The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-05-11 00:00:00

THE BRITISH PRESS.

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
Whiteliall, 1825.
The King has been pleased to nominate and appoint William
Woods, Esq. Bluemantle Pursnivant of Arms, to be Norfolk He-
rald of Arms Extraordinary.
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BANKRUPTS.
James Edmond, Size-lane, warehouseman, to surrender, May 17,
at ten, June 4, at one, and 21, at ten, at the Bankrupts' Court.
Solicitor, 51r. Lawled,,,,e, Temple. Chambers, Fleet-street.
Robert Voraton, slitre-eourt, Fleet-street, law.atationer, May
14, 21, at eleven. and June 21, at twelve, at the Bankrupts' Court.
Solicitor, Mr. C. Barber, Chancery-lane.
Thomas Dixon, jun., Clitheroe, Lancashire, corn-merchant,
June 1. at five, 2, at ten, and 21, at twelve. Solicitors, slesars
Hurd and Johnson, King's Bench-walk, Temple; Mr. Wardle'
Llitheroe; and slesers. Shaw and Artindale, Burnley, Lancashire'
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LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING.
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N.W.—High Water past 5. .
Antra, ester, Dant*, from P B
Charente • Llo d, irli ladelphm; Mar-
ais., f Wick, and Huard,
Henry liell, Jyohnson, from Glasgow ;
I* • Amigizing, and Glasgow, Mirk,
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_Oars t from ; Diantond, ('odd, from
olomolmoq Aback, from *stock ; Aurora. Vrisch, from
....DBOllllB% MIK , from Leith ; Rifleman, Dompill, from
41101112=
NF I 116" 'rig, from Dundee; 51armion, Petri, from
lemmilamars Stemrock, Montgomery, from Belfast ; Success,
Oseeeeile, frau Gibraltar • Adventure, Brugge, from Dublin ;
Ilbannia,'Holgste; Pesee, bodgson ; and Langford, Crosthwaite,
ism Dublin ; Ceres, from C,olerain ; Mayflower, and William,
from Dublin.
The lin bert awl Jannett, 11l qiinley, from Liverpool, has arrived
at limerick.
The gleaner, Braes, from Liverpool, has arrived at Limerick.
The Cuba. Wasp, from Havannah, has arrived at Cowes.
The Alexander, Marshall, and the Jonge Bareodt, Vaowyck,
las snivel at Elsineur.
Tim tasesed, Canneries, sailed from Savannah, (or Liverpool,

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Thi )ton - from Charlstown, for Liverpool, 9th April.
The Henry Newland, Weeks, cleared. at Charleston, for Liver-
ad, 3d April.
The Biagharn Fleming, and Abigail, Gardner, cleared at New
[Means, fbr Liverpool, 21st 'larch.
The Lindsay', Dixon, *ekared at New Orleans, for Liverpool,
22d 51arch.
The Thomas Parsons, and Josephine, cleared at New Orleans,
for Liverpool, 19th slarch.
The Perfect, Hitty, and Robinhood, cleared at Charlston, for
Liverpool, 6th April.
HOLYHEAD. MAY 1825.
The ship Bolivar, Smith, from St. John's, N.B. came in yes-
terday.
Vessels spoken with by the Bolivar:—April 15, the brig Two
31arys, from Cork to New York, in lat. 42. long. 55. April 17,
the brig Iris' from Portsmouth to Boston, in lat. 43. long. 49.
April 18, the brig Hope, of London, lying to, in lat. 41. long. 47.
April 21, the brig Louisa, Young, from Aberdeen to 51intmichi,
in lat. 48. long. 37. April 22. the brig Sophia, from Greenock to
Quebec, Out 29 days, in lat. 48.30. long. 34. April 23, the barque
Avon, from Troon to the Bay of Chaleur, out 18 days, in lat 48.
long. 33. ; the brig Elizabeth, from North Shields, out 34 days, in
lat. 48. M. long. 34. all well. May 5, the brig Nicholson, from
Harrington to Halifax, of Tamar.

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The East India Company's ships Marquis Camden and Lady
Melville arrived from China yesterday—the former off Brighton,
the latter oft' the Wight. They sailed from China Jan. 10, and
from St. Hetes March 17.
The slarchioness of Ely also arrived yesterday off Brighton.
She was despatched from Bengal Jan. 9, and sailed from St.
Helena, with the Ueneral Harris, March 31. She parted from the
6eneral Harris on the 11th of April, in lat. 5. North, long. 94. 32.
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PASSENGERS PER AIARCIITONESS- OF ELY, CAPTAIN
MANGLES, FROM BENGAL.—Mesdames Malt:wiring, Barlow,
Robertson, Morris, Anstruther, Brown, and %Vllken ; Colonel
Littlejohn ; J. H. Barlow, Esti. ; G. J. Morris, Esq. • George
Clough, Esq. ; Daily Nisbet, Esq. ; Major Dickson, ith Light
Cavalry ; Captain Johnsen, 13th Light Infantry ; Lieutenant
Sperling, his Majesty's 16th Lancers ; H. Pearson, Esq. • Mr.
D. Howard ; Misses Nesbit, Lindsay, and Gough ; two Muses
111•Kenzie ; three Misses 11lainwaring ; tire Marten :llainwaring;
Miss Wilkie ; two Misses Anstruther •' two Misses Robertson ;
two Masters Robertson ; two Misses Morris ; Miss Shuns, and
Master Shuns.

