The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-09-30 00:00:00

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

The Mnuntalneef, Ileihert, frnm Batavia, has arrived in the
Downs; sailed from ditto filth June, and St. Helena filth August.
Tile Java, Ilackler. from Sumatra, has arrived at Cowes.
Au RIVALS AT ItATAVIA.—The 31arquis of Hastings Ostler,
from China. on the Ist of Juno, I.tatiy aril discharging ; Liverpool
packer. Coffin, from Siam, on the lid ; Admiral Buy skis, 31.0corge,
from Marseilles on the 4th; Alfred, Cantimond, from Sincapore;
Asia, Corry. from America ; Cygnet, Ingerrol, trim, ditto, on the
; his Majesty's ship Larne, Kingcomb, from New South
Wittes Sir Fraficis 31`Naighton. Pearson, front Chitta, on the
tith; Dyksigt, lietithenc•,er. front Rotterdam ; 3lercrry, Jordon,
(rain Antwerp; 31erriir.ite, Coady, from Newbury Port, on the
6:h.

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SAILINOS rnoat BAT A VlA—The Derby. Pitman, for Malacca,
on ill- 7th of Mar ; the L'Europe, Irion, tor Bordeaux, on the
13th ditto; the irynthia, Welch, for Sincapore, on the 111th ditto;
the Ruben+, N'eraleys, for Antwerp. on the btth ditto ; the Mary
Ann Stoning, Ilenderion, for Ikowd, on then.) ditto; the Mar-
qui% of .lixxlingx, Wl.em, for Singapore, on the 2sih ditto; and
the James Scott, Rieltartlx, for Bombay, on the lith of Slay.

Stitr snot;err wirtr—the Dunira,llamiiton,from 1;;Udon to
Bengal and China, on the 12th of June, off the Cape, going
through the Mozambique Channel.
Ti-e Australian. from Batavia to New South Wales. was to.
tally lost on the 17th of April, seventy miles to the northward of
Sydney.
Passengers per Baretto Junior, Captain Mathews, from Den-
gal—Mrs. Mathews, Dr. Marshall, Mrs. Marshall, three 3lisses
Marshall. and Mr. A. Marshall. Capt. and Mr.. Brownrigg, Capt.
and Maver and Miss Smith, Captain Snow, and Mrs. and Master
Snow. Mrs. and Miss Cairne, hleut. and Mrs. Crane, Lieut. and
31•Ktliy, Capt. Hall, Mrs. Jones, Lieut. Horne; Mn. Cara.
dine. and Mrs. Scantired ; William Johnson. Charter Party pas.
senger twenty Company's invalids; tire female servants, and four
nin.e

ARRIVAL AT PENANG—The Carnatie, IVartriek, from Tailor,
on the 4th of Marsh, 1826; and the Peasant, Paglar, from Gibral.
tar, on the Coast, on the lath of March.

Passenger per Itirptune,Cantain Cumberlelge, from Brims! and
Madras I ,netted)—Mrs. Hawker, Mrs. Gowan and children,
Airs. Lord. Mrs. Ansell. Mrs. Lushington, Mts. Connally, Mrs.
Grindley, Miss Lord, Mies Paske, Mins Atkinson, Major-Gene-
ral Hawker, George Gowan, Esq. Lieutenant-Colonel Bowler,
Major Crokats, Bannerman, I.'aptain Slade. Lieut. Pep-
percorne, Lieut. Brown, Lieut. Fairbrass, Lieut. Fullerton, and
Lieut Buchannan.
ARRIVAL AT el.:. LOW—llia Majesty's ship Rainbow, Rous,
from Portsmouth, on the 17th April.

At a dinner party, a few days since, the conversation
turned upon the military achievements of the late war, and
a gentleman remarked upon the many instances which had
occurred of the sons of tailors having chosen the military
profession. A wag present observed that he thought the
navy would have been the more proper profession of the
two, and assigned as a reason, in support of his opinion,
the superior knowledge aide!' the gentlemen in question
must have possessed of ceiling out.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Monday last, as Joseph
Balms, wool-comb-maker, was grinding comb-broaches, at
a stone which is turned by water, in a mill near Keighley,
in consequence of the rapidity with which he caused the
stone to run, it flew in pieces, and, shocking to relate, he
was killed on the spot ! The deceased was a native of
llalifax, 23 years of age, and was a short time ago mar-
ried to the daughter of Mr. Henry Smith, his employer.
He has left a wife in a state of pregnancy to deplore his
death. On Monday morning he mentioned that he had,
the night he:ore, dreamt that be was brought home either
a corpse or dreadfully mutilated.—Leeds Internee:tar.