The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-04-08 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

DIAL, APRIL 7 —The Wind this afternoon is inclin-
able to S.E. which has induced several of the coasters
and colliers to turn away.—Half past Six o'Clock. Se-
veral of the merchantmen are preparing to sail—Wind
South.

PORTSMOUTR, APRIL 7.—Sailed, the Triton, Walker,
for Miramichi.—Light airs and variable.
FA LMOUTU, APRIL 9.—Sailed, the Friendship, Gibbs,
for Newfoundland; the Resolution, Peduron, for Long-
sound.—Wind N.N.W.

LITTLEHAMPTON, APRIL 6.—The Lively, of Chiches•
tor, laden with oats, in coining in•o this port on Friday,
struck on the Bar, and got on the sand east of the Pt er,
where she remained till yesterday, when she was light-
ened and brought in without any apparent damage to the
vessel or cargo.
NORTH SHlscns, APRIL s.—The Violent, Hutchin-
son, of Ramsgate, in turning in here got foul of the Ca-
nada, and earned away her bowsprit; she afterwards ran
upon the Black Middens, but was got off, with damage,
and brought in ; the Duchess of Gordon, from P rtsea to
London,broke the bead of her main-mast and main•boom,
in a heavy squall off the Staples ; yesterday, she ran upon
the Hard-sand,but was got off, with damage,after discharg-
ing part of her cargo, and is now in this harbour, and
must discharge the remainder.

The Durham City Election commenced on Thursday;
at ten o'clock the business of the election was proceeded
in at the Town Hall, amid a degree of tumult and vio-
lence, in which the independent party took not the
slightest part, seldom witnessed on such an occasion.
Scarcely any part of the preliminary proceedings could
be heard, in consequence of the noise, and the address of
the ministerial candidate was not half heard. Sir Hen-
ry Hardinge, was briefly nominated by the Rev. E. David-
son, and seconded by J. Cook, Esq. ; and Mr. Hed worth
Larnbton (whom the Freemen, without any solicitation
from that gentleman, determined to put in nomination,
when Mr. R. J. Lambton declined to accept their invita-
tion) was nominated by Mr. R. Hutchinson, and second-
ed by Mr. R. Ovington. A show of hands was then de.
mended, which being rather in favour of Sir It a poll
was demanded for Mr. Llmbton. Sir 11., then briefly ad-
dressed the Freemen, commenting on the nature of the
opposition which had been started, and which he con-
rodered as vexatious, inasmuch as Mr. Lsmbton was not
now in England, and the contest was carried on without
the sanction of his friends, and without their authority.
Captain Chipchase followed Sir Henry, and spoke to
the same effect. The poll was then proceeded in, and at
the close the numbers were—for Sir H. HardinFe, 216 ;
for Mr. Lambton, 66; majority for Sir H. 140. On
Friday the contest was declined on the part of Mr. tl.
Lambton, and the poll was closed, the numbers being
for Sir H. Hardinge, 249; for Mr. Lambton 66; ma-
jority for Sir H. Hardinge 133, who was accordingly
declared reelected.

