The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-02-18 00:00:00

SHLPPINU INTELLIt Eng.

DEAL, Fite. 17.—Came down from the riier llit right
and sailed, the Amity, M'lntosh. for Jamaica ; Roger:thorn,
for Pernambuco also to-day, the Mary, M'Clean, for
aswica.—Wind S. E.
Pz.vilol;TH. FEB. 10.—Arrived the Amity. Heath, :from
Penzance to London ; was run on board of last night at ten
o'clock, four miles S. F.. of Berry Heed. by a schodner,
calling herself the Dart. of Plymouth, and carried away he'r
bowsprit, bulwarks, and split her sails.—Wod and E. ,
FALBOtiI, FEB. 10.—Arrived the Cuantess of Chichester
packet from the islands, sailed from St.Thomas's Igth
on the 30th ; iu lat. 33.10. long. Se. S. passed close miler the
stern of an Amer:can built brigantine, full of water, with her
foremast on deckYbuvrtprlt, and maintopmast gone. deck
burst open, and part • of the cargo (timber and salt
washing out; her name was under water.—W lad N.N.E..
tbe Albion, Hodgson, from Liverpool to Rio Janeiro,
has put into. Cork with loss of masts, bowsprit, itc. off Cave
Finisterre the 30th uit.

The Liverpool packet, Smart; from Liverpool to Aber-
deen, was driven on shore in the bay of Luce, 14th lust. bat
it was expected she Would be got off.
The Budget, hleary, from London, lifts been taken lad
carried into Porto Rico, and condemned.

NEW LITERA ItY INSTITUTION.
fa pdisuance of public adyertisethenta num;rous meet-
ing was testerday held at the York Hotel, Bridge-or. et,
Ulm Krises of Gentlemen desirous of coaverating in th •
formation Of a New Literary Institution, on a Ilan similar
to that-of the Surrey lusti•ution,• row about• to he d;s-
solved.
The atheisisement a•lnounced that the Lord Mayor
would prride, but sonwOrgent bnsincss having intervened
to deprive the meting of this honour, T. Saunders, Esq.,
was ummituously called to the Chair.
The CHAIRMAN, while he shared in the regret nbl.h
the meeting could feel at the absence of the Lord Mayor,.
begged to maitre them that the Deputation which had
beta appointed to wait on his Lor lahip tad received frost
him the strongest assurances of his countenance and sop-
port to the design for which ihey were met.
• • Mr. HANSARD confirmed whet had fallen front the .
Chairman respecting the Lord Mayor, and added, that Nis
Lordship, in order to prevent any future miseoncistion of
his conduct, bad requested the Deputation to apprise tits
meeting that be shoold not consider it iaconsistent with
the support he intended to give to the present Institution,
to support another of a similar kind, which-it was now
in rontemp'ation to es'ablish in the vicinity of the Royal
Reclvante. Mr. IL then proceeded at soar lenrh to la.:
before ihe Meeting the plan and details of the
now projected, aid dwelt particularly on the great pro-
mise of success which it solid derive front being riga.,
blished as proposed in or near Bridgrstreet, in the close
vicinity of, the Inns of Court'
s Doctms' Commons. far. Ile
concluded by moving a holing Itesolu ion, declaring
it ispedient that such ad Institution shoold now be
frothed. • •
The Resolution was carried unanimously. •
The oth r resolutions (for which see 'advertisement)-
writ also.passed with the like unanimity.
Mr. °imam (the Member of the Common Coned)),

in moving ;he Resolutions for ra'ling the new institotios.
the Metropolitan Literary Institution, passed as animited •
encomium on the advantages of suckestabliducents, and
concluded by desiring that hill name should ho pot down
for four shares. A ntusber of gentlemen also give is
their names for shares.
The Tha-iks of the Meeting were then voted to the.
Lord Mayer, the 4;lioiramon., end ilooorbry Soorsiory.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCe.

BETTING AT TATCERSALL'S.-Aps. 17.

