The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-08-05 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Kt SOSTOS NAZCA), :).AT 111.—The following letters have
htTn Aent to hi. Bormtir the Mayor, from Viee-Admiral Sir L. W.
Halsted, K.C.B. _ . _ . -

" Isis, Pm-Royal Harbour, June IS.

•• Simi beg Tem cRI be plea'sed to mike known to the mer.
6 inints of *he city of Kingston. who hare done me the honour to
t met mcninriel, f,r the purpose of transmitting it either to
try Lords I.;omr!,,,i:ir.en of the Admiralty n
co
or the Secretary of
ist l I hart. re. same, and shallprt fail in . .

. .
;:ir their request, by vm ding it tO my Loi.is Cott= illluonerP of
t Admiritly, in each a manner as I think will be most conducive
t:.wsris the attnintyvni of the protection their memorial points
and I k•ett yet, will IPATITC them that I shall always reel a
I v•. 17 interest to their prm:terity. and will lose no opportunity that
-ay be within my ifl:4lS, consistent with the public service, in
Frcaseting the same. "1 hare the honour to be. &c.

o
•• 1.. W. HALSTED.
'• l'ice-Admiral and Coiornander-in-Chief
To the Hon. Joss,-.'n Llame%."
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'cis, Port Hovel Harbour, June 15,11324.
. .

Str—l beg you will be io make known, in reply to a
r•:s,a.m I have r,coircd, t., tir.*.trd convoy on the 20th instant to
e.; 11 QS end the lielies.s, that a vessel of war at Port Royal will be
.ucted to hoard the usual convoy signal, and proceed with the
4 4 to the above ports on the morning of the ?2d inst.
" I hare the honour to be, he.
" L. W. FIALSTED,
• " Vice. Admiral and Commaildcr-in.Chicf.
'• •To hia Honour the Jlavor of Kingston."

WARD OF ALDF:RSGATE.

Yesterday, at half-past one o'clock. in pursuance of a
issued by the Right lion. the Lord Mayor to that effect, &We d-
mote was held for the IYaril of .11dcrsgate, in the Large Roan of
the Dispensary, in Aldereasate-street. for the purpose of electing a
Representative of the Want in the I 'Ammon Council, in the MOM
of Representative
Samuel Rolla, lately deceased, to serve fur the remainder of
the present year.
The Candidates on this occasion were Mr. Thomas Lloyd,
grocer, Aldersgate-strect :tie. W. L. Saul, wine-merchant, Fad-
ron-street ; and Mr..l. Hume, carpenter and builder, St. AIM'S.
lane.
At one o'clock, the hour appointed by the precept, the rerun was
complAely filled, and some time having elapsed lefitre the arrival
of Ilttlicrt Albion Cos, Esq. Abityman of the Ward, who was to
preside, the (lectors were amused by the perforniances of two mu-
sical snuff-boxes, in the possession of the friends of two of the Can-
didates, me Oaring, as it was called, " Lloyd's Lamentations;"
end the other, Dead .March in Saul." Mr. Hume had no
representative in the nitedeal way.
Alderman Coy :vim( arrived, tho several Candidates were
propoled in due form ; after which they severally addressed the
`letting.
The -different Candidates' names rem then separately proposed
by the Chairman to the Meeting, and a show of hands taken on
each, when it was declared from the (:hair that Mr. Thomas, Lloyd
as, elected Representative of the Ward by a very decisive majority.
Mr. Lloyd was then sworn in as ('nronion Councilman foe the
Al'ard, and having taken the usual oaths bdore the Alderman pre-
siding, the \Ye:denote broke up.