tained the grant of a lighthouse at Cape May, now building; a floating light or two to be placed in the r i ver ; a promise of a complete survey of the river next year; a grant for two protecting piers at the Shears, against ice and storms, was made, but on making the necessary surveys and estimates, there was not an adequate fund provided. A re-survey horn the ! United States Corps of Engineers has been made, and a report been made favourable to a breakwater in the room of piers, and a much larger appropriation I recommended, so as to afford shelter trot only to our i own vessels, but to those bound to and from other ports. Should we succeed in our application, our port will become comparatively a sate one. I will again re peat a wish formerly expressed, that vessels when ►oming to our river, shoulti be directed to shew sig nal for a pilot as soon as the Henlopen light is disco vered ; a good look-out is there kept, and the keeper is furnished with signals, and paid for making them to the pilots at Lewis Town, who can then be off the lighthouse as quickly as the vessels. When the sig nals are withheld by the vessels, they frequently kive to wait, and in bad weather there is danger from the neighbouring shoals. (Signed) J. VAUGHAN, Agent to Lloyd's, ice. 31r. John Bennett, Lloyd's. Bartholomew Fair was crowded yesterday evening to excess. Marti Ews, a; soon as be has done with Colonel Feignzvdl, at the English Opera Houbc, profiting by his Ti ans-Atlantic excursion, it is expected, will have • a touch at Jonathan. If LtsroN's theatrical merits were at all doubtful, his performancc: in Sweethearts and Wives, and in Fish out of Water, the charaCters being c.sentially different, would stamp him as the most nt iginal comic actor that has been ever seen on the Lon — don Stage. The Pieces themselves are highly entertaining, and they certainly receive all due support from the Per formers iu general. !qr. CONWAY, who performed several characters at Covent-garden and the Haymarket Theatres, with great suc cess, and whose Jibitr, in particular, was highly approved by Mrs. SIDDONS, is going un a theatrical excursion to America. Saturday a young - man of the name of Steel, died at Dalbeattie, in consequence of having eaten too many black cherries. • Monday, a remarkable and tinusual occurrence took place. in Glasz,ow. A Gentleman, by birth a German, pub licly renounced the errors of Judaism, in the Episcopal Chapel there, aid was baptized into the Christian Faith, according to the rites of the English Church. The planet Veatts attains her greatest brilliancy in the early part of this month, and now exhibits a celestial object of gre:tt beauty. The Worshipful Company of Mercers held a Court yesterday, at their Hall in the Poultry, for the elec tion of Master for the ensuing year, when BA R N Es, Esq. an eminent broker, was chosen to the office.— The Company afterwards sat down to a sumptuous dinner, on which occasion three new and splendid lustres, which are said to have cost 900 guineas, were lighted for the first time. The Statue of his late Majesty German 111. which, a short time ago, was taken down in the Royal Ex change, was found to be so much out of repair, that the Gresham Committee have given orders to an eminent statuary to complete a new one, which will then be put up in the same niche. Yesterday the driver of the hackney-coach, No. 1052, was sent Irons the Marlborough-street Police office, to drive the Tread-Mill, in the House of Cor rection for three months, in default of returning an overcharge of 15s. It is stated in an article from Madrid, that Rtroo • bad gone from Cadiz to Malaga in au open fishing boat, in order to take the command of the ninth mi litary district. PUNCH Sul IP CAPTURED.