The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-10-17 00:00:00

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FROM THE NEW-TO :K PAPERS.

se*.roult.
Wt. per In a mournful dul in aancuncing the
death of Commodore Preble.

Batted of a letter from Portland. August 25,
6p. m..--•• I addreln you with a heavy heart.—
Our va,,. ,hle friend, Commodore Prehle, ha. this
moment br. :abed his last. I have been with him
frequently since my arrival here. He has never
been much milliard with pain, and in his very last
133omests Got a struggle agitated his frame."•
By an arrival from Balz,more, in 24 days. from
Aux Cayes, intelligence has been received, that a
revolt had taken place in Perion's army —2OOO 0,
his men had joined Gen. Yajou ; the whole island
was in confusion, and all intercourse between the
two ports was cut off.

lUT. 2

Extra& of a letter from Charleston, Aug. 19 :
is itir. H. James, a passenger in the brig Geogr,
Clinton, from &n ,tad. interms, that six English
Guinearnen. accompanied by the Diamond frigste
and favoitr.7.oe sl",p of war, arrived at Gore', on
the 13th Jobe last ; the dose was daily expeded ;
it •as suppos..d that the Themaud brought dis•
Patches f•r Government, but be could not learn
what they w•re. The first night the I; iemond
anchored, six of her men sole a boat and deserted ;
it w■s slnposed trey were A merieans, and went up
the Gambia, to get home in some American vess•l.
Most pt the Guiueamen we' e short manned, as well
as the cruisers, who distressed them by impressment ;
one of the Guineamen, a large ship, had only 14
Or 1.5 men left t the Captain tineAtene4 to abandon
the ship, and pro:.: t against the Dismond. All the
soldiers at GOrfe were extremely anxious to hear
peace proclaimed ..vith France.

1!P?. 9.

M4jorlwael Smith arrived at Richmon.i, yester-
de/ 'easiest. from New-Yak, in the custody of
the Deputy Marshal, and is lodged in the Peniten-
tiary with Id. Blennerkastet,

Tie Uitited Stake Gazette. says :—We under.
stand that the price to be pail by Mr. Jefferson
ror the Florid.ss, is four millions of dollar.

letw YOlllt, SLPT. 10.
C•ssess-Hoos. New-T rk. (C..lle.%pe•Office, Sept. 5, 1 sot ;
Tile P eairle..t4 Proclamation I taring ante.dttial com,a
mamma anti tatercousaa between the mamas of We Uultal
Iltrurt, and the 044 ei war of Hu Britannia Majesty, ail
prams an bereb. nutted, that the penart.es 'neutral by a
litsa:h .4 tie mid rrXiiiaatiww. w II be rigor outly airman.
DAVID GI!..STON, Collector.

Letters from Richmocd were received in town
yeeterdey's mail, which crate that the Chef
Jrtice refused to send Mr. Burr to Kentucky. on
Ole tuition of Mr. Hay. on the charge of Treason
coearnieted there. Mr. Env then entered into a re-
rignisat cc, himself in the sum of 50001. and two
sureties in the sum of 2:401 I to appe.r on the
charge of misdemeanour. When it was moved,
Mr. Burr declared himself ready ; but laid berore
the Court an affi.favit, that two letters from Gene-
ve' Wilkinson to the President. in possession of Mr.
Hay, were material to his defence, and moved
the Court for a sulaccana, deers Stern,. to Mr Hay, to
produce them. Mr. Hay offered to produce them,
provided such part., only should be :cad as were ap-
pliable to the (Hence. The Court requested the
Counsel to make an arrar.g.•ment between them-
selves, bet Mr. Burr declared he had done with ar-
rangements. The subpce a was then ordered ; but
Mr. Hay declared, that the letters were so highly
confidential, that he could not and would not de-
liver then) up The du lge advised him to take time
to consider of it, and a jotaned the Court.
On Saturday morning, Capt. Cochrane, and two
of the of of the frigate Jaws, came up
to town in a pinnantte, manned by seven seamen.
The moment they arrived at the dock, six out of
the seven lea;led hem the boat, and made their
eseaiie. 'We learn from very rrspenahle authority
that there are now on board the Jams several im-
pressed A mericat.s.
The llti•iih frigate JIMA. Capt. C irhrane, got
untie: way, y. sterday afteinoon, and stool for sea.

Ina Qaebet. piper of Ann. 13, is a Proclamation,
lan <m; an ernharpo nn all .. vessels wholly or partly
Wen wi.h warlike store; of any denaminazion."
The embargo i; to contir ne tin January. An obey
rorlamation ordains, that the Legislative Assembly
of Lower CanAJA b convened on, tl.e 25. h Septem-
ber, to aet miters concerning the state kind
defence cif the province.

Erred of a letter from Norfolk, deer .! Septem-
ber 2:—The VA a Aldan, cvnirnanded r.y Sir
Robot: I.aorie, having arrived in our bay limn Ha-
lifax. the command of the British naval force de-
♦ohes en Ca;itAin Lamle, as senior u17.-zer. The
&Mae was at Halnfax, by lire neer-Amts. ft was
- since, that one of the 11;itish
inw up the bay ; we believe this
se ships now on this sr :tion are,
.11rI mops, Cevpatra, and Fide

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reported. a few dAys
ships awar had wwil
tie a mistake. l'hi
taw 7riewl6, &yard,
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