The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-07-22 00:00:00

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.

FALMOUTH. JULY 19.—Passed by for London, the La
Hogue. Parker, from Newfoundland. Sailed the Eclipse packet,':
for Halifax.
Pr.; MOUTH, JULY 19.—Sailed the Prince Coburg, for Gib-
raltar.
Corms. JULY 20.—Arrived the Albion, Lee, in 22 days from
Charleston—apoke on the lith inat.the Splendid, from New Orleans
to Liverpool
FOR Tt.MOUTM.. Ju LT 20--Arrived the Albion, Townsend,
from...:ewfoundland ; Adamant, Rutland, front Jamaica; Elec-
tra, Harrison. from ditto—all have passed up Channel. Sailed the
Good Intent, Fox, for Hamburgh.
MAL, JULY 20.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the Ida,
Tayler, from Jamaica; Southworth, from ditto ; London,
Chariot), from Quebec; John and Robert, Swinton, from Illi-
ranuchi ; Fortitude, —, from Jamaica; Governor Harcourt,
Allen, from Jamaica ; Swift, Payne, from the Canaries ; Caroline,
yfalters, from Oporto ; and Ellen, —, from the Cape of Good

. .
Hope.
GRAVESEND' JULY 20—Arrived the Violet, eharosin, from
Harlingen ; Atalanta, Byrne, from ditto ; Alexander, Rickman,
front Rostock ; Ceres, Burgh, from Norway ; Patriot, Airy,
from Rigs • Maria, Hanson, from Palau ; Nestor, Crager, front
Finland ; and Two Brothers, Robson, from Palau. Sailed the
Carolus, Limen, for Stockholm.
LIVERPOOL. JULY 19.—Arrived the Jima, Freeman, from
St. John's, New Brunswick; and Emerald, Scott, from Miramichi.
Naafis:l N.P. JuxE 9.—The Spanish schooner Argos, Goo.
zale, from Matanzas to Ilavannab, was captured by the Bolivar,
Colombian corvette, and ordered for Porte Cabello, but she Aar.
wards stranded ou the Grand Bahama; a small part of themes*
saved. The Hyperion, Newton, from Baltimore to Key Wm4la
wrecked on Abaco; part of the cargo saved.
Arrrived off Poetland, the Noble, Maxwell, from Havannah
and Juno, Hussey, from New Bedford.
VresELs sroxxx warn—Hope, Bully, from Liverpool to
Newfoundland; Diana, from Whitby, off Cape Chat; Earl
111001, of Whitby, on the Banks of Nevrfoutulland ; and Fame
rout Belfast.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday last Mr. R.
Bartlett, of Newenden, met his death in the following manner a—
lie was engagedin superintending the alteration of a road at Flim-
well, and conceiving that some of the workmen were in danger from
a fall of earth that was about to take place, he motioned them to
remove from the spot. Shortly after, the earth (about thirty loads)
fell on Mr. Bartlett himself, and crushed him to death—Muir/alone
Gazelle.
FATAL CIACETUSTA?iCE.—.-A dreadful occurrence took
plate in this town oo Tuesday last. An over-driven cow ran into
the yard of Ur. Cutbuah, carpenter, from whence an elderly man,
named Ellis, attempted to drive her. The enraged animal ran at
hint ; and he, in endeatouring to escape, fell into a saw-pit. There
the cow fell upon him, and so dreadfully injured him, that he
shortly after expired. It was found necessary to shoot the cow
before the unfortunate man could be extricated.—Maiditose
Gazette.
Ou Wednesday last A. Marlin, alias Milne, who bad
been prisoner in the gaol of Aberdeen, was tried before the High
Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh, for the crimes of stouthricf,
house-breaking, and theft, committed at Kemnay and Dorris;
and being found guilty of the stouthriel and theft, was ordained to
be executer! hereon Friday the 27th August ensuing. The criminal
was, in pursuance of his sentence, brought here yesterday, and nor
awaits his awful doom.—.l/icrd en Chrouiek.
CAPTION.—On Monday, a middle-aged respectable-
looking man called at the slurp of Mr. Tilley, bookseller, in
Glasshouse-street, and requested to be shown sonic Bibles and
Prayer-books. After looking at them for some time, he fixed
upon a Bible at Ills. and a Prayer-book at Ss. 61 and left the
following note :—" Mr. Siniiiiondr will thank you to send the above
to him.—Monday." `• I hum taken them, and will thank you In
put it to my account." The youth in the shop ((hum the gentle.
manly appearance of the titan), rot suspecting scything wrong,
let him hese them; but upon racking inquiries of lllr. Tilley the
next morning, it appeared that be had not the slightest knowWgt
of any such person.
NEGLIGENT use OF FIRE-ARMS—A WATCHSI A:
ACCIDENTALLY Sitot.—Janies ')todge, an able young fellow,
a watchman belonging to theparish of Camberwell, stationed near
the Half-way-house on the Greenwich road, was dusgerouttly
wounded yesterday morning, as be was preparing, at five o'clock,
to quit his beat and return home. The injury was occasioned by a
loaded pistol he was drawing from his pricker, the lock of whitt
beconiir.g entangled with the folds of his coat occasioned it to
Mode, and several slugs with which it was loaded penetrated the
fleshy part of the left thigh nearest to the groin. The man imme-
diately fell, and the report bringing persons to his assistance, lie
was conveyed to the Half:way-house, and surgical aid had recourse
to, when three of the slugs were extracted by Mr. Durbidge of the
neighbourhood, who, after the necessary applications, ordered his
removal to town. To this every attention was paid by the parish
officers of Camberwell, who had the unfortunate man cons eyed to
tiny's Hospital, where lie lira in great danger. A wife and two
Wants have to mourn the event.