The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-12-08 00:00:00

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

PiossnaT, Jut 20.—The Vansittart and the Inglis were to sail
from Bombay the 27th July, for China.
The Nellie Castle and the Farquharson were to sail for China
the 10th August; the Cornwall was to sail for Liverpool the 15th
Ancust.
The Lady East, Talbert, was to load for China.
PORTMOUTII, DEC. 6.—The Castle Forbes, Ord, has com-
pleted her repairs and come out of dock ; she is now ready to re-
ship her cargo for Madras and Bengal.
Passengers, per Perseverance, Captain W. R. Best, Railed
from the Downs, the fish of December, fbr Madras and Bengal:—
Captain George Lestrange, his Majesty's Slat Foot; Captain
John Tritton; Misses H. E. and C. Tritton ; Messrs. Edmund
Tritton. Assistant Surgeon, Richard Einstein Jones, William
Hugh Yarde, Charles Grant, Charles Wentworth Bentlett,
Frederick 51ackeson, Chas. Patterson, lark Napier Ogilvy, and
Hugh Meredith.
The East India Company's ships Inglis and Vansittart were at
Bombay on the 20th July, and were expected to sail from thence,
for China, on the 23th of the same month.

We are concerned to observe, by the Bengal pairs, that the brig
Horatio. Capt. Oakley, was biotin up in Batavia roads, on the
1I th 'of June, when the chief officer, gunner, and nine of the crew,
petished.
The bark Mentor, Capt. RM. from Bourbon io Batavia, on the
28th of January last in lat. 41. 37. S. and long. 99. I. E. at ten at
night, was upset in a squall ; the crew were about forty. all of
whom perished except an American, named Dameste, and five
Japanese, who, after great hardships, reached Bencoolen.
WRLCKS.
[From the Dalin Kers Ing Post of Sandtday.l
Thursday night, the brig Nicholson, Carr, master, laden with
coals from Barrington to this port, was driven on the strand near
the Black Rock. She had ptevionsly lost her anchor and rudder,
and was completely water-logged; her stern having been driven in.
The crew were saved. She has since been got off the strand safe,
after throwing overboard about forty tons of her cargo, and is now
is Kingstown Harbour.
Yesterday evening. a man named Patrick Cane, of Dollymount,
was drowned on the North Bull, while striving to save some timber
of a vessel which was wrecked on that shore the day previous.
Extract of a letter, dated Balbriggan, Dec. 2.—" A ship called
the Janietta, Captain Kirk, bound for the Island of Java, laden
with cotton goods, calico, muslin, Act. was 'cast on shore during the
storm of last night, about a mile from the town of Skerries. The
cargo is valued at 70,0001. and principally belongs to the Messrs..
Evans, of Liverpool, The ship is an American. The Constabu.
lary.at Balbriggan, under Chief Constable Murphy, and the Pre:
ventive guards, patrolled the shore during 'he day, and prevented
the country people from plundering the wreck. The Captain has
come to Dublin to consult the American Consul on the steps neces-
sary to be taken. The crew were all saved."
Extract of a letter from Rath, near Drogheda. Dec. 2.—" lAst
night, or early this morning, during a severe gale from the S.B. the
Swallow, of Bristol, was wrecked on the coast, near this house, and
lam sorry to say, that every soul on board perished. The shore is
covered with planks and timbers. She was laden with tobacco, trir.,
pentine, palm oil, and some other articles, a very few cf which hare
been saved by the tureens of Lieutenant Beatty, of the Cleigher
Water Ouard. Only one of the bodies has as yet been washed
ashore ; he had a black leather pocket-book, containing nine
sovereigns in gold, in hit pocket, which I now hold for his nearest
relative."
The brig which was lost Nov. 27, is supposed to be the Mary,
Cowan. front Dublin. with cattle ; all on board must have perished,
QUEBEC. OCT. 27.—The Sisters, Carr, from Dublin, for this
port, was spoken with about the Ist inst. to the eastward of the
banks; she had suffered considerably in sails, and sinless the
weather became more favourable, wouldpreeeed to Miramichi.
THE ARMY. -

