The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-11-17 00:00:00

H E STATESMAN.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

DEAL. November-IC—Wind N.N.W.—!tailed H.M. sloop
Wenzel, Captain Curtis, having under convoy the Emma
Yacht, with Sir William Curtis,*Bart. on board, for the Me-
diterrenean.—Salled also the Harmony,. Carrie; and Sir EL
Hamilton, Newbolt, for Jamaica; Zephyr. Arrowsrelth,
Hoaduras; Corue Grave, Thompson. for St. irifteent, and the,
Joseph, for the West Indies.—Arrived anti ailed for Ofh
River, the Governor Harcourt, Wilson from Oleoavant ;*:Peter
Ellis, Carew, from Antwerp; Henry. 3:aitlood. from Quibee,
and Expedition, Brownefrom Teneriffe. • •
PORTSIIOi: Su, November 16.—WindS.E.—Arrived.tbe Mar-'
germ, Christian. from Riga ; Harmony, Voss. from Memel ;
and 11. M: ship Phaeton, from Vera Cruz, &c. with a consi•
derabte quantity of specie and Cochineal.—Sailed the Argo,
Miller, for Horde:sax ;• and Thetis. for Memel.
PIA-mourn, November I3.—Wind E.—Arrived the Mer-,
miry, froM Oporto ; Redlighetoch, lbet, from Seellie.—;
%abed the 26th September, having lost greater pert of her
sails and rigging, and the vessel nearly lightened one foot from
the eantinual pumping up of leer cargo, consisting of Olive
011.—off the Port the Indus, Wriot. from Quebec)...
. Faimouns, November 13.—Wind N.E.—Sailed the ',hefty,
Pryor, for St. Michaels ; Steamer Packet, for Lisboa; and
Linnet, David, Walter, Rliance, Ossian, Charles, Dirt, and
New Rreganze, for London.--Arrived a the Port the Mary
Ann, Lewis, from Pictou in 8 days. ,
MAIIIMIEMPINIMMEN
WHALE FISHCRIES.—The Cato, Captain Kitchenman, of
Hull, the last ship frn.n the northern &heti-li, arrrived on
Monday last, November 10th, after a moat difficult passage.
She sailed from Hull roads on the 26th of March, for I)avis's
Streights,*and entered the ire in Jane ; surrounded by im-
mense flaws, the ship drifted north and son+, but chiefly
sdutheraril, un.il the letter end of August; when they
steered for the west lan& 'anal entered Astresan flay,
in north latitude about 73 20. In the Bay they
were locked up till the 17th of September, when the ice
fortunately broke up, and they were enabled to work one
after being dreadfully staved. A friend of, ours has OM
seated us with a.ieg of mouton, that bag been ti.id to
the main mast head the whole of the passage, aud is re.
tamed in ifine state.
The mans and• driving.hoats in Mount's' Bey have been
laid up. no pilchards having appeared off the 'coast for the
last week.
The friends of the parson, who were io tbe fishing boats
from Portleaveo, which was stipposed to have foundered in
the gale of the 31st of last month, were this week agreeably
surprised at receiving a letter from them, stating that they
had been driven across the Channel by the gate, and were
picked rip, off the coast of France, by the,crew Dutch
brig, hound for Rotterdam, where they had received assist
mace from the English Consul, who was about to procure
them a passage to Loudon.—(Weet Briton.)
The brig Bud, Abbott, arrive.! at Boehm from fort au
Priuce, was boarded on the outward passage, on th • 9th
of August. by a boat from the English cotter Ratinbow,
twenty-three days from Charlston, for Turks. Island.
Oaptain Abbott gives the following particulars : The
Captain came in the boat and reported that they were
famishing for want of water ; that he had Colonel Low,
of The British army, Lady and family, and several other
passengers on board. He said it was really distressing to
bear the complaints of the young children, and to witness
the anxiety and distress of the mother, and the others
relative to their lituation. Two or three days before he
saw me he thought that he had a good, sopply of water,
when to his astuniahmebt, lie foamd that the rats had eaten
through the casks, and that they were almost entirely
empty. I supplied them with as much water and other
ueeeesaries•as l could spare. A black boy who c tine in the
boat, as he cane upon deck, flew to the water cs-k ex-
claiming, "0 mama! 0 lion: How hungry me be for
water.'—( Wu) York paper.)
