The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-01-25 00:00:00

No. 30, STRAND.

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TIIE NEGRO BOY, Olt SUPERSTITION SUB-
DUED.
Near Porttmontb, the " Battle of Minden " the Sign,
An Inn long renown'd for good cheer and old wins,
A handsome young hostess, and excellent lodging;
An 011icer lately came over from Femme,
No longer in idle attendance to dance,
His occupants Monsieur most gladly disgorging.
This Officer, then, ev'ry comfort ensuring,
At •' Battle of Minden " a lodging procuring,
And items of Use and of Ornament lacking;
In dress predetermited to shine all mplendent,
Directed, o'er all, that his sable attendant
A quantum should purchase of Warren's Jet Blanking.
The mild youth of Afric the mandate obey'd,
When to l in the Doom, by the luminous shade
Of the Jet, like a mirror, his dark features glarirg ;
He geed in amens, long with extacy mute,
Then laugli'd, as laugh'd with hint the Child in the Boot,
And eagerly thence to his Mama repairing
'' 0 come, Massa Captain," be said. • come and see
Rim live in de Boot—blacky child" as me—
Mush like as my poor letcel bender him seem,}
/Jim die—himcome blek—die no more," and his eyes
Were glistered by jay, when aghast with surprise,
Tr) " Childa " he viewed in the Boot's jetty gleam.
Hl* biases the MIME of the vision explained;
And now in the youth was delusion restrain`d,
Ilia mind Superstition no longer attacking
Enhane'd thence, In time, is the fine glossy hue
That drag can improve, and dark Emir stabdue,
Of Warren's rtnplmdtmt. ininiited Blacking I
This easy-shiningfad brilannt MACKIN°, prepared by
RODEK'r WABBSBI, 31, Strand, London; and bold in every
Town in the Ki
t.ltlt'lD, sat Yid. lad. IN. and 18d. we.
Also, PASTE B ACKI NG, in Pens, Id. lid. and 18d. each.
A Shilling Pet of Paste is equal to Four Is. Bottles of Liquid.

_ .I.ICrENCE
CUSTUdid-/lOUSE, JAN. MA
r
SHIPS ENTERED ISWAS.S.—Tbe Simone, Arend% from las..
boa; Janice Camilla, 11'oltara, fkla Canoad ; Vronw Hendnka,
Schuring, from ditto ; Jo* Joanna, STaort, from
N'Jlaerr, fr,;,n ditto; CoTOOMIImI, Power, from Harlingen
Lofd Gambier. Bishop, from Jersey ; Untie, Gallas:ay, Isola
Harlington Griattutde, Parnamboan and Rio
Grande d /fcS.
wiCountme of alai -41 W, lace, front Hamburg:; $
5e Vary , Won Rotterdam ; Gond Intent.
g, demo ; Priam Saxe Coburg. Laid, from Rater-
Elizabeth mod Cornalia, Parletleit.sfriwn ditto ; Earl of
Clsofearty. Heath. from ditto; Landon, Ilarnlsett,. frau Hans-
'burgh ; Theta, Reed, from tun ; parorty, pahrsar,"7raret ditto;
Belissinnt„Warren. from Pecertbnrgh ; Scotia, WAlls_from Faro:
Poor Brothers, from Waterford ; - Flenrl,- malt_ _hora
Dungarvan ; Richard an Aree, Bergen, from Nevi; Mahn.
Thomas, from Waterfowl ; Renown, Ellis, from*You all ; Hen-
rietta, Lloyd, from Dundatk ; Cafedoona, Duncan, fr Tifrowit
Margaret, M'Alillan, froen*Eintericle ; Edmore, Turner, front
Waterford; Margaret, Vesey. from Linteriz.k Cora, Bonifaul,
from VVatoyford Mary, Ann, Fortgat, from Limerick; Favourite.
Steuart. fißn Calais; Lanark, West, from Bombay srd Huai-
tius • Sarah, Grove, front -St. Marys,- Arra" ; Penevevanse,
Matigham. from If arnborgit ; Amide. Heyte, trim, Havre •
Loyalist:Chicken. from S. John.. N. B.; MarpreS. Marl, fres;
Rite:dant ; Sprightly, Newton, from Bambini' ; kitritmarence.
Moon, FrOIIII4Rebet and Brest : Caroline.•Waltal, from Lisbon :
Bradock, Iltsracm; from Jlttralice *tears, tMssi
Lerhorn.
WILIt sa-rAV -Mem, 4w Aga Noma 1
Edlrbtrref Par. i!llAlsl,6tor Itottzdtittin ; • Jawed, Sam, frr Te.
'seri& ; Brows. (Collins, for New Orleanr; Dems.
ford. for Teneriffe, Monte Video, end Panama . • Eclipse, God-
frey, for Dublin ; Tropic. Brat:ford, for .141adlas and Bar-
badoes.
Cr.Eantn OUTWARDS VISALIA AT GRAVESEND.—Saab,
Ayslt, for Lisbon : Earl Bathurst, Gibbs. for Rotterdam; Prince
of IV:Redo°, Nye, L)l' Ostend ; Lucy Davidson, Williams. far
Rio Janeiro and Jamaica ; Carsioaloott Park, Park. for Jamaica.
CLEAR tin OUTWARDS —llenptmill. Byers fur St. Tloornu ;
Naples Packet, Walsh. for Na ; Ant, Esheiby, for Bare.
burgh : Sarah., Milne. for the Cape of Good Hope; Perseverance,
:Hugon°, for Calais Busell. for Cape Coast, Africa;
Portland, Just, for Jamaica ; Alliance, Whitwwmg, for Nevis
and St. Christripher's ; Prince of Waterloo, peaty., for Sierra
Leone ; Dart, Stranack, for Ostend; Ouverwegt, Rooderkirk,
for Rotterdam ; Royal George., Timins, for India and China
Amelia. Bulky. for Cadiz ; (;itrlill, for New Orleans ;
Mary, Wills, tor Figueira ; Gorge Calming, for Bar-
hulas&
CLEARED OUTWARDS TO laztarn.-,-Dritannia, Connall,
for Dundalk and New ry Zephyr, Thompson. for Belfast ; Re-
volution, Mudge, for Dublin ; Briton, Scanlan, for ditto.

