The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-09-04 00:00:00

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'DEAL, ,Sirr.;.-7Arrivfd and sitlieri Tor tließiver
the' Jupiter, Gouldstaith, from Calcutta and Cey.
too ;. Dockenfield,. Wopd, from Jamaica; Melantho,
Perri, from Quebec; Nereid, Neile, from Trial.
dad.; isis, Tomball, from Demerara; Ilerw of the
Nile, Wrangles, from do. ; Constantino, Wetherell,
from Si. Domingo 'for Bremen; Active, Dale, from
Africa ; and Adamant, • -, from the West rudies.-L.
Come down from the River, the Abeona, Lewis, for
Bilboa ,• niizabeth and Margaiet, bAensies, for do ;
Lune, Da wsoli;' for.3iinsaics ; M'argaret, Nairn., for
Genoa and Ltighoin•; Mariner, Willis, for Madeira,
Etc.; Anne, Frier, for, Berbice; *ad remain in the
Downy with the rest 4 the outward.boood as before.
PORTSMOUTOMPT: 3:4.;Arrived the Lady limit-
ton (transport), from Quebec, with troops.—Passed
Sup Chitties', the Adamant, llotchiason, from Bom-
bay ; sailed April 6.--tailed• the schooner Sincerity,
for St. Andero ;_tlie.l4skies„ Rosalie", for Baltimore.
PLYMOUTH, SEPT. t.:7-01018 itt the British Union,
Driver, from Prince Pil'aid's
FAixotru% SEPT. 11:—.4tiiTINI the Glace packet,
with a Mail, from binges, iii 50 dais.
DARTMOUTH, SEPT. far ibis pert, the
Kingston, Barloii, from Bengali flooded her pale
tenger, here. Spoh, the BJcldington, fire dip since,
from Jamaica, oeqkdaya.
HAstwtte, Stri. r,S.--=Arrived the Marshal Bin.
cher tette', from &Oscan, with the residue of the
Prussian . loan ohlinitious; Auckland packet, froin
ditto, with a 111111,.&c.
Msnasts, 3.—The brig Betsey, from Lon-
don to Petitancept aground on the Nayland
Rock this moniinsk bet got off agate the nest tide,
and proceeded on it'lerioyage. • • ' • • •
LIVERPOOL, Suet —The Robdri Qeilylo,
from Liverpool to 11,Anbuy, wog in lat.'l7.' N. long.
19 W. on the With of July. The Triton, from Li.
verpool to the lite of 'France, was spoke no the 29th
of July, in lat. 13. 20..141. 'long. ts. 20. W.

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It will ao doubt Ye agreeable to all well-wishers
of their coentry, to:,he informed of the magnitude
sod event of the British Fisheries on the East roast
of Scotland. The most important of all oar Fishe-
'4ies is the Herring Fishery, as it gives employment
Ito the greatest number of seamen. It is at this mo-
ment at the height of irs activity; and both sides of
the Murray Firth are- troweled with vessels of every
desoriptionvengaged in it. It is calculated, that .from
the .ofillithersa to-Ertmeaborgh, they/ are not less
glow. boat. occupied alone with fishing,
'lrook.4 •01tfrititqlo•steran average, five men, and
eenserineedy giving einsploy men t to 15.000 seamen.
ilere.titeny..oLthe. brave fellows who have been the
pride Of. tbeHritiab blavy, may be seen gaining a com.
lortabiet.tetut indeppettlettt subsistence. There ar',
ideX4reit.nombers of merchant vessels employed
tiog:the pr educe of the Fisheries to foreign
-Mt Fishery, though of the greatest no•
inpartaneni is still in its infancy ; but if sea-
libeeelly seppetedc4iy Government, may
neu.ilisementic arserqe..of wealth and independ.
mratitriusarls,.:2 titietument has done much, but
.I..t.reilietilletech to dpbeforuse can best Abe Dutch
netif faer own seas. The Curets in this country labour
ender ',lmo great diiMdvartisges; the first isthe severe
penalties• of he Sett Laws, and the neat is the iniuffici.
roc, of the meterlals hem which the casks are made.
The only wood suitabiefer herring, barrels is oak staves,
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but the doty upon foreign oak ilLso Pettey, that the
corers cannot elle it ;'at'prlrtnt they are compelled
to make their barrel. from. British plane or birch.
wood, which are not sufficiently (hirable to preserve
the fish, after they Die caught ; and to this circum•
stance chiefly is attributed the reason that the Dutch,
who have oak barrels, obtain double the price of her-
rings caught upon this coast. If Government would
allow oak staves only of such dimensions as are mail-
able for herring barrels to be Imported duty free, we
believe it would be as great a stimulus to the Fisheries
'es: could be given.. A sum of money would likewise
•ba well expended in improving the harbours on this
ousheltered coast. • •
The fishing on the southern coast of Ireland, which,
for some years past, has proved very unproductive,
now promises to become of chusiderable importance,
the shoals of late basing been large/end frequent. The
.sprats in Cork Harbour, which generally precede
the larger fish that prey upon them, have recently
been very numerous, and it is said that 120,000
mackerel were taken iu Robert's Cove, ou Tuesday
week.

