The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-06-11 00:00:00

PILCII42D FISHRRY.

On Tuesday last, a very numerous and respnetttisle meet-
ing of the persons in Cornwall, engaged intim Pilehard
fishery, was held in Truro, when a series of resolutions
were proposed by Joseph Bonfield, Esq. and a discussion
of some considerable length ensued. is the course of
which It was stated as the unanimous opinion of the
Meeting, that the imposition of a duty of two shillings a
bushel on the salt need in coring pilchards, would
wholly destroy that fishery, as a branch of foreign cos.
fierce; for that even now, when there is only a duty of
three pence a bushel charged on the foreign salt used furl
curing fish, it is only by making great sacrifices and
acting on the most economical principles, that the pil-
chards cured in this country can maintain a successfull
competition, in the Italian markets, with the fish taken
oa this coasts of France and fipple. It was also stated
that subjeetiog the salt used for the fishery to the pay-
ment of the duty on its importation, even should a draw-
back be allowed on the exportation of Weak who'd
be attended with the worst conseqsalses. It
is well known ibst the pilchard fishery is very un-
certain : for though the fish have appeared of
coasts in vast bodies, the state of the w
canes, foe several successive season'
them from approaching soffieiently
allow the sewers an opportunity ,
Consequently the salt warehouse
sometimes remains on hand for
years ; and the salt importers •
themselves for the couspout_
sent of the duty on the importation
sanding an increased price -e
,perch of the fish. The
shillings a bushel on the •
kept for the curing of pit_
considerable sum, and would
lith curers of small capital out
sequence would be, a monopol
opulent persons, who would, of
pleased, when the salt should
hack on fish exported should t'
cerd the net amount of the %
order to place the fishery
in which it now is.

Extract of a private
May 21 :—" We bare to commum
the Prince of Canoes from tb► '''

eequent removal from the ...
for Leghorn a few days ago, al._
Pisa is the place he has cliosessiotlis future residence
his generally making choice of suss iossenres is said
to have given of this we know not. but certainly
sonic important changes are meditated is Ihs4diainis•
tration, as many persons have been diesksl6lllll, Ms
Majesty's Councils; among others, one Shoot 611011 Is
well known, the Cardinal Re*, who has also left the
kingdom, and has retired to Rome. Nothing els. of
importance has occurred ; but the public attention is
antiously directed to the changes which are rumoured
as about to take place in the Ministry, of which, Wm-
ever, no particulars bare, as yet, transpired."
Yesterday the venerable Earl of St. Vincent cams W
tows and took his seat for the first time this Perlis.
meot, fur the purpose of giving his prosy In support
of the Catholic Bill. When it is considered that hie
Lordship, now in his 83th year. and feeble in bodily
strength, iatertook the journey for the sole itetrpose
of giving in *id his last effort for the Catholic prim
it strongly marks the interest be tatippee it. Nay
so much does be feel. Shot,:koroet" left his house,
he deciasoil.thette would go. although, like
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tempt.—(3lorning Chronicle.)
IVe understand that Richard Ciente has raised as
action against Mr. Es-Sheriff Parkins. calling on
bins to account for property seized by ►is Colleague,
the late Mr. Alderman Rotbwell, under the sentence
of the Court of King's Bench, Mr. Parkins was no
party to the proceedings, respecting which he was not
even consulted ; but he is not the less liable on that
occasion.—(Bid.) _ .... .

We have authority to state. that his Royal High-
ness the Duke of Sussex will visit the county of Dor-
barn this summer of his way to Edinburgh. We
understand thee his Royal Highness is expected it
f.ambton•ball on the 23d of August. We are happy
that the inhabitants of the north of Engler will
thus have an opportunity of expressing, by thvir re-
ception of his Royal Highness, their sense of his
manly independence and able exertions in the calm

of coustitational liberty. Of all the members of the
Royal Family, the Duke of Sussex has ever appeared
the most deeply impressed with the importance of that
principle which inseparably connects the prosperity of
the House of Brunswick with the g 1 freedom of
the people of this empire. In conformi►y with this
feeling, he has always disregarded courtly favour,
whenever it interfered with the free exercise taf Lis
public duties ; and now despises, we doubt not, as
much as the country at large, those petty personal
insults which woeld punish his independent vindica-
tion of the laws of justice in the instance of the late
Queen, by exclusion even from am Opera•house fete.
If we know his character aright, we may safely pre-
dict that be will be amply consoled by the honest and
virtuous warmth of feeling which his presence will
elicit from the fete and enlightened population of the
north.—(Otrrhans Chroxick.)

