The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-12-02 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

MAL. December I.—Wind iF.S.N.—Arrived and re-
main the Carron, Straehan,frons Prince Edward's Island; Kil•
lingbeck. Smith. from Tobago ; Rawlins, Qtieleh, fi•om Leg.
horn ; Retie, Hese, from Quebec ; Nrllyy, Dale. from Quebec;
British Tar, Clark, from Quebec ; Plushy, Majoribenks. from
Quebec; Marquess of Dimly, Thomson,from St. John's, New
Brunswick; also and sailed for the River, the Ocean, —,
from Miramichi ; and Nautilus, —, from the Westward.—
Came down from the River and remain, the Brothers. Motley,
from New South Wales.—Arrived and sailed again for Ham.
brn', the Arethusa. Clark, from Rio Janeiro in 7b days.
PORTSMOUTH, December 1.--Wind S.W.—Arrived the
Lyra, Guest, from Zante; Wilhelm, Vandllyckt, from Ba-
tavia.

Pt:swarm, November 30.—Wind W.—Arrived the Speeu•
lation, Richards, from Prince Edward's Island in 3S days ;
Elizabeth, Moon, from Quebec in 33 days; and Providence,
Noye, from Denis. —rh e Curassier, French brig, was liberated
this morning from quarantine, and Gen. Mina and suit lame.
diately landed.

Cowes. December I.—Arrived the Samuel, King, from the
Bay of Honduras, out 80 days, short of provisions.leaky, &c.
The Frederick. Askew, from Liverpool to Lisbon, went on
shore at Holy head on Saturday night, and is not expected to
be got off.

The Lndy Kennsway. from London to 'Bengal, was spoken
with all well 10th Oct. in lat. 7. N. long. 27. W.

ARRIVALS.
Ore Doven.—The Ann, Blaney, from New Brunswick.
IN THE DowNs.--Marchioness of Huntley, from Ditto.
AT LIVERPOOL—BacheIor, Douglas, Regent, Bovton, Jes-
sie, Milroy, Neptune. and Stokes, from Ditto.
AT LIVF.RPOOL—AIrora, Atherden, Superior, and Robin•
son, from Quebec.
AT SouTuAarron.—Castlereagh, from Ditto.
Orr Drrro.—Montmorency, from Ditto.
IN rue DOWNS.—llebe, llare, British Tar, Clark, Phoebe,
Majorihanks, Nelly, and Dale, from Quebec.
At PLVlTOUTll.—Elizabeth, Moon, from Ditto.
AT LIVERPOOL—Braganze, Allen, Trident, and Menzies,
from New York.
Ar Pooxs.—Hope, Resent, from Newfoundland.
AT DARTIROVTII.--Nymph, 'rope, from Ditto.
Ix TAB DOWN3.—Carron, Strachan, from Prince Edward's
Island.
The Frederick Askew, from Liverpool to Lisbon. ran on
shore at Holyhead on Saturday night, and was not expected to
be got off.
The Zemew from Antwerp to Abrosth, ran on the Bondiear
rocks 2d ult, and tuuk. Part of the cargo and materials saved.

The East India Company's ship Bridgewater, arrived at
Bombay on the Bth of July, after a fine passage of about
39 days from St. Helena. The Company's ships Here-
fordshire and Inglis were to sail from Bombay to China on
the 9tb of July. The Company's outward bound ship
Vansittart was all well in lat. 1. 30. N., long. 20. 30. W.,
on the 9th of June.

BI letters from Bombay, hearing date the 7th July, we
are informed, that on the 27th of May, a dreadful gale
had been experienced at Calcutta, by which very consi•
derably damage bad been done to the shipping, which was,
however, chiefly confined to the country sh ps.The Swallow,
Capt. Ross, from London, was, however, totally lust in the
river Hoogbly, and several of the crew are stated to have
perished.
Arrived at 'Milford, the ship Melpomene, Mowhray, from
Bombay fur London ; all well ; left Bombay 12th July, and St.
Helena the 26th September, 1823. Lieut. James Macpherson,
of the 67th Regiment, died on board, on the passage. The
Melpomene left at Bombay the Compsny's ships t•caleby Cas-
tle, Bridgewater, Inglis, and Waterloo; and private traders
Mit, Royal George, and Euphrates; sod left at tit. Helena
the Civilian, of Rotterdam. from Batavia. The Melpomene
spoke, 10th Oet. the Lady Kinnalrd, lat. 7. 6. N. long. 27. W.;
51601 Oct. the Navigator, lat. 22. N. long. 36. 13. W. ; 14th
Nov. the Eagle. of Poole, lat. 42. 61. N. long. 28. 38. W. ;-
26th Nov. the Elizabeth and Ann, lat. 49.31. N. long. 16.4.
IW. all well.

