Star.
London, England, 1823-08-20 00:00:00

GREENLAND WHALE FISHERY.

Three vessels have arrived off Whitby, from the Greenland
fisheries, by ‘‘ hich a more favourable account of the success of
the ships has been received. It is still, however, far under that
of former years, for the quantity of this branch of the fishing
cannot at present be computed for this season at more than 5000
tuns of oil, and should the success in Davis' Straits be propor-
tionately unproductive (of which no account has yet been re-
ceived, although the season is already far advanced), this depart-
ment of British trade must suffer severe injury. The vessels ar-
rived off Whitby are the Curthorpe, with 15 fish, producing 150
tuns of oil ; the Lively, with 95 tuns, the produce of seven fish;
and the Valiant, with only 40 tuns, from the same number of
fish. The following ships belonging to Whitby were left all well
on the Ist instant :—Aimwell, 11 fish, or 60 tuns of oil ; Esk,
11 fish, or 80 tuns of oil ; Ilarmony, eight fish, or 115 tuns; and
the Volunteer had only caught three fish, which produced 45
tons. Prices are nominally quoted at £44 to ,EISS per tun, but
they must be dearer if more favourable accounts be not received.

The following is a letter from Commodore Peter,
comm.-Lading the United States squadron, fitted out
for the suppression of piracy:

" Sea Gull, June 11, 1823.
" Piracy is now down on this side of the island, and 1 hope
soon to give as good an account of the other tide. A pirate has,
however, appeared there, and made two captures lately : but the
itio,t of the pack, the Greyhound, the Terrier, Ferret, Weazel,
Fox, and two barges, arc in full pursuit: if he escapes he must
have good luck.

•' There has not been a single act of piracy committed here
since I came on the coast, and the above is the only one I can
hear of on the south title, which we have left pretty much to
the British.

" The importance of this station (Key West) appears daily
more and more manifest to me, and, in my opinion, it is of but
little consequence who possesses Cuba, if we keep a force here ;
for we have the complete command of the Gulf of Mexico, all
the commerce of which, as well as that from Jamaica and Cuba,
is completely at our mercy.
" It is almost incredible the number of vessels that daily pass
and repass, and It is wonderful, considering the strong tempta-
tion, that piracy existed in no greater degree than it did.
" Those to New Orleans pass very near this island, and we
have almost daily intercourse with them. I had no conception
thyself of the extent of our trade in this quarter, until I came
here; and I am fully persuaded that this is the proper place from
whence to give it protection. The Government has made a small
experiment, sufficient to prove the utility of an establishment
here, and the country would act unwisely to abandon it. The
place ought to be well fortified, of which it is very susceptible,
and a respectable force, chiefly naval, should always be kept
stationed here. There would then be nothing to be apprehended
from pirates or any other aggressors under our commerce or flag.
" It is to this sea what Gibraltar is to the Mediterranean;
and the one-thousandth part of the money that has been expended
on. the one, would make the other all that could be desired.

" I d• not know exactly when I shall visit home ; but hope
to do so in about two months. I shall send the small vessels
home at regular periods, to return to the station immediately.
This I do in order to give the Officers an opportunity of obtain-
ing relief. One will leave here on the 16th, and on the.gd and
16th of every mouth hereafter I shall dispatch one of them."

The Spanish brig Maria Dolores, prize to the Pa-
triot brig Aguilar, arrived at Barbadoes, June 7th.
When captured, seven men were put on board, and
the original Captain was suffered to remain in the
vessel. At sea, a quarrel arose, when the Spanish
Captain, prize-master, and three of his crew, were
murdered. The report is, that the Spanish Captain
was shot, three of the prize crew thrown overboard,
and the prize-master tied down to a ring drove into
the deck, placed in an agonizing situation and starved
to death! The ringleader, on arriving off Barbadoes,
came on shore, inquired for a navigator, informed
what the vessel was, and, as the story goes, told the
murders he had committed. The vessel was imme-
diately taken possessi9p-of, and this man (said to be
an Englishman) war committed to prison, and put
in irons. His two accomplices were also confined.—
Philadelphia Gazette.