Lruteciros. Nov. 14.—A common hrewer of this town
having perceived in the public journals. that the proper
authorities had acknowledged the right of common brewers
to, retail beer, and wishing to give his friends the full bene-
fit of such right. has this day commenced retailing best beer
at did, and good ale at 3d. per quart.
Two frel.holders, in a village near Leeds, having ha,' a
.dispute about the ownership of a pier, of land, submitted
the question to &Jury, at the Coeit het, when the gentle-
men of the Joey very discreetly determined, on view of the
preutisesoliaCtlie diipeted property would makes convenient
addition to the occupation road near some of their own
premises, and, having made this discovery, they aaaeite.l
that the plot of land belonged to neither of the claimants!
lint to the township! thereby practically illustrating the
fable of the litigious cats.—(f.ecds 31So:eau.)
On Tuesday evening, a man of the name of Thomas
Richardson. while viewing the wil I beasts in Atkins's
Menagerie, incautiously put hi. band into the cage of lite
Tiger, and was immediately seized and lacerated by the
animal's fangs. The sufferer was taken to the Infirmary,,
but we are glad to find that the wound, though severe, is
not considered dangerous. The reason itssign-d by
Richardson for his familiarity with the tiger, is, that lie
hail been a 'oldie' in the East Indies. front whence the
animal came, and lie did not suppose that it would be so
unfriendly to a kind of countryman, as to treet Mat in this
creel reanner.—(Leede Mercury.)
I KNAKESBOROUGH Watt ERS.--NOttVithatandinit three
poor men hare been eighteen weeks out of employment,
I though thousands have sometimes attended their
nightly meetings. yet greatly to their own credit, and tai
the general peace of the town, not any outrsge has hitherto
been committed, with the exception of a few boys stopping.
a cart, as mentioned in a former paper. It had been getter-
, rally.ouderstood, that so long as the peace of the town
ramatned undisturbed, the Magistrates wished to avoid
interfering in this unhappy dissension; but on Frit!ay
evening lase, that active Magistrate, Richard Fountaync
Wilson, Esq., male his appearance at the meeting, and
took out of his pocket the Riot Act, which he was about
to read, cautioning those about to disperse within fifteen
minutes after he had done so. The poor weavers received
his cominunicat:on with the strictest propriety ; they in.
formed the Magistrate they were not aware of doing any '
wrong, that they were far (ruin wishing to break the peace,
but that as it was his pleasure that they should separate,
theywould save him the trouble of reading the proclamation,
and accordingly they quietly and instantly dispersed.
Whether this was a wise proceeding on the pet of Mr.
Wilson remains to be seen; hitherto the weavers (who. be
it remembered, have not turned out fur an advance of
wages) have done every thing openly, but since Friday
private meetings have been held. The masters continue to
bold their meetings as usual, bitt we have not heard that
they hare been honoured with a visit by the worthy 31agis-
trate.—(Leeds Mercury.)
CoRN ESCBANGII, Monday Nov. 17.—There were mode-
este arrivals of all kinds of grain last week ; and a good
quantity of Flour. This morning there is again
only a middling supply of Wheat, Barley, Beans, and
Pease'from Essex, Kent, Sheffield : and the quantity of Oats
from the Northern part. is unusually small for this season
of the year. Our Millers took off all the samples of dry
lam Wheat at Ist to 24. per qr. advance on the prices of
this day sennigist. The terms of old Wheat are also im-
proved ; and the trade of this'article, upon the whole, is
much better than persons in general had expected. Barley
does not go off freely, but maintains the prices of this day
se'nnight. Good Beans are Is. per qr. higher. Grey Peaset•
are scarce Is per qr. dearer. Boiling Pease folly support
last quotations. f denoted
here is a fair for Oats, and
having but few fresh in, this article obtains Is. per qr.
more than last Monday. Flour has a brisk sale at last
quotations.
SM,TMFIgLD MAILST, Nov. 17.—There was a good
supply of Oxen at Market this morning, as well as of
Mutton, but the trade appeared heavy at the prices of this
day se'nnight. We observed bat few cattle of prime quality.
The prices of all other description of meat, may be quoted
the cattle as 0:11. last.