The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-01-03 00:00:00

PORTSMOUTH, JAR. 1.

The Maidstone captured, on October 3,1, a Portugoese brig, with
NO slaves, bound to Brazils.
The Aurora arrived at Rio Janeiro, from Valparaiso. fa Erg•
land, and the Tweed, from Pernambuco. on the Is. of November.
The rtpartiate and Blanche Railed, for the River Plate, November
20. The Alligator arrived at Calcutta July 7th, from Rangoon.
The Clinker attired at Halifax, from Newfoundland, on the 29th
November.

On Wednesday the Ranger, n, Captain Peter Fisher, arrived
with seinten front Sheerncsi, and sailed *gain yesterday, to lie ut
Shields; the Bramble cutter returned to Plymouth ; the Arrow
went on a cruise. The Niemen awl Samarang arc come into har-
hour to refit. There are no ships of war at Spithead. About 20
sail of metchant ships have reached this aneherage, from the Downri
this week, and remain with about 150 sail of outward-bound ships
before noticed.

The Romney, Captain Lockyer, is ordered to proceed to Ply:.
mouth, to embark the Commissioners going obt to Netrth Moreau
Last night arrived the brig Augustus, Crain, front Trcpani, with
salt, after 49 days passage.
A lettcr from an ofGeer of his illajesty's slap Champion, alluding
to the statement made by mit. Plymouth Correspondent last week,
says—" Ths Champion availed herself of the opportunity offered
by the Orestes having some alteration made in her courses (to
make them stand bitter) to increase the size of her's, by the addition
of 191 yards more canvas. whieli now makes the Champion's canvas
nearly the same size as tie Orestes. limit, so far from the Orestes
having gained a single inch to windward of the Champion, our ship
absolutely weathered her upwards of tone miles."
The Falmouth, Tyne, paimtless, and Morgina, sloops of wart
at this port, are ordered to be sold out of the service.
Eight ascent and 189 men, for Cape Coast Castle, embarked on
ettneaday, in the Finsbury.

A communication Las been made to the working classes
employed in our Dock-yard, to the followirg effect:—ln
consequence of the dissatisfaction expressed by the Artificers
of the other Dock-yards, in having to perform, in turn, in-
ferior work, the Lords Commissieners of the Admiralty
have ordered about 376 (which appears to be the number
of shipwrights, caulkers, and omiths, who have been rc ;Weed
to work as sawyers, scavelmen, and labourers) to be forth-
with discharged from Plymouth, Sheerness, Chatham, and
Deptford Dock-yards; but, as no complaining petition had
been forwarded from this (Portsmouth) Yard, their Lord.*
ships have directed that none shall be removed. The whole
of the men employed at this Yard have, since this official
communication has been made, commenced working six.
days in the week, instead of five.—Portamou:h Paper.
We arc sorry to announce the total wreck of the North
Star, of Dumfries, loaded with oats, and bound from West-
port for Liverpool. The weather was so thick, that the
crew had not seen the land for four days ; and, on the tem-
pestuous morning of the 13th inst. the schooner struck on
a reef of rocks, about twelve miles from the island of Co-
linsa. Here she beat violently for about ten minutes, and
then passed over the rocks into smooth water; but by this
time her bottom was so much damaged that the crew (tour
men and the master) had some difficulty in escaping with
their lives. In a small boat, with two oars, they suc-
ceeded in gaining the above island, where they sold the
boat for 30s. as the only mean, of conveying them to note,
where they knew they could reckon on money and frienda.
Not an atom of property was saved, and the vessel, we be-
lieve, was net insured.—Dam fries
Awrct MORTALITY IN ONE l'AnlTY.—Lately died, at
Ely, in the 70th year of his age, of a brain fever, Mr.
Wiiliam Orr, many years a aergeant of the Cambridgeshire
Militia, but latterly a dealer in earthenware. lie tat a
wife and three &Wren to lament his loss, the forircr in a
declining state of health, and, according to human da-
tion, the next in the family that would follow him ; but
this poor erea'ure was destined to receive another shock
before she left this vale of tears. On the day three weeks
following that on whi.:ll her husband died, her younr at
child, a fine healthy 61 about eight years old, took a 1.,,x
of opium pills, unobs.rv;il by his mother, frrm t tatle
standing by her bedside, and went to school will. them in
his pocket. It afterwards appeared he o%reil one to a little
boy of his own age, who, not liking the taste of it, pa: it
away fre.a his itnutli. flow many the little unfortunate
swallowed has not been ascertained, but he was ditcovere.!
in the school-room, an hour after the bad ;cl,
cold and stiff, and nearly dead ; every means to recover him
was used, but witlicut effect, as lie died a few hours after.
The shock to the poor invalid mother may he coen-imeel.
but cannot be deseribed ! The only ejaeniation she uttered
afterwards, and whish was frequently repeated. tvaa " My
poor John." On the same day three weeks I,llawinle. Ct
the 46th year of her age, her earthly sorrow's ceased, and
she was conveyed to that bourne from r; hence there is no
return. " Insatiate archer! thrice thy shaft has sped,-
and yet not satisfied ! Within a little month front ftis
mother's death (on Christmas-day last), her eldest SOW,
William, aged nineteen years, a pious, dutiful, and in-
dustrious son, followed father, brother, and mother to th..
silent grave ! What a havoc has death made in one family
In the short space of ten weeks, four are snatched hence ;
and the only survivor is a poer frientliss girl, seventeen
years of age. Surely she is an object draerving the com-
miseration and help of her more fortunate fellow-creature,.
I 'dependent Prcss.