The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-10-24 00:00:00

N.41:11. INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH. OCT. ZS.•
Nn vessel arrived or sailed this day ; La eor.,
frigate, Lord Lbieo and the therbess lirmYerd
armed chipc, will sail early to-morrow morning.—
Wind Easterly.

Doves, ocr.2?.
Yesterday, came into this harbour, as under :
The Ire Anner, a Danish East Indiaman ; she is a
very fine ship, n 1 GOO or 700 tons burthen, and hound
to the Cape of Good Hope and Batavia, from Co-
penhagen, L. N. Peterson, with brandy, wine and
non, detained by the Biener; Lieut. Hinton. It is
reportei, there are five more ships of the same de-
scription, which our cruisers are on the InJk out for;
likewise the Alararelleie, of and from Osteriser, An-
derson, with salt, wine, and brandy, detained by the
Firm gun-brig, Lieut. Collett ; and the Di.ligetice
sloop of war, mentioned in my last. During the
time ther were handing the sails, a man fell Cram
one of the yards upon deck, hut it appears he was
not so much hurt as was expelled.
This morning,a man was driven on shore a little to
the west of the Pier ; he is supposed to be a person
of the name of Thos. Hall, whose father was for-
merly master of a trader from here to London.,
The Guards are this day marched from this place
for embarkation. Their place is supplied by the
43J, 52d, and Lincolnshire Militia.

OtAl., OCT. 22.
Sailed through the Downs, for the River, several
ail of homeward-hound West Indiamen.

Sailed the Fury bomb, with a convoy, for Ports-
mouth.
Remain in the Downs, the Ed:ar, Ulrich', Ada-
moat, Antelope. Leopard, Powertial, Trutt,. and Tri-
bune men of war ; Arindne and L'itannortalite, hi-
gates ; Spy, Cygnet'. and L'Urille, sloops of war ;
Vesuriug, Zebra, Diecocer7, Decade's*, and Vol.
C,717* bombs ; several gun-hriqs, and a fleet of trans-
ports, having on board the King's German Legion.
HULL, OCT. 21.
The following letter has been received here this
morning, in answer to an application from Captain
Walker, of the Heider, guard-ship:—
Adroira!ty-officai, Oct. 19.
SlR—Having labl barn. my Lord. Comina.noners of the
Admiralty; your letter of the 17th inst. incloring an nitrite*.
ta toms the merchant. and shipmwom. of 11u11, toe •
convoy to the Elbe, pr,vi lot their Lordship. taros,ler the
naviption of that river t he •ate from the enemy ; 1
am commanded by their 1.'0411111N to aritiallit you, that
sa;.on this merchants fixing a day fur the departure of •
timivoy for the Elbe, and co amuuic.aag It through the Cha
Mill, a,hy rill be typo iced fur that ser•icet but that their
I....ndshys catioot give ally opinion rlyeaing the s!cority
the uult that rover. 1 alu, Sir, your very hunilse terva•ito
W. MAMA:N.
To.W. Qslierse, Ey. I.)!%luty Mayor,
r""911111.ww—
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FRIA! I.i.UYVS LIST,
(tore Ibliyeg,
h—Canada' Palk, fonn Tortola; Ftrtitude,
Fakeer" from Sutitaent ; atul the Ann Seth...t, from Tobago.
1,1 the CI) le—Mario/et, Ueutetit, Lore ditto.
At Strnroole,s--Alug Cieurie. feemlitot•en's Bey.
At Duh!itl—.B,ll6t, BC,lClArlo i &IA ut
aid the Rau n, Seen, from Pcter,liorg. •
At Hull—.Willieet,Cleitrisou, hum ditto.
• i • ieeil!tetiewor.ittabloletarts, feem elatte.

