The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-01-09 00:00:00

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The Stephanie, Lepassluer, from Botterdani to St.
Makes, was driven on the Paternoster rocks, near
Jersey, the lttlt nit. and sunk. Crew saved.
The Lizard, Herriott, from Bristol to Rotten, put
..into St. Ives on Friday, with damage, and must dis-
*harge,
ANTWIItP, 41•11..5.-.--.All the vessels stated in my
lot (see list of Tuesday last) as having been forced
*k to Flushing by the ice, have got safe into the
docks there, excepting the Actif, Spilliard, bound to
Barcelona, which vessel, according to the last accounts,
had not yet got into safety, off Hats. The frost con-
tinues, and the river is full of ice.
limns LTA It. Itac. 17.—Capt. Tear, of the General
Jackson, arrived yesterday, reports to have passed the
day before in the Straits, at about font miles W. of Ta-
riffa, several maga, iron hooped, which had the appear-
ance of those of dry goods, and of not having been
long in the water.
0111111Af.T.M. Dec. 19.—A le:ter from Almeira, dated
the lids inst. states that, two days before, a schooner,,
apparently an insurgent, although without colours,
appeared on that coast, and bad captnred two bow'
bards, which sailed from thence ; one was a 31alaga
vessel with oil and other pods, bound to Marseilles,
the captain and crew of which escaped its their boat,
and landed at Almeira. The crews of seven other
Spanish coasting vessels, also raptured by her, had
just arrived there ; two being loaded with cotton, one
with brandy, and two with Sardinias, which latter two
she sunk, with their I•argors.as well as one of the cot-
ton and brandy vessel., after taking out their cargoes.
The schooner mounts one 13-pounder and two carron-
odes, and 40 men. On the 7th she was seen chasing!
a Catalon pole-re from Malaga.
Ilessorr, Dtc. 31, t 4 P. 31.—1 t is repotted here
that the American ship Marmion, that was on shore
on Goree Wand. but got ow again, has since bi eu de-
serted by the crew, and gone to pieces. Captain and
crew saved.
JAN. 3.—The Marntion is not gone to pieces as
was reported, but has drifted up as high as Guyer
Point, open with this place, and is now un shore, and
espected to go to pieces, owing to the very great quan-
tity of ice in the river. —ll"inti E. hr N.
5.--The 31arv, Donaldson, from Sun-
derland, bound t • Lisbon, with coal, has put in herr
through contrary winds.
MARAVee, JAN. 7.—The following anchors and
cables have been recovered and landed here iu the
course of yesterday and thi. day. An anchor, weigh-
ing 6 cwt. 71h'. with about 30 or 40 fathoms 9-inch
cable, spar buoy, and buoy rope, left iu our [toads in
the late gale, just above the town, by a mall brig
with I aimed ports. An anchor, ghost 14cwt. left bv
the ship Hirkky, Barnes, late from Honduras. An
anchor, about 17 cwt. with about MO fathoms chain
cable, both left in Pan Sand Hole in the late gale.
The latter has a slip buoy belonging to it, with the
*tine ' Janus,' thereon.

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ATIPMPT AT Ass ASPINATION.—The crime of assas-
sination was formerly so extremely rare in this coon.
