The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1807-10-09 00:00:00

Pi .." ,1 .. .~ 1, . 3,6:10f blocks might be made, four • hundred 1: to the north of the last mentioned line, to ex tend into the channel two hundred yards, and be • conneled in the sense manner as the first, with a boom and chain ; this would again oblige a vessel to alter her course, and stand directly from the fort ; her headway by this time would be so im peded. that this second chain would certainly stand. It may be said, that a feet of ships would take the fort, and then remove the obstruaions. • This is ad mitted to be possible : but it the fort be .yell de. fended, and of suitable strength, with the aid of gun-boats, which can here be used with great cf. fel. it is reasonable to believe the fleet would be also crippled, and some of them d .stroyed. What then wield be their situation ? they cannot hold the fete. yew it is entirely commanded by the works on Illedlow's Island, AA it cannot he suppoQed they would attempt to come to town in their disabled slate, to encounter ether and more numerous and powerful fortifications. The pith of defending the city of New York, by submarine obstrufli arse, have been objefted to on several grounds. First, it has been doubted by some, wheth-r blocks can he stunk where the water is BO feet deep, and if they can be sunk, whether they will stand the force of the current and the storms. Second, that by placing obstineions in the channel to such an event, it wl.l have an injurious effect epnn the current, and probably effect the ebb and Aor of the tide. l'hird, that if they could be sunk and made to stand, and would have no bad effea upon the tide, the worms in a few years would de stroy the timber, and the stones would fall out, woo it would require the same expense to renew them again. And fourth, that providence has g've us one of the best harbours in Vie world, and the obstructions would exceedingly injure the pas sage of ships going out and coming an, and they would occasionally get on these blocks, by which they might be injured or lost. As to the first objection, it is answered, that, upon invite , from the m st experienced dock builders, they anuresis there is no difficulty in sinking blocks "there the water does not exceed sixty feet in depth, and they have no doubt of their misting the force pf the current. We see, almost daily. blocks of only thirty feet square, sunk in the East . and North Rivers opposite the city, where the water is thirty-five or forty feet deep. and the current opposite to the town is =itch stronger than it is in the bay, where thecestrestions are contemplated to be made. Old Mariners assert. that the agitation of water in a storm m principally on the surface, aid the bottom of the me is not disturbed in any proportion to the surface; ifda being the case, there can no danger arise from Jfeems, es the blocks will not be within tea feet of 'he surface of the water at low tide. • o The seen ,I objeoin.i lies more weight, as this is jfnew thing, and we have ne experience to guide If it should have the iejurioua effect upon the Ma to the extent that some suppler, the obstruc. :elms ought certainly to be abandoned ; as we have pd guide to direa Ud, eatery one must exercise his sun judgment. Your Committee have, however, nude various calculations, that the public mind play have some dame to form an opinion. Is will be observed, that the extent of the bar ber, from Ited-11:rok on Long Island, to Cowan's Wu. on the Jersey shore, is near four miles; that the distance of the obstructions contemplated to be made. is about one and an half miles; that the blocks take un only half the space as far as they go. and that they do not come within ten feet of the itutface at low water; the whole column of water, flowing between Long Island and the Jersey shore, at low water, amount' to 350.000 square feet, and the proposed obstructions amount to 77,000 square feet ; not one-quarter of the whole column of the water will use obstructed, and if the number of square feet be taken at halt tide, the obstructions will only be one-exth past of the whole space. It woull appear from these calculations, that the ob strudions could have