not °atnpson, ai it: encouraged by
BUFFALO HUNTING.—Friday morning, as early asthe execution he had done --v7enttoe
followedworktuiplh a second
n,wndletflya
six o'clock, the neighbourhood of Whitefriars was " vopper" on Aby's thorax, which h
touch of the same character on his now distorted mug, and sent
thrown into the greatest confusion by the appearance
down with a scr Alas! poor Aby ! he was on the go,
of two buffaloes in a frenzied state of wildness: they
t; r i,
he nedds s ain i vii but they resolved to die game, and ex-
ran at the top of their speed through the Old Bailey, andtis i r oh4ll ,
Fleet-street, Water-lane, and into Pool's-wharf, over- 17. Aby came up tit yet."
Fleet-street, could scarcely preserve his
perpendicular, and fell with his os frontis against Sampson's
turning all before them ; they wounded many of the
men about the wharf, one of whom has his shoulder breast.hi lita
Sampson fell, but as he lay on the ground be threw Aby
dislocated, and is in the hospital. They would have ovies.
As
by d.
all astray. Sampson, as if furnished with the jaw
done incalculable damage but for Mr. Pool's pre- bone of an ass, vopped him on the proboscis, and laid him as Sat-
sence of mind, who closed the gates, and, from a re- as a flounder (cries of" Take him away").
19. Aby came to the scratch greatly distressed, and was hit
sidence in South America, knew the method of taking
these animals. He therefore procured ropes and don t2vO. Aby again hit down.
snared them ; still their ferocity became so danger- 21. Aby again much punished, and pitched out of the apes.
ous, that butchers were procured, who were obliged 22. Aby seemed to have recovered a little, and stood firmer •
to dispatch them instantaneously to prevent further than in the last round ("So help me, Bob," cried his friends,
" he's got his shecond.hand vind, and that's better as new.)"
mischief. It is not yet known whence they escaped. He ran into Sampson, hit him, and Sampson was thrown (shouts
Wednesday last (13th inst.) died, very suddenly, at from the Israelites, " It'i all right; ve'li grin it yet").
Leamington, Prince Kiataira, one of the New Zealand 23. A manly round, in which Aby did his best, and chewed
wand bottom. flits exchanged, and Sampson down (cries of
..
Chiefs who were exhibiting but a few days since inAby can't lose it," and cheers).
that place. He was son of the reigning King of Paroa, 24. Sampson stopped a well meant touch on his bread basket.
or the Bay of the Isles, and only eighteen years of Aby weak, went down without a blow.
ilando filast. Aby came up much distressed. Sampson deter-
age. The deceased Chief was much esteemed in his
an h iumn,ananswderacoblllenctinrgonhitis
mremonainingretAiet7i.es, he!
own country, as a warrior, having. eminently distin deter-
mined
such"
cnnurnt:
guished himself on various occasions in the contests crackers, that he was unable to solve it, and he went downY
between Paroa and the inhabitants of the neighbour- pletely bothered (cries of 4 take him away"). These, however,
were not necessary—he was deaf to time, and for some minutes
ing isles. The Prince was interred in the church-
coin not tell whether he was a Jew or a Gentile. Sampson was
of course declared the conqueror and was loudly applauded.
yard at Leamington, according to the forms pre-
y He left the ring Immediately, very' little injured, having only scribed by the Established Church, having previously
to his departure from New Zealand, been converted slight mark on his left bye, and to all appearance as vigorousua
to Christianity by one of the Missionaries who had when he went in. To delineate the phisogs of the Israelites
would require the pencil of a Hogarth—never was rage and dis-
been sent thither from this.country. appointment more legibly displayed; and the moment the affair
WHITE SA VAGSS.--The Milledgeville (United , was concluded, they all sneaked off the ground as quickly as
States) Papers, inform us, that a few Indians having
downfall
paralysed limbs would carry them. It was a dreadful
, to wnriair Iptuome l ths.eir Etriilen,
anticipated
ads %a matter of serious importance
encamped, two or three weeks ago, in a neighbour-
ing county, for, the purpose of supplying themselves ; be proclaimed forthwith in ruke's-t plat a
cegen eral t"u
and thatfor a. gg will
month,
with venison, a patty of white men went to their lat least, not a Jew will attempt to shave'himself. In their road
camp (the Indians being absent on a hunting excur- , bonus the poor fellows were subject to the jeers of the pawn-
geme;
mbut they looked straight forward, and were so absorbed in
.ion), and took their blankets, clothes, saddles, bri-
were oertdatnhesemas to be deaf to all the kind consolations which
dies, provision, and skins, and made a bonfire of the
I Oasaavassosts.—The conduct of the Jew was the praise and
whole! The Indians were entirely peaceable, had
-.lone no mischief, and were furnished with recom-1 admiration of the ring, and, althligh defeated, he raised him.
wes the noisfor. i inch
httoo short for his opponent, ' mendations from M'lntosh and Burnett, soliciting self high in the estimation of the Fancy lb general. He was ari
and also a stone at least in
I for them friendly treatment: but it g . Both of the men were in high condition. Sampson
tune of these children of the forest to meet with sa- stood on, his opponent, and lie is rapidly improved, not only
sages worse than Indians. iin person, but also in fighting. Ile immediately offered to fight

