The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-05-26 00:00:00

reisr EDITION.

" Have Mercy, we Niece hthee,upon thy servant our So.
vertigo, whom thou had smitten for the transgressions of bis
people. We acknowledge, that for our manifold sins, we ate
worthy of the severity of thy judgments; yet, we beseech thee,
incline thine ear to iss, when with penitent and contrite lirarts
we turn unto thee; and remove from our Sovereign, and Wan
us, this dreadful visitation. We yield thee thanits and ram%
0 Lord, far the hope and moped of recovery, which thy merry
already hath afforded i❑ the abamment of hit dangerous .irknes,
Confirm and esterlish, we beseech thee, U Loa, this work
which we truss thou halt berm."

SECOND EDITION.
" Have Morey upon Thy Servant our Sovereir, whom
Thou ham repeatedly smitten for t'se transgresstoris of his peo-
ple. We acksowledp, tetra for onr mauifuld Sins we are
worthy of the seventy of Thy Judgments ; yet, we bossed)
There. Incline Thine ear ti us, when with plangent and coo.
trite hearts we dins unto Thee ; and remove from our Sove-
reign, and from Us, throe dreadful sisirstieisi. We yield Thee
Thanks and Prides. 0 Lord, frr thy prat Marc/ alreadv
nra-
nifeerad towards In, in his Reenvery from bit late sfingivro•is
Meknes. Coonn n and establish, we beseech Theo. 0 Lurd,
tho work winch Thou hats berth "

EXETER. MAT 24.

• At our Fair on Monday last, there was a larger
whew of cattle than has been exhibited for many
years past. Fat beasts sold well at good prices ;
but the sale of the lean was heavy. We understand
there were not less than 4000 shewn. of which about
1200 were purchased. In this fair Mr. William
Sarell apprehended two notorious pickpockets, of
the names of Washington Patrick, and Joseph
Biggs ; several persons in the course of the morning
had their pockets emptied of Bank notes, cash, itc.
to a considerable amount, but the villains were at
last detected in robbing Mr. Roberts, of Crediton,
of his pocket-book ; they are fully committed to
Southgate prison for trial at oar next general gaol
delivery. There were four others belonging to the
gang, who, on the alarm being given, made their
escape, and are supposed to have gone to St. Austle,
in Cornwall, to commit further depredations at that
fair, which is on Thursday. We have o'stainerl a
list of their names, which are Garner, Wilson, alias
Paddeford, William Macpherson, alias William
Wilson, and Edward Gill, a Scorc!.man ; the two
former are in the constant habit of issuing forged
notes of the Bank of England.•-•—The following is a
description of Wilson, the most noted of the gang :
he is a small man, about five feet one inch high,
much marked with the small pox, and, for his adroit-
ness in picking pockets, is considered superior even
to the noted Barriagton ; being stiled by the light-
finger'd gentry in the metropolis Mr King of fide
TArei:cs. We hope they will all terminate their la-
bours in the West of Lis:.;iand, by a re,rard equal to
their merits.

Extract from a Lettea fount the Cape of (load Hope, Jan 24.
"There is a French ship in the bay (the Gri-igzep/..).
which has been three years it cearth /the ships of
the celebrated Peyrou.e. S7p. 6711:d two men ant
the nTtr..ve. of New Zeal tad, s% ho had bautiged
them, and were the oily sus vivors out of the two
ships; they have since died on board the argraphe.
Thes stated, that one of the ships was burned, and
the other (Peyiouse's own ship) went to pieces."
Citizen Meunier, Prefect of the Department of
Isle and of Vilain, but who has resided for years in
England, as an Emigrant, has L-en nominated a
candidate for the Conservative Senate; and it is sup-
posed that the First Consul will give him a place
worthy of his talents and patriotism,
A ship petish;if lately near the entrance of the
harbour of Dunkirk, with the crel T. No one
knows to %%hat nation it belonged; but from several
barrels of French wine cast on shore, it is suppnied
to have bon a neutral or a French ship from /3,;ur-
&aux, for some port hi Flanders or in Holla:td.
The Dutch Vice Admiral Kq.kezt, who commands
the fleet in the Teach is appointed by the First Con-
sui, Commander in Chief of the I sod troops assem-
bled at Helder, and in other parts near the Teach
The Emperor of Germany has prohibited the
French emigrants who reside it: LEA dominions from
wearing :WS of dt

• - KAMM,

roarswoortt, MAY gip.
Sailed the Mende frigate, Captain Burn, to lay
guardship in the West Channel, off Lymingtoa.
His Majesty's ship Indrfabgable is expeded to sad
to-rnort ow for the Downs.

• PLYMOUTP, MAT e 3.
Arrived the Ilsonbor sloop of war from a cruise;
London Packet, Barclay; boom Hathway ; Plabe
Branch. Barkyr; and the Neptune. Denning% fruit
Oporto.—Wind, S.S.W.

vacant/en, wiry e 4.
Arrived the Emanuel, Anderson. frau Frederick*. •
Sailed from the Roads, the Condone and Paws
gun brigs, and Venus cutter, on a cruise.
The Penelope frigate for We Nore. .
Also two victuallers for the fleet off the Texel.
The ship detained in the Roads, bound from Am-
sterdam for Embden, was captured by the &slims
sloop of war, and has on board bale goods and gee- .
pgiw,l,l. ; was last war an English West Indiatnan.
On '-mturday next will 1),- launched a very hari
sclrne sloop of war of twenty ins
him, from the Dock Yard of j called 't
& Joint Preston. •
of this town, being the first vessel o her eisseription
ever built here. Wind S.
DZAI., DAY 24.
Arrived and sailed for the River, the Onedd,
Chief, Kemp, from New-York, in twenty days t
from the above ship have been landed I,20(/ tetterss
which have been forwarded by this. evening's Mail, i
for London.

Rerrsain in the Downs, the Illustrious, Xfusarch,
Utrecht, Veteren, and Artiest men of war ; twe,
Yamotea, and Lao Vieinsia, frigates ; Dart, On•ster.'
Poncho, and Z-psyr, brigs or war; Fesree,•Shiphy.
Vuk Explosio.•:, and Hecht, bombs ;
schooner, and Speculeroor lugger, with several out-
ward bound vessels. ‘Vind S. S. W.