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On Monday about .80 of the Independent Free-
holders of rhwconnty of Lincoln, dined together at
the Whits Hart Inn, Boston; W. A. Jourrson, Esq.
of Willianwon-the.flill, in the Chair. The object
of the Meeting• was to form Resolations, and to com-
mence a plan of operations for the return of a Repre.
sentence of the county in Parliament, upon the Inde-
pendent interest, at ti►e nest election; and in fur-
therance of this view, certain Resolutioni were pro.
posed by JOHN Micorzs, Esq. of Beckingham, se-
conded by RussELL Cor.LErr, Esq. of Swinethorp,
and unanimously adopted by the Meeting. The corn.
puny were addressed during the afternoon by the
CHAIRMAII, Sir Roma llznoN, Mr. MILLNES, Mr.
COLLETT, and several other Gentlemen. Sir ROBERT
HERON .gefe a highly satisfactory account of the line
of conduct which he had pursued at the late election ;
and a general determination was espressed that a
speedy and effectual organization of the county should
be attended to, and that very prompt and vigorous
measures should be adopted, in order to secure the
triumph of the county, by the return of an inde.
pendent Cantlidate at the neat vacancy in the repre-
sentation. This dinner, it is understood, will be
succeeded by others throughout the county, and by
other measo yes of great importance iu promotion of
the object in view. •
Mr. COKE has at
.0111 these. numerous party of his
• friends w ith him, enjoying the sperts of the field, at
llotkharn, in which number is Mr. LEaez, and other
newly elected M. l'.'s.
The itauENes Punch, of which the campnsition is
champaigne, noised with various ligmeurt,with a small
I portion of an infusion of green tea, which is the
t on►v water used in the mitture, is now the favourite
I beverage, during dinner, of all the higher order of
Dandies.

THE STATESMAN

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Tue SECRItTART 01l tilt NoRIFICH UMW. 4454)'
CIATION.---00 Wednesday, in Obedience 40. HMS &Om'.
mans issued by time Commbsioners of Or court of
Requests, Me, Bignold, the Secretary, attended the
Court, to answer the complaint of Mrs. Taylor, who,
it will be remembered, mode an ineffectual demand
at the Office of the Association for motley she bed
paid into the bands of one of the ageism to insere
her property'. .
Mr. Bignold entered the Court, attended by a So.
licher and Clerks. Mr• Cornish, .• ,fajpest 4 Mrs.
Taylor, suggested, that tithe Solicitor toa• 10141011.
mooed, it might be as well if that Gentleman .was
ordered to withdraw.
The Commissioners agreed in the propriety of ibis
hint, sod- very much to Mr. Weald's dissatisfaction
the professional. Gentleman was shown the Way.iist
of Court.
One of the Commissioners stated the Deters. of the
. complaint to' Mr. Bignoid, and asked what he bad to
i'''lbject to a demand made upon such proper grounds?
!"' tdr. Bignold said, in a very imperious tone, that
'whatever might he the opinion of the Commissioners,
he certainly should resist the demand by *eery means
io his power ; and, if their order was issued against
Mitt for the payment of the money, hi shoold imme-
diately commence proceedings in a place where •they
would probably be instructed in their duty.
' -COMMISSVONIR.—BIit you do not say why you re.
'fele. Yon make an assertion in an• insolent manner .
without giving any reason for it. Yofar wish to rule
with a rod of iron ; bet we are not to be intimidated
or convinced by language enbecomiag a gentleman.
Mr. Bignold laugitedr-1 refuse it, said he, for the I
very best reason-I never received the money ;it was
never paid into the of by Winney, our agent,.
who is stated to have received it; and the advice oll'i
Couwet is, that we therefore are not responsible; so
flint if you do any thing in this, you will do It very
much to your own injury.
The Costmisototeces said, that Winney having
been acknowledged on agent of the Association, and
Mrs. Taylor having paid the money in question to
him, there was no doubt of the liability of the Cote-
Pin?.
hi r.Bignold repeated his threat of bringing his action
if the distress was levied by an order from the Court;
he advised the Commissioners to mind what they were
about, as Winney had been discharged before the
money had been paid to him by M to. Taylor.
COMMISSIONER—Can you show any written docu-
ment of the discharge of Winne), ?
Mr. Bignoid said, that notice bad been given of it in the
Ripen.
Mr. Cornish ots4erved, that such a circumstance as the dis-
chante of an agent must have been entered in the books of the
1 Compapy, anti demanded that the books should be produced.
illr Bignold replied, that he hail not thought is necessity to
order his books to be brought for the inspection of every
fellow.
r air. Cornisb.—llnve you got airy hooks at nit?
One of the Contmissiofiers onovared she Secretary.* (Illedliet
iin not having given she Posit early and obvious intelligessee at
1 the discharge of the nem.' The Complaining bad evidanffiy
titled wills as much cautioitits a person could under stoettivi
count:ince.. so that it was really difficult to judge in what man-
the
individuals could be secured. She had paid her money his
avowed agent of the Office, and had got a plate from the
Office.
Mr. Bignold.—That plate might have been taken off a hostel.'
The plate was produced. It was perfectly new.
L Mr. Cornish repelled the insinuatiosi with mach warmth.
One of the Conviumonmes applied some epithets to the cola
duct of she Secretary, which we do out shish It -accessary to
commit to romper.
Sir, let me
Mr, Bignold (to that Commissioner).—Pray.
knew your name, and where you are to be found. and I shall'
take a public opportunity of thanking you for the compliment.
.The Communions. replied, that he beloved all his brother
Commissioners hot iii.e tweed in the propriety of the language
applied to the couduct of the Secretary.
air. Bignold, having b •eo assured by the majority of the Com-
missioners sitting that the.description struck them as very
curate, demanded the names and places of abode of each, but
was refused nay information) likely to give him saiisfacsiun,
upon the ground shut h hint been unwilling to give any him-
self. He then desired one of his clerks to note down the word',
and left the Court, deeming drat he shmild put the thing so the
test; to see whether insolent language could be used to the pre•
',indite of kis feelings and character.
The Conntsnon Ens regretted that they could not direct the
payment of the-_Complainant's money. They advised her to
take care of the plate, sad to apply to the Committee at the
George nod Vulture.
The case has been accordfogly submitted lathe Committee..

