The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-01-12 00:00:00

SHIPPING iNTRELIGEIVCE.

Lord Viscount Melville strived at Portsmouth on Timmlay,
frinn the Admiralty, and immediately proceeded acmes se the lA.
of Wight.
A rrotsreritarra..—Lieutenant James lif'Doiral, to the Prim.
rose ; Lieutenant Edward flandfield, to the Pandora • Mr. Ed-
ward Nankin, Master, to the Jasper; Mr. William Willis, Purser.
to the Severn, to be employed in the Coast Blockade.
The Coast Blockade, under the entomand and judieloasmaragv.
ment of Captain 31•Culloch, of his Majesty's ship 11--
millies, hr been found so far eft:anal in the prevention of stow.
gling within the district to Which it has hitherto been moaned, that
it has been determined to extend it East and West, so es so Include
the whole of the .Isle of Sheppey an one side, and to the westward
las far as Chichester, which additional lint of count will, we are in..
funned, be divided into three distrieta„ and be officered end manned
in the same manner as the three dtvtrlets are at present, which will
call into that service about forty lieutenants, three surgeons, sic
assistantriorgeons, three pursers, and nearly I,see men, Madding.
to the number of officers and men already so nap
The Primrose, 111. gun sloop, has beta minntrainall M Ply.
mouth, to supply the place of the-Arab, on the Irish statioa.
The Calliope, Lieutenant Justice, arrived at Perreneestle on
Thursday, frosts Citetham, with a party of seamen to
Complement of the fluster frigate, Captain G. Hatria,Vllie shin
sidls this day for Barbadoes and Jamaica. •

CUSTOM-MOUSE. JAN. IS.
;MIT/ ICNTXBED INWARD/.
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Commerce. De Vries (Rofman, broker), fr;is
Alariroreebai Albers (Hall, broker), from Rl:codas.
Marianne, Kas (Simon. broker), from Antwerp.
fieneral Palmer, F. TIVIKOtt, (F. Truieott, beteerh falai
Madras. ,

L§lnigkl. 14eertno (De Rie, broker). from Seville.
Happy Return, Monro (Buckland, broker), f)om Lisbon.
Williams, Oaks (W. Hammond, broker), from Maori.
John. Wilson, (Sehoneld, broker), from Jamey.
Fox, Fox (Hall, broker), from Ostend.
Perthsbire, (Burnett, broker), from St. MAN&
Sing George, (Lamb, broker), from Calais.
Tartar. Mame on, broker), from Memel
Arm, Barfield ( Die, broker), from Harlingen
Ney
TWIN', Haviokbr (Foster old Cs., broken), from Crowe.
Arta lk Mom (Limigree„ broker), Irani derteeberibl
Nesemov. looker), tees Dowels
Wei Joese9e, (Ileferea, broker), from abort.
Delos, Iboatoen (W idle, broker), from Lisbon.
FALWOI7IIII, Jo *. ...—&—A meat the Reding and AID", bust
London.

Pt.wwouTst, Jaw. I.—Arrived the Dina, Spangenburg, from
Meting&
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 9.—Arrived the Woodpark, Ede., Alfred,
and Underwood, from the Downs.
Swipe AT KPITHR•D.—The Hussar, Jasper, and Calliope. In
harbour—Queen Charlotte, Albion, Jupiter, phaeton, Tweed.
Ranger, Menai. Pandora, Grasshoppet, Araehne, Sparrowhawk,
Arrow, Cygnet, and Ploys%
Dam-, JAN. V.—Arrived* ießterday evening and sailed this
morning for the River, the Circassian, Wasse, from Madras and
Bengal; Lanark, —, from India; Notfulk, Anderson, from
Danuic • Minerva, Parkhouee, ham Stockholm ; and Malta, Par.
ker, fro; Seville.

SIARGAtI, J•lf. 9.—The eitherine, of Aberdeen, Baxter.
from Newry Pw London, went on shore this morning on Forams
Rock, at high-water. Assistance is employed, in the hope of
getting her off without lightening her, next tack, the weather coo.
tinning moderate. An anchor, shout 9cwt. taken up in the East of
Margate Roads, was landed Acre yesterday.—Ss p. rn. The
schooner is or, without damage.
Oft ZZZZZ ND JAX.9.—Arrived the Sprightly, Newton, AMU
Seville; Allmon:o°k, Friend, from St. Kut's • Delos, Lorentzen,
from Lisbon; Commerie, d'Vrieze, from Brussels; General
Palmer, Truscoit, from Madras; Viper, Wildschut, front Wes.
cum; Perthshire, Sangster, from St. Michael's; King George,
Pay, from Calais; Maria Anne, Dirk, front Antwerp; Juno,
Nauming, from Ostend; Fox, Fox, from ditio. Sailed the Bee*
wickshire, Shepherd, for China; Swift, Artis' for St. Micheerst
Fortitude, Martin, for Jamaica; Vreei, Devoord, for Antwerp,
Tees, White, for Trieste; Preston, Wallis, for Genoa; Liberty,
Meow, for Lisbon.

