The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-09-21 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL, M ONDAT EVENING.

Wind. W.S.W.—high Water, 13 m. p. 4.
Arrirld the Margaret, Hoak, Ross, from Pernan.buco I Arc-
twos. Oliver, from Nova Scotia; Constitution. Dewsbury, from
Jamaica; Diana, Twentimen, from do. ; Cordelia, Roberts, from
St. Petersburgh ; Wilton, Elliot, from Rirhebueto I Amity, Ir-
ving, from do.; Concordia, Dorncke, from Dwane-
The Samuel. for Carthagena, has put back.
Toe Duke of Lancaster, Hanna. from Liverpool foe Calcutta,
was spoken 19th April, lat. 3, N. long. 85, E.
The Doke of Wellington, for Gibraltar, has put back leaky.
The Liberator (steam vessel), for Carthagena, has put into Car.
narvon, all well.

The Pandora, from Barbatioes, sailed 9th Ang. ; the Fortitude,
fur London, and Hawke, fur C0..-k, sailed same day.
The Unity, from Para, sailed the Bth. and from the river the
llth August ; the Apollo was to sail in 14 days; the Laity Conte
in a month ; on the leth of August, in Lat. le. 10. long. 48, spoke
brig Lavinia, front Belfast to Demerara, out forty-three days--
all well.
The Clande Scott, from Pernambuco, sailed Bth August ; the
Margaret 13oak sailed 29th July ; the Indian was to sail for Liver-
pool 14th August. On the lilth of August, in 1at.13, N. long. V,
spoke the brig George, Boughton, from Bahia for London ; on
15th inst.. in lat. 50, long. 11. spoke the Lancaster, from Liver-
pool for Philadelphia.
The Traveller, Car, from lido de Janeiro, bad arrived at Per-
net:oboe°, and sailed for dlarankam.
SEPTCMDER 17.
Sailed the Liddell, Liddell, fur Odessa; Williatn Neilson,
White, fur New Orleans; Triton, Sherize, for Bergen ;Diana,
Heuson, for Elsinore : Arcturus, Wharton, for Liaison; Laura,
Thomas, for Newfoundland; Douglas, Inch, for ditto; Lucinda,
Schultz, for Pillau : Pacific, Burn, for Riga; and Carl Johan,
Soderberg, for Stockholm.
SIPTENTML 18.
Sailed the Braganca, Carter, fur New Brunswick; Motley,
Garrisa, for ditto; Peter, Ellis, for ditto; and William, rulford,
for Newfoundland.

On Monday night, about half-past tight o'cock, a most
brilliant meteor was seen at Weston-super-Mare ; it was
of a bright blue colour—took a direction from east to west,
and was visible for several seconds.—Gluzieceter Journal.

Itsvaxnan Sr ICIDE.—On the Ist inst. an elderly man
wad discovered lying upon a bed of leaves, in a wood in the
township of Adlington, near which spot he had remained,
we understand, from the 16th of August, with the inten-
tion, it appears, of courting death in its most horrible form,
by exposing bimself to the lingering effects of famine and
the unwholesome damps of night. Being taker., however,
to the constable of Blackrod, who humanely interested
himself in his behalf, he was aroused to a sense of his
situation ; and after receiving some relit f, set out on his
way to I'enrith, in Cumberland. lie was in a dreadfully
/emaciated state, and without a coat. bet his appearance
otherwise was highly respectable. The following memo-
randum was found in his pneket by the constable, Which
was well written with a pencil:—
August 16, 1815.-4 tind myself very fit to die, but not so live ;
my misfortunes have been great, and I am reduced to poverty. I
cannot wtorit ; to beg I am ashamed ;•antl to be beholden to my
friends I cannot. neither to a parish can I entreat. I have shade
my peace with God, and I am in perfect charity with all ouitiltkid.
I was born in the parish of Alctingbam, Match 30, Int new
to lie here till I die.
Bottom Fspreis. " IZOBELIT JACIC:•:'ON."