THEATRICAL BENEFIT/ 1011 TUC DISTRESSED PEO
PLC or IRELAND.—The profits of the Edinburgh
Theatre, on Thursday evening last, were allotted; it
appears, for the relief of the Irish peasantry ; ""but,"
says the Ediabargh Star, " as we presume, from sadici-
est publicity not Laving been given to that intention,
as well as to the iepport it was to receive from the appear-
anee of Mrs. H. Johnston, (who is engaged for three
nights,) the reeeipts fell lamentably short of what
I might otherwise have been expected." The same
fate has attendesiihe like attempts at both the Patent
Theatres of bood'oe. At Drury-lave, notwithstanding
the exertioua and the sacrifices of KEAN, no overflow was
experienced; and at Covent Harden, last Saturday night,
when the prefis of the Theatre were devoted to the
same porpese, the receipts, we understand, were very un-
Units, pay even the expenses of the House. When
the curtain drew op we are informed. there were not
more than two hundred persons io the pit, nor a greater
number in bulk of the galleries, with only )Inc
persons visible In all the boxes. To what can all
them failures be mriag ? To charity becoming cold ?
—To the idea that the distresses of the Irish pea-
gantry, are occasioned by the conduct of the IS land.
lords, and that the English public are waiting so the
Irish tientry strive to make up for their former e ions
aid defects? We should regret to find that sack t of
considerations should check the relief which we n-
winced is imperatively required ; and we hope se
we have noticed is the Theatrical Besides hay 'see
from some other cause. " A public amasetnen ob-
serves the Rdialiurgh Star, " certainly does not ,
the 'noel cossistent manner of symprithisieg with dis
trees; but a dramatic reyresentatims ie. notwithstanding.
less liable to this objection than gaiety end dancing, be
,a. 841 it can be adapted to the solemnity of the occasion.'

consider the
_ between the
vestal crisis and the period for digging the potato'
ern* r—
" I cannotexplain to you the dreadful state of this side
of the Countk—,men, women and children dying solast
everyday that.l ire dead bodies carried on horses' backs
each day Co Me eresie, wlikitt4DChristian to accompany
them t and with-owe of OWN bodies I only saw three
women and one data their distress is gone beyond de-
scription; every day brings a new scene with it; and if
some remedy is not adopted in time, this part of the
Country will be destroyed; a plague will follow, and is
already commenced here, for all the people are for the
most part, swelled in the limbs, and unable to walk to
the next house.—((Connaught Journal.)
.11 T. Jung 6.—There are thirty-live Patients-in the
DAR, Jett 3.—Amongst the many painful
which are every day witnessed in this town,
unite one, which came under the observation
ientleusea of the Relief Committee, who ware
I is the distribution of meal to persons who
cosh, on Friday evenlng last. There are be-
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poiiV=lf C can or
r
then are more that twice that number,

