The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-08-29 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

DEAL. Aug. 2S.—Wind W.S.W. Came down from the river,
and sailed the Cossack,Tepping,for Sierra Leone ; Sir Andrew
Hammond, Cuet, for the Sc uth Seas ; and Union, Vinery, for
America. Arrived the Clarkson. Fullerton, from Quebec;
Triumph, from Bombay; Policy. Brook, from the South Seas;
and the Africa, from Jamaica. Passed at the back of the Good-
win Sands, the Netherland. brig of war, Merciiire, from Hal-
voetsluice. for Curacoa. The vessels belonging to the Corpo-
ration of the Trinity House, London, have this morning placed
a buoy with a staff and vane near the Goodwin South Sand
Head, bearing by compass from the South East of the town of
Deal.—S.E.

Ponzsmouvrr, Aug. 26.—Wind S. Sailed the Guilford.
Johnson, for New South Wales; James Sibbald, Forbes, for
Bombay; Kent, and Aim Eliza, fur South Seas ; and his Ma-
jesty's ships Naiad and Camelion on ael uize. Arrived the Or-
pheus, Crystal!. from the Downs, for Smyrna.
PLYMOUTU. Aug. 27.—Wind W.S.W. Arrived the Tom Cod,
Borneo, from the Downs for Newfoundland; and Swift,
Pearce, from Dram.. Sa led the John, Matthews, for New-
foundland ; Union, --, for Miramiehi ; and Eagle, Pratt, for
St. John's, N.B.
FALMOUTH. Aug. 27.—Wind S.W. Arrived the Bescawen,
Candy, from Galipoli ; and Four Friends, Roberts, from Lon-
don.

Psnwrow. Avg. V.—Arrived the Bacchus. Chappell, from
Prince Edward's Leland ; fell in with the brig Veuerable of,
Dundee, with timber. in lat. 30, N. long. ID, W. water logged,
sails furled, and as person on board.
Cowes. Aug. Vi.—Arrived the American brig Indus, Day,
from Batavia. in 107 days ; passed in the Straits of Sandy, the
B.itish ship Transit of Bristol, bound up.

Extract from the Agent to Lloyd's at Smyrna, dated July
17:—" His Majesty's skips Cambrian, Hind, and 3ledina,
are cruising in the Arches. Au Austrian brig of war ar-
rived here some days ago, with two pirates. a schooner,
and a large ing•sai boat. Another was destroyed by her."
Extract of a letter from tise Agent to Lloyd's at Abo,
dated July 25 t—
i. On the 16th instant, a wreck scut found drifting be-
tween the Rocks a few miles from Stango, and put on shore
on the Island of Rofola. She is an English brig, named
the Ocean, laden with deals, and supposed from St. Pe-
tersburg."
The Seringapatam frigate, Captain S. Warren, C. 8., has
been employed, during the last month, in conveying Dr.
narks front place to place, along the coast between the
Nore and Falmouth, for the purpose of ascertaining the
longitude of spots, by means of chronometers, has arrived
at Spitheail, to enable the Doctor to make some observa-
tions at Portsmouth, after which she will again proceed to
Fahnothh.

Strain ships of so immense a size, it was said, were build
ing in Canada, that the account app►ared incredible. They
are intended, it seems. fur transporting timber, and should
he called raft ships ; they are fastened together with timber,
and will allow a greater quantity to be conveyed over the
sea than in any other manner, and at less exp{►ense. The
steam-engines which work them will be picked and re-
' turned to whence they sailed from. The vessels will then
be taken to pieces, and their timber sold.
NORTH POLAR EXPEDITION.-111 illusion to the bottle
said to be sent adrift by the officers in that expedition, and
picked up by the Fame merchant vessel, The Menton
Courier observes that—" Accounts of the ab,ive nature are
quite ludicrous, and are mere experiments on public credit.
That the bottle as stated has been picked up, may
have been the fact, but that it was sent adrift for the
purpose of a hoax, there cannot be a moment's doubt. For
framer, the time at which it is represented to have been
thrown overboard (7th January) is rather unluckily select-
ed, being precisely that at which the ships must hive been
frozen up and in winter quarters, and when the ocean is so
completely filled up with mountainous ice, that to
distinguish sea from land is scarcely possible, and to obtain
a drop of water at such a time, except by melting the snow,
is altogether impossible. Another circumstance which
renders the fabrication self-evident is that, in every bottle
thrown overboard by Captain Parry, the statements are
printed in different languages, requesting tht person who
shall pick them op, of whatever nation, to forward them to
the Secretary of the Admiralty, which papers simply
contain a statement of the latitude and longitude of
the ships, signed by the Commander of the Expedition."

This day at 1 o'clock, as a gig in which were two gen.le-
men passing along Bridge street, Blackfriars, a hackney
chariot ran violently against it, threw down the horse, and
mapped the shafts off close to the steps. The gentlemen
were placed in a most perilous situation beneath the holy
of the chaise, as the horse in endeavouring to ectricate
himself kicked with great violence,and ran off at full speed
towards the Bridge, with the broken shafts at his heels.—
He took to the pavement to avoid a coal waggon and fell
down. On rising he made for the road ; but was fortu-
nately secured by sonic part of the harness having caught
the tail of the waggon. One of the gentlemen was taken
tip with a contusion oo the forehead, and his face
streaming with blood. His companion miraculously escaped
unhurt.