The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-04-25 00:00:00

TOTAL DESTRUC7ION OF THE ROYAL GEORGE
EAST INDIAMAN, BY FIRE, AT CHINA.

The following information was yesterday y received at Lloyd's t--
" The Royal George, Captain Timmins, was totally destroyed
by fire, on the 24th of December, at China. No property saved ;
but, fortunately, no lives were lost. The fire was discovered about
half pest 4. A.M.. by the officer of the watch. It or:Kinated in the
gun.mom,and spends° rapidly.that by a quaver-past hve every per-
son was obliged to quit the ship; previous to which they had slipped
her cables,and she drifted down with the tide, clear of geveral ships,
and grounded at the bottom of Whampoa Reach, where she blew
up about 8 a.m., and by noon was burnt to the water's edge. The
hull, and some damaged raw silk were sold two days previous to
the sailing of the Farquharson The former sold for ten thousand
four hundred dollars. The chief officer of the Royal George has
come in the Farquharson."

PURTHER PARTICULARS.
The following is a copy of a letter from Captain Timmins, of the
late ship Royal George, burnt at China, to the Committee at
Lloyd's, dated Canton, Jan 1, 1826 :
" Sta,—ln extreme ill health, and under the pressure of great
misfortune,l exert myself to perform a duty I feel owing to the Com.
mittee of Lloyd's, and to condole with therm upon the total de-
struction;by fire, on the morning of the 24th ult , of the late 80.
nourable Company's ship Royal George, then laying at Whampos,
in readiness to procr'ed to the second Bar, with the whole of her
stores on board, and perfectly equipped for sea, where she might
receive the remains of her cargo, having at this period eight thou-
sand cheats of the Company's teas on board, and some private
trade. Shortly after the relief of the watch, at half-past four in the
morning, the officer of the deck smelt fire ; an alarm was in.
stand; given, and on li ling the tarpaulin from the gun-
room scuttle grating, the flames appeared in a heavy volume,
which it wart not in the power of human exertions to repel.
A hardy band was sent to the magazine, to throw overboard
the powder. Assistance was quickly received from the Company's
ships as well sa others. The chain bridles were wisely slipped.
and the ship taken in tow, clear of others, as she drifted down with
the tide. Vie flames now reached every coast head; in half an
hour the spirit room burst, and the liquor mooing over the orlop,
the fire covered that deck like lightning. All hopes were at an end.
The men were summoned to the boats, but the brave officers and
men below did not quit their post at the magazine until the flames
were near the door of it. At half-past five the whole of the crew, as
wells!' strangers, went orderly into the boats; shortly after the ship
grounded ; the powder exploded and stove out her taws; the hull
pared abreast the foremast ; she was destroyed to the water's edge,
and there lay, the distressing remains of one of the finest merchant
ships in the whole world. The conduct of all the officers and crew
in this trying time was orderly in the extreme. The moat unde-
niable proof's exist that every thing possible wan done to save the
ship, and the Committee will learn and feel with myself an honest
pride in the information,that this awful visitation of Providence has
afforded the most authenti: examples of the steady and brave man.
ner in which the officers and crew, as well as strangers, did
their duty in this awful situation ; and proves beyond denial there
still remains in the breast of a British seaman an heroic self-
' devotion in time of peril to defend and save hi, ship, which nothing
I can appal : and it shall be my cure to collect such individual in.
stances of it, which it is my imperious duty to make known. The
mercy of Providence is greatly apparent, that no one man has been
lost or maimed in this dreadful calamity. At present no sort of
clue can be had by which it can be imagined how this unfortunate
calamity commenced, but a most rigid inquiry is instituted, and
every possible means taken to elucidate it. It may be well to observe
'hat the whole of the officers and crew of the shin have passages al-
lotted them in the different Company's ships, and all will, most pro.
hably, be in England by the month ofJuae. The greatest attention
has been used in guarding the wreck, and Messrs. Dent and Co. ap.
;minted as agents fur the under-writers, whose great exertions and
prudent arrangements for the saving of the puns, &c. merit my per-
fect approbation, and to-morrow the whole remains will he offered
for public rile, so that it may reasonably be expected that every
possible justice will be done to the assurers of this unfortunate ship.
" I have the honour to be, &e.
" TIMMINS.
" TO John Bennett, Esq. Secretary to Lloyd's."

AMERICAN MARKETS.
[From the New York Price Currrns of April 1.1
Corrow.—'the reduction In price., ac notleed In our last, lans brought
purchasers Into the market, and the transactions of the 12.4 three days
hare been pretty exten.lee. The sales comdat of about 1,040 bale. Up.
land, at Ild. r. 124. ; tQill Mobile, at I IBd. to 114 d. ; and about 400 Ntw
Orleans, as 123 to 13 cent.; a choler lot of 40 Mobiles reacted as high a.
13 cent.. The whole week's business has been the most extensive of any
one since the commencement of the year ; the total sales amount to 3,100
bales. The Import has been—
Prom New Orleans
Alabama
North Carolina

335 bales
400
770
—lll7
Impart from the 1.4 to the 314 Morch 13314
/Export from ebe ht to the 1.4..rth March
Quotatlun.—Nen Orleans... .... a 14 rents
Upland • 1 I a 12
Alabama lly a 12y

Tonacco.—A Mr lot, of about SU hhd. Kentucky, has been sold by
auction, since our last, at 4 to Si cents. four mouths, averaging 51 cents,
and a few hhds. have been taken for the West ladles, at 13 to 63 cents.
The import has been from Virginia 2 hhds. Total Import, from the Ist to
the 31st March, 124 hhds.

rastasr.