--The ship Gustave, Captain Moiu of 200 tons burden, when about two leagues from Alderney, was captured by the Tartar privateer, mounting 10 guns, and having a crew of SO men. The privateer hoisted the English flag, and when Captain MORES was thus decoyed within a short distance, the Spanish flag was substituted; two shots were then fired, but without effect, when the Gustave struck. The crew consisted of nine men, a boy, and three pas:.engers ; five of whom, and the boy, remained on board the prize, and the others were put on board a Norway vessel bound to Jersey, whose Captain landed them there on his way. The cargo consists of coffee, Campeachy wood, kc. which, with the ship, is estimated at 500,000 francs (up.. wards of f,20,000). The Gustave sailed from Caille, in St. Domingo, on the 13th of July last, and was bound to Havre de Grace. The privateer proceeded for Ten,er life. Letters were received yesterday from Lima to the 21st of March. A plot, or a pretended plot, to de liver up the Castle of Callao to the Royalist Spa-, Eiards had been discovered, in consequence of which kitty persons had been apprehended and sent to pri son. Most of them were old resident Spaniards. A report prevailed at Lima of a revolution having bruken out at Cuzco against the Royal cause, but was riot generally believed : the troops of that party oc cupied Pisco, Ica, Jauja, and Pasco. The transports had sailed for Guayaquil to bring up the troops sent by BOLL VA R, who was expected in person. The detach ments under Colonel MILLER had returned to Lima. Letters have been received from M. BELZONI, the traveller, dated Teneriffe, the 25th July, in which he says, that notwithstanding the failure of his projected enterpri,e of passing from Fez across the Atlantian Hills to Tafilet, and thence to Timbuctoo, he will not turn his face towards Europe until he reaches the destined point. He says he is determined to aim at the Niger and Timbuctoo. Though M. Bzczota was stopped at Fez, he was not remanded to Tangier, as was reported. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, SEPT. 5. There are but moderate quantities of Grain arrived this week. Wheat : - .2soqrs. lkrley 150qrs. Oats 7500qrs. and Flour 4200 sacks. Our market is now particularly affected by the continued fineness of the weather, and it is also impossible to make any sales to day. Wheat is declined from to 3s. per quarter; Barley, Is. per quarter ; Beans, Is. per quarter ; and Oats also, are rather lev -r than Monday. The Floor trade continues excessively heavy. wer ..ay. SMITHFIELD MARKET, SEPTEMBER S. Owing :o the Fair, the market was not so well provided as on former Fridays, In consequence of which a higher price was de- Limited, but more particularly for Lambs.—Current prices:— tett', per stone of 81bs 3s. Od. to 41 . Od. Veal, 4s. Od. to 5.. Od. Lamb, 4s. Od. to 51. Od. Mutton, ,Is. Oil. to 4s. Od. Pork, Os. 01. Hay per load, 41. 10s. to 51. 10s. Clover, 51. Os. to 61. 6s. — t raw, 11.12.. to If. 164. SIR ROBERT WILSON. It is stated in a Morning Paper, that Sir Itosistat WILSON renounced the honours conferred ton him by the King of Portugal, and returned the insignia of a Knight Commanler of the Tower and Sword, with the following letter : " British schooner Nassau, off Belem Castle, Aug. 15. " is with pain that I take a step which may in some degree appear to be personally offensive to his Majesty the King of Portugal, when I have no such intention, being too well aware of his Majesty's present situation; hut after the ungenerous, vin dictive, as well as lawless treatment I have experienced, under circumstances that would have secured me protection and hospi tality front the Governments of even the most barbarous nations, it is impossible for me to wear the insignia of a country whose Government has so outrageously violated these duties. " The very possession of these insignia implies obligations on I my part which it is not for my honour should any longer exist, and therefore I have to request that you will take proper mea sures to have my name erased from the Commanders roll of the Portuguese Older of the Tower and Sword. " Ilaving formerly refused sU pay and pecuniary remunera tion from the Government of Portugal during the time I was employed in its service, I have the satisfaction now to