PASSENGERS PER LADY MELVILLE, CAPT. CLIPPORD,
FROM ri.k.-I.ieutenant-Colonel Clifford, C. 8., his Majesty's
service ; Major Smith, lion. Company's service ; Muter Smith,
and one servant.

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The Hon. Company's ship Dunira, from China, had not arrived
at the Cape of Good Hope on the 20th March, nor at St. Helena
Ist April ; 30 guineas per cent. was done upon her yesterday at
Lloyd's.
ARRIVALS AT ST. lIELENA.—The General Harris, ‘Vel.
stead, from China ; the Cape packet, Kellie, from the Cape
(sailed the 20th lllarch), arrival at St. Helena on the 30:11 of
March ; she states that no accounts had been received at the Cape
respecting the I)unira.
SAI LINOS FROM ST. IiELENA.—The Tyne, Warrington, for
London, the 17th March ; the General Harris, NVelstead, for
London, the Ist of April ; the Lavinia, Brooks, was preparing to
sail for the Cape on theist of April.
Slurs sooxxx w t...1.--The Bombay, Charitie, from London
to China, the 7th May. in the morning, in Ist. 47. N., long.
8. 9. W. ; the Buckinghamshire, Glassponl, from London to
China, 31ay 7th, at evening, in lat. 47. N., long. 9. W. The
Lowther Castle, Baker, from London to China, May 8, at morn.
ing, in the Channel.
SHIPS APPOINTED TO SAIL TROY CHINA.—The Sir David
Scott, January 18 ; the Princess Amelia, January 22; the Marquis
Huntley, January 25 ; the Thames, January 28 ; and the Orwell,
January 30.
Wrsexax Isr.axos.—The Marquis Camden and the Lady
Melville experienced severe S.E. gales of wind from the 2-2 d to the
31th April, and were detained nearly three weeks by contrary winds
off the Western Islands.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.

' Fazstorrx, ltlar 11.—Araired from the Downs, the Cathe.
rine, Parker, for Alexandria; the Royal Charlotte, Hay, for
Oporto; and the Nassau, Treinayne, fur Sierra Leone.—Sailed the
Glasgow, Phillips, for London.
Cowes, 31av 11.—Arrived the Cherub, Brownrigge, from the
Downs, for the river Gambia.—Sailetl.the !Judson for New York.
PORTSMOUTH, MAY R.—Passed by the Hon. Company's ship
the 'Attly Melville, from Cnina.-Sailed his Majesty 'a ship Py-
lades, for Jamaica-
DEAL, MAY 9,—Arrived and sailed for the River the IVel-
lington, Evans, from liontbay; Mercury, Merton, from Faro ;
and the Queen, James, from Passed through from the
River, the Hope, Brown, for Sierra Leone ; the Medway, Bennett,
for lierhice; the William, Newall, for ditto; the Vittoria, Brown,
for Quebec ; the Sir G. Prevost, Williams, fur ditto.—Arrived
from the River, and remain, the Miranda, Wildgoose, for Deme-
rara ; the Christiana, White; and the Catherine. Swan, for Ja-
maica; the Dart, Brown, for the Pacific ; and the Olive Branch,
Anderson, for the Cape of Good Hope.
GRAVESEMD, MAY 9.—Arrived the Fairlie, Aldham, from
Calcutta; Marten, Bill, from Zante ; George Canning, Parrett,
from Lisbon; Mary, Owen, from Memel; Elizabeth, boss, from
ditto; Petrel, Canis, from Pernambuco; Bellona, Regison, from
Dantzic; and Swift, Pyrne, from St. Michael's.—Sailed the
Alonzo, Perkins, fur Bordeaux ; St. Vincent, Planter, from
Paisley for St. Vincent's; Chieftain, Patterson, for Barbados.
LteRRPOOI., MAY B.—Arrived the Fairy, Brewis, and the
New York, Bennett, from New York—sailed on the Itith ult. ; the
Union, Pring, front St. Michael's; the Mary Catherine, Pace,
from Charleston.—Arrived off Holyhead the Bolivar, —, from
St. John's, New Brunswiek.—The Helicon, Barnard, from NVil-
mington to this port, put into New York, leaky.
BRISTOL. MAY 9.—Arrived the Diana, Bowie, from Teneriffe;
Venus, Cuok, from Lisbon ; and Sarah Anne, Nicholls. from
Haves de Grace. Sailed the Nolo, I.lairls, for Newfoundland ;
Pomona, Norton, ror Trinidad.; and Prodgskirrson, Cherry, for
Amigos. The Decagon, Roucff has arrived at Newfoundland;
Argo, Davis, at Leghorn; Princess Charlotte, Ilerrey, at Ma-
deira ; and Pilot, Lorell, at Demerara.
ANTWERP, MAY R.—The Vierge Marie, of this port, Detner,
from Messina to Dordt, got aground off the Island of IValcleren,
3d inst.
Pasts, MAY s.—The Swedish galliot Thetis, Ellerberg, was
totally lost the Ist inst. near Quillebeuf,—Crew saved.
HABIBUROH, APRIL 3l—The Christina Maria, Lindquist,
from Colmar to Copenhagen, upset near Bornholm, 17th inst--
Crew saved

