The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-11-01 00:00:00

FROM 'LLOYD'S LIST.

FALMOUTH, OCT. Vl—Arrived the Hope packet, from Car..
thagens--sailed Bth Sept., from Jamaica 20th, and froei Crooked
Island 28th lnst. ; the Dake of Kent packet, from Lishon, sailed
16th inst.. Sailed the Stanmer packet fur Lisbon.
PLYMOUTH, OCT. 29.—Arri►ed the Princess of Wales. Cluno..
from Quebec; on the 2d of October, off St. Peter's Island saw the
brig Trafalgar, Boner, waterlogged and abandoned.

COWES. OCT. 29.—Arrived the Fearon, of Liverpool, Fergu-
son, English brig, from Port-au-Prince, 53 days'out, and sailed for
Rottetdam. The Marshal Bennett. of Liverpool, M`Arthur.
English ship, from London, bound to Honduras, and the Magnet,
Orant, English brig, from London, bound to Africa, remain.
wind-bound. The Baron Van de Ca;Pellen, .Peeters, Dinch
for Bair The Jane, of

yesterday for Economy,
Harrison, from Quebec; the Fortitude, Fodietingliani. from dit:ot
and the Caroline, Campbell, from St. Andrew's. •A kind
river yesterday, and remain, the follnwlncOurdard-bown4, trio
The Martini9ue, Begg ; Isabella, Hutizujakijsalev, Fercymisn
; Arthur, Robinson ; Elizabeth, Badger GiTveinor Harcourt, Ma-
son : Trident, Clarkson ; and George Hibberts, Drysdale. 5 p. in..
It still looks squally to te westward, and blows strung. but not so
hard as at noon—the outward-bound appear to ride well.

GRAVESEND, OCT. 30.—Arrived the Daphne, Brown, front
Hamburgh ; Snaresbrook, Hart, from ditto ; Stephen, Simpson,
from Quebec ; Camden, Bell, from Hudson's Bay ; Magnet.
i Watkins, from Rio ; Ocean, Scate, from Honduras ; Providence.
Remmington, from Bengal; Ganges, Bounty, from Archangel.
Sailed the Nymph, Martin, for Smyrna ; Laurel, Dunlop, far
Bermuda ; Cane Grove, Thompson, for St. Vincent's ; Chiefnua.
Patterson, for ditto ; Pyramus, Brodie, for Tenerifre ; Dounw
Castle, Hart, for Hamburgh ; General Murray. Chia, for Oporto.;
Pocahontas, Beacroft, for New York ; Enterprise, Bridge, for Ja-
maica; Elizabeth and Mary, Craig, for Grenada; Cuxhaven,
Wendt, for Hamburgh; St. Felix Keiper, fur Copenhagen ; Jam
Dorey, Forbes, for St. Michael's; ',Medusa, Lobbing, far Antwerp-

SCARBOROITGR, OCT. 29.—The Ribston, which was on shot*
on the rocks to the South of this has been gut off, and brmight iu
have. Iler keel is gone, and the plank on the starboard side truth.
damaged.
Malta/flux, A tro. 29.—The Catherine, Sword, sailed h?tce
for Liverpool 18th inst., and put back the same day, leaky, fur
want of caulking ; bottom tier of cargo, cotton, damaged.
NEw YORE, SEPT. 24.—The Victory, Burn", trom Philadel..
phia for Jamaica, was lost 27th July, during a hurricane, in Turk's
Island l'assage, and all on board drowned. The Alonzo, Denriy.
from New Orleans for Jamaica, was wrecked in lat. 30. long. 73-
The master and four of the crew drowned.
SEPT. 30.—A large ship, apparently about 400 tons. main and
mizen mast gone, was seen on shore 27th inst., near Great Leg
113,60 W—the cargo was discharging.

The Laura, Ann, from Virginia to Liverpool, was abondoned at
sea the Is:h ult. in a sinking state.
The Africa, —, from Honduras, which sailed on the Ist Aug•
(being as considerably out of time that 60 per cent, has been don*
on her at Lloyd's), arrived safe at Bristol on Saturday.
The Mary, .quire. with part of her cargo on board, caught tiro
at St. John's, Newfoundland, sth inst., and sustained corasiderasl*
damage.
The Kate, belonging to St. John's. Newfoundland, was wrecked
at Cape Breton 24th ult. Crew saved.

LAWS AFFECTING NEGROES AND AMEN OP

CULUUR IN THE UNITED Sr,driii:

From an article in the Richmond Enquirer, it appears
that by the provisions of a legislative act of Virginia,
passed in 1693, a free negro or mulatto, having been con-
victed of any offence previously punishable for more than
two years, shall thereafter be, in the first place, whipped,
and then sold as a slave, and transported and banished
beyond the limits of the United States. It seems doubts
were entertained of the constitu!ionality of this act ; and
the subject was afterwards placed before the legislature,
who, it would seem, took no notice of it, leaving it as they
found it. Application was afterwards made to the proper
judicial tribunal for a writ of error in a case that had oc-
curred, on the ground of the unconstitutionality of the
act, but the court rejected the petition. Thus situated,
the Executive proceeded to carry the act into tfrect. Many
convictions are said to have taken place in different courts;
and among the convicts who had been sold es slaves, one,
named M'Pherson, when about to be Tethered, made lua
, escape. He was afterwards taken up, and delivered to the
agent of the purchaser. who, finding it convenient to pate
through the district of Colombia, on his way to Norfolk,
lodged M'Pherson for safe keeping in the gaol at George-
town. On the agent's attempting to take M'Pherson out of
prison, he was &Med possession of Dim, on the ground
that the prisoner was a free man. This brought the case
before the Mayor of Georgetown. where M'Pheison proved,
that he was born free in Virginia. 'This was coneat'd by
the claimant ; who rated his title to the man on the act of
the legislature above mentioned, and the proceedings under
it. The hearing was postponed, in order that the claimant
might base time to produce hia documents—the coatis,'
for M'Pherson dasytng the eassiinitiosality of the Virginia
I act, eve:: if produced.--New York Advertiser, sept.ilB.

for Batavia, put back (30th Oct.).—rTha'jane, of ~Yeygtoach.
sloop, from London for 14'aterford, put in this day wind.bound.
PORTSMOUTH, Orr. 30.—Arrived his Majesty's yacht He.
raid, from Quebec,'ln 22 days ; the Spcke transport, ftom 9a-
muds. is 22 dart bis Majesty's ship Staflitio. from Jos*/ t tho
Statcly, Edger , from the Deane, ter Jamaica 4 the Underwood,
Rertatittigtuti, fetid &do for-Dernevora raostatoseord, Gibs, boo
ditto for Cadiz. Put back, the Salacia, Llearu, for Jamaica ; and
the Num& transport, for Cork.
DF.AL Orr. 30.—Passed yesterday for the river. the Economy.