The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-11-12 00:00:00

2'llE NORTH E 11N EX PE Dl'l7 diN.

Captain Lyon, of his Majesty's ship Griper, arrived ye -
terilay unexpectedly at the Admiralty. His return has
been partly occasioned hr his having beers unable to get
into Iteptiltie hay, though he got of the entrance of Wager
River. The. Gripur had experienced the most extraordi-
nary continuance of had weather OW remembered by any
seaman on boa►d. They had haul but five fair days during
the whole voyage, and one of the five was Monday last.
They have I. at all their anchors, and their boats were all
cove in. We are happy to learn, however, that no lives
have been lost. Ciptain Lyon reports, that the whale
fish( y, from the titaness of the weather, has been very
unproductive. The whalers he aluke had been all un-

EXTRACT or ♦ LETTEE, DATED TOPITSUOVT/t, ItOT.IO.

This afternoon came into harbour, without anchoring at
Spithead, Isis ntjesty's ship Griper, Captaia Lyon, front
the Northern expedition, last front the Southampton
Islands, in six weeks. The ship is in great distress, and
appears to have 'tam! dreadfully. She had reached to
within six hours sail of Repulse Ray, when a must tre-
mendous gale came on, hitherto me quailed fur severity
in those SAO, which continued for several days with un-
abated fury ; and after the crew had sullied in a dreadful
manner, Captain Lyon was &dimsl to bear up for England,
to refit, the ship having lost all her anchors and cables
Isnongst the ice, besides having been me shore, and sus-
tained damage in her bottom. They heard of Captain
Parry, who was a great distance from them. The Griper
was to have wintertd in Reim* Bay, and to have des-
patched, in the ens ll itt g summer, ass overland expedition,
to endeavour to meet Captain Parry.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.

PIeWEANTE, NoV. 9.—The Norway brig Resolution, Elrett, is
bmitglit up from P‘irtlileareo. mil put into duck, to he repaired;
herbed, stem, and stern-post are gone, and bottom much damaged.
They were obliged to make a temporary bulk-head tore and aft,
and caulk it tight, in order to make her swim.

F*l. KOUT /I, Nov. 9.—Arrived the Rinaldo packet. from Rio
Jlll3Cirll 19th Sept. Off the poet. the fairy Ann,
mond, (rum Virginia in 24 days. Sailed yesterday, the New
Martha, lwathwaite. fur Trinidad.

PLY MOUTH, Nov. 9.—P,t.sed by, the Leipsie, from the coast
of Africa.

PORT /MOUTH, Nov. Dl—Arrived his Majesty's ship Griper,
Captain Lyon, Gm., Repolse Bay, with loss of three lIIICIIOII4 and
cal es, and other damage amongst the Ice, she having experienced
dreadful weather, and being sithin six hours sail of her winter
quarters, was obliged to beor up. Also arrived the Gopia, !lathy,
front Zante; and the Alfred, .'dmuls, front Guernsey.
DEAL, Nt.V. 10.—Arrived, and remains, the Speedwell, Pool,
from Nassau; also arrived, and sailed for the River, the Elizabeth
and Ann, Wright, from Queboc. Arrived from London, and re.
MaillA, the Princess 3lsry Smith, fur New Smith Wales. Pet
back the following ontward.hound. vit.: the Lady East end the
Coventry. ior New smith \Vales ; shit the l'ereivil, Livingstone;
Itivharif Reynolds, Roberts; Gourge Ilt., Purillevrelle Breadal.
Inni•, Burgoyne; Lune, Frazer; Rawlins, Itigutaden;
Bray; Salacia, Ile.arn • and the Robert Ilathgate.

itle AV I:81:X Nor.ltk—Arri red ill; MaGrel, Jefferson. from
Leghorn; Anna. tlrar. from Dublin. Sailed the Egeria„ Frazer,
t !ape Paytien ; the k ive Sisters, Krohn, for Elsinore; Martha,
Pell, tor St. Virieent's ; Suitors, Morn, for !homers ; Letitia,
Bromley, tar Ilamborgh.
l.tt 6:11P001.. Nov. 9.—Arrived the Laurel, Gill, from Buenos
Ares; the Adventure, Smith, from Rio; the Anna, Cherie,,
trent qmars; the 31untrsoina, --, from Philadelphia; the
Sittali and Caruline, front tiatvancah ; the Bee, Jameson, front
1/enterara; the Fanny. Thatnirton. front Cape Breton; the Kings-
ton, Dempsey; a.,d the George, Cvmsett, trout Miramieiti ; the
IVilliant Pitt, Strinchouse, frosts gocliec; the Bell. Brien, from
Newfoundland ; and the Brown, l'ous, from Bar I:haleur.
LITTLEIIAMPTOX. Nov. 10.—I'lle John. Sisk. from London
for Jamaica, went un shore at Preston, shout thiee miles from this
port, about twelve o'rewk last night. The brill, at present. ap-
pears nut to be damaged, Lit most likely intuit discharge to be got
id: %Vinci W.$.lV. when .he 'vent on shore. Time Flan of OA
is also on slime about one mile west of this place.

