The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-02-28 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

CUSTOM -H OUSE, FER. 25.
ENTERED INWARDS.—PIutus Coulson, from Hamburgh ;
Lord Melville, Charters, from Leith; Prince Regent, Rumen.,
from Jersey; Jong? Frederick, Klein, from Antwerp; Robert
and Mary, Fox, from Ostend • Belluncle, Hall, from Stand.
gate Creek; Elizabeth, Hurries:from Antwerp ; St. Peiersburgh,
Grotrian, from St. Petersburgh ; Resolution, Floreness, from Got.
ter burgh; Asyle, Luck, from Dintzic; Ann, Trotter, from
Standgate Creek; Waterloo, Kember, from Calais; Marmion,
Jarred, from St. Michael's; Four Sisters, Foreman, from
Jersey; Johanua, Duke, from Seville; lielvey, Pollard, from
Padatow ; Garton, Garton, from Boston ; Thomas and Stephen,
Barrett, from Faversham ; Commerce, Evans, from Seville; Jo-
hannes and IVilhelmina, Moyenkind, from Rotterdam ; Rose,
hlunro, from Pillau; Prince of Saxe Cobourg, Ladd, from Rot.
terdam • St. Lawrence, Anderson, from lianiburgh ; Elizabeth,
Ekin, Rot-
terdam;
Jamaica; John Biggar, Ferguson, from St. John's,
New Brunswick ; Adeona, Steward, Jun., from Smyrna;
Albion, Black, from Cork ; Marquis of Anglesca, Williams, from
Limerick.
ENTERED OUTWARDS.—Dart, Stranack, for (Intend ; Mar-
garet, Fishley, for Lisbon ; Congress, Goddard, for New Orleans ;
Hems, Faillatte, for Calais; Emma, Crighton, for Elsineur and
Rigs.
CLEARIXO OuTwaans--Hottentot, Sinclair, for Vera CDII,
Alvarsdn, and illocambo ; Commercial Packet. Collins, for Bil-
bao; Hope, Forrest, fur Buenos Ayres; Hope, Omiistoo, for
Hamburgh.

wavesEND, Fen. 25.—Arrived the Countess of Mansfield,
Pace, from Hamburgh ; Luna, Williamson. from ditto; Sarah
Margaret, Speader, from ditto; Laburnum, Taylor, from ditto;
John George, Kleimenger, from Antwerp; Waterloo, Mackeller,
from Lisbon : and the Coronation, Power, from Harlingen.
Sailed the Hcrcfordihire, Hope, for China; Atlas. Hine, for
ditto:. Gratitude, Bowden, for Pernambuco; Robert and Sarah,
Humbert, for Hamburgh ; Jemima, Craig, for Grenada; Adam,
Hazier, for the South Seas; Diana, Hughes, for New York;
Oporto, Covey, for Oporto; Bradock, Ilewson, for New Orleans;
Skylark. Ruth, fur Gibraltar; and the Alexandrine, Boquir, for
Marseilles.
Hartwtor, Fen. 25.—An anchor, 10cwt. lqr. 81b. marked
" Hawks, No. 103," with 65 fathoms 1-inch chain-cable; also
one Sort. 211 b., marked " Mashain " upon the crow, with 89
fathoms 9i-inch cable, were taken up in llolesly Bay, which are
*apposed to have been lost about the 18th January last. They
• e now lying at Woodbridge.
Ltooonx, Fen. ll—The America, Lewis, from New York.'
which was driven on shore, is expected soon to be afloat; part of
the cargo has ben discharged.

The Sarah, Peters, arrived in the River 25th ult. from Dub.
lin, lost her boat on the vuyage, the stern of which was lately
picked np nesr Padstow.
The Suffolk, Alison, from London, was blown out of Madeira
22d ult., and had not returned on the 28th.
VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH.—Royal George, from London to
the East Indies, 21st inst., by the hlargaret, arrived at Plymouth ;
Fame, 'hickey, from London to Lisbon, 12th inst., by the La.
visit', arrived In the River from Trieste.

WATER Comratass.—The following particulars re-
specting the Water Works in and near London are ex-
tracted from the Report of the Select Committee, appointel
by the House of Commons in 1821, to inquire into the
state of the supply of water to the metropolis, and the laws
relating thereto. The information obtained by the Com-
mittee, and reported to the House, was most important;
and it cannot be made too public in this age of wild specu-
lation :

Gross
Gypkal. Water
Aosta.
t.
New RiTa 1,083,511 114,034
Chelsea . 138,648 13,748
East London - 5419,331 52.021.
West Middle.ex 4.54. 24,000
Grand Junction 240,170 20.526

The above per tentage is calculated on the rental of the
Companies, including Me advance in the rates which gave
rise to the Parliamentary inquiry. This statement, being
the sober result of experience, may offer a wholesoine
cheek to the glowing statements of projectors, grounded on
estimates which almost universally proceed from hypothe-
tical calculations.
A fire broke out on Tuesday night in Edinburgh,
which at one time threatened the most serious conse-
quences. r6rtunately, however, the apprehended destruc-
tion was coaflned to the premises where the fire broke out
(the printing office of a Mr. Ritchie, in the Blackfriar's-
wynd), and a house in front. The former was burnt to
the ground, and the four upper fiats of the latter, besides
the attics, entirely consumed.
Flax tx Hotaoau.—Yesterday evening, about half-
past seven o'clock, an alarming fire broke out on the premises of
Mr. newest, • professor of music, 214. High Holborn, near Iritde
Queen-street, which threatened the destruction of the adjoining
houses. It raged furiously far an hour and • half, destroying
the f:un and Punch-bawl public-house, and greatly damaged Mr
1.003'5, the surgical inauminent-maker. Owing to a want of an
early supply of water, which was not put on for above half so
boor after the commencement of the fire, cot:aid:Table property
wax destroyed behind the premise, ineludir.g, we understand, ,
timber-yard. The front of both houses tell with a trainee-
dous :cash about nice o'clock, but we ire happy in being able to
state that no serious accidents occurred, although there was a
plentiful supply of light-fingered gentry, who availed themselves
of the calamity to ease several persons of their watches, haudker-
chicly, &c. The police ought sways immediately to repair to
scenes of this descripurre, to prevent such daring outrages.