ALERT PACKET.—The followingnimes are taken from
letters and other papers found on the bodies of those un-
fortunate Passengers on board the Alert Packet:—Mary
Olivers or Obers, a poor woman.—Anne Murphy, one
sovereign, Bs. 9d. in silver, a silver thimble, a penknife,
and a gold ring.—A man with a top coat only, with a
character from John Brown, dated Westport, Stir March
1822.—A man with a letter, directed James Weld, 13,
Hold-street, (it is supposed Holles-street, Dublin)—A
woman, with a letter directed Mrs. Sarah Barlow, 10,
Brunswick-street, Dublin.—A carpet hag, a pocket-book,
marked William Heare, letters in it directed Robert
Wm. Heare, Harbour-street, Tullamore, King's County;
his mother, Anne Butterly, Dublin.—Some letters ad-
dressed Anne Reed, at Alderman M.Kenny's, Fitzwil.
Liam-square, Dublin, from her daughter, Ellen Watters,
dated 16th March last, at LiverpooL—James Weldon, en
a letter.—A case directed Mrs. Ford, North Gate-street-
row, Chester.—Two letters, one directed R. 51archill,
Esq., and the other, P. 51• Donnell, Esq.—A book, Ed-
ward Howard, March, 1823.—A bundle of prayer books,
directed Thomas Brown, Leeds.—.t brush, marked W.
Maddock, a letter addressed W. Maddock, 52d regiment,
Birmingham, County Tipperary, from his father and
mother, dated Middleton, 14th October, 1822.—Mary
Willan, with a good deal of property.—A bible, marked
John Hawkins. This man had on him a Waterloo me-
dal, with John Hawkins, 24 battalion Grenadier Guards-1
—Mary Ashford, a letter from her sister, Sarah IVelbie,
Manchester. This is the young Lady who bad the child
in her arms, yet got warm when picked up.—Mr. 5141a5-I
ter, son of Mr. APslaster, of Belfast.—(Dublin Evening
Post of Thursday.)
YORK Assizes.—Before the Judges left the city, Mr.
Justice Holrovd reprieved all the prisoners under sen-
tence of death, thirty-three in number, except Robert
Gill and James Ramsden, for the extensive robbery in
Mr. Bright's shop, at Doncaster, who are left for execu-
tion. On the usual question being put to each, if they
had any thing to say why sentence of death should not
be passed upon them, Dawson, who had been convicted
of having returned from transportation, said that the
Court little knew the hardships he had endured. The
Captain of a Liverpool ship, s hich he bad got on board,
put him on a desolate islard, where he remained fifteen
months; he was then taken up by a Russian discovery-
ship ; and had just returned to England, when he was
apprehended.
At these York assizes an action was brought in the
civil court, by Mr. Rusliworth, attorney, of Hull, against
the proprietors of the Rockiagharn newspaper, to re-
cover damages fur a libel reflecting upon his profes-
sional character. Verdict for the plaintiff—damages, one
halfpenny.
On Tuesday week, Mr. Justice Bayley intimated that
lie should make York the list place in the Circuit, at the
Summer Assizes, to afford more time for the transaction
of business.

A man of the name of W. Harris; a convicted felon,
now confined in the gaol of Portsmouth, has confessed
that he was concerned with Hassey, and another man,
of the name of Lre, in the marder of Mr. Bird and his
housekeeper, at Greenwich, about five years ago; and he
has also confessed he was concerned in the murder of
Lieut. Johnson, on the Deptford•road, about 14 years
ago.
Km LAW Comm.—The buildings of the new Law
Courts are rapidly proceeding. Two of the Courts, in
line with the present Court of Common Pleas, are cover-
ed in, besides a large room for the assembling of the
" twelve Judges," &c. The temporary Court for the
Exchequer, at the lower end of the Hall, where the
Court of Chancery formerly stood, is nearly completed ;
and the old Court of Exchequer, the Exchequer Cham-
ber, the lower Chambers where the Records used to be
kept, the Exhequer, and Oliver's Coffee-houses, are to be
pulled down forthwith. Fences were on Saturday raised
round that extensive range of buildings, occupying from
the grand entrance into Westminster Hall, along Palace-
yard, and round locate stone buildings facing St. Marga-
ret's Church ; and the whole of tbe old materials are to
be immediately sold, to make way for the foundations of
the other new Law Courts. The pump by tbe Exche-
quer Coffee-house continues, and as it is greatly cele-
brated for its excellent water, doubtless it will be allow-
ed to remain.
Mr. Thomas Find, formerly landlord of the Bugle and
Plough, at Hartwell, near Aylesbury, and who left this
neighbourhood some years ago with the King of France,
who also resided at Hartwell, came over, we are credibly
informed, from France last week, for the express purpose
of purchasing some of the fleetest horses he could pro-
cure in England for the service of the Duke d'A non-
leme. To be sure ! He is a prudent Geoeral.—(!luck:
Chronicle.)