SHIPPING INTEREST OP DUBLIN.-00 Tueadty there was
meeting of the Council of the Chamber of Commerce, to take
into consideration the necessity of supporting the Captains of
vessels trading to this city, against a demand, heretofore made
upon them, fbr various fees alleged to be due to the Corpora-
tion of the City of Dublin, under the beads of "Anchorage,
Slippage, Chapter and &e. Se., and which is now on
the part of several Captains brought before the Court of King's
Bench. The Council gave directions to their Secretary, to
write to the Lord Mayor to know—l st, Whether he would, on
the part of the Corporation, give orders to his Collecting OM.
cers to cease altogether front the taking of those fees, as they
(the Chamber) had taken the opinion of eminent Counsel (Sir.
Slackburne) upon the case, who has declared that the Corpora-
tion have no right whatever to those fees; and 2d, that if the
Corporation declined to forbid their Officers from taking those
fees, and 34, that if the Corporation declined to forbid their
Officers from taking those fees, that then the Chamber of Com-
merce would defend the action against the Corporation . The
Chamber of Commerce of Dublin, have in this instance again
proved themselves the watchful guardians of the trading Holds
of thee fellow Citizens, and we hope they will ultimately tri-
umph. It is a well known fact, that one of the largest ship
owners in Ireland gives it as positive directionsto his Captains
to take a freight for any port in the world but Dublin, and this
prohibition is entirely owing to the heavy port charges.--
(Dublin Paper.)

On Saturday last the Rev. Mr. Shirreff, late minister of
the parish of St. Ninian's, now pastor of the Baptist
Church, Albion Street, Glasgow, preached under a wide
spreading oak on the Clyde, to an audience consisting of
several hundred, and afterwards baptised six adults in the
r i r.— (Ediab Is res Star.)
7 he officiating Minister of a town not more than six
miles from this place, being informed that on Sunday
morning week, a party werecoming from Sheffield with the
iutention of getting married at his Church, and that the
woman was already married, and her husband living,
accosted the parties, on their appearing before him, in the
folloning manner:—" Well, Mr.. am what are you
come for? " To be married, Sir!" was her reply. " To
be married ! why you are married already ! what is it that
yob mean ? is not one husband enough fur you ?" No, Sir,"
" What then, do yon want two?" " Yes, Sir." " How
is that ?" "My husband is transported, Sir." " Ye:,
bat he is only just gone, and you must not have husbands
at this rate. Do yon snppase you may?" "Yes, Sir." " But I
assure you that you may nut: the law of the land will not
allow any such thing; are you not aware of the crime you
are about to commit?" The Rev. Gentleman then gave
the lady, who wanted two husbands at one time, and her
intended second husband, a severe reprimand for their con.
duet, and for their attempt to deceive him, by the publica.
tinn of hens of Marriage in Ics church. The above is intend.
ded as a caution to prevent the parties from obtaining their
purposcs-in any other parish.—(Sheffield Mercury.)
SINGULAR M•RRIAGRa.-A circumstance of some
novelty in the annals of matrimony occurred a short time
ago at Rugely, in this county: it was the union of two
couple, whose previous relative connexion was such as to
produce consequences, in the sequel, of a most extraordi-
nary and ludicrous description. An old man, of the name
of Martin, of Longdon, aged 7fi, appeared at the altar with
a girl of 17 as his intended bride; while her sister, 2 years
older, was lcd thither by the grandson of Marti-, aged 19.
The curious results of these alliances are as follow: —The
old ruin recognizes a brother in his grandson, and a sister
in his wife; his spouse must submit (how much soever
against her inclination) to the venerable epithet of grand•
mother from her eldest sister! and the young man may
address the damsel of 17 as his grandmother or sister at
pleasure • while his wife may claim, as her just right, by
reason ofmaturer age, the submission of her sister, or to be
called upon to exercise all the respectful docility of a
—(Sts Herald) frond daughter towards her.