try, that the very idea of it used so cause au invokes-
ility shudder ; Itntwaringrabf Itott demoralizing effects
of long war—steeling the heart against the emotions
Of nature by the fro !lent recurrence of the sight, or
the often hearing of scenes of blood—that in oc-i year
of the period succeeding the wars undertake for the
protection of " social order," we have fully ten bloody
enormities for one committed before.—As Mr. Ander-
son, surgeon, of this city, a gentleman of most con-
ciliatory manners and amiable disposition, was pro-
ceeding through C'aldetvgate, between one and two
o'clock on the mnrning of Sunday last, to attend a
patient a few miles distant, he was shot at from near
the Royal Oak public-house : being severely wounded
in the face, he was brought offlsis horse, but contrived
to return into the city, where his wounds were dressed,
and Mr. A. is doing well—it ought to be remarked,
that three suspicions-looking characters were observed
. FI It Ifs. —On Tuesday se'ntaight, one of the rooms
Ittrkineabont, nearly opposite Mr. Anderson's house,
lin the beim of Mr. Argal, a respectable farmer of ;in un,(l,„tr„t, between twelve and one o'clock of the
. Cornelly Church-town, near Tregouv, was discovered
I, same miming. and were observed, when the answer
to be on tire, and though every exertion was used by
I was given to the messenger from the country, that
1 the people of the neighbourhood to extinguish the Mr. A. wonld go immtsediately—to button up their.cuats
1 flames, the dwelling-house and the out-houses were and set off hi the direrti of t'aldewgate. It is
' entirely consumed. We are happy to learn that the scarcely possible to conceive what could have been the
greater part of the furniture, corn, hav, farming him- object of these desperadoes ; it could scarcely be re-
plements, tkc. was saved. How the fire originated has venge, since, as we have before said, Mr. A.'s disposi-
not been ascertained, as there had been no tire lighted tion being remarkably mild and inoffensive, he was
in the room in which it was discovered, for several I not a man likely to provoke aggression ; and were
days before. The premises are the property of J. P. they intent on booty, that might have been obtained
Peters, Esq. to whom they had been transferred by , without proceediog to extremities, and yet, when
purchase, only the day preceding. ' unhorsed, he was permitted quietly to tlepart.—(Cer-
On Sunday night two small houses ion the parish of l leek Jorritel).
Et. Just, near Penzance, were discovered to be on tire,
I On
Thursday evening, betwen the hours of nine
aid two elderly women named Reynolds, who resided
and ten o'clock, whilst the servant of Mr. Topping,
habitants of a neighbouring village, who werealarmed
'ip one of them, were found burnt to death, by the in-
lof Carleton, was proceeding along the horse market,
, he was attacked by a ruffian who presented a pistol,
W the cry of tire, and hastened to render assistanct.
The circumstance which attended this mebncliolv ea- which fortunately missed lire, The tiMan retreated,
'lttetrophe have excited much interest iu the neighbour- 4.' ..
but was pureed by the other, who knocked him down '
lased. The unfortunate w iiii en above-mentioned, were . wlth a IT" which hrhad in his hand. So soon as
the widow and sister of a person named
he could amine, he took to his heels, pursued by the
Joseph Rev-
person et:irked, and by some others who, hearing
wilds, who died a short tinge since, leaving these two
houses and some ether property to his mile and sister.
the cry of murder, hail repaired to the spot. In re-
treating, he made up the Old Drapes Lane, where he
The latter cattle few* St. Austen so St. Just, in con-
was overtaken and secured ; the sine evening he
*queer, of this bequest. The propene was to have
was examine.! before Dr. Blainke, along with a boy
hese divided on new year's day: and a person named
supposed to be his son. Though both were searched,
Warren, who was intlebte.l to the deceased, anA who
resided in one of the bosses that haye been burnt, was no offensive weapon was found in their poosessioo;
but a loaded pistol was picked up near the srot where
shoe to have paid the money that be owed. The night
I Were the intended settlement, time houses were ditto-
the attack was made. They were committed to safe
custody in prison, and will be brought up for further
awed to be on tire by Warren, who ran to a neighbour-
Nig village to give the alarm. He stated that he had
alarmed the ivonmen and bad heard them speak, before rumination at the Police Office, this day. The pri-
soners names are Cunningham ; who hare been strol- '
lin about, vending blackin, within these few days,
Ifiles set out; but when the neighbours came to the spot,
of the unfortunate victims was discovered near the
hass•andg had lo dg
r, suffocated, and partly burnt ; the other was (16i4-ngs in aho guse in Lowherittreet.--
Clierlcs 111. eler, a horn-flower, was yesterday
Anent to a cinder;--shortly after the arrival of aegis-
.brought before the Sitting Magistrate at Hatton Oar-
olbece, the roof fell in. The whole of the limiter, he-
den Police Office. charged with blowing his hprn and
misegieg to Warren was secured; and the rest of the '
*citing of Newspaper.. near St. Paacras Church, on
sy in the houses was entirely destroyed.
mac. asoaeuGH.JlN.6._The quacter.arck
.4n mail , Sunday last. during the time of Divine Service. Time
• charge being proved, lie was aotsvotted in the ski-
emieek apparently English, has been hire* ea shore
**Wily Semis, and several pieces of wreck. anypesed gates! realty of ten shillings, which not Whig able
to be part of a foreign vessel, have been driven on t." pay, he i;-as sentenced to three"shry'slittsprison-
meat,
shore lately, near this place.