nn injurious effea upon the ebb and flew of the tide ; the ground and the whams made on the east side of this city, have ennoaeled the river mere than one-quarter of its original breadth, and our piers now, are in the deep. est pan of the river. It has not been observed, that the tide flaws less at this time at 'Hell Gate, than it did a century past. The current, nn doubt, is stronger opposite the town than it was fo:rnerly ; but it is believed that the same quantity of water passes in the river now, that did before the river was eontraaed. e tenet objection is against the duribilee of the ,sleeks. Your Committee Dave taken to elanitee some of the oldest wharves in this city. The Crane Wharf, which has been built about IC years, has b.en searched under wilier at low tide ; the timber appears to ha pettedly sound. and not the lea: decayed. We have claming d another wharf, which was said to have been built previous to the revoiution, the umber of which appeared to be sound. There is no doubt there are maims iii the timber ; they make 'mail holes into the logs where they enter, but do not entirely destroy the wood Fri = the information of dock-huilders who have broken up old docks that have been built fifty year... the timber some distance below low water mask has been little worm eaten, bet such pots as the stones have covered,have not been touched by the worms, and were as sound as when put into the wharf. To the fourth and last objection. that it will injure the navigation, it is answeied, that there will be tia:er suffii ient for nine-tenths i:f our vessels to sail over the ebstrudions, and such as require a larger draft of wat:ir. at all times when the wind is. lair, can pass through the space of 200 yards intended to be left onobstrueled ; but is may sometimes hap pen, when the wind is a-head the ship will lose a few td o before a suitable time offers to come up ; and there is a posobility of some being lost by get. ring on the blocks; but, considering the great obe j-a of having the city safely proteet:d from invite stem these objections are cf small moniere. The calculations of expense to make the obstroo. lions in the channel, will not exceed eue,ooo dol. lats. and to raise the flat IW:5.k-slily high to eret*a fort upon. of 1000 feet in length. and 100 feet in breadth, will not be more than 100.000 dollars le the cast of boilding the fort and its necessary ap. pend.g. 1. jour Committee here not military expo. eience sutfi:ten or determine. If the Corporation should think proper to adopt • glee plan of defeacee and to proceed immediately - to carry it inteeffee, the nett question is, in what manner the finds are to btraised ? It is believed, from the patriotic seal of our citizens. and from the general anxiety expressed by all petsons, that some thing should be done without delay to put this city in a posture of defence; there would be no difficulty in raising by loan from the citizens, a sum sufficient to eflca this purpose, upon Corporation Bonds, re deemable at pleasure, the interest to be pid half searly. There can scarcely be a doubt but the Government of the United States will assumtt and piy this debt ; but in case they should not, and it should ultimately fall upon the city to pay it, the debt and in•crest would be extinguished in three years, by doubling the usual yearly taxes. Would it not be hest even to pay the debt ourselves, rather than remain in this exposed and defencejess situa tion? Our interest clearly dilates the propriety of the measure. This is a work of gr at magnitude, and will take more than one year to complete it. The materials are not to he had in sufficient quantities at present. but we ought to make a beginning this year with what materials can be procured. and the works may probably be finished in the course of the next sum mer. If we should unfortunately be invol►ed in a war. in consequence of the present dispute . with England, it will most probably take place before any eff4tual system of defence can be completed, and we n.nst snbmit to our unhappy situation.— But if the storm should blow o►er, we ought not to desist from our determination to pet the city in a state of defence; we cannot always promise our sel►es an exemption from the calamities of war.