FROM LLOYfYS LIST.
FALMOUTH, JAN. 22.—Anival the Swiftsure Tilly. Gotta London for liatannah ; Julius Casa, Staffled, from ditto, for
Carthagena. Sailed the Ophelia. Oliver, for New York; Provi.
denee, Noyes, and Louisa, --, for St. Michael's.
PORTSMOUTH, JAW. 23.—Passed by yesterday, the York,
Talbot, front Sladras for Loadon--sailed 21st September, and
from the Cape 23d November, landed passengers. Arrived the
Alliance, Tulloch, front Gibraltar; and the Zephyr transpor4
from Chatham. Sailed the Sir Charles lll•Carthy, for Sierra
Leone; the Hindostan, Lamb. for Havannah ; and his Majesty's
ship Surinam, to the eastward.
LITTLEHAMPTOW, JAIL 23.—The Russel, shich came oa
shore at Felpham, is become a wreck, and is breaking up. The
Hazard lies nearly in the same state as when she that drove on the
beach, though she was got afloat, but a gale coming on just at the
time, drove her up again ; Cater attempts are given up till nes:.
springs.
DEAL, JAW. 23.—A Dutch brig of war has just arrived, name
not yet reported. The Amity, Johnson, for Bombay, has gone for
Ramsgate to repair.
GRAVESEND, Jan. 23.—Arrived the Naiad, Hempteed. fro
Messina; Elizabeth, Chicken. tract New Brunswick ; Atlantic,
Walker, from Hamburgh t Bee, Hudson, from ditto; Sarah,
Appleton, from ditto; Simeon. Hoare, from ditto; Caledonia,
Ritchie, from ditto; Kitty. Cole, from Petersburgh. Sailed the
Elizabeth, White, for the Cape of Good Hope ; Thistle, Roden,
for Teneriffe ; Dove, Miller, for Smyrna ; Bee, Wishart, for
ditto ; Romulus, Yule. for Chsrlaton Waterloo, Alsager, fur
China ; Ariel, Resell, Cspe Coat Castle.
Lir EaPoor., Jaw. 22—The Orion, Evans, from hence fog
Jamaica, was totally lost on Tuesday last, near the entrance of the
Luna. A sloop, laden with grain. supposed to be from Feland,
foundered on the 12th Inst. at hire a.m. Inside the Middienieuse,
and the crew drowned.

SCILLY. JAN. IR.—Arrived here on the lath inst. bis 81sjestv's
ships Thetis, Orestes, Pylades, Champion, and Jasper, and the
Bramble cutter, and sailed await) oo the ISth, on an experimental
cruise. Passed here on the 14th the John. of 13u11. Findlay. front
St John's, New Brunswick. 28 days, all well, reported that %IQ
brig Eagle, of London. took Bre in the cabin on the Ilth ult. burnt
the quartmaleck, and the mate in his bed.

3iILPORD, JAY. 22.—Arrived the George, Ilughez, from Buz_
no! kyres.

