The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-01-05 00:00:00

EAST INDIA SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

The Thames, Haviside, from China, has arrived off
Portsmouth ; sailed from Macao Sth August, arrived at
the Cape 26th October, sailed from ditto 6th November,
arrived at St. Helena 17th Noveuiba, sailed Nov. 24
Arrived at China the Bombay, Hine ; arrived at
Whoampoa the Ist August, iu 91 days from London, the
first ship of the season.
The Chinese Authorities expected the men who were
concerned in the affair of his Majesty's ship Topaze,
when two Chinese were killed, to be given up ; and although
the Bombay was allowed to proceed to Whanipoa, it was
expected to cause a stoppage of the trade. This has occa-
%lewd a depression of East India Stock, from 21 to 3
p:r cent.
ARRIVALS AT Till CAPE.--NOV. 1, the Mary Jane,
Cormick, from the Mauritius; Nov. 2, the Euphrates,
Meade, from Bombay ; Nov. 4, the Royal George, Ellerby,
from ditto. Sailing. from the Cape :—Nov. 3, the Earl
Ke'lie, Edwards, for Madras and Bengal ; the Venus,
Kilgour, for the Mauritius; Nov. 4, the Courier, Main-
waring, for New South Wales.
ARRIVALS AT ST. 11 ELENA:—The Circassian, Wane
and the Westmoreland, Coulteri from B. ngal ; the Hugh
Crawford, Wilson, from Valparaiso; and the Union, Key-
ser, from Batavia; were left there the 24t1 November.
Sailinga from St. Helena:—Nov. 20, the General Palmer,
Trusetnt, for London; Nov. eit, the Lord Sidmouth,
Ferrier, and the Pyramus, Brodie, for London.
SHIPP SPOKEN WITIL—The Union, of Antwerp, from
Batavia, 16th Nov., lat. 23. 58. S., long. 3. 51. E. ; the
Amity, Gray, freer Batavia to Loudon, 29th NOV., lat. 00.,
20. N. long. 18. 6. W.; the. Lunach, Wildridge, fr.m
Batavia to London, 21st December, lat. 34. 12. N.,
long 39.22. W.
PASSENGERS ST TUE Tnaszs.—From the 131lire:—Colonel
Skerrer, 55th regiment, Mrs. Skewer, and child ; lajor Pe.lcr,
Bengal Establishment, slnt. realer; Dr. Mcs/yo, Bengal Esta-
ashment, Mr. Moslyu ; Lieutenant Hobson, and Dr. Nelson,
'sth regiment; Lieutenant Barker, 49th regiment Dr. Vateutan.
Bengal; Mr. Mahn. Frau St. Helena :-51. de Louis, of
francs.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 3.

The continuance of strong westerly gales during the
week, has prevented the outward-bound ships from even
making an attempt to sail, until this morning, when it
shifted to the northwaid, and the Cambridge, 80, Captain
T. J. !Haling, instantly unmoored and made the prepara-
tory signal, and the Consuls and Vice-Consuls, and their
families, who arc going nut passengers to South America,
embarked ; and, should the wind continue fair until day-
light to-morrow morning, that ship will then proceed on
the voyage ; as will, also, the Antelope, with 300 con-
victs for Bermuda, the Kangaroo, But vcying-ship, for Ja-
maica, and about SO sail of outward-bound merchantmen,
destined to all the principal parts of the globe.
The Hussar, 46, Captain Geo ge Harris, C.B. will sail
for Barl.ado sin a few days. The Camellon, Captain Bur-
ton, is held in readiness to take despatches to a foreign
Pr!:

The Thames, Captain Heaviside, went past last night,
from China, teat from the Cape of Good Hope.
The Union schooner, Lieut. R. B. Benoit-son, carried
into Port Royal, on the Bth of November, the schooner
Eugenia, with 23/ slaves, from St. .Eustatius, bound to St.
Jago de I 'uba.
The Jasper, Captain Arbuthnot, arrived this morning
from the Sussex coast, having had a most providential
escape during the late gale. Being employed under the
orders of Adm. Sir James Hawkins Whit►hed, she
stood in towards Brighton on the morning of the
new year, for the purpose of saluting his Majesty on
the anniversary of the dav, when the wind suddenly
shifted from N.W. to W.S.W. and blew hard, aecom-
paid. d with rain and heavy squalls. She, in consequence
of the halms' of the weather, beat up towards the P&rk,
Ito gain an anchorage, and at sunset anchored off Bognor,
with her small bower, and veered 2'20 fathoms of chain.
cable, it thin blowing a heavy gale.—At ten o'clock, it
fn shened to a perfect hurricane, and at eleven, in a violent
squall, she parted. The best bower was immediately let
go, and two cables (hemp) veered, when she brought up
in four fathoms; in the morning the gale moderated. In
getting under-weigh, at day-light, to return to Spithead, it
was ascertained that the small Lower-anchor had parted near
the stock, and the beat bower cable was stranded in three
places.

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file Jupiter, 60, will be paid off' on Monday, and re-
commissioned by Captain I). Dunn, for the flag of Rear-
Admiral Willoughby Lake, C.B. for the North American
command. Lieutenants W. Carleton, A. J. Gardiner,
William Pitt Canning, Belie Hamilton, W. Webb (b),
and C. E. W. Boyle, and 111 r. W. A. Davies, Purser, arc
appointed to her.

Sr aiNo Ge Nll.-011 ;CUtTOTIay lut, u a young MAD,
waiter at the Angel Inn, Ferrybridge, was retnrninghome
through the woods at Stapleton. he mitsed his way, and
unfortunately came in contact with the wires of a spring-
gun, which immediately went off and wounded him in a
dreadful manner. The young man was immediately con-
rayed home, and is now in a fair way of recorery.—Lerds
Mercury.

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