— On the 20th of June last. the country felt as secure and as confident of the continuation of piaie. as it has felt for many years past ; but from the e►ents that ha►e recently taken place. it is seen upon what an uncertain tenure the peace of nations depends. The ad►ice of our immortal Washington ought. therefore, to be confided in. " that to preser►e peace we ought always to be prepared for war." SILL Ain STRONG. Jsco• Mom JOHN D. MiLLEN. New• Yak, Augtst 24, 1607. CAPTAIN BARCLAY AND WOOD. The match between Wood and the Captain has excited the greatest curiosity, and much speculation is afloat as to the extent of their powers. Wood is a weaver of Manchester, near to which town he was born. and for many years has been ac knowledged the first goer of a long distance ever known, his performances having by far ex:eeded what was ever done by the noted Powell. He poi 'lsles great symmetry of body, and the most extra ordinary powers of muscular exertion ; added to which. he has but little flesh, and stands about five tert eleven inches. His wonderful performances induced some gentlemen to keep Aim constantly in training for marches. He ran a match as York, of fear miles. in 10 minutes and nine seconds; he was afterwards beat by Brown, a celebrated pedestrian, in a two.mile heat, which was not his length, a!- though he did it at the above race, and also at York. in IS minutes At Newmarket, dnring the present year, a match was made for him to ftsn against time, forty miles in five hours, which he performed in a quarter of an hour less than the given time ; he also went 20 miles in two hours and five minutes, at Brighton. ahout the same time. His backers will bring him forward to perform 11 miles in an hour, or 20 miles in two hours, at any bet that may be offered. Dur ing his training for the approaching race, he went 100 miles, when his trainers stopped him, and al though the task was performed in an incredible short time, he was quite fresh. and wished to con tinue going for another 30 miles. He is backed to go 100 miles in 16 hours at the race. Wood is 29 years of age. Captain Barclay, who is as well made for fatigue as Wood, Fas only once tried his pedestrian skill for a wager, although he is much attached to labour, and has frequently borne with pleasure the hard fa tigues of husbandry labour on his own estate ; his muscular strength :s such, that the hardiest peasant could not commas to work with him. Some time since in Yorkshire, he went 90 miles in 19 hours and 80 seconds, without having taken much training. The Captain is 2$ years of age, and stands about five feet nine inches. • Within these few days a number of workmen have been employed in clearing out the foundation for Lord Nct.son's Monument, on Caltor-hill, Edinburgh. From its elevated situation, which commands an extensive prospeß of the Frith of Forth, the City of Edinburgh, and adjoining coun try, it will be one of the most Wausau' in the em pire. A person, subscribing himself Jowls GA xt.or r, to an advertisement in the Oxford Pape► of Saturday, has made the amide honorable to Madame Fee peatcK, in the following words : " I, John Gallett, do hereby acknewledgs that I have at various timer, in moments of intoxisetion, wed language In :lotions to Madame Frederick, and have threatened to take means to prejudice the Public against her, se u so eacits clamour whenever she might appear on the stage in her pro fessional cltaisSer, for which she was about to commence an radium against use; ►ut, on my making this acknowledgment al my error, and promising not to ofend her in the like man ort in future, she has consented not to bore teenurse to • Court of Justice for recomposes." On Sunday morning, a young man, residing in a small house on Chatham-bill, took a musket which he had to clean. and loaded it with small shot io or. der to.sboot at a mark which be had made on the side of the house : he fired, when a large portion of the charge, most unexpededly was forced through the weather boarding, passed through the lath and plastering, and two of the shot penetrated and fradured the skull of a very fine child, about two years : the poor child fell