The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-07-19 00:00:00

N.IVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Board of Admiralty haverecently issued instructions for a
new mode of victualling his Majesty's fleet, which we cannot but
think will contribute essentially to the comfort and convenience of
our brave tars ; by the present regulations each man and boy on
board a King's ship will be entitled to the following quantities of
provisions daily ; viz.—One pound of bread, one gallon of bee►, or
(when at sea) a pint of wine, or a quarter of a pint of rum instead'.
of beer ; one ounce of comet one ounce and a half of sugar, one
pound of fresh meat, half a pound of vegetables, snd half an mince
of tea. The principal alteration in this mode of vititualling con-
sists in the diminution of half the quantity of spirits formerly al-
' lowed, when spirits were served, and the substitution, in lieu there-
' of, of tea and cocoa, and, in further compensation, two shillings
r month is added to the 'bay of every warrant and petty dß-
err, seaman, and boy ; which two shillings will be paid to them
every two or three months, when in port, whether at home or
abroad.
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Ily Order in Council, his Majesty has been graciously pleased to
I establish two new classes of Petty Officers on board his Majesty's
ships, to be called " Masters' A aatstants," and " Volunteers of the
Second Clam." These young Gentlemen it is intended should be
persons of education and attainments in the various branches of
navigation ; and they will be bruubht forward in the service in the
line of Masters. The Masters' Assistants will take rank immetli.
ately after Al idshipmen, and be entitled to a monthly pay of 3/. 11s.
In whatever rate they may be serving. Persons who have served
three years in the Navy, and possess the necessary acquirernents,are,
to be deemed eligible for this Clain; and it is open for such Mid.
effiptnen as may choose to accept the situation, the pay being I/. 3s.
per month more than that of Midshipmen. The l'rilunteers of the
Second Class, although thry are to rank next to the First Class of
Volunteers, are to receive Ins. per month more, their pay being
and that of the First Class 225. Boys, who have been brought up
Ist Christ's 'forint!, or the Upper School at Greenwich, are con.l
eldered eligible for this Class, and Captains of ships may enter such!
rmas at once; but this Oats, uwell as that of Matters Assistants,
lis open to any person qualified, on the approbation of the Admiralty'
being obtaineal.
Arrangements bare been made for the garrisoning the island of
Bermuda with Marines, NM of that corps will be scut out as early
as possible, and the sat:lnland of theme troops (as well as 2011 Ma-
rines, now doing duty there, as a guard to the convicts), will be
given to Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis, of the Plymouth division. The
Loyal Briton transport, Lieutenant P. Ambrose, agent, is ordered
to proceed from Portsmouth to Plymouth to receive on board part
of this reinforcement, consisting of about lOU officers, non.conunis.
slotted officers, and privates.
Alr. E. L. Eve, tlidshipman of the Cambrian, has been promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant.

The Calliope tender has returned to Spithead.
Monday, the Scorpion tender 'wilco trout I'Ontalol.lth to Ply.
tumuli with Marines.
The Viper tender sailed from Portsmouth on Tuesday, on a
anise.
Wednesday, the %Vorsdlark, tender to the Gloucester, took seve-
ral seamen into Portsmouth, raised in London.
The Baltic Merchant transport. Lieutenant Leyster, proceeds
Brom Portsmouth to Dublin with the 67th regiment, and will con-
vey troops back.
Ships at ~pithead :—Royal Sovereign and Calliope. In Har-
bour:—Victory, Bulwark, Albion, Wellesley, Royal George,
Cambrian, Saingspatcni, Niemen, Champion, Orcates, Brito-
mart, Jasper, Arrow, Linnet, and Quail.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.

FALMOUTH. JULY le—Attived the Industry, Dunn, from
Cork; and William, Kinnaird, from Guernsey.
PLYMOOTH, Jt. I.Y 15. Sailed the Request, Davison; Mar-
garet, A ncierson ; Hannah, Dixon ; and Minerva, Dale, for America.
Cow Yu, JULY Ifi.—Arrived the Eden, (lark, from Bahia in
fifty-eight days, reports that the Peranaqua, Brazilian frigate
Captain Norton, came into Bahia for supplies, the day before she
sailed, from off Pernambuco, she being one of the blockading squa-
dron. On the 11th July spoke the Princess Charlotte, of London,
fur Jamaica, out forty-nine days.
PORTSMOUTH. JULY Majesty's ship Herald was
towed out of harbour by a steam-boat, and sailed for Deptford. '
Arrived the Sir Charles 3PCartity, Friend, front London for De-
merara. . .