Dsaae.—lsto9 agst toe agst Faaatic-0 to :
1 airs( Web eolt-14 to 1 agst c. out ofPantina-13 to I eggs
T.lismaa-100 to 01 mat Cuarcaal c.-100 to 6 agst Pacha-
-100 to 4 agst Ypsilanti.
RISDLII*ORTIt.--5 to 2 agst Emilius-3 to 1 agst c. oat,
of Web-4 to I agst Talisman.
Cinacs.-3 to I agst Moses-7 to Q agst Posthama-4 OD
1 .it Swap-8 to 1 agst Morisco.
DONCASTRIt ST. 1.101111.-9 to 1 agst Sherwood-13 to
I agst Miss Fanny by Walton—lS to I sgst Palais Rope:l-
- 1 agst br to Violet-30 to I sgst Colambus-44 to 1
agat Mercandotti.

EETRAORDTSART 811ols.-012 Friday week, two swans
were shot in the river Elea, at Holum-gate, near gerlisle,
by Mr. P. Clark, steward to Thomas Par .er, Esq. Having
concealed himself behind an embankment, about 39-yards
distant, he toot deliberate aim at the heads and necks of the
swans, and killed the 9 largest at one shot ; the smaller one
weighed 19, and the other 1131bs. and measured from the ta-
mest extremity of the wings, 7 feet flinches; and from the
mid of the tail to the point of the bill, S feet.
The gamekeeper of J. T. Carron, Esq. of Pentillia
Cestk, Shot a speckled Diver, on the Tamar, a bird never
before seen in the west of England; at the same time
Mr W. Cory-ton shot a Tibet Beebe.; both of which birds
show the severity of the season.
SUDDEN MAUL—YES entity Morning as Mr. Badder,
of the firm of Messrs. Birch an Co., Coinhill,was eons*
from his residence,Hostos,to Cornhill,he felt himself sud-
denly ill, went in%) M. tilimistone's, Bookseller, opposite
Le,ckington's Library, Fiherary Square, and requested a
Chair, and that Dr. Hamilton might be sent fir. Mr.
ilJadstone immediately tient for that purp ,se, but before
his return, (seareely-five minutes,) Mr. IL had expiry!.
WEATNER Is TINA NOE= -SCONLAND.—SIite of
the Thermo peter at Coal, from 5 o'clock afternoon on .
thelith, to 8 A. N. on the 6th o'clock, 17 deg.;
7; 8 deg.; 8, •41 deg.; 10.0 deg. • 11, 3 deg.; 2, 3 der.;
3, 3 deg.; at day-light, 3 deg. The first winter birds
that usually appear are fisid-fares. Some of them were
seen in September and October; bet afterwards nose
I have been observed. Hence it is • probable that these
birds have gone far.ther to the southward than usual,
their instinct informing them of the approach of severe •
weather. Very few birde.of prey are igen, and conse-
quently the partridges are in great numbers. Acthere
is little snow to the westward, and in some •districts
none, the grouse will probably wander towards that
quarter. The swans which appear in this country ate
earlier this season than usual; they commonly are ob-
served about the end of this month and the beginning. cf,
March, on wing for Norway and 'lceland, where they
breed in great numbers. •Until they begin to illiappear
we may scarc4y expect mild weather. Such proguosti.
rations, however, are uncertain. We may expect to
hear.soOn of great losses in the turnip Betels, at least'
where ill thing but yello.v and Swedish turhiipi bays
beta sown; all other sorts should.be given tie. " The loss
will be the more severely felt, as is probable, the
conies ripiilly.—(lnverness Juni-nal.) •
Last week, a large shlil of. lien of the What kind ap-:

peered in St. Ives bay, and approazhed very urn:4 to tin.
!stmt.—Some boats put Oat and anackel tee a • with Ore
arias. anti -itthrt: Weapon., and two were Trilled and:
broughtUn shore. The lorgest after having !It .
Wed for a dee or two, was cut up. and produced a•gros.
rbautity'of 01. Perhapt, with pt •per inanabremeaartlise-:
whale might have.been driven into 5h0.,1 Aare* an,,
tared,- which would have mute a goaii ,slrizt'.lpa the. '
fishermen.. ha it was, the e tint stforde I.3.B•ltsj.sctilk
.to the people o 3 4tne, iA I Ijae a ,ipresi;a4 .thitot 1P••
irentl,44l to *Anil then. Titers an edo.loof •ev4l7! ,
apd of danger too; Ina oh It hoist to mkt 4 nicer:44l4ly
interesting. • • •