111*LI. LIST.

lit Nov. 9.

Fannon Annlv7D.—Prom Riga, Memeliv: Fran
!Limburg'', Ilopr. F..t. Frain Poo...burgh, tit. I.36zabeth, An.
; I hprey. IViney. From Qatbre. Elltyis, Sum. Erma
..N3,!...0r, Trim ticbroders, Jurgalw:t. From l'aersburgb, Fides,

FOREIGN gattEn.— rot liamburgh, William, Maxwell;
Erunswick, Aires; Day. Fur liottrrilam. Proridtnev
latent, Al Limon. FIT Elsinore and Dantic, Caws, Gram,
wall. For diothenbergli, Fort:ma, Silasion. For Memel, Echo,
Watson; Henry, Merritt. Fur A.}Cll%, lwrhia, I)Yreb./!:. Fur
Rotterdam, Fortuna, llcycn. For Tormineen, Gum Bothnia*,
Fegors. Fur Sierra Leone. Mary Frat.res, Wilkinson. For Fillau,
Elooora, Zimmerman. Fur I. 1111 u, riebruder, thiniberg. For
Danrzie. Carolina Frili-rika, Brdow. For Barth, time Iloffnuox,
Schroeder. Fur Ito:tail:an, Erthrll,

The Aurora, lindgson, of Whitehseen„ fmm Quebec for Trake,
was stranded .'4th Sept. near st. Jahn'., N .wfounilland; the
crew, materials, and part of the cargo saved.
The Evperatiza. NICOL was I,»t. at 31aracatbo. The cargo was
to be seat by the Apollo, Stephens.
The Johanna Louisa, G.ottersl.on. from Stettin. arrived at Ifir.
with lath inst., with loss of sails, bulwarks, anchor and cable, and
matting three feet water in about four hours. Left Stettin Oct. 5,
and has ocperitneed dreadful weather.
The pulacca brig talon, under English colours, bound to Vera
Cruz, ran on shore on entering the harbour of Ncuvitas, shoat •27th
ult., anti bilged cargo plunder:A by wreckers.
The Pi!, Vatidyne, Irwin Alvarado to New York, upset at sea
2111 August.
l'lrc Alert. Phillips, from Gibraltar to Tampico and Alvarado,
taken by a Colombian cruiser, was wrecked un Abaco, during a
gale, un the 13th Sept.
The Earl Petty, Iron' Davis Straits, has arrived at Kirkably.

FIGS.-At Oxford, in the botanic garde, of the Regius
Professor of Debrow, is a fig tree, which was brought how
the East, and plentea by Dr. Pocock in the year 1648. Of
this tree the following snectlote is /elated :—Dr. Keunieott,
the c..lebrated Ilebrew scholar, and compiler of the Poly-
glot
Bible. was passionately food of this fruit, and seeing a
very fine fig, of unconunun size, on this tree, which -by
wished to preserve, he appropriated it to himself by writing
on a label •• Dr. Ketthicott's fig," which he tied to the
fruit. An Oxonian wag, who had observed the transac-
tion, watched the fruit daily, and whets ripe gt.thered it,
and exchangesi the label fur tone thus worded-4'A rig fur
Dr. Kentsicott."

ItoDULA% of A BANAL PARCLI.O.—On two several
occasions within the last ten days, two panels of bank
notes, lilac containing notes to the amount of one thousand
pounds, and another four hundred and eighty pounds. ad-
dressed by )leuts. Stewart, Hamilton. and Cu., of Dub-
lin, to Mears. Milward and Co., of Waterton!, and for-
warded by the mail-coach, were discover:A not to have
come to hand. As the numbers of the notes were known,
notice war• given to the Bank of Ireland, anal in etise-
quenix several pust-bills and other notes of those stolen
were stopped on their being ',resented for payment at
the Hank. Upon the case being made known at the
head police-office. peace otticer Manly was employed to
did...over who were the utterer, of the notes : and from his
inquiries he was led to proceed ou Sunday to liallytore, a
se 4tion at which one of thrcuochown of the Waterford mail
stops. There he arrested the coachman, named Silk, and
his wife, the latter having arrived a short time before the
ace-OHL-et ; and having brought them up to town, they
ytiterday underwent an examination be•iorc the magistrate'
of the head police office, when Silk was identified as
having Tamil several of the notes, which wile stopped at
the Rank, and were prove•l to be some of thus,: which were
in the parcels. Several bank notes, given in change for the
,tob.•n ones, were found iu possession of Silk's wife, who,
bgethi r with her husband, were committed to scwgate
to abide their trials.— Dablio Pop r.
Last week. an unfortunate family of Swindcrby were
placid in a situation of stir *nut horrible distress. A cow
fill ill, and medicine' sc.'re administered by a man, who
pot his arm into the throat of the animal, tell convey the
physic to the root of the topple, uis customary. Fouling
some difficulty in gutting the medicines down, a youth wan
employed. whose hand aktki arts it was thOUght would pass
the obstruction ; and the Ivy's mother afterward, lint her
assistance. 1:1 the attempt all these individuals were