feel that I am released from every sort of acknowledgment, and that the service which I rendered Portugal in an extreme moment of her peril, and crisis of her fate—services which cannot be denied, have thus been gratuitously given. —I have the honour to be, " Your Excellency's most obedient humble servant, " To his Excellency the Count Paimella, " It. W. Nlinister for Foreign Affairs." In a Cadiz paper of the 21st of July, a kind of no tice is given for the French Admiral of the blockading squadron, that the last English vessel from New foundland, with cod-fish,' had gone away with her whole cargo, no purchaser having been found. A shock of an earthquake was felt at Madras on the 2d of March, extending though the Nilgherry and the country-in that direction, as well as gene rally along the coast. The shock was also perceived in Travancore, but twenty minutes later than at Ma dras, and als.) in the island of Ceylon. The sum subscribed for erecting an equestrian sta tue in honour of the Marquis of HASTINGS, amounted at Calcutta, on the 11th of March, to 13,450 rupees, above 1:1,300 sterling. In the Court of Assizes, at Rouen, on the 30th ult. in a case of fraudulent appropriation of a sum of Money, as a principal witness had just taken the oath, and was beginning his testimony, he fell lifeless at the bar, struck by a fit of apoplexy. Medical aid, which was resorted to, could not restore animation. The American expedition under General ASHLEY, employed to ascend the Missouri for the purpose of exploring the western districts of North America, was attacked on the 2d of June by a party of Ricaree In dians, in number abour six hundred, who maintained a very obstinate contest before they were repulsed.— The Americans had twelve men killed and eleven wounded. About three•fourths of the Indians are said to have been provided with London fusils, carry ing a ball with great force and exactness, and which they handled with peculiar dexterity. The Ricaree 'lndians are described as a very formidable enemy to traders ascending the river, and the contest with the Americans, while it afforded them an experiment of their strength,would not create an amicabledisposition. Letters from Liverpool state, that the Prince of Brazil packet, FORBES, from Liverpool to Guayaquil, had been constrained by the Colombian Government, on the 20th of March last, to assist in conveying the troops from Guayaquil to Callao, forming the Co lombian expedition sent to the aid of the independents in Peru. The master had been deprived of his com mand. The Colombian Government, however, had guaranteed the safety of the vessel until her return to Guayaquil, at which port she would load a cargo Etirope. The following circumstance is a remarkable in . -1 stance of the non-contagion of the yellow fever : A young Englishman, who arrived at St. Thomas's with a young and beautiful countrywoman, whom he had secretly married, was attacked by the yellow-fever. When the dibease was at its height, and the symptoms of inevitable death becam• apparent, the young woman, determined not to survive the object of her af fection, placed herself by the side of her dying husband in bed, embracing his body. She remained for ten hours in this situation, and was with difficulty re moved after he had breathed his last. She did not experience the slightest symptom of the disease. FREEM ASON ay.—ln the sortie from La Isla, on the 16th of July, and during the heat of the action, a Spanish Officer pursued a French Officer to some distance from his men, and being in the attitude of raising his sabre to kill him, the Frenchman made a Masonic sign, which instantly arrested his antagonist's sword, when they shook hands and parted.