The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1825-04-20 (London, England)

CHILI, DEC. 23.—The schooner Grecian has been run away with by the crew, and carried into Chiloe, subsequent to her capture by the Chilian squadron, in attempting to enter Callao.  Arrived off Penzance the Saluda, Giles, from New Orleans. The Maria, Leslie. was off liarbadoes the 2d of March, all well. The Christopher. of Poole, Yenning, from Baltimore to Cork, has been condemned at Norfolk, Virginia. The John. Muirhead, from Riga, sailed from a Dort in Norway for Dundee 18th Jan. last, and has not since been heard of.  The Endragtigheden, fiuun, from Bergen to Venice, is said. in a letter from Bergen of 13th ult. to have put back to Bergen, with loss of bowsprit, mast, and sails. The Alexander, Malcolm, from Kirksldy to Riga, struck on a sunken rock 31st ult., near Riga, tilled with water, and upset—crew saved.  —From the Agents at Lloyd's, at Elsinore, dated April 9 :—" It is reported that the following vessels, upward bound, were lost vn Bornholm, 27112 ult. viz.—The Stag, Hall ; Trader, lawn ; Hope. well, Chapman ; and Woodhouse, Reay." VESSELS srowzw wiTw.--Pallas, Savannah to Liverpool, 4th inst. by the Montezuma, arrived at Liverpool.—Christian, London to Quebec, 9th inst. by the Trafalgar, Bannatyre, arrived at Liver. oL—Euphronia, Brown, from London to St. John's, 29th ult. ; 2d inst. Procris, from Poole to Quebec ; 10th, Benson, Taylor, from Liverpool to Quebec ; 13th, Indian, Shannon, from Liverpool to Calcutta, all well ; 14th, oft-North and South Rock, passed the Alfred. Gordon, from Clyde to Trinidad, standing out North Channel, by the Roger Stewart, arri►al in the Clyde.—William, Miller, trom Liverpool to Trieste, tlth ult. ; Anne, 10th, from Genoa to ::a:annah; 13th ;mu. a brig, name unknown,from Waterford to St. John's, by the Usk, Levering, arrived in the Clyde.  The Medina, with 180 Oen.. jets on board, will sail forthwith from Sheerness, for Van Diemen 's Land, and the Norfolk, with 180 more convicts, will sail immediately from Portsmouth, for New South Wales. The admeasurementof the large timber-ship now building at Quebec is five thousand tons, or about a third more than the Columbus. It is to he launched in May next. &arouse. Ih/rt.—The editors of New Orleans Afereantile Advertiser and Argus, having had a dispute editorial, met on Monday morning, 7th ultimo, to decide the affair in a duel. After the first fire they engaged with small swords, and in a few minutes both were wounded, the editor of the Argas severely, and the other slightly. Au honourable reconciliation was the result.—American A meeting took place at day-break yesterday morning, in the fields at Kilburn, between Mr. Ma—d---n and Mr. A—r--d—t, the former managing clerk, or partner in au extensive house in the city, and the latter a student of surgery. The quarrel originated in the Pit at the Opera on Saturday night, respecting a lady. Mr. A. received his adversary's ball through the fleshy part of his arm, and the affair terminated. A letter from Boulogne-sur-Mer, dated April 13, says, as several workmen were yesterday engaged in pulling down au old building in the Rue tits Minimes, whilst others were occupied in excavating the ground underneath, for forming vaults, the whole mass fell. Three of the unfortunate men, and a lad:, the owner of the house, were killed on the spot. Several others are very much hurt ; a horse was also destroyed. A Dublin Paper says, " Ilunt, who was found guilty of having been coneerneil with John Thurtell in the murder of Weary, died on his passage to New South Wales.