ffIE FR E. 4101 STAGE.
A Drama of a very singular na'nre was Intely
bmnght rot on the Fresh stage. I: is called The
1145iiier4 and is pros-ily a Afernahree, clusisting of
ten or twelve scenes. In fad, there is no dial igu
for only one person pens his roman thronghnut the
whole piece. This loquacious hero ice:die i wattle
He plus to (Ugly five, women with his tongue, re-
mains master of the Avid of battle, and still talks
while he remains aloue on the scree. In the first
scene. without all ,wing his valet the opportunity of
putting in .r word:, he informs him of his love for a
Lady, of his hopes, and prole& for marriage. In
the second scene he meets his missress, silences her
by his volubility, and always interprets her silence in
his favour. In the third, the father and molter of
the Lady arrive, and the audience expea at last to
have Val^ dialogue, but their hopes are vain. The
indelarigahle Dae.afe speaks for clue father and m
and replies for his mistress. In short, all the
wher personages who appear, have only the oppo:
runity of expressing their sentiments by gestures.
This whimsical //meth- was loudly applauded on the
first representation, and the Parisians crowd to see it
every night. Mitch of its success was owing to the
exertions of the aetor who performed Meanie. He
'hewed that he possessed a 11.!opy me nory ; Led he
paused a moment for the Prompter, the piece would
have been lost. At the conclusion, the name of the
Author was, according to the French custom, called
for. One of the mute performers stepped forward,
and was going to open his mouth for the first time,
in order to satisfy the curiosity of the audience, but
the talkative Dorms,- was too quick for him; and in-
terrupted him with--" The Piece which we have I
had the honour to represent, --" " You shouli
say, which / have had the honour to represent,"
cried a voice from the Pit. The Author was de-
clared to be a M. Cnaa Les MAVILICS, who wrote
before a little piece called The Ceniolatenl,.
-msens---weesseevir
In consequence of the skill and bravery exhibited
by Captain Woo oat tie. of His Majesty's ship ret-
ry/11 (through whose perseverance, the convoy under
his protection has been preserved Irons the hands
of the enemy), the owners and underwriters on the
ship and cargo of the have proposed a sub.
ctiption of 21. per cent. upon the sum insured, to be
presented to that excellent nLaer, the officers 'Minix
under him, and the CreW. as a small token of their
gratitude for the service he has so ably and honour-
ably rendered them on the occasion. It is nat
easy to discover in a monism the sum insured, but
admitting it to be 400,0001. ;and it cannot be moth
lass), the sum to be presented to them will be 40001
J. H. Tuttx.s v, Esq. author of The reyer-te reuse
Swath Wair4, is Fist Lieutenant of the Calearxes
and a gets icman highly tespedied by his btu h r
officers.

The late overland dispatch from India, commu-
nicates the particulars of an interview between the
Paisnev• and G A LURE Deo, the here Story living
Deity, worshipped by the Brahmins of Poonah and
its neighbourhood:—The God rode on an elephant.
followed by five hundred of his attendants, and was
met ar Gunneskunda. about a cosi from the city, lay
the l'etsnw• ; they both alighted. and the Mu pro-
ceeded to a carpet. spread for the purpose, carrying
with him rhe sacred stone. The Sovereign prostrated
himself before hiss, kissed his feet. and, atter the
most humble reverence. was pernsi•tcd to east him-
self on the edge of the carpet. The Courtiers and
principal Brahmins were allowed to prostrate them-
selves before him, when the Otto T and the Nisi,-
lira returned to their respative palaces.
The annual allowance to the family of the late
rlttoo S• I amounts to 147,536 pagodas; the al-
lowance to the Raj th of Tau/one. according to the
last account, was 312,732 pagodas; and the pay-
ments to the Rajahs in Malabar, amounted to
48,71! pagodas.
On Monday last, a large brown eagle was shot by
a farmer in the neighbourhood of Aldborough, iu
Holderness. This fine bird is upwards of three feet
in length, and measures eight feet from wing so
wing. When first discovered, several rooks wore
pecking it, which it bore with seeming indifference.
It appeared to be greatly exhausted, is very lean, and
supposed to have come from Norway. The farmer
fired at it with No. 6 shot, when about twenty-five
yards distant, broke its wing, and otherwise wound-
ed it so severely that it died shortly after, audit now
in the possession of Mr. THOMAS SCA TCIIIIIIRD, of
Hull. Several others are said to have been seen
irfthe neighbourhood.
An outrage of a curious nature was committed
on Wednesday se'nnight, in the neighbourhood of
Finsbury-square. The parties concerned are mer-
chants of eminence, between whom a paper war has
for some time been raging, one charging the other
with an improvident expenditure of between twenty
and thirty thousand pounds. On the arrival of the
Leeward Island fleet, they each of them resolved to
obtain possession of the remittances, which were cx-
pe'feJ to the amount of one hundred thousand
pounds ; and having engaged their friends to assist
them, (lithe of between :0 and 30 persons At-
tacked the postman, endeavouring to force from
him the letters addressed to their house ; in the
scuffle, the man was very ill treated, being knocked
down, and all his letters trodden under foot. The
interference of several Peace QUicers, which was
procured, was not sufficient to quell the riot, both
parties joining to resist them. It is supposed the
business will become the subjeil of serious investi-
gation.