any of his old oppon:nts for £lOO a-side, excepting Josh Ilod:
soa &iini)son's taturior did katihos Lunch washbowl's.

The seccnd battle, betweett,cary4 The Suffolk
Champion, and Whittle, coal:Wliipper, for twenty
pounds a-side, afforded lots ?f laughter,. lint very
little milling. Hudson and Owen secnnjeJ the latter;
and Crawiey and Giblett, Carrol. Thirty rounds.—
Twenty-eight minutes had elap.ed when the Suffok
Champi,.ii was pronounced the victcr.

The. third battle was over in twenty milutes.-
Fat Cavan vi, a new Irishman, entered the ling
ith Ntockirbdu, f.)r, ter enty sovereigns aside. Read
and Inglis seconded the latter, and Crawley and
Holt were for Cavanagh. The Irishman won it by
giving Master Stocktnan a Tipperargiiing that shook
his knottleddic boo all to pieces. Upon the whole, it
was a tidy day's play; no trundling occurred; and
crosses out of the question..

The follow vv is extracted from the Parliamentarf
Report for Itif23, of the Inspector-General of Orison%
in Iceland:

We have .'s immediate prospect of the establish=
ment of the tread-mill in many of the jails of Ire:
land. It may be applied, on a small scale, fOt the
purpose Of supplying water.; and, on a laPger one, to
the grinding of nmil for the consumption of thopri:
son. Sours smaller wheels are already in operation,
and larger ones are in operation in several of the
counties. We are sorry to find that a question has
arisen, whether the ezerci..e of the tread-mill is of
such a nature as to prove injurious, in some instances,
to the health of the prisoners employed? But this
objection has been to us most satisfactorily overruled,
upon the opinion of some of the most eminent medi-
cal authorities in this kingdom, whe have entered
into the details of the case, and proved in the clearest
manner that these injurious effects arc attributed to
the labour in the tread-mill wholly without reason.
This inquiry will, we trust, remove from the public
mind any prejudice which may have been excited
against the adoption of a measure in our prisons from
which the most advantageous results are anticipated,
and of the good effects of which past experience hat
placed before us the most unquestionable proofs. The
tread-mill has provedto be not only a power applicable
to almost every description of work, but a certain
means (even in the failure of every species of manu-
facture) of affording steady employment to the Ppri-
soners; and a description of labour which, although
moderately severe, is yet of so interesting and con-
stant a nature, as to have become a terror to those
who are committed to prison, and consequently a
check to the commission of crime."

The progress which mechanical science is making
in simplifying all the useful arts of life is really won-
derful. NVlna would have thought that even the
humble laundress should have come in for her share
of the benefits it has conferred ? But so it is. We
have now portable Wa,,hing-machines that effect the
most extraordinary saving of time, labour, soap, and
fuel; and Circular Bed-mangles, which occupy, when
in use, no larger space than a small chest of drawers.
The ingenuity displayed in their construction reflects
infinite credit on the Patentee, Mr. WAncur.—See
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The Seventh and Eighth Parts of Connt Las cases'
Journal, which complete the work; will be published
in a few days.