The last Division of the 42d (Royal Highland) Regiment or
Foot sailed on the 30th ult. oa board the puma transport, fro's!
Cork, for Gibraltar.
The Depot of the 42d Regiment embarked on the 27th ult. co
board the Sosan transpme, at Cork. for ellasgow.
The Depot of the 12th (East Suffolk) Regiment of Infantry
sailed on the 4th instant, on board the Borodino transport, from
Plymouth, for Cork.
Detachments belonsfing m the 6th Regiment of Dragoons, the
let Battalion of the Mat Rifle Corps, and tie 96th, and 97th
Regiments of Infantry, embarked on the 21st tilt. at Dublin, foe

Retiment of Light Dra.
th, oth 31st, 36th, 33th,
bthh. 64th, s7th, FSkh, and
Kraft Corps, ornbartiesl
I Strgcaut Dinenagc, at
of Foot has complosett
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ender the *el-
vers puce), broire open the door, struck the man's wife a
violent blow on the arin, and tore that part of the wcric
which was woven from the chain, rolled the whole up en
one of the loom beams, and carried it away towards Meserw.
Neal's manufactory, near which they cut the cloth and
chain to pieces, and trod it under foot.
Messrs. Neal having heard of the movement towards
their manufactory, and suspecting that they intended to
visit aeother of their weavers, armed theniselves.with mos.
kets, atol,•to defend their property, went into their Mill,
the windows of which look down upon the weaver's dic;tiii,
where there were two caltsiniere chain!. IS a very short
time the mob proceeded down to the weaver's house, dared
Messrs. Near to 'fire;iiid threw stones at the house and
mil) ;.• upon rhirdteevetral guns were discharged upon (le
mob when a woman and tivelve men. (alt-weatelm aticl fin-
residents of the town,_ except one) were injured from the
shots, though none of them-seriously.
By tit's- <Mae (about txvo• o'clock) the Magistrates ha
assembled; but before they reached the spot the firing I,f,a
ceased, and the weavers were moving off' without having.
accomplished their intention of taking away the work. ltx
a short time afterwards, all who had been wounded by the
firing appeared before the Juttices at the Sessions-room,
and, after a deliberate investigation, Messrs. Neal and
their men, who had fired upon the rioters, were admitted
to bail. Immediately after the Magistrates had -left the
Sessions-room, which was not until eielit at night, that
mob attacked Mr. Thomas Neal's dwelling-house, and, itt
about a quarter of an hour, entirely demolished every wins
dow in front, and most of those in the workshops behind -t.
After this they went down to the manufactory, intembig
tw break the windows there; but this was prevented br
the ptompt attendance of the special constables, who had.
been sworn to keep the peace.
Application having been made to 'the Secretary of State
for military aid, a troop of the 12th bOncers, under the
command of Captain Rose, arrived at Wotton-Under.
edge on Tuesday last, and all has been quiet ever since;
hot a great many of the weavers have left their abode,
fearing the punishment that awaits them. The NOrtis
Somerset Yeomanry, under Captain Kin too, were also
under orders to be ready at a moment's notice, at Bristol,
in case their services had been required.
CORONER'S INC4t7EST.- ' " •
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Yesterday morning an Inquest was held by Mr. Thomas Higgs,'
the Coroner, at the sign of the Plough, in • Ileanfort-buildiage
Strand, on the body of lilt. Joseph hloatin,.one of the principal;
in the Beaufort House Establishment, Beaufort-buildings, called
the Pantographic Press, for the prevention °timer?.
Mr. William Lowe Bryan deposed that he was the manager of
the above establishmeat; the deceased, who was about 70 years or
age, was the principal artist, and a man of great ingenuity. He
war always of very regular habits, but latterly-he expressed as..
opinion that his dissolution was drawing near, which he ascribed to
a general decay of nature. On Monday he came to the establish..
meet about half-peat -two in the afternoon, when, on reaching the
summit of the stairs, he tell dorm quite insensible. .Me was placed
in a chair, and supported by two or three persons, while medical
assistance was procured, and Dr. Stanton, of the Strand; Imme-
diately arrived, but all attempts to restore him were frottlese,As the
vital spark had fled.