To Liverpool:
Cotton Old. to OM. per lb.
Tobacco ....... Bbi. per hhd.
Arbea ........ Z/. per too
Rice . .... ........ Ba. per tee.
Naval glares . 3a. per brl.
Exchange on London.-60 days,
33.

To the Continent

Cotton II to 14 cts. per lb.
Tobacco
Ashes 3:os. to 465. per ton
Bice 6os. to per ton
Sugar
74 to 71 pm.; France, 6 374 to

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING,

NSWMAREET. SUNTIAV NIGHT, ELEVEN o'Ctocit.
The bill of fare for to-morrow, In consequence of the two matches bring
off, is reduced to seven races, most of which are expected to be well con.
te.ted. The course Is In excellent order, there having been three or four
hours' heavy rain last night. The running commence, at half-pot twelve.

■KTTING J? TO SLAVIN OICLOCIC AT NIGHT.

By the following statement It will be seen that a 'light alteration has
taken place in the odds on the Clarendon stakes. The Moslem and Mo-
narch are now nearly at evens, and Crusader Is bnt a 'trade behind them ;
the General has also risen considerably. For the Oaks l'rk,blent is a greater
favourite, by a point, than in the morning.

CLAMINDOIIi lITAKIS.
2to I apt the Moslem I6to 1 cyst The General
21 to 1 agot Monarch 10 to 1 agst Pnrapluie
3 to I apt Crusader
1.000 01:11VBAS STASIS.

S to 4
tray apt Lord Jerk's But- I 2 to I art the Dakeof Grafton's
Probiem
. .

4 to 1 *pi any other.
NIIWISAKIIET 4TARI.I.

2 to 1 agst The Dragon (Calypso) I 5 to 2 ct,"%t Hama Idanchavaen
2,UUU OVINILAS STAKI.s.
No betting.
DtRUY.

9 to 2 art Monarch I 7 to I agst Tank
6 to I agst The Moslem 12 to I agst The Baron
2t) to I art auy other.

OA!

9 to 1 runt ltllgnlonetto
1:: to I agst ttsehael
11 to 1 asst 80-Prep
0111 t.
16 to 1 agst Bro. to Miss Fanny
18 to I AO Crusader
• lISto I gat Barataria
25 to I spat any other.
TATTERSALItr, Aran. 24.

4 to I Dirt Butterfly
R to 1 apt Problem
ti to I apt Paraplute

IT. L■

8 to 1 art Bedlamlts
12 to 1 agst The Dragon
IS to I agst Belton(
...

As Is alwtys the case during the Newmarket Meetings. very few at.
tended the Rooms to-day. On these occasions, what little betting takes
place ht at the different sporting houses in the West, where the odds, In-
tiseneed uy the accounts from Newmarket, have settled as lu the fullowing
statement :

CLARENDON
7 to 4 art The Moslem I 7 to I ngst Crurader
2 to 1 agst Monarch 10 to I agst Parayiule.
1,000 OVINIAII
6 to 4 art Butterfly I b to 1 apt Problem.
2,000 uutnitas ssssss .—Nutidog dune.
NNW AAAAAA VTAERS.
7 to 4 on the field.
MINCE.
- _ .

9 to 2 art Monarch
5 to I apt The Moslem
13 to 2 agst Panic

13 to 1 eget The Baron
18 to 1 toc.t
2Q to 1 afot
ONUS.
Mt to I eget Bllgolonette
11 to 1 isg.t H.<•hnel
12 to 1 NO Elizabeth.
ASA.
the field

4 to I agst!agree
6 to 1 ea,at Prob:em
8 to I swat Paraxol

sr. LI
IS to 2 on

MATCH IN HARNESS.
Tna BfATCR DIATIPPAN Sin C. GOODTAR AND CAPT. CIMPT..—TtIe
latter Gentleman undertook un Saturday to drive one home 62 miles In
harnitoi, in tea hours. for a het of 2tll ADP. with Sir C. G. The match took
place over live Tulle, from the 40th milettune on the Bury-roud, and It was
peilormed at under :

Y. I. M. S.
iPt Five Miles 2s 1 Bth Flee Mlles
2tl ditto
8d ditto
4to ditto
sth ditto
6th ditto ....... ........... 27 12 The last Two Mlles
7th ditto . 27 9
Total, 6 hours, 84 minutes, 38 seconds.

A Pipes Match for SOO sovereigns took place yesterday morning, on
the Sagami and Chobham enclosure, between eleven gentlemen of the
Ashton, Heaton, and New Hats Club., at 11 bird. each, lOU yards boundary.
HIDOHAIL killed. ASHTON. killed. HATS. killed.
Con4leton
Ruden
Capt. Smith ...... 10 Mellish
Goodehild
Holli opine* .... 9 Marten..... Davidson_
Henley 9 Herne
Me
hewts..... ....... 8 Sisadish . ... Shee 8
Jennings
ttetcaN
ow/runts ...... .... 8 Shee Keep

11:4 1 94
Mr, Barnard Alltrickan, horse-denier, at Stoken Church, Oxfordshire,
undertook on Saturday, fur a bet of 200 sovereigns, to rlde eight horses
from the 116th mile-stone, conflation* to \l'itney, Oxford4hire, In three
hours, to Groevenor-place, Stoken nearly a mile of around,
forming no part of the time being given In, and up which the rider mounted
a hackney. The first eeeee miles were performed In 24 mln. 7 sec. The
nett nine miles were performed In 29 min. 2 sec. Eight miles in 26 min.
sec. Mix miles In ISO min. 4 sec. Ten nines In SJ min. 4 see. Nine
mile. In 2'i min. 4 sec. Eight miles In 26 min. 9 Sic. And the remaining
One 14111C4 were out galloied over, the match baring bceu lust.