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London, England, 1824-08-26 00:00:00

F::031 AWL'S

Fat.xouTo, A u o. 23.--Sailed the Lady Mary Pelliam packets'
for the island..

PLYMOUTH. AVG. 23.—Arrived his 3fai(vty's ship Active.,
from the 3lettiterraneon and Cumberland. Coitus, from L indon.
Off the port the .Moffat, Browo, from Canton.
MAL, AUG. 24.—At II a.m. passed the South Sand Mod, the
Netherlands frigate Maria, Raigersberipm, Ind curvc:te
bound to the Coast of Ili:ince. with troops. Arrived and retrains
the Chfion, Smith, from Jamaica. Came down from the River the
Welcome, Morrison, and Amy, Bloomfield. for Leghorn; and
Bealifoy, fur the South sing.

DOVER, Acct. 24—A wired off the port the Mentor. Harmson,
from China; Palanntam, Nash, from Jamaica ; and
Wilson, from Rio Janeiro.
GasvEsExD, AVU. 24—Arrived the Margaret, Bell; Vitto.
ria, Gunton ; Amy Resolution, Thornton ; and Intrepid, Stewart,
from Petenburgh ; Copernicus, Gregor, from the South Seas;
Harmony, Thomson, ftoni R,pra ; and about 20 foreign venla
from the Baltic, names unknown. Sailed the ( ambrian, Clark.
son, for Bombay; and hien*, Patterson, fur Trieste.
Vag mourn, Arc. 23.—Arrived the Flora, IlexfiAd, from Ncr.
way, with timber and deals; Constant Trader. Dawson; Wind.
ham, Elgate; Astley, Stoker; Thomas, Tomkins; and Union,
Waller, from London; Nautilus, Briggs; Ann and Jane, Clan..
to', from Selby; Joht.. Pincher; Norwich Merchant, Lark;
Thomas' Pere; John and Sarah, Roberson, from with
goods. Fifty laden colliers. Sailed the Susanna, .lilts; Mary.,
Otter; Norwich Packet, Hudson; and Octavio, Williams, for
London, with corn and goods; Swallow, Carridge, for (lull;
John and Mary, Rowley; and Nautilus, Briggs, for SelLy—all
with goods; Lowther steam vessel, with goo& and passengers.
Thirty. One light colliers.
On Saturday last (the Xlst) arrised the Lowther steam vessel,
B. 3latthewitian, master, from Selby, with goods and sixteen pas-
' unser', all of whom appeared delighted the superior acenm-
-1 mod,stion and despatch a hich the packet affords. Sem is Ate to
accommodate sixty passengers, has a cabin fur a family,• and a
ladies' cabin most completely fitted up.
TA us or Ttt fro. 21.—The Industry, of Arundel,
from Shields, struck on liakbre4Sand the na heat. and went to
pieces. A boy was brought on shore yesterday, with his leg broker.,
picked up by a boat belonging to Gorlstone, the only survivor of
the crew.
Lgs; sr, Are. 23.—Arrived the Nottingliam,'Way, from We,-
' mobth, with stone; Voiotia, Loci:dill, from London ; and Lively,
Jary, from Newcastle—bah with goods; Fate liaforil, from
Memel; and Sodarkin, Lawson, • hum Chrietiaeia--both with
deals; Susannah, Hill, with tiles; and Mary, Townley, with
atone—both from Hull; Carolina, Metam,from Boston, with
stone; 3h loaded colliers. Sailed the Lordtawilor' Simpson, for
St. Petersburgh ; Three Good Brothers, Beyer. for Babes; Joege
Ferdinand, heekluve, fur Rotterdam; and Flora, Mitebley, foe
Memel--all in ballast; Betsey, Swift • Auchtnuty, Taylor;
Priusdahip, Brown; Thomas and Hannah, Depledge; Lucinda,
Moon; Mary, Walker; and Hope, Brown, for Hull; Rose in
June, Greases; and Bee, Baines, for London—all with corr. ;
Newton. Wilkln ; and Agenoris, Harris, for Hull, *ith wool ;
Wren, Darnbrook • Reaper, Chsdd; and Elizabeth, Mitchell,
with fruit; New Blessing, with sand—all for Newcastle;
V light colliers.
I% ISBECH, Arc. V.—Arrived the 110 tm, Anie-son, from
Norm' t, with Seals; Eliza, Burton, from Hull; I'hornaa and
Ann, Booth, from Blyth ; Elizabeth and Ann,. Grundy; Friends,
Hope, Frear; and Marchanunan, Watson, from New-
castle; Stevens;'John, Lowe; Mary, Smith; Neutral, Collins; Sarah,
Bawling Martin, Frank ; Campton, Gamer I Nene, l'attric: ;
liberal; Haley; Alliance, Wilson; and Hearts of Oak, Mun-
son, from Sunderland--all with coals. Sailed the Rambler. Sper-
shot, for Newcastle, with apples; Liberty, M'ray. fa Hull, with
wool; Wellies ton, Batt) ; Welcome Messenger, Duddifig ; Jots!
and Mary, Pinder; and /lope, Greenwood, fur Hull -all with
corn.