—An American Captain, named HARRIS, who was lately captured off Cuba by pirates, has published a narra tive of the outrages committed by them, to which a note is added, stating that , 4 he was indebted for his life to the circumstance of his being a Freemason, having met with several Masons among the pirates, who interceded for him." • Wednesday se'nnight, a fish called a finner, (one of the white tribe) was towed into Whitby by some fishermen. It was found dead (by a light collier) in Boston Deeps, and brought down to Robin Hood's Bay, where the fiJtermen took charge of it. It mea-' sured 28 feet in length, and 14 round in the thickest part. It was taken to Mr. CHAMPION'S oil-house, to boil for blubber. LIGHTHOUSE/.—We learn that the Commissioners for Northern Lighthouses have contracted for the erection of a lighthouse on Ormsay, a small island, on the western extremity of the Island of Illay. The central, or light tower, will be about 80 feet above the level of the top of the island, and about 160 feet above the level of the sea. As the foundations are already dug, and materials in preparation, it is expected that the whole will be completed in the course of next year. The benefit that will result to the shipping interests from this erection will be obvious to all those who are acquainted with the coast, and k affords an additional proof of the attention and liberality of the Commissioners. An advantage of another description is also ate' ticipsted. The elevation will prove a most pet feet direction to vessels wishing to visit the village of Portnahavee, which, from its situation, lad from the great facilities and accommodation it affords to strangers, would be a far more convenient point of de parture for those wishing to visit Staffs, Icolmkin, or the Giant's Causeway, than any other point in Argyllshire • especially as excellent sea-boats, and tactful boatmen, CIS at all boars be found. on reasooable terms. • rz . • . ....... . RPOiiii,VO Irirsizrantili :_. ..z..„.1 BETTING AT tATThRSALL'S, SEPT. 4. Mt 611:01LOS TUB Fooszn.—The report , froth . Cosies of the . Pomfret and Warwick R a ces o f t hi s wee k oc c upy t h e at m& loss of the George the F o ur t h i s un f oun d e d. Th e Kati-ford tion of numerous speculators on the t ur f o f e very c l as s , whd .If:rear states that the v esse l b a d p ut b a ck I nto t h at port, with I wish to take a peep Into the sec r et o f t h e Doncae:er St. Leger, the loss of fore-mast, main -top-mast, and b ows p r i t , h av i ng lost j There were many oilers at the undermin n uinned odds, but nd them in running foul of the Hannah. The shock is represented takers. Ou 'Monday nett, the business must he done, and thed Country books will b e c l ose d S out h as dreadful. The passengers of the George the Fourth ar e all t h e sesxcat•rre T. zecee. • i returned safe: her mate and five of h e r crew j umpe d i nto t h e „ . ..., . i ..,.. 1 to 4 agst Tinker 21 to i nest .dr: rcirse s filly Hannah, under an idea of superior security. The Hannah lost 7 t o I agst Itosanne 28 to I are Orme d'Srtoig her fore and mizen-masts In the shock. 7 to I agst Sherwood .:Id M 1 apt Columbus I to I agst rancred 1: to I agst M e rc an d ut it A correspondent at Cowes gives the followinkexplanation of 1 11 to 1 agst Claude Lorraine . .35 to I agst Hydr a the rumour : 18 to 1 agst Millis Royal 35.t0 Ilagat Gascoigne's B.* 18 to 1 agst Barefoot CURRAGII ROYAL SEPTRIH3ER 11EkTING: IV A VAL IXTELL/GENeE. " Cowes, Sept. 3. " Sir—lt appearing that the brig George the Fourth is arrived at Waterford, I have made further inquiry respecting the repot t sent you on Sunday, and find that it is entered on the log-book of the American schooner Osprey ; and, therefore, those prts of MONDAY, 6IPTEIIIII I. . Sweepstakes of 30gs. 20 h. ft. with se:'..o added. Royal Post Mr. Watts's Munster. 104. 71b. - - - I Mr. Catlwell's blary Ann, 64t. islb. 1 . g Mr. Kirwan's Prince de Hohenlulte, 74. 616. - • 3 Lord Slizu's Gamboge, 7st. I.llb. - a * 4 . Two paid forfeit. the narrative that are so happily falsified Must have been the ef- fect of the panic with which the mate and five men of the brig were seized at the time of their escape from her. Even now they cannot be induced to believe that their shipmates have not perished. On Sunday they applied to the CLrgyman of this town, who returned thanks to the At.sootrrr for their providen tial escape. Nor will any one who has witnessed the awful of of ships running on board each other in a gale, be astonished at the impression it made on these men." • WHITICHATETZ, Sm. I.