Dr. Stanton stated that he attended the deceased. and Pound there
were no signs of life. but he was quite warm. Witness opened a
vein in the arm, but obtained very little blood. lirlenest fs of
opinion his dissolution was produced -by speiplexy, and thesistry
returned a verdict to that effect.
The deceased is the patentee of a very curiously condense:el
clock, that may be Beets in the varinna watchmakers' windows at the
west end of the town, the pendulum of which is a small silver ball,
which runs upon a bratty plate in narrow grooves. 'The fret arse he
matte he presented to tite King, and was in the habit. up to the
time of his dead., of going to Carlton Palace to keep it is roper
velar.
INQUEST IN THE PENITENTIARY. •
Aninquisition was on Tuesday afternoon taken before Thaorth
Higgs. li.sq..at the Penitentiary, Milbank. on the body of Lewis
•Ahrahems, she was convicted, in January last at the Old Aide).
.elTtlealiug a box containing a quantity of trinkets, and
to seven years' transportation, which rentenee was afterwatthasewie
muted to five years' imprisonment in that establishment .
The Jura having been sworn pmceeded to view the body Of the
deceased, and inf.° doing had to pass the cells of
,numerems of the
other prisoners' who, it may rot be uninteresting to many of our
leaden to be informed, are each of these confhiesf in separass ceUs
of about 12 f,-et square, is Which they ate einoloyed at setae trade
or other doting the day, and at night, the working apparatus being
placed on nee side, &hammock is slung in which they sleep. The r
meals are hroegh ft° them in their cells, which they are not allowirl
to quit unless for necessary purposes, enceptiorat stated :Werra:,
during the day, when they are exercised in the Court-yard attachol
to the division in which they Islay have been placed. in one or
, these cells the body of the deceased was lying, and in which it ap-
peared he had committed suicide by suspending himself to tse
beam of the ham at which he worked. . .
• On the moon- of the Jury to the Inquest-room, evils= was
. givento show that the dammed had for some days past appeared I.
be in a dull and desponding state of mind. On Sunday last,
ahliough of the Jewish persuasion, he •hed consented touttead
service in the prison chapel, with a view, es was surasised,.et'
Isarding soma excitement to his:mind; 'Faith had become jaded
1 the solitude in which the far greater part of, his time was spent.
t
the evening of that day, after taking the accustomed exercise.
iris conveyed hack to his cell and locked up antitho fellowine
irmimg he was found quits deed, stispefrom the top of hi 4
lam. , •• •. - • .. . .. .
I, Is auswerto an inquiry from this Coroner, the gaoler stated dist
be did not speak to the decaased while conveying ham to the cell.
Coroner—Did you not bid him paid night on leteking him in ?
t : Otriaten.4do z' -we are nor aboard to speak with the,priEoners.
Addeversaden craved, is the course of which same of the Jur7
p~ sat• art .opinion, that. the seclusion in which the Proper;
ware kept was rather too severe, and had possibly Mereated the
teridthey to irsanity, under the inthentee of which they werestna-
whisesaa.desiaring the-dome& to bay savnteitted the fatal act,

A dreadinl monster, narissenian form—an assassin who
had no- fewer than nine rums*, proved
.agsinst him, be-
sides numerous robberies, willateli hung and citittrreMed ire
' The fisVarinah; after nearly c.icaping condign puniihrnent,
thrinaph the pihteetion hernefsoltik among- persons of big!t
'rink and influence, by mein: of triniten-no doubt. wbtclt
!Awn in his power to d*ribure amprig.thoseon whom hi,
tifutenct defended. lie: yip! conderunpd .the• tour
, ihrce times. and as often he talleviect: to 'aprlll
!idiatith he ttasr tried and condemned byikltiouitanartimi
111betii Wig tentelice ivnittitiftethintsPtstieistion. ' 'his is th,
t4llitt•efir saminidered i 11.• oienio 041 *p dare
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I England.
• Detachments belongitur to the 13th RI
: goons, the 12th, 12th, 18th, '2.7th, 28th,
40th, filet, 44th, 45th, 47th, 48th, 5341, 601
I 96th Regiments at Foot, and the Royal ti
the 25th ult. under the command of "Staff
; Dublifi, for England.
The 40th (2d domersetshire) Regiment
: its angmentatien establishment.
The sdth (West Biteel Regiment of
migurentatiotreitekalllNOW . •