IVftrrhir, Auo. 23.—Arrived the Harmony. Thompson, from
Greenland, with S tisli, 114 tons; left the ice 30th.ult., got ti
last fish on the 24th and brings the following account of t`-.e
fishery:—London—Margaret, 2, 27th July : Hull—Abram, 111,
110; Kiero, to, :A, 211; Laurel, 14, 1(17, 25; Ilaneherter, 1. 16.
10; North Briton, 2: Whitby—Lively, I, 20, 25th; Valiant, 4,
34, 25: Aberdeen—Hercules. 3, 35; Jane, clean. 2-11 July.
LIVERPOOL, A CG. Zl.—A rrived the Marl, 31 ilburn, from QUI.
bee; and Commence, of Shields. from North America.
PETzaktraD, AUG. 21.—The Perseverance, Simpson, from
Greenland, arrived here yesterday, with five fish, 00 tuns; saw no
prospect of doilg any good by remaining any longer; reports tl'ai
some ships intended to remain on the lishing-grotEld till about the
middle of September.
lf•MlitillGH. Aro. 14.—Captain A. Ilaacke, who arrived at
Bremen on the 13th, from Greenland, brings the fuilowing account
of the other ships:—Captain /ham Hawke has 2.700 szails • John
Macke, 3,700 ditto; —lVesterrneye, 2,300 ditto, one vrhale, and
It/ casks; John Hagen, I.sitit seals, one whale, ail 25 casks t B.
Vennekohl, 800 seals. All the above from Bremen. The shies
from the Elbe had taken altogether 15,100 seals and 11 whales.
The ships from the ditierent English Forts which he knew Of in
Greenland had taken altogether 126 whales, most of them of a
small are.
PErrassuitun. Aro. 3.—From the 16th of June to the Idth
of July there arrived at Cronstadt 233 merchantmen : were
English.

The Copernicus, Mtiregor, arrived in the River from the South
SPA, spoke the following vessels g—ln December, MM. the Cathe-
rine, of Loudon, 1,141/ barrels, off Moraty Gnffon, of London.
41,0 Varrels, in Baby; Cape Packet, of London, 17 barrels, off
Baby ; Ann, late Lawrie, in Gatiam ; Transit, of in
Gaham. In January, 1124, the Kemp, of London, 611 bands,
off Moral; Lyra, of London, 1,100 barrels, off Moraty s 'Kyrew,
of London, 2,201 barrels, off 51oraty ; the Supply, Greenwich,
Shakspcare, and two others, min ly dean, in Kimar.
The Pilgrim sailed from Campeachy on the 13:h of May for
Bristol, and haivnot since been heard of.

The Aurora. Cavan, floin Dantzie to Buenos Ayres, was drivels
on shot.: on !Monday-night neu Gravelines, and a nearly full of
z. a:cr. (-Few saved.
The Justice, Wildcat, from Meniel to Piz:mouth, was wrecked
near Calais on Monday. Crew saved.
VESSELS SPOKEN wiz:tr.—Minerva, from Newfoundland tz
Lisbon, 7th inst.; flanibal, American ship ; Joseph and Jane,
Jameson, from Falmouth to liftratiiichi, 17th oh.

Sunda,y ae'nnight a young lad, al apprentice to a
plasterer, in Perth, had his nose bitten of by one tithe mail coach
horses. The Taliaeotic art of a neighbouring surgeon was put in
requisition, and the detached member was restoftt to Sts props;
situation. The ()pendia°, I.owever, had to be perf orned twice ere
die plAstocr was fully aatisli...l of the pc.-pendicillarity or the inazat
of his counteusnee. _ _

Yesterday morning, as two of the mail-roac'ies were pro-
ceeding down bong sere to Millbank-itrect, %Vestimster, to be
cleaned, a tine big, about nine vans of age, tr-t upon the Po'at of
the hindmost to ride, and on conii.‘g opposite Ki he fell
off, when the wheels passing over both his thighs, thy were broken.
lle was conveyed to the Middlesex 'formal.
03 Tuesday night two cart, were ups( t hy &iv ing &gat
each other, in the Wal worth-road ; one contain:a a b tr. the te.l er
amen and woman, aho were all thrown out ; the hey h id bis
fractured, the rowan her leg broke, and the to in lus rn.
On Tuestlay a respectable farmer of the wax of Wood,
from the Wet!!! of Kent, wvs hustled and robbed of his each atij
et-book by a gang of tire pickpockets, close rn the Kosemarg
Becket-book at Peckham. On discovering his loss be roared and taste
Lis hair like a midi ,an, and it was a length of time before blt codll
be appeased, so as to explain the Datum of his testa. • The padre.-
bouk contained notes and cash to the amount of more than