The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-04-24 00:00:00

IRlSir_coa_rgieck.
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. The fist owing is an account of the total number of
Ships, lien ish and Foreign, which have cleared stet
fr, m the s veral ports of Ireland, for the Drit'sh Do-
minions, and fur the United .Stater in North Atnerica,
their tonnage, and the number of passengers, for the
Tact ten

Which Dominions For the United Staten 111
Korth America. North Amities.
Tonnage Passim. Ships. Tonnage Passen.
830 8 90 1158119 11991
1449 31 64 16176 4.162
407
791
2533 246 97 9610 1738
3479 913. 131 31059 611113
11230 9360 21,76 0244
24083 120914 10$ Ma 4100
90919 19021 71 19161 2913
.. a tam( 1790

CLltierS ,
Extract of a letter from a redeems its America so
a friend in Liverpool, who bad permitted it to be exhi-
bited for the inspection of the entities a—
" The mammy of a fish killed by my son in the
north river. When taken, it was almost all mouth;
and if it would not be Irish to say so, it would
almost have swallowed itself: at least, its mouth,
when expanded. would have taken in a fish as large as
itself. You will see that to its mouth was appended an
apparatus something like a pair of doable bellows, or a
gig top, or a lady's calash ; and this, when emptied,
was much larger than I can make you believe. Its trade
seems to have been to lie in the mud with its month
open, ready to close, like a spring-rat-trap,on any thing
that sailed into it; and indeed it did close with asto_Vsli-
ing rapidity and force, on the slighest irritation. Mi" en
dying, it could not forget its old habits ;it seemed to
feel the ruling passion strong in death ;" for, when ap-
parently so far gone as to appear insensible to a kick or
stab in anyother part of its body, its mouth would slap
to with almost frightful violence, the instant a stone
was thrown into it. We found some large and small
fish in its belly. It was is perfect health when caught.
It had been fishing in too shallow water; and was
stunned by a stone, which bit its head and threw it
quite out of its reckoning. They say it could throw
up water like a whale. l believe it is not very COW-
mon here ; as ono smaller than this, bit better pre-
fared, was lately exhibited here, under the name of
the " Sea Derilcaught at last." When living, it had
moveable bones on the head, which, when elevated,
looked like horns; and it had more power of protrude
lag and moving about its eyes, than any animal I have
ever seen, so that it could lie still and look all around.
It had long feelers too on the nose ; and on its lips
were hung something like worms for the purpose of
attracting its prey into the vicinitv of its ()moire ga-
thereat. I have beard it called a "sea devil," " bel-
lowsfish," and a " •froond shark ;" I believe the Lin-
mean name is Lophies Piscatorios."