—A vessel of about 250 tons, laden with timber, struck on Branock Isle, on the coast of Galway, on the 21st Wt. and went to pieces; about 200 beams saved' marked G It and C D. The Minerva, Buz, from Bengal, has arrived in the Downs having sailed front thence the Bth of April, and St. Helena the 18th of July. The Lady Campbell, Brroast, from London to Madras, was all well off St. Jago the 26kb May last. The Exmouth, EVANS, fur the Mauritius and London ; and the Resource, Flasm, for London, were loading at Calcutta, and expected to sail in ApriL FALMOUTH, Sari. 3. Wind W.N.W. Arrived the Ann Lacy, Bum, from London fur Africa ; Susannah, Ctaat, from Naples, and sailed again • American ship North America, from Savannah in twenty-six days. Sailed the Aguilar, Warsow, for the Cape of Good llope and Van Dieman's Land. PLYMOUTH, Sarr. 3.—Wind W.—Arrived in the Sound, the Lady Kennaway, Swim!, from Portsmouth for Calcutta. • PORTSMOUTH, Serr. 4. —Wind W.—Arrived the Garentr, —, front Santa Cruz; Four Brothers, from Norway; Noma cutter, from a cruise. Druz, Sari. 4.—Wind W.—Passed through for London, the Heart of Oak, Roatarsow, from Demerara; Alexander, Ell-• MOTO!! from Quebec ; and Daniel, ALL= ' from the South Seas, with 2,000 barrels of sperm oil—left the Prince of Orange at St. Helena. Arrived the Ilritannia, from St. Kitt's; Palamban, —, from Virginia. Saile d. the Cretan, GuLuvaa, for the South Seas. Passed at the back of the Goodwin Sands, a Russian Government ship, for Portsmouth.—Six P.M. The ship Glory, —, from Africa, has just arrived, under quaran tine. The brig Ibis, Sumacs , from Charente to London, with wines and brandy, is on the Malnis Shoal, off Deal Castle, but, if the weather holds fine, will float off without much damage. luurooz, Sam 3.—Arrived here yesterday, the John and Mary, SHAW, from Barbadoes, sugar; Dido Buss, from Phila delphia, nav a l ' stores ; Harmony, HustaLa , from New Orleans, cotton ; Drow F..tizabeth, %Fuson ; and Union, SiGtAll, from Danrzic, timber. The Tobago, LAILDN'IIt, which arrived off this port on Sunday, from Quebec for London, reports that the bark Commerce,Tom, of and for Bristol, was wrecked July 13th, in a fog, four miles West of Matans ; the Muter arrived at Quebec in the Hope, from Newcastle. Sweepstakes of 25g'. 15 h. ft. for 2 yr-olds; colts, Bet. finks, 7sc. 111 b. Two-year-old Course. Mr. Watts's cb. c. Julian Id Sligo's b. c. Straw Mr. lianunersley*s Pegasus Mr. Bates brother to Importir Mg. Cadwell's ['oaten PONTEFRACT RACES—Tussuar, saps. 2. - r= 2 Sweepstakes of 20ga. each, with £2.0 added, for horses, Ste., t all ages; 3-yr-olds, 6st. 91b. four, ast. five, Bst. 91b. six; anu aged, 9st. Two miles and seven furlongs. Four Subscribers. Mr. Lambton's ch. m. Fortuna, 5 yrs old - - 1 Lord Fitawilliam's ch. m. Ursala, 5 yrs old - - 9 Won in a cancer. Sweepstakes of 30gs. each, lOgs. fr. for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Rst. Sib' fillies, Bst. Mile and three-quarters. 'Mr. Watts's ch. c. Barefoot - - 1 Mr. Houldsworth's br. f. by Filho da Puta - 9 Won easy. The Corporation Plate of X5O, for horses, &c. of all ages; tfireez ) r-olds to carry 6st. 61b. four, 7st. 10Ib. five, 84t. 61b. sit and aged, 9st. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. liras two miles and a half each. Mr. Lambtun's ch. f. Verona, 4 yrs old - 1 1 Lord Scarborough's bl. f. Ebony, 4 yrs old - 4 2 Mr. Jones's ch. c. Bob, 4 yrs old - - 3 3 Lord Milton's br. c. by Amadis, 3 yrs old - 2 dr Match fur 50gs. each.