instantly senseless on the floor; and on a surgeon,Mr. J. BRYANT. examin ing the wounds, he found it necessary. as the only chsnce of saving the life of the child, and of curett ing the shot, to perform th, operation of the trepan; he accordingly took away two portions of the skull, and the 'child revived considerably after the opera tion ; the shot, however, had penetrated the sub stance at the brainy, and could not he curetted. The child, though considerably better yesterday, lies with but a faint hope being entertained of its recovery. The youug man who was the came of the accident, is in custody. rd rJL p POITSOOVTH,CC/.7. Arrived the Rerioanee frigate. Capt. Adam,from off Havre, to water ; the Siwinws frigate. Captain Broke, from the B-ulogne station, and has begun to refit at Spithead ; tlae Latest, Lieut. Gedge,ttom the Downs ; and the [woad, Lieut. Treaty, from off Cherhurgh. Came into harbour His Majesty's ships Northam ierland,. Topate, and La Fiscie; the DeraJe frigate is gone out. Sailed, the Osprey sloop, to St. Helen's ; and the Sp lf htf, / cutter, with a few ships, for the Downs. Arrived the gene, Gott, (an American), from Lisboa. for London ; also the American brig Unita, which had been captured by a French schooner privateer, which is also captured by His Maj•sty's ship Boreal, of this port. She had been oat from St. Maloes only 3G hours, and had only made the above capture.—Wind S.W. TLYNIOUTII. OCT. 6. Came in the Scorpios sloop of war. from a cruise ; Spr4 Leakes, from Cork ; Gain, Stedman, from Wilmingtoa g and the Hamad, Capt. Lockyer, with a convoy, frees the Downs. Sailed the Hibernia, 120 guns, Capt. Conn, to join the Channel flit ; Raleigh sloop of war, on a a cruise ; Pickle schooner; and the Sawn, -, for America. TORBAY, OCT. 6. tailed this day the illw:byte. on a cruise; and ar rived from Plymouth the Hrberni.r, to join the fleet under Admiral Lord Gardner. woven, ecr. 7. . _ _ This morning arrived the s' , ip Italiaosd, of 'blew- Yore, which took in a Pilot here for London, as did also a ship from the Bay of Honduras: the latter • landed some passengers. At the same time, three American ships were seen passing down Channel, at the back of the Goodwin. The American ships from Holland, have, for some time past, seemed very shy ; T. Hall, one of our over-sea Pilots, as they are usually called, to distinguish them from the Trinity Pilots, has made his escape from thence, where be had been detained some time. i'hesiicknessWhiCirTaieliprevailed at Flushing, his carried tiff a great number of people. Most of the English, some of whom had resided there a great white, have been induced to quit the place in consequence. One of our pilots, Wheat who lately returned from theace very ill, is since dead. Last night, a boat, with all her materials, which was lying in the harbour, at a convenient place to put to sea on the arrival of any shipping, was cut from her moorings, and taken away, said to be by some Danes. The depredators got clear off, and are now most likely on shore in France. A large hr.'', called the Gate Sache t with bark from Rotterdam, is come into this harbour ; the pumps are going, and it is with much difficulty she is kept from sinking. Another boy, from the West ward, is steering for the harbour. A small fleet of transports has just passed for the Downs. I.eat., OCT. 7. Arrived His Majesty's ship eittbec, from the Northward, and remains in the Downs with the ships as per last.—Wind S.W. TAIIMOVTIB, OCT. 7. Arrived this morning the Swan cutter, Lieut. Lucas, from Copenhagen, with dispatches from Admiral Gambier, which were immediately for warded for London. _ _ Yesterday, passed by to the Eastward, a fl-et of transports, with stores from Copenhauss; also se veral merchantmen from the Baltic. BRISTOL, OCT. (i. Came in the Mate, Rossiter, from New-Yotk ; Basenj i Marshall, from Demerara; HideArii, Gil more; and Sally, Morgan. from Cork ; Pew, Gil more, from Dublin; Reinder, Roberts; and Liberty, Pritchard. from London. Arrived, at St. Petersburgh, dose, Streeter, and Better-Leek-Still, Yeomans ; at Oporto, Lonely Ptah North, from Bristol. The North-east coast of Norfolk felt the 'felts of the gale which blew so violently from the North on Wednesday last. The levelness of the coast, the height of the tide, and the fury of the viscid, made the sea rush in upon the land with such force and velocity as had hardly ever been experienced.