Yesterday being Easter Monday, according to an-
nual custom, a fine stag was turned out before his
Majesty's hounds at Slough, and afforded a capital
chase to a numerous field of sportsmen.
Tee LILTS Iket..—lnformation was given at Marl-
borough-street, Police-office (but too late), of the duel
between Lord Petersham and Mr. Webster Wedd-
borne ; Valentine and Westeot bad peace warrants to
apprehend the parties. They found Lord Petersham,
who accompanied them to theoffice, when his Lordship
was liberated upon his pledging his honor that the
affair had taken place, and that two shots each had
been fired that afternoon at Combe Wood.
Another duel was fought on Saturday morning on
Wormwood Scrubbs, which was of a more serious ma-
ture. The opponents were a Mr. Ch—ne—y and
Capt. Fo—r—r. Thi 4 arose from a dispute relative to
a sister of Mr. C—'s. 'I wo shots each were exchang-
ed, and in the second fire Capt. F. was wounded in
the ear, part of which the ball took away.
CLARENDON PALACE, Nall& SALYSSURT..--S•The men
have lately been employed in digging the ground that
formed the acit . of the building, of which the remains
now left are a part of its walls, in length 34 feet, and
in height 20 feet, overgrown with ivy, and have ascer-
tained, by tracing the foundation of the walls, that
the palace extended 700 feet from east to west. By
removing the mould several feet in depth, the floors of
eight or nine rooms have been discovered, some of them
in a perfect state. '1 he structure of the building ap-
pears to have been very irregular. The principal
room Is 90 feet long, and 62 feet wide, and is pro-
bable the Hall in which Henry the Second and the
heads of the clergy framed and ratified the laws called
the " Constitutions of Clarendon," which regulated
the powers of the Clergy. The floor is paved with
Norman tiles, snare and triangular, extremely hard,
and of different colours, variously ornamented, ex-
hibiting dragons, griffins, lowers, kc. Several lohin-
gles, or slakes, have been found, which formed part
of the roof, and pieces of beautifully stained glass.
Some of the walls are 5 feet 2 inches in thickness.
Clarendon Palace was a Royal residence in the 12th
century.
Dtsvnesstxn Occuanasrce—A fishing-boat belong-
ing to Cockenzie, while hauling her lines at the month
of the Firth, on Monday forenoon, about 11 o'clock,
during a heavy squall of wind and rain, was sunk by
a sea hreaking on board of her, when all the crew,
consisting of six men, were drowned. Several boats be-
longing to the same village were working their lines
within a short distance, hat until the squall was
over, the unfortunate boat was not missed by her coo •
panione, when one of them immediately bore down
to the place where she was last seen ; not a vestige of
the boat or crew, however, remained, except the
hatches, a few oars, and footapurs, Seating about.
SINGULAR ACClDENT.—Yesterday 'sepias an In-
quisition was taken in a private apartment, No. 3,
Queen's-row, Buckingham-gate, before Mr. (tell, Co-
roner for Westminster, on the body of Mt. Robert
Webster. aged 27 veers, who died by orrengelation.—
The deceased's father is a gentleman of greatpraperty,
residing at the abeve-mentioned plate; and on Sun-
day last, his son-in-low, with his wife and family. and
the deceased, breakfasted together ; after which the
deceased retired to his own room, and his sister, in a
few minutes, followed him, when she found him sitting
in a chair, as she thought, in a fit : she sent one of the
children to call her buithand. who was in the garde.,
in the meantime kept rubbing.the deceased's side, for
the purpose of restoring him ; hut when her husband
came, he observed a curd round the deceased's neck,
and he cut it instantly. when a trenseodous weight,
nearly a hundred, dropped front the cord upon the
floor : the deceased was quite dead, and all attempts to
restore animation proved abortive.—lt further appear-
ed, that the deceased was an artist, and devoted much
of his time to the art of engraving and copper-plate-
printing, and was continually making experiments.—
For the latter purpose he procured the weight before
mentioned, about three weeks ago. and in couseqLence
of an impediment in Ole right arm. and two of the left
hand fingers being contracted, be attached a cord to it.,
to get round his neck. as he had nut power to remove
it with big Lauds. A boani was found lying between
two chairs, sod the !pinion of the. Aura stos,,that iae
attempted to lift theunteight off -the „gritted npon the
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chin . .sPoo asf cLwim mkt*, eqa etAisic "44eldf$1
cnin on the nettle 641.00, isw._...Thri all rsiontod
t. ;
a verdict of desiderata Neuf*. . -

OLD DAILEY, Moss Ar.

; • Peter Keeley was Wined for deallag a tenet hank,
.111se property of Mn. lllis. Forrester. Guilty.
. Janos Hotolofte, John Norris, and Sant. senate,.
were indicted for stealing a handkerchief fain .ins
person of Alfred Nicholson.
Alfred Nicholson stated, that he was standing nosh
insayn-street ; a crowd bad collected to witness a
procession, that was going to Rrandenbargh-horse ;
number of persons pressing on him, he pat his bawl
to his pocket, and found his handkerchief gone.
Wm. Jones, an officer, was stationed in St. James's
Street; be saw the prisoner in company with anotbir
person following close to Mr. Nicholson ; Howlett wai
engaged in sounding Mr. Nicholson's pocket.—Morris
then put his hand in and pulled out the handkerchief;
Iwitness then took him to a public-house, and Mr. NI.
.elpolson immediately owned it.
James UriStlis observed the prisoners in St. James'►
street, employed in feeling the pockets of several per►
sons in the crowd ; he took Howlett into custody.
Examined by Mr. ADoiroci.—Were you in them*
cession of odd fellows ?
Witness.—No Sir, 1 am not an odd fellow.
Counon-SsaJeArcr.—No Mr. Adolphus, he was net
odd ,fellote out of the procession.—Guilty.—Traase,
ported for life.
Jan.( 'Carter, aged 15, and Robert Wilson, aged Is.
were indicted for stealing 12 pair of black silk
stockings the property of James Withers—Guilty.
James 'Miry, aged lb. and Thomas Rill, aged 13,
were convicted of stealing Piths. weight of brass wire,
the property of John Rigley.
John Hanes, aged 16, and Darid Dories, aged 13,
were acquitted on a charge of stealing a half-crown,
the property of Thomas Care.
Edward Curanagh, aged 26, and Elizabeth Russell,
aged 25. were indicted for stealing 17111 s. of lour.
The latter was acquitted, and the forme' found Utility.

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