The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-08-13 00:00:00

711. E NO tIII PULE.

Ilitsubttcn, JuLt 28 ---An English ship rettitned
front Greenland, reports his hit•i4,lC rcpt Is's' rise
Expedition neat' Spi,thorgen4 in latitust.. 79. 31 4 all
the crew in good health. Crltt4in K•.,t .66110 who if
doubtless
al present at I:snowed . c .1,111
to 70. on the side of WA,lsles Straits, *nere he oaf
impeded io his further ittAtrett by an icy It.trier. lie
could neither tldublb Cape Stalatbkoii in Altai n.se
the Icy Cape in America:
The last Russian charts indleitoi List
series made upon the spot, New &lir 114 is not a U
tinent, but a group of thi .e lit•ge 14tai1.144 nth'd, 0t •
tend us far as the 77th deg.ee, and tin We whet si
of *hith is seen a sea of ice.
This elreuchttanCE seems in t In the h) 011'.0411
that Greenland is only a large ialststl, that (110 fly
tailed Baffin ii open oil the u h nit It• .t
there kilo Continent under the Putt. Accosting
to the Russian charts; ii Aso thrt the coasts
of tiiheria had been plaisido Dalt too Much td thd
: •
Northward. I
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EAST FLORIDA:
tosterday gate 4 short account of West
Florida. For the satisfaction of some of our Itrmdets
we add the following sketch of Eat(
This pretince abounds in internal adaelitages sum.
dent to make it one of the mist important glivitimw
of North Athericti, and much mote then many that
are already opulent. Its letel Nee and m.lt cionso
is not exceeded In point of Salebrity k ally part of
either Continents of America—its extensive lands
fertile in the production of misty valeafiles of og.i•
culture—rich in spontaneous high growth and pas.
turage—and abounding in 'wive trrad.hiserls--iie
waste to the amount „e above fifteen millions of ac..s.
Its water-courses are numerous, toasigable, and p.n.
fusely supplied with wild font. Its stores..' lonther
sre immense, and the quall.ies of. wiry of them are
preferred in all the countries where they have been
used to those of the same claws found elseo here,
particularly its pine, cedar,; r press, and Ilse oak,
which are kinds of lumber More universally ilece.ed
in terrestrial and marine strictures, arid are the
classes in which it most abounds Marius tone has
been purchased inS.vannah for ship-balding at 50 per
cent. hither in price than the pine of G. orgi !hough
but about two degrees difference in I.titurl j nod
it is well known that the Florida pin. has 11..c1 a pied
Terence in the Royal dock•sards of England to any
other pine that had been used there.
The exportations of Florida, amouniing at present
to almost no.liing, would be very great if it had a saw
ficient mutation. Fur 20 of the last years there has
not been exported one barrel of turpentine, the pro.
duce of this province ;whereas, when it was an infant
colony of Great Britain, one contractor shipped front
St. John's River, in one season, 20,000 barrels.
Again in Savannah River, Georgia, which is in 110
wise superior to the River St. J.,hn's, are loaded
hundreds of vessels per year; while the whole of
this province does not load ten Vessels a year,
notwithstanding Florida has many more advan•
tages, arising from its total situation —such as
extensive fishing-streams, superabundantly supplied
—large fields for wrecking in the peculiar si-
tuation of its coas's and keys—a more souther•
climate, more genial to the cultivation of some inn.
portant articles of commerce, and to many valuable
spontaneous productions of Nature, &c. Its esparto..
lions might consist of many articles, viz the four
classes of lumber already mentioned, and many others;
cotton, wool, hemp, indigo, tobacco, pot and pearl.
ash, myrtle, and bees' wax, turpentine, (Cr, rosin,
pitch, Indian corn, rice, rye, barley, oats, grape
and orange wine, grape and pearl brandy, whiskey,
malt liquors, peas and beans of many kinds, •
long list of esculent and medicinal roots, culinary,
medicinal, and manufacturing oils, beef, pork, fish,
better, cheese, lard, peltry, &c. Sugar and flour
have not been fairly tried ; hut in Georgia, lying
more north, the former is made in great perfection,
and the latter in Louisiana, directly west. There is
no reason to doubt of the lucrative production, in
Florida, and it southern parts will suit the growth
of coffee; for, forming a long peninsula between the
two eulpha, the Atlantic and Mexican, the climate
becomes much more southern than the latitude war.
rants.

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These advantages lie dormant only from the weal
of hands to put them in motion.

Suicter.—On Monday last, one of the pension.
ers at Chelsea Hospital went to purchase potat“es at
a green grocer's, in White Lion street, Chelsea, and
was observed to Bleul a pocket full, which wail report•
ed to the Hospital Officer, and be was in consequence
locked op iv the Goard•hoose. About three o'clock
on Towday morning, a noise being heard where he
was canfinGd, on enquiry he was found with his
throat cut in a shocking manner ; he linered in et.
treme agony till yesterday morning, when he es•
Aired. lie bad 301. in his pocket; and attest 3001.
infested in the feuds.

A WARNING To YOUNG BATHERII.—On Tuesday
last, as Frederick, the youngest son of Mr. Henry
Longden (aged seven years), and another little boys
were bathing in a piece of water near Broomball,
the former plunged beyond his depth and sank. HIS
companion, unable to help him, ran to fetch two of
his eahool-fellows, who were at some distance in the
adjoining fields. Three (sons of Mr. Daniel Dnn•
caster; the one 11, the other 14 year. old), came
running, and ondressing by the way. After search.
ing some time, they found and brought up the-miss.
ing child, apparently dead ; he having then boon
about a quarter of an hour in the water. With
promptitude, presence of mind,. humanity, and per.
severance, uncommon in older people, these WWII.
gent youths spread their clothes upon the grass, laid
their critnpanion upon them, and by such enerlons
as occurred to them as likely to r•cnver suspended
anima inn, they had the inespress,6ll happiness to
hear hint sigh, and perceive other signs of retuscits.
lion, Wore any other assistance could he obtained.
The boy was consequently restored to his parents,
in life and health, almost before they knew that he
had been lost and found, dead and alive again.—
(Sheffield Iris.)