— liflakeney harbour, which is dry at low water, wai filled by the sea in the space of a few minutes; the tide rose above the banks, and the boats and vessels which were in the harbou► soon floated into the quay, and stove against the buildings. Cley, which is about a mile from Blakeney, afforded as extraor dinary a spetffacle. The tide usually rises at this place from 8 to It feet, and this time it rose not less than la; the streets were completely inundated, and nothing but closed doors and dungett crevices, pre vented several feet of water penetrating into the ground floors of the houses. Theroad from Blakeney to Cley lies over apairt of the land which is always covered by a few inkhes of the water which comes up to Cley. When the gale began to rage furiuusly, a gig passed with little inconvenience, as the water rose not much above the horse's ancles, but the tide rolled in with such extraordinary rapidity. that half an hour after it was absolutely impassable. Two gentlemen in a gig were about driving over at this time, and were only saved from the danger• of the passage by a humane countryman, who observing what they were after, pursued them as fast as be could, and arrived just as the horse had put his fore feet into the waves. This passage displays a remark able instance of negligence; the road is often over flowed, and as a guide to the traveller, tall posts ate eretlted which might be of great use to declare the height of the water; yet these posts are without fi gure marks, and can be of no use for this purpose. Clay frequently suffers similar inundations to the present ; and in the adaptation of the structure of the houses to tlie inconvenience of the situation, the in. habitants have displayed a curious specimen of in genuity and foresight ; almost all tl.e houses which adjoin the water are so built, that their entrance is two stairs downwards ! Oise prudent trade,maa only has `, built his house high upon a rock, aid the foods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house. and it fell not." At Lynn, the tide rose so high in the harbour, that many houses in the lower parts of the town were oveifloaed ; and the shipping and sea-bank. received steno damage. COURSE OF E 3 Amsterdam 35 C. Ditto as atilt 54 9 Retterdses c, f.. 11 1 t U. Hacnburgh 34 4 24U. Altana 54 5 21U.. Parts. l4 6 Lis. Ditto 2 Us 26 10 leardesua 24 10 Cadta 38: effect. I UAW 54eIrid ' 40 effect. CHANGE, Vas. 6. Woos 4511.*. P*. Vol*, A. C SY Do. last. I Miles 63, OP". 6SI Debits 101 Cock - 111 osmium. I. s. d. reelevel 041141 is Cots use Bets per es. 4 New Dewhiswees... New Dollars —.. S 3 Sikes is Mars 5 6 New Lowiteaelt ••- 401.1 the Bask el Meilen a, we. Cent Ditto Sabo* 38} Leshota 51 Maple+ BIRTHS. On Saturday, the 3d 03oltor, the Lady of William fortset, of CaUendar, Scotland, Esq. of a son, at Ca lender Hamm, Scotland. At Edinburgh, the 34 03abar, Mn. Kerr, of Cbatto, Scot land, of a lon. Oa the 4th ;natant, at Cadocan-place. Sloaurstreet, the Hon. Mrs. Buchanan, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. On this 34 instant, Richard Foontayne Wilson. High Shr riff for the county of York, to MbsSopl.ia Chlsaktemon, datigh ter of the late Gauge thibaldestan, Esq. of Hutton Basket, Yorkshire. (ta Saturday fast at St. Goorce's Church, Hanover-mum , he the Rev. R. IfoL. n Hoilamd, to Miss e Patera, second daughter of H. Petits, Esq. of lietchout th Surrey. Oa Tuesday last, John Gibson. Esq. of Rost, littreta.t.li to. to Miss Visa Knapp, daughter of the Rev. Thomas 1 , , Reftar of Engleficid, in the county of Berks. Sunday sennight, at Beverley, Mr. Dunkinum, of Trwk, bookuirider. to Min R. Browne, daughter of the late Mr. (*wt. Browne, of Hull, stationer. • DRAMS. At St Petersbergl., the 16th Ar.gust last, 4 S lklattheo ' Guthrie, M It S. and F. S.A. of London and Ur. burgh, Ilobygiman to the first and second Impensl Corm f Noble Calera in St. Petersburgh, and Counsellor of State to li Imperial Majioty of all the Simla'. ttn the fl(nli of August, at Shidfield Lodge. near Wickham, Hants, after a trohous dines, Mrs Sarah Bfigh. * 4 e Or C " 34111 John Bligh, Commander a: llis Majesty's hip Ai rd, ID the On Tuesday, at her boast, in St. Georetraltreet, Canter bury. in her fitirl Viler. Antis Maris, ehl-st dauehter of the late William tianiniend, Um. of St. Alban'senutt, Kent. WAWA, THIS DAY. AT LONLItHWIRILKO . Mum afte1....7 I I • --• LOPMOP 4 ! , ...erheeed by S. DAVIDSON. Na 1061 " 4 " c.nrt, B,lkeereet. Oesestimdro. s /mod a ' Wire, N.. IS. Soot of Si. Clerreetiondlike_ llo6.ll * " W STUCK, of No. 7. New Setia•ele" 1.