The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-12-07 00:00:00

Dec. 6.—Yesterday the Ross, Harriet's),
for Jamaica; and the Mayflower, Ellison, from
Dantzic to Portsmouth, lost each an author, and
cable.—To.day, came down from the River the Re.
ward, Ayton, for Jamaica; Lang, Clarke; for Madras
and Bengal ; and his Majesty's sloop Sophia, for She
westward:—;The Blenheim, and several more vessels
have wire up again for Margate Roads, being tillable
. to reach the Downs.—Aarihed his Majesty's ship
Vengeur; ■nd sailed with the Alert sloop of
war, for Leith ; also stGled, the Mayflower, El.
Hien, for Portsmouth, and several colliers to she
westward.—attnain the rest of the outward-bound.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 6.—Yesterday arrived his
Majesty's ship Semen, from Bermuda ; put under
; quarantine.—To.day arrived his Majesty's schooner
Lytipny, from the Downs ; Devon, Mason, from,
, ,liturre to Liverpool, having shifted her ballast of
Portland ; also the Aurora, Fame, John, Defence.

Borodino, Albory, Brilliant Alfred, Wyton, and
Lady Hamilton (transports), from Cork, to take
troops to the' Mauritius and the West Indies.
PADs.row, Dgc. 4.—Arrived the Aurora, Gil.
christ, from Liverpool to the Azores, with damage.
Livreroog, Dac. 4.—Arrival :the Marquis of
Anglesey, Moorsom.. from Calcutta ; sailed 25th
May, and from St, ileleua lst October.
Dec.s.—The Westmorland, Curcio, from hence
for Bombay, has put back, her main-mast bring-NO.I
—The Commerce, Jenkins, from Yoaghall to this
...port, was run, down 2d inst. six leagues talhe,
Z. N. E of Tuscan. The Captaiu drowned, and the
„gest of the Crew saved. • ;
11Aftwicn, DEc. 6.—A1l the up-hound ships have
zis:ted this morning.—The brig Tit ree Sisters, Richard.
„zoo, bound to YVuodOritl4e-haven, got aground on
,the bar at tbeientrance of the haven, beat over, nud
'then got ashore on the main within the harbour. She
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• was got off on Friday evening, and is repairing her
damage.
FALMOUTH, DEC. 4.—Arrived the Voyager, Jacks,
from Demerara, in 41 days.

An extraordinary rise took place in the Funds on
• Friday end Sattirday last, which occasioned much
speculation on the Stock Eschange. It was known
that for tome days the great Contractors for the 3
per Cent. Loan had hid frequent conferences to de-
termine on the mbst likely means to give such a spur
to the market as should enable them to dispose of
their Omnium to the l'ohlic. Their former project
had tiot'succeedrd to their espectationsi, though they
had bought up immense quantities of floating stock,
and it was now become necessary to do something

effectual to counteract the general opinion that pre-
Tailed against the last Loan.
The Redwing, of l 8 guns, Captain !luny, it is
said, will sail from Portsmouth in a few de)s for the
Cane, and take oat Mr. AItUUTIINOT to Si. 'Heletiii,
and Mr. Ecus to the Cape. The object or the ruis.
Lion of the former is not known; the letter has been
• appointed Secretary of the Colony of the Cape of
good Hope, vice Mr. ALEXANDER. deceased.
The late verdict of the Coroner's Jury in the case
of Mariano Marquez de Castro, has, we believe,
given great pain to most of those who feel an interest
its the character of the country. The law on the sub-
ject is rasa Ipereit a nature, that Juries its gene/141g
hold of the slightest circumstance to prevent its being
carried into operation, and the instances are very
. rare indeed ,in which a spectacle so shocking to
humanity is exhibited to the Public. We regret that
the case of this unfortunate Spaniard should have
formed one of the few exceptions to the mitigated
execution of the law. We regret that his noble com-
panions in adversity,inaddition to their other sufferings
in their miserable exile, should have had their feelings
harrowed up by the indignities to which the body of
the Marquez has been subjected. They had enough
already to cast a gloom over their minds, in the state
of hopeless wept with which they have so long been
straggling—there needed nothing to heighten it. But
the greet evil of this law is, that while it is inoperative
to prevent self-destruction, it.is calculated to ruin the
innocent, and to give the most excruciating pain to
survivit.g relations and friends. The man who can
• rash on his destruction must be insensible to all the
anathemas of human law ; and there is not even the
slight excuse for the cruelty visited upon others, that
it is calculated to prevent the commission of the fatal
act.

The following Requisition for a Common Council
to sit out Thursday nest has been numerously signed.
The object is so important, that we trust the moral
**ample of the Metropolitan City will be followed
ihr every district in the kingdom :—" To consider
the propriety of petitioning Parliament to revise the
Critnirtal Code, in which numerous petty offences are
xieited with tke same punishment es the most oleo-
, citrus murders. And as minor offenders are seldom
executed according to law, crimes have been thereby
increased rather than diminished; and praying that
a more rigorous system of prison discipline may be
adopted, whereby capital punishment may be miti-
gated and criminals reformed."
On Tuesday last, some experiments were tried at
Victualling-office Wharf, Portsmouth, with a
life-boat, invented by Lieut. ALUM F. GARDINER,
R. N. before Capt.- lIoLLes, and several other Naval
Officer!. It, is expected this boat will prove to have
considerable advantages over thole at present in use ;
the plan being applicable to every description of
boar. She supports the weight of 18 men, when filled
with water ; and when completely overset, though
with mast and sail standing, rights again without
any aid.
THE NEW ORDER OF THE RECLUSE.—Since
great appointment in the law department, the Banco
Regis, or King's Bench, formerly known as Lord
ELLEssonouan's college, has been designated—
" The _Abbott's Priory in Saint George's-fields;"
and all the pilgrims who have since congregated in
that pious monastery are, on their arrival, dubbed
Legal Monks :" they take precedency according
to rank, and, like some great men, are invested with
honours at the shrine. of repentance. They have
chosen their motto from the Rev. LAwiteace STERNE'S
a arling—" I can't get out ;" the words surround a
small emblem of hope; they wear their star on the
left brPtvls near the heart ; and the Nulls are occa-
sionally admitted to assist the new•teade Friars in
their holy devotions.

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