—Mr. Wyvill's b. h. by Neptune, :CO ft. from Mr. Buckle's mare, White ltose, 6 yrs old, tOst. each. One mile. WARWICK RACES—Wanwasnar, Stprinsaa 3. A Sweepstakes of logs. each, for 3-yr-olds. One mile. IA Warwick's b. c. Cardinal Puff, Bst. 81b. Mr. Day's eh. c. Melampus, Bst. 81b. - Mr. Nayler's b. e. Triumph, Bst. 81b. - The Judge could place but three. A Sweepstakes fer two-year-olds, 15ga. each. Half mile. Mr. Tomes's b. c. Sir Gray, Bat. 21b. Major 0. Gore's b. f. Pheasant, Bst. - The Judge could place hut two. 1 • 2 - 3 A Gold Cup of 100 gs. and roogs. in specie. By 20 Subscribers of rims. each. Four miles. o Ld Warwick's b. c. Cardinal Puff, 3 yrs old, Est. 51b. Hon. Sir C. Greville's hr. c. Champion, 4 yrs old, Bn. 31b. 2 Id Stamford's b. h. Peter Lely, 5 yrs old, Bst. Mlb. 3 Maiden Plate of £5O, given by the jilembers for the Borough. Two-mile heats. Mr. Yates's eb. c. Mendas, 3 yrs old, fit. IA Anion's br. c. by Sir Oliver, 5 yrs old, 7st. - 0 9 Mr. Williams's b. g. Tripoli, 3 yrs old, Gst. 121 b. - (;) 3 Mr. G. Sedgcley's b. m. by Grimaldi, 6 yrs old, Rst. 111 b. 3 "0 Mr. Griffiths 's b. f. by Rho da Puts, &yrs old, Get. 1211;. 0 Cr Mr. Tomes's b. m. Fair Millis, 4 yrs old, Bst. 11b. 2 dt The Town Subscription Purse of "50. Two-mile beats. Mr. Molooy's b. m. Luss, 6 yrs old, 9d. 91b. - 5 1 1 Mr. Percy's br. h. Sir lluldebrand, 5 yrs, 9st. 21b. 1 2 9 Mr. Gisborne's br. c.:, yrs old, 7st. 71b. - - 4 • 3 de Mr. Devereux b. f. yrs old, 7st. 71b. . - 2 4de LIBRARIES FOR VILLAGES AN'D FAMILIES, In many parts of the United Kingdom, mall Li braries of circulation have been established, and their moral and social effects have been found most excellent. 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PANNIN'S SELECTION OP ENGLISH POETRY, 61. YOUNG'S FA AMEX'S KA LINDA R, 124. M•wes GARDENZR'S K•LINDAR, 9s. : .:r Bring an assemblage of I tetory, Geography, Ilingraphr, and Natural Knowledge; the whisk costing about twelve poundsi but furnishing a stock of info' manna and amusement for twent y frailly fire-sides during two or thresvittrers ; and an inexhaus tible source of pleasure and prdlit, fur occasional reference, for ever. If the funds permit, two or three good Dictionaries slay be added of Theology, Biography, History, Geography, and Medi cine; or any cheap and compendious Cyclopedia, for *hlcb pot pose the Methodical Cyclopedia, in detached Dictionaries, seems admirably adapted. The fichoolitratter, the Parish-clerk, or any settled young man of steady and studious habits, is best adapted to keep the books, and register their deliveries and returns. Chce a year a new book may be introduced, to add novelty to the collection ; and thus, In a generation, a delightful Mule library would be accumulated. . . CANAL NAVIGATION.—The tread-wheel has been applied by M. VAN HEYTHUYSEN to the propelling of barges on ranals. The object is to obviate the use of horses. The apparatus is made light and separa ble from the barge, and it is found that two men can propel a barge by it, at the rate of five miles an hour. There was paid to the City Chamberlain of Edin burgh a few days ago, by the Trustees of the late William Ritchie, Esq. one of the Masters of the Iligh -School of Edinburgh, the sum of one 'hundred gui neas, the interest of which at five per cent. is to be applied, according to the will of the donor, in the nor .chase of tour gold or silver medals of equal value, to be bestowed annually, in all taine coming, upon the four duces of the class in the High School, formerly. taught by Mr. Ritchie, and now by Mr. Lindsay. It sites usgieat, pleasiire to be the ibedium of announc ing us : she PoNie this bequest. from a Gentlemra wbo.e memory will long be cherished by many w ho h?d_the goof forpott to receive their education under his charge.• !! , 4 •1 • :414- „ . '.