( 0 8 401 "•1 0.4.4 e, &a fur din Paper, mot II the Who, C r" , • lii be deli atteaded to. . - ---~--, , .' rya RKINGTOPF IIITNT, AND 41G111C7-' TUICAL ANNIrERS4RI". This meeting was held at Workington the last week, The weather was rather unfavourable to the sprin g of the field. The company, consist.ng of ladle, as well as gentlemen, was more numerous than it any former minting: who, in the various amuse. ments over which the weather has no inetience, pared a week of high festivity and enjoym-nt. The ordinaries were well attended ; and on Thursday upwards of forty ladies, affording a very fine spe darn of the beauty and elegance of the county, dined wits the huntlrs. On Friday, the day of the agricultural miniver. sary, five hundred and thirty persons partook of a cold dinner, provided by the President, in a ter.:, and a large party of ladies, is one of the rooms of the farm adjoining. The Agriculturists present were of disinguishe4 characters, and some from distant places. Sits John Sinclair, President of the Board of Agr;e e ta sure; the Reverend St. John Priest, Secretary to t:.e Norfolk Society ; Frank Sitwell, Esti of Barnmo.,t Castle • R. J. llaunsie. Esq. of flaczordthrre ; an d several noted Agricultu ists, from Northuai- • beldam' and elsewhere, honoured the meeting with their present and were highly gratified. After dinner, Mr. Curwen, the President of the Society, addressed the Meeting in an excellent speech of great force and eloquence. to do justice to which it is impossible in the limits of our paper. The premiums of the Society were distributed ; as well as thosegiven by thelresident to his own far. mere. The Ball was attended by upwards of one bun. dred and seventy ladies and gentleman of the fi: st beauty, fa.hion, and retpeaability in the county, and the whole was concluded with the utmost bar. tunny and good humour. Nearly one hundred new members were added to the list. Friday evening. the driver of Mr. Ptcxw Ices coach, from Southampton to Bath, MdS taklls alarmingly ill on Standerwick Common. Wt.en all apprehensions of immediate danger were at sr* end, he was unwilling to be carried to one of the 1 neighbouring catt !gm and was, at his own request, removed to the inside ; but, before the ceadi a. reached Bath, he unhappily expired. The de ceased, Gaeta' Hawctas, was a faithfel 'mast s of and has left a widow and four children to lament his awful fate. A subscription is opened for their s. relief. MEFTIMIGS OF CREDITORS AT GUILDiI I. ALL to In-seciaeow. M. re. John Vintteet, Satiating.lane, London, carpenter • 910 , Wiliam Fdles, Weirs--ow, IsSnits-, huttewr • 3 10 William Cuff. Upper East Siaittilield, Middlesex, cheesernonger . . 2 12 . . . Leonard Tatiraham, Rack-lane, 141.1eTeses, •Iseet• w•ight . . 2 1 . . . Guyer Griffin, To-sky street, Southwark, Surrey, tack inipmanufactor,e . 1 1 . . . Samuel Wentworth Lane, Davis -street, grekeley squaws, Moidiesex, Ftioch maker . 2 If Elizabeth Washington and Geo.(' Curren, Chester, milliners . 3 11 . . Renjansin Sloane - 244e, Upper Norton-street, Fitzroy square, wine-merchant . 1 10 Cr.....IITIFICATES. William Walter, late or the e.ty of Exeter, ironmonger, steel-maker, thwler end Chapman. Thomas Edward Poole, late of Drayton, in Hales, in the cour.ty of Salop, corner and haberdasher. Edmund Miles, of the town &tad county of News:aide-upon. Tyne, miller, dealer and elsapeaan. PRICE OF sroeits, YESTERDAY. S per Cent. Consols b per Cent. Navy Inaba Stack l7Si Ditto Bonds ls die. Exchequer Bills 2s. die. par. English Lottery Tisk*. Consols for T. BISH, Stockbroker, No. 4, Cornball, and 9, Charingrrou.