ELSINIVR, Awful. 30.—The Catharine, Wessels, from Lon-
don to Stettin, which was abandoned off the Scaw, has been
brought into our Roads with all her rigging standing and in ap.
parently good condition, by the Edward, Berming, of Pillau. The
cargo is landing.
The Eleonora, Schurdt, from London to Pillau, was totally lost
on the Swinebottonis on the 15th ult.
The following is an account of whalers on the coast of Japan, in
June and July, brought by the Ann. Kemp. arrived in the River
—" Ann Elizabeth, 350 barrels of oil ; Bridges, —; Cretan. 5001
ditto; Cape Packet, 200; Coquetti-. 500; Emily 1.400 ; Favou-
rite. 700: Francis 400; Griffin 1.450; Greenwich, 1,200; !lope,
Lton; Ilarleston, All; Indian, 41.0; Mary. —; Melantho, 500;
Rochester. 1,500; Supply, 450; Shakspeare, —; Saracen. _;
Thum 1040 ; Vansittart, 400 ; Wildman, 300 ; and the Warrens,
The Mary was dismasted and leaky on the coast of Japan in
July ; the Dazitel was at Timor in November, with NO barrels of
oil; the Sir Charles Price, and the Sarah, were at the Ltulmne
Islands in November, the former with 1,400, and the latter with
400 barrels of oiL"

The word unique was never more justly applied than to
the siugularly beautiful clock that is to fie sold at Mr. Nuibb's to-
day ; the fruits and towers with which it is decorated hare all the
appearance of nature, and the gems of which they arc composed are
of the most valuable kind, being matrix of atnethyq, ehrysophras,
heliotrope,o s, rnelian agates, jaspers, usalacLite, lapis lazuli, &c.

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NAVAL AND MILITARY BIBLE socrarr.
The annual meeting of the friends of this Society, width has for
its object the distribution of Bibles among the sailors and soldiers,
met yesterday at the Freemasons' Tavern.
Lord Grisrpfut took the Chair, and was supported on the right
and left by Lord BEILEY and the Hon. Mr. SHORE, and several
Naval and Military Commanders.
The Report sou read by the Secretary. It stated the number of
Bibles distributed, and the amount of funds applied for that pur-
pose, and concluded by calling on the meeting for future support.
Several speeches were made in support of the object of the
Society, after which the meeting diseolved.
The attendance was very numerous and highly respectable.
CITY BUSINESS.
A Court of Aldermen was he yesterday at Guildhall.
The Court unanimously voted thanks to the Bishop of Gloucester
and the Rev. M. 31. Preston, for their excellent sermons preached
at Christ Church, Newgatc.street, on Easter Monday and Tues-
day last.
The Inquests of the wards of Coleman-street and Cripplegate
Within, attended, with presentments of sundry ruinous premises in
those wirds, upon which the Court directed the City Solicitor to pot
the Act of Parliament Into execution, and to board up the premises
from the public streets of the city.
The Inquest of Aldgate ward presented sundry persons as not
being free of the city, which were referred to the Chamberlain.
The Chamberlain reported the state of the Orphan's fund for the
last quarter, and the Court directed the discharge of 13,:k0r. of
the debt.
The first Courts of Conservancy for the counties of Essex and
Kent, were appointed to be held at Stratford and Greenwich on the
17th, and for Surrey and Middlesex on the •23t1 June next. The
dues for Billingsgate Market were appointed the same as last year.
The first Courtin June was appointed for the election of Rulers of
the Company of Watermen and Liglifermen, and also of Beadles
of the Court of Requests.
Precepts to the several Livery Companies for a Common Hall on
3lidimminer-day, foe the election of Sheriffs, Chamberlain, and
other ofEers annually chosen on that day, were directed to be
issued, as were the usual orders for keeping the hustings clear upon
ettction days. Mr. Jol:n Bleaden and Mr. M. Gibbs were
admitted and sworn Com Meters, in trust for the city, for four
years.
A petition from the Greenwich Ntiatermen, complaining of the
present mode of navigating steam-vessels on the river, was read and
referred to a Committee to investigate.