belk~

in great distress, wico cannot be attended to at all.—
One of those ereatuitts, who had no ticket, crawled to
the spot from whence food was administered, and as
if it were the last and greatest effort of her exhausted
nature, she immediately sunk into a swoon. Some
means were, of course, employed to produce her re-
covery, aid on loosening her clothes, it was disco-
vered that her body was tightly swathed with a Lay
rope, fur the evident purpose of compressing the
bowels and stomach ! When animation was restored,
she was provided with temporary relief, but even for
such an object as she is, there was no room upon the
poor list. We hare experienced, to a considerable
amount, perhaps 5001. or upwards, the benevolence of
the London and Dublin Committees and of Govern-
ment, but more most come from some quarter, or num-
bers of our poor will perish.—(-gasto Constitution.)
MIA LEO, JUNI s.—For the last three or four morn-
ings, at an early hour, it was lamentable to behold
groups of starving labourers parading our streets ; at
length they formed a large assemblage, and proceeded
to the houses of several Gentlemen in this town,
seeking work, and declaring they were most anxious
to labour for their bread ; that they, and their &-
I mines were famishing, and that if something was not
done for their relief, they must either plunder or
perish! and, indeed, if something be not promptly
done, hundreds of human beings, of our wretched
fellow-men, must inevitably perish before twelve or
fourteen days have passed away, and thousands before
the middle of next month. They have hitherto con-
ducted themselves peaceably, but we must warn them
to reflect on theAanger of such assemblages, to be-
ware of the roaainations and incitements of evil.
minded incendiaries, and to reflect on the powerful
lases now in force for idler p a tion of the public
peace. Tumultuary meetings and violent proceedings
can have no other effect than to add to their miseries
ten.fold.—(Weetern Herald.)

A meeting of the Clock and Watchmakers of the
metropolis was held yesterday, to take into consider-
ation the iVarehousing Bill sow pending in Perlis-
ment. The object is to prevent clocks. watches, and
watch glasses from being on !er the operation of the
Bill. The riapp and various other manufacturers of the
kingdom are also advised to meet to avert the evil
consequence, that are likely to result to theta from
the measure in question.
Saturday evening the Officers of the Losdos Light
Hon.* Volneteers gate a splendid eatertainment to
Lord Sidmoutliaw, the Freemasons' T . Weal
greets Street, walk...arty 300 individuals of the
highest distinctioa partook of a sumptuous dinner.—
His Royal Highness the Duke of York in the Chair.
Lord Sidasouth. the Doke of Weill's/pin, the Mar-
quess of. Angleses, Mr. Peel. aid a great nand/et of
military °Seers were also preseat.
The Lords of the Privy Council. in consequoce of
the enquiry of the Superintendent of Qaarartian at
Motherbank. have iodinated that. seder the present
circumstances, 'tithing more is necessary with respect
to vessels from Cadiz, than to put the 'madam and re-
ceive the answer from the masters, as it is practised
in the case of all vessels arriving fres places not with-
in the Straits of Hibraltar.

1 fish have apPound cdr our are smahleefley eie—pito—fits of their Wooer e
state of the weather and other
wire
seasons, have prevented the* neassfactsres that townie' give ea,
aifieiently near the shore, to the P)e— 1/1"Oloorlora geed* see si
ortunity of moolosieg them.— less simi maeriag slams is mad
'rehoused for tiering the fish c 'She Freelekelbr comemsaMlSlONli
ad for two, three, or even more peried provisions written; cheap' tlictieve
ter. would have to remunerate Hey. ason ; bat therels a still cheaper I'
ound interest lost by the pay- op_ • re alleges• nowio patella's at, the pat
mportatios of the ..It, by de-
ice of the lish-curera, or the *hero nueekketeesr• and deaden
'be payment in advance of two or 'National recourse, pull down pries
quantity of salt necessarily vas n's band ; and therefore we fear thi
ilchards, would amount to aen °refer Celeste industry as connected
uld necessarily drive all the ,feetipeeseirbite things remain in the p let
II out of the market ; the con- A
tend te no good.
enopoly of fish salt by a few
*tires, Just 4.—Ne refer our read.
1,1, of course, charge what they it.!
hould be wanted. The draw-
°raillery feelings, to the annexed extract
aid therefore considerably es- from ,Dunnowen, Unnaentera, received in
he duty on the salt used, in day, from the 31 . Burke, of ilaek-stn
in a Muslim+ similar to that thaira,no prefacing or observations—the
fassl.‘speak for themselves ; and without re
• t the conduct of the Committee, whose exer
letter from Naples, dated Waking man must appreciate, urge the
:ommunicate the oalieu.of prudence and economy in the appropria
I the thilreraine"; I). public money. That Committee should c
i'irti:/irae.siNkaiklitaidistntood'bYthseeat leogthof time that Joust as yet intervene