DEAL, JULY 16.—Came down from the River and sailed, with
the Ofliey, fur the South Seas, and the rest of the outward-bound,
the Orestes, —, for Pernambuco ; Tamerlane, Bristow, for
Leghorn ; Telegraph., Gremlin, for Havre ; Traveller, Oakly, for
Leghorn ; John and Isaac. Martin, for Newfoundland ; Charles,
Greybom, for Naples ; Charles, Agasse, for Rouen • Valian,
Martin, for Jamaica ; and Britannia, Stamen, for Quebec:. Passed
from London the Cicero, front —.
G NAVE:SF:SD, Jul.Y 16.—Arrived the Lively, Da yes, from
Harlingen ; Dope, Page, from ditto ; Union, Galway, from ditto ;
Venus, Brown, from 1 /stend ; Prince of Waterloo, Page, front
ditto t Talbot, Alagor, from ditto ; Three Sisters, Frost, from
Rotterdam t Margaret, Hart, fro ditto. Sailed, the Middlesex,
Hopper, for Riga : • lise• Mine., for Richebucto ; Oporto,
Cavev, for Oporto; Thetis, ,sot, fir Pillau ; Good Intent, Como,
for Haniburgb • Belessinia, IVarren, for Petersburgb ; Gra-
titude, llavies, for (attic.
LlvEiteoot., Jtlxr IL—Arrived the Montrose, Davis, from
Antigua ; John Wells, —, from New York ; Cattail.
from Charleston ; British Tar, , from Mobile ; Sally and
Esther, --, from Wilmington • Rawtler, from Virginia; Aus-
picious, —, from Quebec; and Lady Douglas, from Pictou.
v ERPOOL. Joao 13.—The Christopher, bound to Alex-
andria, has returned in consequence of having been on shore.
QueaEc, Juice hit of the vessels bound here eight or nine
have been lost. six of which are with full cargoes. The Margery,
of London, Thisbe, and Cumberland, of Liverpool, are three of the
vessels lost.
The Governor. of Shields, was on shore on White Island Moat,
I River St. Lawrence, with loss of main-mast, previous to the 10th
of March.
The Joseph. Hoddridge, from Mobile to New York, was totally
lost 3kl ult. on Little Bahama.
The brig Mary, from Quebec to Barbadoes, put back previous to
the Ith .fine, leaky.
The San Pedro and Estrella, from Havanna!) to Europe, were
carrot the 18th May, by the Santander Colombian schooner.
he Ida, (ruin Jamaica to I indon, was spoken with on the 16th
ult. nith loss 000 i-boon:, tnre, main and mizen top-masts, during
a mobil that day, by the Laurel, Bryant, arrived at Charleston, from
Liverpool.
The Mary. Beveridge. of Kincardine, was towed into Holy Is-
land the 13th inst. by sonic fishing-boats, full of water, and aban.
dolled by the crew.
VEIMEL3 SPOKED( WITH.—The ship Fanny, of and for Phila.
delphia, from Liverpool, July 3d ; the brig Liven, of Yarmouth,
from Kahle, bound to the Channel, for orders. July 3th ; by the
Mary. Foiling, arrived off Plymouth.—The brig Guernsey, flrom
Guernsey for Rio Janeiro, May Ikb, by the Lsncaster, arrived at
Philadelphia.

oreM T.—.l few days ago the wife of a gentleman,
professionally engaged, eloped from her husband. The
lady is about 40 years of age, and possesses the moat at.
tractive charms; she has also been the mother of' seven
children. The unfortunate husband, up to her elopement,
afforded her every comfort, consistent with his station, and
a short time since, in consequence of unavoidable ember-
rassments in this gentleman a affairs, she decamped, taking I
with her her boxes, &c. declaring, that although hitherto
she had lived most comfortably, she must now decline
living its poverty, and should seek protection with sonic
one els-. Ile saw no more of her until yesterday, when he ;
traced her to the neighbourhood of town, where an inter-;
view took place, and the fair fugitive appeared so decidedly
attached to her new protector, that she refused the autho-
thority of a husband, unless he immediately procured her
the same establishment as she had before enjoyed. The hus-
band was therefore compelled to return, under the most
acute feelings, and nearly bordering on insanity, protesting,
at the same time, that the subject should become a question
for a Jury at a future day. The protector's name for the
present we forbear to mention—Brilish Trne•rlrr.
Ml.T:lonisTs.—Preparations arc now making for the
approaching Nlethodist Colt;.erence, which is to be held
this year in 'Ards. The places where the Conference as-
; rambles are London, Manchester, Liverpool. Bristol, Stea-
lfield, awl Leeds, at one of these each sucetatsive year. The
nitres( ntatives front the diff:rent circuits, charged with
the duty of forming an outline of the station.. of the
preachers for the ensuing year, will assmdde here next
Tuesday ; but the Conference does not actually continence
till Wednesday. the Ist!' inst. when nearly four hundred
treat hen arc expected, mine of them Eton the West In-
dies, and three from the island of Ceylon, with two whop
were deputed to the Anterican Conference. It ei;.p.ars;
from the minutes of the last Conference, that there ware
at that time 1111,1457 members in the Methodist Connex-
ion ; of whom 50,976 are in Yorkshire. and it is expected
that a considerable augmentation of the members of this
flourishing body will be found to have taken place in the
course of the present year.--Leeds Mercury.