The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-01-05 00:00:00

NAVA t IN7'E LLIG ENC E,

DEAL, JAN. 4.—Came down from (b River the Venus, for
RitiJanciro Mentor, for Pernambuco; and the Aquilber, for
liavannah, Lod sailed with the whole of the outward-bound
merchantmen and transports, under convoy of the Griffon and
Viper cutters.

PLTMOIII, JAN. 3.—Came in the Resistance frigate, from
the Mediterranean; and Warsptte man of war, from a cruize ;
four French chasse marees, with brandy and wine, captured
by tee squadron or the coast of France.—The Joseph galliot,
of this port, caugkt fire about six o'clock this morning, and
but for timely assistance would have been consumed, but was
saved; it is, however, much injured.
FALIWOUTA, Jia. 2.—Arrived the Duke of Marlborough
packet, with a Mail from Passage, in five days; she saw, oft
the Lizard, a convoy of 15 sail of transports, under a frigate*
post standing to the South ; and off the Manacles saw a convoy 1
of large ships, sup o be hummer, standing to the West-
ward. 4 '4,;
Ilawnica, Jaw. 4.—Arriied dtpsPrnisriek, Paterson, fro*
Sletten, in ballast, bound. to Liverpool. .

TORBAY, JAN. 3.—Passed the Start, on Saturday, at roar
o'clock, r. st the East India fleet, wider convoy of his Ma-
jesty-a ships Medway, dcc. for India.

UrdarJor., 4.—The Nimble, Cudd, and the Cornwall,
lid'Dougal, for this port, and seven others of the Leeward Island
Beet parted three weeks ago with a sloop of war.—Ad Ameri-
can privateer was off Colons) the 25th Dec.

OAX.—This place, to which Soolt has retreated, Is
a town of France, and principal place of a district,
in the department of the Landes, situated on the
Adour, surrounded with walls, flanked with towers,
and containing about 5,000 inhabitants, celebrated
for its warm baths, the spring of which discharges
543 Cubic feet of water itr fifteen minutes. Before
the" Revolution, it was the See of a Bishop, suf-
fragan of Auch. This town was destroyed by the
Saracens in the year 910. It was a tong time in the
possession of the English, from whom it was taken
in the year 1461, by the French, and has remained
annexed to that country ever since. It is 22 miles
N. E. of Bayonne, and 26 S. W. of Monte de Mar-
an.

Tuesday a feat of pedestrianism was decided be.
tween a person of the name of J. Leaderhead, who
is a fine athletic man, and a veteran of great cele-
brity, of the name of Benjamin Davis. The comba-
tants were to run a distance of 12 miles against time,
the odds at starting were two to one against Davis:
each of their shoes were to weigh three pounds and
a quarter. Davis performed the first two miles in 14
minutes, and did seven miles within the hour: he
finished the distance -stipulated in one hour, 5f
minutes, and eight seconds. His antagonist com-
pleted the distance in two hours and 12 minutes, and
in consequence lost a wager of 201. by 19 minutes.---..
A great crowd was assembled on the occasion, aed
the friends of the veteran were highly delighted with
his success over his youthful competitor.
The phenomenon of a fossil human skeleton may
shortly be seen in London. Sir Alexander Cochrane
lately sent this curiosity from Guadeloupe, and it
has been deposited in the British Museum. It was
found, with some others a few years since, In a bed
of hard limestone, or marble, in that island, and
part of one skeleton was sent to France, and is tiow
in the possession of M. Cuvier, the naturalist. The
specimen sent to London is perfect from the neck to
the ancles, and is supposed to have been a female.
Dexterous .workmen have been employed in detach-
ing the stone from thejorm of the skeleton, and a
drawing has 1;eon made to accompany a memoir,
which is to be laid before the Royal Society. A glass
case is making for it, aftd when complete, the fossil
will be exhibited to the Public.
COMPLIMENTS Or VII SEASON.—The most agreea-
ble compliments of the New Year will not be paid
iwntil the 18th, when they will come in the form
-0f a Letter, sating—" Year Ticket in the State
Lottery is drawn a Prize of Twenty Thousand
leda!".—This will be somedu 'mg late a caagratad
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