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A curious trial look place in the Court of Eccie.
siasticil Commissaries, Jamaica, on the 17th of July,
upon au action instituted by the Churchwardens of
the City. end Parish of Kingston, against the Rev.
G. R..G.11111. The charges werefour in nember—
Mrst,,far having neglected his sacred duty, in re-
Veling to 'wilt. for a funeral ; secondly for appear-
ing and officiating in church with a bandage
over one of his eyes, on which he had received a
wound, whilst engaged in a bozing-metch-; thirdly,
for refusing to attend on I Sunday to baptise some
children ; end fourthly, that with a view to insult and
degrade the Corporate Body and Magistracy of the
City, he preached a Sermon, containing passive
which had the above tendency. The first the
charges were • subsequently abandoned for want sit
sufficient evidence ; but, upon the fourth he was
found guilty, and sentenced to be suspended from his
functions for nine months. Mr. Bill addressed toe
Court in rather an able speech, and ptasded his es."l,
treme youth, in mitigation of the lispraidence he bad
committed.
Immediately after a thunder storm in Jely last, at
liaddenham, in the Isle of Ely, several living creep.'
ing creatures were picked up from off the highway by
the peasants of the neighbourhood, end with, much'
astonishment were laid before the Rev. Mr. Prichsrk
the dissenting minister of that place, who instantly
pronounced them to be full-grown locust?, each mea-
suring six inches in length, and in no wise differing
from those which he had seen in Egypt and other dis-
tant countries, the native homes of those devouring
insects.—(Stamford Pape.)
Several whales have lately been seen in St. George's
Channel, some of which have been on shore in the
neighbourhood of Fisgeard, and cut up.
Conn Excn A nag, stet. A.—There was a ettod.sopply lif
Wheat this morning, sales sere exceedingly &II at Monday's
price..—Barley ffs. higher than no lilooday....asts Is. dearer.
.—la Beaux, Peat, and other articles no alien:dap. . .
SM ITH FIELD 11ARKIer; tiei. t.'"'"//1—:
To atnk the Offal, pet wave pf tllO.
Beef ...An $4. so 4s. S 4. i Bend of Cattle 01'40.1- • .
gutter . asi. 04. to t 6d. Bemis ........'.....••••• glib '
Veal .. • .44. 04. to 6d. Sheep and Law* .4. 6,470
Pork ....C. 611. to Ss. 04. Calves ......4.4............300
-4. to fa. 04. Piet••••.....i.•.............. 1110
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