Ltviearoot JAIL B,—The Boehm of Bedford, Hawn.,,frogs Jamaica fee London, wig lost the 29th of November, in dot
Porto Bravo, bear Haraonals-.erew saved t and tithe weather was

ansdeeate thi nine was expected to b ;avid. Ti. Margaret.
Young, from ctuabet to Liverpool, was debut an dun hi Rolla
Bny (Prince Rillward's Island); she was abodebed by die crew,
and was to be sold by auction. The Crook. Oludidek, Ms* Ha-
vre for Havaanah, was lost on the Ist December, It OM Cbanusl
—vessel and cargo totally lost. The True Briton, frau Ltswepool,
mired at Barbados.and sailed for La flops, the Ist December,
under convoy of his hlajemy's ship Rintlecdove. Arrival the Her.
mina. Petrie, from Chnrlestoi ; Plato, kett, from Savannah;
Franklin, Graham, from Baltimore; and Relief, Dodd, from
Prince Edward's Island. Sailed the Loyal Sam, Head. fur &a-
ails; John Wills, Harris, for New York; Lancaster. TM v, err
Philadelphia; Hannah, Brotherly, for Bahia; and Rob Roy.
Cosaidt. for Rio Janeiro. The Lapwing, foe Crete, odd yea.
has put back with damage.
Dec. 1111-4 ass *hay as SC
aistit, the weather was nosigibik slink, milli has somumma,
with an awful thisiaimasr.a. boa gas rasa
vivid Pltisignal.house has suffered mitt, btit d yon
lives lost. The signal-man. however, who was In bed with two oe
his children, was quite stunned, his hair ringed, and deprived at
feeling in his arms. One child, a girl, was moat burnt on bee
leg, the other not the least hurt. The pillow under his head was
ripped open; a watch suspended to the curtain over his head. wsa
broken in pieces; a clock in the same room
uas split in two; its.
deed almost every thing in the house was injured by the eleetris
fluid, and the roof and walls, with the windows, were mud das
maged. Every medical aid is given to the poor man, who mats
much from his arms.

BAIILEUR, JAS. 2.—The Deux Freres, Sebize, ftiwn Carta 101
Roues, was wrecked near Gattevifie last night. Crew drums&

The Ciressalatt,Wame, arrived from India, left at St.fieleua
Henry Wellesley, South Seaman, all well.
The Meru, Dunn, from Bourdesux to Philadelphia, put hash
the 30th ult. having lost an anchor and cable.
Extract of • letter from Abergely, near Liverpool, rerpisedr;
the loss of the Hornby, on Great Ormsbead, dated the 6th last.
to the owners Havirg got the letter bag and some of the lei.
ten, per Hornby, I send them per mail to your address, and wo.M
recomniend you to give notice for each person to mine and dais
their own. Today I have been towards the Point of Ayr, but met
with so little sumer*, that I fear there will not be much more get
on this mast, unless it can be recovered from the plunderers, or that
some may be grappled up at the place where she struck, for wlgolt
purpose I intend going there in the morning. I will appoint aft'
early day to sell what is not worth carriage; and will forwent Rim
rest as soon as they can be collected together."
Ana tvco—At Charleston, the Harriet, Thomas. from Lon.
don; Camilla, Crosby. from Havre: Franklin, Delano, hem
Bremen ; Hamburgh. Harvey, from Hamburgh ; Susan, Pram,
from Gibraltar; and Alfred, Gordon, front the Clyde. At the
Havannah, Mexico, from Harnbureh; Lord Rodney, from Je.
maim ; and Hamilton, front Monte Video. At Gibraltar, Ouse,
Quake ; and Tryphena, Wooden, from Bahia.
VESSEL/ SPOILEW voru.--Ilenry Tomes, of Bristol, hem
Milford, bound to Malta, out eleven days, ell well, by the LL
verpool packet, arrived at Deal.