Star.
London, England, 1814-08-19 00:00:00

WHALE FISHERY.

The ship Earl Percy, CIIBBINGIIBI4I, of Kirkcaldy,
pissed through Aberdeen Bay on Friday. with seven
fish, from the Davis' Straits Whale Fishery, having
arrived at the Orkneys in company with the Ellison
and Laurel, of Hull, the former with eight fish, and
the latter clean.--The Earl Percy sailed on the 14th
ultimo from the South-west Fishery, of the success
of which he gives the following account :
Leith—Dexterity, Davison, 4 fish, 14th Jane; Home Castle,
Wallace, 5, Rattler, &Wart, 6, Raids, Davison, 3, Royal Ami-
ty, Drysdale, 5, Success, Tho Mao, 9, July 1; Thanes and Ann,
*rams, clean, Joao 14 ; and Wiam and Ann, Daddies, 7
bah, June ill.
Aberdeen—Bon Accord, Parker, 9 Ash, July 9; Dlantemd,
Moffat, and Elbe, 'fain, dew, May 10; and Elisabeth, Maiete,
7 Ash, July 11.
Dundee—Advice, Webster, a fish, Calypso, Christopher, 2,
Eldridge, Christopher, 4, Friendship, Ireland, 8, July 1 ; Horn,
Valentine, dean, June 15 ; Mary Ann, Deuchar, 10 fish, Tay,
Adamson, 6, and Three Brothers, Thews, 6 fish, July 10.
Berwick—blortolk, Marshal, clean, May 1.
Leadoa—ltiug George, Gordon, 1 Ash, Majestic, Lawson, 6
July 1.
Hull—Lord Wellington, Lambert, 5 Ash, Julyl ; Lee, Cromp-
ton, 2, Jane 1; and Symmetry, Cluk, A, May 1.
Widtby-LJames Smith, 6 lab, Jame 17.
Grimsby—Earl Faucoeberg, Smith, 1 fish, June 1.
. Newcastle—Cove, Johnson' 6 fish; Lady Jane, Holmes, 10
.Ash ; "and Providence,- Clark, 5 fish, July 10.
" The Earl Perey, early in the season, endeavoured
to get to the North-east Fishery, but was prevented
by the ice. Captain Cunningham, however, reports,
that several of those dean May, and a number more,
after persevering for some time, succeeded in getting
to the North-east, where he supposes they might have
a good chance of a successful. fishery.
We regret exceedingly to add, that Captain Cun-
ningham further sates, that several casks and other
~wreck, belonging to the ship Royalist, Captain Ed-
snonds, of Hull, had been found by different vessels ;
from Which they conclude the total loss of that fine
ship, as they, supposed, in a violent gale, en the .15th
of April, owing to her striking one of those prodi-
gious masses of ice called ice-bergs, with some of
whicb she had been seen engaged the day preceding,
and as they had met with no ship who had seen or
heard any thing of the crew of the Royalist, there is
too great reason to fear that all at the same timesuffered.
The Perseverance, Penny, of Peterhead, is arrived
there from Greenland, a full ship, about 150 tons of oil.
On Sunday the 6th, the London, Brand, with 16
fish, about 145 tons of oil ; the Monarch, A. Young,
with 20, about 180; and the Eliza Swan, J. Young,
with 11, about ISO, arrived at Montrose, from the
Greenland fishery.

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Monday se'nnight the mason-work of the new 1 1
steeple at Forfar was completed. Wheis the griffin, ,
which stands one hundred and fifty feet from the
ground, was placed upon the top, the workmen on
the scaffolding saluted it with three cheers ; in which
they were joined by the numerous spectators below.
Wednesday se'nnight, a 6ne young woman. ser-
vant at Mill of Grandholm, while washing up some
clothes in the Don, dropped some part of them in the
'river' and, in attempting to recover them, unfortu-
nately fell into the water, and was drowned.
At Lanark Fair, on Wednesday se'nnight, there
was a numerous and very fine chew of lambs. They
had been collected from the higher regions of Clydes-
dale, Tweeddale, and Ayrshire, and all vied with
each other in appearance and condition, and met with
a ready sale. The best brought £lO. 10s. a score.
It seems the above breeds are preferred by the sheep-
masters towards the sources of the Forth and Tay, as
the lambs were bought up for these highland dis-
. tritts. It was reckoned singular that a Highland
Lady made considerable purchases : she paid the
' money on the ground, and, with much ease and skill,
collected her various bargains, and drove them off.
There were a great many very fine horses of different
descriptions; but although the prices were reduced,
more than one half returned unsold. Very little
wool, appeared for sale. It has advanced in pike
since last year about one-filth. The cluth offered in
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markerAttt with a tolerable sale at the usual prices.