• • • CUSTOM-HOUSE, SEPTEMBER 4. SUITS Esteem 'swam:ls—The Prince Leopold, from St. Jago de Cuba • Jane, from Archangel; Henry, front Demerara ; Mart, from Prince Edward's Island; and Alfred, from Stan gate Creek. ENTERS!) OUTWA ans—The Rockers, for Grenada • Two Bro thers, for Hamburgh ; Earl of Clancarty, for Rotter dam ; Belle Alliance, for Antwerp ; Castle Lochland, and Planet, for Ja maica ; Duke of Wellington, for Limerick ; and Dewdrop, for Elsinore. Clus= Ourwaaos--Marraretta, for Dublin; William, for Bilboa; Gratitude, for Hamburgh ; Antelope, for Palermo; Aurora, for Halifax; and Maria Anna packet, for Faro. Aaarvzo—At Gibraltar, Ih.l Laurel, M'Donald, from Val paraisd; Betsy, —, front Lima ; Seine, Williams, from New Orleans; Milo, Hall, from New York; Woods, Barr, from Li verpool ; Tinker, Japp, from Dundee ; Louisa, Le Bea, from Jersey; and Catherine, M'Carthy, from Madeira. At Bilboa, Ebby, Peckham, from New Bedford. At Marseilles, Abbey, ' Pelter from Salem. At Leghorn, *rightly, Roger , from Lon don. At the Mauritius, Ranger, Clark, from Bombay ; Oro maze, Bust, from Batavia; HJiza, Woodhead, front Bengal; Admiral Cockburn, Briggs, from Port Jackson; and Avon, Summers, from the Cape of Good Hope. At the Cape of Good Hope, Mary Ann, Parker; and Margaret, Henderson, from London. At Bengal, Perseverance, Bunn, from Liverpool; and Catherine, Knox, from the Mauritius. At the Cape of (food Hope, Nardieh, Breckmayer, from Batavia ; Emulous, —, from London • and Frances, Benson, from —. At Lima, Harmonic D; Boon, from Rio ; and Golden Grove, Scott, from the Cape of Good Hope. At Tobago, Elizabeth, Brooks, from London. At Genoa, Golden Grove, —; and Experiment, Lane, from Boston. At St. Helena, Prince of Orange, Mon. crieff ; and Princess Charlotte,_ M'Kean, from Bengal; David Scott, Buuyon, from Bengal, Madras, and the Cape; Almorab, Winter, from Bombay and the Cape ; and his Majesty's ship Dauntless, from India and the Cape. WHALE FISHERY. The Grenville Bay, which has arrived at Newcastle from Davis's Straits, brings a very unfavourable account of the fishing up to the beginning of July : at that time the following was the state of the different ships : fluta..—Zephyr, 3 fish ; Abram, clean ; Albion, 4 ; Andrew Marvel, 4 ; Brunswick, 8 ; Cato, 3 ; Comet, 2 ; Cambrian, 3i William, 4; Wilson, 3; Gilder, 3; Jane, 3; Ingram, 4; Lee, 6; Mary, 1; Progress, 1. Lownox—Rookward, 4 fish. Nawcasnit—Cove, 111 fish; Lady Jane, 2. KlSCALDT—Caledonia, 2 Ash ; Earl Percy, 3 • Rambler, 2. J o . , DUNDEK—Achilles, 4 fish; Advice, 5; Dorothy, 3; 2 ; Horn, 3 ; Princess Charlotte, 4 ; Thomas, 5 ; Thai *O.l thers, 2 ; Fairy, clean. Wsorar—Phcenlx, clean. Bagmen—Norfolk, three fish. LZITH —Home Castle, 1 fish ; North Pole, 3 ; flueesee,4; Rattler, 5 ; William and Ann, clean. AitaDZSll—Alexander, 2 fish ; Bon Accord, 1' • Don, 2 ; Letitia, 3; Middleton, 3 ; Middleton, Cargill, 1 ; Princess of Wales, 3. Pirriassan—Active, 5 fish; Alpheus, 2; Dexterity, 4; Han. nibal, 4 ; Icesolution, 2 ; Superior, 2 ; Traveller, 1. The Grenville Bay left the ice on the Ist of August. The. winds, generally, had been southerly, and the Straits were con sequently so filled with ice, that every attempt to get farther up into BaMn's Bay had proved unsuccessfuL Of this North West Passage Expedition, of course, nothing had been beard by any of these ships, for Hudson's St raits is understood to have been the channel through which the passage into the Arctic Sea was to have been attempted. NEER, .„. • • .. EXECUTION/ft WANTIITINIL man by thr name of John, White, in Black River Parish, Jamaica, was condemned to suffer death on the 19th July, for setting are te a trash-hot - ne s t:in an estate in tbu Parish . On the morning of the day on Which the sentence of the law was m be carried into effect, the De puty Marshal being absent, his assistant endeavoured to procure a person to perform the duty of executioner, by offering a large reward. So late, however, as the hour of twelve, no person could be found for that purpose, until a negro, eotkped In the workhouse, was tempted by the promise of two doubloons to undertake the once of hangman. When be drew near to the place of execution, a !lash of lightning, foliated by a tre mendous clap of thunder, so alarmed him, that be refused comply with his engagement, and gave up the promised saying. that" GOD ALMIGHTY had not sent the lightning *id-, thing." The prisoner was carried back to his cell. ... 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