LLAMMADOCII. JAN. 20.--On the lath instant a sloop was se_n
to go down near the Holmes, in Burry River, and it isifeared the
crew were drowned. A board, with " Menai, of Newport," uswn
it, has drifted on shore. It is supposed the vessel was laden with
grain.
Oustvoce, JAN. 2fl.—The statement, as to the Jane, Avery,
being oa shore near Portkiln, turns out to be incorrect ; it is *tho
British Oak, Johnston, troll hence for Chester. in ballast. The
Jane is at anchor in Gourock Bay. The brig William. Cutlibt-
soot, from Purt-Olasgow to ‘Vestport, timber-laden. grounded on
one of her anchors on the Wink, and tilled ; she was brought
the harbour this morning by a steam-boat.
ELSINOII, JAM. IL—The Lady Annabel's. from PIMDZIC to
Newcastle, which was driven on shore near Helsingberg, has been
condemned and sold. The 3lanchcster, Lancaster. from Wybrg
to Hull, which was driven on shore 20th ult., has been condemned
and sold.

His Majesty's ship Aurora sailed from Valparaiso, on the 12th
October. for Rio Janeiro and England.
The following vowels, from London, ars in Lloyd's books
having arrived at :Shams, viz. :--the Marquis of Ely, Mani/let ,
Asia, Balderston; Rose Marquis; Golconda. Edwards; Re-
source, Fenn ; Lord Amherst, Lucas; Fairly, Oldham, and
Raffles, Coxwell.

The 'Maria Sopliia Storm, from Stralsund to London, passtd
the Sound 16th October. and has rot been heard of since.

The Dorothea, Brandt, from Kiel to London, sailed early la
October, and has not been heard of since. -
The Prince Leopold, from Demerara. was carried irto Sbelloe-tt
on Sunday, with loss of anchors and cables.
It Is supposed that the Mary, of Poole, Cook, from Banderlas a,
was lost or Dunkirk %:h ult.

The llfperinn, Btuiasma, from Surinar3, for Rotterdam, sailei
26th September, and hag cent since been heard of.

At fltriatiansoe, in Bornholm, there Ilrer C lying on the 4th inst.,
among other vessels, with blight damage, the John, Iduirhead, fcr
Dundee ; Union, Cobham, for Aberdeen, and the Henry Ad-
dington, Martin, for Newcastle.

the ttonglas.'WiLl, and !Jeremy, Sietan, are stated, in a letter
from Riga of 2J Jan. to have pot back, after being 26 days at sea ;
the first with damage, the Litter having last the Captain, ►y death.
and almost all her sails.

The Free On'berg, Larsen, bound to London, bid bean
brought, in s sinking state, into • harbour between Areadahl atat
Osterrisoer.

The Louise Amalie. Kra4r, from Lisburn. for Copenhagen. Las
been lost near Thisted ; it is hoped that smut of the tackling may
be saved.

The Graces. Nichols, from Hamburgb, for London. has ertterc.l
Fahrs, in Norway, after having been on the rucks t
load. The Unity, Young, from Hamburgh for London, sru i
that harbour.

The Lolvig, Beck, from Copenhagen, fqr st. Croix, La put
into Fahrsur.d, with loss of anchor and cable, and other deatuv.

GLASCOW OPERATIVES.—The Gicrgnw Chroxi, le or
Thursday says—We mentioned in our last that the *Tit,-
nen of the mills belonging to Messrs. 3artholomew ba,3
gone in unconditionally, and we learn tat those of some
other mills have begun to work in a similar way. Sae!, of
the mills in Gorbals as were not previously supplied with
new hands, muted this morning at their usual hour, and
are going en with their wonted spirit and activity. La -t
night, at nine o'clock. the county patrol of eiehteen
who were employed for the protection of the co:ton weak.
in the Oorbals, were paid cft; as their services on this
point ate now happily no longer requisite. The panel for
Calton, Mile-end, and Bridgeton was also yrsts•relav
tas-
continued. Mr. ThompFon, Calton, took in his old spill-
.ners yesterday on the same unconditional terms as these
of Messrs. Bartholomew ; the old spinners of Mr. M'Gre.
gor, Ture, .t-street, arc to re-enter to-morrow on the same
footing ; Messrs. Blackburn and Co.'s old spinners hate
this morning come in to what wheels they had entity,
on the same terms as them- mentioned on Tuesday. t
On Wednesday afternoon two thieves Dimmed Stalsm,
carrier in the Candleriggs, Glasgow, and ens at dbas
pulled a canvas hag, eontrinin4 between three t (bur
pounds in silver money, nut of his coat poeko, ear_
ter instantly seized the thief, and he at reerfily hahaea the
booty to his associate, who instantly ree 011: Acrd
not to lose sight, of the mosey, he *mil As pur-
sued and overtook the reenter, recovered his missy,and
handed the delinquent orer to the police.